Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-21
BY I. c. JOHNSON.

of Rock Island in fOur-round
opener at 125 pounds.
BY L. c. JOHNSON.
A. Thomas, alias Knockout Cor
man, now of Camp Dodge and for
merly of Davenport. last night re
fused 10 go on with his scheduled
10-round bout with Sailor Fried
man Of Chicago. Thomas signed
/ articles on a per centage basis, but
upon seeing the poor house in al
tendance demanded a guarantee OF
$500.
Earl Henderson of Rock Island,
i although out of condition. volur-
teered to meet Friedman for eight
rounds He put up his usual game
4 exhibition for nearly two frames,
when the Sailor in a whirlwind OF
! punches sent the local boy down
! for the count Henderson must
have weighed between $50 and 100
! pounds, while Friedman. in fire
i trim. just moved the beam at 135
/ pounds. Ed Whites protege in the
brief space in which he performed,
displayed great form. He is fast,
clever boxer, and packs a wicked
/ pUl4NH III SItllt4 HILL his uSilLS,
infghting tactics are just the kinn
of fight methods effective against a
boxer of Thomas style. and it i;
kpeThaps fortunate for the Daven-
porter that he refused to enter the
arena Earl deserves much credit
for his willingness to box without
Draining. one of the best of the
lightweight cOntenders.
l., II
was poor After the Bledsoe-Lar-
k.son match, wrangle followed wran-
gle between fighters. managers and
promoters. Jimmy Harris of Den
yer was first scheduled TO box Leo
Higgins of Camp Dodge, a Daven-
port boy. under the same manage
ment as Thomas. Higgins refused
TO weigh in yesterday afternoon,
however, and Johnny Travis of Chi
cago. piloted by Tommy Walsh, was
booked to appear against Jimmy.
just before the fight. Higgins ap
peared with his manager and de-
handed to box Harris as per agree
ment. Jimmy was willing, but
/ Glenn Kincaid, his mentor. refused
because Higgins outWeighed Har-
/ ris fully 10 or II pounds. Thomas
then refused to go on unless Hug
gins fought, later deserving this
stand and insisting on a guarantee
of $500 before boxing Friedman.
The Sailor then offered to fight Al
I winner take all. This was refused
ana Manager Hawkins ordered his
battler to dress.
Harris Gets Knockout
4 After much dickeriug and frenZ-
led argument on all sides, Harris
ano Travis finally got together and
fought a fair fight. Jimmy punish
ed his man severely, finally win
ming in the eighth when Walsh
Etossed in the towel to save his
boxer from a needless Iacing Ira
Wis was down on his face from
series of body punches and upper
cuts to the head and face rained or
him by Jimmy, who rushed his op
ponent to the ropes, when Walsh
interviewed. The Chicagoan deserves
much credit for his showing
throughout the battle being the ag-
gressor and gamely taking every
thing that came his way in con-
/ sequence. He is a clever little bat
tier. and upon leaving the ring
challenged Harris to a return bout.
The challenge was accepted.
Two Bright Spot
Besides Freidman's showing, the
Harris-Travis scrap was the only
near bright spot in the evenings
festivities. The main preliminary
was a farce. Bledsoe outweighed
MS opponent Kid Larson fully -
or 20 pounds and put the latter
4g1T. ~,
Larson took the offensive early in
/ he first session and was sent TO
The mat for the count of two AS he
prose. groggy, his back to Bledsoe, /
he latter let go a right uppercut |
hat sent him to the canvass for /
xeeps.
BledSOe Kissed.
Bledsoe was Kissed for hitting /
larson the second blow as the lat /
er staggered to his feet, and while |
he former was perfectly within his /
tights in the ring. he could have /
shown more clean sportsmanship /
and won favor with the crowd by /
Estepping back and awaiting the par !
ial recovery of his antagonist. II /
|3ledsoe had been fighting a man
|1is fstic equal. his action would /
pave aroused no comm tent, but his
over Larson was plainly
evident as soon as the two boys
|stepped into the ring.
IN the opener, Young Cutie came
back strong after the first round
lnd won a shade over Mickey Mo
an in four rounds. Mickey began
Ehe first frame with a rush and
hammered Cutie all around the
hing He began TO tire IN the sec
bnd, however. and was near com
bIete exhaustion IN the fifth am
Eixth sessions.
i Tommy Walsh, IN a statement.
VOW tho r+pa stated +bat ba boa