Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-24
DULUTH BANTAM
OUT FOR COUNT
EARLY IN FIGHT
NcNuity's Protege Makes Short
SHIFT OF Northern jews
WhirlWind Battle.
n0NAHUE TAKES HARD LACING
Loses 20 hid Wheel0ck OF Nebra Ska
When Seconds Throw in Sponge
in the Sixth Session.

ARGUS DECISIONS
Roy Moore Of Minneapolis
knocks out Jimmy Azine of
Duluth In second round Of
scheduled 10 round 90 at lis
pounds.
hid WhcrIock Of Lincoln,
Neb.- wins technical knockout
over Johnny DanahUe Of Rock
Island in last round Of six
round bout at 1913 pounds.
Tony Cap0ni OF Rock Island
shades johnny Meyers OF De-
troit in six rounds at 1I6
pounds.
~ LESLIE {. JOHNSON.
IN d great exhibition. Roy Moore
of Minneapolis. one Of the great
est baatams OF today, knocked out
Jimmy Aziue OF Duluth in the sec
Qnd frame Of q scheduled 10 round
boat carded as the main 60 OF the
Rock Island Athletic club show 1t
the Empire rink last night
A terrific left hook TO the solar
pleEus. followed d minute and a
hale later by paTalyzing right
swing TO the point Of tie jaw spell
led disaster for The Duluth Jew.
Although Noore's 1T4th ring bat
tie. the old man of the squared
circle seemed better than ever
That there was a grudge existing
between the two boys was evident
by the whirlwind attack opened by
the harp in the initial session. 1t
was plain to be seen that both the
ITishmau and the Jew were out
for blood. Moore jumped into the
offensive with the clang Of the
gong for the I first frame, and
smothered AZine with an avalanche
OF punches to head and body.
Jimmy tried repeatedly 10 take the
aggressive. but each time was out
fought by McNulty's prOtege and
forced on the defensive. He was
coming back strong. however, at
the end Of the first round In the
second Roy resumed his rushing,
battering tactics. running the Jew
around the ring With AZines
stomach as his target. Roy ham
mered away. finally getting home
the punch that sent the Duluth boy
down for The count of nine. TAX
ing the benefit OF the nine count,
Jimmy got 10 his feet and TOR ap-
proXimatelv a minute and a-half
appeared ru fight q we'll as ever.
I'd was then that Roy connected
with hard right swing to the
point of the Jews jaw and AZine
went down on his face He made
10 move 10 rise, al the count Of
10 rolling over on his back. 1t
was a fitting climax to almost two
rounds of the greatest action and
hardest punching to be witnessed
in a local ring.
Claims Foul.
After the fight, AZine declared
that he had been struck low by
Moore. asserting that the blow
which forced him to take the nine
count had landed below the belt.
An examination by several cOmpe-
tent physicians following the bout,
however, failed to verify this claim
A slight swelling was 10 be found
low on the left side. but after the
punch had been delivered, Azine
fell on that side and it was ad-
mitted by the doctors that the
muscle could have become strained
in that fall.
Kid WheelOck Of Lincoln, Neb.
won in the sixth round of his six
round bout with Johnny Donahua
of Rock Island when Johns sec
Onds tossed in the sponge in the
last session, 10 save "DOnny" from
further and needless punishment.
As it was, the local boy took a
great laCing without tiinching The
first two rounds were even, but the
last four went to Wheelock by a
wide margin. Donahue was knock
ed down in the third and also the
fifth session before the finish in
the sixth. 1t was a bloody battle,
Douahue bleeding freely from the
mouth during the last four rounds.
but both boys showed great
craftsmanship and it was as clean
a battle as one could hope to see.
WhecIock prOve1 his claim to re-
cognition in the lightweight ranks,
and is one Of the most gentle
manly men in the ring that fans
here have witnessed
Tony Scores knOckdOwn.
In tne main preliminary OF SIX
rounds, Tony CapOui. Rock Island
wop. administered a sweet trim
ming 10 Johnny Meyers OF Detroit,
taking every round but the last by
wide margin The last session
was = draw. The local boxer put
up q great battle. The cleanest that
be has participated in in this VI
ciHitr lie still has not fully mas
tered his wrestling STYLE OF here
,ofore. but 4 was absent to a great
degree last night. CapOni scored
4 clean Touchdown in the second
period with a sE5r. HOOK 10 tna
jaw, but the crowd being unable
10 see the blow land. thought that
the wop had pushed Meyers to the
door. and voiced It's disapprovsL
Tony. IN what was perhaps his
last boxing contest hereabouts .or