Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-01
BY SBUCK~ JOHNSON.

Roy Moore, the hEhting harp OF
st. Paul, won a slight shade over Pal
Moore Of Memphis in one Of the fast
est, toughest and cleanest fights ever
witnessed in this part Of the coun-
try for some time at the Empire rink
last night before a local club.
Pal swung heavy blows but only
succeeded in landing most OF them on
Roy's arms and did little damage, al
though they made considerable noise.
Roy handed several straight body jabs
to the Memphis fighter that were real
damager doors. Both boys fought a
clean fight throughout and put on one
of the snappiest battles Of the season.
Mike McNulty made good his word
when he said Roy was fighter. The
Harp" waded right in and sent over
some fast little jabs that had the Men,
phis boy peeved and he slammed back
some wild swings that only landed on
arms. Roy was on the aggressive at
all times.
In the first round, Roy won a slight
shade He started right in and COM
menced some lightning work, shoot
ing punches to Pals face. The second
round was an even break. Both boys
landed blow for blow. The third was
slight shade for Pal. He swung a
few over but didn't phase Roy, The
fourth was an even break.
In the fifth Roy started some Of his
rapid work on Pals face and won a
slight shade. The sixth was a draw.
In the seventh Roy came back for a
little more of his and took No Z over
10 his side. Round eight was an even
break. Both fighters were preparing
for the finish and landed blows to body
and head. In the ninth Pal took on a
little more pep and came in for little
OF his. He started out fast and furi-
Gus but most of his blows did little
harm although he landed few that
had Roy blurry-eyed for second. In
the tenth Roy opened up and landed
blows that easily won for him the
shade.
Ed Smith Of Chicago refereed in his
usual efficient manner. keeping the
boys fighting in the open all through.
For 10 rounds both Roy and Pal
Moore put up real clean fighting.
Each deserves credit for the exhibit
ton that was put over and tri-city
fans were greatly pleased over the
bout. Roy and Pal each weighed in at
116 pounds at o'clock
Mike McNulty was right again when
no said that Johnny Donahue would
surprise Rock Island fans when he
met Andy Dams. Johnny easily won
over the Greek boxer and carried
every round of the six fought He had
Dams going in the first round Dams
put up good fight but could not
equal the work that Donahue dis
played. The Monmouth fighter landed
very few blows and what he Gid land
were of the kind that did little harm.
DoDahue had Dams bleeding from the
nose and mouth in the second round
and at the end Of the fight hung up
the little sign defeated along side of
Andy Dams name on his list.
Prelims Short.
The preliminaries were short and
sweet. The bout between Kid Fiske
of this city and Kid Kercher of Peoria
was stopped in the first round. Fiske
had the Peorian ready to take the
tttl hdl NOuul Will Tic DOul was 4ldIl-
ed The Peoria boy started in well
and deserves credit for sticking He
knew he was licked when the first
blow landed.
Young Haggerty quit in the second
round Of his fight with Tony Caponi of
this city. Tony showed some real
class last night and played his usual
jumping antics which completely
bafiled Haggerty. Tony landed some
regular wallops and at the close of
the second round he made Haggerty
quit.
Records Broken.
All records were broken in attend
snce at the Empire last night. Over
one thousand witnessed the card and
hundreds were turned away. Pro-
moter Babe Meanor reports that the
greatest advance seat sale that he has
ever had was for the card given last
night. Fans who were able to gain
admittance last night say that the pro-
gram was one of the best that they
have ever had the pleasure of taking
in around Rock Island. In all, the
evenings card was a big success and
Babe Meanor deserves credit for put
ting on show of that calibre.