Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-07
DUNDEE TRAINS
HARD FOR EARL
PURYEAR FIGHT
Expects Hard Battle From Denver
Bantam. hut Is Confident OF
Victory in Go.
coon CROWD Is EXPECTED
frankie Jumatti and Jimmy Harris
Ia NIX in Scheduled Eight
Round Semi-Nindup.

Come one. come all" such is the
slogan OF one Peanuts Schieberl,
AlI-Star Athletic cluu promoter in
reference 20 his boxing snow which
he Will offer fans here on Thursday
night. Tickets for the entertain
meut are going good, and are on
sale at the Arcade, Illinois theatre
and Hickey Bros cigar store. A
large 0ut of town attendance IS eX-
pe,t1- providing the weather re
mains good.
There is little doubt Of the quail
iiy OF Peanuts bill Followers Of
tie squared circle could ask little
better GsJlc entertainment, accord
ing To indications. In the main go,
Nike Dundee, the popular little
wUp bantam of this city, Will step
10 frames with Earl Puryear OF
Denver. acIuUw edged as one Of the
best VI the little fellows In re
cent cighI-round mill with Pal
Moore al Memphis he lost by a
shade. but tile bout established Earn
as "a great draw wing card II tHa- city.
He As rematched there on May -
with Benny Mcneil of Bristol. Eng
land. and another match with Pal
Moore is being sought by fight bugs
q the southern city.
Little need be said of Mike Dun
Gee. Fans here know what the To-
.,al boy is capable Of, and believe
l 10 be the best boy OF his weight
D. these parts. Some go so far as
@. proclaim him q coming champ,
ala there is no doubt Of the wop's
C.c.e-uess and boxing ability. He
j. by far the most clever boy Rock
Island has ever produced, and with
ou- a doubt Will step into the front
ranks Of the Contenders If he sticks
TO the straight and narrow. In re-
CARDS TO Thursdays match, Mike is
confident He is in Great trim and
working hard every day. Earl may
be a tough boy. but l intend taking
him down" runs the sentiment of
the wop. Puryear is equally con-
fdent and the match should prove
a humdinger from gong to gong.
Semi Windup Good.
In the semi-winduT, Frankie Ju-
matti of Chicago viii box eight
lively sessions with Jimmy Harris
Of Denver. We feel safe in saying
lively for both boys are well
hAAO ~ II -4gt u anu al CT 4-tNlt
+ scrappers. II Will be remembered
that Jimmy is the only boy 10 gain
d win over Tony CapOni, local boy
while Frankie has appeared on sew
eral Of Peanuts cards and has al
ways proved a real battler and clean
sportsman Harris dropped in yes
terday with Mike Dundee and we
like his looks. A clean cut little
kid, and seems to be IN the best OF
/ condition He is working out regu-
larry with Mike
A six-round preliminary between
Buck Sargent. the fighting fireman
of East Moline, and Matty Ryan OF
the Great Lakes training station
should be a hard battle Buck is
noted for his willingness and abiI-
ity to assimilate punishment, and
from reports Matty is Of the same
type. Neither is especially clever.
but the scrap should furnish an ex-
hibitiOn Of hard smuggling.
As an opener. Young Peterson of
Rock Island viii swap punches for
four frames with Young Cutie. also
OF this city. Little is known OF
either boy, both being new at the
mitt game Altogether Thursday
nights card looks good and should
draw a record house