Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-22
WILL MOORE Be
ABLE TO REACH
AZINE IN BOUT?
Both Boys Same Style Boxers -
Stomach l. Vulnerable spot
Tor Duluth jew.
SENI-WINDUP L00kS CO0D
ponahuc Stages Comeback Against
hid Whcelock OF Nebraska
-Caponi to Box.
BY -TUFFY"

Who viii he the agETeSS3T IN to-
morrow nights mill between Roy
Moore OF Minneapolis and Jimmy
Az.ae of Duluth az the Empire
r.uA- VIII the Jew be able 10 keep
his miG-scct.ou protected from the
terrific body punches of the fighting
harpe
I-ran these tv0 questions, il the
opinion uf the writer. hinges the
verdict of the I0-rouud bout Azlne
is short. stockiIy built boy who
fights the same kind of d smashing
body battle as does the harp. lie
cam assimilate punishment on any
part of his body with the eNcep-
ton of the stomach, as fast as IL
Can De administered. He is a great
aggressive boxer and carries stun
wat1p iu either n1itt. bat if placed
on the defense against Moore Is al
most certain OF defeat
Fans here are well acquainted
with Rows style Of milling He IS
the same rushing, smashing scrap
per a- is Jimmy, continually bOr-
ing lu and bat-erlng away Tor the
stomach. Which Of these boys VIII
jump into the offensive with the
,-auE OF the gong for the first
France With him. if il be Moore,
vii. lie "A great advantage If the
jew. the advantage Will not be so
great. for Roy is q better defensive
boxer than is Azine But Jimmy on
the offensive is a hard boy to stop,
for he'll keep coming until he
Hrr ln
case in previous battles.
JiMmy's acknowledged weak spot
is his stomach The Duluth boy
can not stand grueIliug body pun
isLmgut. and il he has no defense
for this vulnerable spot he viii be
beaten decisiyely by Roy. Both
mauIers are aware OF this fact and
Will do their utmost TO take the in
iacive and keep it, In this set-tO,
fans viii not witness a pretty box
ing cuutest-tley will see 10 SEES
s.Jns of terrific body punching and
indEltiug. for both boys are at their
best when in close. They are not
the stand-avay, dancing type Of
boxer. instead both are great pun
isIeTs and can eat punishment The
bout is 10 be fought Rock Island
Athletic club rules" which means
that no halt viii be called in
proceedings until one or the other
OF the boys is down for keeps. Oh,
it should be a rarin' melee.
WcNulty SUperstitious.
I'm superstitious," says Mike
NcNu.ty, manager of Roy, while
mailing over hot stove stuff with
We eI. Moore is in the best con
clifton of his career. He wants to
heat this bird and is taking no
chances. but if there is any one
who is a jinx to an Irishman, it's
q jew 1t pans out that way every
time For example, take R0y's last
fight with AZine. He put the Jew
down FOR the count in the sixth ses-
sion. and I thought Jimmy would
be out for an hour. Do YOU know,
AZiue's seconds began work and
after throwing some soup into him
following little rest, that Jew
came back and fought Roy to a
stan4slill in the last four frames.
Yes. sir, and there's Ertle He put
this boy away in the ninth round.
What happened to Johnny? He
the game for several months.
Meanwhile Azine was boxing Tegu-
larly and raking in the coin Yep.
an Irishman can fight a man Of any
other nationality with good luck,
but l tell YOU a Jew is his jinx-
As is natural. Mikes version of
the scrap above mentioned is
somewhat biased. In fairness to
Azine, let il be said that he put up
q great battle and proved himself a
bantam among the Corners. From
reports which We have been able
10 gain Of the battle, however.
Moore did secure the decision after
10 rounds of furious milling.
DOpeSters Eager for Bout.
The wise ones who have been
watching both boys work out at the
Umpire rink this week. are agog
with anticipation over the coming
fracas- Tony CapOnI. local by. Will
testify as. 90 the hitting ability of
Azine Which hand2 Cap0ni says
both hands. Roy seems to have all
Of his former steam ma if anything
a little more.
johnny DOnahue, Rock Islands
lightweight, is just about ready for
Kid WheeIOck OF Lincoln. Neb. IL
appearances count fCr anything.
John has been working with Moore
and displays all of his old time
stun. WheelOck claims the cham
piUusIip of Nebraska and has caus-
ed quite a stir in lightweight cir
c-es by his shOwiugs against good
boys OF this class. Ring enthus-
lasts IereaJOuts are awaiting with
Interest this slN-round semi-Wiud-
up Jo see If Denny" has improved
his style since the Cal Delaney bout.
Johns decisive defeat in this battle
was due mainly to his uesr-fatal
habit OF leading with his chin.
thereby inviting the sleep producer.
the local boy is clever. fast. packs
e. hard waliop, and If he has over
come his one bad fault. should prove
the master of the corn husker lad.
Tony Cappui Of Rock Island and
Johnny Meyers Of Detroit are slat-
cd tu go six rounds In the main pre-
l,minarF Tony has been training
faithfully and stated last u5 ght that
he never Ielr better Tie is conf
dent or win over the uetroiter
whom DE has beaten on one other
occasion before Tommy Ryan club
Al Des 4iOlues Fans here VIII be
glad 10 watch Capoui perform if he
lights the same clean fight that he
GIG IN the latter part OF his last
IocE Island Athletic club bout with
STANLEY Everett of Peoria The
hrst rounds OF this battle saw much
wrestling aud uns poFtsBanlike box
ing by both pugilists After a warn