Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-29

81 LESLIE {. JOHNSON.
johnny Noye Of St Paul out
boxed. outf0ught and outgeneraled
Lee AIc1Iahon OF Chicago before a
capacity house, at the Illinois thea
ire last night and Emil Thirty, man
ager Of Mcmahon, threw in the
sponge in the seventh round to save
his boy from further punishment
ana certain knockout.
Lee was in q bad way and all but
helpless before the terrific punches
Of the northern boxer when Thirty
wisely called a halt. The bout was
booked as the main go on the card
offered tri-city hstic fans by Pro
m0ter Babe MeaGOr OF the Rock
Island Athletic club.
Nuye displayed d great exhibition
Of footWork and blocking, and used
his LETT hand again and again with
terrible effect During the seven
frames Mcmahon did not land a
solid punch, and from the first
round. which was u draw, the fight
was all Moves
Fully q head taller than his OPP
p0nent, with much longer reach
and about two pounds in weight,
Lee Mcmahon entered the ring a
popular fa10rIte with the advan-
tage his However. this proved to
BIZ no hand cap 10 the St. Paul
scrapP-r. who stepped in under the
CmCag0du~ swings and crashed
time after time with piston-like
force j. is Thought by many that
Thirty made a mistake in matching
Lee with seasoned battler like
N0ve. who mas fought and bested
some Of the top-nOIchers of his di-
vision Be that as 1t may. NOye is
a hashy boxer with a wicked left
hand. and our hats are off to him.
The boys weighed in at o'clock
yesterday afternoon at Waddell's
bathhouse johnny tipped the
scales a. 1856. while Mcmahon did
not move the beam al 13S-
Slow Bout to Shultz.
In the semi-windup Battling
Shultz Of Toledo outfought Johnny
Heiderer Of Milwaukee in six
rounds at 1873 pounds Many of the
fans thought that the boxers were
stailing. but it is the opinion of the
writer that such was not the case
However. the bout was slow and
and neither boy dis
played much class Heiderer spent
most OF his time in the ring in COW
ering up and getting out of range,
while ShuItz's punches seemed to
lack steam This scrap was a dis
but Promoter Meanor
could not be blamed, for both
6hultz and Heiderer came here
with good records Shultz has
class. After the scrap, Heiderer /
announced that he had broken his !
hand N the second round The |
hand looked swollen and sore, but /
whether il was broken or not was !
not determined
In the main preliminary. Tony /
aponi q Rock Island won a slight ,
5hada over frankie Jumatti Of Chi |
ago In six rounds at 118 pounds. /
Although Caponi landed the best
Fallops Of the fight, he gained much F..
Inpopuiarity by his tactics in the
Irena The bows agreed 10 fight /
lean breaks Both fouled in this
aspect. but Caponi doesn't seem TO
.iferentiate between a boxing and
wrestling match He wrestled
It's man all over the ring Tactics
uch as these did not please the
rowt which showed its displeas-
ire by hoUting Tony as he left the
rena Jumarti was given Ia great
land as he stepped through the
opes- II is doubtful whether these
Methods are used Intentionally by
'aDOHi. and many are of the opin-
IN that Il IS all done in the heat /,
+ battle and the result Of TOO much
cal Whatever fl may be. Tony
toGld Do well 10 guard himself
core closely in the future.
Zeis Wins.
IL The curtain raiser of last
gifts SHOW. Ray Zies won by
light shade over Battling NeaIey
! dix rounds at tZ0 pounds Both
boys and pu7 up a willing
1TcUgh slow battle. Zies obtained /
big advantage By taking the first !
Irea frames. NeaIcy being unable
) overcome this lead. Zies had his
lau ali bur our in the first round. /
gf &eaIev came back and finished / l
.rCug.
Buce Eniphal Of Davenport was
~ fhErd man 10 The ring during q
- preifniraries. while Mickey d
ierce 81 Moline was the referee in
be- main 60 Al Baldwin Of Jack I
5uFiiie. JILL. was introduced 70 the
.us and announced himself as open
meet all Corners al 1873 pounds.
iIiy RolR OF Des Moines was also b
resented 10 the crowd as Johnny z
0nahUe's next opponent at Cedar I
api3s O
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