Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-02
Young Shean Wins in Round One,
Mason Stretches Wicker TO Can
vas and Repine Quits.

A crowd Of a thousand fight fans
was treated to four knockouts,
technical and otherwise, in as many
bouts at the Moline baseball park
yesterday afternoon. Young Tony
Dennis of Milwaukee put Frankie
Fleming, Canadian lightweight
champ, down for the 10 count in
the third round of the main go;
Kid Repine refused to respond TO
the bell for the eighth and last
round in his semi-windup appear
ance against Frank Beatty of Peo-
ria; Young SheaE put Don Martin
of Davenport away in the first
round and Paul Mason k. Old Kid
Wicker in the fourth round of the
first preliminary.
Altogether, it was a big treat in
a fighting way for the bugs The
main go was relished particularly,
for Tony Dennis Sived up to all ad-
vance dope as to his prowess as a
fighter. Fleming was not a dub,
but ne was outclas5ed from the
first gong by the rushing. tearing
yoUngster.
The wop battler pulled the cur
tains down for the CanuCk champ
in the third session after he had
handed him a terrific lacing in the
two preceding rounds. Dennis
might have gained a victory in
much quicker time if he had not
been over anxious AS it was
Fleming was down taking the
count at the end of the first and
second rounds. the bell saving him
each time lie kissed the canvass
i've times. all told, once in the first
twice in the second and twice in
the last round
Glass From Start.
The boy from the Cream city dis
played class from the word go. He
waded in without any preliminary
sparring and his opponent was tax
en- by surprise. Fleming thought
it was going to be soft for him.
Built in much larger proportions,
the crowd thought the same when
both appeared IN the ring.
While the beaten champ may
possess considerable of a wallop
in his powerful looking arms. he
was not given an opportunity to
show it, On the other hand. Den
mis- indicated he is q conner who
viii in the near future put up an
awful argument with Benny Leon
ard. He didn't jab; he put force
behind every wallOp. He rocked
Fleming with blows to the jaw and
followed with terrific clOuts to the
midsection. frankie assimilated a
lot of punishment He chung to
the ropes with body and face pro
tected whenever chance afforded.
He rallied occasionally to tempo
TariIy check the charging bull.
Repine Goes Daily.
In the semi-windup. frankie
Beatty of Peoria gained a techni-
cal X. 0. victory over Kid Repine OF
Davenport The kid called for the
towel when the bell rang for the
eighth round. No one could learn
the reason. For seven rounds
Beatty used his right effectively
and had piled up a big lead on the .
DaVenporter, several times having
him showing signs of distress. But
Repine with bulldog tenacity, |
elinched repeatedly and winked at
the crowd
During the rest before the last
session. he suddenly appeared to go
daffy in the head. Jumping from
his chair he danced crafty about /
The ring and refused the admins |
trations of his seconds. When the !
bell rang he stuck To his corner.
immediately after he Topped to the !
floor. Sympathy appeared to be !
lacking. He was rolled out of the !
ring and after a short rest got up |
and made for the dressing room
Martin Too Light.
OF the two preliminaries. the |
first pleased the crowd because Of /
the large amount of gore spilled. :
The bout ending with Paul Mason /
putting Kid Wicker out for keeps !
in the fourth rOund. The second /
prelim between Young Shean and !
Don Martin was a poorly matched !
affair Martin is hardly in the fly |
weight class and vet he was pitted !
against a fighter of Shean's caliber.
svno tips the scales around 11S and |
80. Shean hit the little fellow /
once and he went down. Referee