Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-15
NEWS OF THE SPORT WORLD
FRANKIE MASON
And PURYEAR IN
10 ROUND DRAW
Bantamweights Travel at a Neat
Pace All the Way With Neither
Doing Any Damage.

frankie Mason of Fort Wayne.
and Earl Puryear of Tulsa, boxed
10 rounds to an even break at the
Moline Three Eye park last night
before a crowd of two thousand
fight fans. To give shade de-
cision either way would be unfair
Both boys displayed plenty of pep
and slugged and jabbed each other
about the ring without either max
ing any decided impression on the
other.
Puryear. whose long suit is in
fighting, tried to force the milling
all the way at this style. He did
most of the leading in his attempts
to keep at Mason's midsection, but
the Fort Wayne boy managed to
work his dangerous left out in
front. frankie was also capable
of meeting Puryear at close quar-
ters, and numerous times during
the battle he counted with singing
rights and 1efts to the breadbas-
ket of the lad from the land of oil.
During the first five rounds, Ma
son was content to let Earl do the
leading. frankie packs a stiff jolt
in his left mitt and he used it at
times to play a tattoo on his OPP
ponent's features at long range.
Puryear could not be phased and
kept boring in, getting credit for an
occasional clean blow to the jaw
or solar plexus.
In the last half of the bout, Ma
son showed more life and at one
time brought the fans to their feet
when he rocked Puryear with a
couple of stiff jolts. Earl, however,
continued to dig in He displayed
the inclination to make a fight of
it but Mason was satisfied to keep
away and jab.
Frankie Sinnett, one time ban
tam of class, put up a sorry exhi-
bitiOn for six rounds against the
elusive Tony Caponi in the semi
windup. Sinnett, hog-fat on &C
count of his long layoff from ring
pursuits, was an easy target for the
fast-stepping Island lad Tony play
ed steadily at the mid-regions OF
frankie and managed to land some
hard ones that probably made the
latter regret that he had essayed a
comeback.
Sinnett sought to keep matters
even by roughing it in the clinches.
In the first round he was able to
push Tony about the ring at will
but after that he tired visibly and
then Tony did the pushing.
The last two rounds were hard
ones on the little fat frankie. Ev-
cry time Tony pushed his right
through to the solar section, Sin
nett would let out a grunt that was
audible all over the park. In the
final round Sinnett made show at
being aggressive but he missed the
majority of his vicious swings, and
every time this happened, he would
oblige with a grunt-
The first preliminary was a good
Around exhibition put on be-
tween Young Shean of Rock Island
and Young Bruce of Moline. In the
final round of this bout, Shean had
an excellent chance to score a
knockout when he all but had the
Moline lad out on his feet.
The second preliminary was
good vaudeville stunt, but it was
not worth a place on the evenings
entertainment program. Kid Cutie
and Kid Curley, both of Rock Is
land. laughed at each other through
four rounds and the crowd laughed.
This CurIey person could not have
made an infant whimper with his
puny punch. In the third round he
fell half a dozen times without be-
ing hit.
Labor Day Program.
Referee Mickey Pierce announc-.
ed that the Moline Fans associa-
ton will stage another boxing pro-
gram at the park Labor day after
noon. The principals have not yet
been signed but strings are out to
secure two fast. and hard-hitting
fellows.
Altogether. the novelty Of an
open air show at night pleased the
fans nightly. Everything was
comfortable. The boxers were able
TO show more pep because of the
absence Of heavy smoke cloud that
settles around an indoor ring.