The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-17
BY BRUCg COPELAND.

\ ny BRUCE COPELAND.
Only . great lighting heart saved
Dam rerrin Of st. Paul from being
y Knocked out by Harvey Thorpe Of
KAnaes City last nigh in the main
A gUr6f the Davenport Legion boxing
show IT the Burtis theatre. Terrin
w1t outclassed and outfought al
Moet from the beginning by Thorpe,
\ whose relentless attack. at times,
bordered on unsportsmansnip.
Thorpe played constantly tor the
body, slowing up nearly all OF Ter
rims leithand leads with crushing
4 hooks to the stomach. One or two
struck rather low. but In justice 10
v Thorpe, none was intentional. Flu
ri0us inside lighting and TERMS
awkwardness in the clinches had
more to 60 with the unintentional
fouls than anything else.
TERMS inability to assimilate
4 Thorpes midriff crushers wore
away his physical Strength. but
could not Geter his great fighting
heart. Time and again, Sam WING
7 cd and cried out In great pain, but
always rallied. however weakly
and managed to survive the full
: quota of rounds.
Thorpe Uses vaselfne.
Sam showed flashes of good form
I In the FIRST three rounds with a tan
TALKING left jab which he landed
frequently. To Offset the effects
OF this singer. Chick Johnson,
a Thorpe's manager and chief second.
smeared his battler's cheeks and
forehead with vaseline-an unwrit-
ten infraction of the Queensberry
code. Thereafter, TERMS left
slipped harmlessly on its goal.
After a furious mixup near the
rQpes In the eighth. Thorpe spun
Tksktn. across the hempen barrier
with q crumpling left hook to the
stomach, followed by a right over
hand wailop 10 the jaw. Sam
crumpled over the ropes and lost
His balance completely.
Sam. although he presented Q
gtotesque and helpless figure hang
ing there on the ropes, was not out.
N He tried to pull up, but his foot
clipped. Thorpe then committed an
n excitable foul ! rushing in and
trying to put sam away. He adj
Y lhinistered crushing kidney Callops
and then reached up from und.r
the ropes and smacked Sam in the
face.
Terrin Kicks Harvey.
Terrin lost his head at that point
and kicked back viciously at Thorpe
Z With his Feet. A general mixup re-
suited. in which the eighth round
vas stopped and beth boys sem
H back to their corners for the ninth
round coming up. 1t is customary
y ID such eases. when a fighter is in
q preaic1ment like TERM was In
that round, for the referee to use
Ms own Judgment ana step be
tween the tgh ers. The rule also
ayrplies to a boxer who either Slips
N Or falls out Of tie ring without be
II, er'e ed senseless.
n Terrin was either cut Of form Of
els ~ Ia l..olpes class. He tried
10 defend him, eff with left iab
sDru ,taing almost always fata
whel ser pper like Thorpe car
counter with such crushing right
Thorpe used his superior eSps.i
eilce to good advantage Ter-ir
nj In some good infgnting now
and then. but after tie third round
they seemed 10 lose their powe-
Thorpe kept Ssm harking.u Up VITA
telling regularity Sam. having t.
fre2k ground constan ly. cculd dc
very little 70 defend nimaef.
Die Z OverwOfksd.
10th boys re ortea to rnile
Mtl'rg tactics, Referee D;etz hal
70 break almost every clinch
! Thorpe was the cis,es offender in
the early rounds. Greater strength
enabled him 10 tie UP Terms
hands and then whsla away at his
stomach. Thorpe fought a rough
battle all the way MANY criticised
M-, for what they believed was
ovcrroughness. Critically. Thorpe
was immune with the exception of
two unintent'onal fouls which LAND
ed below the bel. A fighter must
b prepared to defend himself from
unusual roughness in the clirches.
Terrin was rot.
STerrin is to be commended for
hE splendid courage which was
pfe-em nent. although h, took a
bad beating. Without his s.aunch
heart. he might have been sert
down several times for the full
count. !. The Fighting Tailor"
TERMS appellation. also demon-
etfated remarkable talent in man:p.
u{ating his body for defense. With
more ;physica! stamina he might
have inflicted serious damage to
Thorpe. who was always an open
mark for q right-hand upparcut.
IL is q mystery why trt-city boz
ing promoters persist in keeping
Walt johnson Of Moline. in the
semi-windup class. Bat demon
stfated last night in his six-round
81 with lack Racer Of Davenport
Tat he ID not only . lightweight
~ parts. but one OF the best At
$l1hctions for all.around satisfaction
~ has besn seen hersabouts IN
l1ae1F Takes Deafine.
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