The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-05
Greatest Upset. In History Of Game
Here-Kerst and Van Ryan

messed In a Rock Island ring last
night at the Illinois theatre when
he knocked Bum" Stuehmer cuckoo
II 1--WE rounds in the most terrific
and sanguinary battle that even
the most hardened fight fan can
ever hope to witness again. And
Nuss rightfully came into his mon
ECKER Of X. o. by sending the pride
OF Davenport to the mat for min
utes, not seconds. And it will be |
weeks, not days, before Bum" will
recover from the terrible blows to |
his head and Jaw.
The theatre was packed with |
bugs, and before that last battle |
had ended 1t was the buggiest bug
house in the whole country. Nuss |
was literally smothered with con-
CALCULATIONS on all sides. 1t must /
be remembered that Rock Island |
and Moline fans have been waiting |
for a long time to see Stuember |,
take the count. Well, OF course,
he didn't take the count. 1t was
necessary for Referee Pat Dietz to
start it. The towel came fluttering |
in from BUNS" corner when he
went down the last time.
Not Same Bum.
But it must be said that the
Bum Stuehmer that Nuss knock
ed out was not the Bum" Stueh-
mer that Goats Doig or Tommy
Comiskey could not damage to any
appreciable extent. The Daven-
porter was plainly a shell of his
former self. He underestimate the
ability of the Moliner and did not
train for the match as he should
have done. He was not the sleek
appearing fighter of past occasions.
Nuss hits with the kick of a
mule. His blows are short and
quick. but they travel TO the anato-
my of an opponent with pile-driv-
ing effectiveness. He has a weak
defense If one is to stick strictly
to what is known as defense in
the ring. But, on the other hand.
bis rushing, Furnishing attack prov
ed again that the best defense is
a terrific offense. "A second Demp-
sey" the crowd cried. And sec
ond Dempsey is not far from it.
Built along the lines of the pro-
verbal caveman, he triumphs by
brute strength and hitting ability.
Stuehmer entered the ring top
heavy favorite. Even when the
weights were announced - Stueh-
mer. 147;, Nuss. 155--the crowd
still pitted the rash Moline boy for
having the'temerity to face Stueh-
mer in the squared circle Nuss
was an unknown quantity One of
"Bum's" celebrated lawmakers was
expected to reach him early and
: end it before it had fairly started.
\ Bum Was Reckless.
Stuehmer came out Of his corner
at the first gong, confident, rather
careless. He stepped lithely around
the short. bull-like Nuss, jabbed a
bit. tented and let go a right to
the body. 1t landed BUNS
friends smiled contentedly and yell
ed for quick ending. Nuss was
wary. He knew what he was
against. After minute of careful
analysis of Stuehmer's movements,
Nuss closed with him. and then
we'll, in the two minutes remaining
in that round he battered the Dav-
exporter all over the ring, and it
looked for time like the fight
would end then. Surprise, conster-
nation and then a sudden burst of
yelling swept over the crowd.
In the second round Nuss prac-
tically used up his own energy in
attempt to put over the haymaker
on the helpless Stuehmer; that is.
helpless to hit but still capable of
defending himself by going into
shell defense. The end of the
third round found Nuss with
Stuehmer up against the ropes and
sending home countless blows. The
bell rang. but Nuss did not hear
it. He kept on. while the crowd
went into Mysteries. Bum" was
striving to ward of that terrible
attack. He would not go down.
Fight instinct alone kept him on
his feet.
Nuss Goes Down.
In the fourth round Bum" SEEM
ed to regain a bit of hts strength.
He caught Nuss on the mouth with
q punch. and Nuss went down. Was
It a punch with the glove or with
the elbow? Those watching close
ly at the ringside declare Nuss was
struck with an elbow. His lip was
ripped open. Slightly stunned, Nuss
went down on his knees and took
the count of seven. 1t cleared his
head. Up again, and once more the
Dayenporter was the target of an
avalanche Of blows. The fifth
round was more deadly than the
preceding ones. When about half
ended, Nuss landed the finisher and
Stuehmer went down with such
force that he was helpless, shape
less mass.
Van Ryan and Kerst Draw.
In the first half Of the double
windup, Mickey kerst Of Chicago
and Al Van Ryan of Minneapolis
battled 10 furious rounds to draw.
Van Ryan broke his good left hand
IN the sixth round and thereafter
Kerst went at him unafraid and
was able to even up the big lead on
points that Van had obtained in the
early half Of the battle.
AL used his long left jab, fol-
lowed by a right cross to good eff
feet in the first five runs. He cas-
lily hit the Chicago boy two to one,
but the latter kept coming on and
on, And all the time he was be-
ing punished heavily. In the sec
ond round one Of Vans punches
caught him flush in the face and
Mickey spit blood for the rest OF
the milling. He was shorter but
.stockier than the Minneapolis
.Aghter.
Il waS = bout to satisfy the. most
g1essimistic tight fan because there
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