The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-16

~ 6set to the final gong and
.3 through . victor over the !
orl Jimmy Nuss Of Moline at !
s5nGlre rink last night in theI
1 bout ever witnessed In the
Sles. Tommy won because he
5000 liz opponent in seven Of the
w rnnnds and one was even. |
sf only chance to win after the
211k vss TO score q knockout
Sr ~ delirious Comisksy. Two
1dh1owus would have brought
;In = draw, but had Tommy been
1nol III hin feet in the ninth or
~ ~ vould never have gotten
II ~ lloor unassisted.
4 dance to witpEss such . fight
- bat once in . lifetime. The
I11lpe4 to block. clinch and shift
- ~ with the blows aimed at
~ ~ Tommy on his feet to the
- nvsry bit Of color was
- lIun his body after the sixth
-. In the seventh the terrific
~ ~ b Q finishing blow on the,
II hi boy and the lights went
r. ~ him. He stuck to his Job
rGpnlRsf, unconscious on his feet,
tDDul any sense Of what II was
4 uv1sut Nuss' power was sap
~ b the heat but his faculties
- with him to the last be-
~ he fifteen pound weight ad-
morp withstood the exhausting
nU1ng Of Comiskey in the first
1g mGnds coupled with the ter
| ~ humidity of the ring.
The Last Round.
| NJ lsst round 10 one never to be
nQ1ttoa. At the conclusion Of the
~ Tommy sat down in Nuss'
|MnM. the first inkling the Moline
usnan had of his opponents
Nn1rieu. When the tenth started
~ rallied his scattering senses
|380 supreme effort, but Tommy
helpd, moved his shoulders
y and left and after An indeter-
inAbh length Of time covered BY
y IN Of three minutes, the bout
~ With the craxed Comiskey
v6nef. Nuss tried desperately to
y - other in that final session
= " blows were the taps Of a
'Gnn boy. II be had landed one
~ punch Comiskey would have
r. Down, q beaten man because
9Ae heat.
~ two hours after the fight had
~ Tommy was . raving, de-
1l1o youth. He recognised no
~ His mind wandered to every
n1e Of tho earth. Tho month.
y Dlacs. what 1t was all about
- things Comiskey's uncon-
eless mind put into questions to
- eager friends who sought to
~ lin aid. A physician worked
g1ennly TO prevent permanent In
~ b the wonderful constitution
g ~ led from Minnesota. With
s1nyS fever up above tho dan
- Doant his body was swathed IN
- lan1aSes. He had to b pinned
N b strong hands.
~ hsu slowly Tommy came
- Fleeing glimpses Of the
" Uttered through his clogged
M.
4 b the first time It ever hap
- b me-" moaned Tommy.
1kst time what happened" he
- cushioned.
4 knockout He got me - -
1Renth."
~ % II Is. When his last fac
0eearted him In the seventh
~ thinks 1t was the finishing
\ ioe him. He remembers moth
e1ar that and hardly anything
mDpened in tho preceding
= He does not know In his
~ mud that he continued to beat
nd then stuck through the
last round.
pmmy Nuss like the game
nat he Il. gives Tommy ev.
49, Nuss tainted after the
10 over. When he came
vas dressed he sought
~. Through the haze Tom
meosnized him and Nusi
- Tor his hand.
IN tight you again In thret
any place." spoke Tommy
With the thought that hs
~ Knocked out.
~ al care to fight you again
You're too tough for me,
- Nuss. And in that sen
= told svsryone that he VA
: slcatsr.
~ nrst i've rounds Tomm,
SS last five pounds Of weigh
- that the flesh could Il
= seen easing or his body
= became sallov and tn
a parted. His eyes wer'
Cots Big Lad.
tsy won the first tire,
but even then It vas no
: be Old sap and vim va,
~ The fourth Nuss rallie,
- the round. In the fftl
rscovered slightly and bat
nsss to all corners Of til
Sof half Of the sixth roun,
- Nuss With sverythinl
= The Moline boy ready d
= he neutral corner Tom
HIN fourteen times to tn
y solar and Nuss was sink
"a . suddsanass that Va
j % ~ crowd Tcm1n,
1s9Asd Nu1s sway -
~ hack.
.ooeed tired anA worn. n
- eoenee q ~ ~ 4
~ ~ ~ rnnaa1tiI1