The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-13

Ss ~ YAuI10n o. OIL
~ outboxsd Jimmy Mrs. cf
1iIre q Douglas park last night
~ armed the honors Of the ~
engagement By . neat shade.
!. nofthcrn city batter had heard
"a about the hitting ability Of
u before he entsred the ring
his exhibition q ringcraft that
B rIeved pleased the large crowd
fIlied al advantageous seats
w park.
johnny Donahue surprised. the
4; By his decided reversal of
4 ~ ii his Ground semi-windup
s1Inst Battling johnson. Johuny
B n lnfttled to the shade. Although
noeked down cleanly in the fourth
I s1ai,d. Johnny scored enough points
= IL other rounds 70 win.
IA Cutie battered Young Powell
I .no,,t the ring for four rounds in
4 ~ second preliminary. It was q
S1rtfic mixup all the way with
] fufie being out in front ct the end.
u naudall Kent, q newcomer In To-
II rings, made q hit when he
bored Fremont Jack for the count
4 the second round Of the opening
bout
Takes No Chances.
Mass friends were inclined t.
- the showing of Paulsen be.
e1use the latter did not 60 in wide
eoer and give the Moliner . chance
| b land one Of his Justly celebrated
lawmakers. Paulsen was not TAX.
II any chances, and even though
= fought a careful. methodical bat.
Il he succeeded in landing nun
euus jabs and punches that proved
lighly disconcerung to Nuss. Nusi
hiled to get in q telling punch dur
NJ the entire bout, principally be
ause he had no target to aim ut
Jimmy swung wildly time ant
again and had 1t not been for TIL
ct footwork and blocking abilit!
| d the Minneapolis man. the bou
Amlsht have ended early in the even
ins. As it was, Mike remained COO
throughout, taking advantage 0
nearly every opening.
Paulsen stepped out and won tn
first three rounds by fair shades
He kept pressing Nuss all the wa,
| md the latter was unable to sc
| himself during the early rounds t
| % any kind Of damage. In tn
fourth Nuss started his rushing tao
| tcs, but Paulsen always managed t
| slide inside the wicked punches
from the fourth to the seventh
Nuss forced the fighting in an Ell
fuft 10 land Q knockout and pleas
hs followers. During this tim,
pnulsen was content to remain o
he defensive. Occasionally b
Dccked through hard jolts to Nus,
nt-section and Jaw. Once the Nc
line boy was Jared considerably b
lytraight left to the chin. Severa
tines Paulsen's tabs swung Nus
hight about.
From the seventh until the en-
Il the bout, Paulsen scored repeat
sdly and hardly received any In re
Surn. Nuss' leads either passc
}orer his head or slid harmlessly Of
tdewise. When the battle termir
stsd. Paulsen was practically a
fresh as at the start. Except for
slightly bruised eye, he showed u
Signs to wear. On the other ham
Nuss was started bleeding from th
mouth in the second round and tn
continual peppering he receive
caused the blood to flow In plentt
ouS quantities.
Donahue Gets Shade.
Johnny Donahue gained a con
handing lead over Johnson in th
hnt three rounds. In the secon
be closed the Battler's left eye an
b the third opened a cash in h
sst cheek. With blood streamin
down hts face from the cut, JohI
ton staged a game comeback in tt
tburth, plastering Johnny to a
corners Of the ring and ending |
setting clip to the jaw tn;
lpfswled Johnny on his haunche
4 vas not hard blow and Johl
y rested on one knee while P'
Didh tolled off the count OF min
Johnny was up and into a cline
ut before the bell sounded. tt
nockdown served to even the boz