The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-24
HIS SUPERIOR
BOXING SKILL
is BIG FACTOR
Lands Often at Infighfing While
Nuss Misses MaBy-TOmmy
Dazed in Eighth.
By j. l.. HUGHES.

( aJE ere " 49, q AAAI 80
armory last night before sooo
sized crowd OF night fans. CONS
{ KEYS ability 10 weave ms way into
close quarters and fire away rap
idly at MS opponents mlGrln, put
hin out il front IN the majority u
rounds.
IL was a great bout from start
TO 6uish. but as is often the case,
produced a divergence Of opinion
as 10 which man was emitted 10
be credited VITA q victory. TINS
was due principally to the diner
euee IL the styles OF boxing, Co
iAlsaey TeIying almost WholIy on
his Skill To punch and lab, ana TO
protect himself while Nuss relied
on his one great asset-punchlnS
power The more conservative did
not overlook the decided advantage
Comiskey had piled up in proceed
ing rounds in matter OF points reg
istered. wnile the more rabid were
quick 10 sway Nuss' way when the
latter finally landed an effective
wallop in the eighth and had
shape for the round.
Based strictly on standards Of
boxing, there is no question of Co
miskey right to the award. II
this is to be discounted in favor
of the Others uuquestloned supe-
rioi {ty in hard hitting and what he
might have done had he landed soi-
idly only once on vital spot, then
Nuss must be given the credit OF
victory.
In the eighth round Nuss did
land, but just enough force was
removed from the punch to enable
Tommy to keep his feet; not
enough. however, to keep MS head.
AS a matter OF fact the St Paul
boy was daZed considerably but he
managed to weather the storm and
come back for the ninth and tenth
sessions. In these later rounds,
Nuss got in his best Work OF the
evening and WAS easily the strong
er at the finish.
The nttn was Comiskey's big
round. lie not only closed Nuss
lett eye but led the milling by d
4 mile or more. Nuss did not appear
any too comfortable unuer the pom
bardment, but -pe.ng a much TOO
rugged boy IOr one OF ComIskey' )
Z limited powers Of hitting 10 put
away, he recovered.
A-RtA4AA-A-. 10 A4DA Liz AOA44ShGN u
OLD. TINS muCu was eyIdeuJ Almost
from The first gong. The eueces OF
his long IayU1 were 100 apparent
Tor the comfort CT his well-wlsA-
ers, lie viii need several encouu-
tiers yet before he can nope TO re
gam tue form tnat mace MN one
81 the most promising boxers OF
s his weight Two years ago.
aHH
cally the entire distance. IL was
necessary tor him to keep inside
OF NUss' hook punches, most any
one OF which Was deWered wil1
sleep produc -ng Intentions. Invar-
1aDIyr however, Comlskey's great
Diocking and ablhty To sniff mis-
/. head With Inc punch or to duck
+ and let ii swing harmlesslv over
LIS head kept INN out OF danger
that was forever threatening 10
lift him through the ceiling. There
were times when he made Nuss
miss as many as four and tiye blows
aimed in rapid-fr order. and uu-,
der such circumstances the former
Moline boy looked ludicrous. The
humorous part of the situation
struck him with such force at times
tAat he often broke into smiles
when his best directed wallOps
missed by several inches. Not a
few of Nuss' blows spent their
power harmlessly on Tommy's
gloves or arms, 100. The smack
OF leather against leather often
sounded like a clean score to Co
mlskey's mldsectiCn and had a 1en-
deuCy TO switch opinion Of some TO
Nuss side Of the argument
The writer visited Nuss in his
dressing room after the bout and
found him pTaising his late oppo-
nent IN no sJlngy sort of way i
guess l looked terrible from miss
ing so many laughed Jimmy. but
that S what lack of boxing will do
Tor fellow. l couldn't Judge nv
distance. Tommy is a great boxer.
] guess he hit me about thousand
times when in close OF course.
none Of them hurt very much. It's
Too bad that boy hasn't got a real
waIlop"
That's Jimmy Nuss all over. He's
one of the best sports that ever
pulled en- boxing glove. ALWAYS
ready TO give his opponent credit
Coniskey was not as lively in
getting into his street clothes. He
had taken several Of Nuss blows
and everyone knows they are some
thing TO stand up under. Hes (
sure a good one" opined Tommy. .
Il was dazed in the eighth from
one on the point and didn't feel
any too frisky in the final rounds I
One has TO keep alive when in the
ring against him"
Higgins Wins.
Leo Higgins Of Davenport. cham
plon featherwelght of the army of
occupation. made a pleasing affair
OF his bout with Battling Check of
Milwaukee. Leo was well ont in
front in matter of points at the
end of six rounds of fast milling /
Il was not until the final session
that the rUggedness and punching
OF Check, who is stocky and pow
erfui, began TO assert itself. but
II was too late for his rally 10
overcome Higgins lead. Nothing
5thaI Leo carried really had any err
lsct on Check, who was constantly
= e1tng in for an opening for one II
q his betty overland swingsN hut
the Davenport boy landed iust
1enput as often as he pleased.
Johnny Showers and Frank An
ueasoh' the latter OF Kewanee. were
sunstltuted for Kid Amos of Sterl-
- ana randall Kent of Rock Is