The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-14

frankie WEIGH, great little Chi
cago welterweight, who became a
strong tri-city boxing favorite for
his knockout of Johnny Donahue
and tough battle with AL Van Ryan
in the last two Davenport shows,
has been matched tentatively by
Tommy Ryan to meet Johnny
Schauer Of St Paul. for the next
card at the Illinois theatre under
the auspices of Rock Island post,
Amrican legion.
Lou Goldman, manager for
WEIGH, has already agreed to terms,
Ryan announced today on flying
visit to Rock Island. Goldman did
not hesitate a moment to accept
the match for he believes frankie
can defeat Schauer on the strength
of his sensational showing against
Van Ryan.
Mike McNulty, manager for
Schauer, at first explained that he
had matched Schauer for bout a,
Clinton, Iowa, for April IS. At this
time, Wednesday, April 20, is the
only available date Ryan could re-
serve at the theatre, but later he
learned there is possibility Of get
ting the 22nd.
Debate Over Dates.
Ryan doesn't want Schauer to
battle in Clinton and then come
here within so short time to meet
a tough boy like WEIGH. Ryan
might be lenient and allow the Nc
Nulty entry to accept the Clinton
date and still fight here If the the
atre can be had for the 22nd, but if
the fight must 60 through on the
goth, as it appears today, Schauer
must accept the local offer in pref
erence to Clinton.
Schauer has not appeared in a
tri-city ring since his defeat of
Otto Wallace last fall at the Hi
nois theatre. Up to that time
Johnny was immensely popular
hereabouts for being the only bat
tier in the world to get a decisive
victory over AL Van Ryan, which he
achieved last summer at Douglas
park.
Fans will recall Schauer's light
ming style which enabled him to
win every round from the tough
Otto Wallace in their bout here
last fall, and thus will be able to
draw their own conclusions as to
his chances against boy of
Welch's caliber.
Promoter Ryan is going ahead to
make this match Offset the disap-
: pointment Of the recent Rostan-
| Quinn affair. If he succeeds in
! closing definitely with Mike Nc
Nulty for the services of Schauer
he will be able to offer tri-city fans
one Of the most promising welter-
| weight encounters staged this sea-
son in the middle west.
Goldman agreed to the match i'm
mediately because he realizes that
his boy, WEIGH, is coming right
along as a championship possibil-
ity within the next year, and also
because he proposes to eliminate as
many secondary contenders as DOS
sible in order to leave Frankie with
a clear title to q match with the
! champion.
McNulty, 1t may be said. is lust
as ambitious for Schauer, who like
Van Ryan, Is an experienced wind
up fighter with long list OF vic
tins. Because Schauer whipped
Van Ryan decisively here last sum
! mer. a battle between McNulty's
boy and WEIGH should prove at
least as good a drawing card as
Van Ryan and WEIGH were It the
last Davenport show.
Sheehan vs.. CasAiIlf
Promoter Ryan has negotiations
under way for semi-windup match
between Emmett Sheehan Of Rock
Island. and Jimmy Cashill, the sen
sational featherweight Of the Nc
Nulty stable. Sheehan and Cashill
have bean matched four or ire