The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-22
WHITLEY" ROSS
HANDS CLANCY
GLOVE LACiNG
Boxers Speed Up I'm Last ThrsA
Rounds and Class of Young.
ster Asserts Itself.

Whitley" Ross, the rising younp
Chicago lightweight showed the
veteran Paddy Clancy an abundance
of gloves in their 10-round affair
at the Davenport armory last night
SO much so that he won by a mile
or more. The boys did not dispIav
any too much inclination to mix
matters until the eighth round
when after being warned by Ref.
cree Pat Dietz that their efforts
were meeting with disapproval, thew
started in to annihiIate each 9th
er. In the swift exchanges that
followed, Ross emerged on the Long
end of the points every time.
For the first seven rounds Il
must be confessed the glove work
was rather tame with Ross having
no difficulty in keeping out in front
in matter of points. The youngster
was wary of the rugged Clancy and
was not willing to mix at close
quarters, and the same was true Of
Paddy. However, Ross showed a
remarkable defense that kept his
vital parts protected during the en-
tire battle. It was his carefulness
ton of the house along about the
seventh round but, be it said to his
credit, when told to do some slug
ging he went at it willingly enough.
In the last three rounds Clancy
tired rapidly from repeated punches
to his midriff and jaw. A less hardy
customer would have wiIted before
the terrific onslaught of the blonde
kid. Clancy was staggered several
times but managed to keep on his
feet and make a tough fight of it Up
to the final round. Ross was in per
feet condition, for. at the finish.
if anything, he was fresher than at
the start.
AmoRs Triumphs.
Archie Amons, the freak battler
from Marshalltown, Iowa, gets the
call over George Cummings, the
Davenport mauler, in the six round
semi-Windup. Amons fought with
more seriousness than he showed
last June at Davenport, and while
he started slow he was going strong
at the finish 1t seems that Amons
can't get warmed up until about the
sixth round. He likely would have
won by a more decisive shade had
it been longer contest.
Cummings started out to stop the
eccentric fighter but in the second
round ran into a broadside of wal
lops that sent him to cover with
aiacrity- After that Cummings was
clearly taking no chances with one
of Amons' swinging drives. On the
other hand, AmOns was equally
careful The pair mixed it enough,
however. to convince the bugs they
were getting run for their money
The second preliminary of four
rounds between Elmer Kelly, the
smuggling youth from Davenport
and Randall Kent, the hard-hitting
Rock Island youngster, was about
as good a battle the evening had
to offer. In fact, many considered
it the best from a fighting stand
point Both boys punched them
selves out before the finish and It
would be an injustice to either 70
consider it anything but a draw.
Kent had a merry time punching
his singing left flush to keIly's
face and occasionally whipping CVef
d Tl5uL tHdL uldIt the haven pb4 ttL
shudder. Kelly did some powerful
hitting on his own part, too. At
I the finish neither battIer had SUI
ficient energy left to make a good
impression. The first three rounds
were whirIwinds, however, each CIV
ing as much as was passed out.
The first preliminary brought
Dick Kellar, q 111-pound Davenport
youth, to the front. Dick put Up
a dandy battle against Tony TaW!-
clio, 10 or more pounds heavier.
The latter won by a long ways but
it was the gameness of kellar that
won him the approval of the crowd
In the last round he was W0bby
and all but out on his feet. yet he
gamely tried to meet the rushes OF
the more experienced wOp.
The show drew slightly less than
proceeding legion cards but on the
whole was a satisfactory affair
Many thought Ross was being over
matched in sending him against
Clancy but the kid showed he knows
a thing or two and can hit hard
against the best of them OF course
Clancy is a long distance from be-
ing among the best, but. neVerIhs-
less. he is about as good trial
horse as could have been found
for Ross.