The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-18

ODOwd c0rnered Wilson he landed
Fight and LEFT blows to the ltal-l
ian's face while the crowd cheered.
O,D0wd ripped an uppercut 70 VII
sons ribs as the bell rang.
Round g. Wilson dropped over =
left punch over O'Dowd's ear, and
Mike countered with left to the
face. ODowd landed another
light left to wilson's faces and again
forced him to the ropes. They ex-
changed lefts and rights in the
center OF the ring. O'Dowd ripped
short right to Wilson'S jaw and
the latter retreated. Mike was
forcing the champion to break
ground and the crowd was in an
uproar.
Round 9-Wilson hooked hard
left to Mikes wind and followed It
with a right to the heart. O'Dowd
leaped in and drove Wilson into his
own corner with a shower Of blows.
The Irishman drove Wilson back
once more with rights and left to
the wind. Wilson landed several
hard blows on Mikes head when he
forced him into a neutral corner.
Wilson hooked a vicious left hand
ia Mikes stomach and brought his
right hand up to Mikes chin.
Round 10-Nilson opened with q
hard left hook to Mikes wind and
Mike countered with a right TO
Wilson's jaw. A wild scrimmage
followed, with both men landing
some good blows. Wilson worked
his left once more/to Mikes wind.
Wilson was playing for Mikes
stomach at every opportunity, while
the Eishman appeared bent upon
landing a knockout wallop. O'Dowd
sent Wilson back on his heels with
short right to the jaw. Wilson
ripped hard left to O'Dowd's jaw
as the bell rang.
Round Considerable sparrine
marked the opening of this frame.
Mike raped Wilson with three
rights to the head. Wilson hooked
"a severe uppercut to O'Dowd's
stomach and the latter claimed it
was foul. No attention was paid to
the claim Wilson continued to
land rights and let's to O'Dowds
ribs. O'Dowd was very wild and
missed several swings to the jaw.
They were tied up in a clinch at
the end
Round 12-Wilson shot a right to
O'Dowd's face and Mike uppercut
to Wilson's heart. Wilson stagger-
ed Mike with left shot to the chin
and then ripped an uppercut to
O'Dowd's wind. O'Dowd complain
ed once more that Wilson was hit
ting low. Wilson showered Mike
with series of right and left
smashes to the face and stomach.
but the Irishman bore in and man.
aged to land some hard blows on
the champion. O'Dowd was con-
stantly appealing to the referee
against Wilson's low hitting. They
were locked at the bell. Wilson ap-
peared to be the stronger.
Round 13-Wilson ripped a short
left hook to O'Dowd's stomach and
followed it with another in the
same place. The champion contin-
ued to rap O'Dowd in the mid-sec
ton and had O'Dowd very tired
Wilson cut An awful cash over
lO'Dowd's left eye. Wilson played
for Mikes damaged optic and had
Mike in a bad way at the end OF
the round.
Round IA - Wilson raped Mike
twice on his damaged left eye. The
Irishman was fighting desperately
to hold off Wilson, but the cham.
pion shot repeated rights to Mikes
badly damaged optic. O'Dowd II
desperation swung several rights tt
Wilson's head, but missed. An
other clinch followed, and Wilson
pumped several left and right blow.
to O'Dowd's ribs, while Mike ono,
more made another claim of fou
/ punching.
, Round 15-Both men ran into
) clinch and hard infighting follow
: ed. Wilson drove hard uppercu
t to Mikes chin. The Irishman wa
game and tried to force the fight
l ing, but the Bostonian smashe,
Y him repeatedly on his bad eve
r ODowd uppercut Wilson. but tn
4 latter shot another left to O'Dowd,
4 stomach. O'Dowd managed to lam
= right swing to Wilson's head, bu
: did hot seem to carry any stear
e to it.