The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-02


Best house Of the season IN Rock
Island. Smith and Quinn had some
thing to show for themselves after
paying on the help. They deserved
It after 80 many heart-breakers.
What about this Jimmy Nuss
personi Think he's Is god, better
or worse than he was last spring1
Maybe he's Just as god or even .
little better. Like to believe 70,
anyway. jimmy sure Is Z likeaAe
chap
What has happened to the old
Nuss punch? Seems to have lost
its snap. Jimmy didn't hook EN-
like he used to. How he used to
snap 'em Unjust like whips!
Chances are they're trying to make
. boxer out OF Jimmy. That's how
they've spoiled lots Of good tight
ers.
| Jimmy's Judgment Of distance
was poor. very poor. Tine and
again he would start . haynakes
only to let Doig hest hin to tn
punch. Dolg heat him to the puncl
too often. Jimmy showed gooi
sense frequently by keeping away
He suffered heavily when he WAS
drawn In.
There were three blows from
which Nuss seemed helpless tt
escape. They we're a left jab, RICH
uppercut in the clinches and . RICH
swing to the stomach. This trit
of swats won Doig the fight. Aftel
the fourth round Jimmy was q,
open target.
Aside from the third and fotrtl
rounds, which he won handily
Nuss made only q mediocre show
ing. Doig was constantly in tn
lead on points. Jimmy DID &c
in several healthy wallops in som
Of the rounds, but not enough
not enough. He was far, far be
hind on points at the last bell.
| Some fight fans may keep trac
of points with good trained eye!
but many betray . tendency to IL
one or two punches knock thel
judgment gally-west. Nuss too
too many for the sake Of landin
one. Any kind of a point lead car
not be overtaken by one or tw
punches unless one Of them upset
the other fighter.
Doig got several lusty razzs
from the house for holding o
p when in reality he wasn't h0ldi1
on 1t all It's . trick used by MAJ
> fighters with telling effect Tt lool
like hanging on, but it isn't !
D long rs the referee t0lerates pr
e longed clinchfBg, the fighter wi
, uses this trick cannot be blamed.
III Goats" is powerful in the arm
3 and shoulders. He gets the upp
hold in the clinches and forces h
whole weight upon his opponent
. shoulders. Watch his hands al
| arms. They seldom meet. The
J how could he be holding on? Do
d seldom clutches the clings to +;
+. opponent. He's just using h
strength to bear and wear hi
down.
" A fighter who goes through
: scrap smiling or laughing adve
e tises the fact that he is eth
Il plumb foolish or Just Offering ,
e alibi to discredit his opponent
prowess. Nuss laughed and smil'
his way through the fight. A loo
y jaw, like when laughing, 10 q 60
d send to an opponent IL he Is ale
!, and a fast, hard puncher. Tn
Il even . iab can break q jaw.
IS Several over-zealous persons he
8 up traffic around the ringside aft
t. the scrap by making absurd insi
(. uations that Nuss should be a
corded q draw, or even shat
That was prejudice, pure and SIT
|" pie. Any sensible boxing cri1
!. cannot be dissuaded from l
:. point of view, if for no other re
:! son than because he knows
a own business. g..
The Insider attended the M
saw EVERY bit Of action and q
d counted for EVERY blow tn
s counted for . point either W,
~ Subsequently, he awarded d.
= eight rounds; Nuss two. It "
9 ridiculous for anyone to insinus
o that Nuss should be accord
i something which he DID NOT en-