The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-23
BY ]. l.. HUGHES.

BY j. l.. HUGHES.
with both men trained to a fine
point, indications are Tommy Com
iskey, the ST. Paul fash, and Jimmy
Nuss, rugged mauler from DePere-
Wis, will provide one OF the best
pugilistic entertainment Witnessed
in these parts in many's the day.
! when they collide for ten rounds
or less tonight at the Fifth street
arrnory in Davenport. The men ale
billed to appear under the auspices
/ of the American legion OF Daven-
port, successful sponsor of numer-
Gus shows within recent months.
Comishey is confident OF proving
II his claims of superiority over Nuss
II in decisive fashion, while the Wis
consin youth is equally certain lie
I will show Tommy a thing or two
II before the 10 rounds are up. NuSS
Fl has hunCh he can put the st.
Il Paul boy to sleep and Will bend eY-
II cry effort toward accomplishing
E tlns result. Tommy will also try
= for a kayo wallop but Will be salts
4 fed to outpoIaL mis- less speedy an
e tagonist.
Comiskey has taken on about 10
( pounds since he was last seen in 4
/ local ring THIS is due To his long
B layoff from the fistic pastime while
A reouper&ting from an operation to
4 his nose. Since resuming active
ring work lie has not been able TO
shake any of it off. but is is said he
i is no less fast and clever with his
i mftts than before Rather than
Z handicapping him. the added weight
Il is said to have proved beneficial.
II 1t will be remembered that Nuss
/ outweighed Comiskey by eight or
4 ten pounds when they had their
/ first argument, over two years ago
{ at the Empire rink under the au-
Il spices of the late Babe Meanor, but
Tommy's greater skill enabled him
10 give Nuss a lacing.
al Tonight, however, they will face
each other on a $3.50 basis. so far
81 as weight matters are concerned.
f{ Jimmy has managed to stick
= around the 1875 mark and this same
4 figure has been satisfactory 10 Com
: iskey
= Many fans believe Comiskeys in
"a creased bulk viii make him much
more formidable against Nuss than
was the case previously. On the
"A other hand. there are some who
are prone TO consider Nuss'
ii chances more favorable, contend
3 ing that COmiskcy cannot be as
fast on his feet as he was two
years ago.
H Perhaps the most interesting part
f OF the meeting of the pair. is the
Il chance il affords for settling the
u disputes that developed on the oc-
casiun OF their previous setto. For
nine rounds Comiskey oUtpointed
Nuss, during five or six of which
he was semi-COnscious, due to the
excessive heat OF the arena In
( the 10th Nuss learned his oppon- F.
I ents' s condition. and for three min /
\ uteS battered Tommy all over the /
+ ring. The latter kept his feet by
instinct 1t was claimed by some |
I that the hair-raising finish entitled !!
Mass 10 at least even considera- !
ton but others pointed to Comis- |
keys advantage in points. |,
Nuss, himself admits he took a
lot OF Tommy's wallops in the
I nth round of that memorable en-
counter but asserts this only goes
Z 10 prove he has nothing to fear to- (
night He contends he can afford !
TO take Tommy's best tonight. Just
4 Tor the sake OF landing one of his /
\ justly famed haymakers.
Huggins Meets Check.
Those who have seen Battling
4 Check of Milwaukee in his work
outs at the Moline police gymnas- !
ium. declare he will more than
make things interesting for Leo
higgins OF Davenport in the six !
round semi-windup. Check is built
along the lines or Bob Moha. the /
caFe-man. lie is said 10 he a fear E
less fighter, who is constantly wad-
ing in and swinging everything he .
has. Huggins has his reputation .
as champion featherweight of the
army OF occupation to uphold and
his friends are confident he Will
not be found lacking against the
battler.
The four-round preliminary be-
tToen Randall Kent OF Rock Is
land and Kid Amos OF Sterling
should whet the appetites of the
Fans. Kent Is n popular favorlte
by reason OF his terrific punching
power. lie hes never yet failed 10
please n crowd and tonight should
DO no exception.
Harry Condor Of Rock Island and
Johnny Rex OF Fort Sheridan. will
pry open the lid with a four-round
engagement. starring at $50
o'clock.
Advance sale OF seats for the
show has been good and indications .
are capacity crowd will view the
program. Seating arrangements =
IN the nrfnory are such that re- j
served ticket holders can arrive nj !,
any time and be sgrc of reaching
their seats without trouble. The ,
aisies VIII be kept free at all times. Y
Cnicago.-Jaks Schaefsr of Chi =
cage. tied with Willie Hoppe.
wcFias billiard champion, for the /