The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-29
HUCGINSLOSES
TOPLUDE;BUM
SELLS winner


Two revenges featured the An
| derson Athletic clubs show at Tur-
ner hall, Moline, last evening.
Harold Piude OF Des Moines ayeng-
ed his defeat Of few weeks ago
at the hands of Leo Higgins of
Davenport by gaining the popular
decision in the main event and Bum
Sells OF Rock Island turned the ia
bles on Morris Waeyert of Moline
in the semi-windup. A good crowd
attended and the card was a dandy
PIude showed great improvement
over his first meeting with Hug
gins, which can be attributed to the
tact that he worked out with Eddie
Anderson, Moline's bantam flash,
for 10 days previous to EGdie's
clash with Pal Moore last week.
The Des Moines boy outgeneraled
and outboxed the Davenport lad in
each OF the last seven rounds, with
the exception of the ninth. The
first three stanzas were more OF
less get-acquainted affairs and
Higgins earned the ninth by safe
margin.
In the fourth Plude started rush
ing Higgins to the ropes, shooting
rights and lefts to the head The
fifth was a whiriwind round, sec
onds of the two boxers evidently
having told their charges to go at
top speed Plude rushed his foe to
the ropes continually, varying his
blows with jabs to the head and
solid smacks to the midriff. Hug
gins started bleeding at the mouth
in this stanZa and the session was
Plude's by wide margin.
Plude Aggressive.
The Des Moines feather kept up
his aggressive tactics in the sixth
and earned a shade, although Hug
gins did land a solid left to Har-
ODDS chin. PluGe kept shooting his
mittens into Higgins face and mid
section in the seventh and eighth
stanzas, Leo dancing about and do
ing scarcely anything but missing
blows aimed at Plude. Harold evil
IDENTIFY aimed to take it easy in the
ninth and stage a whirlwind finish,
and while he was doing this Hug
gins managed to shoot in some
stiff jabs to the upper story, rails
ing a bad bump on Harolfs eye
and gaining the round by a wide
margin. Plude hit Higgins on the
head and body continually during
the final stanZa, when Higgins was
not holding, gaining the round.
The main go was all that could
be expected. 1t produced some fast
boxing. footwork. lodging and 9TH
er attributes that go with a clever
boxing contest. Both boys tried
hard continually. 1t was pleas
ing bout to watch.
Sells Is Victor.
The ells-Waeyert conflict was
not quite up to the standard of the
first meeting of these two lads.
Perhaps it was because each knew
the force of the wallop toted by the
other or maybe because the Moline
boy was the loser, but it did not
seem to have the same zip.
The first two rounds were fought
on fairly even terms, with Sells the
aggressor. In the third Bum knock
ed Waeyert through the ropes
twice, and in his excitement hit the
Moline boy while he was down the
second time. Referee Mickey
Pierce awarded the bout to Waey-
ert on a foul if he desired to win
] it in that manner, but the Moline
boy showed the ganeness and
craftsmanship that makes a hit
with the fans and offered to con-
. tinue. He staged wonderful
comeback in the fourth verse and
had Bum hanging on TO avoid pun
ishment- The fifth produced some
toe-to-toe smuggling and Bum was
bleeding at the mouth from the re-
suit of Waeyert's stiff rights. Sells
put his foe down for the count OF
eight in the final stanza, the result
of a couple Of jabs to the head and
a series of blows in the heart sec
ton, but Morris came back strong
and opened a cut over Buns left
optic and caused him to bleed at
the nose.
Warren Morris of East Moline
defeated Clarence of East Moline
in four rounds.
Young Caesar of Moline and
Mike Phillips of Moline boxed a
f0ur-rOund draw