The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-28
Delaney WINS
'FRONT.'. kROhN
IS SIX ROUNDS :!

BY J. L. HUGHES.

It was a case of a race horse
against an ungainly but willing
truck horse at the Davenport Coli
scum last night. Jimmy Delaney
Of St. Paul, that city which has
produced SO many first class
was the sleek thorough
bred and Harry Krohn Of Cleveland
was the plodder.
Delaney fairly radiated his class
in comparison with Krohn from
the take off, and after toying
around the ring with the Cleve-
lander for the first four rounds, 1t
became question of how soon De-
laney would open up and finish the
job.
In the fifth round it was evident
that Jimmy was working under Or
ders to cut the program short, for
in that session he started to whale
away at Krohn from all angles, tax
ing nothing in return. Near the
end Of the round the rugged Cleve-
lander was plainly in distress.
Therefore, in the sixth round when
Krohn spat a couple of teeth from
his mouth and was Keeling drunk
emily about the ring, the situation
was ripe for Referee Packy Nc
Farland to step in and call a halt.
Numerous fans at the ringside
urged this humanitarian move on
Packey's part, and Packey obliged.
There were some who grabbed
about this action, but the majority
of the spectators were satisfied.
AS a matter of fact if the bout had
been allowed to continue another
round or two, Delaney would have
had Krohn bloody. looking sight,
and such spectacles never do the
ring game any good.
Delaney is one of the cleverest
bits of ring machinery seen in
these parts in many a day. He has
all the earmarks and actions of the
host Of other st. Paul scrappers,
handles himself with ease and as
surance, and above all is a terrific
puncher. A less rugged mauler
than krohn would have kissed the
canvas early in the fracas under
the fire and cross-fire of Delaney's
right and left mitts.
The weights were announced 165
pounds for each.
The Semi. Windup.
The semi-windup was a real bat
tie between Eddie Welch of South
Bend and Mickey Forkins of Chi
cago. Two evenly matched fight
ers, they went at each other with
hammer and tongs from the first
bell. There was no letup at any
stage of the fuss. Every punch OF
both battlers carried the best of
intentions with it. Both were
bleeding at the end of the sixth
found, WEIGH from the mouth and
Forkins from his left eye, which
before the bout started was seen to
be in tender condition.
WEIGH attacked Forkins about
the midriff continually with his
powerful left, occasionally cross
ing to the jaw with a stiff right
Forkins' best punch was straight
right. They fought hard at close
range. WEIGH got away to ar
early lead and maintained his ad.
vantage to the finish. 1t was q
slight shade in the South Beni
welter's favor.
George Cummings, of Davenport
had a 12-pound advantage il
weight over Jimmy Gill of Rock Is
land. according to the claims o
Peanuts" Schieberl, Gill's man
ager. Jimmy plainly was worried
and stayed on the defense prac
tically the entire time. Although
George was made to look clums!
and awkward, he had shade thu
better of the argument. The boy
were slow getting into the ring
due to a dispute in the DRESSING
room over the question of weight
which had been set at LAG pounds
Gill came in at 142 and Cum
mings at 1854. The contest was fa
from pleasing to the fans. ;.
The opening preliminary, be
tween Dick Keller Of Davenpor
and Young Miller Of Davenport
was a dandy from all points o
view. Both boys showed uncom
mon cleverness for prelininar.
fighters and fought hard for fou
rounds. Miller, using stiff lef
hand wallop, had Keller dizzy tw'
or three times and was entitled t
the verdict.