Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-06
TO CLASH
IN owl. ARENA
SUNDAY NIGHT
Fancy Card Is Booked for Weekly
Eight Fcst-Sayage Still Holding
Out on Go With Lee Anderson
Especial to the Press)
By BILLY SILVER

b. BILLY SILVER
MEAICALl, Jan. G--BilIy Conley,
hard hitting welterweight from Port
land, Oregon, will meet Lee Morrisey
| III 15-Gound bout at the Owl arena
in this city next Sunday evening. Con
ley Is by no means a stranger in In
perial Valley having appeared here
last summer with Jack Spears of
BfaWlay whom he knocked out twice
in one week. In The first meeting with
Spears, Conley scored a sleep pro
ducer in the third round. The second
meeting was held in Mexicali and Goa
ley duplicated his performance in TIE
eighth round of 15-round fight.
Lee Morrisey has won bac!; his lost
iateels and last Sunday reinstated
himself with the fans by giving the
clever Jap Romero a fearful beating
in ten rounds. Morrisey also won an
other victory in Yuma last week by
knocking out Red Gardner of Phoenix
n the seventh round. The Irish lad
viii have an opportunity to meet jos
R!vere il a 25-round fight at Al
gsaaaes on the 29th Of this month,
n the event that he wins from Conley.
ConIoy has been training at the
Ow! gymnasium daily and today in
Eitcd Kid Savage to put on the gloves
@ith Kim. Savage quickly accepted
and Conley went after the big Serb
with a vengeance. To the surprise of
the spectators Conley hit Savage
light hook to the chin and Savage
went down from the punch and the
wise ones around the rings;de remark
cd that the blow was in reality and
that Savage could not resist it. Say
.age looked at the crowd and wore
surprised frown. He denied, however,
hat lie went down from the force of
che blow but those who knew better
arned their heads away from him.
Conley smiled at several friends and
winked both eyes. Mystery surrounds
he Savage admirers.
Promoter Flores has booked an
ad3ed attraction in a six-round event
.or Sunday night, which will precede
yhe Morrisey-Conle bout, between
Sam Williams Of HolEyille and Lovey
Jones from FL Centre. This pair is
looked upon to furnish plenty of eX-
citcmea.. Kid Milo will make his de
but after laying off for three weeke,
with Jack Ellis of Holtville. Milo is
Icredited with seven kNoWkouts since
commencing boxing at the Owl and
Ellis Will have to face a dangerous
io2poneat when he tackles the MeXi-
can.
Up to this date KID Savage has
~aNed 70 agree to fight Lee Anderson
On account Of the failure Of Promoter
Flores in giving Savage the "lion's
ehara" of the gate receipts Savage
: being severely criticized for his
tu55orn actions and Flores has Of
fared him guarantee of $500 and
h;rty per cent OF the gross receipts
for fight with the colored champion
! Anderson left for Phoenix yesterday
10 visit his family and will return
here Sunday. Every effort is being
brought to persuade Savage to meet
Anderson in Il 20-round bout at the
! Owl arena q week from next Sunday.
fruit ave now going forward steadily
and the Barbara Worth packing
house and J. Camarinos, Independent
shipper, are working to capacity in
supplying the demand for the luscious
fruit. Some twelve cars have gone
Que since the first of the year and
The demand is really greater than the
packers can supply at the present time
Heavy shipments to the eastern mar
kets are expected to be made later
in the month, when the greater part
of the crop will be ready for the pack
: ers.