Imperial Valley press., 1922-06-23
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BRAWLEY BOY CUTS
FIGHT OFF SHORT

had all the springs taken out of him
a half minute after he faced Kid Jo|
of Brawley in American Legion arena
at Brawley last night Referee Pico|
never stopped swinging his arm until
the fatal 10 was counted off. 1t was
one of the shortest fights ever seen
in the valley, the Brawley boy exhib
iting some good ring generalship and
proving that he carries a nasty wallop.
The boys fought at lao pounds and at
the tap of the gong Kid 10 went after
his man. A few blows were exchanged,
with Wills on the defensive, when Kid
10 pulled the old "one-two' and Wills
fluttered to the floor, slowly, grace
fully, and absolutely out. 1t was a clean
knockout and Wills was in daze fol
several minutes, after the scrap was
over.
Kid Reilly of Oakland and Battling
johnson of Ell Centre met again, and
this time the dusky boy from this city
got the decision. He showed a decided
improvement i'll form over last week
and was willing to mix it with Reilly
at all times. wicked left, darting
out with the quickness of snake, kept
the white boy on the defensive. The
second round was fairly even, with no
great amount of fighting, but the re-
naming rounds were Johnson s all the
way. Reilly was not nearly as good as
last week and claimed after the fight
that he has been overworking. /
Kangaroo Joe Gets Draw :
Our old friend Joe Mandot fought
a draw with Young Dayton of Vernon.
This was one fight from start to finish !,
both boys showing an eagerness to
mix it up. Joe's peculiar style of
fighting was handicap to the boy
from Vernon, who clearly was puzzled
by it although he had it on Joe in
weight and size. He cracked Joe on
the bean time and again, and they
were so many wasted punches. When
Mandot crouches down with his face
protected by his arms, they can swing
at that old head all they want and it
just affords him a breathing SPELL Day
ton pulled couple of low blows which
looked accidental. The first one had
Joe going for a time, but he showed
his gameness by swapping punches.
Dayton is a clever bird and evidently
an old timer at the game. He took
some hard body punches from Mandot,
but came right back for more. Joe s
"kangaroo steps were conspicuous by
their absence last night, but he con.
tinued to stick out the old mush every
once in a while for Dayton to take a
poke at, which he usually did and use
lessly.
MAIN Event Poorest
The main event of the evening gets
last place mention, where it belongs,
thanks to our friend Kid Williams of
Heber, who tackled Jack Brady from
Vernon at catch weights. If Kid Will
liams ever expects to make any i'm
preston in the fight game, he would
better cut out the tactics he exhibited
in Brawley last night. 1t s no disgrace
to be beaten if he puts up good fair
fight all the way, but when fighter
refuses to show anything but tend
ency to work into clinch and let
loose few slams on his opponent s
back, he never will get far in the ring
game, certainly not in this valley. Will
liams outweighed Brady by 90 or 30
pounds and persisted in hanging on
the latter's neck, evidently seeking
Knockout by weighing his man to
the floor. Practically every blow Will
liams tried for was cleverly blocked
by Brady, and when the latter got in
a good sock that Williams felt, he
would pause to tell the referee about
it. Twice he stopped fighting entirely
and he got the royal raspberry from
the fans as soon as he made his ap-
pearance, being in bad favor from
similar exhibitions in the past. He
sure got the double T. r. when the de-
cision was awarded to Brady.
Brady is No Burro
The latter appeared to be pretty
good man, but had little opportunity to
show just how good he is, owing to
Williams continually hanging on to
him and several times apparently try
ing to jump on his back. Williams
claimed to have sprained his thumb in
the second round. Evidently he sprain-
ed it in the first, third and fourth
rounds also.
Jack Hubbard challenged the win
ner of the Williams Brady go. Brady VS..
Hubbard ought to be a pretty good
fight.