Imperial Valley press., 1922-06-16
GLOVES OF GRIEF
RAIN UPON GARCIA
AT BRAWLEY BOUT

"Zowie,' Young Garcia of Yuma,
took "a wallopNon the jaw; '.crash, - a
mule kicked him in the "tummy." He
thought so, but it was only "Jimmy'
Callahan of Vernon teaching him some
of the finer points of the manly art at
Brawley last night, in the main bout of
the evening, four rounds at 122 pounds.
What started out with the appearance
of good scrap, turned into farce as
Callahan showed his superiority over
Garcia, slamming him at will all over
the ring, while the latter slipped into
numberless clinches to protect himself.
The only time Garcia looked any way
good was in the second round which
was fairly even, but terribly slow, both
boys doing considerable clinching and
stalling. Callahan looked like he
might be pretty good boy in action
with somebody who would fight. Gar
cia claimed he was hit low, and stalled
through the last two rounds. In his
efforts to duck the vicious swings of
jimmy, he cut Sits in the canvas
with his chin, causing one spectator to
compare him to an ostrich burying his
head in the sand. Callahan got the
decision.
Hair Pulling Humdinger
The humdinger of the program was
the four round scrap between Joe Man
dot of Calexico and Les Mason of Yer
non, which the judges called draw for
a pretty good decision. Both boys
showed their willingness to fight and
mixed it up from the tap of the gong.
The jumping kangaroo" tactics of
Mandot took big with the crowd as
usual, but they didn't phase Mason a
bit and he took advantage of Joe s |
habit Of sticking out his head time and
again, by socking him vicious wallops. |
Joe knows how to protect himself how
ever and the blows did little harm.
Mason took the first round, with |
Mandot getting a'fead in the second |
The third was fairly even with both
boys doing considerable infighting. The
last round was u whirlwind, with the
fighters tangled up time and again all
over the lot slamming away at each
other, and ended in a clinch in Mason s
corner with both boys on the floor
where they grabbed each other S hair
and tried to knock the ring apart with
the other fellows head. If Joe had a
few more inches reach and height, he
might have had a fine night with
Mason, but at the same time the latter
is shifty bird and packs wallop in
either hand.
Nice Little Fox Trot
"Kid' Penny Of Oklahoma and
Battling Murphy waitzed and fox
trotted through four uninteresting
rounds in one of the prelminaries. The
only fun watching this bout was to
listen to the caustic remarks of the
spectators as they implored the referee
to throw both fighters out. After the
dance was over, Penny stated he has
been in the valley but three days, and
had only two days training for the
fight, and as last night was some hot,
he felt wise in taking it easy. He
promises whizbang fight from start
to finish the next time he puts on the
mitts. Here's hoping.
"Kid' Reilly of Oakland and a
dusky boy calling himself "'Young
Jack johnson" went through four
rounds of long, drawn out slams with
no effort toward a X. o. Reilly got
the decision though he failed to take
advantage of numerous opportunities
to put the colored boy out of commits
sion when he had him going.
Young Brown and Young Angoula,
both of Brawley, started the evening S |
performance by going through four