Imperial Valley press., 1924-01-10
HOE Pc is GIVEN
DECISION OVER
PAPKE OF [. A.
Kid Williams is Victor
Over Young Hippo of
COachella

COdCnelId
Before a crowded house, that re-
minded one of the old post-wartime
events at the Tulane theatre, an
excellent boxing card, featuring
Dick Hoppe, formerly the pride of
FL Centre, and Kid Williams, valley
light heavyweight champion, was
pulled off at the Palace theatre last
night.
Hoppe appeared in the main event,
his opponent being Young Papke of
Los Angeles. Dick took the deci-
sion after four rounds of snappy
scrapping on his part. Papke seem
ed to stall several times, and Hoppe
appeared to be carrying' him. 1t
was a classy exhibition on Dick s
part and the crowd liked the show
ing he made He took several wick
ed blows from Papke and stood up
under them. Dick has improved a
while lot since the last time he
fought here.
Undoubtedly the most exciting
event on the card was the fight be
tween Kid Williams and Young Hip
po. For the first two rounds Hippo
had all the better of the fight and
Williams could nor seem to get start
ed. He missed several terrific blows
which might have done for Hippo
had they connected. Williams kept
his head however, and tore after the
Coachella Valley fat boy in the
third. He showcred blow after blow
on Hippo and twice sent him to the
canvas for the count of nine. Again
in tie fourth he scored two knock
downs and there was absolutely no
question when the judges gave him
the decision. Hippo weighed 235
pounds and Williams 40. A So
pound handicap is some handicap.
Diggins Gets Decision
Second only to the Williams Hippo
scrap was the fuss between Battling
Paul of Brawley and Eddie DIggins
of San Francisco. Diggins gave one
of the flashiest exhibitions of box
ing that has ever been seen in these
parts, and also proved that he has a
punch when he sent the colored boy
to the mat in the last round. Paul
showed willingness to mix it at
all times, but his opponent was too
clever for him. Following the
knockdown i'll the fourth round, it
seemed as though Paul could not
continue, but he gamely got to his
feet and finished the round fight
ing. The house was like a bedlam as
the fight finished and the judges
gave the decision to Diggins.
Kid Gorton of FL Centre and Ar
chle Bird of Calexico started in to
entertain the audience in the first
preliminary. The colored boys went
one round and had hardly started
the second when Bird cracked his
"ulna' bone on some part of Cor
ION s anatomy and refused to fight
my further.
Soldier Caruso Entertains
Two dusky boys calling themselves
I'arl' Jackson and Kid Cole, furnish
I'd the curtain raiser. Both were
armed with overalls and furnished
Il lot of comedy as they whackcd
each other about the ring, under
the guidance of Jean Hudson, who
acted as referee.
Just previous to the last bout, the
crowd was entertained by Soldier
Caruso, who appeared under the
auspices of Boyce Aten Post, Ameri-
can Legion, to solicit contributions
for the Overseas Graves Endowment
Fund. While the contributions were
being taken up, Caruso sang scv-
eral songs in Il splendid manner,
which went big with the audience.
A sawcd-off colorcd specimen with
big banjo and the weirdcst assort-
ment of whistles, entertained before
the show started. Although it was
hard to understand his dialect, it
was very easy to listen to his
whistle, and the crowd got big
kick out of his efforts to amusc.
There were plenty of womcn-tolks
i'll the audience last night, and uvi-
IDENTIFY they are demanding equal
rights at tho prize ring, the same
rs in the barber shops and other
places formerly considered the
haunts of men only. The women evil
IDENTIFY enjoyed the performance, and
it is hoped none of them try out
some of the tricks they learned from
the fights on Friend Husband.
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