Imperial Valley press., 1925-09-19
FOUR WHIRLW|IND BOUTS AT ARENA
DELIGHT MOST SANCUlNARY FANS;
MAIN EVENT WAS REAL HUMDlNCER

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one minute and 80 seconds after the
second round started
The first round of this fight was
a bearcat,. and though Escalantc
scored Il knockdown, he saw more
gloves in the first two minutes Of
the round than there are quills in
Il porcupinc, and Coronado looked
like Il mighty good bet for the
fight. He had left hook work
ing in Tony's jaw, with the border
boy unable to dodge it. That first
round taught Tony a lesson that
he profitcd by and enabled him to
win in the second round.
Anyone, who thinks Tony can t
take it, and come back for more,
is crazy i'll the head. He was just
too good for Julian, and too tough.
There is more artillery in Tony s
two mitts than there is in the entire
army of Paraguay.
The special event was the star
bout of the night as far as continu-
Gus excitement was concerned. and
many Il fan went hoarsc yelling ut
Young firpo ana Tommy O 'Bricu,
who had Il neck and neck battle
for four hectic rounds. Tommy is
welcome to his Irish name, as he
earned it last night. He stepped
out iii the first two rounds and
gave 'firpo about as much Us his
namesakc got two years ago with
Jack Dempsey. Tommy slowed
down in the third. 1t looked like
Il low blow did the trick, though il
it was low it got by. Perhaps Fir
po decided TO forget his sore cauli-
flower ear, or else avcngc if, for he
tore into Tommy wi5h all guns blaz-
ing away.
Beats O'Brien's Mug
lirpO s favoritc blow was a
straight left to the head, and he
had q 'Nricn' : face looking like an
ad for Mr.. Heinz well known cat.
sup before the third round was over.
Tommy was firing while Firpo seem
ed to be holding his own. The
fourth was 4 slashing affair, with
both boys landing straight lefts
almost simultaneously. There was
plenty behind the blows too, as each
one that landed rocked the man
Who took ii. The draw decision
was Il good one, and was the only
one that would be fair to both
boys.
Young Rivers of Plaster City got
Pldatered in the second round of
the opener when the referee stop
ped the fight and gave the deci-
sion TO Battling johnson, Rivers
being out on hs feet. While he
was in possession of his faculties
Rivers put up splendid scrap
against the hard hitting Johnson.
In tn" second johnson got in
several hard blows to Rivers head
and body just aft,c the round op
cnrd, and it put the cHnarcs in
RIvrrs bean. As lie walked around
the ring like Il man in a dazc, John
son clipped him another smart rap
ON the head to remind HIM that he
was IN 4 fight. Rivers came back
INTO the argument for a few see.
onds bat after being separated in Il
clinch Ec again resumed his sonam-
buhstic wandering and johnson
clipped him some more. Head then
stopped the fight, seeing that the
Plaster city boy was unable to do
anything.
lights Were All Keen
The fights were all that anvonc
could ask, aad if they are an in
dlcation of what is coming, the fans
can look forward to some splendid
stuff during tn" fan months. The
cool weather was ideal for the
fighters and spectators. There was
little or none of the rough talk that
has spoiled the show on several oc.
caNlons in the past few weeks, al
though some fans were calling Joe
layman yellow in the latter rounds
of his fight, which was manifcstlv
utter bunk.
Louie Head handled the bouts in
good shape. Perhaps the fans have
not paid much attention TO his
work, but if they notice, they will
see he keeps close watch on tho
fighters aId is not backward about
breaking them in Il clinch. He
slipped ON our count last night, in
the Layman fight, but we cannot
out yeil 1900 howIing fans and it
IS dlificuIt to indicate 10 counts on
tive fingers.
Savage Next Week
Announcement was madG that
HcEt week : main event will be be.
tween Harry Ice, coast light heavy
weight, and kid Savage, the old
MrNicaIi Wdrhorsc. The announce.
m"nt Was greeted with boocs from
the fans, which means they will
all be there in the hope of seeing
Savage Knocked into Honolulu or
some Oriental city. The kid hasn t
fought in Il long time, but he is in
active training and has been for.
the past two weeks. And as he
says, he is tauffff' as they make
them.
The scml-final viii bring together
the 1919 cNponcnt5 of the Hatfield
Mccoy fcud in the persons of
Battling Paul and Battling Dotv.
1T Will be the eighteenth time these