Imperial Valley press., 1925-10-31
lBy JIMMIE aREENl

Joe Brown more than paid up old
cores when he won u technical
nockout over George Goodrich in
he main event last night at the
imperial Valley Athletic club. the
efcrce stopping the fight during
he third round with Goodrich out
II his feet and unable to defend
iimsclf from the fusilladc of blows
Brown was raining upon him.
When Goodrich and Brown met in
his city August 8, Brown lost the
light on IL foul i'll the third round
was questionable decision, and
he consensus fopinion at the
imc was that the referee was out
o get Brown. BY that decis.
on, Brown was suspended automat-
caliy for 80 days, thereby losing
'ut on two fights he had previous.
Iy signed up for. These fights
you'd have brought him close to
81 600 which he was figuring on to
neet payments for his ranch at Bell
Tower. All these went gIimmering
rhen he lost to Goodrich, and in adj.
Hilton, Georgic got "hard boied'
with Brown when they met later in
fho dressing room.
Ranked In His Heart
All these things have ranklcd in
H3rown S heart ever since. and one
s'ould see the determination to put
sioodrich away as soon rs possible.
written all over his face as he en-
cred the ring last night. Goodrich,
TOO, had his private ''pceve.
As soon AS the opening gun start.
nd, the spectators could see what
"a rough and tumble, dog eat -aog
Tight II was going to be. Goodrich
had the better of the first round as
Brown played around for an openinr
10 shoot his terrible right. unfor.
tunately, the same old foul cry went
up shortly after rthe fight started,
Goodrich grasping himself and
claiming Il foul johnny Shift, the
referee, was right near the battlcrs
and he gave Goodrich short rest
aud ordered the fight to 20 on.
But Not Too Low,
-''''i Nv iiEHf tHf lTtItfPt SilV
the 4, blow Goodr.eh eaurlaisNhI, of,
was slightly low, but not nv enough
to do anywhere near as much dam.
age rs Goodrich pretended. George
WAS wearing his tights rather high
aud from the other side of the ring
it looked as though Brown was
catching him just below the top of
his trunks.
Goodrlch swarmcd all over Brown
when fighting was renewed, Brown
being r9Ady to take everything
Goodrich had in order to get in the
blows he wanted. Brown hit the
floor in this round, partly from a
heavy clout Goodrich handed him,
aud partly from the Slippery floor
which bothered every fighter who
was III the ring last night.
Closes Browns Optic
The second round was Il repcti-
'ion of the first, with Brown fight
ing in close looking for every open
my, and Goodrich staving off the
formidable right the Beethoven boy
'arrics. by sticking his own right
N Brown 5 face. Gcorgie finally
'ut loose and knocked Brown clean
iff HIS pins with a terrible blow to
the head which closed iyown's 5
light eye aud puffcd il out a mile.
Once again Brown hit the floor in
his round, but both times he got
Ip without taking count.
with one eye gone Brown start
'd right after Goodrich in the third
'ound and chased him into neutral
'orncr where he banged away on
icorgic s midriff until he had him
n position to shoot an uppnrrut !
md Brown shot plenty of them. !
icorgie found the going too rough /
md turning tail he slid across the
ing to Brown s corner. with the !
after III hot pursuit.
Took Terrific Smuggling
Brown took the blows Goodrich !
cnt in and apparently never felt