Imperial Valley press., 1925-05-02
MAIN SCRAP IS
GIVEN M'NULTY.
BELLO INJURED
A Few Spectators Set
Up Howl When Scrap
Is Stopped

ihJuiitS " nlu IItu0 IeTceu all
unsatisfactory ending to his fight
with Pat McNulty in the 10 round
main event at the Imperial Val
ley Athletic Club last night, and
caused the referee to award the
decision to MeNuty near the end
Of the fifth round.
Early in the fourth round Bcllo
broke small bone in his left hand,
and though he managed to get
through the round withor,t i. be-
ing noticed, in the rest period fol
lowing that ronnd he informed the
referee that he could not continue,
and the Official promptly went to
McNulty's corner and raised the
latter hand as winner.
As was only natural, some Of the
spectators raised howl, and Bello,
against the advice of his manager.
said he would go on with the fight.
His left eye was practically elosesl,
having been in bad condition even
before the fight, and MciNulty used
it as target in the first three
rounds. His broken hand, however,
was what caused him To quit after
the fourth round.
He gamely went into tho fifth
round, protecting himself as best
he could, and contcnting himself
with fighting OH the defunse. Nc
Nulty recognized his opponent S
plight and kept his blows away from
Pello's injured sections as well as
he could, thereby showing u much
finer sportsmanship than some OF
the spectators.
Tho absolute unfairncss of forcing
Bcllo TO continue IN his condition
was apparent to ringsidc spectators
and newspapcrmen, who urged that
the fight be stopped. Referee Tack.
cit accordingly stopped the round
and awarded the match to MeNus'y.
It was the only fair thing that
to,hd be done, and tile few poor
sports who accused BelloN of qult'
ting. should have heard Pat Me
Nulty tell how game his opponent
was. and they also should have seen
Bcllo's hand and eye after the
fight. Hc quit just about like Rob
srt T.. Lee did, and that is saying
plenty.
McNulty Spectacular Scrapper
While II lasted though II was
sweet fight. and McNuity swept
the crowd off its feet solely by his
fighting ABILITY. The Irishman made
a big hit. and is easily the most
colorfui fighter that has been seen
In these parts. He wadcd INTO
Bcllo entirely disrcgarding the dah-
rcr of the lattcr's short blows
which have spelled ten for good
many fighters.
On the defensive, he had Bcllo
missing continually by his clever
ducking aud blocking. offenslvtN,
he iurrcd Bello time and again with
solid lnashcs 10 the jaw and body
that would have caused disaster 10
!, fighter without the stamsna that
Relic has. McNulty's fairness IN
refusing to take advantage of has
b.lplcss opponent in the last round
of the fight, proved him a good
square fighter, and a credit TO th'
navy which has trained hunt III INC
game. -,
There was considerable squahblng
after the fight was stopped, cue 10
tha failure of some Of the cluo OF
ficials to recognize the fact thal
tho referee = decision in fight Is
final. and that if there . any nee
essitv for redress it mua' be taken
up after the fight and not during
it.
In the scmi.windup. Jerry Smdh
of San Diego wcathcred through 10
:, decision over Benny Chavez, from
bakersfield, chiefly through his
ability to stavc off the latter rush
as with "A straight left. The eight
rounds dragged at times, with helth
or fighter showing very great box
ING ability. They were willing mix
crs however and thereby made up
for their lack of knowInlgc.
Kid Mex Scores
Kid Mex scored k. o. over Al
Brown in tho fourth round OF
scheduled six round SPECIAL event
Drown took the count of ninc III
ahe second and third rounds, the
local serapper setting him on the
canvas with solid smashcs that gar,
red the ring. Brown took 1t
aftcr a minute aud half OF fight'
ing in dhc fourth. 1t looked az
though he had enough of Mex
and decided to stay down the next
time he hit the floor. 1t WASH t
bad judgement at that, for he was
due to get it anyhow.
Young Firpo of Brawlcy took the
decision from Young Tribe 9f Can
putria in tho curtain raiser. Aside
from Willingness to try to murder
each other with wild hayn,akcrs,
the boys showed little.
Announcement was made that
Jack Murphy of Boston and Cap
tain Bob Roper win fight at the
arena on May 10. This viii be
the first heavyweight scrap held
by the club, and it is hard to figure
out "A better attraction than the
famous champion of the A. n. r.,