Imperial Valley press., 1925-10-17
ALLIE NELSON AND JOE LAYMAN
FIGHT TO DRAW, CLOSE DECISION;
BRAWLEY BOY HANDS K. 0. TO DOTY
BY JIMMIE GREENE


Allie Nelson showed the folks
last night that lie is plenty able to
take care Of himself in the ring
/ when h" fought corking 10 round
draw with Joe Layman in the main
event AT the Imperial Valley Ath-
letic club Nelson is Il great de
, fcnsivc boxer of the hit aud
run type, and time after time dur
ing the fight he made I.ayman look
foolish when he slipped away from
the Los Angeles boy with little or
no difficulty.
Only On Il few occasions durin.
Z The entire 10 rounds did Nelson give
LaHman chance to get set, and tha
, Wilmington boy was constantly on
the move, though Layman kept fol
lowing him up at all times.
The fight was not all Nelson by Il
long Shot, and any time Layman got
! within gun shot Of the clever Ncl-
son he whaIcd away with body
blows that had Nelson 5 side look
ing like Il piece of bcefsteak after
the fight. When it came to in
fighting, Layman was there like an
otfshorc battery and Nelson was
forced TO come in close and hang
on.
Fits Around Ping
Layman showed better in the last
tWo rounds than in the earlier
! rounds, and Nelson seemed to be
/ tiring from the heavy barragc he
kept receiving on his side. He
/ slowed down Il LOT but was still able
/ to fit around the ring, duckng
and dodging from the more cumbcr-
J somc Layman.
Nelson worked left jab that
bothered Layman at all times dur
| ing the fight and the damage done
TO Layman S face offset the ting
! ling sensation that Allie must have
had in his side.
Louie Head, the referee, drew
some boots for the decision, but he
was right. II was hard decision
10 give. To the average spectators
1t locked rs though Nelson was pill
ing up Il tremendous lead with his
! jab and get away system, but Lay
man kept things very even by his
infighting tactics, and on several
, occasions he bothered Allie by pat
ting his right to the Wilmington
, boy 5 fa"c.
Doty Is Knocked Out
II was good fight and the fans
undoubtedly onioycd if.
The long duel between Battling
Paul and Battling Doty came to an
end last night, and Paul, the flashy
coIorcd boy from Brawlcy, is boss
! Of the argument, having flattcncd
! Doty over the knockout route in the
second round After Is draw dcri.
! Slons and victory apiece, Doty and
! Paul were out 10 end their tie last
night, and Paul made good.
The boys started oft carefully in
the first half minnie of fighting.
! but II WASH I much longer than that
before they were at their old tac-
ties Of standing close and letting
! cN crything go in their punches. The
I round was little more than half over
when Doty shot to the floor from II
! heavy sock to thc head, and hc took
the count Of eight.
/ Tho Oceausidc battlcr was groggv
/ for the remainder of the round aud
he kept hanging ON until he got hi.
{ head cleared.
Caught Him on Jaw
Things looked even during the
second round, though Paul appeared
to be hitting harder. After fore
ing Doty to lower his guard by
shooting body blows at him, Paul
suddenly whipped q right over to
Doty S jaw and the white boy went
down and out, Head could have
counted 800 over him. Paul tried
to help drag his opponent to the
corner, bnt the RrawIcy boy was so
! nervous and clatcd over his victory
that he gave it up and returned TO
his own corner, waiting until Doty
had stopped seeing stars in order TO
shake hands with him before leav.
ing the ring,
Fans who had settled back in
their ScaSts for Il long scrap, were
dumtoundcd ut its sudden ending,
in view of the past records OF the
Doty Paul fights.
Marine Gets Wallops
frankie Lee hit Dutch Cahoon ON
the jaw with everything i'll sight
throughout four hectic rounds in the
special event, and the marine from
san Diego took them all. How Ca
noon was able to stand up under the
solld smashcs was mystery to the
rlhSslders, and it looked as though
he was doomed in the third round
when Lee had him going but was
unable to put him away.
Cahoon showed a slight flash in
the fourth, but not enough TO gct
him anything except admiration for
tge stamina that Le showed. Il was
| bee 5 fight aud not even q close