Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-29

ing the fight an even break was a
fair one.
Tony Escalantc in his first time
out as semi-finalist, copped the d,-
cision from Dick Gurtia, one of the
clevcrcst and hardest hitting little
mcn ever seen here. Despite his
Latin name, Dick is Chinese and
anyone who thinks that the Chinese
cannot fight is crazy. They must
be the Irish of the Orient.
Tony was wise enough to assume
the defensive and kept boxing the
little Celestial, scoring his big hits
when he kept his left in Dick S face
then sluggcd with his right. The
" Knight of the Flat Iron started
an assortment of wicked blows from
the floor of the ring, many of which
ended up on Tony s head. On such
occasions the border boy showed
that he can take it. and come back
for more. The China boy s blows
Jared him but he kept his head and
pulled out of the dangerous places.
Decision Questioned
iIhc IHp HldlH event, INC tctlSioU
was questioned. Fans like to give
thCir own opinions and they are en-.
titled to do it, but of course the
referee s word is final and fights
are not run on the Soviet plan. While
the Chinese boy might have been
entitled to a draw, and such Il de
cisiOn would not have reflected in
the least on Escala S efforts. Bill
T"ckctt saw it differently and gave
The fight to Escalantc. 1t s Il safe
bet that Tony learned lot IN the
fight.
frankie Smycr, who used to be Il
faVoritc valley scrapper number of
years ago, donned the trunks and
nitts once more last night in an eff
fort to show that they can come
back. They can 7. After the first
half minute of fighting against
"ung Firpo, Il tough boy from
Brawlcy. Frank WAS up in the air.
his blows at times falling fcet short
Of their intended mark. F,po
was too young and strong for him
and the end came in the third round,
when the referee gave the fight to
fipo, us iSmy3 WAS practically
helpless ON his feet.
Put Up Good Scrap
Battling Johnson and Bonnie
Romero fought another one of their
tornado struggles, with Bennic com
ing out on the top of the heap this
time. These two boys put up Il fight
that goes big with the crowd. At
almost any minute il seems as
though another blow would finish
either man, but they usually, man
age to wage their way through to
the end of the bout. They are
tough and positively unscientific but
they can fight, Mr.. Gallagher,
Sammy Sandos. who took Il big
step forward IN the lightweight
ranks by knocking out the Chilean
champion at Ascot week ago. was
introduced just before the main
event and WAS given biz ovation
by the crowd. Sammy has gone ii
ION. ways from the night two years
ago when he knocked out Young
.I' ok johnson III two rounds at
Brawlcy, The Filipino boy is in
the same stable as Goodrich, opcr.
at,d by the pugiliStic imprc sario,
Srnor Billy McMahon.
Chink Is Good Fighter
There WAS some doubt as t. the
decision in the s'ng. final fight,
many of the fans thinking il had
been called draw. AS Tackctt
raised Escalantc : hand, the little
China boy raised h, own and the
crowd figured Tackctt had called it
an even deal. Then what Il roar
went up. Here is one party who
would like to see the little Son of
Heaven in action again, whether
against Escalantc or anyone else.
Wing Sing Tong in good and every
bit Il fighter.
Captain Stevens, full of pep after
taking in the La Narba -Grnaro
world 5 championship scrap, is fig
ming on lining up IA couple of light
hCavics for next week s scrap here,
though h" was not ready to an,
uouucc names today.
II Ray Edgar can train down TO
is pounds, there is talk of putting
him on with Don Wells for the Ro-
tarN championship of the city, c;dh-
or next week or the week following.
/ Where Ray has to come down to ll3