Imperial Valley press., 1925-11-07
JOE LAYMAN WINS DECISION OVER
BUS BARRIE IN NIP AND TUCK BOUT;
BATTLING PAUL TRIMS BLACKIE RICE

but proved himself to be just as
tough.
The boys seemed to have a habit
of opening up about the middle of
| each round and when they did they
! swappcd punch for punch with an
eveness that left little in either
man s favor. Layman was the
stronger when the fight ended, but
for that matter he seemed stronger
all through the fight, and did not
once faltcr III his hammering cam
paign.
1t was good fight.
Battler Wins Bout
Blackie Rice substituted for Tom
my White III the scmi-final, and
was presented with nice trimming
! by Battling Paul, who has shaken
the dust of Brawley from his san
dals and now halls from San Diego,
! according to the announcer.
Paul outsmartcd Rice throughout
the fight and showed up a new
wrinkle or two in ducking the
others blows. On one occasion
Paul s chin was only couple of
inches from the floor while he duck
ed blow and when Rice whacked
him on the head Paul did touch
bottom.
Rice floorcd Paul in the last
round when he clipped him aside
of the jaw, but the former Brawley
! boy was up like Il flash and took
after his man. Rice s mouth was
pretty well battered in the melee
and he took down considerable pun
ishmcnt in the last round despite
his knockdown of Paul.
Paul Shaping Good
Paul is coming along in good
Shape and he handled himself SPLEEN
lidlY last night, though at times he
slowed up for some unknown reason.
lie didn t seem to be taking much
and was possibly just playing pos
sum.
Young Firpo, he of the funny
grin, came back to the arena after
several weeks absence and he
didn I forget to bring his punch
along with him, dropping Young
Thompson for the count in the see
ond round after two minutes and
eight seconds of fighting. ~
Thompson was really ludicrous
after firpo sent him to the mat in
Ia" first half minute of fighting
The former seemed to lose his desire
for Il fight then and there. Each
time Thompson tried 10 punch, he
sent Firpo Il letter about it. and his
attempts to shift were so funny as
to be pathetic. The boy probably
wants to be a fighter, but he has Il
PLOT to learn. F'irpo looked good
sand he doubtless felt much better
than when he was on the receiving
end of Young Jordan 5 k. o. a few
weeks back. No use denying the
fact that the Brawlev boy has IL
wallop, and he knows how to use
il.
Monty Hill didn't show a thing
hut "A pair of gloves i'll the opening
fight with Benny Romero. On one
occasion Hill opened mp, but for
the greater part of the fight he
kept his head covered with his
gloves and took what Romero had
tU give him. Monty was on the
receiving end Of some terrible wal
lops and showed his gamcncss at
least, by weathcring the four rounds
Romero should have dropped him
but was unable to do so.
Hot Scrums Loom
Battling Ward and Danny Nuncs
were announced for the main event
next week with Babe Monroy and
Tony Escalantc in the scmifinal.
What a card that is TO null over
during the coming week. The semi
final is the fight the folks have
been wanting to see since Monroy
gave Johnny McManus u piastcring
last week.
/, was mighty cold at the ring
side last night and ovcrcoats were
in big demand Where few
weeks back the crowd razzcd the
wcarCr of Il coat, folks walked in
boldly last night with their over
coats and escaped amy criticism
Whatsoever. Johnny Schiff had to
borrow Il sweater to keep from
freezing TO death in the ring. Ills
work was good again last night and
every time he moves he shows that
hc knows his business from start