Imperial Valley press., 1925-10-31
Saturday, October 81, 1926
Joe BROWN EVENS UP OLD SCORE;
GETS TECHNICAL KNOCK OUT AWARD
AFTER TERRIFIC SLUCCINC MATCH

! them so murdcrous did he feel.
, Catching Goodrich along the ropes
Brown closed in on him and poured
blow after blow, finally connecting
with the San Diego boy jaw. Good.
rich went down Ior the count of
eight. This was the blow that spell.
ca disaster, for when Goodrich got
to his feet he was groggy and Brown
was on him like panther. He ran
| Goodrich into the latter's corner,
hammering away until he had the
San Diego boy punch drunk and
unable to do any more than stand
on his feet and take it. The refe-
rec pushed Brown away and held
up his hand rs winner, with 10 see
onds still to go in the third round.
| The fight showed without any
doubt that Brown has real fight
ing heart. Not once did he faltcr
even when the going was toughest,
and no found it plenty rough in that
second round. tie can take it and
come back for more.
Brawley Boy Wins
Babe Monroy, a Brawley favorite
won handIiy over johnny McManus
In the semi final. McManus dIdn I
show near the class that he produc.
ed IN HIS fight with Tony r,scalante
week ago, and Monroy ctt-handed
HIM All over the ring until the fltth
round. When that round started,
McManus went in to fight and ap-
rarently figured on pushing the
Brawley boy off his feet. He made
Il mistake If he did, for Monrov
stayed right with him and sent as
good as he gave. McManus dldn t
/ havo the pep TO keep up the gait
during the tinal stanza aud Monroy
still kept his left Jab working. Had
MrManus gone in and fought from
the iIrsf, ne would have made
much better showing.
Pair Badly Matched
SOMEBODY pulled n boncr when
iiey matched kId Raymond and
Bai,ilng Johnson. It WAS the old
story o' Newfoundland dog and II
1oX terrier pup. johnson outweigh
ed his opponent nearly 10 rounds
and had tnc advantage OF several
s'nslies iil~height. and we ..ht. RAY
niond' was unable IL COM niuc after
the second round, as he inJurcd his
hand trying TO lick the sturdy bat.
tier, the latter being given the dc
cIsion. 1t was IA bad match to make
and was one of the few of this
class that the club has put on.
Benny Romero hammered the day
lights out of Mel Polly Of San Die.
20 in the opening show, the referee
finally stopping the scrap in the
third round, when Polly was unable
to make any kind or Il showing.
Benny looked good last night and
If anyone can make the border boy
cut out his queer antics and teach
HIM the rudimcnts of boxing, he will
be good for he is as tough as an oak
Somebody must be trying to for
Benny showed showed consider.
able Improvement.
Good Crowd Turned Out
Despite all the competition the
club had to face last night, there
was good crowd at the ring, bear.
ing out the prediction made when
the club was organized, that the
only thing necessary to draw good
crowds Is good fights. The club
has given them consistently, and
it takes a whole lot to keep the
fans away when Friday night comes
Johnny Shift, functioning as
third man in the ring, made IA good
impression on the fans and the
miracle happened. Johnny didn t
get ''boo' all night.
For next week the announcement
was made that Bus Barrie and Joe
Layman will put on the main event,
with Battling Paul and Tommy
White doing the honors in the semi
final.
When two Young folks get their
heads together they can do wonders
with all tbr Ian.n 81.