Imperial Valley press., 1925-08-01
BROWN TAKES ALL
BUT THE FIFTH,
RATTLINC SCRAP
Outside Towns Contribute
Many Visitors to
Legion Bouts

Although he was 0utweighcd by
10 pounds, and gave away several
inches in height and reach, Joe
Brown gave Joe Dunn a beautiful
lacing in the main event at the I'M
perial Valley Athletic club last
night, finally scoring knockout af-
ter two minutes ana II seconds of
the eighth round.
Brown took every round Of fight
ing, with the possible exception Of
the fifth, which would have been
called cen, due to a spnrt which
Dunn showed ili the last minute Of
fighting. Aside from that Brown
was out in front all the way. He
forced the fighting from the start,
and throughout the fight worked a
left hook on Dunn's jaw that the
Portland boy only seldom was able
to dodge.
The lattcr's best work was done
in the clinches. On several occa-
sions lie shook his smaller opponent
loose and tried short blows for the
stomach, getting away with it now
and then, though more often Brown
hugged him close and avoided the
blows.
Brown unintentionallv hit low on
one or two occasions, but apparently
the blows did not hurt Dunn, and
though Referee Nc Farland eau
toned Brown once, he either did
not see the other low blows, or de-
cided that as they were unintention
al and did not bother Dunn, they
could be passed by.
The seventh round was a regular
Waterloo for Dunn, who took three
counts of nine. as the results of
Browns terrific left. According
to the time, Brown really scored
Knockout in this round. Dunn went
down for the tnIrd time with II sew
onds remaining in the round. At
two seconds to 60 he was still on the
floor. However, Referee McFar
land was counting behind the time
keeper and Dunn sstaggdred to- his
feet at the latter's ePunt of nine,
which was ten, according to the
timekeeper. With only two seconds
TO 90, the gong, ending the round,
was almost simultaneous with
Dunn 3 return to his feet.
Tries Stunt on Brown
Brown floored Dunn again in the
Eighth, and the latter tried to pull
trick inat might have won him
the fight had it succeeded. Brown,
assuming his man would take the
count of nine for the, rest it would
give him, was standing with his
back to Dunn, when the latter leap
ed to his feet at the count of two,
and launched an attack on Brown.
The latter assumed the defensive
then tore into Dunn sending lcfts
TO his head and rights to the body
until the Portland boy sank TO the
floor for the full COUNT.
Brown put up a rattling good
fight, despite the odds against him.
He admitted after the fight that
Dunn "has wallop like mule s
kck,' and his only regret, he said,
was that the crowd accused him of
fouIing Intentionally. Dunn was
bothered with his breathing, and
was in distress from this source prac-
ticaly all through the light.
The scmi-fina was IA great old
slam bang affair between Blackic
Rice of Los Angeles, and. Gus Pohl
of San Diego. Referee Mcfarland
gave a draw decision but. the fight
could easily have gone to, Pohl, who
scored knockdown over Rice in
the third round and almost had the
colorcd boy out in that round. Pohl
was also dropped in the sixth, but
it appeared to be as much a slip as
it was II fall. The referee stated af
ter the bout that Ricc's showing
in the last round entitled him to /;
draw.
Both fighters seemed to enjoy
close slugging, and practically the
entire first round was fought with
their head together while they flay-
ed away at each ot>rrs stomacbs
with vcrtablc rain of blows, much
to the enjoyment of the crowd.
Once more Tony Escalantc i'm.
pressed Kid Luccro with the fact
that he is the lattcr's master, scor-
ing II technical knockout in the
second round, two rounds earlier
than it took last week. Luccro went
down before Tony's left iab with
which he battered the Wilmington
boys features badly. Luccro was Il
CORY sight, with blood streaming
from his nose and mouth when Nc
Farland stopped the cattlc.
johnson Earns Dacision
Battling johnson and Young Ro-
nero put up the same slashing kind
of fight that they produced last
week, the decision going to Johnson,
who earned it. The punishment
these boys dealt each other, and still
were able to keep their feet, was II
revelation to the crowd, which cheer
ed them wildly. It was Il sec-saw
fight for the decision, but the shade !
was clearly in Johnsons favor and
there was no questioning the fact
that he earned the bout.
At the time this is written, it is
not possible to state how much of |
a financial success the fights were
for the American Legion endowment |
fund, but beyond any doubt a nice |
sum was realized which should put 4,
the endowment fund over the top. |
The crowd contributed generously |
lust before the main event, and
many others dropped their contribu- !
tiosn in the box placed outside the
arena. az
1t was the largest crowd that has
been at the arena in several weeks |