Imperial Valley press., 1925-07-31
DUNN AND BROWN
HEAD THE CARD;
MONEY FOR FUND
Benefit Event Promises
to Be Red-Letter
Affair

With demands for tiokess bcfng
sent in from all cities IN the valley,
indications are that one of the big
gest crowds since opening night, will
be at the Imperial Valley Athletic
Club tonight, to witness the all-star
card that has been prepared for the
benefit of the American Legion En-
dowment Fund.
The proceeds of the fight, above
expenses, will be- given to the Boyce
Atcn Post Endowment Fund commit.
tee, and the legionnaires are hopeful
that sufficient sum will be real
ized at the fights to put them "over
the top' in their campaign.
Heading the card are two World
War veterans. Joe Dunn and Joe
Prown, both of whom have made
their mark in the roped arena, fol
lowing their fighting service for
Uncle Sam. The folks in this nee k
of the woods know that Joe Brown
can fight with the best of them and
that he fully deserves his title of
lightweight champion of Mexico,
won in competition at Mexico City.
His championship belt is now on
exhibition at the Imperial Valley
Hardware Company.
Brown has long string of
kpockouts to his credit and is con
sidored such a formidable little man.
that most Of the lightwcights steer
clear of him.
1t has therefor been found neces-
sarv to match Joe against a wclter,
which is the weight that Joe Dunn
fights at Press clippings from
Portland and other northwest points.
where Dunn has fought, the bulk of
of his fights, credit him with vic
tories over such notablcs as Joe
Ben .amin, Young Simonvich and has
also put up good fights against Dodc
Pcrcot Young Carmen, Sailor Ash
more and Jack Silver.
EIackie Rice aud Gus Pohl will
put on. tho, sepi. .fipal. These boys
have put up number of'stiff bat
ties in the San Diego arena and
though they 'were spotted well
down on the cards on which they
appeared, their scraps We'd with the
main cvcntcrs for excitement. They
fought two slashing draws with
nothing to choose between either
man. Ia their third fight Rice
took the decision after wicked
battle and Pohl is out for his re-
vehgc tonight. Rice has been in ac-
ton in the valley before and has
proved himself heavy hitter and a
very fast boxer.
- ~ss Tony and Kid Lucero
Tony Escalante and Khi LuccTo
are due to mix things up in the four
round scmi.finnl. Luccro almost had
Tony out in the third round when
they, met at tha arena last week,
but he lost his head with victory in
sight and allowed Tony to get away
from him just as the gong ended
the round. Tony came back strong
in the fourth and took the bout on
a technical KNOCKOUT
IaIccro, Immediately after last
weeks fight, asked that he be sign
ed up again against Escalantc,
claiming that he knows he can lick
the border boy and the directors of
the club Immediately accommodated
him. Tony was also glad TO sign
UP again, figuring that he will not
lei Lnccro cause him any trouble
this time.
Kid Romeo of CalcXico and Bat
thing Johnson of Brawlcy, will do
their stuff in the opener. These
boys put up Il good scrap last week,
going TO draw and each is out for
"a victory this week.
Zen Mcfarland. well known ref
cree of San Bcrnardino, will be the
third man in the ring. Mcfarland
was seen in action in the Brawlcy
arena several weeks ago and made
an excellent impression on all who
saw HIM by the manner in which he
worked in the ring. He communi-
Gated with the legion committee yes
terday and agreed to. come here to
handle the fights.
The first bout will be called at
$40. Tickets can be obtaincd at
Clements Drug Store. Valley Drug
Company, Owl and Genital Pool
Halls and Stcveis.
The committee in charge of the
American Legion campaign, feels
confident that il will be given the
support of the sport-loving people of
I'll Centre and that the arena will be
well filled tonight. The menfolks
are especially urged to take the lad
les to the fight, following out the
wishes Of the state boxing conmis-
sion, which demands that all fights
be conducted in such "a manner that
they can be attended by the women