Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-16
SALAS and F0RS'E
SHOULD FURNISH
CLASSY BOXING
After Considerable Diff
Guilty l.. A. Boxer Has
Been Matched Here.
By JIMMY GREENE

When Joe Salas was booked to
appear in the MAIN event at the
Imperial Valley Athletic club this
week, "Cap' Stevens, club match
maker, completed a job he has been
trying TO ''make for several weeks
past. IT was at least three weeks
ago that he showed the writer cor
respondence from George Blake in
.cgard to Salas match
The latter has been in such de-
mand around Los Angeles that it
was difficult to get him signed up
for a bout here, but "Cap' finally
managed it through the good offices
of Pat Cooncy, former Calcxico at
torney, now in Los Angeles.
Stevens wanted fighter who
could put up good battle against
Salas, and the man seemed to be
Earl Forse, the Southpaw sailor from
San Diego, who has Tut on two great
scraps. here and appears to be one OF
the best lightweights now showing
his wares along the coast. Forsc is
an enlisted man at the naval air
station on North Island, San Diego,
and is the recognized lightweight
champion of the Pacific Fleet.
Forse Hits Hard
Fans will recall the quick finish
Forsc gave to frankie Boldt a few
weeks ago, winning the fight in the
first round. Forsc is a terrific hit
ter and clever boxer and because
he is southpaw he is doubly hard
for a right handler to meet. The
fight should be great one, though
many of the dopcsters figure Saias
to win.
Considerably pecvcd because he
lost his first fight last week to
frankie Aragon, Tony Escalantc
has settled down this week to inten-
sivc training for his return match
Friday night, and is confident that
he will turn the tables on AraGon
when they meet again.
Tony had not fought in seven
months when he stepped into the
ring last week and the long layOff
showed i'll his work. He was badly
off form, missing many blows and
the old steam WAS not behind him
when he did land. AS for Aragon,
he showed worlds of class, and an
nounces that ne will plaster a kaTC
sign on Tony this week.
Mex Boxes Cnavez
Kid Mex and Benny Chavez will
also step six rounds. Judging from
the fight Mex put up last night
against Al Brown, and the good work
Chavez has heen doing recently, the
latter should take Friday night 5 al
fair. Mex docsn t seem to hit
straight as he used to do aud he has
lost considerable power in his ruShes
which used TO carry him TO victory.
Although he hold two decisions over
Chavez the latter has come along
wonderfully in his last several
fights and right uow is a mighty
hard man to beat If Benny dcvel-
opes a punch he can make plenty Of
trouble for any man near his weight.
Bradshaw-Posay Go
Tony Posay and Jimmy Bradshaw
will open the show. Unless Jimmy
is in better condition than he was
last night at Brawlcy bp is likely
to have plenty of trouble with the
tough youngstcr from Connecticut.
Posay WAS stampedcd laSt week by
the wild rushcS of oung Solano and
as both boys were doing their first
professional work in the ring there
were plenty of slip,ups.
Announcement was made today
that the state athletic commission
will send . referee here to handle
fridays fights. Inspector houd
said he had not been informed who
will be sent here, or where the third
man in the ring is to come from,
these matters being up 10 Chief
Ahlgrcm of san Diego, commissioner
for this district