Imperial Valley press., 1926-03-13

Harry Lee caught n tarteH laSt
night when he tackled Charley Be
langcr, the former amateur light
heavyweight champion, in the 10
round main event at the Imperial
Valley Athletic club. Lee. stayed
the 10 rounds but took q carload Of
punishment from the Canadian boz
er who showed class and lots Of it,
taking an easy decision.
Bclangcr outwcighed Lee by ~
pounds and also had The advantage
Of several inches in height and
reach, making il necessary for the
San Diego boy to - take some
thing before he could get inside
age a straight lett that the Ga
Eadian battler used was Lee S NJ
misis, and he crashed against il,
rather than it crashed into him, time
aud again.
The first two rounds were slow
with two 8crapp2rs feeling lie othrr
man cut. IeianEcr stepped ahpa
in the third and had his straigh, loH
in operation. Fhc fourth round was
also Bclauger S, Lee trying 20 claim
low blow, which TO spectators
seemed to laid on his thigh and did
ne damage.
Lee Rallies In Fifth
Lee raIlicd in thr'tifth md eAr' iail
he fight to Belapge", ,wllo ny linn
at every step, using straight left
and Il right hooi1' to advantage. The
next tNo rounds were easily Be
langcr .. Leo uncorkcd another
rally in the eighth and swapPr,l
punches with Belangcr. 1t was tho
nearest thing to - round thai Lee
had. The ninth was '''c5t up
for both mch, who wee watching
for a Whirlwiud tenth.
The last round was 4 ~hiriwind,
with Bclanger having tie better of
hc affair. though Lee @a5 on his
feet in good condition and Wa
fighting hard when Tire bal! sound
cd. II was Ec'aug"r's fight I'll
through hut Lee deserves egod.t for
stick ~ to ii under the b9a,b2rd
ment he took. ---
There came nenr being t n time
keepers strike ii the i,r, half ot
the double bill between Joe i.qvman
and Jimmy Norris of SAN Diego. Tho
latter was hope1esstv aetelassca,
being knocked down c.Sh' tiUcs be
fore "Cap' Stevens stepped the
Eight near IL end Of tHe fourth
round. Four of tlc &H9eEdowHs
Dame in thai round, three ef them
cling for ciaht and he last oH.
would have genr at least that far
had Stevens ret stopped tie affair
Norris bccn-:- Down
Norris was. 4pss IN a4aN. ID o.
round for the count OF uinc WHOM
Layman, who by the wa BOW
fights mder HI own name Of Joe
Gomez, stopped oa" with his @jas,
Jaw. 4 wicked slash iu tht second
round which nearly tore the san
Diego boys ear frou H., head. sent
h;m down aCain i'm the ,seeou1. The
ear l},d pr4iaac.} for thu trneind.
81 Of th, fight, and, Two l2pre trips
to the canvass were maA A~-Non's
during the lAr4 rcund. Strangely
enough what li4tlc igoting Nowis
did came ater each knocldown,
but he never did bother Layman
aud the faus wore howling for him
to stav down after each .tAeeEloWu.
Gamcuc.s WAS the only thing worth
whilo that Norris seemed 10 hpyc
III his wares.
Kil Mos tool, The decision from
Benny Chavez. il the special event
thought we thought The latter
earned draw bv has good work N
in tho fourth round. Mex had the
better of the argument Up 20 that
time and showed plenty If his old
time form. Chavez looks like good
scrappcr who should be seen in az
ton here again. Mex, who is now
known rs Mike Solano, is hoping
for another crack at Kenneth Wal
lace, who Knocked out tie local boy
in January. Mex claims hc can
turn the tables on the dnsky boy
if given another chaDcc.
Tlcil To Draw
Benny Romero and Horace S'f
failed each other to-a draw IN th'
opener, but Bouly waS.thorcr SO
glad to get draw in hts lifc. he
took lots Of punishment and was
willing to hang on frequcm-ly. If
Jack Flynn can make Self keep his
mind in the ring and not bother
about his fricuds at the ring2idc, he
should develop into a good fighter.
Some boxer will slip il TO him willie
he is gazing about the riag 'unless
he stops the habit.
"Cap" Stevens and couple Of
Judges settled the various argu'
ments. Showing that the iudge
system is not perfect, tho fans boocd