Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-09
So. California
Sporting Briefs
BY United Press Leased Wire

BY United Press Leased Wire
] Los ANGELES, Sept. g. -
Brick y Muller's Los Angeles pro.
fcssionaI football team took its first
turn at training yesterday when the
SQUAD worked out at the Palisades
Del Rcy emp.
Twenty men, all of whom appear
ed in excellent condition. took part
in the initial practice. Sessions will
take place daily for the next two
weeks when the team will entrain
for Chicago where they are schcd-
ulcd to open the season against the
! Cardinals, September 26.
Battling Evans is favored to win
over Irish Jimmy Murphy, former
middlcwcight champion of the At.
gloves tonight in the main event at
/ the Pasadena Armory. They will
go ten rounds. The weight will be
100 pounds.
In the semi windup Young Lancho
will meet Joe Cortcz over the four
round route.
The track team of the Hollywood
| Athletic club, winners Of the nation
! al senior a. \. l. championship at
! Philadelphia last july will be hon
orcd by the club at a boxing show
Sept. %. Six boxing matches and
several wrestling bouts Will be on
! the card.
Dick Hoppe and George Gordon will
taper off training today for their
meeting tomorrow night in the 10
round hcadlncr of the boxing pro-
gram at Hollywood American lie
/ ION stadium.
Hoppe, through his recent victory
over Charley Roscn, Will probably be
a favoritc at ringtime. He is sched-
ulcd to meet Jnckic Fields at the
Legion Stadium in three weeks if he
succeeds in trimming Gordon.
Tommy O'Bricn Jr., and Benny
-. Carter will do SIX rounds in the semi
final.
, Eight long distance swimmers. in
cluding two women stars. are to
leave Long Beach at noon today to
relay their way across the % mile
! Catalina channel.
The schedule relay is expected TO
settle definitely exact difficulties
in regards to tides, currents, tenn
,pcraturcs, winds and deep sea deni-
/cus that a channel swimmer may
expect to encounter.
\NiIli.n, WriUlny Ir IGillipOoira
sport sman and "angcl' of the So
600 Wrielcy ''sca derby' will leave
Los Angels for Chicago today. The
chewing gum magnatc has been
spending q month at Catalina.
Harold "Rod'' Grange, the grid
iron ghost. and his New York team
Of the American Professional foot
bah league will play at the Coliseum
i'm Los Angeles ON December II, Is
or Christmas Day according to an
announcement by p. II. ilalbritcr,
local football promoter.
IIalbritcr, also hopes to bring the
winners of the National and Amcrl-
can professional leagues here early
in January for Il professional foot
Ddll world : series.
Nick Lutte. former Notrc Dame
football player, using double wrist
! lock and a stiff arm threw Charley
| Hansen in one hour, nine minutes
and 40 seconds in the feature bout
Of the international wrestling tour
namcnt card at the Olympic last
night.
Ad Sautcl, weighing in at lSS
pounds, tossed Dan koloft, the Bul-
garian cave man, weighing 2lj
pounds, in is minutes and ten see
onds. \ Japanese toe hold resulted
in the fall.
In the other matches Nladck Iby-
.szko threw John Frccburg in II min
utcs and % seconds; Richard Schi-
kat threw George GuStoNich IN Is
minutes and II seconds; Rcnato
Gardini triumphcd over Joe Sigmond
/ in five minutes and - seconds; Paui
Jones and George Kotsonaros went
80 minutes to draw; Gilbert Mar
tincz tossed Jack Taylor in seven
minutes and II seconds and Stanley
Pinta finished Reginald sikh III thir.
, teen minutes and II seconds.
Captain Seth Strclingcr chairman
of the state athletic commiSSon, has
advised Dick Donald, local fight pro
roN'"". to c""rv on any plans for
matches at Wriglcy Field and to dis.
regard all rulings by the Los Angc-
/ les city council.
Strclingcr AYERS that boxing is
controlled 10y the state, consequently
/ any council ruling can be ignored.
City council ruled last week that
/ Donald could not conduct programs
! at the Park. Council : action fol
lowed receipt of petitions complain
ing of the noise which would nc
| company boxing shows.