Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-21
SPORT NEWS SECTION
So. California
Sporting Briefs
by United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES. Jan. 81. The
pride of the Philippines, Clever Sen
cio, today rightfully claimed an op-
portnnity to meet Fidel LabarBa, fly
weight champion of the world, in a
bout which could involve the title.
The little battlers met here last
night in Il II round no decision
fight. Although Labarba won a
ncwspapermen s decision, five out
of seven scribes at the press row
giving him the nod, his edge over
the Filipino was negligible.
Sencio forced the fighting con
stantly. Numerous times during
the fight he begged Labarba to lead,
but the champion had orders to
countcrpuneh. This slowed the
fight up great deal to the dis
pleasure of the crowd.
LabaPba, however, shook Sencio
repeatedly i'll the ninth and 18th
rounds. At the close of both these
sessions he had Sencio groggy and
clinching. The little champ was
never in danger of going down from
any of Sencio s punches.
Many of the critics at the, ring
side cvinced opinions that Sencio
was tougher and harder to hit than
Labarba had figured: At any rate,
the "dyed in the wool' fan, the
man who snstains boxing, wants to
see the pair in action again with
the title up, if the applause that was
awarded both fighters at the end
last night can be taken as Il cri
erion.
Very few of the ncwspapcrmcn
agreed ON the number OF rounds
won by each fighter Labarba S sup
portcrs either gave it to him by IA
very slight margin or called seven to
Labara, three to Scncio and two
even. Scncio' s voters gave the Fill
pino SIX rounds, Labarba four and
two even.
Jack Spar, local lightweight, made
an interesting fight in the six
round semlwindup and defeated
Alex Hart OF Philadelphia. Hart
was not in best trim for the fight.
Alike Akol aud Benny Furell
fought terociously in the four round
special but at the end were even.
Another draw was fought by Danny
Mccoy and Phil Harms i'll the four
round preliminary. Bobby Lasalle
beat Joe Pnenthal in the curtain
raiser. &,..s ~.
Los ANGELES, Jan. 2ls Patsy
Flanagan, main eventer i'll any
Southern California arena, and
santiago Sorilla, IA dangerous feath
erweight, meet III the IU-round imam
event ut Pasadena tonight.
Sailor Carter and Ewell Paul, an
other popular pair of scrappcrs, are
scheduled to 90 eight rounds in the
semi windup.
Those who hike fast swinging
fighter who is tough enough to take
a lot of hard blows without wincing
Will find enjoyment in the lG-round
mann event at Hollywood tomorrow
night between frankie Schaefcr and
Ace ludkins.
IIudkins has earned the title of
"Nebraska Wildcat by his per
formauce in Southern California
bouts. He does not have much more
skill than a strect-fighter, according
to critics, but he is "a crowd pieaser.
Schacfcr beat lIudkins once and
many are picking him To repeat to-
morrow night, Schacfer is II hard
punchcr, the type that is most cl-
fcctivc against Hudkins.
Members of the 1925 University
of southern California football team
will banquet hetr Saturday night.
Awards of letters will be announc-
cd at that time. The Trojan grid
ders finished third in the Pacific
ceast conference last season and
defeated Iowa in an imterscctional
game.