San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-24
GIVEN
GOOD BACK
BEATING
Fernandez SpecializeS in
Kidney Punches;
PrelimS Good.

A kidney-punchins complex, whi:n
made it absolutely impossible for
Bobby Fernandez to contemplate the
broad back of his adversary, Mickey
Gensro, without planting a dozen or
so blows thereon, slowed up the main
event of the boxing show at the Ma.
tional Tbeater Friday night and
caused much indignation on the part
of Gensro and his manager.
Fernandez had the better Of it, all
right, proving much stronger than
Genaro and carrying seven of the ten
rounds without much difficulty, but
the crowd got goshswful tired Of
watching him bang away on the rear
Of Genaro's waistline. As a matter
of fact, there had been such q splen-
did card Of preliminaries, including 4
pair of knockouts, that the main event
would have had a hard time living
up TO the fans expectations. They
bad grown rather "choosy" by the
time Genaro and Fernandez went on.
Genaro proved to be about the
toughest boy Fernandez has met. and
his ability TO assimilate the endless
succession Of punches planted in his
midriff seemed to annoy Fernandez 4
lot. Genaro had little in the way OF
an offensive except a crazy, looping
overland right. which he planted on
Fernandez every now and then With
out any noticeable effect.
HAD GENARO GOING.
During the sixth. seventh and
eighth rounds. Fernandez had Genaro
in a bad way. but could not finish
him. The little Connecticut Italian
would duck and protect his jaw when
crowded, and Fernandez would vent
his thwarted rage on his opponents
kidneys.
Two fight fans from the Pacific
Coast, who are in San Antonio for a
short visit. went into ecstacies over
the preliminaries, vowiDg that they
had never seen anything TO equal
them on the coast. IL the reader
knows his Californian, this is a genu-
inc compliment.
Soldier Dombroski provided one Of
the knockouts when he sank torrid
left into the Aztec Kids cOmmissaTy
in the third stanza, The Kid dropped
as IL he was shot, and writhed about
on the canvas.
The other sleeping powder was pre-
scribed by Martin Flaherty, who set,
tied his score with Bobby Jackson
with a right to the heart in the fourth
round. Fiaherty and Jackson, it was
evident. we're not at all fond Of each
other. exchanging sneers and making
faces back and forth between punches.
MAVEN BEATS PALMER.
In the prettiest bout of the even
ing, Al Mayen proved concIusi7ely
that he is Rabbit Palmer's boss by
taking five Of the six rounds. The
Rabbits crushing right was never a.
lowed to land upon Mayens jaw.
usually slipping harmlessly By one
ear, while Mayen had Palmer in dis
tress several times with hard let's and
rights TO the jaw.
During the last two rounds Maycn
tried hard for a knockout. but Rabbit
knew too many ways Of tying him
up ia the cliBches. 4 pair Of terrific
rights nearly deposited Palmer on the
canvas early in the sixth stanza, and
he held on the remainder of the
round.
Unwieldy Red" Graves, Of Kelly
Field. found the range Of Bill Fishers
jaw Just as the bell sounded 70 end
the third round, and Bill hit the can
vas with a thump. He revived be-
tween rounds, however. and managed
to stick il out three minutes longci
Graves put Fisher down again for n
niBe-count in the closing chapter. but
could not find the combination 20
keep him there. All this after Fisher
had given Graves pretty thorough
licking in the two opening rounds.
Dell Gotten refereed the prclims.
and Jack Shelton pulled EN- apart in
the closing hereunder.