Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-13
SPORT NEWS SECTION
So. California
Sporting Briefs
By United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 13.-Dick
Hoppe and Charley Rosen, light
weights, who will mix gloves in the
main event of the boxing show at
Hollywood American Legion Bowl
tonight are said to be in the best
condition ever Both boxers fin
ished their training and today pro-
nounced themselves ready for the
gong.
Hoppe is slight favorite in To-
cal boxing circles due to his vic
tory over Roscn about month ago
but Rosen claims that he was not in
his best condition at that time.
Interest has been added to this
scrap bv the announcements that
should Roscn win he will be given
match with Jimmy HcLarnin
while if Hoppe is victorious he will
be lined up against Ace Hudkins at
Hollywood within the month.
johnny Adams. San Bcrnardino
lightweight, has been offered a re-
turn bout with Billy Pctrollc. Far
~
in the fifth round of their match
in Chicago two weeks ago. and will
not return to Les Angeles for some
time it was announced today.
Despite the fact that he was
knocked OFT to ~an Harnardino
fighter is sal to have made IN
amazing iTpr 's:.icf with eastern
fight fans +h17 several promoters
have ofc@r.d him engagements.
FL Cen:,3 f.,ns are in: .rcstL d in
the abov" bouts, Dick Hoppe heing
a former FL Centre boy with hun
dreds of followers throughout the
valley, who are pulling for him to
win tonight.
Adams is well known here. hay
ing been chosen to open the Imper-
ial Valley Athletic Club arena last
year
By coming back strong in the final
stages. Ernie Hood, Pasadena fly
weight, won referee g decision over
George X. o. Lopez, of Wilington,
in the eight round main event of
the boxing card at the Pasadena
armorv last night.
In the scmi-final bout, Joe CorteZ
won over Jack Brien. The re-
manning preliminarics all ended over
the knockout route, Battling Rivers
putting Kid Nash to sleep in the
knocking out Al Molino in the third
and Battlcr Phillips landing hay
maker on Willie Durham in the
first.
The new $4,000 Paloniar Ten
mis- club, now under construction, has
been awarded the outstanding local
tennis tournament of the year. the
Los Angeles county championships,
to be played off between August
20 and August 90.
Events include: men s singles,
mon s doubles, womcn's singles,
mixed doubles, junior boys and
girls singles and veterans singles.
Entries for all events close next
Tuesday.
The former popular bantam and
fcathcrwcight boxer, Jimmy Me-
Larnin, a full flcdgcd lightweight
now, arrived in Los Angeles from
Vancouver, b. c., yesterday. With
Jimmy was his younger brother,
Sammy, who has yet to engage in
his first professional bout.
The two brothers will be fcatur-
cd on the fight program at Vernon
on September 7.
Miss Mary Taylor, Occidental col
lcgc star, has been entered in the
national girls championships in
Philadelphia in September accord
ing to an announcement of Wynn
Mace, secretary Of the Southern
California Tennis association.
The Southern California star will
leave for the east next week where
she will take part in several tourna
ments before entering into the ma
tiOnal event.
With the news that Charley Phil
Rosenberg will practically be fore
cd to meet him in il championship
match on the night of September 10,
Bud Taylor arrived in Los Angeles
yesterday to prepare for his bout
Wednesday afternoon at the Olym-
pic auditorium with Dixie LahoOd.
According to Taylor, $4,000 of
Rosenberg S purse money in his fight
at Chicago tonight with Joey San
gor will be held up as forfeit for
the Neutrality-suspicious. fight.
Stanislaus county leads the state
in the output of cheese,
Kings county has "a fhiry herds