Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-09
LAYMAN IS GIVEN DECISION OVER
BROWN in C0RKING FIGHT: SAVAGE
And WILLIAMS WRESTLE FOR DRAW

several months ago, Joe Brown and
I Joe Layman put on a s,ashing 10
round fight that was crammed full
of action from start to finish. There
have been few fights at the arena
where the boys have Travelled 50
fast and SO hard over the 10 round
route.
Was Crackerjack Draw
To our way of thinking, it was a
crackcrack draw. Bill Tackett
saw it differently and gave the de-
cision to Layman, who may have had
a slight edge but was mighty slight.
There is very little to choose be-
tween Brown and Layman. Both
lave plenty of boxing Skill, they
can hit like mues. and they can
take blows that would knock the
ordinary mule off his feet, and
then come back for more. Time
and again last night when it looked
as though one boy was giving in,
he rallied and gave his opponent
everything.
The only round where either boy
lad Il decided edge was the eighth
when Brown unquestionably had Lay
man in trouble. The latter hung
on and weathercd the storm, only
to cGme back in the ninth as strong
as ever and just as willing to trade
punches.
Like Real Rough Stuff
Any time Brown and Layman are
signed up. they will pack the local
al cna, for they are the type of
fighters tina, the fans like to see. At
times they get rough, both of them
doing unorthodox stuff last night
but they apparently like it and
neither man kicked.
The only thing that saved the
Williams Savage fight from being a
iarce, was Williams evident scri-
BUSINESS, and his desire to make a
ilght of it. Savage clowned it
throughout the fight, opening up
"a draw out of it. Here again we
cannot agree with the referee.
though granting him the right to see
the f Oh. his own way.
Wimiams forced the fighting, and
scored heavily on Savage, but he
never once hurt the big Serb. He
ght as well have been hitting
the BROOKLYN bridge as to be pound
iHg away ON savage ) grinning
face. Time and again Williams
measured off his man with his left
and kept his right tied by his side,
! ovcr-anXicty or uncertainty as to
where TO place the blow, preventing
him from using the right.
Pushing, Showing Bout
II was largely the old story of
| pushing and showing, with none of
tie good boxing that came later in
the Brown Layman fight. If WEI
! Jams is to be given credit for try
| ing to make a fight of it, credit is
also due Savage for his wonderful
stamina. The old border warhorsc
took everything that Williams had
md shook n ali off as a duck shakes
| water.
: WlI.iams has improved since his
last appearance here but he still
, lacks the zap necessary to go III
and put the fin shing touches on Il
/ man.
We were sorry to see our old
fricnd kld MoA pitc the dust IN the
opener. The Kid, veteran of hun
:b.u # batties, took ON Kid Wall.
ace of San Diego, who should have
cen -n,,med N'a Mahop, as he
sent the ri Centre vet to the floor
atter one minute and J3 seconds of
4 [ ghtiug n the FIRST round. Wall
ace Jared the Kid in the first min
ute, and Mex never recovered from
It. He tried to pull away. but
Wallace chased him. caught up VIII h
him and let him have il. It was all
over almost before il started.
Really wasn't Cold
Fans who stayed away in the