Imperial Valley press., 1926-06-10
FRIDAY NIGHTS
RESULT HINGES
ON HOPPE KICK
Fans Wonder If Coast
Boys Punch Retains
Its Dynamite.

Is Dick Hopes punch as heavy
rs it used to be?'
This is the question that FL Cen
tro boxing fans are asking in view
of Dicks appearance here tomor-
row night in the ten round main
event at the Imperial Valley Atl.}et-
ic club, with Bus Barrie of San Di-
ego as his opponent.
The cOncensus of opinion seems
to be that if Dick can swing his
dukes with the same pile driver in
tcnsity of old, that Mr.. Barrie is 90
ing to be in for busy session.
Many times Dick s boxing has been
open to criticism but no man that
he ever faced i'll the squared circle
has made light of his punching pow
en- More than one good lightweight
has curled up and succumbed under
it.
No less IA parsonage than Tommy
Carter, formerly leading coast
lightweight and recognized rs a
wise boy outside the ring as well as
IN it, declared that Dick hit him
harder than he had ever been hit by
my other scrapper, and Carter met
them all up to the time he decided
that he had enough and would stick
20 his civil engineering
Fans who have seen Barrie in ac-
ton here know that he also pacKs
a wallop and is Il clever boxer as
well. He may outpoint Hoppe if
the battle goes the limit, but if Dick
gets chance to put over that right
in the proper manner, Mr.. Barrie is
going to know that he has been hit
From down CaleXico way comes a
noise that sounds like II roofer put
ing on shingles. It is only Tony
Escalante punching the sandbag in
preparation for his little session to-
morrow night with frankie Aragon,
which is scheduled to 90 for six
rounds, unless one of the boys bites
,he dust before that length Of time
alapses.
Tony has been doing his road
work and other gym stuff religious
Y to improve his wind, having start
ed i'll training some three weeks ago.
He is now putting the finishing
-ouches ON his work and is spending
considerable time nursing along his
good right arm so that it will be
tDle to hit a concrete wall and
rcatc a lot of pebbles. That is not
10 inSinuatc that Aragon is Il CON
crete wall or has concrete top. The
little Mexican champion is credited
with plenty of gray matter under
MS black hair, and the means of us
jng it. He too is pounding the sand
md carving holes in the air with
both hands as he works out every
afternoon at Harry Woodbury. S
gymnasium.
Benny Chavez, who fought Il
rafting good fight with Al Brown
ut the local arena last week, is in
great shape for his argument with
Barney Meyers Of San Diego, which
is to be the Same length as the rs
| .alante Aragon brawl. unless it too
| gets stopped earlier. Chavez is enc
|! Of the incest Young fighters in the
| valley to watch in action, and if he
! only develops his punch he should
70 far in the California boxing game.
Meyers comes here with plenty of
| press notices, and the boys should
furnish a high class scrap.
Kid Mex, the battle Scared Vctc-
ran of hundreds of encounters, has
a young brother who is TO make his
| lcbut III the ropcd arena tomorrow
| night. Mex has trained the boy
i religiouSly and claims that the
yomgstcr can put it all over him.
rhc boy boxes under the family
name of Young Solano, McX's real
name being Mike Solano. The junior
. member of the family is anxious tp
make a good showing tomorrow
night, and if the fans have any
| memories of the good entertainment
Kid Mex has given them for several
! years past, they ought to be ready
to give the youngstcr plenty of en-
! ;ouragcmcnt. Solano Will meet IoNy
Posay, who is sand to be anything
but poscY.