Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-07
SPORT NEWS SECTION
ADAMS GETS KNOCKOUT OVER
MCGOWAN IN THIRD ROUND

they brought him to. Aside from
the sudden ending of the encounter
the bout was interesting. Mac APP
peared to be in anything but good
condition and during the milling he
hardly laid glove on the Fresno
battler.
Joe De Leon, Filipino middle
weight, who is Il favorite with the
local bugs, registered a technical
kayo oyer Tony Tovar in the fourth
round of the semi-final when Tovar,
tired of acting in the capacity of
punching bag for the slashing Orien-
tai, dropped his hands and stood
helplessly in front of his opponent.
Tovar gave signs early in the af
frav that he could not stand up un-
der the punishment De Leon dealt
cut.
He reused the fans, however, in
the second and third rounds by
short rallies during which he almost
turned the Filipino around with say
age right hand blows to the jaw. 1t
was easy to see that the spurts were
not lasting and the fans were pre-
pared for the final fadeout.
Tovar started fast and for mo-
mcnt it looked as though De Leon
had met a foe who could battle him
on even terms. Only FOR moment
though. De Leon, stung by some
heavy blows in the downstairs re-
gion, stepped out to smother Tovar
under flying gloves, hitting him
with wicked right to the kidney.
The Los Angeles boy went down
twice in this frame and Dc Leon
took the round easily.
In the second -~.ovar tried hard
again and although he appeared cx-
'haustcd he stung De Leon with an
overland right that on two occasions
turned the Filipino around and
headed him the other way. De Leon
took the round, however, with his
consistent, battering attack.
In the third Tovar went down
twice. each time without being hit,
lut only Il few seconds after tax
iug terrific blows in the solar plcxus
According to Hoyle he was disquali-
fed by going down without being
hit but Referee Lovejov made him
go on, starting count each time.
Tovar took the full nine count on
both 0, .asions.
Again in the fourth Tovar went
down under an attack the Filipino
directed alternately at head and
body. He rolled around awkwardlv
when. he rcgaincd his feet and ran
into another barrage in Il neutral
corner. \ few seconds after tax
ing two smashing rights in the caf-
ctcria, he backed away, hesitatcd a
fraction of q second and then drop
rcd his hands, refusing to 90 on. II
marked De Leon s second kayo vie
tory here in two weeks. His other
victim was Ralph Downs, who went
down in 43 seconds on IA card two
weeks ago.
Homer Gaines, FL Centre colorcd
fcatherwcight, slapped his way to
victory over Victor Luccro of Ca
lrXico in the second prclim, swing
Img looping opcnhandcd right to
Luccro S face so often that every
one lost track Of the number. Luccro
seemed to bc defcnsclcss against
that swinging right hand, although
Gaines tclcgraphcd that it was com
ing every time he started it. The
eolored boy could have parked his
left hand at home and galloped in
to a win with the right hand.
The slippery ring handicapped
both boys in this event but Luccro
seemed disturbed the most, slipping
time and time again. Rain in the
afternoon had soaked the canvas
thoroughly and at the start of the
second round the bout was halted
while salt was sprinklcd over tho
mat.
Luccro tried hard throughout the
bout but he dropped every round to
the speedy colorcd boy. I'D Gar
Ella and Ralph lnlovc went four
rounds to a draw in the opener. Gar
cia, straight puncher, was be-
wildcrcd frequently by the unortho-
doN attack lnlovc cut loose. Ralph
furnished the comic relief of the
evening by his style. Jumping from
his corner with both arms swinging
he would draw back one foot, con
fuse the spectators into thinking he
was going to try for Il new broad
jump record, tncn cross them by
smacking Garcia right on the kisscr.
Dust to add to the gaiety he would
bring his right back almost to tho