Imperial Valley press., 1926-10-02

he upset calculations of fans by
hanging that wicked left hand on
Gene S beak and the fight was over.
The boys would go over big in Il
rcmatch.
Awful Semi Final
For no reason at all a couple of
birds acting under the ring cogno-
mems Of Happy Romero and Joe Lo-
pez clOwned their way through
nearly four rounds Of scmi-final. If
there has ever been worse cxhi.
bition Of ring work in the local
arena it is beyond the memory Of
the oldest old timer cxtant. There
is Il question a sto whether Joe miss
cd moro frequently than H;c,pv but
il docsn I make any difference.
The boys pulled their punches, miss.
cd them planted them on the cl.
bows, mr.c faces at each other and
did everything but fight. In the
second Iovcjov stopped the patio
mime and warned both boys that he
would give them until the end of
the round to do something. If they
failed, grated Lovcjoy, out they
would 60. They improved little
but did not thrill anybody.
In the fourth Happy appeared to
be seeking soft place to light. He
rcclcd under punches that would not
have dcntcd IL cream puff and fin.
ally sank TO the canvas when Joe
ticklcG i'm in the solar plcxus. The
spectators brcathed sigh of relief
when it was over. The boys will
probably hear about their cxhibi
tion from the commission as the In
spec,or took up their ca,ds and held
up their fight money.
Benny Romero slowed Andrew
Brooks, colorcd lightweight, away
ter two minutes and seven s"c0nG'
Of whiriwini battling. Andrew
startod TO whale Benny but he rar
into more opposition than he has on
couutcrcd for many n moon. Benn,
stood toe TO roe with him ard slug
grd it out As Andrew cane away
from the ropes after. sizzling ses
sion Kenny caught him with ;
swinging left and floornd him. An
drew tried hard but he was unabl'
TO rise. It was Il real fight while
| it lasted.
Fuentes Turns Tables
Another kayo was registered i
the second prelim. De La Fuente
came back to make il horse apicc
bv knocking Melvin Fair colde
than an ice house in the sccon
round of their engagement. A fey
weeks ago Fair did the same thin
TO him so the BOYS are even up an
waiting for third bout to settl
it. Tho boys were the lightcst (
appear here for some time, eac
weighing 10s pounds. The bout wa
fast and furious and until Fucnte
landed that havmaker right the
appeared about even up.
Homer Gaines took dccisio
over Ed Garcia in the opener, pla'
tcring him plenty for four rounds
Garcia nearly quit in the second
when he took right hand smas
that appeared to have busted hi
nose. He Kept up however an
hattlcd harder after his tcmporar
relapse W the third he floorc
Gaines but there was no count,
Tho fnns put IN cute io~l g
discovering the '.,ti,rs they ha
come TO Sc" were making their ar
nual trip 10 the No;,n Pole. A
tough 'r'v aye pretty lTnicnt wit
tho management. rcali7'nr the clu
has to ne : strong competition fro,
Los Angeles aud San Diego cluh'
they feel tha: tli"Ta tns been q Iii
Ilc too nucn Substitutes. ll,tlv.
Battlcrs wla failed TO put in a
appearance rs scheduled last nigh
! were Sailor Hendricks and Al Lc
,cnthal in the main event; Youn
Kid Mex and Young Smith in Nh
feature prclim, and Frank Lomba'
do. billed TO meet Fucntcs.
There was n small crowd on hand
and this was not entirely due to coll
weather. A bunch of substitution
last week had it's effect on IN
cash customers. The directors wi
find themselves up against sna
yunlcss fighters advertised 10 appea
are made 10 show mp or forfeit th"l