Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-13
BY FRED SCHANZ

Tony Valderama ef Fresno made
sad mistake when he failed to
claim victory by foul in the fifth
round of last nights main attrac-
tion at the Arena. Instead Tony
hoped back into the ring and re-
ceived well delivered licking at
the hands Of Pat Duncan of San
Diego. The battle was speedy
one throughout the entire 10 rounds,
Duncan's skill giving him the best
of the encounter throughout.
The main event followed three
other fast and furious battles in
which the judges were called upon
to render hairline decisions. In
fact even the judges disagreed most
Of the time as to the winner in the
bouts and while the entire card
only produced one short knockdewn,
with the exception of the foul
blow in the main event, there were
thrills aplenty in each of the
bouts.
Richard Randall was given the
decision in the four round opener
with AL De Lao; Homer Gaines
scored over Mike Murillo in the
special six rounder while Raymond
McQuillan won over Julian Arriola
in the semi final.
Tony Nalderama was just little
bit too anxious to register in his
bout with Duncan. He succeeded
fairly well in the opening round
with a whirlwind attack but toward
the finish he collected few right
hand clips to the head. Tony, how
ever, had a slight edge i'll this
round.
ond round and from that time on
he swept aside the furious attack
launched at him by Tony. Valdez
ANA in his anxiety to score blows
was careless in picking spots to put
them and Pat caught the majority
of them on his shoulders and gloves.
Duncan parricd throughout with
left which beat steadily into
Tony's face and scored occasional
lv with his right. The second round
was easily Duncan s.
Tony's fighting improved slight
ly in the third round. He caught
duncan off guard a couple of times
but the speedy Irishman landed sew
eral hefty rights and the battlers
broke about even in two furious
exchanges. There was little to
choose from in this round.
In the fourth Duncan was again
the master. He coolly sidestepped
Valderama S wild rushes and pun
ished Tony in one lively rally
which opened the round.
Duncan had much the best of the
fifth up until the time he fouled
Valderama. The boys were staging
lively rally in the center of the
! ring at the time, Duncan swinging
short right was low and Valdez
anna fell to the floor. He was in
pain and was hustled to the dress
| ing room where an examination
was conducted. It was revealed
that the blow was low but Tony
was not hurt, the battle being re-
sumed. They had q seconds left
to fight in this round and the 81
seconds were chuck full of punch,
both landing several good blows.
Aside from the foul Duncan had
the better of the round.
The sixth and seventh rounds
were fast all the way. Tony was
using a little headwork during the
sixth and managed to get an even
break with Duncan but in the
seventh Duncan punished him. Dun
can continued to hold slight ad-
vantage in the eighth and ninth
| but Nalderama was doing some good
work.
! If there was any doubt as to the
winner up to this time it was wiped
out in the tenth. Tony opened the
round by scoring twice with his
/ left but after these two blows he
could have put his gloves i'll the box
! aS far as damage was concerned.
Duncan sent Tony to all corners of
! the ring with rights and lefts, Val
! dcrama being unable to stop the
I nine dozen gloves that greeted him
! from all angles. 1t was a lively
/ round.
Despite his defeat Tony lost none
of his ring prestige. He fought a
/ game battle all the way, his whirl-
wind attack being sufficient to win
over many battlers but it was use
less against the heady Duncan.
McQuillan Good Boxer
Raymond McQuilian was given
plenty of trouble by Julian Arriola
: to win in the semi-final. McQuillan
/ exhibited some mighty clever abil-
/ ity as a boxer but showed a weak
ness in footwork which at times
nearly proved his undoing, the
speedy Arriola loosening up in the
! fourth and fifth rounds with fast
attack which had McQuillan guess
ing after the Denver boy had piled
up a big early lead.
McQuillan opened the bout with
some clever use of both mitts
| stinging home several one two
, punches in the opening round. In
, the second Arriola flashed forth
| hut Macmillan mt a olick d3mper