Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-20
BY FRED SCHANZ

| gram dished out TO valley mitt fans
at the Arena last night. The feat
; ure event in which Harry Lee met
(! Ad Allegrini proved somewhat of Il
disappointment in that it was all
! over too quickly, Harry landing a
right cross to ADS jaw early in
the third round to put Il halt to the
; battle.
Monte Hill hoped into the lime
light in the opening fight by smash
ing straight right to the head of
; Tony CORDOBA in the second round
which produced plenty of stars for
the Calexico youth and curtains for
the fight. In the semi final the ref
cree had to stop the slaughter in the
third giving Raymond McQuillan of
Denver knockout victory over Art
Romo of San Diego while the spc-
cial six-rounder between Homer
Gaines of Imperial and Mike Muril-
10 of San Diego was the only bout
to go the limit. Referee Hackett
discarded the verdict of the judges
to call the bout draw
The main go opened slowly, both
Lee and Allegrini used extreme eau
tion as they squared off for the
fistics. The caution was much too
much and only few left .jabs were
landed during the round, Allegrini
scoring nearly all of them.
In the second round the bows loos-
ened up bit. Lee having the bet
, ter of fast exchange of blows.
Ad mussed Harry up with a hard
left but Lee landed hard right in
! return a second later. In fast
exchange toward the end of the
round Lee landed three heavy blows
dropping Allcgrini to the mat. But
Ad was right up and at it again,
the boil stopping the boys as they
went into another scramble.
Lee had the best of two short cx-
! changes as the third got under way
and then scored heavy left to the
stomach followed by crushing
right to the jaw and the fight fans
scrambled for the exits. Allegrini
tried hard to get back TO his feet
but il needed smelling salt to clear
the fog from his head.
McQuillan Is Good
In the semifina Raymond Me
Quillan proved much to good for
Art Romo. Art stepped into the
fight with lots of life and showed
plenty of speed as he stepped a
round the Denver boy in the first
/ round. But fight isn't won en-.
! tirely by steps so Art tried swap
ping some punches. He learned
! plenty in the next few seconds of
! the battle for McQuillan promptly
/ unlopscd his guns. They came from
, all directions at Art 5 head and Ro.
! mo canght most of them in his nose
| the round McQuillan sent Art into
tail spin. When Romo came out
of it he was sitting on the floor in
! his own corner, the bell sounding
as he hoped to his feet. He was
a dizzy boy as he took his stool
Romo managed to survive the sec,
ond round with three flying tackles
a strangle hold and a game of hide
and seek. He was hiding his head
during the later contest while Me
Quillan sought vainly to uncover it
long enough to smash it with some
leather medicine. The San Diego
hoy had much the worse of his three
efforts to mix things up then he
took to flight, finally coming to
rest perchcd against the ropes in
Il neutral corner. MrQuillan kept
him there by hattcring him every
time he got an inch or more of his
head out from behind his gloves, the
bell finally stopping the slaughter
at won't be long the anvil
chorus chirpcd as the boys started
the third, and il wasp't. McQuil
Ian soon had Romo in plenty oi
trouble again and backed against
the ropes where Romo went into
! hiding. Referee Tackctt then stop
ped the fuss, a Knockout blow be
ing inevitable and only a matter OF
minutes.
McQulan showed great form i,
his fight. His footwork sccmcC
much improved last night and that 5
about the only thing the hoy from
Denver needs to toss his hat in the
ring with the best of 'cm.
The special six-roundcr between
Homer Gaines and Mike MurillC
was almost duplicate of the battle
they wagcd week ago. Homer got
away to q flying start, landing some
damaging blows in the opening
round but from that time until the
fifth Murillo had him Scwed NJ
most of the time.
Murillo began working a left ial
in the second which proved effect
i've and scored heavy right tC
! Homer's stomach that doubled the
Imperial boy for minute. Gaines