Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-17
BY FRED SCHANZ


. Nope, not toothache but sleeping
sickness. Referee "Bill' Tackett s
: arm is still lame this morning from
swinging it, pendulum like, while the
count was going on last night at the
arena, but at that the boys saved
him trouble for when they hit the
mat they STAYED ther. 1t was a
great show, though poorly patroniz
ed. Knockouts cut into the schedul-
ed 80 rounds of battling, the first
, bout being the only one when Went
the limit.
In the big event OF tic evening
"Pat' Duncan. the fighting Irish
er from San Diego, hoped back into
the limelight in all his glory, knock
ing out Johnnie Lee of Los Angeles
in the third round. The semi-rlnal
diln last long enough to talk about
frankie Brown OF San Diego scoring
ID knockout over Gorgonio Velna III
81 seconds. The "kld Mex broth
ers each won on knockouts, Mike
Solano scoring over Tommy Radius,
lanky colored boy from the coast
while Vincent Solano knocked out
Joe salinas. The opening event be
tween Monte Hill and Art MonroE
went down on the books us a draw.
Johnnie Lee tried 10 get over a
punch right of the bat IN the main
, event to slow up Pat Duncan
but Duncan brushed it away with a
glove and landed stiff left. Lee
1 got over "a good right smash hut
Duncan flashed his winning smile
; right back ut Johnnie and then put
over a one-two. Lee attacked Wei
'ouSly throughout the first round but
Pat was always ready and out
boxed his opponent by u mile. So
The second round opened iii pluch
the same manner as the first but
Lee managed to get through with a
left that rocked Duncan. from
then OH Duncan started rushing and
crowding Lee and had the bout III
his nit at all times. Twice h. hpl
Lee in trouble before the round
, ended.
Then came the third and the flu
ish. Lee continued TO keep atop
Duncan throughout the first part
of the round getting the better OF
the exchanges. Lee WAS trying des-
perately to land IA heavy bloY but
Pat hadrlim missing and toward the
end OF the round backed him to the
ropes. They clinched. As they
came together again Duncan scored
with d short right. \ lcft - the
stomach started Lee on Il downward
path and then a right 10 the jaw
which carried all of Duncan s
weight behind it FASTENED the jour
! ncy. There was nothing left but the
count. Lee, however, came very
nearly being saved by the bell, the
watch showing but three seconds of
time when the count was completed.
Semi Final Quick
Had it not been for lucky guess
on the part of the writer, the family
ties of "Yc Scribe might be
slightly strained this morning as u
: result of the scmifinal. just aftcr
the boys had squared off ror action
and a few flurries had been gone
through with, the bctter-half Of the
| family, dixie all women spoke out
of turn.
'"Whon win this fight she
) asked.
"Thc colorcd boy replied
CHANGING at her.
"That s good guess, she re.
piled before | could return my at
tention to the ring, "bccause he
certainly put som> steam behind
that right.
| turned just in time TO find Re
fierce Tackett start the count which
ended with, You re Out. -
1t was a right to the jaw that
turned the trick and gave frankie
Brown of San Diego a II second
| victory over Gorgonio Nclna, Iiii'
pino boy.
! | really should have become pccy'-
ed over missing the fight in this
manner but then Of course man
can t get mad and pat himself ON
the back at the same time.
Mike Solano, better known as
Kid Mex, found a boy that was an
| Xious to mix things with him when
! lac met Tommy Radius in NE snecial
six roundcr. The Radius boz SHOW
ed lot of reach and considerable
ability at handling his mitts as the
, bout got underway but Mex losses
plenty of gloves himself aud "a fast
opening round resulted. McN had
little the better Of the session n
though Radius landed scvcral stiff
jolts to Kid MeX's head early in
the round. Kid Mex, unfurlcJ
gloves from dozen different places
and had the colored boy under GOV.
or twice.
In the second round Radius did
some clever footwork auu caught
the majority of Mex 5 gloves on his
should and arms, me2ntire Civ.
ing sclano ple4ty Of punishment.