Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-10
SPORT NEWS SECTION
MQUILLAN is GIVEN DECISION
OVER GOOZEMAN IN SLOW BOUT

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"a right to the head before O'Dell
opened up and drove him to the
ropes toward the end of the round.
| o Dell landed a straight right which
sent Porroc into the ropes and for
minute it looked like curtains but
the ENHANCEMENT caused the referee
to intervene long enough to get
Purroc free of the ropes and by that
time his head had cleared
Purroc showed well in the close
fighting in the second round but
j C'Dcll gave him little opportunity
to fight in that manner. He wcaved
in and ont, landing a onc-two punch
for another kockdown and keeping
free from most of the entangle-
mcnts. The Filipino rallied once to
drive O'Dell into corner but was
unable to land a clean blow.
The finish came suddenly in the
carly part of the third The Fill
Tino opened with q rush and landed
a left and right to the body but o.
Dell Immediately drove him into
corner and forced him to cover. o.
, Dell kept on top of him, driving
Purroc around the ring in a doubled
up position and finally Purroc open
cd up just y little. Like flash
O'Dell drove in right and Purroc
tumbled to the mat. Purroc didn't
wait for count and as he rose o.
Dell again drove him to cover. As
O'Dell crashed rights and lefts at
his guarded head. Purroc s seconds
threw in the towel
The little Filipino showed plenty
of gameness and was given a good
hand by the crowd. He deserved
it. He was practically out on his
feet when helped to his corner.
The victory marks the third
straight by the knockout route for
O'Dell at the arena. He is popular
with the fans for while he is of the
in and out type of battlcr he fur,
nishes plenty Of action and always
puts up scrap which is pleasing
to watch
Brooks Takes Tena
! Things looked rather gloomy for
Andrew Brooks for a few minutes
in the special bout, Young Tena. his
opponent, standing up with the Dea-
con and punching it out throughout
fast and furious opening round.
Tena appeared to be able to take
everything Brooks had during this
session and whipped some heavy
rights and lefts back at the colored
boy in exchange. 1t was just "A
smgfest throughout the entire first
round and as they took their stools
at the bell there was little to choose
, from. Both had landed as we'll as
! received some heavy punches.
! But the second round had hardly
started when Brooks gained an adj
: vantage in an exchange and follow
3 ig mp the break he drove Tena into
! n corner. Brooks worked just too
! fast for the San Diego scrapper,
! whipping blow after blow to his
head. \ right to the jaw, No. Il
/ by actual count, proved the finish
i ing blow. The San Diego boy drop
ped face forward on the mat and
j took the count.
"Young Kid Mex and Mike
Murillo furnish. ID fans with plenty
of excitement in the opening tusslt.
"Mex opened Strang as usual with
his windmill style of attack and
during the first round he manage
to punish Murilo considerably.
| But it was much different III the
second. Murillo's cleverness stood
him in good stead and it WASH It
I long before "MeX' was sitting on
the canvas. A right to the jaw
turned the trick and though Sal
ano hoped right back inao the
fight the jolt slowed him up con
Siderablv Murillo easily had the
, best of the round.
The third was a repetition of the
second, Murillo scoring another
fnockdown and ontslugging "MeX''
y it'll much cleaner and moro tcllin.
blows. MuriIlo used both hands to
advantage and managed to block
practically all Of Salano's wild
thrusts with little damage.
| kid Mex sought vainly to land
"a k. o. during the final round but
.,ail his efforts went for naught. lie
landed two good blows to the head
however, which served To give him
an even break for the round with
Morillo.
just why Referee Tackctt called
this bout a. draw is puzzle, Nor
lilo easily had the better of the arga-
ln,cnt in the opinion of the writer.
1t was announced during the pro
gram that the program next Friday
Will he extended to 50 rounds but
| no mention was made to what
/ fighters will appear on the card.