Imperial Valley press., 1927-10-01
RUIZ HAS LITTLE
DIFFICULTY WITH
JIMMY MURPHY
Scores Quick Knockout
In Main Event Last
Night.
BY Fred SCHANZ

ply out of the running in the main
20 staged at the arena last night.
The San Diego boy unloosed stom-
the road to defeat and a right flush
to the jaw ended the session. Three
good preliminary battles opened the
show.
Murphy was hcralded as the fa-
vcrite in the bout, the Hollywood
fighter having registered seven
straight knockouts in previous ap-
pearances. He was credited with
having a sure-fire left and before
he took the count last night he
proved to the fans that he brought
it with him. But Jimmy didn't get
chance to use it.
The bout opened with furry of
blows, Murphy cutting a left to the
head to start the action. Ruiz
promptly meted out little body
punishment but Murphy sent in n
straight left that hit Ruiz just above
the belt and for a second Ruiz wav
cred. But he came right back for
more, Murphy landing "A light blow
to the head.
Murphy missed with a left and
Ruiz closed in. He punished Muir
ply about the body with a furry of
gloves, the blows landing at short
range but proving effective. They
started Murphy on the downward
trail and then backing slightly Ruiz
put everything into left to the
stomach and followed it Immediately
with right to the head that sent
Murphy to the mat. Murphy at
tempted to rise at the count of seven
but he fell back to the mat after
struggling as far as his knees and
Referee Tackett completed the count
before he could get clear Of the can
vas.
Fans were slightly disappointed
for the bout started out with pros
peets of being lively one.
Ne Shull Gets Draw
Nv In the semifina Tommy Shull
Saw too many gloves for his own
good. Shul was substituted at the
last minute for Jimmy Huff of San
Diego and met Tony Portfolio of Ocean
Park. Tommy piled mp few points
in the opening round, using "A left
lab effectively but after that the
bout was all in Portfolio s hands.
Tony cut loose in the second and
swinging both hands freely cuffcd
Tommy almost Mt viii. Portfolio put
the bout on lee in the third round.
Hooking a right to Shull s draw
he drove Tommy into a corner and
for more than a minute he drove
blow after blow to Tommy's head.
Shull managed to keep his feet but
be punch drunk at the bell.
In the. fourth Portfolio opened with
a brisk attack seeking to put over
n knockout but Tommy took 'em and
laughed. He began to show little
better toward the end OF the round
and he continued 10 get better right
M 70 the finish but he was unable
TO stop all the gloves Tony tossed
in his direction. Tommy got III a
few hefty hooks in the final round
but the battle was easily Portfolio s.
Mike Murrillo aud Burl White
head staged an active battle in the
special six-round go. Whitehead,
who books ont of Culver City comes
from the same stable that Goldic
Hess calls home, looked like "A win
ncr in the early rounds but Murrillo
put up strong finish in the fifth
and sixth and Bill Tackctt's draw
decision was a good one.
Whitehead used left iab during
tho carly part of the battle that
rrovNl disastrous for Nurrillo. Buri
had Itcnty of reach and he used it
TO advantage. having "A little the
better of all the first four rounds
but his advantage was not decided
enough to give him "A very big lead.
Mike cut loose in the fifth and the
sixth and managing to get away
from most of Whitchead's lcfts he
punished Burl badly in these two
sessions. Neither scored knock
down but each landed some stiff
blows during the ak frames.
Kovar Kayoed
II was evident right from the
start of tho opening battle that 1t
would never 60 the four short
rounds listed. George Kovar OF
Ocean Park and Ted Williams OF
San Diego appeared in this scral
and from the first bell to the fin
ish of the bout when Kovar took
the count in the third the boys
stood at arms length and pounded
them home. Tackett had little
trouble keeping these boys at work
parting them only three times dur
ing the entire battle.
williams had the better of the
first round, whipping home some
heavy rights and lefts but kova'
seemed to have a way of absorbing
punishment and netting it out at th,
same time that quickly gained favor
with the fans. He showed better in
the second round and for few
brief seconds il looked as though
the battle would turn in his favor
but Williams shot home few hare
smashes as the round ended. a right
square on the chin ended the battle
soon after the third round got un
derway. Kovar charged and William'
caught him with everything as he
came in. The count was really un