Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-10
ESCALANTE SLIPS
FRANKIE ARRECON
QUICK KNOCKOUT
End Comes For Local Boy
Less Than One Minute
After Fight Starts.

They carried frankie Arregon out
of the ring at Calexico on their
/ shoulders last night, but it was no
triumphal procession that wendell
its way toward the dressing room.
frankie was carried Out-feet
first. His battle with Tony Esca-
lante ended less than minute after
it started, much to the citation of
a majority of the fans present, and
the news of the quick kayo will I'M
doubtedly make many fans sore be-
cause they missed the performance
He never did get started, frankie
didn' It. There were just a few sec
onds when the local boy showed
himself before Escalante closed in
on him, shot left to the face
which threw back frankie s head,
then that deadly right Tony packs
crashed home to the jaw with every
thing behind it and frankie sagged
down in a heap, half in and half out
of the ring. Counting him out was
futile. The crowd howled so no
count could be heard, and as far as
frankie was concerned, they could
have counted a million.
Escalantc and Bill Tackett carried
the fallen boxer to his corner where
it was necessary to work over him
for. many minutes before he was
able to snap out of it.
1t was a long time coming to
frankie and when it came it came
plenty. 1t may do him some good
after all, and we hope it does.
frankie is a good little fighter, but
he is not the best in the world. He
has been mighty eockv for long
time, too much so for his own good
in the ring and a setback may make
him realize that strict attention to
his knitting is necessary to success.
Last nights disaster may set him
on his toes, send him back to faith
full training and chance to fight
his way back as crowd pleaser He
is young and can do tiff he wants
to.
AS for Escalante, he didn't give
the fans chance to see how much
he has improved since he went up
on the coast. He always had muir
dcrous right and it is a cinch that
il has improved. He looked little
drawn in the dressing room after
the fight, possibly due to the ex-
eitemcnt, for he was bent on putting
ArrcgOn away as soon as possible.
If frankie goes back to saving
wood, n rematch would pack any
house in the arena. Folks who think
Arrcgon is done are mistaken. But
that matter is entirely up to
Frankie.
Mex Gets One
Kid Mex took the decision from
Leo Claro in the six round semi
final 1t was a rafting good fight,
and in our humble opinion the Kid
"got onc''. A draw seemed to be
a better break for both boys. Claro
made Mex miss too many and did too
much good work at close quarters to
be given the short end of the de-
eision. But then
Deacon Brooks slipped the
kavo to Eddie Ranies in the second
round Of their scrap. The "Dea
con- hit the floor in the first round,
being sent there by one of Ranies
shots, but he was up on his feet
with no count. After long lay
off. the "Deacon looked good.
Kid Lorenz and Young Rodriguez
opened the show wifi a slashing
bout. Rodriguez had the better of
the going until the third round when
he had fought himself out and
Lorenz put the Indian sign on him.
The house was not as good as it
should have been, in view of the
prominence of the Escalante-Arre-
gon bout. "Cap' Stevens got
bad break on this, the coast papers
insisting that Escalantc was to fight
at Pasadena Thursday night despite
the fact that "Cap' had him all
signed up and delivered for the Ca
lcxico scrap. Those who were at
the arena saw four good scraps, and
as one fan remarked, "That last
kayo was worth going miles to see"