Imperial Valley press., 1928-09-29
SPORT NEWS
O'BRIEN WINS VALLEY TITLE
IN 'SHAM" BATTLE AT ARENA

ceiyc for he has peculiar manner
of turning with hands up that makes
him appear as though in trouble.
But be that as it may, the writer
gives O'Brien little credit in his
victory. He certainly didn't strain
himself to make it a fight. O Brien
claimed that his right hand, broken
in fight here with Billy West re-
Gently, was the cause of his poor
showing.
And that $ that.
To all who witnessed the semi-final
it appeared that the knockout vic
tory scored by Burt Wagner over
Andy Brooks a week ago was just
a flukc and that aside from pun
ishing left hand he has no ring as
sets. The fight last night proved lit
tle for Wagner battled the six
rounds with broken right hand.
While the San Francisco boy was
decisively trimmed by Brooks, he
fought the battle in the only way
he could and must be given some
credit. He had no business in the
ring
Fans were all popped up for a
thriller when the two boys hoped
through the ropes. The first round
was fairly even with both boys get
ting in some wicked punches. Wag-
ncr had slight edge in the second
reund, Brooks being wary but un,
able to keep entirely out of rang"
of Wagner S left. But starting in
the third it was Brooks all the
way The colorcd boy began getting
away from the left and he used right
and left to advantage throughout
the rest of the scrap. Several times
he had Wagner on the verge but
Wagner was on the defense practi-
caily all of the way and managed
TO survive.
Hill Carries Kick
Monte Hill proved once more that
he carries Il kick in both mitts fer
he nearly knocked Henry out of
the arena in the four-round special.
lnlowe showed good in the open
ing round. He had Hill missing
badly and crashed through with
straight arm blows that rocked Hill
several times. 1t looked for min
ute as though Hill might be sat ON
the canvas for the first time in his
career but Monte managed to wea-
thrr the storm.
In the second Monte came ont set
to dish out punishment. Inlowc scor-
ed first with a right but Monte
drove home two pretty lefts and a
right They went into another cx-
change and as lnlowc charged
Monte snapped a right square to
the button. While the blow WAS only
short one it was straight away
and carried all of Hills weight be,
hind 1t.
Inlowc topplcd. He was dead to
the world up to the count of four
and from that time on struggled to
get to his feet. lie finally got up
but was staggering when Hill dashed
at him in hopes of landing n
finishcr, But Inlowc got a break
and went into clnch. He hung
onto Monte like lost sister to get
TO the bell.
lnlowc managed to survive the or.
deal but it WASH t for long. As they
answered the bell for the third the
colorcd boy was still groggy. Hill
rushed him and lnlowc made the
mistake Of fighting back. \ few
seconds later Monte crashed a left
to the chin and followed with Il
right that knocked lnlowc through
the ropes. Luckily the colorcd boy
was spared spill into the ringsidc
seats by the ropes and tho canvas
wedge that surrounds the ring.
Tackctt counted to six but Inlowo
was dead to the world and with out
waiting further Tackett picked him
up and carried him to his stool
Smith started off strong in the
opener. Taking the first round from
Armstrong but the IIoltvillc boy
slowed him up in the second and gave
him good trimming in the next
two rounds, 1t was a good scrap all
the way.