Imperial Valley press., 1928-09-22
BY FRIEND SCHANZ

BY FRIEND SCHANZ
Two knockouts and the downfall
of Billy West featured the fistic
show at the arena last night. West,
flashy Pittsburgh battler was unable
to stand up before the scientific at
tack of frankie Arragon and took 10
thrce-minute lessons in the manly art
of self defense.
Burt Wagner took the house by
storm when he rose from the can
vas where he had been sat by
'Andy' Brooks and promptly pro-
ceeded to knock the "DeacOn flat
ter than a pancake. candy took
four punches before he hit the deck
and ten count.
Henry Inlowe .evened the score
with Monte Hill in the four round
special by a decision while "Kid
Mexico slapped Benny Solomon
into the land of pleasant dreams in
the opening battle.
Regardless of what fans say of
the fistic ability of one Billy West,
they must give him credit for one
ring virtue. He has gameness. The
Pittsburgh scrapper took a most
thorough walloping from the flashy
frankie Arragon and though the
smile he gave the victor at the
end Of the ten rounds was wreathcd
IN blood it was still the good natur-
ed grin that has made Billy West
very much liked by valley fandom.
Fans were greatly surprised in
frankie Arragon. Somewhere during
his year $ absence from the local
ring frankie has acquired a whole
lot of ability. The right that last
year was nothing but n threat has
acquired both "A jabbing ability and
punch. His left seems to have lost
a bit of it's accuracy and sting but
is still dangerous weapon. The
Slight sacrifice of the left is more
than paid up by the right.
Has Easy Time
frankie had comparatively easy
time of it last night. He took little
body punishment, an occasional right
or left on the chin but the majority
of the gloves loosed by West did
little or no damage. frankie fought
cagey fight. Occasionally he allow
ed West to roll up few points in
an effort to break through with his
heavy guns but he never allowed
West to get dangerous.
West did his best battling in the
third, fifth and seventh rounds. The
third was one of the rounds in
which frankie was seeking to end
the show. In the fifth West did bet,
ter mainly because he threw all pre-
caution to the seven winds and was
up and at Arragon every minute
The seventh was another round IN
which Frankie was looking for .
break that didn't come.
There is little need to go into 6
detailed description of the fight by
rounds for it was much the same
throughout. The only difference be
ing in that in some rounds frankie
had Il little bigger edge than he
did in others.
Arragon nearly crashed througl
with the X. O. in the eighth. Three
times he rocked West only to find
West still fighting. In the ninth q
left to the stomach knocked West
through the ropes but West was
back after a very short count.
A left hand smash to the jaw in
the tenth made fans gasp but West
came down off the ropes on bOtl
feet and with blood squirting from
his nose tore into Arragon. II,
wcathcred the storm though he
staggered bit and the finish found
him still plugging away. The bel
; was most welcome to West.
\ hoy from the far reaches OF
San Francisco came to the valley
last night. He was brought here
mainly because he carried the rcpu
tation of possessing punch. And
any fan who doubts his ability tC
punch should have stepped in front
of the left hand sock that ended
the semi.final bout at the arena
last night. The boy is Eurt Wag
/ ncr.
Left Handed Attack
II looked bad for minute whcr
, Burt entered the ring to meet
"Andy' Brooks last night. He took
a short right to the jaw aS the fight
ing started. Then he looscncd W
with left handed attack but
Brooks brushed il away. Then in 4
swift exchange of blows Brooks sud
denly shot out lightning like
right. II caught Wagner squarcly on
the jaw and set him on the can
vas.
Wagner started 10 rise at a foul
count but hcsitatcd and took nine
to regain his composurc.
If all happened quickly from then
on out Brooks did not rush in to