Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-21
GOOD BATTLES
in EACH EVENT
AT LOCAL ARENA
Semi-Final Shows Up AS
Best Scrap With Plenty
of Action in All.

main go proved bit one sided with
Billy West of Pittsburgh handing
Young Larry of San Bernardino a
neat lesson in the manly art but
with Larry furnishing enough fire
works to keep the battle interest
ing. The semifinal in which Frank
Gonzales of San Diego was award
cd the decision over Joe Ruiz of
Phoenix proved the feature event.
It was slashing good battle with
Ruiz flashing lots Of form but Con
zales doing Il little the heavier
punching.
Monte Hill proved his right to
hop up notch in the fistics by
winning over Young Majhonay of
Brawlcy although Monte S victory
was not "A decisive one. In the pre-
liminary Mel Brooks of Imperial
proved too fleet of foot and too
heavy in sock for Melvin Perkins Of
FL Centre.
Billy West proved to be just as
good as he was rated for he thor
oughly defeated Young Larry, who
was far from setup
West is n clever two fistcd fight
er and bear at infighting. He
gave Larry an advantage of about
seven pounds in weight but that
was about all the advantage the San
Bernardino youngster had in the
battle.
Right from the first round to the
last, West led the fighting and
clipped away at his opponent at
will He used a left iab handily,
showed good shifty style of fight.
ing and was clever with his foot
work.
There were times during the bat
tie that Larry came to the front but
in not one of the ten rounds was
he able to hold the advantage long
enough to do him any good. He is
the slngger type of battlcr, slow,
capable of absorbing plenty of
punishment and a heavy hitter. But
he was not in a class with West and
while he managed to make the bout
worth watching there was no qucS-
tion as TO who won.
In the opinion of the writer Ruiz
should have been given a draw with
GONZALES in the semi-final, but Il
hair-liue decision in favor of Con
zales may have been the Just way
to settle il as Bill - Tackett did.
There were many good points in
favor OF each of the boys. Ruiz
displayed a flashy manner of slip
ping over his punches and without
question outclasscd Gonzales in the
boxing. He led the fight the ma
iority of the way and several times
rocked the San Diego boy with hef-
" blows.
On the other hand Gonzales
fought a we'll gcncralizcd scrap and
there were many times during the
last three rounds that it looked as
though Ruiz would be knocked out
of the picture. He punished Ruiz
badly with a body attack and many
of the blows which Ruiz aimed at
his Jaw met nothing hut shoulder
and glanced over his head.
Ruiz Speedy
Ruiz flashed speed aplenty in the
opening round and scored several
unrcturncd punches to Gonzales
head and body. Gonzales counter
ed with some body blows toward
the end of the round but the three
minute session was easily in favor
of Ruiz.
The Phoenix boy landed solidly
on Gonzales jaw carly in the see
ond round but in attempting to fol
low it up he was forced into some
infighting by Gonzales and cmcrg-
cd with bloody nose The right,
however, shook Ruiz from head TO
toe and Ruiz spccdpd mp after the
close session, easily taking the
round
Gonzales started the fireworks in
the third round. He began length
cning his body punches and occa.
sionaly worked one to the jaw. But
Ruiz was not standing idly by dur.
ing this session and delivered just
as good as received. 1t was a very
even round.
The fourth went to Gonzales.
Ruiz was slowed mp considerably in
this round, Gonzales continued "a
lift an occasional blow to the head,
keeping the crimson flowing from
Ruiz's nose and hcsting him with
some terrific body punches. Ruiz
got in one good blow toward the
end which served TO keep him in the
running although Gonzales had the
round
The fifth opened slowly. Ruiz
was apparently slowing mp purpose
" to finish fast, but Gonzales fore
cd him TO keep stepping along and
there were. some fast exchanges,
Ruiz had the better of the outsid"
work but could not hold his own
when the boys got in CLOSE The
round was about even up.
Ruiz flashed speed as the sixth
opened and for minute il was a
stormy sea for Gonzales. He crash
ed six blows to Gonzales head with.
out a return but it took almost all
his strength. Gonzales immediate.
ly cut loose, returning the punish.
ment in full Both boys were firing
rapidly as the battle ended. Con.
zales was in little the better form
and crashed through some punish
mcnt Ruiz had Iricf spurts left in
him and used them to good advan-
tage but il was Gonzales round
1t was a pretty fight to watch
and held the crowd from start to
. finish.
Monic Hill nearly knocked Young
Maiohnay into the land of dreams
in the opening round of their battle
shaking him several times with
rights and lefts but never being
able TO quite get the Brawlcv bat.