Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
GREATEST FIGHT CROWD IN CALF.
HISTORY JAMS OUTDOOR ARENA
TOWITNESS HEAVYWEICHTS BOUT

WRIGLEYE FIELD, LOS ANGELfio
Feb. % Up = George Godfrey 23612
pound negro heavyweight, took ten
round decision from Pauline Uzcudun
Spaniard, 1922 pounds, here tonight.
Pauline forced the fighting from
gong to gong, but Referee George
Blake of Los Angeles argued that the
terrific blows of the mammoth Godfrey
O,ltweighted the rushing body attack OF
the Basque.
Godfrey was slow to start and seemed
content to try and toy with his man
for the first three rounds but Pauline S
rushing, failing blows stung his op-
ponent into action.
Paulino'S best rounds were the sixth
and seventh when he repeatedly forced
Godfrey TO retreat to the ropes and
battered the big fellow almost at will
with stiff punches to the body From
then on Godfrey did his best to take
the play away from the Basque and
at one stage near the end of the bout
was hammering Paulino'S face and
head with stiffest punishment the
Spaniard had taken the entire eve
ming.
A crowd estimated at 10000 packed
the ball park.
WRIGLEY FIELD, LOS ANGELES
Feb. 28 lFl-Approximately 10000 peo-
pie. the greatest fight crowd in Cali
fornia's history, piled into this out
door arena, converted from baseball
field, tonight, to watch Pauline Uz-
cldun, Basque Spaniard, try and
whittle down the mountainous George
Godfrey, negro, in their ten-rouno
heavyweight boxing match.
!, The stands covering two sides of the
field were packed to the lids and under
those lids the majority of Paullno's
heartiest hackers sat = thousands u
the Mexican population of southern
California.
Grading from there down into the
lower r-llery tiers and out onto the
bic field was solid mass of humanity
Great arc and incandescent lights
played over the heads of the crowd,
which was SO tightly packed on its
folding chairs that it was almost I'M
possible to see the ground And, back
of it all, way out in the rear of center
without a vacant seat in sight.
outside the high brick walls more
fIaring lights revealed small army Oh
non-ticket holders, perched in the
branches of trees and dangling from
the cross arms of telephone poles.
The first preliminary brought into
the ring couple of middleWelgnts
Andy Gill of Los Angeles and Dominic
Angelo of Philadelphia. Dominic was
completely outclassed and after tax
ing solid punching for three rounds
with a nine count knockdown, Dominic
fight was declared ended when Benny
Whitman declared it stopped and gave
the decision to Gill
Jack Green of San Francisco, ano
Andy Mitchell of Long Beach, furnish
ed the next bout, which Mitchell Wor
on a decision. T he rangy Long Beach
lad had little too much for Greer
with his long right hand shots to the
chin and his two fisted body attacks
The men were heavyweights.
The main event follov Godfrey
was first into the ring to face bat
tery of cameras while the band playec
a cakewalk. He received a good hanc
but a moment later Uzcudun clamb"
cred through the ropes a deafenlne
cheer went up. Godfrey wore his usIa-
red and fawn striped robe. Uzcudur
was gay in a blue wrap laced Witr
gold.
Mickey Walker, middleweight cham
pion. was introduced, and given
cheer. Uzcudun's weight was announc'
ed as 1927; Godfreys 1851.
.1.o 1iT1nd to.
gether before the cameras the dis
crepancy in their sizes was very pro
nounced.
Uzcudun fought in black trunks
bound with red, Godfrey's were plum
color.
George Blake, of Los Angeles, wa
introduced as referee, much to th'
pleasure of the crowd.
Round One
Godfrey was leading with a left Il
the body, two clinches followed. God
frey rushed again, missing left ant
rights. Uzcudun pounded George Il
a corner to the body, he repeated, bu
Godfrey showed him off. Godfre,
landed right and left to the body. Tn
BASQUE danced for an opening an,
took a left to the body Godfrey pu
two light lefts to the head. Anothe
clinch. and both men exchanged right
and lefts TO the body.
They fiddled clinclled and tradet
body blows again 1t was slow going
The Basque cage : but Godfrey leth
argic.
Round Two
Uzcudun rushed in, landing rlgh
to the body Godfrey showed him OF
and he came back. Godfrey LANDED
two light punches to the head. The.
traded punches in clinch. Georg
stood him off with his long left jab
and landed a right to the chin. Uz
cudun landed a right to the face ant
rights and lefts to the body. Godfre
landed right to the body. Clincl
followed clinch, the big negro appar
emily playing with his lighter opponent