Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-25

Middlebrook right on the button.
Andy hit him again as he started
topping but it WASH t necessary.
The first right had relieved Mid
dlebrook of any worries he might
have had up until that time.
10th fighters were given great
hand as they left the ring. 1t was
pitched battle right from the go
and one that will linger long in the
memory Of fans.
The main 90 then came on and it
looked terribly tame, although a
good bout willie it lasted. Tom
my Elks was just little too good
for Samson Both boys used left
ijab freely but Elks was doing the
scoring.
Elks had little better of the
first round in which few good blows
were landed. Samson kept things
even in the second, crashing throug
two good rights and being on the
aggressive throughout the round.
The fight began to loosen up 4
bit in the third round. Elks flash
cd some speed and in an exchange
he sent three rights to Samson S
| head while the latter was attempt
ing to score with left but having
little success. Another right start
cd crimson stream flowing from
! Samson S nose.
( Samson Weakens
! In the fourth Elks partially clos
/ cd Samson S left eye with pretty
] right. Tommy then began working
! on the injured optic and throughout
! the fifth, sixth and seventh he bat
{ tered away with left, mixing in
an occasional right to advantage.
Samson kept weakening gradual
ly under the heavy barrage and in
( the seventh Elks battered him all
4 over the ring. a stiff right com
, Plctcly closed Samson S eye and the
j latter was about done as he took his
corner at the bell. At this point
! Referee Tackctt examined thc in
/ iulcd eye and awarded the bout to
/ klks. The eye was completely use
/ less and Elks had proved beyond
/ question that he was the better
man.
! 1t was Just plain refusal to stand
! still an dtake licking that won the
! special four rounder for Henry In
I lowe. In Martincs he met a skill
! full youngster who was not inclin-
I ed TO The rough and tumble style OF
/ battle.
/ Early in the first round he made
/ lnlowc look bad. lie danced about
the Brawley youth, Peppcring him
with hard rights and lefts and made
lnlowe look feeble
But lnlowc refused to be 2epper-
ed and outstcppcd. Once his op
poncnt convinced him that he was
: too clever to box, Henry changed
! his style completely. He threw all
prccaution to the seven winds and
! gritting his teeth he raced after
Marines. He flashed punches from
50 different directions and though
/ MARTINEZ continued his clever de
tcnSivc tactics, the San Bernardino
boy couldn I get out of the way OF
all Of the punches and before the
round ended he had been punished
! plenty.
/ Young Brooks Wins
/ lnlowc tried fast in the second
! but he had crashed through enough
effective blows in the first to slow
! Marines considerably. Martincs
managed to keep things pretty even
! for the round but in the third he
again suffered a licking.
! In the final round lnlowc started
/ well and finished well but he was
cuffcd plenty during the middling
moments and several of the blows
ioltcd him. But Martincs WAS too
! far licked to win with anything less
than knockdown and decisive fin
/ ish.
Young Mel Brooks right handed
/ Ben solomon to death in the open
cr. He beat the FL Centre boy de-
/ cisivcly through the first three
rounds and although solomon put
up a fast finish, it was easily
| Brooks battle.
Announcement was made by the
! management that there will be no
! show next Friday night because Of
the holiday following on Monday,
! but that a show. will be staged the
following Friday Iilly West and
Jimmy O'Bricn vii clash in the
main event. Both are known here,
having appeared on recent cards at
the Arena.