Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-02
BOXERS TRAIN
OFF FOR CARD
HERE TUESDAY
Hinoiosa Is Doing Z
Miles of Roadwork
And 5 Rounds Daily
For Morrows Bout

With the thud Of resounding
whacks asd wsllops floating out Of
the windows Of the Fort Brown
skating rink almost every evening,
boxers on Tex Becerril's ambitious
card are rounding off their training
for an earnest session at fisticuffs
Tuesday night.
The boxers are taking their train
ing seriously and are putting in long
hours in the gymnasium skipping
the rope, punching the bag, fighting
and doing road work.
Roberto Hinojosa, Jack Sullivan's
190-pound discovery is setting
the pace. doing from five to seven
miles each morning on the road and
capring off the day with five rounds
in the ring in the evening. Roberto
Is taxing no chances in his 20 with
Jack Morrows, 1sS pounds, Of Little
Rock. Ark.
While Hinoiosa has shown a
iearth If talent and ability, he
knows he will have % extend him
self the full limit TO knock out or
take q decision from Morrows. n
boxer full Of cumming and expo
rience. These two will meet in the
main event and are scheduled "a 70
ten rounds. A lot cf fans who have
been watching the two workout are
going 70 he surprised 10 the match
goes the full ten rounds, however.
Hinoiosa. Brownsville boy. has
built up n large following and he is
strongly hackei to beat Morrow,
ever though the latter u n veteran
of battles with Jack Matlock. Moco
Carpenter and other we'll known
Texas heavies.
Becerril was fortunate in signing
uD Jack in that he happened to be
in the Valley visiting relatives.
Otherwise IL il doubtful whether he
would make the long trip for the
bout. He has Just completed a sue
cessful swing through the north and
east.
The second spot bout will rank
about as good a. the general u Of
Valley main events with Homer
kid Goodman. 1i7 pounds. Browns
Vile. doing various and sundry tricks
To Johnny Martinez. la pounds. Of
Monterrey. But Martinez. who holds
a AfdM WIN lawn Nttd-dO vi MICAH
~ City, will Re out 70 do things 20
Homer also. Goodman has not
fought in the Lower Valley for some
time, but he will be remembered bv
fans as the belligerent-iaved husky
who whipped Battling Gonzales and
Kid Gilbert OF San Antonio in
Brownsville RINGS. This bout should
he good 10 the last. IL is scheduled
for six rounds.
The second ~six-rounder will find
hid Ssenz. 1870 pounds. Of Mercedes.
taking on Kid LittZ. 1874 pounds. ~
Fort Brown. Littr i a big favorite
with the soldier boys and has strut
ted his wares oftentimcs for the
Of Valley fandom. He is a
slim. muscular blond. who will give
Saenz much more trouble than he
encountered with Kid Hunt.
Pat O'Malley, 1873 pounds. OF Fort
Worth. has y good ring reputation
and has heen used a. n headIiner
often. Kid Guerra. l32 pounds, If
San B%enito. who heat Joe Zepeda On
the last card. will furnish 4 dodz-
inr target for O'Malley's flying fistr.
The curtain raiser will see j..
Marrcauir. the San Benito baker
boy. ard Kid Pepper. 14s pounds. 81
Fort Brown. mixing IL for four
scheduled rounds. '~farroauin weighs
$50. He put M an interesting scrap
with Rocdue Padron Of this city o.
the last card until ROGUE injured
his hand.
The bouts are called for $50 r.
M. sharp at the Fort Brown skating
rink. Intcrmission between fights
will be cut 70 a minimum, Promoter
Becerril states.
A workout will bc staged Sunday
afternoon u $3.50 o'clock.