Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-18
By FRED SCHANz

/ card at the arena last night. Jackie
Spencer, popular Bing Bang boy Of
Venice, suffered the injury when
Jimmy Black, & scrappy little
colorcd boy from San Eernardino
cut loose in the sixth round and
whipped many blows to Spencers
head and body. At the end of tho
round Spencer was taken to the
dressing room and when doctor
pronounced the jaw broken, the
fight was awarded to Black on "A
technical knockout.
Timmy O 'Bricn Of Phoenix slash
cd out a victory over Young Larr%
in lively scmi-final battle Will
Monte Hill crashed through with a
Knockout over Art Hall of Venice
in the second round of the special.
Bill Tackett called the opener
draw but in our opinion Henry In
lowe had much the better of the
argument with Andrew Armstrong.
Spencer looked good in the early
rounds of the battle with Black. lie
had weight advantage over the
colorcd boy and he started the fight
in his usual style. He kept it as close
quarters but unlike Spencer S pre-
vious opponents here, the Bing Rang
boy found man that threw fists
just about as fast as he can.
The first and second rounds were
Pretty even. Spencer did some clever
blocking in these Stanaas and there
was little open fighting. In the
third Spencer begin getting through
to Black s face with Il wicked left.
Several times it looked as though he
would jolt Black into sunderland
but Black proved to be fast and
clever and while he took the brunt
Of the punishment in the third and
fourth rounds he WASH t hurt to any
extent further than cut lip.
In the fifth Black began to open
up He rallied soon after the start
cf the round and ripped through
several good blows. Iut during tn"
rest of the round Spencer kept
pretty well covered and shot over a
few himself. 1t was Black 5 round.
Then came the sixth. 1t started
out much the same as the others but
q a itN ltluuttS III ttI lH' B'll lpidfh
crashed through with stiff right
, to the body and followed with a
left to the head. These two blows
were Spenccr's undoiug for they
slowed him up. Throughout the re.
maindcr of the round Blackic crash
= ed through with rights and lefts
that lust beat Spencer $ protecting
! arms by an cycIash. lie stung Spen-
Ger about the body and head and
had HIM covered up on the ropes
severg! times. spencer VAS too busy
trying to protect himself to do any
fighting.
Sponccr's S followers hrcathcd Il
bit easier MS the bell sounded and
Spencer took his corner. But n
doctor was summoned Immediately
when Spencer complained of his jaw
and the fight WAS stopped while
Spencer was taken to the dressing
room. Penny Richmond an
nounccd few minutes later that
Spencer had suffered a broken jaw
and the bout was automatically
given to Black.
Young Larry proved Disappointing
, to the fans in the scmi-tiual and
, fimmy O Ericn with some clever
ring gcncralship gavr him a licking.
Larry WIS inclined to infight and
, slug it out while Q 'Bricn wanted it
to be boxing match. o 'Bricn
: forced his point. In the clinchcs he
merely defended himself and tied
) up Larry, waiting for the referee
to do the separating. He was wasting
no strength in trying to rid himself
of Larry 5 bulk.
And in the boxing o 'Bricn was
: much better although Larry rallied
> toward the finish, The first two
l rounds were about even. just be-
= fore the bell ending the second
y Larry produced rabbit punch .
; and the crowd furnished the official
raZzbcrry while Referee raekctt
warned him. The crowd yelled for
. Bricn to start some fireworks as
the third opened.
Whether it was the crowds calling
or some other reason, o 'Bricn an
swercd the summons for right off
the bat he crashed through a pretty
right and left, He forced Larry into
boxing almost all the way through
the round and had big edge when
the bell rang.
In the fourth O'Ericn kept up
his tactics and twice = he nearly
> floorcd Larry with fast rights.
Both fighters coastcd through the
fifth round, Larry landing three
good blows while O Brcn scored
only one clean slap. Larry had u
) little the best of the mess. In the
sixth there was more action. Sever.
al times the boys stood toe to toe
and snapped punches and while
Larry was a little the best, he
didn T have much of an edge. It
was far from enough to overcome
O'Bricn S carly lead.
Art Hall ond Monte Hill did some
clever boxing in the opening round
Of their battle. Monte surprised
, fans with much better style OF
battle and he had little the best
of the round keeping even with Art
in the close range battle and scor.
ing several more times in the more
open battling.
The second round started with
moro boxing, then a flourish. Hal
scored a clean blow TO the body but