Imperial Valley press., 1928-07-28
TAKES
MAIN EVENT AT
ATHLETIC CLUB
Semi-Final Proves To Be
Terrible Dud AS Boxers
Stall.
BY FRED SCHANZ

of Nevada, scored a technical knock
out over Vincent Martinez, former
fcathcrwcight champion Of the
coast. 1t was ripping battle from
the first round on and provided
plenty of punch.
But in the scmi-final those same
fans were sui jcctcd to a bitter dis
appointment in six trashy rounds
with "Mcssrs. - Wind and Strclisch
being the principals or whatever
YOU may care to call them. Many Of
the fans had been attracted to the
Arena because Of the promise of
seeing some real live action in this
bout. Ii had promise before the bell
rang but that all.
In the special bout Andy Brooks
managed To exc out victory over
Marvin Bobo in bout that had nu-
mcrous bright spots but some that
failed to shine. Henry Inlowc was
easily the master in the four round
opener with Ben Solomon suffering
tie punishment.
Jackie Spencer brought his unique
style of battle along with him. He
also brought along few " Bing
Bngs aud grunts. But what h"
did to Maritime in their nine rounds
Of battling was plenty.
It looked like MARTINEZ was the
class in the opening round. He shot
over some pretty straight arm
punches aud pcGged away on even
terms with Spencer. He won the
round but il was tho only one he did
win.
In the second, Spencer began to
bring Il pretty left iab into play. He
slapped it onto Martinez nose and
drew blood. During the next five
rounds the two boys fought II clos"
quarters n all times with Spencer
puuishng MARTINEZ badly about the
face with his lctt and turning has
left side INTO rlddy colorcd blotch
with his right.
The seventh round opened IN the
same manner bat toward the finish
of thj, round Spencer cut loose with
a httlc mere opcu stNlc Of attack.
Just before the Eeli hr crashed
through three lrtts in succession TO
Martinez Jaw that nearly floorcd
Vincent and sent him TO his corner
in da2e
In thc eighth spencer landed q
left carly i'm the round which sent
MARTINEZ into a tail spin. lie crash.
ed through with "a wicked right that
oprncd ii cat over Martinez left
eve aud p1mmcI"d MARTINEZ about
tho ring But Nincca, managed to
stand up under the ggur.llng atiack
and was ,til fighting back at the
bell
I'm the ninth Spencer sought to
land "A Knockout He had Martinez
on the verge several times and
slashin- blow, - the hnad reopen
ed the cuts about Mar,inez face
and had his nose dripping crimson
He forced Martinez into covering up
twice and it seemed almost sure
bet that the latter would drop bat
hc managed to carry ON 70 the bell
though hr was $50 weak that he was
barely abb to make his conner
Tn, seconds throw in the towel at
the tjmc and Spencer was awarded
technical knockout.
While Martinez was hoP'leSSlY
ou,rIa.,cd. Spencer did not escape
without some punishment. Maritime
rallied at intervals and proved tha'
he has a good punch. His gam2nrs0
viii hc youchcd for by all that saw
tho. lattle for throughout he con
Snurd wading in though IL was Ger
tain destruction.
One Fan Sleeps
There was only ono lucky fan at
tbr Arena in the scmi-fmal. He
was Youthful automobile dealer
who sat at ringsidc and slept peace.
fully through the six rounds. The
res, of the fans had 10 live through
the ordeal but like summer heat IN
the valley, it eventually ceased.
The opening round was full of
action compared to the second. I'm
this frame Strclisch made face"
at Wind In the third ,hcrr was
some action but il had hardly got
under way when Wind was IN trou-
Bile. StrcHsch slapped him on the
chin and drew blood, also lot OF
qasps. The fourth was terrible and
thc fifth rotten. There was action
in the sixth. Both boys waved their
hands freely. Tackctt called II n
draw. The writcr could have called
il q lot of more suitable names.
Marvin Bobo did Il pretty ll,tIc
dance in the first round of his bat
lie with Andy Brooks but ANDY
planted u straigh, right TO has Jaw
hat took all of the dance out of
him aud throughout the rest Of the
SCRAP he was busy boy.
Bobo looked very good IN the
first part Of the second round, ne
has "A peculiar form Of battling and
hc kept on top of Andy most of the
time. He shot over a left to Brook 5
Jaw that rocked the valley battlcr
and landed furry of punches alt
over Brook 5 head and body. Andy
appeared helpless. But he came oui
of it eventually aud staged = whirl
wind finish to the round He con.
nectcd with one two punch that
had Bobo doing a dizzy walk to his
corner after the bell.
In the third and fourth Andy was
easily the winner but he was unable
TO put the Los Angeles scrappcr ON
the floor. Bobo seemed to absorb
punishment and like it during these
two rounds
Inlovr Too Good
In the, curtain raiser Henry In
lowe showed fans good straight
away method of attack and with his
reach aud height advantage was far
better than his small but game vp.