Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-13

though Eddie took little else beside
his two gloves in the rig with him.
Arragon had everything his owr
way in the main event up until the
ninth round save for a slight rally
by Black in the seventh. Black won
the ninth and the tenth was about
even up.
During the first six rounds ARA.
gon had Black on the run. Early
in the first round of tic fracas Ar
ragon began using a right against
Black with damaging effect. Black
decided about the middle of the
round to cut loose. He did but he
met Frankie's left square son the
point of the chin and took tumble
He took a nine count, unnecessary
to get back to his feet but very es.
sential to clearing his head. frankie
was too wise to start any rushing
tactics when Black regained his
feet but continued to shoot across
right lab that gave him an odds
on lead in the first round
In the second frankie opened a
cut high on Blacks left cheek and
beat him freely with his right
frankie continued to do this for six
rounds, using his reach advantage
to keep Black in the hole at all
times. During these six rounds
Black landed only two effective
blows. Both were rights to the
head and they were sufficient to
warn frankie to keep out of the
way of that right.
With frankie having the advant-
age Black started a running fight
after the first round and with Ar
ragon not wishing any too much of
Blacks right it was not so inter
csting during the early stanzas.
Back Wins Round
In the seventh Black opened up
with right handed attack that
nearly won MIN the round but just
before it finished Arragon drove
him into a corner and evened it
up. frankie landed a good half doz-
en- punches straight to the head
without a return.
Arragon proved too good again in
the eighth which was fought without
getting the spectators excited.
In the ninth Black again cut
loose with his right handed attack
in an effort to crash through with
a knockout to win the battle. He
exhibited his best fighting in this
round piling up many points with
straight contacts with frankie IS
chin but though he won the round
his edge wasn't any too great, Ar
ragon landing a couple of lefts that
hurt and continuing his right hand
cd punishment.
The tenth was about even up with
Arragon possibly little the better.
Black shook Arragon once with a
right in this round but frankie
drove a right to the chin that near
" upset the San Bcrnardino hope
full.
While it was not a battle that
would cause fans to lose much sleep
it brought out some clever boxing
and convinced those who witnessed
it chat frankie is lust little too
good for Black. Black, however,
must be credited for gameness, TAX
ing a foul blow without any protest
and continuing to fight it out with
frankie.
Indian Babe Orion might know
something about the ring game but
if he does he didn t show it last
night. He took a lesson, however, in
which he learned that Homer Gaines
can throw lot of gloves and a
right hand smash that caught him
square on the chin ended the semi
final in less than two minutes.
Crton tried to fight Homer at
his own game, that of throwing
from all directions with
little or no heed to just what it Is
all about. 1t happened last night
that one of Homcr's blows went
home early and the result was that
Indian Babe stretched out on the
canvas and took the count.
Has No Punch
If Andrew Armstrong possessed
a punch he could have registered a
knockout in the special event. But
is bit lacking in throwing
gloves over in sleep-producing style
and the result was that Eddie De
Coursey took a thorough licking in
all four rounds of his battle with
the Holtville colored boy.
Andrew opened up in the first
round and hit De Coursey with
everything but a knockout punch in
the four rounds of battling. He
scored at will throughout the bat
tie and De Coursey finished the bat
tie badly defeated scrapper.
Robert Pacho made quick work of
the first preliminary. Young Mel
Brooks opened with a barrage of
blows that had Pacho on his toes
but Pacho cut loose about the mid
die of the round and landed a left
to the head followed by right to
the jaw that sent Young Brooks into
the land of nod.
Pacho does not possess lot of
science in the ring but he is slug
ger without question and can take
a lot of beating. 1t just so hap
pened that Young Mel stepped in
front of one of Pacho's wallops
early in the battle and the result
was that the fight ended in hurry.
G. f. Gaczman, Waterford, Stan.