Imperial Valley press., 1928-09-15
FIGHT CARDPROVES TO BE
BEST EVER SHOWN LOCALLY

gcred Middlebrook with it a half
dozen times but failed to floor him.
Middlebrook did all Of his open
battling in this round but could not
cope with the long armed Imperial
battler.
In the second round Middlebrook
forced the fighting to close quarters
and sought to cut Andy s lead with
infighting until he could regain his
composure, disturbed as a result of
the first round attack. But Andy
fought with him on the inside and
in the few exchanges at arm s
length Brooks continued the punish
mCnt.
Shortly after the third round got
going Brooks landed a left a9d
ight in quick succession and Mid
dlcbrook hit the canvas for count
of eight. Middlebrook took plenty
of punishment in the next two min
utcs Then as the round was about
to end Brooks smashed in another
right that dazed Middlcbrook and
left that followed floorcd him.
The bell, the knockdown and the
towel all came within second s
time aud the battle was over.
Displaying Il two-fistcd attack
that Andrew Armstrong couldn t
stop, Lcnncy Rcy smashed his way
to a win over the Holtvillc colored
! boy in the special four roundcr
+ The two boys opened their scrap
with burst of speed that kept the
fans on their toes hoWiing. Arm
at the start but he took lcfts and
! rights III return and toward the
! close of the round Rcy had begun
his march to victory.
IN the second Lenncy begun using
a left to the stomach and following
With right to the head. His punch
s were bcautifully timed and only
twice in the round did he miss his
mark. Several times Armstrong was
, on the verge of taking a spill for
his health but he managed to wca-
thcr through to the bell
Answering the bell for the third
/ Armstrong went into a crouch. 1t
aided him greatly in his defense
against Lcnncy but it also disturbed
his natural style of battle and while
he managed to keep away from the
stomach punching to great cX.
! tent his Jaw suffered considerably.
The fourth was much the same as
the third. Toward the end Arm
strong s:raightened up and sought
20 land 4 punch that would win the
fight but he failed to connect and
WIS badly beaten youngstcr at
HE bell.
Opener Is Good
IN the opening bout Young
Brooks was a much better boxer
than his opponent but he met a
sIuggiug boy that couldn I be hurt
by mere punches and boy that
could hit hard.
Brooks had the better of the cx-
changes as the bout got going but
Packo finished strong in the first
round. In the second packo stag,
gcred Brooks twice after taking
considerable punishment himself
hut his work toward the finish
ovcncd up the three minutes of fire
works.
Brooks had the better Of the third
rorld. He hammered Packo with
rights and lrftS with a "whv don t
You fan - expression on his face and
completely outboNcd the Calcxico
scrappcr. In the fourth Brooks
weakened under the strain and
Packo took advantage of the break
to take the round and even up the
battle. 1t was a great scrap
Prior to the fiStic card Man
Buckley, who will wrcstlc Martinez
La Rea at MoXicali Sunday, put on
"A ten minute exhibition with hi,
trainer. Fans were given look at
all the various wrestling holds dur
ing the display. The appearance
was made "at their own risk and
if the melon season had been over.
ripe it sure would have been Il
risk.