Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-20
Ey FRED SCHANZ

There were three wise cracks
cracked at the arena last night dur
ing the Homer Gaines-Joc Ortego
battle.
of you want to cover up,
Homer, go home and go to bed. -
That was number one.
"ITcy, Homer, you re out Of
STEP came from the north side
of the house a minute later.
And the third and final was made
Icy Referee Tackett when he de
clared it "Draw.'
"Penny' Richmond s double
main event proved much of a fizzle.
In the 16 rounds of battling between
the four main event boys there
WASH as much action as Andy
Armstrong and Benny Castanas put
into little less than four rounds
in the special event.
In fact, the writer would much
rather write about that battle be-
tween Andy and Benny for it was
without question the feature event
of the evening.
In the early rounds it looked like
Armstrong was going to take his
return trip to HoltVillc III an am
hulance. Benny, who has just ar
rived in the states from Mazatlan,
Mexico, showed Andy lot of fists
in the first two rounds. Not that
Andy didn T get in few licks him
self Andy did for in the first round
Il fast left sent Benny to the canvas
but not for long. He was right
back on his feet and slugging away
with Andy.
Benny did his best fighting in the
rccond round He slashcd away
with Il vengeance and while he
djdn I succeed in putting Andy ON
the mat he did shake the colored
youth from stem TO stern several
times. In the meantime Andy WAS
getting a an occasional lick that
proved damaging. But it was
Benny round.
In the third Benny was going
along nicely until he got slapped in
the left eye by an Armstrong right.
Benny had to take a fall fer a few
seconds until he dug his cyeball ont
from somewhere behind his left
ear He was back at the count of
six but the eye was botherng and
for the next minute Of battling he
lesortcd ia strictly defensive tactics.
He took another short count before
the round ended but retained from
the canvas to mike it hot for Andy
Just before the bell.
Clstanas Takes Count
In Tire fourth Benny went at il
strong ut the start but after taking
Two staggering punches and handing
Andy a receipt in full, Armstrong
crashed through with Il right that
sant him To the mat. He was down
fbr Il count Of ono and N. \ minute
otter Andy sent homo beautiful
Irft followed by a right that floorcd
Benny for the count.
While Benny took the count, he
appeared to be more damaged at
the wrist than on the chin
where h e blows land e d.
But he had had enough of Andy for
the evening. He was given "A much
deserved hand as he left the ring.
While this bout lacked much in
science it had p,cnty Of punch and
as far as science was concerned the
double main had nothing ON it.
In the opening battle Robert
Pacho of Yuma scored q decision
over Henry Inlowc of Imperial.
Pacho piled up an early lead in the
fight, lnlowc battling in cautious
manner throughout and taking con
siderable punishment from the
heavy guns Of the Yuma scrappcr.
InloWe showed well in the closing
round, getting over some good solid
straight punches but he was unable
to make up for the loss of the early
fighting.
That takes care of the fights that
We're worth writing about but it
being our duty TO let the fans who
didn't attend in on the remainder
of the program we must struggle
through the rest of the show. There
is only one thing worse than watch
ing those last two fights and that 5
writing about them.
In the first of the main events,
Andrew Brooks was awarded a de-
ciSion over Frank Gonzales. The
first seven rounds were terrible and
according to our record of the bat
tie no one held an advantage up
until the final round, that is no one
who was at the arena. 1t : cinch
the fans didn't and in the bloody
battle they were witnessing no ON,
got hurt.
Brooks Careful
Andy WIS dong his utmost to
make it careful fight. He was very
careful that Gonzales would at all
times do the leading and careful
that he didn't get in the way of
too many punches. Andy's long arms
gave him an edge in the early part
hut Gonzales hit Andy once in the
fifth and the fight was all even.
But the boys did have enough
respect for the cash customers to do
. little fighting in the eighth. In
that round which came near bringing
the crowd out of it's state of apathy,
there WAS some mixing Andy had
all the best of it and with half
minute to 90 he nearly put Gonzales
on the mat with nicely delivered
right Andy followed up the advan-
tage but he was unable to crash
through with q k. o. though he did
land two good body blows before
The bell put Il stop to the bloody
battle.
The grand finale opened strong.