Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-15
SAENz PUTS
YOUNG HUNT
AWAY IN 3RD
Snappy Card Of Light
Rapier Pleases
Fans; Guerra and
Lupe Are Victors

Young Hunt Of WeSlaco was no
match for Kid Saenz Of Mercedes,
in their scheduled s-round, main
event bout at the boxing card in Fort
Brown. Wednesday night.
A right-cross to the jaw at the be-
ginning CT the third round sent
Hunt TO the canvas for the count.
The main event started slow and
Referee Jack Sullivan warned the
combatants several times to mix IT,.
Saenz clearly o%utfought Hunt up to
the time the Mercedes battler deliv-
cred the knockout punch.
There was a big crowd present.
Music was furnished by the 18th
Cavalry band.
Jack Sullivan, Brownsville, himself
a we'll known and veteran of many
ring contests in the heavyweight
class, was the referee. and his work
was c~ommendable. He kept the box
ers mixing it all the time, and the
infighting, and stalling around was
eliminated by Sullivan.
Joe Villareal and Young Lencho,
1870 pound boys Of Brownsville, open
ed the card, going through four
rounds Of boxing with 16-ounce
gloves. They mixed ii ~cleanly all
during the rounds, and both were
fresh at the end Of the scrap, which
was declared a draw.
Kid Guerra, 1877 pounds, San Benito
boxer, won on points owe Joe Zepe-
da, 143 pounds, Brownsville. in the
second preliminary, which went four
rounds. The fight was almost on
even terms until the last round when
Guerra, younger of the two, and
lighter, tore into Zepeda and had him
on the verge on a knockout, as the
bell sounded. IL was Guerra's fight.
The third prelim, saw two cocky
little lit pound boys, both Of
Brownsville. Lupe won IN points.
IL was one Of the finest prelims ever
staged in the skating rink of Fort
Brown, and full of action from start
TO finish. Lupe, the more experience
ed. had Castro in j bad way in the
latter rounds but Castro put up a
game fight. There were some punch
es delivered from every angle, and
they drew a hand from the crowd.
The semi-final, between ROGUE
Padron Of Brownsville and Joe
Marroquin Of San Benito, started off
like il was going to be a real fight,
and was as long as it lasted. Padron
suffered a broken hand several weeks
ago and the hand was broken over
again last night, in the second round
after some hard and fast milling,
and had to retire, giving the fight
to Marroquin.
The battlers fought under the
Marquis of Queensbury rules, break
ing at the command of the referee
and with one hand free-such was
the announcement Of Referee Sulli-
van before the start Of each combat.
There was the usual introduction
during intermissions of fighters and
c~hallengers. Private Fairly of TT.
Brown challenged the winner Of the
Hunt-Saenz 90; Private Pepper chal-
lenged the winner Of the Padron-
Marroquin fight.
Preceding the main event, Referee
Jack Sullivan introduced Bobbie
Hinojcsa, a young heavyweight Of
Brownsville, who put on an exhibit
ton Of rope jumping and shadow
boxing-and it was clever. Sullivan
said that Hi~nojosa had never had
a fight in his life, but in a few
weeks would be ready to take on
any heavyweight. The referee spot
ted Bull Johnson. soldier, and chal-
lenged him on behalf Of Hinojosa for
a fight.
Hinojosa is a big. well developed
boy, and a former football player on
the junior high school team.
Promoter Becerril announced after
the fights that he hoped to. be able
to put on a semi-monthly program
at the skating rink.