Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-09-03
First Legion
Card Results
Ink. o., Draws
Kid Duff Socks X. o. Kelly
For the Count; Ross Sly
And Sammy Kasper Fight
Draw Matches.

The first Legion boxing card OF
the season went into history Satur-
day evening at the Legion arena
with a knockout, two draws and
one decision.
*. O." Kelly of Los Angeles took
the knockout punch from the glove
of Kid Duff of Las Vegas, in the
second round Ross Sly and Jess
Vasques of Los Angeles stuck it out
for a draw, while Sammy KaSpar,
the Las Vegas Wild Man, and Mis-
sion Bolo of Los Angeles, battered
it out in a bout featured by many
upsets through the ropes and many
unusual falls of the toss 'em-over-
your head variety This also wound
up in a draw decision.
Eddie Langford and Mitchell Crit
fin, both local boys, staged prelim-
mary which was interesting for
awhile but grew one-Sided in favor
of the more experienced Langford,
Griffin took a lot of punishment,
but not until he had managed early
in the melee to set Eddie on the
floor one time.
TX. o." Takes X. o.
K. .. Kelly started off with plenty
of fast footwork in his scrap with
Kid Duff. but the tall blonde didn't
have the something's other to
keep going, and the Kid wore him
down fast, tumbling him into the
ropes and several times to a kneel-
ing posture, where he rested foi
most of the count.
Early in the second, however, Duff
pasted him one on the jaw which
crumpled him for the count in a
prone position.
Jess Vasquez started maulinP
Ross Sly, of Las Vegas at the outset
of their battle, the local boy not
seeming to get started in his usual
form. The Mexican lad from Los
Angeles had way of wading in and
heSitating q moment, then shooting
4 lightning-like punch straight
home. 1t took Ross several rounds
to solve Vasquez' style of fighting
and get going, but get going he did.
and then the L. A. lad took plenty
of mauling. Both lads seemed on
the verge of weakening at times, but
both stayed by their guns for
draw
Sammy Kasper, former Pacific
coast champion in his weight, start
ed a crushing, Slam-bang battle,
Mission Bolo with swings
that started in one corner OF the
ring and ended in the other with
Bolo half through the ropes. The
Los Angeles Scrapper fought
crafty, clever fight, and always came
back for more when Sammy ended
his savage ruShes by putting him
into the ropes.
Bolo, possibly inspired by Kasper's
long distance swings, started dong
likewise, and with telling results.
KaSper was seemingly unfeased by
Missions low, long swinging upper
cuts, many of which he lodged
early in the battle.
Kasper, seeing Bolo's charge would
duck so low the Los Angeles lad
would all but fall on top of him. In
suddenly raising Sammy would
catch Bolo with his head and throw
him over his head into the ropes or
to the floor.
This happened repeatedly, and did
not make q hit with the fans, al
though Kasper explained to the ref
cree that it could not be helped.
Both fighters were still mauling
when the last gong rang, Sammy
still slugging. and Bolo still fight
ing the smooth, wary fight.
The referees announcement of a
draw brought out a bombardments
of boos from fans who had figured
the fight was Bolo's.
The fights were refereed by Jim
mie Jones and Bob Wilson.