Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-26
SHAW VICTOR
over WYMORE
AT Fl. THROWN
Floors Valley Fighter
In 4th and 10th;
Goodman And Soils
Draw; Guerra Wins


ffe fl0ored the Valley leather
singer IN both the fourth and
tenth rounds but the miniature
bulldog was up at the count Of nine
In both instances.
At the opening gong. Wymore
rushed out aggressiveiy hammerir1g
away with both hands as the La
redoan danced away. sharpShooting
with his left for Wymore's bad
eye. wymcre's mad rushes Melted
him little more than swishing
swings at the atmosphre for Shaw
danced away each time.
Shaw's steady left handed peck
ing did its work in the third round,
opening the old cut I've Wymore's
left eye. This seemed to infuriate
Dick and he redoubled hiB efforts
TO sink a solid blow into his oppOn-
ent's body. Shaw slipped and fell
from the ring but was uninJured.
The Laredoan clipped Wynore q
solid blow in the fourth rcafrld that
sent him 10 the canvas. He could
have gotten up at four but stayed
down, taking the full benefit OF the
rest. Shaw rushed him the re-
mainder of the round. The Valley
battler seemed a bit revived IN the
fifth and Shaw appeared content
TO pile up points by sharps1ooting
with his left. He still concen-
trated on the weak optic.
Little Effect
!, Wymore's rushe5 we're gaming
him little. When he hit his oppon-
ent he was usually going back
wards. The crowd was highly par
tisan-some cheering Dick for his
rameness and others openly admir-
ing Shaw's educated left mift that
seemed able to do everything but
lane a X. q.
Both fen down accidentally In
the ninth round.
In the final stRnza. Shaw herded
wymore UP In a corner and pum-
meled him. When Dick ATTEMPTED
TO come out, the Laredoan clipped
him a solid smash that sent him
SPRAYING in the center OF the ring.
The crowd was In a wild furore
as wymore groggily got on bis
hands and knees at five. Friends
were pleading with hi INTO get up
and stick 10 out-only one more
minute. Shaw was at him as soon
as he cot 10 his feet at the court
az nine. The bell found him
pounding Dick in the ropes.
In an eight round semi-final.
Jesus Soils. 13a of Saltillo, Mexico,
conceded Il pounds to Homer kid
Goodman, $50 pounds Of Browns
Vile. and still came off with a
draw. Goodman pulled one Of the
crittiest feats of the evening Just
by climbing in the ring. for he had
a new cut with three stitches IN -
over his left eve. This would have
kent almost anyone out of the ring
but Goodman insisted In going on
with the fight.
Heavy Punching
Soils was not as polished a boxer
as Goodman but he carried a wall
lop IN each hand not 70 be scoffed
at. When punching IN the clinches
he took a full arm swing that land
"a with n whack that could be
hear dali over the house. much TO
the enjoyment Of the fans. While
the Saltillo bsttler bounded about
throwing hard punches. many OF
which went wild, Homer bided his
time aiming his blows.
The punching continued on about
even terms with Soils trying Tor
Goodman's bandaged eve. He sue
ceeded In knocking the tape loose
4 nthe sixth round As they engaged
"A n Suggest. Homer stepped out
n cory sight I'm the seventh round
and 4 lively mix-up ensued in both
this and the last round. The draw
darision was an unpopular one.
each fighter having many parti-
sans who booed and cheered alter
nately.
johnnie Martinez. the Valleys
XRn las pound bounding rubber
man. easily defeated X. O. Edwards
las Ia pounds Of Fort Brown. in a
found round match. The stockv
little lad got under Edwards guard
in the first round and stayed there
throughout. He had the soldier
rrpggy at the bell
Another feat OF grit that drew
The approval OF fans was Kid Euer-
ra's decision 10 continue the tieht
after he had been fouled I'm the
first round by Kid Saenz. 1873 l-2
pounds Of Mercedes. The lS6
mound San Benito rooster" not
only continued the fight but after
he solved the mystery Of Saenz'
rnurderous right IN the first two
rounds he outpointed him and won
the battle for the second time.
Guerra Comes Back
Fouled in the first round. Guerra
Was unable 70 stand at the count
az nine but he insisted on con-
tinuing the fight Continuing.
Saenz hit Guerra time and again
with a cooked right He floOred
him for q count Of three with n
resounding smack In the second
round Guerra solved the mystery,
however. and punished his oppon-
emit as the crowd cheered. From
then on the rooster" punished
Saenz severely and had him hang
ing on grossly. Saenz was knock
al down for no-count IN the fifth
and sixth round. Guerra cot n bic
hand rs the decision was awarded
him
The fight between zavala and
AvalOS. both around 1875 pounds and
az Brownsville. was halted IN the
third canto when both appeared
BADLY tired and unable to 20 much
further after staging several toe 20
toe suggests. Avalos has a bad
hand.
Kid Huerta, ia pounds Of
Brownsville. put up a lively open-
ing with Kid Lupe. i22 pounds Of
San Benito. but was beaten 20 the
decision. Lupe was aggressive
throughout
The largest crowd Of the rear
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