Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-19
GASPIRO and
BURNS DRAW
AT MERCEDES
Shaw and Cruz Put Up
Brilliant Exhibitions
In Beating Macy
And Paiz


MERCEDES. Feb 19s-Despite q
main event that did not measure
up to the names of the principals.
when fight fans damned their way
to the street from Promoter Al Rob-
inson's cauliflower bowl here Mon
day night they generally agreed
they had witnessed plenty" for
their money.
Chuck Burns, i6B pounds OF San
pounds of Fort Clark, put in more
time cIinching during their ten
round main event than they did
fighting. and at the end OF the bout
the arms OF both brawlers ter
raised in a draw.
Most of the attention in this bout
centered on Gaspiro's second who
sat just behind his batter. The
second lived every moment OF the
bout I'm the ring. When Burns
swung nc GaSpiro, the second duck
ed. When Burns hit Gaspiro, II
seemed 70 hurt the second more
than II did GaspirO. His face was
an accurate barometer MS to how
Gasplro was fairing.
Gaspiro fell down in the fifth
and seventh rounds for no-count.
Neither showed decided advantage
at any time and neither appeared
20 be hurt or winded at the end Of
the bout.
Shaw Wins
Battling Shaw, l26 pounds OF La
redo. did everything to Ken Macy.
la pounds OF Harrington, but knock
him out. Both opened up agrees
sively In the first round and sew
eral hard blows were sent home.
Macey's old wildness cropped I'D
again as he dashed out into thin afr
time after time. Shaw got down
70 brass tacks in the second and
third rounds. pummeling Macy
with body blows. Macey's mouth
was q splotch Of blood in the third
round and he appeared slower as
Shaw circled him sharpshoOting
when the chance offered itself.
Macy came back to SOME extent
IN the fourth round and got a hand
from the crowd for his gamenesS.
Shaw put the Harrington battler on
the canvass In the fifth stanza. Ken
could have gotten up ct the count
Of three but needed the admonition
OF the crowd TO take the count of
nine. Macy continued to get
bursts Of cheers for sticking.
Wades in. Guard Down
In the seventh and eighth rounds
Shaw waded In with his guard
down. diSreEarding Macey's blows.
Macy was gfoEgy as the final gong
sounded covering UP In an effort
to stick the fun eight rounds.
Johnny Cruz. lis pounds OF San
Antonio, knocked out Blackie PayO.
ll6 pounds Of Laredo. In the fifth
round with a resounding STRAIGHT
right on the button. Cruz put I'D
the ~cleverest boxing exhibition OF
the afternoon and in Plazo he
found an opponent willing to mix
ft all time time.
The bout opened fast with Cruz
getting I'm the best blows but never
able TO intimidate the Jap-appcar-
ing lad from Laredo. Blackie
was more aggressive in the second
round and a portion OF the crowd
swung 20 his side cheering him on
as he bloodied Cruz's nose. The
battlers slowed down slightly in
the third but made up for 1t In the
fourth with fast milling and heavy
blows Cruz was pouring 10 on
him at the end OF the round.
Right on Button
Early In the fifth round the Al
amo City battler cracked Payo on
the chin with a paralyzing right.
Blackie slumped to the mat face
forward. He raised up on his hands
and knees at the count OF nine but
fell back 70 the mat unable to
arise.
Johnny Martinez f38 pounds OF
San Benito. and Kid Saenz. 1874
pounds of Mercedes, opened the
bouts with a four-round draw. Mar
tinez was aggressive and Saenx
seemed content TO let the fight
come to him.
Kid Pancho of San Antonio and
Battling Bowers of Iowa we're in
troduced In the ring. Each issued
CHALLENGES TO boxers OF their wights
for Valley bouts.