Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-06
ALICANTE GETS KNOCKOUT OVER
PALACIOS IN SEVENTH ROUND

from Babe Colina. in the 10 round
opener
Alicante came here heralded as the
hardest hitting Filipino in captivity
He lived up to advance notices, and
while green in spots, he is one whale
of fighter with kick like the star
boarder's when the toast is over
done
He really is a welterWeight and
Palacios spotted him about seven
pounds Teddy showed considerable
improvement over his last appear
ance here early in the year but he
still lacks aggresSiveneSS. He was
given several openings during the
fight when Alicante threw himself
off balance swinging haymakers, but
Palacios failed to take advantage OF
them. He fought good fight, Ted
Gy did, but lznOckdoWn of six in the
third round made him more cautious
than ever. He dropped the fourth
round, held things even in the fifth
and looked q little better in the
sixth, only to go down from a ter
rifle blow to the stomach in the
seventh.
It was q good scrap, little slow
in spits because of each boys re-
spect for the others punching abil-
ity, and there were plenty OF reasons
for feeling that way. More than one
fan wants to see what Alicante could
do with Leonard Porter.
Leon Embraces ship was ordered
north from San Diego yesterday and
the little Filipino sailor had to ac-
company it. Ramirez substituted Tor
him and tried to mix it with Pacho
With disastrous results. It was all
over quickly. Ramirez tried hard to
do something while he was in there
but Pacho knew too much, hit too
hard and-Well he's Pacho.
SarmientO Wins
Babe Colima took two rounds IN
his 10 round scrap with Pete Sar-
miento, but that doesn't tell the
story at all. Just as time and again
Babe seemed likely to put Pete away
cnly to fall just a little short, So too,
he would fan short in round after
round.
Sarmiento put hin down for a
seven count in the second round, the
bell saving Colin'a from a possible
Knockout. That was the only knock
down in the fight.
Pete was a wizard at blocking
III fI,1ohIa tn CtpYl
terrific body punches which Colima
threw in at close quarters. They
hurt Pete but he never backed up.
Sarmiento started off at q fast
clip and took the first two rounds.
The pace stayed hot in the third
which went to Colima by a shade
and slowed up in the fourth and
fifth when the terrific punching be-
gan to tell on both boys. Sarmiento,
grabbed the sixth and seventh with
the eighth about an even deal.
Collma saved himself in these
rounds and staged rally in the
,iinth which he took by wide mar
gin. He tried hard to finish the
scrap and had Pete bothered from
terrific body punching.
The tenth was dog-eat-dog at
fair with both boys trying hard to
end the scrap but with each one too
tired to Go any real damage. There
was no questioning the verdict tor
Sarmiento. He earned it. Folks may
see q better scrap out at the arena
some time but they will never see
scrap the fans like to file away IN
their memories and bring out Tor
future comparisons. The bout mark
ed the second victory for Pete over
Colima in three starts. II was the
best bout of the evening and had the
card ended there the fans would |
have had their moneys worth.
Benny Whitman of Los Angeles
was third man in the ring. Bill
Tackett being up il Sacramento tel
ling the folks how to run the traffic
officers business. Benny worked
without a flaw. He keeps a close
eye on the boys, breaks them with
out touching them until they get
too occupied, and then he doesn't
hesitate TO get in and shoe them
apart. He took couple of harm
less ones last night and missed sew
eral in the Palacios- Alicante go that !
would have laid him low had they |
connected. The fans liked his work.
One cushion in the ring after the
main event. That's more good work. I
The house was packed and the ,
card rated it. Handsome Harry |
deserves a medal for the cards OF the
past few weeks and pomises more
of the same.