Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-05
PERECRINA HAS
NO TROUBLE IN
BEATING CRELLA
BY BOB ALLEN

more or less Of a dud. y large
crowd was on hand expecting to see
repetition of the last battle be
tween Peregrina and Grella in Fres
no, when according to press reports
the two stood toe to toe and slugged
it out. Well, life is just one dis
appointment after another and tht
faithful were somewhat dazed wher
Johnny took two on the chin anC
folded up just 35 seconds after th(
second round had opened.
This main event of the evening
started out as per schedule, both
boys dancing about and taking Z
few harmless wailops at each other
Johnnie knocked the Mexican champ
for the count of 4, and the wise
ones nodded their heads, figuring OF
probable surprise in store maybe
along in the fifth or sixth frame.
Joe did not stay on the floor very
long, just resting on one knee with
a look of rather daZed surprise on
his face and wary of the left cross
that had found its mark. The round
ended shortly after this and every
one settled back in his seat in
anticipat ton OF a good scrap. Then
came the washup. At the opening
of the final round, Peregrina got
Grella on the run and while John
ME made desperate effort to get
in the clear, left and right flush
10 the button put him down for the
count.
Homer Gaines patted and slapped
himself out of q victory and into
n draw with Sammy Santos in the
semi-windup. 1t just seems that the
Imperial colored scrapper never will
break himself of that one bad habit,
He is credited with a wicked right
but seldom uses it and then only in
a playful way. He had chances la
night to use strong right to great
advantage but seemed content to
clap along. Sammy is a cool Gus
toner and gave nice exhibition
of guarding and covering up, taking
most of Homer's blows on his ell
bows. One or two did slip through
and brought the Filipino up in a
hurry. He strove continually TO find
Homer s weak spot-the stomach,
and made the valley scrarper more
than cautious when he dug in and
planted several of these tummy
erushers where they would do the
most good. The bout was lacking
in real action although from the
fourth round to the sixth, the boys
mixed things up a little. In the final
Gaines knocked Santos TO one knee
but the latter was up again in an
instant, almost pivoting to position
and saved the day
Casas Loses
Lorenzo Apadoca of Brawlev and
Pete Casas of Ell Centre took the
ring for the four round special
event and the best action was re-
served for the last round when the
lanky Lorenzo had Pete woozy ard
wobbly, almost out on his feet, but
lacked the real punch to put his man
to the floor. Apadoca's reach showed
to advantage throughout the fight,
keeping Casas away and enabling
him TO get in a few wallops. espeei-
ally in the midriff. The final round
was weird affair and had the fans
coekeyed in their excitement, call
ing for the kayo. Pete stood and
took plenty with his hands down.
against the ropes, in the center of
the ring, while Lorenzo belted him.
Both serappers were tired and
showed that they were glad the af
fair was at an end. Lorenzo got
the decision but Pete deserved all
the credit in the world for his
gameness.
The curtain raiser brought Pelino
Kilat and Florencio Villa together.
Plenty of action here, as the young
sters threw caution and science to
the winds and just waded in to tear
each other apart. We started to
count the wild swings and misses in
his scrap but gave up after the first
round-too many. The boys came
at each other like charging bulls,
and used up enough energy to last
through three or four ordinary
bouts. Villa made quite an impress
sion last night. He has punch
and were Kilat rot so tough and
sturdy, the Filipino would have
been on the floor several times dur
ing the bout. In the last round,
Villa just poured il onto Kiiat and
while the latter was somewhat
woozy and off balance several
times, he just smiled and came right
back in for more. Villa got the nod.
Between Rounds
The best crowd in some weeks
past greeted the fighters last night,
showing that 1t takes big boy to
bring them cut.
Peregrina did not get much
chance to show his wares as the
end came altogether too suddenly.
He sure is shifty on his old feet and
packs wallop that spells kayo for
his opponent when be connects.
More booing last night. Pete
Casas deserved big hand when he
left the ring instead of the boos
which greeted him. Well, there is
no accounting for tastes.
just before the main event it
was announced that Joe Bell Of
Long Beach challenged the winner.
II looks now like Peregripa Bell
bout will be in order soon. Wonder
ii Joie will prove TO be as good a
Bell ringer as he was a Grella tam