Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-11
cy BOB ALLEN

Iy DOD <AIiLLN
Speedy Dado again proved that
he is the master of Jimmy Lucas in
the battle of the champions at"the'
arena last night. This was the. main
event on the card and was schcd-
ulcd to go 10 rounds. 1t had reached
half that nummbcr when Jimmy's
seconds threw his towel into the
ring, giving the decision to the de
termined little Filipino. This action
was rather n surprise to the fans
tor although the Navy champ had
been on the canvas several zines
during the preceding rounds and had
absorbed a lot of punishment, he was
inst beginning to find his range and
was worrying Dado by his continued
left jab to the stomach Either Dado
left his famous punch at his hotel
last night or Lucas has one of those
iron laws the boys talk so much
about. because several times the Fill
;pino had a chance to put over the
layrlakcr but Just couldn t do it.
The bout opened with both boys
dancing about the ring, measuring
each other and acting rather eau
,icuslv Dado slipped over stiff left
t. Jimmy's jaw which surprised
him considerably and halted his
dancing about. Lucas went into .
crouch and tried sharpshooting foi
the Filipino s stomach. When he
adopted these tactics Dado vert az
him with everything, pounding his
face with rights and lefts until 1t
seemed as if the COB must 60 down.
Speed characterised the second round
during which Lucas went down on
one knee twice. No count was made
either time as he was up again al
most. Immediately and Dado climbed
all over him, getting him up against
tle ropes aud plastercd him with
rights and lefts to the head. Jimmy 5
face bv this time was a g'owihg
pink. 4 right to the jaw brought
i.ucas down for a nine count Just
after the third round opened. lie
was not fighting, just crouching'
weaving in and out, back and forth,
.rving for the champs stomach. III
the meantime Dado pasted him
plenty. forcing him back to the
ropcs and then letting him n V g
everything. Toward the end of tins
frame Jimmy started to give some
thing in return ard surprised pado
With terrific left to the head, Just
before the round closed. In the
fourth frame, Lucas was on til" can
vas three times, the last beng for
count of rinc Just as the gong
sounded. He was putting up better
scrap however. and was giving the
champ plenty to think about. lh'
fifth saw the end. \ smacking right
sen, Lucas to the floor and when he
COT M, wading into lbado, stu fu'
ii2fv aryng to get one over I" the
stomach where ii would do the most
rood. his seconds ended the fray by
throwing the towel into the ring
II was most disappointing finish
TO n scrap which everyone had cN-
pc,tcd to bc Il WOW from beginning
- end.
Pacho Scores Kayo
In the semi windup, Bobby facho
raised himself to IA still higher
notch in the fistic world by sippihg
the kayo 10 frankie Boldt III the
third round of a scheduled eight
round affair. Bobby is one sweet
yerappcr and he cndcarcd himsself
sull more to the hearts of his ad'
milcrs in the valley by his scrap las'
night. Always with his face II the
enemy boring in continually, quck
as eat on his feet, he Just kept at
Reldt from the opening gong until
% seconds of the third round had
licked away he got frankie IN
neutral corner, found his opening
;rd nut over n right cross TO the
hutton. frankie dropped to the
floor. hanging on the lowest rope
with one hand shaking his head 10
clear away the cobwcbs. At the
count of 10 he was still in that posi-
tion, and Pacho chalked up another
.ictory on his long list.
The six.round special between fa'
1anrco and Andy Armstrong. went
10 pat by a decision W h i c h was
heartily boocd by the fans, In fac'
they made quite demonstration
over il, but the referees decision