Imperial Valley press., 1931-05-30
KAYOS FEATURE
BENEFIT CARD
IN LOCAL RING
BY JIMMY GREENE

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sweet charity they like to work as
little as possible. Some of them do
anyhow, for three ON last nights
card at the Imperial Valley Athlete
club slipped over quick knockouts,
while the other three went for the
limit of three rounds, giving the
fans chance to get home early.
The proceeds of the bouts went
to the benefit of Boyce Aten Amer
ican Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
and fair-sized crowd turned out
for the occasion.
1t was proved by the knockouts
that the fights were on the level and
the boxers deserve full credit for
giving their best efforts when there
was no money in it for them, all
having donated their services. Good
kids, these boxers and we're for
them.
Unfortunately the main event was
the shortest fight on the card,
Young David scoring a knockout
over Vince Cadiente of the U. S.
navy in 81 seconds. The fighters
had hardy squared off before the
sailor was down, with a torpedo
through his cafeteria. The grunt
he let ouN when David connected,
indicated the force with which the
local boy hits. David did a quick,
workmanlike pob, and didn't get
much of hand for it. Some of the
fans don't like David. Cadiente
looked slow and is "telegrapher."
One way to make Andy Armstrong
fight is to offer him watermelon.
The Holtville colored boy was hav-
ing a little difficulty with Rafael
Deleo, when the boys worked over
toward the north side of the ring.
Maljan, the Watermelon King"
fadv) was at the ringside with his
famous Apricot"
He sung out to Andy that he'd
give him two watermelons if he
licked Deleo Andy grinned and
then shot it home, Sr. Deleo appar-
emily feeling as though carload of
watermelons had fallen on him. The
fight lasted one minute and 53 sec
onds. Maljan says Andy will get
the watermelons.
The surprise of the evening came
in the last fight and the third
knockout. when the tough Louis
Reyes bit the dust in front of Gus
Hernandez, the Human Hairpin."
Hernandez is tall and rangy while
Louis is short and dump. Fat. But
he's tough. Hernandez wasn't get
ting anywhere with Louis. He had
plenty of pose but he was taking
trouncing.
He got tired Of that in the sec
ond round, and surprised the fans
by dropping Louis colder than a La
brador herring.
Pancho Is winner
Kid Pancho took the decision over
Louis Garcia in the first fight, the
pudgy little coast boy carrying too
much for Garcia. The latter show
ed up better than in his first fight
here with Reyes, but was tired af-
ter the first round. Several times
Pancho appeared to have him on
the way down but he weathered the
three rounds.
Pelino Kilat Of FL Centro and
Serge Erneva of San Diego went
to draw verdict in the third bout.
Kilat pulled lot of monkeyshines,
whether being clever or smart it
was hard to tell. Erneva was touchy
about the waist and didn't like them
there, buckling in two any time he
stopped one. The fight was good
though, with enough action to suit
all hands.
The best fight of the night was
the Vincent Solano-Sal Romero
bout which followed the main event.
Bill Tackett hooked up with Vim
cent for robbery job on the coast
boy. giving the decision to Solano.
Romero floored Solano in the first
round on clean knockdown. May
be Bill didn't think il was clean but
Solano did and the coast boy tied
Vincent up in clinches, outboXed
him and did nice job of winning
a fight Get 'em back for another
shot. Bill was doing his stuff graf
is and perhaps was entitled to one
boot.
Some of the fans didn't take
kindly to the three-round fights, ap-
parently not knowing that the boys
were working for nothing. No real
fan would howl about spending a
dollar and seeing exhibitions, but
those scraps last night we're not ex-
hibitions.
Paul McClarv tho hippeet Amer
ican heavyweight in captivity, was
introduced from the ring and may
be seen in action here soon. A GER
tain we'll known businessman near
ly committed suicide when McClary
entered the arena wearing a coat
and the W. b. k started tn cry to
take it Off" McClary took it off all
right but the W. b. k. realized he
had been flirting with death.