Imperial Valley press., 1931-11-28
HUGHES BATTLES
FILIPINO BOXER
TO WIN VERDICT
BY JIMMY GREENE

: the sufferer out not SO last night
when Tommy Hughes substituted
for Santiago Lujon against General
| Padilla in the main event at the
| Imperial Valley Athletic club.
Instead of the public General
| Padilla was the sufferer. We don't
know, except by reports. how good
or how bad Lujon is, but it is dol
/ lars TO doughnutS today that Gen
eral Padilla would rather meet a
flock of Lujons than one single
Tommy Hughes.
Mr.. Hughes won and won handi-
/ ly. He was too clever altogether
! for a very capable and very willing
! little Filipino boy, who kept bat
| tling hard for 10 rounds, trying to
put over one punch that would
count But he was facing a mean
little hombre who was not in the
least bothered by body punches. low
blows or anything else. Sir Thomas
went in there to administer a past
ing to the General and he did his
! Job in workmanshiplike manner.
The General left the ring with ore
eye closed so tightly he must have
needed crowbar to pry it open, a
badly battered mouth and a swollen
! jaw. not to mention lame muscles
in various other parts of his an
atomy.
At blocking devastating body
blows Mr.. Hughes is marvel. His
gloves automatically dropped down
to protect his body from the Gen
erals we'll meant thrustS and i'll
the clinches Mr.. Hughes let the
General wear himself out trying 10
get in punches that would hurt.
A stiff poke at the Filipino in
the opening round. while he was in
an almost squatting position, set
him down on the floor for a short
count. He went again in the Sec
ond from the same cause twice and
then went twice more in some rough
and tumble floundering.
Only in the fifth, sixth and sew
enth rounds did the General have
anything like a showing against
Hughes. He could have had the
rounds by shades but low blows
counted against him, but Hughes
refused to make any kick about
them. And even the advantage he
had in these three rounds was due
to the fact that Mr.. Hughes was
fighting his own campaign and
chose to let the Filipino boy be-
come the aggressor.
Hughes fought a waiting fight
throughout. compelling the Filipino
to come to him and then ripping
him with Furnishing blows to the
head. The General Is as game as
any Filipino boy and that is saying
plenty. Against less experienced
fighter than Hughes he would show
up much better.
Armstrong Beaten
Andy Armstrong came home from
San Diego campaigning to stage a
pasting from Joe Saldivar. In a
whirlwind first round Andy seemed
ready to convince the fans that
his stay on the coast has made a
fighter out OF him, but they were
doomed to disappointment.
Not until he learns to keep his
gloves closed at all times, that ev-
cry punch must be made to count
and that boxing must be taken SER
iously, will Andy get anywhere.
The colored boy is too cautious, per-
haps too good-natured. to get any,
where unless he changes. He had
the house almost solidly with him
last night at the start. The fans
wanted to see him, but his in
different work, which bordered on
the clown line made them switch to
Saldivar who was trying to make
a fight out of it. Andy outweighed
his opponent and had a big ad-
vantage in height and reach. and
should have licked Saldivar but his
blows lacked steam, he passed up
chance after chance to do some
thing ard he left himself wide
open in the mid-Section for a driv-
ing right time and again. He hit
I the floor for a nine count in the
fifth round and from then on his
work was slovenly with the eXcep-
ton Of brief rally in the tenth.
jimmy Kremer was too big, too
fast and too clever for Carl Hagar
and walked away with a six round
| special event. Hagar was clumsy
in his efforts to put over hay
maker on the San Diego boy and
took a bad beating. Jimmy showed
plenty of class but apparently needs
to develop his punch. He should
have put Hagar away. having the
advantage in every way at all times.
Kid Mexico and Pilino Garcia
put through four rounds Of the op-
ener without killing each other and
nobody can tell why. These two
bozos may not be scientific but they
certainly do whale the daylights
out of each other and give the fans
their best efforts. Garcia again
took the decision; repeating last
weeks performance and he was en-
titled TO IL. Nothing much is ever
said in a favorable manner about
preliminary boys and we are glad
TO give these two credit for doing
their best.