Imperial Valley press., 1931-03-21
Joe SOLDIVAR TAKES DECISION
FROM ARREGON IN GOOD FIGHT

/ lengthed Herman on the canvas
was foul.
Blow Was Fair
Sammy went out in the tenth
with instructions to center a body
attack on the more slightly built
Ritterhouse, who had stood up un-
der heavy barrage and had rocked
Sammy several times with his own
hefty swinging.
Aguirre followed instructions and
played for the body, he rained
blow after blow into Herman's
midriff and finally shot a right
hook into low quarters but not low
enough to be foul. Ritterhouse
went down and was counted out.
For the benefit of the fans who
figured the blow as foul. none
should know more about it than
! Herman himself. Following the
fight he was enjoying a midnight
lunch with Sammy and Joe Soldi-
var. Asked about the low blow he
said it was down deep in the stom-
ach but was not foul. He had hit
Sammy low twice during the fight.
He never would have cooked his
leg over the ropes as he did when
leaving the ring had the blow been
foul.
II was a good fight throughout
and one even up to the ninth round.
Both boys slugged freely, Ritter
house showing more power in his
blows and his defense being some
thing that made more than one fan
pick him for the winner. He COW
cred up, ducked and Side-stepped
in a way that shows he knows his
business. In the seventh round he
caught Sammy flush on the jaw,
raised him up a couple of inches
and flung him across the ring on
the ropes. 1t was mis- best chance
TO finish the battle but he allowed
Sammy time to cover up and clinch
until the cobwebs cleared away.
Ritterhouse challenged Sammy
to a return match following the
bout and every fan who saw it last
night will be there and will want
to bring somebody. They can fight
these two boys can.
About as pretty a boxing match
as has ever been seen in a prelim-
mary bout here was put on by Kid
Pancho and Santiago Lujon, who
substituted for Young Nationalist.
1t was dead heat, with both
boys showing plenty of cleverness,
sock enough to make it interesting,
and with pleasant absence of the
clinching tactics that mar SO many
fights.
They went at it willingly from
the start and kept it up through
the four rounds. The fans who saw
it would like another peek at Lu-
jon, either with Pancho as his op-
ponent or any other boy OF his
weight Lujon is likely to get some
place, judging from the form he
showed last night.
Florencio Villa and Pilino Kilat
/ heaved, tugged and lambasted
through four rounds with the nod
going to Villa. The boys swung
hard and without any attempt al
boxing. Some of their blows were
Wildenough to make spectators
three rows back duck when they
were launched, and when they
landed it was a marvel how the
boys stood up under them.
While it was pretty much on the
rough and tumble order the boys
did their stuff willingly and as a
spectator remarked, there was more
real fight in it than in the double
main event last week.
Joe Soldivar. who made such a
good impression last week, gets a
crack at Bobby Pacho next week.
This looks like a WOW. Both boys
can hit, and against a right handler
Soldivar should make even a bet
ter showing than he did last night.
Young David will be back in the
semi-final, with Jimmy Alvarado as
his opponent. Luis Reyes will take
on Melvin Bobo and Villa will op-
en- the show against Pelino Garcia.