Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-17

Ell MONTE, Calf, Feb. IT. -
Carmen Barth, former Golden
Gloves middleweight champion, in
creased his string of professional
victories last night by scoring 6
round decision over King Darcy
Los Angeles 166 FOUNDER, in fea-
ture bout here.
SAN DIEGO Feb. 7. - Swede
Berglund, San Digeo middleweight,
scored his eighth consecutive ring
victory by knocking out Henry Aq-
uirre, 1853 pound Los Angeles fight
er, in the third round of sched-
uled 10 round scrap here last night.
Aquirre was no match for Berglund
who floored him for the full count
with a two-fiSted attack.
SANTA BARBARA, Feb. IT. -
Santa Barbara poloists continued
their winning streak by routing the
MidWick four from Los Angeles, 13
to 8 in a semi-finals match of the
jim Colt memorial tournament here
yesterday. Won Rombert, No. l San
ia Barbara rider, topped the scorers
with seven goals, Will Rogers scored
a pair for the same team but was
below his usual form. Mather scored
five goals for Midwick.
NEW YORK, Feb. II. - Johnny
Layton and Willie Hoppe were up
again today in tie with Welker
Cochrane, defending champion, for
second place in the world three
cushion billiard championship.
Cochrane and Hoppe will try to
take sole command of the position
in todays matches while Layton is
idle. Meanwhile young Jay Boze-
man will attempt to retain his lead
in the tourney
NEW YORK, Feb. II. Max
Schmeling, former heavyweight
champion who was beaten Tuesday
night by Steve Hamas, planned to
sail for Germany tonight on the
liner Berengaria.
He will go to Berlin and train
there for his II round bout at Bar
celona, Spain, with Pauline Uzcu-
dun, veteran Spanish heavyweight,
scheduled for April 8.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17.-Barney
Ross, holder of both lightweight and
Junior welterweight boxing crowns
will leave for San Francisco tomor-
row night, carrying in his pocket an
offer to meet either young Peter
Jackson or Ceferino Garcia in q
non-title engagement here. The
Joint offer was proffered by Match
maker Tom Gallery of the Olympic
Ross said he would decide to rejec!
or accept the offer after his match
with Frankie Klick at San Francis
co, March 5.
SEATTLE, Feb. 17-UniverSitJ
of Washington won the basketball
championship of the northern di-
vision of the Pacific Coast confer,
ence last night by defeating Oregon
State college, last years coast cham
pions, by 24-2l score.
PALO ALTO, Feb. II. - Univer'
sity of Southern California regis
tered a 1922 victory over STANFORD
in their conference basketball meet
ing last night. Lee Guttero. Trojan
center, was high scorer with II
points.
MORAGA, Calf, Feb. II. - st
Mary's college basketball team
| scored a 1926 win over U. of Ne
vada last night. Meade, the Gaels
star forward, led the scorers witt
IA points.
PULLMAN, Wash. Feb. IT. -
University of Oregons transforming
basketball team staged last hal
rally last night to defeat Washing
ton State, $500, in a conference
contest here.
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Glenr
Wright, one of the outstanding
shortstops of the past decade, ha!
been given his unconditional release
the Brooklyn Dodgers announced
today.
Wright is 80. He has been in pro
fessional baseball for 13 years, five
of which were with the Pittsburgh
Pirates and five with Brooklyn.