Imperial Valley press., 1934-02-02

wi DtUb Ill, lOIIIlCl WClbti WClBllb
champion, pronounced himself as
"fit as a fiddle today for a slam
bang debut as a middleweight
against Al Marino, San Francisco in
a 10-round fight here next Monday
night. Corbett's return to the ring
after an eight months absence will
be watched by Jimmy McLarnin,
whose one round victory over the
Fresnan switched the title. Corbett
was a heavy favorite to defeat the
slow but sturdy Marino.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 2.-Leroy
Hermann, right handed pitcher ac-
quired by the San Francisco Seals
from the Chicago Cubs, intimated
strongly today that he may forsake
baseball for the motion pictures.
Hermann, former Los Angeles pit
cher, hinted that contract with
Warner Brothers was his for the
signing if his remuneration for
playing baseball was not satisfac-
tory.
OAKLAND, Feb. 2.-Jack Hassler,
Oakland city manager, decided to-
day that he didn't want a post
on the state athletic commission af-
ter all HaSsler, named by Governor
Rolph to fill a vacancy, at first &C
cepted the appointment until such
time as the governor could find %
successor. But on second thought
Hassler felt that he couldn't take the
time out from his civic duties so he
announced he would phone Gov.
Rolph of his withdrawal. HaSSler, a
former commissioner, had been
named to succeed the Rev. Leslie
Kelley.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2. U.P)-
Wesley Ketchell shoots his portside
slants against the right handed at
tack of Frank RoWsey in a 10-round
feature bout at Hollywood Legion
stadium tonight.
Ketchell was entrenched slight
favorite by virtue of technical
knockout he scored against the
same adversary several months ago
He was handicapped, however, by a
slight cold.
NEW YORK, Feb. "A capacity
house of more than $4,000 specta :
tors is assured for tomorrow nigh.
Millrose games at Madison Squere
garden. All reserved seats have been
sold, and the remaining 5000 bal
cony seats will be sold at the gar
den tomorrow
The rush for tickets was caused
by the quality of competing fields.
Every national A. A. U. outdoor
track champion on the flat from
100 to 10000 meters, as we'll as as
sorted hurdles, steeplechase, vault
ing and jumping champions and
most of the indoor titleholders will
compete.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2.-Local
winter sports enthusiasts were
Cheered today by reports that an
abundance of snow will see the an
nal winter sports carnival off to q
merry start at Big Pines tomorrow
The carnival will run through Sun
day. Several thousand local enthuS-
lasts are expected to attend.
The carnival will be ruled ovel
this year by Josephine Fisher, So
ciety girl and former U. c. l.. A
coed. Ice hockey squads of U. c. l.
A. and u. S. G. are entered. The
other events scheduled include
speed skating. ski jumping, cross
country ski races, college pentath-
lon and a dog race.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. "A Sou
thern California transforming tour
of the Phoenix (Arlz) junior col
lege basketball team ended tragic
ally here yesterday with the death
of Lewis Smith. center, from pneu-
monia. The boy was stricken last
Sunday and died in local hospital
Two remaining games on the teams
schedule, with Glendale and Pomo-
ma, were cancelled as result of his
death.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2. - Bill
Smile sent his midget car hurtling
across the finish line in first place
in q 30-lap feature events at 10y
ola speedway last night. His time OF
1869 was a new track record. Bill
Betteridge trailed in second splice
Art Scovell finished third and
Charles Mortemor fourth. Better
dige won a two lap trophy dash.
PASADENA, Feb. ANDY Nit
chell, Long Beach heavyweight
crowded out a six round decision
over AL Moro of Burbank in the
feature bout of the weekly fight
show here last night. The fight was
close with Mitchell winning the
verdict by dint of superior aggress-
iveness. He scaled 100 while Morrow
weighed 1874.
Phil Rios, 146, Los Angeles
pounded out a decision over Doll
Nelson, 145, also of Los Angeles, in
a four round semi-final.