Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-20
Bench
BY Il Kinne
Post Press
Sports Editor
Warming

There Is nothing quite so awe
some as To sec four amateur boxers
staining around your desk awaiting
YOUR return from the daily beat.
In the first place YOU don't know
lust wat they want. In the SEC
ond place there Is always a chance
YOU might have 10 back down teS-
recially when there are as many
as four Of them.
Sc. when walked into the
offices of the Post Press the ether
evening. ond spotted four rather
rough lcCking ama-eur fighters
cOnversing in low whispers about
my desk ! wasn't sure just what
was in for.
Excuses ami alibiS were quickly
assembled for any occasion as
strode TO the desk. One caap. a
rather small fellow with terri.E-
ing muStache. handed me letter
II was only a letter OF introauc-
tlon from Leo Ellis, matchmaker
at the Calexico arena. The mus
tached chap. 7 found out, was Jose
Peralta >an3 his comrades We're
Louis Saayreda and Gus Gonzalez
SaavTeda. Peralta explained was
the WolterWel2ht champion OF Mex
leo and Gonzalez was the light
weight champion Of Mexico and
Central America.
Peralta then sat down at the
desk AMI made himself at home
Ask NE something he SAD.
Coming out Of the clear SKY with
a command ike that left me some
what puzzled. 50 I suffered a no
ment before I could collect phrase.
How are you?" I asked. still
TRYING to assemble my thoughts.
Fine" ne said. but that IS not
what I mean Ask me sometime
about my boys. What they've Jone.
who they've whipped and all that
stuff"
Maybe you ought to ask your
self and then give the answers - I
replied YOU seem to know what
you want 10 answer
That IS fine. he returned. first
I will tell you all Obout my team
in Mexico City
1t developed. through his dis
course with himself CfOr me-. that
his fighters had each fought about
thirty times and had recently won
the amateur tournament in Mexico
City.
There are several YMCA. teams
in Mexico City Peralta explained
and inter-club fights are held tWic7
each month.
Huge crowds turn out tn sci
the hat lies. Peralta said, and ad-
mission Of 80 cents Mexican IS
charged for the bouts. The finals.
TO determine the division cham
p;Jns, hewever, is free &c the
public
Then Peralta turned TO Gus anc
asked for the scrap book GOnzalez
prCyijed MIN with a BIG black book
and Senor Peralta began p9rin-
over the pages to show me all the
writeups the boys had received.
The Writeups. Of course, were IN
Mexican dialect and it was a bit
difficult for me to translate them
in fact, it was impossible. The only
LANGUAGE ever lesr&sd was pig
latin and ! was mixed up DV that
Read EN- for me" I said. after
trying 10 interpret the funny look
ing words
Peralta obliged. He broke out
i'm a beautiful flow of words. But
he read the Mexican dialect and
] was a. bad off as before.
Swell I said when he finished
What does il mean
oh. SAID Peralta. ''yCu don'i
uni ierstand Spanish
How can you tel?" I asked a.
nc finally began 10 interpret tne
words in the language I under
stood. or as my English prof once
said, the language partially under
stand
The WriteuDs were quite good
% ! s5mmonej the Photographer
and ne snapped pictures Of thC
MeEico City boys.
What I came 10 tell YOU. Peralta
revealed vas that Louis fight.
Ike Blair Thursday in CaleXic0 anc
Gus VIII meet some lightweight"
Goodbye 7 replied weakly
EOou.sxoC, ENOIo