The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-07
Many Kneckouts In Boxing
Show; Spiedel Wins Match
BY OSCAR L. MILAN

DatleIeQ Jimmy GOnZdleZ, 117o,
Spanish woodchopper of Tampa,
into submission in the third of a
scheduled 10-round main go at
the Strand Arena last night.
Taking the aggressive from the
opening bell, Spiedel used an eff
fective left hand jab followed
with a right cross to the head.
The sailor used this technique to
perfection and had the Latin bat
tier on the retreat time and again.
Jimmy brought a stiff left blow
to the head into play in the first
round that offset the sailors at
tack several times but he could
not land the steaming overland
punch that followed. A left hook
landed on Gonzalez head each
time he missed with a wild right.
In the second round, Jimmy
greeted Buddy in the center of
the. ling with a stiff left jab but
missed a short right hook. Spie-
Gel landed right cross packed
with INT and the woodchopper
dropped in a neutral corner for
a count of three. Buddy tore at
the Spanish battler with determ
ination as he arose from the mat
and both fighters mixed it up at
close quarters, with the sailor
getting the best of the in-fight-
ing. In a furious exchange of
blows in the center of the ring,
Spiedel landed an over right
hand blow that weakened Con
zalez and both fighters went
down as Gonzalez legs gave I'M
der him. Up once more, Jimmy
shook Buddy with a stiff right to
the jaw but received a short left
that sent him to the ropes. The
bell found Gonzalez a little dizzy
and the fans roared with salts
faction at the end of the second
round. So far it was a great
fight.
Tearing out of his corner like a
mad fighting tiger at the opening
of the third round, Spiedel land
ed a left and a right and another
left to Jimmy's head and body be-
fore the Tampa fighter had time
to cover up while missing a light
left aimed at the sailors face.
Gonzalez stopped Buddy's TINT
right hand punch to the jaw and
the woodchopper went down and
nearly rolled off the ring and into
the lap of William Demeritt, Jr.,
and timekeeper Freddie Car
bonell. Gonzalez was down for
the count after one minute and
43 seconds of fighting in the third
stanZa.
Green Won Technical KO
In the semi-final, Freddie
Green, that crowd-pleasing hard
hitting fighter from Lansing.
Mich, won a technical knockout
victory over Young rEloy Garcia,
game little cock and pride of the
Cuban Club gymnasium, in the
fifth round of a scheduled eight
rounder.
The bout was one of those af-
fairs that brings you to your feet
with excitement The two bat
tiers hit at each other with
everything but the ring posts.
They exchanged blows at close
quarters time and again, punch
ing at each other with every
ounce of their weight behind each
blow. Round after round they
battled with Green in the lead
each time.
Garcia, a game fighter if there
ever was one, tried hard to slug
back at the mighty Green but the
newcomer could not stand up I'M
der the punches of the hard-hit-
ting Lansing boxer, who packs a
mighty wallop Garcia was forced
to remain seated in his corner as
the bell rang fer the fifth stanza.
He was badly battered around
the ring in the fourth round, be-
ing on the verge of a knockout
when the bell ended the stanza.
Preliminaries
Baby Face Santana knocked
out Kid Estebana in the second
round in the curtain-raiser. A
wild overland right sent Este
bana to the mat for the count
after IS seconds of fighting in
the second sstanza.
Kid Brass, laSt-minute subSti-
tute for Kid Award, lost via the
knockout route to Battling Tri-
mott. a Marine, in the first round
Brass was completely ,outclaSsed
by the Marine battler.
Kid Sam. mute fighter, went
down in submission under the
punches of Kid Roberts in the
second heat of a special four
rounder. Both were colored.
Battling Czech. pride of the
local colored folks, won a ref
eree's decision over Iron Baby oil
Liberty City, Fla, in another
four-round preliminary. The hard