Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-21
Sovidun Fails to
Come Out for 9th

trated on body attack. During
the second. third. and fourth round.
he maintained the aggressive. alb
sorbing Frenchys light blows to
land his own more powerful punches
TO the ribs. The fighting welder
speeded up the tempo with the
start of the fifth round and hurt
Frenchy. Savidan tried to slug it
out but his counters lacked steam
and he had to give ground. Peters
kept on top of him and at the close
of the round nailed him in the
"breadbasket" for the count.
Later, in the dressing room,
French gave out the convincing
alibi that his 10 = round fight at
Ocean Park on Monday of the same
week plus a strained shoulder had
decreased his effectiveness. He ask
ed for an early rematch with the
pride of the ShipyardS.
MOREY TAKES SEMI
In the semi-final windup, Al
Morey, l49 ID. Fancy Dan" from
nearby Holtville, ran his consecu-
tive winning streak to l8 with
close six round decision over Kid
Lester, who outweighed him by
one pound.
Kid Lester, fresh from a l0-round
main event with Roman Starr at
San Diego last week, was the
favorite and started off spryly, tax
ing the first two rounds by a wide
margin.
Morey came TO life in the third
round which was even. From the
fourth on, Lester lost his luster and
just stopped throwing punches.
Morey seized the opportunity and
kept his mitts in Lester's face, mar
roWly winning the next three
rounds.
Many fans booed the decision,
feeling it should have been tabled
draw. The two fighters went on
in place of the Maynard -Rentena
bout which had to be cancelled
when Maynard sprained his right
hand in training Thursday.
GARLIC REPEATS IN SPECIAL
In the six round special attrac-
ton, Henry Garlic left no doubt in
anybody's mind about his victory
over Leo Bland. Henry, brought
back by fan demand after his
croWd-p pleasing win in the same
ring last week, dumped the Okla
homa Indian for a full ten count
in 2:43 of the fifth round.
Garlic must have been tipped off
about Blands weakness because all
through the fight he kept tossing
long distance, full swings to the
Indians midsection. These body
blows troubled Bland early and he
adopted a hugging approach to-
wards Henry.
In the fourth round Garlic
caught up with Bland and several
hard body blows had the Indian
glassy-eyed and stumbling into
clinches on rubber legs.
Desperate bear hugging saved the
Indian until the home stretch of
the fifth round After several
sledge hammers to BANDS stom-
ach, Garlic swung a long left from
his hip and landed on the Indians
chin. Bland went straight over and
was out for about 20 seconds,
bringing to a sad ending his string
of seven successive knockouts prior
to Friday night
PRELIMS BOTH END IN K.O.
In the opening four round pre-
liminary, El Jarocho Gutierrez
kayoed Ed Hernandez in SIS seconds
of the third heat
Gutierrez, a protege of Manuel
Ortiz, was also a return visitor
from last week and will be well
coined back again according to the
crowds reception.
The second preliminary also end
ed in a knockout. Jimmy Hat
maker, the fighting cook of the
Marine Air base, hand-grenaded a
local boy, Willie Garcia, in 2:02 of |
the second round.
Willing Willie kept rushing Hat
maker, carrying or pushing him full |
across the ring. But Willie rushed |
once too often and his teeth ran |
into some special marine dynamite.
1t was Jimmys second knockout
in his two appearances at the El
Centro ring.
The card, arranged by match
maker Lew Taylor, was mighty en-
tertaining. -Four knockouts out of
five bouts.