Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-16 | Page 13 | Escobar Defeats Salica to Become Bantam King

I J. J Ym Escobar Defeats To Become Bantam King NEW V YORK Nov 16 AP Sixto AP-Sixto Sixto Escobar of Puerto Rico pounds of fighting fury Saturday was king of the ban ban- The little fellow decisively belted the crown from the cocky brow of oC Lou of New York in Madison Square Garden Friday night For 15 rounds Escobar weighing three fourths of a pound more than his opponent played a steady lefthand letthand left left- hand tattoo on the features of oC the game but outclassed New Yorker intermittently crossing over right- right hand smashes which at times had in a bad way The Associated Press score sheet gave the Puerto Rican 14 of the 15 rounds Dro Drops 5 SaUca A series of right crosses dropped to his haunches in the third round The New Yorker deemed I it best to sta stay down for a count of oC nine before rising to meet another storm of leather In the fifth Escobar had his adversary ad ad- groggy with a series of uppercuts and in the seventh he cut his nose with a left jab He repeatedly streamed punches into Salicas face without a n. return gathered all aU of his waning strength in the ninth round and sailed in with one Intent to land a knockout punch He shot both hands to the jaw with all aU the power he could muster backed Escobar to the ropes and kept drilling Keeps Up Barra Barrage e eHe He kept up the barrage through the tenth and part of the eleventh but the Puerto Rican took everything everything every every- thing without blinking and finally stalled the outburst with savage body blows that sapped Salicas remaining re energies The garden was less Jess ess than half haIt filled tilled with an official attendance of ot and gate receipts of ot 18 It was a return match having been awarded a questionable decision In their last encounter