Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-04-15
Results Amateur
Athletic Union
Bouts at Boston

| Boston, April 14-Thirty- sur
vivors of the preliminary and first
round bouts began tonight the two
| final rounds of the Amateur Athletic
Union tournament which is to deter
mine the new national champions in
eight classes. All sections of the
country were still represented with
New York state and New England
! predominating.
The winners of the bouts tonight
will compete against South Ameri-
can and Canadian boxers in a tour
nament for the championships of the
/ western hemisphere in Boston, April
%. The South American team, now
| in training here, watched the bouts
closely.
! The semi finals of the 112 pound
Iclass were the first to be fought. AL
! fred Robinson Of Shelton. Conn. de-
feated Harry Traub of New York by
decision in the first three round
bout, mainly by his exceptional
showing in the second round for
; Traub held his own in the first and
third rounds. In the second bout.
! James McCulle Of Buffalo won a
! technical knockout over Joseph In
giles Of Detroit when the referee stop
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In the 147-pound class semi-finals
! Charles Adamson of Milwaukee
scored a technical knockout over
Thomas Egan of Philadelphia, who
had drawn bye in the preliminaries
Only two rounds were fought. Ber-
/ narde Barde of Dartmouth defeated
| Anthony Schoell of Buffalo in the
| other encounter. Schoell was forced
to take counts in the first and third
rounds but fought stubbornly before
he lost the decision.
Mike Sansone of st. Louis scored
| a knockout over Tommy Graham OF
| Boston in the first round of their
| llS-pound semi-final bout. Swing.
ing right and left. punches, Sansone
had no difficulty in repeating his
performance of last night when he
Knocked out Edward Palm of Phil
adelphia. In n close, fast fight In
the other semi-f1nal August Gotto
| Los Angeles. won the decision over
Tony Lorenzo. Gotto's punches came
clean and straight
Thomas Lawn of New York en-
tered the finals in the 135-pound
class by winning close decision
over Joe Conley of Boston. Lawns
defense was superior. He will meet
Jim McGonigal of Weymouth as the
result of the default of Ray Dodd OF
indianapolis. Dodd refused to fight
because Of the condition of his
hands. although physicians had pro-
nounced him fit.
The New England entries were
eliminated In the 126-pound class
,semi-finals. Angelo Coavotti. Buff
falo. severely punished Tommy Nor
rlson of Somerville. when he defeat
ed. Ray Alfano, st. Louis, won a
decision over Dick Hylan Collins CT
Salem in fast, clean boxing match,
j. kehr, of New York, fought to
an easy victory over Leonard Her
ring of Philadelphia in the first semi
mai of the 175 pound class. In the
other Henry Lamar, WASHINGTON
! nigh school boy, scored a technical
knockout over Edward Connor of
Buffalo in the third round.
| Michael Zingale of milwaukee,
outclassed Philip Coykendan of
Dartmouth In the 100 pound class
! semi final and hammered his wav to
a decision. Clayton Frye of Los
| Angeles was the other victor OF the
round, taking the decision from
| Gerald Bockhousen of Detroit in a
closely fought bout.
| Alfred Lassmann, of Cambridge.
1oiting his opponent with solid left
hand punches. took the decision
! from j. Sheridan of New York in
the first heavyweight semi final. In
the other Joe Woods of Los Ange-
les Won over John McClelland of
Buffalo Woods ability at in-fight-
ing gave him the necessary margin.