The Washington times., 1934-03-14
BOU IS
PROMISE
ACTION
BY HARRY COSTELLO


Extramural sport, as exempll-
fled in the current champion
ship boxing tournament involving
intramural ring champions of
Georgetown, Catholic University
and Maryland, will come into its
own.
That is the forecast of this
observer, after sitting in on
some two hours of really simon
pure boxing last night.
c. U. was host to the intra-
mural ring kings. The prelimi-
naries were staged and out of
those preliminaries came the
finalists for tomorrow nights
grand shindig in Ritchie Coli
scum of the University of Mary
land.
The public is given fair warn
ing that boxing bouts that are
boxing bouts will be served up
free-for there will be no admis-
sion fee.
Eight Battles
Eight battleS-and that is Just
what they will be-will be on
tap, as follows:
115-Pound ClaSs-Shearer &C.
UO VS.. Mascara (Georgetown).
125-Pound Class-D'Onofrio &C.
U) VS.. Birmingham (MarylandO E.
135Pound Class-O'Neil MARY
land VS.. Benitez &C. w..
145-Pound Class-Scartucchio
(Georgetown) VS.. j. Jones MARY
land.
/ 155-Pound Class-Kelliher
(Georgetown) VS.. Fagadore &C.
W.
165-Pound Class-Thral &C. U.)
VS.. Beebe (Maryland).
Pound Class-F1etcher
CMarylanO VS.. McGann &C. UO.
Unlimited Glass Meglin
! (Georgetown) VS.. Orth &C. U).
If the foregoing eight aren't
well worth going out to see-well,
then, this observer just has never
witnessed collegiate sport in any
of its phases.
Last nights bouts were filled
to overflowing with action and
were packed with thrills. The
final of the night, between Orth,
of C. u, and Combs, of Maryland,
was a pip from the opening bell
to the final blow. Orth shaded
the rotund Old Liner, but only
shaded him.
Probably the outstanding boxer
to show in last nights events was
Scartuchio, of Georgetown, in the
145-pound class. This youngster
looked and acted the part of a
varsity boxer in defeating the
courageous Lyons, of C. U.
No Dull Bouts
Not a single bout of the seven
was dull one.
Right off the bat, Shearer, Of
C. U. and Purakilas, of Maryland,
offered a clever three rounds,
with the Cardinal youngster win
ming by a single point in so, the
number of points involved IN an
intercollegiate boxing bout.
ONeil. of Maryland, and Kearns,
of Georgetown, also offered an
interesting exhibition, with the
Old Liner taking the decision.
One of the most interesting, ana
certainly a crowd pleaser, was the
battle between Fletcher, of Mary
land, and Katalinas, of George
| town. The Old Liner floored the
Georgetown light heavyweight in
the opening stanza and, while sew
eral times in danger of losing the
lead. finally won because Of his
cleaner hitting, his blocking, his
ability to make KatalinaS miss,
his balance and readiness for
counter attack, and his general
ship.
Katalinas was aggressive in
action, executed a number OF
well-delivered partial hits and on
several occasions made his op-
punent miss. However, Fletcher's
good points topped the best Kata-
linas could muster and the Mary
land youngster took a well de-
served verdict.
Fletcher One OF Best
Fletcher probably should be
classified with Scartucchio, OF
Georgetown, as one of the best
boxers appearing last night. The
Maryland boy is heavy puncher
and a ring general. His inside
right is delivered a Ia Dempsey.
Out of tonight's basketball semi
finals Of the extramural cham
pionship tournament will come the
finalistS for tomorrow nights final
which will be played before the
boxing begins.
Tonight's semifinals will be
played at C. u, with Maryland
opposed to Catholic University and
Georgetown facing Southeastern
University.
Take a tip: Don't miss tomor-
row nights extramural champion
ship boxing bouts.