Evening star., 1935-02-17
Only One Kayo.

of the technical variety, was
scored. so evenly matched were
the two teams. The lone kayo was
scored by Maryland. who climaxed a
sensational four-year rise in boxing
by tonight'S performance. Lyman
McAboy. crack 155pounder, gained
the abbreviated victory when he badly
battered a substitute Virginia boxer,
Bill Banks.
The Cavaliers went into the match
not in the best of shape. but this did
not detract from Marylands perform
ance. which will make the Terps CO.
favorites with Virginia in the Southern
Conference tournament next week.
Maryland's hopes sunk to subter-
ranean depths after Virginia had won
three of the first four bouts Out of
this quartet Of scraps, the Terps had
hoped to earn an even break, but only
Ivan NedomatSky was able to win
Half an hour before the opening
fight the huge gymnasium was filled to
its $500 capacity, and the crowd,
fully 1000 of which were from Wash
ington and Maryland, kept jamming
through the doors. A score actually
1IOlll lLlC 4dllSLS.
Hahn Outpoints Young.
EMPLOYING tricky left jab that
r. rarely missed its mark. Cocapt.
Archie Hahn gave Virginia a
flying start In the 115-pound bout
when he decisively outpointed Mary
lands Jimmy Young after three
rounds. 1t was the first defeat of the
season for Young, who could not
match the cleverness of Hahn. twice
winner of the Southern Conference
bantamweight title.
Hahn took the first round by size
able margin and then outstabbed
Young by a narrow margin to capture
the second session. In the third
round Hahn cut loose and appeared
to have Young on the verge of a
knockdown at the bell. Referee Ed
Brockman Of Baltimore promptly
pointed to Virginias corner at the
final bell. while the crowd went wild.
Rainey Is Clever.
ORDON RAINEY, cocaptain with
7 Hahn, featherweight champion
Of the Southern Conference and
the only member Of Virginia's team
who Is undefeated and united, made
the score 20 in favor Of the Cavaliers
when he easily decisioned Tom Bir-
mingham in the 125-pound bout.
Like Hahn, the Virginia 125-pound-
er won all three rounds, though
Birmingham, in his second varsity
scrap, battled CALAMITY.
l. Ill
Birmingham desperately sought a
knockout in the third round. but his
wide-open tactics only served to make
Rainey's superiority more pronounced.
Nedomatsky Wins Easily.
IVAN NEDOMATSKY, undefeated
Maryland sophomore lightweight,
continued his victory march in
the 135-pound class, when he gave
Marion Brooks a thorough going over
TO win Maryland's first point. The
bout lasted the full three rounds, how
ever, and checked Nedomatsky's string
OF knockouts at four in a row.
In the first few minutes of the
initial round Nedomatsky caught
Brooks with short right to the Jaw,
flooring the Cavalier for a count of
nine, Brooks arose and promptly ran
into another wallop in the jaw, again
taking a count of nine.
The bell saved Brooks in the first
round, but 1t was a stout heart and
nothing else that enabled him To
go the route. Nedomatsky easily won
all three rounds, while Maryland's
roofing section of 1000 literally raised
the roof.
Womer Shades Webb.
TTGHTING his best battle Of the
season, blond Walter Webb OF
Maryland held Maynard Womer
Virginia's 145-pound Southern Con-
ference champion, on even terms fol
two rounds, but the Terrapin weak
sned in the final session and the fight
went to Womer.
The victory made the score reac
to in favor of Virginia.
Webb matched the flashy Virginiar
m boxing skill, but the more damaging
punches of Womer had their effect
As the bout wore on and Webb took
. beating in the last round.
McAboy Stops Banks.
HARYLAND was back in the thick
lV of the fight, however, after Ly-
man McAboy. undefeated Mary
landland 155-pounder finished with
Virginia's representative, a newcomer
named Bill Banks McAboy scored a
technical knockout after 1923 of the
second round, Referee Brockman stop
ping the affair when Banks was
backed helplessly in corner.
Banks was forced to fight in the
155-pound division when it was dis
covered that Bill McClung, regular
junior middleweight, suffered broken
nose in the Navy meet last week. Bill
Leonard. his first-string understudy