Evening star., 1936-02-02
OLD LINERS DROP
TIGHT RING JOUST
Virginia Keeps Conference
Record CIean-Womer's
! Streak Broken.

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Gus action on the court and IN
~ the ring, University Of Mary
land athletes found themselves with
one victory and one defeat as the Old
Line basket ball quint overcame q
strong Duke five, 80 to "a, and bowed
to the University Of Virginia ring
team, 31a to "a, before capacity
throng Of 5000 last night in Richie
Coliseum at College Park.
With its boxing triumph the South
ern Conference champion Cavaliers
kept intact their record of never los
Ing to q conference opponent over =
five-year span.
Several of the decisions in favor OF
the Virginians were close and the
, crowd booed the verdicts. 1t was the
. third loss in as many starts for Mary
land by . 41a-31a count.
Cavaliers Set Flying Start. 8
IN THE ring battle, Virginia won the
L FIRST two matches. but Maryland
rallied to tie the score at 2-all and
20 ahead at 3-2 when Mike Lombardo
gained q decision in the l55-pound
class.
The Cavaliers retaliated by taking
the 1855 and IT'S pound engagements
to gain a 4-to-3 edge and the teams
battled to 4 draw in the heavyweight
finals.
Besides Lombardo Capt. Ed (Spike)
Webb and Ed Uvan the Terrible)
Nedomatsky won for Maryland and
heavyweight John Birkland earned q
draw.
John Simpson, lis; George Carey,
125, Mortie Caplan and Ray Schmidt
were the Virginian victors, with Fred
Cramer, Southern Conference heavy
weight champion, getting the deciding
half point.
Simpson floored Charlie Gebhardt
for . technical knockout after min
ute and So seconds of the third round
In the 1l5-pound fight. Rights to the
chin finished the old liner, who was
Judged too weak to continue by Brock
man.
Carey outpointed Tom Birmingham
In a close battle in the 125-pound en-
gagement, the Cavalier making q
strong finish to gain the decision.
IN THE l35-pound duel Marion
Brooks of Virginia bowed to Webb,
who was battling in that class after
two previous losing starts In the 145-
pound division. Webb outpointed
Brooks in each round.
The 145-pound battle created the
sensation Of the match. Nedomatsky,
dropping down notch from the l55-
pound class. found q tartar in Capt.
Maynard Womer, conference title
holder, but earned a close decision
after three rounds of furious slug
glng. The Old Liner, Conference
champion last year in the 135-pound
class, had Womer on the ropes sew
eral times. It was the Cavalier stars
first loss in 81 varsity engagements
After q close first round in the
155-pound bout Lombardo outpointed
Maynard Harlow in the second stanza
and routed the Cavalier in the final,
flooring him for a five count near the
bell.
Harold Kelly, making his first start
for Maryland, was too inexperienced
for Caplan in the 165-pound division,
and after toe-to-toe slugging for a
minute the Old Liner found himself
the target for a volley of rights and
lefts and went to the floor after l
minute and IS seconds. Brockman
halted the proceedings as Kelly
1oundered to his feet.
to be the deciding one, Maryland lost
. hairline decision when Schmidt was
declared the victor over Johnny
Gormley. Both boxers landed hard
and often, and q draw seemed the
consensus of spectators. The decision
was scored roundly by all save the
Virginia rooters.
Birkland delivered a surprise in
holding Cramer to a draw in the
heavyweight class. He showed marked
Improvement over his losing effort
against Katalinas of Catholic Uni
versity In the seasons opener. After
gaining an edge in the first round, he
was outpointed in the second, but ral-
lied for an even final stanza.
i15 POUNDS-John Simpson (Virginia)
technically knocked out Charlie Gebhardt.
] minute 5S seconds of third round
!26 POUNDS-George Carey (Virginia)
deieated Tom Birmingham, decision. three
,,so iso PoUNDs-capt. Walter Webb
.i.inn sMiisrylend! defeated Merton Brooks. de-
l43 POUNDs-Ed Nedomatsky Mary
!:ndo dsefsated CAPT: Maynard womer. de-
155 POUNDS-Mike Lombardo MARY
!aloD defeated Maynard Harlow. decision,
;65 POUNDS-Mortie caplan (virsinia)
Technically knocked out Harold Kelly. /
minute IS seconds Of frst round
ls5 POUNDS-Ray. Schmidt (Virginta)
defeated John Gormley. decision. three
HEAvYwEIGHT-John Birkland (Mary.
lAnd) drew with Fred Cramer. three