Evening star., 1936-01-30
POLICE BOYS STAR
IN GOLDEN CLOVES
Seven Of Eight With Team
Battle to Third Round
of Boxing Meet.

A NEW up-and-coming incubator
~ of young amateur boxers, the
~ Metropolitan Police Boys Club,
a was set to furnish fresh fire.
works tonight when the third annual
District Golden Gloves championships
will pass into the semi-final round OF
Is divisions in the Catholic University
gymnasium.
Surprising virtually all followers of
local amateur 1isticufiing, Police Boys
Club scrappers forged to the front in
the battle for team supremacy last
night as the annual ring event opened
before a crowd of 1900. Leading such
well-known boxing firms as the Olym-
pic Club. team champion of 1885; the
Jewish Community Center and the
Washington Boys Club, the police
standard bearers will send eight of the
80 OPEN class battlers into action to-
night.
The show is slated to start at 7:30
o'clock, when the first of the novice
class semi finals will be run off. I'M
mediately following these will be the
open-class bouts.
The survivors will rest tomorrow in
preparation for the finals on Saturday.
Olympics Have Setbacks.
ONLY one Of the Police Club entries
to throw fists on last nights
marathon card was loser. and he.
Joe Bozievich. was beaten only after
winning 147-pound bout earlier in
the evening In all, the Police Club
sent eight boys into the ring and they
accounted for seven victories.
The Olympic Club, on the other
hand, ran into unexpected difficulty
only 4 Of the IL scoring victories
The Merrick Boys Club was regarded
as the police teams most dangerous
team contender in the novice class,
while the Olympics. Northeast, Wash
ington Boys Club and the Jewish
Community Center are looked upon as
standing the best chances against the
police entries in the open division.
Tonight's card Of eight bouts in the
open and eight more in the novice
classes will. in the case Of the first
named division, bring together lead
ing amateurs who have met all too
seldom to please Washington ring fol-
lowers.
Included on the card tonight. for
instance, will be a clash between
George Pickerall and Ray Morse, hot
1l8-pound rivals: Bob Matthias and
Creighton Allen in the l47-pound
class: NJ Bocoskey and Paul Desch,
165-pounders; George Cox and Frank
Nebel. l75-pounders, and as a dessert
George Chappelle and Dan Stetson,
heavyweights. Chappelle is the fight
ing cop from the Police Club who
scored kayo win last night while
6tetson, who drew a bye, generally is
regarded as the heavyweight favorite.
Among other expected high lights
will be the debut in the tournament
Of Lou Gevinson, the Olympic Clubs
crack 126-pounder. who will face John
Bennett, an unattached entry.
Mamakos Wins Twice.
GTEVE MAMAKOS. 147-pound entry
Of the Washington Boys Club,
provided one Of the features last night
when, by the luck of the draw, he was
required to fight twice before entering
the semi-final class.
In his first engagement Mamakos
scored q second-round technical kayo
over Frank Burk, unattached. Later
he came back to win over Bob Matthias
Of the Olympic Club in three-round
slugging bee. Mamakos swings back
into action tonight and. If he wins, he
will, of'course. fight again Saturday.
Tonight's pairings and last nights
results follow: