Evening star., 1937-04-04
ALPERSTE|N WINS
IN STIFF BATTLE
Maryland Boxer 0utpoints
Bates for Collegiate Light
weight Title.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DlSpdtcn 10 Inc StaT.
= ACRAMENTO, Calf. April g.
- Benny Alperstein, Maryland
University, tonight won the ma
. tional intercollegiate light
weight boxing championship by defeat
ing Bob Bates of Washington State.
Bates, courageous and hard
puncher, carried the fight to the Terp,
but ran into a continuous barrage of
right jabs and left crosses.
There were no knockdoWns, al
though Alperstein sent Bates spinning
into the ropes with left hook in
both the first and second rounds and
in the third Benny opened cut over
the Cougars left eye.
Alperstein left the ring unmarked.
He simply unWrapped boxing lesson
and dished it out
Prior to tonight's titular bout Alper-
stein had boxed brilliantly in defeat
ing Joe Brocato, Tulane'S undefeated
Southeastern Conference champion,
and Karl DreXel of San Jose State,
San Francisco Golden Gloves cham
pion.
Bates Had Clean Slate.
IN BOTH of these bouts Alperstein
scored clean knockdoWns.
Bates, who holds the Far Western
collegiate 145-pound championship,
had not been defeated in two years of
college and A. A. U. boxing. He is a
rough, strong fellow, who, prior to
meeting Alperstein in the final, had
defeated Jack Knapp of Duke and
Bruce Huffamn of Arizona.
Shumway Beats Champion.
IN A BIG upset, Rolly Shumway,
University Of Idaho, battered out
a decision over the 1886 national 145-
pound champion, Danny Farrar of
Duke. Farrar was no match for the
Idahoan, who scored with dozen
rights to the jaw in the last round
Outstanding star of Duke delega-
ton, Ray MatuleWicZ. captured 1861
pound laurels with one-sided victory
over Max Novich of North Carolina
Holder of the Southern Conference
title the last year, going 10 pounds
under his normal weight to do so, he
battered Novich with rights and lefts
at will.
The latter stood up under the
pounding, but he was completely out
claSSed.
Schmidt is Victor.
T OUIS SCHMIDT of Virginia
slugeed out decision over
Cameron Gamble Of Tulane in the
l75-pound close Schmidt, left
handler. scored effectively with body
punches in the first two rounds to
pile up a winning margin. Gamble
got going in the last session and
forced the fight, landing many lefts
and rights.
Only James B. Driver and Grip
Toomey of the California Aggies OF
the National Rules Committee at
tended the tourney. Therefore the
IL recommendations for changes IN
the rules as submitted by Maryland
could not be acted upon at this
time.
No action was taken in ASSIGNING
next years tournament although
Maryland was the only school thus
far to have submitted formal invi-
tation.
Toomev and the Aggies did q
splendid job in handling the tourna-
ment
II5-POUND DIvISION-Roy PetragalIo
/ Washington State, decision over Franz
Jenkins. South Carolina.
I"5-POUND-Carl Eckstrom North
Dakota. decision over Paul Waller. Wash
| lngton state.
I35-POUND-Ben Alpherstein. Mary
| land. decision over Bob Bates Washing
| ton State
| II5-POUND-Rolly Shunway Idaho
| decision over Danny Farrar. Duke.
I55-POUND-Ed McKinnon. Washing
ton State, decision over Steve Wilkerson
| Mississippi.
| 165-POUND-Ray Matulewicz Duke
| decision over Max Novich. North Carolina
115-POUND-Louis schmidt, Virginia
| decision over Cameron Gamble Tulane
HEANYWEIGHT-Harry Mullins. Mis-
| sisSippi State. decision over Don Walker
| San Jose State