Evening star., 1938-01-30
Card Bowers Amazing Rally Snaps Ieps Year Winning Streak
LAST 4BOUTSNET
c. i. 4zz'33Zz WIN
Mix's Draw With A|perstein
in Fourth Contest Ends
Maryland Squirt.
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

w Y1TH gallant comeback
"a I ripped from the pages Of
wv fiction, Catholic Univer-
sity's boxing team vicious
ly battered Maryland's unblemished
record of the past two years into
oblivion last night at Brookland gym,
4l2-3lz.
Before a capacity crowd of 4,5OO,
the Cardinals spotted Maryland 80
lead before unleashing savagery that
garnered draw in the fourth bout
and the edge in every succeeding
scrap.
At the outset it appeared Maryland
was headed for victory, for in the first
engagement red-headed George Dorr,
southpaw 115-pounder, registered his
first intercollegiate triumph by out
pointing the previously undefeated
Dave Bernstein.
Catholic had counted heavily on
grasping the lead through the efforts
OF the experienced Bernstein, but the
kinky-haired Cardinal, some what be-
wildered by DORIS unorthodox style,
never struck his stride. Dorr fought
cleverly, countering with crisp left
hooks while cautiously evading the
persuasive punches of Bernstein, and
his slight margin earned in the first
two rounds eclipsed Dawes belated
third-round rally. It was close but
the verdict in favor of Dorr seemed
justified.
Tony Messuri, subbing for Catholic
University's regular 125-pound repre-
sentative, Tex Guinan, who is i'll,
gamely weathered two bruising rounds
with Bob Bradley, piano-plunking
Hyattsville lad, but Bradley was ex-
tended to the limit in third canto
that found both boys landing solidly.
Although Messuri grabbed the third
round. Bradley's early lead was too
sizeable and the decision was awarded
to Maryland.
Employing bit of strategy which
he later admitted may or may not
have been wise course, Coach Heinie
Miller Of Maryland inserted Nathan
Askin, ranking Junior tennis player
from Baltimore, in the lightweight
berth and moved Bennie Aperstein,
national intercollegiate 135-pound
champion. into the welterweight
notch.
Askin responded by earning q deci-
sion over Rene Benitez, lanky Puerto
Rican, and with its third straight
win Maryland appeared to have the
match captured, but 1t was in the
next bout that the favored Cards
started to climb
Floored in the first round for no
count as he waded into the talented
Alperstein, Catholics captain, Fred
Mix. crawled from the canvas and
outmaneuvered the slightly bald
Benny in the final two heats to gain
q draw. Alperstein, fighting for the
first time as welterweight and out
weighed by pounds, missed fire.
quently with his damaging left hand
and Mix capitalized on this wildness
to earn the stalemate.
From that point the most emphatic
blows were Cardinal swats. Sully
Greco all but kayoed Maryland's Dick
johnson in the 155-pound engage
ment, pumping a steady stream of
leather to the Baltimore boys noggin.
johnson, although helpless before the
swarthy Greco's rushing tactics, re-
fused to wilt and remained on his
feet to hear the verdict go to Sully.
Fred Slant took the cue in the
165-pound battle and carved out a
decisive triumph over the Terps'
Johnny Egan, and Jay Turner, f1stic
product of the Merricks Boys Club,
evened the count at 312-31a by whip
ping Marylands Blackie Pearson in
the light fuss.
The chubby, blond Turner found
vulnerable territory in the second
round, burying Furnishing left hook
in Pearson's solar plexus to floor the |
Maryland mauler. Referee Johnny |
Lowell, who was unable to see the blow,
walked over to Judge DR.. o. U. Singer |
to ascertain if the punch was low, but |
Singer rightfully informed him it had
landed fairly Lowell raced back to
the fallen Pearson, picked up the count |
at four and continued to nine before |
Blackie arose. Pearson connected |
with two solid rights to the head in
the waning seconds of the third round,
but Turner had compiled too impress
sive lead and got the decision.
With the outcome of the match
hinging on the heavyweight argument,
230-pound Leo Katalinas quickly dis
posed of Maryland's 194-pound Joe
Henderson. Joe ran into right hand
in the first few seconds of the opening
round and sagged for count of nine.
Another right started from Michigan
avenue and follow-through left to
the jaw again foored Henderson, and
ISoo q II I-A6ARXI AND \