Evening star., 1938-02-20
MAKE KEENF|N|SH
T0PREvA|L, 5ZE-22
Capture Last Three Bouts
After Meet Is Tied-One
Fighter Stopped.
BY FRANCIS Z. STAN.

Fighter Stopped.
BY FRANCIS Z. STAN.
Catholic University's frst unbeaten,
united boxing team swept to the end
Of = campaign last night IN the
Brookland gymnasium by closing
strongly and grabbing . Sh-to-2h
victory over the University Of Pitts
burgh.
A crowd of 1000 sat in the pews
and watched the Cardinals knock Oh
their final opponent of the year by
capturing the final three bouts and
gaining . forfeit In the heavyweight
division.
Pittsburgh. beaten only by Syracuse
In four previous starts. surprised with
its formidable aggregation. Especially
were the Panthers strong in the
lighter classes. As 4 result the Cardi-
nails, who were started l-up as . re-
suit Of the forfeit. were held to .
2a-2la tie going into the fifth fight.
Bout No. S. between l55-Pounders
SuIy Greco OF Catholic and Ray
Bombe of Pittsburgh. smacked Of
something Of . gift to the Cards.
Not until the final IS seconds of the
third and last round did Greco land
. solid punch. but Bombe, who seemed
to have earned IN edge, stood in his
corner and heard the Cardinal given
the decision.
Slant and Turner seere.
1t made little difference as the
other events were unfolded Fred
Slant convincinsly won the l65-pound
1oust ana Lsht-Heavyweight Jay
Turner won . quick technical knockout
In the last scrap. Denny Hughes was
the referee. Serving as judges were
JACK Whitley and John Mulhall.
With Pittsburgh announcing the
forfeiture Of the heavyweight bout
- the teams entered the arena, Catho-
lie started With 10 edge that quickly
was doubled by Bantamveight Dave
Bernstein.
Bernstein drew . stifY right hand
puncher in the ll5-pound class. pitts
representative was Ralph Huron, who
made It reasonably close for two
rounds. Bernstein's best bet was 4
sneaky left hand. which enabled the
little card to win the opening round
ana gain what looked to be an even
break In the second heat. In the Anal
session Huron weakened and Bernstein
dropped him for no-count. Huron vas
sroggy at the finish.
James Wargo. swarthy l25-
pounder. brought Pittsburgh its first
victory when he outlasted lanky Tex
Guinan in 4 fercely fought three
rounder. WArgo was easy to hit but
when Guinan landed he took a poke
IN return. After splitting the first
two rounds the Pitt boy wore down
Guinan in the third heat and had
Tex IN trouble.
Pitt Captain Beats Benitez.
Capt. Ralph Caruso Of Pitt made it
7-2 In the l3S-pound struggle when
ne scored over Catholics Rene Benitez
The Panther was too ruRged and
strong ana no protest was made over
the decision.
Capt. Fred Mix tried to break the
tie in the 14S-pound bout but was
held to 4 draw by James curzi, a
strong puncher with his right paw.
MIX pecked out 4 lead in the first
round but then curzi landed a right
nigh on Mix's check. knocking the
Card into the ropes. This won Curzi
the second round. In the final Mix's
eye was opened when they butted.
The decision was . draw. with the
crowd booing for some minutes in
favor of Mix.
The Greco -Bombe affair came next.
with Bombe pounding oreco's body
Tor two dull rounds. In the last ses.
sion Greco landed his one good punch.
Apparently it impressed the judges.
Anyway. Greco got the duke and it
was ga to "a.
Thereafter it was all Catholic Uni
versity. Slant found 1t easy to land
on Paul Ashman.in the ls5 affair and
was measuring his green foernan %
early As the second round. Ashman
could take it' better than he could
DO anything. He proved 1t by stay
ing the distance.
Spares Turner'S Opponent.
Turner added another knockout to
his string by battering tall George
Luptnacci In the light-heavy en-.
counter. Midway the second round
Referee Hughes stepped between them
and stopped it, awarding Turner q
technical knockout.
Catholic originally was scheduled
to meet c. c. N. Y. next week, but
the meet has been Cancelled. The
Cards victims were Maryland. Duke,
Western Maryland. Villanova and
Pittsburgh. Summaries:
il6.pound class-Bernstein- catholic,
deleated Huron (Pittsburgh). decision.
l2t-pound Glassware iPittsburgh)
defeated ouinan (catholicJ, decision.
l35-pound class-Caruso (Pittsbureh,
defeated Benites (catholic). decision.
14S pound ciass-Mix (Catholic) and
Cursi (Pittsbufsh) drew.
lb5-peund elsss-oreeo tCatholic) de-
fsatea 1ombe tPittsbursh). dseision.
165-pound elaSs-etant tCathelic) de-
feated Ashman tPtttsbursh). decision.
175--ound class-Turner (catholie) de-
featsa Lupinaeei tPittsbureh). technical
knockout, second round.