The Washington times., 1938-02-18
Appalachian Threutens
Columbus Ring Record
Visitors R a ted
One Of Best
In South
BY BOB ADDIE

as numerous as ex-F'ouieS girls and
tonight another batch (glovers
not girls) will be served in the
tasty fistic menu at Turner's
Arena between the undefeated Co
lumbus University boxers and the
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege team.
Appalachian. which halls from
Boone, N. c.. where the two-step
is still hot stuff, has an excellent
chance to derail the Columbus
Express which has been chugging
along on the undefeated trail
since 1881.
The Columbus profile-destroyers
have what is probably the great
est record in the country. The Ex-
plorers have won 81 of % matches
and have been tied in two. Oddly,
tonight's visitors were one of the
two teams to earn a draw, accom-
plishing the feat last year.
FOUR GOLDEN GLOVERS
Appalachian this year was
beaten by Duke University which
lost to North Carolina, which in
turn was setup for the Teachers.
It's sort of situation comparable
to the professional ranks in which
Max Baer knocked out Max
Schmeling who knocked out Joe
Louis who knocked out Baer.
Four of the Appalachian slug
gers are Golden Gloves champs of
North Carolina and the other half
of the team was runner-up. That
North Carolina tournament must
have been an invitation affair.
Reputedly the outstanding Teacher
is Garnett Clark, 147-pounder,
who will attempt to impart some
of his superior knowledge to Bert
Parod. Clark is undefeated in two
years competition and is touted
as the collegiate Barney Ross.
MARKER RATED BEST
Parod is no setup as he proved
in his bout against Jack Yates,
of DeSales, last week. Yates, a
gimlet-eyed blond boy with a chin
on which you could have hung
your hat, was touted as a world
beater but wound up on the can
vas studying the architecture of
Mr.. Turner's ceiling.
The best of the Columbus box
ers, in this writer's opinion, is
George Marker, 115-pounder. Lit
tie Mr.. Marker looks like a toy
gun but carries a kick like a can
non. George didn't even muss his
hair last week in flattening Chuck
Coehrs in so seconds flat. The
latter eloquently describes Chuck
who must have been in a hurry
to go to bed that night.
SHIFTY BOXER
In the 125-pound class, Colum-
bus had Ray Morse, fast, shifty
boxer. Jimmy Willis, knockout
artist, is Une 135-pound hope. In
the 165-pound class, Dave Schlaifer
will carry the Explorers colorS
while Lou Hayman represents the
l75-pounderS and Jim Brown the
dreadnaughts.
Brown is southpaw heavy
weight, one of those ring rarities.
Jimmy outpuffed a corpulent party
named Bud Brazzill last week and
scored a knockout in the third.
Columbus scored six knockouts
in sweeping the eight bouts with
DeSales last week, but then De
Sales resistance was pretty weak.
Appalachian will provide a Stiffer
test for Columbus tonight and
may even shatter that long win
ming streak.
The lineup: lis pounds George Marker
(C.) VS. Herrill Young (A.); 126 pounds,
RAS Morse CO. VS.. George Corn (A.)
1875 pounds Jim Willis (C.) VS.. Andre
Na6eau (A); 145 pounds. Bert Perod
co. VS. Garnett Clark (A0: 1855 pounds,
Bill Crum CO. VS.. Earl Smith (A.); 1855
pounds, Dave SchIaifer (C) VS. John
Rackley (A)' 175 pounds. Lou Hayman
(C) VS.. Len Woodruff (A.), and heavy
weight Jim Brown Co VS.. Len wilson
(A.).