Evening star., 1939-11-30
Both Possess Capable
Array Of Mittmen :
For Nucleus
Terps Bank on Everine,
Rookie Heavy; Cards
Have Six Veterans
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.
A slight drop in temperature
brought out heavy coats and muf-
flers, and probably meant Messrs.
Eddie La Fond and Heinie Miller
would be getting out their boxing
squads for the long winter ahead.
A call to their quarters revealed the
gentlemen were a step ahead OF us,
had recognized unmistakable signs
of winter as early as last week and
already had their punch and jarring
squads hard at work
But they were none too happy
about the approaching campaign, in
fact they were downright pessimistic.
Il lose my best heavyweight"
moaned Herr Miller, whose Maryland
ringmen hold a mortgage on the
Southern Conference championship,
"but III have one or two surprises for
the boys"
The thought of losing his heavy
weight brought tear to Herr Mil
ler's pale blue eyes and he dabbed
fltfully at them with a sheaf of N.
B. A. reports. 1t was strange case.
Tie boxer, Master Artie Lane,
wandered off the campus one day
and hasn't been seen or heard from
since.
A rumor is being waited about that
lad of the same name and descrip-
ton will reappear in Columbus
University suit this winter, but it
has not been confirmed. There also
is talk that Abe Cohen. another
husky Miller envisioned as confer
ence heavyweight champion, is en-
rolled at Columbus, but the sugges-
ton that he might have the boys
under his wing brought a gasp of
horror from Jim McNamara. Ex-
plorers' coach. and he threw up his
hands in pious objection.
Evering Balm for Miller.
But Millers grief is assuaged no
little by the presence of "Curley"
Evering. a raW-boned 1885, FOUNDER,
who can floor a bull with his right,
providing the bull Will stand still.
Everlng IS no novice at boxing, hav-
ing fought at 455 pounds for Balti-
more City College few years ago
and Heinie is downright certain he's
destined to be the next Southern
Conference heavyweight champion.
Everlng will be given a map of Col
lege Park. warned to avoid the
familiar pitfalls, and probably will
be guarded by detachment of
marines from Miller's own 5th Regi-
ment Reserves.
Matters are not as dark as Miller
pictures them, however, for Newton
Cox, bespectacled conference mid
dleweight champion, is back, along
with Bob Bradley, piano-plunking
l25-pounder, and Nate Askin, run
nerup in the 145-pound division.
Also available are Izzy Leites, light
heavyweight; Johnny Hughes, a
likely looking soph 175-pounder;
"Hotsy" Alperstein, also a graduate
OF the freshman team and brother of
Ben Alperstein, former national in
tercollegiate champion. Charley Dorr,
pesky 125-pounder, and Johnny
Harm, a peewee puncher, are others
Miller is counting on to keep the
crown at College Park.
Harms Case Unusual.
Harms is a peculiar case. Last
year he was too light to use In
collegiate competition, coming in
at a scant 112 pounds. This year
he's up to robust ia, but the
Rules Committee tilted the weight
limit to 12O, leaving little Johnny
still shy of the mark. Miller says
the lad has so much ability it's a
shame to keep him idle, and may
sneak him into a couple of bouts
during the season.
Over at Catholic University Mr..
La Fond is becoming somewhat of
a professional alarmist. Each sea-
son he begins with three loud means
and sigh for the boxing team.
then goes out and wins most of
the matches. So Eddie's cries of
wolf must be taken with a couple
of grains of salt and discounted
about 40 per cent, roughly speaking.
The Redbirds start out with Joe
Bunsa, Jay Turner, Fred Slant,
Geary Strang. julius STANCES and
Lou Baritone. regulars last year, and
will pad out the squad Slant is
national collegiate middleweight
champion, Bunsa crack, 1885,
FOUNDER. Turner light heavy,
Strang middleWeight, STANCES
heavy, and Baritone featherweight.
"Sneeze' KsyceWski. 6-foot, 21O-
pound sophomore; Charley Mou-
tenot, speedy l75-pounder; Jim
Nemec, another heavyweight, and
Bill Griffin, sprightly light-heavy,
are football men La Fond is count
ing on for help. What Eddie really
needs is lighter men, preferably in
the 120 and l35 pound classes. The
Cards always have been short
on man power in these divisions,
although they have turned out some
mighty good nose -punchers.
Applicants should apply at La
Fond's Office. and if he happens to
be out just leave your card. He'll