Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-01-29
Turner K. @.
In Last Bout
Saves Cards
Cronin Upsets Bunso;
Basket Boil Come
Is WuIkover
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star STAFF Correspondent.


With a dramatic comeback, Catho-
lie University's underdog boxing
team earned A draw with Mary
land here tonight before an overflow
gallery of 1900 after the Old Line
basketball team scored an easy 31-2l
victory over Virginia.
The boxing match had its usual
quota of upsets, but with the result
Ringing on the outcome of the last
round of the final bout, Catholics
Jay Turner dealt two handfuls of
sizzling leather to the features of
Maryland's heavyweight, towering
Herman Raisin, to register tech
nical knockout after l minute 40
seconds.
Raisin, capitalizing on Turner's
overzealous, taut tactics, won the
first round, smiling and calmly
whipping rights to Turner's tummy.
Turned wiped off the smile in the
second session, however, with rights
to the midsection and quickly set
tied the issue in the third.
With Raisin staggering blindlv
from succession of both fists to
the head, Referee Elder Craft ter
minated the tiff.
Terp's Cronin Is Surprise.
The highlight of the program.
though, was furnished by Mary
lands Frank Cronin, a two-fisted
specimen who conceded years of ex-
perience to Joe Bunsa, then pro-
ceeded to blast him into the second
defeat Of brilliant collegiate ca
reer through the medium of grasp
ing a decision in the 155-pound
class
Cronin, drafted from Maryland's
track team, never had laced on a
glove before November, but his crisp
contemplating and clever ring
generalship belied his experience.
Bunsa, bewilde2ed in the first
round as Cronin waited patiently for
Joe to lead and then bounced south
paw swats off his head, backed
Cronin to the ropes in the second
canto and poured both hands to the
head. For an instant it seemed
Cronin would sag, but back he came
and finished with furry to Bunsa's
head. Bunsa had shot his bolt and,
tired and wild, he was easy prey for
the courageous Cronin's clever box
ing in the final round.
Baritone, Cards Ace, in Hole.
Catholic had an ace in the hole In
Leonard Baritone, a Hartford Comm
youngster, who made a successful
ring debut by trouncing Bob Brad
ley in the 1877 pound division. Brad
ley was dropped to his gloves in the
second round from a well-delivered
right behind the ear as the spunky
Baritone Offset the Maryland fight
er's occasional rights.
Bradley twice was staggered IN
the third round and Catholic Uni
versity thus pulled on even terms
with the Terps, Maryland having
won the 12O-pound class when
Coach Eddie Lafond elected to for
felt.
Benny Alperstein, Maryland's ma
tional intercollegiate lightweight
champion, disposed of Nestor Marti-
nez by the technical knockout route
after l minute As seconds of the
second round, but not before Marti-
nez had creased Benny's brow with
worry and several solid left hand
shots.
Alperstein Stops Martinez.
Alperstein had more ammunition.
however, and more knowledge of
how to employ it. He forced Marti-
nez to take count of nine in the
second round after Nestor had
rocked him, and when the Catholic
representative kept absorbing pun
ishment Referee Craft stopped the
scrap.
Nathan Askin, a local tennis star
fighting for Maryland at las pounds,
outpointed Bill Gearon, an mex
perienced lad who operates an eleva-
tor at the Capitol on the night shift.
to stake Maryland to a 81 lead, and
Cronin then assured the Terps of at
least a tie by beating Bunsa.
BY grace of a mildly debatable
verdict. Gerald Strang, Catholic
l65-pounder, won by split decision
over Newton Cox 1t was extremely
close, with the partisan crowd feeling
Cox at least should have earned a
draw.
Fred Slant, c. U. hght-heavy-
weight, left the issue UP to Turner.
blasting Bob Lodge with both gloves
to make Referee Craft halt the fight
40 seconds after it had started. Slant
staggered the outclassed Lodge a
few seconds after the opening bell
and quickly made certain he didn't
recover his bearings.
Summaries:
., l20-pound class-Maryland won By
susSolned so5 b1sai:;d Baritone co.
MdJ won by technical knockout s'V over
S s.cnn Martinez 1 minute As seconds Of
49, i45-pouna class-Nathan Askin tMdJ
outpointed Joe Bunsa.
l65-pound class-0erald strang &c. o.
i7p-pound elsssSPred Stan. &c. U,
won by technical knockout over Bob Lodge.
40 H seconds ,Tst ~, round; 80 ~ y,
won BY technical knockout over Herman
Raison. 1 minute 40 seconds of the third
round.
Terp Five Gets Early Lead.
Maryland spatched an impressive
early lead in the basket ball game,
and only after the Terps had COM
piled 27-9 margin did the Cavaliers
reduce the score to respectable
bounds.
The Terps' synchronized zone de-
tense simply functioned too smoothly
for the Cavaliers, who previously
had captured five of six games, and
the sporadically brilliant and FUN
bling Old Liners merely coasted
along.
It was angular George Knepley.
senior guard, who paced Maryland
to q 1876 lead at the end of the first
half His effortless. calm and me.