Evening star., 1939-03-05
Al perstein, Cronin
Sparkle as Terps
Upset Cadets
Cox, Askin Also Defeat
West Pointers, Heavily
Penu|ized for FouIine
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Stafi Correspondent.

COLLEGE PARK, Md, March A.
Marylands rose-tinted vision of a
second undefeated boxing season in
three years under the coaching of
Coach Heinie Miller was realized be-
fore $500 spectators here tonight.
Aided by the opposition's fouling,
the Terps preserved their clean slate
and smeared Armys hitherto un-
blemished record, 4l2-3l2, in an up
set.
The Southern Conference cham
pions, laboring under an extremely
heavy burden after yielding a 80
lead to the West Point punchers,
rallied to snatch four successive de-
cisions and draw for its third vic
tory of a season that also included
a trio of ties.
Army virtually fouled itself out of
a triumph, forcing Referee Elder
Craft to issue repeated warnings,
and in both the 145-pound and 175-
pound engagements the Cadets
might have grasped victories had
they not been guilty of costly tactics.
Army Off to Flying Start. 4.
Maryland elected to forfeit the
heavyweight bout and its chances of
winning appeared slim when Army
captured the first two tiffs. Walter
Lavendusky, 1888 Eastern intercol-
legiate bantamweight champion, ex-
ploded right hands off angular
George DORIS anatomy, survived
some solid lefts. and continued to
bounce short rights off DORIS chin
and midsection to take the 100
pound class decision.
The battery for the 127-pound
argument was Walter Clement of
Army pitching and Bob Bradley of
Maryland catching. at least in the
first round. In the second session
Bradley found the range, but after
he twice had staggered Clement he
met with a minor disaster in the
form of butt. The resulting cash
over his right eye and flow of blood
stopped the scrap after l minute 25
seconds of the second round, with
Clement credited with a technical
knockout.
Maryland Gets Busy.
Then Maryland went to work.
Flinging his last leather for the
Terps, semi-bald Benny Alperstein
floored a game, but outclassed Harry
Rising, local lad, once in the first
round and twice in the third to win
the 135-pound division decision.
Rising made the mistake of rush.
Ing Benny and was greeted enthusi-
astically with authoritative pokes to
the head
Personifed perpetual motion,
Army's Tom Stanley. Eastern in
tercollegiate champion last year,
patterned his punching after pro-
fessional standards and for that
reason was dealt a defeat by Nathan
Askin in the 145-pound class. Shan
ley insisted on infighting. taboo in
collegiate circles, and that was in
strumental in his losing.
The awkward Askin, his left eye
sliced in the second round, suddenly
developed vicious streak in the
third canto and poured steady
stream of leather to Shanleys face,
but the Army fighters fouling was
the factor that swung the bout to
Maryland.
Cronin Scores Easily.
Frank Cronin, Maryland 155-
FOUNDER, terminated his college feud-
ing with nine successive victories
by easily outpointing classic-fea-
tured Dick Negley. Cronin, senior,
who pulled On boxing gloves for the
first time this year, ended per-
sonally undefeated season impress
sively, but Negley took his severe
shellacking standing all the way.
Don Hull of Army and Newton
Cox of Maryland danced merrily
through two rounds, but Cox syn
chronized the only persuasive punch
of the bout with the bell ending
the third round to drop Hull heavily
and earn the verdict.
Assured at least a draw but zeal
Gus to climax its record with a win,
Maryland entered the decisive light
heavyweight bout an underdog. and
although the Terps' Morton Stein
bach was dropped with a stiff left
to the midsection and sizzling right
nevertheless was given a draw with
Livingston Taylor due to the latter's
foul methods.
Fouls Costly to Taylor.
Taylor's left hooks were more dis
tressing than Steinbachs jabs in
the first round, but the Maryland
lad found an easy target in the
second round, repeatedly swapping
the Army fighters head back with
left hooks and jabs. Taylor PROB
ably would nave won the fight on
his third-round display, but he
landed below the equator several
times and was penalized severely.
pound class-Walter Lavendusky
(Army) won by decision over George Dorr.
127-pound clasS-Walter Clement ARMY
won by technical knockout over Bob Brad
l35,pound class = Benny Alperstein
Rising
l45pound class-Nathan Askin Mary
land won by decision over Tom Stanley.
l55-pound class-Frank Cronin MARY
landl won by decision over Dick Neeley.
l65-pound class-Newton Cox Mary
land won by decision over Don Hull
115- pound class - Morton Stenbach
Maryland and Livingston Taylor ARMY
Heavyweight class-Maryland forfeited
to Army.