The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-08
w. L. l. Whips Y Quint
To Win City Cage Flag

al. Twice he had him down for
counts Of eight, once for a count
Of six, once for a count of seven
and several times he tapped him
down but he came back before
the count.
Jimmy Swan won the 112 pound
championship with a knockout
over Carlos Henderson, Of Raleigh,
in one minute of the first round.
It was a hard right to the chin,
while Jimmy had him on the
ropes, that did the work.
George FranqueZ, Of Belmont Alb
hey, won the 118 pound Open class
with a decision over Ted McFall, of
Charlotte.
Smiling Franquez looked much
the classier of the two in the open
ing round as he displayed good tim
ing and accuracy to take the round
with al
The little, colorful Polynesian
early in the second worked hard on
McFall's head until the latter was
groggy and then gently sat him in
the ropes and danced to q neutral
corner.
Outpointed and hoping for a
knockout, McFall came out of his
| corner fighting hard in tie third, but
he was 10 match for the ever-laugh.
ing Franquez who beat his ears
down, bent him over with rights and
Strengthened him with rights and
lefts.
Jimmy Casteen, Of Wilmington,
won the 1875 lb. Novice championship
by a decision over Red Cecil Horne,
of Belmont.
Casteen was the aggressor in the
first round, pushing the fight to
Horne practically all the way. Cas-.
teen, not fighting his usual defen.
sive fight, drove his opponent before
him.
Horne scored early in the second
round, but with both boys clinching
frequently the honors of the round
went to Referee William K. Rhodes,
Jr., who stumbled, fell into the ropes
and broke down the ring, after a
minute and nine seconds. The boys
seemed to welcome the rest which
followed while the ring was repair
ed. From there on Casteen drove
in time and again to punish his tall.
er opponent.
Horne came out fighting but Cas-.
teen Don drove him off and again
assumed the role of the aggressor.
He drove Horne back and back,
finally knocking him through the
ropes for a count Of nine. From
then or Horne hung on but tina.
was about all as Casteen tried wild
ly and overanxiously for a KO.
Bill Clark, of Charlotte, won IN
unpopular decision and the Novice
championship in the 148 Id. class
over Ike Davis Of Manteo.
Clark, by far the more experienced
fighter, showed infinitely better
timing, frequently ducking Davis
wild swings and then slipping in to
punish him badly.
Davis punches packed by far the
more power but again in the second,
with his timing off, he was unable
to count as effectively es Clark. In
one engagement Of toe and toe slug.
ging they appeared to be about on
even terms.
Davis was the aggressor all the
way through the final round and
managed to land some hard rights
to the head that were telling. The
last round went to Davis by a fair.
ly good margin.
Donald Ray Lane, of Burgaw, won
over S. L. Rape, Of Belmont, with
a knockout in 1:42 of the third
round, in the 112 Id. Novice class.
Lane, hitting hard, took the edge
in the first round, looking much bet
ter than he did Tuesday night when
he met Douglas Baxley of Lumber.
ton. He pushed the fight through.
out the round and scored several
really hard-hit blows.
Lane, who seemed to have de.
veloped great hitting power over.
night, floored Rape with hard rights
early in the second for a count of
nine and once again after that put