Evening star., 1940-01-14
Trims Richmond
Quintet, Whips
Duke, 5 10 ;
Court Tilt Decided
Early, but Fistic
Match Is Hectic
BY FRANCIS f. STAN.


three loop starts. won a 35-to-19
decision over the University of
Richmond.
A capacity crowd of 1000 jan.med
into the Field House to watch the
twin victory which opened the
double-header sports season at Col
lege Park and, while the court re-
suit was a surprise as far as the
score was concerned, form ran
true in the ring.
Richmond, also undefeated in
Southern basket ball and winner
OF all four previous ganfes, never
was a contender in the court tilt.
Forfeit Helps Maryland.
In the squared circle Maryland
profited by a Duke forfeit in the
135-pound class but this was evened
when the Terps' Bob Bradley, on
his way to an easy victory in the
127-pound match, was declared the
loser on technical knockout when
his opponent, Captain Faison Jor-
dan. opened cut over his left eye.
The referee. Charley Short of
Baltimore, stopped the bout and
awarded the decision to Jordan,
who was in bad shape after the
second round.
Under Eastern intercollegiate
rules 1t would have been possible
for Short to have stopped the bout
and awarded Bradley the decision
but there is no provision for such a
move under Southern Conference
rules.
A rangey junior, Johnny Harm,
staked Maryland to lead in the
boxing, when he outjabbed Dan
Brandon of Duke to win Referee
Charley Shorts decision at the end
Of three fast rounds. Harm, boxing
| in an intercollegiate meet for the
first time, began to use his left in
the second round and from this
point ON he piled up a slight but
clear-cut margin. Brandon. although
| Dukes intramural champion in the
l20-pound class, also was boxing for
the Blue Devils for the first time.
Bob Bradley, Maryland's best
pianist and leader of his own orches-
ira, was an easy winner over Capt.
Faison Jordan of Duke as the bell
rang for the third round, but just
when Marylanders were chalking up
their second point, Referee Short
was forced to stop the fight and give
it to Duke when cut over Bradley's
left eye developed
Bradley, who outboxed Jordan in
the first and who sent him reeling
and groggy to his corner at the end
of the second, was given a 'tremen-
dous ovation. The technical knock
out came after "a seconds of the
final heat.
ROseman Knocked From Ring.
Duke forfeited the 1856 5-pound class
bout, in which Matte Askin of Mary
land was to face Phil Mitchell.
In the 145-pound class Hotsy Al
perstein, sophomore, increased the
Old Liners lead with a smashing,
unscientific victory over Tom Lat
inner. This went the three-round
distance and there were no knock
downs.
The 155-pound contest, coming
next, threw scare into the crowd
when Ed Morel of Duke, senior and
letter man, not only knocked out
Maryland's Morris Roseman, but
belted him out of the ring. Rose
man fell on his head, and it took a
few moments to revive him. but the
Terp, fighting for the first time,
came around and was able to walk to
the dressing room. Morel had been
knocked to the floor himself few
seconds before. 1t all happened in
the first round.
Cox Registers T. X. O.
Newton Cox, the Terps' southpaw
champion of the Southern Confer
ence at the weight, scored a tech
nical knockout over Percy Kirk
man after one minute of the third
round. Cox always was ahead of his
shorter rival, and when he tagged
him with hard left that made his
knees sag, Referee Short stopped it
and awarded Maryland the decision.
The meet was clinched when Izzy
Leites, Maryland's 175-pounder, was
awarded an unimpressive decision
over Johnny Murphy. The crowd
booed the verdict.
The heavyweight class, as a result,
became an exhibition, but it was
the widest of the night. In it
were Bob Brown, 220-pound Mary
land grid tackle, and Wade Eldridge,
a last minute starter for Duke.
Brown, wearing a large leather
and-steel brace on his left knee, was
slightly less adapted to boxing than
his opponent, who fought from a
weird crouch. The shorter. lighter
Eldridge rocked Brown in the first
round and punched him into dazed
condition in the second. Short
stopped it after Ito OF this session.
I2Q pounds-Harn (MJ decisioned
ov1; l27 ars pe}Hnds1Jordsn e}un sz o. won tko
d3o pounds-Duke forfeited to Mary
145 pounds-Alperstein in tM.) decisiored
l55 pounds-Morel (M) knocked out
1853 pounds-cox tMo won two over
Kirkman ] minute. third round
175 pounds-Leites (M0 decisioned
|
Unlimited-Eldridge CD won .ko ever
Brown: 10 of first round.
Basket Game Won Early.
| Maryland's courtmen took such a
commanding lead in the first 10
minutes that the remaining 30
lacked punch and suspense. With
George De Witt leading the attack,
the Terrapins took a 14-to-2 edge
over Richmond, which answered the
opening whistle as an unbeaten
team. Previously, Richmond had
defeated Hampden-Sydney, David
son, Randolph Macon and William
| (see Maryland, Page B-s.)