Evening star., 1940-02-25
Washington Tennis Players Remain Dominant Middle Atlantic Rankings
Ring Team
Annexes Southern
Conference Title
Askin, leites Of Terps
Lose in FinoI Bouts;
S. CuroIino Second
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, s. c., Feb. 24.-The
Clemson Tigers walked OF with the
Southern Conference boxing cham
pionship tonight by winning the
light-heivyweight and heavyweight
bouts in the 14th annual tournament
here.
Clemson amassed a total Of 10
points, 6 more than its nearest rival,
South Carolina. The Citadel and
North Carolina finished in a tie for
third place with 10 each.
Maryland, 1889 champion, was
fifth with six points. Duke and Vir-
ginia Tech had three each, while
N. c. State wound up with a zero.
Clemson went into the finals with
IS points and needed only one win
in five bouts to regain the title
which it won in 1898. Losing two
Of the early matches and forfeiting
another, the Tigers had to wait
until the next to the last match to
triumph.
Two Terps Lose in Finals.
Nate Askin, 135-pounder, and Izzy
Leites, ITS, were Maryland's only
finalists, and both lost.
After getting the worst Of the
scrap through the first two rounds,
Sol Blatt of South Carolina sud.
denly shot a booming right upper
cut to the jaw Of Askin, top-seeded
In his class, and won by a knock.
out in ! minute, IS seconds of the
third round.
Leites lost close decision to Har-
vey Ferguson in the bout that
clinched the honors for Clemson.
Finals.
linaL. decisioned Brandon Duke
127-pound class-Bagnal tthe Citadel,
decisioned Dorm CLEMSON.
135-pound class-Biatt tSouth Caro-
linal. knocked out Askin maryland, 1875
Of third round.
145-pound class-Lempesis lthe Citadel.
Driesbach was injured in the semi-hnal
linal;. decisioned Woolvine Virginia TECH.
165-pound class--sanders North Caro-
lina1 decisiqned Rion Clemson, CO,
Heavyweight class-Wilson (Clemson).
decisioned Baxter South Carolina.
Terps Have Hard Luck.
Hard luck in the semi finals put
Maryland out of the running, two
terps being eliminated by cut eyes,
as Askin won as expected and Leites
scored a mild upset by defeating
SoWder of Virginia Tech.
Maryland's worst blow came when
Rion was awarded a 165-pound go
with Newton Cox when the defend
ing champion suffered a cut over
his right eye midway the first round.
The doctor ordered the fight
stopped. Rion. seeded No. I, was
getting beating.
Later George Pyles, Maryland
heavyweight, suffered the same fate
at the hands of Baxter. running the
Terms hopes completely.
Askin, the No. 135-pounder, gave
H j. Graninger of Virginia Tech
brisk betting with short but hard
lefts and rights and took an easy
decision.
Hathaway Is Outclassed.
j. w. Woolwine of Virginia Tech
registered the first technical knock
out when Referee Ed Brockman
stopped his 155-pound bout with
Norman Hathaway of Maryland
after one minute, three seconds OF
the third round.
WoolWine pounded Hathaway furi-
ously and only the bell saved the
| Marylander in the first round. He
was swatting Hathaway freely when
Brockman intervened.
Semi-final results:
12O-pound class-McDonald tsouth Car.
olina) decisioned Berry clemson; Bran
don tDuke) decisioned Winstead North
127-pound class-Bagnal CThs. Citadel
Carolina State.
cisioned Graninger Virginia TECH: Blatt
tSouth Caroina) decisioned Gennett
North Carolina
decisioned Dickerson North Carolina;
Driesbach lClemson) decisioned Beall
pAA3ll 'Nortl Caro-
linal decisioned Lotion (South Carolina;
WooiTne Virginia Tech) won by tech.
n1cal Knockout over Hathaway MARYLAND,
1903 of third round.
l65-pound class-Rion (Clemson) was
aWafoed decision over Cox CMarylandD IN
nrst round when Cox suffered cut over
the eye: Sanders North Carolina) deci-
stoned Ulrich tThe Citadel.
L5-pound class-Fergusop (Clemson)
decisioned Robertson North Calolina
state; Leites Maryland decisioned sow
der Virginia Techl.
Unlimited class-Baxter jSoutb r,ro