The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-16
LOCALS TRIUMPH
WITH
Griffith, Davis, Meares And
Lee Win Bouts In First
Meet Of Season
Rv GLENWARD BLOMME

Rv GLENWARD BLOMME
The New Hanover High school
boxing team opened its 1910 season
here last night by pounding out a
clean.cut 4 to 1 decision over the
Warsaw High school ring squad be-
fore a small crowd of enthusiastic
fans.
The Warsaw coach brought a
large squad here for the bouts but
the locals were only able to match
five of their boys. The heavier
weights were unavailable and both
coaches had to rely upon their light
err fighters.
Two exhibitions opened the nights
card with James Fennell and
Charles Edwards mixing it up Tor
three short rounds much to the de-
light Of the crowd in the first bout
and Irky King taking Jack Naull
over the ropes in the second three
rounder.
The Warsaw team started the
scoring with Jimmy Batson, 80, out
smarting High Griffith, 80, for a
decision in three rounds. Griffith
showed classy style in the first
round but Batson carried the fight
with rights to the ribs and head to
win the first round. Batson was too
fast for Griffith in the next two
rounds and rushed Griffith about
the ring shooting rights and lefts
to the head and face to gain the ue-
cision.
Jack Griffith, 100, tied the score
in the second bout of the night when
he gained a popular decision over
Tyndall, 100, of Warsaw in The best
fight of the card. Both fighters
came out fast in the opening round
with Tyndall smuggling and throw
ing wild punches to the head hut
with Griffith covering well and get
ting in the cleaner punches. Grit
fifth started finding the range ir
the second round and tired his OPP
ponent with hard rights to the head
With the longer reach, Griffith shot
his one.two punch to the face
throughout the third round and al
though pretty tired at the bell the
local fighter gained the decision ant
the point for the Wildcats.
In the third bout, Kenneth Davis
lis, gained q close nod owe Jimmy
Green, lis, Of Warsaw, in three
rounds of slow fighting. Davis open
ed the first round with nice right
and left jabs to the face and carried
the round easily. Green came bach
in the second and third rounds with
a nice exhibition Of punching ane
tired Davis with his steady flow o.
rights and lefts to the head ane
body. Davis rallied in the last stages
Of the last round to gain the deci
sion.
Douglas Meares, 100, former Gold
en- Gloves Novice champ, made 6
comeback in the second round tt
win by a TKO over Eason, 100, Of
Warsaw when the latter failed tt
answer the gong at the start Of the
third round.
Eason started off fast in the open
er with rushing tactics which car
ried him under Meares' guard ant
enabled him to punish the ocal lac
about the face. Meares was knock
ed from the ring, but did not stay
for the count. Coming back strong
in the second, Meares kept up 8
steady tattoo Of left jabs to Eason's
face which gradually wore the
visitor down and he was almost out
at the bell.
In the fifth and final bout Bobby
Lee, 1872, won the fourth point for
the locals with a clean decision over
Herring, 1872 The bout was slow
with the local puncher carrying the
fight to his opponent and scoring
easily with his fast left to the head
The best punch Of the fight was a
solar picks punch from the right
hand Of Lee in the second round
which nearly stopped the visitor
cold.
Bill Rhodes was the referee, and
Frank Burns, Mike Hall and Phi.
Buchheit acted as judges.
The Wildcats will battle the Tabor
City punchers in the High school
ring Friday night at 8 o'clock in the
second fight card of the High schoo,
season. Several Of the veteran
fighters Of last years squad are ex.
pected to be in the lineup for the