The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-20
LOCALS WIN MEET :
BY So DECISION
Walker Wins By Knockout;
Two Bouts End In Draws;
Win Second Of Year
By GLENWARD BLOMME

Dy OAA4L1N w t1IlD DIONME
The New Hanover High school
boxers outclassed a battling Tabor
City High school ring squad by a 5
to 2 score in the high schools squar-
ed circle last night before a small
crowd Of loyal fans who braved the
snowy blast Of winter to yell for
their favorites
Coach Howard Mcdonald paraded
a classy bunch Of leather singers
before the fans and the latter were
kept on their feet most of the night
by the deadly punching Of fighters
of botn teams as they squared off
for the honor of their alma matters.
The locals have demonstrated a COM
plete reversal of form owe their
Showing of last year when they did
not win a battle and have marked
up two wins against no losses so
far this year. Both Of these victories
have come within the week.
L. Todd, 80, Of Tabor City, started
the fireworks by taking a three
round decision over Norman Davis
in the first bout Of the night. Todd
came out fast in the first round
shooting rights to the head and ribs
and with Davis %retaliating with left
jabs to the face and chest. Todd
kept up his rushing tactics in the
second and third rounds still shoot
ing his right to the head while
taking a couple Of hard rights to
the stomach. Davis was kept on the
defense most Of the battle and the
visiting lad scored a clean-cut vic
tory.
Joe "Slugger" Walker, fighting in
the 100 pound division, came out OF
his corner with fight in his eye and
lost little time in dropping D. Gore
to the canvas with a left hook to the
chin shortly after landing a lard
right to the stomach which drove
Gore to the ropes. Gore took the
count after As seconds Of the open
ing round and the Wildcats earned
their first point.
Kenneth Davis, 10, followed his
teammate with a hard hitting win
over E. Fowler, 10. in the third
bout Of the evening. Davis hot a
long left to the mid-section and then
followed it up with merciless let's
and rights to the head and ribs.
Fowler dropped to the floor for a
count Of 3 but was saved from a
knockout by the bell. Failing to an
Fowler was the loser by a technical
knockout.
James Fennell, 1875, and c. Gore,
| 1875, put on one of the most exciting
bouts Of the card with both lads
| slugging it out all the way much
to the delight Of the fans. Fennell
carried the first round with rights to
the head, but Gore came back with
fast lefts and rights to the face n
body. Fennell forced Gore back with
short left jabs to the face in the Sec
ond round and then both boys mixed
it up during the third session to
gain a half point each for their
nights work. A draw decision by
the judges was well received by the
fans.
Douglas Meares, 100, won n of
| the oldest battles ever seen on a To-
cal ring card as he gained the de-
cision over G. Long, 1870, after TOUR
rounds of exciting fighting which
had the fans yelling for blood.
Long started the fight with long
RIGHTS tn the face which drew blood
from Meares' nose. Long was warn
ed repeatedly by the referee for low
punching and lost a few points IN
this manner. Meares shot his left 10
the head, Both fighters mixed 1t up
in the third round, but due to the
foul and a draw decision it was de-
cided by the coaches of the two
teams to fight an extra round with
| Meares putting On. a great rally TO
win the nod.
Bobby Lee, 1876, stopped Grise, 49,
in three rounds of fast punching with
! Lee the aggressor all the way n
| hitting harder than he has In MS
three years on the local team. Lee
rushed in from the opening bell TO
land terrific rights to the face and
heart. A long right to the chin
snapped Crises head back m al
most dropped him to the mat. Lee
tied up Grise in the second u
with a barrage of rights to n heaft
and Grise came back with some gooo
let's and rights to the head. Lee
opened up in the third and flnal
round with a series Of crushing
rights to the head to win his de-
cision.
Herbert Houst IN, 1855, fought one
OF the finest battles of his career IN
the final bout of the evening when
he gained a judges draw over X.
Fowler, 1856. Houston rushed Fowler
about the ring with hard blows TO
the head and ribs and had the visl'
tor in his own corner covering UP
after a terrific series Of hard rights
and lefts to the body and IN
the second round Houston dropped
Fowler for a count of 5 but h La
hor City lad came back to make a
Stand of it in the latter stages OF
the fight.
Kenneth Mann was the referee;
.nTubby" Bryant, L. J. Coleman and
Floyd Bumgarner were the judges
with Gleason and Spencer as timers.