The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07

The lads tried each other eau
tiously before Weldon waded in. Wei
don pushed the fight throughout the
first and had the edge in the first
round.
Jockey was more aggressive in the
second round, using his left effec-
lively. Toward the middle of the
round the lads were exchanging left
jabs to the jaw and then went to
sparring again.
Weldon really waded in during the
third, jabbing and punching Jockey
hard to the head and body. Once
he had him down for an. eight count
and, again for a. count Of nine.
Carrot Rice, of Marion, N. c., de-
cisioned Ed Flora, Of Wilmington, in
the 136-pound open.
> The first round was close, with
Flora taking the edge by virtue of
better fighting in close quarters.
Twice Flora went down, once on a
push when he was off balance and
once when: he slipped.
Rice was the man in the second
round as he slowed Flora and car
ried the fight to him consistently.
Flora was still frequently off bal
ance, but did not go down in this
round.
The third was either mans with
Rice looking better in close fighting
and with both boys pushing the fight
alternately.
Collier Ostwalt, Jr., of Belmont,
decisioned Billy Land, of Whining
ton, in the .127-pound open class.
The first round was a bit of the
scientific with the boys hitting hard
when they were able to hit. Ostwalt,
apparently. reluctant to fight close,
would hit and clinch, hit and clinch.
Both lads landed several hard rights.
Land had the edge if there was any.
It was more of the same in the
second, with Ostwalt loosing a good
left several times and Land working
when he could with his right. But
the fight continued in the hit and
clinch manner. Ostwalt had the
edge.
Ostwalt loosed that right again and
again in the last, not too accurately
but frequently until Billy slowed.
Land was tired, his timing was off
and his punch seemed gone. It was
Ostwalt's round.
j. p. Shepherd, Of Raleigh, won a
decision over Green S%tanfield, also
of Raleigh, in the 127-pound open
class.
Shepherd pushed the fight in the
first round with Stanfield the more
scientific of the two fighters. Shep.
herd waded in fast and hard, dishing
it out as he went in. But in all the
round was about even.
Shepherd was still the aggressor in
the second and generally took the
round, punching and slugging away
at his ever retreating foe.
Stanfield by virtue Of greater &C
curacy, better timing and footwork,
looked the better in the third but 1t
was still anybody's fight.
Carlos Henderson won a decision
over Sinclair Caps in the 112-pound
open class. Both boys are from Ra-
leigh.
The first round was not as fast
as might have been expected. Hen
derson carried the fight most of the
way, with Caps cooking his right
frequently but landing it seldomly'
In the second it was Henderson prac-
tically all the way as he pushed the
fight and used a left rather effec-
lively. Caps left, so effective the
first night, wasn't of much value
last night. In the third Henderson
caught him off balance and had him
down for a brief count. But Caps
came back with some accurate
punching as the bout closed.
Jimmy Swan won an unpopular
decision over Eugene Hamm, OF
Raleigh in the 112 pound open
class.
For once Jimmy Swan found the
crowd pulling for his opponent
Hamm, a lad smaller than Swan
and apparently not nearly so ex
perienced, captured the fancy Of
the crowd, which cheered him lust
lily. Hamm was game from the
first gong as he took plenty Of
punishment, but time and again hi
came back to put hard lefts int
Jimmy's face.
It was Jimmy all the way II
the second but Hamm was as game
as they make 'em. Once Hamm hi
the canvas but he a up like {
flash and came back to give JUS
about as good as he took from TN
Southeastern United States G.
champ of last year.
Hamm was forced to cover FIRE
ouently but each time he woult
come out to lace at Jimmy witt
hard rights and lefts and soon ha'
the champ weary. They fought an
fought hard till the final bell an
the crowd was yelling all the wa!
flor the lad from the Capital City
Marvin Pruett, Of Lumberton
won a decision over Boyce Black
of Charlotte in the novice light
heavyweight class.
Pruett opened fast, carrying tn
fight to his taller opponent. II
kept throwing his right to Black
head, occasionally following with
left, In the second Pruett kept nj
left in Blacks face but the figh
slowed as both men tired. At tn
bell Pruett was pouring rights an
1,.l,,. hood Rack puSheI