The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-07
BOUTS IN GG FINA
FIGHTS TO DECIDE
MEET CHAMPIONS
Swami To Battle Henderson;
Gilliken. Young Bout Is
Feature Attraction

Tonight is the nlSnI Ol CAldAiApAoAAo
in the fourth annual Star-News.Bri-
sade BOYS club Golden Gloves tour
ney with IA bouts on tap some OF
the finest fighting ever seen IN the
| Carolinas is expected to be present
ed at the New Hanover high school
gymnasium.
Every fight tonight will be 8
championship fight and some OF the
most popular and colorful charac'
tiers in this, the; finest tourney Will
mington has ever had. will be In the
ring seeing action.
As for the past two days tickets
will remain on sale at the Star-News
offices until S p. m. and after that
| will be sold only at the gate.
The prices for tonight's fights
are: Women, IS cents, students
Cimited number Of tickets avail
able) IS cents; general admission,
rs cents; ringside, $1.25.
The program of the night will
consist of:
Open class.
112 lb. Carlos Henderson Of Ra.
leigh, VS.. Jimmy Swami, Of Will
mington. Henderson advanced on
a bye and a win owe Similar Capps
Of Charlotte, while Swami reached
the finals on a bye and a decision
over Eugene Hamm or Raleigh.
11s lb., George Franquez, Of Bel
mont Abbey, VS.. Ted McFails, Of
Charlotte. Franauez reached the
finals by a decision over Harry
Bornhill, Of Wilmington, while Nc
Falls had a bye.
1z7 h., Collier Ostwalt, Jr., of
Belmont, VS.. J. P. Shepherd, Of Ra.
leigh. Ostwalt advanced by wins
over Shelton Hamilton Of Dunn and
Billy Land Of Wilmington. Shep-
herd advanced on wins over Duncan
Britt, Of Lumberton and Green STAN
field, Of Raleigh.
1876 lib. George Weldon, of Belmont
Abbey, VS.. Carrot Rice. Of Marion,
N. c. Weldon arrived in the finals
after winning over Wade r. Brooks.
of Raleigh, and Paul Jockey of
Charlotte.
148 ID. Dick Young, Of Belmont
Abbey, VS.. Henry Giliken, of Will
mington. Young won his way to
the championship bout with u de-
cision over Bob Stanfield, Of Ra.
leigh, while Gilliken won a KO owe
Tom Britt, Of Raleigh.
ISL lb. zane Winters, Of Raleigh,
VS.. Walter Hulak, Of Wilmington
Winters, winner of a sensational
bout with Red Beard, also won over
Bruce w. Collins, Of Durham, while
Hulak, who had a bye the first
night, decisioned Delmar Mobley last
night.
176 lb. Josh Johnson. of Raleigh,
VS.. Fred Barnhill, Of Wilmington.
johnson in his lone fight defeated
Red Club, Of Wilmington, while
Barnhill took Robert Jackson, of
Lumberton.
Heavyweight-W. Edward "Tiny"
Taylor, of Wilmington, VS.. Charlie
Mcneil, of Lumberton. Taylor ad-
vanced on a decision over D. Huck
Lilies of Raleigh, while Mcneil drew
a bye.
Novice Division
112 lib. S. l.. Rape of Belmont VS..
Donald Ray Lane, Of Burgaw. Rape
advanced on two forfeits while
Lane had a bye and a win over
Douglas Baxley.
126 Id. Thurman Boswell, OF Will.
mington, vs.. r. C. Ellis, Raleigh.
Boswell advanced on a win over
Billie Willis, Of Southport, while
Ellis had a bye.
1856 Id. Red" Cecil Horne, of Bel.
mont, VS.. Jimmy Casteen of Will
mington. Horne moved up on q
win over Walter Jones, of South.
port, and a forfeit. Casteen, with
a bye the first night, won a de.
cision over William Borden, OF
White Lake CCC last night.
14S Id. Bill Clark, Of Charlotte.
VS.. Ike Davis, Jr., Of Manteo. Clark
took a forfeit the first night and
defeated James Henry Mcdonald
last night while Davis had a bye
tie first night and decisioned John
Britt, Of White Lake CCC last night.
161 Id. Erwin johnson, of Erwin,
VS.. Bill Kanos, Of Lumberton. John.
son advanced on a bye and a for |
felt and Kanos by a bye and a win
over Jake Ormsby, of Lumberton.
Lightheavyweight, Marvin Pruett.
of Lumberton, VS.. Gerald Wise. of
Manteo. Pruett won over Boyd
Black, of Charlotte, while Wise was
Dyed to the finals.
Tyson Rivenbark, of White Lake
CCC, will be a champ in the 11s.lb.
Novice class without having a
fight, having entered the list only
to find there was no competition.
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