The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
BEARD, CILLlKEN
AN,DODDSL SLATED
Four OF Most Colorful Fight
ers Compete Tonight;
Weighing-In AT 8 P. M.

Hanover high school gymnasium
tonight when the Golden Gong
clangs for the first action at 8
o'clock.
The first night of fighting, Phil
lBuchheit, in charge of the tourney,
ANNOUNCED last night, will see four
of the most ~colorful fighters in the
tourney in action: Jimmy Swan,
the Wilmington Buzzsaw, Red
Beard, the Fayetteville Flash who
is fighting with the Lumberton
Robesonian and Daily News team;
Henry Gilliken, colorful Whining
ton w~elterweight, and L. M.
"smoky" Dodd, Raleigh's sensa-
tional lightweight.
20 Fights Tonight
There are 50 fighters who are
Ito weigh in this afternoon at the
high school gymnasium between
the hours of p. m. and o:la
D.. m. and Buchheit said last night
this there will be at least
20 fast and furious bouts in the
Golden ring tonight.
The fighters began to arrive yes
terday afternoon.
First to put in their appearance
was the Belmont Abbey group VIII
George Franquez. colorrul AM
cockv little bantamweight, DICE
Young, capable welterweight' ane
George Weldon, crafty lightweight
Next came two boys who are
fighting with the Lumberton Robe
sonian and Daily News team: Rec
Beard, whose colorful fighting mas
been a feature Of previous tour
news here. and Bill Kanos, a novice
from Fayetteville who will fight IL
the middleweight division.
Beard looks t o be in unusually
fine shape, Weighing 149 IL pounds
and it is not certain yet wnethei
he will fight in the middleweign'
or welterweight classification.
Should he go to the latter groul
he would in all probability mee'
Henry Gilliken, which would be one
of the battles Of the century, bu'
even if he remains in the heaVier
division there are indications ne
will meet some unexpected compe-
tition this year.
Facts which point to an excel
lent tourney this year wnicn
NAV have to 90 to four nights &c
get all the fights in inc.uoe
an entry list which this year IL
double the size Of that Of any 9th
er wear the GG has been staged
here.
Generally the fighters are OIL a
bicber calibre than ever before and
the fight fan who misses one night
of the tourney is going to miss some
of the fastest action which has ever
been seen in a sports event In VIII
mington.
Ticket Sales Continue
Buchheit announced last night
tickets will remain on sale at the
Star-News offices each day until .
D.. M, after which they will be sold
only at the door Of the gymnasium
at the High school.
Indications are there are going TO
be record crowds in attendance -. ,
crowds which will probably fill the
gymnasium to overlooking and
cause the SRO sign to be hung out
at an early hour.
Fans were advised last night to
get their tickets early today II they
have not yet secured them, for ad-
vance sales which are double
those Of any previous year in
dictate complete sellouts each night.
There will probably be more than
20 fights tonight, Buchhe.t said last
night as he looked over the entry
list and found all divisions filled
with fighters and some of them
practically overflowing.
1.-The first night is going to be one
Of the best Of the three nights"
Buchheit predicted as he looked
over his list. with Red Beard,
Henry Gilliken, Jimmy Swan and
Smoky Dodd all in the Golden ring,
it is going to be the fastest night
of Golden Gloves Wilmington has
ever seen."
incidentally the entry list con.
tinue to grow last night as Manteo
pushed a letter through the mails to
slip a team in before the deadline.
With the greatest number of
teams the tourney has yer had
there are Indications the competi-
ton for the team trophy which
will 60 to the team placing the most
men on the Wilmington team to go
to Atlanta -. Is going to be keener
this year than last, when it was won
by the Civitan team Of Wilmington
by a hairbreadth.