Evening star., 1940-02-24
Three Defeated, !,
1erps' Boxing
Hopes Fade
Erosure Of Bradley,
AIperstein a Blow;
Five Continue On
Special Dispatch to The Star.

COLUMBIA, S. c., Feb "a
Maryland's hopes of retaining it's
Southern Conference ring crown
were dim today as shrinking field
of cum laude larrupers wound up
for what promised to be a bruising
session of knuckle- pitching in the
semifinal round of the annual tour
nament.
Eliminated in last nights prelim-
mary skirmishing were three Ter
rapins, two of them keymen in
Coach Harvey Miller's titular plans.
Bob Bradley, 127-pounder, and
"Hotsy" Alperstein, welterweight,
both conceded good chances of
reaching the finals in pre-tourna-
ment ratings, fell by the wayside,
along with Bantamweight Johnny
Harm. Still in the running, how
ever, are five Old Liners.
Survivors were Nathan Askin and
Izzy Leites, lightweight and light
heavyweight, respectively, who ad-
vanced the hard way; Newton Cox,
defending middleweight title holder.
who moved up on a forfeit: Norman
Hathaway, 155 pounds, and George
Pyles, heavyweight, who drew byes.
Have Fighting Chance.
The quintet has a fighting chance
to keep the championship mug at
College Park, but general opinion
is that Clemson and North Carolina,
each with six men in the semifinal
bracket, will fight it out for the
crown.
Three of Maryland's opponents
today are Virginia Tech men, and
since the teams did not meet in
dual competition there is no way of
figuring the results in advance
Tech, however, fell easy victim to
the University of Virginia, which,
in turn, was held to 4-all stale
mate by Maryland. Past results
mean nothing in tournament COM
petition. however, and the Techmen
are conceded an even chance.
Today Askin meets Granger, V.
P. l., who drew bye, and Hathaway
mingles with Woolwine. v. P T., who
hurdled Greene of Clemson in the
opening round.
Sowder, V. P l., who boxes Leites,
moved UP on a decision over Duncan
of The Citadel, while Baxter, South
Carolina, Pyles' opponent in The un-
limited class, had the advantage of
a bye
The Alperstein and Bradley deci-
sions last night were close. Harm
gave away seven pounds to McDon-
aid, South Carolina, and found it
too much handicap to overcome.
Alperstein. however, appeared to
land the cleaner punches in his en-
gagement with Lauren Driesbach
of Clemson and closed with spirit
ed rally, but the officials couldn't see
him as the victor. He had a slight
cut over the right eye at the finish.
Bradley Loses Split Decision.
Bradley outpointed rugged Ken
meth Dorm, Clemson, in the first
round and appeared to hold his own
in the second, but couldn't withstand
the Tigers closing rally. 1t was a
split decision.
Askin gave ambitious Ed Young of
North Carolina State, a neat boxing
lesson in their 135-pound bout.
utilizing his southpaw stance to good
advantage against his puzzled oppo-
nent. Askin avoided serious DAM
age and piled up his winning margin
with jolting retaliatory lefts to the
head.
Leites had a rather easy time with
Murphy of Duke, and appeared
working under wraps to conserve his
energy for the more strenuous bat
ting this afternoon.
Semifinal parings:
120-pound class--McDonald tSouth Car
olinal VS.. Berry clemson; Brandon tDuke)
vs.. Winstead North Carolinal:
1.5-pound class-Bagnal the CitsdeD
Statel VS.. Dorm (Clemson).
135-pound class-Askin tMarylandl vs..
Granger Virginia Tech): Gennett North
Carolina) VS.. Blatt tsouth Carolina
soa Ss DsisTscn Norh he carona G
i55-pound class-Lofton fsonth Caro-
linal VS. Farris North Carolina: Hath
away tMaryandD VS.. Woolwine Virginia
slassRGn Narts cars rs
lima, VS., ulrich (The Citadel.
15-pound rlaSsR9esrInen IN
Snsf? 5Maf?land d vs. EefsNSs soNssr vr91sa Tech
lina) VS.. Pyles maryland: wilson (Clem-
SOM VS. Kimhall (North Carolina).