Evening star., 1941-03-21
Fifteen Ring Crowns
Will Be Decided in
Scraps Tonight
Tournament Likely Lost
To Be stoeed by A. A. U.
Under Present Setup
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

Another class of candidates for
District A. A. U. ring titles march
up the aisle tonight at Turner's
Arena, where final bouts are sched-
uled in novice and senior. divisions
beginning at 8 o'clock.
Fifteen championships will be de-
clded, which means that half of
those seeking their magma cum
larrups will get them in a wholly
unexpected manner. The others will
be graduated with honors-the
seniors into full -fledged champions
and the novices into senior ranks.
This probably will be the last
tournament sponsored by the A. A.
U. under the present arrangements.
Bill Mulligan, who has toiled hard
and faithfully to build up the affair,
announced last week he would step
down as chairman of the commit
tee after the current tournament
and, while some one undoubtedly
will be found to carry on, there
hardly will be rush of applicants.
Job Calls for Sacrifice.
1t is a thankless task requiring
much hard work, diplomacy and
time without financial remunera-
ton. Whoever accepts the post
must be willing to sacrifice time
as well as a few dollars of his own
money to make a 60 of it, and even
then he has no guarantee of success.
Not since 1887, when the gross
receipts totaled approximately ST.
600, has the tournament been any,
thing like financial success. Last
year 1t hit an all-time low of ap-
proXimately 5000. Moreover, it has
been dogged by III fortune in the
gulse of injuries, one fatal, which
other tournaments and matches
seem to escape.
Because much of the receipts from
the tournament are used to finance
other amateur sports and because
of the paucity of the same, the local
body has been unable to back team
trips to the Eastern championships
IN previous years.
Will Send Team to Boston.
This, of course, did not set too
well with the boys who thought they
earned and deserved a crack at East
ern titles by their work here. This
year team will 60 to Boston if
A. A. U. officials have to pass the
hat and dig down into their own
pockets.
Tonight's program is uniformly
good, beginning with the 112-pound
novice jouSt between Herb Collins
and Benny Rodill, Red Shield Club
teammates, down to the senior
heavyweight battle between Bob Sui
Ivan and Wilbur Mason.
The complete card
Novice Division.
vs. 1He BenBe DopsdsHsrs Rosi 7s.s sSIias Red Shield
Fred Petit sRed sSield doiS0n 'Msrri'k vs.
viii Work GMerrickI. VOC 'A''' A. ~ '''
I35 poundsI1Emmett creel tNationsl
Training Training SCHOOL, VS.. Ed Hoffman (Merrick
~ poqnds-Bob seipp National Train
i9s T4s iSho Sfhooe VS. Lloyd Rauschkolb National
$50 gounds-..Alex chanaka Red Shield
Up pounds.Max Walter (st. MaryO
VS.. jim Petro (Apollo A. c..
Senior Division,
112 pounds--Dick Mullens National
tlons lHs Trafnins ssaS0 schoop Ss Eugene Hayes N'
lis pounds-Danny Petro (unattached)
vs. Nc S9rmSn nann5 Fleming Huron A; q. ..,,,>
vs.. Lewis Hanbury Merrick Club
135 pounds-Frankie McCaleb (St.
County Police Club.
147 pounds-Al Shreve Merrick Club
VS.. Bernie Cook tSt. Mary's).
$50 pounds-Lou Bass tApollo A. C)
VS.. Nick Latsios tst. Mary's5.
175 pounds-Jack Crawford Huron A.
c. VS.. Charles Maimone police No 81.
Heayyweieht-Bob Sullivan police No.
D. VS.. Wilbur Mason (Merrick Club,