Evening star., 1941-02-02
Explorers Late
WinsD Deadlock
The Citadel
Victories ReeIed Off
By Cox, Doherty, Weir
In Great RuIIy
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.


night, seemingly going down to de-
feat in its 194l inaugural, then
walked back again to capture the
last three decisions and gain a
A tie with The Citadel.
Obviously not in condition and up
against a team of rangy, long
armed cadets, the Explorers had all
the argument they could handle
and only the grace of a peculiar
ruling In the final bout gained
draw.
Ray Weir, Columbus heavyweight,
was given technical knockout over
Alex Robson in this match when
Referee Ray Bowen stepped be-
tween the two after lao of the
second round. The claret Streamed
from a bad cash over The Citadel
representatives left eye. 1t was
cut in the first round when Weir
powered Robson with a hard, over
hand right.
Collegiate ring fans were of the
opinion the bout should have been
stopped in the first round, but
The Citadel's coach, Matty Mathews,
did not protest and Bowen permitted
the pair to continue. When Ray
halted it in the second, however,
Mathews jumped up on the ring
apron and volubly objected.
In the dressing room after the
match he said the referee had no
authority to stop the bout unless
the ringside physician decided the
wound was sufficiently serious to
warrant such action. The doctor
decided against it after inspecting
the cut.
The Citadel Gets Lead Early.
The visitors made a surprisingly
strong beginning, running up a 81
lead in the first four bouts. Lou
Taub, Columbus crack feather
weight who had been counted a
certain winner, was numbered
among the victims.
Gilbert Hoffman, 120- pound south
paw, pounded out an easy victory
over Charley Rohmer, who had abb
solutely no defense for the Cadets
long lefts. Rohmer didn't go down,
but was so badly beaten Referee Raw
Bowen halted the bout after las of
the final round.
Ronny Luerick of the Citadel
staggered Taub twice to get a de-
clsion. 1t was nip and tuck through
out, with both swinging for knock
outs. Taub rallied in the final stanza
but Luerick's early lead was too
much to overcome.
Bernie Jackson, a southpaw. scored
Columbus first victory, outIasting
n. r. Stackhouse. The Citadel light
weight used his long arms to good
advantage, but Jackson's cleaner
punches in the first two rounds car
ried the fight.
LempeSis' Win One Sided.
Lou LempeSiS, the Cadets South
ern Conference 145-pound cham
pion, hit Elmer jacobson with
everything in the book to take
one-Slded verdict. Lou drove Elmer
into the ropes in the second with
a terrific shot to the head. but the
game Explorer refused to go down
and was punching back at the end.
FRANK Cuddy, another portsider.
appeared to have the edge on Dick
Ulrich, but Judges Frank SCHUYLER
and Jimmy Sullivan voted for the
C1tadePs representative.
Charley Cox, veteran 165-pounder.
nit Lew SamuSson with a hard right
under the heart in the first round
and went on from there to score
the home teams second point. Cox
got out of a sick bed to fight and
although he tired in the closing
round was too clever for the ag-
gressive cadet.
Red Doherty, Columbus 175-
FOUNDER, slapped down Gabriel
Joseph for a full 9-count in the first
round and finished him off in the
second. Joseph was on his feet
when Bowen stopped it after 1:5o
OF the round. The Citadel light
heavy was backed into a neutral
corner and groggily absorbing a
torrent of leather poured at him by
the redhead.
Weir Cuts Opponents Eye.
Ray Weir, Columbus heavy
weight, opened Alex Robison's eve
with an overland right in the first
round and continued to pound the
Citadel husky through the second
to score a technical knockout.
120 pounds-Gilbert Hoffman CThe
Citadel defeated Charles Rohmer (Co-
ipm5us !, ", technical knockout, 1:45
I27 pounds--R. L. Leurick CThe Citadel
defeated Lou Taub columbus u.
135 pounds-Bernard jackson lColum-
bus .; defeated H. F. Stackhouse (The
Jas pounds-Lou Lempesis (The CitadeD
deIeated Elmer Jacobson columbus ".
155 pounds-Richard Ulrich (The Cita-
del) defeated Frank Cuddy columbus ".
l65 poundS-Charley Cox columbus
" defeated Lew Samusson THE CitadeD'
l15 pounds--Red Doherty (Columbus)
defeated Gabriel Joseph THE CitadeD,
technical knockout. l 80 second round
Heavyweight-Ray Weir tColumbusl de-
fea*ed Alex Robson (The Citadel, techni-
cal knockout. 1:4O secoad round.