Evening star., 1941-01-12
Soph Scrappers
Shine as 1erps
Win by 6 10 7
40-26 Court Contest
Close Until Midway
Of Second Period
RyLEWIS T. ATCHISON.

sci for Marylands athletes last night
as the ring team came back to win
q 6-2 decision over South Carolina
after the courtmen lost TO Duke,
1925, in the curtain-raiser.
A crowd of $500 turned out for
the opening twin-bill of the season
at College Park and was pleasantly
surprised by the caliber of Coach
Mike Lombardo's mitt singers.
Although woefully inexperienced in
several classes and not lin the
pink" the Terps carried entirely too
many guns and used them too fire.
quently for the visitors. Maryland
sent five sophs into action and three
of them won.
The Old Line dribblers were no
match for the Blue Devils, who won
as they pleased in the second ha1
after a fairly close and exciting
scramble in the first.
Lincoln Extends Mcdonald.
Judson Lincoln, making his hrst
appearance in the ring, gave DIN
Mcdonald, Southern Conference
l20-pound champion, terrlf1c tus-
sic before losing a close decision.
McDonalds experience, plus a big
advantage in height and reach, told.
Lincoln landed several hard rights
to the head TO keep Mcdonald at
his distance, but the latter won on
body punches.
Charley Dorr squared accounts
for the Terps with a clean-cut de-
cision over Bill Horger. Dorr, also
was at a disadvantage because OF
reach, but overcame this with
fancy brand of boxing and volley
of good, solid blows TO both head
and body. They are 127-pounders.
Pat Quinn, another Rookie inside
the ropes for the first time, staked
Maryland to a 81 lead with close
decision over Roy Kirven, hard
punching gamecock who made a
great fight of it. Kirven used a
long, looping right to the head TO
advantage, especially in the third
round, but Quinn's consistent and
damaging body punching in the first
two sessions carried the match.
Alperstein Wins Fine Battle.
"Hotsy" Alperstein kept his mates
on top with a richly deserved deci-
sion over Willis Beall in the l45-
pound argument. 1t was a battle
between two clever lads, but "Hotsy"
outsmarted his rival, particularly in
the final round when he staggered
Beall with three hard lefts to the
head.
Harry Lotion of South Carolina
slapped Fred Bach sufficiently with
long left to take the 155-pound
debate. The rangy Southerner had
no trouble finding the range but
tired badly in the last round and
took a pounding around the head as
Bach poured on a salvo of round
house rights.
George Pyles, Maryland's 1885,
FOUNDER, accounted fol the first kayo
of the evening, winning over Marion
Wilds by technical knockout after
SO seconds Of the second round.
Pyles simply had too much poise and
punch for his opponent and pum-
meled him at will with stiff left
and jolting right.
Gunther Clinches Match.
Herb Gunther, sophomore.
clinched the match for Maryland
by winning over Lucius Hanson in a
slow bout. Hanson had good left
jab but was unwilling to mix freely
with his opponent and was on the
receiving most of the three rounds.
Gunthers body punches were the
deciding factor and he scored fire.
quently to the body with a long
right. Gunther had an injured left
hand that virtually was useless to
him.
Leonard Rodman, another Mary
land debutant, tossed in knockout
over Alex Urban in the heavyweight
encounter for good measure. II was
a surprisingly good fight, fought at a
fast tempo. Urban appeared to have
CusC lAlJO lAlC 4lllui
round but Rodman's sledge-hammer
rights to the stomach brought him
down and after taking 9 count he
was adjudged too weak to continue
and Referee Ed Brockman stopped
the fight after 1859 of the round.
Terp Tossers Start We'll.
The Terps got of in front in
basket ball and made a fight of
it until late in the period, when
Duke found the range and took
a 24-14 lead, which it never re-
linquished.
No less than four times were they
deadlocked as Maryland, with Irving
Gordy, Bernie Ulman and Gene
Ochsenreiter bearing the brunt of
the attack, matched the Blue Devils
point for point. But the balance
of power rested in the accurate
eyes of Cy Valasek, Duke guard,
who took individual scoring honors
with Is points. He rang up 10
points in the first half.
Eddie Smokes, Glenn Price and
Bill Mock took up where he left
off at the start of the second half
and the visitors continued to set
a blistering pace.
Maryland managed to make IL
24-29 early In the period, but Duke
stepped on the gas and held its
host to two points over the re-
mainder of the route.