The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-06
HUGHES, BOWEN
WIN WITH TK0'S
Long Scores T.K.O. Over Car
ter in 135-POund Class;
Doxey Wins Opener
Rv GLENWARD BLOMME

The New Hanover High school
boxing team pounded out a Z to 3
victory over a fine Tabor City squad
in the local ring last night with the
locals outpunching the visitors in
the lighter weights before giving
away points in the 100, 140 and 1875
pound divisions.
Sammy Doxey, IS, carried the
fight to Skipper, 95, in the first fight
Of the evening to win the first de-
cision for the locals. Skipper was a
classy boxer, but was not as aggres-
sive as the local puncher who used
a hard right to the head to mark up
his points.
Tommy Hughes, 100, was too much
for a lighter punching Spivey, 100,
and with a fast jab to the head and
face, scored a technical knockout in
the first round after 1 minute and
% seconds Of battling.
Fowler, lis, made a great come
back in the second and third rounds
with hard right hand punches to
the head to pound out a decision
over C. Gore, lis, after the visitor
had led the first round with clever
boxing and the Use of a good left
followed with a right cross when
close in.
Gibbs, 100, new to the local camp,
punched his. way to enough points
in the first two rounds to gain a
close nod over Stocks, 120, of Tabor
City. Both fighters displayed good
left jabs with Gibbs rocking Stocks
with hard rights to the head in the
first. Stocks made a good try at a
comeback in the third to score left
jabs and rights to the face.
Roland Cooper, 1872, took every
thing Gore could throw, which was
plenty, in the first round and then
calmly boxed his way through the
next two rounds to take the decision.
Gore repeatedly shook Cooper with
his hard overland right to h
head, but the local puncher was the
better boxer and mixed a left jab
with a left hook to the head to win.
Harrellson scored the first point for
Tabor City in the 13o-pound division
as he worked on Haas of the Wild
cats with hard blows from both
hands throughout the battle. He
dropped Haas to the floor on his
knees a couple of times but could
not knock out the local youngster
who was game all the way.
Harold Jeter, 1876, scored again for
the locals with a good battle against
Jacobs, 1876, of Tabor City. Jeter
found the weak spot in Jacobs de-
tense in the second round and start
ed to cut him down with a straight
jab to the nose which had the visit
ing puncher covered with blood dur
ing the final two rounds. Jacobs
wild swinging did not land very
often and Jeter blocked his punches
with his gloves.
Long, 1876, came out to win an
other point for the visitors as he
floored Carter, 1876, in the first round
for no count with a hard right hand
smash to the head, knocking Carter
through the ropes for a technical
knockout, after % seconds OF the
round.
Grise, 40, scored a decision over
Jack Nall of Wilmington in the
semi.final bout of the night as he
pounded the local boy for the first
two rounds with hard left jabs, fol-
lowed by right crosses to the head
and body. Nall came back strong in
the last round with good rights to
the head which had the visitor run
ming about the ring, but Grise had
gained enough points to win in the
earlier rounds.
Bill Bowen, $50. scored with close
in fighting in the second round
over Monroe after rushing the visi-
tor about the ring in the first round.
The referee stopped the fight in the
round after l minute and 81
seconds of the round and awarded a
technical K.O. to Bowen.
Referee: Bill Rhodes; judges: Cap
tain Folk, Captain Colt and Mike
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