The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-09
Friday Night
to Bring New
Initial Encounters
Hectic, Ypsilantians
Win Most Places

Nine knockOuts featured a hectic
evening at the Ypsilanti Armory
Wednesday night as the fpsilanti
Golden Gloves tournament got I'M
der way Under tue sponsorship OF
the Junior Chamber OF Commerce.
the tournaments opening night saw
a near capacity crowd jam the Arm
DRY TO witness the twenty-five ac'
tion-packed bouts that made up the
program.
The large number OF fans from
Ypsilanti that were present natural
~ desired TO see the home town
boys come through with several
Victories. and come through they
certainly did as thirteen OF the twen-
ty.two fights were won by boys
representing this city. Just exactly
half OF the boys competing on the
nights program were from this
community, and Of this number ten
We're eliminated from further com
petition while the remaining twelve
will see action in the semifinal
bouts Friday night at the Armory.
Judging by the matches OF We'd
nesday night Ypsilanti looks to
have strong contenders in both the
featherweight and lightweight class
es In the former. Joe Butcko stands
head and shoulders above the rest
OF the Ypsilanti entrants and looms
as a definite threat to the title,
while Harold Coe, Lester Oltersdorf,
and possibly James Franklin will
carry Ypsi's hopes in the lS5-pound
class
In the opening bout on the card
Wednesday night. Robert Woodside,
OF Ypsilantl, showed the way to
the rest of the local boys as he
quite easily took a decision from
MarCellus Scott. of Ann Arbor. Al
ter a slow first round Woodside be.
gan TO pick up speed in the second
as he consistently landed with
rights near the end OF the round.
In the third he twice downed Scott
and assured himself OF a victory.
The second bout Of the evening
was short with Warren LeSayase,
of Chelsea, scoring first round
knockout His opponent, Fred Wen
eel. OF Belleville. made the mistake
OF coming out too fast and he ran
into a straight left that dropped
him TO the canvas. He arose almost
immedia tely. but few seconds lat
er was caught in the left side with
a terrific right hand swing by Le-
Savage that terminated the bout.
Referee Let Philbin didn't bother
to count but quickly lifted aloft Lee
Savage's right hand.
The following bout saw two Ypsi-
lanti boyes tangle, Denith Atkins
and Ken Satler, and the latter
gained the decision in rather slow
fight. Joe Butcko. OF Ypsi, then met
Harold Porter, of Ann Arbor. in a
fast and very interesting bout.
Joe's superior boxing skill and ex-
perience stood him III good stead
as he took all three rounds from
his opponent by a wide margin, to
gain the decision.
The fifth match saw Lester Oh
tersdorig of Ypsi, tangle with Harry
James, Cassidy Lake. Action be-
tween the two was so hot and heavy
in the first round that neither the
referee nor the two boys heard
the bell, and they continued fight
ing for several seconds until Lester
finally tagged his opponent solidly
and dropped him TO the canvas. In
fact, he did so with such force that
James was unable TO answer the
bell for the second round and OIL
tersdorf was awarded a technical
AL Rendell, Ann Arbor,
and Dan Shannon, Brighton, fol-
lowed this with a match that also
ended in knockout. Dan shannon
being the one on the receiving end
OF a powerful right uppercut that
put him TO sleep.
The seventh bout OF the evening
was won by Bernard James, OF
Lake, who gained a techni-
cal knockout over Clyde Mehl OF
Ypsilanti in the third round. John
Barrager OF Cassidy Lake, then
dropped a decision to Giles Thielk,
OF Ann Arbor, and following this
Jim Franklin scored the fifth Ypsi-
lanti victory OF the night by out
pointing Albert Mix. OF Belleville.
Jim Wren, this city. kept up the
good work by decisionlng Matt Hoff-
man. Cassidy Lake. Clarence Coe
then made It three in row and the
seventh of the night for Ypsilantis
fighters by easily taking a decision
from Val Dietrich, Cassidy Lake.
The twelfth bout OF the evening
was another all Ypsilanti affair as
Bob Copp and George Thompson.
both this city. battled through one
and a half rounds before Referee
Philbin stopped the bout and award
ed technical knockout TO Thomp-
son. Phillip Joseph, Cassidy Lake.