The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-11
KnOckOuts End
Five Contests
i'm Semi Finals
Fourteen Bouts go
by Decision; One
Non Decision Bout

Non DECISION Bout
With capacity crowd on hand,
at the Ypsilanti Armory for the
semifiuals OF the Ypsilanti Golden
Gloves Tournament. forty boys pro
vided an evening packed with action
and excitement Friday night as
they made their bids for the finals
OF the tourney TO be held next We'd
nesday night. In all twenty bouts
were presented TO the assembled
fans. and Of that number five We're
decided BY knockouts. fourteen by
decision. and one was a no decision
bout
lpsilanu's entrants we're again
we'll in evidence as twelve OF the
bouts on the card went TO LEGAL
boys who thus qualified for the
finals and a chance at the titles
OF their respective divisions
Opening the program Friday We're
two flyweights. Harry Harris and
Don Channels. who put on a eau
tlous fight. Harris had the edge
throughout the bout however. and
he was awarded the decision
The next bout was OF an entirely
different nature as Robert Wood
side. ofS Npsllanti. and Harry
James, Cassidy Lake. put on an
action filled fight that eliminated
in the knockout OF James. Wood
side held the edge throughout the
contest as he utilized / nice left
jab to keep his opponent continual.
ly off balance. James went down for
the count Of two in the second
round, and the count OF nine In the
third before Woodside took the
bout on a technical knockout after
one minute and "a seconds of the
round
Following this Joe Butcko and
Clarence Coe. both local boys, gave
the fans plenty to cheer about as
they put on one Of the fastest and
certainly the closest fight Of the
night with the split decision going
To Butcko. The two judges cast
their vote for the aggressive Butcko
while referee Let Philbin voted for
Coe. and there was only one point
difference between the two fight.
ers.
In the next bout Charlie Mayes.
OF Ypsilanti, and Bernard Auter.
Milan, stepped through just one
fast round before their match was
decided. At the very close OF the
first round Mayes tagged his oppo-
nent with a right to the chin that
sent him to the canvas just as the
bell rang. Auer was unable to come
out for the second round. however.
and the match was varded TO
Mayes on a technical knockout.
Bout number five went to Phillip
Joseph, OF Cassidy Lake. who out
punched and outboXed Bob Klein,
of Ypsi. to take the deci ion. There
was only one knockdown in the
fight with Kline taking a nine count
in the third round.
Bob kopic. Ypsilanti. and Harold
Thick. Ann Arbor, then tangled
in fight that was one OF the fea-
lures Of the evening Kopic. with
hardly any defense but plenty, of
punch in both hands, won the hearts
Of the crowd with an exhibition of
gameness that is seldom seen.
Bleeding freely around the nose
throughout the second and hallway
through the third round, Sob kept
moving forward and throwing punch
after punch at his more eX. erienced
opponent. Bob took bad beating
IN the process. however, but he
refused TO give up, and although
he Was still on his feet and forcing
the fight, referee Let Philbin
stopped the battle after one and
half minutes OF the third round
and awarded It on a technical
knockout to Thielk.
Warren LeSayage. Chelsea. and
Allen Rendell Ann Arbor, then met
in a match that only lasted through
one minute and four seconds OF the
second round when LeSavage
tagged Rendell with a tcrrif RICH
that put him down and completed.
ont. Two local boys. Harold Coe alt
Art Willis. then battled through
three rounds with Coe getting mucl
tho better OF the fighting and beinf
awarded the decision. It only too
Richard Carleton. Ann Arbor fight
or, fifty.seven seconds to dispose O
Ralph Blackrog, Ypsilanu. who va
dropped with a right TO the body
Another all Ypsilanti match 70.
loved with Lester Oltersdorf an,
David Gransden playing the LEADING
roles. The formers aggressiyenes.
and mitigating earned him the de.
cision over his opponent who. al
though being a fine boxer. was un
able 10 dent the rugged Oltersdorf
Robert Williams, an Ypsilanti boy
who didn't enter into pre-toulna-
ment calculations, definitely Is
showing himself 10 be one OF the
dark horses Of the tournament.
Without excrting himself too much.
Williams won by q wide margin IN
his fight with Earl Holnrook. OF
Ann Arbor. Jim Wren, Ypsilanti.
then tangled with Bill Cook. South
Lyon. and after one minute and
81 seconds OF the third round scored
the fourth knockout Of the night.
II was ri"ht 70 the chin that
dropped Cook.
Two light heayywei-hts. Dean
Allward. Ypsilanti. and Tom Hor-