Evening star., 1941-02-02
Cards Gain Lead
In Early Bouts,
Never Trail
Technically Helps
Locals in Earning
A 4H-3h Edge
BY BURTON HAWKINS.


Catholic University's boxing team
preserved its impressive winning
streak at the expense of the Coast
Guard Academy last night at Brook
land before 1880 spectators, extend
ing its string of successes to II by
snatching a Al -to-31a triumph.
The New London, Conn, outfit
waged an uphill battle to lock the
count at the end of the fifth bout
but the Cardinals captured the next
two to save their 3-year unblem-
iShed slate.
Flown here In a Coast Guard
plane, the Guardsmen were dealt q
severe blow in the 165-pound class
struggle, stopped at the end of the
fifth round after Catholics Gerry
Strang had hoisted a sizeable lump
under the left eye of Frank Schmitz,
whose nose also was bloodied.
Coast Guard Coach Mickey Nc
Clernon examined the lemon-like
lump under Schmitzs eye and or
dered the bout stopped. Since both
Referee Denny Hughes and DR.. Mike
Devito felt Schmitz could have con-
tinued, Hughes awarded Strang a
technical knockout. Had Hughes
stopped the bout it would have been
declared "a draw" and the match
would have resulted in A draw.
Mandris Takes First Bout.
Lanky Ted Mandris staked the
Cards to a lead, employing his
lengthier reach to nip the Coast
Guards 120-pounder, Harry Law
renee. with light left jabs in the first
two rounds. Mandris located Law
rence's jaw with several more rights
in the third round. offsetting the
New London boys effective but less
frequent rights to the midsection.
More convincing was the decision
victory of Catholics Lenny Baritone
in the 127-pound class. Moving in
continually. Baritone peppered the
angular frame of the Coast Guards
John Sutherland, who tired rapidly
in the third round after taking a
minimum of punishment in the first
two sessions by making Baritone
keep his distance with left jabs.
Floored in the first round and
victim of a bad cash over his left
eye in the second, Catholics Leo
Gaffney nevertheless earned draw
with hard-hitting John. Natwig in.
a lightweight tiff. The bout was
stopped at the end of the second
round.
Gaffney walked into stiff right
in the first round and was floored
for no count, and when he rushed
across the ring to launch the second
round Natwig greeted him with a
left which sliced his eyebrow. Blood
gushed freely from the wound, but
Referee Hughes let the battle con-
tinue after examining the optic.
That apparently was the tonic
needed by the desperate Gaffney,
who furiously pounded Natwig's
torso and chin. Although Hughes
refused to allow Gaffney to answer
the bell for the third round, officials
felt the C. U. fighters rally had off,
set Natwig's early lead.
Whiting Catholics advantage to
rough Rufus Drury of the
Coast Guard, outpointed Huck
Hughes, Cardinal 145-pounder. de-
spite being penalized in the second
round for swatting on the break.
Drury smashed Hughes body after
maneuvering inside, his bulling tao
tics reaping the reward.
Technically Breaks Tie.
The Coast Guard focused better
guns on Catholics fighter in the
1885, pound class to square the match
at 212-all. After comparatively
mild first round, C. US Jack Has
kins and the Guardsmen's Mark
Mccarthy unleashed their Sunday
socks. Mccarthy slammed Has
kins' jaw hard and often with rights
throughout the second and third
rounds.
1t was Leo Houck, jr., son of
middleweight of another era and
the current Penn State boxing
coach, who presented C. U. Its VIC
tory in the light-heavyweight bat
tie, getting the decision over tall
Jim Mclaughlin.
Houck was willing to absorb the
short body punches Of Mclaughlin
to land blistering blows to the head.
An anti-climax was the heavy
weight bout, involving Bernard
Cody of Catholic U. and Ward
Davies of the Coast Guard, both
willing but wild. Davies was
granted the decision, but it was
close.
100 -pound-,Ted Mandris, G, o., out
poined Harry Lawrence, Coast Guard.
7-pound-Lenny Baritone. c. u, out
pointed John Sutherland, Coast Guard.
135-pound-Leo Gaffney, C. o., drew
with John Natwig. Coast Guard.
5-pound-Rufus Drury, Coast Guard,
Huck Hughes, C. U.
155-pound Mark MCCARTHY, Coast
Guard, outpointed Jack Haskins c. ..
5-pound-Gerry Strang. c. u. tech
nically knocked out Frank Schmitz, Coast
Guard
I75-pound Leo Houck. C. u. out
Jim Mclaughlin, Coast Guard.
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