Evening star., 1941-03-20
Choosing Outstanding
Ringmen in A..A. U.
Event Difficult
SemifinuI Wins Stamp
Mullen, Crawford and
Thomas as Sturs

Choosing the outstanding ring
man. 7<novice and Senior-in the cur
rent District A. A. U. tournament,
which ends tomorrow night at Tur-
ner's Arena. is a task for a modern
Solomon. There are so many i'm
pressive youngsters in competition
who have turned in so many good
performances no sane person will
ingly would tackle the job of select
ing the two best.
Last night, for example, young
Dickie Mullen, a f1yweight with a
choirboy appearance and murderous
right, sent Joe Petro plummeting
to the carpet three times in winning
a unanimous decision. Petro is the
current Golden Gloves champion
and an old warrior.
Crawford IndOmitable.
There was Jack Crawford, who
survived second-round knock
down at the hands of free-swinging
Bill Smith to win by a knockout in
the second. Crawford was out on his
feet in the waning moments of the
first and would have been an easy
kayo victim for an accurate puncher,
but Smith couldn't get the range
in time to land the telling blow.
Buddy Thomas, chosen as the out
standing novice in the recent Golden
Gloves, had a rousing struggle with
Tony de Toto, a game, experienced
amateur, and had to speed up the
third-round tempo to win the
judges ballots. Thomas the day be-
fore had given his sister a blood
TRANSMISSION and plainly felt its ef-
fects in the ring. He should be at
his best for the title round.
Hoffman Does Quick Job.
Another standout was Ed Hoff-
man of Merrick Boys Club, who
polished off George Marcopolus after
lao of the first round with a furry
of rights to the head. Finally, Bob
Sullivan of Georgetown turned in
one of his most impressive local per-
formances in knocking out Bob No
land after 1:20 of the second round.
Sullivan worked on his opponents
midriff with a vengeance in the
first session and brought him down
with the same modus operandi in
the second.
The summaries:
Novice Division.
liz pounds-Herb Collins (Red Shield
outpointed George Cross (No Police
lis poLnds-Fred Petit CRed Shield)
0u1PSnfss ss hasens MisF Gross S RED Shield
WoTE; WIl;,ot tMerEisE) OutpOinted Ray McAlwee
rs pqunds-Emmett c5eel tN. T. s.
teshnicslly tM n knocked out Norvsl orndoft
81, I minute 40 seconds: hrst round,
pointed a oWsh Abs ssIsp apoIo "A \ s. out
ouspoined Wallace fusnsr alts a. F. ee jA'ela'
outpointed Bill Mansfield (Merrick).
Senior Division.
ou1oinsa h5a eSq9SsRs5 5ds ps4a Apoa MHfns N T. 81
kn:efed Joe Cannon aeS aDoo on.'eeHes A. eS, g
I26 peundsEBernie cady cRed Shield
technically knocked out Houston Anderson
IN; 7. s., end Of second round, Lewis
out John Dinehart (Police No 81, i min
ute 20 seconds, third round.
135 pound class-Frank McCaleb GSt
Mary's) outpointed Leo Marcopolus (Police
No 81. Walter Thomas prince Georges
County Police Club, outpointed Tony de
Toto Police No. 81.
147 pounds-Alan Shreve (Merrick),
outpoirted Tom Hollon Olympic A. CD.
Ber1ie Cook (St. Mary's). outpointed Bill
175 pounds-Jack Crawford Huron
a. CO; knocked out Bill Smith National
Maimone (Police No. 81. outpointed Reno
Workman (St Mary's).
:, ,Heavyweight-Bob Sullivan police No
81, knocked out Bob Noland (Merrick), 1
minute 20 seconds second round