The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-16
Golden Gloves Trophy Goes
to Popular Ypsilanti Boxer

class was close and keen with War
rem LeSavage. Chelsea. being the
ultimate winner Robert Wood
side who faced him in the ina s.
Was engaging In his second hght
OF the night having won a closely
contested decision from Lester
Olsterdorf in his initial bout. Lee
Savage. who is aptly named. had
scored knockouts in both OF his
previous hghts but he was unable
10 even send the tough Woodside
down once. After a bad first round
Woodside rallied and In the sec
ond and third scored consistently
with his excellent left. LeSaN-
age. with his greater punching pow
er, took the decision. however.
Harold Coe. IN the welterweight
class. was another Ypsilanti boy
who was forced to fisht twice We'd.
nesday night. In his first hght he
met the highly regarded Phil ,
Joseph who appeared on the way
10 an easy victory as he took the
first and second rounds OF their
match. With 80 seconds elapsed
OF the third round, Coe landed .
terrific right TO Joseph's chin which
dropped him TO the canvas lie
managed TO struggle up al the count
of eight but he was out on E.s
feet, and Referee Phlbln stopped
the bout and awarded il on a
technical knockout TO Coe.
Coe wasn't so impressive in his
second fight as Bob Williams. Ypsl.
lanti. hit him almost At will. Near
the end OF the second round vii
liams had Coe helpless and he
couldn't answer the bel for the
last round so technical knockout
was credited to Williams.
In the middleweight class jim
Wren had II all his way as he
| took a three round decision from
Ralph Blackrog. Both were Ypsi-
lanti boys.
In the light heavyweight class.
Aim Horton. Wayne. made the mis-
take of trying to slug toe to toe
with Bill Peterson, Ann Arbor. and
he lasted for only one minute and
thirty seconds OF the nrst round
before Referee Philbln was fore I'd
to step in and award the bout %
/ Peterson on a technical knockout.
The final bout Of the evening was
between Bill Morgan, Ann Arbo-.
and Buster Lee, Ypsilsnti. both
! heavyweights. Lee was much the
| better of the two and came out
with the decision. He scored one
| knockdown.
In the open division three bouts
were held. Charlie Mays and Bill
Lee put on a lightweight bout that
ended in a technical knockout for
/ Mays after one minute and fifty
/ five seconds of the second round.
Cy Hughes and Bob Jackson, tho
| Ann Arbor welterweights, battlcd
furiously through the three rounds
Hughes with his lightning-like left
piled up just barely enough points
to gain the split decision.
In the middleWeight class Ralph
IIolbrook. Chelsea, and Brennan
Chief" Greenwood, Brighton, two
boys with a reputation for hard
hitting, put on an interesting bou.
with Greenwood forcing most OF the
fighting. Another split decision re-
suited with Greenwood getting the
decision
Two extra novice fights were
held with Earl Holbrook. Chelsea,
scoring technical knockout over
Art Willis, Ypsilanti, in weller
weight match; and Jack Erkins.
Mount Clemens, easily taking The
decision from Bin DuChaine, Ypsi-
/ lanti.
Midway through the matches
Wednesday, a comic bout was pre-
scented before an appreclatiye au-
dience with Harold Harner and BIZ
Hughes in the leading roles. The
diminHtiye Harner, who isn't many
inches over five feet tall, finally
won when he supposedly kayoed
Hughes who is well over six feet.
Referee-announcer Dan Leabu also
was counted out In the grand wind
up OF the bout.