The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-02-01
THE STORY OF THE WEEK
Leon, Davis and Daniels
Win AII-American Crowns
Overflow Crowd Sees Ten Race Boxers
Via For HOnOrs

punch that ended the fight was scored
lust before the bell ending the round.
It was a vicious right under the heart
and, although the count only got to
two, it could have easily been the full
ten.
Davis, in so easily adapting his
style to that of his opponent, gave the
crowd real thrill as he came back to
COP the title in the second round.
There were those, who, because of the
blood oozing from Davis nose and the
memory of how Jacklich looked at the
end of his fight against McQulllan,
thought that Dynamite" would never
be able to successfully turn the tide Of
the battle to his favor. When the
second started and he fought differ
emily and was able to get at his ran
gier opponent, the Gardens was thrown
into wild frenzied cheering as he kept
moving forward and landing with hard
lefts and rights.
Daniels Wins Welterweight Crown
Outclasses Hubs Golden Boy"
The first final bout with a local boy
as one of the contestants was the well
terweight clash. Dave Andrews, of
Lowell, the newly adopted Golden
Boy" was outclassed and outfought by
Daniels, the colored Gold Coaster.
Never, in this writer's opinion was
Andrews in the fight Daniels, who
has been acclaimed by many fstic
critics as being ten best possible
successor to Henry Armstrong was
much too clever a boxer and had too
much experience for the Golden Boy"
He clearly outpointed Andrews in the
first round and even in the later ones,
when the localite put on a rally, he
boxed so skillfully that he never was
in any danger of losing his lead.
This final bout came as disappoint-
ing surprise, to the local gentry of
amateur boxing, although Daniels
came here with quite a reputation,
because many were of the opinion that
Andrews was sure to cop the title. In
his first bout against O'Neill Bell, col
ored, of Detroit, the West Coast well
terweight, although he won the deci-
sion quite handily, didn't look too i'm
pressive. To be sure he did show that
he was experienced but he seemed
quite content at just coasting through
to victory. This type of fighter usu-
ally finds it hard going against An
drews as he is a two listed puncher.
However, Bell was nobody's set-up
which perhaps accounts for Daniels
showing.
By winning, Daniels again proved
to the local amateur followers that it
will be sometime before good local
welterweight will be found who can go
all the way. Last year it was "Red"
Priest who was thought of as having
the goods" until Henry Brimm, the
colored welterweight of Buffalo, came
here to take the National title.
Seven of Ten ColOred Boxers in Finals
The show, which was huge success,
saw lineup of seven of the ten col
ored fighters, on the card, in the final
bouts of their respective divisions. This
is very good average and speaks
volumes for the inspiration given by
Joe Louis and Henry Armstrong.
The fiyweight fnalists were both
colored. Diogenes Leon, the crowned
champion, and Jasper Parker both
were good. The featherweight final
lists were again both colored. Charlie
Davis, the winner, and Bob McQuillan,
who made such an admirable showing
even in defeat. The lightweight class
saw William Moore lose to Don Wal
lenfang. Moore, colored, was perhaps
the unfortunate" of the tourney as he
lost the title on a split decision. 1t
was the only decision that was so close
that the fans disagreed with the Off
Gals and showed their disagreement
by booing Around the ringside, it
was generally conceded that Moore,
although not easily the winner, did
score enough points to win the deci-
sion. The welterweight finale had
Mickey Daniels, the crowned cham
pion, and the heavyweight class saw
Connie Norden, good fighter, defeat
Al Reed, of Albany, colored.