The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-29
BEATS MINIS BOXERS, g.
JENRETTE SCORES
WIN WITH T.K.0.
Upset of Meet Is McGee's k.O.
Of Wetzel Holt; Hunt Wins
First Bout for Cats
BY GLENWARD BLOMME

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battled their way to an 8 to 5 win
over the Wildcats of New Hanover
High school in the local ring last
night before a large crowd of fam
who seemed well pleased with the re-
suits of all fights. The matches were
well fought and the winners were
not out Of the red until the eighth
fight had been decided.
T. C. Hunt opened the battles with
a three round decision over Smith of
Hamlet in the IS pound class. Hunt
pushed the fight throughout and
both lads were tired at the end after
mixing it up in the second and third
rounds.
Phelps added another point to the
locals total by outpointing Knowles
: in the SO pound class in three rounds.
Knowles threw long lefts to the head,
but Phelps closed in to shoot right
~upper-cuts to the head and body to
gain the award.
A. Blue started the Hamlet scor-
ing in the third fight as he scored
over Saleeby in the 105 pound di-
body to score. Saleeby spared most
of the rounds for an opening and
landed some good rights to the body.
Irwin added another marker to the
winners total as he decisioned Me
shew in three rounds in the Ito
pound weight. The visitor used a
long right hand punch to score his
points and punished Meshew with
hard blows to the body and head. The
Wildcat grew tired in the final round
and did not put up much fight.
Jenrette put the Wildcats back in
the fifth fight as he scored a techni-
cal knockout over G. Blue in the Sec
ond round after 26 seconds of fight
ing. Jenrette pushed Blue around
the ring with hard rights to the face
with Blue shooting long lefts to the
face. The Wildcat shot a long hard
right to the eye which dropped Blue
to the Both weighed 12O
pounds.
Trollinger put the Hamlet team
back in the lead with a decision over
Cooper of Wilmington in three
rounds of exciting fighting. Weigh
ing in at 124, the lads mixed it up
throughout the first and second
round but Trollinger hit Cooper when
he was down and lost the second
round on the foul. He came back,
however, in the final round to bring
blood to Cooper's nose and tire out
the local fighter.
Haas and Billingsley, at 100, bat
tied three rounds to a draw with both
lads shooting nice rights and lefts
to the face and giving the fans a
nice show of good boxing.
Arnold took 40 seconds of the Sec
ondond round to stop Carey in the
100 pound division. Arnold fought
in close and shot hard fast punches
to the body and then to the head. He
hit Carey a hard right to the face to
stop the fight with the local boy un-
able to continue.
Hartgrove gained a three-round
judges nod over Jeter in the ninth
battle in the 133-pound division.
Hartgrove carried the fight to Jeter
for the better part of the three
rounds to win. Both lads showed nice
punching in the first two rounds, but
Jeter tired in the final stanza.
Nall, 1876, and Brown, 1876, fought
a draw with Nall matching short
fast punches with the hard smuggling
Of Brown. Brown won the first
punch to the body, but Nall came
back to match him in the final two
rounds.
Atkinson, 1877, and Coins, 1877,
started off fast in the eleventh
battle, but the Hamlet fighter
caught the Wildcat with a right to
the head in the second round and
dropped him for a t.k.o. after % Sec
onds of the second. &
Bill Bowen, 145, gained another
point for the locals by battling out
a decision over Davis, las, in the
semi-final bout of the evening.
Bowen pushed the fight and got in
side the visitors punches to score
Davis used a nice left to mark up
his points.
MCGEE, 1865, hard hitting fighter
Of Hamlet, pulled the upset of n
night as he stopped Witzel Holt, 1865,
in the second round after a bruising
first round which had the crowd on
it's feet. The visitors went into the
fight with both eyes in bad shape
from the Charlotte match last week
which he won after having cuts
over both eyes. In the second round
after pushing Holt to the ropes, NC
Gee landed a hard right hasd punch
to the side of the head, which
dropped Holt to tine floor. The local
lad regained his feet but could not
continue the fight after So seconds
of the second round had passed.
The officials were w. K. Rhodes,
Jr., referee: Fred Willetts, Hargrove
Davis and Skeet James, JUDGES;
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