The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-29
nine SELECTED
FROM FORCES
In ISLAND CITY
Invitation Strengthens Be-
LIEF This City Has Just
About Best Amateur Fis-
tic Team In South

Nine boxers of Key West have
been invited to- take part in the
elaborate Navy Relief show
which will be staged at Miami
Field Nov. 8 with two of the
worlds best welterweights, Sam
my Secret and Al Nettlow, fac
ing each other in the main event.
This unusual honor accorded
service men in this area reflects
the high quality of weekly cards
staged for their entertainment by
the MOB Recreation Department
and furthers the local claim that
Key West has just about the best
in the South when it comes to
an amateur boxing team.
The Key West squad that will
perform before the Miamians
will include three from the us.
Naval Air Station, two from the
Naval Operating Base, one from
the U. S. Naval Hospital, one
from the Section Base, one from
Craig's Docks and one from Fort
Taylor
They are: NAS-Steve Garner,
Steve Ehrsam and Jimmy Du-
gan; NOB-Herb Oldaker and
Frank Lehn; U. IS. Naval Hos
pitaEBob Whitney; Section
Base-Leopard Fielding; Craig's
Docks-Billy Cosdens; Fort Taylor
Henderson Boree.
Secret VS.. Nettlow
Sammy Secret, 22-year-old
bluejacket who is rated the sixth
best welter in his world, had a
fight scheduled with Ray @Su-
gar" Robinson in New York some
months ago but it was cancelled
when Secret entered the Navy.
The sailor has beaten some of
the best men in his division,
having gained mods over Norman
Rubio, and the Canadian cham
pion, Make Berger.
His opponent, Al Nettlow, was
also one of the top ten welters
a year or so ago. Stationed at
the Jacksonville Air Base, Nett
low is working hard for his ten
rounder by training with George
Abrams, the leading contender
for the worlds middleweight
title, and Tommie Tucker, rated
seventh among the light heavies.
The six-round semi final brings
together the gargantuan pa
pound Dick Daniels and Milton
Lambert, 100.
Thumbnail Sketches
Thumbnail sketches of each of
boys to take part in the prelim-
mary bouts, all of whom are
from Key West, follows:
Winner of the Boston AAU
middleweight title in 1910 and
Semi-finalist in the New York
Golden Gloves tourney in the
same year. Bluejacket Steve
Garner weighs 164 pounds and is
from South Boston, Mass. He
won the Jacksonville, Fla, Gold
en- Gloves tournament last spring.
A six-footer, Garner starred in
boxing and football during his
scholastic days.
Leonard Fielding will be Earn
er'S opponent in the Six-round
main preliminary. The 155-pound
winner of nine straight here,
Fielding represents the Section
Base and halls from West Palm
Beach. He not only packs one of
the most terrific let's in South
Florida amateur circles but also
smashing right that has brought
curtains" to more than one ri
val in the past. He was middle
weight champion of the Univer-
sity of Florida and winner of the
State AAU. tournaments in 1886,
1887, 1893 and 1899.
The original kid from Ko-
'konea@4sf Se-pound Herb olda-
kerr slash4ag, punching and shift
ty boxer, who has had consid-
cradle experience gained in the
Tournament of Champions at
Chicago. He has taken full adj
vantage of his football-roughen-
ing davs to display his crushing
power and stamina for many inn
pressive victories here.
His opponent in a four-round-
er viii be Billy Cosden, better
known hereabouts as sBaltimore's
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