Evening star., 1942-02-01
Cardinals Bow
Before Miami
In Ring, s.
Comeron's Win Over
kysczewski Proves
Deciding WoIIop
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

Climaxing with a stunning victory
in the heavyweight joust, an uphill
drive in which they won the last
three bouts to overcome Catholic
Universitys early 30 lead, Miami's
mitten manipulators handed the
Cardinals their first setback of the
season before crowd of 2,500 last
night at Brookland The final
count was 5-3
Going into action with their
coach, Eddie Lafond, seriously i'll
at home, the Cards bowed only after
getting bad break in the light
weight class in which Ralph Obre-
gon lost by technical kayo to Mi
ami's Lew Price. Referee Denny
Hughes undoubtedly acted wisely in
stopping it, although it was a cruel
blow to Catholics hopes for Obre-
gon, entering the ring the first time
this season after only three days
in the gym, appeared to be a trifie
ahead on points although so tired
he hardly could stand. The match
had only IS seconds to go and Price
was pretty well exhausted, too.
Manning Game But Weary.
Another newcomer to the Cardi-
nal squad, l75-pound Mike Manning,
made a game but futile attempt
to gain his mates their second stale
mate in as many starts but fell be-
fore the crushing southpaw shots
of Earl Sapp, rightly nacknamed
"Tuffy." But those bouts didn't de-
eide the match.
Ed Cameron's decisive victory
over "Sneeze" Kysczewski in the
heavyweight go was the blast that
sank the Brooklanders. This was
advertised as the feature bout of
the program but not until the final
round when the boys forgot their
fancy footwork and fell to with
deadly earnestness in a toe-to-toe
exchange did it fulfill expectations.
Kysczewski shook up Cameron
with vicious clout on the Uranium
midway in the session but couldn't
follow up his advantage, and the
Miami mauler opened up with a
two-fisted broadside that made the
Brookland howitzer stand his dis
tance. Sneeze was cautious to an
extreme in the first two rounds,
and this timidity probably was the
decisive factor.
Cameron Almost Too Cocky.
Cameron, who only last week won
the nod over National Intercolle-
giate Champion Lou Campbell Of
Southwestern Louisiana. was
feathery-footed chap, clever with
his dukes but trif1e too confident.
and his almost too casual regard
for Kysczewski had him in trouble
in the final round
Ted Mandris, C. U. featherweight,
employing a style that seemingly
enabled him to approach his oppo-
nent from several directions simul-
taneously, scored a richly deserved
victory over Francis Christie to
even the count after Price WEIGH
had lost to Jimmy Demos in the
curtain-raiSer.
Obregon, who tore out of his cor
ner with a wild and furious assault
evidently designed to catch Price
of balance in gamble for quick
knockout, shot his bolt in that
opening flourish, but in SO doing
so exhausted his opponent he was
virtually impotent from then on.
c. U. Lead Short-Lived.
Capt. Huck Hughes and Jimmy
Lynagh restored C. U. to the lead
by taking their fights, but Charley
Riehl ran into a mess of trouble
in the person of Jack Larkin, and
his defeat marked the turning point
of the struggle.
Joe Bunsa and Dave Bernstein,
both former Cardinal stars, were
in command of the team during
Lafond's absence.
For Miami 1t was a brisk warmup
for Tuesdays bouts with Columbus
University at Turner's Arena.
12O-pounds-James Demos (M) de-
cisioned Price Welsh
127-pounds-Ted Mandris &C. ID de.
cisioned Francis Christie.
T. K. o. over Ralph Obreaon u:5O third
round)
145-pounds-Huck Hughes &C. ID de-
cisioned Joe Cranston.
-pounds-Jack Larkin MJ deci-
stoned Charley Riehl
175-pounds-Earl sapp M) T. X. ..
over Mike Manning t0:40 Of second
Heavyweisht-Ed Cameron (M) deci-
stoned Casimer KyscZewski.