The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-10
Semi Finals at
Local Arnory

OF the IA boxing matches in the
semi-hnals OF the annual Golden
Gloves tournament. six ended with
one OF the fighters on the canvas.
and the other eight with at least
one OF the lighters in every match
barely able TO retain his balance.
James and Gilbert Franklin,
Marshall Washer and Clarence Coe
are the only boys who have fought
thus far and made the grade.
Lester Oltersdorf. local Golden
Gloves enthusiast, who has fought
in the previous tournaments, SUI
fered a broken hand recently. and
will not be able to fight until the
finals.
The finals will be next Wednes-
day in the Ypsilanti Armory.
Survivors in next Wednesday 8
matches will be given trip to ADJ
rian with expenses to be paid by
the Junior Chamber OF Commerce.
The next steps are Jackson. Grand
Rapids for the state finals, and
Chicago for the national tourney.
The first bout OF the evening
matched Raymond Coe, member OF
the lighting family OF Goes, and
Ed Zerah OF the Dearborn Boys
Club. In one minute, "a and one
half seconds OF round two. Zerah' 5
punches had begun to take toll, and
hard right TO the jaw OF the
local boy dropped him to the can
vas for the count.
The bout between Fred Hobbs,
Ypsilanti, and Francis O'Hara,
Dearborn, lasted just one minute
and four seconds. before Hobbs
made his second nine-count trip 20
the canvas. and Referee Let" Phil
bin gave O'Hara the bout.
In the l26 pound division Of the
open class, Don Donogan, Dearborn,
c. Y. o. entrant, matched mitts
with Ann Arbor's Giles Thick.
The first round was fast one, with
both boys taking a great deal of
punishment However, two min.
utes and 20 seconds OF round two
saw volley OF dynamite-laden lefts
and rights that put Thielk on the
ropes, and forced his handlers to
forfeit the fight.
Jack Brown, Wayne, a lanky
slugger with a good left, outpoint-
ed Trenton's Bill Haggerty, a game
fighter.
James Kruger and Harry Collins,
both representing Ecorse Athletic
Club. battled the full three rounds
with one decisive point in favor OF
Collins.
Ypsilanti's Harold Coe, who went
to the finals last year and-was
beaten by Bob Williams. tangled
with Ann Arbor's Earl Holbrook,
and when Holbrook was unable to
answer the bell. Coe was credited
with a technical knockout.
James Taylor, Ecorse Boys
Club representative, met the third
Coe fighter of the evening, Clar.
ence, in the 1876 pound division. A,
the end OF round one, Taylor
punches had forced Coe to for
felt the bout.
John Roundtree, Ecorse Boys
Club entrant, who needed but q
minute and half to X. o. his op-
ponent on Wednesday, climbed an
other rung on the ladder or fistic
success by outpointing Christer.
phorls Clark, Ann Arbor.
Duane Sonny" Hasler. Wayne
leather singer. in the 146 pound
novice class. literally knocked his
opponent, George Wick, Ecorse, all
over the rink before Wick's sec
onds forfeited the bout on his
fourth trip to the mat.
Red headed Byron Dean, Tren-
ton. won his second match OF the
tournament from Bill Terry, Dear
born, gaining one point victory
in a very close fight.
Don Richardson, los FOUNDER
from Trenton, broke away from the
monotony OF ordinary Struggling it
out" and succeeded In clipping