The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-01-15

Eight champions were crowned
before a near-capacity crowd We'd
nesday night as the Golden Gloves
tournament underwent its final
stages, preparatory to the District
championships at Adrian.
While all of the bouts were agreed
10 be we'll matched the fastest one
was probably the fight between Ann
Arbor's Harry Harris, and Don Rich
ards Of Ecorse: the "sluggin est"
one, the bout between Joe Smith and
Ed Clements OF Ecorse; the closest,
the one between Trenton's Don
Richardson and Jerry Farmilari OF
Dearborn; and the gamest fighters,
the Jack Brown-Duane flasher slug
test.
The winners OF last nights bouts
were presented with beautiful gold
en- gloves, with handsome silver
gloves awarded TO the runners-up.
and a lapel button to all boys par.
ticipatiug.
The prize sought by every novice.
a trophy awarded to the most out
standing fighter who has not won
more than two tournament matches
In the previous year or years, went
to Jack Brown, li5 FOUNDER from
Wayne. On his entrance into the
tournament. Brown outpointed Reg.
Forester Of Ypsilanti, won his semi
final match and finally decisioned
Duane Sonny" Hosler to take the
title. Jack is a junior in Michigan
State Normal College and a men,
Der of the Phi Delta Pi fraternity.
He was a football star at Wayne
High School and was graduated
from there in 1889. Last fall he
played left haifback on the varsity
Huron grid team. He is a rather tall
boy, standing we'll over six feet,
which gives him a great ring ad
vantage. His long arms give him
left that keeps his opponent too
far away to do any real damage.
According to Jack Starwas, general
tournament chairman. boxing in
structor, and former state Golden
Gloves champ. Brown shows as
much or more promise than any
other boy in the tournament this
year. and 1t is expected that his
name will be deeply carved in fistic
annals before he quits the square
ring"
Ecorse Boys Club predomina ted
in the list of victories with four
winners while two local boys, and
two Dearborn boys emerged vic
torious. Ann Arbor, Wayne. Ham
tramck. and Highland Park each
claimed a winner.
In the first match, Ecorse's John
Roundtree, 100 pound novice, con.
tinued his climb by outpointing Ed
Zerak. Dearborn Boys Club entrant
Although Roundtree was floored
/ midway in round two, he came back
in the remainder of the round with
looping rights, and slugged his way
through the third round, keeping
Zerak cropping for balance, with
Roundtree also groggy much OF the
time.
Lester Oltersdorf Ypsilanti IA
vorite and three year veteran OF
the ring, has been out OF the tourna-
-ment until the finals. and in a
close fight, decisioned Pat Boner,
Cassidy Lake, In the 1875 pound
open class.
Marshall Mosher, Ypsilanti fly
weight. won his third fight of the
tournament when he kayoed Harry
Collins OF Ecorse in one minute and
thirty seconds.
Harold Coe, Ypsilanti favorlte OF
the past two tournaments, bowed
out OF the tournament when he
made his second trip to the canvas
in one minute OF the second round
at TIE hands OF Francis O'Hara OF
the Dearborn Boys Club. Coe was
dropped in round one, but the bell
sounded before the count had pro-
crossed past four.
Red-headed Loren Dean, Trenton
met defeat at the hands OF John Cap.
alone after being knocked COM
pletely out of the ring at the end
OF round three.
John Germanowski, Hamtramck
entrant, dropped his opponent,
Byron Dean. brother OF Loren Dean.
and likewise auburn haired, in one
minute, twelve and one-half seconds
OF round two.
] Jack Brown and Duane Sonny"