Evening star., 1947-03-02
Malone Takes Verdic'
Over Clemson Rival
Ito CIinch Crown
BY Lewis F. Atchjson

III p p1oQd ana t6u0oef d0ele
that had 1000 fans In . constan,
uproar. the University Of Maryland
crowned two individual championi
to nose out Clemson's cloutins
Tigers for the Southern Conference
boxing championship last night at
Richie Coliseum.
It was fitting fadeout for roly-
poly Ken Malone, Maryland heavy
weight, as he decisioned Clemson,
rugged Bill Hunter In the last tight
on the card for the deciding points
The team title was at stake when
they came to scratch and had Cleln.
son won 1t would have picked ur
all the marbles by Q 1-point margin
Team totals wefs: Maryland, ~;
Clemson, 10; South Carolina, 10;
North Carolina, ., and The cita.
dol, 3.
Rieder Makes Comeback.
Malone, Z normal ught.heAyy.
weight who fought out Of his clas,
most Of the seasos. and saved thre,
dual matches for his mates, sayl
away II pounds last night. but hs
never took . backward step. II,
shook up Hunter in tho secone
round With Z series Of probing loft,
to the stomach. followed by right,
to the head, and cut1ed him Will
the same right In the last session.
But Just as important to $ tn,
Terps' suecess and even more excit,
ing was Ed Rieder's comeback vic
tory over J. w. Brown Of Clemson
for the l65.pound title. Rieder 60
up OF the floor to win and almost
put his man away In the last roune
TO gain q split decision. They facee
each other like two Stone Age com.
batants, and started swinging from
the start Of the first round. Bott
scored, but Browns roundhousl
rights carried more smoke and Rie.
der went down. Had Brown followed
up his advantage he might have
ended the fight at that point, but
he had tasted Rieder's right anc
found it indigestible.
It was toe-to-toe all the way with
both boys firing potential haymak.
ers from crouching positions
Browns energy sagged In the fina.
round and Rieder, rallying strongly
tagged him with enough ioopine
rights to the head and body to sway
the Judges.
Trophies are Presented.
Representative Lansdale Sasscel
OF Maryland presented the team
trophy to Malone and indiyidua,
trophies to individual title winner,
immediately after the bouts.
Bill Sunas came back strongly ir
the last two rounds otter q rocky
start to win q close decision owe,
Johnny Lindsay Of Clemson in the
l1o-pound class. Lindsay cracked
the tar heel on the jowls with .
Wh1stling right at the start and
Sunas didn't get going until thu
second, then he boxed nicely and
scored heavily with his left lab
Sunas' eye was ripped open In ths
f1rst round and again in the thire
when they were both swinging TO,
knockouts,
Jerry Orr gained Clemson's frs
individual title by tattening Charli.
Lambeth Of North Carolina in tn,
second round. Orr had troubl,
getting through his opponents de.
Tense in the 1irst round, but cut hin
down In the second with a cracking
right to the body. Lambeth triet
to get up at the count Of eight, but
his legs wouldn't obey.
Carl Pulkinen took another titls
for the Tigers by getting q tech,
nical knockout over Marylandi
Danny Smith at the end Of the sec.
ond round Of their l35-pound scrap
1t was stopped because Of Smith.
cut nose. 1t was . tough break iol
the stout-hearted little Old Liner
who was whiting down his rivals
stamina and seemed on his way te
victory.
Tommy Maloney Kayoed.
Ray Avant caught Tommy Ma.
loney with a smoking right to ths
chin to annex the 145-pound crown