Evening star., 1947-12-19
WaIeoH Is Confident
Of Again Beating
Champ Joe Louis

Washington's 14th annual Golden
Gloves tournament promises to be
a slam-bang, action-packed affair
all the way down to the last bout
OF the final round If last nights
opening action is any indication.
More than 1,500 fans saw the bouts
at Uline Arena where Jersey Joe
Walcott, who gave Heavyweight |
Champion Joe Louis rousing
battle in New York recently, made
a ringside appearance and refereed
one bout.
Joe also was backstage in the
fighters dressing rooms where the
youngsters We'd with each other to
have their pictures taken with the
man who gave Louis such battle.
His appearance in the ring was
greeted by an ovation and Joe turned
out to be a natural crowd pleaser.
He had smile for every one and,
of course, every one asked about a
return match against Louis. He
had the same answer for all: IT
licked Louis once and I'll DO 1t
again."
Walcott's chances of a return
against Louis look good, particularly
as Gus Lesnevich, light-heavyweight
champ mentioned by Louis as pos
sibly his next opponent, signed yes
terday to defend his title in March
against Billy Fox.
The bout Walcott refereed turned
out to be a short one between
Roosevelt Whitley Of Liberty A. c.,
and Jerry O'Boyle of Merrick Boys
Club. O'Boyle won on a technical
knockout after l minute and As sec
onds of the first round when Walcott
stopped the battle because of Whit
ley's cut eye.
Walcott looked shorter than most
people expected Of leading heavy
weight fighter, although he is stocky.
At IS he still Is practically unmarked
from his years of ring warfare.
Eight bouts failed to go the dis
tance. Only one bout resulted in
4 clean knockout, with Ken Lindley,
Andrews Field welterweight, stop
ping Bob Myers of the Naval Med
ical Center at As seconds of the
second round in the senior division.
The seven technical knockouts in
cluded one at the expense of Paul
Oliver, 147-pound Prince Georges
Boys Club senior, who reached the
semifnals of last years AAU bouts.
Leon Daugherty Of Liberty A. c.
turned the trick in the second round.
Results:
Novice Division.
rick BOYS Club deeisioned Ted Tucker
Bo c IRo * oSee Nike sse 4ns
materos (olympic Club. in third round.
n I35Ipo2nd l,,,p class1Jim as Walton IP9lse
lMerrick Boys Club scored hrst-round
Tko S0. over r,, Fred Rudderham shamrock
147:pound clsss-Joe Williams tPolice
Boys Club No; p sid decisioned oshsa Jack
SshamrosFs Athletic Cub Scored third
round T%asa, Tko over Ed Donawa National
oua4ld Pays S Nst9ns
secFeSt 'shan5Ssk s.nior AIalf.le piHi.on: Club
11s-pound class Glare ence Tyler
Twelfth Street YMCA) decisioned Clarence
Stevenson (Fort Belvoir)
126-pound class =. frankie SteIato
tQuantico) scored third-round TKO over
Sammy Kelsey Twelfth Street YMCAD.
35-pound class-Harry Rogers (Quan-
tico) dectsioned James Hawkins Twelfth
Street YMCA).
147-pound class-Leon Daugherty Gib-
erty Athletic Club scored second-round
TKO over Paul Oliver prince Georges Po-
lice. Club; Bob Brewer tOlympic Athletic
Club scored second round TKo over Or
lando- Swensen Twelfth Street YMCA):
Ken Lindley tAndrews Field scored sec
ond-round knockout over Bob Myers Naval
Medical Center.
160-pound class-Ben Lewis Liberty
Athletic Club) decisioned James Miller
Andrews Field; John Pratt (Fort Belvoir)
scored second-round TKO over Ted Garde-
115- pound clasS-David Key Gberty
Athletic Club decisioned James Autry
Naval Medical Center