The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-17
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For CapeFear
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1e;eune Marines And S. c.
Boxers Feature Fights
Last Night

off last nlSnt dt Tie Nape feoi
Armory on Market street.
The semi-finals I scheduled to
=. Staged tonight at 8 o'clock
9th ID fast bouts On the card.
w. w. finals of the four-day box
; ln attraction will be staged Sat
urday night 49,,
The opening bouts were held
Wednesday night with a total of
~ @e 6outs and lasted until after mid
n;obt Last night the fights were
are~ in two hours and the small
crowd on hand seemed to enjoy
the display Of ~fisticuffs.
Nine fast and furious battles were
.o'oht last night with four TKO's
registered.
Donald Ray Ramsey, SO FOUNDER
II Wilmington, won a Judges
secision over George Canady. 70
uo,,nds, also of Wilmington. These
two fought in the sub-novice dlvl-
.ion and put up a real good scrap.
Tha second fight between Mario
pinelli of the Second Marine d.
Vision and Earl L. Bowen of Will
~rington was won on forfeit by
pinelli when Bowen failed to ap-
near in the ring.
Murray A. Levine, Camp Lejeune
Marine of Bayonne, N. j., also
wm on forfeit from Charles Bland,
n wilmington. Bland failed to ap'
near in the ring.
F. Williams, l26 pound boxer of
Vhiteville defeated Floyd w. Mil
l,r of Burgaw in the sub-novice
IA mound class. Williams lead the
Hgat during the three rounds ano
nroyed to be a hard puncher.
In one of the best fights of the
evening, George Pruitt of Florence,
s C.. won a close decision over
Dan Corey, USMC of Camp Lee
ieune. Both punchers landed hard
body and head blows and fought a
toe.to.toe battle throughout.
In the 135-pound sub-novice class
Lucky Guilford of Florence, S. C..
won a popular decision over Ed
ward B. Starr of the End Marine
division.
David Smith, hard punching Ma
zine from Camp Lejeune was
awarded the decision over j. Smith
Of Wilmington in a fast and furious
battle that brought t~hunderous ap-
plause several times from the
small crowd.
]. Eagle of Camp Lejeune was
given a forfeit over Oscar Wood
cock, Of Wilmington, when Wood
cock failed to appear.
Richard N. Dix. 1875 pound Ma
rine Of Cherry Point won a TKO
over G. w. Revell, of Florence,
{. c. The fighting Marine from
Netcong, N. j., had the South
Carolina lad on the floor at the
sound Of the bell in the second
round and in the third Revell was
forced 10 the canvass again by
the hard jabs Of the Marine.
Revelrs manager tossed in the
towel near the close of the third
round.
Another Florence batter, John
Cutter, lost on a TKO to Nick
Novak, Jr.. Of Duquesne, Iowa,
fighting unoer Cherry Point Marine
eolors. Cutter put up a good fight,
but the more experienced Marine
landed telling blows in the second
round and the South Carolinian
was forced to give up.
William Twardowski of Cherry
Point won On forfeit over Melvin
Steele. also from Cherry Point
When Steele failed to appear.
john N. keosian, Patterson, N.
H. Marine from Cherry Point
eageQ out the judges decision over
Fine Lakatos. Youngstown, Ohio,
MARINE. Both fighters were repre-
'ehtlng Cherry Point.
constantine G.. Gevas, New York,
was given a forfeit over Grayhill
M McCord, Georgia Marine. Both
nen were fighting under Cherry
sOM' colors. McCord was examin.
~ oy the tournament doctor and
displayed a slight fever. The doc
the ring.
Inc scheduled bout between
seofge W. Henefer of Cherry
oO.lV and Joe Calagirone of Cherry
svaat was postponed until Friday
N me final match of the even
Ms a battle of heavyweights, Joe
WI. Manoney, 1875, of the End Ma
Nv r'e uiVlSlon was given the decision
~. ielefee Kenneth Mann in the
To ra round after he had knocked
smnllny White of the S2nd Air
t sm.e Division to the canvas eight
h., ',leS IN the fight. The Wilmington
an, anu was unable to keep on his feet
tines. o"N lille Se'ei'
ths ,ance Red Beard, manager of
tournament fo~ the James A.
Foraty Post of the Veterans of
t,n,s- lsh Wars, sponsors of the
diisnament, said last night he was
a~1sn ppodated in the crowd. Less
s. @l QUO have attended the fights
ba nt said most of the preliminary
h. ss have been cleared from
Ana t % and the matches tonight
lsp or saturday night should provide
actin, boxing fans with plenty of
>Sa uclals last night were: Referee
clar,a aeth Mann; Time Keeper
|TDsts Garter; Judges - Fred
s,ss's' sr., Fred Wil.etts, Jr.. and
IEp,,,. Allan Roche; Seconds -
sspe Dyson and Bill souther-