Evening star., 1948-05-19
College, Club Boxers
Compare Wares in
Matches Tonight

The respective cduDeIS Oh COL.
lege boxers and amateur club fight
ers will be tested in some degree
tonight at Grifath Stadium, where
the area Olympic tourney will con-
clude. Fourteen bouts, six semi
finals and eight championship
matches are scheduled, starting at
$3.50.
Five collegians will attempt to
prove that the old college try is
superior to the brand Of mitt fling
ing taught In the boys clubs. In
the first OF these duels Howard
us Monte Hickman will meet Leon
Daughtry, 1948 Golden Gloves SEN
Tor 147-pound champion, in well
terweight semif1nal. Hickman Is q
two-time winner Of the CIAA
crown, while his opponent. repre-
senting Liberty A.. c., is regarded
as one Of the best ring prospects
produced by local amateurs in sew
eral seasons.
In another semifinal Bob Matos
of American u. will tangle with
District AAU Champion Holly Minis
in the 160-pound sector. Matos,
who began his boxing in the Army,
is . freshman at the Massachu-
sets avenue school, and has won
five times and drawn twice in eight
college bouts. Minis, q heavy hitter
with either hand, inaugurated his
fistic career less than a year ago
at the Howard A. c., and reached
the semifinals of the National AAU
tournament in Boston last April.
Another Howard u. entry, Harry
Cochrane, is pitted against Eddie
Smith. Police Boys Club No. 2, In
a light heavyweight semiwindup.
Terp Star Faces Rough Going.
Paul Kostopoulos, University OF
Maryland student, got in some good
licks for the campus crew last Sat-
urday when he won brace Of light
weight preiiminaries to win his way
into the finals tonight. The tough
Terp is in for q rough evening, how
ever. for he will face Jim Hawkins,
Twelfth Street Y, one of the best
conditioned lads on the card. Haw-
kins is employed as a coal passer
and Is in top shape. He all but
won the AAU 135-pound crown last
spring. dropping a split decision IN
the championship bout.
Another collegian in the finals Is
Heavyweight Norval Lee, Howard
u. who will mix with enormous
Eddie Grant, the D. c. AAU un-
limited ruler. Grant is green, but
eager-and can hit-so Lee will be
on the alert for another Appomat-
toX
Still another newcomer In the
tourney is 175-pound Bob Weaver
Of the Naval Air Station. Three
months ago the sailor represented
Kansas City in the Nationals and
reached the finals before being
eliminated. A heavily-muscled lad,
the sailor hits sharply and moves
well for a big fellow. Tonight he
makes semifinal stand against Carl
Almgren, Apollo A. C.
Winners Go to Regi0nals.
The eight area winners will COM
pete in the regional tryouts in Phil
adelphia next week as preliminary
to the Olympic finals in Boston.
Tickets, priced at $1.50 and $3.50,
are on sale in The Star lobby and
at the ball park.
The pairings:
Semifinals.
147-pounds class-Joe williams tP. B.
e No. y VS.. Jack Cunningham apollo
147-pound class-Leon Daughtry Giber-
ty Acl vs. Monte Hiekman siI n.Ispsn .Ho%ard q u
1so.pound clas@Hoily Minis Howard
A. c. vs. Bob Matos American ";
175-pound class-Harry Cochrane choW-
ard e. VS. Eddis dfsscshl SMITH Al G Spoo
A. c.) vs.. Bob Weaver. (Nav. Air Station.
Championship Bouts:
112-pound class-Gene Smith (Howard
A. 6 vs. Dave Primrose -tP. B. C.; No. p:
loIIpPc 1Ispound class 10. 'mmy GoTg. aeorse
''2 Tae-pound clsssNpa. Thomas lApoIIlo
A. c. VS. Eddie Woodson (P. B, c. No, =.
135-pound class-Jim Hawkins, G2th
VS. pau1 KosSdp9al0S Gram Apoio pe
A. CD VS. Norvel Lee Howard u.
147-pounds class-Winner bout 1 vs..
Iso-D9Snae ,e Iclass-winner bout 8 VS.
"'ii!7Et I75-pound @ class-wnner bout 5 vs.
winner bout s.
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