The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
Keesler Field Takes Team Trophy
Over Pascagoula. Score OF 40-45

the PascagouIa Golden GloVers
lost the team title TO Kecsler
Field Soldiers 48-45 in the Sec
ond annual South Mississippi
tournament at Pascagoula Friday
and Saturday nights at the Mark
ct Street recreation center.
The annual tournament is spon-
sored by the Chronicle-Sta and
Advertiser in cooperation with
Pascagoula Legion Post l60. Title
winners in the tournament here
viii be eligible to compete in the
Sonthern regionals at Nashville
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day of next week, and winners
there will compete in the national
championships at Chicago.
Slam-bang matches literally
spangled with knockouts and
technical knockouts featured the
twb-night tournament with the
Pascagoula boxers taking the
title in every class they entered
with the exception of one.
Bosarse Wins Trophy
Roy Bosarge, outstanding Pas
cagoula 135-pound entry, not only
won the title in his class but was
also voted the Douglas Hague
Memorial trophy for sportsman
ship, which WIS awarded by the
judges at the close of the tour
nament. In taking the title in
the l35 pound class Bosarge show
ed.good form and stamina to win,
both of his fights over Keesler
opponents Friday night, one by a
decision and the other by a
knpckout.
Saturday night Bosarge met a
tough opponent in Keesler's John
Germany. The fight was evenly
matched Until Germany ran into
a straight right to the mouth to-
ward the end of the first round.
which floored him, Germany
back pedalled to survive the
round, however, and came back
strpng, and carried the match on
fairly efen terms. The battle
between these two 135-pounders
proved to be the outstanding
match of the two-night show,
with Germany showing unusual
stamina and courage.
Acosta Shows Class
Robert Acosta, Pascagoula en-
try in the l60-pound class, also
showed outstanding ability and a
sledge-hammer punch to take the
title In that class. In two elm
ination fights Friday night he
scored kayoes ON both his KEGS
let Field opponents.
He was paired against Bill
Woodruff of Keesler in the fin
ais Saturday night and again
proved his punching ability when
he opened a cash over his OPP
poneht's left eye toward the end
of.the first round. After an ex-
animation of Woodruff's eye by
the referee and doctors, the match
was awarded Acosta on a techni-
cal knockout.
sPascagoula entries had the 112-
psund class all to themselves, and
Milton Ezell met Louis Herring
ton Saturday night in the finals.
EfelI took the title when Gil Gil
lespie, referee, awarded him the
bout on a. technical knockout in
the second round. Ezell had floor
ed his OPPONENT for a six count in
the early part of the first round,
and had him virtually helpless
when the referee stopped the
fight.
THE 1l8-pound class showed
only two entries, Wayne Rouse of
Pascagoula and Robert Nevia
of, Keesler. Rouse took the
title in Saturday nights show by
outpointing his Keesler opponent.
The 125-pound class saw some
fast action with Buster Pittman
taking a hairline decision over
Donald Gonzales of Keesler in the
tide bout Saturday night. The
match was one of the hardest
fought of the tournament. Pitt
man put his opponent on the can
vas in the early part of the first
roand, with Gonzales duplicat-
ing the feat a short time later by
sending Pittman down for a nine
cohnt.
Only one Pascagoulan was en-
tered in the 147-pound class with
seven entries from Keesler. Tony
Starnes representing the locals
met Bob Blythe of Keesler in this
class and suffered a technical
Knockout. Blythe then waded
Though his teammates to take the
title Saturday night by outjab-
bldg Frank Lukavich.
The Soldiers had the 175-pound
class all to themselves without
any Pascagoula entries. John
'Duckick tbok the title Saturday
night when he scored a technical
knockout over his teammate,
Willie Dry.
The heavyweight class saw an
other Pasfagoulan, Salem Lab
boys, coming through to take
the title. In the first bout Fri
LAY night. Labbous, weighing
200 pounds. scored an easy win
over Floyd Hardwood, 240