Evening star., 1951-01-12
Enthusiasm Keynotes
Golden Gloves Bouts;
Nine Kayos Scored

The all-novice program open
ing the annual Golden Gloves
AAU boxing tournament last
night at Turner's Arena was a
crowd pleaser all the way. En-
thusiasm more than skill marked
the Is bouts, with eight ending in
technical knockouts and one with
a clean knockout.
The knockout victory was by
Freeman Jackson of the newly
formed Gordon Boys Club who
stopped Irving Presley of the
National Guard in SIS seconds of
the second round of a 135-pound
bout. A hard right to the head
did the trick.
Few Show Any Defense.
Few Of the novices bothered
much about defense and a good
illustration of that was the light
weight slugfest between Bernard
King Of Merrick Club and Matt
Howard, unattached. with King a
technical knockout winner in the
third round. King was in there
banging with both hands from
bell to bell until Referee Charley
Reynolds stopped the affair at
LAT of the third.
Another bangup brawl was the
featherweight scrap won by Har-
old Lacy, unattached. over Frank
Smith of Southwest Police Club
Neither made a defensive gesture
and it appeared a tosSyp as to
which one would be knocked out.
Smith had the best of it in the
first round, but Lacy staged a
comeback to floor Smith twice In
the second round. The second
time the bell saved Smith, but
he went down twice again in the
fourth before Referee Reynolds
stopped the bout.
Split Decisions Won.
Two of the matches going the
distance were in heavier classes.
Middleweight Maurice johnson Of
Southwest Police Club scored
over Sam Deitrick of Merrick on
a split decision. A split verdict
also gave William Kinney of Boil
ling AFB a victory over Robert
Dinsmore Of CYO in the light
heavyweight class.
Next action in this Golden
Gloves tournament will be an
other card of novice bouts next
Thursday night at Turner's
Arena.
tached. decisioned Ernest Williams. South
west Police Boys Club.
1lS-pound class-Haskel Carson. Ma
tional Guard, decisioned Paul Mercilliott,
unattached,
l2s;pound class.vernen , washingt9'n' Aa1ag.'n
Sod sast5af9sGi Frank smith afia sMPbc. Tao thira
round, Frank Levett, unattasheds tk'o.o
Herbert Delaney, st. Joe, l 30 nrst.
Quantico. t.k.o.'d Richard Browning, Mont |
gomery Blair Boxing Club, 1:2O third; |
George Robinson, PIC No. .. decisioned
Bill Gilmartin. PBC No. 5. Bernard King,
Merr4ck tko.'d Mathew Howard. unat-
tached, 1;47 third; Jesse Locke, st. Joe
one minute second. Freeman Jackson. DR..
Gordon Bc. knocked out Irving PRESLEY;
Bechtel OLYMPIC Club. decisioned John
Blair. CYo.. William Jenkins. unattached
won a forfeit from William LIVINGSTONE
unattached
147-pound class-Russel Morgan -tNa-
tional Guard) scored a t.k,o., over Law
renee Collins tPoliee Boys Club No; N;.saI; A.;
B. Cl%won forfeit from William Full
wood Unattached. James Ruckert luni;;
versity Boxing Club scored a technical
knockout over Kenneth Frederick tBolling
Field, 1:5S, Sd. Joseph Nelson tun- |
attached] scored technical knockout over
Gene Truesdale (unattached).. third round;
Truesdale didn't come out for the final
round.
180-pound class Maurice johnson
(SWPC) decisioned Sam Dietrick tMerricke. |
175-pound class-William Kinney fBoll- !
inr Field decisioned Robert Dinsmore