Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-26
Two 1852 Champions
In Tonight's Finals
OF Golden Gloves

Tonight is the big night for
amateur boxers in the District |
Golden Gloves tournament. After
a month of battling, the survi-
vors shoot for individual cham
pionships in eight novice and
eight senior weight divisions in
the finals at TJline Arena. The
first bout starts at $3.50 pm.
Only two of last years senior
champions are in the finals, Billy
Hill at 112 pounds and Joe Gill
christ at 118 pounds, and both
face top-caliber opponents.
Hill. who also won the Ma
tional AAU crown last year, has
to contend with Ahmed Shah, an
efficient little boxer who last
year won the novice title and who
is attempting the rare feat of
taking the senior crown in his
first year among the more ex-
perienced belters.
Gilchrist has an even more
formidable opponent, if that's
possible. in George Davis of Fort
Meade. Davis is no newcomer
to the big time of amateur box
ing. Last year he won the ALL
Army championship.
Title Seen for cambridge.
cambridge Naval Training
Station just about has a lock
on the senior team champion
ship. It has placed three men
in the finals and needs to pro-
duce only one champion to take
home the cup. All three Balm
bridge men have been among
the best in this years tourna-
ment, and it would be no upset
if all three won. They are Mid
dleweight Warren Peterson, who
last year finished high up in
the New York Golden Gloves;
Interchangeable Charley But
let, the All-Navy champion, and
Heavyweight Dan Logan, who,
until he entered the current
tournament, had scored all his
victories by knockouts. Oddly
enough none of his wins in the
preliminary rounds came on sud-
den endings, and his supporters
think he is overdue to score a
knockout.
Class Among NOviceS.
The novice division has more
class than is usual among in
experienced fighters. What may
be one of the nights best is the
heavyweight final between Len
Kanthal of CYO and John
O'Hanlon Of cambridge. The
135-pound scrap between Ernie
Williams of Southeast House and
Francis Harper, unattached, also
has the makings of a young war.
Williams has a lot of backing
for the award as outstanding
novice in the tourney, but he
first must dispose of the very
tough Harper tonight.
Pairings are:
NOVICE DIVISION.
112-pound elass-Teddy Wilson CMer-
TICK Club VS.. Harold Smith North
11S-pound class-Pat Walker Cath
Ollie Youth Organization) VS.. Howard
williams Southwest Police Boys Club. |
i26-pound clasS-Randy Horne (Mer- |
ficS Club VS.. Richard billiard tQuan-
l35-pound class-Francis Harper tun-
Ssttached) vs. Ernie (Sonny Boy) VIII
mans 4--G 1soqthe as House,; .,u ,n,
bridge Naval Training station VS..
Jimmy TAFT Catholic Youth Organiza-
l60-pound class-Paul Stevens police !
C.uo NO. - VS.. Bobby Miller Southeast |
E94SeD.
:. I72,pound class-Alonzo Shack tPo-
ice ice Siuo No I'D VS.. Russell Troy Po- !
Heavyweight cIass-Len Kanthal /
OCS3tnolc Youth Organization) vs.. John /
Station
SENIOR DIVISION.
112;pound class---Ahmed Shah (Mer-
rick Club VS.. Billy Hill Northeast A. c.. |
llS-pound class-George Davis (Fort
Meade VS.. Joe Gilchrist Twelfth
lice CLUB No. rs vs. s.01 Alfonso A' MucheG-
son Boiling Air Force BaSe).
135 pound class - Roland Bagley
Camp PicketD VS.. Bobby Shell North
III pound class = Charley Little
(Quantico) VS.. Stewart Grimes (Andrews
Air Force Base).
160-pound class - Warren Peterson
lBainbridse Naval Training station) VS..
Robert Stevenson Camp PickettJ.
175 pound class - Ralph Meador
(Catholic Youth Organization) VS..
Charley Butler Cambridge Naval Train
ing Staticn1.
Heavyweight class-Warrenel Lester
(Fort Meade) VS.. Dan Logan (Bain-
bridge Naval Training Station.