Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-15
Terrapin Boxer Wins
Heavyweight Crown
In Eastern Matches
Special Dispatch 10 The Star

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Mar. IA
Heavyweight Cal Quenstedt of
Maryland, won the Eastern In
tercollegiate heavyweight boxing
crown here tonight with a clear
cut decision over Frank Hicks of
Army. But the Terrapins' bids
for two additional titles were re-
pulsed.
Rookie Gene Perkins, making
his first appearance of the sea-
son in the 132-pound final. was
beaten by Jim MCGEE of Army,
while Gary Fisher. Maryland
139-pounder. bowed to John
Granger Of Syracuse.
Syracuse. with six men in the
finals, picked up three individual
titles and had the team trophy
sewed up going into the last
round.
One of the biggest surprises
of the night was Syracuse's Bill
Millers victory over Pete Potter
of Virginia in the 156-pound
class. Potter, last years South
ern intercollegiate champion
and unbeaten this winter in dual
meets, was given a good chance
of whipping Miller. The Orange
star had too many guns, how
ever. and used them effectively.
Quenstedt Bout Slow.
Quenstedt. who displayed
plenty of courage by getting up
off the floor to win his semifina1
bout with Bill Andresevich of
Penn State in the afternoon,
was too fast and too aggressive
for Hicks. 1t was a rather slow
fight, but the left-handed Quen-
stedt did most of the leading and
had a pretty good defense for
the cadets contemporaries.
Perkins, a game youngster who
got his tourney chance when
Jackie Letter was not entered
because of a broken nose, got
a couple of good breaks in gain
ing the final. He drew a bye in
the opening round and advanced
through the seminal when Art
Nelson of Syracuse, defending
champion. failed to make the
weight. But Perkins luck ran
out tonight, as MCGEE employed
a solid brand of inf1ghting to
take the decision.
Fisher was knocked down by
Granger in the second round and
that proved to be the turning
point of the bout. The Old Liner
gave as good as he got in the
third, but he couldn't overcome
his opponents lead.
Scored Seminal Upset.
Fisher had reached the final
with an upset victory over Tony
Flore of Penn State who had
beaten the Marylander earlier
this year in a dual meet. In his
Semif1nal bout Granger scored a
technical knockout over Hay
| wood HanSell of Army.
Garry CARRIER of Maryland
bowed out of the 125-pound class
in the semif1nal round. losing to
Sam Marino of Penn State. Ma
rino went on to whip Tom Coul-
ter of Syracuse for the title.
Catholic University's last sur
vivor, 147-pound Bernie Pan
none, lost his semifinal bout on
a first-round TKO to Andy Ma
loney of Army.
The finals:
125-pound class-sam Marine penn
| Statel defeated Tom Coulter Syracuse
132-pound claSs-Jim MCGEE (Army)
defeated Gene Perkins maryland.
| 139-pound class = John Granger
!SyracuseD defeated Gary Fisher MARY
| land.
I47-pound class Andy Maloney
CArmv) defeated Larry O'Sullivan (Syra-
I56-pound class-Bn Miller tsyra-
cusel defeated Pete Potter virginia.
| 165-pound class - Vince Rlaolosi
(Syracusel defeated Jim Hess (CCNYD.
! 17S-pound class-Adam KoiS Penn
State) defeated Bruce Yancey tSyra-
! cuse).
Heavyweight CLASSICAL Quenstedt
(Maryland) defeated Frank Hicks