Evening star., 1953-02-19
Tough Bouts Expected
Tonight in SemifinaIs
OF Golden Gloves

Boxers IN Cne GOIQen ClOVeS
tournament reach the turning
point tonight in the 90 senior
and novice matches scheduled at
Uline Arena at $3.50 o'clock.
All the wiShful thinkers and
boys with more ambition than
ability have been eliminated in
preliminary matches, and from
here on in it's class all the way.
Every one in tonight'S matches
has won his place the hard way.
and they're battling to go on to
the finals a week from tonight.
Among those facing tough op-
position is George Davis, the all
Army bantamweight champion
from Fort Meade. He is mtached
with AL (Sugarl Morton of Pa
tuxent Navy, a speedy and clever
boxer. Whichever wins still will
have his hands full, because yet
to be met next week is Joe Gil
christ, the defending District
Gloves champion.
Two members of the Quantico
Marines team are prominent
among those in the lighter senior
classes. Lightweight Mark Cav
anaugh, who skillfully outpoint-
ed Aime NORM of cambridge in
his last fight. has to get past
Robert Shell of Northeast A. C.
Welterweight Charley Little,
winner over Dan Palmer his last
time out. is matched against
Freeman Jackson, another
Northeast A.C. stalwart.
The only defending champion
scheduled to fight tonight is the
classy Billy Hill of Northeast
A. c., who takes on Johnny Gray
of Boiling Air Base. Hill not
only won the District f1yweight
title last year but also the Ma
tional AAU crown. He almost
made the Olympic team. but
was shaded by Nate Brooks, who
went on to win the flyweight
championship for the United
States at Helsinki.
Tonight's windup bout pre-
sents Edgar Smith; of Police
Club No. 13. contender in re-
cent years for the heavyweight
crown, against Warren Lester
OF Fort Meade.
PairingS are:
SENIOR DIVISION.
ffsSl!tRs fsSrtRsa:As Air Ad} Force sase' vs. Billy Hill
tPataxeSt River Naval f9sf Test center1 M9rtUn Ts
Ge05se f5sn6"v Davis (F9rt Meadel:
River Nava 4asf c.Is5 MsGuTe
Rudy Jackson police Club No: i3l.
sHast Hs LAG AC5 vs. ,IN Mark CayanauRh (ogantico
VS., Paul strotheTs 1unattached1. A''''
I45-pound class = Charley Little
east Ac: Roy Jones' 2csKaDn 3csmD picfetf7 EHTtf
vs.; vs. Stewart Grimes (Andrews Air Force
IBo-pourS classrRobert Stevenson
attached
115-pound class - Ralph Meador
catholic Youth Organization) VS., wal
ter Barksdale (Merrick Cub.
=, Heavyweight class-Edoar Smith fPo-
Hee IFe-. c,Ho ms.dSS No. 13) VS.. Warren Lester
-. NOVICE DIVISION. i
LIE pound class - Joe Carbanaro
tOiymDtc. Club VS.. Teddy Wilson GMer-
:, 11s-pound class-Pat Walker CCatho-
Iic Youth Organizationl vs.. Eugene
Hughes (SoutheaSt HouSe).
l26-pound cless--Ray Wilson nInat-
tachedl VS.. Randy Horne tMerrick Club
Edward Cole !unattachedl VS.. Richard
135-pound class-Ralph Green tun-
attached vs Francis Harper CInat-
tached} Ernie williams (Southeast
Housed VS.. Earl Simpson tOlympic CIubl
l47 pound class = Eddie Ronemns
IPatuxent River Naval Test Centerl US.
James Taft Catholic Youth OrganizR-
tionl. Osborne West (Poliee Club No. 13)
vs.. joe Grippen tBainbridge).
160 pound class - Ray Tademy
stevens tPoitee club No. 8. jerry Erskine
1Patuxent River Naval Test Center VS..
Bobby Millner tSoutheast Housed.
115 pound class Alonzo Shack
(Police Club No. 13) VS.. John Martone
(CaGholic Youth Organizationl.
Heavyweight class - Harry Gates
Olympic Club' VS.. Len Kanthal
(Catholic Youth OrganiZation).