Evening star., 1953-01-19
Gu and Terp Boxers
Feel They Have Yet
To Show Their Best
By Lewis F. Atchison

By Lewis F. Atchison
A Catholic University boxing
team that didn't know its own
strength, and a disappointed
Maryland squad that did, added
up Saturday nights results to-
day and decided they could do
better. The Cards held favored
Army to a 5-3 score at Brook
land. while the Terps were bow
Ing by the same margain to Syra-
cuse at Syracuse.
Meanwhile, Coach Al York's
Virginia gladiators are ready for
tonight's. debut against Miami at
Charlottesville. The match will
get careful attention from
coaches of schools who meet one
or the other later on. Miami,
beaten by Syracuse, AZ to 3k.
In the Orange Bowl, is a slight
favorite on the strength of Sat-
urday nights 51a to 21a triumph
over The Citadel.
Thought CARRIER Won.
Coach Frank Cronin Of Mary
land thought the TerpS deserved
a better fate at Syracue. The
Terps and Orange fought a A
draw in the Sugar Bowl but
Tom Coulter's one-point deci-
sion over Garry CARRIER in the
125-pound bout gave Syracuse
the edge Saturday night. Cronin
thought CARRIER, worldwide
Army champ at his weight dur
ing his service career, did at
least as well against Coulter as
in the Sugar Bowl when he got
the decision. Referee Lou Rit-
zie, one time Penn State ring
man. voted otherwise.
Syracuse fans booed the 165-
pound bout verdict which gave
Bucky Miller, Orange southpaw,
q. two-point edge over Ronnie
Rhodes. Miller. whose lefts to
the body put Buck Ennis of
Catholic University down for
the count two years ago, couldn't
get to the smooth-working
Rhodes and the few clean shots
he landed didn't seem to carry
as much authority as Of yore, in
Cronin's opinion. Rhodes, a
natural 155-pounder, had asked
for return shot at his Syra-
cuse rival after losing to him
at New Orleans.
Follows Sugar Bowl Pattern.
Excepting the Garber- Coulter
bout, the match went exactly as
the first between these schools.
Jackie Letter of Maryland out
pointed Art Nelson at 1872 pounds
and John Granger of Syracuse
defeated Gary Fisher at 139. Bob
Theofield of Maryland sgot the
verdict over Larry O'Sullivan, al
though the result was unpopular
with Syracuse fans. Ed Martin
of Syracuse decisioned Dave
Lewis at 156 pounds, Miller took
Rhodes, and Light-heavyweight
Vince RigolosI clinched matters
for the Orange with a one-point
victory over Bill McInnis. This
bout was stopped in the second
round and McInnis was allowed
to rest for several minutes as the:
result of a low blow.
Cal QuenStedt repeated his
heavyweight victory in defeating
Bill Winney.
Maryland gets a week off be-.
fore engaging Penn State in the
Nittany Lions home ring on
January 81.
Cards Surprise LaFond.
Coach Eddie LaFond was
pleasantly surprised by GUS
showing against Army. Had the
Cardinals been in better physical
condition they could have upset
the surprised Cadets, but La
Fond, who expected to get a real
shellacking, had no complaints.
Joe Della Rata, the former
basketball player, forgot most of
the ring manners he learned
in training in his eageri1ess to
get at Robal johnson and found
the oversight costly. Della
Rata, good jabber, didn't
snap his punches as cleanly as
in training. and also walked
into unnecessary trouble.
LaFond showed a couple of
real promising youngsters in
Bantamweight Dan Pagan, who
lost, and Lightweight Ken Re-
SheSke who won. Norman Di-
Carlantonio also gave a good ac-
count of himself against Jimmy
MCGEE. runner-up for the East
ern 132-pound title a year ago,
in their 139-pound bout. If
these three continue to improve
the Cards will be pushovers.
Capt. Bernie Pannone looked
good the one round he boxed
before Army's Andy Maloney
got a cut eye, but Ed Holl at
165, and Heavyweight Carl
Fisher showed the need for more
conditioning.