Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-27
Smith and Williams
Appear 10 Be Threats
For Boxing Crowns

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Two Of last years Golden
Gloves novice boxing champions
appear as potential senior title
winners this year after impress
sive showings in their first bouts
with the more experienced
fighters.
Generally it takes q year or
two for most novice Standouts
to win their way to the top in
faster company. but both Ban
tamweight Harold Smith and
Lightweight Ernie Williams eS-
tablished themselves as strong
senior contenders with victories
last night at Turner's Arena.
Both. incidentally, represent
Northeast AC. which got an early
jump toward the senior team
title by winning four of the five
matches. Northeast also had
two novice winners last night to
60 with three winners on the
opening night Of the tournament
q week previous. That puts
Northeast in a tie with the
Quantico Marines, winners of
four bouts the first night and
another last night.
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Smith, a f1yweight last, year,
was up a class in weight last
night when he opened the senior
program with a victory over
Bantamweight Howard Williams
Of Northwest Police Club. Ernie
Williams was at the same weight
he carried to the novice light
weight crown last year as he
beat Pat Jasmine Of Camp Pick
EFT. Both Smith and Williams
were hitting with authority and
showed considerable boxing skill
in earning unanimous decisions.
The novice division, where
frequently more enthusiasm
than skill is displayed, pro-
duced three short fights last
night, including one that lasted
only "a seconds. In this Welter-
weight Andrew Blanche, unat-
tached. scored a technical
knockout over Edward Davailus
OF Fort Meade. It was the
fastest knockout of the tourney
so far
Burroughs Impressive.
Two other f1rst-round winners
were Ed Burroughs of North |
east over Joe King of South
west Police Club, and Robert !
Adams Of Boiling Air Base over
Richard Mundell of Southwest
Police Club. Both were light |
weight bouts.
Burroughs victory was a par |
tieularly impressive one as he
battered King around rather |
freely and eventually dropped |
him. King managed to get up,
but Referee Charley Reynolds |
decided King was in no con-
dition to continue.
The first fighter to win two
bouts was Marvin Simms, an
other Northeast boy, who last
night defeated John Temple of
Northwest AC at 1875 pounds.
Novice Division.
112-pound class-Rcbert PERI tOuan-
ticol outpointed Charles Driver me.
126-ponnd class = Gregory Thomas
Capitol aeishts A; c. outpointed Walter
s T rs Guspoinsed Roosevelt Jefferson
I35--pound class-scot Mayo ,st JOS
eph.s Boys Club outpointed Tommy Lo-
4. c. won by TKO over Joe King tS.W.
simm rs a NE; 4: c. outpointed John Tenn
Air Force Base knocked out Richard
Mundell tsW. police club 1853 first
'147 -pound. class Andrew Blanche
Iunattachedl won by. TKO over Edward
Davailus Fort Meade "a second first
round: Donald Sims INV. club won by
50 seconds third round Billy Taylor ISt.
jos ephs Boys CLUB outpsintAd Joe OAR
1s0-pound ciass-Amos Irving INV.
A. c. outpointed Johnny Odoms Fort
Heavyveisht class - Ralph williams
tCsmp Pickettl outpointed Russell Troy
tNE. A. c..
Senior Division.
11S-pound ciass-Harold Smith me
a. Co outpointed Howard Williams IN W.
IDS pound class - Ernest Williams
me. A. c. outpointed Pat Jasmine
tCamp Pickett.
l47 pound class - STANDBY Vaughn
tFort Meade outpointed Joseph Bonnie
tS.W. police club; Francis Herper me.
4 C.. outpointed James Bronzeu Camp
Pickett.
160-pound class-EIlsworth Gray me
A.. c. won by TKO over QuinIin Thomp-
son (Bainhridge Naval Training Stationp
1:27 third round