Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
Golden Gloves Final!
Al UIine's Tonight
To Feature Big Boys

Heavyweights and light
heavyweights have the feature
roles in Conight's final bouts in
the Golden Gloves boxing tour
nament at Uline Arena instead
of the lighter and faster boys
who usually are the show steal
erS.
The big fighters in both the
novice and senior divisions have
worked their way to the title
bouts without a showdown, and
the fight fans tonight are ex-
pecting more action than usual.
The windup bout on the pro-
gram will present Len Kanthal,
a former football player at Cool
idge High School now represent
ing Quantico Marines, against
Carlos Ware of Northeast A. C..
In the senior heavyweight
match. Kanthal, runnerup for
the novice crown last year, has
pounded out two good victories
by decision in earlier fights,
while Ware scored his one VIC
tory en- route to the title match
by a knockout.
Last Start as Serviceman.
Warrenel Lester of Fort Meade,
last years heavyweight cham
pion and also holder of the inter-
service light-heavy title. is max
ing his last start as a Serviceman
fighter Che recently was dis
chargedD by shooting for the
175-pound title against Ray
Tucker of Southwest Police Club.
This has the makings of a real
humdinger of a brawl. with Les
ter no outstanding favorite de-
spite his successes in the heavy
weight division last winter. He
was held to a split decision vic-
tory in his semifinal bout last
week while Tucker won by a
knockout.
Two Marines Matched.
The pairings for the big boys
among the novices have Ray
Lanham of Indian Head Ma
rines against Newton Thompson
of Quantico Marines in the
Interchangeable match. and
Dave Preinkert of CYO against
Gary lavish of Fort Belvoir in
the heavyweight match. OF
these two. the 175-pound battle
between the two Marines may be
the tightest clash.
Lanham is a rather unortho-
dox fighter who seems to thrive
on being hit. Neither of his
two previous opponents could
dent his chin despite frequent
good shots at it. Whether he
can continue the same style
against Thompson is the ques-
ton tonight. because Thompson
Is established as a real better
who has knocked out his two
previous opponents in this
tourney.
Senior Division.
lie pound class-Ahmed Shah tMer-
rick Club VS.. Johnny Gray fCYO).
l1S pound class-Harold Smith
Northeast Ac) VS.. George Davis (Fort
ia pound cIass-Harold conklin
touanticoI VS., Joe Gilchrist NORTH,
I35 pound cfass-Mark Kavsnaugh
tQuantico) VS.. Ernie Williams North
Ia pound class-Francis Harper
Northeast AC) VS.. Stanley Vaughn Fort
eous s9 o0uPd Ellsworth daa1 FSqss
i75 pound class-warrenel Lester
IFort Mesde) VS.. Ray Tucker tsW.
Heavyweight class-Len Kanthal
touantieo) VS.. Carlos Ware North
Novice Division. :
(CYOl VS.. Robert PERI (Quanticol
lis pound clasS-Buddy Fontana
tMerrick Club VS.. Bobby Jones tolym-
126 pound class-Gregory Thomas
Capitol Heights Acl VS.. ossie Neal
I35 pound class-willie Price touan-
tico) VS.. Ed Burrough funattachedY.
147 pound class-Ralph Greene
(Northesst ACJ Svs. Osborne west 'Mer-
100 pound class-John Msrtone
(CYOI Us. John Larramore tQuantico'.
l15 pound ciass-Raynond Lanham
Newton Thorn son fCuanti@ OF.
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