Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
2 Knockout Winners
See Action Tonight on
Golden Gloves Card

Two knockout winners on the
opening night of the Golden
Gloves boxing tournament come
back for more action on tonighfs
program of 10 bouts starting at
$3.50 o'clock at Turner's Arena.
Twelve novice fights and seven
senior fights are listed. and it is
the novice division that has re-
peat performers on tap tonight
Buddy Fontana, a clever and
hard-hiting bantamweight rep
resenting Merrick Club, and Fred
Wright, unattached welterweight,
are among those seeking their
second victories after winning by
knockouts two weeks ago. Fon-
tana particularly was impressive
as he stopped Bernard Jones of
Northeast AC In the second
round and the speed and clever
ness he displayed started talk
about his being a candidate for
the outstanding novice trophy.
Other Winners on Gard.
Tonight Fontana is paired
against Eugene Hughes. un-
attached, in the opening bout
on the program, while Wright is
matched against Caspar Gregory
of the Catholic Youth Organiza-
ton in one Of the two novice
147-pound bouts.
Four other fighters who won
their first tests two weeks ago
are due for action again tonight,
Lightweight Roosevelt Palmore
If Merrick. Middleweights George
Melvin of Northeast AC and
John Larramore of Quantico
Marines. and ght-Heavyweight
Ray Lanham of the Indian Head
Marine Barracks.
The Lanham fight tonight is
expected to be one of the features
as he goes against another
Marine, something rare in Gold
en- Gloves matches. His op-
ponent is Donald Franks of
Quantico.
Lanham a Solid Hitter.
Lanham showed himself as a
f1at-footed, solid hitter in his
debut two weeks ago. and as
the owner of an iron jaw. His
opponent on that occasion,
Jimmy SimmS of the Southeast
Police Club, had many good
shots at Lanham's chin, but
those blows bounced off with
out apparent damage.
The senior division schedule
tonight is featured by the first
appearance Of one of last years
champions. Warrenel Lester of
Fort Meade. Lester took the
heavyweight title last time. but
this year re is fighting among
the light heavyweights. He has
drawn Hoover Ivory from Fort
Belvoir as his opponent tonight.
NOVICE DIVISION.
| l1s-pound class-Buddy Fontana
/ tMerrick Club VS.. Eugene HuShes tun-
attached.
| I28-pound claSs-Dick Du Four
! tOlympic Club VS.. Ray Swank tMerrick
Club
l35-pound class-Roosevelt Palmore
( Merck, Club vs. vs. Albert Biasman
| VS.. Donald Govan tunattachedI: John
Galeazza. tMerrick CLUB VS.. TED Morgan
| National Guard.
tNortheast Ac, VS.. David osie touanti-
co.; Fred Wright tunattachedI vs.
| l6O-pound class-George Melvin Wash
ington me ACl VS. John Martone (CYOD;
/ Robert Miles Camp Picketti vs.. William
Niang Boiling Air Force; Dick Cum
ninsham Olympic Club VS.. John LARA
l55-pound ciass-Raymond Lanham
| aid Franks tOuanticoI
| Heavyweight claxs-Wilbur Tunes
Fort Meade) VS.. Gary lavish (For,
| Belvoiri.
SENIOR DIVISION.
l35-pound class-Joe Donovan CFort
Belyoirl VS.. Ray Allen Naval Receiving
! Station; George Latsios tst. Mary's
! Club' VS.. Tommy Leak tunattachedJ.
| l6o-pound class-Edward Hawkins
|Merrick Club VS.. William Elvidse
I75-pound clsss-warrenel Lester
Belyoirl; John Horne Boiling Air Force
Base vs.. Paul Viileneyue Fort McNairl /:
John Hagin tBainb.idEe Naval Training
cab BOBBY Mi a 1NW Ac, " VS.. f Rene
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