Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03
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Special Dispatch 10 The Star

NEW YORK. Mar. 3.-Wash-
ington boxers move into Madison
Square Garden tonight for the
seminal round of the Eastern
Golden Gloves Tournament with
their best shot at a team title
since 1919.
Five Washington hopefuls will
swing tonight in an effort to
move in front of Buffalo and
Charlotte, N. c., for team honors.
Buffalo and Charlotte also have
five survivors each. New York
has six but does not compete
for the team title.
So far it is the best showing
by Washington since Gene
Smith, Roland Randall and
Eliot Powers led it to the team
championship five years ago.
Kanthal Floors Foe.
Heavyweight Len Kanthal,
former Coolidge High School
football player: Francis Harper.
welterweight; B ant "a m W ght
George Davis, Featherweight
Harold Conklin and Lightweight
Sonny Boy Williams remain
from among Washington's eight
starters
Middleweight Ellsworth Gray
was eliminated in the first round
Monday night, while Flyweight
Johnny Gray and Ray Tucker.
light-heavyweight, lost last
night. Kanthal ana Harper won
last night, while the other three.
winners Monday, drew second
round byeS.
Kanthal floored Ed Smith OF
Buffalo for a nine count in the
second round and went on to |
win his second decision.
Harper Wins Tough One.
Harper had a rougher time |
of it, but got the decision over
Destinio Lois of New York in
a rousing, toe-to-toe battle. The |
crowd of 1924, which packed |
Sunnyside Garden to capacity. |
booed the decision. Lois,
knockout specialist, dropped |
Harper in the second round, but |
Harper rallied in the third.
Mamie Saunders of Buffalo
took a close one from Gray. |
while Tucker lost to Jim Leak |
Of Pittsburgh. Gray would have
had to forfeit his seminal bout |
had he beaten Leak anyway.
because he suffered dislocated
thumb. Results:
falo. N. Y. outpointed John Gray. WASH
irgton. Eugene. Fosmire. Newark. n j..
knocked out Abner .Hutehins. Jackson
joseph New o. Yo 6ns stopped 5epf1
Mayse, HUNTINGTON. w. Va, in 1:17 OF
the second round.
outpointed Bash Blackson. Charlotte
out Randy Chambers. Pittsburgh. in
Huntinston. ". Va. outpointed ei Marcus aHaE;
Botaass Jacksonvills: Fla. s,., -,
Mass Ma. n stopped e Jae & saunders j. Hunting
Stan Fitzgerald, Buffalo N. Y, out
pointed Carmie Price. Pittsburgh.
135 pounds-Walt Byars. Charlotte
N C.. stopped Frank Shaw. Pittsburgh,
in rs seconds OF the third round. Mike
6chiavi, Buffalo outpointed John Moten
Jacksonville. Fla. Robert Fosmire. New
ark; N, J.: outpointed Gene Butler
147 pounds-Reybon Stubs. Pitts
burgh. outpointed David Mills, Charlotte.
N. C. Lee Hall, Buffalo. outpointed
Lee Haertling, Miami. Fla. Francis
Harper. Washington. outDointed Dis
ttnio Lois. New York.
100 pounds-John Morris. Pittsburgh.
outpointed Larry Pratt, Miami, Joe Davis,
Charlotte stopped Elwood Thornton.
Lowell. in 1 :35 Of the second round.
175 pounds-Richard Hill. Charlotte.
N. c.. knocked out Norman Letcher.
Jacksonville, Fla. in 1880 OF the first
round. Alvin Allen, Newark. stopped
John Jones. Huntington. w. Va. in ] 40
Of the second round. Jim Leak. Pitts
burgh. outpointed Ray Tucker. Wash
ington.
Heavyweights--wabsn Thomas, Char
lotte.. N. c.. outpointed Herbert Hair.
Huntington. W. Va. Len Kanthal, Wash |
tngton, outpointed Edward Smith, But- I
falo. N. Y. Robert Monroe. Newark.
N. J.. stopped Chuck Allen. Miami, in
] ;05 of the third round Julius Grimm.
New York, knocked out Latha Bosley,
Dirt IN, I on of the Secnnd round