Evening star., 1954-12-30
Gary lavish Enters
Golden Gloves, Will
Seek KanihaI' 5 Title
BY Dick oBrien

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Wilson High School football
lineman, who won the novice
heavyweight championship In
the Golden Gloves tournament
last year, threw his hat into the
ring yesterday as one Of several
leading challengers for Len
Kanthal's senior heavyweight
title.
The Golden Gloves. sponsored
by The Star, opens February |.
and the filing Of Jawish's entry
as q heavyweight contender yes
terday should make the upcom-
ing tournament one Of the most
interesting In years.
The Jawish-Kanthal rivalry
alone viii spark heavyweight
competition In this, the 21st an
nual tournament. as it hasn't
been spanked in years. In fact.
not since the era OF Marty Gall
lagher and Henry Lamar. who
were local rivals for South At
lantic amateur heavyweight
honors back in 1925 has there
been as much controversy as
there Is over the prospects OF
Kanthal and lavish getting to-
gether.
# IL should happen. their re-
spective followers will give the
seating capacity Of the Uline
Arena q real test.
win Represent CYO.
In filing his entry. lavish an
nounced he would compete
under the banner Of the Cath
Ollie Youth Organization. Paddy
Kane will condition him and
work in his corner In all Of his
contests.
Kane, veteran CYO mentor.
wants lavish to shed about 80
pounds before he goes into COM
bat. That means a hard program
Of road work, q regulated diet
and plenty of work in the gym
nasium. Gary is anxious to make
the sacrifices, however.
lavish currently is stationed
at Fort Belvoir. Son Of the late
Henry (Heinie) lavish, q great
football player at Georgetown,
Gary made football his speciality
in high school until he entered
the service. He put on his first
pair Of boxing gloves last year
at Belvoir and surprised every
body by winning the novice
heavyweight championship. He
knocked out Dave Preinkert, the
CYo's representative. for the
title.
He will be eligible for dis
charge from the service late next
month and Is planning to re-
enter Maryland University.
10 Judges Approved.
Meanwhile, 10 judges have
been nominated by the AAU box
ing committee. Of which Joseph
(Jocko) Miller is chairman, and
approved by the District Boxing
Commission for posts for Golden
Gloves competition.
They are: It. Col. Don Hull,
special services chief Of the I'd
Army; AL Cohan, former Air
Force major: Capt. Bob Surkein,
Of Army Transportation: Bobby
Schwartz. former Golden Gloves
light heavyweight champion:
Lou Gevinson, former ruler of
the Gloves featherweights; Joe
Bunsa. one of Catholic Univer-
sity's collegiate stars: Jerry
Looney, former chairman of the
AAU ring committee, and Gus
Gilman, a well-known amateur
referee and judge from the New
England area. now residing in
this city.
All referees for the Gloves will
be appointed by the Boxing Com
mission, which also handles the
medical supervision Of the COM
peting fighters on avery high
plane. The Commission appoints
two medical examiners for the
Golden Gloves physical tests and
each contestant is closely scru-
tinized by the medics before he
is cleared for competition.
Entry blanks for the tourna-
ment continue to be available In
the Sports Department of The
Star.
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