Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-10
Knockout Win Helps
AII-Army Champs
Bid for Gloves Title

George Davis, the All-Arny
champion from Fort Meade, is
making an about bid for the
District Golden Gloves senior
bantamweight title he missed
winning by hair last year.
Showing his power for the
first time in this years Gloves
tourney, Davis blasted out a
f1rst-round knockout victory
over Dick billiard of Quantico
Marines in one Of the feature
bouts last night at Turner's
Arena.
Both boys were swinging with
all they had from the starting
bell. and the bout lasted only l
minute and Al seconds before a
stiff right put billiard away.
Gilchrist Gets Decision.
Joe Gilchrist of Northeast AC.
the boy who shaded Davis for
the bantamweight title last year.
is fighting as featherweight
this time. and he also was sue
cessful last night. He knocked
down Ray Morton of the Merrick
Club twice while enroute to a
unanimous decision victory.
Another Northeast AC battler
who looked good was Middle
weight Ellsworth Gray. He
stopped Ernest Stephens of
Quantico Marines in the first
round for his second knockout
triumph of the tourney.
The novice division also
brought out a number of fighters
who scored their second victories
in the tourney. Lightweight
Willie Price of Quantico Marines
stopped Donald Govan, unat-
tached. in the second round;
Welterweight Andy Blanche of
the Olympic Club beat Jesse
Coles, unattached. in the first
round. and Interchangeable
Newton Thompson of Quantico
Marines beat Tom Doyle of Fort
McNair in the first round. In
all cases they were the second
Knockout victories scored by
these fighters.
Quick KayO Artist.
Blanche's victory came in 1:20
of the first round for the quick
est ending in last nights
matches. His earlier victory
was in "a seconds, the quickest
yet of the whole tourney.
NOVICE DIVISION.
as Capitol Heights AC, outpointed
Eddie CANOPY tCYO!: Ossie Neal tun-
attached, won by TKo over Tommy
CeasntisoS Won 3 fKo o '',f p9na5d
ID BurSoas6s Unattached f'V oatp IEnD
Marvin Simms tNEAC). John Galleazza
unattached, outpoirted Robert Adams
Boiling Field; Roosevelt Palmore tMer-
rick Club outpolnted Scott MAYO (St.
Josephs Bows Club,
lt7-POUND CLAsS-Osborne West
tNcrrick Club outpointed Donald Simms
tNW Club ANDY Blanche Olympic
Club won by TKO over Jesse Coles Gun
attached 1.2o. first round; Ralph Green
,NEAC' outpointed Billie Tay!or Isl.
Joee ph Bows Club
l6o-POUND CLASSROOM Lee CBol-
lins Air Force Base won By forfeit over
Robert Mles Camp Pickett; Amos lr-
wing tNW &C, won by TKO over Eueene
Williams Police Club No - 49,, FIRST
round
I;5-POUND CLAss-Newton Thomp-
son 'Quan:icol won BY TKO over Tom
DOYLE Fort McNalrl 50. first round.
HEAVYWEIGHT CLASS-Dave PREM
kert CCYO outpointed Ralph Williams
Camp Pickett
SENIOR DIVISION
S-POUND CLASS-GeorRe Davis
HiIliard touanticoi i:"5. first round
l"6-POUND CLASS--Joe Gilchrist
tNEAC) outponted Ray Morton tMerrick
Club.
i35-PoUND CLAss-stanley Vaughan
Fort Meade outpointed Don Scott
sE:PoUND Ellsworth GRAY
fNEACb won by knockout over Ernest
stephens Couanticol 50, second round.
115-POUND CLASS-Carlos Ware
fNEAC1 knocked out Ronald Miller Fort
Belvoir) 40 seconds, third round.