Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
Grimes, Horne, Ware
Still Fighting 10 Nail
Starting Assignments
By Dick O'Brien
Stor Stoff Correspondent

Stor Stoff Correspondent
BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y.
Mar. 26.-Nearing the peak Of
condition, the Eastern Golden
Gloves team, with a supporting
cast of two and possibly three
Washington boys in its first line
of attack, breaks camp here
Monday and heads for Chicago
to meet the Western GloverS
Thursday night at the Chicago
Stadium.
On the Eastern squad as 1t
leaves here will be four gradu-
ates of the recent Washington
Golden Gloves tournament spon-
sored by The Star-Feather-
weight Walter Taylor, Welter-
weight Stewart Grimes, Light
heavyweight John Horne and
Heavyweight Charles Ware.
After a week of training under
lush conditions at this upstate
New York resort, the coaches Of
the Eastern team have agreed on
only one point-that Taylor will
be their starter against the West
at 1876 pounds.
All other choices will be held
in allegiance until the two final
workouts in Chicago, unless a
standout competitor among the
other candidates should develop
overnight. This is not likely at
this point.
Taylor Impressed From Start
Taylor, the 20-year-old Wash
ington clerk, is an exception be-
cause from the day he arrived
in camp, he impressed the four
coaches, Vic DiFillipo, Jim
O'Donnell. Ben Wilson and
Charley Caserta. After his Sec
ond workout against his two
featherweight rivals, Henry Gill
liam of Pittsburgh and Bobby
jackson of New York. the
coaches announced that Taylor
was their unanimous choice for
the featherweight position. Few
boxers have ever had that honor
bestowed on them so quickly.
Meanwhile, the Eastern squad
is making ready for what it
hopes will be it's second straight
victory over the Western title
holders.
The Eastern Glovers de-
feated the West last year at
Madison Square Garden with a
great support from two Wash
ington standard bearers, Heavy
weight Leonard Kanthal and
Lightweight Sonny Boy" Will |
liams. George Davis also repre-
sented Washington on last years
victorious Eastern team as the |
f1rst-line bantamweight, but he |
was defeated.
Thursdays meeting will mark
the 18th in the long series be-
tween the West and the East in
Golden Gloves competition.
In that long series the West
ern boys have dominated the
action, winning IA times and
losing only 6. Seven of the
meetings have ended in ties.
Only in the last 10 years has
the East been able to check ttN
well-handled Western aggrega-
ton, tying it's rival four times
and winning twice while losing
four.
ID. c. GlOvers Turned Tide
The halt of the walkover for
the West began with the ad-
vent of such Washington glov-
ers as Gene Smith, Roland Ran
dali, Eliot Powers, Norvel Lee,
Kanthal and Williams. These
boys helped stem the avalanche
OF Western victories and seemed
to pump new life into their
Eastern brethren.
While the fate of Taylor has
been set. Grimes. Horne and
Ware still await theirs. Grimes
Is still in close struggle to
win the 147-pound berth against
Gene Tippett of Pittsburgh and
Jimmy Archer of New York,
Horne and Ware, strangely
enough, are the top rivals for
the 175-pound berth, with
Charles being held in reserve
In case the East should need
a heavyweight at the last min
ute. Roy Bullock of New York
Is the East's heavyweight stand
ard-bearer. and good one, but
Ware would be the No. / man
II, by accident, anything should
happen to the New Yorker.
The Eastern team is a good
solid squad which has tended
strictly to business up here and
will be ready for the big show
at the stadium Thursday night,
an event which is expected to
draw upward of $4,000.
Upon arrival Tuesday in Chi
cago the team will make the
Catholic Youth Organization
gymnasium its Western training
ground.