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District GIoVers Win
Team Trophy, Take
Two Eastern Titles
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staggered Joseph several times
early in the fight.
Stewart kept driving forward,
anxious to make up for those
punches scored against him in
the early minutes, but he tried
too hard and overshot his mark
numerous times in his anxiety
to pull the battle out of the fire.
Kavanaugh's Loss Unpopular.
The fans set up a howl Of pro-
test over Kavanaugh's loss to
Hall.
A southpaw. Hall proved to be
a f1ashy operator whom Kava-
naugh had a hard time reaching
consistently. Mark waited too
long to get of with his punches.
even though he hurt the Buffalo
fighter several times.
Kavanaugh was bleeding
slightly from the mouth at the
finish.
Horne'S semifinal battle with
Henry was a show stealer.
Henry, a busy worker, started
out bombing Horne with sharp
left hands. but early in the Sec
ond round Horne began to find
the range and nailed Henry with
a series Of right hands that shook
up the New Yorker.
In the third, Henry tried to
pull the fight out of the fire, but
Horne cut him down with a fine
exhibition of boxing. The de-
cision in favor of the Washington
champion was unanimous.
Another show stopper was the
featherweight meeting between
Kalogaropoulos and Taylor.
Kalogaropoulos a Greek immi-
grant who was adopted by a
Lowell, Mass, family when he
was II. came storming out at
the bell and tore into Taylor
with both hands flying. But the
cool Taylor Immediately began to
cut his rival down.
Walter went to his left hand
to do the job. He stabbed at the
onrushing New Englander and
soon hai blood streaming from
Kalogaropoulos' nose. The New
England boy refused to quit and
came rushing out to start second.
He was met with a two-f -fisted on
slaugnt ny Taylor who wrapped
1t up Ivy staggering his rival and
almost knocking him down and
out in the closing minutes of the
third round.
Drivers Decision Close.
Drivers battle with Gillian
was extremely close. Drivers
style pleased the crowd and his
aggressive spirit was appreciated,
but Gillian was just shade
more active in the punching de-
partment.
Driver rocked Gillian in the
third round after a blistering
exchange of punches. but the
Washington boy tired in the last
80 seconds and Gillian took ad-
vantage of the situation to pile
up his slight margin of victory.
Grimes had only one bad mo-
ment in his semifinal battle
with Alfonso Lewis of Jackson
vile. That was in the second
round when he ran into a
sucker" right hand.
The punch shook Grimes, but
he weathered it and came on to
give the Southerner good
humping to win a unanimous
verdict.
The battle between Ware and
Jackson was hair raiser from
start to finish, Ware fighting an
other Of his sensational losing
battles. After piling up a lead,
Charles was tagged by right
hand to the chin which f1oored
him for count of eight about
As seconds before the end of the
first round. After that Ware
made a rally which proved ef-
fective.
AS they came out for the sec
ond round. Ware went on the
offense and gave Jackson
shelling which nearly f1oored
the Newark fighter. But Jack
son called on all his courage
and pinned Ware along the
ropes. A short left hook hurt the
Washington boy and then Jack
son poured it on. He lashed out
with both hands and finally
f1oored Ware with left hook to
the chin. Charles went down in
q heap. was still coming out of
the fog on the floor when
Referee Frank Morris finished
counting him out.
FINAL RESULTS.
112 pounds-Jose Regores Miami,
stopped Max Davis. Charlotte. N. C., 10
seconds OF third round.
L 10 pOuHuS-hOperJ 81, J0hn, New
York, outpointed James Gillian, Pitts
burgh.
126 pounds-Walter Taylor. Washing
TON. p c. outpointed Robert jackson.
,.135 pounds--Thomas schafer, Pitts
bursh. outpointed Richard Hall Buffalo.
Al pounds-Jimmy Archer. New York,
outpointed Stewart Grimes, Washing
ton, D. C.
so pounds-Rudolph Corney New
York stopped Leroy Simmons, Newark,
2:5Q Of first round.
ton; D. C.: outpointed George Kartalian,
Jacksonville. Fla.
Heavyweight-Roy Bullock New York.
stopped Frank jackson, Newark, 2:01
OF second round.
Fights Last Night