Evening star., 1955-02-17
kanfhal, lavish
Bow on 2O-bout
Gard al UIine' 5
Mortone and Sowyer
Matched in Senior
MiddIeweight Clash
BY Dick o'Brien

The anxiously awaited debutS
Of Len Kanthal and Gary lavish.
crack local heavyweights. will
feature a star-studded 20-bout
program in the quarter-f1nals
Of The Stars 1855 Golden Gloves
tournament at Uline Arena to-
night. Starting time is $3.50.
Kanthal, the Quantico Marine
who is defending the senior
heavyweight title, faces. big Lew
Morgan of Camp Lejeune, while
lavish, 1854 novice heavyweight
champion from the Catholic
Youth Organization, battles jim
my Jones of the Southeast House
on a card expected to draw the
biggest audience in the history
of the Gloves quarter-f1nal
round.
The quarter finals tonight
mark the start Of the parade
toward a host Of team and in
dividual prizes. including two
awards to be presented by The
Star. They are the award to
the outstanding senior and the
trophy to the championship
senior team.
Individual contestants as well
as teams will be pressing hard to
get into the running for recogni-
ton for these prizes. which are
to be presented on the night of
the finals, March 8.
More Upsets Expected.
Other trophies up for compe-
tition are the District Amateur
Athletic Unions cup to the win
ming novice team, the Fred A.
Hartley trophy to the outstand-
ing novice, the James A. Sulli-
van Memorial award to the out
standing service boxer. the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars trophy
to the winner of the senior 147-
pound class. and the Charley
Reynolds award, presented by
the Boys Club of Washington
Boosters Club to the winner of
the novice 175-pound division.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
trophy is presented in the name
Of Mario De SAINTS, former
Quantico Marine boxer, who was
killed in action in Korea. De
Saints won the Golden Gloves
welterweight title in 1850.
With the exception of the four
heavyweights. all quarter final
lists are in their respective posi-
tions as a result of four nights
Of recent preliminary trials at
Turner's Arena.
Upsets have been the rule of
the tournament so far and sew
eral more are expected tonight
when the contenders start un-
loading their heavy artillery.
Secondary interest tonight
centers around a number of
other contests, including the
meeting in the senior middle
weight division between John
Martone of the Catholic Youth
Organization and Rudy Sawyer,
1853 Western Golden Gloves
champion now with the Little
Creek Amphibious Forces.
Both scored notable triumphs
in the preliminary tests.
Davidson Battles Taylor.
Action also is expected to
reach a high pitch in the two
senior welterweight battles. one
If which matches Eudell David
son of Fort Meade. held by the
Korean Reds as a prisoner of
war for three years, against
Billy Taylor of the Northeast
&C. Terry Downes. the London
BORN Quantico Marine, encoun-
;ers the classy boxing Roose-
'elt Palmore. unattached, in the
,ther.
Davidson already has been |
;abbed as an action fighter. He
stopped Billy Taylor of Fort
Meyer. the New England Golden |
Gloves champion in 1853, in 19 |
seconds of the first round last |
week. It is ironical that his
opponent tonight has the same
lame.
The Navy's Destroyer Force,
he Lejeune Marines, Quantico |
Marines, Little Greek and the
>YO will be struggling to keep
tandard bearers in the torrid
ace for the team title.