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AT the Garden
Finals Also Slated
Tonight; Ware Bout
Tops Five Victories
Rv D;rk 0'Rrien
By Dick o'Brien
Stor Stoff correspondent

showing in the history of the
Eastern Golden Gloves Tourna-
ment of Champions, seven
Washington, glovers today were
ready for the seminal and final
rounds of the tournament to-
night at Madison Square Garden
A smashing heavyweight VIC
tory by Charles Ware, spanked
the Washington teams five wins
Ware beat Dick Pachito. go
pound Indian from California
who was representing New Eng
land. Charles Driver, lib. Walter
Taylor, 1876. Stewart Grimes, LAT
and John Horne, ITS, also sailed
into the Garden windup.
Drawing byes last night were
Joe Stewart, Washington's
scrappy little f1yweight who
made a whirlwind debut in the
first round Monday night by
beating Regis Sager, the Pitts
burgh champion. and Mark
Kavanaugh, the ex-Marine from
Quantico carrying Washington's
colors in the 135-pound class,
Kavanaugh eliminated New Eng
lands Manuel Burgo in the first
round.
Martone Only Loser.
Only John Martone, Washing
tons blasting middleweight, lost
out in the finals, and he
bowed only after a bitterly
fought duel with Newark's Leroy
Simmons.
AS the teams faced the bar
rier for the semifinals, Washing
ton led the pack with its seven
qualif1ers.
Unless the roof falls in on the
Capital City clouters, the fight
for the team championship,
which Washington is defending
this year. will be between WASH
ington and New York. Tech
nically, the host New York team
does not participate in the team
competition.
New York placed six men in the
semifinals, leaving all other
teams badly split in the run for
points. Following Washington
and New York came Charlotte
with four qualifiers. Then came
Huntington sand Newark with
three each.ss All others trailed
far behind.
Tonight's Lineups.
This is how the Washington
team will line up for the semi
final battles:
Stewart meets Max Davis OF
Charlotte; Driver boxes James
Gillian Of Pittsburgh: Taylor en-
counters James Kalogaropoulos
of New England; Kavanaugh
takes on Richard Hall of Buffalo;
Grimes battles Alphonso Lewis
of Jacksonville; Horne duels John
Henry of New York and Ware
punches it out with Waban
Thomas of Charlotte.
The lineup represents some Of
the toughest competition In the
tournament, and whether the
Washington battlers can stand
up in the stretch run remains to
be seen. lii
In any event, they have given
it the greatest try of any team
ever to represent the Washington
area in the Eastern tournament
Ware Cool But Unrelenting.
Wares brawl with Pachitc
moved him into the forefront
among the heavyweight contend
ers. Cool and confident under
the direction of the Washington
coaches Ware almost blasted the
New Highlander out of the ring
in the second round.
Ware was vicious and unre-
lenting in his attack, and the
bout definitely established his
ability to take punishment.
Taylor's quarterfinal fight with
Leroy Grant. of Newark, was one
of his best efforts to date. WAL
ter f1oored the 22-year-old Jersey
jolter in the third round after
he had staggered him with a
hard overland right in the Sec
ond. Taylor also brought his
good left jab into play to get over
the rough spots in the early
brawling. The verdict for Taylor
was unanimous.
The victory by Taylor helped
cut into the strength of the
Newark team, which left the
Ridgewood Groves first-rounc
matches Monday night with
seven qualifiers, one behind
Washington. 1t was Taylor's
second victory in the tourna-
ment, the Washington boy hav.
ing disposed of Rene Arrange
of Miami in the first round.
Horne Finishes Strongly.
John 'Horne's strong finish
earned him a close verdict ovel
Jim Persey, representing MAN
in the 175-pound class.
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