Evening star., 1955-03-10
.D.C.GIoversWin
Team Trophy,
2Eastern Titles
Taylor, Horne Take
Crowns as Grimes
Is Beaten in Finuls
By Dick O'Brien
y SN SSS
Stor Stoff Correspondenf

NEW YORK, Mar. 10.-Wash-
ington's Golden Glovers today
had the team championship
trophy for the second straight
year and two individual titles to
show for their efforts. following
the climax of the Eastern Tour
nament of Champions at Madi-
son Square Garden last night.
The Washington team piled
up II points on the strength Of
the light-heavyweight cham
pionship won by Johnny Horne,
the featherweight title taken by
Walter Taylor. Stewart Grimes
runnerup finish in the welter-
weight class and one point for
each of the four District fighters
eliminated in the semifinal
round. The winners and run
nersup receive five and three
points, respectively.
Only the strong New York
contingent exceeded the Wash
ington total, amassing "a points.
But as the host team, New York
is ineligible to receive the New
York Daily News Welfare Asso-
clation trophy emblematic of
the team championship.
Grimes Loses Tough One.
Trailing Washington were
Pittsburgh with eight points.
Newark with seven. Miami with
six and Charlotte, N. c., with
five. Buffalo, Huntington, w.
Va; Jacksonville. Fla, and New
England were left far behind.
Washington's point race with
New York would have been even
closer had it not been for an
unfortunate verdict awarded New
York's Jimmy Archer over
Grimes.
The Andrews Air Force Base
welterweight gave his opponent
a real boxing lesson, but a rally
by the New Yorker in the last
80 seconds registered with the
officials and cost Grimes the
decision.
Taking the sting out of the
Grimes ruling, however. were the
efforts turned in by Taylor and
Horne, the only members of the
Washington team who had won
championships in the District
Golden Gloves tournament.
Young Taylor came up with
one of the most brilliant boxing
exhibitions of the tournament
when he trounced New York's
Bobby Jackson.
Walter had gained the finals
by beating James Kalogaropoulos
of Lowell, Mass, the New Eng
land featherweight ruler, in the
semifinals earlier in the eve
ming.
Coaches Do Fine Job.
Horne ousted John Henry, the
New York champion in the semi
final round and then beat off
George Kartalian of Jackson
vile to win the crown.
All four of Washingtons losers
in the semif1nals went down
fighting.
Joseph Stewart, 112 pounds,
lost out to Max Davis of Char
lotte; Mark Kavanaugh, 1876
pounds, went out at the hands
of Buffalo's Richard Hall; Char
ley Driver. 118 pounds, lost to
Pittsburgh's James Gillian, and
Heavyweight Charles Ware was
knocked out by Newark's Frank
Jackson.
The exceptional fine showing
Of the Washington team was due
in the main to the four coaches,
Paddy Kane and his aides, Glen
Drake, Freddy Frat and Henry
1QOmaS.
They did a skillful job of
handling the boys from the Ma
tion's Capital, six of whom were
alternates to the champions in
The Evening Stars Golden
Gloves.
The winners each received dia-
mond rings, and Grimes a ruby
studded ring.
Stewart fought his usual ag-
gressive battle against Davis for
the Washington entry.
Davis had the right style to
fight a Southpaw. He kept lead
ing with his right hand and
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