Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-25
TAYLOR Named Starter
For Eastern GIovers
In Bouts With West
By Dick o'Brien
Sior sioH Correspondent

BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y,
Mar. 25.-A singular honor was
bestowed today on bristling
Walter Taylor. one of four
Washington Golden Glovers
training with the Eastern Gloves
team, which will encounter the
West next Thursday night at the
Chicago Stadium.
Taylor, who came into promi-
nence in the recent Eastern
Tournament of Champions by
taking the featherweight cham
plonship, was selected week in
advance of the East-West meet
to be the East's starter in the
126-pound class.
Head Coach Vic DiFillipo and
his aides, Charley Caserta,
Jimmy O'Donnell and Ben Will
son, informed Taylor of his Sc
lection today following his work.
out yesterday in which he beat
. off his two leading challengers
for the post, Bobby jackson of
New York and Henry Gillian
of Pittsburgh.
On few occasions do the New
York coaches break the long
standing rule of not naming the
starters for the interSectional
clash until the day of the event.
But they made Taylor an ex-
ception.
Since graduating from The
Stars Golden Gloves tournament
Taylor has come to the front
with bang. He has so far out
stripped his two Eastern rivals
for the job that the coaches no
longer needed to keep their
choice a secret.
May Meet First Southpaw
The paramount reason for Sc
lecting Taylor as the No. l start
er well in advance of the show,
however. was to get him ready |
to meet the Vests probable |
choice, Harry Smith, a dazzling |
southpaw. AS a result of their |
decision, the coaches now feel
free to give Walter their entire
attention in this matter
Taylor has never met a south
paw. It is the coaches idea to
take him in hand and outline
for him exactly what type attack
they will expect him to make
against the Westerner.
Meanwhile, a real feud has !
broken out among Washing
tons Stewart Grimes. New York's
Jimmy Archer and Pittsburgh's
Gene Tippett for the welter-
weight berth.
Yesterday Grimes and Archer
boxed a round, but the coaches
more or less tied their hands, in
structing them not to get too
serious about their work in the
ring. but to concentrate on theit
f1oorwork.
Left to their own devices, the
coaches were well aware that
Grimes and Archer would tear
into each other. For that reason,
the handouts" we're put on
them both.
175-POund Berth Undecided
However. DiFillipo announced
today that the cuffs" would be
taken off tomorrow and Sunday
and that the better man would
emerge with the No. l welter-
weight spot.
The coaches do not relish this
type of gymnasium action for
their charges as a rule, but
the competition among Grimes,
Archer and Tippett is SO close
there is little left for them to
do but turn the trio loose against !
one another for final decision. |
The situation between Charles |
Ware and John Horne, Wash
ington's contenders for the 175-
pound position. has not been !
definitely settled. While Horne
bests Ware at boxing in the |
workouts, the decision as to
which one the coaches will pick
may be decided after some re-
ports filter in from the West on
the condition and shape-up of |
the Western squad now in train
ing in Chicago.
The Eastern coaches figure the
hght-heavyweight bout will be
the key to their success or fail
ure against the Westerners and
for that reason they have de-
cided to be extremely careful in
making their final choice for
this post Wares hitting powers
still make him a formidable
prospect to win a chance. since
he seems to be having little
trouble making the 176 pounds
which will be required of him.