Evening star., 1955-02-14

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a full team from the 112-pound
class to the heavyweight divi-
sion ready to spring against
Camp Lejeune, Quantico and
Little Creek, also strong con-
tenders for the senior team
award-The Star trophy.
Deslant, coached by AL Biggs
and Chico Ayala, is going to be
a tough outfit to beat in this
tournament. The Leieune and
Quantico Marines will be hard
pressed to stem the advances Of
the bristling sailors from the
Tidewater area.
Seven Lejeune Fighters Left.
Charley Buffers smashing
Interchangeable triumph over
Lejeune's Duke Bolton and Larry
Barrett's resounding victory over
Lejeune's : undefeated Randy
Horne in the welterweight class
in the preliminary trials put De-
slant out in front with eight
qualiflers. Lejeune will start
Thursdays quarter-final round
with seven. Quantico will have
four, all favorites to reach the
finals in their respective classes,
and Little Creek will have three.
Deslant's representatives IN the
quarter-tinals will be Ronald An
drews, ,>1l2 pounds; Joe Wharton,
118; Bob Nichols, 1876: Beverly
Medley, 1856; Larry Barrett, lat;
Rudy Sawyer, 100: Charley But
Ter, IT'S, and Roy Louson, heavy
weight.
OF this crop, Medley, Barrett,
Sawyer and Butler already have
seen action and have survived
whitening fire in preliminary
tests.
Lejeune's strength will rest
with Al Daniels. 112; Basil Black
son, 118; John Lennon, 1876; Nick
LaRosa, 1856; Jim Leftwich, 100;
Richie Hill, IT'S, and Lew Morgan,
heavyweight.
QuanticO Has Strong Quartet.
Quantico has a sterling quar-
tet still in the thick of the fight,
but Coach Ed Sarna's protegeS
will need plenty of courage and
some inspired efforts to stay in
the team race. Still carrying
Quantities. colors are Mark Kav-
anaugh,, l35; Terry Downes, lat:
Elwood Myers, IT'S, and Kanthal.
While Little Greek only has
three left, all of them are for
midable contenders. They are
Clifton Eskridge, 112: Milt Han
son, l18, and James Marlborough,
$50.
Marlborough is one of the fa-
vorites to win the middleweight
title, since he disposed of Guam
tico's Joe Davis in the third
round preliminary trials in what
was probably the biggest upset
Of the tournament to date.
Eskridge and Hanson are vet
Grams who have won a string of
military titles.
While the fans will be watch
ing this team fight with a great
deal of interest, those who have
been following the trials also
will be awaiting the perform
ances of several other individuals
on Thursdays card.
Anxious to See Davidson.
For instance, the Gloves fol-
lowers are anxious to see more
of Udell Davidson, the Fort
Meade soldier who knocked out
Billy Taylor, the 1853 New Eng
land Golden Gloves welter-
weight champion. in 10 seconds
of the third round last week.
Davidson has an interesting
background in that he was held
in a prisoner-of-war camp in
North Korea by the Reds for
three years. He only recently
was released and arrived at Fort
Meade just as the boxing team
began to train for the Gloves
tournament. He joined the
team and had only one amateur
fight before knocking out Taylor.
Actually, he should be in the
novice class, but the game SOL
der wanted to shoot the works
He encounters Billy Taylor of
the Northeast AC in his second
appearance.
The biggest crowd ever to
watch a gloves quarter-finals
is expected to be on hand
Thursday, Naturally, fans also
are anxious to see the 1855 debuts
of Kanthal and lavish. Both
of these local boys have tremen-
dous neighborhQpd follpwings.
Kanthal is meeting Lejeune's
Morgan in his first outing, while
lavish has drawn hard-hitting
JimrnE Jones Of Southeast House.