Evening star., 1955-02-08

tion in the race into the quarter
final round, due at Uline Arena
Thursday night. February II.
Undefeated IN seven team
starts this year. the formidable
Lejeune aggregation will start
eight Of its hopefuls in the
Gloves, four tonight and four
Thursday night. Quantico. also
unbeaten in five team matches
this year, moves a pair into ac-
tion tomorrow night and one
Thursday night.
Draw Favors Quantico.
The luck of the draw favored
Quantico in the senior division,
since three Of its likely point
getters-Joe Davis, 100; Elwood
Myers. ITS. and Len Kanthal,
heavyweight-drew byes and
went right into the quarter
finals.
Moving along as a strong con-
tender in the race for the senior
team championship as the trials
continue is the Navy's Destroyer
Force, which has Rudy Sawyer,
the Western Golden Gloves well
terweight champion in 1858. go
ing tonight and Larry Barrett,
ITS, and Beverly Medley, a 1885,
FOUNDER, striking out Thursday
night against rugged opponents.
The two Marine outfits and
the Destroyer Force are the ones
to watch in the struggle for the
team title. Other clubs, not as
strong as the three seagoing
units. nevertheless have individ-
ual performers well capable of
picking of their Marine and
Navy rivals. one by one.
1t is possible, of course, that
the Marines and the Destroyer
Force could be crippled by the
time the semifinals roll around
on February "a. In that event,
the race for the team crown
would be up for grabs.
Close Race Among Novices.
1t Is too early to surmise which
club will emerge from the trials
as the top contender for novice
team honors since the Northwest
AC. the Northeast AC, Merrick
Club and the Little Greek Am
phibs are running neck-and-neck
in qualif1ers to date.
The Northeast AC and Mer-
rick have qualified five for future
tests and the Little Creek and
Northwest teams each have ad-
vanced four standard bearers.
Quantico is still in the novice
picture with three qualifiers to
date.
The Quantico team moves
Terry Downes and Joe Davis into
senior action tonight in the well
ter and middleweight classes, re-
Spectively. Downes draws Leo
Harrington of Fort Meade and
Davis encounters Jimmy Var
borough of Little Greek.
Lejeune tees off tonight with
Tommy Kountes against Palmer
Crosland of the Army; James
Leftwich against Willie Baldwin,
also Of the Army, and Arthur
burden against the veteran Cliff
Robinson of the Boiling Air
Force, team.
Sawyer Meets Hunt.
The Destroyer Forces top
flight middleweight, Rudy Saw.
yer. makes his first appearance
tonight against Julian Hunt of
the Patuxent River team. Thurs
day night finds Clarence Bar
rett of the Destroyer team meet
ing the undefeated Randy Horne
IN the welterweight class and
Charley Butler opposing Duke
Bolton of Lejuene in the light
heavyweight division.
Quantico rushes Mark Kava-
naugh into the breach tonight
for lightweight action against
Tommy Barnes of the Northeast
A. C. Kavanaugh was q runner
up to Sonny Boy williams for
the 1854 lightweight champion
ship.
Another top-notch performer
who will bear watching tonight
is Welterweight Billy Taylor of
Fort Myer, who makes his local
debut against Udell Davidson of
the Army Taylor won the 1853
New England Golden Gloves
welterweight title and has an i'm
hressive amateur record.