Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-28
Horne, D. {. Fighter,
Elected Co-Capfain
OF Eastern GIovers
BY DICK O'BRIEN
Star Stafi Correspondent

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st. John, New York bantam
weight. will lead the Eastern
forces against the Western repre-
sentatives Thursday night in
Chicago in the annual East-West
Golden Gloves series.
Horne and st. John were
elected co-captains by their
teammates last night, just before
the boys were ordered to pack
their gear and to make ready to
leave today. The team breaks
camp this afternoon and heads
for Chicago.
The honor of being named CO.
captain is a singular one for
Horne. It marks the first time
in gloves history a fighter repre-
senting the Capital has ever been
voted the coveted role.
Plans to Go to College
Horne, 81, is a native of Oma-
ha. Nebr., where he graduated
from Tech High School before
entering the Air Force He will
finish his tour of duty in Decem-
Der. after which he hopes to 60
to college and get a degree.
Professional boxing interests him
only as means of helping him
earn that degrees
Horne'S selection as Eastern
co-captain is ironic in that. in
addition to being a Western boy,
he was a member of the Western
Golden Gloves team in 1858. He
was beaten out for the No.
spot and the alternate position
that year. Johns duty in the
Air Force has taken him to
Scott Field and Boiling Air
Force Base and he now holds
the rank of airnlan, first class.
Baby-faced St. John, II.
comes from a big New York
family. He has five brothers
and a sister. His father man
ages a restaurant in New York
Bobby graduated from Ma
chine and Metal High School in
New York and Immediately went
to work as a stock clerk for
Popular Science Magazine.
Grimes Still in Running
He got his start in boxing
under the wing of the Police
Athletic League. One of his
older brothers boxed in the
Golden Gloves several years ago
and went to the quarter-fi finals
OF the Eastern championships.
Bob's chief ambition in boxing
is to win a place on the 1856
American Olympic team.
Before leaving Bear Noun
tain today the squad was slated
to run through an early after
noon workout, after which the
Gloves party of 80 will board
two special Pullman cars. The
train also will carry a dining
car exclusively for the Glovers.
The training week end at Bear
Mountain was a tough one for
the Glovers as a whole. The
coaches made them step up the
pace, aiming to get the team
heading westward at near-top
physical form.
Stewart Grimes. Washington's
challenger for the 147-pound
berth on the Eastern squad, en-
gagged in two boxing sessions for
a total of four rounds with New
York's Jimmy Archer, the East
ern welterweight boss.
Taylor May Fight SOuthpaw
AS usual. the sessions were
close and the coaches are still
debating over what decision to
make in this instance. Gene
Tippett of Pittsburgh, a third
contender for the No. welter
spot, is no longer in contention
as a result of the showings made
by Grimes and Archer.
Walter Taylor, Washington
featherweight who will fight No.
i, continued to show real form
as he spent the week end boxing
with southpaws Joe Belleau and
Tommy Shaffer. Unless the
Chicago coaches change their
minds, Taylor's opponent will be
Harry Smith. last years Eastern
Golden Gloves featherweight
champion, now fighting for the
West. Smith is a southpaw and
first class one. He recently re-
turned from Mexico. where he
was a member of the United
States team.in the Pan American
Games.
The East squad:
Al Pc Pen pSS sW YorS Resores. Miami:
Y GGT;k; JGs sellesu' New yo oGRn' Henry Hay
eLudn, fltSGurRn.
1875 pounds--Walter TAYLOR. Wash
ington; Bobby Jackson New York.
1875 -pounds-Tom Schaffer. Pitts
burgh: Joe Noveira, New York.
147 pounds-James Archer, New York
Grimes. Washington. stewart
=. $50 pounds = Rudy Corney. New
York: Destinio Lois New York.
175 pounds-vWare. John Horne, Wash.
inston; Carl Edwards. Newark, N. J.
Decentralization Bullock New York.
Wabon Thomas Charlotte. N C.: George
Brantlev. New York
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