Evening star., 1955-02-07
3Ex-ChaInpiions
On Tomorrow S
Gloves Program
Action at Turner's
To Feoture Taylor,
Sawyer and Davis
By Dick OBrien

Representatives Of the Army,
Navy, Marines and Air Force. as
well as civilian clubs, start bring
ing up their heavy artillery to-
morrow night at Turner's Arena.
where the third round of the
1855 Golden Gloves tournament,
sponsored by The Star, moves on
stage at $3.50 o'clock.
Following tomorrow nights
round, there will be one more
preliminary test Thursday night
at Turner's, after which the
glovers switch to Uline Arena
for the quarter-finals February
II, the semifinals February "a.
and the grand finals March 3.
Three nationally known anna
teurs grace tomorrow nights 21-
bout lineup, which finds the
seniors opening fire in what is
expected to be the hottest elimi-
nation series for open class box
ers ever seen in the local tourna-
ment.
Taylor One Of FavOrites.
The trio includes an Army
representative, a Marine, and
a Navy standard bearer.
Billy Taylor, the New Eng
land Golden Gloves welterweight
champion in 1858, now repre-
senting Fort Myer. has drawn
Udell Davidson of Fort Meade
for his first test. Taylor, as a
result of his record in Golden
Gloves competition, is one Of
the favorites to win the 147-
pound class. He has a long
background in boxing, his father
being a well-known referee in
Connecticut rings.
The other two outstanding
performers on the senior list
tomorrow are Joe Davis of Guam
tico and Rudy Sawyer of the
Navy's Destroyer Force at Nor
folk. Both are middleweights.
Davis was the 1854 Eastern
Golden Gloves middleweight
champion and Sawyer was the
1858 Western Golden Gloves
king. Rudy lost out in the East
West meet that same year to
Floyd Morris of Pittsburgh in
a never-to-be- forgotten duel at
Madison Square Garden.
Davis will meet James Var
bourgh of the Little Creek AM
phibious Forces, while Sawyer's
challenger will be Julian Hunt
of the Patuxent River Naval
Test Center.
MartOne Definite Threat.
While Sawyer and Davis will
be favorites in the middleweight
division, local interest will be
centered on John Martone, the
| fighting Washington policeman.
who makes his first effort against
William Carson of the Army.
Martofe is a lethal puncler
who is regarded as a definite
threat for the crown. He, too,
has solid ring background. His
father was a sparring partner
for Jack Dempsey when the
Manassa Mauler trained for
Carpenter, Firpo and the first
Tunney bout.
In addition to these punchers.
the card tomorrow night also
includes the colorful Terry
Downes of Quantico. a bustling
London-born welterweight, and
such other worthy contenders
for Welterweight honors as Eddie
Burroughs of the Northwest AC,
Ralph Green of the Spartan AC
and Roosevelt Palmore, unat-
tached.
AS prelude to the senior con-
tests, eight novice battles are on
the lineup, all of the participants
having won first round bouts last
week at Turner's.
Dick DuFour, the hard hitting
featherweight from the Olympic
Club who knocked out Max
Sanders in 25 seconds of the
first round, battles Irwin Stewart
of the Northeast AC, who won
his opener against Tommy Boat
right.
| The Marines will send Garwin
Sturdivant back into action in
the lightweight division to meet
tSee GOLDEN GLOVES, A-16.)
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