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Golden Gloves
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sion and the plaudits of the en-
thusiastic gathering.
| All of the bouts ran true to
form except the senior light
heavyweight meeting between
Johnny Horne Of Boiling Air
Force Base and Charley Butler,
hard-hitting battler from the
Navy Destroyer Force. Horne
took the decision in a distinct
upset.
! One Of the gamest exhibitions
Of the night was staged by John
Martone of the Catholic Youth
Organization and Rudy Sawyer
Of the Destroyer Force in senior
middleweight action, with Saw
yer taking a unanimous decision.
Martone opened a cut over
Sawyer's eye in the second round
Of real punching bee and after
the fight had been stopped tenn
porarily so the attending physi-
clan could check the damage,
Rudy came on to pound his way
to victory. Martone absorbed
plenty Of punishment but was
still on his feet at the end.
Downes Shows Glass.
| Another senior middleweight
fight saw James Leftwich of
Camp Lejeune overcome the
clever boxing of Little Creeks
James Marlborough to take a close
decision.
Terry Downes. the London
born Quantico Marine senior
welterweight, put on one of the
classiest exhibitions of boxing
of the tournament in beating
Roosevelt Palmore, an unat-
tached fighter. Downes wasted
few punches and took amazingly
little punishment to move into
the semifinals along with Billy
Taylor Of the Northeast AC,
who outpointed Eudell Davidson
Of the Army.
Other senior division bouts
saw Ronald Andrews of the De-
stroyer Force outpoint AL Daniels
of Camp Lejeune at 112 pounds,
and Milton Hanson of Little
Greek decision southpaw Bobby
Jones of the Olympic Club. and
Joseph Wharton of the Destroyer
Force subdue Charley Driver of
the Northeast AC in the 118-
pound class.
Blanche Scores.
AS a result of last nights
activity, the Destroyer Force now
had seven men left in the tour
nament and stands as a heavy
favorite to win the senior team
championship. Lejeune has five
left. while Quantico and the
Northeast AC each have four.
James johnson of the South
east Police Club opened the
quarter-f1nal proceedings by
beating Dick Du Four of the
Olympic Club in the novice
featherweight class.
Andy Blanche. the Catholic
Youth Organizations blazing
lightweight. moved ahead with a
technical knockout over John
Hall of the Patuxent River
Naval Test Center. Blanche
had Hall down twice before
Referee Marty Gallagher stopped
the action in the second.
The action continued at a fast |
pace as Melvin Edwards of Fort |
Meade pounded out a rousing
triumph over John Leggett of |
the No. 13 Police Boys Club.
William Better of the Merrick |
Club moved into the semif1nal |
round by stopping Dick Saunders |
OF Boiling Air Force Base in the
second round.
Zanders Wins Thriller.
AS the novice welterweights |
continued to pound their way |
forward. AL Robinson of the |
Destroyer Force and Mel flanders |
of the Northwest AC put on |
a thriller with Zanders winning |
a split verdict. Robinson staged |
a rally which apparently fell |
short in the eyes of Referee GAL
lagher and Judge Bobby i
Schwartz, who cast their ballots
for Zanders. Judge AL Cohan
threw in his slip for Robinson.
The final welterweight battle
brought out Eugene Golanda of
the Quantico Marines and Gene
Welborn Of the Spartan AC. The
latter, a protege of the pro-
fessional boxer, Gene Smith, lost
q unanimous decision to the
Marine.
Quantico's Eugene Dew out
pointed Don Purcell of the Mer-
rick Club in three fard-fought
rounds in the novice middle
weight class.
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