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does ANYTHING according to the
book"
A student at two schools--he
Us taking classes at both George
Washington and Maryland -
lavish passed the test last night
with q series of short lefts and
rights to the jaw. It was this
Ishort-range combination that
spilled Brown onto the apron
Iof the ring in the third round
and removed all doubt as TO the
outcome.
Neither fighter was hurt in the
first round in which the elusive
Brown. crouching. zigging and
tagging and swinging from the
floor. had lavish missing on
numerous occasions.
The second round provided
some real toe-to-toe slugging,
climaxed by fall to the canvas
by both men. lavish on ton.
Brown tried in vain to land the
knockout punch. He did find
the target with a couple Of hay
makers that lavish said later
he felt all the way to his toes.
Terry Downes. British-born
Marine stationed at Quantico,
provided most Of the thunder in
the military division with his
technical knockout victory over
George Mccormack Of Andrews
Air Force Base.
Downes Jared Mccormack
with q left-right combination
which drew blood and had the
iairmana pinned against the ropes
virtually at his mercy when
Referee Charley Reynolds
stopped 1t at 1852 OF the first
round. 1t was the only bout that
failed to 60 the distance.
ALI Marine Tourney Next
The Quantico team, winner Of
the military championship,
doesn't have any serious COM
petition until September when
the All-Marine championships
win be held at Camp Lejeune,
IN. c. After that come the All
Service tournament and for the
survivors chances for the
Olympics.
Quantico produced two other
champions last night In Phil
Ortiz, liz pounds, and Richie
Hill. 100 pounds. while Randy
Horne gained the 135-pound
finals. Len Kanthal previously
had won the heavyweight title.
Ortiz was a unanimous winner
over Charles Newsome of the
United States Marines in a
battle In which the bantams dis
played fancy footwork and ex-I
cellent boxing skills. II was q,
hard one TO judge.
Hill swarmed over Paul Wright
of Boiling Air Force TO take al
unanimous decision. while
Randy Horne landed several
hard raps. particularly in the
third round, to win over Tabbyl
Lee Of the Destroyer Force At
lantic Fleet.
Other military winners we're
George Davis OF Fort Meade by
an unpopular split decision over
Ronnie Andrews of the Destroyer
Force in a real Suggest for the
118-pound crown; Bob Nichols
of the. Destroyer Force over
Charley Waugh Of Boiling in the
126-pound clash, and big listed
John Horne Of Boiling over
Frank Heating Of the Destroyer
Force in the 175-pound class.
Jackson Gains Finals
Freddy Jackson of Northwest
.AC, 20-year-old former Phelps
High School student trying his
hand at boxing for the first time,
moved into the 126-pound senior
finals with split decision over
Eugene Hughes of Southeast
House. Jackson will meet Ray
Morton of Northeast AC for the
title.
James Biggs of Northwest A.C.
won the right to meet Merrick'sI
Ralph Wolfe for the 135-pound
title by outpointing John Temple
Of st. Joseph's Club in a battle
at close quarters, while Jimmy
TAFT Of the cYO won over Billy
Ellis Of Northwest A.C. in the
147-pound class and will meet
the popular William Better OF
Merrick for the title.
aubrey Greenhow Of Merrick