Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-14
II Bouts Slated
In Air Force
Boxing TONIGHT

Competition in the World Wide
Air Force boxing tournament
reached the quarter finals tonight
lat Boiling Air Force Base where
the first of II contests will start
Iat z O'Clock.
In the quarter finals will be
Johnny Horne and Paul Wright
Iof Boiling. who are seeking the
light middleweight and light
heavyweight titles. respectively;
Ward Sullivan of Washington
also seeking the light middle
weight crown, and Jim Richard
son of Andrews ALB. making his
first start in search of the welter-
weight championship.
Two other Washington boys,
Ernie Tomlinson and Ed Haw-
kins, are on tonight's bill. Tom
Ilinson, who was a victor in the
first round of competition in the
119-pound class, meets Billy
iPiSachubbe. an Indian scrapper
from Ellsworth ALB. Tomlinson
will be representing Edwards
AFB. Hawkins, from Ellsworth
AFB, will meet Jim Smith of the
Sondrestrom ALB, in one of
three l75-pound contests.
One Of the features of the
preliminary trials last night
found a Washington boy, Harold
Butler, former Golden Glover,
pulling one of the major upsets
Iof the tournament. Butler
stopped Willie Ellis, the defend
ing middleweight champion, in
the second round after the latter
complained of an injury.
r. Bantamweisht ole pounds) --Rafael
Christian. Albrook AFB, Panama.
Jose Pisarro. Elmendorf AFB, Alaska,
eGs rssn1n ed Joanauin Rivera. Tuhle ALB.
ss fsth sb.epa1 aER
Chuck Gates. BollinE AFB.
Cotat -NdlhCIs turner NIB, "a, de-
etsioned Billy Thomas. Chateauroux Alb.
Lightweight use pounds Clarence
scned Al Az def
Mccoy Wigeins, Eiison AFB. Alaska iesisaoneo
Ed Lee; Ashiya ABB. Japan. TKO Ed
9 20 Q, f tsREqps Teups ABB Newfoundland
Light -weiterweisht u3s pounds
Fred jackson, Greenham Common ABB.
ENGLAND: decisioned Bernie Beauford,
81; Johnny Granser. Boiling ALB. TKo
s sna s lief. =, Pepps9TsIl Alb NeWtound
Ru MIiddi sssS Gs3 pounds oHaF0ld
Ellis. Amarillo AFB, Tex, IS seconds Of
=. g as : Ewn Msc esa T.ch,ksxs Ag,
Larry Pratt. Misaws Alb. japan, deci-
stoned Bernie Soto. Sheppard. ALB. Tex.
Ellsworth AFB, S. Oak. i:55 Of first fiTst
Heayywetght-Joe Hemphill. 1919, Bit
F AZ 6srmsny Won By detagt from
land. Russ Lee. 200. Ladd AFB Alaska.
zoo of third round. Don Long. 205,
MCNEIL lss. dcod Mfs AFB so reE her n5s
Of second round
ToNIGHT'S PAIRINGs
l19-pound CLASS - Jimmy Connors
Ixshiya AFBl. Billy pisae GI s" 'EiIs1
W WSFth A AFB, vs. Ernie TOmlins0n ed
125.pound class-Jesse Owens tThule)
VS.. Willie Thomas nackland) BOYD
Green trachikawa ABB VS.. Charley
Kenney tForbes AFBJ.
139-pound class-Sammy Campbell
Brunswick ABB VS.. Willie Morton
fJohnson ABB, Ira Pisachubbe (Eils-
worth ABB VS.. Bernie Arnstam (Keesler
l56-pound class - Ward Sullivan
tForbes ABB VS.. David Smith Larson
ABB. Wilbert Gray Parks ABB VS..
Lee. Ballard fThule ABB, Al Watkins
.Y9kota ABB vs.. Paul Wright fBolline
VS., Bill Cheppas .tRheinman ABB,
LOO pound class = Ward Sullivan
ABB VS.. Jim Arrington (Highlands
ABB. Arnie Highsmith tEvereux ABB
vs.. Torrance Smith Hamilton ABB.
George Leach tScott ABB VS.. All Bennett
tReese ABB. Jim Richardson (Andrews
A APBr VS.. frankie Davis tGreenham-
175-pound class-Ed Hawkins Ellis
worth ABB vs.: Jim Smith (Sondrestrom
ABB; John Horne Boiling ABB VS..
Lee McCane lChanute ABB. Ken Payne
6Wheeius ABB VS.. Beny DOYLE TAR