Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29
Kanthal Rally Beats Louson
Before 3 500 Gloves Fans
Heuvies Launch
Quincy With
Bristling Fight
By DICK O'BRIEN

Before a record first-night
Golden Gloves audience of $500
spectators, Len Kanthal Of the
Quantico Marines won a UNI
Ianimous flve-round decision over
his arch military rival, Roy LOU
son Of the Destroyer Force of the
Atlantic Fleet last night at Fort
Myer.
Battling in the first round Of
The Stars tournament, Kanthal
and Louson gave a bristling ex-
hibition which had the near
capacity crowd on its feet at the
finish.
The victory by Kanthal, for
mer Coolidge High football player,
reversed decision which Louson
had scored over him last Novem-
Der In an invitationaI AAU meet
at Coral Gables, Fla.
The verdict was handed down
by Judges Jerry Looney and
Bobby Schwartz and Referee
Marty Gallagher. It brought q
wave Of cheers, mixed with q
heavy roar Of boos.
Wins on Rally In Fifth
There were no knockdowns In
the fight. but it was a rollicking
battle in which Kanthal had to
come from behind in the fifth
round to win.
The issue was decided early in
the fifth when Kanthal raped
Louson hard with short right
hand to the chin. The big Navy
fighter wavered on his feet as
Kanthal plowed into him with
both hands flying.
Although the tournaments
opening round was marked by
a series Of hard-fought subnovice
and novice bouts. Kanthal and
Louson stole the show with their
free-swinging exhibition.
They warmed to their chores
slowly. with Kanthal going to the
body. Late in the first round, Len
shook the big Navy fighter with
a short righthand shot to the
chin.
Louson Battles Back
The pace stepped up as they
went into the second round.
1.-THE crowd came to its feet early
lin the round when Kanthal
staggered Louson with a series
1of short rights to the head. Then
Len switched his attack to the
body. In the late stages Of the
round, Louson came on with o
rush and was blasting hard with
both hands at the bell.
| It was q punchfest in the third
Iround as Louson brought blood
from Lenny's nose. Louson moved
lin with a rally in the fourth, and
then Len clinched it with q
blasting attack in the fifth. This
observer gave Kanthal three
rounds and Louson two.
Wilson Wins Opener
Willie Wilson of the Catholic
Youth Organization and Ronald
lMunsey, unattached, had the
honor Of opening the 1856 tourn-
ament in the 126-pound subnov.
ice class.
Wilson. a 17-year-old senior
at Wilson High School, won a
close decision over Munsey, a gas
station attendant in Arlington
and a senior at Wakefield High.
Then came a show-stopper be-
tween Charles Russell of the
Merrick Club and Donald Ruffin
OF Police Boys Club No. 10.
Russell. a 16-year-old fresh
man at st. Johns College, came
from behind to win on a tech
nical knockout in / minute 20
seconds of the third round. Rus
sell clinched it when he floored
Ruin. a deaf mute. early in the
round. The latter came I'D
groggy and when Russell piled
into him, Referee Ray Bowen
wisely stopped the bout.
The CYO moved another of
Its stalwarts ahead in the SUBJ
novice divisions 135-pound class
when Tommy Cunard knocked
out Rocklin Mayhem of the Mer-
rick Club in l minute Sc seconds
of the first round.
Cunard, Washington grocery
clerk, went to Mayhem quickly
with both hands flying and
f1oored the Merrick Club entry.
Mayhem. l9-year-old auto me-
chanic, came off the floor in
trouble and Referee Bowen
stopped this one too.
In the 1l2-pound subnovice
class, Nat Taylor. a 16-year-old
senior at Cardozo High School,
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