Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-01
Changers TK0.
OF Taft Features
Finals

I'VE worked all week on it."
Granger said. I'VE knew exactly
what we had to do. You see,
TAFT was getting to a left hook.
He'd wait for it, block and then
come in. So I faxed a left hook,
and when he leaned toward it,
it left q big hole"
Floors TAFT Twice
/ Granger made full use Of the
hole. He battered TAFT to the
canvas twice with fiurries Of
solid lefts and rights. TAFT rose
both times, groggy, but willing
as ever, but Paddy Kane, vet
eran CYO trainer. knew his boy
had had 1t this time and was
leaping to the apron even as
Referee Charley Reynolds was
stopping it.
TAFT previously had declined
the trip to New York and so his
place will be taken by Laroch,
who was q loser by a narrow
margin In their seminal match.
Besides Cherry and Granger,
Bolling's champions are Ward
zee. who proved too much for
another game CYO battler, Mike
Loicas. In the 1l8-pound GLASS,
and Charley Gates, who won a
unanimous decision over GUAM
tico's PHI Ortiz in the 112-pound
class. A fifth Boiling finaliSt,
Freddy Jackson, lost to Jimmy
Biggs Of st. Joseph's Club in the
l35-pound class.
Washington's team in the
Eastern tournament includes
four Championships, Gene
Welborn, unattached, 100
pounds: Jimmy Bush, Merrick,
ITS pounds, and Saulter Barks-
dale, Merrick. heavyweight.
j Two other berths were filled
by special bouts last night. with
Joe Stewart. defending cham
pion, who was beaten by Yee
.tin the l18-pound semifinals.
! scoring a technical knockout
over Ted Focht Of Olympic Club
at SIS seconds Of the second
round. and Norman Smith,
I Genes brother from the District
AC winning the decision over
Charles Driver Of st. Joseph's
for the l26-pound berth. Nat
Taylor Of Merrick. only civilian
in the field. won the l12-pound
berth.
The need to fill out the team
in this manner was brought
about by the headgear dispute
Service personnel must wear the
headpieces. which are not sane
toned by the New York tourna-
ment.
/ Gates used Q classy 'ieft-right
combination to gain the edge
over Ortiz for the 1l2-pound
title. while zee. taller and quite
fancy with a telling right lab
from his southpaw stance, never
was in trouble against Loucas.
the University Of Maryland stu
dent who was a standout in
earlier rounds.
BY the same token, Focht was
no match for Stewart in the
New York elimination bout,
though the tall. blond Olympic
battler put up a good scrap for
the time he lasted. Stewards
powerful hooks decked Focht
three times.
Stewart, Granger and Bush
stopped their opponents. Bush,
a 20-year-old who made the
novice finals last year. stopped
Troy Durant Of Capitol AC at
1889 Of the second round in a
bout that Jared. Durant went
down three times altogether.
! Barksdale $3.50 Winner
Biggs was the aggressor in q
battle that featured top might
ing by both participants. Thus
Biggs won the l35-pound crown
he lost last year in a close final
with Ralph Wolfe. his victim in
the semifinals this time.
Barksdale, sensational winner
over Gary lavish, defending
champion from CYO. in the
semifnals. was Just q $3.50
winner over Quantities. Charley
Cureton in the heavyweight
windup. Perhaps former heavy
weight battles have spoiled the
appetite for anything but rous-
ing action. but this one seemed
dull.
In the top subnovice battles,
Dick Boone Of Senegalese AC
stopped Don Posey Of olympic in
SO seconds Of the third round
for the l26-pound title, and
Adolph Brown Of Capital stopped
Johnny Jones Of st. Joseph's at
l:04 Of the first round in the
l75-pound class.
Northeast AC scored Is points
to win the novice team trophy,
while Police Club No. Is and
Andrews Air Force Base each
got 10. No. Is. with 8 points,
was a one-point winner over
Olympic for the subnovice crown,
while Boiling ran away with the
senior award, % points TO IS for
runnerup Merrick.
Northeast AC received the
District AAU Trophy for taking
the novice team title. Police Club
No. Is got the James A. Sullivan
Memorial Award as subnovice
team champion. Brown took the