Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-23
Golden Gloves
Start Fast With
3 Knockouts

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the first round on, after colliding
with Cureton's chopping right at
close quarters.
Free-swinging Harold had q
world Of confidence but a mis-
guided roundhouse right that die
little more than stir up a breeze
as it whistled over Cureton's
head. Browns best punch was an
upper cut to the body.
Two quick knockouts, rs and
35 seconds, featured the show
Sammy Mayo, a compact light
weight from the Merrick Club
scored the first at the expense OF
Gerry Bramlett of the Olympic
Club. Clarence Dews, of the
newly-organized Senagalese A
c., needed little more time to
dispose of Jesse Martin of Police
Boys Club No. 10.
Cat-like on his feet and well
coached, the broad-chested Mayo
scored bulls-eye with his first
salvo as Bramlett came in
Glassy-eyed. Bramlett tried to
beat the count, but his legs didn't
match his courage, and he would
have been a sitting duck fol
Mayo if allowed to continue.
Dews took out after Martin
with obvious intent to finish
him as quickly as possible, and
caught his opponent with a one
two that ended it.
One Of the most surprising
finishes occurred in the 147-
pound battle between Jim
Bathea of Police Club No. 13
and Sylvester Hester of the
Capitol A.C. Bathea was dropped
briefly in the second round by q
right that barely nicked his chin
But in trying to put over the
clincher in round three. Hester
walked into a short, dynamite
laden right that put him down
for keeps.
The program was marred by a
disqualification, applauded by
the aroused crowd, but obviously
due to over anxiousness. This
was in the 160-pound novice
scrap between Southpaw Osley
lSilas of the Capital A.C. ano
Wyman Cooper of Fort Belvoir
Twice Cooper, cut on the right
eye and getting the worst of il
in a rough-and-tumble affair
wrestled his opponent through
the ropes and Silas had to be
given a 5-minute rest after the
first tumble. The second oc-
cured just as the bell ended the
second round, and Referee
Marty Gallagher ruled the SOL
der of for the repeated trans
gression.
The other two novice bouts, in
the $50 pound class. produced
some of the evenings best box
ing. Ernest Robinson of st. Jo-
lseph's Boys Club bested Joe RAN
dali of Merrick in a scrap featur-
ling brisk infighting on the part
of both boys. Alvin Green of the
Northeast A.C. used his long,
accurate right to put Ed Brown
OF st. Joseph's on the deck twice,
for brief counts, in the second
round and ended the fight In the
final round with a hard smash
that opened bad cash over the
right eye. Until that point it
had been a rousing affair, with
Brown not so far behind that he
couldn't have won.
Determination was not enough
to carry many youngsters to VIC
tory in the subnovice division,
where they underwent their bap-
tism of fire. But it paid of for
160-pounder John Keveaney, an
American University stud n t
| fighting under the CYO banner.
The rugged Keveaney took at
least three right-hand blasts to
the head from Gerald Ray Of
Merrick, but kept after his rival
until he wore him down. Rays
holding tactics In the last two
rounds. when he tired badly, also
were costly.
Joe Cheseldine. Olympic Club
147-pounder. looked good in out
pointing rugged but green Larry
Bubes, Maryland student fight
ing unattached.
Probably the most decisive
knockout of the night was scored
by Johnny Jones, st. Joseph's
Interchangeable, whose right
hand shot stretched Norman
Comfort of Police Boys Club No.
10. Comforts head struck the
ring mat as he went down, and
1T was several minutes before
DR.. Clark Halstead got him back
on his feet.
They we're excited. this OPEN
ing-night field. anxious to get
going and get the business done
with. Try though they did to
conceal the tension within them.
lit showed through like light.
Light heavyweight Adolph
Brown of the Capitol A.C. didn't
wait for the bell to start his
bout with Marcellus Taylor, I'M
attached. but squared off i'm
mediately after hearing the re-
feree's instructions. He stopped
Taylor after 1882 of the first
round, jumped out Of the ring
without waiting for his hand to
be raised in token Of victory,
and had to be shooed back in by
his handlers.
But for action. ragged though
1t was in spots. you couldn't
beat IL.