Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-15
Two Maryland
Students Head
G|overs
BY DICK OBRIEN
star stan Writer

land students. Bantamweight
Mike Loucas and Middleweight
John coburn. win lead Paddy
Kane's Catholic Youth Organ
ization team in search Of
iaurels in The Stars Golden
Gloves tournament. which gets
underway Tuesday night at
Capitol Arena.
Kane Is concentrating on
quality rather than quantity this
year as he schools q compact
group Of eight fighters at
Soldiers Homes Stanley Hall.
Loucas is the most prominent
Of the CYO battlers. A physical
education junior at Maryland.
Mike fought his way to the
finals of the Gloves last year
before dropping a close verdict
to Ward zee Of Boiling Air
Force Base for the senior ban
tamweight title. He formerly
was an outstanding amateur
mittman at the YMCA in his
native Baltimore.
Coburn is one Of Kane's top
hopes for a title In the novice
division.
Noted for Heavyweights
Kane has been noted for his
outstanding heavyweights in
past years. particularly Len
Kanthal and Gary lavish
Kanthal. who later fought for
the Quantico Marines. won
Eastern and National Golden
Gloves titles while lavish made
an excellent showing in the
Eastern Tournament Of Cham
pions.
This year Paddy has another
heavyweight prospect in Carl
Flood. a 200-pounder who is
starting out in the subnovice
ranks. II Flood shows even a
little bit Of resemblance 10
Kanthal or lavish he'll make
things plenty tough for his
competition.
Other subnovices in Kane's
stable are Lightweight John
Katsouras. Welterweight Denny
Marceron. Middleweight Eddie
Clabaugh and Light Heavy
weights Jimmy johnson and
Lorin Maser.
Meanwhile. Police Boys Clubs
No 2 and No. IS are readying
a total Of "a boys for action in
the subnovice, novice and senior
divisions.
/ No. Is. coached by the veteran
Lorenzo Sinkfield. has entered
10 hopefuls while No. 2. coached
by John Snead. will be repre-
sented by FIVE young men. Club
No. 2 now is staging qualifying
trials to determine its standard
bearers.
Two Senior Fighters
No. IL has entered Bantam
weight Calvin Woodland and
FWelterweight Curtis Prince in
the senior division and will
have strong representation in
the novice class in Lightweights
Lonny Loudly and George Scott.
Welterweight Donald Walker
and Light-Heavyweight Jimmy
sArnet.
Sinkfield's team will be espe-
cially strong in the subnovice
division. with Bantamweight
Richard Daniels topping the
list. Others include Light
weights Leroy Hall and Lorenzo
Watt. Welterweights Jimmy
Tyler. Bobby Birch. Bernard
johnson and Charles Hofson
and Mddleweights Chester
Hofson and Bobby Johnson.
1 With weighing and physical
examinations scheduled from
l to 5 pm. Saturday at the
Boxing Commission Offices at
l742 Massachusetts avenue
NV. at least one subnovice
hopeful is assured of passing
his test. He is william Wool
ridge. ir.. a l75-pounder fight
ing unattached.
Young Woodbridge has been
given a preliminary test by his
father. DR.. william Woodbridge.
sr.. and has been pronounced
At. DR.. Woodbridge should be on
safe grounds. as he was one of
the first physicians licensed by
the d. c. Boxing Commission
in 1884 when the sport was
legalized here. He since has
resigned from the commission
staff.