Evening star., 1959-02-01
II Bouts Set Tuesday
On Golden Gloves Card

Johnny Finch of the Falls
Church-Fairfax Jaycees, who
won the award as last years
outstanding novice boxer;
Eddie Brown and Willie Will.
liams of the st. Joe Club, Dick
Basil of the Police Club No. 2
and Burton Barber of North
east.
Making his first start Tues
day night will be Joe Louis
Rose, defending welterweight
champion, who is boxing unat-
tached this year. Rose was a
member of the Quantico Ma
rine team last year and, al
/ though he won the welter-
weight title, he could not
make the trip to represent
Washington in the Eastern
Golden Gloves tournament Of
champions in New York.
Plenty of Challenges
Rose is anxious to repeat his
1858 triumph, but he has plenty
of challengers, including Jimmy
Reid, Harold jackson and Frank
Brooks of the Northeast AC;;
Billy Ellis of st. Joseph, Char
ley Clemons of the Police Boys
Club and Edward Lee, brother
of Norvel Lee.
Chris Easton of the North
east AC and Bruce Cole, un-
attached, continue action ir
the third round of senior light.
weight competition, a class that
has been particularly prominent
in this years tournament il
view of Ralph Wolfe's spectac'
ular triumphs.
The lightweights are cunning
to unseat Wolfe, who has movee
into the senifinals with a pail
of impressive victories. Tit
challengers are all tough anC
include such improved boys a
Sherman Mitchell and Charlie!
Smith of the Police Boys Clul
and Eugene Hughes, unat
tached.
Another active division is tn,
: senior bantamweight class
which finds Ronnie Fejeran o
the OptimiSt Club and Clarenct
Ellis of the st. Joseph Clul
getting the competition in thi
;; division underway TueSda!
! night.
Listed for action in 1l8-pounC
class are such well-known anna
teurs as Clarence McFarlant
, of st. Joe, who lost a very clos
, decision to Mike Loucas in las
, years finals: Gary CARRIER
! former Maryland star and one
time holder of title, and Jimm,
Covington of the Police Boys
Club, recently mustered out o
the Army.
!. SubnOvices Busy
Meanwhile, the subnovice
are beginning to get toughenet
\ up as a result of constant com
petition. They will be banging
away Tuesday night fighting t.
move into the quarter finals.
Among the more attractiv
" subnovice tests are the welter
;. weight meeting between Char
ley Mayhew of Falls Churcl
and Pete Cain of the Optimis
Club, who works for the Re
creation Department, and tn
t lightweight battles betweei
S Jesse Bowden and Melvl
F.; Smith, and Columbus Burre.
} against Norvel Bradshaw. A
t of these boys have won two i
a row.
Clyde Kendall, CYO sub
, novice lightweight who is on
of the most popular boxers i
the consolation events. goe
after his second trump
against Billy Reagan of tn
Optimist Club. Regan lost OF
, to Melvin Smith in his first
Il round contest.
Tuesday nights events wi
be dedicated to the Washing
s. ton Optimist Clubs, organiza
tions which have as the
S. standard, friend of the boy
D The National Capital Opt
: mist Club will play the maJC
: role in the evenings intel
mission ceremonies by present
ing a check to further tt
, work of the Boys Clubs
: Greater Washington. The chez
t will be presented tQ Geors
: Cullen, chairman ofNhe boar
lof the Rors' Clubs.