Evening star., 1961-02-12
Fireworks Expected Friday
As Gloves Reach SemifinoIs
BY DICK OBRIEN
star staff Writer

star staff Writer
With preliminary maneuver-
ing completed. Golden Glovers
head into the semifinal round
Of action Friday night at Uline
Arena.
Twenty-one bouts are carded
on q program which may set
o new high for bristling ac-
ton in an already action
packed tournament sponsored
by The Evening Star. The first
bout Is slated for $3.50 pm.
The all-important finals also
will be held at Uline Arena
Friday night, February "a.
:. Last Friday nights quarter
final round at Capitol Arena
set the stage for what prom
ises to be one Of the most
thrilling finishes to q Golden
Gloves tournament here in
years.
New Stars Rise
A capacitey crowd watched
the Glovers slam away in the
quarter-finals as the competi-
tion became keener with new
faces crashing the spotlight
in bids for a share Of the
glory.
LightweightS Gabriel Mag
tutu Of the Catholic Youth
Organization and Bob Gallo
way. unattached, and Mid
dleweight Richard Harley Of
the Twelfth Street YMCA,
topped a galaxy Of subnoviee
boxers who put up strong per-
formances to become out
standing contenders for titles
in their respective divisions.
Their march toward Gloves
titles will be strongly opposed
in the sernifinals by three boys |
who also turned in sparkling
performances in their prelim-
mary bouts.
Magtutu, an apprentice
printer with o kick in both
hands, meets the classy Sonny |
Bulware Of Police Boys Club |
No. 2, and Galloway is listed
to box Rudolph Clemons, also
Of the Police Club. Harley goes
up against David Battle, un-
attached.
Mine Senior Bouts
There viii be IL senior bouts |
and nine subnovice engage
ments on the semifinal lineup
as the open fighters begin |
jockeying for places on the
Washington team bound for |
New York and the Eastern
Tournament Of Champions
early next month. The East
ern tournament is scheduled
March 7-10 with the semifinals
and finals at Madison Square
Garden.
The senior lightweight and
welterweight divisions this
year now loom as the two top
notch classes from the stand
point Of competition.
Friday night, four semifinal
contests that promise nothing
but action viii be waged in
these two classes. In the first
lightweight semifinal, Colum-
bus Burrell Of the Police Boys
Club. q youngster who sur
prised by stopping Eugene
Hughes. meets Ralph Wolfe,
the veteran Arlington carpen-
ter.
Upsefs Are Possible
The second lightweight semi
final matches the defending |
champion, Sherman Mitchell,
Of the Police Club against the
surprisingly strong Hunter Rag
land Of the Twelfth Street Y.
Both Burrell and Ragland
are strong opponents for the
veteran Mitchell and Wolfe, |:
and there is a good possibility
Of an upset in either bout.
Joe Cheseldine, knockout
conqueror Of Daryl Fawcett
in a fine display Of ring gen.
eralship in the quarter-finals,
challenges the defending well Il
terweight ruler. Leroy Roberts
Of the Police Boys Club. '
The winner Of the Roberts
Cheseldine contest will return
on the final program to meet
the winner Of the other semi
final between David Ryans and
Marcellus Vaughan.
Heavyweights also get a share
Of the spotlight. The Catholic
Youth Organizations John
Coates collideS with Norman
Graham Of the Edwards A. c., h
and Allen Luckett Of the Mel h
A. c. meets Jimmy johnson Of
the Police Club. Is