Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-02
Golden Gloves
Swinging Into
Sen1ifinaIs
BY DICK O'BRIEN
Star Staff Writer

With eight sub-novice anc
five open class qualifiers on the
line. the Police Boys Club No
2 awaits its chance to clinch
team titles in these divisions as
Golden Glovers swing into the
semifinal round tonight at Cap
itol Arena.
Twenty-one semifinal con-
tests are scheduled, the first
starting at $3.50 o'clock. There
will be action tonight in every
division except the 132-pound
class. Victorious in his two pre-
liminary trials, the Police Clubs
star performer, Middleweight
Charley Clemens, meets his
toughest opponent to date.
Clemens. the defending mid
dleweight champion, clashes
with frankie Brooks, an angu-
lar better from the Edwards
AC in what appears to be the
highlight contest on the semi
final round.
Second 147-Pound Bout
The second semifinal in the
middleweight division pits jim
my Diggs of the Edwards AC
against Jimmy Williams of the
Police Club No. 2.
Although the Police Club ap-
pears to have team honors
clinched this year in the SUBJ
novice class, the Edwards AC
stands in the way of a pos
Sible double triumph.
Edwards also has qualified
five for tonight's semifinals
Earlier, it had moved one Of
its representatives into the fl
mails as a result of competition
in the 132-pound class.
Two Heavyweight Bouts
While the race for the team
trophies is taking shape, a
wide-open scramble for the
AAU trophy for the outstand-
ing Sub-novice is in process.
Two heavyweight bouts mark
the Semifinal program. In the
sub-novice class John Slime Of
Hillcrest Heights will battle
Gene Briggs of the Police Club
A veteran of IL years in am
ateur boxing will go after the
open heavyweight title. He is
32-year-old Jimmy Finley, who
battles Harry Hart of the Ed
wards AC for the right to move
to the finals.
The finals of the Gloves are
scheduled for next Friday night
after which six of the winning
contestants will be selected to
represent Washington in the
National AAU tournament at
Cincinnati later this month.
SEMIETNAUS
Sub-nOvice Class
119 POUNDS-Tom Garcia, Hill.
crest Heights Boys Club, VS.. Bob Gil
christ, Police No, 2:
wards s Ae w. LarSy aree BELL Ed
Youth Center; Billy Bell, Edwards AC
VS.. Sherwood Lewis, Police No. 2.
139 POUNDS-Ralph MORGAN, Pc.
lice No. 2 VS.. Colethis Hayes, Youth
vs.. Ronald Miller. Peiice O No. S :.
ley AC, VS.. John woodward, Youth
Center: Edward Cole, Police No. 2, VS.
Bill Mc1GilIliiSsgddy' Hillerest Heights;
2; Tom Key, Youth Center, VS.. Marvin
:. 1876 PoUNDs-John Napoleon, Po-
lice No. 2, VS.. Bob Thompson, Finley
HEAvYwE1GHT-John Slime, Hill.
crest Heights, VS.. Gene Briggs, Police
No. 2.
Senior Class
139 POUNDS-RusSelI Boggs, Hill
crest Heights, VS.. Eddie Isaac, 18th
Street YMCA; Leslie Pyles, Youth Cen
ter, VS.. Bruce Cole, unattached.
147 POUNDS-Tom Brooks, Finley
AC, vs.; Nat Harris, Edwards AC; Bub-
pa Williams, Finley AC, VS.. John Hall
156 PoUNDs-James Diggs, Ed
wards AC, vs.. James Williams, Police
No. z; frankie Brooks, Edwards AC
VS.. Charlie Clemens, Police No. 2.
165 POUNDS-Bob Bonner, Police
No 2, VS.; Edwin, Perry, Edwards AC;
warren Copeland, Police No. ., VS.
Steve Sabo. Hillcrest Heights.
:, 17S POUNDS-Aaron Granting, Po-
lice No. q VS.. Tom Gross, 18th Street
HEAVYWEIGHT - Jimmy Finley
Finley AC, VS.. Harry Hart, Edwards
AC.