Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 January 1938 — Page 22
Tonight's the Night! Young Boxers Are Ready for Action
(Forty per cent of the net proceeds of the Golden Gloves tourna- |
ment goes to The Indianapolis Times Clothe-A-Child campaign and 60 per cent to the Bruce P. Robison Post for Legion philanthropies and amateur sports.)
Amateur knuckle dusters take off the wraps and start swinging | tonight and bell-to-bell action is promised on Times-Legion Golden | Gloves opening night at thé Armory. | All sections of Indianapolis and several state cities are represented | in the event and the preliminaries are expected to produce an evening of fast and exciting fistic enter-$—— i ———— —
tainment, | at 7 p. m. No boxer knows in adContestants have been in hard | yance who is going to appear in the training under competent instrac- | opposite corner and this arrangetors for weeks and the eagerness |ment sends them out “on their own” of the youngsters to round into |ywhen the starting bell sounds. top form points to a successful| {Under A. A. U. rules a decision event, The entry list contains more is given by two judges and a referee than 200 names and with aspirants | and no draw verdicts are permitted. in all weight divisions of both Open | This is another reason for the swift and Novice classes. | exchange of punches when the Bouts will be staged as rapidly as | Golden Glovers perform.
possible from 8 to 11:30 p. m. or Chicago Trip Tempting
later. Each match calls for three, two-minute rounds and the boxers| Lhe lads battle for glory, prestige
naturally will step at a lively pace | and a list of prizes, their own reover the short Ie yn ward. However, a trip to Ohicago reich Tn This Afternoon | Is in store for the eight champions Weigh In This Afternoo lin the Open class when they are Slambang competition usually | called to compete in the Tournahighlights the opening night's hos- | ment of Champions under the autilities because one defeat means | spices of the Chicago Tribune, elimination and relegates the loser The Indianapolis tourney will be to the sidelines until the next year. | held over a span of four weeks, toAll entries are to report for the | night, and Feb. 4, 11 and 18. The weigh-in and physical examinations | Chicago dates are Feb, 28 and at the Armory this afternoon be- | March 1 and 2. tween 2 and 5 o'clock. Drawings | The Times-Legion tournament for the night's bouts will be made | entry list follows:
Open Division
112 POUNDS wiljem Travis, 1200 BE. 42d St, Unat-{
jached. Al Oshorne, 1203 Fayette St, Oliver A. ©. Billy Carlisle, 12'2 W, Market St., Oliver
1921 Broadway, Oliver Leroy Johnson, Indiana Boys’ School, Sylvester Lee, 2056 E. Michigan St, Oliver A. C. Art Miller, 1723 Alton Ave., Oliver A, C. Dovle Upchurch, Muncie, Unattached, Raymond Haley, Seymour, Seymour Boys’
Club Dick Miller, a > Arsenal Ave,, English ‘lu
Avenue Boys’ . Jimmy Williams, 1962 N. Tacoma Ave, Wallace-Monoghan. Warren Wilcoxen, 1508 N, Arsenal Ave. 't Simmons, 2204 Martindale Ave. e \ 3h, Y. M. ©. A, English Avenue
Paul Palmer, C. 0. ©. 3550. Me ae nes 5. 8. 0% 147 POUNDY I ail Doves or wom Indianapolis Com. " Roth
Jack Durham, 1516 B. 23d St. Boyce ‘John Martin, Kipgan A. A. Herbert Down, Bess A, ©. nny Allen, Washington A. O. Rex Thompson, ART. uh
160 POUNDS
Edward Hunter, ‘38 8S. s 8 Washington A. © Nu Suse 50. Bi
Shelley Anderson, 38 8. Wen on] Jerse! oS Cruse St., East ys' School,
James Dunlop, Ing fans Kemp, a B. uthern Ave. Boys: he . 3831 airview St. North UND . _Olub. Tommy LeFever, 577 N. Lynn St,, Oliver NS Holmes Ave. Kingan Gores Lindsey, To dinna Boys School. poLrnest Ronche, 1413 Columbia Ave. r ng, Indiana Boys’ School. ALS _ Wiliam Reed, 1585 Martindale Ave, Bess | , Dave Williams, 1927 Yandes St. Boyce Calude Banks, Bess A. O,
wo O H, O. Lee, 1638 N. Senate Ave. Bess & 175 POUNDS
‘Eugene Simmons, Bess A. OC. Forest Tevis, Richmond C. C, wen PINSON 473 W. Woh St. ‘Senile 126 POUNDS ve yen, Bluestein, 618 W. 20th St., Oilirer
Walter Johnson, 351 N. Arsenal Victor Hutton, Anderson. Anderson A. C.
Ave., Oliver A. C. . Bud Cottey, 3008 Huclid Ave. Oliver Bod ASheridan, 1669 N. Arsenal Ave.
A C She oto McDermid, 416 N. Kealing Ave. Shek Sheridan. Ss se, Marion Smith, 97 W. Maryland St. taghed, 0 Longstaff, 1525 College Oliver
Jim Jones, Richmond C. C. Carl Wells, Carthage, Ind., unattached.
HEAVYWEIGHTS Bill McLaughlin, 125¢ Oliver Ave., OliFloyd Johnson, 1150 Prairie St., Frankfort, Ind., L! 8 W. Washington St.,
ver A. OC, tached. ahishall Kealing, 492¢ BE. 10th St., unatKoay, | 10y . William Lockwood, Frankfort, Ind. unJames Slaughter, 15290 E, 19th St., Boyce ‘Erston Hayes, 1701 N. Arsenal Ave.
attached, Earl Wiltse, 1838 Orleans St., “English Boyce CO vd Ford, 1615 Sheldon St. Boyce Leroy Dycus. Bess A Qo. Melvin Tevis, Richmond €. 0.
Ave. Boys . Karl Brauer, 2408 Roosevelt Ave., Hoos135 POUNDS Walter Whitlock, 1409 Columbia Ave.
fer A. C. Peter Bell, Bowes Seal Fast, Len Campbell, Idea Furniture unatiached, ward Tyron, Trafalgar, Ind. unatK. C. Green, 719 N. Capitol Ave., Oli-
Co. Russ Bennett, Richmond C. ©. Frank Perry, Wallace- Quoghan tached. ver A. . Marshall Allison, Waldron, Ind.. Oliver ‘Max Eiserlo, Indiana Boys' School.
“Under supervision of Marion County George Cunningham, 1950 Tallman St.
Recreation Oliver A. C. Delbert Rhodes, 970 W. Maryland St.
Oliver A \ Sam , 6018 Evanston Ave. English Av : ub. Delbert Hamilton, Senate Ave. Y, M.
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Schmeling Heavy Favorite to Win
HAMBURG, Germany, Jan. 28 (U. P.).—Max Schmeling, sharpening his weapons for a June title fight with Joe Louis, was a heavy tngt n A favorite today to whip Ben Foord tached, Bl% N. Jackson St. un-|of South Africa in their 12-round oo SOIR raves, 1710 Martindale Ave, battle at Hanseatic Hall on Sunday.
‘Roy Jones, Shelbyville, unattached. arl Jones, 23 E, St. Joseph St.. Wash-
Times Photos
Eight of the more than 200 youthful amateur boxers who are expected to see and do plenty of leather pushing in the annual Golden
Gloves tournament which opens tonight at the Armory.
They are:
1. Bud Cottey, 126-pound Open class, Oliver A, C, 2. Milton Bess, 135-pound Open class and 1937 champion who
represents the Bess. A, OC.
3. Dick Miller, 112-pound Open, English Avenue Boys’ Club. 4. Peter Bell, heavyweight Open division, sponsored by Bowes Seal
Fast.
5. Fred Sheridan, 175-pound Open class, Boyce A, O. 6. Doug Bowden, 1i8-pound Novice division, Hoosier A. C. 7. Pete Iaria, 126-pound Novice, English Avenue Boys’ Club, 8. Jimmy George, 160-pound Open, Kingan A. A. The background is an interior view of the Armory showing the ring where the bouts are to be staged.
Novice Division
. 112 POUNDS Bud Thrall, unattached. Earl Anderson, unattached. Glen Adams, Oliver A. C. George Watson, Oliver A, ©, Walter McGee, Oliver A. C. Babe Lawrence, Olver A, UC. Matthew Taylor, unattached. Walter Weber, unattached. Loren Miles, *Lauter Roys' Club. Mickey O'Brien, Wallace-Monoghan, Frank Tunstill, A Leroy Simmons Leroy Clasby, B 3 : Ca Willie Jenkins, Boyce A. C, Lee Prettyman, Bess A, ©.
118 POUNDS Milburn White, unattached. unattached. unattached.
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r A.C. Frank H Oliver A. C. b Shutt, Shutt Service, Beech Grove. Woddy Woodruff, unattached, Gerald Ragsdale, Oliver A. C. Charles Scheible, Oliver A. C. Dale Pruitt, unattached. Robert McCloud, “Lauter A. C. Joseph Kratoska, wMaring Corp Reserve, ; y ached. Monoghan. , J. J, Oanning A. C, ) r, Bess A, O. Doug Bowden, Hoosler A. C. 126 POUNDS Robert Sagor, unattached. Billie Jones, Oliver A, C. James Retcof, unattached. Bob Maynard, unattached. Robert Shelton, Oliver A, C, cd Medenwald, Oliver A, ©. ham, Oliver A. O. Lyle Caylor, Oliver A. C. Vurden Monroe, Oliver A, C. Roy G. Troutman, *Lauter 4 Pa
Ray Bergman, “Lauter I Tr Reserve. twood A. O.
Jack Luear, Gene Thompson, “Br Jimmy McGill, *Brightwoed A. C. Pete Tarin, *English Avenue Boys’ Club Charles Spurling, Senate Avenue Boys Marshall Avery, Boyce A, C. Nathan Williams, Boyce A. O. Otis Barnett, ce
Allen Bridgetorth, oyee |
A. C. William Bridwell, *English Avenue Boys’ Club,
185 POUNDS
Clarence Wyatt, Richmond A, O. Joe Robinson, Richmond A. C. Arthur Chamberlin, unattached. dee Rogers, Oliver A, C. Guyton, unattached. James Embertin, unattached, Melvin Scott, Oliver A. C, Lawrence Shelton, Oliver A. C. Bob Westmorland, Oliver A. C, Wilber Owens, Indiana Boys' School. Charles Coons, Oliver A, C. Lawrence Strother, Oliver A. ©, Walt Spiller, Oliver A. ©, David Young, Oliver A, C. Johnnie Sweeney, Sliver > Cc.
Ralph Sutor, unattached. Frankie Summers, South Jay Henderson, Oliver A. Leo Steele, Oliver A, C. Walter Fletcher, Oliver A. C. Ray Shannon, unattached. Don Hackett, unattached. Jack Berry, unattached, Burney Detoney, ched. Paul Bennett, *Lauter Boys' Club. William Parker, North Indianapolis Community Club. ER Weathers, Senate Avenue YY. M.
Charles Bryan, unattached, Martin Johnson, Kingan A, A. William Smith, Boyce A. C Thomas Graves, Boyce A, James Sherron, yee A. Daniel Madden, Boyce A. 147 POUNDS
Irvin Wiles, Richmond A. C. Bob Crubison, Richmond A, O. ‘Bud Shedron, unattached, alph Ballard, unattached, Ray Shipley, unattached, unattached,
Side Turners,
C. C. C. C.
ugene Patterson, Indiana Boys’ School. - s Sch kh
ames Clarady, Indiana iver
a! oody Leeper, Ol Vaughn Perry. A Arthur Scalf, Ol Joe Dawson, Qliver A. ©, Ovid Farley, Oliver A, C,
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Jesse Johnson, North Indianapolis Community Club, Charles Johnson, unattached, Paul Maines, Anderson A, C. . Williard Troutman, “Lauter Boys' Club, Harry Walter, *Marine Corp Reserve, Richard Hean, *Marine Corp Reserve, Dennie Reno, *Brightwood A. C. Morten _Dunz, unattached, James Bryan, unattached. Frank Slimie, Kingan A. A. George Linder, Kingan A. A, Brown, Wallace-Monoghan,
Washington A. ©. Charley Lee, Washington A, C.
160 POUNDS
James Adams, unattached, Alfred Martin, unattached, Dennis Lynch, unattached. Alva Hopper, unattached. lly Vinson, unattached, Jarence Rappold, unattached. Harry Duncan, Indiana Boys' School, Art McKechnie, Oliver A. ©, Noble Bowers, uth Side Turners. Ray Kern, unattached, John Mumaugh, *Lauter Boys’ Club. Robert Pauls, *Marine Corps Reserve, Jim Johnson, *English Ave. Boys’ Club. Wathen Gerard, Senate Ave, ¥. M, O. A Miller, unattached. Abe Holsey, Boyce A, O. Robert McDamon, Boyce A. O, Claude Banks, Bess A, O. Jack Fradello, Richmond ©. C, Delout Scott, Richmond ©, C.
175 POUNDS
Eugene Honter, Oliver A, ©, Paul, Oliver A, ©. oan, unattached, Fred Miller, Kingan A
vA Herbert Johnson, Esyce A, ©. Prank Coffer. 0. 8. Q. Mm 8, '0,.C, C. rop, Richmond ©. OC. Bennett, Richmond C, O.
HEAVYWEIGHT
Eric Stone, Oliver A. C. John Hartlate, Oliver A, 0, Bill Holmes, Oliver A, C, Jack Warren, Anderson A. O. Hasxel Stone, North Indianapolis Com.
u Frank Bell, unattached, James Hiner, J. J. Cannnig A, ©. Howard Boler, Bess A, O. Jim Oooper, Richmond C. ©. *Under Supgrvision Marion Recreation WPA,
Dick
County
SLICK ARTICLE Emil von Elling, N. Y. U. coach, has a freshman hurdler whom he knows only as Abaid the Arab, and claims the boy's perfect style is a “magic carpet technique.”
SALIENT FACTS ON GOLDEN GLOVES BOUTS.
IME—8 p m. tonight. Place—State Armory, 711 N. Pennsylvania St. Program-—About 25 bouts in various divisions, three rounds of two minutes each with oneminute rest periods. Tickets—Available at the Armory ticket office at 6:30 Pp. m. Reserved seats on sale during day at Haag's Claypool Hotel drugstore. Sponsors—The Indianapolis Times and Bruce P. Robison Post, American Legion. Tour= nament sanctioned by Amateur Athletic Union and held uneder A. A. U. rules.
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Joe Louis and Barney Ross Got Start in Golden Gloves
Golden Gloves tournaments of other days started several of our better known professional fighters of today on the Golden trail to fame
and riches.
Joe Louis, Barney Ross and Bob Pastor. champions of their divisions, got their start in the amateur tourneys and after cleaning up the best among®- an | the simon pures were ready to step | into the professional ranks. this famous trio to have | made the most of those early op-
were others but generally are conceded
portunities.
The Brown Bomber now
welterweights of all time.
There
rules over the heavyweights. Barney generally is conceded one of the finest Pastor stayed the limit with Louis in a) for the
> » @» fighting for a career, The opportunity is there and if they have the stuff it's bound to come out,
‘What happened before can happen again, Such must be the reasoning of more than a few of the 200 young Hoosier amateurs entered in the sixth annual Times Legion Golden Gloves tournament which gets under way at the State Armory tonight. In fact several of those who have competed here in other tourneys have forsaken their amateur status and turned to the ring as a means of livelihood. Among these are Elza Thompson, giant Negro, 1037 heavyweight champion and Johnny Denson, last year's local middleweight king. Both have
These three, two of them
10-rounder in New York and until his recent unlooked-for upset at the hands of Nathan Mann was considered in the forefront of heavyweight contenders. Since the Golden Gloves tourna=ments are only about 12 years old fight experts generally agree that the tournaments have proved them= selves an excellent training ground young man who may have
shown promise
Are there potential Tunneys, Leonards, Dempseys and John Henry Lewises among Hoosierdom's
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crop of young leather pushers? The 1038 Golden Gloves tournas= ment may tell, Anyway, few, if any, of this city's fight fans who like plenty of action in their boxing are likely to be absent when the first gong sounds.’ Come early and avoid the rush is good advice this year as in the past, ANOTHER FLASH? John Lucy, captain-elect of Col= gate's football team for 1038, is & nephew of Frank Frisch, who in= cidentally was quite a football player himself at Fordham.
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