Show S Barker in in Semifinals Semifinals' I Of Boxing Tourney TourneyS S After Taking Decision BOST BOSTON N April 10 AP Alvin AP-Alvin Alvin Barker Ogden Utah S was in the semifinals of the national A. A A. A U. U boxing championships chainS championships cham chain S tournament here Wednesday after flashing a wicked overhand right to decision Harold Eastman of Portland Ore S at the Boston Garden Tuesday night S S IS r t S 1 fk fk'S S 'S L 4 S Alvin Barker floors rival rivalS to advance in amateur ring meet S S Johnny Manalo l and Dado Ma Marino Marino Ma Ma- rino of f the Hawaiian contingent were other pound semifinalists Barker who advanced ced through the first two rounds without drawing drawing draw ing on the gloves he glo he gained a abye abye bye and forfeit started a victory started victory slowly Tuesday But the Ogden boy found the range and speed in inthe the second round and andin in the third rocked his opponent with a left to the body and floored floored- him with a aright aright aright right to the chin Down for Five a count of five and was wes hanging on at the at-the the final bell Barker is L mountain Intermountain A. A A. A U U. pound champion and made the trip here with Bill Fowler Fowier of ot Salt Lake City and Jack Boden ll of Albion Idaho Normal b both bothof bothof th of whom were eliminated Monday Six bronzed battlers from Hawaii Ha Ha- S wall wail were among the 32 qualifiers for tonight's semifinal and final action And four of those Hawaiians Ha- Ha appeared capable of gaining gaining gain gain- ing half of the eight titles at stake Never before in the long history history his his- tory of ot this select glove s swinging glove nging competition has a single team come through the trial bouts with So so much manpower manpower int intact ct There w w were re eight Honolulu starters Monday Monday Mon Mon- day and only ve be been n Quintal Stands Out Probably the outstanding member mem mern- ber ber of the Honolulu forces waS was Light Heavyweight Raymond Quintal who appears invincible f in his division Paul Matsumoto dominated the preliminary cuffing in the lightweight class and Yasuki Yas Yasutake take was almost as impressive as he fought his way into the last round in the c competition for featherweights Although Lucas Pasion the islands island's bantam appeared to lose Iose his ils knockout punch overnight overnight- he le had to go the limit to dispose of Carl Palombo of Amsterdam N. N Y in his quarterfinal engagement engage engage- ment ment-he ment he apparently has enough enough- skill to the other oilier survivors sur survivors survivors sur- sur sur- sur in in th that t division and w walk lk off with th the title The oUi other r two Hawaiian survivors were Manalo and Marino It seemed likely that Bantamweight Bantamweight Bantam Bantam- weight Yasutake might encounter some ome difficulty from Frank Robinson Rob- Rob inson of Oil City Pa the national junIor unior pound before be be- fore ore the championship award was made in that class lass Jimmy Mulligan of Lowell who disposed of Cozey of Rome N. N Y the only defending chamion cham cham- champlon plon pi-on ion in a second round trial in inthe n the he p pound und class was the fa favored Ia- Ia welterweight Four rugged middleweights sur stir survived vive i the preliminary action Harry larry Benoit of Amsterdam N. N Y Louis x uis Angelucci Angelu of Chicago Joe Maxim of Cleveland and Milton Jon Jones of St. St Louis and that class appeared wide open Not so among the heavyweights however for or Cyclone Williams of Buffal fal al alb stood out like a beacon among I the he Negro all semifinalists |