Show h Jabs and Parries L Lp p AAU Fights Set Mark 29 Rounds 2 Hours George Tarzan McNeil l and arid his Elk cr crew w set et som something of or a a. record Monday night when they presented 29 rounds of boxing In the first two hours of th the show That isn't much Okeh remember a around around around round i is two minutes with one minute rest between making three minutes min Multiply and you get 87 minutes And while a couple of ot the rounds ended be before ore the three m minutes utes had expired you have to consider that there could be a delay between rounds There weren't an any which speaks well for Tarzan for Tarzan Ted led and the other Elks who labor far away from the excitement in the e dressing sing rooms First in War S Jim Morley lorley Kiwanis Felt won the first title of the tourney without rit out appearing in the ring when Harold Bowden had to forfeit the first kayo in the tournament was wa registered by Robert Sharp West Jordan who dropped Ralph Lefler Tabiona in of th the first first uirt technical kayo was wa registered by by Doyle Dolo Faulk West Jordan Who made Joe Burton Kiwanis-Felt Kiwanis quit in 1 11 of the second round first knockdown came in first round of first fight when Bob l I McKee Ke Vest West Jordan dr dropped pp d Clayton Nielsen Price Elks first booed decision came when Bob Bridgewater Kiwanis Felt was given edge oyer Jack Beckstead West Jordan first fighter to be saved by the bell was Max lax Hutcheon of or Roosevelt but it did no good good- goodas as Max ax was wa forced to call it quits without more ado i Controversial Ruling That Hutcheon tko touched off a a. flood of ot disputes with the fans Arguing Arg which round the fight ended in inasmuch as it ended between be be- tween rounds However several years ago when we bec became me embroiled embroiled em em- broiled in a similar argument at the AAU fights we we- checked with the late Hype Igoe who headed the Boxing Writers Writers' Hype had this id idea a First according to the rule book a round consists of three minutes with a one-minute one rest period That means the rest period must belong to the previous round Secondly the bell hasn't sounded to to begin the next round therefore a man cant can't lose In a round he hasn't begun yet Igoe mentioned at that time that the Boxing Writers Writers' was attempting to settle this argument by having the bell sound for the next round and have the referee come over and count the man out unless he were were In such condition that any delay might peril his health Normally the tko is ia awarded to the winning ing boxer in the round just completed d. d j j j I Two o oy y years rs' rs ago ago Kenny app appeared aed at the th Elks Eks chi club to tor to r referee the opening nights night's fights with a a. a shirt s 's slightly Boiled Boiled- Chided for his his' Ken logically ad dl the laundry h hadn't returned with his whites for the evening Gid Morris an Elks club I fixture fixture at at these fights volunteered to o provide a a. freshly laundered I white shirt which acc accepted However Monday night two years ears later Ken returned the shirt Gid Morris 1 wonders if this isn't a little long even even for a Salt Lake laundry to keep a shirt v To the Victors In addition to the In Individual awards for the winning boxers the theA theA A AAU A U fighters are shooting for four more coveted trophies The outstanding senior enior fighter in the tournament will receive a trophy from Referee Ji Jimmy my a former A AAU AU champ The outstanding outstanding outstanding ing novice will receive a trophy from Anderson Jewelry Co and the outstanding welt welterweight will be given a trophy from Nib Milo nickey a former welterweight scrapper In addition the coveted team trophy will go to the winning team donated by the Elks Team Trophy Rating Har Harold ld McNeil l who is directing the tournament in his usual businesslike style explained the team trophy points A champion will 11 win five points point for his team and a up runner-up will get three poin points No poin points will be e given for the number of entries inasmuch a as lt SJ give he too tod t much u advantage to the SaIt L Lake e City i y and nd West Wes Jordan oman n IC Clubs U S. S I i Good Goo Pr Prospects p j The l e attle for tor team honors honors' cinch to go right ight do n to the wire Heres Here's how they sent men into the second round Kiwanis Kiwanis- F Pelt Felt lt 6 We West Jordan J nn 6 6 Price Elks 2 Tab Tabiona o 1 F Fairmont Boys' Boys 1 State School 4 4 and Preston Elks 1 I Kiwanis-Felt Kiwanis entries include de several se boys from RotarY Y YMCA Rotary Y M C A inasmuch as s the two clubs have been fighting as a team all season rete Pete Glacoma who now coaches Kiwanis Felt was instrumental with Don DOD Mayne fayne who handles Rotary Y YMCA Rotary Y M C A in getting most of these 1 b boys ys started when he was at Rotary Y YMCA Rotary Y M C A and they are winding up tip as ax az a team although representing two clubs I It t ii Good Novice Prospect I This Conrad Carter for a novice has a lot of promise Bob Howard University of Utah Utan youngster who was awarded a trophy u aa the outstanding boxer in recent western collegiate tournament In Pocatello has hu as good a long game as you'll hope to see but buthe buthe buthe he allowed chunky Gene Fullmer of or We West t Jordan to rush through his defense defense- and when Fullmer pierced his range long-range barrage it was tough sledding for far Howard Parker Campbell handled the pa system which has been improved by the ins installation of speakers kers all allover allover allover over the arena You can go a long way and spend a lot of coconuts coconuts coco coca nuts before you'll ever see a better fight than the Howard Howard-Fullmer scrap crap Most Booed Decision t The most booed decision was brought ab about by the Henry Ju- Ju Merlin lerUn Sprouse scrap It was one of those things Ju having piled up an edge in iu the early rounds on his flicker flea-flicker taps while Sp Sprouse had Ju approaching never-never never land in the final Jack Beckstead of West Jordan has the same wide ide open stance made famous by Ernie Hunick a W. W J. J champion now a pro Lewis Daniel LaPoint LaPoint LaPoint La- La Point US had the most novel footwork as he stalked six steps forward then backtracked a half dozen steps before making his lunge former champs in action were Ken and Jim d 1 Don Mayne layne Pete Gi Glacomo Harold McNeil l Arcade Windmill Pearce and Willis Sharp among others other Nine defending ding champions are in the tournament in the various divisions divisions Sprouse Sprouse last years year's novice champ was eliminated by Ju last years year's w welterweight senior king Others who haven't appear appeared d yet are Pete Peto Liapis senior heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight Floyd Flod Richardson light heavyweight senior Toy Atwood novice champ Nash pound US novice Tim Kimball novice he heavyweight Ron Smith junior US and Darrell junior Welter Idaho Boxer loxer Tops The outstanding candidate for the best boxer award must be Lyle Taylor Talor of orthe the Preston Elks Ellul at least for the first night This Taylor uses Ues a right hand like he would a rapier only he punches like a a. bay steer In analyzing the program you'd have to admit there were a couple of ot mediocre fights a dozen darn good scraps and five or six which would be a credit to any arena in the country Promoter Promoter Promoter Pro Pro- moter Jim Downing Downing- was much in evidence and there was a touch of wistfulness in his m mein main in as he watched these kids whaling away for nothing more than a medal while most of his professional tram tram- I b bos a wont won't ont even even- fight for money J. 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