Salt Lake Telegram | 1952-01-01 | Page 23 | Annual AAU Ring Tourney Opens March 24 in SLC

Annual AAU O T Tourney urney Opens March 24 ft ire h LC r j ji i a 5 4 f a Y Sr i 9 j i W IeIri I J A v rG Harold McNeil Announces annual Elks Elks Elks-A A A U ring meet The annual Intermountain AA AAU U boxing tournament sponsored spon sponsored spon- spon n- n by the Salt Lake Elks Lodge will open March larch 24 according to lo Harold McNeill perennial chairman of the popular amat amateur ur swat tourney I III set the dates dales as late lale as possible Mr McNeil said to avoid conflict with any of the basketball games or tournaments The national A AAU A U tournament starts April 17 in Boston so we had to hold our tournament late in March in case we had any boxers eligible for the thc national meet Within the next few days clays colleges high schools and A AAU A U affiliates throughout the intermountain area will begin receiving entry blanks The Thc tournament annually produces some of t the e best fighting in the area and Rex Layne and Gene Fullmer are products of recent A AAU A U competition Layne won the senior national title at Boston before turning professional