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Show FUTURE FARMER SMOKER PLEASES FANS WITH SLUGFESTS, BATTLE ROYAL Last Friday evening, in tht Milford High' School gym, the Future Farmers of the Milford area presented a "smoker" that Provided excellent entertainment or the good-sized crowd that turned out. Fourteen boxing hfuts featured everything from 60-pound "cradle-weights" to a tight-heavy feature that had the fans standing up in their seats. Probably the best bout of the evening, from the standpoint of good, well-matched boxing, was the Doug Murphy-Ferris Thurston Thurs-ton fracas, with Thurston getting the, nod when the judges decided he had a slight edge in boxing ability. He had no edge in pure fiameness, however'. Murphy, floored once for no count, came back to rock Thurston in the closing clos-ing moments of the round, sending send-ing him careening into the ropes Just before the round ended. Both boys showed fine ability, and their bout was a crowd-Pleascr crowd-Pleascr all the way. Final bout of the evening, and the feature, was between Bob Baker and Ray Perkins. This was a slam-bang affair with both participants being on the receiving receiv-ing end of many haymakers, but refusing to go down. They both packed a wallop in each fist, and landed often. The bout was a draw, with ringsiders believing that Perkins was the smoother boxer, but Baker made up for his lack of ring-lore with a real determination, a willingness willing-ness to mix it, and landing more often with solid blows. Both boys were knocked into the ropes repeatedly, but neither was in proper condition, as boxing condition goes, for a hard fight. Most popular bout of the evening eve-ning was a slugfest between Glenda Rigby and DarleneNay. The girls fought two rugged rounds to a draw, and didn't pull their punches or spare their opponent. op-ponent. It was strictly a slugging slug-ging contest, with no thought of science, and the ladies really gave the crowd a show. Jay Perkins and Von McDonald McDon-ald put on two rounds of rugged brawling, with both boys out on their feet when the final gong sounded. This was another crowd pleaser, with plenty of leather thrown all the way. Gary Coleman and Jackie Brannon opened the show with a two-round draw. Bobbie i Stonehocker and Joe Busch put on another slugfest for two rounds. Stonehocker was down for no count in the first, but came back strong and earned a draw. Third bout was a battle royal, with Hanley and Bodenstab outlasting the others to go into the two round wind-up. They battled to a draw after the other contestants had cleared the ring. Herbert Blake nd Milt Waite, a couple of 130-odd pounders, gave the crowd their first taste of real boxing when they fought three rounds to a draw. This was another good bout. Marion Barnes and Donald Rowley fought three rounds to a draw, and young "Long John" Glenn and "Shorty" Scott staged a two-round draw. These boys acted more like professionals, took their time and although they didn't throw as many blows as some of the others, they exhibited exhib-ited more scientific boxing. Glenn got on his bike right at the start, backing away from his taller opponent and coming in to throw lefts and rights and get away. These boys will both make good boxers with continued contin-ued training. Ronnie Banks took a decision over Neal Smith, in two rounds. This was a badly mis-matched bout, with Banks being much larger than his opponent. Billie Thompson was winner in another battle royal, and Gary Scott and young Bingham slugged to a two-round draw. |