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Two Golden Gloves fighters, both of whom were eliminated in the rerent Clovis A.A.U. tourney, stood on the top of the heap with championships under t heir beltsand ready to leave for Boston tomorrow after the smack of fists caused at the conclusion of the So u t h wes tern regi on a I tour n a m e i11 which closed in Albuquerque last night.Bill Henderson, Portales, can be put down definitely as an upset in every d e p a r t m e n t a f ter winning the light heavyweight title over Jimmy Faust, Littlefield, ilender-son was eliminated in the first round of the Clovis tourney while fighting in the welterweight class. But Faust walked off with the local tourney’s light heavyweight championship only to meet defeat last night.Higgins Is SurpriseFrankie Higgins, Las Vegas, may also be put down as a surprise. He was eliminated in the finals of the Clovis tourney, then steppedhack into the wars at Albuquerquelo emerge today with the bantamweight championship safely tucked away.Surprise number three came in the heavyweight division when Lo-Boy Davis, Clovis tourney champion, went down under the swinging of Harold Banks, Santa Fe, negro, for the count in the thirdround.Light Champs CrownedALBUQUERQUE, N. M.. Apr. 1 {/V) Fight Simon Pures with regional AAU boxing titles clasped in bruised knuckles will depart tomorrow for Boston and a chance to land their New Mexican haymakers on the chins of the nation's best amateur boxers.The southwestern regional tournament closed here last night with seven New Mexico entries, two of them Indians, winning their wayto titles over Colorado and Texas opponents.The Finals Summary:11E A V Y W E ICiil T- -Ha mid Banks. Santa Fe negro, knocked out In-Roy Davis, third round.LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Bill Henderson, Portales, heat Jimrrry Faust. Littlefield, 'lex., technicalknockout third r oundWKIjTERWEIGHT !'onny Va*lencia, Belen, out pointed Johnny Plott a:MIDI d E WEIGHT Fi ink Livingston. Albuquerque, (awar (led by judges following dispute in semi-finalsLLIGHTWEIGHT Ralph Gallegos, Albuquerque, beat Jake Tapia,v v - roundBANTAMWEIGHT Frank Higgins, Las Wgns, outpointed Martin Sando, Albuquerque IndianSCh OOl * - ' y dv V i .. *FE \THERW EIGHT — 1 ■Numkena, Albuquor que 1 ndian school, outpointed Law rence I lope, Albuouerouo Indian school.FLYWEIGHT Quint Thompson, Albuquerque Indian school, outpointed Austaeio Garcia Santa Fe Indian school.jjI\SPORTS- 1 *•» — —ROUNDUPBy EDDEE BRIETZNEW YORK, April 1 OB -Get. ready for* the big foot race.... Clark Griffith has bet Tom Yaw-key $50 Shanty Hogan wall beat Rick Ferrell in a 50-yard dash when the Senators pay their- second visit to Benntown in June... the “old fox/* who doesn’t make many baseball mistakes, is completely sold on Hogan s comeback . .. Predro Montanez is a 7-5 favorite to whip Lightweight Champion Lou Ambers in the Garden Monday night ... Burgess Whitehead of the Chants swears he never saw the ball when Feller fanned him on three high hard ones at Vicksburg ...Same old Dodgers: Van Mungo swung so hard at a pitch the other day he knocked t ho mask and cap right off Catcher Babe Phelps.*.. Tom Yaw key must have the patience of Job ... says now a ber t h anywhere in the first division will satisfy him this year... . Bill Brandt. National league publicity director, says Elbert Fletcher, Bees first sucker, was the hottest rookie he saw on his swung around theFlorida camps . . . Max Schmelinghas been trails-At (antic telephoning Joe Jacobs again . . . Job Charlie Dres.sen dreads most of all iscutting his big Cincinnati squad to 23 men. *Fred Pony says he’s going back to England this summer, sit in a front row box in Wimbledon stadium, light a big. black cigar, andsay to the boys: “Now play, damn5ou, play 'A .. five of the eightAmerican league first suckers will bat in the cleanup spot this season ...one of the detectives who helped solve a big murder mystery in I i u f fa Io roc en 11 y w as Ed w i n (A Igy) Mc(inire, National rowing champion in 1.923... Eddie Mader, the west side heavy , ha sheen booked with Nathan Mann at New' Haven Monday night . . the coast is booming Lou Nova, former National A.A.U. champ, as a heavy weight hope...Vdfr1Vrii,Two lions in Clvde Beat t v’s wild%animal act at the Hippodrome went on a sit down strike at the second matinee yesterday... They•r ■ Vare tired of having to do threeshows a day this week, said Beatty . .. Some California localities are (hiding it hard to swallow s’ories from Berkeley that Stub A I-lison. Golden Bear coach, has shelved defense for offense in his springfootball practice .. . Bob Harlow, who quit ballyhooing the P. G. A. after a feud with some of the officials, is dallying with the idea of a golf league in Florida next winter with eight cities, each represented by a two man team.... Don’t let any body April Fool you.vlt;pit!itiimGgitfctill?MHClmchiO!Jfit(1ae
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Clovis Evening News Journal
Clovis, New Mexico, US
Thu, Apr 01, 1937
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