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TELEGRAPH. DIXON. ILL.. TUESDAY EVENINGWillStartatO’clockDIXON MEN WILLPLAY IN VOLLEYSeven of Nineteen FightsBALL LOOP HEREIn Golden Glove PrelimsHere Ended in KnockoutsSchedules Will Begin atHigh School Gym ThisEveningHeavyweights, Novice Winners and OpenClass Will Battle TonightDixon business and professional men have organized a volley ball league which will begin its schedule of games tonight in the high school gym. Four teams of nine men each have been arranged and according to Dr. L. R. Trowbridge. other men aie welcome. If enough other shows interest another team will he formed or additional players will be assignedto the present squads.Those on the four teams are:SI MM ARY OF KFSt’LTSOpen Division360 pounds Peter Hantz, Sterling, won over Paul Hess, Woosung, decision, (3.Novice Division3 is pounds Harold Davis of Galesburg, won over Mike Borroso, DePue, decision, (3).Tiger*Rev. G. D. Nielsen, capt., Rev L. \V. Waiter. Rev. H Doran, A Crom, H. Hartman, H. A. Moore. J. Blackburn, M. Winger, L. Melvin.Leopard*E. O. RFeb.Feb.FebMiller, capt,; H Wien-man, K Scales H. Schildberg, EHolbrook, R. Pruitt, L. Dixon, L.Beebe, J. Batson.Panther*R. Warfel, capt.; J. N. Weiss,F Derby, T Schildberg, K Abbott, J. Cunningham, C. Castel, F. VV. Lynch, J F. Buike.JaguarsJ. Noakes, capt.; L. Olson, F. Keliar. J. Mills. R. Roslyn, K. Flatt, F Baraowman, A. N. Boyd, B. Schildberg.SchedulesThe complete schedule of games is as follows:Feb. 7, Tigers and Panthers. Feb. 9, Leopards and Jaguars. 14. Panthers and Jaguars. 16. Tigers and Leopards. 21, Tigers and Jaguars.Feb. 2.:, Panthers and Leopards.Feb. 2k. Jaguars and Leopards.March 2, Panthers and TigersMarch 7. Leopards and Tigers.March 14, Jaguars and Panthers. March 15, Jaguars and Tigers.Rule*Some of the rules which will be observed are:The winner will be two out of three games in the evening.Referees will be selected from teams not playing that evening.No game will be officially played unless at least five players on one side ate there.Violation of the following rules will result In loss of the ball or counting a point for the opposing team as the case may he:Reaching over the net. touching the net while the hall is in play, holding the ball, throwing the hall or following through, stepping into court while serving before the ball has passed over the net and stepping oxer the line under the net.All men are urged to b« present each evening Those not playing on the tournament will he froe to use the other court335 pounds Lincoln Bock, Seymore, won over Donald Dickerson, Galesburg, decision, (3).335 pounds Carl Bay, Dixon, won over Jack Aceardi, Beloit, Wis., decision, (3).135 pounds Miliana Maurricuez, DePue, won over George Reynolds, Dixon, decision, 13.135 pounds —Whitey Lambkin, DePup, won over Johnny Thomas, Dixon, decision, (3).135 pounds Robert Naves, Princeton, won over Thomas Curtis, Dixon, T. K. O, 1:10 11).147 pounds Joe Cueto, DePue, won over Will Johnson, Dixon, decision, (3).1 17 pounds Tony Ardini, Rock Falls, won over Warren Sparger, Galesburg, decision. (3).147 pounds Henry Quanstrom, Princeton, won over Bud Holderman, Dixon, decision, (3).147 pounds Dick Gallagher, Dixon, won over Leo Nelson, Galesburg, K. O., 1:40 (3).126 pounds- Nomoran Pierre, Dixon, won over Trinard Guseman, DePue, decision, (3).126 pounds Larry Morris, DePue, won over TanoMaki, DeKalb, T. K. O., 1 :35. (2).126 pounds—Ed King, Galesburg, won over Ed Friel,Dixon, T. K. O., (end of 2).126 pounds John Celleti, Rock Falls, won over Russ Erickson, Princeton, decision, (3).160 pounds—Darrell Fundell, Princeton, won over Hubert Staelen, Sterling, T. K. O.. lend of 2).160 pounds- Harold Yepsen, DePue, won over WayneEllis. DePue, K. O.. :1L (1).160 pounds Harold Simpkins, DePue, won over Forest Yepsen, DePue, K. ()., 1:20, (2).160 pounds Don Nieklaus, Dixon, won over John Prostko, DePue, decision, (3).The promise of an excellent card of amateur bouts was fulfilled in every respect last night as the Dixon sectionalpreliminaries of the Golden Gloves tournament wound up at the half-way mark at the high school auditorium. Tonight's matches wiil be the last before tlie survivors move on to thesemi-finals at Rockford Thursday night.Everything a fight fan could want from at least a halfdozen bloody noses to a swift knockout in 11 seconds of thefirst round, entertained the 800 persons for the openingnight.Nineteen Boutsi »* ■ i ——In 19 bouts last night three stait ,,f thlt;* round of thenended in knockouts, four in mHtlt;h Hml UPnt ,,n t0 *technicals and eleven in deci-technical in 1.10 of the an mesions awarded by Judges CalroundLADIES LEAGI E Feb. flW LManhattan .............. 33 21Poole ................. 29 25Cledons ................. 26 28I r. Bends ............... 26 28Vanity Shoppe .......... 25 29Bon ton ............... 23 31Team Record*High team game -Dr. Bonds ............ 956Cledons ................. 877High team seriesDr. Bends ............... 2516Cledons ..........2128Individual RecordsHigh Ind. gameA. Dasehbach ............ 225H Klein ................. 211H. Huyett . . ............ 209M I IV U ■ t~\ f \ anr t riaG. Tyler and James Bales ofDixon and “Butch” Maroff of Rock Falls.in the niiHi bout of the evening, the only one in the open class, Pete Hantz of Sterling won the decision over Paul Hess ol Woosung. Hantz displayed strong aggressiveness and Hess the power to take it.The sensational high light ot the matches was in the J6th bout which found Hat old Yepsen ol DePue pitted against Wavne Ellis of the same community. Before either had mote than taken onestep Yepson swung with his rightand Ellis di'opped to the canvasfor the ten-count ending the fight in 11 seconds.Forest Yepsen was next to step into the nng and received neatly the same treatment his brothei had given to Ellis. Forest wasknocked out with a tight to the button in one minute and 2o seconds of the second round. Jus' before 'he final blow he took theeight-count.The other knockout came in tlie tenth bout v hen Dick Gal-laghei of Dixon dropped Leo Nelson of Galesburg.Dixon I ighter \\ in*Amoncr th*» ficrhta thf*in the seventh bout Joe Cuetoof DePue won the decision oveiWill Johnson of Dixon. The DePue lad broke his let I-aim midway in the second round but continued to the end of the fignt with the stamiua and pluck which makes teal fighters into men.N. Pierre, a Dixon lad who has been seen in many lights aiound heie. last night showed a great improvement over his found matches and displayed a clevei boxing technique to win the* de cision ovet Trinard Guseman ol DePue.lion Nieklaus Win*Don Nieklaus, center on theDixon high school championship football team, was awarded thedecision over John Prostko in the 18th bout, and scored on a knock down in the third,John Celleti, a lad with a tei lilic punch who hales from Rock Falls, won the decision over Rusa Erickson in the 126 pound lt;las.-, in the 14th match Both fightersput. up a hard-hitting battle tomake if one of thr outstanding boul - of the evening.Ed King of Galesburg scored a technical knockout over kid Friel of Dixon in the second round of the 13th bout.I0t;1rtlt;tiiijtVtwwpIIh»Abnccwnflt;1hlr»If
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Dixon, Illinois, US
Tue, Feb 07, 1939
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