Cab, Pickup Collide
A Mecca Cab, driven by
Leonard Campbell and an In
ternational pickup truck
owned by 0. Kraft and Son
and driven by George Beuners
scrapped fenders on North
Brooklyn avenue recently.
Damage to the cab was es- j
timated at around $100 and to ]
the pickup at approximately '
$30. Neither driver was in-1
jured. 1
Eight Win Champ Crowns
In All Alaska Finals
The four day Alaska Armed
Forces Boxing Tournament
came to a close Monday night
in a flurry of flying leather
and roaring fans.
Hundreds of service men
and civilians crowded the
Navy gym at Kodiak Nava!
Station to see eight new
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champions for Alaska crowned
Biggest upset of the even
ing was scored in the heavy
weight division as Duane
Dove, hard punching KNS
sailor, went down for a
technical knockout in the
third round under the straight
shooting gloves of Gerald
Lloyd, Fort Richardson soldier.
In the light heavy weight
class Bonnie Thomas of Whit
tier Army won a unanimous
decision over Cliff Penn of
Fort Richardson. Thomas de
cisively defeated Penn in all
| three rounds. Penn was game
but Thomas had plenty of
sting in his punches and kept
his opponent off balance
through all three rounds with
hard nunches from both
gloves.
Ben Quismundo, popular
bantam weight fighter from
KNS scored a knockout over
Don Lozano of Fort Richard
son in the third round of a
fast moving match. Quis
mundo, a slow starter, care
l fully studied his opponent
‘ during the first round and
! cautiously stayed on the de
fensive. In the third round he
! sent Lozano to the canvas with j
a terrific left hook in one
minute and 40 seconds.
The All Alaska middle
weight crown went to Ed
Hagman of the 196th Regi
| mental Combat Team by de
fault. Danny Washington of
the 39th Air Depot Wing was
unable to aopear in the ring
because of injuries received in
a fight with Joel Wilson of
Ladd Army Sunday night.
Washington won the fight
from Wilson on a foul blow.
Billy Knowels, fast punch
ing- flyweight from Ladd
Army scored a technical
knockout over Gallagher of
the 196th in the second round
of their bout.
I Mike Michaels, Seattle
refree, stopped the Larry
Brown-Larry Ferguson fight
in the second round for the
featherweight title and award
ed Brown the fight on a
technical knockout. Brown
had his opponent on the can
vas in 56 seconds of the
second round.
The fans were treated to
some clever boxing in the
Charles Peoples - Norman
Smith bout for the light
weight title. Peoples received
the unanimous vote to the
two judges and the refree to
win. While there were no
knockdowns during the fight,
both men showed a willingness
to mix it ud. Peoples definitley
had the edge on both de
fense and offense.
Randy Flowers, Ladd Army
welterweight, lost his fight to
Valentino Luna of Fort
Richardson after three rounds
of furious fighting. Flowers
displayed a long rapier-like
left hand but was unable to
keep the free swinging Luna
from tagging him with lefts
and rights. Flowers won two
unanimous decisions in earlier j
fights with his clever boxing
a u leit jabs.
Lloyd’s w:n ove'* D >v ? wa<
a comolete upset to the
‘fight-dopesters”. In two
previous fights Dove had
scored knockouts in the first
round.
Lloyd entered the ring Mon
day night on the short end of
5 to 1 odds. For half of the
first round he cautiously boxed
with Dove. In the second,
with Dove swinging and miss
ing. Lloyd moved in and sent
him crashing to the canvas.
In the third Dove was still
missing and apparently tiring.
Lloyd sent him sprawling
through the ropes. Game to
the last, D*ve got up and bore
into Lloyd but was met by a
furious flurry of leather.
Refree Michaels raised Lloyds
hand after he had sent Dove
down again.
Judges during the contests
were Lt. A D. Moe, USN,
I and Lt. H. D. Wells, USAF,
IJ. D. Brandenberger was
general manager and am
j nouncer was Jim Bennett.
The fights were broadcast
lover WVCQ by P. Libia, K.
j McGuire and D. H. Cox, AG1,
i USN.
| A banquet for the fighters
j was scheduled for Tuesday
I evening at KNS.
Ed Pearson is constructing
a new house on his property
located below Mission Road
and near Dumas beach.
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