University of Virginia - Corks and Curls Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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COIRJKJ ' Cliri. -, U:-- : V. p. I. in Blacksburg, taking three decisions, losing as many, though two were after four rounds, and suffering one technical knockout, to lose the match, 3 to 4. The Virginia fighters, with restored line-up and renewed strength, captured their fourth victory of the season, by taking five decisions out of seven from Syracuse in the Memorial Gymnasium February 26. Climaxing an eventful year for Coach LaRowe ' s charges, the first annual Southern Conference Boxing Tournament was held in the Memorial Gym- nasium Friday and Saturday, March 4 and 5. Five institutions were repre- sented by delegations and the occasion e oked a much larger and more enthu- siastic attendance than the Gymnasium had ever before witnessed. Five Cavalier pugilists reached the finals of the tournament, Kelly, Gilmer. Hosen, Weed, and Urmston. Of these the first three were victorious in their final matches and were awarded the medals for their weight. Both Weed and Urmston compelled their opponents to go an extra round of unrelenting and clever fighting before losing a close judges ' decision. Of the remaining weights North Carolina captured the finals in three and V. P. I., one. The results of the meet, an interesting athletic experiment the complete success of which from every point of view fully warrants its establishment as a permanent institu- tion, stood as follows: Virginia, 21: North Carolina, 16; Florida, 10; Georgia, 9; V. P. I., 5. [337;

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B oxing, 927 jNDER the captaincy of Mike Memminger and the tutelage of Coach Johnny LaRowe, the Cavaher mittmen again this season fought their way to distinction in Southern Conference circles. The unchallenged supremacy Virginia had long enjoyed among her neighbors in the realm of fightdom was temporarily relinquished in upsets against the North Carolina and V. P. I. pugilists. Once more it was decisively recovered, how- ever, in the first annual Southern Conference Boxing Tournament. Perceiving their opportunity, the Virginia devotees of the fistic art marshalled all their forces and, after a period of diligent concentrated training, swept opposition before them, to regain their laurels and finish the season in a blaze of glory that will illumine and inspire the future. The majority of last year ' s veterans and an enthusiastic crowd of recruits were on hand in response to Coach LaRowe ' s call for candidates in advance of the season ' s outset. In the ensuing struggle for berths on the Varsity, the least promising material was gradually eliminated, until a tried and redoubtable aggregation, ably strengthened by slightly less powerful reserves, was firmly welded together in preparation for the Florida invader in the Memorial Gym- nasium, January 19. The Cavaliers emerged victorious, 5 to 2, taking the decision in four fast bouts, losing in one, and suffering disqualification in the sixth because of a foul. In the heavyweight class Florida failed to supply an entry. Two matches on foreign territory ' followed, the first an easy victory, the second a desperately contested loss, the first ever sustained at the hands of a Southern Conference opponent. In Lexington, January 29, the Cavalier fighters defeated V. M. I. by a technical knockout and four decisions, to two technical knockouts for the Cadets. Journeying to Chapel Hill, the team next essayed the Tarheel mittmen, but despite Captain Memminger ' s and Hugo ' s victories, were forced by one technical knockout and four decisions, two of them after four rounds, to accept a 2 to 5 reverse. Washington and Lee was met in the Memorial Gymnasium February 12 with a changed line-up, necessitated by injuries sustained against Carolina. Two bouts were surrendered by the judges ' decision, but wins in five weights combined to rout the Generals. The week following the Cavaliers encountered [336]

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)wimming, 927 STROTHER BEESON PVRDY .. .Captain FRANK MASON CHUBB Manager WILLIAM S. GOOCH Coach ERNEST DUPONT Assl. Mgr. V STROTHER B. PURDY WALTER W. RULE MILTON S. HELLER GORDON P. PEYTON JOHN H. HARRISON RECORD JOHN E. CODMAN WILFRED L. GOODWYN JAMES B. MAY GEORGE HOROWITZ ZENAS C. COLT Virginia 32 Virginia 42 Washington and Lee 27 Duke 17 [338]