St Josephs College and Military Academy - On Parade Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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TAKE FIVE STATE CROWNS ' Members of the Cadet boxing team won eight of 12 bouts in the flrst session of the Kan- sas A. A. U. bozpng tournament at Ifratt to open defense of their state championship won ast year. On the final evening five of the six Cadet boxers entered emerge with a championship and on the strength of this showing, also car- ried off the team trophy, thereby earning -the title of state champion team for the second time ln as many years. , The winners were : PAUL WALTERS, 118 lb., Class A: THOMAS YOUNGER, 135 lb., Class B3 LARRY OBERLE, 147 lb., Class B3 RALPH BUGGS, 118 lb., Class B5 DON SCHMIDT, 160 lb., Class B. WIN TEAM TROPHY AT ACADEMY The boxing team put on a good show for the'home folks .on the nights of March 16 and 17 in the new field house. There were 15'bouts on the first card, 12 on the second. Byl wmmng six of the 12 final bouts, the Cadet fig ters car- ried off the team trophy. A fair crowd was on hand for the first nigh but a most untimely blizzard kept many away the second evening. The ugset of the night was the defeat of Don Schmi t, defending state champxlon bg Keith Kessinger of Russell, whom Sc midt ad de- feated the week before in the state finals. Other winners were: Marvin Walters over Oberle, both Cadets in the 14f7-pound class 5 Thomas Younger over DlCk'GT1mm of Russellg Ernie Lelker over John Simon both Cadets: Gerald Leikam over Connie Schroeder, both Cadetsg Ralph Buggs over Paul Walters, both Cadetsg Ver in Staab over Cagle. Upper right: George McCourt ileftj mixes it up with Kissinger, at Russell. Upper left: Hilarion Brake sends Ernest Leiker through the ropes at the Academy bouts. Left: Some of this year's haul of trophies. Lower left: Larry Strecker ileftj absorbs one from Verlin Staab.

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oxing Win Seven Boxing Crowns The St. Joseph Cadets continued the trend, begun last year, of taking the majority of the state boxing titles. Five Cadets were crowned state champions, another a runner-up, and two won the championship event in the golden gloves tournament at Hutchinson. TWO. GOLDEN GLOVES CHAMPIONS Col. Downey's boxers returned from the Golden Gloves tournament with two crowns dangling from their belts. Thomas Younger, Class B lightweight had to fight his team mate, Verlin Staab, in the finals, and thus Staab lost the opportunity to win a crown for himself. Ralph Buggs, Class B Bantamweight champion, was the other winner. Although he had receiv- ed a broken nose in the first round, Buggs went on to win the championship. In all there were i l W! 1 V L li N lY . - it 5, l 1,,. 5 it COL. ARTHUR DOWNEY, boxing coach six Cadets entered in the matches. Right: These boys went to Hutchinson to , ,- enter the Golden Gloves tournament. Left H ' , to right: Whitey Waltersg Thomas Young- A I- lf.. .T -' '- J ' V - y ' 'T cr, lightweight champion: John Deibelg A ' 5 'Z , ' A , . -n Ralph Buggs, bantamweight championg i ' , :.'Af'ji 'A Q, H , f' Verlin Staab, runner-up, lightweight. Be- low: The State Champion Team, left to right, kneeling: Thomas Younger, light- weight championg Ernest Leiker, runner- upg Larry Obcrle, 147 pound winnerg Whitey Walters, 147 lb. Class A. 'Stand- ing: Ralph Buggs, bantam winnerg Paul Walters, 118 lb. Class A championg Verlin Staah, Donald Schmidt, 160 lb. champion. f ALJ 57

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' o Upper left: Brake and Leiker both hit the canvas. Upper right: Phil Gottschalk of the Cadets and Phil Barnsworth of Russell get their in- structions in the first flht in the new gym. Lower right: Verlin Staab winds up a hay- k f P e in the Golden Gloves tourna- ma er or op ment at Hutchinson. TAKE FOUR OF SIX AT GREAT BEND The Cadet boxers made a fine showing in their outing at Great Bend on March 23, when'they won four of SIX bouts in a flght show that included boxers from Russell, Great Bend, Larned and Hoising- ton. Phil Gottschalk, Jr., won over Jerry Barton of Russell to avenge a defeat the week .before at the academy. Ernest Le1ke1 ga1ned a TKO over Thomas Whlttalger of Russellg Buggs lost the decis1on to Gutturiezof Great Bend. Delbert Staab decisioned Dale Herzberg of Great Bend and Laray O-berle best- ed Tom Johnson of reat Bend. TAKE A DRAW AT RUSSELL March 26 saw the team at Rus- sell where the boys took two lost two and drew two. Delbert Staab beat Dale Herzberg and Ernest Leiker defeated Jack Belcher. Mar- vin Walters and Larry Oberle put on the slugfestnof the evening in a no-decision exhlbltion match. The boxers are to appear at Abilene during the early part of April. An invitation to go to Wichi- ta during,the middle of April had to be declmed because of the Army mspectlons.