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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Both J. R. Mooney '31 and G. N. Burns '30 held on to their titles, though neither had an easy time of it. Mooney in the 115-pound class was pushed to the limit by Crispin Cooke '32, who won the first round easily by fast rushing. Mooney gained as the match went on, however, had Cooke dizzy in the second period and edged him out with hard blows in the final round. In the 145-pound group, Burns met stiff oppositions in W. P. Wadsworth '29 and won only by tiring him with heavy body shots...
...matches. In the preliminaries W. A. Robinson '31 took a terrific beating from R. A. Thomas '31, who drove him around the ring and rained blows upon him; in the other semi-final of the class, I. H. Light 2L likewise gained a referee's decision in the first round over R. M. Hetterly '31 with a barrage of shots that had Hetterly down twice in the minutes and staggering helplessly when the referee interposed...
...typical of their ability, this class should see the fastest bouts of the evening. J. W. Fellows '30 has displayed more aggressiveness than any of the contestants so far; Paul Johnston '30 gave a fine exhibition of boxing; and G. H. Nawn '32, after trailing for the first round on Monday, rallied strongly to come through with a victory. Since there are to be two bouts in this class, the winners will have to meet in their second fight of the evening...
There were no knockouts; the nearest approach was a technical one awarded to I. B. Light 21, over A. A. Cowan 2L. At first Cowan seemed to have Light on the defense, but in the second round he was down three times before Referee John Martin stopped the bout...
...pound class: Robinson defeated Brodie by judges decision; Light defeated Cowan on a technical knock-out in the second round...