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15 TKO's Highlight Golden Gloves' Opening Night if-Ji i "'jiK with a powerful right which brought things to an end in the light heavyweight divsion. JACKSON BOXING Club's Ronald Chatman used only a minute and 33 seconds to defeat Charles Cox on a TKO in light welterweight action. Chatman's superior strength and quickness completely overpowered Cox and he was never really in the fight. Chatman's. right uppercut proved to be the clincher.

The final knockout was recorded by Percy Williams of Maury City at the end of the first round. His opponent, Terry McVay of Savannah, yielded to sharp jabs and finally the right clincher which sent him spinning to the mat in welterweight action. Also in welterweight, Billy Rig-gins came from behind to stop Ralph Hopgood of Hardeman County. Hop-good starting strong, completely dominated the first round. Riggins sustained a cut above his left eye in second round action but managed to take the offense, staggering Hop-good late in the round.

With his face showing definite signs of the cut, Riggins put together a shower of punches late in third round action to put away Hopgood. The final two bouts were also in the welterweight division and both were technical knockouts. Gary Elkins of Paris TKOed Larry Cross of Hardeman Co. at 1:35 of the first on a furious right cross. HARDEMAN'S George pirtle then closed out action for the night by gaining a TKO over Myrell Gilliam of Lexington.

Pirtle's victory came at 1:25 of the first round via a right cross admininstered to the chin of Gilliam. Gilliam was counted out when he failed to respond after a standing eight count. Jackson Boxing Club Coach, Rayford Collins, commented on his teams showing after the matches. "I think they did very well, even 'better than I expected," he said. "Competition is very good this year, and gets better as you go along." Winners of tonight's matches ad: vance to semi-final action Friday night at the Jackson Coliseum at 7:30.

Featured fight for the night will probably be the Johnson-Delk match in the light middleweight class. See Scoreboard For Final Results Of All Fights recovered after a standing eight count and was declared out of the fight. GEORGE PIRTLE, welterweight from Hardeman used a punishing body attack to stop Bubba Williams of Maury City on a TKO at 1 .35 in the first round. Also in welterweight action, My-rell Gilliam of Lexington defeated Michael Hand of Dyersburg with a TKO at 1:15 of third round action. Hand opened strong, staggering Gil- liam with quick jabs, but he tired easily.

Gilliam knocked Hand down in the second round with a one-two combo of a left jab and right cross. Hand survived a standing eight count and bloodied Gilliam's nose late in the round. Gilliam's face was bleeding profusely throughout third round action, but he hung on with a punishing right smash to send Hand to the floor for the last time at 1:15. There was one heavyweight bout on tap with Tank Davis of Covington advancing over Melvin Golden of Hardeman Co. on a technical knockout.

Fighting was even in first round action, but Davis used his superior reach to pound the head of Golden and record a TKO at 1:15 of the second round. Intermission came at' this point with two knockouts and TKO's accounted for through 16 bouts. The final 16 bouts were to produce two knockouts and six technicals. JAMES CLIFTON of Jackson, boxing in flyweight, decisioned Mike McClain of Covington unanimously in the 19th bout of the night. Clifton dominated throughout the match, utilizing his superior quickness.

Doug Glover of Covington didn't waste time with William Riley of Maury City in featherweight action, recording a TKO at 1:05 of the first round. Glover beat Riley on quick jabs to the head. In one of the evenings toughest fights, John Richardson battered Keith Harwell of Milan to a third round TKO win. Richardson started slowly feeling out his opponent, waiting for his opportunity. He took command late in first round action, staggering Harwell with a quick left.

A sharp left and punishing uppercut sent Harwell staggering in the second round. It was over at 1:15 of the third round when Richardson sent Harwell reeling into the ropes By JERRY CHAMBERS Sun Sports Writer It was a long night of boxing but you couldn't convince the spectators. Before a crowd of some 1,500 avid boxing fans, West Tennessee Golden Gloves action kicked off Thursday night with a 33-bout schedule. The audience, for the most part, stayed until final bout action, noisily cheering local favorties. With five knockouts (KO) and 15 techinical knockouts (TKO), the fans had plenty to cheer about.

Jackson's Boxing Club, a division of the Jackson Recreation Department which co-sponsors the event with the Jackson Exchange Club, fared exceptionally well in competition. It won all seven of its bouts, three on TKO's and one KO. Elton Bowers of Jackson kicked off action by recording a TKO over Billy Moore of Middleton. Bowers opened first round action by staggering Moore with a series of left jabs followed by a punishing right hook which drove Moore into the ropes. With 1:58 gone in second round action, Bowers finished off the tiring Moore with a right hook.

JERRY. MCCASLAND recorded the first knockout in fifth round action. McCasland completely over-powerd Bubba Argo of Crockett Mills, using a powerful right upper-cut to down Argo at 1:57 of the first round. Jackson's Jessie Sorrells recorded a knockout in round one of the first middleweight action. Sorrells used a lightning quick left jab to set up Michael Cowans for the clinching right hook which sent Cowans crashing to the deck.

Sorrells then came back later in action to down Henry Polk of Hardeman Co. with a TKO. Sorrells again won the fight in first round action, sending Polk down on a series of left jabs. Sorrells added the hook later at 1:44 of action ending the bout. Milan's Willis Wheeler recorded a TKO over Mose Bunkley of Hardeman Co.

in one of the more exciting fights of the 'evening. Both fighters came out flailing. Wheeler scored first with a stunning left jab, but Bunley retaliated late in first round action by moving in close and punishing Wheeler with short jabs. Wheeler staggered Bunkley at the beginning of second round play with a sharp right. Bunkley never Sun Photo bv Larrv Atherton Jackson's Jessie Sorrells stands in his corner after of Thursday night's West Tennessee Golden Gloves flooring Michael Cowans of Paris in first round action competition 1 sports The Jackson Sun, Jackson, February 7, 1 975 1 -B Johnny's Back To Dominant Form Miller Leads Hope Golf I umuimmiiiium iiiwipji' immii flifl- H-0M -r 'J v-rSspfM will be the site of the final round Sunday, McLendon at Indian Wells and Crampton at La Quinta.

Arnold Palmer also played at Tamarisk and again ran into putting troubles. The five-time winner of this tournament and a sentimental favorite to take it again, blew to a 72 despite what he called "one of the finest rounds of golf I've ever played." His putting went sour. "It was one of those unbelievable days," sighed Palmer, now 45 and seeking an end to a two-year victory drought. "I stroked the ball good, really good, and it just wouldn't go in. It's just so He was seven shots back at 140.

FOR MILLER, it was the other side of the coin. "I thought everything was going to go in," said Miller, who holed three birdie putts of about 20 feet, once saved par from 15 feet and ran a 70-75 foot effort over the lip of the cup. "I got ripped off on that one," he said. "It should have gone in." He played poorly over the front nine "I was kind of disoriented, like I didn't know where I was," he said and only his putting got him through the nine in par 36. But he birdied the 10th from 20 feet, chipped to five feet for another one, missed another short putt and then came within two inches of holing out a sand wedge shot for an eagle on the final hole.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) The spectacular successes, the phenomenal scores, the total domination of pro golf by Johnny Miller is getting to be an old story, one that's repeated almost daily. But his fellow tourists held no malice, no ill will, no resentment of the gaudy numbers Miller has spread over a flick of sun-warmed scoreboards in the West and Southwest. "I know it's getting old," said John Mahaffey, the young man who finished second to Miller in the Dean Martin-Tucson Open. "I know people may be getting tired of it.

But what he's doing is good for golf. And it's good for us, for the rest of us. He's proved that shooting those kind of scores, those fantastically low scores, is really possible. "He's set his standards, his goals so high, that the rest of us are putting our goals up higher, too. "FOR I was out there today trying to shoot 62." It didn't happen.

He did shoot 67, however, and the front-running Miller followed his opening 64 with a 69 and stretched his lead to three strokes Thursday in the second round of the $160,000 Bob Hope Desert Golf sic. Miller, a total of 49 under par in his sweep of the Tucson and Phoenix Opens, had to scramble for his 69. Tom Shaw, who has had nothing but troubles and struggles since winning the 1971 Hawaiian Open, shot the best round of the warm, sunny day a six-under-par 66 and moved into a tie for second with Mac McLendon at 136. McLendon had another 68. Mahaffey, along with rookie Bill Rogers, Australian Bruce Crampton, Miller Barber and Tom Jenkins followed at 137.

Rogers had a 68, Crampton and Barber 69 and Jenkins a 71. ALL OF THE leaders but Shaw, McLendon and Crampton played at Tamarisk, one of four desert courses being used for the first four days of this unique, 90-hole, five-day tournament. Shaw was at Bermuda Dunes, which Sun Photo by Larrv Atherton Lexington's Billy Hart (Left) Battles In Close With Covington's Wayne Cole Jamie Who? Why, Jamie Sue Of Course SATURDAY NIGHT dan morris 8:30 P.M. 'til Midnight sun sports staff if we make it there this year, we'll have as good a chance as anyone." And that chamee is strengthened by Jamie Sue Essary's presence. Colwick says the bigger the crowds and greater the pressure, the better Essary plays.

That being the case, you can bet "Jamie Who" chants will yield to "Jamie Sue" before the action is completed. somebody upsets them," continued Colwick, who has won over 140 contests in his Greenfield career. "Yorkville and Trezevant are bound to be there. "As small as we are," added Colwick, "we've got to have a hot hand to whip the better teams. We'll have to play super basketball and hope we don't get into foul trouble.

We always seem to choke in regional play, but An Evening Of Solid Gold WITH WJAK DISC JOCKEY JOE CASE FRIENDS FUN PRIZES No Cover THE GREENFIELD Walk up to a total stranger, who happens to be a Lady Yellow Jacket basketball fan here, and ask, "Jamie who?" If that person takes time to answer before calling the men in white coats, he'll answer, "Jamie Sue, of course." It's a common slogan in this small Northwest Tennessee town at least among the Greenfield High students and area fans. The Jamie Sue mentioned -is the Essary girl, who is leading the Lady Yellow Jackets to one of their greatest campaigns ever. Greenfield is currently 17-1 overall with only tonight's Westview contest remaining on the regular season schedule. Averaging 33.7 points per game from her forward position, the 5-foot-4 senior is the state's fifth leading scorer. Clarksburg recently learned the answer to the "Jamie Who" question the hard way when Essary an Diane Coleman Now in his eighth season at Greenfield, Colwick squads have won three district and three county championships.

He has been to the regions seven times, but never beyond. A District 13 member, Greenfield is 14-1 in same. Its only loss was to Atwood. It does not play District 13 power Trezevant in regular season. Greenfield needs only one win in this year's dis-trict tournament at Trezevant to advance to the regions, and Colwick is cautious, yet optimistic.

"I wouldn't want to predict our future," said Colwick. "I never look ahead. Right now, I just want to get out of the district and into the regions. "THERE ARE two teams you know you've got to meet in the regions unless HAPPINESS IS Essary was All-District 13 as a sophomore and managed All-County honors last year. This season Essary's scoring is padded by two teammates who are capable of producing a win.

Tracy Schleich, a 5-foot-7 senior is averaging 21 points an outing while freshman Joe Ann McMuI-lian is contributing 13 a game. Lee Ann Maiden sees plenty of action, also. produced 55 points against it in a 93-74 Jacket victory. "JAMIE SUE has excep-. tional ability both mentally and physically," said Greenfield Coach Bill Col-wick.

"She's often beaten opponents by out thinking them. She could have had a 43.7 average if I had played her. I've taken her out of the game at the half many times." Essary's mental powers are also obvious off the court. She is valedictorian of her class with a 96.6 average. "This is Jamie Sue's best year because of her scoring," said Colwick.

She does a good defensivels and is a true team leader A Bicycle rids enjoyed by two, out in the country just for the view, Or maybe the family together on bikes, doing all the things each one likes, A group of the guys for weekend fun, bicycling together in the afternoon sun, Or Grandpa and Ma upon shiney three speeds, just for fun and health they both need. (GJN) CRACKER BARREL WE THINK YOU WILL FIT NICELY. mrvric riTV ON THE guard end of the court, Colwick plays junior Anita Jones, an All-region, district and county star last year, plus Nan Ushery, Susan Collins InTown Jackson DIWI VLE VII I 427-8119 1936 N. Highland.