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ark:/16417/th7rr0f9bmvz8Ronald Paul Thompson feeling muscle of Hubert Shipp. Flame-thatched young Robert Paul Thompson of 232 Chenault Road tests the biceps of Hubert Shipp, Versailles middleweight.Image
ark:/16417/th7fps6p9s4dvRobert Spickard-Carlos Edwards fight, January 18. Carlos Edwards (left), Greendale, refuses to fall under a blow by Robert Spickard, Lexington, and prepares to charge back for a looping uppercut in this Novice flyweight bout at the third session of the Golden Gloves tourney here last night. Spickard was the aggressor and Edwards the counter-puncher throughout the scrap, which Spickard won by decision.Image
ark:/16417/th7sm5vn818v9Robert Spickard-Carlos Edwards fight, January 18, 1950. Photo shows smaller fighter on right lunging at fighter on left.Image
ark:/16417/th7xwn8qmfhjkRobert Spickard - Carlos Lee Edwards fight, January 18, 1950. Photo shows one boxer stumbling as the other stands nearby with his left arm outstretched.Image
ark:/16417/th7bb0n2l60k2Robert Irving-Allen S. Lilly fight. Allen S. Lilly (right) kept his head, even though he seems to have lost it, and went on to defeat Robert Irving.Image
ark:/16417/th7p5sk3gmtxcRita Rose rooting for Greendale fighters. Fighters make ugly faces in the ring while their action brings tension among spectators. Honey-blonde Rita Rose of Campton (right) was photographed while rooting for Greendale fighters coached by her uncle, Frank Rose.Image
ark:/16417/th7xd327zsxvwRichard Price-Robert Higgins fight.Image
ark:/16417/th715xp1381nbRichard Price-Robert Higgins fight.Image
ark:/16417/th7106vw1fk8jRichard Price-Carl Maul fight, January 13, 1949.Image
ark:/16417/th7161jdw948wRichard L. Price, Nicholasville-Carl Maul, Frankfort, fight, January 13, 1949. This was a welterweight African-American fight which Price won.Image
ark:/16417/th72lps5z39dvReferee James Varney holds aloft the hand of Bruce Kunkel, winner of the Kunkel-Eugene Martin fight.Image
ark:/16417/th759w4w0cqnhR.D. Humphrey, Bill Monroe, Eugene Craig and Burnam White. Ready to start swinging, here are some of the Fayette county boxers who will compete in The Herald-Leader Golden Gloves tournament opening Monday night at Woodland auditorium. Very few of them have had previous ring experience and officials look for wide-open battling for championships in all divisions and weight classes.Image
ark:/16417/th7d5bw6rl40rR.D. Humphrey-Eugene Shumate fight. Photo shows man reeling from other's punch.Image
ark:/16417/th712kwjkxxr6Pre-Golden Gloves fight, December 20, 1948. Woodford White taking down James Collins.Image
ark:/16417/th71rhcwlrnhsPre-Golden Gloves fight, December 20, 1948. Leonard Ivey (blonde) taking down Pete Peveler.Image
ark:/16417/th71bb8bk03dlPre-Golden Gloves fight, December 20, 1948. Jackie Johnson (light trunks) taking down Jerry Hanley.Image
ark:/16417/th7hllt0btt30Pre-Golden Gloves fight, December 20, 1948. Eddie Brown (dark trunks) taking down Donald McGowan.Image
ark:/16417/th7150xtxjt7xPre-Golden Gloves fight, December 20, 1948. Eddie Brown (dark trunks) taking down Donald McGowan.Image
ark:/16417/th71l2c5bw6rhPre-Golden Gloves fight, December 20, 1948. Bill Monroe (curly hair) taking down John Patrick Hanley (straight hair).Image
ark:/16417/th7174g4sbsmtPortraits of Walter D. Scott, left, and Clarence Crawley. These two Golden Glovers, if their service boxing records mean anything, should be hard to beat in The Herald-Leader tournament, January 26-February 4 at Woodland auditorium. Walter D. Scott, light-heavyweight, fought with the Iowa Seahawks during the war and won 18 of 22 fights. Clarence Crawley, a heavyweight, rolled up an impressive ring record in the Army. Both are Lexingtonians.Image
ark:/16417/th71qcs0h4r1jPortrait of Woodford Blake. 1950Image
ark:/16417/th7pvh1h1bjbxPortrait of William Henderson and Charles Vaughan. Ready to start swinging, here are some of the Fayette county boxers who will compete in The Herald-Leader Golden Gloves tournament opening Monday night at Woodland auditorium. Very few of them have had previous ring experience and officials look for wide-open battling for championships in all divisions and weight classes.Image
ark:/16417/th7d78ntlh4dmPortrait of William Hall in the Fraternal Order of Police gym. 1950Image
ark:/16417/th7l6zng3s3vnPortrait of Tommy Nolan, Jr, who will make a spirited bid for the lightweight Open championship in The Herald-Leader Golden Gloves tournament opening tonight at Woodland auditorium, arrived by bus from Charleston, South Carolina, just in time to weigh in Sunday for the big fistic event.Image
ark:/16417/th712lnb79bqtPortrait of Thomas Taylor. December, 1948.Image
ark:/16417/th719cdnj67s6Portrait of Thomas Shuck. Thomas Shuck of Lexington, a former marine, entered the novice welterweight class of The Herald-Leader Golden Gloves last week. He is a University of Kentucky sophomore. He's been in training for two months for The Herald-Leader charity event.Image
ark:/16417/th71bf2gjmz81Portrait of the 1950 Golden Gloves Novice Champions. From left to right, in front, Ellsworth (Skip) Taylor, UK student from Plainfield, New Jersey, featherweight; Charles Keelin Jr., Greendale, bantamweight; Smith Trowbridge, Lexington, lightweight; and Bobby Wagoner, Paris, welterweight. Back, Billy Morris Routin, Greendale, heavyweight.Image
ark:/16417/th716n1lbxnc9Portrait of Russell McNeal. Three of the Golden Glovers above are students at Dunbar High School and will make their first tries for Golden Gloves glory in the tournament next week at Woodland auditorium. Russell McNeal, upper left, 344 East Short Street, is the third representative from Dunbar. He is a lightweight. Only two more days remain for amateur boxers to register in the tournament; the deadline for entries is Tuesday.Image
ark:/16417/th7165fcpqv9qPortrait of Roscoe Dowling. Here are some of the young athletes who will be seeking honors in the African-American division of the Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament opening Monday night at Woodland auditorium. Roberts, Williams, Burns and Higgins all competed in last year's tournament. Williams, reported to be one of the most improved boxers in Lexington, was a featherweight in 1948 but will compete as a bantamweight this year. Burns was a 1948 finalist in the African-American lightweight class. Roberts is a featherweight, Johnson a lightweight, Donegan and Dowling middleweights, Higgins a welterweight and Whitten a light-heavyweight.Image
ark:/16417/th7970q0kmpbpPortrait of Roland Johnson. Here are some of the young athletes who will be seeking honors in the African-American division of the Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament opening Monday night at Woodland auditorium. Roberts, Williams, Burns and Higgins all competed in last year's tournament. Williams, reported to be one of the most improved boxers in Lexington, was a featherweight in 1948 but will compete as a bantamweight this year. Burns was a 1948 finalist in the African-American lightweight class. Roberts is a featherweight, Johnson a lightweight, Donegan and Dowling middleweights, Higgins a welterweight and Whitten a light-heavyweight.Image
ark:/16417/th71dfsxpb5kbPortrait of Roland Johnson. Here are some of the young athletes who will be seeking honors in the African-American division of the Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament opening Monday night at Woodland auditorium. Roberts, Williams, Burns and Higgins all competed in last year's tournament. Williams, reported to be one of the most improved boxers in Lexington, was a featherweight in 1948 but will compete as a bantamweight this year. Burns was a 1948 finalist in the African-American lightweight class. Roberts is a featherweight, Johnson a lightweight, Donegan and Dowling middleweights, Higgins a welterweight and Whitten a light-heavyweight.Image
ark:/16417/th71fsr058877Portrait of Robert Higgins. Here are some of the young athletes who will be seeking honors in the African-American division of the Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament opening Monday night at Woodland auditorium. Roberts, Williams, Burns and Higgins all competed in last year's tournament. Williams, reported to be one of the most improved boxers in Lexington, was a featherweight in 1948 but will compete as a bantamweight this year. Burns was a 1948 finalist in the African-American lightweight class. Roberts is a featherweight, Johnson a lightweight, Donegan and Dowling middleweights, Higgins a welterweight and Whitten a light-heavyweight.Image
ark:/16417/th7qmb9xfzf42Portrait of Robert Gillim. Gillim, of Owensboro, will represent the State Athletic Board of Control at The Herald-Leader Golden Gloves chaity tournament January 26-February 4 at Woodland auditorium. Gillim is deputy commissioner for the State Athletic Board of Control for the Lexington area.Image
ark:/16417/th7zpkv2s9rznPortrait of R.C. Woods, James Collins, A.B. Johnson, and Charles Riley. Ready to start swinging, here are some of the Fayette county boxers who will compete in The Herald-Leader Golden Gloves tournament opening Monday night at Woodland auditorium. Very few of them have had previous ring experience and officials look for wide-open battling for championships in all divisions and weight classes.Image
ark:/16417/th716mr22xdvfPortrait of Pierre (Perry) Jackson.Image
ark:/16417/th7q4hcxrmvxvPortrait of Osie Burton. January, 1949.Image
ark:/16417/th7183w2jjhqdPortrait of Osborne Price. Price opened (on Friday, December 26, 1947 at Roosevelt Boulevard) a training quarters for African American boys interested in boxing in the Herald-Leader Golden Gloves sectional tournament. Osborne Price was an experienced boxer and Golden Gloves lightweight champion in 1940.Image
ark:/16417/th71r36lxcxs5Portrait of Ollie Hector Miller. Miller, a classy winner in his first test, may think he's trying to get through a forest tonight. His opponent is Caywood Smallwood, and the name sounds like tall timber.Image
ark:/16417/th71cr9gtr974Portrait of members of the African-American team of the Kentucky Houses of Reform.Image
ark:/16417/th7d293cb7p9vPortrait of Marion Cord. January, 1949.Image
ark:/16417/th717dd7gd7m0Portrait of Leslie Yates, Leonard Ivey, Willis Kanatzer and Robert O'Harr. Ready to start swinging, here are some of the Fayette county boxers who will compete in The Herald-Leader Golden Gloves tournament opening Monday night at Woodland auditorium. Very few of them have had previous ring experience and officials look for wide-open battling for championships in all divisions and weight classes.Image
ark:/16417/th7h8v8qpg1lgPortrait of Leslie Burton. January, 1949.Image
ark:/16417/th7gbmtw8wq09Portrait of Leroy Thornton. Although he's had little success in the boxing ring in previous efforts, he vows he's going places in January in the Herald-Leader Golden Gloves sectional tournament at Woodland auditorium. In the 1941 and 1942 Golden Gloves events, he ran into tough opposition immediately but since has sharpened his attack by boxing in the service. He served in the European and Pacific theaters during the war.Image
ark:/16417/th739db0p7272Portrait of Kenneth C. Arnold. Arnold, a novice middleweight, is doing his training for the Herald-Leader Golden Gloves sectional tournament at Elmendorf farm. The 18 year old 156 pounder said: "One of my friends knows all about boxing and I've been training under him." If Arnold shows well as a novice this year, he plans to enter the Open division in 1949.Image
ark:/16417/th71dpffh68rxPortrait of John Jeter. John Jeter is shown conditioning for the Herald-Leader Golden Gloves sectional tournament. At the time, Jeter was a University of Kentucky sophomore who gained two draws in the National Guard ring shows but never won a match.Image
ark:/16417/th7168s5jpgdvPortrait of John C. Wilhoite. Wilhoite is the heavyweight member of the brother-team that will represent the Wilhoite family of Scott county in The Herald-Leader Golden Gloves sectional tournament, which begins Monday at Woodland auditorium. Only one of the boys could come to Lexington when Golden Gloves pictures were being taken. John C. made the trip and Roger L. (Buck) Wilhoite, a light heavyweight, stayed at home to feed the stock on the family farm.Image
ark:/16417/th7224v86xvqxPortrait of Jimmy Rose. Although these two Golden Gloves entrants are in widely separated weight classes, they have at least one thing in common--each will be gaining his first ring experience. At left is Jimmy Rose, nineteen-year-old heavyweight from Nicholasville, who drives a truck for the Plumbers Supply Company. At right is Clifton Prewitt, also 19, of 337 Rose Street, a featherweight who works in the call office of a local laundry.Image
ark:/16417/th71qbk1f42n2Portrait of Jimmy Barrett. Barrett, of 605 South Limestone Street, who decided several weeks ago that he wouldn't try for the featherweight title in The Herald-Leader Golden Gloves tournament, then changed his mind after a few days. "I guess I just couldn't stay out," he said. Barrett reports he is in better condition now than he ever has been and expects to battle his way to victory.Image
ark:/16417/th71m49kvflgbPortrait of Jesse Dunagan. "I don't care who registers; I'll beat 'em all." That was Jesse Dunagan's statement as he enrolled today as an Open heavyweight in the Herald-Leader Golden Gloves state championships January 26 - February 4 at Woodland auditorium. During 18 months in the Southwest Pacific, the Danville boxer won nine bouts from Army mates. he fought in the Novice division of the Herald-Leader 1942 tourney.Image
ark:/16417/th71gbkt9w2ldPortrait of James Terry. Ready to start swinging, here are some of the Fayette county boxers who will compete in The Herald-Leader Golden Gloves tournament opening Monday night at Woodland auditorium. Very few of them have had previous ring experience and officials look for wide-open battling for championships in all divisions and weight classes.Image
ark:/16417/th7bmbsxw5dd0Portrait of James Harper, Eugene Huff, A.B. Butcher. Ready to start swinging, here are some of the Fayette county boxers who will compete in The Herald-Leader Golden Gloves tournament opening Monday night at Woodland auditorium. Very few of them have had previous ring experience and officials look for wide-open battling for championships in all divisions and weight classes.Image
ark:/16417/th7vwbgc4sl6fPortrait of James Fisher. Three of the Golden Glovers above are students at Dunbar High School and will make their first tries for Golden Gloves glory in the tournament next week at Woodland auditorium. James Fisher, upper right, 408 Campbell Street, will be captain of the Dunbar football team this fall. He is a heavyweight. Only two more days remain for amateur boxers to register in the tournament; the deadline for entries is Tuesday.Image