Fighting in the 185 pound class, Eliot's Steve Crosby had lost the first two rounds to Steve Roper of Winthrop. With 45 seconds left in the last round, Crosby connected with a left hook to the nose, and followed up with a tremendous right to the chin that threw Roper back into the corner. Roper's guard fell, and Crosby buckled him up with another left and a right.

At this point, Referee Joe Zapustas of the Massachusetts State Boxing Commission called the fight. "Roper was weaving," he said. "One more punch really would have hurt him."

Roper's longer reach and height advantage enabled him to bloody Crosby's nose in the second round, but at the start of the third, Crosby realized that he was behind, and began to push Roper back. He finally maneuvered Roper into a corner and ended the fight.

An audience of about 500 men and two women watched Quincy win the House division title with 19 points while Dudley picked up second with 10. Holworthy dominated the Freshman bouts with four firsts and two seconds to garner 26 points. Matthews South, Weld South, and Stoughton each took one championship.

The Freshman heavyweight fight was somewhat of a burlesque. At the beli, Holworthy's Carter Lord, 205-pound captain of the Yardling football team, came out of his corner (which was manned by seven seconds) flailing his arms. During the first minute, he threw at least one punch per second, and connected with Ron Wilson of Matthews South approximately four times.

Wilson danced backwards for most of the fight, trying to stay out of reach of Lord's windmill. At one point early in the second round, Lord cocked his arm and threw a roundhouse right which missed Wilson completely causing Lord to lose his balance and flop to the canvas.

At the end of the second round, Wilson moved in under Lord's guard and planted a right to the nose which, by Lord's own admission, was "mighty strong." The third round was much the same, but in a heartily booed decision, Referee Zapustas gave the victory to Lord.

The Ricardo Wilson-John Youngs match at 175 pounds produced a dull, but very professional exhibition. Quincy House's Youngs, wary of Wilson's counter-punching skill, changed his normally aggressive style in an effort to take the lead.

Toe-to-Toe

Wilson pressed Youngs for the first two rounds, causing him to backpeddle constantly, but threw very few punches. In the third round, Youngs stopped backing up and battled Wilson toe-to-toe. The referee scored that round a draw, but awarded the fight to Wilson, giving Adams House all of its five points.

Jack D'Arcy of Dudley House scored a TKO over Leverett's Bill O'Day in the 145-pound class. D'Arcy displayed a powerful left jab that almost closed O'Day's right eye. D'Arcy also beat O'Day in last year's tournament.

Kim Johnson beat Bob Coleman at 155, and Mike Holland outlasted Bob Raymond at 165. All four are from Quincy House.

John Peterson gave Winthrop its only victory with a decisive victory over Leverett's Steve Sohn in the heavyweight class, and Dudley's Dave Massey used his longer reach to beat Dave Napior of Eliot in the 135-pound division. Dudley's Dave Hockman was uncontested at 135.

Leroy Uyehara at 135, Lee Alexander at 145, Frank Antonson at 155, Walter Rice at 165, Tag Dement at 175, and Jim Cassidy at 135 were the other winners in the freshman competition.

The gymnasium was strangely quiet during the fights because they were being held under intercollegiate rules which prohibit cheering or jeering while the contestants are boxing