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, hard put to keep up last year’s THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11. em am A ae ms ancaatne A, @ 1947 } ee See mew en nen ew ee retnntenemencnenity Tough Schedule Faces oe Basketball Teal THERE ARE 12 HOME* ON HIGH SCHOOL! LIST OF CONTESTS The High School Basketball team will really have a big time \ schedule this year. They will be } record of 12 wins and two! losses, with the losses by one- point margins. The Athletic Association. is | very happy to welcome some } new schools to the schedule this: year. There are 12 home games ' and one game away, besides the | District Tournament which will be played at. the end of Febru- | ary at some place that is yet to! be designated. The schedule at home will al- : | Alleys, Tuesday, ‘Navy Wives Have Bowling Session! Mrs. Lucille Yarbough was high score bowler at the Navy! Wives Bowling, Submarine Base with a total of} , 166 pins. Runners -.up were Lucille; ; Browning with 153 and, Gwen Kutzleb with 147. - Bowling has been under the ‘auspices of USO-NCCS.(WD) ; but will continue after. the USO | closes \this month, as Lt. Ruther | ‘of the Submarine Base Recrea- | ; tion Department believes . it | good sport. Other bowlers were Mesdames Micky Clark, Vivian Driver, | Dorothy Dunnavant, Flo Faul- Trae BBY Wrst CITIZEN ‘i : Hi GYMNASIUM: TRANSITMEN | NOSE INDEPENDENTS, al- 20/ The Boca Chica Marines out: | | played the Beachcombers in‘ the | | first game of the City Recrea- | tion Department League at the | | | | | GAMES IN HIGH SCHOOL | | ! | High School gym toa final score | | of 42 to 20. The second game, between the | |USS Wilkie and the EPC. 618; was a very fast one but the E.P. C. was no match for the Wilkie. ; High scorer for this game was Wheeler, who came up with 11 points for the Wilkie. Hedbawny : made nine points for E.P.C. The Key West Transit ag ‘the | Slt Independents played a fast and! furious game. The Transit. fin- of the Independents fouled’ out ;of the game they had to play! ‘Boca. Chiea--Marines Beat-. 7 Beachcombers ‘Last Nig ht! \TWO OTHER BASKETBALL "| ‘TIMBERLINE LODGE, Ore — ished ahead 21 to 20. When one! ways have two games either coner, Mary Louise Gardner, Ella the Junior Varsity will play. James, Pauline MeNiff, Dot Mur- men. But the excellent playing | i first game’ starts at 7:15 p.' phy, Lillian Meek, Rosemary! of those four, Knowles, Smith, Patrick, Betty Reineke, Rae Skei- | Russell and Ward ,almost: cost ""Immiedlately after every game rik, Vera Wood, Doris Lang, Ed-|the Transit the game. Transit the Booster Club girls will escort na Porter, Jerry Holder, Jolnag to “freeze” the ball in “the thé visiting team members to the Hingson, Fran McLaughlin, ‘Anne Peter iia it sace tune. High School Annex, where they McFadden,’ Trudy Clark, Pat the last, quarter with only four | will be the guests at a dance Blaunelt, that will be given in their hon- , or. Basketball Schedule—1947-48 Dec. 12.—Ponce De Leon at Key West. Dec. 19.—Miami Beach H. S.| at Key West. Christmas Holidays Jan, 9.—Homestead H. S. at; Homestead. Jan. 10.—St. Peter & Paul H. S. at Key West. Jan. 16.—Belle Glade H. S. at Key. West. at Jan. 23.—-Open Jan 24.—University of Miami ; Freshmen at Key West. ! Jan, 27.—St. Patricks H. S. at Key West. Jan. 30—Andrew Jackson H. } S. at Key West. | Feb, 6—Homestead H. S. at! Key West. Feb. 7:—Homestead H. S. Key West. Feb. 10.—Miami Senior H. S.! at Key West. | Feb. 13.—Open. | Broward H. S.j ' ‘ mt Feb, 20.—So. at Key West. Feb, 27.—District Tournament. The open dates are being filled | as soon as possible. Gesus High; School, Tech. High School, St. | Mary’s High School, of Miami, | all are interested and may be ‘BASEBALL—Games, usually on able to fill these open. dates igs) to their schedule. ' Peasants Hard On US. Tractors WROCLAW, Poland.—(AP).— BASKETBALL—Outdoor courts at South Beach and Bayview Traetors are taking a_ severe beating at the hands of Polish | peasants in Lower Silesia. An’ agricultural expert esti- mated from’ 40 to 60 per cent of | the 2,500 tractors | UNRRA are now out of opera- | tion. He blamed inefficient opera- | tion and ‘sloppy repears by the! JOMFORT STATIONS—Bavview peasant operators. ae ee Rudy Clark and’ Ar- lene White. | dinsinpninamnbegmenonnndaain BASKETBALL SCHEDULE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM Night Games TONIGHT— 6:00—High School ,B” vs. Alumnae Girls. 7:00—Junior Conchs vs. Bob’s Sport Shop. 8:15—Key. West Electric Re- pair vs. Naval Ordnance. 9:30—Fleet Sonar School vs. CYC Boys. Giris | AVUTDRETT Ann yadecatenanveTrONDE NU aponocsnNeAPCLEETPOTRENRS, SPORTS and RECREATION SeqUdMMUeUNUUSUUA UN LLUOUNEAUNCOAEOADDOUUALOUONLENOUUNOOONOERNREROM | SWIMMING—couth Beach, south end of Duval Street. DEEPSEA FISHING—ulf Dock west Caroline Street: gCrair Dock, north end of Grinnell Street. Sunday afternoon, at Munici- pal Stadium, Duck Avenue and 14th Street. sOLF—Municipal Golf Course, Stock Island. vENNIS—Bayview Park on Di- vision Street (day and night facilities). Park. | HAnwweoaLL—Bayview Park. | $HUFFLEBOARD — Bayview Park gnd South Beach. supplied by , PICNICKING—Tables at Bay- view Park. | SHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND — Bayview Park. Park. |. Sports Briefs Santa ‘Clara Sugar Bow! rivals in consecutive years—1937 and 1938, ' Navy is the only government | school ever to play in a Bowl game—the Rose Bow! in 1924. Minnesota ‘awarded freshman football letters to 16 players dur- ing 1947. Only five members of the 1947 football squad at Syracuse | are seniors. The - Syracuse team finished a dual meet season | | | undefeated. : Lew Andreas, Syracuse’s br il- Kant basketball coach, is pu#%.ng in his 24th season: at that post. - Lean (Goose) Goslin of De- troit grounded into four conse- ¢utive double plays against the Chciago White Sox in a game | on April. 28, 1934. Harry Bell, defense star of the New Haven Ramblers of the American Hocky League, drives midget auto racing cars in. the off season and was the’ Saskatch- ewan champion in 1942-43. Pitcher Don Black of the Cleveland Indians beat all seven | American League clubs during | 1947, His only win in four de-4 cisions against the Athletics was a no-hitter. Yand FENDER REPAIRS AUTO PAINTING and LSU were | cross-country | Highest yesterday 81 | Lowest last night 73 | Mean WW ' Normal : 70| Precipitation |Rainfall, 24 hours ending | 8:30 a.m., nches 0! Relative Humidity | 90% Tomorrow's Almanac (Eastern Standard Time) Sunrise 7:01 a.m. | Sunset 5:40 p.m. | Moonrise 7:10 a.m. ' Moonset J 6:00 p.m, YIDES Tomorrow Naval Base (Eastern Standard Time) High Low 10:29 a.m. 3:42 a.m. | 9:25. p.m. 2:48 pm. PAGE THREE Te a ee A A AN A [Broken Leg “Painless” , Answering a routine call for i i help from a ski enthusiast strand- » }ed high on the mountains with.a | broken leg, the Mount Hood ski ipatrol-rescue corps found the | skier in no pain. He had brplten i his artificial leg. The Weather FORECAST Key West and Vicinity: Partly | cloudy- to cloudy with * widely ; | Scattered showera this afternoon through Friday; continued warm. | Gentle to | moderate . variable: | winds musily souhteast and; south. Florida: Pardy i tinued warm south _ portion; throtigh Friday; Over‘north per- { } tion mostly cloudy. with ocea-j | sional rain through’ Fri iday. Cool- er tonight. and over . extreme} north portion today, continued cool Friday. 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