The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 27, 1949, Page 6

— Chavez In Semi-Final West Charley Mercer Fights Art Oklahoma 71/2 Point Favorite An oi star 2" Key West boxing} Sooners Are ‘ TEL Ker West Sports| Unbeaten In te the! math” tour “Balter” Mercer will be Peet Art Seey Both Reowe to Key Westers. Sioeetieee ecient. o"'y| NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 27—() | wll Ala Dein the bond | —Oklahoria’s Soonérs will make f won a iy ft rif awe Beer wee the 1948 intercolieg. hampton of the iste while o student at Gatwereity of Miami. Since turn Se profesional, the huge gian' St eeered Knockout after knock, 4 é te the semi-final, thet dynam. a A i it i » in all of his ap- te : : i t f te his oppon. & the ving. Wie record to date}as Christian, 21-18; hey ©) ewer Jerry Rich, a one-{|33-6; Missouri, 41-7; ower Bill Reed, aj 41-14; Kansas, 60-7, and Oklaho- kaoekout over Jimmy Snedeker.|ma A. & M., 19-15. ely tem wes to Bud Mc- epenet, is “Angel” os @ rine-wise and Pay waa North Carolina in be § “lulu”. It should be| Bow! on January 1, 1949. ane of the best bouts of the night. Gives bee lost to and won Boch ie the tp preliminory, Jer eh meets Billy Daly. Two new hereto Seat fede will be ‘making their ‘The nee in a local ring. See «9«Their opponents are Moran and Nick Bonita. Sports Calendar BASEBALL lelend City Baseball League (Munietpal Stadium, Afternoon) Bach Game, 7 Innings SUNDAY - Pier will be resumed January & 190 000 Boece Chica Field (Afternoon) Beech Game, 9 Innings RERDAY Babe announced > BASKETBALL City Basketball League (igh School Gym, Night) os om be resumed January SKATING cs Bayview Park on (Night) GOLF FRIDAY-- Municipal Golf Course 7:30 to 9:00 P.M. (Steck Island) a Baily end Sunday play TENNIS _ Bayview Park SHU FFLEBOARD (Morning, Afternoon and Night) Beyview Park (Morning, Afternoon and Night) Dally end Sunday play ii meet “Angel” .q| worthy foe. Sparked by All-Am- x Pcs erica halfback Charley Justice, ry | games with only a 7-7 tie with } Alvarez and weg whipped such rugged clubs as Ge- referee it was, their second straight appearance pleasing to in the Sugar Bow! football game ‘in New Orleans on Monday, Jan- knockout over “Joe uary 2nd. The Sooners, undefeat- Brown in hi; @ppear-|ed and untied in 10 regular sea- ® teeal crowd. Saev son games, will face the twice- te” left hend, and is beaten Louisiana State Tigers in tna his opponent on! the 1950 Sugar Bowl game class- ie. + -| The veteran: Sooner lineup is a United seven and a half point favorite the | over the Bayou Tigers, even -| though the LSU victims this sea- it; son included both North Carolina -jand Rice, the Cotton Bowl foes. Oklahoma has the, winning habit, -} 19 regular season. games: jrt.2 youngster, | row. Oklahoma started its streak af- -| ter bowing, 20-17, to Santa Clara » has the fans’| in the 1945 season's opener. Then bey rushes in,;the Sooners bounced back over short, pow-|Texam A & M, 42-14. Oklahoma - | followed that win over Texas Ag- gies with a 20-14 licking of Tex- thee been seen in some of} as. Then, in order, the Sooners Sports| defeated Kansas State, 42-0; Tex- Towa State Nebraska, That sparkling record of nine victories $1 10 gamps brought »|Oklahoma an invitation to play the Sugar North Carolina shaped up as a the Tarheels had gone through 10 William and Mary to mar an rfect record. explosive tarheels had “iromped over Texas, 34-7, then orgia, Wake Forest, North Caro- lina State, Louisiana State, Ten- nessee, Mary land, Duke and Virginia. Justice was the big man of the North Carolina attack—a real tri- ple threater who ran, passed and kicked. But Justice received able support from Hosea Rodgers, a big, bone-crushing fullback who also threw a nice pass. The Tar- ie line was flanked by one of ii the game’s better ends, Art Wein- er, and boasted stellar perform- ers in Guard Bob Mitten and Tackle Chan Highsmith. To combat this array of North Carolina stars, Oklahoma had a brilliant runner in Quarterback Jack Mitchell, two hard-hitting alfbacks in George Thomas and Lindell Pearson ‘and a fast, ag- gressive fullback in Myrle Great- house. And the Sooners had one of the strongest lines in the na- Daily and Sunday play. brought to TEXACO STAR: REPORTER '! ringing you concise, accurate news over WGBS is -a serece of your friendly Texacc Dealer. te keep your cor in top shape. drive in for a check up eegulerty. See your nearby Texaco Decler, the best frend your cor ever hed. is WGBS 710 on your piat e. “ef = LISTEN TO THE NEWS| 8:30 A.M. 12 Noon Three times daily over WGaBS 5:00 P.M. you by your And,. remember, * RB Kk * CHOO CHOO REHEARSES FOR COTTON BOWL CHARLEY (CHOO CHOO) JUSTICE (center), North Carolina’s All-America back, leaps to pass in final workout at Chapel Hill, N. C., before Christmas. The linemen are not identified. North Carolina meets Rice in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas, Tex., Jan. 2, Over LSU + NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 27—(4), —Florida’s former head coach, Ray “Bear” Wolf will replace Hank Crisp as Tulane university’s footbal line coach. ‘This was announced today by! Tulane’s Athletic Director Horace turn to Alabama where “he serv-' ed more than 20 years on the ath-; etic staff.” During the war, both Wolf and Crisp coached the Athens, Ga. preflight football team. Wolf resigned several weeks| ago as head football coach at Flo-: r Meanwhile, Doctor J. Hillis Miller, the President of the Uni- versity of Florida, says, “We have some good coaching prospects and hope to come up soon with a fine answer.” < He'didn’t identify the candi- ‘dates being considered, nor dif he say when a definite choice will be made, 3 he { STATE GETS CHE! (Continued From Page One) , Florida State General fund. bal- ance. Comptroller C. N. Gay’s office announced that the check had . | been sent in with a regular tax (®) Photo in bed. But Justice was in the lineup at kickoff time. And Choo Choo, gave no evidence of having been affected by his tummy ache. And neither did the Oklahoma play-; ers show any evidence of having | ailed to train diligently. North Carolina took the open-; ing kickoff and moved swiftly to fensive drive rolling until late in ' tion—anchored by All-America! the Oklahoma 15 with Justice Guard Paul Burris and a stalwart tackle, Wade Walker. The Sugar Bowl game stacked up as an even-stephen battle in! and Weiner. But the fortunes of which the breaks probably would determine the winner. But senti- ment shifted to North Carolina as rumors spread that the Soon- ers. were taking their training | North Caiolina 14-yard stripe be- for the game lightly. The gossip was that the Sooners were trea ing their trip to New Orleans a lark and were more interested in fun than football. Then a few days before the game, Justice came down with a stomach ache and North Caroli- na’s stock dropped to a season’s low as Choo Choo spent Decem- ber 31st, the day before the game and Rodgers ripping off big ;chunks of ground and Justice throwing passes to Bob Kennedy war changed swiftly. Oklahoma {Fullback Myrle Greathouse inter- cepted a tarheel pass on his own 14 and sprinted 76 yards to the fore he was overhauled by Eddie |Knox. Before North Carolina could ecover from the shock, Mit- |chell had smashed across for a touchdown from the one-yard line. Les Ming converted and Ok- lahoma led 7-0. Before the first quarter ended, North Carolina received a break. gers passed 15 yards to Kennedy. Justice carried twice and work- ed his wa} Rodgers plunged over for the touchdown. But Bob Cox missed the extra point and Oklahoma { still led, 7-6. Neither team could get an of- | Oklahoma's Pearson fumbled and} Joe Romano recovered for the! Tarheels on the Sooners’ 30. Rod-| y to the two-yard line. | the third quarter. Then Oklaho- shave Wn ere oor sap Tat yr ma’s Darrell Royal hit end Frank- Til eee puuttional pay ie Anderson with a 43-yard pass.| ment due later. It was the only pass completed f 3 It was one.of the largest single by Oklahoma. during the game, ; but it put the Sooners on the | estate, tax payments Florida ever tNocth: Catolina 16-yard’ tine jhas received, and automatically t krdant gtinack twine attile (ar bosted the general fund balance , heel left side and the second:time digi cay dorssaiag rolled over the goal. Ming, con- |verted again and Oklahoma was {out in front, 14-6. | Justice started North Carolina ‘moving late in the final period when he broke loose for 25 yards, } then lateraled to Highsmith, who added nine yards before being | Pulled down. hat gain and a 15- |yard penalty against Oklahoma put North Carolina on the Soon- ers’ seven-yard line. Here Burris showed why he was an All-Am- erica. The Oklahoma Guard al- most single-handed stopped the Tarheels cold and the Sooners ,took over the ball. | That was the ball game. Okla-" homa won 14-6. Now the Sooners are returning to the Sugar Bowl to face LSU. And the experts are predicting -wwwwwvvwwwvvvvvv™M . Three different types of oysters are taken from U. S .waters, the large native eastern oyster, the small native’ Olympia — oyster ;found:on the west coast and an jimported, large, Japanese oys- ter. another Oklahoma victory in the New Orleans classic. ARABEAOAADARAA DARE THE ARTMAN PRESS PRINTING | had its worst traffic tie-up in his- Renegar. He says Crisp will re-| tion, common pleas Judge Joseph . = yee: “TRANSIT WORKERS s€ontinued ‘From Page One) ‘ tory. 3 In granting the court injune- Artl backed up an Ohio law against strikes by public em- ployes. 4,200 workers were on strike. 200 NEW HOMES } (Continued From Pave One) | model which .has attracted hun- dreds of visitors. The total value of building per- mits that have been issued up to date this year is set at -$2,154,085 by Roy F. Butler, director of the Department of Public Service. This exceeds last year’s total when the previous high record me Key. West was set by $684,- 670. EEE LTE ESRD ELI TET ; ROBERTS OFFICE SUPPLIES | and EQUIPMENT PHONE 25¢ 126 DUVAL ST. 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