The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 4, 1952, Page 7

i j CONCHS COME OUT OF SLUMP; TAKE CUBAN CAGERS 45-35 Scores!22 “= \Going Up! Baker As Koy W esters Seat Belen Five In Thriller Diller By AL PALMER It was a record break- ing night. the Key West High ool Ce losing streak; Coach Win Jones broke a jinx, and jun Baker broke the hearts of Belen College’s basket- ball The score was: Key West High School, 15. Colegio de Belen, Ha-| vana, 35. A near-capacity crowd watched the Conchs wear down a light ds fast juintet of Cuban colleg- iuns. High up in the stand 4 goodly sprinkling of Key Cuban population up the proceed- + afiei ed it up with mixed emo- tions. They — alternately heckled and cheered both teams with a fine disregard | for loyalty to either, | The Be ived cor fiants C fle mados whoop- en avintet is pocket: | ared to the junior | ich Jones sent on the | Probably their huskiest mem- | ber is Juan Comella, a well] ed youngster, who, despite his bulk, looked slightly under- nourished beside such masses of | muscles as the Conch’s Bazo and | Taker, Comella was by far the out- standing player for the visitors. A temperamental hoopster he nevertheless netted for 15 points to lead his squad. Pint-sized Javier Lescano, who looked very much as if he had wandered in by mistake | from the kindergarten. proved that size isn’t everything when it cémes to basketeering. The litle’un . harrassed — the | Conchs no end. He scooted around like a runaway midget nuto, passing with deadly ac- curacy and confusing his guard. He also scored four points from | way down there. t from the initial tip-off parent to all con- cerned that Baker was the man to watch And Belen watched him like a k. They also watched him 22 points before getting his number in the last quarter—the only one in which he went score- less. The combination of Cooper and Baker proved too much for the invaders. Both boys seem- ed to get their stride from the cpening bazoo and played a | fast, wide open game without seeming to tire. | A burst of temperament in the} final minutes failed to imp } referee Jack Burke. It seems asi though Belen, pretty well worn down by this time, had an ar-/ egarding an he gumentive point r tlleged foul Otherwise the game was fr onably polite considering the fact that both teams were ob- a achs broke their viously out to win the ball game Belen had 18 fouls called against | them whereas the Conchs, gen- | tlemanly, they claim, had @ mere x crimes marked up in their distavor Conchs-Cubans | | To Trade Flags, At Half Time | | Havana's Colegio de Belen and | Key West High School will ex+; inge school flags at the half-| e interval of the basketball tonight . is expected to be an t t ler. Both teams are yed up for the second game} ith Belen confident’ they will} . the high stepping , Conehs | is expected that a turn- crowd will end this sec- atch as enthusiasm ran g Key West's Cuban colony atter the remarkable showing of ihe Havana hoopsters | Coach Jones said this morning he will use the same start- team as he did t night Pleven Fights For Gov't Economy PARIS .h—Premier Rene Pleven ALL EYES pene ON THE BALL last night's g Bazo. went back to hi ment economy taxes t vote of confidence The National Ass to 247 Thursday ni plans for THAT EXTRA SOMETHING game. That’s Juan Come is going, and referee Things Are Looking Up! PS: He with a 10 > on the « No officiating veil (11) wat Citizen Staff Phot: 2 tip-off at last, night’s x the way the sphere in the po Jin-tsan 1 flesh an a mil aS export to China TOURIST FUN Continued From Page One eighth consecutive year in whic} the Chamber has sponsored such programs. Over 30,000 have parti |cipated in the events during that | time. First program of 1952 will take | place next Wednesday, January 9. {at 8 p.m. in Bayview Park. It is | designated as Fun Nite perform jance. The park was selected be | se of the limited seating facil \ ities at the YMCA patio where the wriginal programs were held. This year a show type of ente }tainment will predominate. The | program next week will feature xuy Colby, popular barn dance caller who will come here from | Miami to open the season with a | square dance. Colby appeared on National Barn Dan- for 11 years On th Ss committee are Joe Allen, chairman, Gertrude Laub- Bill Kroll. A sum of seher $500 has tentatively been allocated | to conduct the project of enter- tainment this season. Hotel and} e urged to cooper- ate by reminding their guests that motel owners every Wednesday night is “Fun { Nite” at Bayview F The usual Friday Afternoon Fish- rips, that have been sponsor- ! ed for three years, will not be trips t n to lose popularity after the first season and during Janu- ary, February and March last year only 104 persons accompanied the trips. e cost for this project us- ually r as around $100 per RemeOn| Friday, Janeary 4, 1952 T indicating it cost $100 per to sponsor. The most frequent heard criti sms of the trip were: 1. Too far No Name Key Bridge (which about the only place where a gre “of people can fish at one time | the highway) 2. Can't catch enou fish (and we all know that day, the only practical 1 trips could go out, is a to fish in at that spot Pro- , Ship of one lot ‘blems of transportation (those who have their own cars can at any time. The people fish getting didn't have autos, tha why they came along. tor with someone cise. 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