The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 22, 1952, Page 8

Jersey Joe Walcott Has Been | Given 15 Days In Which To — Defend Heavyweight ( Crown | Crown Will Be Declared Vacant Unless Walcott Meets | | Suitable Opponent | By ORLO ROBERTSON NEW YORK (® —. Jersey Joe| Walcott, who took 21 years to win the world heavyweight title, may} Yedro Aguilar lose it in 15 days—in New York State. Benny’s it The crown, donned by the 38-year three straight they old Camden, N. J., Negro when , conquered the Brooks’ Stars Sun" lhe knocked out Ezzard Charles in day afternoon in the Wickers’ Pittsburgh last July 18, will be Field Stadium, 7-3. The Cafeteria without a wearer in New York {boys started out fast with three State unless Jersey Joe agrees ‘runs on three hits and a walk in within 15 days to meet a legitimate the first The Brooks’ contender. jcame back in their half of the The edict was issued Monday by | jnitial stanza to score two count- Chairman Bob Christenperry oi the ers on two hits and an error New York State Athletic Commis- | In the fifth inning, the Brooks’ sion after conferring with C. B. | ¢, jtied the count when pinch hitter Powell, another member of the’ Richardson doubled to score Rus- three-man commission. ; sell from third. Genny’s put the Christenberry said Walcott had | game on ice in the sixth when THE KEY WEST — Tugsdey, Januery 22, a Following Through By i | | Cafeteria made wins when inning failed to defend his title within) Danny scored on an error by six months as required by com-| Brown. mission rules. Alonzo and Lastres each had The Louisiana Commission haS|three safeties for four trips to withdrawn recognition from Wal- Dap ceacpice. the plate for the winners. In the ‘ : field, Pazo, Anguiera and Allen But so far the National Boxing had good “days: Association has declined to £0} “me g, - along with New York and Louisi- pee aia ana. a Cy anc Commissioner Abe J. Greene |Benny’s Cafeteria WOE jointed out Walcott’s six-months | Brooks’ Stars cee tiod does not end in NBA terri-| Batt; K. Rodriguez and Hen- 'y until March 14 since the rule |Tiquez; Gallagher, Alce, and Mc- was only adopted last Sept. 12. poocs and W. Gallagher. Felix Bocchicchio, manager of ' Summary, 2 base hit, Richard- Jersey Joe, called Christenberry’s , son. statement “part of a squeeze | 3 base hit, Pazo. play.” Stolen bases, Pazo, Valdez, "I don’t know why they’de fore- ing Joe like this,” Bocchicchi said. ‘We're going to defend the title when we get the right setup and Lastres, Garcia, Rodriguez. i Struck out: Rodriguez 6, jlagher 5. Walks: Rodriguez 6, Gallagher 15. ! Gal- Christenberry said he considered} Double plays: Butler to Ellis to pogo and undefeated Rocky‘ Brown. Lastres ‘to Valdez to iano of Brockton, Mass., as | Cates. ‘foremost contenders.”” ‘ime: 2.40 The champion’s manager said pve aa by — cite gre ong Silver-' tee man to defend his title against, | Marciano, indoors in March or out- 2 smcaeealatathald | doors in June. He added he needed Clubs— W. L. Avg. | @ few days to consider the offer. | Benny's Cafeteria 3 01.000 But that isn’t what the Inter- | Gulfstream Store 2 1 #667 national Boxing Club has in mind. | Brooks’ Stars 1 2 333 “We've got a contract with Wal: |Strand Theater 0 3 000 ¢ott to give Charles the first crack at the title,” said Managing Di- recor Harry Markson. Markson pointed out the con- tracts signed before the Pittsburgh fight called for Walcott, in the Games scheduled for this com- ing week: Tuesday at 7:45 p.m.—Brooks’ Stars vs. Strand Theater. Thursday at 7 p.m. Ben- event he won, to give Charles a|ny’s Cafeteria vs. Gulfstream F. return bout within 90 days. Store. “By agreement of all parties the; Sunday, Jan. 27 2:30 p.m.— time-limit was extended until after \ Brooks’ Stars vs. Gulfstream F. the first of January, 1952,” Mark-' Store. gon said. | Quarterback Club To Elect Officers and. hoped Christenberry, replying to a ques- tion whether he knew such a con- twact existed, said: “We do not have such a con: tact on file at the commission.” Stocks Head For Higher Cround Today Stock Market Monday The long awaited for Quarterback Club of Key West will hold its first general meeting February 5, 1952, at 8:00 p.m., it was announced today by , Jack K. Burke, acting secretary of the club. Collettes’ Restaurant, Si- |monton St., was chosen the site for the first meeting because of Mr. B. J. Collettes’ generous 917 as R 4 gj offer for the club to use his fa Hit A New High For \cilities for meetings and social | More Than 21 Years functions For this meeting, the adoption NEW YORK — The forward |of the Charter and By-Laws plus drive of the stock market into new |the election of the first year’s high ground continued today, al-/ officials will be the order of though there was a_ noticeable | pusiness. slowing down in several major; Much time and effort has been | areas. put forth by a group of sports The stock market Monday hit | minded fans to bring this club to a new high for more than 21 years = jthe citizens of this community with the Associated Press average One of the main objectives of ae Stocks at 101.90 the organizing committee, which That was extended from the| includes Judge T. S. Caro, Cap- | start of trading today with the oils |tain J. A. West, J. K. Burke, C | and rails in the forefront. Gains 4 Gold, W. Demervitt, Dr. F. S. | ran from fractions to between one Carbor oth Kole are and two points with a few i a sale dare at Going pat thet marke nv** |Sweeting, will see that the or-| s mar {| Standard Oil (N. J.) was heavily ganization keeps the sa of traded and up more than a point football aie meee Ashland Oil gained around two aca eae Ease ARON points on the company’s action in declaring a 100 per cent stock divi dend. Cities Service added more than two points at times, and high- priced Superior Oil of California | Campaign application are deadline is . 1952 mailed cards fo. reminded that midnight, Janv ry Other stocks moving ahead in eluded Santa Fe, Guif Oil, Celotex, Anaconda Copper, American Cyan amid, Dow Chemical, American } Can, St. Regis Paper, Bethlehem | WINNIPEG. Man. —a)—— An Steel and International Harvester nual report of the greater Winni Curb stocks were active and high- | P&é anti-mosquito campal, er. Among the best gainers were | Showed more than 11,000 acres of | British American Oil, Calgary &| likely breeding grounds were | sprayed with oil and insecticide Fourteen municipalities contribu Edmonton, Consolidated Royalty, Cosden Petroleum Eastern States ; Corp., Imperial Oil, Mesabi Iron, | ted more than $12,000 to the 195 Pacific Petroleums Ltd. an dRoy- | C@™paign. alite Oil * wera Corporate bonds were narrowly higher U. S. governments were ANYTHING ONCERN > firm in the over the counter mar- AUTOMOBILES SEE 1 ket. The Gospel of St. John is regard- | T WI N Ss | ed generally as the fullest and most correct exposition of the doctrines of Christ i320 Di Px. 1870-1871 Upside-Down” Price JACKIE PRICE, who can make a baseball do just about eve thing but talk, will be the main attraction when the American Legion puts on its gigantic fireworks display at Wickers’ Field the night of Friday, Jan. 28, for benefit of the Jackie performs in every March of Dimes. American League baseball sta- dium. He has displayed his skill before thousands and thousands of baseball fans in jaunts around the circuit with the Cleve- land Indians. Just back from a tour of Army camps in Japan. Jackie will be at his best in his appearance here. The evening's at 7:30 p. m. Members of Arthur will be in chi HILLSBOROUGH HIGH TO FEATURE DOUBLE WING FOOTBALL PLAY (®—There’ll thing new added in Big Ten Con- | ference football circles next fall— wing attack as taught master craftsman, by TAMPA double that Justice. ough Big tre Justice, High Ten teams, ating once new ge be School, figures powerful |ough right rough in recent years, | | | | | | It takes a lot of calls to keep Production Rolling U.$. DEFENSE LINES AGAIN THI stream of weapons and suppiies for nat Dixie's growing teleph humming, too, and soldiers calling t FOR SIX years we've bee: the needs of the fast We have more th doubled Long Dist telephones. Sawyer Post of the some Bill coach at Hillsbor- many which have been Hillsbor- entertainment is scheduled to get underway American Legion will have trouble in 1952 because they are used to dealing only with {the T and single wing attacks, | “If we er next fall, I'm sure we will have Justice said Justice, had won two straight South Florida Conference championships and 23 games in a row at Clearwater with the doubie wing before he was called into service. A sonnet must consist of exactly 14 lines. can develop a good pass- a lot of fun with the double wing,” | just out of the Marines, | Illinois Is Now Top Team In Nation Their Basketball Win Over Highly Regarded Indiana 78-66 Placed Them On Top Of List NEW YORK, (#—Illinois, one of | college’s basketball majors, stands at the head of the class today in the Associated Press’ weekly poll. The Illini, bridesmaids the past three weeks, supplanted the Kan- sas Jayhawks as the best in the | land. ! Illinois, boasting an 11-0 record, defeated highly regarded Indiana. | 78-66, in its only outing of the week while Kansas had a tough | time beating Nebraska, 69-(i, in | its lone appearance. The victory |was Kansas’ 13th of an unbeaten z | season. The 119 sports writers and | sportscasters participating in the poll named Illinois first on 25 bal- lots. Kansas drew 17 first-place votes. The Illini culied 860 points |and Kansas 834. | The Kentucky Wildcats held on | to third place for the third straight | week, Kentucky drew seven first-| ' place votes and 707 points. Kentucky celebrated by scoring y its 13th victory in 15 starts Mon- day night with a 96-51 victory over \ House Last Eve | Georgia Tech but Iowa, fourth in! e | the poll, lost face. | By JIM COBB | The Hawkeyes dropped’ a 82~ 9 | At the risk of being accused of | Big Ten game to Indiana for their | Seenianm first loss in 13 starts. Iowa re 2g mained in fourth place “with 12] Stes two seasons of playgoing in first-place votes and 663 points | Key West, last Prerine seasent: St. Bonaventure (10-0) advanced | ation of Garson Kanin’s soph from a to fifth as a Tesult of | V. R. DRAKE, ADC, stationed proudly displ ing from y Re a Well In Kan Comedy Befor Classic Sellout ing this” reviewer on record stating that as een comedy “Born Yeste: | fede asting a 1:-) at the Barn Theater, marks the 10 record, dropped from seventh to | 10th spot desite a convincing 8# ee i me ie sie ihe | 58 triumh over Westminster (Pa.) | UVity. Anc, i the warmth of te opening night audience may be | Washington, Pacesetter in the Northern Division of the Pacific | Coast Conference, moved up from{ ea me out ninth to seventh on the strength | Staged by jof triumhs over Oklahoma and | Key West's first | Iowa State. \theater, and made all the more St. Louis, upset loser to Holy | timely in these days of influence Cross, dropped from fifth to eighth. | peddling and mink coat scandals, | West Virginia advanced from 10th | Kanin’s satirical account of the {to ninth and Holy Cross from 20th tassault on Washington by a not {to 10th as a result of its vietory | 50 scrupulous millionaire junk- |ov er St. Louis. man loses none of its insight and ‘Lach Is Most Valuable MONTREAL, ()-—The value! tured the of Elmer Lach as a hockey play- | gathering. The er with the Montreal Canadiens | Waller, is best shown by a glimpse of|for the occasion, and her voice | the National Hockey League | {keyed at a properly blase pitch! statistics announced following | arpeared well at home with the} the New Year's night games. part. Though 26 players had scored} If ever an actor Imore goals than Lach, he was/|stage, Jack Clar leading the league with 34 points, |role of Harry Brock, played with two more than teammate Maur-|a notable lack of “couthne jice Richard. Lach, you see, had |His realistic economic philosophy \scored, only. seven goals. but he|and lack of respect for culture had made 27 assists in his first pamee brought nome in an amus- used as a criterion, it will only Maida Lazarivici, lady of the | effort by a superb cast. Miss Rae Waller's Billy the the part that imagination of beauteous |feeling for cap- | dominated a in the feature 34 games of the 1951-52 cam-/ing manner. That Mr. Clark has | paign. had some experience in the thea- | ter is evident. , | The United States is now the} Eddie Brock, longsuffering and | World’s leading toymaker. ‘downtrodden brother of the er- ing the Kingfish he caught ation boat. at 36 pounds and measured 412 feet. ed in the Island City anahing Tournament e 36-Lb. Kingfish Caught On Navy Recreation Boat Recently VX-1, at Boca Chica, recently while fish- The catch tipped the scales The catch has been enter- with [Barn ‘Theater Presentation Of “Born Yesterday” Scores Key West Players Show : rant millionaire was character-| ing in rounds irrepres- | represe! lized hilariously by the sible Walter Burns. The Durante- ish technique employed by ter of the evening Albert Bebout, sympathetic leac craftsmanship. jble Washington played with |that was seldom |by the more of his co-actors, the attorney Saunders as the dling Senator gave his comretent performance. Anna Claire Topmiller, tributed bits in the ning staging of the piece. The settings, designed by Lazorivici, Marie Hidden |use of the small barn stage. Dawn, | gal with the low voltage in- much in furthering the | tellect, was done with a delicate | | fine the ! theater, Miss | would indi her locks dyed especially | work went jsome recompense for “Born Yesterday” reputation the Key | Pla’ tonight's e. That a lot of hard into goes without ying. But the warmth that is often missing from a larger theater should be this. This cdrner feels no hesitancy in re- commending “Born Yesterday” as good solid entertainment. se The Chicago Cardinals have sev- en tackles, six of whom weigh more than 250 pounds. The “light” tackle is 235- pound ‘George Eberle. Brandeis Uni ersity’s football coaching staff has representatives from Michigan, CCNY, Harvard, Boston U. and St. Bonaventure. DIXIE’S LONG DISTANCE LINES ARE SOUTH'S product onal defense. And again d the job. They're S, Civilian defense ne lines are helping spee: with of the armed service: Tushing the dou bled the number of circuits SOUTHERN jon lines pour out a growing those of national defense. and more than tripled rural BELL TELEPHONE AND by adding new circuits “OPERATION DIXIE” ble job of meeting telephones, nearly number YET DEMANDS on Long Distance continue so heavy that there may sometimes be delay in completing your calls. We're handling them as fast as we can— and increasing our capacity is a big job. One that continues to make heavy demands on telephone resources, experience and skill. A job that calls for a financially healthy Telephone Company. Ask for Free Booklet for recording your out-of-town telephone numbers. You save time when you call by TELEGRAPH COMPANY = | done Wal- | was one of the high points | the real As the incorupti- newspaperman | Bebout did a fine job of acting} overshadowed sparkling dialogue Commander Jacx English gave a finely drawn performance as who knew his way } around Washington, if in a some- | what tipsy manner and Gerald influence ped- usual Gladys Jackson, Martin Talcott, Howard Pitman, Charles Hastings, James |Marphy and Janis Sperling con- smooth-run- Mrs. and comic innuendo in a well staged | Everett P. Winter made effective should do already West s have established for good as sellout its production Featherweights To |Fight On Blue ‘Ribbon Bouts | he Uline Arena W | the | preser | pro. M figh projec | picture is bigger and future sions bantanwe Gene Gonazale Wa consecutive v s includ knockouts, 8 e KO's nted a big block to Gon |zales’ further advance | featherweight contenti ‘ Groups s Plan Everest Climbs ZURICH, Switzer i ri The Sw or Alpine Research 1 1 Mt. Ever est expedition in hoping not to tread on the toes of a British expedition which is due to climb the same mountain at the same time. The government of Nepal re | cently gave the Swiss formal permission to launch the _ first postwar effort to climb the clit highest peak. At the same time. the Swiss learned that a British expedition was so preparing to renew the at- tack on unconquered Everest next year. Both expeditions are believed to be planning the as cent by the southern route from Nepal in the early fail of next year. The Institute is lining up Himalaya-trained scientific and mountaineering experts to join the Swiss group complete with the most up-to date equipment, is expected to leave Switzerland early in April The expedition. OF YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE BUYING THIS FINE: BLEND $1.37 142 Pr $1.87 172 Py BLACK LAB 86 PROOF GALLAGHER & BLENDED WHISKEY RAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS N, INC, BRIS