The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 30, 1952, Page 3

MIAMI HIGH BOWS TO CONCH ATTACK 60-46 . maith For Visitors As Conchs a Last Night’s The Key athe art School Basketball team ight last defeated irtsters made it three str night when they the’ Miami Highly on the White street hard- wood, 6045. The Stinga- rees, playing without the services of a of | their { string perfor ers, seem to have made the | take of underestima- ting the Conch brand of | baskethall as they we re | generally outplayed throughout the entire con- lest. Key steady couple West, improvement each start, kept the sit tion well in hand with| their usual fast attack avd | airtight defense. Their ball- | handling and claasy pass-| work so befuddled the v tors that at times; :they | lnoked foolinh. Good werk under the bas-| ket. sithoush thes | showing with jvet a bit gave joi of bei to the Miamians, kept control of | the hall and their faster) break sometimes found the s twos asleen at the switch. Throvehout the initial nerind both cluhe rlaved a cantions brand of hall with the scoring | iret about even. The suverb | Conch zone kept the Miami at tack from moving within the foul circle and the Conchs held | a two point edge at the close of | + the period. Bob Cooper started | his evening’s work promptly, icing seven of his 19 counters in the opening minutes of the ball | game. | Throughout the remainder of | the half, the two clubs played conservative basketball with the Conchs holding a slight edge of 5 points when the halfway point was reached. The Conch inability to hit the basket that has p' red them all season was* there, but considerable improvement was speed Too *« Coach Takes Team Off 3all Court Declares It Was Worst | Officiating In Past Vifteen Years: Team Wee Behind 65-60 CLEVELAND (#—Coach Don Ri cer took his Lawrence Tech bas- ketball players off the floor Tues- tay night, trailing John Carroll by 65-60 and with six seconds to go. He declared it was the ‘worst fiiciating I've seen in 15 years” nd explained “1 just thought we’d retter get out of there before trou- rle started. | There was a wild melee unde: he Carroll basket just before the oach pulled off the Michigan } eam. | It was Lawrence's second los: | n 14 starts and did not go on the} ooks as a forfeit. Officials de ided Lawrence could not have nade up the five points in the ime remaining. Carroll’s coach, George, said nly that he was “glad we won.’ St. Louis, ranked sixth in this veek’ sociated Press poll, came rom behind in the second half to zhip Detroit, 58-45, in a Missouri Valley Conference game. Bowling Green also put on a cond-half rally to beat Nort! tate, 72-37, in an inter- me & State j. at of the irst period and 36-39 at halftime | refore Jolin Siesinger went on 2 coring spree for the Ohioans. In other games vhipped North Carolina, t. Mary’s of California apset Sar francisco, 66 Wake Forest | 55-48; | , in overtime; Den- | er trounced Colorado State, 63-42; | Traffic Jam and New & M. beai vest ‘1exas Mexico A. 49-44. Maury Rose ‘Retires From | | | ‘Auto'Raeing | Cocky Little Guy Never Knew Fear Or At Least He ! Never Showed It INDIANAPOLIS ()—Maury Rose, bd - A HOST OF MIAMI PLAYERS couldn't stop Ken Bazo from icing this two pointer halo Conch ‘Ehiies. Looking on at left is Jim Baker. ‘Pappa Hall May ‘Someday Make | TF. High Jump | By ED CORRIGAN NEW YORK (#—Along with all court, Benefit C ourt Fa West High School | team | the High a picked basketball Toni ht on the talk about 4-minute miles and )from the Supply and Fiscal De-| 60-foot_shotput evident. A repeat of the last, one of the best competitors in any new “impossil te week's ragged shooting perform- |sport, has retired from auto rac- shoot at today—the 7-foot high ance against Redlands might, | '"* jump. would have been disastrous. It was in the second half the tussle that the Conchs burst into form with their top offensive display of the season speeding up | the pace and keeping a steady ffic jam in progress beneath the hoop. They played much |? sharper ball than the visitors The passwork of Henriquez and Logan sparkled as the club dug in and showed the fans some basketball. Ken Bazo burst forth | ag a scoring threat as he dumped is field. in 10 foinis, all from the The Conchs gave the crowd thrill with their wide open style | of play, featuring court long sswork and shifty feinting and ball handling. Sporting a twelve point lead in the closing minutes of the-game, the hometowners coasted in to the decision {Bill Hoban the Stingarees’ scoring picture with 12 counters and Pedro Martinez dnmped in 9. For the Conchs, it was Cooper and Bazo with 19 ahd 10 points respectively With six important starts re-) maining for the season, Coach Win Jones has whipped = enthus- idsm to fever pitch and the Conchs will be fighting hard to eep the remainder of the omer + next start will be agains Fort Pierce on the White st | court, Saturday night Legion Baseball | onight Postponed |" Meine Jack Burke of the nerican Legion Junior Base-} b§ll League, announced today | tHat all games scheduled for to- night at Wickers’ Field have i postponed due to inclement | dominated ather. b ng added that all boys plan-| out for play — this @ to try y@ar should report to the stadium ¥ Friday night lashier Found | ound, Gagged EW YORK ip a ike cashier was | qund bound and gagged in a seat) inpride the plushy Paris Theater Taeeteg night just before the show | farted Whe gag was removed. and Wal- tee Heyer gasped a ve been held up. Untie me.” } Tis bonds were removed. He | a Toared back into the race. ja wheel and landed upside down ‘no signs of nerves (night at } life For the past 15 Memorial Day! of |500-mile races at the Indianapolis | seven feet—at least Motor Speedway, the top drivers considered Rose the man to beat.! He won in 1947 and 1948 and was co-winner with Floyd Davis in 1941. He was leading in 1949,, 20 miles from the finish, when a, broken magneto strap forced hirn out of the race. Two years ago, five broke out in his pit while he was refueling. He leaped into the car with smoke d carbon dioxide fumes, sti'l swirling around the cockpit and A cocky little guy with a big moustache and bigger pipe, if Rose ever knew fear he didn’t show it. He smashed his car to pieces in, the 1945 race. A few minutes later | he strolling calmly through the pits, charging his pipe. Last Memorial Day his car lost in the infield. He survived because he knew how to hang on—and be- cause he dropped into deep mud. Again he was back in the garage area a few minutes later showing But the chances Maury didn't mind taking for himseif, he can’t} take for his two children, he de-|§ cided. The mother of Maury Jr. 10, and Dory, 8, is dead. Maw is divorced from his second wife.! He has decided, he said Tuesday his home in Van Nuys, he can't afford to risk his! now ' Rose is 46 years old, an engineer | at Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Bur bank, Calif | Calif., — Your Grocer SELLS that Good STAR * BRAND | AMERICAN COFFEE and CUBAN —TRY A POUND TODAY——' RATES REASONABLE ¥ anyone ever is going to make | and age—the vote goes to J. Lewis (Pappa) Hall, a junior at the Uni- oe ee es versity of Florida, who divides his! time between football and leaping over the high bar. A huskv halfback, he’s the pres- i ent NCAA high jump champion, | having gone up six feet, nine | inches in last year’s title meet, | the second highest in the 30-year history of the event, by the way. “L think that someday someone | will make seven feet,"’ said Pappa, who is making the rounds of the | indoor meets for the first time. | “Of course, everything will have | in this day ‘of the Navy there emerged alpartment of the Naval Station! ’ track record to will oppose the OpDevSta five at 7:30 p,m. f ‘mary Burns, Supply and Fiscal Department candidate for Queen r the benefit of Rose- Charity Carnival Miss Burns will make a personal | at the affair ttle Baseballers To Hold Meet Mon. The Little Baseball League will have a meeting on Monday, | ; February 4th. All managing per- sonnel and anyone wishing to |sponsor a team are requested to | attend. All boys wishing to play | in the league this season may secure contract blanks from Mr |sun can be hidden in an eclipse Ei RATER METS rune overs = MITAM] Located in the Heart of the City ROOM with BATH end TELEPHONE ° ° ° Ritz Pershing _—Miller Hotel Hotel KE ie “4 132 E Flagler St. 226 NE. Ist Ave. 228 jst Ave. 102 Bowne 100 Rooms - Elevator Elevator nae Solarium Heated Elevator 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION | Hy — to his feet, then collapsed | | to be just right—attitude, physical | Paul Albury or at the office of condition, boards and the like lthe Secretary at 620 Southard “I have to'wear a\khee brace | street. The meeting will be held as a result of a football injury /at 8:30 p.m. at 520 Southard jlast\seasom; so I'm really not at | Street. , \ iny.bestyet_1 hope. to. be at_top form by the time the National sate Cha) ‘sround:” H@s a. confident youngster, an ROBERTS OFFICE SUPPLIES already is being compared to Les | and EQUIPMENT Steers, who shares the indoor rec- | ord of six feet, 9% inches with 126 Duval Street Phone 250) Bill Stewart. That should be within! Valentine Cards for the | Hall's reach I Family Pappa took a try at snapping | 4 Steers’ world outdoor mark of six| Stationery Bridge Cards/ feet 11 inches last season when he; Portables Sheaffer made his 6-9 effort. He failed mis- | grably with the bar at 6-11% twice, | Parker — Esterbrook Pens: but the third try, he was over, on | Rentals Repairs Re-| his back and watched the crossbar | gisters Adding Machines | just topple. A kid who can get that close deserves to make it. and Typewriters ANY AUTOMOBILES oe | TWINS, | | | | THING CONCERNIN Py 1870 t POPULAR PRICES WRITE or WIRE for RESERVATIONS Citizen Statt Pnoto as the Conchs went on to win, 60-46. The globe-trotting tern, a species right the If conditions are exact.y beath its wings in a year’s travel. Waleott’s Manag WALCOTT BOXES FIVE ROUND EXHIBITION WITH JACK BURKE HARRISBURG, Pa q Felt Bocchichio, manager of World Heavyweight Champion Jersey Jo+ Walcott, was scheduled to con‘e: today with an actor's agent Vashington, D. C., about a $250,000 to Walcott to defend his title .nst Harry (Kid) Matthews socchichio made the announce vent as he and the champion stop ped here Tuesday night on the way to a persona appearance en gagement at Lewistown, Pa Walcott then boxed a 5-round ex | hibition with Jackie Burke of Pitts burgh, as some 600 persons looked on. After the bout Walcott told the crowd that he was “not interested in money, but in saving the youth of the country, which is more im- portant than defending my title.” Walcott has been ordered by the New York State Athletic Commis: sion to sign for a title bout by { Feb. 5 or forfeit the title in that state. i The proposed bout between Wal- | eott and Matthews would he held ‘n Los Angeles, Detroit or Las Vegas, Ney. The actor's agent was Gentified ss Barry Haunt of Los Anges. Matthews is rated as one of the top light-heavyweight contenders. ' Bocchichio told reporters the of- er was made by an actress. He | did not identify the actress. | Jack Hurley, Matthews’ manag: | r, has said Matthews is wiling .o campaign as a heavyweight. Bocchichio said. that after the | Washington conference he and} ! Walcott will go to Florida to confer | with Jim Norris, president of the International Boxing Club. He said they will seek a release | from contractual agreements with | ithe IBC. 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