The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 4, 1952, Page 3

~ SPORT SHORTS. CLEARWATER - #—The “annual International Midwinter Snipe Re- atta starts today and as usual Ted Wells is the favorite . Wells, from Wichita, Kan., where year-around sailing doesn’t come) too easy, is the defendrg titlist. First race in the 4-day event was to be this afternoon on Clear- water Bay. Two races are to be held Wednesday, one Thursday and the final single heat on Friday. | ST. AUGUSTINE ®—The ath | annual Florida East Coast Golf Tcarnament for Women gets off | today wih 65 seeking the erewn jwon last year by Mary Lena Faulk, Thomasville, Ga. But high among the contenders was Polly Riley, Fort Worth, Tex., who is out to take the title fer the third time and thus retire the Mrs. William R. Kenan Jr. cup. Only Florida players listed were Vonnie Colby, Dania: Tlizabeth Ridge, Ft. Lauderdale; and Ann White, Miami Beach. PALM BEACH » — Match play starts today in the South Florida Golf Championship for Amateurs at the Palm Beach Golf Club with two players tied for medalist hon- ors at 69. i Tim Holland, University of Mi- ami student from Rockville Cen- tre, N. Y.. and David A. Perkins, Ormond Beach, carded 69s Mon. day ta lead the field of 66 W. A. (Dub) Pagan, West Palm Beach fireman whe won last week’s Dixie Amateur at Miami: Dorsey Nevergall, Sidney, 0.; and Williani Markham, ‘Wethersfield, | Conn., posted i Defending mpion John K Lyons, Port Washington, N. Y., needed -76 and only the luck of the draw kept him in the cham Piorship flight MIAMI W—The University of Miami's first spring fCotball prac- tice of the season drew 65 cardi dates Monday and Coach Andy! Gustafson said “There was a little first day confusion.” Gustafson must build a new of- fensive unit, since such perform- Tei when the par-mutoel ms | LaMOotta Slates Try chines clicked to the tune of $108,- 173,554. The State is expected to reap a harvest of mcve than 10 million from horse racing alone this sea- son, pius am her five million from dog tracks and jai-alai. The money is divided equally among the State’s 67 counties. Hialeah Park chsed its 40-day meeting Monday with new all-time records in attendance and betting, following a successful 41-day stand at Tropical Park which set the Pattern. Tropical attracted 397,899 who | wagered $29,754,937 for an all-time record. Hialeah handled $60,637,049 in the pari-mutuel machines, an increase of 14 per cent over the previous high set in the free-spending pu.t- war days of 1946. Attendance was 771,708, a gain of 11 per cent over 1951 and 3,300 more than the record year, also 1946. NEW YORK (#—Johnny O’Brien, Seattle . University’s scoring ma chine, will be like a midget at the tall men’s convention in the Na- tional Invitatica Basketball Tour- nament, but the 5-9 star is to playing the big boys. At Comeback Wed. The Pabst Blue Ribbon-CBS radio microphones will be at ringside to describe a major comeback effert by Jake La Mot ta when he faces Eugene “Silent’ Hairston at the Detroit Olympia on Wednesday, March Steve Ellis’ blow-by-blow di iptioa will be broadcast by CBS begin- ning at 10 p. m., Eastern Standard Time. * La Motta, whose wild-swinging rushes have earned him the title of “The Bronx Bull,” held the middleweight the world during Thirteen months ago, he lost his tithe to Sugar Ray Robinson at the Chicago Stadium in a 13th round TKO. His debut in the light-heavyweight class on Janu ary 28, 1952 was spoiled when he lost a decision to Norman Hayes Hairston, New York City deaf mute, is currently ranked fifth in the middléweight division. A fast, strong hitter who likes to fight, he represents a first-class iinet | Opponent to LaMotta’s comeback ambitions. Hairston, at a distinct disadvantage in any fight be- Selection of Seattle for the NIT! cause of his inability to hear or diminutive pivot man | Monday filled the tournament's 12-| syeak, is nevertheless team field and also assured the! 1, pe ancther | stamina, expecteci because of hi- speed and straighter favored chance to show that the bigger | punching. basketball player is not always the | play-- HG better. He'll have plenty of chances to demonstrate this thesis, since every other team in the tourney has a man 6-5 or higher. O'Brien, the first player in col- lege history t« score more than 1,000 points in a season, has never let height bother him. Against the altitudinous Harlem Globetrotters, Johnny pumped in 43 points in leading Seattle to an 84-81 upset | victory. The Western Ccaference race was settled and along with it~ an- other place in the NCAA tourna- ment was filled Monday night when Mlinois, the nation’s No. 2 team, polished off Northwestern, 95-74, to take he title for the sec- ad straight year. Iowa, the only cther team that could have over- taken the Illini, dropped a 78-65 decision to Wisconsin. | | Sandy Saddler Disqualified In Boxing Bout (water for the second time in less | REAL w& Featherweigtt | Champion Sandy Saddler is in hot than six months. The lithe New York Negro was disqualified between the third and fourth rounds heere Monday night because of his illegal actions ‘n a scheduled 10-round bout against Ar Mand Savoie. Canadian Athletic Commission of- ficials went into semi-official hud- The Big Seven, however, still is |dles and planned « full dress meet far from settled. Kansas State, the | ing today. ers as Jack Hackett, Jim Dooley and Frank Smith are missing fron the backfield and Ray Arcangelet- ti, Ed Lutes and Lee Martin from the line. | records and meet in a showdowf In first drills, Gustafson used a | game Friday. backfield of Freshmen Johnny Me-| Duquesne, the No. 4 team, had | lear at quarter and Bob Taro at |ne trouble sweeping past Baldwin- left half, with Johnny Bow at right | Wallace, 94-51, in the finale of its half and Harry Mallios at full’ ack. |regular season. The Dukes fin- third-ranked team in the ccantry, | | polished off lowa State, 88-66, to | | 80 into a first-place tie with Kan- ; sas for the lead. Both have 9-1 ‘, ST. PETERSBURG — i®—The champion and two er title- holders’ will be among hess com- peting today in the Mid-Winter Small Bore Championships at the American Legion Range. Due to the forthccming Olym- | pies, firing will be from the Euro- | pean pasition instead of prone in| this biggest small bore tourna- | ment of the winter season. Amcag those competing will be L. B , Aberdeen, Md., small bore and national mid - winter champion; Sam Bond, New Phila- delphia, ©., the 1950 champion i both divisions; and W, T. Schweit zer, Hillside, N. J., 1949 titleholder. By GENE PLOWDEN MIAMI (® — The richest racing season in Florida history appeared certain today as the thoroughbreds and their followers moved «1 to Gulfstream Park for the final 41 days: of operation. ished with a splendid 20-1 mark. LaSalle. trounced Muhlenberg, 92-71; Indiana — edged i State, 70-67; Boston College upset Holy Cross, 64-61; St. Joseph’s knocked down Temple, 59-56; Okla- ‘homa A. & M. defeated Tulsa, 30- | 33; Missc-ari toppled Nebraska, 68- 53; and Colorado stopped Wyoming | 59-44. By RALPH RODEN NEW YORK # —The Kentucky Wildeats can add artother honor to their bulging in the final poll. The Wildcats latest laurel came |on the Seaplane Base hardwood | hard on the heels of their ninth straight Southeastern Conference championship and a 44-43 victcry }over Louisiana State in the con- ference tournament that boosted { j Saddler was suspended by New York State Athletic Commission Chairman Robert Christenberry Oct. 5 as an aftermath of his rough house bout with Willie Pep. He was not reinsteted to good standing until Dec. 5. Pep’s license was revoked in New York as a result of the brawl Referee Tommy Sullivan stoppec the fight on orders from Emile Gauthier, president of the Montreal Athtetie Commission, wlio Climbed the fourth round. The referee disqualified Saddicr for “fouling continually—holding, heeling, hitting on the breaks and sending in low blows.” | Saddler weighed 130% and Savoie FAWTUlant Cops Basketball Win The TAWTUlant cagers defeat- ed the HS-1 courtmen last night by a 61-40 ball game. Tonight the FAWTUlant team will tackle the VX-1 five in the semi-finals of the losers half of the Navy Basketball League With a new million-collar club- | their winning streak to 22 games. | playoffs at the Seaplane Base house and other added attractions ‘ and imprc ements Kentucky is after one more trophy, Gulfstream is }the NCAA championship: expected to handle well over 30 The Wildcats previc million dollars to run the total for the three tracks in the Miami ares to a thumping 120 million dollars, Openingteaugre- at Gullfstream is the $7,500 Inaugural Handicap at six furlongs. It attracted 16 eer: 7 ers ard more than 18,000 perscas are expected for the opening day. | Best previous season in Florida Comes Into Yankee ent Si t the bead of the bea 1949 ani in 1 pth casters who partici final poll awarded Ki first-place votes and 1,033 { “the yin thé poll six weeks a $9 ‘been there éver since, | . |tucky took over for keeps, TMlinc:s, Wednesday night at 8:15 the winner o fthis contest will meet foligwed with The Wildeats e Ken- Minois came in second with 750 | Kansas and St. Johns of Brooklyn Fold () Wirephoto PHIL RIZZUTO. New Work Yankees shortstop, exchanges his 1952 contract for his No. 10 jersey with General Manager George Weiss at the club’s training camp in St. Petersburg, Fla. Rizzuto came to terms for,a reported $45,000. He was last Yankee hold- out. had occupied the top berth. Kansas wound up eighth and St. John's 10th. Duquesne finished fourth behind Kansas State and in turn was fol lowed by St. Louis, Washington. Towa, Kansas, West Virginia and St. John's. BATON ROUGE, La. ® — For 18 holes it looked like the inaugural $10,000 Baton Rouge Open Gulf | fournament would never end. Then in a driving rain, poker- faced Jack Burke Jr. propelled a oall over a fl oded green to break the deadlock, end the sudden death extra playoff, and win his third straight major tournament in three weeks. The tournament was sapposed to | end Sunday. Rut at the end of 72) holes three pros—Burke, of Heas- | ton, Tex., Bill Nary, Albuquerque, N. M., and Tommy Bolt, Darham, N. C., and Houston—were tied with Jamder-par 281s. An 13-hole play: f was held Mon jay, but the too was still tied Championship of | 1949-1950. ' Williams Reports At Red Sox Camp pe ° oe TED WILLIAMS, slugging star of the Red Sox, hefts an armful F Boston training camp at Saraso with the Marines, General of the Red Sox are ager Joe Cronin (left) and ” "| this batting technique is the Sock TRAINING pelea | BRADENTON Ww Manager C ‘AMP ; Tommy Holmes «: the Boston NO i ES Crowe hit .339 for Milwaukee |last season and .336 in the Puertc | Braves is impressed with the all- | around ability of George Crowe— PROENIX, Ariz. —Manager | Rican Winter League. He belted Leo Durocher of the New York Giants hinted today that. Cateher | iN& drill Monday. Ray Noble may be traded. | SAN Bi eit Noble checked inte camp Mon-!),. 00) ERNARBINO, Calif. si — # | Pittsburgh Pirate - officials day and Durochr remarked that | ‘ M the: beity. Cuda geckieet would Piteher Jim Walsh will ‘«> placed on the waiver fist if he does not make a good catcher tor. Several | oy le Taeciatly Piisburdl accept his 1952 contract today clubs, especially Pitt: buyeh and lide’. peletan . tigktkenaer man. Boston. 2 oston. Ae classed as a holdout. He is being aes sikise te Injarigs «Hered about $10,000 . The Pirates signed Pitcher Mur- ry Dickson, 20-game winner last season, for a reported $25,000. Only wigateher Roy | Campanella. the | other player still outside the fold | National League's most valbable | ig Home Ran Sh Py player in 1951, is sidelined = RT NSN ines with a sore thigh. which} CLEARWATER — S$ : hampered his play last year. Sec- Grag a poeta yah ond Baseman Jackie Robinson has | Radie Waifkus were not at their 4 sore shualder and Pitcher Ralph | ,., infa a eee * 3 ‘ular infield posts Mcaday when Branca is suffering with asthma. | Manager. are hampering the Brocxlyn Dod | gers’ conditioning program. ST. PETERSBURG ih — Rookies | initiat inti i sind Andy Carey and Jim Bridewester, scala ee Sees and Billy Martin figure prominent-} jae, (Lucky) Lohrke was at y : 5 Manager | shortstop because Hamner has Casey Stengel’s plans. | been hobbling ar Carey will be-given a full crack !on the feet. And Vernal (Nippy) at third base. If he wins it, Gil |Jones played first after getting a McDougald will shift to second. If} 6-day nead statt in training on Carey fails, Martin and Brideweser | Waitkus. will Lattle it out for second base | ear NE Ee ee Baseball Stars with McDougald returning t: third. Being Transferred , Key West will soon lose two of its baseball stars. Tom White jand J. P. Scott are being trans- ferred. White is a pitcher who has ly in New York Yankee ST. PETERSBURG — Red Schoendieust made his debut at first base during the St. Louis | Cardinals’ practice Monday and ob- } servers thought he looked good. But Manager Eddie Stanky could- n't be pinned down tc say it was | 9ermanent. Both Stanky and Schoendienst are second sackers and Stanky, a |played two years with the Navy | good lead-off hitter, has said he |Eagles and this year played with will be a playing-manager. That'the Navy Cardinals and Brooks’ meant Red would have to find a Stars in the Island City baseball new job. league. | SARASOTA W — Boston Red Sc: |" the servicemen's basketball |Coffch Eart Combs hopes to help | 2S¥°- Third Baseman Fred Hatfield boost | Scott is a catcher with plenty |his batting average this season by |°! exPerience and pep. His showing him‘how. to punch the ball \nickname is “rabbit". He has ser the infield. played two years with the in the’ 1950 season with a .960 }€00¢ switch hitter and has’ al- ing mark. But he fell off shatp- Ways been 2 300 hitter. season hit 172 in 80 games.| Key West ball fans wil! miss finished | the Sonar School stud in the Hatfield ¢ ing |Eagles, Cardinals, Brooks’ Stars class. Ane, AP. Cipals’ gn the “ame court. " min. fhe Seuteeee asaciatie, (in the City League. He is a| = “ last tne trot Combs wants Hatfield to stop go- these two players. the for the lcag baie socked 27! homers for Birmingham in 1950—, Libya is made up of three pro- and choke the tat and chop the! vinces, Tripolitatia, Cyrenaica and ball over the infield. His model for Pezzan. Double Trouble (Pi Wirephot | TWINS EDDIE (LEFT) AND JOHNNY O'BRIEN prove that trouble comes in double doses when they team up at guard posi- tions against basketball opponents of Séattle University. Eddie, described by his cbach as the best feeder in the nation, has been instrumental in helping brother, John, become first player an nation to make 1,000 points in @ college season. John wound up schedule with 1,030. Boys are from South Amboy, N. J - On hand to greet Williams, soon to return to g the big Negro rookie first base- | some long balls in his first train. | a ddie Sawyer put the | Philadelphia Phillies through their | with }‘isters | White was also a star | } } (P) Wirephota of bats after reporting to the tive daty 1 Manager Lou Boudreau (right) CITY COMMISSION, (Continued From Page One) land Adams, Mrs. Smith of th. Navy Officers’ Wives Club, Mrs. Wallace B. Kirke of the Woman's Club, and Fred J. Dion, Jr. Urging the.commission nat tc pass the erdinance was ‘Business man, Pau} Sher, and one other in- dividual who did not himself A. Maitland Adams, former Jed the sound truck > > and that it shopld be Max Marmorstein, owner of the Casa Marina, 1 the truck was the pst. nuisanes that ever hit Key West, and t it was ‘cheap’ publicity. He was labeled “Millionaire Comedian” by DeKenno undoubtedly — for |Marmorstein’s reference to “Mom's” on Stock Island which gave the audience a good laugh. Col. H. E. Pace. retired Army officer. told of attending a re- cent funeral. He declared that he was standing about 25° from the grave, but couldn't hear the Pastor's message, but could hear the sound truck say | Something about 24 or 25 girls at a local night club. Besides a signed petition from {200 Navy Officers’ Wives, Mrs. | Wallace Kirke stated 150 mem- bers of the Woman's Club also opposed the sounc truck. She said that many Navy night ‘flyers have been interrupted in their sleep by this ‘sound truck.’ City Commissioner Louis M. J Eisner presented three letters opposing the sound trucks. One | was from the Key West Minis- | | terial Association and signed by Father John Armfield, and Rev. W. J. Ashworth. | Eisner told how he had given |DeKenno a deposit for some | future sound-truck advertisement lin the interest of his candidacy. He stated that he would not use the truck, but would allow | DeKenno to keep the deposit. “In view tonight's happen- ling, any candidate who would use a sound truck, would be very foolish, indeed,” said Eisner. Other matters completed were: Purchase of three traffic lights at a cost of $514.50. These lights will be installed at Palm and Eaton, Flagler and White, Flag- ler and First. Commissioner Delio Cobo asked that lights be oxen at the corners oy Margaret ahd Caroline © and Duval, Front | from th Z . Van Ingen & Co., | New ‘York ‘for)$2,980.25. | Referred a proposéd lease | agreement between the city and \the Humane Society to City | Manager Dave King. Mrs. Janice NANCY SAWYER; (Continued From Page One) gram the pair repeated and with another number. Janet Brown offered a tap routine and winner Nancy Saw- ver recited “Aunt *Tabitha.” Lanky king Frank Veliz brought down the house with his | Sinatra like rendition of “Sep- tember Song.” Looking properly {undernourished, the dark haired | monarch acknowledged the ap plause with a happy grin. Runnerup Bill Neblett teamed with Margaret Little in a tango jroutine and later offered a solo Jon the Sousaphone no mean feat Peggy Pinder scored in a dead- pan comic ballet routine and | silvery voiced Allene Speer prov- ed to be the hit of the evening | with her professional rendition ‘of “Sweethearts Song.” | Barbara Nelson displayed her | piano artistry with “Maleguena” }Glendora Sawyer, Dolores Perez and Janet Brown in a quartet ar t rangement of Sentimental | rs | J.wney | Past Key West Queen selec: ‘tions were represented: last night | identify | sound | . " Play Starts = The Tonight In WEATHERMAN Net Tourney Says Page 3 Forecast La Semana Alegre iv aun is Matches Wi Key West an icinity: Partly Tennis Will clo sity and continued. warm to- Feature Fast Net Play increasing cloudiness with On Bayview Courts anc possibly thunder- “ and Wednesday Wednesday | With all preliminary elimination orning. ere complete, a select field of | \foderate to fresh southerly shift- a tonight Cooler eight teams starts play tonight in| occasionaty moder- ing to fresh, the La Semama Alegre Doubles! oti}, stro : - 3 strong northerly winds | Championship. ‘The tournament ap | yiminishing Wednesday night and | Pears to be a wide open affair | phursday | With no team given a definite dia: Mostly cloudy with | edge. j 3c @ showers in north a! Peter Varela and Coach Van are portions today. Partly seeded first but both players are dy with showers in south portion tonight. Cooler in ex treme north portion this after- noon and colder in north portion tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy, not quite up to par and appea: to have no better chance of win | anig than three or four other top | | combinations. Other seeded combi. ‘ Rations are John McNulty and Pau’! cooler in south portion. Esquinalde who are seeded sec Jacksonville thru the Floride ‘ond, Roberts Smith and Jack Seli-| Straits and East Gulf of Mexico: ers seeded third and John and Don! Fresh winds, south to southeast Cruz seeded fourth. Darkhorse of | over south portion and south to the tournament appears to be the | southwest over northern Rortion new Navy combination of Robin-| shifting to northerly over north son and Zwilling. | portion tonight. Wednesday, mod- Tournament play begins at 7:15 | erate to fresh north to northeast | P. m. on the Bayvieiw Park Courts winds. Mostly cloudy with show- and alt players are asked to be ov in north portion teday ana ir tiime or be defeated. Semi-finals | -outh portion tonight. wilt be played tomorrow and the }finals on Thursday night. Matches tonight are as follows: Varela-Van vs, Howard James | Earl Yates. Leo Carey-Frank. Reberts..vs. | Report Observations taken at City Office 9:00 AM. EST Key West, Fla, March 4, 1952 , Roberts Smith-Jack- Sellers vs + jon Vates-Harvey Sellers VS.| Highest yesterday 8 MeNuity-Esquinaldo. nat < tok ele “4 ~ Mean 79 GEORGE G. GOMEZ Normal ot (Centinved From Page One) al | Department be! six years, =~ Precipitation ; Deputy Sheriff for one year, U. S. | rota) tast 24 hours ins Deputy Matshal for two years, Su-/‘Totai this month I= | pervisor Civilian Guard Naval OP- | Deficiency this month. _ 14 ins. erating Base for three veurs, and ‘Total this year 3.75-ins T have operated my own business | Excess this year ‘2 ins. | tor the last five years. 1 would like to impress upon the Relative Humidity at 00 A.M. | voters of the County that if elect wr } 1 pledge to give full time to the of- fice and insist it be conducted in a, | sourteous, businesslike manner. Barometer (Sea Leven 8:00 A.M I feet that I am qualified for the | job and appreciate your con-— |sideration in the coming May Pri- | | mary——George Gomez. * i 30.00 ins.—1025.9 mbs, other | | and Clara Thompson teamed with | Sunrise 2; (Pd. Pol. Adv.) Sonea | Moonrise County Solons “= as ei * i ‘Meet Tonight — Tides Monroe County Commitiont| ava | an Spletbeir cobular soccting tol oaateettee night at the courthouse. Road building on the Keys and| 7.5m gga wan. | other problems will be brought be-| 5:21 pm. 10:12 am. be were Ca White, president of the society,! ADDITIONAL TIDE stated that it was —— eee ee have a private loan finance the) construction ; jon of a fireproof build- Peng ie betas — ‘Approved Dave King’s recom: | _ (bridge) ———~ch « mendation that a veternarian be | ¥¢ Name Key contacted in Miami to come to| (east end) —-+2h 30m the city for three or four days Boca Chica monthly, until a resident vet | oe ae i in resumes resi- | =a ine ce Ym Instructed City Attorney Les- +48 ter to contact Coral Gables, Nerth {—)—Minus sign: Correction Miami, relative to acquiring an to be subtracted. ordinance on itinerant photo- ‘+)—Plus sign: — Corrections v | graphers that is said to be very | be added. ‘fective. The allied photo. graphers of Key West) maue the request, Called for bids on of a new sexton construction | lion tons. house. City) $4,000 is budgeted for f i We Are Prepared To Furnish You : With Clear, Pure ‘ Cube » Crushed ICE % ram by Kathy Mc- a a Christmas Queen of 1951; Gloris | aceveso, ims soos Quen: | ‘Thompson Enterprises, Inc. Mrs. MacAlister, 1952 Mrs.} March’ of Dimes Vi Anne (ICE DIVISION) Queen in 1951 and Deanna er, 1952 March of Dimes EY WEST. FLORIDA ise