The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 19, 1952, Page 5

Conch Gridders Open Tonight With | Gesu Of Miami; Capacity Crowd Seen Key West, showing the symptoms of a severe case of football fever will witness the birth of a new grid- ron rivalry tonight when the high- ly rated Gesu High eleven journeys here from Miami to open the 1952 gridiron campaign. | A crowd of 5,000 fans is expected | ‘o flock to Wickers field to take a} ‘ook at Coach Ed Beckman’s shifty Conchs who are starting their sec-| ond season of high school football | (m many years. | Gesu, who is rated a pretty good) vet for the South Florida Catholic conference title is loaded with vet- wrans and their weight advantage | f at least 20-pounds per man is going to be a tough factor for the ocals to overcome. | Beckman 1s basing his hopes for} & win on a sharp passing attack! with quarterback Joe Pineda on the tossing end. Johnny Cruz will han-j} ile whatever running attack the onchs decide to use. The balance of the starting backfield, which av-| ‘rages but 150-pounds has shown a} very fast attack working from a| f-Formation and anything can hap-! den if they break loose. | An idea of what is in store from the Conch rooting section can be aad by last night’s pep-game rally when hundreds of football-crazed Key West grid fans, and their par- mts, whipped up a_ tremendous iisplay of enthusiasm starting with | \ 20-car motorcade through down- | own Key West led by a Police es-| tort with screaming sirens at dusk. | The group wended its way to the} Monroe County Beach where they) durned‘a small coffin, representing | Gesu in effigy. | Coach Nippy DeDomincis of Gesu reports that “his boys are physica ly and mentally ready.” The Gesu offense is built around 165-pourd quarterback Tommy Martone, who has been nursing an injury but wii rt and probably see limited service. | Captain Mike Lopez, fullback, Jim Morano, halfback and Bill Hut- shinson, left half, all lettermen somplete the Gesu backfield. ; With a pair of crack ends Dennis David and Dave Bates, Gesu is ¢ pected to unlimber a passing at- tack this evening. With the Kickoff slated for 8:15 p. m. in the “Conch Bowl’, the girls pep squad has slated some anusual pre-game activities. The Key West high school band will} ye on tap for the halftime show. Ls k | Beauteous Conch Boosters BASEBALL THURSDAY'S RESULTS By The Associated Press National League No games American League No games Florida International League Play- | offs. Miami 3 Miami Beach 1 (Series tied, 2-2) Today's Games By The Associated Press American League Detroit at Cleveland (night) Philadelphia at New York (night) Boston at Washington (ight) Only games National League Brooklyn at Boston New York at Philadelphia (night) St. Louis at Chicago Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (night) % Code Of Ethies Citizen Staff Photo THE QUINTET OF BEAUTIES pictured above helped make the pre-game Key West High School football rally last night a noisy affair. Festivities included a motorcade and bonfire at County Beach, Theme of the affair—BEAT GESU. Football fans attending the Un- iversity of Florida’s opening game with Stetson, Saturday night at 8:00 will get their musical dollars worth. Florida Field to provide music for a crowd expected to number around 20,000. Florida Coach Bob Woodruff has issued invitations for high school bands to attend the game as guests of the University. Ten Florida | schools have accepted the invita- tion, A. A. Beecher, director of the Division of Music at the Univer- sity, has designated members of the Gator Band to act as hosts and guides to the high school bandsmen during their stay on the campus. The high school bands and their Final Drills GAINESVILLE lights for the Coach the this (m—Under second time Bob Woodruff his Florida Gators through a two- | hour session of play patterns and defensive work Thursday night. The Gators, taking the respite from the broiling sun, responded quickly to the cool night air and displayed their sharpest practice form of the season. Two platoons each of defensive directors who will attend are: Bradford County High, Carl Rob- jerts; Branford High, Annie F. sent | against B squad opposition in what might have been considered a pre- | view of the squad formations to be thrown against Stetson in the | Gators’ opener Saturday night. Working on one offensive line were Ends Jack O’Brien and Len Rossefer; Bunnell High, Jack B. Holt; Chipley High, M. C. Thomp- son; Gainesville High, Bardwell M. Around 900 musicans will be at | Donaldson; Palataka High, William Turnbull; P. K. Yonge High, Victor J. Karhu; Weirsdale School, Will- iam Ledue; Williston High, William J. Stark; and Sarasota High, V. D. Sturgis. Several other high school bands including the crack 100 piece out- fit from Winter Haven have in- dicated they might attend. Also on hand will be the 100-mem- ber Gator Band and the 50-mem- ber unit from Stetson. Col. Harold B. Bachman is Gator Band Direct- or and Richard Feasel is Director of the Hatter Band. Officials of the Universities have stated that since the game occurs before regular classes and rehear- sals start, the two university bands John Ham- y with Joe \Dan Hunter, onary }mock and Sonny Ma | Wright at center. | The second defensive line had Charles Manning and Don Barnes at ends with Dewayne Douglas and Billy Burke at tackles, Andy Jones embarks on a ¢ Pe Scone Of F cotball A $$$ ee U. Of Fla. Opener Set Sat. will not be prepared to preform their customary maneuvers on the | fineld. However, a spectacular opening ceromony involving all 900 bands- men is planned. Each band will make a brief entrance to the cen- | ter of the field, and when all are | assembled Richard Feasel wil: con- |duct the combined bands in Go- | Hatters-Go; Col. Bachman will dir- ect them in The Orange and Blue; and Roy V. Wood of Winter Haven | will conduct the Stars Spangled Banner. Exhibition drills by several of the high school bands will con- | stitute the half time show, and the combined bands will play addition- al selections from a gaint seating formation in the north stands while baton twirling squadsof the ‘bands perform on the field, and offensive’ players worked Balas, Tackles Claude Davis and | and Hubert Brooks at guards and Larry Dyal over the ball | Defensively the Horton and Mikey Kelly at ends. Charlie LaPradd and John Hatch at tackles, Joe D'Agostino and Art | Wright at guards. For Grid Coaches Is Drawn Up By BILL RICHARDSON ALBUQUERQUE (?—Picture if you will, a football game anytime after next January. Before the game, meets his rival, shakes warmly and exchanges tries about the weather, the kids and the missus. hands —: SPORTS — pleasan- | Next. In th Friday, September 19, 1952 Scouts Slate The third annual Naval Base Golf Tournament has started and to qualify, an 18-hole qualifying ~ | Swim Meet For Tonigh if or ong t | score (stroke play), must be turn- jed in to the golf pro, Joe Lo- Competition will be keen tonight | between the various troops of Key | Pez, Sr., at the Key West Golf | West scouts at the first annual/Club not later than Sunday jaan meet for the Monroe County | evening, 28 September 1952. lian eee eee ee | Match play flights will be sponsored by the Rotary Club, | formed according to the qualify- Troop 54 sponsored by the Lions’) iM8 score so that each flight will | Club, Troop 253 sponsored by St. | be even as far the scores | Mary’ Star of the Sea, and Ship turned in are concerned. Sixteen | 250 sponsored by the Fleet Reserve | Players will form one flight and |of Key West. The meet will be the losing eight in each flight jheld at 7 p. m. tonight, Friday, Will form a consultation flight. September 19th, at the Enlisted! You have one week for each Men’s Swimming Pool at the Naval| round of matches and _ if you | Station. All scouts and Scoutets| happen to miss when you are are requested to enter the Naval! scheduled, the rules committee Station by the main gate as an in-| will have to figure that one out. dividual unit. | The winner and runner-up of The events will be a 50 yard free as under 80 Ibs., 80 Ibs. to 100 Ibs., and| be Mayor C. B. Harvey acting as for boys over 100 Ibs. The next} Chief Judge and Captain H. Pay- event is a 25 yard breast stroke,| Son and Lt. Richard P. Pawson as j then a rescue race where life say-| Judges and Timers. The starter ing practices are used. An undress-| will be Lt. William Brown attached ing race, which should bring many| to SurAsDevDet. |laughs as the boys will be jump-| The purpose of this meet is to | ing into the water fully clothed and! create a little friendly competition | will be required to swim the length; among the troops in Key West and | of the pool. The fifth event is fancy | also will help prepare the boys | judged on the following div a| for the annual South Florida Coun- |plain front or swan dive, jack-| cil Swimming Meet that is held in tional dives. The life line race is to be held on the 27th of September sevent one swimmer /at the Venetian Pools in Coral Ga- hands a) bles. and then wims across the pool. rope to the next man, The whistle blows, and the coach | the third man is towed across the sits demurely on the bench, his hands folded in repose. Occasionally he turns to one of | tired swimmer so he can be pulled the players on the bench and re- quests: “Malinkowski be so good as to go in there and tell the right guard he just doesn’t seem to be feeling up to snuff today and to come sit down for a while.” There’s a fumble and the official awards the ball to the other club and adds a 20 yard penalty on the coach’s team. “Tsk, tsk,’’ says the coach tak- ing a few notes Coaches might have to act along those lines under a new code of ethics drawn up by seven of the nation’s top football coaches. Dudley DeGroot, head coach at the University of New Mexico, has released terms of the code which phe locked to the press for 15 min- will be presented to the American Football Coaches Association at it’s January meeting. It 4s ex- pected to be approved. DeGroot is chairman of a com mittee appointed by the Board of Trustees of the AFCA to draw up a code governing coaches’ con- duct. It calls for: ying towel on how statements many players line had Bob | have been lost through injuries or | scholastic shortcomings No participation in football polls, game of the week guessing con tests or rating systems. No squabbling in the public press to} | are | pool. The purpose of this is to see! how fast a rope can be taken to a| safely ashore. The last two events | a Senior and Junior relay. Awards will be presented at the next Court of Honor. | The officials for the meet will, with the school administration, the | athletic council or the officials. | On the positive side, coaches coaches would have to be courte- | ous to the officials, rival coaches | and players on, the bench. | If there are any gripes about | the officiating, there’s to be no public display or mention in the | newspapers. A letter should be | written to the group which assigned | the official whose judgment is | challenged. The dressing room doors would utes following each game to allow the coach time to cool off and to prevent the “we were. robbed” | comments which regularly crop up. Any infraction of the code could bring suspension or expulsion from the coaches’ association. | Cor. Greene and Simonton Sts. ‘ on Glen FREE ESTIMATES GLADLY GIVEN WILSON’S AUTO TRIM G. E. SCHMUTZ, Mgr. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | | BENCH VIEWS | B | JACK K. BURKE ,each flight will be awarled @ trophy as their prize. If you haven't already signed |up, do so now and let’s have all the Navy men play in this tour- nament. There is no fee, all you !have to do is play, on your Navy | Golf card, of course. One last reminder for the day. If you haven't planned to attend the opener of the Key West High School football team tonight at | Wicker’s Stadium against Gesu of Miami, well, my friend, you are going to miss the curtain jraiser of one of the best high school teams in the state as far as as their class of ball is con- cerned. 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