The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 26, 1952, Page 6

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, September 26, 1952 Conch Footballers Face Pahokee Tonight In Quest Of Second W The Key West High School Foot- x. ball squad left by bus early this morning for Pahokee where they wi” “ce that club in an effort to rack up their second win of the current gridiron season. Coach Ed Beckman reports that bis s© d is in good sha- both mentally and physically and that if the locals can solve the Pahokee split T formation and get their passing attack functioning, they should score a repeat of last year’s 19-6 victory. ‘The biggest worry for the Conchs, Beckman said is overconfidence stemming from last week’s easy victory over Gesu High of Miami. The return of Ralph White to the lineup, after he was incapacitated due to an injury is expected to help the Conch defensive setup to a great extent. Again Joe Pineda and Don Cruz are expected to handle the brunt of the Key West attack, Pineda with his good right arm to heave pass- es and Cruz with his snake hipped running ability. John Vernette and Lucy Gonzalez will be on tap to block and handle Pineda’s aerials. Coach Web Pell of Pahokee re- ports that his boys, in their seasons opener are loaded for bear in an effort to avenge last season’s de- feat here. Pell has'a goodly number of holdovers and a strong line is expected to harrass the Conchs. Marciano Had Huble Start (This is the second in a series of thre rticles on Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano) By MURRAY ROSE NEW YORK (# — Like most box- ing champions, Rocco Marchegi- ano, better known as Rocky Mar- comes from a humble home. Born on Sept. 1, 1924, Rocky is the eldest son of an Italian immi- grant who migrated to the bustling shoe manufacturing town of Brock- ton, Mass. Rocky has two brothers, Louis and Peter, and three sisters, Alice, Concetta and Betty. His 58-year-old father, Perrino Marchegiano, was gassed’ during the first world war while serving overseas with the AEF. His mo- ther, Pasqualena, is a short, stout, black-haired woman whose eyes fill with tears when she talks about Rocky. Rocky was destined to be a champion. Shortly after he let loose his first holler as a 13%- pound baby, his father received a congratulatory card with the im- print of a pair of boxing gloves on it. The card: “Hail to the champ.” His mother didn't like the idea of Rocky being a fighter. She never has seen him fight A bruising football center and a baseball ‘catcher in his pre-fight days, Rocky likes tough contact sports. He likes the attention he gets although he is very modest about it. He never has disappointed an autograph seeker. “TI like to fight. I hope to go on fighting for a long time,” said Rocky following his knockout of Jersey Joe Walcott to win the heavyweight title after less than five years as a pro fighter. The dollar still is a big thing with Rocky although he soon may be a millionaire. He never had much spending money when he a kid. Now that he can have anything his heart desires, he still delights in ordering meals sent up to his Hurri ami Tonigh MIAMI (® — Some 33,000 fans will turn out tonight to see an inexperienced University of Miami football team open a tough 1l- game schedule against Virginia Military Institute. Although most of the stars who carried Miami to the Orange and Gator Bowls in succession are gone, the Hurricanes will be 21- point favorites when they line up for the kickoff at 8:15 p.m. EST. VMI dropped its opening con- test to William and Mary last week, 34-14, while Miami warmed up with a pre-season exhibition victory over a seasoned Fort Jack- son team, 14-6. Graduation left big holes in Mi- ami’s offensive and defensive Coach Andy Gustafson, are ‘“‘un- proven and inexperienced.” But he expects to have a hustling club that may “surprise someone in the late season.” There’ll be four new faces in the Hurricanes’ opening offensive backfield. Don James, a junior who heretofore has been in the anony- mous position of placekick holder, will start at quarterback. With James will be three sopho- mores—Fullback Bob Mosketti and Halfhacks Bob Taro and Gor- don Malloy. This combination has produced only eight yards in collegiate com- petition. Taro made one five-yard gain and Mosketti one turee-yard advance last fall. VMI's attack troops will be strengthened by the return of Full- back George Chumbley, who saw service in only five plays against William and Mary but reeled off two gains of more than 15 yards each on a bad ankle. Coach Tom Nugent, who made football even more complicated by introducing the “I” formation at VMI, said he felt his Keydets could make it “interesting” for Miami if his inexperienced defense “can get the football for us.” pila candles ns hotel suite. He urges others to do it. “1 get a kick out of watching the waiter bring it in.” Rocky met his wife, Barbara, daughter of a retired police ser- geant, at a dance in Brockton. “T told her, ‘I can’t dance much.’ She said okay. We hit it off right away.” His wife watches all of his boxing bouts and will have a child next month, she went to Philadelphia last Tuesday to see him win the championship. The champ and his wife are now celebrating his victory in New York. When Rocky started out as a pro boxer, Manager Al Weill told him it would be better to cut down the long Marchegiano handle to something more simple. He had fought once as Rocky Mack and j that name was suggested along | with Rocky Marsh. “No,” Rocky said. “Let’s make it Marciano, At least that sounds | Italian.” The champ left high school in | his sophomore year to go to work. | He didn’t like to study and was restless in class. He drifted aimlessly from one job to another until he was drafted | when he was 18. That was the | making of the champion. He began | boxing while in the service. SPECIALS C. P. SHOWERHEAD BeLEICOGCK PLASTIC HOSE _...________25 ft. PLASTIC HOSE ___ 2S >: ne «5 AER-O-WAX 20-Gal. GARBAGE CANS - +e eg 1.99 3.50 6.50 25 1.75 3.49 ook ___ ett gel UNPAINTED KITCHEN TABLE, 4 CHAIRS We Harve Full L Material --- Pipe- Key West 211 SIMONTON S$* 39.95 ine of Plumbing Fittings, Fixtures Supply Co. TELEPHONE 378 —: SPORTS -— BASEBALL THURSDAY’S RESULTS By The Associated Press New York 3 Boston 2 American League Detroit 3 St. Louis 2 Only games National League |New York 3 Boston 2 St. Louis 4 Cincinnati 3 Only games Today Is Flag Day For Yanks By ORLO ROBERTSON Associated Press Sports Writer This is flag day for the New York Yankees. A victory over the Athletics at Philadelphia tonight will give Ca- sey Stengel’s men their fourth straight American League pennant — a feat in major league history accomplished only by Joe McCar- thy’s 1936-39 Yanks and John Mc- Graw’s National League Giants of the roaring 20s. To try to wrap up the pennant and earn the right to meet the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series opening next Wednesday at Ebbets Field, Stengel will send the junkman of his pitching staff, southpaw Eddie Lopat, against young Harry Byrd of the A’s. Lopat, back in the groove after suffering back miseries during the ‘summer, has won his last five starts for a 10-5 record. Byrd, day, carried a 15-14 mark into the game. There is nothing the runner-up Cleveland Indians can do about the situation today. They are idle until tomorrow, when they open a two-game final series in Detroit. Trailing by 2% games the Tribe can only hope for a complete collapse by the champions and two triumphs by themselves over the Tigers. Such an outcome would throw the race in a tie and force a one-game play-off in Cleveland Monday. Allie Reynolds, the strong- armed right hander, assured the, Yankees of a tie yesterday as he joined Hal Newhouser, another vet- eran moundsman, in producing the outstanding performances of the day. Reynolds’ 3-2 onquest of the Boston Red Sox was not only an artistic but a financial success since it went a long way toward making each of the Yankee play- ers some five or six thousand dol- lars richer. Newhouser, in the twilight of his 14-year career with the Detroit Tigers, can look for no such fi- nancial gain, however, but his 3-2 \ triumph over the St. Louis zbwons was the 200th of his major league career and placed him in a select group with 54 other pitchers. It was a great day for Reynolds, who a year ago this week pitched a no-hitter against the same Red Sox to clinch the Yanks’ 1951 championship. The pitching of the quarter-blooded Creek Indian was not of that variety yesterday, but he drove in the winning run with a ninth-inning single to rack up his 20th win of the season. Only 569 fans — smallest crowd in Briggs Stadium’s history — saw | the 31-year old Newhouser strike | | out eight, walk only one and pitch out of two bad spots in joining the | comparatively small group of pit- |chers who have won 200 games. | Only two other active pitchers — Bob Feiler and Bob Newsom — are in the group. The only day game in the Na- | | tional League saw the New York Giants clinch second place with a two-run ninth inning rally that | brought a 3-2 vietory over the Bos- | ton Braves. | Relief ace Hoyt Wilhelm, taking | over in the ninth from Jim Hearn, was credited with his 15th pitching | triumph of the year and his second in as many days. Rookie catcher Ray Katt singled home the decisve run. The only night game, like those played in the sunlight, was decided in the ninth inning when the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cin- | cinnati Reds, 43. Billy Johnson's | double and Solly Hemus’ single accounted for the winning tally the Cards scored their 33rd ene-rva victory of the sessoa. Softball Schedule FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26— 73 pm. — Coc 900 pm s Mal of North soe beaten 1-0 by the Yanks last Sun-| 97. SPORTS MIRROR By The Associated Press TODAY A YEAR AGO—Sandy Saddler retained his featherweight title by stopping Willie Pep in the ninth cround of a scheduled 15- rounder. FIVE YEARS AGO — Louise Suggs defeated Dot Kirby, 2 up, to win the Women’s National Ama- teur Golf Title. TEN YEARS AGO—The Brook- lyn Dodgers walloped the Phila- delphia Phils, 8-3, and cut the idle Cardinals’ lead to 1% games. TWENTY YEARS AGO — Max Schmeling stopped Mickey Walker after eight rounds, before 55,000 at Madison Square Garden, MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By The Asseclated Press American League Batting — Fain, Philadelphia, .329; Mitchell, Cleveland, 321; Woodling, New York, .312; Kell, Boston, .311; Mantle, New York, .310. Runs — Avila, Doby and Rosen, Cleveland, 101; Berra, New York, 95; Minoso, Chicago, 94. Runs batted in — Rosen, Cleve- land, 105; Robinson, Chicago, 102; Doby, Cleveland, 101; Zernial, Philadelphia, 98; Berra, New York, Hits — Fox, Chicago, 190; Av- ila, Cleveland, 177; Robinson, Chi- cago, 174; Fain, Philadelphia, 173; Rosen, Cleveland, 171. Home runs — Doby and Easter, Cleveland, 31; Berra, New York, 29; Rosen, Cleveland, Dropo, De- troit, and Zernial, Philadelphia, 28. Pitching — Shantz, Philadelphia, 24-7, .774; Raeschi, New York, 16-6, .727; Reynolds, New York, 20-8, .714; Garcia and Lemon, Cleve- land, 22-11, .667; Lopat, Nea York, 10-5, .667; Dorish, Chicago, 8-4, 667. National League Batting — Musial, St. Louis, .336; Baumholtz, Chicago, .330; Klus- zewski, Cincinnati, .320; Robinson, Brooklyn, .307; Schoendienst, St. Louis, .304. Runs — Robinson, Brooklyn, and Musial, St. Louis, 103; Hemus, | St. Louis, 102; Lockman, New York, 98; Reese, Brooklyn, 93. Runs batted in — Sauer, Chica- go, 121; Thomson, New York, 107; Ennis, Philadelphia, 104; Hodges, Brooklyn, 102; Slaughter, St. Louis, 9. Hits — Musial, St. Louis, 190; Schoendienst, St. Louis, 186; Ad- ams, Cincinnati, 178; Dark and Lockman, New York, 175. Home runs — Sauer, Chicago, 37; Kiner, Pittsburgh, 36; Hodges, Brooklyn, 32; Gordon, Boston, 25; Thomson, New York, 24. Pitching — Yuhas, St. Louis, 12-2, .857; Roe, Brooklyn, 11-2, .846; Black, Brooklyn, and Wil- helm, New York, 15-3, .833; Rob- | erts, Philadelphia, 27-7, .794, Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK (#—Television fans who have quit burning over the j refusal of the boxing trust to let | soled by a ehoice of football games on their screens this Saturday. This may not be generally known, many armchair strategists un- doubtedly being under the impres- sion (as we were) that the Colum- bia-Princeton contest here was to | be the only thing going om a na- tional basis. CBS, which loves foot- | ball as earnestly as the next broad- | casting concern, says this ts a grave misapprehension, and that it plans to pretty well blanket the | country with a blood-curdier be- tween the Cherry Point and Quan- | tico Marines. | CBS has arranged. in fact. to | telecast a service game each Sat- jurday from now through Nov. 29, and is of the profound opinion that it will show a brand of football | second to none, the times being |what they are end the various branches of the armed forces be- | ing loaded with former college aad professional giants Take one team, San Diego Naval | Trainmg Center. Out of a squad | of S2 players the Bise Jeohets are fielding 47 former college players. including mine who earned salanes the Nat Professiona eague a preseasoo charity game the Tars outgained the Las dtossies Rema inst pease maine | “Good as anid.* | | them witness the Marciano-Walcott | | humdinger for free will be con- | Grid Madness YANKS NEED Strikes Nation With Full Slate By E CORRIGAN NEW YORK (# — Autumn’s an- nual madness, college football, swings into full stride tonight and tomorrow from coast to coast with every major team in the country scheduled to get into action. Headed by Michigan State, the No. 1 team in the pre-season As- sociated Press poll, the big boys will flex their muscles against op- ponents who, for the most part, will not play dead when they show up. State, for example, opens with no less an adversary than Michi- gan. The Spartans, who won't count in the Big 10 standings until next year, rule a two-touchdown favorite over the sophomore-laden Wolverines. Tonight’s action also is heavy with some intersectional tussles that will have a bearing on the final outcome in December. South- ern California, which has preten- tions toward the Pacifie’ Coast Conference title, entertains North- western of the Big 10 — almost like a Rose Bow! game. The result should give some indi- cation of how serious a challenge the two schools can throw ‘up against the favorites of the con- ferences — California on the coast and Illinois in the Midwest. California and Illinois, inciden- tally, appear to have e2-~ tasks. Pappy Waldorf’s Golden Bears are prohibitive favorites to trounce Missouri and Illinois goes against Towa State, which proved that it could score when it lashed South Dakota State last week. From an audience standpoint, the big one will bring together a pair of old Ivy League rivals — Princeton and Columbia — in New York. The game will be the weekly televised contest of the NCAA's program. It will be beamed throughout the country except in the Philadelphia area, which will show the Penn-Notre Dame fray. Princeton, which owns the long- est winning streak among the ma- jor colleges — 22 games — will be the choice. Texas and Kansas will be out to prove their opening of last week over Louisiana State and Texas Christian, respectively, were no flukes. The Longhorns meet North Carolina, always a toughie, and Kansas tackles Santa Clara. Texas Christian, the defending champion in the Southwest Con- ference and the favorite to win it again wjli be tested against UCLA. Sport Shorts DELANDAWThe Stetson Hat- ters football team started Thursday for Monroe, La., where it will meet Northeast ‘Louisiana Saturday night. Sa ‘The 42-man.equad is scheduled to work out this afternoon at Pan- ama City and Friday night after the arrival in Monroe. Rain and a soggy practice field again interfered with the Stetson practice session Wednesday. Con- tact work was limited and ball handling and passing was cur- tailed. sional champions, both on the ground and in the air, though beat- en 10 to 0. Two of their standouts are Verl Lillywhite and Jim Monachino, both ex-members of the San Fran- cisco 49ers. One of their ends is Dewey McConnell, who led the na- tion in pass-receiving for Wyom- ing last season. That is only a sampling, but it gives an idea. Jim Weatherall, Oklahoma’s great tackle of recent season, is laying ‘em out for the Quantico Marines. Two other tackie stand- outs of last year, Don Coleman of Michigan State and Bill Permn of Tennessee, are performing for Fort Lee and Fort Belvoir respect- ively. Al Dorow, prize Michigan State halfback of ‘51, is sparking the at- tack of Bolling Field, an outstand- ing Air Force team. Elmer Win- former Maryland star, is on me eleven. Dick Raklovitz, the Big 10’s leading ground gainer while at Mlinois, is at Fort Lee, along with a pair of last year’s Cornell aces, quarter- back Rocco Calve and end Vic Pujo. Great Lakes, whose powerful team won fame during the last war under Coach Paul Brown, is juiced up again with such noted college ball toters at Claude Tal- isferro, who starred im the last Rose Bow! for Dlinois, and Glenn Miller, who did the same for North- western a couple of years back. The list is, of course, far from | | complete, what with something like | 100 Army, Navy, Marine and Air | Force te drawing on the cream of the ex-collegians. It seems safe to say, however, that the best of be between Fort Lee, lest year's undefeated Army champions, sod | Fort Belvow. The Saturday after that will find Fort Knox he’ © reat Lakes The of the Fort Koos om singan | They tell me he’s going to throw | Texas probably will take over the SINGLE By JOE REICHLER PHILADELPHIA (® — The New York Yankees were within a whis- per of winning their fourth suc- cessive American League pennant today but but Manager Casey Sten- gel refused to admit his world champions were in. “We still got to win another game,” the cagy old pilot declared, and the last one might prove to be the toughest of all. No, I won't say we’re in until those other guys (Cleveland) are mathemati- cally eliminated.” Reminded the Yankees needed to win only one of their final three games with the Philadelphia Ath- letics to clinch the flag, Casey re- torted. We haven't won it yet, have we? And don’t forget, Jimmy Dykes (Philadelphia manager) is going to shoot the works against aus. I hear he’s mad at me, too. that young phenom of his Harry Byrd, against us tonight and Sun- day. Yep, those A’s are going to be rough as long as they have a chance to finish third.” Stengel has no faith in the tail- The Horned Frogs don’t figure to lose two in a row, but if they do, favorite’s post Kansas’ victory over TCUcame as a surprise and if the Jayhawks look good again, they might make it a fight with Oklahoma for the Big Seven championship. The Soon- ers play the University of Colora- do, which should present no prob- lem. The nation’s sports writers and | sportscasters voted the University of Maryland the No. 2 team bs the season started but on the basis of the Terrapins’ last-ditch 13-10 | win over Missouri, it’s doubtful if | they’d be accorded the same spot out and Irv Noren on third base GAME end Detroit Tigers, who could ee- sure the Yanes the flag by knock- ing off the Indians in one of their two remaining games with Cleve- land. ‘I can't depend on them,” he | said. “We got to do it ourselves. | And I won't feel easy until we | |win one. I can’t afford to let up | one bit. I'm going with my best | Pitchers—Eddie Lopat tonight. Vic Raschi tomorrow night and Allie | Reynolds Sunday. | “You know, we can still lose it. All we have to do is drop the next four—three to Philadelphia | and one to Cleveland in playoff. It can happen, you know.” “I can't depend on them,” he said. “We got to do it ourselves. | And I won't feel easy until we! | win one. I can’t afford to let up one bit. I'm going with my best | pitchers—Eddie Lopat tonight. Vic Raschi tomorrow night and Allie | Reynolds Sunday. “You know, we can still lose } it. All we have to do is drop the next four—three to Philadelphia and one to Cleveland in playoff. It can happen, you know.” Stengel, naturally, qwas joyful over the three-game sweep in Bos- ton which assured the Yankees of } no worse than a first place tie during the regular playing season. He was especially pleased with the pitching of Reynolds in yesterday's | 3-2 triumph over the Red Sox and the hitting of Mickey Mantle. Reynolds hurled an eight-hitter yesterday to reach the 20-victory | total for the first time in his 10- ) year career in the majors. It was Allie’s ninth inning single with two that snapped a 2-2 tie and broke up the mound duel with S. Hudson. Mantle put on a batting show that Boston: fans will remember if another poll were taken now. They will be out to regain their lost prestige against Auburn. Georgia Tech, another power- house, and probably the best team in the South, warms up gainst Florida. Tennessee, which finished on top of the heap last year and would like to debate the Engineers’ claim to the No. 1 tea min Dixie- land, plays Mississippi State. Other major games: Tonight — Boston College vs. Richmond, Boston U. vs. Sryacuse, Detroit vs. Wichita, U. of Miami (Fla.) vs. UMT, Southern Metho- dist vs. Duke, Temple vs. Albright. Tomorrow — Alabama vs. LSU, Arizona State (Tempe) vs. Colo- rado A & M, Army vs. South Caro- lina, Bucknell vs. LaFayette, Cin- cinnati vs. Kansas State, Clemson vs. Villanova, Cornell vs. Colgate, Georgia vs. Tulane, Holy Cross vs. Dartmouth, Kentucky vs. Mis- sissippi, Navy vs. Yale, North Car- olina State vs. George Washington and Ohio State vs. Indiana. STRAICHT BOURBON WHISKEY of course, sat for a long time. The 20-zyear-old sophomore star smashed a home TS STRUNK LUMBER YARD HAS... 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