The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 29, 1952, Page 5

Monday, September 29, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page § onch Gridders Will Have Two Weeks Of Drills Before Facing Lake Worth The Key West Conch football —— squad who returned from Pa- hokee Saturday after racking up their second gridiron victory of | | the 1952 season, face two weeks of rest before they tackle their third opponent of the campaign, | when they go up against a tough | Lake Worth eleven here, a week from Friday. Canny Ed Beckman who has masterminded the Conchs to a pair of impressive wins to date. summed up the Friday night's 26-7 verdict over Pahokee when he said, “We de a few mis- takes, but fewer than against Gesu.” Beckman said that in particu- lar, a fourth period fumble gave the Pahokee team a score. ~ Generally, the Conch mentor went on record as being pretty well pleased with his squad. He said that the starting backfield performed flawlessly and the line particularly guards Tom West and Peter Knight, showed well The return of Ralph White who layed a full game of defensive football at left end, helped the Conch cause along. The injury of John Cruz, who left the game with a_ badly sprained ankle was a blow to the Key West offense. However, Cruz is expected to pe in shape for the battle with Lake Worth. In Friday’s game the Conchs were up against a situation where the opposing line was weak in the center and tough on the out- side and the Key West running attack ripped off consistently Yong gains through the middle. The Conch passing attack also clicked well with Joe Pineda’ on the tossing end. Lucy Gonzalez also turned in a good all-round performance. The score might have been even larger, but Beckman used some 31 men in an effort to build up cepth for the tough schedule remaining this year. Beckman said today, “If we can get past the next four games against Lake Worth, Seacrest, St Mary’s and Belle Glade, it will be an exceptional season for us All of them are undefeated al- though Lake Worth battled to a 19-19 tie at Fort Pierce last week. Lake Worth, who captured a 22-12 win over the Conchs last year, was scouted well by the Conchs in last week's encounter and according to word from that city the club has a lof of razzle dazzle from a split T formation Beckman is planning a tough week of drills to sharpen up the Conch offense which is emanating from a single wing although the Key West high command is toy- ing with a T formation. Next week's drills will stress defense against a simulated Lake Worth attack. The Key West menta the boys reatly | current season cessful Dressen Won't Talk On Series Hurler Choice By JOE REICHLER YORK, ‘@—The Amer n New York Yankees 49th prod . | This column made a favorable From The Press Box By OSCAR MILIAN Congratulations, Key West High. 2 in a row and a mighty good start. The boys looked brilliant at Pahookee last Friday night with! Joe Pineda, Lucy Gonzalez and Johnny Cruz sparkling all the way with some mighty tricky team work, Here is a good one for you, and a very odd one at that. A couple of} boxing fans were trying to make | some kind of a bet that wouldn't involve money, last week just be- | fore the Walcott-Marciano heavy- ; Weight championship fight took | place. Fan No. 1 made a few sug- | gestions as to what kind of a bet to place including piggy back rid- \ing, wheel barrell rolling and a | number of other novelties, which |fan No. 2 didn’t agree to. Then all | of a sudden fan No. 2 jumps up |from his chair as though he had been stucked with a needle and said “tell you what, if Joe Walcott wins or loses, answers the bell in the fifteenth round, I pledge my- self to give 50 votes in favor of the DOG TRACK. Name of fan No. 2 withheld by request, he is bitterly against the track. A few softball motes: Frank Evans, manager and owner of the Little Leaguers club who perform- ed this season under that name, deserves a lot of credit for the| untiring work and effort to make| diamond ball a real entertaining| and recreation sports in Key West. | Mr. Evans introduced the Donkey game here this season and then| later sponsored an all-girl team. | Remember how exciting the games} with the gals were? Did you] notice the guys with ages ranging| better than 50 who brought their field glasses along Just a couple of weeks ago, centerfielder Darrel Pilgrim of the General Electric softball club was all excited. “What seems to be troubling Darrell?’’ asked _ first {baseman Jim Foley. ‘Well,’ an- swered Tommy Saunders, ‘Dick Carpenter just received a telephone call from league president Paul Al- bury that we are scheduled to play Coca Cola tonight.” “What!” | screamed Jack Niles. ‘Here it is 5 jo’clock in the afternoon and we get last minute notice to play the top team in the league, how can we get our players together in time for the game?’ Concluded Niles 0 lo arreglamos ahora | mismo.”* said Mr. Pilgrim, walking | towards a telephone. | | prediction last week when it picked ‘Rocky Marciano to be the next heavyweight champion of the world via the knockout route. Now this corner names the New York Yan | kees to best the Brooklyn Dodgers |in the baseball classic which be- Army Grudge Gave Start To Marciano By MURRAY ROSE NEW YORK (P—A grudge fight with a camp bully and a defeat in an “amateur” bout started Rocky Marciano on the way to the heavyweight championship. The path to the golden throne began in Wales in 1945 while Rocky was serving overseas with the 150th Combat Engineers. Some of his Army buddies complained to good natured Rocky about a big Texan who was throwing his weight around in camp. “This guy was making things un- Pleasant for a lot of the boys,” said Rocky the other night at a victory dinner. ‘‘He was roughing them up, stealing their girls, and was a real louse. The boys kept asking me to take him on and give him a lesson. “No, I wasn’t boxing then. But I had a reputation of being a tough guy because I was pretty rough in football and in the baseball games. I also had some sessions with three wrestlers who tried to pin me and couldn't. “Finally I agreed to fight this guy. It was on a Saturday after- noon, I think. The boys formed a circle, and we put on the gloves. I stopped him in two rounds. He quit while he was on the ground. He stopped bothering the fel- lows.” When he returned to the States, Rocky was shipped to Ft. Lewis in Washington. He began fooling around with the gloves. About three months before he was due for his discharge, he received a furlough. “It just happened that when I got to Brockton an amateur show was being put on there,” said Rocky. ‘I asked the promoter to get me a fight as I needed some dough. I was a hometown boy with a lot of friends from my football and baseball days, and so he gave me a semifinal. I got $25, and I Jost the decision.” Rocky went back to Ft. Lewis and took up boxing in earnest. He continued as a successful amateur until ‘48 when he persuaded Man- ager Al Weill to guide his ring future Weill, a shrewd judge of fighters and boxers’ styles, didn’t think much of the crude youngster at first. The Brockton boy’s wallop finally convinced the portly mana- ger and trainer Charley Goldman that it was worth wasting a little time with the eager, solidly built New Englander. They booked Rocky for five nights in Providence, R. I. — all of which he won by quick knock- outs — before they saw him in ac tion in a regular bout. Rocky ran his kayo streak to 15 before he was forced to go 10 to outpoint Don Mogard, a clutch and run fighter who was out to go the limit. Win after win followed. Some were over inept punching bags to build up Rocky's reputation and confidence, and some were over gins Wednesday afternoon, October 1. Don't be surprised if the Sten ‘ ng will make it in four. As a ‘ neral rule that is an old Yan-} kee tradition Alfred Brost, one of those rabid Conch baseball fans, who gets a kick when they yell “kill attended ev t Wicke iculat e between the Mian n Sox t Key West (¢ s. The leading 4 to 3 at the th inning. In the top the Sun Sox took ad two infield errors, a over 3 by th t wa Max Macon ; name fighters who were over the hill, The narrow decision victory over classy Roland la Starza in 1950 moved him into the topflight. The rest is history. Rex Layne. , Joe Louis. . Lee Savold . . Gino Buonvino . . nolds . . the ballyhooed Harry Kid) Matthews and then Jersey Joe Walcott How does it feel to be the champ? “Great! Gee, great’ I can't tell you how much It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. id. Rock sa Rocky e to center, Macon with catcher Frank Dunlap's to third base who quickly p to Tom MeCali coverin Mevall didn’t make atch the ball as t ention ¢ re Charlie Wi Macon safe a ans were in Bernie Rey. | Pe Aaa adaaaaaaaaaAADAL Bench Views JACK Pg BURKE ) | Grapevine Items | | Received word via Miami that | Joe Pineda was the man most res- {ionsible for the Key West Conchs victory over Pahokee Friday night by a score of 26-7. By this action it | looks like that the stars of last year | have decided to play football in- stead of trying to play by their press clippings. This week the boys remain idle due to an open date and Ed Beck- man will put his charges through the fundamentals that need the most correcting. | Divot Diggings Winners of yesterday's Big League at the Key West Golf in- | cluded a new name, besides those who usually win of Joe Foley, shooting in the number four | position. Others were Joey Lopez, this makes the eighth straight; Bill Plowman, whose name is now, never fail or sure bet; and V. Vin- son. Plowman has been accused of unethical tacti but nothing can be proved. It’s just his luck, that is, always in the winnings. ‘City Softball Championship ‘To Be Decided 4 | The Coca Cola softball nine will | meet the Navy team tonight in the ; first game of a double header in |the Island City Softball loop at Bayview Park. The game will get | underway at 7:30 p. m. The winner of the second half championship will be decided tonight. Coca Cola | | is currently a half game behind the General Electric nine for the lead. | | In the second game, General Electric will meet VX-1. A GE win coupled with a Coca Cola loss would force a playoff for the league championship since the Coke boys captured the first half crown. Gain First Place In Navy Bowling by Trudy Cochran The victorious USO-NCCS came through with flying colors last bowling, day and forged ahead to the first place posiiton. They were the only team who wrested all four |points from their opponent, the |USO-YMCA. Honors went to USO }NCCS in all scores. This time a third member of their team, Ruby were not three lemons either) with |a beautiful high triple of 578. Her | three games were 177, 217 and 184. as is her high triple. {ing her up to the hilt, thus enabl- ing them to roll a new high scratch team game of 863 and a high scart team -game of 863 and a high scratch team set of Team St Uso-NCCS OpDevSta CPO NavSta CPO USS CERO NavAirSta USO-YMCA SPORTS MIRROR 7 Of 12 Dodger Hurlers Were First Year Men USO-NCCS Keglers, Caldwell, hit the jack pot (these | | The 217 high single for the week is | now the high single in the league | Ruby's tear mates were back- | TO THE VOTERS of MONROE COUNTY: Tomorrow is election day! The culmination of many months of effort on the part of the Key West Kennel Club to acquaint you with information con- cerning dog tracks, will take place tomorrow. The Key West Kennel Club urges every voter to exercise his or her American privilege of expression of opinion. Our stockholders want to know emphat- ically whether Monroe County wishes this dog track or not. If you want it, come out to the polls and cast your vote, so you can let us hear your roar of welcome. On other hand, ‘if you do not want the track, tell us so emphatically! But above all... GET OUT AND VOTE! e think that the dog track will bene- fit Monroe County. It will help your tourist trade, provide additional entertainment and will bring additional payrolls and capital to Key West. We have cited statements from businessmen of other localities the best proof that the dog track will not harm the economy of Key West. If we have not con- vinced you of this by now, then we certainly couldn't do it at this late date by anything we say in this ad. If you yourself are not sure of the answer, then we ask you to rely on the statements of the Hotel Associations in other communities, the sheriffs and others whom we have quoted. After all, these people have had experience with dog tracks and should know. The Key West Kennel Club is provid- ing free transportation to the polls for ALL voters, whether or not they favor the dog track, Use this transportation. Vote! We ask vou to look favorably upon and attempt to bring this dog track to Monroe County. Let us help Key West Grow. VOTE “YES” TOMORROW Thank you, THE KEY WEST KENNEL CLUB. VOTE Y*S FOR APPROVAL OF DOG TRACK PERMIT ON SEPT. 30TH ANY MONROE COUNTY VOTER WHO REGISTERED PRIOR TO ALG. KEY WEST KF.NNEL CLUB 31, 1952, CAN VOTE!