The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 30, 1952, Page 5

oca Cola Comes From Behind To Whip Navy In City Softball Loop Coca hind last aight te defeat the Navy,, 10" im the first game of a double-| saader at Bayview Park in the Is- tand City Softball League. The Navy jumped on Gates for five runs in the second inaing when Gates developed two im that inning but three runs crossed the plate on wild pitches the other two. Coca Cola came back in their half of the third on four walks, two singles and a base-clearing triple by John Cruz, They added | three more in the fourth on two) walks, another single by Cruz and} a double by George Lastres, The Navy picked up a_ single tally in the fourth and fifth with- out the aid of a hit. Two erro: produced one in the fourth and a walk, a sacrifice and an outfield| fly netted a run in the fourth. Coca Cola added another in the} fifth on two walks and a single by | Don Cruz. The last marker for Co- ca Cola came in the seventh when Gates doubled and scored on an er- ror. Gibby} ‘Star Charged slight touch of wildness. He walked = ‘ With Rape and two hits and an error produced} | | Cola nad to come from be- +. White Sox CHICAGO (#—Rookie outfielder Jim Rivera was arrested Sunday in the Chicago White Sox club- house on the complaint of a 22- year-old wife of a soldier that he raped her in her apartment Satur- day night Booked for rape but nor formal- ly charged, Rivera was held over- night for questioning by the police sex bureau today. Police said he denied Mrs. Janet Gater’s accusa- tion and told them the attractive brunet statistician submitted will- ingly after inviting him to her South Side apartment. Mrs. Gater told police: She was walking her dog and arrying books and newspapers Saturday when Rivera introduced Johnny Cruz was the big gun for; himself and offered to help after the winners, with a triple and single in five} tries, but George Lastres and Gates each contributed three hits apiece to aid the Coca Cola offense. Alfred Knowles hurled his third no-hitter of the season, as General Electric whitewashed VX-1, 6-1 in the second game of the double- header. Knowles, in registering his ninth | win of the season, struck out nine and walked four. He allowed but three balls to be hit out of the in- tield and not a:man reached third. General Electric gave Knowles what proved to be the winning run in the third when Smith opened the frame by drawing a walk. Af- ter a wild pitch moved him to sec- ; and, Claude Valdez singled him home. Bobby Santana then doubled to score Valdez with the second run, They added three more in the fourth when Clint Warren doubled with one away. Knowles’ single scored Warren and when Smith doubled, Knowles took third. San- tana’s single brought in two more runs. Fi Two walks, a hit batsman and a fly ball netted General Electric their last tally in the sixth. Santana led General Electric's attack with a double and_ single in two official trips to the plate for a perfect night. He drove in three runs. : Yanks Favored | To Take Series Over Dodgers NEW YORK ® — If pitching means anything in a World Series, and it usually does, the New York | Yankees are off to a head start in | their quest of a fourth consecutive world’s championship. Headed by their big chief Allie Reynolds, the American League's earned run leader, Casey Stengel's mound staff, 11 strong is a well rested crew as they prepare for | ished the first game against the Brook lyn Dodgers tomorrow in Ebbets Field, driving in four runs | seeing some of the books slip out of her arms. He accompanied her to her apartment, pushed his way in ahead of her, and refused to leave when she asked him. He advised her, “Take it easy.” She served him a bottle of pop and she had a cup of coffee with him before he forced her into a | bedroom. She called police who said the alleged attack was confirmed by examination at a hospital. She identified Rivera as her assailant while he played baseball Sunday in the final game of the season against the St. Louis Browns. Mrs. Gater said her husband, a PFC statistician at Fifth Army headquarters in Chicago, was working part time as a theater usher at the time of the incident. Booked as Joseph M. Rivera, the former Seattle, Wash., Pacific Coast League sensation said he is separated from his wife, Maxine, but they recently made plans to reconcile. Mrs. Rivera lives in St. Louis. Rivera played with the St. Louis Browns before coming with the White Sox in mid-season. Rivera, a New York-born Puerto Rican, entered the major leagues amid a storm of controversy. He had served a five-year term in Atlanta penitentiary after being court martialed at Barksdale Field, La., on a charge of at- | tempted rape while serving in the | Army. The complainant against the 30- year-old outfielder was the daugh- ter of an Army officer. Rivera, found guilty, was sentenced to life imprisonment but this was reduced and he was paroled after five years. At the time, Rivera said ‘I am innocent but the court found me guilty.” St. Louis Brown owner Bill Veeck said, in answer to some protests over the hiring of River, “I thought that in this country the idea is to give a fellow a chance to straighten out.” Baseball Commissioner Ford | Frick ioined with Veeck, saying, “If the purpose is punishment, then Rivera has already been pun- If the purpose is for im- | provement, then this man has a | greater chance to make good by | being allowed to live as others... If, in the future, he shows he has not profited by his experience, this office will take action.” Baseball officials were not avail- able immediately today for com- | ment, Reynolds, who became a 20 game winner for the first time this season, together with Vic Raschi (16-6) and Eddie Lopat (10-5), the other probable series starters, and Johnny Sain (11-6), Bob Kuzava (8-8), Tom Gorman | Scarborough (6-6) for heavy (6-2) and Ray are being counted on duty The Dodgers pitching corps is well rested, but there the re semblance ends. Joe Black, their phenomenal rookie, drew the open ing game nment sainst Reynolds lar on the of his excellent record in relief But the fastballing Negro hurler, who posted a 15-4 record during he late campaign, made only two ris among his 56 appearances mpleted one game. « the distance has been one too. ass hings the members of the s have been unable ently. Only Cart Erskine hurled a complete as ten times. Preacher ‘ories and only the way on Ril! seven asions your came jobs pitchers, anc up with nave ng propens! tes ames the Reyn was pratt 16, up there in eight, alto we RE AT at AWAKE DEI wc strength | ‘Kansas € ity ‘ity Has IE lee In Little World Series KANSAS CITY (#—The Kansas City Blues and the Rochester Red Wings headed East today for the fourth game in their Little World Series with the American Associa tion club holding a 2-1 advantage Kansas City exploded for four runs in the eighth inning of the third contest last night to wallop Rochester of the International l 1e 6-2 T best-of-seven series will re sume tomorrow night in Rochester. * Dixie Series Tied At One Came Each #—The Dixie Shreveport, La MPHIS, Tenn hiftee <isy with tne Sports of the Texas League and the Memphis Chicks M che Southery Association square at ore ne cach fer emorting wader its cs ss in t 1 a show of power ¢ + 43 here last x e@ Chicks bbed ¢t Games Set By ED CORRIGAN NEW YORK football picture, which has been hazy since the campaign got under way two weeks ago, should come into sharper focus when the smoke of battle clears Saturday. Michigan State, for example, ; Was accorded the No. 1 spot in the | pre-season Associated Press poll to finish operations as the top- ranked team in the country. But the Spartans had to come from | behind to whip Michigan, a have- | not of the Big Ten these days, 27-13, Saturday. But don’t sell State short. Biggie Munn’s lads have a habit of letting the opposition get away a-running only to come along at the end to pull the victory out of the fire. Michigan State plays Oregon State in its second game at Port- land, Ore., and should experience no such difficulty. ' Then whoever would have | thought that mighty Maryland, the \ stepchild of the Southern Confer- ence, would “be battered and bruised two weeks in a row and emerge with hairline decisions. After barely squeaking by Mis- souri in its opener, the Terps took a narrow 13-7 decision from Au- burn Saturday. Now they play Clemson, which also is in the process of atoning for its sins by not being permitted to play Southern Conference teams. Maryland also should win this han- dily. Pessimists already are neettet: ing an end to the longest winning streak in college football—Prince- ton’s 23 games. But they’re kindly waiting until two weeks hence when Charlie Caldwell’s Ivy League champions battle Penn. The reason for the doleful out- look 14-0 victory over Columbia, and Penn’s well-played 7-7 tie with Notre Dame. In the Big Ten Conference, the is visits Wisconsin. Illinois is the defending champion, but some have ranked Wisconsin as a strong choice to dethrone the Illini. In the Southwest Conference, the will be a new champion. Texas Christian, the defending champion, not only has lost both its starts the goal-line. With the demise of the Horned | orite’s tangle with Notre Dame this week after walloping North Carolina, 28-7, over the week end. stopped the Horned Frogs, | Saturday. The Pacific Coast Conference is running iretty much according to form with California the team to beat—just as it always is. The 14-0, | Golden Bears, with Johnny Olszew- ski handling the main offensive chores, looked good turning back Missouri, 28-14. They journey | Minnesota this week. to It’s, beginning to look as though someone might upset Oklahoma, the defending champion in the Big Seven. Kansas and Nebraska both have been impressive, while the Sooners were held to a 21-21 tie | by Colorado. Georgia Tech, which was ranked the No. 3 team in the country be- | fore festivities got under way, will have to produce against Southern Methodist to keep its lofty spot after eking out a 17-14 triumph lover Florida. Tennessee, which may give the Engineers a figt for the Southeastern Conference titl, has a tough opponent in Duke Th Rocky Mountain race may be decided when the two favorites —Idaho State and Colorado College play at Colorado Springs, while in the Missouri Valley, last year's winner Tulsa looks stronger and stronger, Tin Fish Caught By Marathon Man Sidney Tullis. a Mara on fisher profit is found th e sea dige on the ; ng his catch to the Fishery docks he not Authorities of Key West For his efforts n of the tor receives a $100 m is Princeton’s unimpressive | title may be decided this Saturday | —strange as it seems—when Il- | chances are very good that there | but hasn’t even been able to find Frogs, Texas jumped into the fav- | ‘ole. The Longhorns must | Crucial Grid Michigan State Rated Number For Saturday One In Nation ® — The college | Michigan State | | UCLA | | Press’ By WILL GRIMSLEY NEW YORK (# — Resourceful was a solid choice as the No. 1 college football teams in the country today in The Asso- ciated Press’ first weekly poll. Sports writers and. broadcasters, who in a pre-season sampling of opinion named the Spartans as the best bet to win the national cham- Pionship, apparently were further convinced by State’s 27-13 come- back victory over Michigan last. Saturday. They gave the Spartans 52 of the 83 first place votes cast and an impressive total of 752 points, nearly twice that of the No. 2 team, Illinois. ~ Point totals are arrived at by awarding 10 for a first place vote, nine for second, etc. No other team got more than seven No. 1 votes, this number going to Maryland’s Sugar Bowl champions, who gained third place on close-squeak triumphs over Mis- souri and Auburn. California was named fourth, without a single first-place vote but with strong runnerup support, and Texas, winner over Louisiana , State and North Carolina, was fifth with only five votes for top. Completing the top 10, in order, were Georgia Tech, Southern Cali- fornia, Wisconsin, Kansas and Duke. It is interesting that, in addition to Michigan State on top of the pile, five other teams picked in the pre-season poll pulled down places on the first weekly show of strength. These were Maryland, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Wisconsin and California. The top 10 in The Associated first football poll (points based on 10 for first, nine for second, etc., with first-place votes in parentheses): points 1. Michigan State (52) 752 2. Illinois (4) 435, 3. Maryland (7) 383 4, California 371 5. Texas (5) 365 6. Georgia Tech 342 7. Southern California (5) 263 8. Wisconsin (1) 207 9. Kansas 163 10. Duke 130 The second 10: 11, Tennessee (2) 118 12, Villanova (2) 100 13. Princeton (1) 97 14, UCLA 89 15. Ohio State 74 16. Virginia (2) 68 17. Rice 47 18. Mississippi 37 19. Notre Dame 36 20. Oklahoma 35 Others getting votes: Arizona State at Tempe, Colorado, Holy | Cross, Tulsa (1), Pennsylvania, Penn State, Stanford, TCU, Army, Miami (Fla.), Holy Cross, Navy, Michigan, Pittsburgh, Florida, Georgia, Colgate, Baylor, Ala- bama, Nebraska, Washington Lt. Herb Tanis To Leave Area For New Duty | After being stationed for over three years in the Key West Area, Lt. Herbert Leo Tanis, USN, will be detatched from his present duties to join the staff of Destroyer Squadron Four in Norfolk, Va. Tanis, a “mustang” with long ex perience in the Navy, has been en gineering officer aboard the USS Saufley (EDDE 465) since August, Before that, he had served as Operations and Berthing Officer at the Key West Naval Station for al most two years. Since entering 1951 the Navy 13 Janu ary, 1928, he has rved aboard such ships as the USS Colorado, the USS Lou le, the USS Wasp, and the USS Roosevelt. He was com 15, 1943, after sen to the rate of chief machinist mate (AA) and (PA He was born in 1908 in Detroit : SPORTS : a Conch Rooter YOUNG DAVID FRACE of Waco, Texas is probably the youngest Key West Conch rooter in the Lone Star State. The suit the lad is wearing is a gift from his aunt, Mrs. Bob Russell of this city who is also a fan “in a minor sort of way,” she says. Willie Pep Tests Canadian Champ Willie Pep, the former feather- | weight king and Armand Savoie, the present ‘lightweight champion {of Canada, have been signed to thead the Wednesday, Oct. 1 card jat the Chicago Stadium. This ten- Jround bout is scheduled to be ‘the feature of the weekly Blue Ribbon program over CBS. Pep, of Middleton, Conn., has had a long and famed career in the professional prize ring. It be- gan in 1940 and the listings of his pro bouts consume more than a Page in the boxing record books. Willie held the featherweight crown twice, his first tenure ran from 1942 through 1948 and _ his second from 1949 to 1950. The 30- | Greenies suffered any serious in- year-old veteran is one ing’s cutest scrappers knows every trick ever devised. of box- Tennessee Has Tough Job , _ Against Duke By The Associated Press Tennessee has _ considerable Blue Devils of Duke Saturday: big Doug Atkins may not be with Gen. | Bob Neylaid’s warriors in the bat- tle at Durham. The gigantic defensive right | tackle dislocated his Tight thumb | in the game with Mississippi State | and Trainer Mickey O’Brien says he will be out indefinitely. Georgia Tech faces S. M. U. this week-end with a punting prob- |lem. Coach Bobby Dodd wasn’t impressed with Dave Davis’ 34.2 yard average for punts against At the moment, | senior Halfback Chappell Rhino for punting chores. Zeke Bratkowski's stellar per- formance against Tulane gave rise to glowing confidence yesterday as Coach Wally Butts’ Georgia squad practiced for the week-end tussle with North Carolina at Athens. Bratkowski hit 66.7 per cent of gia’s 21-16 victory over Tulane. Vanderbilt's Coach Bill Edwards is concentrating on building strong- er offensive and defensive teams for use Saturday, against North- western. Coach Ralph Jordan of Auburn said his squad came through the battle with Maryland in good shape except for End Jim Loftin who bruised a leg. Mississippi's regulars were given a long but light drill yesterday, but Coach Johnny Vaught has a tougher problem in store for the boys laer in the week. Spirits were pretty high among Mississippi State College players. All came through the battle with Tennessee without injury The feeling at Tulane also was pretty good since none of the in their 21-16 defeat juries by and he | Georgia. L. S. U. faces the loss of de- Savoie, of Montreal, is 24 and a | fensive Back George Brancato in popular, crowd-pleasing fighter. His debut in the United States last December resulted in a 10- round decision over Sonny Lu- ciano. He also holds over Sandy Saddler, the Featherweight Champion Johnny Greco the present dian welterweight champion. SPORTS MIRROR World and Cana- decisions | the game with Rice Saturday. George twisted a knee in battling Alabama and was on the sidelines yesterday. Kentucky's first stringers are getting down to hard work in prep- aration for Saturday night's en. gagement with Texas A. and M Alabama may be without services of 250-pound Tackle Billy Shipp and No. 1 offensive Center O. E. Phillips in Friday night's game with Miami. Shipp hurt his knee in practice last week and Phillips suffered another injury to { By The Associated Press | TODAY A YEAR AGO — Jackie |! Robinson hit a 14th-inning homer } for the Brooklyn Dodgers to beat ! the Phillies and maintain the Na- tional League tie, forcing a post- season playoff with the Giants. FIVE YEARS AGO—The Yanks, behind fine relief pitching by Joe Page, won the opener of the World Series from the Brooklyn Dodgers, 5-3 TEN YEARS AGO — The Yanks took the first game of the World Series from the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-4, as Spud Chandler and Red Ruffing combined to hold the Cards to seven hits. TWENTY YEARS AGO — Vir- | ginia Van Wie and Glenna Collett | Vare entered finals of the Women’s | Golf Championship. By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN | SEOUL, Korea ®—Chinese Reds seized another hill on Korea’s Cen tral Front today as the Commu nists maintained heavy pressure on the sector for the third straight day The hill, due east of Kumsong was the third captured by the Reds | Since they launched a series of heavy attacks on the East-Central Front Sunday Yesterday the Communists pow- ered their assaults with the heavy Red artillery barrage of the War—47,312 rounds Savage fighting also the Western Front. U. N. infantry men slugged their way to the tc of Big Noris but the high ground counter-attack Chinese in pre-dawn dark Greek troo were driver the peak Sunday when U.N accidenta bombed them 4 nese attack assault on Big Nori at 1 am concentr: barrage jest fl Reds withdrew But 45 the Chinese re-gr separate nd recaptured Red tanks lumb the fight The Commu a bad knee in the tilt with L. S. U. Florida expects to have Dick Wi in the lineup against The Citadel. They missed the Georgia Tech game because of injuries. Speech Contest Set For Wed.. Nov. 26 The American Committee of the Key West Junior Chamber of Com- merce announces that the finals in the “Voice of Democracy” contest will be held on Wednesday, Nov- ember 26, 1952 at a time to be an- nounced later. This will be broad- cast over WKWF, but the winner | will not be announced at that time. The winner of the contest will be announced and presented with the prizes at the Shrine Benefit Foot- ball Game on Friday, November 28, 1952. The football game will be Key West High School team VS. Cristobal High School Team. The awards will be made on the foot- | ball field during the half time act ivies The American Committee of the Key West JayCees also announce, thanks to the help of the Citizen, that on or about October 15 and for 12 days after an article entit led “WHAT D. TO ME” will appear. Some of the writers are Joe Allen, Paul J. Sher, Louis Carbonell, Bob Spottswood, Blanche M. Miller W Harold Laubscher CALIF. ACCIDENT RATE TOLD SACRAMENTO. Ya Calif. Cali fornia’s yearly fic accident | makes the res in Korea | in icant G Earl Warren aid yesterda He noted at a mee Department heads deaths and the in are about oo 3,600 he attack; then rushed beefed cause to be blue in facing the | S Dodd is eyeing | his passes for 183 yards in Geor-.| the | atson, Billy Bass and Bob Mueth | ||. i | Miracles Can Happen MOCRACY MEANS | Curry Har- | and Joe | Tuesday, September 30, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Paged GO FOR By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK (#—The pitchless wonders of Brookiyn have put squarely up to their wonderful rookie reliever, Joe Black, them off on the right foot as | the favored Yankees in the Worl Series opener tomorrow at Ebbets | Field. | Never before in big league his j tory has a champion of either cir- cuit been forced to undertake such a desperate gamble. Other ro \ have been called upon in the im portant first game, and there have been bullpen specialists before. But the combination of the two, out there trying to turn back the Bombers before the eyes of the nation, will be unprecedented Manager Chuck Dressen took a calculated risk when he nominated the 28-year-old Negro freshman to to set Florida, and so he’s scouting Hf 7, 5 te % a duel with the Yanks’ mighty Allie and for somebody to take Reynolds, as a great money pitch- Dave's place. = jer as there is in the game today He could have held his relief ace back and been assured of late inning insurance as long as the big playoff la: He chose to play it bold, to stake his hopes of a world championship on one throw of the cubes. If Black, an unperturable con- trol specialist, | brilliant form of the regular cam- paign, he will give Reynolds a mighty battle tomorrow. If he turns back the Yankees, the 8-to 5 odds in favor of the American Leaguers will take an abrupt dip and it could turn out to be a rip- roaring World Series Should the gamble fail and Black pitches up to his | JOE BLACK TO BROOK ing, the National ily of the relief pitching eld their shaky mound staff ther all season. ‘ookie phenom appeared in 56 and though he was credit- only 15 victories, his con- ions easily equalled those of me winner. His earned-run average was the best in the league An angle which Dressen undoubt- ediy took into serious consider, ‘tion in handing Black the bl |torch was the mental lift to be derived from winning the opener. Should the rookie win over Rey- nolds, the Yankees’ best, other less endowed members of the Dodger staff might easily be inspired to pitch slightly above their usual weight in the ensuing games It was no surprise that Dressen named Carl Erskine, a 14-6 per former over the year, to face bi Vie Raschi, 16-6, in Thursday's second game at Ebbets Field, nor that he nominated Preacher Roe, his veteran southpaw, to match portside shots with Ed Lopat !§ the third contest at Yankee Sta- dium Both teams were rested and in robust health. The only question was whether Gene Woodling, the | Yanks’ leading clubber, would be ready to start the opener and hit in the cleanup spot. He has had a pain in his groin lately, but said it felt much improved. If Gene decides to sit it out, Stengel will have to move catcher Yogi Berra up from fifth to fourth in his | batting order. take a shella Volunteer To Serve On Jury charges involving election irregu larities in the May 13 primary ) Yesterday the Charleston Min | isterial Association announced 59 of its members have volunteered to serve as poll officials in the | Nov. 4 election. Rent Controls To Cease WASHINGTON \® — Cities and towns across the nation have until midnight tonight to ask that fed eral rent control be continued for another seven months The Office of Rent Stabilization eligible communities have formally | beyond the deadline set by Con | gress. ON THE SPOT PHOTO CHARLESTON, W @— Al few weeks ago a special grand | jury indicted 32 persons here on said more than half of the 2,400 | moved to keep rent control alive | Cilbert Leggett, Purple Heart Vet, In Korean Action WITH THE U. S. FORCES IN JAPAN — PFC Gilbert E. Leggett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Leggett Sr., 200 Truman avenue, | recently spent a five-day rest and | recuperation leave in southwest Japan He stayed at Camp Nara, one of Japan’s most famous resort cities, | | where the Army has set up an ex tensive recreational center for | combat soldiers. He has since re- {turned to his unit-in Korea Le; t, who entered the Army in October 1951, is serving as a cook in Company B of the 179th Infantry Regiment of the 45th Di- vision in Korea. Since his arrival in the Far East in May of this year, he has been awarded the Purple Heart for | wounds received in action and the |Combat Infantryman Badge !