The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 11, 1952, Page 5

Conchs Capture Third KW Aerial Assault Means Difference In Victory Over Trojans In Thriller By JIM COBB Citizen Sports Editor Never underestimate the Key West Conchs! After a} knockdown-dragout battle a battered but happy Key West High School football squad walked off the Wicker’s Field turf last night with a well-earned 20-7 victory over a gal- lant Lake Worth grid aggregation. The win, their third straight against no losses, indicated that the Conchs are going to be a tough club to beat. A sharp Conch passing attack turned the tide in a game that had just about everything in the way of grid- fron thrills. A huge turnout of local fans saw the Conchs turn back a crushing Trojan attack in the opening minutes of the contest and then launch a series of lightning thrusts of their own which gave them the decision. Lucy Gonzalez, who streaked for w- 2@ 67 yard touchdown jaunt, Joe Pi- neda who lofted a pass good for 59 yards and a score to John Vermet- te provided the thrills in the ball- game but a fighting Key West forward wall paved the way for the decision over the top-rated upstate club. Things looked dark indeed for the Conchs in the opening mo- ments of the contest when the Lake Worth club ran the kickoff back to their own 38 yard line and with Jan Jenniche carrying the mail, drove 62 yards to the Conch one yard marker where a tenacious Conch defense froze them, When center Jimmy De- Merrit jarred Jenniche with o bone-crushing tackle as he drove through the line, the ball slither- ed from his hands and Peter Knight pounced on it to give the Cenchs possesion. Jimmy Solo- pe punted the Conchs out of the After the Key West boys had tak- en possession of the ball again on a fumble on the first play of the second period, a fifteen yard penal- ty gave them a first down and set the stage for their first score. After a futile attempt at running game through an eight man Trojan line, the Conchs took to the air * when Joe Pineda rang the bell with an aerial which Lucy Gonzalez gathered in on the Lake Worth 25 yard stripe for a 27 yard advance. John Cruz and Pineda then alter- nated to rip off steady gains behind beautiful blocking to carry them to the four yard line. Joe Pineda streaked over from there for the first touchdown, Pineda clicked with a pass to Vermette for the con version to make it 7-0. Peter Knight latched on to an- other Lake Worth fumble midway in the same period to set the stage for another Key West score. After two unsuccessful attempts at cracking through the line, the more. Pineda clicked with a toss to Gonzalez good for 12 yards. back to the Conch 41 yard line and wafted a soaring toss which went out into the clear and which | Vermette gathered in on the Lake Worth 35 yard line and scamper- | ed across the line for the second | 95 years on penalties, Key West tally. Brawny Stu Logan, who fought his heart out, furnished the oppor- | tunity for Key West third touch- down when he fell on a Trojan fum- ble on the Key West 33. On the next play, Lucy Gonze- lez brought the fans to their feet with a display 67 yard touchdown feunt. Lucy knifed through the | left side of the line, As he snaked | across the line of scrimmage, it | appeared that he was going to be | smeared by a host of Lake Worth | tecklers, but he saw his chance and cut to the right and thread | ed his way down the center of | the field through @ frantic Tro- | Jan defense to score. | Lake Worth drove to their lone score shortly when they travelled | 60 yards in 11 plays with the help| pvibaheny sak to the af | that Lake Worth bested the Conchs onchs then e air once | | first downs to the Conchs’ seven. Pineda, two plays later, faded | But Key West made their gains | whe were shouting to the press night’s victory was the end result of a fine exhibition of fighting spirit on the part of the Key West eleven, No one performer saould be singled |out for praise since the win was gained by the presence of eleven | spirited performers. The Trojans caught the Conchs napping on two straight plays when they pulled off time worn sleeper plays. In the second quar- ter, Bob Lewis drifted off to the sidelines and took Jenniche’s pass good for 22 yards. On the next play they did a repeat, this time to the left, which would have been a sure score, but a wobbly pass which slithered from Bob Brooks grasp saved the day for the Conchs, John Carbonell, who has shown real improvement to date, showed the fans how it is done in the block- ing department. His grass cutter which felled a Trojan line backer seemed to be the key to Gonzalez touchdown jaunt. And speaking of blocking, Field Judge Jim Foresman is nursing a bruised thigh as the result of a bonecrushing block tossed his way’ by a “confused” Lake Worth play- er, Foresman who gained his grid training at Kansas State, was de- finitely taken out of the play. He claims he is getting too old for that sort of thing, however. . The were regaled between the halves with a sparkling bit of entertainment b Werth High Schoo! is definitely big | roup of ¢ unusual- - for.a foot- im—lighting effects, the perfomance delighted the fans. Twe numbers, “Singing In The and “Stermy ather”’ were quite apropos in last night's drizzle. A look at. the statistics shows in at least one department when | their running attack piled up 16} when it counted and the fact that they completed six of eight attemp- ted aerials didn’t hurt them a bit. The contest was hardfought, but | clean, with each team losing but A word to Quarterback Club, Halfback Club or anyone else with a tittle cash in their jeans or the ability to raise same---the Wickers Field plant sho’ could use # time clock. The fans last night, in the waning moments ef the game, with the Trojans threa- tening to score, were nearly in the throes of @ mass nervous breakdown wondering how much time remained, As for the fans box inquiring about the time-we weren't ignoring you--there just wasn’t a watch in the group. It is rumored that Kermit Lewin hecked his timepiece te finance @ season ticket, of a 15 yard penalty. Barnes builed | over from the three yard line and | Wayne Lisle drop-kicked the extra | 5 The fourth quarter saw the visi- | tors pull out all the stops in a des- | rate but futile effort to crack the | ey West defense, but an inspired | forward wall would have none of | that and they bit the visitors low | and hard and managed to prevent further scoring. The action was | centered between the 40 yard lines up until the last three minutes of | the game when the Trojans went | into the air in a fighting effort to gain the edge. John Carbonell, Julio Henriquet and Wayne Brant- ley dug im and sparked the Key ied isg 8 ; : if 4-Ball Best Ball Handicap Tourney To Be Held Sunday, ‘The Four Ball Best Ball Tourn: | ament wi tomorrow, | Sunday, Oc at the Key West Golf and all partici- pants are requested to report te the starter at least 15 minutes prior to the time your foursome is scheduled Numbers in parenthesis will be dicap. i n ——L, 0. Ebey Ed Harris R. W. Cochran (37); and E. G, Schade G0 1140 am—A. C. Myers (13);/ B. E. Jones (13); Ted Saunders) (10); and Bob Wayne (7). j 11:80 am-—William Saunders! (14); Joe Foley 19); R. M. Har- | S277 Knight (@); rie GO; and BR R. Whitmyer | (12); and Fr Qn. 12:30 am—C. F. Albert 1D B. H. Bord (8 and R. A. Pearson Joay Lopes, Jr. (7 3. K. Burke QS): 4 Man Of The Hour Citizen Staff Photo QUARTERBACK JOE’ PINEDA, who, with his good right arm connected for 106 yards through the air, furnished the spark for the Conch win in a hard fought, contest last night, A 58 yard toss to John Vermette, good for a touchdown, was one of the high points in last night's battle, Conch Touchdown END JOHN VERNETTE is goal line to climax a $9 yar Grid Giants, Browns To Clash Sunday NEW YORK (#—The New York , Giants and the Cleveland Browns clash in Cleveland's vast Munici- pal Stadium tomorrow in the first | “big” game of the infant National Football League season. Cleveland reigns a one touch- down favorite to beat the Giants and gain undisputed possession of | first place in the American Con- ference. The Browns and Giants share the lead, each team having | won its first two starts. The Browns-Giants contest tops 2 six-game card. In other games, San Francisco's surprising 49ers are at Detroit, the Chicago Card- imals at Washington, Dallas at Chicago against the Bears, Los Angeles against Green Bay at Mil- Saturday, Geteb=: 11, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN « Ohio Will Meet|June Camfield Wisconsin In [Paces Navy Grid Feature | Wives Bowling By JOHN CHANDLER TRUDY RAN NEW YORK ® — This fourth ¥ — on all fronts with a handful of games today that could make or break some of the top teams of the land. The schedule is littered with headliners and major intersection- al battles that will go far in pointing up- possible New Year's Day bowl contenders. Among the big ones are such as Wisconsin and Ohio State, Prince- ton and Pennsylvania, Maryland and Georgia, Oklahoma and Texas, Michigan State and Texas A & M, Georgia Tech and Tulane. The two conference scraps pack- the most dynamite are the Penn- Princeton Ivy League clash at Princeton’s Palmer Stadium, and the Wisconsin-Ohio State tussle in Columbus. Princeton is nursing a 24-game winning streak, longest in college football, and a sellout crowd of nearly 50,000 will be on hand. Penn was. voted No.’ 10 in this week’s AP poll. At Columbus, a Big 10 title and bid to the Rose Last year Ohio State, like today, wasn’t given much chance, but the Tulane at Atlanta. The Rambling Wreck was No. 5 in this week's poll, but isn't taking winner over Santa Clara 35-0— week. Voted No. 6, Duke rapped Tennessee last Saturday, 7-0, has too many guns for S.C. On the West Coast, California’s Golden Bears, No. 3, invade Port- land to meet Oregon. Notre Dame, moved into the No. 8 place after beating Texas, en- tertains Pittsburgh at South Bend, Ind., before 50,000, eager to move up in the ratings again. At Ames, Iowa, Kansas puts its No. 9 ranking on the line in a game with Iowa State. Another eastern fracas which ss play im the second quarter of last night's tilt, Joe Pineda flipped the serial, which Vernette gathered in on the Trojan 35 yard line and romped over the @al-line for the second Key West score. Clem Pearson | nk Wayne (). Hy Altman (15 T); J. C. Wheeler and Tony Demeritt (15 James Mire 12) pm a. Rife a Carey (8); and Lewie Pierce; 1:00 pam—Ward Tyson (11); Humbert Mirs (3); Willias Piow- (13); and Clem Price (12) 10 pm—J. T. Camberon (25). grans- Moderste Ui amy other golfers desire to gry sundsy. Mertly clody westh- P ’ please report/er Widely scatiered showers in 2:30 so that south and central portions. . East Golf of Mexice: Moderate (morta te sorthest winds thru Sen) Bevel Bose TOMORROW HIGH 2 am. 6% pm. League High Caldwell — 217. League High Triple — Ruby Caldwell — 578. League High Scratch Team Game — USO-NCCS — 863. League High Seratch Team Set — USO-NCCS — 2341. 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Mrs, a i i i ‘ ing meeting the ladies will be en- tertained at'a luncheon at Raul's Restaurant, Harold Laubscher, manager of the Key West of Commerce is to be speaker for the luncheon. . Business Session After a business session in the Lounge at 2, the ladies will have an i ! ! tr le [i 49 H ip : i is i gf rae & r i gE i | i ( i r fl : i é & . i | : | tir rt i i i f 5 ; f s Hi fy it il H i i | df ¥ 3 5 % i> a . i