The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 22, 1952, Page 5

Conchs-Seacrest Are Even On Defense | The Key West High School foot- fall team will be meeting the Sea- crest eleven on even terms in at least one department when they journey upstate to do battle with that team on Friday night—both of the teams are strong defensively having given up but one touchdown im this year’s contests, The Conchs, who own wins over Gesu of Miami, Pahokee, Lake Worth and St. Mary’s of Miami have scored a total of 91 points while their opposition has been able to cross the Key West goal- fine but 3 times for an aggregate | @f 20 points. The Conchs, who are running up Miami Jackson, Edison Will Clash Thursday JACKSONVILLE (® — Miami Jackson and Miami Edison, un- beaten, untied leaders of the Big Ten Conference, collide head-on Thursday night in a game which likely will decide the loop-cham- pionship. Undefeated, untied Jacksonville Jackson, a strong favorite to stay fn the conference title picture, meets its city rival Landon in an- other top game. Tampa Hillsborough, unbeaten though once tied, is idle this week. The week's schedule: Thursday—Edison vs. Miami fackson, West Palm Beach at facksonville Lee. Friday—Tampa Plant, at St. Petersburg, Tampa Jefferson at Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando Boone at Lakeland, Jax Jackson vs Landon, Manatee at Orlando Edgewater. Standings (conference games only): wt ft. 00 00 00 01 10 Edison Miami Jackson Jax Jackson Hillsborough West Palm Beach Jefferson Lakeland Landon Plant St. Petersburg Boone -Ft. Lauderdale Lee SCOSCOH HHH NN wwe 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 0 1 1 0 | 0 1 1 0 1 Edgewater SPORTS MIRROR By The Associated Press | TODAY A YEAR AGO — Lou Boudreau was signed to a two- year contract as manager of the Boston Red Sox. Five years ago — Ted Williams received the most votes in the As- sociated Press All-Star Baseball Poll. TEN YEARS AGO — President Roosevelt ordered the Army-Navy football game transferred from Philadelphia to Annapolis as a war- time measure to avoid a trans- portation crush. TWENTY YEARS AGO — Pit- cher Eddie Rommel of the Phila- delphia Athletics was given an un- conditional release. MONT. WATERMELON FIZZLES WITH FROST LEWISTON, . Mont.—(?}.— The watermelon growers in Georgia needn't worry about competition from Montana. Lyal Viers spent the summer carefully cultivating «a water- melon plant. The first frost of the fall froze his melon just when it got big as a good-sized orange. TONIGHT JIMMY. BIVINS satay | workout, against their toughest opponent of the season are almost certain to depend upon an aerial attack which has shown flashes of brilli- anee in earlier contests, in their attempt at downing the heavy- weight Seacrest eleven. In words of one Conch observer, Seacrest “iis strong from tackle to tackle and you can’t runaround their ends.” Joe Pineda will get the nod in the pass throwing department while he has two capable receivers in John Vermette and Lucy Gon- zalez. Both of these performers have |been on the receiving end of Pin- eda’s tosses in past games and will Vandy Drills On Offense By The Associated Press The upset-happy Vanderbilt Co: modores are sharpening their pass- ing attack in preparation for a Saturday football meeting in At- lanta with unbeaten Georgia Tech, Coach Bill Edwards had fresh- man Quarterback Bill Krietemeyer doing the throwing in an offensive drill yesterday. Vandy’s defensive unit worked against “‘B” team players. who were using Tech of- fensive formations. Coach Bobby Dodd held a long drill and after the session said he believed his Engineers were as good as last year’s team, Louisiana State scrimmaged un- til dusk in. preparation: for the Maryland Terps. Coach Gaynell Tinsley said LSU is ‘‘going to Col- lege Park, Md., with only one idea in mind--and that’s to win.” Jerry Marchand, the team’s leading scor- er, worked at fullback to replace injured Leroy Labat Coach Murray Warmath of Mis- sissippi State moved freshman Halfback Clovis McKissick up to the varsity to fill a gap made when Joe Fortunato sprained an ankle. Alabama, Mississippi State’s Sat- urday opponent, tuned up its aerial attack. Quarterbacks Clell Hobson, Bobby Wilson and Bart Starr did most of the tossing. Joe Curtis and Nick Germanos were the top re- ceivers. Coach Ralph Jordan’s Auburn Tigers worked to eliminate fum- bles, and then held an offensive drill. Jackie Creel, 135-pound half- back, returned to action after hav- ing been out since the start of the season with an injured knee. Coach Bear Wolf put Tulane through an offensive scrimmage. E. J, Chauvin.was at the fullback post, filling in for injured Max McGee. Tulane meets Auburn this week, Georgia worked both on Offense and defense in preparation for Florida, Jim Barish, defensive tackle, returned to the squad. He had been out for nearly a month with a shoulder injury. Florida ran at full speed in an effort to sharpen its running game. Backs Tommy Haddock and Buford Long are doubtful performers for the Georgia game. Mississippi prepared for Arkan- sas. Quarterback Jimmy Lear's passing highlighted the workout. Tennessee’s varsity held a light but the reserves went through rough drills in prepara- tion for Wofford. Kentucky drilled with a patched lineup on pass defense. Five regu- lars were out with injuries and aren't expected to play against Cincinnati this week. Oklahoma Center Is Top Lineman NEW YORK #—Tom Catlin, 20- year-old senior center for the Uni- versity of Oklahoma, is the line- man of the week. be the subject of plenty of attention on the part of the Seacrest second- ary. The Key West gridders have been spending a lot of time scrutiniz- ing movies showing the Seacresters in action in past tilts in an effort to find a weak spot in their de- fensive setup. The fact that they have employed a 6-3 defense in the past is another reason while the Conchs are expected to unveil a passing game, In contact drills, the Conchs have been running their attack against a simulated Seacrest hold- ing game. Today they took to the Crimson Tide Hopes To Whip Ole Miss Sat. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. W — Ala- bama will try to get back on the winning side of the ledger Saturday against Mississippi State. The dope- sters figure the Tide should do it by a one-touchdown margin. ‘Bama Coach Red Drew enters a vigorous dissent. “Mississippi State has its best team in five years,” he said. ‘Joe Fortunato is one of the best of- fensive fullbacks and line backers in the nation. Jack Parker has developed into one of the best quarterbacks in the Southeastern Conference. “While we were taking a 20-0 beating from Tennessee, State handled Kentucky with ease. We came out of the see game in bad physical condition and O. E. Phillips, Jerry Watford and Bud Willis probably will miss the home- coming day game.” State Coach Murray Warmath says, however, that Fortunato may not get to play. The 222-pound battering ram received a sprained ankle in the 27-14 victory over Kentucky and missed all of the second half. “We will do our best, but that may not be good enough,” said Warmuth, the former Tennessee line star. ‘Without Fortunato, our ground attack will be severely handicapped, and Alabama is one of the nation’s top ranking teams on pass’ defense,” Parker- is the second leading scorer in the Conference with 47 points. .. Alabama’s main offensive threats are the passing of quarterback Clell Hobson and the running of right half Bobby Marlow. Both were well shackled in the Tennes- see game. Another ‘Bama threat is Bobby Luna, 195-pound sophomore left half, who has scored 35 points for third place in the Conference. Both teams have a 4-1 record. The only defeat for each came at the hands of a mutual foe, Tennessee. The Volunteers edged State, 14-7, in the season opener, and smashed ‘Bama, 20-0, last weekend. The Tide and State have met 36 times since 1896, with ‘Bama winning 27, losing seven and tying two. The last two games were battles. Alabama won by 14-7 in 1950 and 7-0 last year, State last won, 14-0, in 1941. Sport Shorts JACKSONVILLE w—The Jack- sonville Open Golf Tournament, which annually attracts most of the 'eading professionals in the na- tion, will be held again at Hyde Park Course here March 19-23. The Junior Chamber of Commerce %,-nsors the tournament, inc ht geenmby iggy Pes today was named the winner of ‘The Associated Press poll because of his play that proved the turning point in the Oklahoma - Kansas game Saturday. Oklahoma won, 42-20, but the Sooners led by only 21-20 in the in Miami's 414 victory over Rich- mond, There were no nominations as second half with Kansas on the , most valuable lineman of the week, WESBURY BASCOM | sooner five when Catlin made his | said Joe Livingston, President of Heavyweight key play. On third down, 2 to go, Catlin | smashed through to throw Jerry Robertson, Kansas quarterback, for a five-yard loss. Kansas lost the ball on downs on the next play Other linemen ‘-om virtually ev- ery section of the country received j high praise. MONROE BEER DISTRIBUTORS, INC In the Southwest Harley Sewell, Texas guard, vlayed brilliantly beth offensively and defensively ageinst Arkansas. In the Midwest George O'Brien, Wisconsin guard. got off a 96-yard punt against Iowa | the first time he ever punted in a collegiate game. Down South a couple of ends drew praise, Jack Franklin, Tea- nessee’s defensive end, blocked a punt to set up the Vols first touchdown against Alabama. John | |} Alderton of Maryland starred up front as the Terps ruined Navy im the East, Eldred Kreemer jot Pitt played the full 60 minutes | against Army te earn an “iron man™ distinction. The 23-yearcld 210 pound tackle has missed oniy SX Minutes im Pitt's four games te date. He played the whole game against lowa, Notre Dame aad | the State Sports Writers Associa- tion and sports editor of the Jack- | sonville Journal, DELAND (#— Stetson Coach Jay Pattee gave special attention in Tuesday's scrimmage to finding a set of ends. | He singled out four freshman | | flank men who may be called upon jto bolster the crippled Hatters | against the Parris Island Marines here Saturday night. The four . Don Fire- Phi | juries, WINTER PARK w—Five foes are oa Rollins College's ‘wetball schedule announced Tues- Gay neh by Athletic Director Jack | Wickers Field plant for fullscale practice session. It was announced today that back John Cruz will definitely not perform in Friday’s tilt due to an However, with three good backfielders, Dick Salgado, Lucy Gonzalez and Pineda on tap for the ball game, the Conchs will be fielding a tough backfield to stop. The Key West line will be in good shape for the game in the middle of the line with a sextet of per- formers including Julio ay Tommy West, Peter Knight, Stu Logun, Wayne Brantley and "immy ot on deck to stop the home lub. From The ‘Press Box By OSCAR MILLIAN With the many hundreds of print- ed words in favor of the CONCH’S decisive victory over St. Mary’s last Friday night, all of which is well deserved for one of the Key Nest High’s most impressive wins, there is very little left that can be said by this or any other writ- er, so we'll overlook the sparkling game played by Lucy Gonzalez, the lad who has been making it a habit to steal the show with the aid of his fellow men who make him look so grand out on the field and the other great little stars who behind the coaching of Ed. Beckman have become little world beaters. I would like to point out the spir- it of the team. The one thing that has made the CONCHS undefeated so far this year a title they may carry through the season if they continue to fight as they do and there is no reason why they won't, and thatis the courage given them by their CHEER LEADERS, FLAG TWIRLERS, BATON TWIRLERS AND THE BAND, not to mention the full support of 3500 fans. Se- you, one has got to win. Those Conchs should be proud of them- selves with those beautiful squad of girls yelling to the top of their voices for their club, giving them the courage to beat the world.” The sporting fans of Key West are a hundred per-cent pure. They are not the selfish type that root for the home team club solidly and quotes & Miami fan. Ralph White and Richard “Dick” Salgado are stilf injuries one of the toughest teams in the Suncoast Conference. Well, we rate our club even tougher. How ‘bout it, CONCHS! “The next best thing after pur- chasing your ticket for the éom- ing Panama-Key West Conchs grid- iron fracas,” said Clem West of the Shrine Club who are promot- ing the game, “is to have your coin ready for tag day which is | being advanced this year go a8 not to interefere with any other drive.” Tag day for the benefit of the Key West High School Band which is oss See Se 2 ee erally takes place during Decem. Park last night with a bi cent attendance, bas been confron- | questions ted with the following by more than a dozen times by several softball fans. “Who won | 2" “Who are Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK (#—Ezzard Charles, the cautious pugilist, starts back up the long comeback trail this coming Friday night when he fights Cesar Brion, a big, awkward galoot from the Argentine, at Madison Square Garden. Ezzard figures to win this one without too much trouble. Almost everyone over voting age has beaten Brion at one time or an- other. But in Ezzard’s particular ease, a simple victory will not be enough, and he knows it. If the former heavyweight champion is} to become one of the foremost con- tenders for Rocky Marciano’s title, he must win this one im- Beene, preferably by a knock- The situation really is a very peculiar one. The Cincinnati Negro has proved on occasion that he comes close to being a great fight- er: Actually, he won the crown back from. Jersey Joe Walcott in their last meeting at Philadelphia as several million televiewers can testify. Just about the only ones who didn’t think Ezzard deserved the decision were the officials, and they had the vote, And now, such a short time later, Charles finds himself on the outer fringe, striving desperately to get back in the running. A purely per- sonal hunch here is that no matter what he does, Ezzard will never get 2 shot at Marciano. On a given night, Ezzard might cut Rocky into ribbons. The men who guide the néw champion’s destinies are among the smartest in the busi- ness. They will make few mistakes. Vie Seixas of Philadelphia, play- ing captain of the American Davis Cup tennis team, is scheduled to leave for New Zealand and Aus- tralia within a few days, and there still seems to be some uncertainty avout who is going with him. Though no official announcement has been made, our information is that Straight Clark of Los Angeles probably wil! be on the plane with Seixas. Ham Richardson, the for- mer junior champion from Baton Rouge, will not leave for Sydney until late in November. So far, only Seixas and Richard- son have been named on the team. It has been taken more or less for granted that Tony Trabert would be given another leave of absence from the Navy to help challenge the Aussies for the cup. the play-off series for the city's; softball championship? | the champs, Coca Cola or Gener- jal Electric?” The G. E. Boys, by | the way won the only game played in the series. “Are they consider- | ed city champions?” asks the fans. Only four starting offensive play- | ers at the U. of Miami are sen- - SPORTS — |Tulane-Auburn Are Evenly Rated | 2" By HENDRIX CHANDLER MOBILE #—There’s an old say- ing. that misery loves company, but it won’t hold true here Satur- day when Tulane meets Auburn. These two Southeastern Confer- ence cellar teams, with identical 1-3 records for the season and much else in common, to be doing th’ dog-gonedest to shake themselves loose from one another at this neutral playing site. On the rebound after last Satur- day’s losses, they'll be out to start ' the climb up the Conference ladder as mid-season approaches, Neither has won a Conference game in 1952. Both teams are much better than the records indicate. Occas- ionally they've shown spurts of | greatness. Raymond (Bear) Wolf will hate this, but the Green Wave will be| enough a_ slight favorite on the basis of comparative scores. The Greenies lost to Mississippi 20-14 last week. Ole Miss whipped Auburn 20-7. Tu- lane yielded a hard-fought 14-0 de- cision to Georgia Tech. Last Satur- day the Yellow Jackets romped over the Tigers 33-0. Coach Shug Jordan says Auburn will be in its best condition since ah opening game against Mary- and. Vincent Dooley of Mobile, first string quarterback who twisted a knee in the Mississippi game three weeks ago, will be back. Speedy little Jackie Creel, 140 pound scat- back, will be making his first start of 1952 after recovering from pre- season injuries. Foy Thompson, a guard hurt in the Wofford game, is the only. doubtful starter. “Auburn has already played three of the best teams in the nation in Maryland, Ole Miss and Georgia Tech, and now we're fac- ing another tough one, but we're going to Mobile to win,” said Jordan. The Auburn coach rates Tulane’s defense as good as the Tigers have faced all season, and he said he had a lot of respect for Max Me- Gee, big Tulane fullback who is leading the Greenies in rushing, punting, kickoff returning and punt The game, to be played in Ladd Memorial stadium, looks like a high scoring affair. Game time is 2 p. m. (CST). 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Miss pees is active both in movies and television. Tampa Coach Shifting Players TAMPA @#— Coach Marcelino Huerta has continued his shifting of Tampa football players by mov- ing Co-Captain Tom Malin from tackle to center. Bradton Pounders, 260-pound freshman, will get the 235-pound Mahin’s starting tackle post pape McNeese State here Fri- _/SEC Has Three All-American America nominees this week in the eat exo epg this season — spa ng agen Auburn's Bill Turnbeaugh;' Flori- quarterback, is the passing frosh, Eleven other Southeasterners took their first votes on perfor- mances Saturday. Newcomers to the All-America checklist of the Associated Press re Andy Kozar, ick; Joe Fortunato, Mississippi State’s double duty fullback-line- backer; Mack Franklin, Tennessee end; Bobby Moorhead, Georgia Tech sideback; Jimmy Wade, Ten- nessee back; Bob Hines, Vandy end; Jack Parker, Mississippi State quarterback; Ben Roderick, Vandy end; Zeke Atkins, Turnbeaugh and Lapradd are tackles. 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