The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 24, 1952, Page 5

onch Gridmen Seeking Fifth Stra:gnt Win Tonight _K. W. High Risks Unbeaten Record * In Toughest Start Of Season With ‘ayotf For The Kickoff Seacrest 11; Capacity Crowd Seen | By JIM COBB, Citizen Sports Editor The chips are down tonight when the Key West Conchs meet their stiffest competition of the current sea- son in Seacrest when they tackle the highly touted Sea- hawks in what amounts to the acid test. And, hurricane Fox permitting, the fans in that up- state hamlet should see one tions extant, when the Conchs unlimber their passing! of the classiest aerial exhibi- game against a heavier, more experienced Seacrest.eleven. The Seahawks are coming back vith fire in their eyes from a 6-0 shellacking at the hands of the South Broward last week and they | would like nothing better than to yut an end to the unbeaten skein h- ~ * ‘ing Conch footbalers have uilt up for themselves, Almost anything can happen hen Key West’s Fearsome Four- ome: Lucy Gonzalez, Joe Pineda, Dick Salgado and Tony Dopp un- smber their crushing running at- ick against the upstaters. But it is a sure thing that ‘alfback, Lou Manning will be cunning hard in an effort to make up for last weeks defeat-- which marked the first time the | hawks have been held score- tess to date. The trio of Seahawk running rctists, running their plays from tricky split T formation, are reputed to be one of the slickest 1 the state and will certainly give ‘he Conchs, who are playing their 2cond season of football in many cars a hard time. While. some experts hold that ‘e Seacrest eleven has a 14-point “lge over Key West, the Conchs. who have gained impressive vic. tories to date will not surprise any- | we too greatly if they return to *e Island City with a win tomor- aw. The Conchs, who left this -merning by bi accompanied ‘ny the 100-pie high school dand and a host of roosters, ore-expected to take to the air “9 an effort to best the Sea ciant Seacresters since their. de- conse has been tight enough to : position to but four ion to date. John Vermette and ‘ucy Gonzalez are expected to * on the receiving end of Joe ineda‘s tosses. Gonzalez has stred into something of a th “th in this department and - s'ippery runner---he leads the sr chs backfield in total offense *@ wide margin. bo loss of John, Cruz, who is indefinitely, is noteexpected hemoer the Conchs to any great ot since they have developed ne good reserve strength in the “tield. However the Seahawks & wealth of ‘reserve material 1 the battle could turn into ; nething of a battle royal. A hard digging Key West line uch with their hard charging and * “ing, has been a big factor in (> Con¢h’s success to date, built yund big Julio Henriquez, Peter ight and Tommy West is in top ape for tonight's encounter. Jim y DeMerrit, Stu Logun and ‘ ayne Brantley will also see onty of action in the tilt as well. Coach Ed Beckman has his squad ‘epped for the match to the point vere they are going all out for win .One Conch observer said lay that “the toys would rather | They sxe than tie this one. Yonch Gridders O THE BATTLING eacrest ele ght ~— Loevedo MMe tonight * { are going out on the field to win tonight.” A large contingent of diehard Key | West fans are set to make the trek |north today, leaving on two busses at one o'clock. Many more are slated to drive to the scene of the contest in private cars, also. A capacity crowd of aiicionados are expected to flock to the spank- ing new stadium in Seacrest for it’s dedication tonight. The Key West High School Band will join in the halftime show. ‘Charles Meets Brion Tonight By MURRAY ROSE |. NEW YORK @—Eager to win | friends and influence his way into another title shot, Ezzard Charles aims to knock out husky Cesar Brion of Argentina in Madison Square Garden tonight. The former heavyweight king from Cincinnati is a 3-1 favorite to win the 10 rounder but stopping ‘the 6-2, 196-pound South American is something else again. been knocked out. The big mus- | In his last fight in the states, con- |fident Cesar was floored by Bob | Dunlop and dropped a decision to jthe Pacifie Coast battler. Charles will have to put away | Brion to win any acclaim from the | Garden cash customers and the unseen millions on the television | cirevit. Putting away Cesar is a | large order, | If confidence means anything, Cesar is a cinch to score an upset. | “fT can beat Charles. Then I like to fight the champion, Rocky | Marciano.” With Charles, it’s a question of | not only winning but looking good, | too. “I know now I’ve got to try for a knockout all the time,” said Ez- | zard, “1 did fight that way before |1 became champion. Then I be- came too cautious. I'll be in there | swinging those combinations all the time now.” In his pre-championship days Charles used to flatten better than 50 per cent of his opponents. His record shows 76 wins, eight losses, and one draw. He has 48 kayos to his credit. WIFE HAS THE “MISSING” CAR LAPORTE, Ind. —(#).— Fred Pelis looked out a window in his home, saw that his car was gone | and called police. No trace was found of it until Mrs. Pelis came home, saying she'd told him be fore she left that she was going to take the car. ff To Seacrest KEY WEST CONCHS. who risk the is getting the ticket is not cle: reminder ... get your tickets The background is not chicken. Duffy knows his ropes when citing game, November 27. Six Of Nation’s By ORLO ROBERTSON NEW YORK (#—An intercolleg- ‘do credit to the annual post season cled, 25-year-old invader has a 39-7 {bowl competition on Jan. 1 will | ‘ A : record and has scored 18 kayos. | be presented tomorrow as six of | spoil an otherwise perfect five- the nation’s top 10 teams meet head-on. California, No. 4, clashes with Southern California, No. 7, in a | game that may go a long Way to- wards deciding the Pacific Coast Conference representative in the Rose Bowl. Duke, No. 6, generally regarded as the king pin of the Southern ' Conference, tangles with Virginia, No. 9, best of the Southern inde- pendents. And UCLA, also very much in the running for the Rose | Bowl, takes on 10th-ranking Wis- consin, the Big 10 title favorite, | at_ Madison. Wisconsin is the only one of the, sextet that has lost a game. The Badgers have a 3-1 record. All of the others, except Virginia, are each undefeated in five games. The Cavaliers have won all four of their outings. The remainder of the top 10, with the possible exception of top- ranked Michigan State, take on what figures to be comparatively 4| will tackle =| netmen, | 1948. sa Citizen Staff Photo TALKING TURKEY for the Thanksgiving game, a ticket is ex- changed between Miss Irene McMahon, 218 Duval street, a Key West sweater girl, and John Duffy of Duffy’s Tavern. The game between the Key West Conchs and Cristobal footballers from Panama, is sponsored by the Key West Shrine Club. Just who ar, but the view has its pointed early. Duffy’s hat is the wind- blown type known as hurricane straw, the last straw, that is. -wire, but a criss-cross of ropes. it comes to anticipating an ex- Top Ten Grid Squads Meet Head-On Saturday ] easy competition. The Spartans with a 4-0 slate play host to the Cesar the strong man never has iate football program that would | Nittany Lions of Penn State, who have only a tie with Purdue to | game record. Maryland, No. 2, plays host to a | weak Louisiana State (2-3) eleven | while Oklahoma, No. 3, tangles ; with Kansas state in a Big Seven | Conference fray. Georgia Tech’s | Ramblin’ Wrecks, No. 5, goes after its sixth straight, fourth in the Southeastern Conference, with Vanderbilt, (1-2-2) as the opponent. And if the games among the top 10 are not enough to satisfy you, ; there are such encounters as Penn- sylvania - Navy, Purdue - Illinois, | Holy Cross - Syracuse, Kansas - Southern Methodist, Minnesota- | Michigan, North Carolina-Notre Dame, Princeton-Cornell, Stanford- Washington and Ohio State-lowa. i From an audience standpoint, ; the Purdue-Illinois contest is “the” | game, It is the game approved by the NCAA for nation-wide televi- | sion. Purdue, unbeaten in the con- | of 2-1-1, also has designs on the 'Jeague title and a trip to the Rose ‘ Bowl. ‘Vol Fullback Leads SEC In R | BIRMINGHAM, Ala. #-—-Tennes- trunning attempts. He is topped see’s Andy Kozat charged into | only by Leon Hardeman of Geor- second place among: Southeastern | gia Tech with 460 yards in 83 at- Conference runners by picking up 128 yards against Alabama. The SEC statistical bureau today said the Vol fullback has a season's total of 393 yards gained in 69 tempts. Hardeman holds the lead by vir- | tue of his record before last week- bak: He was able to pick up only 34 yards against a rugged Auburn defense, The all-round Tech attack | brought a 33-0 victory,however. Halfback Bobby Marlow of Ala- | bama was bounced back into third aplace as a league ground gainer | by Kozar and the fierce tackling of Kozar’s fellow Vols. The Tide back has gained 385 yards in 81 attempts Joe Fortunato of Mississippi State, which meets Alabama Satur- jay, is fourth with 362 yards in 2 attempts. His average of seven ards per try is bettered only by ‘orky Tharp of Alabama with 8.0, nd Al Doggett of Louisiana State ith 7.3. Zeke Bratkowski of Georgia has ompleted 47 aerials for 668 yards nd five touchdowns, which makes ™@ the SEC's most asser. rterback Dudley Spence of m still leads the | te pitching. He he 4 31 of @ attempts ercentage, gaining 388 yards with ut @ scoring seria Bratkowski has a 452 pitching coord. jetemeyer, the great Van- | shman, is s¢cond only to Bratkewski in yards gained pass ing, but he leads the loop in the number of meyer has ce bis heaves for 64 towchdow a. Pete Clement thrown four so tosses, and Bil Brigman of Georgia Teed and y Lear of Mississippi three ce Norm Sievens of Louisiana Sate, secomd im accuracy wih « yards and a ference and with an overall record | effective | of Tulane has! NAVY TENNIS STARS PLA Capacity Crowd Expected For Ist Major Tennis Match Of Season The first major tennis match of q|the 1952-53 net season has been scheduled for Bayview Park Courts on Saturday and Sunday afternoons _|when the Key West Tennis Club the strong Navy This event should mark a step up the ladder for the strongest Navy team since Lt. Nick Smith won the City Championship in a hardiought, five set match in The sizzler for Saturday after- noon should be the meeting of new City Doubles Champion John McNulty, a grim competitor and his rangy, hard smashing partner, Bob Robison against ageless, mighty-mite Pete Varella , who will team with courtwise- Jack (life begins at forty) Sellers. Sellers is a former City Doubles Champion. A capacity gallery Sunday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. will have the opportunity to see Captain Payson pit his cool, calculating game ageinst the blasting dréves of the speedy Harvey Sellers, who is known to tennis fans as the “Whip”. Sunday afternoon's matches | also include a contest between | Commander Joe Watson who | made a strong, even fight for the 1951 Singles Championship and. | Charley Lott, former Champion | of the State of Maine. The Navy’s calculating Jay Wag- | ner will come up against High | School Champion Leo Carey. Lt. | Bill Barnes will meet Howard | James and Lt. Dan Zwilling will | battle it with Jack Sellers. It is evident by the enthusiasm that this will te a red hot match | with all of the competitors evenly | matched. SPORTS MIRROR By The Associated Press TODAY A YEAR AGO — Larry McPhail, former major league owner, told a congressional com- | mittee that baseball could use six | major leagues.' FIVE YEARS AGO — The Uni- versity of Detroit's football team soundly trounced Duquesne, 38-. TEN YEARS AGO — Minnesota defeated Michigan, 16-14, for the | Little Brown Jug before 55,000 grid fans. TWENTY .YEARS AGO — Second baseman Rogers Hornsby signed to play with the St. Louis Cardinals for the 1933 season. unning Yardage 573 average, has netted 532 yards in the air. Ben Roderick of Vanderbilt, who | caught six passes as the Commo- | dores upset Florida 20-13, is the SEC’s leading receiver with 20 catches to his record--though not a touchdown by air. Steve Meilinger of Kentucky shares fifth place in total recep- |tions with 12, but three of the | heaves he snagged went for touch- downs. Passes to Meilinger picked up 213° yards. Buck Martin of Georgia Tech, | the previous week's leader, caught only three passes against Auburn, and dropped to second place. He jhas hung on to 18 aerials this season for 291 yards and two touchdowns. Other top weceivers are Harry | Babcock of Georgia, 17 receptions, | 173 yards and one touchdown, and | Jeff Knox of Georgia Tech, 13 | receptions, 180 yards and a single / tally } Leading punters are Max Me Gee of Tulane, 21 kicks averaging 42.1 yards; Spence of Auburn, 33 for #0.4; Bratkowski,"2 for 38.6. |PLANE CRASHES PARIS # — A French military plane crashed in flames here today and the Air Force said 11 ‘persons were killed Roberts Office i | Supplies & Equipment Phone 258 | 126 Duwal Street pis with an even | pleted @ of | Buy Your Cards Early WE IMPRINT vice Exeminations Free Delivery. | CLOSED ALL DAY EVERY SATURDAY ——— nel Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK ®—The professional women golfers of this country now are whacking up more prize money each year than their male coun- terparts did in 1936. Six of them will average better than $10,000 apiece this year and will pick up additional thousands from sporting goods firms whose tools they use on the fairways. Before rushing out to buy the daughter a set of clubs, however, it might be well to listen briefly to Freddie Corcoran; who invented Playing golf for money. “The competition is getting stiff among the girls,” said M. A. John- son, tournament manager both for the men and women glamor play- ers. “A few years ago Babe Didrik- son (Zacharias) was in a class by herself. She won most of the money and others took what was left. It’s At the Popular Price LOAFERS In All The Latest Styles and Colors $7.95 Visit Our Men's Dept. Where You Get The Best Values For Your Money + Faster é RESOLUT Friday, October 24, 1952 tightened up now to where the Babe is just one of the girls. “They’ve' done away entirely with women’s par. Louise Suggs shot 284 to win this year’s open—an average of 17 strokes to the round. Patty Berg shot a 64 on one course to break the men’s record by~a stroke. One 54-hole tournament was’ won with a score of 211. Betsy Rawls, who led the money win- ners with a total of over $14,000, is a good bet to equal men’s par any time she goes out.” We observed that Freddie was sticking to the well known names and asked what the chances were for some new girls to break into the picture in the near future. Al- most every season produces some bright new figure in the men’s division, we pointed out. Corcoran was dubious. “It's a different situation with the girls,” he said. “We have seven former women’s amateur cham- pions in our group, and they’ve been playing one another in hard competition for several years now. They've improved their games ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page.” Y K.W. SATURDAY tremendously in that time. When they're not playing ‘they’re prac- ticing, just’ as the men do. Ie fact, they don’t call it practicing any more, but say they're going out to work on their game for a while. _ “No matter how good a girl might be as an amateur she simply can’t get this kind of competition. 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