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

elle Glade Line Outweighs Conchs — The Key West high school foot-- ballers are expected to take to the Carbonell Attends air Friday night, as they go up against a massive Belle Glade line that has shown some of the finest) defensive football in their class to date. The Glades’ forward wall tips the scale at an average of 180 pounds, and the Conchs are almost tertain to take to the air in an ef- fort to take the verdict. Beckman has been pushing his boys hard, particularly on kick- ing. The Conchs will hold their contact session today, and tomor- row will take to the Wicker’s Field turf for a final signal ses- sion, Meanwhile, speculation is rife concerning a possible conference connection for the Conchs next year, They have been invited to join the highly rated, proposed Gulf- stream Conference which would put them in top company with Coral Gables, Miami Tech, Mi- ami Beach, and South Broward. While some quarters hold that they would be biting off more FIL Meeting Today Louis Carbonell, president of the Key West Baseball Club, went to Miami today to attend the annual meeting of the Florida Internation- al Baseball League. The chief business to be discus- sed at the meeting will be the selection of a new league presi- dent to succeed Senator Henry S. Baynard, who has indicated that he will not seek re-election to the $5,000 per year post. Max Carey, former major lea- gue player and manger, is said to have a good chance for election as president of the loop. J. Russell Cook is also slated to be consider- ed for the job. Another big question, which also should be considered at the meet- ing is whether or not the league will remain an eight team circuit. NAVY WHIPS THE K.W. TENNIS CLUB Leo Carey and Frank Roberts defeated Lt. Dan Zwilling in a very hardfought match. The Navy captured a 5-4 win | over the Key West Tennis Club this weekend. Peter Varela and Jack Sellers defeated City Tennis Doubles Champions John McNulty and Bob Robison in the net action between the Key West Tennis Club and the Navy net team on Saturday and Sunday at Bayview Park, 6-2,. 6-3. Jack Sellers, former City Doubles champion, the only two point man on the Key West team, captured his singles start and helped to win According to the word from some sources, it is uncertain who will be in the league and who won’t be. All of the clubs are expected to indicate tomorrow just what their plans are for the coming season. The “eight veteran” rule -- which was passed in the form of a motion at an earlier league meeting is expected to pass easily at the con- fab. According to the measure, the FIL teams will be held to eight veteran players while the balance of the rosters must be made up than they can chew, local fans would be seeing some good foot- ple of seasons. Whether or not they will be in- vited officially to join the Suncoast! Conference is a moot question at this point. While for a time it was pretty certain that they would join that group, some of the teams from the northern part of the state ‘are said to be objecting to the long) of limited service performers. The distance they would have to travel] change is hailed as a big step for- to compete with Key West. This is; ward in putting the FIL on a said to be a discouraging factor| sound basis. for the Conchs, Dodger Magnate Heavy Advance Says TY Will Pose Problem By JOE REICHLER NEW YORK, ® — President Walter O'Malley of the Brooklyn Dodgers is, of the opinion that the television problem, rather than the bonus controversy, will be the No. 1 job for the major league owners at the annual winter meetings in Phoenix, Ariz., in December. “We would like to televise our toad games next year,” O'Malley said. “In order to do that, I must get permission from the seven other clubs in the league. Son.e- time ago I wrote to all these clubs, Up to now, not one has given me the desired permission.” Sale Seen For Shrine Battle Tickets sales for the first annual Key West Shrine Football Classic, which will pit the Key West Conchs against the Christobal (Panama) Tigers, indicate an early sellout according to Willard Cook of the local Shriners. The contest, which will take place on November 28th, is plan- ned as an annual affair---making it the ‘bowl game” in the nation. southernmost high-school The Shrine groups, all over the nation, have been leaders in the field of football, with Christmas day clashes, notably the San Fran- sisco East-West and Miami North- Despite capturing the National League pennant with what has been called the best team ever to represent Brooklyn, the Dod- gers’ home attendance was approx- imately 800,000 below their record year. “It took a seven‘game World Series to put Brooklyn in the black,” declared O'Malley. South tilts, producing some of the top grid action in the country. These games are for the benefit of the Shrine Crippled Children’s Hospitals all over the land. Five thousand tickets have been printed for the Key West classic and they are going fast. An elaborate pre-game ceremony featuring the local Marine Corps Contrary to earlier reports, Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox slugger now stationed with the Marines in Puerto Rico, declared he fully ex- pected to resume his baseball career after his discharge in Octo- ber, 1953. ‘A man 34 or 35 years old, who has spent two years out of baseball as I am doing, can hardly come back and show the same effectiveness,” he was quoted as saying. “But I expect to try a tomeback. If I find I have lost the touch I will retire. I don't want any other position than that of a player.” Trade rumors are flying around | again thick and fast. The most log- ical one involved the Dodgers and Braves with Brooklyn giving up first baseman Gil Hodges, infielder Bobby Morgan and a pitcher for Warren Spahn and first baseman | Earl Torgeson, Dodger Manager Charlie Dressen admitted he was seeking @ starting lefthanded pitch- er and did not deny that the Dod- gers and Braves had been in a huddle since the World Series, jest hitter in base- Mickey, Mantle of the says General Manager Charley Gehringer of the Detroit Tigers. “I believe he hits harder than Babe Ruth or Ted Williams. He is the greatest switch hitter I Color Guard and the Key West High School band, has been plan- ned. prises are being cooked up for the halftime show, which promises to be the classiest ever staged in Key West. In addition, plenty of sur- The Shriners are planning a gala dance in connection with the tilt, also. Tickets for the affair, while they last, may be obtained at Paul Sher's and Bob Pollack's Jewelry Stores, Station or from the “Man in the Red Hat” at any Conch football game. The Shrine has set up @ — booth at Wicker’s field as well, Orion Russell's Service his doubles match. Sellers, who is on a reducing diet, decided to lose at least a hundred pounds, after he had chosen Varela as his part- ner so that Peter would not have to carry all of the load. In other matches, H. Sellers and C. Lott defeated Cmdr. Watson and Capt. Payson, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4. The Navy men played fine tennis but missed the points to win. Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK #~—The American Basketball League, oldest of the professional cage groups, has been disbanded because two of its mem- ber teams insisted upon playing men who were involved in last year’s “dumping” scandals, This has stirred up a quite lively debate between those who feel that the erring athletes should be given every chance to rehabilitate them- selves and a larger segment which contends that there is no place in sports for a player who once has been caught defrauding the public. “We made a mistake,” one of the boys was quoted. “Do we have to go on paying for it for the rest of our lives?” Not necessarily, A man who, takes samples from a bank and serves his time can find a job! when he gets out, but they don’t put him in the teller’s cage again. It’s a rule. We have just heard, courtesy of umpire Larry Goetz, of the time Casey Stengel, then playing with Brooklyn, ran afoul of the one and only Bill Klem, * Casey, ordered by Uncle Wilbert Robinson to bunt, laid one down the first base line. Almost immed- iately it rolled outside and the old arbitrator clarioned ‘‘Foul” before | Stengel could even start to run. But as the sphere neared first ; base it struck a pebble, or some- thing, and veered back into fair territory. The opposing first base- man picked it up, stepped on the bag, and Klem yelled “Out,” He then strolled over a few steps to speak to Robinson. “I'm sorry, Robby,” he said pla- catingly. “I guess I was a little hasty in calling that one. But it did start outside, as you saw, and I had no way of knowing it would come back in. I’m sorry, Robby.” All the time this was going on Stengel just stood at the plate with a stunned look. He hadn't said a word. Suddenly Klem wheeled on him, “As for you, you nut,” be bel- lowed, “‘go back to the bench and sit down!” The full extent of the outrage didn’t occur to Casey until he was | back in the dugout. Then he pro- way in tennis in a very short time. Navy man Jay Wagner captured a win over City Champion Peter Varela in the singles after drop- ping the first set and trailing in the second. John McNulty, Navy, captured a win over Harvey Sellers, 6-1, 6-0. Cmdr. Watson wipped Charley Lott, 6-4, 6-3. Jack Sellers toppled Dan Zwil- ling, 6-4, 8-6 and Jack Chambers, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6. The most thrilling match which was between Johnny Yates. and Capt. Payson, was called off due to Gators Toil For Auburn Battle GAINESVIIV.E @—The Florida Gators have settled down to the rough grind of getting re:4y for a homecoming foe after a light day Monday, } TODAY IS TWELFTH (Continued rom Page One) @ Florida State Board of Health leader says: “In my estimation they have accomplished the most outstand- ing work in the field of mosquito control that has been accomplished in the State of Florida, or, in fact the nation. The eradication of the Wednesday, Cctober 29, 1952 THE KEY WEST.CITIZEN Page 5 conquest of Aedes Aegypti, the ; rest Wilson Finarty, 1413 Eliza sts United States Public Health Service James Alexander Cleare, 305 se tua . a eee © werk we lia street; Julic Avel, 1102 Mar. Today Fernandez and Varela Soret Street; “Julian J. Kos, am have the mosquito under such com- | Division street; Oscar Cabanas Plete control that the 45 year old; Mendoza, 522 Olivia street; and Though highly pleased with their yellow fever mosquito (Aedes Ae- performance against Georgia last Saturday, Coach Bob Woodruff ap- parently does not plan to let them rest on their laurels with Auburn coming up Saturday. The defensive line did most of the scrimmaging Tuesday against the blue-shirted B squad and were particularly effective in breaking up and intercepting passes. Most of the work was on the ground, however, for Auburn is primarily a running team from the split-T. Making it rough for the B team were Guard Joe D’Agostino and Linebacker Bubba Ware. Tackle Jimmy Hatch was in pads after missing the Georgia game because of an injury received against Van- derbilt, but saw no rough action Tuesday. Howard Chapman, the big Texan, was holding down the tackle spot opposite Charlie La- Pradd. Soph Tackle Ross Winne may darkness on Saturday with the score tied, 1-1. Capt. Payson, dis- playing brilliant tennis, won the third set on Sunday, not play in the homecoming con- test because of an injury received Saturday, Trainer Sam Lankford reported. These | high school boys have come a Ole Miss Back Sets SEC Pace ATLANTA (#—Jack Parker, Mis-;bama. Florida’s Buford Long fell sissippi State’s lanky quarterback, | from first to second place, though scores football points in the South-|he increased his points from 48 eastern Conference at a rate of | to 54. 13 per game, Bobby Luna of Alabama is third If he can keep up that pace or} with 41 and three men are tied even maintain an 11 - point per | for the final two spots in the big five. Each of the three has 36 ; Water, but Gambusia thrive in dir- game output in the remaining four games on State’s schedule, Parker will become the SEC’s top scorer of all time. Young Parker, a junior, has scored 66 points in five games. If State played the usual 10-game schedule instead of the bobtail nine, Parker would be a cinch to smash Steve Van Buren’s old mark. Van Buren, playing for L. $. U. in 1943, scored 98 points--individual high for any Southeastern player. Parker took first place in the 1952 SEC race Saturday by scoring all of State’s 19 points against Ala- r Bench Views By JACK K. BURKE RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS THISA AN THATA With Belle Glade moying into the Stadium Friday night, the Conchs will face another strong team for the third straight week. Few writers up-state consider this ‘52 team as strong as last year’s which handed the Conchs a 20-0 loss, yet the Rams are still Strong in reserves where it counts. If the many who traveled last year to Belle Glade can. remember the game, the Rams were leading by only seven points till the last four minutes; then the Conchs threw desperation passes which points. Wilson Dillard of Mississip- pi, Bobby Marlow of Alabama and Leon Hardeman of Georgia Tech. Tiéd with 30 points each are Andy Kozar, Tennessee Jerry Marchand, L. S. U.; Corky Tharp, Alabama, and Bill Teas, Tech. Pep- per Rodgers of Tech has 25. Twenty - four points each have been scored by Bill Krietemeyer, Vanderbilt; Joe Fortunato, Missis- sippi State, and Steve Meilinger, Kentucky. Dick Foster of Vandy has 20 and 19 have been scored by Jimmy Lear of Mississippi and Pete Clement of Tulane. some of the prima donnas showed up late again. Prior to the one o'clock starting time, they had been commencing at noon and all the players were on time. It has just been recently that several have been in the habit of showing up late each Sunday. This is not fair to the others who are ready to go and have to stand around and wait. The ones who are always late, should have to wait sometime and see how it feels to be ready and one of your foursome not around. Others do not let it be known that they want to play, and they come out and create a disturbance because their names were omitted {from the tournament. It's no won- der that Norton Harris has given up being tournament chairman. With headaches of this kind, he has a right to throw up his hands.! GENE WITZEL ADDS ANOTHER Gene Witzel, popular Navy Chief saw Belle Glade roll up two more! has added his third straight Navy tallies. DIVOT DIGGINGS Not being able to participate this past weekend, the Bench has been told that the regular Sunday Big League did not go off because ceeded to demolish cooler, “And for that,” he stormed, “I the water | get called a nut.” TO OUR DEPOSITORS: For your convenience we are opening on Thursday, October 30, our new auto drive-in window. The entrance is from Front St. and the Championship crown along with sypti) from Key West ranks with the eradication of yellow fever , Mosquitoes in some of the South ‘American countries by the Rocke- feller foundation.” Fernandez was listed in The Key West Citizen of October 29, 1940 when he was Number 1 draf- tee, as being a widower with two | Children. Today though he is still unmarired, one of his sons is mar- ried and the other single. A man who is in love with his iob, Fernandez told me that he and Varela keep the yellow fe- ver mosquito out of Key West | by constant searching, and more | important, constant distribution of Gambusia, Gambusia is not a new form of DDT. It is, he said, a two inch fish, which is the most ef- fective killer of yellow fever mosquitoes ever found. Daily at 8 a, m. Fernandez and Varela tour the 14 mosquito zones of Key West. Daily they carry their buckets of Gambusia to cisterns, buckets, water collecting tires, old fashioned Iceboxes, and other breeding places in Key West. “You see,” explained the smil- ing dark eyed Fernandez, ‘yellow fever mosquitoes thrive in clean ty water. So we have to carry the Gambusia to the clean water and replenish their supply. If we leave the fish in dirty water they breed many little Gambusia. In clean water, however, where the yellow fever mosquitoes are found, they fail and die.” When Fernandez and Varela went to work on the yellow fever mosquito back in 1942, 75 per cent of the homes in Key West were meen’ places for the deadly in- sect, The last killer mosquito was an- nihilated by Fernandez and Vare- la in December 1948, When they started out on their FIRST DRAMA (Continued From Page One) table talks with the accent on mon- ologues, scenery, improvisation, makeup and play directing. Atter a recess at 3 p.m. when hot bol- los and cokes will be “served, a discussion of the latest hits and the New York Theater will take place. Members of the Key West Players who saw a number of the latest dramas this summer will take part in the forum. The evening schedule will begin at the Barn Theater where the Key West Players will present two one act plays by Tennessee Williams which were highly successful last season and the University of Miami students will present an original play, “Infinite Intermezzo with | Majel Hudec, Robert Sindelir and John Barry Kelly. | the other giorles that he has at- tained since being stationed on the “Rock.” Gene has proven many times that golf can be enjoyable/ as well as recreational. Congratu-' lations, Gene, and may you add many more titles beside your name before you hang your clubs up for good. Other winners will be an- nounced later as one flight has not been decided as yet. former draftee and the 61 year old Spanish born Varela handle the job alone. .- Though they limit their control to the city of Key West which is broken in Zones 1 to 14, ending; at the U. S. Naval hospital, Fer- nandez drives his truck up the Keys for his Gambusias. He has several mysterious sources where Rae the mosquito-eating The other selective service num- bers chosen 12 years ago today showed Allan Lockhart Hampton of the Key West Gas company as number two man. Hampton: told us yesterday that his company asked for an occupational defer- ment in 1940, “T had already taken a physical and was ready to go,” said the gas company executive. Hampton, who lives at 1122 Sem- inary street, has two daughters, Edith, 17, a freshman at Brenau college, Gainesville, Ga., and Patri- cia, a civil service worker at Boca Chica, aged 20, Number four man in the 1940 drawing was Reinardo Soriano, al- so rejected at Camp Blanding. To- day he works with Number Eight draftee Frank Caraballo at the latter's service station on Eaton street. Frank was rejected too be- cause of a leg A Bill Crespo, who Number 15, is today a charter boat captain. Aurelio Sanchez, Number 16, works for the Delta Steamship company out of New Orleans. His brother, Alfred is proprietor of the Red Cafe here in Key West. Manuel Cervantes, Number Seven draftee, is said to work as a civilian in the Navy Yard here. The other men who were called 12 years ago today through the fateful fishbowl drawing could not be located. They were, with their 1940 addresses: Leon Gillam Jones, 409-C Eaton street; Michael May Johnson, Si- monton and Fleming streets; For- & SUPPLY CO. Stock Island Charles Perez. The original front page story on the selection of the draftees in the Ocicher 29, 1940, Citizen appears below: “Edward Fernandez, Key West's Number One Draftee as selected by federal officials this afternoon in Washington, having been assign- ed the registry number 158, stated to The Citizen this afternoon that he would be willing to enter one "s training. “It develops, however, that -Fer- nandez, who lives at 418 Amelia street, may not be called in the first draft, “He has two children, aged nine and 13, and his wife is dead. He is a WPA worker. “Second number for the Key West draftboard is that of Allen Hamp- ton, gas company salesman. Mr. Hampton is not eligible for the draft, being a member of the local National Guard which will go into encampment early next year.” LUMBER YARD Clearance Sale METAL SHINGLES REGULAR $16.00 Sale $12.50 Sq. BARRETT S.LS. ROOFING Green, half of width heey) and carries same guarantee Anyone can apply. 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