The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 1, 1952, Page 5

Saturday, Nevember 1, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 5 ADE, 14-7, ¢ . an BELLE GL acess iinet einen wiistisinssiseccmnctinittbisemianis tin. sinc | CONCHS WALLOP ‘ Conchs Click With * Payoff Passes To Gain Hardfought 5th Victory Fri. The Key West Conchs facked up their fifth grid- fron win of the current sea- son last night on the basis of a pair of touchdown passes, Joc Pineda to Lucy Gonzalez, when they de- feated a tough Belle Glade elub, 14-7. The “battle” — which oftentimes resembled anything but football due to the unorthodox tactics of the opposition—was fought before 3500 football fans. The victory was gained after the Conchs found themselves embroiled in their toughest battle to date, chiefly against a giant Golden Ram line which out- weighed them by « large margin, It was passing that did the trick for the Conchs when their usual fine running attack could make but lit- tle ground against Belle glade. Came From Behind Te Win The Conchs had to come from behind to capture the win, how- ever, when Belle Glade picked up @ tcuchdown in the ‘irst quarter and converted to make {t 7-0, But the die-hard Key Westers eame back in the second period to click for a TD to tie up the score at the halftime 7-7. After @ grueling see-saw punting fuel throughout the third stanza, Key West clicked with a 40-yard touchdown pass to give them the game-winning edge. In a game marred by frequent penalties, (Belle Glade lost a total of 80 yards which didn’t count the malties the officials missed) the cals clearly were the better club basis of fighting spirit. j@ Glade’s score in the ball game came as the result of some sloppy Conch balliandling when they fumbled three times on their first five plays from scrimmage. Belle Glade recovered each time. When Belle Glade covered @ Conch bobble on the six-yard line, the stage was set for the only Ram touchdown of the evening. . A penalty sent them back to the Al.yard marker, but a pair of short aerials from Quarterback Jim Wil- Mams to Ken Kirchman gave them @ score. With one minute remaining in the quatter, the Rams connected with | a place kick for the extra point. | Key West Holds That was the last look the visi- tors had of the goal line when the | Key Westers tightened up their Aefense and kept the situation in | and. They needed but ten plays to cli- max a 45-yard march with a score | in the third quarter. Joe Pineda blossomed forth as a running star to spark the drive, which was end- ed with a six-yard toss to Lucy Gonzalez in the end zone. Pineda tan around end for the extra point | just before the half ended. 1 It was nip and tuck in the third | Belle Glade Aerial Fails A DSPERATE FOURTH PERIOD FORWARD PASS off the nearly connected, but was batted down by the Conchs’ Lucy Gonzalez (No. 25), Bill Kirchman (No. 17) looks on. ping, ete., turning the ball game into a real Pier Sixer. However, in fairness to Coach | Cal Peacock of the Rams, it must res- be pointed out that he is not ponsible for the conduct of his boys in this respect. It seems that the Belle Glade coaching staff in the past, before his time, had taught | his boys these cute tricks and Pea- cock is working hard in teaching | his squad to clean up their tactice. He pulled more than one perform. | er last night and should not be |held responsible for their rough play. Tommy West and Don Cruz prov- period but neither club was able to push across a score. After the Conchs took the kickoff, they marched down deep into Belle | Glade territory, only to lose the | ball on downs. A fifteen yard pen- | alty against the Rams forced them | to punt out of danger and again, | with Pineda and Dick Salgado car- | tying the mail, the Conchs went | on the march. After Harold Solo- | mon had booted a nice punt out of | bounds on the Belle Glade 14-yard line, they come back with one of | their own to get out of danger. But the Conchs clearly dominated | the proceedings in the fourth stan- | ed to be alert linebackers last night when they intercepted Belle Glade aerials, Terrific Block The play of the evening, as far as this corner is concerned, was a block thrown by 128-pound Gibby Gates who lowered the boom on a 200 pound Ram and leveled him like a bulldozer. John Carbonell might well have donned a Blue and Gold uniform— he spent the evening in their back- field. He caused them plenty of trouble. Stu Logan appears to have a Key West High And the band played on— That is just what the Key West High school band did last night in a brilliant intermission presenta- |tion at the Key West-Belle Glade football game. Entering the field to the strains of its theme march “Necoid”, the band, majorettes, letter girls, and flag twirlers passed into the cen- ter of the field in unbroken preci- sion to form the four points of the | compass, With the flag twirlers, letter girls and majorettes as the pointers, the | “mercury” turned to the East with the Yamiliar straing of “East Side | West Side;” then with gracefulness jto the South with that old familiar number “Suwanee River; around the compass to the West to the tune of ‘Home on the Range” and finally North to a rather modern ta with the Rams never penetrat- | starting assignment clinched with | version of “Jingle Bells.” Ing beyond the Conch forty. } Early in the final quarter, after | his hard digging line play. The Statistics From this musical interpretation | of the compass the band swung to Stopped on the ground, Joe} First downs, Key West 9, Belle | ghost music as the lights went out being Pineda dropped back to the forty | and tossed a soering aerial which | rang the bell to Gonzalez on the} BO. Lucy juggled the ball as 3500) tans held their collective breaths | and then scampered into the end | fone to put Key West into the lead Jor the first time in the contest. | joss to Vermette was extra point, } In the waning moments, the Conchs launched two more drives which fell short on the 11 and 9 yard lines. j GRIDIRON GLEANINGS: While the Belle Gladers were fairly well | versed in the science of football, | they also had.a knowledge of a/ few tricks that ‘shouldn't be pulled | en the football field when they lost total of 8 yatds on penalties. As | Glade 6. Passes attempted, Key West 8, Belle Glade 16. Passes completed, Key West 4, Belle Glade 4. Yards gained passes, Key West 79, Belle Glade 22. Yards gained rushing, Key West 185, Belle Glade 65 Total yards gained, Key 264. Belle Glade 87 Yards Per ed, Key West 35, Belle Glade 80. West IT WAS PAPA NIGHT IN MEMPHIS MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)—Sept. 26 “hicks, Ed M: in addition te help. with the Southern e & matter of factitheir brand of play | / might be termed downright dirty football. They Rad all the appear , ances of a good squad and their Kicking, punchin,, gouging, ctip- came papas the same evening. Mc- Ghee’s wife presented him with a ter while Kozar became the daddy of a boy, | through the stadium. Using flash lights to excellent advantage, eyes, nose and mouths in the center of the ring appeared to grin and final- | ly from to a varied arrangement by} | the band of “Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater.” Lights came on. The shrill whis- | tle of the sounds, The band, majorettes, flag Citizen Staff Phot: fingers of Belle Glade’s Ray Williams in last night’s contest School Band Performs Impressively At Conch Gridiron Sessions out a slip and the baton twirlers could not have lost a baton if they had tried, The marching of the band showed that Joe Cornell meant what he said earlier in the season when he promised a marching unit that all Key West could well be proud of. As to the music, did Harold Cas- terton ever have a band that was not tops? The answer is no, and the High school band of ‘this year is no exception. By the way have you bought your tag? More funds are needed for additional uniforms, Tags are being sold today. De your part so that—the band can play on! U. Of Tampa Wins From Livingston TAMPA (#—The University of Tampa's up and down football team clicked when it had to Friday night to whip Livingston (Ala.) State College 27-12. Tampa rushed out smartly to a 7-0 lead from the opening kickoff, fell behind, 7-12, when Livingston capitalized on two quick breaks, and then settled down to win going away. Standing out in Tampa's offense ing of Halfback Charlie Harris, Gene Bearden Tops Hurlers At Bat NEW YORK (®—Gene Bearden of the St. Louis Browns, who had a mediocre 7-8 record on the mound, distinguished himself as the lead- ing hitter among major league pitchers during the 1952 season. Final Associated Press statistics disclosed that the 31-year-old south- Paw moundsman, who also bats from the left side, cracked out 23 hits in 64 times at bat for a healthy .359 average. Gene was the only regular pitcher to hit with- in the charmed .300 circle in ‘52. Bearden’s safeties, many of “Pigskin” Is Misnomer For Football By GEORGE H. KEEFE Springfield Union Staff Writer (Written for The Associated Press) CHICOPEE, Mass. @ — Eighty thousand football fans roared as the Pigskin soared through the au- tumn haze and settled in the arms of a player. But it wasn't “pigskin.” It was cowhide—or steerhide— for the makers of top grade foot- balls are fussy about the tough- ness of the leather they use (even though they don’t worry about the gender of the animal whose hide they lift). Ralph F. Wheeler, general fac- tory manager for A. G, Spalding Bros., Inc., here, one of the leading manufacturers of footballs in the country, says the hide from either the cow or the steer is the best and toughest leather there is for creating a football. ‘ “It’s a mystery where the name ‘pigskin’ ever came from,” he says. ‘Pigskin is never used in the Spalding method. Possibly ‘way back pigskin might have been used for a ‘foot ball,’ one kicked by the foot, perhaps a soccer ball. But nobody has ever been able to run down the origin of the name.” Wheeler says the back section of a side of cowhide is the prize portion and the “bend,” a leather term for the tough hide covering & joint, is the choicest of that section, At Spalding’s you won’t find girls sewing footballs, Making a football, says Wheeler, is definitely a for a skilled and strong-armed man. The leather itself is fairly heavy and the sev- eral linings add to its toughness. The ball is actually made inside bey for it couldn’t be sewed other- wise, The leather sections are cut by machine dies according to the grain. The sections are sewed to- gether by machine but the shaping is a long and skilled hand process. Spalding Bros. also turns out rubber footballs to meet a develop- ing trend in athletics. So it boils down, to the fact that the gridiron isn’t iron and the foot- ball isn’t pig but someday might be_ rubber. But a P. S. to baseball fans— baseballs are definitely made of horsehide, Bratton Seeking Bout With Gavilan By JACK HAND NEW YORK «® — Johnny Brat- ton was hurling challenges at both Welter Champion Kid Gavilan and | Middleweight king Ray Robinson | today after his exciting TKO win over Joe Miceli, Chicago Johnny, former NBA welter ruler, foreed Referee Harry Kessler to stop the fight after 18 seconds of the eighth round last night at Madison Square Garden. Bratton got off fast and Miceli came back strong in the middle rounds to cut Bratton’s right eye. them coming in a pinch-hitting role, ineluded three doubles. He also batted in eight runs and s¢ored six. In the National League, Chica- go’s Bob Rush compiled the high- est mark, .902. The tall Cub right- hander had 28 base hits in 9% tries, including five doubles and one triple. Bob’s record also shows 15 runs batted in and five runs scored. Johnny Sain of the New York Yankees was runner-up to Bearden |in the American League. The v¥et- eran pitcher, who came through handsomely for Manager Casey Stengei both on the mound and at bat, compiled 19 hits in 71 trips to the plate for a .268 slate. Among his hits were four doubles, one | triple and one homer. Tommy Byrne of the Browns j was third at .250 followed by Frank Shea of Washington, .238 and Bob Lemon of Cleveland and Mickey snappy band leader | were the running and pass eatch- | McDermott, Boston, with .226 each. Behind Rush in the National loop | Humberto Mariles oi Mexico won | twirlers and the letter girls were in) wre played his best game of the |came Bubba Church, who played a grand mixup, } “They will never come out of this jone,” went through the stands as/ the conflamogstion became more} confused, A whistle end suddenly the unit was together again and {moving off the field to the tune of “Under the Double Eagie.” | result of daily practices the letter! girls were in rigid step throughout the m (Uirough their important parts with- year, and the pitching of Quarter. back Bill Minahan. with Philadelphia and Cincinnati, | with .235, Herman Wehmeier of 8 HTH 146. It was the first time Miceli had been stopped in 52 fights, SPORTS MIRROR TODAY A YEAR AGO — Col. the President of Mexico Trophy at the National Horse Show in Madi- | som Square Garden. Tampa's big, fast charging line | the Reds and Paul Minner of Chi- j FIVE YEARS AGO—Man of War never let Livingston's passers get set or its runners get started. Tampa's touchdowns, one per quarter, were scored by Fullback | cago, with 24 —— Murry Ben Wade of the Brookiyn Dodg- ers and New York's Jim Hearn | of a heart attack at the age BS! |- TEN YE. | Bears led the Western Division t Tom Spack on a 10 yard drive, by |were tied for the major league | the Nat The band in this darsling presen- | Halfback Vince Chicko on a 31-| home run lead among pitchers, |e 60 record while Washingios tation outdid its fine showing of | yard pass from Minahan, by End |each having three. Wade batted the Esstern % i last Friday at Delray. Showing the | Frank Stefanik on a 13-yard Min- | only .1i7, however, and Hearn .182. | record. ahan pass, and by Halfback Guy Amuso on 8 17-yard sprint through of four tries, As high as 2 per cent of the | Allen of West Virginia ‘is sugar. ches, The flag twirlers went | tackle. Milt Green converted three | juice of the full-grown cane plant / five touchdowns in the ‘cers’ UAT victory ever Ma: By TRUDY COCHRAN The USO-NCCS beat their own high scratch team game of last week by ten pins, making this week's high score an 819. They also rolled the high scratch team set of 2190, although it was ninety-six pins less than their preceding team set. Trudy Cochran got lucky and took high single game with «4 178; and close behind for the second place was Laurel Winans with 174, 3 Winnie Humphrey rolled a 169 for the third high single game. The high triple honors went to the third member of the USO- NCCS team, Ruby Caldwell, Her set was 458. TEAM STANDINGS Teams— W. L. Pts. USO - NCCS 16 8 22 OpDevSta CPO 16 10 20 USS Cero enanes |G | ed USO YMCA 1113 14 NavSta CPO we 918 oH NAS — aetin B IRD Casares And Company Seek Fifth Win GAINSVILLE, Fla. # — Rick Casares and his Florida shock troops are after ti¢ir fifth victory of the season against Auburn here today. The Gators are favored by 14 points to win their homecoming game and assure themselves of at least as a season’s retord as ther two years under Coach Bob Woodruff. Flori’a had 5-5 seasons each of those {vo years. They have 4-2 so far ‘ of 1952 and have Tennessee, Miami ind Kentucky as foes after Aubur Cat ‘es, Bufor¢l Long and Papa Hail t their p ek in whipping Geoy 1, 90-0, I st Saturday and that inning tri» is hailed as i: best in the astern Conft ence. Auburn's attack has bogged down the re-injury of prospect. will have to be better than any bunch to face the Gators so far- and that indicates Georgia Tech~- in order to dent the Florida de- fense. Until last Saturday the clue to troubling or beating Florida was a good passing attack. Georgia Tech had it and won. So did Vanderbilt. But when Geor- gia’s Zeke Lratkowski mixed up that formula he found Florida a parently was aimed squarely at the: mm. It is an anti-waiver legislation that will make it mandatory for team to obtain waivers on a player from both major leagues after July 31. The present rule re- quires that a team obtain waivers i : fit ul i = 3 & ct . te i | | . pf if ze rf 7 i | i H : f z z [ By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK (#—These are long and wonderful days and nights for Rocky Marciano, the shoemaker’s son from Brockton, Mass., who knocked out Jersey Joe Walcott just over a month ago to win the heavyweight championship of the world. They are fully as long and pleasure-filled for Al Weill, the colorful Broadway character who Plotted Rocky’s course to riches with one hand, his left, while with the opposite maulie he held a strangle grip on the fight game as matchmaker for the all-powerful International Boxing Club. It was a clever piece of business in every respect, and Al is proud and happy to take both the bows and the money which is piling up at an alarming rate. _Asked if he had any slight mis- givings about Rocky's return date with Walcott next spring, either here or at Chicago, Al said posi- tively not. : “Tl tell you why,” he said, “That night Walcott was in the greatest condition of his life. He can’t ever be that good again. He dealt Rocky a lot of punishment yet the kid still had enough left to knock him cold in the 13th round. Rocky will get him a lot quicker the next time, “Another thing, the next one won't be held at Philadelphia. We had too much going against us down there. Rocky couldn't see for three rounds from that stuff he got in his eyes. That was terrible. And when the 12th round ended lone of the judges already had scored eight rounds for Walcott. “When Rocky came to the corner after the 12th I leaned over him and I said ‘Rock, you're in trouble. You're behind, and you might never get another chance if you don't knock him out now.’ Rocky looked up at me and said, “Is that true, Al?’ And I told him it was, ... Forty-five seconds and he land- ed as sweet a short right as I ever saw. They knew he had a left hook, but they didn't know about the short right.” How about Ezzard Charles? Had he and Rocky taken on added re- spect for the former champion since watching him hammer-up Cesar Brion in the Garden last week? “Well,” Al said after some thought, “we might be fighting Hhim some time, and 1 make a point never to criticize a future opponent. That's not good for bus- iness. But FR say this about Charles’ new style — this crowd- ing in and punching all the time —every fighter is born with a style or he isn’t born with it, and he can’t change to some other style. “Between you, and me, Rocky would like to fight him because he would like to have it on his record that he beat three former cham- pions — Joe Louis, Waleott and Charles. He's proud of being cham- now and he thinks he can at anybody.” The only trouble, Al sighed, is that Rocky’s only going to defend his crown once a year, and as Waleott is on tap for next spring, it means that he can't possibly get around to Charles before 1954. The gay tr ag might be playing his bull for a living by that time, The first heavyweight champion- by the rule¢ passed at the major jieague meetings, and we will five by any rules passed at the next