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

Guards Are Crucial Spots For Conchs|FROM THE PRESS BOX By OSCAR MILIAN Guards Peter Knight and Tom- my West will be the key to the situation on Friday night when the Key West Conch footballers go up tgainst the Pompano eléVen seek- ing their sixth win of, the season, Pompano, who has scored at ‘east two touchdowns against each tf their opponents to date has the reputation of a strong line and a gh running attack which goes rough the middle in a big way. West and Knight, who have prov- td to be the mainstays in the Key West defensive setup in their high- ait ly successful campaign to date, are just the men to do the job, Both men are seniors who saw plenty of action last y: borne the brunt of the tough and unheralded line work to date, West is co-captain of the Conchs with Joe Pineda. While the Key Westers rate about three touchdowns favorites over the Pompano footballers, Coach Ed, Beckman is taking no chances with the upstaters when he scheduled rough scrimmage session for yes- terday and this afternoon. “‘Natur- ally, we are looking forward to the Pass Is Needed To Join Nation’s Top Ground Gainers NEW YORK (#—It takes a pass to join the elite among the top Sround-gainers in major college football circles these days--forward pass, that is. Eight of the nine players who have managed to accumulate more than 1,000 yards this season are primarily forward passers, statis- ties released by the N. C. A. A. Service Bureau showed today, and the ninth has had to do a good deal of tossing himself. | Don Heinrich of Washington is | the total offense leader, with 1,343 ards in seven games, He also ads the passers in practically everything: 203 attempts, 106 com- pletions, 1,337 yards and 12 scoring passes, Behind him, in order, come Cin- cinnati’s Gene Rossi, Columbia's Mitch Price, Maryland’s Jack Scar- bath, Detroit’s Ted Marchibroda, Texas A. & M.’s Ray Graves, Vanderbilt’s Bill Kreitemeyer and San Jose State’s Lynn Aplanalp. Asa group, these eight men have gained 89.2 per cent of their yard- age by passing. And ninth is Harvard’s Dick Clasby, with 1,017 yards of which 695 have been made by rushing. He’s third among the runners, be- hind Rod Williams of Harding - Simmons and Gene Filipski of Vil- lanova, but has been in only six games to their seven. In touchdown responsibility, Heinrich shares honors with Yale's Ed Molloy, each being credited with 14. Heinrich has scored twice and pitched for 12 tallies. Molloy bas made four and thrown 10, Still in contention~in the close battle among the runners are Leon Dean of Georgia Tech, Johnny Ols- zewski of California, Don Beas- ley of Arizona and Billy Vessels and Buck McPhail of Oklahoma, all over 600. Three passers have made more than 1,000 yards)in their specialty but have beeitknocked back into three figures ‘in total offense by, ground losses: O'Connell, John Borton of Obio State and Zeke Bratkowski of Georgia. SPORTS MIRROR By The Associated Press | | TODAY A YEAR AGO—Charlie | Dressen was rehired as Dodger | Quarterback Club Plans New Score Board For Stadium John West, a member of the ex- ecutive board of the Key West Quarterback Club, announced today that the net profits of that organi- zation have gone and will gcon- tinue to be spent Yor the benefit of the high school football team. West made that statement in an- swer to rumors that the net pro- fits from the sale of scorecards be- ing printed by that club are going |to the organization. West pointed out that the group raised the money for the sodding of the field and that the current project is the purchase of an elec- trie scoreboard to replace the man- ually operated tally board that is now in use. The programs cost 20 cents and each week the complete lineups of both teams and, starting this week, photographs of members of the team, suitable for scrapbooks will be included. In addition, a ballot entitling the purchaser to vote in the Most Val- uable Player Contest has been in- serted. The winner of the contest will receive a wristwatch from Pol- lock’s Jewelery Store which is sponsoring the competition. Vols Shine In Passing And Cround Attack By ESCAR THOMPSON KNOXVILLE, Tenn. #—Tennes- see, essentially a land-locked foot- ball team, enters the November home stretch with a sharp passing attack to go with its powerful running game. Gen. Bob Neyland, Tennessee’s veteran coach, always has been an exponent of power-packed, pre- cision football. His single wing teams have used murderous block- ing to run roughshod over their opponents, ast year, {n winning theynational championship, the Vols:rushed the ball 3,068 yards against 10 foes; scoring 41 touchdowns. They threw only 96 passes of which 41 were completed for 11 touchdowns. That’s less. than 10 tosses per. {game and hardly regarded as enough to loosen opposing defenses. Tennessee, the nation’s eighth- ranking team in the weekly Asso- manager for the 1952 season, FIVE YEARS AGO — Mexican | Army jumpers won the team event | at the International Horse Show at | Madison Square Garden. | TEN YEARS AGO — Army au- | thorities granted permission for the | annual East-West football game, which will be held at New Orleans because of the war emergency, TWENTY YEARS AGO — Army trampled Harvard, 46-0, to give the Crimson its worst defeat in football history, ciated Press poll, is still passing the ball sparingly this fall, But in conquering North Carolina 41-14 Saturday, the Vols demonstrated convincingly they have a danger- ous passing weapon whenever it is needed. North Carolina opened up with j ting an eight-man defensive line, invit- ing passes, Tennessee promptly ac- cepted the invitation and scored. its first three touchdowns on passes Three Vol tailbacks--Pat Shires, Jimmy Wade and Pat Oleksiak-- There were about two million | threw 16 aerials against the Tar Heels, connecting seve times for 7 and have | di tough South Broward game but we aren't. going to give them a chance to edge us”, Beckman declared to- a: ¥. The Conchs have added a couple of items to their offensive bag of tricks in their drills which they hope to be able to bring out on Friday, With the kicking of jimmy Solo- mon showing some real improve- ment the Conchs should be plenty capable of running up a score against the Pompanos. Beckman is also pleased with the performance of his tacklers, Sport Notes By JOR REICHLER NEW YORK (#—Fred Saigh and Bill Veeck, rival owners of the St. Louis Cards and Browns, re- spectively, haven’t seen eye to eye on many things during the past season. Both, however, are in per- fect accord on one point. They -be- lieve their teams should share in the television receipts from games on the road. “My Browns provide half the cast in a ball game that is tele- vised in any American League city they visit,” Veeck contends. “Therefore, the St. Louis club should receive its share of the fee that is paid the home club for the ‘show.’ * ‘ Saigh already has announced he will not allow his Card games to be televised in New York and Brooklyn next year unless his club shares in the television fees re- ceived by the Giants and Dodgers. At total of 35 major league play- ers are due to leave military serv- ice in time to join their respective clubs for the 1953 season. The Boston Braves will have a new battery in pitcher Johnny Anton- elli and catcher Del Crandall. Oth- er prominent returnees include pitchers Ed Ford, Yankees; Bill MacDonald, Pirates; Dick Weik, Indians; Ray Herbert, Tigers; in- fielders Danny O’Connell, Pira' Preston Ward, Cubs; Owen Fri Browns; and outfielder Dick Ko- kos, Browns. Is Tommy Byrne, recently ac- quired by the Chicago White Sox in a trade with the Browns, en route to Washington? Senator manager Bucky Harris, who college students in the , United | 115 yards. In five previous games, States in 1951. RNAS ae IR TONIGHT DICK WAGNER Light Heavyweight LALU SABOTIN Light Heavyweight SPONSORED BY Robi Blue Ribbon 10 P.M. CBS. MONROE BEER DISTRIBUTORS, INC | the Vols had thrown 47 passes for |197 yards and three touchdowns. Tennessee has three excellent receivers in ends John Davis and Vie Kolenik and halfback Ed Mor- | gan, Davis has caught nine passes | for 17§ yards and three touchdowns, He nabbed five in the Carolina game for 95 yards and two touch. downs, As the Vols go into the final month of the campaign, opposing tored Byrne in New York as a rookie, is anxious to land the vet- BENCH VIEWS By JACK K. BURKE Had it not been for the line Plunging of fullback Dick Salgado, Key West would have been in a sorry state of affairs. In carrying the ball 14 times, Dick averaged 5.2 yards per try by his bull-like tactics. This average is excep- tionally high because he wag get- poor blocking from the line and also ran many times: through @ seven and sometimes an eight man defensive line, F. -s who went to Seacrest stated that the team of Friday night did not resemble the one of the pre- vious week. Something has happen- ed and if it is not corrected, well the answer is quite obvious. Several of the patrons remarked that when one or two of the Key block they always looked to the stands for their approval. Players of this type are Srandstanders and there is no room for them in any type of athletic contests that are played to- day, Thus, going back to what the Bench has said previously, they are young and it will take time coaches are going to have to worry /for them to realize the small about pass defense as well as how to stop the line smashes of full- back Andy Ko: nd the outside running of Shires and Wade. Tennessee goes to Baton Rouge Saturday to meet Louisiana State and then on successive Saturdays clashes with Florida, Kentucky and Vanderbilt. All are Southeastern Conference foes, Navy Net Tourney Is Scheduled Here nis Tournament which will underway next week. The ney, which is open to all personnel in the Key West Champion fer 1952. Trophies will be awarded te the | | the Fleet Sonar School, telephone | 790-247 before Nevember lth, licoked like a veteram and if winner, finalist and semi-finalists, tact Lieutenant Dan Zwilling ot things which make a boy a good Player rather than an average one. Playing to the stands may go in high school participation, but them get to college they if any of had better Soret for there, if | they play that way they have bad | it. One chance is all you get so you better make good. One of the most on the ack T never ti i RE 88 rH Hs at dt tified HY gf makes some of the cut-weigh him by 30 take a back seat ip department. Nice going, Tony, Another boy who had his ha: against the Rams was Stu Loge: In his first starting assignment es] Fit eg g rf aad i i be Se West players made a tackle or a! called) Stu Logun, Wayne Brantley and Julio Henriquez in action against Belle Glade las* week, The Conchs will taper off their session today and Thursday after. noon will don their game uniforms for a picture taking session at the Annex Fiela at which time any and all. photographers -- amateur or professional, will have the op- portunity of making pictures. The session will get underway at 3:30 p. m, This will mark the last chance for pictures this year, Illinois Tackle Is The Lineman Of The Week NEW YORK w# — A guard switched to tackle--Bob Lenzini of Illinois--won the lineman of the week award today. Lenzini, a 198-pounder, took top honors in the weekly Associated Press poll for his sterling defen- sive work Saturday as the Illiniois upset Michigan, 22-13. He bulled his way through the Michigan line to smear Michigan fullback Dick Balzhiser without gain on the Illini nine. Coming on third down it was the play that broke up. Michigan’s last threat, Two ends--Owen Coogan of Holy Cross and Clarence Johnson of Northwestern ~ each received high Sains in the voting. coe mare a ban; ame again: and janie was all over the field making tackles against Ohio State. Bob Sherman, 205-pound Georgia Tech tackle from Brunswick, Ga., likewise was praised for his work in Tech's. 28-7 victory over Duke. He threw himself in front of Worth Lutz’ punt in the first period. The ball was recovéred on the 18 and Tech went for a touchdown. He partially blocked a fourth-down in the third period which set up an- other Tech touchdown. eran lefthander and has dangled outfielder Gil Coan as bait. addition of Byrne gives the White Sox six southpaws whereas the Nats finished the 1952 season with nary a one. Of Washington’s 78 wins, only four were registered by a lefthander last year, Lou Sleater, and he has been shipped to Chatta- nooga. maintains his play the way he did Friday night, Julio Henriques may have a job winning back his posi- tion. Some other reserves should get the spirit and give a few others a night on the bench, May- be those few will wake up. Top defensive honors will have to go three ways. John Carbonell for heads up thinking on end runs; Tom West for intercepting a Wil- liams pass thus stopping a Ram scoring threat and also several fine tackles when he looked as though he was being blocked out of play only to fight his blocker off and stop the play for no gain; and Lucy Gonzalez who always plugs up the holes and kept the would be long gains cut short. Offensively it will have to go to Dick Salgado as previously ex- plained. Several others that come close in sharing Dick's work are John Vermette, Jimmy Solomon who finally came in t his own in the kicking department, also as a receiver of one of Pined aerials for a sizable gain, and the passing combination of Pineda and Gonzalez. Divots From The Digging Corner Some 36 women are taking = the course of or oh from Joe Lopez, Sr.,.and ac- pro f e £ ¥ af be 4 be g8 REE $f te fist i f t Pt? iF g ae . bf § oH EE E There was a red-headed guy sit- | making their selections based solid- ting in the east section of the stadium Friday night who was blasting the dayiights out of the sports section of this paper. Catch- ing his conversation by mere odin cidence and making it my business not to miss anything, I could clear- ly hear him offering his criticism. “You pick up the paper turn to the sports section and the first thing that looks you in the face is a hig streamer with John Cruz, name spread all over it. I’m tired of reading about John Cruz,” he was telling the fan sitting next to him. “One would think that Cruz is the only player on the club. What about the other players, like Bob Dopp, Richard Salgado, George Haskins, Joe Pineda, Lucy Gonza- lez and the rest of the little guys who are making the CONCHS such a menace to leading clubs this season?” At this time the appar- ently listening fan who wasn’t squeezed himself away from the section and with a sigh of relief sat comfortably at the bottom row of the stand. The red-headed man scratched his head and in a loud tone yelled at the fan who deserted him, ‘“Whatsa matter? Are you a Cruz fan, too’ A few of the General Electric boys missed the big game Friday night, How come? Well, our good friend Bill Billows was given a farewell party and the men didn’t want to disappoint him so he had a hundred per cent attendance, But amongst the boys was one rabid fan who didn’t want to miss ball game, so Frank Terry again.” Meantime little Bambino Terry was having the ¢ of his life with Earl Phillipi, Mike Coons and the rest of the Who will win the “most outstand- ing player” award given by Pol- lock’s Jeweler? Well, fan, your guess is as good as any. In fact it will be you who will determine ‘The | who should get the trophy. How- ever, this corner sees the ballot system more like a popularity vote and not from a performing stand- point. It seems that quite a few high school students have already made up their minds as to who will win the trophy and quite a few of the girls are canvassing votes for their ideal player. Most out- standing players are usually se- lected by sports writers and in ly on performance many points are considered. Of course, the present selection is a good one and this column offers ‘no criticism as sports writers could get sateen and announce the most valuable player to the club for the 1952 season from a playing record standpoint. The writer’s selection for the most valuable player and most outstanding performer—and. I am casting my vote—is first choice Lucile Gonzalez, second choice, ph eget ns patie it would be a g lea and a very one at that, if some big as conc would come across with a hand- whole. ‘The kids ‘have. displayed whole. The ve magnificent sportsmanship, have given a good account of themselves man. e Speaking of sportsmanship, how did you like the way Belle Glade roughed some of our boys last Fri- day night? But the local kids paid no attention to their opponents's tactics, they Barney Waters, the Mia: ald’s sports writer, is favoring Key West Conchs to beat most —_ outstanding CONCH GRIDMAN, for the 1952 season the impressions seemed about the same with the greater majority going over to Lucy Gon- zalez as first choice and Joe Pine- da, second, or vice versa, In all cases interviewed, the names of Richard “Dick” Salgado, and Tom- my West were mentioned as pos- sible nominees. Dick has won great admiration for his line breaking run crashes as has Tommy West in making the way clear for Joe Pineda and Lucy Gonzalez, com- bination point getters. Some clown really had a good time at the game last week. It was Hallowe’en night and he or she bore the spirit of the old witch Tfyou like beer... 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Many a-young husky was out there getting his lumps only be- cause of the free board and room because his particu- B234 pea E As we observe, the Greeks gave over-emphasis a hard time so long pal they bad the games to them- ves. ‘ Eddie Dugan, freshman half- back on the West Virginia U. foot- officially clocked at 9.9 seconds for the 100-yard dash. for each time the Conchs came across with a good play or blocked an opposition point getting pass there was no-end to the razzing the visiting dugout received from “El payaso entusiasta.” ‘ Bike ee ews wee ceed Page 2 Amateur Golfer Faeing Lawsuit TOLEDO,’ 0. W—A 24-year-old Toledo beauty has filed a paternity charge against Frank Stranahan, amateur golf star and heii to an auto-parts business fortune. The 30-year-old Stranahan posted $300 cash bail yesterday on the charge, filed in domestic relations court last Wednesday by Miss ey istian” “daughter bora, to a T her April 11, Neither Stranahan nor his attorney would comment on the charge. A hearing date has not been set. Stranahan was twice a member of the U. S. Walker Cup team and won the British Amateur title twice and the Mexican Open once. College diplomas or ‘ed often are actually ted on sheep- — Subscribe to The Citizen femenaren™ MERCURY TRUER Stock Island