The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 11, 1952, Page 5

Conchs To Be At Top Strength Friday The Key West Conchs will be at top strength here on Friday night hen they are scheduled to do battle with a tough South Broward cleven. They came out of the ,is the most “valuable player.” ' “It is not a bit important at {this point, who is the most valu- | able player or the best player,” Beckman declared. “What we are} | : Z Pompano clash on last Friday with- | interested in is winning games, in | Broward lost a close one last week | Of the brightest lights in the Pom- ; will have to fight for a starting , position, dications is going to be close enough to go either way. South out a bruise but that is probably | determining just which is the best | to Fort Pierce who is currently more than they can hope for this | football team on the field every | leading the pack in Florida school- week since the Browards have a | Friday night. There will be plenty | boy grid action and the Broward reputation for hard-driving football But while the squad went into the week’s practice for the tilt hich promises to be the rugged- | One of the best ways to cause a|last night met to map their stra- | of time to think about stars when the season is over.” And Beckman has a point there. | eleven is expected to be that much | tougher after dropping the tilt. The | Conchs had them well scouted and est to date, Coach Ed Beckman / football team to blow sky high is | tegy and this week will go to work had worries in another department |to start encouraging the appear- | to polish it up. when he scored the practice that bas sprung to life among the fans ance of individual “stars.” But Beckman emphasized that Borward has a reputation for having a tough passing attack and and a few of those connected with | all of the positions on the club are | a heavy line which could result in the game of speculation on who| still wide open and the ballplayers |a passing duel, SPARTANS KEEP Florida's Woodruff Happy With His Gridmen After Stiff Drill FIRST RANKING By HUGH FULLERTON JR. NEW YORK, P—Michigan State, Georgia Tech and Maryland, re garded as the “class” of college football after Oklahoma’s resound ing crash about as near as possible to land ing in a for first place in this Press football poll. Michigan State still held the lead today after 138 ballots from sports writers and broadcasters had been counted, but for the second straight week the Spartans’ point total dropped. Georgia Tech’s impres- sive 45-6 victory over Army boost- ast Saturday came three-way tie week’s Associated ed the Engineers into second place, | a shade ahead of idle Maryland. Points are counted on the of 10 for a first place ballot, nine for second, ete. And here’s how the first three line up: Michigan State, 1,193 points Georgia Tech, 1,135 Maryland, 1,128. A week ago it was Michigan State, 1,204 Mary- | land, 1,095, and Tech, 1,047 Oklahoma’s 27-21 setback at the hands of Notre Dame apparently had a profound effect on the voting. Oklahoma, which received 27 first- place votes and was ranked fourth last week, dropped to eighth place while Notre Dame moved up from a shaky 10th to sixth The high-powered Michigan State team, which racked up Indiana 41- basis | which meet Noy. 22, rank fourth and fifth Others in the first 10 are Tennes- see, Texas and Purdue. The leaders (first-place votes in | parentheses) Michigan State (57) ...... Georgia Tech (32) Maryland (24) . UCLA (15) Southern California (7) .... Notre Dame (33) .. Tennessee .. Oklahoma . Texas . Purdue .. Second 10: Mississippi Alabama Syracuse oe Pittsburgh (1) ........ Wisconsin Princeton Washington Florida Te ee ae 22 20, Michigan Sem Others receiving votes included: Missouri, Virginia, Navy, Minne- sota, Holy Cross, Villanova, Penn | State, Duke, Tulsa, South Carolina, Illinois, Lenoir-Rhyne, Baylor, Cal- | ifornia, Kentucky, Houston. Fights Mon. Night | | 1,193 1,135 1,128 964 844 123 ecco ae - 402 134 . 83 bid 69 66 55 31 30 - 2 By The Associated Press CHICAGO — Jimmy Martinez, By The Associated Press Probably the happiest coach in the Southeastern Conference today jis Florida’s Bob Woodruff. | Not only did the Gator mentor put his gridders through a long and muddy scrimmage, but he was well pleased with everything he saw. The tight Florida defenses looked even stronger on the sloppy turf as Charlie Lapradd, All-America tackle candidate, and guards Joe D'Agostino and Art Wright put on outstanding performances. |_ Rick Casares and Buford Long |led a sharp running attack, and |Doug Dickey and Fred Robison handled the aerial games with ef- ficiency. which allowed the Floridians to |s to remain intact and uninjured for the | clash with powerful Tennessee Sat- | In Knoxville, Gen. Bob Neyland |let the Vols off with a brief run- | ning drill because of bad weather. A bright spot in the Tennessee | picture was the announcement that | tailback Jimmy Wade and blocking | back Hal Hubbard, injured in the | LSU tilt, have been released from the hospital and will be ready Sat- lurday. Still on the doubtful list | was guard Frank Holohan, who re- injured a knee hurt in the Alabama game. Speaking of Alabama, Coaca | Red Drew is still singing the in 14 last Saturday, was listed first | 152, Phoenix, Ariz., outpointed Al- | jury blues and said, ‘‘We had just on 57 ballots and mentioned some- | where on all 138. Georgia Tech | }lie Gronik, 146, Detroit, (8). BROOKLYN — Walter Cartier, jas soon stay home.” The Crimson Tide faces unbeaten Georgia Tech also was named by every voter, | 162, New York, stopped Otis Gra- |Saturday. Ten Tidesmen are still drawing 32 firsts, 27 seconds and | 40 thirds. Maryland was given 24 | firsts, 51 seconds and 26 thirds. | UCLA and Southern Californ the unbeaten Pacific Coast powers | Johnny Mize Is Top Home Run Hitter By BEN OLAN NEW YORK (® — Big Johnny of the New York Yankees, who performed sensationally dur- ! { Mize + Faster 2 = = BAYVIEW SERVICE STATION ROOSEV BOULEV ham, 157!, Philadelphia, (6). HOLYOKE, Mass.—Miguel Man- divele, 146%, Havana, stopped a, | Charlie (Machine Gun) Thompson, | 147, Boston, (7). active in the major leagues. Mize, who has indicated he will remain in the Yankee fold during 953, walloped four homers last | season to bring his lifetime total to 355. He has also hit three in World Series play and one in all star competition The big Georgian is now sixth among the all-time home run club bers. Only Babe Ruth (714), NO CHARGE Power-pocked ter qui —— te O7ar?s rip LUTE BATTERY off the available list, but star half- {back Bobby Marlow, despite an injured leg, will play. Coach Bobby Dodd of Georgia | Tech has a legitimate excuse for | ing the 1952 World Series, still is | Foxx (534), Mel Ott (511), Lou | the king among home run hitters | Gehrig (494) and Joe DiMaggio (361) have hit more than the 39- | year-old first baseman. Ralph Kiner, co-home run leader in the National League for '52, is |second to Mize among the active players. The hard-hitting outfielder crashed 37 circuit blows to bring his aggregate to 294, Philadelphia Phillies’ Bill Nicholson hit six flychaser 2 EXCHANGE Group 1 Size FOR INSTALLATION ick sterts ond rugged service. the Resolute is your best battery buy ia the low Otten outstorts, evtias Put this dependedle thie NEW LOW PRICE. PALM SERVICE STATION STOCK ISLAND ELT ARD sts many higher priced batter pertormer im your cor tedey of LARRY DION T.B.A. TEL. Friday’s tilt, according to all in- | Another reason for the joy in the | He holds | Jimmy 'down third place with 233. The Conch reserve list which has | been a source of pleasure to Beck- man might well be on the deciding factor in the picture Friday. One |pano clash was the play of Har- |vey Orapeza at guard. A senior, |Harvey played the best game of |his career in spelling Tom West. |Orapeza isn’t going to hurt the | Conchs a bit come Friday. One thing is certain, Key West- {ers are going to have to be hot | against the Browards the Seacrest and Belle Glade has- sles where they kicked the ball around in the first j be disastrous. A repeat of | period could | tice, but he is expected to be back | Gators At Full Strength For Tilt With Tennessee | GAINESVILLE (®—Florida’s Ga- | tors get down to business this week for their big chance to prove they jhave risen to the rank of con- | tender in the Southeastern Confer- ence, Given a chance to heal the in- juries by an open date last week- end, Florida will be at full strength against Tennessee in Knoxville Saturday. Buford Long, the Gators’ lead- ing scorer, turned up slightly ill jlast Saturday and missed prac- on duty today. Coach Bob Neyland’s Tennessee teams are renowned for their win- ning ways, especially in Novem- ber, and most especially at Knox- ville. But a ray of hope for Florida comes in the suspicion that this Tennessee team is by no means {pulling out the crying towel. With Leon Hardeman out with a badly | bruised ankle, the Georgia Tech | |headman has his two leading ball carriers riding the bench, Larry | Ruffin has been out of the liuenp | with a twisted knee since the Au- | burn game three weeks ago. | Coach Wallace Butts of Georgia announced that his first string left halfback, Conrad Manisera, has withdrawn from school. The Lyndhurst, N. J., junior visited his home after the Georgia- Pennsylvania game Saturday and decided not to return to schodl. Butts said Manisera has had dif- ficulties with his studies and this had discouraged him a greal deal. Coach Ralph Jordan announced that his Auburn squad came away from the Mississippi State game in pretty good physical shape. He’s taking no chances with his light- | weight scatback Jackie Creel, who | has been sidelined this season with |a twisted knee. Jordan will hold him out of contact work all week with the hope that he will be ready | for Georgia, Bad weather held Kentucky, Tu- jlane, Ole Miss, Mississipni State, | Louisiana State, and Vanderbilt to | tight workouts, \Pitt Is Seen ‘As Cotton Bowl ‘Contender | By WILL GRIMSLEY | NEW YORK (®—Hanging out Monday’s football wash, and when it’s dry just throw it over there in | those bowls: Speaking of bowls, don’t be sur- |Prised to see the big post-season game operators start making {tracks toward Pittsburgh. The |overlooked Pittsburgh Panthers {suddenly have blossomed into prime bowl material. Here's a team which has whip- ped Notre Dame and Army on successive week ends and beaten three members of the Big Ten— the powerhouse of old even though it has lost only once. Louisiana State gave the Vols trouble last | Saturday until sub Halfback Pat | Oleksiak connected on a few pass- BENCH VIEWS By JACK K. BURKE The most unexpected touchdown Tun seen this season was pulled off on Friday night by the fleet- footed Lucy Gonzalez. After tackles Wayne Brantley and Stu Logun had taken their opposing linemen out of the picture, the tricky youngster swivel-hipped his way for 70 yards and the first Conch score. One quality that all the college | scouts are looking for when they peruse high school grid talent is how a runner reacts when the de- fense closes in on him. Lucy has es to run up a 22-3 victory. | Florida has the best running | threesome in the conference in Rick Casares, Long and Papa Hall. | Gator coaches say they have the | smartest quarterback in Doug | Dickey and his passing is improv- | ing. | Ahead of that Florida has an | offensive line that is showing up better all the time. The Gators won’t give away anything to any team when it comes to rushing of- | fense. They have been weakest on | pass defense, but Tennessee is not a strong passing team. An upset victory for Florida is a sure way into a Gator Bowl bid | and possibly the road to an in- vitation to the Orange Bowl. Coach Bob Woodruff may not | have his Florida team quite ready | to upend powerful Tennessee, but | the fans have hopes after resound- | ing victories over Georgia, 30-0, and Auburn, 31-21. The Florida season now is 5-2, the only losses to Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt. Sports Roundup | By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK #—No one will win | a popularity contest for saying so, but the committee which chose the 11 college football games to be | televised nationally this season did | quite a remarkable job of long- range forecasting. A very little research on our part | discloses that of the first 10 rank- | ing teams in the latest Associated Press poll, eight either have been | seen in action at this point or will have visited the parlors and bar- | rooms of the nation when the final | telecast is made Nov. 29. The only two rankers who will |have played entirely to live audi- | ences are Maryland, the current 'No. 2, and Tennessee, No. 8. Al- ready seen or coming up soon are Iowa, Indiana and Ohio State. Pitt, 21-14 winner over Ohio State Saturday, has lost two de- | cisions—a 49-20 bow to Oklahoma and a 16-0 surprise at the hands }of West Virginia. But the Panthers, who have no bowl bars, should have a gaudy string of victims. Remaining games are with North Carolina State and Penn State. Advance lineup How do you like this for an ad- vance lineup of the major bowls: Rose—Purdue vs. Southern Cal- ifornia-UCLA winner. Sugar—Georgia Tech nessee vs. Ten- Texas vs. Pittsburgh Orange—Mississippi vs. Syra- cuse, the feet played as part as the arms in football games and r a decision was won or lost jon the ability tg kick the point after to own. Leroy Fen- | Stemaker of Rice kicked five extra | points with a twisted ankle and Carl Maza of Arkansas as Rice beat Arkansas There was an the Tex For once, ant a s ny i uation in r game in which wson clicked in five rocato missed a r Texas, 35-33 nversions by ions by where Nebras- Wis 24-20, on a conversions three ked like pikers Mis . In beating Au Jack did was score for three m be- pass the sevet State Jose a the | Michigan State (1), Georgia Tech | (3), Oklahoma (4), UCLA (5), USC (6), Kansas (7), Purdue (9) and | Notre Dame (10. | | Of course, the indoor sports have |sat through a number of clinkers, | too, and it is quite true that there | was no great popular demand for the Yale-Cornell struggle of three | | weeks ago. Still, we feel that by its fine overall selection the NCAA | has done much to lay the original virulent criticism of its ban on | | unlimited TV. | | Were it not for the plan, it is | highly doubtful that today’s top game between Oklahoma and Notre Dame — would have been | available on screens in every sec- | tion of the country. Next Saturday Georgia Tech, the Sugar Bowl this one quality, and I’m not put- ting him to the head of the class, but he is the only backfield man in the Conch’s two year grid pic- | ture history to demonstrate this Point. We hope that the other backs 6n the squad will practice this important fundamental. Another Conch, in the person of John Vermette proved his mettle in the lopsided game with Pom- pano by showing the proper way to catch a pass on the dead run. When Vermette took Joe Pineda’s Pass in the second quarter for the third Key West TD, it was a coach’s dream fulfilled for in the past the Conchs have been hinder- ed by weakness in this department. There are backfield men who can catch the pigskin but ends have been used for blocking and for the purpose of drawing out the secondary on pass plays. John has caught several passes in other con- tests but Friday's was the prettiest of the lot. In regard to the age old ques- tion concerning which is the tough- est assignment on a pass play -- there is no argument against the fact that the seven men on the forward wall are just as much a part of the play as the man who heaves the ball and the guy that receives it. Football is a game that takes 11 players and they are all dependent on each other. When Lucy Gonzalez was being Tuesday, November 11, 1952 a] 4 ERS SE , tackled in the first quarter by a Pompano defensive man, he lower- ed his head like a bull and hit him headon which is the way to do it. The top offensive players for the eek are Lucy Gonzalez, Joe Pine- | | tw da, Dick Salgado who once again | bulled his way for needed yardage, Don Cruz for his end around touch- | down jaunt, John Vermette, Tony {Dopp and the entire @onch for- ward wall. Defensively, John Carbonell and | Lucy share this spot. ‘Both players as in the past have kept the offen- | Sives in the hole as well as being on the spot to recover fumbles. One of the most disgusted play- jers on the field was Gibby Gates }in the fourth quarter when he in- | tercepted a Pompano pass and was jheaded to the sidelines. All of a | | sudden his foot hit a loose piece | of sod and down he went without |a Pompano man near him. That | was a tough break, for Gibby is a | fast runner and could have gone | the distance. Statistics for the game show Key West gaining 221 yeards by rush- jing 77 in aerial play; 12 first |downs; 7 penalties amounting to |81 yeards; 7 passes attempted and completing 3. Pompano gained 86 yards by |Tushing; 85 In aerial play; 10 first | downs; 1 penalty for 5 yards; 15 | Passes attempted and completing [5 | Next week South Broward will play Key West at the local Sta- dium in what may be the game lof the year for the Key West. | South Broweard was handed a de- feat last week by Fort Pierce 20-7, |so the Conchs will have a job on | their hands if they expect to win from a team which beat Seacrest. It is hoped from all corners of |this city the lads will come out | victorious but it is up to them. With the right attitude and breaks, there will be no question, at least ‘from this corner. fighting for nothing. But I think he will beat Maxim.” There is no wish here to put undue pressure on a man who has just been elected president and needs a rest, but sooner or later Gen. Eisenhower is going to have to answer the report going around that he played a jag of baseball for money back when he was a student at West Point. Specifically, the nation’s leader- elect is supposed to have played under the name of ‘‘Wilson” in the old Central Kansas League during the season of 1912. Ominously enough, records show that there were, indeed, a number of ‘“‘wil- sons” in the league that year, one of them a pretty good hitter. | The point is, of course, that if the future President did play pro | {ball between classes at the Mili- | tary Academy he was guilty of the same offense which caused a con- |temporary of his named Jim Thorpe to be stripped of his Olym- | |pic medals. Our understanding is THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 5 ‘DeJohn, Hayes | Will Battle Nov. 12 | A ten-round middleweight bout | between Joey De John and Nor- | man Hayes has been signed for November 12th at the Detroit Olym- pia. The bout will be broadcast as the Blue Ribbon Bout feature over the CBS Radio network. Joey De John, veteran of §3 pro batt! is currently waging a cam- paign to scrap his way to top rank- ing in the middleweight division. Despite his fine record, 71 victor- ies (47 KO's), 2 draws and 10 de- feats, he has been fighting in less- \er-grede matches. A brawler | whose ring tactics resemble those lof Jake La Motta, De John dishes out the type of rough, KO-bound action that Detroit fight fans en- joy. Hayes, popular Boston middle- weight, has been on the pro fight |scene since 1949. His “big one” was a decision win over Robert | Villemain at Paris last December. | He followed up with a victory-and- |defeat series against La Motta earlier this year. Hayes’ record | shows 32 bouts, 21 victories, 1 draw | and 10 losses. | CBS outlet for the fight broad- least beginning at 10 p. m., East- | ern Standard Time. Steve Ellis will | provide the blow-by-blow descrip- tion. SPORT MIRROR By The Associated Press | TODAY A YEAR AGO—Tommy | Bolt of Durham, N.C., won the | North and South Open Golf Tour- |nament with a total of 283. FIVE YEARS AGO—The presi- dent of Notre Dame and Foot! Coach Frank Leahy both denied | reports that Leahy planned to re- |sign his post to enter professional football as a coach. TEN. YEARS AGO—Alsab won | the Victory Handicap at Belmont’s special charity meeting and boost- ed his total earnings to $345,165. TWENTY YEARS AGO—Horton Smith won the $2,500 Capitol Open Golf Championship with a 54-hole total of 216. ‘Mississippi Back [Tops SEC Scoring ATLANTA #—Mississippt State’s quarterback Jack Parker, |who scored 24 points in the Ma- roons’ marathon with Auburn Saturday, is the Atlanta Journal's SEC player of the week. In addition to running for three touchdowns and kicking six extra points, the 180-pound junior tossed aerials for three more touchdowns in Mississippi State’s 49-34 victory. Georgia’s p: ar Zeye Brat- kowski and the versatile Steve that Dan Ferris, the secretary of | Meilinger of Kentucky also ran | the AAU, has been looking into the | 8ttong in the weekly poll of the matter. Of America’s 10 leading 1952, seven raced at Hialeah, Thi ere Bull Lea, Heliopolis, Blue Swords, Attention, Easy Mon, War Relic and War Admiral. conference coaches. | Bear Bryant, whose Kentucky ires of | Wildcats easily trounced favored ey | Tulane 27-6, won the Bid ag the Journal’s SEC coach of the week. | Subscribe to The Citizen a treat worth team, will be seen against Ala- | bama, and on the following Sat urday the nation will sit in on what | promises to be the year's greatest | attraction on the West Coast be. tween UCLA and USC. Is that / bad? If one can believe everything he hears, Jack (Doc) Kearns, the old ; fight manager, has lost none of | the sure, deft touch which enabled him to close all the banks in Shelby, Mont.. and practically turn its zens into the streets back in the vigorous ‘20s. Jack's current meal ticket, light heavyweight Champion Joey Maxim, has just been signed to defend his against Archie Moore on Dec n St. Lo The ne mt said that Maxim was guaranteed 45 per cen of the net receipts, and that the would have to draw at least 00 to be successful. No fight ever drawn that much The word has in around here. not quite so but not idle gos: either, is that Kearns gave in ¢ after a flat guarantee of $: waved before his In other words. doctor has ever wanted, going days with Dempsey cents on each dollar taken wa says Charlie Moore's manager. would have gotien i. if the {doesn't come in, Moore will be KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON as xarcxe ovrevep LLING COMPANY, LOUISWILLE KENTUCKY 86 PROOF + ECHO SPRING DIST! { $A62 $°)93 4 4/8 QT. A Pint natural flavor! natural bouquet! naturally good!