The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 12, 1952, Page 5

Conchs Step Up Drills For Brow ard Coach Ed Beckman of the Key West, High School Conch football squad has really turned on the steam in practice sessions this week, scheduling a bruising drill for tonight and in precedent breaking decision said that they will continue their intensive work- outs. on Thursday in an effort to sharpen up the squad both offen- sively and defensively for their con- test on Friday night with South | Broward here. Beckman, who pushed his boys | up until dark last night said that today they will get a full practice session if they have to turn on the lighting plant at the Wickers Field Stadium. The Conchs, who are coasting along with seven wins as against a single loss to date showed last night that they are completely be- fuddled by a simulated South Bro- ward attack plan. When the Key West second stringers pulled off some of the Broward razzie daz- zle, they ripped off sizeable gains against the Key West first eleven. Friday will mark the first time that the Key Westers have come up against the type of offense that South Broward is going to throw at them. The visitors will work from a variation of the Split T in which the backs are placed very close to the line making it possible to get a very rapid start. The Conchs will have to shift their de- fense drastically to stop the heavi- er visiting team. South Broward also has a reputation for being ex- tremely fast and they are much more experienced ball handlers than the Conchs. Beckman has been alloting a full half hour nightly to the kicking of Jimmy Solomon in an effort to sharpen up the kicking which is expected to be a crucial factor come Friday night. Tonight the high school eleven will have a full scale workout on the Wickers Field greens ward with kickoff formations getting the emphasis. In the hope of polishing up the Conchs so that one of their frisky runners, Gibby Gates, Don Cruz or Lucy Gonzalez may get a chance to shake loose and go the distance --- to strike while the iron is hot. GEORGIA TECH HOLDS DRILLS ~ By The Associated Press Coach Bobby Dodd is putting his Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets through secret practice sessions in preparation for Saturday’s game with Alabama. The nation’s No. 2 team will go into the clash with the once-beaten Tidesmen without the services of its two top ground gainers-Leon Hardeman and Larry Ruffin. The Tidesmen sharpened their offensive game yesterday with a short scrimmage. Backs Bobby Luna and Corky Tharp demon- strated some of the fireworks which make ’Bama rank 11th in @e national ground gaining depart- ment, one notch ahead of Tech. Coach Bob Woodruff put his Florida Gators through another intensive workout. Quar- terbacks Doug Dickey and Fred Robinson hit consistently on long passes, and running backs Buford Long, Papa Hall, Rick Casares and Tommy Haddock churned out large ehunks of yardage. Tennessee’s Vols also put in a hard day with defensive drills get- ting top priority. Both tailback Jimmy Wade and blocking back Hal Hubbard, injured in the LSU game, were in uniform, but took part-only in light work. Coach Wally Butts has moved three outstanding defensive men over to the offensive unit in an effort to fill the left halfback slot left open by the withdrawal from Georgia ‘of Conrad Manisera. Jimmy Campagna, former offen- sive fullback and now defensive DeJohn Will Meet Hayes In Boxing Bout Tonight DETROIT (» — Joey DeJohn and Norman Hayes will interrupt their middleweight title dreams long enough to meet in a 10-round, nationally-televised fight here to- night. DeJohn, of Syracuse, N. Y., and ' Hayes, of Boston, are even choices, Each predicts he'll knock the other out. The fight starts at 10 p.ni. EST and will be televised by CBS, Should Sugar Ray Robinson va- cate his middleweight champion- ship by retiring shortly—as many expect he will—DeJohn and Hayes have hopes of a crack at the crown. Hayes, 20, is a ranking contender but he has been defeated in his Jast three fights—by Jake LaMotta, Ernie Durando and Lee Sala. DeJohn has fought in pro rings for eight years but eluded national attention until last September, when he knocked out durable Irish | Bob Murphy. The University of North Carolina | has played in three post-season bowl games—twice in the Sugar | Bowl and once in the Cotton Bowl. TONIGHT JOEY De JOHN Middleweight v3. NORMAN HAYES | Middleweight SPONSORED BY | | | CBS. MONROE BEER sideback, Fred Bilyeu, and fresh- man safetyman Bobby Garrard will try to fill the gap. Vanderbilt Coach Bill Edwards has named another 18-year-old freshman as his starting quarter- | back Saturday, replacing the in- jured Bill Krietemeyer. Wayne Gruber got the nod after an im- pressive show of passing and ball handling. Coach Gaynell Tinsley held most of his regular backs out while his Louisiana State team went through } a tough workout. The Auburn Plainesmen have re- ceived another setback in their of- fensive attack. Ray Mercer, a promising freshman fullback, twisted a knee in the frosh loss to the Georgia Tech Baby Jackets. Herman Howard is the only avail- able fullback for the Plainsmen’s game Saturday with Georgia. Tulane, Mississippi State and Ole Miss all concentrated on de- fensive tactics in preparation for this week’s tilts. Ole Miss’ Rebels take on mighty Maryland’s split-T attack led by quarterback Jack Scarbath. Linebackers Harold Easterwood and Ollie Fairchild came through with solid performances in Missis- sippi State’s drills. Jack Parker, the nation’s leading scorer, warmed up his air arm. Coach Raymond Wolf reports Tu- lane will have every man ready to go against Vandy. He says his lads will forego heavy knocking for the rest of the week to keep things that way. |Bobby Shantz’ Arm Is In Good Shape . PHILADELPHIA (®#—The mighty left. arm of little Bobby Shantz is out of a cast and as good as new,, the 24-game winner reported to his Philadelphia Athletics bosses. Shantz, whose left wrist was fractured by a pitched ball served up by Walt Masterson of the Wash: ington Senators last Sept. 23, had a few anxious moments, though, after telling Manager Jimmy Dykes the. good news yesterday. Dykes and General Manager Art Ehlers, with a few sly winks, eyed Bobby’s healed arm suspiciously and hinted that it might be best for the soup-bone to be X-rayed before getting around to talking contract for 1953. The conscientious Shantz took the kidding seriously and rushed off to Graduate Hospital to have the arm X-rayed, Physicians said it is in perfect. condition. What's more, a physical check-up dis- closed Bobby now weighs a hulk- ing 149 pounds, 10 pounds more | than at pine endo ast end of last season. TV Battle Is Looming Now By TOM BRADSHAW PHILADELPHIA — A long! drawn out battle appeared certain today between the forces advocat- ing controlled television of college sports and those pushing for a lift- ing of all regulations. Spearheading the two groups are Robert Hall, Television Committee chairman for the National Collegi- | ate Athletic Association, and Fran- | scholarships for college football | ny Murray, University~ of Penn- sylvania athletic director. Hall, director, and Murray laid their views on the line in no uncertain terms yesterday when they ap- peared on the National Broadcast- ing Company’s radio and television pty “American Forum of the ie* Hall, whose committee drew up the present NCAA Game of the Week TV program under which only one college football game is televised nationally, said that he anticipates a vast increase in spon- sored TV coverage of collegiate } football and that unrestricted tele- {vision would create ‘“‘a football ba stoeracy of 15 or 20 colleges » would mean the death of the “The Hall-Murray debate yester- day came shortly after Murray had announced a new plan -for decon- trolling college television. Murray, former Penn backfield Notre Dame To Meet Spartans On Saturday NEW YORK i#—After stopping the second most powerful offense in the country Saturday, Notre Dame’s football team goes up against the No. 1 ground gaining team this week--Michigan State. The Irish will be up against a team that has averaged 441.1 yards per game with a stable of fast, powerful backs and a versatile of- fense. Figures released today by the NCAA service bureau show that Michigan State, top team in The AP poll, has averaged 267.1 yards per game rushing (seventh best in the country) and 174.0 yards per game passing (eighth best). Against this array, Notre Dame will field a spirited defense that knocked Oklahoma from second |down to sixth in total offense in the course of a 27-21 upset. Okla- homa, however, retained its leader- ship in rushing offense with an average of 297.7 yards per game. Fordham is still tops in passing with an average of 224.2 yards per game, Michigan State will have to hustle to protect a slim margin over San Jose State in the total offense table. By coincidence, both teams have run off 500 plays this season. State has gained 3,088 yards to 3,080 for the West Coast team, which has a 440 average. Tulsa, the 1951 offensive champion, is climbing fast after rolling up 498 yards in a 42-6 trouncing of Villanova. The team now .s third with a 423.7 average. The Big 10, which used to be known as strictly a running game conference, will see an aerial bat- tle. this week between Illinois and Ohio State. These two rank as the best passing teams in the country outside of Fordham, which has Played only five games. Illinois has completed 58.4 per cent of its passes in seven games for a 215.0 average; Ohio State has hit on 57.7 per cent for 208.6 ssh teal per game. NCAA OK’s E s Eight Bowl Games Tues. KANSAS CITY (#—The National Collegiate Athletic Association has stamped an okay on eight post- season football bowl games and left the door open for approval of others. Wilbur C. Johns of UCLA, chair- man of the NCAA committee on extra events, said yesterday these bowls have been approved: Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Sugar Bowl at New Orleans; Cotton Bowl at Dallas; Orange Bowl at Miami; Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla.; Sun Bowl at El Paso, Tex.; Tan- Serine Bowl at Orlando, Florida and Salad Bowl at Phoenix, Ariz. Johns’ announcement said appli- cation should be made immediately by any other bowl sponsors seeking certification, be permitted to make its own television arrangements with oppo- | nents, turning over one-third of all TV receipts to a trust fund. The fund, to be handled by three | trustees “‘of outstanding stature,” | would be used (1) to make finan- cial amends to any college with | proof its football attendance had been affected by televised games and (2) to provide postgraduate players otherwise unable to con- tinue “their studies after gradua- who is also Yale athletic | tion. | Hall said that he feels “com- mercialization leads to profession- aliza' and the incentive to buy a team. Pointing out that the NCAA is composed of 375 colleges and uni- versities, Hall said that only 2 per cent of those institutions are for — college football televi- oecthe other 98 per cent,” he said, “favors restricted television or | no television at all.” Murray charged that the NCAA limited TV program is illegal and | a violation of the Sherman-Clayton Antitrust Act. Hall replied that the | U. S. attorney general's office had ! Tuled in favor of limited casting in a case involving pro- Say baseball ge & foot- “test case” is pending. | “When that fs deci ” Hall | said, “we'll go down to i DISTRIBUTORS, INC “2°. offered a resolution for con-/ton and sit down, and sideration by NCAA officials. Un- out of line any place, we'll straight ider bis plan, each college would ep # aut.” Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK (# — If the NCAA Television Committee can come up with two or three games each season to compare with the beauty between Notre Dame and Okla- homa, Fran Murray of the Univers- ity of Pennsylvania will have great difficulty inducing the nation’s foot- ball fans to work up a hate against the restricted TV program. Speaking as one of millions who must have thrilled to that great contest at South Bend, we can’t quite imagine the most ardent old grad sitting there and fuming be- cause his alma mater had been blacked out for the day. In partic- ular, and speaking this time from experience, we cannot agree that Penn’s old grads were short changed. It was unfortunate for Murray that, only 24 hours after the Irish and the Sooners had finished their blood-letting, he was forced to go on anothér far-flung TV program and debate the matter with Bob Hall of Yale, chairman of the NCAA’s Television Committee. At least, it was poor timing by the Quakers’ athletic director. Unless there was an entirely new audi- ence, a lot of folks must have thought Murray was trying to shoot Santa Claus. There can be no doubt that at the start of the big squabble an overwhelming majority of the country’s set owners would have voted to burn Hall and his fellow criminals at the stake. for depriv- ing them of what they considered a God-given right. The thought of having their Saturday free enter- tainment restricted to a single game was revolting. If a similar referendum were to be taken today, we are not so sure it wouldn’t go the other way by a big margin. It would be our guess that more persons watched Satur- day’s game from beginning to end, with fewer side trips to the kitchen, than ever before in the history of the sport. There’s a fine chance for the pollsters to get back in business, incidentally. Spirit Is Good For The Spartans By ROBERT &, VOGES EAST LANSING, Mich. @® — The masses of eager young manpower on tap at Michigan State may be the one thing that will overpower Notre Dame Saturday. ‘ “Spirit is wonderful,” said one veteran scout who had seen both but you have to have the This year Michigan State has the spirit, the incentive, the horses, and the flock of eager ponies. MSC coach Biggie Munn has been able to ee up to 61 men Notre Dame had out for football this season, That’s the main reason Michigan State is favored to whip Notre Dame three years in @ row, some- thing that never happened. before to a Leahy-coached team. Munn is also shooting for his 23rd straight victory and one that would almost assure him the myth- ical national championship. Notre Dame has bounced back | amazingly but observers agree the | Irish lack depth. Leaby bi an} inspired first string but does not | |have the numbers to: meet Mich- jigan State’s three-piatoon offen- sive backfield and equal depth in the offensive and defensive lines, SPORTS MIRROR By The Associated Press |. TODAY A YEAR AGO — Mich- }igan State nudged Tennessee‘ out |of the No. 1 spot in the weekly Associated Press football spot. FIVE YEARS AGO — Jack Kramer, twice national tennissin- gles champion, turned professional. TEN YEARS AGO — Sammy | Angott, lightweight ebampion, an- |mounced his retirement from the | ring. TWENTY YEARS AGO — Notre | Dame defeated Northwestern in | football, 27.0. ——eetgemesiomegpe 250,990 EVACUEES Korea @-+' Far East ‘orees today up their Air shing- | 250.000th alr evacuation. The patient, whose name was not announced, was flown from Korea ito Japan, Se a Outlook Good For Dec. 5th Clash Of Service Teams The situation is looking bright- er deily for Key West grid fans whe are looking forward to wit- nessing a December 5th meeting between the Opa Locka Marine football squad and th> Pensacola _Navy team when Senator George Smathers who has been promot- ing the contest in Washington an- that the scheduling of the tilt here is almost assured. Louis Carboneil, a member of the Lions Club which is sponsor- series of telegrams from ington in which Smaih “General meet Navy. He has written Gen- eral Cooley at Opa Locka urging immediate’ acceptance. In| my opinion the game is assured.” The proceeds of the game will be donated to the Infantile Para- lysis fund by the Lions Club. SS ag U. S. Horse Team Retires Before Mexican Show: By ED CORRIGAN NEW YORK (#—The retirement —at least for this year — of the United States international jumping team today threw a monkey wrench into the big Mexican horse show, scheduled to start in Mexico City on Nov. 29. Arthur McCashin, Bill Steinkraus and Mrs. Carol Durand, the United States jumpers, are going home to their families after the Toronto show next week. That move left a wide gap in the international field and Brig. Gen. Alfred G. Tucker- man, president of the National Horse Show, said last night that the United States would not send a team to Mexico. “We just can’t find the horses and riders,” said Gen. Tuckerman. “We tried our best for at least four weeks, ever since the team said it would disband, before we finally gave up. Perhaps we could get somé riders to go, but they would not be properly trained and owners will not permit their mount to be handled by unfamiliar riders.” The United States team domi- nated the international events in the show which ended an eight-day run in Madison Square Garden last night. The Americans won six of the 13 jumping tests to three for = Fritz Crisler M New Grid TV Plan By HARRY STAPLER ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Ath- letic Director Fritz Crisler favors this middle-ground plan to settle the squabble over televising of college football. games: Let each of the eight NCAA dis- tricts run its own TV-control plan. That would mean eight games on TV each Saturday ‘instead of the single game currently permitted across the na Crisler came up with the regional plan yesterday while the contro- versy flared anew in New York. In that city Dr. Allen B. Dumont, president of the Allen B. Dumont Laboratories, charged the National Collegiate A. A. television com- mittee is ‘conducting a monopol- istic boycotting operation” in its restricted one-game-a-week pro- gram. Crisler said he did not favor the current program. “We're going to have to live with television from now on and I think we should give Television a chance.” “I think we can do it better if we split the program up into eight districts and not go across district lines.” Crisler pointed out that many Midwesterners had no interest in some of the games that have been nationally televised this season, such as Princeton-Columbia and Cornell-yale. Crisler made his proposal at a meeting of the Michigan Football Writers Association. Also present was Athletic Director Moose Krause of Notre Dame. Krause joined Crisler in recommending that the NCCA loosen up its re- strictions. VIENNESE TO UN VIENNA, Austria ( — Foreign Minister Karl Gruber will go to New York and address the United Nations General Assembly early next month, Chancellor Leopold Figl announced yesterday. Ireland, two for Mexico and one each for France and Canada. The big event of last night’s session was the deciding of the open jumper champion. The title was won by Lariat, owned by Mr. and Mrs. George di Paula of Bal- timore. Lariat was the favorite as long as four days ago to beat out All Afire, the defending champion. All Afire still had a chance going into the last event, but he flopped. Only two winners from last year repeated, They were Competition, owned by Mrs. Loula Long Combs of Lee’s Summit, Mo., in the single harness horse class, and Regal Aire, belonging to Jim Endicott of Webster Groves, Mo., in the final harness horse division. If you like Youll beer... GILMORE COPS DIAMOND WIN Key West baseball fans were treated to a ge of fine games on Armistice day at the axel Station when, in the opener, the USS Gilmore won over the Marines by. a 5-4 score. The Marines nearly copped the ballgame when they went into the ninth inning trailing by a 5-1 score but with the trying run on second base, plate the needed counter. In the nightcap the Strand won over the Marines by a 3-1: margin when Mingo Esquinaldo turned in a fine hurling. performance for the movie boys as he allowed but one Tun and two hits while Jobe pitch- ed the first four frames for the Marines and went out after match- ing the Strand hurler’s record. Betterly relieved him and hurled the last three innings, giving yield- ing but two runs on one. single. The Marines scored their first BENCH VIEWS By : JACK K. BURKE ANOTHER ADDED The Key West Golf Club defeated Homestead Sunday ‘afternoon on the local course by a score’ of 29% to ¥%, All the Key Westers that were matched with their op- Ponents came through victorious with the exception of the two top amateurs, Jimmy Mira and Harry Knight. It is wondered what hap- pened? From today on this columnist is advocating the building of nine more holes at the Key West Golf Club. The play during the past two weeks has been terrific. Last Sat- urday for example there were 200 rounds played on the small course and you can go anywhere in the State and nine out of ten courses are built with 18-holes, If the city fathers can spend some $100,000 for a dock, they can afford to spend some on the build- could not | i run in the second inning on a‘walk, a fielder’s choice and an error. The Strand came back to score one in the\fourth when George Lastres picked up an infield single, passed ball and an error to score the runner. In the fifth, as Betterly came by Claude Valdez that went for a triple gave the Strand the ball- game. Bob Lastres, Pazo and Kaki Rod- riguez starred for the winners and Jobe and Hamilton for the losers. Hamilton hit one for a single, the third and Schultz beat one to short for the two hits to the Marines. Gomez and Lastres for infield hits and. Vi dez’ triple were all that the Strand could garner. ~ ing of the very much needed nine’ additional holes. ‘There is ample room and all it will take is cash. Many of the winter visitors are golfers and will stay in this area if the local course is improved, This is one small way in them here, The money will be wi spent and not thrown away fodlish- ly, as many say. Lets go commissioners and add more funds to the local course so that it will be 18-holes. One of the commissioners should know how it is to play for he goes out when he has the time. What’s the verdict, gentlemen? West Virginia's linebacker, Char- les Donaldson, never played high school football because he weighed only 118 pounds. Now, ofter a hitch in the Navy, the Mountaineer soph. omore scales 205, Love oe itz HOW THE MATCHLESS FLAVOR "Round the clock and ‘round the calendar— day after day—hundreds of exacting safeguards protect the matchless flavor of Schlitz Beer. 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