The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 20, 1952, Page 5

Conchs Lose DeMertit For Friday Garze Bad news for the Key West Conch footballers arrived yester- day when they suffered the loss of first string center Jimmy De- Merrit whe was placed on the in- jured list following a tackling in- jury in a practice session, DeMerrit, who suffered a severe- ly epreined shoulder will be lost to the Key Westers for the Friday tilt with the St. Peter and Paul Panthers but is likely to be on tap when the Conchs tackle the Cris- tobal high Tigers here on Novem- ber 28th. Glynn Archer will get the nod jeleven last week. to replace DeMerrit with George Haskins scheduled to see service to spell Archer. DeMerrit has seen yeoman service as the offensive center. and defensive strong side backer upper in the season to date, So far in the season, the Conchs have gained revenge on all of the teams that captured wins over them last year when they whipped the Belle Glade and Lake Worth clubs and fought to a 12-12 dead- lock with a tough South Broward The big job for the Conchs, come Friday will be to stop the strong Sacer Civen Most Valuable Player Award By RALPH RODEN NEW YORK ® — Hank Sauer, the rags to riches outfielder of the Chicago Cubs, today was named the Most Valuable Player in the National League for the 1952 by the Baseball Writers Association of America. The selection of the 33-year-old Chicago slugger came as a sur- rise to many as Sauer slumped adly during the last month of the season following a brilliant start. Sauer won his circuit’s highest honor by a narrow margin over Robin Roberts, the graceful right- hander of the Philadelphia Phil- lies, and Joe Black, the rookie re- lief expert of the pennant-winning Brooklyn Ddodgers. The Chicago star, whose climb to major league stardom was a tor- tuous path, collected 226 points out of a possible 336. Roberts, who won more games than any other pitch- er, 28, finished second with 211 ints. Black, who made Brook- lyn’s entry into the World Series possible, was third with 208, Sauer, a 6-foot-4, 200-pound bruis- er ran into a terrible slump in September. He hit only three hom- etsl drove in seven runs and col- lected 16 hits in 75 times at bat. Despite this poor showing the Cub cleanup hitter wound up tied for league home run honors, with * Pittsburgh’s perennial champion, Ralph Kiner, at 37 each. He also Jed the loop in runs batted in with 121, the highest of his major league career, and batted .270. Three writers from each major Jeague city participated in the balloting. Points were awarded on 14 for a first-place vote, nine for second, eight for third and so on down the line. Only other players to poll 100 or more votes were Hoyt Wilhelm, the rookie relier specialist of the New York Giants; and Stan Musial, the six-time batting champion of the St.Louis Cardinals. Wilhelm placed fourth with 133 points and the alld Musial fifth, with Rounding out the top 10 were, Enos Slaughter, St.Louis, 92 points; Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn, 31 points; Pee Wee Reese and Duke Snider, Brooklyn, 29 points each; | and Roy Campanella, Brooklyn, and Red Schoendienst, St.Louis, 25 points each. SPORTS MIRROR By The Associated Press TODAY A YEAR AGO—Tennes-| see was back on top of the Asso- ciated Press weekly football pol, dispacing Michigan State. FIVE" YEARS AGO—The Bos- ton Bruins regained first place in the National Hockey League by peamne the Toronto Maple Leafs, TEN YEARS AGO —Willic Pep, 125, outpointed Chalky Wright, 125M, in 15 rounds to win the N.Y, | State version of the featherweight championship.. : TWENTY YEARS AGO — Six! major football teams — Auburn, | Colgate, Michigan, Centenary, Southern California and Brown— remained unbeaten. | | AP Prognosticator Picks 39 Winners In Week’s Grid Action High School Grid Star Banned For Striking Official MOULTON, Ala. \— Indefinite suspension from high school ath- letics has been ordered for a Moul- ton fullback accused of striking a game official, Ciiff Harper, executive secretary of the Alabama High School Ath- letic Associatiop, announced the de- cision after investigating the re- ported incident yesterday. Harper said Allen Blevin struck Umpire Sam Carter of Florence after the Decatur-Moulton game last weekend. Decatur won 27-13. While the Decatur game was the last of the season for Moulton, the 18-year-old Blevin is a first string center on the school’s basketball squad, Coach Lewis Watkins of Moulton said he had no comment on the ruling. Grays Name Gen. Manager On Wed. MONTGOMERY (® — Cedric N. running attack of Halfbacks Carlos Muxo and Joe Kennedy, who have ran roughshod over the opposition for the Panthers in their highly successful season to date. Both of the boys tip the scales upwards of 175 pounds and run with equal facility around the ends and through the middle. Coupled with the flashy Panther deception, which features a tight and split T with plenty of fancy spreads and shifts, the appearance of these two boys could spell trouble for the Conchs. Last night, the locals worked hard in their drill session on of- fense. Coach Ed Beckman has By HAROLD CLAASSEN NEW YORK (®—There were 21 fumbles in the recent Purdue- Notre Dame game, there were 19 in the Notre Dame-Oklahoma con- test, and there were almost as many in the Notre Dame-Michigan State gameé, But there were only 12 fumbles in last week’s selec- tions. Thirty-nine picks were correct for an average of .765. So here come this week’s selections. UCLA over Southern California: Paul Cameron is healthy and just now coming into his own at a time when the two Coast powers meet for the conference title and the Rose Bowl bid. Even the TV mo- guls knew this because back in August they picked this one as your home entertainment for Sat- urday afternoon, Michigan State over Marquette: by a considerable edge. Georgia Tech over Florida State. If this were a fight it would be ruled ‘‘No contest.” Oklahoma over Nebraska: Bob- by Reynolds has re-joined his Ne- braska mates but it is doubtful if that is enough. The Sooners have not lost a Big Seven Conference game since the baseball Yankees lost a world series, Tennessee over Kentucky: The question isn’t can Kentucky win? Instead, it is can Kentucky score? Maryland over Alabama: Ala- bama to feel the full fury of drilled some new stuff into the Will Appear In Hal/time Show squad and there should be plenty | | of gridiron suprises. in Friday’s tilt. Today the drills will taper off in preparation for tomorrow’s bat- tle with the boys slated to get another look at the movies of last year’s game in which the Conchs came out the loser on the short end of a 22-12 score. The Conchs, who seem to have the opposition befuddled, when they cut loose with their simple but hard driving single wing foot- ball machine, will again depend on this type of a game to strive for a win. Sooner Bowl Appearance Is Off Again By GENE KINNEY NORMAN, Okla. @®—Oklahoma’s brief flirtation with post - season football appeared to be a dead affair today with bowl fever cooled by the team, university president and regents chairman. The formal end to the strange episode was expected to come to- day the same way it started~at a meeting of the board of regents. The official attitude was that a New Year’s Day game, like the Orange Bowl which had an invita- tion ready, would be nice. But not at the price of discip- linary action by the Big Seven Conference for violating its ban on post-season athletics, or severing ties with the loop altogether, The 24-hour bowl binge, touched off by, a student demonstration Tuesday night, reached its climax yesterday when the decision was dumped into the players’ laps. The Sooners, No, 5 in the AP poll, voted to accept a bowl bid but only if the Big Seven relaxed its restrictions, which it refused to do a week ago. Players balked at taking action which would jeopardize, or even end relations with the conference, and thus have far-reaching effect on every school sport. So Eddie Crowder, the slick Tallis, 38, has been appointed gen- | Maryland’s anger over that upset | .ojit-T quarterback talking for the eral manager of the Montgomery Grays, a post recently vacated by Stuart X. Stephenson. ‘ Tallis, a member of the Detroit Tigers’ farm system, takes over the helm of the South Atlantic League club Dec. i, after he is discharged from the Army. In 1948, Tallis was general man- ager of Thomasville, Ga., in the Georgia - Florida League. He took over managership of the James- town, N. Y., club in. the Pony League during 1949, and’ moved up to Flint, Mich, in the Class A Central League the following year. discharged from the Army, In 1948, Tallis was general man- ager of Thomasville, Ga., in the Georgia-Florida League. He took over managership of the James- town, N, Y., club in the Pony League during 1949, and moved up to Flint, Mich., in the Class A Central League the following year. Tallis joined the Detroit farm system in 1947, but was recalled by the Army last year. The Grays signed a limited working agree- ment with “the Tigers at the end of the past season. BROKEN NOSE PLEASES PLAYER HOUSTON, Tex. (AP)—W.° C. Treadway, a 200 pound guard on the Rice football team was very happy to have his nose broken in the opening game of the season, It seems that many years ago Treadway had fractured his pro- boscis in a high school grid con- test but never had the injured nose set. Treadway now has @ new-shaped nose and the Owls have a 34-7 victory over Texas Tech. Bob Williams; former Norte Dame ace and now with the Chica- go Bears in the NFL, completed | the Irish. 1 —- loss to Mississippi last Saturday. Notre Dame over Iowa: last two meetings of these two ri- vals ended. in ties and don’t be surprised if this one doesn’t also. Tulsa over Arkansas: After a hesitant start, Tulsa now is the free-wheeling outfit that Septem- ber seers predicted. Ohio State over Michigan: There is just a flicker of unrest among the Ohio State alumni. A victory over Michigan would halt it. It will be stomped out. Wisconsin over Minnesota: They have taken the snaffles off Alan (The Horse) Ameche. Duke over North Carolina: This team, executed a neat verbal hand- off to the regents, who tossed the ball in the first place by voting secretly to permit a bowl trip if Dr. George L, Cross and the team approved. With the player decision, how- ever, Dr. Cross-who set the Big Seven on its ear Tuesday night in putting a bowl bid up to the team-- said he saw no need for further action. Coach Bud Wilkinson hailed the vote as unselfish and loyal. “We've somehow got to make the players forget about bowls and start thinking seriously about Ne- braska and Oklahoma A. & M.,” ‘could be the straw that would topple Coach Carl Snavely out of his uneasy seat at North Cérolina. Finishing the others in a hurry: Friday night George Washington over Rich- mond. Saturday East: Columbia over Brown, Vil- lanova over Boston University, Princeton over Dartmouth, Rut- gers over New York University, Pittsburgh over Penn State, Yale over Harvard, Midwest: Purdue over Indiana, Iowa State over Kansas State, Kansas over Missouri, Illinois over Northwestern, Oklahoma A & M over Washington State. South: Auburn over Clemson, the Citadel over Davidson, Miami over Florida, LSU over Mississip- pi Southern, William & Mary over North Carolina State, Wake Forest over Furman, Virginia over Wash- | ington & Lee, South Carolina over West Virginia. Southwest: Southern Methodist ' over Baylor, Texas Tech over Ari- | zona, Rice over Texas Christian. Far West: Colorado A & M over | Brigham Young, New Mexico over Montana, California over Stanford. | football The Syracuse Universit | 190 passes for 2,519 yards and 26 | team wears white jerseys for their touchdowns in three seasons for | home games this season. The for- merly wore orange colored ones. GALA SHOW FOR CRISTOBAL TILT By EARL R. ADAMS | presentation of this band alone will } Classical, fascinating and enter- be well worth the price of admis- taining will be the pre-game and | sion. half time show to be presented! An added attraction will be at the First Annual Shrine Club | series of intricate Oriental danc Football Classic at Wickers Field |by Noble Everett Saule, of Holly. | on Friday night, Nov. 28 wood } ‘The extravaganza is being billed’ Then the game, Christobal Tig- | as the “meateet for the littlest) ers against the Key West Conchs. money” that Key Westers have |And what a game that promise; been offered in many years . , a At 7:30 p. m,, the snappy United | Determined that no one will be | States Marine Color guard will | able to velax, the Key West Shrine | Jead the Key West High school | club Sponsoring organization of Dand onto the playing field. To the | classic, has arranged a half time | to be. Band Director Harold Casterton | club is invited to attend the next | fective. he asserted. “If we don’t, we might lose both games.” “Hot Rod” Fans Organize Here A new club comprising all hot rods fans has been formed in the Key West area and held the first members last Monday night out on Stock Island at the Cities Service Gas Station with approximately 25 fans attending. The new club was formed for the purpose of assisting hot rod fans who need technical advice in building their own cars. Jim Donnelly was elected as President, Stroke Wittstruck, vice- president, and J. B, Mershon as secretary and treasurer. The club is to be known as Auto-Motives. One of the main interests of the club is to promote highway safety and endeavor to reduce the num- ber of accidents on the Overseas Highway. The club is receiving excellent technical advice from State Highway Patrolman Jim Wilder who stated that he would be glad to assist the members of the club and also expressed the desire of staging a hot rod rodeo | in the Key West area. It is planned in the future to attend hot rod meets: in Fort Pierce and later possibly hold several meets with visiting clubs here in Key West. Anyone interested in joining the CAMILLE WALTERSON, of the Key West High School, will appear during the halftime show at the gridiron contest on Fri- day night when Key West Conchs run up against the St. Peter and Paul Panthers. Part of a group of “flag wavers” who have worked up something special for Friday, Miss Walterson is a senior at the high school, So. Cal-UCLA In Top Shape For Sat. Battle LOS ANGELES (# — The foot- ball teams at Southern California and UCLA eased down a bit in workouts today and, barring the unforeseen, will go into their Pa- cifie Coast Conference champion- ship game in Memorial Coliseum Saturday in near-perfect condition. The possibility that Southern California’s great tackle, Bob Van Doren, may not be able to play cast a pall of gloom in the Trojan camp. Dr. Willis L. Jacobus, team physician, said Van Doren has not progressed satisfactorily from a mild concussion suffered in last week’s game against Washington. “Tt is quite- doubtful whetber he will be ready by Saturday,” said Dr. Jacobus. X-rays and brain wave tests showed no serious in- jury, but the big defensive tackle has been complaining of headaches all week. The battle, with the wfhner head- ing on to pasadena and the Rose Bowl engagement with the Big Ten representative, still shapes up as an even struggle between a pair of teams unbowed ard united in eight games apiece. If either has an advantage, it is Southern California’s greater reserve strength. The UCLA coach, Red Sanders, fense, did admit this: “Well, they do have more foot- ball players than we do.” An injury in the game to one of Sanders’ starters, say halfback Paul Cameron or blocking back Lewis Williams, or linebacker Donn Moomaw, would work an extreme hardship. Trojan coach Jess Hill con- ceivably would not be harmed too much by injuries. There isn’t much | to choose between his first | second platoons on either offense or defense. | One of Hill’s problems, it would | appear, has been deciding which | of his various combinations in the | | backfield might be the most ef- He has about five tail- | and Joe Cornell, drill master of | meeting which will be held on | backs, headed by Jimmy Sears. | the High school band, are. already | working on special attractions for | the intermission show, There will be a presentation by a special group of Hi school students, which those in charge of | arrangements have refused to di- | vulge the character of. | Following the presentation by the High school special group. the Shrine Band will come back onto the field with Noble Saule again the center of attraction. Monday, 17 November. Needs Fla. Win JACKSONVILLE #—The Gator Bowl, which needs a team with drawing power to sell all its 37,000 seats, will be in @ spot if Florida doesn't beat Miami Saturday. Florida is counted on pretty heavily as one team for the New Year's Day game. The game, to be witnessed by | millions of television fans and a | sellout crowd of 101,043 on the | scene, will feature a duel be- tween 167-pound Seags, no. 32 for the teeviewers, and rangy, 180- | |pound Cameron, no. 3. Cameron has completed 30 out of 80 throws for 429 yards and | eight touchdowns, with three inter- | ceptions. He has gained 150 vards in the 60 times he's run with the while conceding nothing to the Tro- | jans, either on offensive or de- | th | } jer and | PUrPoses. | Thursday, Nevember 20,1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 5 <Sioihesureeen anaeeene ase bain indesign tireaeshc acacia igeg hk eoncinoniee aa aT BAMA BACK IS 2ND IN BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (—Georgia |Tech’s Leon Hardeman is in an ‘unusual spot-second best rusher lin the Southeastern conférence. - | But if he’s turned loose against weak Florida State, the Tech rambler could well vault back on | top this weekend. | Bobby Marlow of Alabama took over the SEC lead last weekend, ironically by running against the , Engineers while the injured Harde- ; man watched in street clothes. ‘Marlow has gained 728 yards in 129 carries for a 5.6-yard average. Hardeman has gained 704 yards. in 126 rushes for the same 5.6 ; mark, | Marlow and Hardeman are far | ahead of the field and unlikely to ‘be headed. Joe Fortunato of Mis- | sissippi State is in third place with 661 yards in 107 carries, but has , only one more regular season ap- | Pearance in store--against Missis- sippi. Tennessee’s Andy Kozar, in }fourth place with 660 yards in 122 a iggeae last weekend. ma ack Corky Tharp’s Tunning efforts were blunted by |Georgia Tech’s mighty defense, | and he ~~ his long-held lead in average y: gained per try. After picking up only 45 yards in 17 attempts against the ‘Engi- neers, he dropped to a season showing of 6.5 yards per cdtry. J. (Poppa) Hall of Florida was Propelled to the top by his spirited performance against Tennessee. He cracked the Vol wall for 95 yards in 11 hauls to give him a season average of 6.6 yards per running effort. Zeke Bratkowski of Georgia reigned supreme in all Southeast- Citizen Staff Photo Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK # — The definite news that Tony Trabert of Cin- cinnati and the U. S. Navy will make the trip to Australia on his own time to join our *skimpy Davis Cup forces in pursuit of the International Tennis Trophy chang- es the picture a little, — It doesn’t mean that our chances of defeating the Australians in the Challenge Round at Adelaide are materially improved—not so long as Frank Sedgman and Ken Mc- Gregor remain sound of wind and limb—but it should make a better contest of the three-day series and will make the Aussies much hap- pier. We can testify that they were burned by what they considered the total inadequacy of our original selections — Vie Seixas, Straight Clark and the promise of young Ham Richardson late this month. Letters from a couple of our friends out that way were caustic, “It is a shame you blokes can’t send out a better team when all the reserved seats at Adelaide al- ready are sold,” wrote a Mel bournite high in Aussie tennis coun- cils. “We don’t think you can beat us, but we would at least like oh you were having a go at if They will feel better with the news that Trabert is coming, as they know him from last winter as one of the world's most prom- ising young players, Tony was im- mensely popular personally too, and they will be glad to welcome him again. The same cannot be said of every player we have sent em. That Trabert will reach anything nearing his best form before the Challenge Round is doubtful. It might not even be possible to em- | ploy him in singles in the inter- zone final at Sydney Dec. 18-20, | probably against Italy. But, wheth- he’s ready or not, Tony should pair with Seixas both in singles and doubles in the Challenge Round | Dec. 23-31, if only for good will PAJAMAS: POINTS erm Conference ‘passing depart- ments except one--accuracy. The Brat thus has gained 1,398 yards passing, closing in on the 1,627-yard SEC record set by Ken- tucky’s Babe Parilli. Bratkowski leads in passes thrown, with 213; completions, 100; touchdown passes, nine; and ceptions, 14. Dudley Spence of Auburn is still the Conference sharpshooter, com- pleting 61 of 110 tosses for a 556 average. Backs Bill Krietemeyer of Van- derbilt and Jimmy Lear of Missis- sippi both are approaching the 1,000-yard mark in passing at- tempts. Krietemeyer’s aerials have gained 989 and Lear’s 936 yards. Georgia’s Harry Babcock is the top pass receiver, snagging 31 for 546 yards and three touchdowns. Captain Lee Hayley of Aubura has caught six touchdown passes to lead in that department. Spence also squeezed into a tie with Al Doggett of Louisiana State for Conference punting honors, The olsu sophomore’s record was burt by his third blocked kick of the year in the Mississippi State game. Both now have 39.4-yard averages, —— in 65 and Doggett in 75 Leads Herald Poll MIAMI (®—Miami Senior High School continued at the top of the Miami Herald’s weekly high school football poll this week with 24 of 27 first place votes and 285 points. Miami Jackson held second Place with 247 points and Miami Edison was third with 228. In 1946 the marriage rate ir the United. States was 16.4 per 1,000. (Jayson IN NEW RAYON JACQUARD PATTERNS FROM $5.00 Light ase cloud...soft as a feather...rich as « millionsire’s dreams, these Jayson pajamas of jacquard rayon invite you to relax! Smartly designed with a clever elastic waistband for snug fit without binding or bunching. Flawless Jayson tailoring aseures comfort, because they {it to Perfection. Come in today and see these beautiful Jeyson pojamas in the sparkling new colors and in the new patierns—Hevans Casino KANTOR'S Mens Shop strains of the National Anthem,| Old Glory will be raised. Immediately after the last note of the Star Spangled Banner dies away, a grand salute will be given with the firing of bombs Qu departure of the High schoo band from the field, the 1 known Hollywood Shrin Oriental Band will put pearance With its Turki uments, the progra Seco n which will take up every} During intermission the Key of the intermission. | West Shrine club's annual presen Key West High school band, | tation to the outstanding playe which bas definitely taken its}on the Key West Squad will be place among the top leaders in | made. F High schools ag a march-| The Football Queen will also-b: laying unit will open the | introduced with @ series of num-| Yes, the Classics promises to t will see Jackie Saule, | a gala night. With outstanding pr { Noble Savile, | game and haif-time shows anc t s version of Oriental | apparent evenly matched foeoth isquads, who can ask jor more? iH. That became more apparent; <..7: has completed 30 out of than ever Wednesday sig when | go throws for 528 yards and seven the Gator Bowl dropped Virginia | touchdowns, and four have bees from the list of teams being €00- | intercepted. He has a rushing gain } sidered. lof 298 yards in 103 tries, It brought the list down to: Flor- | sé ia, Tulsa, Houston, Villanova and) 7, 19:2 World Series was only syracuse. Qply Florida io that’) 0 ian out of 49 series to go the roup could attract the kisd Of | himit. AU have been a “best-cat wing necessary for @ gellout.| oon” except the first in 1903 and the 1919-20-21 classics which were “hve-out-ol-nine™ season. Subscribe to The Citisen BATTERY SALE FACTORY FRESH! GUARANTEED HOT! THE RIVAL 99 QD cxtoree DICK’S TIRE SERVICE 929 TRUMAN AVE. PHONE 778