The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 21, 1952, Page 5

| Conchs Face Panthers Tonight In Quest Of 7th Win Tough Upstate Hoven Hore Toute BLACK CHOSEN [Conch Cagers AS TOP ROOKIE)!" Drills for a possible title shot at Sugat Ray Robinson’s championship. McPhail Gains Race Extension BOWIE, Md. —Larry S. Mac- Bobo Olson Top Middle Contend er SAN FRANCISCO wm — Clever Carl (Bobo) Olson of Honolulu was The Key West Conch football squad will be out for revenge tonight when they tackle a big and tough St, Peter and Paul eleven «t-Wickers Field. The Panthers are the only team to have captured & decision over the Conchs on their home grounds, having whipped the locals by a 22-12 margin here last year. Ht will be one of the tougher starts of the season for the Conchs who are coasting along on a very fine season's record. The Pan- thers, however, have matched this record and done somewhat better sinee their season’s scoring aver- age definitely outshades _. the mchs. They have sccred an average of better than 31 points per game while limiting the op- position to less than five points per game. ‘The Panthers also hold an im- pressive 48 point win over the Pompano eleven who extended the Key Westers in their appearance here two weeks ago. Coach Ray Dunn will be plac- ing his faith in the performance of his 180 pound hard running fullback Dave Kennedy after he suffered the loss of crack half- back Carlos Muxe. Kennedy is the man to watch and a good performance on his part could upset the applecart for the Key A heavy wind could affect the outcome of the ballgame by limiting the passing <ftack the ‘Conchs are expected to unlimber against the Panthers. With Joe Pineda on the tossing end and both Lucy Gonzalez and “John Vermette primed in the catching department, the Conchs might well fun up a lot of yardage through the air. . The upstaters are said to have a very well coached club ano the word from the Magi: City has it that they have a few gimmicks in their bag of tricks that the _Conchs have never had the plea- sure of seeing. They are said to have some really fancy shifts and spreads in particular which could conceivably give the localsia lot of trouble, Key West will run their attack ffom a single wing as usual with Pineda and Gonzalez dominating the picture and Harold Solomon and Dick Salgado on tap to aid in running the ball, The Conchs will be banking on the performance of their crack linemen whe have pulled® more than one game out of the fire to date: Both clubs are facing the loss of key line, blockers with cen- ter Jimmy DeMerrit lost to the Cenchs because of a sprained shoulder and the Panthers will take to the field without the services of end John Lynsky and tackle Mike Decker. SPORTS MIRROR By The Associated Press TODAY A YEAR AGO. — Vic Seixas of Philadelphia reached the finals by upsetting Frank Sedg- man, Australian tennis ace in the New South Wales Tournament. FIVE YEARS AGO — The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Chi- cago Rockets in an All-America Football Conference game, 41-16. TEN YEARS AGO — Yale de- feated Harvard in their traditional football classic, 7-3. TWENTY YEARS AGO —The Associated Press’ All-Star Big 10 football team included Michigan quarterback Harry Newman, Pur- due fullback Ray Horstmann, half- back Gil Berry of Ilinois, center Charlie Bernard of Michigan, end Paul Moss of Purdue and guard Joe Gailus and tackle Ted Rose- quist of Ohjo State. route last week will carry the hopes of the Key Westers tonight. The play of Glynn Archer, who will replace DeMerrit at center may will be the key to the situa- tion tonight. Archer, who will play at that position both offensively and defensively will be receiving his acid test. A junior, he has seen considerable action to date. Five thousand fans are expected to jam the Wickers Field stadium for the tilt which will end the regular season for the Conchs. Next week the Conchs meet the Cristobal Tigers in the first annual Shrine Football Classic here, The lineups: ST. PETER & PAUL Pos. Miralovich Armaly Digulimo Gasson Kennedy -.. Vermette Brantley Four Key West linemen, Peter | Do Knight, Stu Logun, Tommy West and Wayne Brantley, all of whom remained in the ballgame for the NEW YORK ® Joe Black of Brooklyn and Harry Byrd of the|third with Philadelphia A’s, a pair of fine pitchers, were named Rookies of the Year today by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Black was an overwhelming choice in the National League with 19 votes from the 24-man com- mittee that also placed him third in the most valuable player ballot- ing. Byrd, a late blooming hot shot, nosed out two catchers, Clint Courtney of the St. Louis Browns and Sam White of the Boston Red Sox in a three-man race. Byrd got nine votes, Courtney eight and White seven. The feats of Black are known because his relief work wi rgely responsible for the Dodger pen- nant. An also-ran in spring train- ing, Black appeared in only six games up to June 1, Then he he started to work. At stretches, Manager Charley Dressen had the Negro ace work- ing every day. He wound up with a 15-4 won and lost a low earned run aver- age of 2.15. That earned run mark was best in the league but it won't be recognized because he did not pitch 10 complete games or work at least 154 innings. He started only two games, one the last Sat- urday of the season as a tune-up for the World Series opener. Hoyt Wilhelm, appearing in 71 games on reiief for the New York Giants, was second to Black with three votes. Wilhelm had a 15-3 record and his 2.43 earned run mark won the title. He didn’t start once but he did work 159 innings, five over the minimum. ‘Dick Groat, Pittsburgh’s short- Be Clarified In By SHELDON SAKOWIT NEW YORK #—The 1952 col- legiate football season, gaining momentum with each succeeding week; reaches a fervent pitch to- morrow as top teams collide in “do or. die” efforts and “tradi- tional” affairs. Most of the attention will evolve around those still in contention for a bid to the granddaddy of all post son classics — the Rose Bowl. After Saturday the situa- tion in both the Pacific Coast and the Big be clarified cel The eyes of the nation will be ntered ial Coliseum, There @ pair of unde- 10 Conference races should / considérably. on Los Angeles’ Memor-| poll, Duke University, tied for Ed Mathews, Boston's third baseman, with one vote each, Groat joined the Pirates from Duke June 16 and finished with .285 after a slow start. Mathews hit only .242 but he slammed 25 homers, three on Sept. 27 to set a record for a freshman. The 1951 winners were Willie Mays of the Giants, now in service, and Gil McDougald of the New York Yankees. Byrd made the big jemp from Savannah of the South Atlantic League to the*majors with great success. He finished with a 15-15 record, coming on strong in the late stages of the season. Thus the A’s, with byrd and Bobby Shantz, the most valuable player, cornered season honors in the American. The 27-year-old righthander from Darlington, S.C., pitched 15 com- plete games including three shut- outs. On Sept. 7 he blanked the pennant-bound Yankees with one hit. During the month of Septem- ber he lost 1-0 games to both New York and Cleveland. Still he didn't get his first starting chance until May 14. Courtaey and White gave him a real battle for the honors. Court- ney, -25, moved up from Kansas City in the Yank-Browns trade that brought Jim McDonald to New York last November. The: fiery bespectacled catcher climbed to .280 in early August and finished at .286. : White, 24, came up from Class A, like Byrd. He hit only .267 in Scranton, Pa., of the Eastern League last season but belted the ball at a .300 clip into mid-August. Although he fell off in the closing months he finished with .281 and 10 home runs, stop from %|Rose Bowl Situation Should Sat. Action feated grid titans, UCLA and Southern California, clash head-on in a game that will determine the far western representative in the top-ranking game. UCLA, rated third in country’s » fourth «ranking both boast identical 8-0 records. 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