The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 25, 1952, Page 5

Three High school seniors, who will be playing th:’: last nul of football for Key West High Fri- | day night, have been named as | co-captains for the Cristobal game. | Tommy West and Peter Knight, | linesmen who have been outstand- | ing throughout the season, and |} Lucy Gonzalez, fleetfooted back- | High school tilt for Vernon Bryant captain of the Cristobal Tigers. Coach Ed Beckman put his players through the paces Mon- day afternoon. The boys appear- ed to be over the “down in the mouth” feeling they displayed after their upset by St. Peter and Paul last Friday night. The Key West Shrine club has field ace, will captain the Conchs | completed arrangemerts for the Friday night. The game will also be the final most dazzling pre-game and inter- mission show ever displayed at | Three Seniors To Make Last Start Wickers Stadium. The Key West | High school band .is rehearsing {each evening this week under direction of Prof. Harold Casterton and Joe Cornell, drill master, for \the part it will take in the spec- tacular show. The Cristobal Tigers will arrive here at 4 p. m. Wednesday. They will be met at Boca Chica Field by members of the Halfback Club and Key West Shrine Club and transported te Wickers Sta- | dium, where they will be assign- | ed to the various ey West | homes where they will be housed during their three days stay. Wednesday night the visiting club will be guests of the Halfback club at a banquet at Hotel La Concha. This will be followed by a }dance at the Cuban club. | The boys will sit down to Thanks- giving Turkey dinners in the homes of their hosts on Thursday. Need For Expansion Of Local Golf Club Pointed Up At Meet By JACK K, BURKE Sports Feature Writer The financial condition of the Key West Golf Club is better than it ever has been in the club's history, so the members heard last week at their business meting. At the present time over two thousand dollars is in the bank, the new clubhouse is all paid for and new equipment has been purchased. Yet the demand for a more adequate course is the number one problem. If the club could possibly muster up enough money them- selves to pay for additional holes they would do so, but with the membership so small and all previous expenditures that have been laid out, it is impossible. Undertaking the project of a new,’ much improved clubhouse was an accomplishment. All the members that had anything to do with its building should be commended, for without their foresight this would not have happened. As for nine more holes, the play at the course is becoming a prob- lem that is hard to handle. A decent round cannot be expected for this reason. An average for one | week is 150 rounds per day which is a lot more than any course in Miami and they have five. Some will say the club problem is small compared to other needs in the city. It may be right or wrong in the way you think, but if the tourists, Navy and local golfers are to have a decent course to play on, then it’s the City’s duty to step forward and under- take this measure. Over half of the players are Navy and the balance tourist and locals. It is readily admitted that mae beginners would undertake the game but the problem being what it is, they hesitate. Several of the City Commission- ers have been approached and asked for their opinion. Their main argument is that a sewage disposal plant is needed more. This everyone agrees to but when can either be expected if no plans have ever been made. Y is suggested that .the..Com- missioners met with thé » Club's} Board of Directors and’ discuss some kind of plan for improve- ment, The City Manager has al- ready blueprinted plans for the additional holes and all that. is needed is some ready cash. If the city fathers consider the club's needs, the finances could be ob- tained. Other business attended to was the nomination of officers for the coming year. The general election will be held on Wednesday, Dec- ember 17th at 8:00 p. m. Members nominated for office were: for President Roy Duke, Bascome Grooms and Bob Spotts- wood, First Vice president (Tour- nament chairman) C. R. Reagan, Harry Knight and Clem Price. Second vice president e chairman) C. R. Reagan. Third vice president (Entertainment) James McCardle. Fourth vice pre- sident (Membership) Jack “Rus- sell” Hyman, Jr. Treasurer Doc- tor William P. Kemp and Gene Witzel. Board of Directors Harry Knight, Bascome Grooms, Gleason Snow and George Carey. At the general election if other nomina- tions are in order they may be presented. The present Board of Directors discussed and agreed to a new five year contract with Joe Lopez, Sr., club pro. Joe will operate all concessions pius keeping the pro shop. Other details were involved in the contract which are not known at this time. All members are asked to be at the meeting on the 17th. Boxing Results FIGHTS MONDAY NIGHT By The Associated Press SYRACUSE, N. Y.—Ike Williams, 148, Trenton, N. J., stopped Pat Manzi, 145, Syracuse, (7); Chico Vejar, 147%, Stamford, Conn., stopped John (Sonny) Luciano, 144, Miami, Fla., (6). BROOKLYN — Harold Johnson, 176, Philadelphia, outpointed Nino idez, 210, Havana, Cuba, (10). W ORLEANS—Ralph Dupas, 135, New Orleans, outpointed Baby Vasquez, 136, Mexico City, (8). BOSTON — Willie James, 212%, Boston, knocked out Art Henri, 189%, New York, (7). CHICAGO — Sammy Rodgers, 137%, Benton Harbor, Mich., out- pointed George Berry, 136, Gary, Ind., (8). DOGS STEAL MARRIAGE LICENSE POTTSBLUFF, Neb. Dogs which forced an entrance through a back screen door of the John Bibbey home here, sniffed right by the refrigerator and made (Greens | (AP) — | Wanted for breaking and entering | Michigan Keeps ‘Top Grid Spot NEW YORK (® — Michigan |State’s undefeated football power- house, which closed out its season with a whopping 62-13 victory over Marquette Saturday, was voted the nation’s No. 1 football team today for the seventh straight week. Southern California and Georgia Tech, also unbeaten, were second and third in the Associated Press weekly poll of the nation’s sports- writers and sportscasters. The 10th and final poll will be conducted next week. The major change in the top 10 this week was the absence of once- feared Maryland, which dropped with a thud from eighth place to 15th after bowing, 27-7, to Ala- bama, And Alabama, 1th a week ago, jumped up into eighth. Michigan State polled 88 first- place votes out of 149 cast to roll up 1,400 points. Southern Cal moved up from fourth last week to second on the basis of its 14-12 victory over UCLA, which sends the Trojans to the Rose Bowl. Scuthern Cal had 24 first-place votes and 1,244 points. Georgia Tech was close behind with 1,223 points and 20 firsts. Others in the top 10 were Okla- homa, fourth UCLA, fifth Missis- sippi, sixth Notre Dame, seventh Tennessee, ninth Texas, 10th. Points are based on 10 for first, nine for second, etc. down the line. The leaders (first-place votes in parentheses): Michigan State (88) Southern Cal (24) Georgia Tech (20) .. Oklahoma (3) ... UEEA. on... Mississippi (5) Notre Dame Alabama (1) .. Tennessee .... Texas Second 10: . Tulsa (8) Wisconsin Duke .... ‘Purdue ... Maryland Syracuse Florida Princeton Kentucky Virginia e See sPnrwr Bt off with a black satchel conta ing papers including Bibbey’s mar- riage license, STUDEBAKER CHAMPION AND COMMANDER V-8 Get one now! 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It was Syracuse’s first invitation to a bowl and the first Eastern team to play in a bowl game since Penn State went to the Cotton Bowl in 1948 and tied Southern Methodist. Alabama was enosen Sunday after walloping Maryland, 27-7. It will be the Crimson Tide’s 11th trip to a major bowl. Selection of Syracuse was not unexpected. The Big Orange was listed among those being consid- ered for the past ten days but Athletic Director Lew Andreas said Syracuse had become skep- tical of its chances after sitting on pins and needles for several days awaiting a decision. The announcement touched off a wild celebration by Syracuse’s 9,500 students. The game will pit the dangerous aerial attack of Syracuse against Alabama’s ground power. Each team has lost two games this sea- son. Syracuse was beaten by Bolling Air Force Base and by mighty Michigan State, while winning from Boston University, Temple, Cornell, Holy Cross, Penn State, Colgate and Fordham. Alabama lost to Tennessee and rgia Tech but defeated Mis- ippi Southern, Louisiana State, Miami, V. P. I., Mississippi State, Georgia, Chattanooga and Mary- land. The season’s finale against Auburn comes up Saturday. Athletic Director Pete Cawthor |of Alabama said the players were | happy over the selection of Syra- cuse and pointed out the choice | “will add color to the game and put it on an intersectional basis.” “Neither team knows much about 22\the other and that should make .|for a great offensive show,” he added. “We are well pleased with the | game matching Alabama andj | Syracuse,” said Orange Bowl Pres- | ident Sam H. McCormick. The Orange Bowl seats 66,000 | and each team is guar: nteed $110,- | 000. The game will be televised nationally (CBS). From The Press Box By OSCAR MILIAN All eyes of local football lovers are focused towards Wickers Sta- dium and the much talked about ball game between Panama and | Key West Friday night. A capacity |erowd of 5000 thousand is fore- | cast see the post season clas sic. Wanna bet there will be a might more than 5000? Wager my boot there will be at least 5300 | spectators at the game. j | Sina sat Art DiLallo, who played a big jhand in the Conch’s victory over > Cristobal Ti i ! i “That was E..ard Charles To Meet Bivins Two veteran heavyweights, Jim- my Bivins and Ezzard Charles, | risk termination of recent winning | eiforts when they collide in a ten- round feature bout at the Chicago Stadium on November 26th. Both are in shape and fighting sharply and the outcome will be an im- portant issue in settling the roll call of heavyweight challengers. Charles, former heavyweight champion, is undeniably some- thing of a mystery to the experts and fans who keep an eye on the ring sport. At times he seems slug- gish, even spiritless, in his fight- ing; on other occasions, such as his title defense against Joe Louis 26 months ago, he has displayed the “tiger” talents that fans ex- pect in top-rated heavyweights. Charles’ last two bouts have ser- shot at Rocky Marciano’s title. On October 8th, he KO’d Bernie Reynolds in two and on October 24th, he won decisively from Cea- sar Brion at New York. Bivins, 32, of Cleveland, is con- sidered to be a top-flight test for career was recently revitalized with a flashing, one-punch KO of and a decision over Wes Bascom on October 22nd. The bout will be broadcast nation- jally over CBS-Radio as the fea- ture of the Blue Ribbon Bouts pro- | gram. Station CBS will be the local outlet beginning at 10 p.m., East- ern Standard Time. Steve Ellis will provide the blow-by-blow des- cription. Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK (#—There is consid- erable indignation among the big league baseball writers of the East | because the big league baseball | writers of the Midwest stuffed the | ballot box-and elected Hank Sauer of the Chicago Cubs as the most valuable player in the National League for the past season. As we get it, what happened was that the conspirators of the western half of the circuit cast their votes | almost solidly for Sauer, the slug- ger, while the Easterners, not sus- pecting anything, were dividing theirs almost equally between the two pitchers, Joe Black of Brook- lyn and Robin Roberts of the Phils. The result was that Sauer squeaked in with 226 points to Roberts’ 211 and Black’s 208. Be- tween them they drew all but one of the 24 first-place votes. The Easterners say that if that is the way their hair shirt cousins of the West are going to act, why there’s no use holding the most valuable election at all. They do not feel, in other words, that Sauer, with his .270 unofficial batting average and his 37 home- runs, contributed anything like as much to the Cubs as Roberts did to the Phils with his 28 victories or Black, the great rookie reliefer, did | in pitching the Doigers into the} World Series. What raises their blood pressure in particular is the fact that one Westerner did not include Roberts in his first 10 choices and that three of them didn’t give Black a tumble. A member of the triumphant bloc would have enjoyed himself fit to bust if he could somehow have smuggled himself into the first meeting of the local chapter after the award to Sauer was an- nounced. You could have cut the moral indignation with a bat. “Those guys started planning this thing back in the middle of the year,” one member snarled. when they started working on me, anyway. Maybe they had something at that time, but that was before Sauer fell off the roof. What was he doing for the Cubs in the last part of the season when they were sliding to fifth place? It couldn't have been | much.” | “In that same period you're | talking about,” another put in, | “Roberts was winning 19 of his last 21 games and putting the Phils right up in the race. Black was beating the Giants every time they stuck their heads up and winning | a pennant. Those guys made a/ farce out of the whole thing.” Personally, we only listened, not having any strong feelings in the | matter and not being one of those | who voted and got outslicked by | | | | in the backwoods bloc. The truth is that we have always thoucht the | term “most valuable” to be very | nebulous and have wonderéd by what intricate line of reasoning a person arrived at exactly the right player for the distinction t ly the “best” pitcher or the “best” batter, that isn't too rd. The records and the aver are there to be studied, lik orm chart. But when you sta for the man who mea t to his team, that is much or so it seems are giving us the same d they gave us last ye says city recreation e gym the only is ‘we'll let you en who manages the Gen- Electric basket! we tried Carbonell be so that the ¢ any aspiring heavyweight. Jim’s ‘ Coley Wallace on September 19th | : e oo) ont ved notice that he is pointing for a |= THESE TWO LADS are expec’ a Tuesday. November 25, 1952 en te = ted to give the THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 8 eS Key West Conch footballers plenty of trouble on Friday night. On the left is Ben Favorite, a five foot, eleven inch, 170-pound tackle and on the’ left is Stan Smith, also five feet, eleven inches who tips the scales at 175. Stan is also a tackle, Cristobal Gridders Will Be Roundly Feted The Key West Halfback Club has completed the arrangements for | the entertainment of the Cristobal High School football team Mrs. Glynn Archer, president of that organization has announced. The Halfbacks, the women’s auxiliary of the Quarterback Club, is in com- plete charge of the entertainment program for the visiting gridders. The program will get off to a gala start with the arrival of the football team aboard a 61 passen- ger airliner at the Boca Chica Naval Air Station on Wednesday. The team will be taken immediate- ly to the Wickers Field Stadium from the airport for a welcoming session following which they will be assigned to Key West homes where they will stay for the four days they are here. On Wednesday evening, the play- ers will be feted at a gala dance at the Cuban Club frora 8 to 11 p. m. The dance which is open to the public will feature a floor show with students of the Key West High School participating. Thursday, will be left to the discretion of the hosts with the traditional Thanks- giving dinner the feature of the day. In the afternoon all three Key West theaters have opened their doors to the football teams. A basketball game has been scheduled for the high school gym on Thursday evening with the Conchs meeting the Tigers. The game will get underway at 8:00 On Visit Here Friday will be the big day for | the gridmen with sightseeing and | shopping suggested for the morn- | ing, sponsored by the Key Club| at the high school. Ai noon, the student council of the Key West High School will sponsor a) luncheon at the A and B Lobster House. At orfe o‘clock, there will be a gigantic parade down Duval Street | with the high school band and | floats from each activity at the high school. The parade will end at the high school gym where a pep rally is | slated for two o‘clock Wednesday. Movies will be shown at 3:30 and a light lunch before the game at the home of the hosts will be sug- gested. Friday evening’s activities will get underway at 7:30 p, m. in the Wickers Field Stadium with the gala pre-game extravaganza spon- sored by the Key West Shrine Club. Featuring the Hollywood Shrine Band and the Key West! High School Band the show is said to be loaded with surprises. After the game, a dance and a buffet supper will be held at the La Concha Hotel to wind up the activities. The Cristobal contingent will in- clude a group of 29 rooters who are paying their own way to Key West to support the team. In urging Key Westers to make the stay of p. m. Get RESOLUTE BATTERY BAYVIEW SERVICE STATION ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD SPORTS MIRROR By The Associated Press TODAY A YEAR AGO — Piero Taruff of Italy won the 1,933-mile Pan American Road Race in Mex- ico. FIVE YEARS AGO—William and Mary was selected for the first Dixie Bowl game at Birmingham, Alabama. TEN YEARS AGO — Boston College was top team in the nation in the Associated Press football poll. TWENTY YEARS AGO—Wilbert Robinson, one-time manager and president of the Brooklyn Ddod- gers, was named president of the Atlanta Southern Association team. Cage Officials Organize Here The Navy basketball league was dificially organized on November 17th with contracts awarded to the Key West basketball officials as- | sociation for furnishing referees, umpires, scorers and timers, This association has been organized for the purpose of providing the Key West area with competent and ef- ficient officials. one, Mrs. Archer ‘These boys are a long way from home. All of the visitors will be wearing blue tags and when we see them, let's welcome them royally and send them home with the best possible the visitors here a memorable impression of us.” Vee Faster Sfar/s in a 52 EXCHANGE Group 1 Size NO CHARGE Power- FOR INSTALLATION 4 for quick storts end rugged service, the Resolute is your best bettery buy in the low-priced fleld. Often cutvtorts, ovtiosts many higher priced batteries. Put this dependable periormer im your car tedey of this NEW LOW PRICE, PALM SERVICE STATION STOCK ISLAND LARRY DION TBA. TEL. 4