The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 29, 1952, Page 6

, Page 6. THE KEY WEST CITIZ Tiger Drive To EN Saturday, November 29, 1952 Capture Win A classy Key West High School football eleven put Conch Touchdown Pass Conchs Clobber Fighting Cristobal Eleven, Key Westers Turn Back Late 21-12 Gonzalez Waltzes For TD the clincher on a highly successful gridiron season here last night when they downed a gallant Cristobal aggre- gation after a bruising battle before upwards of 4,000 fans. But the Conchs had no easy time of it when they saw a 14-0 halftime lead melt to a two-point edge late in the game. The win gave the Conchs a season record of seven ‘ victories, two setbacks and a tie. It was the first loss of the year for the hard-hitting Cristobal eleven. The Key Westers dominated the ball game through- out except for flashes of brilliance on the part of the Tigers in the second half when they pushed across two scores and threatened to take the contest home in their back pockets. Four Key West performers closed out their high school careers in a blaze of glory in the win which was captured against a heavier, more experienced Panama cluh Tommy West, Lucy Gonzalez, Alarvey Oropeza and Peter Knight were the edge in the hardfought contest. The quartet of seniors were making their final appear- ance in Conch sangles. In the initial quarter of last night’s clash neither club got moving as they parried cautiously in an effort to feel each other out. But in the second period, the much vaunted Conch offense be- gan to move against the visitors and it became apparent that tht Key Westers were going to be a tough team to beat. ~ The Conchs launched their drive when they took a Cristobal punt on their own 29-yard line when fullback Harold Solomon and Joe Pineda solved the Cristobal de- fense for steady gains. A crucial 15-yard pass play from a kick formation by Jimmy Solo- mon, good for a first dowr. and a | 20-yard jaunt around right end by Joe Pineda were instrumental in the drive. - But things looked dark indeed for the Conchs when a costly fumble, recovered by Vern Bry- ant on the Tiger 16 yard line, stooped the Key West attack. However, Cristobal ballcarrier Corl Tuttle let the pigskin get away from him on the very next pray and end Ralph White ounc- ed on it to give the Conchs pos- session and set the stage for the first Key West TD. They did it through the air when Joe Pineda hoisted an aer- ial to sticky fingered John Ver- mette in the end zone. Pineda ran the extra point to make it 7-0. It didn’t take long to add an- other score to their margin and again it was a Cristobal fumble that gave them the opportunity. Peter Knight fell on the oval on the Key West 31 yard stripe. Gon- zalez and Pineda alternated to carry the ball 20 yards on two plays and then Gonzalez took the Florida Sailor Captures Title CLEARWATER #—Ted Wells, | U. S. champion from Wichita, Kas. | has added the Western Hemisphere crown to his many snipe class | sailing honors. In what turned out to be chiefly a United States vs. Cuba contest, Wells won three of the five races, took one second and a fourth. His point total was 7,690. S. junior champion, finished second to Wells in Friday’s final race, and wound up fourth in the overall standings with 6,575 points. Two Havana skippers were sand- wiched in between the U. S. stars —Clemente’ Inclan with 7,127 and Jorge Mantilla, 6,932. |High School Meet ‘Is Set In Tampa TAMPA (®—Big Ten High School Conference will meet at Gaines- ville Sunday, Dec. 7, to draft 1953 football schedules and set dates and sites of golf, track, tennis and swimming tournaments. Sam Alfieri, coach at Tampa Jefferson High and president of the loop, said the Big Ten’s 1952 football champion will be declared at the meeting. Other matters coming up include a report on the feasibility of hold- ing a conference baseball tourna- ment. An approved list of basketball officials will be turned over to Whitey McLucas, Jacksonville, the pose booking commissioner. | yards. Gonzalez scampered | around end for the extra point with but seconds remaining in the baligame. The Tigers took to the air in jthe final seconds with a scries of | desperation aerials which resulted Clearwater’s Morris Whitney, U. { a a wiapeons cal a eee Secs by Joe Pine- as y bis la as the clock ran out. cut to the right through the entire! GRIDIRON CLEANING: — The Cristobal defense and went all the | Key. West Shrine Club outdid them- way for a score. No one laid 4) selves in making the first annual hand on the frisky scatback. Pine- | Shrine Gridiron Classic a rousing da’s pass to Vermette was g00d/ success with gala pre-game and ~ Rageiipecneane causes half-time shows. The Mahi Shrine e half showet e Conchs IM | band from Hollywood and the drill possession with another drive un-| squad from the Marine Barracks meal att the second half of tne | bere: ia ebay eet me i ul seco! wit e more an 4 ans who contest, the Tigers began to make | flocked to Wickers Field for the it a ballgame when they pushed across scores in the third and fourth periods. Les Rinehart took a punt on his own 30 and carried it all the way to the Key West 46 | yard line for the first inkling that the Tigers were on the move. Tuttle and Rinehart went on a two man rampage and they pushed the ball all the way Gown to the Key West 28 yard marker with the aid of a penalty against Key West. George Bennett bulled his way down to the four and Bill Roberson went around his left end after taking a pitchout to score standing up. Stu Logun ané Peter Knight blocked the kick for the extra point Anether Conch fumble, mid- way in the fourth quarter, gave the visitors the opportunity they were waiting for when Tony Dyer recovered for the Pana- manians on the Key West 35. It. a M yard pass pley, from Roberson to Tommy Hughes that pushed across the score for Cristobal. Hughes took the aerial on the goal line amid a host of Key West defenders and fell over the line for the tally. The try for the point was foiled by an incensed Conch line. But the damaged wes done and the two damaged was done and the two point Key West lead began to look slim indeed. An inspired Key West morcch which carried them all the way from their ewn 30 yard line dewn te the Tiger 10, from where Pine- de clicked again on @ pass te Vermette good for e score put the clincher on the baligame. Featured in the attack wes the running of Genzaler end Solomon and @ pass play geod for 16 clash. Rapid Les Rinehart of the Tigers, in the opinion of the Conchs will make a real ballplayer. He gave the Conchs plenty of trouble last night before his injury in the final | quarter. The Shrine‘s Most Valuable Player Trophy was presented to Guard and co-captain Tommy West to nobody‘s surprise. West | was by far, the outstanding Conch baliplayer of the year. Working in the line, where very often his work went unheralded, West was the sparkplug for the | Conchs in a fine season. Tom- | my’s hard-driving submarine tec- tics usually found him on the bottom of the heap and in on the lion's share of the tackles. West is a top college prospect ~ probably the best on the Conch roster. He has the physical equip- terested in the classy guerd. Of course the real credit for the jamazing record the Conchs have complied for the season, their }second in many years, has to go jto Coach Ed Beckman who start- jed from scratch and built a foot- j ball machine that has tackled the jbest in its class and cut them }down to size. Beckman, who is ment and the grit. At least one | upstate school is said te be in- | | Citizen Staff Photo KEY WEST’S JOHN VERMETTE takes an aerial over his shoulder from Joe Pineda for a badly needed touchdown in the sec- \ ond quarter of last night's classic batile with the Cristobal Tigers. Also shown in the action was J Rinehart (7) and Carl Tuttle (8) of the Tigers. Conchs pulled out with a win after turning back heavy —: SPORTS — Navy Wives Keg Team Makes Miami Tournament Start One Navy Wives’ bowling team from Key West entered the 13th Annual City Tournament which was held in Miami November 22-23 and 29-30 at the Bol-Mor Alleys. Enter- ed as a team were Becky Harris, Captain, Loretta Carson, Laurel Winans, Ginny Koraska and Trudy Cochran. Mary Ayers doubles with Trudy, Loretta with Laurel and Becky with Ginny. In the team play off Laurel made a beautiful pickup of the 7-6-10 split Considering the long trip the girls did very well. Although the out- come of the tournament is not known yet, it is expected that the Navy Wives will place in the money, It is understood that prize money entered into the Three of the Key West girls came in for special door prizes. | lucky ones were Becky Harris who won a permanent, Mary Ayers who drew a free week-enc for two in a Miami hotel which she exchanged the gift for a cute cigarette box and ash tray set, and Trudy Coch ran who received a free week-end for two. Ole Miss Faces Tough Test Today OXFORD, Miss., (®—Mississip- ,Pi's twice-tied Rebels take their |last pre-Sugar Bow! football test today, with Mississippi State sup | plying the problems that Ole Miss must master to keep its unde | feated record Mississippi must know the an | swers to such tough situations as how to stop the line blasts of 220. pound Joe Fortunato, State's fine | fullback, and how to cope with | quarterback Jack Parker, a clever | general whose ability to run and pass makes State rough. i Parker is the new Southeastern Conference scoring champion with }106 points. has taught the; and his ideas Hvidends to Key vatting them on the grid- will be officially with the gala banquet jof the Quarterback Club at the cha Hotel on Monday sight time more awards will sed out he atfair. his team in limelight and the Sugar B: weeks ago by fas victory over previously Maryland Although is ws States is is available to the first 42 teams. | SPORTS MIRROR By The Associated Press TODAY -A YEAR AGO—Texas A & M upset Texas, 22-21, to ruin |the latter’s chances of a Cotton Bowl bid. FIVE YEARS AGO—Army sank | | Navy, 21-0, with Rip Rowan run- \ning 92 yards for one touchdown and passing for another. TEN YEARS AGO—Georgia up- set bowl-bound Georgia Tech, 34-0. | | Tech, however, was named to play | Texas in the Cotton Bowl. ItWENTY YEARS AGO—South- ern California was selected for the Rose Bowl, representing the Pa- cific Coast Conference, | Hurricanes Bow; ‘Lose Two Tackles | | MIAMI (#—Miami’s Hurricanes y Solomon (21), Les istobal threat, 21-12. Fans Buy Out West Palm Beach Baseball Club WEST PALM BEACH (@—The| West Paim Beach Indians baseball team yim.the: Class B Florida In- ternational League is about ready to operate under a new corpuration fans. Charter for the West Palm Beach | Indiats,Ine., was approved at Tal- lahasseey:according to word re-| ceived ‘here Friday, and pledges toward stock purchases passed the | $40,000 goal. All that remains to be done is to | obtain fle necessary permission | from the State Securities Commis sion to convert the money pledges into stock sales. Then the actual change of ownership can be ef-| fected. | Lou Ordway, owner of the club | the> past five years, annvunced earlier this month he could no} longer remain in baseball. He of- fered to sell the club to any local , group for $11,000. A group of fans formed quickly A five-man steering committee set $40,000 as the figure needed to purchase and operate the club for The | took a 34-7 beating from underdog | North Carolina Friday night and lost two first string backs for next | week's final game with Geo: gia. Halfback Pud Constantino went | W ll N . out in the first quarter with a| WALLOpS Stetson broken right leg and fullback | Harry Mallios later was removed HATTIESBURG, Miss ” with torn ligaments in his left} Bowl-minded Mississippi Southern knee. _ |overwhelmed tiring St Uni It was a long night for the audi-/| versity with three fourth-quarte ence of 20,222 ghat came out ex-|touchdowns to rout the Hatters pecting Miami, a one-touchdown | 42-0, favorite, to make up for past re- | if ne-sided victory last verses by beating North Carolina, | cage 10th in a ee a team with only one previous vic- | southerners who meet C tory this season Pr 1 . the Pacific in the Sun Bowl But the Tarheels exploited Mi-| paso Texas, on Jan. 1. Mi I defense weakness to| sinpi Southern lost its opener to uild a 27-0 halftime lead and it | Alvbama, 206 was never a contest as they handed | © d only once in the Hurricanes their sixth beating | , Stetson threatened omy once it in ten g n the first quarter in a drive halted ir games. | }by a pass intercepticn by Jackie | Howard, the first of three for the State Net Finals | ¢etcasve namact i a Are Sef For Today | defensive effort until they tire the last period. ORLANDO Millet the defend: hampion, goes KEY W AIR FORCE n, Orlando, to: MAN VISITS PARENTS Is of the men's | ida state tennis the coming season. Miss. Southern son »—Alfredo Mismi, 7-5, €3. semifinal features Don of Miami. the | 4: | ° Gonsalves Points For Carter Match NEW YORK (#—Johnny Gon- salvesqvas ready to pars on light-}the Los Angeles Rams weight’ chan.pion Jirhmy Carter's from behind victory over Orlando Zulueta. The stringbean contender from Oakland, Cal long sought national achieved two of his Is—a Garden and television show victory: when he edged Zuleta with a sec- ond half rally last thing. That him closer to his third | ambition, a title crack at Carter. For a while it looked as if the 22-year-old, third-ranking contend- r was going down to defeat. He appeared awed and couldn’t get | going. By the end. of the third round he was trailing badly and |} was cut under the right eye and | over the left eye But the 135% pound youngster | warmed up in the fourth round and | j brou from then on outscored his aggres- sive rival with flashy combination punches to gain the split decision Referee Al berl and Judge Arthur | Aidala had him in front, 6-3-1.} n s-ored for the The AP| winner, Judge Jack Ge 13%8-pound Cuban, 5-41 card had Gonsalves the 5-4-1, go on as scheduled. The’ | doorstep today following his come ; will vault into a first place tie By The Associated Press « 1 Zone) 13 Lake] ae City) 13 Miami | ort Richey 0 a Sean Zone) 33 Venice No- St. Augus. RABBIT HUNTER BAGS BIG DEER NOF ADAMS, Mass., W&—The esed by a fire a i he was g¢ m be Citizen St LUCY GONZALEZ, erack Conch backfield performer, gets. the jump on Tiger defenders as he romps for 46-yards and a Key West touchdown. Joe Pineda (28) may be seen in the back- ground. Frisco Fullback {Bama Favored. Felled By Polio SAN FRANCISCO #—Polio has struck down Norm Standlee, full- back and team captain'of the San Francisco 49’ers. But, it was announce? today, no team quarantine has been and the 49’ers crucial game. with day, will with the Detroit Lions, Standlee, nicknamed “Big Chief” because he played his college foot- ball with the Stanford University Indians, was confined yesterday to the isolation ward in Children’s Hospital here. Doctors said the crippling dis- ease was caught in its early stages and Standlee is not in any immed- iate danger of permanent disabil- ity. He has no paralysis at present, they added. Standlee, 33, married with two children, had planned to quit foot- ball after the 49er’s game tomor- row. Boxing Results FRIDAY NIGHT'S FIGHTS By The Associated Press NEW YORK: Johnny Gonsalves, 135%, Oakland, Calif., outpointed Orlando Zulueta, 133, Havana, 10. SAN JOSE, Calif.: Bennie Ven- Over Auburn BIRMINGHAM, Ala., t:— Ala- bama's Orange Bowl-bound -pow- al po Rage rgsober “te ‘stare al at studded ‘Tide 16-point favorite. bay: Right half Bobby Merlow the potent Tide ground attack, led Southeastern Conference ets before the game with 818 yards in 148 carries. . And Corky Tharp, sophomore left half, topped the SEC with an average of 6.5 yards per rufning are looked to Dudley Sehape, Aul to second most accurate SEC passer and, the league’s best punter, to spearhead its offense. Vince Doo- iey, the fine T-quarterback who was hurt early in the season, still was out of the lineup. Alabama has piled up @ record of eight triumphs and two losses against the tiger showing of two victories and seven defeats, A crowd of 40,000 was expected to see the game at Legion Field ia chilly weather. set for 2 p. m. tura. 154, Los Angeles, stopped Charlie Kato, 152, Oakland, 3, BENCH VIEWS By JACK K. BURKE The first Spanish explorers took peach trees to the New World, The Quarterback Club will bonor.all active members are asked to the 1952 Conch foothall team Mon-, be there for this very important day night at the La Concha dining | meeting. room. This banquet will’ be the| With football over, basketball bes last for the season and all the|come into its own. Daily at the players plus the cheer leaders, manager, trainer and coaches will be present. Time of this affair is} 7:3 p. m. Winner of the Frank C. cone ell Memorial will be snnouneed) and presented bis trophy by one of the Carbonell family. g 1 e Lis awards |, after the dinner also. Several named speakers have | season. been contacted and a gals pfO-| The sbortage of basketball eyurts gram bes been arranged for slllin Key West is o critics] igeue. the members and anyooe interested | 4 cuy league is Waoting, the Navy in becoming a member of thie) bas 3 teams playing on two cuurts growing organization. jand with the high school, the ques- t otfieers fo 1952 will then is worth me a con be j be held later on mm December and panewered. Election of