The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 9, 1952, Page 5

y, December 9, 1952 ‘THE KEY WEST crmzen Conch Cagers Open Season With Redlands Tonight Key West High Court Squad Is Facing Tough Campaign The Key West High School open their 1952-53 campaign ton: basketball squad will officially ight when they journey to Red- lands for a battle with that club. The Redlands cagers, who are the Conchs’ traditional rivals, have always been a tough nut to crack for Key West basketball aggregations. After just seven practice sessions to date, Coach Win Jones, who is guiding the destinies of the club, said that if his five can} get past the first quarter, they stand a good chance of holding their own in the contest. “I haven't arrived at a starting lineup as yet, but the boys are shaping up. Their shooting is show ing improvement but it still has @ long way to go,” Jones said today as he prepared his cagers for the trip up the keys. Last year the Redlands five cap- tured a win over the Conchs in the finals of the State District Basketball tournament. Earlier in the season, the upstaters had cap- tured a two point win over the Conch but then when they journey- ed to Key West, were clobbered by a 12 point margin. Redlands opened their season last week by capturing a win over the tough Miami Beach High School Club. They are favor ed again this year in the’ dis- trict championship race. Jones will take 14 performers on tonight’s trip and according to his present plans, will use all of them in the action. With all of his players comparatively in- experienced, Jones is going along with a policy of shooting his ball players into the action and t: ing a‘look at them. He has the material for the shaping of a good baliclub once they get game @ 5 Jones has just one letterman on the combination which will see action tonight. Center Bob Sawyer, who performed with the 1952 ver- sion of the club is the most ex- perienced performer on the team and is a main cog in the machine. A good man in the rebound depart ment, Sawyer also is the possessor of a good shooting eye. Aldo Vidal, a guard, has also shown well in practice sessions to Huge Field Seen For Miami Open MIAMI —A bulky field of 183 pros and amateurs will compete today for 64 berths in the $10,000 Miami Open golf tournament to be played Thursday through Sunday. | Eighty-six top pros and:amateurs | were exempt from qualifying over the lengthened and toughened Mi ami Springs Golf Club course which measures 7,010 yards with | par 35-36--71. The 72-hole affair is wide open this time with no standout favorite, principally because Sam Snéad of White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., is absent. Snead, who won this tovr- nament five times and is defending champion, is in Hollywood to make a, motion picture, Nine previous winners are back for a shot at the top money of $2,000 in one of the’ oldest. con- | tinuous tournaments in the nation. | They are: Willie Klein (1926), | Tommy Armour (1932-35), Johnny Revolta (1933), Steve Warga (1943), Dutch Harrison (1944), Henry Pic- ard (1945), Jimmy Demaret (1947), Frank Stranahan (1948), and Fred Haas Jr. (1949). George “Moose” Connor of the Chicago Bears captained the Notre Dame eleven through two unde- feated seasons, 1946 and1947. Mentor Draws | Big Ten Ban CHICAGO — The Big Ten’s seven - month “quarantine” of Towa’s basketball coach, Bucky O'Connor, is the most drastic ac- tion of its kind since the Hawkeyes drew a brief athletic suspension 23 years ago. Not since 1929, when Iowa was denied sports competition for nine months for “improper aiding” of | football players, has the conferenc disciplined a school or one of its athletic officials. And Big Ten headquarters said hed for illegal recruiting jties, officials said, and “discipl jnary: ‘measures have been taken” | in several other instances. Names of other officials and schools involved have not been dis- closed, nor have the penalties they received. annual winter meeting here last week, agreed that no official an- nouncement of the various infrac- tions and penalties would be made junless the schools themselves on | So. O’Connor is forbidden any con- |tact whatsoever with prospective fod. Iowa announced the ban yes- | terday. Kenneth L. (Tug) Wilson, Big Ten commissioner, said the Iowa coach last spring visited a Quincy, Ill., high school basketball star, Bruce Brothers-now at Illinois-- and talked to him about going to Towa. Such off-campus activities are lagainst conference rules, Attorney W. Curry Harris, one ey West’s leading footba was elected | residency of the K ck Club at & meeting of nization in County Harris will Boi ident G é wil in as a member of the |board of directors of the fan club. Earl Adams and E: were elected first an ‘ond vice residents of the club respective- jly. Fred Edwards will hold the office of recording secretary while Robert Dopp was named as the | House. | corresponding secretary. Court} nd Albury | | Merville Rosam is the treasur- er of the group which is start | ing its second year of activity. The board of directors will con sist of the foliowing Quarter backers: Waddy Demerritt, John West, Giynn Archer, Paul Sher, Peter Knight, Jimmy Mira, Man- uel Lopez, Claude Thompson and | Nortor Harris. The Quarterback Club, which was formed for the purpose of Promoting the high school grid- | iron pastime in Key West, num- bers among their projects, the | sedding of the Wickers Field foot- ball plant, the negotiation with the city for a lease on the Poin- ciana School practice field, as- sistance the high ‘school the purchase of'a clock for the football field. Their weekly dinner Monday | night meetings have been a popu- jlar feature of the football season. | Starting with a handful of fans, |the Quarterback dinner sessions have grown to the point where | they attracted well over a hun- dred fans at their final affair of the season last week. Four mem- bers of the squad were entertained one. A second coach has been pun- | Big Ten athletic chiefs, at their | athletes for the seven-month’ peri- | Indian Prexy To Remain At ‘Helm Of Club — Ellis to CLEVE who now tain “Definitely, I want to remain T | president of the Indians,” said the publicity - shy former insurance man, who seemed worried the up- roar would be bad for baseball. “TI want to wind thing up as quickly as I pos: can,” he con- |tinued. “There h conjecture that I think the public is entitled to know what’s going on.” Declining to comment on how stiff a fight he would put up to retain his post, Ryan said he had the suport of five other directors CONCHS date, particularly with his defen- sive game. . Brawny Stu Logun, who saw action with last year’s second string cagers, has been helping the club with his playmaking ability and set shooting. Jim Solomon,’ who uses ‘tis. speed and height to. advantage, Oe ee eatns eve Bids fair to become one of the outstand- ing cagers on the team. He is also @ good passer and ball handler; \been set at Miami Spree Currently BARTLESVILLE, Okla. —Big Clyde Lovellette is on @ new scor- ing rampage in his first year as center for the Phillips 66ers, top- notch AA basketball team. Th 6-foo.-9, 240-pound pointmak- ing genius is continuing the pace that earned him a batch of scoring records a three-year col- legiate career at the University of Kansas. Lovellette has played only a half of each of the 66ers 10 games this season but has averaged 18.2 FIGHT FIL OUSTER Key. West baseball fans stand a good chance of having a look at Florida International League | Baseball action for the second straight year but just who will be behind the team when it takes the field is a matter for con- jecture at this time, following a meeting of the board of directors of the Key West Baseball’ Club last night. After the announce- ment that the Lakeland club has cashed in their chips Key West may lose its franchise. The backers of the Conch base- ball entry voted to send presi- dent Louis Carbonell to the special FIL meeting which has Stadium for Saturday morning to assure the continued operation of a Key West entry next season, This is how the situation shapes up: Since the Lakeland Club has dropped out of the running, the league members are faced with the necessity of dropping another team to form a six team circuit. Key West, as the latest team to be admitted to the - loop is the logical Prospect for the axe since it is doubtful that another entry can be found to replace Lakeland in the league. However, the club directors last night moved to keep an the club here under local op- eration but in the event that this is impossible and the Key West team is voted out of the league here, he has been in- structed to start negotiations with other teams who might be interested in coming here to operate. Miami Beach has heen mentioned as being interested in bringing their franchise to the Island City following a series of financial debucles in that city. “The people of Key West Tove | baseball and we are going to make every effort to give it to them—no matter who runs it,” Carbonell said. The visions the local club owners are expected to ask for if a change | is made is the opportunity to get their investment in players and baseball fees back and possibly | the chance to invest in the new venture. In the event that the Flamin, do come to town, Key Weste according to some quarter: Pepper Martin has already. beer retained as the manager of th team which fought the Miami Sun Sox right down to the wire in the past season. Both he, club owner Paul Rust only _pro- |—i would see a winning ball club | Joseph Broderick, B. F. (Bo) Bernet, Guy Waters; David R. Jones and Jack Johns. Together with Ryan, they are reported to ¢ 1 1,200 of the team’s 3,000 sh: of stock. There are 12 directors counting Ryan. “These men came into this ven- ture with me and they have prom- ised to stick it out to the finish,” | Ryan said, The dispute broke into the open last Thursday while Ryan was. at- tending the major leagues meet- ing at Phoenix, Ariz. It was’ not juntil last night that he made it |clear he wanted to remain presi- jdent, although he had indicated jthat previously, Details of thé squabble never came into the open. Insiders said Jit started when Ryan pushed the | purchase of the Indianapolis team in the American Association. In- | dianapolis lost money for the Tribe |last year. med as likely to his group lo: Medinger, ent Vv) The roup in that [aes inanced bj chief Nate | director | Hornbe ‘Del Flanagan To feet Davies Wed. | ‘The ten round fez the Cleveland News | | ueceed Ryan George e president. case nd two ‘other Small and Don Ryan, « been so much | Collins Gains BOSTON (#—Tough Tommy Col- lins of Boston found himself smack in the middle of both the light- | weight and featherweight boxing itle sweepstakes today after his spectacular triumph over ex-light- j weight king Lauro Salas of Mon- terrey, Mexico. The wiry, 23-year-old _ belter surged back to a unanimous 10- round decision before a packed Boston Garden throng of 13,909 aft- er the durable Mexican all but knocked him out in the first round. A whistling left hook to the chin dropped Collins to one knee for the mandatory 8-count at 2:05 of the jopening session and then the busy Salas slammed him with a total of at least 40 punches in a furious, two-fisted followup, That crushing attack left Collins \ fat on his face and helpless as Referee Eddie Hurley tolled the Win Over Salas count. But the bell sounded as Cur- ley reached seven and Collins’ han- diers dragged him to his corner, From that almost disastrous be- ginning, the clever and colorful Bostonian fought back ‘ gamely, slicing open old cuts above both of Salas’ eyes and socking out a wide |decision. It was Salas’ first start jsince he lost his title to Jimmy Carter in October. Collins now has defeated feather- | weights Willie Pep, Fabela Chavez, Glen Flanagan and British titlist Ronny Clayton and lightweight ex- champion Salas in 1952 campaign- ing. He stopped Chavez in 10, for- mer titlist Pep in six and Clayton in five rounds. Collins weighed 128 to Salas’ 131 and the Boston belter can easily add or subtract a few pounds for competition in either the 135- pound lightweight ranks or the 126-pound featherweight division, ‘Three ex-West Virginia Moun- taineers are playing in the National Football League. They are Rex Baumgardner, Tom Keane and |Dave Stephenson, fowaBasketball HARRIS ELECTED TO HEAD QUARTERBACKS at each banquet and Coach Ed Beckman’s rehashing of the pre- vious Friday’s football action be came a standout feature on the local football scene. The entire high school squad was entertained twice during the year, once at the Kickoff dinner which opened the campaign and again at the final session. Last night’s meeting wound up the activities of the club until next fal when the football season again rolls around. The purchase of an electric scoreboard for the stadium is under consideration at this time by the Quarterbackers. Sports Mirror By The Associated Press TODAY A YEAR AGO — The Cleveland Browns defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers, 28-0, to win the American Conference title of the National Football League. FIVE YEARS AGO—Fred Fitz- simmons resigned as general man- ager of the Brooklyn Dodgers foot- ball team to take a coaching as- signment with the Boston Braves of the National Baseball League. TEN YEARS AGO—Washington and Lee decided to drop football for 1943 due to wartime conditions TWENTY YEARS AGO — Kid Chocolate retained his New York state featherweight title with a close 15-round decision over Fidel la Barba. Phil McAtee, goaltender for the Buffalo Bisons in the American Hockey League, served with the 4th Armored Division of the Cana- dian Army as @ captain. He was wounded in action. Fordham End Smashes Pass Catching Mark NEW YORK — Six-foot B¢ Brown, senior end from J City, N. J., played only eight ball games this season with Ford — but still managed to sm: major - college nae record to hits. a Playing two less than many his rivals and previous holders, Brown wound up with caught, 10 et than his closes} pursuer, final statistics of be NCAA Service Bureau di today. This was five more than the previous national mark set in 1949 by Mississippi's Barney Poole and tied by Art Weiner of North Caro lina in 1949—both in 10-game schedules. Brown put on a tremendous per formance in his final game against New York, catching 15 and seb ting a record by gaining 233 yards, This made Brown the first East+ erner to head the pass-catching standings, although this section has produced two champion pass« ers and three team passing lead ers in other years. With 91 passes caught in two seasons, Brown also broke the record of 83 made by Weiner. The Fordham end led this year’s re- ceivers in yardage with 774, fifth highest single season on Second place went to Joe Mc Claran of Drake, who caught 47. John Carroll of Holy Cross was third with 46, and Rocky Ryan and Rex Smith of Ilinois next with 45 apiece. Leaders in taking passes for touchdowns were Willie Roberts of Tulsa with 12, and Yale’s Ed Woodsum, with 11, inch for Inch and Pound for Pound GREATEST ACTION CAR America Has Ever Produced! Dodge Coronet V8 Series and General |Chuck Davey versus De FIL entry in Key West even if eneral | Chuc! Manager Joe Ryan have indi- they have to induce another | c Powered for Action ... with flash- piece windshield to sweeping Tom Scott, serving his first year as Phillips coach, has victimized his opponents thus far by alter. nating Vovellette and Chuck Dar-! meg former Iowa ace, at the pivot Lovellette goes at top speed for ® quarter and then turns the scor- ing job over to Darling. Scott has followed this routine to the tune of 10 straight victories and ‘the procedure has developed a hot scoring duel between the two standout basketmakers, Darling trails Lovellette by only 15 points and the two have ac- | counted for from 30 to 50 points a game, Scott figures. Boxing Results FIGHTS MONDAY NIGHT By The Associated Press | BOSTON — Tommy Collins, 128, Boston, outpointed Lauro Salas, city to pick up their franchise. Carbonell has been instructed to make every effort to keep ated that they would happy to come here after d trous financial i Beach, Sports Roundup By WILL GRIMSLEY (For Gayle Talbot) patch from &@ group of the world’s leading |} sports authorities has voted Emil Zatopek, as the world’s no. for 1952 Americans, reading this, are jus-| tified in being a trifle confused. | Zatopek the no. 1 athlete? Well perhaps. But no. 1 sportsman? No —not in our strictest interpretation of the term. To Europeans the label “sportsman” may be applied to 131, Monterey, Mexico, (10). BROOKLYN — Pierre Langloi:, | 158%, Paris, outpointsd Harold Green, 161, Brooklyn, (10) CHICAGO — Chester Mieszala, 160, Chicago, outpointed Jimmy Martinez, 162, Phoenix, Ariz.. (8). NEW ORLEANS — Ralph Dupas, | 138, New Orleans, outpointed AJ- ee ig eraeae 143%, Torino, Italy, J IBENTON, N. J-George Jobn- | 134, Trenton, stopped Frankie | (Ki) Ansien, 145, Philadelphia, | (6). — Unbeaten Native Dancer earned | $290,495 in winning all nine races uring 1952. anyone connected with sport. To Americans, it stands for more than strength, mercurial speed or rec- ord-shatt notes a s in victory Premier as an athlete, Z: in the American book f | short of the requirements of a true sportsman. 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