The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 17, 1952, Page 6

WEBB DOWNS ROBISON Navy Toga Decided In Hot Match Tuesday Twenty-three year old Jack Webb, Fleet All Weather Training Unit ten- nis ace, emerged the winner yesterday in the finals o the local Navy Singles Tou nament. Webb gained th: title by virtue of a hard- fought three set victory ove: Bob Robison of the USS Gil- more, 9-7, 4-6, 8-6. The action, which place on the Bayview courts, before a good gallery, was about as as it could have been. Webb, who has cam- paigned on the Ohio tennis scene with the Dennison co!- lege net squad, was greatly extended by Robison, who played a whale of a game, before he was able to pull) out with a win after two, hours of grueling action. Webb jumped into a two game Jead in the opening set but Robi- son came back to knot it up and give the fans an indication that this was going to be a redhot bit of tennis action. However, Webb broke through Robison’s service at 8-7 and then made it 9-7 on his own service to capture the first set. Robison, with a smooth back- hand and a fast net game, then took the second set. Robison found himself in pos- session of a 5-3 lead in the final set and then Webb took his own service to make it 5-4. The tension almost reached the breaking point when Robison ran the next game to 40-love in what could have been the final game of the match. But, at this point, Webb tighten- ed up and playing steady tennis featuring a fine net game, rallied to tie the match up at 5-5. The competitors exchanged ser- vices to make it 6-6 and then Webb cashed in on his own service and broke Robison’s to end the match and capture the title. Webb captured the match with Robison, who is probably the only nétter in tue tourney capable of extending him, by virtue of his staying power and fine backcourt game. His service was consistently the bell, as well’ Rebison was definitely ‘“‘up’’ tor thé match. Webb left last night on furlough to his home in Tennessee and was not on tap this Morning when Rear Admiral Irving T. Duke presented the championship trophy. Cups were also awarded to Robison, Commander Joe Wats and, Chief of HS-1 and Chicf John McNulty of the OpDev Station -whd were semi-finalists in the tourney. Since Webb will be on leave, either Watson or Robison will be in the number one spot for the Navy on Saturday when fhey go up against the Key West Tennis Club team in a match which has been set for 2:30 p. m. at Bay- view Park. One of these men will be faced with the task of stopping the’ slants of City net champion Peter Varela in Saturdays match. Sports Mirror By The Associated Press TODAY A YEAR AGO — Ken- tucky routed St. John’s, 81-40, in & meeting of the nation’s two top teams. FIVE YEARS AGO — Statistics showed that Eddie Stanky of Brooklyn set a modern fielding record for a National League sec- ond baseman during 1947 with a 9853 average. TEN YEARS AGO -- The New York Yankees traded outfielder Roy Weatherly and infielder Oscar Grimes, TWENTY YEARS AGO — Dr Mal Stevens resigned as head foot- ,4 ball coach at Yale after five years Navy Baseball Schedules Meeting | There will be a meeting of aj representative from each baseball team entered in the Navy Winter Baseball League at 1:00 p. m. on Thursday, Dec. 18, 1952 at the White Hat Club Lounge, Building 133, U, S. Naval Station The purpose of this meeting is to write up a constitution and by laws to govern the League play It is desired that all participants | have a representative present at | the meeting. i ACTRESS WEDS ' LOS ANGELES Helen Gilbert's divorce suit jher sixth 2 has dropped says she has married a seventh. | plied. | consequence of nature.” j The jurist ruled that since the {latter additions were “an Captures Navy Net Title JACK WEBB (left), newly crowned local Navy Tennis C Bob Robison after a hardfought match yesterday in which h ter is rated one of the top-notch tennis performers in the area. pion, took the title. The 23 year old net- "U.S. Navy Photo con, ulates the runnerup, Maxim-Moore To Battle Tonight Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer will sponsor the radio broadcast of the Joey Maxim vs. Archie Moore 15 fight on December 17th from the St. Louis Arena. The CBS radio network will transmit the action to a nation-wide audience; local fans can catch the action over station WKWF beginning at 9 p. m., East- ern Standard Time. Joey’ Maxim has made only two defenses of his title since winning it from Freddie Mills on January 24, 1950. His superb jabbing made a pulp of Irish Bob Murphy in 1951 after the experts had figured the wild-swinging Murphy to un- seat the champ. Joey won his second defense by TKO in 14 rounds from Ray Robinson when the latter collapsed from heat and exhaustion during New York's heat wave of June 1952. Maxim, 30, of Cleveland, is nearing his 13th year in pro boxing. He has had 100 pro fights with 78 victor- ies, 21 KO’s, 18 losses and 4 draws. Archie Moore, perennial con- tender for light heavyweight hon- ors, is one of the sport’s oldest practitioners in both age, 36, and in tenure, 16 years. His recent and justifiable campaign -- “What Do You Have To Do To Get A Title Shot?” -- has. finally paid divi- dends. Moore's record, spanning 16 years and 128 bouts, seems suffi- cient qualification for a title chance. Age seemingly has not sapped the power or speed of Moore’s offense; he is expected to enter the ring as the favorite. Archie Moore, always a best man but never the feature-player is a title bout, is ready to get himself cut in. Boxing Results TUESDAY NIGHT'S FIGHTS By The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jimmy Carter, 136%, New York, and Fred- die “Babe” Herman, 139, Los An- geles, drew, 10. (Non-title). LOS ANGELES—Dave Gallardo, 12544, Los Angeles, outpointed Reu- ben Smjth, 126, Los Angeles, 12, SALT LAKE CITY—Kenny Nich- oles, 159, Boise, Idaho, stopped Kid Leon, 156, Salt Lake City, 6 MIAMI BEACH, Fila. merson Butcher, 144%, Rock Island, Il. awarded decision over Claude Hammond, 145%, North Bergen, (Hammond disqualified in ninth round) NEWARK, N. J.—Jimmy Cham- pagne, 150, Philadelphia, stopped Vinnie Decarlo, 149, Philadelphia, WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. — Joe “Rocky” Tomasello, 155%4, Eliza- beth, N. J. stopped Lou Valles, 154, New York, 8. |ALL SHE WANTS IS S$ |THE CATS AND DOGS LOS ANGELES #* — Four cats | and two dogs were the only proper- | |ty demanded by patent medicine | heiress Norma Tibbett, 27, in di- | voreing her fourth busband, Law rence Tibbett Jr., 33, son of the singer Superior Judge Benjamin J Schein asked yesterday whether Mrs. Tibbett had all the pets be- fore her marriage “No, I had only two.” she re- “The others arrived as a “an accrual out of separate property” the pets would all be hers. Robinson To Refrain From Yank Criticism By JOE REICHLER NEW YORK #—Jackie Robin. | son, who recently stated in a tele- vision interview that the New York | Yankee front office was against the hiring of Negro players, will not make any such criticisms henceforth. The brilliant Brooklyn second baseman will refrain from refer- ring to the absence of presence of Negro ballplayers in the major leagues as long as he remains in baseball. A suspicion that Robinson had been silenced on orders of higher- ups stemmed from Commissioner Ford Frick’s reply to a question jwhether he had discussed the mat- ter with Jackie. “I prefer not to discuss the mat- ter,” answered Frick. “It has been handled.” + There will be no austerity pro- gram at the Philadelphia Phillies’ training camp in Clearwater, Fla., this spring. Manager Steve O'Neill told this writer in Phoenix, Ariz., last week that he planned to erase all the “don’t” and “shall not” rules which were imposed upon the players by Eddie Sawyer, for- ; mer Phil pilot, last year. “The players will be allowed to bring their wives and families to camp,” said the fatherly O'Neill. “They will be permitted to swim, Play golf, cards, fish and relax | on the beach if they wish. As a matter of fact, this is nothing new. I threw out the old rules the day I took over.” ‘!Colorado Misses Punt Leadership By Four Inches NEW YORK (#—A matter of less than four inches per kick kept Colorado from making a clean sweep of the major college punting leadership this fall. That was the margin by which Des Southern California beat out Colo rado’s Zack Jordan for individual honors. Jordan, champion kicker in 1950 | and trying to become the seconc Player in modern times to win th title twice, finished with a 43.4-yard average to Koch’s 43.5 in final | the | statistics released today by N.C. A A. Service Bureau. Koch's narrow margin returned the punt- ing crown to the Pacific Coast for Koch of | Maxim Té Earn 75 Gs For Bout ST. LOUIS! (#—Old man Archie Moore, fulfilling a youthful ambi- tion at 36, ends a 10-year trail to the championship ring, tonight in his 15-round tifle scrap with Light Heavyweight Champ Joey Maxim. This is a chance of a lifetime for Moore, and it almost took the St. Louis Negro a lifetime to gain it. For almost a decade Archie has been brushed off by light heavyweight champions; a sad fate for an 18-year-old beginner who had planned to get a title chance and retire at 25. Despite the time lag,’ now that Moore has the opportunity he’s favored to take the 175-pound crown from Maxim, a 30-year-old gent from Cleveland. The odds give Moore ‘the edge at 8-5, but they'll probably vary to close to even. until the two men enter the ring. A crowd of about 14,000 fans is expected to pay about $85,000 to see the International Boxing Club's attraction at the arena. The 9 p.m. CST (10 p.m.“ EST bout telecast and broadcast nationally over CBS with only the St, Louis area blacked out. A More than $60,000 in receipts has been iced away already, and that was enough to establish a new St, Louis record. To that expected $80,000 haul you probably can safely add a }minimum of $50,000 to the purse. That represents the radioTV spon- sor’s reported purchase price for the air rights. Maxim has been guaranteed about $75,000 in making his third jdefense of the world title he took from’ England’s Freddie Mills in 1950. But the fact he'll receive only a {token payment doesn’t bother |Moore, who insists, “The main jthing is that I’m finally getting | my shot. I know I can beat him. I'm going to knock him out.” Maxim retorts: “I’m the champ and Pil still be the champion when the fight’s over.” BASKETBALL RESULTS BASKETBALL RESULTS College Tampa 77 Central College (Mo.) 89 High School Palm Beach 50 St. Anns 41 Pompano Beach 58 Vero Beach’ 32 |Homestead 63 Gesu of Miami 33 | Miami High 69 Redland 36 acksonville Jackson 54 ®, K. Yonge (Gainesville) 46 etterlinus (St. Augustine) 50 Lag don of Jacksonville 47 Jacksonville Beach 4 Jeckson- vile Tech 32 Cross City 56 Mayo 42 Lake Butler 55 Melrose 36 Macclenny 57 Yulee 52 the first time since Bob Waterfield | ¢, } won it for UCLA in 1944. | Colorado, in winning the team {Punting average with an aver of 43.3 yards per kick, was well ahead of the second te: Methodist, with 41.3, -alifornia, with 41.2. Aft ardage was subtracted had the best net gain ever time the Buf Jordan did manag ern career record years of competit jmark for 139 kicks fa sir fi i Sabseribe | to ‘The ¢ Citizen | Fer and ) Florida High (Tallahas- M4 eeze 79 New Smyrna Beach t Park 46 Wildwood 41 r 9 Lakeland 4 Wauchula 36 wster Tech 51 Clermont 31 e 49 St. Cloud 47 e standard of 43.2 that S Set on 116 tries while ata Clara in 1946-0, Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, December V7, =~ F CONCH A much improved Key West High School basketball squad wal~ loped a picked Alumni five in a 46-28 ballgame on the high school court last night. For the first time in this year’s abreviated campaign, the Conch | Shooting began to find its mark when the high schooiers roiled up an impressive score to win easily. |The game served as a tuneup for the upcoming meeting with Home- stead on Friday: night there and if-the Conchs can display last night’s form against the upstaters, they have a chance of pulling out with a good performance. Jones used 12 men last night against the Alumni and they dis- {played a fast smoothworking at- jtack in capturing the win. Jimmy Solomon and Bob Saw- jyer were in particularly fine form ,waen they dominated the back | board to consistently pick off re- bounds in the win. The high school five led through- out the ballgame when they jump- ed into a 13-4 lead at the end of the first quarter and held a 19-15 lead at the halftime. In the third period, they cut loose with a fast. break to roll up 18 points against the Alumni. Lucy Gonzalez, with 12 counters led the scoring parade for the Conchs arid Stu Logun hit the meshes for 11 and the runnerup honors. The Conch foul shooting was im- pressive when they rang the bell for scores on their first seven at- tempts from the foul line Helio Orapeza and Armando Henriquez performed will on the floor as well. In a preliminary game, the Junior Chamber of Commerce five captured an upset. win over the Junior Varsity cagers, 33-24. The JCs overcame an early first period lead to gain the win. Fito Lastres and Joe Pinder paced the JC attack while John Vermette booked. good for the losers. WINDSORS WILL NOT ATTEND CORONATION PARIS (®—The Duke of Windsor announced here neither he nor his American wife would attend the coronation of Queen Elizabeth CAGERS LICK ALUMNI LaSalle Is Rated Number One Cage Squad In Nation By ORLO ROBERTSON NEW YORK # — La Salle’s National Invitation Tournament champions unbeaten in six early- season games, is the nation’s No. 1 college basketball team in the opinion of sportswriters and sports- casters. The Explorers from Philadelphia, a veteran outfit that surprised in the NIT last spring, received 26 first-place votes and piled up 692 Points on the basis of 10 points for first, 9 for second, etc., inthe first Associated Press poll of the 1952-3 season. Southwest Missouri was La Salle’s sixth victim last night, the Philadelphians winning, 77-70. Undefeated Kansas State, picked to succeed Kansas as the kingpin of the Big Seven Conference, was second with 16 first-place ballots and a total of 552 points. The Kan- sans beat San Francisco, 81-60, last night for their third victory. Illinois, which chalked un its second victory last night with a 96-66 decision over Michigan, was close behind with 538 points. Seton Hall was ranked fourth with 464 points. It extended its unbeaten string to six last night with a 76-66 triumph over Louis- ville, Oklahoma A&M; North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Holy Cross, Washington and Louisiana State round out the first 10. Selections were made before last night’s game. Rankings of the leaders (first- place votes in parentheses): 1. La Salle (26) ...... Kansas State (16) Illinois (8) ... Seton Hall (4) Oklahoma A&M (16) N. C. State (6) Notre Dame Holy Cross Washington (2) Louisiana State (2) SLernauswn *Rounp Tue cuock and ‘round the calendar —every second of every day—the matchless flavor of Schlitz is assured by hundreds of rigid safeguards. Never bitter, never harsh, Schlitz gives you just the kiss of the hops” for that light, dry and winsome flavor that belongs to Schiitz alone. Yes, more bottles and cans—millions more —of Schlitz are sold than any other beer. No wonder Schlitz is the beer the world loves best. ‘i Fordham May Quit Football By WILL GRIMSLEY that Fordham is considering aban- donment of intercollegiate football re-emphasized today the depths to whieh the sport has fallen in the Metropolitan New York area. Fi in the nation’s largest city, ich provides the pulsebeat of other major sports, now ~ quite blandly accept the fact that col- lege football here is strictly minor league. Hopes of any improve- ment are bleak. New York University, which reached great heights under John F. (Chuck) Meehan back in the roaring ’20s, now plays a second- rate schedule. Columbia is one of the door mats of the Ivy League. Fordham is talking de-emphasis and possible resignation. The best record of these three main New York teams during the Past season was two victories, and all shared that. Fordham won 2, lost 5.and tied 1 game. NYU had a 2-5-1 record also while Columbia finished with an even poorer over-all mark of 2-6-1. All together, they won 6, lost 16, tied 3. The Rev. Vincent Hart, direc- tor of university development, re- vealed yesterday Fordham lost ap- porximately $50,000 during the past season and has a $200,000 deficit for a seven-year period. He said the university is syr- veying its football program to de- cide on one of three courses: 1. To continue the present setup. 2. Drop football. 3. Adoptta middle course of de- emphasis on a “back to the cam- pus” plan. “We are beginning to feel that football as presently played in the big time isn’t as important as we thought it was,” Hart said. “Our two big rivals—Georgetown and NYU—either have given it up or de-emphasized completely.” “Robot” has come into popular use since the term was used in the 1920? by Karel Capek, a Czecho- slovakian writer, in a play, “R. G2 lu. R.” 11. Western Kentucky (2) 12, UCLA (2) ... 13. Oklahoma City 14. St. Bonaventure (8) 15. 16. i. 20. wee 164 I Sedgman Tops Davis Cup Net Tourney By GORDON TAIT SYDNEY (®—The No. 1 fennis Players of the United States and Italy, Vic Seixas and Fausto Gare dini, meet tomorrow in the open» ing singles match of the interzone finals, but the Australian headlines of the moment concern one Frank Sedgman. Generally considered the finest amateur racquet swinger in the world, Sedgman has this whole na- tion buzzing over the prospect that he will turn professional and tour the U. S. and other countries after the Davis Cup Challenge Round to be held Dec. 29-31 in Adelaide, There is little doubt that the Australian cup holders will meet the U. S. for the big Vase which is emblematic of world supremacy for the amateurs. Tony Trabert of the U. S. plays Italy’s Gianni Cu- celli in tomorrow’s second match, Pino Bono, manager of the Ital- ian cup forces, already has booked passage to Rome for Sunday night, “We have not made any book- ings to Adelaide because we think the Americans will be very diffi- cult to beat,”” Bono told a reporter. That view is shared by all after Italy barely defeated India for the right to play the U. S. On the other hand, the Ameri- can captain, Seixas, said he had made tentative plans to fly his squad to Adelaide Sunday morn- ing. 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