The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 10, 1953, Page 12

CONCH CAGERS FACE GESU HERE TONIGHT | kkk Freshman Basketballer Sets New Scoring kok * Locals Seek To Bounce Back In Win Column In Battle With Gesu The Key West High School court squad and the Gesu of Miami five will be matching identical records fonight when they meet on the Bigh school hardwood in a battle slated to get underway at 8:00 p. mB. Coach Win Jones’ aggregation will be fighting for a chance to dump back into the win column after absorbing a 52-35 loss at the hands of Pompano on Tuesday evening there. The Conchs rank as slight favorit- @s in tonight’s contest due to the fact that they are porforming on their home court for the second time in the current season. | “It will be a close one,” Coach Win Jones averred today, “but if we can find the right combination and click for four quarters, we can win tonight.” Gesu will be a tough one for the Conchs, however. They are the 1952 District Champions when they whipped the crack Pompano five into a tough battle and then went into the semi finals for the state Class B title last year. Both Key West and Gesu have lost tilts to Homestead by identi- cal scores in the current campaign. Gesu will have the advantage in height with the Conchs boasting of just-one man, Jimmy Solomon, who Soes over the six foot mark. They also have considerably more ex- perience than the locals. The Key West foul shooting is one bright spot in the picture. In their loss this week te Pompano, they clicked for 13 out of 20 foul shots. It was this department that kept them in the running in the | early stages of the ballgame when they sank eight out of nine from the foul line. Bob Sawyer, who has played ve fine basketball to date for 2 Conchs will get the nod to ‘t at center with Jimmy Solo- 1 and Lucy Gonzalez going to ‘ost at the forward positions. Loguh and Glynn Archer will se@ a lot of action at the fd ‘spots. » Jayvee squad will meet the Li .2ran Church five in a pre- lim‘nary game slated to get under- way at 7:00 p. m Sports Mirror By The Associated Press TODAY A YEAR AGO — Jerry Coleman, star second baseman of the New York Yankees, was re- called to active duty by the Ma- t 1 { kk ok Page 12 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN a *& *& Saturday, January 10, 1953 Pro Pete Fleming Leads IBing Crosby Golf Tourney By RUSS NEWLAND PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. “A—The | unexpected becomes the expected at Bing Crosby’s links clambakes —and so a reformed prizefighter turned pro golfer led the field to- day into the second round of the 54-hole $10,000 tournament. Pete Fleming, 35-year-old for- mer leather pusher, took the top spot with his fine six-under-par 66 yesterday. Punching Pete, who won 60 of 78 boxing matches as a Hot Springs, Ark., welterweight in his earlier days, carded a snappy 34-32, That showed the way to such stars as former U. S. Open Cham- pion Lloyd Mangrum, and present open kingpin Julius Boros, among others. Mangrum, winner of the big Los Angeles Open last Monday, carded a first round 67 and teed off today tied with Jack Burke Jr., second leading money winner last year, and with Jim Ferrier, San Fran- cisco champaigner. Open Champion Boros, from Mid Pines, N. C., who topped ’em all in money earnings in 1952, started his second round in a five- way tie at 69. Crooner Crosby, who pays all the bills for this pro-amateur in- vitational and gives the profits to charity, probably wouldn’t be sur- prised if Fleming won. Things hap- pen in his personal golfing party. Last year, the second round was washed out by a heavy rain. A few years ago, a prominent golf official was clouted by an irate player because of personal differ- ences. Following the first four pro leaders into the second round were 68 shooters: Ed Furgol, St. Louis; Art Doering, Cincinnati and Doug Ford, Harrison, N. Y. Grouped close up along with Boros at 69 were Bob Watson, White Plains, N. Y.; Cary Middle- coff, Memphis; Bill Nary, Los An- geles; and John Geertsen, San Francisco. Jimmy Demaret, last year’s pro winner, started his second round in a 70 bracket which included Joe Moore Jr., White Plains, N. Y.; Lawson Little, Pebble Beach; Roy Moe, Spokane; Ted Kroll, New Hartford, N. Y.; Tor Bolt, Dur- ham, N. C.; Joe Kirkwood Jr., Grossinger, N. Y.; John Bulla, Vernona, Pa.; John Barnum, Grand Rapids, Mich; Fred Haw- kins, El Paso; Marvin “Bud” Ward, Great Falls, Mont; Walter Burkemo, Franklin, Mich.; and |Chuck Congdon, Tacoma, Wash. SEC Basketball Race Is Hot One By JACK SIMMS Associated Press Sports Writer It’s a wee bit crowded today at the top of the Southeastern Confer- ence basketball standings, but to- | night's activities will probably thin the ranks. Coach Joel Eaves’ Auburn Tigers opened their Conference last night and skidded past the Georgia Bulldogs 64-59. Auburn now has an 8-1 mark in all games. Junior center Bob Miller started in place of regular Bob Fenn, and it was Miller who made the differ- ence. He pushed 22 points through the hoop for the Tigers. Guard Zippy Morocco got 30 Points for the losers and set a single - game individual Georgia scoring record. The victory put Auburn in a tie with Tulane for second place in the SEC race. LSU and Florida are at the top of the heap, each with two Conference victories. Five games, four of them Con- ference engagements, are sched- uled for tonight. LSU, a pre-season pick to win the crown, goes against Mississip- pi State at Starkville. Bob Pettit, 6-9 Tiger all-SEC center last sea- son and LSU’s big gun again this year, will probably miss the game because of a virus infection. With- out Pettit the Tigers may be in for real trouble. Coach Cliff Wells’ Tulane Green- ies, who downed Vanderbilt 76-53 last Saturday in their only SEC | game, take on Mississippi in Ox- ford. The Rebels fell before Ten- nessee 81-71 in their only league contest. A victory for Tulane would establish the Greenies as a top contender for the league crown Georgia Tech, winner of only one game in eight tries, faces Vander- bilt in Nashville. The. Commodores have lost three road games but have won all six of their home games. Alabama and Georgia are both looking for their first SEC victory in a contest at Athens. The Tide has suffered two Conference set backs and is in the cellar. Geor- gia’s only league game was with Auburn last night. Tennessee entertains Davidson at Knoxville in one that won’t affect Conference standings. The field will be cut to the 60 low teams after today’s round. rine Corps. FIVE YEARS AGO — Belmont | Race Track announced that the | value of the Jockey Club Gold Cup | was increased from $25,000 to $100,- | 00 for the 1948 season. | TEN YEARS AGO — Francisco | Segura defeated Billy 5-4, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, in the Pan Amer- | lean tennis finals. | TWENTY YEARS AGO — Cor. | aell announced its abandonment of ell’ sports in intercollegiate com- petition, excluding basketball, for the remainder of the s The appearance of the football team in the Orang will mark the {first post-s bowl contest for any Syracuse grid squad. Talbert, 4-6, |i Auburn Back To Go Under Knife MONTGOMERY, Ala., ®—Doc- tors today will try to repair an injured knee which kept Vince Dooley, Auburn back, out of play most of the 1952 football season. Dooley is a star basketball play- jer but is being held out of the current season because of the oper- ation. The Mobile youth will be a senior this fall. Castellani Whips Jones Fri. Night NEW YORK (#—Rocky Castel- lani’s next. step up the road toward the middleweight title is a Feb. 6 date with Pierre Langlois of Paris. The fast-stepping boxing master from Luzerne, Pa., got past Ralph (Tiger) Jones, ‘‘the upset king’ from Yonkers, N. Y. last night by winning a split decision in a 10. round go before 5,540 paying $16,- 746. Castellani weighed 159, Jones After starring in Auburn’s open- } 154, ing game with Maryland, Dooley injured his knee in the following | tilt with Mississippi. The operatior is to repair damaged knee cart- | the Split-T Johnny Vaught, head football coach at Mississippi, i attack to t ilage. South in 1947. Guys Take Out Girls Everybody Takes Out Orders When You Throw A Wingding or A Tea for Two Sigsbee Snackery Puts Up The Lunck., You Put Up The Dough SURPRISE THEM WITH SIGSBURGERS, CHEESEBURGERS, FRENCH FRIES, ICE CREAM TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE ..- TRY ce SNACKERY SIGSBEE PARK RESIDE THE HOW SIGS ene REAM FOOD NEPT. STORE season | xk *& & | Feat Performed As Ashland, Ky. Team Topples By DAVE DILES RIO GRANDE, O. (®—A modest }youhg man who once feared he {would never be strong enough to play basketball today held the na- |tion’s individual collegiate scoring | record with the amazing mark of | 116 points in a single game. | He is Clarence Bevo) Francis, 6-foot, 9-inch freshman center for j tiny Rio Grande College. Francis }amassed 116 points last night on 47 field goals and 22 free throws as Rio Grande toppled Ashland (Ky.) College here 150-85, | The 150 points gave Rio Grande the national record for team scoring, eclipsing the total estab- lished by Beloit College a few years ago. Bevo’s performance erased the previous individual small college high of 87 set in 1941 by Jack Duncan of the same Rio Grande College. Paul Arizin holds the ma- jor college record of 85 points, scored with Villanova in 1949, Believe-it-or-not Bevo, who won’t graduate from high school for two days, spurned offers from 60-odd schools to enroll at Rio Grande, which can count only 94 full-time students. Now, after 18 straight wins and 903 points which makes him the country’s leading scorer, Francis says he’s ‘‘more sure than ever before that I did the right thing in coming to Rio Grande.” The 20-year-old phenomenon, married and, father of a 5-month- old son, lacked a couple of high school credits when he came to Rio Grande last fall. So he’s been ;“catching up” on his high school {work while maintaining a “Cc” average in the required number of college courses. | Bevo's only year of high school basketball was played at Wells- ville, O., under Newt Oliver, who jalso gained nation-wide promi- Inence in basketball at Rio Grande. |Francis suffered from anemia for |two years and an eligibility ruling jkept him out another high school season. When Oliver accepted the coach- ing job at the little Southern Ohio jschool, Bevo told his coach he |wanted to go along. Oliver tried to discourage the lad who had |scored 776 points as a high school |senior and had been named to the | All-Ohio squad. Oliver said he told Bevo, “You'll jbe better off at a big school, and | you're sure to make All-America.” Bevo learned his basketball by {practicing most of his weekends |for three years in an old barn near his home. Bevo said he and several other youngsters worked Jat odd jobs to help pay the elec- |trie bill for lights in the barn. | “We'd go up to the barn every {Friday night and wouldn’t come gain until Sunday night— ng basketball most all the me,” Bevo said. “We'd even buy |food and take it up there, and we slept in the hay.” | Bevo says his teammates de- |serve the credit for his success. “If they didn't give me? all the | breaks they do, I don’t know where I'd be,” he said after last night’s | record-breaki performance. | “I don’t care much about the All-America team, but I would [like to play in Madison Square Garden with my Rio Grande team,” he added x & & xk * ke kek kk * Record With 116 Points Sports Roundup By ED CORRIGAN (For GAYLE TALBOT) NEW YORK ® — If you think John Landry, the Australian young- ster who intends to run the four- minute mile before long, is the only bloke among the track set who is shooting for the proverbial stars you’re wrong. Maybe it’s contagious, but Mal Whitfield, late of the United States Air Force, is going Landry two better. Marvelous Mal, the Olym- pic 800-meter champion twice run- ning, thinks he can set records in the 500, 600 and 1,000-yard events. If he does, he’ll hold four world titles, since he already has a share in the 1:49.2 half-mile record with Sidney Woodserson, the English- man. Well, Whitfield probably is one of the most serious athletes in training these days, and if he says he can turn the trick, you’ve got to take him seriously. But he cer- tainly has been ‘no great shakes indoors the past few years. “TI intend to remedy that impres- sion, though,” he s: “After all I was in the service 9% years and I didn’t have much time for train- ing. Then when I began to lose everyone said my long stride was not suited to indoor running.” He said he had to unlrearn some of the things he learned on this side of the Atlantic. “You know, in this country we usually swing out around the turns. But when I was in Ger- many recently, I learned that I could do better by sticking right to the curb of the track. It was a rev- elation to me and I think it prob- ably will help me in my efforts to break the records.” The American indoor season opens this Saturday with meets in New York and Washington. Whitfield will start in New York, Probably in the 600. USO-NCCS Tops | Navy Wives Bowling Loop By TRUDY COCHRAN After a two week intermission | the ladies were back in the alleys | to wrap up the first half of the | bowling league. Although the USO- | NCCS surrendered three points to | the NavSta CPO team, they had a sufficient lead to retain the first place position. might remained in the cellar by only one point, but they did have the good fortune to cop the high scratch team game for the week with a total of 744. The three high single games were: June Camfield - 179; Ginny Koraska - 172; and Edith Holt - 170. June’s score of 459 was high triple for the week and OpDev- Sta took high scratch team set with a 1966. The league high scores have not been topped, which are: League High Single - June Cam- field - 218 League High Triple - Ruby Cal- | dwell - 578 High Average, ist half - Caldwell - 151 The NavSta CPO try as they; Ruby | | officials are all for continuing post season football bowl games. recent poll of presidents showed a majority against bowl games, but in the NCAA voice vote not one ‘no’? was heard. The vote on televising football games for next year was exactly according to predictions: For controlled television 172. Against controlled television 13. The convention, in a secret bal- lot, was adopting a report pre- pared by its TV committee. The details of the 1953 program must be worked out by a new commit- tee, to be named sometime after this convention closes. But the new committee isn’t go- ing fo have much of a chance to get lost. Its course was carefully Colleges Will Decide NCAA Power Today By ARTHUR EDSON WASHINGTON (#—The nation’s colleges decide today whether they | want to give the National Colle- giate Athletic Association (NCAA), more power to police sports. With the argument over televi- sing football out of the way, tem- | Porarily at least, the NCAA winds up its 47th annual convention by |marked out in advance by the com | vention. ; As a result, the average tele- jvision fan probably will see about the same program he saw last fall. | Then only one ne was tele- |vised nationally each week, and jno team was a ed to appear jMationally more than once. Boxing Results By The Associated Press NEW YORK—Rocky Castellani, 159%, Luzerne, Pa. outpointed Ralph “Tiger” Jones, 154%, Yon- kers, N. Y. 10. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—Roy j} Andrews, 139, Boston, outpointed |Sonny Luciano, 142, Paterson, N. 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