The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 16, 1953, Page 7

ity Commission, Acevedo Ag City Fathers To Dicker With Flamingos On Baseball Seiup The City Commission, af- ter a full hour and a half of haggling at a special Meeting yesterday atfter- hoon, voted to make a deal with Armando. Acevedo, holder of a lease on the con- Cessions at the Wickers Field Stadium to buy up those rights and dicker with the Miami Beach Flamin- @0s who are considering moving their Florida Inter- national League franchise here. The Commissioners arriv- ed at that decision despite Spirited opposition on the Part of Mayor C. B. Harvey who has opposed _ granting concessions to the Flamin- gos throughout the course —: SPORTS :— ace Tops Tampa Open |c.acon Opens TAMPA, Fla. W—Quiet spoken Mary Lena Faulk surprised the |pros with a first round 70 in the Tampa Women’s Open golf tourna- ment yesterday, and started off today with a four stroke lead over the field. The Thomasville, Ga., amateur, driving magnificently and putting with great sharpness, equalled men’s’ par over the 6,093 - yard Palma Ceia course. Women’s par for the $5,000 Tampa Open has been set at 74 ‘ Most of the name stars were having trouble with Palma Ceia’s deep tricky traps. Defending champion Louise Suggs, the little Atlanta pro now playing out of Cincinnati, took 74. So did Babe Zaharias of Tampa, a two time winner of this event. Amateur Pat Garner of Midland, Texas, equalled Miss Faulk’s 34 on the front nine but faltered to Georgia Amateur a of the negotiations which got underway over a month ago. On the motion of commissioner John Carbonell, who has champion- ed the cause of professional base- ball in Key West, the city fathers agreed to buy up Acevedo’s con- cession equipment for $2500. But, the city will kick in but $1250 of total cost of the equipment and the Flamingos will be asked to match that figure. The deal is contingent upon the Flamingos going along with the deal. Acevedo will be permitted to keep the lease on the Wickers Field concessions during the foot- ball season on a two year basis with a three year option for re- newal. ‘ Apparently, the last obstacle in the way of the Flamingo move to Key West has now been removed. Carbonell, at the ccnelusion of .yesterday’s meeting suggested that the city commission meet at the earliest opportunity with Paul Rust and Joe Ryan in an effort to in- duce them to come here. Acevedo siad he was going along with the deal hecause “he wanted to see baseball here although he was losing a lot of money.” .., Mayor Harvey, in a table pound. ‘ing denunciation of the deal, aver- ed that Acevedo was being pres- sured into selling out by the com- mission. But, when queried by the commission if he felt that way, Acevedo answered that “if he thought that were true he would walk out now.” “I only want ehere,” he added. When the measure came up for vote, commissioners Cobo, Dela- ney, Carbonell and Eisner voted yes while the Mayor came up with a resounding no. Sports Mirror By The Associated Press TODAY A YEAR AGO — Ned Garver, the St. Louis Browns’ 20- game winner, signed his 1952 con- tract for a reported $25,000 plus. | _FIVE YEARS AGO — Howie Odell resigned as Yale coach to take a similar football post at the University of Washington to see baseball 40 on the way home for another. 74. Pro Peggy Kirk of Ponte Vedra, Fla., made it a four-way tie for second with a 74 also. Canadian amateur champion Marlene Stewart, from Fonthill, Ont., and the veteran pro star, Patty Berg of Fort Myers, Fla., were tied at 75. Close behind at 76 were Betsy Rawls, the leading 1952 money winner among U. S. women pros, and Alice Bauer. Miss Rawls plays out of Spartanburg, S. C. Miss Bauer is from Sarasota, Fla. Sports Roundup NEW YORK (Since returning to the snow and ice’ a few days back from Australia’s baking pave- ments, we. have run into a very lively curiosity about John Landy, the young Melbourne University miler who recently startled the track world with successive efforts of 4:21 and 4:2.8, Somehow, people on this side of the world find it difficult to be- lieve that a boy of whom few of them ever heard suddenly ranks as the second greatest miler in the long history of foot racing. They ask, “Is he really that good?” Well, the answer to that one is easy. Those Aussies have the fin- est stopwatches availal ind they are jealous of their reputation for never giving a runner the best of it. Landy can run that fast now, and he will run faster before he's through. They they ask, how come a run- ner who couldn’t qualify for the final of the 1,500 meters at Hel- sinki last summer and who a year ago was a 4:28 miler, how come he sprouts wings, with no warn- ing? The.answer here is somewhat more involved, having to do with a fierce-eyed coach named Percy Cerrutty and the first honest-to- goodness running track ever in- stalled in Australia. This Cerrutty is a real character. He is about as large as a bar of ace Cleveland Indian pitcher, mar- ried Virginia Winther. TWENTY YEARS AGO — Babe Ruth rejected his 1933 New York Yankee contract calling for a re- TEN YEARS AGO — Bob Feller, START! and GO! with Dependable batteries for a quarter-century HESTER BATTERIES FOR ALL MAKE OF CARS TRUCKS end BOATS FREE INSTALLATION LOU SMITH 1116 WHITE ST. ported $60,000, representing a $15,- 000 cut. MIAMI (#—The ornate wrought iron gates of flower-lined Hialeah swing open today for what is ex- to be another record-break- ing 40 days in Florida’s long thoroughbred racing season, taking up where Tropical Park left off. A crowd of about 25,000 is ex- pected for the $15,000 added In- augural, with a dozen three-year- olds-and upward competing at six furlongs. Hialeah President John C. Clark predicts a gain of six to eight per cent in attendance and 10 per cent in betting. Last year the track played to 771,708 who wagered an all-time record of $60,637,049 at the meeting. Heading the list of entries for today’s feature is Duntreath Farm’s Starecast, carrying 120 pounds with jockey Porter Roberts. Woolford Farm’s aging campaign- er, Delegate, will seek his third Inaugural triumph, with jockey Peter Anderson and 119 pounds. If Delegate triumphs, he will be- ce the first horse in history to win stakes races for eight con- secutive years. He won the Inaugu- ral in 1948 and 1949. Big Leaguer is an entry with Delegate. Others to compete are W. G. Williams’ Sagittarius, Greentree Stable’s Northern Star, W. M. Wickham’s Winning Fleet, Mrs. Al- fred Roberts’ Eatontown; David Shaer’s Sun Rene, Circle M Farm’s Goya’s Pass, Jay D. Weil’s Streaking, Blue Stone Farm’s War Phar, and Eugene Constantin Jr.’s Nimble Fox. More than $100,000 in overall purse money will be distributed, an increase of $300,000 over the 1952 meeting. The bocst in over- night purses amounts to $155,000 and in stakes, $145,000. Hialeah’s top races will be the $100,000 Widener on Feb. 21 and the $100,000 Flamingo a week later. laundry soap. He sports a mane of snow white hair and, at 58, runs a brisk 10 miles every day as a sort of example to Landy and his other pupils. He doesn’t get paid for coaching —it’s his life and his religion. He proclaims in a carrying voice that within a few more years he intends to shift world running supremacy from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere. Well, all he’s done since return- ing home from the Olympics is work Landy half to death, an aver- age of an hour and 40 minutes every day of the week. The intense little man has con- vinced Landy and his other pupils that the only way they will ever amount to a cent is by punishing themselves to the absolute limit of their endurance. Landy puts in about 40 miles a week, including frequent 600-yard sprints and long runs in heavy sand to strengthen his legs. It is a happy coincidence that the first modern track in Australia was laid down about two years ago. Before that, they did almost all their running on grass. The track is in an abandoned motorcycle racing plant in the heart of Mel- bourne. The track itself is of what the Aussies call “red mari.” Starts 809 Times After Only 5 Minutes Rest In a recent test, a stock Hester Battery was deliberately discharged by engaging the starter on a car, with the switch off, until the battery refused to turn the engine over. The battery was allowed to rest for 5 minutes, the car was then started and the engine stopped immediately. This operation 809 times before the battery failed. was repeated 12 Mos., 39 Plate, 80 Amp. Battery Reg Price $16.28 — for ouly $9.95 xeh. 18 Mos., 45 Plate, 100 Amp. Battery Reg. Price $19.84 — for only $12.95 x 18 Mos., 51 Plate, 110 Amp. 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The new rule took them almost completely by surprise, because | they took it for granted the two- platoon system was here to stay. When they voted in favor of it by a 4-1 margin not long ago, there seemed little doubt that it was set for a long tenure. But the committee apparently took more seriously the resolution by the NCAA’s 17-man’ council “strongly urging” the Rules Com- mittee to do away with the two- platoon system..The resolution was made at the NCAA convention last week and came as a sort of end of the trail move. It was made Saturday and passed by a margin of 45-23, There were 255 voting delegates at the convention and many had left. The council is composed of athletic Senator Martin Lauds Marciano At Ring Dinner By TED MEIER NEW YORK — Joseph W. Martin Jr., speaker of the House of Representatives, praised boxing in general and Heavyweight CHam- pion Rocky Marciano in pa: lar at the Boxing Writers Association annual dinner last night. In presenting Rocky the Edward J. Neil Memorial Plaque as the man who did the most for boxing in 1952 Martin termed the unbeaten heavyweight champion “‘a credit to America and symbolic of the American spirit.” The Neil award honors the mem- ory of the Associated Press boxing writer and war correspondent who was killed in 1938 during the wat in Spain. q “I think if Ed Neil were here tonight,” Martin declared, “he would join us in saying that no man has better earned the Neil trophy than my neighbor from Brockton, Mass. ... Rocky has earned the award by his conduct both in and out of the ring. “In these days of super states, ictatorships and regimented so- ies, is is a wondrous thing that in America every kid, whether he son of a Negro sharecropper, or the boy from the mansion on the hill, has the same opportunity to be champion.” Jersey Joe Walcott, the former champ who lost his title to Rocky last September in Philadelphia, joined in giving Rocky a thunder- ous ovation at the presentation. “Boxing has been wonderful to me,” Rocky said. “I do not ever intend to let it down in any way.” Commenting on the sport in gen- eral Martin asserted that “boxing has come of age. Television now | brings it into the living rooms of 20 million American homes. ... Tank fighters have all but disap- peared from the scene. “The chiselers have been pretty much run out of business. The |referees and judges are men of | the highest integrity and the whole | business is run by commissioners of the highest motives.” George Barton, president of the National Boxing Association and veteran sports writer for the Min- neapolis Tribune, was honored for TRADE AT HOME BE SAFE AND SURE YOUR LOCAL DEALER WILL GIVE YOU COMPLETE SATISFACTION had voted for the two-platoons, the committee would have left the rule alone. Another major point made at the convention was that the two-pla- toon system might not have pres- ented as many injuries ag its pro- ponents thought, . The Eastwood Committee of In- juries ae Fatalities made. this rt to convention : ne Another factor ‘contributing to the football injuries was. inade- quate provision for warm-yp of the players. which have been greatly inereased by the modern platoon system. Contrary to what had long been thought, inadequate warm-up is a more important cause injuries ‘than is fatigue.” x There was ng general line of opinion among groups of players and coaches. Some of. the big school mentors Were bitter at the thought of the new rule while oth- ers said it would be a boon to the game. Perhaps the most surprising as- pect of the entiré picture was that the smaller ges were split about 50-50 on the its, or lack Tommy Bolt Takes San Diego Golf Lead Thursday SAN DIEGO, Calif. @—It was up to Tommy Bolt to hold his lead as well as his temper today as play swung into the second round of the $10,000 San Diego Open golf tournament. Temperamental Tommy held ev- erything yesterday, including an array of splendid golf shots, as he subdued par 72 by six strokes to lead the field through the first 18 holes. The 34-year-old ex-Houston, Tex., pro. from»Maplewood, N. J., was only ‘one of 33 -players..who em- barrassed the 6,600-yard par 36-36-- S course at the San Diego Country lub. One stroke back was Jerry Bar- ber from La Canada, Calif., whose 31-36 for 67 was extremely well fashioned. ‘ Four challengers were tied at 68-Lloyd Mangrum of Niles, Ml.; Jimmy Demaret, now. from mesha Lake, N, Y.; Jim and his He Res gf i if other things--when he belted the ball ‘out of sight. “long and meritorious service’ to the sport. He received the James J. Walker Memorial. Award: from James A. Farley, master general and. 4 man of the New York State Athlet- ic Commission, York Daily Mitror, ajso ‘received awards. . In addition to Walcott; former Heavyweight champions Jim Brad- | dock and Primo Carnera ‘took | of same, on the outlawing of the two-platoon system. It-was thought that the smaller schools were put at a definite disadvantage by hav- ing to compete with large squads of top teams. But only half the little fellows saw it that wav Players, too, were about evenly divided, but the fans, genera. , seemed happy over the change. To the man who pays his way into a game, the platoons system meant confusion. He will be better able to follow the players and the game now. One thing seems certain — it won’t be the same game of foot- ball next season, Many of the teams that employ the T forma- tion, which stresses individual tal- ents and surprise maneuvers, prob- ably will go back to the time-tested single-wing. The game will be slow -}er what with players being forced to keep something in reserve for their defensive efforts. Probably the happiest group of all-over the change is the athletic directors and officiais charged with Friday, January 16, 1953 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN atching the college xbank ac- counts. Faced with rising costs and de- clining receipts, athletic directors were caught in the squeeze of maintaining large squads. Now they'll get some relief. Page? 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