The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 20, 1953, Page 3

Citizen Staff Photo by Finch HELEN BIANCO of the Kress Store contributes a roll of dimes to the Boy Scouts’ Block of Dimes drive. The drive was held Saturday on Duval Street. New Orleans Road Attendance Tops NEW ORLEANS ® — New Or- leans drew the largest road at- tendance in the Southern Associa- | tion last year, Charlie Hurth, presi- up with 201,884 fans on foreign soil. The champion Chattanooga Look- outs were third with 184,040. Following closely were Birming- ham with 182,054, Atlanta with 181,679 and Mobile with 179,869. The Memphis Chicks, late start- ers in the regular season but even- dent of the Class AA baseball |tual playoff winners, came next league, said today. Hurth said the Pelicans,. who | 160,663. were edged out of first division | in a post-seasou playoff against Memphis, led the league with 204,322 fans seeing them perform out of town. The Little Rock Travelers, the loop’s tailenders, were runners- eleven games played drew 47,830. spring training games in Florida. Plant Field in Tampa. - NEW YORK ITV’s Impact On Sports Is Discussed Sportswriters Wonder About Effect Telecasting Will Have In °53 NEW YORK (#—The most sig- nificant sports trend of 1952 was television’s effect on attendance | and popularity, and the future im- | ! pact of this giant entertainment | medium on amateur and profes- | sional sports. iE That was the consensus of the | nation’s sportswriters and sports. caster replying to the anrual year- | end poll of The Associated Press. | More than half a hundred of the | replies to the question dealt with | jm some phase of video in relation to | sports, after the first full year that facilities have been available to transmit major contests from! — coast to coast and into millions of lliving rooms throughout the land. The Cincinnati Reds will play 22|™Minor league baseball parks. ‘Twelve of them will be played at | question, “What was the most letics; one writer termed itz A year ago, the outstanding trend | 4 was the nation-wide ery for de-| | emphasis of college football and | 5 other intercollegiate sports such as basketball following the Point- | ] shaving scandals. This was a sec- | ondary characteristic of 1952, in| the minds of the writers. i The full impact of _TV—which was to bring the World Series, championship bo xing bouts, big | college and professional football | games, the Kentucky Derby and! other races, to a nation-wide av-| dience—was yet to be felt. Last! January only a handful of sports- | writers spoke of “the riddle, stil! | unsolved, of televisior’s relation- ship to sports attendance.” Most touchy question in 1952 was with 169,621. Nashville trailed with |the NCAA’s tight restrictions on televising of college football games The biggest series of the year |—With its “Game of the Week” was Chattanooga at Atlanta. The |°Mly permitted on the networks. | i. Others were concerned with de- | clining attendance at major and | Here are a few comments on the nificant sports trend during 1952:” “Fans sitting at home, watching sports on TV.” “The first threat of the sports Frankenstein—TV.” “A broader outlook on television and perhaps a realization that some concessions will have to be made to TV.” As for de-emphasis of sports, and thgymove by college presi- dents and the various athletic con- ferences to take command of ath- “Groping by college conferences every person in the United States. EAST-WEST LINK IS BROKEN IN BERLIN | BERLIN w—The {regime abruptiy stopped elevate train service on on West Berlin Monda ers The Communists said repairs are jfamilies in the big Stahnsdorf needed on the Wannsee in the American sec Stahnsdorf in the Soviet zone. - Stahnsdorf and its S-bahn link] Subscribe to Tne Citizen Staff Photo by Finch | WHEN THE MARINES AT CAMP LEJEUNE saw a picture of the above lovely they liked what they saw s@ well that they wrote to the Mennen Company suggesting Fran Keegan for the “Miss Skin Bracer” title. The company liked the idea, too, and now Miss Keegan is traveling at their expense to various mili- y posts to sing for the boys. Last night she appeared at the N 1 Station ter and today she is to be at various spots in the area. Tonight she will be at the Naval Hospital to present a ward stage show. A Powers model and Hollywood actress, ppearing on the felevision show, “The There is about one truck for| In 1952 each man, woman and child in the-United States owed an average of $1,840 as his share of | Although wild cranberries were |the federal, state and local debts, | for -an easy path to righteous- ness.” Other trends in 1952 included: “Development of the defensive Platoon in college football, so that available to the first settlers in what is now the United States, the berries have been’ cultivated only since the white men came to the country. Man. is:the-only mammal known | to produce two types of twins, one type from two eggs and the other from one egg. WASHINGTON NATIONAL Airlines itd "Save... + It’s Your Future” “A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned” BEN FRANKLIN Born Jan, 17, 1706 Earning money story of getting oY a DIAL 2-5510 or your travel agent TICKET OFFICE: Meacham Airport is only half the ahead in life — havings the things you want — doing the things you enjoy. The other half — even more import- ant — is systematically saving part of the money you eam. If you have the will, we have the way: open a savings account here today. THE FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK AT KEY WEST WITH BANKING FACILITIES AT KEY WEST NAVY YARD Member Federa! Deposit Insurance Corporation Member Federal Reserve Member Florida National Group of Banks the defense is catching up with the offense.” “Faith in sport scandals.” “The rise in popularity of horse | racing, and the racing boom in | the face of baseball attendance dropping off.” | “The return to power of Pacif- ie Coast football.” Frank Kovaes Will Meet Ed Copeland HOLLYWOOD # — Topseeded |Frank Kovacs, Oakland, Calif., | meets Ed Copeland, Ponte Vedra | Beach, today in the first round of ithe National Professional Clay Tennis Tournament. Pancho Seguar, Equadow, was unable to defend his title because | lof other commitments. Segure de- | feated Bobby Riggs in last year’s | finals at St. Augustine. Twenty playing and teaching pros will be |serambling for the vacant crown. | Bight first-round singles matches are scheduled today. Doubles play | will start Wednesday. Today’s schedule includes: Mitch Gornto, Ft. Lauderdale vs Art Prochaska, Pompano Beach | Jerry Evert, Ft. Lauderdale, vs. | George Pero, Ft. Lauderdale | Joe Fishback, New York City, vs. Ralph Woods, Ft. Lauderdale. White Sox Have 26 Players Signed j €HICAGO Pitcher Joe Dob- | son and outfielder Jim Rivera re turned their signed 1953 contracts today to bring to 26 the number of players in the Chicago White Sox fold for the coming season | Dobson, 36-year-old righthander. jturned in a fine 2.51 earned run laverage in 1952 while winning 14 |games and losing 10 | Rivera came to the Sox from the St. Louis Browns on waivers July 29. He hit only .253 but the Palehose look for a marked im- | provement this season. 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