The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 5, 1953, Page 6

4 ‘ Conchs Begin Practice Sessions For St. Pat'sAfter Easy Win Over St. Theresa s i ; margin of any schoolboy eleven in off with the toga. the state Friday night, proved one a the tough St. Pat’s eleven of Miami. boost when the; pd ge St. Pat’s will bring with them tough clubs on their schedule. fense that the University of Miami’ of the T. Beckman said today that he has rezlly needed a top-notch punter, ‘This afternoon, the Conchs will sports and at times during the sea-/but when they meet clubs like! ve'get down to work on their next son, the Conchs have been some-|South Broward, St. Peter and Paul, joing tolassignment, a battle with the|what puzzled by the ramifications /and Jefferson of Tampa, it may/Prooklyn Dodgers 11-7 yesterday be different story. Optimism After Win BROOKLYN w—Maybe it was which drubbed St. The-/continue their winning ways, they sessions this week. St. Pat's re-|pily, they have not found them-|¢ash which goes to the winners! ‘The Key West High School foot-'une start in that loop. And, if theythat he will stress defense in drillithe kicking for the Conchs. Hap-\Pecause they senséd the extra Musketeers by the widest'should be strong favorites to walk portedly run the same sort of of-jselves in a spot where they havejbut regardless of the reason the New York Yankees were a differ- ent ball club after beating the and-taking a 3-2 lead in the World Tonight, the Key West Quarter-|Series. their three games,|a much larger club than Muske- hopes big Jim Solomon will be on/back Club will rehash Friday For the first time since the 50th ot — have run roughshod over their teers fielded. Scouting reports have itap Friday night. Solomon, who in-|night’s clash at their regular din-| World Series started there was opponents to compile an unbeatenit that they run from a T with a jured his ankle in an early season'ner meeting at 7:30 p. m. in Ra-jreal excitement in the Yankee rently lead the Gold Coast Confer- the way. ence although they have made but| Coach Ed Beckman said today date. Solomon was slated to handle | game. DRESSEN SAYS HE’LL — Upsets Mark SHOOT SERIES WORKS ie ae ae could easily imagine the Brooks’ r easily ima ioe Thing these Sais teat tertoe right-handed power taking great World Series teams will play them-/chunks out of Ford again. selves one awful game along about| Ford lasted only one inning when midway, the shortage of really teeing ate the fourth game at Eb- good pitchers being what it is, and ield. Ae Dressen had his right-handed ex- aes cane sone Donates: Corned plosives planted again today, with Jackie Robinson hitting third and ‘The final score was 11-7 in favor nog Canibunelia Aoerth. Duke-Sal- of the Yankees, which meant that “ der, left-handed hitter, was down Nene eater ly fnai|it the sixth slot, below Gil Hodges. fater's three fa Charlie was very confident that his right-hand array would knock The four-timestraight world) %d loose. Ae me runs were champions were back in their own! vesterday, but there is some doubt park in the Bronx with their crack/tnat any one of-them would have young left-hander, Whitey Ford, 00 /heen a home run in Yankee Sta- jee 2 ge Dodgers, needing! dium, where there, is room vor were!balls to travel in E relying on their new World Series! ouess here is that five would have been long outs at the Stadium and Considering his brilliant exploit}that Mickey Mantle’s grand stam- of ofily three’ days ago, when he!mer in the third inning would have been a triple over Jackie Robin- pe bed sg oes ~ “ : Yesterday’s game was.a sloppy its binding|contest. Each club made six S-\earned runs. The Yankees scored jer, WASifive times in the third inning after they should have been ‘out and’ Roe|Johnny Podres, the juvenile who said|started pitching for the Dodgers, save| should have been out of trouble, With two Yanks away, Podres got Collins, the first baseman, to ‘slap a ball sharply down the right. t Hy zg H eh td ba vile atte 4 ses : ERES uf Teg se BF sit ig gas. eile aut te FREE all it.” cher. He proceeded to hit the next s much opinion that/batter and walk the bages full. the Yanks had more to worry| Dressen replaced him with tem- about today than the Dodgers had.|permental Russ Meyer, who had Few who watched Erskine throt-jbeen warming up since the game tle the champs two days ago and/began. The bases. were loaded. ho saw what angry, humiliated/There stood Meyer and there stood thietes there were fater in the|Mantle, the latter not having been E dressing room ‘could imagine that/able to hit a baseball with a se they would give the handsome’ fiddle in his indst recent attempts. Fla. Gators Head For Rocky Season With Loss Of Casares By F. T. MACFEELY less tie, the Gators lost to Rice AINESVILLE (—It’s a topsy 20-16 and Kentucky 26-13. And turvy football season and so far'some of the foes yet to come are the Florida Gators are getting the |shaping up tougher than indicated turvy end of it. lin preseason .dope. They haven’t won any oft heir There are Louisiana State and first three games. Though holding|Auburn, disregarded in Southeast- Georgia Tech to a surprise score-jern Conference title speculation Island City Bat Champs ——— a 308 MIRA, left, won the Island City League batting cHampion- ship with a neat 487 average. Bob Santana trailed him closely with .460 and hit seven doubles and a tip’e. right-hander trouble. But they] Meyer came in overhand with . Gil Hod: uffed it beauti- actually, whether Allie’s back, bad- aly, letting a. rae across, This ly bent in the first game, had re- , and|appeared to ruffle the Dodger pit-\covered sufficiently for him to little overtrained even though it his first pitch. Mantle, who had been hit on his throwing hand and| |sorely hurt in pregame batting practice, knocked it far and away into the upper deck in left field. |That made the score 5-1, and what- ‘ever happened after that was pret- ty much lost in the shuffle. | By the end of the seventh in- ning the Yanks were leading 9-2, partly on the strength of Billy Mar- tin’s two-run homer in that chap-| ter. They were 10-2 by the time SEC Activity By MERCER BAILEY ATLANTA, .Oct. 5 W—“It looks like a long winter.” The comment came from Coach ‘on record, They cur-|host of bruising linemen to show practice session, has not appeared'monin’s Restaurant. They'll have!dressing room. jon the Wickers Field gridiron to the movies of the Miami Tech ball- “Pretty good,” Manager Casey Stengel muttered as he wormed through the crowd. Then, a few minutes later, he confessed he felt optimistic about the outcome of the series. “We're going back to our own park now, and that should be an advantage. Last year we had to Play the last two here (Ebbets Field). And we were behind, 3-2, instead of ahead, 3-2, so you'd have to say our chances are bet- ter.” But before naming today’s pitch- Bobby Dodd after his highly fa- er he consulted pitching coach! vored Georgia Tech team was .|Jim Turner. Finally, after a brief] Levan ar pissed 7 huddle, Casey shouted “Ford.” dist Saturday. Dodd might well have been talk- “First day we've hit,” he said. “McDonald did a real good job. \(Jim McDonald was the Yankee ns eer ae ee Pitcher most of the way). He as well as for himself. fielded his position good, and saved Tech managed to luck out a 6-4|¥8 some trouble. Reynolds (Allie victory over the SMU Mustangs, so the Does Sealy tai ins tie eae ts Mee weklaen of bn good stuff. Maybe he'll come in| ‘McDonald for four runs in the last of the eighth, mainly on Billy Cox’s three-run, line-drive homer just; nessee, Johnny Vaught of Missis- handy tomorrow or the next day.” sippi and Bob Woodruff of Florida. over the left. barrier. The point|With Alabama, these were the had been reached where there was'eams ranked tops in the con- some surprise that a ball remained inside the bandbox park. | What little drama there was in ference. Reynolds got the Dodgers out on a double play in the ninth) had Reynolds, who injured his back’ in the first game, said, “I can still feel it.” But he added he probably could go a couple of in- ‘All five had successful seasons) ings today and tomorrow, if nec- last year, wound up in a° New Year’s Day bowl game and all the one-sided contest was saveditive were considered among the for the last of the ninth, Junior|pest in the conference this season. ‘Gilliam led it off with another! punch over the left cailing, leav-' jing the Dodgers only four runs in larrears. Peewee Reese followed iwith a fly out to left, but Snider’ punched a clean single to right. | That brought Casey Stengel bow- ‘legging it out from the bench and ‘waving toward the Yankee bull- pen. In came Allie Reynolds to! Pitch to Jackie Robinson, and two} ‘more Yank pitchers promptly be- igan warming up. Nobody knew, pitch. Turned out it had. The Chief ‘missed a couple outside, and then| ame in. with one that Robby smashed viciously toward Billy |Martin. at ‘second, Billy got right down on the ground to take it, ‘tossed to Phil Rizzuto to start a double play and the game was over. but now both unbeaten and very much in the picture. There is Georgia, better baianced. than anyone expected. So is Miami. Three of the Gators’ experienced veterans are unlikely to play the game because of injuries. Rick Casares, the potential star of this year’s team, may even have ended his college football ca- reer. A slight shoulder separation suffered in practice last week proved more troublesome than coaches thought and limited Ca- sares to a minor role against Kentucky. He couldn't bl and tackle effectively; so was used only on spot kicking. Steve DeLaTorre, No. 1 line- backer, went out early in the Ken- tucky game at Lexington Satur- day night with a dislocated elbow and halfback Dick Watson was sidelined with a shoulder injury. The whole Florida varsity got a rest from practice today, “They are tired and probably a is early in the season,” Coach called it the hardest working} squad he has ever coached. Recalling his previous state- ments that this team lacks the! champions of a year ago, Wood- ruff said: “Our team is going to come along.” He expressed the hope that Flor- “They outplayed us badly,” Woodruff admitted. He said loss of ‘key men like Casares and DeLa- LaTorre was damaging and Flor- ida didn’t call a good game de-| fensively, but the big thing that tucky was red hot. The Wildcats completed 13 of downs. Bob Hardy, a sophomore held out last season and Playing his first college game, threw two jof the scoring passes—one for 20/ lyards to Ralph Paolone and one} for 61 yards to Steve Meilinger. , Herb Hunt threw the other two— 110 yards to Dick Mitchell. Florida had a new top runner— sophomore fullbacx Bill Dearing | who gained 51 yards in 12 carries| and scored one touchdown Speers passed 22 yards to Tommy Haddock for the other TD and Speers kicked one conversion. experience of the Gator Bow!|#t Mississippi ida will come up with a game this like the season ke the one Kentuety/CIuhs To Clash Football League’s two undefeated, untied Western Conference teams But all five already have had their essary. Mickey Mantle, whose third-in- ning bases-loaded homer broke the game wide open, said he hit “a belt high curve—the. same kind of records marred, either by defeat|@ ball they were throwing me the or a tie, Mississippi State and Auburn, never seriously rated as champion- ship contenders, are the only teams which still boast perfect records. Auburn alone has yet to let an opponent score. The Maroons and the Plainsmen share the SEC lead with Georgia. - other day.” He referred to Friday, when he fanned four times on Carl) Erskine’s pitches, Over in the Dodgers’ dressing) room, Russ Meyer agreed with the young Yankee center fielder, hit. “It was one of my best pitches,” Alabama rode the passing of|said Meyer. “Erskine had been Bart Starr to its first victory of|telling me—and we had been no-| the season, a 21-12 taming of Van- derbilt. The crimson Tide climbed to fourth in the standings. ticing it. Mantle had been running away from the pitches. So I fed him a low overhead curve—a beau- Tech, Louisiana State, Missis-|ty, just the kind Carl was gviing sippi and Kentucky are tied for|him Friday, It was a low one and fifth with .500 marks. Next come a good breaker. But this time he Florida, then a three-way tie for|stepped into it like he was mad last among Tulane, Vandy and Tennessee, at somebody and murdered it. They knocked the stuffing out of| Kentucky used passing to upset|my best pitches. What can you do Florida, which the week before had held Tech to a scoreless tie. Two quarterbacks accustomed to the bench teamed their passing with Steve Meilinger’s running to beat the Gators 26-13. Bob Hardy and Herbie Hunt threw two touchdown Passes each for the Wildcats. Auburn’s fast, spirited Plains- Charlie Dressen didn’t hesitate in naming his pitcher for the sixth game. “Our back’s to the wall again and it’s up to Erskine,” he said. “He’s pitched with two days rest before and done okay.” Erskine himself said he wel- men ripped Mississippi 13-0, end-|comed the opportunity to face the ing the Rebels’ streak of 13 regu-'yanks for the third time but added lar season victories, ‘soberly: Duke had too much offense for { haven’t pitched with two days the Vols of Tennessee and wonlrest this year and I don’t know 21-7, The Blue Devils collected|now good my stuff will be. This three touchdowns within six min-!js sure. I think I can do as well. utes in the second quarter and from there on it was easy. In other games Saturday, Texas A, & M. beat Georgia 14-12, the Aggies second victory over an SEC team via the conversion route (Kentucky was the first victim); LSU pulverized Boston College 42-6, with reserves seeing a lot of action; Mississippi State dropped North Texas State 21-6; and Mich- igan toppled Tulane 26-7, Two top-notch intersectional bat- tles and a pair of tough conference games headline the SEC program for next weekend. Auburn and Mississippi State tangle in Stark- ville and Tech goes to New Or- leans to play Tulane. Georgia Bob Woodruff said yesterday. He|™eets Maryland in College Park and Tulsa comes over for a battle with Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Other games are Stetson at Flor- ja, Kentucky at LSU, Vanderbilt Chattanooga at Tennessee. Undefeated Pro NEW YORK W&—The National produced the upset was that Ken-|cisco 49ers. Both have won two games. The defending champion Lions will be 16 passes, including four for touch-|favored, but the 49ers are fresh In other Jeague action yesterday, }22 yards to Larry Hennessy and tlie Cleveland Browns defeated the | wi ldelphia Eagles don’t figure to ‘cause them any u=due worry this ‘Saturday. on a field goal by Gordon /i - |Soltau. in Yankee Stadium as in Ebbets Field. I don’t think a ball means anything to a pitcher.” Sox’ Richards Was Right On Series Homers By JOE REICHLER BROOKLYN #—Paul Richards’ |prediction that B: field, with its confi back yard \fences, would turn on the Dodgers lin the World Series has proved to be ‘correct. How much of a sage the Chicago White Sox manager proved to be lis attested by the New York Yan- kees’ power demonstration yester-) day. Led by Mickey Mantle’s grand islam homer off reliefer Russ Mey- er, the Yankees blasted four cir- cuit swats over the short fences |to account for eight of their runs in an 11-7 triumph. “Don’t let those Dodger homers. fool you,” Richards had said when someone mentioned that Brook- lyn’s fe a Campanella and i \Black. All homers but Woodling’ were hit into left field. Press box lobservers agreed not one Mantle as to the kind of pitch! in a case like that.?” line each year, Park/but this looks like the Midwest's yn’s Ebbets|gan clash. [Yanks Show _|/svand City League Champs sado. To Prepare For By ED CORRIGAN NEW YORK (#—Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown, Shake- speare wrote many centuries ago, but he didn’t have the Notre Dame football team in mind. - Lachrymose Frank Leahy’s men rule the college football roost to- day, and they have no reason to fear anyone. They don’t play this Saturday, so they'll have two weeks to sharpen their claws for! the University of Pittsburgh. It’s been four years since the Irish stood atop the pile. In 1950 they won only four games and Leahy turned out to be right in his pessimistic predictions. The last two seasons they’ve been threatening to come back by scor- jing seven triumphs and losing but Now, with their great backs like Johnny Lattner and Ralph Gug- jlielmi and Neil Worden tearing the opposition to shreads, the South Benders could go right through, After Pitt, they meet Georgia Tech, which looks to be heading for a fall with its 29-game undefeated skein. After that, it’s Navy, Penn, North Carolina, Iowa, Southern California and Southern Methodist. The Irish beat the tar out of Purdue Saturday, 37-7, right on the heels of hanging 2 28-21 defeat on Oklahoma. Two weeks don’t nake a season, year. The Southern powerhouses of last year seem to have run out of gas. Michigan State,*Onio ‘State and Michigan are roiling right slong with Notre Dame, and it’s a safe bet the experts ) predicted a runaway in the Biz '” for the Spar- tans. are munchin: their words. The three teams ~) play each other, so it should * 1 out to be a jolly scramble + ‘-h could go right down to the fi ame of the season when Ohio S.2:e and Michi- All three looked like worldbeaters on Saturday. The Suartans nm their 26th straight game, clubbifg Minnesota, 21-0; Ono State pol- ished off California, 33-19, and Michigan ruined Tulane, 27-7. Just as this looks like the Mid- west’s year to shine, the South may not have a really outstanding team for the first time in many a moon—unless Georgia Tech snaps out of the doldrums. The a from Dixie. Mississippi was shut ‘out. Auburn, 13-0 after {| its two from weak foes. Ten- messee has yet to score a point in two losses, the last being 21-0), ‘to Duke. Alabama bas a loss, have been a homer had the game been played at Yankee Stadium. McDougald, in fact, discounted Even Mantle was 3 mite disap- ‘pointed. despite his grand slam- MIKE’S-PLUMBERS who captured the 1953 Island City League baseball crown, pose for the camera- man. From the left, standing: Loop president Frank Wayne, Bob Santana, Mundi Beiro, Jo: Mira, Johnny Lewis, Al Acevedo, and Pedro Aguilar, secretary, treasurer and scorer of th league. Front row: Jesus Rodriguez, Julio Santana, Pedro Rodriguez, and manager Papo Que Golden Rams And Blue Devils Battle To Tie THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Notre Dame Has Week’s Layoff .|win from Texas. can man paid with his life to” learn Monday, October $, 1953 Barefoot Loop Teams Show We. In Opener Sat. eo The Golden Rams and Blue D Pitt Battle vils battled down to 066 tie Si Field Stadium in the opening tie and a 21-12 victory over Van- derbilt to show for the year’s work. bs tee neviy Soegaed Berens Pe: Right now, Mississippi State, ba ye = versgis ad abe and Maryland loom as the of the section. State has gal Texas State, 21-6 Saturday for No. 3. State will get a pretty stiff test against Auburn this week. Duke and Maryland also have won three each and have given lup just six points apiece. The Terps’ Saturday victim was Clem- ison, 20-0. Duke faces Purdue this week and Maryland goes against Georgia. On the Pacific Coast, the two outfits that fought it out down to the barrier last year, are slowing’ all signs of doing the same again. Southern California, which beat! out UCLA for the crown, has pol- ished off one league team and a pair of Big 10 elevens. The Tro- jans licked Indiana 27-14 for their third conquest. The Uclans made Oregon their third straight victim Saturday, 12-0, and now have permitted only one touchdown in 180 minutes of football, California, usually a. PCC power, seems to lack the horses after being routed by Ohio State. ‘Southern Cal and UCLA don’t meet until Nov, 21 and that one could decide the title. In the Southwest, most of the teams’ still are waiting for a big test, but Rice and Baylor rule the choices, Rice made a trip east. ‘Saturday and swamped Cornell, 28-1, Auburn Selected SEC Team Of Week ATLANTA (#—Auburn, surprise 13-0 winner over University of Mis- sissippi Saturday, has been voted “Team of the Week” by SEC coaches, Eleven votes went fo the Tigers in the third week’s poll conducted by the Atlanta Constitution. Coach ce gee Fag ‘ <8 Fei epi Ue gE g ? F i 238 B = = = ‘ 2 Fy ae REE ae Hs zg f tf Fs Ze Hy F romp over Florida. Mississippi, a one touchdown|Broadcasting Syste: favorite, never got started against|nounced that a low-cost and the hard-charging Tiger line and|improved color television p alert defensive backs. Auburn held the Rebels to 32 yards rushing and 71 yards passing in winning its first SEC victory since beating Tulane 21-0 in its ffth game of the ma 1951 season. The club from the east Alaba: Auburn joins Mississippi State |as and Louisiana State as the “Team|reta! of the Week.” Mississippi State got /bility and the vote last week fur its 26-0 vic- tory over Tennessee. LSU took! honors in the first poll with a 20-7 COSTLY LESSON PINEVILLE, Ky. —A young his friend’s automobile wouldn't take a curve at 90 miles an hour. State police reported Charles Green, 21, was trying to show