The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 1, 1953, Page 6

Conchs Ring Down Curtaii On ‘53 Season With Intra-Squad Tilt Tonight High School Choir Will Benefit From The Battle The Key West Conchs will stage an intra-squad game which will give local foot- ball fans their last look at the team which battled to the Island City’s first unde-| feated gridiron record to-} night. Game time is 8 p. m. It will be a regulation ballgame with the team split right down the middle with 16 seniors making up one squad and the undergrad- uates who will be the key to) Key W2st’s football fortunes} in the 1954 season battling) in an effort to show fans that the picture isn’t as dark) as it looks. There will be no admission charg- ed for the clash but the proceeds of a collection will go to purchase! robes for the Key West High School) choir, Under the direction of Tom) Whitley, they need $600 for that) purpose in preparation for their) annual Christmas program, Whitley’s singers will stage a halftime show which is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Another reason why the boys will be fighting hard is that Col. Ever-) rett Yon, administrative assistant to Coach Bok Woodruff at the Uni- versity of Florida will be looking on. Yon is a guest of State Repre- sentative Bernie C. Papy. While! he says that he is not here on a) ivory hunting expedition, it’s a good bet that Woodruff will hear some- thing about a couple of boys if they play tveir usual impressive brand of football tonight. Coach Ed Beckman will have virtually the same starting back. field for the seniors that he has used the season with Joe Pineda at his regular hailf- back post and Dick Salgado at fullback. Ira Silberman will call the signals and Don Crur willbe halfback, He’li have Hal Solomon, Gibby Gates, George Lastres and Vince Catala in reserve in the backfield. He'll have a veteran line with im Solomon and Ralph White at the ends, Stu. Logun and Frank Hernandez at the tackle spots, Frank Betancourt and Ronnie Pin- der at guards and Glynn Archer at center. In reserve on the line; will be George Haskins and Joe} Cates. The undergraduates will field a/ frisky ballelub made up of quarter- backs Tony: Dopp and Joe Russo, fullbacks Mike Cates and Johnny Demerritt, halfbacks Norman .Al- Ten and Red Stickney. The line will show ends Dick Kerr and John Carbonell; tackles Lew McLain and} Wayne Brantley, guards Julio Hen-! tiquez and Ralph Garcia, and cen-| ter Frank Hood. Tn reserve; Stu Yates, Norman Atwell, Sam Curry, Freddy Puig, John McMahon and Ray Bazo. Harrison Wins Columbia Open FT. JACKSON, S. C, W—E. J.) (Dutch) Harrison, Western Open champion from Ardmore, Okla., copped first place money of $2,000) in the $10,000 Columbia Open Golf Tournament here Sunday. He finished with a 14-under-par 274 total after a final round 68 that! went along with. a previous 68 and two. 69's, | That steady, consistent play paid) off for him when Ed Furgol of St. Louis, three strokes ahead at 203 after the third round, slipped badly i | | Page THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, December 1, 1953] jonar School Downs GE, 8 1, Island City Softball Tilt Behind the three hit pitching of|with a four run rally sparked by Danny McGee, Fleet Sonar School|Ciaude Valdez double with the defeated General Electric, 8-1, in sackes loaded. the first game of a softball double-| The Flyers took advantage of! header at Bayview Park last night.'some loose fielding by the Bliz-| McGee, who notehed his third zard defense and scored two un- win against as many losses, struck earned runs in the second. ‘out five and walked three, the lone! Jack Villareal’s second homer of} run yielded by the tall righthander the season with the bases empty| ame in the sixth when Bobby San-'gave the Dairy Queen a 5-3 lead} tana singled, took second on anjin the third, but the Flyers tied] error, went to third on an infield | it up in the fourth on Burt Far- jout, and seored on Frank Sand’s|rell’s homer, Vic Boutot’s single,| This Sort Of Thing Takes A Lot Of Brass (Nino Valdes Is Rated Number long fly. It was the first run that/and Tom Fink’s triple. General Electric had scored off the} Back to back doubles. by De- Sonar Ace in eighteen innings. {Witt Roberts and Kenneth Kerr en- Fleet Sonar School actwally won/ abled the Flyers to take a 6-5 lead! the game in the first inning when|in the fifth, but the Flyers bounced | they took advantage of the wild-|back to tie it up in the sixth when! hess of General Electric’s right-|Boutot walked, was advanced to} hander Clint Warren for five runs second when Vargo was hit by one on two hit»batsman, two errors, of Robert's pitches. two walks, and Moser’s single.| Roberts went all the way for the) ‘They added three more in the four-|Blizzards He yielded eight hits,| ‘th on a walk, McGee's single, and|but struck out eleven and only is- Nelson’s triple. sued one free pass. Hal Schmidt| Nelson led the Sonar’s attack,went the distance for the Flyers| with a perfect night. He had a,and he was touched for nine hits. triple and two singles in three of-/He struck out seven and walked} ficial trips to the plate: jfour. Kerr, C. Valdez, and Al Pa-| SCORE: R H E-zo led the Blizzards attack with| Fleet Sonar School 500 300 0 8-5-1|\two hits erch. Fink led the Flyers General Electric 000 001-0 1-3-3! offense with a triple and single in McGee and Roland, five tries. Warren and Sands, SCORE: In the nightcap, the VX-1 Flyers! Dairy Queen and the Dairy Queen Blizzards bat- Vx-1 fled to a 66 tie. The game was; Schmidt and Fink called at the end of the eighth be-' Roberts and Lewis cause of a time limit. SOFTBALL STANDINGS The Flyers took a 1-0 lead in the| TEAM first when Vie Botelho singled and|VX-1 ...... west around on:a couple of Bliz-/Dairy Queen zards miscues, but the Blizzards|Fleet Sonar School came back in their half of the first |General Electric ... RHE 4-1 010 00 6-2-7) 120 201 00 6-83 One Heavyweight Contender NEW YORK (#—Nino Valdes, tte) Pineda Named (rs ce Most Valuable Conch Player appear here Friday night di weight crown, has taken over the No, 1 position of heavyweight con- Joe Pineda, one of the Key West High School's all-time athletic tender in Ring magazine's world] 9 greats, was voted the most valu- ratings announced today, Spectators at Friday night’s Valdes, the first foreign heavy-|Conch Bowl classic will be treated weight in years to become No. 1 to q look at one of the greatest at-| contender, proved his right to a|tractions in Florida when Miami! shot at Rocky Marciano’s title by High School’s “Million Dollar’”| Knocking out European titleholder hand takes the field. According to| Heinz Neuhaus in the fourth round information received from Al G. able player on the 1953 football ot Dortumpatm, Germty, aceord |Wright, director of the 150 piece be by his teammates—a move which surprised exactly nobody. Hig mame will be inscribed on! the Shrine Club Trophy. Wil- lard Cook, president of the local club, made the award. The move was announced last) ing to Ring. ‘ “ . . . \band, they have devised a special The rise of Valdes to the high program for this, their first ap-. night at the final dinner meeting| heavyweight, has advanced from patriotic of the Quarterback Club at the La! seventh to fifth, sr Post previously »ccupied by Roland Concha Hotel with nearly 300 local! LaStarza dropped to second spot, }rangerettes. theme featuring the /marching band, the majorettes and and Earl Walls, Canada’s top|classic. The final part will be a|the luring halftime show at second annual Conch Bowl Band Is State's Best and is a regular participant injmusical pageant which Miami High District, State and Regional (Na-!called “Salute to the United Na- tional) Band Contests and in them|tions.”” ic. Band total’ of first division (superior)'grown into musical extravaganzas ratings ‘in Concert, Marching, and that have attracted nation-wide at- Sightreading events. Playing for|traction. Using members of the nationally recognized band judges;Miami High Orchestra, the large including Henry Fillmore (Presi-\Chorus and sometimes the Cheer- dent, American Bandmasters As-jleaders, these extravaganzas em- sociation); Glenn Cliff Bainum'ploy between four and six hundred (Northwestern University); Wil-|students—all in colorful costumes. liam Revelli (University of Mich-/Each game sees a different show igan); A. A. Harding (Illinois) and/Each show is built around a central composer Paul Yoder, the;theme. ‘Salute to Mexico,” “Foot- Stingarée Band has received note-|bail Fantasy,” “Yuletide Bells,” worthy comments and enthusiastic acclaim. Carnival” are some of the titles has accumulated an impressive) These half-time pageants have: “Western Rhapsody,” and ‘Cuban} TWENTY TRUMPETERS LINE UP TO TOOT THEIR HORNS at Miss Jeannette Payne, solo majorette for the Milam! High School “Mion Doll boasts of 154 pieces. Rollins Man Wins | Has To Defend Boxing Title { | WASHINGTON #--The National |Boxing Assn. has ordered Archie |Moore, world lightheavyweight jchampion, to defend his title jagainst Harold Johnson by Christ- }mas Eve. | If not, the NBA Executive Com- |mittee decided Saturday, it will! take, Moore's title away from him. In other actions, the association ruled: NBA Says Moore lar” band which wit Tennis Tourney ORLANDO #— Aifredo Millett of Rollins College and Connie Ball of Daytona Beach won the men’s and women’s titles im, the; Orlan- do Tennis Club’s urinual closed state tournament Sunday. Millett defeated Dan Sullivan of © )St, Petersburg 6-3, 6-0, 46, 6-3, a Miss Ball defeated Carmen Lampe of Rollins 6-2, 6-3. Both singles champions also were on winning doubles teams, Millett and’ Alberto Danel of Rol~ lins beat Memo Garela and Ed- wardo Garcia of Kollins 6-1, 6-2. Miss Ball and Mrs, Bea Curry of Orlando upset the favored Miss Lampe and Nancy Corse of Rol- LaStarza is the major change in/PC@7nce in marae 4 the ratings released by Editor Nat) The first half of their 20 minute fans attending. It was only one of|Ezzard Charles is in third and| several plaudits handed out to|Dan Bucceroni in tourth place, Fleischer. Neuhaus has been/Program will consist of a salute’ dropped from fifth to seventh place |to the Lions Club, sponsors of the) players and those who have work- ed to make football the most pop- In the light heavyweight class, Yolande Pompee of Trinidad ular sport on the Island, moved ahead of Danny Nardico, | Guard Ronnie Pinder was select- who dropped to fourth place. Har- Solo majorette Jeannette Payne |will be featured in the program, | “Our show has an ending that I am sure will lift people right out of their seats,” Wright said. The Miami High Band regularly |used which will. indicate the scope 1. Freddie Beshore and Irish/lins 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, Participates in community and ed- jucational activities in cities |throughout the State of Florida and of these extravaganzas. Folk danc- ing and singing are introduced along with fireworks and electrical) |Bob Murphy, two onetime boxing] \luminaries who have been beaten jseverely of late, are retired “for Joe Heap, Notre Dame halfback, is one of seven brothers all of is in constant demand for appear- ances in home-town Miami. ‘effects, | Hailed as one ‘of the snappiest |the good of boxing.” whom competed in football and track at Holy Cross High School ‘White and Glynn Archer. ed by his teammates as the “re-|Old Johnson of Philadelphia is the, With its auxiliary organizations, cipient of the Frank Carbonell|No. 1 contender with Joey Maxim/the Stingaree Band numbers around Memorial Trophy as the best guard /Tanked behind him. Floyd Patter-/two hundred and ten students. Of through its season undefeated. jwas advanced from 10th to eighth|are bandsmen, the remaining stu- Other honors bestowed were: Place. jdents being members of marching} Most Improved Player, Red Stick-| Ct! (Bobo) Olson occupies the/units—Majorettes, Twirlers, Swiss} ney; Best Blocker, Tony Dopp;| Position of world middleweight!Flag Swingers, and United Nations} Best Tackler John DeMerritt and Mg with Randy Turpin of Eng-iColor Guard, jland in the chalienger’s position, | i iT I Wort, Dependable Players, Ralph) Rocky Castellani ranks thit, Chan:| «1%, hundred and fifty musicians or tackle on the squad which swept S00, former U. S. Olympic star,/the total, one hundred and fifty} | These one hundred and fifty stu- ident musicians together with the! dancing majorettes, twirlers, flag have made an outstanding impres-' sion on Miami Football Fans. The Miami Senior High School Band has pioneered many firsts in half-time shows for Miami football! fans.’ In 1939 they introduced the, spinners, and other colorfull units! Gold footballs were awarded to! the following lettermen: Harold | Solomon, Dick Salgado, Red Stick-! ney, Gibby Gates, Joe Russo, Don) Cruz, George Lastres, Ira Silber-| man, Frank Hernandez. Frank Be-| tancourt, Vince Catala, Joe Cates, | Mike Cates, Tony Dopp, ley Humez of France dropped ftom| third to seventh and Joey Giar- dello replaced him, Gil Turner ad- vanced to fourth from fifth and Joey Giambra from sixth to fifth, CUitating rehearsal and adminis-) The only changes in the welter class were in the positions of Car- man Basilio, Johnny Bratton, Billy| Graham called the “Marching Band” are divided into two smaller groups,; a “Concert Band” and a “Stin, aree Band” for the purpose of f trative problems. The Miami High Band has been!duced Miami's first between-halves'as leaders in their communities. | art of Swiss Flag Swinging. In 1940; their Black Light Show received’ nation-wide attention. 1941 brought! on Miami’s first large Majorette Corps when the Miami High Ma-| bands in the south for its march- ing maneuvers and throughout the the country as a superb concert group it is dear to the hearts of| Miamians as Miami's . “Million Dollar” High School Band. The Stingaree Band is well rep- resented in University and College Bands. In. 1948 alone more than ten thousand dollars worth of Uni- versity scholarships were awarded to its graduates. Under the banner “Leadership- Character,” which is also a philo- sopy, graduates of the Miami High jorettes took the field. 1943 intro- Band are daily taking their places | 2. Kid Gavilan, the welterweight) jchampion, automatically surren-| jders his title if he wins the mid-| |dleweight championship, | 3. If Gavilan elects to stay] among the welters, he must make jhis next title defense against Car- in New Orleans, S$SS35 SAVE $3933 men Basilio, who lost a disputed jdecision to Gavilan earlier this lyear. 4. Percy Bassett, interim feather- weight champion, must defend ‘his crown against esther Willie Pep or Red Top Davis. Tne NBA said Bassett is willing to fight either man at any time. 5. As soon as Featherweighc' Champ Sandy Saddler is dis-| charged from the Army, he must jmake a title defense against Bas- with a fourth round 75 which shot el and Ramon Fuentes. | something they saw many years sett, provided Bassett is still in- White, Jim Solomon, John Carbo-/ Bratton, nell, Dick Kerr, Stu Logun, Wayne|the cha: Brantley, Julio Henriquez, | Pinder, George Haskins, Archer, John DeMerritt an Pineda, his total to 278. Furgol took second place money ~ of $1,400, Mar ciano Banned oo Ed Beckman introduced) id Joe Fuentes has replaced him, ° * HONG KONG w—Promoter Bil- the individual members of the xe. Russia Will ly Tingle sald today that Hong|West eleven, who were guests at\= , Kong government's license depart- the affair, Others to be honored) Jin Games ment had refused him permission were line coach Harold Allen, team to have world heavyweight cham-'physician Dr. Ralph Herz, Athletic! SANTIAGO, Chile wm — Rdssia pion Rocky Marciano appear here. director Win Jones, barefoot coach definitely will attend the World y Blais, trainer Tom Whiteley Modern Pentathlon Tournament He said he was told the license Ra was refused because Hong Kong and the team managers. starting Dec. 10, officials here said military mayal garrison area au- today. The Chilean federation, thorities think it unwise to en- which is sponsoring the tourna. ment and congress, said the Rus. courage professional boxing. Tingle had scheduled Marciano {Sians had requested visasan dw ere en route. for two exhibition egainst sparring defeated by Kid Gavilan, n mpion, yields the contend- Ronnie|er’s spot to Basilio. Graham has Glynn shifted from fifth to fourth and W. Va. Practices MORGANTOWN, W. Va. partners, The champion now is in See Revers —_ a lsiewd| ——— Manila. | Mountaineers gan conditioning, — ie toon for their Sogar Bow! bat-| BIG MONEY GIFT CINCY so jtle by jogging arohnd Monntaineer} MEDFORD, Mass. —Tufts Col- XES BOWL |Field yesterday —— and trainerjlege has received a pledge of $1,- CINCINNATI (®—The University Whitey Gwynne promised a lot 086,000 from a Medford industrial- of Cincinnati has rejected bids to more of the same. jist and his wife :n “part payment three minor bowl games, the Sun,| Gwynne said many of the Play-jof the debt we owe to this iand of today at from 8 freedom .. .” Tangerine, Refrigerator. Coach ers weighed in Sid Gillman said yesterday the of-/to 10 pounds heavier than a week! The gift was pledged by Harry fers were not accepted -because/ago after their 61-0 victory over|Posner, president of tha Worcester Paper Box Corp. and his wife Han- “10 games is a good enough sea-\North Carolina State. nah. gon.” ali Posner became a U. S. citizen will/soon after coming from Russia at Stadium,|the turn of the century. His wife Was born in Grand Forks, N. D. * The Hula Bowl game, annual Three members of the Detroit | Hawaii benefit football classic, Lions are automobile salesmen dur-ibe played in Honolulu ing the off-season. Jan. 18, 66. ago when one of the first Ameri-| |can teams was over there. | “An” American ‘pitcher didn’t warm up enough before the game and as a result he got knocked) }out in a hurry, He was disgusted, so he went down te the bullpen! i for a while just to give} good workout. Their Roundup By Gayle Talbot NEW YORK —The thing whichjat the start, they eerie 90) impressed the New York Giants there was no chance to yell. Later most about Japanese baseball was 0! We found they could make .as|Durocher liked what they saw of (much noise as anybody—maybe)four Japanese players—three pitch- the impassive silence of the vast! more. They're really nuts aboutlers and an infielder—and intend crowds which turned out to wit-jthe game.” to try them out in their farm sys- ness their recent 14-game exhibi-|- How else does the Japanese|tem next season. They have ar- tion tour of the island kingdom. |yrand of ball differ from our own?/ranged to buy their contracts from Accustomed to the normal com-| Well, Stoneham recalled, there|the Japanese clubs, same as though motion in their home parks, the was ‘the matter of their to American teams. | tourists found the quiet downright! warning up after the group, the Giants say, Japa- spooky at first. knocked out of Pitchers are for some reason Horace Stoneham, the club pres-'soivent slinger ahead of the country’s batters. jto the bullpen tossed a ident, says it had him rattled too until he got to the bot- continuing READ THE CITIZEN DAILY tom of this strange characterisic ‘hie really had Pad ost of the Japanese fan. He was be-!, ginning to wonder whether his ath-; ... letes were popular. “There was an “So I asked them about it and,one too,” Stoneham said. they told me,” Stoneham said. “It|piteher is only seems they don’t do any yelling)that his arm unless their team is ahead or at/he'll be ready least tied. Up to that time our they need him. T boys had been going ahead right ed because the: terim champion. The NBA voted to send all com- plaints about televised fights to the sponsor of the fights “That'll be the fastest way to keep mismatches off the air,” said one NBA official. Means QUALITY AND USED CARS At the RIGHT PRICE NEW STUDEBAKER \CARS AND TRUCKS Mean Maximum Economy FOR REPAIR APPOINTMENT AUTO. DEMONSTRATION Come by 1130 DUVAL STREET or DIAL 2-2401 S$$33$ SAVE $8538 The Philadelphia Phillies have scheduled 48 night games for the 1954 season, The first are contest Complete Electrical |) TUNE-UP $5.50 for 6 Cyl. $6.50 for 8 Cyl. 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