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CHRISTMAS USED CAR { | nels, Mrs. 0. Z. Ferrell, Tarhell Kennels, M.. B, Curtis, Williams | Fagg, C. R. Hutchings, Walter) Joe Taylor, ‘Jack Ortner,| James Pilgrim, Overseas Kennels, | Royal C. Moore, eet | |switch from “platoon” football to Buying A Used Car Between 9 - 10 A.M. We Will Give A $100.00 Discount On Any Car Selected $800.00 OR MORE I utes yesterday to acquit a man Indications are that the upcoming 90-day Key West! the floodgates. The other clubs will % . | ie ‘Charles Eyes Title After W ‘Charles Eyes Title After Win sit in the Common Pleas Court m. daily, The schooling races will continue through De- Street, Tuesday night. the world champions had acqiired jheavyweight champion, was bang-| standing up strictly on his nerve Steal it?” he told the court. “I ” lermo, went even further: | ders” are: ul swallowed nir : infielder Vic Powers, outfielder Bill|penrre the schedcled cmd of the Be can lick any heavyweight liv-/S0", Paul swallowed a souve USN, USS Chivo, 5 points; J, Neid- . [Before the sc bess | jfrom Paul's throat should be credited with a knockout ert L. Roland, SN, Fleet Sonar 4's, the Yankees said. Renna and i But there were enough differ- the USO-YMCA Club each Tuesday cated they have no intention of! a decoy to break up a defense in sti rd 5-16 By BEN PHLEGAR Key West Kennel Ciu Prepares For usy Nace eet tarting ec. Schooling Races Are Being Run l en iss Says Trade With A’s Will Start Flurry Qui ; USS Bushnell eiss Says Trade With A’s Will Start Flurry Quick Acquittal Daily At Stock Island Race Track Sweeps USO GOR ER | cMLABOMA crry. «-Stc-sym- y | ; é : iS rt T a NEW YORK “This will open| Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, December 17, 1953 Pathetic jurors took only five min ourn j : Kennel Club race meet will be a banner one with hun-|* pe i fe ae ae py porte am ti dreds of Key Westers flocking nightly to their program) ss Bushnell men made a clean 4 big grin on his usually ex- |with the theft of the fried pie from of schooling races now in progress. __ sweep of the handicap pool and pressionless face, George Weiss, | % a Sect Side grocery store a 26. The races are starting this week at 4:30 p. m. daily table tennis tournaments at the general manager of the New vot Over Wallace Ih San Francisco Nine potential jurors refused to but starting Saturday they will be held starting at 7 p. USO-YMCA Club, 530 Whitehead y.14. made the comment after 3 lcaoe bulied: Oe. atc Gaia keen i led. a . G. M. Rehn, SA, defeated M. V. By RUSS NEWLAND managed to crack Charles with | Were empane: eember 28 with the start of the official race meeting s,24, Tes, 21-9, 18-21, 21-13, in the Wuesing Ist ete nc oa a SAN FRANCISCO w — Lean, three stiff = = Ebon: Pigg pe = zh scheduled for Christmas night. jfinals of the table tennis tourna. inson and workhorse pitcher sad mean Ezzard Charles, the former) Charles ha asad bot S Stoke pateiel bie. “Why would I of the nation’s top Grey-( lment. J. E. Crabb, SN, trounced Byrd in an 11-player trade with |way in the final frame. Coley was Sixteen i |G, Miranda, BMSN, 50-25, in the the Philadelphia A’s which includ-)” : j : ° bound kennels have already «iN, nOK iat pee th nwt cay ed some promising rookies from|ing st the title door again today| and he took a reai beating. jhad $200 in my pocket. fived in Key West including many’ ewsme |All of the above are on the USS the Yanks’ Kansas City farm. /following his imoressive victory} Wallace said, “Charles is the a |Bushnell. In return for Robinson and Byrd, over Coley Wallace last night, |best man I've ever been in the EFFECTIVE BUMP The top five in each of the handi- Who figure to strengthen the) Charles, fighting in the same NE Tees He has everything.” | DENVER (® — Mrs. Robert cap pool and table tennis “lad- ‘anks immeasurably, the New powerful fashion as when he wore ce’s manager, Blinky Pa- Brewster put in a rush call for Yorkers gave three players they/the crown from 1949 to 1951,|/€F? s 7 ht tonish |police help after her 18-month-old Move In Poll Table tennis — Lt. J. E. Garr, £42 easily spare—Negro dutfielder-| stopped Wallace 4ust 17 seconds’, “The way Charles fought tonizht on, Paul swallowed a souvenir . r 3 ig coin abou e size cS q Renna and first baseman Don Boll-| nationally, televised 10-rounde! jing. Wallace is still young and we! Gojar. Speeding to a hospital with | - zielski, SA, Fleet So: Sel l, 3; Bationally, te. 0-roun r. . ” loular. is pal j By HUGH FULLERTON JR. se i Rise 1 oe I ay weg. BAYER Although he “won in masterful he is a comer. the boy, the police patrol car hit] ietie Powers, leading hitter in the|fashion and led from start to fin- a’ sharp dip in the pavement and get sage aia we ae zl Pool -- T, E. Branch, SOt, Na- pmeriees 4 _ Kansas City/ish, Charles’ win provided the set- Okla. A & M bounced—and up popped the coin | college footba! ee hee Station, 1.00; Crabb, 1.00; Rob- oy nay bchga Bo Sige fon LOT for a hassel over whether he \School, .99; J. Agnew, EMFN, USS Boliweg were just utility players |The Lia heavyweight contend- Bids For Nat'l pono yr beneteg ina : hearty vote of approval today from Bushnell, .96, and K. E. Saelens, with the Yanks. ax iced hla pecsgin Gaal twice 64-53 for its fourth straight vic- the nation’s sports writers and ET3, USS PC 580, .91. { Even with the addition of Rob-|in the 10th round. The first one| tory. j ! broadcasters. | Tournaments are conducted at inson and Byrd, the Yanks indi-|was for a nine count. Wallace nit 2 H Using All America Tom Gola as rj . 2 n | the canvas from a right to the jaw. ge onors c sects of opinion feflected in the night with drawings at 8 o'clock’ standing pat with a four-aces hand|He sttggered to his feet and went the first half, La Salle of P uiladel- |pallots ok taore than 200 anna Prizes are awarded the win-jin their drive for a sixth straight) down again from a right and left laces whipped aypubeny &-70. ting, their! 2 : jners of first and second places in pennant and world championship.|to the chin, The time was 2:43. NEW YORK W—The Oklahoma!, N2¥¥ Wo" its fourth in a row, | ane se! an participating in a ratte each event, Handicaps affect mat.| “We're in the market for a pitch-| Referee Frankie Brown did not|agM co Peay niece Op oar nd. |Deating Ng ress postseason poll to indicate ches between players who have er, said Weiss. He still had the fais Bi national easatoall 15, | basi - sin ag ty eames appeared today to have come UP /ginia Tech 93-55 and Virginia Mili Just A Few of the Many Fine Buys In This Sale of Sales ‘ ; count over the fallen Wallace. Ac- will feature the that heated arguments likely will played in previous matches of this ¢at-ate-the-canary look an his face pcamnpal Cultforsia State Athlet-! talent in dogdom and the Ken- continue all winter. series. The pool listing includes 24 today after announcing the big! ie Commission rules, it should contestants and the table tennis trade Wednesda have been called a technical “ladder” has 30 men from top to! No cash was involved, the Yanks) bottom. isaid, except for the return of $25,- on the backstretch where it is. clearly visible from the stands, | ‘The votes of 123 football writers |Portz teaches English cl se ~ ee . Last And this year, racing fans will benefit from a program of grading the dogs who run at the track. Racing Secretary L. L. Griffin will grade the dogs in five classes, which information will appear in the program. = | Busses are now running to the track at 20 minute intervals from Duval Street. Top officials for the race meet are now in the city to prepare for opening. W. R. Moore will ser- as presiding judge and director racing again this year. Moore, peers of dog racing, has & similar capacity for t Miami’s Biscayne Ken- and has held that post at re, Mass. track for 23 1 i Rs 8 g the in al served 2% years nel the years Others here include Ed Densiow, an; Jack Kruse, paddock Paul Sisk, starter; Ed ale, lure operation George Hogsbach, mutuel director. Lou Carbonell is the announcer for the meeting and Johnny Yates is the scale clerk and paddock judge. Max Carey is general ma- nager of the track. Agala opening program is plan- ned for Christmas night with May- or Abe Aronovitz of Miami slated to attend. Aronovitz was president of the kennel club Mayor C. B. Harvey, Rear Admiral George C, pW ged and County Commissioner Jo€ Allen have also been invited. fe doned. and broadcasters say “‘keep it,”) although 10 of these proposed mod- ifieations of one sort or another. There were 59 negative: ballots, 6 suggesting a compromise of some ‘sortjand only 14 whose opinions weren't definite one way or the) A few of the experts admitted they liked the single-platoon game beause it made covering football easier, A good many more said the public liked it better and could follow the game more easily with only one group of players, instead of two, in action. From there on the opinions were as emphatic as they were divided and, to some extent the same ar- guments were used on both sides. Many of those opposing limited substitution said it increased the number and severity of injuries. Others claimed there had been no increase. A couple, favoring the change their minds if it could be shown that more players were hurt. Minority proposals were that tules for high school, college and professional football should be standardized and that free substi- tution should be permitted but squads should be limited—usually to 33 men—for any game. LIKED HER WORK EL PASO, Tex. #—Ellis J. A: ward, a photoengraver who is f: cinated with his. work, yesterday CONVICTS ARE SMART COLLEGE PARK, Md. John the University of Marylai ummer he also.started an English class at the Maryland penitentiary as part of a rehabilitation pro- gram there, Portz reported yesterday to the versity regents: “Right now I can tell you flatly that the penitentiary group is far} superior to any group I am cur- rently teaching. We may antici- pate an extraordinary high set of grades.” Sis ner Ee Pe LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE TO CONTRACTOR: OFFICE OF ZuE stATS ROAD DE- MEN PAR Tallahassee, Florida December 7, 1953 CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM Sealed bids will be received at Tallahassee, Florida, from Qualified Contractors until 16:30 A. M. (E.S.- T.) on the 22nd day of December, 1953, for the construction of the following projects: State Project. Job No. 9058-152, and one-platoon system, said they'd State Road No. 8-905, Monroe Coun- ty. On Key Largo, South Bay Har- bor Drive from SR 5 and North Bay! Harbor Drive to SR 5, South of Reck Harbor. Work consists of light excavation (Borrow, Local Rock); Shaping and Compacting Base (4 inches deep); Type 2 Surf. Treat.; and incidental items, The net length of the Job is 0.688 mile. A proposal Guaranty in the amount of $500.00 will be reanired. The terms (1) “ght excavation,” (2) “medium excavation,” and (3) “heavy excavation” as used herein- above indicate, resnecttvely, (1) less than 8000 Cu. Yds. per mile, (2) 8000 to 15,000 Cu. Yds. per mile, and (3) more than 15,000 Cu. Yds. per mile. A proposal Guaranty consisting of ither a certified check, cashier's heck, trust company treasurer's check or bank draft of any national Mickey Vernon of the Washing- pleaded guilty to five counts of|or state bank, in the amount stated ton Senators has batted over .300 in the major leagues only twice. Both times, however, he won the American League batting title. In 1946 he hit 353 and in 1953 he batted .337. \ 36. Chart 37. Harsh 40, Two-foot: anima) 42. River island 48, Luzon save; 45. Hermit 47, Animal's neck coverinr 48. Writing fi: 4. oe counterfeiting. But he indignantly denied he planned to spend the $8), ie had half printed when T-c-sury agents nabbed him * t for the heck of it, he contended. THIATS Ba DieRiAISIH] OUT REL JO/RIE REAL] 1/4) OIRIATTI TOIN|SMOIE IN] T) TTIAIRIRIE/OME KI AIT] BIE ININIE ME HIOIR: SIE! IEITIOINMME L|B/E MRE/AIR| IPIRIATTIE|SMME/MBIE IRIS! OJEIRIM T|SIAIR MME! x 1/7) ISIE|D) AINE P/A[DIRIE| - MIAJOBETITEIRICTE JAIN] | IMIAITIE|O EVEN MS TIOIN/E MBEIRIE! MIETATTRRE |RIGISHO/AIN] Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN 1. Not hollow 2. Feminine name 3. Bedspread 4 Native metal- bearing 1. Reverent fear 8. Friend of Pythias 9. Roman roc 10, Glacial debris 11. Commere name fo zine * 16. Peruse 20. Came togethe Detace 23. Lawless 27. Meet over- head, as branches 28. Southern state 29. Funny 30. Cleaning implem . Wine ves 33. Bounder 34 Destruct ect 39. Devourea 41. Evergreen tree 42. English queen 45. Ventilate 46. Cereal grass [Attorney for Ex above, made pr yable to the Chair- man of the State Road Department, nust accompany each bid. All checks or drafts shall have been issued within 60 days of the date for re- ceiving bids. Certified checks shall have the necessary State of Flor- {da’s Documentary Stamps attached. ‘The name of the bidder and the ‘applicable Project. Number should be shown on the check or draft. All work Is to be done In accor@- ance with Plans, Specifications, and Special Provisions of the State Road Department. Special attention is called to Ice to Qualified Con- tractors” and any Special Provisions contained in the Proposal Form. Plans and/or Proposal Forms will be furnished to Qualified Contrac- tors upon application to this office for the sum of $25.00 per set. Extra sets of Plans may be purchased for $10.00 per set. The Standard Specifi- cations may be purchased for $1.00 per copy. Plans, with or without Special Provisions, may be pur- chased by fabricators for $10.00 per set. NO REFUND WILL BE MADE FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE CHARG- ES FOR PLANS AND PROPOSAL Forms. Proposal Forms will not be issued unless request ts received at least 24 hours prior to opening bids. The richt is reserved to reject anv or all bids. STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT OF FLORIDA RICHARD H. SIMPSON, Chairman SAM _P. TURNBULL, State Highway Encineer Gec. 10-17, 1953 IN THE COUNTY JUDGE'S COURT, IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, IN PROBATE. In re Extate of HARRIET BABCOCK BRINTON, sometimes known as HARRIET B. BRINTON, also sometimes known as H. B, Brinton, Deceased. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given to all whom tt may concern that Aquilino Lonez, Jr. as Executor of the Last Will and Testament and Codicll thereto of Ha?riet Babcock Brinton, some- times known as Harriet B. Brinton also sometimes known as H. F. Brinton, deceased, han filed with the Honorable Raymond R. Word. County Judge tn and fer Monrec County, Florida, hts Final Accounts land hus made application for hix discharge as such executor. Dated this 2nd dav of December. A. D. i983, (sd) AQUILINO LOPEZ, Jr. As Executor of the Last Wit and Testament and Codie thereto of Harriet Bahrock Brinton, sometimes known as Harriet’ B. Brinton, also some- times known as H. B. deceased. W. CURRY HARRIS, 203% Duval Street, Key West, Florida dec. 3-10-17-24, 1953 Brinton, 000 to the A’s for their purchase} knoek of third baseman Loren Babe last Apt Babe was sent to Kansas City as part of the sweeping trans- The other players the A’s got) in the deal were: Fron Kansas City: catcher Al Robertson, 25, who hit .278 at »Kansas City and .264 at Syracuse last year; right-handed pitcher John Gray, 26, with a 9-7 record and 4.15 earned run average; third tbaseman Jim Finnegan, 25, .303/ at Binghamton of the Eastern League last year. The A’s sent the following to} the Yanks’ Kansas City farm: | Babe, 25, .230; first baseman/| Tom ilton, 27, .196; and out-| fielder Carmen Mauro, 27, .255| with Washington and, Philadelphia, | Robinson, a long-ball hitter who was 33 Tuesday, will vie with Joe Collins for the first base job and! help fill the gap letf by the retire- ment of pinch hitter Johnny Mize. The veteran from Baltimore hit only .247 last year but clouted 22 homers and drove in 102 runs. A left-handed swinger, he’ll have an iting target in the Yanks’ 297- foot right field wall. Byrd, 29, Rookie of the Year in the American League in ’52 when | he had a 15-15 record with a 3.32 earned run average, tailed off last year. He wound up with an 11-20) record and a 5.51 ERA mark. Bollweg, 31, hit .297 in 155 times} at bat, while Renna, 27, had an) 314 average in 121 trips to the plate. i “We strengthened ourselves in the departments we needed help in most,” said Weiss, ‘‘but the A’s got a lot of good, young ball- ture rebuilding.” beginning of a faster, younger bet- ter defensive team that will bring the club into the first division,” _—_—$—<$$<<<$<$<$—— LEGAL NOTICES FF IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE) SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY. IN CHANCERY. No. 13-867 RA Plaintiff, DIVORCE, Defendant. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION TO: ANGELA DRAKE 36 Franklin Street Somerville, Massachusetts YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that sult for divorce has been filed against you herein and you are re- quired to serve a copy of your| answer on Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr.,| 608 Whitehead Street, Key West. Florida, Attorney for Plaintiff and file the original thereof with the! Clerk of this Court on or pefore the} 4th day of January, A. D. 1954, oth- erwise a Decree Pro Confesso will be entered against you. Key West, Monroe County, Flor- ida, December 2, 1953. EARL R. ADAMS, Clerk of the Circuit Court By: Kathleen Nottage, Deputy Clerk Geo. 3-10-17-24, 1953 Case DWIGHT L, D! va. ANGELA DRAKE, (Seal) Complete Electrical TUNE-UP’ $6.50 for 8 Cyl. (PLUS PARTS) SATISFACTION GUARANTEED CARBURETOR GENERATOR | BATTERIES . STARTER GENERAL TUNE-UP | |come such physical advantages as/ |Mark in Philadelphia, players which they need for fu-| “It is a good start toward the knockout. Brown, in his report to the commission, said it was a out. Two judges, Eddie James nd Toby Irwin, like Brown old-time! ringmen, said it was a TKO in their first report but later changed} it to conform with Brown’s de- cision. Willie Ritchie, former world lightweight champion now chief commission inspector for northern California, said it was a TKO but Commissioner Joe Phillips said he would abide by the referee’s rul- ing. Charles, 32, was in champion- ship form. He proved that exper- ience and top condition can over- Wallace enjoyed. because of his youth and size. Wallace is 25 years old and stands 6 feet 2. He weighed 201 pounds to 190 for Charles. Ez: indicated he is gunning for a title match with champion Rocky Mar-! ciano, Charles dominated the fight from start to finish. Wallace’s best’ round was the second, which} seemed fairly even because he aid A’s Vice President Earle Power, 24, and another Negro, outfielder Elston Howard, both were called up from Kansas City by the Yanks, They were the first Negroes signed directly to the New York club. Weiss said Howard definitely will report to the Yanks’ days when Bob Kurland, seven- foot redhead, roamed the Midwest prairies. The Aggies have been beaten once—by a single point at Minne- sota—in eight starts this season, and in almost every victory big Bob Mattick, a 6-foot-11 giant, has been singled out for praise. It was Mattick in the starring role again last night as A&M turned back their deadly rivals at the University of Oklahoma 65-46. He scored 25 points, tops on both teams, but it was his great re- bounding that made the big dif- ference. Hank Iba’s te: always play possession-style ball and with a man who can get the ball off the boards for them regularly they are tough to beat. { Kansas, last season’s Western NCAA titlist, won its first game f| the campaign 72-61 over Tulsa aft- Center B, H. Born, playing with a/ sprained ankle, scored 22 points. In the East, Togo Palazzi paced Holy Cross to a 101-64 triumph jover Colgate with 29 points. It was ithe Crusaders’ 42nd consecutive | home victory. { Ninth-ranking Fordham, classed as one of the powers in the East, got a real scare against City Col- | lege of New York, finally pulling out a 53-51 decision on a driving on-hander by Alan Larkin with 10 seconds to play. Niagara showed its best form so far in overpowering Syracuse 99- spring training camp at St. Peters- burg. Start 4 62 as it brought its record up to 5-1. Charlie Hoxie scored 21 points. || 230 P.M. NO MINORS FREE PARKING Buses Every 20 Minutes Admission Beautiful Free New Grandstand NIGHTLY RACING STARTS Murray Auto Electric i 105 Simonton St. DECEMBER 25th with their best big man since the tary rallied to overcome David-| ) er two setbacks on a Southern trip. }- son 69-59, Xavier of Cincinnati beat Vill: nova 81-73 and Penn swamped Swarthmore 8-54 in a Philadel- phia double-header, 1 In the Southwest, Texas Tech | edged Texas A&M 58-55 and New| 1130 DUVAL ST. $$$ $ SAVE SAVE MONEY WHEN YOU BUY A DEPENDABLE BATTERY With Its Self-Charging Feature WE BROUGHT BATTERY PRICES DOWN You Help By Buying A HESTER BATTERY LOU SMITH 1116 White Street 1950 STUDEBAKEF : $747.00 1951 OLDSMOBILE 4- DOOR 8 $1797.00

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