The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 19, 1953, Page 6

Thirty Six Schooling Races Set At Kennel Club Tonight Performances In Friday Race Program Rated Good By Officials Local dog racing fans, and there are hundreds of them, will receive a bonus tonight when the Key West Kennel Club management stages 36 schooling races in prepara- tion for their opening Christ- mas day, The program will get. un- derway at 7 p.m. at the Stock Island track and the public is invited. There is no charge. What may be the best race of the evening will match Another Reggie, Hartagon, Honey Buddy, Rocket Jet, Moderator and Babbl- ing Bess, It is the 14th race on know the program and fans will be watching Honest Buddy and Mod-' erator in particular after their sterling performances last season. Honest Buddy gained an impres- sive win last night. In last night’s action five dogs turned in times of 32 seconds over the 5-15. mile distance in impres- sive victories. They were: Victory Point, in the 7th race; Fair Monarch in the 10th race; Honest Buddy in the 14th race; Boycee in the 15th race and Shiro in the 20th race. The track mark of 30.4 seconds was set last season by Reckoning. Meanwhile last minute prepara- tions for the opening of the actual race meeting are being completed. Chief among them is the erection of a tote board on the backstretch, gd in front of the new grand- siand. The concession arrangements poi also been eaten ~ = opening program is being plann for Christmas night. Jimmy Wilde of England won the first official flyweight boxing title by knocking out Zulu Kid of the United States in 11 rounds, Dec. 18, 1916. Eddie Joost, new mana; for’ the Philadelphia Athletics,” b broke into organized baseball with the San Francisco Missions of the Pa- cific Coast League in 1933. Pegeé THE KEY WEST CiTIZz Jockey Points For Win Mark — CHARLES TOWN, W. Va. w— The winningest jockey who'll pull} on a boot today is Willie Hartack,| | } NEW YORK # — Will someone! Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT (City Cage a 22-year-old Pennsylvanian look-|with a fine, clear understanding! ing for his 35ist victory of the year. of such things please rise up and But Dec. 26, when Willie Shoe-'te] me why a paced four-minute maker returns from a two-week | ite would not be just as good ntnertaeack ne eaee ew Se } t j | Will Be Formed The City Recreation Depart- ment is now receiving appli- cations from teams desiring te enter the Island City Basket- ball League, it was announced by Paul G. Albury, City Re- creation Director, today. Ap- plications must be in by Dec. 24, 1953, same can be mailed to the City Recreation Depart- ment or left at the Recreation Office in Bayview Park. Full. information must be giv- en as to mame of sponser, name of manager, mailiry ad- dress and telephone number. When all applications have been received, a meeting will be called for organization of league and a schedule adopted. St. Louis In Kentucky Raps Key West Gun Club Urges instruction For- Yo je ' One-Sided Tilt 22-22 22 sr | is with us again and as a custom of this time we afe giv- By BEN PHLEGAR leis attr co our Slertn NEW YORK —The “new” Ken- Most important is the fact that tuckey basketball team, admittedly we are devoting the season to the out for revenge on everything in/Children of our commuaities in the knoe! irst Ope that through them we might pegs 5g oe re Bret reserve the obvious advantages of of He mahor targets, the virtues of our way of life. ,The Wildcats whipped St. Louis wany of the fathers of this com- 71-39 last night, somothing no pre-}munity have contemplated the gift vious Kentucky team ever has of a gun for their sons; this isa done. The two clubs had met three traditional gift and in the opinion of many of our country’s leaders }times before, always in the Sugar |Bowl tournament in New Orleans. | Lou Tsioropoulos was the big jman for Adolph Rupp’s team, con- |trolling both back boards and hold- ling high scoring Dick Boushka to the picture of a boy afield with his most influential companions — a gun and a dog is a picture of the source of our country’s might. Coincident with this season, a again will take his place in the| shadow. Until then the Johnstown Pa.,| jockey will find some’ satisfaction in the knowledge that he’s one of only five riders to hit the 350 mark in one year. Hartack joined the circle yester- day by piloting three winners at} Charles Town to continue his phen-/ omenal performance at this meet-| ing. Earlier during the session he| scored on four mounts in one pro-) gram three times within one week. | “You know, it’s kind of funny to) ride against a guy you've never seen,” said Willie. “I wouldn’t) Shoemaker if he walked) through that door right now. but) | All we know is that the running purists say it wouldn’t be the rea! article, and that the men who rule the sport internationally say they would not recognize such a feat as a world record. So what? They would not recognize it, but the four-minute mile would have been) run, just the same. What difference should it make r @ man attains the long- sought goal running against a cou- ple of good half-milers in turn or against a field of so-called milers who are not able to stay within’ 200 yards of him on the gun lap? In the latter case, is it a competitive mile, actually? Our immediate concern arises Texas Tech Holds Mark For Penalties a mere 10 points. Co-captains| Y¢rY Popular program is institu. Frank Ramsey with 21 and Cliff) i9@ @ 30 called — pro- Hagan with 18 led the Kentucky| 9f@™ for radio and TV wherein scoring but Tsioropoulos’ perform-| pe pina . wird " ance overshadowed both. | The victory was the fourth) bey who received a rifle for straight for the Wildcats who are| Christmas from a father who had back in action this season after a| "ever had time to be a com- year’s layoff, forced when the| Panion to his son nor instruct- Southeastern Conference suspend-| ing him in its proper use. The ed them for overemphasis. boy, in his ignorance, killed his | NEW YORK @-If its statistical | Indiana, the ene —_ in oo |behavior during the regular season|Country rated ahead of Kentucky proves to be a reliable guide, Texas|in the Associated Press poll, opened | buddy and the program uses this @s an example for its slogan, “Don't give your bey a gun!” Tech. when it faces Auburn in the/ a western tour with a 74-54 tri-| This is considered the best solu- “don’t give your boy a car.” It is the opinion of the writer perhaps, but is shared by many, that the proper introduction a boy toa gun is a very im nt moment in his life and one that is cherish. ed by him for the rm f his time For those who feel that the pro- per use of a gun and complete understanding of the ha ofa gun is a source of endless pleasure for their sons or the the officers and men Key West Gun Club, wish te take this opportunity to poi facts apparently not fu! stood by the citizens of Key West. First of all, the parents of Key West apparently are not cognizaat of the facilities available at our range on Stock Island for the pro- per and legal discharge of fire arms by their growing youngsters. We have found that the average parent does not know that they c join the Club for the very nomin jfee of $7.00 for a full year’s mem bership and that they are then en titled to the use of all the facili ties at the Range at any time they see fit. It is felt that the residents of Key West should be informed that the Club Range and the ad |jacent Marine Corps Rife Range are the only places in the Keys ers Receiving Rifles For Christmas ceives assistance in mapping its course of instruction for rifle and pistol training; perhaps Bo better statement of qualifications can be made than to invite your attention to the fact that the association has had no fatalities on any of its ranges for 86 years. The National Association has started a program of Hunter Safety Education and e, each Club, yours included, fs re- quired to assist in this program. There has been no fatalities in volving a Hunter Training graduate for 16 years and at the same time the percentage of accidents in the field deen steadily diminish- ing among those who haven't had an opportunity to join a gun club, Probably this is by virtue of the fact that the untrained hunter has observed good sound practice on the part of one whe is properly cognizant of his responsibilities to- ward his fellow man while carrye ing a gun and has copied them, At any rate the proper use of any kind of a weapon, pillet guns in- cluded, is a virtue admired by ‘many and should be encouraged in the hands of our youth if we are to maintain our heritage and our reputation of being a Nation of Riflemen. We cannot do this if we Gator Bowl at Jacksonville New|¥™ph over Montana. The game Year’s Day will probably recover|marked the dedication of Mon- ja flock of fumbles, get penalized |t@na’s new $800,000 field house but jright and left, push across a stack the Hoosiers didn’t give the home | tion by the backers of that pro- gram for alleviating such acci- dents. | We note at this same time that below Marathon where f' ¢ arms swallow the slogan, “Don't give can be discharged legal and that'your boy a gun” as being an answ- it is their civic duty. to instruct/er to the gun accident problem, their youngsters in obeying the|Rather let's point up the fact that T've followed his progress day by day. He's got to be a good rider.” from the plight of a great young Shoemaker’s 476 victories TWAnet named John Landy out in dwarfed the record Anthony De-| Melbourne, Australia, the same| spirito set with 390 last. In 1950 who ran a 4:02 mile over the past |Shoemaker and Joe Culmone tied — 388, equaling Walter Miller's mark which had stood since 1906, Hartack didn’t know what it was to win a horse race until October jof last year, when he brought a winner ho: it Waterford Downs near Wheeling, W. Va. Most of his riding has been done at similar small tracks in West Virginia, Ohio and Maryland. Without a ghost of a chance of catching Shoemaker this year, Wil- lie is looking ahead “Tl be in there trying again next year and maybe get the job done,” he said. “I've learned a lot this season.” SANTA FOR SANTA OGDEN, Utah #—Yes, there is ‘a Santa Claus. | There’s everi a Santa Claus for a Santa Claus. That's what Harvey Neuseboom, Junior Chamber of Commerce Santa Claus, found out yesterday. When he was playing Santa the other day for the JC kiddies, some- one stole $42 from the wallet in| his civvies hanging in the dressing | Toom. Friday, the Jaycees took up a collection and made up his loss. jweekend, the third fastest in rec- orded history. We watched John Tun a slightly less spectacular mile! a year ago, and talked with him, and there isn’t a doubt in our mind he can give us the storied mile the first time he is paced. Landy thought so, too, a year ago. So did his coach and a num- ber of prominent Aussie track of- ficials with whom we discussed the Possibility of such*a test. They 20. were all for it, apparently not hav- ing been aware, or having tem- porarily forgotten, that a paced race was out of bounds in the eyes of the track hierarchy. Evidently they have received the word since, for Landy now says he would not be interested in mak- ing the all-out effort and will go along running a few more races this (Australian) summer against! the pack of nobodies he has avail- able. Then he says he'll hang ‘em up long before the 1956 Olympic’ Games at Melbourne, Landy’s plight is that he chances to be on the opposite side of the world from the two men, Wes San- tee of this country and Roger Ban- nister of England, who might push him in an actual race to the four- minute goal. This hardly is the young man's) |of touchdowns and miss a mess of extra points. NCAA Service. Bureau figures covering miscellaneous categories, | teleased here, show that the Raid- ers set an all-time major college record in fumble recoveries, were Penalized more times and for more yardage than any other team, and had the odd distinction of trying most, making most and missing most extra points. The Texans were the highest scoring team in the country, so they got most conversion tries, 64. They made 44, and they missed | But their biggest satisfaction came in the fumble department, where they gave the purest demon- |stration of the truth of that time- honored coachly prayer, ‘if we could only stop fumbling.” Last year Texas Tech led the nation in fumbles lost, with 31, and won’ three games, lost seven and tied one, This year, it not only clung to the ball but picked up 32 enemy bobbles—and won 10 out of 1 ames. Those 32 recoveries wiped out the record of 30, set in 1949 by Colo- rado A&M and matched in 1951 by Detroit and New York University. Since the Raiders fumbled only 17 times themselves, their ‘profit’ of 15 fumbles was the largest in |the country. Less profitable were the 86 pen- alties meted out against Texas fans much to cheer about. Indiana now has won five in a row, Five of the major conferences were in action last night. Alabama beat Mississippi 72-68 and Auburn |the National Safety Council is start-\laws of the community. by our constitution we ate guar- ing its program for driver educa- It is apparently not known that anteed the right to keep and bear tion and are pointing their efforts the Club is affiliated with the Na- arms and that is is then our res toward the youth of our nation; |tional Rifle Association of Amct: |ponsibility to see that our sons, Rosed out Georgia 75-73 in the Southeastern. Unbeaten Cornell de- feated Yale 85-69 in the Ivy. Hou- ston whipped Detroit 77-62 in the Missouri Valley, Maryland scored its third Atlantic Coast Conference victory in four starts with a 79-48 decision over South Carolina. Rich- mond defeated Virginia Military 75-62 and George Washington won its fourth straight, 65-53 over Wil- liam and Mary, in the Southern Conference, In the NAIA small college tour- |trephy to be presented Monday ni training Pistol Tournament Police officer Harry Lee Bak ssible 750. Missouri State and East Texas |@ellars each for prize money, ousted Illinois Wesleyan 60--54. | points ih leading LaSalle to a 58-49 |held by M. E. Sanatana while F. victory over Georgetown in a Phil-|Score o £541 and Caso fired 492 adelphia doubleheader. Temple the first game. The com ence foe as it handed Southern California its first loss 66-57, Bill Logan scored 21 points for the nit ge ee the season E ers points—in- 0) ma A&M’s td 71-44 runaway against Utah. At Barrow Rites NEW YORK Baseball Com- With 614 Score er was the winner Friday in a ght at the meeting of the city com- pament at Kansas City, Southwest |™ission. The city fathers and City Manger Vicor Lang donated five? $ $ $ Officer R. L. James was the second prize winner with a score of | All-America Tom Gola. scored 19 |591. He will receive ten dollars for his performance. Third place was and General Auto A. Caso was fourth, Santana had a Casco was bothered with gun trouble in yestereday’s action — a whipped Lebanon Valley 72-63 in| factor which may have hurt his score, petition was held in three parts over standard police Phil Rizzuto, Red Rolfe, Charley Keller, George Stirnweiss and Pud- dy Hassett also were on the hon- orary bearers’ list that included James A. Farley, leading baseball executives and newspapermen who were friends of Barrow. Barrow, 85, died Tuesday after thev point up proper education and ca and that as an affiliate of che and, yes, our daughters, are Pro- instead of telling you'Parént organization the Club re- perly instructed in their use. Harry Lee Baker Wins Police Dept. “FENCE” SUCCESSFUL OTTAWA — Canada’s defense research board says that the |“MeGill fence,” a Canadian-de signed early-warning radar device Police Department Pistol tourney when he fired-a score of 614 out to detect enemy planes across the Canadian north, has jaker will be the recipient of a $20 cash prize and a handsome been tested successfully, save $3996 For QUALITY USED CARS TWINS GARAGE \1130 DUVAL $7. CIAL 2-24001 $$$ $ SAVE $858 fault. Our thought is that Landy should not be deprived of his chance to write a brilliant new page in athletic history because of his competitive isolation, Havana League EN Saturday, December 19, 1953 Hopes Are Fanned WASHIN TON #—The Interna-| tional League is bidding fair) now to live up to its name by) stretching 2,000 miles from Mont- real, Canada, to Havana, Cuba. The Triple-A baseball league Thursday cieared the next to last roadblock to adding Havana and Richmond, Va. One more minor hurdle remains. Richmond must come up, by Jan. 5, with a ball park that meets! International League standards.| The city’s mayor, Edward E. Had-} dock, has promised to supply the! proper kind of park. | Havana’s entrance into the) league is entirely dependent on the Richmond situation. If, by some chance, the Virginia city muffs the ball park problem, the Internation-| al League will revert to a six-team loop. nancial maneuvering to wrap up the decision Thursday. For eight! hours, officials of the International | Tech for 760 yards. However, 3 teams suffered more on a per- game basis, Cincinnati being set back 73.1 yards a game, North- western 69.8 and Kansas State 69.7. Texas Tech’s average was 69.1, US. Davis Cup Team Enters Finals By WILL GRIMSLEY BRISBANE, Australia — The United States Davis Cup team swept into-the challenge round for the llth straight year today when| Tony Trabert and Vic Seixas meth- odically ground out straight-set triumphs over the Belgian team. Trabert, the Cincinnati young- ster who has developed into the ace of the team, polished off! Jacques Brichant, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 and| Seixas came off the bench to whip| Philippe Washer, 6-2, 7-5, 86, for a 41 American margin. | So just as it’s been every year ince the competition was resumed 8 : . jafter the war, the finalists will be| Hills the past summer,” he said. It took a lot of talking and fi-/the United States and Australia| But I'm satisfied and I think I’m |getting .there. In 1939, the last year before the! war interruption, the Americans| fared considerably better. Wyom- ing defeated Hardin-Simmons 68-49 and unbeaten Brigham Young whipped Murray, Ky., State 77-65, Kansas State Broke loose in the second half fora 74-64 victory over the University of Washington. Washington State also bowed, 71-45, to California, In other games Tufts upset har- Towa scored its 60th consecutive | courses: home victory over a non-confer- . Baseball Figures | Hawkeyes. Bob Mattick turned in his best UCLA tripped Denver 70-63 but two other Skyline Conference clubs = : | missioner Ford Frick, American) , long illness. Funeral services League President Will Harridge, were scheduled at St. Thomas Epis- Yankee co-owners Del Webb and/copal Church on Fifth Ave. with Dan Topping and exYank Man-|burial at Mt. Kensico cemetery at ager Joe McCarthy were among|Valhalla, N. Y. j the honorary palibearers today at! <canepiensnreenicos the funeral of Ed Barrow, former) Brooklyn Dodger pitcher Preach- Yankee president. jer Roe lost three games in 1953. Joe DiMaggio, Lefty Gomez, |His third defeat snapped a 1¢-game Tommy Henrich, Johnny Murphy, | winning streak. vard 71-68, Texas Christian defeat- ed Abiliene Christian 79-47, and Wichita scored its eighth victory in nine starts, 85-49 over College of the Pacific. Washer was meaningless in so far as the team winner was concerned. Also, Washer’s sore shoulder had been bothering him and he didn’t seem particularly interested in winning. Nonetheless, Seixas was eager to atone for his defeat at the hands of Brichant and he played as though it were for the national championship. He improved to a degree, but his strokes still were| not those of the Seixas who won the Wimbledon championship. Trabert said he hadn't reached what he considered his peak yet. “I felt fine, but I don’t think I played as well as I did at Forest Captain Billy Talbert, who also played the Aussies, while the|Played doubles himself yesterday and Piedmont Leagues conferred/two years before that it was the|#fter benching Seixas, said he | Start 7:00 P.M. NO MINORS FREE PARKING Buses Every 20 Minutes one) the Admission Beautiful Free New Grandstand NIGHTLY RACING STARTS with George Trautman, the minor United States vs Great Britafn,|thought Vic had shaken his men- the Richmond franchise in the) The challenge round this year is|, The first American lightweight | Harry C. Seibold, a Richmond in-!ing that the Aussies will be fa-|72 Imont franchise in 1932 for $1,- Trabert, on his present perfor-|Cleveland Indians, received his! j question mark. Tony blasted Bri- on new first baseman acquired the Americans had to win, for no ference basketball title the last who positively won't be a holdout |Put up in losing to Brichant two| The fastest atienel Lesane base! | contract with the Philadelphia A’s Student left no doubt in anyone’s Giants beat the Redlegs, 4-3. Robinson visited Yankee head- Briehant, who seemed bewildered Barons was the Tist player in the Mize’s old No. 36. He said he was|bert lost only six points. and had| 1116 Eaton Street Tele phone 23715 | field wall a weleome target. lonly once. dium was the 1923 eleven. league commissioner. The United States hasn’t been out|t@l lethargy. Finally Edwin Mooers, owner of of the final since 1936. | Class B Piedmont League, agreed) scheduled for Melbot on Dec, boxing champion was Abe Hicken. to sell his territorial rights to 2 29 and 30 and wisalee ae cae He held the crown from 1868 to 18-| | dustrialist, at a price said to be|yored to beat the Yanks for th } $25,000. Mooers bought the Pied-|fourth year in a gs gina er Rosen, third baseman of the 100. mance, might defeat any amateur |Rickname—Flip—as a high school! j in the world, but Seixas still is a|basketball player. Not A Holdout Ichant all over co Texas Christian University has! er the court, This was NEW YORK (®—Eddie Robinson |the crucial match. It was the one WO" of tied for the Southwest Con- iby the New York Yankees from|¢ knew if Sexias would improve three seasons. the Philadelphia A’s, is one player OV¢r the miserable performance he next spring. Robinson is working|4@ys before. ball game in 1953 d on the second year of a holdover) The University of Cincinnati hour and 39 minutes. In it which was transferred to the Yank-|™ind that he was the master. He 4 j ees. in the deal. took just 53 minutes to dispose of Jackie Gordon of the Cleveland | quarters yesterday, long enough to'by it all. In the nine games be history of the American Hockey |try on a uniform bearing Johnny |served in the first two sets, Tri- League to score 100 goals. jhappy to be with the Yanks and/four aces. In the three matches| The first Mich'gan State football | jexpected to find the 294-foot right | covering 10 sets, he lost his service team to play in Macklin Field Sta,| Sexias, of course, was not under It was coached by Ralph Y *’-~~« READ THE CITIZEN DA‘! ~-cssure since his match with now the school’s athletic