The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 21, 1953, Page 6

Key West Tackles Miami Beach Tomorrow In Gold Coast Cage Opener x* xzx«etk xx*«r azaxerk xk xx 2-2 & 8-2 4 Dogs Tie Futurity Marks In Schooling Races At KW Kennel Club kk Constance Is Voted Back In Prep School Conference Fri. The Key West High! School. basketball team will open the Gold Coast Confer- ence cage race tomorrow night on the local hardwood when they tackle the Miami Beach courtmen. The battle is slated to get under way at 8 p.m. The conference title will be decided on a percentage basis after each team plays "@ home and away series of eight games, Teams compet- ing are South Broward, South Dade, Miami Tech, Miami Beach and Key West. Constance, which was voted back into the conference Fri day, and Curley, also a new entrant, will not compete for the toga this year due to schedule difficulties, rit i IFS iy = 2 4 i me announced that pint-siz. ard Gibby Gates may be’ a starter against the Beach, Gates, who “towers” five feet, six inches, held All-State for- ward Charlie Pike to three points fn the battle against Miami last ‘week. Gates wil probably get the as- signment of guarding the Beaches’ Barry Sugarman, their leading point maker, The two teams will be just about evenly matched in height — some- thing new for the Conchs who have been very much outmanned on their initial starts. | Key West's reserve strength will; also be used to advantage. In addi- tion to their starting club, they have some classy: talent in Joe Carbonell and Don Keyser. The announcement that Const- ance is back, in the good graces af the conference, came as some- thing of a surprise to local fandom. High School principal Dr. Harold Campbell and grid coath Ed Beck- man attended a meeting at South! Broward at which time the action) was taken. Constance had failed to keep a grid date and did not attend an earlier organizational meeting of the league. Due to the fact that they have not been able to sche- dule enough Gold Coast fives, they will not be eligible to compete for the cage title but will be'in the running in the baseball and track picture. Ring Roundup By MURRAY ROSE ed forw: bul ch. | NEW YORK —Bob Baker, the! Dig Pittsburgh heavyweight, is a surprising 2-1 favorite to even an} @ld score with hard-hitting Clar-} ence Henry of Philadelphia at} Eastern Parkway Arena tonight. Henry, once the world’s: third- eanking heavyweight, came from behind to knock out the 6-foot-4, @20-pound Baker in the eighth| round at Madison Square Garden Nov. 23, 1951, That was the first, @efeat of Baker's pro career. He| Blamed bad hands for the loss, | .Baker has been bothered with! swelling hands all through his ca-| reer but an operation is supposed to have made his mitts sound. Hen- fy only en eye injury, The big boys will start swinging at 10 p.m., EST, Ju Mont ‘will telecast the 10-rounder to some parts of the country. ‘The International Boxing Club is pase its usual Wednesday and riday night network television fights because of the Christmas week, The only coast-to-coast network beamed out of Boston’s Mechanics Pege 6 Aerial Fireworks Predicted THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Monday, December 21, 1953 # For North-South Grid Battle By MERCER BAILEY MIAMI, Fla. &—Football fans who like their games heavily fla- vored with passes should find the Shrine’s annual North-South all- star game Christmas night very much to their liking. Both squads are well equipped with quarterbacks who know how to throw the ball and backs and ends who are adept receivers. South Coach Andy Gustafson of) Miami has one of the most spec- tacular aerial combinations in the nation in the Georgia battery of quarterback Zeke Bratkowski and end John Carson. They were tops in the Southeastern Conference last year and high among the national leaders. Bratkowski, equally at ease with and Bob Ondilla of Wake Forest repeatedly in yesterday's work- outs. “T’ve, seen a lot of passers in my time,” said Gustafson, “and I'd put the Brat up there with the best of them.” Will he emphasize a passing game .against Purdue Coach Stu Holeomb’s North squad? “With Bratkowski in the quar- terback slot, what else can you expect?” Gustafson remarked. The South coaches didn’t over- look ‘their other signal caller, John Bordogna of Nebraska, however. By RIP WATSON NEW YORK w—Four of the big- gest basketball players in captivity and a couple of “little” All Ameri- ca players swing into action jin a lively Monday night pro-|ing. gram that has six of the top 10 teams on the courts. The four giants clash head on, with the biggest pair on exhibition at Corvallis, Ore., where top--rated Indiana meets Oregon State, Don Schlundt, 6-foot-10 center who helped the Hoosiers win the NCAA title and No. 1 ranking last year, for a change will look up at his opponent, Wade (Swede) Halbrook who measures 7 feet 3, The other pair will meet at Champaign, Ul., with Oklahoma A&M's 6-11 Bob Mattick enjoying only a slight edge in height over 6-9 Johnny Kerr of Ilinois. The All America stars, Tom Gola of La Salle and Cliff Hagan of Kentucky, will play in the Ken- tucky Invitational Tourney at Lex- ington, first of the season's bump- er crop of holiday basketball tour- naments, They won’t oppose each other tonight — La Salle meets UCLA and Kentucky plays Duke— but they probably will in the finals tomorrow. Oregon State, just outside. the top 10 at-No, 11, will be counting on Halbrook to spring the upset of the season. The big boy looked great against Nebraska in State’s 10 of 23 field goal attempts and 9 of 11 free throws for 29 points in an 83-55 romp. That’s 107 in four straight Oregon State victor- jes for Halbrook, but Schlundt may hold him - down. Kerr dumped in 27 points Satur- day as the Illini, ranked fourth in the country, won their fifth in a long and short throws, hit Carsonj Cagers Meet Oregon State In Nation’s Top Game last warmup Saturday, hitting on! “He runs and has a lot of de- ‘these boys have worked out of the split-T before and are capable ball handlers.” Navy's Eddie Erdelatz, another ‘of the South coaches, busied him- self with the linemen and was particularly pleased with Duke tackle Ed Meadows. “He's a big boy (63 and 217) and moves around pretty fast,” Erdelatz commented. “He could play on my team any day.” Over in the North Camp, Hol- comb had praise for his squad latter yesterday’s workouts. “I think we looked much better today,” he said. “The boys are showing considerable improve- ment. All our quarterbacks were throwing good and the receiving also was good.” Holeomb and Kansas State Coach Bill’ Meek spent a lot of time with their aerial combina- tions. Quarterbacks Elry Falken- stein of LIllinois, Fred Davis of Butler and Roy Evans of Purdue hit their receivers regularly with short passes. Bob Balderston, Kan- sas State fullback, and Dusty Rice, Towa State halfback, made nu- merous catches, row and ended De Paul's six-game winning streak 79-65. He too will find life more difficult against Mattick, who has led the Aggies to a 7-1 record and a No, 7 rank- Kentucky and La Salle, like In- diana and Oklahoma A&M, were idle Saturday night. Duke, tuning up for the tournament, seored 12 Straight points in the third quarter and hung on for a 67-64 victory over West Virginia. UCLA whaled Denver 66-45, but they'll still be underdogs. Kentucky is ranked second in the country. Other top 10 teams in action are Minnesota and Louisisna State, ‘who met with varying success Saturday night. Minnesota, No. 6 team, romped to a 74-46 victory over winless Colorado, But LSU probably lost the No. 5 spot to Wisconsin’s pressing defense and accurate shooting. Big Bob Pettit scored, 33 for LSU, but Wisconsin hit on 54 per cent of its shots for at Tulsa tonight and LSU enter- tains Northwestern. Duquesne, rated third in the jcountry, can thank its sensational sophomore, Si Green, that it escaped Louisiana State’s , fate jagainst Toledo. With less than three minutes to play, Duquesne trailed by 3 but Green-drove in for two field goals and Duquesne won 60-57. ~ Western Kentucky, No. 10, had jto spurt at the end to down St. Bonaventure 82-76 behind Art ‘Spoelstra’s 28-point string, while Fordham, one notch higher, scored 23 in the last quarter for a 51-24 win over Columbia. North Carolina State, No. 8, scored when it had to for an 89-74 victory over Penn State. Mrs. Williams Tops Navy Wives Mes. Dorothy Williams rolled up a sparkling 218 game last week to lead the Navy Wives Bowling league in action last week, She was follwed closely by Mrs, DeMonge with a neat 202 and Mrs. Mason with 198. Mrs. Williams also racked up the high series for the after- noon with 547. The Home Milk combination rolled high game scratch with 737 and also high series scratch with 2038, The Standings: Pts. Won Pts.Lest Mickey Vernon of the Washington; |MacArthur Dairies 30 |Home Milk _____ 26 Tecently returned to the) ving after a long layoff caused by! 10 u 20 22 Chuck’s ____. 20 Gulfstream .___ 18 NCES ss 22 ,;Children’s Corner 8 3% Building Saturday night when jand Wilbur Wilson of Boston meet jin a 10-rounder, Minelli is sub- ane x of Chicago. ABC will tele- ‘case starting at 9 p.m., EST, osen Edged For Battinf Crown By One Point NEW YORK —Al Rosen, Cleve- land’s slugging third baseman, may have gotten the cake, but he didn't get the icing to go along with it. Rosen, who last month received the American League’s most valu- able player prize, topped the cir- cuit in almost every offensive ée- partment but one, according to: of- ficial statistics released yesterday. The “one” was batting, w Senators took the honors with a 337 mark, edging Rosen's .3336. In winning his second champion- [ship (he won with .353 in 1946), jVernon capped the closest Ameri- can League batting race since 1949. of the Boston Red Sox. Rosen, who battled Vernon right bing for Danny (Bang Bang) down to the final day of the sea-| son, led the circuit in home. runs, }43, runs batted in, 145, runs stored, 15 and total bases, 367. Charles W. Comiskey, vice pre-/ Third place in the official statis- isi |forme? Sartmouth quarterback. Boston's Billy (Goodman, each with .313. “jeame to Key West fresh from the a 82-66 victory. Minnesota plays} here (that baseball is granted a license Scores Witness Practice Races At Stock Island Racing Plant Sat. If Saturday night’s school- ception,” said Missouri Coach Don}ing action at the Key West |Faurot, the father of the split-T jattack the South will use. “Both) Kennel Club is any indica- lot of records broken this year, Four greyhound speed- sters cracked the mark for the futurity distance by a full second when _ they} streaked around the oval in 29 seconds flat, Remember Reggie, owned jby the Overseas Kennel and jtrained by the veteran Mal- lory Wakefield, was the first to turn the trick in the 21st! race Saturday night. He led al. the way and survived ja collision near the wire to edge Robert T. Y, and the favored Pa- goda. | Irene Hill, owned by the Fleet- }wing Kennel, and also trained by Wakefield, was next to turn the trick, Starting from the number! five box she picked up speed at the halfway mark to win going! away. Mickey W. Fought his way into second place and Fancy Trou- ble ran third. Miss Nocturen drove in ahead of the pack in the 23rd race to better the record over Quarter Roll and Queen of Mine. Chart Man Ed Denslow, who meeting at the Black Hills Kennel Club, Rapid City, South Dakota, said today that he is of the opin- ion that the record breaking per- formances are due to the top con-' dition of the track. “And we have some pretty dogs here too,” he added. Schooling races will continue to- night at 7 p. m. The public is in- vited. There is no charge or wager- ing. The schooling programs will continue nightly. until Wednesday and the official racing season will start Christmas Night. Red Tide Starts Practice Drills TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (P—Alabama began twice-daily workouts for the Cotton Bowl today, tuning up its ground attack for the New Year’s Day game. ‘The emphasis on the Crimson Tide rushing offense followed week of satisfactory attention to the passing department. Coaches’ eyes until Christmas will be glued to Tide blockers and the running of halfback Corky ‘Tharp, fullback Tommy Lewis and their backfield mates. Tharp, leading Alabama Sround- gainer, appears fully recovered from a shoulder injury, and had & good workout Saturday, Baseball Study Is Under Way NEW YORK .# — A nine-man committee of major and minor league executives appointed by: Commissioner Ford Frick will bee gs Pige fs structure of base- “to see if we are on the proper ground.” “If we are not,” Frick said in announcing the committee, “it is time to get on it.” The committee, called to meet Jan. 7, will go over such problems asthe “reasonable” advancement | of qualified players, unreasonable | concentration of player talent and high bonus payments to untried youngste: TS. Although Frick did not mention the Supreme Court decision on baseball in his announcement, the meeting date comes almost two months to the day after the high court ruled that baseball is not subject to federal antitrust laws, |Frick commented after the Nov. 9 {decision that “it does not mean to do as it pleases.” Miami U. Cagers Tackle Ohio State — That year, George Kell, then with) MIAMI W&—The University of wel- Detroit, triumphed by two-tenths|Miami ba: jterweights Livio Minelli of Italy of a,per cent over Ted Williams! sketball team plays Ohio State tonight in a match expected \to°give fans an excellent oppor- }tunity to compare the abilities of Ohio State’s Paul Ebert and Rio Grande’s Bevo Francis. Francis, a 6 foot 9 center, put his little Ohio college team a 98-88 | dent of the New York Athletic tics was shared by Minnie Minoso| victory over Miami. TV fight of the week will. be|Club’s Veterans Association, is aof Chicago and Ebert has been averaging just under 30 points a game. Dinny Pails Joins Aussie Davis Cuppers By WILL GRIMSLEY MELBOURNE ® — Australian tion, there are going to be a professional Dinny Pails has been, hired to help sharpen up the Amer- ican Davis Cup tennis team for the Challenge Round against Aus- tralia here next week, Bill Talbert, captain of the U.S. ‘contingent, said today Pails will join the Americans tomorrow and work out twice a day with the team through Saturday. The Americans will also have a chance to work out with Ted Schroeder, who was a member of! the U.S. team two years ago. He is here on a writing and radio as- ‘signment for an Australian news- Paper and has offered his services. The Challenge Round draw is scheduled Saturday. The matches) will be held Dee. Dec. 30. “We are not getting Pails as a teacher, although he can help in that respect,” Talbert said. “Our purpose in hiring him is to give the boys some first class competi- tion this week.” Pails served as a trial horse and coach for the Belgians last week and it was mainly through his ef- forts that the Europeans threw a scare into the Americans in the interzone finals at Brisbane.: Pails, now a little chubby and balding, formerly was a member of the Australian Davis Cup team. He later turned pro and toured with Bobby Riggs’ tennis exhibi- tionists, having a long series with Pancho Segura. One of the game’s all-time great stylists, Pails still plays top-flight tennis and there are reports he challenged Frank Sedgman to a winner-take-all court duel, “Pails has wonderful ground 28 through g00d! strokes and we thin. he will help step up the pace of our boys,” Tal- bert said. “I particularly plan to have him work a lot with Seixas so Vic can get back on his game. 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The Light- win is. priced at only KEY WEST OUTBOARD SALES and SERVICE ‘TUG Eaton St. Tel. 23715 who | By GAYLE TALBOT ————_—————_— EES NEW YORK W—Pro football is very sick in this town since the Giants suddenly gave the gate to Steve Owen, their coach for 23 years, and handed the job to Jim jLee Howell, one of Steve's assist-| \ants. | It is hard to recall when any |move of the kind evoked such a! |wholehearted roar from the local| Press, and it would not be sur-/ \prising if the effects are strongly felt when next season rolls around, jas it will. The Giants have been on lean jtimes lately, but so great was Owen’s personal popularity that his team largely escaped the rid- ing its performances merited and | would have received in most cities. It-was known that the veteran! coach did not have the kind of} }money to toss around for top| men as some of his rivals had. Tim. Mara, who founded the Giants and appointed Owen, a bur- ly lineman from Oklahoma, as his coach, has retired from active) Participation in the club’s affairs) and turned the reins over to his sons, John and Wellington. There} is a feeling that the boys gave their dad’s old friend a fast shuffle. They were not present at a testi- monial dinner given Steve by his [friends of the press the other night. Howell is going to find himself; in an unenviable position, even though no one has anything against him personally. One of those in- censed by Owen's firing already | catching end as “Clean Pant Howell, explaining that he a quired the nickname while playing for the Giants and not taking his | defensive duties too seriously. qf We are advised that the greatest | Passer on any college team in ray 2? I WHO BROUGHT BATTERY | PRICES DOWN IN KEY WEST? 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The schedule will be, Brookhaven, Miss. maintained for the rest of the week before the squad begins tapering off, Lewis said. Lewis was confident his Moun- | taineers, winners in eight of nine starts during the regulrr season, would make a 4 showing against Tech, which“has been es- tablished as a heavy rite. BILOXI, Miss. w — West Vir. FORD BATTERIES 12 Mos. ___. $ 8.7 18 Mos. __ $11.7: 24 Mos, __ a $6 Mos. ___ $18.0 (With Old y INSTALLED Batteries Fit Most Cars Monroe Motors, Inc. 1119 White St. Tel. 2-563" / country this fall played for the| Prairie View (Tex.) eleven which defeated Florida A&M for the na-| tional Negro championship in the Orange Bowl a while back. | “This fellow,” our informant swears, “has hands so big he can. practically palm 2 football. He | would run clear back into his own| corner of the field and then throw | one down into the opposite corner— bulls-eye. You don't have to be- lieve me, but I saw him do it, BASKETBALL TOMORROW TUES. NITE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL ~ vs. HIGH SCHOOL Gold Coast Conference Game A and B Games Game Times, 7:00 & 8:00 Adm. 50c and $1.00 HIGH SCHOOL 200 P.M. NO MINORS FREE PARKING Buses Every 20 Minutes Admission Beautiful Free New Grandstand NIGHTLY RACING STARTS DECEMBER 25th