The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 22, 1953, Page 6

Conch Cagers Tangle With Miami Beach In Gold Coast Debut ae xk Wes Hardin, Range Tnilight Shine In Kennel Club Schoo orth-South Grid Coaches Ease ‘Up On Drills For Charity Game Pa as Gold Coast Leadership At Stake In Battle Here The leadership of the newly formed Gold conference will be at stake tonight when the Key West High School basketball team tackles the Miami Beach High cagers in the United Street battle pit. The game will get under- way, before an expected ca acity crowd, at 8 p. m. It will be preceded by a prelimin- ary game set for 6:45 p. m. Key West will be match- ing their two loss record against the unbeaten Beach combination, But, the caliber of the opposition the Conchs have been facing is of some- what better quality than Big Haul © By BEN PHLEGAR NEW YORK # — Oklahoma A&M, the nation’s fifth-ranking basketball team, has had its re- venge on the Big Ten for its only loss of the season. The Cowboys pinned the first defeat of the winter on fourth- ranking Mlinois last night, 65-60 in overtime, and they did it on the Ilini’s own court at Cham- paign. The Oklahoma club's lone setback so far was by one point in overtime against Minnesota. Illinois was one of three major teams which lost for the first time last night. Rice whipped Vander- bilt 79-60 and top-ranking Indiana squeezed past Oregon State 76-72 in overtime. Kentucky’s resurgent Wildcats broke loose in the third quarter for an 85-69 decision against Duke in the first round of its own invi- tational tournament at Lexington. [ee Sut F287 oe} t2¢2 Hs i the other first round game. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Oklahoma A And M Nips Illinois Cagers In Overtime Thriller ‘La Salle defeated UCLA 62-53 in| £2 .& al ‘Tuesday, December 22, 1953] | | | } ‘Auburn Gridders Solve Tech Defense AUBURN, Ala. —Texas Tech| type defense proved no puzzle for the Gator Bowl bound Auburn} Plainsmen yesterday. Quarterback Vince Dooley’s X team broke loose Fob James, Bob- by Duke and Charlie Hataway for) long gains against the reserves, and Dooley also passed to James| for a 60-yard gain. The Y team, directed by quarter- \back Bobby Freeman, had equal success in featuring a passing of-| fense. Freeman connected repeat- edly on his tosses, mostly to end Jim Pyburn. Coach Ralph Jordan said the) Plainsmen played against several teams using the Texas Tech type of defense this season. “The chief difference,” he added, “is Tech's outstanding personnel.” | x* tk xx*rk 19 Races Slated Tonight At Track, Opening Set For Thursday Here }hounds dominated a 22-race schooling program last night at the Key West Kennel Club. The schooling races will continue tonight with 19 races slated to be run over the speedy track Range Twilight, owned by Claude Betterson turned in Outstanding performances > & Ss MIAMI, Fla. @—Coaches for the Pacific, and Don Penza of North and South All-Star football /pame, é {squads eased up on workouts today Minois and Tom McHugh of by a pair of veteran grey-|to avoid injuries before the Christ- Dame. | mas night game in the Orange) Bowl. “From now until game time we | will just work out in the mornings.’ jsaid North Coach Stu Holcomb of \Purdue. “The boys are looking good and I don’t want to take any chances with injuries.” South Coach Andy Gustafson of Miami said his squad planned one long drill this morning, then would go deep sea fishing, | “They're a good looking bunch | jof boys,” said Georgia’s Wally ) Butts, who worked with Missouri's SSSSSS SAVE $98888 j Meens QUALITY ling gee BODY WORK AND USED CARS At the RIGHT PRICE __| NEW STUDEBAKER "CARS AND TRUCKS ASE ican Maximum’ Economy FOR REPAIR APPOINTMENT AUTO DEMONSTRATION Come By .| 1130 DUVAL STREET of} or DIAL 2.2401 Notre} SSSSSS Save 888885 2 2 backs Ken M nd the finest performance of|Don Faurot in coaching the South’s ithe evening when he waltzed| offensive unit. Navy’s Eddie Erde- a THE BOTTOM FISHING BOAT GEORGE BATES, skippered by Captain Tommy Lones, brought in this 600-pound haul yesterday. Party of 12 made the catch—one of the largest of the current season. Co-captain is Mrs. Lones. —Citizen Staff Photo, Finch. Indiana Keeps Top National Cage Rating By ORLO ROBERTSON NEW YORK #~Indiana’s un-| beaten Hoosiers and Kentucky,| winner of all five of its games, are still running one-two as the nation’s leading college basketball team.. The Hoosiers, picked in the pre- season poll as the team most likely to sueceed and on top ever since, rolled up 933 points in this week's Associated Press poll of sports writers and broadcasters. Kentucky, seeking to regain the No. 1 spot after a year of en- forced idleness, stayed close to [Indiana with 896 points and actu-/be @ tough pup to beat in the up. ally received more votes—36 to 35. Duquesne, with nine first-place votes and 692 points, held to third place on the basis of a 7-0 record. first-place ballots were counted, the Illini dropped their first game of the campaign 65-69 to the Oklahoma Baker Monday In New York By JACK HAND NEW YORK w—Clarence Henry, back in action after a long layoff, ga’ thum last night po amy Rare to win a unani- in a 10-round match. -jrecord Eight Big Ten teams saw action and the conference just managed to break even. In addition to Illi- nois’ defeat, Michigan bowed _be-| fore a 26-point fourth quarter) splurge by Cincinnati 81-62; Louis- jana State held Northwestern to two points in the third quarter in its 79-51 victory; and Tulane edged Wisconsin 57-55 as Hal Cer- vini sank four of six free throws in overtime. Ohio State ran up its all-time) ‘high total as it overwhelmed the University of Miami (Fla) 106-81 with Paul Ebert scoring 35 points. Minnesota remained unbeaten with a 66-63 triumph over Tulsa. Iowa ‘18-72 and stretch its perfect home against nonconference teams to 61 games. Indiana had a real battle before subduing Oregon State. The Hoo- 'siers led by four points at half- came from behind to nip Colorado; Aggies. The Aggies (8-1) moved up a and Western Kentucky (9-0) took Red Tide Lets Up On Practice over sixth after being 10th last week. Fordham (6-0) also jumped TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — With|two places into the seventh spot, five men on the injured list, Ala-jfollowed by Minnesota (5-0). Holy. }bama today began easing off in|Cross was the only newcomer to its drills fof the Cotton Bowl game the top 10, The New Englanders with Rice. {were ranked 14th a week ago. Coach Red Drew said the squad}Louisiana State (5-1) dropped all will be released for the Christmas/th> way from fifth to 14th. Holidays Thursday. ES | The top 20 with number of first- |} Tackle Sid Youngleman and re-|place votes in parentheses: |serve right half Rufus Cassity were; 1. Indiana (35) ...... forced out of practice yesterday,) 2. Kentucky (36) Youngleman with a wrist injury; 3. Duquesne (9) and Cassity with a leg hurt. } 4. Mlinois ...... ee | Others ailing: Ends Bud Willis) 5. Oklahoma A&M (4) . {and Curtis Lynch and fullback Bill) . Western Kentucky (2) Stone, Willis dislocated his left el-| 7. Fordham (1) . ‘bow last week. Lynch hurt a leg, 8. Minnesota .. in Saturday’s scrimmage, and| 9 North Carolina State ... |Stone re-injured his chest. }10. Holy Cross (1) ... 933 896 692 514 358 229 226 173 159 couple of notches into fifth place! 331) around the Stock Island oval over the 5-16 mile distance in just 31.2\seconds to gain a victory in the 17th race. It was the third straight vic- tory in schooling action for this dog. That time was just three- fifths of a second off the track mark set last year by Reckoning. To gain the win, Range Twilight Carlita. The two dogs were nip and tuck. Range Twilight took the lead at the halfway mark and then lost it, only to come forth with a tremen- dous burst of speed at the wire. Wilshire, a favorite of the fans| during last year’s meeting, ran third. In the 16th race, Wes Hardin, | wound up in another nip and tuck . battle before edging the pack, Starting from the number six Position, he fought his way into the lead in the stretch and man- aged to hold his advantage down to the finish. Lady Andover ran second and Bardahl placed third. Wes Hardin, has something of a, reputation as a “hard-luck” dog.| He ran a creditable race in 1951 in the All-Florida Derby, one of, the top events in the dog racing| world, but since has been plagued by sickness. Since that race he has made but ten starts, | But he seems to be coming along and judging by his performance in ithe current schooling program, will \coming meeting. | Officially, The Kennel Club meet- jing will get underway Christmas ‘night with an eleven race slate |being matched. \Illinois also remained in the fourth) jspot with 514 points but, after the West Va. Mentor To Open Drills BILOXI, Miss. — Coach -Art! |Lewis of West Virginia will open |the gates of his team’s pre-Sugar Bowl practice sessions to the public tomorrow. | Lewis said before leaving Mor-| jgantown for the training center! that all of the sessions would be| closed to the public as the team| prepped for its Sugar Bowl date! against Georgia Tech New Year's} Day in New Orleans, But he an-| jnounced yesterday that he would hold open house in conjunction with |a photographic session for the) press. The West Virginia coach, who |brought the team to national prom- inence during the season with an leight won, one lost record, aid ithe team would dress out in full juniform and go through a practice drill after the press has completed was engaged in a spirited duel! with another top-flight performer, jlatz assisted gustafson with the | defense. |_ The South’s backfield included \Zeke Bratkowski (Ga.) at quar- jterback; Harold Lofton (Ole Miss) and Blackie Kincaid (South Caro- lina) at halfbacks and Byrd Looper (Duke) at fullback. “One thing is certain,” Gustafson jsiid. “We have beef on the line and speed to burn in the backfield. We've never had a better passer than Bratkowski.” | Maryland’s Coach Jim Tatum, | who watched the workout, was im- nae with Bratkowski’s passing | Ed Merrifield (Missouri) missed | the drill because of a cold but is expected back today or tomorrow. A spectator at the North workout | yesterday was Coach Joe Bach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, scouting | for players to bolster his 1954 pro squad, “It's amazing how good these boys look after such short time | together,” Bach said. ‘The coaches (Holcomb, Ivy Williamson of Wis- consin and Bill Meeks of Kansas re have done a remarkable | Bach was particularly impressed with ends Ken Buck, College of Duke University’s basketball jteam will play in two invitation tourneys during the Christmas hol- idays—the University of Kentucky Invitational, Dec, 21-22, and North Carolina State’s Dixie Classie,| Dec, 28-30. LEGAL NOTICES —— NOTICE UNDER FICTITIOUS NAME LAW NOTICE 15 HEREBY GIVEN that | the undersigned, desiring to engage || in business under the fictitious) name of “Elizabeth Me Iver Cruise-| wear". Marathon, Monroe County, | Florida, intend to register said name | with the Clerk of the Cireuit Court] of Monroe County, Florida. | LOREN ¢.. TROUP, NELLIE B. 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Notre Dame ... anvoranconeniAed | 20. Vanderbilt and Idaho (tie) 36! with several of the players re- porting overweight. But he said he! thofight the boys would round into! Start 7:00 P.M. i } \shape during the week. * } } (hoping to “fill this emptiness” and | HO MINCES “make the hearts of these children FREE jhappy again,” wrote a letter to P. J. Neff, chief executive officer SAVE MONEY PARKING WHEN YOU BUY : Buses Every ;| Trojans on their Eastern tour. Loyola of New Orleans hit 41 Will Replace b} in beating Detroit 79-63 but nse Jamesy 8 Pet of Los Angeles and Loyola of) DESOTO, Mo. Little Jamesy Chicago weren't as fortunate. The Ross and his brothers and sisters California school was. beaten 77-64 are going to get another dog to- by Stanford and the Chicago team morrow—one to take the place of lost to Western Michigan 80-68. The note began: “Dear sir: “I’m not much given to writing |Butchie, who as Jamesy says was letter: and doubt if this one will of the Mo-Pac lines. A DEPENDABLE Lat joy Billy Lynch with jback, Rear Commodore, |Johnson, Secretary, Owoldo Collins, and Treasurer, Bascom Grooms. Outboard Head Bill Porter has been elected to} Winners of high point trophys'way back, Butchie—a dachshund Meet Mo-Pac Train No. serve as Commodore of the Key/for the club were also announced —was on the railroad tracks and Desoto station. West Qutbosrd Club, it was a./at the m . They are: B-fishing mounted today. jelass, Gene Other officers named, -Include:|com Grooms and free-for-all, Cecil Vise Cammadore. Jerry Schnedle-|Cates, dr. Jamesy and Butchie had set out jand two older sisters to gather) hickory nuts last Nov. 21. On the was struck by a train when his safety. That night, Mrs. Fred A. Ress, , St. Joseph’s of Philadelphia beat/«the best dog in the whole world.” 8° any further than your secre- fayette 59-57 on a jump shot} Butchie, just about as old as 5- ‘ary but I hope so. six seconds| year-old Jamesy, was killed by a ° aaa 0 ix play. California breezed past Missouri Pacific Railroad train Y@lue is killed on your railroad ‘awali 77-56. you are usually sued f Bill Porter Named! sa et Sogn tgp keadhn = “I know when an animal of but this is not the case in this Buddy with Jamesy’s two older brothers ,iucident.” Tomorrow,, Jamesy and his brothers and sisters are going to 3 at the They'll receive a gift from the gs, B-hydro, Bas- short legs failed to carry him to,railroad—a pedigreed dachshund pup to take the place “of the best dog in the whole world.” BATTERY With Its Self-Charging Feature WE BROUGHT BATTERY PRICES DOWN You Help By Buying A HESTER BATTERY LOU SMITH 1116 White Street 20 Minutes Admission Free Beautiful New Grandstand NIGHTLY RACING STARTS DECEMBER 25th