The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 31, 1953, Page 5

Comstock Captures Kennel Club Feature; $177.60 Quiniela Is Paid Wed. Burning Bright - Will Start In Tonight’s Top Feature Race Comstock, a two year old owned by Fleet Wing Ken- * nels romped home a winner nt night in the feature race at the Key West Kennel) Club. In gaining the win, Com- ‘ytock upset the predictions pf the dopesters somewhat though he had some sup- at the pari-mutuel win- lows. The favored Range light ran fifth. Comstock started from the = five box and broke into a two length lead at /the halfway mark. As he (headed. into the stretch, he Ppuliled three lengths ahead and then put forth a burst ! of speed that took him und- er the wire a full seven | lengths ahead of Timber } Range. Carlita ran third in ,, & Piioto finish. » . Comstock paid a nice 9.40, 3.60 and 3.60 while Timber Range re- } pe 11.20 and 3.40, Carlita paid to show. The Quiniela on the fature paid 23.40. In other action last night, F. B. + Btutz’ Ramadan gained a six length over Toast of the Town in the f trace. Fans who had the pair coupled, received a huge 177.60 | Quiniela payoff. | The sixth race paid a nice 105.40 | Quiniela, as well when Memory | Time and Sea Devil came in win- ners. Tonight's feature will pit eight grade one greyhounds led by Fleet Wing Kennel’s Burning Bright. » This dog ran second to Comstock in the meet opener o.. Christmas day and then came back three pights later to gain an impressive over some of the top pups at track. | She'll be opposed by Velma Mer- ,/tiam’s Bardhal, M. W. Fagg's Bab- ‘Bling Bess, Joe Balk’s Fame and ‘Fortune, Fleet Wing Kennel’s La- dy Andover, Ed Souza’s Queen 0. Mine, B, F. Snipe’s Silver and Gold and Sam Baxendale’s Saginaw Bay. The race program will get un- derway at 8:15 p. m, with a full slate of ten races set for the eve- ning. The daily double includes the first two races and there are Quin- ielas on each race. Holy Cross Wins Sugar Bowl Tourney By BEN PHLEGAR NEW YORK # — Four major basketball powers held new laurels loday as they added holiday tour jament titles to their unbeaten tecords. Western Kentucky, the winning- et seaoel Paving & Majer Sere riinst Alabama and it’s not right|large, sun-kissed lads belong on ile, ran its string to an even dozen vith an 89-71 triumph over Louis- ‘lle in the final of the Kentucky hvitational at Louisville. Duquesne and Rice extended! heir streaks to 10 each, The owering Dukes from Pittsburgh vhipped Niagara 66-61 with jump- ng Dick Ricketts hitting for 30 points in the Garden Holiday Fes- tival in New York. Gene Schwinger and Joe Durren- berg combined in a late rally that ave Rice a 65-58 decision over} ‘exas in the final of the Southwest Conference Tournament at Hous- ton, Schwinger scored 24 points} and 84 in the three-game run, Holy Cross won the Sugar Bow! | Tournament with its seventh con- secutive victory, 66-56 over defend- ing champion Louisiana State. Kansas, last season's NCAA finalist but an early disap- pointment this winter, captured) the Big Seven Tournament: in a rough battle with Oklahoma 82-73, Navy, the surprise of the Dikie | Key West Kennel Club Results Winees--Cyernees Kennel’s Brindle B., September, 1951. Chinkajam—So ANDA CHO 6m 4m 300 Ww. A. ICE DEAR LAD 7.0 3.20 Quiniela (1-7) 18.80 PERFIDA 23.0 SECOND RACE ae Winner—Don Branson's Brindle B., June, 1949. Restorer, .—Meledy Mi MzLODY HILL ae te ae RIGHT HAND 11.60 © 4.00 Quiniela (6-7) 30.80 BOB STACK 3.00 Daily Double—Wanda Choice and Melody Hill paid 27.40 THIRD RACE Winner—Overseas Kennel’s Brindle D., June, 1952. Rural Stresk—Scatter- LEGAL LOOTER 3.00 2.80 Quiniela (5-8) 8.20 BUZZ 2.60 2.66 7.00 RACE SNOW Winner—| MEMORY TIME SEA DEVIL Bi BE FINAL COMSTOCK TIMBER RANGE CARLITA Winner—M. W. GLEN PAGE STARCIA PAGODA NEW YORK (#—Close observers \figured today a total of seven touchdowns should decide the five major New Year's Day football bowl games, Three of the contests—the Rose, the Orange and the Gator—looked close enough that the winning mar- gin in each might be a touchdown or less. The Sugar Bowl and the Cotton Bowl appeared a little more one- sided, although not by more than a couple of touchdowns apiece. Maryland continues to gate a slight nod over Oklahoma in the Miami Orange Bow! clash between what on paper are the two highest’ ranking clubs. The unbeaten Terra- pins of Jim Tatum won 10 games in gaining the No. 1 rating in the Associated Press poll. Oklahoma jlost its opener by a touchdown to |Notre Dame and was tied by Pitts- |burgh but wound up No. 4. The condition of Bernie Falon- ey’s left knee may make this game even closer, Faloney injured the knee in his last regular game lyet, although trainer Duke Wyre |says he will be available for some tion. Michigan State figures to start ja new Big Ten winning streak in {the Rose bowl at the expense o UCLA but it isn’t nearly as strong a favorite as the Midwest clubs its- hopes on All-America Paul Cameron. Both teams are in fine condition. major team in the country, rated over Auburn, loutfit from the Southeastern Con- \the most defense probably will |prevail, Georgia Tech's Engineers should losing extend Coach Bobby Dodd's win- ning bowl record to five games in | West Virginia at New Orleans. But ithe boys from the hills may prove every bit as good as their 8-1 rec- BILLY J.C. OVER MY SHOULDER SOPHINO Winner—F. B, Stutz’ RAMADAN TOAST OF THE TOWN TWINKLE Winner—Don Branson's Brindle B READANB' LIGHTNING RODNEY Fagg’s Brindle Pp Augut, 1951. The Gator Bowl at Jacksonville finds Texas Tech, highest scoring |>Y anything up to three touch- Classic at Raleigh, where it beat ; | defending mpion North Caro-isome quarters for including some | lina State in the semifinals, ran|relatively weak foes. a | out of gas against Duke in the final! Coach Art Lewis has drilled his and bowed 98-83. {Mountaineers hard for the past 10 In the Capital Tourfiament atidays. Tech has been satisfied with Arlington, Va., George Washington|only one full-scale drill. solved Richmond’s zone defense! Injuries have plagued both of the after a rough first half and won/Cotton Bowl foes, Alabama and the title with an 81-67 romp. favored Rice, with Alabama the Connecticut surprised previously hardest hit. unbeaten Dartmouth 70-58 for the! Quarterback Albert Elmore, in- New England Tournament title at!jured in a car crash during the Hanover, N. H. |Christmas vacation, definitely will Oklahoma A&M dumped Okla-/not suit up, Alabama Coach Red homé City University from the un-/Drew said last night. He added beaten ranks in the semifinals of|that two other regulars, right end the All-College Tournament at) Bud Willis and right guard Charles 5.80 4.20 7.80 3.20 40 FIFTH RACE Brindle D.. A bry 4. 18.00 3.00 3.20 Red B., . Ti Fred Whitehead’s B August., 1900. Time 6.00 3.00 7.60 SEVENTH RACE 3.60 3.20 4.40 EIGHTH RACE 9.40 4.20 3.40 4.60 3.80 3.40 NINTH RACE 9.40 3.60 11.20 3.60 3.40 8.60 TENTH RACE 3.60 4.00 3.60 Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK (#—Employing once more the practically infallible Tal- ‘bot system which enabled us dur- ing the p.st year to predict Roland weight title and Native Dancer's runaway victory in the Kentucky Derby, we are pleased to provide our readers (all both) with an ex- clusive preview of tomorrow's bow! games. Orange Bowl — The Oklahoma Sooners will win that showpiece by about two touchdowns, partly be- cause the Maryland team did not get voted the nation’s No. 1 with its great. quarterback, Bernie Fal- oney, sitting on the bench with a bad knee. No team can lose its finest back and be the same. Rose Bowl—We'll have to go along with Michigan State until the 'West Coast finally proves its the same field with the little, un- \dernourished specimens who annu- ally represent the Big Ten. UCL has an authentic All America in Paul Cameron, and he has a team {around him which can move the |ball from the single wing. But you know how it always is. Pretty soon often are at Pasadena, UCLA pins}the Big Ten backs begin going every which way with the ball and the volume of sound from the big bowl slowly subsides. Cotton Bowl—Rice over Alabama downs, with All America Kosse another explosive | Johnson showing off big before his first national audience. ference. The team that can muster} Sugar Bowl—The crystal ball is j& little clouded on this one, but we'll string with the odds makers and give Georgia Tech a split de- cision over West Virginia. Gator Bowl—Texas Tech, the their Sugar Bowl meeting with|™ighty scoring outfit from the Plains country featuring Bobby ‘Cavazos and 21 other talented backs, has to be the choice over ord, which has been criticized in|AUburm in what should be an eye- \filling offensive display. | Sun Bowl—Mississippi Southern, upstart conqueror of both those |fine old gentlemen, Alabama and |Georgia, rates a three-touchdown |margin over Texas Western in our home town, El Paso. } i Cage Practice ‘To Start Soon | Preparatery to the opening of the {Island City Basketball League, the LaStarza’s ascension to the heavy-/ FOURTH —L Branson’s Fawn D., May, 1952. Tumbling Weed—Miss Pacific im Quiniela (1-5) 18.60 1951, Mohamet—Night Trumpet Quiniela (3-5) 177.60 Bomb—Miss Vivian Quiniela (2-3) 105.40 ., November, 1951. Bill’s Find—Melody Mill 3.20 3.00 Quiniela (2-3) 20.20 Babee Pham Breeze Kennels, Inc.’s Brindle D., July, 1950. Rance Lee~ Kitt ROCK OF PLYMOUTH Cog CAPER PY WOMAN Quiniela (7-8) 24.40 Winner—Manuel Foster's Light Brindle D., November, 1951. Oklahoman—~ Bonnie Brook Quiniela (3-5) 23.40 . Dry Lake—Genteel Lady Quiniela (4-6) 40.40 Bow! Games Look Close To Experts Split T Teams To Meet In « e Gator Bow] | By F. T. Macfeely JACKSONVILLE, Fla. w—Two football teams that could almost! Pass for a carbon copy of each other meet for the first time to- morrow when Texas Tech and Au- burn play in the Gator Bowl game. Both are split-T teams with a penchant for rolling up touch- downs. Texas Tech’s Red Raiders rolled up enough to be national scoring champion with 428 points and take 12th place in the final Associated Press poll. Auburn’s Tigers rolled up enough to contend for the Southeastern Conference title right down to the last game, led the conference in offense and rates 17th in the AP These teams are similar in many departments, but there is one big difference—Texas Tech is a one- touchdown favorite to win game. Against a lone mutual opponent Texas Tech was exactly that much superior. Auburn tied Mississippi State 21-21 and Texas Tech beat ‘Mississippi State 27-20. Texas Tech has more team speed. Auburn’s line is heavier. But basically there is more sim- ilarity than’ difference. Both use the split-T offense. Both depart from it on occasion— Auburn into the Notre Dame box or |single wing; Texas Tech into a special formation Coach Dewitt Weaver identified as the L and jwhich resembles the single wing. Top quarterbacks on both teams are converted halfbacks whose run- ning ability equals their passing iprowess—Vince Dooley and Bobby Freeman for Auburn and Jack Kirkpatrick and Jerry Johnson for Texas Tech. Fullbacks James Sides of Texas Tech and Charlie Hataway of Au- burn are the charging, powerful straight ahead type of runners. Rick Spinks of Texas Tech and Joe Childress of Auburn, fullbacks jon the second units, are more elusive. In running, Texas Tech’s Bobby wazos looks better on paper than Auburn's Fob James Jr., but in passing Freeman of Auburn ‘Kirkpatrick of Tech. Both teams are strong all SEU EEEEEENEPEEEInTEEEEeEnEEEEe tackle, and Jim Pyburn, end. Tech TONICHT’S ENTRIES POST POSITIONS FIRST, RACE — 5-16 mile Grade 4 Mista Bizness Stop Joking Sooner Senator Kay Roo Red Secret Tom Mohegan Millie Hopkins Val Victory SECOND RACE — 5-16 mile Grede 4 Bang Bang Black Bomb Islander Cotton Nose Charlie Fax Tenny C. Viking Love Larry’s Star Dust THIRD RACE — 5-16 mile Grade M O. J. ‘S Inside Dapper Viking Sis Lekko Debras Boy Fawn Buddy R. 0. ‘S Rube Valkaria FOURTH RACE — 5-16 mile Grade 4 Linda North Markoney Predict Capricious Lady Migrator Srping Bunny Blue Manikin Boots-N-Saddle FIFTH RACE — 5-16 mile Grade 3 Capricorn Cuddly Cute My Bitsey Sod Buster Lovely Day Lustre Gal Judy Doll Sir Omar SIXTH RACE — 5-16 mile Grade 3 Fusbudget Meadow Craft Blissful Poinciana Southern Gent Riviera Delinquent Fancy Trouble SEVENTH RACE — 5-16 mile Grade 3 Slam Boogie Whisper Honey Wheat Pamadon Miss Guy Modern Age Portis Boy Selada ; EIGHTH RACE — 5-16 mile Grade 2 Modest Blond Gray Horn Roll Lassie Gene Huff Moderator Capehart Glory Hill Doublin Gal NINTH RACE — 5-16 mile Grade 1 Silver-N-Gold Queen O' Mine Babbling Bess Fame-N-Fortune Saginaw Bay Burning Bright Bardahl Lady Andover TENTH RACE — 3-8 mile Grade $ Princess Flax Fran’s Wish Lady Fiction Final Reward Lodi Verdi Deer Lucky Package Silver Bar Sid Goldfader, Brandeis Univer- sity fullback, has averaged seven yards per carry in each of his: three years as a varsity footballer. | Robert L. Chambers has been} trainer of Duke University athle- tic teams since 1933. He is also the head track coach. has an All-Border Conference tack! | in Jerry Walker and a set of fine ends in Vic Spooner and Paul Complete Electrical lies ber parttomerit as eee __—S—=—$—$———— Key West Outboard Motor Club. At 9:00 p. m., Evans Enterprises Oklahoma City with a 65-50 vic- Eckerly, would see only limited|City Recreation Department has/will meet the Jaycees. On Wednes- tory. The Aggies will meet Santa|action as will Curtis Lynch, who Clara, 59-51 conqueror of Wyoming|is supposed to understudy W'llis for the title tonight. jon the flank. At Jacksonville, Fla., the Uni-| All America Kosse Johnson of versity of Georgia won the Gator/Rice was still limping at yester- Bowl Tournament b y upsetting ‘day i i y Georgia Teachers 80-69, jatranged week of practice games jstarting on Jan. 4. All games will) |be played at the High School gym- jnasium, Starting time will be 8:00 pam. game, the day night the loosers of Monday night will meet Grace Lutherian’ and VX-1. Games for Thursday night will ibe announced later. Games will be played on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursday nights of each week. 4 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED CARBURETOR - GENERATOR BATTERIES . STARTER GENERAL TUNE-UP f ‘Thursday, December 31, 1953 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page s| Charley Conch’s | Selections | Charley “onch’s best bet of the! jevening: Burning Bright ninth race. (She's beaten the best jof them.) | Other selections: | |. First Race: Tom Mohegan, Vali ¢ “ictory and Sooner Senator. Second Race: How Many, Lar- ry's Star Dust and Wiking Love. Third Race: Dapper, Lekko and R K.’s Inside Fourth Race: Linda North, Pre- dict, Boots and Saddle. By WILL GRIMSLEY MELBOURNE # — Ken Rose- wall, a pint-sized racquet rifleman of 19, saved the coveted Davis Cup for Australia today by mowing down America’s depressed Wim- bledon champion, Vic Seixas, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the climactic fifth match of the Cnallenge Round. linto the simplest errors, the dark haired Sydney youngster swept: past his opponent in 93 minutes to give the Aussies a 3-2 victory and their 11th triumph since the series started in 1900, This was the fourth straight year the lads from Down Under have beaten off the Yanks in the Chal- lenge Round. The Americans won from 1946 through 1949, Although neither Rosewall nor Seixas played above-average tennis in the technical sense of the word, it was a good match from a com- petitive standpoint and the crowd of 17,500 that filled every seat in the Kooyong stadium got a big kick out of it, | | Right down to the final point |there was doubt about the winner, In one game of the final set, Seixas whipped into a 40-15 lead on Rosewall's service and looked to be about to break Ken’s delivery for the second time in a row. But the Australian had the weap- ons to run it out although Seixas fought off three match points. Vie went down fighting, but, at times he was discouraged by seemingly adverse decisions. He simply didn’t have the ground strokes to win. When it was all over, the spec- tators gave young Rosewall a standing cheer and showered the center court with séat cushions. Officials appealed repeatedly for order but the fans in the huge three-tier oval burst into a wild frenzy and ignored the appeals. Rosewall deserved everything. The youngster came back from a Australia Wins Davis Cup From US. With Crueial Victory Wed. | Nervous as a kitten at first, but) inhaling confidence as Seixas fell) Fifth Race: Capricorn, Sir Omar in the}and Judy Doll. Sixth Race: Riviera, Delinquent Jand Meadow Craft. Seventh Race : Portis Boy,Miss uy and Modern Age. Eighth Race: Gene Huff, Modest Blonde and Dublin Gal. Ninth Race: Burning Bright, La- dy Andover and Queen O Mine. Tenth Race: Verdi Deer, Prin- cess Flas and Final Reward. ‘Quarterback Club 'To Hold Meeting The Quarterback Club will | hold their first meeting of the | Mew year Monday, January 4, in the office of County Clerk Earl Adams, it was announced today. | President Earl Adams said | that the Quarterback Club will ask for the endorsement of high school principal Dr. Harold Campbell and the school bo@rd for a Jayvee football program at the high school. which forced Captain Harry Hop-| man to bench him in the doubles. He lost his first singles match to! America’s Tony Trabert and was| so unimpressive that he was re-| placed by Rex Hartwig for the tan- {dem event. He had one big psychological ad- jvantage, and that was that he had |beaten Seixas in all their previous ‘half-dozen meetings. For some un-| jknown reason, Vic, even at his ‘best, has folded before Rosewall. | And Seixas was not at his best to- day. Nor has he been since he ar- jrived in Australia. 7 Now with Rosewall and his fel- low 19-year-old, Lewis Hoad, ready \to fight off the challenge for years |to come, the question arises: When |will the United States win back the | cup? The Aussies are betting it will | be a long time. $$ $$ SAVE $$8§ § 'For QUALITY USED CARS| land General Auto Repairs’ TWINS GARAGE 1130 DUVAL ST. DIAL 2-2401 43 $$ SAVE $$$ 4% Youngsters To Play InSugar Bow! Came DALLAS, Tex. — Bart Starr jand Dicky Moegle, two of the youngest players ever to appear in the Cotton Bowl——Starf will be in his second bow! game at the age jof 19—face the biggest burdens jtomorrow when Alabama battles |Rice. | In the case of Starr, that passing man of Alabama, it’s pretty detfi- jnite. He might go the full 60 -min- utes because injuries have reduced jthe quarterbacks to Starr and a freshman, Ollie Yates, who has yet to play a down of varsity ball. Moegle, the sweep runner of Rice, could find himself shoulder- ing much of the work in advancing the ball if All-America Kosse Johu- son, the Owl fullback, can’t play at top speed. Johnson ‘still. favors an ankle sprain but Coach Jess | Neely thinks he will be able to play. Neely admitted, howévét, that the injury hadn't responded to treatment as expected and Johnson might not be as hearty physically as he was in smashing to $44-yards in 10 games this season. ° It’s sure that Moegle, barely 19 and destined to be a semior and still be in his teens, will take over Johnson's punting chores. Alabama, already riddled by in- juries, got more worrisome news yesterday when it was definitely determined that Albert Elmore, 2 big boy who can run well, would not be able to play in the game because of injuries received in an automobile accident, Elmore was the quarterback who divided time , with Starr, The Crimson Tide coach, Harold (Red) Drew, is putting:a halfback, Cecil Ingram, into the breach if Starr can’t go all the way. He also is starting a couple of fellows with bothersome injuries — Bud Willis at right end and Charles Eckerly at right guard. He said their work might be limited, British railWays carry three mil- lion passengers a day, os You SAVE MONEY WHEN YOU BUY A DEPENDABLE HESTER BATTERY With Its Self-Charging Feature WE BROUGHT BATTERY PRICES DOWN, You Help By A HESTER qartane LOU SMITH 1116 White Street