The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 16, 1954, Page 5

Duquesne Ousts Kentucky For First Place In National Cage Rankings Indiana Keeps Third Place In Spite Of Loss To Northwestern By HUGH FULLERTON Jr, Hh i ? lithe ie i $ ¢ J i $ 8 , but, just like last week, scored heavily on those they were placed lower. in the performances of teams accounted for the! sentiment, but indica- were that the backers of In-! and Oklahoma’ A&M. swung) Duquesne after their fa- were beaten. The Hoosiers ki Aggies both were beaten second time this season past week aud their fell off. ina retained third place with 650 points, in spite of a loss to low-ranking Northwestern, But the Aggies, ‘beaten by their bitter neighborhood rival Oklahoma, dropped to fifth behind Western Towa, which tied Indiana Satur- day forthe Big Ten conference made a surprise appearance in 10th place, edging out Maryland by a-single point. The votes were tabulated ‘before last night, when Ohio State upset Iowa 77-69 while Indiana swamped Purdue 86-50. The Le Salle Explorers, whose game winning streak was end- ed by Temple, lost their place in the top 10, skidding clear down to lath while Seattle and George Washington, a pair of onetime los- ers, improved their ratings. After the first five came Notre Dame, George Washington, Holy az mi ual Hi E & Cross and Iowa in that order.|ber George washington registered the big gain, bouncing from 10th place “he leading tea ms on a 10-9-8- 7-€-5-4-3-2-1 basis (first-place votes fm parentheses): 3. Indiana (7) .... = 4 Western Kentucky (5) .....650 B Oklahoma A&M (5) sevisn.468 6. Notre Dame (2) eres 308 4. Seattle (6 &. George Washington (11).....273 9, HOLY Cr0ss (6). sesninmunnens Boxing Results MONDAY’S FIGHTS By The Associated Press: BROOKLYN — Floyd Patterson, 167%, Brooklyn, decisioned Yvon) Durelle, Canada, 170%, (8), MIAMI—Harold Johnson, “174%, Philadelphia, Doe Wil- liams, 186, Newark, N:J.,-(8). PORTLAND, Me.—Jimmy Beau, 159%, New Canaan, Conn., Joe Grimard, 156%, Bath, Maine, (8). (Pat). Brady, 138%, New York, decisioned Ben ‘Miloud, 140%, French Morocco, (10). Olmstead, 127, Springfield, Mass., (8). HAMMOND, Ind.—King Solomon, 160, Chicago, stopped Jimmy Guy, 155, Detroit, (2). ACTRESS SUES FIFTH HUSBAND LOS ANGELES W—Lisa Wilson, ‘actress and model, has sued husband, Jerome B, Thomas, from their home. Miss Wilson, 30, whose suit ‘was filed yesterday, charged she had suffered physical violence at the hands of Thomas, 33, movie writer and producer. She asked for $545 montlily pending trial of her suit. They were married here in Octo- 1952, Joe Louis started his ‘boxing career on July 4; 1934 by knocking out Jack Cracken in one round, 11, Maryland (9) 204 12, La Salle -crvmnsenemmenennennsd TD 650| 13, Louisiana State pemcsmnmd2d 14. Duke (1) .. 15, Wichita (1)... sumenenenmsemensnT® 16. Oklahoma City snnsesemnTl, 17. Dayton ... 18. Minnesota 19. Colorado, A&M (2) srusenu3L 10, TOWA (1) enone Tveeday, February 16,1954 TH 20. 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So is New/tant than jumping contests, Zealand, which has the same regu- lof the animal diseases which ape enegennes, sttered at no extra|the track was oval shaped, vee ee icost, is ja’ le equestrian events ly must have had the! * PROVIDENCE, BI. :— Denis ary prsaireanw Shiai heaped \be conducted in Yankee Stadi beac ried, they. can make certain that|—Complete with an Olympic fl they do ‘not enter their country if thought necessar HOLYOKE, Mass.—Harry Smith,|and threaten their economy. The|ourne folks be lei e 130, Brooklyn, decisioned Meryijrest of us have to live with them, |Pare for the two-legged events, ithough.we-have by rules as strict as Australia’s managed to eradi- 3 See cate sucha terrible disease as less than fair to criticize John hoof and great wool-producing countries. It/of exports vast quantities to this coun-|¢! sep r try. Think what it would do tojfails to run a mile in four minutes.|who insist upon providing alibis their economy, as well as to ours, | if they were to ‘permit a sheep disease to. be introduced. Also, separate maintenance horses Routes relator ee portant’ to their agriculture than|bly anxious that one of their own | should win the distinction of crack- ing the histories four-minute bar- rier that their disappointment shows through each time Landy misses. In his latest try at Sydney the Aussie star was clocked in 4:05.6. He was running on grass, which is conceded by track authorities to/ be somewhat slower than specially prepared surfaces. Only a few years ago the time he set would have been a new world record. It VX-1 Rallies To Defeat The By Gayle Talbot aggieved|they are to ours, or have been for| was, in other words, an outstanding) Q)ythoard Club | beter ary are lhorse riders who would strip Aus- 25 years. \effort in every — a tralia of:the next ic Games| “We no longer are a horse coun-| Yet it was ma’ lor American) Coach Hareld Allen's net unless their mans aetna try, yet we insist upon giving enthusiasts by the dispatches’ Led by niin = men are boasting of 2 1-1 re |15 evade the Aussies’ stringent six-|/blood tests to every horse entering which moaned from the start that /scored 18 points, aycees dump- cord after defeating the Mi- month quarantine and compete in|the country from continental Eu-|Landy had been forced to make ed the Independents, 45-41, in an) ami Jackson tennis. team Jest the equestrian events at Melbourne rope. They are not released until bis run against a “head” wind, Island City Basketball game last week. need not look for. support from|we obtain a negative result. Weland which quoted the opinion of al\night at the High S 2 Gym.. | ‘one of this country’s leading auth-'do not permit live cattle to enter Australian track official that this} The Jaycess, trailing 113 in the SSS ori on the™ of animal|from any countries except Austra-/unusual wind added “six to seven laycees, i ‘diseases. ; \lia, New Zealand, Canada and/seconds’” to the runner’s time. first quarter, broke loose with an Dr.’ Francis: Herchenroder of Ireland.” Let’s face it, this was being slight-'13 point second quarter to get back in the ball game. They took the lead in the third period with Sweeting contributing seven points, to the 16 point quarter. Sweeting, with 4 field goals’ and ten free throws, also led the Jay- jers quarantine laws more impor-|obvious that the necessity of buck-/cees defensively. Fito Lastres sank Ths tin ae tant Por\ing the wind in the final sprint/13 points to pace right behind . ‘ , when he was tired, Sweeting. For the Independents, The Olympic Games were being|{F the tape, w . a : tions. held for a long time before horses cost him sone Taes ene Hes Gonenies droupet in aaicien “As the- Australians have none|#"4 canoes got into the act. Our| But as it ales was obvious ba lea te Den Site ee | There is no questioning that such horsewomen that they were right/tralia at this time of the year is or wrong in wrangling with the|a handicap to a miler. We watched “I just say. that the ‘Ansttalians,| ium | same dust-laden breeze at his back] ame)a good part of the time, no one y—and the Mel-| suggested that he had been robbed ft alone to pre-/hy a head wind. It was only noted, |that conditions were poor and that oe HLandy’s time undoubtedly suf-; YORK (#—It is a good bit' fered, That, we believe, ts what the public would have preferred to read this time. It is no disgrace not to have run a four-minute jmile—not yet, anyway—and those Jaycees 318 16 8 4 Independent ll 1669 5 41 The VX-1 Flyers had to come from behind in the fourth quarter to defeat the Key West Outboard Club, 39-32. It was 9th straight win and increased their league lead to) three full games. The Flyers led 8-7 at the end of the first quarter, but the Outboard Club came back to take at the end of the half, 17-16. | The Flyers took the lead once jagain in the third quarter and kept jit through the remainder of the game. Bob Edwards, VX-1 center,! was the one who clinched the win ‘for the Flyers. He scored 8 of the | NEW mouth. Landy, the superb Australian dis- “Australia is ‘one of the world’s tance runner, because some sort alibi always comes winging |across the Pacific every time he The alibis seldom come from|for such a great athlete as Landy Landy himself. The trouble is that are only doing him a disservice. the Australian people, especially We were pained to see him de- the avid track fans, are so terri-\scribed as “the man who always |seems to have an alibi.” still are much more im- Jaycees Nip Independents In City Cage League Mon. 13 points the Flyers tallied in the final period. Edwards was the high scorer for the Flyers with 8. Gene Skaggs Jed the Outboard Club's scoring with 10. Score: Outboard Club 7” 872 VX-1 8 81013 39 Evans Enterprises finally dump- beaten ranks with a 50-46 victory in the final game of the evening. The Flyers had to play two games which were postponed to allow them to participate in a Navy tournament last week. Evans took a 10-7 lead in the Flyers bounced back in the third period and came to within 4 points of Evans’ lead, but Evans tighten- ed up in the final period and matched the Flyers point for point. Bob Cooper was Evans big gun both in offense and defense. His 17 points led Evans’ attack. and he had controlled the backboard on defense. Chuck Malby chipped in with 13 points to aid Evans’ of- fensive power. For the Flyers, Breward Miller, Bill Totten, and Bill Pitt each dropped in 10 points. | The win was the fourth of the season, Score: VX-1 7 1 15 1346 Evans 10 17 10 13 50 Basketball Standings Ww iL Pet VX-1 ot Outboard Club 83 Independents 47 Evans Ce 1 ‘Teacher Leaves Sizable Estate | CHICAGO WA retired school- iteacher who invested savings from her teaching salary amassed an estimated $631,000, according to an inheritance tax return filed in Cook jed the VX-1 Flyers from the un.\County Court. | The tax return was for te es- ite of Miss Grace E. Jackson, 85, who died Jan. 27, 1953. She retired 21 years ago from her posi- tion as a Latin teacher at a Chi- cago high school. | Court attaches said that as far as was known her only major first quarter and increased the SUFce of income was ter teaching, llead to 27-18 at half time. 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