The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 18, 1954, Page 12

onchs Wobble To 25-0 Win Over St. Theresa Key West Tight On Defense, But Offense Sputtered In Opener Here By JIM Coss Citizen Sports Editor The Key West Conchs were anything but impressive last night in rolling up a 25-0 victory over an under-}} manned St, Theresa football team. It was perfectly obvious to 4,100 Key West. football | fans that it was the opener for both teams and that the The Yardstick First Downs Yards Gained Rushing _ Pasees Attempted Passes Completed ___ Yards Gained Passing Fumbles Own Fumbles Recovered St. Theresa 3 35 4 0 0 4 1 35 yards |. Conchs have a lot of hard work to do if they want to make a showing next Friday night when they meet Miami Tech in their first Gold Coast Conference start. The Conchs stuck pretty Much to straight football last night, running less than “half of the plays they hav, under their belt. The plays they did use were anything but smoothly executed Their timing was all off ‘-(witness six offside and two backfield in motion penal- ties) and the Conchs missed more blocking assignments than they fulfilled. Only bright spots for Coach Ed Beckman were the performance of his classy forward wall.and the of- fensive pyrotechnics displayed by halfbacks Red Stickney and Bill Haney and fullback Mike Cates. The forward wall, sparked by Wayne Brantley, Julio Henriquez, Johnny DeMerritt and Wambo Car- Donel, held the Saints to just 35 yards from scrimmage during the ballgame, The Conchs. started out listlessly last night and the first quarter pro- duced little action. A beautifully vexecuted pass from Bill Haney (who is very cool for a prep school aerial artist) to. John Carbonell ood for.15 yards made it appear as though Key Wést might be on & scoring march, but the first of & series of penalties set them back and the end of the quarter saw St. Theresa in possession on their own 40. The hard charging forward wall jarred the ball from St. Theresa ifback Bob Christie’s hands with a vicious tackle and Conch center Johnny DeMerritt pounced on it on the Sant 26 yard to set the stage the first score. Mike Cates, who gained a size- ble chuck of yardage through the middle for Key West throughout the evenihg, went down to the 18 on two successive plays. , Red Stickney; the Conchs’ break away runner, then wafted his way “around left end, eluded half of the Saint line, faked their secondary and went over standing up for the Key West's first score of the year. Haney’s placement for the extra point went wide to the left. The Conchs threatened again early in the second quarter when .Wayne Brantley covered a Saint fumble on their 22 yard line. Haney and Cates teamed up to 3 the ball down to the 10 yard e, but -a penalty set them back, After Stickney carried the ball on @ reverse that fizzled, the Conchs gave up the pigskin on downs, The Saints could gain not an inch on two running plays and they glected to kick from behind their own goal line. Joe Russel lofted .the kick up to the 40 where safety man Gene Favors took it and ghost- ed his way back to the Saint 13 yard marker. Then the penalties started. The Conchs lost 15 yards ‘for clipping, Haney bobbled and recovered for a five yard loss’ and the. officials slapped another 15 yarder on the Conchs for holding to set them ‘back to midfield. But Haney put the Conchs back into scoring position with a 30 yard toss to Favors. Haney then skirted Teft ‘end and was stopped on the Saint seven yard line. He tossed a pass which Saint linebacker Ed Lee managed to bat into the hands of John Carbonell that carried to the five. With just 23 seconds left in the first half, Red Stickney picked up ‘a first down on the Saint three yard sine. Cates then carried the mail ‘through the middle as the clock Fan out. The Conchs called a timeout to stop the clock with just 12 seconds ‘to go. Cates carried the ball on the payoff play and bulled the middle for the second Conch score. Haney split the uprights with ‘a perfect kick for the extra point to give Key West a 13-0 half- time * ‘The ’Conchs received in the sec- ond igi and took the ball on their ewn Haney sneaked up to the @ om two plays to pave the way * # High School Football By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS f |Miami Edison 19. Coral Gables 6 Key West 25 St. Theresa 0 Lake Worth 6 Vero Beach @ Clewiston 18 Pahokee 7 South Broward 12 Pompano 6 Seacrest 19 Stuart 0 South Dede 26 Naples 0 Melbourne 19 St. Ann’s 0 Cocoa 19 New Smyrna 12 Titusville 25 DeLand 19 Okeechobee 32 Moore Haven 0 Jacksonville Bishop Kenny 7,Jack- sonville Landon 6 Tampa Jefferson 0 Bradenton Man- atee 0 Tampa Plant 26 Boca Ceiga 12 Brandon 13 Zephyrhills 0 ‘°° Inverness’ 19 Chiefland 0 Webster 13 Clermont 7 Reddick 6. Newberry 0 Ocala, 32 P, K. Yonge 14 Avon Park 6 Fort Meade 6 Pinecrest 36 Mulberry 7 Orlando Boone 28 St. Petersburg 6 Webster 13 Clermont 7 ~ Groveland 27 Bushnell 0 ‘ St. Joseph (St. Augustine) 31° Flor- ida Deaf and Blind 0 Apopka 7 Sanford 6 Orlando Edgewater 27 Kissimmee 7 Starke 19 Macclenny 0 Branford 7 Alachua 6 Lake, Butler 20 Jasper 12 Jacksonville Beach Fletcher 13 Gainesville 7 Quincey 19 Madison 6 High Springs. 37 Cross City 0 White Springs 19 Dunnellon 12 Live Oak 20 Perry 0 Lake City 20 Fernandina Beach 18 Saekagayilig Lee 6 Fort Lauderdale Tampa Hillsborough 14 Lakeland 0 Hernando 26 Crystal River 6 Palatka 13 Green Cove Springs 12 Tallahassee 12. Archbishop ‘Curley 7 Ketterlinus 41 Daytona Beach Sea- breeze 0 Carvey High 12 Dorsey 0 Ea LES ARETE ce for the outstanding play of the eve- ning — Stickney’s 60 ‘yard jaunt for the Conchs third score. Stickney took the route that led through right tackle, sucked the Saint secondary into making a pass for him and then cut to the left to outdistance the defense. An exchange of punts marked the remainder of the third quar- ter — although Stickney took off for another TD jaunt, only to have the play called back because of a Key West penalty. This time, Stick- ney had gone off right tackle and pretty much duplicated his earlier jaunt. A 15 yard penalty against St. Theresa aided the ‘Conchs to theit iy score midway in the fina) per- Everett Atwell and Peal Higgs, along with Stickeny, had carried the ball down to the Saint 22 after Key West had taken a punt. The penalty put the ball on the seven, and Stickeny romped over on one of the few reverses the Conchs ran last night. The try for the point was foiled by a bad pass from cen- ter. The end of the ball game saw the Saints being pushed back on two successfive offside penalties and a five yard loss engineered by the defensive work of Paul Higgs and Joe Russo, GRIDIRON GLEANINGS: The Honor Guard ef American Legion Post 28 presented the high school with an American Flag in_ pre- game ceremonies. Past Command- er Vance Stirrup made the pre- sentation with High School princi- pal Dr, Harold Campbell accept- ing. . .During the halftime show, Dr. Campbell lauded the people who played a part in making the new stadium possible — and who have worked to make football the most popular spectator sport in the city. . .Please kids, for the sake of the nerves of your elders, please refrain from perching on the rail- ing atop the bleachers. Some spec- tators could hardly keep their mind on the ballgame for fear the youngsters would topple off and fall to the ground — sothe 30 feet below. CONCH AERIAL CONNECTS—End Gene Favors sprints down the sidelines after taking a pass from halfback Bill Haney dur- ing last night's 25-0 victory over St. Theresa. Aerial was good for 34 yards and set the stage for Key West score. Page 12 Cockell, Valdez Mentioned As Title Seekers By MURRAY ROSE NEW YORK (#—Ezzard Charles has gone the way of the other 40 of heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano’s knockout victims aad now it looks like either England’s Don Cockell or Cuba’s Nino Valdes will get the next chance to test the unbeaten Brockton Blaster’s dyna- mite. “Cockell or Valdes—the one who brings the most money—is next,” said Manager Al Weill. Rocky nodded his head. “It’s the’ same to me,” said Mar- ¢iano as Dr. Alexander Schiff ban- daged a nasty cut on the tip of his nose and patched a % cut on his left brow. “But he ain’t going to go any more this year,” said Weill. “Rocky will need plastic surgery to fix that cut on his nose. Febru- ary? Maybe. We'll see, First we gotta leave at 4 p.m. today for Los Angeles. Rocky’s on that comedy hour Sunday with Eddie Fisher, Then we gotta consider a movie offer, a job’in Las Vegas, and a European refereeing tour. For fighting next, we’re going inter- national—Cockell or Valdes.” Rocky really has to look abroad for his next opponent fr his eight- rund knckout of Charles last night wiped out his last major challenger in the U.S. The 33-year- old Charles, making an unpre- cedented third bid to become the first ex-champion to regain the ti- tle, went down for the full count at 2:36 after absorbing a wither- ing barrage from the bleeding and beserk Bomber. Down for the second time in the round and for the third time in the one-sided tussle that lacked the drama of their June original, Charles just managed to get on his feet after referee Al Berl had tolled “ten.” There were many in the crowd of 34,330 at Yanke Stadium who thought that Ezzard could have beaten the count if he had given it the real college try but the gal- lant champion said “I don’t think so. He was dazed.” “I was groggy but I still had my senses,” said Charles, who was virtually unmarked and looked more like the winner than the loser. “My gloves weren’t touch- ing the floor. I could have gone on fighting if they had let me. I think in two rounds I would have beat him. He was cut pretty bad.” Maybe Ezzard’s handlers had thought so too, but nobody else did. This wasn’t like their sus- Penseful first fight three months ago when Charles got off to a big lead, chopped a wide gash over Rocky’s left eye in the fourth, and had a chance to win as late as the 14th round. This was @ one-way battle after the first’ round. Charles tossed left hooks and short rights to win the first round—the only one he re- ceived from the three officials— but in the second the charging, bull-like Marciano took command. The strong, driving champion THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, September 18, 1954 Key West Had Control Of Game Here Last Night By BEVERLY JONES Key West High School The football game between Key West and St. Theresa was a pretty good game. The first quarter was the tough- est quarter for the Conchs. They! were not able to'score, though a couple of times they came close only to lose out on a fourth down. In the second quarter, our first and second touchdowns were scor- ed. The first was scored by Red Stickney. He skirted his own left end and went over from 18 yards out. Mike Cates scored the second | touchdown from St. Theresa’s one yard line. *-ney’s kick was good to ‘ make it 13-0, “i On the second play of the t' quarter, Stickney broke through | right tackle and went all the way. The kiek was no good. The Conchs scored their fourth touchdown in the fourth quarter to make it 25-0. That wrapped up the scoring. The touchdown was made by Stickney. In the fourth quarter it rained quite a bit and the ball got quite slippery. Key West was in ‘almost com- Plete control of the field defen- sively and offensively. The Conchs quickly snuffed out all St. There- sa’s touchdown drives while mak- ing four themselves, A traveling man is Bill Yeaman, new assistant football coach at Michigan State. He won varsity letters at both Texas A. and M. and Army. whacked three solid rights to Ezzy’s body and then bombed the Cincinnati Negro with a right to the head that floored Charles for two. Charles was staggered repeated- ly thereafter but it wasn’t until the eighth that he hit the deck again. He went down for two again from a series of rights and then crumpled for keeps after a full- scale bombardment. | The second round was the key | one according to Marciano and co-trainers Charley Goldman and DOWN THE MIDDLE—Red Stickney is brought to earth b: line plunge in last night's tilt. y a host of St. Theresa tacklers during Conch Guard Ray Bazo (No. 17) looks on. Football Scores | Miss. Southern 7. Alabama 2 | Southern California 33, Washingion State @ |. Norwich 20 Chattanooga 24, Jacksonville (Ala) Tehrs @ Kirksville (Mo) 20,Southwestern (Kan) @ College of Emporia 28, (Kan) @ North Dakota Stat Augustana 6 (tie) Valley City (ND) 13, Ellendale (ND) Jamestown (ND) 13, Mayville (ND) @ Ottawa (Kan) 33, Central (Mo) @ Buena Vista 13, Westmar 0 Luther (lowa) 26, Sim, ° Kearney ( $2, McPherson 6 Central ¢ 35, Carthage = (Wis) 6, St. Cloud Southern Arkansas 14, East Central Oxia Ricks 33, Carroll (Mont) 19 ‘ Major League Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—Avila, Cleveland, 338. RUNS-Mantle, New York. 123. RUNS BATTED IN-Berra, New Yoru, HOME RUNS-Doby, Cleveland, PITCHING—Consuegra, Chicago, NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING - Snider, Brooklyn. 343. RUNS BATTED IN-Kluszewski, Cincim NOME RUNS Kluszewski, Cincinnati, PITCHING Antonelli, New York, it's co +e, Clergymen outnumber bartend- ers three to one in Texas. BUY A Guaranteed By BEN PHLEGAR AP Sports Writer Bobby Avila’s stock rose to new heights today in the race for “he most valuable player in the Amer- ican League. The peppy Cleveland second baseman, almost a shoo-in for the batting title, made himself person- ally responsible for at least a share in the pennant with a grand slam home run in Detroit last night. | The blast gave the Indians their | eighth straight victory and made} certain they will still be in first place on the last day of the season. The liner into the lower left field seats of Briggs Stadium brought an end to the five year dominance | of the New York Yankees who| would have to win all their re- maining games and have the In- dians lose all of theirs to gain even a tie. Avila made the difference since the final score was 6-3 and the count was even at 2-2 when he came to bat with the bases load- ed in the seventh. It was quite a day for Avila. Be- fore the game, he bought a ball club, the Mexico City entry in the Mexican Winter League. Avila said it cost him “mucho pesos.” His home run made it a lead pipe cinch that he’ll collect a good share of those pesos from the World Series. The Yankees were making what probably will be their last visit to Philadelphia when the bad news came in from Detroit. They had just mauled the hapless Athletics 10-3 for their 98th victory. They'll probably win more than 100 games, something no other runner- up ever has done in the American League. In the National League the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers were beaten but Milwau- j kee prolonged its faint chance with a 6-4 triumph over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Giants bowed to Robin Rob- erts and the Philadelphia Phillies plenty of Avila’s Grand Slammer Paces Indians To 8th Straight Win: sent the Indians off to a lead but {Brooks beat themselves with their | Detroit tied it in the sixth with | five errors in the first four innings. | Brooklyn trails New York by 4% | games and Milwaukee j; 644 back. The Giants have eight to play, the Dodgers seven and the Braves | nine. the help of errors by Avila and Al Smith. Avila’s homer was his 24th of the season and his first with the bases full. Lefty Tommy Byrne checked the | Athletics on eight hits and drove in three of the Yankee runs with | two doubles and a single. | The Braves bullpen stopped the Cardinals on three hits in the last six innings. Dave Jolly, second of four pitchers, received credit for | his 10th success. A triple by Bill! Bruton, Danny O’Connedl’s single, | a double by Eddie Mathews and an error produced the winning runs in the fifth after St. Louis | had tied the score at 4-4 in the fourth. A single by Del Ennis with one out and the: bases loaded ruined Johnny Antonelli’s bid for his! 22nd victory. Roberts picked up No. 21 as he held the league lead- | ers to seven hits. Stan Lopata| homered with one aboard for the| Phils. | Max Surkont gave the Dodgers only five hits and the jittery | Meeting Set A meeting of the Industrial Bowling League will be held| Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Double | A bowling alleys, Front and Sim-| onton Streets. All team captains are request- | ed to attend. MARES, FILLIES RUN NEW YORK #—The fillies and mares will have their big day at} Aqueduct Race Track today, with the winner of the $50,000-added Beldame Handicap picking up | support for the 1954} championship of the distaff divi- sion. HESTER BATTERY With Its Emergency Self Charging FEATURE A $15.58 Battery That Fits Most Cars —ONLY— $8.95 i Lou Smith, 1116 White PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the Key West Safety Council has declared the week of September 20, 1954, through September 26, 1954, as “Safety Week” and WHEREAS, said Council desires to present activities during said week throughout all of Monroe County, Flor- ida, in an attempt to create more interest in safety work and acquaint the public with the necessity for increased safety measures within the City of Key West, Florida, and the highways throughout Monroe County, Florida, and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, being aware of the increased accident rate throughout Monroe County, Florida, and said Board is in favor of the program outlined for this week, now, therefore, I, Gerald Saunders, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, do pacts § claim, announce and officially declare the week pm tember 20, 1954, through September 26, 1954, as “Monroe County Safety Week” and request and urge all the citizens of Monroe County, Florida, to participate in the program and activities whi will be conducted by the Key West Council during said week and to carry out the high standards of safety set during this week for the entire coming year. IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have here unto set my hand and caused to be fixed the official seal of Monroe ty, Florida, this 15th day of September, 1954. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA (SEAL) By: Gerald Saunders, Chairman. Attest: EARL R. ADAMS, County Clerk. 4-3. Brooklyn committed five er-| rors in losing to last place Pitts-| burgh 9-1 in the Dodgers’ worst game of the year. | In other action the Baltimore! Orioles defeated Chicago 5-1 on two-run home runs by Bob Kenne- | dy and Chuck Diering and Dean! Stone of the Senators backed up| his own three-hitter with a three-| run homer as Washington! swamped Boston 8-0. Bob Lemon posted his 23rd vic- | tory for Cleveland, tops in both leagues. He allowed six hits. Al| Allie Colombo. CONTENTED CADETS | PH. MEAMI 89-4368 FLORIDA MILITARY ACADEMY’ Rosen’s two-run homer in the first | 20 girls will be eccopted to be treined es mejoreties under direction of competent lastructress. COL. C. K. (BOB) YOUNG PH. HOLLYWOOD 2-167! 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