The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 4, 1954, Page 6

Gators Surprise Experts In SEC Gridiron Battle Subs Share In Limelight In SEC Conflict SEC FOOTBALL By MERCER BAILEY Associated Press Sports Writer A substitute on a football team often is a forgotten man, but at Teast half a dozen subs shared the limelight with established stars in Southeastern Conference games last weekend. And while these unsung lads were making their grabs for grid glory, Florida’s underrated Gators scrambled. into the center of the SEC championship picture. Just a week after toppling Geor- gia Tech’s Sugar Bowl champions, Florida surprised the experts by bumping Auburn’s Gator Bowl boys 19-13, The Gators’ only loss this season was a 3414 setback by Cot- ton’ Bowl champion Rice. Only three other teams are bat- ting 1.000 in conference competition so far—Mississippi, Alabama and ‘Tennessee. The Vols play both Ala- bama and Florida later and those games shou‘d narrow the field con- siderably. Mississippi, through no fault of the Rebs, doesn’t meet either of the other three prime eontenders. But back to those subs: Jim Tait and Frank Sabbatini, a pair of third string halfbacks, each scored a touchdown on a nice run to ignite Mississippi State’s flatering offense against Arkan- sas State. After that, the Maroon Tegulars, perhaps fearful of losing their starting roles, began to click and ground out a 46-13 victory. Soph quarterback Freddie Wil- cox, third stringer at the start of the season, took charge of Tulane in the final period, returned a punt $2 yards to the North Carolina 16 and shortly thereafter passed seven yards for a touchdown which tied the highly favored: Tar Heels 7-7. Delmar Hughes, a sub signal- aller who starred in Kentucky’s loss to Maryland, provided the all- important extra point in the Wild- cats’ 7-6 victory over Louisiana State. George Volkert, replacing in- Paul Rotenberry, raced 49 yards for Georgia Tech’s touch- For ALL “— Monroe Specialty Co. 1930 FLAGLER AVE. "Eka e For A Quick Loan $25 TO $300 See “MAC” 703 Duval Street TELEPHONE 2.8555 Wertz Won't Rest On Laurels; Wants To Improve Fielding By BEN PHLEGAR CLEVELAND @—Vic Wertz has the first-base job with the Cleve- land Indians sewed up for next season but he said today he’s going “to work like a dog” to earn the right to keep it. “Yl make it. I gotta make it and I’m going to make it. I'll take dancing lessons all winter if it'll help,” he said. The 29-year-old Pennsylvanian was the only. bright spot in the World Series collapse of the Cleve- land Indians. He led both clubs in hits with eight, four of them in the first game, and his .500 average was tops among the reg- ulars, After seven seasons ‘in the ma- jors as an outfielder, Wertz ap- peared headed for oblivion with the Baltimore Orioles until he was traded suddenly on June 1 to the Indians. At the time his stock had hit an all-time low. He had struck out his first six times up as cleanup hitter for the new Orioles and the Baltimore ‘fans rode him unmer- cifully. The one-time slugger was a .202 benchwarmer when he was traded. “Tt was just like a pardon from the governor,” he said. “I was getting a second chance. “I had gotten in a rut playing for the St. Louis Browns and the Orioles. When you’re playing for a club that’s always losing its easy to get in a rut. With Cleveland everything was suddenly brighter. “Hank Greenberg straightened out my batting problems and when I get the bugs out of the fielding at first Pm going to be ready for down and Burton Grant, in the game for only one play, kicked a field goal which gave Tech a 10-7. victory over Southern Meth- odist, Tennessee’s Johnny Majors, who can be considered a sub only be- cause he has the fine tailback Jim- my Wade ahead of him, filled in beautifully forthe injured Wade. He netted 109 yards in 21 rushes in the Vols’ 76 loss to Duke, Alabama came to life in the last half to beat Vanderbilt 28-14, Texas A. & M. upset Georgia 6-0 and Mississippi walloped Villanova 520 to round out SEC activity. After three toughies in a row, Florida can ease off a bit this week. The Gators meet Clemson in a night game at Jacksonville. In other tilts under the lights, Auburn will try to regain its winning ways against, Kentucky in Lexington and Ole Miss visits the valiant Vandy Commodores. LSU is at Georgia Tech, Tulsa at Alabama, Georgia at North Carolina, Mississippi State at Tulane and Chattanooga at Tennessee. Tunee vores MIAMI at POPULAR PRICES ero Located in the Heart of the City REASONABLE RATES ROOMS WRITE or WIRE for RESERVATIONS with BATH and TELEPHONE Ritz 132 - ge St. Elevator Solarium Pershing HOTEL 226 N.E. 100 Rooms Elevator Heated Miller HOTEL Ist Ave. 229 N.E. 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In the “B” Hydro Class, Ray Miller, though he failed to finish in the money, still gained enough points to retain a svery slim lead. As the “D” 1 Class failed to have on hand the four boats required, Wild Bill Porter is left on top in points from the previous race. Following is the list of boats in the money in their respective class- es in Sunday’s races: “BY” Runabouts 1. Jerry Schnaedelbach, 2. Gene Skaggs 3. John McKillip “BY Hydros 1, Jimmy Hanson 2. Bascom Grooms 3. Cecil Cates Jr. Free for All . Raymond Maloney 2. Ray Miller . 8. Jerry Schnaedelbach Leo Will Lead Giants In’55 DUROCHER SPORTS 180 NEW YORK (#—Leo Durocher, manager of the world champion New York Giants, will be back at the helm in 1955. Scotehing all rumors he intend- ed. to. quit the Giants and leave baseball entirely. Durocher prom- ises he'll be back seeking a sec- ond straight pennant next year. The triumphant manager left last night for his Beverly Hills, Calif, home for a rest. He was accompanied by his actress wife Laraine and their two children, Michele and Chris. “T have absolutely no plans of doing anything other than holding the. job I have,” he said before | leaving. “T don’t know how those rumors | Started..I am not considering any other offers. Right now all I’m interested in is to take a good Test.and be with my family.” Rumors throughout the regular season persisted that Durocher and his boss, President Horace Stone- ham of the Giants, weren’t exactly on chummy terms. But they were Saturday when Stoneham em- braced Leo in the clubhouse aft- er the Giants had applied the crusher to the Cleveland Indians. In between hugs and kisses, the elated Giant owner lauded Leo for his brilliant masterminding in the Series. Run-Around Charged MIAMI, Fla. (Nino. Valdes, No. 1 contender for the world heavyweight championship, “is getting the run - around” from Rocky Marciano, says-his manag- er, Bobby Gleason. you just The New York Giants all-time record for hitting safely in con- secutive games was set by Freddy Linsdstrom with 24 is @m ‘Auld Glootie “Tops Experts” Charlie Mendoza, writ- ing on The Citizen’s sport page, as Auld Clootie, was one of the very, very few sports writers to pick the Giants as World Series victors. Of the few other sports experts who picked the Giants to take the Series, so far as The Citizen has learned, none predicted four straight for New York. Former Champ Bowls Sunday At Boca Chica Bowling enthusiasts at the Naval Air Station were privileged Sunday to see an exhibition match in which a former world champion partici- pated, ‘Eddie Doerr, 1947 ABC doubles event champion, came to Key West from Miami with Mike Praznovsky, bowling ball dealer, for a showing of a 30 - minute bowling movie fol- lowed by the exhibition match. As the third member of their team, Doerr and Prazonvsky had Navy man Frank Deutsch. Their opponents were Hap Berryhill, Capt. C. H. Hutchings and Pete Preston. Although the Boca Chica team topped the visitors with a 1630 to- tal against 1620, all scratch bowl- ing, the former champion had high series of 610. Scores were: Deutsch, 159, 152 and 167 — 478 series; Doerr, 202, 216, and 192 — 610 series; and Praznovsky, 172, 162 and 180 — 514 series. Berryhill, 160, 164 and 207 — 531 series; Hutchings, 188, 214 and 174 — 576 series; and Preston, 175, 171 and 187 — 533 series. EXHIBITION GAME SLATED TONIGHT The Poinciana Giants will play Mike’s Plumbers in an ex- hibition baseball game tonight at 7:30 p. m. in Wickers Sta- dium. If the game is canceled because of rain it will be held Thursday night. Boilermakers’ Win Over Notre Dame Was Not A Fluke By ED CORRIGAN AP Sports Writer Four years ago Purdue snapped a Notre Dame unbeaten streak at 39 games. That Boilermaker club won only one more game that sea- son, so the suspicion was that it was one of those flukes that happen every so often. This year they broke a modest Notre Dame unbeaten streak of 13 games and in the process hand- ed 26-year-old Terry Brennan his first defeat as a varsity college coach. This one, you may be sure, was no fluke. Coach Stu Holcomb has a solid club, several good veterans and a fine crop of sophomores headed by the fantastic Len Dawson, who in his first two games has pitched eight touchdown passes. He com- pleted 7 of 12 in the Boilermakers’ 27-14 conquest of the Irish. Stock Car Racing Has Suffered At Palm Beach Track WEST PALM BEACH (#—Stock car racing has taken a financial beating at the Palm Beach Speed- way this year because of rains which have cut severely into at- tendance. The 100-mile Grand National Stock Car Race was called off Saturday night after time trials had been run because the gate receipts amounted to less than one half of expenses. Shortly before the race, Carl Queen, director of the speedway, announced to the crowd that only $2,200 was in the till, while the drivers’ purses alone would| amount to twice that much. The fans were given their money back. The race, sanctioned by the Na- tional Association of Stock Car Racing, ‘is one in which points | are given toward national cham- pionships. Page 6 Industrial Bowling League Club— Double A Bowling Allie: Navarro, Inc. __.... 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He designed and copyrighted his new “spotter numerals” and said: “For the sake of eyesight and just for plain patience and tem- perament I’ve got to sell the University on the idea—and may- be others.” That he’s done. The University of New Mex- ico will use Douglass’ contour numerals at all its home games. The NCCA board allowed New Mexico to go ahead on an ex- perimental basis if it could get permission of its field opponents Utah State, Arizona, Montana, Colorado A&M and New Mexico A&M were quick to give per- mission. Arizona and the New Mexico Aggies are in the Border Conference—the rest in the Sky- line Conference. Getting the permission of the NCCA was the first step in breaking tradition. The rule spe- cifies jersey numerals must be of the “block type with bars 1% inches wide.” They must be eight inches tall in front and 10 inches tall in back. M. Cuthrie Is Top Kegler As Navy Wives Bowl Margaret Guthrie, bowling on the Sigsbee Snackery team, rolled noth first and second high single lines in the Navy Wives bowling com- petition Sept. 30. Her scores were 179 for the top line and 178 for second. Ann Mace, NCCS, had third high line with 174. The NCCS team chalked up the high team series of 2,046, Team standings are: Kotton King NCCS Sewing Machine Center Sigsbee Snackery A and B Storage Maury’s Luggage Coca Cola Fausto’s Food Palace Hewumnae eS waaumener USING TWO University of New Mexico ends to get across his number, Prof. Ralph Douglass idea of contour numerals on football j Douglass’ numbers follow spe- cifications except they are not block and bars are one inch wide. He uses the thinner, rounded numbers since more space makes for greater legibility. His graphic description of old block num- erals: “First you make out the eight in number 83 (this while :the player. is moving) then you man- age to catch the three (as the player turns). Your mind cor- relates the sequence and you fig- ure you're watching the number 83. “As the player picks himself off the field, you suddenly realize you were watching number 68 all the time.” | Douglass says many block numbers look alike, especially | when jerseys crinkle. A six, for example, loks like an eight he| said. George McFadden, New Mex- ico sports publicist, says. many sports. writers have exhibited in- terest im the new numbers but won't endorse them until seen in action. ~ Several Albuquérque sportswriters have given tentative endorsement, You're Invited! 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