The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 8, 1954, Page 6

¢ ndefeated Conchs Test Rugged Sanford Clash May Draw 5,000 Fans; Conchs Lose Kerr, Acevedo By JIM CoBB Citizen Sports Editor The Key West Conchs, undefeated since November 21,.1952, will lay their record on the line tonight when they-run up against a rough and tough Sanford celeryfed eleven at 8 o’clock in the high school stadium. Upwards of five thousand fans are expected to wit- ness the duel between the two clubs competently schooled in single wing football, “They'll be tougher than Miami Tech — it won't be easy,” commented Coach Ed Beckman today. _ He expressed considerable doubt over the mental atti- tude of his charges. “That layoff hurt us,” he comment- ed. ‘The big factor in tonight's tilt is the question of whether or not line coach Harold Allen’s defenders can come through with the same kind of performance that marked the two victories of the Conchs to date this season. Key West is unscored on — thanks to at least three goal- line stands. Key West will be hampered to- “night by the loss of Nilo Acevedo, © 0 pound guard, who has proved ‘very valuable on spot defense as- signments this.year. He'll miss the tilt due to a pulled muscle. And starting end Dick Kerr will ‘ye among the missing due to an aggravated knee injury while ‘Nor- ‘nan Allen is still having trouble vith a knee hurt that has kept him out of the action all season. But Lew McLain, a 210 pound sophomore tackle will be on tap) ‘onight for the first time this year, “tis cracked rib well mended. He spent the week chewing up the op- »sition in drill sessions and should see a lot of action tonight. The balance of the Key West for- ward wall is in top condition and ‘hereon lies the hopes of the Con- chs. The backfield will show break- away runner Red Stickney and »asser Bill Haney at the halfbacks, lependable George Reese in the ilocking back slot with Mike Cates at fullback, In Sanford, the Conchs will be “acing a club that has won ‘two of heir three starts this year aggainst ome of the best prep combinations a north Florida. They dropped heir opener with Apopka by a lose 7 - 6 margin and came back 2 defeat Eustis, 19 - 6, and Lees- urg, 25 - 0. They stress the single ‘ving brand of football with fre- juent shifts to the T and Winged T. Sanford boasts of a very dan- “erous quarterback in Jimmy iawkins, who is being boosted for ll-state honors. Hawkins, a good vunner and passer has clicked with wo touchdowns passes thus far in he season, He has ran for five nore TDs. i Left halfback Johnny Jones oper- vtes from the tailback slot on the ingle wing and is a fair passer. fe also handles the punting and runs hard. Tackle Larry Bates is an out- standing lineman who played a.ter- ‘ific defensive game. against Lees- yurg. The team captain, he’s rough Tropical Fishing Tourney Slated Tn San Juan SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — A team of fifteen sports fishermen — all members of the “Tropical Fishing Club of New York — from Points as distant as Canada and Cu- ba has formally accepted the chai- lenge issued by a fifteen-man team of anglers from Puerto Rico to compete in the first International Puerto Rico Game-Fish Tourna- ment in the waters adjacent to San Juan harbor, The four-day tourney is scheduled to get under way Octo- ber 12, according to the Puerto Rico Visitor’s Bureau, which will direct the match. Present plans are to feature tropical game-fish, es- pecially white and blue marlin, sailfish and Allison tuna. Team competition will be for a mammoth Schaefer Cup, to be a- warded annually by R. J, Schae- fer, well-known sportsman and pre- sident of The F and M. Schaefer Brewing Co. Additional trophies are to be presented for prize catch- es, including a Flying Fisherman Trophy presented by Eastern Air- lines for the largest Allison tuna caught. Preliminary plans call for the Tropical Fishing Club members to leave New York via Eastern Air- lines on October 10. A tournament briefing session is scheduled in San Juan at the Club Nautico on Octo- ber 11, with Captain Art Wills, ve- teran Florida and Puerto Rico skip- per, serving as President of the Judges Committee. Fishing schedules, beginning Coi- umbus Day, October 12, call for each boat carrying a member of each team to be ready to drop lines at 9:00 a. m. every morning, with 5:00 p. m. the deadline for daily compettion. Glading’s ‘‘Done- gal’ lines will be used by the in- ternational teams. Weighing - in is scheduled between 6 and 7:00 p. m. each evening at the Club Nautico headquarters. Presentation of the trophies will take place at a farewell party at the club on Saturday evening, Oct- ober’ 16. Composition of the two teams is to be announced as final acceptance are received in New }York and San Juan. Sports Shorts , KNOXVILLE, Tenn. «#—More than 100 boats already have ar- rived for the world outboard speed- boat championships, open- through Monday on Fort Loudoun Lake near here. ‘Scores of drivers are at work testing. the one-mile oval course Page 6 THE KEY WEST CI TIZEN Friday, October 8, 1954 Sports Roundup By Gayle Talbot NEW YORK (®—Whatever hap-jthat they have enough stamina to pened to the football coach who/hold up when the other side gets was moaning only a year ago that {rolling. It might be a long time the college game had gone to the dogs with abolishment of the two- platoon system? Does he still feel that way after having “given the game back to the boys” through one full campaign and part of a second? The answer is that he’s still| throbbing like an inflamed tooth, but has become more or less re- signed to playing with a single unit. He knows now that it’s here | to stay. Here’s what one of them said privately a few days back: “We’re not playing ference, You are seeing more called upsets and high, unit and rest up our ball carriers. “There just isn’t enough time to teach defense. We've got to bear down on the offense and hope that the boys were taught how to tackle somewhere back in their youth and Moegle-Ameche Battle Looms In TV Feature MADISON, Wis. (®—The inter- sectional nationally televised foot- ball game here tomorrow after- noon boils down to a dual attrac- tion: Rice vs. Wisconsin and Moe- gle vs. Ameche. The Ow‘s from Houston and the Badgers, both unbeaten, will clash before a sellout crowd of 52,819 at Camp Randall Stadium. Wisconsin is rated third in this week’s AP poll of the nation’s teams, Rice 11th. Most promising are the expected performances of two of the na- tion’s topbacks—Rice’s high flying dervish Dicky Moegle, who has ex- ploded for five touchdowns on 220 yards in only 16 carries, playing less than half the time, and Wis consin’s mighty Alan Ameche, the slashing, battering ‘‘Horse,” who has ground out 234 yards in 35 atfémpts, scoring two touchdowns in the process. Ameche ranks 10th in the nation in rushing, Moegle 15th. The Bad- ger fullback is famed for his re- lentless power while the Owl de- ages is remarkably shifty and ‘ast. Badger Coach Ivy Williamson commented: . “We have every reason to fear Rice. The Owls are unusually fast, deceptive and well coached. The Rice line will outweigh ours but anywhere near as good football, but at least we're equally bad and I doubt that the spectators notice any big dif- before you see another major team go through an undefeated season.” Charlie Dressen, who is about to learn a whole lot about how the other manager lives when he takes | over the Washington Senators, was amused at reports that the Cleve- land Indians were surprised at the brilliant fielding of Hank Thomp- son on third base. “That guy always was a great third baseman,” Charlie said. “One of the few mistakes Leo (Duro- cher) ever made was when he kept \trying to’ make a right fielder of him. I remember telling my Dodg- }ers for a couple of years that as so|long as Leo kept fooling around crazy scores than you did when we could throw in a fresh, strong defensive like that they didn’t have anything to worry about.” There is no question that Dressen believes he could have won an- other flag at Brooklyn, but he re- fused to find fault with the man who succeeded him, Walt Alston. He said it could have happened to anybody. ‘Sugar Ray Needs Sugar, May ‘vox NEW YORK (# — Dancing man Ray Robinson, pressed for money to finance a big show, may return to the ring from which he retired }in 1952. Sugar Ray, who once held the world welterweight and middle- | weight championships, has started training at Greenwood Lake, N.J., starting next Monday. Nothing is definite, his manager, George Gainford, said today. “Only a lot of work in the camp will show if Sugar has it,’”’ he said. “If he doesn’t, the whole idea is off. If we are convinced he cath still fight, he wil) return to the ring.” Robinson has been in show busi- ness since he retired and Gainford |said the pair want to make a tour |of the world with their own show. | “But,’? he said, “we figure it will | to arrange that — hiring singers, dancers and an orchestra. We don’t have that kind of money and we don’t want to go into debt for it. “There is only one way to get the cash and that is for Sugar to fight again. The same guys he licked when he was active in the ring are still fighting. He can whip them again.” Baker Rolls Upsets Seen In SEC Slate On Saturday By MERCER BAILEY Southern By HUGH FULLERTON JR. Associated Press Sports Writer Pi ties fuser |atee hh ress Since upsets almost have become | Southern California, which may the rule rather than the exception | P€ one of the nation’s best college | this season in Southeastern Con- | football teams, risks its unbeaten | ference football, a logical question | record against a youthful and un-j for today is, “Which favorite geis |Predictable Te Christian team bumped off this weekend?” \tonight (Friday), but whatever the There are three major candi-| talented Trojans do is likely to be dates. Auburn, Georgia Tech and | forgotten once the rush of Satur- Mississippi are favorites who go|4ay’s big games gets underway. | against teams capable of rising | So far this season, Southern} them. State and Pittsburgh and barely Auburn, whipped last week/ squeaked past Northwestern — aj Florida, goes to Lexington for a| three-game record that hasn't im- night game with Kentucky, winner | Pressed the experts enough to earn Tech is host to LSU, whose big|Youngsters were fast and fiery line is expected to crimp the Yel low Jackets’ running game. Ole |homa, now the No Miss has a night game at Vander-| weekly Associated Press poll, but bilt, a team which put up terrific | they followed that by dropping a battles against Baylor and Ala-| close decision to Arkansas. bama. ! This game tops a siender Friday Another upset possibility is Tu-/ night card that also includes lane ovér Mississippi State. Al- ami (Fla.) vs. Holy Cross, Deaver though the Greenies have yet to vs. Montana and Davidson vs. | win a game. They lost to Tech aad | Presbyterian. tied Memphis State and North! ‘phen on Saturday come such Carolina. |games as Oklahoma vs. Texas at| Other SEC teams meet non-con-| Hallas, Wisconsin vs. Rice (the | ference teams and three should | televised Game of the Week) Pur-| spend fairly comfortable after- | due vs. Duke and Stanford vs. 1 team in the} cost a quarter of a million dollars | noons. Alabama and Tennessee, | Navy el arabs ieee Oklahoma moved to the front in Tulsa and Chattanooga, respect- | Vile refraining from competition ively. Florida ought to find Clem- jane DC DALONECE ae ee ae son relatively tame after Rice | while ouieD eee were Hee a Tech and Auburn. Georgia’s fit, | Suited a2 wave of wee ‘ 1. sagan Gene Calame, their star quarter- with North Carolina in Chapel Hill |) — i is regarded a tossup. | back, still out of action and soph. izing ” : | omore Jim Harris taking his place, | ee. Vanderbilt: | the soOnete aw be in for a bad i i a time this week. pie Miss has an edge in manpower | “Oxiahoma coach Bud Wilkinson AUBURN over Kentucky: This |@¢mits he has a better than fair | may be the makeor break stage | '¢@™ and he thinks Harris ean do for both teams—and Auburn with |the job. But Texas beaten by No-| its X and Y units has more depth | ‘T® Dame two weeks ago, looks on | and drive. But Kentucky could |this game as an opportunity to re- | make it a close one. linstate the idea that it is by far GEORGIA TECH over LSU: LSU the best team in the Southwest. has a big line but Tech speed and | The Rice-Wisconsin mee ae air power should make the differ- | gs together two of the season’s ence. m talented and colorful backs MISSISSIPPI STATE over Tu-/0n any major teams. It’s Rice’s | lane: The Greenies are improving | Dicky Moegle, a speedy, elusive but they can’t yet match the of./runner against Wisconsin’s Alan fense art of Art Davis, top SEC |(The Horse) Ameche, a mobile ground gainer, and other Maroon |mountain who crushes opposing backs. * ltacklers. Wisconsin is the No. 3 FLORIDA ‘over Clemson: The | team in this week’s AP poll behind Gators should be ab:e to make | Oklahoma and UCLA. — it a lopsided victory if they| Purdue, which had its day of} haven’t suffered a slump after | glory in beating Notre Dame, runs their Tech and Auburn triumphs, | into a well-balanced, experienced | ALABAMA over Tulsa: The Tide |Duke team that has a wealth of} | s. They're fifth and ively, in the weekly |seems to have shaken off the ef-| good bac ‘fects of its loss to Mississippi | sixth, respe Southern and even without Bart | ratings. Starr should roll up a big score.| Stanford, a lightly regarded TENNESSEE over Chattanooga: team until it whipped Mlinois be-| A team that can whip Mississippi | fore the TV spectators last week, | State and hold Duke to a one-/can establish itself more strongly | point victory has too much power| by beating a high-scoring Navy for Chattanooga. team in the day’s top game on the NORTH CAROLINA over Geor-| Pacific Coast. Second - ranked} gia: Coach Wally Butts of Geor- UCLA has a comparatively soft | gia is still searching for a potent \‘one against Washington. offense. North Carolina is not a| ; powerhouse but if the Tar Heels | can score twice they should have Douelass Forms it in the bag. te) high enough to make monkeys of | California has crushed Washington | piye jeans and tee shirt, was lit-| enough to throw a scare-into Okla-| beaten Cal Risks Un Mark With Texas Christian ‘Dog Leads Sion Party To Lad ZANESVILLE, Ohio ®—A shep-| But his pa herd dog named Lucky last night | led searchers to a missing 3-year old boy. | Volunteer firemen spotted Lucky circling a hollow tree stump and looked inside. Sitting there, in his I dered off to try said, Special Attention, AUTOMOBILE and tle Donnie Hutchison. The youngster offered no com- ment on his 5%-hour adventure. by one point over Louisiana State. |the Trojans a top rating. The TCU | TRUCK OWNERS! Monkey Talk ‘Solves Problem CLEVELAND, Oct. 8 M— A | Cleveland restaurant owner | glanced into his car yesterday, Then he took another look. | Nonchalantly unwrapping tissue | from new knives, forks and spoons and throwing the silverware about the car, was a monkey. The mon- key quickly turned its attention to the car owner, Phil di Nuoscio, and jumped at him, hoping for a bite. Just about this time, Patrolman Joseph B. Rose happened to stroll up. Rose Iearned about monkeys while with the Coast Guard in Brazil and now has one of his own. He talked a little monkey talk and pretty soon had the 22-pound fellow sitting in his arms. The Animal Protective League to day was looking for the animal’s owner. LOUD SINGING GETS | PRISONERS IN TROUBLE! GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. —Off- key singing proved no key to free- dom yesterday for three prisoners attempting a break from the Kent County Jail. 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Tonight’s program will also fea- ‘ure a haiftime performance of the <ev West High School band. The lineups: Xey West Pos. Zene Favors LE *, Hood LT J. Henriquez LG J. DeMerritt _C 2. Garcia RG W. Brantley RT J. Carbonell RE G. Reese QB Sanford H. Pate L. Bates D. Galloway Bud Davis G. Bass G. Johnson J. Hawkings R. Carter} DD Officials of the National Out- board Assn., sponsoring the races, said they expect nearly 400 pro- fessional racing pilots from all 48 states and Canada for the races. NEW YORK (#—Jockey Eddie Arcaro brought in both ends of the 115 daily double at Belmont Park yesterday. He scored with Pogo G. ($7.80) in the first race and Direct North ($7.30) in the second for a $33.30 return. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. w—Indi- ama University halfback Milt The early season score sheet | shows Rice victories over Florida spanked Marquette and Michigan| Campbell of Plainfield. N.J., suf- fering from a pulled knee liga- Ment may be on the bench during tomrrow’s game with Michigan 2 Stickney LH 3ill Haney RH Mike Cates FB J. Jones A. Maffett R. Flowers State. The invaders, Southwestern Conference champions last fall, won the Cotton Bowl show last New Year’s Day. The Badgers fin- ished third in the Big Ten race a year ago. When the two schools met in their only previous encounter, in 1952, Wisconsin won 21-7. “OU Kid” Is In The Clink NORMAN, Okla. (—If Willough- by, the genuine “OU Kid,” gets to see the Oklahoma-Texas foot- Civie Opener The Civic Bowling League got off to a good start for their Winter sea- son, which will last for 28 weeks at the Double “A” Bowling Lanes, jon Tuesday evening. Jack Baker, ; Exalted Ruler of Elks Lodge 551 {rolled the first ball to start the league off. Rolling down alley 4 the ball neatly pulled into the 1-2 pocket for a perfect strike. Prior to the beginning of the ac- tual bowling a meeting was called between the various team captains of the Summer season to discuss plans for the banquet slated for 7 p. m, Saturday evening at the V. F, W. Post 3911 Post Home on Eli- zabeth Street. Hal Johnson Bids \For Title Bout With Moore’ A Quarterback Club has been formed to support and promote the | popularity of the Douglass High | School football team. | Earl Adams.. president of | Quarterback Club which backs Key shot at lightheavyweight champion | to outline for them the operation Archie Moore, and ‘Boardwalk | of such a club. Billy” Smith, seeking his fifth bout with the elderly champ, meet to- dinner meeting next Tuesday night night for the first time in a 10-|With the Douglass’ varsity team round fight at the arena. }and coach as guests. Adams will the | PHILADELPHIA (® — Haroid | West High School. met with organi- | Johnson, bidding for his seventh |2ers of the group Tuesday night | The new club will have its first | In @ recent test, a stock Hes- ter Battery was deliberately discharged by engaging ‘ starter on a car, with the switch off, until the battery refused to turn the engine over. The bat- tery was allowed to rest 5 min- utes, the car was then started ind the engine stopped immed- ly. This operation -was re ted 809 times before the bat- tery failed. FOR ALL MAKES OF CARS LOU SMITH 1116 WHITE STREET Power Tool Rental 219 Simonton Street TEL. 2-3123 Johnson, rated No. 1 contender | be guest of honor at the dinner. for Moore’s title, is quoted as a/ Se re 145 favorite here in his home town. | Football lesson: Charles (Bud) His last outing was in a cham- | Wilkinson, University of Oklahoma | Pionship scrap Aug. 11 when, with |¢oach, says a quarterback must} victory within his reach, he was | use both faking and footwork, use | Record Series Cut Given To Giants NEW YORK #—Both the New York Giants and the Cleveland Illinois cut up record World Series shares this year. Twenty-eight Giants, plus their trainer and club. house attendant, received $11,147.- 90 each, while each Indian col lected $6,712.50. Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick announced the breakdown yesterday. The full Giants’ share was $2,867.22 more than the pre- vious record of the New York Yan- kees of 1953. The Indians, who distributed 35% shares, also set a record for a loser. i The players’ share of the re- ceipts came to $88,763.72, a rec- ord high. Included was $83,000 for a pre-game World Series TV pro. yam. Th@splayers get 60 per cent of the receipts for the first four »mes with 70 per cent going to twe competing teams. State, Coach Bernie Crimmins said yesterday. Campbell, the former decathalon champion, was injured last week against the College of the Pacific but continued to play. SAN BRUNO, Calif. (#—Willie Shoemaker, who just keeps on rid- ing and winning brought home four Consecutive winners at Tanforan Trace track yesterday. He boosted his total for the year to 308. He’s had 55 in 22 days here. Football Scores HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jacksonville Jackson 26 Knoxville Tenn. Powell 0 Miami Jackson 26 Orlando Edge- water 0 Miami Tech 19 South Dade 12 ‘Tampa Middleton 15 Lake Wales Roosevelt 7 Largo 32 OLPH 0 Boca Ceiga (St. Petersburg) Northeast (St. Petersburg) 7 | ball game at- Dallas tomorrow, | someone will have to bail him out of the clink. The clink happens to be a dog pound. The impounded Willoughby happens to be a goat. Willoughby, a fiercetooking ani mal with flowing white beard and jeurved horns 15 inches long, was arrested by Norman policemen earlier this week after he violated University of Oklahoma curfew laws and made a midnight pasture out of the Sooner campus. Some guys from another fratera- ity kept turning him loose ‘after he was put to bed and Norman Police Chief Albert Dodd said his officers had chased him three dif ferent nights before making the capture. Sam H. Harris, successful Broad- way theatrical producer, began as manager of prizefighters. One of his most successful charges erweight titles. Subscribe Te ‘Gee Citizen was Terry McGovern who won both the bantamweight and feath- Those teams in the summer lea- | gue were: VFW, American Legion, Knights of Columbus, Elks and | Jaycees. Members of those teams |plus their wives are cordailly in- | vited to attend the banquet and en- | joy a pleasant evening. Those with- }out wives may bring their girl friends. | After the first three games of the Winter season were over, the jteams stacked up as follows: V. 5. W. 4 Shubif 3 | Elks | Kiwanis | Base Holy Name Society Cayo Hueso Grotto American Legion K of C | High Team Single game was roil- }ed by the VFW with a 807. High |team series also by VFW with a 2311. High individual game went to Kelley (Kiwanis) with 202, Gilmore (VFW) with a 196 and Copesky (Base Holy Name) with 528, Bar- ber (VFW) with 526 and Gilmore (VFW) with 526. Copesky, Barber and Gilmore lead with 176, 175 and 174 averages in order. knocked out by Moore. |short steps when he hides the! That snapped a 12 bout winning | ball below his knees. streak for Johnson, whose record | ———— is now 48 wins and 6 defeats. Five of the defeats: were at Mo hands and the other was a knock out loss to former heavyweight champiin Jersey Joe Walcott. Johnson will have the advantage of age—he’s 26 and Smith is 33— speed and skill. Both boys have good punching power. Johnson has knocked cut 22. And Smith has KO’d 30 in winning 56, losing 20 and fighting 4 draws. In four bouis with Moore, he lost three and drew one. 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