The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 13, 1954, Page 6

ce aney, Reese May Miss Archbishop Curley Tilt | Page 6 1} of melancholy be- ing exhibited is word that _ two of the Key West high school’s ranking backfield performers are on the in-}, - jured list and are doubtful | when the Conchs meet Archbishop Curley ~ here Friday evening. Lost to the Conchs are "halfback Bill Haney and. Quarterback George Reese. Haney is pr a from the effects of a shoulder separa- ‘tion while Reese has an in- fected leg’as the result of a severe bone bruise. saw no action last night nes it 3 tall bike AE gegre rey rEEEE Hel few - y Coach “Ed Beckman. “Curley is every bit as good as they were last movies, Beckman had his out on the gridiron under its last night working in rt to correct a few of the es they made last Friday. After last night’s scrimmage, Beckman announced that in_the event Haney cannot start, he'll be THEY BELONG NOW—Mayor C. B. Harvey looks on as R. N. Gilmore tacks the American Bowling Association Charter on the wall at the Double A bowling alleys Tuesday. Gilmore is président of the Key West Bowling Association. Charter means they can now participate in ABC evenets.—Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, October 13, 1954 | Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK i — One of the shortest’ off-seasons baseball has’ known ended officially last night with the grand opening of the 17th campaign of the Puerto Rican League. It seems like only two weeks ago that the World Series! }j began at the Polo Grounds. The opening struggle at Sixto Escobar Park in San Juan saw that city’s Senators playing the Mayaguez Indian Sharks. At Ponce on the southern end of the island, the Ponce Lions collided with the Santurce Crabmen. The defending II champions, the Caguas Native Witch Doctors, were idle because | [iil it is a five-team league. What makes the opening of the ii current Puerto Rican campaign especially notable is the fact that i it will number among its players the young man who is widely con-| fj sidered to be the greatest in the game today. Willie Mays of the Giants is scheduled to report to the Santurce club this weekend. Willie’s pitching teammate on ; |the world champions, Ruben Go- "| Miami Edison Tops Football Polling MIAMI (®#—The Miami Herald’s weekly football poll shows Miami Edison still on top with 246 points and 22 first place votes. Edison, \winner by 32:2 over Jacksonville Lee last week, got ail but three first place votes. Miami Jackson got two of these and West Palm Beach got one. The poll placed Miami Jackson second, Miami high third and Cor- al Gables fourth on points, fol- lowed by Jacksonville Jackson, West Palm Beach, Tampa Plant, Jacksonville Lee, Pensacola and Orlando Edgewater, Results: 1, Miami Edison 2. Miami Jackson 3. Miami High 4. Coral Gables 5. Jacksonville Jackso: West Palm Beach 246 227 9. Pensacola 10. Orlando Edgewater So. Association Sets TV Rules NEW ORLEANS, — Southern ball in adopting the rule val ae the home club au- thority to decide whether to permit ‘ames to be broadcast Atlanta was the only of the eight clubs to televise “season. common denomintor Cuban Club Downs Poinciana Giants In League Opener Joe Lewis hurled a one - hit shut- out last night. as the Cuban Club| swamped the Poinciana Giants, 13- 0, in the opening game of the Is- land City Winter Basebali League. Howard’s single in the fifth inn- ing was the only safety the Giants | could manage as Lewis fanned 10} batters. DeWitt Roberts led the winners at the plate with a double and two singles while Danny Las- tres and Little each hit two sin-| gles. In the field, Lastres, Roberts and Leon starred for the winners and Arrenson and Criss made sen- sational catches for the losers. Thursday night league action will resume with a battle between the USS Bushnell and the Junior Con- chs. The game will be played at 7:30 in the Wickers Field Stadium. The standings: Cuban Club Junior Conchs Bushnell Poinciana Giants f.|mez, already has signed in with the Crabmen, with whom he starred before he came to the big leagues. Judging by the size of the reception his countrymen gave | fil Ruben upon his return the other day, Sixto Escobar Park is liable | fill to become Gomez Gardens any day now. ‘|. Never before has the island | fill league seen a star of Mays’ mag- nitude. They are predicting that the crowds will bend the fences in their eagerness to see the Say- Hey Kid in action, as they should. The only question is whether the great young center fielder should be down there at all. Some American critics are aghast at the idea of risking such a valuable property on ball fields which have not been combed and curried by big league groundskeep- ers. They protest that Willie might step in a jaguar hole 2d break a leg, or run into an uscharted fence, or fall among evil ecompan- ions at an age when he is most impressionable. They feel that the Giants. should have locked him in- side his old Alabama home until time for spring practice. Well, the only answer in the present case is that the Giants believe they know more about Wil- lie Mays than anyone else does, | and they have raised no objections to his going. They want to keep Willie happy and unspoiled, and they believe the best way to ac- complish that is to let him. play baseball until it runs out of his ears. They don’t think he stands any greater chance of getting hurt in Puerto Rico than he would play- ing stickball on the Harlem streets. Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAND] COFFEE || AMERICAN and CUBAN — TRY A POUND TODAY — Overseas Transportation Company, Ine. 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