The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 19, 1954, Page 6

‘ Sooners Keep Lead In Poll; Notre Dame 6th THE ASSOCIATED PRESS a continued to ride out of upsets and hold down as the No. 1 college foot- in the country today. mighty Sooners, who tram- 65-0 last week, polled in The Associated poll of sports writers They captured top 10 was well a week age. and 10, respectively. “|says Coach John Serafin, & Miami Rated 16th In AP Weekly Gridiron Voting Golliday Now Flashes Speed For Army Gridmen In Germany By ROBERT B, AP Newsfeatures BERLIN — One‘ of the world’s fastest sprinters is flashing his Speed this fall in the backfield of a U. S. Army football team here. But he hasn’t made the first team yet. TUCKMAN Track star James (Jet Jim) Gol- liday, a private first class in the Berlin command, sees action at right halfback for the Sixth Infan- try Regiment’s Berlin Bears. The thing that keeps the fleet- footed Negro out of the starting lineup is a potentially costly ten- dency to fumble. “If he could hang on to the ball,” “Jim would see a lot more action.” The Bears are playing a nine- game schedule this fall against other Army teams in northern Ger- many. Serafin, a first lieutenant from St. Albans, N. Y., who played foot- ball at Syracuse University, says: ‘Purdue, Duke, Penn State and out of the top UCLA (23). neem 590 Ohio State (8)erinnsnncl,387 (9) 903 ex NEW YORK, Willie Mays, the New York Giants’ sensational outfielder, captured the National slugging title for 1954 in competition with Brooklyn and Cincin- triples. ‘ Minnie Minoso of the Chicago White Sox took American League slugging honors with a .535 aver- age. The speedy outfielder-third baseman compiled 304 total bases in 568 at bats. Minnie slammed 20 doubles, 18 triples and 19 circuit blows among 182 hits. Mickey Mantle, the New York Yankees’ switch-hitting outfielder, was runner-up to Minoso with a .528 mark. He had 163 hits and ly doubles, 12 triples and 27 hom- tries. Stdn had 41 doubles, 9 triples and 35 home runs. Musial also boosted his lifetime slugging average two points to .584 — a National League record for 10-year men. Al Rosen of Cleveland, the American League leader in “We're using Golliday in spots where we think his speed will pay off. That’s mostly on wide end 7 ” Golliday isn’t worrying about the possibility that a football injury might ruin his chances for the 1956 Olympic k team. He.figures football will help keep him in condition and says with a grin: “I've been hurt before.” Golliday presently weighs 170 pounds, some five more than he considers his best weight for track. Ee Before entering the Army, Golli- day won*all but five of 357 races. He arrived in Berlin early this year and was assigned as a sup- ply clerk in a battalion headquar- ters of the Sixth Infantry Regi- ment, the American garrison here. Golliday, who comes from Chi- cato, is rated by many track ex- 4 pe JIM GOLLIDAY, of Chicago, one of the world’s best sprinters, has turned to GI ‘football. Golliday, a right halfback with a U.S. Army team in Berlin, is shown carrying the ball. At right he is shown as a runner while at Northwestern. perts as one of the fastest sprint- ers,if not the fastest, in the world today. His best time for the 100 - meter dash is 10.3 seconds or just one- tenth of a second off the world re- cord. His best clocking for 100 yards is 9.5, compared with the world mark of 9.3. Gavilan, Saxton TY Title Match Set Wednesday "The 19th world championship ti- tle contest in the Blue Ribbon Bout series will be nationally televised on October 20 when welterweight champion Kid Gavilan meets John- ny Saxton in Convention Hall, Phi- fought in early September, was postponed when Gavilan was ed by a cage of mumps. An éBti- mated 40 million TV gight fans will view this welterweight title bout over a coast - to - coast chain of 100 CBS-TV stations. One of the most colorful of all fighters, Gavilan makes the sev- enth defense of his crown against challenger Saxton. He will also make his 117th ring appearance and seeks his 100th victory. In 1951, the Cuban Hawk defeated Bil- ly Graham in 15 rounds to become the first tive of his coun- try to a world title. Currently rated the best active boxer, Gavilan is considered by many to be the greatest welter- weight champion. The 28-year-old Duke | champion began fighting when he was 12. A master boxer, Gavilan’s ability to take a punch is awe- i , which includes more amateur and professional Gavilan has been floored and has never been out. Possessed with amaz- the Cuban Hawk punch- extremely well and is noted for bombastic balo punch. , this exaggerated punch damage — the Kid wins with accurate left hooks straight rights, In his 116 fights champion has won 99, lost 14 3 and scored 27 kayo vic- Gavilan, Saxton is a ring His long amateur has helped the 24-year-old as he climbed up the wel- ladder. With his perfect a good hook and expert , Saxton gets his big chance ‘in his first title match. As a pro, Johnny ran up a string of 4 consecutive wins before los- ing to Gil Turner, on a split de- cision. The Newark - born, Brook- lyn-raised youngster does his best ig in close where his power- ful body blows slow down his op- Ponents. A hard puncher with tremendous speed, Saxton boasts a record cf 43 victories in 47 fights. He has won 19 starts by knockout. Wound up third this time at .506. Washington's Mickey Vernon was fourth with .492, Rosen piled up 7 bases, Vernon 294. A Ey rit E z F peiee gs Hi NEW YORK, #—With the foot- ball season turning into the second and most important half for the ambitious clubs, a conference title, a trip to a bowl and national rank- ing can be lost by a missed signal, bad bounce in the open. It is therefore refreshing as well as entertaining to read what George Mason, Alabama tackle, engineering student and young fa- ther, has to say: ‘‘Nothing worries me and when it does I don’t think about it.” A philosopher of the same mould is West Virginia Coach Art (Pappy) Lewis. His Mountaineers are unbeaten and he was asked if he thought the club could make it through the season without a de- feat. “Honest,” he said, “I’m not wor- ried about anything right now ex- cept VMI for next Saturday and the grocery bill.” Georgia Tech Coach Bobby Dodd explains the many football upsets this season, saying: ‘‘Constant ex- change of game motion pictures makes scouting thorough and cuts |down tremendously on the sur- prise element.” This figures because Stanford’s Chuck Taylor explained his 0-72 de- feat to UCLA with the remark. “They did what we expected them to do but they did it better—and more often.” Notre Dame Coach Terry Bren- nan may not have realized it but he hung a big funeral wreath about the neck of two-platoon football when he explained why six of his regular muscle-guys played 60 min- utes against Michigan State in Saturday’s 20-19 victory. Said Terry: “We had to go with men who had the most experience and once we were functioning as a unit I didn’t want to change.” Not speciolists, just rugged block- ers and runners won for Notre Dame. Seventeen men did all the work, GOOD OLD OATMEAL GETS THE CREDIT BUTLER, Pa. (®—Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morris held a double cele- bration yesterday. It was not only Mr. Morris’ 100th birthday anniversary but the 60th anniversary of his wedding. His wife, who is 82, gave this reason for her husband's longevity: “It’s because he eats oatmeal for breakfast every morning.” Go TODAY to have your blood typed. Then when there is a need you will be ready, as a ‘Walking |@ileod Bank” donor, to fill the bill. an offside, a turned ankle or a! Bill Terry New Prexy Of Sally League AUGUSTA, Ga., (—The South Atlantic League, sometimes called the “Grandmother of the Minors,” called Bill Terry to become its President and he accepted prompt- ly. League directors yesterday voted unanimously for the man who won a place in baseball’s Hall of Fame for his career with the New York Giants, Big Bilt made himself immortal as first baseman for the Giants, and then succeeded the late John McGraw as their manager. Retired from baseball for the Past 13 years, Terry is an auto- mobile dealer in Jacksonville, Fla. He will take office about Nov. 1, He succeeds Dick Butler as pres- ident of the Class A Saily. Butler resigned recently to become pres- League. Terry is 56 years old. He was born in Oct. 30, 1898, and got his first job in baseball as a pitcher for the Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association at the age of 16. He played with Shreveport, To- ledo, and other minor league clubs before joining the New York Giants in 1923, He won the National League batting championship in 1930 with a’ .401 average. No Na- tional League player has hit .400 since then, Terry became manager of the Giants when McGraw became ill in June, 1932, The next year the Giants won the National League | pennant and also the world cham- Pionship by defeating Washington in the World Series. Terry led the Giants to league Pennants in 1936 and 1937 but lost the World Series to the New York Yankees both times. Sports writers elecfed him to baseball’s Hall of Fame last sum- mer, Terry said he will move the | Sally League offices from Colum- bia, S.C., to Jacksonville so he can give “‘as much time as possible to the job.” Sally directors also voted to ex- periment with the Shaughnessy playoffs, and approved a 140-game schedule opening April 12 and clos- ing Aug. 31. The experiment with the Shaugh- nessy playoffs calls for the semi- final playoff series to be cut to one game, with the pennant winner playing the third place club and | the runnerup playing the fourth Grid Roundup Pie May ut En 0 Knockdown Rule NEW YORK, (#—Boxing’s three- knockdown rule which, except for championship bouts, automatically ends a bout after a fighter has hit the deck three times in one round, appeared doomed today—at least in New York State. “The automatic three-knockdown rule must go,” thundered Robert Christenbetry, chairman of the New York State Athletic Commis- sion, “knockouts must be left to the discretion of the referee. I be- lieve it is difficult to differentiate between a knockdown and a half push.” Christenberry found himsélf in- volved in a comic opera situation after, last night’s scheduled 10 - round welterweight scrap at St. icholas Arena between Gerald Dreyer of South Africa and Ra- mon Tiscareno of Los Angeles. Dreyer was declared winner on TKO when Tiscareno went down for the third time as the bell ended the first round. Then things hap- pened fast. Before quiet was re- stored, Dreyer’s manager and sec- onds were suspended, Referee Petey Scalzo pleaded “don’t put me on the spot,” and the 1,000 or So spectators, along with the tele- vision audience, weren’t quite sure exactly what had happened. The best explanation is that Scal- zo caused the confusion himself. He properly declared Dreyer the winner under the rule stopping a fight when one fighter is knocked down three times in one round. Instead of leaving well enough alone, Scalzo glanced toward Christenberry, who was at ring- side. The spectators immediately be- gan shouting their disapproval, so Scalzo went to Dreyer’s corner and told Manager Willie Ketchum and second Ted Bentham: “I think you'll have to continue,” This set off Ketchum, who be- gam screaming at Scalzo and rac-| ing around the ring loking for Christenberry. Meanwhile, Ben- tham had taken off Dreyer’s right glove. For that he and Ketchum were suspended and ordered to ap- per before Christenberry Friday. At that Christenberry said he will man take up the three-knockdown le. Someday you might be the only Person in Monroe County whe could save a life. If you have rare type of blood you should sign up with the “Walking Blood Bank” both for your own sake and the sake of others. Citizen Ads Bring Results place team. The playoff finals will be for the best two of three games instead of the customary four of seven games. ‘The directors approved an All- Star game but left details to he worked out when they convene again at the minor league meeting in Houston, Tex. Sam Wolfson of Jacksonville was elected vice president of the Sally and J. P. Friend was reappointed official statistician. ‘ SEC Teams Hold Light Drills In Preparation For Saturday Crucial Tilts This Weekend In Conference By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Southeastern Conference football light drills Monday and examined be in shape for Saturday's con- tests. The Florida Gators, ‘unbeaten in SEC play, held a short signal drill to get’ ready for Louisiana State University. Coach Bob Woodruff said, “We injured players to see if they would | and a passing and kicking session | | showed up at yesterday’ Page 6 in good shape and will probably see considerable action in the tilt, Haney, the Conchs top passer, | Suffered a shoulder separation in last week’s Curley game and was a doubtful starter Friday. But he 'S practice session and pronounced himself fit as a fiddle, came through the Kentucky game Viser is the only- man in doubt for this week’s game, and we won't know about him until later.”” Louisiana State officials aid starting left tackle Gary Dildy will be out about three weeks. He broke a hand against Texas Tech Satur- day. at Mississippi State plays run by the freshmen. Quarterback Bart Starr worked out in pads and Coach Red Drew said he might see some action Saturday. Full- backs Jerry Chiapparelli and Jim Ward remained on the injured list. Buster Hill was shifted from quarterback to fullback. Kentucky concentrated on offen- sive and defensive play for the game with Georgia Tech. The play- ers studied movies of the 21-7 loss to Florida and Coach Blanton Col-| lier said the squad was not in top physical shape. The Georgia Tech varsity was given a holiday. Tulane Coach Andy Pilney told | the squad they would have plenty | of taekling drills during the week. | He said tackling was their chief | shortcoming in last weekend's 34-7 | loss to Mississippi, and they'd have | to do a lot better to beat Georgia. Georgia in turn worked out light- ly for the Tulane meeting. But) Coach Wallace Butts said there would be plenty of heayy work | later in the week. The Bulldogs | only casualty in the 16-14 victory | over Vanderbilt was junior half-; back Jimmy Williams. He suffered a dislocated knee and is out of action indefinitely. At Auburn, Coach Ralph Jordan checked the Georgia Tech movies and praised the work of guard Bob Scarbrough, tackle Frank D’Agostino, fullback Joe Childres and halfback Bob James. Auburn} plays Florida State this weekend. Tennesee trainer Mickey O’Brien reported Capt. Carris Me-/| Cord, 225-pound tackle, suffered a/ Halas Booms For “Balanced Attack” Today CHICAGO (#—Professional foot- ball teams have become pass crazy in the last decade, but there is nothing like a balanced attack, says George Halas, owner-coach of the Chicago Bears. Halas should know. He saw his Bears shackle San Francisco for 30 minutes Sunday only to fold un- der the 49ers’ devastating ground game. ' Are the pros returning to run- ning? “They neyer left it,” said Halas in an interview. “‘Any team that has a good ground game will util- ize it and San Francisco has a great running game.” “But remember, they’ve got some pretty good passing. We had them bottled up Sunday but they’ve got balance and it paid off.” The Bears stymied San Fran- cisco’s passing attack in the first half and walked off the field with a 17-14 lead. The 49ers, although outplayed, had scored once on an intercepted pass and again when Hugh McElhenny broke loose for a long touchdown run. Other than those two plays, it was strictly Chicago’s game. Y. A. Tittle’s passes weren’t clicking and it looked like a bad afternoon for the Californians. Then San Francisco, with rookie Maurie Duncan leading, pounded | | the left side of the Bear line mer- cilessly and scored a quick 17} | points in the third quarter to ice | the contest. And they did it by | running. | McElhenny, John Henry Johnsgp | and Jet Joe Perry left the soll who cry “You can’t run in pro football” with their jaws hanging. Not since the days of George Mc- Afee, Hugh Gallarnau and Norm Standlee had Bear fans witnessed such running power. Before the nightmarish quarter had even ended, Bear rooters want- ed to know why their team wasn’t Tunning. Aside from the fact that he has no McElhennys, Johnsons or Per- knee injury in the Alabama game and will not be able to play against Dayton (Ohio) Saturday. Vanderbilt Coach Art Guepe gave his squad a long workout) on punt protection, sending from seven to nine men plunging against punt formations in an attempt to block kicks. The team has lost two games this year because of blocked puats, Saxton Will Go To Jail After Gavilan Bout | PLEASANTVILLE, NJ. P — Johnny Saxton has a date to serve | 15 days in jail starting Thursday | morning for traffic violations but he says he’s going to take some-| thing with him to keep him! warm—Kid Gavilan’s welterweight | crown. “What you've got to do, you've | got to do,” said the 24-year-old | New Yorker. “I’ve got to pay that penalty in New York and got to get it over with.” Asked whether the impending term affected him mentally, the strong, muscular youngster re- plied: “No. I’ve been training for four} months for Gavilan. Those two} postponements were annoying but! I've set my mind on beating the | Kid and nothing is going to stand in my. way Wednesday night, in Convention Hall (Philadelphia)”. Gavilan, the 28-year-old cham-| pion, not only was confident of victory but said, “I’m going to! surprise the whole world.” i That could only mean he ex-| pected to knock out the cocky chal- lenger who never has been stopped. j “Maybe he give me trouble for| five rounds,” said Gavilan. “I want to know what he can do. After five rounds I-find out. Then it will be like Johnny Bratton at Chicago (Gavilan drubbed Bratton). Maybe he go to hospital before he go to jail.” passing team and we’ve done weil with passing.” | Dexter Connors, in good shape physically. Bob| The Alabama squad took a look | NEW YORK W@-—Seven Tival ; American League clubs have| awakened to learn that. after all, they are doomed still to play 77 games against the Philadelphia Athletics in Connie Mack Stadium next season. This means that, in most cases, they will come away dragging a deficit for the trip, and it accounts for the pronounced ab- sence of jubilation around the league. The visiting club in the Ameri- can League is paid off at the rate of approximately 29 cents for each ticket sold. The lusteriess Athletics in the campaign recently closed enticed a total of only 323,000 fans through their home turnstiles, and it requires only a little simple arithmetic to show why the popu- lar cry was “‘On to Kansas City!” Breaking down the total, we find that an average of only 4,200 fans per game watched the A’s battle their way into the league cellar, and that the visiting club collected THE KEY WEST Citizen Tuesday, October 19, 1954 Haney May Be On Tap When 'Conehs Battle Constance learned that halfback Bill Haney is | Preserve that record, Last week, they could complete not a single pass. It will be the first meeting between the two clubs. While Constance has a sin- gularly unimpressive record, they are capable of giving the Conchs plenty of trouble. great experience in transporting and feeding athletes estimates that it takes about $2,200 to carry the usual baseball party of 31 or 32 from New York to Philadelphia and to support it there during a three-game series. This doesn’t count getting it out of Philadelphia again. At the end of a typical three- game session in the Quaker then, the visiting club’s road od retary carried off a check for $3,654 during the past season. That is, he toted that amount away from the park. After he had bailed his little group out of the hotel he had only $1,454 to show for three days of sweat and tears. This doesn’t sound too bad until you stop to consider that player Salaries go right on even when a club is only beating the A’s. As no team makes its payroll public, there is no way of computing ac- curately what the tab for a long only $1,218 for each nine-inning ef- fort. A league executive who has had weekend in Philadelphia comes to. but you would#™ want to pick it up. NCAA Council Report Due NEW ORLEANS (#—A National Collegiate Athletic Assn. commit- tee was expected to disclose today or tomorrow whether. any mem- ber school is under investigation for breaking NCAA rules. The report of the Committee on Rules Infractions will highlight the three-day meeting here of the 18-} member NCAA Council. Most of Fight Results MONDAY’S FIGHTS By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Don Grant, | 166, Los Angeles, outpointed Char- | ley Green, 161'2, Los Angeles, 10. SALT LAKE CITY—Rex Layne, 206, Salt Lake City, outpointed Wil- lie Bean, 218, Los Angeles, 10. BROOKLYN (Eastern Parkway) —Paddy Young, 165, New York, outpointed Jesse Turner, 158%, St. Louis, 10. NEW YORK (St. Nicholas Arena) —Gerald Dreyer, 149%, South Af- rica, stopped Ramon Tiscareno, 145%, Los Angeles, 1. MONTREAL—Bobby Courchesne 131, Holyoke, Mass., outpointed 138, Halifax, 8. SYDNEY—Billy Peacock, 118%, | Philadelphia, outpointed Pierre Cossemyns, 118%, Sydney, 12. Fire Protection Unbiased yesterday’s opening session was devoted to routine. business. Walter Byers, NCAA executive secretary, said he did not believe the council would recommend any major rule changes to the annual convention in New York Jan. 5. He also announced the Sugar Bowl, Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference and Drake Relays had agreed to bar violators of NCAA regulations. CIAL Service Your Fire Protection | ALL TYPES FIRE EXTINGUISHERS SOLB and SERVICED No one extinguisher is best for oll types of fires...we con recommend the type equipment tho! meets your exoct needs. Sean Veporizing Chenteat B&B CYCLE SHOP 822 FLEMING STREET The Bears have two victories in four games and unquestionably will improve last year’s record of three Tys, Halas said, “We've got a good triumphs in 11 games. 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