The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 22, 1954, Page 6

Locals Are Favorites Sut May Be Surprised By JIM COBB Citizen Sports Editor The Key West Conchs are favored to maintain their unbeaten pace toriight when they make their fifth start of the season, but the Constance high school gridders, out of Miami, may have something to say about the situation. * Although Constance has yet to win a ballgame this season, the Key West high command is eyeing them warily, cognizant of the fact that teams like Miami Beach and Miami Tech, both sporting their best seasons ever, have not managed to go far against Constance. Beach, in particular, the powerhouse of the Gold Coast Conference, managed only a 6-0 defeat of Con- stance. They’ve absorbed lickings from South Dade (6-0), and South Broward, (18-7). Boasting a 200 pound line, the Pio- neers are greatly respected for their defensive play. Neither coach is making any pre- 4 on the outcome of tonight’s taal” “If we can get our offense mov- ‘ng, we might do all right tonight “ig last week we couldn't com- lete a pass,” moaned coach Ed Actually, the Conchs pass ing game — or lack of it — was _ big factor in their close deci- sion over a rought and tough Cur- ley eleven last week. for a paltry 239 yards. t » the Conch ie at- ck has piled up an amazing 11 while, largely through the its gritty forward wall, has held the opposition yards from scrimmage. have racked up 95 KEY WEST AIRPORT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Miami Edison 27 Miami Jackson 0 Orlando Edgewater 20 Tampa Hillsborough 19 Jacksonville Lee 31 West Palm Beach 20 Tallahassee Leon 25 Gainesville 14 Archibishop Curley 20 St. There- sa 6 A Delray Carver 24 Goulds Mays have a considerable bearing on the outcome, Injured last week, Haney is back in top shape but Beck- man may prefer to save him for next week’s crucial Gold Coast tilt with Miami Beach. Also on tap for backfield action tonight are the Conchs breakway Tunner, Red’ Stickeny, blocking back George Reese and fullback Mike Cates, the Conchs leading ground gainer. Defensively the Conchs received a boost when linebackers Johnny DeMerritt and Joe Russo made an gaasing recovery from a bout of lu. ‘ But on the debit side of the led- ger, the Conchs were stunned to- day with news that guard Julio Henriquez, core of their defensive strategy was struck down with the flu bug Thursday. He’s a doubtful starter. But the rest of the line is intact. Dick Kerr is slated for the left end assignment, backed up by Freddy Puig and Ronnie Parks. Frank Hood will be in at left tac- kle with Ray Bazo slated for the left guard spot if Henriquez is out. DeMerritt will be at center on of- fense and Ralph Garcia, a charter member of the Black Bean Bri- gade, will be at the right guard Post. Wayne Brantley, who played the defensive game of his three year career gainst Curley will get the nod for the right tackle position. Heavy - handed John Carbonell will be the Conchs right end. The lineups: Key West G, Favors Pos. Constance LE C. Fromm LT _ V. Miranda LG _ Bill Lasser C_B. Shouldice RG L. Brown RT E. Zarzour RE Jack Jung QB Don Lewis: LH J. Hartman RH Joe Rojas FB S. Ludwig J. Henriquez J. DeMerritt R. Garcia 'W. Brantley J. Carbonell Geo. Reese R, Stickney Bill Haney Mike Cates Joe's Blacksmith Shop Outside Welding - Machine Works We're Specialists in Trailer Hitches and Shrimp Doors _ PHONE 2.5658 — 614 Front Street Overseas Transportation Company, Ine. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service between : MIAMI and KEY WEST Also Serving ALL POINTS ON FLORIDA KEYS Between Miami and Key West Express Schedule (No Stops Bn Route) LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at 6:90 P.M. Arrives at Miami at 12:00 o'clock Midnight. LEAVES MIAMI DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at 12:00 o'clock Midnight and arrives at Key West at 6:00 o’clock AM. Local Schedule LSAVES KEY WEST DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at 8:00 o'clock A.M. (Stops at All Intermediate Points) and arrives at Miami at 4:00 o'clock P.M. LEAVES MIAMI DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at 9:00 o'clock A.M., and — at Key West at 5:00 o'clock Free Pick-Up and Delivery Service FULL CARGO INSURANCE MAIN OFFICE end WAREHOUSE: Cor. Baton and Francis Sts. j TELEPHONE 2-706) Kelly. Back row: Wisconsin Bidding For Rose Bowl By ED: CORRIGAN The Associated Press 3 The time has come for Wisconsin | to start thinking seriously in terms of winning the Big Ten champion- | ship and making the jaunt to the Rose Bowl next Jan. 1. The Badgers, who weren’t con-| sidered any great shakes in pre- | season estimates of the Western | Conference, meet rough, tough Ohio State tomorrow in a game that could make or break their hopes. The Buckeyes, too, are very much in the race for league hon- ors. have to get past Iowa, Northwest- ern, Illinois and Minnesota even if they do beat Ohio State. But there’s no denying that this is the big one. * For Ohio State, the game repre- sents another big stumbling block in its bid for the title. Even if the Buckeyes do win, they'll still have to whip Purdue and Michigan. In the South, the big interest will be the battle between Mississippi and Arkansas. Ole Miss is coledder of the Southwest Conference and Arkansas is the surprise of the Southwest Conference. . Both teams are looking ahead io New Year’s Day and a bowl game. But even more important at this stage, the game should provide a good insight on Mississippi’s strength. The school has been tabbed as one with a weak schedule and this accusation has hurt its na- tional standing. Meanwhile, there’s a game with national implications on tap for to- night when the undefeated Univer- sity of Miami entertains Maryland. The Terps, mythical national champions last year, took a nose dive at the start of the current campaign but looked good beating North Carolina 33-0 last week. William and Mary tangles with George Washington, Detroit en- gages Tulsa and Houston plays Villanova in other important games tonight. Oklahoma, the No. 1 team in the country in the weekly Associated Press poll, takes on Kansas State. UCLA, No. 2, also has an easy one against Oregon State, beaten three times. Colorado, which very well could get the Orange Bowl assignment, meets Nebraska, and Southern Cal- ifornia, which could be the Rose Bowl host, takes on California. Among the other top-ranked teams in the nation, Minnesota goes against Michigan; Army plays | Columbia; and West Virginia fig- ures to toy with Virginia Military Institute. Notre Dame isn’t sched- uled. There will be three television games of the week under the NCAA | program tomorrow. The one that | will be seen in most sections wi!l | pair Pitt against Northwestern. The | Boston University-Holy Cross game will be beamed to the New England | states and the Brigham Young- Montana contest will be seen in the Far West. There was one game yesterday and it came out as expected, South Carolina, the team that up- set Army at the start of the season, defeated Clemson 13-8. BEES KILL MAN COSTA MESA, Calif. @ — A swarm of bees stung James J. Fagan nearly 100 times yesterday while his wife watched. .She ran to neighbors for help. They lit Ivy Williamson’s lads still would | KIWANIS KEGLERS—Shown above aré the bowlers representing the Kiwanis Club in city kegling action. Front row, from the left: Bill Southcot, Norton Harris, Bill Warner, Lou Monroe and Pat Bill McCoy and Joe Reilly—Photo by Spillmna, Page 6 NEW YORK (®—Johnny Saxton, the new welterweight champion of the world and a very boring cus- tomer, indeed, is quoted as having said this about the fighting style which caused untold millions to pass out quietly in their arm chairs on Wednesday evening: “I don’t aim to please the crowd. I just want to win fights the best way I can. I fought the fight like I planned—to win, I had him puzzled.” Johnny’s remarks probably will not. endure among the great ora- tions, but we submit that he really laid it on the line right down to the final syllable. The only thing we might have added was that he had a lot of folks puzzled besides Kid Gavilan, who was his opponent, speaking loosely. So far as there is any evidence, about the only ones who were at- tracted by the new champ’s novel method of winning fights were the three ring officials, and he couldn’t have chosen a finer following. The fact that they voted unanimously for the tugger and hauler from Brooklyn can only be put down as a rare case of mass hypnosis. When Saxton’s manager, Blinky Palermo, was asked what his plans were for his tiger, he replied forth- rightly, “To make money,” and that brings up an interesting ques- tion. Where’s the money going to come from? PHILADELPHIA (® — The new owners of the Philadelphia Athlet- ies—not officially owners at all— are chafing at the bit. Arthur Rosenberg, spokesman for the nine-man syndicate which purchased the A’s, said he can’t understand what’s holding up American League approval of the deal. “If favorable or unfavorable news isn’t received” from League President William Harridge today, Rosenberg said, “two men will be sent to Chicago to talk with him.” But Rosenberg added his group wants to be delicate about every- thing, Antagonizing Harridge or other American League officials would do the new owners’ cause no good, he said. “We have sent Harridge a list of the new owners with their fi- nancial and social background,” he said. ‘Roy Mack has informed the league president that he and his | brother Earle and father Connie have sold us the club. If there is any other information Harridge | wants, we are not aware of what it is.” The syndicate spokesman ex- Plained his group is at a disad- _ HE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE HIT ALL 8 HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — John St. Clair, driving only a few blocks lat night, hit seven other cars and barely missed an eighth. The occupant of the eighth car was Detective Chief Jerry Wat kins, who hauled St. Claire out of | his car, bundled him down to head torches and smoked off the bees, but 20 minutes later Feean. 55 was dead. quarters and booked him on a} charge of driving while intoxicat | ed. . THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Sports Friday, October 22, 1954 Roundup By Gayle Talbot Philadelphia has made it plain that it is having a hard enough time with the Athletics without let-| ting Saxton fight anyboly there again. If they do dig up an oppo- nent for Johnny, and if some city! consents to stand still for the) match, what are the promoters go- ing to use to pay off the two glad- iators? One scarcely can imagine that another crowd will shell out any- thing approaching the $57,121 that was taken in at the gate Wednes- day night. It would not be surprising either. if television sponsors become scarce. the next time Saxton’s ser- vices are offered to the air waves. Granted that the firms which ped- dle their wares between rounds are conscious that few of those» who tuned in Wednesday’s little horror felt like tearing around to the cor- when it was over, All they wanted was to be helped up to bed. A few more like that one and the razor blade and beer cartel will find itself turning to wrestling for an audience. One thing about wrestling, when you twist the dial to the wild men you can be pretty sure what you’re going to get, whether you deserve it or not.) Since Saxton has taken boxing out | of the entertainment field, that’s something. A’s Owners Chafe At The Bit Today vantage. “Under baseball law,” he said, “we can’t contact Harridge and demand approval, Only the selling stockholders can deal with the league office. We have to wait until we're approved or called in for consultation.” In Chicago yesterday, Harridge said Roy Mack still had not pro- vided him with the signed bill of Particulars. He said this is neces- Sary for league approval. Until the agreement is “signed, sealed and delivered,” Harridge said, his of- fice cannot act in the matter. At a day long meeting in Phila- delphia yesterday, the syndicate worked over final details of the Purchase agreement. The docu- ments were turned over to the Macks for signing, expected with- in 24 hours. Hester Battery STARTS 809 TIMES After Only 5 Minutes Rest recent test, a stock Hes- ter discharged by eng starter on a car, with 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 iavalye This eperet . This ri eG 809 times before the tery failed. FOR ALL MAKES OF CARS LOU SMITH a game lot, they must have been}! Saxtén Beats The By MURRAY ROSE NEW YORK #—It was Decem- ber in October for Johnny Saxton today. Santa Claus paid another visit to the freshly weight champion and dropped an- other present down his chimney— a suspension of his 15-day jail sen- tence for 12 traffic violations. But just how long Santa will con- tinue to bestow favors on the 24- year-old Negro champ remains iv be seen. There was talk of a possible title | bout between the New Yorker and | Carmen Basilio, the No. 1 contend- | er from Canastota, N.Y., but that | was clouded by the shouts of ex- | champion Kid Gavilan’s handlers | that the Cuban has “an ironclad | return bout contract.” | Norm Rothschild, the Syracuse, | N.Y., promoter, has offered Saxton | $40,000 to put his title on the line against Basilio in Syracuse. But there’s the big question of whether Saxton would draw a gate with anybody, including a hot local at traction. j The’ reluctant champion, about | as cautious and boring a fighter | to come on the scené in modern | days, has been a party to four| prize “stinkers” in the last three | years. He reached the apex of his j career of etherizing the customers | in Philadelphia’s Convention Hail | Wednesday night when he deci-| sioned Gavilan, Gavilan, Manager Angel Lopez | and trainer Mundito Medina had cooled down somewhat yesterday from their high fever at post-fight | LIFE-TIME — The Only || Battery with a 6-Year BONDED GUARANTEE || eVastly more power, quicker starts! eBounces back fo life after being completely run down! Lasts years longer. ONE PRICE FOR ALL CARS $29.95 (6-Volt) ‘ NAVARRO, ANC. ». 601 Duval St. Teéles2-7048]) crowned welter-| time. Then, in the heat of the an- nouncement that the Kid had lost his crown, they had shouted the old refrain Of boxing: “We wuz | robbed.” | The dapper manager and night | club owner insisted, “We have an |ironelad return bout coniract for |New York City. Saxton can fight | nobody else until he fights the Keed | first.”” | Frank (Hlinky) Palermo, the | Philadelphia manager of Saxton, who once said his buddy Lopez didn’t have to worry about a re- turn—“He has my word”—now was singing another tune. “We ain’t signed for nobody,” said the Btink. “All we want is dough.” Harry Markson, managing direc- tor of the International Boxing THE FINNEY CO! 4082. Dok Arpean © Gometond 2, Oto’ Dealer: POINCIANA TV & "M2 DUCK AVE., KEY WEST Rap Thurs. Club, said as far as the IBC knew there was no return contract, He shuddered when the question was put to him. He said the IBC was interested in a Basilio-Saxton match. Saxton, who had $600 in fines for his traffic tickets, paid another $50 for a speeding charge, “Don’t let it happen again,” warned Chief Magistrate John Mur- tagh when he suspended Saxton’s jail term. An eloquent plea by Saxton's lawyer, John J. Duff, helped get Saxton off. The attorney said John- ny’s dull performance was the re- sult of worry about his. pending jail sentence. “Even the defendant's best friend could not say he fought his best fight,” said Duff. ene | RADIO TELEPHONE 2.8667 REE 5 dogs we x ~ Well, they could be coming out with a seven-cylinder car! Pd See the Burns and Allen Show Monday 8:00 P.M. on the CBS TV Network Beware of impostors, jokers and teases. The new Motoramic Chevrolets will be seen by everybody at the same time— bright and early, Thursday, October 28, Mulberg Chevrolet Co. 1116 WHITE STREET | Corner:Caroline Street and Telegraph Lane Dial 26743