The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 23, 1954, Page 12

onchs Subdue G » Injuries Slow Key West Attack, Haney Tosses Two TD Passes By JIM COBB Citizen Everybody is trying to is having much luck at it, . Latest to fall victim to Sports Editor beat the Conchs but nobody Key West’s gridiron prowess was Constance High of Miami, who showed a surprising pe a | a 1 ee THE YARDSTICK FIRST DOWNS YARDS GAINED RUSHING YARDS GAINED PASSING PASSES ATTEMPTED PASSES COMPLETED PASSES INTERCEPTED BY FUMBLES OWN FUMBLES RECOVERED PENALTIES Key West ‘Constance 11 4 157 116 187 9 6 2 - 1 90 35 ens MEE amount of strength last night before wilting to the Conchs single wing ground assault and Bill Haney’s aerials in & 21-7 ballgame marked by hardhitting play. ‘The victory, Key West’s fifth straight against no defeats, left the Conchs a pattered group of ball- Constance, by the s: token, was hardly the same cis: per gridiron combination that took the field earlier in the evening, _ when the debacle had reached its and Miami Beach in a Gold Coast Conference lead. Miami Beach plays South The Conchs journey to Miami Beach for a showdown @ which will probably decide crown. dark indeed for the first two plays Joe Russo and DeMerritt, key man in his line-backing capacity the Conchs defensive alignment, injured on the play. Then, on the first play from serimmage, burly Julio Henriquez was racked up and that was all for him for the evening. Line coach Allen hurriedly sub- stituted a pair of second stringers, |: Lew McLain and Roxy Albury. Both rose’to the occasion and play- magnificent football in the face @ monstrous Pioneer forward |. Frank Hood, although suffer- from a recurrent leg injury shifted to center to replace lerritt. Mi , Constance paced by Rojas and:Joe. Ryan, marched to pair of quick first downs on the yard line before the Conchs dug and"forced them to punt. With Red Stickney — probing around the ends, and Mike Cates bulling through the middle, the Conchs could go nowhere and they punted out of danger to the Con- stance 41 where Carbonell covered the ball. The Conchs really showed their defensive mettle at this point. On the first play the Pioneers tried, Carbonell and DeMerritt, now back in the ball game, hit Ludwig for a three yard loss. Then Russo pulled a repeat when he spilled Rojas. Left end Ronnie Parks then dumped Rojas back on the 26 as he was attempting to pass. Constance again punted but the kick was short and wobbly up to the 49. Mike Cates picked up five yards off tackle and Stickney supplied a Conch first down with two five yard efforts around left end. A five yard penalty put Key West on the Pioneer 33 fromwhere Haney uncorked the first of two perfect touchdown passes for the evening. Displaying his usual coolness, despite a hard rushing Constance | he scampered off tackle untouched and the score was 7-0. Key West’s second score came, with 4 minutes and 20 seconds re- maining in the half to cap off a 68 yard march marked by frequent Key West penalties and the in- spired running of Red Stickney. The climax came when fleet- footed.end Gene Favors eluded the Constance secondary with all the speed of a young gazelle and took another of Haney’s Passes | near thé goal line. Haney again crossed up the Pioneer defense | and waltzed over for the point.) Key West, 14; Constance, 0. The two teams battled it out on even terms in the third quarter until it appeared that the Conchs were moving after Haney had connected with a 23 yard pass to Carbonell on the Pioneer 45. But; Haney tried it again shortly and Constance: halfback Don Lewis; came from nowhere to snatch it! and go all the way for their only score of the evening. Haney made a desperate effort to catch Lewis —and nearly succeeded when he wrestled him out of bounds just over the goal. | Vennie Pent’s try for the point, was good and the score stood 14-7. | The fourth quarter turned out to. be a punting duel between Key, West’s Red Stickney and Con- stafice’s Rojas. The Conchs, however, drove to another score set by up Stickney who drove from his own 40 to the Constance 40 with a neat dis- play of broken: field running. A 15-yard penalty pushed the Conchs down to the 25 and Stick- ney, Haney and Cates alternated to carry the mail to the 10. ‘Cates supplied the clincher when he went over on a plunge. Haney ran the point to make it 21-7. The ball game ended as Stuart Yates intercepted a pass on the Key West 48. GRIDIRON GLEANINGS: Last night’s game, as the Curley clash, was one of the reasons sports writers age early. It’s because no matter how hard you try to give every deserving ball player credit for their part in the win, you always omit somebody: Let’s sum it up as a team effort... Julio Henriquez, although he suf- fered a “dislocated” nose, will probably be back in there for the Beach next week . . . Constance had Key West well scouted—but they forgot about Haney’s passing when they used an eight-man de- fensive line . . . Wayne Brantley, playing without his usual flank- ers, Henriquez and DeMerritt, turned in the performance of his career. He inspired the Conch line to save the day ... That fast-talking, highly-excited voice you heard over the PA system at times last night was end coach Walter Chwalik. He was relay- ing his observations to the Conch bench via telephone when the microphone picked them up... When Miami Beach scout Vic! Vaccarro showed up in the press box for the fourth straight week, it prompted Key West Athletic Director Win Jones to make this comment: “Youre not scouting us, Vic, you’re writing a book about us.” . . . Some misguided spectators, who ought to look up the word “sportsmanship” in the dictionary, had the utter gall to cheer lustily when a Constance player was injured last night They ought to be ashamed of themselves . . . Red Stickney’s Punting was a big factor in the win—he averaged 39 yards a try ... And Reddo pulled off a clas- sy job of running when he went; around left end in the third quar- ter. He ran into a platoon of Pioneer defenders, reversed his FIVE YARDS—The Conchs' Bill Haney vaults for five yards on an off-tackle run ight’s action. two Don Pinder. END OF Hampton Constance end Carl Fromm is poised to hit him. Besides throwing passes, Haney contributed three extra points to the Conch cause.—Citizen Staff Photo, THE LINE—The Conchs’ Stuart Yates is hit from behind by Constance halfback Bill in third quarter of last night's clash. Joe Hartman and Jack Jung rush up to aid tack- ler. Key West won in bruising battle, 21-7.—Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. Directions For Reaching | Miami Beach Field Given Key Westers planning to attend the Miami Beach- Key West football game at When you reach Miami, nue, (just past 17th Street.) Washington and Euclid Ave sand Key Westers will be on transportation committee has Saturday, will find the following directions valuable. or Venetian Causeways to Miami Beach; turn left at Washington Avenue and proceed north to Euclid Ave- | | weight,” said Saxton’s pilot, Frank Meanwhile, indications are that more than a thou- John Carbonell, chairman of the Quarterback Club | have been reserved with indications pointing to the fact that more will be needed. Persons wanting reservations should phone him at 2-2803 before Wednesday. Memorial Field there next take either the MacArthur The stadium is located at nues, hand for the game. reported that three busses By JOE BRADIS PITTSBURGH ® — Walt Kies- ling’s Pittsburgh Steelers. thirsting for revenge, come to grips tonight with the unbeaten Philadelphia Eagles in a National Football Taoo2’ai% = ,. :;%@ ( ‘!-)..’830DD League game that could have an important bearing on the outcome of the Eastern division title. phia, the Eagles squeezed by the Steelers 24-22 on an 81-yard touch- down drive in the closing minutes, | spurred by the passing of quarter- back Adrian Burk. Steeler fans are still squawking | about that one and to show their enthusiasm they've bought Forbes. Field. President Art Rooney of the Steelers has placed an additional 7,000. standing room and 3,000 bleacher seats for this one. The crowd will be close to 40,000—the largest in years. The Eagles-Steelers is the only Saturday night game. The big game Sunday is the Detroit Lions- San Francisco 49ers clash on the out | field and filtered around right end for 12 yards . . . Don’t for- get the Quarterback Club dinner Monday evening. Unbeaten Eagles Meet Steelers In their first contest at Philadel-| . ‘Delores Falkins cago, the Chicago Bears travel to Los Angeles; and the Green Bay Saxton Will Be Fighting Champ NEW YORK (@—Johnny Saxton, the new welterweight champion of the world is going to be a fighting titleholder, his manager said today —but just who his first opponent will be still is not certain. “Maybe we will go to the coast to box Ramon Fuentes over the Palmero. “‘After that, maybe Car- men Basilio, First, let us get used to having the title. My boy wants to be a fighting champion. You will see a better fighter next time.” The fact that Saxton promises to be a fighting champion was greet- ed with something less than en- thusiastic response in boxing cir- cles after his performance last Wednesday when he won the title from Kid Gavilan. Philadelphia, scene of the fight, wants no part of it. Robert K. Christenberry, chairman of the New York State Athletic Commis- | sion said he would not recognize a Packers visit the Colts at Balti- ore, The Eagles, boasting a 4-0 rec- ord, will be at top strength for the game with the return of defensive backs Ralph Goldstein and Roy Barni after weeks on the injured list. The Eagles rate 3% point favor- ites. A Steeler victory, coupled with a New York Giants triumph throw the Eastern race into a three-way tie for first place, Tops Bowlers Delores Falkins led the field Thursday in the Navy Wives Bowl- ing League when she rolled a neat 196 game over the naval station alleys. Edith Blatt was second high with 392 while Dorothy Williams was third with 185. West Coast. This one is for the Western division lead. In other Sunday games, the Browns play the Cardinals in Cai- team game of 755 while the Kolia® G00 COR ——mmee> ¢ on Sunday over Washington, would | Ann Valant rolled high series of rematch as a championship fight. Saxton has one title defense lined up. That would take place in | Syracuse, N. Y., against Carmen | Basilio, the, home-grown fighter, | who rated the first crack at Gavi- }lan’s title anyhow. The Interna- jtional Boxing Club probably will jcosponsor it with Norman Roths- child, a Syracuse promoter. Christenberry said he would “not recognize any title match between Saxton and anybody else except Basilio,” adding that he’d like io have the match staged within 90 days r | | | Coach Abe Martin of the TCU football team calls his regulars the | “white” team and his sophomores the “blue” team. | King had the top team series with 2209. ritty Constance, 21-7 Jayvees Seek Third Straight Win In Miami Tech Encounter Big Crowd Seen For Tilt Tonight Coach Walter Chwalik’s Junior Conchs will be gun- ning for their third straight victory tonight when they meet the Miami Tech B squad in a game set for 8 o’clock in the high school stadium. Fresh from a 25-0 win ov- er the Miami Beach Jay- Vees, the Conchs are in top shape for another victory. They gained a 19-0 decision over the Hialeah JayVees in.an early season clash. Exact lineup tonight was deter- mined by the amount of action, some members saw last night in the Key West-Constance clash. Un- der state athletic association rules, if a player participates in a varsi- ty game, he is ineligible for jay- vee football until the following week. The Conchs will need all the strength they can muster in the face of a strong Tech club well drilled in the same sort of football that gave the Conch varsity so much trouble in their debacle. Diminutive Johnny Williams, a 115-pounder who provides the drive for Key West despite his size, will be on tap. Others slated for plenty of action are Paul Higgs, Doug Al- len, Danny Oropeza and Ed Wash- burn. Linemen are Wayne Albury, Earl Weech, Dan Cates, Martin Frantz and Bill Rojas. Gannon Calls Patterson ‘A Jet’ By JACK HAND NEW YORK #—“That Patterson is a jet. Marciano is a bomber. Maybe they'll match me next time with just a plain fighter.” That was Joe Gannon’s reaction to last night’s losing effort against Floyd Patterson, the 19-year-old former Olympic champion, in the Madison Square Garden debut of both fighters. Gannon usually is one of Rocky Marciano’s sparring partners. “I didn’t know he could hit that hard,” said Gannon, a former | Washington, D. C. cop. “I couldn’t catch my breath from the third round on.” Patterson set a terrific’ pace, trying to make a hit in the Garden. He moved so fast that he often found himself throwing punches from off balance positions, missing and walking into punches that nev- er should have hit him. . Gathering all his fury into one burst in the last,round of the eight- round bout, Patterson broke Gan- non’s nose and finally dropped him on his hack, draped over the bot- tonr rope, at the final bell. Referee Al Berl had it 6-1-1 and both judges, Bert Grant and Artie Aidala, scored it 6-2, all for Pat- terson. The AP card agreed with the judges. Page.12 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, October 23, 1954 U-M Frosh Have Huge Forward Wei! Civie Bowling League Notes After three weeks of bowling the V. F. W. Post 3911 still maintains their lead in the Civic Bowling League with a 9-3 record. Coming up close is the Ameri- can Legion Post 28 and Elks who are tied for second with 8 - 4 re- cords. In fourth is the Shubif club, fol- lowed by Knights of Columbus with 7-5 and 5-7 records respec- tively. The Kiwanis and Cayo Hueso Grotto teams are tied for 6th with 4-8 records while the Base Holy Name Society brings up 8th with a3 - 9 record. So far there are only five mem- bers in the 200 club. Lou Monroe (Kiwanis) with 241, Stan Grenuck (KofC) 226, M. E. Lewis (VFW) 213, Don Copesky (Base Holy Name Society) 208 and Pat Kelley (Ki- wanis) with a 202. There are sev- eral in the 500 club now (bowlers with over 500 for 3 games). They are: Grenuck with 561, Monroe 546, Gilmore (VFW) 545, Copesky 528, Barber (VFW) 526, Meyer (Shubif) 522, Kelley 514, Spear (Am, Legion) 504 and Gene Hai- pin (K of C) with 502. Some of the highlights of the league so far: Don Copesky pick- ed up a 5 - 8 - 10 split the other night... .Herb Stephens of the Elks picked up an amazing 3 - 7 10 split. . :Madden of Shubif tur- keyed out (3 strikes) to win the first game for his team against Elks. . .Stan Grenuck started his game of 226 with 4 strikes and completed it with 3 — no mean feat in bowling. V.F.W. with an 858. . .K of C with 823, VFW with 2311 and Shubig with 2239 lead for team high three games ‘in that or- der. . Folks are reminded that all bowling is on the Double “A” Al- leys and everyone is invited to be spectators on Tuesday evenings, . . All games start/at 8:00 p. m. Double Time BOSTON — Some out-of-town visitors at the Boston Conference on Distribution are displaying two! watches, one set at New York) time and the other at Boston's daylight time. They say it helps them to time calls to their offices and plan plane ' schedules. One two-watch man said he sometimes became confused and couldn’t remember which time- piece was which. | Massachusetts has extended its | daylight time to the end of Octo- ber. In 1953, the U.S. auto industry consumed organic chemicals valu- ed at 590 million dollars. Until recently, there were no Texas has high hopes for sopho- more Dan Maroney, a fullback. There is plenty of size in the University of Miami freshman foot- ball team that will meet the North Carolina State frosh here in the Shrine Bowl game Nov. 26. Only three of the Miami Frosh forwards weigh under 200 pounds and both are 190 pounders— who have edged out bigger men. The 190* pound midgets are Jim Shea of Madison, a guard, and John Melwid, 6 foot 3 inch end from Cicéro, TL. Another big boy is Key West's own Richard “Biff” Salgado, who will handle the fullbacking that evening. A 195 pounder, he’s ex- ceptionally fast for his size. Melwid’s running mate is Gilbert Radowich, also 6 feet 3 inches but weighing 215 pounds. He is a Bass High product from Atlanta. Miami's other first team guard is Dick Fulkner, 200 pounders from White Plains, New York. At tackle, the Hurricanes will of- fer John Lawrence, from Centra- Snoq pue 1zz a “eg ‘er Frakes, from Nene. Wicd’ ~ Phd The ceter is Tony DeTroia, 200 Pounder from Caldwell, N. J. There are plenty of other big men available among the reserves. Paul Smith, Miami, 215, and Ron- ald Kubiac, 240, North Tonaowan- da, N. Y. are tackles, Ted Cuto- loa, 235, from Miami and his Mia- mi Senior High School teammate, Jack Kelly, 215, are guards. Ed- mund Gracyzk, Salem, Mass., an end, weighs 215. Tickets for the game being play- ed for the benefit of the Shrine Crippled Children’s fund, are on sale at the Paul Sher’s Jewelry Store, Evans Sport Shop or from any Shriner. They are also being sold at all Key West High School games. Baseball Set The Cuban Club will meet the Junior Conchs at 2 p. m. in the Wickers Field Stadium in an Is- land City Baseball League game. 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