The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 28, 1954, Page 6

| Upsets Plague The AP a Hi ws Football Forecaster Sooners Picked Over Colorado In Sat. Battle By HAROLD CLAASSEN NEW YORK #—If the geography te ever remap the United s they will: have to include a canyon, running from coast | x"t and from border to bor- It will be identified as Upset uv fe It will be partly filled with foot- ball forecasters and teams who can’t keep up with the facts in ‘Miami Fights Over-Confidence Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, October 28, 1954 CORAL GABLES, FLA. — Mia- mi will not go into its second meeting with Fordham University an over - confident football team, “They have no reason to be over- confident,” Coach Andy Gustafson said today as he prepared his Hur- ricanes for the New York team, which last year walloped Miami, 20 gna oF what was one of the most humiliating defeats ever suf- fered by Miami. ca “They want to win this game badly to avenge that 1953 deleate Gustafson said. The Hurricanes will enter the Fordham game Friday in good physical shape. Capt. Gordon Mal- loy, who suffered a bruised leg when he made that sensational catch of a Maryland punt on the dead run last Friday night, will Topic for sports fans for the past several weeks has been the crucial Miami Beach - Key West giridiron pig skin squabble which is sche- layed in the city of hotels this com- if you think ithusiastic k with tell you and re- the In down town Key West the odds are even. However at Dewey Riggs’ place where all type of sports is the topie for converstation and where winners are fore- casted, the Key West Conchs are slightly favored to be victorious by 6 - 0 score. Many think it will the end of the last quarter after a American League Believed Split On The A’s Transfer Coach Fires 3 Pitt Players PITTSBURGH ® — Capt. Tom Hamilton, who learned strict dis- cipline in the Navy, grimly went about his coaching duties Thurs- day, after firing three players from his. Pitt football squad. “Hamilton, doubling™in Brass as failed to show up for practice for two consecutive days, Cut loose in the action were first-string guard Ed Stowe of Somerville, N. J.; guard Joe Los and halfback Gene Steratore, both of Washington County, Pa. The three, for comment. the dismissals, have ever had in athletics.” Low Scoring Seen In SEC formation is be plenty of low-scoring football ence Saturday. Most of the coaches continued to emphasize defense for this be Miami Beach 0 - Key West 0 at | mates, but they couldn't be located | Mississippi State was a notable exception. Maroons reached a peak on de- fense in upsetting Alabama last week, “But our offense did not worked Mississippi State hard on Move Seen To Switch Team To Kansas City By JOE REICHLER NEW YORK #—The American League became a house divided disapproval’ of the Athletics’ sale to an eight-man Philadelphia syn- It was learned, however, that Harridge probably first would call all juniors, are room-| week's rough conference card, but | dicate. thrilling and sensational battle. The | After issuing a prepared state-| Coach Darrell Royal said his |for a vote on whether to beleaguered franchise to City. On Oct. 12 in Chicago, approved the be ready to go Friday night, Gus- _ Asked if there had been any frie-|a wet field yesterday tuning up |S. Ameche. Penn State over Penn: Your tel- ‘evision attraction, in which the de- flated Penn Staters start with their comeback. : Skipping over the others without EAST: Boston Colicue ¢y.2 Xa- vier, Boston University over Buck- nell, Cornell over Columbia, Har- vard over Ohio University, Brown over Lehigh, Colgate over Prince- ton, Rutgers over Temple, Holy Cross over Syracuse, Yale over Dartmouth. MIDWEST: Purdue over Mlinois, Michigan over Indiana, Iowa State over Drake) Kansas State over Kansas, Michigan State over Min- nesota, Missouri over Nebraskan, Oklahoma A&M ove? Tulsa, Hous- ton over Wichita. SOUTH: Miami (Fla.) over Ford- ham, Mississippi over State, Georgia over Alabama, Duke over Georgia Tech, Auburn over Tulane, Florida over Migsis- sippi State, Kentucky. over Villa- nova, North Carolina State over Furman, Maryland over South Ca- rolina, Tennessee over North C. rolina, Florida State over Virginia Military, Virginia Tech over Wil- liam & Mary, Wake Forest over Clemson. SOUTHWEST: Texas Christian over Baylor, Texas over Southern Methodist. FAR WEST: Cincinnati over Col- lege of Pacific, Montana over Colo- rado A&M, Montana State over Idaho State, Southern California over Oregon State, Stanford over Washington State, Brigham Young over Utah State, Utah over Idaho, Oregon over Washington. Sooners Prep For Colorado DENVER (®—Oklahoma’s No. 2- ranked Sooners fly into Denver to- day to sniff the chilly, thin mile- high air before their important Big Seven football game Saturday at Boulder with Colorado’s un- ranked Buffaloes. The talk around town is that the Oklahomans are not taking any chances with the ever-dangerous Buffs and want to become accus- tomed to the climate before the kickoff. But Oklahoma Coach Bud Wilkin- son discounts that interpretation of the Sooners early arrival. “Our going to Colorado early has nothing to do with the altitude bug- aboo,” Wilkinson said before leav- ing Norman, “The better team will | night win whether the game is played at Boulder or Norman. “We went to California on Thurs- day for our game there this sea- CUBA BOUND—Al Bratle, St. shown aboard the “City of Key Louis Cardinal-relief hurler, is West” shortly before it left for Cardenas, Cuba, this morning. Brazle, who hurled in 58 games and compiled a 5-4 record, is going to Cuba to aid Mike Gon- zalez, owner of the Havana Reds, in their drive for the Cuban Winter League championship. Brazle, who has his automobile with him, will also tour Cuban golf courses—Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK — Oddsmakers were reported at a late hour still to be offering 24 points, or the equivalent of three touchdowns and a field goal, that no one could prophesy what the American League club owners would do about the franchise of the ambu- lant Philadelphia Athletics at their scheduled meeting here today. It could happen, of course, that the befuddled magnates will have pulled themselves together and made a firm decision of some kind almost by the time this reach- es print, but the odds plainly were against anything as simple as that. To the lay fan, the choice migh look like a fairly simple one. They either could approve the sale of the A’s to eight Philadelphia busi- nessmen who wished to keep the broken-down club in that-city, or they could insist that the buyer be Arnold Johnson, who wants to give Kansas City a big league club, if that is the proper designation. But that, unfortunately, seems to be only a piece of the badly muddled picture. The seemingly insurmountable complication lay in the fact that{ the seven other clubs were almost; solidly in favor of moving the A’s to Kansas City. The only active | dissenter has been Clark- Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators. ‘The Old Fox's plaint that the shift of the A’s out West would auto- matically transform Baltimore in- to an Eastern club and give him tough competition from only 30 miles away is considered short- sighted by most of his colleagues. The other clubs, including the New York Yankees, who own the minor league franchise at Kansas City, are convinced that if they do not get the Athletics out of\Phila- delphia now they are courting dis- aster. They are ready to believe Johnson when he predicts that the team would not draw 300,000 fans to Shibe Park next season after all that has happened. So far as civic pride is concerned, they know by now that it doesn’t pay player Salaries, (ete ee THAT WAS TOO MUCH “MONTGOMERY, Ala. ™ — Cir- cuit Judge Eugene Carter granted a divorce yesterday to a disap- Pointed wife @ho charged her -bridegroom with adultery the they were married. names were withheld. pe RE 5 late afternoon workout at the Den- ver University stadium. Another son and the arrangement worked | drill is booked there tomorrow. The ut. nicely.” Oklahoma won 27-13. |team wi', go by bus to Boulder he Sooners have scheduled a Betsy Rawls Is Golf Favorite FORT WORTH, Tex. # — De- fending champion and medalist Betsy Rawls was rated the player to beat Thursday as the 19th an- nual Women’s Texas Open golf tournament moved into its second day of match play. The Spartanburg, S.C., entry carded a decisive 6-4 victory over Dallas’ Mary Nell Weatherred Wednesday in first-round play to establish herself as favorite among the play-for-pay golfers. Miss Rawls moved ahead on the third hole and stayed on top all the way in taking the match. Other pros taking easy decisions included three who won by 9-8 scores—Betty McKinnon of Savan- nah, Ga., who beat Mrs. Charles True of Dallas; Betty Dodd of San Antonio, who defeated Mrs, A.R. Hancock of Gladwater, Tex., and Betty Hicks of Manhattan Beach, Calif., who downed .Mrs, Gene Harding of El Paso, Tex. Betty Jameson of San Antonio defeated Mrs. H. D. Wysong of McKinney, Tex., 6-5 and Betty Mims Danoff of Dallas eliminated Mrs. Dave Gaut of Memphis, Tenn. 6-4 in other pro matches. Polly Riley’s 7-6 victory over Peggy Springer of Lubbock, Tex., gave the Fort Worth woman the favorite’s rating among the ama- teaurs. Miss Riley was the low amateur in qualifying rounds with a two-over-women’s-par 77. Tampa Cagers To Start Practice TAMPA (®—The University of Tampa basketball squad will begin practice Monday for a 20-game schedule for the 1954-55 season. Coach Sam Bailey has only three lettermen back—Lou O’Bres- ley, Howard Bernstein and Gene Peeples. He also is counting on three sophomores—Dave Janisik, Bill Bosworth and Hector Alcalde. The schedule: Dec. 7 Bartow AFB here; Dec. 9 Florida Southern at Lakeland; Dec. 11 Georgia Teachers at St. Petersburg; Dec. 13 Florida at Gainesville; Dec. 14 Florida State at Tallahassee; Dec. 16 Pinecastle AFB here. Jan. 4 Rollins here; Jan. 8 Flor- ida State at Clearwater; Jan. 11 Miami of Ohio here; Jan. 15 Flor- ida Southern here; Jan. 17 Miami of.Florida at Miami; Jan, 22 Stet- son here; Jan. 28 Georgia Teach- ers at Collegeboro, Ga.; Jan. 29 Mercer at Macon; Jan. 31 Troy State at Troy, Ala. tafson said. “We plan to start Malloy Fri- day,” Andy reported. It is still unknown whether Mike Hudock, giant center who was un- be able to play this week. The giant pivot man has been recupera- ting fast and there is a chance that he will be able to play, according to trainer Dave Wike. Another gigantic crowd is anti- cipated for the Miami - Fordham game Friday night. Miami’s tre- Mendous success on the grid- iron this fall has brought new football interest to this area. Last Friday night the team played be- fore 56,659 fans in the Miami - Maryland game, while it is anti- cipated by Unversity officials that more than 40,000 will see the Hur- ricanes in their battle with the pass minded Fordham team which will come to Miami hoping to upset the Hurricanes and gain a spot in the national spotlight. Fordham has everything to gain in its second meeting with Miami and no doubt will gamble and play reckless football. Miami proved beyond doubt last Friday that it is a dangerous pass- ing team as well as one of the great running teams of the nation. The Hurricnes passed the Mary- land Terps dizzy, and while win- ning only by a 9 to 7 score, was knocking at Maryland’s doorstep four other times. Miami’s starting backfield a- gainst Fordham Friday night will have Carl Garrigus at quarterback, Captain Malloy and Whitey Rou- viere at halfback and Don Bosse- ler, the greatest fullback in Uni- versity of Miami history, holding down the other post. Frank McDonald, Miami’s All - American end candidate, snagged four passes in the Maryland game and was a true All- American in every respect, according to Coach Gustafson. ‘He will open the Ford- ham game Friday on the right flank with either Tom Pepsin or Bob Nolan at the other end. The tackles will be Allan Rod- berg and Charles Hutchings; the guard, John Krotec and Joe Ko- hut and the center, Ernest Tobey. A really fine passing attack is due to give Miami its stiffest aer- ial test of the season Friday night when the Fordham Rams unfurl their aerial skill on the Orange Bowl turf. Holy Cross which passed Miami silly has been no great shakes in the air either before or since. The Rams on the other hand, have a smooth, well polished passing game which is no three-day, make shift affair. Nobody has stopped Gene Calla- han’s aerial thrusts. The 5 foot 8, stocky 170 pound senior, won the Rutgers game with a beautiful aer- ial toss to 6 foot 1 inch, 207 pound Andrew Nacrelli, one of the best pass catchers in the land and a lad who gave Miami fits in New York last year. The two collaborated on a 67 yard scoring pass against BU and Callahan also fired a scoring pass to William Liptack against BU, This same combination scored on Boston College. Liptack missed the Marquette game because of injuries but will be ready for the Miami game. The Rams use the split T this year and have in Callahan a very able operator since his speed en- ables him to run like a halfback, Fordham’s halfbacks, Joe: Pal- mieri, 175 and Andrew Romeo, 205 are holdover veterans. The fullback 190 pound Dick Ruth, was hurt but Played part of last year’s game against Miami. Ed Danowski says he’s the best defensive fullback he’s ever had at Fordham and his line backing will be Fordham’s answer to the Miami running attack which was called the ‘best ever’ by Mary- land players here after last Fri- day’s game, —— Pittsburgh here; Feb. 11 Stetson at DeLand; Feb. 17 Miami of Florida here; Feb, 22 Rollins at Winter Feb. 4 Troy State here; Feb. 7 Park. 3 John West is busily reserving tic-| tion on the Pitt squad, Hamilton kets for Navy personnel as well as |Teplied with an emphatic ‘no’. civilian employees of the General| In his prepared statement, Ham- Chicago the offense for Saturday's invasion |t® move the of Florida. City, contingent upon Alabama continued to throw the | Pleting his $3,375,000 aple to go against Maryland, will | jwhile Joe Pineda will be seen in together the University of Miami and the North Carolina College freshmen on November 26. The game will be played at the high school e y What team Key Westers will be Pulling for is going to be a good question as we have two former Key West stars in the clubs. Rich- ard “Biff? Salgado will be doing duty for the University of Miami action for the Carolinas. What will, probably happen, of course is that at one moment you will find us cheering one team and then the other. This will be because we will real‘y be cheering the action of our boys. It has been manaifested by many fans “we hate to see our two great stars play against each other.” Focusing to the world of fisti- cuffs, boxing fans around this sec- tion of the country are still hoping that Miami will succeed in its bid to stage a Valdez - Marciano heavy weight championship bout this win- ter. Nino Valdez, a willing mixer and the packer of a stiff right hand punch can worry Marciano for a while but this corner doubts very strongly if the Cuban heavyweight champion has the power to de- throne the Rock or even standup under the Marciana barrage. Those who have seen Vaidez in action on television or at the ringside will agree that Nino has the fighting style of Luis Firpo, the Argentin- an wild bull of the Pampas who lifted Champion Jack Dempsey ov- er the ring in the first round of the famed Firpo - Dempsey title bout back in the ’20’s, packing the same style wild hand swing. The bout if it materializes will bring many Cuban pesos to Orange Bow! and Miami. The world series is past history but thousands of baseball fans not only in Cleveland but all over the continent, are still wondering why Bob Feller didn’t get a chance to either start or take part in the re- lief role of at least one game. Going back to the Miami Beach Key West football clash I’d like to point out a couple of individual rabid fans who will come back home with sore throats. Yes, you are so right, the pair will be John Weech and Earl Adams, William “Bill” Cates, who play- ed a big part in bringing to Miami the Flroida Ipternational Baseball League championship in 1952, is now back and making his home in good old Cayo Hueso. Bill, always very active in sports and above all baseball, is managing the Jun- jor Conchs in the Key West winter paseball league. Ever take notice how those kids keep improving with each game. Follow the Jun- ior Conchs and watch them grow under the able assistance of a pro- fessional coach, Flanagan Whips Harper Wed. Night SAN FRANCISCO ("Maurice | Harper is a good welterweight | prospect, but champion Johnny | Saxton will beat him because Har- | per doesn’t have enough experi- | ence.” That’s the way Del Flanagan, of | St. Paul, the world’s No. 2 con- tender, sized up Harper after he dropped a 10-round split decision to | the little known boxer in their na-| tionally televised fight last night. | weighed 146%, Flanagan 150. | Flanagan decisioned Saxton, the | newly crowned champion, before | he won the crown. | Last night’s fight was not thrill- | ing. The two clinched, wrestled and | butted many times. There were | no knockdowns and neither boy was in trouble or suffered any damage. released by graduate Frank Carver, quoted saying: “I fail to understand an athlete who can break faith with his team- does not deserve to manager as . The team is preparing for a rough game Saturday at Mor- gantown, W. Va. with undefeated West Virginia University, “There was simply no alterna- tive to my action,” Hamilton said. Cérver said the case is closed and there is no chance the trio will be reinstated this season, or ne Babe Didrikson (Given White House Invite FORT WORTH, Tex. ® — The mighty Babe, caught here by an unexpected White House invitation minus her $10,000 wardrobe, had a dinner date with Ike and the Missus today. But Mrs. Babe Didrikson Zaha- rias boarded an American Airlines plane Wednesday night with a hur- riedly-bought bag of clothes and a claim she had no idea why Presi- dent. Eisenhower asked her to Washington. The Associated Press’ Woman Athlete of the Half-Century added: “I’m taking along my golf clubs, Speculation here is that the President is either to give her an award or just wants to play a round of golf with his friend, the Babe. Mrs. Zaharias’ courageous comeback in golf after an opera- tion for cancer was one of 1953’s most heart-warming stories. Last April she helped the President open a drive against cancer. She withdrew from the Women’s graved invitation. Talking like any thrilled housewife she vaulted over an airlines counter like a teen-ager at International Airport here to pose for a picture with her golf clubs. She said she had $10,000 worth of new dresses at her Tampa, Fla., home “‘but had to do some quick shopping in Fort Worth” for her Washington trip. ARIZONA GRIDDER SCORES 100 POINTS NEW YORK, (#—Arizona’s Art Luppino already has accomplished what no major college player was able to.do all last season—score 100 points. Hester Batiery STARTS 809 TIMES After Only 4 5 Minutes Rest In a recent test, a stock Hes- jattery was deliberately irged by starter on a car, off, until the turn the engine tery was allowed peated 809 times before the bat- tery failed. FOR ALL MAKES OF CARS LOU 1116 WHITE STREET Electri for the annual Conch | ilton was just as grim as he was| ball a lot but also found time to| Mack, executive Bow! clagsie which this year brings | Several hours later. The statement, | brush up on defensive fundamen- | the Athletics, tals. Coach Red Drew Moorer, Doug Potts, Curtis ‘and Paul Donaldson on defense. The ‘Tide SEC leader, Georgia, in ham Saturday. to * - and freshmen hurling Auburn plays at the first varsity teams. Pilney indica‘ he would scrim- mage the squad again today. Louisiana State, aiming for an upset over Mississippi at Baton Rouge Saturday night, spent con- siderable time on defense against rebel aerial formations, The Tigers also threw a few passes of their own, with linemen‘reviewing their signments in protecting the pass- Rebels emphasized defense. Auburn held a brisk, 45-minute defensive scrimmage and Coach Ralph Jordan indicated. that he was pleased with Tiger defenses for the first time. “The boys have been looking better on defense all week,” Jor- dan said. “If they keep it up Auburn will give Tulane an inter- esting afternoon.” Florida emphasized passing and welcomed ace fullback Mal Ham- mack back into scrimmage action. Hammack was injured three weeks ago. Georgia Tech and Kentucky each facing a non-conference foe, avoid- ed contact work. Kentucky pre- pared its ground offense for Villa- nova and Tech mapped defenses | against Duke. Georgia, fearing the big Alaba- ma line, toyed with plays designed to shake swift halfbacks Wendell Tarleton and Charlie Harris loose | for long-gainers. : Tennessee defended against the North Carolina split-T and then turned to passing. and punting High Money Man DAYTONA BEACH (#—Lee Pet- ty won the 1954 cha‘ in the NASCAR grand national auto race, circuit but Herb Thomas won the most money. Petty, 40 year-old driver from Randelman, N.C., had 8,649 points for the year, President Bill France of the National Assn. for Stock | Car Racing said yesterday, Thomas, a fellow North Caro linian from Sanford, finished see- ond with 8,366 points but his mon- ey winnings amounted to $38,160. Petty’s winings were $26,706. FOOT vice clubs to the wanted the geles Rams’ great end. Hirsch announced Wednesday night that he will quit at the end of the National Football League | schedule “‘but not because I’m ail- ing or disappointed with the Rams’ or my own personal showing.” “It’s just that sooner or later you have to make a decision about the future,” Hirsch told newsmen. Thursday to recover game on Sunday. Then comés when you cannot team. That day for me Hirsch said he never for another team and years with the Ra * of my life. g i “ . i gal Wi Van Brocklin. Hirsch has a film career to forward to. He has starred in two movies and is sports director of a Los Angeles radio station (KABC). BALL | f g DOUGLASS HIGH TIGERS Kickoff: —Vvs.— MAYS HIGH RAMS Goulds, Florida Friday Night, October 29 8:00 P.M. HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM Reserved Section for White Fans -