The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 12, 1954, Page 8

Big Crowd Seen For Conch-Broward Tilt Key West Seeks First Victory In Four Years Over Bulldogs By JIM COBB Citizen Sports Editor | Page 8 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, November 12, 1954 There will be plenty of football on tap for the 6,000 |} fans expected to put in an appearance tonight when the Key West Conchs attempt to gain their first victory in re- | cent football history over the South Broward Bulldogs in| their big grudge game of the year. | The mayhem is slated to start at 8 p. m. on the high school grid- iron. The Conchs will be out in force to attempt to put an end to a rash of ties which has marked their rivalry with the Bulldogs for the st two years. In 1952, the clubs | Patties to a 1212 tie and last) ig battle resulted in a 7-7 dead- Kk. ‘Douglass fm the proper frame of mind last night at a giant pep rally held at Drills For The local gridders were placed | is | { Pompano their traditional hangout, Pete V.- rela’s Sugar Bowl. They saw the Bulldogs burned in effigy and gen- erally worked themselves into a ey of enthusiasm for tonight’s Ely High of Pompano. With their hopes for an unbeaten| Ready or not, Saturday cose washed out by a detent a jnight, they charge into the the ha: Miami ach, e ry Conchs feel that they can still sal-| sridiron valley of prep vage plenty of prestige by wallop-| School giants. ing South Broward, also a Gold; Coach Charlie White has revamp- ed his attack in an attempt to sa!- Coast Conference entry. On paper, the Conchs are favor-|vage the remaining games on an almost completed schedule. ed. But the feeling is so high in the tilt that both clubs are sure to; The Tigers are pretty sound phy- put forth their best efforts and|sically, and should be ready to in reality, the game is rated as a| answer the battle call with their best efforts of the season. Win, tossup, Coach Ed Beckman was guilty | lose, or draw, the lads in Green and of the understatement of the year | White will have’a full evening of today when his only comment on | it. the possible outcome of the game| Saturday nighty Douglass High was, “I think they'll both try hard.” | will climax its historic homecom- According to Beckman, the | ing with a between the halves aer- Conchs will not be at top strength | ial fireworks display. There are — a factor which will make the | many phases of this display, how- game that much closer, ever, one section of the aerial dis- Blockipg back George Reese who | Play includes the following: Maj- saw action on only one play last|mesium Star Shells, Aluminum week, will see but limited service |Snow Flake Shell, Color and Re- tonight. Joe Russo will start on of-| port Red Star, Blue and Aluminum fense in his stead, in addition to| Shell, Red and Flitter Star Sheil, handling his regular defensive line-| Blue and Flitter Star Shell, Vari- backing assignment. egated Battle in clouds Shell. And guard Ralph Garcia is also} The Douglass High Band will do suffering from severe bruises, a/ its quick step cadence in a pre- concluded their drills for The Douglass Tigers have | 1 Ohio State Bowl Threats By ED CORRIGAN The Associated Press Two upstarts who dared not en- tertain any fanciful dreams in Sep- tember can make dates for New Year's Day if things go right to- morrow. Arkansas, the Cinderella team of the Southwest conference, needs only to tie Southern Methodist to clinch the league championship to the embarrassment of such pow- ers as Texas, which was once re- garded as an almost-certain win- ner. Ohio State has shot to the fore in the up-and-down Big Ten race and the No. 2 team in the country will seek to make Purdue its jeighth straight victim and sixth in a row in league play The Buckeyes might get a real battle from Len Dawson and his aerial circus, but they're the fa- | vorites just the same. If Michigan | State whips Michigan and lowa drops Minnesota, Ohio State js in. the host team in the Cotton Bowl |in Dallas, while the Big Ten victor | goes to the Rose Bowl. The other Cotton Bow! team is |invited after the season. The Pacifie Coast Conference representative in the Rose Bowl | probably will be Southern Califor- nia, through the courtesy of UCLA. Southern Cal plays Washington and should have no trouble. UCLA, the No. 1 team in this week's Associated Press poll, is next week. The Uclans played in the Rose Bowl last New Year's |Day, so they are not eligible to | return. Another team that could see its bowl hopes enhanced or badly man- |gled is Georgia, currently leading |the Southeastern Conference. The Bulldogs are undefeated but tied in league play, but they face a strong Auburn club and will be the }underdog. The conference winner The Southwest Conference win-| ner automatically is nominated as | idle before tackling the Trojans | Minnesota-lowa Clash Seen As A Cruiser Sat. MINNEAPOLIS, # The colli sion of Minnesota's Bob MecNa- mara with lowa’s bone bending line here tomorrow might be enough to make the Milquetoast spectators wince Minnesota, a 5'2 point underdog which still cherishes the hope of a | Rose Bow! trip, is banking virtuatly everything on McNamara. Iowa is gearing its defense against hin without being absolutely sure from which position his line blasts wi!l come McNamara, a 190 pound senior, probably will alternate at fullback and right hatf. But Coach Murray Warmath figures he delivers the| most damage from fullback Against Oregon’ State last week, that added up to 161 yards in 14 carries and two touchdowns. Yet he started the season at half and shifted in ¢ ration when Minneso' » front line fullback corps was fe by injury Rival coaches this year agree almost unanimously that probably no one runs with such ferocity as the Minnesota captain. There are plenty who are faster and some who have more raw power. McNamara literally gallops when he breaks free vle secounts for the numerous times when the Irish farm boy has been slowed in the secondary and then bursts away for long gains In seven games, he has scored nine touchdowns for 54 pois's to share the over all Big Ten scoring lead. The tie could be broken to |morrow. The other gent with 54 points is Earl Smith of lowa. was a | SKATING 420 SOUTHARD STREET 8:00 to 10:30 P.M. CHILDREN’S MATINEE WED. and SAT., 2:30 TO 4:30 Parents Free | Hector Constance Meets Tiger Jones In Garden Tonight NEW YORK —Hector Con- stance, one of the few new faces in boxing, hopes to run his unbeat- len streak in the United States to | three tonight when he faces rugged | Ralph (Tiger) Jones at Madison |Square Garden The lad from Trinidad,. however, is an 8-5 underdog to the heavier and more experienced Jones. | The 10-rounders will be broad {east and telecast (NBC radio and | TV at 10 p.m., EST. | The rangy, 26-year old West In dian Negro, who has done most of his pro battling in England, drew with Johnny Brown and upset Cu ba’s Chico Varona in his two Am- lerican scraps. The victory over }Varona shot Hector into the No. 10 ranking among the welterweight contenders. | If he can beat Jones, he'll be well on his way to the top of the welterweight division. | Ollie Matson of the Chicago | Cardinals in the National Football League ran the first leg of the 1600-meter relay team im the 1952, | Olympics. BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS | 20% ‘OFF ON ALL PAINTS Monroe Specialty Co. 1930 FLAGLER AVE. JACK’S BAR and RESTAURANT Islamorada Open 24 Hours, 7 Days A Week SERVICEMEN ALWAYS WELCOME Excellent T -V Reception PACKAGE STORE LICENSE Hester Battery STARTS 809 TIMES After Only 5 Minutes Rest In a recent test, a stock Hes- ter Battery was deliberatly discharged by engaging ‘he starter on a car, with the swich off, until the battery refused te turn the engine over. The int- tery was allowed to rest 5 mn. utes, the car was then starhd and the engine stop; immet- lately. This operat wate peated 809 times before the ba. tery failed. FOR ALL MAKES OF CARS LOU SMITH 116 WHITE STREET FOOTBALL Mon. - Wed. - Thurs. - Sat. - Sun. HOMECOMING GAME Benefit Band Uniforms development which has reulted in him being shifted from his run- ning guard assignment over to Ju- lio Henriquez’ weak-side guard position. Gareia’s understudy, Ray Bazo, is also on the sick list and pro. bably won't see much action. The Conch backfield will be in- tact with Red Stickney and Bill Haney at the halfback posts and game show that will set the stage for the gridiron encounter. Students for alumni of Douglass are attempting to make this the best Homecoming for a long time to come Advance tickets have been placed on sale at the, following places: Paul J. Sher Jewelers, Lou's Ra- dio and Appliances, Eisner Furni- ture Store, Mingo’s Shoe Shine Par. HURRICANE POWERHOUSE—Bob Dobsanski, University of Miami freshman fullback prospect. will be on tap along with Key West's Dick Salgado when the Hurricanes meet the North Carolina State frosh here Nov. 26. Shrine Club, sponsors of the classic, reports that advanced ticket sales indicate a huge turn- Mike Cates at fullback. With the Bulldogs expected to throw a lot of tricky outside stuff and sprinkle the air with passes, Key West ends John Carbonell and Dick Kerr will undoubtedly play key roles into tonight's donnybrook. They'll be backed up by Freddy Puig, Ronnie Parks and Gene Fa- vors. Tackles Frank Hood and Wayne Brantley and center Johnny De- Merritt will round out the Key West line which have its hands full with a hard digging Broward forward wall sparked by Bud Schuler, 240 lor, City Service Station (Duck Avenue). Russians Will Be Tough In Olympic Games By MURRAY ROSE NEW YORK w—An all-out ef- fort-and the sternest possible com- The lineupe: Petition will be necessary if the Key West | Pos. So. Browara|U:S: hopes to match the powerful Favors, 150 LE Begley, 170 Russians in the 1956 Olyrapics, says Hood, 175 LT Schuler, 240|% Veteran offictal who has seen Henriquez, 200 LG Ferguson, 175 Soviets in recent action. DeMerritt, 175 C Wright, 165} “The Russians claim to have Garcia, 160 RG Grampa, 175/ seven million registered athletes Brantley, 200 RT Secrest, 170)and from that number they're Carbonell, 175 RE Webb, 160| bound to have a great number of Russo, 150 QB Herndon, 155/exceptional athletes,” said Dan Stickney, 170 LH _Katler, 155} Ferris. RH O’Quinn, 155] The gray-haired executive sec- FB Bradshaw, 163) retary of the AAU saw the tremen- Jot Sa pee ne cece wen n ys $i eir He'll Name A’s performances in Switzerland last Manager Soon summer. “The Russians are building up LIGONIER, Pa. @—Arnold John- gon, the man who bought the sg | | in every sport,” he said in an they were good enough before— except im the sprints. The other Iron Curtain countries are devel- oping their stars too. We've got to adelphia Athletics and is moving dig in and work—and hard. general manager next week. | hastie championships. They swept Johnson made the statement last championships. The Hungarians night at Pittsburgh in an airport impressed in winning the Europe- interview. He mentioned no names. | an swimming championships. The |the European track and field| out for the clash. Sports By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK #—The Ohio State Buckeyes, undefeated and smelling roses, are certain to nave their eyes filled with flying footballs when they tie into the Purdue Boil- ermakers in one of tomorrow's out- standing attractions on the national fron. This is what Ed (Moose) Krause director of athletics at Notre Dame, has to say about Lennie Dawson, the 18-year-old Purdue sophomore who will demand the have a big league defense against passes to go along with their other undoubted ‘attributes “Ralph Guglielmi,” says Krause “is one of the finest quarterbacks we've ever had at Notre Dame, but he "t compare with Dawson as a passer. Dawson is the finest passer I've seen in college football in five years.” In seven games up to this point, Dawson has tossed 14 touchdown passes. This is Purdue’s annual homecoming game, an occasion when the sap bubbles over. Purdue relishes its reputation as a spoiler of winning streaks. But if you still | feel like backing the Buckeyes in ussians even came up w ith some xcellent men and women divers and they never had anything like that before.” What will the United States have | interview. “They are better in most every event in track—and the franchise to Kansas City, says | mecha Russians won the world he'll name his field manager and | ‘ey, weight-lifting and gym- However, in Chicago, Lou Boud- reau, former manager of the Bos- ton Red Sox, said he had been in touch with Johnson. “But nothing is definite yet,” Boudreau declared, | %© do to meet opposition? The Chicago Tribune said John-| ‘We must have competition and gon announced recently he planned | ™0re competition,” replied Ferris. te confer with Joe Cronin, gen- “We must have more summer eral manager of the Red Sox. The ©°mpetition in every sport, par- Tribune said: ticularly in track and field. We the office pool, don't let any of this stop you. We see that speculation already |} is rampant about the coach most | BALTIMORE &—The Baltimore 200 lost $5,000 worth of rare birds— 4 small ones, three pheasants and ja hornbill—in a two-alarm fire which broke out yesterday on the answer as to whether the Buckeyes Roundup By Gayle Talbot | likely to be named the outstanding genius of he 1954 season. Listed high among the candidates are Woody Hayes of Ohio State, Bow- den Wyatt of Arkansas, Bud Wilkin- son of Oklahoma, Red Sanders of UCLA and Earl Blaik of Army. If Notre Dame should pile | through the remainder of its heavy schedule without meeting another defeat there also will be strong backing for its 26-year-old fresh- man mentor Terry Brennan, and numerous sectional favorites, such Wally Butts at Georgia, will at- ‘act their share of votes. It is in the course of stating the qualificaions of the last named, Nutts, that Furman Bisher of the Atlanta Constitution becomes moody over the fleeting character of fame. “Jim Tatum of Maryland was elected last year,” Bisher recalls, “and he completely overplayed the part. Unaccustomed as he was to handling humility, he allowed it to spread to his squad. This season Maryland has been rendered ex- tremely humble.” tr | goes to the Sugar Bowl. Meanwhile, there are numerous traditional games around the coun- try, and even the ancient Ivy League could produce a winner. Yale, clubbed by Army last week, nonetheless is 4-0 in the league. The Elis play Princeton for the| Tith time and could come home| first should Harvard turn back| Brown and Cornell get past Dart-| mouth. Other big ones from a traditional | standpoint include Pitt-Nebraska and Alabama-Georgia Tech. | Oklahoma, ranked No. 3 behind UCLA and Ohio State, plays Mis- souri, Nebraska's chief rival for the Orange Bowl bid. Notre Dame, |No. 5 after Arkansas, will try to gain prestige at the expense of North Carolina, while Army, the class of the East and No. 6, has a/ relatively soft assignment against POMPANO TIGERS DOUGLASS TIGERS Saturday, November 13 _.High School Athletic Field SPECIAL FEATURES Pré-Ganie Show Pompano Band Douglass Band and Majorettes Reserved Seats For White Patrons Admission .__.__ Adults, $1.00 — Students, 50¢ Halj-Time Feature Aerial Fireworks Ground Displays STOCK MARKET NEW YORK (#—The stock mar. ket absorbed a rush of selling to day and maintained its higher | trend in early dealings, This is the seventh day out of the eight days since the election | that the market has gone higher. | The past four sessions all have es- tablished new 25-year highs. All sections of the market were | caught up in the swirl of trading, | Going higher as groups were the steels, distillers, coppers, chemi- eals, railroads, oils, and airlines. Otherwise the market was steady | to mixed. | There were a lot of big blocks on the tape initially: New York Cen tral 2,000 shares up % at 23, U.S, | Steel 6,000 up % at 62%, Bethie. hem Steel 1,500 up 1 at 91%, Chrysler 4,500 up % at 63, Radio Corp, 4500 up “% at 36%. ‘The Navy keeps time with an ac- | curacy of five-millionths of a sec- ond. Big mew 1955 STUDEBAKER COMMANDER V8 Now in direct competition with the very lowest priced V-8s] World’s'greatest V-8 value! “Boudreau’s contract with Boston, | hope to get the program folling | calling for an estimated $40,000 to next summer and follow it up) $45,000, had another year to run. |im $36, the year of the games. | Johnson would want to know if, \ the Red Sox will have to assume Bem Martin, assistant football) the entire obligation, or only the coach at Navy, is a former Middie | financial difference if Boudreau | star, He played in every Navy lands another job in 1955. 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