The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 18, 1954, Page 6

Defensive Battle Looms ‘With Chattanooga High “Conchs Will | ‘Face Single | Wing Attack “tae By JIM COBB eS Citizen Sports Editor " A hardfought defensive battle between two big football teams is in the off- hg here Friday night when the Key West Conchs tackle Chattanooga «high school, sccording to George Short, _ gports editor of the Chatta- “hort pulled into. Key West Sunday for a few days of fishing before covering the game, Key West’s sec- ond big intersectional ‘clash | of the season. | “Chattanooga is awfully big and rong defensively; their chances of will depend on how well they can hold Key West down,” i Sits: eoktiieil ot Gate e according # 3 E RELTE, FF ge: ae fives ‘an effort to strengthen the cen- of the line, Beckman is toying of installing Johnny as the defensive tackle It will mark the final home ap- of the Conchs this season. at journey to South Dade for theif finale Thanksgiving eve. Kansas City Athletics, sees a big rebuilding job ahead but he’s hope- ful the change of scenery will etimulate the club. Boudreau, who signed a two-year contract Wednesday, said he be- lieves the Athletics will do much better here than in Philadelphia ‘where they wound up in the Ameri- ean League cellar last season. “I think the enthusiasm of the Kansas City fans will bring a change in the club’s attitude,” id. “I believe there improvement. I’m not comparing situation with Milwaukee, though. You have to remember that they had a sound ball club when the move was made from The “Milwaukee Braves climbed from seventh place in the National | It League to second in their first sea- on at Milwaukee. Boudreau, who formerly man- tohia: “T feel that some of the players re capable of doing better than they did last season. I’m lea that up to the players. They'll have show me they want to stay with lub.” Bbia last were costly to Philadel- season. Pitcher Bobby L Cuban Club Meets Junior Conchs The Cuban Club will seek to it in the Wickers Field Sta- dium at 7:30, Conchs have won the three games play- far in the series. George hasires will hurl for oe inna the USS i in the first game and fhe Cuban Club in the second, Hold Heavy Drill Sessions By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “and Tennesseé, who of meet Saturday in the only game featuring Southeastern Conference larently are looking to- scoring contest. In yesterday's practice session, Coach Blariton Collier drilled his Kentucky squad mostly on offense, with the accent on passing. The varsity went through a lengthy of- fensive scrimmage. At Knoxville, Tennessee also emphasized passing and punting, the latter an offensive weapon as used by the Vols. Trainer Mickey O’Brien said end Roger Urbano has a leg sprain and is a doubtful starter against the Wildcats. Louisiana State, which faces pow- erful Arkansas Saturd: Tinsley in a long scrimmage session. Tins- ley said the squad would take it easy tomorrow and Friday to be in best shape possible for the tough | Razorbacks. * Another team with a Saturday date, Auburn—which faces Clem- son, staged a defensive scrimmage. Coach Ralph Jordan said the Plainsmen were being the type of playing d son’s Don King who the unexpected. He runs you think he will pass and vice versa.” Vanderbilt, looking toward its first victory of the season when it plays Villanova Saturday, went through a lengthy blocking session after Coach Art Guepe said line blocking: has deteriorated in the last few weeks. Georgia and Georgia Tech had outside workouts for their game next week. Despite a wet turf, Georgi: backs broke away for numerous long runs—a part of the Bulldogs’ offense that has been lacking. Tech staged only a light workout with quarterback Wade Mitchell showing improvement from his chest injury. Preparations also were stepped up at Mississippi and Mississippi State for their traditional battle Nov. 27. State Coach Darrell Royal had quarterbacks Bobby Collins and Bill Stanton doing a lot of throw- Lo sharpen the Maroon passing attack. He also shifted quarter- backs Charles Caven, a two - year letterman, to left halfback to coat: the injury-riddled posi- ion. Coach John Vaught of Mississippi gave his team its first look at State’s split - T offense and then drilled them on pass defense. Tulane staged a light workout for its game with LSU Saturday- week and Florida got back to work after a two-day layoff. The Gators have to get ready for Miami Nov. 21, so Coach Bob Woodruff has scheduled an intensive scrimmage jling shoulder. Pitcher Alex Kellner, a 20-game winner in 1949, developed a sore arm. Gus Zernial, the A’s slugging outfielder, broke his collar bone. Catcher Bil- ly Shantz, Bobby’s younger broth- er, suffered a fractured finger. At Boston Boudreau’s salary was $45,000 last season. The Red Sox Ousted him while he still had an- other year to go on his contract. was understood he will get ap- Proximately the same salary here, although the, A’s new owner, Chi- ago businessman Arnold Johnson, did not disclose the figure. During Wednesday’s press con- au was said, “Lou has always been a top Salaried manager and you can de wing | sure he’s happy with this one.” Eddie Joost, who managed the Athletics last season, was given his unconditional retease so he could negotiate a deal for himself. Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZ: EN Thursday, November 18, 1954 Key West Golfers Face Miami Shores The Miami Shores Country Club will send a 50 man team of golfers j assistants Earl Clark and Bill Det- here to play the Key West Golf|tmer will be paired against Lo- Club on Saturday and Sunday. The match will be the latest in a series that has spanned: the past several years. Individual teams of two players, will battle it out on a nine point Nassau system for Possession of the huge Miami Shores — Key West trophy. Miami Shores has possession of the trophy at present, having de- feated the Key West club in Miami in March of this year. But the lo- cal golfers will’ be putting forth their best effort in an attempt to keep the trophy here for the next six months. Local , golfing enthusiasts will have the opportunity to see seme top notch golf as the Shores team has three professionals who can Teally play a hot game of golf. Joe MacLaughlin, Shores head pro, will be matched against Key West pez’ assistants, Dick Clark and Larry Rouse. The amateur division will con- sist of such stars as club champ Joe Stoddard, Bob Gromley, hold- er of many titles in Miami; Jay Gruener, Clint Ambrose and many other scratch players. The local club is depending on |such hopefuls as Joe Lopez, Jr., | club champ; Harry Knight, Norton Harris, Jimmy Mira and Gene Wit- zel. ’ The matches will get under way promptly at 9:30.a, m. Saturday and Sunday with 18 holes set each day. Due to, the large field competing; the course has been closed to other golfers during the hours of 9:30 a. m. and 4 p. m. each day. The visitors will be feted with a banquet Saturday night in the Key West Yacht Club. Sports NEW YORK (P—If there is any- thing of which the average red- blooded American is convinced absolutely, it is that, given half a chance, he could do a great deal better job of picking college foot- ball winners than the uninformed misfits who get paid for putting down their predictions week after week. . So. we have decided to offer him a small, simple exerdise for this coming Saturday. All we're going to ask is four winners. out of four, and you can’t, be much fairer than that, They are Ohio State vs. Michigan, Notre Dame vs. Iowa, UCLA vs. USC and SMU vs. Baylor. For the sake of convenience, we. have even listed the favorites first. Pick the four correctly and just see. what. you get. sk If our feeble arithmetic is some: where near right, your chances of} breaking the bank are a little less than 50-50. You: want to start with Ohio State? Okay, and a Very wise choice it is. The Buckeyes have tromped on eight straight teams. They’re really loaded and headed for the Rose Bowl. Michigan has been licked twice, by Army and Indiana. Last week, though, the Wolverines suddenly bared their fangs and bit a 33-9 chunit out of Michigan State. They still are elig- ible for the Rose Bowl too. But don’t let us throw you off. You'll take Notre Dame because the Irish, defeated only by Purdue in a terrific upset, are fourth in ; taken Roundup By Gayle Talbot the current Associated Press poll? Right. Iowa, you no doubt have into sharp account, has |tasted defeat three times, so where’s the argument. ~Well, it’s probably not worth mentioning, but those three losses the Hawkeyes suffered were by a grand total of | nine points, and they beat Purdue two weeks ago 25-15. Then you'll want the UCLA Bruins, naturally. This scourge of the. Far .West has left eight op- ponents for dead and doesn’t yet know its own si we The underdog Trojans boast only an 8-1 record, having heen beaten early “by Texas Christian. They hold a 27-7 victory over Pittsburgh. ;in their last three wins oyer con- nee opposition they have. yield- red seven points. They are very! ‘anxious to go to the Rose Bowl as true champions, not as runners- ‘tip to ineligible UCLA. They might Mot agree with your choice, but who asked them? Finally, there are those mighty SMU Mustangs who cast a pall of gloom over the entire state of Ar- kansas last week. You've got to go with the outfit that whomped the Razorbacks and has not beeh defeated since its opener against Georgia Tech. All Baylor has done in its last four games was score |79 points to opponents’ 28 while | rolling. over Washington, Texas | Aggies, TCU and Texas. There’s nothing to it, once you’ve |learned the formula. Our own |choices: Michigan, Iowa, Baylor, !and UCLA, Connie Mack Has Birthday |Party Wed. By TOM BRADSHAW erect—entered the hotel ballroom haltingly with the help of a cane and his omnipresent chauffeur. Someone started singing ‘Happy Birthday” and everyone joined in the slightly off-key male chorus that grew in volume and disso- nance. For many of those present it was a throat-filling moment as the old man with the matching white eyebrows and hair was guided across the ballroom floor to a six- tiered cake. There were indications that Con- nie Mack was making one of his final public appearances. It was probably one of the noisi- est and saddest birthday parties on record. The illustrious guest of honor stayed only fifteen minutes and that brief period was. one of flashbulb-popping, singing, cheer- ing and pushing activity—the kind he would have enjoyed more a few years ago. It. wasn’t really Connie’s birth- day. He won't be 92 until Dec. 23— two days’ before Christmas, but the members of the Reciprocity Club, a Philadelphia fraternal organiza- tion, wanted to honor the “Grand Old ‘Man of Baseball” and his long- time. friend, Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators. Clark Griffith, who probably would have wanted as much as anyone to be there, couldn't make the trip to Philadelphia to help celebrate his old friend’s birthday —and his own 87th—a little early. Connie Mack—with his chauffeur (Golf Club pro. Joe Lopez. Shores | opi, Orioles Reveal| AP Picks Miami ™o Defeat Alabama, UCLA Win Is Seen Player Trade With Yankees BALTIMORE (#— The Baltimore Orioles today announced they have traded pitchers Bob Turley and Don Larsen plus shortstop Billy Hunter for nine New York Yankee p-ayers, including veteran outfield- er Gene Woodling. In the deal announced at an 11 a.m. press conference by Orioles Managet Paul Richards, the Balti- more team gets in addition to Woodling utility infielder Willie Mi- randa, pitchers Jim McDonald and Harry Byrd, Gus Triandos, catch- er-first baseman from Kansas City, and catcher Hal Smith of Columbus, io. New York will complete its end of the deal with three more players whose names will be announced “‘in the future.” x Richards said he “regrets” giving up Turley and added he thought New York was getting “three very fine ball players.” He said he made the swap to “get the hitting and balance neces- sary to make a first division con- ftender.’* The Orioles field boss who also has charge of player transactions and personnel described Smith and Triandos as “two of the most Promising prospects in baseball. He also hoped Woodling, whese -250 batting average last year was his lowest mark in nine major league seasons, would revert to form and give the punchless Birds the power they need at the plate. veteran of six Yankee seasons is hobbled last year with in- juries. The 24-year-old Turley fire-balled his way to the league lead in strikeouts last year with atotal of 1 RE Ne Rea an ea: Tun avege of 3.46. Bullet Bob, despite contol prob- lems, is considered one of the most promising pitching prospects in the American Léegue. Race Handle Off From ’53, Figures Show NEW YORK (—Wagering at thoroughbred race tracks dropped 2.1 per cent from last year but the states’ revenue soared to a new high as pari-mutuel betting exceeded two billion dollars for. the second time’ in history. The figures are not yet complete for the year, since the horses are still, running in four states, but a suryey by the Associated Press showed the tresuries of 24 states received $14,146,751 from the $2,- 024,539,986 wagered. The figures were estimated on Maryland, Cal- ifornia, Rhode Island and West Virginia, which have not finished their seasons. At the same time attendance dropped .37 per cent from 28,395,- 466 in 1953 to 28,289,216 this year. Wagering. in 1953 reached $2,067,- 898,574, with $136,478,353 going to the states where’ pari-mutuel wa- gering is legal. The figures do not include those from harness racing tracks. The increase in the states’ share is in part to larger tax bites in ‘ew York, New Jersey and Kentucky. Wagering was up in 12 states, down in the same number. A doz- en states reported an increase in | att€ndance while 11 said theirs was lower. Ih revenue, however, 17 states profited more than in 1953 while seven received less. New York, as usual, led in bet- ting with $363,306,510 but Califor- nia is not far behind with an esti- mated $326;574,814. \ over Washington State. Notre Dame Defeat Is Predicted By HAROLD CLAASSEN NEW YORK ®—Annually foot-; Carter First To Gct Title By BOB MYERS Twice |“pushing” him. “He had me off ball stalks off the sports stage in| SAN FRANCISCO ®The wortd balance all night,” Paddy charged, a blaze of glory. Perhaps, some of the glory can percolate into these predications—if not, they are con- signed to the blaze. Last week there were 13 incor- rect answers among the 50 deci-| sions for an average of .740. The seasonal totals are 308 correct an- swers and 124 incortect for .713. This week’s picks: UCLA over Southern California: Carter of New York. The 30-year-old kingpin from Harlem regained the title last night when he battered Paddy DeMarco of Brooklyn into a mess and sub mission in the 15th and final round of a bruising, savagely fought bat- tle in the vast Cow Palace. UCLA took last Saturday off to} get_ready for this one although i is Southern California who is in need of the extra preparation. Ohio State over Michigan: The | Buckeyes have too much, team speed. Oklahoma over Nebraska: The Sooners end their eighth season under Coach Bud Wilkinson with- out a loop defeat. Towa over Notre Dame: Notre Dame tied Iowa a year ago in a game marked by feigned injuries. Neither side has forgotten it but the Iowans likely remember it a little more clearly. West Virginia over North Caro- lina State: The Mountaineer back- Referee Ray Flores: halted the massacre. Paddy, 26, making the first de- | fense of the championship he cap- jtured from Jimmy in New York | jlast March 5, was out on his feet, | his left eye swollen: and all but | shut and hfs cheek :rapidly assum- ing a deep blue shade, Carter now stands as the only lightweight kiag to win the crown three times, He won 1t originally from Ike Williams in 1951, lost it to Lauro Salas in 1952, regained it six months later and then sur- rendered the honor to his rival from Brooklyn. Twice Carter had his man on the deck—from a whistling left hook to the chin in the ninth for field is crippled but Fred Wyant still is sound. i The others without comment: FRIDAY NIGHT Miami over Alabatha. SATURDAY EAST: Harvard over Yale, Co-' lumbia over Rutgers, Syracuse over Fordham, Holy Cross over Connecticut, Pittsburgh over Penn State, Princeton over . Dartmouth, Boston University over Temple, Delaware over Bucknell. SOUTH: Arkansas over Louisi- ana State, Maryland over George Washington, Auburn‘over Clemson, Duke over South Carolina, Fur- man over Wofford, Kentucky over Tennessee, North Carolina over Virginia, West Virginia over North Carolina State, Vanderbilt over | Villanova. | MIDWEST: Wisconsin over Min- | nesota, Colorado over Kansas State, Illinois over Northwestern, | Michigan State over Marquette, Missouri over Kansas, Purdue over Indiana, Wyoming over Tulsa, Wichita over Detroit. SOUTHWEST: Baylor over SMU, Rice over Texas Christian, Texas Tech over Houston. FAR WEST: Arizona over Ari: zona State, California over. Stan- | ford, Idaho over Brigham Young, Utah over Montana, New Mexico over New Mexico A&M, Oregon over Oregon State, Washington The New KEY WEST SPORTS CENTER Lounge - Bar Package Store 7 A.M.-1 A.M. Daily 313% Fleming FREE PARKING IN REAR ENTRANCE a four-count, and with a. barrage of,punches just as the bell ended the 14th. The knockdown iin the ninth, the second in Paddy’s career of some 83 fights, signaled the outcome. The battering in the 14th spelled out the finish and actually the technical knockout in the 15th was aniclimactic. Carter called his victory the big- gest thrill since he started boxing in 1946. His manager Willie Ketchum said he has no immediate plans for Jimmy but he is definitely inter- ested in a title match with one of the nation’s newest elevision at- tractions, California’s Ciseo An- drade. Bitter criticism of Referee Ray Flores came from the DeMarco camp, Paddy accused Flores of ‘lightweight boxing championship | referring to Flores’ efforts to sep- |w as back in familiar surroundings | *74te the men in the clinching, today—in the possession of Jimmy | “The referee wouldn't let me |fight inside,” Paddy said. “rl |fight Carter any time. 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A hush fell over the crowd as Connie moved | windingly among the tables toward! the door. In a moment he had gone and there didn’t seem to be| nearly as much gayety in the room as there had been earlier. TOKYO TO CHANGE PINBALL GAME TOKYO pate city moved to- day to restore to Pachinko, the national pinball craze. It banned ‘“‘machine-gun” types that fire four or five balls at once in favor of the. old “single shot” style. Police say there is one machine for every 40 inhabitants. Winners | set merchandise prizes which can be sold. THE NEW 1955 STUDEBAKERS REDUCED IN PRICES AS MUCH AS $300 "GREATER HORSEPOWER COMBINED WITH TOMORROW'S STYLING TODAY’ The 1955 Studebaker Achieves Another Land Mark In the Automotive Industry BEFORE YOU BUY — We Have Reduced Prices On All Used Cars In Order To Make Room For Coming Trade-Ins On 1955 Models TWINS GARAGE, Inc. Phone 2-2401 1130 Du SEE THE TWINS val St. Key West, Fla. e