The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 23, 1954, Page 6

cad : They'll Play Their Last 1954 Football Game For Key lila Nigh Sitar Sh Dd veins’“Y/Miami Gains 11th Spot In AP Ea Sc Bere | '|Poll, Ohio State Is Leader UCLA Is Close Second In Semi-Finals By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rose Bowl-bound Ohio State, only |the second team in Big Ten his- tory ever to win seven straight games in that tough circuit, re- ceived a thumping vote of confi- dence today from 250 sports writers and broadcasters participating in the semifinal Associated Press ranking poll. The experts, who put Ohio’s Buckeyes ahead of equally unbeat- en UCLA a week ago by the extra- thin margin of seven points, moved them out nearly 100 points ahead of the Uclans today. Ohio State, with 115 first-place votes, piled up a total of 2,259 points on the usual basis of 10 points for each first-place vote, 9 for second, etc. UCLA gathered 85 firsts and 2,162 points for sec-| Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘Tuesday, November 23, 1954 e Ten Pinnings By JUDSON STEPHENS Bowling is really gathering speed | Civic League Standi in Key West. It is noted that the| American Legion ; young and old alike are enjoying; VFW this great sport. See that the gals | Elks | are doing alright for themselves, |x o¢ ¢ | too. . 3 Had a new league formed last | Kiwanis week, the Key West Kegler’s Wo-| Base Holy men’s League . . . Nice goin’, gals, | Shubif “= keep it up. Cayo Hueso Grotto Hi 3 team . . . American Legion 0 | 2281, VFW 2235, Shubif 2204... Hi single team . . . Shubif 824, VFW 4) 821 and American Legion 794 . . , Hi game individuals . . . Umble 4|(VFW) 200... Copesky (Base 5 | Holy. Name) 199 and Monroe (Ki- | Wanis 195) . . . Splits taken . . , 7| Parks 3-10, Dreiss 5-7, Mycek 5-7, Women’s Leagu Islander Drive-In Blue Ribbon Girls .. Dairy Queen Coral Keys Office Supp! Phil’s Gate Bar and Grill Sport Center Bar .... Gulfstream Food Dept Store 1 CONCH LINEMEN—These Key West high school football players will be ma in Homestead when they meet the South Dade gridders. Julio Henriquez, guard, and Danny Cates, guard. Conchs will be out Don Pinder. ° City Provides Tennis Pro For Instruction Les Jahn Here To Conduct Winter Program Key West tennis enthusi- asts received good news Monday with the announce- ment that a full-time pro- fessional tennis instructor has been retained by the city’ recreation department. City recreation director Paul Albury said that free instruction will be offered starting in the near future at both Bayview Park and Monroe Gounty Beach courts. . And Key Westers, young and old, whether they have aspirations of becoming tennis champions or if they merely want to sharpen up their Sunday game, will have the chance to work with one of the best- known teaching pros in the busi- Bess. He is Les Jahn, who has had 25 years of experience teaching the | jeourts? Jahn likes them. J developing champions than cla: | | composition,” said Jahn. at the Casa Marina Hotel last sea- gon. He has also served as tennis pro at Forest Lawn in South Or-| Key West Downs Miami Shores The Key West Golf Club de- feated the Miami Shores Coun- try Club linksmen over the weekend to gain possession of a handsome trophy for the next six months. The locals took the verdict by a score of 125 to 108. Low scorer for the tourney was Joe Lopez, Jr., Key West gold club champion, who post- ed a 72-70 for a 142 total. His performance was two “unger par for the two day match. Low scorer for the Miami Shores players was Bob Grom- ley, former club champion with 74-72-146. W. Curry Harris, Key West Golf Club president, copped all the prizes in the Big League competition when he teamed with Bob Eckis, Shores player on Saturday and again on Sun- day when he teamed with Bob Parks, Key West player. Thirty Miami Shores players participated in the tourney. A return match will be held next year. offer daily classes as well as pri- vate instruction. In addition, Jahn said that he is planning to stage several tourna-| ments in Key West. Under consid- | eration is a big one — to be tagged the South Florida Hardcourt Cham- | pionships. | How about Key West’s concrete | “It's my contention that concrete | and asphalt courts are better for | y or _ Reason, he says, is that tennis | is faster on a concrete court and | the beginner has to learn to play faster. The result is that when he runs into a clay court, it is easier to handle the ball. “That’s the reason California is so far ahead of Florida — they use concrete almost exclusively,” says Jahn. Jahn comes to Key West highly recommended by no less a tennis authority than Bobby Riggs. “I know that he will do a good, job,” said Riggs,” “I can assure | from personal experience that he} is one of the finest teaching pros | in the country.” ange, N. J., the Riviera Country | Club in Coral Gables and as city | fu And the announcement that Jahn city has been retained brought entliu-| rector Winston Jones said that the by pre in St. Petersburg and Miami siastic comment from local net cir- | move “will be of tremendous value | ries. ach. | cles. | field at the Beach. Miami Works On Punting For Florida Two long returns of kicks by Georgia Tech against Alabama in Atlanta Saturday drew some care- ful attention from Miamians and might be the pattern of things to come Friday night in the Orange Bowl. . The Hurricanes, who broke Capt. Malloy loose for touchdown runs against Holy Cross and Mississippi State, haven’t continued that string of gallops of late. Only two kicks could be return- ed against’ Maryland, from a 22 yard total. Three boots were re- turned for 65 yards against Ford- ham but not one Auburn punt could be hauled back, a factor of no.little importance in the final outcome of that tilt. Although Capt. Malloy is Miami's | standout on punt returns, Coach Andy Gustafson has several other lads capable of going all the way too. Jack Losch went 30 yardson too. Jack Losch went 30 yards on his lone try to date and he has the speed to outrun most any defender, Ed Oliver picked up 21 yards on his one kick return to date and Rebel Bookman has a 24 yarder to his credit. Merrill Erickson is also a dangerous man on kick re- turns. Alabama has shown earlier lap- ses on kick returns — Mississippi State got one TD on a Bobby Col lins punt return in the game which | was the downward turning point in| the ‘Bama campaign. 1 Miami has ended rough work for | the Alabama game. The team will | spend their time Wednesday and} Thursday in light polishing drills | and then will be ready for one of | their most important football bat- tles of the year. game here. hailed the announce- ment as direction the city ought to go.” “Key West is good in any sport) Altogether the majors shelled|the Piedmont League lost $150,000 they play — there’s no reason why we can’t develop some real cham-| pionship tennis material,” lers, Key West high school athletic di- | ; |in building strong Conch tennis! with whom hi Jahp said Monday that he will| Johnny Sellers, long active in the teams.” A king their From the left, they are: Sam Curry, ;:257 at Montreal last season but 3 P< final appearance of the season Wednesday guard; Wayne Brantley, tackle; seeking their eighth win of the season.—Citizen Staff Photo, n Parks Rickey Pulls Off Another Big Deal By JOE REICHLER NEW YORK w#—Baseball men were still talking today over the way Branch Rickey “‘put one over” or his former partner Walter O'Malley by grabbing off one of Brooklyn’s prize farmhands for the paltry sum of only $4,000 at the annual major league draft meet- ing. The player is Roberto Clemente, a 20-year-old speedy outfielder who, many report, is a sure-fire star of the future. Clemente was drafted by Rickey’s Pittsburgh Pirates as the No. 1 draft choice among the 13 minor leaguers se- lected by nine big league clubs. Clemente has only one year of professional experience but he was eligible for the draft because he was a “bonus” player who re- ceived more than $4,000 to sign with the Dodger organization. The Puerto Rican, who reportedly re- ceived $20,000 to sign, batted only big league scouts were attracted by his brilliant playing with the Santurce club this winter, where he is currently hitting .380. “He was the No. 1 draft choice on at least four or five clubs,” said the jubilant Branch Rickey Jr., Pittsburgh vice president. ‘He can run and throw, I think he will hit too.” Other clubs who tabbed him No. 1 included Baltimore, Kan- sas City, Chicago White Sox and the New York Giants. Ordinarily, any player drafted | from a Triple A club such as Mon-| treal would cost $10,000 but a bonus } player brings only the $4,000 limit. | “T think the Brooklyn club out-| smarted itself in the kid,” said! |Frank Lane, general manager of | Club owner who filed of apg, ve in| the White Sox. “It never should! the majors even more headaches, Perag rig Gad = ahapeagdel have let him play winter ball. | , The suit, filed by Frank D. Law- Capitol Airline plane and will work | That’s where he attracted all the|rence of the Portsmouth Merri- lout Thursday night at Memorial | attention. I doubt if a club would|macs of the Class B Piedmont " |have taken him based‘on his .257| League, charges invasion of terri- | batting average at Montreal. I/tory through broadcasting and tel- know if I had him, I would have “a splendid move in the| paid him $2,500 or $3,000 not to Frick declined comment on the play this winter.” out $122,500 for minor league hope- fuls, including ex-big leaguers said Sel-| Mickey Grasso, Bennett Flowers| plenty to say in his home. and Cloyd Boyer. | Grasso, veteran catcher dropped | Cleveland after the World Se-| , comes back to the Giants, ! a former Boston Red Sox relief pitcher, was plucked by Detroit from Louisville, where he had an 11-12 record. Boyer, released by the St. Louis Cardinals last year because of a sore arm, was ob- tained by Kansas City from Roch- ester, Kansas City spent $30,000 for three players, all pitchers. Besides Boyer, the club purchased Bon Spicer, a knuckleballer who had a 13-16 record at Los Angeles, and southpaw Art Ceccarelli from the Kansas City roster in the Ameri- can Assn. Ceccarelli, former Yank- ee property, had a 15-12 record at Birmingham. Others taken ‘included pitcher Vincente Amor, 18-11 at Oklahoma City, and outfielder Jim King a .315 hitting outfielder from Omaha by the Chicago Cubs; right-hander Joe Trimble, 9-12 at Burlington, N.C., by the Red Sox; shortstop John Kline, .319 at Birmingham, by Washington; southpaw Jerry Dean, 15-2 at Greenville, Miss., and outfielder Glenn Gorbous, .283 at Fort Worth, by Cincinnati; southpaw Roberto Vargas, 12-13 at Reading, by Milwaukee. The group included eight pitch- ers, three outfielders, a shortstop and a catcher. $250,000 Suit Against Baseball NEW YORK ® — The major leagues and Commissioner Ford Frick had a $250,000 suit on their hands today and the minor league | evising of big league games. suit, but Lawrence, who estimated the past year and might not be able to operate next season, had “There are 83 independent minor league clubs,” he said, “And all ond place, while Oklahoma’s Soon- ers, holding firmly onto third place, polled 31 firsts and 1,953 points. These three unbeaten teams, each with nine: victories, reniained well in front as five changes were recorded in the top 10. Notre Dame and Army held the fourth and fifth spots, followed by Navy, Mississip- pi, Wisconsin, Baylor and Mary- land, in order. These switches reflected last Sat- urday’s results, with one excep- tion. Navy, which had been a shade have been invited to come into this thing. Some still haven't made up | _he received his big} their minds yet and that’s’one of| clubs already league baptism in 1946. Flowers, behind Mississippi and tied with Southern California for seventh Place, advanced to sixth in a week when both teams were idle. South- ern California, thumped 34-0 by | UCLA, dropped to 17th place. | Arkansas and Minnesota fell | from the last two places in the first 10 to deep in the second as they lost to Louisiana State and Wisconsin, respectively. Wisconsin, 27-0 winner over Minnesota; Bay- lor, which beat Southern Metho- dist 33-21, and Maryland, 48-6 win- ner over George Washington, came up to the vacant spots. The leading teams with first- place votes in parentheses: | . Oklahoma (31) .. |. Notre Dame (4) » Navy (2) . Mississippi (6) .. . Wisconsin . Baylor ... 10. Maryland (Second 10): 11, Miami (Fla) (2) .... 12. West Virginia (3) 13. Arkansas (2) 14, Michigan 14. Michigan 15, Auburn 16. Virginia Tech 17. Southern California 18. Kentucky 19. Penn State 20. Duke (tie) Minnesota Sugar Bowl Teams Face Trouble In Saturday Games NEW ORLEANS (@—Navy, Bay- lor and Mississippi hold the inside track to the Sugar Bowl, but must defend their favored positions against traditional rivals Saturday. _ The rivals—Army, Rice and Mis- sissippi State—have the talent as well as the desire that could dash the trio’s hopes, Oncebeaten Mississippi can wrap up the Southeastern Confer- ence championship and the host’s role in the Sugar Bowl by downing ‘Mississippi State. Mississippi rules a two-touchdown favorite to win its first SEC title since 1947, but State knocked the Rebels ou of a bowl bid last year with a 77 tie and has shown power at times this season. Navy’s name bobbed up yester- day when a Sugar Bowl official, who asked to remain unidentified, said the academy has expressed | ply 525 and Sopchick of Johnnie’s \No-Hitter Hi’s . . . Dee Folkins 198 for! 900 Bar . . . Ann Mace for Sport| Center Bar 188 . . . Mary Kosman | hi series with 484 for Pabst Blue | Ribbon while Dottie Williams took | high for Dairy Queen with 498 . . .| Hi team game went to 900 Bar| with 714 and Hi Team 3 games to Pabst Blue Ribbon with 2041. . . Ann Valant got the 7-6-10 (rough!) | split. * | You men better watch out for these girls. Key West Supply Monsalvatge Coast Guard Luigi’s lace Rollaway Lanes Unsponsored Manta Ray . Pepsi Cola ice 4 20 Few hi’s . R. Parks 223... V. Prusinkas 208, 224 and 223 for a 655 (congrat’s Vince) . . . Kauff- man 209 for 566 . . . Chessman 535} ... Taylor 523... . Flook 502... Marchin 517. . . all but Parks and Prusinkas are with the Gilmore team ... Tyler of Key West Sup- Place with a 203. Davis Hurls For Giants Key West high school baseball | coach. Paul Davis joined the local Hall of Fame Sunday when he hurl- ed a no-hit, no-run. game against the USS Bushnell. | Pitching for the Poinciana Giants in an Island City Winter. Baseball League encounter, Davis faced just | 23 batters, in the seven inning ‘con- test, fanning seven and walking but two in registering the 2-0 win. Davis also had two key hits in the victory, the first for the Giants in league action. He scored one of the Giants runs. Sims, David and Howard shone for the winners while Lyons, Hal- combe and Coto were best ‘for the losers. In the nightcap, the Giants bow- ed to the Cuban Club, 12 -3. | Kaki Rodriguez held the Giants ito a single hit, a triple by Davis |in the second which produced the | two Giant runs. Danny Lastres hurled the final two frames for the Cubans and al- | lowed one run on a single hit. Joe | Lewis had three hits for the win- ners and Pazo and Santana had two safeties each. Anguierra, Pazo and Rodriguez placed the winners while Howard and Davis played outstanding ball for the losers. League action will resume to- night at 7:30 when the Cuban Club meets the USS Bushnell at 7:30, The standings: Junior Conchs Cuban Club USS Bushnell Poinciana Giants keen interest in an invitation. The official said, however, that. the| Middies must defeat or tie Army | at Philadelphia. | Baylor a share of the Southwest | Conference championship with Ar- kansas, which is going to the Cot- ton Bowl. The Sugar Bowl spokesman said that while Bowl officials like to have an SEC team as host, it ‘s not necessary. The official said the bowl has always attempted to secure the best game possible, re- Sardless of the teams’ affiliation. gle suits instead of a big, blanket suit as originally planned. “Mr. Frick will have his hands full very shortly. Mr. Frick thought all this talk about a. suit against him and the major league clubs was just talk. Well, Mr. Frick knows’ different. now.”” Lawrence said 11 minor league have paid money ‘the reasons we decided to file sin-jin to bring the action and Grenuck 3-6-7 New addi- tions to the 500 club... Ladd with 504... . Hi 3 individual . . . Cope- sky 538, Meyers 536 and Monroe 532. . . Madden with 115 average got a 161 game . . . Tift of Shubif also with 126 avg. got 170 while Yaccarino of K of C with 120 avg. brought in a neat 187. Mixed Couples Navy League: (Nov. 7) 164% 7% 9 10% 12% 13 13% Team 6 .. Team 8 Team 7 .... Team 3 Team 1 .. Team 4 .. Team 5 4 Team 2 16 Hi single for men to Grenuck with 201, Joe Valant with 200 and R. Ritter also 200. . . Women hi single’s . . . Helen Gatts with 208, and Louise Duke with 176... Hi 3 for men was Gilmore 557, R. Rit- ter with 533 and Stan Grenuck with a 527. . . Women hi 3 to Helen Gatts with 567 (beat the men), Louise Duke 478 and Ann Valant with a neat 459... Hi team game to 6 with 936, and 7 with 891... note that Helen Gatts rolled both hi single and hi three to beat the men in both divisions . . . Tha’s it, POLICE PROBE DEATH IN W. PALM BEACH WEST PALM BEACH (®—Police were investigating the death of a 59-year-old man who, a physician said, died from a blow on the fore- head. He was identified as Ignacio Sanches, 59. Police questioned Wayne George who they said told them Sanchez fell and struck his head on a window frame Satur- day. DYKES FAVORED MIAMI BEACH ®—Bobby Dy- kes, veteran Miami boxer, is a 2-1 favorite over 18-year-old Willie Pastrano of New Orleans for the two middleweights’ fight tonight in a 10-round match at the Miami Beach Auditorium. In 1939 the Navy had only 80 destroyers — 30 in the Atlantic and 50 in the Pacific. 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