The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 26, 1954, Page 6

Hometowners Play On North ° Carolina State, 2 ° Miami U. Elevens By JIM COBB Citizen Sports Editor All existing attendance records are expected to be broken tonight when the University of Miami fresh- man football team battles the North Carolina State yearlings-in the Shrine Bowl game at the high school field. But it won’t be a partisan crowd that gathers for the 8 o’clock kickoff — their loyalty will be divided by the fact that there will be a former Key West high school football performer on each roster. Joltin’ Joe Pineda, a lad who proved to be one of the best ail- around football players ever to per- form for the red and white, wll quarterback the North Carolinas while Richard “Biff” Salgado, will see action at fullback for the Hur- ticane frosh. North Carolina, co-leader in the Atlantic Coast conference race, has three victories to its credit against @ single defeat, a 38-32 loss. to Duke State has defeated Wake Forest, South Carolina and North Carolina and Clemson. : They'll be facing a huge Baby Hurricane squad which has been rated the best ever in Miami foot- ball history. The Miamians battled Florida to a 00 tle in their open- ex and then smothered Florida State, 34-0 in their only other start. North Carolina will be matching ", speed and deception against Mia- mi’s wi Actual, they are singularly un- im) by the size of the Mia- mi the South Carolina defeated was even any idea of the type of game Miami will throw at us. We know they have a tremendous amount of top’ high school mater- ial, We have had no mutual op- ponent but if we play the football we are capable of we'll have a good game,” said Bill Smaltz, North Carolina freshmen coach last night. The squad flew in yester- , day and enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner at Benny’s Cafeteria. The Miami frosh are due in this morning. The Key West high school band will stage the halftime show fea- turing Miss Caroline McCarrick, 10-year-old baton twirler. The lineups: N.C. State Pos. Miami U. Colar, 197 LE Melwid, 190 DeAngelis, 200 LT — Burton, 210 Compton, 188 LG Faulkner, 195 Oddo, 180 C DeTroia, 220 ‘Tom Guerrieri, 195 RG Kayal, 210 Tokar, 194 RT Lawrence, 220 Kennel, 187 RE Radovich, 195 Pineda, 170 QB _ Reeves, 175 Hunter, 165 LH Margerum, 193 Christy, 180 RH Varone, 180 Davis Cup Gain Title Shot With Basset Victory NEW YORK #—For persever- ance, Teddy (Red Top) Davis de- serves some kind of a prize. Loser of 47 fights in a 106-fight, eight-year career, the durable 31- year-old veteran expects to earn his reward tonight when he meeis power-punching, 24-year-old Percy Bassett in a 12-round elimination bout. The winner of this fourth scrap between the two leading contend- ers is supposed to get the next crack at the featherweight cham- pion Sany Saddler. The Madison Square Garden bout wi be broadcast and tele- cast by NBC at 10 p.m., EST. Probably no boxer ever has meached Red Top’s high position— he’s the No. 2 contender while Bassett is the No, 1—with so many defeats. His over-all record is 57- 47-2, with 20 kayos. He has been stopped 20 times. “T wanted to quit several times,” eaid the squat Hartford, Conn., Negro. “I had to travel all over the country to get fights. I fought lightweights, welterweights and even heavier guys. I lost so many split decisions I’ve lost count of them. “I was ready to quit for good a couple of years ago. I wasn’t get- ¢ing anywhere. But when Mushky Salow took me over the last time I decided to give it another try.” , It’s well that he did. His record @his year is 40. With all his losses, Red Top is gated even money. STRATEGY CONFERENCE—Joe Pineda, a member of the undefeated 1953 Key West high school football team, talks things over with Bill Smaltz, North Carolina State freshman coach, today at the Casa Marina Hotel. Pineda will quarterback North Carolina tonight in Shrine Bowl tilt with Miami University frosh.—Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. Page 6 NEW YORK, —It is a shame, we heartily agree, that Ohio State and UCLA will not be permitted to settle the mythical national cham- pionship in the Rose Bowl, but at the same time it is a little dfficult to understand those who feel that the Uclans rate above the Buck- eyes ‘on their respective season -Each team has won nine straight games, and, so far as we can see, that is where the similarity ends. The Uclans, as their partisans con- tend, might very well be a great team, but the caliber of their oppo- sition has given them no real chance to prove it. They must dis- band without having met the ulti- mate test. Ohio Sate waded through the touches schedule’ sur- vived by any college team in the country, UCLA ran up the eye-popping scores against poor to mediocre opposition. The Buckeyes scored modestly by comparison, but they never failed to reach two figures against nine major foes, including seven mémbers of the Big Ten Conference, which is Mr. Football himself. Their two nonleague vic- ie were Pittsburgh and Californ- a. UCLA opened with a 67-0 wal- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN loping of San Diego Navy and went WEST POINT, N. Y. #® — In past years, Navy has been able} to spring a surprise or two_on Army in their annual service foot- ‘ball game, Not in 1954, though. “We ate prepared for any even- tuality, including a Navy single wing or even a double wing,” said Cadet Coach Earl Blaik before stepping aboard a bus with the team on the first leg of its journey to Philadelphia’ today. “T will say one thing. We are as well prepared for Navy as we have been at any time since I’ve been coaching here (he’s going into his 22nd fray as assistant or head coach), There is less reason to make a strong prognostication than in any year since the 1948 tie. /“T can assure you that it won’t be the same as in 1951 when Navy, after using the T formation all sea- son, came up with the single wing. Before they could even get the boys out there they had scored two touchdowns against us. I had to the sidelines. That won’t happen this year.” as though it were played yester- day. Tt was the one in which he had to throw in his jayvees be- cause of the cribbing scandal which | had decimated the squad. Navy won it 42-7, the most points Navy ever scored in the series. The coach didn’t seem worried a Navy’s strong niger ck and the passing and ball handling of quarterback George Welsh. In fact, he thinks the West Pointers will have to be more on the alert for the passing game. He has been impressed by Welsh. Just out of the hospital, where he fought off an attack of pneu- Monia, Blaik was greeted by a squad that was in the best shape | map defenses on the ground along | Blaik still remembers that game | Friday, November 26, 1954 Roundup By Gayle Talbot from there to a 32-7 triumph over} Kansas, which just closed its sea- son with a record of 10 straight losses, Then, in their only real non- conference test, the Coast cham- pions edged Maryland 12-7. We beg to suggest that there is nothing Provably better in the Uclans’ rec- ord, even though’ Maryland later was beaten by Miami and tied by Wake Forest. The Uclans’ next victim was Washington, 21-20, and the follow- ing week the Huskies succumbed to Baylor 34-7, Stanford was snowed under 72-0, and later bowed to San Jose State 19-14. In wrapping up Oregon State, California and Ore- gon in their next three, the Uclans were only tromping on teams that already ‘had lost four out of four to major nonconference opposition. All this was no fault of the high- scoring team put togetheby Coach Red Sanders. It beat the stuffing out of most of its league opponents, and came through handsomely in its 34-0 closer against Southern Cal last week. But all the evidence says that it was not playing in a con- ference which, over-all, ranked for the season in the same class with the Big Ten, the Southwest and maybe even the Big Seven Con- erences. Army Defense Is Ready For Anything Navy Tries—-Blaik Uebal is perhaps the most explo- sive since the days of Blanchard and Davis. Mixed this year. His first-string backfield of Pete Vann, Bob Kyasky and Pat ‘611 Front Street Miami Can Set Scoring Record Sat. If University of Miami can get a touchdown and kick a field goal against University of Florida in Gainesville Saturday afternoon, the 1954 Hurricanes will set a new scor- ing record for themselves, and in nine games, too. e In eight tilts to date, the Hurri- canes have piled up 243 points, just eight short of the record of 251 set by the 1950 team which played | 11 games. The 1950 record includes .the 14 points scored by Miami against Clemson in the ange piay only. as flattened Alabama would give this team a rushing offensive re- cord, too. The Hurricanes have gained 2296 yards on the ground to date. this. year... Thé..1938 team, | in 10 games, picked up 2579. The average gain per rushing play is juat about certain to fall. The 1938 team average 4.84 yards 5.59 yards per play, Anothet record already broken is the gain on pass intercepton re- turns. The 1954 Hurricanes have run for 453 yards. The old ‘mark, set in 1950 was 416 yards. That team. intercepted 34 passes. The current Hurricanes have stolen 25. The Hurricanes have completed rough work for the Florida game. The team will spend the remain- ing days before the Saturday clash in Gainesville going through polish- ing drills. The Hurricane football team wil! leave Miami by plane at.1. p.m. Friday and will workout at Gaines- ville Friday ‘afternoon at the Sta- dium. Approximately 37 players will make the trip. Miami will fly back te Miami immediately after the game, leav- ing from the Stadium and going directly to the Airport. Men’s Doubles . .. 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The Lions, playing loosely both on offense and * seaggeebehel espe past the Green Bay Packers 28-24 i giving Day game before 55,532 | scemer Rice star handled the ball in Briggs Stadium. 98 ‘ < The victory—Coach Buddy Park- etn aa seating . pie og came. er called it a lucky one—moved He completed 13 the Lions into a position where one | 954 vars tid ran baal aa more victory will send them th ) against the champions of the East- ine hog eke halftime tie, Fred gern Division in the title game Hester Battery which, barring complications, is STARTS 809 TIMES two dazzling-runs by Jack Chris- tiansen, who went 30 yards with an intercepted pass for one touch- down and 61 yards with a punt return for another. But for the most part the sharp- ness which characterized Detroit earlier in the season was missing. | Tobin Rote, a one-man team if! the Lions struck for two consecu-| tive touchdowns to take ‘the lead for keeps. T -V Reception PACKAGE STORE LICENSE set for Dec. 26. 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