The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 2, 1954, Page 6

r YY Pensacola, Shaw AFB Due In Today For Conch Bowl Classis Parade To Kick Off Gala 2-Day Festival Tonight The Pensacola Goshawks and the Shaw Air Force Base Flyers were due to plane in today and launch immediate drill sessions for their appearance Friday ev- ening in thé third annual Lions Club Conch Bowl foot- ball game. js The game, most evenly matched of any in the his- tory of the charity series, is expected to attract a capac- ity crowd to the stadium. For Pensacola, it. will be the ird appearance in Key West. ‘They defeated the Opa Locka Ma: tines two years ago and last year owed by a single point to the Camp Lejeune Marines. : » They'll have their hands full with a rough, tough and unbeaten Shaw eleven that is bent on pre- serving that record. Several mem- bers of their roster, studded with Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, December 2, 1954 Quarterback Club To Honor Conchs The Key West Quarterbackers!ed player and the player who con- will honor the members of the bie most to the success of the Conch Football team during the season. coaching staff at bait ace Earl R. Adams, president of the + ner} Quarterback club, said that after meeting Monday night at the High| the dinner all. present will assem- School cafeteria. ble in the high school auditorium Lafayette Golden of Gainesville,!for the business session and pres- executive secretary of the Florida{ entation of awards. ; High schools Activities Association,} Although all boys to be Honored will be the principal speaker. have been selected by the Conchs, Awards will be made to the foot-! their identity is being kept a well ball players and announcement will’ guarded secret. be made by Coach Ed Beckman of; The task of selecting the best those boys who earned their letters }lineman was no easy one, for for the season. Brantley, Demeritt, Hood, Henri- Gold footballs will be presented’ quez, Carbonell, and Garcia have the lettermen by Paul J. Sher. {been towers "of strength to the The Carbonell Trophy will be Conch forward wall all season. | awarded the outstanding guard, or, Later in the year letters and/ tackle and the Shrine Trophy will! sweatets will be presented the 13/ be presented the team’s outstand-{ graduating seniors by the Quarter- ing player for the season. In addition the Conchs went into @ huddle Monday and selected hon- orary captains, the most improv- back club, Reservations for the dinner must lhe made with Kellar Watson by | Saturday. County May Get : Little League Commissioner The Naticzal Little League Base- ball, Inc,, is being petitioned to permit the appointment of a Little League Baseball Commissioner for Monroe County. Decision to petition for the com- missioner. was. made at a meeting of the American Little League held last night, The nearest commission- er to Key West resides in Dade County and with Little League teams now being organized on the Keys for play this coming season the need of a commissioner for this county was pointed out.in the petition. Earl R. Adams was re-elected president of the league. The Rev. Jolin Armfield was “named vice president, Manuel rane was re- elected secretary and Norton.Har- ris was elected Treasurer. ‘Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT Big Major League Swaps e Predicted | By JOE REICHLER HOUSTON #—Don’t let that itsy- (bitsy Frankie Baumholtz deal fool you, This minor league convention is giving signs of being the incu. bator for a number of eye-opening major league piayer trades. Every big league manager here ‘is talking trade—and not just to make conversation. Maybe there won't be any real big tréde news stemming from this meeting. That doesn’t mean none will be made. ‘The announcements may not come until next week during the major league sessions in New York. Chicago’s White Sox ate almost certain to complete a man-siztd trade with either Washington or Kansas City soon. General Man- ager Frank Lane denied one that inyolved Washington and such big names as Minnie Minoso, George |Kell, Eddie Yost and Mickey Mc- Dermott. But he and Manager Chuck Dresgen of the Senators have another deal cooking up that will be almost as big when, and if, : Conch Cagers Drill For Start Of Gruelling Campaign Dec. 10 Coral Gables Is First To Face Conchs Eleven prospective Key West high school basket- ball players are holding stiff workouts daily in pre- paration for the most ambi- tious season ever embarked on by a Red and White cage aggregation. The Conchs open their 17 game schedule here Decem- ber 10 against’ the Coral Gables high school five. \Island City League Records STANDINGS Won 7 6 1 Club— Junior Conchs Cuban Club U.S.S. Bushnell - : Poinciana Giants 00 | & LEADING HITTERS & Player-Club— E. Rodriguez, Junior Conchs — G. Gates, Junior Conchs _._._ A. Arango, Junior Conchs _.. A. Tetvoult, Bushnell __ J. Lewis, Cuban Club _. D. Cruz, Junior Conchs _ GQ. Cerro Bucknell J. Fernandez, Junior Conchs . Wavs, Poinciana Giants D. Roberts, Cuban Club D. Lastres, Cuban Club — D. Postol, Bushnell 2. Lost Percentage -770 667 440 -110 4 2 3 5 8 AB R H Ave. 16 18 = 500 8 1 AM A428 428 ~416 400 400 379 375 363 343 L. Knowles, Junior Conchs - J. Santana, Poinciana Giants B. Arrenson, Poinciana Giants . G. Howard, Poinciana Giants — 333 333 1333 +333 316 316 ’ Goal of the courtmen is |K- Rodriguez, Cuban Club —.—_ 3 « Schutte, their first Gold Coast Con- Er Bay, Patnolahe” Glico ference championship and iy Been, Junior Conchs aa ee antana, Cuban Club _..__ 80 the coveted Class AA state | >" Rich, Polatlana Giants “4 title. R. Little, Cuban Club —..__ = Coach Win Jones is faced with a}G. Nash, Bushnell 32 NEW YORK #—The fall of 1958] Baltimore isn’t through déaling. has been set as the target date] The Orioles, who were to anuounce when the new Air Force Academy] the completion of their gigantic out in Colorado will be ready to} 18-player trade with the New York throw its football team into a full] Yankees sometime . today, are nine-game_ schedule against lead-] close to another swap with the 307 300 -266 300 former college stars arg battling soon for positions on the All-Air Force esa eleven. All of this bodes ill for the Goshawks. pet But the Navy, with the cream of a Upsets Mark Start Of College “ ' play the game of which they are capable, the fans will get more than their money’s worth. Basketball Season Wed. Night By BEN OLAN The Associated Press College basketball slipped in on the sports scene last night with a *|smattering of upsets and several Bands. * marching units q be on tap. Conch Bowl Queen Joanne Johnson, will serve honorary marshal. Cuban Club Meets Giants Tonight ‘The Cuban Club will meet the na Giants tonight at 7:30 in Wickers Field Stadium in an Island City Winter Buseball Lea- gue encounter, Paul Davis, who hurled a no- hitter for the Giants in his last outing will take the hill against the Cubans. Joe Lewis will oppose him. ‘The first half of the winter lea- gue flag race will end Sunday TOOTING THEIR OWN HORNS—The trombone section of the well-known Coral Gables a warm-up tune for their appearances here Thursday and Friday in Conch Bowl Festival. _ ‘Thursday and appear at football game Friday. It will mark their first appearance in Key West. Pa record-shattering performances. conference champion — George Washington—was knocked off. Yale was beaten by little Am- herst College. Three Big Ten.con- ference teams—Ohio State, Michi- gan State and Iowa—won non- league games as expected. La Salle, the defending NCAA ‘itle- holder, also captured its seasoh’s opener, George Washington, last year’s Southern Conference kings, bowed to a powerful Wake Forest team, which sét a school scoring record in its 107-86 victory. Dickie Hemric bagged 36 points as the Deacons took an early lead and rolled up a 50-39 edge at halftime. Amherst, paced by Doub Haw- kins; came.with a rush in the final minutes to surprise Yale 61-56. Ohio State snapped five Pitt fieldhouse records in downing the Panthers 98-87. Robin’ Freeman poured in 42 points to personaily when the USS Bushnell meets the Junior Conchs in the first half of a double header at 1 p. m. The Bushnell will meet the Cuban Club in the second game. account for two of the records— total points. and field goals. Michigan State, using a new fast- break, run-and-shoot style of play taught by its new coach ‘Ford An- derson, crushed Marquette 91-72, also setting a one-game team scor- ing record. ” Towa handled its opener with ‘ease by routing Washington of St. Louis 80-61 for the Hawkeyes’ 63rd straight nonconference victory at home. All America center Tom Goia was held to 15 points, while La salle’s Explorers easily van- quished Millersville (Pa.) Teach- ers 88,72. Richmond, tabbed as a Southern Conference’ power, defeated Fur- man 101-87 in a league game. Rice edged Lamar Tech 73-71. Texas nipped _ Hardin-Simmons, 59-57. Southern Methodist routed Austin College 84-60, In other games, Seton Hall downed Roanoke 93-62; North Ca- rolina State whipped Williamy and Mary 111-97; Presbyterian »edged Clemson 81-75; Dayton beat Gusta- vus Adolphus 82-63; Tennessee wal- loped David Lipscomb 95-38; Con- necticut set a school”scoring rec- ord by crushing Rhode Island 116- 71; Oregon State defeated Hawaii, 69-47; and Alabama humbled Jack- sonville State 96-63, ing gridiron powers in every sec- tion of the country. This sounds. like short notice, considering that classes in the thind service school are not sched. freshman sports its first season, But we are advised by Bob Bowie, a visitor fromthe Denver Post, that the fly boys are in just that big a hurry to take. off. “They want the people to see their team as soon as possible,”| he says. “Col. Robert Whitlow,| who has been named the school’s first athletic director, had at las from 58 colleges and universities seeking games with the academy, He should have no trouble gettin: a good schedule together when he’ ready.” Whether the flying cadets willl be ready to lock horns with Army and Navy by 58 and turn thi service rivalry into a free-for-all, Bowie isn’t prepared to guess. He says it will depend upon the ma- terial, and that Whitlow has ni intention of tossing his boys i over their heads. But he says the| ‘hope is to be ready to play Notre! Dame by the early 1960s. Next year’s freshman team al- ready has a tentative schedule] calling for games against th freshmen elevens of Denver, Colo- rado, Colorado Aggies, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Kansas. ang] Oklahoma. The initial class at th S. _ In the only business done Tues- day, the Chicago Cubs sold out- fielder Frankie Baumholtz to the White Sox for $20,000 and the Cleve- land Indians sent outfielder Gale Wade to the Cubs as part of last month’s Ralph Kiner deal. It came to light Wednesday that Cuba got more than just money—$60,000— from the Indians for Kiner. Pitcher Satn Jones, who reportedly was soid by Cleveland to the Cybs, actually was of the Kiner transaction. Now es: Wade, whd batted .273 at Indianapolis last season. Cincinnati and Philadelphia have made offers to Brooklyn for Jackie Robinson. The Phils also want Carl Farillo and Junior ‘Gilliam, The Dodgers have asked for Curt Sim- mons and Smokey Burgess from the Phils. A Cardinal-Dodger. trade is also a-distinct possibility, involving a St. Louis outfielder and a-Brooklyn pitcher, Even Leo Durocher, victorious manager of the world champion New York Giants, is after help. He is trying to swing a trade for a starting pitcher. air academy which wilh be sit- uated at Lowry Air Base at Den- ver until its permanent quarters Springs, will consist of only 300 cadets. Eventually the enrollment wil reach 2,496, same as West Point's. : c CON om Sapper pepaareplenne sy 137-piece band will march in parade re-building job as the result of los- squad. In addition, two hot pros- pécts, Sandy Luppens and Lance Kistler, haye moved from the city. Nucleus for this year’s quintet will be three returning lettermen — but two of them will be lost in mid-February due to graduation. Gene Favors, fastest man on the squad is the returnee who'll help the Conchs the most, Center John Carbonell, only member of the squad to scale more than six feet and dependable Julio Heniriquez are the lettermen slated to play only part of the season for the Conchs. Bill Haney,.a senior transfer stu- dent from California also figures heavily in Jones’ plans this year. A group of juniors, up from last year’s Jayvee squad are currently fighting it out for the remainder of the starting positions. They in- clude guards Stuart Yates, Ji Santana and Norman Allen; for- wards Tony Hopey and Fred Cur- ry and centers £d Curry and Red Stickney. Several members of Coach Har- Old Haskins’ 31 man Jayvee~team are making strong bids for spots on the varsity roster, as well. Coach Jones has been working his boys doubly hard in an effort to straightén out the kinks and foot- ball muscles of his performers. He’s blessed with a squad boasting plenty of speed to make up for lack of height. ' “We have a lot of boys who show good prospects — we'll conte along through the season,” commented Jones. . In Coral Gables, the Conchs will be facing a elub that boasts of six- footers in every starting position. The Cavaliers will be the.first of a three game opening séries that will really test the Conchs, After that tilt, they'll face their tradi- tional rivals, South Dade, and then journey to Miami High Dec. 28. Big threats in the Gold Coast Con- ference this year afe Constance and South Dade. Net Star’s Mom Pans “Discipline” SYDNEY, Australia UP—Lewis Hoad’s mother, said today her son’s tennis slump is due to “too much discipline.” Hoad’s no-care attitude and spot- ty play has been a source of worry to Australian Davis Cup selectors, who are depending on him to he:p t the cup in the Challenge Dec. 27-29 against either the United States or Sweden. “Lew has not had a chance to Telax since the Davis Cup last Christmas,” Mrs. A. Hoad said at her home here today. “He was under discipline during the Davis Cup and soon afterwards went into the army for national BUY A Guaranteed _ HESTER BATTERY With Its Emergency sal Cease A $15.58 Battery ‘That Fits Most Cars <ONLT— $8.95 ss Low Smith, 1116 White g. Coto, Bushnell a ing eight lettermen from last year’s |G. Halcomb, Busimell P. Zachries, Bushnell al AINA wamwowH wr AAUWMAAROUVR AAP PHS") - MISCELLANEOUS BATTING RECORDS Most runs scored—E. Rodriguez 16, Coto, D. Cruz, Lewis Bean, 12 each. Most hits—E. Rodriguez 18, J. Lewis 15. Most doubles—D, Cruz 4, R. Bean 3. Most triples—E. Most homers—Rech, and Martini 1 each. ez 4, D. Cruz and Bean 3 éach, ‘atson, D. Lastres, Pazo, Gates, G. Lastres Most stolen bases—Little 7, Bean, E. Rodriguez and J, Rernan- Gez 6 each, Rt Santana 5. Most sacrifice hits—Gates 3, Coto 2. Most times struck-out—Crisco and Zachires 18 each, Nash 11. Most times walked—Little 16, Lyons and D. Lastres 10 each. .Most runs batted in—E. Rodriguez 16, D. Roberts 12, J. Lewis 11, D. Lastres 10. Pitcher-Club— G. Gates, Junior Conchs Ke Rodriguez, Cuban Club |Shaw, Bushnell - Flood, Bushnell . G, Lastres, Junior Conchs J. Lewis, Cuban Club R, Lastres, Cuban; Club . P. Davis, Poinciana Giants Yorkvich, Bushnell Knowles, Junior Conchs Ray, Poinciana Giants Rech, Poinciana Giants Workifiah, Bushnell _.. Michels, | ‘ 7 Lewis 23° Runs scored off—Michels 55, Gates 16. riguez 2. Shaw 3. service training. When hé’ came out he went on an overseas tennis tour still under discipline. And ke still is under discipline. Mrs. Hoad said Lew will be only 20 next week and “I feel a lad of that age needs more time to re- lax.” Harry Hopman, Australian Da- vis Cup captain and team touring manager, has been’ sharply criti- cized by the Australian press for his’ strict disciplinary measures. CONCH BOWL FRIDAY, DEC. 3 PITCHERS’ Nem; eine 4 * RECORDS Most innings pitched—J. Lewis 42, G. Lastres 30, Gates Most strikeouts—G. Lastres 58, J. Lewis 42, Gates 35, Most bases on balls—Michels 31, G. Lastres 35, Lewis 20, Lastses 18, Gates 16,° Most hits off—Michels 45, Lewis 26, Lastres 22, Shaw Ty end We Lost Percent on 4 0 i000 1,000 1,000 QDeocQcOM eH wenn APH EHH One OOO ee LT | PU geeeeses i6, and Hit batsmen by—Lewis 7, Lastres and Flood 3 each, K. Rod- Wild pitches—Michels 6, Lewis 5, Lastres 3. . Most earned runs off—Michels 30, Ray 12, Lastres 13, Lewis 1 Gates 9, Flood 6, Davis 5, K. Rodtiguez 4, R. Lastres 5, Nash 5, His demands for rigid training limited all social activities of play- ers under his supervision. Asked for comment on Mrs. Hoad’s statement, Hopman te- plied: “Mother knows best.” Hoad was carried to five sets in his last two matches in the Vic- torian Championships this week and said he was “fed up” with tennis. He was slated to meet Vie Seixas, United States champion, in the semifinals today. FOOTBALL The Key West Lions Club’s 3rd Annual ances “2AM 8:15 PENSACOLA NAVY "Gost v8.