The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 9, 1954, Page 6

ONT TET , who gambled and won Wally Moon, bolstered_a sag- bullpen staff but took another at the wheel of fortune today ‘the person of untried third base- man Ken Boyer. The gamb‘e developed when the sorely in need of relief; for two years, parted with ie third baseman Ray Ja- ci and starting pitcher Gerry ‘Staley yesterday to get reliefer Smith from the Cincinnati Boyer, who came to the Cards from the Texas League, is the . 1 prospect for Jablonski's ird-base vacancy. Dick Meyer, Cards general man- , admitted the club gave, up lot” to get Smith but said he Manager Eddie Stanky felt couldn’t make much progress an adequate bullpen.” cinnati plans to use Jablon- the first Cardinal rookie to in more than 100 runs, as year in 1953, hit .296 season and drove in 104 runs }, turned up at the Birds’ training camp before the of last season, and moved the Sporting Ni jews. The 23-year-old Boyer was a standout with Houston in the Texas League. Although he is the No. 1 prospect .for Jabbo’s job, the Cards also still have Solly Hemus, ut +» who earlier had been yi, to be a key player unnamed minor league, play- er also will go to Cincinnati: in the straight-player deal later, Fix Charges Of Ex-Boxer dim Norris, president of the Inter- national Boxing Club, had fixed fights some years ago were denied by Norris as “untrue, libelous and absurd.” Harry Thomas, a former boxer, wrote in an article appearing in magazine Sports Illustrated that Norris “has been a fixer of # Chicago stationary en- » Thomas said Norris fixed with Max Schmeling at Square Garden Dec. 13, the Thomas-Tony Galento Philadelphia Nov, 14, arge that I participated its that took place 17 is untrue, libelous and Norris in a state- eaeee um i : ip device on the zine seeking des- i ie mas refused to at a hearing before the New ithletie Commission and added: the ridiculous story is re- at a time when most of the in the article are : i Goes To Reds s Cards Complete Trade CITY NET PROSPECTS—Two of the [Barnes Is Top Seeded In City Tennis Play Defending champion Bill Barnes has been top-seeded in the city tennis tourna- ment ladder followed by Pete Varela, 13 times city champion over a 20 year period. The information has been releas- ed by the Key West Tennis Club which met Tuesday to complete ar- rangements for the tournament slated to start Sunday. Will Pearce was seeded third and Bil Rhinehart fourth. Harvey, Jack and Johnny Sellers follow in that order and Dr. Allen Shepard is seeded eighth. In the woman’s division, Lynne Sellers is top seeded with Norma Machado, number two, Sandra Du- ane, third and Ella Boder, fourth. Joan Knowles, Audrey McLean Marie Pearce and Lorna Sellers, follow in that order. The tennis club also voted to turn the entire planning over to city tennis professional Les Jahn aided by Harvey Sellers and George Hamilton. Deadline for entries is 6 p. m. Friday. Entries are being received at the Bayview Park recreation of- | | fice. There is a $1.50 fee for sin- F contenders for tHe city net title are shown during workout session Wednesday. On the left is Henry Cleare, Key West High School player who is expected to go far in the tourney. Fifteen-year-old Johnny Sellers, right, has shown a lot of im- Provement and veteran players are eyeing his record with respect. Tourney starts Sunday aft- ernoon on Bayview Park couris.—Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pnider. SEC Meeting To Air Routine Business Today THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Sports NEW YORK @—Basketball is a game which has evolved slowly since the late Dr. James Re oss hi a of used peacl ceanont , El in the YMCA at Sp. eld, Mass., back in 1891 and invited his charges to have a shot at the makeshift targets. It has taken a long time and many a change in the rules to bring the winter sport to its pres- ent high polish and make it with- out much question the on spectator sport in this country, a: well as a popular favorite through- out much of the civilized world. ‘We had thought, in fact, that prs possibilities for improving ie game had sooephgag poesia Er we dropped in on a s ser am the professionals the other night and discovered that the money boys have stumbled upon something really good in the form their new 24-second ‘rule. It be simply that they must, take a whack at the basket within that length of time or lose the ball. Stalling to run out the clock and protect a winning margin always has ‘been the worst feature of basketball. Our first impulse was to go run- ning to the colleges and urge them to pass a similar law at their earliest convenience. We since have been advised, though, that they have devoted considerable thought to the matter and have about decided that, while the rule is a lifesaver for the pros, it might gum up the college teams badly. What you've got to take into bed “Sam Snead” Golf Tournament Starts : ° ° In Miami Today MIAMI, Fla. — The “Sam Snead Golf Tournament” starts to- day with 159 of the country’s lead- ing pros and amateurs shooting for a share of $10,000 prize money. Officially it's the 30th annual Mi- ami Open, but Snead, of White Springs, W. Va., already has won it five times and is a Standout choice to make it Many pros refer to it as the “Sars Snead Tournament.” Snead won in 1937, 1939, 1946, 1950 and 1951. He finished second last year to Doug Ford, of Kis- Mesha Lake, N. Y., who had 272 for the 72-hole event. The balding Snead proved he will be the man to beat when he fired yesterday in 32-34-66, That he will face keen compe- tition is assured, Pete Cooper, ' Roundup By Gayle Talbot account, say the college coaches, is that every player in the national league is an accomplished“ basket shooter. That’s the first thing che has to be, and if he also knows a bit about guarding, so much the better. ‘ You will note, they point/out, that the two best shots on a pro team are likely as not to be listed as guards in the lineup In other words, it is no hardship for any one of their players who happens to have the ball to be compelled to fire at the hoop. He is as likely to score as the next one. Take a college team and. the situation is vastly different. Even the best teams in the country are lucky if they have more than a couple of stars who can really pour in baskets. The college coach of necessity must build his offense around these experts, see to it that they are fed the ball as often as possible. If he doesn’t he’s in trou- ble with the alumni before he knows it. More often than not, especially against good defenses, it takes more than 24 seconds to work the ball into scoring territory and eventually deliver it to the erack shooter. To force the average college guard to shoot whether he wants to or not would be little better than surrendering the ball anyway. It would give the better teams a much greater advantage over lesser rivals than they now have and make for more one- sided scores, the coaches think. ape Plan Has New Twist MCALESTER, Okla, (@ — Sam Sam Ramos, 32 - year - old con- victed armed robber serving time at the Oklahoma State Penitenti- ary, bolted himself inside a steel cabinet outside the main prison wall after working hours in the industrial area. Only a chain link fence stood between him and free- dom—he thought. When darkness came he tried to remove the nuts with which he had secured the door on the 36x20- x20-inch cabinet. Ramos is 5 feet 8%. He was so cramped he couldn’t budge to twist the nuts. After 16 hours, he gave up and aroused guards by screaming. He tumbled out like a pretzel. Tampa pro, had a 33-3265 prac- tice round, and Tommy Bolt, Hous- ton, Tex., carded a 67 on his last day of practice. Chick Harbert PGA champion from Northville, Mich., raade it in par, as did Dick Mayer, St. Petersburg, Fla, , Thursday, December 9, 1954/|' KNOXVILLE, Tenn. & — The Southeastern Conference opened its annual meeting here today with no burning issues before it—but with a good chance that it will ease restrictions imposed by the so-called ‘40 rule” limiting foot- ball scholarships. SEC Commissioner Bernie Moore of Birmingham, who arrived last night for the three-day meeting, told a newsman he has found that ;most athletic directors in the 12- school conference believe the rule a “little too tight.” * Imposed last year, ‘the tule lim- its each ‘school to 40. football grants-in-aid for incoming fresh- men each year. Schools may cer- tify only 30 of these to Moore, and there have been protests that it doesn’t provide enough fresh fgotball material. _ “I think there’s a feeling: among ithe majority of the athletic direc- rs that it’s a little too ‘tight,” Moore said. “but the athletic di- rectors don’t do the voting, and iow the presidents will feel about it is something else again.” * Moore said the conference also iprobably will discuss a proposal to reduce the normal conference cut of 25 per cent from confer- ence teams’ receipts from bowl games which pay each team less be mentioned by name, but the action obviously would be aimed at that bowl, in which Auburn, an SEC club, meets Baylor Dec. 31 at Jacksonville, Fla. Last year, when Auburn met Texas Tech in the same bowl, the conference Slice left Auburn with almost no profit from the game. Each team’s take from the bowl normally is around $50,000. Moore said earlier he had found a majority of school presidents in favor of reducing the SEC take. Otherwise, Moore said, the meet- ing probably will be “mostly rou- tine,” with “the regular reports on this and that. And I suppose | these will be some discussion, as there is every year, on television.” The first business session will be tomorrow morning. The confer- ence wind up Saturday morning with election of officers and selec- tion of next year’s meeting site, Landy May Retire, Reports Indicate MELBOURNE (®—Great John |Landy, whose 3:58 time recorded | this year is the world’s fastest | clocking for a mile, indicated to- day he may be through with com- petitive track. He is now 24, “I do not have that old edge anymore,” he said after running next to last in a two-mile run at Geelong won in 8:55.2, trailed winner Les Perry by 70 yards. “With my teaching job I am not able to train properly any more,” Landy said. “I may run some more and even in the Australian Cham- Pionships in February but I will not be a serious contender.” Discussing the 1956 Olympic Games, which will be held in Aus- tralia, he said: “I am not so keen about them. It is no good I feel I'll never reach my running ward was “fine.” gles play and a $1.00 per player for doubles, Matches will be two out of three sets. Pairings will appear in Satur- day’s edition of The Citizen. The first round play will start Sunday and plans call for the first round to’ be completed by Monday. Finals in the tourney are set for Sunday, Dec. 19 Teenage Bowling League Being Formed Here A Key West high school bowling league is being organized. Civie and fraternal organizations | are being asked to sponsor teams in the teenage league. First to an- nounce they'll sponsor such teams are the Kiwanis Club, the Rotary Club, Knights of Columbus, Veter- ans of Foreign Wars, and the Am erican Legion, Other sponsors are needed to take care of additional teams. Total cost to sponsors is $50 to sibedbreg the week season. The plan ¢ for Sponsors to make a contribution to the Key West high school and the fund will pay for a major portion of game cost, lea- gue expense and trophies: Any fraternal or civic organiza- tion which has not been contacted concerning sponsorship #hd is in- terested in contributing to-our chil- dren’s welfare through healthy az. tive sport, is requested to contact the student activities sponsor at the high school. Sports Shorts GAINESVILLE (®—The Univer- sity of Florida basketball team is unbeaten in two games, but the Gators had trouble in the first half last night before beating Rol- lins College 86-65. Rollins led at halftime 40-39, but Lew Doss led a Florida comeback. DELAND @—Ted Cassidy of Daytona Beach, a senior, has been elected captain of the Stetson bas- ketball team. At 6 feet 9, he is the tallest man on the squad, “TAMPA @®—The University of Tampa football team is in pretty good shape for the Cigar Bowl. The coach says so himself. Coach. Marcelino Huerta has an- other light workout for the Tam- pans on the training card for to- day. He plans a scrimmage for tomorrow and one for Monday and that’s all. They returned to the practice field yesterday for the first time since the Florida State game last Saturday. Tampa, with a 7-2 seasonal rec- ord, meets Morris Harvey of Charleston, W. Va., which brings an $1 seasonal mark here, One Pet Is Sole ° . Fire Survivor CINCINNATI (#—A three-legged dog named Tatters today was the only survivor of a houseful of pets that died yesterday in a fire that destroyed the home of an elderly couple in suburban Montgomery. Mr, and Mrs, Jack Miller said attempts to rescue an aged par- rot, about 75 years old, failed. Landy Miller is 80, his wife 64. They were uninjured. They said the par- rot had been a family pet since their wedding day. | a thing unless you do it well and | right pital reported. His condition after- A College Cage Teams Run To Form Wednesday By JOHN CHANDLER The Associated Press La Salle, Oklahoma A&M, Notre Dame, Louisville — names weil known in college basketball _cir- cles—contiaued on the victory trail today. All four score impressive vic- tories last night in the young 1954 55 campaign, which saw heavy ac- tion in the East, where many Ivy League quints tuned up for the hot conference race to come. La Salle, winner of the NCAA championship last spring and voted the No. 1 team in the Associated Press preseason poll this fall, chalked up its third straight vic- tory by overwhelming Penn Mili- tary, 94-39. All America Tom Gola scored 18 points in the 25 minutes he played. Also making it three in a row was Oklahoma A&M, No. 11 in the preseason calculations. The Aggies, who defeated Texas 70-63 Saturday, did it again last night 77-49. Mack Carter led the A&M | Scoring with 21, Notre Dame made it 22 consecu- | tive home floor victories by beat- ing Northwestern 79-69, and Louis- ville broke its own scoring record with a 113-64 triumph over Mis- sissippi State. Brown handed Harvard a 51-38 Ivy League defeat while undefeat- ed Connecticut made it 20 Ly drubbing Yale 8357, Lafayetie spoiled Princeton’s opener by win- ning 85-74, and Colgate tallied 45 Points in the second half to down Cornell 73-52. : Virginia marred Navy’s home de- but by defeating the Middies 79-69 while Fordham outlasted Syracuse 60-56. Columbia beat Rutgers 85-61 and Pennsylvania thumped Swarth- more 86-58. Carnegie Tech upset Pitt 79-67, the third straight loss for the Pan- thers. In a Southern Conference game, Richmond defeated Washington & Lee 95-78 for the Spiders’ fourth straight, Arkansas went overtime to de- feat Oklahoma City 81-76, while Tulsa defeated Texas A&M 57-45, to make its record 3-0, Purdue defeated Valparaiso 62- 50, West Texas State overcame Hamline 67-64, and Marquette made it 3-0 by taking St, Norbert of Wisconsin 83-47. Island City Loop Play Resumes Second half play in the Island City Winter baseball league will get underway tonight at the Wickers Field Stadium with @ meeting between the USS Bushnell and the Junior Conchs. The Junior Conchs were win- fers of the first half champion- ship. LAY - LaSalle Cagers Cop Victory; Notre Dame, Louisville Win — OUTBOARD ROUNDUP The Roundup has been on a four week vacation, most of wich | ‘spent up in central Florida along the Kissimmee River attempting to outwit those Big Mouth Bass. Will pass this tip along to those fishermen who like a bit of fresh water fishing occasionally, The wa- ter is at a good gauge at present, The bass, as well as pickerel, were hitting very. good, best on live bait, The speckled perch were hitting small minnows. I was fishing out of Camp Mack eighteen miles east of Lake Wales, and located on the bank of the river between Lake Hatchineha and Lake Kissimmee. This gave me a close run to both lakes. Now for the home front. A group of the Outboard club boys spent the weekend at Boca Grande. Although this was a fishing trip, I didn’t get any report on the catch. The auxiliary served a delicious Woman Sentenced On Torture Charge COLUMBIA. S.C. (#—A woman accused of using matches to tor- ture the 5-year-old nephew left in her care has been sentenced to one year in prison. Mrs. Gettie Lee Cook pleaded guilty to a charge of mayhem yes- terday. Her daughter Charlene Lindsey, 16, told officers she held little Connie Thames while her mother pressed burning matches against his skin. Charlene was given a six-month suspended sentence. turkey dinner at the club house Sunday afternoon. The proceeds jwill go to stage the children’s Christmas party on Saturday, Dec, | 18. At the reguiar club meeting Fri- day night, nominations for candi- dates for the offices for 1955 will be in order. All members are urged to be present. Next Sunday afternoon, the Out board power squadron will stage their final races for this year. 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