The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 14, 1954, Page 6

Conchs Face South Dade In Gold Coast Opener Locals Seek To Even Their Record Tonight The Key West high school basketball team starts its bid tonight for the Gold Coast conference crown when they meet the South Dade cagers on the high school hardwood .at 8 o’- elock. The Conchs will be out seeking their first win of the season at the expense of the Rebels who are de- fending conference champions. Per- ennial rivals of Key West, South Dade walked off with the title last | year as the result of a highly con- | troversial bit of schedule juggling. | It seems that the Conchs and the Rebels met three times last year and the locals walked off with two of the verdicts. South Dade, how ever, managed to get only one of the Conchs victories into the Gold Coast Conference record book and Key West ended up in second place. That’s only one of the reasons why the Conchs want to win to- night, They are also out to justify the confidence that Coach Win); Jones has expressed in them. It’s} no secret around the Whalton St. hattle-pit that JoJnes htinks this is the year for the Conchs to make a name for themselves in confer- ence circles. Although they dropped their opener to the Coral Gables quintet — a Big Ten competitor — the Conchs showed that they have some real talent and once they get rolling, may well burn up the con- ferente. They’ve been working hard on their offensive game with foul shooting and playmaking coming in for a lot of attention. Gabies managed to shade the Conchs largely because of their accuracy from the foul line. Jones also announced one lineup change tonight when he gave rangy Stu Yates the nod at a starting guard position. Yates missed ac- tion in the Gables clash because of an ankle injury. Yates will be flanked by Bill Haney, with John Carbonell in at hi regular center slot and Gene Favors and Juio Henriquez at the forwards. In reserve, Jones will have Ju lio Santana, Fred and Ed Curry, Red Stickney and Tony Hoppe. Page 6 |Baseball Set | The Poinciana Giants will mect |th Cuban Club tonight in an Is- land City Winter Baseball League game in the Wickers Field Sta- dium. Michaels will hurl for the Giants | and Villareal will be on the mound for the Cuban Club. Game time is 7:30 p. m. LaSalle Named Nation’s Top Cagers By AP By RIP! WATSON The Associated Press La Salle, defending NCAA cham- pion, was voted the best college basketball team in the country today in the first Associated Press poll of the season. The Explorers, who kept their record clean by edging Niagara in overtime Saturday night for their fourth victory, were put at the head of the ballot by 54 of the 92 sports writers and broadcasters participating in the poll. On the usual basis of 10 points for first, 9 for second, ete., La Salle wound up with a total of 847 points, well ahead of second-place Kentucky. The Wildcats, first in the final AP poll last spring, received 18 first-place votes and a total of 689 points. Illinois took over third place, far behind the leaders, with eight first- place votes and 381 points. Trailing the Illini in order.were North Car- olina State, Dayton, Missouri, Indi- ana, UCLA, Duquesne and Niag- ara. Illinois came all the way up from 14th on the strength of a victory over Oklahoma A&M, plus earlier triumphs over Bradley and Mis- souri. Missouri, however, came back from that loss to upset Indi- ana and Iowa, the early Big Ten favorites, and last night beat Wis- consin 87-56. * Last night’s games had no bear- ing on the poll, however. Morris Says He'll Sue Sports Mag CHICAGO (#—James D. Norris Jr. Monday announced he will file five million dollar libel and con- spiracy suit against Sports Illus- rated magazine. Sports Illustrated last week pub- lished an article by former boxer Harry Thomas which said Norris fixed the Thomas-Max Schmeling fight at Madison Square Garden, Dec. 13, 1937, and Thomas’ fight with Tony Galento in Philadelphia Nov. 14, 1938. Norris, 48, president of the In- ternational Boxing Club, Inc., charged the article was ‘a libel- ous and malicious conspiracy to defame his character,” with the “avowed purpose of outlawing boxing.” Norris said he authorized his attorneys to file the suit to “clear the good name of a sport which brings pleasure to millions of peo- ple . . . and to clear myself.” Norris named no individuals in his statement nor did he say where or when the suit would be filed. In New York, Sidney L. James, managing editor of Sports Mlus- trated, issued the following state- ment when informed of Norris’ planned action: “Sports Illustrated printed the story because it is convinced it is true, and we stand by it as we do any story we print.” Ann Valant Tops Navy Wives Loop Ann Valant, of the Sigbee Snack- ery keglers, rolled high game last | week in the Navy Wives Bowling | League when she hit 190 over the | Naval Station alleys. Dee Folkins, of Maury’s Luggage, | was second with 189 and Evelyn! ‘Tanner, of the A and B Storage team, was third with 181, | The leaders, with ‘first - place votes in parentheses: . La salle (54) . . Kentucky (18) .. . Illinois (8) Dayton (4-0) .. Missouri (2) .. . Indiana . UCLA . Duquesne 10. Niagara (second 10) 11. George Washington. 12. Louisville (2) .. 13. Iowa ... 14. Ohio State 15. Utah .... 16. St. John’s (Bklyn) 17. Wichita (2) . Wake Forest ( 19. Holy Cross .. 20. Notre Dame Indians Will Be Highest Priced Club CLEVELAND # — The Indians will be the highest paid team in Cleveland history next year topped by Bob Lemon and Ralph Kiner. General Manager Hank Green- berg drew up a player payroll Monday which totals ‘‘considerab- ly more than a half million dol- lars” for the 40 men on the roster. Greenberg said it is the largest Cleveland payroll in history and possibly the largest for any major league team. “Of course, you nev- er know how well the other teams are paid,” Greenberg said. Players’ salaries are never re- vealed, but educated guesses can be made. Lemon, a pitcher, and Kiner, an outfielder obtained from the Chi- cago Cubs will probably earn more than $40,000 next year. Lem- on’s salary was estimated at $43,- 000 with the Indians last year, and Kiner drew about $60,000 from the Cubs. After a poor season, Kiner is due for a cut. Pitchers Early Wynn and Bob 1 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | of four is reminiscent of Joe Louis, Tuesday, December 14, 1954 Olson - Langlois Bout TY Feature The 21st world championship con- | test in the Blue Ribbon Bout ser- ies will be televised nationally from ithe San Francisco Cow Palace on ;December 15 when “Bobo” Olson | defends his middleweight title against Pierre Langlois, Pont - Au- demer, France. Joey Giardello, previously sch- duled for that date against Olson withdrew his challenge when his left knee, injured a month ago in an automobile accident, began to trouble him during training. Lang- lois, rated by the World Boxing Federation as Olson’s number one challenger, was immediately sign-| | NEW YORK (#—Months of troup- ing around the country, making ; Personal appearances and laying it | in at the banquet table, have hoist- ed Rocky Marciano’s weight up io 200 pounds, heaviest the champion jhas scaled since he began his | career seven years ago. He notched jonly 187 for his title defense | against Ezzard Charles last Sep- tember. There are keen observers who predict that Rocky, a notable eater ir any company, will shorten his tenure considerably unless he ed for the title bout. world championship presented in| the past five months by the Pabst} Brewing Company, is the second} international middleweight _ title| bout sponsored by the brewery. A network of more than 100 CBS- TV stations will air the battle be- ginning at 10 p. m. Eastern Stand- ard Time, with station WTVJ, ser- ving as the local outlet. Born in Honolulu, Olson won the American middleweight title in June of 1953 when he defeated Pad- dy Young. This victory earned “Bobo” the right to fight Randy Turpin for the vacated world cham- pionship on October 21, 1953. He scored a unanimous 15 - round decision over the European cham- pion and became the first Hawaii- an fighter to win a world title. In defending his championship, Olson decisioned Rocky Castellani and welterweight champion Kid Gavi- lan. The “Dead End” kid from Hon- olulu was taught the rudiments of fighting when he was 14. As a youngster Olson also work- ed on a ranch and became a jockey at 12. He rode in one race and then decided that he would outgrow the trade and concentrated all his efforts on a boxing career. Olson lost twice to Ray Robinson in title bouts and twice to the late Aus-) tralian champion Dave Sands. A windmill-type fighter, Olson} has a peculiar style in that he moves his arms constantly, even if| he isn’t throwing punches. His aver- age of hits against blows thrown is remarkable. The 26-year-old champion is an excellent counter- puncher, has a good left hand and is a master boxer. Undefeated in his last 17 starts, “Bobo” has an overall record of 59 victories and six losses in a to- tal of 65 starts. The balding father | for he never smiles or showboats | once the bell sounds. Langlois, the 29-year-old French \challenger, started fighting when | | he was 12 and engaged in over 350, amateur bouts before turning pro} in 1947, Early in 1952 he won the welterweight title of France but re- linquished the crown to campaign | as a middleweight. | He fights out of a shell, covering his face with his gloves when he} is attacked, but lashing out fur- iously at the slightest opening. Al- ways active, he uses a sharp left jab and an overhand right with ef- | fectiveness. The Pont - Audemer} puncher came to this country in| 1952 and won his first start. He then lost to Joe Miceli and Joey Giardello. In return bouts he conquered both fighters. An out- standing upset victory over Giar- dello in May was the smartest per- formance of his American cam- campaign. Langlois thoroughly out - boxed the top contender and floored him with a right - hand counter in the} ninth round. This victory vaulted | the Frenchman into the upper brac- | dured up to now. They don’t think the Brockton Buster is gaited for any extended inaction. Whom he will fight next, and | where, we are not in position to | make an enlightened guess. Rocky said in a recent interview he might defend on the West Coast next March, but he probably was just Sports Roundup By Gayle Talbot making talk. Insiders are con- vinced that Al Weill, the champ’s manager, wil] never consent to a match with Archie Moore, the wily light heavyweight king. | | | | Earl Flora, of the Ohio State Journal, insists it happened. In his column he tells of the Columbus | lady who, wishing to be helpful, wrote to Philadelphia Phils. that there were a couple of high school graduates in her city who looked like fine prospects. She~ suggested that the Phils have one of their fights twice a year and sticks to; scouts look them over. In due time | The 15-round contest, the fourth | ‘M€ long training sieges he has en-, she received this reply: “You may be sure we appreciate your recommending to us the two players. However, we instruct our | scouts not to sign players who are | under six feet tall.” Flora suggests that, for a club! which has won only one pennant in | the past 39 years, this is being pretty choosy. Stoneham Sees Another Flag For His Giants NEW YORK —Horace Stone- ham, president of the New York Giants, calmly predicted today that his club would win the Na- tional League pennant again. And, to the sorrow of all Brook- lyn, he couldn’t see the Dodgers as a major threat. Stoneham made his observations before emplaning for a five-week vacation at hi¥ Scottsdale, Ariz., home, just a stone’s throw from the Giants’ training base at Phoen- ix. While there are no official |plans, he probably will meet with Manager Leo Durocher, who is in California. “Barring bad breaks through in- juries, I think we can make it two in a row,” said Stoneham. “‘The rest of the league has to catch us. We are the champions.” So confident is he that he has no deals in mind. “We are not going to do any Christmas shopping for a deal just for the sake of a deal,” he said. “We're not shutting the door on anybody who cares to suggest a trade, of course. “But we’re not going to make one with anybody unless we are certain of strengthening the club a great deal. If a favorable deal comes through, we’ll make it. But we are in a position good enough to make dealing unnecessary. Then came the bombshell on the Dodgers. “I look for the strongest opposi- tion to come from Milwaukee. I figure the Braves to finish ahead of the Dodgers. There has been a lot of talk about the Dodgers mak- ing a deal, but nothing has hap- pened so far. Unless they come up with a big deal, I can’t see them as a big threat.” Temperatures AT 7:30 A.M., EST Atlanta Augusta: <n Billings Birmingham .——_____. Bismark — vias Buffalo 42 34) 35) 29) 32) ket of his divsion. He split with Rocky Castellani, drew against} Carmen Basilio and outscored Bob- | by Dykes, Jimmy Beau, Charley | Salas and Jesse Turner. | TODAY'S STOCK MARKET market held to a narrowly mixed path today in early dealings. Although there were-a few wide movers, most gains went to around a point at the most while losses were fractional. Many of the steels, oils, rails, and motors were in demand, while icals and electrical equipments. Pepsi-Cola, yesterday’s most ac- tive stock up %4, started today on 5,000 shares up % at 16%. Among higher stocks were Beth- NEW YORK # — The stock | Meridian _ | losses appeared in aircrafts chem- | Charleston Chicago Denver ~ Detroit El Paso Ft. Worth Galveston _ Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST .. Los Angeles Louisville 42 28 _- 29 28 piuemi | Minneapolis | Memphis New Orleans New, York | Norfolk __ Oklahoma City | Omaha Pensacola —. | Pittsburgh —__ Roanoke _ | St. Louis San Antonio . 27:Total this year - Fight Results MONDAY NIGHT'S FIGHTS By The Associated Press BROOKLYN—Rudy Garcia, 128%, Los Angeles, stopped Gene Smith, 130, Wash- ington, 6. NEW YORK-Kenny Lane, 136%, Mus- kegon, Mich., outpointed Danny Jo Pe- rez, 139%, New York 10. LOS ANGELES—Reuben Smith, 126%, Los Angeles, outpointed Augie Villa, 127%, Oakland, 10. MONTREAL - Richard 139%, Canada, outpointed 139%, Canada, 10. The Weatherman Says: Key West and Vicnity: Partiy cloudy and cooler tonight; fair and continued cool Wednesday. Low to- night near 62 and high Wednesday about 72 - 74. Moderate to fresh northerly winds. Florida: Clear to partly cloudy thru Wednesday. Cooler today and in south and central portions to- night. Slightly warmer Wednesday. Jacksonville thru the Florida Straits: Moderate occasonally fresh northwest winds gradually diminishing today and becoming gentle to moderate northwest to- night. Wednesday gentle to mod- erate winds variable over north portion and northeast to east over south portion. Weather partly| cloudy thru Wednesday. | East Gulf: Moderate northwest | winds today becoming gentle to| moderate variable over north por- | tion and north to northeast over south portion tonight. Wednesday gentle to moderate winds, easterly over south portion and variable be- coming southwest over north por- tion. Partly cloudy weather. Western Caribbean: Moderate east and northeast winds thru Wed- nesday except occasionally fresh northeast over northeast winds thru Wednesday except occasional- ly fresh northeast over northwest portion today. Cloudy with showers over extreme north portion today, otherwise partly cloudy weather with widely scattered showers. Observation Taken at Post Building, 7:00 A.M., tr Key West, Fla., Dec. 14, 1954 ‘Temperatures Highest yesterday Lowest last night Mean ____ Normal (Kid) Howard, Brian Kelly, 80 69 75 re Precipitation Total last 24 hours Total this month Excess this month ____ Excess this year Relative Humidity, 7 A.M, 14% Berometer (Sea Level), 7 A.M. 29.99 ins.—1016.6 mbs. Time ef Height of Tide high water Low Tides Station— High Tides 4:12 a.m. 7:45 am, 2:11 p. 7:48 p.m. ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Bahia Honda (bridge) ..—oh 10m 9.0 tt. Sandy Says He'll Defend The Toga When He’s Ready By JACK HAND NEW YORK — The National | NBA Yanks Saddler’s Title For His Failure To Defend It [Korean War Gareia Stops Seen AsTool Gene Smith In (Of RedChina Sixth Round } By FRED SAITO | TOKYO WA Ja; NEW YORK (#?—Featherweight | Boxing Assn. withdrew recognition _T ipanese tech-| Rudy Garcia and lightweight Kene |of Sandy Saddler as world feather-|nician says the Chinese Commu-jny Lane, a couple of fighting tour- jweight champion today but the | nists—for whom he worked as an ists, headed home for the holiday |boxer’s manager defiantly said | adviser—used the Korean War to)... : i aaa jhe’ defend “when he’s ready and | consolidate their power in China, | Tuesday with television cash to that will be February.” | Kumajiro Fukuda recently was |SPend and their modest ‘winning Bob Christenberry, chairman of |Tepatriated from Red China. He | teks intact. the New York State Athletic Com- told his experiences in an article,) Garcia, sixth-ranking 126-pound mission, sat in the middle and,“Red China as I Saw It,” pub-|(O®tender from Los Angeles, | said: jlatisdits pale Mondai (Contin. ery ae ita ea “Py w feces eat deal | €ntal Problems.) salient ats IE ot pinche yearns Gril take Fukuda went to China in 136, 3 Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway “| the “|finals starting here Thursday. “| playing no action before our commission | He was director of Manchurian |e son Mich uaa ‘role meets (Friday). I have found the |10-round decision over New York's NBA hasn’t always been a solid |front. I also recall something abovt | titles being won and lost in the ring.” There was no if, whereas or may- nounced at its Cleveland éonven- Lamar, its executive secretary. The brief text said: “At the National Boxing “ssn. convention in Cleveland Sept. i4 it was unanimously voted that title recognition would be withdrawn if Sandy Saddler failed to defend his world featherweight title against within 90 days. “Saddler has failed to defend his title within the prescribed period. As of today, Dec. 14, 1954, the Na- tional Boxing Assn. withdraws title | recognition from boxer Sandy Sad- dler.” Lamar also commented: “We gave Saddler ever chance | to make a bout. He was discharged | from the Army and has made no move to defend his title although} he has had seven bouts since leav-| ing the Army.” | In Providence, R.I., Tony Pe- tronelia, NBA president, said this was the beginning of a new get- tough policy with all champions. Petronella said the NBA had planned to declare the winner of a Davis-Bassett fight as the cham- pion but the elimination bout was held “ahead of time.” Davis out- pointed Bassett at New York Nov. 26. “Now there is a technicality,” said Petronella. “I am taking a poll of the Executive Committee to see if we can recognize Davis at a special meeting Jan. 14 in New york.” Charlie Johnston, Saddler’s man- | ager, was bitter about the NBA announcement. He had just re- | dler won an over-the-weight match from Bobby Woods last week. “Saddler will defend: his title |when he’s ready,” said Johnston. “And that will be February. Pe- tronella should concern himself with safety measures in the NBA.” Saddler, 28, was discharged from the Army early this year. He won the title from Pep Oct. 29, 1948, lost it to Pep Feb. 11, 1949, and won it back Sept. 8, 1950. His last defense also was against Pep Sept. 26, 1951. He went into the Army jearly in 1952. Sweden Names - Its Davis Cup -|Netters Monday BRISBANE, Australia (#—Non- playing Captain Gunnar Galin, hours, named experienced cam- Paigners Lennart Bergelin and Sven Davidson to carry Sweden’s colors against the United States in interzone Davis Cup tennis U.S. Captain Bill Talbert, still it cozy, announced he would withhold his lineup until the draw tomorrow. Vic Seixas, of Philadelphia, and Sam’s top two stars, are the cer- tain nominees. In selecting his veteran pair for both singles and doubles, Galin was forced to pass over enthusi- berg, Sweden’s national champion, who is not sufficiently adjusted to gfass courts. be about the NBA's position, an-| tion Sept. 14 and restated by Henry ; either of two logical contenders | (Percy Bassett or Red Top Davis) | beating -the deadline by a full 24) Tony Trabert, of Cincinnati, Uncle , chemical industries when the Chi- nese captured him in the port of | struction work and helped to build chemical plants over wide areas of China. | Fukuda said the Communist re-| over in 1949 financed its way in jpart by killing landlords and} ‘wealthy merchants and seizing! their properties. | “Dissatisfaction mounted all over the country after the first} year,” he wrote, “and the Com- munists had to round up many| anti-Communists everywhere. | “The Korean War came amid! these circumstances and the Com-| |munists jumped on it as a chance to consolidate their power.” Fukuda said the Communists fi- nanced the war by forcing bonds on Chinese with money and there- | by wiped out the wealthy class. Mao Tze-tung forced through a gigantic purge beginning in Janu- ary 1952, Fukuda recalled. The peo- ple were told to act as informers on anyone suspicious. “An untold number of people in. people’s Vukuda wrote. “There were no de- fense lawyers, no written AWS :6.0<"° Fukuda said the terror regime was ‘succeeding. Every Chinese must work eight hours a day, at- tend ‘school. classes three to four hours a day and recite Communist catechisms until they are ex- hausted. ever, still: was widely respected for the Chinese. people believe he is the first Chinese to make the na- | tion “independent” in many years. REPARATIONS TALKS MAY BE RESUMED TOKYO (#—Takizo Matsumoto, turned from Spokane, where Sad-| deputy Cabinet secretary, left here | for Manila today amid speculation | |he may lay the groundwork for {resuming Japanese reparations talks with the Philippines. The offering 400 million dollars in World War II reparations and the Philippines asking up to one bil- lion dollars. MONROE were arrested and executed in six | [months courts,” | Fukuda said Mao Tze-tung, how- | talks broke off with the Japanese | i Dairen at the end of World War|D@™"y Jo Perez at the St. Niche IL He was, impressed into recon-|!as Arena. Both bouts were tele- cast over networks It was the fourth straight tri- jumph for Garcia who battered Smith, once a leading contender, gime in its first year after taking | 7 over the ring. The little Cali- fornia strong man won every round and Referee Harry Ebbetts halted the one-sided fray to save Smith from further punishment. A 6-5 favorite, Garcia now has a 21-6 record. It was the second knockout loss for the fading, 23- year-old Smith, A crowd an- nounced as 1,720 paid $3,500. Gar- cia weighed 128%, Smith 130. Lane, a fast-punching lefthand- er befuddled Perez with his south- paw stance in posting his 6th con- secutive victory and his 24th’ against 3 defeats. It was Perez’ third loss, snapping a three-fight winning streak. He has won 16, The New Yorker had a 3-pound weight edge, 139% to 136% for Lane. EXPERTS BAFFLED DALLAS (®—When the light on the speaker’s stand went out, memoers of the Dallas Electrie Club—composed of electrical en- gineers and contractors—rose cone fidently. They traced wiring, ine the lamp base. Then a hotel em- ploye discovered the bulb had burned out. 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Second baseman Bob Avila, catcher Jim Hegan, first baseman Vie Wertz, and outfielder Daie Mitchell will be in the $20,000 to | think I'll send them out until after | creased four to six times since the $30,000 class. “The contracts are about ready | boys to enjoy the holidays. All ball increase is increasing fat faster | (+)—Plus sign: \ pow,” Greenberg said, “but I don't players are disappointed,” lehem Steel, Chrysler, Pacific Gas & Electric, Sunray Oil, Amerada Petroleum and New York Central. Lower were Boeing Radio Corp., American Telephone, Du Pont, and Tallahassee Tampa Washington Westinghouse Electric. \the first of the year. I want the Water used in the United States \is variously estima to have in- |turn of the century and the rate of | {than the population. (east end) _.+2h 20m Boca Chica Sandy Pr. Ne Name Key Caldes Channel (nerth end) 42h 10m $1.4 ft, (—)—Minus sign: Corrections te be subtracted. Corrections te be added, —ch 40m picked by Talbert for a 5-0 sweep, the Americans should be in for a| busy and perhaps hectic weekend | with two singles Thursday, the dou- | bles Friday and the final two sin- | gles Saturday. The winner meets | Australia in the Challenge Round | later in the month. | Some seashells weigh more than 500 pounds, GAME TIMES: 7:00 — 8:00 P. M. HIGH SCHOOL GYM || Students ___ 50 Adults