The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 24, 1954, Page 9

Barnes And Lott Capture City Doubles Net Title North And South Exhibit Optimism By MERCER BAILEY MIAMI, Fla. —Optimism was high in both camps today as North and South teams got in their final licks of preparation for the college all-star football game in the Or- ange Bowl Christmas night. Coaches Ivy Williamson of Wis- consin and Andy Gustafson of Mi- ami, masterminding the North and South forces respectively, reporteds| both squads in high spirits and fine physical shape. “We're ready,” was the word from both sides. The Yankees,’ who have man- aged to win only one and tie one in six previous Shrine charity games, were even happy about the fact that they are rated seven- point underdogs. “There’s nothing like beating a favorite,” commented Pat Abbruz- zi, Rhode Island halfback. Williamson agreed the Rebels probably rate the favorite’s role. But since there is such a thing as an upset, he wasn’t alarmed by Gustafson’s prediction that the South would win three touchdowns to two. The Wisconsin coach, and his aide, Bernie Crimmins, of In- diana, just kept smiling and prom- NOW OPEN The New KEY WEST SPORTS CENTER Lounge - Bar Package Store 7 AM. ~1 A.M. Daily 513% Fleming jised the Southerners would know they’d been in a football game. The North probably will rely heavily on a passing attack, punc- tuated by the fullback smashes of All-America Alan Ameche of Wis- consin, In yesterday’s workout, William- son drilled his players about 50-50 on straight T and single-wing of- fenses. He had quarterback Dun- can McDonald of Michigan and halfbacks Carl Norman of West Virginia and Rex Brock of Purdue working with Ameche in the sin- gle-wing unit. Ameche, the nation’s all-time leading ground ganer with a career total of 3,212 yards, did most of the ball carrying. Gustafson, who will use a varia- tion of the “belly” series off the split T as the South’s major at- tack, had Miami quarterback Carl Garrigus, halfbacks Guddy Leake of Oklahoma and Larry Parker of North Carolina and fullback Dick No. 1 unit. The South has concentrated on a running attack in its drills. Connie Mack © Wants Pennant FORT MYERS, Fla. —Cohnie Mack’s big wish for the new year “is that the Kansas City Athletics win the American Leagve pennant, or at least finish in the first divi- sion.” ‘ Still loyal to the teain he man- aged so long at Philadelphia, the arrow-straight baseball leader said he would be on hand at West Palm Beach March 1 to welcome the players when they report for spring training, as has been his long-time custom. He celebrated his 92nd birthday with a quiet dinner at the home of his son Connie Jr. last night. “It looks as if the 100 (year) mark will be easier to reach than Bielski of Maryland working his | Sellers Brothers Fall In Closely Fought Match Bill Barnes and Charlie Lott won the City Doubles Tennis Championship yest- erday afternoon at Bayview Park, as expected, but not after a terrific battle that forced them to call on their finest resources to pull the match out of the fire. The brother team, Jack and Har- vey Sellers, were determined to give the top-seeded team an un- welcome Christmas present and |the departing Bill Barnes an un- desirable going-away present. Both sets found the Sellers a- head with identical scores of five games to three. Both sets found Barnes and Lott tightening up their defenses at’ the last moments to take four games straight. Not to take anything awzy frym City Champion Bill Barnes fine play, the match was determined by several nearly-perfect lobs set up by Charlie Lott in the crucial per- iods of both sets that caught the attacking Sellers flat-footed. The last point of the match was a per- fect lob by Lott that split the back line. After the match, Bill Barnes paid tribute to, City Pro Les Jahn’s ex- pert handling of the tournament. “It was the best run tournament I have ever seen in Key West,” he said. “It ran off as smooth as silk.” “A good description of how our City Champ plays.” countered Les. “Smooth as silk!” Blue And Gre y Elevens Hold | Following Through Pedro Aguilar Key West has had plenty of good baseball this year. | More than a hundred games have |been played in the Little League, the Pony League and the senior leagues. The Little League All - Stars de- | feated the best they have in Mia-| mi while the Pony league teams defeated such teams as Coral Gab- les, Miami, Hialeah and North Mi- ami. The Senior League All-Stars de- feated Such teams as the Coving- ton All-Stars and the McGahey Motors club of Miami. The Junior Conchs won the first | half championship in the Island Ci- | jty Winter League and the Cuban| Club won the first half title in the | summer league. | Now, the Cuban Club is ahead | in the second half of the winter league. If they win the two out of three series to be played next week, they’ll be the champs. And now let’s talk about Santa Claus. We’ve done a little re- search and-here’s what the local sporting set wants when they hang up their socks. Bill Cates wants his Wickers | Field plant put into top shape, the clubhouse renovated the fences Painted so the fielders won’t suf- fer. George Lastres will ask Santa for a chance to play Triple A ball this year. Don Cruz wants the same break. Gibby Gates, Rod Rodriguez, Bob Lastres, Leeburg Knowles and | Danny Lastres all want a shot at the pro game. Manager Valdez, of the Cuban Club, wants a lot of balls. and bats. The Poinciana Giants loyal pro- moters, Arrenson, Jones and Mar- tini, want some hurlers and batters so they can up their standing. Manager Perry of the Bushnell wants Santa to send him an um- pire for the coming season, so he THE Pole. Dear Santa, ther wants a movie projector. I don’t know anything else to write except Dear Santa, I love you. Ricky Singleton 85 Sigsbee Road That's All. Dear Santa, I want a movie projector and some film. My brother wants a po- go stick. Yours truly, Leonard Singleton 85 Sigsbee Road Dear Santa Claus, I want a bow and arrow and a football, a crane, a tow truck, a truck that picks up a crane, an Indian ‘suit, a Santa Claus suit, a tcol set and high sneakers like my brother Johnnie’s. I have been a good boy. I am 4 years old. Thank you, David Alan Blackmon 515 F Flagler Apt. P. S. Please send me an airplane and a helicopter. Dear Santa Claus, I want an electric train, a shield and sword, a rocket ship and a punching bag. I can hardly wait till you come. I have been a good boy. Also, please bring me a Santa Claus suit and a bow and arrow and a dart gun set and 2 guns and a craine and a tool set and a shirt like my brother David got for his birthday and a football and a sea- plane. I am 6% years old. Thank you and Merry Christmas. John F,. Blackmon 515 F Flagler Apt. Dear Santa, Sorry that I wrote so late. I want KEY WEST CITIZEN —— CHRISTMAS EDITION —— = SANTA’S Mail Box This is the last day for publication of letters to Santa Claus which have been received by The Citizen for forwarding to the old gentleman at the North Even though your letter may not have arrived in time to appear in the paper, it has been placed in the last Special Mail Bag and sent by jet plane to Santa Claus in time to reach him before he leaves on his annual trip tonight. I want a pogo stick and my bro- | | and a little doll house. My name is | | four wheeler bike. Dear Santa Claus, My sister and I would like a doll Martha Seay and my sister’s name | Proce coro c cote rr itr rrr tire ee eee ett whencecerencrccecoeteree: 1m ¥ ¥ Ketchings’ 214 Duval Street OO EO OE OO OE MERRY | CHRISTMAS Old Island Trading Post 301 Whitehead Street Electric e (IBM B Bee Bi Di Bi BB: BBB MB BD: DD BiH Bi I Be BBD BD DVB DBMD: Bi DB De RENE LU RRRAARRARRARARARRARTRT 5 5 a a 4 a a a is Jenny Seay and I have a little brother and he wants a dragline and a dump truck and his name is Tommy Seay. { Your friend Martha Seay MEM EP MH & Dear Santa Claus, I have pierced ears now and would like a pair of blue diamond earrings like I saw in the dime! store. | My sister and I want a walking | doll and a tea set. My little bro- ther wants a Teddy bear and a Sincerely, Sandra Frances and Chuckie Shafchuk 66-1 Poinciana Place Dear Santa, I want a 3-wheel bike for Xmas. So does my little brother, Dannie. | My sister Waxwee wants a doll baby and a buggy. Thank you very much. | I love you, St. Nicholas, Chris Dear Santa, I want an outboard motor and a knight suit with a lance and shield and all the parts to it. Also I want everything else you ean bring me. Don’t forget to bring me the world with a golden fence around | it. And also I want a knight castle with men to it and cannons. Love, Rocky Kershaw Age 9 1505 Laird St. P. S. We will leave something for you. eC NNN | Bee bes Be BiDeB BB DAD Bede DD Dede DDD DD RIT! Fea ' Ce evthis was the message ot the first Christmas. May that spirit be rekindled in your heart today... and brighten your lite with a deep and abiding happiness. Poray Studio 404 Southard Street DIAL 2-3088 DB 2 AD DAS HARARE RIAA AIPM ME HAAR ERR MM MIT AI MPM IB DMMB DPR PB BD BRM DIM FREE PARKING And don’t forget all the other | S¥terevgrgncrere erg eter tq tee "Cte tei ie Hiei Nene ACRE NCNM! IN REAR ENTRANCE a bike for Christmas and don’t forget my sister Linda. She wants I thought,” he commented. won't have to umpire again, Hester Battery STARTS 809 TIMES After Only 5 Minutes Rest recent test, a stock Hes- ter tery wa liberately discharged by engaging the starter on a car, with switch off, until the battery refused to turn the engine over. The bat- tery was allowed to rest 5 min- utes, the car was then started and the engine stopped immed- jately. This operation -was re peated 809 times before the bat- tery failed. FOR ALL MAKES OF CARS LOU SMITH WW16 WHITE STREET KEY WEST AIRPORT MEACHAM FIELD The Grand Old Man of Baseball is improving steadily from a seri- ous illness, He goes for short walks. | visits his many friends here, eats three good meals daily and en- joys watching boxing on television. Vying with baseball for his in- terest these days is his newest grandson, John Seppard Mack, 3 months old. Throughout interviews | with reporters and posing for cam- eramen on his birthday Mack kept bringing up the subject of the | youngster, He hopes to take in spring train- | ing games throughout Florida next | spring and to see many regular Season games. He was openly pleased with the many messages of congratulation and flowers he received for his birthday. Most elaborate was a floral piece with a baseball and | bat, sent by the American League, The Key West Citizen Is A FAMILY Newspaper LIFE-TIME — fhe Only Battery with a 6- Year BONDED GUARANTEE eVastly more power, quicker starts! eBounces back to life after being completely run down! Lasts years longer. ONE PRICE FOR ALL CARS $29.95 (6-Volt) | NAVARRO, INC. 601 Duval St. Tele. 2-704) Seed THREE HOTELS IN MIAMI at POPULAR PRICES _—_—OO se eee Located in the Heart of the City REASONABLE RATES ROOMS ..” RITE or WIRE RESERVATIONS with BATH and TELEPHONE Ritz HOTEL 132 E. Flagler St. 102 Rooms Elevator Solarium 3 BLOCKS FROM Pershing HOTEL 226 N.E. Ist Ave. 100 Rooms Elevator Heated Miller HOTEL 229 N.E. Ist Ave. 80 Rooms Elevator UNION STATION Light Drills By AL LANIER MONTGOMERY, Ala. (® — Only light drills are scheduled today as North and South squads prepare to clash tomorrow in what experts predict may be the roughest Blue- Gray meeting in the 16-year his- game. Although the North has shipped in‘as husky a bunch cf Yankees as ever invaded the capital of the Confederacy, the oddsmakers are slow to give points on their whip- ping the Rebels for the first time in six years. Northern Head Coach Don Fa- rot of Missouri and the South’s top mentor, Frank Moseley of VPI, j aren’t helping any stutter with superlatives sizing up the other fellow’s squad. The 17th annual gridiron battle will be televised this year for the first time—a factor guaranteed to | make the contestants play a bit rougher for the homefolk: Judging by practice act: | North is planning a heavy attack to bolster the aerial offen- sive thrown by two of the na- tion’s better passers — Vic Eaton and Tony Scardino of Missouri. | And when the Blues decide to |run they have such ground gainers |as Bob Herndon, Fred Baer and | Max Burkett to carry the ball. Herndon led the undefeated Ok- lahoma Sooners in rushing this | year with 588 yards. Burkett picked up 528 for Iowa State and | Baer had 439 with Michigan. The Rebs are also perfecting a two-pronged offense to throw at the invaders. For the air war there’s LSU’s Al Doggett and Tex- as Tech’s Jerry Johnson | They’ll be aiming at such prime | backfield receivers as Alabama’s | Corky Tharp, Charlie. Madison of | Georgia and Dick Young of Chat- | tanooga — not to mention their | ends. Tharp, Madison, Tennessee’s Jimmy Wade and VPI’s Howie Wright give the Confederates a po- | tent running attack. - “= Gala ‘ Christmas Parfy On Skates ’ Prizes - Fun For All Saturday, December 25 Skating Rink 420 SOUTHARD STREET DIAL 2-9161 tory of the intersectional football Both of them} when! y, the} land | Halcomb, Postol, Coto and“Bau- man all want Santa to bring them some base hits this year. Nash wants his old soup bone in shape like it was a year ago. | Bean likes to umpire or chase balls and I think he will do the same thing next year. Mr. Knowles likes to fish but I | think his love for baseball is get- | ting the best of him. He wants Santa to give us plenty | of baseball in 1955. |; Leon, Bean, J. Tynes, M. Casas, | P. Higgs, S. Yates,are hoping they | will make good on the high school | nine this year. And I'd like to wish a Merry Christmas to all the baseball, soft- ball, Little League, Babe Ruth, and high school nines and also the fans \and their families. College Cagers ‘Take Time Out By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS College basketball took time out / for the holidays today after pre-| viously unbeaten Stanford was| jhanded a bum Christmas present by Tulane and Missouri suffered a major upset at Houston. Stanford’s Indians stalked into; New Orleans with a 4-0 record, | | but Tulane outsmarted the visitors | in the final three minutes and earned a 67-62 victory. | At Houston, Missouri, a favorite | for the Big Seven Conference title, | | Was shocked by the Missouri Val- ley Conference Cougars 84-76 in double overtime thriller Missouri was ranked seventh nationally. There were only a handful of | Sames. Activities resume Monday {in a week-long scramble featured | by a dozen major holiday tourna- | ments. | In another duel of importance |last night, Minnesota congered | |Notre Dame 77-66, both making} their final appearance before leav- ing to take part in tournaments. | Minnesota plays in the Dixie Class- j#e starting Monday at Raleigh, |N.C., while Notre Dame goes into} the Sugar Bowl Tourney beginning | Dec. 28. At Bowling Green, Ky., College of the Pacific ended a disastrous \five-game road trip, dropping an} 86-65 decision to Western Ken-} tacky. | Sanford and Tulane were dead- | on locked at 60-all in the closing min-| 50 utes when the Green Wave went j into a freeze. It paid off. Three Stanford fouls gave Tulane six points and i+ fifth victory in six Starts. Russ Lawler scored 25 points for Stanford. Jim Nowakow- ski and Hal Cervini each tallied 17 for Tulane. a doll, a carriage, a doll bed and don’t forget Mommy and Daddy after what they have done for us. P. S. Please be careful of my dog. “Rags” is a good dog if peo- Fle are good to him. Love, Mary Ann Valdez and Linda ‘Valdez Dear Santa, I hope you are feeling fine. I am feeling alright. My name is Leona. T am six years old. I would like a | Sewing machine and a baby doll I can walk and sing. I hope would have fun coming down our chimney on Christmas eve night. I will be waiting for you to come down my chimney Love to Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Leona Jemison 616 Mickens Lane NO BANK, NO MONEY CANTON, Ohio (®#—The Stebbins Business Machine Co., which sold a check-writing machine to a man 20 days ago, today reported the check he gave in Payment was re- turned marked: “No such bank.” eee LEGAL NOTICE Tallahass wy opgcembe NOTICE is he ‘ Trustees of the [ Improve- ment Fund of the f Florida, Pursuant to Law, will offer for sale, for Objections Only, in Tallac hassee, Florida, at 11:00'o'clock A. Me January 25th, 1955, the follow. ing described lands in MONROE COUNTY, Florida, to-wit noe A parcel of bay bottom land in the Straits of Fler: south of ASIDE PARK § BDIiVISION, y West, Flori in Plat Book 3, F 3 Records of Monroe County, Flor- ida and being more particularly described as follows: Commenc- it corner of 2 PARK SUBDIV}- southeasterly and pdr- with Bertha Street for a distance of 140.30 feet to the point of beginning of the parcel of bay bottom land hereinafter describe rom said point of be- ginning, continue bearing south- easterly and parallel with tha Street, if ¢ xtended, for a tance of 409 feet to'a thence at right angles and easterly for a distance of 425 feet to a point: thence at right angles and northwesterly for a distance of 400 feet to a point: thence at right angles and southwesterly for a distance of 425 feet back to the point of beginning. Contain- ing 3.9 acres, The Purchaser is required to pay e. Florida th, 1954 n that the ai point; rth- the advertising cost and documen- | tary stamps. The Sale, if and when made, shall be subject te the Trustees reserv- ing unto themselves of -the phate, minerals and metals and 5 of the petroleum thereon or thereunder. The Trustees of the Interna) Im- provement Fund reserve the right to reject the sale. BY ORDER of the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida. CHARLEY F. JOHNS. Acting Governor Attest: F. C. Elliot, Sec. Trustees I. 1. Fund dec, 24-31, 1954; jane 7-14-21, 1955! %~ you | i | | children around the world. 1g Dear Santa, My big brother is writing this for me and this is what I want, an out- board moter and a boat with it. Please, please give it to me. And please bring me a dump truck. And | a knight suit for me. : Love, Fraser Kershaw Age 6 1505 Laird St. | P. S. Don’t forget the other chil-| dren. | Dear Santa Claus, | I want a nice cook set with pie pans, cookie cutters, and some cake mixes. Peggy M. Bath Age 10 } want a nice baseball suit and cap. Sammy P. Bath, Jr. Age 7 I want a baseball suit and cap. William T.° Bath Age 4 I want a baseball suit and cap} Robert Lee Bath Age -6 I want a set of 6 dishes, 6 cups, 1 teapot and 6 forks, 6 spoons, 6 knives for Christmas. Barbara Anne Bath Age 8 Love, The Bath Children 1217 Royal St. Dear Santa Claus, I want you to bring me a rock- ing horse and a doll. And for my | Cousin Anna she would like a doll carriage. Thank you. Roslyn Broussard 828 Johnson Lane. Dear Santa Claus, I want a tractor, cowboy suit, gun’, truck, rocking horse. Love, Chris Dear Santa, Please bring me a baking set and a bicycle. I think that’s all I want. And if you want to bring me anything else, that would be nice. Closing with love, Yvonne Whyms 729 Olivia St. Dear Santa Claus, I would like to get a doll and a set of real little soups and roller skates and a big scooter. For Dale, my little brother, a little scooter and a choo-choo train. I will be sleeping when you come te our house. We have been a little | bit good and a little bit bad! Loe Jay Elen and Dale Fowler 135 A Poinciana < Wevrrccriticeirciritcceor ccc ocoo oer cca 5 MEMS ESSN OM 2 LD DD De DDI With warmest thanks we wish to send greetings for the Yuletide * and the New Year to all of our iriends . . . our customers. It’s been @ pleasure to please you and may we continue to do so throughout LUIGI'S SAND BAR RRMRMMHI HP HMMM MAMMARARWAM RAR ARARARDARIA RDI