The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 30, 1954, Page 6

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The Gophers’ Dick Garmaker, who wound up with 24 points, had put the big 10 representatives in front 84-83 on a basket with 17 seconds to go. . Texas Christian, also paced by a sophomore, stunned favored Ala- |bama 77-62 to win the Southwest conference tournament. Dick O'Neal, a 6-7 center, scored 24 points in the first half for the Horned Frogs and the Crimson | Tide never recovered. O’Neal wound up with 30 points. LaSalle, No. 3, and Duquesne, No. 8, were victorious in the se final bracket of the ECAC Holid Festival in New York. The Phila- |delphia Explorers, sparked by All- America Tom Gola’s 29 points, turned back 15th-ranked UCLA | 85-88. A 39-point performance by Dick Ricketts — including 19 of 19 free throws — featured Duquesne’s 90-75 rout of Dayton, No. 4. Two other members of the top 10 breezed to victories in tournaé ment play. George Washington, No. 9, whipped William and Mary 87-73 in the semifinals of the Rich- mond Invitational as Corky Devlin and Joe Holup scored 56 points | between them. Niagara, No. 10, |trounced Syracuse ‘91-71 in an ECAC consolation round game. Here’s the tournament situation | at a glance: Sugar Bowl (New Orleans) — | Notre Dame downed Loyola of | New Orleans 66-45 and defending champion Holy Cross defeated | Bradley 89-81 in first-round games. The winners meet for the title tonight. ECAC Festival (New York) — LaSalle plays | finals Friday night. Big Seven (Kansas City) Three-time champion Kansas State coasted into the final with a 70-60 conquest of Iowa State. Kansas State will meet Missouri, 95-87 victor over Oklahoma, for the championship tonight. Richmond Invitational — Rich. | mond trounced Virginia Tech 84-57 and will oppose favored George Washington in the. finals tonight. All-American (Owensboro, Ky.) —Defending champion Maryland | disposed of Rhode Island 83-66 and will face Cincinnati, 82-62 victor over Evansville, in tonight’s cham- pionship game, Northern Dvision Pacific Coast Tourney (Seattle) — Washington | shaded Oregon State 58-57 in over- j time to win the four-team tourney. | New England Invitational (Storrs, !Conn.) — Connecticut and Dart- mouth, both unbeaten, tangle in |tonight’s finals. Connecticut, the defending champion, eliminated Brown 91-48 and Dartmouth sub- dued Middlebury 73-69. | Hofstra Invitational (Hempstead, N.Y.) — Lafayette throttled Mar- \ietta 89-69 and Hofstra over- |whelmed Delaware 115-68 in the semifinals. The two winners come | to grips in tonight’s finals. Queen City (Buffalo) — No games were played last night. |Georgia Tech plays Canisius to- night with the winner meeting St. | Bonaventure in the finals Saturday night, The Norsemen first colonized in 982 A. D. NOW OPEN The New KEY WEST SPORTS CENTER Lounge - Bar Package Store A.M. - 1 A.M. Daily 13% Fleming FREE PARKING Duquesne in the; |fantile Paralysis. The rest goes for | ness, all the remaining 75 per cent | |must be distributed to the two) Page 6 By ED CORRIGAN (For Gayle Talbot) NEW YORK W&—The big bowl jzmes in recent years have lost a great deal of their national inter- est and the situation shows no signs of improving in the immediate fu-| ture. This year’s lineup of the four) major bowls is a case in point. | The Rose Bowl, once the big at-} traction on New Year’s Day, sends | Southern California, an also-ran behind UCLA in the Pacific Coast Conference, against Ohio State, Big Ten winner. The Sugar Bowl pits Navy, prob- | ably the best of the weak Eastern sector, against Mississippi, South-| eastern Conference victor, and a club that has been accused of play- ing a weak schedule. In the Orange Bowl, it’s Nebras- ka, second best in the Big Seven, against Duke, the class of the At- lantic Coast Conference. And in the Cotton Bowl, Arkansas, which won the Southwest Conference title in a squeak, plays Georgia Tech, a strong finisher in the Southeastern! loop. Now this is a singularly unim- posing setup. It isn’t the fault of the promoters, who want the best, although in their efforts to get the THE KEY WEST CITIZEN j host cream off the top, some of them Big Barracuda Is Caught By Ohio Visitor A 35-pound barracuda, caught by Mrs. Chad Mullalley, Cincin- nati, Ohio, has been entered in the annual Junior Chamber of Com- merce fishing tournament, which opens officially next Sunday. The big ‘cuda was caught last Monday from Captain Ted Smits’ “Flo-along’”’ on a deep-sea fishing expedition. Mullet was used for bait. Mrs. Mullalley and her husband came to Key West to spend Christ- mas with their only grandson, Tim- othy Greene, age 6, and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Raymond O. Greene, 1609 Duncan St. NCAA Rules Set Up Bowl Cash Split NEW ORLEANS ® — Ever wonder about what becomes of the receipts taken in at a major New Year's football bowl game? : The National Collegiate Athletic Assn. has a set of rules on how the money is divided and how the tickets are distributed if the bowl game involves a member college. So let’s take the expected figures for Saturday’s Sugar Bowl game here, in which Navy and Missis- sippi will compete, as an example. The total cash receipts, which includes money from ticket sales, programs, hot dogs, radio and TV rights, will approach the half- million mark. First come the taxes, Uncle Sam gets 51 cents for every $6 seat, the city of New Orleans 26 cents and the state of Louisiana 15 cents. heir aggregate will be about $41,- 000 to the United States, $21,000 to the city and $12,000 to the state. Of the remainder, the NCAA rules permit the sponsoring orgaa- ization to keep 25 percent. That will be roughtly $125,000 and out of this the Sugar Bowl fathers make a voluntary gift of $25,000 to the National Foundation for In- operating expenses, ; If the sponsoring group is not involved in any stadium indebted- | competing colleges. However, if there is a stadium debt, the NCAA allows the sponsor- ing group to take another 20 per cent for payment on such debts with the remaining 55 per cent going to the two teams. The Sugar Bowl people still owe for enlarging Tulane Stadium to about 81,000 seats so another esti- mated $100,000 is taken out of the| t. That leaves 55 per cent, or about $320,000, to be split equally between | Navy and Mississippi. Navy has | Thursday, December 30, 1954 Sports Roundup By Gayle Talbot may have outwitted themselves by signing up with conferences. The Rose Bowl has a contract for the winners of the Pacific Coast and Big Ten. That’s fine, except that neither conference permits a team to play two years in a row, which is why Ohio State finds itself in the uneviable position of | having everything to lose and noth- ing to gain. The Orange Bow) is committed |to the winners of the Big Seven and | But Atlantic Coast conferences. there’s a joker here also. The Big Seven has the same rule as the Big Ten and PCC. A team can’t appear twice in a row. The Atlantic Coast Conference has no such rule. The Cotton Bowl installs the Southwest Conference winner as and then invites another school, usually from the South- eastern Conference. The Sugar Bowl is in the best position of all with no contracts. But even this is a gamble. The conference winners with tieups could be the real powers on any given year, which would leave the Sugar Bowl people the odds and) ends. Here are the choices: Ohio State over Southern Cal, Mississippi over Nayy, Duke over Nebraska, Geor- gia Tech over Arkansas. Odds Narrow On Cotton Bowl Game ° By HAROLD V. RATLIFF DALLAS #—The Cotton Bowl teams arrive Thursday with the odds due to narrow on Georgia Tech’s flue and injury-racked Yel- low Jackets. Coming from Fayetteville, Ark., by train were 34 Arkansas Razor- backs, in the peak of condition and with every incentive to beat bowl- veteran Tech in a test of strength between the Southwest and Souta- Eastern Conferences, Flying in several hours later from Atlanta will be the Georgia Tech gridders with Coach Bobby Dodd gloomy over their condition. First-string ends Henry Hair and Bill Sennett haven’t been working out while No. 2 quarterback Bill Brigman, center Jimmy Morris and tackle Frank Christy may not be able to play. Brigman has an ankle injury, Morris a knee hurt and Christy is recovering from glandular fever. The two teams practice Thurs- day afternoon here and a better view of the Georgia Tech situation can be obtained at that time. Meanwhile the experts were try- ing to establish a favorite in Satur- day’s game and having a tough time doing it. With similar records, both light and fast and quick- striking and tough as nails on defense, the teams are considered ‘as evenly matched as any in the history of the bowl. Thus the one with the greatest incentive should win — but even there the experts are divided, Arkansas would appear to have the most incentive — down so long but now with the opportunity to wipe out past poor records with a good showing in the Cotton Bowl against a school that hasn’t been accustomed to losing post-season affairs. For that matter, Arkansas has never lost one but appeared in only two and they were years ago. Georgia Tech never has lost a bowl game under Coach Dodd, winning the Oil Bowl, two Orange Bowls and two Sugar Bowls. But Bowden Wyatt, Arkansas coach, [Paul Andrews |Kennel Club Racin KO's Billy Smith Wed. By BEN FUNK MIAMI, Fla. «#—Cold, methodi- cal Paul Andrews earned a light heavyweight title fight with a spec- tacular sixth-round technical knock- out of Boardwalk Billy Smith last |night, but his new trainer Joe Louis says he isn't ready for it. | “He’s got to learn up here,” the fermer heavyweight champion said, pointing to his head “Paul needs a lot more work experience before he’ll be ready for a cham- {Pion like Archie Moore.’ It was a new Andrews who broke Smith’s eight-fight winning streak | with a smashing victory in 2:49 of the sixth round. The 24-year-old saffalo, N. Y., fighter flattened ith three times before Referee | Eddie Coachman halted the slaugh- | ter. | Andrews gave full credit to Louis. It was his 29th victory in 33 pro- (fessional fights. | “He taught me how to deliver ‘my punches,” Andrews said. “He {told me I was too timid and I {had to get more vicious if I was | going to get some place in the fight | game.” | Andrews, fifth-ranking contender Jin the division, fought much like jthe old Louis as he shuffled and \dead-panned, driving home -punch- es so devastating that once Smith, dazed by a left to the jaw, turned and fled. He was given an eight }count as he cowered against the | ropes. The International Boxing Club- had promised the winner a Feb. 4 title fight with Moore in New York. said he had Andrews “analyzed wrong. I fhought he was a meek} and timid man and he turned out | to be a tiger. I was mighty sur-| Gator Bowl TiltRated Very Close By F. T. MACFEELY JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (® — The nearer it gets to kickoff time in the Gator Bowl football game Fri- day the more it shapes as an even match between Auburn and Bay- lor. Auburn is reconciled to the fact that Jim Pyburn, All-Southeastern Conference end, won't be able to play his usual starring role—if he Plays at all. The loss of Pyburn is a big rea- son the original chaice of Auburn by a touchdown has shaved down to an advantage of about one point. Another reason is the fire of the Baylor Bears on the practice field. This first team to represent the Southwest Conference in the Gator Bowl is eager to win. Auburn, too, is keyed up to wipe out the stigma of a 35-13 loss to Texas Tech in the Gator Bowl a year ago. Even the probable loss of Py- burn, much as it means to the Tigers from the plains of Alabama, hasn’t dampened spirits. Jerry Elliott, sophomore who stepped up to first-string left end | when Pyburn twisted his right leg in practice two weeks ago, con- tinued to run with the Varsity in final drills, Pyburn stayed on the side-line. burn will start if he is able to play at all. Baylor Coach George Sauer solved a problem by indicating he will start Dugan Pearce at right guard if his team kicks off and Henry Rutherford if it receives, The position was held down most of the season by Dan Miller, who was dropped from the squad with center Jimmy Taylor two weeks ago for violating training rules. An offensive battle is expected from such versatile backfields as Billy Hooper, Del Shofner, L. G. DuPre and Allen Jones of Baylor, and Bobby Freeman, Fob James, Dave Middleton and Joe Childress of Auburn—both operating behind fast, tested lines, The average American starting work today has the prospect of a lifetime income of $150,000, says | the Institute of Life Insurance. Coach Ralph Jordan says Py-| s Gives Hints On Handicapping —Ci Secretary tizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. RACING SECRETARY L. L. GRIFFIN The advantage of local | aiding local dog fans in making} en’s Kennel, amateur greyhound handi- cappers watching the school- ing races the Key West Kennel Club Smith, the No. 1 title contender,| was pointed up today by L.’ and associate judge at th track. The schooling races will continue nightly at 7:30 un- ie {til the opening of the track | January 7. “Only by watching the dogs and paying close attention to past per- | formances, can you handicap the greyhounds intelligently,” said Griffin, who is serving his third consecutive year at the track. Griffin added that the past per- | formance data as contained in the program is as accurate as is hu- manly possible. | He aiso pointed out ‘hat, con-| trary to popular belief, greyhounds | do run to form. And Griffin is a man who should know whereof he speaks. He has been active in dog racing since 1933 when he broke in as a lead-out | boy at the Palm Beach Kennel Club. He remained at that track for 15 years. Then came stints at the Daytona Beach track, the Black Hills Kennel Club, Rapid) City, South Dakota and the Yellow- stone Kennel Club, Billings, Mon- tana. He served as racing secre- tary and associate judge at the latter two tracks. Griffin has Key West track, riding herd on 387 greyhounds. A new rating system will sim- plify his job somewhat as well as is hands full at the} | to Griffin, should produce another , . | their selections. The new system, placed into ef- fect by the State Racing Commis- starting tonight at sion, rates the dogs on the basis! | of their past performances. When a dog completes the re- quired number of schooling races, which class he will make his first ! official start in. From that point, it is strictly up to the greyhound which of five grades he competes in. For example, every time a dog Wins a race, he advances a grade. Every time a dog runs second for three consecutive races, he is also advanced one grade. If he runs out of the money in four straight races, he is dropped a grade. Grade five dogs, if they are out of the money in five straight races, are disqualified from racing at the track. The new system is sure to pro- duce some closely contested action during the upcoming meeting, Griffin says. And that the Key West Kennel Club has justly earned the title of “The Developing Ground of Cham- pions,” was pointed up by Griffin when he said that dogs like Judy 'Doll,,.Smart Design and Legal Looter, all of them top dogs during their stint in Key West, have gone on to other tracks to compete with the best of them. Judy Doll, for example, is the holder of the track record for the | 3/8 mile distance at the Pheonix, | Arizona track. This year’s meeting, according crop of potential champions. He is particularly high on a | 8reyhound owned by Walter Ow- named Snappy Roll- er. “We expect big things from that pup,” said Griffin. He also named a group of other | dogs who will bear watching this |year, They are: Manuel Foster's | Skid and Kris Adams; Crosby Ken- |L. Griffin, racing secretary Griffin makes the dicision as to|nels Rural Sportsman and Miss Buttlar; Carieton Cole’s Kangaroo Kid and Grady George; Joe Ba- | lik’s Darting and Poinciana; Jess Bingham’s Dessa Marie; Claude | Betterson’s Ladyish; Point Breeze | Kennels 1} Check and Capida; | Saw Buck Kennels Page One and Windy Trail; F. B. Stutz’ Impro- visor and Mocambo; Williams and Fagg Kennels Gay Skipper and Mercury Switch; Fred Whitehead’s Mary’s Son and Big Mark; Walter | Owen’s High Legion and Fearless | Warrior; R. K. Hutching’s Julie | Anne and Wild Betty; Alex Haber- jman’s Meadowcraft; and Fleet wing Kennels Silver Wheels and Timber Range. | Orange Bowl Teams Hold Stiff Drills | MIAMI, Fla. (® — Coaches Bill Murray of Duke and Bill Glass.” ford of Nebraska reported their football squads in the best condi-* tion of the season Thursday as they conducted their final drills for the Orange Bowl game. | A light loosening up is scheduled \for both teams Friday. | Only one first-string player in each camp was in doubtful play- |ing condition. Nous Knotts of Duke dropped out of Wednesday’s prac- a mag o1 a lever. | Nebraska’s right halfback Ron Clark still is bothered by a weak ankle sprained several days ago. Starting never has lost one either. How-| ever, he has had a team in only! one. That was in 1951 at Wyoming | where he piloted his Cowboys to a 20-7 victory over Washington & | Lee in the Gator Bowl. The odds for those who may risk | some cash on the outcome have favored Tech slightly although nar- | Towing each day, but apparently | the only basis for the margin has been the fact that Tech beat the two teams that defeated Arkansas. 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