The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-17
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Iout on the fishing trip but heard
comments after the trip given by
Ernie Sellers at his home Monday
might. I arrived at 1870 pm. and
went straight to the Garden Res
ltaurant and arrived in time to
hear the speeches and see the
floor show and cards tricks pulled
by some of the scribes.
A very good dinner was pre-
pared by the chefs. From there
we went to see the football prac-
tice by the Hurricanes and heard
nice talk on the club by Head
Coach Jack Harding. He has a
good ball club and should do as
good as last year.
From there we went to the San
Sebastian Hall where we were
sleeping and after the crowd of
about 20 scribes and 10 radio
lsportscasters had a brief rest,
good bath and felt new again, we
were taken to the home of Ernie
Sellers, chairman of the Orange
Bowl Committee, and there we
were received by him and none
other than Everett Clay. We
were given a chefs cap and a
lilly white apron and then taken
to his enchanted yard, for it is
hard to describe this beautiful
yard. II has a pond with gold
fishes. orange and avocado trees
full of fruit, and other trees and
shrubbery. so well kept and light
ed by bulbs of all colors. The
barbecue pit and the bar was in
the center of the yard and tables
and chairs were scattered all over
the yard. There were potato
chips and nice "bocaditos" trays
on all the tables. and there were
beer and soft drinks, served be-
fore the well-prepared barbecued
ribs and pork and beans-all so
well prepared that each and every
one had to get a second helping.
Songs were recorded, sung by the
'sportswriters sextette. Games
were played a cornet solo and
several other selections played on
the piano by some of the scribes.
Tiny Parker was the official
picker-upper of the party and
Jimmy Burns was the official ar
gument maker.
During the night the fishing
party was discussed and Luther
Evens was declared the winner
when he caught the largest fish,
a barracuda.
At midnight we were taken
back home" and slept sound un-
al 8 pm. when we were taken to
the University cafeteria for break
fast. From there we went to the
Riviera Golf Course, where the
scribes played their annual golf
tournament. Pete Norton beat
Jimmy Burns. The course is one
Of the most beautiful I have seen
and il sure is nice to see the
greens. Every piece of shrubbery
Is well kept and everything about
II is just too hard to describe its
beauty. Heard a nice talk on
football by Coach Harding and
about his club, the Hurricanes,
and about his injured players and
what he expects of his first game
with Baylor on Sept. Is. Then to
the Riviera Clubhouse and lunch
con. when President Ashe of the
University of Miami made a very
interesting speech about the Uni
versity and about the way the
football games have grown from
1927 to today and the fact that it
has been developed into one of
tho strongest clubs in the South.
II drew an average of 10000 fans
per game.
From there we were taken to
q round of visits to sports centers
of Miami, the Biscayne Arena,
the Civic Center, the Jai-Alai
Fronton. the race tracks, tennis
courts, golf courses, Polo Field
and several other interesting
places. like the Orange Bowl,
Miami Field and other places.
The night was spent at the
home of DR.. Humphreys. out on
i04th ST. He is president of the
Hialeah Race Track. A buffet
dinner was given the sportswriters
and guests and very good time
was had bv all.
Note: On Monday night the
boxing commissioners met with
the sportswriters to learn their
opinion on boxing throughout
Florida. Phil O'Connell, Bill
Stembler and others from differ
ent parts of Florida and the
spOrtswriters went on record as
favoring a state boxing commits
sion to run all boxing in the
state.
PSI heard about the storm
coming Miami way and caught
the first bus out for good, old
Cayo Hueso.