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Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1952-01-11

SCRIPTURE, Matthew 4ls-2s' MaiN
li6-20. Luke SILL.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-01
Seixas Wallops
Australian Net
Star In Tourney

MELBOURNE, Australia Up -
Vic Seixas of Philadelphia whipped
Don Candy of Australia, 6-2, 60,
3.6, so, today in the second round
of the Victorian Tennis Champion
ships at Kooyong Courts.
After winning the first two sets,
Seixas appeared ready u wrap up
the match when he took a 20 lead
in the third set. But Candy ratified
off five games in a row. breaking
Seixas' serve three times.
However, Vie, the u. S. Davis
Cup captain, came back after in
PERMISSION to take thu fourth set
with the loss of only seven points.
Seixas win meet Ken Rosewall
in a quarterfinal match Tuesday.
Meanwhile Hamilton Richardson
Of Baton Rouge, La, defeated
hard.hitting Geoff Brown of Aus.
tralia, 6-3, ST, 6-3, 1911, in another
second-round match.
In the women's division, Mau-
reen Connolly Of San Diego, Calf,
and Julie Sampson of San Marine,
Calf, won second.round matches
in straight sets.
Miss Connolly, u. S. and VIM
bledon queen, beat Dawn Fogarty,
81, 6-2, while Miss Sampson
downed Gwen Thiele, SO, 81.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-01
Dun ocIler Nav
Quit Baseball
Rulnors Say
sy JOE REIcHLER

PHOENIX, Ariz. lR - Ever be.
fore the first draft choice mad
been made at the opening of the
annual winter meetings today, two
of baseball's StormieSt figures
Jackie Robinson and Leo Durocher
-leaped into the headlines.
Baseball folks were still busy
checking in at the various hotels
here when word came from New
York that Robinson, brilliant Ne.
gro second baseman of the Brook.
lyn Dodgers, had accused the New
York Yankees of being prejudiced
against members of his race. The
incumbent world ch a mp on
promptly issued a heated denial
of the discrimination charges
There is no Negro player on the
Yankees although there are sever.
al in their farm organization.
Durocher, repeatedly contempla.
ting quitting the game for a whirl
at the movies, squashed the III.
mors with a statement that he in
tended to continue as manager OF
the New York Giants as long as
Horace Storeham remained the
owner of the club. Leo has a one
year contract to manage the
Giants at a reported $4,000 sal
airy.
While the major league folk
were digesting the Robinson Du-
rocher norsels, the minors were
setting the stage for their 51st
convention that win last through
Thursday and cover such contre-
versial subjects as radio and tele-
vision, the bonus laws, the waiver
rule, the high school rule, player
recall rule, realignment of the
leagues and clubs and night base
ball. The majors will take over
Friday and convene through Sum-
day.
The first order of business was
the major league draft starting
IL am. today.
Aroused by the discrimination
charges hurled at them by Robin
son, the Yankees, through General
Manager George Weiss, vigorously
denied any prejudice against Ne
groeS.
'The facts do not support Robin
sons charges, said Weiss. "We
have had numerous Negroes in
have had numerous Negroes in
our farm system, and we are con-
stantly trying to find a good one
to bring up"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-01
Tropical Betting
Marks Are Topped

MIAMI, Fla. N-Tropical Park
goes into the first full week oi
Florida's lengthy racing season TO-
day with new betting and attend
ance records already set in two
days Of operation.
The track on the fringe Of the
Everglades opened Thanksgiving
Day with a crowd Of 1882 and a
handle Of 1929, 563 compared with
last seasons opening day crowd of
II ,SO4 and q betting total Of $685.
062.
Tropical closed down Friday but
operated against Saturday with TO-.
e25 persons wagering $685., 1884 COM
pared with 1857 betting 1854, O1S on
the corresponding Saturday last
fall.
Wagering Saturday was about
$65 per person compared with $5S
per person on the corresponding
day q year ago.
Track officials believe the tre-
mendous growth of Southeast Flor
ida plus q heavy influx Of early
season tourists accounted for the
increase and predict it will hold
up throughout Florida's 124-day
racing season - longest in the
states history.
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Navy Mentor Says
Defense Important

ANNAPOLIS. Md. IA lot Of
coaches say Give US the ball and
well show you what we can do,
but | say. Let's get the ball"
This was the way Coach Eddie
Erdelatz Of Navy today expressed
his preference Of emphasizing the
defense in football His latest ex.
ample was Saturdays 20 defeat Of
Army at Philadelphia
In the three years he's coached
Navy, Army has scored only nine
points In the classic between the
academies.
Everybody. ami Coach Erdelsti
said that went for aim. to-. had
expected Army TO show a danger
GUS offense this year il nothing
else.
Instead Array. gained only S.
yards on the ground. 81 by passing
ard made ozly four first downs.
cue with the aid Of O penalty. Be.
fore running afcal u Navy, the
cadets had averaged more thar 90
yards 4 game
The Army never had the bah In
side The Navy % II vas anviozx
70 al Of ths ~ .paD people n MH.
atclpal Stadium as the game pro
crossed ii vas Eusng 70 take q
miracle for Army 20 score.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-01

With a highly successful grid.
iron season under their belts, the
Key West High School football
squad will start action in the ban
quet league tonight when the Key
West Quarterback Club entertains
ct their lend Of season" shindig
when they play host to the entire
roster at the La Concha Hotel at
1880 p. m.
The award of several trophies
for outstanding play In the cam
paign that saw the Conchs cap
ture seven wins, against some OF
the toughest competition in their
class, is scheduled to highlight the
meeting Of y fan club. The award
ing Of the Frank CarboneA trophy
b the best guard or tackle viii
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-01
Following
Through
BY
Pedro AguiIar

The Strand Theater, 1852 City
Baseball Champions, captured the
first half Island City Baseball
league title by winning Is games
and losing five. In the second hall
they won IL and lost eight and
finished second to the Gulfstream.
In the playoff with the GulfStream
nine, they won the first two games
and the third contest ended in a
tie and play was suspended for a
month. They also played three
game series with the Subron Four
nine and won the first two games
and dropped the third.
When the Florida international
League moved to town, play vas
suspended for the duration Of the
schedule.
But on October 8 the Strand
started playing at the Naval Sta
ton grounds and has won four and
lost one to the Marines. They also
hold two wins against single de-
feat at the hands of the USS Bush
nell and a single verdict over the
Gilmore.
Their season record stands at
81 won and Is lost for the season.
They have been embroiled in two
tie ballgames during the campaign.
On February S, one of the hottest
ballgames of the year was played
when the Gulfstream an0 the
Brooks battled ten innings to a IL
tie. ALICE pitched the full game for
Brooks and George Lastres and
Hartman twirled for the Gulf
stream boys. ALICE. famed 10 bat.
tiers in the contest.
The worst game of the year was
played on February 14th when the
Brooks defeated the Strand, 20-s.
On October 26, the Strand scor-
ed Is runs to a single tally fol the
Gulfstream.
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Dy 10 eoRRIcAN

NEW YORK IN - Except fol-
the big bowl games a month from
today, college football has written
finis 10 the 1852 campaign-one
that, strangely, lived up to most
preseason expectations.
Everyone knew Michigan State
and Georgia Tech we're loaded,
and these two outfits proved the
experts right clear down 10 the
wire. The Spartans finished the
seasons business as the only I'M
defeated, united major team in the
country.
The Spartans now have won q
straight while the Engineers, who
wound up operations with q 23-9
victory over Georgia Saturday,
have not tasted defeat In Is games
and own q 16.gar1e winning streak.
They'll meet q severe test Jan.
I against Mississippi In the Sugar
Bowl. Ole Miss, lied twice, also
10 indicated, 20 this viii be the
only bowl game involving teams
that have not been whipped.
The biggest disappointments,
perhaps, were Illinois, California
and Texas Christian.
The Mimi were supposed 10 be
the class Of the Big ten, but even
1t the start they showed the ex-
perts 10 be wrong and could do
no better than compile q Is rec
ord. wisconsin was rated second
best, but emerged with the Rose
Bowl nomination on the basis of
q e-a.1 season. q
California was regarded as the
likely heir 10 the Pacific Coast
Conference crown, but Pappy Wal
DORIS Golden Bears did not reckon
with Southern California, and to
1 lesser extent, UCLA. Both proved
great defensive powers that also
could score and the league race
and bid to. the Rose Bowl was
not decided until they met and
Southern Cal won two weeks ago.
II was risky business predicting
that Texas Christian would win 10
the Southwest Conference, q loop
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Washington Passer
Wins Natl Title

SPOKANE ia couple Of well
known seniors on different teams
bowed out of college football here
Saturday as champions of the for.
ward pass, while an obscure
sophomore came on as a running
star of the future.
The occasion was Washington's
80 q victory over Washington
State in q red-hot offensive duel
in sub freezing weather. Three
untimely fumbles cost WSC q
chance to win or tie.
Pvt. DON Heinrich, Wasliington's
great passef who goes back to the
Army today after q weekend leave,
completed seven throws for a total
Of 1877 and won the national passing
title for the second time.
Ed Barker, WSC's fine end,
caught 10 passes from less talented
Cougar pitchers to establish a new
national three-year record of 10S,
two more than the old mark held
by Bill McColl of Stanford In
194s-50-51.
Heinrich threw 10 passes--WSC
tried 34-.and gained only 145 yards.
This lost him the total offense
title to Ted Marchibroda Of De-
troit who ended the season with
1873 yards running and passing.
Heinrich and Barker had been
given top pre-game billing but most
Of the $4,000 fans went away talk
ing about q young stand-in who
almost stole the show.
Sophomore Chuck Beckel Of
WSC, pressed into service when
the other two fullbacks were kicked
off the teamp, was the whole
ground game for the Cougars,
carrying 80 times for 17e yards.
Beckel was called, terrific, just
terrific, that's ALL" by Cougar
Coach AL Kircher. And he won as
much praise from press box critics
as given oil year to his predeces-
sors, Dick Bower and Jim Head
who were fired In midseason for
disciplinary reasons.
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MendsY psesns9F J. 1857 The KY WEST CITIZEN Page
GRID CAMPAIGN
WAS AHOT ONE

that rarely follows form. TCu
dropped its first two games, then
steadied, but was no match for
Texas, which lost only to Notre
Dame and Oklahoma.
Maryland, which was ranked
right behind Michigan State before
the season got under way, is In q
unique position. It would be unfair
to call the Terps a disappointment,
even though they lost their last
two games, to Mississippi and
Alabama. Before that, they had
won seven in a row and looked
like champions all the way.
The apparently suffered q LEI.
down when the Southern Confer.
ence declined to waive the rule
prohibiting postseason games.
To Notre Dame went the title Of
upset king of the year. Coach
Frank Leahy predicted he'd have
q weak team, but with each pass
ing Saturday, the Irish looked bet.
ter until they polished off Okla
homa and Southern California.
Neither had tasted defeat before
going up against Notre Dame.
Leahy and his sucker shift"
also have given the rules commit.
tee something to think over this
winter and II seems fairly certain
that the loopholes Of the rules that
permitted Notre Dame to work the
formation will be blocked.
All officials queried on It say It
is legal. The rule states that any
shift or movement not a basic part
of teams normal pattern Is dc.
signed to pull the opposition offside.
Coach Jesse Hill, whose Southern
California team dropped 90 ver-
dict to Notre Dame Saturday, said
he agreed 1t was not a violation Of
the rule but that it was a violation
Of "the spirit of the game"
In the shift, the backfield moves
from the split 7 to the box. As the
backs are shifting, the opposition
usually jumps over' the line of
scrimmage. There's no doubt that
it's tricky. What the rules com.
mittee wiz have to decide Is: Does
It 60 too far In deception?
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international
Talent Shown
By Producer
by SOB THOMAS

HOLLYWOOD N-An American
citizen who was born in Russia and
educated in France has returned
from making the first English IAN
guage movie In Egypt.
The international character who
claims this distinction is Victor
Stoloff, a general producer-director
and man Of many talents. Among
these talents is his timing, which
allowed him to remove his film
from Egypt on the eve of revolu-
ton.
First, we'd better get his nation
Atty Strengthened out.
81 was born in Russia" he told
me. my father was an artist and
therefore had little knowledge of
politics. Thus II wasn't unusual
that he discovered himself in Mu-
Mich in 1914 with 9 war breaking
out. Since he couldn't rtturn home,
he decided to see the Orient. He
got as far as Egypt and stayed
there"
Stoloff spent his early years in
Egypt and then was shipped off to
school in Paris. He returned TO
Egypt ESd went into the movie
business. He made about two dozen
films, among them some distiu-
guiShed documentarieS. When
World War II broke out. be came
to the U. S. and became Holly.
wood movie maker.
He Is one Of those energetic men
who can put together what Holly
wood calls a package. That is, he
collects script. source Ct money
and some talent and makes a
movie. This is how films were
created In the old days, but it's no
small feat now.
Stoloh devised a package called
Tales Of Cairo" II was al cpl
sodic feature about th. &c phases Of
Life In Cairo. which he knows yell
Somehow the package ranased to
stay tied. and Stoloff gained per-
mission 10 shoot the fi.m from the
Egyptian government He used
American actors. plus some dis
singuished Egyptian stars,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-01
Browns, Lions MAY
Battle For Title

NEW YORK R--The Cleveland
Browns. who have won six straight
divisional titles, and the Detroit
Lions. who have captured only one.
stand q good chance today Of meet.
hg for the National Football
League championship.
Cleveland tops the circuits
American Conference BY one game
and has two left 10 play. The
browns can assure themselves Of
70 worse than . tie for the crown
W beating the Chicago Cardinals
lext Sunday.
The Lions aud Los Angeles Rams
hare the lead In the National
Conference but Detroits remaining
chedule appears softer than that
{ the defending champions.
Cleveland snapped . three.way
Ie foe the American Conference
pad yesterday by smearing the
b erstwhile ee-tsnants. the Phil.
ldelpAia EGales and New York
llants were upset. The Cardinals
Rsst the Eagles. aS.a2. while the
liants suffered the worst beating
p their history, losing 10 the
littshurgh Steelers, ST..
The Rams tied the idle Lions
br first place in the National
scnfereRee. turning back tht San
raneiseo tssrs. Dali. Gree1 Bay.
cmeless Dallas and The Chicago
LIARS were not scheduled.
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Quarterback Club To Honor Gndders

coast Conference will hold their
annual meeting in December and
the Concns are expected to be a
leading contender for vacancy
in that loop. The other possibility
is the Gulfstream Conference which
is in the process of being formed.
The larger schools, including Coral
Gables and Miami Beach will make
up this group and Key West would
most certainly have their work cut
out for them if they ran up against
that competition.
t, alone will tell and right
now the Key West sports picture
has shifted to the basketball court
with Win Jones holding nightly
drills in an effort to get his cagers
in shape for a tough season.
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Ex-West Pointer
Tops Grid Scorers

NEW YORK R-A former West
Pointer, Al Conway Of william
Jewell (Mo.) College, topped the
nations football scorers this sea.
son with I3S points.
The hard running halfbaek
scored a touchdowns and one ex-
ira point.
His closest rival was Jack Park.
Or Of Mississlppi State, who scored
10 points On 1s touehdowns and
~ convetsions.
Conway, who left West Point
AFTER the cribbing scandal, picked
up II points last week while Parker
scored IL.
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FBI Man Captures
.AAU Track Win

BUFFALO, N. Y. 0--Snow, ice
and water failed to hinder FIJI
man Fred wilt yesterday as he
regained the national senior AAU
1000 meter cross country cham
pionship.
Running the colors Of the New
York Athletic Club, Wit won by
eight yards over Horace Ashen-
felter, his teammate. Ray oster-
haut Of Syracuse University was
third, another five yards back. The
time was 32:31.
A field of so competed, all but
one finishing.
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Ceorgia-Mial'li
Clash To Top
SEC Slate Sat.
by MERCER BAILEY

Associated Press Sports Writer
Southeastern Conference football
will gasp its last breath OF tht
season this week, except for five
teams with bowl games on tar
New Years Day.
The remaining regular season
Rames-Kentucky at Florida anc
Georgia at Miami-can't make any
changes in the top Of the SEC
standings.
Georgia Tech clinched the myth
zeal conference championship with
It's 23-9 victory over Georgia Sat
urday and Tennessee held to its
runner-up slot by routing Wander
bit, 46-0.
Mississippi tanned Mississippi
state, 20-14, to hold third place
Alabama climbed over Georgia
into fourth spot with q 40 victory
over Auburn. The hapless Plains
men didn't win q conference game
all season and finished In 18th
place.
Louisiana State pulled a surprise
100 triumph over Tulane and
yauIted ahead of Vandy into 10th
place. Tulane's defeat tumbled the
Creenies from seventh to ninth
place.
Mississippi State Is in sixth
place now, but the winner Of the
Kentucky Florida game viii re-
place the Maroons In that berth In
the final standings. The loser viii
drop to ninth, advancing Tulane
to the No. 8 spot. Should the Wild.
cats and Gators tie, they wiz re.
main tied for seventh.
Tech and Mississippi will meet
In the Sugar Bowl to wind up
their football performances until
next season. Tennessee plays Tex
90 In the Cotton Bowl. Alabama
and Syracuse meet in the Orange
Bowl and Florida viii play Tulsa
IN the Gator Bowl.
Tech and Tennessee tied for the
1851 SEC title - appesr headed
for another joint claim this season
But Kentucky tied the Vols two
Saturdays ago, spelling their per
feet conference record.
In figuring percentages to de-
termine the unofficial champion, q
lie Is counted as half a game wor
and half q game lost. Thus, Ten
hessee's SOL record against SEC
foes gave the Vols a .9l7 com
pared with Techs 1000.
All Of last weeks games ended
about as expected. except for the
Z. S. u. upset Of Tulane. L. S. u
used tumble recovery and pass
interrogation, plus a field goal by
Cliff Struggled, to fashion lis
third victory Of the season. Pa
Miller and George Brancato made
The key defensive plays. AMI Lorey
Lahat and Jerry Marchand con.
verted them into touchdowns with
runs Of 50 and IS yards.
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be a feature and the "most popu.
lar" and "most valuable" player
awards will also be given.
Coach Ed Beckman will rehash
the Friday night win over the
Cristobal Tigers as a feature OF
the dinner. Beckman said today
that the Ccnchs "beat pretty
good football team" when they
walked off with a 21-12 decision
over the Panama team &c hand
them their first defeat of the sea-
son before more than 1000 fans
at Wickers Field.
The Conchs, who came to life
to play one of their finest ball
games of the season, gained the
win on the basis of fine aerial
game and line play that functioned
like a weIl-oiled machine.
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But four seniors: back Lucy
Gonzalez, and linemen Tommy
West, Peter Knight and Harvey
0rapeza, will be among the miss.
ing when Coach Ed Beckman calls
the squad out for spring practice
come April, which leaves the can
ny mentor in a fine position for the
1853 campaign. His policy of free
substitution has given him a good
backlog of experienced perform
ers around which to build for the
season.
Whether or not the Conchs win
be performing independently or
will have a conference connection
next season is still matter for
conjecture. The highly rated Sun
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Blaik Sees Army
CridirOn Return

WEST POINT, N. Y. N - An
Army football victory over Navy
may come sooner than Col. Earl
H. Blaik figured.
Last year, when Navy crushed
Army 42-7, Blaik said II would be
five years before the future gen.
erals would be able t. hold their
own against the budding Navy Of
ficers. AT that time the cribbing
scandal. which wrecked q great
Army team. was still fresh in his
mind.
But today Blaik revised his time
schedule after seeing his black and
gold clad boys lose 10 before some
l02. 900 fans in PhiladeIphia's Mu-
nieipal Stadium Saturday.
The colonel declined this time
TO place a time on when the
cadets would again be the power
house of old. But be definitely
vas feeling much better than after
the 1881 game even though Satur.
days whipping was Nays third
straight over Army.
Let's just say the boys have
come along faster tkan ] antici.
pattd." he said. They definitely
are improving and win be better
next year.
"poa't forget we played al sea.
son without Freddie Meyers. our
best back last year Meyers was
sidelined during preseason train
ing.
Asked What made him - opsi.
IaiStic. Rlaik said.
We lose caly sevea men from
q squad that came q lcng way
this season. We need three o. four
iinemen and expect to Ut that
many iron . fair plese squad"