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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01
by BEN FUNK

MIAMI, Fla, R-The frayed
football prestige of the East faces
another severe test today when
Syracuse goes up against hard
running Alabama in the 18th annual
Orange Bowl game.
Syracuse, winner of the Lambert
trophy symbolizing the Eastern
gridiron championship, viii be a
13-point underdog when the teams
clash at 2 p. m. (EST in a game to
be seen by $1,000 live" fans and
millions more on a national tele-
vision network (CBS).
The Orange Bowls record for
perfect weather appeared in no
danger. The forecast called for
bright sunshine and a balmy, 10
degree temperature at kickoff
time.
Alabama, with a deadly running
attack that moves from the Split-T
formation and sometimes shifts
into the old Notre Dame box when
the Tide is in scoring territory,
compiled a record Of nine victories
and two defeats this season.
A slow-starting team, the Tide
built up to a peak when it overran
Maryland late in the season, PIT.
On that day, Coach Red Drew said
the team was "as great as any in
Alabama's history"
Syracuse, equally effective by
ground and air, won seven and lost
two, racing through all its Eastern
college opposition.
1t will be the 18th bowl game for
Alabama, which has a record of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01
Tropical Park Post Bobby Riggs Gains
Time Is Moved Up Net Championship

MIAMI R-Early risers didn't
have to wait long to see the races
at Tropical Park today-post time
was 10 a. m. to avoid conflict with
the Orange Bowl football game
four hours later.
Duntreath Farm was out to make
a strong bid to take the $4,000
added New Years Handicap with
the double entry Of Staircase and
Color Guard.
The race was for three year olds
and upward at six furlongs and
attracted field of nine speedsters.
Worlds champion jockey Tony
DeSpirito has mounts in seven of
the nine races scheduled but was
not engaged to ride in the feature
event.
DeSpirito had 800 winners last
year and began the new year with
another ambition--to be the lead
ing rider at Tropical Parks cur
rent meeting.
He broke the record when he
booted home his 3S9th winner Tues
day and added another Wednes.
day. va
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01
nv oRLo ROBERTSON

NEW YORK Tiff the Oklahoma
Aggies and North Carolina State
don't own Oklahoma City's ALL
College Tournament and the Dixie
Classic, they at least have a first
mortgage on the two holiday bas-
ketba1 festivals.
The Aggies won the Oklahoma
City competition last night for the
10th time in II years and the Wolf
pack of North Carolina State
wrapped up the Dixie crown for the
fourth consecutive year. the Okla
homa CowpokeS whipped Idaho
s1-49 with a blistering second half
drive and the Wolfpack came from
behind in the final half to down
Brigham Young, 1853, at Raleigh,
n, c.
The triumphs of Oklahoma's Ag-
gies, seventh ranked nationally,
and 18th ranked N. c. State were
more or less expected but not so
The victory of Marquette over Min
neSota, No. 9 in this weeks Asso-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01
Over 100000 Fans
To See Rose Bowl

PASADENA, Calf, R-An air
of calm confidence prevailed on
the squads of the University Of
Wisconsin and Southern California
as they approached the kickoff
hour in game No. Z in the famed
Rose Bowl between the Big Ten
and Coast Conferences.
Game time was set for 2 p. m.
Is p. m. EST and while good
weather was forecast for the ex-
pected 100000 fans, the turf prom.
iSed to be on the soggy side, Il
not slippery in places, from rain
two days ago.
This, the seth game in the oldest
bowl game of all, will be seen and
heard around the nation over the
National Broadcasting Company's
televiSion and radio networks. It
goes on at las p. m. (4:45 p. m.
EST, with Mel Allen and Tommy
Harmon doing the TV show.
Southern California, with its
Wanted defensive platoon and q
regular season record of nine vic.
tories and one defeat, remained Q
slim favorite.
Wisconsin, co-champions of the
Big Ten with Purdue, had a record
of six victories, two defeats and
one tie, but boosted a more i'm
presSive and versatile offense.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01
Georgia Tech
Favored Today
BY MERCER BAILEY

NEW ORLEANS VI - Georgia
Tech, which has habit of winning
when the pressure is greatest, was
favored to beat upset-eager Mis-
sissippi in the Sugar Bowl football
exhibition today.
In addition to the pressure al
ways generated by a long winning
streak, Tech also needed to shake
off Sugar Bowl ink. In three of
the last four New Years day
games here, the un d I'd 6 S
emerged the victors.
The weatherman gave an optim-
istic report to the $1,000 sellout
crowd and thousands of other fans
who planned to watch the game on
television (ABC). He said a new
rain front moving in from the West
wasn't expected until after the
game, maybe not until tomorrow.
Both coaches pronounced their
teams in good shape after final
workouts yesterday. Techs Bobby
Dodd said his stubby backfield
star, Leon Hardeman, seemed to
be considerably improved. Harde-
man had been limping with an
ankle separation since the Army
game Nov. s.
Johnny Vaught of Mississippi
said his Rebels were ready and
predicted the victory would go to
the team which works the hard
est" Neither coach hazarded a
guess on the final score, but both
anticipated a ding-dong battle.
Odds in New Orleans favored Tech
by ia points. Tech is the nations
No. 2 football power, Mississippi
No. Z.
MissiSSippi's greatest glory dur
ing the season came when it over
powered mighty Maryland and
earned its first Sugar Bowl bid.
This 21-14 triumph was credited
largely to brilliant job by quar-
terbaek Jimmy Lear, who beat the
Terrapins at their own split-T
game. Named to start with Lear
against Tech was a trio of fine
backs--Hal Lotion, Wilson billiard
and Dick Westerman.
In addition to Hardeman, Dodd
picked Bill Brigham, Billy Teas
and Glenn Turner for his backfield
starters.
The Egnineers. undefeated and
united in 1852. haven't lost a game
since Alabama beat them in 1850
Is games ago. Duke tied Tech in
1851. Mississippi won eight and
tied two.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01
ORANGE TO TRY
FOR BIG UPSET

6-3-1 in competition in the Rose.
Sugar, Cotton and Orange Bowls.
Syracuse, playing its first major
post-season contest, will be hungry
for an upset.
Spearheading the Alabama run
ners viii be halfback Bobby Mar
low, who set new Alabama ground.
gaining records and topped all
Southeastern Conference backs in
rushing as he picked up $50 yards
during the season.
So effective was this overland
attack, Drew used his aerial arm
sparingly, although he has a good
passer in quarterback Clell Hohson.
Syracuse depended almost equal
ly on ground game powered by
Bill Wetzel and Bob Leberman and
the passing of Pat Stark, who threw
for IL touchdowns, including four
in the rain in the final game with
Fordham.
The Fasteners use an unbal-
anced winged-T formation, plus a
deep formation bordering on the
double wing. Sometimes Stark, the
quarterback, spins and goes into
motion before the ball is snapped in
maneuver which has been known
to lure the enemy offsides.
This viii be a tough game"
said Drew as he worked overtime
to keep down over optimism in
his squadi
my boys win do their best--with
what they have" commented SYRIA
cuse Coach Ben Schwartzwalder
I'VE Just hope to be able to keep
the ball, so their running attack
won't have chance to eat us up"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01

ISOLATION trophy with a record
tournament score of 91-7S over
Penn State.
In other major games, Notre
Dame STAYED off late rally by
Northwestern for a 62-57 decision,
West Virginia held Cornell at bay
In closing minutes for TOTS win
Tulsa, No. nationally, turned back
Bowling Green, 1875 in a consola-
ton fray at Oklahoma City, and
Duke whipped Princeton 74-59 for
seventh place in the Dixie compe-
tition.
East Central Oklahoma won the
Enid tournament by beating North
eastern, Okla, 67-48 and Akron
ended Colby's four game winning
streak by a 71-68 count.
Centenary won the Gulf States
Conference Tournament by beating
Southwestern L ouisiana, S4-78,
while Missouri Valley took the
Sunshine Tourney championship
with a 77-76 overtime victory over
Southwestern Oklahoma at Por-
tales, N. M.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01
Gator Coach
Decide On
Quarterback
BY r. T. MAcFEELY

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, R-One
question still to be decided today
before the Gator Bowl football
game between Tulsa and Florida
who will quarterback the Flor
ida T?
II will make up my mind when
see them in warmups before the
rame," Coach Bob Woodruff said
Wednesday night.
He would like to use Doug Dick
cy, No. / in the job. but pulled
leg muscle has handicapped him.
{ Dickey is not up to the job, it
WI go to Fred Robinson, 1S-year-
Cd sophomore.
In spite of the uncertainty, Flor
Ia is one touchdown favorite to
rTerpower Tulsa's touchdowns-a-
plenty system.
Coach j. o. Buddy Brothers
has sparkling baekfield on his
olden Hurricare eleven-Howie
Waugh, fullbafk. is the nations
top runner Honnie Morris, quar-
isTback, issith in total offense and
threw 10 touchdown passes in 10
games Dick Kercher and Bobby
'-ollasay, halfbacks, have good
sNupilng power and speed.
lie also has fine offensive line
featuring All-America Marv Mat
uszak at guard.
But he has defense that merely
occupied the period between the
lines Tulsa's offense scored touch
owns. Opponents did all kinds Of
oring against Tulsa, but the
slden Hurricane came out winner
all but two Of the 10 games by
ting even more.
Nlorida piled up 7-3srecord
i running crew of Rick Ca
as, Buford Long and Papa Hall
s. i rock 'em defense built
una Charlie Lapradd, All-Amer-
All.South and All-Soutneastern
lference tackle, and Joe D'Agos-
J, All-South and All-Conference
,rd.
he weather will be in Tulsa's
or--except that it might be bit
windy for Morris passes to
We their usual accuracy. During
night ii tuI ned cold and tenn
atures in the SOS we're forecast
this afternoon.
'lenty Of tickets still were avail
e and there were expected TO be
out 5000 empty seats in the
900 seat stadium.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01
.Nardico Cops
Victory From
Jake LaMotta

MIAMI, Fla, R-Young Danny
Nardico looked for a shot at the
light heavyweight title today after
stunning fol m er middleweight
champion Jake LaMotta with a
technical knockout in eight rounds.
Nardico, lis underdog from
Tampa, Fla, wants to fight Archie
! Moore for the crown and the inter
national boxing club said before the
bout that the winner would be in
line for a title bout. However,
Moore is under contract to give
joey Maxim a chance to regain the
crown he lost last Dec. IT.
Nardico was ahead in the eyes OF
both judges and the referee when
he floored LaMotta early in the
seventh round with a smashing
right. 1t was the first time in his
career that LaMotta had been put
down.
AS LaMotta backed away from
a furry in the middle OF the ring,
Nardico caught him with the right
The Bronx Bull" fell back into the
ropes, then went down.
LaMotta regained his feet and
Nardico was on him like a tiger. He
drove Jake to corner and ham
mered him furiously. Jake stag,
gered to his corner at the bell.
A boxing commission doctor ex.
amined LaMotta and the Bronx
battler's seconds yelled to referee
Billy Regain: that's all"
Regain and judges Mark Erwin
and Jerry Sherrard all had Nardico
leading by 1882 when the fight
ended.
The fight, held in the Coral
Gables Coliseum, drew only 3,316
''live" fans and a gross gate Of
$14,37s. 1t was the first fight tele-
vised out of Florida and went out
on a national network (CBS).
Nardico, a 25-year-old who began
his ring career about the time La
Motta was lifting the middleweight
crown from the brow of Marcel
Cerdan of France in 1949, weighed
1T while LaMotta tipped the beam
at 173.
LaMotta lost the middleweight
title to Sugar Ray Robinson in 1851
and was ranked ninth among light
heavyweight contenders. Nardicc
was ranked fifth.
LaMotta blamed his defeat on his
long layoff from the ring. 1t was his
first fight since he whipped Irish
Bob Murphy six months ago.
Nardico said he felt the fight was
his all the way.
I.aMotta's reflexes seemed Slow
after his long layoff and Nardico
consistently landed a left TO his
face. then cut through with hare
rights that found the mark.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01
Threatens
Miami Bowl Queen

MIAMI. Fla. IN - Fire flashed
around the Orange Bowl queen
during the mammoth King Orange
Jamboree parade last night but
neither she nor her attendants was
injured.
The dress Of Sally Eel, a
princess Of the queeu's court and a
companion on the Goat. caught fire
but was quickly extinguished
Queen Marion Elite and all IS
maids and princssses had to
abandon the elaborate float when
flames flashed through the tnsel
and crepe paper decorations
Rain a few hours before the
parade vet the wiring and may
have caused : short circuit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01
Cuba Sports Head
TOPIal,e Here Sun,

The Director General Of
Sports Of Cuba will come to
Key West on Sunday in an eff
fort to straighten out . misUn-
derstanding which has resulted
in the delay Of q baseball Sc
ries between fhe Cuban Juv-
emile Champions and q picked
team Of Key West teenssers,
Eduardo Valdez Hernandez,
manages Of fhe visiting team
said today.
Hernandez said that DR.. Luis
orfega will plane here TO dis
euss the situation which arose
when the Key Wesfers were
said TO have violated an agree
ment made earlier with City
Recreation Director Paul Al
bury by using average play.
ers. Fourteen years was set as
The age limit. according to the
agreement.
The Cuban team, which has
spent $500 on making the trip,
will remain here until Sunday
and an effort will be made 10
resume the series. Hernandez,
who is the Sports Editor Of The
Havana newspaper Informal
eion, said.
On Tuesday night, an exhibi.
fion game was played after
Key West had captured the
first game Of fhe series, 50
on Monday night.
The cUbans came back TO
gain . 81 win Tuesday behind
the hurting Of Alberto Coma
Lex. Manuel Salas hit . three
Dagger and Alberto Gonzalez
double for the winners off the
sIants Of Key West hvrler, Lee.
burg Knowles.
The Jose Msrti Trophy was
At stake in fhe series which
was TO have been an annual
affair.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01
Reds Harm Selves
With Destruction
OF Modern Science
BY ALTON |. BLAKEsLEE
AP Science Reporter

ST. LOUIS IA Russian weak
ness is the Soviet's destruction of
their own science, DR.. Conway
Zirkle. University Of Pennsylvania
botaniSt, said here.
Obedience to the party line is
the destructive virus, he told the
American Association for the Ad-
lyancement of Science. This weak
eniRg of Russian science. he Sug-
geSted, could be a powerful secret
weapon in the Vests favor.
The Communists themselves pos
sibly do not know all that is
happening, and do not understand
what they are really doing"
He said the antiscience virus in
Russia started its infection in
geneticS, in a field where science
eonfllcted with the Communist
faith. Genetics denies the inheri
lance of acquired characteristics.
and this type of inheritance prom
iseS 50 much so easily that il has
always been a favorite Of those
who want to make ever mankind
IN a hurry"
Or. Z3rGse gave this assessment
Of major fields Of science in Rus
sia
Geneaics. tarowa out aud re
placed by archaic qa2ekery F"
Statistics has lost is basic
honesty Is used 10 falSItx data
fer pTcszg - saa purposes =
Psychology and pSychiatEy are
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01
Safety Record
Set By Airlines
In Past Year

WASHINGTON R-The nations
airlineS set a new safety record
in 1852 while handling more traffic
than ever before, the Air Trans
port Association says.
The associations director of re.
search, DR.. Lewis c. Sorrell, gave
these figures yesterday in a year
end summary:
The airline industry carried
more than 81 million passengers
81 per cent more than in 1851.
The passenger fatality rate for
domestic operations went down
from i,3 to 0.SS passengers per
100 million passenger miles.
The volume of revenue traffic
was 1876 billion passenger miles,
up 17.3 per cent.
The Civil Aeronautics Board
said the previous safety record
for U. S. scheduled domestic car
riers was IL deaths per 100 mil
lion passenger miles in 1850.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01
Thursday, January '. 1853
Televiision Fans Get Break On
Bowl Came Schedule
sy WILL cRIMsLEY

NEW YORK R-Close to half a
million fans pour into football
stadia from California to Florida
today for the New Years Day as
Sortment of bowl games which
millions of others had at their
fingertips.
Unrestricted for the occasion,
televiSion picture tubes for the
first time beamed all four of the
major attractions into the nations
parlors, starting at pm. (EST).
It's expected to produce the larg-
est football viewing audience ever.
1t should be a whale of a show,
too.
Six of the country's top 10 teams
are in action and nine all-America
players spread their talent through
the competing rosters. Odds indi-
cate series of close contests, with
one touchdown deciding the issue
in most cases.
Alabama, a hardened bowl vet
eran, is the only top heavy favorite,
a 1914 point choice ever debutting
Syracuse, pride of the East, in the
Orange Bowl at Miami.
Elsewhere, Southern California
is Seven-point choice to break the
Big Tens Six-year winning streak
in its Rse Bowl battle with Wis
consin at Pasadena. Georgia Tech,
winner of IL straight games this
year, is conceded a similar edge
over Mississippi in the Sugar Bowl
while Texas is Ia over Tennessee
at Dallas.
Here's the major bowl lineup,
with radio and TV commitments:
Rose Bowl, Pasadena-Southern
California (9-D VS.. Wisconsin C.
2-D, 5 pm. EST. NBC radio
and TV.
Sugar Bowl, New Orleans-Geor-
gia Tech (11-O) VS.. Mississippi
(S-0-2), 2 pm. Abe radio and TV.
Cotton Bowl, Dallas-Tennessee
(8-1-D VS.. Texas (S,2), 2p.m. NBC
radio and TV.
Orange Bowl, Miami-Alabama
(9-2) VS.. Syracuse (7-2), 2 pm.
CHS radio and TV.
There are four other bowl con-
flicts, including a battle between
Tulsa and Florida in the Gator
Bowl at Jacksonville, expected to
draw $1,000.
The Salad Bowl at Phoenix has
two service elevens, San Diego
Navy and 101st Airborne Division;
the Sun Bowl at Ell Paso, Tex, pits
Mississippi Southern and College
of the Pacific. The Tangerine Bowl
at Orlando, Fla, matches East
Texas State and Tennessee Tech.
In all, an estimated 406, 600 was
expected to pay 81 100000 for to-
days entertainment. The teams
collect additional thousands from
TV and radio receipts.
Injury lists, which plagued many
OF the teams in practice. have
dwindled and most of the compel.
itors viii be at full strength. Good
weather is expected everywhere
except New Orleans, where rain
threatened.
Jimmy Sears. Southern Gals 60
minute bsckfield ace, heads a
glamorous list Of performing all
Americans which also includes
Tom Stohlhandske Of Texas, end;
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01

neer of a hospital ship. he was
once faced with the task Of getting
large boiler installed in the heart
of the ship within a matter of
hours.
Il went ashore" he lied. bought
100 pounds of alum. dumped It
into the boiler and filled il with
water. When the boiler had Shrunk
to about the sire of a radiator.
i lowered il through the matches.
bolted il into place. washed il out
with hot water. and when il had
expanded to normal sire. fired il
up-and We took OFF on time.
The judges also gave honorable
mention to Fred Craven Of At.
lanta. Ca, who said his brother
had a well-,rained dog, when the
brother carried the gun on his
right shoulder. the dor hunted rab-
bits. II the gun. was on the left
shoulder, the dog hunted squirrels.
The brother got out new fish.
Ing rod 10 show 20 Craven. and
in a few minutes the deg appeared
from behind TIE barn carrying a
can Of worms.
Elliot Stein of Bristol. Coma,
won admiration for his fantasy
about lifelong Democrat who
switched to Eisenhower. lie en-
tered the voting machine and
grabbed the Republican lever. The
COP lever, anaCcaStonaed 20 the
touch es this throagh- and through
Democrat. kicked back aud broke
AIS arm.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01

practically dead. Biology and agri-
culture ARE so permeated with
quaekery that nothing OF impor-
lance can be expected from them. -
Medicine. pathology, physiology
are forced into a rigid ard stupid
orthodoxy" Geology is subjected
10 political attacks.
Astronomy includes the anus
ING quackery Of astro- botany, or
the study OF plant life on the
planets" but nevertheless much
excellent work is being done BY
Russian astronomers. -
Certain theories are ferh85den in
chemistry. but soviet chemists are
cosa much good chemical re-
search
Despite condemnation uf some
ideas in phyxicS as "ide&G4ssle. ''
RasssSE physics Is es!1aise,y good
Russian mathematics is ''graly GO
eelient- " and engiacerns is pro1
abr adeousfs fer an n pfsry and
Ssvliaa pa 4sss
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01

JACKSONVILLE BEACH Up -
Bobby Riggs won the final match
in the Gator Bowl Professional
Tennis Tournament Wednesday
from Jack Rodgers, St. Petersburg
but it wasn't easy all the way.
The court tactician from New
York claimed the first set, rs,
ran into trouble and dropped the
second to the tall Tennessean, ell,
but emerged with 6-2 count in
the third.
Riggs made his way to the finals
by defeating Jerry Evert, Cleve-
land. 6-2, 3-6, GA, in a semi-final
match carried over from Tuesday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-01
BASKETBALL
RESULTS
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
BY The Associated Press
DIXIE CLASSIC

North Carolina State IS Brigham
Young 50 Championship
Wake Forest 81 Holy Cross IS
(For third place)
Penn 10 North Carolina 62 (For
fifth place.
Duke IA Princeton So (For sew.
enth place.
OKLAHOMA CITY TOURNEY
Oklahoma A & nj 81 Idaho 49
Championship
Oklahoma City 20 Wyoming 40
(For third place.
Western Kentucky 81 Penn State
IS Cor fifth place)
Tulsa 70 Bowling Green rs (For
seventh place.
ENID tokLAl TOURNEY
East Central Okla 81 Northeast
ern Okla 48 Championship
Phillips Univ 81 Northwestern
Okla rs Cor third placel
Nebraska Wesleyan 70 East Tex
as Baptist "a (For fifth place.
Oklahoma Baptist 76 Panhandle
A & M "a Cor seventh place.
SUNSHINE TOURNEY
Missouri Valley n Southwestern
Okla 76 Championship
Abilene Christian 81 Eastern New
Mexico So (For third place.
Central Okla 102 Howard Payne
50 (For fifth place.
Hardin.Simmons 20 Westminster
(Mo) So (For seventh place.
GULF STATES TOURNEY
Centenary "a Southwestern La "a
Championship
Spring Hill IS Southeastern La 81
(For third place.
Northwestern La So Northeast La
81 (For fifth place.
McNeese So Louisiana College Il
(For seventh place.