The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-10

coaches agreed TO shorten u
save further bloodshed.
About 1850 fans alternately
cheered an impressive Conch as
sault and wept for the plight Of the
Shamrocks, who apparently
haven't played much football. APP
propriately they wore green jer-
Of their talent was
green too.
About the only point the alleged
contest proved Is that the Conchs
could stretch their unsecured on
string to four full games-nC mean
feat against any kind Of competi-
|tion.
The Conchs scored four touch
downs on the first ten plays from
scrimmage only to see one of them
called back on q penalty. The
Shamrocks Just didn't have it.
But, the hensymeon 10 ever
for the conehs. Next week they'll
meet Archbishop cvrlsy In .
game that could 90 either way.
In the words 81 Nee Naeesre.
who secuted Key West for Nile.
mi Beach last night, cUrlsy 10
bio and rough. "Thsy like 70
nlav football end they like u
rough" he said.
After Key West had obtained
possession Of the ball last night,
they needed just two plays to
strike pay dirt with the game less
than two minutes old.
The Shamrocks took the kickoff
and were held to their own Is yard
line. They clicked for q short pass
on their first play but the hard
tackling Conchs shook the ball
loose for a tumble on the second.
The Key West line chopped out
q large sized hole for BIT Sal.
aado 70 fros through for five
wards and then Don Cruz skirfsd
his own lsfi end for u yards
and The first Key West I'd. ssl-
sado plunged for the point and
me circus was underway.
Again st. Patrick's was held to
their own Is on the kickoff. Three
attempts at running the ball net
ted them exactly nothing and they
elected to kick out. But bad pass
from center went over Bob Con-
nelly's head and the Conchs' John
Carbonell bounced on the pigskin
on the Shamrock IL yard line.
Joe Pineda snaked his way down
TO the two yard line before he was
Knocked out of bounds and Harold
Solomon bulled his way over the
fine for the second score. Jimmy
|Solomon's attempted place kick for
the extra point failed.
II was q familiar story when st.
patrick's found themselves back on
the Is yard line after the kickoff.
They managed to pick up five
yards on q pass play before the
key West line held firm and they
kicked out, down to the Key West
is yard line.
Don Cruz, who played a whale Of
n hallaame for the ConchS drove
down to the Shamrock Is on the
next play and Norman Allen pick
|de I'D another five yards.
Joe Pineda, who unveiled first
rate running performance cut off
right tackle to 60 all the way for
a score but it was called back on
a backfield in motion penalty.
It didn't matter - he did q re-
peat performance just to show that
|he wasn't kidding two plays later,
this time on q reverse from Sal
gado on the 81 yard line. Solo
mons kick for the point went bad
/ and the Conchs had q comfortable
l19-0 lead.
The first quarter ended with Key
West taking possession on q FUN
bic on the Shamrock % yard line.
But the Shamrock's took over On
another tumble and delayed the
next I'd for q fun minute when
they punted ''out of danger"
Red SfieInsy sst up The fourth
touchdown whsn 10 went around
right end from Tho = yard line
down 10 ihs u. Salssds plunged
ever for the Touchdown 70 make
u 80 10 end The scoring for tsse
half.
Coach I'd Baekman cleared his