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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
P.s.G THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Gond.y. December T. 1855
Lions Clinch Tie For National
Football League Title Sunday
ax Ben DIAN

NEW YORK R-only the New
York Giants, one Of the weaker
National Football League eleyens,
stood between the Detroit Lions
and another Western Division title
today.
The Lions, winners Of the 1851
crown, clinehed at least q tie for
che division lead yesterday by de-
feating the Chicago Bears 1877. By
winning, they maintained their one
game margin over the San Fran
cisco 49ers. who walloped the
Grels Bay Packers 1914.
II yesterdays performance by
the Giants means anything, Detroit
Is a cinch to win next weekend.
The New Workers were the victims
in CIeveland's 18th straight victory
as the Eastern Division champions
compiled their highest total in four
years 62.il. The championship
game is scheduled for Dec. q on
the field of the Western Division
leaders.
In other games, the Pittsburgh
Steelers downed the winless Chi
cago Cardinals 21-17 and the Wash
ington Redskins BANKED the Phil
adeIphia Eagles 100. Los Angeles
dropped Baltimore Asa Saturday
However, yesterdays Detroit vic
tory automatically eliminated the
Rams from the Western Division
race.
Doak Walker and Bobby Layne
were the big guns in the Detroit
attack. Walker kicked a pair Of
field goals and Layne uncorked a
touchdown pass to Dorm Dibble,
The Bears, manned in by the
Lions bruising line play, waited
until the final two minutes for
their lone score, resulting from
an il.yard pass from Tommy
0'Connell to Ed Macon.
The 49ers had an easy time Of
Il against the Packers. They scored
two touehdowns in the first and
third periods, and singles in the
second and final quarters
George Ratterman. substituting
at quarterback for Otto Graham,
completed Is Of q passes for 23S
yards and three touchdowns as the
Browns scored eight times on the
Giants and added two field goals
and eight conversions by Lou (The
Toe) Groza.
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ed from the conference. a bit Of &C.
ton which was not surprising il
view Of their obvious lack of in.
teresG in the welfare Of the con.
ference.
They had natly refused to play
Key West as scheduled and did no;
even show enough enthusiasm to
send a representative TO the meet,
ing. The coaches also voted to boy.
colt Constance from all sports
Archbishop Curley High OF Mia.
mi was named to fill the gap In
the gold Coast ranks by unanim'
GUS vote. Curley, which is rated
one Of the stronger Catholic teams
in the Miami area jumped at the
chance to play Gold Coast compe'
tition.
Curley viii compete In basket.
ball and baseball due to schedule
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07

difficulties and will not be eligible
for championship play until the
next football season.
The coaches also took advantage
'of TIE meeting 10 arrange their
schedules for the coming season.
Key West viii entertain the South
Dade gridders in next year
Thanksgiving day tilt, the first
game of which the Coneh officials
hope will be a long rivalry.
The coaches we're entertained al
a dinner Saturday but a fishing
trip was cancelled Sunday due to
windy weather. Athletic Director
Winston Jones. Principal Harold
Campbell and coaches Ed Beck.
man and Harold Allen represented
Key West In the parleys.
Next meeting will be held al
South Dade high School in March.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
By Gayle Talbot

sale" since has been thrown out,
but it demonstrated the preearious
situation out there.
! From all signs the National
League fully intends to swoop down
and take over both San Francisco
and Los Angeles within a few
years. There is no question that
this would flatten the Coast League
and reduce the circuit, if ii con-
tinued to operate at all, to about
class A status.
/ The triple-A international League
which has, we imagine, sent more
players into the big show than any
other minor. doesn't know whether
il is going or coming since it lost
Baltimore TO the American League.
1t has only six assured clubs al
the moment and almost surely will
have to take in Havana, with q
l,5Oo-mile airline hop, to remain
/ in business.
The Piedmont League is unhappy
because it believes the Interna.
tional League is trying to swipe
its best city. Richmond. The big
fish are gulping the little fish and
everybody is pretty miserable. No
body wishes to invest in minor
league ball any more.
The big leaguerS, some Of them
faced with actual deficits the past
season, are reducing their farm
club holdings as fast as they can
in favor of working agreements
with minor league teams. They
had such agreements with 20 per
cent Of the minors the past sea-
son, compared to 30 per cent four
years ago. They get the same bene-
fits as from a farm club without
having to pick up the tab.
In other words, the evidence ap-
pears fairly complete that the big
leagues. through selfishness or stu
pidity or both, have injured the
minors seriously and are facing
the consequences this week. By
grabbing the television money they
have incubated millions of big
league fans who no longer are in
terested in watching anything but
the best.
What the men meeting here will
do toward helping the little fellows,
If anything, we wouldn't try to
guess. On their past record, they
will consult their own immediate
interests and take a chance on
playing the college boys a decade
from now.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
Kentcky
Cagers, 1868

LEXINGTON, Ky R-The feel.
ing around the Blue Grass today
was that Kentucky, college bas.
ketball's sleeping giant, woke with
a snort.
The Wildcats, nervous, jittery
and somewhat clumsy after a full
season on the sidellneS, waded
through a good Temple team, $3.50,
Saturday night, and Coach Adolph
Rupp saw enough to please him.
1--WE made Mistakes" Rupp said
today, "but they were expected.
We are capable of playing much
better ball. Give us four or five
more games and we should looh
much better"
Kentucky, long a leading nation
al basketball power, had to sit
out last season as punishment fol
''OveremphaSis."
Rupp used the sitdown-ordereC
by the Southeastern Conference ar
the National Collegiate Athletic
AsSociation-to work on some re
! finementS he said he had in mind
and the word was out that Ken
lucky was loaded for its return
to the campaigns.
Kentucky was unable to live VI
to the loaded" reputation against
Temple, although the victory wa.
an easy one and although Cliff
Hagan broke some scoring record.
with his 51-point production.
But Rupp's word that the Wild
cats should regain in four or five
games the polish and poise lost
through a years inactivity will dc
nothing to comfort a long line Of
opponents.
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diana well may be justified. The
Hoosiers had their troubles lick
ing Cincinnati 1855 after holding
a slight one-point margin at the
half.
The coach sadly proclaimed the
club had ga long way to 60" If II
is going to repeat as Big Ten and
NCAA titlist.
The Hoosiers won't have a chance
to relax tonight. They play Kan
sas State, one of the three teams
to defeat them last season. State
opened its campaign with a 1914
victory over Denver.
AS for Francis and Rio Grande,
they have played four games and
won two after running up a 20
game winning streak. Bevo has hit
for l76 points in the four games
for an average Of ~ points per
game.
In all, the general impression
was that Rio Grande is a good,
small college team. but still very
much in the small college class.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
Bob TOski Wins
In Havana Golf

HAVANA R--Bob ToSki OF North.
ampton, Mass. had everybody on
his side in the Havana Country
Clubs invitationat tournament as
soon as Il became known he was
to marry pretty red-haired Lynn
Steward at Cocoanut Grove, Fla,
Dec. IL.
The Cubans promptly called Tos-
HI ia Bomba Atomic" because
he weighs only 1870 pounds but plays
. powerful game of golf.
'ToSki didn't let his fans down.
He won the 72-hoie tournament.
beating 30 other professionals with
q tour-round total of 272. That was
one stroke better than the scores
turned in by AL Besse,ink Of eros
singers. NJ Y, Freddie Haas of
New Orleans and Walter Burkemo
of Franklin, Mich.
The little New Englander put on
a finish that had a touch of dra.
mates. His drive on the Ssi.yard
par I 18th hole was to the right
of the fairway behind towering
palm trees.
The only way could get from
there to the green was to put a
sharp slice on the bali and knock
II between the palms," Toski said.
Fortunately, ii came out all
right"
The bah stopped Is inches from
the hole and Toskis fans cheered.
He sank the putt and walked
straight into the arms of Miss
Steward at the edge Of the green.
The victory was worth 81 500 to
Toski. BeSSelink, Burleno ana
Haas received $S7s each.
Al Wall of Pocono Manor. Pa.
was fifth with ga. Defending cham.
pion Dutch Harrison of Ardmore.
Okla, wound up with 2s4.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
SubROn II Whips Key West Stars

The SubEon Ii base ballers won
another in long series Of victories
over the Key West An-Stars yes
terdsy at the Nays Walker Field,
~.
The Nays Burns hurled naster-
full ball to set the stars down with
just two hits until the ninth frame
an infield safety in the third in
ming and q single in the fifth.
But he weakened in the ninth
when Anguierra singled to center
field and Roberts and Vidal both
loaded the sacks vita infield safe
ties. Kaki Rodriguez sacrificed
home one run and the second came
home on a stolen base.
But that was all for the locals.
Greenwood hurled good ball for the
civilians-he famed 10 in six in.
nings. but poor support from his
teammates proved to be his down
fall. Vidal hurled the last three
frames and famed six batterS.
The Navy scored their first run
in the opening inning when Cote
walked. stole second and came
home on Gizzi's double TO left.
They scored two more in the
third inning when Lyons walked
and Coto reached base on an error.
Both runners advanced on a bad
throw and Black singled to right
to score them.
The fifth inning produced one run
for the submariners on doubles by
Black and Doolady. They came
back with another run in the
sixth when Schultz scored on q
balk.
The Navy scored two runs In the
eighth without the aid of a hit.
Vidal put out an infant rally in
the ninth when Black singled to
open the frame by tanning the next
three batters to face him.
Black had two doubles and a
single in four tries for the Navy
and Anguierra led the civilian bat.
tiers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
Sports
Roundup

NEW YORK R-By this time il
must be generally known that base.
ball is in trouble, because the
sports pages have been full of II
lately. We doubt though that the
full extent Of the dilemma facing
the national game is fully appre,
ciated even yet.
II goes far deeper than the prob.
lens connected with radio and :ele.
vision, though these undoubtedly
have played their part in making
the sport as sick as It is The
simple fact is that the entire minor
league structure is threatened with
collapse. That means, believe il
or not, that baseball as We have
known il is in genuine danger.
No set Of big league magnates
ever met before with as many
pressing problems on their minds
as those who will be gathering
| here this week. Their wrangle with
the players about the pension fund
is comparatively small potatoes.
though it is, of course, potentially
explosive.
Decisions need to be made right
now toward relieving the distress
of the minor leagues. Even a year
from now might be too late. un-
less the majors have resigned
themselves to eventually drawing
their talent from the colleges and
semipros.
Only five seasons ago, in 1S4S,
there were 81 minor leagues Ia
the country producing players who
might eventually help stock the two
big leagues. This past season the
number had shrunk to 50, and there
will be fewer this year. In 1913
all baseball, minor and major, did
les million dollars worth Of bust
ness. Last year the figure was 4S
million.
The Pacific Coast League, high
est of the minors and long a bul.
wark of the game, is in a ridicu.
IlouS fix where a man recently was
able to buy the San Francisco
franchise for 500, 900 down. That
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
Ring Roundup
BY MURRAY ROSE

NEW YORK VR-Challengers for
both lightweight champion Jimmy
Carter and middleweight King Bobo
Olson may come out of this week S
top two bouts.
Wallace (Bud) Smith, the No. /
lightweight contender from Cincin-
matt, and Orlando Zulueta of Cuba
the fourth time Friday night at
Madison Square Garden. They're
all even so far, each with a win,
loss and a draw. Both have been
elamoring for crack at Carter.
Smith. who has flattened five
rivals in row., is a ITO favorite.
The 10 pm, EST, bout will be
broadcast (ABCl ard telecast
(NBC).
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
.COllegeCage
Scene Is Back
TONOrmal Nov
BY Ed coRRIcAN

NEW YORK B-College basket.
ball took on an aura of normally
today because:
/. Kentucky was back In action
after being suspended a year BY
the Southeastern Conference.
2. Branch McCracken, coach oil
NCAA champion Indiana, has ex.
pressed dissatisfaction with hi.
team.
3. The raves over Bevo Francis
and his Rio Grande College team,
which on occasion reached a fever
pitch. have subsidized.
All this and the season only one
week olo.
Adolph Rupp's Kentucky team
spent most of last year o-ac.icing
for the current campaign with the
ayuwed intention of winning the
national title and showing nc
mercy in the process.
Inc wildcats looked like they
might make good their threat In
their opener Saturday when they
maSsacred Temple $3.50 behind the
s1-point scoring binge of Cliff Ha-
gen, their 1851 All America. This
represented a Kentucky record for
one.game point production.
I'VE didn't play nearly as well
as we are capable" said Rupp.
Wen need four or five games
to get the feel of competition
again"
Kentucky plays only one game
this week-against Xavier Of Ohio
in Cincinnati.
McCracken S pessimism over In.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
Mrs. MacFarlane
Rolls High Score

Mrs. Cherry MacFarlane, Home
Milk kegler topped the Navy Wives
Bowling League last week with a
nice l9i game over the Naval Sta
ton alleys. Mrs. Carson was sec.
ond high with $50. She rolls with
the Chuck's Sandwich shop bowl
ers.
Mrs. Duke, Macarthur Diaries,
was rolled the high series for the
afternoon with 4s6 and high team
seratc was rolled by the Near
thur combination with 753. They al
so swept the high team series
scratch with 2108.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
.Yawkey Says
No
On Increase
BY JOE REicHLER

NEW YORK R-Tom Yawkey.
president of the Boston Red Sox
and a member of baseball's Exec
utive Council, said today he would
vote against the major league
players demand for an increase
in pension benefits and limited he
also was against boosting the min
imum wage from $1,000 to 81, 200.
The portly Red Sox owner, who
favored the resolution calling for
possible termination of the pension
plan, said ne was all in favor Of
the players operating the fund
themselves If they wanted to.
1T would be very nice to turn
it over to them if they want to
run the thing" he said. 81 would
be glad to turn my end over to
them provided they satisfy me for
what | have contributed"
Yawkey said the players request
to raise the pension benefits from
"a $50-sl00 scale to an $S0-S15O and
lowering the qualifying age from
so to IS, was not workable.
"It's like the age-old law of sup
ply and demand" he said. "You
can't take out twice as much as
you pay in. II there we're enough
|of an increase in revenue from
the television receipts of the World
Series and All-Star Game, I don't
believe anyone would object to in.
'creasing the benefits. But I Ger.
tainly won't vote for it because
you just can't give away what you
haven't got"
The wealthy Red Sox president
believes, however. the differences
between the players and owners
can be Strengthened out to the sat.
isfaetion of both sides.
II certainly intend TO try my
best, despite my personal feelings
in the matter, to use my best
judgment to do what | consider is
for the best interests of baseball. "
he said. There is no reason why
this thing can't be Strengthened
out. All that is necessary is a little
common sense by both sides"
Yawkey verified that the owners
are not going TO decide whether to
retain or drop pension plan al
current meetings. They simply
will consider the resolution to ap.
point an exploration committee to
study the possibility of dissolvine
the fund. The owners can drop the
plan with 80 days notice.
Each league has scheduled sep
arate meetings today and tomor-
row. The three-day conclave ends
Wednesday with a joint meeting
presided over by Commissioners
Ford Prick. The National has a
proposal to change its rules on
playing off a pennant tie. The Ma
tional now has beSt-of-thre play.
off and the American a one-game
finale. If the amendment is adopt.
ed. the National also would play
one game.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
Club Owners Are Expected To
Reject Ball players Demands

Never at any time did the own
erS make such 4 resolution. AZ
our Atlanta meeting Mr.. J. Nor.
man Lewis our attorney. assured
the Is player Representatives that
there was no chance Of the pen
sion plan being dropped"
Tom Yawkey. owner Of the BoS.
ton Red Sox and q member Of the
Executive Council made if clear
that the msgnateS ate not going
to decide az the meetings here
whether to retain or drop the PEN
sion plan They simply viii con-
slider the Executive Councils re-
commentator.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
SEC Basketball
Season Swings
Into High Gear
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Southeastern Conference basket
ball swings into high gear this
week with Is games on the agen-
da, including at least one for each
team.
The Vanderbilt Commodores and
Louisiana State Tigers get things
rolling tonight. Coach Bob Polk S
Commodores entertain the Duke
Blue Devils, who whipped Tennes-
see l01-6l Saturday LSU, defend.
ing SEC champion, plays host to
Louisiana College.
Vandy also has a rough game
Saturday night when il plays
Southern Methodist LSU enter
tainS Kansas the same night.
Auburn and Georgia Tech tangle
in Montgomery Saturday night in
the first game Of the season be-
tween two SEC outfits. It won't
count in conference standings.
Alabama also has two tough
ones on the agenda. The Tide
plays St. Louis Thursday and Hi
nois Saturday in read games.
The schedule for the week:
Dec. Duke at Vanderbilt:
Louisiana College at Louisiana
State.
Dec. S-Clemson at Tennessee:
Howard (Ala.) at Mississippi State.
Dec. 9-Wofford at Florida.
Dec. lO-KansaS at Tulane; Ala.
bama at St. LOUIS; Mississippi at
Union .(Tenn.l.
Dec. 12-Southern Methodist at
Vanderbilt; Georgia Tech VS.. Au-
burn in Montgomery; Cincinnati
at Tennessee; Kansas at Louisiana
State; Florida at Miami; Alabama
at Illinois; Kentucky at Xavier
(ohio).
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07
Kennel Owner
Arrives In City

The first kennel owner TO arrive
at Key West Kennel Club for the
season was Walter Owens from
Black Hills, South Dakota. Mr..
Owens brought twenty dogs with
him, of which three Lady Sandy,
Meadowcraft, and Just Sable were
outstanding on the northern track.
Other owners viii be arriving
daily in preparation for the school
ing races which start December
IA.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07

Christmas Fund show Willie TROY
OF Washington and Tdzo kid Por.
tuguez of Costa RIGA meet n an
other middleweight 10.
Turner, who recently moved into
the l6O-pound ranks, is a surpris.
ing 8 to choice.
The Castellani,Turner FRAY will
be telecast (CBSl starting at 10
pm. EST.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07

Teddy Cred Top Davis. the No
/ featherweight contender from
Hartford, Conn. is a slight 1910
favorite TO beat young Tony de
Marco Of Boston in a hot New
England special at the Boston Gar.
den Saturday night. Red Top also
IS the New England lightweight
king but his regional title won't be
at stake. New England will be
BACKED out of the coast to coast
(ABC) telecaSt, which starts at 8
pm, EST.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07

Paddy de Marco, the No. Q light
weight from Brooklyn, faces Car
los Chavez of Los Angeles. in the
main 10 at Brookiyn's Eastern
Parkway Arena tonight. The ag-
greSSive Brooklyn biuygoat is an
II to favOrite over Chavez. who
is making his New York debut at
main eventer, PADDY was defeat
ed in Boston by Tony de Marco,
who Is no relation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-07

Rocky Castellani, No. ? middle
weight contender from Cleveland,
and Gil Turner. No. 1 from Phila-
delphia, face each other IN the
main leSodLder at the GSvclSad
Arena wednesday night. Il SJe7
a fine card on the Cleveland News
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-22

No. indeed, they got all theif
presents every year.
SO. now that we know al abouf
this chimney business. none Of ul
win ever have 70 worry about
chimnsys again. win WEI
Gee Whit There IL one thing n
forgot to tell you. I'll bet you arel
wondering how Santa can get intol
your home without . key. Aren'tl
you?
The real spirit Of christmasl
hasn't changed q BIT through AMI
the years: but Santa q 4 vervI
modern person. Haven't you no.I
Iiced that he always has the veryl
latest Of everything. in the pres
ent line. each year? Wen. he hal
. oe just as up-to-date in svery-
ming else he does. As new things.
come out. Santa always stays wayi
ahead Of them.
be always did have secret wavs(
Of getting through new kinds oil
locks: but he always had . keep
these ways real secret. hecauseI
you can see what would happen ifl
some burglars got hold Of them.
Santa always has very good rea-
sons Tor everything he does; and
we had better let santa's method
Tor getting through locked doors
remain his secret
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-22
caapser q

A CHILL conferred in Martins
"A heart and spread through his
veins. II was not the fhiekse.
mans hint Of = beating that terri
fed him. ugly as that was. but
the thin ones allusion 10 Barbara.
The thought that she. too. might
have received q phone can was
more than he could endure.
Get hold OF Morrissey.- Mar
tin said. There are some things
he's got 10 know in hurry If he
wants TO keep out Of 3 jam that
win wreck him.
"Morrisseyg" The thin one
raised his eyebrows. Never heard
Of him Did you. Mickey"
@Sure." the other answered.
That was the name Of guy !
knew in San Quentin. He never
got over a dose Of lethal gas they
gave him for a job he did on a
cop"
You see, King? You're all up
set, worrying about somebody
whose troubles are over"
The car had left Pearl Street
and was swinging into South
Street, heading north toward the
bridges. Fulton Fish Market ex-
uded its memorable fragrance on
Martins left, and on his right
several freighters lay at East
River piers. Men were working
or lettering in the market and on
the docks, but the broad strip OF
uneven brick paving might have
traversed the center Of the Sahara
for all the hope of rescue il Of
fered. The thin man watched
Martin every instant
Nevertheless Martin knew he
must make a break. and the
sooner the better.
He leaned back, half closing his
eyes, pretending to relax. In his
pockets his hands curled into
tight fists and all over his body
the muscles hardened stealthily.
Mickey, his narrowed eyes re-
hected in the -ear-view mirror,
said, THAT green job a block be-
hind has been there ever since
we picked him up. II stays put.
not getting closer or farther, no
matter II / 60 fast or slow"
The thin one looked back, and
this was Martins chance; but the