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The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28
High Money Man

DAYTONA BEACH H-Lee Pet
ty won the 1854 championship in
the NASCAR grand national auto
race, circuit but Herb Thomas won
the most money.
Petty, 40 year-old driver from
Randelman, NC, had S,649 points
for the year, President Bill France
of the National Assn. for Stock
Car Racing said yesterday.
Thomas, a fellow North Caro-
linian from Sanford, finished see
ond with 1886 points but his mon
ey winnings amounted to $3S, ,160.
Petty's winnings were $26, ,7O6.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28
Tampa Cagers To
Start Practice

TAMPA R-The University Of
Tampa basketball squad will begin
practice Monday for a 20-game
schedule for the 1954-55 season.
Coach Sam Bailey has only
three lettermen back-Lou O'Bres-
ley, Howard Bernstein and Gene
Peoples. He also is counting on
three sophomores-Dave Janisik,
Bill Bosworth and Hector Alcalde.
The schedule:
Dec. Z Barlow AFB here; Dec.
9 Florida Southern at Lakeland;
Dec. II Georgia Teachers at st.
Petersburg; Dec. IS Florida al
Gainesville; Dec. IL Florida State
at Tallahassee; Dec. 16 Pinecastle
AFB here.
Jan. 4 Rollins here; Jan. 8 Flor.
ida State at Clearwater; Jan. II
Miami of Ohio here; Jan. IS Flor
ida Southern here; Jan. II Miam
of Florida at Miami; Jan. q Stet
son here; Jan. 2S Georgia Teach
ers at Collegeboro. Ca; Jan. 2:
Mercer at Macon; Jan. 81 Troy
State at Troy, Ala.
Feb. ( Troy State here; Feb.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28
Elroy Hirsch
Plans To Retire

LOS ANGELES R-This is the
last season Of football for Elroy
(Crazy Legs) Hirsch, the Los An
geles Rams great end.
HirSch announced Wednesday
night that he will quit at the end
of the National Football League
schedule "but not because I'm all
ing or disappointed with the Rams
or my own personal showing"
"It's just that sooner or later
you have to make a decision about
the future" Hirsch told newsmen.
"As you grow older (Hirsch is 800
the bumps and bruises aren't shak-
en- off 50 easily. Sometimes IT
takes me until Wednesday or
Thursday 10 recover from a tough
game on Sunday. Then the day
comes when you cannot make the
team. That day for me Is not too
far off"
Hirsch said he never would play
for another team and that his six
years with the Rams were among
''the finest of my life."
In 1851 Hirsch set an aII-time
NFL record as pass receiver,
gaining 1,495 yards on 66 catches
from Bob Waterfield and Norm
Van Brocklin.
Hirsch has a film career to look
forward to. He has starred In two
movies and is sports director of a
Los Angeles radio station (KABC).
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28
American League Believed
Split On The AS Transfer
Coach Fires 3 Pitt Players

PITTSBURGH Up - Capt. Tom
Hamilton, who learned strict dis
cipline in the Navy, grimly went
about his coaching duties Thurs
day, after firing three players
from his Pitt football squad.
Hamilton, doubling in brass as
athletic director and coach, dis
missed first stringer, second
stringer and reserve halfback
Wednesday night. He said they
failed to show up for practice for
two consecutive days.
Cut loose in the action were
first-string guard Ed Stowe oi
Somerville, N. j.; second string
guard Joe Los and halfback Gene
Steratore, both of Washington
County, Pa.
The three, all Juniors, are room
mates, but they couldn't be located
for comment.
After issuing a prepared state
ment announcing the dismissals,
Hamilton declared:
"This is the worst experience
have ever had in athletics.
Asked if there had been any fric-
ton on the Pitt squad, Hamilton
replied with an emphatic mo-.
In his prepared statement, Ham
ilton was just as grim as he was
several hours later. The statement,
released by graduate manager
Frank Carver, quoted Hamilton as
saying:
81 fail to understand an athlete
who can break faith with his team
mates. He does not deserve to
wear a Pitt uniform"
Hamilton. who came to Pitt after
several years in the Navy and a
tour of duty as both athletic direc-
tor and football coach at Annapo-
Lis, said he didn't know what af-
feet his action win have on the
squad. The team is preparing for
rough game Saturday at Nor
gantown, w. Va. with undefeated
West Virginia University.
"There was simply no alterna-
tive to my action" Hamilton said.
Carver said the case is closed
and there is no chance the trio
will be reinstated this season, or
next.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28
Flanagan Whips
Harper Wed. Night

SAN FRANCISCO R-"Maurice
Harper is a good welterweight
prospect, but champion Johnny
Saxton win beat him because Har-
per doesn't have enough expert
ence."
That's the way Del Flanagan, of
St. Paul, the worlds No. 2 con-
tender, sized up Harper after he
dropped 10-round split decision to
the little known boxer in their ma
tionally televised fight last night.
weighed 146la, Flanagan $50.
Flanagan decisioned Saxton, the
newly crowned champion, before
he won the crown.
Last nights fight was not thrill
ing. The two clinched, wrestled and
butted many times. There were
no knockdowns and neither boy
was in trouble or suffered any
damage.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28
M0Ue Seen
To S,Oitch
Team To
Kansas City
BY JOE RElcHLER

NEW YORK 1.-THE American
League became a house divided
today as the club owners met for
the second time in two weeks to
decide the fate of their white sle-
phant, the Philadelphia Athletics.
ostensibly the meeting was
called by League President Win
Harridge to vote on acceptance or
disapproyal- Of the Athletics sale
to an eight-man Philadelphia syn
dicate.
It was learned, however, that
Harridge probably first would call
for a vote on whether to shift the
beleaguered franchise to Kansas
City.
On Oct. IL in Chicago, the league
approved the sale to Arnold John
son, Chicago financier, and voted
to move the franchise to Kansas
City, contingent upon johnson CON-
pleting his $3,375, 900 deal with Roy
Mack, executive vice president Of
the Athletics.
Since then, however, the house
of Mack, Connie and his two sons,
Roy and Earle, signed paper for
the sale of their stock to q Phila-
delphia syndicate In a deal involv-
ing approximately four million dol
lars. Both the Macks and the
Philadelphia group are awaiting
league approval.
Six Of the eight clubs must ap-
prove a new owner. Amy three can
block approval.
As the meeting got under way,
it was known that at least two
clubs favored .he sale of the AS
to the Philadelphia group and two
wanted the Philadelphia franchise
moved to Kansas City.
Here is the way the clubs are
believed to be lined up:
Those definitely for the sale of
the Philadelphia group - Detroit
and Washington.
Those probably for the sale to
the Philadelphia group - Chicago
and Boston.
Those definitely for the transfer
to Kansas City-New York and
Baltimore.
On the fence-Cleveland.
On the spot-Philadelphis.
Dan Topping, president Of the
Yankees and a leader in the fight
to shift the AS to Kansas City,
was expected to put up a stiff
battle against the sale o. the Phil
adelphia group.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28
Sports Roundup
BY GAYLE TALBOT

NEW YORK Up - Oddsmakers
were reported at late hour still
to be offering "a points, or the
equivalent of three touchdowns
and a field goal, that no one could
prophesy what the American
League club owners would do
about the franchise of the ambu-
liant Philadelphia Athletics at their
scheduled meeting here today.
It could happen, of course, that
the befuddled magnates will have
pulled themselves together and
made a firm decision of some
kind almost by the time this reach
es print, but the odds plainly were
against anything as simple as that.
To the lay fan, the choice might
look like fairly simple one. They
either could approve the sale OF
the AS to eight Philadelphia busl-
nessmen who wished to keep the
broken-down club in that city, or
they could insist that the buyer be
Arnold Johnson, who wants to give
Kansas City big league club. II
that is the proper designation.
But that, unfortunately, seems
to be only a piece of the badly
muddled picture.
The seemingly insurmountable
complication lay in the fact that
the seven other clubs were almost
solidly in favor of moving the AS
to Kansas City. The only active
dissenter has been Clark. Griffith,
owner of the Washington Senators.
The Old Fox's plant that the shift
Of the AS out West would auto
matically transform Baltimore in
to an Eastern club and give him
tough competition from only 30
miles away is considered short
sighted by most of his colleagues.
The other clubs, including the
New York Yankees, who own the
minor league franchise at Kansas
City, are convinced that If they do
not get the Athletics out of Phila-
delphia now they are courting dis
aster. They are ready to believe
Johnson when he predicts that the
team would not draw 100000 fans
to Shibe Park next season after all
that has happened. So far as civic
pride is concerned, they know by
now that it doesn't pay player
salaries.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28
Betsy Rawls Is
Golf Favorite

FORT WORTH, Tex. Up - De-
Tending champion and medalist
Betsy Rawls was rated the player
to beat Thursday as the 10th an
nual Women's Texas Open golf
tournament moved into its second
day of match play.
The Spartanburg, SC, entry
carded a decisive Ga victory over
Dallas Mary Nell Weatherred
Wednesday in first-round play to
establish herself as favorite among
the play-for r-pay golfers.
Miss Rawls moved ahead on the
third hole and stayed on top all
the way in taking the match.
Other pros taking easy decisions
included three who won by 9-s
scores-Betty McKinnon of Savan.
nah, Ca, who beat Mrs. Charles
True of Dallas; Betty Dodd of San
Antonio, who defeated Mrs. AR.
Hancock of Gladwater, Tex, and
Betty Hicks of Manhattan Beach,
Calf, who downed Mrs. Gene
Harding of Ell Paso, Tex.
Betty Jameson of San Antonio
defeated Mrs. H. D. Wysong Of
Mckinney, Tex, 6-5 and Betty
Minis Danoff of Dallas eliminated
Mrs. Dave Gaut of Memphis, Tenn.
GA in other pro matches.
Polly Riley's rs victory over
Peggy Springer of Lubbock, Tex,
gave the Fort Worth woman the
favorite's rating among the anna
teaurs. Miss Riley was the low
amateur in qualifying rounds with
two-over-women's-par n.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28
Low Scoring
Seen SEC
Sat. Tits
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

If this weeks practice field in
formation is correct, there should
be plenty of low-scoring football
games in the Southeastern Confer
ence Saturday.
Most of the coaches continued
to emphasize defense for this
weeks rough conference card. but
Mississippi State was a notable
exception.
Coach Darrell Royal said his
Maroons reached a peak on de.
Tense in upsetting Alabama last
week, But our offense did not
worked Mississippi State hard on
a wet field yesterday tuning up
the offense for Saturdays invasion
of Florida.
Alabama continued TO throw the
ball a lot but also found time to
brush up on defensive fundamen-
tails. Coach Red Drew thought Jeff
Moorer, Doug Potts, Curtis Lynch
and Paul Donaldson looked good
on defense. The Tide plays the
SEC leader, Georgia, in Birming-
ham Saturday.
Rain caused an abrupt switch
in workout plans at Tulane. The
Greenies, who play Auburn this
week at Mobile, began polishing
their passing. But when the rains
came Coach Andy Pilney shifted
to defense and had the reserves
and freshmen hurting Auburn plays
at the first two varsity teams.
Pilney indicated he would scrim-
mage the squad again today.
Louisiana State, aiming for an
upset over Mississippi at Baton
Rouge Saturday night, spent con-
siderable time on defense against
rebel aerial formations. The Tigers
also threw a few passes of their
own, with linemen reviewing their
assignments in protecting the pass
er.
Mississippi ended rough drills
for the week in a misty rain. The
Rebels emphasized defense.
Auburn held a brisk, 45-minuse
defensive scrimmage and Coach
Ralph Jordan indicated that he
was pleased with Tiger defenses
for the first time.
"The boys have been looking
better on defense all week." Jor-
dan said. eff they keep it up
Auburn will give Tulane an inter-
esting afternoon"
Florida emphasized passing and
welcomed ace fullback Nal Ham,
mack back into scrimmage action.
Hammack was injured three weeks
ago.
Georgia Tech and Kentucky each
facing a non-conference foe, avoid.
ed contact work. Kentucky pre-
pared its ground offense for Villa
nova and Tech mapped defenses
against Duke.
Georgia, fearing the big Alaba-
ma line, toyed with plays designed
TO shake swift halfbacks Wendell
Tarleton and Charlie Harris loose
for long gamers.
Tennessee defended against the
North Carolina split-T and then
turned to passing, and punting
practice.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28
THAT WAS TOO MUCH

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Up - Cir
cult Judge Eugene Carter granted
a divorce yesterday to a disap-
pointed wife Who charged her
bridegroom with adultery the
night they were married.
Their names were withheld.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28
SOOners Picked
Ouer Colorado
In Sat. Battle
By HAROLD cLAAssEN

NEW YORK Tiff the geography
e.:-c-ts ever remap the United
!, .es they will have to include a
lie canyon, running from coast
ID coaes and from border to bor-
der. 1t win be identified as Upset
GuIe.,.
II will be partly filled with foot
ball forecasters and teams who
can't keep up with the facts in
this oh me, oh my season.
Last week this corner had 81 cor
rect. calls and 22 wrong for a .587
average, the lowest percentage
ever registered during II years of
picking supposed winners. The sea-
son's figures are 197 right, IS
wrong for SOS.
Here are this weeks picks:
Ohio State over Northwestern:
Northwestern has nobody, but no
body to compare with Howard chop
along) Cassady.
Oklahoma over Colorado: John
Bayuk, Colorado's famed fullback,
will find that Oklahoma line too
tough.
UCLA over California: Too much
Uclan power but Pau. Larsen Of
the Bears may keep it from be-
coming a route.
Arkansas over Texas MN: But
with full warning that many strange
things have happened under a Tex.
as moon and this game Is a night
affair.
Army over Virginia: The Cadets
have come a long way since drop.
ping that South Carolina opener.
Notre Dame over Navy: The first
odds this week had Navy a 12-point
favorite but off their games with
Pittsburgh, the Irish are IS points
better than the Middies.
West Virginia over Pittsburgh:
The an-winning Mountaineers meet
their second test of the season.
and it could be tough.
Iowa over Wisconsin: The Hawk.
eyes, by statistics, have the best
pass defense in the land. They art
the pick in the belief they car
also stop Alan (The Horse)
Ameche.
Penn State over Penn: Your tel
evision attraction, in which the de
flated Penn Staters start witt
their comeback.
Skipping over the others without
comment:
FRIDAY
George Was L
mond, Marqua. oit,
Denver over New I'd
owe the Citadel.
SATURDAY
EAST: Boston COLLEGE oy~c Xa-
vier, Boston University over Buck
nell, Cornell over Columbia, Har.
ward over Ohio University, Brown
over Lehigh, Colgate over Prince
ton, Rutgers over Temple, Holy
Cross over Syracuse, Yale over
Dartmouth.
MIDWEST: Purdue over Illinois,
Michigan over Indiana, Iowa State
over Drake, Kansas State over
Kansas, Michigan State over Min
nesota, Missouri over Nebraskan
Oklahoma A&M over Tulsa, Hous'
ton over Wichita.
SOUTH: Miami Fla over Ford
ham, Mississippi over Louisiana
State, Georgia over Alabama
Duke over Georgia Tech, Auburn
over Tulane, Florida over Missis
sippi State, Kentucky over Villa
nova, North Carolina State over
Furman, Maryland over South Ca
rolina, Tennessee over North Ca
rolina, Florida State over Virgins
Military, Virginia Tech over Viii
liam & Mary, Wake Forest ovel
Clemson.
SOUTHWEST: Texas Christian
over Baylor, Texas over Southern
Methodist.
FAR WEST: Cincinnati over Col
lege of Pacific, Montana over Colo
RADIO Ann, Montana State over
Idaho State, Southern Californis
over Oregon State, Stanford over
Washington State, Brigham YOUNG
over Utah State, Utah over Idaho
Oregon over Washington.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28

late afternoon workout at the Den
yer University stadium. Another
urlll is booked there tomorrow. The
team viii 60 by bus to Boulder
Saturday.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28

Pittsburgh here; Feb. IL Stetson at
DeLand; Feb. II Miami of Florida
here; Feb. 22 Rollins at Winter
Park.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28
ARIZONA GRIDDER
SCORES 100 POINTS

NEW YORK, R-Arizona's Art
Luppino already has accomplished
what no major college player was
able to do all last season-score
100 points.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28

Focusing to the world of fisti-
cuffs, boxing fans around this sec.
ton of the country are still hoping
that Miami will succeed in its bid
to stage a Valdez Marciano heavy
weight championship bout this win
ter. Nino Valdez, a willing mixer
and the packer of stiff right hand
punch can worry Marciano for a
while but this corner doubts very
strongly if the Cuban heavyweight
champion has the power to de-
throne the Rock or even standup
under the Marciana barrage. Those
who have seen Valdez in action
on television or at the ringSide will
agree that Nino has the fighting
style of Luis Firpo, the Argentin-
an wild bull of the Pampas who
lifted Champion Jack Dempsey ov-
er the ring in the first round of
the famed Firpo Dempsey title
bout back in the '20's, packing the
same style wild hand swing. The
bout if it materializes will bring
many Cuban pesos to Orange Bowl
and Miami.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28

The world series is past history
but thousands of baseball fans not
only in Cleveland but all over the
continent, are still wondering why
Bob Feller didn't get a chance to
either start or take part in the re-
lief role of at least one game.
Going back to the Miami Beach
Key West football clash I'd like
to point out couple of individual
rabid fans who will come back
home with sore throats. Yes, you
are so right, the pair will be John
Weech and Earl Adams.
william ''Bir' Gates, VINO play
ed a big part in bringing to Miami
the Flroida International Baseball
League championship in 1852, is
now back and making his home in
good old Cayo Hueso. Bill, always
very active in sports and above
all baseball, is managing the Jun
ior Conchs in the Key West winter
baseball league. Ever take notice
how those kids keep improving
with each game. Follow the Jun
ior Conchs and watch them grow
under the able assistance of a pro-
fessional coach.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28
FROM THE
PRESS BOX
Bv OSCAR MILAN

Topic for sports fans for the past
several weeks has been the crucial
Miami Beach Key West giridiron
pig skin squabble which is sche-
duied to be played in the city of
the million dollar hotels this COM
ing Saturday night and if YOU think
Conch fans are not enthusiastic
about the coming event check with
ticket sellers and they'll tell you
how they sold $50 tickets and re-
quested an additional 500. It is the
voice around town that 1900 rabid
Conch fans are expected to make
the trip. This corner knows of 10
automobiles with 6 passengers each
that have made arrangements to
leave Friday night.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28

What team Key Westers will be
pulling for IS going to be a good
question as we have two former
Key West stars in the clubs. Rich
ard "Biff" Salgado will be doing
duty for the University of Miami
while Joe Pineda will be seen in
action for the Carolinas. What will,
probably happen, of course is that
at one moment you will find US
cheering one team and then the
other. This will be because we will
really be cheering the action of our
boys. 1t has been manifested by
many fans I'VE hate to see our
two great stars play against each
other"
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-28

In down town Key West the odds
are even. However at Dewey Riggs
place where all type Of sports is
the topic for conversation and
where winners are usually FORE
casted, the Key West Conchs are
slightly favored to be victorious
by 6 o score. Many think it will
be Miami Beach 0 = Key West 0 at
the end of the last quarter after a
thrilling and sensational battle. The
contest, without any doubt will be
a real thriller and a packed house
is forecasted for the important
event.
Down at the naval ordnance unit
John West is buSily reserving tic
kets for Navy personnel as wen as
civilian employees of the General
Electric Co. for the annual Conch
Bowl classic which this year brings
together the University of Miami
and the North Carolina College
freshmen on November 26. The
game will be played at the high
school stadium.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-13
Senate Cloakroon
By ]. Glenn BeaII
United States Senator from Md.

The fall of the valiant little garri-
son at Diem Bien Phu will add to
the problem Of the negotiators in
Geneva, and here in Washington it
will enter into the controversy over
the Administrations conduct of our
foreign policy, which has taken on a
bitter partisan tinge.
During such periods it often APP
pears that only differences of
opinion exist, and those differences
are portrayed as being vast chasms
which cannot be bridged
The differences in opinion are so
violently expressed that one often
wonders that there can be any unity
among the free world at all, and
when the leaders of the opposition
party get together in Washington,
as they did last week, and lombard
the Eisenhower Administration
foreign policy with rich invective,
then it looks as if our real problems
are with our friends and allies.
Of course, the areas where there
are disagreements are always more
provoking, and therefore receive
more comment. than those points on
which there is complete unanimity.
While this reappraisal, or re-
examination, of our foreign policy
is being conducted we should re-
member that the thing which causes
all the difficulty is international
Communism as espoused and agitat-
ed by Soviet Russia.
There is complete unanimity of
opinion that Soviet Russia must be
blocked in its endeavor to dominate
Europe and Asia, and the fact that
the United States, Britain, France -
and Republicans and Democrats =
may at times disagree on details as
to how to accomplish our detectives
does not alter the fact that we are
all allied in a common effort to halt
Soviet expansion.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-05-13
High School Choir
Entertains Kiwanis
55-Voice Mixed Choir Of WI.
Transport High Gives Fine Pro.
gram AT Club Meeting.

The 55-voice, mixed choir of the
Wflllamsport High School, entertain
ed the members of the Kiwanis Club
at their regular meeting, held in the
Hotel Alexander yesterday. Vice
president John Rupprecht presided
and the program was arranged by the
Music committee, of which Pro-
fessor Charles M. CasseI is chairman.
During the meeting it was an
nounced that at next weeks meeting,
the club will be hosts, not only to
the sons of the members, but also to
the Hagerstown Packets. Due to
prior commitments, the luncheon
meeting will be held in Franklin
Court Auditorium, instead of the
Hotel Alexander.
The Williamsport Choir, of which
Mrs. ]. V. Heffner is director, gave a
very fine concert and was enthusiast
tically received by the membership.
Included in the numbers rendered
were:
"The Lords Prayer" 'Salutation, !"
I'm a Very Model of Model Major
General" from the Gilbert and Sui
Ivan opera, pirates of Penzance;;"
THE Orchestra Song" and several
numbers from "The Student Prince"
They concluded the program by
singing the well-known hymn, God
of our Fathers"