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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-01
Yves Santee Runs
Mile In 4:O4.2

NEW ORLEANS B-Hope for a
four-minute mile was brighter to.
day after ives Santee of Kansas
turned in a record 4:04.2 in the
Sugar Bowl Track Meet-the third
fastest mile ever run by an
American.
Santee, holder Of the American
record OF 4:02.4, flashed through a
phenomenal 55-second final quar-.
ter yesterday to break the 15-year-
old Sugar Bowl mark Of 4:07.7,
set by Glenn Cunningham of Kan
sas in 1898.
The slender Santee, who set the
new standard over a damp track,
said after the race he wasn't shoot.
ing for the four-minute mile, al
though slip on wet spot may
possibly have cost him two Sec
onds.
II was just trying to break Gun.
ningham's mark" he said. II
wasn't even thinking of trying TO
break four minutes.
Santee took over the lead just
after the field crossed the line at
the finish of the third lap. His
time in the final lap was slightly
sensational in view of the times
turned IN on the first three quar-
tiers. With Bruce Drummond Of
Oklahoma University and Charley
Capozzoli Of Georgetown alterna.
ting in the lead, the field did the
first lap in so seconds, the second
in 81 and the third in IS.
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Lady Russell,
Midnight Caper
To Race Tonight

The New Year started inI
fine fashion for at least oneI
Key West racing fan whenI
ne cashed a huge $459.8OI
Quiniela ticket on the second
race Of last nights program
The huge payoff was the
result of a sparkling per-
Torrance by Islander, a SOL
shot, in running second to
Bang Bang in that race.
The Quiniela payoff top
ped the meeting thus far.
The daily double which
coupled Bang Bang and Val
Victory paid a neat 1920
The bank night continued
in the third race when Deb
ra's Boy and o. J. s Inside
came in to pay q Quiniela of
1870.
In last nights feature race, Burn.
ing Bright paid $40, $50 and ESQ.
Bardhal returned $40 and TO
while Saginaw Bay paid $50
Tonight. racing fans will 70.
esivs . bonus when she Kennel
Club management stages . spe.
eial ll.raes holiday program.
The feature race should produce
some fireworks when Fleet Wing
Kennels Flakes of Fire goes to
the post seeking his third conse-
cutiye victory over such cOmpeti.
ton as Forward, owned by F. B.
Stutz and Manuel Fosters Irene
Hill.
Flakes of Fire, oddly enough,
has won both Of her previous starts
from the number five box - the
same position she has drawn for
tonight.
Other entries In the feature In
clude Royal Seymour's Quarter
Roll, Jack Ortner's Honest Buddy,
Don Branson's Yves Hardin, Fred
Whitehead's Just A Bomb, and
Point Breeze Kennels Micky W..
The ninth race of the evening
should also be a corker when Lady
Russet seeks her second victory Of
the meeting over Midnight Caper
and flock Of other top grey.
hounds.
j" The program viii get underway
tonight at Sis p. m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-01
Bayuie,r Park
Is Site Of
Net Tourney

Saturday and Sunday aft
.ernoons will mark the finals
of the Key West City Tennis
championship matches. Sat
urday at 2 p. m. viii see the
doubles final play and Sum
day at 2 p. m. the singles
final play will take place.
Meeting for the singles
title will be 1t. Bill Barnes
and John McNulty, MEG,
These two men met just two
weeks ago for the 1858 Navy
Championship, with Barnes
emerging the winner. Sun
days match should prove an
exciting one as Barnes anc
McNulty are evenly match
ed.
In the doubles final, Barnes and
lMcNulty viii team up to try and
win the championship from JACK
Sellers and Harvey Sellers. The
Sellers brothers form a potent
doubles comgination and his Sat
Iurday's final will give fans a good
doubles match.
Trophies will be awarded to
the winners and rUnners.vp In
both events. The prizes were do.
mated by Sheriff John Spotfswood,
Evans Enterprises, and Monroe
Motors. In addition. the winner
Of the singles championship will
gain possession Of the spotfswood
Cup for one year.
This City Tournament has beer
marked by some very fine play
Notable players, besides the pre-
lviously mentioned finalists, were
1t. Jack Carr, who lost to Barne!
in a tough semi-finals match; Let
Carey, Key West High star, witt
lost to McNulty; and Peter Vareli
Iwho defeated 1t. Reinhart of VX-
lin long quarter finals duel. Var
leila unfortunately had to default il
1.-THE semi-finals due tc injury. Bill
Pearce, Doctor Shepard, Fran
Roberts, Bill Bond, John Trandt
land many others who played j
1.-THE tourney helped to make it
tough battle for all the finalists.
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sing ace Bobby Garrett, handing,
them their only defeat.
Passing appeared to be vital for
favored Georgia Tech and under.
dog Alabama too.
The T-formation Engineers. 60
ing against the heavier, split.T
powered West Virginians, were ex-
pected to try to run to the out
side or 60 overhead to avoid the
oeefy Mountaineer middle.
lnjury-riddled 'Bama, a bowl
veteran, counted heavily on the
passing Of quarterback Bart Starr
to try to handle Rice's ground
forces, paced by ALI America full
back Kosse johnson and speedster
Dickey Moegle operating behind a
powerful line.
In other games Mississippi
Southern met Texas Western in
the Sun Bowl, La Crosse Owls. }
State met Missouri Valley in the
Cigar Bowl, Arkansas State met
East Texas State in the Tangerine
Bowl and Great Lakes Navy met
#. Ord in the Salad Bowl.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-01

NEW YORK R-The only movie
producer in the world who is in
the happy position of knowing he
has a hit On his hands before he
takes scene No. is Lew Fonseea,
the former Chicago White Sox in
fielder and manager. who for 20
wears has recorded the imperish-
able moments of the annual World
Series.
Not for Fonseca any worries
about how each succeeding opus
is going to do at the box office.
Even before the house lights were
lowered for the American premi-
ere of his 1858 production here he
was able to forecast with some
accuracy that it willbes how
accuracy that it will be shown
rs, 900 times in the coming year,
always to packed houses.
II viii make no money, for there
is no charge for the use of the
700 prints of the 37-minute film,
but the American and National
league owners who underwrite the
project feel that the eventual ben.
efits to them are incalculable in
terms of good viii and future pa.
tronage. Already go prints are
overseas for showing to the armed
forces.
In recording the most recent
series, in which the Yankees again
combed the Dodgers by 4 games
to 2, Fonseea's camera crew
ground out $4,000 feet Of film. This
has been shipped down to a hand.
Ter $500 by Lew in odd moments
during the football season, and
something he said about this was
interesting.
"All the cutting I've DONE" he
said in his curtain talk, twas
aimed entirely at showing the high
spots of the Series. l have not in
tentionally left out any controver
sial plays"
The point is that some low skep-
tics have in the past suggested
that certain controversial play.
which might have reflected upor
umpires or players were given /;
quick shuttle or cut out entirely
Lew must have heard of this, foi
he sees to it this time that Their,
can be no such complaints.
For example, just about the big
gest debate of the SO Series re
volved about a play at third has,
in the opening game. The Dodgers
staging a spirited rally, tied tn,
score at SIS and, with none out
Ihad runners on first and second
1t looked as though they nigh
break the game wide open and ge
away to a winning start in tn,
Iplayof. Manager Charlie Dresser
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Dave Canerdo
Fight Perez
By JACK HAND

NEW YORK N-The fight TO-
night is Davey Gallardo Lulu
Perez from the Madison Square
Garden studio, a rematch of q re.
match between two busy little
teatherweights.
Radio-TV viewers can catch the
show at 10 pm, EST, on NBC-TV
or Adorable.
The international Boxing Club
hopes enough fans viii be attracted
by the novelty Of the first Jan.
fight in Garden history to make q
passable gate.
Perez won the first match oil
this three.bount series because
|Gallardo suffered a deep eye cut
that required two stitches. Gallardo
came back to win No. 2, knocking
down Perez twice in the fourth
round. Perez was ~ In the first
bout and IT'S In the second.
he betting people are sticking
with Perez as an S-5 choice In No.
3 although the past performance
charts show Lulu is a risky favor.
lite.
With Sandy Saddler, the feather.
weight champion, due to get out oil
the Army in the spring and aching
for action, this meeting of Gallar.
do, No. S challenger, and Perez,
No. 8 behind Sandy. could be i'm.
portant. Saddler, incidentally, il
fighting Billy Bossio over the
weight at st. Nicholas Arena Jan,
Is while he's home from Germany
on leave.
Perez has the better career rec.
ord, 33-2 since he started in 1851.
He has Knocked ouhlls opponents
and never has been stopped. Gal.
iardo Is 47-14-5 for 66 pro starts
since 1913. He has Knocked oui
eight foes and has been stopped
four times, usually on cuts.
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BY BOB HoosINc

NEW YORK R-Victory through
air power was the keynote for sew
eral bowl entries today with par.
.ticular attention centered on
Miami, where Oklahoma chal.
lenged Maryland's national cham
|pions.
The fourth-rated Sooners, one
touchdown underdogs, were ex-
|pected to mix in plenty of pass.
ing against the nations leading
rushing defense club.
In other major bowl games
Michigan State, No. 3. met UCLA,
No. S, at Pasadena; Georgia Tech,
No. 8, faced 10th-place West vir-
ginia in the Sugar Bowl: and
Rice, No. 6, hosted Alabama in
the Cotton Bowl.
At Jacksonville, Fla, Auburn
|pitted its "X" and "Y" units and
the passing combination of Bobby
Freeman to Jimmy Pyburn
against free.scoring Texas Tech,
led by second team All-America
|halfback Bobby Cavazos in the
Gator Bowl.
The burning questions of quar-.
erback Bernie Faloney's condi.
ton and Maryland's right to the
national title went on the line be.
fore an estimated 50, $50 fans in q
.televised and broadcast game.
Faloney, the split-T magician
whose knee was injured in Mary.
lands last regular-season game
with Alabama and which gave way
again several days ago in practice,
win see some action, according 70
the team trainer. But his sub
stitute, Charlie Boxold, was tc
start for Jim Tatum's powerful
Terps and how much service
Faloney would see was unknown
at kickoff time.
Mag people felt ths4 kotrs
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Friday, January !. 1854 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN P.ss
Charley col,eh's
Selections

Fifth Race: Bramble. Mill Gale
and Silent Profit.
Sixth Raie: Matthew Hill, Joyous
Miss and Speed In Review.
Seventh Race: Just Sable, Con.
ME Lou and Even Key.
Eighth Race: Mohammedan,
Miss Ann Murphy and Trade Sec.
ret.
Ninth Race: Midnight Caper,
Yardley and Lady Russet.
Tenth Race: Flakes Of Fire, Hon.
est Buddy and Forward.
Eleventh Race: Flirty Myrt, EN-
Ibraceable and Calling.
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And a Happy New Year to you
ALL Let's make 1t a prosperous
one with lots OF winners.
Fer example. we'd ssy that
Fleet Wing Kennels classy three.
ysar-oId, Flakes Of Fire 10 To-
nights best bet.
Other good looking pups:
First Race: Aero, Vigilante and
Holiday House.
Second Race: Lady Sandy, Gin
ger Hill and Camalinda.
Third Race: Swamp Girl, o. j.,
Outside and FlaShy ]. c.
Fourth Race: July Fourth, Pier
re o. and Johnny Nell.
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POPULAR POST

SALT LAKE CITY R- Gov. ].
Bracken Lee said yesterday he has
at least so applications for a va
cant position on one of the states
commissions.
II have received more applica.
tions TO rthe position than for
any other commission post in
state government" Lee said.
The job? Member of the State
Liquor Control Commission.
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lcVuly And Barnes To Meet For Key West Tennis Championbi
Kew West Kennel Club Results

FIRST RACE
56ssas Kennels Ines Red srnds B. May 1857 Quick
VAL VICTORY
SECOND
TI Vine symu' Red d. August 1851 cu-Make Up Gal
H4AS sass go ass ounisl. CD $3.50
Daily Double-Val Victory and Bang Bang paid 1890
wnner-Maue Fosters Black d. Tumble Bug ImpLnda
0 g s sGx H." ss 4s ouD.,. ts,, u7a
R. O. S RUDE 40
Yeheads srn D. July 1850 Thunder sD' Becky
s MsSATq Sn,yv 1so s,s ounisla $50 1900
sut Red Fawn July 1879 Rasos Edss Over Town
LOVELY DAY $50
SIXTH RACE
E ESSsE4s sA' Black 81 Angus: ISL s'n'''na' a"
Breeze Kennels Ines Brnd b. January 1852 Some Guy
SsS f rs Il" e ;; = es.'. "a,
wnpsrTsr Heel Kennels Light Brnd B. November 1851 Blrs Find
sSRHfE s,0S' %" Sc e au.. g" $50
Dark Bnde B, june Chinkajam
s s4Rba BRIGHT $40 So asss eun.l. us, $3.50
wnner-cude Beterson Brnde
E y$ REWARD REHs :" - s +; +: e.n.l. 90 1850
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Just Plain Careless

CLIFTON FORGE, Va. Rs-May.
or Milton B. Whiting owns a chain
of Is service stations and nine
wholesale outlets, all selling gaso-
line. Today he ran out of gasoline.
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TONICHT'S
ENTRIES

FIRST RACE - SIS mile
Grade !.
Diehard
vigilante
Casey Hare
Aero
| Shorty Michigan
Carlton
Holiday House
Elise Kay
lSEcoND RACE - SIS mile
Grade 4
Cinbon
Lady Sandy
That's My Gal
Patty Wheeler
Camalinda
Beau Getter
Ginger Hill
Mer-Shack
THIRD RACE - SIS mile
Grade IA
Flashy ]. c.
Madeline's Choice
Taxes Me
Berkshire
Swamp Girl
Crystal
Hill
Pat J. c.
Root Beer
FOURTH RACE SIS mile
Crads Z
Johnny Nell
July Fourth
Wee Della
Summer Special
Pierre o.
Josie's Pal
| Restore
All Trump
fifth RACE Q SIS mile
IGrads 5
Silent Profit
Little Trouper
Stormy Bug
Lady Crystal
Mill Gale
| Steel Band
| Trade In
Bramble
sixth RACE - s.lk mile
: Grade :
Fearless Warrior
Matthew Hill
Three Dots
Honor Guard
Fair Monarch
| AHEAD
Speed In Review
= Joyous Miss
u SEVENTH RACE - SIG mile
e Grade ;
J. Forest Wild
e. Connie Lou
Even Key
al Gruen
VI Bomb Light
Stylish Goldie
b City Scout
Al Just Sable
I EIGHTH RACE -- S.1k mile
a Grade z
Mohammedan
Z Miss Ann Murphy
q Trade Secret
4 Linda Hill
al Tissort
. Shining Sue
4 Wicked
nj Sleeping Troubles
NINTH RACE - SIG mile
. Grade Z
Bill Sans
2 Midnight Caper
;. Tow.Ee
Pretty Blossom
i Trail Guide
n Lady Russet
. Baker Boy
- Yardley
TENTH RACE - - mile
II Quarter Roll
Just A Bomb
o Micky w.
Yves Hardin
VI Honest Buddy
Irene Hill
Il Forward
Flakes OF Fire
: IELEvENTH RACE $50 80 mile
!. Grade S
q Calling
n Flirty Myrt
Al South Boston
Metropolis
/ Enforceable
VI Breezemont
Vaulta
Il Quick Val
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Horse racing is the third largest
industry in Malaga.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-23
By Bill Glib

As one provoked adult. comment
ing ON juvenile delinquency, said:
When children are young. we
build playhouSes for them in the
back yard. We send them to NOV
les and laugh when they initiate
Tarzan by building tree houses.
But when they carry the same
house building urge over between
the ages of childhood and puberty
we call them juvenile delinquentS
What kind of reasoning is THAR"
The man was talking of course
about the youngsters VINO were re
Gently picked UP by Judge Eva
Warner Gibson and City police. He
has a good point. II any Of us vii
think back to our own youth, we
will remember that we too, liked
to band together in secret groups
and often had a private retreat
Now that we are adults. we forge
that such clubhouse meetings were
innocent enough. I'm afraid mos
of us consider such things with the
knowledge and experience gained
through adult action rather than
that Of youngster.
I This isn't meant TO imply crit.
cism Of Judge GibSon's action ir
investigating the recent case. NJ
one knows better than the writer
how difficult her job is and she il
certainly doing a wonderful job il
attempting to prevent juvenile de
linquency rather than waiting unit
after misdeeds have been perform
ed which neceSsfate court action
Months ago. I wrote a formal re
port of conditions m Poinciana
This was submitted to the Chief O.
Police and copies mailed % inter
ested persons, including Judge
Gibson. Unfortunately. the repori
displeased certain people-not Mrs
Gibson or Chief Kemp-and had
to be suppressed. suggest ti1at
Mrs. Gibson dig It up now if she
still has It and she viii find that
lie outlines most OF the difficulties
that Poinciana youth are faced
with. II also offers corrective mea.
sures TO be taken for the guidance
and protection Of these youngsters.
BsyvieW Park
While we're on the subject Of
youth. we might mention that Bay.
view Park has been the scene %
unnecessary destruction at times.
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This Rock
Of Ours

Park attendants are particularly
bitter about the way the hedge that
surrounds various monuments On
the North Beach Road side OF The
park has been broken down.
This is hardly a case of Juvenile
delinquency. A few lights on that
end of the park would do away
with the trouble entirely. II their
ACTORS were observable TO other
people, teen-agers would not be IS
lidy to smash and break their
way through the hedge. Instead,
they would use the proper aisles
and walks that have been provided.
incidentally. have you noticed that
the Confederate monument in the
park has been nepainted7 Il Ger
tainAy looks nicer.
imitation
Folks up north are worried about
a depression. Down here, our pri-
mary trouble seems TO be imitation.
Both names are pretty well synony-
nous insofar as their effect On our
daily living goes.
There is one disgusting habit
some local groceries have. They
add insult to injury by not erasing
the old price when they mark a
new one in. Thus you 90 to the
store and find a can marked %
cents with line drawn through the
price and "a cents marked right
along side the old figures. You
know darn well that the merchant
originally bought his product 70 sell
and make a profit at q cents. How
ever, wholesale prices might have
gone up after the purchase So he
went back and remarked ell Of
his old stock Why not? Il means
a double profit and what can the
poor householder do unless be tast
wants to do without?
Too often, merchants fan 20 re-
member that old fable about killing
the goose that lays the golden egg.
People are beginning 10 get fed up
with reading about surplus butter,
eggs, -four, or what have you
when they can't afford 30 buy 6Iese
things IN a store. They are tired Of
coffee prices continuing 70 sky
rocket. Sooner or later. something
viii have to be done about the
situation or the ladies Of the nation
are going to set up their own pr.
waite boycott.
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boundaries in order to make a pro
per park.
"Since that time the Fedora
Government in attempting to carr,
out its part of the agreement ha!
appropriated already a million anS
a half dollars in the budget anC
this year $49S, 900 has been recon-
|mended. This sum, added to thai
already appropriated, equals thu
amount given originally by the
State.
THE history Of every katienai
Park indispvtsbly reveals that n
becomes . tremendous money
maker for The State In which n
is located and particularly for
the areas which surround me
Park.
There are millions of people
who come to the Parks of our ma.
ton every year and spend stable
sums of money, not only for gaso
line, and oil, from which the State
gets its cut, but also for the pur
chase of food, lodging, trinkets
clothes. etc. ordinarily for sale il
those areas.
1T has been my privilege to visi
in all of the National Parks of our
country and, without exception
once a National Park is opened anC
gets underway it constitutes ar
added attraction to the whole area
pays its way and results in finan
cial benefits to the whole area.
Last year the Everglades Ma
tiOnal Park had a little over 2O6,
600 visitors. This year when thu
roads make more accessible some
of the interesting Park country,
believe that there will be thousand
of additional visitors who will com,
to see it.
I'm my humble judgement, n,
one who gets all the facts can sue
Icessfully contend that the Park il
not a great asset to the entir,
State Of Florida.
Il appreciate the suggestion IL
your letter that to pursue the de
velopment of the Park is for m,
unwiSe politically. However,
know that you have certain mat
tiers in which you firmly beIiev,
and you are willing to pursue then
even If it means some personal de
triment to you.
Il feel the same way about Ma
tional Parks. l am convinced tina
the greatest good for the creates
number Of people in Florida lie.
IN a satisfactory rounding out anc
completion of the Everglades Ma
tional Park. II lose votes thereby
| naturally viii regret it, but tina
does not in any way lessen my be
lief that it is a good thing and
am resolved to do that which i,
the best for all.
Assuring you Of my apprecia
ton for your interest in this mat
ter and with best regards to your
entire family, I remain
Sincerely. your friend,
George Smsthers, U. S. S.
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band or wife Il this Is a Joint re-
turn in one OF the following ways:
Mother, father, grandmother,
grandfather. brother. sister, grand
son, Granddaughter, Stepbrother
stepsister, stepmother, stepfather,
stepfsfher, mother-in-law, father-in-
law. brother -n-law, sister-in-law,
sun-in-law. daughter inIaw.
The following if related by blood:
uncle, aunt, nephew. niece.
For further intern alton, zee your
Dist. Director of Internal Reve-
nue.. His address is RIM. O1-P. o.
Bldg. His telephone number Is
1888.
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ORIGINAL ILLCCIpLC
GsaplR 3

WE HAD al been 90 iusens upx
W watching Beau. that none q
~ had noticed Uncle Raosal wher
he rose. The frsS we knew that Id
had len his chair was when We
heard the sharp slap Of his oper
palm across his younger sons face
That's enough out Of you
you're drunk" be said. Then he
returned 10 his place % though
nothing bad happened
For the second time within less
man i've minutes, there was a
awkward pause; but IN cornpari-
son with this one, the hrst had
been the soul Of grace. Finally
Claude broke b vita one OF his
fat chuckIe&
Wen. I've GOD q Hew shcasand
collars ! can afford 10 throw
away, he announced with con-
descending nnagnanimisy. I'll
buy out anybody who wants TO
sell ] can do tfaat being q Du-
mont How sbOak IL Unele
RaoulR~
no, Nank yun," Uneae Racul
answered evenly, but his checks
had flushed even darker than
Lees bad done . moment be-
fore.
what about yos, Dedtrs
no" Am&aee snapped.
A. this point Cousin Jen. Who
had hitherto remained silent in
terpceed with . change Of subject.
The remainder Of The evening
wasn't exactly what might be
called social success. The scene
at de dinzser table had pat every.
body,s mental teeth on edge, with
the result that little thinee' began
70 crate ON raw. nerves cmt Of all
proportion 20 9sssr scszsaa npor-T
tancN. I
Claude, vtso. Ike Beau had
drunk moge than was good for
him, nosiceda this and seemed. to
teke delight in aGgravating the
situation He insisted upon smok-
ing his huge, fosll-smelling pipe
in the drawing room; and when
he discovered that u annoyed
some d The o6aseTx, he smoked an
the harder. He turmented Lee,
who, he had discovered, was the
most vulnerable 20 his thrusts He
persisted IN treating Lewis sHaye