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BY BEN PHIL ECAR
AP Sports Writer

Bobby Avila's stock rose to new
heights today in the race for he
most valuable player in the Amer
lean League.
The poppy Cleveland second
baseman, almost a shoo-in for the
batting title, made himself person
ally responsible for at least a
share in the pennant with a grand
slam home run in Detroit last
night.
The blast gave the Indians their
eighth straight victory and made
certain they will still be in first
place on the last day of the season.
The liner into the lower left field
seats of Briggs Stadium brought
an end to the five year dominance
of the New York Yankees who
would have to win all their re-
naming games and have the In
dians lose all of theirs to gain
even a tie.
Avila made the difference since
the final score was 6-3 and the
count was even at % when he
came to bat with the bases load
ed in the seventh.
It was quite day for Avila. Be-
fore the game, he bought a ball
club, the Mexico City entry in the
Mexican Winter League. Avila said
it cost him "mucho pesos"
His home run made it a lead
pipe cinch that he'll collect a good
share of those pesos from the
World Series.
The Yankees were making what
probably will be their last visit
to Philadelphia when the bad news
came in from Detroit. They had
just mauled the hapless Athletics
1913 for their 98th victory. They'll
probably win more than 100
games, something no other runner
up ever has done in the American
League.
In the National League the New
York Giants and the Brooklyn
Dodgers were beaten but Milwau.
kee prolonged its faint chance with
a Cd triumph over the st. Louis
Cardinals.
The Giants bowed to Robin Rob-
erts and the Philadelphia PhillieS
4-3. Brooklyn committed five err
rors in losing to last place Pitts
.burgh 81 in the Dodgers worst
game of the year.
In other action the Baltimore
Orioles defeated Chicago 81 on
two-run home runs by Bob Kenne-
dy and Chuck Diering and Dean
Stone of the Senators backed up
his own three-hitter with a three
run homer as ashingto
swamped Boston 80.
Bob Lemon posted his 23rd vic
tory for Cleveland, tops in both
leagues. He allowed six hits. AL
RoSen's two-run homer in the first
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Cockell, Valdez
Mentioned AS
TitleSeekers
BY MURRAY ROSE

NEW YORK R-Ezzard Charles
has gone the way of the other 40
of heavyweight champion Rocky
Marciano's knockout victims and
now it looks like either England's
Don Cockell or Cuba's Nino Valdes
will get the next chance to test the
unbeaten Brockton Blaster's dyna-
mite.
"Cockell or Valdes-the one who
brings the most money-iS next"
said Manager AL WE'LL. Rocky
nodded his head.
"It's the same to me-" said Mar
ciano as DR.. Alexander Schiff BAN
daged nasty cut on the tip of his
nose and patched a " cut on his
left brow.
but he amt going to 90 any
more this year." said WE'LL.
Rocky will need plastic surgery
to fix that cut on his nose. Febru-
airy? Maybe. Well see. First we
gotta leave at 4 pm. today for Los
Angeles. Rocky's on that comedy
hour Sunday with Eddie Fisher.
Then we gotta consider a movie
offer, job in Las Vegas, and
European refereeing tour. For
fighting next, we're going inter-
national-Cockel or Valdes."
Rocky really has to look abroad
for his next opponent fir his eight.
rund Knockout of Charles last
night wiped out his last major
challenger in the US. The 33-year-
old Charles, making an unpre-
cedented third bid to become the
first ex-champion to regain the IT,
tie, went down for the full count
at 2:36 after absorbing a wither-
ing barrage from the bleeding and
beSerk Bomber.
Down for the second time in the
round and for the third time in
the one-sided tussle that lacked
the drama of their June original.
Charles just managed to get on
his feet after referee AL Berl had
tolled ten"
There were many in the crowd
OF 1880 at Yanke Stadium who
thought that Ezzard could have
beaten the count if he had given
It the real college try but the gal
liant champion said 81 don't think
so. He was dazed."
II was groggy but still had my
Senses" said Charles, who was
virtually unmarked and looked
more like the winner than the
loser. my gloves weren't touch
ing the floor. l could have gone on
fighting if they had let me. l think
in two rounds / would have beat
him. He was cut pretty bad"
Maybe Ezzard's handlers had
thought so too, but nobody else
did. This wasn't like their sus-
penseful first fight three months
ago when Charles got off to a big
lead, chopped a wide cash over
Rocky's left eye in the fourth, and
had a chance to win as late as
the 14th round.
This was a one-way battle after
the first round. Charles tossed left
hooks and short rights to win the
first round-the only one he re-
ceived from the three officials
but in the second the charging,
bull-like Marciano took command.
The strong, driving champion
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Clergymen outnumber bartend-
ers three to ore In Texas.
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High School Football
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Miami Edison 10 Coral Gables 9
Key West Is st. Theresa 0
Lake Worth 6 Vero Beach 0
Clewiston IS Pahokee 7
South Broward II Pompano s
Seacrest 10 Stuart o
South Dase Is Naples 0
Melbourne 10 st. AIMS 0
Cocoa 10 New Smyrna IL
Titusville Is DeLand 10
Okeechobee 81 Moore Haven 0
Jacksonville Bishop Kenny 7,Jack-
sonville Landon s
Tampa Jefferson 0 Bradenton Man
atee 0
Tampa Plant rs Boca Ceiga II
Brandon Is Zephyrhills ="
Inverness 10 Chiefland 0 = s.
Webster Is Clermont Z
Reddick 6 Newberry o ?
Ocala, 81 P. X. Yonge IA
Avon Park s Fort Meade 6
Pinecrest 36 Mulberry 7
Orlando Boone % st. Petersburg 6
Webster Is Clermont I ela-2
Groveland "a Bushnell 0 So
St. Joseph est. Augustine) 81 Flor
ida Deaf and Blind 0
Apopka 7 Sanford s
Orlando Edgewater n Kissimmee
Starke 10 Macclenny .
Branford Z Alachua 6
Lake Butler 20 Jasper IL
Jacksonville Beach Fletcher Is
Gainesville 7 tt,. n
Quincy 10 Madison 0
High Springs 81 Cross City 0
White Springs 10 Dunnellon II
Live Oak 20 Perry o
Lake City 20 Fernandina Beach 10
Jacksonville Lee s Fort Lauderdale
Tampa Hillsborough IA Lakeland 0
fernando Is Crystal River s
Palatka Is Green Cove Springs Il
Tallahassee IL Archbishop Curley
Z
Ketterlinus Il Daytona Beach Sea-
breeze 0
Carney High II Dorsey 0
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for the outstanding play of the eve
ming - Stickney's 60 yard jaunt
for the Conchs third score.
Stickney took the route that led
through right tackle, sucked the
Saint secondary into making a pass
for him and then cut to the left
to outdistance the defense.
An exchange of punts marked
the remainder of the third quar-.
ter - although Stickney took off
for another I'd jaunt, only to have
the play called back because of a
Key West penalty. This time, Stick
ney had gone off right tackle and
pretty much duplicated his earlier
jaunt.
A Is yard penalty against St.
Theresa aided the 'Conchs to their
final score midway in the final per-
iod.
Everett Atwell and Pal Riggs,
along with Stickeny, had carried
the ball down to the Saint n after
Key West had taken a punt. The
penalty put the ball on the seven,
and Stickeny romped over on one
OF the few reverses the Conchs ran
last night. The try for the point
was toiled by q bad pass from CEN
ter.
The end of the ball game saw
the Saints being pushed back on
two successive offside penalties
and five yard loss engineered by
the defensive work of Paul Riggs
and Joe Russo.
GRIDIRON GLEANINGS: The
Honor Guard of American Legion
Post % presented the high school
with an American Flag in pre-.
game ceremonies. Past Command
er Vance Stirrup made the pre-
sentation with High School princi-
pal DR.. Harold Campbell accept
ing. During the halftime show,
DR.. Campbell lauded the people
who played a part in making the
new stadium possible - and who
have worked to make football the
most popular spectator sport in the
city. Please kids, for the sake OF
the nerves of your elders, please
refrain from perching on the rail-
ing atop the bleachers. Some spec
tators could hardly keep their mind
on the ballgame for fear the
youngsters would topple off and
fall to the ground go some 30 feet
below.
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Football Scores

Miss. Southern z. Alabama
southern California -, Washington State O
stanford IL. College OF Pacific II
Mississippi IS, North Texas II
Lenoir Rhyme "a, Newport News An.
prentice
furman is, Newberry 6
Upsala 81, Norwich 20
chattanooga ~. Jacksonville tAlal Tchrs o
huntsville (Mo) 3o.Southwestsrn CKanl 8
Soilege Of Emporia %, Friends CKan) 0
North Dakota State s. Augustana Itie)
Valley City (ND) u. Glendale (NDl
Jamestown md II. Mayville (ND) 3
Ouawa lkan) -. Central CNo)
Buena Vista II. Westmar
Luther uowa) 26. Simpson o
kearney Neb) 81. McPherson
Central uowa) Is, Carthage end y
superior (wis) s, ST. Cloud
Lacrosse State Il. So Norbert N
Feru CNeb) 1s. Coneordia CNeb)
Denver u, Colorado College
Wayne (Mich) 4. fiillsdale 7 (tie)
Southern Arkansas IL, East Central okya a
Kicks -. Carroll MonD -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-18

WHEREAS the Key West Sofety Council hos declared
the week of September TO- 1884 through September rs.
1854. os "SofetY Week" and
WHEREAS sdd Council desires to present activities
during sold week throughout oil Of Monroe County, Flor
ldo in ON attempt to creoe interest in sufeY work
and ocquoint the public with the necessity for
soteY measures within the City of Key West Florida nd
the highways throughout Monroe County. Florida. md
WHEREAS the Bocud of County Commissioners Of
Monroe County Florida being of the increased
accident rate throughout Monroe County Florida and sod
Boord is in favor of the program outlined for this week.
now. therefore.
l. Gerald Saunders. Choirmon of the Bocud Of County
Commissioners of Monroe County Florida do hereby pro-
coim. announce and officially decoe the OF Sep
TENDER TO- 1854. through September rs, 1854.
Monroe County SofetY Week"
and request and urge oil the citizens of Monroe County
Florida to participate in the program ond activities which
will be conducted by the Key West Sofety Council during
sid week and to CORY the high standards of sofety
set during this week for the entire coming Yeu.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF have here unto set my hond
and coused to be fixed the Official secl of Monroe County
Florida. this 18th day of September. 1854
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY. FLORIDA
CSEAD By: Gerald Saunders Chormun.
Attest
EARL R. ADAMS.
County Clerk
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whacked three solid rights 70
Ezzy's body and then bombed the
Cincinnati Negro with a right to
the head that floored Charles for
two.
Charles was staggered repeated
ly thereafter but it wasn't until
the eighth that he hit the deck
again. He went down for two again
from a series of rights and then
crumpled for keeps after a full
scale bombardment.
The second round was the key
one according to Marciano and
containers Charley Goldman and
Allie Colombo.
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Brooks beat themselves with their
five errors in the first four innings.
Brooklyn trails New York by 41a
games and Milwaukee j. Ga back.
The Giants have eight to play, the
Dodgers seven and the Braves
nine.
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Meeting Set

A meeting of the Industrial
Bowling League will be held
Monday at 1880 pm. in the Double
A bowling alleys, Front and Sim
onton Streets.
All team captains are request
ed to attend.
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MARES, FILLIES RUN

NEW YORK R-The fillies and
mares will have their big day at
Aqueduct Race Track today, with
the winner of the $50, 00O-added
Beldame Handicap picking up
plenty of support for the 1854
championship of the distaff divi-
sion.
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League Leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE

AMERICAN LEAGUE
BATTRG-Av Cleveland, IA.
RUNS Mantle. New York Ia.
RUNS BATTED N-Berra, New Yerh
III.
HOME RUNS Dolby, Cleveland, n
ETCHING Consuegra. Chicago. lGL
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTING Snider. Brooklyn. aAs
RUNS BATTED M KluszevIki. Cpein.
natti. la.
HOME RUNS Klussswski, Cincinnati. a.
PIrcHiNG-Antonelii. New York. ma.
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A travelling man is Bill Yeaman,
new assistant football coach at
Michigan State. He won varsity
letters at both Texas A. and M.
and Army.
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The Ynrdstick

Conchs have lot OF hard work to do if they want to
make showing next Friday night when they meet Miami
Tech tn their first Gold Coast Conference start
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31
Pro Golf Sponsors
Form Organization
By the Assoeloted Press

CHICAGO, Jan. 30.-A group
Of about IS sponsors of pro-
fessional golf tournaments met
in Chicago this week end and
formed a sponsors organization,
A spokesman for the Pro-
fessional Golfers Association,
who sat in on the meeting, said
those attending felt a formal
organization would make CO.
operation among themselves and
with the PGA much easier.
The group. the Association OF
PGA Tournament Sponsors, will
facilitate the handling of such
problems as dates for the vari-
GUS tournaments. the PGA
spokesman said.
The meeting, held Thursday
and yesterday. was attended by
Tom Brannon Of Hartford
Conn: Bill McClannan, Virginia
Beach, Va; Bob Garretson,
Cleveland; Gordon Stringer, San
Diego: Bus Ham, Washington,
D c.: HOWE Bishop, st. Paul:
w. q. Dun, San Francisco, and
others.
The PGA source said today his
organization is very interested
lin the proposed new group.
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DoIy Sets Poce' With "a
AU Sets School Scoring Mark
By Crushing Baltimore, 1902

Daily and a foul shot by Carl
Hevener erased this deficit for
American and the Eagles took a
22-18 lead at the end of the
quarter. American, boosted by
10 straight points in the second
quarter. never was headed there
after.
With five minutes remaining
in the game, AU held a 96-63
lead. two points short of the
school record. Two minutes later,
Substitute Guard Wally Ryland,
freshman from Washington
Lee High. scored on a driving
layup and American had a new
record Of 81 points.
The result. which represented
AUS 10th victory against eight
losses and Baltimore's third de-
feat in IL games, dropped the
Bees out of first-place tie with
Roanoke in the Mason Dixon
standings and moved AU into
second place with a 6-1 record.
Baltimore's league mark now
is ST..
In the preliminary. tine AL
freshmen won their third straight
game and fourth in IA by de-
feating the Baltimore frosh,
70-54.
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Apple Valley
Easy Victor in
S161,400 Race
By Zeus Second,
Cerise Refine Third
On Heavy Track
By the Associoted Press

ARCADIA, Jan. 3O.-Apple
Valley raced through the smog
today to run away with the
$l61, 400 Santa Anita Maturity
by four lengths. BY Zeus was
second and Cerise RENE third.
Ridden by Merlin Volzke, the
winner. a 10-to-1 shot, took the
lead in the backstretch and
didn't give it up despite the chal-
lenges Of Actress Jane Greer's
BY Zeus and the filly Cerise
Refine.
FavOrite Is Fourth.
Greentree Stables Straight
Face. the 9-to-5 favorite flown
in from Florida for this race,
finished fourth in the field of
nine.
Apple Valley, owned by Mrs.
A. w. Ryan. picked up the
$85.025 purse and paid $3.50.
$3.50 and 1920. BY Zeus re-
turned 1920 and $3.50 and Ceriss
Refine. $500.
Time for the mile-and-a-quar-
ter race for 4-year-olds on the
heavy track was 2:08, a full
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Outsider Wins Maturity as Favored Straight Face Runs Fourth
Redskins Trade Doll to RAMS Get Don Paul in TheeWay Deal
Morgan Goes to Cardinals
In Six-PIoyer Transaction
By Lewis F. Atchison
Stor Sioff Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA Jan. 3d.
The Washington Redskins traded
Halfback Don Doll to the Los
Angeles Rams late today in a
three-cornered deal that will
bring Halfback Don Paul Of the
Chicago Cardinals to Washington.
The transaction. in the works
for two days. came at the end
of the National Football Leagues
briefest and most harmonious
meeting.
To get DOH, who lives in Los
Angeles and said he preferred
to play with the Rams. the Pa
cific Coast club had to wangle
Paul away from the Cardinals.
They did this by giving the
Cards Dick might Train) Lane.
fleet Negro back from Scottsboro
Junior College; Tackle Len
Teeuws from Tulane, and Tackle
Bob CRlubber) Morgan of Mary
land. The Chicago club, in re-
turn, also gave the Rams Volney
Peters. ex-Southern California
halfback.
Crack Defensive Player.
Paul, like Doll, a crack defen-
siye back, was the only player
the Redskins were willing to con-
slider in exchange for Doll, who
came to Washington from De-
troit in a surprise deal early last
season.
doll Is a good halfback and
I want to get as good as I give"
Lambeau had told reporters.
Paul, who played his college
football at Washington State, not
only is rated Dolls equal ON de-
tense. but also can take his turn
on offense. Many coaches rate
him the better of the two. Doll,
however, played a bang-up game
for the Redskins last season, in
tercepting 10 passes. He was
named the outstanding player in
the Pho Bowl game at Los An
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Senators Sign
Yost at $4,000,
Boost Of $1,000
Griff, Heading South,
Gets Shea Signature;
DuvuIiIIo Breaks Leg
By Burton Hawkins

Eddie Yost. one of the more
persuasive Senators. talked him.
self into a 81 900 raise and q
$21. 900 contract for 1854 in re-
cent telephone conversations
with the front Office and mailed
in his signed contract yesterday.
it was announced last night by
Clark Griffith.
The Washington clubs highest
paid player last season, when he
received a $1,000 boost to $40, 900
after hitting .233 in 1852, the
sturdy third baseman hit .272
last season and led the league in
walks with 121. In the last four
years YoSt has walked SIS times.
.Yost. who has played $50 con-
secutive games with Washington,
was the last Senator to sign last
spring and his early capitulation
this year will send Griffith to
Florida tonight in a merrier
mood. The 84-year-old Griffith
will depart by train at 8 o'clock
for the Senator's spring training
site at Orlando.
Shea Also Forwards Contract.
Pitcher Spec Shea also for
warded his signed contract to
the front Office but conspicuously
absent are the signatures of
Pitchers Bob Porterfield and
Maury McDermott, First Base
man Mickey Vernon and Out
fielder Jim Busby, who with Yost
and Outfielder Tommy Umphlett
comprise the backbone of the
club.
While Griffith was elated by
Yost's early signing. he received
bad news later in the day when
an Associated Press dispatch
from Caracas. Venezuela, dis
closed that Pompeyo CYoyo)
Davalillo suffered a double frac-
ture of the right ankle yester-
day and will be sidelined for six
months.
Davalillo, a brief sensation
with the Senators last season
when he replaced the slump
shackled Pete Runnels at short
stop. was benched after an
astonishing start and didn't fig
ure in Manager Bucky Harris
plans this season.
Breaks Ankle in Slide.
Attempting to stretch a double,
Davalillo broke his ankle sliding
into third base in a game be-
tween his Caracas club and
GavilaneS at Maracaibo.
Although Yost remains the
highest salaried Senator momen-
tarily, his pay probably will rank
no better than third when all
contracts are signed. Vernon,
who has been offered $24 900, is
holding out for $4,000.
Porterf1eld, who led the league
with % victories and nine Shut
outs. may confer with Griffith
in Orlando. Bob has been serv-
ing as an instructor at WASH
ington's baseball school in VIM
ter Garden, a few miles from
Orlando.
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Texas Tech in the third round of the player draft
Bobbys father is general manager of the famed King Ranch
In Texas "Cavazos is not only good football player,
Parker sad "but wanted to draft him in hopes of getting
hunting privileges the ranch"
While football talk about how smart quarterbacks
must be to win games how about the jockeys?
In sport where the contest is in from u seconds
to minutes and some change, mistake ruin
rider He generally doesn't have time to make amends
TARTAN TAYLOR former Green Bay assistant coach
thinks the Chicago Bears choice of Haback Rick Casares
Hell kick that footballs into the grandstand
said :. Casares is still in military service.
Speaking of the Bears, their S0th choice in the draft
Jim Haluska Of Wisconsin, might turn out to be the best
choice of them ALL Haluska has another year college
eligibility He broke leg playing softban last which
hampered his football He's kicker, some
clubs Stunned him, fearing the leg wouldn't be good.
The Bears heard differently.
Larry Cabrel former Redskins end coach, visitor
at the draft meeting Although still in the construction
business Larry would like to get back into football
Bill Dudley was booming friend for job game
official in the league when somebody suggested that Bill
would be good himself . been thinking about
it," Dudley admitted "but haven't made appcation-yet"
Steve Melinger the Redskins No. draft choice played
football at Fork Union Military Academy and Larry Leonard
Richmond sports authority, says big Steve the best
player in all Virginia that including the college
boys.
PHILADELPHIA RESTAURATEURS are amazed at the
appetite OF some of the pro football coaches But for
strange eating habits they don't close matching
Washingtons Fee Collere. Ernie Christiana will
testify that Fee ate pickle with pint cream every
night And enjoyed both . Tom Webb and Dave
Cianel Maryland alumni, dropped in for visit at the
league meeting before going to the dinner in
Baltimore. And George Garrett who heads the Red.
Cross sports division toying with the idea of promoting
some sort OF Embarrassing football game next season.
Rufe Klawans who calls himself Bert Bells seeing eve
dog for the West Coast Jerry Coody Baylor who
was drafted 18th by the Redskins, led the team In
locker room prayer before the Shrine EasWest game
Carlton Massey gave the squad pregame pep talk. .
And when Coody Massey and Jerry of Southern
Methodist came into the late in the third PERIOD
teammates sang few bars of "The Eyes Of Texas Are
Upon YOU Rufe that kind of spirit beat the East
Want to win football bet? Offer to wager that q
placement kick from the 20yard ine following safety
good for three points 1t goes the crossbar at the
opposite end Of the field One National Football League
game official lost $40 betting it score. . When
confronted with rule book by two sports writer's
Livingston and Jack Smell he declared, IT don't care If
tits ne rule book still wouldn't give em three points
"
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BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-Bill
Talbert said today Australia's
enthusiasm for tennis presents
a different kind of problem for
American players and I'VE have
to learn to live with it."
Commenting on recent difficul-
ties of Tony Trabert and Vic
Seixas with Australian gall
leries, the American Davis Cup
captain, who has just returned
home from down under. added !:
"You have to go to Australia
to appreciate that country's in
tense interest in the game. The
enthusiasm Of their galleries and
Of their press surpasses any Of
the fever we experienced here
over our World Series.
"But I think a champion must
get used to playing under any
conditions, and I think our play