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Conch JV’s Down Miami Tech 15-0 For 3rd Win Key West Is Vnscored On For Season The Key West High School JayVee football team maintained its unbeaten and unscored on record Satur day night, when they de feated the Miami Tech B squad, 15-0, in the high school stadium. ' In a game marked by fast offensive action, the Conchs gained a verdict by a wider margin than the score would indicate. Earlier, the Conchs had scored 19-0 and 25-0 vic tories over Hialeah and Mi ami Beach respectively. The clubs battled it out on even terms the closing moments of the first period when Paul Higgs fad ed back to the Tech 48 and tossed a running pass to end Earl Weech who caught it on the 23 and went over standing up for the first Key West score. Another pass, from Higgs to Wayne Albury, was good for the extra point and the Conchs had a 7-0 lead. The teams battled back and forth is the second quarter with neither squad giving much ground until shortly before the halftime whistle when’ the Conchs got a 60 yard drive underway. Doug Allen and tiny Johnny Williams paced the Conch running assault. Higgs fin ally broke off tackle from the nine yard line for the second Key West score. The try for the point was block ed. Key West got another drive go ing in the third quarter but a fum ble on the Tech ten yard line hurt their chances. The first Tech play resulted in a four yard loss when the entire Key West forward wall broke through. Then Wayne Albury and Bill Ro jas teamed up to spill the ball carrier behind the goal line for a safety to end the scoring for the evening. Linemen Lewis Chancey, Gur don Hamilton, and Ray Taylor shone for Key West in the win. Jim Davis and Bob Lewis paced the Techmen. The Conchs will be idle until Nov. 11 when they’ll journey to South Dade for their final game of the season. Grid Roundup 'By WILL GRIMSLEY NEW YORK foot ball wash, and keep the ink on those record books dry: Army's 67-12 rout of Columbia was the highest recorded in the football series dating back to 1899 and it was the heaviest score ever rolled up against a team coached by Lou Little ... Little, in his 25th year as Columbia coach, should have a crying towel to show the nation’s television fans when he appears on Ed Murrow’s Person to-Person show (CBS) next Friday night ~. Cornell’s 27-0 victory over Princeton marked the first shutout for a Tiger team in 77 games ... And when Idaho stunned Washington State 10-0 it was the first time the Idahoans had been ale to pull the trick in 29 yean. If unable to eat the Uclans any other way, Pacific Coast foes can hope that UCLA will simply run themselvps out of wind ... Last week Red Sanders’ point conscious athletes rolled up a 72-0 triumph over Stanford and Saturday it was 71-0 over Oregon State ... Two of the weekend’s most intriguing names: Jack Rabbits, who runs for touchdowns for undefeated West Virginia, and Bill (Bullseye) Bea gle, the dead-eye Richard who passes for Dartmouth. Some o t the weekend's aihletes might be entitled to time and a half for overtime ~. Billy Hooper played 58 minutes for Baylor, com pleted 11 of 13 passes, three for touchdowns, and accounted for 126 yards ... Purdue’s amazing Lenny Dawson passed to three touch downs and converted three extra points in humbling Michigan State g 7-13 in much the same fashion and almost the identical scon that he cut down mighty Notre Dame ... The Irish score was 27-14, Purdue ... Dawson has thrown 11 passes this year Tony Branoff figured in four touch downs in Michigan’s 34-0 Little Brown Jug victory over Minne sota ... Temple had six 60-minute men in its 19-14 upset of Brown. Cornell, suiting up only 2S in this age of shock troops, had three men 'sa Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Busy High School Star Supports Wife And Baby mmm > k, PAUL SCHOOLEY, left is a star halfback for Central High School. His chief rooters are his wife, Doris, and their 10- monih-old baby, Debra, right AP Newsfeatures COLUMBUS, Ohio - Paul Schoo> ley, 18 - year - old senior half back for Central High school here, doesn’t know what the word “loaf ing” means. In addition to his footballing chores and classroom work, the husky gridder is married, has a 10-month old son, and is employ ed in a part-time job. On Saturdays, Paul sells football programs at Ohio Stadium (home of Ohio State). When he’s in school, his wife, Doris, works as a tele phone operator. Their daughter, Bebra is cared for by Paul’s moth er who lives next door. .jgEnp NEW YORK Ml Close friends have been unable thus far to dis suade Sugar Ray Robinson from attempting to make a ring come back after two years on the tap dancing circuit. The once-great fighter who retired as middle weight champion in December 1952 is in training and declares he is serious about winning back the 160-pound title. Many who saw Robinson at his unbeatable best back in the mid dle ’4os cherish the memory and wish that he would not subject them to the same pain that Joe Louis did when he returned a few years ago a hlubbery caricature of his former self to be pounded out of shape by the likes of Ezzard Charles, who wouldn’t have lasted three rounds with him at his peak. It’s an old story of the prize ring. They say that admirers of Jim Jeffries wept when their idol came out of retirement and was axed by Jack Johnson. Jeffries, though, had been urged to give it * try, and Louis needed money. Nobody has asked Sugar Ray to put the gloves on again, and he has approximately half fit* loose money in Harlem. The suggestion we are about to make is that Robinson get himself a copy of the films of the Johnny Saxton-Kid Gavilan thing in Phila delphia last week and play it a few times after he has finished his training chores. We would sug gest that he pay particular atten tion to the inept performance of Gavilan, who five years ago was good enough to give him, Robin son, a fairly tight tussle for the welterweight crown. He will see that the Cuban, though only 28 by the record book. Is no better than a shadow of the one they used to call the Hawk. He will see that, after six months of doing nothing more strenuous than the rhumba, Gavilan was afraid to open up and really fight Saxton until the closing rounds lest his legs give cut on him. That seems the only possible explanation of his failure to make a more val iant effort to protect his title against the home town decision that he feared. If Gavilan is that far over the - Wfc Monday, October 25, 1954 'JP' ♦ * Iga Paul and Doris were hoping for a boy —another football player. Friends sent them such toys as boxing gloves, footballs, helmets and other athletic equipment. But they were just as thrilled when their firstborn was a girl. Paul’s terminates at Central bought little Debra a white nylon dress as a gift. Many of the grid ders visit the Schooleys and play with the little one— but very gea tly, of course. As far as future plans are con cerned, Paul hopes to attend Ohio State and major in physical edu cation. Some day he would like to be a coach. Paul also plays bas ketball and is on toe track team. Sports Roundup By Gayle Talbot der what his chances would be of going 15 grueling rounds with such a relentless puncher as Bobo Olson, who succeeded him as middle weight king. The Sugar Boy says he is 32, the book credits him with 34 years and you probably would be safe in splitting the difference. Coach “Takes Over” Texas A & M Team COLLEGE STATION, Tex. W> - Texas A&M Coach Paul Bryant said today he was officially “tak ing over” the football team, was glad to have it and had faith that the boys would beat somebody. It was a little on the facetious side, since Bryant obviously was taking a poke at those who ride only with the winners. But Arkan sas might note and get the idea it could run into a peck of trouble Saturday night when the high-fly ing Razorbacks, leading the South west Conference race, play the Aggies on their home field. Bryant observed that nobody else wanted the team so he would take it ‘‘lt’s always four’ team when we’r winning and going good, but nobody has asked me how ‘our’ team is doing. It’s always ‘How’s your team going this season,” said the man who’s in his first losing season of a 10-year coaching ca reer. He always finished ahead in nine years at Maryland and Kentucky. A&M has won only one out of six. At Kentucky, in 1951, his team had an 8-4 record and those four loses were the previous high for a Bryant-coached squad. But that outfit pretty well redeemed itself by beating Texas Christian in the Cotton Bowl. The lone Aggie victory was over Georgia, and Georgia right now leads the Southeastern Conference race. So Arkansas leads the South west Conference . . . h-m-m. “I still have confidence in these I Aggies.” growled Bryant. “They tin* ■ **m*oa. 49ers Stay Unbeaten In Pro Football By JOE REICHLER San Francisco’s power-packed 49ers owned a triple distinction to day: 1. They are the only undefeated eleven in the National Football League. 2. They are in undisputed pos session of first place in the West ern Division for the first time this season. 3. They are the only team to de feat the defending champion De troit Lions in nearly a year. The 49ers ground out a thrilling 37-31 victory yesterday that jarred the Lions out of the lead and into second place. An overflow crowd of 59,600 that jammed San Francisco’s Kezar Stadium cheered itself hoarse as the 49ers burst into a 17-0 lead in the first quarter and never were headed although they had to stave off a desperate last-period rally by Detroit. Y. A. Tittle, quarterbacking with a cast on his broken left hand, and full back Hugh McElhenny, running like an unbroken colt, led Frisco’s explosive attack. Tittle pased for two touchdowns and McElhenny reeled off runs of 60 and 34 yards to snap Detroit’s 10-game winning streak. It was a great afternoon for quarterbacks, especially for veter ans Charlie Coneriy, Otto Graham and George Blanda. Coneriy, en joying his best of seven profession al seasons with New York, literal ly tossed the Giants into a three way tie for first place in the East ern Division. Chuckin’ Charlie passed for three touchdowns in a 24-7 triumph over Washington’s hapless Redskins. Pittsburgh made the three-way tie possible Saturday night, defeat ing the Eagles 17-7 on the passing of Jim Finks and the running of Lynn Chandnois. Graham passed to a touchdown and scored two more while lead ing Cleveland to its 10th straight victory over the Chicago Cardinals 35-3. High-powered running by Paul (Tank) Younger and Dan Towler offset a tremendous one-man show by Chicago’s Blanda and spearheaded the Rams to a free scoring 42-38 victory over the Bears. Blanda completed 28 aerial* for 328 yards and hurling four of Chi cago’s five touchdowns. A recovered fumble in the third period set up a Green Bay touch down that gave the Packers a 7-6 triumph over the Baltimore Ori oles. SAXTON OFFERED L.A. TITLE FIGHT LOS ANGELES. (A-Babe Me- Coy, Olympic Auditorium’s match maker, said yesterday that he has offered welterweight champion Johnny Saxton a $75,000 guarantee for a Los Angeles title fight. He said Saxton’s manager, Blinky Palermo, is interested. McCoy said he had recommended two possible opponents: Ramon Fuentes, of Los Angeles, or Car men Basilio, of New York. • MEETING SITE NAMED ST. PETERSBURG UP— The Florida Pediatrics Society will hold its 1955 meeting in Fort Lau derdale. The selection was made at the closing session of tha 1954 conven tion here yesterday. Dr. Westoy S. Nock of Coral Gables was chosen president-elect and Dr. Joel V. McCall Jr. of Day tona Beach elected secretary treasurer. The president for toe coming year is Dr. Lewis T. Corum of Tampa, who was elected a year ago. LAUNCH SINKS BUENOS AIRES. Argentina (*- A river launch capsized and sank near the big river port of Rasario yesterday and the latest official report said 13 passengers perished. The launch operator said the pas sengers, on the regular run from Rosario to Victoria across the Parana River, all congregated at one rail. and character and I still thipfr they’ll beat somebody.” But in “taking over” the team, Bryant said he would not tolerate “giving up” on the part of his var sity and issued this note of warn ing: “It’s past history that about this time of year some folks (players) ' begin to give up. If anyone on my team shows signs of giving up ; the rest of this season they 'll be iljriWtllTtlkT W LSU Can’t Win SEC Title But They’re Threat By MERCER BAILEY Associated Preat Sports Writar Louisiana State is out of the running in the Southeastern Con ference football championship race, but Gus Tinsley’s “spoilers” will have a loud say-so in who does get the crown. The Tigers handed Florida a setback in the Gators’ drive to ward the championship Saturday night, 20-7. And two other teams still in title-grabbing territory— Mississippi and Mississippi State must get by the Tigers to keep their hopes alive. Quarterback A1 Doggett’s fine play calling and passing, plus some key blocking and decoy work by Lou Deutschmann, were major factors in LSU’s upset vic tory over Florida, previously un beaten in conference play. Ole Miss likely will be boiling mad when the Rebels march into Baton Rouge for a Saturday night battle with the Tigers, who just a week ago spoiled Texas Tech’s dreams of an unbeaten season and a Sugar or Cotton Bowl bid. Mississippi, previously unbeaten and the nation’s top offensive team, was unable to score on Arkansas’ win happy Razorbaeks and the Rebs bowed 6-0. The game counted as a conference con test for the Rebs so the defeat was doubly costly. Alabama, which like Florida and Ole Miss had a 3-0 SEC record be fore Saturday’s game, got its lumps from a rugged Mississippi State team which finally is getting its injury problem under controL State tripped ’Bama 12-7. The fail of the three leaders elevated to the No. l spot in the SEC standings Wally Butts’ Geor gia Bulldogs whose 7-0 victory over Tulane gave them a 2-0 SEC record. Georgia’s other SEC vic tim was Vanderbilt, which with Tulane seems certain to ride the tail-end position in the standings this year. Things get tougher for Georgia from here on, starting with Ala bama in Birmingham Saturday. Then toe Bulldogs meet Florida, Auburn and Georgia Tech. Tech was another upset victim Saturday, falling 13-6 before a hard-hitting Kentucky team which shrugged off a siege of injuries and virus attacks. In non-conference games. Au burn cuffed Florida State 33-0 and Tennessee, having its trouble with “breather” foes this year, edged Dayton 14-7. The (Me Miss-LSU and Georgia ’Bam* games top the SEC pro gram, along with the Mississippi State-Florida scrap. Big inter conference games are Tech at Duke, Tennessee at Kentucky and Auburn vs. Tulane in Mobile. With Georgia on top of the standings, Ole Miss, Alabama and Florida are tied for second with 3-1 SEC marks. Next is Mississippi State with a 2-1 record. Trojan Back Plays 60-Minute Came LOS ANGELES (Jf> —In this age of high speed football you might think the day of the 60-minute man belongs to the past. Consider then the case of Lindon Crow and the full hour of playing time he put in for the University of Southern California Trojans as they beat California 29-27 Saturday to remain on the road to the Rose Bowl and an undefeated season in Pacific Coast Conference play. The popular Trojan right half back and co-captatn scored three touchdowns, was the team’s lead ing rusher with 38 yards in 11 car ries and caught two passes for an additional 57 yards. He recovered a pair of crucial fumbles and provided agile defen sive play to cap his brilliant show. “The best game he has played at the university,” said Coach Jess HiH. “He’s a senior with lots of ability and he showed it both of fensively and defensively.” Hill added that Crow’, the fastest sprint men on the squad (he can run 100 yards in 10 seconds flat), has been cl tremendous value to the team for three seasons. Asa sophomore, the 187-pounder who i studying to enter the real estate business, was the regular defensive right halfback. Those were the days of the two platoon system and that season USC blanked Wisconsin 7-0 in toe Rose Bowl. 46 Colleges Have Unbeaten Records NEW YORK (ft Forty-six col lege football teams, 10 of them ranked in the major class, still boast unbeaten, untied records. The select group lost 19 mem bers over toe weekend. Heading the major group with six victories each are UCLA, Cin cinnati and Montana State. In the five-game division are Miami of Florida, Boston College. Ohio State. Arkansas, Oklahoma and Virginia Tech. The 10th member, ' West Virginia, baa won four times California, Ohio State Advance * / Towards Rose Bowl Invitation Oklahoma Faces Colorado In Crucial Game By ED WILKS The Associated Pra* With the annoying smog blown out to sea, the air over Los An geles was diffused with the scent of roses today and unless the air around the Scioto River is espe cially heavy, you could smell the same aroma in Columbus, Ohio. It may be only the last week in October elsewhere, but in those two spots it’s Jan. 1, 1955, and Southern California and Ohio State, a pair of upstarts in the Pacific Coast and Big Ten conferences, are battling in the Rose Bowl. The Trojans and the Buckeyes got past big threats this past weekend to remain unbeaten in their leagues. And at this stage of the season, that’s enough to start the bowl drums. After surprising California 29 27 last Saturday, Southern Cal now needs only a form performance against Oregon State, Stanford and Washington in conference play. The Trojans then wind up against UCLA, the big, bad defending PCC champs—but they need only finish as the runner-up to the title favored Uclans, who can’t return to the Rose Bowl, to gain the New Year’s Day date. Southern Cal gets started on the last lap this Saturday against Ore gon State, which was mauled by UCLA, the nation’s No. 3 team, 61-0. Ohio State, which beat CaliXor nia 17-14 in the 1950 Rose Bawl, moved out of its dark horse roie last weekend by beating previous ly undefeated and second-ranked Wisconsin 3114. For a return to the Pasadena classic, the fourth ranked Buckeyes now must dis pose of Northwestern, a suspected patsy; Purdue, a possible upset ter; and Michigan, a bonafide challenger. Northwestern, beaten by Pitt 14-7 last weekend, qpposed Ohio State this Saturday. Once-beaten Michigan made it a two-team race in the Big Ten with its 34-0 rout of Minnesota, pre viously unbeaten and No. 8 in the nation. The Wolverines take on In diana this Saturday on the way to what may be a winner take-all showdown with Ohio State Nov. 20. The Cotton Bowl also apparent ly will have an unexpected entry New Year’s Day now in Arkansas. The Razorbaeks, No. 7 nationally, added to their unbeaten record with a clear-cut 6-0 success over fifth-ranked Mississippi. The Razorbaeks will be trying for their fourth Southwest Confer ence victory against Texas A&M Saturday. Then only Rice and SMU would stand between Arkansas and the bowl bid. Oklahoma, toe nation’s No. 1 team, plays the once-ambitious Colorado Buffaloes this Saturday after taking it easy against fellow Big Seven member Kansas State hopeful of an upset in the Big Seven, were upset themselves and bowed to Nebraska 20-6. UCLA has California on the fist this Saturday. Bratton Meets Varona In NYC Fight Tonight By JACK HAND Ths Associated Press Johnny Bratton, who has been in drydock since he was suspend ed for a lackadaisical performance against Johnny Saxton at Philadel phia Feb. 24, gets back to work tonight at New York’s St. Nicholas Arena against Chicago Varona of Havana. Bratton blames his Philadelphia trouble on Saxton, whom he de scribes as “the figbtingest fight er I ever encountered,” according to Willie Gilenberg’s press release. After watching Saxton win the title from Kid pavilan last Wednesday, who can say Bratton is wrong? For a short time, Bratton held the National Boxing Assn, version of the welter title. Now that Sax ton has taken over, Bratton again has championship . ambitions. It had been proved quite convinc ingly in Chicago last year that he had no chance of ever beating Gav- dan. Bratton teks a career record of 59-22-3 into the. St Nick’* bout to be televised by Da Mont in some parts of the country. Varona has a 55-16 record. Carmelo Costa, unbeaten Brook lyn featherweight, tops the card at Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway to night against Rudy Garcia of Los Angeles. Costa answered some of the questions that had been asked about him wfae nhe shook off Gene Smith's solid punches and came on to win in his last Start. In 26 pro bouts, Costa has 21 vic tories and 3 draws. Garcia wan the California feather crown in his ' last start, beating Al Cruz. The bout will be carried m iJc itekmaink- Gators Still In Running For SEC Title By F. T. MACFEELY GAINESVILLE G*—The Florida Gators return to daytime football this week, still hoping for the Southeastern Conference title in spite of a 20-7 upset loss to Louisi ana State Saturday night. The game at Baton Rouge was Florida’s third at night—all de feats. They’ve won their three day games and the remaining four are in daylight.' At Homecoming Saturday, Flor ida will find a tough foe in Missis sippi State. Hardly anyone thought the Maroons were good enough to beat Alabama—although Florida can thank them for it so far as the Gators’ chances for the SEC title are concerned. Another result that helps was Mississippi’s , loss to Arkansas in a game that counts in the SEC standings. Alabama, Mississippi and Florida all had 3-6 conference records. But when two of the SEC co leaders fell Saturday afternoon, and Florida missed the brass ring Saturday night, the merry-go round broke down. A1 Doggett, LSU quarterback who passes with an unorthodox sidearm motion, hexed Florida for the second straight year. His pass ing and kicking gave LSU an up hill 21-21 tie last year. This time he started each of toe th’ :e Tiger touchdown drives with a pass—lo yards to John Wood, 30 to Vincent Gonzales and 31 to Don Simpson. But the thing that hurt Florida’s sophomores toe most were their own mistakes. Bob Smith fumbled the opening kickoff and Florida was in a bole from which it never dug out. It was at the start of the third quarter that a fired up Louisiana State team won the game—74 yards for one score and 56 for another after a third Florida fum ble. Fred Robinson quarterbacked Florida to its own touchdown on a 67-yard march in eight plays; the last 14 yards by Joe Brodsky. Ed Bass kicked the conversion. Georgia, now the only team un beaten in conference competition, is much tougher than expected. And Tennessee, Florida’* other SEC foe, has never lost to the -Getors. 4 ; A’s Seek League Approval Of Deal PHILADELPHIA MB A repre sentative of-the new owners of the Philadelphia Athletics left for Chi cago today to seek American League approval of the four-mil lion-dollar deal which prevented transfer of the A’s to Kansas City. The agreement transferring own ership of the team from the Mack family to an eight-man syndicate was completed early today when Roy Mack signed toe legal docu ment. His brother Earle signed just before him. The brothers also signed for their father Connie. Atty. Alfred Luongo said he would present toe agreement to League President William Har ridge today. It was expected Har- I ridge would be asked to make a telephone check of the other club owners in the league for their as sent. Hester Battery STARTS 809 TIMES After Only 5 Minutes Rent In a recent test, a steak Mas ter Battery was doliboretoty discharged by engaging the starter en • ear, wHfc (iw switch off, until the battery refused te turn the engine ever. The bat tery wee allowed te rest 5 min utes, the car was than started and the engine stepped immed iately. This operation -was re pealed Nt teases before the bat tery failed. FOR ALL MAKRS OF CARS LOU SMITH 1114 WHIT! STOUT Hi cm 1 1ah q 524 Southard St. Phan# jc*r wot t-stei Junior Conchs Keep Winter Baseball Lead The Junior Conchs defeated the Cuban Club Sunday, 10 -8, in a * loosely played Island City Baseball League encounter in the Wickers Field Stadium. The game was not decided until the eighth inning when the Conchs scored two runs. George Lastres, who started on the hill for Die Conchs, was wild and lasted only three frames. He gave up lour runs. Gates, who finished the game, was credited with the win. Lewis hurled the entire contest for the Cubans, fanning nine batters. But he was hurt by seven errors com mitted by his teammates. At bat, the leaden were E. Rod riguez, J. Fernandez and D. Cruz. Action will resume in the league Tuesday evening at 7:30 when the Cuban Club met* the Poinciana Giants. The standings; . . W L' Avg. Junior Conchs * 3 8 1.000 Cuban Club ii .000 USS Bushnell i \ £ qq Poinciana Giants • i .goo Cage Coach Screams Libel To The NCAA NEW YORK (#1 Nat Holman, basketball coach of CCNY, has asked NCAA President Albert B. Moore for a “prompt retraction” of what he termed a “libelous statement” in the group’s recent resolution placing the New York school on probation. Holman, reinstated as coach, re quested the retraction in a tele gram to Moore yesterday. The res olution, which came in NCAA dis ciplinary action last Wednesday placed CCNY on a year’s proba! torn. Miami (Fla.) University also was placed on probation for a year by toe NCAA in its meeting at New Orleans. Holman, suspended in 1963 foj. lowing an investigation growing out of toe 1951 basketball scandals in which a number of CCNY players wre involved, said in his telegram the NCAA made "comatl&iv false” references to him In ta rul ing. He placed the respbaeibili& en Moore. In Tuscaloosa, Ala., where he serves as dean of the Alabama Graduate School, Moore said “I have nothing to retract because I have not criticized Mr. Holm an about this or anything else.” Moore added that “as a matter of courtesy” he had wired CCNY President Dr. Buell G. 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