Coral Gables Riviera-Times

RIVIERA-TIMES

PAGE SIX RIVIERA-TIMES FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1947

LOOKING AT SPORTS

By DON CUDDY Riviera-Times Sports Editor W. H. Peeples, jr., F. Rozier Wickard (Commander of Coral Gables Post 98, American Legion), and Athletic Director Jack Harding of the University of Miami are talking up the Coliseum all sports program which will give this area something it has long needed — a scaled-down Madison Square Garden. Uniquely — just as the University gives Greater Miami its most important source of home-grown athletic activity — the Coliseum will also be identified with Coral Gables. Peeples is accredited by downtown sportsmen as well as Gableites with being a smart promoter and one of the most honest ones in this area. When he appeared before the City Zoning Board Monday he acted in good faith in explaining just exactly what he plans to bring to our town and it sounds very good. There are still many "wrinkles" to be ironed out before the Coliseum can be completely reconverted. There was no definite deal with the Coliseum interests, none with the Legion or University prior to the board's nod of approval Monday; neither was an estimated $25,000 worth of essential equipment contracted for nor any other investment made. The groundwork was laid well, to be sure, but Peeples was realistic in not making any unnecessary commitments before the decisive action on his letter of application. Ready By First of December Barring unforeseen delays the Coliseum will be ready for a heavy sports schedule by December first. The general outlook promises at least two professional ring shows a month during the season, University basketball games with headliner teams, intercollegiate boxing, high school basketball and numerous other pageants, civic and fraternal functions. Easy On the Amateurs And I like Peeples' attitude about mixing professional sports with the amateurs in the Gables. He says he will give every break to the scholastic groups and let the professionals carry the brunt of the expenses. That, he believes and I agree with him, make for far better fight cards here than in the downtown arenas because the promoters won't be able to afford poor showings. Surplus Aids Legion Home The Legion will directly supervise all the professional shows. Whatever balance, over the purses, fees and other expenses there are (and they have every reason to be enthusiastic about them) will go towards building the Legion's new home here in the Gables. Announcement of approval of the Coliseum also came good news from Hurricane basketball coach Hart Morris for the cage fans here who have been patiently waiting for the popular sport to get a footing in the crowded Miami winter sports schedule. May Attract SIAA Tournament The University will now make definite efforts to book games with top-drawer teams here, and Hart mentioned the fact that he may be able to bring the Southern Intercollegiate Basketball tournament to Miami at the end of this season now that his "Gymlss Wonders" have found a home. Western Kentucky, who played host to the tournament last spring suggested it be played here, but the University was regretfully unable to complete arrangements at the time because of the lack of facilities. Sectional Tourney Too And the picture looks bright from the scholastic angle too. Vincent Shafer, basketball coach at Miami High school inquired the other day of the possibilities of staging the state high school sectional basketball tournaments in the Coliseum as well as regular season games. Miami could have had the tournament this year, it was pointed out, but again the lack of facilities caused the tournament officials to look elsewhere. Now . . . About the Hurricanes It wouldn't be fair to either Coach Jack Harding or the members of his squad to rub any more salt into their wounds of the last three weeks. It's obvious that once the Hurricanes get together on their plays they'll be the team we expected earlier in the year. Harding's decision of sticking to his guns has a lot in its favor. The team lost more than just yardage when he tried to pull tricks out of a hat by sending in Al Hudson to run the team in the Texas Christian Horned Frogs football gains. Al is still a good runner, but his familiarity with the gridiron after over a year's absence left plenty to be desired. Meanwhile, there were a number of regular players riding the bench who might have been the difference between breaking into the win column or going under for the second time. Hurrtng faced the same decision against Florida last year, and his answer was power football that blasted the Gator forward wall for two long marches and the ball game. Of course his fullback corps is more than somewhat the worse for wear this year, but at least with power football there was a chance that the Hurricanes could have come from behind. Or Maybe Deception Will Work Take for example the Hurricanes' brief experiment with the regular 'T' formation — if you bought it in action the half-dozen plays it was run against T.C.U. Those fast-opening plays looked pretty good while they were used, but before many people had a chance to realize what was happening, the Hurricanes quarterbacked to the old single wing and their attack stalled. That kind of hassle demands a smart (Please turn to Page Seven)

EVERY PRECAUTION is being taken at Hialeah this season against "swamp fever" among horses stabled at the track. Here are the barns at Florida's oldest, largest and finest race track being "fogged" with insecticides. The special for applicator will be used twice on barns before horses arrive, and then weekly.

Ponce Confident of Revenge Over Beach

NOPPY SEES VICTORY OVER TYPHOONS Cavalier Squad At Full Strength For Encounter "Ponce will beat the Beach!" That was the unqualified prediction made by Coach Johnny Noppenberg of the Ponce de Leon High school Cavaliers this week as he tuned up his squad to face the famed Miami Beach High school Typhoons at the Orange Bowl Saturday night. And Noppenberg presented several arguments based mostly on better coaching and better spirit why his underdog squad will reverse the score of what he considers the 'shellacking' the seaward rivals hung on his crippled team last year. "They pounded us 25-13 last October when we were forced to play with just one regular in our starting line-up. It can't happen again. This time we're loaded in every position and my squad is at full strength. The Harder They Fall "The Typhoons are awfully big and strong but we can match their power—if we have to. And there's where we've got them. Basically, they are an imitation of the University team—using the same plays I ran when playing for Jack Harding back in 1936. So I know what they've got and I know we've got more of it. They won't know where we're going or what we're doing with the ball." Last year, Noppenberg points out the starting Cavalier backfield had only one regular player, and inexperienced Sonny Parrish, Malcolm Johnson and Tom Pennekamp played two thirds of the ball game. Johnson and Parrish will be in the starting line-up tomorrow night with an additional year's experience. In addition to this pair, Noppenberg will call upon Tom Fitzgerald at quarterback and Billy Veber to handle the wingback assignment on his double wing-back formations. Line-up the Same With only Tom Pennekamp being replaced in the backfield, the Cavaliers will start practically the same forward wall that has won two tilts and dropped one, to Dania at Hollywood last Friday. Starting the game for Ponce will be George Lane and Bill Ward; tackles John Gazlay and Joe McGehe, and guards Tom Freer and Al Gustinger. Tom Gibson will hold down the pivot spot and Bill Nelson will see heavy offensive duty as relief tackle for McGee. Noppenberg made no attempt to excuse the Dania mishap at Hollywood, which saw the Cavaliers take their first defeat of the season, 6-0. "They pushed them around the field plenty," Noppenberg said, "but stalled on our scoring opportunities. Their touchdown came on a 70-yard 'sudden death' pass that was a well-executed play. "But as far as the squad and I are concerned, we didn't show anything in that game that will help the Tycoons tomorrow night. We've pointed for this game since last year and we're going to take them—maybe by 30 points."

LAMARR CALLS 'CANE TANKERS

Coach Tom Lamarr of the University swimming team announced this week that negotiations are being made to schedule tank meets with The Citadel, Clemson, Georgia, Auburn, Florida State, Tennessee and Rollins for the coming season. Practice sessions for the six lettermen and an equal number of reservests from last year's undefeated tank team will start at the Veterans Administration hospital pool at 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20. In addition to his returnees, Lamarr named a pair of outstanding freshman prospects, Bob Cook of Lake Worth and Don Brooks of Miami, who will turn out for the initial drills. Captain Johnny Jorgensen, Larry Cohn, Bill Kelsey, Jack Harris and Bill Burrell are the letter-winners returning. They will give the Hurricanes a strong free-style division entry, but Lamarr expressed regret that Johnny Booth and Andy Antonellis will be missing. Although no definite meets have been scheduled to date, Lamarr expects to book at least three oponents in local shows and plans two road trips for his squad. First competitive swimming is expected to start around the first of March.

Ponce J.V.'s Play Stingarees Today

Jack Kasper, assistant to John Noppenberg and coach of the Ponce de Leon 'B' squad football team, indicated this week that the junior varsity's offence will be jazzed up for their game with the Miami High counterparts this afternoon at the Ponce field. The junior Cavaliers have yet to be defeated in three starts but displayed a sloppy offense in their scoreless deadlock with Lake Worth up-state Saturday. Previously they edged Miami Beach, 7-6 and dumped Fort Lauderdale 6-0, but, although they out-did the Lake Worth team in every department they could not push across the necessary score. Ran Out of Gas "Every time we got near scoring territory," Kasper explained, "we seemed to run out of gas. Miami High isn't going to give us a chance to make the same mistakes." Four games remain on the Ponce juniors slate after today's tilt. Wednesday they tangle with Miami Edison, also on the Ponce field, and no dates have been set for games with the Fort Pierce "B" team or the Delray Beach varsity. A return engagement with Fort Lauderdale scheduled for Tuesday has been moved up to Dec. 18, John Gramley, Ponce de Leon Athletic Director announced.

McDOWALL RETIRES AS ROLLINS COACH

Jack McDowall, who brings his Rollins college Tars here to oppose the Hurricanes tonight in the game-of-the-year for the Winter Parkers, announced earlier this week that he would retire as football coach at the end of this season. McDowall has been head football coach and Director of Athletics at Rollins since 1929. He indicated that he may remain at Winter Park as athletic director of the school. Only Tulane's Green Wave tennis squad managed to halt the University of Miami racqueteers in their campaigning last year. The Hurricanes won 22 out of 24 intercollegiate and South Florida meets.

Morris Sees Big Year As U-M Cagers Open Drills

Varsity basketball practice for four returning University of Miami lettermen, reserves from last year and new candidates will open Nov. 3, Hurricane cage coach Hart Morris announced this week. Five lettermen now on the football squad will bolster the team as soon as their tour with the grid squad is completed. With the anticipated availability of the Coliseum set for Dec. 1, the Hurricanes are likely to use the facilities of the arena for staging home games and thereby add several attractive contests to the ten local showings already listed. "If the open dates of Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Pittsburgh and Western Kentucky coincide with our available week-ends we may be able to schedule three or four additional games to help building our basketball program at the University," Morris said. "However," he added, "it's pretty late to start shopping for games this year—even tho' those schools have expressed interest in playing here. Rain-Check Outstanding "Western Kentucky, for instance, suggested we play them on a home-and-home basis after the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association tournament there last spring. At the time we didn't know whether we would have any better places to play than the 'borrowed gymnasiums' we used last season—so we took a rain-check on the proposal. It may be too late to make much of this new development but we've got our fingers crossed." To date the U of M schedule lists expressed interest in playing here. | lists expressed in playing away at state teams exclusively, return road games with Tampa, Southern, Rollins and Florida and one game at Cincinnati and with Eastern Kentucky in Louisville. The curtain will be raised on the local collegiate basketball season when the Hurricanes meet Tampa here on Dec. 12-13. Morris "Gymlss Wonders" will be essentially the same team that enjoyed the most successful season in school history when all hands are assembled. Lou Edwards, the 'Canes pivot man is the only letterman not returning and for the campaign ahead Morris will have Captain Tony Yovicsin, forward; Hal Shuler, center; Abe Friedman, forward; Erwin Ibach, guard; Jerry Weinstein, guard; Joe McNulty, guard; James Quinian, forward; Jim Lutsky, forward; and record-smashing forward Bob "Whitey" Campbell. Tobin May Assist After the football season winds up with Alabama on Nov. 28, Morris will take over the reigns of the squad. No acting mentor has been named as yet, although John "Red" Tobin, who handled the same arrangements last November, is expected to return to the post. Initial practice sessions will be held at the University's South campus.

Mulloy Instructs Salvadorio Clinic

Two local tennis amateurs, Gardnar Mulloy and George Perro, will conduct the first sessions of a tennis clinic to be held Saturday mornings from 10 to 12 at Salvador park, Director Leo Fullwood announced this week. The weekly clinics, expected to attract about 100 tennis enthusiasts in the 8-18 age group, will start Oct. 25. Mulloy will open the group instruction clinic by stressing the fundamentals of stroke analysis, and demonstrating the basic points of volley, serve, and pacing. Perro will join Mulloy a week later, and Fullwood will take over the reigns as the novices begin developing. In addition, Mulloy indicated that Bud Hart, captain of the University's net team, may also assist.

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Florida National Bank AT CORAL GABLES

1806 PONCE DE LEON BLVD. CORAL GABLES, FLA. STATEMENT OF CONDITION Comptroller's Call October 6, 1947 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts | $ 967,465.56 Furniture and Fixtures | 29,575.07 Prepaid Expenses | 2,954.26 Other Resources | 100.46 Accrued Int. & Income Receivable | 15,766.13 U. S. Government Securities | 4,023,619.23 Florida County and Municipal Bonds | 612,708.58 Federal Reserve Bank Stock | 5,100.00 Cash on Hand and Due from Banks | 1,854,743.68 Total | 6,511,937.62 TOTAL | $7,512,032.97 LIABILITIES Capital Stock | 100,000.00 Surplus | 70,000.00 Undivided Profits | 12,761.96 Total | 182,761.96 Reserve for Contingencies | 4,382.69 Reserve for Taxes, Interest, Etc. | 14,001.83 Interest and Income Collected, Not Earned | 8,961.57 Dividends Declared, Not Yet Payable | 1,000.00 DEPOSITS | 7,300,924.92 TOTAL | $7,512,032.97 Officers GEO. A. CHATFIELD President WM. C. SWAIN Assistant Cashier R. C. BROWN Vice President and Cashier E. W. RIPPLE Assistant Cashier Directors C. Gordon Anderson Dean S. Campbell Geo. A. Chatfield Charles F. Miller Howe E. Moredock, Sr. J. Lamar Paxson Jerry J. Trevor Leonard A. Usina R. C. Brown MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION MEMBER FLORIDA NATIONAL GROUP

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