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CORAL GABLES Riviera Times

PAGE SIX TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9

CORAL GABLES- SCORE CARD Coliseum Cage Double-headers A Lame Duck at This Sitting

BY DON CUDDY. Like feroe [?heroic?] Riddle College basketball team is practicing like fury on foul shooting this week after losing their first game of the season to Florida Southern College at Lakeland Saturday night. The score when the final whistle ended it all, in a rough and tumble race, was 51-47 in favor of the home team. The margin of victory was the four more foul shots the Dreadnoughts made than the Riddlers, since the local quintet outscored their opponents from scrimmage. The Riddlers had no less than 16 charity throws drop off the rim. Too Many Cooks. Which might as well serve to bring you up-to-date on the progress of this corner's pet project: Basketball double-headers at the Coliseum. Probably a lot more people are interested in promoting the deal than is healthy for the idea itself right now. The University's stand (they are vitally important as the fourth team in each program) comes from Athletic Director Jack Harding. The Hurricanes will be glad to listen to any proposition, but (as said here before) will not enter the field themselves. Hart Morris and others concerned feel that the thing to do is build up the Hurricanes through they're two big home games (with Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania) and then season shoot for a heavy schedule, providing the Coliseum will support intercollegiate basketball. University Has Probably Called the Turn. That is a very sensible attitude. The University is quite capable of putting over the game without any outside promoting, but is willing to go more than half way if the followers of the sport want another Madison Square Garden set-up. W. H. Peeples, the Coliseum's landlord, is also quite anxious to see a program of big double-features booked, because there is nothing that will put over an all-sports arena like having capacity crowds. Cost Estimated at $10,000 a Show. Henry Weiner, the University's ticket manager and quite a hand at figuring expenses and such, can't help dissuade some ambitions by estimating that it would cost $10,000 to promote a two-night stand, importing three first-class teams. To get any outstanding teams here would run into those fancy figures because said outfits usually are booked for three or four games a week and would have to fly into Miami for the game and fly back. Hotel expenses during the season are another considerable item. Rental and other tariffs run the figure around the ten grand mark. My information is that the money is available to plunk into such a proposition, but the purse-strings and the powers-that-be won't be able to agree in time to do much about it this year.

Regan O.K.'s Coliseum's Dec. 16 Card

Billy Regan, temporary director of ring promotions at the Coliseum for the Coral Gables Athletic Commission, today said that he approves the matching of Al Shapiro and Eddie Giosa, both of New York, for the first card to be presented on Dec. 16. Regan explained that he had talked with Chris Dundee, New York fight manager acting as matchmaker, and both fighter's records are acceptable. Giosa, who holds victories over Lulu Constantino, Julio Jimenez, Charlie Williams and Charlie Fusari, was found acceptable when Dundee first presented the line-up, but Regan said it necessary to check further on the record and standing of Al Shapiro. Shapiro has won three ten round decisions this year, and his only loss came at the hands of Al Pennino on a split decision in July. Dundee Here Tomorrow. Dundee is due to arrive in Miami tomorrow to talk with Regan and W. H. Peeples about fight conditions in Coral Gables. Regan, who is secretary of the Miami Boxing Commission, is acting as official spokesman for this city's commission until the seven-member board can complete the drafting of an ordinance giving them legality. City Attorney Edward L. Semple said at the last meeting of the Athletic Commission two weeks ago that its actions were binding although there could be no official recognition until the ordinance was passed.

Youth Center Enters 7 In South Florida A. A. U. Parker Defends Flyweight Crown In Three-Night Coliseum Tournament

Billy Parker, A.A.U. flyweight champion (left), is one of the Coral Gables War Memorial Youth Center's entries in the South Florida A.A.U. boxing tournament at the Coliseum tonight. Squaring off with Billy is Ward O'Connell, bantamweight novice entry who made the finals last time out and now will seek to advance another notch. Ed Beckman, director, is the man in the middle. Seven entries from the Coral Gables War Memorial Youth Center will weigh in at the Coliseum this afternoon prior to the first night's matches of the South Florida A.A.U. and five more hopefuls are expected to register before the 5 p. m. deadline, Director Ed Beckman said this morning. The first fights at the Coliseum start at 8:30 p.m., Carl Dillon, manager of the tournament announced, and there will be at least 15 matches on each night's card continuing through tomorrow night and Thursday. The possibility of a "stable" of a dozen fighters is the largest entry Coral Gables has ever boasted, Beckman said. One scrapper, 16-year-old Billy Parker, will be defending his open-class flyweight title won last year, and Bill Allen, last year's 175-pound champion will enter the heavyweight division. According to A.A.U. rules, the tournament is divided into novice and open classes. Only one Gables entry, Dick Jones, 18-year-old Tech High School senior, is an open contender, in the 160-pound class. Jones has not fought in this area before. Another Gableite making his first appearance will be Bob Odgers, entered in the novice middleweight division. Reineke Light Heavy Favorite. Dave Reineke, 17, was a light heavyweight finalist last year, losing only to Allen, and now appears to have the division almost to himself. Another finalist, Ward O'Connell, will return to the 118- (Please turn to Page Seven)

SPORTS PARADE By Oscar Fraley. UP Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. 9. (UP) - After 20 years of baseball, Fred (Dixie) Walker still wasn't ready for the bench today so the "People's Cherce" left his beloved Flatbush and - as so often before - set out to make good in a new setting. Dixie has been around a long while and financially might have been better off to accept managership of the Dodgers' St. Paul farm team. But the balding blond with the twinkling eyes and the friendly drawl has baseball in his blood, playing baseball. He got it from his father, Ewart, the first "Dixie", who pitched for Washington back in 1909, 1910 and 1911. When young Fred started to play his daddy warned him: Stick to Garden. "Lay off pitching. Stick to the outfield. You'll last longer." At 37, the balding blond feels that advice still keeps him alive out in the pasture. Maybe it's because he had such a rough time getting established as a major league star that Dixie feels he still has a couple of years to go. 12 Years to Make Grade. For this Georgia-born boy who grew up in Alabama hit plenty of bumps before coming home at Brooklyn. He started in organized ball in 1928 and didn't make the grade until 12 years later, in 1940, when he went south with the Dodgers as "an outfielder who might make the grade." Walker had other chances before that. But always fate in the nature of injuries stepped in with a grinding heel. There was, for instance, the palmy days of 1931 when he was up with the Yankees and Marse Joe McCarthy watched him speed- (Please turn to Page Seven)

First Full Program of Distance Races at Biscayne

The initial all-long distance 10-race schedule of the current Biscayne Kennel club 43-night meeting will be presented tonight starting at 7:45 p.m. It will be eight races at 5/16 mile and two over the long marathon Biscayne Derby Course. The feature race of this distance racing will be the ninth race at 5/16 mile where five recent feature race stars and three outstanding first-division challengers have been matched. In the upper bracket, the favoritism figures to be shared by No Refund, winner of his last and the track's Futurity record holder; P Nicolette, Herb Hill, Lucky Doren and My Jill. Against them and figuring close will be Adora, Walnut Street and Refluctant. It figures a race in 32 1-5 seconds or less. A similar pack of first division racers are matched in the eighth. This is a field headed by Gene Roller, former champion and beaten in his first start or seasonal debut, along with such winning racers as Gallant Seat, Revere Rube and others. The two marathon events will be the fifth and tenth with both fields listing favorites of the last three weeks. Only seven seasonal first-starters are in tonight's entry list of 80, these being in the second and the third race last-half of the Daily Double.

BISCAYNE ENTRIES

Chi Omegas Get 'U' Trophy

Chi Omega sorority, last year's University of Miami womens' intramural volleyball champions, repeated their title-winning campaign without losing a match to close out the play Monday. In the men's touch football playoffs, Pi Lambda Phi walloped Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity to annex the Main Campus division of the University championship, 18-0, at Quarterbacks' Field, Mouday. It was the second play-off game to decide the league winner, both teams having fought to a 6-6 deadlock Friday. Pi Lambda will now meet the Blackhawks, South Campus champions, and on Friday will meet the 20th Street champions. The final games will be played on Monday, the 15th, with the team emerging victorious to be presented a University of Miami intramural touch football trophy.

Monday's College Basketball Results By United Press

BOWLING RESULTS

PAN AMERICAN LEAGUE: Metal Chips 3 | Time Study 0; Traffic 3 | Stores 0; S.O.S 1 | Purchasing 2; Termites 2 | High Flyers 1; Hookers 2 | Gremlins 1; Clippers 2 | Comets 1; Metal Shop 2 | Ink Spots 1. High Individual Game and Set: J. Croyve, 245 and 557. High Team Game: Metal Chips, 1076; Hight Team Set: Hookers, 3055. MOOSE LODGE 1597: Barnetts No 2 3 | Uleo Rus Sys 0; Riley Real Estate 3 | Barney's 1 0; Apex Press Control 1 | L & L Mens 0; Mia. Tobac'o 3 | S'th'nd Pl'mb 1 0; Cotton Pharmacy 2 | Blue Derby 1; S'land Pl'mb'ng 1 2 | LaCuca'cha 1; Parcell 2 | Carl's Builder's 1; W. C. Womack 2 | Red's Auto 1. Tight Single Game, Ted Glad, Miami-Tobacco, 264 (new high for season in league); also had high single set, 593. High Team Game and Set: Miami Tobacco, 915 and 2606.

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EAL, St. Mary's Battle for Second Place In Municipal Cage Loop

Two teams, each of whom has his first win in the Municipal Basketball League, another pair which has one win and one loss between them, and a duet of cellar-dwellers who have went under twice to date make up the agenda for play at the Riddle College gymnasium tonight. Leading off the triple header will be Tiny Snack Shop and Tommy Hands. Tiny's dropped their opener to St. Mary's Thursday, while the Hands own a win over the Jaycees. St. Mary's and Eastern Air Lines, the latter with a win over the Friendly Bar quintet, clash in the middle game, and the Elk's Club and the Jaycees square off to close out the evening. The last two teams will be gunning for their first win. The Elk's Club, which leads the league with two victories against no losses to date, and the Friendly Bar, which is breaking even with one win and loss, have an open date. Top scorer in the league for the first two games is Paul Durkin of Carl's, a former captain of the St. Lawrence University basketball team. He has flipped in 20 points, which puts him just one double-entry up on Bud Boesh of the Elks. Triple-headers, sponsored by the Coral Gables War Memorial Youth Center are played on the Colonnade Building courts every Tuesday and Thursday night.

N.B.A. Survey Favors Graziano Return to Ring

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. (UP) - A cross-section of American opinion, obtained by a nation-wide poll, favors overwhelmingly the continuance of middleweight Champion Rocky Graziano in the fight game, the National Boxing Association announced today. College Coaches Disapprove. In making public the results of the poll, President Abe J. Green explained that sentiment among the various voting groups ranged from the 98 per cent of newspaper columnists in favor of Rocky to the 70 per cent of collegiate boxing coaches who were against his continuance in the game. The poll was taken so that the various state and city commissions that are members of the NBA would have a yardstick of public opinion to govern their attitude toward Graziano, if he requested permission to fight in their respective areas.

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