The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 1, 1926, Page 3

MONDAY, MAKCH i, 1926. RECEPTION GIVEN AT BRADENTON FOR BIG LEAGUE TEAM ADVANCE GUARD OF PHILA- PRIPHIA NATIONAL BASE. BALL. ACGREGATION GO IN PaALING (Special to The Citizen) ERADENTON, Fla., March 1.— The advance guard of the hila-| delphia National League baseball! team arrived here from ti:e Quaker City to begin their 1926 training activities in preparat.on for the} Jong susomex grind that will mark) ‘their efforts to capture the Na- «tonal Leagge flag. | The end of their annual p'igrim-| -2ge to the “Friendly City” on the, Shanks of the Manatee River was «marked by a royal reception from! tthe etizench:p of Bradenton ard| Sloeal baseball fans. As their! strain pulled in after the long’ “run from’ Philadelphia, they were greeted hy officials of the city,| representatives from the various ~ .¢ivie organizations of Bradenton,} officials of the Griner Hotels, In-| corporated,’ operators of the Hotel D‘xie-Grande here, which will be| the headquarters of the team dur- ing their-several weeks stay here,| Wiliam J. Shettsline, business! Manager of the team, Trainer Lee/ Miller, who were already on the! ground, and others. ~ linmediate:y following their ar- Tval the Phillies were taken to! ‘the llotel Dixie-Grande where they} ‘were welcomed by Manager Norton P. Sanford. The bulk of the train-| ing scuad, contain.ng a number of) veterans from last year’s line-up’ and this season’s crop of reeruits will ar. ive th.s week, coming direct} from the.r homes in various parts) ef the country and then the rea!) training grind will begin in earn-| est, according to Trainer Miller.| Meanwhile, the advance guard al-| Teady he: 4vill indulge in light| training effort to work off some of tl rplus flesh that has! accumulated* during the winter. | The party arriving ‘here was headed by Joe Sugden, to whom) training camps are no new thrill, | and included’Jimmy Wilson and his’ wife and youngster, Lew Wendell,/ veteran catcher and coaeh, Cy! Morgan and Warren Rambe, pitch-| ers and others. Manager Art Flet- cher is now hurrying across coun- tiy from his home at Collinsville, TiLnols, and is expected to arrive in a few days. , Outfiniders and infielders are) due to start their trek towards the grape fruit country within the week and the Phillies will then be “ful y represented in th@ Aéart of, Manatee county. » Everything is ready for the pil- grims, according to officials of the team whe have been here ceveral: days, and within the next week the preliminary workouts will be in full swing on the local diamord which has been put in perfect ‘ondition for the training period. Pe ee * . . * CALENDAR OF SPORTS * > * . eee owen eeerene Rac'ng—Meeting at Jefferson Park, New Orleans. Meeting of Miami Jockey Club, at bia, Fla. Meeting of West Coas: Joc- key Ciub, at Tampa. Meeting of Tia Juana Jockey Club, at Tia Juana. Meeting of Havana-Amer- fean Jockey C.ub, at Havana. Golf-—International professions’ four-ball matches, at Miami, Fila. Governor's Cup tournament opens st Palm Beach, Fla. Twenty- second annuel spring tournament opens at P.nehurst. Tennis—Fiorida women’s cham- Pionship tournament opens at Paim Beach. Dx e men’s cham- _— tournament opens at ipa. Skating—Internationa] indoor speed champ.onships, at New York. Boxing—Stanislaus Loayza vs.| Phil McGraw, 19 rounds, at New York. Joe Dundee vs. Tommy Freeman, 10 rounds, at New York. “Mushy” Callahan vs. Me Walker, 10 rounds, at New York. Carl Duane vs. Joe Malone, 10 rounds, at New York. Benny Bass vs. Pete Sarmiento, 10) rounds, at C eveland. BIBI s as, OPTOMETRIST AND slag Broken I-ns Duplicated on the Day Received | A L. PRATT Campbell Bide. Fleming St./ IAA 2242422441 Key West, Florida The City of Key We:t, population 23,- 000, a port at sea, southcrnmost and only no-frost eity in U. S., situated on Island of Key West, the last of the F.orida Keys. It lies about a hundred miles from the Florida mainland, ninety miles from Havana, and 1075 miles from the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. Mean temperature 1871 to 1916 was 77 degrees, lowest monthly mcan 77 degrees in January, highest 84 degrees in August. Owing to coral bottom and bright atmosphere the sea is wonderful'y clear to the eye, and owing to wealth of salts remark- ably bouyant, thus for boating, swimming and The trade winds furnish ap almost constant breeze that tempers the hottest of summer days. The great Key West extension of the Florida East Coast Railway gives direct rail- road connection with the eastern and central sections of the United States. Solid freight trains are carried by ferry from Key West ‘to Havana and return. Thus Key West has become the receiving port for large shipments of fruit, vegetables and tobaceo from Cen- tral and South America, Cuba and Porte Rico. At the new conerete lined piers, forty steamships find room at one time. It is planned to make Key West a second- ary naval base. The Harbor is dep enough for the largest ship afloat, and wide cnough to shelter the navies of the world. The principal industry is the Key West fishing excellent. eigar, next fishing, sponging, wrecking shipping supplies, and frait raising on the Kevs. There is the greatest variety of fish im the U. S. waters, from tur:.on and jewfish to sardine about Key Wesi, where may be found 170 varieties, all of the West Indian Fauna, 40 of which are- unknown in other U. &. waters. One-fifth less of varieties are found at Cedar Keys, where is the Carolina fauna. The flora embraces among fruit the almond, sapodilla, mango, sugar apple, lime, lemon, orange, Spanish lime, sour sop, alligator pear, pine- apple, etc., and every variety of flowering tree-and shrub; including Royal Poinciana, eceoa and date palm, ®. Jasniin’, Poingéita, andl BétgainahiA ~ > Hard coral streets, breezes from old ocean, sail crafts sighted from every point of view, brilliant sun, clear sky, lovely ‘moon- lights, splendid sunsets, giand cloud forms, superb stretches of water scenes, transparent sea, all unite to make the island life as beau- tiful as it is unique. POINTS OF INTEREST Turtle Crawl. Fish Docks and Aquarium. Naval Station. Fort Taylor Reservation. The Old Martello Forts. The Army Barracks. The Old Banyan Tree. Cigar Factories. . Maine Monument and Cemetery. 10. Thompson’s Marine Curio Shep. Al. Naval Air Station. 12. Key West Lighthouse. 13. Bathing Beach. 14. Sponge Catch. 15. Athletic Club. 16. Country Club. 17. Muncipal Golf Course. 18. Johnson's Bazaar. 19. Over-Sea Highway to Mainland. Spend your winters in Key West HERE ARE THE REASONS Best Fishing grounds on the Florida Kast st. Fishin; on the Fi Coast. One of the finest golf courses in the South. Boating, bathing, all winter. Good hotels and restaurants. Living costs very reasonable. Fine opportunities to make money in Key West and Florida Keys Investment prop- erty. 2. yr reasonable prices for all commeodi- u 9. Key West has one of the healthiest cli- mates in the 10. Sixty miles north of the tropic of can- cer. Cooling sea breetes winter and HELEN WILLS TO TAKE REST AMERICAN STAR LOSES BUT QNE SINGLE MAiUn bue- ING MANY CONTESTS IN FRANCE (By Asxoctated © MONTE CARLO, } h 1— Helen Wills, with 39 victories to her credit since she invaded the Riviera, is to take a leaf out of } Suzanne Lenglen’s and rest awhile. Miss Wills has lost only battle in singles since she came to Suzanne who since has ben suf- fering from nervou: The | French girl has announced that ed is definitely through with tennis for the Riviera season. “No more tennis for me un Wimbledon.” she said vester las she finished play for the Bi -mont cup in which, paired v |Mlle. Vlasto, she defeated } |Satterthwaite and Miss © Eileen } Bennett, of England, in a color- less performance. Miss Wills took the §S France and that in the mateh with | j EST CITIZEN | player, Senorita de. Alvarez, inte jcamp.6-2, 6-3, for the Duke of | Connaught cup, and, paired with Poe Conteslavos won the open |doubles, 6-3, 8-6. The Duke of FROM TENN } Connaught -personally presented Miss Wills with the gold cup, | which, on her arrival here, she declared when she saw it: “That's one cup I really want to win.” |. Miss Wills‘ forehand driver against Senorita de Alvarez had} of a the strength of those man. The Spanish girl after- ward declared that she had never seen such speed ona ball before, adding: “I never felt such manifest in- feriority Lengien- n looked i!l and did > to her nsual abil- loved that she would r the eup of nations s at Mentone. and one ra tennis am quite satisfied, y over the improvement in my volleying. 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