The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 26, 1926, Page 3

| ST. LOUIS BROWNS SCORE FIYS HOME RUNS IN SINGLE GAME. MANY OTHER FEA- TURES ASSOCIATED PRESS HBAD- QUARTERS, April 26 — Major league bats~were swung with. a Wengeance as the third week of | | the season opened. The St. Louis Browns scored five home runs in a single game. Ken Williams made a pair. Others were McManus, Rice and Zachary in 4 11 to 5. victory for the Browns over Cleveland, which took’the Indians out of the lead im the American league and gave the honor post to the Yankees. Tris Speaker, Cleveland man- ager, scored his second home run of the season. Zachary proved in- vineible in every inning except the fourth, when his opponents scored four times, Washington went down before the Beston Red Sox, 8 to 6. , Ro- senthal of Boston’ gave ‘his.team the lead:in the seventh with a shot over the fence and the Sox added four, scored in the ninth; to make it safe. Red Faber agdin was in good form for the -Whité Sox and. set back Detroit four to two, allowing allowing “only five hits. © Mosti} drové out two doubles and a Siigle, each hit counting a run. Gray, of the Athletics, faded before the Yankees’ line.of | Swatsmen, 7 to 2, with Hoyt piteh- ing expertly, allow!ng. seven’ safe- ties. The Yankess got 12 hits off » Gray: A squeeze’ play in the eighth gave the Chicago Cubs -a victory over the Pirates, 4 to 3. Perey , Jones granted the Pittsburghers , only four -hits, two of them by | Rhine. Yde’s performance was almost as good, with only five} wi safeties off his servcie. Red Lucas, of the Cincinnati ‘ Reds, blanked the Cards, 4 to 0, » keeping eight hits well distributed. . The Reds gained only waren safe- ples i » ties from Sherdel and- | three were doubles,, and * dne unloaded the bases in oe na Brooklyn sent Jess Barnes after (his former team mates, the * Giants. He won 8 to.6, although poet New Yorkers found him for 14 for the Giants, Peter e ee eerere snes . x e 4 WEATHER CONDITIONS ‘se Except the north” ‘States and North * pressure is above normal east’* Sof the Rocky Motintain’* * plateau this morning with the * maximum Testing on the coast. ® of Texas. * ~ Aside from light showers * in.the Florida peninsula fair £ weather was general during the last 24 hours, There: is * considerable cloudiness oyer z the south Atlantic coast, clear * skies prevailing, as a ru! * elsewhere from the» Rocky * Mountain States to the At- * lantic coast. . With the exception of . North Dakota temperatures * are below the seasonal aver- * age. * Pressure distribution, as it * exists this morning promises * moderate to fresh northerly * winds over the Florida Keys * tonight and Tuesday. Pere ereeeeeeeee lyn, and Kelly one for * * * . * * * * * . * * * * * . * * * * * . » Highest Prices Pi For Second Hand pee peed and Household Goods LITTLE STOR AROUND CORNER 509 WILLIAM ST. IPED PIP HATS OF ALL KINDS CLEANED & BLOCKED. Ladies’ and Gentlemen's Hate Made to Order “GEORGE’S HAT SHOP » 608 DUVAL ‘ST. VI IIAAL A ZZ) | Wholesale Grocers and »' Commission Merchants 511 FRONT STREET P.O, Box 13 Key West, Fila. Fournier, made a homer| - AR OF SPORTS | RPLORPRODER EOP OSSROSORES RACING—Meeting of Harford} ’ Association, at Havre de| Meeting of Kentucky Rac-! esis Association at Lexington. i Meeting of Juarez Jockey Club, at] Juarez. BASEBALL—Opening of the| season of the Southeastern league. | GOLF—Women’s Metropolitan! Golf Association invitation tour-| nament, at Atlantic City . BENCH SHOW—Annual show! of Colorado Kennel Club, at Den-| ver. SHOOTING—California indoor| trapshooting tournament opens at} Del Monte. Delta handicap trap-; shooting tournament opens ats | Clarksdale, Miss, BOXING—King Solomon. vs.! Suggs. vs. | ford, Conn. ‘ “Chick” Willie Spencer, 12 rounds, at Ban- #9" yen ee eae | ATHLETIC CLUB ON WEDNESDAY PITTMAN TO BE SEEN in| MAIN GO OF EVENING;| Manager Willard Russell, of the| Key West Athletic Club, has ar-| minister to Greece, born in Pitts- ranged an excellent fight card to! | burgh, 55 years ago today. be ‘staged at the club house on Wednesday night, in which Andy| Bowen, of Washington, D. C., and! Bwanses, Wale s, aged 46, was sen- hare Pitman, of Phi lndelphia | tenced to jail for bigamy, having been first married when he was 11 | years old. will be seen in the main bout of the’ evening’s program. Honey Boy Snipes, of. Macon,; Ge, id Battling Hood, of Miami, ~ keen in the semi-final, | rg will be an eight-round ait fair. ‘Manager Russell states that sey- | eral good preliminaries are also being arranged, and promises an/ evening. of real sport to all who) attend. . | Key Westers Honor Guests At Bridge Tea In Coral Gables (Miami Daily News) 4 Mrs. Clifton George Bailey, | Mrs. Norberg Thompson and Mrs. | B, Curry Moreno, Key West, | house guests of Mrs. 0. A. Sand-| ape Coral Gables, were honor} Gables | . Sand-) quist, P. D, Drane mad Mrs. | C. H. W. Read were the hostesses.| They were assisted .in entertain-| ing by Mrs. E. L. Semple, Mrs. | Victor R. Moffatt and Mrs. T. E. | Reedy. Spring flowers and. favors in|" pastel shades were used in the | decorations of the tables. Follow- | ing. the card games, prizes were awarded, corsages. of pastel or- gandie flowers with high lights of silver and with showers of sil-{ { yer ribbon being given the honorees. Jack Delaney, 12 rounds, at Hart-| eeteesesece Jackie Gordon, 12 rounds, at Bay-| painter, born at, West Groton, | onne, N, J, -Johnny Vacca vs. Wee’ Mass., 64 years’ ago today. | and ph'lanthropist, born in Ger- | many, 70 years ago today. | jident of the Daniel Guggenheim} | Fu ind for the Promotion of Aero-} | nautics, born in Brooklyn, 55 years} ANDY BOWEN AND CHARLIE | ago today. SEMI-FINAL AND PRELIMS. | ernor of Kansas, born at: Bourbon given Fri-| e! | half-mile relay quartet. e Three of the most famgus athletes | produced were photographed together at the first game cf the|‘the number American’ League season in Chicago. manager of the White Sox; eenter, Harold “Red” Grange, football | Forty-nine have been held since! weight pugilists who have been the first meet was staged in 1876! star; right, George Sisler, manag esoeece TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS seece Edmund C. Tarbell, ‘celebrated Henry Mergenthau, New York financier, diplomatist Rear Admiral Hutch I. Cone,} U. S. N., retired, who.is vice-pres-| * Jonathan M. Davis, former gov- county, ance 55 years ago today. | Irwin B. Laughlin, United States John Whité, a wealthy tailor of For Old Beloit | Meet Paul Ni bitt/ captain and star sprinter’ of the Beloit College track toam,® For two years he's met defeat but once in the 100.and 220yard dashes. He's also a member of the, This is bis last season ‘at, ate eminent | » |Pittsburgh American colleges ever At the left is Eddie Collins, er of the Browns, BASEBALL SecSececcsoesscecccegs American League Chicago 4; Detroit, 2. St. Louis 11; Cleveland 5. Boston 8; Washington 6. innings). New-York 7; Philadelphia 2. «10 National League Brooklyn 8; New York 6. Chicago 4; Pittshurgh 3. Cincinnati 4; St. Louis 0. Qnly games scheduled. TODAY'S GAMES National League Brooklyn at Boston. New York at Philadelphia. St. Louis-at Cincinnati. Pittsburgh at Chicago. American League Cleveland at St, Louis. Chicago at Detroit. Boston at Washington. Philadelphia at New York. STANDINGS National League W. 1. Pet. -700 667 -600 545 "500 500 273 250, New: York St, “Louis Chicago .. Philadelphia Cincinnati Brooklyn. . Boston OO Nae O@ 3 Or Cro oe 8 American League % Pet. 127 +700 oe -333 New York Cleveland Chicago . Washington ' ‘The Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union will observe its twentieth anniversary on May 27. Winnipeg, with a population of 285,000, has 20 golf courses, two The Canadian tennis champion- ships will be held this year in Vic- toria, B. C., during the first week' of July. Harvard still has a big lead in! of intercollegiate , track and field championships won. and Harvard has won thirteen. Tony Welzer, who was consid- ered one of the headiest pitchers in the Southern Association last sea- son, is showing every sign of liv- ing up to his réputation in his new berth with the Boston Red Sox. In view of, their brilliant record for several seasons past the San Franciseo Seals looked. strangely out of place at the bottom of the Pacific, Coast’ League standing in the early stage of this avers pen- nant race. The Amateur Athletic Union of Canada is the governing body of some 20,000 registered athletes, and «juveniles who are not regis- tered, but who conte under the jurisdiction of the union. Atlantic City is preparing to en- tertain the 1926 tournament for the United States marble shooting championship in June.’ The pres- j ent national titleholder is Howard, | (Dutch) Robins, a 13-year-old lad of Springfield, Mass. The announcement of Sir Thomas Lipton that he will again challenge for the American Cup emphasizes the fact that for per- sistency, ney. ees eae and persever- ance the British yachtsman is with- oyit-a peer. At the same time it cannot be denied that a large n num- tada. The e was introduced in of which are municipally owned. 4 jg96 at Uppet Canada. College, | | Peter Jackson, Jeffries, Jack John- together with about 10,000 juniors| - from the American defender, and dirheartening: failure hes marked each attempt. The 1926 Season will mark one hundred years: of cricket in Can- Toronto, and is still-a feature of the sporting activities of that col- lege, as well as many other of the| | prominent colleges of the Domin- | jon. The great John L. Sullivan, who | was 5 feet 10 1-2.inches tall, was) one of the few prominent heavy-! under 6 feet. Dempsey, Corbett, son, Paddy Slavin, Gus Ruhlin, Joe Goddard and Jim “Hall—all meas-} ured over 6 feet: in height. | An auction ‘sale in Belfast was! broken pp when a pig bit the auc-} tioneer and. the spectators took flight. PRESS ESERIES | The ear of a woman was found} in a letter bex by * postman near | GRAY'S GINTMENY Used since 1820. Fine for bolls, butns, ete ; At all “Drug Stores. For simple write | W. F. 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