The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 28, 1926, Page 3

BIG BOXING ATHLETIC CLUB THIS EVENING . BOWEN OF WASH- INGTON, D. C., WILL “MEET CHARLIE*PITT- MAN IN MAIN BOUT J In the boxing <ard:t6 be put on this evening, at. the Key West ‘Athletic Club, under the direction of Willard Russell, popular. sport promoter, the fans of the Island City are promised one of, the best fight programs ever staged at the _ local clubhouse. The main event ‘of thé “eve- ning’s activities, will. be a ten- round bout between Andy Bowen, of Washington, D. ©., who comes here © 6 highly Fecommended, abd ithe Pittman, of Philadelphia, who js said to be: serapper of much ‘speed and science as well. A semi-final, which will be an sight-round battle, will be staged |’ between Honey Boy Snipes, of Macon, Ga., and Battling Hood, of Miami, both of whom are claimed _to be in the best of trim for their Proposed bout. : Manager Russell has arranged feveral good preliminaries also for the entertainment of the large number of fans that will be pres- ent at the clubhouse tonight to enjoy the many excellent bouts ar- Tanged, which will be Participated fe by some of the best contenders for ring honors to be found ne respective ‘classes, * ‘The clubhouse on south shore fs being put in good shape today preparatory to the ‘several events b be. staged this so saccel with ad- gare Of ‘the “inithediive antes sof} » Mightefans, who are expected to be on hand tonight when the gong sounds for the opening round of the initial bout to be putson, (AML of: the participate ‘de Pretty evenly matched, “an tion alt indiéations the fight bq put on this evening will ake "Much sport and amusement for the ‘large contingent of fight fans that have made reservations Yor tak- ing in the events to be pulled off at the popular clubhouse. INSTRUCTIONS IN LIFE SAVING BY CAPTAIN KIEB OFFICIAL OF RED CROSS DUE TO ARRIVE IN KEY WEST ON FRIDAY MORNING FOR ACTIVITIES Captain Kieb will arrive Friday morning to conduct life saving classes during y and Satur- day for the American Red Cross, During Friday Captain Kieb will be in the public schools giv- ing instructions to the children on life saving. Anyone wishing to secure instructions or pass the tests should get in touch with the lgeal chapter of the Red Cross, Classes will be organized and carried on by the Red Cross throughout the summer. Paul P. Lumley HARDWARE AND BUILDERS é MATERIAL CARD ‘AT KEY WEST eeaccccrcescceeccosccces| BASEBALL eeeeeete eoveenevecccoes| ~NESTERDAY'S RESULTS | American League Cleveland 5; St. Lonis 3. Detroit. 8; Chicago 7. Washington 9; Boston 1. } + New York 8; Philadelphia 2, FIRATES HOLD CHICAGO CUBS { TERS. DETROIT © LINE-UP; "WALTER JOHNSON APPEARS National League AT HIS BEST » Brooklyn. 6; Boston 5, ‘New York 9; Philadelphia 8. Pittsburgh 2; Chicago 0. ASSOCIATED PRESS HE, St. Louis-Cineinnati, rain. BRAD: QUARTERS, Apri] 28.—A base-! ‘all disturbance of marked inten-| sity, is develop:ng “in. the Great Lakes region. 5 For. twenty-one yeats these rumblings have’ been heard at. this Season of the year, although in the past about two weeks earlier. Ty Cobb, of Georgia, has enter- ed the Detroit line-up. “Yester- day he turned the tide. which had been forcing . his. men. steadily backward, by delivering every kind of safe hit but a home yun in his first regular appearance of. the season. His team found Lyons, Thurston and Comally of Chicago, only seven timés, but the Georg- ian’s bat carried the day, 8 to 7. Cobb batted ‘in four. runs and scored twice himself. Besides this TODAY'S GAMES’ National League Brooklyn at Boston, New York at Philadelphia. Pittsburgh at Chicago. St. Louis’ at ‘Cincinnati. . American.‘League Cleveland at St, Louis. Chicago at Detroit. Boston at Washington. Philadelphia at New York. STANDINGS 2 Navonst League WL. 4 Pet New York’ 667 Cinginnati Philadelphia St, Lois. Brooklyn ... Chicago Pittsburgh Boston .. that broke up an enemy rally, Jug-handle: Morris,, — veterai curve thrower of the,Pirates; con- | fined’ the Chicago Cubs to - two hits and the Pirates won 2 tq i |-n an_crrorless-battle.-- “Murdcrers row,” the New York -| Yankees slugging outfit, continued its killing pace, bringing down the Philadelphia Athletics’. “ace, Ed Rommell. Ruth cleared.the bases dn the fifth inning when his smash glanced off Bishop’s shoulder ‘and bounded tothe far right field fence. Combs’ and Lazerri made home runs, the’ final score being 8 to 2. Dugan had a triple and ®| three singles in four. times at bat. Walter Johnson: was at his-best at Washington and set back the BARRAIAH CHARABhaRS New, York Cleveland - Chicago Washingto’ Detroit. Boston Philadelphia St. Louis . THE WEATHER ab waeeasseonerrooecccces| im. Abilene (cloudy) . inta (clear) Boston (cloudy) (clear) -: » (raining) . Corpus Christi (pt. cloudy) Dodge City, (clear) Galvéston (clear) . Hatteras (clear) eh annnoog 3 Soe scoue, ~ 9 to 1. His team mates gathered. | 18 safeties, among them a homer 6 by Bluege. AaSe 3 2 Clevyelaiid” gained” a ten-inning verdict over the St. Louis Browns, | 6 to 3, after Sisler’s men had tied | the seore in’ tHt ninth with. two runs. Lindstrom and Jackson, of the Giants, were victims of. minor 66 | injuries that caused them to leave 58; the game against the Phillies. The Giants won,’ 9 to 8. 54| Foumnier went. hitless. for the | first time this. season’ - the 10) Sravegy but chia Sole tan mates delivered hits when needed and defeated Boston’ 6 0 5. ) Y WEST (clear) Louisville“ (clear) ~ New Orleans (clear) New York (cloudy) | St. Louis (clear) - Tampa (clear) . Washington. (cloudy Williston (clear) <..... MINES TO BE WORKED For the development of © the 50) | Kentish coal fields, a London firm, +A | Beareon’-and.-Darnion Long, UP secomancen has received @ treasury gua rantee, Buffalo jury trying Richard, under the Trade Facilities Act, of Reese Whittemore, leader of New $10,000,000. The concern has at York “perfect crime” band, dist | the same time obtained the ‘iin- agrees after deliberating 29 hours| eral rights covering sixty square and is dis- miles in Kent. A large ineréase in on. ooo charge, jRepalatton. there is expected. cherged. TO TWO HITS: |TY COBB OF GEORGIA ENe° he inserted a gloved ‘hand | n Red Sox with four hits, winning|_ “I KRY WAST CITIZEN “ST. PETERSBURG TAKES ITS FIRST - GAME OF SEASON | SUNSHINE “CITY AGGREGA- | TION DEFEATS BRADENTON | YESTERDAY \IN_INTEREST-| ING CONTEST © % | (iy Annogigted Prexn) ASSOCIATED PRESS, HEAD- QUARTERS, © April _28,—Gilt- jedged Pitching by Hewitt enabled the St. Petersburg -elub of _ the Florida Stat® League to.win ‘its first game of the, season yester- day. The Sunshine City perform. ers were easy vietors over Braden- |ton by a score of 6 to 1. While Hewitt was holding the Growers to-3 hits, his team mates collected 9 bingles off Sidwell, | Fort. Myers continued its. Yep! tation as a, slugging outfit, cop- ping the second game of its series With Sarasota, 14 tp 3. . Grandio pfoved the star stickman of the afternoon. He pushed out a home fun and two doubles in the success ful attack on Raines and Leonardi, Sarasota moundsmen. Davenport, hurling for the winners, allowed six scattered hits. ; Lakeland required ten innings test which’ belonged to either team until the final curtain, Cu.sek was the stay of the game. In addition to. his mound work, he batted in three runs. Lakeland coynted its winning marker in the final in- hing with 2 out. Orla thanded: the Tampa) hoary second straight defeat, ‘to 5; scoring theit winning run in the tenth. Charlie Allen relied upon Alvarez throughout the contest. Dent, Culbert and Trenchatd ‘officiated on the hill for the Colts, Winke’s single with Pinker on. base Ltr in the Winning run. KEY WEST WILL REMEMBER JOSE MARTI, MAY 20 “TLE OF’ FREEDOM; “DELE: GATION COMING OVER According to information given out at the Cuban state depart. ‘ment, many fifnetions in honor « Jose Marti, Cuba’s Apostle 6 Freedom, will be held in Key West on May 20, incidding the christen- ing of a t in his game. Special Cuban go iment, the National Association ‘of Revolutionary Emi- grants and other. patriotic and civic societies will attend the af- fair, which will be celebrated with | the commemoration of the founda- tion of the republic, , The American residents will co- operate with the Cuban colony in observance of the annual event, which is. always generally cele- brated in Key West as well as Cuba. OUT OUR WAY er eee TOO TiGnT ? wHy WTS NO sucn A THING | DO YoU WANT TO LOOK } _— AND VARNISHES, || ROOFING By Williams to beat Sanfotd,.8 to:7; in a con-| , SPECIAL PROGRAM TO’ COM( MEMORATE CUBA'S APOS-|' resentatives of the|’ — Pt eee esse es ttt 20 WEATHER CONDITIONS * | | eneccccsecocccesevoccoce P. & O, S. S. Cuba, Captain White, arrived from Havana at 4:40 p. m. yesterday with 304 ngers. and U. S. mail, and railed for Port Tampa at 7:30 p.m. with 220 passengers. Attended by rains over the upper Mississippi Valley and region of thé Great Lakes and thence southward to Ten- nessee, the upper Mississippi Valley disturbance moved to the lower Lake region, and the center of rather strong high préssure moved south- eastward fromthe northern Roeky Mountain. plateau to Kansas and Oklahoma. In_ addition to the pre- cipitation already noted there were local rains in Texas. ‘This morning the weather is unsettled or cloudy over the north and middle Atlantic States and the Lake region, and an increase in cloudiness has taken place over Texas; Elsewhere east of the Plateau clear skies rule, | Temperatures have risen in the Atlantic:States, and fallen over the northern and central Plains; upper Mississippi Val-. ley and upper Lake region, and continues below the sea- sonal in all districts. It is freezing this morning in northern Michigan,’ northern Wisconsin and the extreme upper Mississippi. Valley. Over the Florida Keys to- night Yand Thursday the *'winds will be moderate to * fresh northeasterly. H. B. BOYER, Official in Charge. Oe tesre see te etas F. E. C. ear ferry Joseph R. | Parrott, Captain Harrington, ar- ived from Havana at 6:15 p. m. lyesterday with 28 cars, and sail- d for Havana at 10:30 p. m. with | 26 cars exports. } one eee 8 eee ee F. E. C. car ferry Henry. M. Flagler, Captain Hansen, arrived from Havana at 9:20 p. m. yester- ; day with 27 cars, and sailed for Havana at midnight with 18 cars. F. E. C. car ferry Etrada Pal- ma, Captain Ward, arrived from Havana this morning with 15 cars. P. & O. S, S. Governor Cobb, Captain J. J. Phelan, wil) arrive from*+ Havana this afternoon with passengers and U. S. mali. F. E. C. car ferry Joseph R- Parrott, Captain Harrington, will arrive from Havana this afternoon | with cars, and will sail for Havana | {at'10:30 p. m. with 26 cars ex-/ ports, 4 * * © « * * * e * * * * * * * * * Is * © * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * F. E. C. car ferry Henry M. Flagler, Capta’n Hansen, will ar- rive from Havana this evening with cars, | 2 IN 1 WHITE POLISH : Shu-Milk Best’ Polishes For White Kids Full line of All Colors. Polishes GOODYEAR SHOE SHOP 612 DUVAIJ. ST. Five radio men in Alaska keep} vigil for Captain George H. Wil-! kins of Detroit arctic expedition, | missing 12 days. Highest Prices Paid For Second Hand Furniture and Household Goods AROUND CORNER 609 WILLIAM ST. F. H. SOLOMON | PLUMBER Sheet Metal Work CALL PHONE 621-W RACING—Meeting of Metro- politan Jockey Club opens at Ja-| maica. Meeting . of Breeders’ . Association Havre de Grace. Meeting of Ken- tucky Racing Association, at Lex- ington. 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