The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 29, 1926, Page 3

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN PAGE THREB TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1926. CINCINNATI IS LEADING OTHER NATIONAL TEAMS GIANTS KEEP ABREAST OF CHICAGO CLUB FOR FIFTH PIRATES UNABLE TC MAKE HEADWAY PLACE; ASSOCIATED PRESS HEAD- QUARTERS, June 29.—Jack Hen- dricks’ Cineinnati Reds were atop the National League with a lead of three and a half games on their closest competitor in the pennant race today after repulsing the world champion Pirates in four suceesful conflicts. FASTBOUTIS. | PROMISED FOR FRIDAY NIGHT “YOUNG” TREVOR AND MIL-| LER TO BE SEEN IN MAIN’ | GO AT KEY WEST ATHLETIC | cLUB Action, fireworks, and a possible | K. O. are expected Friday night | | when Douglas “Young” Trevor, | Key Wesi flash, clashes with | “Chikie” Miller, the hard-hitting pug from Chicago, in the 10-round | star bout at the Athletic Club! arena. | The two lightweights perhaps have trained harder for this set-to| MAKING READY ‘ FOR COMING “No Hit” Jack } { Sea: | TITLE HOLDER, AND MANY OTHER |.“ | WILLIE McFARLANE, | | | STARS CONTESTS (Ry Associated Prexsr COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 29.—)} | With eight former national open tournament, at Philadelphia. champions and Willie McFarlane, | | the title-holder, among con.estants , Ship tournament, at Groton. next week for the 1926 American} | golf crown, chances of an outsider ; Ship opens at Worcester, ‘winning are not viewed as par-| ticularly bright in this city, which} |is to entertajn ihe tournament. A dozen runners-up are also \, Seccecsoesver rvecersesee ' CALENDAR OF SPORTS) jee | Club, at Latonia. PREPARING FOR | Club, at Montreal. ' | tournament, at Toronto. ment, at Wimbledon. than any fight they have engaged in for a long time while, as each is out to win to get a crack at Kid India, the Key. West wonder. Friday night’s bout between Trevor and Miller will see plenty The Pirates were unable to make headway against Rixey yesterday, the Reds hurler yielding but four safeties, while his mates got 14 off | among those who will seek honors. | Bobby Jones, because of his bril-| jliant playing abroad, where he| | stood golfing betting on its head, | lis the prime favorite. Others of | ithe American contingent which} its pionships, at Haverford, Pa. tournament, at Glencoe, Ill. Aldridge and Oldham to win six to one. Meanwhile the Cubs took toll of three Cardinal pitchers for 1° eounts for an 11 to 3 decision. Eight of the hits-were bunched in the fifth inning for eight runs. The Giants kept abreast of the Chicago club for fifth place honors by overtaking the Braves with a two-run rally in the eighth inning to win by 3 to 2, Ty Ty- son was added to the hospital list of the New Yorkers when an X- ray disclosed he had broken a bone in his right arm sustained when hit by a ball pitched by Jess Barnes by the Robins. Manager McGraw announced that Ned Porter, star twirler of the University of Florida team, had signed a contract. Porter made a good showing against the Giants in Rarntote att spring. Frank Ulrieh,* right handed pitcher from the Waterbury East- ern League club, twirled the Phil- Yes to their fifth straight victory in humbling the Robins 9 to 4, The Phillies bombarded four Brooklyn boxmen for 14 hits and had chasé¢d the Flatbush starting twirler Bob McGraw to the showers before the second inning was finished, © Connie Mack’s Athleties lived up to their reputation of being the stumbling block to the Yankees as the New Yorkers found it hard to solve Lefty Grove and lost 7 to this single a had bungled a fly by Gehrig gave the Yankees their ‘one tally. Grove struck out 10 batters. Ruth fanned twice. The seven game winning streak of the Tigers was stopped by the Indians who came out on the long end of a 8 to 4 score, Detroit's defeat enabled Philadelphia to tie the Cobbmen for third place. Wiltse exhibited great form in limiting the Senators to three hits and the Boston Red Sox won by 6 to 2. The Hose made 15 safeties off Ogden and Palmer. The White Sox took the measure of the Browns 7 to 0 in the final game of the series, Edwards hold- ing the Sisler outfit to four hits, two of which were made by Me- Manus. HARTFORD, Conn. — Louis Kaplan, Meriden, Conn., feather- weight champion, won a technical knockout over Bobby Garcia, Bal- timere, 10 rounds. Eddie Lord, Meriden, beat Johany Leonard, Allentown, Pa., 8 rounds. + 8 BOSTON-—Tiger Flowers, At- lanta, middleweight champion, eutpointed Ray Numan, Newark, N. J., 10 rovnds. Red Chapman, Boston, knocked out Al Corbett, Cleveland, 1 round. Sommy Full- er, Boston, outpointed Carl Tre- maine, Cleveland, 10 rounds. pe ser WICHITA, Kans.—Jimmy Cas- hill, St, Paul, won on a foul from Bud Hamilton, Kansas City, 8 rounds. . PHILADELPHIA—-Matt Adgie, Philadelphia ond Napoleon Dor- val, Los Angeles, fought a draw, 10 rounds, LATZO AND HARMON IN BOUT TONIGHT (My Associated Presa) NEW YORK, Jane 29.—Pete Latzo of Seranton, Pa., the world’s welterweight champion, will de fend his newly achieved crown against Willie Harmon of New York, in a 12-round struggle at Dreamland Park, Newark, N. J., tonight. While the battle will be # no-decision affair of newspaper men, Harmon may gain the title by & Knockout. of sparks fly as Trevor is seeking revenge for the drubbing Miller gave him at Miami three months ago. .The main stake, however, is a chance to meet India in a Key} hung up an enviable pitching record West ring. Both Trevor and Mil-; fa his freshman year. During the ler are said to be as fast as a) ana ec persa nae. ay ecg no-hit streak of lightning and both pack | }, and in another allowed 4k, o, wallop in either hand. | pelt on hag cad bod apnea ‘Trevor’s supporters look for him to send Miller to the mat Friday night. On the other hand, plenty of op.imism prevails in Miller’s camp, he having scored a decisive vietory over Dick Baker in a Mi-} ami ring last night, The waRhiniakers predict that every seat in the big arena will be; filled to capacity when the gong! Seveasate sounds for the two boys io fight|CARL G. FISHER, DEVELOP- it out. H The eight-round semi-final is ER, TRIES EXPERI- another bout that should provide MENT ample thrills. Kid Garcia, of Key West, and Battling Ponce, also a local boy, will tangle up in this battle. e eoeocecccee | Jack Hernley, 17-year-old Lansing (Mich.) high ‘school boy, who ha: He fanned 21 batters in one fray and had a conseentive strikeout record of seven. USE (By Ansocinted Prem) ‘MIAMI, June 29.—A_ signifi- cant experiment in the use of sugar as a fertilizer was launched here today with the order of 100,- 000 pounds of Cuban raw sugar by Carl G. Fisher, Miami Beach developer. The deal was consummated through Havana sugar men, who seek an outlet for a large amount of the over-produced sugar. Buying at one and one-half cents a pound, Mr. Fisher plans to use the entire amount of this ship- ment on his four Miami Beach golf ‘courses; stirréunding © vegetation and shrubbery and possibly on his ‘polo fields. ‘FALSE STATEMENTS | IN DISBURSEMENTS (Ny Axsociated Press) BIRMINGHAM, June 29.— Charges of disbursing $119,272 ‘lfrom the Alsbama treasury through felsified affidavits have been made against Charles R. Davis, former warden of Flat Top prison mine in a report filed with prosecuting officis!s of Jefferson county by State‘ Examiner C. C. -~ | Brooks. | Davis faces charges of murder in connection with the death at BASEBALL POC CCCOCe ODEO SESCRECEEs, YESTERDAY'S RESULTS FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE Sarasota, 6. Tampa, 1, Sanford, 2; Bradenton, 1. » St. Petersburg, 1; Ft. Myers 5. Lakeland, 1; Orlando, 1 (tie, 10 innings, dark). | Washington, 2; Boston, 6. New York, 1; Philadelphia, 7. St. Louis, 0, Chicago, 7. Cleveland, 8; Detroit, 4. % National League Philadelphia, 9; Brooklyn, 4. Boston, 2; New York, 3. Pittsburgh, 1; Cincinnati, 6. Chicago, 11; St. Louis, 3. TODAY'S GAMES American League Detroit at St. Louis. Chicago at Cleveland. New York at Philadelphia. Washington at Bosion. National League Philadelphia at Brooklyn. Boston at New York. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati. St. Louis at Chicago. a prisoner. He resigned as war- ‘den of the mine during the in- vestigation by a Jefferson county grand jury of Knox’s death and other alleged mistreatments to prisoners. Brooks’ report asserts that Davis caused the shortage through for- gery and “padding of payrolls.” It claims that the former warden {used the state’s money to pay his | personal obligations on several oc- jcasions, | JUDGE DIES AT | BASEBALL GAME National League } WwW. L. Pet. 26 .612 30.550 28 .548 31 «B10 32 .508 31.500 39 400 41 .350 STANDINGS American League L. 20 30 22 84 34 32 41 40 Pet. 697 565 536 514 507 -500 888 375 New York Cleveland Detroit Washington St, Louis - Boston .... (By Associated Preas) Cincinnati . AUGUSTA, Ga., June St. Loui Pittsburgh . Brooklyn . Chicago ... New York 29.— judge of the Augusta superior court .and for local bar, died suddenly yesterday |afternoon while he was witnessing ja baseball game at the South At- jlantie League park here. Roney was 81 years old. 'BATTERED VESSEL TENNIS MATCHES (My Associates » | WIMBLEDON, June 29.— Suzanne Lenglen, French lawn} tennis champion, who scratched! (My Associated Presa) from the Wimbledon singles cand Mieoag agen bike emearesey terday because of illne: uk OF a > withivew entirely from he Poaead 18 name invisible, drifted ashore ament. jon the sands of Miami Beach early today. HERMAN MEETS There was no sign of life on board. One side of the cabin was WALLACE TONIGHT torn away and the hull showed signs of contact with heavy seas. [It is thought the boat drifted from the Bahamas. (By Assectated Prens) CLEVELAND, June 29.—Babe Herman, California junior light, weight, and Billy Wallace, for-| Angora plans to adopt either merly of Oakland, Calif., meet in Latin characters or a ,Latinized the ten-round main event of a five | modification of the present Turk- bout card here tonight. ish alphabet. | against the official record book to- |Flat Top in 1921 of James Knox, | | Judge Henry Clay Roney, former) court of | many) years a prominent member of the) | recently completed foreign | |campaign - are conceded good} | chances to be in the money. ' A check-up of the qualifiers) day showed that those champions | KAPLAN DEFEATS * BOBBY GARCIA RACING x | IN FAST BOUT Meeting of Kentucky Jockey! i | | VICTOR SENDS CHALLENGER! TO CANVAS SEVEN TIMES | BEFOR REFEREE STOPS 1 ; FIGHT Meeting of Fairmount Jockey ub, at Collinsville, Meeting of Back River Jockey | GOLF Canadian amateur championship ; (By Associated Press) j championship; HARTFORD, Conn., June 29.— } ;Louis Kaplan, world’s feather-! Connecticut amateur champion-| weight champion, stands out today | as one of the few title holders to | Massachusetts open champion-| defend successfully his crown dur-| ing the last year of fistic activity. ! The Meriden “buzz saw” last| ei, night scoréd’a technical knockout | et SEARS, over Bobby: Garcia, of Baltimore, English Golden Jubilee tourna-| featherweight champion of the| | United States Army, in the tenth} round of a scheduled 15-round | bout. | Kaplan sent the challenger to} | the canvas seven times before ihe} referee stopped the fight. | BOXING With an offensive not ° shown} Dave Shade vs. Maxie Rosen- | Since he knocked out Danny Kram- Intercollegiate Eastern intercollegiate cham- Illinois State — championship | bloom, 10 rounds, at Long Island |¢™ January 2, 1925, to win the City. \title, Kaplan overpowered Garcia |by the foree of his attack. A crowd 07 9,868 paid $49,956. are eligible to compete here July| BOXER WINDS UP | | |8, 9 and 10. | Alex Ross, 1907; Fred McLeod, | 1908; Walter Hagen, 1914 and 11919; Chick Evans, 1916; Jim} | Barnes 1921; Gene Sarazen,| | 1922; Bobby Jones, 1923; Cyril|hree round _ sessions | Walker, 1924; and Willie McFar-|partners today occupied Rocky | |Kansas’ winding up his training for the defense of his lightweight} copped the, American open title, |boxing title against Young Sam-| lare: Bobby Cruickshank, 1923;|™y Mandell here Saturday. | Jock Hutchison and Leo Diegel, expects to devote the rest of the 11920, and Mike Brady 1909 and {week to road work and condition- jing exercise. jlane, 1925. Among the runners-up, exclu- |sive of those who sooner or later } 1911. i ‘BASEBALL MANAGER TO| ‘UNDERGO OPERATION (iy Associated Prexs) H | ST. LOUIS, June 29.—Manager {Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis , Cardinals will be operated on here | today for removal of a carbuncle GIRLS IN FIRE BRIGADE | | TRAINING TODAY a | LONDON—Girls employed by aj Hlocal business house have organ-| {ized a fire brigadé and drill three | with his times a week. (By Associnted ress) CHICAGO, June 29.—Two stiff 35,000 CUBIC FEET During the year 1925 we used 35,060 cubic feet of gas for | welding purposes. In 1926 we will more than double that amount. We heve the material and machinery to “Weld any Metal that Melts.” No job too large nor too small for our equipment. ROSSELLE FOUNDRY | & MACHINE CO, PHONE 3 He BEARUP’S DRY CLEANING — WORKS S14 MARGARET STREET PHONE 227 MASTER CLEANERS AND PRESSERS on his thigh, : | He is expected to be absent from jthe line-up for a week or 10}t days. 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