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BES SRE SEPTEMBER 28, aoe SPORTS } MACKS CAPTURE THIRD PLACE IN AMERICAN LOOP PHILADELPHIA DEVIDED TWO. GAMES WITH YANKEES; GIANTS AND PHILS SPLIT DOUBLEHEADER (Special to The Citizen) PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 28.— The Philadelphia Athletics split a twin bill with the New York! Yankees and captured third place in the American League. Lefty Gomez was largely re- sponsible for the Yankees’ ‘win. He held the Macks to seven scat- tered hits. With Johnny Mareum hurling. four-hit ball, the Athletics took the ; nightcap, (he “Giants ahd) Phillies split honors in a © doubleheader, the * New Yorkers taking the opener, 8 to 1. The score in the second game was 6 to 0. The summaries: American League First Game At Philadelphia RH. E, New York ... 7413 1 Philadelphia 07 0; Batteries: Gomez and Glenn;' Grove and Cochrane. ded playing baseball. GBy Asnociated Presn) WASHINGTON, Sept. 28—| “General” Alvin Crowder asked ; Manager Joe Cronin last spring at} training camp in Biloxi to let him! Npiteh the first game of the world! ‘series. And he wasn’t foolirig—| The “General” was in the regu-! lar army first in Siberia and later in ‘the Philippines, where he start-| He took up the game because he noticed that ithe soldiers who belonged to regi mental baseball teams were ex-) jcused from many weary hours of drilling and “K. P.” duty. | First he thought he was a short-| stop, but was such a fizzle that he started pitching. When his outfit returned to’ San Francisco, that! elub signed -him only to let him go. His home-town club of Wi ston-Salem in the Piedmont! league, however, gave him.a trial and he did so well that Rochester bought -him. | He finished the season in the} Eastern league, then pitched for! Birmingham in 1925 and 1926.! Washington bought him in ’26, but, the next year he developed stom-! ach trouble and was traded to St./ Louis. i Washington regained him in! 1930 along with Heinie Manush in a trade whereby Goose Goslin *iwent to the Browns. ! Last year the “General” led the American League pitchers with 26} victories, finishing the season with 18 straight wins. He is a horse for work and is willing to pitch three games a! i | | ALVIN CROWDER: this year, as he again R. 1 6 10 0 8 3 ‘Batteries: Pearce and Todd; Schumacher and Mancuso. No other games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE Club— WoL. Washington 97 51 New York Philadelphia Cleveland Detroit ... Philadelphia Cincinnati Arrangements have been init for the staging of several boxing! bouts. tonight at the American Legion grounds, with much inter-} est centered in the proposed ex-) hibitions. Other bouts will be arranged to | be put on at some later date, it is| stated by those having the pro- gram in charge. DIAMONDBALL FRIDAY NIGHT There will be a diamondball game played at Bayview Park to- morrow night, weather permitting. The teams to meet nounced tomorrow. The game that was scheduled for last night between the Zach- F. yesterday afternoon at the Army -; Weech and Hjort. will be an- | week. “Gimme the ball Crowder” } = Crowder is a native of North this teammates have. dubbed him} Carolina, is 32 years old and led the! weighs 175 pounds, throws right | and bats left. league in pitching. LOSES PANTS IN PRESS HILLISTER, Calif.—Standing too near a roaring press in a newspaper plant in this city, Pete Borcoyich lost his , pants when they were drawn into the revolv- ing rollers, The Pelican diamondball ten de-| feated the Fishermen aggregation | Isl AN Sa 4 The oldest living things’ on the grounds, 5 io 3. jearth are the giant redwood Tynes, on the mound for the! ‘tees in California. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN [SWIMMING MEET AT NAVAL BASE |MANY PARTICIPATE IN RACES TAKING PLACE ON TUESDAY ‘OVIOSGCSOSOSSSOSOSOGEBO00D Today’s Anniversaries Cvevccveccessoecoococccs 1795—David P. Brown, a noted | Philadelphia lawyer and writer,| born in Philadelphia. Died there,! July 11, 1872. | 1811—Freidrich K. F. Hecker, A swimming.nieet was conduct-;German _Revolutionist, Illinois ed at the CodSt Guard Naval Op- | farmer, Union soldier. born in |erating Base ‘here on Tuesday aft- | Germany. Died in Illinois, March ernoon, beginning at 2 o'clock, 124, 1881, with the following results: | ‘75-yard free style—Kandale of 1833—James Deering Fressen- ‘the Wainwright first, Carlos of! den, Maine lawyer and State legi |the Hunt second, Zinavage of the lator, Union officer, born at W: Badger third. Time: 52 second brook, Maine. Died in Portland, 40-yard free style—Royster 0: . 18, 1882. the Abel P. Upshur first, Olive: of the Gresham second, R. D.| 1839—Francis E. Willard, col- {Brewer of the Abel P. Upshur | lege president, temperance ad-| ‘third. Time: 22 seconds. j Vocate, founder and president of | 150-yard relay (free style) —| the World’s W. C. T. U., neuer First place tied for by Abel P. Up-'and_editor, born at Churehville,| ishur and Gresham teams. Upshur’s|N. Y. Died in New York City, | jteam composed of Royster, R. D.| Feb. 13, 1898. jBrewer, Linton and Simmon: Gresham’s team made up of Oliver, | Young, Grueling and Fitzgerald.; Paper publisher, Wisconsin gover- Second place taken by Wainwright '"0r, humorist, author of “Peck’s} team consisting of Favley, Breita-'Bad Boy,” born at Henderson, N. itim, White and Kandle. No time! Y- Died in Milwaukee, April 16, taken. | 1916. Bearing the fact in mind tha‘ jvery little time was given foi 1841 — Georges Clemenceau, « practice, the races turned out very famed ‘French editor and _states- |well, it was shown. man, born. Died Nov. 24, 1929.1 } All the meets were closely con- jtested and showed that with prac-| 1851—Henry A. Jones, famous ‘tice some very fast swimmers! English playwright, born. Died |could_ be developed. |Jan. 7, 1929, | The high-light of the day wasi ;the spurt by Royster, the anchor | 1859—Kate Douglas {mah of the Upshur’s team. He! noted American novelist j took up the race with a handicap! day, born in Philadelphia. jof-about ten yards but managed} jn England, Aug. Ito close the gap for a tie for first} (Place. FLORIDA BRINGS 127 PASSENGERS The P. and O. S. S. Florida ar- privat yesterday from Havana with’ 127,-passengers, of whom 74 were jaliens, 991 bales of tobacco and Shipments of fruit for Key West} jand Tampa, | Freighter Brazos, of the Clyde-| Mallory lines, is due tomorrow} evening from Galveston with! i {freight for Key West. After dis- charging the ship will sail for; Charleston and New York. | i | | J) 1840—George W. Peck. news-! | } | | Wiggin, of her Died One air. transport company ‘claims that more passengers are jcarried between New York and | Washington than between any other two cities in the world. || WING LEE’S GROCERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS New Potatoes, 10 bbs. -- 45c Pearl Cream, 6 cans Sugar, 5 Ibs. Cnions, 5 Ibs. Sieenecs Butter, tbh _-. 25c and 26c Maxwell House Coffee, tb 29c Rinso, 3 pkgs. ...... 25 Premier Ham, by half, tb 17¢ FREE—Glass Tumbler with 1% tb pkg. Lipton’s Tea 25c Supreme Dog Food, 3 cans 25¢ Campbell’s Soups, 3 cans .. 27¢ Supreme Golden Cane Ale, 2 bottles . 25c SL ‘Key West's First Funeral Home Key West’s First Ambulance |’ Service PRITCHARD Phone 548 Never Sleeps Nice Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Phone 107 _ 508 Fleming St. FREE DELIVERY | | | Birds, allowed the Fish Catchers! - nine hits, while. Weech, the oppos- ing twirler, was garnered for just one less. B. Garcia, P. Diaz, M. Gibson and C. Baker socked the ball for | extra base hits. Score by innings: ‘ee ag ROSE R. H. E. Pelicans 202 100 000— 5 Fishermen— 000 100 110— 38 tteries: Tynes and . 8 5 Bazo;! special lot at 10 for special lot at 10 for . Pancake Flour, 2 pkgs Chase and Sanborn’s Cof- fee, 2Be * Hellm: eeaipescunine, i jar, Se Cuban mage B - 30¢ Coffee, 25c aah House Coffee tb 28¢ Sugar, 5 27¢ Butter, tb 24c and 25c Milk, 3 cans . 33¢ Cream, 6 cans Siam Rice, 5 Ibs. . Potatoes, 10 Ibs. Qnions, 3 Ibs. White Beans, 2 Ibs. Black Bea: Flour, 6 Tomatoes, 6 cans, - String Beans, 2 cans Corn, 2 large cans Wesson Oil, qt. Kidney Beans, 2 Apple Sauce, 2 cans Asparagus Tips, large can - Corn Flakes, 3 ghee. Kaffa Haag, zi Cocomalt, can Sweet Potatoes, 3 Ibs. Palmer Flat or Gloss White, gallon Black Roof Paint, per gallon ... 5 gallons Green Metallic Roof Paint, per gallon .... 10¢ x .- 20c Wax Paper, 3 rolls 25c}) 2 large bars Octagon Soap and 3 bars Palmolive 25¢ Lard, 2 Ibs. 16¢ Prunes, 2 pkgs. 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AN AUTO STROP RAZOR outfit septl given ftee with each classified | ASK FOR IT. advertisement. jani1 | strom, 71, won the women’s corn- Satisfaction guaran-_ Artman | jun14-tf a | j Howard Mackey, colored, was jgiven a hearing ‘before Rogelio | |Gomez, justice of the peace, on a jcharge of petit larceny. C. O. Garrett, deputy sheriff at {Rock Harbor brought Mackey to | Key West on the morning train | yesterday and charged him with {the theft of six machetes. After hearing the evidence in lene ease, the judge ordered the jdefendant held under bond of $200, At the Ortonville, Minn., harvest | festival recently Mrs. L. W. ‘Lind- j eating championship with a new women’s record of 45 ears. | ARCHER’S GROCERY “The Store | That Serves You Best” j We meet a'l compe! 5 give FULL WEIGHT in every package. 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