The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 23, 1940, Page 3

TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1940 Farley, As Yanks’ New Chief, WouldBeNoStranger InSports By DILLON GRAHAM Sports Editor, AP Feature Service Jim Farley, who, reports say is quitting politics to head a syn- dicate paying more than $4,000,- 000 for the New York Yankees, was a national sports figure as New York Athletic Commission- er from 1925-1933. He introduced the no-foul box- ; Yankees ing rule and sent the Dempsey ve worl Tunney 1926 heavyweight cham- _ Golf is the fame in which pionship fight to Philadelphia by Jim participates. He shoots holding that Negro Harry Wills around 100. Government dut was the logical contender and allowed him little time for that Dempsey must meet him be- ; keeping in practice fore Tunney or fight outside New’ He’s a turf e York Farley made influential friends by giving away free fight tick- ets. Sports people like Jim. As explained, “He will never throw you a curve”, meaning that gives a straight- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Pace THES LEAGUE STANDINGS THE WEATHER AMERICAN LEAGUE (Major League Baseball) Club— Weis - Pct: Detroit 52 33 .612 Cleveland 51 35 .593 Boston 47 38 .553 New York _. 44 39 .530 Chicago . 40 41 494 Washington 37 51 .420 St. Louis 2 36 52 .409 Philadelphia 33 51.393 NATIONAL LEAGUE (Major League Baseball) Club— W.. Lb. Pet Cincinnati 55. 25 .688 Brookly 51 31 .622 New York - 44 36 .550 Chicago 45 44 506 St. Louis 37 43 .463 Pittsburgh 36 44 .450 Boston 28 49 .364 , Philadelphia 28 52 .350 iN Observation taken at ,7:30 a. m., 75th Mer. Time (City Office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean res Normal 2 6 the to © 9 oo ie Tunney bout Philadelphia. Farley went poe Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches é Total rainfall since July 1, inches 2 Excess since July 1, inches Total rainfall since Jan. 1, inches am Deficiency since January 1, inches 2.52 Wind Direction and Velocity E—10 miles per hour Relative Humidity 84% Barometer at 7:30 a. m. today Sea level, 30.08 (1018.6 millibars) Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 5:51 a. Sunset 7:16 p. Moonrise 10:34 p. Moonset 10:20 a. Tomorrow's Tides for Mc- the won has high managerial ability of Carthy, regard Joe bossed 1931 id ionships. 14 FAA hk hb hd hd hh ded had dud Firms Listed In This: Space: Are i In Their Field, They Are Reliable and Worthy of Your Business. TRADE AT HOME AND SAVE Mabel Preston Green’s SOUTHERNMOST SHOP HOURS: 10 A. M. to 5:09 P. M. Except Senders RENTAL LIBRARY ART SUPPLIES Duval Street at South ved 0 he = & st, rarely NATIONAL LEAGUE (Key West Softball) Club— Ww. L. Pepper’s Plumbers 40 Sawyer’s Barbers 3 2 Blue Sox 0 4 AMERICAN LEAGUE (Key West Softball) Club— Ww. L. Key West Conchs 2 U.S.S. Lea 3 NavSta 1 U. S. Marines 1 . , Merchants 0 ccc 0 AMES TODAY tonight = nd We sda attered thun- Pet. 1.000 600 000 river, rarely held the b Postmaster General job (salary, 00) at a financial sacrifice. He should make several times that sum as Yankee boss. Rumors in recent years have had him resigning to become (1) baseball commissioner, (2) box- ing czar, (3) turf ruler, (4) pro football commissioner. As a youngster. 6-foot-3 Farley was known “Stretch”. fancy-field- sev ing Grassy Point, N. Y., first ba: n Farley was boxing commission- AMERICAN LEAGUE er when Max Schmeling won the | four Vorld § | Wiashineten’ at’ Detrast he ight championship on Siig. claim Jack Sharkey fouled him Jim knows most of today’s box- ‘2 ing and other sports champions. 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Clean, Healthful Recreation An Orderly Decent NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati at Brooklyn, two ames, SOFTBALL SCHEDULE New York, night The Best Cuban USS. LEA WON BLUE SOX AND MARINES TOOK SHORT END OF SCORES yer’s Barbers won over the Sox last night at Bayview Park in the opening game of a softball doubleheader, and” the Us Lea ten downed the U. S. Marines in the nightcap. The first contest was played by the Barbers under new manager- ship. Oliver Kemp stepped out and Theodore Albury stepped in. In this fracas, the Sawyer’s players scored a run in the first on an error. Sox came right back and,took the lead as two single a sacr 2, two bases on balls and a triple by M. Acevedo produced three runs. Barbers went ahead in second canto and were never displaced from the lead from then on. They scored three runs in that inning. In the third, they added two more on two erro and a safety. Six more markers were scored in the next two innings on four miscues and six hits. Sox shoved over a lone run in the fourth on two errors and a safety. The score then read: 12 to 4. Sox threw a scare in the sev- enth inning but fell four runs short of tying the count. The losers, however, accounted for the (Bayview. Park Field) THURSDAY NIGHT First | Game—Merchants NavSta (/ Second Pepper's League). vs. nerican League). Game—Blue Sox vs. Plumbers (National FRIDAY NIGHT First Game—Pepper’s ers Barbers Plumb- vs. Sawyer’s (Na- tional League). Second Game—CCC Key West Conchs (American League). FREE ELECTRICITY Y.—The municipality 2,275 N, N. PENN YA s the rated electric light s the profits of the ye: t share plant when they received receipt- ed bills for electricity consumed in June. It was the tenth time since 1930 that a month’s free electric current has been given to residents. four; Reece and Smith, of four, each. Solenbarger poled a hom a single and Plumr duced two singles in fe to the plate. In the field, Kitch: lenbarger were the Marines, and Smith, Tow were outstanding Le Score by innings: R. H. E Marines 061 000 1— 8 11 10 Leas 214 136 x—17 11 5 Spakes, Sollenbarger and Yelo- chan; Klink and Jones. two out pro- Klink and for the - thing > much—and icago at Boston. Louis at Philadelphia. THE LOWDOWN FROM HICKORY GROVE: oases a creamer! SRST You know, this idea of doing something about getting prepar- ed for war is O.K. But the idea of doing something, and s only a hazy idea gonna turn out, is a e of a different color. And u take these battleships costing around 90 million each, which we think we gotta have, they will maybe not be what we want, 3 or 4 years from now, when they are finished. We need much as 4 just ha’ Vv as 0 million we could build 25 or 30 welter-weight boats. And 25 or 30 such spitfires circl- ing one battleship, would make things pretty lively for the big boat. 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