The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 20, 1940, Page 3

By MEDORA FIELD ena Ba it hire have been easy e argued, er into the about?” I r say first, 't no use in be id you left at irrela- “T thoug! but wh "I was glad Bill n Bob take all said Li ge it had not be Te be continned 9, Medora Field f SKIDDING AUTO KILLS MAN CLEVELAND. O. — Thomas F nstantly killed t the side of the z LINEUP SHIFT OF HANK GREENBERG SUCCESSFUL MOVE DETROIT SLUGGER LED ALL. IN RUNS-BATTED-IN: FOL- LOWED BY TEAMMATE Press) 20.— BASKETBALL (High Scheel Gym. 7:06 p. m.) TONIGHT “WEDNESDAY NIGHT Open date. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN AND WHERE DID JELCOME TO CHRISTMASLAND CHILDREN! WE GET ae Tip-Offs On— G0OD BASKETBALL SHORT SHOTS i | i By CLAIR BEE Long Island University Coach Short sht y be divided int lay-up, the cut . and the ¢ hand field. t the ball is gertips the at the peak of e basket. The cut a player cuts under the je from the finger- yer kicking with his leaps into the air. As ther er turns wai the basket and twist motion, aims on the back- when it is ne- reome difficult an- used when near d of a feint, a twist of ad or body. That is follow- an exactly reverse motion i the actu ot. The one hand popular known as the . is most successful all is brought to a po- ly in front of the face up over the head as the r. A slight d. The shot effective from terri- behind the foul line. ectly —:man of the Leathernecks. nd High ketball OUTSTANDING ers of the Ke’ team Ww He walked onl: ve been d-plated baske by the Lettermen’s! chool, were presen ny Offutt during a ior High chapel period y for the > Ge ho nose d out + to the ‘SOLLENBERGER SET HIGH MARK FOR KEY WEST PITCHERS IN STRIKEOUTS; CONCHS CORNERED BATTING HONORS — Bethel And | Revels En-’ gaged Hardest- Fought Mound Duel Of 1940 Records of official keeper Pedro Aguilar reveal only thirty baseball games were play- ed in Key West during 1940. This number of score- comparatively small national pastime exhibitions can be attributed to several reaso} The season itself did not get under way until the latter part of the year. Then closing of Navy Field caused a temporary tion of activity, followed disbandment of the League, which put an end lac! aisical season. Key West Conchs engaged in most of the contests played, win- ning eight, losing two and having two thrown out no-contests. U.S. Marines ranke next with eight games. This service unit appeared in many other exhibi- tions but no records are available, practically all being of a practice nature. Blue Sox, disbanded dur- ing league play, played a total of five contests. C.G.C. Pandora e gaged in four games and Troj two. Outstanding pitcher of the year was Sollenberger, ace mound: In for- ty innings he toed the 78 players went down swinging—al- most two strikeouts per inning In one game alone he fanned 18 batters and in another sent 16 men trotting back to the dugout with their bats on their shoulders. 10 players. Future pitchers will have a tough job topping that recor: Hardest-fought mound duel the season developed when Rob- ert Bethel of the Conchs oppo: Revels of the Pandora on Nove: ber 3. Bethel finally won the contest, 1-0, but the deciding run was scored on an error. The Coast Guardsman limited the Key We nine to two mease i of . Bethel allowed just one more than mbers of the champ club 1 gold balls acclaimed the er of the tournement ints and received a MARSHALL JOHN HIGH ENDS BEST FOOTBALL YEAR (Ry Associated Press) MOND, Dec. 20.—John school of Rich- mien untied and ne uncrossed, be- as one of the best scho- lastic football records for 1940. The Justices, playing their first season under Dick Esleeck. for- r Virgi ia Tech star. rolled up ats scoreless. team played before opponen The Revels struck out 12 batters in that game against ht for Robert. In the 34 in Bethel pitched during the season he fanned 32 men and walked nine. Records of other pitchers fol- low:, Malgrat—40 strikeouts and bases on balls in 42 innings. Baker—16 strikeouts and bases on balls in 20 innings. Casa—11 strikeouts and bases on balls in 18 innings. Butler—15 strikeouts and four bases on balls in 18 innings. Wickers—14 strikeouts and four bases on balls in 12 innings. McKay—10 strikeouts an bases on balls in nine innings Mortor—Eight _ strikeouts four bases on balls in nine nings. H. Gates—Eight strikeouts and eight bases on balls in eight in- nings. Kitchins—Eight strikeouts 10 bases on balls in 20 ini J. Carbonell—Four two bases on ball: that number. 20 eight four strikeouts bases on balls in 10 Cc. Albury—12 10 bases on bal. Salinero—11 s bases on bi Boring—Two two bases on balls in four ina—12 strikeouts and bases on balls in 12 innings. of third baseman; Armando vedo, shortstop, and Phili ity infielder-pitcher. In two-base blows Cates led the trio with six to five for Acevedo and four for Baker. The Conch © shortstop poled th a half dozen, follo and Baker with five ea jhome runs, they took a backseat, s Acevedo. BASKET LEAGUE STANDINGS WILL SHIFT TONIGHT POSSIBILITY OF THREE-WAY TIE FOR FIRST: ARMY-MA- RINES IN OPENER. HIGH SCHOOL-VPS3 IN SECOND By RABID FANSTER It's getting to be a bk these three-way ties in the Island In tw City Basketball League. anc f weeks of play, the tri- angular fight has shifted first to second place and results of tonight's conte: send it right back to the top. The season got under way with two clubs knotted for the leader- Another five slipped the next night to form the initial triple-knot. In follow- ing battles, of the second, then Lions ship. into ame one teams dropped into an- leaving the sole Thus other, in posstssion of No. 1 position the way was paved for the ond three-cornered fight, developed Wednesday night after the Marines trounced the Airmen to third the runner-up trio. Now comes the third triangular fight and the scc- ond for the leadership. The three clubs knotted for second-¢ High School, Army and Ma —are scheduled to take the floor in the doubleheader tonight. Win- g team of the Soldier-Leather- neck opener is assured of joining the Lions on the first rung, should the Students defeat Airmen in the afterpiece, the erth will become unco! ied And there ic five can do become the member of possibility of a and the Lor crow the yet. Our prediction is standings will look like er the games tonight: lub— Club School Army U.S. Marines Pepper’s Plumbers. VP53 abo that this Pan enone ol 000 to Julio Bare another | here nch trotted around each. The same two creditted with f the lad sbies—Cates t, Nav: arre. 6; A So! Ace M. Hernandez. John N: Garcia. M. Acevedo and Barcelc 3 each. Home runs—Barcelo, Wa a ng. 2 each: C. A. Ace- . Al. Rodriguez. Sterling real. one each. Sacrifice hits—Cates Acevedo, 8 each: J. Na Garcia. M. Acevedo, Villareal Griffin and J. Carbonell, 6 eac! Thompson, Sollenberger and Bak- er. 5 each. Stolen bases—Baker. 12; 11: Cat 10; J. Na ro, 9; J. Garcia and M. Og: each. A C the ND SO SEcms THE FaRST BiG” v pgm CF CALE T SANTA ed ome | ae A LARRY Mh hy 3 Fee. Neco = ¢ LASSIFIED ae for cack mum ti PICTURE FRAMING PICTURE FR {ING BRING in ne THE to Clean at FOR YOUR VISITING fri OVERSEAS HOT. sphere. Sat St FOR SALE SALE- x CHEVROL! 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