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

MONDAY, DECEM#ER 23 1940 Whe Killed. Munt-Maggie P ——————— By MEDORA FIELD YESLEMVAY: 1 Grego 'y of the three inter- on the place @ piece of wire cut tee ‘the telephone line has turned up in one of the guest’s waste and a Mr. Jamie-on phon ertible coupe the house the if serv in an that they might. be need 1, gave me the telephone number of telephone. Eve At Her Worst cause of th of the wi There were cand les burning o dishes. asked 1 to do w ring. ie rs we it? Oh, s nm with : m MWCORMICK LED FIRST BASEMEN IN NL FIELDING LOMBARDI TOPPED CATCHERS; TWENTY-NINE PITCHERS POSSESS PER-; FECT MARK OF 1.000 (Ny Associated Prem) Dec. Jing records, as r i News Bureau 1 the follow- A. McCormick, Circin- consecutive t basemen, with 995. Herman phia, he with .980. Cincinnati, the third base- Edward R. Miil- tops the shortstops Craft, Cir outfielder 997, a nev. joir "Louis, 193: places the .994 Terry B. Moore, St Leonard Koenccke, 1934, end John W. Brooklyn, 1936. > N. Lombardi. catchers, with sixth consecu- tieing with Harry York, and Bennie Philadelphia, had alls, 7. pitchers lership going to bert, New York, Cooney, leads _ the d for the Philadelphia, ptem- w York, tied a many eons Hartnett, Chicago, Brocklyn, sted double plays July . tied a record 1 ny first basemen. Three pitchers had unassisted double plays icholas Strince- vich, Boston, against Brooklyn, } second game, August 11; William} H. Walters, Cincinnati, paar ourgh, September and ). leton, Rreekly lyn, ‘ork. September 23 | record held by} Cincinnati 23.—Na- j Brooklyn, | Cincin- fielded | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN LIONS SWING INTO ACTION THIS EVENING \WILL BE TRYING FOR SOLE POSSESSION OF BASKET- BALL LEAGUE LEADERSHIP; MEET ARMY IN NIGHTCAP By RABID FANSTER Lions Club five will battle the iU.S. Army tonight in the after- piece of an Island City Basketball League doubleheader in the High |Se 001 Gym. The Civic boys will g to gain sole possession 1e leadership, which will be accomplished if the Soldiers are ated. Three lace and the m of th action tonight. ibs are tied for first Lions five is the rio that will see As this will be the last league twin bill until | January 6, the Civic boys are as- [sured of holding the lead for two weeks—if they win tonight. present cage cham- pions of Key West. They perienced their first setback in regular competition last week. Pepper's Plumbers, _ former champs, upset the old bucket as they 37-30 victory | Wednesday night. However, the Lions are expeciing to take the Doughboys into camp without much trouble. | Plumbers and VP53 are sched- uled to meet in the opener this evening. Pipe-Fitters will at- {tempt to continue their come- | back try begun last week. They |dropped their first three games but snapped back with their un- heralded triumph over the Lions. In the Aviators they will be Lions are ex- dope marched to a over the “Roarers” | playing a club that has lost all of | its starts and which seems | There will be no basketball ac- tivity Christmas or New Year’s nights. An Ohio collegiate five jis slated to battle the Lions Club ; December 30, and the YMVA Triangles of Miami are expected to appear here either this week- end or Friday and Saturday of | the following week. Wi. CATES LED - 1940 BATTERS WITH .425 MARK shortstop on} ainst Pittsburgh ed a record held hortstops Marion. St. Louis, by 2 part in five double June against Brooklyn, tied a record held by many shortstops. 1 three errors in the g against Brooklyn, | similar record ; two othe Club Fielding Features by achieving a plished ced the t disp v Chicago, 1938, | drop- replacing the 135. made by he second consecu- icipated P lays. 169. most passed » second con-} the most men econd con putouts, BASKETBALL (High School Gym. 7:00 p. m.) TONIGHT e — Plumbers _ vs. ond Game—Army vs. Lions. Aes NIGHT plays, | Tithird baseman of the | lARMANDO ACEVEDO SEC- | OND, 421, AMONG HITTERS “TAKING TWENTY OR MORE | CHANCES AT PLATE captain and Key West Conchs. topped the baseball hit- ters of 1940 with an average of 425. Cates appeared at the plate 40 times, ming through with safe blows on 17 occasions. His hits were good for 36 bases and enabled to score an even dozen runs. In second place, Armando Ace- vedo, shortstop teammate of Cates, pa samark of .421. Acevedo took 38 chances at bat, two less than Cates, and secured one less hit, 16, but blasted the ball for the same number of total bases, 36, and scored two runs more, 14 Four players are tied for third position, Julius Villareal, Jackie Carbonell and Lucilo Gonzalez, also members of the Conchs, and Sollenberger, ace moundsman of the Marines, each with 400. Only players possessing high- est averages in 20 or more chanc- es at bat are selected as leading batters of the years. Statistics are furnished by official score- ki Pedro Aguilar vers who hit .300 or be ,during 1940 follow: | Player— AB R. H. TB Ave. E. Albury ee 832 Alonzo = 4 625 {Joe Nav’'ro 10 4 500 | Wickers ae 8 -500 William Cates, | Tip-Offs On— GOOD BASKETBALL 7. OFFENSE By CLAIR BEE Long Island University Coach Shooting and passing. already covered, are the most important phases of offense but to get chance to shoot or pass you must to get free of defensive men. Several things can help you do that. One of the simplest is the change of pace. If you run al- ways at the same rate c your guard need only match speed and hold that pace. But by using your head—and constantly changing pace—you can save your feet and get free oftener. It is vital that you master “change of direction”. Feiats, starts, stops reverses and pivets are all impor- tant in getting 2n cpponent off balance. Feinting, you must remember. is done with the cyes, head, shoul- ders, and hips) THE FEET DO NOT MOVE. except when 2 long back step is required after a feint in order to get off a shot. It’s good practice to fake left and go right: right and go left: left, right, and go left: right, left, and go left. But don’t move those feet until your drive actually starts. CLASSIFIED COLUMN Advertisers should give their street address as well as their telephone number if they desire results. Payment for classified adver- tisements is invariably in ad- vance, but regular advertisers with ledger accounts may have their advertisements.,charged. Advertisements under this head be able will be inserted in The Citizen at |‘ the rate of one-cent (1c) a word for each insertion, but the mini- mum for the first insertion in every instance is twenty-five cents (25c). LOST LOST—Light Yellow Persian Cat. Reward for return to Mary Mor- gan, 627 Caroline street. 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