The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 1, 1941, Page 3

WEDNESDAY ee ANUS ARY 1, 19: Ln 1941 Aguilar ‘ Selects Key West’s Leading ’40 Baseball Players FIRST TEAM COMPOSED OF VERSATILE MEM-| BERS; SECOND CLUB ALMOST ITS EQUAL Key West’s leading baseball players of 1940 have been se! elected | by Pedro Aguiiar, official secorekeeper and sports writer. selections, Mr. Aguilar carefully studied the statistics'in his pos- | H his session and took into consideratio: Due to the fact a comparati played here during 1940, some of tion. For instance, the Trojans, city, éngaged in only one contes' On the othér hend, Key West's champion Conchs played more games than any other single| team. *T selected my first team on the players’ batting, fielding and all- around ability’, Mr. Aguilar com- ments. As there are two or more players of equal ability for a number of positions, it is /neces- sary to divide them into ,two clubs. On the first team, Mr. | Aguilar has attempted to select, in his estimation; the leading men | of the city. The club is composed | of: Joe Navarro, Coast Guard,} ¢atchef. Sollénberger, Marines, pitcher. Julio. Bareelo, Conchs, first base. William Cates, Conchs,, second base. Esmohd Albury, Trojans, third base. Armando shortstop. Julius Villareal, field. Lucilo Gonzalez, Conchs, terfield. Cheta Baker, field. As is clearly evident, Key West Conchs dominate the club. There dte six Conchs, one Marine. one Trojan and a Coast Guardsman. “Behind the plate I Acevedo, Conchs, Conchs, left- Conchs, fright- hard playing and _ all-around work”, Mr. Aginlar declares: “Cy-} ril Griffiri, Cofich backstop, is a} mah that is needed on any clu die to his expetence. He is still | tops among local catchers, but he has to give way to youth. “In the box, Solly Sollenberger | téps thém ail. He let! the pitth-| ets ify stfikeouts this yea and cOuld have done much better if} cen- | like Joe} Navarro for his hitting, throwing, ! In making | n past records of the players. vely small number of games were ; the baseballers saw véry little ac- rated the second best club of the 'him above the others. He also Played a great game at third. “It was a toss-up between Ma- | rio Hernandez cf the Pirates and | Albury at third, but I favor Al-| bury for his hitting. ‘THREE WHEELER’ | | | | | “At short, Armando Acevedo, | the dean of local shortstops, gets | the riod over that great fielding | demon, Juani Navarro of the! Trojans. Navarfo would be an! asset on any club, but Acevedo's | experience and clouting give him} the edge. | “In the gardens I selected Vil-| lateal, Gonzalez and Bake~ for | | their known ability afield and at, | bat. “With Ernest Ogden, J. Car- jbonell, C. Griffin, J. Navarro, M. | Hernandez and Sterling as sub- | | stitutes on this club, Key West |could rméet and defeat the best in jthe state”. The second ‘would have: Cyril Griffin, Conchs, cals | Rebert Bethel, Conchs, pitcher. ; | Clayton Sterling, Trojans, first | ; base: H Al. Acevedo, Pirates, second! base. Mario Hernandez, Pirates, third base. Juani Navaro, stop. E. Ogdeti, Piraten, leftfield. Rueda, Trojans; centerfield. J. Torres; Pirates; rightfield. Pitchets, iiifieldets and out-! fielders mentished dbove, other ithan thoSe on the two teams,! could be evenly shared as substi- ; | tutes for the leading clubs. “The first team is composed of |versatile players”, Mr. Aguilar | | continues. “Joe Navarro can catch arid play the outfield. Sol- jlenbérger can pitch, do a_first- j class job in the outfield and hit that old apple. | team, aaa i | | Trojans, short- |HARD WORKING and spectees: lar performer, Harry “Three Wheeler” Sheeler is aiming for the coveted Pinky Wagner Tro- ‘phy Sunday night at Flagler (Speedway Park, home of the mid- ,get auto races in Miami. MISHAP CAUSED OHIO CAGERS TO CANCEL GAME MET WITH ACCIDENT IN NORTH CAROLINA; HOPE TO | SCHEDULE CONTEST IN FU-| TURE Earl Hawkins, manager of the, Ohio Collegians who were sched- juled to play the Lions Club cag- ers here Monday night, has for- ‘warded an explanation of his| ;team’s non-appearance. “We are vrey sorry we can’t be there to play your team on the arranged date”, Mr. Hawkins) wrote manager Hastings Smith. Barcelo can play |“Having played a few games and|*Albany-New York outboard—| he had had a mofe experienced’! |first and the outfield. Cates ca | doing better than. expected, we re- battery mate. Robert Bethel, of tlie Conchs, comes next. Al- though aging, hé is still g56d. Joe Casa, Revels and MéKay, ofly in ohe game eath, showed they had the ‘stuff’. Along with Bubbér Witkers, they would round out an. excellent staff. “At first, Barcelo was erfatic at tities but playéd mote gathes at that bag than any other. He’ also hit well, of the Trojans would be a. good nian to have afound for His éxtta- base hitting: “At sbcontl, Cates get the rod’ over J, Carbonell; Baker and A Acevedo. ‘Butch’s’ hitting and all-around playitig, despite the | fact Acevedo led in — place | seen} mound } Clayton ‘Sterling } |switth ffomn second to third to: first with equal ability at each position. Albury can also catch, | and Armando Acevédo can back- stop in great style and play al- most any other position except) fhe pitcher’s box. Baker has and can play any spot on the dia- mond, as well as Gonzalez. Vil- jlareal is also an excellent first baseman. “The same holds true for the second team except for a few ex- jceptions: Any of the players on either club can break up a game | with their hitting and can hold a ean in check with their defen- ive ability. “Yes, it has been difficult to se- lect the first nine. Both clubs. are about evenily matched”. { jrevealed that |(Decembet 26) he played a game | with only six men, signifying that gret not being able to make aed | West due to an accident that oc- curred on the way to Henderson | ville, N, C.” Collegians’ manager wrote wal ‘letter December 27, three days be- fore the scheduled date for the game in Key West, but it was re- ceived only yesteeday. It is pre-| sumed the team has returned {o home town, Maumee, Ohio, can- celling its tour through the South. |Further confirmation of this be- is the fact tha Mr. Hawkins | the night before lief the rest of his boys weré injured in the aecident. This left the club ‘without reserve strength for an |extended tour. GRANDMA’S RED YARN REMEDY STOPS CAGER'S NOSE BLEED A ije @ ie By HAROLD HARRISON, INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 1,—Call it psychology, superstition or a she was brought up: She tied on Ad plain old Hoosier home, remedy, but a little piece of red Yarn is proving the difference between just a mine-run college freshman and a promising Butler Univer- | sity basketball player. Walter Lothair (Tike) Manifold | of Mooreland, Ind., is rated as one of the more promising lads on the Butler yearling squad since the red yarn gave him a viftually punch-proof nose. When “Tike” was in high schoo! he was a fine basketball player— except that every time an oppc- rient roughed him a little his nose bled, some times for hours. Physicians tried in vain to find the answer. And then “Tike’s” grandmother, Mrs. Betsy Manifold, decided to take matters in her own hands Her remedy was simple: She tied a piece of red yarn, about long enough for a 15% collar, around “Tike’s” neck and | an- riounced that there would be no nose bleed trouble in that game. Everybody laughed except Grandma—but it worked That was two years ago. The only time sinte that “Tike” has had a nose bleed was in one game in which he didn’t wear the yarn If took an hour to stop the flow of blood and since then “Tike” hes carried a spare piece of yarn with him all the time. “I don't know what's in it”, Manifoli says, “but it works Grandma says it is a Hoosier tra- dition, dating from early pioneer AP Feature Service Writer days, around New Castle, where the first few strings but now 1. seem to be able to tie them so! they work just as well”. “Tike”, 5 feet 8, and 165 pounds, | played forward in high school but at Butler has been shifted to guard. But, at forward or guard, that piece of yarn is always around his neck. GIRL CAGERS WILL APPEAR FRIDAY NIGHT Two girl teams will engage in a péliminary game to the Miami Triangle-Lions Club main event Friday night at the High School Gym. Feminine cagers from the Conyent.of Mary :mmacylate will dribWie the ball agaihst tépresen tatives of the highest pul i cational institution in the c YMCA Triangles are 1 champions of their league ir Magic City. They will tan with the local champs in the a erpiece of the twin bill, 8:30 o'clock. The opener will get un der way at 7:30 o'clock. Saturday night the Triang! will meet the U.S. Marines, w smothered Pepper's Plumbers Monday night. Lions and US. Army will battle in the preli inary. The letter expressed hope that | the cancellation did not cause un- toward incidents here, especially in regard to relations between teams in Key West and those of the Ohio association. Mr. Hawkins cluded. joining Schools Plan Partnership Stadiutt| (Ry Asnociated Prexs) CLEVELAND, Jan. 1.—Western ! Reserve University and Case School of Applied Science, whose | are considering | campuses adjoin, the erection of a stadium The proposed 20,000-seat struc- ture would be built partially on joint football Case land and partially on Re-! serve land. Cost estimates range from $150,000 to $200,000. The two schools now play their games in Shaw high school sta- dium, the Cleveland Indians’ baseball park or the 80,000-seat Mupeii ipal stadium. All are lo- cated several miles from the schools. FI PALDA LL LL A YEAR AGO NEW YORK. Jan. 1— Here's how the nation’s bow! games ended a year ago: Southern California defeat- ed Tennessee in the Rose Bowl, 14-0. Texas A. & M. beat Tulane 14-13 in the Sugar Bowl. Georgia Tech defeated Mis- sissippi 21-7 in the Orange Bowl. Clemson beat Boston Col- lege 6-3 in the Cotton Bowl. TR TOIILOIS “We hope| :|to be able to ask you°again fortal) |game date”, con- | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | TaOTeTOas: ‘moSt SOUTHERN CLUB ISSUES CHALLENGE TO FARTHEST-NORTH FIVE Key West jest Baskerballens greet ihe Néw Year with 4 challenge to thé baskéteérs of the Parthest-Nofth urivér- cagers 3 notthern. It would bé sen- sational, Only | the distarice. away. To the Farthest- a? Cot: legian, monthly of the University of Alatia;: West sportsmen send greetings of the new and wishful hopé that day the “dream” game fay become a reality. Amateur and Professional 1940 SPORTS HAMPIONS (By The Associated Préss) Ice Hockey Stanley Cup — New York Ran- gers. "National Hockey league—Boston Bruins. International-American léague— Providence. *Americdan Association—St. Louis. Eastern Amateur league—Balti- | more. *Western Conference—Minnesota. | Motor Boatiiig Gold Cup—Hotsy-Totsy, Sidney | Allen, Hampton Bays, N. Y. President’s Cup — Notre Dame, Herbert Mendelson, Detroit. National Sweepstakes—Tops Mi, | Jack (Pap) Cooper, Kansas | City. Townsend Medal (National high | point outboard champion) —/ Fred Jacoby, Jr. | National intercoHegiate (indi- vidual)—Frank Desmond, Vil- | Janova. National intereollegate —Vitlanova. i | (team) Clayton Bishop. Polo’ Open (outdoor)—Ak- | | | Natiorial husti. National Open (indbor) — Win- +mont Farms. National Intercollegiate door)—Yale. Motity Waterbury Cup — Great Neck. out- Rowing Poughkéepsie Regatta — Wash | ington U. *Yale-Harvard—Harvard. NATIONAL A:A.O; *Senior single stulls — Joe Burk, Bridgeboro, N. J. *Senior fours—Penn A. C., Phila- delphia. Intermediate eights—New. York | A.C. Senior quadruple sculls—Bath- | elots’ Batge Cliib, Philadel- phia. Senior singles — Theophile Du- bois, Winnipeg, Canada. Senior four without coxswain— Detroit Boat Club. Senior doubles—Howard MeGil- lin and J. Burk, Penn A. C., Philadelphia. Sénior eights—Pern A. C. Team—Penn A. C. *"Indicatés retained titles. 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