The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 14, 1941, Page 3

TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1941 Bill Tilden Says Lenglen Greatest Of Three Greatest Women THE KEY WEST CITIZEN COMMENTS ON = Tennists —=z=_. 8 PREDICT YANK-RED Red Burman Reveals _ His “Beat Joe’’ Plan TRADE AT HOME AND SAVE VICTORY IN 1941 Feature Service)’ Day by day, more and more, Suzanne Lenglen, the French |peseball fans are picking the star, and a couple of California!yankees to win the American! |girls, Helen Wills Moody Roark|League pennant in 1941. Most of | jand Alice Marble, rank as per-|those same baseball fans expect | (Associated Press Challenger Claims Blows To Midriff And Clout On Chin Will Put Louis To Sleep LIONS WHIP By DILLON GRAHAM | Sports Editor, AP Feature Service | NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—You! should know Clarence (Red) Bur- man, the fighter, maybe before | it is too late. | Burman is a red-headed Balti-! more married man with two chil- | Plumbers Forfeited Sec- dren and a couple of gold a ond Game I i Night He has been chosen as Joe Louis’ | No. 1 victim this year. They fight; To Army Five; Exhibi- tion Played for the heavyweight champion- | ship in New York the end of this month. Some say it will be the | end of Burman, too. | Lions Club cagers edged cellar- VP33 the Cincinnati Reds to win their | haps the greatest women players} . i A er | th: ot in’ tennis history. ird straight pennant in the Na-| , Which was the best? That's a| widespread belief that the Yan-| question, which can be argued }kees will ‘Te-crown’ themselves | late into the night. Each reached |in the Junior circuit in °41 ap- ‘her peak at a different time. But Pears to be a general nation-wide | Bill Tilden, probably the all-time | fan in the .grant -Mankee arm | best of the maie players and one)” In spite of the fact that the| who saw each of the girls at her|great Yankee machine of ’36, '37, ibest, gives top rating to Suzanne. }’38 and '39 failed in the clutches | Tilden says that for fine day- }during abe sage? ree ser) : a iss PAaign, fans have not forgotten eee piers peices Miss | nat the American POE Hy New | | Wills was more consistent than | york tas ip ile mania cere tke tae | Miss Marble. However, Big Bill ireplacements. This year is no ex- concedes that Alice, on her best iception, Rising Yankee rookies | days, is possibly the most bril-jinclude the kid infielders Rizzuto | liant star tennis has known. “She /@nd Priddy, and a number of ssesses the widest range of young pitchers. The ‘Yankees’ star _ S “ of fortune, which suddenly faded | shots”, he explained, “and is cer- |jast year, is surely getting bright- | tainly the finest of all women ‘er. Proof in this belief lies in the! volleyers”, fact that Jack Doyle—nation’s | | These players have passed on No. 1 betting commissioner—re- | |now and amateur tennis is search- cently predicted a Yankee victory | jing for another queen. Miss Leng- len died in 1938. Mrs, Roark has | virtually retired from competition {tional League. One reason for the | THE DIFFERENCE These merchants have qualified as leaders in their divisions. . each deserves your wholehearted support. 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N ; ; ; | COLUMBIA LAUNDRY and Zoric Cleaners The most reasonable Laundry and Dry Cleaning Some ringsters are second-story occypant VP33 last night to ad-|and Miss Marble is a profession- |SIGNS WITH BUCS SALES AND SERVICE workers but Burman does his vance into a tie for third place ‘al. Southpaw infielder Stu Martin damage downstairs. {with the High School five, He is known along Slug Street; Paced by Charles Smith, who ‘as just about the best body punch- jseored 15_ points, the Civic boys er among the heavies. Some fight- | quarter and managed to remain ers are known as graceful picture | on top by three points when the boxers. Well, Burman isn’t, He's final whistle blew. Score, 38-35. a rough, hugging, mauling gent. | VP33’s, who replaced the 53’s As the next fellow to hop into {last week, demonstrated that the path of the Dusky Destroyer, /they are improving with each Burman is entitled to a few re-|Succeeding game and should give marks and comments. Generally |the leaders a tough battle in the those hit by J. L. are too dazed to near future. They jumped into engage in post-mortems. ithe lead last night in the opening Red figures it’s just a matter of |period and were never more than intelligence. ifive points in the rear of the de- “Those fellows who have been ‘fending city champions. beaten by Louis just didn’t have! Joe Pinder was second best any new ideas”, he explains. |scorer far the Lions, making three It all goes back to the first baskets and sinking five free Schmeling fight. Eee out of a possible seven, “Max kept popping Joe with) ox score: rights to the jaw and _ finally | Lions Club (38) knocked him out. So what? So) Player— FG every fighter jumped at the idea |Pinder that all he had to do was to hit |Knowles Louis on the whiskers and it! Saunders would be all over. This strategy Smith turned out disastrously for all of | Carbonell them”. Waldo Now this guy Burman—he thinks. | He has a new idea. He figures Louis can be taken if you bang Player— his midriff. Baker “And being a good body punch- |Dunn er myself, I think I can take him, ; Maki I'll have his tummy so sore that | Luce he'll start letting his guard down Jackson to block punches and then I'll | Ramee borrow Schmeling’s idea and rock Kenion 4 TP ll 4 15 5 WOANMK eeoyoun HOwoOnA ic} 14 VP33 (35) FG - —} Totals— TP 13 | jcame from behind in the second! 3 MARINES TACKLE vp33 IN Arturo Godoy was 0 H ‘the world championship heavy- | 38 | See Them Now — On Display Including the Famous Big 6 Cubic-Foot, for. . . . 1212 Varela Street st JOE AL 000 Miss Lenglen was the first of | wil) don a Pittsburgh Pirate uni- | ithe better women players to turn |form this year and again play | ‘professional. That was back in under the guidance of Frankie! 1926 when she made a successful! Frisch. Stu, purchased from the | |tour of this country. Mrs. Roark st, Louis Cardinals late last year, resisted the professional call but|has already signed his contract, | Miss Marble answered it after | officials announced. Martin serv- winning her third successive |eq with Frisch three years while (United States championship. the Fordham Flash managed the Alice beat Mary Hardwick, | Redbirds. English star, in the first match of her winter tour in New York Jan- juary 6. Accompanying them on the swing around the country are} Tilden, still one of the greatest players at 48, and Donald Budge, |perhaps the world’s No. 1 star now. Phone 861-J | Pierce LOUIS TRAINING FOR BOUT WITH BURMAN Joe Louis is now in training for his next ‘build-up’ battle) which will take place January | 31. Red Burman will be the next | ‘victim’. There’s not enough space | {to deal with the possibilities of the length of the fight but put! down the numbers from one to six, cut them out, place in a hat, | and take your pick—you’re rea- | sonably safe. Far south in Chile, meanwhile, saying to thousands of Chilean fans, that he was confident he would bring | NOTARY PUBLIC LEAGUE LEADERS "PLAY TOMORROW COMPENSATORS, 00o The Citizen Office \ NIGHTCAP;: LIONS AND STU- » WATCH AND JEWELRY REPAIRING ——AT REASONABLE PRICES—— FRANK JOHNSON, JR. 604 Duval Street Diamonds Watches Souvenirs - Gifts 604 Duval Street The Old Reliable Since 1898 DENTS IN OPENING GAME weight crown tot Chiie—if he jgot another chance at Joe's} {crown. He will get that chance. | Godoy’s mother died this month | and the boxer had just attended her funeral a day or so before when he came ovt and predicted he would bring back the crown | to Chile if he got the chance, | The top and bottom fives of the Island City Basketball League will march on the floor of the High School Gym tonight as op- ponents in the afterpiece of the usual double-barreled affair, In other words, U.S. Marines will) }ODDOREDYE Ses BOXING HIGHLIGHTS Cooly: a Aenastional Highlights in the fistic world: Jewelry upset will $117 ARE EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS FOR AIR LINE FLUORESCENT LIGHTING Buy a Standard Product, with GENERAL ELECTRIC AUXILIARIES, We can make you a substantial saving on this newest type of Lighting. PIERCE BROTHERS him to sleep with a clout on the | Dugan sounds almost convincing. : Mister Louis, he don’t crack that Lions dead-pan even for a chuckle. Burman hasn’t fought any of the so-called top 10 among the ly forfeited the sceond game of they’re the evening to U.S. Army when seared of him. Others say Burman |they failed to appear in uniform heavies. Burman .says it But coor Nt Hor SSoONONOH stop the league-leading Leather- necks from scoring their seventh straight vietory. A fast game is predicted for the opener between Lions Club and High School. The clubs are tied for third place. First contest will begin at 7:00 o'clock. The gymnasium is locat- 35 | 5 a Totals— Seore by quarters: 5 20 27 38 VP33 8 15 22 35 Pepper’s Plumbers automatical- Seminary streets. ed at the corner of Francis andj Henry Armstrong will attempt to regain one of the crowns he lost when he challenges welterweight champion Fritzie Zivic in a 15- round bout at Madison Square Garden Friday night. . .Bantam- weight king Lou Salica will de- fend his title tonight in Philadel- phia against Tommy Forte, home} town boy. -Light-heavyweight | PLAY GOLF! ch just isn’t good enough to draw a for their scheduled contest. sizable gate against them. Any-| Four members of the team, way, Burman’s year-long yipping | Woodson, Anderson, Schoneck at Louis’ heels finally got him the |and Mathews, appeared at the chanée he’s been bleating for. Louis was sluggish in his De- tified in taking the floor against cember fight against Al McCoy the Soldiers with only four meh.‘ and Burman thinks Joé@ will be Peppers’ manager failed to notify sluggish enough January 31 for |the officials the club did not in- Irish Red to win. F tend to carry out its scheduled Oh, yes, Burman has ‘agreed to games. give Louis a return match if Red| Due to this unsportsman-like wins. But Joe didn’t say anything conduct, Coach J. R. Offutt an- about a return if he won. nounced Pepper’s Plumbers must wo ee forfeit the rest of their games "and be barred from the league for the duration of the season. The forfeit victory gave the Soldiers sole possession of second Anthony McMahon continues to piace. breaking a tie with the lead players of the Island City High School Basketball League in scoring at’ yn an exhibition game. the end of the sixth round. He Army quintet defeated a VP33 has run up a total of 80 points, 36 serub team by ten points. Army field goals and eight free tosses. five just did “get going” in the Leading ten players follow: last quarter to rack up its slim Player— —s*F PF TP jead. Final score was 34-24 es 5 80° Mathews starred for the Dough- Sollenberger, M 31 oy bays, scoring 16.points C. Smith, LC 33 niente McGregor, } 32 ra sete hie 4 BASKETBALL ‘High School Gym. 7:00 p. m.) LC... 28 28 64 & TOMORROW NIGHT First Game—Lions Clut the ll 9 8 6 29 4) a1 J. Carbo'ell, PP 27 89 : ae : 9 High School ig ad san 52 “Second Game—VP33 Marines DURCCHER FREE FROM DRAFT FEARS IN 1941 (Ry Assoctrted Press) BROOKLYN, Jan. 14—Lippy Leo Durocher, manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, doesn't have to worry about the draft so far as he is concerned Island City Basketball League His local dreft board in Brook- Club— L lyn informe@ him that he had U.S. Marines 6 been placed in Group 3—almost U.S. Army @ guarantee that he won't be High School called before the end of the 1941 Lions Club season at least. VP33 FRIDAY NIGHT Second Gs US. Marines. SPORT OpenS jwr tag LEAGUE STANDINGS gymnasium but did not feel jus- | championship will be decided to-| night in Cleveland when Melio| Bettina, former champ, meets An- | ton Christoforidis of Greece. SPORTS MEET \Joe Louis’ title. NBA will rec-| ognize the victor as the light-| jheavyweight king. . Boston’s wel- | terweight contender, Mike Kap-} lan, meets New York’s Tony Fer- jrara in New York tomorrow! jnight. . .Tony Zale has been of-| fered $10,000 to defend his NBA} middleweight crown against | George Abrams in Washington, | D. C., February 11. . Announcing ; it will be impossible for Lou Nova to meet Billy Conn before} June, promoter Mike Jacobs wants Nova to tackle Joe Louis in Madison Square Garden some | time in March. Lou's manager | does not favor the idea, preferring | a bout with Conn to decide Louis’ ; rightful contender. Nova’s men- tor declares “Jacobs is using Louis, the world champion, as a policeman to protect his fair- haired boy, Conn, from getting mussed up by Nova” AIR-MINDED DODGERS TO FLY FOOD IN (Ry Assectated Pree) BROOKLYN. Jan 14—The Brooklyn Dodgers, who will spend part of their spring base- ball training camp time working out in Havana, are considering flying their own meat, vegetables and eggs to Cuba. HELPS THE DOGS TOPEKA, Kans. —F. W. Knapp, dog catcher of this city, announced recently that two public dances would be given to raise money in for the dogs of poor owners who cannot afford to buy licenses Local sportsmen will meet in the Cuban Club 7:30 o'clock to- night to perfect plans for their part in the national drive to raise funds for the fight against in- fantile paralysis. Managers of softball and bas- ketball teams have beer extend- ed an invitation to get-together to decide definite dates for the bene- fit contests and to work out other necessary details. Interested play- ers and fans are also urged to be in attendance. “I want to remind Key sportsmen that the games will be staged for the benefit of crippled children”, Pedro Aguilar, in charge of the sports program locally, said today. “No individual will profit—everybody will give of their services without charge : r a worthy cause and I'm PAIPIPIIPLLZACLZLLIZCGLLLALLELLAAPPZLILAZLLLLLLLLALLALBLZLALLEBDALLLLLELLLLLLLLEZLEAZ ZEEE b a West BROOKLYN SCHEDULES ‘B’ TEAM FOR GIANTS (My Asmoctated Press) BROOKLYN, Jan. 14—It may ts the Broo’ opposition for the New ts in Miami Have Fun! Cheap! In Every Town —THE-— REXALL STORE Is The Best Prescription Store! Your Family Deserves THE BEST and WE SERVE THE BEST! PHONE 177 Gardner’s Pharmacy 534 Duval Street A Sparkling, Bracing Beverage— PEPSI-COLA REFRESHING HEALTHFUL | It’s Bottled in Key West Using Local Labor! Prices the year around in the State of Florida. 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