The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 31, 1941, Page 3

O41 194 Despite Vitamin Pills And Rookie Hurlers Hold Key Success Of Redbird Pen- To nant Hopes By DILLON GRAHAM Sports Editor, AP Feature Service STERSBURG, Fla., March substituted B-1 vit- for Pepper to inject pep ardinais this spring and St. Louis gang casting atening glances at their Cin- ati 1 Brooklyn National League the thre cinn, the is rivals pennant in old Pepper—John Leonard mii this year first time in a decade. He's out on the coast preparing th Sacramento team. And without Pepper to’pep up the practice M r the ing for THUMBNAIL PREVIEW OF ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Fair Good Fair Fair Good 1-2-3 Infield Outfield Cetching Pitching Hitting Finish bosses € every- the Cardinal vitamin pills to drills, feeding one. Judging from the club's noise and ginger the pills are working. Manager Billy Southworth’s major task appears to be that ef building an infield around hard-hitting, slow-footed, bulky Johnny Mize and five short- stops. Mize, now that parted camp gument first base big gun on the Cardinals Joe Medwick has de- was late reporting to because of a contract ar- but Big John will be at when the campaign five shortstops are Jimmy Brown, Frank Crespi, Eddie Lake, Martin, Marion and Steve Mesner. Brown is slated to play second. with Mesner at third and _ either Marion or Lake at short. The Car- plenty of punch in with eight flychas- ers hit 300 last r Fancy-fielding Terry Moore (.304), Enos Slaughter (.306) and either Ernie Koy (310) or Harry Walk- er (313) up from Columbus shape up as the probable starters in the outer gardens The club looks fair defen- sively, the catching should b2 satisfactory, and the hitting should be about tops in the league. If Southworth can de- velop some of his young pitch- ers and get good results from the veteran hurlers, the Car- dinals mav crab the flag. Only the Boston Red Sox, with at camp are 20 of them had league records. y go nuts trying » keep. dinals have the outfield, who above or SAL’s Triumphed Again Sons of the trounced American Legion All-Star nine at Nel- a colored terday afternoon The third in a row the for negro club natec rs rates dyed Key 6-5, in abbr« layers on ¥ West Conchs, ed nighteap. th nines engag Old Rivals Meet Sunday Key West Conchs ana Pirates, STANDINGS CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFF JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL TO SCHOOL URNAMENT 1 Card sae Bright Infield Puzzle SECOND BATTLE OF CAGE CHAMP SERIES TONIGHT COACH PREDICTS MARINES WILL CLINCH CROWN; PINDER MAY RE- TURN TO LION LINEUP SPAKES By RABID FANSTER U.S. Marines and Lions Club tonight at High School Gym re- their feud over basketball supremacy in the second scrap of a thr ame playoff Needing single victory to clinch the championship, Marines are confident they will march off the court with the crown in their pessession, They trounced the Lions Friday to gain the upper- hand and predict a similar defeat for the defending titleholders to- night Chief reason the Leathernecks are cocksure of eliminating the Clubbers is a guy named Laney. And most experts agree the nav- al ensign is the main threat to continued Lion domination of the port Without the services of Laney the Marines forfeited a chance of claiming city championship in the second-half playoff last week. Lacking the “extra punch” pro- vided by their star guard and scoring, the first-half victors dropped two straight games to the Civic cagers, 42 and 35-31. However, a different story was recorded Friday night. Donning his uniform for the opener of the deciding series, the naval en- sparked his teamm ina 39 rout of the Lions and com-! a tely erased the ignominy suf- fered by the Leathernecks in the half playoff. The margin of vic- tory Friday night _ practically doubled the combined leads held by the Clubbers in their pair of triumphs Monday and Wednes- dav nights. Besides stimulating the fight- ing spirit of the Marines, Laney | lished a new high for in- dividual scoring in a single game this season. His 28 points, 13 field goals and two free shots, topped the previous mark held by Student Anthony McMahon. “With a player like that we can’t coach C. F. Spakes boasts. aying, the playoff new sign lose”, “You can quote me Lions are doomed—the will end tonight”. Suffering the same fate as the Leathernecks did in the second- half series. Clubbers marched on the court Friday night minus their valuable player, Joe Pinder. at floor man and consistent scorer, Pinder remained on the sidelines with e swollen right Another bad break occurred in th fourth quarter when a shortage of substitutes foreed them to continue with only four after two regulars fouled eye ut Although not definitely an- nouncing he would join his team- tes tonight, Pinder said this would probably re- ¢ victory tie Most I BOXIN (Key West Arena. 6:30 p. m) FRIDAY BASEBALL Nelson English Park. 1:00 p.m.) SUNDAY K We TENNIS U.S. Army Barracks} APRIL 12 FELLER & CO. STAND OUT AS SOF TBALLERS WILL TEAM TO BEAT | INDIANS HAVE BEST PITCH- ING STAFF IN LEAGUE; IN FIELD, OUTFIELD. HITTING RATED HIGH By DILLON GRAHAM Sports Editor, AP Feature Service ” FORT MYERS, Fla., March —Roger Peckinpaugh’s task r be hard enough anyway. So dc tell Cleveland fans that Roger said the Indians would stronger than last year. Tall Roger, take another turn in the rough- riding Indian saddle (he fell out of it seven years ago), ay THUMBNAIL PREVIEW OF CLEVELAND INDIANS . meet Infield Outfield Catching Pitching Hitting Finish that winter trades have strength ened the Tribe. But after thi burst of optimism he shifts to caution, perhaps realism, and asks: | “But what about the Yankees’ “Everyone said the Yank were lousy last year, that eve thing fell apart, but where did they finish? Yeah, third, just one game behind us and two behind the Detroit winners”, he said “Well, where does that put us? Does that make us look like a great ball club, to be able to beat the lousy Yankees by a_ single game? admits ( council “I believe we're better this year, : more good players and improved spirit, but maybe those Yankees are going to be better, too”. oa k On paper and off their record * this year the Indians are the team to beat. Not many experts can see Detroit repeating and few rank the Red Sox or White Sox as - rious contenders. The Yankees are a maybe team. But the In dians are primed. They have pretty close to the best infield in baseball. Lou Bou- dreau and Ray Mack were sensa- tions as freshmen last year and should be even better defensive- ly. Keltner is a whiz at third and his hickory mark should improve. |Hal Trosky is a fixture at first The outfield is improved. Ger- ald Walker, from Washington, should add some power. Stocky little Roy Weatherly will be in centerfield with Roy Bell or Jeff Heath filling out the garden. Gene Desautels, from Bost will give Rollie Hemsley a he with the catching. The Indians may have pitching staff in the lea headed by the top flinger of majors. Bob Feller. Feller 27 last vear and may reach predicted 30-mark in 1941 Milnar, the lanky left 1 won 18, is being cou around tpat number Mel Harder. a the t looks for him to have year. Trades brought the Ind Heving and Jim Bagby fr ton and big Clint Brown Vhite Sox outhpaws A [te Plumbing Fae! NO NAME LODGE Famous Bahia Monda Fighing Reef - Tarpon - Permit - Bone Fi: g Cottages—S$3.50 a day and up Stone Crab Dinners a Sp Ity Phone No Name Key No. 1 For Information veavE KEY WEST 10:30 A " Mondays & Thursdays Mahon Arnold € c t McMahon Arrive Havana SOO p = the same siternoon Lv. Havana - Wednesdays 10 Ar Key West Lv. Havana Ar. Key West - THE PENINSULAR & OCCIDENTAL S. S$. COMPANY be’ brava enough to : SPORTS CALENDAR (High School Gym, 7:30 p. m.) 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