The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 10, 1941, Page 3

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1° MERRY-GO-ROUNDS MARKED SOFTBALL GAMES LAST NIGHT PLUMBERS BLASTED ARMY 23-15 IN OPENER, MARINES CRUSHED NAVY 30-12 IN AFTERPIECE Pepper's Plumbers and the Ma- ran up a couple scores to beat, rines last night of ba tball spectively, the Army Navy the second pair of diamondball Bayview Park. The Plumbers ran away with the opener to the tune of 23 to 15 over the Army, while the re- and the scheduled games at y in BOUQUET TO SERVICE MEN Under the direction of Lieut. M._O. Donohoo of the Marine Corps, four service men, G. Johnsen, J. Yonkowsky and J. Rickardson of the navy, and W. Lipscomb. Marine, worked dur- ing the! efternoon improving the field. Leose rocks were removed, grass cut and dirt around bases end pitcher's box levelled. Last year kept the diamond in playing condition the entire season. All work is voluntary. Navy, making many errors as they scored runs, took it on the chin from ihe Marines, 12 to 30. Marvin Lewis, WPA recrea- tion director, announced at the end of the lengthy opener that all contests in the future will be limited to one hour and 15 minutes, regardless of the in- ning or score. The ruling was favorably voted by five mana- gers on the field last night. Douglas McCarthy, Plumbers’ centerfielder, paced his team with a triple, two singles and two walks to reach the ba on every appearance at the plate. -Jackie Carbonell of the Pipe-Fitters hit safely three times and drove in six runs, Thompson of the Marines was the big hitter of the second game, driving in six runs and pe six, himself. Scores by innings: Army First Game Plumbers 564 206 x—23 21 2 Batteries: Early and M. Arias, Ubieta and Ingraham. Second Game R. H. E. 502 240 2—15 10 9 Navy Marines Batteries Wells; and Thombon. FOUR CLUBS ENDED BASKET FIRST-HALF ACTION YESTERDAY Three clubs of the Junior High Basketball Tournament ended their first-half schedule — yester- day afternoon in a tie for fourth place. Another team competing its quota of games sunk into the cellar. The trio knotted for fourth po- sition ipejude the Baby Conchs @PAithonv McMahon, the Hot Shots of Harry Colgate and the Ormond Cordovas. Robert Ham- lin’s Garlic Snappers (phew!) are the midgets holding up the bot- 1303 7: x—30 20 Yonkowsky, Kirelie Richardson not rolled over th rookies, Arthur and Pritehard, 19. > victors” total Costar, 21, and unted for 31 of the to a tie Thomps netted three o throws. Richa ta Conchs split his two out-ofefour. wre by quarte 12 10 26 «41 55 18 35, 43 ves 'hotune 8 six: ‘free and March record low in : on tw w wer averaged 50. civilian players | Nelson; | Al VIALS SLL L2H ALPHA SIGMA CAGERS DUE IN CITY TONIGHT | College yelis will fill the air tonight when the Alpha Sigma cagers of Florida Southern swoop down on the city at’ approximately ‘9:00 o'clock. The strong freternity squad is coming here for a three- came Easter series with the Lions Club, starting tomor- row night. Led by Charles Ketchum. a Key West student at Southern, the collegians will come in over the highway eleven-strong. The series will be a battle ef champs. Alpha Sigma ran eff with top honors in col- | lege intramural tournaments | the past three years and the Lions reigned supreme here in the 1939-40 campaign and were runners-up this year. Teams competing in the Junior High Tournament will stage preliminary games to the Lion-Alpha Sigma. scraps. Tomorrow night the Colgates clash with the Barbers; Sat- urday night the Hamlins op- pose the McMahons and Mon- day evening McCowns meet the Arnolds. The junior contests, first | of the tournament second- | half, will affect the standing of the teams. MIDGET BASKET RACE FIRST-HALF CLOSES TONIGHT | The curtain will fall tonight on the first-half of the Junior High School Basketball Tourna- ment. The final doubleheader of a 28-game schedule will fea- ture the undefeated Hornets of Ralph Arnold and George Bar-' ber’s Bombers in the second game and Lysle McCown’s Red Raiders opposing the Minute Men of John Menendez in the opener. Arnolds need only a victory over the Bombers to claim the first-half flag. Even by going down in de- feat they will clinch the pennant if the Red Raiders bow to the Minute Men. The worse that can happen to the Hornets is to drop into a tie with the Raiders. This will oc- | cur if the Arnolds lose and the McCowns whip the Minute Men. First gan:e will begin 7:00) o’clock at High School Gym. BOBBY WAUGH AND. TAMPA TIGER HEAD AMATEUR FISTIC CARD Bobby Waugh, hard-hitting 120-pounder, who has been fight- ing around Key West for years, } will tackle the Tampa Tiger in the featured bout on Kid Shar- . key’s amateur fight program to- morrow night. Battling Brass, who appeared here earlier in the and! Sailor Joe will meet in the. semi- | final, with Young Gwyn and Kid’! Philadelphia appearing in. the} main preliminary, Two more preliminaries and a battle royal will open the card. | More than ‘25 amateur boxers now are working out under Shar- | *y’s direction, the matchmaker | his morning. As more are added to the string | nd some of the youngsters im- | prove, Sharkey expects to pro- | vide increased competition on each card. season, HASKINS TOPS CAGE SCORERS Haskins, sparkling forward of he Lyle McCown Red Raiders, contenders leadership, the pace ng with a mark of 56 p ts at end of third round play. Holder of tt nm dual scor kins poured goals and the hoop forward of the nets of Ralph giant” Wells, placed with 47 points He was 2 by Schoneck and Ar- ompsen, 39 each t ers follow "a +] geseesed caans i] wwnonr Co'te Cte AUR anohnau fe 00 be S ~ Wa Oe awae & 2 SPORTS CALENDAR ——————— BASKETBALL (High School Gymnasium) (Junior High Schoo! Tournament) “TONIGHT (7:00 -0’Clock) End of First-Half First Game—Menendez vs. Mc- Cown. Second Game—Barber vs. Arn- old. —o— EXHIBITIONS (High School Gym, 7:30 p. m.) TOMORROW NIGHT First Game—Colgate ber (members of junior tournament). Second Game—Lions Club vs. Alpha Sigma of Florida Southern College. SATURDAY ‘NIGHT First Game—Hamlin vs. Mahon. Second Game—Lions Club vs. Alpha Sigma of Florida Southern College. MONDAY NIGHT First Game—MeCown vs, Arn- old. se Second Game—Lions..Club’ vs. Alpha Sigma of Florida Southern College. Bar- high vs. Mc- BOXING (Key West Arena, 8:30 p. m.) TOMORROW NIGHT All-amateur eard featuring Bobby Waugh, local veteran, and the Tampa Tiger. Corner of Simonton and Front streets. SOFTBALL (Bayview Park, 7:30 p.m.) TOMORROW NIGHT First Game—U.S. Marines Sawyer’s Barbers. Second Game—NavSta vs. Pep- per’s Plumbers. MONDAY NIGHT First Game—Sawyer’s Barbers vs, U.S. Army. Second Game—U.S. Navy NavSta. WEDNESDAY NIGHT First Game—U.S. Navy vs. U.S. Marines. Second,Game—Pepper’s Plumb- ers. vs. U.S. Army. TENNIS (U.S. Army Barracks) SATURDAY Opening matches of annual In vitation Tennis Tournament. Men's singles. BASEBALL (Nelson English Park, 1:00 p.m.) SUNDAY Game—SAL’'s vs, All- vs. vs. First Stars. Second Game — Key Conchs vs. Piraees. West «was to decide which ones THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 'CARDS HAVE BUMPER \CROP OF MOUNDSMEN (Associated Press Feature Service) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 10.—The Cardinals aren’t worried j about finding pitchers. The prob- jlem here during spring —training of bumper crop to rétain, at Lack of ..pitehing \strength—or | as, some have said,;the. mishan- dling of hurlers—has “been the weakness of this power-laden club for several years. This sea- |son the Cards definitely have the }mound material and if Manager Biliy Southworth chooses the right ones and handles them judiciously, pitching isn’t going to hurt the Cards’ pennant | chances. No team in either major league jhas better minor league talent. Rookie pitchers are gambles. Some are certain as sjn in the jminors and flops in the majors. \If three or four of these young- jsters come through for ‘South- worth, the Cards will be a real | threat. The Cards must be considered ja serious contender for jyear, from the time Southworth took over, St. Louis played better {ball than. ‘thé pennant-winning }Reds. STANDINGS SOFTBALL LEAGUE. Club— W. L. Pet. NavSta c 0 1.000 Pepper’s Plumbers 0 1.000 U.S. Marines 0 1.000 Sawyer’s Barbers 0 .000 U.S, Army 1.000 U.S. Navy 2.000 1 1 1 0 0 0 ! JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Club— Bis OS 3 | Arnold 0 1.000 {McCown 833 Menendez 667 McMahon 429 Colgate 429 Cordova 429 Barber 167 Hamlin -143 Hu wwwnaa dy | Subscribe to The Citizen, 20 | weekly. BOXING KEY WEST ARENA Simonton and Front Sts. 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