The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 3, 1941, Page 3

TUESDAY, JUNE 8 3; 1941 THE REY WEST CITIZEN — PLUMBERS EXTEND CARDS AND TRIBE LEAGUE LEAD 10 SLIP BACK ON TOP; TWO FULL GAMES FELLER WON NO. 1} “Sore : MARINES NOSE ARMY 23-22 REDBIRDS EDGED DODGERS: ew batting: averagca That te IN WILD AFTERMATH LAST INDIANS DOWNED YANKS, ; bint ga every regular took a NIGHT; NEW RECORDS ES-; WHILE CHISOX BOWED TO) ee Sterling, Key West | TABLISHED ¢ LOWLY SENATORS first baseman with the Florida STERLING, CATES AND THE HATTERS Rp tag four of seven games ‘ } ception. For the first time | joining the Hatters, Jumping off to an early lead, ; (Special to Tne Citizen) dropped below .300. Record: i Is COV- Pepper's Plumbers last night de- NEW YORK, June 3.—Cleve- | {ering games up to and including | feated Navy 15-4 in the twin bill land’s Indians ant St. Louis’ Car-/ Friday night of last week reveal | dinals today are back on top ofthe local performer has fallen to -290. ince opener at Bayview Park and in- creased their softball league lead | their respective league heap. ici a . . e 3 illiam Cates, another Key to two full games over Sawyer’s| The Indians, pitched to a 7 5 | ; Barbers. itriumph of the New York Yan-| Vest player with DeLand, aver- |aged .269. Despite a three-run first inning, |kanees by Bob Feller, replaced the Sailors battled the Plumbers | the Only four members cf the Hats | Git Chicago White Sox, who are hitting over .300. aa anes wey tae ie pai bowed to the Washington Sena- | Nevertheless, DeLand continues sively. Peppers staged a five- tors, in the American loop. Fel- | to eld the pace in team batting, run rally in that round and cli- |ler registered his 11th victory of Segara ig eed hits, 502; maxed the game with like barrage |the season. He gave up a pair Bae ah Oo apes 700; runs in the sixth. of homers to Tommy Henrich. is get sea 16. Plumbers pounded the offerings, A nintl:-inning run gave the triples Cad eentiecs thine io anea of southpaw Cohill for an even Cards a 5-4 verdict and ended Guabe ck halls and "thi riggs dozen safeties and were aided by'a Dodger nine-game winning 1 wiber of st, ‘a ve ird in least nine Navy errors. streak, The victory broke a tie. oor ace Poret, Sailor shortstop who is with the Flatbush nine for first | a member of the Softball Big! place in the National circuit. Ten Hitters, fattened his average; Steve Sundra, a former Yank with a pair of safe blows in three ,moundsman, twirled the Nats to STANDINGS | wearer rees | State League entry, was nojex-| Sterling | ics s 3 \GENE SAYS HE * HOPES TO MAKE — IT 25 eee (ity Askoetated Prema) FORT WORTH, Tex., June 3.—When is Old Man Sarazen, the 39-year-old Gene, ‘going to quit championship. golf? He'll retire, he says, after he © has played in 25. conseéutive National Open champion- ships. That‘ll be in 1944, Gene has played in 21 straight Open tournaments and the 1941 Open at Colonial Club here Thursday will be his 22nd. No one can equal Gene's present record of 21 straight, and he feels sure that after @ quarter of a century of consecutive ccinpetition he'll have a record that will with- stand the assaults of any golfers to come. TDI IE II LS YOUR SPORTEST Answers Elsewhere On This Page | won both A.A.U. outdoor plat- trips to the plate. sected a like number. Outfielders Everett Higgs, Ju- a 12-game losing streak. Hennings col-!an 8-3 win over the Chisox. Sen- lius Villareal and Doug McCar- , thy Lastres tied for on the Plumbers, two each. Gabriel Lastres made his first appearance of the season, third | Joost and Ernie Lombardi pro- and second basing for the Pep-' viding the margin With his brother Aurelio, | Cincinnati Reds nosed the of the; York Giants, 4-3. Harry Danning pers. Gabriel was a member American Legion junior baseball | accounted for two of nine and the Key West Conch ten | York tallies with a four-bagger of last year. Score by innings: R. Navy Plumbers H, E. Bennett. Two-base hit: McCarthy; three- base hit: Arias; bases on balls: off Arias 6, off Cohill 4; um- pires: Camalier and Varela. Soldiers and Marines, who last | week established three new league records, last night in the afterpiece set several marks for loop clubs to shoot at. | Suffering a 35-2 defeat at the hands of the Doughboys in their | last out—the worst beating of the season—the Marines gained revenge in the third inning last night when they scored 17 runs, a new mark for runs tallied in aj} |New York single frame. Twenty-one men trotted to the plate in the mer- | third | Chambers, the Ty-g0-round, sacker who opened with the first out, swinging in his third appear- ance. He walked the second time up. Outfielder Lee, third base- man Tebeau and pitcher Solen- barger hit safely twice in murderous stanza, and Regan was issued two bases on balls. Despite their 17-run third in- ning, the Marines were hard pushed for victdry, nosing the Marching Men by a single score, 23-22. inning The combined scores of both | teams, 45 runs, established an- other records for the most mark- ers in any one game this season. Without any semblance of con- trol over his fast ball, Jesse Sol- enbarger walked 22 Soldiers to/| set a new mark in that depart-! ment. fell one short of knotting the count, Solly passed ten men. Combined with three hits and a | Feller and Hemsley. number of errors, tallied | 12 times. Doughboys, Army who bat and ‘on the field, collected only seven bingles off Solly committed ten errors. Marines’ 17 miscues last * other | |St, Louis went down | the | and First Baseman Aurelio!Boston Red Sox as the hitting honors Tigers lost the game, 1-9. Jimmy | Foxx blasted a three-run homer. 102 00 1— 4 6 9/3-2 triumph by the Philadelphia 302 055 x—15 12 3) Phillies dver the Chicago Cubs. Cohill and Hennings; Arias and | Danny Litwhiler collected a pair | of base-circlers and a single for | Pittsburgh | | | | In the sixth when Army |New York previously Washington had shown improvement both at Chicago ‘and | Ross and: Tresh. week against | Army chalked up another league } mark Solly, a 400 hitter up until last week, boosted his mark last night with a double and three singles in five tries. Lee, three, an Lieut. Lewis, Marines’ new man- ager who replaced Lieut. M. O. Donhoo yesterday, two safeties, followed the Leatherneck tosser. Heavy-hitting Duggar paced the Army at bat with two for four. scored four rons, the Devil Dogs. Score by innings: R. H. E Marines O1IT OL 4-23 17 Army 06 2 2012—22 7 10 Solenbarger and Thompson Wood, Simmons and McArdle Two-base hits Solenbarger. Lewis; three-base hits: Assaf, Serzeniak, Langley bases balls: off Solembarger 22, off Wood 1, off Simmons 4; struck out: by Solenbarger 6, by Wood 1, by Simmons 3; umpires: Cama lier and Varela, Buckley and Griffin. as did Solly for At the roc est, of a lady visi- tor from New York, members of ; ing 2 the champion Pepper's Plumbers du: wutographed a ball as hall was last night @ souvenir The visitor, an ar. q to have undergone Bogout and McArdle each p, 4 ‘Theodore Albury. OM both ends.of the twin bill. | 1. Can you name the girl who | | | | MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUES [form and springboard . diving American championships last year? Ww. LL. 2. Who did Billy Conn beat to, = Ad tH win the light heavyweight box- 25 20 556 ing championship? What: fighter | 22 19 .537 did he defeat twice in defense | 23 21 .523/ of his crown? 23 23 ~~ «.500 3. Name the tennis players | | Washington 16 29 .356{who performed a “sit~ down” | St. Louis - 13 29 .310 strike in the 1940 National sin- | National gles championship. Club— W. L. Pct, 4 What winners of. the Na- | St. Louis 32 12 .727 tional Open golf tournament in} Brooklyn 31 13 .705\the last decade have also won} New York 21 19 .525 the National amateur title? Cincinnati 21 24 .467\ 5. Les Steers is perhaps the} -Chicago 19 22 .463/ best in the country in his sports | 14 22 ..389; Specialty. What is it? 14 24 .368 rie 13 29 .310 Give yourself 20 points for each question correctly answered. You're good if you score 60, ex- cellent if you get 80 and a real W. L. Pct, Sports expert if you tally 90 or 917 | above. 750 | > }ators only last Sunday snapped Buck Newsom fell victim to the! Club— Pet, Detroit | Cleveland Chicago New York Boston __ Philadelphia Detroit With circuit clouts by Eddie of victory, New the New lin the sixth. Homers played their part in a | Boston Philadelphia the Phils. The first shutout of the season | for the Boston Braves came yes- terday when. Dick Errickson blanked the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 on five hits. Results: NATIONAL LEAGUE At Brooklyn Island City Softball League First-Half Club— Pepper’s Plumbers . Sawyer’s Barbers - | NavStas U.S. Marines *U.S. Army - )*U.S, Navy Me game. SPORTS CALENDAR BASEBALL (Major Leagues) TODAY American Washington at St. Louis. Boston at Cleveland, | game. New York at Detroit. Philadelphia at Chicago. National Chicago at Philadelphia. Cincinnati at New York. St. Louis at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at Boston. SOFTBALL (Bayview Park, 7:30 p.m.) TOMORROW NIGHT First Game—Sawyer’s Barbers ivs. Pepper’s Plumbers. Second Game—-U.S. Marines vs. NavStas. FRIDAY NIGHT First Game—U.S. Navy Sawyar’s Barbers. Second Game—U.S. Army NavStas. “" MONDAY NIGHT At Chicago R.H.E. First Game—U.S. Marines 813 0'US. Army. ‘ 310 2) Second Game—Sawyer’s Bar- | Dietrich, bers vs. U.S. Nav: Brooklyn White, Krist, Shoun and. Man- cuso; Wicker, M. Brown, Swift | and Owen, At New York R. HE. Cincinnati 45 POCKET CLOPEDIA tASEBALL ing worn ; E, Riddle, Beggs and Lombardi; McGee, Melton, Adams and Dan- ning. At Philadelphia Chicago 2 2 Philadelphia 3 French and McCullough; gajny and Livingston. E. 1 0 ae 7 9 Pe ids night At Boston Pittsburgh Boston Lanning, Wilkie and Lopez; Er- rickson and Berres. AMERICAN LEAGUE At Detroit R.H.E. Boston <9 1tt Detroit 142 Dobson and Pytlak; Newsome, | Thomas and Tebbetts. | At Cleveland ; HE i 1 vs. | Cle veland 10 0 Stanceu, Chandler and Rosar; ve. i if vs. F ie | Sundra and Early; il TE Hf Philadelphia at St. Louis, rain. i SPORTEST ANSWERS Questions Elsewhere On This Page 1. Marjorie Gestring. 2. Conn won the Melio Bettina and defended it twice against Lesnevich. 3. Frank Kovacs Hunt. 4. Johnny Goodman and Law- son Little. 5. Steers is a high jumper. it Fe HAD 137 OPERATIONS : i | Hi title from | successfully Gus ! i ST. LOUIS.—Since 1883, Har- ty B. Smythe of this city is said 137 opera- i ij ff tions. dent | Plumber fan, will soon re- turn home. and Joe One of three new lights to be installed on poles at the Bayview ark field last night cast its rays over the infield around third base. It was installed yesterday afternoon by city electrician Despite squawks by two play- ers, spectators and performers alike last night praisel the um piring of William Camealier in Al- though walking off the field due to incessant “kicking” by Jesse Marine, Camalier First Time in Key West. 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