The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 30, 1941, Page 3

MONDAY, JUNE 80, 1941 - THE KEY WEST CITIZEN YANKS INCREASE ALL LEAD OVER SLIPPING INDIANS BUMPED SENATORS TWICE: TRIBE LOST TO CHISOXx: CARDS, DODGERS DIVIDE PAIR EACH (Special to ‘The C'tin e) NEW YORK,’ June 30.—New York’s Yankees, in ‘the midst of another record-breaking season, increased their American league lead over the fading Cleveland Indians to two full games yester- day afternoon. With Joe DiMaggio breaking the modern record for consecu- tive hitting and other members extending the nome run. string, the Yanks’ ¢hmbed over the. Washington Senators twice, 9-4 and 7-5. The veteran Ted Lyons annex- ed his 240th victory of a long career as he and his Chicago White Sox teammates rolled to a 9-3 triumph of the slipping Tribe, A big sixth inning put the game on ice for Lyons and the Sox. In that fatal round, 13 players, went to bat and eight tums were scored. Ken Keltner smashed his 13th round-trippers of the season for the Indians in the fourth. Boston Red Sox walloped the Philadelphia Athletics 13-1 ih the top end of a twin bill but were victimis of a one-run __ loss in the bottom portion, 2-3. A single by Sam Chapman in the third stanza scoring Bob John- son provided the marker won for the A’s in the aftermath. Detroit Tigers, bouncing back from a two-game defeat at the hands of the St. Louis Browns, eked out a 3-1 victory in a single | tussle yesterday. Four singles in a row and a hit batsman aecount- ed for all the Bengal runs in the seventh, Over in the National league, the St. Louis Cardinals held on to their game lead by splitting a two-ply affair with the Cincin- nati Reds, while the Brooklyn | Dodgers were doing the same thing with the Boston Braves. | Cincinnati grabbed the first | game 6-2 from the Cards but| that | | LONG-DISTANCE BASEBALL RECORDS The téngest baseball hit was 520 feét, made by Babe Ruth in an exhiition game in Florida several years ago. The longest throw was {426 feet 6 inches, by Sheldon Lejeune. er and Franks; Javely and Ber- res. First Game At Chicago Pittsburgh Chi¢ago | Lanning and Lopez; French, Page, Errickson and George. Second Game At Chicago R.H. E. Pittsburgh 36 1 Chicago 2 9 Bowman, Wilkie, Sullivan i Sewell and Lopez; Lee and Mc- Cullough. R. H. E. 811 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE First Game At Washington New York Washington 4°6 |. Ruffing, Murphy and Dickey; Leonard, Carasquel and Early. R. H. E. 912 0 Second Game | At Washington New York Washington 512 1 Stanceu, Peek, Borham and |Silvastri; Hudson, Anderson, | Masterson, Kennedy and Early. R. HE. 711 3 First Game At Philadelphia R. HE Boston eelzZi4 1 | Philadelphia z 3.3 |. ©. Wagner and Pytlak; Mc- Crabb, Hadley, H. Wagner, Har- |ris and Hayes. Second Game | _ At Philadelphia | Boston 7 Philadelphia 10 | Dobson, Ryba and Peibe! Knott, Ferrick and Hayes. R. ; 2 3 k; At Cleveland | Chicago _.. 914 2 Cleveland —.. 3.5 0 Lyons and Tresh; Bagby, Har- er, Eisenstat, Dorsett and Hemsley. R. H. E. 1 At Detroit St. Louis Detroit 4 Muncrief, Trotter, Allen and Ferrell; Newhouser, Benton and Tebbetts. suffered a 14-4 shellacking in the nightcap. The Braves captured an ab- breyiated. afterpiece from the! Dodgers, 6-2. The game, called | by a Sunday law, went only sev- | en innings. Kemp Wicker had | set three Brooklyn batters down via the strikeout route in the last round. The Flatbush nine took the opener, 5-2. t A three-run homer by Joe |” Moore in the opening frame, | sparking a five-run rally, gave the New York Giants a lead that | carried them to a 10-7 triumph | of the Philadelphia Phillies in| curtain-raiser of a slated double | bill. The nightcap was postpon- ed by rain. | Chicago Cube took it on the} chin in both ends of a twin bill/ with the Pittsburgh Pirates John Lanning limited the Bruins | to four hits in the first, all two- | baggers. Results: | NATIONAL LEAGUE } First Game At St. Louis Cincinnati St. Louis Walters’ and Lombardi; neke, Krist, Nahem and cuso. R. HE} 617 0 290 War- Man- | Second Game At St. Louis Cincinnati St. Louis 1412 0| Vander Meer, L. Moore, Beggs, | Thompson, Turrier and Lom- | bardi; White, Crouch and Man tuso. | R.A. E| 412 4 First Game At New York Philadelphia New York 012 1 Grissom, R. Melton, Johnson, Pearson and Warren; Carpenter, | Bowman, Adams and Danning. | | RHE} 714 1) Second Game Postponed, rain. spetiiatlione } First Gane At Roston Brooklyn —..« 515 0 Boston 28 0 Dayis, Browmand Owen; Jahn gon, Hutchings Tobin Masi. RHE! and Second Game At Boston R. Brooklyn 2 Boston 6 Casey, Hamlifi, Tatiilis, Wick HE 6 8 Lopez Funeral Service Estahtished 1685 Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers Phone 1S LOW VACATION ASHEVILLE ATLANTA CHICAGO . CINCINNATI DAYTONA BEACH . JACKSCNVILLE . NS NEW GR1L rEW YCi TAM>? MIAMI ‘STATE SEMI-PRO OLDTIME FANS WILL SOFTBALL ALL-STAR BASEBALL TITLE CHEER IMMORTALS BALLOTS MUST BE FIGHTS IN JULY IN 4TH BALL GAME RETURNED TONIGHT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT STARTS AUG. 15 IN KANSAS; PRIZES FOR WINNERS 24 0, (Spee’ 1 to «he Citizen) WICHITA, Kan: June 30.— Next to the world ries, the big- gest event in baseball aged in this prairie country. It’s the an- National Championship Baseball nual Semi-Pro every section to decide the official U. S. Semi-Pro title. Only seven years old, the com- ing edition of the National Tour- nament, starting here Aug. 15, is ‘expected to draw no less than 125, 000 fans, paying off approximate- ly $25,000 in prize money with a minimum gué tee of $5,000 to the United States champions. The event is open to. all base- i ball clubs with the exc those in organized prof baseball or classified as stormers. To participate in the Tournament, howeevr, a ‘must first win its state tourna- ment. State tournaments are being staged in every section during brief period in July with nume our advantages to every team en- tered. These include: | () Official state championship | trophy to winner. (2) Leading teams to share in ! prize money. (3) All visiting clubs to receive mileage allowance. 2 (4) Each team to be publicized in 1942 National Semi-Pro Base- | ball Guide with complete resume jof State Tournament. (5) Photos of state champs and runners-up to appear in 1942 guide. c (6) All-State players to receive certificates. In addition to its barn- National nation-wide . series of tournaments, the Nation- C al Semi-Pro Baseball sponsors three separate associations—umpires, scorers and leagues. Tournament , * for leaders of sandlot baseball in team | a KEY WEST'S BASEBALL VETS SHARPENING BATTING EYE, FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY, FIGHT WIT HSOLDIERS All old-time fans in the city are waiting for the Fourth of| July when the immortals of} baseball in Key West will meet Army team at the barracks, p. m. It ‘will bring back memories for them to See. their} oll favorites in action once more. To the younger fans, the game; will give a chance to see in action some of the players of whom their fathers and older relatives | have been talking for years. i Everyone agrees that the vet- erans may not be as fast or as durable they once. were, but Manager Gerald Lowe will have on hand more than enough re-! placements to keep a fast team on the field at all times. Many of the veterans have been sharp- ening up their batting-eyes and from all indications. they can hit that old pill just as far as ever. ill admit that they, might’ a full game but they are s to go and can last two gs each and they top speed when de from the interest in see- ing the oldtimers in harness again the fans will see As stated above the old boys will; be out in force and Manager Lowe will have a fast club on the field at all times. a good gamé.! y_ Carbonell \TWIN BILL EXHIBITION AT| BAYVIEW PARK: PLUMBER | BATTING AVERAGES RE.| LEASED Key West exhibition tonight | diamondball }turning out for a_ doubleheader fans, |! at Park, will turn in their ballots to name an All-Star Bayview team for the Fourth of July battle with the j |Champion Pepper’s Plumbers. Winners over the Navy by aj }runaway shore of 21-4 “in Friday night’s game, the Plumbers will be out to do it again in the first-, half of tonight’s show, while the NavStas will pair off against the | Army in the final game. With the All-Stars’ tonight, Scorekeper Pedro Aguilar today released batting averages of the roming up balloting | Official | champs to give the Stars an idea} of what they will against. Here they are: Player— AB Mickleberry 8 A. Acevedo 6 Rosam —29 Torres 19 Villareal 50 Ubieta 43 Higgs 42 _A,,; Lastres 35 McCarthy 45 Bennett 37 50 31 20 27 10 C. Gates Ingraham Arias G. Lastres As for pitchers, Lowe has more! QA Griffin than enough and the veterans will show the Army men some of the stuff that made them the heroes of yeste The ve the fans will be them. there to see enter State Championship Tour- nament should communicate with their state semi-pro baseball cammissioner or write National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress, Boxe 2202, Wichita, Kansas. Complete details of the pro- gram are featured in the 1941 Na- tional Semi-Pro Baseball Guide, B. Russell F. Guerro M. Pepper Player— Bennett J. Carbonell | Higgs | Villareal McCarthy Ubieta Ingraham / Rosam Mickleberry | Arias A. Acevedo C. Gates Managers of teams desiring to) available at sporting goods stores. {A. Lastres be shooting | j Ave. | 500 | 500 | 448 | 368 -360 | 325 | 309 285} 297 | .270 .260 | 258 | .250 | 222 .200 .000 .000 .000 .000 | BB 5! 9! 4} 8 11) 10} 2 6; 2 6 2] 6! <7 Rowmwn yD be AnsoasSsrariws ad an COoK COCK UR YONUAY EH ONO an ‘ oe te ee HOOP OH SOOUMNNS HE] coonsanaSabeta MwWONSANNHAHH AO [SPORTS CALENDAR —————— | sional baseball. \the major league record of. 60 \ round-trippers. 7\teen players in the first-half. _ BASEBALL (MAJOR LEAGUES) / TODAY t American Detroit at Chicago. Cleveland at St. Louis, Only games scheduled. , National | (Special to The Citizen? New York at. Boston. |, SAN FRANCISCO, June 30.— Philadelphia at Brooklyn. |Oldtimers who can tell you about St. Louis at’ Pittsburgh. |the days when J. DiMaggi Chicago: at, Cincinnati. “4 Tieng aie earl a“ FOURTH OF JULY 'erman, today were chortling DOUBLEHEADER—South Mi- | 0Ver their boy's modern batting ami vs. Key West Picked Team, | record, set yesterday when he hit 2:30 p. m., Trumbo Island Field. | safely against the Washington Taueeration. of pew: pyeageys Senators in his forty-second con- >. m, Army Berracks. | Sectttive game. : The papers said Joe was glad \ the record part was over after he cracked George Sisler’s 19-year- old mark yesterday, but the Sah Francisco fishing colony won't be quite satisfied until he passes ‘the all-time major league mark VS.|of 44 straight games set by Wil- U.S. Army. i ; lie Keller of the old Batimore FOURTH OF JULY | Orioles in 1897. FRIDAY NIGHT i The sluggi ati C ‘ gging Pacific Coast ian eat neam vs. City Cham | outfielder cracked a double in er ‘epper’s Plumbers. ' 7:00 to| the sixth of the opener yester- Se {day to equal Sisler’s record and | then slammed a single in the sev- TRACK AND FIELD jenth of the nightcap to pass it. (Bayview Park) DiMaggio, on the road with the FOURTH OF JULY ankees today, goes back into ‘1:00 P. M—Events for girls, ) you ‘here the a rt isn’t boys and adults. Greasy pole. pe yet. on ae sa ——__— | A-home run by Tommy Hen- HAUSER TOPS RUTH jrich in the ninth of the IN POLING HOMERS game and circuit clouts by Joe \EQUALLED, THEN BROKE SISLER’S MARK IN TWIN BILL YESTERDAY SOFTBALL (Bayview Park, 7:30 p.m.) TONIGHT First Game—U.S. Navy vs. Pep- per’s Plumbers. Second Game—NavStas Gordon and Charlie Keller in; Joe Mauser, playing with Min-! the afterpi . eee 4 b Hy erpiece extended the neapolis in 1933, batted 69 home! yanks’ four-bagger hitting streak runs, the World record in profes-'+, 95 straight. g: ia: that Babe Ruth holds yee run, they have homers in one season. | ROUNDABOUT ROUTE A. Griffin: _ 0! B. Russell 0 3) (By Associated Trews) 4| CHICAGO, June 30--Harry 0. Geisel, American league base- M. Pepper 0|ball umpire, was once a cub The above data includes all|newspaper reporter. games of the first-half season but! Then he took up billiards and not the championship series. All| wrote a weekly column about players who took part in the that game. He began officiating first-half, regardless of game or/as 4 boxing and wrestling. ref- inning. are listed. feree and later moved into base- Plumbers used a total of nine- | ball, starting in the Illinois-Mis- uri league. Torres ' G. Lastres F. Guerro ___ ‘wasn’t worth his salt as a fish-| jaction tomorrow, and they'll tell} first | produced 40 WAG SHATTERS | Club— ~ |New York - | Cleveland Boston Chicago _. Detivit: Philadelphia ‘ Washington | St. Lotis PRSELSE By, Club— St. Louis —. ‘Brooklya - New York Cincinnati Chicago Pittsburgh TOM Philadelphia —- 'RAGEN HOLDS RECORD FOR SUCCESSIVE TITLES (Ry Associated Prexs) | DENVER, June 30.—Walter | Hagen owns the longest string of {successive championships | any golfer ever won in any of the i world’s major golf champion- Ships. Hagen won the tough P.G.A. | crown four years in a row start- ing in 1924. He previously had wor in 1921. R27 SRSS2ERE7 | SeSeS6E8, & oe In Nebraska the state game and _fish department seins carp from jJakes, cans the. meat and feeds it | to trout in state fish hatcheries, BASEBALL. RETURNS Hot Off the Wire! 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