The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 12, 1942, Page 3

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1: VARSITY CAGERS LOSE THEIR FIRST “GAME OF SEASON BOWED LAST NIGHT To CoM- MISSARY FIVE; B TEAM DE- FEATED ATHLETIC DEPART- MENT OF NAVY BASE Key. West High School's vars- ity basketball squad suffered its first defeat of the young season Jast hight at the school’s gymna- sium.’ The Commissary cagers, whom. they had already conquer- ed, came back for revenge and got it, 44-31. The. height of the Commissary rs was too much for the bib ge uae placa center Paul Green. best basketeers appear- Abe Be on their feet,” which Toad matters worse. They were slow, whereas their - lightning usually Upsets their op- nts: « ee Shap seem rasan os ce weet rae ade, coon~nnowono’y 5 WONNBNANA Free throws missed: Herrick 2, et, McCown 2, Green 5, ul 2; Dierlam; timer: Albury; seorer: Sweeting; referee: Bo- gait (Univ. of Miami). As if to offset the defeat of ifitst-stting players, the High he squad sprang a sur- to down the Athletic De- quintet of the Naval] : in & preliminary. Yi Knowles and McCown were ‘outstanding for the B team, -. Chadderdon, Bogart and Augelly for the losers. jacore: ’ 7 High School B (34) FG ¥T FTP 3| ADOwowon I ~ | RG Rane SOSCCH HH WON BH WOONONOOO mrssonoumoums Ssomteeaebyr.. NecenonGoad o B team 18, Ath- Department 16; free throws missed:, Knowles. Barber, Levey 2,-C. Albury, McCown, Pritchard, Augelly 2, Paine 2, Long: timer: Albury; scorer: Sweeting; ref- eree: Stone: WORK STARTED TODAY ON NEW SPORTS STADIUM Charles Toppino and Sons have begun work on the new Munici- Pal'Stadium to , be constructed on tity property: in Flagler Ave- nue, pie The Stadium Committee met last night at the city hall, Gerald Saunders, chairman, presiding. Also in attendance were Paul Albury. Rov Hamlin, J. A. -Men- @6za, M. Varela, Pedro Aguilar ahd. Geo. Dean. committee decided. to ‘let }.b fhe Chas. Toppino and Sons} ication schedules as fprmulated| Mr. and Mrs. Webster Roberts, company clean up and level “the oer work to start November started next week is the contin-} Yesterday from Tavernier for a = 10,80 00 Gl gp oF ERPS 2, 1942 Fd FOLLOWING THROUGH BY AGUILAR Here’s another column on the baseball history of Key West from the late 1880's until the present. On August 4, 1936, The Citizen published an article that reveal- ed William (Butch) Cates, Key West's outstanding athlete, had big league calibre in his base- ball playing. The article, reprinted from The Sanford Herad by Julian Sten-| strom, claimed: Cates was show- ing promise of making the “big- time”. The local boy joined Gainesville but was later released due to a sore arm. He was signed by Sanford and made good there. The previous year he played all games until called to Key West by hig family. He passed over the F.E.C, Railroad on the last train that came south on Sep- tember 4, 1935—a.day before the Labor Day hurricane destroyed the-FEC tracks on the upper keys. “On August 5, 1936, a picked team won an opening game of a ored Cocoanuts, 6-4. Score: ‘Cocoanuts Picks Suarez and McGee; E. Rod- riguez, P. Carbonell and Al. Rod- riguez. R. HE. 102 000 100-4 7 1 On August 10, the picked team won its second straight game from the Cocoanuts. Malgrat al- : lowed but three hits as his team- mates “got to B. Suarez and J. Adams for eight. Gallagher, McGee and - Butler got the three hits given up by Malgrat. Score: R. HE. Picks 300 000 000-3 8 2 Cocoanuts _ 000 001 000—1 3° 2 Malgrat and Al. Rodriguez; B. Suarez, J. Adams and Joe Mc- Gee. On August 17, : the , , Cocoanut whipped the Red Sox, 6-5.’ Sal- inero struck out ten hard-shelled batters. Score: RH.E, Cocoanuts 000 003 120-6 7 21 “ Red: Sox __ 012 0000205 6 On August. 24, the Acevedo Stars won a twin bill atthe Navy. Field. Only ‘one run was allow- ed the opposition in doth | con- tests. Puby Carbonell ped the} Trojans in the first and E. Rod- riguez allowed the Cocoanuts the lone run in the second. Only one Trojan reached third in the opening battle. Joe Hale} came through with a fielding gem when he snagged a long fly off the top of an automobile in{ the outfield. Score: R. H. E. Trojans __. 000 000 0-0 5 4 Acevedo Stars 303 010 x—7 8 2 M. Sanchez, D. Navarro and E. Rueda; P. Carbonell and Al. Rod- Tiguez. In the second game, (Lefty) Peer Elpido patie 18 doubleheader, defeating the col-! 000 0005 10x—6 6 5; straight strikes before a ball was called. A. Acevedo poled a homer and two doubles. Cyril Griffin hit two doubles and a single. Score: RHE) Acevedo Stars 200 003 0-5 8 0 Cocoanuts _.. 000 0010-1 4 2 E. Rodriguez and Al Rod- Tiguez; Starr, McGee and B.; Suarez. Acevedo Stars continued their | winning ways on August 31 by blanking the Trojans, 9-0. That made only one run the Stars have allowed in three games. Salinero, who struck out ten| |Red Sox on August 17, fanned a! \like number of Stars, but poor {fielding caused his defeat. Malgrat also pitched a good gafe for the Stars. R. HE. O11 042 001—9 12 0 000 000 000-0 6 8 Malgrat and Al. Rodriguez; } | Salinero, Rueda and Joe Navar- ito. |. On September 2, Philip (Cheta) ;}Baker, an outstanding hard and soft ball player of Key West, at- tained honors in diamondball in Miami, Baker poled a long drive at a! crucial moment for the Protectu jelub of that city. He faced Frank Tuppen, the best Bitcher | lin Miami, in the 14th. Ft. Laud-| THE KEY WEST OITIZEN MACHINISTS DOWN SHREVEPORT FOLKS PUT BALL CLUB OVER TOP PAGE THREE playoffs. This year the Sports} Slothful worker won the championship and raked |are subject to PIPEFITTERS, 18-13 WILD SOFTBALL GAME PLAY- ED YESTERDAY AT NAVY FIELD The Machine Shop ten of, the Naval Operating Base, after, un successful attempts the:ipast few weeks, finally walloped the Pipe- ‘| fitters, staging the upset yester- day afternoon at the Navy Field, 18-13. Jack Roberts, from up Okee- chobee City way, was on the {mound for the Pipefitters at the opening and was knocked over both fields, as the all game ; was started on one diamondball and finished at another. For the victors, Gordon Wil- | liams pitched good ball and hit safely three times. Fred Ackerman, Salinero and Ben Johnson each hit two in safe territory, as did Gabriel Garcia | for the losers. , Higgs, Friske Perez, Olds and Jack Roberts did all right at the Plate. ) Home run! Elpio Rodrigyez,, Ackerman and G. Garcia. ” The Pipefitters‘had Click from Tin-Can, Texas, and Sharp from Qshkosh played in the outfield. For the Machinists, Mendoza from Spring-Chicken Alley play- ed second; Edison (Tool Room) joroate. 2, Protectu Awning Com- ' jPany 2. Goodbe walked, Marsh and | Schemer had singled. One out} and Baker at bat. A fly to cen- ter and Goodbee scored after! cateh and Protectu went to the state tournament. On September 8, the Acevedo! Stars won a close game from the! Cocoanuts. The game went 11) j innings before a 2-1 decision was! reached. A. Acevedo hit two doubles {and a triple. Bethel pitched nine| frames and Carbonell the last} bse Puby allowed one hit. AL} an allowed six: Albury and Cates his triples. The winning run“ was Scored | after two; were out. gled, stole’ second and scored @,wild throw to first was |: R. H. rE 001 000 000 00-1 4 2 Acevedo Stars— = 000 100 000 01-2 6 3 Alphus Dean, Suarez and Mc- Gee; Bethel, P. Carbonell and \C. Griffin. + September 14 saw the Cocoa- {fruts,' even the ‘series with the Acevedo Stars, 5 to 4. Molina’ dropped .a_ ball*in: the Jeighth to allow the winning :run ie score. Salinero_held the Cocoanuts to six hits—a double and triple by McIntoch, two singles by (each ; McGee and Gonzalez. Score: Stars ___ {Cocoanuts — Salinero and C. Griffin; Starr, A. Dean and McGee. TO BE CONTINUED R. H. E. . 102 001 000—4 11 5 012 000 02x—5 6 2) KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY; FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN of NOVEMBER 12, 1932 Judge Hugh Gunn of the pro- bate court is today celebrating his 72d birthday anniversary. On January 1 he will have completed 23 years of service as presiding officer of this court. One of the judge’s friends said when offering congratulations: great days in November, Election day, Armistice day, your birthday and Thanksgiving day.” Continuation of the beautifica- tion program by the Monroe Co. Council for unemployment relief will be carried on next week. Work will start at the biological station and continue westward g the road, keeping up the tion and mosquito erad- by the Council. Other work to be fuation of the boulevard from the “There are four: tello, Juan Francisco Argudin, Jose Francisco Botet, and others, refugees from Cuba, be held for extradition, was denied in United; States court this afternoon on a Tiling by U. S. Commissioner C. were represented by Attorney Arthur Gomez of this city, assist- ed by Emmett C. Choate of Mi- ami. A letter was read from the secretary of State of Cuba, in which it was shown that the men were suspected of being connect- éd with the’ assassination of Cle- mente Vasquez Bell, president of the Cuban senate on September 27. The store of Miss Marguerite Roberts on Margaret street wal entered yesterday and $20 worth | of cigarettes, cigars, smoking a | bacco, chewing gum, pencils and other articles were taken. This! is the second time in recent weeks the store was robbed. Mrs. Mary Woods, formerly Miss: Mary Roberts, daughter of ‘was an arrival over the East Coast stay with relatives. Molina sip-| | Rodney Gwynn. The refugees |? Pinder and Mario (Truck Driver) jalso played for the Machinists. The same two teams will meet again tomorrow afternoon at |the Navy Field. - Score: R. H. E. Machinists 352 013 22—18 18 3 |Pipefitters 105 031 30—13 10 6 Williams and Mario; Jack Rob- erts and Higgs, Callough. Callough, from No Name Key, Fla., caught the last part of the }game for the losers. Home runs: E. Rodriguez, Ack- erman, G. Garcia, Mario; three- |base hits: Salinero, Ackerman, |B. Johnson, Higgs and A. Garcia; two-base hits: J. Roberts, Higgs, G. Garcia.and Salinero. GETS PROMOTED TO. MANAGERSHIP = PLANT CITY, Novi 12 (FNS) R. E. Johnson, who for some time has served as manager of cattle gales at the State Farmers’ Mar- Ket here, has been promoted to thanagership of the entire market, according to an announcement by William L: Wilson, director of State Markets. The vegetable market opened |} Tuesday of this week. This is the earliest that this market has ever jopened for the fall season. Today’s Horoscope Today’s degree seems to indi- cate a schemer, one always look- ing out for his own end. He is apt to be too headstrong to be ‘fully successful, but there is an element of courage and honor \that commands the respect even of his enemie: Every Evening: 8:00 - 10:30 p.m. Ladies Invited SKATE for HEALTH’S SAKE Lessons Phone 9116 an aa Where ¢an I rent every fiction best- seller? Where can I «buy Modern — Library: Where is Key West’s 1 € vette produced by | | By HAROLD V. RATLIFF Wide World Features DALLAS, Tex., Nov. 12—J. Alvin Gardner, president of the Texas League, tells with pride} made good. _It was a club that went its in- dependent, way and succeeded while many others put in orders for more red ink—or lined up with the chains. It wasn’t done they had a haud in its accom- plishments. Gardner claims this club—the Shreveport Sports—is in the best financial condition of any outfit jin the minors. It had to borrow money to get started but in five years paid every cent it owed and erected one of the finest plants in this section. To begin with, the of the club, Bonneau Peters, an eil company executive, without salary. It was in 1937 that Galveston of the home town ball club that | Shreveport formerly had held a ’With mirrors—just a community! project where all the folks felt! President | served j gave up its Texas League fran- in the cash in the Dixie Series. ‘ment or both, saj ehise. Gardner offered it to Shreveport, loaning the organiz- ers $60,000 to build new stands to replace those that had burned. franchise in the circuit. The agreement between the jleague and the club was that the} jcireuit would put up a dollar for every dollar Shreveport raised. Well, the park was rebuilt and | a stock company organized. They hired J. Walter Morris, veteran | baseball organizer, as business | manager. The club drew well and soon | {began to sell players at good pprices. Morris talked Francis; (Salty) Parker, who had wanted | to play, into gaining experience | at.managing clubs by working in leagues of lower classification. Last year Parker came in to pilot | the Sports. The second year Shreveport paid the league its $60,000. The last two -seasons found Shreveport in the Texas League| TAXES --- THIS YEAR and"NEXT will be at an unprecedented rate. Why not provide for them by opening 2a SPECIAL TAX ACCOUNT with us now? 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