The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 19, 1943, Page 3

Yes sir, Joe Bloke would quit | baseball first. He was doing | pretty well tending the counter | in his paw-in-law’s hardware | store back home and he‘d just H keep right on a-doing that un- | less the cold-hearted club own- | er paid him what he was worth. | That is, what he said he was | worth. { ‘ Such statement from the same; players would pring counter re- marks from the club owners. And | then, sometimes for weeks on end, they'd be swapping mild insults) y. in the public prints. But history L heuduhutintiutiuteateate, has shown that the players gen-_' erally had their tongues in their ; cheeks and their fingers crossed when they popped off. You'd have to shoot most of them to keep them off the field come opening day. | ‘There was the Joe DiMaggio-Ed | Barrow sports page duel of a/| Today we continue our review couple of years ago. Joe may not cf baseball activities in Key West have won his argument but he did from the late 1880's up until the get his salary boosted to around present. $40,000. And then when the sea-| In our last edlumn we reached son opened, and for sometime /the month of March in 1939. thereafter, the fans showed they were a trifle fed up with it all by giving him the boo. as though we're not going to have GIS IIIS LI In other years along about this | ly count on finding at least one; CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. if he'd play for the chicken-feed | efficers were playing, was tle stopped the tilt while “One more trick like that.” game.” add meekly, “Sir.” when he TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1913 NO HOPE FOR BASEBALL’ HOLDOUTS ° ? By DILLON GRHAM, AP Features Sports Editor NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—It looks &- to fret over the baseball holdouts this winter. 4 ° He Wasn’t Kiddin’—Sir time, after salary contracts had, — been sent out, you could general- AP Features story on your Sports page about a, besaball’ playerwho'd Weolurned| 2A 18-—-Receotly. a rather close game in which several offered him. refereed by an enlisted man. A shrill blast of the whis- the officiai called a particu- lar obvious feul on a player. snapped the referee, “and Tl) throw you out of the Then, in the stillness that followed he was heard to recognized the player at fault was a commissioned officer. FOLLOWING THROUGH By PEDRO AGUILAR On March 12, 1939, the first- half schedule of the baseball league was won by the Key West | It's pretty hard to work up a Conchs as they downed the Sea good cry over an underpaid gent Food Grille and‘the Blue Sox de-| drawing as much as the presi- |feated the Pirates in double- dent of the U.S. A. for playing header. ball three hours a dav. | Robert Bethel pitched for the \Conchs. The score zig-zagedun- We aren't taking sides. We're|til the fatal ninth when, after just remarking that the holdout is |the Grillers had scored four runs likely to be as extinct this win-|and practically put the game on the dodo bird, whatever ‘ice, the Conchs broke loose. Vi- a dal walked. Lucilo struck out. who are asked to sign’ Puby Carbonell doubled. Bethel without a raise, or even to take a | Walked, loading the bases. Wick- salary cut, probably will accept |€rs+was sent to the showers, re- quickly. They know the public/Placed by Salinero, who started isn’t going to have much sympathy |the game but was relieved by ayer who finds fault with|Wickers in the sixth. Villareal} ary he is offered to play walked, forcing home a runner. = \Cyril Griffin singled to right,) scoring Carbonell and _ Bethel, While baseball ¢lubs are going ,thus ending, the game 7-6 in fa- to establish their spring camps |VOr of the Conchs. oem coratpiliarigoen sane | Griffin hit three safely, scored players may be permitted to do ie =e and drove home three. ini: in their own . the warmer sectors probably Conchs 000 003 103—7 9 3 will be asked to spend a part of Salinero (6), Wickers (9), Sal- the training season conditioning Navarro; Bethel themselves under sunny skies. a baseball. inero and Joe and C., Griffin. O00 Like the opener that after- noon, the second game was also} decided in the ninth inning. The |score was tied twice before the Sox shoved over two runs in the final round for a 5-3 victory. M. Hernandez poled three singles. P. Castro and Molina hit two. F. Lopez handled 10 as- | Some holdouts of past years did | their training at home until salary arrangements were adjusted and when they reported at camp it was evident they were just as far along toward top shape as the others. Quite a few players have purpose- ly held out in past years so that they wouldn't have to go to train- Blue Sox Pirates Key West Conchs Blue Sox —. Pirates = R. H. E.|2 One-Minute SPORTS Quiz Answers Elsewhere On Page 1. What is Cornelius Warmer- dam’s high in pole vaulting? 2. What Cincinnati star was pitching champion of the Na- tional League in 1939? 3. How many touchdowns did| Tulsa score in the Tennessee- Tulsa Bowl game? 4. When is the last time two major league teams tied for sec- ond place? 5. What player received more votes for .a Little All-America berth than any other? Officials predict 15 per cent cut} in consumer goods supply. in charge of a equipped Government expedition, the first to site the Ant-arctic | Continent. Se seers nero Today In History |” ——— on joint occupation of. disputed Oregon. : score other Americans slain. in Mexican-Indian Mexico. THE!KEY WEST CITIZEN |Presidential Succession Bill of 1912—American forces land in China to protect the railroads. 1933—Iowa’s governor asks suspension of depression fore- closures—which begins insurance 1840—Lt. Charles Wilkes, USN, companies’ moratoriums on fore- rather poorly jclosures the country over. 1819—U. S, and Britain decide 1937—-Howard Hughes makes jflying history by flying across ‘ jcountry in-7% hours. 1847—Gov. ‘Charles Bent and a fae ‘ 1942—Japs invade Burma from | uprising in Nety |Siam, 3 + Styles for’ 1943 fee: war’s ef- 1886—Congress the | fects; lovely designs will stay. ‘enacts sists and five putouts at second without an error. Score: R. H. E. -- 200 010 002—5 9 2 000 200 100-3 8 3) Molina and M. Acevedo; Casa (4), Malgrat and I. Rodriguez. O00 Standings in the league at the end of the first-half: Club— . Pet. -800 500 -400 -300 Seafood Grille - On March 15, the leading hit- ters in the baseball league were announced as follows (end of first-half): | Kelly, .433; Cates, .428; Sterlnig, .416; D. Navarro, .400; F. Lopez, .391; Barcelo, .390; C. Vidal, .388; Molina, .380; F. Carbonell, 375; Torres, .372; Joe Navarro, .371; M. Acevedo, .361; A. Acevedo, .359; E. Albury, .350; C. Griffin, .343; Rendueles, .333; P. Castro, .333; M. Hernandez, .333; John Navarro, .333; J. Garcia, .317; Baker, .312; G. Acevedo, .306; Wickers, .304; Gabriel Garcia, .303; Puby Carbonell, .303; Diaz, .300; C. Garcia, .300. Most times at bat—Curi Gar- cia, 48; Most hits—Barcelo, Torres and Molina, 16; Most doubles—Barcelo, Torres, Sterling, John Navarro, Albury and Molina, 3 each; Most triples—Joe Navarro and Sterling, 2 each; Most homers—Gabriel Garcia, Most times struck out—Puby Carbonell 10; Most times walked—Gil Gar- cia, 9. TO BE CONTINUED VVV IVI VV II VIII KEY WEST BEDDING CO. $15 Front Street Phone 66f The Southernmost Mattress Factory in the United States @ MATTRESSES RENOVATE. @ FURNITURE UPHOLSTEREL 2222244442424444444 ing camp. They preferred to rate themselves along without the di- rection of a manager. Lefty Grove was one ot a number of players who, at the spring camps, were | eee | Tommie’s SKATING RINK) SUMMER SESSIONS | * Tues. - Thurs. and Sat., 2:30 - 4:30 Soeeesccevecceseseessees STRONG ARM BRAND TRIUMPH COFFEE lowed to condition themselves as ; they sawafit. | The ban on pleasure driving i prebably,yill hurt baseball less than, any, other sport. That's be- cauga,mos} of the major league | —— ; parks Rate built years ago, before ithe horseless carriage, and were situated so the fans could easily | reach them. Since then trolley lines and subways have been built to carry the crowd right into the ball park. STICK MEANS A LOT TO HOCKEY-PLAYERS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Jan. 19—,‘Boy, give me my No. 5 iron.” | You've often heard that said | on the golf links, and undoubt- edly you've said it yourself on more than one occasion. But did you ever heard a hoc- key player say to the trainer: “Give me a No. five stick“? ¢ Maybe not—but just as they *have clubs numbered in golf, so| Sdo they have them. numbered in *hockey. . That's why you'll see sa player, coming back, to the} bench after breaking SHI stick, sshow great cate fh’ Bethe a ‘Te- | * placement. 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