The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 26, 1943, Page 3

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN TUESDAY, JANUARY 7% ON THE SPOT | ae the roosters d ioeniah tests, | roosters is eS Many ROOSTERS ROOT: ae | he. separates them into tes Tve heard him tell * em n that VICTORY HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MEN GO TO WAR: | By DILLON GRAHAM AP Features Sports Editor VALUE OF SPRING TRAINING TO BE PUT TO TEST New York, Jan. -26.—It looks’ as though next season will ‘give us a pretty good answer as'to ‘the real value of ‘spring baseball training. That is, if. the clubs train in the north near home or make a short trip to the Carolinas, as some now seem likely to do. Along about June there may be some evidence as to whether the lack of the usual warm ses- sions in Florida, or (California, has handicapped the players in getting in shape, particularly the pitchers. In past years, many players} and several managers have saidj the spring drills were too long, that three weeks would suffice instead of the customary six weeks. Then some have held that the early training over such a long period has done more harm than good. Several Brooklyn players } felt that the hot Havana syn} took too much out of them. It is certain that the publicit: value of the trip has been one| of the chief reasons for spring | training. It served to get base- ball 'news in the home ‘town pa-| pers weeks before “the season opened. It also spread the gos- pel of “baseball in ‘the hinterlands, particularly the exhibition games on the way north. It. was a proving ground for} recruits. But most clubs bring their likely prospects up to the majors the last month of the] regular season and get perhaps a better chance to inspect them then., And even after spring ex- periments, it often is mid-sea. son before a manager has defin. itely made up his mind as to a} rookie’s ability. I recall two instances when; managers changed their minds very quickly down South. At! Satasota in 1938, Joe Cronin of} the Red Sox spoke very highly of a Coast league youngster nam ed Ted Williams. ‘Well, before I could get a yarn out about the | kid, he had been shipped to Min- neapolis. And, at St. Petersburg} the same year, Frank Frisch was raving about the baseball possi-} bilities of pro football’s newest! star, Sammy Baugh. But, a few} days later, just about the time the papers were using my little profile on Slinging Sammy, Baugh was shipped off to the Rochester farm. So, baseball writers have learned to keep their fingers crossed when they write pieces about rookies, even when managers are enthusiastic. Some of the spring trips were pretty expensive but — several clubs, through economies and guarantees from the Southern cities, managed to get back a good slice of their expenditures. And the rest could be written off to advertising. Cap Anson started ‘it all. Back | in 1886 he took’ his champion Chicago White Stockings to Hot Springs, Ark. And a decade la- ter, the Baltimore Orioles went to Macon, Ga. In 1901 Connie Mack’s Athletics trained at Jack- sonville, Fla. And five years later, John McGraw created quite a sensation by taking his New York Giants clear across the country to Los Angeles. Savan nah and Hot Springs were favor- ite spots for years but in recent nae Florida and California; ubs. Fae (By Associated Press) ABILENE, Kas., Jan. 26.—Pub- lisher Charley Harger of Abilene tells about the time that Lt. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, U. S. com- mander in North Africa, came home on vacation to Abilene, while he was attending West Point. A prize fighter boasted he could “lick anyone in the state ef Kansas”. Eisenhower, says Harger, heard about the boast and challenged the fellow. When the future general knocked the professional fighter out in two rounds his reputation was estab- ished in Abilene. HITTING PRACTICE (By Adsocinted Press) PHILADEGPHIA.. —Lightweight® xer, Bob Montgomery, contender forthe championsbiy, on such friendly terms with. ‘onnie Mack that he’s welcome to join in team practice whenever | the Athletics are in town. —_——— Tommie’s SKATING RINK SUMMER SESSIONS Afternoons: Tues. - Thurs. and Sat., 2:30 - 4:30 Every Evening: 8:00 - 10:30 p.m. Ladies Invited SKATE for HEALTH’S SAKE Lessons ANIMALS GET TOUGHER AND CHASE HUMANS) SCR TTT {letters from customers who claim .. | keep the shift they’re used to, ithey'd rather have one of his; AP Features IN, Ore., Jan. 26.— ‘Now ‘that so mary sports- | ffien “have gone off to war, the i animals outnumber the hunters | —and they're gétting tough | about it. | It's a serious thing to stock- | men, ‘who claim coyotes are | killing their sheep by the score. | Government hunters cut the | coyotes down to negligible por- | portions a few yeafs ago. A | stockinan considered it a bad | ‘season if coyotes got even one | | | | per cent of his flock, But now mahy government hunters are im the army and others are earning higher wag- | es inthe city. With -the labor ; shortage, ranchers and their | sheep herders can't take time | out to hunt down predators. i So the coyotes are ihcreas- | ing. One rancher reported in | three months he lost 165 sheep | —representing about $1,500. | Another -said losses were run- | ning about three percent—or 50-sheep to a-band of 1800. They are asking now for legislation to restore the coyote bounty, lifted when govern- | | seph, for several miles. By SPOON RIVER SAM meént hunters took over eral years ago. AP Features. Keke Pike is up to his neck in} | war work. Ever since alat'th clocks j went off the market’ he’s been} growing his own, the same being! roosters, and training them to get; war workers out of bed and on to! everywhere by mail. He rounded up all the roostérs jhe could find and started traifing’ them to crow in three shifts; thé same as war plants have. After’ Vernon Bristow wounded elk near Baker. and fhe ani- their jobs on time. He sélls them! | crowing about 4 in the morning. } roosters than a-clock anytime and f {Them with insomnia or a hanker- | besides you don’t have to wind ’ em ; jing to prowl are in group 2, which | up. is kept awake all night and sleep| Zeke has never had but one hall day, crowing about 4 in the af- | complaint on his Spoon River N ternoon. The third group, which. is tural Alarm Clock Enterprise. | hard to classify, is put on the; That was when he found a stray | graveyard shift, crowing about 10} rooster ong morning that had lost | p. m. and hitting the hay around | his identification tag. He shipped noon. {him to California and the rooster ; Of course there are other |turned out to be an eastern war j - N. E. lst Street at Bisceywe Boulevard Overlooking Bayfront Parkand Biscayne Bay Opposite Union Bus Station MIAMI, FLORIDA classes, too, ’cause Zeke has to al-} time crower, but Zeke had figured \- low “fét the differences in time; him for a westerner on account! over ‘thie country. he was bowlegged and sort “One thing Zeke demands of his! yodeled. WHENEVER YOU WANT ANYTHING OR ANYTHING DONE—WE'’L ELP ¥OU! 7 And in Ilwalo, Wash. deer and Serviced by— Jeweler lently trotted down the main — S18 Fleming Street street and forced the movie house to close temporarily. NM pyyvyvvvyvvew { By JOE DeGEORGE | AP Features. i WICHITA, Kas., Jan. 26.—Cir- cus gadgets, once the aces in Ray| Dumont's pack of tricks to keep! the turnstiles clicking, have no} part in the 1943 plans of the na-; tional semi-pro baseball congress | president. It's not that the war has shaken; his confidence ‘to the lot of the} sandlotter — from from it. It’s) just that he believes a serious at- titude is more in keeping with the| | times. “People during war | serious minded,” S who in years past has banked to} times are} the man} ja great extent on such devices as a pneumatic home plate duster, and a jack-in-the-box microphone | for the home plate umpire to at-, tract the fans. ' “Take the Brooklyn Dodg- ers, for example. Two years ajo beseball fans were amused over their daffy tactics, The Dodgers were heroes. Last season, after | the war broke out, their daffi- mess just didn’t click, even though they did. lead the Na- tional Leaque much of the sea- 4 1943 include: ‘son, { HI 000 national Dumont has laid the ground- work for what he calls a well: rounded program for the coming season. Confidently, he tells you that the semi-pros should forge | | lution. | athletic | baseballs will contain no more | stead of 100 per cent as in for- | | army cantps.” baseball next year with fewer ; minor league clubs operating.” | Dumont holds to the fact that town baseball is far from through. | 505 Duval St. ebbbbbbbatiddd “Gasoline rationing will keep most of the folks from travel- ing next summer,” he reasons. “They'll want something in their home town to interest them. A baseball team will be the so- FIRE But what about equipment, Mr. Dumont? oe 712 DUVAL STREET “On a recent trip, I contacted goods manufacturers and wes informed that there would be no shortage of base- balls, although teams will be | required to use 20 per cent more, due to the fact that first grade KIDDIE AUTOS than 70 per cent wool yarns, in- : mer years.” “I also was told that the gov- ernment recently purchased 120,000: official baseballs for the In brief, _Dumont’s plans for} } | | | | | | | PRITCHARD Distribution in January of 100,- | semi-pro guides, | “edited to create a desire to or- ij ganize baseball clubs,” to army ‘camps and industrial plants.. | Players To Register | Nationwide registration March | HOME Dignified tn Aan tn toni tp fon tn a tn tant nin hn nn an in inn tin ninnntntinds WATCH REPAIRS ALL MAKES Expertly and Inexpensively Repaired Maurice Scammons, OOOO OCC COCO CCT OST | al Obl l ll lbh b bbb bbb bbb bn bntntntntnins | Streamlined Service .. - WESTERN UNION Direct Wire — Convenient FILE YOUR MESSAGES AT PRICE TOURS “Opposite Kress” A**ApAsssseessesesesssssessesesenwd OO lll bn bbb bbb tnbntebntntntnds | TROPICAL PARK Special Kiddies’ Daily 3:00 to 6:00 P. 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