The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 7, 1943, Page 3

FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1943. RECORDS REVEAL NOB’S ART MESKA [PHILS OUTPLAYED ‘LEADING PLAYER Only Undefeated Packie —— and One Of Best Hitters; *Hurled No-Hit »No-Run Game Last Week Art Meska is the American League's best ball player, rec- ords revealed this week, because he is not only the lone unde- feated hurler of the circuit but also its finest batsman. Carrying the colors of the Na- val Operating Base, this Holly- wood, Fla., sailor has piled up four straight pitching triumphs, hjs most’ recent being last week's OF _OF SERVICE LOOP BROOKLYN'S BUMS FOLLOWING THROUGH | OVER ST. LOUIS CARDS, By STO1 PEDRO AGUILAR were EEE eaeruceniensnananec (Special to The Citizen) ‘ activj., NEW YORK, May 7.—The Phil- _ The review of baseball activi-| Jiciphia Phillies defeated — the ties in Key West since the late} | Brooklyn Dodgers in yesterday's 1880's that has been published in} |game, taking the contest by a! this column for a number of/ score ote to 2. Gtk rs | The jicago Cul went to vic- Raaas COR TES. aRy {tory over the St. Louis Cardinals. | We have now reached the month} Hi Bithorn, righttiahder, was on of August, 1940. Today we begin! the mound for the winners. with the tenth day of that month.| The New York Yankees took a ! ; doubleheader from the Boston Red ' Sox, and the Cleveland Indians downed the Chicago White Sox, 6 to 3. The Indians staged three- run rallies in the third and seventh !innigs to end the series with a 3- | out-of-4 margin. On August 10, 1940, the local American Legion Junior Baseball | Club split a doubleheader with Ft. Lauderdale at the Navy Field here. Key West took the first game 10) no-hit, no-run affair over’ the 49 4 and dropped the second, 1 to | Results of the games follow: THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SOUND SCHOOL NINE SHUTOUT MARINES, 5-0 ig gece division of the Island| Bervice Men's League. It marked the return to action lof “Chipper” Peters and he} |showed that he had lost little, it|t any, of his stuff because of a} | layoff. The first two Marines} jin the initial stanza both sin- | fe t ‘CHIPPER’ PETERS CELEBRAT- | £led but after that, with the ex-|ders, centerfielder, doubled. |ception of a bingle in the fourth, ED RETURN TO MOUND he had the WITH THREE - HIT per. | Control with “three up and three! idown” prevailing each inning| FORMANCE thereafter. { | In the meantime _ his |found the range of Hank Wood- Three-hit hurling and splen-jard for eight hits, one of which} did all-around support gave ajwas a triple and two were dou- vastly improved Sound School! bles. Heacock, first baseball team a 5-0 triumph over|had two in th } St uation in perfect] ¢ si lashed out a triple on a wild pitch. Then Joe Koen- He| the fifth as Constantine, mates! stop, singled, reached third on baseman, | pair trips and Frank peated second baseman, doubled our chances to pace ors’ offense. the It was a scoreless he third. fray until With one out Dinan} and scored | cored with two away on a | ‘imely single by Chief Jones. The Sparklers got another in ome wierd ball throwing and came in on a fielder’s choice. The sixth resulted in the final when Hancock singled; vic- short- I the Marines last night in the! Dinan, third sacker, had two in!and both scored on t misplays. Peters walked none a out one. Woodard free passes ar The wee! jplac at 5:30 to | pace-setting Base nine cros | fast-moving 50th jot Fort Taylor. of soldier rooter: well as the exce! ito enliven proceed Jack Foley wi on the mound fo: Either Art Meska, |most valuable p Ralph Barbary, will league leaders. A |} jNOB will put the THE VINECAR AL & JOE - RADIO SERVICF 629 Eaton, Cor. 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We specialize S and Aromatic Oil Machineless Pe UNITED STATES OOOO TOTO OC! 637. : Soft Water Used Exciusively ‘ homer on the lawn of the old Ma- rine Hospital to save the NOB from defeat Saturday at the hands of the Marines. ‘Pressing Meska tor individual honors is big Ed Kacanowiez of Kewanee, Ill, tower of strength for the second- -place Coast Guards- men, who is the circuit's second best pitcher with five wins and one loss and the second best bat- ter with an average of .421. Other. top hitters of the Amér- ican loop follow: Woods, Marine leftfielder, is third with a .385;. fourth is Con- stantine, Sound School’s ‘second baseman, who has a .377; Ralph Barbary, NOB catcher, holds a -357; Juli Belli, second baseman, and Fournier, centerfielder . for the 50th Goast Artillery, are tied with a .353. Next. are Silverstone, Sound School leftfielder, and Torciletti, Boca Chica catcher, with .334. Ken Stone, NOB first sacker, has a.312; Tbenez, Boca Chica third base- man, and Swartzlander, Marine rightfielder, have a .307. Besides Meska’s perfect pitch- ing record and Kacanowicz’s five wins and one loss, Wolfe of the NOB has two victories and two ties; Shread of the Marines and Hess of Fort Taylor, have a tri- umph apiece. Jack Foley of the 50th has two wins and a pair of defeats, and Harrjs of the Sound School, according to available records, has one win and a loss, Tabulation ‘of! batting averages in, the : other, loop ‘show, heavy shigging. all ;the way... McNabb. of the. Commissary: paces the circuit with a .571 and Leigers of the Air Station has a .500. Next in line are Mitchell of the Commissary with a .444 and Jeffee and Cantrell of the Receiving Station with a 400 apiece. Pitching honors are divided be- tween Kinnamon of NAS, McNabb of the Commissary, Shoaf of Craig’s Dock, and Conick of the Hospital. TODAY’S GAMES MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUES National League New York at Philadelphia. Brooklyn at Boston. Chicago at Cincinnati. St. Louis at Pittsburgh. American League Philadelphia at New York. Boston at Washington. Detroit at Chicago. Cleveland at St. Louis. FALLS ASLEEP; LOCKED IN MOVIE THEATER KEOKUK, Iowa.—Attracted by sounds emenating from a movie theater about five o'clock in the morning, Fred Semple looked through the glass and saw 10- year-old Joe Haskins trying des- perately to get out. The frighten- ed child, rescued by police, ex- plained that he had gone to sleep during a show and did not wake up until shortly before Semple heard him. Certainly Not “Johnny,” said his aunt, “did you enjoy the book I sent you for your birthday?” “I ain’t looked at it yet,” said Johnny. “Why, how is that?” “Cause ma said I'd have to ‘wash my hands when I read it.” Curbs on recapping passenger car tires ended by OPA. ———— Tommie’ 's SKATING RINK} SUMMER SESSIONS * Tues. - Thurs, and Sat., 2:30 - 4:30 Evening: 8:00 - 10:30 p.m Ladies Invited On August 25, 1940, the Key| At Philadelphia oaue West American Legion Juniors lost | Washington the first game of jase ies at Tam- | Philadelphia a aL. 8: pa in the Cuscaden Park, 1 to 13,}_ Pyle, Scheetz, Adkins’ and but played a 12-inning 1-1 tie in| Erly; Wolff and Swift. a second game. Seemed Chas. Albury had a bad day in ecole the opener, allowing 13 hits. Five cae ites did not! Pere ey ne eemnaree 1G ce Newhouser and Parsons; Gale- help any, either. | In the nightcap, Evelio Vargas house. and: Hayes: pitched eight rounds, giving up but two hits. Gabriel Lastres was on the mound the rest of the way. A..Thompson, Crip Lastres, De- | Witt Roberts, R. Arnold and Men- endez starred in the field for the} locals. Score of the first: RHE) ay Wee Gome Key West 010 000 000-—1 3 5/ Boston — Tampa 201 223 21x—13 13 2 New Your. Albury and Roberts; Drews, M: | H ewaomel Hiden cand (Pare Moreda and Garcia. a : Score of second: ; | tee; Byrne, Zuber, Turner, Mur. Tampa 100 000 000 000—1 2 oP and Dickey. Key West— rere 000 100 000 000—1 2 Q! ye coo League J. Moseda, Corelia, Drer ht bons cag Aca L. Garcia; Vargas, G. Lastres and | Gy, ; is eee Menendez, Roberts. hicago : At St. Louis First Game | At New York R. H, E. | Boston Be a |New York 2.8 Judd and. Peacock; Bonham an Hemsley. 0 1 id R. H. E. Gumbert, Breechen, Dickson and O'Dea; Bithorn and Hernan- On August 25, 1940, the Key | ger West Conchs won over the Ma- rines by an 8 to 2 score at the Navy Yard. Sollenbarger, Marine mounds- man, was a little shaky at first-but from the third on he held the Conchs hitless. « The victors used three pitchers, | jaker, Lucilo Gonzalez, and Jack- | ie Carbonell. * Sollenbarger had’ won 18 games} up to that time. He would hav made it 19 but for errors by his} tearhmates: On his last appearance against; the Pirates, with Armando Ace- vedo behind the plate, he struck out 18 batters. His average strike} outs per game total 12. At Brooklyn Philadelphia _. Brooklyn. ....... gS) Podgajny and Livingston; New- some and Moore. New York ‘atiBoston, postponed. ee Only games scheduled. MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUES Sense Se | club— , L. Pet. On August 27, 1940, a #aseball| New York _. league was organized, composed] Cleveland of six clubs. ‘ Detroit Fire Chief Harry Baker acted} Washington as chairman at the organization) St, Louis _ meeting. | Philadelphia Among those present were Ray| Boston . Bush, Pirates; Roy Hamlin, Key | Chicago West Conchs; Charles Spakes, Ma- Leagui rines; Juan Navarro, Trojans; Lt. ch Riedie: ay Russell Pirkle, Army; Chief Lerve, | Br ci 10 U.S.S. Pandora and Pedro Aguilar, | St Lene : Las eee Pittsburgh Games were to be played at the | crcanetl oo Navy Field, first of which was| 501m 5 scheduled for Sunday, September | New York 1, 1940. . ‘ ‘ . aay Chicago... The opening doubleheader will = Fy bring together the Key West Philadelphia Conchs and U. S. Marines in the! first, and the Pirates and Trojans tile wecond: the latter giving up five. Wickers held the Pirates to a Joe (House) C he of the ‘dark | cage es Sollenborger Ma- | lone safety until the last inning rine ace, in the opening battle, _ | When two bingles and a like num- } Harry (Bubber) Wickers and us a! oe ea cane ope " ; meer only score. Final count was 3-1 in ene hele probably tangle in favor of the Trojans. 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