The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 16, 1946, Page 3

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| | | Lake Worth Defeats Conchs [Sweeting Stars MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1946 5-4 For Third Straight Win LOCALS OUTHIT VISI- TORS BUT ERRORS PROVED DOWNFALL OF KEY WESTERS. A record crowd of spectators at Key West Municipal Stadium vesterday afternoon saw the Lake Worth Ramblers nose the Key West Conchs 5-4 to hang vip their third straight vietory over local teams. The two other triumphs were registered in Lake Worth. Key West outhit the visitors but costly errors proved to be the downfall of the Conchs. In the very first inning, Carey drew a base on balls to open for the Ramblers. A perfect bunt by McClelland put Carey on sec- ond base. Crosby laid down an- other bunt but the pitcher threw to third to force Cavey out at that bag. Boise popped out to first | but Simonds came tprough with ' a single to center to score Mc-{ Clelland. Simonds went out at second. One run, two hits and no errors. In the third, they scored three! runs. Carey fanned to open the round. MeClelland walked. Cros- by struck out but the catch- er dropped the third strike but) was thrown out at-first, catcher ‘to first. McClelland went to sec- ond on the play. Boise singled to' left, McCleliand scoring. The catcher threw to second in an at- tempt to catch Boise at that bag! but Santana dropped © the ball. | Simonds hit to shortstop, whoj overthrew first, allowing Boise; te score. Broadbeck walked. Vi- dal, who opened on the mound for Key West, was sent to the; showers. Delfin Fernandez went | im to pitch. DeVault walked to load the bases. Dennis walked, forcing Simonds home and still) leaving bases full. Hanse™ out, pitcher to first. Three runy one hit, two errors. Ramblers scored their last run | in the fifth—and it proved to be the winning marker. Boise beat out a slow roller to short. Sim- onds struck out on a passed ball. The catcher recovered the ball in time to throw out Boise at first. Another passed ball allowed Sim- onds to go to second. Broadbeck flied out to center and DeVault, doubled to center, scoring Sim- onds. Dennis struck out. run, two hits, no errors. Meanwhile, Key West went seoreless until the seventh when’ F. Lopez poled a two-bagger to deep center and Eloy Acevedo’ singled to center to score “Lopez. One run, two hits, no errors. In the ninth, with one’ batter down, Lopez, Santana, Eloy Ace- vedo and Chas. Albury singled in suecession and three runs crossed the plate. Albury went to sec- ond on a wild pitch and Fernan- dez struck out. Fito Lastres went out. short to first to end the game. Hansen struck out nine batters, Vidal four and Fernandez three. Papito Machin of Key West went down swinging twice and Delfin Fernandez of the locals struck out three times to lead in that de- partment. Alonzo led at bat for Key West with a doubie and sinkle. Chas. Albury walked once and singled in the ninth. Lopez poled a double and a single and Eloy Acevedo hit two singles. San- tana and Delfin obtained the oth- er hits allowed the locals. Leaders at bat for the visitors were McClelland and Boise, each with twéiisafeties... Carey, Sim- onds, DeVault and Hansen poled one each. In the field, Simonds had six chances without an error for the Ramblers, Boise ten, Dennis 11 putouts and two assists with one error, Carey one putout and one assist. McClelland and Broad- beck had one putout each and Crosby had three putouts and one assist with one error. For the locals, Armando Ace- vedo had four putouts and three ists, Fito Lastres. and Papito achin one putout each, as did; Alonzo. Joe Navarro handled five putouts and two assists with one error, F. Lopez two putouts and two assists with two eed, Santana three putouts and one assist with one error, Eloy Ace- vedo three putouts and one as- sist, Chas. Albury two putouts, ate To Highlights Of Lake Worth- Key West Game On Sunday Hansen of the Wart ees pioaadl mow owned by the New York Giants, was awarded two dollars | How They Stand ~ In3-1 Stadium _ ‘Teams— W.L. Pct. G.B. v° St. Louis 90 53.629 Victory Sunday 2 87 58 621 | Chi ‘540 13 Bubber Sweeting, a young Key on 525 15” West mor i | Philadelphia 441° 27 pee enn 8 nai 60 10 aie ae no - hit performance ‘here in) pittsburgh 58 81 .417 30 the top-half of the baseball dou- id ; Son tes New York 57 87 ‘AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. GB. bleheader at Municipal Stadium yesterday afternoon, The game went only six official innings and in cash and a bottle of. champaigne donated by a local wholesale liq- Alonso of Key West won the $2.00 prize for the first two-base hit, Carey $2.00 for the first base on balls and the first batter to reach first base safely. First infield hit was poled by McClelland and the first single by Simonds. Each received a prize. : Prizes were donated by local merchants. _ Lopez of Key West won the cigarette case donated by Paul J. Sher, Duval street jeweler, for the longest hit. Other players receiving prizes were Charles Albury, Simonds, Carey and Eloy Acevedo. Among the spectators, the door prize went to a Mr. Rodriguez. It was a wrist watch. A diamond ving was won by a Mrs. Varela. A boy’s prize was awarded to Carlos Rios, Jr. These prizes were given by the Acevedo brothers, Dewey Riggs, John Rivero, oth- er individuals. and the. local mer- chants: aided tremendously in making the} game a great suc- cess. The Acevedo brothers, sponsors of the game, wish to thank one and all. Dinner Matches Will Be Played Sweeting kept getting better all 876 the time. He struck out ten mem- 576 15 bers of the Navy All Stars, who 556 17% opposed the Red Raiders in the | Washington 493 26% preliminary battle to the featured| Chicago — 465, 30% Lake Worth-Key West contest in} Cleveland - 451 32% the nightcap. Raiders won, 3 to|St. Louis 443 38% 1, the lone Navy run being scored | Philadelphia 340 48% e the fourth on a walk, a stolen ‘base and a wild pitch. { ed Se . Sweeting issued only two bases | R x Lit on balls in holding the Navymen | # A bites. With Chisox Raiders tallied all their runs in the sixth. The game went into} (By Associated Press) the seventh but was called before} NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—Bos- the inning’ was completed. ton Red Sox, 1946 champions of In the Raider sixth, Cates, Al-|the American League, took it,easy bury and Sterling hit successive | yesterday, biding their time un. singles. An error by the catcher, |til the World Series clashes get who overthrew third base, allow-4under way. Fifteen games out ed the. runners to score. in front of the pack, the Red Sox Cates, two safeties, and Ster-|took on fifth-place Chicago White ling, two, one good for a triple}Sox and split a doubleheader to deep centerfield, led the vic-| with the boys from the Windy tors at bat. City. Boston ‘took the opener, Turpin and Ginesio, working|4 to 1, and was whitewashed, 6 on the hill for Navy, each struck out two batters. Turpin did not allow a run and gave up only “three hits during his tenure ‘on the hill—four innings in all. In the ‘field, the leaders were Albury, Sterling and Rodriguez for the Raiders, Goldstein, Blood- worth and Thurlin for the Navy. The game was called in the seventh to allow the Lake ‘Worth- Key West battle to get an early start. Score by innings: R, H. E. Navy 000 100—1 0 3 Raiders _. 000 003—3 6 1 Turpin, Genisto and Miller; B. Sweeting and O. Rodriguez. Three-base hit: Sterling; stolen bases: Bloodworth, Turling; struck out: by Sweeting 10, by Turlin 2, by Genisto 2; bases on balls: off | Sweeting 2, off Turlin 1; time of | Here Next Week Monthly dinner matches | for September will be played from Sept. 18 through Sept. 25 at the Key West Golf course, it was an- One | nounced today. The. dinner will: be given on ‘the .evening .of ‘Thursday, Sept. 26, ‘at. 8 o’clock at an as yet un- disclosed location. Phe matches this month will be of an individual nature, it was revgaled. The losing 'two-some will pay for the winning two- some’s dinner. The matches: hie First—Jimmy Mira and Hum- bert Mira vs. Dr. Jack Hayes and Norman Artman. = Second—Joe Lopez and Fred Mathews vs. Harry Knight and Anthony Demeritt. Third—Robert Knowles and Paul Mesa, Jr., vs. Charlie Yates and Charlie Smith, lI. Fourth—Ward Tyson and J. J. Lounderee vs. Bascom Grooms and Willie Watkins. Fifth—Horace O’Bryant and Roy Dulion vs. Louie Pierce and J. J. Kirschenbaum. Sixth—Orvis Kemp and Paul Sher vs. Robert Dopp and Wil- liam Curry. Seventh—Dr. Kemp and Field- en Elbertson vs. Charlie Salas and Hartley Atbury. : Eighth—Cufry Harris ‘and Fran- cis Delaney vs. Clem Price and Leo Lopez. 5 Ninth—Robert Spottswood and Bill Peloquin vs. Gilmore ‘Park and Alton Park. ; es ° Black Beans Win ° Tomato Loop Tilt In one of the best games of the Tomato League so far this year, the Black Bean outfit won over the Rice team, 11 to 9, Saturday morning at Bayview Park. It ‘took “the Black Beans 14 in- nings of hard softball playing to emerge triumphantly but they proved they could come through in grand style. : Members of the Black Beans game: 1.10; umpires: M. Acevedo, | C. Johnson, Joe Mira and D. Fer- nandez; scorer: Aguilar. to 0, in the nightcap when Rigney held the champs to three hits. Washington Senators won 15} to 5 from the Detroit Tigers; St. Louis Browns took the New York | Yankees, 1-0 and 2-1, and the’ Cleveland Indians divided a twin bill with the Philadeiphia Ath- letics, taking the first 8-1 and dropping the second 2-0. Results of the gmaes: AMERICAN LEAGUE First Game At Chicago (R. HE. Boston 48 1] Chicago - 1 8} 3] Ferriss and Partee; Smith,| Maltzberger and Hayes. Miami U Will Cards Add Full Game To 4By Associated Press NEW YORK, Sept. 16—Chi- cago Cubs and the Brooklyn Dodgers broke even in their twin bill yesterday, the Cubs winning the first at Ebbets Field 4-3 and dropping the second 2-0. This allowed the St. Louis Car- dinals to gain a full.game over the Dodgers as the Redbirds swept both ends of their double- header with the New York Giants, 2-1 and 6-1. Cards now lead the National League by a game and a half: Boston Braves won a_ first game, 2-1, from the Cincinnati Reds and a second game by a 6-1 score. Philadelphia Phillies went into fifth place with a close victory over the Pittsburgh Pi- rates, 6-5. Resulis of the /games: NATIONAL LEAGUE First Game At Boston R. H. E. Cincinnati 1 40 Boston _. pee et Heusser, Shoun and Mueller: Lee and Masi. Second Game At Boston R. HE. Cincinnati - 1 Boston Gumbert, Shoun, Hetki and La- manno; Spahn and Padgett, Masi. First Game ° At Brooklyn R. HE Chicago 4 0 Brooklyn Schmitz, Kush and McCul- lough; Melton, Behrman, Cagpy, Gregg, Hatten and Edwards. Second Game At Brooklyn Chicago, -_--_.. Brooklyn —.. Borowy and and Edwards. First Game _ Second Game At New York R. H. At Chicago «St. Louis 37 Boston New York ..... .0 3 Chicago _- "| Dickson and Rice; Koslo, Trin- Johnson, Zuber kle and Warren. Rigney and Tresh. ee At Dertoit RHE) at iw toe me R.H. El edocs Si. duos o_. tf Ise roit — eri Wer Svork. 2 is Ape Wolff, Wynn and Early; Swift, AB hs Munger, Pollet and Trot, Gorsica, White and Teb- betts. Defend Punting Crown It Won First Game Rice, Garagiola; Voiselle, Aber- nathy, Thompson, Trinkle, Ken- nedy and Lombardi. At St. Loui: R.H.E.} at phi i CORAL GABLES, Fla., Sept.|New York 05 t Hani aay ee 16.—The University of Miami ex-! St. Louis 2... 1 7% 0 Philadelphia SE BED Rects to be able to defend the| Gettel apd Robinson; Sanford} jdnning, Stu*ievich, Sewell national collegiate punting crown it won from St Mary’s of Cali~ fornia by a matter of a few inches per kick last fall. Harry Ghaul, did all of the Miami punting last fall all return for their second Miami campaigns and are backed up by so many promising new punters this fall that Krull and Mazejka aren’t likely to do much kicking this year. Shows Good Form Ghaul is showing improved form this year while Krasnai, who punted only a few times in late season and did not do him- self justice, is expected to give Ghaul a real battle for the kick- | ing job. Hal Johnston, who played on the Little Creek Navy eleven last year and Frank Warriner, a. former Lake Worth, Fla. High School star’, appear to be the best of the new kickers’ and rank closest to Ghaul and Krasnai. Ghaul expects to improve on his better than 41 yard average. He should naturally have a lit- fle more polish after a year's experience and, too, he is show- reduced his overall season average by nearly two yards last year on just a few punts from midfield which he aimed for the coffin corner but kicks. He Joe Krull, Bill! Krasni and Ernie Mazejka, who! St. Louis ing better control on his angled! and Helf. Second Game At St. Louis New York --— = 2 Gee 25 2 Bevens and Silvestri; Gale- house and Moss. First Game At Cleveland RHE, ; Philadelphia 1 SA Cleveland 815. 2) Coleman, Marchildon, Fagan| and Rosar, Astroth; Lemon and Jordan. Second Game At Cleveland R. H. E.} Philadelphia rar eo Cleveland oO ¢ A} McCahan and DeSautels; Fel- | ler and Hegan. Two Games Of .. Softball Tonigh Roy’s,Auto Parts and Key West \Merchants are slated to tangle ‘in the opening game of a Class A Softball League doubleheader at Bayview Park tonight. } Roy’s Auto Parts are out to twin tonight as a victory will toss ithem up into a tie for fourth | place. Merchants need to win, j too, to-jump to fifth spot. So} there’s the makings of a great sent out of bounds around the 30 instead. Further, Ghaul isn’t going to have to carry the of- fensive load he had to pack last year when the Hurricanes suf- fered from shortage of fullbacks all year and so he'll get a chance to rest a little more. A New Formation Coach Jack Harding’s new’ igame, which will get under way | at 7:3 Oo’clock. ! The nightcap between Sher Jewelers and American Legion should be a humdinger, as the Legion stands a chance of rising into a tie for second place should | | it defeat the Jewelers. Then, too, | |the Jewelers will rise to within! ‘a game of the leading Bottle Cap Manolo Acevedo five putouts, Vi- ; included: Casado, E. Sweeting, dal two assists and Delfin Fer- nandez one assist. *Score by innings: R. H. E. Lake Worth 103 010 00C—-5 8 2 Key West 000 000 103-4 9 4 Hansen and R. Dennis; Vidal, Fernandez and Joe Navarro. Two-base hits: Alonzo, Lopez, DeVault; stolen bases: Simonds, Eloy Acevedo; sacrifice hit: Cros- by; struck out: by Hansen 9 (Fer- nandez 3, Machin 2, Lopez 2, Abreu, Eloy Acevedo), by Vidal 4 (Carey, DeVault, Crosby, Han- sen), by Fernandez 3 (Simonds, Dennis, DeVault); base$ on balls: off Hansen 1, off Vidal 4, off Fer- nandez 3; left on bases: Lake Worth 10, Key West 6; earned runs: Lake Worth 3, Key West 4; hits: off Vidal 3 in 2 and one- thrid innings, off Fernandez 5 in ' J. Mira, N. Castaneda, J. Walker, | F. Lastres, S. Griffin, C., Valdez, S. Torres and Thompson. On the Rice outfit were: C. Perez, J. Malgrat, A. Fernandez, Haskins, R. Valdez, Geéo.. Malgrat, ;T. Valdez, Arango, Sardina$ and B. Sweeting. Joe Mira:and Geo. Malgrat went hitless. Malgrat struck out four times. H Haskins and R. Valdez poled home runs. These teams cross bats each Saturday morning at Bayview Park. 6 and one-third innings; umpires: At the plate Jimmie Griffin, at first Joe Mira, at third Clatide Johnson; time of game: 1.50; scor- er; Aguilar. Outfit if they down Legion. No! matter what the outcome, the game will be hard fought all the} way. It will start at 9 o'clock. | |formation, the “L” formation, }plus the fact that most of the) Miami backfield combinations next fall will include at least; two triple threat backs will pro- | vide chance for greater decep-}| tion in attack as well as for yard, . covering quick kicks. ce Then He Can Loaf | | The book salesman knew his | b. i “This book,” he said, “will do | half your work for you.” Your Horoscope | cooa” was the reply, “Ti | 20” j MONDAY, SEPTEMBER ‘tg ee two. | 1946—This degree offers a tem- | py wv VET evry perament too enthusigstic, too) spRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE { impulsive, too fanciful, unless kept in careful bounds. Well TRIUMPH handled, the life will be fortun- } ate, though perhaps not free from COFFEE | trouble; but if the natural roving MILL | instinct be allowed to assert it- AT ALL | self, it will be a case of the “roll- GROCERS } ‘ing stone”. aS and Camelli, Baker; Donnelly, Karl and Seminick, CITY SPORTS DIAMONDBALL at Bayview Park (Night Games) TONIGHT— 7:30—Roy’s Auto Parts vs. Key | enforce their order against this | West Merchants. 9:00—Sher Jewelers vs. Ameri- can Legion. | TUESDAY— 7:30—Adams Dairy vs. VFW. 9:00—Bottle Cap Inn vs. Key West Merchants. THURSDAY— 7:30—Key West Merchants vs. American Legion. 9:00—Sher Jewelers vs. Adams Dairy. FRIDAY— 7:30—-Miami ;Herald vs. Del- monico. 9:00—Miami Daily News vs. Griffin’s Bar. RECREATION Bayview Park—Tennls, Basket- ball and Handball Courts, Dia- mondball, Kiddy Playground, Comfert Stations. South Beach and Rest Beach— Swimming. Gulf Dock and Rest Beach— Deepsea Fishing. Small Boats. CLE T NT S | Your Grocer SELLS That GOOD | STAR * BRAND and CUBAN Try A Pound Today!! BROADWAY CIGAR STORE 610 Duval St. COMPLETE BASEBALL SCORES Received Daily by Leased Wire Popular Brands of Cigars and Cold Soft Drinks Bogie was paul Mesa, Jr., with }! first prize money of $10.20.| to Fieldon Elbertson took. second place and $6.00, and Lt. Ebbets, a newcomer, took third place | cific for a prize of $3.30. eal Low medalist was Gilmore Park, with nicely played rounds round was his first since the! but 2 |course was lengthened and par| give him a lace in the New Flags Installed Sam Goldsmith, chairman of runnerup with scores of 43-38__| for top 81. In third place with a score! ings. of 45-38—83 was Fieldon Elbert- son. This is the first time that Elbertsen has broken into the low! the greens committee, has placed three scorers, and his two over | new flags and swanky tee mark par 38 did the trick after an even ers at each hole pry course. bogie round of 45, : Hi Alton Scores Twice ton Park got birdies on num-' ainst ber 7 on ‘both rounds Sunday. Alb aimee | je el @id go in is hard enough to get an under-/ the rough on his second shat on par score on this treacherous) number 1, The ball headed hole, but to do it twice in suc- : cession, is making the game seem a little too easy. In Rough on Second Shot It can happen! usually splits the fairway with Not Right both ‘his drives and second shots, 1 Roy Rogers, a likeable fellow} but this was an unexpected treat Key Wester, who is seriously in-' for the other members of his terested in poetry, was playing foursome, for they were seeing || stroke when he got back to the E.jon that hole. 0| uses a 7-iron, and the best he 0 number 4 for only the fifth time * in his life and it happened. Un-| believable, yes, but true, he seored a hole in one. The 10,000- to-one accident occurred.to a raw beginner in the game. Roy was rather proud of this. Why, folks say the game is hard, and here he, just starting, had performed ja feat that golfers spend their lives at trying, with but few ever attaining success. Rogers told of this sensational club house. All were interested, but when they found out that it had been accomplished with a driver, they said that was wrong ~—why, everybody uses an iron So Rogers now can @o is a four or a five. $50 Fine Key West Golf Club directors! placed a $10 fine on all five golf-} ers who participated in a five- some instead of the maximum allowable group, which is a four- some. All five delinquents must pay $10 within 10 days or face a sight seldom if ever seen on the local-course, Individual scores are as fol- lows: Player— A. Loucks — McCartle Paul Mesa, Jr. 88 12 76 J. J. Gustitus _.. 86 10 «(76 Bob Knowles —. 89 10 79 Lloyd Watts . 84 q wT Charlie Yates —. 89 7 92 E. E. Gross —.. 85 15 80 Capt. Fadden .... 92 5 q7 Charlie Salas 102 25 7 Robert Dopp 103 25 vr) Francis Delaney 93 18 «678 Dr. Hayes 81 12 69 Curry Harris ... 92 15 7 E. S. Leigon _... 86 20 66 W. McCabe —... 90 23 7 Humbert Mira ... 64 8 Jimmy Cooper 96 18 Jimmy Mira . 87 5 A. Lofts -.. 64 16 Fieldon Elbertson 83 ia Walter Vinson 84 15 Ward Tyson .... 95 wu Bascom Grooms 109 25 Hartley Albury .100 2 suspension from the golf club Tony Demeritt .. 96 ub for a stated period. Two of the Frye, W. W. 92 15 fined are not questioning the Fred Mathews —. 95 20 directors, but feel that they D. C. Bishop 95 630 should be given a hearing before’ Verne De Narda 8 = 16 sentence is passed. There are two sides to every argument, and al-/ though it isn’t probable that the directors would be influenced by | the testimony, it does seem fair that the offenders’ side of the! story be heard. The practice of , playing in excess of four at a! time must stop, and these five | members just happen to be the unlucky ones who were caught | and fined so that others could: see that the directors intend to} fivesome practice. | Scores Best Round Pinky Osborne scored his best round to date yesterday with a 43-46—89. Pinky was not playing’ with his two pretty WAVE friends, so maybe that was the ;reason he did so well. Well, | Pinky, which comes first, Golf or the Ladies? Don’t you dare | answer that! Challenges Opponent Bob Dillard has challenged) Harty . Harris, who is, twelve MIAMI and Express Schedu (No Stops Overseas Transportation ny, Inc. + «7 Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service Between Also Serving ALL POINTS on Florida Keys Between Miami and Key West LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY (EX- Ikey Park ....... 83 8 Bill Peloquin 94 10 Bob Spottswood . 86 12 Gilmore Park 77 0 Norman Artman . 84 10 Pinky Osborne 95 20 R. -C. Andrus 88 14 Lt. Ebbets 102 31 Qne-Minute Sports Quiz Football Schedules 1. When does Alabama meet Tennessee this Fall? When does Navy? 3. When does Notre Dame meet Georgia Tech this Fall? 4, When does Southern Cali- fornia meet Washington? 5. When does Indiana play Army meet | Michigan? THE ANSWERS: wwii" / 1. Oct. 19th. > ow k 2. Nov. 30th. 3. Notre Dame will not’ play the Ramblin’ Wreck ‘this year. 4. Oct. 19th. : 5. Sept. 28th. 4 opt ee Ne pe KEY WEST les En Route) CEPT SUNDAYS) at 6:00 P. M. Ar rives at Miami at 12:00 o'clock Mid- night. LEAVES MIAMI DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at 12:00 o'clock Mid- night and arrives at Key West et 300 o'clock A. M. Local Schedule: (Stops At All Intermediate Points) LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY (EX- CEPT SUNDAYS) at 8:00 o'clock A. M. and arrives at Miami at 4:00 o’- clock P.M. LEAVES MIAMI DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at 9:00 o'clock A.M. and mate at Key West at 5:00 o'clock | | | FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE FULL CARGO INSURANCE Office: 813 Caroline Street Phones: 92 and 68 WAREHOUSE: Corner Eaton and Francis Streets

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