The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 9, 1947, Page 3

J r THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1947 psoas 4) ‘ . (HE KEY WEST CITIZEN PAGE THRER League Batti Lead Is Taken By Tony Alonzo Tony Alonzo, Pirate outfielder, climbed into first place among Winter League hitters in averages. compiled through Sunday’s con- tests. The slugging Pirate out- fielder, who collected two hits last Sunday, hiked his average to a cool 9. Armando. Acevedo, Raider sec- ondbaseman, who had been lead- ing the league for the past few weeks, slumped to second place with a mark of ,381...R, Berg, Trojan first baseman, holds third place, 364. DeWitt Roberts, the Red Raiders’ star centerfielder, holds down fourth place with a mark of .359, and Evelio Rueda, Trojan outfielder, is in fifth spot with .353. Danny Lastres, shortstop, and property of the Tampa Smokers, leads the league in runs seored with 12. Arman- lo Acevedo has collected the most Pirates’ ace hits, 16. Julius Villareal, Raider outfielder, leads the circuit in doubles with four, Mavi Hernandez, another Raid- er, tops all batt in triples with four and is tied with Joe Navarro the Trojans and Robert San- tana of the Pirates in runs-batted- in with eight, Santana also leads the league in stolen bases with nine Jack Villareal, Blue Sox out- fielder, leads the circuit in strike- outs with 12. A teammate, Albio edo, haf drawn the most bas- es on balls, seven. Bubber Sweeting and Gabe Lastres are setting the pace in the pitehing department, each claiming two victories and no de- feat but Pancho Salinero has von the most games, four, Biue Sox hurler, led with 28. Charlie Albury, Trojan piteher, tops the pitchers nh bases on balls issued with 20 nd leads in most innings pitched with 42. Osear Cruz, another Blue Sox chunker, has allowed the most and the most runs, 35. « Ten hitters: i er-Club— AB RH Pet. T. Alonzo, Pirates 36 6 14 .389 A. Acevedo, Raids 42 8 16.381 3 Trojans 33.712 364 Roberts, Raiders _ 39 714 .389 Rueda, Trojans 34 612 .353 Sterling, Raiders 29 610 .345 B. Raiders __ 37 10 12 324 Lopez, Blue Sox . 35 6 11 .314 Davila, Trojans . 23 4 7 304 J Navarr vojans 33 3 10 .303 tes 33 6 10 303 ‘ ‘oca-Cola, Army Win Cage Games Coca-Cola retained its hold on 1d place in the Men’s Class A etball League last night with 2-24 win over the Boca Chica Marines The Junior Conchs won by for- t from the Wolverines when ve latter failed to show up for a The Army De- nders took a 24-12 decision from f t B contest f RK Electric Service in an- Class B battle to continue the nbeaten pace at the top of the Class B circuit. cores of the games by quar- U.S. Marines 4 8 5 724 Coca-Cola 5 1 8 Oe Jr. Concha 9) 9955F)-1 6-48 Picked Team :42 17° '9 11—49 Army 6 8—24 Itomeros are 5 0—12 Referee: Dan Paich, USN; tim- er: Red Tallon; scorer: Aguilar, BASKETBALL High Sc 1 Gymnasium Week of January 6th Thursday: 7:15 Army ers vs. Osterhoudt Wolves. 15 Lions Girls xs. High School Varsity Girls. 9:15 USS Wilkie vs. Key West Transit Co. STANDINGS IN _ BASKETBALL LEAGUES Class “A” Men's League Club Wide eet, Red Raiders 4 0 1.000 Coca-Cola be aes) K.W. Transit Co. 1 2 333 Radio 1 3 .250 r Marines” 0 3 .000 USS. Wilkie 0 0 .000 Class “B” Men’‘s League Clut W. L. Pet. US. Army 3 0 1.000 Jun Conchs 2 J 07 Osterhoudt Wolves 1 2. .333 kK o Electrics 0 3 = .000 Girls’ League Clut W. L. Pet H School Varsity . 3 0 1.000 ae 3) 22180: H School “B” 1 3 .250 “Lions Club @ 3 .000 An easy and effective way to, re bave floor i nozzle of your vacuum cleaner. Defend- | dust particles from any | ; to use the brush cago, 1893. This was held in Jack- | Exposition, LITTLE NOW GLITTERS _{Hlinois Picked IN OLD FAIR GROUNDS By SAUL PETT AP Newsteatures Writer YORK.—Although millions were spent in their creation, ‘ Only a few nostalgic traces remain of the nation’s world fairs of the past 50 years and the attendant glitter and lavish Spectacles which were the talk of their day. “pec ete i . ° : In a copyrighted artiele in the December issue of SPORT zine, Clair Bee, baskebal cogeh of Long Island University, s Illinois as the leading basketball team in the country. : Most of the fair sites have been forgotten by history and| Bee, who thinks the 1946-47 | faded by more proscic uses. Only New York's “World of To-| basketball season will enjoya morrow" partially survived the glamor-eroding effects of “to-|boom year which may never be morrow.” part of the fair site of 1939-40 with its General Assembly and a new kind of international exhi- bition. Generally, though, the dazzling buildings, the sparkling foun- tains, the cotton candy stands, the kleig-lighted midways and the noisy side shows have given way }to parks, museums, parking lots, Jauto “cemeteries,” university |buildings, military barracks or apartment houses. St. Louis’ Cascade Hill chase Exposition Grounds in St | Louis, there was a fairyland spot {known as C ade Hill Huge istreams of water poured from three pavilions down glass stair- ways over 10,000 vari-colored sctric lights Now, Cascade Hill is the fourth {hole of a golf course. Missouri's million-dollar state building at the 1904 fair is now a dispenser ef juke box music, soda, The New | jeandy and hot dogs. {Jersey state building was moved) }intact from the fair site to Kirk-| wood, Mo., and now is a four- ‘family apartment dwelling. | The rest of the area is occupied by Forest Park, a sports arena,} st: jan amusement park, part of {Washington University, the Mis- souri Historical Society and a wealthy residential district | How Others Have Fared And here’s what you'll find on the grounds of the other major {world’s fairs in this country in the past 50 years: The Columbian Exposition, Chi- son Park and the side shows were In 1904, at the Louisiana Pur-| That was due to the United Nations which moved intto PHILADELPHIA'S Sesqui-centennial Exposition epitomized the lavishment of the ‘20s (top). Today it’s forgotten land. SAN FRANCISCO'S Treasure Island covered by Navy buildings bears little resemblance to Golden Gate Exposition (top). }stretched along a broad, gras \strip, stilt known as the Midway Plaisance and along which the| !University of Chicago was built. The grounds reverted to park uses. The exposition’s fine arts building is the only major struc- ture still in use. It is now the Mu- seum of Science and Industry. Pan-American Exposition, But- falo, 1901. Now largely a resi- dential area whose chief claim to history is that President William {McKinley was shot there by an ‘anarchist. Panama - American _ Interna- tional Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. Constructed by city and state on ground now known as the Marina residential district, adjoining the Presidio, big west {coast Army post. The exposition developed a heated controversy over the display of a semi-nude painting called “Stella”. There are irfgs in the private homes now on the fair grounds. How It Looks Today After the fair clgsed, most of the buildings were torn down but ithe imposing Palace of Fine Arts still stands. The oval, towered as used for municipal nnis courts and later during “World War II, as an Army ware- house. The building at present is {not being used. The balance of {the fair grounds has been con- verted into an apartment house area, and, generally, the district is regarded as one of the better |residential sections. | Sesqui-centennial International Philadelphia, 1926, celebrated 150 years of i which bly more revealing paint-| duplicated, rates the fifteen top teams in the country as follows: 1, Tlinois a 2. Kentucky 7. Ohio State 9. Utah 10. Oklahoma A, & M. Il. West Virginia iy 12. Southern California 13. Temple 14. Western Kentucky 15, Iowa In his “Sport” story entitled, “What's Ahead in Basketballi’, Bee, in conjunction with Haskell Cohen, believes that this year the game will reach the saturation point only because spectator seat- ing eapacity has been overwhelm- ed. The writers point out that practically every seat for every high school, college and profes- sional game has been sold out for months. SPORTS and _ RECREATION SWIMMING—South Beach, south end of Duval Street. : DEEPSEA FISHING—Gulf Dock, wt Caroline Street; Craig Dock, north end of Grinnell Street. { Duck Ave. and I4th St. GOLF—Municipal Golf Course, Stock Island. TENNIS—Bayview Park on Di- vision Street (day and night facilities). mA BASKETBALL—Outdoor courts at South Beach ané Bayview Park. HANDBALL—Bayview Park. SHUFFLEBOARD — Bayview Park and South Beach. PICNICKING—Tables at Bay- view Park. ‘ CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND — . Bayview Park. COMFORT STATIONS—Bayview Park. Having trouble getting that beautifully laundered curtain on its rod? Use the finger from an old glove over. the end of the rod. The curtain will slip on easily and will not tear. | American independence. The fair covered 275 acres of League Is- land Park, adjacent to the League Island Navy yard, and attractell 6,408,289 visitors in seven months. Twenty-nine nations and 20 American states and_ territories were represented by lavish pa- vilions and breath-taking exhib- its. Now, most of the same ground is being used for parking lots, an automobile graveyard and some veterans’ homes built near the Naval hospital. Century of Progress &xpositfon, Chicago, 1933-34, This was held on a three-mile strip'of larid along the shore of Lake Michigan and on a 100-acre, man-made piece of jland in the lake known as North- erly Island. All the fair’s flashy, | modernistic buildings have been dismantled and the shore land became Burnham Park, with the Outer Drive running through it. Chicago’s offer of Northerly Is- land as United Nations headquar- ters was not accepted, and the city now plans to use the island as an air landing strip where pas- sengers could be shuttled by plane to and from the outlying major airports. California-Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, 1935. The site was 1,400-acre Balboa Park, previously the home of the 1915- 16 Panama-California Interna- tional Exposition. Many of the buildings, including the Ford Bowl, the Fine Arts Gallery and the Natural History Museum, continued in service until the |Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. | And Treasure Island Then, the Navy took it over and jused most of the buildings as {annexes for the nearby Naval hos- pital. The area is now being recon- |verted to a city park. | Golden Gate International Ex- |position, San Francisco, 1939-40, |The site was artifically-created | Treasure Island in San Francisco | Bay. After the fair closed, Pan-} | American Airways set up shops} jand other installations on the} island. | beautifully landscaped During World War II, the Nayy used the island as a receiving and training station, and the former site of Sally Rand’s Dude Ranch became a barracks. The land is still in Navy hands, BASEBALL—Winter League dou- bleheader every Sunday, 1:00}for the second consecutive year, p.m., at Municipal Stadium,|drew the most bases on balls, 137. ASE ks a Ss St. Louis led in club batting percentage with .265, went to bat the most times, 5,372, scored the most runs, 712, collected. the most ‘hits, 1,426, compiled the most total bases, 2,046, and produced the most doubles, 265, during the 1946 campaign in the National League, official records reveal. Brooklyn gathered the most ‘triples, 66, made the most sacrifice hits, 141, and stole the most bases, 100. New York led in home runs with 121. It was the 2ist time they topped the league in homers and ‘the 15th year in which they hit 100 or more, both National League records. Club batting records follow: Opp.» G AB R Runs H TB 2B 3B HR SH SB PC St. Louis 156 5372 712 645 1426 2046 25656 81 97 58 .265 Boston 154 5225 630 592 1377 1843 238 48 44 135 60 .264 Brooklyn 157 5285 701 570 1376 1906 233 66 55 141 100 .260 Phila’phia 156 5233 560 705 1351 1880 28940 80 103 41 258 New York 164 5191 612 685 1326 1939 176.37 121 66 46 .255 Chicago 155 5298 626 581 1344 1835. 223 50 56 116 43 .254 Pittsburgh 155 5199 552 668 1300 1786 20252 60 101 48 .250 Cincinnati 156 5291 523 Masial Leading Nation al League Slugger; Increases Records 570 1262 1729 206 33 65 122 82 .239 (By The Assoeiatea Press) Stanley F. Musial, St. Louis} ute oe Sending slugger in the SKUNKS NO LONGER ational! gue during the 1946 SECRE campaign and Melvin T. Ott, New eunae — York, hiked two league marks set ‘The chemical fou Ler by himself, according to figures Visio bs Laing taal recently released: | to ney pode nie hentia Following are the official total poison gases is "akiiikgioot bases on hits, slugging percentage,| ‘This was accidentally demon- runs batted in, and other miscel- strated at a meeting of the laneous records’ of National} Chemical Corps board at the League players who participated Army's Edgewood arsenal. in 10 or more games during the} Attention was distracted by 1946 season: { Stanley F. Musial, St. Louis, for} WOW D0 YoU LIKE MY COIFFEUR 2 the third time in his career, led in slugging percentage with .587. Enos B. Slaughtér, St. Louis, captured the runs-batted-in cham- pionship with 130. Tt was the first time he batted in as many as 100 runs. Edward R. Stanky, Brooklyn, Ralph M. Kiner, Pittsburgh, struck out the<most times, 109. Robert G. Blattner, New York, was hit most often by pitched balls, 6. Andrew W..Seminick, Philadel- phia, grounded into the most dou- ble plays, 19. : Melvin T. Ott, New York, by drawing eight bases on balls, in- creased his National League bases eo balls reeord to 1,708, and, by atting in four r i iifetime cauceumebien an . porta ania orange 1,860, i - te rary also a National League rec: against the sidewalk, smash- ing all but the neck, which remained like a collar. En- | raged, the animal fled, show- ing its scorn the way only a i | frantic, glassy knocking on the pavement outside the board room. A skunk had caught its head in a mayon- naise jar. While some strong mén reportedly turned pale, Joseph Shaeffer, advisor to the board, donned a gas mask, long rubberized gloves, and the voluminous cape. skunk would, according to all the bystanders, save Shaeffer, who couldn't tell, thanks to mask and cape. Miss Keller’s Books LONDON.—(AP)—The British Frank H. Ladd, county tax col-! National Institution for the Blind lector, reported to county com- will present a number of Braille missioners last night that his in-| Volumes, including the plays ot come for last year, after deduct- Shakespeare, to Helen Keller, ing expenses, amounted to only deaf and sightless author, whose $350.42. “{Braille library was destroyed ; when her home in Eaton, Conn., More than two hundred resi-| burned recently. dents and tourists attended the: baieasaadaid opening dinner-dance at La Casa! Marina last night, The Citizen was informed today. | JAN. 9, 1937 Funeral services will be held | tomorrow afternoon in the First Methodist Church for William S. Parker, 69, former Key Wester, ; who died in Miami yesterday. ! Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Park, | of Chicago, are visiting Mr.; Park’s mother and other relatives | in Key West. This is his first) visit here in 10 years. | Mrs. William Knowles left this} morning to be with her son, Ben- ; jamin, who is seriously ill in Mi- ami. She was accompanied by, her daughter, Miss Mary Lowe. | Miss Florence Betancourt left; this morning for Miami for a stay of two weeks. Mrs, Leona Stirrup left this! morning for Matecumbe to join Mr. Stirrup, who is employed by the county ferry system at that! place. { Mr. and Mrs. Edward Graham | today announced the birth of aj son in their home at 506 Flem-} ing street. { | Key West Garden Club will) | hold a meeting Monday after-| noon, beginning at 4 o'clock, in — ' When wearing a fur coat, ex-| ercise care in carrying parcels asi they may rub and wear the fur KANTOR'S aoe tare ea oe Heré’s Record To Prove lt i NATIONAL LEAGUE | SHUTOUT GAMES. 1946 | HICKORY GROVE | Every day, more and more folks are coming up with an idea for a new law. I am not trying to say there is no good reason for sueh, but I don’t know where we are ;gonna put ‘em. From attie to basement, we are crowded now. with laws. Our first job is to find space and room for any new ones. ; We must clean out the present | misfits that we been acquiring for the past dozen years. Too much law versus too little is the thing that has been upsetting our tran- quility, progress and confidence. If theré was an instrument of some kind that would measure “confidence,” a.reading from same would show we been passing | through an all-time low era—or |next door to same, | What would be your first law | to go out the window, says Henry. As a starter, I says, it would be the Wagner one—the champion and granpapa of the misfits. And then on down the line, we could \do as the “little woman” does | when she moves into a new house '—cleans out the sawdust ahd shavings, washes the windows— and then decides on what kind of new furniture is needed—and ‘where to put it. Yours with the low down, | JO SERRA, HOME ON ROAD TO THE AIR AGE DEMING, N. M.—(AP)—Some- thing new in homes—front door on the highway and back door on an air strip—is claimed by Mr. and Mrs. Postelle Cooper. A hangar is built right into the house. A driveway connects the front door with the highway while the back door opens on a half-mile air strip from whieh Cooper, banker and insurance ex- ecutive, flies to his appointments. In a hot, dry room a pan of behind the piano helps keep the sounding water on the floor Growing in popularity with each season... Molded Saddle leather Belts by HICKOK . . . very masculine . . . in smart tones and designs. MEN’S SHOP | the public library. i $ | ! | Today The Citizen says in an 9 editorial paragraph: i “We may eventually have! | world peace but not in this world.” i “