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MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1947 - Pirates Win First-Half Fl Sweeting Pitches One-Hitter : @ Harbin Win e ° Blind Bogie First prize of $11 was won yes- terday at the Key West Golf Club in the “blind bogie” tournament by Lt. and Mrs. Tom Harbin, with Fred Mathews taking second prize |P° nts of $6 and C. W. Wallin, a new- comer, third prize of $3.50. Low medalist was Jimmy Mira with a well-played 78. Dr. Jack | Hayes and Humbert Mira were BUCS “SEWED UP” HON. ORS IN THIRD; RAID. ERS SMASHED TRO. JANS, 15 TOO Exploding for five runs on two walks, an error and three hits, in- cluding Robert Santana's homer vith one on in the third inning, the Pwates went on to whip the ‘ue Sox, 7-4, in the first game ‘ft a doubleheader at Municipal Stadium yesterday afternoon.’ The win gave the Pirates the first-half Winter League cham- pionship. In the second game yesterday, hw Red Raiders walloped the Tro- \ Leading scorers in the City Bas- ketball Leagues are Gene Skaggs of the Red Raiders for the men with 37 points and Miss Haskins of the Catholic Youth Center girls with 42 points. -Figures released by Official Scorekeeper Peter Aguilar also show that Grund of the Army De- fenders is leading scorer in the Class B men's league with 26 The leading scorers and their teams through Jan. 10: CLASS “A” LEAGUE Red Raiders Player— fended by the green. na THE KEY WEST CITIZEN. . | __PAGR THREM Miss Haskins And |Park-R. Spottsy lneet’ Skaggs Lead City; peeereet oe Basket Scorers) By Hayes-Price At Golf Key West’ Golf Club’s dinne: matches, concluded yesterday at} the local course, saw Jimmie Mira and Ernie Griffin win 3-0 over Harry Knight and Humbert Mira. FOLLOWING Dr. Jack Hayes and Clem Price THROUGH pulled an upset by roan bowed By more Park and Bob Spot! ‘PEDRO AGUILAR 3 to 0. peralhr pti and Norman iiass220444444442422 Artman teamed to take Robert THINGS THAT HAPPENED Knowles and Kermit Loucks, 2% | py frhen led 1946 to one-half. "| Today we continue our review Knowles’ great recovery shot'of sporting events of 1946 in Key on the eighth was not enough to, West. The first column in this win the match, though it gave the | review covered the month of Jan- Harris-Artman team “goose-pim-|uary. Here is what happened in ples.” Knowles had hooked deep} February, 1946: r into the rough near the green on} Februar A 'y 1— Danny Lastres the long eighth hole and elected’ joins Bob Feller’s baseball school to play an almost unplayable lie. !i4 Tempe, Ele When Bob addressed the ball he! f was hidden from view and his i : i gamble materialized as the fan | I Ss Ce Se sped through the branches and} jans Red Raiders and Machinists. The rosters: Red Raiders—Rob- February 1—Baseball league ne, 15-0, behind the one-hit 42 second place with good 81)Skaggs 7 39 ntehing of lanky Bubber Sweet- Sco¥es. Harry Knight and Clem |Roberts 7 31 ng Price scored 82's to tie for third | Meador 4 26 The Blue Sox drew first blood Place. Clem is now “on his game”, Haskins 3 17 n the first game when an error #8 °M€ Observer pointed out, and nd Manolo Acevedo's triple gave Should be giving the boys more} prayer— FG FT TP) hem a run in the third inning. Competition in the future. C. Smith —_. 1s ae Vhe Pirates came back, however, ! One of the best scores made by R. V. Smith 4 22 snd took the lead with their five ® Woman golfer in years Was | Woodson 3 21 m rally. They added two more turned in by Miss Bobbie Kimber war i 2 16 n seventh on two hits, and The Blue Sox stened in the eighth when hey managed to score three runs a walk, two hits and a double vy Diaz ; G. Lastres annexed his third season for the Pirates. yesterday as she scored an im- pressive 51-49—100. Bobbie bird- ied the long 500-yard 5th hole.|_ Player— Then, to show that it was no ac-|P- Herrick - cident, parred the same hole on| Lewin -- | ieee Gwe the in-coming nine and added a|B- Schoneck sea aur par on the 355-yard fourth. Bob- J. Costar —.. ae Ac ok3: bie can put many a he-man golf- er to shame as she shatters the} Player— Coca-Cola Earthquakes Key West Transit Company Charlie Salas and Jimmy Coop-jerts, Albury, Lastres, Meador, A. er came from behind to take the; Lastres, R. Arnold, M. Hernandez, Charlie Yates-Fred Mathews com- "J, Albury, bination, 2-1. Salas and Cooper |Tyojans—Joe Navarro, B. Sweet- were six behind, starting the fifth ing, D. Navarro, J.. Navarro, Berg,'; hole on the back nine, but Salas’/Sterling, Kelly, Lopez, J. Carbo-|'S string of pars was too much for|nel} A. Alonzo, J. Domenech E. the Yates-Mathews team as the|/Rueda and W. Cates; Pirates—I. latter combination lost 1-up in the! Rodriguez, D. Fernandez, Salin- day’s closest match. ero, Vidal, C. Hernandez, M. San-{ Bob Dillard’s booming drives] chez, J. Barcelo E. Garcia, L. Bazo, ahd Tony Demeritt’s steadiness;D. Lastres, Torres and J. Casa; were too much for Paul Mesa and Machinists—E. Albury, O. Rod- Jack Sellers as the latter fell, 3}riguez, Bethel, Lynch, Baker, E. to 0. Acevedo, M. Acevedo, T. Valdez, Louie Pierce and Roy Dulion|F, Lopez, A. Acevedo J. Garcia,|yfachinists in softball, 7 to 5. Rob-|- AMERICAN took Horace O’Bryant and John}Machin, Gomez and Goehring, erts won and Walker was the los- Kirschenbaum on both nines, manager. Fielden Elbertcon and Robert} Febraury 2—High School Var- Dopp took all points from Dr.|sity basketball team is made up William Kemp and Francis De-|of R. and O. Cruz, Kerr, Herring,|seeceecceccece laney. Delaney hadn’t played in}Papy, Parra, McCollough, Fieitas, six months, but nevertheless got,;A. Lastres. The B team had off some good two-iron shots. Rodriguez, C. Valdez, Arthur, Hol- Paul Sher and William Curry|berg and Trembley. won from Orvis Kemp and Dr.j} February 3—“Crip” Lastres’ Herman Moore, 3-0. double in the sixth tied the game All winners will be the hosts;for the Red Raiders. Final score at the monthly dinner to be held] was three runs each, six hits each tomorrow night at the Sun andjclub. Batteries: G. Lastres and Sand Club, formerly the Civilian} Roberts for Raiders, Lynch and Beach Club. Rodriguez for Machinists. In the Robert Dopp, entertainmentjsecond game, the score was: Pi- chairman, is planning to show|rates, no runs, 2 hits, 4 errors; moving pictures.and provide oth-|Trojans 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error. er entertainment for club mem+|Batteries: Meador and Rodriguez, prices. ing order, Uj printing service at fair Consider us when you place your next print- bers at the event. Phone 51 and Our Representative Will Call j 2 PIN IS IMPORTANT | STANDINGS IN EDINBURGH. —(AP)—Storied| __ Class.“A’ native frugality almost got some} Club— Ww. L. vad Seots blown up at the Edin- Red Raiders 4 01. | burgh disposal plant, .where|USS Wilkie 1 0 1.000 street rubbish is sorted in a ma-|Coca-Cola 3 1.750 chine to sift out salvagable items, |K.W. Transit Co. —. 1 3.250 ‘A hand grenade showed up in}Radio 1 3.250 the hopper. An.alert Scot snatch-|U.S. Marines 0 3.000 ed it out and restored a loosened Class “B“ Men's League safety pin. Club—, ‘W. L. Pet. Aye, and later examinatior. by aay Dees cae m 7 — ‘the Army showed it was alive. Tinton Conger ag UF ae ketball lost to High School Var- | Romero grate. —— 9 3 000 sity by a 32 to 20 score. Mora ch mene ar with eight points was high scorer Hi a 1 Vv; yy ry for the Convent and R. Kerr with | igh 100. iy - ue —_ 9 was high for Varsity . .. Earth-| 5 ¢ ‘Sa rem 4 quakes won over Independents in | mts ‘oo! aw Ad a thrilling basketball game with/Lions Club 0 4 000 a final score of 19 to 17. February 7—Red Raiders 50,| One-Minule, Sworts Quiz Divers 13, and the Convent Girls} 1. Who was America’s surprise }24, High School Varsity 37. In} player in the recent Davis Cup {a third game Transit Co. whipped; matches? }Carbaonell’s Luncheonette, 34-17. 3. Who was chosen National February 8—Miss Gloria Ace-| League Manager of the year? vedo was picked by Rotary Club | 4. Whom ‘did Louis defeat and |to be its candidate in the Spongej gain the heavyweight crown. Festival. 5. Did Dempsey ever defeat February 10—Machinists won} Tunney? Haski d J. Aritas:| Vo" the Pirates, 9 to 0. Bethel | PURI LONG 2: Sereeh Aa srs hits. yaates: | THE ANSWERS: runs, 3 hits, 6 errors, Machin- 7 ts: 9 runs, 11 hits, 2 errors. Beth- 3 Sy Fei hdi gd the United el and Rodriguez and Sweeting States raeset and Lastres, Roberts were the)”, ‘Adi D { batteries. \ é Th ? one ik February 10—Basketball games: 5 ‘y mes T. Braddock, jof the night showed the follow- yes ing results: Sweeting’s Repair| Shop 31, Coca-Cola 21; Convent hy Varsity 31, St. Mary's 17, ante Ap & BRAND. Radio 35, Dental Corps 31. GF t RAND February 11—Red Raiders whip;{ Ns) ‘AR B cacusan COFFEE ing pitcher. Try A Pound Todayll (To Be Continued) bid GL POET TEESE - pagename --— of . Seececceciooeccoseee eeee bitoer 4 JOB PRINTING y J a e : Modern machinery and 3 efficient methods enable : us to- offer you superior $ , Hartford Railway, born in, East: Tarpon’ “B” squad, 32 to 22. Sumner, Maine, 62 years ago. fe out seven and issued ¢.. ri 2 ur free pastes. G. Diaz, who fairway with good straight, long). ese + # vent all the way for the Blue Sox, individual: geotes are al. fol: pHessiaa 9 1 19) ruck out one and walked three. 2 R. Barbe 8 2 18! y Lastres, the Pirates’ star WS! am top, led the winners’ attack | Arete é Gross Hand. Net nes th two hits in five trips to the Ut Tom Harbin 106 27 = 79] Player— FG fT TP “ Lopez, Blue Sox third Mrs. Tom Harbin 122 43 79 (Fisher - eae © | 8 30 mar s) attani irinky Osberme .. 93 15 78 | Russell 5 a 10. wweman, led the losers’ attack th two safeties in four official Bob Ruby ——102 24 78/Nolon ee: ps to the plate. Fred Mathews . 93 17 76 ie Hl Sweeting Whiffed 11 James McCardle .101 19 82) Player— FG FT TP In the nighteap, with Bubber poey By 95-2575 |Gorman Se ee Sweeting, the Raiders’ ace right-| Fumbert Mira ot a8 ms Hilt ee ee nder, turning in one of the best Ja Vater Tas 15 et McKee —a4.1 5} tching performances of the sea-|wit My Curry. 88 12 76 CLASS “B” LEAGUE m, the Raiders thumpad the Tro-imTGt Giriny a3 Romero's Electrics ns, 15-0 Weldon Kibertaon'90 30 70, Pave ees aes In annexing his third win of Pecnce Delaiey _102 20 82 Romero .... BAG: ' eason without a defeat, Cherlin. Salas y 80 10 70 Albury So 41% ceting allowed one hit—al poy, Dillard e M1 73 Brogli _. 4 16; oping single by Juani Navarro Paul Mesa ; ” a7 2 "5 Osterhoudt's Wolves he seventh, He struck out 11,/ 5201 Sher 96 25 at Player— FG FT TP {3 and not a man reached Norman arena) ee 10 77 She : : as The Raiders jumpéd on young Seated is a 4 es Osterhoudt - 5 RS 3 vmes Malgrat in the second for} Ro) Crutchfield _ 102 29 80 Hansen - oo 2 0 4 runs on a walk, Vilareal’s in- Jack Krogsgard _ 93 20 73 Junior Conchs ld hit, and Esmond Albury’s}yy 3, Hamel ~ a7 10°77 Player— PG FT 1 yple. They added fivd mote int yi Cooper 92 14! 7g} Leroy Sawyer a be 8 7 th on two errors, singlés by Clem C Bre 22 10 72 Ladd —. 3 0 6 \wevedo and Bakeryand Hernan-|n. yack Hayes. 81 12 gp | Blackwell ie Woe lees double. A hit batsman'and Kermit aks : 85 10 "5 J. B. Sawyer oe | 0 4 terling’s homer gave the Raiders} Ronert Knowles 30 a te Army Defenders more runs in the seventh, Robert: Do “10026 74 Player— FG FT TP Dodo Villareal’s homer, a walk,! Gar. A aes 00 5 3 Anderson er.) o° 19 les by Cates and Baker] yg aw. Clack 13 5 74) Edwards i233, 65 firs. A. W. Clark 130 55 75 ' ed the Raiders four addition-| Robbie Kimber _.100 33 67 Grund ae 2 26) in the eighth, They tal- uses tiatie ra 89 ° 12 77 Foster nL 3S 235 in the ninth on a cou-] Herman Moore 110. 41 69 GIRLS’ LEAGUE walks and DeWitt Roberts’! @ w. wanin 90 6 84 High School “B” DoDo Villareal led the} q M. Hart “108 34 74|_ Player— FG FT TP ‘attack with a homer and] poy Spottswood 82 2 7 Papy a8) jae 1) Base in Sree: Gpeysmith 8 920) 67 Ce nce cores : | s PicckiGaine Leo Lopez - 96 28 68 Tanne Ti 0 6 beeen ARE ene | ae ee ne 1 5 0 2 3 0} TRENTON, Mo.—Elopus Wal-fHaskins 19 4 42 4 0 1 1 6] Ker, 46-year-old janitor, admit-} parks 7 6 1 p i 4 1 2 06 1{ ted to police that he had set fire | Saunders AT 3 37 askin f 4 0 0 1 06|to twenty buildings in eight|Knuck 3 2 0 4 rnandez, 2b 3 0 0 0 O]north central Missouri towns, High School Varsity Valdez, 2b 1 0 0 O 1] causing an estimated $250,000} pjayer— FG FT TP Mauldin, 1b 4 1 215 0] property loss. No one was in-]|R, Kerr 18 3 39 weal, If 2 0.0 1 Of jured in the fires which occur-|N, Smith 14 1 29 Valdez, If 1 1 0 0 OJ} red over a two-month period. B. Demeritt - 13 3 29 Diaz, p 40. 1 22 | M. Kerr ___. ant 2 8 nein anon Dukes, 2b .3 0 0 2 3)N. Lane So es 010) r 37.4 8 24 10] Berg, 1b us 0 01408 Lions Club ates AB RH PO A| Mira, lf 4 00 1 Oj Player— FG FT TP ntana, 2b 5 1 1 1 OfJ. Navarro, 3b 3 0.1.2 4/C. Rosam ... 19 4 42 1D. Lastres, ss-3b 5 1 2 2 2}Domenech, cf ....2 0 O 1 0} Velasquez ey) 3417 Gareia, if 4 2 1 1 OjG. Malgrat, cf-p-cf 1 0 0 1. 1)Lane 4 0 8 Alonzo, rf 3 2 1 1 OID. Navarro, rf-cf-p3 0 0 0 0 (a aaioee, todriguez, ¢ 4 0 0 7 2) J. Malgrat, p-rf —. 3 © © 1S} aOHhennterinienneieruevenneugereetaniniUHAMNMRHONEANEUE, qua, cf #0 2 3-O0F 2 ee em Se Albury, 3b-ss 4 0 1 3.2} Totals— 29 6 1377 BASKETBALL H wndez, 1b pe ge apt ak Score by innings: R. H. E. & i G. Lastres, p 3 0 0 0 6{Raiders ... 020 005 24215 11 1] High School Gymnasium -—-- Trojans ... 000 000 000— 0 1 4 (Night Games) Total 34 7 727 12] Errors: Acevedo, Valdez 2, C. | sygmitutunumttiiintnmiitttitiiniiiiny ; e by innings: R. H. E.} Albury, G. Malgrat; runs-batted- | pon]GHT— Shue Sox 001 000 030—4 8 6} in: Baker 2, Hernandez 2, Ster-| — 7.99—wolverincs vs. Raiders. 005 000 20x—7 7 4!}ling 3, Villareal, E. Albury 4:! 3:99_Cyc vs. Conchs. Errors: Lopez 2, A. Aecevdo,}two-base hits: Hernandez 2, Rob- 9:00—Wildcats vs. Porter-Allen. Fernandez, Mauldin 2, D. Lastres/erts; three-base hit: E. Albury; TUESDAY— | Hernandez; runs batted in: M.{home runs: Sterling, Villareal;) 7.15 Key West Transit Co. vs. \cevedo, Diaz 2, Santana 2, Rod-|stolen bases: Acevedo 2, Sterling, US Marines. wuez, Haqua 2; two-base hit:|Roberts, Villareal, Cates; sacri-) g:15 army Defenders vs. Jun- Diay, three-base hit: M. Acevedo; |fice: Hernandez; double plays: J. ior Conchs. run: Santans ases:|Malgrat to J. Navarro to Valdez) 9.15_USs Wilkie vs. Red Raid- & Acevedo: sacrifice: G. Lastres;;to Dukes, D. Navarro to Cc. Al- a ft on bases: Blue Sox 10, Pirates} bury to Berg; left on bases: Raid-| wRpNESDAY— | es on balls: off G. Lastres 4, ers 3, Trojans 5; bases on balls:} 7:15—High School Girls vs.| > 3: strike-outs: by G. Las-|off J. Malgrat 1, off D. Navarro Catholic Youth Club. by Diaz 1; passed ball: 2, off Sweeting 3; strike-outs: by! g:15_US Marines vs. USS Wil- Rod 7; winning pitcher: G. !J. Malgrat 1, by Sweeting 11; hits: kie. , losing pitcher: Diaz; um-, off J. Malgrat 5 for 7runs in6in-| 9-.15_Red Raiders vs. USS Sars- p Clark and Bethel; scorer: nings, off G. Malgrat 3 for 3 runs} field. | Castaneda; time: 1.48. jin linning, off D. Navarro 3 for 5 | THURSDAY— Second Game suns in 2 innings; hit by pitcher:) 7-15_-Radio vs. USS Wilkie. Red Raiders— AB RH PO A by G. Malgrat (Acevedo), by D.| §:15—Junior Conchs vs. Ro- Baker, If 5 2 2 2 O Navarro (Sweeting); balk: D. Na- aneros Micciric. ' Hernandez, 3b ..... 4 1 2 1 2 varro; wild pitch: D. Navarro;| 9:15Coca-Cola vs. Key West Acevedo, 88 4 2 1 4 2 passed ball: C. Albury; winning ‘Transit Go: ng, 1b 3 2 1 6 0 pitcher: Sweeting; losing pitcher: Roberts, ef 5 3 1 0 OJ. Malgrat; umpires: Clark and] pwwwvwwvwewvewveww: ’ al, rf 4 3 2 1 O Bethel; scorer: Castaneda; time:! gfRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE tbt ° 5 0.112 0 2.10. : am a6 : 4 1 1 1 © Standings in the league as a re- TRIUMPH eting. P 4 1 0 0 2 sult of the games: COFFEE = Club— W.L. Pet. MILL Totals 38 15 11 27 6 Pirates 9 2 .818 Trojan AB RH PO A. Red Raiders 7 4 636 at Valde 3 0 0 2 4 Trojans .... 3 8 .273 | AllGrocers e Albury,c-———-— 3 0 0 3 0 Blue Sox 3 8 +273 'wwwwwwvwwwvVvVWw_ wor Sweeting and Berg .. . Ft. Laud- erdale Tarpons won at basketball Howard S. Palmer, president of from the Key West Conchs, 30 to the New York, New Haven &:24. Conch B team won over the PYYTTITITIVIVIDL i - int mh ence oes deeb own be ttn February 5—Convent girls’ bas-! eeeececeee The Artman Press THE CITIZEN BUILDING ‘ eeqecccce COSCCS SES OOSOOSOABOSOOES *ceocceecedancece ' cabanas _ Statement of Condition " be Condensed from Report to Comptroller December 31, 1946 Resources Loans and Discounts -_.. ati sea eee $ 883,957.01 Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures . 21,105.91 Other Real Estate Owned 25,560.87 Prepaid Expenses a Maes ee : 1,684.02 Accrued Interest and Income Receivable - $ 21,674.99 U. S. Government Securities 4,415,377.38 Florida County and Municipal Bonds 249,918.48 Federal Reserve Bank Stock 12,000.00 Other ‘Securities: 3,001.00 Cash on Hand and Due From Banks 1,888,257.26 6,590,229.11 , $7,522,536.92 Liabilities Capital Stock - . $ 100,000.00 Surplus aes 300,000.00 Undivided Profits 22,849.81 Reserves 25 11,267.19 Reserve for Income Tax = — : 28,205.01 Interest and Income Collected, Not Earned 2,025.02 Deposits: U. S. Government .- $96,533.64 All Other Deposits - ~.. 6,961,656.25 —7,058,189.89 $7,522,536.92 Total Deposits Deoember 31, 1943 $5,236,386.67 Total Deposits December 31, 1944 6,359,780.34 Total Deposits December 31, 1945 6,778,130.05 Total Deposits December 31, 1946 7,058,189.89 4 DIRECTORS OFFICERS GE! Pres JERRY J. TREVOR, President ERNEST J. C. DOLL, Vice-President Cc. LARRY GARDNER, Vice-Pres. and Cashier J. J. PINDER, Assistant Cashier KATHLEEN WATKINS, Assistant Cashier Ve Cc Vie: ERNEST J. C. DOLL WM. A. FREEMAN ORGE A. CHATFIELD ident, Fla. Nat. Bank at Coral Gables WILLARD W. INGALLS Ingalls Electric Co., Miami JULIUS F. STONE, JR. Attorney JAMES R. STOWERS J. R. Stowers Ce. NORBERG THOMPSON Thompson Enterprises JERRY J. TREVOR President of the Bank P., Fla. Natl. Bank & Trust Co., Miami Insurance LARRY GARDNER & Cashier of the Bank The FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK at Key West Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Member Florida National Group of Banks On the Strength of the Above Statement, Your Friendly Community Bank Solicits Your Account SERVING KEY WEST AND MONROE COUNTY FOR OVER 50 YEARS