The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 3, 1947, Page 3

‘¢ NA mints cheats nang pani pga aicanhgepiameninn on snipers ‘ _ PIRATES, 11 TO 3, CLOUT SALINERO ANDE SANCHEZ FOR 18 HITS’ BEFORE BIG CROWD’ AT SUB BASE The Key West Clowns wallop- ed the Pirates, 11 to 3, yesterday ‘ before a large crowd at the Sub- marine Base diamond to even the’ OVvergame series between the two '} clubs at one-game apiece, Pancho Swlinero, starting Pirate’ pitcher, and Sanchez, who succeeded him,' were clouted for 18 hits by the colored team. i Satinero, who beat the Clowns in the first series contest, was) f YWRITER CECIL COFFRIN whose plane will be zooming Latest Toiirney Catches over Key West and surrounding AMBERJACK—Weight 58 Ibs.,| territory writing “Pepsi-Cola in length 54 ins. girth 30% ST stdin pantie cee amt tee jCaught at Western Dry Rocks announcement by. William M. from Capt. Johnnie West’s “Mae Curry, of the Pepsi-Cola Bottling West”. Bamboo rod, 9 oz. tip, 18” Company of Key West. butt; Templar reel, size 4-0; 21-| Coffrin has returnéd “to his ‘enoeked out of the box after five|thread Princess Pat line. Bait—| peace-time skywriting job after ‘wnings during which he yielded'grunt. Caught by Mrs. David C.| more than ‘two years. in Navy 10 bingies. Red Dean, Clowns’|Reed, Greenwich, Conr., Feb. 26. Ferry Command, from which he No. | hurler, was wild and left the} BARRACUDA—Weight 27 lbs., was honorably dsicharged with mound after one and one-third}length 52 ins. girth 204. ins.jihe rank of Lieutenant, Senior innings during which he hit four|Caught from Capt. Joe Thomp-| Grade. Prete butters. He allowed one|son’s “Sailfish”, with bamboo vad fea a ss Dh ban tata te dn indin tin te ttt ht Allen, who took over, held |five-foot, 24-inch butt, , Pfleuger iced the Buts to five safe blows, reel, Cuttyhunk line, 42-thread, | B. Huston, Plainfield,.N. J., Feb. 2 THROUGH By SS — The Clowns started off with a|Bait—mullet. Caught by: David CAVALLA JACK—Weight 21 fen im the first on singles by lbs., length 38”, girth 21 ins. PEDRO AGUILAR Caught from Capt. Ted Canova’s| pesasses aa ceca cease “Switchtail”, with Solitaire rod, corp : 4 +n *| BASEBALL Eve to0ls pees Beg ae nl The Island City is about the Ber a mpiar reel, size 4-0, 18-/ only place in the United States thread Princess Pat linen line. | layed baseball Caught by T. Bayard Baldridge, | 4+, has played. sg Sia pats Philadelphia, Feb. 27. juny taaae | 5 2 t GROUPER—Weight 491 been played through the week a’ Ibs., | ia : baseb: Gatiagher, Gonzalez and Brown,|!ength 4512 ins., girth 31 foun, Pare en bees end added two in the second on ajCaught from Ted Canova’s| as played every Sunday _ this bed throw by Mario Hernandez, “Switchtail”, with Pfleuger Tem-! NI smother bad toss by Salinero and{Plar reel, size 4-0, 24-thread linen |) tota) of 28 games so far. What| @ tiple by Dean, which Mira, in{line. Cut mullet bait. Caught | city in the United States can say leftfield, misjudged. by Charles Reed, Joliet, Ml, Feb.| 2. ‘much. Some of the local play- The Pirates scored in the second |23. : ‘ers who will make good this year when Dean hit three batters in a] AMBERJACK—Weight 58 Ibs.,/ are Gabé Lastres in Class A; Dan- row after walking Alonzo, Thejlength 54”, girth 29”. Caught/ny Lastres; Bubber Sweeting, BO other Pirate runs came in in;from Capt. Philip Niles’ “Why. Meador; DeWitt Roberts, Mario y aA pe Gages by Lastres, Not”, with Penn Senator reel, 6-0;:#einahdez and several others’ of Garcia iit gnzo, 18-thread, Pfleuger line. “Caught hine city Iéague, and - Santana, Doubles by Beguyh and Alco, a|by Walter Blough, Benton, Mil. | Jim Albury, Orlando + Rodriguez, | fess to Richardsoh' and - Allen's jowble seoved three runs for the Clowns in the third to putt the catch Wednesday of 12 grouper, | pirates, if giverl a chance. total weight of 324 pounds. The! Among the colored players who’ gume otf lee. The rest of the runsjlargest was the one that tipped!/have made good are Alpheus|birdie 4 against Bob and Kirk- a dub might follow he cither can! were “excess baggage”. the scales above the 4912-pound |(Red) Dean, A. Brown and Oscar | wood’s 5's and now Joe and Har-'make a good shot or a bad one.| How score: mark. Canova also brought in! McIntoch; who have .received airy were 1-up for the first time. |Kirkwood displayed that a player} Key West Clowns A parreaude:: ape were one contract from the New York Col-| On the 6th after good drives can call the kind of shot he wants | iain ABR H Po ifferent kinds eroyper in ored Yankees and: have accepted./and 2nds on the green Kirkwood and then make it. The way the | aiiihes .00 6133 catch. |They will leave this month for|was nearest the flag and the only player does it is unimportant; | teviane Pre 5 a Sa Also caught recently but not/the taining camp. _ Jone to sink for a birdie against just do it! a 5 ike e yet entered in the tournament:) jt is the opinion of the writer}. z Da 0 é aig bate Ue ie ae Gamsales, Cet 3 a 1{Sailfish, 6 feet, 4 ins. in length, that if a picked team is made up! s\, nN ' . S : Brown, Ib 5 1 3 8 liby Theodore F. Drury, Boston,!to represent Key West against Fishin Awards | One-Minute Sports Quiz Aleo, if a | Mass., from Capt. Philip Niles’|the Miami Tourists, who — will| EH | 1. What pro golfer broke int Burg m4 ad ii ane See “Why Not’.; sailfish, over six feet,|be in training here soon, we will e ee the tourney-winning group. in Bilis, 2b 3 0 0 2 1)caught from the “Legion” piloted |have te dig hard to get the best.| Given Visitors V. Dean, 2b 20 0 1 I}py Capt. Jakie Key, by John L. |The way the clubs have been| | trying? u Richardson, rf 3 3 2 0 O)Lee, Lafayette, Ala. playing, it will be hard to pick On Chamber T = ; 2. What trackster has been ! ee rt : ; ' ; : AMBERJACK — Weight 6434 | the best, but a very good club can rip urged by the present record- | \. Dean, p lbs., length 52 inches, girth 3134 | be selected. : : r of the two- P Allen, p 4 2 PO Uns: Caught from Capt. Johnnie; The writer believes that Es-| Several winter visitors and aie ee abet Geer : == West's “Mae West” by Leta Brock, mond (Tarzan) Albury will be| tourists were presented with | "3 "What city re 6 | r " i ? y recently proposed Totals 45 11 18 27 3735 E. 38th St., Indianapolis, Ind.,|the catcher. Gabe Lastres, Bub-| fishing awards by the Chamber] fight for Rocky Graziano Pirates on Pfleuger “Templar” 4-0 reel, per Sweeting and Bo Meador can| of Commerce as a result of a! 4 Who i ie Trippi de. 21-thread line. Grunts for bait. 5 S A 5 a he eae aoe AB RH PO A} u Or AR | form a grand pitching staff. Clay-| trip to No Name Key Wednes-| cide to play baseball with this me 0 3 3 , ie crag es on ton Sterling will be on first, Ar-| day in a caravan conducted by wat ye D. Lastres s : a ity be WN Verena pao Oakiniea means evel. ot, sepund, Mario Frank Adams of the USO, Har-|" 5, 1s Joe Louis putting his title + eee 4 5 2{Dr, Kalamazoo, Mich., from “Mae eee creat! BENC Hoken De old H. Laubscher,. acting manag-| on the tine in his Southern tour? ! West”, Capt. Johnnie West, on} witt Roberts and Evelio Rueda a lever wind reel, 4-0, 21-thread! oouid roam the outer gardens. 2) % T Alonzo, rf-cf A. Alonzo, Ib WK WwW Wwe eo COCOMRF ORE ~ Rodriguez, c 0 5 |All of these players are batting J. Miva, i-ct-rt 0 0.1 5 over .300. Lopez, J. Navarro and Salinerd, . 0 Ors WAHOO, W AHOO COED Dukes will be ready for infield M Sanchez, p 0 ond —MIAMI INJUNS (duty and M. Acevedo and Joe Na- Se FREEZE. -UP |. varro can ney in the catching de- ; 7 : artment. ‘William (Bill) Cates Lota bee— 30 3 627 18 Moose-face Joe, Tarantula Wil- | parent t i Seore by itmings: R. H. Ble ana ‘Firewater Billy, tieg Should be manager and you will Clowns — 123 012 00211 18 0] sei, 4 have a ball club. dugout up alongside a bray 3 sone ee | The Pirates want to play as a Lecter boat, in the club and we will see, .if they |play, how they fare, for with one There they sat, stoically, hud- jpiteher you can’t go very far. 30 dled and shivering. a ‘a-mat- | let's hope we can see the Tourists ter? inquired: & pale pasate ini action and some of the other um cold plenty in the Cypress} cjubs in the Florida-International swamps? : |League—a treat for the fans we Heap cold, ejaculated Moose-|haye been awaiting for many face Joe. All um canals and lakes | years, freeze-um up. All injuns work} =e plenty too hard, get-um wood,| BoxING ee a oe Besa. Mah fires, take sharp toma-| At Havana on March 8, Joe Dean 4 (M. Hernanies, oe pases, | Lawks break-um holes in ice, tell | Louis wil fight an exhibition with ee ate oc 6. earned rung. | 8h come-um up by fire keep-um | Arturo Godoy, the Chilean heavy- Clowns tania yap ate lays} Warm, so no freeze to death. | weight. The champion will be pane 9, erates 4 as a te Fish so do, much glad, too. on the same program as the Mi- ao “Trad intoch to} And besides, and worse, inter- guel Acevedo-Lulu Constantino a ahs saat : hits:}| jected Firewater Billy, the edu- | fight. Grown, Bese o a sees é, cated redskin of the trio; all, the |in the “Ring” standings of wei- {f Dean 1 in 1 and 1/3 inns. firewateiameettirgs such brands terweights of the world. If Ace ff Salinese tO in behind. the} as whisky, gia, rum and potent vedo wins this fight he is sched- Biot Ort oearcn the | shine, froze’ sblid in -bottles. —_|uled to fight Willie Pep for the ad gg 2 aaa uae time of] Bottles had to be broken and |title. en” their contents, sliced, so that in- | - truck} stead of being taken as liquid | ible letters affixed to these mon- aay , - and| refreshments, all liquors were “ : Se ae sliced and huge slabs placed be- t e , P yo Mee lowed 10 hits and) tween slim slices of bread, van- | to Florida with the unkindest > sass = Ack out five and] ished as sandwiches a la fire-| wishes: of the California Cham- seven i ay nz taced 21 bat-| water. | ber of Commerce. Wahoo, yahoo, cansgigart lpr ts hits and four; As the redskins munched and| sez Moose-face Joe, more better allows wiht tint $0 icebergs | tell-um all palefaces this no Flor- a no| gazed upwards. huge I wallsen One ant Gave UF floated lazily, hither and yon | ida cold, just-um regular Cali- amid the clouds hanging over the | fornia weather. Cypress Swamps. In plainly vis-' RED BAY BILLY. ates 010 000 020— 3 6 6 mary—Errors: Santana 2, . Hernandez, Mira, Salin- three-base hits: A. Dean, Hiehardson; two-base hits: San- Brown, Allen, Alco, L. But- stolen bases: Gallagher, A. Aionz sacrifice hit: Gonzalez; wk out: by Dean 1, by Allen by Salinero 5; bases on balls: { D 2, off Salinero 2, off Pt Sv Last ' ases, scorer game: 2.10 Dean faced 10 batters, s Product of the North Pole, sent earned runs; Allen faced 27 bat- ters, struck out one, allowed five hits and two darned runs, joff the green and one point for}the 2nd shot of Kirkwood: was pjshots had Lopez about 12 feet both short. On 3rd Kirkwood the took 3 putts and all finished ,out and Bob sank an easy 2-foot- jyear and at the Navy Yard also—|, birdie but missed from 25 feet team. Capt. Ted Canova reports good"pony Aionzo and J. Garcia of the| wood but Lopez and Knight were | Acevedo is rated fourth | eye A play-by-play account of theypars for the other three players 3 et Hble : the noné was on but all oe on ee a Ireached: in two. Spottswood: had good start. Second shots hadinis best shot of the day: when he Kirkwood at front of green; Lo-jehipped- and missed the eup by an ez at left and hole high. Spotts-|inch, being shy that amount for f . was short of the bunkerja par. Kirkwood missed a 10- and Knight was off at right. Lo-|footer and Lopez and Knight each pez-and Spottswood were on in 3)missed short ones for a win and and: Knight was on edge. Herejhad to be content with bogie 4’s )Kirkwood pulled his best shot of and a half on the hole. the day from his bag when he Good Drives On 8th _ chipped in ah eagle 3 from 6 feet} On the 8th after excellent drives his team. slightly off line and over into the Qn the 2nd hole all were offjrough. Lopez was hole high but’ with excellent drives. -Second'off left. Spottswood and Knight past the pin. Spottswood short to tand Lopez were past the hole and right and Knight in rough at left Knight and Spottswood took a and short.» Kirkwood was in alchip and two putts each 'to sink clump of trees at left of green.|for 5’s. Lopez played a beautiful ‘Here right-handed Kirkwood dis-;15-footer up-hill into the can but played his versatility when he:Kirkwood duplicated with an 8- chipped up near the green using footer also into the can for a half: a left-hand club, Knight pitched, with par’4’s. The match was still from the rough short but reall even with a best-ball of even deemed himself immediately with par. a chip shot. into the hole from 50! On the last hole all were off to feet for a par 4. Spottswood and;booming drives. Second shots Kirkwood both missed putts and)had Knight and Spottswood in Lopez tried but failed by inches ;trap at left of green. Kirkwood for a birdie 3, but tied the match |was 10 feet past the pin and here up to this point. Lopez pulled his best shot of the On the 3rd after good drives|day, when, under pressure, he Spottswood was short in two and}duplicated Yirkwood but was a Knight likewise. Lopez was on couple of inches away from Kirk- by a few iriches and Kirkwood on' wood: On pitch shots to the and over into the trap. On ap-igreen Knight and Spottswood’ proach shots all were wide of the} were close. Lopez elécted to have pin and each displayed .subnor-'his partner Knight putt dut and .mal putting by failing to drop in- | Harry made a par 4 fromm about to the can. Here Lopez missed a.5 feet. Kirkwood also elected to |good chancé to forge ahead’when have his partner Spottswood putt i with 5's. Knight Short On 4th On the 4th Knight was short,'the hole and the green Lopez Spottswood was hole-high to'rolled by a few inches and had ter for a par 4. Now the match right of green and behind a haz- }to leave it to Kirkwood. But the} Player-Position— FG FT TP ard. Lopez was on and Kirk- trick shot artist was as calm asjGillotti, f ___.. 1 1 wood slightly over. The colonel;could be; pressure means nothing Tompkins, f ......__.. 5 6 here played his worst hole by:to an old battle-scarred veteran Rygwalski, f —....... 1 0 | batting the ball back and forth |and after surveying the lay of] Evans, ¢ —........ 0 2 anid ending with a 5. Knight was|the land he walked up to the, ball Riegel, ¢ 1 0 on but passed the hole and took!very nonchalantly and tapped it a 4. Kirkwood chipped past the into the hole for a birdie 3 and pin about 10 feet. Lopez tried for the match, finishing 1-up for his! | and Kirkwood sank a par 3 and! Best-ball cardsswere as fol-| kept the match tied. llows: The long 5th allowed the boys Par - 544 354 344—36 to let go’ with everything. On Kirkwood-Spottswood— 2nd shots Kirkwood was over the 355 353 443—35 green to the left arid trapped. Lopez-Knight _. 545 344 44437 Spottswood was far short and Lo-| Clem Price, tourament ;chair pez-Knight ‘were at the foot of man, was referee. Linesmen were the green. . On. 3rd. shots Kirk- Fred Matthews, Charlie Yates, vood was short as was Spotts- Red Cooper and Roy Dulion, After the match Kirkwood put! each but a féw feét away from on his display of tricks. It seem- the flag. Here each garnered a ed that no matier how many rules} er of the Chamber, announced. { Over 40 visitors accompanied as the caravan to No Name Key. — z A certificate, cleverly design-} 7 Ed Oliver. ed by Cyril Marshall, local com- 2. Greg Rice , (present record mercial artist, is presented each } holder) thinks Gil Dodds can set week to those catching: fish on|@ ew record if he will train for the trip. The certificate, which | the event. makes a fine souvenor for its! 3. Miami Beach. owner, is worded as follows: 4. The Atlanta Crackers, PISCATORIAL PILGRIMAGE 5. No, he is a fighting exhibi- along the Florida Keys, sponsor-| tion bouts only. ed: by the Key West Chamber} - of Commerce. This is proof posi- | Curtin, Boston, Mass.; Sydney tive that the proud owner of this | Rand, New York City; Mr. and| ANSWERS: . certificate ———_—___—_, did | Mrs. Edward Griffin, New York; | participate in the weekly pil-; David Friedman, Yonkers, N. ¥. grimage to points on the Florid: facob Bael, Mt. Ds ernon, N. Y.; | Keys for the purpose of tempt-| K. R. Barker, Girard, Pa.; Dr. ing some unwary fish on his or’ Segar Welham, Philadelphia her hook. Name and number of; Miss E. Bolton, Cleveland, O.;! fish hooked ” At the; and Miss M. Weiker, Cleveland; | bottom of the award are spaces! Mr. and M . Stappenback, Lake | for witness to sign their names! Junaluska, N. C.; Dr. and Mrs. | and a blank space left where an/| T. F. Neil, American Lake, Wash- \ estimate in yards and tons can! ington: Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mac- be filled in for the amount of! Pherson and Dianne, Bretto fish that got away. | Woods, N. J.; Otto Heinzel, To} | Those who were ‘awarded the , edo, O. | certificates for catches yester-} reton Woods, N. J.; Miss Emily e | f Trans-Plastie | )with only five minutes to play. walski of Lake Worth, got loose | lwas very tense. After surveying | game for Lake Worth. The box ona Texas recently after six years’ | REAL ICE BASIS | strosities, was the inscription— | Mirrian Weiker, of Cleveland. | | Accompanying the trip were: | |Miss E. Coughlin, Yourmouth- | 'port, Mass.; Miss C. Melton,} | Washington, D. C.; Mr. and Mrs. | {Laurence Sidebottom and Lau-! | rence, Jr., Bridgeport, Conn.; Mr. | and Mrs. George Backer, Provi-} dence, R. I: Mrs. V. V. Harri-| son, Richmond, Va:; Mrs. M. E.| Bolton, Cleveland, O.; Sydney Rand, New York; David Fried-! é é |man, Yonkers, N. 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