The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 7, 1947, Page 3

Kacenmaneccathantl FRIDAY, MARCH 7, (947! MIAMI CLUB TO PLAY Winter Lea MONTREAL AND BOSTON | Regier Simday OR ST. LOUIS HERE Yt Twin Bill | aren | By NESTOR CASTANEDA DATES NOT YET DEFIN: | Baseball will get under way ITE: PIRATES WITH : /once again at Municipal Stadium GREENBERG, MAY At.| Key West Fishing | Sunday when the City League’s |second-half will be resumed with SO VISIT KEY WEST Rey Hamlin, ch | |a doubleheader betweeh the Red Raiders and the Blue Sox in the | Municipal Stadium Committee, | wamounced today that two major first game, and the Red Raiders tand the Trojans in the night- ‘cap. | Play was postponed for one nan of the | All-Star’ Key West Team Suggested To Meet Miami In a letter to The Citizen, three close followers of Key West base- ball have listed an All-Star team | which they claim should repre- | sent the. city in spring games: against the Miami Tourists of the Florida International League, who are training here. ; The writers, Evilio J.. Rueda, ; left fielder for the Trojans; John} A. Rivero, meat market proprie- tor, and. Peter Varela, local sportsman, also submitted sec- ond and third teams. Chances ,of an All-Star team playing \the; Tourists are virtually nil, howev- er, as the spring schedule has; already been completed, in which Miami will play two or three | teams (Raiders, Trojans and Blue ! Sox) every Sunday. Nevertheless, an All-Key West} team will play the Havana, Cu-, THE KEY WEST CfriZEN ~ By All-Key West nine to play the pr Korgiger shhhae Havana club in the opening game of Jose Marti week. The writers BASEBALL of the letter plead their case as|_ The baseball players of Key follows: West are “on edge” ay ag de- “In the interest of better base- |Site to play against the Miami ball, also for the benefit of the [Tourists of the Florida-Interna- fans, it is the opinion of the writ- ers that when the Key West teams play against the Miami Tourists, that they should com- bine forces and pick three teams out of the four teams in the city and not. play as. an individual team because they are not strong enough; to compete against the Miami team. “This is not casting reflection on any one individual player but merely to emphasize a better and stronger cooperation among the Key West teams. We are sub- mitting a three-team line-up their spring training here this weekend. The local athletes de- sire to display to the outside jworld, just how they go about playing the national pastime. Some of the Key West boys are going to other camps for try-outs and ‘are anxious to get a head start’ by playing the Tourists be- fore leaving for camp. Among the players who will tryout in upstate camps are Ju- lius (DoDo) Villareal, who will work, out at St. Petersburg with Jimmy Foxx; Gabby Lastres, who will be with Augusta in the Sally tional League who will start league ci and Montreal. of ,week ‘to allow. work on the field the International League have! in preparation: for the’ spring play iv . ye { a _ “~ ey West this month. He | League: The Tourists will start | ennounced that some games | their regular tfaifiing’: Monday | here will broadcast \ p> \ Sag with light. workouts scheduled The Montreal Royals wil) prob I] We “SS ay SN ) for pitchers and catchers during shy ple n fe 3 the week-end. beter the Pon ‘a ~ nba oa oy Tour F | Tn Sunday's twin bill, the Red | jeturday, March 29 0 rahe, ney acts |Raiders will tackle the league- | wing day either the 2 uae leading Blue’ Sox in the fitst | " . r the St “pawl redaa Latest Tournament Catches igame, with the nightcap bring- wwe been tentatively engaged Hee CERO MACKEREL—10 pounds, ‘ing together the Raiders and the meet Miami here. The Busi ,35% inches, 14% girth. Caught Trojans. A sweep of the double- a md Professional tema by Fred S. Bannerot, Jr., Charles- header will sénd the Raiders in- @endring this és en's) ton, W. Va, From Capt. Ted Ca- | to first’ place, half a game ahead 6 this game. nova’s “Switchtail". Tycoon reel, of the Blue Sox. However, the The Pittsburgh Pirates’ with Hank Greenberg, ip Sewell or some other name “t play here Friday, t against Miami. Hamlin o expects to broadcast one f the major league ae the me between the Ha- bans and Miami, April 5, end between Havana and the 7 Ww All-Stars on April 6. The Stadium Committee chair- mar work on the field is completed. installation of show-! plumbing and flooring ouse is nearing com- Pletion and ve of the Tourist Playing squad have already ar- m Key West, including two ” e club rived pitohe HIGH SCHOOL'S SOFTBALL LOOP OPENS MARCH 18 A Jue und «Senior High et softball league, with a ‘ presenting each grade, . pen March 18 at 5:30 p.m. m Bay Park. The following epresentatives attended a league eeting held last night: Joe Lowe, 18th grade;’Ben Saunders od Billy Albury, 11th’ grade; Cerezo, 10th grade; Wilbur Oth grade, and Warren Sth grade Jonn Mo tir tethel " will be limited to 15 ' ers each. Games will be @leyed on Tuesdays and Thurs- ‘ nd each team will play two, rt sgainst every other team. a lents interested in play- oe on their grade. teams should ew t their grade representative ~ er than March 17. All the bee hoo! are eligible. COeTIADL#s Meador, Sweeting Offered Contracts By DeLand Club Bubber Sweeting and Bo Meedor, crack righthanded pitehers from the Red Raid- have been offered con- tracts to play professional bell this summer. Sweeting end Meador have contracts from the DeLand Red Hats eft the Florida State League. They received the contracts through the recommendation ef William Cates, current manager of the Red Raiders of the Winter Baseball League here and former manager and « third baseman for the Red Mets for several seasons. Sweeting also has another etter to play with Brewton ot the Alabama State League. As yet er Sweeting nor Meador have sent in their otracts, but it is believed that beth will report to De- Land this spring. 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Eastern Pro King The final line-up for Sunday’s tennis exhibition at the Casa Marina courts was announced this: morning by: Jay CoH, pro- | fessional at the resort hotel, as follows: fy, 1:30 ppm—Ygnacio Car- bonell, Key West city cham- pion. vs. Dick Bolling, No. 3 | man on the University % Vir- ginia tennis team. f 2:15 p.m—Jack M&rch, Eastern Professional Cham- pion and pro at the Grosinger Pancoast Hotel, Miami Beach, vs. Jay Cohn, twice National Boys Champion and pro at Casa Marina Hotel, Key West. 3:00 p.m.—March and J. R. Vosburgh, Key West, vs. Cohn and Carbonell. The doubles match combina- tions are only tentative, Cohn said, since there is a possibility Carbonell may pair with March and Vosburgh with Cohn. After extended workouts dur- ing the last two days during which he showed marked im- provement, Vosburgh acceded to Cohn’s request to play in the doubles match. The Key Wester has been holding his own against the hard-hitting Carb is Guaranteed PURE PHONE NO. 8 Maifure (i _{ Trojan ace race righthander, will Mure in Un! probably do the pitching, with ‘not particularly stronger than as the Blue Sox will probably send their ace, Gabe Lastres, to the mound with Manolo Acevedo For the Raiders, it will prob- ably be Bubber Sweeting on the mound with Esmond Albury, be- hind .the plate. In the nightcap, the Raiders will probably use their young prospect, Fito Lastres, on the mound with either Esmond Al- bury or DeWitt Roberts behind the plate. Charlie Albury, the Joe Navarro behind the plate. way at 1:15 p. m. Of the five players, only Cohn and March are professionals. Bolling bolsters’ the exhibition schedule and looked strong against Cohn yesterday although Carbonell or Vosburgh. In fact, | Carbonell rates a heavy favor- ite to give the Virginian a sound spanking despite Bolling’s ex- cellent service. Cohn is especially anxious to defeat March in the feature} match as the Casa Marina pro expects to take in most of the professional .and open tourna- ments this summer and wants | to get off on the right foot. March, however, who has beaten such outstanding pros as Wellby Van Horn, Bill Tilden and Frank Kovacs, and has one of the best backhands in the game, rates an even choice to defeat the shrewd- Place Your Refrigeration on a REAL ICE BASIS and You Will Get GUARANTEED Refrigeration Service REAL ICE Thompson Enterprises, Ine. (ICE DIVISION) - playing Cohn. ALBURY & SON NEON LIGHTING SERVICE 53214 DUVAL STREET Also Licensed Phone 648-M is More Economical! | EY WEST. FLA. the Recreation Department to” be } |held on the south side of ‘the!’ * in) I OP!! 1 i ’ } |has been postponed, until a week | League; Danny Lastres, who has not as yet definitely decided whether to play with the Tampa Smokers or in the Mexican League (he has a contract from the Tampa club and one from the Saltillo club). Other players in Key West who bans of the F. I. League on»Sun- ; which naturally is going to be day, April 6. Sonsequently, the | criticized and know that it can All-Star team listed below might be improved, but this is just to form at least the nucleus of the’ start the ball rolling: FIRST TEAM . ~ SECOND TEAM DeWitt Roberts (Raiders) .....Catcher Joe Navarro (Trojans) “Bubber” Sweeting (Raiders) Pitcher _. “Willie” Willard (Pirates) Gabe Lastres (Blue Sox) Pitcher Bo Meador (Raiders) | will make good soon and get a Clayton Sterling (Raiders) 1st Base . Andy Alonzo (Pirates)|chance to play professional ball “Duke” Diike (Trojans) .....2nd Base John Navarro (Trojans) include Bo Meador, Bubber Sweet- Esmond Albury (Raiders) .....3rd Base _ Mario Hernandez (Raiders) a M. Bap trarte Mea) ois Armando Acevedo (Raiders) .. Shortstop __. Al Acevedo (Blue Sox) sederat snore — shire sheen Leftfield _._. Evelio Rueda (Trojans) Nene Domenech (Trojans) -!. Centerfield Bill Berg (Blue Sox) Joe Mira (Pirates) .Rightfield _.. Tony Alonzo (Pirates) irticipal Stadium field. They have THIRD TEAM—Oscar ‘Rodriguez (Pirates), catcher: Pancho Sal- {been waiting for a long’ time. inero (Pirates) and ‘Charlie Albury (Trojans), pitchers: Chino Her- ste ae cee Bienes: nandez (Piratés), Ist base: B. Santana (Pirates). 2nd base: Fidel Lo- pala scavgily beable da son cathe pez (Blue Sox), 3rd base: Danny Lastres (Pirates), ‘shortstop: Jesus | real. diamond action. Gartia (Pirates), leftfield: E. Acevedo (Blue Sox), centerfield: Man- ® olo Acevedo (Blue Sox), rightfield. | BASKETBALL eer) Reserves: Claude Valdez (Blue Sox); Ilaqua (Trojans); Haskins} Coach N. H. Pepper of the High (Trojans); Jackie Carbonell (Raiders); Oscar Cruz (Blue Sox); Buck | School has announced the High Sawyer (Raiders); Mauldin (Blue Sox). School Athletics Association will The first criticism leveled at the above selections came from an ae > ae Aare with old-time Key West fan who protested that Esmond Albury should of Re dierent storing and wie be catching and DeWitt Roberts in centerfield, with Mario Hernan- ning events. dez on third. He desoribed Hernandez as “the best third baseman} The Red Raiders, of course, will in Key West”. ‘This would make the first team an All-Raider team | ———_— - with the exception of rightfield, where the old-timer would place Tony Alonzo of the Pirates. Cheta Baker (Raiders)... 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