The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 18, 1947, Page 6

PAGE FOUR STARTING TIME FOR MIAMI-RAIDER TILT Additional 15- Minutes Will, Enable More Fans To Sluggers To Be BO MEADORS TO PITCH FOR CITY CHAMPS! AGAINST F.-1, LEAGUE, Key Westers get their first op-| pertunity to see the Miami Tour-| lets baseball team in action today | ageinst the Key West Red Raid-! @ im an exhibition game at; Municipal Stadium. Game time hae been set at 4:15 p. m., in or- der to accommodate late comers. | Manager Dave Coble is slated © start Bill Nichols or Joe Syl- ‘Yester, rookie right-hander of the Florida International League, the local nine. George . Jack Bearden, and Au- relio Fernandez, hard-hitting out- fielders, as well as Skeeter Webb, geeond sacker, and Ray Stokes, first baseman, are also sure to ge plenty of action. Manager Bill Cates of the Raid- ef announced that Bo Meadors, big right-hander, will the mound for the 1946 city | games which open’ with 'to- start on! See Tilt; Miami Seen In Action Fh hha Ly Fans Will Find Free Parking Space At Ganies Fans attending the Miami Tourists spring training day's contest with the Raid- ers will find a special free parking lot just behind Municipal Stadium for their use. No parking will be allowed on 4th Street, Stadium Committee Chairman. Roy Hamlin said today, since space is available adjoining the Poinciana School across the street to the rear of the | grandstand. This policy will keep 14th Street from becoming. con- gested and permit faster ar- rival and departure for the games. . DID NIGHT DUTY IN | ALL OF WASHINGTON + \Miami To Play Navy Sub Base \Nine Thursday Roy Hamlin, City Clerk. had announced that special arrangements had been made for the Miami Tourists to play the U. S. Navy Subma- rine ‘Base team in a game Thursday at 4:00 p. m. This game is being played mainly for the benefit of the large number of Navy per- sonnel in the city. General | Manager Jay Cone, of the | Miami Tourists, announced | that a special admission of | 40c has been arranged for all | Army and Navy personnel in | uniform. : ‘ According to sources from the Sub Base, special trans- | portation is being arranged | for all personnel who desire | to attend the game. { ' | \ } BEAR CAPITAL BEARS | BERNE, Switzerland.—(AP)— ; Two sets of cub triplets and a} ‘pair of twins, born during the famed South Carolina congress-, the all-boy choir singing “Ava! winter, are to make their debut’ man, secretary of war, Vices bn Yc gi] SII DSI SD IMM D) ! | BaD S ILS: IT 8 ' ber of the Continental Congress, | More Ar Master” At USO Here This Evening ee ee lovers, ' residents and ae : visitors to Key West will be the Today’s Anniversaries — guests of servicemen here this (Know America) evening at the USO for the pre- i “ 1747—William ‘Duer, New York Wey snowing ot: “Phe, Melody merchant-financier, patriot, mem- saw city council has 456,000,000 zlotys — _ for reconstruction work this year. www wwwe. cvrwwrwe TRIUMPH. COFFEE Master.” This is a motion picture of. the life of Franz Shubert, starring whose insolvency in 1792 brought Idana Massey. Votedsas one of MILL on New York’s first financial the outstanding presentations of at panic, born in England. Died on this kind, the picture is highlight- AUGr by the “Unfinished Sym- May 7, 1799. : * my,” “Vianese Waltzes” and 1782—John Caldwell Calhoun, pho See Sera Maria.” ehemps. The club's new short- PALA AL 4 LL A stop, Ralph Arnold, will be in in the bear pits here on Easter| ident, senator, secretary of sta Two showings will be ‘held at Sunday. Berne has maintained the' and political philosoher, born in: » SquaxeiUSO. , Publi i bear pits for many years because Abbeville District, S.C. Died on first ‘wi begin ic Notice i the starting line-up with Clayton Sterling, slugging first baseman, Armando Acevedo at second, and Mario Hernandez at third, com- pleting the infield, Bemond Albury will do the gatehing and Dewitt Roberts, Phil Baker and Jackie Carbonell Werough batting session yester- @ay afternoon, and local baseball enthusiasts continued to be im-; Pressed with the power of some of the Miami sluggers. Following today’s game, Coble will con- tinue to use the same system of two squads, working out in the morning and afternoon. i Tt was further announced that @utting down will begin this week. Several players who have Ret shown the necessary ability {@ start professional baseball will be advised to try another year in| semi-pro, while others will be; Shipped to the Miami Class “D"! farm club at Palatka, Florida, | General Manager Jay Cone an-} founced that regular admission of Ve for adults, and 25c children will prevail Satur-} day, when the strong University: af Miami team will, come: down | for an exhibition game, starting; ‘4 3:00 p. m, Rome Kardos, rookie umpire in| Florida International League, | been sent to Key West to the club in working out. He will umpire all home games ‘by the Miami Club, Judge} President of the League, | @AHounced that he and Bil! Klem,; former well known major league umpire, may attend the local @ame Sunday. 2 Sea Scout Ships Conduct Meetings: Two ships of the local Sea} Seout unit met Thursday night. “Conch” met at Skipper Bill) "s home, and the other! ship, led by Henry Soldano, met | @# the Catholic Parish Hall. This ship is rapidly shaping up and has three good leaders in Skipper Seldano, and Mates Ralph Garcia end Salvador Alvarez. Mate Garcia demonstrated the} many types of knots and their! uses. Scouts present at the meet-! ing were Jimmy Moss, Johnny Busto, Perey Curry, Robert Rus- sell, Eugene Knowles, Billy War- ner, Mate Ralph Garcia, Mate Salvador Alvarez and Skipper Soldano | Bhip “Conch” accepted Robert’ Archer as a member. He was put in Crew Leader Allen Carey's command. The boys turned out nearly 100 per cent at the Navy Yard to paint the Scout ship. The hull of the boat has been sanded and painted white with ved copper paint on the bottom. The Scouts are very grateful to Commander Greene, Mr. All- shouse, Lt Lee Pierce and others. The boys took a five minute break” from painting to watch esident Truman alight from his ping boat, the “Dolphin.” Bud- Sawyer was accepted as engi- + officer in the “Conch” ship. tb Present at Ship “Conch” meet- th were Skipper Porter, crew _ liams, Leland Archer, Robert her, Joe Crusoe, Conway Kel- Buddy Williams, George Archie Lowe and Ed. den Paner. oo cman ea tes the Roman Empire, the ie life expectancy at birth proximately 23 vears. Commander Yankey,; TODAY IN HISTORY (Know America) 1780—Some $200,000,000 of 'pa-| per money issued by Continental Congress ordered redeemed at! depreciated value of 40 to I in specie money. be Ay the outfield. “| 1818—Limited Service Pension | Miami club went through a Act gives Revolutionary veterans} in need $8 per month for privates and $20 per month for officers. 1865—The Confederate States Congress adjourns sine die, after listening to a final address by President Jefferson Davis. | 1925—-Cyclone in the Middle} West kills and injures thousands. 1933—Some 13,000 of country’s banks open after bank holiday. 1937—-Disaster at London Con- solidated School, Texas—school erty of 17 American-English oil companies. 1942—Navy warns coastwise traffic on Eastern Coast to use guarded sea lanes. 1944—-U.S. bombers range th Pacific to within 500 miles of Ja- pan. 1946—Britain plans to beam news to Russia. Russia adopts a building in blast, and over 400 children die. q new ‘5-year plan. Ivan instructs her ambassador to present her 1938—Mexico ‘onfiseates prop- Bjornson’s: Sweepstakes .Lead a a i case ta: UNO. We y Holds Despite ‘Secret Service Man’s Catch te if ‘ x , *} Bjorn ‘ Bjorson. "National '' Broadcasting Company com? | nentatot; Afnbst’ lospiis: ead } for the White ‘House Sweep- stakes of the 1947 Key West International Fishing Tourna- ment yesterday. Bjorson’s | claim was teetering pre- | cariously as Elmer W. Moore of the secret service, weighed in a big grouper which he | caught during the afternoon, Moore’s grouper. however, tipped the scales at 27 pounds, just one pound less than the amberjack caught by Bjorson Saturday. Unless | somebody catches a larger fish. Bjorson will take the gold cup for the largest fish. William D. Hassett, presiden- | tial secretary, appears to hold first place for the smallest fish, with a two-pound mack- | erel. A vote of the corres- | pondents will determine the “best catch.” Moore also caught a 15- Pound grouper and, a 10- pound kingfish. He was fish- ing with a party of secret i ‘service men and others of the White House group on the; Navy. or boat “Dol- °° phin.” Parker Waite of East- ern Airlines, had the tough- est fight of the day with a 12-pound mutton snapper. Other good catches by the White House group were a 17-pound barracuda by Joe Short of the Baltimore Sun, a 15-pound barracuda by Ed- die Folliard of the Washing- ton Post, and a similar catch by Robert Nixon of Interna- tional News Service. Prize remark of the Sweep- stakes was that of Fleet Ad- miral William. D. Leahy up- on discovering that Bjorson’s 28-pound amberjack had beaten out his own 22-pound amberjack, caught Saturday from President Truman's boat, for first prize. “I had first place,” the Admiral com- mented smiling. “until the reporters brought in that Es- kimo.” Bjorson, who has “spent considerable time in Iceland, also laughed upon hearing the remark, 52 Tee Off Today In Monthly Key West Golf Club Matches): Fifty-two Key West Golf Club} members will start teeing off to-) day in the monthly dinner match- i extending through Thursde March 27, Clem Price, tourna- ment director, announced today. j Mr. Price said that Friday, March 28, would be the date of the dinner, with the time and; place to be announced later, | Professional Joe Lopez had} added a new twist to this month’s; matches. Each team may use the! better of their’ individual’ drives’ to play the hole out, ‘This Scotch ! two-ball affair will mark the first’ time an intra-club affair has been! played in this manner on the Key West course. ‘ After the selected ‘drive has been made, only one ball can bej played and each partner must play each shot in turn, Individual pairings are as fol- lows: 1, Harry Knight .and Hugh Moore vs. James Mira and Octavio Recio. 2. Humbert Mira and Paul Sher vs. Gilmore Park and Wm. Watkins. 3. Norman Artman and M. Ig- natius Lester vs. E. A. Griffin and James Mc 4. J. B. Hayes and Chas. Lew in s. Clem Price and B. Grooms. 5. Chas. Yates and Robert Dopp vs. Robert Knowles and H. K. Moore. 6. R. F. Spottswood and Wal- ter Vinson vs. W. C. Harris and Hartley Albury.” 7.°R,, N. Dillard and Orvis Kemp vs. A. G. Parks and Horace O'Bryant. ,8. Kermit Loucke and J. J Kirschenbaum vs. Paul Mesa and | J. BE. Jones. -% Chas. Salas and R. D. Os- {borne vs. Leo Lopez and C. E. Smith, 10. W. P. Kemp and Ward Ty- “son vs. M, J. Hamel and F, S. El- s | bertson, i 1. F. X. Delaney and James ‘Cooper vs. Curry Harris and Fred Mathews. | 12, Louie Pierce and M. E. Wal- {lace vs, Poy Dulion and Ed Goss. 13. H. A. Demeritt and J. J. {Londeree vs. Jack Sellers and ‘Benjamin Freer. , was derived from CLUB SELECTION ter when he was 69 years Scientists Are Moaning Low | About Mauna Loa--She. Is | | | | | | | | i j i i | | 1 | | COME-UPPANCE: Mauna Loa erupting in 1940 | By DOUGLAS LOVELACE || been absent except for occa- |AP Newsfeatures 4 ‘sional brief spurts,” Finch said. UP PILO. Howail.— Surrounded; the nearest city to the bik |4# by tropical jungles in the ;ountain is Hilo, seaport capital |heart of the island of Hawaii, of jhe island, about 25 miles dis- | wolenences oS acne iant. Once lava Hilo’s \s outskirts, \giants, i Sunspot Link These titans may awake at) Finch and Powers have ony moment and ravage th? jaboratory in the crater-pocked countryside for the 63rd time in jungle 4,000 feet higher than Hilo. jtie century anda hali since ‘There they are trying to figure | western man became acquaint- ed with them. Both are vol- canoes, one Maunc Loa, 13,680 and sunspots. There appears to \feet high, the other her fiery },. , wisp of relationship,” said litle sister, Kilauea. Pinch Rumbling Below | Within a few centuries, Volcanologist R. H. Finch and ‘tists believe, the lava m: {Geologist Howard A. Powers of Mauna Loa will be so built up |Hawaii national park maintain’ that it will seal this weak spot in constant cheek on the volcanic the .earth’s crust. pul: with seismograph and terior pressure will have to seek To the scientists, nature a new Explosions will oc- always warns when the boiling cur possibly rock below builds up sufficient ,M. ase, and new crat- Pressure to break out The first sign is earthquake reached | their possible links between the be- scien- elsew near A issue lava to build up new cones. 40 miles beneath, formed when v-extinct vol- gradually Kilauea were ascends to the surface. The sec-! Mauna Kea, ond is tilt. A swelling of the vol-| cano whict cano mass raises the elevation and ter at its undersea base, sealed its increases the slope. Imperceptible fissures. to the human senses, these chang- es are measured by instrument. | Thomas Edison invented the | Mauna Loa, which last. erupted talking machine when he was 3 in 1942, is overdue for another’ years of age. performance. Kilauea’s pressure collapsed in 1924 after almost a ntury of recorded activity. Sci- ists are puzzled, but they sti classify it as an active volcano. Quiet Period auna Loa’s periods of qui- ence range from one to nine s, with an eruption on the} average of every three and one-| half years,” said Finch. “Since a AEE AT RT ATE has ben almost five years since! Mo onroe Lheater the last eruption, the probability | LEON ERROL in of an eruption is increasing.” | “Riverboat Rhythm” “The earthquake pattern re-| cently has been evident under| Coming: “West of Alamo” Mauna Loa, but the tilt pattern | Strand Theater PAUL MUNI in “Scarface” Coming: “Holiday In Mexico” Churchill became Prime Minis- Id. Due To Blow Her Top Again, havior of volcanoes, ocean storms | s of | Then the in-| s will appear. From them will| : jseries of rumbles, starting 30 to It was thus that Mauna Loa and} the name of the Swiss capital;Mareh 31, 1850, an ancient | | word for bears. liberal who ‘fled persecution, the host of the evening. connected with Charlie's Poultry South Carolina and New. York ——— {and Egg Market, 801 Simonton Whecdois “onbevelt became, Publiiat historian, born. Died The Duke of | Windsor bal Binet " President of the United States |Oct-.2 a cated the throne of England at Signed) zg lk ee aoa la. Rag ates | 1834—James B. Herreshoff, one the age of 42. | : R. ares HICKEN. . : of the noted Bristol, R. 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