The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 2, 1947, Page 4

9. ay We thet) s: : * s Two Homers te OTE aa ee en? ed Sicicn et (By Associated Press) on. diamonds after a busy Memorial Day weekend, four ‘clubs could be seen clustefed around. first place in the National League today, Detroit Tigers were rid- games out in front of the rest of the American League - (he New York Giants, leading the senior circuit, could feel the GIANTS; TIGERS KEEP AL. LEAD ‘ Yankees Edge In-| SO OOOO OOM A lto'0, On Di Junior Softball’ |p, A League Managers back -on thermajor league Meet Tomorrow A meeting of the Junior Boys Softball League mana- gers and captains will be held ‘- at the bandstand at Bayview Park Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Teams are being organized for this Junior Boys League by Poinciana Elementary Chicago Cubs barking at their] School, 7th and 9th grades of heels, half a game away, while the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers were closing in fast the Junior High School, the PAL. and the Boy Scouts. Games are planned for within a game and a half dist-} ‘every Wednesday afternoon ance. The Giants © maintained their slim lead by scoring nine times in the seventh and eighth innings to subdue the Cincinnati Reds 13 to 9 in the second game of a doubleheader yesterday, .after - losing the opener 5-3 before 45,- 995 fans at the Polo Grounds. .. he ‘Cubs,,;meagnwhile, were \: » keeping pace by. spilling the Phil- _-} lies 4 to 3 at Philadelphia’ when _ Clyde. McCillough’s ~ ning: triple scored, Bob Sturgeon Riddle, Beggs, Gumbert, Hetki, Lively ‘and Mueller; Hansen, Thomp§on, Trinkle and Lombardi, Cooper. First Game At Boston R. H. E Pittsburgh ——---.------ 031 Boston -.... 29 4 Sain and Masi. Second Game At Boston . HE. Pittsburgh *.—---—-—- 7 10.: Boston _..... i B.14-3 eighth ‘in-. | at 4 p.m. at the park during the summer. NT ST SS bk he he haken + By The Associated Press - STANDINGS with the deciding run. | Florida International League - At Boston the Braves gia Club— - WW. L. Pet. within a game of the Giants by Havana ——- 41 7 .854 ., .sinking the Pirates, 2-0 and 8-7. Tampa —._-35 16 686 Johnny Sain shutout the Bucs Miami Beach —— 27 20 .574 with three hits in the opener and Miami ——._..---- 23 23 .500 Ryan’s triple ‘in the 10th inning West Palm Beach _.. 22 27 .449 with Johnny Hopp on base won Lakeland 18 33.353 the nightcap. : St. Petersburg —-.-—- 15 35 .300 Brooklyn pleased a record Fort Lauderdale 14 34 .292 crowd for the season at Ebbetts, American . Field by handing the St. Louis Club— W. L. Pet. Cards a 6-1 defeat as Rookie Har- Detroit ......-----24 14 .632 ry Taylor pitched his second con- New York 2117 .553 secutive five-hitter. Cleveland —........----- 16 15 516: The New York Yankees retain- Boston ——.----------—--- 19 19 .500 ed their runher-up position to the Philadelphia --..----- 18 20 .474 Tigers, who were rained out at Washington —....-- 16 19 .457 Washington, by slapping down Chicago -..----—- 18 22 .450 the Cleveland Indians, 11 to 9, St. Louis —.....- 15 21. .417 on Joe DiMaggio’s two homers, ‘ National League , »,a@ne'in the eighth with the bases! Club W. L. Pct. se af cin ‘ i's New York —---—-- 22 15 .595 248k . Louis Bro gompi Chicago | -...--------------~ 22 16 .579 Jack Kramer's sik oofiching Boston el RS 22 17 .564 with homers .by Jeff Heath-and Brooklyn = —— 21 17 .553 -Vern hens to,down the..Ath-.Pittsburgh ---- 1719 .472 letics at St. Louis, 7 to 2.. The Philadelphia 17 23.425 eoeien Red Sox and Chicago ‘Cincinnati ‘..___--— 17 23.425 bt Sox ‘were ‘Yained out - at“St. Lowis? 2 15 23 °'.395 Ba! i RS HTRIIE 8 a Beit is meric ry fount NATIONAL LEAGUE, * caadess seas | . At New York “°° RE . New, York 11, Cleveland..9. a oe Mi Liod aca: B St. Louis 7, Philddetphia 2 (sec- Blackwell, Gumbert and ‘Las! bi aaaaaat at’ Detroit,” post- hiner Mueller; Jansen and “ Boston’ at Chicago, postponed. Second Game- = . (Sunday’s Scores) At New York R.H.E.! New York 3-13, Cincinnati, Cincinnati —-——----___—-- 910 3 5-9. New York _....---- 13 15 2} Boston 2-8, Pittsburgh 0-7. Chicago 4, Philadelphia 3. Brooklyn 6, St. Louis 1. Commission To Set Hunting Season Dates (Special to The Citizen) Baseball Statistics| Boca Raton Fails 'o Appear; Locals Win By Forfeit The.Club 116 Conchs. won their fourth game of the season as a result of a forfeit from Boca Ra- ton when the Bombers failed to appear here yesterday for a game at Municipal Stadium. The win puts the Conchs one and a half games behind Eastern Air Lines. The Con will travel to Mi- ami Friday for a game with Ma- rine Guild and the Miami All Stars will come down next Sun- day for a tilt here. Softball Games BAYVIEW PARK NIGHT GAMES TONIGHT— 7:30—American Legion USS. Gilmore. 9:15—Adams Dairy vs. Key West: Merchants. vs. TUESDAY— 7:30—Naval Hospital vs. Jer- ry’s Half-Acre. 9:15—Bob’s Sports Shop vs. V.F.W. THURSDAY— ' 7:30—American Legion vs. V.F.W: 9:15—Adams Dairy vs. Jerry’s Half-Acre. FRIDAY— 7:30—USS. Gilmore vs. Bob’s Sports Shop. 9:15—Key West Merchants vs. Naval Hospital. cAMAANAAAQADNNQAOAULASSGHSQCUNDUOEAONEAONONUOOQENOUOLOLEIOAINIEINE DD, Personals ‘HNHVOHLOAHERENA SALE HEATED Dr. Aragon Visits Here Dr. A. de Aragon, former Key West physician, spent several hours in the city on his way, to Havana yesterday, where. he is now connected with the Public Health’ Service. “of Leave for Havana Mrs. Onelia Munoz and son, Fernando, Jr., left yesterday over ° Aerovias ‘Q for Havana, where they will spend 10 days visiting relatives. t Visiting In Cuba ui ‘Miss Olga Machado and Miss. Gloria Calleja are spending ‘sev- eral’ weeks in Havana. ‘They left yesterday by plane. . - FODAY IN HISTORY (Know America) 1784—The American army re- duced to 80 men—since inconsis- tent with the principles of new democracy to have a large army in peacetime. 1851—Historic Maine Prohibi- tion Law enacted. 1875—Experimenting in his Boston shop, Alexander Graham Bell accidentally strikes on the principles of the telephone. 1912—U. S. House orders Beef Trust investigation. 1918—Two American ships TALLAHASSEE, June 2—The |sunk by subs off New Jersey Florida Game and Fresh Water Coast. Fish Commission will meet in Bagby, Berhman, Bonham and Tallahassee, June 23, to set dates Kluttz, Sullivan; Wright, Karl, Cooper and Camelli, Masi. At Brooklyn R. H. E. St yous 1 5 Brooklyn -....-...----------- 611 0 Brecheen, Wilks, Dickson, Hearn and Garagiola; Taylor and Edwards. At Philadelphia R. H. E. Chicago —..----------------- 471 Philadelphia... 3 11 1 Wyse, Meyer and McCullough; -Raggensberger and’ Poland. AMERICAN LEAGUE At Cleveland R. H. E. New York __...------------ 1113 0 Cleveland = _--.----------—-------- 911 0 Reynolds, Lyons, Gumpert, and revise regulations for the 1847-48: hunting season, Com- mission Director Ben C. Morgan announced today. ’ Morgan said commission of- :ficials are now conferring with 'sportsmen’s clubs and organiza- tions throughout the state in an effort to get an overall picture , of hunting conditions. This cross- section of opinion, he declared, ' will be presented at the June ‘ meeting in the hope of establish- ing more’ uniform hunting regu- lations. At the Tallahassee session the five-man board will set opening and closing dates for the shoot. _ ing of deer, turkey, quail, squir- i rel, coot, marsh hen and dove. Page and Robinson; Gromek, Wil- | lis, Lemon, Lopez, Hegan. First Game At St. Louis R. H. E. Philadelphia .--..-------- 26 2 Ge Louie fe - ¢ 10 Marchildon, Scheib and Guer- ra; Kramer and Early. Second Game Postponed. Washington at Detroit, post- poned. Boston at Chicago, postponed. Bishop James C. Baker of the Methodist Church in Los An. geles, born at Sheldon, Il., 68 wears ago. : : od Sc RR EAR. os Wolff, Klieman and PE BERTSON WINS BLIND BOGIE ON GOLF LINKS HERE Fielden S. Elbertson was? the | 0 blind bogie golf tournament win- ner of $8 in merchandise in the | week-end contest held at the local course. ( Low medalist was Jimmy Mira 'with scores of 38-38—76. Mira’s {putter was “red hot” and he used only 26 putts for the 18. holes. ;Humbert Mira took second place \with a 77 and an 80 gave Paul ‘Mesa, Jr., third place honors. ip ctl PA SEIS SSC ‘ Duncan W. Fraser, board chairman of American Locomo- tive, born in Nova Scotia, 72 years ago, 1924—By Act of Congress, the Indians given the right to vote. 1929—Edison, Ford and other leaders recommended Prohibi- tion be given a fair trial. 1941—Death of popular base- ball player, Lou Gehrig. 1943—War Labor Board ders miners back to work. 1944—The Pope pleads for pre- servation of Rome from attack. 1945—Americans make new landings on Mindanoa in the Philippines. > 1946—Country’s death toll over four-day Memorial holiday week- end estimated at 290. or. Godt ela Hedda Hopper, columnist, born in Hillidaysburg, Pa., 97 years ago. BROADWAY CIGAR STORE 610 Duval Street COMPLETE BASEBALL 1 SCORES POPULAR BRANDS of Cigars and Cold Soft Drinks gener’