The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 6, 1947, Page 5

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1947 BRAVES BEAT DODGERS, 4 TO 2, WHO SEE LEAD CUT TO 6 GAMES AS CARDS CRUSH CUBS BY 8 TO 2 Sain Subdues Brooklyn Al-¥ though Boston Limited Gilmore Blows 14-5 Lead After Star Pitcher Is Removed; Legion Wins, 16-15, 4% The USS Gilmore handed the | To Five Hits; Yanks De- feat A’s, 3-5 (By The Associated Press) ' NEW YORK, Aug. 6—Al-| though held to five hits by Hal | Gregg and Joe Behrman, the Boston Braves made them good for a 4-2 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers last night at Boston and cut the league-leading margin over the St. Louis Cards to six é games. Johnny Sain kept nine | Dodger hits well scattered. The Cards teed off on three | Chieago Cub pitchers in an after- noon game for 14 hits including a homer by Del Rice with the | bases loaded and another circuit smash by Whitey Kurowski tor an 8-2 victory at Wrigley Field. Bill Nicholson homered off Harry Brecheen in the second to open the Cub ‘scuring but The Cat was in no trouble after the Cards’ fourth inning onslaught. At'the Polo Grounds the New York Giants remained in strik- ing distance of the Cards as Dave Koslo held the Philadelphia Phils to three hits for a 5-2 de- cision. The Pittsburgh Pirates assault- t ed four Cincinnati pitchers for 11 hits to win, 12 to 4, at Pitts- burgh. Grady Hatton clouted a homer for the Reds in the first inning. AN American League games were played at night. The New York Yankees turned back the Philadelphia Athletics. 8 to 5, at Philadelphia, with 14 hits. Man- ager Bucky Harris used four ; pitchers to curb the hard-hitting | A's. Bob Coleman, Joe Savage and Bus Christopher were the Philadelphia pitching victims. The second-place Boston Red Sox: were handed a 3-1 defeat at Washington as Walter Master- son seattered seven hits.. Boo Ferriss limited the Senators to five hits. Ed Lopat dished up a four-hit- ter to the St. Louis Browns at St. Louis, to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 5-1 victory. The Visitors coliected 11 hits off Joe Zoldak and Moulder. Al Lemon and Ed Kleiman; held the Detroit Tigers to four! hits at Detroit as the Cleveland | Indians banged 13 bingles off, Paul Trout, Al Benton, Whitey White and Joe Gorsica for an 8-4 triumph. Results: NATIONAL LEAGUE Night Game At New York R. H.E. Philadelphia 23 4 New York . 5 81 Donnelly, Rowe and Lakeman; Koslo and Cooper. Night Game At Boston R. H. E. Brooklyn 292 Boston ~......... 45 0} Gregg, Behrman and Edwards; Sain and Camelli. At Chicago R. HE. St. Louis 814 0 Chicago 218-2! Brecheen and Rice; Passeau,} Chipman, Carpenter and McCul- lough. edt "PROM aDOTR To Play Conch Softball Champs‘ City Commissioner Louis Carbonell said today that he hes been conferring with City Manager Dick Denner of Miami regarding a softball series between the Miami po- lice and the Key West cham- pions. The Miami police are en- thused about the idea and it is expected that the crack cop contingent will come here some Saturday night soon for ae doubleheader. Danner and possibly Mayor Perrine Palmer will make the trip with the team. Me nk uhutukuheuteuteale Baseball Statisties By The Associated Press STANDINGS Island City Baseball League Club— W. L. Pet. Blue -Sox —......__-. ¥.1,. 780 Pirates -3 1 .750 Red Raiders . 2° 2. 500 San Carlos --- © 4 *,000 Fiorida-International Leagué Club— W. L. Pet. Havana 80 29. ‘Tampa 78 34 .696 Miami Beach 6047 . Miami «+. re 54 56 .491 West Palm Beach 50 55 .481 St. Petersburg 49 63 .438 Lakeland _.___ 38 73 .342 Fort Lauderdale 28 80 .258 anes Legion a 16-15 victory yon a platter last night in a Class \Miami Police Nine ‘A City Softball League game at Bayview Park. In the Class B game the Key West Merchants Jwon, 6 to 4, from Adams Dairy. Leading 14 to 5 in the fifth inning, the Gilmore manager re- moved his star pitcher, Rodney jRodenberry, for a pinch runner. \Reliefer Larson, who started the jsixth, proceeded to walk four bat- jters and Tucker, who relieved ‘him, added two more walks. Be- ‘fore the nightmare was over 11 iruns had crossed the plate, cli- maxed by Navarro’s double fol- ‘lowmg the last two passes and Albury’s safe bunt. The Gilmore scored one in their half of the sixth but that wasn’t enough. The game was called under the time-limit rule. The Gilmore scored four in the first on three hits and two errors, added seven in the sec- ;ond on seven hits and two er- rors. Three of the hits were doubles. The sailors added one in ithe third on a double by Osborne, a fly to left and an infield out, and two in the fifth on an error and a homer by Osborn. The Legion scored two in the | first on two hits, a walk and one error, three in the third on three hits, ‘a walk and one error. At bat the leaders were Osborn with jfour hits in four trips to the Plate, good for 9 bases and four runs, and three runs batted in. Isnee hit three safely, scored ‘three and drove in three; Fal- lon hit two safely. For the Legion ‘Acevedo had three hits, Navarro two, Charlie Albury scored four lruns.-In the field, Barber and Lopez were the best for the Legion and Tucker, Curry and Fallon for the Gilmore. Score by innings: R. H. E. National League |Legion 203 0011—16 9 6 Club— W. L, Pets Gilmore 471-02 1—15 14 5 Brooklyn - _64 40 615} Harris, Hancock and A. Ace- St. Louis _. ~-56 44 .560 vedo; Rodenberry, Larsen, Tucker New York 53 43 .552land Falon. Boston 53 49 .520} Home run: Osborn; three-base Cincinnati 51 55 .481 hit: Fallon; two-base hits: Osborn Chicago 47 54.4652, Rodenberry, Means, Stinett, Pittsburgh - 42 60 .412 Navarro; stolen base: Acevedo; Philadelphia ~ 40 61 .396jsacrifice ~hits: Curry, Tucker; American League jstruck out: by Rodenberry 4, by Club— W. L. Pct.|Larsen 1, by Hancock 1; bases on New York 69 34 .670 ;balls: off Rodenberry 5, off Lar- Boston 53 46 .535;Sen 4, off Tucker 2, off Hancock Detroit _......51 45 .531]1; hits :off Harris 6 for 7 runs in Philadelphia ....... 52 51 .505{1 inning (three bated in second). Cleveland 45 48 .4g4loff Rodenberry 5 in 5 innings, off Washington 44 52 .45g|Larsen 2 (nine men batted in the Chicago 45 57 .441'sixth, off Tucker 2 (six men bat- St. Louis 36 62 .367/ed in the sixth); winning pitch GAME RESULTS Florida-Internationas League (Monday’s Scores) Miami 4, Lakeland 3. Havana 6, Miami Beach 4. Tampa 12, Fort Lauderdale 5. West Palm Beach 4, St. Peters- burg 3. National League (Tuesday’s Scores) New York 5, Philadelphia 2, At Pittsburgh R. H. E. night game. Cincinnati ~ 4 7 1) Boston 4, Brooklyn 2, night Pittsburgh 12.11 2 game. Lively, Erautt, Riddle, Hetki| st, Louis 8, Chicago 2. and Lamanno; Queen, Higbe and Howell. AMERICAN LEAGUE Night Game At Detroit R, H. E. Cleveland - 8 .13,'1| Detroit paadient'}, 6D “Lemon, Kleiman, Hegan and} Lopez; Trout, Benton, White, Gor-, sica and Swift. Night Game At Washington R. H. E. Boston 1 ty Washington 2-80 Ferriss and Tebbetts; Master- son and Evans. Night Game At St. Louis R. H. E| Chicago 511 0 St. Louis seas Lopat and Tresh; Zoldak, Moul- der and Moss. Night Game At Philadelphia New York 814 1 Philadelphia 58 0 Bevens, Reynolds, Page, Drews and Berra; Coleman, Savage, Christopher and Rosar. R. H. E. Pittsburgh 12, Cincinnati 4. American League (Tuesday’s Scores) Cleveland 8, Detroit 4, night game. Washington, 3, Boston 1, night game.) ; Chicago 5, St.\Lonis, 1, night game. i New York 8, Philadelphia 5, night game. Softball Standings CITY LEAGUES “UMNOUTEOLAUAMOUHLUALAULODAGRULED ADHD CLASS A | Club— W. L. Pct. Vets of Foreign Wars 2 1 .667 American Legion - 2 2 500 Bob's Sports Shop —... 1 1 .500 USS. Gilmore 2 3 .400 CLASS B Club— + W.L. Pet. Jerry’s Half-Acre 4 0 1.000 Key West Merchants .2 2 .500 Adams Dairy -1 2 333 Naval Hospital -0 3 .000 Next to the United States Swe- den uses the telephone more than Richard Wagner, German dra- any other country. Hancock; losing pitcher: Tuck time of game: 1.20; ump! Griffen and James Mira; scor Aguilar. In the first game, two hits and One error gave the Merchants one run in the first. In the fourth the Merchants rolled up the win- ning margin on two hits, two errors and two walks for four runs, The Dairy boys came back in the same frame and scored four runs on two walks and three doubles. In the sixth the winners scored their last run on a_ walk and bat the leaders were Alonzo with three safeties. Pazo and Curi hit one each. For the losers, Ingra- at bat. In the field, Fleitas and ;Alonzo were the best for the win- ners, and Sterling, Villareal and Cruz ‘shone for the losers. Score by innings: R. H..E. Merchants - 100 401-6 9 1 Adams 000 400—4 5 4 Vidal and Fleitas; Walker and} John Lewis. Two-base hits: Ingraham, Vil- lareal, Sterling; stolen bases: Garcia, Skaggs; struck ou by Walker %, by Vidal 9; bases on balls: off Walker 4, off Vidal 5; umpires: ‘J. Mira and Griffen. Softball Games BAYVIEW PARK NIGHT GAMES THURSDAY— 7:30—Jerry’s Half-Acre vs. Na- val Hospital. 9:15—Bob’s Sports Shop | VFW. |FRIDAY— 7:30—Adams Dairy vs. Jerry’s Half-Acre. 9:15—Bob’s Sports VFW. vs. Shop vs. R,| Jack Hill, Bob DeGrott, Jack Matic composer, studied musical composition under a cantor, The- odor Weinlig. | The great tea center of Cey-| Before Wagner's “Tannhauser” lon was first a coffee center un- | was produced for the first time til disease attacked the coffee in the Paris Opera in 1861, it Si i itizen—26c trees in 1870 and wiped out the: was rehearsed 164 times, 14 of <=" eens industry. ithem with full orchestra. Key W. » tres To Pitch sued by the Boca Chica Naval Air Station ball club, the Blue Sox, beaten only once in their last-13 games, will meet 'the Bo- cans at 5 o'clock tomorrow after- noon at Wickers Field. There will ibe no admission charge. Manager Floyd Acevedo of the )Blue Sox, in accepting the chal- |pitching policeman, will be on the |mound against the sailors. Speed- |ball Smith, who held the Blue ing, will be the choice of Man- ager Webb of Boca Chica. Both clubs boast enviable rec- ords. The Blue Sox have won 11 out of their last 13 games, a | In Nationa By VERNON AP Newsfeatures | son first flipped the trick in 1937. In 1941 Clark annexed the B: Frank Dempsey and a young fresh ; Ohio State’s way. Back from the wars Ander- son co-captained last year’s Scarlet end Gray crew. with swimmer Jim Counsilmen. | Such water aces as Bill Smith, | | Ryan and Hilo Hirose made the the Buck swimmers hard | to beat and the sure points in | the diving events—as in the | NCAA championships—kept |them unbeatable. | In the Buckeye tradition An- | iderson’s _ stiffest competition | jcomes from teammates. Most se- | rious threat to the former Army | fly reign as the nation’s No. | '1 diver is a curly-haired, 21- | |year-old former N physical ! jinstructor from Philadelphia, | Bruse Harlan. Harlan did his} {first competitive diving while at | Bainbridge (Md.) Naval Base in| 11945; then placed 8th in his first | |AAU championships. i Four months later, at the | AAU outdoor trials. Harlan | | had improved to the point of | | placing second against the | | same competitors. A year later. { in the ‘46 AAU outdoor cham- | Pionships, Harlan copped ihe | st Nine Accepts* po Challenge Of Unbeaten'DAIRYMEN WILL PLAY BASEBALL—Games, usually on Sailor Nine; Gabe epee LE SATURDAY | In response to a challenge is- | ilenge, said that Gabe Lastres, the | |Sox to a 3-3 tie in their last meet- | ‘OSU Divers Make Big Splash | '(OLUMBUS, O.—Ohio State University divers placed 1-2-3 1946 intercollegiate championships, but no one was surp: the next year to keep things going: as THE KEY. WEST CITIZEN BOCA CHICA TO PLAY BLUE SOX AT 5 THURSDAY ; Adams Dairy of the City Soft- jball “BY” League will play Mara- thon Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock in Marathon. | A Key West team composed of members of the Key West Mer- ‘chants and several star players from other City League teafas recently won a 3-0 decision over the Marathon team. lone defeat by the Pirates being the only mar on their escutcheon. Boca Chica is unbeaten in ten starts. The University of Havana played the sailors to a tie, as did the Blue Sox. iCity League with , will be Al Acevedo or Bill Aran- go. Danny Fernandez will also be lable for mound duty. 1 Swimming Meet The open-shutter camera follows Ohio State diver Bruce Harlan as he executes a perfect jack-knife. Harlan is one of OSU's ) serisational “four @tying aces.” S. GILMORE -4 in the d, The singles by Pazo and Alonzo. At | Buckeyes have had diving champions to spare since Jimmy Patter- In 1938~’39 and ’40 the Buckeyes’ Al Patnik carried on—losing ham hit two safely in four times | only one diving contest—and that to teammate Earl Clark. ig Ten, NCAA and AAU crowns. hman, Miller Anderson, carri + | 3-meter springboard diving | | championship of the U. S. i Then H State for, want to be rlan enrolled he at the livers you ,have to work along with them, compete with them even in p tice.” And while Harlan, a competitor, obviously from observing teammates, they also profit from his enthusiasm d willingness to help them along. Harlan hits the books as well as the diving boards. He is as proud of his B plus rating ne enn 9 ae ene Catching for the Blue Sox, now | tied for first place in the Island } the Pirates, | = jvaulting. He was also captain of | : | meter diving tower. PAGE THRE s ‘news of first atomic bomb drop- 1 ae TODAY EN HISTORY ‘ped on Hireshima. (Know+America) | 1946—Byrnes bitterly assails 1844—John C. Fremont, soldier-|yoiotoy as Patis P Pariey explorer, returns to St. Louis aft. | aceepts British: voting -plan, er a disappearance of 14 months | ’ H WIMMING—S in then unknown Far West, to! . meer lsat great iov of country—a Srase-i poset end of Duval Street. 5 . : tion in that day and age. imany years, in France and Swit- [PERSE Pane Gut paeeed 1853—“Bloody _ Monday” _in|zerland, where he wrote some of west Caroline ‘Street; Louisville, Ky. Election riot re- \- greaiest works. aig i Dock, north end of Grinnell sults in street fighting in which 22 die and scores injured. 1861—Army pay of privates in-| 610 Duval Street Sunday afternoon, at Munici-' creased from $11 to $13 a month. pal Stadium, Duck Avenue, 1890—First person to die, in COMPLETE BASEBALL |___and 14th Street. ‘electric chair, at Auburn, N. ¥. | SCORES ;GOLF—Municipal Golf Course,! 1926—Rirth of talking movies: | POPULAR BRANDS of Stock Island. Warner Brothers present “Don’ TENNIS—Bayview Park on Di-' Juan”, in New York City, first Cigars and Cold Soft Drinks vision Street (day and night picture with a “fully synchroniz: “SPORTS and _RECREATION Richard Wagnee, German com- was a political exile for facilities). ed and recorded musical score. BASKETBALL—Outdoor courts! John Barrymore the star. at South Beach and Bayview} 1930—Judge Joseph P. Craver Park. ,of New York last seen in still un- HANDBALL—Bayview Park. explained disappearance. } SHUFFLEBOARD — Bayview! 1941—U.S. and Britain warn Park and South Beach. {Japan to keep hands off Thailand (Siam). : ee ae PA aie A crecican | foreee yp take | CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND — Troiana and Gagliano in Sicily | Bayview Park. and Jap-held Munda oh New |COMFORT STATIONS—Bayview ,Secrgia Island. Park. i 1944—American invasion forces ,in Normandy fan out into France. } 1945—World awestruck at | “Why don’t you walk down! |the street instead of galloping} | round in the revolving door?” |the hotel porter asked a guest | |who had explained that he was. just taking a walk before break- | fast to sharpen his appetite. | “IT mustn’t go too far,” s; jthe guest, “I’m . expecting jeacenone call any minute!” I Exercise About 31 per cent of all motor | trucks in the United States in| 1945 were used on farms. { year; elso found time to serve | as a cheerleader where his | tumbling skill thrilled thous- | ands et the Buckeye’s football | gemes. 1 Harlan’s terméd a “natural | athelete” by his coach, Mike Pep- | |pe and OSU Track Coach Larry | |Snyder. Coach Peppe shuddered |while Harlan pole vaulted on the ! |Buck track squad last spring. | Harlan didn’t press for a var- |sity berth in pole vaulting, much jto Reppe’s relief and Snyder's | {sorrow. 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