The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 19, 1947, Page 5

TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 19 ROOKLYN BOOSTS LEAD TO SIX AND A HALF GAMES ON 7-5, AND 12-3 WINS OVER CARDS; LOMBARDI IN TWO TILTS Little Pitcher Wins Openey,¥ Is Reliefer In Night Com Haskins Leads Softball Class B Hitters; Griffen, Pitchers; .¥BOTH OF JERRY'S HALF-ACRE;! © FIRST BASEMAN HAS .500 } test Though Wife Crit-, ically (Ry ‘Phe Anwaciated Prenn) NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—Pros- pects of that “nickel World Se- ries” between the Brooklyn Dadg- ers and the New York Yankees were brighter than ever here to- day following Brooklyn's 7-5 win over the second-place St. Louis Cards yesterday afternoon, to) off by a 12-3 victory last night. Dodger fans were still picking up the pin-feathers of the beaten Redbirds who departed Ebbets Field in a bedraggled state, six and one-half games behind the league-leaders. generally conceded to be “in” so far as the Ame in League is conceyned, being 12% games in front of the runner-up Boston Red Sox. Hero of the double victory was litle Vie Lombardi, Brooklyn southpaw, who pitched eight in- nings of the first game and went in to replace Harry Taylor in the second. notified just before the afternoon! Club— Mats Pots PEND siaereoncs appear oncse. al game that his wife had to under- Brooklyn 72 45. 615 se dinteheitahor K; fe go an emergency operation for a St, Louis 64 50.561 Repay ea ae Vie nee burst appendix, displayed an. iron Boston 63 52 548 Sing a as Eweetin; nerve and steady arm. New York IER TO arr 2) caiman ht He saw the Cardinals cut his Cincinnati SOURS angisidle: cunnex-up anoundl 2-0 lead and take a 4-2 advantage Chicago 52 62 456 pecord for P in the first game, then calmly Pittsburgh 49 66 426 die i rages: pitched three-hit ball until the Philadelphia TST EY Salas Peraisetes albadd tad ninth. With men on first and American League (Including All Games Played second and no outs, Manager Burt Club— Ww. L. Pet. to Date) Shotten sent in old Hugh Casey, now York i¢ a9 655 Player— AB R H Ave — the ‘side on three EF ostan 60 50 .545 McClung, Hospital 2 0 2 1.000! ne. : Detroit 59 51 .536 H. Haskins, Jerry’s 16 9 8 .500| eraenecn: opened he: Paladelphie - 60 54 526 A. Alonzo, KWM 19 5 9 494) POE eee ee tle Cleveland 54 54 .500 Wells, Hospital 17 8 8 .470/ ollet’s first pitch to him into the a... aie ~ . m into the ‘Chicago 52 62 .456 C. Garcia) KWM 11 4 5 454 deep leftfield stands for his ninth washington 48:62 496 Hie’botham, Jerry's 20 12 9 | homer of th jon. Pete Reiser gt Louis 41 74 357,/F. La: oe @10 435, walked and scored on Catcher ~~ ORES LB wil “AD _12 6 5 416 Bruce Edwards’ first’ of two GAME RESULTS Is vewnsaD 1345 384 triples. be : Sweetii orry’s 13 es Whitey Kurowski's double,! Florida-Internationss weague |G, oy celngJeny’s 18 5 534 Enos Slaughter’s triple and a (Sunday’s Scores) iMiller, Hospital ..24 6 9 .377 run-scoring double play tied the! Miami 4, Havana 3. Walker, AD @3 3 as count for the Cards in the second.| [akeland 3, Miami Beach 2, 12 R Garcia, KWM _11 5 4 363 Singles by Red Schoendist and innings. Henke, Hospital 23 5 8 .347! Erv Dusak, a force out, Lom-| St, Petersburg 8, Fort Lauder-, Brown Jerry’s 6 1 2 .333| bardi’s balk and a single by Ku- dale 3. NMeurshen AD 19 3 6 .315| rowski added two more in the West Palm Beach 8, Tampa 2. !Martin, Hospital 16 5 6 312 third but the Dodgers rallied for | walker 7 13 wee five runs in the fifth. National League Kelly, Je Herre: Casey retjred the Cards in the «Monday's Scores). _ ae He Hospits 20 6 6 300 ninth when Edwards followed the} Brooklyn 7-12, St. Louis 5-3, Being, KUM 10 2 3 300 second pitch to Schoendist with a afternoon and night games. SO i rie a Oh eaunhE Biecke | ent B Miscellaneous Records now Ww: caught Pinchrunner American League st. two-base hits—Villareal Bernie er at third. Schoen- (Monday's Scores) oy sen qupunden to Casey for a No games scheduled. hits—Martin, Henke The Dodgers continued their 2 [A Ravers 1 each. i terrific hitting in the night game| | TODAY’S GAMES .. },, Most, home runs—Miller 3, with 14 bingles. They knocked] Florida-International League |. sinatolenl bases alicor Harry Brecheen out of the box in] Havana at Miami. pegoat: 3 Cara fA ant ieee the third with a five-run out-] Miami Beach at Lakeland: leach: : burst and continued on Ray Mun-| Tampa at West Palm’ Beach. Most sacrifice hits—Henke, | ger, Ed Wilks, Burkhardt and] Fort Lauderdale at St. Peters-!weljs Rogers and Joe Mira 2} Rice. The last three were also burg. a ij victimized in the first game. Ta: lor and Lombardi Cards to six hits, Results: NATIONAL LEAGUE First Game—Afternoon At Brooklyn R. H. E. St. Louis 022 000 010-5 8 0 Brooklyn 200 050 00x—7 7 1 Pollet, Burkhardt, Wilks and Rice, Wilber; Lombardi, Casey and Edwards. YY: limited the Second Game—Night At Brooklyn R. H. E. St. Louis . 010 002 000— 3 6 1 Brooklyn 025 001 31x—12 14 1 er, Wilks, Burk- lor, Lombardi and Edwards. AMERICAN LEAGUE No gam heduled. SUTIN at SPORTS and RECREATION | ‘SUAS AMAA NTT SWIMMING—South Beach, south end of Duval Street. DEEPSEA FISHING—Gulf Dock, west Caroline Street; Craig Dock, north end of Grinnell Street. BASEBALL—Games, usually on Sunday afternoon, at Munici- pal Stadium, Duck Avenue and 14th Street. GOLF—Municipal Golf Course, Stock Island. TENNIS—Bayview Park on Di- vision Street (day and night facilities). BASKETBALL—Outdoor courts at South Beach and Bayview Park. HANDBALL—Bayview Park. SHUFFLEBOARD — Bayview Park and South Beach. PICNICKING—Tables at Bay- view Park. CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND — Bayview Park. COMFORT STATIONS—Bayview The Yankees are, Lombardi, who had been! 47 ‘Baseball Statisties By The Assogiated Presa STANDINGS Island City Baseball League Club— W. L, Pet. Pirates 4 1 «900 Blue Sox 3 2 .600 Red Raiders - 2-3 400 San Carlos 1 4._.200 Florida-International League Club— W. L, Pet. Havana 91 33.734 Tampa 86 39 688 Miami Beach 65 §2 556 Miami 57 65 .467 West Palm Beach 57 65.467 St: Petersburg 57 66 .463 Lakeland 44 81 392 Fort Lauderdale ....33 89 .270 National League Tay-j Softball Standings CITY LEAGUES | AND | MARK: TWIRLER THREE) WINS, 0™PEFEATS Henry Haskins, hard-hitting first basemaa of the league-lead- ing Jerry's Half-Acre team, is setting a merry pace of .500 to top the hitters of the city Class B softball league, according to Of-} ficial Seorekeeper Peter Aguilar. ! Haskins is closely pursued by | Andy Alonzo, of the Key West} Merchants, another first baseman, | who, is hitting .494. . Wells, Naval Hospital catcher, is in third place | with .470, The other two among! THE KEY WEST CITIZEN tae: cba SARCASTIC GOOSE LAYS “MOMMER", seven-foat goose designed by a Miami baseball fan, waddles out and delivers a goose-egg inta the first inning slot of the Havana nine. Her youngster follows. Mommezx performs this daily, aided by Lou Reilley, right. AP Newsteatures IAMI, Fla.—“Mommer" is a seven-foot sarcastic goose which lays a foot-long egg that can mean only unhappiness for at least nine men. (oe Golfers Plan \ Mommer is the product of James O. Tice, a Miami Tech | by the Big Five hitters are Curi Gar- | High School teacher with an ability to construct and a love of | Matches With | cia, Merchant second baseman, | with .454, and Paul Higginbotham, | Jerry’s outfielder, with .500. | McCulrg, Naval Hospital, pinch-} hitter, has a perfect batting aver- | age, having hit safely in each of each. | Most times struck out—Figura 6, Sands and Sterling 5 each. | Most times walked—Martin 7,! Bresnecky 6. | Less times struck out—Miller, CLASS A Wells 0 each, Lacy, Nelson, Villa- Club— W.L. Pet."real and J. Walker 1 each. Vets of Foreign Wars. 3 2 .600 Class B League Pitchers | Bob’s Sports Shop... 2. 2 ‘500 Pitcher: W. L. Pet] American Legion .....2 3 .400 Sue CG s. 3 0 1.000 USS. Gilmore 22 3 400 E. Swee 3 1 .750! CLASS B Joe Lewis, / 2 Cnh W.L. Pet, C. Valdez, KWM res Jerry’s Half-Acre 6 1 .857 Vidal, KWM 12 Key West Merchants _ 2 3 .400 Miller, Hospital 24 Adams Dairy 2 3 .400 Nelson, Hospital ee Naval Hospital 2 5 .286 Walker, Adams 0 2 TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS (Know America) Bernard M. , Baruch, elder }statesman, born at Camden, N. J., {77 years ago. Orville Wright, co-inventor of 76 years ago. U.S. Senator Tom Connally of ty, Tex., 70 years ago. the airplane, born in Dayton, O.,, Texas, born in McLennan Coun- i Alfred Lunt, actor, born in Mil- | waukee, 54 years ago. Dr. Hamilton Holt, president of Rollins College, Florida, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 75 years ago. Rev. Dr. William B. Lampe of Louis, eminent Presbyterian rgyman, born at Galesburg, Ill., years ago. John B. Blandford, Jr., onetime \National Housing Administrator, jborn in New York City, 50 years jago. Philo T. Farnsworth, television scientist, born at Beaver, Utah, 41 iyears ago. James Gould Cozzens, novelist, born in Chicago, 44 years ago. James R. Hobbins, president of Anaconda Copper Mining Com. pany, born in Madison,’ Wis., 64 years ago. Is NEST IN SCARECROW'S JACKET PEARL RIVER, N. Y.—Putting up a scarecrow to keep birds out ot his strawberry patch, Chief Park. 0 A a ,of Police Fred Kennedy was sur- State School Supt. Colin Eng- prised to find that a pair of wrens lish has called the new educa- had selected the pockets of the tional history a “new deal” for scarecrow’s jacket for the sa Florida school children. ing place. California has more than 000 acres of vineyards. FIGURES AND ESTIMATES BY BOW SERVICE INC. baseball, score of a visiting baseball. team. At the end of each inning_-it |“ e end of each inning—i | the « opposition hasn’t scored— ! ee ee ee | Softball Games MEY WEST GROUP MEETS 70-| mer Wwotldles across a 52-foot | BAY VIEW PARK | NIGHT TO DISCUSS PREPA- | scoreboard and drops a foot-high NIGHT GAMES | | zero into the proper slot. She} i gant HANGS” RATIONS FOR WEEKEND | works for the Miami Tourists of | TONIGHT i the Florida International ue. eag- | proper slot, and in that event her j 36-inch high offspring comes ex- citedly out and picks up the mis- | Placed goose egg and returns it j to the correct slot. H Tice, a rabid baseball fan, has | long wondered why—when the visiting team got a zero at the} end of the inning—a goose didn’t deliver the unhappy score. | He cut “Mommer” from a 7- foot piece of fiber board and! mounted her on a cable. Lou | Mommer's duty is to la 7:30—Adams_ Dairy vs. West Merchants. Gilmore. THURSDAY— Half-Acre. of Foreign Wars. FRIDAY— Key | 'Y & goose egg on the line | Mi s Club In 1946, Larned went.to the fi-| Tam jnals of the national collegiates be- jin the absence of Dr. Jack Hayes,} ga4 CUBAN has called a general meeting of 7:30—Naval Hospital vs. Jerry’s all Key West Golf Club member: for tonight at 6:30 in the club 9:15—American Legion vs..Vets house, Stock Island. The so ;Purpose of the meeting TE TE CLES LEI EL, TRIP AGAINST CRACK unrr | Your Grocer SELLS That Good! Horace O’Bryant, acting presi- On occasion she misses the} 9:15—American Legion vs. USS, “ent of the Key West Golf Club is to FAGE THRE HOLLOW EGGS |Net Star Gambles Feet Against Title-and Wins lap Newsteatures ‘ WW/ILLIAMSBURG. Va.—Gardner Larned, the new national colle- giate tennis champion, gambled his life for fame and glory on the court.~ i Both of Larned’s feet were frozen in operations of the Seventh ' \ i - | Army during the Battle of the Bulge. Army Medical specialists told | the slender. Chicago native thabk i feet had to bs amputated. But Larned decided to take the ilong chance. 7 “Don't do it, he pleaded. “I'd! sooner die than have to live with. tout my@eet and never be able to ,which his stellar play since the play tennis again.” war has brought him. It was a long and bitter strug- |-—-—-—____—— gle, and Larned nearly died. But gradually, to the amazament of the physicians, the infection was conquered; Both feet remained tender and iblistered easily. But Larned, with ‘the same determination that car jtied him through the crisis in| France, set out to toughen them: up, playing a little tennis when- | ever possible. He went back to} ; William and Mary College and! 2 flights daily finally was able to take a regular ! fiat with the inaeiee cna wea MIAMI team. | with convenient connections to New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Charleston, Jacksoa- ville, Pensacola, = New Orleans and other cities You geteverything when you fly Nationals speed, comfort, convenience, courteous service. All recognized air travel card: cepted, See your travel agent ur call 1084 |set victory -over Vie Seixas of ;North Carolina. Now, with his feet back in top hape, Larned has set out to bet er the No. 15 national ranking fore losing a hectic battle to Bob! Falkenburg. The gangling No. 1 }man of the Indians captured the national title with a stirring five STAR * BRAND | AMERICAN COFFEE | ——Try A Found Today——— SE ‘ — ee a le | ‘discuss plans for the proposed 7:30—Adams Dairy vs. Jerry’s week-end trip to Miami Country A Half-Acre. Club. :15—Bob's Sports S Aha ah USS Howard W Gopmovs:| ‘There will be no limit to the ,number of Key West golfers tak- LEGALS en for the inter-city match. The matches though expected Reilley, a Tech student, is Mom- mer’s mode of operation on her | mission. A recording on an am- } plifier system provides the prop- | er sound effects. Florida schoolbuses carried 27.13 of alt enrolled pupils to school last year, State School! Supt. Colin English has report- ed. poration, ¢ H. George Car and trustee of ¢ ation, a dis: i ly (a) To all unknown of the above named def s not known to be dead by, through, Cudjo y a dissolved F plaintiffs f quieting the title on Nottaee, eputy Clerk NOTICE i ; IN THE COUNTY JUDGES COL itr, played more as a friendly ges- AND FORK MONROE COUNTY, ture between the two clubs as ;to be hard-fought, are to be IN PROB: ot UBURY, ithe Miami Country Club is one i « THELMA F. "| HENRY W roe as John Lewis Albu Deceased, iven to that M. 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