The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 22, 1947, Page 5

F CHANCE TO NAIL FLAG; SPAHN HURLS SIX-HIT CONTEST, (Osborn's 480 Leads Hitters \Superlative Relief Pitching Relieves | tn Class “A” Worries Of Both Dodgers and Yankees By FRANK ECK Batting averages of the Class | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN BULLPEN BOOM FOLLOWING 6A A444444444444444 1 ing to re-organize a football team} Almost iat the Key West High School and struck OUCH iI think jt is a great idea. in the United THR | Several small school , teams weighs oy a down here and play itive, malign why PEDRO AGUILAR " |eovevewwee “ve* All the schools in have football teams and it will pid) ARM BRAND the state’ AP Newsfeatures Sports Editor “A” city softball league, up to! as {BASEBALL .big in Key West once it TRIUMPH Spahe Has Now Won 20¢—— and including, games of Septem: | Ie: the tarot Cant ern mind Mr: Pege. | Tole could” ‘rhe’ ganaes’ senceuieg ‘betweon started. | COFFEE ber 19, as released by ial . : managers. during /the Lake Worth Ramblers and the | ‘ Games This Season: Bow Local Golfers’ Scorekeeper Pedro lar, re- | | the 44th World Series, Key ‘West Red Raiders here last go TRE atte ee sie! MILL ~~) veal that Osborn, . Gilmore, | The Series brings together baseball’s two top relief pitchers.|weekend had to be cancelled on thing about it. What do you say,! at tow Braves Derive Branea Dinner T ht lo ied the league with a Pont neaiadat ota hy wipoul Lefty Joe Page the Yankees would never jaccount of Os ees but Bud- coach and other officials of the | All Groeers ‘of ave cakewal to the American League pennant. Brooklyn feels|dy Ward of e Worth wired high school? _ (at onig | cate topped hy Myers Ameri-| the same about Hugh Casey, the chubby right handed roe micher, ‘pout {2 pivise oh tie —— ieemmimmntintties ie, (Be The Remmcmnted Preset Key West Golf Club members peor as eight ee to Os- ot ‘ould not e the - howty Braves are making it tough|in Duffy's Tavern at. 7:30 ti Robinson, ex-Dodger manager, down in Atlanta, Ga., ‘and doubleheader.” | p oY Dodgers im their [o'clock tonight. 5 ol averages follow: | Brooklyn fans regard him as a Dodger from away back. How- Well, fans, that tells the stor a te pie National] Robert Dopp, entertainment AB R H’Ave.| ever. while Casey had several spring trials with the team. he {17 the’ weather permits, we will om eg chairman, bas stated that Osborn, USSG 25.11 12 .480, first appeared in an official Dodger box score in 1939. see a doubleheader of baseball Med heed mA ag pce con appeared in 46 games for the {next Sunday at Wickers Stadium. tere gers, all in relief, an * ee ee | Sores Uecteoee beter the showed a record of nine 3 SOFTBALL H ~ Parveen victories and four defeats, Another twin bill will be staged ay feemmate kee this season his earn- next weekend with an out-of. { run average was 3.06 town team if the weather permits. bere vith one ae 25 \ reg per nine innings for te ae iugeers ay San mul one inning did the i innings. ibe down next Saturday and play Geteets get Gere than one hit 713 361! a doubleheader with the locals. a 4 5 357 Part of the Brooker Lumber Co.’s > oo S Ww yd Acneieen 11-7 1350 Casey, who began 1947 with 57 team and part of the Horne embers reach vie | on Ww. 5-7 “350 | Victories and 37 setbacks, was the! Hardware team will make the fortes thie ae@eon Ht was the first Beaokiyn ove 9 11 343| Victim of the most infamous trip here. | » vertavtes tree © — “ta St Lous 8263 | 2 5 .333/ Passed ball in baseball history. It Bob’s Sports Shop, which saw! Se oan & an y Young Reston 83 67 3 3. .333|4appened in the fourth game of the Homestead teams play in the} PURE New York 78 60 79 333 the 1941 World Series in Ebbets district tournament, calims the! en ny wn Vee a Se Cineinnati _ " 4 eS or ane and against the Yankees, pampesten sets ae a good club, | Place Yy © Date we Chicago ye r H so our ys wi ave to prepare i are Peake ae Power Reese singled. Pittsburgh 61 88 3.5 .263| The fi for quite a b: . ? hi ‘i quite a battle. They should! Cart drew » walk to load Philadelphia 60 89 § 5 21 didedrpy, wetpree ee be out practicing every day, this tame, but the herd hitting National League : win: wee! ill give the line-up later : ning two of them. The Dodg- i | eocrees nied the inning” Cry wu . u 250 | ers i ers looked as if they were aie pa ten Weeks i RE or eed Dawe New York 94 55 L 0 square the Series at two games | ie anaes i Carian be 05 Rind victory, Detroit 9908 337 Fe qremmandes, vee & & gop 'each as they began the ninth in- jFOOTBALL = ij] ., and You Will Get GUARANTERD . om, commen * wae tagged for all Boston 80 69 537 +niing with a 4-3 lead. I have read: with interest the | » B. Sweeting, AL . 1 2 .250 f - * bite im the seven in. Cleveland 77 68 527 AL—Ameriedn. “Eezton The first two batters in the top article about Mr. Demeritt seek- | =. he Worked and he lost the Philadelphia 75°73 507 USSG—USS. Gilmore. of the ninth grounded out and TE | mane — Garme of the season e 07 80 456) $55--Rob's Sports Shop. |Casey, who had allowed but two Your Gr | The Hew York Giants and the bg og 62.86 419 Sh of Foreign ,|Singles since the fifth when he our Grocer SELLS That Good, Gillie oth s dectheeee, e Louts 56:90 384) “Ireplaced Larry French with two | STAR * BRAND |; ! . — eo ya Records out, had the situation well in i SVL Al| GAME RESULTS © | *wost times: at bat—Castro_ 36, hana | es . af =Hee By to Americas League [Maghin and Santana 1 times) “ite was one pitch away ‘tom JOE PAGE AMERICAN COFFEE | | (ICE DIVISION) ee to aeven hits New York 6, Phi 0. vietory when the count ran out Bombers Page Him Often P PHONE NO, 9 KEY West fia 83 g ——Try A Found Toda Pundureh ond ( juke. | Washington 3, Boston 0. Jost runs scored—Villareal and jn Tommy Henrich, the batter. : : i al iene Cleveland ot Detroit, past-|Saptapa 19 each, Stinnett and/With a count of three and two |{@ndom still moaning about what eee = Se eet + par The Pirates best a ' Osborn 11 each. Casey had to come in with the |happened on the sad Sabbath, & fon os but capped the see” ge Louis at Chi cago, postponed.| _ Mast hite—Castro 13, Osborn 12, | next pitch. It was low and inside, the Yanks ended the Series with -— i & National League Sterling and Machin 11 each. a fast breaking curve. Henrich Ernie Bonham pitching a 3-1 The Mew York Vantioes wound / Most two-base hits—Osborm 6,!swung and missed for what un- |{Ur-hit victory. @ ew 1967 rent wocan with a! by Ate ny rling 5. |der ordinary pe a A Casey saw action in three of veetory over the Phife- Boston 4, Brook’ Most three-base hits—E. Albur. {the five games played in 1941 | Philadelphia 3-4, New York 2-6. ¥ and was chalked with two de- thew Abe te ve terday a euttin aes | Chase at ae bh re Kozel, Fallon, Ster-| “*hicag St. rts, Hopkins, Oster- | it Es ' eae runs—Fallon 2, Os- mates knocked Joe Te 2 Havane 1 pacsdgerd tied born, E. Albury, Roberts, Myers, ot Be Senetine. A. Acevedo, San- Castro, M. Tynes and F. Syncs leach . Most .stolen. bases—Curry 7, Casado.and Castro 1 each.| “# jjfor the Yanks—he even wears || Lefty’s old No. feats while pitching but five and one-third innings. Page once regarded as the best prospect to succeed Lefty Gomez 1l—never has j been in a World Series. In three [previous seasons with the Yanks jhe won 20 games and lost 18. American League me 4. (Barber and Machin 5 each. = fee Seerbersugh, whe hed Me ang = at ‘is Tea concert Most times struck out—Han- - — 3-5). cock poal oie’ A pines each, age on Garcia, mn an den 5 bee Haynes (12-!times each. 44 it g total for the year af , * Most times walked—M. Her- Ps alltime hieh for ain Detroit, two inandez* and M. ‘Tynes “9 times e n 7 times, Casado andj - Fenway Pork Embree (8-6) and Gettel (11. 8c Baton 7 times, Casado and Hancock 6 times each. 3 , Ameren 1) «ve. Overmire (11-5) and! Pia vehi) Mi ak uk een wth Cleveland ot Detroit w -- (0-11. Pre ed $e a brea strucl St oh MH Lows ot Chives, Pam ehatget. Les stimes struck out—Ster- Sere Peipered teemuse of min, | Metienal League Kozel, Rodenberry, Tucker, Tee wares Chicago at St. Louis, two games, ‘Baker, McCarthy, Roberts, Myers, garomes smnovs i Fad nd tT (1-0) = Carbonell and, Arias, once each. Lad 4 8 1! and Dickson (12-15). F Fou Hat: Pipette | ank Tynes ond Brance. _| Florida-International oode. Mevena et Miami, 8:15 p.m. - =o Best Pitcher a li hh hh tah bbe be hn) Game HUGH CASEY see Softball ‘Standings In Class “A”) Aims tor Revenge ’ 260 would have been the final out Frank Tynes, with a record of | of oo Boag wlinas sone dunsaltnaal six victories and just one loss, Fe aR aregaiie was played in CLASS A Rembettaetesecs oo aiBbbelis Field where ; a ape Game Kn Club— W. &. Pet.) Pitchers’ records, as released by creeac gors Bi ae oe , Vets of Foreign Wars 10 3 .268|ofticial Scorekeper Pedro Apa ickey Owen, brilliant Brook- Bob's Shop 5 5 800ilar, follow: lyn catcher who last year jump- a Uns. _. 8 6 485) Pitcher— W. L. Pct,j@4 to the Mexican League and Heeret, Sprague American Legion 610 376 61 now is out of baseball, missed dommen ond Couper CLASS B 31 “250 the pitch and Henrich went. all 3 1. .750|the way to second base. Pun Game Club— %. i ay 3 2 .600| The official scorers ruled it a Jerry's Mall-Acre ... 8 7 1 1 .500]passed ball although on the way Adams Dairy 1 1 .500jto an exhibition game in Hart- Md Noval Hospital ! . 3% 1 4 .200/ford, Conn., against a team led — end Howell; yo © 1 .000)by Ted Williams, Casey said to mememeenaa c 4 pe the writer, in the presence of Second Geme Owen, that it was a_ difficult Me Rue 01 oa pitch to handle and could have ues 4 Hes re 0! been cals feats ne piten [Mw 6 Miscell: B 1 e or a passed ba ut Owen, who ae " innings ee had a habit of stopping even the Perkowek) : yee Ae pe Rae most errant pitch, said the scor- fee Be met end Mueller. comant— Roberts 37, Arias 30. ers made a good call. : 7:30—American Legion vs. USS.| Most batters struck out—Rob-| At any rate, the passed ball Cherege of Bt Louw pootpaned Giese. erts and Rodenberry 31 each. opened the door for the Yankees, Leacue ©15—Adams Dairy vs. Key| Most batters walkeaecBoden- who during the first four innings a” tphe Rue West Merchants. berry and F. Tynes 23 each, Arias|had found Kirby Higbe for TURSDAY-- 19. hits and all three of their runs ¥ : 8 ©"): Bob's Sports Shop vs.| Most earned runs—F. Tynes and |and hadn't threatened since. With “o : vrw Hancock 21 each, Rodenberry 16,\Henrich on second, Joe DiMaggio ~ one Robins Cobeman | © 15—Noeve! Hospital vs. Jerry's |Arias 15, Harris 12. hit the second pitch to -left for ° end Guerre Half-Acre. Less earned runs—Roberts, J.}a single to third base with the | SHURSDAY re and Tucker 9 each, Porter 5 Retun an . 1" Fap—Aener! vs.|4, Parks 11. tieing run. Casey then faced the jean = Legion dangerous Ch v Keller, ine est ent ten’ ttl *'—Aars Dnlr ™ 7" Ping Pong Tourney so tise Ns mR Deol ond Meter IDAY— ng ong dame back. Casey put Kelley in ~ Pa mye Gilmore vs. Bob's A kson USO a hole, his first two pitches be- Plevetend ot Detroit postponed | Sports Shap. t jac ing strikes. But on the third, | @15—Key West Merchants vs. Keller lashed a vicious double! Be Lee ot Oherage paterned | Noval Hospital. The second ping pong tourna- |off the right field wall to score | -- ment of the season will be held |both Henrich and DiMaggio. Tee Reem Lest Out at the Jackson Square USQ on) That was the ball game and ring | Tuesday evening at 8:15 o'clock, |what followed was anti-climatic. A court offetal after explain “4 (8-9) and Sanford i\pitchers Bucky’s answer Wife (to husband inquii he betery of @ flag & © ‘What che thought of his pone Prizes are awarded in each set, epie= etl Paes be sae Peegekine | “You didn’t make the most of your oppurtunities. thee” to stop.” efjand a match between the final- ists will be scheduled in a few ower the! Musband: “What opportuni-|weeks. see Mieke © minute «Wie: “Why, the opportunities! Homing pigeons have carried messages as far as 800 miles. The Yanks added two more runs \for a 7-4 victory and just about sewed up the Series. Bill Dick- ey walked and both Keller and Dickey rode home on a double by Joe Gordon. The next day, with Brooklyn He is three inches over six feet, has a blazing fast ball and a good curve. Through Sept. 15 he showed 14 victories, all in relief, while tasting defeat seven times. He had been in 53 games, only two of which he started and failed to finish. When anyone talks to Manager Bucky Harris about his starting is al- ways the same: “And don’t forget Page. -With- | ‘out him I don’t know where the Yankees would be. He is the most valuable man in_ the league. Harris still thanks his lucky stars that rival American League clubs refused to make a deal with the Yankees down at St. ‘Peters- burg, Florida, last March. Page was one of the players Harris was ready to cast adrift. Harris had five southpaw pitchers in camp and in his book he ranked Page fifth. Now the Yanks have’ only one southpaw and his name:is Joseph Francis Page, 29-year-old, 220 pounder from Cherry Valley, Pa.* “I saw Page last season,” Har- fris says. “When he wasn’t allow- jing hits he was falling all over jhimself fielding grounders. He jlost many a game with his field- ing.” ( whose job in the Series will be to keep his arm limbered up. With the pitching staffs of the Yankees and Dodgers in a state of emergency it might be that the Series will produce some of the; greatest relief hurling in_his- | tory. About 30,000 people were killed | in the great earthquake, , tidal wave and fire in Lisbon in 1755. | BROADWAY CIGAR STORE 610 Duval Street BASEBALL | SCORES ! pi lite. | { “POPULAR BRANDS. of | | Cigars and Cold | ile Soft Drinks —a—m | Today Harris swears by Page | CAUTION In the event a hurricane strikes the Key West area, please observe the following warning: WARNING: While every effort is being made to elim- inate all hazards, fallen wires may be dangeér- ous. 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