The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 1, 1947, Page 3

EE SATURDAY NOV EMBER Oe Cee ——- + MIRA LEADS CLASS B LEAGUE IN BATTING: | ALONZO IN 2ND SPOT MIRA COMPILES AN OF. FICIAL (AVERAGE OF SOP ODOOO DMs 1 1947 ‘453 IN 51 TIMES AT League Lead At BAT Joe Mira of Jerry's Half Acre is the leading batsman in the Class B League, according to the official gverages compiled up ‘to and including the last game of the season. Mira leads the league with an average of .453. In 52 times at bat he made a total of 23 hits and scored 18 runs. Joe Alonzo, of the Merchants, has an average of 449. In 69 times at bat he had 31 hits and scored 20 runs. — averages follow: ayer— AB RH Ave. Joe Mira, JHA 52 18 23 “453 Joe Alonzo, KWM .69 20 31 .449 Joe Fleitas, KWM 42 15 18 .428 V. Vidal, KWM 58 20 23. .413 W. Miller, NH 64 24 26 406 John Lewis, ‘AD _ 57 21 22 403 B. Villareal, AD __53 18 21 .396 D. Sterling, AD 63 17 24 380 M. Ingraham, AD 58 20 22 579 J. Walker, AD 43 916 .372 Henke, NH 23 5 8 .867 P. Higgin’ham, JHA45 21 16 .355 Bolton, JHA _.. 24 8 8 .333 Kerr, JHA .. &. .&:.25.988 Fernandez, KWM 33 711 333 C. Valdez, KWM 48 22 16 (333 C. Pazo, KWM .. 42 23 14 . 333 Rogers, NH 42 21 14 .333 Lacy, NH 3% 9 @: .933 McClurg, NH ae 7 Th 2838 Wells, NH 58 18 19 .329 E. Sweeting, JHA 40 6 13 .322 Kelly, JHA 28 10 9 .321 Walker, JHA 45 13 14 311 F. Sands, AD 56 12 17 .303 JHA—Jerry’s Half-Acre KWM—kKey West Merchants NH—Naval Hospital AD—Adams Dairy | Miscellaneous Records Most home runs—Miller 6, Vi- dal 4; Mira, Kelly, Fernandez, Sands, Sterling, Lacey, Henke, Stake In Games At Arm y Field Sunday's games at the | Army Barracks will decide One of the hottest league | games this season as all four teams are playing neck to _ Meck and are within one game from the leading team, San Carlos. Sen Carlos will tangle up with its biggest rival, the Pirates. Paruche has yet to beat | this young bunch of ball players, although before ev- ery ball game Paruche makes a statement that his team will beat San Carlos “so bad that they will be ashamed to face them again.” In the nightcap, the Blue Sox will take on the Gil- more. Both teams have add- . ed new players and without adoubt this game will be worth seeing. First game starts at 1 o'clock, at the Army Barracks. Se GIRLS STUDY BIKE-OLOGY | AP Newstfeatures | PHILOSOPHY OF A BIKE... One of |the most popular courses at Skidmore | iN. Y., is a class in bicycle riding, called |‘““bike-ology” by the students. The ' college authorities saw Skidmore. stu-. dents courting accidents by reckless bike iriding. Miss Louise Burbeck, assistant weeereeeesMerchants Came Back And Explorers Feted Here Yesterday Members of the Cuban Na- tional Explorers were feted yes- terday by the City Recreation Department with a party at the South Beach in the afternoon, where refreshments and_ pop- corn were served. The Cuban Explorers were en- tertained at the San Carlos In- stitute at 8 p. m., by the Board | of Directors of the Institute. Re- | freshments and cakes were serv- Bresnicky, Nelson and Wells, 2 ed and music was enjoyed. each, ' Most and Sterling 3 each. Vilareal’7 each, Vidal 6. The visitors enjoyed both the Island Mos: .:imes at bat—Alonzo 69, them in Cuba. Miller 64. . ‘ Most runs scored—Miller 24, Pazo 23, Valdez 22; Rogers, Hig- ginbotham and Lewis, 21: each. Most hits—Alonzo 31, Miller 26, | Sterling 24, Mira “and Vidal 23! each. \ Most stolen bases—Miller 9, Fleitas 8, Pazo and Valdez 7 each, Mira 6, Vidal and Higginbotham 5 each, Malgrat, J. Lewis, Walker, Abston, Alayon, Brost and Alon- zo 4 each, Most sacrifice hits—Miller and, Valdez 5 each, Alonzo and Villa- | real 3 each. ‘| Most times struck out—F Sands 16, Figura 11, Pazo, Ingra- { ham and Sterling 10 each. i Most times walked—Rogers 15, Bresnecky 13, Pazo and Martin 12 each, Ingraham, Higginboth- | am and John Lewis 11 each, Kel- ly 10. PITCHERS’ RECORDS Pitcher— W. L, Pet. ! R. Perez . 5 1 .83al S.Gritfen' Fatt nbeo apa Yi. OP 71 Cy. Velden? 44-4 ‘A 43508 E. Sweeting 3 3 .500 Martin 3 4 .429 \ Vidal a 333 | Bolton 1 3 .250, Miller 2 8 .200 Joe Lewis pitched 85 innings, struck out 17, walked 52, gave . up 117 hits and 44 earned runs. E. Sweeting pitched 37 frames, | fanned 21, walked 29, was touch- ed for 38 hits and 28 earned runs. Vidal pitched 18 innings, struck out 19, walked 22, was hit 16 vimes safely and allowed 18 earn- ed runs. ee Martin pitched 37. «innings, struck out 13, walked 22, allowed 75 hits and 38 earned runs. Miller pitched 58 innings, struck out 69, walked 52, was touched for 54 hits and 43 earned runs. S. Griffen pitched 38 innings, _4 , Naval Air Station .2... 3 How They Stan BASEBALL Key West's Senior Baseball League (Wickers Field). Club— Red Raiders ........-...-- Boca Chica Flyers .200 Island City League (Army Barracks) ; Ww. SOFTBALL Class B Playoff Standings Club— Adams Dairy Zz 1 3667 Key West Merchants . 1 2. .333 Class A League , Club-— : W. L. Pet. USS; Gilmore ..........13 6 .684 Vete of Foreign Wars .13 7 .650 Bob’s Sports Shop —.13 7 .650 American Legion Two more games left to be played in this league: Vets and Gilmore, Bob’s and Gil- more. England, Wales and Scotland were united as one kingdom in 1707. The area drained by the Mis- sissippi river system is the great- est fertile plain on earth. Freee LLL LA 2 Baseball Games Sunday At fanned 20, walked 20, allowed 34| Wickers Field hits and 31 earned runs. C. Valdez pitched 57 innings, during which time he whiffed 44 batters, passed hy allowed 67 hits and 29earnedruns. R. Perez pitched 42 innings, fanned 22, walked 14, allowed 44 hits and 24 earned runs. Bolton pitched 30 innings, struck out 22, poner 22, allowed 33 hits and 15 earnec runs. ; Jasper Walker pitched 15 in- nings, struck out six, walked 13, gave up 23 hits and 10 earned a Walker pitched nine innings, struck out five, walked 11, allowed 16 hits and 17 earned r Nelson pitched four innings, struck out one and walked five, There will be two base- ball games at Wickers Field tomorrow. The first game will be between the Naval Air Station and the Red Raiders at 1:30 p. m. In the nighicap the Naval Air Station will play the Boca Chica Flyers. Both games are expected to be hard fought, for the teams are evenly matched. If the Naval Air Station wins both games, they will go to the top of the league. If they win from the Raid- ers and lose to they Flyers, they will be tied with the Raiders for first place. three-base hits—Miller parties, and were much pleased | with their stay in Most two-base hits—Miller and City. They hope to return soon. ! They invited local Scouts to visit \there determined to. win and | ~ Won Third Game By Score Of 11 To 14 Over Dairies MINUS THREE OF BEST* { ! PLAYERS, KEY WEST, add AS ft ft ff Pp | MERCHANTS HAD NO PROHIBITS DEER | | KILLING IN COUNTY | TROUBLE WINNING | Ben C. Morgan, director of the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, today an- nounced that the taking of deer and turkey in Monroe county during the 1947.48 hunting season will. be il- legal, as the season is closed for this game. Merchants made a comeback ; ‘last night and won _ the third! jgame of the playoff series by | an 11 to 4 score. | The Merchants were minus! their three stars, Kerr, Alonzo and Fleitas, but they went out} ae Pct. 'co walked 2 .667 Fernandez : 600 runs were scored. W. L. Pet. sacrificed them a base, Blanco 120 .048! even Manager Alayon had to A ad heh he hhh Eichrad Perez pitched a very good game and_ good support helped him out of several tight spots. | The Merchants jumped into 'the lead in the very first frame iwhen Pazo, the first up, hit a homer to deep left center. Blan- Vidal doubled and tripled, and three | In the second Valdez dropped a fly off Sterling, a double by Sands put him over the plate. | | In the fourth the Merchants scored two more when Perez and Alayon, Sr., walked, Pazo singled and both runners scored. In the fifth the Dairy boys ‘scored their last three runs. ‘graham and : Villareal both sin- eighteen (18) acres. lgled_ and Abston, walked; 'Ster- ling pies anc’ thre’ * ranners 'scowed. ~! : . In the 2 sixth the Merchants their last three Pazo singled, Valdez safely and Vidal doubled to center. Fernandez was out, short to first, and Vidal scored. | At bat Pazo was the leader, {with a homer, a triple and a single in three times at bat. Vi- | dal, Blanco and Valdez ere runs. bunted scored could be used, a road hit two. safely for the losers. Sterling and Walker each hit two. In the field the leaders were Pazo, Blanco, Vidal, Fernandez for the losers Malgrat Sterling, Walker and Villareal were the on ANOTHER SITE. PROCURED. best. Score by innings: Ra. E: INCIANA Merchants 303 203 0O—11 10 2 | Adams Dairy 010 030 0O— 4 8 6 | RR. Perez and Fernandez; John- ny Walker, Joe Lewis, Sands and Villareal. Home run: Pazo; three-base hits: D. Fernandez, Pazo; two- base hits: Sterling 2, Vidal 2, Sands; stolen bases. Abston, Val- dez; sacrifice hit: Pazo; struck out: by Perez 1, by Walker 1, by Lewis 1; bases on balls: off Perez and Mira; scorer: Aguilar. 3, off Walker 2, off Lewis 4; time of game: 1.20; umpires: Griffen oo 1. The 210 Units owned land. Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAND Awcusan COFFEE and CUBAN quested, the land may play so they would not forfeit |. ad Sa cera the game. | SSUUUIIIUENNENQEQOONEULALEAUUGUEUEGONRGNESOGRERUEEGGEGOUGTHGHNONGEEEGHOO r— ELECTION INFORMATION DOG TRACT ISSUE 1. Mr. Hyman offers $8000.00 for the City Garbage Disposal Site amounting to about “S\* <3" Phe site wanted by Mr.’ Hyman is part of the land procured for the Golf Course, but was surplus for that purpose, so was used by the City for Garbage Disposal, but before it built as a Federal Works Project. 3. The City is now using Dredgers Key, which belongs to the Navy, for Garbage Dis- posal on a REVOCABLE PERMIT. 4. If the Navy should revoke the permit, Garbage Disposal will have to be by BARGE or EITHER will have to be the only Permanent Units on Government- 2. Poinciana Extension and West Poinci- ana are Temporary Units, constructed on leased land and are to be demolished within two years after the termination of the War and the prop- erty returned to the ow ZONING FOR CEMETERY for a Cemetery. The land is between First and Fourth Streets and North of Seidenburg. PAGE THREE 190 er mmente tpn professor of physical education, con- | 8 ducts the class once a week, shows the |College for Women, Saratoga Springs, | girls proper riding, care of bicycles, traf- fic signals and safety precautions. : is shown above, left, adjusting seat course was started six years ago, when | height on students’ bike. She At right two girls illustrate one of the. class: taboos— riding double, which causes 13 percent of all bicycle accidents. | Roller Skaters Observe Party i 1 | | The Roller Skaters and their \families came to Bayview Park ‘in full ‘gala evening last night. | The Judges. Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. 'Albury, and Sgt. Hill, decided jthat Margery Gomez and Mzer- dressed costume regalia fcr a ‘lene Parks, who were jas a pair of white cats, wore the best costumes, with Rose Yates, la white bunny, the runner-up. Stanley Peterson wore the fun- niest costume. 55; | The “Crab Race” was’ won by iReginald Teel. Edward Curry, \Ralph Estevez, Ronny Parks, ! q | Teddy Saunders, and Danny Cates combined to win the “pa- ‘ber bag relay.” Club— N.L. Pet. In the third the Merchants : San Carlos -—----- 3 2 .600 scored three more. Pazo tripled, RS a if Pirates 3 3 .500 Valdez and Blanco singled, a fly As this is a referendum election, the City Com- Blue Sox -...._.. 3 .500 ball scored Blanco E anGhnint mission feels the voters should have com- a USS, Gilmore _.. 3 .400 Walker went to the showers. | plete information before casting their vote. 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