The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 12, 1947, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, NOVEM Sayan Jax Speedway Auto Races Set For Nov. 16th (Special to The Citizen JACKSONVILLE, fag A galaxy of auto racing pilots néver before assembled “in the State of Florida, will ger drop _of the starter’s gre om oe ,AAA-sanetione "Sat the Jacksonville Speed- “ay; apn November 16. ‘ cn stellar throttle sta as Ted Horn, Joie Cuaceun. Fred Carpenter, Spider Webb, Jimmy Gibson, Tommy Mattson, Walt Brown, Milt Marion, Emil Andre and Eddie Zalucki_ will See action before a crowd esti- se at betwen 15,000 and 20,- 12.— Speedway officials are sparing no expense in making this pro- | gram of speed one of the best €ver presented in the South. Horn, who is the top man in Eastern and ‘National AAA point Standings, will be the fellow to beat. ; The third-place driver in this year’s edition oi the Indianapolis 500-miler, is a definite entry. He has given the local half-mil- er a “once-over”’, and is confi- dent of reaking his own world record for one lap during the running of the time trails Sat- urday, November 15. The cars the daredevils of the roaring roads will appear here in, are costly, elaborate affairs. For instance, the job in which Horn last Sunday coped the Ar- lington, Texas, 100-miler, is powered by an Offenhauser, a specially-built motor that costs in the neighborhood of $12,000. That’s only the motor. The chassis is built-to-order and usu- ally cost the car-owner $10,000. That’s a costly investment, as one crack-up can completely wipe out.a car owner, if he has but one racer. The local Speedway located on Lenox Avenue and Plymouth Street, will be put in the fastest possible condition, Eddie Bland, president of the $100,000 layout announced. “We want to put the track on the map in a big way,” Bland said, “And if Horn. succeeds in ¢racking his own world record, as he is confident, the Speedway will be nationally-known over- night. “That will insure us of only the topnotch drivers-in the fu- ture as most_of the boys like to run over-a fast track”. Approximately 25 entries are expected to qualify on Saturday, November 15. Six races will be run the following day. roi SPORTS and RECREATION STULL MLL TLL La 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 Stock Island. TENNIS—Bayview Park on Di- vision Street (day and night Course, facilities). BASKETBALL—Outdoor courts at South Beach and Bayview Park. HANDBALL—Bayview Park. SHUFFLEBOARD — Bayview Park and South Beach. PICNICKING—Tables at view Park. CHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND — Bayview Park. COMFORT STATIONS—Bayview Par. How They Stand BASEBALL Key West's Senior Baseball League (Wickers Field) Bay- Club— W. L. Pet. Red Raiders : . oe aval Air Station ee xNaval Air . eo xBoca Chica Flyers - xTie game. BASEBALL GAMES SCHEDULED WICKERS FIELD (Municipal Stadium) Afternoon Games pr? ay “who?” : “She hasn’t decided yet. BEH 12, i947 eet the; en flag ; d big car! “Who's your wife going to vote “She'll vote for the man I vote THE KEY ce em EE: ee ee a ee KRAMER VS. RIGGS ’ xk *« * x « * WEST CITIZEN PAGE THREE Cn eta Gilmore’s Oshorn Topped Softball Hitters For 1947 Final tzbulation, of batting averages in the Class A Softball League for 1947 reveal that. USS. Gilmare’s Osborn led all hitters with a mark: ef. .440. , Two other piayers topped Q-- born—William Cates with .462 and Mathews with .444—bui the Sailor went to bat a far greater number of times to hold his-avor- age up to the .440 high mark. Osborn pounded gout 22 safeties in his 50 official trips to the plate and scored 17 runs. i Final standing in the Class A batting follows: % g, Says Amateur King of Net ' ! i ' i ' 1 Player— AB RH Ave. ! Bill Cates, Bob’s 24 12 11 .462 Mathews, Gilmore 9 1 4 .444 Osborn, Gilmore 50 17 22 .440 Sterling, Bob’s 62 18 27 .435 A. Acevedo, AL 42 14 18 .428 E. Albury, Bob’s _ 60 20 25 .416 Villareal, Bob’s 58 23 24 .443 Kerr, Bob’s 35 11 22 .400 Roberts, Bob’s 34 613 .382 M. Hernandez, Vets3¢ 6 12 .332 Myers, Vets 24 4 8 .333 Fallon. Gilmore 33 8 11 = .333 Santana, Vets 48 12 14 .312 Baker, Bob’s 32 18 10 = .912 Zimmer, Gilmore .23 8 7 .304 Castro, Vets 53 12-16 .301 ston _M. Tynes, Vets 40 10 12 .300 . marinate Stinett, Gilmore 50 15 15 .300 Ee hea us Tucker, Gilmore 20 5° 6 .300 ; i i a C. Albury, AL» 30 6 -@ .300 JACK KRAMER | BOBBY RIGGS . Barber Bobs 90 8°83: 300 -.. . Gan a Slugger Beata Boxer? ... | Arthur, Gilmore’ 17 7 5 .204 ee * Machin, Vets 421012 .286 By JIM BECKER pot Fenn eee ape taeias eal —— AP Newsteatures Sports Writer i. pansy Puan canéle "| LAUGH AWHILE! EW YORK.—“I'm going to be doing a lot of traveling,” Jack ; Kramer told the sporting goods manufacturer, “and V'll need a ;mer on the prospects of the‘ bunch of racquets. So you'd better make up 48 new ones. ‘tour would be the one he gave. Kramer had been talking to me when the sporting goods man | recently when he said “I don’t} h walked in. He was busy. issuing “no comments” to questions of; know whether I can beat Rigg \ whether he planned to turn professional now that he had won the, He’s v national singles title at Forest Hills. racquets gave the tip-off, if any-*& one needed one. ' | think Jack Kramer of Los’ Angeles surface other than broken bot- ;} ~-~ is going after Bobby Riggs, pre- tles. He claimed he was Kra- sent world’s professional tennis ™€!S master twice a day, and | king from the same tennis capi- three times. on. Sundays. 4 tal. Kramer will vacate his na- Riggs is neither | the pO os tional singles title, won this 84Y Who blows. his own horn; year for the second consecutive that any nore the — kind time, and hit the money trail. Of Sentleman those statements ,, Binss,.. che. ales. 6 eameenies | would have him out to be. He; tive baseline game better than | Simply knows that this kind of | \ An honest statement by Kra- ' Rules For Snob During a discussion on social appiness. Lord Houghton pro- S-! duced the reply of the perfect, ery good. But I do know’: self-satisfied snob. But the order for the new | this. I’m at the top of my game; “Social happiness,” said he, ; and should I ever play him Ij “consists of being asked every- where and going nowhere.” I'll have a good chance. Get a CASH LOAN of 100 ..'300 any other tennis player, soon ‘a fills - stadiums. a Auto and Personal Loans will be facing the. dynamic: ven the quiet-mannered | ; . youngster who has every shot in' Kramer, whose _ public Pro; | : COMMERCIAL, the net -book.:- - {neuncements generally: are: re-| CREDIT PLAN Bobby has issued a number of stricted to statements of thei INCORPORATED qe 421 Fleming Street PHONE 778 statements, with an eye to the’ “I'll do my best” school, has; gate on the Kramer-Riggs tour, been induced to pop-off in print! under the provocative title: Seay A ST “I can beat Kramer anytime.” Riggs went on to insist in the ; statements that he could take Jack’s measure on clay, grass, asphalt, composition or on any_ Knocks Down 142 | Pins At Bowling Emily DesArmier was top bowler at the Navy Wives! Bowling Tuesday morning with | 142 pins. Runners up were Rae Sheirik 135 and Lucille Brown- ing 127. \ Other bowlers and their scores : were Doris Curry 122, Mary Louise Gardner 114. Eloise M. ! Hinger 126, Ella James 123, , Pauline MecNiff 120, Dot Murphy 106, Lillian Meek 88, Jeanne Reynolds 98, Sue B. Smith 117, | Dorothy Cook, 118, Lucille Yar- | ‘brough 115, Betty Duncan 107, | Bonnie Sjnk 102,’ Mrs. Schuh | 110. ' Enthusiasm is still high with | the nearing of the Turkey Tour- nament which will be played off ; Tuesday, November 295, for alli Navy Wixes who have bowled | three times. is ONE-MINUTE SPORTS QUIZ . 1. Damon Runyon wrote a) poem back in 1930 to what jockey, ending in these lines: “Say, but I’m young agin Watchin’ that handy Guy named Sande ! — mab ease of ~ Southern Bell is Going All Out to Improve and Expand = Your Local and Long Distance Service Bootin’ a winner in!” | ‘ } | 2. Who won the Kentucky | r i a? F . 1s. Who ee in the World! + Progress booms throughout the South—pushing the pamber of local ep oe ~ and long distance calls handled each day te a new all-time high, 4. How long was major league game? ; 5. What year did Ruth hit 60 homers? THE ANSWERS: 1. Earl Sande, probably No. 1 During the past two years Southern Bell has broken all records ime proving and expanding facilitics to meet this increased volume of calls, In some communities the job is more difficult than in others. Often, additional switchboards must be manufactured and installed, Sometimes, | | ! | | ect a Raiders vs. Naval Air| among them all Bowe a aider * a pm ali. S130 ‘f a 2. War Admiral—Man-O-War's a whole new building must be constructed, 3:45—Red Raiders vs. Boca | most famous offspring. ; -_ ; a a . y ‘Chica Flyers. Fos —— anolyte Giants Our entire telephone team is in there pitching. We are doing every —_—_—— y : « © LAUGH AWHILE! _ ' 38 | 4, Twenty-six eS — thing humanly possible to speed up and improve your telephune services 4 s it (vs. Brooklyn) in ) tie. ; e 5 F amil Polities | °5. In 1927. He hit 59 in 1921. Speed, efficiency and courtesy have always been a tradition with tele. r re nig 9, e. / & 8: y The last eruption of Fujiyama, phone folks. And that s the way we mean to ke cp it ‘ Ls * famous Japanese voleanic peak, was in 1707-8. SOUTHERN BE 250,- Americans smoke about 600,000,000 cigarets a year. lacorpereted |