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Y x MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1947 4 a Te eed : ed ee eee D Mefeated Nayal Air Station 4 t9 2 In Qpener And Lost Nightcap 5-4 To Boca Chiea Flyers Red Raiders split a doublehead er ot ‘baseball’ yesterday after- neon at Wickers Field to remain Nn. possession of first place in the Key West Séniér Baseball League. @: fames was very well played - vd pe In the Opener, the pitching of Monk Myers for Naval Air Sta: tion ‘and Griffen for’ the Raiders was good. ‘Philip (Cheta) Baker came ings a relief pitcher inthe last inning fo rthe Raiders. He relieved’ Griffen’ with the bases loaded and went on to Win the game. "Griffen -had allowed one hit in- the first inning and no more for the next five-frames. ' Raiders scored the first’ two runs on errors, : In the third, Bak- / ef singiéd and the catcher’s throw to first’ got ‘away. Baker came all,the way home. In the fourth, , Acevedo poled a single to left, | stole second, and the pitcher, at- tempting to’catch him off second, matle a’ bad throw and Acevedo ! went home.’ ree Tn the seventh. Daugette sin- gled-and Babinski tripled. Walk- er and Myers singled and two runs’ cross’ the plate to tie the store, leaving Walker on third and--Myers~ on second. Bakerr in to-pitch and Griffen went to rightfield. Finkelstein “struck out. Dokes were intentionally walked to fill the bases.’ Mastens hit to Cates, who threw to the catcher, and the’ catcher to first to com- plete a double play and end the rally. \ In the Raiders’ half of the same inning, the first man up popped to first but the runner was safe on an error. Jack Villeréal hit’ the bali to deep right center to drive home the winning run and score ‘another marker on the imer himself. ‘ astens and Sutton were the best for the losers in the field nd Gates, Lopez and Villareal gt the winners. ° Poe second game, the pitch- ing '9f Day fice "aocr featured as t ‘Boca ‘Chica ‘Flyers nosed ‘the | RK Sted Raiders scored twice in t he, very first:inning on a double by nm we costs ener entamnnni DOUBLEHEADER SUNDAY | TO REMAIN IN TOP SPOT = ron | BASEBALL Key West's t Baseball 1 Apeiee (Wickers Field) - Club— W. L. Pct Red Raiders xBoca Chica Flyers ~.. 3 xTie game. BASEBALL GA scr KDULED WICKERS FIELD (Municipal Stadium) Afternoon Games SUNDAY— °° S! SS t.50—-Boca Chica Flyers vs. Red Raiders. f 3:45—Boca Chica Flyers vs. Na- val Air Station. Overlin May Be Commodore For Yachting Group Annual meeting of the Key West Yacht Club will be held tomorrow night at 8 o’clock at the Garrison Bight clubrooms of the organization. The nominating committee, according to Commodore L. M. Pierce, will present the follow- ing candidates to the members: 5 .375 For commodore, Howard Qverlin; for vice commodore, Earl Julian; rear commodore, Capt. Carl Hilton; for fleet -cap- tain, Brig. Gen. James Jones; for secretary and treasurer, Judge Aquilino Lopez, Jr., and for members of the board of direc- iors, Past Commodore L. M. Pierce and J. E. Bardwell. Boxing Show At Key West High School Noy. 26|f Ll ANGELES.—When toeless Ben Agajanian missed a conyersion i-attempt this month against 'the San Francisco 49ers, it: was the{ gircumstances, and stability and The Key West High School is presenting ‘its first boxing show Mauldjn;*a “double by Cates and! of the 1947-48 season on Novem- a single by Acevedo. ' Baker Held the Flyers hitless’ for three: frames but in the fourth Luzon ‘singled to right, Webb! struck. .out, West was hit by a pitched “ball, Evencheck “and Canipbell hit short flies over sec- ond ‘to’ score Luzon and West as the blows went for safe hits. Lee forced F-vencheck at the plate but Wynn singled to left to score Campbell. Raidérs again took the lead in the seventh. Baker and Domen- ech walked. Griffen hit one to right and Baker scored. Mauldin! went gut, catcher to first, and Domenech scored on the play. In the eighth, the Flyers won the ball game. Webb was hit by a pitched ball. West is safe on a fielder’s choice and both run- ners were safe. Evencheck walk- ed to fill the bases. Campbell got an.iniield hit and Webb scored, hé bases still being loaded. Lee et West at’ the plate, third to ex i Wynn *. hit’ a /“single ‘ugh "Short ’: and Evencheek scored the winning run. Pinker { hit into a double play, third to; ' second, bat, Mauldin hit three safely and a sacrifice in four times up. Griffen hit two in’ four to lead) the faiders. For the Flyers, Lu- zon, Gv:ynn and Day each hit two} stfely. check end Lee played bog pe ck had four putouts and sev- as ie at short and Webb had six putouts and two assists. They were the stairs for the Flyers. Afield for the Raiders, Cates, Acevedo, Roberts, Villareal and Lopez playeda great game. Ace- vedo had three putouts and three ond tive assists. Roberts handled nine putout and two assists and Cates two putouts and two assists. Score first game: R. H. E AS Red Raiders 001 100 2—4 8-2 “(One out when winning runs “ “were scored) Myers and Muncrief; Griffen, Reise 4nd" Rabews. three-'dictine friars are restoring the’ « Home run: Villareal; ‘base hit; Babinski; stolen bases: Dukes, Mastens, Acevedo; sacri- fice» hits: none; Griffen 4, ey 6; bages on ba Baker 1; hits: 2 runs finns sing pitcher: iotchert Baker: time of game, 1.35; umpires: Red and Blue. Score of second game: R. H. BCF . .. 000 ee er 4 iders 200 _200—4 pee West; Baker and Rob- erts. Tyo- Us: off Griffen 3, off out in seventh); base nits: Mauldin, Cates; 40) In the field, Luzon, Webb, Even- 900 000 2-2 5 5) struck out: by! : Baker 1, by Myers| stolen bases: Roberts, Villareal, ber 26 at 8 p. rm at “the High School gymnasium. The high school has just pur- chased a new boxing ring and has started a program of boxing. At its first show it will feature high school boxers local boxers, Navy and Marine boxers. Pat Malone, well known pro- moter, of Miami, has been con- | tacted to try and bring Tony (two-ton) Galento down here that night to act as guest referee and put on an exhibition. If there are any men interst- ed in entering this boxing show, contact Coach Pepper at the High School Gymnasium. AMUUUUMULUEAN AAA AL ROPER! SPORTS and RECREATION MLL AU SWIMMING—South Beach, south * "end of Duval Street. «> DEEPSEA FISHING—Gulf Dock, west Caroline Street; Craig Dock, north end of Grinnell Street. SEBALL—Games, usually on “Sunday afternoon, at Munici- pal Stadium, Duck Avenue and 14th Street. —Municipal Golf Course, Stock Island. sENNIS—Bayview Park on Di- vision Street (day and night SETBALL—O itd courts at foul Beach and Bayylew HANDBALL—Bayview Park. SHUFFLEBOARD — Bayview Park and South Beach. Lopez had one putout! EicNICKING—Tables at Bay-! field goals for New Mexico. view Park. GHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND — Bayview Park. SOMFORT STATIONS—Bayview Park. For the fourth time, the last in 1944, of its more than 1300 years of existence, the Bene- famed abbey or monastery at Cassino, Italy. Raker, Domenech, Day; sacrifice off Griffen 5 and hit: Mauldin; hit by pitcher: Webb {and West} struck out: by Day 4, Myers; winning by Baker 6; bases on balls: off Day 3, off Baker 2; double plays: Lopez to Cates, Evencheck (un- E.j assisted); earned runs: Boca Chica 1] 5, Raiders 4; left on bases: Flyers 1'7, Raiders 5; time of game: 2.00; | umpires: Floyd Villareal and scorer: Chief Rowland, USN; Agvilar. x ¢ -6 4 .600: xNaval Air Station. 44. 500; : ASS Sys , RTS RET at ~ on * - = shh ein. ame es Fe a ea BR ee ‘ i es ep ne ea an Bonk 2 porseaae HETLE. MONSTERS” Me RRP Sy charging THOSE ARE DENVER'S “L : “That's Automatic Aggy — Toeless Place-Kicker Boasts 53-Yard Field Goal Toeless Ben Agajanian of the Los Angeles Dohs boots a prac- tice placement with Charley O'Rourke holding. Agajanian lost the toes on his ki¢king foot in an elevator accident. ° © | | | _ By BILL BECKER iP Newsfeatures A at you. Left to right, Chuck Moorer, Frank Ellis, Dick Yates, Joe Cribari. Wes Weber, Gene Beauchamp and Jack Reed. : | ONE-MINUTE hi | SPORTS QUIZ | 1, What was the eal of the Army-Notre Dame and Navy- Noire Dame games? , 2. What teams played in the i Rose Bowl in 1945? ~ 3. Who was named football coach of the year in 1945? 4. When are Jack Kramer and Bobby Riggs tentatively schedul- ed to meet in the tennis battle of the. year? ; oe. 5. When does Joe Louis meet | Joe Walcott? d THE ANSWERS: 1. Notre Dame scored 27 points | against-each. Army scored 7 points | against the Irish. c 2. Teérinessee 0, So. Cal. 25. 3. Alvin McMillan, Indiana. | 4. December 26th. 5. December 5th. Fair Question ' A young man named Cholmonde- ley Calquhoun : Once kept, as a pet, a babolqu- houn. | His mother said: “Cholmondeley, | Do you think it quite colmonde- \ ley, _ To feed your babolquhoun with a spolquhoun?” | | t { | errs eee | Your Horoscope MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1%, 1947—Great executive ability should be present in the native of today. If endowed with mon- ‘ey by inheritance, he should he-. |come a captain of industry; if | not, he may build u pa proiftable, | industry out of the materials at | hand. The mind is contented, la- ; borious, naturally adaptable to first extra point try the Los Angeles Dons’ bootin’ beauty had missed i modesty will be notable charac- in “somewhere over 115” attempts. The flub ended a never-miss string that extended over four sea-/ sons of tough professional play. But in the same game the Armenian from Anaheim, Calif., who| calls for. | teristics. {the Dons—that’s all his contract Everybody's | happy is minus four toes on his kicking foot, booted a 50-yard field goal,) with the results. the longest ever seen in Memorial Coliseum here. Two weeks earlier in Balti- more he set an All-American Conference record with a_ 53- yard placement. It was only one yard short of Glenn Presnell’s all-time -pro mark. Automatic Aggy accounted for $1 straight conversions ‘be- fore his miss and seven field goals in the Don’s first ten games. His point total of 52 was one behind that of his leading rival, Lou (The Toe) Groza of Cleveland. Groza had 32 extra, points (missing three) and seven ' field ‘goals. : " wood, and Pittsubrgh Steelers, and Hollywood, 1946. No figures are at over 115. foot is an asset in his work. “With the square striking face I can hit ’em harder straighter.” ade - : . ‘takes two quick steps and} a Se whams away, not bothering to Stor tur a: are’ keep his head down like 1941, when he was:a junior and) * | . oe, already. recoghized ‘as ‘a good | placement experts. place-kicker and lineman at | —— New Mexico University. | He was riding in a freight el-: evator when the toes of h#! right foot were caught between ! the moving car floor and a pro-, truding ledge. All but the little! toe were shorn off. \ His coach, Ted Shipkey—now [ assistant coach of the Dons and|{ a big reason why Aggy is with the: club—made him stay with foot- | ball. The gritty player spent! all summer toughening the foot | in brine solution. Shipkey got him a special square-toed shoe, size seven; he wears a ten on the left foot. That fall Agajanian made ev- ery conversion and booted six Starting his pro career in 1942, ere :Ben missed one extra point try with the Hollywood Bears, and |failed once the next year with the San Diego Bombers. From j then on, he says, he made ev- | ery conversion attempt until his | ‘recent miss. The string. extend- | a through service with Holly- | night, | g’clock P. M. 1944; Philadephia Eagles available on! the exact number of consecutive | conversions, but Aggy places it The 210-pound, six-foot two- ! inch specialist claims the toeless ' “It’s like a hammer,” he says. sur <1 CLEANED Unlike Groza, Agajanian uses' ‘no tape to line up his kicks. He , most | { Overseas Transportation Company, Ine. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service — between —— MIAMI and KEY WEST Also Serving ALL POINTS ON FLORIDA KEYS Between Miami and Key West Express Schedule: (No Stops En Route) KEY WEST DAILY (EX- SUNDAYS) at 6:60 P.M. 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