The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 15, 1949, Page 5

Sports Notes Of Baseball, Basketball Sports Writer Covers Activities Of Those Sports In Island City By PEDRO AGUILAR Baseball: First of all those rabid fans, Douglas McCarthy, John Rivero, Tony Arango, Jack Villareal, Nestor Castaneda, Ari- tas and others went to Maimi and fompa to see the big leagues in action, but he reached as far as Taver- nier and had to return to the city om aecount of car trouble, .. . Viti Vidal, Joe Casa, Jr., went te Georgia, Viti to play and Casa t a tryout harley Al- bury umpired a great game at the stadium and it had to last 14 frames to let the fans see him in ection @ little longer and he did well In the first game Sun- day Bubber Sweeting after lay- ina off several weeks, returned to the box ip an exhibition game end was touched for four hits in the fipst, enough to lose the game. Knowles homer turned the trick C. Ogden also pitched ® good game and he will get amewhere in the baseball world Oropesa also did well for his forest game in the second game Armande Acevedo (abuelito) hit five safetly in six times at the bat drove home two runs and wored two. A. Cabot hit three ately for the Cubans and he cored one, and drove home two wns Bianco had six chances st short and Kaki Rodriguez the piteher seven and no errors. Ace- ede had 16 outs at first, Acevedo end Pisher nad five chances at third and short and no miscues, the Pitchers Rounds and Kakim Rediguez did a fine job and both las the full 14 innings. Kaki fanned 11, every Raider except Acevedo and Fiber he retired the ide om strikes in the fourth . . ©. Calero saved game for the Cubens in the 13th with two outs and @ runner on first. Valdez hit me t» deep right center and O. Calero ran over and with his gloved hand snagged the ball out of the air to save the day, Ca- bot caught a fine drive at the hot corner in the seventh that he @id mot know he had in the glove. There were many fine plays on buth sides Basketball: The Class A. Fives *# present about evenly matched and with Faulkerner on the Bobs with Meador, McCown, Walker, Sweeting, G. Barber and Roberts soon go come back have vod club, Jewels have Gifford, Herrick « good player and one that will go places Pow) and Ward Skaggs, Ketchings, Bahonek make amd the Morales Cleaners, Sweeting, Castillo Watson, pesa, R. Barber, Solomon a Perez and E. Sweeting. Th good fast club and the leaders of the second half with Clendenen as their shooting star, McKee, Berkoweitz, Schultice and Side ey, with Myatt, Peterson, Satun ne and Skoricie, and win B. League, the the cream of on, Bennett, Bat ue uderson and WDales, and when they get tired they throw MeKentrick, Dull, Laham, and they still win. Elks with the leading scorer in league Valdez, Nunez, Kerr, Cates, Cere Smith and und now Henriquez added club. Junior very good club and will fight to the last for sec ondp le with the Elks. Henry leads the wing, Baker, Oro. pesa, Fernand Little Beaver, Roberts, Joe Lewis all good play ers. The Beachcombers, have Saunders ffen, Ingraham Thompson and Bunsy Villareal { good players and John J Kor nm once in awhile and he ure tries hard, Hernandez and Cr play once awhile. F Wallace and Pazo are \e worers and Larsen when helps, Stout, Splinter, and Hall and Shepperd a hard, but it is not enough TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES (Know America) Andrew Jackson, Ten lawyer, senator, soldie { War of 1812, 7th Pi stormy figure in a stormy born near Monroe, N. C. Nashville, June 8, are Herrick, Grove and up a great club G. Oro- and Currier t they play Of th rt Sonar Schoo! the ¢ Rob.n mn Hale Chut the Curry Pett have Varsity @ very goc have a nig also in Billie aching play dent, a Died near 1845 1800—James H. Hackett, early noted comedy-character actor, founder of first great American- born theatrical family, born in New York. Died Dec. 28, 1871. 1898—Alice C. Fletcher, ethno- jogist, proneer in Indian music, born in Cuba (of American par- evts). Died July 6, 1923 1645—St. Clair McKelway, no ted Brooklyn, N. Y. Eagle editor, TURADAY, MARCH 15, 1949 9 PLAY. Vite Casado was going | | By BICHARD KAS ASISCHKE: AP is BERLIN—The Communists of | ‘Russi n-gccupied eastern Ger- 4 iyany Pave converted ports into.g py togl.. They have gone runer ap, $45 FespeRt | Outright political proclemtions yb powers are issued by the Co ausschuss (German eae Committee)” sport_in ‘the: Russian” Sieh Rone. This co! © WAS cag rl Roving F actory eahington to to" The today. Instructions in with that statement, was ed from state headquarters of the WPA by. Claude Gandolfo, em-J; ployer officer. Howard Wilson, deputy _ {last November: yseveral Com i munist-con| a ongpeatons ' 4 te aa 'Se tl nal revenue collector, said atte not re oe mittee and ttles Down his office will be kept open has the sole power t mee tine PHILADELPHIA. Pa—(P)—A 4 I nee sh to receive in- clubs. This effectively prohibits a ‘the operation of any independent. nt | Shipment of eight two-ton roller ery or non-communist groups. bearings from here to Ijmuiden,|~ Miss Selma Strabel, novelist | come a How the Communists make|Holland, brought to light the Wh° house a plot ge oe politics with sport was vividly | story of an uncompleted Dutch | Vining # nee estate, aid ae demonstrated at a recent meet- steel mill that has been wander-! th a f ‘She a d that ing of the Deutscher Sportsaus- @ next year. She declare: EY hes. ing over”Europe for 10. years. Key West offers excellent back- As reported by the Russian- sre Royal Netherlands Blast | £°0und for stories. controlled news agency ADN, the) Furnaces and Steel works, for . meeting began with a denuncia-| whom the bearings were made| Stic es ena Getee| tion of the west, which declared: | to order here by SKF Industries,;Sue Demeritt and Mrs. — Nora: 3 “Now it has become apparent) Inc., twice has been moved—lock | Monteci ho had bees’ Wire ruling circl e wester: ings: eaten Ales ondls GRY oAirenhioly | that Huling citcles of Se hess Rjstock and bearings; once 340 in Miami, returned yesterday. f .. | powers have no interest in P-| miles from Holland to German; ce Sata ENOS SLAUGHTER (sliding), St. Louis Cardinal outfielder. is | ing the Potsdam agreement but! and now, back to Holland. x Ross C. S: h a forced out at second base as third baseman George Kurowski hit | are more concerned with a crim-| ” Construction. of |» the _ steel h¢ dee eon pts rR abi spied naa into double play during Cardinals-Yankees exhibition at Et. | inal division of the world and! mill, said SKF officials, was halt-| ties of county clerks in Florida Petersburg. Fla., Saturday. Bobby Brown, Yank shortstop, | constructing a front for a pew ed at Ijumuiden when war broke! said he had learned the legisla: whips the ball to first in time for the twin killing after takin war. Our new demogratic sport out in 1939. The Nazis invaded i c i i 'F ture will not take action’ at its throw from pitcher Bob Porterfield. Yanks won, 10-3. ;movement, on the contrary,’ the Netherlands and decided to’ next session against the Murphy 3 stands for peace. Therefore, we complete the mill. But, three Act before. its termination on resolye uncompromisingly never years later, with production | June 9. 4/5.QUART % C i d 0 ° again to aid the warmongers by , about to start, the Germans dis: | ote Bie ie rts a en ar ne- mute conducting a non-political sports’ mantled the plant and” moved it; City Auditor Charles Roberts, | | movement. to Braunschweig to become part! who had checked up on occupa- BASKETBALL § Sh t | Having thus represented them-| of the Herman Goering works. | tional licenses in Key West, in- High School Gymnasium K ports orts | selves as the champions of peace, | Just when the plant was once | formed city council last night (Night) |the political sportsters issued am more ready to operate, in 1945, it | that owners of 43 establishments 2 Every drop of whiskey in this TUESDAY— 1, Name the Secretary-Treas- | inflammatory attack against the’ was seized by Allied troops. The | are delinquent. rare oduct ii 6and7 old 7;00—Junior Varsity ys. Beach- eee of the professional baseball | western occupying powers which! Dutch entered a claim for the EAECe ene Fe BF be yee rae Combes Jewelers government. | violated all inter-allied rufes{ plant. Again thé mill was dis-|. Public opinion in Monroe coun- blended with choice grain neutral spirits ' 8:00—Elks Club vs. Billie’s 2, Name the ‘home run’ lead-! governing German conduct to-} mantled and moved back to|ty is sharply divided over the -- mild... mellow.., mature... Diige-tan. P Ae! sr jp the Naflonal League in ae Ww a military government. a Ijmuiden. Now, it appears, pro- | proposal to abolish the local crim- There’s nothing to compare 9:00. i % of fifteen annual | e sport committee denounce ti inal art. inal is ht Mel parte bead leaners vs. Pol-) tar games between the Ameri-/the western allied statute for EON BIN LDAUS. tt ee “tee —with Melrose Rare! WEDNESDAY— gail api the « National Leagues; control of the’ industefad Rive) in Jail, the. Cammppiat sports} Mr. and Mee. 0./A_ Rivers, a), ! I «py | what is the number o! victories | valley as a “shameful dictate” i i Trea Sonar, School °B” VSfor the American League? | and added: a | botinea af handing out pews to hays March 18 et 4p: mi; In theic| Sete Se eae ei sameness ib 8:00—Junior Varsity vs. Billie's Sree teis poem men 8 a Eve a oe aed past their winter sports champions. “home at Duval and - Petronia! old, 25% straight key 7 Years ol pata parive-tnn. sot “A” ye|__&. Who was named the ‘Cham: | allies) to partition Germany” and { — Rise RT Se mee “Bob's Sport Sho} *|pion of Champions’ at shoot-' start a new war are smashed. Al] THURSDAY— P ing skeet in 1948? German politicians who support -00— “p” TS, these. western measures afe rages we Ghee VS. THE ANSWERS: | murderers of the German ae Oh Ratitn . ; 1. Walter W. Mulbry. ‘and traitors.” 8:00 Bob's Sport Shop ve! 9. Kines-New: York, Having thus delivered them- | 9:00—Sonar Schoot oc eer : eae) selves of pronouncements which? } () " Mapdles Cleenare "| 4, Richard Gonzales. should—under control council ™¢ TUESDAY. MARCH 22— 5. Pete Read from San An-) laws to which the Russians them: * 7:00—Billie’s Dive tin. va gelo, Texas. selves subscribed—land Germans Beachcomber Jewelers. TN Me : ie 8:00—Bob’s Sport Shop vs, Mo-| ralés Cleaners. 9:00—Junior Varsity vs. Club. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23— Elks 7:00—Elks Club vs. Beachcomb- | er Jewelers. 8:00—Sonar School “B” vs. Junior Var s 9:00—Sonar School “A” Pollock’s Jewels. THURSDAY, MARCH 24— _ r School “B” ve-Inn. 8: 00—Pollock Jewels vs. rales Cleaners. 9:00—Sonar School Bob’s Sport Shop. SENIOR BASEBALL Island City Baseball League (Municipal Stadium, Afternoon) SUNDAY— (First Game: 1 P.M.) First game—Raiders and A. Le- gion. second game—Bombers and K. W. Cubans. “A” How They Stand BASKETBALL League W L. Pet. Sonar 9 2.810 Polloe 7 4 630 Bob's Sport Shop 3, 8, 270 Morales Cleaners 3 8 270 Class “ Club— . L. Pet. Sonar School “B” 12 0 1.000 Elks Club -7 5 575 Junior Varvity 6 5 .540 Beachcomber Jewelers 38 .270 Billie's Drive-Inn 111. .082 @ BASEBALL STANDING Island City Baseball League (Municipal Stadium) Ww. Club— L. Pet. | Red Raiders 3 1 = .750 | A. Bombers 2 1 667 A. Legion -1 2 333 Key West Cubans.....1 3 .250 WILL YOU SMILE? Guess Again “With what weapon did sam- son slay the thousand Philistines, Tommy?” asked the Sunday School teacher.” “The axe of the Apostles,” re- plied the child after a long pause. born in Columbia, Mo. Died July 16, 1915. 1864—William N. Zelig, movie pioneer, producer, born in Chica- go. Died in Los Angeles, July 16, 1948. TWAT'S WHAT OWNERS SAY ABOUT oy» noan-rnoven new isee MERCURY ! What a joy 4n. traffic! What a sweetheart on the road! Anyone who's driven: the 1949 MERCURY can tell you it = * i rides and drives like a dream! Owners claim there isn't a smoother, sweeter, or easter-steering car! And there isn't! Pays Eor An Infra-Red Ray OVEN BAKED AUTO PAINT JOB GUARANTEED 18 MONTHS Finished Same Day If You Come Here by 10 A.M. Any Day Except*Saturday and Sunday Johnnie& Mack at the Railroad. 74. E. 20th ST. Work Can Be Financed SEE US FOR EXPERT MOTOR |_AND MECHANICAL WORK 1949 MERCURY SIX-PASSENGER COUPE White side-wall tires ond reer whee! shits ore wp) ome! Yoo can be sure—really sre ting wonderful handling case 1949 Mercury! For it’s been road-proven by thousands of owners for millions of aul And here are some other good things your road-hugging new Mereury gives you: A powerful, new 8-eylinder, V-type engine with surprising economy! Front coil springing! A truly restful “rombort zone” ride! Easier steering! safety” brakes! Softer, broader seating! Increased all-round wi sibility Come in and see it! We're sure you B say: “It’s Mercury for me! See your wexr cae ar “P of get Moke your nov can the, proven, 1949 MERCURY Monroe Motors, Inc. 1119 White Street Phone 725 EG pe = Super MIAMI