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FRIDAY, MARCH 18. 1949 ——. MORALES CLEANERS WIN FROM SONAR SGHOOL A Turn Looe tn Last — Quarter To Seore 23 | Ho -- w They Stand |. © 7 Por Sonar; } ; with BASKETBALL Sonar & Wins 20h / Class “A” League, Weenies Ghecnere pulled .ene| . Ch= W L. Pe. | Parson owt of the bee last nuke and, of bow School “A” 10° 3 ,760 welling for the first the ‘ollock's Jewels 94 yutetens, im the lest quarter they | Morales Cleaners 49 319, 07 BBY. GEOROE ped lense and scored 23 points| 00's Sport Shop 30 Peceneeooeses ut seven f he Gunes bows! - mitt Ladies Handicap Match ad won the oe ali the Cless “B” League lay Golf Tournament, which be- ‘ts agen Club— w.L gan on Tuesday, March 8, ang het he est quart G., Sonar School “B” 10 0 wound up the, following March Sweeting srored nite points und Junior Varsity 8 5 13, drew one of the best fields Wetsen even ks Club a6 of femmes ever to match shots te best quart the Sonar' Beachcomber Jewelers 3 10 and handicaps, off and on the owe wee the third wher Billie's Drive-inn 113 fairways of Stack Island Country . on . . ' Golf links. 6 pom Eight gals, all sparkled out in . on their best togs, tee-ed off the ’ me ¢ ' morning of. the first round, wind- aed m~ G. Sw ing their respective ways toward ” : Cone Soy Ley ae Loqaue the coveted Ladies City Cham- i icipal Stadium pionship. fue eany , =e Club W. L. Pet.| Two promising hopefuls, Mrs, A. rt , 4 Raiders 3 1 .750| Hester Heg and Mrs. Lucile Bomber 2 1 .667) Whitsitt, withdrew before the sive ‘ } le gion 1 2 .333/ Match Play began due to cireum- a x : 2 Key West Cubans 1 3 .250] stances beyond control. } omen y * ——— The pairings on the first round ‘ : of play were: Eleanor Kirke and 4 ~ Sports Calendar Rosemary Mathews, 1 up; Mary- foes a? on Kinsey and Piedad Archer, 4. ‘ ’ BASKETBALL Wahneta Kovash and Nell Lopez, High School Gymnasium 4-2; Flo Faulconer and Mrs. Hart- . (Night) sen, 7-6. TUESDAY, MARCH 22— Semi-Finals were: Eleanor Meccies 7 0— Billie Drive-Inn vs,} Kirke and Maryon Kinsey, 8. jorales Cleaners Beachcomber Jewelers. Wahneta Kovash and Mrs. Hart- . nm ae Sport Shop vs. Mo-| €M, 1 up. Rewrem a " §00-—Junior Varsity vs. Elks} Wahneta Kovash, 1 up. , Club Finals, Eleanor Kirke and Wah- Bot. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23— | neta Kovash, 6-5. The Finalis' @eue S 74 Club vs. Beachcomb- 00 School ys,| Mrs. Kirke emerging as winner . J Varsit « :00—Sonar School “A” ys,| through with a sparkling 6-5, but in © 2 Pollock’s Jewels not without her best shots to Mew ios + “#2 THURSDAY, MARCH 24— down the hopeful Mrs. Kovash. Pree throw ie 00—Senar School “B” yg.) The Consolation Play-off. was 1g Berk A Billie's Drive-Inn another feat that drew a splen- Kee 2. Se ' ck’s Jewels vs. Mo-| 4d round of women golfers, De- Cleaners spite the fact that Mrs. Kay Far- a. » 04 Somer Schoo) q aldo, the winner, came through Rertuwew 2 ‘ ' Sport Shop. without a seratch to down her te ae weeting “ gales denice never a dull moment 7 ; SENIOR BASEBALL Ba ace during the entire et , round. The field of entrants and ‘ sland City Baseball League | their scores were: Kay Faraldo (Municipal Stadium, (winner), 103-12-91; Julia Nel- ' » jee r Afternoon) son; 132-25-107; Kay King, 146- NDAY v 25-121; Danny Mostellers, (with- , (First Game: 1 P.M.) drew); Shirley Gorman, 125-25- me First game—Raiders and A, Le<| 98, With a net score of 91, Kay they win the t Faraldo parched the tees, fair- aoe Second game—Bombers and A ways, greens and an occasional Bebinaon, with 14 points, wa. W. Cubans, e iniebbpsrough. shot that obeyed 6 Rattle - eg S* WILL YOU SMIL ; aI AE o Cas s I Wate: for an interesting col- . ag, umn Joe Lopez will soon be run- ~— 4 ‘ “ Rac coons Do It ning for public consumption. The Pie . buf J I'm going to have a new| “Pro” says it will consist of “how- at tl winter.” and- how-not” to play the rug- I can't afford it.” ged game of golf. And fellow- ‘ ¢ Do you expect me to wear | duffers, it’s gonna be “gratis.” at raccoon coat all my life?” LN Erar eae We accoons do.” After the game is over: Funny, ie isn’t it, how some golfers (good 1. Fulkner 5. aa ones, too) prefer a big handicap = - rywllngg 3 bape aaa 3.) rather than being honest with -~ “ abi + Ne ale “otal | themselves, and taking a low - , 1 7 13 5 13-38] handicap which their game actu- - A @ 14 ally , calls for? Guess they’d od the Pollock's 6 12 14 20-52)" Harrah ah one * { R ee: Villareal; umpire: Mc- rather win’ the cup. " » i Shepperd; scorer: Rage Py aa e PS Pow Bo Harry Lays Ege . te) “Sy BOY" ESCAPES LOCKED ROOM MAIDSTONE, Eng.—A parrot, ————— om page| named Harry, has enlivened the ; doings at the Bull Inn _ pub, squaking at all customers. Re- cently, to the surprise of every- one, Harry laid an egg. From henceforth, Harry will be known as Harriet. TODAY IN HISTORY (Know America) 1766—Stamp Act, one of the causes leading to the Revolution, repealed by Britain’s cabinet. 1780—Some $200,000,000 worth of paper money issued by Con- tinental Congress ordered re- deemed. at depreciated value of 40 to 1 in specie money, 1818—The Limited Service veterans in need $8 a month to privates and $20 a month to offi- cers 1865—After listening to final address by President Jefferson Davis, the Congress adjourns sine die. 1933—Some 13,000 of country’s banks open after the bank holi- day. 1937—The London Consolidated School, Texas, disaster—over 400 ,| children die in blast. 1938-—Mexico confiscates prop- erty of 17 American-English oil companies. i} 1943—Gen. Eisenhower _ re- ‘) places Gen. Fredenhall in North Africa. 1944—U. S. bombers range Pa- cific to within 500 miles of Ja- i pan. ) Winepiato 1947--Secretary Marshall, in Moscow, states he will not ac- cept Russian figure of $10 billion as basis of German reparations to Russia. 1948—In radio address, Henry A. Wallace states there is not a single reason for war with Rus- sia. GAREFOOTED AND CLOTHED IN PARTS OF TWO RAGGED DRESSES. i4-year-old Gerald Sullivan (left) escaped from locked room in whieh his mother had hidden him for 10 years + Becton. Mass. Police said the mother, Mrs. Anne F. Sulli- en. told them the boy was illegitimate and she hid him away ® bide ber “secret sin.” Officers found him playing in the rest etter escaping trom the room. Right: Gerald is at the peliee station, dressed in the first boy's clothes he has ever possessed. Hic mother pleaded guilty to a charge of neglect end wes held under $2.000 bond. The British Goat Society was founded in 1879. Pension Act gives Revolutionary | Rookie Grover Confederate States} THE KEY WEST CITIZEN “MR. YANKEE” AND “MR. RED SOX” ak (&) Wirephoto TWO OF BASEBAL’S HIGHEST PAID PLAYERS pause to ex- change greetings during an exhibition game at St. Petersburg. Joe DiMaggio (left) recently signed with the New York Yankees for $90,000. Boston Red Soxer’Ted Williams (right) is drawing close to $100,000 a year. DiMaggio led the American League with 39 homeruns in 1948 to bring his lifetime total to 303. Williams’ 25 homeruns last season brought his total to 222. Chisox Look Up Because There’s No PlaceElse White Sox. effort. But veteran White Sox observers think it will be a battle be- tween Chicago and Washington to Onslow, whose thoughts belie his 59 years in baseball, is up from the minor leagues—Memphis the last ‘stop, He might- pull a Bill Meyer miracle. But the Onslow material doesn’t measure up to the talent Meyer had when -he took over Pittsburg in 1948. THUMBNAIL PREVIEW CHICAGO WHITE SOX Outfield—-Promising Hitting—Faitesen Pitching—-Poor Cate! ‘air Infield—Appling 5 Finish—Seventh eo | " Pitching is the biggest White | Sox. problem. i The ace of the staff, Lefty Bill Wight, acquired the title by hurl-| ing the Sox to nine’ triumphs. ! Since the club only won 51 games, and lost 101, the achievement | perhaps isn’t as bad as it sounds. | Four hurlers, who might be} possible regulars, are doubtful! ‘Starters because of ailing arms. All righthanders, they are Fred! Bradley, Marino Pieretti and} Floyd Bevens, the latter being} the gent who came within aj bingle of no-hit fame for the] Yankees in the World Series! against Brooklyn in 1947, and Johnny Perkovich, a 14-game winner for Onslow last year at} Memphis. Who does that leave? Not much, including Al Gettel, Orval! Grove, Randy Gumpert, Howard | Judson and Walter Pierce, none of whom performed with ultra-| brilliance last $ear. Ernie Groth was acquired in a} deal with Cleveland, and Bill! Veech isn’t noted for relinquish- | ing promising talent, and all the) rookie talent on deck, including | a hurler or two from Memphis, were less than sensational in the minors. Sparkle in the infield starts} and stops with Luke Appling, and| if Luke stops, after 18 years in| baseball, there the inner defense. Onslow, has goes Bowers in the! outfield, and has heard high; praise for another newcomer} from Hollywood, Ozark Gus Zernial. Bowers hit .346 for Mem- | phic last year, Zernial .322 in the | Coast League. With holdovers| Dave Philley and James Patrick Seery, who showed up in camp with a stomach bulge that match- Go the FASTEST Way NEW YORK | WASHINGTON | 31 Cities in 12 States Always Buy Round Trip Save 10% on Return Ticket FLY WITH CONFIDENCE OM NATIONAL AIRLINES Call 1084 of your travel agent | ral } Finals, Eleanor \Kirke and By BOB MYERS, AP Newsfeatures " ty PASADENA, Calif—Things are looking up for the Chicago That’s because there’s no looking down for a clu that matched their nimble woods and finished deep in the cellar of the American League last year. The} irons right down the lanes, with |‘Chisox were 44% games behind Cleveland. | There is some new talent on hand and a new manager in vet-| Mother Maehree, My Wild Trish and Ladies Champion, who eame! eran Jack Onslow, who is a stickler for details and conscientious | Rose and all the others are songs}; stay out of the cellar this year. MOTHER OF BOY, 14, LOCKED IN 10 YEARS ern (P) Wirephoto MRS. ANNE F. SULLIVAN (above) is the mother of 14- year-old Gerald Sullivan who escaped Monday from the dark- ened room where she had kept him locked for 10 years at home in Boston, Mass. She pleaded guilty to charge of neg- | lect and was held under $2,000 bond pending trial. Police said Mrs, Sullivan told them Gerald was an illegitimate child and she locked him up to hide the “secret sin.” ed his hitting last year hiting, 231 on the scales might see a little the outfield. He might even beat out Wash- ington for eighth place. nigh ropes or Ze Perfect Rose to Remember... MELROSE RARE Symbol of Gracious Living, $4.47 4/5 QUART 3 Fs F * Evegy drop of whiskey in this «mild... mellow... matare There’s nothing to compare —with Melrose Rare! | RARE BLENDED WHISKEY. 90 Proof. The straight whiskies in this product are 6 years or grain neutral spirits. 15% straight whisk | move old. 40% straight whiskey, 60° Old, 25% straight whiskey 7 yee old. Me + jare doing, either at work 6r; play; “| they * mania’ + 7-inch Character Dolls brightness in- duct is 6 and 7 years old... blended with choice grain neutral spirits " 85 Sree YF Bonito (Old, 1342) 15 Cobia ____.. ae Dolphin (Old, 24) i Grouper (Old, 40) Jewfish (Old. 50) ' | j Snapper, Mutton (Old, 10) Tarpon seem to derive more: pleasure out | of just sheer living than any oth-/ Regardless of what they 7 80 ! ers. ge’ somehow’ to ‘find, time to, spile, and enjoy, thém- ipfved VINE CEE eG | Irish folk songs, strike a re- sponsive chord in the hearts of all that hear them: The Irish iknow this is because songs like of the heart—not the mind — or’ hips. During one of the Jaycee con-, ventions, at Daytona Beaeh, ACtION AN Perens | there appeared on the program, sate; a tenor with one of the: finest | voices we have ever heard, But it was not until that night at.a cocktail party when he sang some songs dedicated to a couple of Irishmen from Key. West, that. the real quality of his voice was, heard. ’Twas the Irish songs that did it. ‘Tis said that all Irish babies: they leave Heaven. Which led it’s because they know none of them eg ee return.” maybe iit butyyon spre, ee renee tats the Irish .havirig been ther. . Game and Fresh Water Commission Report t Water Commission is sitting on my desk right now. of sportsmen all over the state ag the most outstanding in the coun- try. Space does not permit our going into detail about it in this column, but it is interesting to; note just how your cgnservation ; dollar is spent. Fifty Seven cents goes for law. enforcement, Game Management, including acquisi- {| tion of land, ts allotted sixteen and four tenths cents. Fish man- , Attention, Children! THE FAMOUS ||Story Book Dolls; $1.39 $2.29 TROPICAL TRADER 718 Duval Street Phone 1000 aS wea i rose and Company, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland. ' entered in “the. Island ‘City Fish-'jeneth 3 ft. 5 ins, girth 2? ing Tournament sponsored by/¢ Hf Bueker, Dewalt the Sayers: probably. would have} we ; ‘| been a grand prize’ winner, was i i pase sik gr 291 3% ins girth 25 ins. Samuel la Mr. “e ‘Mgs. Frank | rgan, Mr, and: k 31 ins. Kutz of Dallas, Texas, with Capt. i = mil ws = Dr Seal Baltimore, Md., weight 35 a tarpen after a of forty; Pega rill struggle Norman Miller, Paris, Ky of the fish was 103 pounds, =| 22 ins. Dr. LO. Dr. Morgan insisted that it be re- leased, since he already had one The hard luck part.of she story | the fisherman ve been seven feet long, with a gitth of from 29 to 31 inches, and in his opinion, the. hundred and three po estimate was far Jess than the fi ed, and that eyes when he: let it go, but the | doctor insisted, } SCALES; ond pa takea pl: eck, ac! 4 age in the , weights of the lending some. wag ‘to remark: “Sure andj ; are kissed by ‘the angels before we Truet; Put erense of four pounds “over the § former leader. Maybe some good catches will be recorded yet. Sure would like to receive from en- f tries from.the boulevard fisher- A most complete report of the}men. Listed below are’ the en- activities of the Game and Fresh } tries to date: BONITO; : Harvey E. Chappell, Roslyn, N. this body has undertaken and the} ¥, weight 13 pounds, lengt success it has met with so far to|.7% ins, date, leave no doubt in the minds } GROUP! John F. MacDonald, Washing- to why it is considered one offton, D. C. The work}: bles, Livestock and Poul- egetal try and Citrus Canning. Reve- “Mr. Chairman,” he. “Counsellor Jenkins says . a case of six of one , ishing is} dozen of the other. But Laay most emphatically ne! it exactly the contrary!” “i ht 35 pounda, - ; Hecht, Baltimore, Md, weight Fishing- with Mrs:! pounds, length 3 ft. @ ina, Benjamin K. length 3 ff. 4 ins, girth 28 Estimated weight} 36 pounds, length § ft or Wis, & in y 2h length 3 ft. 4 ins. girth at home weighing 157 KINGFISH: Lawrence S. Newmark, Hk. unds, length 4 ft. 8 t % ins. Harry Se York City, 28 pounds, length liked to had ' ft, girth 20 ins. tournament ! ——-—--—— he knew it would -win a! LUCK OR ‘Wickers says the fish must The man who leaves his to luck, instead of ph an intelligent manner, finds. fiimself on the of looking in. Not @ good That's why it pays to plan really worthwhile career ® i] new U. S. Army or U. &. A Force, two great organi chock-full of wonderfyl es for you to get ahead. feel a sense of security knowing you are employment, ah = come, in interesting, seliv work. Free clothing and equap# ment. Free medical and dent care. Free retirement gpilarg Plus scores of + benefits not matched where. Get thé full story today at your US Army and U.S. Air Force Re cruiting Station. It’s at ROOM 212, Post Office Building Key West. 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