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Pe ret Racers -wir play the SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1949 FIGHT FOR CHAMPI DIST. BY BEATI Locals Defeated Upstaters Yesterday By Score Of 7 To 5; Joe: Lewis Pitches Welt : He Akko Knocks Out Three Hits; Fernandez Pitches After Lewis Key West High School defeated |Lewis and allowed one more hit *——_- - less until the sixth when four hits and an error combined to al- low four runs. “Chip” Fernandez, all-around player, then came in to relieve South Broward High at Holly-jfor the last run, Fernandez re- woed 7-5 yesterday to win the tired the next six men in order— Disteict Baseball play-|four on strikeouts. | offs and the right to meet the Northern District winner for the} Were Ingraham, distwict championship and right] hit great, and Henriquez to go to the étate championship| Lewis at bat. tournament. Key West scored a run in the fiest whee Lewis was safe on| Ingraham, 2b... « fielder’s choice and Henriquez a Ingraham brought him a double, Lewis the throw to first was wild with Fernandez coming home and Gwynn going to third on some nice base-running. Roberts knock- ed im the final run om a fly to centerfield bringing in Gwynn. Joe Lewis was on the for the Conchs and held the heavy-hitting Broward boys run- Raiders Play Bombers In First Game Will Meet Tomorrow At 2 PM. At Stadium; Bunsy Villareal Pitches Again Atomic Bombers in the first game of a series of five tomor- row at 2.p.m, at Wickers Sta- dium. Both clubs are reported in good condition and all ready to y A good game was started last Sunday, but at the end of three wmnings, with the score one to one, the rain ended it The Raiders will probably use First Place With Bamboo Naval Beys Defeat Bamboo Room; Henson Pitehes Well After Seeoud Frame VX.1 Flyers last night won o the Bamboo Room by a seore of 8 to 2, and tied the Cock- tail boys for first place in the Class “A” Softball League stand- ings. The game was played at Bayview Park and preceded a donkey softball contest. Bamboo Room started out with « bang. They scored once in the first inning om a walk to Barber, « bunt by Aritas, an error and « passed ball. In the second in- ning, they scored their second and what prove dto be their last rum when Agevedo doubled, a wild pitch put him on third and Castro flied out to center. Macee then threw the ball over the cateher’s head and Acevedo scored From then op not a single Bam- boo reached first base until the sixth when Santana walked, stole second aad Jee Mira flied {t and Santana is doubled to make that bag after the eateh Chester Harris, pitching for the Smith Lane boys, did well the first two frames. He allowed one hit in each frame but no harm was done But in the third, Demanis, tirst batter, is out, then he walked Gibson and the fire works start- hits one to short, who im the face when the ball Horner hits a the porch home, Sutton in with a triple. In}Solomon, 3b . Roberts led off{ Daughtry, lf - ‘ Knowles, 1b | Ward, Mullikin, 2b - mound} MeCombs, rf -.- barango and Nene Domenech, the brains of the Raiders. ‘ Outstanding for the ancb;.. who fielded and and Key West High Player— BRHE Lewis, p-ss Fernandez, p-lf-3b Gwynn, rf Goehring, cf - Roberts, ss Totalse— South Brow Player— Tinney, cf Mulkey, ss. Bowerman, c Neville, p - David, If -. Merrell, 1b 3b $1 pwncmnmemnd a | rerreoour | moeoroonn 1 rerccooos pu Be Fie en + € peor 2 > PRONE Hr OCONT cog | Bree rrerrs 21 vl oerermos r > » | *ol Totals— Of Series - Bunsy Villareal again. witll Lee Griffen on the receiving « end. Phe All Stars will start Rodri- guez or Lefty Heath with the old reliable Joe Navarro behing the ee ay The rest of the Bombrs w: made up from Roberts, Santana, Acevedo, Alonzo, Knowles, Joe Lewis, Moe Henriquez, Kaki Rod- riguez, Anguiera and managers MeCraw and Connie Mack on the coaching lines. The Raiders will have their same players in Solt, Grimes, Julius Villareal, Cabot, Calero, SOFTBALL STANDINGS (Bayview Park) CLASS “A” Ld Club— W. L. Pet. Bamboo Room § 2. 41 VX-1 Flyers 5 2°.714 V.E.W. 2 45.333 Adams: Dairy .1. 5 166: CLASS “B" Club— W. L. Pet. Tides-Inn ........ —@ Je OpDevSta -...... 2 3 3:<.500 BlimpRon_ ....... 3 4 429 Naval Hospital .. 1 5 .166 pain UC RS ES Castro drops the ball and tries to tag Nicholas who gets away. He dropped the ball, recovers it and tries to tag Siam coming in and again drops the ball. Deamnis fanned to end the frame, 6 runs 5 hits and 3 errors and the ball game for the Flyers. In the fifth, they added one. Henson singled, an error by Jack Villareal and a sacrifice by Mar- cee and a passed ball and Hen- son seored. The last run was In the sixth, Gibson walked, stole second, an error by Santana put him over the plate. In the field the best were Mira, Acevedo and Buster Roberts for Bamboo Fisher, Horner and Siam for the Flyers. Score by innings: R. H. E. Bamboos -. 110 000 0—2 2 6 Flyers - 006 O11 x—8 10 2 C. Harris, Roberts and Castro; Henson and Demanis. 2-base hits: Acevedo, Horner, Siam; stolen bases: Santana, Ca- gado, Gibson, Fisher; sacrifice hits: Macee; struck out: by Hen-! son 3, by Roberts 5; hits: off Har- ris 6, off Roberts 4; left on bases: | Bamboo Room 2, Flyers 8; dou- ble play: Siam to Fisher; bases on balls: off Henson 2, off Har- ris 1, off Roberts 1; time of game: 1.00; umpires: Abston and Vil- lareal; scorer: Aguilar; losing pitcher: Harris. cal IONSHIP OF ‘$0. Club— W. L. Pet. New York 18 11 .621 Boston 17 12 586 Brooklyn 15.14 517! Cincinnati 15 14 517 Philadelphia 13 1 fi Pittsburgh 13 15, St. Louis 1115 423 Chicago 10 16.385! American League Club— = Ww. L. New York 18 10 Detroit 16 13 Philadelphia 16 14 Chicago 15 14 Washington 16 15 Cleveland 11 12 -{ Boston 12°14 St. Louis 9 21 . Side. BROWARD BlimpRon Meets Naval Hospital . At Bayview Park Softball games scheduled for tonight at Bayview Park are be- tween the Blimp-Ron and the Na- val Hospital and . between Op- night cap. Games scheduled next week | are on Monday the Bamboo Room and Adams, Dairy and Blimp- and Op-Dev-Sta; Tuesday, and VXL Flyers and Tides Inn and Naval Hospital; Thursday, . VFW and Bambeo Room and Na- val, Hosiptal and Op-Dev-Sta and on Friday, Adams Dairy and VXL Flyers and Tides Inn and Blimp- Ron. Donkey Softball Game Last Night The Donkey soft’ ball last night for the benefit of the High School band was a success. Fatty ! Henderson of the Flyers stole the show and scored’ ‘three runs* for the Flyers and won the game. Sutton, riding the rumble seat of the donkeys, also was good and ‘several of the flyers riding the necks and what have you of the donkey. Albertico was on' | | and off. The Joe Lewis, a Bet several times wds on the gro on his back and off again. Casado ; held on for his life on the dén- key’s head and finally went over his head for a fall. ANDING BALL v Island City Baseball League (Municipal Stadium) \ Ad Club— W. L. Pet. Red Raiders _... 833 Atomie Bombers 571 ‘Scorpions : - 000 Florida-International League Club— W. 2... Pet. Havarta (22-84 26.17" 605 TARA ener ernernemee tins Dead Bo: G00 Dev-Sta and Subron Four in the’ ’un! At least the bottom fell out and one by one they came run- ning and dripping* into the Pro Shop, awaited by wise men and women who dared not venture into the rain-soaked fairways and roughs. The whole gang out there had the time of their drenched lives, huddled in puddled groups, dis- cussing what went on. Finally, Jack Carbonell and our unofficial pro; player, Giffen, came bound- ing in and wet to their limber frames. Nothing was really said when they poured (literally) into the - Clubhouse. Just grins and [that fellow-feeling of “you too,| eh?” Few women played on that me- morable day, but those who did, actually got wet beyond recogni- tion save that of their identifica- tion tags on their golf bags. Col- ors ran wild and so did bunched- up, straggly coiffers. But not without amiable smiles and swishing of towels over sticky powders and gooey mascara. Want their names, eh? Negative! Dr. Peeples and Dr. Hayes en- joyed table golf with Moore & Company, while drenched enthu- siasts kibitzed diligently, laugh- ing and egging them on. Dr: Co- bo had his say, too, in a grouped off clan which made up _ his Foursome. Imler, the chef at the La-Concha Hotel, picking up his ball on No. Miami aectennissimn a 1B SBA Miami “Beach==~>--- 24°20, .585 West Palm Beach 20 19, .5j3| Pittsburgh Pirates Lakeland ; .: 19° 26° .482 '. ar Fort Lauderdale 17-27 386 Win One From St. Petersburg 16 27 372 Boston Braves; National League Sports Calendar - |, SENIOR BASEBALL. Island City Baseball League (Municipal Stadium, Afternoon) a Game Time: 2 P.M. SUNDAY— First of Five-Game Scries— Atomic Bombers vs. Red Raiders. » x SENIOR SOFTBALL (Bayview Park, Night) First Game: 7:30 SATURDAY— First—BlimpRon Hospital. Second—OpDevSta vs. Tides- Inn. vs. Naval SKATING Bayview Park, Night FRIDAY— 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. TENNIS | Bayview Park, Afternoons ‘ and Nights Daily play. SHUFFLEBOARD (Bayviow Park) Daily play. WILL YOU SMILE! Wise. Chicks : 'Teacher: Do you know why the little chickens come out of the eggs, Tommy? Tommy: They know get cooked if: they 7} Giants defeated ' : Reds 2-1, on Kennedy’s two-hit | Episcopal bishop, born in New they'd} and CUBAN stayed in-l}pRY A POUND TODAY Cards Beat Dodgers (Special to The Citizens NEW YORK, May 21.—Phili- Washington Senators because of rain. Pittsburgh Pirates won from gers, 6 the Cincinnati ‘pitching. Philadelphia at Chicago fwas postponed because of cold weather. The scares: { } AMERICAN. LEAGUE is pana ee _ +) Night-Game ' : R. H. E. | Philadelphia 25 0 f Detroit 160 Coleman and Guerra; Newhou- ser and Swift, Robinson. poned by rain. NATIONAL LEAGUE Night Game R. EE. Pittsburgh 21s Boston 110 0 Werle and Fitzgerald; Hall and Masi ‘ . R. H. E. Night Game ij St. Louis Brooklyn 290 * Munger ‘dnl 'Garagoilo, Rice; Martin, Barney, Newcombe, Pal- ica and Campanella. 612 0 R. H. E. New York 8 Cincinnati 2 Si 0 Kennedy and Cooper; Fox, Do- | renic and Howell. Philadelphia and Chicago post- poned by cold. Your Grocer SELLS That Good! STAR * BRAND AMERICAN COFFEE on the golf course. Two by two Said something about } delphia Athletics took one from| the Detroit Tigers last night by a! soj,,hero of the Java Sea battle score of 2 to 1. Also last night the! born Brooklyn. N: Y., 57 years defeated | ago. the St. Louis Browns, 5-3. Cleve- | land and Boston and Chicago and } iB i iNew York games were postponed ! South, ae ie 10 Wank tom, the Boston Braves, 2-1. St. Louis! Cardinals beat the Brooklyn Dod- | , last night. New York, ey tl yl tn le ln te tn ttn te a a ss The past Thursday was a wet 6, I'believe it was, and streaking out to the nearest palm tree, tak- | irig 5on that hole. Ben Cole, also of the squatting Bulls, wet and a wee bit shy, waddled up just in time to think it was your truly ‘who had picked up his ball and skee daddled to a nearby tree. Imler, I might add, is quite gen- erous in many ways, but may cease his generosity after this kidding he took. {Bob Saunders’ second shot on } No. 2 last week flaked off to the, right, landing up under the trees. just behind No. 3 Tee. Bob eyed: the situation, picked an {trom lined the ball up and chipped one of the prettiest shots you’ve ever witnessed, and the ball stopped almost on the apron of No. 2. Norm B., of the Navy, was out again yesterday, but the rain that fell didn’t prevent his scoring a fairly good round. Norm is eapa- ble gi shooting in the very low i i One wet ‘un blasted: “My game was shot last week-end be- cause of the rain, and here ’tis raining again... of all days... “You'd think everybody was agdinst the rain, as bad as the course needs it, to hear "em gripe, but some of us, like the Bill Woodses and yours truly, find that rains help sometime. At least you can pick up, run to a palm tree, and estimate at least a 5 on the hole, can’t you Imler? |A’S DEFEAT TIGERS; — SENATORS BEAT BROWNS *- | 'TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS lac | (Know America) j ‘Cyrus S. Ching, director of the | Federal Mediation and Concilia- tiof’ Service, born in Canada, 73 yeas ago. Rear Admiral Arthur G. Robin- U. S. Senator Chan Gurney of | »Rbbert Mongomery, screen star, born“in Beacon, N. Y., 45 years “HE Rev. Stephen F. Bayne, Jr., ‘of ‘Seattle, . Wash., Protestant York, 41 years ago. Harry A. Tierney of New York, | eminent composer, born in Pertty | Amboy, N. Y., 59 years ago., | | Price S350 Whiskies: Sth. Schenley Reserve Night Game R. Be. | Washington 5 8 2 St. Louis 37 4 Hudson and = Evans; Papai,} Kennedy, Starr and Lollar. Cleveland and Boston post- jponed by rain. | Chicago and New York post- ohn, Sehenley Pe. Ye Pos ths. ‘Three Feathers Pts. Pts. 4. Walkers sourbon | | Deluxe perial William Penn is Corby" Reserve Shs. Royal Canading Sths. Lord Calvert \ Sths. Carstaies 1788... 5ths. Carstairs White 1 th ot Ye, Ptx. Rocking Chair ths, Kings Black Label ‘Sths. Kings Red Label 5th». Old Crow (bourbon & rye) eet Golden Wedding a % Bes. Sehs. Bellows Partners \iChalee .... P 80’s, and with a regular routine each week, he'll be breaking 80's. | my.two days off... and it pours!” } t 1 t t i } t } i | | | 801 DUVAL STREET SPECIAL PRICE LIST | ‘partly cloudy weather with mod- The “WEATHERMAN | — Key West and Vicinity: Clear to erate easterly winds thru Sunday. Florida: Clear to pamty cloudy and continued rather warm thru Sunday. Jacksonville _ th th Florida Straits and East : Gentle to moderate.easterly winds in south: wtion and southwest to south winds in north portion thru Sun- day. Clear to partly cloudy weather. Key West, Fla., May 21, 1949 (Observation taken at City Office 8:30 a.m., EST) Temperatures Highest yesterday {| Lowest last night Deficiency this month Total this year Deficiency this year Relative 8:30. am, 55% Barometer (Sea Level). 8:30 a.m. 30.00 ins.—1015.9 mbs. to tracted. (+)—Plus sign: Corrections t: be added. For many years __,scientists have ben trying to find the nest- ing grounds of the almost extinct whooping crane in Canada. Early day Hudson Bay Co. men had to be able to carry a 90 pound pack plus food and sleep- ing equipment 80 miles in four days. BROADWAY | CIGAR STORE 610 Duval Street COMPLETE BASEBALL SCORES POPULAR BRANDS of Cigars = Cold | ‘Soft Drinks PACKAGE - STORE Whiskies: Sths, Bellows Special Reserve Philadelphia Blend Pts. Kinsey Gold Label ..... Ye Btw - te Sths. Fleixchmann’s 2.10 1.05 In 1947, Canada 000,000,000 worth of the Untied States, Faience is a term generally ap- plied to. all types of glazed potte- ry. REET ‘The A, pound, of finished steel sells|e4 to a proper Russian for about four cents at the mills.!"means sen of” out. Some say for the satisfaction So what happened? One retailer cuts a little, the other cuts more. But last Monday the Senate passed @ bill te Florida’s Fair Trade Practice law. by @ vote of 35-2 it was approved by the Committee on Business by @ vote of 20-2. So, folks, as soon as the governor signs it, it will law again. Here are two copies—one from The Miami Herald one from The Tampa Tribune: . (The Miami Herald, May 16) ure would be guilty of anfair TALLAHASSEE—() — s competition. Proponents said it hua protect the independent stere practice law, recently dee keeper from unfair mereham unconstitutiona The ¢ Pdising. was 35-3. The only opponent wee The measure, introduced by }Frank Bezoni, etterney repre Sen. John E. Mathews of Jack- sonville, would permit a man- ufacturer of a trademarked or branded commodity to set a ‘minimum price for his product Any persons violating pro- 3 visions of the law would be guilty of unfair competition. .. It also would prohibit a per- son’s advertising a trade- marked or branded product for sale at below the estab lished minimum price. Mathews said his bill would overcome the objections voiced by the Supreme Court in its decision. The court said the old fair trades law was unreasonable senting Webbs’ City of @t Pe tersburg ‘Sounds Death Knell’ He said the bill was if the interest of the chain stores and) could “sound the death Bnei to independent merchatts, Bezoni argued that the Bmeee ure would do such ty “- prevent the sale of outainded clothing below the cost at by the manufacturer. He added that he believed the supreme court still would say the new mode! fair trades act was an effort to fix price: Rep. Okell of Dede got up after Bezoni spoke and asked 8 of G r and arbitrary and not in pe)". how A a tt interest of the public. It fur ris - epenants - — 2 ther declared such a law is not aaa = o—_ % i 5 y _ [sro a anche needed in times of heavy pro ion ced “hak to Oe duction and low pure ing power. The court said the law was designed to create mono polies. Mathews said the new bill would empower the attorney general to take action against any manufacturers joining to- gether to control prices of their respective products and pre- vent open competition. Bezoni that the bill is not in the interest of the 4m dependent merchant ‘Not Surprised’ Newman C. Brackin, pres dent of the senate and owner of two drug stores, said he wae not surprised at Webb's Gy opposifig the ouse it a the firm that knocked the statute books swer" to The supreme court eaid the (Tampa Tribune, May 17) ir trade ct was unreasen TALLAHASSEE, May 1 able and arbitrary (#)—A fair trades bill drawn In ott ctions the commit with the idea of meeting S tee prevent Supreme Court objections was } dry " cow ng n the wie @ af rages. It approved put “Plorida” on t Ue approved by a house commit-Jrevenue tee today. coholic be The committee on businessfa measure to regulations gave a 20 vote } by to the measure which yester ta day cleared the senate by a 35 It tax h eon pa turned down propose 3 margin. hat holde 1 alcohol The bill would permit affrense first must be convicted manufacturer to set a mini-fof a before having the Any "permits revoked by the bew mum price on his goods retailer selling below that tig- erage direct (sd) JOHN GAVILAN, Owner of the Bottle Cap inm a rapmmatete l