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Opener; Donny Williams Hurls * Four ScorelessIn Nightcap Valdez Scores Winning Run On Kerr’s Sacrifice! visitors out-with two hits and Ed- e wards held the locals with on Bunt In Ninth Inning _ | hit for six frames, but in the 6th, Of Second Park Game He; weakened and Kerr first up Key West Junior Ve RAO © duce Kaki Rodriguez doubled ball nine won over the Miami Jr.! to left. Kerr held at third, Henri- . quez walked to fill the bags, then Veterans in both games Saturday | Joe Lewis ‘singled to left Shout at the park. The locals won the/Kerr and Rodrignez. The left- first by a four to nothing score} fielder threw wide to the plate and held them scoreless for six | "4 Henriquez scored. Then the frames in the second, but in the |°@tcher threw wide to the plate seventh, a walk, a single by In- | and Joe Lewis scored the fourth mand and then Edwards fanned. ty Jast run. Goehring and B. Thomas walked to fill the bags| Griffin are easy outs. Gwynn and McCrank fanned for the se- | bUNted safely and Beaver fanned ; cond out. Then Bishop hit one to! t© end the frame. Only seven vis- short and Joe Lewis let the ball| itors reached first and two as far go through him and two runs| #5 third and two to second, scored. Griffin made an error and| Score by innings: RH. E. Thomas scored and a wild throw | Miami 000 000 0-0 2 3 to the plate, and Bishop scored|Key West —. 000 004 x—4 5 2 the tying run, then Schmitt fan-| Edwards and Inman; Joe Lewis ned to end the inning. and Henriquez. Scere Two extra innings had to be} Two-base hit: Henriquez; stol- played, and in the ninth, the dno base: Goehring; double play: cals won the game when Valdez} Kerr to Ingraham; struck out: by bunted safely. Williams sacrifi-| Lewis 5, by Edwards 5; sacrifice ced him to second, and Ingraham} hit: Griesham; bases on balls: off singled to center and Valdez pull- | Edwards 5, off Lewis 3; time of ed up at third, then Kerr bunted | game: 1.00; umpires: Rackley and and play was made at the plate; Cruz; scorer: Aguilar. but Valdez beat the throw to the _ plate to win the game. In the second game, Donny Wil- _ liams held the visitors scoreless In the first game, a pitchers’} and with only four hits and four battle was staged by Joe Lewis|runs in four frames. Claude Val- and Edwards, Joe Lewis shut the dez relieved Donny in the fifth YANKEES NOW THREE FULL GAMES AHEAD BUT LOSE SERVICES OF HENRICH, MIZE TEMPORARILY St. Louis Cards Extend Lead. To.214 Games By Twin Win Over Boston Braves, 9-7, 7-1 (By The Associated Press) . NEW YORK, Aug. 29.—New| York Yankees are now three full games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The Yanks gained a twin- bill win over the Chicago White Sox 8-7, and 7-5. The victory cost the Yankees | the services of Tommy Henrich and John Mize. Both sluggers! were injured yesterday. Boston Red Sox fell to the Cle- veland Indians 2-1, Lemon hurl} ed 5-hit ball for the Boudreau- men, Detroit Tigers continued their winning ways by dropping the Mackmen 6-4. This was the Ti- gers seventh straight win. Wash- ington and St. Louis divided a dougle-header 13-2 and 4-3 with the Senators taking the first game. St. Louis Cardinals twice beat the Boston Braves 9-7 and 7-1 to increase their lead in the older circuit to 2 1-2 games. Brooklyn Dodgers won 9-0 over the Pitts- burgh Pirates. Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants divided their twin games 10-3 and 4-2 with the Reds taking the initial game. Philadelphia Phils and Chicago} 4. Cubs also split their twin-bill. The Cubs won the first 7-4, but lest the second 8-2. andgers’ Scores are as follows: AMERICAN LEAGUE 20-game winner in the major Stobbs (left), another Boston lef: the Bostons right on the heels R. H. E.j’ Yankees. Boston a Wi | ee es ee Cleveland 8 0 Kramer and Tebbetts; Lemon} Papai, Embree, Starr and Moss. and Hegan. First Game Second Game RHE. i R. H. E. New York é g 13 1| Washington 3 7 2 Chicago — 1 1 2 eee ea’ ..° Sanford, Buxton. Marshall,| Welk, Hudson and Evans; Ken- Page. Raschi and Silvera, . Niar- | Redy and Lollar. hos; Haefner, Surkout, Pierce and ES 2 NATIONAL LEAGUE Malone. —_—— First Game Second Game R. H. E. R. H. E.} St> Louis eee: -9 15 0 New York 7 9 1] Boston ot. wa! Chicago 510 4] Pollet, Wilks, Stalty and Rice: Reynolds, Page and Niarhos;}Spahn, Potter and Crandall. Gumpert, Pieretti and Wheeler. A Se x RHE Second Game a Philadelphia 48 145. tayis Mi 2 he 6 Detroit 692 Boston 13 Marchildon, Schantz and Guer-| “7 anier and Rice; G. Elliott and ra; Houtteman and Robinson. Crandall. paamere ees R. H. E. Washington 13 18 0| Pittsburgh 0°40 St. Louis 2 8 0|Brooklyn oR 1 Scarborough and Early; Drews Chesnes, Lombardi and McCul- FIRST. 20-GAME WINNER—MEL PARNELL _ MEL PARNELL (right), Boston Red Sox lefthanded pitching . shows congratulatory telegrams on his becoming the first Sox to 7-2 win over the Chicago White Sox Saturday to keep -.. and was credited with the win { and one single, for the locals Va ‘dez bunted twice safely and sco: ,ed the winning run. Henriquez , hit two safely, a-double and a ‘ single. } In the field, Inman, Bishop and | Schmitt were the best for the vis- itors and Ingraham, Kerr, Goeh- jting, Henriquez and Griffin for the losers. maewaszthe Score: R. H. E. | Miami 000 000 400-4 9 5 Key West . 101 110 001-5 7 4 | (One Out When Winning t Run Scored) Bishop, “Thomas and Inman; i Williams, Valdez and Henriquez. } Three-base hit: Williams: two- base hits; Inman,. Henriquez;} stolen bases: Inman, Ingraham, Henriquez; sacrifice hits: Lewis, Williams; struc kout: by Bishop 47 (Kerr 2, Goehring, Lewis, Her- nandez, Valdez, Williams), by Thomas 3 (Cruz 2, Griffen), by Williams 2 (Mitchell, Hurbet), by | Valdez 9 (Ehly, Edwards 2, Thom- as, .McCreck: 2, Bishop, Schmitt, Prevette); bases on balls: off Thomas 1, off Williams 3, off Val- dez 2; hits: off Bishop 4 in 4 in. nings ,off Williams 4 in 4 innings; hit by pitcher: Wililams, Mc-; Creck; left on bases: Miami 11,} Key West 7; double play: Kerr to Griffen; earned runs: Key West 3, Miami 2; time of game: 1.20; umpires: Rackley and Alexander; ‘scorer: Aguilar. (®) Wirephoto leagues this seasoh, to Chuck ithander. Stobbs hurled the Red of the league-leading New York jlough; Newcombe and Campanel- la. First Game R. H. E. Chicago ty AD , Philadelphia 462 Lade and Owen; Borowy, Sim- mons, Bicknell and Seminick. Second Game Chicago Philadelphia Adkins, Chipman r and Lopata. fing, Burgess; Mey First Game Cincinnati 10 12 0 New York 2 «£3 Wehmeier and Cooper; Zabala, | TUESDAY First—VX-1 Flyers vs. Adams+! and Thomas relieved Bishop in | the sixth and was charged with | “1the loss of the game. Inman hit three safely for the | visitors and two were Soules | { First Game: “MONDAY + Gite 8 Pirst—Bamboo Room vs. Tides. Inn. Second—BlimpRon School. vs. Sonar Dairy. Hospital. | THURSDAY— First—Lions Club vs. Kiwanis Club. Second—Bamboo VX.-1 Flyers. FRIDAY-— (End of Second-Half) First—Adams Dairy vs. Tides- Inn. Second—Op-Dev-Sta vs. Sonar School. First Game—Opencr of Play-off series between. Tides-Inn and Op-Dev-Sta for Class “B” championship. Second Game—Bamboo Room vs. VX-1 Flyers. TUESDAY, SEPT. 6— First Game—Op-Dev-Sta vs: Tides-Inn (second game of Class “B” championship). Secorid Game—Naval Hospital vs. BlimpRon. THURSDAY, SEPT. 8— First Game—VX-1 Flyers vs. Naval Hospital (crying towel game—both teams wound up in last place in their leagues). Second Game—Sonar School vs. Adams Dairy. FRIDAY, SEPT. 9— First Game—Bamboo Room vs. Adams Dairy. Second Game—Op-Dev-Sta vs. Tides-Inn (last game of Class “B” championship). BASEBALL Island City Baseball League (Municipal Stadium, Afternoon) SUNDAY— To be announced. GOLF Municipal Golf Course (Stock Island) Daily and Sunday play. SKATING Bayview Park, Night FRIDAY— 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. TENNIS Bayview Park, Afternoons and Nights Daily play. SHUFFLEBUARD (Bayview Park) Daily play. S BASEBALL STANDI Florida-International League Club— W.%. Pet. Havana 88 53.624 Miami 82 56 .594 Tampa 77 63.550 Miami Beach 72 67 =.518 West Palm Beach 67 71 .426 Fort Lauderdale 58 82 .414 Lakeland 58 82 414 St. Petersburg 54 82 .387 National League Club— W. L. Pet. St. Louis 77:47 621 Brooklyn 74 49 .602 Boston 64 59 6 Philadelphia 63 62 .496 New York 61 62 .496 Pittsburgh 57 65 .467 Cincinnati 50 73 .407 Chicago 49 78 386 American League Club— W. L. Pet. New York 77 45 631 Boston 75 49 .605 Cleveland 71 52 577 Detroit 1 Se Philadelphia 66 57 5 Chicago 51 74 .408 St. Louis 44 82 349, Washington 41 81 .336 SOFTBALL STANDINGS (Bavview Park) CLASS “A” Club— WwW. L. Pet. Bamboo Room 11 0 1.000 Adams Dairy 6 5 545 Tides-Inn 6 6 .500 VX-1 Flyers 011 .000. W. L. Pet Op-Dev-Sta 10 3 .760 Sonar School 6 6 .500 BlimpRon 335; 305. Naval Hospital 3 8 278 BROADWAY CIGAR STORE 610 Duval Street COMPLETE BASEBALL SCORES Behrman, Hansen, Higbe and | Westrum. Second Game R. H. E. Cincinnati 2 BO New York 46 Lively, Erautt and Howell, Cooper; Kennedy and Franks. Gases ai told Soft Drinks Second—Op-Dev-Sta vs. Naval} Roem — vs. | MONDAY (Labor Day), Sept. 5— ~| Henry A. Wallace pelted with { | | for the World Series? Preston Sturges of Hollywood, 2. Who manages the Detroit | playwright-director, born in Chic- Tigers? ago, 51 years ago. 3. Have the BAA and NBA! Dr. William F. G. Swann of merged? A DOUBLE ROW OF PALM TREES bordering Lake Worth at West Palm Beach, Fla takes the full brunt of the tery. The powerful hurricane smashed the southeast Florida “gold coast” with 150-mile an hour winds. The raging wind enresied houses, smashed plate glass, flattened trees and littered streets and highways. Early reports listed only death. ite eo Se Ke ee SR — 2 TODAY’S BIRTHD. Swarthmore, Pa, famous phy-| chairman of Atomic Late One-Minute ~ AYS sicist, born in England, 65 years| Relations Panel, pokey by ee (Know America) ago, lations expert, bern Bengal, SPORTS UIZ Charles F. Kettering of Dayton,| Marquis James of New York, | Maine, 70 years age | Ohio, famous inventor-mariufact- | author, born in Springfield, Mo.| Rear Admiral Joel T. Beene : ; Urer, born in Ashland Co., Ohio, | 58 years ago. the Navy’s Bureau of 1. What is the traditional week | 73 years ago. George V. Denny, Jr., moder-| and Surgery, born Saint Claw, Mey ator of Trwn Hall, New York, born in Washington, N. C, 50 years ago. William H. Davis of New York, 4. Where does Harry . Gilmer | play football? 5. Did Notre Dame defeat Southern California last year, in football? THE ANSWERS: H 1. The first week in October. 2. Red Rolfe. + t f' & Yes, the two pro basketball | leagues finally merged. { 4. Gilmer is with the Washing- ton Redskins. 5. No, the Irish tied Southern! Cal, comin from behind to de it. | TODAY IN HISTORY (Know America) 1629—-Gathering in Salem, Mass. of country’s first Congrega- tional Church. 1814—Alexandria, Va. ransoms herself from British, in War of y ome $100,000 worth of goods-for the British to leave city. ' 1831—Historic fatal duel be- ty en Maj. Biddle and Congress- man Pettis, in St. Louis. 1853—Dr. Elisha K. Kane farthest North” in Arc- tic-a record standing for many yea 19. Haile Selassie grants half Ethiopia to Americans for con- cessions. —It’s 1942—-American planes bomb Northern Burma. stove, and 1944—Americans close in on Germans in Brest. 1945—Leading Nazis indicted tried at as war criminals to be | Nuremberg. 1948—Presidential candidate eggs making campaign speech in Durham, N. C. The main military items made by ironmalers during the Revo- lutionary War were cannon and vannon balls, cast from molten iron at the blast furnaces. 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