The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 30, 1949, Page 3

TUESDAY, AUGUST 80, i949. ; ST. LOUIS’ CARDINALS MAINTAIN TWO AND HALF GAME LEAD IN NATIO TO 2 WIN LAST*NIGHT Boston Red Sox Twice | DOUBLE PLAY ATTEMPT FAILS LEAGUE BY 8 Cleveland Indians Sink To End Pennant Hopes. | Of Tribemen For 1949 ‘ + (By Axsociated Preas) NEW YORK, Aug. weak’ Louis Cardinals maintained their | 2 1-2 game lead over the Brooklyn’ Dodgers by smashing the Boston | Brayes 8-2. Brooklyn also won } their night game 5-1. H New York Giants edged out the Cincinnati Reds 3-2, and the Phil- adelphia Phils also scored a close win of 6-5 from the Chicago Cubs, were two night game played. De- : troit winning “from Philadelphia 4-3, and St.Louis Browns taking the Washington Senators by a 2-1 score. In the only daylight game, Cleveland hung a double defeat { Hei the Boston Red Sox 5-2, and Box Scores: NATIONAL LEAGUE Night Game R. H. E. Pittsburgh é 160 Brooklyn 5 9 0 Chambers, Gumbert and Mc- Cullough; Banta and Campanella. Night Game R. HE. Cincinnati 270 New York 311 1 Raffensberger, Blackwell and, Cooper; Jansen and Mueller. Night Game . E, St. Louis 0 Boston 3 Brazle and Garagiola; Voiselle, Hogue, Barrett and Salkela. woo H. 9 6 Night Game R. H. E. Chicago £59 0 Philadelphia 613 1 Leonard, Muncrief, Chipman and Owen; Roberts, Donnelly, Konstanty and Lopata. AMERICAN LEAGUE Night Game R. H. E. Philadelphia 3 6 0 Detroit 410 0 Kellner and Guerra; Trucks, White and Swift. Night Game R. H. E. Washington 151 St. Louis 2.7 3 Harris and Early; Fannin and Lollar, Moss. (First Game) R. H. Boston 29 Cleveland 5 8 Johnson, Dorish and Tebbetts; Feller and Hegan. (Second Game) oof Boston 410-4 Cleveland 512 1 Dobson and Batts; Garcia, Ben- ton and Hegan, Tresh. ANNIVERSARIES (Know America) 1768—Joseph Dennie, New Hampshire-Philadelphia —_ editor- journalist, of high rank in the history of American journalism, born in Boston. Died January 7, 1812. 1820—George F. Root, New York and Chicago composer of popular songs, born at Sheffield, Mass. Died August 6, 1895. 1840—Hazen S. Pingree, from Detroit shoe worker to great shoe manuafacturer, In the American League, there * ~ to win the game 2-1. VERN STEPHENS, Boston Red Sox shortstop, drops the ball as he tries to make a double-play out of Lou Boudreau’s grounder in the 11th inning of first game of doubleheader in Cleveland. Indians’ Joe Gordon is safe at second and Larry Doby was able to score from second. The play enabled the Cleveland Indians Umpire is John Stevens. The second game was called because of darkness in the fourth inning with Cleveland leading 2-9. | H | | () Wirephoto Miami Beach West Palm Beach Fort Lauderdale St. Petersburg National League w.L. ; Cincinnati SENET LO ny |R. Campbell Tops Chien wee Pet Hitters Of Class 88 53 82 56 77 63 72 67 67,71, 58 82 58 82 54 82 78 47 75 49 64 60 64 62 62 62 57 66 50 74 49 79 American League Ww. L. ~ 31 Softball League 518 .426| R. Campbell, Op-Dev-Sta mem- .414| ber, tops*the: hitters of the Class -414/B Softball League with a mark 387 | of .600,. At bat 20 times, Camp- Pet bell blasted 12 hits and scored 11 aaa followed by Brown, .500; ‘B1q| Pickard, .458; Mullins, .454; Dyer, Bie |-444; Stine, .407, and y, 400. ¢ The averages have just been 500 “Jeg released by Pedro Aguilar, offi- 403 | cial. scorekeeper, and cover games 393 | of Aug’ B sas The AB R H Ave. 1856—Fremont San Francisco 1893—Huey P. senator and political leader, at Winfield, La. Died by Detroit reform tion, September 10, 19 TOMMY HENRICH. was injur key Park i: as he looks over a newspa! in Chicago. Henrich suffered pital sources say probably wi season. when he crashed into the right n se the opener of a twin bill with the White Sox. smiles per in his bed at St Luke's hospital a severe back injury which hos- ll sideline him for the rest of the mayor and Michigan governor, | Richarc born at Denmark, Maine. 77 45 20 11 12.600 75 36 918 .500 1 24 10 11.458) 7 22:10 10.454 66 | 19 6 8 .444 5 “40g| Wade, NH 3BcAt 1.408, ‘362 | Richards, BR eer eee '333| Stine, BR 27 71 «407 Mer ODS 710 = .400 on, BR _.36 14 361 Died | Sherill, § 14.5 5. 357 | Edwards, SS 20 7 7 «350 Older, noted | Martin, NH 12 1 4 333 editor-journalist, | Larsen, ODS 18 7 6 333 Wisconsin | Buckweitz, ss 12.5.4 | Hake, SS 33.13 11 Long, Louisiana | Blanchette, SS 37 14 12 born | Jackbson, ODS 4 2 2 333) - | Spencer, SS 10 5 3 .300 4p | (®) Wirephoto New York Yankees‘ star outfielder, who | jeld wall at Comis- | ODS—Op-Dev-Sta. BR—BlimpRon. | NH—Naval Hospital. H SS—Sonar School. Miscelaneous Records Most times at bat—Blanchette 37, Jarabek, Brown and Richard- son 36 each Most runs _ scored-—Si ith 16. Richardson and Blanchette 14 }each Most hits—Brown 18, Richard- Most two-base Hake and Edwards Most three-base hit Most home runs—Hake and | Merry 3 each. | Most stolen bases—Pickard 11} | and Mullins 9. | | Most times |. Most times } 16, Smith 15. | Players who have not struck | out so far this half—R. Campbell, Larsen, DeWitt, Richards. Stine, |Brown, Edwards and Walker. “| WILL YOU | \He Saw His Chance | Sammy Kaye had quite an ex- | perience at one performance | when he turned his band over to | a contestant to conduct his ‘Want to Lead a Band” feature. id | Kaye: “The band is ours, sir? | “In that case,” was the reply, | |“the first thing I'd like to do is | \hire my brother—he’s a trumpet} player out ox wo! J 1 1 json 13. R . ‘ampbell 12. | | | truck out—Dyer 5.4 walked—Redmon It is not unusual far a sailfish to leap across 40 feet of water, ‘Horner Leads. Jenkins, VX-1 Class A Softball League Batters Batting averages of the Class A Softball League. up to and in- cluding games of August 26, have been released: by Pedro Aguilar, official scorekeeper. The leader i; Horner of the VX-1 Flyers with a mark of .500. J. Aritas, of the Bamboo Room, tops Horner but has been ot bat} only seven times. Jack Villareal, another Bamboo Room player, is the second best hitter with an average of .416. The averages: Plaver— AB RH .Ave. J. Aritas, BR 7 2 4 «571 J. Horner, VX-1 22 711 .500 Jack Villareal. BR 24 10 10 416 E. Sweeting. T-I 17 3 7 411 15 2 6 .400 G. Barber, BR 33:14 13 393 Ju. Villareal, BR 29 14 11 379 Santana, BR __...32 16 12 375 !Malgrat, AD 16 7 6 375 Valdez, BR 11 3 4 363 Fallon. AD 25 5 9 360 Acevedo, BR 34:11:12) 352 Hopkins. BR 177 6 .352 Kerr, T-I 40 9 14 350 Henriauez, T-I _..29 5 10 .348 Harrell, VX-1 35 8 12 .342 Henderson, VX-1..12 3 4 .333 J. Mira, BR 33 15 11: 330 Cooper, VX-1 26 7 8 .307 Sterling, AD 33 6 10 .303 BR—Bamboo Room. T-I—Tides-Inn. VV-1—VX-1 Flyers. AD—Adams Dairy Miscellaneous Records Most times at bat—Kerr 40, Harrell 35. Most runs—Santana 16, J. Mira 14. Most hits—Kerr 14, Barber 13. Most two-base hits—Horner 5, {Barber 4. Most three-base hits—Sutton, Horner, Mira, Fallon and Ster- ling 1 each. Most home runs—Roberts, Ca- sado, Horner and Barber 2 each. Most stolen bases—Kerr and Casado 6 each, Meador,; Santana and Kelly 5 each. Most times struek out—Oro- pesa 9, Richards and Sands 8 each. Most times walked—Casado 16, Lee Griffen 14, Julius Villa- real, Kelly and Oropesa 13 each. Players who have not: struck out so far this erts and Arit Sports Calendar SOFTBALT. (Bayview Park, Night) First Game: 7:30 TUESDAY— First—VX-1 Flyers vs. Adams Dairy. Second—Op-Dev-Sta vs. Naval 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. MONDAY (Labor Day), Sept. 5— Firs series be Op-Dev-Sta for championship. Second Game—Bamboo Room vs. VX-1 Flyers. TUESDAY, SEPT. First. Game—Op-Dev-Sta _ vs. Tide Class “B” championship). Second 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 Dai Room _ vs. me—Bamboo Room ‘vs. 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— 730 to 9:00 p.m. TENNIS Bayview Park, Afternoons and Nights Daily play. Ea SHUFFLEBOARD (Bayview Park) Daily play. During the veer 1887 the whole world had produced only about! the State De ickel v Ca most of it tia. 2,000 tons of nn (second game of alf—Horner, Rob.| Y°U get so you can feel a course out.” the clubs, advise them of distance, hazards and type of shot re- quired. Charlie's coach is Grant Thomas ,a lifelong. friend. i | diana, born No. Judson, Indiana; eyprus Mines Corporation, Los | 66 years ago | |ton, N. ¥., 45 ye a a ee ee Remain Leading — Softball Pitchers Roberts of the Cla:s ‘A’ League- lzading Bamboo Room and Witzel of the Class ‘B’ ading Op-Dev-Sta are the leading pitch- ers in the second-half schedules of the circuits te. date. Roberts and Witzel have zach won seven gamc; without -uffer- in ga loss, at The records: CLASS “A” Pitcher— W.L. Pet. Roberts __ 7 0 1.000 C. Valdez ~ 4 0 1,000 Feit 1 0 1.000 Toe Lewis 4 2 .667 Knowles 2 1 +.667 Williams 3 3 500 9 L. Griffen 1 1. 590 ®. Sweeting 2 3 400 S. Griffen 0 1.000 Sinclair ®@ 2 .000 Richards 0 4 000 F Tenkins 0 6 .000 CHARLIE BOSWELL, biind goiter wao is manager of the Shc ee sporting goods department in a large Birmingham siore. Witzell 7 0 1.000 shows some clubs. to Grant Thomas, right, his coach and Richardson i 0 1.000 lifelong friend. Brister 1 °@ 1.000 a Bien eea aC Hake 1 0 1.000 By TOM SELLERS, AP Newsfeatures Writer Mathis 1 06 1.000 BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Ever try to hit a golf ball with your eye: | Krech 1 0 1.000 closed? Brown 2 1 .667 Then you'll admire Charlie Boswell, a champion who wallop | Williams 3 3. 500 them straight ‘and far although he can’t see. Borden 3 3 500 Scherets 2 2. 500 Blind for five years, Charlie has captured two national | Yoeckel LA ae blind golf championships and placed third in an international _| "ichards 18.38 meet. His latest national victory was at Norristown, Pa., re. Martin 1 2 333 cently with a score of 213 in iles. iat cae x ins WILL YOU SMILE? Boswell, a soft-spoken Southerner, was blinded by a German O eo. rigin Of shell in the bitter Ruhr Valley fighting of 1944. He had nevert played golf, but romped to football fame in the '30s as a halfback; ° at the University of Alabama. a nigh Electricity At 32, Charlie is manager of the sporting goods department of a | large Birmingham department store. At every opportunity he's off| 5 to the links. “Golf is the most wonderful thing that ever happened to me,” he says. “I’ll go anywhere in the country to play.” Blind golfers play the game with the aid of a coach who aligns The following brief story on enjamin Franklin was handed ; in by a little girl: “He was born; in Boston, traveled to Philadel- phia, met a lady on the street,; she laughed at him, he married | her and discovered electricity.” | The flying gurnard swims inj the ocean, glides through the a and walks on the sea floor on spe- cially developed forefins. “We play right out of the book.” says Charlie. “That's the value of it to the blind fellow—to tackle a job and overpower it, “Practice—that’s what does it; constant practice. Eventually you begin to get a fifth sense to make up for your lost eyesight. Charlie took up golf while. convalescing at Valley Forge, Pa.. veterans hospital in 1945. Blind veterans there were encouraged to take part in a sports orientation program. Pretty soon Charlie was banging away every chance he got. The game was a challenge and he was determined to master it. The record shows that he did. His friends say he probably will be shooting in the middle 80's soon. Quite often he whips a golfer who has eyesight. a feat that affords him immense satisfaction. Charlie is married and has two children—a boy and girl. He is an avid baseball and football fan, plays bridge and likes to “read” book recordings at his comfortable home here. Shortly after Charlie came home from the war, the Alabama football team played an intra-squad benefit game for him. People from all over the state came to “Boswell Day” and bought $30.000 worth of tickets. It was enough to stake Charlie to a fair start as a civilian. On his recent tournament jaunt, Charlie was talking golf with Bob Allman, blind attorney and golf opponent, in a Philadelphia hotel room “Bob, you just don’t putt right,” commented Charlie. tell by the sound of the ball. Whereupon Charlie and Grant Thomas got out a putter and some balls, laid a water glass on the floor 15 feet away and blind golfer Boswell proceeded to give blind golfer Allman a putting lesson.. “And do you know,” s Allman, “within 15 minutes I was putting a good percentage of them into the glass! Boy, what a golfer that guy is—and what a guy!” “I can 3 BOSWELL RELAXES with his record player as his son, Charlie, Jr., three and a half, watches. TODAY’ THDAYS |New York. president of the Uni- TODAY’S BIRTH téd Lutheran Church, born in Bethlehem, Pa., 49 years ago. Harvey S. Mudd, president of (Know America) Gov. Henry F. Schricker of In- Angeles, born in Leadville, Colo- ars ago. John Gunther, noted author-|rado, 61 jeurnalist, born in Chicago, 48; E. 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