The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 25, 1951, Page 3

[ } WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1951. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN PAGE THREE SEACATS SWAMP G.E. SCIENTISTS 22- Tol? To$ Victory Over NAS VX-1 In Second Softhall Tilt At Park By DON EDWARDS __ The Sea Cats softball squad trounced the GE Scien- tists 22-3 last night at Bayview Park in the first game of a doubleheader in the Island City Softball loop. In the Second tilt, the Independents stomped the snappy uni- formed VX-1 squad by a score of 17-9 behind the able pitching of Don Williams. Forni lead off for the Sea Cats and quickly received a free trot to first, Harris walked. Malby folowed suit, Griffith then slammed a long four run home run. The rest of the batting order came up in the inning, but were unable to get a man around to add to the tally. In the bottom GE Scien-¥ tists’ half of the initial inn- ing, Foster reached first via a base an balls. Vertucci, the center fielder, struck out. Brost whipped the ball into a double play retiring the side. The top of the second was a wild and furious affair where everything went except the kit- chen sink. The Sea Cats finally made’ their last trudge around the base pads when they had scored 18 runs in the second inning. About 100 fans saw the. “Cats” batting order go around three times before they were halted, In the melee there were two home runs, one triple, four doubles, two singles and eight free tickets to _ the first sack. In the bottom half of the on- slaugth inning, Tango led off for the Scientists with a base hit. Earls rapped a hit. Griffin flew out to short, Carpenter got the nod from the pitcher. Smith, in for Greenfield at right field, abley connected for a single. On the two singles and an error, three runs seored. The game was called at the end of the second to allow the other game to start. Santana led off in the other night marathon with a base on balls for the. Independents. Left fielder Casado: also: reached ' first >mefp ad- . Valdez eived ‘bases ‘on balls. led todest Vald _ to~ right... Sa grow out third to first. Wil- liams ‘ging men ad- after the i ani out shert to third. = Crosbley singled ‘for tally on a long home run. The three outs were made with the next three men. The second frame saw the In- dependents go through their roster again scoring eight runs on six hits and two errors. San. tana and Casado doubled and S. Valdez singled. A passed ball tal- lied the runs at three at the start of the second. Castro tripled and scored on an error by the pitcher. Aceveda singled and Sawyer got on by an error. He scored on a long fly to’right center. VX-1 got two runs in the sec- ond on one hit and one error. Williams struck out two men in that frame. ‘The third stanza came and went with the. Independents scoring two’ Fungi on‘ a’singlé base’hit by jo. and two: free trips to ipitial sack. Indepedents relaxed their ar fF a minute and YX-1 took the advantage scoring three runs without a hit. Laham and Aldrige got on by errors at first. Wentz grounded out and Doherty re- ceived a pass, Ski, pinchhit- ting for Sherrill, got on by another error at first. Richey singled and Crosbley flew out to short to end the inning. . Richey came in cold to pitch for VX-1 in the fourth and put the rampaiging Independents down in one, two, three fashion. The “never say die” VX-1 boys made a game comeback in the bottom half of the fourth stanza with two runs on one hit and one error, The game was called at 10:30 p.m. 50 the lights could be turned out. First Game R. H. E. Sea Cats 22 9 0 GE. ‘Scientists 3° 8 Gernser ,and Schult; Perez, Corey, Greenfield and Brost } Second Game R. H. E. Independents 1710 5 Yet. 9 5 6 Williams, C. Valdez and Cas- tro; Jenkins, Richey and Sher- rill, Ski. American crime has developed the way American business de- veloped; organized, and consolidated. Select tne services that selects its men—U.S. Mariner. Sports Calendar SOFTBALL (Bayview Park) Night Play ELIMINATIONS For Island City Softball League Games to be announced. LITTLE LEAGUE EXHIBITION GAMES Bayview Park—Night Play WEDNESDAY— 6:30—Lions vs. Rotary. 8:00—JayCees . vs: Kiwanis. _ 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 (Morning, Afternoon and Night) Daily and Sunday play. SHUFFLEBOARD Bayview Park »Morning, Afternoon and Night’ Daily and Sunday ‘play. * Don Williams Pitches Independents Boston Braves Break Dodgers Winning Streak NEW YORK, April 25.—(”).— The Boston Braves ended the Dodgers’ five. game winning streak with a+? to 4 win yester- day. Sid Gordon’s homer in the eighth with two on iced the game tor the Braves after Preacher Roe had been relieved by Carl Ers- kine when he pulled a leg muscle. Brooklyn’s Carl Furillo and Duke Snider also got circuit clouts off Max Surkont. Results: AMERICAN LEAGUE R. H. E. Boston 710 0 Brooklyn 410 9 Surkont, Mueller, and Cooper; Roe, Erskine, Bankhead, Brown. R.H E. Cincinnati ae | St. Louis 5 te Ramsdell, Perkowski, Weh meier, and Pramesa; Lanier, and Garagiola. E. Pittsburgh 1 Chicago 1 Law, Werle, and McCullough; Lown, McLish, and Walker. a son «az R. H. E. New York 410 1 Philadelphia 612 1 Bowman, Jones, Kramer, Ken- nedy, Gettel, Koslo, and Westrum; Miller, Konstanty, Wilber. NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E Philadelphia 041 New York 8 6. 1 Shantz and Tipton; Lopat and Berra. R. H. E. Washington 790 Boston 5 6 3 Kuzava and Grasso; Wight, McDermitt, and batts R. H. E. ‘| Chicago 210 1 Cleveland 5 8 0 Cain and Niarhos; Feller and Hegan. WOMEN BALLPLAYERS TO APPEAR HERE WITH CUBAN STARS HAVANA TEAM TO PLAY FOUR EXHIBITION GAMES SAT.. SUN. AGAINST ISLAND CITY SQUADS Kew West will get a chance to see what woman ball- players can do when the Cuban Stars meet local teams in four exhibition games this weekend. Entries for the 1351 Ciiy Tennis Championships have now reached 30. ; Contestants will be playing fer the John M. Spottswood Cup for the first time this year, There will be: a‘total of 64 players in the draw, Play will start on the courts at County Beach as soon as the backstops have been erected. Entries may be phoned to tournament chairman, Earl Yates at 203 before 6 p. m. and 586-J. Little League Exhiition Games Set For Tonight Teams from the Little League will-play two exhibition games tonight in Bayview Park. The Lions will meet the Ro- tary team in the first contest at 6:30 p. m. The second game, at 8 p. m. will pit the JayCee and Kiwanis aggressions. Participation in Little League baseball is limited to youngsters who are eight to 13 years of age The four local clubs are sponsor- ing teams—including the pur- chase of uniforms, equipment, and’ insurance—so that Key West aa capitalized|can join the thousands of other cities in the country that have Little Leagues. The winner of the Island City’s season play, which be- The Stars, who already have arrived from Havana, will stay here a week, and then proceed to Saskatche- wan, Canada where they will join the Candian Lea- gue. They are training at Oteanview park for their practice tilts with the Key West teams. The first game will get under way at] p.m. Saturday and will pit the Stars against the local Strand th xt (formerly, the Bombers) team. Key Westers will see a marquita ( a woman) pitcher on the mound, as well as Lolita at first base. These two lovelies are the only two women professional players on the team and or that matter, in the Canadian League. The second game Saturday will start at 3 pm. The Gulfstream Food Store team will play the stars. Sunday. Benny's Cafeteria will take to the field at } p.m. against the visitors and at 3 p.m. the honors of defending local baseball will fall to the Brooks Stars, All of the games will be played at Oceanview Park. The regular Island City League games. will be postponed. In the winter of 1840, before the days of.the cable, there was no news from Europe for 26 days, no ship arrived during that period. Subscribe to The Citizen. gins on May 2, will go to a dis- trict tournament, and if suc- cessful there, to a regional, and perhaps state elimination. One team will represent the state in the Little League world series next September at Wililams- port, Pa. ,, cally treated to OZARK IKE SKIP, 1 HOPE ZIP ZALEN ANDO BUBBER BEAN ARE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR THE OPENERS THEY'RE OKA”. CHIEFS,. Players Complain That Tennis Court Work Is Lagging Local tennis players have been| Tennis complaining to President Earl Yates on the courts at Beach is lagging. The concrete has has been that work the been down for three weeks but so far, there no advertisement for bids on the erection of backstops. At their last meeting, the County Commissioners ‘voted to ask for BUBBER'S FINGER HAS HEALED UP FINE AND ZIP’S ANKLE ISN'T BOTHERING HIM A BITs Club} County bids on the completion of the With s The 1951 City Championships, I eries as well as the boys and girls! Doris Ashe rolled the highest junior championships, are being total in yesterday’s « individual of the courts. Commissioner *Joe Allen and are drawing up specifications for the remain- stressed that they will be so drawn that all bidders will have a maximum chance. They will include the pro- vision that all lumber be chemi- prevent rot and termites, and that they be strong enough to withstand any ordinary Ygnacio Carbonell ing work. It has bee hurricane. lt has not been decided wheth- er the beautification of the court Tumped in with the bid for the backstops and net area should be posts, The Key West tification of the |held up pending the completion n Garden has agreed to supervise the beau-| bowling on the na’ She started slow) The top singie morning was with 423, Koraska with 148, y courts. was 135, of Her 434 led a large field of women in the weekly competition. ly but gained momentum as she tossed 133, 146. and 155 in her three efforts. game Edith Holts Edith managed only a 391 series however. Winnie Humphrey's 428 took second highest serie? honors, while Cindy Valine the 161. third Other high scorers were Ginny and 126 for a,tota] of 409 and Dorothy Gravat with 398 and a high single Club effort of 155. Avonell The field included Isobe] Bliss, groungs around Nita Hauser, Renegar, ‘he court, One. prerequisit2 of Sarah Pierce, Grace Joy, Marie this work is that Aust! Without this wind would prevent p! purt of the time. 39 FEARED DEAD (Continued from Page One) ficials could be reached for con- ralian pine be placed behind each vacsstox windbreak, i firmation on the names. All but one or two Coast Guard out personnel were Coast Guard rescue hoi When the trainer plane explod- ed in the air over South beach smoke hung in great clouds of the air for as long minutes afterwards, According to eye witnesses the Pan-American plane did not ex- sea. But plode when it hit the ats. / a great Helen Castagna, Ann Gavel, Frances Mills, Naomi Respess, Georgia Holland, Betty Broadbent, Helen Illsley, Loretta Sosbey, . on Farhs, ‘Marie Faucett, Carson, Kothryn Shirley Valine. the portant that twenty FORECAST partly cloudy BULLETIN Coroner Roy Hamlin of the Second District is in. charge of identifying the ‘forty-odd bodies of civilian passengers many American in! the Cu- bana, Pan American Airways affiliate plane. The bodies will remain at the Naval Hospital for iden- tifcation. Chief Deputy Sher- iff Frank Webber went out to the Naval Hospital to fin- gerprint the ‘victims. en eee Gay, masses of breakage flew up in East Gulf of Mexico: Moderate the air from the impact of the} cact to southeast winds today be- | a coming moderate to fresh south- Traffic was stopped on South! cast to south Thursday. Partly , street—as hundreds of Key West-| cjoudy weather. Few. showers in! ers rushed to the scene of the crash and packed beaches from Monroe county beach — te Fort) No small craft or storm warnings crash. Taylor beach. There was no sign of activity en the Navy Mole, Rescue boats had not returned from the scene sibility of thundershowers. Jacksonville Jacksonville to have been issued. Tides of the crash when this reporter! Naval Base rushed over there. The Associated Press of Flor. ida sent a plane, and newsmen from Miami to get first-hand shots and information of the crash at the scene of the} brought ashore but accident. The acting head of the Naval Submarine base in Key Jerry Feiertag, :| Higgins, Edith Blatt, Alice Noack, Dorothy Brown, Lorraine Yale, today north portion Thursday. Apalachicola: ; Flossie and There will be another meeting of the bowlers in the alley before play starts at 9:30 a. m. It is im- everyone be there. No baby sitters will be provided until after the meeting. The Weather Key West and Vicinity: Mostly H through Nebeh aaa continued warm. Pos- isolated showers or Moderate fresh easterly winds. Florida: Partly cloudy through Thursday. Few light showers on lower east’coast today and ‘scat- tered showers in the tion Thursday. Continued warm. ; thru the Florida Straits: Moderate to fresh winds, easterly today becoming south- east to south Thursday. cloudy weather Few light show- | ers in extreme south portion to- to north por- Partly TOMORROW High Low 1:46 a.m. 5:30 a.m. 12:33 p.m. 8:14 p.m. have * not been identified.” t:}on “a planned Captain William Caruthers, said} flight.” eyewitnesses told him the navy The Navy plane, he' said, was ALL THE OTHER PLAYERS ARE IN TIPTOP SHAPE..... EXCEPT OZARK IKE! HE'S WORRIED SICK ABOUT DINAH'S DISAPPEARANCE J..., ed By VOTE WAS 56 TO 26 TO PUT BILL ON CALENDAR 25.—(AP).— The Florida jdendar for rebate and ac- | tion a bill to break up chain ownership of dag tracks. By a vote of 56 to 26, the House jcommittee and put it on the calendar. The measure primarily would affect Governor Warren’s friend William H. Johnston, by forcing him to sell control of three of his four Florida dog tracks. The House action came on the motion of Represent- ative Perry Murry of Polk. There was little debate. Johnston has been the prime target of the Miami Crime Commission’s testi- ODEEEVAQTUOAUUASUSASUAOAUE GRAS Elaine Ruhl... hie | A little girl in a hig city, who gets caught-in the middle when the body of Lawrence Straw is found near her apartment, and who reveals a secret, Bendy... ey Professor Caldwel hard- opernonay, working factotum who comes A flotilla of rescue crew, in-| plane spun into the water im-| cluding a diving crew, went to mediately after the collision. the scene. Coast Guard, Navy The airliner ~remained in the/ and other aircraft flew over the air for about 50 seconds before | area looking for crashing into about 30 feet of | vivors. water between one-half and one mile offshore. Caruthers said two bodies iden-| bits of wreckage were floating} tified as navy men had been re-|to the surface when reached the! possible sur- First reports said the airliner vanished in the water but that covered and “we are recovering; Navy rescue boat some bodies which are being area. the first across a weird assortment of characters as he gets all the facts, but who skips over one important detail, as you'll see when you read... ' FIEND IN NEED Starting Friday In The Citizen * ynvnvaicn nce aga tL TALLAHASSEE, April! | | House has put on the cal-| took the bill from a hostile Johnston's Hold On Race Tracks May Be End Doris Ashe Leads Women Bowlers TEMPERATURES | AT 7:30 A.M., EST mony before the Haley committee. 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