The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 3, 1951, Page 6

PAGE BEX Kerr's Homer Was Longest Blow Of Night Baseball Little League Opener By DON EDWARDS Civie organized Little League Baseball got it’s of- ficial sendoff opening last night in Bayview Park before} a turnout crowd of 500 fans. In the first official tilt of the evening, the Rotary sponsored club nosed out the| Kiwanis in-tight play by a score of 8-6. The second game of the scheduled doubleheader ended at a 2-1 count in a pitchers duel between Joe Diaz, winning pitcher of the Lions, and Yates of the JayCees. Diaz pitched a brilliant’-—— ‘game giving up only nel Louis Fights ia: “run on one hit and one| walk. He struck out 12 men with: his speed ball. Yates, | 'Savold June 13 going the distance for the! NEW YORK, May 3—(A).— JayCees, gave up two runs, Former Heavyweight Champion onr just three hits and fan- | Joe Louis will meet the veteran ned nine men. | Lee Savold in a 12-round bout at » Leading off for the JayCees in ithe Polo Grounds here on June the.second tilt was Santana, Lions! 13. That was announced today short stop. He made it to first by the International Boxing when pitcher Diaz hit him. Diaz,! Club. pitching brilliant ball, struck out| Louis won his fifth straight Latorre, Branly and Demeritt to Thrift led off for the Lions in the bottom half of the first and struck out. Cass, left fielder, struck out and Diaz grounded out itcher to first. Jexander struck out as first batter in the second and Yates, the pitcher, looped a fly to the infield. Snow got on by a walk, the only one given up by Joc Diaz... Riyas, first sacker, struck] out to retire the side. The second was a big inning} for the stout hearted Lions elub. Kerr, catcher, led off with the longest clout of the nightcap, a cireuit base clout. First sacker} L..T.. Curry received a nod from ¥ates and took first. Adams} $truck out and Curry went down Swinging for the third out. The summary for the inning was two runs. on one hit and no JayCee's errors. Diaz, still pitching wonderful! ball,~struck out the next three| batters in order. Fernandez, San- tana and Latorre went down fan- ning the breeze. Por the Lions only th men went to bat in the third. Wayne Carey, right fielder, struck out and second sacker Thrift fanned. Casas slammed the apple for a long two bagger to the right field line and was out trying to stretch it to a triple. * ‘ayCees went down in the urth with no runs and no hits ad one man left on the vads. Dfaz struck out for the initial ott,in the. bottom half of the Stame and home run hitting Kerr carefully plaecd a long double to the left center field. Curry struck out-and Adams. walked. . Wayne Albury struck out to end the in- ning. Taking advantage of the situ: tion, the JayCees scored a s tally in the top of the fifth stanza of one hit, one. walk and a passed ball. The game tightened down with the Lions going down in order and the JayCees follovring suit in the top of the sixth. | base "The first tilt of the evening started off at a fast clipp as Es- quinaldo led off for the Kiwanis nine striking out. George Mira fanned and Danny Oropezz down swinging to take cz top half of the initial frame The Rotary got right down io business and scored two runs in the bottom half of the stanza taking advantage ball.and an error. Leading off in the second for Kiwanis. J. Mira was out on a Sensational unassisted play at first. finely executed by Rich- ard Watson. Richard went deep , behind first on a ground bail ! and snared it in a fine back- hand stab. First baseman Wil- { bur Johnson then clouted the for a double to right. Left fielder Yates and short stop , Knowles went down swinging to end the inning. | Retary went down in the bot tom half with no runs, one hit and of a base on | no Kiwanis errors. After the Kiwanis went down fanning, the Ro came back in, the bottom half sendir it men to . Pierron led off a walk. ard’ Watson slammed out a si and Taylor got on by a fielde choice. Frohock singled and with the aid of a passed ball and four stolen bases in the inning, three men scored. Kiwanis came back with a two run tally on one hit in the fourth. The summary for the inning was two runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on the base pads, Jordon walked. Quesado, in for t Pierrot, pitching, struc comeback bout last night in De- troit, where he decisioned Omelio Agramonte. Savold is recognized heavyweight champion world in Great Britain. Baseball Scores Florida International League as of the the Tampa 9, Havana 2. i St. Petersburg 4, Lakeland 1. | Miami 4. West Palm Beach 3. Miami Beach 7, Fert Lauder- dale 2. i NATIONAL | ‘LEAGUE R. H. E.j St. Louis a ie wee | Boston 81 Staley, Munger and Ri pahn j and St. Claire. R. H..E. Chic 1 i€=,0 New 89 0 Schr Lown and Burgess Pittsburgh 4 Brooklyn 3 Dickson and McCullough; Ne we combe, Haugstad and Campanella, R, H. E. Cincinnati 612 0 Philadelphia 412 0 Blackwell Smith and Scheffing; Heintzelman, Konstanty, Miller and Seminick. | AMERICAN LEAGUE | R. H. E. New York 62S Chicago 4-8 Sanford, Ostrowski, Shea and Houk; Littlefield, Dorish and] Niarhos. R. H. E.| Philadelphia 463 301 and Detroit Coleman, Hooper, W: Tipton, Astroth; Rogovin, boert and Ginsberg. R. H 30; a5 Clevela 410 0 Parnell, Kinder and Batts; Le- | mon, Brissie id Hegan. out son walked. Tay slammed a| double to right field. Third baseman Frohock clipped the apple for a single, of the runs. Pinder got the third | single of the frame, third run. After the teams went down in order at the next twq bats, wanis tried a game comeback but fell short of the tying mark with four runs scored on two hits and one error. Hitting in the in- ning were J. Mira’ with a timely | j double. First baseman Wilbur! ‘Johnson and short stop Robert} Knowles. Scores First Game R. H. EF. Kiwani: 6.4 4 XK 8 40 ildez, Perez and James Mira; Quesada and Jordan. Second Game Pierrot, R. H. E. ee a 23 1 Yates and Demeritt; Diaz Kerr ANYTHING CONCERNING aut MOBIL TWINS. 1130 Duvar Sr. Px. 1870-1871 Her- | scoring two} seoring the | | Ki-| and | | their | | | | | { THE KEY Wwe OZARK IKE TH’ SMARTEST MOVE / EVER MADE FOR MY BALL CLUB.» cleigae an AS TH" SOx’ GIRLS RST CITIZEN wtTS GOT OZARK IKE PLAYING LEFT FIELD LIE A SLAP-HAPPY CLOWNS, ANDO IF TH’ KID HICKS IN A FEW TA WUST DREAM 5 AH DONE EVUH HADL wWELL HAVE THIS GAME _ ON (CE BEFORE TH’ MAY 1951. THURSDAY, a a a at JOE DIAZ PITCHES ONE-HITTER AS LIONS _ WHIP JAYCEES BEFORE CROWD OF 500 Pm suinaians As Doubleheader Set For Sunday By Ray Gott WONOUH WHEN AHLL WAKE UPY Je Two games are OZARK, AND PWITHA| | 00 | Junior Tennis Players Concern Ahout Tennis Court Delay Vote To Contact Commissioner Joe Allen On The Matter The Junior Tennis Club, last i ee VX-1 Smashes Eagles 13 To | at its! The snappy night, VX-1 Ea uniformed thirteenth meeting squad downed the Navy voted to contact County Commis-| 13-1, yesterday at the Navy Ficld sioner Joe Allen regarding the} in the U.S. Naval Station Base- y of completion of the three} ball League | ete courts at County Beach,| The Eagles saw the 13 tallie according to Ralph Hartenstine.| cross the plate before a duo of cutstanding tennis enthusiast | pitchers. here. John Baird of the VX-1’s had a The youngsters are cager to| perfect day at bat, hitting four| begin play on the new courts in| on four tries. Tom Jekot blasted | 1951 city championship] the apple for a .666 average, get- The big tourney will} ting two hits for three times at} tourney. be comprised of three separate|the dish. Acie Brown slammed events—the girls, boys 14 and un-| the longest hit ball of the day.} der ,and boy 18 and under—| It} cleared the fence by seven playing the first time for the A.| fect, 327 fect from home plate. Maitland Adams.cup and the > score: R. H. E two J. J. Trevor cups. fe 1313 6 In preparation for the cham a pionships, the players’ committee Morll, Valenc (6) and Laud appointed Delores; Vill Peter|ermilk, Bauers (6); White, Scott, Knight and Eleanor 9 to} (4) and Scott, Carter (4). ‘draw up a grand listing of all Bas lt known Island City players. This Select me servic? tha: selects | -| will give all boys and girls the| «ts men—U.S. Marines equal chance to compete in the} play. Be Soe on Satisaa May “The championships tourney with deadline for entries set isn’t a club affair,” said Miss| as May 6th. Coach Van is plan.! Gato, players’ committee chair-| ning to take a team for compe man. “It belongs to everyone in} tition town who has ever played tennis, The June meeting of the Jun even a little. Last year whenj ior Tennis Club will be held at} Ralph Hartenstine gave us our|the home of June art Yates. | ee] ar almost | Officers fo rthe com all of us were beginners.” be elected and the club's The USLTA tourney at Delray niversary will be telebrated first junior championship. - Sports Calendar BASEBALL ISLAND CITY WINTER BASEBALL LEAGUE (Afternoon Play) Oceanview Park SUNDAY- 1:00—Brooks’ Stars vs. Navy Eagles. 3:00—Strand Theater vs. Ben-! ny’s Cafeteria. U.S. NAVAL STATION BASEBALL LEAGUE SATURDAY, MAY 5- 2:00-——Sonar vs, Navy Field SubRon 4 at FAWTU Edges Out SubRon 8-7 Summerland Key SHUFFLEBOARD -Morning, Afternoon and Night Now Open Under Daily and Sunday pl. New Management The FAWTU nine from Boca) Early »metimes | New Johnson Outboards, Inboards Chica squeezed by the SubRon 4) °stablis : ; Sel, Siete ; squad by a score of 8-7 yesterday | thei t ei Se BAIT and BEER At All Times at the Navy field in the U.S. Na-| !98 out 1 to avoid clashes CAPT. BOB and ve any 1 tle star, a dweller of} EUNICE JOHNSTON |. The leading et the oce 1, can shed any of Invite You To Come Up All Weather boys were George| its five atawe Gaped Shecionseesi Roach with two for fc Don | and See em Anytime | Saunders with and two for Anderson with a double, the only extra base hit for the| FAWTU's McCouff was the leading ace! for the SubRon 4 squad slammi a line drive triple and collecting two hits for four trips. ij The SubRon 4 7 FAWTU (Boca Chica) — 8 O'Rourke, rown (7) Turenr, LONGI 8 10 Fernandez (5), and Rowell, Mass (5); 00) come Roach. 2:00\—N vs. Cardinals at Boca Chica Field. SUNDAY, 1:00- Cardinals at Na j 3:00-—-Sonar vs. NAS at Navy Field 2:00—OpDevSta vs. SubRon 4; at Boca Chica Field. SOFTBALL (Bayview Park) Night Play ELIMINATIONS ’| For Island City Softball poe THURSDAY 7:30—Independents vs. Navy. 9:00—VX-1 vs. OpDevSta. LITTLE LEAGUE Bayview Park—Night Play FRIDAY. 6:30—Rotary vs. Lions. 6:00—JayCees vs. Kiwanis. 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