The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 22, 1951, Page 3

See ne eceeinirieenenenelieennenmnenmeinrmeseeeeemeeneaee RR Re Key West Conch Huskies Are Training Daily * FELLER WINS. HIS 20TH: GAME Sets Down The Washington Sens With Six: Hits NEW YORK, Aug. 22— (>) Curve-balling Bobby Feller be. eame the first pitcher in the ma- jor leagues to win 20 games this season when he set down the ! his choice—or probable choice— Washington Senators with six hits | of aspirants, asthe Cleveland Indians won, 6 | , Working in light equipment, the | battery of try-outs are working in to 0, last ‘night. Feller has" lost |the sweltering sun unlimbering only five games. The victory en- | Summer-stiff: limbs, ironing. the abled the Tribe to stay atop the | kinks out of their pitching arms American League Pennant race, |#"d getting the feei of the ball It was the sixth time in 13 | ter the lengthy lay-off | One of the hottest candidates. seasons FE Pelle: é vO! 2 asons that Feller has won 20] in the shade or in the sun or more games. ’ Only four other | John Cruz a Genior at KW American League pitchers have | High. Cruz is a past master at the been able to surpass that record. | art of br n field running His | Feller’s mates racked up a 5-0; muscular legs work li souped- lead for him at the end of three | up pistons and his change of pace Thirty-Eight Boys Turn Out With More Expected With Fall going in te bat ipants of Key West Senior High School are having plenty of company battling it out for positions on the honor role of the first string | Squad and for places on the | net-quite-so-honored list of | the second stringers. | So far this week 36 huskies j have turned out to go through | their paces under the watehful | eyes of Coach Winston Jones who is not committing himself as to innings off Washington starter ! is remarkable considering the sea- Don Sohnson and Feller coasted | yet te t and most ath- thereafter. The Senators went |letes are far and away from reach- went down to their 10th straight jing competition form. defeat. This year will mark the re- \6 ntry of a Senior High squad RED SOX ARE DEFEATED jafter a ten-year absence from Young Jim McDonald was wild | Florida State organized football. * for Summer, pigskin partic- | rie oe ge Re fee + Sey eter meemmin 9g ng Bdge eS For Gridiron 'LOCAL | Beach. Pictured above are some of the candidates for guards. ~# Ramsey Fans 9In Posting His | Eighth Straight Win Last Nigh Coca Cola Defeats *—--—----— but effective in the clutch as he jena local gridiron fans are holler- pitched the St. Louis Brownies | ing for to a 6 to 4 victory over the Boston| How * shroud of | to surround Coach Red Sox. McDonald gave up just | mystery | St. Louis 0 three hite--s homer and ataie to | Jones’ personal selection of this| Pitcher Ramsey won his eighth |) ov ny Dom DiMaggio and a two-run | squad. To date there has been no | straight game last night when Pont Bokidke and ( Delacak: double to Walt Dropo. He walked |list of selections: posted nor has | won over the Independents Preacher Roe and Roy Cam-| nine but struck out six to beat | the usual line-up of candidates’ | 10-3 score. The fast-ball hu panella j his former teammates. jage, weight, height, position-gone | fanned nine batters to bri é | The Brownies got 10 hits off |-out-for, etc., been made public. |strike-out total to 118 in eight | Cincinnati 000 | three Boston Pitchers, with start- From the pr box it seems | games Yew York 010 iia er Willie Nixon the loser. Ken | there is a definite lack of experi-| | Acevedo, fir Ewell Blackwell and Dixie| | Wood with a homer and single, | ence alent’ among the try- | Ramsey, hit a Howell; Larry Jansen and Wes| § Matt Batts, with a pair of doub- | outs, ing has been at a low |and a single by os hase les, and Freddie Marsh, with a | level and a good seal of slowness | Sean enS Sheil sec i Home ‘Rina: Monte Widths Meee double and single, each ‘drove in| is evident in blocking and kicking |double by Alonzo and an Rane One iath atone dure of the Brownie runs practice. These will probably be | by Santana gave ther | You d, 3 » 16th of yea ‘eliminated as the squad is whip | a teans.-scored -four “in ap chu ped into shape the first on three hi B b ll St i t Ue ata neces eit sii Judging from the work-outs the | Ramsey and Schmitt hit a aseda. aRISHICS Jig. dellaqn a. two-run teed in the | Sco Wil concenteate on welght. | double and single each ISLAND CITY SOFTBALL first inning and Wilson held it all | The line is exceedingly heavy for | Score > a LEAGUE i the way. asthe Braves beat the |? High School squad. Those try- | RHE | Clube: WL. Poe Pittsburgh Pirate to 1. Sibbi ing out for Due are oe jane nt te : ; incor: 6 .0 1,000 gery pele ani joungsters wit hat . well-fed |Corpora i $ 2% : Sis ee ee ee OMNI SER the’ backfield’ waalt eet Rodriguez and Fail. | SubRon Pirate strater Bob Friend gave up | i nally lightweights, have suffi- | on r; Ramsey and Kasarda Cola 4 2.667 his first of seven passes wy’ * icient weight to back up their ar- hour, 20 minutes. Um 4.3. 571 walked Sammy Jethroe. Then Bob | "Nts with oncoming opposi. | pires: McDonald nnd Jones, Seor. | Independents 2 2 500 Elliott also walked and Sid Gor, | S¥ments With oncoming sas be Na 2 4 (333 Gon hits fwo-rin single ““Practises are being held at _ Home 1 4 200] PHILS WIN CARRY-OVER {County Beach every morning In the nightcap, a total of OpDevy 0 7 .000; : ifrom 8 to 10 and every afternoon The Philadelphia Phillies beat vee ees sis GIANTS WIN 10 The New York Giants won their 10th straight game by beating | fron 6. the: Ghiako Cubs, 3 to 2, i 3a [om 4 until. é was halted that day after seven ovis f ‘Day Boat Regaita | singled. Then relief pitcher Bubba |{°)h0. 3, at Garrison Bight. Tt with the bases loaded to force in heat years. : Some of. the..outs trophies which will be awarded: the Cin ti Reds, 7 to 4, in the only day game played in the ma : ERE ber ESE ee innings of a suspended July 22nd | s ‘ game between the two teams Lions Club Will innings because of the Penns) vania Sunday law. But last night, Cub pitcher Walt Dubiel wall®d |The Key West Lions Club .willl Jimmy Bloodworth to open the | ssonsor the power boat regatta| Church beat out a bunt to load ee Nena: . ¥ | will be the biggest annual Labor the bases. Paul Minner replaced | nay regatta to be staged by the the winning run. | standing “hot pilots” from other parts of the state will be | to the winning drivers. Among those who are expectéd| Chicago led, 1 to 0, when pl | Sp Lah the Phils came from behind twice vr . sd last of the 12th and Del Wilber | °rCguied for Labor Day, Sep- Dubiel and walked Bill Nicholson | Key West Outboard Club in re- peting for the beautiful | ; to compete from out of town are jor leagues. c Miran! wier ‘of Daytgna Beach: we, Waid & pan te) bu ith plenty # York Yan stayed Gn the ball fof a fast’ Pace, and Ray Whitfield who is known for jhis daring in winning outboard races. In the different c | which will be announced j the local outboard skippers who ;will compete B. | jrooms, Tommy Pr | Carbonell, John McKillip, James |} Hanson, Hastings Adams, Cliff j} Shumaker, and Tommy Poore. | Tentative plans for a free-for | all are being made up. This will} | be the last event of the day and} |should be the thriller, as com-| | petition is at a peak among the | local skip with in one game of the league- leading Indians by clubbing the Detroit Tigers for 17 hits and an 11 to 4 victory. Lefty Art Shall- ock went the route for the Yan kees, giving the Tigers seven hits and striking out seven to. score his second victory WHITE SOX’ VICTORY The Chicago White Sox scored in both the first and second inn ing and went on to wallop the to 5 Philadelpt Athletic 13 Sox starter Saul Rogo 8.0 lead after three inr was shelled out in the f Philadelphia scored t Louis Aloma relieved F won his fifth straight game—a in relief NATIONAL LEAGUE | RHE Pittsburgh 1 8 r on 3.6 TP iienk Wilks and Garagiola; Wilson and St. Claire pers. arth when | | bake their bre&d in outdoor ovens that are built of sun-bak ed clay and have the appearance of large bee-hives. Pramesa; Maglie, Jones, Spencer and Westrum. mn AMERICAN LEAGUE First Game RHE | Chicago 2 8 1 |New York 11:17 0 Philadelphia 3 9 Detroit 4.92 Burgess. McLish, Leo Schallock and Berra; Gray, | piel, Minner and Owen ‘} Bearden, Borowy and Ginsberg. tzelman, Church anc j a RS i og : Philadelphia 5 13 0 y | Chicago 1315 1 Second Game Shantz, Coleman and Astroth; Chicago 1 5 1 |Rogovin, Aloma and Masi. | jadelphia 4120} err | ish and Edwards; Johnson, | Boston 430] | St, Louis 6101) Church and Wilber. 1 ouis at Brooklyn, postponed, per third, rain. Z | Nixon, Stobbs, Masterson and | Robinson; McDonald and Batts. | | Washifigt6h O86 ~T nk + 45 a8 8.4 New a Mesketekutas J 5 Sehnson, Ferrick, Harris and ‘Ramsdell, Smith, Wehmeier and ‘Grasso; Feller and Hegan. a | runs were | a captain of some t ™! Christmas time courts Indian women of New Mexico} 4 OpDevSta 13°12 In | Late Scores Nightcap At The NATIONAL LEAGUE Bayview Park (First Game) scored and 16 hits 1 12 errors and a dozen arguments. U.S. Naval Station League | Pe Club— Cokes finally won when Smith wan Ww. hit one with the bases loaded in |CO™P® a the sixth SubRon Fou Roberts, Sherman hit homers. | FAWTUlant OpDev Sor Score Cocoa Cola ; OpDe 12 10 9 {¢ val Batteries: C. Harris, Sand 1 | Eagles Perez; Sabino, C. Gordon | and Sherman, 13 6 2 i —————— na 5 SUBSCRIBE TO THE CITIZEN | Once A Captain, Always A Capiain, Says Pretty Captain Althea Haskins Althea Haskr West said today th: aptain of the women’s tennis team in Key she couldn't remember when she hadn't been} m or another, Her captain-life began y: s ago When she entered the Convent of Mary Immaculate and started heading basketball, softball, and; volley ball teams. Now for the past two years she has been playing tennis and ig already eaptyin of: the women's tennis, teayyhere She said she hasn't}, Played @ large niiaher of Worthen in’Key West; but*has bea Overy one she has played. . A slender blonde girl with a ples quiet smile. Captain suddenly became very a woman's hip match here around which will include players from other parts of the state. It v e really good ta play a cha onship match here in your own he Miss Haskins lot of her ra quet techniq stine, “We expect to have champior s to Ralph I local wizard of the tennis 9 mentioned that she zhest pointer in Key several years ago, n she was in the eighth grade she competed in Jackson- ville for the Florida § olic Girls’ prize for free throws in basketbal i won it As! r future plan: Althea saic wanted was | to play tennis i open a florist shop. He Mrs. Her- bert Weech, wi partner in the shop ar already making plans : nv combine the buying and: selling of flowers with three or four hours practice on the courts. “TI have played tennis six hours straight in a day, but usually it’s three or four,” she explained. Asked for ac which might be passed on to younger girls who are only now beginning to play, she said skill comes more than anything else from long prac- tice which develops ease in the Handling of a .racquet. Shé also recommends good instruction in the early stages of the player's tennis life. HIGH SCHOOL GRIDSTERS TRAIN FOR COMING SE THE KEY WEST CONCHS FOOTBALL SQUAD are being put through their defensive paces by-Coach Winston Jones.at,County | Its the Ri ASON e Sportsmanship is the main factor behind the wide — variety of national sports in American congpetition, All other unseen aetors in intercollegiate sports down to the childrén:at sandlot play are very dimtnaita oie : pared to ontstanding sportsmanship. nee It.is: te come out with a statement of. this kind until you think back to the days when sports were iys clean and incorrupt, unlike modern times. That was | when a young boy would grow up with | the thought of baseball, football, baskeiball, boxing, racing or any other widely known sport on his mind — from the time he would awake till the time for his sleep at night. i Today. if is hard to say that sportsmanship counts in anything _ you do, whether if be on a contending field or in daily life, How= ever, you can have the stamina, the will ‘to participate and the physical ability of endurance, nothing will help more than to be able to succumb to # winning opponent. : With scandals breaking all around in West Point, Bradley versity and. at City. College in New York, the true meaning) of the. word. is greatly abused. Sportsmanship, in my esti mation, deals closely with loyalty and deep feeling in team spirit, Without that closely-guarded feeling. the team might as well itizen Staff Photo * * * * * * down as defeated and not compete in the sports circles. : Football has the main characteristics of binding boys together CONCH BACKFIELD AT WORK for one purpose, to win and give glory to their alma’ mater at? a 3 RE eS cost of rival squads. ‘ | That cost ‘should be limited to the well groomed ‘ability ideals set up by.a head coach of the team. Strict compliance always be accepted: on these terms by the players themselves. Othe wise, not working as a team, they will be driven under the mighty and lowly competitors alike. : A)l through great controversies on such subjects as basketball and football scandals, one quotation has always» stood out in my mind, the sportsman’s code: ‘ “For when the One Great Scorer comes to write against your name—He, writes. not that you won or lost, but how you played the game.” ss WATSON AND VARELA have past with Ralph Hartenstine, last ). champion, defending and holding his ti “pushed out the smooth Commander Joe in three sets. Watson beat the fast and experienced i player, Peter Varela, in nosed out play ¢o over two days period. Peter has done wi to make such a comeback in tennis and hearty congratulations from all whé Kk ~ Peter is a former champion. He ghempionship back in 1933. and’ was trying to re- peat: his performance. Comriander Watson, with little more steadiness and . accuracy, Both players were at their best in this contest _ and are due for a great round of applause. : ‘Never before in the history of Key West, has any tennis championship gone over ag well as th “Men's Tourney did. The County did re splendid the fences and building the. : in hadn't been for them, the matches would have been such a success. Citizen Staff Photo COACH ED BECKMAN, far right, is drilling the High School backfield in passing drills. The Conchs will continue two daily practices at County Beach until the school officially opens. Peter: Varela to buy this HIS is the perf to do somet! yourself. Stop in and see 5 how éatisfying— ithe owner of a itn It’s easy because Pontiac is priced just above the very lowest, and It’s sal Come and b new Pontiac— Volvo ‘ America’s Lowest-Priced Straight Eight i Lewest-Priced Car with GM Hy dre Mate Brive Your Choice of Sliver Streak Engiaes— Straight Eight or Six gon Wheels