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Ee ' —— ce oar N ERENCES ; i j ' WILL CROWN BOY NET CHAMP TO a Boys Again t again. John and Don are nce again finalists in the Key West Junior Tennis -hampionships They achi- ved this feat by overcom ng two of this city’s mest romising fre weo mers. sen ne sighck-e-e-meks ‘rank Roberts and Leo pares. rr the first match of the vening Don Cruz defeated arey 9-7, 6-4. This conte In general was a battle be- veen a= sharp hitting sautiful stroking but in- expe rienced p r, Leo Ores Sarey, and a retrievins Ricky, experienced pli Don Cruz. In the er steadiness and experienc {proved enough to eke victory but in this matcl {Leo proved he has con jlong way. It may be {time before Don take measure of Leo in cial match again Nobody can take a thing faway from Don in the man mer that he plaved this match however. He played @ well calculated and h fighting match and iwas enought to pull vic put of the bag } FOUR IN A ROW Play started with Leo hitting erratically and Don ran to a 15-2 lead. THen Leo came back to hold service and break Don’s ser. _ vice as Don softened up too much on his hitting and Leo got a couple easy-to-play volleys at the net. Leo then held his service ‘and won his fourth game in a irow to take a 6-5 lead as Don Started to crack badly out But then inexperience took its foll. Needing only to get the ball into play to be able to run the match out on a faltering Don Cr Leo doubled-faulted twice and his opponent ed to come back a €@6. In the faulted with the s Leo was not able just t next game jouble. © aly 30; all but take he game Leo then managed to service and tie the count at 7-7 but with Don serving, Leo refused to call $ervices that were out as out and this resulted in an 8-7 Cruz lead The final game saw éd Carey fight off three a determin set points but he finally succumbed on the fourth one as Don ht his rival on ah hotly contested point WELL PLAYED The second set saw Leo in the running all the way and had he followed more of his stinging drives up te the net he undoubted- ly would have taken the set. Both boys must be given credit and a display of shots that was for a well played match however, enjoyed thoroughly by the specta- tors. In the John Cruz proved too much for the up and coming Frank Roberts who had just the day before pulled the upset of the tournament by elimi nating the highly’ regarded Knight. Jhon never played better second mat 1 as he defeated his rival 6-3, 6-4 Cruz was magnificent his vol ley and several of his overhead smashes were hit with power of a Frank Sedgeman (Australian star and U.S. champion Frank did have a chance the to pull the second set out however. John let up for a little while with the result that errors started to flow from his racket re, ly And before anyone realized it Roberts had a 4-3 lea John pulled himself together at this point and with a mixed as- sortment of chops, slices and vol- leys he pulled out three straight games and the match. Tonight at 7:00 Johnny Sellers meets Robert Piarrot in the long awaited match for the City Boys Tennis Championships and at the conclusion of this match John Cruz will meet Don Cruz to deter- mine the 1951 Junior Champion. The matches will be called over the Joudspeaker system by City Men‘’s Champion Ralph Harten- stine and Coach Van. At the conclusion of the ed by himself, Bob Smit nd Ygnacio ¢ arbonel —— TRE VOR TALKS ‘ould be the the i take place the day's leox, nominee or of Rot wood, Floric quaint charn said th ly,” he would Honor guests were Capt. ¢ ing officer of the also Cliff Gov Holly- d the West and cial speaker and for D A Among BC Keglers catlike ; Peter | Reach Finals * Mrs. Turner Rolls | All-Season High Irene Turner took all-season) h series for the ladies at Boca Ch E when the Mr. and Mrs.j Bowling League met. Irene rolled{ a 171 for a 505 series I Caldwell made the high eas@n single score for the ladies withFa nice 200. 1.. Carson had a and high} for the men were J. Caldwell with 3 for a 516 series, J. Carson a 20 tzert a 183 | and Mrs. Cockron} ¥ ace; Team 19—Mr.| § second, and} Marino are} nd Mrs. Bench Views fin Junior Net Championships tankey igns The Cruz t boys have dones———__ —— s Cardinal Manager WITH PEN IN HAND, Eddie Stanky (left), former New York Giants second baseman, and Ov Fred S: of the Car c | ket |tonight with the first place posit | JACK K. BURKE stil als le age t age tt {- and_the | The signed to 1 al between the the cc for two year leted a long sim for the fiery € 0k over team . Lou Giants ‘Pre Season Navy Cage League oncluding At Base Tonight by JACK BURKE 5 SHARK 1 Puge One) tive safety of the turtle pool. The others just didn’t seem to recall what they did. pre-season Naval Base Bas will be ball Le 4e 1 undecided | |time the Friday, December Titiee Regoinben she dion WSh TAE.KEY WEST CiTIZEN ‘it Took Ten lanings To Do tt |But Cards Defeat Benny's 7-6 by PEDRO AGUILAR The Naval Station Cards came out of their game with Benny's Cafeteria on the bigger end of the 7-6-score last night at Wick- ers’ Field—but ‘it took them ten innings to do the trick. Benny's broke the ice (liter- ally speaking, of course: Chamber of Commerce please | note) when Pazo singled in the | 3 first. Making like an antelope (thhey call him Antelo Pazo) | he stole second, an infield out © gave him a free ride to third | and a wild pitch extended his | © travel tour to home. i Pe has aera ors The Cards scored four in the {second and gloated over their three-run lead for exactly one inning. Benny’s tribe kept jing back like a song and by the top half of the fourth ent history they held! com- i be a ame re i-4 lead. Army, of Mr. son It as that k 0 a pall 7 Fs es ene Oe ball’ Oscar Milian, 1100 Whitehead |""tn the eighth the Cards evened | “eet, 8 om furlough and will it up and held their ground, SPOOe, ius Sunes jthrough: the scoreless-nintt | Milian, a former Citizen Cpl. In the added tenth Hoffses, waved the magic wand and | and whomped a single to score Brown who was roosting on attached the Guard to Pics ; now in theoregular army. and second awaiting fust.ruch on.| OW in thewpegular. army. and eventuality. | ay i Carolina, with e 8th. A . } It was a high. class _ bas Tolling eT Se yE AZRY game despite the the It went seven squads split between them this like Benny’s Cafete aval Station C | Batt: K. Rodriguez P. He riquez and C Karrman tenis | ‘Until 9 P.M. nd Scott | Tonight at 7:30 Benny's The members stores of the Key {face the Gulfstream Food Store | West Retail Merchants Association aa will remain open until 9 P.M. be- is ginning next Monday, Corporal Sergio O. Milian. U. S. and Mrs, y and orchestra leader, National at Camp Stewart and is | ‘Merchants Assn. ; ‘ “| Seanes Will Open December | 4 common case of mistaken ; The South's | identity, some small-time individ-| dates from William | | ual mistaking himself for a states-/ mills at Greenville, S. | man. | in 1846. Fleet Training Group was een de || STANDING OF THE LEAGUE | 7th and will continue through Mon- feated by FAWTLlant, last Tues a ap role "| Clubs W. L. Avg. | day, December 24th ‘| Me Naaolane Bape’ . bagiod ee Strand Theater 11 5.688} This follows the usual customs of day, at t seaplane Base G pronouhbed , , beige saat: AOS re Benny's Cafeteria au open a week before This loss, their first in 1 aks) tae am Nav. Sta. Cards 97 to accomodate Christ- his loss, the The visitors, who incident 8 6 mas Shoppers tests, knocked them out o ally, opined that they will have Store 112 .077| It is hoped that all new stores place. They meet the USS Gi to carry around this clipping cooperate, said Joe Peairman, the current leader with an 8 to add weight to their very | Sunday's game wii President of the Associated ord, tonight at the Naval Station Special fish story. are: gether the Cardinals na | will remain closed all day on Chris- : 2 Mr. and Mrs, C. W. Cheney. | Theater 2.30 p.m tmas, Mr. Pearlman said. . Swedish gym at 8:30 p. m of Gaseville, Mick. ne —— ae ste Fre e us the {f the Gilmore wins, they will sj ica r y “py ” 4 ‘ Mrs. Alice Hirschert, of K S . | “Prester John” was name a ¢ at would "ald the ergmand Chamgs, But If Float | mics” saich erosene Stove given in the middie ages to a 3 1 epics egy Ail eoiad | pat Ahold playset He i Miss Doris Kerr. of Colum- {.\, | priest- king, real or imaginary, ote Hv cer SEW-VAC STORES be ne that could be played| will be held tomorrow. : jp) bes. Oem ‘Fire Extinguished | j wide dominjog: tnt Contgabsag 209 S. Miami Ave,, Miami, F ré t and dur-| tn the first game of the twins | Accé Kroll the shar ' ots ssi buntriateete uptpeapteed bis ing th Dr. Gu-]| bill tonight, VX-1 Snorkel Hunt. | and rac tarted the Hat-| Fire Engines No. 1 and 3 andi yo. Grocer SELLS thet. Goad Companion G bap ad assigned me the task of in+| ers will play the Naval Air Sta- |field and McCoy situation during | the Navy Engine rushed to 200-A | H | this parti-| tien at 7:00 p. m. This game is , orning the score | Poinciana yesterday at 2 p.m. to| STAR * BRAND |: Neme He was| the most talked about contest | put out a fire caused by a kero- work to me} around the Air Station area. Both | racuda, 0.|sene hot water heater Re ges Spat! COFFEE |= . tatements I| of these will be thrillers. 1 ia decisive} The fire out when the en- | and CUBAN eee neces it was possible; All military personnel are et one barracuda} gines got there. Damage was not}___TRY A POUND TODAY—— -< GER. Fe DeAddeess ~~ Please Send Specific Directions a game and that! vited to attend wh ed without a, estimated 1 € juals did not desire} At the close of the Men’s Winter ever I opment but some} Bowling League at the Naval Air i Iso was w € t f recreation jStation, the teams of Wildcats} oq in ar e water. The modify some!(Naval Air Station Civilians) andj ernment o hich stand ie the Lu jacks (Personnel from} apout to 19 wins and five losses BRkes PENTA f r For high score, Atzert of the! Kroll said, “We'll have to do then left out the | Hypos leads with 242, In the high! something about the barracu- individua to| series, Shuman of the Rockets has} gq situation. These beauties of prin- 607. High average is shared by! were caught near Cottrell Key aH ered | Atzert, Shuman and Heldt (Lum-| only last week. | that in alt some | berjacks), with 173, ‘It’s a funny world these fish | kind of ball } oh SRR oo GE | cs r e added. ‘The tarpon The next appre- | KING HA \DED lin the ican take care of ciate the fa tball was] (Continuea From Page One) nst st the shark rough, for you had to allow the | Commissioners for their scrutiny a barracuda ean not. And defens because the of hand revision, ing said. then again we had a 400-pound ; ran ball. Accord” | "With his major work on the|jewfish in here some time ago if se ut have | pudget complete, King returns to} he cleaned the pool out ah oppor tor with the the job of making: @ description barracuda and tarpon. ball, there would be no necessity | of the proposed sewer project. t's The Key West Citi tackling and we would thus! He js trying to Send this data “as|zen’s fish story for ® today—with | ate roughness. _ ys00n as possible to the Housing} pictures e of his statement “ tand Home Finance agency in nn Atlanta. This is required undead Frank Sinatra was born in Ho- | eats a Public Law 139 which is the law} boken, N.J., in 1918. 4 « . designating critical defense a Policeman Dies Seah ct wictimey © West | Kite flying wes once a national one {sport in China In Gun Battle DETROIT, Dec. 14 A Pote|= iceman got his man early ea shot him dead—but was killed him- self | tried to Anoth found the apart. Brown b nto a jewelry store ariving at the scene, | men dead, 15 feet | long p bail i a) two RYBODY SAYS is CHIC, 826 LADIES EV IT—The place to buy Duval Advt Adon Taft dent here de Char Lee Webb of M Miami He Visiting mi and e respec Rotarians les Bledsoe, of Angola, Ind.; Rich- | ard Boucher of Br Ohio: and C. B. Val Alen of Patchogue, Long Island, N. Y Singing was led b rold Laub- | scher. 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