The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 22, 1951, Page 5

Navy's Flyboys | Beat Benny's 7-6 | The Naval Air Station Flyers won second place in the first half| of the Island City Baseball League when they won over Benny's Cafe teria last night by a 7 to 6 score | Macias pitched the first five} frames for Benny’s and he did noti allow a hit in the first four andj two in the fifth; that, with three| walks and two errors, gave the Flyers four runs. Red Marll pitch- ed the full game for the Flyers and although hit hard and often he got good support, especially in the last two frames. | Kaki Rodriguez walked two. .A| single and a hit batsman and one} of the Flyers crossed the plate to tie the game | Andy Alonzo dropped a fly, a valk and a hit by Studer and Heronimous crossed the plate with | the winning run. At bat, Andy Alonzo hit a double and two singles, Henriquez three ingles. For the losers, Cooper hit} two safely and scored two runs In the field, Henriquez, Pazo and Macias were the best and for the losers, Hironimous, Cooper, Studer and Woltz played a good game. Score R.H. E Benny's Cafeteria 612 5 Naval Air Flyers 744 Batt: Macias, Rodriguez and Henriquez; Marll and Laudermilk Time, 2:45 minutes; Umpires Baker and Cabot; Loser, Rodri- guez. STANDING OF THE LEAGUE | Clubs— W. L. Avge.j Strand Theater 135.722 | Nav. Air Flyers 9 6 600 | Benny’ afeteria 10 8 .586 | Nay. Sta. Cards 9 8 529 Gulfstream F. Store. 114 .067 (The second half of the will start on January 6) Navy Cagers Plan Two New Leagues (Reprinted from The HS-1 Weekly Rotor Blade. Lt. R. J. Adams, Editor.) Last week saw league the end of the | first half of the Naval Base! Basketball tourney. Although| the HS-1 “Hup-Sters” did not end the play with a bang they did not end with a small pop The last three games were the] toughest of the season | The ISS Gilmore floored al squad of fine players, and in a suprise game downed our team | by a score of 83 to 55. The high] “Gilmore” score was not indici- tive of our team’s playing. They played a_ spirited and highly skilled. game and held the score fairly even until the last quart- er when the team tired and al- | | lowed the opposition to score} several extra points with fast| breaks | Two nights later we faced the| Naval Air Station which was a} hard fought, well played game, | ending with the score NAS 50,} HS-1 48. This game ended in a| major dispute with the referee. | The game was protested by HS-1, | and although no official word | has been released, it is believed! that the protest was awarded | This play was highlighted by the outstanding play of Dominico | Savino, (could it be that the } blonde lady in the stands was| being impressed?) | The final game was play: ed| last Friday and was another close | encounter, with our team tying} FAWTUlant’s aggregation up| until the last 5 minutes of play, | and then losing by 4 points. | All in all it has been a great season for HS-1, The second half hould see a championship team from this Squadron, All hands should feel justly proud of the Royal and Gold of HS-! The second half of the Naval Base Tournament will be run as lows fc Participating teams have been divided into two leagues. The National League consisting of the weaker teams from the units. The’ American consisting of teams from units. HS-1 is in the League, along with FAWTUlant, and Training School. It ex- that these teams will fall y to the HS-1 “Hup- So let's all get out there pport our team in the en- ounters malle League the la Americé VX-1, “leet pecte easy Sters and F suing er Owen Released By Si. Louis Cards CHICAGO (#—Veteran Catcher Mickey Owen, whose jump to the Mexican League caused a stir in| 1946, has been given his uncondi- tional release by the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs bought Owen from brooklyn in July, 1949, shortly after he had been restored to baseball's eligible list by Commissioner A.B. Chandler. Originally, he had been banned five years for going south | | | of the border. Owen, now 35, still holds the National League record for con- tive games without an error. He went from Sept. 22, 1940, as a Stl Cardinal, to Aug. 29, 1941, odger, without a blunder—a basketball roster lists | representing 11 different n the country. states } sible so that th THE RADIO, TELEVISION STAR aboard C aptain Ted Canova's boat garnered this grouper dur ing his stay in the Island City Bench Views JACK K. BURKE After watchi the “Conch basketball team the other even ing, I am_ thor ily convinced that they are gc to make it rough on some of the big teams this season One of their i ests will come tonight when they take on the Coral Gables High School in the local gyn Everyone who can come to the game, should so. We all should back these lads in basket ball as we did tball When you th you may 1 are looking at the football squad, for nearly all of them played on it, or had something to do with thé’ team There have been many rur, mors as to the Quarterbacks, Club regarding theif!’ future plans. The plans’ that “we ‘have been discussing concern foot+ ball and how it can be ad vanced in the coming years in this city. All the plans at pres- ent made by the temporary Board of Directors, will be pre- sented to the entire club at its first general meeting, which will be held when the club is at full strength. The organization wi n record as being free of politics and affiliation with other clubs t are set up and organizations t in Key West. Our main pu that football i and that the ga the support we « it give Those their dues urged to de start wo! —not next At Ezzard Charles Scores K. 0. PORTLAND Ezzard Charles, headed for a rematch with Joe Walcott in quest of his Ore » lost heavyweigt title, punched durable Joe Kahut of Woodburn Ore., into submission here Frid night and scored a knockout in the eighth round It was a fight The former pounds, Kahut A crowd of It was the land hoxing scheduled 189 Announc | Jim Nebraska Team TAMPA” George ‘Montz led a| wisconsin Badwe pow 3} nck PAMPAM Oe j ; Badgers set two new4 dai lisa te The Eastern Intercollegiate Bas: | > bts; bak “and: | Speedy Tampa basketball team ‘to jrushing records for the Western |... Nene.of-the players on the New | ketball League is the oldest league |81-76 victory over ‘Nebraska here | | Friday night. Sewanee trimmed | | Florida State, 58-48, in the other ri er, Catches Large Grouper season The AP co-operated with the F council’ in a agree octagy by ‘check of motor lea | ete ; | which began Wednesday midnight. Key West and Vicinity Incrent: ie council made its last tabula- |ing cloudiness late this afternoon! tion at 10 a.m. EST today. The | becoming cloudy late tonight fol-| ap Chieago bureau, with the co- lowed by partly cloudy Sunday. | operation of bureaus throughout.) ; Continued mild this afternoon and/the nation, made its own count | early evening, turning cooler to-| after that hour. a inight and not quite so warm Sun- The council had predicted the |day. Moderate variable winds be-| millionth fatality would occur by , coming moderate to occasionally; noon EST. )fresh northeasterly tonight. Sun-| ‘The nation’s No. 1 victim. .was | day moderate to occasionally fresh; H. H. Bliss, who-was felled by an | northeasterly wind | automobile after he stepped off a | Florida: Partly cloudy through) trolley Sept. 13, 1899, in New York |Sunday. Few showers in the cen-) City, tral portions this afternoon and in; The council figures that; if the jthe extreme southern portion to- death rate continues at the pres- night. Colder in the north and cen-) ent pace, it will take only 30 years jtral portions today and tonight. | to reach the two million mark. ; | Not quite so warm in the southern! Thousands of Christmas holiday | portion Sunday. travelers were on the roads—and | Jacksonville through the Florida| that was a contributing factor in | Straits: Moderate to fresh north-|the slaughter on the last lap of jerly winds in the northern portion) the race toward the one million | jthis afternoon and moderate vari-| milestone. 4 | jable winds in the southern portion; ‘“‘Too many people ~ evidently | |becoming moderate occasionally; were determined to reach the des- | fresh northeasterly tonight. Sun-/tinations of their Christmas hol | j { JOYCE MATTHEWS, twice-divorced wife of « Berle, is squired by theatrical producer Billy attend the opening of Laurence Olivier’s “Caesar in New York. : + NEWpYORK.(®—Dan Bucceroni,) MIAMI @® upset winner over Roland La-|#long both 4 Starzavsis on’ the shelf for at least |, Small craft. five. weeks with an injured ‘right | Thursday hand. Key West on jday northeasterly winds moderate) day trips regardless of the weath- | |to fresh in the northern portion] er or anything else,” the council | and fresh over the southern por-| Set forth in a statement. } |tion. Partly cloudy weather with aj “The result was that the death jfew showers in the central portion tou spurted overnight and during this afternoon and in the extreme|the early hours of this morning.” south tonight. | East Gulf Area: Moderate to fresh north winds in the north Fo: Meters Covered tion this afternoon and moderate! i variable winds in the southern por-| tion becoming moderate to cones ionally fresh northeasterly tonight. Sunday moderate to Sceasionally | Chief of Police fresh northeasterly winds. Partly| this morping cloudy weather with a few showers | ters on Duval e tin the central portion this after-| had been covered to It event park- noon and in the south portion to-| ing of cars in the area of the com- | night | munity Christmas tree, Dangerous Dan, an overgrown | South from J | oes | The big. decorated tree has been |tight heavyweight from. Philadel |lantic- sh Jeff Brodhead Photo } R t placed in the center of Duval street | phia, made the 3 to 1 odds against | Right at | ;mepor allowing for passage of cars on the him lnok silly Friday night as he | Key West, Fla., Dec, 22, 1951 | Observations taken at City Cffice | 9:00 A.M., EST | side. Chief Kemp said that if park- | | ing was permitted in the immediate | vicinity, a traffic bottleneck would handed the highly ranked La- ,Starza his second pro loss in 49 | fights. But he hurt his hand ‘in The G1 + I "Temperatures a be formed. : the battle, watehed by only 3,556 Stanford Heads North Is Ready [ses asian a ""duggish and over west last nig) i ish and over cautious after Mean 7 TEMPERATURES 4 tong iayott and a bout with the PCC C hrine Game **"" ; .| For rown For Shrine Game | a 47 7:30 A.M., EST Sait tr te sear sean By TED MEIER MIAMI — —The South team Precipitation fe pe abel Da Mie yet eit NEW YORK i®—Stanford, which | struggled today to smooth out | Total last 24 heurs 0 Aligiis <. co Sainte Out of bps visit {already has won the Pacific Coast’ some pass defense problems, but | Tota! this month 1,09 ins.) Aygusta : Bates weighed peo me: uderdale somal Rie teint a eg Beitr etic gears: Morateadagaery © -19 ins.| Bitlings Bella s and Mrs. may come up with the PCC bas.|Ward the Sh charity football ‘Total this year 24.43 iNS.! Birmingham 23 | ; : ~~ SS" | game Christmas night in the Or- | Deficiency this year .......14.18 inS.| Bismark Bre ‘ = _ ne Regul nn {Boston “x Sheriff's Office The Stanford cagers, like their | Bill Wade of Vanderbilt, whose | Relative Humidity e* 9:00 A.M | Buffalo 18 1951 football brethren, still have |passes are expected to be the 96% Charleston 48 T W. to suffer their first defeat of the | South's chief offensive threat, com — Chicago “£0 Open ed. season, Friday night they made ae Sia of se niet ae Barometer (Sea Levet) 9:00 A.M. | Corpus Christi 38 ‘ sg. day's workou' on four plays 30.15 ins.—1021.0 mbs | Detroi * Sher erin it seven straight by taking San the defensive 11 got through ‘to El Pio E ripuaeaee tiie’ eet . Francisco, 52-49. pin him for losses: Beets -g { Tomorrow’s Almanac Ft. Worth ww. 26; though the sheriff's ‘affice she The victory put the Indians inj | Assistant Coach Bill Edwards of |. ig 7:09 a.m.' Galveston .. 40| close today at noon for the holi- the national college cage picture | Vanderbilt said considerably more ; SUnEis 5:45’ p.m] Jaekaodiville sil days, anyone: wanting to: get ta eine San Francisco previously had ‘de aioe che ee oa ereeess Moonrise 1:55 a.m.| Kansas City ..... 16! touch with the department coul4 pray poses ranked fifth Sena om dase Yankees.” Moonset 1:29 p.m.; KEY WEST .. 72 do so by telephoning Chief De- nate praas mn rye eee Opinii relied i: GEE North ee Los Angeles 44 puty Frank Webber at 193-M or in the AP poll saw action Friday |camp. Coach Herman Hickman of Tide rsereereg EM Eeien Fe aiabr Bcd nin * night. Wyoming, No. 16, was beat-| Yale said he was so well satisfied S | Miami OE The nails” otties ae en by Oregon, 66-59. \that he wouldn’t call for any more | wayal Base prscodlioongs * dopai Wwaleuelay onoeel ms! Most of the night's major games | 8ctimmages ‘ TOMORROW | memphie. ~~ 93° "Chief Deputy. "Sheriff. Frank took place in the Rocky Mountain! Bob Blaik of Colorado College High Low New-Orlbane 3? Webbier hes been in Miami fer and Far West areas. UCLA edged |4nd Dewey McConnell, Wyoming 5:28 a.m 10:38 a.m. |New York Ra Ge coke Denver, 60-58, and Oregon State |€nd, were elected co-captains of 4:57 p.m ~ = \Norfoe s is tanertesioe Lovie tat, hee ieee Mother of ees B a Cece = North: tes : : % ‘ather-in- uis , ‘1 did likewise to Califortie, €s0 he: Now (Sagas 00 | Oklahoma City 24) is: Mexiqualy. ill. Webber ta. ee, Pee aya UMN aan ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA | Omaha ..... 6 pected back within the next few! Joseph, Father-of In’ toein BU ce asPeaian, We Condition Of Reference Station: Key West | Pensacola 37! days. a n ; obs Station— Tide high water} Roanoke 13 ® sity team made it five straight G I G d A j is M F wth ‘sa eas Met Cea ae Grange is Goo *Bahia Honda St. Louis is| Motorist Forces the touring Loyola of the South | (bridge) ———oh 10m 8.0 #f | San Antonio . quintet, St. Bonaventure, also un- |, CHICAGO The condition of | Wo Mame Key ork Abas bed Officer Into Ba beaten, won its fourth straight by ed Grange, one of football's! | (east end) —-+2h 20m | Seattle 39 y beating Colgate, 77-68, in the first 8°€8tS. was reported as “good” | Boca Chica | Tallahassee 8 game 4 ig today by his attending physician (Sandy Pt.) -—oh 40m | Tampa ..... 63 TACOMA, Wash. ?—Patrol- AMI SELES a The physician said Grange suf- | Caldes Channel | Washington sie ‘3 fered “pneumonia with complica (north end) -+2h 10m | SS Tami a U Defeats tions” but that his condition was +14 ft) Out of the 101 playens',in “Me ° now good. Grange entered the hos- | {—)—Minus sign: Correction | National Hockey Tgaiugy $8 ere pital last Sunde to be subtracted. born in Canada’s Proving 4 (+)—Plus sign: * Corrections to} tario, et . Freshman Alan Ameche ,of the be added. ‘onference (Big Ten) this football York football Giants hails from the | in college basketball, having start- istate of New York. {ed in the 1901-02 season. game of the doubleheader, played | |before a crowd of 3,849—largest | j ever see a basketball game | | here | Montz scored 28 .points to pace | Tampa. He shared credit for the | win with Harry Bryan, who scored | two field goals in a row to give} Tampa a 75-74 edge with just un-) der two minutes left in the game. | Buchanan, shortest man on the big Nebraska team, led Corn- husker scoring with 20 points. Sewanee got off to a big first~- half lead over Florida State and d off a second-half rally by Seminoles. Jim Rox and Bill | Crawford controlled both back-| boards for the winners, Rox scor- | ing 14 points. He shared honors with FSU’s Bob Whitmer, who also got 14. ‘Hurricanes Won't Practice Today MIAMI (®—The Miami Hurri- |canes took today off from work- outs for their Gator Bowl game | with Clemson. Coach Andy Gustafson. granted | the holiday reluctantly, however. |He said he wasn’t satisfied with ) ‘the defensive progress against | }Clemson plays and that a full-} | scale scrimmage would be called! | Sunday. | After the heavy drill Sunday, | he work will taper down to light, | jonce-a-day sessions. | to Principals In Defamation Case GAMBLER SAM SMITH. white, standing’ at right in the courtroom in Lake Charles, La, him with Sam Smith, colored, standing center, who has a long criminal record. The prosecution 24, seated at left, a reporter on the Lake Charles American Press, made the mistaken Shearman, publisher of the American Press, who also is accused’ of defaming the white Decision ir ie the case is pending