The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 24, 1952, Page 5

Jimmy Nichols; Single Armed Golfer To Play > hotest . ne Exhibition Golfer Will Play Picked Key West Foursome In Match Thurs. At Country Club Jimmy Nichols, nationally fa- mous one armed golfer will be in Key West to play an ,exhibi- tion match with a picked Key West Itoursome on Tuesday, Jan- uary 29th, at the Key West Golf Club, Joe Lopez announced to- day. Scheduled to leave the first tee at 2:00 p.m., the match will be free to the public. Selected to play with the colorful Nichols are City Champion Norton Har- s, Key West Golf Club Cham- pion Harry Knight, and Gene Witzel, local Navy titleholder. A shotmaking exhibition will rre- cede the match. * Nichols, along with other great golfing personalities such as Bobby Jones, Jimmy Thompson, Lawson Little, Marlene Bauer, and Marilynn Smith form the nucleous of A. G, Spalding’s fa- mous staff of golf consultants. Back in 1929, Jimmy Nichols, who then lived in Fort Worth, Texas had two good arms, an automobile tire business, a poul- try farm and a considerable sum of money in the bank. Then one day his automobile and a rail- road engine made .sudden and violent contact, and when Nichols left the hospital some six months later he was minus his right arm, his automobile tire business had been ‘wrecked by ! the depression, his poultry farm had gone to pot and the bank where he had’$tored his money had closed. Who said handicap? And besides this triple calamity of loss.of arm, business and fortui ichols admitted that he also lo8t his nerve and his mind. Then cne day a friend on of the Fort Werth newspapers ° dsagged him out to the golf” course. Now Nichols, who was then 24 years old, had never played the game. Some clubs were near at hand as he sat on the bench at the first tee, and he became curious, took one of the sticks in his Ieft hand and undertogk to knock a ball down the course. Now mind you, Nichols before his acci- dént was right-handed. He had picked up a left-handed club. . Sothehow the game got a hold of him. and he began to prac- tice. There does seem to be something about this game of olf that enters a man’s veins @ a fever. Anyway, Nichols began to take a new interest in life. In, his first practice game he made a score of 212 for holes. (While in Fort Lauderdale in February 1949 he shot the Fort Lauderdale course in 66 for 18 holes. That’s only 6 under par.) He could not seem to get anywhere with that left-handed club and driving the ball from his left side. One day he tried a right-handed club and@_ shifted that left hand over to his right side and drove the ball just as a -/right-handed golfer with two good arms would drive. It work- ed better and before long he was out to break 100 on the 18 hole course. He broke the 100, then 90 and then 80. Nichols battled on with that right-hand club in his good left hand until he broke into the lower 70s. Then, without money and too proud to borrow from his Fort Worth friends, he start- ed to give exhibitions across the country. At this point, he stress- ed the fact that he had much help and encouragement from the pro golfers along the way. It was a hard climb, and mostly uphill, Sometimes he missed a meal; more than once he slept in a barn or park. And then, final- ly as is often the case with a game guy, he reached his goal. He tied up’ with the Spalding people and then it was that he began to eat regularly and sleep in a bed. Jimmy Nighols. sears a right-hander, lost ae took «right-hand golf club in his left hand and suc- ceeded in the course in 72, Talk about miracles! Talk about moving mountains! This Texan's spirit overcame the’ weakness of the flesh and a this ineredible feat. Jimmy has been constant- ly astonishing the huge gallery of fans that follow him with his remarkable shots. Some of the exploits on _the golf course seem impossible, but they are matters of record. In the course of his amazing career he has made seven holes-in-one, and one of them a drive of 336 yards, He actually made a dog- leg hole-in-one standing on the tee with his back to the fairway. Ripley used that feature in his “Believe It or Not” in 1938. Playing a North Carolina pro one day, Nichols sliced his drive. how it ed him part.. the pro. ask right happened. “Too much hand,” replied Nichols. While on tour in 1950, Jimmy had had over 50 rounds at 70 or below. In the Chicago area, he nine | jing. The Strand Theater | \Performs Amazing { ! | | | Golf Club for Exhibition mate! sistently shoots sub-par golf. i To Play St. Peters Saturday night the Key West High School basketball squad will be shooting for their 8th win Peter and Paul's of Miami. The Miami team holds down the third position in the strong Catholic State League and have been com- ing along well after drofping their first two games. Last Tues- day night they lost a close one to the Fort Lauderdale entry 37- 34. The last time the two teams met ,the Miamians came out the winner by a one point margin in a real thriller. All indications are that the Conchs will really have their work cut out for them. Following last tory against the Redlands five, the local boys have bgen holding stiff workouts. Coach Jones is stressing foul shooting and the fast break in an effort to im- prove the Conchs’ scoring attack Sedro Aguilar < The second half race for the is proving to be a hot one with each’ ball game well worth see- nine. not have four has and in first half champions, been able to click gone down to defeat straight contests. Benny's, who finished third in the initial half are now on the top of the heap with three wins and no reverses. Gulfstream has ‘won two games and has showed plenty of good baseball to date. The Strand has added some new talent and should not be under- rated, From now until the finish date, the fur will really ‘fly. The leading hitters in the first seven days’ gafnes, played in the second half are; Al Deane, .600; MeIntoch, .545; M. Sanchez, .500; Scott, .500; J. Albury,” .500; Ster- ling, .400; C. Garcia, .400; Butler, 400; Pazo, .384; D, Lastres, .363; Greenwood, .363; J. Mira, 363; E. Fernandez, 367;. Vidal, 357; San- tana, .352; Cates, .333; Russell, .333; Aindes, 333; D: Carbonell, 833; R. -Lastres, .333; Casado, 300, The pitching records Tonight the Gulfstream will |play Benny's Cafeteria and a throw them into a tie for the top spot. Game time is 7:45 p.m. The first public demonstration of television took place 25 years ago. is the iargest island of the West Indies. —— shot five different golf courses in 5 consecutive days—all with the identical scores of 38-32. On j April 2nd at Longview Country Hclub he shot a 30-36, setting a |holes: In July he tried the rec- lord at Cantoocook, New Hamp- |shire with.» 85-29. Jimmy shot his highest of 1950 while on exhibition. a 77. round JIMMY NICHOLS, famed one armed golfer, will be at Key West of the season when thev meet St. | Saturday’s vic- | Island City Baseball League title! win for the foddstore boys will) Cuba, the “Pearl of the Antillas’, | Golfing Feats j } th next Tuesday. Nichols con- | ‘ \Bows To Conchs | The Key West High School net |squad took the measure of the Navy All-Star team Wednesday on the Bayview Park courts. The Navy was a little rusty from lack of practice but is expected to make a better showing as the season | progresses and they add some | Flayers and polish their strokes. ; J. Cruz, Leo Carey, Don Cruz Frank Roberts and Don Carbonell all triumphed in straight sets over | Bill Bond, Martin Treiss, John Brown, Earl McCorkuedale and ,Carl O’Brien of the Navy in the | singles matches. 4 In the doubles matches the duo jof Carey-Roberts defeated the Navy's Bond-Treiss* 6-2, 6-3, Cruz- Cruz drubbed Brown-McCorquedale and Hernandez-Dopp vanquished O’Brien-Dano. The Key West netters were all at the top of their games and when j7ction in the South Florida Tennis | Leagues resumes they shouid be jreal contenders for the crown. Browns Hold Lead In Mr, & Mrs. Loop The Mr. and Mgs. Bowling | League met Sunday af Boca Chica ; with the ladies showing top form. Winnie Humphrey rolled a 174 for 2 494 series, L. Cleary 176 and | L. Shuman 170. ‘ | For the men R. Arenth took top honors with a very creditable 211 tin a 518 series. Wesley Cunning- ham rolled a 202 and G. Mead 195 ;. Team 4, Mr. and Mrs. Brown are leading the pack with Team 7, Mr. and Mrs. Marino a close second. Teams 13 and 6, the Holt are tied for the third spot. There will be a speci:’ meeting held at the Boca Chica Alleve for all members on February 3rd at | 1 p.m. At least one member a each team is asked to be present id Joys | Bank Obtains $25M Permit For Repairs The Florida National Benk with offices at the corner of Front and Duval Streets has obtained a per- mit for repairs and renevations | which will amount to $25,008 City Building Inspector Ralph Russell announced today. Other permits issued included | one to Mr. Jose Gonzalez who will build a CBS residence on | Fogarty Avenue. The cost of the | W. L.! home was given as $6,000. Alt- Macias 2 0} man’s Furniture Store at 900 Greenwood 1 1{ Duval Street and Appelrouths at Rodriguez 1 ©| 604 Duval Street will erect neon | 1 Qo} signs. eu 1 Of] Burt Garnette obtained per- Gallagiier 1 1) mission for the construction of a Ss. omen 0 1) Punway, between 215 and 219 on on 0 1, Whitehead Street. Eley Acevedo essai $1 will reroof his home at 1002 Cat- | Fernandez 0 1 ine Stree | O'Rourke : : | ri ac NAVY PLANS | (Continued From Page One) carriers, Chairman Vinson (D.- | Ga.) of the House Armed Services Committee reported Wednesday. The new-type carrier—most of its specifications still highly secret —has a higher hangar deck to per- mit handling of the bigger planes now used for anti-submarine op- | erations. It will take two years | to build. | Its construction is part of the | $1,150,000,000 Navy shipbuilding bill Vinson introduced Monday. The measure, calling for what Vinson said is the “minimum pew construction” to enable the Navy to fully utilize modern sea warfare equipment, also would authorize: Three new carriers to be added | to: the atom-bomb carrying fleet; 43 combat ships; 473 landing ships and landing craft; 37 service ships; the second submarine designed for .tnuclear power; and modernizing | 10 combat vessels. ‘or ! will give Birth Of Jose’ Marti Will Be Cammemorated The Order Caballeros de Marti Mo. 3, have completed pians to he'd ceremonies at Marti Statue, at Bayview Por commemorat- ing the birth of the Apostie of Cuba's liberty, Jos: Marti. Mar- ti’s birthday Jan. 28th, but will be celebrated Sunday, Jan. 27th at 1 A.M. The Caballeros de Marti meet at Dr. Fetix Vare'a Hall at 18 A.M. and from there will leave, in a body, to Narti’s sta- tue. A wreath will be placed on monument and the following speakers will de‘iver addresses: Oscar R. Mora‘es, Cuban Con- sul. Dr. ismae! Negrin, Luminary Caballeros de Marti No. 3. Julio Cabanas, President Insti- tuto San Carios. L.M.J. Eisner, City Commis- sioner. . BORUUUSHUUEMUUU will Golfers To Vie Saturday For ‘March Of Dimes 100 entries are exepected the March of Dimes Benefit golf tournament to be held Sun- day at the Key West ¢ Joe Lopez announced to: 18 hole event will get under 9:00 a. m. All amateur golfers in the area are urged to compete for the plaque which has_been do: nated for the occasion to help the loerl campaign fund along Pairings and starting times will be announced in the ition of The Citizen. The se WEATHERMAN Says Over Forecas} Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy to clear and cooler today and tonight: rising temperatures Friday. Moderate to fresh north and northeast winds, occasionally mocerately strong. Small Craft Weenira, Florida: Considerable ~ cloudi ness todav and Friday. A little light rain likely inmortheast por- tien this morning. Colder in south portion. Continued rather cold in north vortion today. Not quite so coo] Friday. Jacksonville thru the Straits and East Gulf of Mexico Moderate northeast winds occa sionally fresh offshore in south portion today. Fridav, moderate northeast to t winds. Mostly cloudy weather. A little licht rain ikely in extreme north portion this morning. Miami, Fla. W Small Craft Werning indicated at 8:30 a. m., EST, from Melbourne southward through the Keys. Strong high ure to nor 25 northeast winds next 24 hours. NORTON, Weather Bureau Report Observations taven at City Cffice 9:00 A.M.. EST Key West, Fla., Jan. 24, 1952 Temperatures Highest yesterday Lowest last night Mean Normal 76 69 Precipitation Total last 24 hours Total this month Deficiency month Total this y Deficiency this year Relative Humidity at 9:00 A.M. 82% Barometer (Sea Levet) 9:00 A.M. 30.26 ins.—1024.7 mbs. Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 7:12 am. Sunset 6:07 p.m. Moonrise 6:06 < Moonset 4:50 New moon Jan Tides Maval Base *OMCRROW High Lew 9:30 a.m. 2:49 an 8:27 p.m 1:38 p.m. ©Do ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key, Wes Time cf Height Station— Tide hich water Bahia Honda (bridge) ————oh 10m 9.0 & No Name Key feast end) —-+2h 20m Boca Chica (Sandy Pt.) —ch 40m Caldes Channel (morth end) -+2h 10m +14 ft (—)—Minus sign: Correction to be subtracted. (+)}—Plus sign: Corrections t De added. if club, Florida! '|the early da: : GALA REUNION (Continued trom Page One) |forty years later when I travel] |over Long Key Viaduct.” | Ernest Cotton, oldest in point |of service to the FEC was j troduced to the crowd. As Divi- sion Engineer he began the con- struction of the Casa Marina be- | fore World War I. Carlton J. Corliss, of the Amer- can Association of Railroads in ington made the original ion for a permanent or- ition of the railroad build- As I see you for the first time forty yedts, here today,” he said, Many emotions have | evowded my mind. I first came} with the FEC in 1908 and work- | ed here until 1914 on the Key West extension.” | Coriiss said that Al Miller, an| FEC pioneer who could not at- | tend ed him to touch, the ground of Pigeon Key for him Hyman said that in those days forty years ago. the railroad mer came in to Key West for thei pleasure “We had a whale of a time for 75 cents. We would take in a ten} cent movie and then go to George | Bryce’s restaurant and have din- nersfor 65 cents. Those were the good old days.” { Hyman said that whenever the tra was 24 hours late, it was never admitted. The bulletin board would read “One hour to state that it was nd one hour late recalled the tennis} held between the FEC; t Marathon. n Mr. Cotton was out of ve played constantly. But in late.” fa & town, when we'd hear the train whistle, we threw wen our racket down and| back to work.” | Hyman had a cory of the ori- | ginal program of the opening of | the railroad, January 22, 1912. He also had pictures and copies! jof r azine articles of the pe-, riod He introduced Will R. Porter’ to the luncheon guests, as one of the members of the original velcoming committee. Ed Goehring, former construc- tion foreman at Long Key. Bahia }Honda and Seven Mile Bridge jtold how Mrs. Henry Flagler said she had warned her husband not to take the railroad all the jway to Key West, but to stop at Knight's Key else the Flaglers lose all their money. She was as- sured that it would be made up by a Captain Knight Frank Pepper of Miami who recruited much of the labor for the huge gangs who built the line said most of the workers’ came from the Bowery of Ne York City. } “They would work for us a short time—and then go off to Miami or north and spend their money. Then they came back to us with different names so they wouidn’t have to pay the FEC what they owed it. Some of the men were escaping justice. One man was a_ private detective looking for a murderer.” W. A. Glass one of the leading introduced to the s and told stories of |pifneers was | reunion gues‘ | James Dunaway read a tele- gram to the group congratulat- ing them_on the reunion and on the fact that the building of the Key West Extension had cost Jonly $50,000,000. “It is signed ‘Harry’—let’s give m a hand.” Applause came from those who him—until Dunaway admitted he, not had drafted \h jhi believed laughed and President Truman the wire. One of the men at the lunch- eon was Percy Roberts, who was apsointed voluntary missionary to the workmen op the Key West extension back in 1912. Roberts who lives in Key West addressed groups of men_ total- |ling 1500. He made the rounds | preaching to work gangs of men at Big Coppitt, Sugar Loaf, Pine Channel, Long Key, Marathon, Cook's Siding and on the Quarter handful ept wrap- in a newspaper since the y when ground was first brok- en in Key West for the Exten- sion. For years he rode up and down the Keys doing missionary Roberts showed me a jof dirt which he has k ped work among the maintenance men after construction was com- pleted. During the course of yester- day's reunion, Strunk passed a guest book in which the pioneers signed. The complete list of men and women present follows: Goehring, Key West; Mr Mrs. W. A. Glass, Coral Ga- Al Lindgren, Goulds, , and Mrs. James Dunaway, Miami; R. F. Archibald, Miami; s Sullivan, Key West, and s daughter Mrs. David Pede- monte; Mr. and Mrs. Frank J Pepper of Miami; Mrs. Julie E. Chipgs, St. Joseph, Mo.; Mr. and | Mrs. Carlton J. Corliss; Mrs. Patsy Baker Connor, San Fran- . Mr. and Mrs. Harry M Baker; Mr man, Miami; J. Jdck Wentworth, Miami; John F. Potter, North Ca- rolina; William R. Porter, Miami; Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Duncan, Tampa; Ernest Cotton, Miami; Mrs. Nora K. Smiley; John J henbaum; Percy M. Rob- Kirs erts; Jessie Porter Newton; and Mrs. Edward A. Strunk, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Comer; Rob- in- }) Fla; | and Mrs. G. R. Stead- | Mr./ | Or ee ee, . , ee \ Thursday, January 24, 1952 ALLIES MAKE BOLD (Continuea rom Page One) THE KEY WEST CiTIZEN Page 5 Greeting Old Friends | Senior 3 8H] Ja seven-mile front between Kum. | Railroad Man ~ 3 {| song and the Pukhan River on the Ss ; i} central front and huried more than at 1,600 rounds into Chinese bunkers. The lethal from five vantage points lasted nearly four | hours. One group reported 60 Chi- | nese bunkers damaged. | Chinese fire damaged four tanks, but all limped back to Allied lines. Another Allied raiding party! fought 20 minutes with Reds north- } east of the Punchbowl! on the rug- | ged eastern front Farther east, Alied artillery opened up on a 1,000-man Com. munist force southwest of Kosong. The artillerymen estimated 100 Red ualties. B-26 light bombers based Marine fighters attacked | about 1,200 Communist vehicles Wednesday night. Pilots reported 120 destroyed. | Far East Air Force Headquar ters said Allied warplanes flew 920 sorties Wednesday. Carrier-based planes hammered away at the Wonsan-Hungnam rail line for the third straight day. JU. N. warships pounded Red tar- | Zets on both co: and fired their — —---- seaborne artillery in support of Al-; total of 104 ‘ied ground troops on the eastern | showed 94 ond of the battle line. | wounded and 50 missing. In Washington the Defense De — eartment said U. S_ battle casual- ties last’ week increased ¥ barrage and land- Citizen Staff Photo ERNEST COTTON Key West ‘ Extension Engin ~~ There are about 675,000 living a: species of insects. t Citizen Staff Phota W. A. GLASS tells some ancc- detes of the Key West sion days Exten- Carlton J. Corliss aa i DEEP SEA AND REEF FISHING ALSO TARPON FISHING NIGHTLY CHARTER BOAT WASTEENA TWIN MOTORS CAPT. DOUGLAS TREVOR: Dock Phone 9176 — Res. 780-M ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD KEY WEST, FLORIDA Deep Sea and Spor Fishing LEGION»: CAPTAIN JAKIE KEY Night Tarpon Fishing re Telephone 4176 and 1962-4" 2320 PATTERSON AVE. MEMBER CHARTER BOATMEN'S Ag CHARTER BOAT “RUSTY’’ Two Motor: REEF AND DEEP SEA FISHING Charter Boat Docks Capt. Roy Potter Roosevelt Blvd, (U, S, 1) 1208 Newton St. Phone 410-W* KEY WEST ,FLORIDA MEMBER CHARTER BOATMEN'S ASSOC. CHARTER BOAT “OSPREY li’ Captain “Reggie” Trevor TWIN MOTORS Gulf Reef Tarpon Fishing Dock Phone 9176 Res. Phone 1623-M Res. 2317 Fogarty Ave. Key West, Fla. 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ART CURRY 2 KEY WEST, FLORIDA | | BAIT AND TACKLE FURNISHED BOTTOM FISHIN DIESEL POWERED “GREYHOUND” LEAVES DAILY 10 A.M. RETURNS 4 P.M, $5.00 person Citizen Staff Photo H. H. HYMAN who introduced the pioneer builders of the Key West Extension at reunion yes- terday. PO Ee til iti eae rh lert Spottswood; Frank Bentley; [John M. Spottswood and H, H. Hy: * PHONE 2098-3 KEY WEST, FLA. CAPT. MONTGOMERY 141) WHITE ST.