The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 7, 1952, Page 3

eee Following Pedro Aguila ie i aaa al In the playoffs of the Island City Baseball league the Strand theatre baseballers and the have both shown d in form. The Strar win a game in tk the loop p in the in Gulfstreamers ite reversals 1 who could not © second half ot ty after taking the title alf and the Guif- Stream came back to take the third | J contest. ‘The Strand is now playing like championship ballelub in hitting, a fielding and running the bases while the Gulfstream i8 definite} off form. > fans are puszied by this stran uirk of fate. In the inital game of the playoffs, Karrman who won four the second half o/ a bad night Is third innings gi on seven hi the Gulfsiream to hit in the first eight frames 2 the ninth the foodstore scored three counters on three safeties. In the second contest in the play-} offs Greenwood lasted but two in- nings allowing five hits and two| walks. G. Lastres kurled the bal-| ance of the game giving up five runs on seven hits. For the Strand Kaki‘ Rodyiguez | pitched the entire game giving up) seven runs on eleven well seatter- ed bingles. Ingraham and Lastres| each hit three safely for thé loser: and Vidal bit a double and tw singles for the winne TRAINING CAMP NOTES ST. PE TERSBURG eae | Yogi Berra’ of the New Yor! Yankees insists he’s in shape at | though he tips the scales at 196, | about 10 abcve his playing weight. Berra, named ike Yanks’ ciéan- up hitter Thursday, believes he will shed the ex weight during the ; season but r Casey Stengel is going to use Yogi in most of the exhibition games to bring @he | from Sacramento, Calif., who won | poundage down. | — Second- | of the igh | PHOENIX, Ariz. (% ng Catcher Sal Y York Giants is having a t has a blood clot in his | yul as a-result of being struck by a foul hall. The prev:ous | day he was struck by a swingirg bat which left a lump on his head. SARASOTA \® — In order to get | Sluggers ‘Ted Williams and Junior | Stephens up to the plate more cf- | ten, Manager Lou Boudreau is | moving them up higher in the Bos- ton Red Sox ting order. } “My idea,”’ says Boudreau, “is to try to get both Ted and Steprers at bat five or six times in every | game. In that fifth or sixth time one or both might hit a home- run.” Williams moved from third to second and Stephens from’ the) fourth “cleanup” slot to third with | Walt Dropo fcarth. Seeond Base- man Johnny Pesky will lead off. BRADENTON (® — Ernie John- son, considered the best pitcher in the minors last season, was on the Boston Braves casualty list | today with a sore arm. Jcunson’s. roeord with Milwau- | kee in the Amerigya, A i in 1951 was 154 ard he chalked | up five straight victories in the playoffs and Little World Series. LAKELAND @ — The sparkling , play of two rookies had Detroit | Tiger veterans hustling today. That was the result of the first | intra-squad game Thursday in} which young John Phillips at third | and Alex rbcwski at shortstop | battered home runs and starred in fielding. Outfielder Hoot ridden last year, the left field wall. Evers, slump- homered over RDIN YO, Calif. wt — Second Baseman Jackie Merson is the only Pittsburgh Pirate infielder | sure of his job, says Manager Billy SAN BE Meyer. Merson, who played most of last year W ith Indianapolis of the Amer- jean Associa E been im- pressiv s this week. During the he hit at a .360 clip for the Bucs and in one game against Brooklyn drove in six ru TAMPA \* The battle for | piteh jobs with the Cincinnati | Reds is getting a !<t rugged even} though spring ‘raining is io its} early stages Manager Luke Sewell has indi- | cated be plans to carry 10 hurlers | five starters, one alternate start- er and four reliefers. Right new, | it is assumed that Ken Raffens- burger, Herman Wehmeier, Ewell | Blackwell and Harry Perkowski | are the starters with Frank Hiller | as the alternate | That leaves Frank Smith as the | No. 1 reliefer and from there on it figures to be a fight among} Niles Jordan, Eddie utt, Bud Byerly, Bill Bevens and Eddie Blake. }last. race in the annual Interna | tional Midwinter Snipe Regatta to- | | Barrington, R. I., |Bus Fare Raise } ur Two Way Tie In Mr., Mrs. Bowling Mrs. Bowling League met Sunday at Boca Chica with all teams in top form. J. MeFariane lead the field for the men with high season series MeFarlane turned in a 219-236 for a 608 series. The Mr. & Winnie Humphrey lead the la dies with a 158-144 for a 445 ser E, Holt a 178 and I. Turner 151. Two teams are still tied for firsi | place they are Team 2 Mr. & Mrs. ¥. _Humphréy and ‘Team 4-~ Mr. & rown. Mr. & Mrs. C. Joy re in second place anc Mr. & Mrs. J. Atzert third spot. Team 17- hold down the SPORT SHORTS ASANTO: ; (M—Ten thai ighbred race nines were de- stroyed as fire swept through a barn at historic Alameda County ‘Pair Grounds Thussday night. Some 50 Lorses were in the 800- | foot barn whea the fire broke out. Seven burned to,death in their stalls; one was burned sc: severely it*had to be skot; another was j Rilted by a cement truck, and the | }10th broke a leg and was de- stroy CLEARWATER (®)—Ted Wichita, Kas., lead at the start of the fifth an Wells a Wells finished fourth Thursday, piling up 5,938 points on two firsts | | and two fourths. Frances Seavy, seednd with 5,283. Clearwater is Roy Kaufman, ih dark korse from New York City, ! s third with 5,261. 3. T. Hayward, Tulsa, Okla., won Thursday’s race, but stil didn’t approach the leaders in \o- tal standings !<cause of his poc- showing in earlier heats. ST. AUGUSTINE (®@Mary Lena | Faulle, defending champion from | Thomasyille, Ga., and Polly Riley, 2-time winner from Ft. Worth, Tex., meet today in semi-finals of ithe Florida East Coast Women’s Golf Tournament. Barbara Romack, 18-year- |the South Atlantic Tournament a yeek ago, tangles with Bea Mc- are, Birmingham, Ala., in the other semi-final. ‘ Winners meet Saturday for the | | titel. Miss Faulk eliminated Mesalist Marjorie Lindsay, Decatur, Il., and 2, Thursday. Miss Riley at Bonnie Randolph, Cctumbus. 0., ‘and Miss Romack beat Ellen Gery, each 3 and 2. Miss MeWane beat Kathy McKin non, Lake Worth, 2 and 1. GAINESVILLE —(®—Florida’s football squad opens its second | week of spring practice today. Coach Bc'y Woodruff told the 69 | squadmen it will mean harder | work. The practice is limited to | 20 sessions within 10 days. Some of the standouts in first week were Tackle Jack Pap- pas and Guard Marion York on | defense and Backs Mike Kara- phillis and Dick Watson on of- | fense PALM BEACH (®—J, Wolec%t Brown, a Manasquan, N. J., bank. er, and W. A. (Dub) Pagan, a West Palm Beach fireman, meet today in the 36-hole final of the |South Florida Golf Championship \for Amateurs. Brown defeated John Peel, Palm | Beach, and Pagan ousted Robert Jcaes, Baltimore, ‘Thursday oye: the 6,008-yard Palm Beath (Club Course where par ig | 70. Both victors posted 4 @ scores, Caba Tells W hy He Disapproves City Commissioner De!io Cobo one of two City faihers to vote against the increased bus fare in Poinciana explained his vote today. * “1 think tthat raising fares for those people out there is a dis- chimination. Why should thoy suffer by paying 15 cents instead of ten cents?” Commissioner Jack Delaney al- so voted to oppose the raise. Cobo said his vote against the dog track was based on his fee!- ing that it would take too much money cut of the city. held a comfortable | the; ¥ WELCOME HOME | (Continued From Page One) Connelly, William D. Hassett Joseph Short Maj. Gen. Army aide; nison, naval Robert B. and Harry H. Va Rear Adm. Robert L. aide, and Br Landry, air al Gen. are others in the party. The Pre si- dent's chief adviser on intelligence matters, retired Rear Adm. Sid ney Souers, Administrative Assist- ant Donald S. Dawson, Stowe, David Bell, Lloyd and joseph G. Feeney complete the of- | ficial party. } David D. | Maj. Gen. Wallace H Graham, presidential physician, remained behind to look after Mrs. Tru- man’s mother. His place taken by Co.ndr. Ile e D, den, the physician igned to the presi dentia lyacht Williamsburg. $1,500,000 SEWER (Cortinued From Page One) declared a critical defense area. Those opposing were Commis ;sioners John Carbonell and Louis | isner. er explained vote by declaring ‘ferred either Koronov or Briley, Wild and Associates firm. The commissioner stated that either of these t rms had done thi his negative | that he pre- oO type of work within a city itself, ‘end were experienced. | Commissioners Cobo both told the affirmative vote. a that the Clifford-Cooper irm was the only one that gave layman a clear understanding f what was to be done. | Said Mayor Harvey: “As an | engineer by profession, I be- lieve thet thev (Clifford-Coop- | er) are best able to do the job. And it is the firm that can give | personal attention.” | Other matters were: | Grantec by 3-2 vote a raise in| ; bus fares from 10c to 15c for alt | routes north of White street. ari city routes will remain at 10 Cobo, Relaney opposed the fate | inere . City “Comptroller-Fi- |nence Director Charles Roberts | announced that the firm had suf- | fered 25% more expenses than | income this’ year. The balance | shect at the end of '51 showed a negative $1,978.38. Awarded the Florida Equip ment Company of Miami the con- | tract for a pump and suction hose t a cost of $1,143.50. City Man ger Dave King recommended the award. | eason for Delaney ‘ laney acted upon! DANCERS IN ALEGRE (Continued From Page One) |ruling c! the’ U. S. Immigration | authorities, spectators at the beach | | were rudely disappointed in the ex- | vectation that they would also hear the King and Queen of Cuba caly- | So music. The Royal couple and re- sinue were present, however, and } | were introduced by Julio Caban. |Jr., President o: San Carles Ins j tute, which brought the champion singers to Key West. ! The “Cuba Day’ COMPARS. which was organized and directed {by A. Boza, formed ranks at Du- | val and Eaton Streets before 8 p | m. and marched siowly down Du val tow h, Pauses were made for intr ate dance rcutines in front of La Concha, San Carlos , the Cuban Club and elsewhere. The | | | parade, its brilliant costumes lit 'y | whirling farcias, reached Coun- ty Beach shortly after nine and performed two more routines for jthe crowd which had been impa- tiently awaiting caem. | The Cuban calypsce: singers eact | spoke briefly tothe: blage ir dancers. ‘The COMP. b i | rection? of ly Henrique, con. | ;prised the following members | Tony Barrera, Jerry Pita, Jimmie | Trumpet, Daniel Acosta, Juan Ben- ‘net, Anorez Diaz, Hector Milian, ‘Mandy Chave. Farola Handle; | Manolo Perez, Jr., Charles Baker, ae SA, Joe Santana, Rafel. Diaz, Mario | Calero. Black-face dancers: Sotc- Perez | Albert Acosta. COMPARSA: Butch } Perez, David Boza, Mario Acosta, ; Ortelio Lopez, Alfonso Vegas, Luis ; Santana, Rene Rojas, Joe Perez, | Gabriel Garcia, Daniel Boza. | Migdalia Villalongo, Amelia cesta, Diana Busby, Elena Gon: iver Frances Pons, Mirta Perez, | Aida Acosta, Grace Gonzalez, Rose | | Rojas, Gladys Murphy, Car Martinez, Evelyn Hatha thia Perez. “Fito” Boza, director and com David H. |- | football fans ser; Albert Boza, assistant direc THREE HOTELS IN MIAMI —————— at POPULAR PRICES i Located in the Heart of the City RATES REASONABLE ROOM WRITE or WIRE | for RESERVATIONS with BATH and TELEPHONE Ritz Pershing Miller Hotel : Hotel 192 E Flagler St. 226 N. piel Ave. -229 “i Ist Ave. 102 Rooms 100 Rooms Elevator Elevator netiss Solarium Heated Elevator 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION eget oe Asks-City To Erect Wickers’ Field Bleachers AtCost Of $10,000 JACK BURKE, offic: sition to city commission. have the bleacher salesman at the néxt meeting for a conference on the matter, ‘Quarterback Club Asks City To Buy Football aa” For Stadjum At Cost | Of S10M WILL CONSIDE MEETING OF COMMISSION Jack Burke, local sports MATTER AT NE R writer 1 of the Quarterback Club, presents propo- The sport 1 GIANT PAGEANT well-known | ture. and | member of the Quarterback | and other groups. Lighting i jclub, last night asked the city commissioners to spend $20,000 for bleacher seats! to accommodate 2,500 more Wickers’ at | stadium. Burke proposed for ount would be the team. City Manager posed any furthe jitures this time. year roof, dium, $9,000 to $10,900 for nual payment of $2, the high school to pay the sum back at an 000. This | derived from yearly profits of the football Dave King op- capital expenh- for Wickers’ Stadium, at He said the city this would spend $14,000 for a operate the sta- partial | ment of the bleacher enclosure. pay It was finally decided to have stadium bleachers cap be worked out rapital expen dium. * aires 3 Burke bring the salesman of the to the next méeting of the city commission. Roped that an arrangement that would the Pell of making any ‘ke also asked that'the sta- dium field be restricted td foat- ball for the period from Sept. 15 to Nov. 30. This request was ap- proved by the Stadium Commit- tee by 2-1 vote with the other* member present refraining from a decision. City Commission did not act on the request. CITY AGREES TO Se Mareh 7, 4952- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 3 (Continued From Page One} the Florida Racing Commission. Within 21 days after approval, a referendum must be held in Mon- | foe County. All election expenses are to borne by the dog track"ap- ‘First Round Of ; dlicart. Money for the election | By BEN FUNK | /s* \e fhed with the Raciag Com- | mission. rvey Abo Aronovitz of Mia-| ‘ST. PETERSBURG The | mi is a former Key Wester. He is|marked man co the winter goif ja brother of . Departencst Store | circuit, Jack Burke Jr., montane The latte proposal bhey to wilting under the pressure appli. consent of the commissic. Would ["V his enyious fellow professionals. be about 10 percent of the value | Handsome Jack, winner of three ie the property leased. Assumii {st toyrnaments and the t value of lard at $150,000, the an} oe Swe aches Sal Payment ia liew of tates woul, | M@EYMAS eetheyesene a a Ste ouy, definitely is the man to Leat Lt. Tom Little o; the Navy ap- | he $10,900: St. -Petersburs Open. pesed the establishme: F the The field of 171 teed of proireace: Littte mainta aaa that Hor today's second round with the | done, it wou'd ‘end wp with ste’ | :bUnAd:Tedsa right wp'there in | City paying the dog irack own- | the lead again, deadlocked wit: ers to operate the project. hree others Pros. They joi He suggested i.at if. money. ‘im Tuupesy’ in shooting sizz | eee Say for the hospital “Yh, geal axes: be raised according, nd ; the evens save the extra pay maui” 24) the ie Burke earned his first- rack «2erators. place tie as he ales ina driz- Little emphasizing that be did | 2ling rain locates. ot speak for the Navy said that ieee Me sakening froin the red- € did not believe the Navy. would j bot page he has set in recent weeks | ook with favor on a dog at in | intendg to._go on eee “wourna- | Sey West. tely. |. “I believe the Navy is not: op- nosed to anything that ig leat aie | ‘eplied Mayor Harvey. | Commissioner Delio " ‘gairst the motion and | oressed disapproval of | de stated that the Club, ‘Rifle Club“ and others: protesied-the establishment - of" ne track. Seating capacity of the proposed track would be from 2,000 to 2,500. {3 percent of the gross. re | 80es to the state to be equnly of. | vided among the 67 | Florida, He estimated payroll at | $1,000 a night when the” track: wag n operation. n in try Club Cour: i | | ! | Citizen Staff Photc 's “money “winners | enthusiast was told to Memphis, Tenn. yee we 's, St. eee brea started hig on a — Se Migtary | string, May far down in the stand. When white men firist discovered Easter island, they found many ‘c9- | w) ossal statues, some more than ‘30 high and some unfinished, the origin or reason for which has nev- | er been explained. Easter Island is so named_ be- ‘ause a Dutch explorer discovered ca it on Easter Sunday. lt (Continued From Page One) i | winds will blow. The U. oy Navy will step lively into the pict | Music for the production will bat ; Supplied by the High Schoc: Banc being ‘eq sre by Charles Gossett. Dan- ce e under the supervistion of [* incess Nina Caracciolo. Colonel Brown Buried In Miami . Colone'! ai ‘engineer, | Funeral services for George E. Brown, was held yesterd Brown was widely known in Key West where he supervised the building of the fortifications here | durin gthe Spanish-American war. SEMI-FINALS SLATED _ DAYTONA BEACH &— Semi- firals of the Florida State Ama- teur Athletic Union Basketball Tournament are slated here to- | night. In first-round games Thursday, State Air .Conditioning, Tampa, defeated Safety Cab, Daytcaa Beach, 69-65; Towers Hardware, Jacksonville, downed Patrick. Air Base, Cocoa, 77-45;. Bernie's Grill, Orlando, took R. C. Motors, dack-y } sonyiter53:37. saa ANYTH'"G CONCER AUTOMOBILES St LIBERAL TRADE IN ALLOWANCES Overseas Radio 617 Duval Street CONSOLE and TABLE MODEL | RADIO-PHONO :| COMBINATIONS full-length GED WITH INNERSPRING MATTRESS COMEORT! 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Atlantic jas won the Tex- jedza. r| a aun er behind aoe four lead- | | Boe yr faverite, Bobby Locke, | Metallurgical. Lower were Alles & Of last week's | Fisher, ‘oa 4 Was tied) j Smelting, Knott Hotesl, New be Phoniy ou snpeity styied Coast Line Railroad, up 54s Thuis today. Seaboard Air Line, also Seavoard Air Line, also Higher stocks incase Me*orola, Zenith, Radio Corp., St. Regis Py- per, Shell Oil, Santa Fe, Southern Railway, United Air Lines, Inter- ational Telephone, Allied Chem- fieal and Goodyear. Lower were Montgomery Wad, | Schenley Industries, American Tel- San Francisco, ' ephone, Homestake Mining, Ame king 268 in last | ican Cyanamid, Philip Morris, Tex- = » ghee e jas Cc. and U. S. Gypsum. Curb stocks were mixed. Higher were Atlantic Coast Line Co., Elec- tric Bond & Share and Fansteel Consolidated Minit ep Chair... a wonderfully remionctle chair. with full spring construction. 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