The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 30, 1952, Page 4

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, May 30, 1992 $8,000 Pledged To Buy Ft. Lauderdale Franchise Another $10,000 Needed If City Is To Have Baseball Club Key West may have a professional baseball club by Monday morning. | Business men interested | in buying the Florida In- ternational League fran-} chise formerly belonging} to Fort Lauderdale met last night in the office of Dr. Julio DePoo, on Eaton} street and raised a total of | $8,000 toward purchase of the franchise. Key West has been told that if $15,000 of a necessary $25,000 is available immediately the fran- ehise is sure to be granted to our city. Remaining $10,000 to be pledged and paid within a time specified by the league officials. A committee of five was ap- pointed to contact interested par- ties regarding a pledging of financial support to this project. An answer regarding purchase must be in the hands of league resident Hank Banyard, St. letersburg, by 2 p. m. today. Figures show that operating eosts for clubs in this class run to between $40,000 and $45,000 per year. A salary limit has been fixed which sets the maximum amount that any club can pay its players at $4000 monthly. A ros- ter of 17 players is carried by each club It is estimated that with an average attendance of 700 paid admissions for each game played at home a Class A baseball team would make money for her own- ers. Each team keeps all gate receipis from home games with the exception of Havana; Havana shares her gate take 75 percent for herself and 25 percent for V -7 teams. rding to rules laid down fa Internetional League s of any franchise with- es Bench Views By JACK K. BURKE Many of the great perfomers ;of the sporting world will not {be remembered this Memorial Day, 1952, by the fans who watched them perform _ their feats of endeavor, but only by their few faithful friends and families. As in many other fields, these men did not have to answer the call of their country, but did so because they felt it was their just duty. The majority of them came bac!: from battles of another sport continued to stay in the limelight of their particular sport while the ones who were not sc fortunate, lie somewhere, out of the spotlight, beneath the field of battle. These are among the tragedies that are overlooked by all the humans of the world. These peo- ple that have departed to an- other world, should be placed in the highest honored position that we human beings can find. While they were achieving their fame, we all were right with them step by step, but as in so many | other walks of life, once they slip- ped or were eliminated, we picked up the next one in line and started to go up with him. These athletes should be remem- bered for what they did, for with- out them, you and I might not be here right now enjoying the free- dom we are so used to. True they are only a few, but several of them have been awarded the highest medal that this country gives, post- humously. We, of today, must take some time out to remember and pay hommage to the great ones of yesterdayas well as those of today and tommorow! 33 Cars In ir'sdiction must show t ling at least $25,000. f ure a full playing n 1 debt free club at the eeting, set in| oon will decide ; t pte o have this franchise Fort Lauderdale owners threw jn the sponge Wednesday night —thus allowing FIL to pick up the franchise. Operating a bail club is not the business of league officers but under ditions such a: the ner Ft Lauderdale Braves will continue to play their scheduled game until the franchise is accepted by another city Wickers’ Fie!d will seat 1,400 person according to whcih home park BASEBALL RESULTS THURSDAY'S GAMES By The Associated Press National League Philadelphia 6 New York Broc 3. Pitts ONLY GAMES SCHEL American League New \ ( c Florida International League La M M Ha ate League G P ‘ dD « Or C eiaas Like U.S. Films E are fng the first nine m af were of Amenca Statistics have On a ta 4 “ < ¢é ‘ ) e Stat «2.464 France Great Bewtamn was thard with «4 cent Starting Lineup Today By DALE BURGESS INDIANAPOLIS Freddie Agabashian, Albany, Calif., flash- ing a white-toothed grin he in- herited from Armenian ancestors, led the fastest 33-car field to the} starting lineup today for the 36th annual 500-mile auto race He was shoe-horned into a red and yellow race car only 29 inches high, a Cummins diesel special that was the first oil-burner to win the pole position in the Memorial Day classic. Back in 19th position was the first foreign driver in the race ;, European Champion Al scari, Milan, Italy, in a Fert f shian in the in positions they won with ialifying runs, were Andy Los An in a super four-c + Mir " ala ck Mc Gr Ca in a H Today's Games 8 Associated Press can League The League Florida State League at St. August svilie at Lees Daytoea Beech at Delead McDermott ‘Hurls One Hit Victory | By JACK HAND Associated Press Sports Writer | Wildman Maury McDermott, er- |ratic Boston Red Sox lefty, has | joined Bobby Feller, Bob Cain and | {Art Houtteman in the American League’s one-hit club. For years McDermott alternated i between being a new Lefty Grove | and a new Rex Barney. Thursday night he played the Grove role as he faced only 27 Washington bat- ters. For a change he walked only one. Mel Hoderlein’s single with one out in the fourth wiped out his hopes of matching Virgil Trucks’ no-hitter, The string bean Red Sox pitcher walked Eddie Yost in the first inning. He was erased when | Hoderlein hit into a double play. Jackie Jensen wiped out Hoder- | lein’s single by grounding into a double play in the fourth. After the fourth inning, McDer- mott faced only 15 men. Only four Latters, including Hoderlein, hit the ball out of the infield, as he struck out seven in a magnificent job, his third win of the year. A base on balls to Clyde Vollmer and Fred Hatfield's triple gave Boston its 1-0 win in the sixth inning. They collected 10 hits off | toughluck Bob Porterfield in break- | ing their second-place tie with the Senators. Porterfield now has lost five, three by shutouts including Trucks’ no-hitter. While pitching dominated the night game at Fenway Park, the batters enjoyed an afternoon field day in Detroit where Cleveland mauled the Tigers, 11-4. Harry Simpsoe, whose 1951 flop embarrassed General Manager Hank Greenberg no end, had four hits to take the league lead with 52. One of Simpson’s hits was a bases-loaded homer that greeted Reliefer Ken Johnson, making his first appearance of the year in the eighth. The New York Yankees had to use a little “Yankee luck” to get past Philadelphia, 3-2, even with Vie Raschi, the’ A’s jinx pitcher. on the mound. An eighth-inning | | error by sub First Baseman Bill | | Hitchcock let Phil Rizzuto score | from second base with the winning | |run off Alex Kellner. | The New York Giants’ seven- | | game win streak was snapped by | Philadelphia, 6-5. Combined with | Brooklyn's 7-3 edge over Boston, the Giants’ National League lead was clipped to 1% games. Two runs in the ninth almost pulled it out for the Giants but Ken Heintzelman finally came in to stop them one short. Karl Drews was the winner over Reliefer Hoyt Wilhelm. Smoky Bur. gess’ two-run single with the bases loaded in the seventh clinched the verdict. Brooklyn celebrated its escape from Giant pitching, snapping a three-game losing streak, with a rrage of home runs off Max rkont and Lew Burdette. Andy Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee and Gil Hodges all homerec U-hit attack. Erects Bird Bath: Sued For $14,750 -—Mrs Police Chie No D LQUON. Under a new deal this Southern 4 8.000 has only pol : ef. Their bows is the police com missioner who receives no more an his regular councilman s pay ie Sgured it would sewe the ality 9.08 2 peas, Followinc Through By Pedro Aguilas EVANS ENTERPRISE BEATS PEPE’S CAFE BY SCORE OF 7-6) Evans Enterprise again pulled the game out of the fire in the last frame to win the game by a 7 to 6 score. The game was a thriller from start to finish and Santana led the hitters with three safely, one good for a double and Atwell hit two—one a double, for Pepe’s, Leon hit two safely. In the field the best were Atwell and Gates for the winners and J. Henriquez and Peneda for the losers. Play by play of the game: First up, Pepe’s—Bazo walked, Leon singled to right, E. Rodri- guez gets an infield hit and the bases are loaded. Henriquez flies out to right and Bazo scored, the ball is thrown wild at third and] Leon scored, Rodriguez went to third. L. Rodriguez walked, Pen- eda fanned and Mira is hit by a pitched ball to fill the bases, Navarro walked and forced E. Rodriguez home, Oscar fanned— 3 runs, 2 hits and 1 error. Evans—Diaz fanned, Kerr is out, third to first and Atwell popped to third. Pepe’s—Bazo is out, third to first, Leon walked, E. Rodriguez fanned and Henriquez fouled out | to catcher. Evans—Pita fanned, Santana doubled to center, Gates singled to right and Santana scored. Bigelmen walked, Yates stole third, and scored on a passed ball. W. Albury fanned and Bigelmen is caught off first—2 runs on 2 hits and no errors. Third, Pepe’s—L. Rodriguez walked and stole third, Peneda popped to first, Mira is out, pitch- er to first, and Navarro flied out to center. Evans — Delgado walked, Diaz singled over short, Kerr hits a high foul ball and Leon goes over and catches it and doubled Diaz off first. Atwell singled to right and Delgado scored, Pita rolls out to first—1 run, 2 hits and no er- rors. Fourth, Pepe’s— Oscar is out,! picther to first, Bazo fanned, but is safe at first when the to second and E. Rodriguez fan- ned. Evans — Santa singled right, Gates is safe on an eé! and Sai na went to th tana scored on the wild Gates went to sec forced Gates at t third. Albury f gado walked, I pitched 2 loaded, ce =) run, Fifth STRONG ARM SRAND COFFEB Triumph Coffee Mill Cd aLL GROCERS catcher | threw low to the bag, Leon flied} Legion Plays KW Insurance Co. Tonight | Jr. Baseball League scheduled game for tonight. At 7:30 p.m. the American Le- gion Jr. baseball clubs, A. Legion Post No. 28 will play the Key West Insurance Co. nine and both clubs need the victory to jkeep up the pace and try to catch the Evans Enterprises who are running away with the race. Insurance Co. will use Bethel in the box with Haskins on the receiving end. The Legion will use a newcomer to the league in the box with Bean catching. The game wili get underway at 7:30 p.m. STANDING OF THE CLUBS Clubs— Evans Enterprises __ 9 1 .900 Legion Post 28 __ 3 4 429 Pepe’s Cafe 3 6 333 K. W. Insurance Co._ 2 5 .286 Legion Post 168 2 6 .250 Evans has won 4 games over Pepe’s Vafe, 3 from Legion 28 and 2 over K. W. Ins. Co. and lost one to Legion 28. Legion has won one over Evans, Pepe’s 1, and K. W. Ins. 1, and has lost 3 to Evans, K. W. | Baseball Streets Get Won Lest Pct. American League | Cleveland 25 Boston 21 | Washington 20 New York 12 | Chicago 19 St. Louis 19 | Philadelphia 13 Detroit il National League New York 26 Brooklyn “4 Chicago 2 Cincinnati 19 Philadelphia 16 St. Louis vv Boston 13 Pittsburgh 8 Florida International Miami 36 Miami Beach 33 Havana 31 Tampa 29 West Palm Beach 27 St. Petersburg 26 Lakeland phd Ft. Lauderdale 8 DeLand Orlando Jaxville Beach Sanford Gainesville Palatka 31 Ins. 1. Pepe’s Cafe has won a game over Legion 28 and 2 over K. W. Ins. Co. and has lost 4 to Pepe’s Cafe, and 1 to Legion Post 168. K. W. Ins. Co. has won a game over Legion and Post 168 — lost two to Evans, Legion 1, Pepe’s 2. Post 168 has won one over Pepe’s Cafe and lost one to Ins. Co. They had to forfeit the rest of the games to enter the league. During 1951, the American Bi- ble Society sent 941,241 Bibles to the American armed services. and Atwell. Stolen bases—Lean, Henriquez, L. Rodriguez. Sacrifice hit—Kerr. Daytona Beach Cocoa Leesburg St. Augustine SRSSRRERS Florida State League 15 -625 15 -583 16 556 15 345 19 500 23 -452 | 19 A06 4 314 9 743 10 -706 16 568 18 514 18 471 21 47 20 394 32 -200 League Bus 679 20 623 20 608 2 569 25 519 25 510 u« -333 “4 154 183 705 16 636 15 a 19 578 19 48 21 523 23 465 26 381 » -333 4 227 Lawn Speaks BUFFALO, N. Y. ‘#—Caretakers at St. Matthew's Church posted this sign for the keep-off-the-grass season: “Go ‘way—I wanna be a lawn.” Struck out—Pita 8, Redriguez) 9. Walks—Pita 5, Rodriguez 5. Double plays—Leon to Rodri- guez; and Rodriquez to Henri-| quez to Leon. Time—2 hour: Umpires—Rocky at plate and/ Al. Rodriguez on the bases. | | Scorer—Aguilar. | <i aoe | JR. BASEBALL GAME SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY Memorial Day game—American n Post No. 28 vs. Key West nsurance Co. THE PAINT WITH EVERYTHING BUILTIN... SEE OUR WINDOW | PIERCE BROS. 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