The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 3, 1952, Page 8

Pace 8 ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, June 3, 1952" Florida International Loop Entry From K.W. Planned SEVENTH INNING RALLY GIVES COCA COLA WIN OVER VX-1 Fans Urged To Aid In Purchase Of Ft. Lauderdale °Club At Mass Meeting Tonight Plans for the purchase of the Fort Lauderdale fran- chise in the Florida Inter- ‘mational Baseball League will be discussed tonight at #@ mass meeting in the City Hall at 8:00 p.m. The en- tire public is invited and urged to attend the session and lend their support to the biggest thing to appear on the Key West sporting scene in years. ‘Louis Carbonell, who is sparking the drive to raise funds for the purchase of the now defunct franchise, aid today that Key West could concievably have Class A organized baseball as early as next week if the mecessary funds are raised tonight. Carbonell will ap- pear before the County plea for County aid in fur- thering the cause of base- ball in this city., The League laws stipulate that @ total of $25,000 must be rai: d to obtain the franchise. Car- bonell said, however, that an outlay of only 9 to 10 thousand dollars is necessary for operating expenses with the balance being held on deposit in che league treasury as evidence of the good faith of the persons backing the enterprise, To date, @ total of $11,000 has | been pledged by baseball loving y Westers including 6 pledges “$1,000. each from a group of interested in seeing the Is- Jand City in organized ball. Tonight's meeting will be ad- dressed by Carbonell and Hank “Day who-has also been active in furthering the cause of baseball here. Me. Carbonell emphasized that mo pledge is too small and ex- pressed the hope that tonight’s | meeting would bring local base- ball fans out in force and that they would show their interest an a tangible way by purchasing ‘stock in the enterprise. He added that reciepted pledge forms will be available and that in the event that for any reason the deal fails to go through, any money donated will be refunded in full. The deal to purchase the Lauderdale Club, which could be closed tomerrow is being en- courage. by FIL officials to the extent that they would send ex- perts to this city to set up the} details of the overation including ticket sales and seating. The re- | maining clubs in the loop have expressed their support and co-/ operation in moving the fran-| chise to Key West even to the extent of offering player help. ‘The Fort Lauderdale team which is currently in last place in the league would be moved to Key West intact but would undoubt- edly be strengthened somewhat. The switch could conceivably be a factor In bettering their posi- tion in the race. Key West could give the team the kind of back- xk xk x *k FAWTULANT WILL MAKE INITIAL CITY LEAGUE START TONIGHT zxx«rk A three run rally in the seventh inning gave Coca Cola a 5-2 vic- ——_—_——__—____+ 9-Player Swap tory over the VX-1 boys in the Announced Today first game of a scheduled double- header at Bayview Park last t. a game was a pitcher’s duel between VX-1 Richards and Don- nie Williams of Coca Cola. Rich- ards allowed only two hits, but wildness in the late innings caus- ed his downfall. He struck out 3 and walked nine. Williams struck out 7 and issued four walks. Coca Cola drew first blood in the fifth when Catala walked, took second on an error, and scored .on Williams’ single. VX-1 ‘ took the lead in their half of the | fifth on two walks and Chisholm’s double. Coca Cola tied it up in the sixth when Richard’s control soured and he walked three. In the seventh, Sawyer and Williams walked to start the in-| troit ning. After a squeeze play failed, Obie a wild pitch. The score: Team— Coca Cola —..: 000 011 VX-1 000 020 IT. SECOND GAME In the second game, Telco edg- ed out the USS Coates, 4-3, be- hind the three hit pitching of Alfred Knowles. In registering his third victory in as many starts, ‘Knowles struck out seven and | walked five. | Telco drew first blood in the ‘first inning by scoring a run when Cabot singled and went all the way on three wild pitches. The Coates tied it up in their half of the first when Reuter was hit by a pitched ball and scored moments later on Powell's double. Telco made it 3-1 in the second jon singles by Parks, Kelly and Maynard. They scored what proved to be the winning tally in the third when Aritas was safe on a fielder’s choice and ‘scored on Bronson’s single. Schmiz homered for the Coates in the third with the bases empty, and they picked up another in the fourth when Fiore walked | | and scored on Pemberton’s double. | The score: | Team— R. HE | Telco ___.__. 121 00—5 5 0 ‘Coates — 191 10-3 3 2 | STANDINGS Team— W. L. Pet. Coca Cola 3 0 1.000 Telco 3 0 1.000 General Electric _._. 2 0 1.000 Navy .0 1 .000 Amberjack ie Naval Hospital et VX-1 0 2 000 Coates _ .~9 3 .000 MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By The Associated Press National League Batting — Sauer, Chicago, and Lockman, New York, .335; Adcock, Cincinnati, .333; Baumholtz, Chica- {go .330; Kluszewski Cincinnati, Ingraham singled two runs] 1949. Commission tonight in aj in and scored moments later on| third By Tigers, Sox DETROIT # — The Detroit Tigers announced today a 9-player deal that sent Third Baseman George Kell, Outfielder Hoot Evers Pitcher Dizzy Trout and Shortstop Johnny Lipon to the Boston Red Sox. The Tigers, in return, ob- tained First Baseman Walter Dro- po, Infielders Johnny Pesky and Fred*Hatfield, Outfielder Don Len- hardt and Pitcher Bill Woight. The trade was one of the biggest in the majors in years. The princi- pals were Kell and Evers for De- troit and Dropo, Pesky and Len- hard! Boston. , has been since 1946 Lea re; oe g 4 p & gee Am e Ly t & § is man Evers, 31, all sea: 8 Fes piits F eRe ie & 5 s E g i] Fe gfe The d hard-hit sought Dropo si 8 4 BE # F 3 q ig & s Evers a fast fielder and a handed batter their leftfield sidelined with a fered in The 37-year-old Trout a Tiger big righthander in 1944 when Although on past few years, he pit spots, and remained a of Tiger Trout’s year is 1,5, Lipon, a 29-year-old righthand | batter, joined the Tigers in 1945 | after three years military service. His top batting mark was .293 in 1950. This year he is batting .221. Pesky, 32, came to the majors with Boston in 1942. Playing thira base and short, he compiled a 315 lifetime batting mark up to the | start of this year. Lenhardt, who only Monday night won a ball game with a 4-run homer in the 10th inning, is 29. He came up with the St. Louis Browns in 1950, was traded to Chicago in ‘51 and joined the Sox | this year. His lifetime mark is | .270. He is a long ball hitter, “That grand slammer almost stopped the deal,’ said General Manager Charley Gehringer of the Tigers. “But we completed all the | arrangements last night.” Hatfield, with Boston in ‘50 and ‘Sl, has a lifetime mark of 274. He is 26 and a righthand batter. ; Most of his service has been at HY i f gE z H H Ee Evi 53 Bebe ifee F i e Wight, a 30-year-old lefthanded pitcher, has been with three Amer- | | 328. ican League clubs. He came up! Runs—Lockman, New York, 37; | With the Yankees in 1947, spent Williams, New York, 31; Adams, three years in Chicago and went | Cincinnati, 28: Robinson, Brooklyn |*® Boston in a trade in ‘Sl. He FawTulant, fast baseball club of the Naval Air Station, Boca Chica, will make its first ap- pearance at Wicker’s Field to- night when it meets the strong Strand outfit in a regular league game. The Navy lads, fresh and in fine condition: from its service league where. they finished in second place, is looked forward to give the movie boys a tough time on the field. It is said the fliers have a good defensive ag- gregation and several long hit- ters in the offensive department, team manager, Lieutenant Arm- strong had not decided who the pitching choice will be but it is expected he will march out his best moundsman whose name could not be learned at press time. Ignacio Valdez, manager of the Strand, realizing the opposi- tion to be real tough, is expect- ing to start Mingo Esquinaldo, former tomato league veteran slinger with Kaki Rodriguez, the lad with the “string line peg” on the receiving enc. The first half schedule as an- nounced by league president Roy Hamlin will run through July 17th, as follows: June 3, Strand vs. FawTulant. June 5, VX-1 vs. FawTulant. June 8, Strand vs. Islanders, June 10, VX-1 vs. Strand. June 12, Islanders vs, FawTu- nt. June 15, Strand vs. Islanders. June 17, FawTulant vs. VX-1. June 19, Strand vs. FawTulant. June 22, Strand vs. Islanders, June 24, Strand vs. VX-1. June 26, Islanders vs. FawTu- nt. July 1, Islanders vs. VX-1. July 3, FawTulant vs. VX-1. July 8, FawTulant vs. Island- rs. July 10, VX-1 vs. Strand. July 15, FawTulant vs. Strand. July 17, VX-1 vs. Islanders. STAR * BRAND AMERICAN COFFEE and CUBAN -TRY A POUND TODAY— when It calls for a PRESCRIption call your ST. LOUIS CARDS BEA SAL MAG By JOE REICHLER Associated Press Sports Writer Apparently there is one way to overcome the jinx of pitching a no-hitter just pitch two of them. That is the formula Allie Rey- nolds used last year and it has proved most successful. Unlike such hurlers as Rex Versatile Player DENVER (#)—The Denver Bears have onc of the most ver- satile players in the Western League in bespectacled Ray Mink, potent left-handed bat- ter. Last season for Corpus Christi, Texas, in the Gulf Coast loop, Mink played a variety of posi- tions and also found time as a pitcher to win 14 games. played a different position each inning and wound up doing everything but catching. White Sox, 6-2, to take over first 5 place by four percentage points. Berney, Dow Blacks, Bab Mcoahas, |< Another great righthander, Sal At a “night” in his honor, Ray } Dick Fowler, Ewell Blackwell and} yyagtie of the New York Giants, Cliff Chambers, who either suf-| went down to his first defeat of fered an injury, developed a lame arm or otherwise were s‘ruck by tough luck after pitching a no-hit no-run game during the last six years, Reynolds has been more effective than ever since his two masterpieces of 1951. The New York Yankee right- hander turned in his best per- formance of the season Monday, blanking the Cleveland Indians, 2-0. The victory moved the world champions into the first division. Allie, a part Creek Indian him- self, made eight Redskins bite the dust via strikeouts. He surrendered only four hits for his ninth straight complete game. The 33-year-old righthander notched his fifth vic- tory in a row and his sixth against three losses as he reduced his earned run percentage to a spec- tecular 1.35, ‘The defeat dropped the Indians out of the league lead as the Boston Ked Sox whipped the Chicago are lower! “~~ the season. The St. Louis Cardinals |nipped the National League title- |holders, 5-4, to snap Maglie’s 9- game winning streak. The triumph, St. Louis’ third straight over the Giants, boosted the Redbirds into the first division by a half game over the Cincinnati Reds, who bowed to Boston’s Rraves, 4-1. The defeat left the Giants still one game behind the pace - setting Brooklyn Dodgers, who were beaten, 6-1, by the sur- prising Chicago Cubs. Philadelphia’s rebounding Ath- letics handed Ned Garver his sixth straight loss. They shaded St. Louis 241, to move past the Browns into sixth place. Rookie Harry Byrd spaced 10 hits for his second tri- umph. Mickey Vernon and Frank Cam- pos batted in two runs apiece as Washington defeated the Detroit Tigers, 5-2, to move within a game of first place in the American League. Ezzard Charles Heavier For Walcott Bout ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. ww — Jersey Joe Walcott will battle it out to hold the world’s heavyweight championship Thursday night with a much heavier—and therefore perhaps slower—Ezzard Charles than the one from whom he wrested the crown last summer. Pre-fight optimism in Walcott’s training quarters brightened a |notch with the mildly flabbergast- ing news -that Charles tipped the scales in a: preliminary weigh-in and examination Monday at 196% pounds—over 14 pounds more than he carried in losing the title to Jetsey Joe. Dan Florio, Walcott’s trainer, sized up the idea of a new and beefier Charles with the comment: “That’s the best news we've had sipce we began training. Charles will be so heavy, he’s sure to be slowed up. “And if he’s slowed up,*he’s sure to get hit on that chin again. It looks like this is it.” Charles maintained the added weight is to his liking, and that he was too light and too fine against Waicott in the title go at Pitts- burgh. “T'll come in about 191—and will be very strong at that weight.” Walcott matched Charles’ per- formance on the ‘xeales—but it looked better on thy 38-year-old Cinderella of boxing than on the challenger, who is more than seven years Walcott’s junior. The champion caries three more | Pounds than he packed behind the CREDIT RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED... Monthly payments podge Depenalaility mean ...And Look What Dodge Gives You! Bench Views By JACK K. BURKE Two of Key West’s top-notched golfers, Norton Harris and Joe Lopez, competed yesterday in the |36-hole qualifying round at West Palm County Club with 43 other amateurs and professionals for the three places from the Florida sec tion in the National Open. ; The tournament was held under the U.S. Golfers Association rules and at press time it could not be learned whether either one gained a berth for the Open to be held at the Northwest Country Club in Dallas, for a purse of $15,000. As soon as the members from the Golf Club return to the city from Miami, the outcome of their weekend tournament with Miami Shores will be announced. The majority of them remained in Mi ami for the qualifying round in the National Open, It was learned that one of the Players in the Ben Hogan play on Saturday adjusted his score so that he could claim that he beat the mighty Ben, What some people won’t do, paralyzing left hock which brought him a seventh-round knockout over Charles. And he expects to scale 194 at the mid-day weighing Thurs- day, TWINS MATCH ITIFYOU GAN -THE GRAND DEAL well offer you on a ing that could put them in the |#%d Sauer Chicago, 27, has a lifetime earned run average win cojumn consistently. ‘The FIL is composed of teams from Miami, Miami Beach, Ha- wana, Tampa, St. Petersburg. West Palm Beach and Lakeland. Miami is currently setting the n the loop. The entrance of a Key West nine into the FIL pic ould be a terrifie boost for the City and sports-minded Key Westers tonight will have an opportunity to do something tangible for the rause, $7,000 Stolen MIAMI &—Thieves who smashed the front door of an ice cream Grive-in stand Monday made off Runs batted in — Sauer, Chicago, 47; Thomson, New York, 37; Sni- der and Hodges, Brooklyn, 28; Campanella Brooklyn, 27. Hits — Sauer Chicago 54; Lock- }man, New York, 53; Adams, Cin- | cinnati, and Schoendienst, St. Louis S2; Ennis, Philadelphia, and Musi- lal, St. Louis, 49. Home runs — Sauer Chicago, 11; | Pafko, Brooklyn, 9; Mathews, Bos- ton, 8; Hodges, Brooklyn, Adcock Cincinnati and Kiner Pittsburgh, 7. Pitching — Roe, Brooklyn, 4-0, 1.000; Maglie, New York, 91, 900; |Minner Chicago, Hearn, Jansen jand Wilhelm, New York, and Sim- mons, Philadelphia, 4-1, .800, American League Batting DiMaggio, _ Boston of 4.06. His top year was 139, when he won 15 and lost 13 for Chicago with an ERA of 3.31. The trade followed the growing demand of Tiger fans for some action that might get their team | out of last place in the American jLeague standings. The Tigers, never a tail-end finisher, have been in the basement all season. Their current mark is 13 wins, 27 losses and @ percentage of 325. They're 10% games out of first place. On the other hand, the Red Sox reached the top of the heap Mon- day night, with a 2417 record. land, 30; Dropo Boston, 27; Len- hardt, Boston, Doby, Cleveland, fand Vernon, Washington 2. } | Hits — Fox Chicago, 89; Robin- with @ 4 by 6 foot safe containing | 346; Rosen, Cleveland, 333; Rob- | 500, Chicago, 55; Simpsen, Cleve- More than $7,000, Police said the safe held $2,857 fm cash and $4,210 in checks en dorsed for deposit from the Artic Systems, Ine. The thieves hauled the big safe away in a stolen truck inson, Chicago, 327: Bauer and Mantle, New York, 312. Runs — Avila, Cleveland, 28 Simpson and Rosen Cleveland, 2% DiMaggio, Boston, 25; Yost, Wash- ington, % Runs batted in — Rosen, Cleve land, 54; Avila and Cleve- a ng Rosen, Cleve. Home runs — Rosen Cleveland, | 10; Wertz, Detrsit, 8: Lenhardt Boston, Mele, Chicago, Easter Cleveland aod Zerzial, Philadglpb- ia, % | ' i GARDNER'S — PHARMACY — The Rexall Stoi« Ti TRUMAN AVENUE Corner Varela Street PHONE 177 / | => “Double-Safe” Brakes x} Famous Oriflow Ride | > More Head Room, | Leg Room, Hip Room > “Watchtower” Visibility ~~ X%} Dodge-Tint Safety Glass x} Safety-Rim Wheels Spectcotion and equipment mhled to Gangs how action. A TROUBLE-FREE VACATION NAVARRO, inc. 601 DUVAL ST. IN A DEPENDABLE 0OOOE————” PHONE 600