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Page 4 ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, June 5, 1952 COCA COLA NIPS NAVY HOLDS SOFTBALL LEAD DONNY WILLIAMS TWIRLS 3 HITTER FOR 3RD WIN OF SEASON; GE WINS IN OPENER | General Electric edged out the Navy, 4-2 in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader at Bay- view Park last night. Clint War- , General Electric pitcher won his third game of the season as he limited the Navy to three hits. Warren struck and walked three. GE drew first blood in the initial frame when Dobson walk- ed and went around on an in- field single, scoring on a wild fi & a z : atl S78 8.o88 & 2s a5 g e i 8 F o? 8 ry < wae wah wow | z & $ three hits. He struck out seven and walked three. Coca Cola tallied twice in the first inning without the aid of a hit. Two errors, a fielders ch ice and ah infield out accounted for the runs. They added another in the second, on two walks and Solomon's double. In the fifth, a walk, an error, D. Cruz’s single and a fielder’s. choice gave Coca Cola a 6-0 lead, but the Navy came to life in their half of the fifth and scored twice on a walk, an error, a fielder’s choice and an outfield fly. The Navy threatened in the sixth jtanza when, with two outs, Parker walked, Nelson doubled and Glotfelty sin_'ed home two runs, but McCall end- by popping to ed the threat short. The score: Clubs— Coca Cola —.. Navy —. Baseball Standings BASEBALL STANDINGS By The Associated Press Won Lost Pet. | National League Brooklyn 2 ou New York 32 MM 667 Chicago 25 918 S81 Cincinnati 2 2 500 St. Louis 2 3 49 Philadelphia 83% 23 439 Boston 6 mM ~400 Pittsburgh nh & ey American League Boston 3 581 Cleveland % 61 578 New York ase4n 553 Washington 2 19 M8 Chicago 2ze, A Philadelphia Bw » 438 St. Louis 2 23 As? Detroit 13 2 320 Florida international League Miami “= BD Miami Beach 3s 2 d Tampa u 3 86 Havana 3s 235 St. Petersburg WB sy West Palm Beach 28 4 Lakeland 20 Fort Lauderdale 10 Florida State League 169 49 DeLand 3s 4 ? Jaaville Beach 30 17 638 Oriando 2 #19 627 Sanford x 600 uM SO a 8 469 18 nu - uv M 33 .. Spartan Fixture EAST LANSING, Mch. W—Ly- man L. Frimodig, only 10 - letter winner at Michigan State, has been on the Spartan campus for over thirty years. These years inelude Frimodig's tenure as student. then assistant director af athletics and ticket sales manager, 3 as business manager of athic ' \Close Decision In Bayview Softball points as he scores through the Waleott For Title Tonight Charles Given 2-1 Edge In Fourth Meeting Of Heavyweight Rivals By MURRAY ROSE PHILADELPHIA (®—The fourth and most lucrative episode in the Jersey Joe Walcott-Ezzard Charles road series will be unreeled tonight with Charles rated a 2 to 1 favorite * | to make boxing history and become the first former heavyweight king to win back his crown. Foreeasts of fair weather for the 9 p. m. EST 15-rounder in Municipal Stadium, site of many historic events in sports, boosted promoter Herman Taylor's confi- dence that about 35,000 will pay $250,000 to see the scrap. The bout will be broadcast and telecast coast-to-coast. With $175,000 paid for the radio- TV rights, this latest, and no doubt last, number in the 3-year-old rival- |ry appears a cinch to eclipse the financial take of the other three stops in Chicago, Detroit and Pitts- burg. It was in Pittsburgh last July 18 | that the heavy-fisted, thick,armed Walcott uncorked a perfect left hook to knock out the champion jin the seventh round. | “IR be out to knock him cut | again,” said the 38-year-old Cam- {den miracle man in his last public \statement. “I've got his number and he knows it.” “He's got the title. I'll have to! }go after him and get it,” said the solemn-faced and determined | | Charles. | If the challenger follows through on his statement the fight could be the best of the series that gy | Startec with a waltz in Chicago, | | picked up a little steam in Detroit j and really started to blaze in Pitts- burg. | Walcott, a superb counter punch- er with a kayo wallop in either hand, is in a perfect spot to suck | Exzard into a trap. As Exzsard | | pointed out, he will have to make | the fight. | This is right up the alley of the | champion. One opening by Charies jcould mean the fight. | Charlies has indicated be will | seek to sap the ancient gladiator's | strength early with booming left | hooks and right swings to the body. } Then he will shoot for the head | Esrard expects to weigh 182 pounds—heaviest of his career—at the weigh-in. Nearing 31 frown into 2 fullfiedged heavy- Bayview Softball Action ‘COCA COLA’S CATALA takes the shortest line between two he has | THE NAVY'S PARKER is pictured above as he beats out a bunt in last night’s loop tussle with the Coca Cola nine. Coca Cola was the winner. \MAJOR Citizen Staff Photo LEAGUE LEADERS | By The Associated Press National League Batting — Sauer. Chicago, .349; | Lockman, New York, .337; Adcock, | Cincinnati, .333; Robinson, Brook- | lyn, ,328; Baumholtz, Chicago, .325. | Runs — Lockman, New York, 40; Williams, New York, 35; Robinson, Runs batted in -- Sauer Chicago, 48; Thomson, New York, 40; Snider | Navy catcher’s legs last night at Bayview Park. Catcher dropped throw. Charles Meets |High Scoring Record WASHINGTON (—Dick Todd, head coach of the Washington Red- skins in the NFL, scored 994 points throughout his professional, colle- giate and high school grid career. He scored 214 points with the Red- skins, 116 with Texas-A & M and 664 with Crowell (Texas) High. ess. He is sacrificing some of speed for power. The 192 pounds will be 10 more than he packed for his losing fight in Pittsburgh. Walcott’s weight has not varied much. He expects to weigh 194 or 195 tonight. Brooklyn, 30; Hodges and Campa- nella, Brooklyn, 29. Hits —- Sauer, Chicago 59; Adams Cincinnati, 57; Lockman, New York, 56; Schoerdienst, St. Louis, 53; Williams, New York,-and Ennis, Philadelphia, 50. Home Runs —- Sauer, Chicago, 12; Pafko, Brocklyn ,9; Mathews, Boston, Hodges, Brooklyn, and Kiner, Pittsburgh, 8. Pitching — Roe, Brooklyn, 4-0, 1,000; Maglie, New York, 9-1, .900; | Hearn, New. York, 5-1, 83; Rush, Chicago, 8-2 .800; Erskine Brook- | lyn, Minner, Chicago, Wilhelm, '}, wv . New York, and Simmons, Phila. | "4.57; Avila, Cleveland 88; Ros- deiphia, 4-1, .800 Home runs — Rosen, Cleveland, | American League 10; Easter, Cleveland, and Werts, | Batting — Di zio Boston, | Detroit, 8; Lenhardt, Detroit, Mele, | 359; antl York, .330; | Chicago, Doby Cleveland, and /| 5; Robinson, | Zernial, Philadelphia, 7. | , Boston,| Pitching — Shea, Washington, Runs — Today's Games . TODAY’‘s basebail By The Associated Press American League - Chicago at New York Cleveland at Boston Detroit at Philadelphia ONLY GAMES National League New York at Chicago Phijadelphia at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Pittsburgh Boston at St. Louis Florida International League Havana at Lakeland St. Petersburg at Tampa West Palm Beach at Miami Miami Beach at Fort Lauderdale Florida State League Sanford at Palatka DeLand at Orlando Cocoa at Daytona Beach Leesburg at Jacksonville Beach Boston and Boone, Cleveland, 27; | Simpson, Cleveland, 26. Runs batted in.— Rosen, Cleve- land, $1; Dobyy’ Cleveland, 30 Dropo, Detroit, 27; Vernon, Wash ington, 25; Lenhardt, Detroit, and McDougald New York, 24. Hits + Fox, Chicago, 61; Robin- son, Chicago, and Simpson, Cleve- | 3-0, 1.000; Shantz, Philadelphia, 9-1, 900; Henry, Boston, Paige, St.Louis | and Marrero, Washington 5-1, .833. | The Choice of YOUR Lifetime... too | Times change... good ta: ste never. 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