The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 10, 1952, Page 3

~“ gee Tuesday, June 10, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 4 Sports... GENERAL ELECTRIC TAKES OVER |VIEWS FROM|W. Palm Wins LEAD IN CITY SOFTBALL Loop |THE kkk xkkk kkk xk ke PEPE'S CAFE CAPTURES 10 INNING THRIL IN AMERICAN LEGION JR. BASEBALL LEAGUE x kk “Gabby” Gates Wins In 1st Start Of Season As GE Nips Telco, 7-2 General Electric took undisputed possession of first place in the Is- land City Softball league by de- feating Telco 7-2 in the first game| of a scheduled double header. at| Bayview Park last night. GE exploded with a seven run rally -in the fifth when they took advantage of a couple of walks and some faulty fielding by the Teleo infield to hand Alfred Knowles his first defeat of the sea- son. “Gabby” Gates, GE hurler, made his first start of the season and limited the Telco nine to two hits, one, DeWitt Robert’s first home run of the season. Telco drew first blood in the fourth when they pushed over a run on an error and Maynards two errors and singles by Warren and Gates and a long triple by Woods iced the game for the Gen- eral Electric squad. Teleo picked up their final run in the sixth as a result of Robert's homery Gates struck cut four and walked five while Knowles struck out five and passed four as he suffered his first loss of the season. Scoring three runs in the sixth enabled the VX-1 to edge the USS Amberjack, 5-3 in the se- game of last night’s twin bill. “1 began the scoring in the first inning when Clark lived on an err- or, took bap = on Shipps single and scored on a Wild pitch. The Amber- jack took the lead in their half of first when a walk and singles Schultz and Ramsey coupled a wild pitch produced two the fifth, Shipp walked, stole went to third on a on Piggs in- i s * pl ri a double gave them a run, but slop- py baserunning killed the rally aft- er Snow had sharply singled to right field. Ramsey was thrown out attempting to score, thus nul- lifying the threat. Otte who gained the credit for| the win, his first of the season, struck out five and issued three bases on balls. Ramsey, the loser struck out thirteen and passed but one. However, he was touched for seven hits. Shipp, VX-1 shortstop, led the Navy attack with two sing- les in three official trips to the plate. Ramsey al8o started offen- sively as he pounded out a double and single in three times at bat officially. The summary: Team— R. HE General Elec. 000 070 0-7 3 2 Telco 000 101 0-2 2 4) Team— R. H. EL VX-1 ee. LEAGUE STANDINGS Team— W. L. Pet General Electric - 5S 0 1.000 Coca Cola - 4 0 1.000 Telco ‘ 4 1 20 VX-1 ai 2S wee Naval Hospital 0 2 000 Navy 0 3 .000 Coates 0 3 000 Amberjack © 3 000 Today's Gam By The Associated Press American League Detroit at New York (night) St. Louis at Basten (night) Chicago at Phitadelp (night Cleveland at stiagton (night Nationa! League Philadelphia at Chicago New York at Ciseinnrt’ (night) Boston at Pittsburgh (night) Brooklyn at St. Louis (night) Flerida International League All-Stars at Tampa Lakeland at Miami Miami Beach at Havana St. Petersburg at West Palm Beach Florida State League Deland at Palatka - Leesburg at Cocoa Daytona Beach at Orlando Jacksonville Beach at Sanford Lions Nip Elks In Little Loop Play Saturday ‘The League Leading Lions edged out the hard fighting Elks 8-7 in the first game of a Little League doubleheader at Bayview Park Saturday night. The second game between the Rotary and VFW was rained out in the last half of the third inning with the Rotary lead- ing 13-6 and the VFW coming up for their turn at bat. In the first game, Elk’s pitcher Richard Bonner had a bad first inning, when he walked three and one error plus 4.hits enabled th Lions to score 7 runs. The Elks got back into the ball game in the drew a walk. Robert Santana hit a fly ball to Garcia, Lions first baseman, who dropped the ball whiten he made a diving catch. All runners safe. Solomon was out pit- cher to first and then Sambili Holland, Elks first sacker and clean up batter, cleared the bases with a line-drive home run between right and centr fielders. Little Mario Martinez, Lions’ pitcher, then walked Owens and Trout, who advanced to second and third on wild pitches, got himself into trou- ble. Bonner was safe on a fielder’s choice and Owens was also safe at home when Lions Catcher Diaz dropped the ball. JD Holland greet- ed Robert Pazo, who came in to relieve Martinez, with an infield | hit. Pazo was able to put out the fire, but not until Trout and JD Holland had scored on fielder’s choices. The Elks tied up the ing and leave the game tied 7-7. Little Mike Powell, Lions the bases and to run his total walks for the game to 7. Gibby Thrift, Lions third baseman, then hit a hard line-drive single into right center to score Pazo and break up a hard fought ball game. Garcia | had a perfect night at bat with two }for two, as did Robert Diaz. | Thrift also contributed two hits out of 4 times at bat to the Lions hit- ting The scores: ELKS Player— ABRHPOAE | Sibila,cf.__.2 1000 0 |Santana, if _..-3 1121100 |Solomon, ss: 2 0 0 0 1 0 S. Holland, 1b. 2 11600 | Owens, ¢ — 3213 € 6 Trout, 3b 1 2500S 83 | Bonner, p - 301030 } J.D. Holland, 3b2. 1 1:1 2 «0 | Averette, rf 2 8@ 2-03 | 5 = al Total— 19 7 $13 11 LIONS Player— ABRHPOAE Martinez, p-cf 2 21 0 0 2 0 | Thrift, 3b e521 1 3 ee ek Me Ee Se - ee ea See se Wee De a Be © 2:3 °28 $118 O88 ©20000 Rif 200000 4. Curry, rf 1c: 2 Roe 31 i E| 1 2 | Quishing Th on, Bonner walked Martinez to fill, . | JayCees Dodgers May Run Away With National Race By JOE REICHLER Associated Press Sports Writer If the Brooklyn Dodgers are not careful, they may find themselves 13% games in front of the New York Giants on Aug. 11. And is there anybody who doesn’t know what happened to the poor Brooks after that date last year? Even so, Manager Charlie Drés- sen of the dauntless Dodgers is willing to gamble -with such a long lead. He agrees that the Giants’ unprecedented 1951 rush to the top in a playoff victory over the Brooks was nothing short of a miracle. And miracles just don’t happen twice in a row this modern day and age. Dressen undoubtedly recalls an embarrassing query put to him by a veteran sports columnist in Tampa, Fla., last spring: “How are you going to contrive to blow a 13%-game lead this year, Chuck?” Dressen stiffened at the ques- tion. He started to frame a reply, but theught better of it, and checked: a hot retort. It was ob- vious te all within earshot that the question cut Chuck to the quick. Currently, the Dodgers are play- ing a better brand of baseball than they did at a corresponding time a year ago. They're playing re- markable .761 ball with 35 vic- 46 games. Last year they were 30-16 for .652—more than 100 | points lower. Monday night’s 6-2 triumph over the Cardinals in St. Louis ran Brooklyn’s latest winning streak to in a row. Dodgers had to come from win. Cloyd Boyer blanked six innings but the Brooks score at 2-2 in the seventh Peewee Reese singled with bases loaded. Reliefer Alpha | doused the fire but got in the eighth when Roy las and «Carl = Furillo 2-run homers. | Boston’s Sox also solidified | their first-place hold in the Amer- | ican League, openng up a one- game margin over the second- Place New York Yankees dy van- the Detroit Tigers, 9-8. ¢ Red Sox watched the Tigers | | twice go into the lead on home runs by former Boston Sluggers Don Lenhardt and Walter Dropo, | but bounced back each time. The winning run came in the sixth when Johnny Pesky, ex-Red cou infielder, committed an error to allow Dom DiMaggio to cross the plate. | In the only other game in the majors, Boston's Braves nipped the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-2. Rookie era _|Ben Thorpe drove in two Boston | Tuns with a single to back up Jim Wilson’s 5-hit pitching | The , scheduled night game be-| tween Chicago and the Senators in | oe was postponed because rain. | Inaugural afternoon at Monmouth | Park, June 14, will also honor Flag | Day with effective ceremonies | planned. A Defense Bond drive will | be launched i Dick Massuch, assistant baseball jcoach at Michigan State, was a| member of the Brooklyn Dodger farm system after playing baseball for the Spartans. Holland 1, Owens 1. G Base on balls—off Bon: Martinez 6, off Pazo Struck cut-—by B: Martinez 1, by Pazo 2 Hits—off Bonner, 8 in 4 1/3 nings; off Martinez, 2 in 2 1/3 in nings; off Pa: : 3 Umpires—Va! and Alvarez, bases Time of game—i hour, 2 utes Winning pit j losing pitcher— her — Martinez LITTLE LEAGUE Team— Lions 1 Peters. weal E. Rodriguez Has 3 For 3 At Plate For Winners In Tight Ball Game In the first extra inning ball game played this year in the Ame- the Key West Insurance entry by a 10-8 score at the Wickers Field stadium last night. The game was full of thrills and a player from each squad was ba- nished from the game for too hearty a protest of the umps ar- biting. The Pepes manager used four pitchers to win the game while S. Perez pitched the entire contest for the Insurance Co. nine. The Insurance boys scored 5 runs in the first frame on one hit-the only one they connected for in the game. R. White opened the at- tack with a single to center and Lefty Caraballo walked the next two batters and went out in favor of Mira who promptly issued four Passes. In the second stanza, the Insur- ance boys scored two more on two walks and two errors and their last run in the third on four walks, E. Rodriguez pitched the next four frames and did not allow a hit or a run. Henriquez, who finished the game on the mound for Pepes also blanked the opposition without hit or a run. Pepes scored one counter in the first on a walk and a hit, two in the second on two walks and two errors, three in the fourth on three walks when Leon poled out a long double to clear the bases. ‘They tied up the ballgame in the fifth when Peneda and Navarro walked and Bazo doubled. In the seventh a very unusual play. was made which caused a bigtime rhu- barb. After Mira and Bazo walked, Rodriguez singled to right field and Mira was thrown out at the plate on a beautiful peg from R. Pinder. During the action at the plate, Ro- driguez passed Bazo at third and was called out for passing a base- runner making it three outs. Bazo was put out of the game for pro- testing this decision. In the tenth inning they won the game when Rodriguez garnered a leadoff dou- ble, Leon walked and Henriquez sacrificed him home. At bat, E. Rodriguez had a double and two singles, scored three runs and drove one home. White got the only hit for the | Insurance nine. In the field, Leon, Peneda, Pons and Mira stood out for the winners and Costra, Archer and Salgado showed well for the losers. The summary: Team— R. H. E. Pepe's — 120 320 000 2—10 10 5 KW Ins. 521 000 0000—8 1 8 Lauderdale Entry In FIL Disbanding June aor ge aohog Defunct Franchise TAMPA (#—Florida Internation. al League President Henry S. Bay- nard has renamed the homeless Fort Lauderdale Braves the Ali- Stars and announced plans to dis- band the club me 17 unless a buyer can be found The league has operated the last place club since the former own. ers surrendered the f the franchise in nounced Mond: downer who de- a community of Fort Lauder- * buy the franchise but might be in- e season closes.’ ced that unless y Tuesday. the fisbanded and the operate as a T+team veioped Planta all their s area and mine games in dbesday as scheduled, thea play - years in service. THIRD |Second Game BASE LINE {In 14 Starts By OSCAR MILIAN By GENE PLOWDEN The Islanders appeared with; Associated Press Staff Writer brand new sparkling baseball uni-} ‘The West Palm Beach Indians, forms Sunday afternoon and Strand Theatre turned in uniforms for the first the started. Was reason for the good both ¢lubs? i he would have a winning club in their next game. The Islanders really had to play ball to win the the 5B bg Speaking of a prize for the pitcher with most strike outs in one game takes this writer back to the early thirties when L. P. Artman, Sr. Publisher and editor of this newspaper and a good base- ball fan and supporter in those days handed out dollar bills to a batter coming through with a safe hit in the pinches or to the pitcher stopping the batter from coming through via the strike out route In one particular game pitcher Jose Casa had a pocket full of dol- lar bills when he struck out 13 batters in a crucial game against the Young Sluggers, Casa pitched for the Pirates and while it was not known just how many pesos he had after the game it was esti- mated to be not less than fifteen, which in those days was real dough when a dollar was worth a dollar. The noisiest guy at the ball game Sunday afternoon was none other than Key West's famed shortstop of days gone by Armando Acevedo. If you were one of the many fans who attended the ball game be- tween the Islanders and Strand can you tell this column who Ace- vedo was rooting for? Catcher Shrigley of VX-1 is the hardest working ball player on the field. In the game with the FAW- TUland last week he covered first and third base whenever a ball was thrown in by an outfielder and in many instances he prevented a |base runner from scoring. His | great performance lead us to be- | lieve that the tall well built catch- | has played in fast baseball. Alvio Acevedo Islanders Short- stop has handled 19 chances with only one error chalked up against him. The lad is doing a fine job in | the key spot. Well the fans got a bang out of Albert Cabot, Strand third sacker when he caused umpire Bohom to run Alvio Acevedo, Islanders short- stop from the third base bleach- ers were razzing pitcher | Esquinaldo from that point. “Ump he’s a player in the game and not a fan” yelled Cabot. The Islanders |’ | were at bat during the incident. Chicho Rodriguez doesn't miss a ball game and his voice can be heard at times all over the park, } but did you notice that he was very quiet in last Sunday’s game dur- ing the Strand-Islanders fracas. | Well to let you in on a secret Lefty | Rodriguez, Islanders’ slinger and | second baseman Jesus Rodriguez} of the Strand are brothers and nat-| urally, Chicho is the Father of the/ two. So he couldn't lose. But listen| to him when either of the above mentioned teams tangles witn eith-| er the FAWTUlant or Vx-1. Boy-/ o-boy, will you hear “ese es _ hijo” aplenty. The Cleveland Indians have nea at least one 20-game winper every year since Bob Feller became al regular in 1939, excluding his tt | Lakeland in St. Petersburg Thurs- | day night and meet Lakeland in| Tampa Friday night as part of a} doubleheader with Tampa playing West Palm Beach. lf Henley Field in Lakeland is available Saturday night, the Al- Stars will play Lakeland there. U/ t, they will play at Tampa again | + of a doubleheader j the All-Stars play in St. Peters burg Sunday, Monday and Tues day to wind up their cxistence as a chub unless a buyer is found in the meantime. ‘ ATTENTION PLEASE DON‘T THROW AWAY YOUR OLD.JUNK RAGS, LEAD, BRASS, COPPER Old batteries and Scrap Metal Call Mr. Feinstein Phone 826-W 800 VIRGINIA ST. | Sr eae eninee tm News On The Local And National Sporting Scene Lakeland had tied the count at 2-} ninth to give Tampa the edge over all. ; a the homeless All-Stars. Tampa Chico Morilla stopped Havana on | scored four times in the final in- four hits, one a double by Andrea jning to win on. only eight hits off Fleitas. Whitey Platt homered | Reue Solis, Dick Haack and Vidal. twice, scoring the first run on Jack Caro’s single and driving in | all the rest. } George Vidal walked Herb Chap- man with the bases full in the Full brothers finished one-two in a recent California harness race. 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