The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 11, 1952, Page 6

‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘Wednesday, June Ti, 1992 Sports. . _News On The Local And National Sporting Scene FIL MOGULLS SET CONFAB HERE TODAY J. Ryan Of Miami Beach; Lakeland |VX-] Topples_|Florida State Owner To Fly Here For Confab By Jim Cobb Gitizen Sports Editor Latest of a series of develop- ments on the baseball scene that have had local fans in a tizzy ‘ame to light today when it was fearned that Joe Ryan, owner of the Miami Beach Flamingos in the Florida International Baseball League and Vice President of that loop will make a flying visit to ‘ the Island City in the company of W. H. Dawdy, owner of the FIL | Lakeland franchise to survey the local situation. However, the question of wheth- er or not Key West wil talke over the defunct Fort Lauderdale fran- chise, which league officials have indicated will be disbanded on June 17th if no buyer is found, re- mains to be answered. Yesterday, hope was revived that Key West would have a look at the Lauderdale club, when, in a series of long distance phone} calls, certain bigwigs in the loop contacted local promoters to say ‘that they were planning to sche- dule the three game series between Lakeland and Ft. Lauderdale clubs for Thursday, Friday and Satuday evenings of this week at the Wick- ers Field stadium. They felt that , if local enthusiasts had the chance to see the clubs in action they would indicate by their suport that they were in favor of the granting of the franchise to Key West and that they would raise the neces- sary capital to operate the ball team, , Need Sanction All that remained at that time, they said, was the sanction of the league President Baynard. How- ever, the prexy quashed this move when he said that the St. Peters- . burg ball park had already been contracted for and that the series would be played in that city this weekend. What gievs here? Makes Offer Ata meeting of the League Bd. of Directors in Miami last sunday, Louis Carbonel, who has ‘been among the leaders in the effort to bring organized ball to this city, offered to underwrite this week's three game series to the tune of $1,000, in effect insuring the league against any loss in the venture, In addition, he said that he would give all receipts to the league trea- » sury. According to Cabonell, Ryan, Dawdy and Tom Spicola, owner of the Tampa entry, ail supported the Key West offer at ating. Spiccola also offered . one ot the top pitchers in r the series and give the loca.s we op- tion of keeping ihm if desired. At the meeting, officials ruled that anyone taking over the Laud- erdale franchise would have to sat- isfy an approximate $9,000 indebt- edness to the loop before any deal could be made, This figure includes a two thousand dollar deposit to the office of the minor league asso- @lation. Also, at the time the league took over the franchise, each club owner was assessed $500 fo finance the operation of the team League Wanted Payment It was the insistence of the Weague brass that anyone taking over the club pay this amount that Gaused the Key West interests to withdraw their pressure to take ever the club. It was felt that to Start the operation that far in the red with only 2 1-2 mons of base. ball to be played made the enter- prise economically unsound. May Make Deal However, with the visit of Ryan and Dawdy here it is interest ing to speculate on what the league officials have in mind at this time With the seven remaining club @wners faced with the loss of not only their $500 assessment but also the loss of a great number of play ing dates if the loop switches to a seven team operation, a slackening of their demands could be in the effin. Some informed men have aid that it is their belief that the league should permit the franchise to be operated in this city for the remainder of the current season to prove that the Key Westers will back an organized ball club it is known that there are feast six votes of c bh f « tors a playoff at the ¢ season to decide the champ ship The Fort Yauderdale club, as Strand In 11-7 Ballgame |3 VX-1 defeated the Theater, 11 to 7, in a slow drag- ging game that ran three long ;hours. The Snorkel Hunters started off with a three run rally in the first inning and never lost the lead, although the movie boys made several attempts to overtake the Navy lads — bad breaks and poor fielding as well as poor coaching proved costly. Each team collected 14 hits with the Naval Air Station crew getting in the most blows at the time when it counted. Armando Macia of the Strand got off to a very bad start and what he calls the breaks against him as Kirk popped out to second, Steffen singled to center and scored on Malone’s line double over second base, Wallace went out on strikes Garcia misjudged Shrigley’s long fly to right field and Malone scored ahead of Wallace whose rap was good enough for four bases. George Vavrek making his first appearance in the league for the VX-1 found himself in tight spots several times but managed to work himself out of danger with the aid of the capable team work of catcher Shrigley. Vaurek was credited with nine strike outs and so was Macia. Third baseman Steffen, catcher Shrigley and Don Roets (No. 4) the guy with the iron arm, lead the batting attack for the VX-1. Shrigley hit a homer with one man on board while Roets hit a triple. For the Stranz, Gomez, Cabot, K. Rodriguez, Esquinaldo and Angueira each got two hits with Rodriguez getting an extra base hit, a triple to left center. Score by innings: Club— R.H.E VX-1 .. 310 012 22—11 14 90 Strand __. 200 002 21— 7 14 4 Vaurek and Shrigley; Macia and K. Rodriguez. ‘Roberts Leads Softball Loop Batting Race | In action through Monday, June 9th, Dewitt Roberts, Telco | infielder, is leading the batting | | race in the Island City Softball | League with a lusty .600 average. } Ramsey, USS Amberjack pitcher, | who has appeared in less games | than Roberts, is also belting the | oval at a .600 clip. | Robert Parks, Telco center- fielder, is in the third spot with | | a .975 average while Harold Solo- mon of Coca Cola is right on his heels with a .364 mark. Lightcap, | General Electric infielder, rounds out the first five with a .357) | average. j | Lighteap, Roberts and James Kelly of Telco and Robert Las- tres of Coca Cola have scored the} most runs (5), while Roberts has collected the most hits, 6. Parks has batted in the most runs to/ léad the loop in that department | and Solomon has batted the most | doubles, $. R. Lastres has pilfered | | the most bases, 6, and Parks and J. Cruz jointly hold the lead in bases on balls as each have re-| ed six | the pitching department, Warren of the General Elec- | is tops with a record of War surrendered the} four wins and no defeats. ren has also greatest ni other pit in that dep Know! rightha: the strikeout honors w has issued the and bases on! les has also yield- | s, 19, and pitched nings, 28. } AB R 10 § | H 8 3 Pet 600 609 y to give m the loop a battle and part Lite be we their hearts out, can put thew cases over to the loop brass. Loop To Lose rd Franchise By NEIL GILBRIDE Associated Press Staff Writer The Florida State League today was expected to lose its thigd team, the Sanford Blues, after an all-out fund-raising drive led by Brailey Odham fell nearly $7,000 short. Odham, defeated candidate for governor in the Democratic pri- mary, after a 2-day radio talka- thon to raise money for the team brought his microphone into the stand in a last ditch effort during Tuesday night's game against Jacksonville. Beach, which, inci- dentally, ended in near riot. Jack- sonville Beach won it 6-5. . The Sanford team’s board of di- rectors met during the game, found it had raised slightly more than $3,000 instead of the~ $10,000 needed, and decided to disband. ‘Odham said the club’s final de- cision probably would be today. If the Blues quit, it will bring the league down to seven teams after starting the season as the only 10-club circuit in the country. The Gainesville G-Men and the St. Augustine Saints folded June 1 be- cause of poor attendance and lack of funds. In the last of the ninth inning of Tuesday’s game, with Jackson- ville Beach leading 6-5, Sanford’s Paul Eskew tried to steal third | base and was called out in a close play by Umpire Ray Hawkins Eskew started to argue and San- ford Manager Chuck Aleno, who was on first base, apparently called time out and went over to join the argument. Jacksonville Beach Secon Baseman Wally No- lan tagged Aleno and Umpire Hawkins called him out too, to retire the side and give Jackson- ville Beach the game. Then the argument really started. Sanford players came out in a body to protest. Aleno and Eskew were both ejected before police | broke it up. Then some of the 1,600 fans, attending the fund- raising campaign’s “family night” stood out in front of the umpires’ dressing room to boo the umpires as they were escorted to their car In other games, fifth-place Pa- latka scored a pair of second-in- ning doubles to trim the league- leading DeLand Red Hats, 2-1, Leesburg defeated Cocoa, 6-1 and | Orlando beat Daytona Beach, 8-5. Merrill Smith got to first on De- Land’s only error and went to | second on Mike Kassabian’s dou- ble. Both scored on a double by Don Poston. Leesburg’s Stan Zedalis struck | out 10 and pitched a 3-hitter while his teammates whacked two Cocoa pitchers for 13 hits. Orlando hung onto second place with its win over Daytona Beach. Trailing 3-2 in the sixth, Orlando scored six runs to gain a winning lead. Two of the tallies came on Ray Thomas’ 340-foot belt over the left field wall. Outboarders Set Racing For Sun. The Outboard Club racing Squad- ron will hit Garrison Bight Sunday afternoon, the 15th for their second official Point Regatta of the year. The drivers have all the kinks iron- ed out of their equipment or al most so. There should be a res! battle to kp those points up. Ray- mond Maloney is really going aft- er the Free for All points, he will bring out a new Hydroplane pom- ered with a fifty horsepowr John son Outboard. The Class “B" Hydros will have a full field of boats, so, this should be a real scramble. There will be several new boats in the “B Class. The Key West Club has accepted an invitation from the Marathon Chamber of Commerce to race in! their City on the Fourth of July However, the races will be run on Sunday following the Fourth. The Marathon Yacht Club has orga nized a Power Squadron which is entering the races, $0 it s! d be a dav of reel car A822 5.2 622 33 109 1 3 je G. Le % @ 3 300 0 23 Catala, Coca Cola Satchel Paige Sets Pace In American Loop By JOE REICHLER Associated Press Sports Writer Tip to Casey Stengel, who will manage the American League's 1952 All-Star team in the inter- league classic in Philadelphia next month: Want to know how to snap the Nationals’ 2-game winning streak? Just select Leroy (Satchel) Paige as one of your eight pitchers, Except for Philadelphia's Bobby Shantz and New York’s Allie Rey nolds, there hasn’t been a more effective hurler in the league than Paige during the past four weeks. And for three innings, the maxi- mum distance in an All-Star game, the ancient Negro is as good a clutch pitcher as anybody in the game today. Stengel owes Paige a debt of gratitude, at that. But for the 44- year-old righthander’s superb re- lief job Tuesday night Casey’s New York Yankees might not be in first place today. The defending champion Yankees are in the top position for the first time this season. That came about when Eddie Lopat pitched them to a 4-0 4-hit victory over Detroit while the St. Louis Browns turned back the Boston Red Sox, 7-4. And who was the Brownie ‘star? Old Satchemo Paige. Long and lean Leroy came to the rescue of Starter Ned Garver in th sixth inning after the Red Sox had clubbed the Brownie ace for two runs which left them trailing, 5-4, | Paige found two men on base with only one out but got the side out without further scoring. The ‘loss dropped the Red Sox into third place behind the Cleve- land Indians who edged Washing- ton, 4-3. The Chicago White Sox moved past the Senators into fourth place with a 15-4 slugfest triumph over the Philadelphia Ath- | letics. The surprising Chicago Cubs picked up a full game on the National League leaders, thrash- jing the Philadelphia Phillies, 10-5, while the front-running Brooklyn Dodgers and second-place New York Giants wre losing. Sopho- |more Joe Presko pitched the St. | Louis Cardinals to a 10-inning 1-0 triumph over the Dodgers’ Chris ‘Van Cuyk and the Cincinnati Reds outlasted the Giants, 6-5, in outl 14) Class A State High School Bas innings. Pittsburgh’s cellar-dwell- |Tournament but defe: Sun Sox UP Lead In FIL Tol 1-2 Games By GENE PLOWDEN Associated Press Staff Writer ‘The Miami Sun Sor breathed a little easier today with a game }and a half lead in the Florida International League, thanks to the strong right arm of 35-year-old Gil Torres and the tough Havana Cu- bans. Torres pitched Miami to a 2-0/ victory over Lakeland Tue~'ay } night while Havana outscored the Miami Beach Flamingos, 7-5, to drop them a game ahd a half be- hind the pace setters, In other games, St. Petersburg squeezed out a 3-2 decision over i West Palm Beach in 10 innings | and Tampa wipped the All-Stars, | formerly the Fort Lauderdale Braves, 6-1. Torres allowed 10 hits but kept them scattered while Miami scored ; twice in the first frame on an | error, Humberto Fernandez’ 2- | {bagger and a-single by Paul Arm- | ‘strong. Roy Sinquefield gave up| only five Miami hits before 1,031 | Miami Stadium fans. A turnout >f 1,500:in Havana paid tribute to Manager Mike Guerra, who responded with a double and two singles for the Cubans. Havana rapped Marshall ©'Coine, Dick Mc- Millin, Mort Smith and Andy Elko for 14 hits with Dan Fornielles driving in two-runs. Tampa’s Smokers made it 11} wins in 12 starts with 11 hits cif | Rolando Viadero and Gaspar del American League New York 4 Detroit National League nings) Pittsburgh 7 Boston Miami 2 Lakeland 0 Havana 7 Miami Be Tampa 6 All-Stars 1 2 (10 innings) Palatka 2 DeLand 1 ‘Leesburg 6 Cocoa 1 National League Monte. Claro Duany drove in three runs with a dou'le and single to run his total to 47 for the season. | With two out and the count 3-2, Billy Seal singled to score Saints | Manager Herschel Held, who had | walked, to win the game for St. : Petersburg in the 10th, Gil Val- divia’s single had scored two Saint runs in the second and West Palm Beach tied the count with singles the second and eighth. | ‘Class ‘A’ School [Ball Tourney | Tn 2nd Rovnd | | FORT PIERCE ™-St. Paul, Lake Worth, Cocoa and Bolles sur- | vived opening round play in the | bolt | g cha ers climbed within 25 games of | pion Mulberry weat cut. jthe top with a 7-5 win over the| Bolles, Jacksonville military Boston Braves. { school, ousted Mulberry Tuesday | In preserving Garver’s third vic- night, 9-7, when Mulberry com- tory, Paige extended his scoreless | mitted seven errors and blew a | skein to 24 1-3 innings. He has |6-2 lead. Gene Johnson for Mul | won five straght and Sports a 5-1 | berry struck out 16 batters but | record, all in relief. |his mates got only four hits. John- The victory marked the debut | son allowed five. as manager of Marty Marion, who Deane Mink struck out 15 and succeeded Rogers Hornsby at the allowed one hit in giving Cocoa helm only a few hours before the | a 5-0 victory over Live Oak, Jay | game. St. Louis Owner Bill Veeck, | Gould slammed a 2-run single for | who fired Hornsby, was an in- | Cocoa in the fourth and later stole terested spectator Yogi Berra provided the big punch for the Yankees. | his fifth loss. No Responsibility SANFORD \#—Centralized gov. j ernment results because local uni fail their responsibility, not re because higher authority grabs at power, a retired Army general told the 39th convention of the Florida Sheriff's Association Tuesday Lt. Gen. Joseph C. Hutchison also criticized arguments that “the slot machine in the country club is one thing but another thing in the corner saloon” and said influ- ential citizens “lose their power and influence to demand and get faithful performance by their loca! officials” when they break such | laws. Another speaker, State Railroad Commissioner Jerry Carter, told the 24 sheriffs at opening sessions Wes Ferrell @f 1 Senators had six openin mg assignments in his career and won all of them. ? | ss; J. Key, 35; K. Albury, 3b home. | LEADERS By The Associated Press Naticral League BASEBALL. RESULTS TUESDAY'S GAMES By The Associated Press 0 ;Cleveland 4 Washington 3 St. Louis 7 Boston 4 Chicago 15 Philadelphia 4 St. Louis 1 Brooklyn 0 (10 innings) | Cincinnati 6 New York 5 (14 in-| 5 Chicago 10 Philadelphia 5 Florida International League | ch 5 St. Petersburg 3 West Palm Beach Florida State League Jacksonville Beach 6 Sanford 5) Baseball Standings By The Associated Press Won Lost Pct, Brooklyn 35 «12 745 New York 30017 638 Chicago 30019 612 St. Louis 2 826 -490 | Cincinnati 24 (6 480 Philadelphia 199 2 413 | Boston 28 404 | Pittsbur: 40 Amer: New York 26 «18 | Cleveland 300 21 Boston 2 a Chicago 2 4 Washington 23 23 Philadelphia 20 «23 St. Louis 23 «(8 Detroit 15 4 Florida State League DeLand 39° «17 Orlando 3622 Jaxville Beach 34 21 Sarford t) ie) Palatka 30 26 Daytona Beach 27 29 Leesburg 22 35 Cocoa 20 36 F'orida International League Miami 44 21 677 Miami Beach a 2 +652 | Tampa 40 4 625 Havana 37 27 578 St. Petersburg 32 33 492 West Palm Beach 29 35 453 Lakeland 2. (44 323 }| All-Stars 13 52 -200 | }Cleveland at Washington (night) Today's Games By The Associated Press America League Detroit at New York St. Louis at Boston (night) Chicago at Philadelphia (night) National League Philadelphia at Chicago New York at Cincinnati (night) Boston at Pittsburgh (night) Brooklyn at St. Louis (night) Florida International League All-Stars at Tampa Lakeland at Miami Miami Beach at Havana St.Petersburg at West Palm Beach Florida State League Palatka at DeLand Cocoa at Leesburg Orlando at Daytona Beach Sanford at Jacksonville Beach Bluefin tuna fish grow weigh 1,000 pounds or more. to LOOKING FOR A SUMMER JOB? Sell SNOWBALLS! Special Starting, Offer — Eyer thing you need & enough FREE FLAVOR to pay for the whole deal. $7.18 puts you in business. Will net you about $30.00, Write for free ‘catalogue now. Satis- faction guaranteed. Snowball Supply House P. O. Box 301 Keystone Heights, Fla. 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