The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 20, 1952, Page 5

Friday, June 20, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN “= seetna ee rs Welcome Home, Key West Conchs Opener Set For Tonight Against |Snead Meets St. Petersburg; Huge Crowd Seen By JIM COBB Citizen Sports Editor Enthusiasm is skyrocketing in this ¢ity as the Key West Conchs make their debut tonight in the Florida International Baseball League with a contest against the St. Petersburg Saints set for 8 p.m. at the Wicker’s Field Stadium. Tonight’s game will mark the first time that an organized profession- al baseball team representing Key West has appeared on the base- ball scene. A crowd pearing 2,000 fans is ex- pected to view the opener. (Last night the Conchs, cam- paigning as the All Stars, lost their final game under league as the All Stars commi- misplays afield to let in first frame i Petersburg, 2-1 and Tampa whitewashed West Palm 30.) A host of civic and military dig- nitaries as well as gome of the top baseball. officialdom in this coun- try and Cuba is set to attend the opener. Sheriff elect John Spottswood will preside at the opening cere- monies and Jose Aleman, Owner of the Miami Sun Sox is expected to toss out the first ball for the contest: City Manager Dave King will receive his pitch. Captain C. C. Adell, Command- ing officer of the Key West Naval Station will represent the Navy and Gerald Saunders will appear for the Monroe County commis- sion, Manager Barney Lutz of the Conchs will introduce the mem- bers of the Key West team. Twe thousand additional chers arrived in this city last night and the M. E. Bennett Con- strystion company began e tion this morning to insure their meadiness for tonight’s game. ‘The majority of the Key West squad arrived in the Island City early this merning and the re- mainder, including Manager Lutz, is expected to motor in this afternoon from Fort Lauder. . dale With their families. The weatherman promised fair weather for tonight's game. He said there is not much chance of ‘Trojanowski Solis ST. PETERSBURG se Pos,| Bine and failed on the second ic Tanner sz CF} In the end it was Pope 1B | dered Harry Todd, D. Seal a 3B came in with a 66, best © Wilsen _ LF| the day, to take i a McKee F| 137. Robert de Vic A Hidalgo ss| Henry Williams Jr. Kutet Gnagy | runnerup in the 1950 PGA Stroud C| Pionship, and Fred Gror Tott PI Ww Kiwanis Wins Two | In Little League The Kiwanis took a doublehead er from the Rotary Thursday night at Bayview Park to end the first half of play in the Little League and to tie the Lions Club for first place In the first game Kiwanis ch ing ace Danny Oropeto the Rotary out with one lone hit, a double by Rotary catcher Ken Pin der in the last inning, while the Kiwanis racked up 11 runs on 3 hits, 14 base on balls. and 5 Ro. tary errors. Smith, big Kiwanis third Baseman, drove a long home UN into right field in the 4th inn ing with no one on. Orevese got a Single and Yates, Kiwanis center fielder, doubled to account for all the Kiwanis hits. Pubi Csrborel Pitched the first three gs for the Rotary, striking out 4 batters and walking 9 batters. Hubert Que sada relieved him in the fourth |red hot bidders failed | Champions Worsham In Sudden Death Round Set After Tie In St. Louis Tourney; Pair Tied At 282 By HUGH FULLERTON, JR. LOUISVILLE #® — The golf | world, in a nostalgic mood, re-| lived one of the most dramatic of championship playoffs today as Sam Snead, defending champion in the PGA Championship, en-' countered Lew Worsham in a first- | round “sudden death” maich. There’s always drama in a play off and the excitement of that man-to-man encounter five years ago is still fresh in the minds of golf fans. | That was the time when Snead tne -“‘big’’ golfer who never has taken the elusive Open title. and Worsham, a big, engaging fellow with a crooked nose, a jutting chin and not much of a reputation as a player, wound up in a tie at 282 after 72 holes at the St. Louis Country Club. Coming to the 17th green in the 18-hole playoff, Worsham was a stroke behind. Snead overshot the green and that’s where the discus- sion started. As Sammy tells it, Worsham stood so close that he was breathing in his ear and Snead had to ask him to step back. Lew’s | version is that he was 10 or 15 feet away, looking on casually and Snead merely was nervous. Anyway, Snead chipped poorly and missed his putt while Lew sank one and was even. On the 18th they were both close to the cup. Snead’s long putt had stopped short and he stepped up hurriedly to try again. As he be- gan to line it up, Worsham asked “Are ‘you sure you're away?" Peferee Ike Grainger measured and Snead was—by an inch Sam stepped up again and? missed his 30)2-inch putt; Wor. sham sank his from 29% inches and won the match, 69 to 70. “I wasn’t trying to rattle him,’ Worsham insisted Thursday night “But I knew if the one who putted first made it, the other would have to yet down to tie. I wanted to be first if I could so the pressure would be on him | “Sam and I are good friends. but I'm going to try to beat the hell out of him.” Their meeting is the one stand out of the 32 first-round 18-hole mafches and the 16 second-round tussles that fllow immediately | It takes the edge off all the off Thursday's par-burning activities over the sun-baked 6,620. yard Big Spring Course and off Dutch Harrison's stellar shoot that won the medal Harrison, scrambling and si ing at times, shot rounds of 6 136 to capture the $250 meda Prize after Snead an da h We who sjzzled the front nine wi record 6-under-par 30, former Lloyd Mangrum Cary Middlecoff were 0 'S and hit | | | } who bid fer records walked one batte struck out € to chalk ur win without only In the secc dropped the R wanis scored the hits, 3 hit bat Rotary pero, wh led the allowed they were able to s 9 base on balls « ors. Pub: Car Quesada each pit ings for the Rotar Rotary y game Saturday ond half starting 7 Carl Erskine Hurls Perfect Open Playoff |Game Thursday | parently only One Man Reaches Base On Walk As Dodgers Shade Cubs, 5-0; Reynolds Wins 15th By ORLO ROBERTSON Boston 2 St. Louis 0 Associated Press Sports Writer National League The boys who know baseball best Pie <i prone York 1a |have been saying for some time | Cr eiamatl : Sith ; that when Carl Erskine learned St. Louis 6 Philadelphia to control the ball consistently he would be a great pitcher. The 25-year-old Brooklyn right hander from Anderson, Ind., ap has learned that lesson. lf he hasn't there were a lot of| people, including the Chicago Cubs | badly fooled Thursday as he faced | 28 men while holding the) Bruins hitless for a 5-0 Dodger | victory. And the only thing that kept | him from pitching the first per- | fect game since Charley Robert- | son of the Chicago White Sox re- | tired 27 Detroit Tigers in 1922 was a walk to opposing Pitcher Willie | Ramsdell in the third inning. | he only man who couldn't Washington. 6 Cleveland Lakeland 2 All-Stars 1 Havana 8 Miami 1 | Miami Beach 2 St. Florida State League DeLand 12 Cocoa 1 Sanford 7 Orlando 4 | Florida State League ded ga after t eat drop es back of the By The National Lockman 48; Robinson; Brook Brooklyn, 43; Sa Williams, New Ycr Runs batted cago, 66 rt Campan Brook H American League Wants New Trial — yu —. SPORTS 3 Philadelphia 4-4 Chicago 1-5 1 4 Florida International League Tampa 3 West Paim Beach 0 Petersburg 1 Jacksonville Beach 7-3 Palatka 46 Daytona Beach 11 Leesburg 3 Baseball Standings By The Associated Press Won Lost Pet. League | |B 40 pt) |have hit the ball out of the park . if I'd teed it up for him,” said | New York > 2 the slim Dodger hurler. Chleage + Ramsdell, who relieved Warren | 5‘: Louis “_ = Hacker in the second after the | Cincinnati eS league leaders had scored four { biladelphia f runs, has made only one hit in| boston aes 16 times at bat this season. | Pittsburgh os “It was going to rain any min am an League ute,” Carl-explained. “I was try ed ing to hurry it up..I threw four | (S'0P ens fast balls in a hurry and just ie eae couldn't get them over.” V Hi and : pi Sure enough, rain started falling | {)*S7uneton che a few minutes later and the game | by i) adeiph i was held up for 45 minutes. But | {}!adelphia a 8 Erskine came back even stronger. | Pettoit eRe Erskine’s feat highlighted a day | ,,F'oride International L of top-flight pitching performances san o 8 Philadelphia's pint-sized Bobby Miami ae Shantz ked up his 11th succes- ait : cl sive victory and his azth cf the |uavana #0 as the Athletics divided a| Wo.) Pils Beach ee All-Stars Ww 37 22 Allie Reynolds, the ,big New > , York Yankee righthander who, {Final first half standings) ns help from relief pitchers, | Deland “ irled his third shutout of the year | J@xville Beach 43 an. his 15th consecutive complete | OTando % 23 in blanking the Detroit sd | ligers, 8-0. i . Ivan Delock, whose regular | Daytona Beach 34 chore with the Boston Red Sox is | L@esbur8 Bt relief pitching, held the St. Louis ree bal Browns to five scattered hits to! Lite Murry Dicks Pittsburgh Pirates also 5 LEADERS Associated Press League as Island City Loor 662 Seh Oropeza Leading | ‘Sharp Earthquake Little Loop | Outhoard Club TAIPEH (® — A sharp earthy in “fe . | Clarifies sight : jquake shook Taipeh at 2:38 p. am. Situation Sunday Batting Race a ee |Saufley Coates at c Buildings shuddered, windows , John McKillip, whose racing | In games played through Tues- rattled and hanging lights swayed _ | hydroplane was wrecked last ne, 17th, Danny Oropeza, ‘Tazily with the temblor. Maay on nso Tied In The N BS otitey au renanetes sees, ate same os Rae By The Associated Press =) _ rison Bight announces that he reports of casualties. American Lea: 'Softball Tourney has contacted Mr. Niles whose r, |= New York 8 Detroit 0 | “ Charter Boar “Lucky Strike” in ig in second 546, and; and is tied with Elks. Thrity dr The Saufley re) crossing the course created a tice Dreal yh the most walks issued, 28. <Bil pabk'and ne of the| swell in the water which was ~~ ° -7“* : ' ‘The ten leading hitters of Re | Ee a responsible for the wreck. vas in fi vec s ue are as follows: imisen eee ally SOUR: 'N | Niles stated that he was com- down th 31. | Team— ABR H Pet, this area. The Darby was pushed! pletely unaware that the wake Gil Thrift ir Oropeza, Kiwanis 19 13 12 .68} jout of third p from his boat would have that . , VFW 22 12 12 348 Ieee t th sort of an effect on another boat 32.12 17 Ot i and that he was very sorry that ~27 812 , Ie nc the accident had happened. Mr. 2111 9°¥ gna the ; Niles also donated a substantial : » VI 8 811 4 \folk, Vi to PT aaaictimonny.teilisla iccdee Ake S. Puig, JayCees _ 2112 8 38 arn Area Elimination Tour-| iftip's loss, McKillic shred. thay Owens, Elks 2111 8 .30t 1 Sie Wltes: di shion: woundiad McMahon, JayCees 21 7 7 388 standings this far are: | iy was under the impression thet while Williams of the | Cowart, VFW 1510 8 $88 % L-| the outboard club just came out $ received the most | ee 4 there and put on a race anytime 16 SELLS Gen 8 1) they felt like it. This is not a fact. pitching department, | Your @ an oe 4 Each time the Outboard Club Thrift has won four without a STAR * BRAND uses Garrison Big! it is sanc- (to lead the h Snow 4 6 9° voned by the City of Key West. h ack batters, | AMERICAN COFFEE: The Club never holds activities the most inn-| and CUBAN ) in these waters without written Owens has alloved the ERY A POUND TODAY , og Rermissicn. most runs, 60, the most hits, 41, | O72, These little boats weigh only a Sans: ‘| hundred pounds and travel up to R. P. Rodger sixty miles an hour and any kind second cla of cross swell can be a disast- LUGGAGE York, iM rous. 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