The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 20, 1952, Page 8

‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, June 20, 1952 Monroe County $109,000 From Receives Race Tracks In Other Counties Of Fla. STOCK ISLAND TRACK WOULD ADD SLIGHT REVENUE TO MON. COUNTY og racing, if voted for Monroe | County, would only slightly in- trease the present race track re- wenue that comes to the county from the State, it was learned to- day. According to Florida state law, money collected by tax and fee by the State Racing commission from the various tracks is divided equally among the 67 counties in the state, whether or not they sanc- tton dog or horse racing. Monroe County has so far this year received $109,000, highest ever from the State racing fund. Of this Amount $54,500 goes direc- ly to the Board of Public Instruc- tion, according to a law introduced by State Representative Bernie C. Papy, The other half of the fund goes to the County Commission for general operating purposes. Each county distributes race track funds by its own laws. The advent fa track on Stock Island would mean that Monroe County would begin contributing to the state wide race fund, which is then distributed among all the counties, without tracks as well as with them, large or small. Monroe County would receive therefore orfly one-sixty-seventh of the addition the Stock Island track makes to the total state race fund. The race track money that goes to the estate and is distributed among all counties includes the | following in addition to occupa- tional license taxes: “A sum equal to three. percent of the total contributions to all pari-muteul pools conducted or made on any and every race track licensed under this chapter, and on every race at such track. In addi- | tion to the aforesaid taxes, each person authorized to conduct race meetings under this chapter shall | collect from each person attending | such races 15 percent of the estab lished admission price or the sum | of ten cents from each person at-| tending such race meeting, which- ever sum is the greater, as an ad- mission tax, and said person shall pay to the St:te treasurer ae ex- Officio treasurer of the commission | (racing commission) the tax here- inabove provided for. Payments shall be made every seventh day | of any and every race meeting and shall be accompanied by a re- port under oath, showing on the Traces covered by such report and such other information as the com- mission may require.”” The law further states that “Distribution among the several | countries shall begin each racing year on or before the fifth day of January and shall continue month- ly through April 5th, and or before the Sth day of May the state comp- | troller shall determine and make a finding of all receipts and all moneys paid out upon warrants of the comptroller during the year and the balance remaining on hand as shown by such statement shall be distributed among the several counties of the state, except that prior to making such distribution there shall be retained and re. served in the state treasury a sum Bot to exceed $40,000 to the credit | of the commission for salaries and expenses.” Net Semi-Finals Set For Saturday The Key West Senior Men's Sin gles Championship will be con eluded this weekend. And to the winner will go the bea M. Spottswood trophy tie of tennis supremacy land Pitted against each mi-final tests are Be Coach Van in the fir and Peter Varela and Nulty in the second t tches should be goc enco John a is enthusiasts to watch them. Th will be played at 4:00 f ond will be played The semi-final t yview Park o i the reflects increased and wage costs in the * VIEWS FROM 'THE THIRD BASE LINE By OSCAR MILIAN Official records just released by the scorekeeper for the Island City Baseball League shows the Island- ers club composed mostly of high school boys, is the weakest hitting team in the circuit, however its strong hold to second place is re- | vealed by the aggregations strong defense topping all other clubs with a fielding average of .951. Another big surprise the compi- lation shows is the batting record of the under rated and fourth place Strand Theatre who has earned an average of .306 just one point above the league leading and unde- feated FAWTULant, to put them on tov of the batting list. The mov- ie lads are second in the fielding department with.930 which shows that although the Strand has not been able to move out of fourth place since the start of the league the club has been playing good ball but probably followed by a “jinx” or poor coaching, or both. The strong FAWTULant has the distinction of scoring the most runs and most hits with less times at bat than the other teams. While the VX-1 with a team batting aver- age of .291 has hac 134 men at the plate scored 27 run on 39 safe hits. A darned good average consider- ing the times at bat. Individual batting record of the top five brings Eddie Anderson, | FAWTULant centerfielder and Al- bert Cabot, third baseman for the | Strand tied for top honors with a | 461 percentage. The above records include games played up to and including June i7th. ISLAND CITY BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS Clubs— W. L. Pct. FAWTUlant — —— 4 0 1,000 nders -2 2 500 and 1348 | VX-1 1 3. 333 | FIELDING } Club— POA E Pct. Islanders _ ~ 8452 7 951 Strand —. 69 39 8 .930 | FAWTUlant . 86 57 12.923 | VX-1 90 68 15 913} | — | BATTING ABR H Pct. 4 91 10 28 .306 WTUlant - 118 35 36 .305 -1 . 134 27 39.291] Islanders 101 15 18 .178 INDIVIDUAL BATTING AB R H Avg -13 9 6 .461 131 6 461 13 2 5 .386 16 5 6 .375 16 4 6 375 50—Legal Notices Ww RHE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NT oF FLOR 2-168 VILAS MURPHY, mplainar s DIVORCE PATSY JEAN MURPHY. nt NOTICE BY TC y Al HE Wa s IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OP FLORIDA, IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY. IN CHANCERY Case No. 13-167 FAZY DIVORCE at NOTICE BY PUBLICATION s-20-3T.1583 pi dened Now!! WITH THE SIGNING of the official Florida Inter national League franchise, the Key West Conchs officially became a member of the document, are, from the left: Directors Cecil Carbonell, C. W. Montgomery, Rogelio Gomez, that organization yesterday. S Louis Carbonell, Joe Cabrera and Benny Fernan dez. SEA SECRETS Q. How large do seahorses grow? A. Seahorses (Genus Hippocam- pus) are highly specialized, slow- swimming fishes which do not at- tain a very large size. H. Kuda of the Pacific ocean reaches a length of 12 inches and is one of the very largest. H. hudsonius punctullatus. which is the common seahorse of length of from 6 to 6 inches, though specimens somewhat larger are occasionally seen. The dwarf sea- horse, H. zosterae, also of the Flo- rida coast, reaches a length of about 2 inches when adult. Q. What fish lays its eggs on land? A. This is the famous grunion, Leuresthes tenuis, one of the Athe- jrinid fishes of the California coast, limited in range from Point Conception southward to the nor- thern portion of Lower California. Near relatives of the grunion are | most commonly used for bait, lo- | cally. The grunion is a small fish which deposits its eggs on the beach in summertime, always ap- pearing for this purpose on the Ist, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th nights after the | highest tide of the series at the full | of the moon or the new moon. Pre- cisely at 1§ minutes after the crest | of high tide grunion appear, allow- ing themselves to be washed ashore as far as possible by the incoming waves. Spawning takes | place very quickly, the female ly- | ing partially buried in the sand while the males curl about her as the eggs are laid. In about 20 sec- onds the next wave brings in a new | |swarn of grunion and carries the spent ones back out to sea. Spawn- ing stops within an hour and the eggs are incubated about to 6 in- ches beneath the moist sand until ONROE CouNTy.| liberated by the next spring tide, | ed under and arou! |2 weeks later, when they hatch. | Since grunion are delicately fla- | vored little pan fish, they are caught in great numbers off Long | Beach and other spawning ground jin the California coast as they come ashore. | Q. Do frogs ever inhabit salt water? A. Although they normally bred ; the Florida coast, only attains a]to be found in brackish or nearly | the silversides fishes, which are | LITTLE LEAGUE STANDINGS — Team— Lions _ Kiwanis JayCees _ ee Rotary __ VFW in freshwater ponds and streams, | the adults of the Florida leopard frog, Rana pipiens, sometimes are saosin Citizen Staff Photo n affixing their signatures to eS ! When, in 1855, the U. S. Army ! tried camel trains for transport | in New Mexico it was found the} animals could not work well there because the rocky terrain ruined their feet. completely salt water, especially in | marsh grass about the shores of bayous and estuaries along the Florida coasts, though they are us- ualy not abundant in this situa- tion. Their food consists of insects, spiders, etc., as well as small fish- es and fiddler crabs. Inland they are much more plentiful and are frequently hunted at night for food. The larger bullfrog, Rana catis- biana, so far as is known, prefers a strictly freshwater habitat. Q. What is spermacetti? A. This is the commercial name | for the clear oil found within an immense bag or “case” in the front of a sperm whale’s head. When whalers make an incision in this bag (known as “tapping the case’’), the oil pours forth and in contact with the air solidifies into ja soft, white wax. One whale may yield as much as 15 barrels of | spermacetti oil. T substance is used in making candles, in the | dressing of fabrics, for medicinal purposes, cosmetics, etc. The fi jtion of the “case” is not knc but it is believed to aid in lending buoyancy to the whale, as well as to press tightly against the nos trils and so close them when the whale dives to great depths in search of squid, its natural food Usually the left nostril functional in the spe: right nostril passage n, only is d th cetti “case” and joi the left just below the single, off-center blowhole. ROBERTS OFFICE SUPPLIES and EQUIPMENT 126 Duval Street Phone 250 60 x 32 Secretarial Steel Desks © x 32 Secretarial Wooden Desks Sturgis Swived Chair (METAL) Used and new Adding Machines SALES SERVICE RENTALS NOTE: CLOSED ALL DAY EVERY SATURDAY || Three Flights Daily | TO HAVANA Leave Arrive Flight Key West Havana )f 92 IIS AM. 11:00AM $54 145 PM. 2:30 PM. 836 400 PM. 445 PM. 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