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Conchs Drop Ope Visitor’s lott ; Shackles Conchs With Four Hit Mound Effort cite poo Batter Upwards of two thousand rab- id baseball fans saw the Key ‘West Conchs go down to defeat in their debut last night against | the St. Petersburg Saints in the Florida International Baseball League, 6-1. Behind the air-tight, five-hit hurling of burly Hooks lott, the Saints jumped on the slants of Key West's Rene Solis and Gas- DelMonte for nine safeties, Hretuding Don Pope’s 340 foot, f: est margin didn’t lor long however, as the ‘ame back to rack up two tallies in the second on Pope's at & .¥ ot i. round tripper which scored] Valdavia who had to open the frame. Petersburg added another tally in the seventh when Bill Gi strolled and was sacrific- ed second by Vaidavia. lott walked and Rudy Tanner poled a double to push Gnagy around. Solis went to the showers in the eigth after giving up two more counters. Roger McKee scored the first on Chino Hidal- go's two bagger after drawing a . Hidalgo then scored on ‘gidavia’s single. lott pitched himself out of a hole in the sixth stanza after Chickie DeSouza singled and ig walked. Hooks then bore down to retire the next two batters to face him via the strikeout route. Iott showed hair- line control, walking but two and fanning eight. oy Wont fans had plenty of company as all home teams lost their games. Miami's Sun Sox whipped Tampa, 4-1 in 10 innings, and now lead by 2's games; West Palm Beach edged Havana, 3-2, and Lakeland turned back Miami | Beach, 3-2. The four games drew | 5,708 paid Tampa's Red Barrett had a shut-| out going into the ninth when Miami tied it up on two singles ap error and a long fly. Singles by Rocky Rotzell, Tom Murphy and Joe Kwiatkowski, coupled with | two outs and an error, gave Miami three more in the 10th Lakeland and Miami Beach scored all their runs in the first inning. The Pilots had singles by Charlie Glock, Louis Lukasiak and Ted Pawelek, plus two Flamingo errors and a sacrifice for their four runs. Two walks and singles by Ed Wilson and Lou Colombo produced two for the home tea Alex Patterson scattered Havang hits in Havana. Three sin gles and an infield out put the Indians ahead in the first and they added runs in the fourth on a walk, Chuck Weiss’ double a i infield out and in the sixth or Butch Lawing’s double, a walk and a force out Miami Sun Sox game ceremonies wh presided over by Sher./f-E John Spottswood. A sented League presi 8. Baynard The Club D: troduced ea president Louis Ca sented General Ma Ryan and Barne turn prese to the voc Earher Dr. Altre the Ma winter le Adell, Key We Sydney eda of the Key West K r DUGOUT DIGGIIGS Tonight at 8:00 p.m. the clubs resume -heir feud with « single game set for the Wick ers’ Field Stadium. For the Conchs, it will be Dick Haack on the mound end Russ “ayle behind the plate. Meneger 5 Herring of the Saints is ex pected to give the nod to L pes with Vuiidevie getti nod for the backstopp chores. Key West base g are oe aac like en's F Golf Title Today CHICAGO ‘p— Elizabeth Earle Rawls, the Phi Beta Kappa golfing gal known as Besty, today tries for her first Women's Western | Open crown in an all - Texas pro showdown with her meet jinx, re bounding Betty Jameson. Miss Rawls, who nearly has stroked to her first $10,000-this year her fourth stab at the Western Open title. Her best was a quarter final surge in 1951. In two other shots, Betsy was pro from the Lone Star State she jeneounters in today’s 36 - hole jchampionship match at Skokie |Country Club. Miss Jaméson, 1942 Western Open winner who has played Sko- ie as though she owned it in the second round of the 1950 jmeet. In 1949, Betty elbowed out {Miss Rawls, 1 up, in ine first round. Fresh from winning the $5,000 |Weatheryane Tourney, Medalist |Rawls Friday polished off 3-ti Western Champion Louise S) |2 and 1, after lagging by two holes going into the sixth Betty toyed with 19-y old Bar bara Romack, Sacramento, Calif amateur, Friday over Skokie’s rain - deluged acreage for a 4 and 3 victory. afternoon as the fans hooted and stomped. Key West's own Geor recieved a man when he stepped to the jand when he handled qa tough pop fly near the dugout flaw lessly. For the Conchs, left fielde Chuck Har played a bangu ball game afield as well as ing the lone home tally. His t let like peg from deep left-cente to cut down Valdavia at the plate after Tanner's t Wth really rang the b fans. His fine han long driye'in the sixtt | brought the fans to their f Valdavia and Se catcher and third spectively, pulled of jtable Alphonse in the 8th inning when they lowed Mendez’ pop fou! to to the ground near the dug Duval street. 5 r fte gelio Gomez and his gu Alfredo Pequeno the anao ball |up at the B vay C with son “Moni” in t E Papa G It was Joe Nav Key West baseball ca and now a resident stead. who arro, one Wickers n: ‘30s. Joe Betsy Rawls Tries B ASEBAL FRIDAY’S RESULTS By The Associated Press National League For Western Open | Philadel as a sophomore pro, is making | | Mi. knocked out early by the sister | West Palm Beach 3 #1 polished off Miss Rawls, 5 and 4, | ter the req the legal The track cal people, Ar | soft drink dispensers mere fused to get bet ia 3 Cincinnati 1 American League 0 8 New York 5 (11 i id 9 Boston 2 s 5 Washir Florida International League ¢ 6 Key West 1 pa 1 (19 in Miami Beac land Florida State League ord 4 0 8 Daytona Beach 6 Leesburg 6 Cocoa 4 DOG TRACK ontinued From Page On plicants prior to vitz sald., 1, hold the electior And if the election goes tely on Ste club h d. six ¢ nh require fill. more ts t of the clut Aronovitz, Miami a nancial backer m Fr 'y magnate, who is philanthropist, he said. 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