The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 1, 1952, Page 5

DelMontes Three CONCH HURLER FANS SEVEN SMOKERS TO LEAD CONCHS TO WIN:}) TWO GAMES TONIGHT By JIM COBB Citizen Sports Editor The Key West Conchs turned back the third place Tampa Smokers last night behind the three hit pitching of right hand- er Gaspar DelMonte, 4-1. While DelMonte was fanning seven Tampa batters, his mates jumped on Tampa’s Baxter and Martinez for nine <afeties, The first game of a scheduled doubleheader was cancelled due | te wet grounds as a result of rday morning’s rainfall. And even as late as game time last night, the alleged playing fild turned the ball game into something of an amphibious op- eration. ‘Tampa jumped into the lead in the opening frame when they scored their only run when Gonzalez drew a pass and scored on Nap Reyes’ miscue. Their edge was short lived, | however, as the Conchs’ ‘fendez came back with a leadoff single. DeSouza walked and Mendez scored on Harig’s long flyball. From this int, DelMonte bore down and allowed the Smokers but one single in the fourth, fifth and seventh stan- zas. In the ‘ourth, the Smokers | joaded the hassocks but Gaspar pitched himself out of the hole by striking out Anderson and | ot Joe Benito to end the inning | and the threat. Key West added another counter in the fifth when De- Souza led off with a double and Barney Lutz came through with a clutch single for the score. And in the seventh, Mighty Mite Chuck Harig doubled to score Reyes who had earlier poked out a single with two outs. Tampa hurler Baxte then pass- ed Tommy Venn and Pete Wil- liams to load the bases. Eddie Trojanowski was then hit by a pitch to plate another run. | The Conch assault rolled into high gear last night and again | it was Charley Harig who led the locals with a single and double in three official trips to) latter. z | eee Macon’s Miami Sun Sox | wed to ride at the head of | Florida International League | inant parade today, 2% games eet ot mepnar Martins Miami} ch Flamingos. othe Sun Sox turned back the | Flamingos Monday night, 1-0, for | their 28rd shutout of the season | and Séth victory before a whooping | erowd of 2,758 fans. Billy Harris did the honors, scat- tering seven hits for his 14th win | and seventh shutout against two defeats. Harris also scored the run, | leading off with a single in the | sixth, In other games Monday night, West Palm Beach blasted St. | Petersburg, 7-3, and Havana blanked Lakeland, 3-0. ; West Palm Beach pulled into a fifth-place tie with St. Petersburg as Sam Brewer got revenge on) his former mates. He sprinkled | eight hits and the Indians made | 10 off Vincent Amor, John Dun- can, Bill Herring and Hooks Jott ‘Lefty Eusabio Perez bested Bill Boyette in a pitchers’ duel in Ha Yana, each allowing four hits Perez kept them scattered while the Cubans got two, plus two walks, a sacrifice and a fielder's choice in the eighth for the edge. | DUGOUT DIGGINGS: Tonight will see a doubleheader at the Wicker's Field plant starting at G45. Tony Garcia C ge Vidal are the probable starting hurlers for the Conchs. Regardless of who is responsi- ble for the upkeep of the Wi ers Field plant, some’ should be done to get the d mond in shape. It's true that can't be transformed into Polo Grounds overnight but seems that a few loads of properly placet would at keép the paying customers Wading throug’ three inches water on the way to their seat Jack and Lou Carbonell, with Jack Clark worked } proverbial beavers all aft and right up cat et the field at ast a Gry, but som hing be @one to prevent this sort of thing from happening every time we have a thundershower It appears that someone Sponsible was asleep at switch when the playing Was designed and built. Aco Thg to at least two officials (and the writer can’t vouch for the seturacy of this statement) there WS Mot a single drain tile set im the stadium ‘ield when it was . Were it not for the ‘ast that the condition eof the field wilt prevent » lot of good all players from showing their vest brand of ball. the whole sit shen would be slighty ieuge- ‘ and fil least of k should | ever from |}, 3 Murphy, p ~ Meet The Conchs ~ Dick Haack Citizen Staff Photo A THREE LETTER MAN in high school and college, right- hander Dick Haack never expected to end up a pitcher. But when famed Chicago Cub scout Jack Sheehan saw him pitch a no-hitter for a Hammond, Indiana semi-pro team, he ended up with his name on & Cub contract. Haack pitched that year for Nashville in the Southern Association and since then has twirled in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Davenport, Iowa and last year in Portsmouth Virginia he pitched over 300 innings to compile a 16-13 record. The fact that he likes to work is evi- denced by Saturday night’s performance when he pitched with only two days rest and set the Havana Cubans down. Born in Hammond, Indiana Dick is a graduate of Bradley University where he played basketball and football in addition to his dia- mond activities. During the winter months he works for an en- gineering firm in Hammond. His wife, Marjorie, is a native of Davenport, Iowa. able. Just ask the ball players what they think. It has been \said that to get the field in shape would cost something upwards of $5,000. The fans only hope that the city or club, which- is responsible for the project, gets someone who knows jexactly what they are doing, to handle rhe job. There are several landscaping firms throughout the state who specialize in athletic fields and it would seem wiser to bring one of those fellows down rather than ‘hire someone whose experience is limited to coaxing to life a few square feet of grass in someone’s front lawn, The attendance for the initial five Florida International League games totalled 7,865. With an) average paying crowd of 1,573, it appears that Key West is some- thing of a baseball town after all. As one Tampa official said, “that’s a lot more than we : @ drawing.” Official scorer Oscar Milian | | swamping the first-place Orlando why someone doesn't} donate a flag for the centerfield | halyard? | wonders “Red” Barrett, Tampa hurler | hit three times in five at bat, one | Cincinnati at St. Louis , of them a 2run homer in the eighth | was in his usual fine fettle dur- | ing the pre-game warmup when/ he caught infield practice. The; redhead, who has been around} g basball for many, many years, is} Trojanowski, 2b2 0 12 6 0 DelMonte, p -.3 0 0 O11 0 Total 32 4 92720 2 Tampa ———....100 000 000— 1 Key West _.. 100 010 20x— 4 RBI — Reyes 2; 2B — De- Souza, Harig; SH — Lutz, Reyes, Trojanowski; SB — Pecou, Bax- ter; WP — Baxter; SO — Baxter 4, Murphy 0, DelMonte 7; BE — Baxter 5, Murphy 0, DelMonte 3; HO — Baxter 9 in 7 2-3 ins. Murphy 0 in 1 1-3 ins., DelMonte 3; losing, Baxter; winning, Del- Monte; U — Krysiak, Henline; T — 2:03; A — 1,267. Sanford Swamps ‘Orlando, 14-1 by NEIL GILBRIDE Associated Press Staff Writer y \ \ } —: SPORTS .— Maglie Wins 11th As Giants Win Twi in Twice By JOE REICHLER Associated Press Sports Writer Bob Friend and Murry Dickson appear destined to become the first Pittsburgh pitchers to lose 20 games in one season while Art Houtteman is well on his way to absorbing the most defeats in De- troit’s American League history. Each of the trio has dropped 11 decisions to share the dubious dis- tinction of being the “losingest” pitchers in the majors. Friend and Houtteman lost their 11th games Monday and their seventh in a row. Dickson lost his 1th last Saturday. All are toiling for last- place outfits. Since Detroit has played 68 games, Houtteman stands to lose 25 this year unless he undergoes a complete reversal of form or his luck changes, At the same ratio, Friend and Dickson figure to lose 24 games since Pittsburgh has played 71 of its 154 games. In sharp contrast, Sal Maglie of the New York Giants and Gerry Staley of the St. Louis Cardinals advanced another step toward their 20-victury goal Monday. Maglie notched his 11th triumph despite a shoddy performance as the Giants swept a doubleheader from the Boston Braves, 8-7 and 4-0, to move within 34 games of Brok- lyn. Staley registered his 10th suc- cess in the Cardinals’ 7-4 win over Cincinnati, Both big league pace-setters suf- fered surprising defeats as Rookie Dick Brodowski pitched the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 victory over the Yankees in New York and veteran Karl Drews hurled the Philadelph- ia Phils to a 4-0 win over the Dodgers in Brooklyn. The Yankees now ale 3% games ahead of Bos- ton and Chicago, The White Sox, bebind veteran Joe Dobson’s 5 - hit pitching, thrashed Houtteman and the Tigers 7-2. Washington trimmed the Ath- letics;- 6-2, as Frank Shea regis- tered his sixth win against two defeats with a neat 1-hitter. Tne Chicago Cubs set back Friend and the Pirates,5p4, as Shortstop Roy Smalley batted in all the winners’ runs with a double and homer. Cleveland and the St. Louis Browns were idle, causing the In- dians to drop into fifth place. Maglie was tagged for 11 hits and needed help from Dave Koslo in the eighth inning as he nearly blew an early 82 lead. Hank Thompson hit two successive home runs for the Giants. Larry Jansen blanked the Braves with five hits .in the nightcap. Today's Games By The Associated Press American League Boston at New York Chicago at Detroit MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS Batting—Musial, St. Louis, .336; | Robinson, Brooklyn, .327; Marshall Cincinnati, .321; Atwell, Chicago, | -316; Lockman, New York, and Kluszewski, Cincinnati, .308. Runs — Lockman, New York, 53; Robinson, Brooklyn, 51; Reese, Brooklyn, and Hemus and Musial, St. Louis, 47. Rung batted in—Sauer, Chicago, and Thomson, New York, 62; Cam- panella, Brooklyn, 52; Hodges, Brooklyn, 51; Snider, Brooklyn, 47. Hits — Musial, St. Louis, 86; | Adams, Cincinnati, 82; Lockman, New York, 81; Sauer, Chicago, and Schoendienst St. Louis, 79. Home runs — Sauer, Chicago, 20; Hodges, Brooklyn, and Thom- son, New York, 15; Gordon, Bos- ton, 13; Mathews, Boston, Westrum New York, and Kiner, Pittsburgh, 12. Pitching — Roe, Brooklyn, 7-0, 1,000;| Maglie, New York, 11-2, 846; Brazle, St. Louis, 5-1, .833; Hearn, New York, 8-2, .800; Ers- kine, Brooklyn, 7-2 .778. American League Batting—Rosen Cleveland, .332; Fain, Philadelphia, 323; Kell, Bos- ton, .320; Jensen, Washington, .318; Goodman, Boston, .314. Runs — DiMaggio Boston, and Avila, Cleveland, 44; Rosen, Cleve- land, 43; Minoso, Chicago, and Berra, New York, 42. Runs batted in — Rosen Cleve- land, 47; Doby, Cleveland, 43; Robinson, Chicago, and Dropo, De- {troit, 42; Wertz, Detroit and Berra New York, 41. Hits — Fox, Chicago, 85; Robin- son, Chicago, 84; Rosen, Cleve- land, 83; Simpson, Cleveland, 82; Kell, Boston, 80 . Home runs — Berra New York, 15; Wertz, Detroit, 14; Rosen, Cleveland, and Dropo, Detroit, 13; Doby, Cleveland, and Zernial, Phil- adelphia, 12. Pitching — Shantz, Philadelphia, 13-2, .867; Marrero, Washington, 7-2, .778; Raschi, New York, Paige, St. Louis, and Shea, Washington, 62 .750, Hitter. Whips _ BASEBALL MONDAY’S RESULTS. By The Associated Press National League Philadelphia 4 Brooklyn 0 Chicago 5 Pittsburgh 4 New York 8-4 Boston 7-0 St. Louis 7 Cincinnati 3 American League Boston 4 New York 3 Washington 6 Philadelphia 2 Chicago 7 Detroit 2 ONLY GAMES 3 Key West 4 Tampa 1 Havana 3 Lakeland 0 Florida State League Daytona Beach 5 DeLand 4 Jacksonville Beach 3 Leesburg 2 Sanford 14 Orlando 1 American League New York 39 Boston 37 Chicago 38 Washington 35 Cleveland 37 St. Louis 32 Philadelphia Detroit National League Brooklyn New York Chicago St. Louis Philadelphia Cincinnati Beston Pittsburgh Florida International Miami Miami Beach Tampa Havana 47 St. Petersburg 41 West Palm Beach 4: Lakeland 2 Key West a Florida State League Orlando DeLand Palatka Jaxville Beach Daytona Beach Leesburg Sanford Cocoa BS Re BERBBEES SNSSSBes Be beeabe gee Bee: & Reni Mate Fi Darnawven SASESRERT EES SSSRs SSSSSReR ‘The Sanford Blues raised them- | Washington at Philadelphia (night) | selves out of the Florida State League cellar Monday night by Senators, 14-1. Sanford Catcher Dusty Rhodes inning. Chico Corrales held Orlan- do to four hits. Losing pitcher Ri Sewell gave up nine of Sanford’s 12 hits and walked seven. | St. Louis at Cleveland (night) National League | Philadelphia at Brooklyn Pittsburgh at Chicago |New York at Boston Florida international League | Miami Beach at Miami Lakeland at Havana West Palm Beach at St. Peters- | burg slated for @ mound appearance! In other games, Palatka beat | Tampa at Key West during the current series. He is} Cocoa, 8 - 2, Daytona Beach Florida State League something of a Cuban National/trimmed DeLand, 54, and Jack- | DeLand at Jacksonville Beach hero following his exploits in the | sonville Beach edged Leesburg, 3-2. | Orlando at Palatka Havana winter loop. Reddo} Palatka Cocoa down into | Cocoa at Daytona Beach makes his home in Havana and | last place with 14 hits. John Chapel | Leesburg at Sanford om a Havana orphanage. TAMPA SMOKERS ayers—- t, 8 Pi Ez rucker, ib . Chapman, If Pascual, ¢ Anderson. 3b Benito, 2b Baxter, p oonscers-ot eonsuucnnodg C4+aK~ SOs onHOmy «leoeeconooce Players— Mendez, cf DeSoura, ss - L rt Reyes, Ib Herig, Venn. ¢ Williams, 3d e2e0ee0u0>y eoeonseuom ear adopted a small youngs-/held Cocoa to six scattered hits / and lost a shutout when Bob Smith whacked a triple to drive in Virgil Frazier and Bob Matteoni, who had walked. Daytona Beach, trailing 40, ; as the winning piteber, Jim Clarich the loser. broke a 6 by beating Packers, who were sold to Paul and Wendell Huse- | Sent To Jail | CARSON CITY, Nev.“ — Mrs ‘Jeanne d’Arc Michaud, 36-year-old self-styled brains of the 1° million bas been Sounced sentence Monday. Walker Dies BIG SPRING, Tex. # — Ne | Walker, @, veteran ret covered many imports - | about Mexico's revolutionary per- eee | CONCH leftfieider Chuck Harig a check for $25 from Joe Cabr Money In The Bank (left) ts shown above receiving va, local beverage distributor, following his home run in Saturday night's win over Havana SOLIS THE WATCHMAKER matter # yeur witch needs Ne Jor 4 parts $3.50 Open 9 A.M. SCUTHARD ST. including cheereng, the price is only WORK GUARANTEED FOR 7 MONTHS to 6 P.M. KEY WEST, FLORIDA _— » me FINK i THE FE E i> Eg £ H | ih : i f : E Z B iy S = Are E : (® — An American A SoRaRe All-Star game. A poll of the nation’s baseball pluck his hurling corps and came up with Vie Raschi (6-2) and Allie (94) of his own New York Yankees) Mike Garcia (11-5) and Bob Lemon (6-7) of Cleveland; Ageless Satchel Paige (5-2), St. Louis’ peerless relief hurler; and Shantz of Philadelphia the only lefty. mound starter probably will since the big game on little hurler’s own back- Philadelphia's Shibe Park. the current batting rate, Stengel will have eight 300 or hitters to bombard he sen- for circuit a, the Americans try z Tampa, 4-1 At the Outboard Club regular meeting Friday night, plans were formulated for the Outboard Bit a race from Key West to fathon on Saturday, July ed by the Marathon American Legion, It will include A-B-C- D and X classes, It will be at- tempted to start the classes at time intervals. Starting — the slowest class. on average time first, and so on. This is a non- sanctioned race and is. open to anyone caring to enter. There will be prizes for the winner of each class. The race will start from Stock Island about one o'clock in the afternoon, There will be about seven boats from the Marathon Power Squadron of the Yacht Club, They will bring their boats down on trail- ers for the long run back, The Key West Club ‘will have about an equal number of boats. The Hydroplanes will not run in this race, it will be strictly runabouts. There will be a dance given by the Marathon American Legion Saturday night In honor of the drivers. The small Hydros will trayel by Highway Sunday morning to participate in the closed course Regatta, which also is being staged at Marathon by the Amer- ican Legion, The Secretary of the K.W.O.C. was instructed by a voice vote to invite Mr. Aronovitz to ad- dress the Club at their next meeting in a round table dis- cussion pertaining to the Dog Track, However, the club does not intend to vote as a. block, but each member will vote in- dividually, which is encouraged by the club in all civic matters. to break a 2-game losing streak in the all-star series, These are Eddie Robinson, Chi- cago, first base (.306); Al Rosen, Cleveland, third base (.332—cur- rent A. L. leader); Ferris Fain, |Philadelphia, first base (.328); George Kell, Boston, third base (.320); Dale. Mitchell, leftfield (.306);/ Dom Boston, centerfield. (.307); Jackie | Jensen, ' Washington, (318); and Mickey Mantle, New York, cneterfield (300). Out of this bunck, the fans’ choice as starters who must play at least the first three innings j unless injury or illness intervenes are Robinsop, Rosen, Mitchell and | DiMaggio. { The other starters are Bobby Avila, Cleveland, at second; Phil Rizzuto, New York, shortstop; Hank Baugr, New York, riffitfield, and the Yankees’ catcher, Yogi Berra who tops the league in homers with 15, Se Your Grocer SELLS thaf Good STAR * BRAND AMERICAN COFFEE and CUBAN L ——TRY A POUND TOVAY—~ | STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKE Y - 4 YEARS OLD « 66 PROOF | ECHO SPRING DISTILLING COMPANY + LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY