The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 2, 1952, Page 5

Wolanedey, Joly 2082 = THR KEY west ciTIZEN = Page 8 Key West S nits V hwo Viin fampa; "Vidi" Hurls Win xk kK * a, Sa x ok ® xk * xk **e* xk * EY WESTS RAL Pi | TARTENSTINE WINS _IN- ARMY TENNIS kk * EX-KEY WEST CITY *———— : - — CONCHS TAKE 2-1 LEAD IN SERIES WITH THIRD PLACE SMOKERS AFTER WIN By Jim Cobb Citizen Sports Editor { The Key West Conchs divided a} double header last night when /| they dropped the seven-inning | mer, 1-0 and came back to cop) second contest with a thrilling | finish, 4-3, before 1335 delirious | fans at the Wickers Field Stadium. | In the opener, workhouse Dick | Haack, pitching with but two days | rest locked horns with Tampa’s | Red Barrett in a stirring mound duel that saw the Smokers edge the locals by virtue of the red- head’s four hit performance. The only score of the ball we me when Gonzalez walked in third inning and crossed the | ite on Chapman's double. Haack | pt six Tampa hits well scattered and never was in trouble for my Balgnee: of the contest. Conchs_ threatened in the | fourth when Barney Lutz singled | seampered all the way to_ ita on Reyes’ sacrifice, but he | there when Venn popped up. | Both Barrett and Haack struck | pl four opponents and walked | Greet Rally | anne out on top after a wild 8th the nightcap, the Conchs! came out on top after a wild 8th) inning rally brought them from behind and sent the fans back na their heels. | George Vidal, making his debut on the mound before the home- NET CHAMP ALSO IN SEMI-FINALS AT INDIANAPOLIS Ralph Hartenstine, long one of the leaders among local tennis enthusiasts and now a First Lieu- tenant in the Army Military Gov. jermment setup stationed at Fort) | Atterbury, Indiana is continuing | his net activities in a big way ac- | cording to word received from the Indianapolis News. | Besides reaching the quarter- | finals in the Indianapolis City | Championship tourney, he is high |in the standing of the Camp At- | jterbury net competition and has a spot in the Fifth Army tourna-; ment at Fort Leavenworth, Kan- | sas starting on July 11th. The text of the News’ release) | follows: | “Camp Atterbuy has a standard | bearer of no mean proportions in| | tennis ace, Ist Lt. Ralph Harten- | | stine of the 408th Military Govern-| |ment Company. Entered in the | 1952 Indianapolis Championships, the Key West star has been toppl- | ‘ing favored opposition for the last | week to bound into the quarter-fi- | |nal round (the last eight in a field | of 100). Latest of Hartenstine’s con- quests—the one that set the Indi- anapolis sports world on énd—is | his victory over fifth seeded Billy | NEW YORK ® — The Inde- G.E. Contin Following oday's Gares Writers Strike ‘Cop City Loop a ies sot |Past Baio Writers Guid elle a strike today against three major a would disrupt broadcast cove sottpa ins |. : erage of the Republican and Dem ¥ it conventions in Chicago. General Electric squeezed past = = = . bg Sith three networks— the THelco softballers in the first ‘The Hialeah Post, American Rational Broadcasting Co., Colume game of a doubleheader at Bay- Legion, will bring their Junior | New "1 Broadcasting System and view Park Monday night. Smith’s| Baseball Club here on the 4° of FI ic ere Broadcasting Co.—said double in the fifth climaxed a news three run rally which gave GE the July for a game with a ae ao would sot win, Key West Jumor “ogee Antezak, Telco second sacker,|The five clubs in Tae ‘an Peterst e sent his team ahead with a terrif-|have plenty of ibent and wht? wag \ ela au Kemp 0 On p On Vacation ie homer in the first inning with}best that we have iy te Pisin, at DeLand Chief of Police Joseph Kemp ice Josey nobody on base, but the lead was} should give visit shortlived when General Electric} test. # the ure 8 real Palatka at has taken 23 days annual ths Daytona Beach at Cocoa He is bei ced exploded for five runs in the sec-}] J, San’ ‘Evan’ is being repla btionae ond featured by Clint Warren's accent ihe ie B-|Sealrd at at Leesburg period by Lt. Raymond Cabrera. homer with two mates aboard. Telco roared back in the third | with a five run splurge on two er- |rors, a walk, J. Atwood’s single} =. ere 6 4 , and doubles by Pop Walker andj =~ ¥ b 1 T. Atwood. They added another : pA : ' in the fifth on two walks, a field- . v er’s choice and a ground out. 5 ich ie * . = = General Electric started eis end of the fifth with a doub) | cap lived on an error scorii Hey. After D'Avignon pop) ‘Smith drove Brost and Lighteap Pp . i y Ww : in with a screaming double to ioe : Toning Board WITH PAD $3.98 Foley and Smith shared the hit- | - | Foley. After Brost walked, i ‘| . Electric Fan ba $15.95 Boyer, ex-Indiana University cap-| ti tain and last year’s semi-finalist. Scores were, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Playing on clay for the first time since the war, Hartenstine slipped all over Fall Creek's immaculate courts Wednesday in the opening ting hon for GE with a double . land single in three trips to the , ‘ White Puis.t GALLON = «$1.50 & $2.50 plate. Antezak with a homer ad sin- gle, and Walker with a double and xe leaders Speaygun CONTINUOUS 98e single, led Telco’s offense. In the nightcap, the USS Coates mm his inspired Conch team- wa ‘ applauded the expected and awit-| The game was a tight apt | . game when Lutz reached first on | Vi |stormed the net behind deep| gave the Coates the bdll game.| County any an error and went all the way Jench LEWS {arives to knot the count. Exhibit-|Rueter’s double and Murlock’s Solis (performing at the first base | Brooklyn 4 Philadelphia 3 i : ee a, | game at deuce with the wind be:| The win moved the USS Coates they got to Vidal for four suc-| Ney york 3 Boston 2 . a ie pn ie jof tennis in his home state, Har- | the firs t in the loop will be Coal reserves account for 92 per after advancing all the way to ang © Whiek lin Mi-| ing rapidity.” | fuel resou! aus folks, was touched for ten| Fer J . . set before the brutal drives of the}scored 10 runs in the sixth in- M i , Carded Hose 25 FOOT $3.49 ise hits but magnificient support| F Hoosier giant. The large gallery | ning to defeat the VX-1, 10-3. 5 rs ‘ mates sayed the day. | : ed an easy Boyer win. | duel between Gamble of VX-L ing Peay: = ° Common Nails LB 1Se ain Tampa broke the ice | It never came. g both an Fedey of the Coates i ‘ . 7 in the first frame when Bitsy Mott Citizen Staff Photo | American twist and a slice serv-| VX-1 drew first blood in nel socked a leadoff triple and scored |ice—bouncing in opposite direc-| fourth when Gamble beat out an r Heater 7. fa an successive singles by Pecou RALPH. HARTENSTINE tions—the Army player fought infield hit and scored moments | &¢ able firm for the performaics Elegiric} 7. oun $100 and Chapman. — back with a series of drop shots /| later on Higgin’s double. this im foe, Ge peter However, the Conchs came back Scents ane —————— | and lobs that sapped the accura-| Four errors, two walks and five Work, in fine style to tie up the ball- | jcy of Boyer’s game and then/ singles, featured the rally which a taxpayer and around on Reyes’ one bagger ing tremendous stamina in the fi-| single were the most damaging Key West Supply Co Key West pulled into the lead) me cigs |nal set, Hartenstine raced all the| blows of the inning. ” | geeks alge peng er td E } JACK K a RKE | way to 5-1 before the seeded star! VX-1 scored twice in their half tion. when Pete jams ast y e Associated Press K R | could stem the tide to make it|of the sixth on a walk, an error 11 SIMONTOM STRERT TELEPHONES a triple to center field and Rene) Naftios! League » July 4th cele. | 5-2. Serving in the crucial eighth| and a single i i age came through with a New York ton 3 a ene 8 ball hind him, Ralph fired two out-| into a fourth place tie with the itch single to send Peter home | st fou ein 3 » the A ‘ars of the right aces—the first a savage Navy. with the tie breaking counter. | Pittsburgh 3 Chics Vest rican Legion League twist and the second a cannon-| Tonight the Coates will meet the The Smokers jumped back into, gm, nd t Sulli Babcock Post ball—to close out the match.” Navy in the second game of a the ball game in the seventh when petro) € 4 7 m.,| Asked about the recent upsurge doubleheader. In the first game, cessive singles by Anderson, Gar- Ww, 34; 6 Phila : |tenstine said: “We are teaching at stake when Coca Cola bats wih cla, Mathewson and Mott to knot |Guevetned 4 St. Lowe * 19 Fee eee enon oe ie | tennis en masse'in every Florida General Electric. the count at at And e ee 8th, | Bleride International League q ne of the |f0WN. As a result, new courts and | Tampa pulled shend when Pecea | wig! SM i x ecion | BuNdreds of early teenage play-| singled and scored on a long fly ers are springing up with amaz-;cent of the nation’s total mineral third on a sacrifice Ks ee Mee : : The Florida Tennis Aésociation, | —— ae In their half lg the oo. = Tampa 1-3 Key West 0-4 ; vee s sicked for | Be Said, is turning to the Califor-!on to yield two runs in the next Conchs i pe = oe Rlorids State Le nia-type concrete as the surface | fo: ings the Giants handed selves a gam: oe sc nelis | Secksonville Poach €1 of the future. It seems that it is | the es their sixth straight loss, no Mendez drew a SO. 0 f not at all like pavement concrete; '¢3. to re on the heels of If you like beer and Carlos Desouza laid down a|s : F : a muriatic acid application : i bd hlit perfect 10 see-| D Beach 2 ( t e out to Wicker reason ‘ 2 Dod ‘ ond. ee nase Teal Palate 8 Or lio 7 E yw J t at 7:45 | 2 Satiny finish and another 1 n—Handcuffed the | pea you ove C. 1 Z ap error and for the second time | ——— a used to kill all surface glare.” | py letins with tae of the evening, burly Nap Reyes Tom ‘ innings * “Y ° with a timely single | out fr and ( § 1 n had tallied four @ ™, Here is the bottleful of extras— hare the Sectdooted Monder|men if third When s enjoyed baseball | atche i age : ixth to preserve the po pa napa oF in four i and knot the count. With the has-|C . r tt t v nd. Al s 5 ‘ory. Washington socks loaded, Tampa’s Matthew- ather clumsy Ih Key t nchs had n to second place, 3% gon couldn't find the plate and | reli ar I 1 . t uris ll rame. Yankees. walked in the winning run. all bu’ nv it : t the 1 eved Forrest that extra stand-up character— that extra deli- cacy of just the kiss of the hops—that extra love, Williams, Mendez and Reyes e t |: n loaded and : a care and skill of Schlitz people in the Conchs’ assault H er of fact but c t ne R li f ¢ | ¢ the eighth and stopped ; Ss i 7 Mee cores dots feature | re cher Unore he Co ps apenas ‘ putting together the sensitive no team got more “than nine in} Siciiheek i any one game. Miami's Sun Sox i tr h t 4 3 a in ‘tbe sec- fattenede their lead to 31-2 games ov te na t i i{oe eet ‘ eet | ond innt ed seven score- 2 trouncing Miami Beach 5-1; il nt mud ¢ " res : wind rag alte ane trimeae Laksiend. 20. | ache i cor ee ae b roi ited to dost | Be dGoUT DIGGINGS: Tonight 1. Re arlers perf ; : sigs the Conchs again meet the Smok b ‘ t West id y x Fe . ers in a single game. Game time Desour vered f . t gu ele, 4 es Y wher re the has been moved up to 7:15 to en- Sails . t t 2 superiative: | itched th Hcg fe 32 ri-| able the Tampa Club to catch @ » t , ° ‘ bus home after the contest. Even FR a ‘ = Rose Red Sux | go, they will not arrive in their t » the ‘ ; Ted |* Bend) Mi-| city until noon tomorrow h first ks “ { s yi? ‘ : Cardinals The “Conch Calvacade” is rap-/ed when ¢ ewer > rker : ver the Cincin- fdly sw.jling to major proportions 5 ; : ; with a block of 100 seats reserved | very ¢ jer inn 4 / Brown, notified before the | in the Miami Stadium for the loca! v eter eeday s ’ the | Same te t for duty as a doctor | ee “Perucho” Sanchez over th 3 t 16 5 “4 Ditsnce he on July 19, produced | and “Mr. Grass” who arranged P l ; Hooked up | !¢ F or the Yankees. He! trek announced that the ¢ i thin ; ; s bled Mickey Mantie home from | leave the Cuban Ciub at 1.0 > week ‘ r - : 4 4 the eighth to suap 6 22 a. m. Friday, July 4th. Anyone in finger F : { Chas , : forested in making the trip should | series Peale ‘ . : E ry Slaughter was| iseey Roar tr, w atin ¢ . Fee | sever ii batted in five; a) ape noisy Conch fans scorebosrd eink haa 288 smog (euns with a of homers to! RT ler s Pg iro he ¢ Pi we a i é sve ome ae ar first base ine prs > * frames $ 2 y the ‘active major | “ # — ¢ % pass ti 1 wr gy ctse dB. effect on fiery «i 5 ; b best a ae rome Tampa's Matthewson who walk gout the , a * J oan t 2 : " i ed in the winning rum. Talk about How many mane te Bowed TE mee neha "Sa Mendes made » = book ceteh of Chapm to right center in the secus ween bo’ west fer to the beh to : snag it on the dead rus ‘ The play of the evening. how f b a rs ' ever, oceurred im the Tth fram . ; t 2 Stapoed a Bos ff the nightcap whea backstopper |b player . gee l'on threat in the Gith and weet | i Associated Press Sports Writer Baseball's unsung minute men—