The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 15, 1952, Page 5

. Reye Ninth Inning Blast Knocks Sun Sox From Loop Lead ' Conchs Whip Miami Thursday, 6-5 With Ninth Inning Rally By JIM COBB Cttizen Sports Editor Effective clutch hitting gave the Conehs a 6-5 win Thursday night that blasted the Miami Sun Sox from the lead in the Florida Inter- national League. And the Conchs waited until there were two outs to decide the issue on Nap Reyes’ screaming bage hit off relief hurler Max Ma- eon. ‘The Sun Sox had just about sew- ed up the ball game when Key West got a rally going that cost the Sox the game and the lead. Previously, the edge had see- sawed back and forth in a nip and tuck race for the win, The Conchs had taken a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning only to see it beaten up by the Soxers. They scored in that frame on the strength of Severino Mendez’ lead- off single and successive singles by Frank Dunlap and Willie Felder. Miami had scored in the third on a walk, a single and a fielder’s choice, The Sun Sox came back to tie it up in the fifth and forged into the lead in the sixth when Ed Little doubled and Gil Torres gave him- self a boost with a single. Key West made a bid in the seventh when Severino Mendez led off with a triple to center field and Frank Dunlap followed him with a single. Going into the ninth, with a one- tuh deficit, Torres retired Bosch and Zielinski lived on a scratch single. Dunlap reached first when Torres had control trouble and Max Macon came in to take over the hurling chores. Charley Harig reached first on a fielder’s choice to load the bases and set the stage for Nap Reyes’ blast that captured the ball game. Mendez and Dunlap, with three safeties each, paced the Key West l-hit. attack while Zielinski effec- tively muffled the Sox on 8 hits. Eddie suffered from control trou- ble, however, passing 16 Miamians, three of them intentionally. A tenth inning hitting spree Thursday night gave the Flamin- gos a 3-2 victory over the West Palm Beach Indians. This gave the beach team a flimsy two-percentage-point lead over the Sun Sox. In other contests, the St. Peters- burg. Saints licked the Lakeland Pilots 11-4 while Tampa ‘waa'de- feating the Havana Cubans» 4-1. This combination of events moved the Saints into fourth place four percentage points ahéad of Ha- vana. The Flamingos’ third baseman, Roy Williams scored the winning run that placed his. team in the lead. He doubled to right field in the tenth frame and then raced across the plate on a single by Eddie Wilson. The St. Petersburg Saints scored their eighth straight win with ease Tampa -Smokers evened their two game series with the Havana Cu- We are forced te vacate by August 15... here is your chance to make drastic savings — come (BLUE and WHITE) ———— bans behind the seven-hit pitching of Red Barrett. DUGOUT DIGGINS: Tonight the Conchs, in their newfound role of those conditions. And they have no complaint about that in Key West. Let’s not do anything to spoil it. Louis Carbonell announces that a giant killers, go up against the|rumored trade that would have new FIL leaders, the Miami Beach Flamingos in a single game at 8:15 p.m, The evening was almost spoil- ed for the Conchs with the um- pires nearly calling off the pro- ceedings when umpire Williams was struck on the wrist by a rock hurled from somewhere near the third base line. Now, we are sure that whoever pegged the rock didn’t realize the se- riousness of what they were do- ing. But, in the interest of base- ball in Key West, not to mention the question of sportsmanship, it must be pointed out that inci- dents of this type cannot be tolerated by the club or league management. First of all, Williams narrowly escaped serious injury, and that is no exaggeration. The rock raised a terrific bruise on his wrist and had it struck him in the head, for example, could have put him in the hospital. And regardless of what folks think of him as an arbiter, we know that nobody would want that to hap- pen. Don’t get us wrong, we believe that when a fan pays his buck at the park, he is entitled to give the umps, the ball players and | Reyes, 3b Lutz, If anyone else on the playing field, a real hard time — verbally that is. There is nothing about baseball more thrilling than a fullthroated razzberry. But actual physical assault is another thing. Any who fancies himself a man when he hurls debris at the officials is kidding himself. Agreed? Now, if the officials had for- fieted the ball game as they threatened to — this is what would happen: The mogulls, tak- ing into consideration the fact that Key West is new in the league, might have given the club a break. They would have merely fined them $500 and last night’s gate receipts. They could and might take the fran- chise away. Besides that, like any other citizen, the umpires are protect- ed by law and anyone caught throwing @ rock, for example, is liable to criminal prosecution. Let’s keep it clean. And the players around the league are unanimous in averring to this reporter that they. love to play ball in Key West. Regardless of the fact that the fans ride them from the opening pitch to the last out and the walk to the bus, they say that the brand of rooting here is conductive to good basebail. ‘They say that when they walk out on Wicker’s Field they feel like hustling. Compared with Miami Beach, they say, it is a luxury and fans like Key West has, are a valu: thing to any ball club. Max Macon was telling about a recent game at the Beach when the lead was at stake and about 150 fans showed up, They said that at one point a few of the third base line gamblers got a little excited over a parlay but otherwise it was like playing on Sand Key. Says the players don’t feel like giving their best under @ UNDERWEAR. Etc. Sam Horwitz NAVY 421 DUVAL STREET TAILOR sent Dunlap and Solis to Miami Beach in exchange for Bosch and assorted other ball players is strictly scuttlebutt. Sounded like a bit of attempted piracy on the part of the Flamingo high command, but we can’t blame them for try- ing. Last night’s batting order rang the bell with Mendez and Dunlap teaming up in the fourth. fifth and seventh frames to hit back to back. Severino led off each of those frames with a base knock and Pappy followed along with the same to lead the Conchs. Willie Felder, in a hitting slump of late, pulled out of it with a crucial bingle last night. Willie, we believe, is going to blossom into a really valuable piece of property. Troubled this season with a frac- tured finger, he got a very late start. A whale of a nice guy, too. The Conch infield looked mucho sharp last night. Box Stores: KEY WEST Player— ABR Mendez, cf 5 Dunlap, ¢ Harig, if —___ vy fo} WMH OWOKOD 4 4 5 4 _ ONE WWW RE Solis, lb _._. 3 Felder, 2b 4 Bosch, ss ___. 4 eoccorNmTN CroOoNHww HT ecococoronom HARRIS BEATS LOPEZ IN CLUB SEMI-FINALS Miami-Key West Coca Cola Nines Will Clash Sat. ‘The Key West Coca Cola soft- ball aggregation will meet the Miami Coca Cela team in an ex- hibition game at Bayview Perk on Saturday evening. Gametime is 7 p.m. The locals captured the cham- pionship in the first half of the | Island City Softball loop and are | currently setting the pace in the | second half of play. The Miami Club is currently in second place in the league in | which they compete in the Ma- | gic City. Prior to the main contest there will be a game between a pair of Little League clubs. EES Rom M. (Legs) Hawley, West Virginia University athletic direct- or, was formerly a scout for the St. Louis Cardinals under Branch Rickey. OPPOSITE LA CONCHA HOTEL PISTOL TOURNEY STARTS TODAY JACKSONVILLE ® — Pfc. Hu: | let Benner is favored to beat a field of about 400 that began shoot | ing today in the 67th national pis tol championships. National champion the past three years, Benner recently returned from winning an Olympic gold | medal in pistol competition. He is based at Ft. Kobe in the Panama Canal Zone. Zielinski, p_.4 1 1 0 3 Totals— Player— Fernandez, ss Bragan, 2b Armstrong, lf Rotzell, rf Sierra, 1b Kwiatoski, cf _ Little, ¢ oroco-ocenm Torre, 9 wo Totals— RBI — Rotzell, Sierra, Arm- strong, Reyes, Lutz, Felder, Dun- lap; 3B—Mendez; 2B — Sierra, Little; DP—Fernandez, Bragan and Sierra; Left—Key West 8, Miami 13; BB—Zielinski 10, Sier- ra, Torres 2;-SO—Torres, Zielin- ski 2; Torres 2; Winning pitcher —dZielinski; Umpires — Williams, Krysiak and Gugliemo; T—2:05. Winner Decided On 18th Hole By JACK K. BURKE (Sports Feature Writer) Norton Harris, former City and Club Champion, came in from the 18th hole yesterday with a 2-up score, defeating Joe Lopez, Jr. in a thrilling match. @| toured the course NOl ‘ON HARRIS It was not until the 18th that the winner was decided and then the masterful putting of Norton was all that beat this young} amateur, who many around the course have high hopes for. Today, Harry Knight will play Gene Witzel in their 18-hole match play and the winner will meet Norton, either Saturday or Sunday in the 72-hole Club Championship. ‘ JOE LOPEZ, Although the layers show that they their regular game, the few w sco! + Harris, In .. j Lopez, In | Lopez, Out —: SPOR Today's THURSDAY’S RESULTS By The Associated Press American League New York 7 Washington 2 Boston 5-4 Philadelphia 4-2 (first game 13 innings) Chicago 2 Detroit 0 (ten innings) (Only games scheduled) | « National League New York 4 Brooklyn 3 Philadelphia 5 Boston 3 Tineinnati 4 Chieago 1 ‘ittsburgh 5 St, Louis 3 (10 in- nings) Florida International League Miami Beach 3 West Palm Beach 2 Key West 6 Miami 5 St. Petersburg 11 Lakeland 4 Tampa 4 Havana 1 Florida State League DeLand 12 Jacksonville Beach 10 Leesburg 3 Sanford 2 Orlando 3-1 Palatka 2-12 Daytona Beach 6 Cocoa 5 (10 in- nings) Baseball Standings By The Associated Press Won Lost Pct. National League i Brooklyn 72 35. = 673 New York 43 598 St. Louis Philadelphia Chicago Boston Cincinnati Pittsburgh American League New York 67 Cleveland Boston Washington Chicago- Philadelphia St. Louis Detroit Florida International Miami Beach 85 Miami 86 Tampa 73 St. Petersburg 67 Havana 65 West Palm Beach 58 Lakeland ~ 44 Key West 35 Florida State League DeLand Daytona Beach Palatka Jaxville Beach Sanford Orlando Leesburg Cocoa 52 56 62 65 82 47 49 49 54 55 54 66 76 . League 42 a 43 54 60 59 73 505 426 320 8s SSSNSRRE were amazed at some of the drive shots that sjeach made. Norton has in the past several ‘|years entered just about all the tournaments that he could and ‘jj at one time he was the Miami ‘ Country Club Champion. . 37 39 37 39 Harris, Out Harris, Total Lopez, Total ___. By The Associated Press American League New York at Boston (night) Priday, August 15, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 3 YANKS WALLOP NATS THURS. By RALPH RODEN Associated Press Sports Writer Looking for the fountain of Washington at Philadelphia (night) | youth? If you don’t find it at St. St. Louis at Cleveland (night) (Only games scheduled) National League Augustine, Fla., try the Yankee Stadium. A number of former National Boston at New York (2) (night) |Leaguers have found the stadium Philadelphia at Brooklyn (night) | to be just what the doctor ordered. Pittsburgh at St. Louis (night) (Only games scheduled) Florida International League Havana at Lakeland West Palm Beach at Miami Miami Beach at Key West St. Petersburg at Tampa Florida State League Leesburg at Palatka Orlando at DeLand Daytona Beach at Sanford Cocoa at Jacksonville Beach Bench Views By JACK K. BURKE Monday is the opening practice session for the Key West High School football team and the big question that is going through the minds of the many followers is, “How good is our team going to be this session?” That may be an important ques- tion to them, but one more than that is where are the boys going to practice and will the playing sur- face at Wicker Stadium be in suit- able condition for the first game, which will be 13 days after the end of the baseball season. At the present time the Quar- terback Club is spearheading a drive which will re-sod the actual playing surface needed for the football team to play on. Dona- tions of any amount will be ac- cepted for this worthy cause but it looks like everyone would rath- er talk about what the field needs than actually digs down and put up the cash. Head coach Ed Beckman and his assistant know the need of a playing surface for several of the ‘schools that have made commit- ments to play here have stated that if the field is in the same condition as it was in the past, they may not fulfill. their contract. No one can blame them for it is very easy for any player, regardless of which school, to receive an injury that may cripple him in future years. I for one do not want my boy to get hurt and I don’t think that you want your’s to either. So let’s put our shoulders to the wheel and put this sod drive over the top. ICE CREAM FREE TALMAGE, Neb. (#®—Talmage kids know all about the old saying, “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good.”” A 100-mile-an-hour wind, which did an estimated $250,000 damage here Wednesday night, knocked out the city’s power and left food mer- chants ‘without refrigeration. Thursday the town’s entire sup- Ply of ice cream went to the kids, all for free. 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The Chicago White Sox downed Detroit, 20, in ten innings in the remaining American League game. In the National League, the sec- ond place New York Giants cut Brooklyn’s lead to eight games by nipping the Dodgers, 4-3. In other games, the Philadelphia Phils de feated the Boston Braves, 5-3, Cin- cinnati whipped Chicago, 4-1, and Pittsburgh conquered the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-3, in ten-innings. Effective relief pitching by Mau ry McDermott and Ellis Kinder helped the Red Sox take two from the A’s. Johnny Lipon scored the winning run in the 13th of the opener from third base on Billy Three Flights Daily TO HAVANA Leave Arrive Flight Key West Havana 952° 10:15 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 954 1:45 P.M. 2:30 P.M. 956 = 4:00 PLM. 4:45 PLM, TO KEY WEST Arrive Key West 9:45 A.M, 1:15 P.M. 3:45 P.M. Leave Flight Havana 951 9:00 A.M. 953 «12:30 P.M. 955 3:00 P.M. * Goodman's high bounder to seeon@ baseman Cass Michaels. 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