The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 19, 1952, Page 5

& f z ti i ge 3 z Georgia U. Gridde By STERLING SLAPPEY Associated Press Sports Writer Georgia’s linament legion—her bandaged brutes who might have been heroes last fall if they had got the chance — generally are healthy once again. open fall football practice a tin fenced hill in give Coach Wally Butts ies for a good sea- running | well if no additional players are Tulane, North Carolina and Mary- land, Butts’ Bulldogs may be able rs Face der of the way and finish with a | portant to play out that string without getting beat—maybe three or four times. Because, after Vandy, Tu- lane, North Carolina and Maryland come LSU, Florida, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Auburn, and Geor- gia Tech. And, if that isn’t enough, Georgia then must travel 800 miles | to meet Miami in Orange Bowl but not a bowl contender. Two other tremendous “‘If's” in- Gruelling personnel. Georgia do 1 thing. — aan | Georgia must avoid such a blight opens | to prosper. patter | Another great “If for Georgia luck in injaries than he had during | involves Quarterback Zeke Brat- a dismal, miserable 1951. kowski’ West Palm Shades Conchs Tuesday In 7-5 Ballgame Key West Takes To Road Today ‘ ‘The West Palms Beach Indians outlasted the Key West Conchs last night to eke out a 7-5 decision over the locals in the final game of the current home stand. After)the lead twice, the In- E [ E i t [ E E Hl B 3 s 3 § g8 ie sé i E i i 3 E & cH é i : i i i 5 g ! | S22F i— ie 55 i Ff hs i ; sf i 53 ey all # 43 i a Fiei cl: 4 e224 een i ie Hf » es iedis i er a hectic day is much as rhe firhi se H FEET. z Fs it must have puzzled the players | used. | a-Weiss, 1b _. Téeam— . West Palm Beach 202 003 000—7 Key West 002 300 ,000—5 RRBI—Vukmire, Glunt 2, Mon- Hi ti lap, Lutz; Sopko, Glunt); Jiminez 5 (Droge 3, Sopko, Lawing), Haack 2 (Bei- cher, Montalbano);- Luciano 4 (Dunlap, Harig 2, Jimenez), Ram- bert 2 (Rembart; SO—Jiminez 2 (Belcher, Weiss) Ha;ack 2 (Bel- cher, Weiss), Luciano 2 (Lutz, Jiminez), Rambert 1 (Reyes) Winning — Magnatta, Losing Jimenez; Left—West Palm 11, Key West 10; U—Taylor and Elder, T—2:30; Scorer—Milian. HOLLYWOO NOTES By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD # — Everybody’s Sess Free iv = Es H AL FE ree z i y te & 5 id ? 2 3 i z Z i BE if EE Hn F i 5 i Eg H : F z Es i H e g g = 4 Ase oq i 2 Hi a 5s 4 i i 5 the heroine. I’ve held Hayward, Jeanne Cortesa, Gloria seat? i ostt EEE Hat 293 die z aoe i H é E z z i Rie H | ifs it F i BE 4] 49 35 i fe i F 22 3 Fy & fl et il i fe Rembart, lb-p 4 Glunt, rf 4 Belcher, ¢ .... 3 Montelbano, ss 4 Luciano, p —.. 2 Magnatta, p _ 0 2 as i : i j Z ii : gf az HE SOSH OM MOUMOM Sconwancoungd Seceveorcosocoom gC iF Totals— i z i ef eocecorwnoryn Mw eMmoom mt oF 100 09 09 me me B WaVonmooco, ecocescooeonm a E Schedule to pass. He had little protection ; Butts, Georgia also can count | last year and therefore was forced \ strongly on Robert West, defensive often to throw early. Results—A | end, Linebacker Derwent Langley new SEC record for intercepted and End Art Decarlo. Tuesday, August 19, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page S DUROCHER OUT FOR. FIVE DAYS . | passes. End Harry Babcock was { and most likely still is, an All-SEC pass catcher. But Babcock can’t catch and Bratkowski can’t throw if charge lines of those 11 rough opponents are pouring in over a crumbled dike. : Butts is a Babcock-Bratkowski ! booster, saying, ‘I believe we will have a T-QB in Bratkowski second | Zeke will have less support than he received in 1951. Georgia should have a dangerous passing attack. : I think Babcock is the best of- fensive end in the SEC, a real All-America candidate.” Georgia was picked as eighth best in the 12-team league by coaches during the spring. Besides Bratkowski, Babcock, the all- 's protection while he tries | around teaching ability of Coach | is the best During a good spring training season the three most improved men were Offensive End John Car- son, Left Half Conrad Manisera and Tackle Sam MRVOS. Geor- gia’s No. 1 little known is Sopho- more Bobby Dellinger, a fast left half. Guard-Tackle John Campbell k Jooking freshman thus far. : ' to none in the SEC, but I’m afraid, Butts is far too smart to guess how many he will win or lose but | he doesn’t object to naming his strong and weak points. Stronger positions will be ends (offensive and defensives) and T-quarterback. Another probable strong point, al- though. Butts doesn’t name it is halfback. Butts considers Georgia weaker at offensive center, defensive tack- le and defensive left half. —: SPORTS — BASEBALL MONDAY’S RESULTS By The Associated Press American League New York 4 Boston 2 (Only game eduled) National jue Chicago 4 Pittsburgh 3 (Only game scheduled) Florida: International League Miami Beach 5 Miami 1 St. Petersburg 34 Havana 1-1 West Palm Beach 7 Key West 5 Lakeland 3 Tampa 0 (16 innings) Florida State League ;| Palatka 3 DeLand 1 Leesburg 3 Orlando 1 e Daytona Beach 4 Jax Beach 3 Sanford 10 Cocoa 7 Today's Games By The Associated Press American League Chicago at New York (night) Cleveland at Boston . St. Louis at_ Washington (night) Detroit at Philadelphia (2) (night) National League New York at Chicago (2) Brooklyn at Cincinnati (2) (night) Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (night) Boston at St. Louis (night) ; Florida International League Havana at St. Petersburg Tampa at Lakeland Miami Beach at Miami Key West at West Palm Beach Florida State League Palatka at Daytona Beach Leesburg at DeLand Sanford at Jax Beach Cocoa at Orlando Levan Assured Of FIL Batting Campaign Title With only a few weeks remain- ing in the FIL race there are - | only two players who are batting over three hundred. Jesse Levan, of Miami Beach, who is certain of copping the batting title, is leading with an average of .325 to top all batters in the loop. Earle Brucker of Tampa is in the runner up spot, but doesn’t seem as though he will meet the required amount of “at bats” to challenge for the title. has a mark of .312 according to statistics com- a | piled by the Howe News Bureau. Levan has made the league slugging race a one man show. He has taken over the lead in pro- ducing the most base hits, 150, and increased his lead in two-base swat to 31, added to his total base hits, and now leads with 203, has scored a tie for the lead in runs batted in | with Herb Chapman of Tampa, each having driven in 67 runs. Angel Scull, of Havana increased his lead in pilfered sacks to 41 and maintains his lead in three base | hits with 12. | Claro Duany remains the leader | in homeruns with 13. Charley Harig | of Key West is a close second with | lu. Ramon Morant of Miami Beach, Picked up another victory this week and now leads the hurlers with a record of 13 wins and only one loss. Billy Harris of Miami has won) the most games, 20, and has work- | ed the most innings, 239. He places | Baseball Standings By The Associated Press Won Lost Pct. American League New York 70 Cl’and 67 Boston 61 W'ton_ 61° Chicago 60 P’delphia 57 St. Louis 50 Detroit 39 National League klyn 73 66 67 61 58 49 49 35 Florida International M. Beach 87 Miami 89 Tampa « St. P’burg 1 Havana 68 W. P. Beh 59 Lakeland 47 Key West 36 Florida State League DeLand D’tona Bch Palatka Jax Bch Sanford Orlando Leesburg Cocoa State Softball Tourney Starts CLEARWATER (#—The Florida 593 578 521 508 504 420 336 NBSSERssE 664 595, 578 535 500 RSVSeSax 434 422 292 . J é s eeatax,, 724 ‘eat 561 "500 458 379 241 ESSIBRRe state softball tournament moves in- | N. to the second round tonight with Orlando playing Hollywood in the opener and Clearwater taking on Pensacola in the nightcap. The loser of the first game, scheduled to start at 7:30 p. m., will be eliminated from the tourna- ment. Clearwater beat Hollywood 2-0 Monday night behind the no - hit, no - run pitching of John Hunter. Pensacola defeated Orlando 5-1. fs Official U.S. Navy Photo Lieutenant Rex R. Kohr, USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray H. Kohr, | Markle Ind., has recently compiet- | ed a four months course in All Weather Flight at the Fleet All| Weather Training Unit, Atlantic, -540 | stars, the American Defense Ser- BERELZ ae 508 | tional amateur golf cham; By JOE REICHLER Associated Press Sports Writer Ti keeps running out and trouble keeps piling up on the har- ried, injury - riddled and under- manned New York Giants. Trailing the runaway Brooklyn Dodgers by a fat seven and a half games. The strong National League Champions no sooner ar- rived in Chicago Monday for their final western swing of* the year when they were handed another severe. jolt. The latest body blow came in the form of a telegram from League President Warren Giles ad- Official U. S. Navy Photo | vising Leo Durocher that he had Lieutenant Otis A. Hamm, as- Rees euspennes facies ha sistant instrument officer for the | natelli last Sunday. A $100 fine also past two years at Fleet All Wea-| was platered on bet ene er ther Training Unit, Atlantic, Key | 28er e Giants. The suspension West, Florida, has recently been| begins, today and lasts through transferred to the Naval Air Ad-| Durocher, recognized as one of vanced Training Command, Corpus | the most astute managers in base- Christi, Texas. ball, generally was credited with He entered the Navy in June | doing agnificent job last season 1942 as an aviator cadet. In August | in leading the Giants to their first 1943, he was designated a naval | flag in 14 years. For bringing the aviator at Corpus Christi, Texas.}team up from a 13 % - game As a pilot in squadron VC-20, deficit as late as Aug. 11, he earned Lieutenant Hamm saw action in| the manager-of-the-year award in many of the Pacific campaigns. He the Associated Press poll. is entitled to wear the Distinguish- There were many who believed ed Flying Cross, the Air Medal| Durocher was doing an even better with three gold stars, the Asiatic- - Pacific Area_ribbon with 2 com- bat stars, the Philippine Lib- MAJOR eration ribbon with three combat By The Associated Press sided at 87 Maine Rd., in Key| National League West with their son, Bruce E.(2)| Batting — Musial, St. Louis, and. daughter, Deborah Sue (8 | .326; Kluszewski, Cincinnati, .315; months). Lockman, New York, .311; Robin- Lieutenant Hamm is the son of ' Son, Brooklyn, .308; Slaughter, St. Mr. G.C. Hamm, 3606 Blanks St.,| Louis, and Baumholtz, Chicago, Monroe, La. He graduated from | -304. Ouachita Parish (La.) High School | Runs batted in — Sauer, Chi- and studied at Northeast Louisiana | cago, 100; Hodges, Brooklyn, 80; State College, Monroe, La., for two | Thomson, New York, 78; Ennis, years. : Philadelphia, 77; Slaughter, St. Louis, 74. Natl Amateur Hits — Adams, Cincinnati, 143; Links Tourney Schoendienst, St. Louis, 142; Mu- sial, St. Louis, 141; Lockman. New In Second Round - “SEATTLE (@®—The men’s na- vice ribbon and the World War II Victory medal. Lieutenant Hamm is married to the former Miss Nettie George, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. George of Pioneer, La, They re- York, 136; Hamner, Philadelphia, 1247. Home runs—Sauer, Chicago, 31; Hodges, Brooklyn and Kiner, Pitts- burgh, 26; » Boston, 19; Mathews, Boston, 18. Pitching — Roe, Brooklyn, 8-1, 889; Wilhelm, New York, 10-2, .833; Black, Brooklyn, 9-2, .818; the ranks stripped of its last two oe ine the ge roun mate! lay today the rema! challengers ., Yuhas, St. Louis, 8-2, .800; Rob- ing inte renege ra crowd: orts, Philadelphia, 19-6, 760. Belied to the sidelines in the} American League day’s two most startling upsets were the defending champion, Bil-| 333; Woodling, New York, .326; ly Maxwell from Odessa, Tex., and | Boston, .313; Mantle, New York, fle 1950 kingpin of the na‘ 'S | 306, aig Sam Urzetta; Rochester, | Baas batted in-— Doby, Cleve- land, 83; Robinson, Chicago, 79; Zernial, Philadelphia, 77; Berra, New York, 76; Dropo, Detroit, 74. Hits — Fox, Chicago, 149; Rob- inson, Chicago, 138; Jensen, Wash- ington, 136; Fain, Philadelphia, 133; Avila, Cleveland, 132. Home runs — Doby, Cleveland, 26; Berra, New York, 24; Zernial, Philadelphia, 22; Rosen, Cleveland, 29; four players tied with 19 each. the tournament’s history, fell be- Pitching — Consuegra, Washing- fore Marion (Sonny) Hiskey, 21-| ton, 6-0, 1.000; Shantz, Philadel- year-old player from Twin Falls, | Phia, 21-4, .840; Raschi, New York, Idaho. 14: 824; Gorman, New York Gruber, a mere 18 years of age,| 41 ; Bearden, St. Louis, 4-2, and a sophomore at Duke, sank | -778. an eight foot putt for a birdie three on the 2ist to win. Maxwell Legion Baseball Losers To Meet had missed his putt from 15 feet FLORENCE, S. C. (®—Losers in out. the region five American Legion Army Wins In Pistol Meet Junior Baseball Tournament Mon- day, Sumter, S. C. and Montgom JACKSONVILLE #— The Army, not-the Marines, had the national | 'tY, Ala, met here this afternoon pistol team championships well. in | 0 the’ first of two games today. hand Monday. The Army team won | The nightchp will see winners all three championships and broke | Marietta, Ga. and Jacksonville, a world’s .22 calibre pistol record. | Fia., squaring off against each The Marine team ced second a in all taree divisions and the high- | _ After trailing, 4-1, going into the est civilian competitor in all three | Seventh inning Monday night, the was Tampa’s Florida Pistol Club. | J@cksonville Generals came up Scoing was like this: .22 calibre— | With two runs in that frame and Army 1,174, Marines 1,156; Florida | {our more in the eight to defeat Pistol Club 1,121; .38 calibre—Ar. | Sumter, 7-4. Marietta beat Mont |my 1,147, Marines 1,144; Florida | €omery by the identical score, 7-4 Pistol Club 1,096; 45 calibre—Ar- sa ee eee Po chp wae? 13 Florids | Florida Golfers Win In Seattle | Pistol Club 1,032. SEATTLE #—~ Here's how Flor Dusk was settling over the Se- attle Country Club's green acres when the familiar “unknown,” Ira D. Gruber, a- fine hitting, ca young man from Pottstown, Pa., disposed of Maxwell on the 21st hole. Earlier in the day, Urzetta whose 39-hole victory over Frat Stranahan at Minneapolis in 1950 was the longest overtime match in 2nd in completed games to team-| Key West, Fla. The course con- mate Gil Torres, who has 23 to | sists of advanced flight training in Harris 22. | instruments and night tactics de- Clarence lott of St. Petersburg | signed to qualify the pilot for has fanned the most batters, 189. | Carrier All Weather Squadrons. He will report to the Commander Air Force, Atlantic Fleet, Naval » for fur- Irish countryside and the rich na- | tive characters. The story is slij often slow-moving. Briefly, it's | tale of an Irish-American prize- | FTRPREEE Lei fa K § the lines get lost in the i i Today, individual and team com- petition in the Army's national tro- | phy match is scheduled. Genevieve Christine Parish of | Pensacola, Fla. They have two | daughters, Patricia Ella (16) and | Susan Ray (six months). The Kohr |. The Army's .22 calibre score | broke the oldest mark in the book, 1,172 set in 1941 by the U. S Treas- ury Department team. idians did in the national amateur golf championships Monday: Don Bisplinghoff, United States junior champion from Orlando, scored an easy 5 and 4 victory over Dr. John J. E. Herlihy, South Charleston, W. Va. + year - old John Berry. job of managing this year in keep- ing the Giants in second place de spite such crippling blows as ankle fracture suffered by Mi Irvin, the loss of Wilie Mays the service, the back ailment Sal Maglie and the slumping Bobby of 1951 playoff fame. The Giants will have to struggle along without Durocher Yames as they were Cubs in a hurled a five - triumph against Cleveland is two By NEIL GILBRIDE Associated Press Staff Writer The third - place Palatka Azaleas beat first - place DeLand 3-1 Mon- day for the second night in a row, something the rest of the Florida State League has trouble doing even once, It was also. Palatka’s fifth Shortstop Hal Long’s double in the third inning cleared the bases Sanford the win over last place Cocoa. Sport Shorts KANSAS CITY (#— Cary Middle: coff, the lanky Tennessean, fol- lowed the playoff route to the $15,- 000 Kansas City open golf title for = second consecutive time Mon- y- He shot a 6-under-par 66 — the best round of the tournament—to beat Jack Burke Jr., Houston, Tex., by six strokes. The two wound up the regulation 72 holes Sunday with 276 totals. Last year Middlecoff also ished in a tie at the end of 72