The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 23, 1952, Page 5

__mingos won the Rene Solis Hurls One Hitter Friday As Conchs Triumph Over Smokers, 3-0 Chickie DeSouza Shines With Two | Junior Run Double In Key West Victory After dropping two straight games to the Tampa Smokers, the Key West Conchs came back last night in the series finale to capture a three run shutout vic- tory over the that club behind the flawless one hit twirling of Rene Solis. A @ouble by Benny. Fernandez was the second inning was the only basehit the Smokers could gar- | met for the evening while the Conchs touched Red Barrett for ten safeties. Only three Tampa bats- men reached base and none ad- vanced beyond second. ‘The Conchs acored a single run in the first inning and came back for two more in the second to gain the win. DeSouza confounded his Pa ee teammates when he The Sun Sox scored their shutout of the season Friday night, a doubleheader from the ‘Havana Cubans 13-9 and 4-1 to advance 2 percentage points nearer their rivals, In another game the West Palm Petersbu>~ Saints 5-4. ‘The Sun Sox victory was the 11th shutout for Miami’s veteran Pitch- er Billy Harris and placed him in a tie for the league record with teammate Gil Torres and Conrado same feat for the Havana Cubans in 1949. M: ce now with the Washington rs. The game went 11 innings and was the 22nd i for Harris — 2 equecne say by Gl Torres. a ze play . The doubleheader between the Miami Beach Flamingos and the Hayana Cubans attracted 2,800 and was the last contest between the two rivals this season. The Fla- first game in the in the fifth with two runs. ‘ DUGOUT DIGGINGS, The Conchs return to the Wickers Field battle- ground tongiht with a single game beginning at 8:15 P.M. with Lake- land. For the Mopar George Vidal uta ‘Wickers Field on September 23rd. The gal is Miss Eloise Garcia of this city. Florida. International loop _presi- dent Henry S. Baynard will make % day night at Benny’s Cafeteria. “ts galore await Key West baseball fans on Merchants’ Night at Wicker’s Field. Schedu'ed for Monday night, Aug. 25, as the Lakeland Pilots and the Key West Conchs wind up a three-game home stay, winners of the many prizes bei. ° offered by local merchants will be selected from those attending any or all of the games. ‘Here’s a partial list of the prizés being offered: 3 cases of Coca Cola by the Key West Coca Cola Bottling hirt bya HOP; 3 h 's Men’s Shop; an alligator wallet by the Cuba Shop; merchandise by Frank's Men’s Shop; a sport shirt by Aronovitz Dept. Store; watch repairs by the Beachcomber. A box of cigars is offered by the Broadway Cigar Store; 1 case of sale Liquors; a pair of two-tone Appelrouths; a shampoo, set and manicure by Donald’s Beauty Shop; passes to all remaining games by Pepe’s Coffee Shop; two. passes to ball games by La Conga his first official inspection trip to} Club. Key W-.-:t. He is slated to confer with club officials and will remain for tonight’s contest with Lakeland. We wonder what the story is on ex-Conch backstopper Tommy Venn, At a time when the Conchs sorely need catching we see by the boxseores that Venn is back performing with the Flamingos. Caught the Havana series last week as a matter of fact. Venn walked thought that called for a suspen- out.on the Conch operation and we sion from organized ball. We have received no word from Ray Ryan that he had sold Venn back to the ‘Beach where he was obtained or- iginally. inal Round Starts Today In Nat'l Golf SEATTLE #—The old timers an take heart, the young ones cheer and a pleasant chapter will be written into the records today when the 36-hole final round un- folds in the 1952 United States men's amateur golf championship. Rivals for the nation’s top alee honor are two W: ‘The beaten player was Westland, then a resident of Chicago, where he 1931 tournament was held at the Beverly Country Club. Today Westland is taking time from his campaign for gress to campaign for the ¢ £ like-golfer, reached the finals with Two passes to ball games will be given by Tropical Hotel; $10 in cash by Happy Hour Bar; 2 cases of Miller High Life Beer by Joe Cabrera Distributing Co.; $5 credit on a pair of shoes by 0. K. Shoe Shop; Car wash and grease job by Billy Russell’s Standard Service Station; Ansco Ready Flash Ca- mera by Lewis McLain, Atlantic Photo Supply; car wash by Taylor Service Station; a pair of Ply- mouth shoes by Rios Brothers; a hair cut and shave by Mariano Ca- brera. 10 gallons gasoline by Poor Old Craig Service Station; haircut and shampoo by Rubio's Barber Shop; car wash, grease and oil by Bry- an’s Service Station; 1 gallon brick ice cream by Land 0’ Sun; 50-ft. garden hose by Lindsley Lumber Co.; Tablecloth and tennis balls by House of Linen; 1 case Budweiser Beer by Tony's Bar; 2 filet dinners by Benny's Cafeteria; 3 boxes guava jelly by Cabrera Wholesale Grocery; $5 dry cleaning by Poin- ciana Dry Cleaners; a kitchen clock by Lou's Radio and Appli- ance; 1 camera by Evans Camera Supply; and a shampoo, set and) haircut by Estell Ness Beauty) School. Julio Santana Wins Award Julio Santana, crack Junior z| League Baseball performer who | was chosen as the mest valuable | | player in the Junior Loop for the } season just finsihed played with > the title winning Evans Enter-) prises nine rather than the Pepe’s Cafe club as erroneously reported | in the Citizen Thursday. | ‘Mengert, who is campaigning for | ja job since his release from the Leaguers Attend Fete Citizen Staff Photo PLAYERS IN THE AMERICAN LEGION JUNIOR BASEBALL LEAGUE are shown above as they witness a trophy presentation by loop prexy Jack Burke to Frank Wayne whose Evans En- terprises nine captured the toga in the junior league. Presentation was made at banquet Mon- MERCHANTS NIGHT IS SET FOR MONDAY P.M. NAVY WHIPS TELCO FRIDAY Palatka And Daytona-Fight For 3rd Place By F. T. MACFEELY Associated Press Staff Writer Closest battle in the waning Flor- schdeuled to joint the | Budweiser Beer by Lopez Whole-| ida State League season is that for third place in the over-all to be held at homevlate at| shoes, men’s or women’s, by Billy| Standings. Palatka’s Azaleas are pushing the Daytona Beach Islanders for third spot, which is important to the alignment in the playoffs which begin a week from today. It is pretty certain the four teams in the playoffs will be De- Land, Jacksonville Beach, Day- tona Beach and Palatka. The team that gets third place in the over- all standings meets second-place Jacksonville Beach. The fourth place team will start off against the champion DeLand Red Hats. Palatka narrowed the Dayton: Beach lead to half a game by spli ting a pair with Sanford Friday night. Al Pirtle hit two home runs to pace a second-game Palatka win, 6-4, after Sanford won the opener, 5-3, on Jorge Rivero’s six- itching. hit pit ’s Packers took their second straight from Daytona Beach, 4-3. Jacksonville Beach trimmed Orlando, 9-1, and DeLand nipped Cocoa, 5-4. Team Rifle Match Starts In Tourney JACKSONVILLE (#—Team rifle matches today conclude the eight- day national pistol and small bore tifle championships. The California champion, Robert Perkins, won the individual small bore rifle title Friday. The Fresno iron foundry owner posted a two- day score of 3,187 of a possible 3,200 to win his first national title. Air Force Lt. John Kelley, Ft. Worth, Tex., shot 3,186 and two others—Charles Cater, Lagrande, Ore., and Air Force Lt. Arthur Jackson, Brooklyn—tied for third at 3,185. The 1951 champion, Mason Kline, San Francisco, did not defend his title. John Skeadas, Savannah, Ga., youth who led the field om the first day of firing with metallic sights, dropped 12 points oa the final day with telescopic sights. an, Mich, became women's ride| Rodg- | champ with 3182. Charles 4 The’ Navy Hospital softball nine won their first game of the season when they defeated Telco ode the first game of a scheduled, night in the Island City Soft- thé first when scored on a walk and Frank single. The hospital came back in their -half of the first and knotted the score on two singles and a wild pitch. Théy made it 5-1 in the second | when three walks, an errur and | three singles netted them four runs. They added tnree two more in long homer with a mate on base. | Telco threatened the Naval Hos- | pital lead in the fourth when two | ‘errors a single and a double and a triple produced four runs, buf | the Hospital came back in their half of the fourth and iced the game with a six run rally on three walks and five hits. Telco made a desperate effort in the fifth when they scored five runs on four walks and} two hits, but Jayne, who relieved | | Reese in the fifth, finally retired } the side to give the hospital it’s | | first win of the season. | Bishop led the hospital attack with a homer and double in two official trips to the plate. Cabot led Telco’s attack with two doubles in four tries, ' the Amberjack, 25-0 as they took advantage of some loose fielding, coupled with poor pitching plus some heavy hitting to take the on- slaught. Buck Lawing, Navy hurler, li- mited the Amberjack to three hits to take the win. Bear, big Navy | first baseman led the attack with a perfect night at the plate col- | lecting two doubles, two triples and a single in five trips to the plate. | Golf Pro Fires 68 | BRADENTON @® — Second-day | starters in the Florida West Coast open golf tournament have as their | target the four-under-par 68 shot by Leonard Ott, Coral Gables pro- fessional, Friday Amateur entries were permitted to fire the opening round of the | S-hole tournament either Friday or today. Pros all started Friday Second to Ott was Burl Bolesta, | is charming, they give up thinking ; Tampa pro, at 69. Two amateurs— Guy Chancey, Miami, and C. C.| Martin. Tampa, tied at 72. ‘The tournament ends Sunday. [ Allison Resigns OCALA i= Carl Allison, Wau-| crown. | Air Force recently, ended the tour- | ers, 17, Phoenix, Ariz, took the Chala, manager of the Florida Ro- Westland, a deliberate, business- | nament melody of Don Cherry, 28, junior title with 3,177 the ex-Texas caddie and now an | tal Electrification Association, has resigned to become engineer and | the third on the strength of Biship’s | Lakeland at Key West —: SPORTS :— BASEBALL FRIDAY’S RESULTS . By The Associated Press National League Brooklyn 9-2 Pittsburgh 2-3 Boston 4 Chicago 3 St. Louis 3 New York 1 Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 2 American League Cleveland 6 New York 4 Chicago 4 Boston 1 Philadelphia 5-9 St. Louis 2-0 Detroit 2 Washington 0 Florida International League Miami 1 Lakeland 0 Miami Beach 13-4 Havana 9-1 (2nd game 7 innings) West Palm Beach 5 St. Petersburg 4 Key West 3 Tampa 0 Florida State League Sanford 5-4 Palatka 3-6 DeLand 5 Cocoa 4 Leesburg 4 Daytona Beach 3 Jacksonville Beach 9 Orlando 1 Baseball Standings By The Associated Press Won Lost Pet. National League Brooklyn 76 86039 661 New York 69 47 595 St. Louis 1m 49 592 Philadelphia 63 54 538 Chicago 5962 -488 Boston 50 «67 427 Cincinnati 5168 425 Pittsburgh 3688 2290 American League Cleveland 69 51 575 New York 7 52 574 Boston 63 54 538 Chicago 64 58 525 Philadelphia 62 «56 525 Washington 63. 58 521 St. Louis 51 73 All Detroit 40 80 333 Florida International League Miami 920 «45 672 Miami Beach 91 «45 669 Tampa 3 58 574 St. Petersburg 75 64 540 Havana 7 868 435 West Palm Beach 60 78 435 Lakeland 47 (92 338 Key West 37 «100 -270 Florida State League DeLand 47 (16 146 Daytona Beach 39 24 619 Palatka - 34 28 548 Jaxville Beach 33 30 524 Sanford 31 32 -492 Orlando 29 «(34 -460 Leesburg 2 38 387 Cocoa 4 649 222 Cleveland at New York Detroit at Washington St. Louis at Philadelphia Chicago at Boston National League New York at St. Louis Brooklyn at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at Cincinnati Boston at Chicago Florida International League West Palm Beach at Tampa Miami at Havana St. Petersburg at Miami Beach Florida State League Orlando at Daytona Beach Jacksonville Beach at Palatka Cocoa at Leesburg Sanford at DeLand Key West All-Stars To Meet Navy Nine The Subron Four Baseball club winners of the pennant in the Navy | league will cross bats with a Key West All-Star with the best in talent that the city can offer. The local club will be picked by DeWitt “Buster” Roberts and it In the night cap, the Navy blasted will include such performers as | Dean, Richardson, Sanatana, Ace- vedo, Macias, Jack Alonzo, Casado, Valdez, Rodriques | and several others. The series will get underway on Tuesday, August 26th at 8:00 P.M. ust 30th. Play will be completed on Aug- Falls 30Feet; | Gets Black Eye i BIRMINGHAM, Eng. & — Two- year-old Peter Dangerfield fell 30 feet from a third-floor window of his home — and scaped with a black eye He bounced off a clothes line into his four-month- old brother's baby carriage and toppled gently from there onto the cobbled yard. When men cive up saying what what is charming. - -Oscar Wilde. Age, like double charm. Oliver Wendell Holmes. distance, MONEY FOUND You can save $200 2 year by call ing 826-W te have your junk, rags, Villareal, | leads aj MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By The Associated Press National League Batting — Musial, St. Louis, .326; Kluszewski, Cincinnati, .317; Lock- man, New York .311; Atwell, Chi- cago .309; Robinson, Brool Runs batted in — Sauer, Chica- go 108; Thomson, New York 85; Hodges, Brooklyn 84; Ennis, Phil- adelphia 79; Slaughter, St. Louis 6. Hits — Adams, Cincinnati 148; Schoendienst, St. Louis 146; Mu- sial, St. Louis 145; Lockman, New York 143; Hamner, Philadelphia 132. * Home runs — Sauer, Chicago 34; Hodges, Brooklyn 27; Kiner, Pitts- burgh 26; 900; Wilhelm, New. York 11-2, .846; Black, Brooklyn, 10-2, .833; Yuhas, St. “Louis 8-2,.800; Roberts, Philadelphia 20-6, .769. American League Batting — Fain, Philadelphia .340; Mitchell, Cleveland — .332; Woodling, New York .323; Kell, Boston .313; Goodman, Boston .305. Runs batted in — Doby, Cleve- land and Zernial, Philadelphia 85; Robinson, Chicago 83; Berra, New York 78; Dropo, 16. Hits — Fox, Chicago 157; Fain, Philadelphia 141; Robinson, Chica- go 140; Avila, Cleveland and Jen- sen, : Home runs — Doby, Cleveland 27; Berra, New York 25; Zernial, Philadelphia 23; Rosen and Easter, Cleveland and Dropo, Detroit 20. Pitching — Consuegra, Washing- ton 6-0, 1.000; Shantz, Philadelphia 22-4, 846; Raschi, New York 14-2, .824; Bearden, St. Louis 7-3, .700; Five pitchers tied with .667. CHARM To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of are. -Goldsmith. Quality, not quantity, is my mea- sure, Douglas Jerrold. AND OLD TIRE || Wide, Flet Tread desige on the road... more | | ee ewe i | | U.S. HWY. NO. 1 iclyn 304. | bling High-Tensile assures carcass ceaght Migy tate tetera Now's the time fo trade your worn, unsafe tires for dependable, long wearing GULF_ TRAFFIC, TIRES “OTHER SIZES EQUALLY LOW SEE THESE GULF DEALERS GULFPRIDE SERVICE STATION Truman and Francis Sts. — DOWNTOWN GULF SERVICE STATION Front and Duvel Sts. < Phone 9712 Saturday, August 23, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 8 LEAGUE By RALPH RODEN Associated Press Sports Writer Cleveland Indians are in place today convinced they will win the 1952 American League One reason for their bright out- look stems from the fact they have conquered one of their chief stum- blocks of the past—the New York Yankees at the Yankee Sta- dium: The.notion in some quarters that the Indians ‘“‘choke up” when they the National League, the red St. is Cardinals defeated York Giants 31 to burgh, winning the first game, 9-2, nat "Philadelphia, oa oad nai 5 a Boned aerate Chicago, 4-3. Luke Easter, whose hitting the past few weeks has been instru- mental in Big Luke drove in four runs on to share the Phone 9116 PHONE 9851 FRANK'S GULF SERVICE STATION Eaton and William Sts. — Phone 9193 GREGORY'S GULFSTREAM SERVICE STATION Sigshee Road - Sigshes Park PARRISH’S GULF SERVICE |INDIANS TAKE LEAD Mitchell cracked out five straight singles and Bobby “Avila started the first triple play of the Amer- ican League season. ‘ The Indians bumped Allie Rey- nolds for two runs in the first in- ning on Mitchell’s single, a triple by Avila and an error by Collins. Easter put the game on ice with a three-run homer in the fifth and singled home an insurance run in the seventh. Avila pulled his fielding gem in the fifth. He speared Bauer’s low liner, stepped on second to double up Billy Martin and fired to first to nail Reynolds. SOFTBALL SCHEDULE: MONDAY— 7:30 — Telco vs. Wilkie. 9:00 — Coca Cola vs. Amberjack, TUESDAY— 7:30 — Kiwanis vs. Lions (Little League). 9:00 — G. E. vs. Navy. WEDNESDAY— 7:30 — Coca Cola vs. Saufley, 9:00 — Telco-vs. Amberjack, THURSDAY— 7:30 — Lions ys. Kiwanis (Little League). 9:00 — Wilkie vs. O’Brien. FRIDAY— 7:30 — G. E. vs. Navy. 9:00 — Manuel vs. Hospital. Lions and Kiwanis games are § playoff for 1952 championship, Lions won first half, Kiwanis sec: ond half. It’s a 2 out of 3 game series. A third game will be played Saturday if it is necessary. Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied. -Shakespeare, Your Grocer SELLS that Good STAR * BRAND AMERICAN COFFEE and CUBAN -—TRY. A POUND TODAT—— MARATHON, FLA, a sparkling 5 and 4 triumph over established nightclub and record All the charm of all the Muses assistant manager of the Lee Elec Bill Mawhinner, 23-yéar-old former making crooner. The score was 3 often flowering in a lonely word. tric Co-op. Ft. Myers. A successor Canadian champion from Van-' and 2. ‘ -Alfred Lord Tennyson. ‘has not been named. old batteries, iren and metal con verted inte cash. Call H. Feinstein.) s “ .