The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 27, 1952, Page 5

~ Conchs Nip St. Petersburg ~ With Fourteen Hit Assault Those unpredictable Key West Conchs, who have won four of | their last five starts, did it again last night in St, Petersburg when they tacked a 5-4 loss on the Saints. Rene Solis hurled his second win im a week when he set the home club back with eight hits. The Conchs exploded for four- teen hits in the win. The Conchs took an early lead with three runs in the opening frame. The Saints bid for ‘the lead in the same stanza fell one run short of ‘tying it up, but they suc- ceeded in. doing 80, in the fourth when two counters gave then them a one run lead. Key. West came back with a score in the eighth and another in the ninth gave them the verdict, The Conchs showed no love: for Amor when they blasted him from _ the mound in the sixth. Lopez took the loss. The Miam! Sun Sox,-who re- cently ‘set a Florida International League record for blanking the op- ‘position, tacked another shutout to their record Tuesday night. when they blanked the Tampa Smokers, 2-0. It was their 4st whitewash of the season. ‘The feat gained the Sun Sox no ground, however, in their battle with. the..Miami.Beach Flamingos for. the FIL pennant, for the Fla- ‘mingos at the same time pasted the Pilots,, 8-4. », Miami, was held to five hits, by Dale Matthewson but Paul Arm- strong’s double in the first inning was all that ‘was’ needed. It scored Humberto Fernandez with the win- ning rum: © Second-place. Miami Beach fired a 10-hit barrage to sink Lakeland. The Flamingos are just 144 games off the pace in the league cam- paign* which ends a week from Saturday. - -Whitey. Platt slugged two dou- bles,. one’ with the bases loaded, to.drive in four Miami Beach runs, and Jesse Levan supplied the rest of the necessary punch by lashing a 2-run homer in the seventh. Raul Sanchez hurled a 5-hit- ter to lead Havana to a 3-2 victory over West Palm Beach. DUGOUT DIGGINGS: The Conchs tangle again tonight with Saint Petersburg. Their next home ap- pearance will be with the same club on. Monday, September 1st. four game series with the Havana Cubans which, it was learned yes- {that peppery Mike Guerra, | Conch Directors 'M eet With FI Sie Prexy Citizen Staff Phe WHEN FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE President Henry S. Baynard (third from left) made his first official visit to Key West, he was entertained at the home of Dr. J. L. Lester. Shown with him, from the left, Dr, Lester, League Auditor Ed Wyman, Baynard, Club Secretary M. Ignatius Lester, president Louis Carbonell and Helio “Moni” B. Gomez, | terday, will be played in Key West: instead of in Havana as scheduled. And word from Havanw has it irked by the habit Joe Cambria has of selling his better ball players, has asked Aor his unconditional release at the season's end. What Miguel's plans for the future are, remains in doubt. The Senators, itis sus pected, would like to have him ir Washington to strenghten thei catching, but some quarters hav | it that he will be managing a FI club. next season. Yesterday, 2 deal was announced by Cambrie that will send hurlers Mike For niélles: and. Rauol Sanchez te Washington, which will undoubted- ly make Guerra that much unhap- | pier. Kéy West’ fans will receive. a | bonus in the form of an additional | The Dakotas are important and Minnesota rye-producing ’ states. INDIANS WHIP 4’S TUESDAY By JOE REICHLER Associated Press Sports Writer ixpendable” Bob Feller may ave lost some of his mound magic af years gone by but the stout- hearted Cleveland righthander is not ready to act as a sacrificial famb for anyone. The former strikeout king was enjoying the last laugh today fol- lowing one of his better perform- nees of the, year—one which velped the Indians rack up a vital triumph, The one-time Iowa farm-toy came within two outs of winning a hurling duel from the fabulou Bobby Shantz Tuesday night. be with all its grand old cl racter intact, Schlitz is deeply satisfying as well as thirst-quenching and fun to drink. People who know real beer understand why the beer that made Milwaukee fan is the most popular beer in history. More people prefer (and buy) Sch than any other beer. If you like L<-- you'll love £ * "| | fore leaving the mound in the ninth -inning with the Indians and Ath- letics deadlocked 3-3, The Indians went on to capture | ja thrill-packed 6-3 triumph in 11 in ‘nings to remain within one game | j of the American League-leading Yankees, who whipped the St. Louis Browns, 6-3, in New York. A 2-run triple by Barney Mc- Coskey, snapped the 3-3 deadlock and gave Reliefer Lou Brissie the win, Bris- sie, who also once wore the livery | of the Athletics, retired all eight men he faced and struck out Pinch litter Keith Thomas and the dan- serous Eddie Joost with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth after relieving Feller, According to a Cleveland saciier, Feller, assigned to oppose shantz in place of Mike Garcia, the Cleve- | land ace, was being sacrificed to | the 22-game winning Philadelphia | southpaw, | “Feller will be in there tonight | because he’s expendable,” wrote 'Ed McAuley, the able sports col- | umnist of the Cleveland News. “If the fabulous little Bobby Shantz is to win his 23rd game at the ex- pense of the Indians, it will hur! | less if he wins it from Feller.” | “We'll see tonight who is ex | pendable or who is being sacri- | ficed,”” was Feller’s reply. And for seven innings Bob out | pitched the league’s No. 1 pitcher, ‘limiting the As to one safety. He weakened in the ninth—but by this time had matched Shantz. Brooklyn’s runaway Dodgers | moved a step nearer to the Na- tional League flag, sweeping the 4game series in St. Louis with a 43 success over the Cardinals. The | second-place New York Giants re- mained 10% lengths tehind the Dodgers, winning a 14-8 slugfest in Pittsburgh. Boston’s Warren Spahn blanked the Reds in Cincinnati, 2-0, and the Chicago Cubs eked out a 13 inning, 3-2 victory over the Phila delphia Phillies on Dee Fondy’s run-scoring single. Washington ‘moved into fourth place in the American League as Bob Porterfield batted in the on}: run in winning a 1-0 duel fro Billy Pierce of the Chicago Whit Sox. The third-place Boston Re Sox continued to trail the Yankee by 3% games, vanquishing the De troit Tigers, 11-3. as Rookie Sam my White knocked in five runs, Serve your small fry chilled ap ple juice when they want a mid morning or mid-afternoon snack Apple juice also makes a deliciou punch, a good aspic, and a fine sauce for baked ham. WHATEVER YOUR NEE IN THE LINE OF Children’s TOYS COME TO THE TROPICAL TRADER 718 Duval St. Phone It. a Philadelphia discard, } BASEBAJ.L TUESDAY'S RESULTS By The Associated Press American League New York 6 St. Louis 3 Cleveland 6 Philadelphia 3 (11 in- nings) Washington 1 Chicago 0 Boston 11 Detroit 3 National League Brooklyn 4 St. Louis 3 New York 14 Pittsburgh 7 Boston 2 Cincinnati 0 Chicago $ Philadelphia 2 (13 in: mings) Florida International League Miami 2 Tampa 0 Miami Beach 8 Lakeland 4 Key West 5 St. Petersburg 4 Havana 3 West Palm Beach 2 Florida State League Palatka 4-1 Leesburg 2-0 (first game 11 innings; second. game 7 innings) DeLand 3 Orlando 2 Cocoa 5 Jacksonville Beach 2 rie Donen 5 Sanford 4 (14 - By The Associated Press Won Lost Pet. National League Brooklyn 81 New York 71 | St: Louis 12 Philadelphia 65 Chicago 61 Boston 53 Cincinnati 54 Pittsburgh 37 American League New York 73 Cleveland 71 Boston 67 Washington 65 Philadelphia 63 Chicago 65 St. Louis 52 Detroit 42 Florida International Miami 1. 9B | Miami Beach 4 Tampa St. Petersburg | Havana 71 | West Palm Beach 60 | Lakeland 48 | Key West 40 (101 Florida State League | DeLand ol Daytona Beach | Palatka 615 587 516 533 484 438 50 53 57 65 68 7 91 +289 579 513 -520 516 | Saslt@esrus 339 rc 681 579 RVABSSS 41 38 34 32 30 24 16 32 3 37 42 50 | Jaxville Beach Sanford | Orlando Leesburg Cocoa Today's Games" By The Associated Press Detroit at Boston Cleveland at, Philadelphia Chicago at Washington | National League | New York at Pittsburgh Brooklyn at Chicago Boston at Cincinnati (night) Philadelphia at St. Louis (night) Florida International League Miami Beach at Lakeland Key West at St. Petersburg Havana at West Palm Beach Tampa at Miami Florida State League Leesburg at Daytona Beach | Orlando at Jacksonville Beach Palatka at Sanford j Cocos at DeLand ‘Daytona Beach | ‘Beats Sanford By F. T. MacFEELY Associated Press Staff Writer The Floriia State League will ‘ave three 20-game winners if Ed- die Gasque of the Daytona Beach | 432 | 554 | 4 | 406 | —: SPORTS -— MAJOR | LEAGUE LEADERS By The Associated Press American League Batting — Fain, Philadelphia, Woodling, New York, .322; Kell, —— 312; Goodman, Boston, hind batted in — Zernial, Phila- | delphia, 87; Doby, Cleveland, 86; | Robinson, Chicago, 84; Dropo, De- troit, 79; Berra, New, York, 78. Hits — Fox, Chicago, 161; Fain, Philadelphia, 145; Robinson, Chica- go, and Avila, Cleveland, 144; Jen- sen, Washington, 141. Home runs — Doby, Cleveland, | 27; Berra, New York, 25; Zernial, Philadelphia, 24; Rosen and Eas- ter, Cleveland, 22. Pitching — Consuegra, Washing- phia, 22-4, .846; Raschi, New York, 15-3, .833; Benton, Boston, 4-1, 800; Bearden, St, Louis, 7-3, .700. National League Batting — Musial, St. Louis, 328; Kluszewski, Cincinnati, 317; Lock- man, New York, and Baumholtz, Chicago, .310; Robinson; Brooklyn, -306. Runs batted in — Sauér, Chica- go, 110; Thomson, New York, 88; Hodges, Brooklyn, 85; Campanel- la, Brooklyn, and Ennis, Philadel- phia, 82; Hits — Adams, Cincinnati, 156; Musial, St. Louis, 152; Schoen- dienst, St. Louis, 151; Lockman, |New York, 149; Ennis and Ham- | ner, Philadelphia, 137. Home runs — Sauer, Chicago, 34; Kiner, Pittsburgh, 28; Hodges, Brooklyn, 27; Gordon, Boston, 21; Thomson, New York, 19. Pitching — Roe, Brooklyn, 10-1, 909; Black, Brooklyn, 10-2, .833; Wilhelm, New York, 12-3, .800; Yu- 516 | has, St. Louis, 8-2, Roberts, Phila- delphia, 20-7, .741 in North Carolina are planted in cucumber each year. About 7,000 acres » Wednesday, August 27, 1952 Ax Falls In Women’s Golf Tournament. PORTLAND, Ore. (#—Most of the. favorites were still in the pic- ture but the ax falls twice today as‘ 32 contestants head into the second and third rounds of match play in the Women’s National Leading the parade, and doubt- less the most reliable favorite in the field, was the defending cham- pion and medalist from Atlanta, Dorothy Kirby. Playing over the 6,323-yard, par hetween Claire Doran, Cleveland, runnerup for the title at St. Paul last year, and capable Mary Ann Downey, Maryland and former Trans-Mississippi champion from Baltimore. 4 Other girls still on hand include Polly Riley, Fort Worth; Barbara Romack, Sacramento; Grace DeMoss, Corvallis, Ore.; Mary Lena Faulk Thomasville, Ga.; Edean Andérson, Helena, Mont.; Helen Sigel, Philadelphia; Mae Murray, Rutland, Vt.; Gra Lenczyk, Newington, Conn.; and ——— McKinnon, Lake Worth, a, In some areas of South Amer- ica the praying mantis grows so large that it attacks and eats small frogs, lizards and birds. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 5 MacFadden To Parachute Again NEW YORK —Bernarr Ma¢- Fadden, publisher and physical culturist, is flying to Paris to make a parachute jump into the Seine River to celebrate his 84th birth- da: \y- McFadden, who was 84 Aug. 16, left here by plane Tuesday. For the jump he took along red under- wear, a life preserve and shoes with 2-inch sponge soles. He told newsmen at Idlewild Air- port that he would make the jump —his third in three years—to prove that “getting old is a bad habit.” Qe THAT LIVETH WITHOUT DOUGH 16 a WISE HOMBRE YOU'LL BE A WISE HOMBRE IF YOU TRADE WITH US DICK’S | TIRE SERVICE Ph. 778 929 Truman Ave. DICK’S PRESENT PRE-LABOR DAY Natio Islanders can squeeze in another | one before the season closes Fri: | day night. Gasque went 14 innings to get his 19th victory Tuesday night, 5-4, over Sanford. Two Daytona Beach }errors let the Seminole Blues tie the score in the ninth and Gasque | had to wait until Sanford Relief | Hurler George Kenis let loose a wild pitch with bases loaded in the 4th to sew it up. Already in the 20-win bracket re Tom Mills, Jacksonville Beach, with 26, and Cecil Hutson, Palatka, | with 21. In spite of the triumph Daytona | Beach lost a little ground in its battle with Palatka for third place in the all-season standings. Palat- ka trimmed Leesburg twice, 42 and 1-0. The first game went 11 innings and the second was cut to seven by agreement. Cocoa spilled Jacksonville Beach America’s Fieest Regelar Prassee Tire WS.ROYAL De Luxe} US. at NOW wages wow $16.75. fons wate can nsade ter Pretecten—satety bended gn-Wide U.S.ROYAL Now Millions More Can Own Them —at the Biggest Savings in Years! The eriginal, genuine Air Ride tires that @ on Amorica’s fines! new cars) have never been duplicated! © absorb the read in silence at any speed? 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