The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 28, 1952, Page 5

Quarterback Club Drive Nears The old pigskin was placed down on the 50 yard line today and the committee heading up the drive for the Quarterback Club to raise $3,600.00 to sod the outfield of Wicker’s Stadium for High school football this season was optimistic over the ultimate sttéeéss of the drive. What! Hold it there, The Over- seas ‘Transportation company just came thi the announce- ment that 10 ttucks would be al- located, free of charge, to haul the sod from Dania to Key West. ‘Glynn Archer,. president of the ‘Quarterback club, is also recruit- img Volunteers among the Overseas | Transportation drivers to drive the trucks to Key West. the Quarterbacks are running some pretty offensive plays, i Jack Sellers just sent in a check for $33.00 for Monroe Motors. that the Jerry Trevor confirmed Florida National .Bank was mail- seeeow S| BASEBALL —: SPORTS :— Another ring of the phone and an | ing in a check for $100: Columbia anonymous person, but real sport, Laundry in addition to washing said he would guarantee the tol) | uniforms, free of charge for the | through the toll gates for the truck. | High school football players, also | Where was the ball? On the | came through with $50.00, 50 yard line. Boy, the pigskin is The Kiwanis club donated it’s now resting on the 85 yard line and | second yard of sod and the Sina- bees onchs Drop CloseGame ~ To St. Petersburg Wed. In a tight game, the result of. which ‘was in doubt right down to the wire, The Key Wart fence dropped a close, one run decision last night to the St. Petersburg Saints in that city. The score was ‘21. . Key West’s own George Vidal held the Saints to four hits only to see the ballgame go out the window in the last of the ningh when Max Gnagy -singled Billy Spears home with the winning run. ** Earlier, the Conchs had tied up the ballgame when they were able to manufacture a score on the four hits which hurler Billy Greene al- lowed them. With just 10 playing days left “in the Florida International League season, the Miami Sun Sox clung to their 1%4-game lead Wednesday night by wi ig the Tampa Smokers, 6-2, for their eighth vic- tory in a row. ; The Miami Beach Flamingos remained hot on the trail in~the | 2team battle for the FIL pennant | by downing Lakeland, 6-1. ; Billy ‘Harris collected his 23rd victory in pitching the Sun Sox to eel vietory over lap and he. a record by lasting iavagh ‘his complete game. Harris has lost six games. Miami won with four runs in the ‘on singles by Harris, Bragan and Rocky Rotzell, a s, and a 2-run throwing er- Barrett, the Tampa + t Shion. oa : Aree ‘ s ¥ lanager Charlie Harris pitched a 3-hitter to give his West. Palm Beach Indians a 4-1 victory over Havana in the first game of a doubleheader, but the Cubans came back to win the second game 4-3. DUGOUT DIGGING: Tonight the Conchs tangle with the Saints in the finale of the current series after which they will: journey to Lakeland for a three game stand They will then return to Key West to wind. up the season with a trio of games with St. Petersburg and four with the Havana Cubans in cluding a Friday night twin bill. FSL Clubs Fight For Playoff Spots By F. T. MacFELY Associate Press Staff Writer The playoff lineup in the Fior- fda State League could be decided tonight when the Daytona Beach Islanders meet the Palatka Aza- leas at Palatka, A Palatka victory will clinch third place over the whole season for the Azaleas. Jacksonville Beach pretty well sewed up second place with a 103 win over Orlando Wednesday night. Palatka, 14 games behitid Jack- sonville Beach with only “two to play, whitewashed Sanford, 5-0, Daytona Beach, another half game | back, nipped Leesburg, 4-2. | In the other game, Last-place , Cocoa scored ‘eight runs in the ninth inning to overturn the league- champion DeLand Red Hats, 12-8. | Over-all standings—which are separate from the second - half! standings—determine lineups for | the. playoffs beginning Saturday. DeLand will be host to one pre- | liminary series against the fourth- place team. The second-place team is host to the third-place team. * BERRA MAKES 27TH HOME RUN By RALPH RODEN Associated Press Sports Writer It would not be surprising to All-Stars Whip SubRon Four Baseballers By PEDRO AGUILAR WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS By The Associated Press American League — New York 12 St. Louis 7 Philadelphia 6 Cleveland 5 Boston 5 Detroit 0 Chicago 4 Washington 1 National League Chicago 10 Brooklyn 5 New York 5 Pittsburgh ¢ Philadelphia 7 St. Louis 2 Boston 12 Cincinnati 7 (10 innings) Florida International League Miami 6 Tampa 2 Miami Beach 6 Lakeland 1 St. Petersburg 2 Key West 1 West Palm Beach 4-3 Havana 14 Florida State League Cocoa 12 DeLand 8 ‘ Jacksonville Beach 10 Orlando Palatka 5 Sanford 0 Daytona Beach 4 Leesburg 2 MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By The Associated Press American League Batting — Fain, Philadelphia, -336; Mitchell, Cleveland, .332; Woodling, New York, .326; Kell Boston, 306. ae ssaicnarly — sifeassse F} SBEBRSES BeRERRER 4 B 8 gines BE8E ReSeBREB ft 8 -312; Goodman, Boston, 3s a Saufley Bows Te Coea Cola Softballers By Nestor Castenada Coca Cola defeated the Saufley, 14-3 in the first game of a scheduled double header last night at Bayview Park in the Is- land City Softball league. In the second game, the Telco nine won on a forfeit from the USS O’Brien. In the league game played, The Saufley practically handed Coca Cola the win when Alaburda, the Saufley starting pitcher walked fourteen batters while his team- mates committed five errors be- hind him, ¢ Coca Cola knicked Alaburda for only four hits, but was constantly in trouble as a result of his wild- ness. Coca Cola knicked Alaburda for only four hits, but was constantly in trouble as a result of his wild- ness. oca Cola scored a run ‘in the first. when Al Pazo. doubled, and scored moments later on an error, The Saufley tied it up in the second on two singles and an error, Coca Cola took the lead once a- gain in the third when two walks and John Cruz's double pro- duced two runs. They added three more in the fourth without the | aid of a hit. Five walks and an error sparked the rally. Coca‘Cola iced the game in the fifth with an eight run rally on five walks, two hits, two errors and an outfield fly. Donny Williams went all the way for the Coca Cola for his sixth win. He allowed six hits, struck j out five and walked four. John Cruz led ‘the Coca Cola at- tack: driving in three runs with a double and outfield fly. Bowley led the Saufley at the plate with a double. and single in three tries. The Teléo defeated Coca Cola in the nightcap in an exhibition game, 8-4, Husband Takes Wifey Back LOS ANGELES # — Virginia's LeTourneau's patient ex-husband Armand says he'll take her back “for the sake of our 10-year-old son."" tour with a 17-year-old neighbor boy, Jimmy Sherwin. They were arrested in Arizona lagt month. Wednesday, in jail, the woman | kissed and made up with Armand LeTourneau, 30, from whom she won an interlocutory divorce prior to her love-flight. “Everybody,” “makes mistakes,” Virginia will stay in jail, how ever, at least until Sept. 10, That's the day she’s to be sentenced on her plea of guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. said Armand, Ernie Clark gave Oriando only six bits and coasted through on | his mates’ 21-hit attack on John Skinner and Al Onulink.- tt’ was Red Tres * sod the Jack: sonville Beach manager celeb: ed it with three hits. | : Ugatie Jacksonville Beach shortstop, twice was hit by pitches | thrown by Onuliak. After the sec ond time, Ugarte strode to the mound and took a swing at the Pitcher, Ugarte was banished. Joe pitched a 6-hit If there's a small amount of gin ger ale left in a bottle you can mix it with brown sugar and use it to glaze a small “cottage roll” or “daisy” ham. Use about a quart er cup of gingerale for a cup of | brown sugar. on second and third, Second Base- man Dick Penner fielded a ground er, threw to Gene Pollard at first, | Pollard ran across the diamond to tag Hal Long between second USS | | why Greenberg passed up an op- | portunity to obtain the tall right- | hander. j Virginia, 28, took. a 10,000-mile shutout for Palatka. The Azaleas | and third, then threw to Catcher | jumped on Murray Byrd for 10 | Pardue te get John Pawlick at hits and four runs in the first four home. ‘Two home runs by Buck Pardue scored his 148th run of the season and triple play helped Daytona to bresk a leacue record, but it Beach heat Leesburg. The triple s the oaly ght spot of the bright play>went this way: With runners | night for the champs. r find the faces of General Managers Joe Cronin of the Bostor Red Sox and Hank Greenberg of the Cleve- land Indians a bit red today. The cause of it all can be laid at the feet of Ray Scarborough, a 35-year-old pickle salesman from Mt. Olive, N. C., who is currently ‘employed as a pitcher by the |American League's pace-setting |New York Yankees. Fans in Boston probably are de- manding to know why Cronin sold Scarborough to the Yanks. Those in Cleveland must be wondering Scarborough “embarrassed the front office chiefs of the Boston and Cleveland clubs Wednesday by gaining credit for the Yanks’ 12-7 vietory over St. Louis. The triumph enabled the Yanks to Stretch their lead to two games over the second-place Indians in the pressure-packed race. The Indians dropped back by bowing, 6-5, to Philadelphia. Bos- jton’s third-place Red Sox re- | mained 3% games astern as Mel | Parnell shut out Detroit, 5-0. In the remaining American League game, the White Sox defeated | Washington, 4-1. as four Chicago ; hurlers combined to pitch a 4-hit- ter, with the win going to Harry Dorish. Brooklyn stubbed its toe in its march to the National League pen- nant by dropping a 10-5 decision to the Chicago Cubs while the run. |nerup New York Giants sneaked | |by Pittsburgh, 54, to reduce the Dodgers’ advantage to 9% games. In night games, Philadelphia, be- | j hind Curt Simmons, handed St. ; Louis its fifth straight defeat, 7-2, and Boston downed Cincinnati, 12- 7, in 10 innings. Scarborough was procured ‘by | the Yanks from Boston on Aug. 22 for the $10,000 waiver price. He | started eight games for the Red Sox and his lone victory in six The Key West All-Stars lost the | Runs batted in — Zernial, Phila- first game of a series with the | delphia, 88; Doby, Cleveland, 86; heseeees SSseuees gee: ‘Thuradey, August 78,1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN _—Pave § “PITCH AND CATCH” By GENE GRAHAM After scanning the list of All Star{ ing batter is ‘‘an offensive player ‘selections of the eee takes bis positnn Ps ae sters| ter’s box.” We have an idea some capaci ypc g ererred rules would be added or changed i if the maneuver was ever attempt- ed. In Bg @ game as traditional as base- il it is difficult to change the rules or the implements of battle. qe8 a FE ES Offensively| the other night, prompts us to as follows: | once again wonder why batters do rubber either on or under the cap .236 | at all times or when at bat. Play- ers being spiked causes us to won- der why it is necessary that cleats “| on baseball shoes must be made of er on paper or out on the field. | sharpened steel when football play- Nap i# still a big leaguer at heart|¢rS and golfers manage so well ‘ the concealed weapons. and has been a steady, hustling| <overal years ago we witnessed & performer for the Conchs. Around| demonstration of an apparatus the league the opposition usually | which flushed debris from home jockey Mr. Showboat with a grin} plate by means of a jet of com- and Nap either comes back with a pressed air. The idea seemed prac- or goes on his confident way! tical and worked well enough to cud. When the | be tried out ina semi-pro tourna- Mr. Reyes is usual- | ment in the midwest but apparent- head, heart or | ly wasn’t adopted nationally. Per- produce as a capable| haps ten or twenty years from now . when such things. are standard *: equipment, we will wonder why How do you suppose FI League/ they were not adopted years ago. umpires would react to. a Conch|Such things make the game of player who took his position in the! baseball all,the more unpredictable batter’s box without a bat in his| and are like bad’ relatives .. . we hand? We don’t know either. The| have to live with them until they rules simply state that a qualify-|die off. SubRon Four team, champions of the Navy league last night at Wickers Field by a 10-9 score, The game started out as a pitchers duel between Alce of the All-Stars and Cheesman of the Navy. The Conchs scored one run in the opening frame when Acevedo doubled, Santana walk- ed and Acevedo sent him to third with a double. Brokwn then came *o the plate and drove a line drive into the second baseman’: glove to double Acevedo off the bag. Santana then stole hore, In the sixth ipaing, the fire- works started when the SubRon nine exploded for eight runs on a like number of hits when 13 men went to the plate. Alce pitch- ed to six batters in that inning and Sweeting to five. Byrd then came in and put out the fire. In their half of the frame, the Key West boys came back to score six runs on six hits and a brace of errors. In the seventh inning, the Navy boys scored their final run when Hoffses singled, stole sec ond and went to third on an in- field hit. He slid:home safely on | an attempt to steal when the | catcher dropped the ball. In the last half of the ninth | with the score 9-7 in favor of the | Navy, Sterling led off with a double to left field. Alonzo en tered the ball game to run for him and Villareal fanned and C. Valdez walked. Casado thén forced Valdez at second and Alonzo moved to third. Roberts hit.a triple to deep right field to score Alonzo and Casado. Rob- erts then scored the winning run on a throwing error. In the field, Kaiser and Mc- Clure for the Navy and San tana and Casado and Byrd stood out. Robinson, Chicago, 84; Rosen, Cleveland, and Berra, New York, 81. Hits — Fox, Chicago, 161; Robin- son, Chicago, 147; Fain, Philadel- Phia, 146; Avila, Cleveland, 144; Jensen, Washington, 142. Home Runs — Doby, Cleveland, and Berra, New York, 27; Zernial, Philadelphia, 25;- Rosen, Cleve- land, 23; Easter,.Cleveland, 22. Pitching — Consuegra, Washing- ton, 6-0, 1.000; Shantz, Philadel- hia, 22-4, 846; Raschi, New York, 15-3, .833; Benton, Boston, 4-1, .800, Schieb, Philadelphia, 9-4, .692. National League ‘ Batting. — Musial, St. Louis. .329; Kluszewski, Cincinnati, .318; Baumholtz, Chicago, .316; Lock: man, New York, .311; Robinson, Brooklyn, .303. go, 110; Thomson, New York, 89, Hodges, Brooklyn, 85; Campanel- Phia, 83. Musial, St. Louis, 154; Schoen dienst, St. Louis, 153; Lockman, New York, 151; Ennis, Philadel Dhia, 140. Home runs — Sauer, Chicago, 34; Kiner, Pittsburgh, 28; Hodges. Brooklyn, 27; Gordon, Boston, 21; Matlews, Boston, Campanella, Brooklyn, and Thomson, New York 19. Pitching — Roe, Brooklyn, 10-1, .909; Black, Brooklyn, 10-2, .833; Wilhelm, New York, 12-3, 800; Yu has, St. Louis, 8-2, 800; Roberts, Philadelphia, 20-7, .741. Today's Games By The Associated Press American League Boston at Philadelphia (2) | Cleveland at Detroit (twi-night) | Only games Natinal League | New York at Pittsburgh Brocklyn at Chicago Boston at Cincinnati A. the plate, Dziki with a pair decisions came on May 15, when he beat Chicago, 1.0. The latest Yankee entered the | game in the third inning in relief | of Allie Reynolds who was tagged for five unearned runs in the sec- jond. Scarborough limited the | Browns to three hits in four in- | nings and was awarded the vietory | when the Yanks came up with four |funs in the sixth to take a 106 lead. Yogi Berra was the big gun for | the Yanks. He slammed a pair of homers to boost his output to | 27 and tie Cleveland’s Larry Doby | for the league lead. of singles and Kaiser with two triples, set the pace. Says Flying Saucers Unreal NEW YORK #—The secretary of the Army, Frank Pace, says he thinks flying saucers ‘are prod. ucts of the imagination.” “I think we have enough real problems to worry about without conjuring an imaginary one,” Pace said on an NBC television program Wednesday night. Cleveland, and Mrs. Jacqueline ‘Young Golfers ‘Dominate In | Women’s Meet Pung, golfing mother from Hawaii. They squared off this afternoon at the 6,323-yard, par 36-37—73 j Waverley Country Club in this fashion: Miss Anderson-Mrs. Pung, Miss Lesser-Miss Romack, Miss Gar ner-Miss Snook, and Miss Doran Miss MeFedters. PORTLAND, Ore. % — Youth | takes over from the departed hampions ‘oday as eight players ho up in the quarterfinals of the Women’s National Amateur Golf Championship. Dorothy Kirby, the 1951 winner, | left the ranks, beaten, 4 and 3, by , long-hitting Edean Anderson, the current Canadian champion whose } home is in Helena, Mont. Dorothy's departure left the championship wide open and the field dominated by young golfers. The age ladder listed 17-year-cid Barbara Snook, Portland; three {i9-yearolds, Pat Garner, Mid. land, Tex., Barbara Romack, Sac Miss Anderson supplied the big panch in defeating the Georgia champion, but there were other surprises before the two round: were completed Wednesday. ' Miss Romack, California State and North and South titlist, over came vaunted Polly Ri Worth, on the 20th hole. Pretty Miss Garner knocked off Philadelphia at St. Louis (night) Florida Intern. al League Miami Beach at Lakeland Key West at St. Petersburg Havana at West Palm Beach Tampa at Miami Ficrida State League Daytona Beach at Palatka DeLand at Leesburg Jacksonville Beach at Sanford Cocoa at Orlando All-Stars Will Renew Feud With SubRon 4 Tonite The second contest in a three game series between the Key West All-Stars and the SubRon Four baseballers, titleholders in the | Navy league, is scheduled to be played tonight at the Wicker’s Field Stadium. Game time is 8 The All-Stars won the first game Tuesday night by a 10-9 score. The clubs will line up like this tonight: For the marr ee Four: Mace, catcher; O'Rourke, pitching; Lee at first, McClure at second Kiser at third, Elmore at short with Hoffses, Dziki and Wells in behind the plate with Kaki Red- riguez or George Lastres in the Runs batted in — Sauer, Chica | la, Brooklyn, 84; Ennis, Philadel , Hits — Adams, Cincinnati, 158, | P imade a good impression in spring | CONCH GRIDMEN LOSE THREE VETS MONDAY The Key West High School foot- ball team has lost three returnees tom last year's squad det U. S. Golfers Hot In Canadian Meet Coach Ed Beckman reported the loss of Gus Perez, 210 Ib. defensive 20s, a transfer| south of the border had Canada’s | Amateur Golf Championship al) but surrounded today as the last substitute tailback last year, 16 survivors hit the lumpy trail The loss of Perez will weaken the | to the semifinals of the 1952 tour- Knight, a 150 Ib. guard, and John tailback. | practice - with his running and | Cruz, 150 Ib. High. Lastres was ed to use his fine throwing to advantage when called upon pass this year. There will be many ne the starting lineup for game with Gesu High | ber 19. Only three men year’s starters are back — are: Tom West, 170 lb. guard, -| up nine birdies in 14 holes | walloped Lorne Smith, Dartmouth, Wild Bill Campbell and Silent Bill Shields—knowr hereabouts as the “Big Three” —10 U. S. aces blazed a plain pathway through the hilly Capilano Golf Course Wednesday and paved it with busted pars. Just six Canadians remained in the scrap for this morning’s sixth round. Urzetta, Campbell and Shields took a shortcut through par Wednesday. as they whipped two opponents apiece, in each case sav- ing their heaviest punch for the last man. Shields, the New York State champ from Albany, meee is N. S., 5 and 4. Urzetta, 1950 U. S. champ from East Rochester, N. Y., beat par by five strokes and Perey Clogg, Vancouver by 5 and 4. Campbell, the Huntington, W. 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