The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 9, 1952, Page 5

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 5 Coca Cola Whips USS Wilke On Don W illiams Two-Hitter By NESTOR CASTENEDA Behind the two hit pitching of Donny Williams, Coca Cola de- feated the USS Wilke 11-0 in the first game of a doubleheader in the Island City Softball League at Bayview Park last night. Williams had a no-hitter for five and two thirds innings. Hill’s triple in the sixth upset the ap- —: SPORTS :— |\yANKS; DODGERS ARE BASEBALL FIGHTING FOR FLAGS By JOE REICHLER split that gave the Giants a three- ‘eighth for the Giants, became AP Sports Writer to-two edge in the five-game series. | irked shes - he ceed Cox, ‘ ici P | “This s had t 4 returned to the lugou ‘Ox ap- p eee York Giants still be. a aes we had to win and | parently wanted to give Black a lieve in miracles and the Cleve- ape |little more rest before returning ene Manager Charlie Dressen of the lands refuse to vanish from the Dodgers retorted: |to the mound. The Brooklyn pit- race. “If we'd have won this one, [ee pelnerty he retired on a Thus the league-leading Brook- | they wouldn’t have a chance. But | ° ee = oe ae ackeut lyn Dodgers and New York Yan-! they've still Jot to go like hell. ie Brocka a ear ~ aed rs kees must extend themselves to the We won't blow it this year. I'm 4 ene Ceeenedi:t0 limit during the final three weeks | Tuesday, September 9, 1952 MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By The Associated Press National League Batting Musial, St. .335; Kluszewski, Cincinnati, Baumholt, Chicago, .312; Robin son, Brooklyn, .308; Schoendienst, St. Louis, .307. Runs batted in — Sauer, Chi- MONDAY’S RESULTS By The Associated Press American League No games scheduled) ; National League hauls: | Brooklyn 10-2 New York 2-3 (day- Shin. | night) (Only games scheduled) Key Wests Rabidest Rooters ‘Boost Sub Softball Loop Play By DOROTHY RAYMER If any more flying saucers are | in this area, shirts and assorted white hats with a few red toppers labled = aaah walk over to the Giant dugout. He some of either. | 332; Woodling, New York, .325; satisfied. I figured if we could win 8 plecart. The only other safety off Williams was a one out double by Reidberger in the seventh Only two other balls were hit off Williams to the outfield as he noted his seventh win of the second half of the season. Coca Cola didn’t exactly do any heavy hitting themselves but wildness on the part of the Wilke hurlers and some _ loose defensive on the part of the Navy boys gave Coca Cola the win. Coca Cola hit but three balls past the Wilke inner line of defense including Al Pazo’s | triple in the sixth. Coca Cola scored three times in. the first without the aid of | a hit on four walks, an error and | an outfield fly. They added four more in the third on an outfield fly on two walks, two errors and | two hits. A walk, a stolen base | and an error gave Coca Cola an- | other run in the fifth. In the| sixth, a walk, a hit batsman, singles by Solomon and Williams and Pazo’s triple netted them spotted them can be attributed to batting by the U. S. S. Sea Dog (SS 401) softball team. After watching the Sea Dog crew in action on the recreation field over at the Naval Station, Sunday evening, when they played the Sea Poacher and chalked up a winning score of 33 to 10, I’m thinking of swapping jobs with Jim Cobb, sports editor. He has a cushy berth, that is, he would have if all games were as exciting and as much fun to watch as the Sunday seven inning game. The Sea Dog’s skipper, Comdr. James B. Elliott, Jr., a nd his vi- | vacious wife called for me at 6 p. m. The enthusiasm was not confined to the adults in the Elli- ott family. In the back seat were Jimmy Elliott, II, who is bat boy for the Sea Dog, and his younger brother, John. Jimmy III is nine years of age. Both he and John, who is almost five, wore the blue and white uniforms with the Sea Dog emblem on the shirts. John had on a red cap... but that was not for the Sea Poacher opposition. It was so’s his three runs, mother can spot him at a dis- Williams also aided his pitch- {ng achievements with two singles in three trips to the plate. In the second game, a seven run rally in the second inning was all that Telco needed to take a 11-5 win over the USS} Manuel. The victory moved Telco into fourth place, a game and a half behind the third place Navy The Manuel took a 2-0 lead in the first inning when they com- bined a walk, an error and two hits for two runs. | Then, in the second, Telco broke loose with seven runs on two walks, two errors and four hits including a two run single by hurler Billy Davidson. They added two more in the fourth when Joe Castro was safe on an error and Frank Sands delivered his first home run of the season The Manuel knicked Davison for three runs in the fifth on a wlak, a single, a triple and a wild pitch after two were out. Teleo-came back in their halt of the fifth to score two more runs without the aid of a hit on three walks, a hit batsman and an outfield fly. Sands and Cabot were leading hitters for Telco collected a homer and single in four tries while Cabot pounded out two singles in four tries Parr and Shealy led the Manuel attack with two singles in fgur trips to the plate. Coach Paul Birch of ‘the Fort Wayne Pistons plays golf in the | low 80's, the Sands ois Is No Fish a Polc io Jose Pad and the Garcia's are visit siting ir | ers agiley, | of the tance. He has a habit of emulating | big brother in picking up bats |... and he doesn’t care which team he picks up for... so a close watch must be maintained. The boys were warming when we arrived but took time out to be introdueed. As each one doffed his cap, the impress- ion of goodlooking, wholesome Am- erican types went over strongly. | I apologized to the manager, Chief Harold Smith, a man with keen blue eyes, for not being a regu- |lar sports writer and so a little | hazy on writing play-by-play de- | scription. We climbed up into the bleach if not gracefully, and the wives and children of the | players were introduced. As Skip- | per Elliott pointed out, one of the reasons for the winning streaks “Blue and White Nine,” is the hearty support given them by their families. Moppets anc mothers crowded the stands anc rooted for the crew with all thc enthusiasm of a Big League audi ence. A Mrs. Mary O’Brien (whc isn't on the Sea Dog roster o Navy wives) is one of their out- side supporters. In a gravel voice (not her natural speaking voice) she screamed encouragement tc the Sea Poachers. Other fans shouted juicy bas@ball lingo with heavy humor. Sample: ‘Hey, pitcher! You look like one. You got ears like a pitcher!” It was all give and take in fun with de. risive exchanges made by a few Sea Poacher rooters on the other side of the diamond. The Poachers played in nonde | script outfits of fatigue pants, no tory CAUGE + up | |S. P. Not Shore Patrol, |The Sea Dogs wore natty blue | and white outfits which they init- |iated this weekend. Whether reg- ular playing suits improve a game | | or not, the psychological effect is | good. It looks as if Skipper Elli- | ott’s announcement that the team | is on the way to cinching top spot jin the Submarine Softball Lea gue is true. He said that winning games was not new to the team. |Last year they walked off with |the championship in the Ports- mouth Naval Shipyard League with a season record of 23 wins and only two losses. This year, the best six teams in the Sub league here, which boasts 20 teams in all, will play a double elimination to decide the champ- ionship. With a tenacity and consistency apropos of the emblem, a fish with the bulldog head on their shirts, the Sea Dog crew began the game slowly with red-headed pitcher, James F. Squires on the mound. After he got control es- tablished, he sent scorchers across the plate. Squires looks like a mov- ie version of what every young baseball player should be. To yells of “Take your time, that guy will swing at anything,” he finally overcame a walking complex and got down to real business with the ease of an expert. He hails from Spokane, Washington and has been with the Sea Dog since March. Nothing short of sensational was the good all-around playing and fine head work exhibited by He’s a Roxbury, Massachusetts | boy and he has that calculating New Englander’s form. In one inning he was caught between third base and home plate. He kept an eye on the ball as the | Poachers tossed it rapidly back | and forth and finally outsmarted them and made it safe, to loud cheers. Speed personified was a Scots- man from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Duane G. McDonald, right fielder. Coming home at a fast clip he managed to keep ahead of the ball which was so close he felt ‘he breeze and ducked to safety. Outstanding too was the work of Walter J. Wadja from Norwich, Connecticut. Wadja, which sounds like a lisped “Roger” knows the game and how to play it with an almost professional crispness. Besides the excellent backing of the rooters to spur them, the co- operation of the group is obvious- ly one of the secrets of their suc- cess. They play as a unit, not just as individuals and credit must go to everyone of the regular team and the substitutes. Here is the line-up besides those mentioned, all of whom play hard and with , a will to be out there on top George R. Keddy, third baseman. | cago, 116; Hodges, Brooklyn, 98, | Ennis, Philadelphia, 94; Thomson, New York, 93; Slaughter, St. Louis, 92. Hits — Musial, | Schoendienst, St. Louis, 179; Ad. ‘ams, Cincinnati, 164; Lockman, New York, 160; Dark, New York, 155. Home runs — Sauer, Chicago, |35; Kiner, Pittsburgh, 31; Hodges, Brooklyn, 30; Gordon, Boston, 22; Mathews, Boston, 21. ea — Corwin, New 1.000; Roe, Brooklyn, Johnson, Boston, 5-1, .833; Black, Brooklyn, 13-3, .813; Wil- helm, New York, 12-3, .800; Yu- has, St. Louis, 8-2, .800 American League Batting Fain, St. Louis, 170; York, 11-2 Philadelphia, when championship time comes around probably in November: Henry V. Espiniosa, catcher, | Allison, Colorado. Kenneth K. Brewer, pitcher, sa, Oklahoma. David A. Younken, catcher, Po- , cono Manor, Pa. (he just reported | this month and although new is shaping up nicely). Ramon Botelle, catcher, El Paso, Texas. Richard A. Phillips, | St. Joseph, Michigan. | Edward M. Curry, Ist base, Swampscott, Massachusetts. Henry Urguhart, 2nd base, Chi cago, Ill. (most unique style run ner you've ever seen). James V. Consalvi, short stop and right field, Suffolk, Mass. Rhodes Boykin (LTJG), 2nd base ; and right field, Birmingham, Ala- | bama. | William G. Blansett, centerfield, Lindsay, Oklahoma. Enrique B. Cruz, pitcher, Guam Marianas Island. When the flood lights came on, the game which began at 6 p. m., took on a revved up aspect. The coach’s wife, Mrs. H. D. Smith finally had to chew up throat lozengers and Gina Elliott, the skipper’s wife was right in there with the fans calling encourage- ment in good old baseball style. A side game of patty-cake went on between little Dolores Still, daughter of Chief Still, and an uni- dentified small friend, but even the kids finally had all eyes on the players as they went on to win, 33-10. Tul- left field, The Sea Dog is living up to its | past naval history in another field of glory. — ON CHARTER BOAT Wo TT APPEARS THAT THE saupeivli PARTY shown above hed a br om Tampa. ~ Se cs ae ae aty time of tt when they £ ! Mitchell, Cleveland, .324; ;man and Kell, Boston, .311. Runs batted in —Doby, Cleve | and Zernial, Philadelphia, 95; Rosen, Cleveland, 92; Robinson, Chicago and Dropo, Detroit, 89. Hits — Fox, Chicago, 167; Fain, | Philadelphia, 160; Avila, Cleve | land, 157; Rubinson, Chicago, 156; | Rosen, Cleveland, 154. Home runs — Doby, Cleveland, | 30; Berra, New York, 29; Easter, | Cleveland, 28; Zernial, Philadel- phia, 27; Rosen, Cleveland and Dropo, Detroit, 25. Pitching — Consuegra, Washing- | | ton, 6-0, 1.000; Shantz, Philadel- '86; Raschi, New York, xorman, New York, 5-2, “Reynolds, New York, 17-8, Good- Hurricane Drills Show Defensive Weakness’ .~ CORAL GABLES, Fla. —With the close of football practice t the University of Miami last | Spring, Coach Andy Gustafson said the most glaring weakness of the 952 football prospects was | the three deep defenders. This still seems to be the chief provicm child of the University jof Miami coaching staff after a | week of fall practice. Coach Gus- tafson said today: “We haven't come up with an answer to our, |three-deep problem yet. We're | going to have to improve greatly jhere, if we expect to be able to stop the kind of passing we will | bump up against this year. In scrimmages to date, the three-deep defenders have prov- | jen woefully weak. Art ‘nust, who worked as a/| ; defensive helfback last fall part | lof the time, missed the spring | |drills, which did not help the |cause. As yet, no one has shown | any signs of coming tp with the kind of play All-American Jim Dooley gave th Hurricanes last | fall at the other halfback slot. | At present, the coaches have a| Fort Lauderdale boy, Carl Garri- | }gus working at Dooley’s post, | {with Bob Schneidenbach work- | jing at the safety position | The Freshmun squad being thoroughly scanned in an_ effort to try and find men who may help out as three-deep defend- ers. s the Hurricanes came nax yof their first work, Coach Gustafson said the | squad sti’ has a log way to go before it will be able to step in- to action. The Hurricane grid- irion boss plans to give as many boys as possible a chance io play jin the coming pre son clash {with Fort Jackson, S. C. Sept 15, in the Orange ‘ Jackson we to the of week will be t lic, Anyor Baseball Standings By The Associated Press Won Lost National League | Today's ‘Games American & New Y The Indians them are in Neither day. games, day’s split five lengths | of the campaign if they meet in the October World Series. The Yankees own a two-game | lead in the American League race | but must play all but three of their | final 16 games away from home. |ber of games to play, but 14 of kees and Indians meet only once more this season, but that game, too, will be played in Cleveland. the Dodgers Giants has a schedule advantage. ; Each club has 16 to play at home | Share the staring role with Sal |and three on the road. But the | Maglie, Giants are comforted by the fact | | that they are better off this seas- en than they | Last year at this time, the Giants! leold a | trailed the Brooklyn Dodgers by 642 | Seventh, following yester- | With the score tied and the poten- Today, day-night | tial leading run on third base and) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER §— The Giants’ have been stopped when the Dod- | Mueller are to) and we did.” Giant tought “All he have the same num- | year,” Cleveland. The Yan- | go.” nor the split. But the Maglie, were a year ago to- | fore, skipper differently, I know said. | Now we're five back with the Giant pitching Leo naturally. is we “That 19 Giants outfielder had ace. two of the five games we're in — Durocher were five | games back with nine to go last I know to It was Mueller’s double in the jlast half of the ninth that scored Hank Thompson from second with the run that gave the a to | returning to the mound after being knocked out the day be: hurled three masterful shut- | out innings in relief and stopped of their doubleheader, New York was only | Nobody out. in back. | Thompson desperate bid to | laced Brooklyn retiring opened rally with a single, moved to sec- | ; x overtake the Dodgers appeared to | ond on a sacrifice and scored when | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER !1— double threat three in the a two-out the Dodgers gers crushed them, 10-2, in the af- | down the left field line. The victory | ternoon clash, but Leo Durocher’s | went to Maglie. gallant crew bounced back to win| Black, Brooklyn's ace reliever, 3-2, | Alvin Dark | two-out double by Don Mueller won | highlighted | for the Giants after Joe Black's barb, | brilliant relief hurling and Duke , part of both clubs, three hit bats- power hitting had given , men, | Snider’s to barge back into the thick | | of the batle A two-run sixth inning homer by opener. The first and a_ninth-inning, by constant an game three hours and 12 minutes, a first-class accidental which bickering on the Dodgers an easy first-game | other signs of frayed tempers. The rhubarb erupted with two | triumph. “They'd better not stop to look | out in the Dodgers’ back because we're coming.” ninth. Larry Jansen, who | the night portion of the twin bill, | | yielded six hits in 7 2-3 scoreless innings to receive credit for aa lasted was rhu the | | | spiking and | half of the | had | shouted Dark following yesterday's jcome to the mound to start the | DICK PRESENTS ration - Wise jumpire Lee Ballanfant, | dered him back to the mound. Jan- | sen obeyed, but hit Cox was intercepted, however, by plate who or- in the small of the Dack with his first |pitch. Ballanfant quickly ejected Jansen from the game. Durocher came storming out of the dugout, ordered his infielders off the diamond and took up the argument with the umpires. Order was finally restored and Dave Koslo took the mound for the Giants. SUBMARINE SOFTBALL SCHEDULE Sea Cat - Odax — 1400. winning] WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10— Sea Poacher - Bushnell — 1400, Sea Poacher - Odax — 1400, Balao - Sea Dog < 1900. Chopper - Archerfish — 2130, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12— Sea Cat - Bushnell — 1400. 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