The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 6, 1952, Page 5

trand Baseballers Whip Marines In Thriller At Naval Station Sunday By PEDRO AGUILAR * Strand Theatre baseball nine yes- | terday afternoon defeated the U. S. | Marines’ nine by an 8 to 7 score. j The exciting game was played at | the Naval Station field. 2 The winning run was scored by | Deeb nt (® — The official the Strand Theatre in the last half | Page 25 pire if Duke Snider gets of the ninth when Al Cabot singled | hot “he can break this series wide By GAYLE TALBOT to score Pazo from second with the needed counter. Earlier in the in- ning Pazo’s single brought Beiro | home with the tying run. Strand scored three runs in the first on a walk, two errors and a fit by Cabot, and one in the third ! single by C. Valdez and a triple by Cabot, In the fifth frame, Quesada reach- ed first on an infield single and Pazo hit a drive to the pitcher who overthrew first and Quesada went all the way to third. Valdez drove ; a bouncer to third who threw home fo nail Quesada while Pazo went all the way to second base. Valdez and Pazo then pulled off a success- ful double steal. Pazo scored on a fielder’s choice.’ The Marines scored one in the second when Schultz got an infield hit and went to second base on a wild pitch. Brestel walked and Schultz was out trying to steal third. Madden singled to right field and Brestel went to third. Brestel then scored on a fielder’s choice. In the fifth, Quesada relieved Rodriquez on the mound. Guidry singled over second to start the ball rolling for the Marines. Headlough was safe on a fielder’s choice, Gui- dry going to second. Krempasky walked to fill the bases. Schultz then came through with a double to center to clean the bases. He went to third and scored when no one was covering the plate. In the sixth, the Strand plated their last two runs. Green was safe | on an error and Coates sacrificed him to second. Keogh hit a terrific line drive to deep right center for a triple that scored Green. Guidry then singled Keogh home. In the sixth, the Strand plated one run when D. Lastres singled, went to second on a wild pitch and came home on a wild pitch and an _ error. And then came the fatal seventh and the ball game. Cabot sparked the winners at the plate with a triple and two singles when he drove in four counters. For the losers, Schultz hit a double and single which drove in three runs, Keogh and Guidry ,also shone. Coates, Madden, Pazo and Las- tres also. showed well afield. City Softball Title Series To Start Tonight The first game in a best 3 out of 5 series for the 1952 Island City Softball Championship will get underway tonight, 7:30 P.M. in Bayview Park. Coca Cola, winner of the first half, will meet General Electric, winner of the second half, in what promises to be some very hard fought and interesting games. Each time these two clubs have met it was anybody's game until the last man was out. ‘They are very evenly matched ‘end the breaks of the game will probably determine the winner. At 9 P. M. there will be an exibition game, yet to be arranged. beginning at | | open.” | They can write that again. Yesterday, the Duke, along with Dodger outfielders Carl Furillo and | Andy Pafko, hit a torrid pace in | Brooklyn’s 11-inning, 6-5 victory over the New York Yankees. If the series isn’t broken wide open, at least it’s severely bent. | Now the Dodgers will try to clinch the world title in six games as the series moves back to Ebbets Field today. | three games, the Yanks two. Manager Charlie Dressen has tapped Billy Loes to try to wrap it up. He’s told the youngster to jrear back and fire the ball in- | stead of trying to out-think the Yank batters as he did in a dis- astrous relief stint in the second game. Vie Raschi will go to the mound |for the American League cham- | Pions. The job the Dodgers did yester- day on a couple of second-line Bomber throwers, Ewell Black- well and Johnny Sain, was a beaut. That was all Casey Stengel could | talk about—Pafko and Furillo go- ing up in the stands and practi- cally mingling with the crowd in | right field to rob his team of two home runs. “You saw it,” said the Yankee manager after the game. ‘‘There’s |nothing I need to tell you. That ‘fellow (Erskine) doesn’t get that kind of fielding behind him, we | win it. Never saw two better j eatches anywhere. That fellow got better as he went along, but he didn’t get that kind of fielding we beat him.” Which was absolutely true. Er- |skine didn’t permit another Yank | hit after Johnny Mize unloaded: his three-run homer to put the Bomb- ers out in front 5-4 in the fifth. In fact, he retired the last 19 Yank | batters in succession, but he could | have been badly bruised with any- thing less than the magnificent sup- | port he received. Some thought that Pafko made | the greater catch when he leaped }to make a one-handed stab of | Gene Woodling’s long belt in the second inning. Others thought Fur- illo’s robbery of Mize for the econd out in the 11th won the | prize. To a man, the Dodgers: conceded | that they were dying while Mize’s lith-inning blast sailed out there. | They thought it was going in, sure. It was a brawling game in which so many things happened that, it was difficult to get a very clear picture of it in retrospect. First | there was Snider bringing the | great crowd of 70,536 to its feet, and then Mize, only a few minutes | later, rendering them" virtually de- |lirious with his mighty three-run slam into the chairs. Again there was Snider tying it seventh, and finally the Duke win- ning it with his double in the 11th. It would be easy to overlook Er- skine’s remarkable performance. | The box score says that the Yan- jkees made five hits, but you {should have seen them. The first Brooklyn has won Duke Snyder Sparks Dodgers In Series * BENCH ‘VIEWS By JACK K. BURKE | After witnessing the University |of Miami and Alabama grid clash on Friday night at the Orange Bowl the Benth sat by a television set on |Saturday and watched the World Series and also the Stanford-Michi- gan football game. The U OF M-Ala. contest was disapointing to many but the ioss was expected by the experts. Ala- bama was a seven point favorite because of their strength and also the player capabilities. They have one of the leading ground gainers in the country in a lad by the name of Lewis and their offensive tac- tics are something to watch. Miami had their ground defense working but it was the aerial play that was the biggest help to the Crimson Tide. Miami was hindered due to the lack of experience in many po- sitions. The most important was pass protection. Three out of four passes that were attempted, the passer was smothered before he had a chance to get set, Downfield blocking was another. Many times one key block could have gotten the runner away, but there was an Ala- bama defense man waiting. | The best defense man that Miami {has this season is Rex Shiver, who proved his ability more than once. He is quick to figure out where the play is going and get the runner. ‘That night he made 16 tackles and was given credit fer 10 more, which ‘is a night’s work for one man. One thing that I overlooked. (In the fourth quarter when Miami was behind 14-7), the Hurricanes had the ball on their own 27 yard line. It was fourth down and less than | one yard to go for a first. There were 10 minutes remaining in the game. “If you were quarterback what would you have done? You would have done what James the QB of Miami started to do, run the ball, But Coach Gustafson didn’t want it that way and sent in the kicker. The 53,000 or so that saw _ the game sent up a howl for not {letting the boys try to make it. Gustafson’s logic was right for up at 5-5 with a line single in the there was still time remaining to | | get the ball back and start another through the Brook infield. The only tone worthy of the namé was Mize’s homer. It alone was well and truly swatted. ‘ After that, nothing. Although Joe one, by Mickey Mantle to lead off | Black had run all the way to the the fourth, was a drag bunt. The {bullpen and started lathering up inext three, which put the Yanks | after the second Yank hit, Man- back in business in the fifth, were | ager Chuck Dressen stuck qwith mangey singles which drixbbled |Erskine, and he was well rewarded. SCENE THIS Is THE « and his fourth rua betted IN THE t ITH INNING OF THE FIFTH W' ORLD SERIES niger GAME at the Yankee Ste :| earned. drive, but the grandstand quarter- backs couldn’t see it that way. To be a coach you have to listen | to what the people say but at least you don’t have to do what they want. The series was exciting till Mize over, at least for me. The Stamford Michigan game was a great thrill, for both schools have excellent coaches and | also stand out players in various | positions. Stanford won the game by a score of 14-7 on straight foot- ball which few colleges do now days. One important thing which was the first time since I picked up | a football some 18 years ago, was jthe defensive team for Stanford getting into a huddle at the line of scrimmage before each play and as Michigan came-up to the line they immediately got into their type of defense. This seemed to keep the players, at least the offensive team of Michigan in a quandry as to system proved favorable, at least in my viewpoint. It looks like more schools would adopt the same sys- tem, More on this will be covered | later. 19th HOLE Due to another scheduled tourna- | ment being held, the regular Sun- |day Big League was cut down to | nine holes and as the case usually is, Joey Lopez Jr., (nine in a row for the young son of the pro), Clem Price, Hy Altman and Joe Foley | took first prize with a point score | of 48. Next Sunday a four-ball tourna- ment will be held and all players that want to participate are asked to call the clubhouse and give their name, SPORTS MIRROR By The Associated Press TODAY A YEAR AGO — The New York Giants scored five runs in the fifth inning to defeat the New York Yankees, 6-2, and take a 2-1 lead in the World Series. FIVE YEARS AGO—Lefty Joe Page turned in five scoreless in- nings in relief as the New York Yankees won the seventh game of the World Series against the | Brooklyn Dodgers, 5-2, to become the world champions. TEN YEARS AGO—Maxie Sha- piro won an upset decision over Bob Montgomery after flooring |Chivo Downs _|Pix Show That Series Ump Calls One Wrong Sun. By JOE REICHLER NEW YORK —A picture se- Cero In Sul Softball Sum. The first place Chivo downed a fighting Cero softball aggregation Sunday night by a 6-4 score in the quence of yesterday’s World Series game appeared today to show that American League umpire Art Pas- Submarine Softball loop on the) carella made a wrong call~and Naval Station cance. Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick The win strengthened the Chivo| admitted it. hold on first place and knocked the} Paessarella called New York Ya- hapless Cero into the third posi-| nkee pitcher Johnny Sain out at tion in the league standings. first base in the tenth inning. The The Chivo jumped into the ball] pictures, taken by Associated Press game in the first inning when Lind-| Photograph John Lindsay, showed Sain’s foot on the bag and the + | field and scored moments later on ‘|inning when two batters walked) *|and came home on Smith’s single. *|chance for further scoring in that what Stanford was going to do. The | | Sey poked a long double into right a single by Hoblitzel. They added two more counters in the second! They added another run third. The Cero knotted the count with two runs in the third and fourth frames. All of their runs were un- in the The Chivo broke the deadlock in the fifth frame when Haas smash- ed a tremendous triple good for two markers. They missed a frame when with the bases loaded, Wertz, crack Cero centerfielder made a sensational catch of a hard smash to retire the side. Cero centerfielder Wertz, pulled \them out of another spot in the | sixth with a fielding gem. Haas led the Chivo attack with |a double and a triple while Harts- to the losers’ cause. | The line Score: ~ Club— Chivo ... R. H. E. 12102000—-6 5 5 Cero 002 2000—4 7 4} Batteries: Brown and Hendricks; , | Rodibaugh and Haas. Gavilan Beats Billy Graham | In Havana Go | By BEN F. MEYER | HAVANA, Cuba (—Cuba’s Kid | Gavilan outhoxed and outsmarted New York’s“Billy Graham in their second battle for the welterweight boxing championship of the world. | Gavilan last night took at least | 11 of the 15 rounds, and left, no | doubt about the decision this time. There are still many who say Graham should have had the de- cision in their New York title bout Aug. 29, 1951. But Gavilan this time was the master of the situation nearly all the way. But the Cuban was so cautious not to let his welterweight crown get away from, him that it was not much of a spectacle, as a fight. | Graham himself commented that Gavilan threw him off by not lead- ing. “As the chataspion, I figured he would carry the fight to me, and give the folks of his own country a real battle. But he didn’t. And if I hadn't taken the fight to him, there would not have been any fight.” As for his own showing, Graham said: | “I wasn't nearly as sharp, nor | as fast, as 1 expected to be.” | This was a masterpiece of under- statement. At times Graham | looked like a novice as he swung | wildly, on a few occasions coming | him three times in a 10-round bout ball not yet in first baseman Gil Hodges’ mitt. “According to the picture, it looks like Passarella called ‘a wrong play,” Frick said. “If he did, he’s only human. T assure you it’s not the first wrong call ever made by an umpire, if it was that. What's all the shouting about? Players make mistaks, too. So do officials. So does the com- missioner. A player makes an er- ror, another forgets to cover a base, a pitcher makes a wild pitch, a catcher lets a ball get away from him. Very little is said. “But once an umpire makes a wrong call, he is crucified. Why An umpire is only human. He can make mistakes, too, All I'm in- terested in is whether he was in the right position to make the call. The picture shows he was.” FIRE PREVENTION (Continued from Page One) hit the homerun; then it was all | field contriquted a pair of singles} and prevent it from becoming a big fire, he said. His advice summarized is: Do you know where your fire alarm box is located, or do you know the Fire Department tele- phone number? These are as im- portant to you every day, as is eat- ing and sleeping. Think about what every member of your family would do in case of fire. and plan a course of action NOW - in advance. Upon discovering a fire, call, or send someone to call the fire de- partment, and then if the fire is not already beyond control, do what you can to put it out; but always call the fire department, even if it’s only to make sure you have {really put the fire out. If peaple would just be a little more alert and careful, the en- ormous fire damage and deaths caused by fire would certainly di- minish. Naturally, with increased population, building booms, etc., fire hazards become more numer- ous, and fire prevention is a major problem. FIRE PREVENTION WEEK be- gan yesterday, Oct. 5. ° If every family would follow this Fire Control Formula recently published by the National Fire Pro- tection Association, fire losses would certainly decrease. Inspect property regularly. Detect fire hazards promptly. Correct fire hazards immediately. no closer than two feet to Gavilan. The 15-round battle, fought in open air, under clear skies, came after their Satur night. encounter had been washed out by a tropical | downpour. Sports department officials esti- mated the crowd at 35,000 to 40,000, but a check-up with stadium of- ficials showed official attendance of only 15,824. in Philadelphia. TWENTY YEARS AGO—The Newark Bears won the Little World Series, four games to two, de- | |feating the Minneapolis “Millers, | | 87, in the final contest. j Associated Press Wirephoto just after Dodger centerfield Duke x from third with what proved It was Snyder's third hit of the game Monday, Octrter 6, 1952 USO BROKEN INTO (Continued from Page One) Ralph Placencia custodian, of 311 Catherine street. Placencia told Lounders he had noticed that the hasp on the men’s room door was broken. Lounders found that entry had been gained through the window of the men’s room. The lock on the door lead- ing to the locker room had. been forced with a hammer and kit- chen knife. Placencia called USO-Y director Richard Evans at his home. Evans checked the locker room and was unable to find anything’ missing. His interpretation is that some sailor came late to get his clothing and finding the ¥ locked, broke in. The locker room was in order; nothing was thrown around. Chief Deputy Sheriff Tommy Dixon was notified to obtain fingerprints. The ladder outside the men’s room window was evidently used for entrance to the building, Lounders Build safely and well. Limit what there is to burn. Safeguard all sources of ignition. Remember that clean property is safer. Know what to do if fire breaks out. “Follow this formula and live safely longer,” Baker concluded. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SOME SOLDIERS (Continued From Page One) tem in Korea, under which the average man can figure he will start home after anywhere from 11 to about 14 months, makes a dif- ference in soldier thinking, say the experts. He has a known, definite time when he ‘can expect to get through with his job and he doesn’t need to puncture himself with a bullet to get out. KEY WEST HOST TO (Continued from Page One) crew, Arrow, is along “for the ride” while Donovan will go-to Europe where he will study ceramics. The boys look on the trip as something of a lark. The “Miru” wilt leave Key West late this afternoon and journey to Miami ‘where it will begin the last leg of the trip to Boston. MAN ACCUSED AS (Continued From Page One) of the yard, efud@ing Stevens whe gave chase. A search of the neighborhood by Police prove fruitless. However, Stevens said that he recognized the man as Warren and this morning he appeared at police headquarters to sign an affidavit against the sailor, Overseas Transportation Company, Ine. 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