The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 29, 1953, Page 6

all As Concessionaire Balks Wed. © Hope Dims For Baseball Here es Staff Photo by Ellis Finch FJ0E LOPEZ, Key West Golf. pro, right foreground, and Fred Lux, New Jersey pro, defeated Harry Link, song publisher, left, and Nick Kenny, second from left, newspaper columnist for the =,New York newspapers yesterday afternoon on the local course. The two celebrities made a q@yiine showing but the pro’s had the edge on them playing on this course. Before they return to ~ the northern climate, both claim they will defeat this highly talented pair. ot As Acevedo Shuns City’s Deal; Carbonell Asks Legal Action Hope that Key West will have organized baseball during the coming season dimmed last night when talks between a committee appointed by the city commission ;and Joe Ryan, general manager of the Miami Beach Fla- mingos who had hoped ‘to bring their franchise here, reached an impasse after - Armando Acevedo, holder‘of a lease for the concessions at Wickers Field re- fused all city offers to sell out and permit the baseball club to take over the concessions during the baseball sea- son, Earlier, city officials had hoped that they had solved the problem when they agreed to buy out Acevedo but legal research showed that they could not spend city funds to purchase the concessions unless they recieved full value for their money, City Comptroller Charles Roberts said that he doubted if the value of the concessions is “over $700 at the most.” The committee, in a two hour conference with Ryan yesterday contacted Acevedo with their latest and final offer -- to allow Acevedo to keep the concessions during the football season as was Previously agreed and to waive the city’s share in the profits until he had received his payment for the concessions. Acevedo turned this offer down however = he wants cash. In addition, Acevedo wants to keep a grocery store which he has at the Wickers Field Stadium in .| operation throughout the year. Ryan, who heads the baseball club which is reeling from a big loss in Miami Beach last season, does not feel that they can go <W Outboard Club Sets Charity Race ~The March of Dimes in Monroe Bounty will take to the water this Peevey The starting gun will BOG RACES START SATURDAY, JAN. 31 POST TIME 8:00 P.M. 10 RACES NIGHTLY QUINIELAS --- DAILY DOUBLE EVERY RACE Ist and 2nd RACES sound off at 3:30 P.M. Friday 30th, at Marathon, Fla., sending the boats on a 26 mile run around Knights Key and the adjoining Key. There will be a Fish Fry fol- lowing the race. This race is open to any plea- sure and fishing type outboard | motor and boat. The race will start ;and finish at the Chamber of Com- merce Docks. This race is being sponsored by the Marathon Yacht Club for the Polio Fund. Trophies will be presented to the winners in Negro Baseball Stars Will Get Break In South ATLANTA (® — In professional basebal] as in other things, race- conscious Dixie is beginning to lower the barriers which have ~ kept Negroes on the outside look- ing in. Clubs fielding mixed teams of Negro and white players won’t be the general practice in the South ithis year; neither will they be glaring exceptions to the general rule. It didn’t take a law suit or a (|Supreme Court order to start the ‘ transition in baseball as it did -in *\the fields of higher education and OF SCHOOLING RACES FREE PARKING — BUSES EVERY ly HOUR NO MINORS ADMITTED Admission 25c KEY WEST KENNEL CLUB STOCK ISLAND public transportation in the South. Negro players are being -used or given tryouts because club owners | want them. Generally, a survey by the press shows, Negroes are being hired for one or two reasons: (1) a belief |that Negro stars in the lineup will | boost attendance, or (2) some par- ticular Negro is a better ball play- er than the best available white man. It also is a general rule that a Negro playing on a team in the South must be outstanding, not merely an ordinary performer. Teams scattered from the Caro- ilinas to Texas plan to use Negroes in the 1953 season, and some have been using them for several years, There are areas, however, which still are closed to mixed baseball teams, Birmingham, Ala., for example, has a city ordinance which bans nonsegregated performances. And n other localities deep-rooted pre- judices bave become unwritten laws which effectively bar mixed Ss events. ch areas of discontent and legal barriers probably will keep the Class AA Sou! Association an all-white t for the im- mediate future, at least. The survey showed that Negro players will be used or given try- outs this season in the Texas League and the other six organ ized loops in the Lone Star State, in the South Atlantic League, the In some loops, like the Class B z da Interna 1, it's an old their class, No racing Lower Units will be ‘allowed in this race. On Sunday afternoon, Feb. 1st the racing scene will shift to Gar- rison Bight in Key West, where the Hydroplane Hulls and Racing Motors will have their day. The Key West Club bypassed racing the last couple of months in honor of the mackerel fishing, which is their favorite fish, and they have been running very good. The March of Dimes Regatta has become an annual affair in Key West, and always draws top interest with the Drivers, as it is the starting of .the New Years Points, and High Point winner for the year is considered quite an achievement among race drivers, Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Raveau of New York, arrived in Key West Sunday, bringing with them a fish- ing outfit which he is entering in the Marathon race, also in the Fishing Class on Sunday in Key West. The Raveau’s have been winter visitors in Key West for quite a few years. Mr. Raveau is now and has been for the past few years, manufac- turing Outboard Hulls of the utility runabout type. His boats are quite Popula* along the Upper Atlantic States. This is due to the fact he has hed winners in the different classes in that race of all races, “The run for roses and fame”, in the outboard world, the Albany to New York Marathon. Mr. Raveau doesn’t race himself, but Yollows closely the drivers who use his equipment. He is going to drive, personally, while down here. The Outboard Club hopes he enjoys his stay. Incidentally, Mr. Raveau built his first boat, as a hobby, with the help of all his neighbors, in the early forties, right here in Key iin Mario's Mastic Trailer Park. The Outboard Club would like to remind all, that “We race that others may walk”. West Virginia’s 1952 football team ranked seventh nationally Acevedo is holding out for $2500 cash from the ball- club who steadily maintains that they cannot afford to pay that price and hope to show a profit. in rushing, seventh in total de- fense and ninth in total offense. gee SECCOOCOCS wietaamieaer ° WHY GAMBLE BE SAFE AND SURE YOUR LOCAL DEALER WILL GIVE YOU COMPLETE SATISFACTION Kis WEST AUTOMOBILE DEALERS present ahead and pay $2500 for the con- cessions which are absolutely necessary for the club to anywhere near pay its way. He pointed out that all minor league baseball teams are skating on thin ice financially. City Manager Dave King’s sug- gestion that the club pay the money to Acevedo and then increase the admission price to the ballgames until the sum is recouped, was vetoed. ' After the committee, made up of King, Hank Day of the Stadium Advisory Committee, City Attorney M. Ignatius Lester and City Trea- surer Charles Roberts, had made their offer to Acevedo and he had turned it down, they racked their collective brains for another solu- tion which they could not find and then adjourned to toss the matter in the laps of the city commission when they met at 8:00 p. m. last night. The commissioners were no more successful in solving the problem and today it appears that the death knell for baseball here has been sounded. In a surprise move, city com- missioner John Carbonell electri- fied a large gathering of fans who attended the meeting by moving that the city start legal action to break Acevedo’s lease at Wickers Field, Carbonell said: “We thought we had a solution to the con- cession problem and we invited Ryan here. The team coming to Key. West will mean’a lot to the city. We had a taste of it last year and the people of the city showed us that they wanted it. The only solution | can see is to cancel Acevedo’s lease and if he wants to go to court, let him go ta court.” “We have offered him every- thing he wants and he still won't go along with us.” He added, “he has a gun at our backs.” “We have not tried to beat Ace- vedo out of anything which he is entitled to. His lease ends in Sep- tember and I for one am not going to vote for its renewal,” the com- missioner continued. The motion died for want of a second, however. Possible basis for legal action to break the contract is a clause in the city’s contract with the con- cessionaire calling for the dona- tion of 50 per cent of the net pro- fits on the sale of refreshments at any charity event at Wickers Field to the sponsor of the game. It was brought out at the meet- ing that following the Lions Club football game for the March of Dimes, Acevedo gave that group a check for $25.25 giving him a total net profit for the evening of $50. There were over 5000 football fans in the stadium that night. On the basis of the figures submitted at a meeting of the city commis- ion two weeks ago where Acevedo claimed that he could make a net Profit of $14,000 during the baseball season, the $50 figure is somewhat low, the commissioners averred. Following the meeting, the de- jected commissioners said, “This looks like it is the end of it. Let's | not have any more baseball meet- ings. We know he is entitled to it oe ee ene ieee Sine: it te -* Ryan is expected to return to Miami Beach today. ? Nardico-Maxim Bout Concelled By The Army TAMPA w — Danny Nardico’s scheduled tuneup for a March 4 fight with Joey Maxim has been cancelled by the 116th Field Ar- tillery Boxing Commission. Maj. Joe Givens, commission secretary, said Angel Martinez, Newark, N. J., who was to meet Nardico here Friday, is an unsuit- able opponent. Givens refused to elaborate but Promoter Al Gracia said: “Some observers at the gym were not impressed with Martinez at his workout.” If Garcia could find a suitable foe for Nardico, Givens said the Commission would sanction a Fri- day night fight. The Field Artillery beeks fighis here in compliance with Florida law that a veterans o.,,anization must spensor profes- sional boxing. Air Corps Man Cops Golf Win ST. AUGUSTINE ® — Moot Thomas Jr., young Ocala golfer, came home on leave from the Air Force and stepped into the role of co-favorite to win the 28th annual Florida Winter Golf Tournament by ‘taking medal honors Wednes- day. Thomas shot 69, three under par on the Ponce de Leon course, and was. established co-favorite with Dan Sikes, defending champion from Jacksonville who was exempt from qualifying. J. Duane Cann, Jacksonville; and Erwin Scott, Jacksonville Navy, were only one stroke behind Thomas; and five others broke par at 71—Fred Mann, Jacksonville; Charlie Bennett, St. Augustine; Jimmy Paul, Daytona Beach; Frank Allan, Pittston, Pa., and Jack Vidal, Gainesville. Others in the championship flight for match play starting today: Dr. Charles Hillyer, Jacksonville; Joe Capo, St. Augustine; Dr. H. J. Rahbone, Jacksonville Navy; Bus- ter Bishop, Gainesville, all 72; Robert Wallace, Jacksonville Navy and Jim Busby, Gainesville, 73; William Norvell, Chattanooga, Tenn., 74. | Pase 6 | Sports Mirr P or By The Associated Press TODAY A YEAR AGO — The Chicago White Sox signed first baseman Eddie Robinson for a reported $25,000 salary. FIVE YEARS AGO — Joe Man- iaci, former Fordham and Chicago Bears halfback, signed to coach the St. Louis University football team. TEN YEARS AGO—Willie Pep, 127%4, won his 59th straight fight, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, Janvary 29, 1953 easily defeating Ailie Stoltz, 133%, in a 10-rounder. TWENTY YEARS AGO — Jack Crawford, Australian star, ed Keith Gledhill, former ace, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2, in the finals of the Australian National Tennis Championships. The colors of the NFL champion Detroit Lions’ uniforms are Hon- olulu blue and silver. . 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