The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 24, 1953, Page 6

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} i fbi vi ‘ Interest Mounting In Sedgman-Kramer Matches Here Feb. Wa . Interest is mounting in fwjor tennis matches slated for March 3rd at the Casa Marina | Hbtel Courts when Jack Sellers, | jlofal net enthusiast announced | ihlat tickets are going fast for the | ymiatches which will show the ‘world’s top net enthusiasts, includ- | ing Jack Kramer, Frank Sedgman Ken McGregor and Pancho Segu- | rk in action. i The. ducats are on sale at Mon- | ‘he Motors, the Casa Marina, the | Ghamber of Commerce and the Hey West Citizen. Key West will be coming of age | j% the nation’s sporting picture| 1 When the pros make their debuts | j here. | , thing like this: 1 every major tennis title in the world as an amateur. nany observers as the greatest player of this era, the five-foot, ll-inch Australian won the U. S. singles title in 1951 and 1952, the Wimbledon title in 1952 and the Australian crown in ’49 and 751. Sedgman learned the game early, starting at the age of 8 under the guidance of his father. At 14 he caught the eye of Harry lopman, the Aussie Davis Cup tain, and was developed care- fully. In 1948 when Sedgman was 21 he was considered a bright Davis Cup hope but was passed over experience, By 1950 Sedgman was Rated by | the, Frank Sedgman at 25 had won |considered ripe for cup play and] | went on to prove it by taking the first of his nine victories in Davis |Cup competition. He won two singles matches in each of the years 1950, ’51 and °52 and shared in a doubles victory each of those years to keep the cup in Australia. Australians gave Sedgman a | $12,300 wedding gift last year, but this kept him in amateur ranks for the 1952 Davis Cup series with the United. States. He and his fellow Australian, Ken McGregor, joined Jack Kramer’s touring tennis pro- | fessional show early this year. The |Kramer-Sedgman duels have at- |tracted wide interest and have produced some of the finest tennis ‘The performers stack up some-;that year for players with more |ever seen. Neither has as yet es- ‘tablished his supremacy. ‘Sports Roundup | By GAYLE TALBOT Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, February 24, 1953 his luck changed he became tically unbeatable. Kramer was born in 1921 in Las Vegas, Nev., but. began Southern California. He national boys’ title in 1996 Interscholastic two years His first Davis Cup ay was in doubles in 1939, was 18 and he lost with his partner, Joe The singles crown el 1940, °41 and °43, although he ed the U. S. doubles title. dicitis defaulted singles, ptomaine in the °43 cham) duty with the Coast him away from Forest Hills. Kramer finally came he won both the U. S. Wimbledon titles in 1947 and turned professional Since has ruled the professionals game that has been smash- and consistent. Only with the Australian great, . | Frank Sedgman, has Kramer been seldom equalled. Ken McGregor was the No. 2 man in Australian tennis when he joined Frank Sedgman in turning professional this year, but many believe McGregor may go on to beat Sedgman consistently, He did it when he won the Aus- tralian singles amateur crown last year and had beaten Sedgman in several other tournaments. With Sedgman he formed one of the great tennis doubles combinations of all time. They swept seven major doubles titles in 1951-52 and have been beating Jack Kramer and Pancho Segura on their pro- fessional tour. . In 1950 McGregor, just 21, was a surprise choice for a singles berth on the Australian team that lifted the Davis Cup from the United States, and came through by upsetting Ted Schroeder. McGregor uses his six-foot’ three-inch frame to advantage | with a powerful service and tre- mendous overhead. His greatest fault has been lack of consistency, but more experience is counted upon to dvercome that deficiency. Pancho Segura was “about the last kid on two continents to be expected to win honors in tennis. He learned to play tennis on the sly in his native Guayaquil, Ecua- dor, where his father was care- taker of the local tennis club. As a youngster Pancho was weak and spindle-legged, called “Parrot Foot” by his playmates. But he became so good on the tennis court the club had to let him play in matches with neigh- boring clubs, where his wins turn- ed him into a local hero. Pancho won for Ecuador in the Bolivarian Olympics and came to the University of Miami with among the first 10 in States from 1942 to 1947, turned professional. Segura is a i leries and get great power two-handed forehand. He is.a great Gregor during the man exhibition at the San Marina hotel courts March 3. He has been beating the towering McGregor | rather consistently, chiefly by fore- ing the Australian into errors. Key West Kennel Club Result Charts Monday, Feb. 23rd Tonight's Entries (NOT POST POSITIONS) First Race — 5-16 mile Sixth Race — 5-16 mile SIXTH RACE—S-16 MILB 56% Bt PHOENIX, Ariz. ()— For a} © starter, Manager Leo Durocher of | 45 the New York Giants is doing a Date of Last Race 2-19" Zavella FIRST RACE—S-16 MILE rw Time—33 28.80 Outside route Date of Last Race 2-19° Gail Lee ! Co) 5 fi * | his art somewhere in the Carib- ;} another starting. curver large part of his taiking about a + Puerto Rican piteher with the un- likely name of Ruben Gomez, who at the moment still is practicing ; bean. The main reason Leo is talking + gbout Gomez, a 25-year-old right- & hander, is that he has no real idea whether Larry Jansen is going to be worth anything to him in the coming season, and so there is the distinct possibility he will need in the worst way. Jansen’s bad back didn’t permit him to pitch a lick during the final month of the 1952 race. “All I know about this Gomez is that our scouts all tell me he can piteh,” Durocher told his first press gathering of the spring. “One of them stayed with him for 30 days and he’s crazy about the fellow. The Yankees had him at Kansas City for a while last season, and they tell me he just got tired of it and went home. He can make a couple of thousand dollars a month in his own country and Cuba, He’s the biggest thing down there. “Our scout, Tom Sheehan, asked Gomez if he thought he would be scared pitching in the Polo Grounds. Know what he told Tom? He said, ‘It’s all the same to me— they don’t hit me anywhere I pitch.’ Of coukse, I have an idea he might run into a number of fellows in our leasue who will hit him just a little, but it’s nice that he feels that way.” The mere fact that Durocher is taxing his tonsils cver such an unknown quantity as the Puerto Rican is an accurate indication of | what he has on his mind, If} Jansen’s back has not recovered | the winter, Leo knows thing | to him andj ack is as good | as ever, but I know something} about those backs,’ Leo observed. “I sure hope he's right, but Ij} won't know until £ see him pitch | five’ or six innings. “My other big man, Sal Maglie, | is in better condition than he was} a@ year ago. He came into camp | Lodi Staver Crystal Ghost Capital Focus Lighting Rodney Thunderette Fancy Times Second Race — 5-16 mile Joe Dale Justa Harmony Doctor Dodd Star Rider Wynelle Vincente Shattering Third Race — Futurity Moving Up High Blow Modern Age Yardley Aska Kay Red Key Jan-Jan Fourth Race — 5-16 mile Authentic Agnus Stop Over Mim Flashy Frank Suki Sal Prem Real Black Fifth Race — §-16 mile Pretty Blossom Katy S Butte’s Cargo Broward Bred Careful Sir Up Trail Flashy Reward Claro weighing 187 pounds against the 211 he reported at last spring. He thought it was a big secret from me, but I knew what he weighed. He was hog fat.” “Yeah, Leo, but he started off winning nine straight with all that fat,” a heekler recalled. “Sure, he did,” Leo yelped, “but how do you know it wasn’t carrying all that weight around Mat tired him out later on and caused. his back to go bad, the same as Jansen’s?”, No matter what happens to his You're right agai for whiskey, ask for RENTUCKY BLENDED 86 PROOF + 52% BEUTRAL SPURITS + i f STRs reoreson BON DEL Bill Proverb Houri Gifted Son Blind Alley Irene Hill Navy Diver Mote Flighty Seventh Race — 5-16 mile Exciting Lone Andy Celver Guy Reckless Trudy Just Katy Orlando Cute Paddy Mill Town Eighth Race —— 5-16 mile Summer Gal Pasha’s Lady Aloof Blue Tinsel Bill Piper Agent Showmenow Beguile Ninth Race. — 5-16 mile Bee’s Trouble Derby Roll Tow-Ee Foothill Maynard Keen Kut Turning Point Tenth Race — 5-16 mile Cameron Hilander Col. Matt Wynn Jack O’Lish Lost Trail Honey Rebel Resonator Hymor Falcon Claw pitching, Durocher says he posi- tively will not turn his great young relief star, Hoyt Wilhelm, into a starter. Series against the Giants. The New Yorkers won the Series with four shutouts, three of them by Christy Mathewson. By Jimminy, sire of the ness winner Bold, has been a con- sistently successful stallion. From his first two crops he has 26 foals, 20 starters, 17 winners of 53 races. bon fuxe, n, E.8.! Don’t just ask BOURBON WHISKEY WRISKEY + 49% GRAS KE COMPAML, LOUISVILLE, REMTUCEY 2-19° Sal 2-19° 2-19° 2-19" 2-19° s = 8B Fuwarcwam SECOND RACE—S-16 MILE SASKRAaER a et ADD OD a Ht Od mm 08 OT ne ot 900 COND me 2 3t aa ao a 7 Oath omae CT oo: a8 o* Bo ny 2.40 *t Good effort 28.90 ‘# Saved ground 5.60 ‘+ Steady gain 3.40 * Shut off 6.40. * No factor 7.20 “ Tired early 3.60. ° Outrun 1950. Bill’s Find—Marie 1.00 : 5.00 © Quiniela (6-8) 30.40 8.00 Time—33 1.50 _ As he pleased 4.80 °t Saved ground 3.80 * Qutrun str. 11.40 * Early s) 11.40 ° Shut of 18.60 *°# No factor 6.70 °° Thru early 11.40 **# Outrun : 1951. Never Blue—Glad 2.20 3.20 Quiniela (5-7) 20.40 ITSEY 3.20 Daily Double—Zavella and Boy Comrade paid 431.60 Date of Last Race 2-1¢° Herb's Pride 219" — Sue 2-19 Al’s 24 Im 217° 2-19. Here's Wee TT stines’ Red A HERB’S PRIDE BLUE SAILS SHINING SUE - geeees Om 00 seo ns . PF anaamawr a er 1) THIRD RACE—FUTURITY 4.00 5.00 May, 1951. Time—30.2 | Tiring at end 7 2d in foto gap Off slowly No factor Outrun More Taxes—Silver 3.40 2.80 Quiniela (7-8) 19.60 3.80 Date of Last Rece POURTH RACE—S-16 MILE sasesegs OD AAD He mt OER nt G8 00 00 8 0d Rt Gd On 9 OO Easy winner * Good effort "i Wide, gained * Outrun str. * No mishap * No factor * Thru early * Weakened . Bill's Find—Marie ew Bare Se Ssssssss 5.60 4.40 Quiniela (3-4) 742.00 3.40 2-19* Harvest Call 2-19° Mack Truck 2-12" Snappy Dixie 2-19 Miss Intellect 2-19 Top News 53 2-19 Telecast 55 _ Every Night _ 53% Winner—E. F, Snipes’ Brindle B., GAIL LEE HARVEST CALL MACK TRUCK 76 76 37 55% Om DH ND A200 & 8 Date of Last Race 2-19° Predominate 2-19° Payette 2-19 Silque 2-20° Withwin 2-19" Betty Bob 2-19" Bright Idol 2 lis ochman 62% SISLe2R FFF BB wmnacome Sram conoe Date of Last Race Traveling Bug Painted Gunette Erosion Router Iva Leone Sign Here Innocence Sl Winner—Mrs. O. Z. Ferrell's Bl Jangle Jewell ethene BUG GUNETTE 66 52 ty * Bere meson Fes menonan c] Date of Last Race a 2 ition 68 A B. Stutz’ Brindle B., Been unamw SEuawiwiee Date of Last Race 2-19" 2-19° 2-19" 2-19" 2-18° 2-19° 2-19" 2-19* Reckoning Jet Roll Summer Special Henry D. Jack Riboud Joyous Miss Honest Honey Vendome mM mnonmwun Image RECKONING JET ROLL SUMMER SPECIAL 3 ene 38é rene ss D., 83° ~~ Om SEVENTH RACE—S5-16 MILE 31 3 2 5 8 7 6 4 F EIGHTH RACE—S-16 MILE Pu NINTH RACE—S5-16 MILE a TENTH RACE—S-16 MILE ee 62 3 Winner—Mrs. H. E. Russell’s Brindle B., Feb., 1951. $742 Quiniela Paid At Kennel Clu Daily Double Returns $431.60 As Payoffs Soar At Track Monday By JIM COBB, Citizen Sports Editor At least four Key Westers are considerably richer to- day after an evening at the Key West Kennel Club when the mutuel payoffs soared sky high, reaching their peak in the fifth rece when Good Find and Chicle finished one- two to pay @ total of 742.00. ‘eb., One unidentified racing fan cashed a ticket for that amount. Two others had the Daily Double which returned 431.60 when Zavella and Boy Comrade coupled to win. And the evening was capped in fine style with another hefty Quiniela of 93.80 in the tenth race when Reckoning and Jet Roll came in. ee if ia I E i EF sit : fi y i il [ é 524 [i 3 Uy ak i i i r » [ r i a8 if i i 7 4° + “3 ii 3 E E i ¥ wil come dowa bein: Views From The Southernmost Sporting Scene Lopez. A fair indication of the extent | which the Key West Golf Club | is for the city to kick in a wercrowded is given by H ds gedit rigid struct some additiona’ The only solution, as space the club ~ they ure could that on Saturday, just other nine holes to good use. Another point that is hampering “Everyday we normal day at the club, 340 goif- e to Lopez, Marathon residents have | sine foursomes were waiting to” start play lone sharpen their game aE mma eens # J H ovenae if z i moan < ~ Sete eg a i : = § r 3 I is Ww 2% 3 a = et 8 i 3 #8 a i Sesgers z f m : : i t L a i aSeae see at ‘ s f i z i SAhLwVuanar st ge sit ae a A E é i ; 3.00 3.60 4.20 Quiniela (6-8) iy a leat SIQeeann ete E scan ie a ookce ee Hj i ae ¥ 5 Hi i 5 E é i : ? i iF i ist ir eR Gt ri ) Bw : i itr Fi fr : i i é Z i ‘iy i if fi i i eff Fs E j : ; i ij a8 I ge 7 i. = L: rf the meeting. ‘ gaiters, particulariy winter visi Lopes made application to the!

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