The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 4, 1953, Page 6

Famed Major League Shortstop Here With Rookies For Tilt By JIM COBB Citizen Sports Editor Eddie Miller, one of the all-time great major league — shortstops, the problem is to dig them out and help them along. | And Eddie, in his fifth year with | the Cocoa, Florida baseball acade-| é SS 7 my, is trying to do just that. After who is in Key West as the manager) a thrill-packed major league ca- of the Jack Rossiter Baseball| reer, which culminated in his be- School nine which is playing a se-| ing named as the all-time great ries this week with local teams. | shortstop by the Cincinnati Red thinks there are a lot of good ball | Ny i a players on the nation’s sand lots fans, Miller is devoting his time (there may even be major league | to working among the younger ball | timber in Key West, he said), but | players as a teacher. Eddie’s career started out much the same as the boys he is trying to help. In 1934, he Picked off a Pittsburgh sandlot nine and given a trial with the Springfield, Ohio club in the Mid dle Atlantic league. He made th grade and a career that saw him perform with the Reds, the Boston Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals was born. It was with Cincinnati was in 1947, that Miller had his best year. He hit 19 homers that year and led gue in doubles with 39. He 90 runs while hitting a Braves under Casey Stengel and as understudy to the Cards’ gr iortstop, Marty Marion. Miller holds several all-time field- ing marks. It was bad feet, probably the re- Sedgman-Kramer To Vie Tonight Pro Aces Continue Rivalry On Casa Marina Courts [Rumored Browns ‘Move Is Killed | SARASOTA, Fla. #—The idea of | Interest is at a fever pitch to-| shifting the St. Lois Browns to | day as Big Jake Kramer, worlds | yilwaukee in the immediate future | professional tennis champion pre-| went into’ the books today as a Pares to continue the defense of his title in a match with Austra- lia’s Frank Sedgman this after- noon at 2:30 p. m. on the Casa Marina Courts. While the Califor holds a slight edge over Sedgman, it will be anybody’s tennis match when they square off today The net stars planed in from Havana this morning. They im- mediately began to rest up for their tilt which is making sports history in Key West. Never has an attraction of this magnitude been presented for local fans. In the entourax Segura, colorful former who wili oppose Austra- lian netter Ken McGregor in the initial match prior to the feature clash between Sedgman and Kra- mer, Kramer and Segura will then team up in the doubles matches which will follow A top crowd of local net fans is expected to flock to the plush Casa Marina to wituess the match- es. sardnar Mulloy ed as the nation’s number one amateur net star will present local tennis chainpions with tro- phies during the intermission Tickets for the ciashes are still at the Casa Marina Hotel, er of Commerce, Mon- , Evan’s Camera Shop, en and Pollock’s Jewelers, a tennis great are who was nam- USED CAR LOT PHONE 2-5881 sports | Pancho | Weuadorian per- | good idea that didn't work out. | After 24 hours of rumors that | produced enough smoke to_ indi-} cate there zeally was some fire behind them; the proposed shift | appeared definitely stymied. | The deal as first disclosed by : | Edward Prell of the Chicago Trib- | | jof the Milwaukee Journal, went | like this: i Bill Veeck would move the; Browns fo Milwaukee’s new 32,000! seat stadium and the Boston; |Braves would move their Milwau-! American Association to some! other city. ! The “other city” seemed to be} | the hitch. Joseph Cairnes, executive vice- president of the Braves, said: “We wouldn’t stand in the way of Milwaukee getting into the ma- jor leagues. But before we give; | up the franchise we’ want a triple-A | franchise with the same potential, We aren’t interested in money, | We're interested in astriple-A fran- | chise.”” ! : | The Braves were offered $500,000 | | by the Greater Milwaukee commit- tee to shift their triple-A operation |to Toledo but refused. Toledo |bowed out of the American Asso- ciation early last season. Almost | ino other area any place near the ;present American Association cities ‘has the population to support triple-A ball. { |une and Russ Lynch, sports editor | EDDIE MILLER, one of the al! tops, is now in Key West as th Baseball All-Star nine. Schoo! -time great major league short- ie manager of the Jack Rossiter iboys, many of whom are pro- fessional prospects, captured a win over the Naval Station base- ballers last night at Wickers Field. Air Station tonight at Walker F: the tilt—Citizen Staff Photo. They will tackle the Naval ield. Public is invited to attend sult of spike irritation that ended his major league career and he has since made his home in Lake Worth, Florida. Miller is pretty high on Jack Rossiter’s baseball school which has sent hundreds of prospects out into organized ball in its 17 years of operation in Florida. Rossiter is a native of Ilinois who likes to} stress character building as well as | the development of ability on the playing field. | Views From The Southernmost Rossiter is a scout for the Wash- ington Senators chain and he is best known for his discovery of crack hurler Robin Roberts. In his Cocoa, Florida school, Rossiter has daily sessions with his boys each morning in which he Points out to them sportsmanship and living the kind of life that is go- ing to make them good citizens. He is likely to have various elergy- men on tap to talk to the boys be- baseball instruction, The lads|club in the MOV league and Jim range in age The yearly with about 200 students going through the mill. This. year, 55 players were sent out into or- ganized baseball. & For example, right hander Bob Bartel, who started on the mound last night, has a contract with Leesburg in ‘the Florida State loop; first baseman Don McLean will report to the Mount Vernon | from 17 to 19 years. | Alderholt will see ‘action with Or- has. two sessions; lando. Miller’s teaching activities -also include a series of color movies which he is making on the science of playing ‘baseball. He. recently suffered a broken leg while mak- ing the movie. Business manager John Sestak accompanied the club here for the games which’ will be played nightly against local Navy talent. fore they go out for their daily Page 6 Joey Maxim Is Sporting Scene Favorite Over e The Key West Golf Club is the jhome ground for a pair of golfers | who bid fair to put Key West on {the golfing map. | Gene Witzel, Navy Champion, ‘and Joe Lopez, Jr., son of the | local professional recently return- led from the Dixie Amateur |tourney in Miami where Gene captured the second flight title, | shooting even par golf for the | |tourney. Young Lopez won his |first round match and then was ‘eliminated in the second when} ‘a lost ball off the tee cost him a} crucial hole. | ,Witzel shot a one under par, 71, | in the final round to take the} \title. Due to be transferred soon | }to the USS Robinson, Witzel who iis a Chief Yeoman, says that he! would like nothing better than to join the ranks of the pros when; he retires in seven years. He is! but 28 years of age and with the brand of golf he is playing, he should make the grade. Wi | will lead the local Navy team! against the Jacksonville . Naval ‘Air Station linksmen here on} Saturday. Gene told this Conch of the | fluke tee shot that cost Lopez his 'match in Miami Saturday. He} said that Lopez was one down with two to go, when he hit a booming tee shot that was a |beauty. But, the ball hit a tree and defied il efforts to find jit. Joey went on to win the next hole which would have given him the match. Sub Cagers Battle For Title The Key West Submarine Re- fitting and Training Group Bas- ketball tearfi'is headed for Camp LeJeune, North Carolina to com- pete in the “Atlantic Fleet Tour- ney on March 4th. The local cagers wefénamed Sub Force Champs Sunday when they whip- ped the New London five, 60-43. Don Ellis and Pepe Gonzalez of the*Gilmore teamed up to pace the locals. Beckman Looks To Future Coach Ed Beckman, who put the 1953 edition of the Key West High School football squad through their initial spring prac- tice session Monday, is looking 1 } ij By Charlie Conch Danny Nardico | MIAMI, Fla. w& — Joey Maxim, Beckman, in particular is work-. making his first start since he lost ing in an effort to find a kicker | the light heavyweight title to Ar- to replace Jimmy Solomon who |chie Moore, is a shrinking 7 to 5 will be playing his last vear of | favorite over rugged Danny Nardi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ball for the Conchs this season. In addition, the Conchs are weak in the fullback . position, having lost both their starters by graduation. Sixty boys turned out for the session and Beckman started them out with light signal drills and conditioning exercises. The sqvad will get their suits at the end of the week an? burk’= down to work in earnest next Monday when contact sessions will start. The spring session will wind vn just before Faster to 7 tho eridmen an uninterrupted v tion. Tommy West and Peter crack linemen, who are © ting in June, are aiding Peck- man in the drills. FASHION NOTE: The Conchs ve a | were measured on Monday for new uniforms from tin to toe. It is interesting to note that it costs a hundred bucks to outfit a foot- ball player in a complete outfit. Miami Giants Booked Jim Farr, local semi-pro base- ball promoter, who is really stir- ring things up. on the baseball front, tells us that he has booked the Miami Giants, who feature a roster of ex-Negto major league stars, to oppose his Florida Hobe ; nine. The Miamians will throw Dave “Skinny” Barnhill, FIL mound star at the locals, Games are set for Sunday. Tuesday, March 1 working in an effort to get Joe Black, Roy Campanella and Jackie Robinson to come here from their Miami training camps for the tilts. Bribery? Members of the Key West High School basketball team will be feted to dinner and dance at Loguns, Sunday evening, if they win their district play-off this week at Redlands. Al Logun, owner of the dine and dance es- tablishment announced this was his way to show appreciation for the way the team played this season. He also stated that he had a surprise in store for each Monday and} 6-17. Farr is} co of Tampa tonight in a 10-rouner at Miami Stadium. | Surprising support for Nardico, ‘knocking Jake J.a Motta off his jfeet for the -first time, Dec. 31, | brought the price down from an early 2-to 1 ‘lose ty even money. Nardico might even enter the ring the favorite if the current trend continues. { | will be beamed across the nation on a television network (CBS). In case of rain, TV fans will see a stand-by bout from Washington “between middleweights Willie Troy ‘and Holly Mins. The Maxim-Nardij- */co show then would be till Wednesday, March 11. However, the Miami Weather Bureau predicted continued fair and warm weather for the outdoor pia Eg promoter predicts a crowd of 12,000 and receipts of | $40,000. Maxim, now 30, always has been able to take care of and ready kids like 25-year-old Nardico who made a big hit locally by | { 1 The bout, scheduled: for 10 p. it Wednesday, March 4, 1953 New Harness Race Oval Will Open BAYARD W— Harness racing opens tonight at Ponce de Leon Raceway, the nation’s newest _ track, built in 45 days and pat- _— after famed Saratoga, N. Y. Favorite in the feature race is Ford Motors First, black gelding 6 years old trained and driven by Jack Beltz, This. sieek~ pacer, a consistent winner at Roosevelt and Yonkers Raceways last year, is 2-1 in the morning line. who are short on boxing skill. Miami boxing writers, however, have been unimpressed by Pal Joey’s gym work for this fight. Maxim has been stopped only once in 101 pro fights since he started in 1941. That was by Curtis Sheppard 10 years ago. He went the route against Jersey Joe Wal- cott three times and against Ez- zard Charles five times. His 101- fight record shows 78 won, 19 lost and four draws, He has knocked out 21 opponents. Nardico, a stocky belter, has a 43-8-4 record in 55 pro starts since 1949. He has knocked out 31 oppo- nents and was stopped twice, by one Windmill Pearce in 1950 and by Irish Bob Murphy in '51. Maxim easily handled Murphy in a 1951 title defense. Two judges and a referee will hand down a decision on a. point basis. The winner cf a round al- ways gets 10 points and the loser can get from nine on down, | | | ' | JOHN E. LUCEY SHOES FOR MEN OFFER Pie Y; two years ahead in his planning.|member of the team. GRAND OPENING Friday, March 6 at RED BRICK GARAGE Corner Simonton and Greene Sts. OPENING WEEKEND SPECIALS WILL INCLUDE ONE SET OF NEW TIRES FOR EVERY CAR SOLD 381—’49 Mercury, Sp. 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