The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 9, 1953, Page 6

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$375 Daily Double Paid Action at the Key West =—~— Kennel Club on Saturday night was topped by the performance of a pair of juveniles, Accidental and Sukie Susie, who. came in winners for the Daily Dou- ble combination and pay a hefty $375. At. least two Key Westers, who picked this combination are that much richer today. Sukie Susie also paid 19.20 to win and coupled with Innocence, returned a 126.00 Quiniela, Kris Adams came winner in the feature race of the evening when he dominated the field to pay 16.00.,The winner edged Vendome and Pete’s Ghost when he took the lead early in the race and never re- linquished it. He paid 8.80 to. place and. 3.60 to show. Vendome returned 6.00 and 2.80. Pete’s Ghost paid 3.60. Tonight’s feature will pit eight of the top dogs at the track in the 32nd night of racing at the plush Kennel Club. Resonator -who~ has performed impressively at the track through- out the meeting, but has always just missed finishing on top, is Yavored to cop the verdict by the dopesters. Owned by Ed Wulf and trained by the farned Monty L. Crist, this pup is feared by all and once he gets into form, should compile an enviable ree- ord. Not to be underestimated, R. K. Hutchings’ Mort, who has won five of his 10 starts in local ken- nel club action, will be a strong contender. Mort has finished out of the money just twice this year. Fred Whitehead’s Hazy Moon will also be worth watching. This pup has a marked ability to get So ee te if he finishes strongly, he could con- cievably come in a winner. Other entries in the feature in- clude Sandy Mix, Little Dusty, Big Payoff, Reckoning and Bi- zarre, Post time is 8:15 p.m. Miss Berg Cops Victory In Jax Golf Tourney JACKSONVILLE, Fla. wm — new winner every week seems : be the 1953 policy of the ladies professional golf tour. Patty Berg with 214 for 54 holés-- two under men’s par and 14 under women’s par--won the Jacksénville Women’s Open Sunday and carried off $875 top money. She was the 6th different cham- pion in six tournaments on ex- panded winter tour. Louise Suggs won at Tampa, Betty Jameson at Miami Beach, Beverly Hanson at Boca Raton, Betty MacKinnon (with Sam Snead) at Orlando and Babe Zaharias at Sarasota. By the law of averages Betsy Rawls, top money. winner of 1952, is due to arrive in the Titleholders at Augusta this week, Miss Berg fought off the chal- lenges of Mrs, Zaharias’ and Miss Suggs Sunday with some of the steadiest golf ever played on the final 18 holes here. The freckled veteran, playing out of St. Andrews Ill., scored 17 pars and one birdie. She had a 36-35--71 ‘to go her course record 69 ame day | and 74 Friday when her putting | was off. Mrs, Zaharias, Tampa, and Miss | Suggs, Atlanta, tied for second a 216 and collected $560 each. Miss Jameson, San Antonio, Te. finished fourth at 221 for $385. -Other money winners: Miss Rawls, Spartanburg, S. C., 222 for $315; Jackie Pung, Glasgow, Ky., and Betty Dodd, San Antonio, 226 for $210 each; Beverly Hanson, Indio, Calif., and Marilynn Smith, Wichita, Kan., 229 for $113.75 each; Betty MacKinnon, Pallas, 232 for $87.50, and Alice Bauer, Sarasota, 201 for $70 Mary Ann Villegas, New Orleans, was low im the 3¢-hole amateur division with 163 PTA Members To Perform At Harris PTA members will give a play, “Me and My Shadow” at Harris School auditorium at $ pm. Wed- | cipal E. O. Schweitzer reports that | given at’ a marionette show was ®. 1@ and 2 o'clock. More than 286 ebildren frem Harris and 290 from) Truman school attended. in a Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Monday, March 9, 1953 RACE 1—5/16 1—Whata Bug 2.—Adjust 3.—Roose Goz 4.—Top News 5.—Blue Sails 6.—Gene Huff 7—Martha Jo 8.—Every Night RACE 2—5/16 1.—Zavalla 2.—Comstock 3.—Charlie Fax 4.—Wild North 5.—Inkey Racer 6.—Newton 7.—Fiction Lad 8.—Rathy Ann RACE 3—5/16, 1.—Dian Hill 2.—Fame-N-Fortune 3.—Painter Pete 4—Moving Up 5.—Sanguine 6—Reckless Rae 7.—Bombast 8.—Loudeal RACE 4—5/16 1—Jingling Johnnie 2—Anna O 3.—Mohammedan 4—Lennox 5.—Silque 6.—Believe Me 7.—Burnished Blade 8.—Gunette RACE 5—5/16 i—Sign Here 2.—Raven Beauty 3.—Top Bracket 4.—Daisy's Silver 5.—Withwin 6.—Mystery Map 7.—Do Or Die 8—Captain Rebel Sam Sicaal To Tonight's Entries (POST POSITIONS) RACE 6—5/16 1—Want 2.—Claro 3.—Whispering Charlie 4.—Nadya’s Girlie 5.—Whistling Le? 6.—Careful Sir 7.—Traveling E 8.—Fiesta Girl RACE 7—5/16 1—Good Find 2.—Aloof 3.—Boy Comrade 4—Wise Mike 5.—Predominate 6.—Payette 7.—Ester Reed 8.—Taxes Me RACE 8—5/16 1.—Melody Sis 2.—Lost Trail 3.—Lone Andy 4.—Pretty Blossom 5.—Foot Hill 6.—Honest Honey 7.—Tanny C 8.—Brindle Comer RACE 9—5/16 1—Sandy Mix 2.—Little Dust» 3.—Big Pay © 4.—Reckoning 5.—Hazy Moon 6.—Bizarre 7.—Mort 8.—Resonator RACE 10—3/8 Mile . —Tumblé Time 2.—Joyous Miss 3.—Gay Farewe!! 4—Jack O’Lish 5,—Navy.. Diver 6.—My Bitsey 7—Keen Kut 8.—Renegade Forego St. Pete Golf Tourney BATON ROUGE, La @—Sammy Snead will skip the St. Petersburg Open Golf Tournament after win- ning $2,000 first-prize money in the Baton Rouge Open. The touring professionals who chased Snead in the Baton Rouge event left today for the $10,000 Florida tourney. Snead told them he would meet them later at the Miami Open, which hee has won five times. Snead, who won $950 second mon- ey at the Houston Open, vaulted into the top 10 money winners in $10,000 event here with four straight sub-par rounds over the 6,4ll-yard Baton Rouge Country | Club course, a par-72layout.. aly The White Sulphur Springs, W. Perfectionist added a final lc 71 yesterday to his preyious 69-68-67. to finish with a 72-hole total of 275, besting par by 13 ;Strokes and runner-up Dick Mayer jot St. Pete ~ by 3. Mayer, who was tied with Snead after two to as drove ‘into the moss - studded trees twice and took a third-round 72 while Snead got a 67. Mayer never got. the chance to recoup. However, he won $1,400 second money. Tommy Morrow of Shreveport, La., a 19-year-old Louisiana State Freddie Haas Jr, a New Or- leans driving range operator, shared third place among the pros with ehunky Ted Kroll of New Hartford, N. Y., and Walter Bur- kemo of Franklin, Mich. Each fin- and netted $833, Fred Wampler of Indianapolis and John Barnum of Grand Rap- ids, Mich., received $560 for their 2818. ee University sophomore, . was top amateur with 286, finishing two strokes ahead of — Frank Stranahan. of Toledo, 0, with | i } eee ere Kentucky Would Have Dominated SEC Picture TestFiring Of | By MERCER BAILEY Associated Press Sports Writer . You can’t help .wondering what would have happened if Kentucky had been permitted to ta bee Dasket- ball in the Southeastern Conference |' this season. With the Wildcats sidelined for rules infractions, the state of pei isiana Precestad te best, and the state of Georgia the poorest, brand of basketball the SE Coffered. —- Louisiana State.won the title, which Kentucky has a habit of grabbing, and Tulane was runner- up. somes To and Georgia fin- ished 10th and 1ith, respectively. Kentucky reportedly is as strong as ever and impatient for net sea- son to roll around so Coach Adolph Rupp’s Wildcats can get baek into the thick of things. : Jf the Wildcats had been tion this season, it seems that the LSU-Kentucky game have decided the conference ae pionship. LSU was undefeated in SEC play, an — ént -usu- ally reserved for the boys the Bluegrass. The picture for net ished five strokes behind Snead | 15. rosy for LSU, too. All of players who gave the first undisputed cha: 20 yearsiare eligible at one more year of basketball. The final game of the conference’ season was Saturday is- sissippi State - Missi: til Paced by all-conference 3 “Robert (Cob) Jarvin, who got points, and Ralph Ross, who got 20, Ole Miss smothered 46. Gerald Caveness was high for State with 12. LSU, which, as conference champ, automatically goes to the NCAA tournament, also produced | and Hue games for an average Zipps, Morocss, , Morocco, with 590 points average. Jarvis of Ole Miss Other high average: players: Dan Finch, Vanderbilt, Jerry Harper, Alabama, 17.9: Weiner, Tennessee, 17.3;. Pete Si- Auburn, 15.8; ida, 15.5, and Curt Cunkle, Florida, 3. d The state of Alabama was nam- ed after the Alibama, ag. Indian tribe. Alibamu, in Choctaw lan- guage means “I clear the thicket.” sehr ciueaee TRADE AT HOME °°: BE SAFE AND SURE ~~ YOUR LOCAL DEALER WILL GIVE YOU COMPLETE | SATISFACTION KEY WEST AUTOMOBILE DEALERS: ASSOCIATION N ° : N . aaah aha 3—DAYS— 3 THE WILDEST | MARCH 13 | Friday 8 rf MARCH 14 Saturday 8 P.M. | SHOW ON EARTH PARADE SATURDAY, 2:30 Bull Dogging ... Clowns... Trained Dogs Adults, $1.50 FUN FOR OLD AND YOUNG Children Over 6, 75¢ Homestead, Fla. ty fg Z Spans Roundup YCE TALBOT ck Ariz. (@®—The Cleve- ‘Indians are. moving smoothly in spring” = Pere ent pase = mism ‘graws y as their veterans in-several instances show marked . improvement over last year’s their rookie SPOR -impress. Mier FS the most important news. asthe tough rare schedule is that Luke: “Easter | REgS Teady. a i - improvement in ae ground ‘balls -after |. They, are try- ing to cure Boone of “fluttering” | his hands just, before the ball reaches him, a bad fault which was detected ot be them by Billy ‘er shortstop. “ee at forgets and does it now then,” Lopez said, “‘but he’s also yer perfect plays on many which would have gone be- tween his legs"before. At the rate cooppatgediens pitchers are} much ot better support ; rom Hansen, a rookie returning the service,.is making a ter- impression — his fielding at base while Bobby Avila, jub’s regular at that post, about reporting and ‘sign- contract. The boy is mak- plays. on balls which, : say, Avila would. wave at. Flos sod Bed returnee ne is every! camp lool nonin is «a big left-handed pitelier named Al Aber. They say he eg tt be that. starting left- [i ie eF i && e | sop. the TWENTY YEARS AGO —— Bill ‘afterniath of a flu attack. | siders the | the Indians have been look- ing for to supplement their great corps: ott Tighties. Sport Shorts By The Associated Press TODAY A YEAR AGO — Jack Burke won the $10,000 St. Peters- burg Open Golf Tournament with 266—22 strokes under part. FIVE YEARS AGO — Buddy} Kerr, New York Giant shortstop, {signed his contract for a reported $19,000. TEN YEARS AGO — Brooklyn traded first baseman Babe Dahi- gren to the Philadelphia Phillies for Lloyd Waner and Alban Geos- Cook, Frank-Boucher and Ching Johnson of the New York Rangers were named on the 1933 National League All-star Hockey Team, Atomic Artillery To Be Next Week WASHINGTON (® — The Army and Atomié Energy Commission (AEC) will make military and sei-} entifie history with the test-firing | of the world’s first atomic artil- lery sometime during the next few tweeks joint AEC- Pentagon announce- t over the week end said “a tile with an atomic war- will be shot from one of Army’s new 280-millimeter, eannons during the. forth- series of nuclear ‘tests at ada proving grounds. The guns themselves have been in existence for at least two years. They were given public demonstra- jtions, firing conventional ammuni- ition, last year, But until now | he the mob: coming BUILDERS | Times-Union TAMPAN DIES-FRIDAY DAYTONA BEACH —Heary G, Kress, 75, retired — ager of an office pany at Tampa, died here Friday, FALL CAUSES DEATH JACKSONVILLE (®—Mrs. erine Greene, 53, mother of Sports Ray Charleston, died injuries received in a fall. Casablanca is believed to the fastest growing city in: ‘Mert Africa. . from there has been no atomic ammuni- tion to pass to the peng a Army a Alamos * succeeded. in eng * stone succeed pat an 3 explosive into a about jinches in diameter—the. mate bore: of. the big guns. The announcement said vada test would uot be p Ne ATTENTION! If, You Seek Distinctive Quality In the Components -of ‘Voile’. Project, Whether It Be Residential. Professional or Business, Then By All Means You Should Check Over the Stock: and the Facilities of .. 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