The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 30, 1953, Page 6

Mort Captures Victory Saturday Night In Key West Kennel Club Act Tenny C. To Seek Fifth Win Of Current Meeting Tonight _ . R. K. Hutching’s Mort, a heavy favorite among the fans, regained his winning ways Saturday night when he captured an easy, six and a half length victory in the fea- ture race at the Key West Kennel Club. The win marked the seventh of the season for the four year old speedster. He was satisfied with running | second throughout the greater part of the race and then} forged into the lead at the three-quarter pole and won going away with a tremendous burst of speed. Maynard and Spring Festival, both put forth good efforts to finish second and third respec- tively. The winner paid 3.80, 2.60 and 2.20. Maynard returned 4.00 and 2.80 while Spring Festival paid 3.80. Renegade came through with a win in the second feature of the evening, a Marathon over the 3-8 mile distance. The winner was pulling at the finish to edge Tumble Time and Forward. The Daily Double Saturday night, paid 52.40 while the first race Quiniela returned 119.00. In tonight’s feature, Tenny C., who ran a good second last week in the Key West Medley Stakes, will go to the post in what pro- mises to be a three-cornered duel between Hazy Moon and Julienne. Owned by the Ed Wulf Kennel, which has produced a host of winners to date, Tenny C. will be seeking her fifth win of the cam- paign. Other entries include Exciting, Houri, Foot Hill, Brindle Comer, and Navy Diver. Robinson Lauds His Replacement By JACK HAND SARASOTA, Fla. — The kid who chased Jackie Robinson off second base is a 24-year-old Negro from Nashville by the name of James (Junio) Gilliam, fresh from the Montreal farm. In fact, Gilliam still is on the Montreal roster, pending final ac- tion by the Brooklyn brass. They, want to be sure before they make their move. Manager Charley Dressen is al- _ Most as sure as you can be at this stage of a spring training season. “If he continues as he has up to now, he’s got to play second | base,” said Dressen. “Hitting is the only question. If he can hit .260, he can help us. He looks like a fine leadoff man.” Robinson, moved out of his regu- Jar job by Gilliam, has this to say about the newcomer: “He ean get balls that I can't touch, any more, If he hits .275, I think the club will be strongest. with ‘him at second base. He is fast. He has a good arm. The only questiog to me is the double play. He isn’t a polished double play -man—yet.” Gilliam, a switch hitter, is get- g his big chance after only two years of organized ball—both at Montreal. Last.year he hit .301 and was named the most valuable player in the International League. He isn’t exactly a novice at the game, having played in the Negro leagues since 1945, when he was my 1%. . “It seemed like I always was fooling around a ball park,” he Golf Tournament Finals Postponed The final round in the tourna- ment to decide the championship of the Key West Golf Club, scheduled for yesterday afternoon, was post- poned until Sunday, April 5th due to a death in the family of Jimmy and Humbert Mira, tourney final- ists. =e Florida Man Cops Second Relay Trophy By F. T. MACFEELY GAINESVILLE, Fla. (®—Golden- | day, and haired J. L. (Papa) Hall must be | running out of space in his trophy | case, He picked up the Kearney-Ray- | bun memorial trophy, top individ- | ual award in the Florida Relays, | Saturday for the second time. The lad from Tallahassee who has | helped bring football as well as Florida, won it first in 1951. ‘That year he also won the na- | tional collegiate and national AAU high jump titles. | A leg injury hampered Hall’s jumping last year and cost him ia trip to the Olympies, But now : as the top collegiate high jumper. He has won the national indoor AAU title already. Hall won the high jump in the 10th Florida Relays with, for him, a* shallow jump of 6 feet 7% inches, At that it beat the 6 feet 6% record he set a year ago. In between leaps he ran the 100- yard dash in 9.8 seconds, forcing jern Conference champion, to tie the record of 9.7 to win it. Hall | mile relay team which finished a | close second to Auburn. | college and high school trackmen promised no new records. Only Hall looked like an outstanding performer. But in. addition to his record breaking high jump and the were two new relay records. | Tennessee’s two-mile relay four- j some cut the mark from 7 minutes | team covered the distance in 3 Mafyland’s 3:23.4 of 1949, Mary- land bettered both old records. but | finished second in each event. Team points are not given in Jackie Creel, Auburn’s Southeast- | While Jim McDonaid went all the also anchored the Florida quarter- }and their one run came about in | Robinson walked, went to third on A record entry of more than 600|4 double by George Shuba and jrecord-tieing dash by Creel, there jt Indian, Giant Pennant Wins Seen By Scribes By ED CORRIGAN AP Sportswriter ‘ If you want to take the word of the experts, the Cleveland Indians | teams that will win the major league pennants if the New York | | Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers | | falter. ' The Indians this spring have been playing the kind of baseball j one would expect of a pennant con- tender. But then, the Indians had |many - observers convinced they : ' would take the Yankees last spring. | They always seern to look good |in the training season. But there’s always that one year that would be: ;the one. Al Lopez’ team now has |won six in a row from major |league opposition, including yester- |day’s 15-3 slaughter of the Giants. | They also hold a 6-2 lead in the se- ; ries with Leo Durocher’s opera- tives. The Giants, on the other hand are fair game for the viewers with alarm. They’ve been playing poor- ly as the statistics will show. There’s no need to ge through the entire list. Suffice it to say they have lost their last five games and | 10 of their last 12 against major | league opposition. And Durocher doesn’t even have his lineup set. He still had Hank | Thompson in center field yester- ' it’s pretty generally | agreed that Bank can’t make the | grade. Bobby Hofman played sec- | ond base and Davey Williams pinch hit. | The Giants pulled out of Phoenix | today’and they play the Indians in eight states before arriving at the Polo Grounds. Durocher, who has been spending track glory to the University of | Most of the spring denying that he was worried about the perform- ; ance of the Giants, made no bones about being displeased with the barrage to which three of his pitch- ers were subjected. All told, Al Corwin, Hoyt Wilhelm and Reuben Gomez were pounded for 17 hits, he’s back at his peak and rafes | including two home runs, two tri- | ples and three doubles. They also | gave up nine bases on balls. The Dodgers and Yanks, mean. | while, went at each other as though | the World: Series were at stake in | St. Petersburg, with the Brooks} winning out, 1-0, to pull even in the exhibition series, 2-all. Johnny Podres and Joe Black held the world champions to five singles way for the Yanks. The Dodgers made only four hits the second inning when Jackie | scored when Roy Campanella grounded out. The Detroit Tigers, who are, playing like anything but tailend- ers,.defeated the Boston Red Sox, for:their 11th victory against sin Grapefruit League The Washington Senators, with 55.8 seconds by. Minnesota in 1949 | Jackie Jensen hitting a home run \to 7:50.6. Alabama’s mile relay |@nd two singles to raise his bat- ting average to .407, defeated the | minutes 21 seconds compared to | Milwaukee Braves, 10-7. It took. an assist in the form of four errors, but the St. Louis Car- dinals, who have been having their | troubles all spring, stopped the | said, “Down home in Nashville, | the relays, but an unofficial com- | Cincinnati Reds, 9-4, us kids always were hanging around Sulphur Dell. That's where I started with Nashville in the Negro Southern League in 1945. “Next year I went up to Balti- more, where I live now, and played with "the Elite Giants. | was there for five years until Brooklyn bough: ue” Patty Berg Faces Tough Battle NEW ORLEANS (® — Veteran Patty Berg faces the final round of the $3,500 New Orleans Women’s Open golf tournament today with; her one-stroke lead threatened by a wrist ailment and a formidable figld. The St. Andrews, M1., campaign et took over top spot in yesterday's second round with a par 77, giving her a 36-hole total of 151 be Zaharias of Tampa, Fla., polled igto second place with 152 after yesterday's one-under par 76. ac n playing out into the final Je tournament ¢ regain the lead she he! first round Mrs. Pung, who held a two - troke lead over Miss Berg and Mrs. Alice Bauer Hayge with a first-round 72, saw ber margin vanish in the second round. She finished with an 81 for a two- round total of 153 The tournament is being played over the flat, 6476-yard City Park Cc e No.1 en are play- |pilation based on 5, 3, 2, 1 in | individual events and 7, 4, 3, 2 in relays, gave Florida first at 38 points. Harry Byrd, who is trying to work his way out of the Philadel- phia A's doghouse, took a step in the wrong direction when he went Louisiana State was second at|l! the way against the Philadel- |22%4, Auburn third with 20% and|Phia Phils and was clubbed for a | Alabama fourth with 20. AND THEN THERE WERE THREE BRADENTON, Fla. (7 — Only 10-7 loss. The Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Browns divided a double- header. The Brownies won the first, 64, on three runs in the ninth, while the Pale Hose, behind Tommy Byrnes’ six-hit pitching | three players who participated in| took the nightcap—a seven-inning the 1948 World Series for the Bos- | affair—5-3. ton Braves are on the 1953 roster. ‘The holdovers are pitchers Warren Spahn and Vern Bickford plus in- fielder Sibby Sisti Johnny Antonelli came club in "48 but saw no action in the; fall classic. Paul Burris, a young jcateher, joined the Braves late in | } to the | Sports Mirror By The Associated Press TODAY A YEAR AGO — Jim-} my Clark won the $10,000 Azalea thme season but was ineligible for |Open Golf Tgurnament with 272 {Series play. FIVE YEARS AGO — Murry| Diekson pitched a no-hit, no-run |par and three more than normally | spring training game as the St used for women. The women's par Louis Cards defeated the New York was upped from the usual 74 be-/ Yankees cause the women are using men’s; tees Tied for third with Mrs e were Louise Suggs of At to, year’s top money winner, 3 he Hagge, who plays out of Sarasota TEN YEARS AGO — Detroit de- . 2 aston | bh teams} of the Stan-/ TY YEARS AGO — Joe Fla ‘Kirkwood won the $2.500 pineburst | Miss Suggs had an opening round 81 and shot a 72 in a secoud round. Mrs. # roud was a 79 to go with her opening 74 Trailing them by five strokes at 138 were Betsy Rawls of burg. S. C., and Betty Bush of Lake Point, Mich. Leading the 2 Sam Israel Jr who shot an & two round tote) ef & was Mrs. ment with a rec-| j Open Golf T. PACERS NOMINATED YONKERS, N.Y. A record | list of 30 pacers has been nominat-/| ed for the Yonkers Derby at Yonk ers Raceway. The previous mark of 24 was set last year. The/ Dert summer feature at Youk- | mile event and the New York Giants are the | * Date of Last Race ge eer einnein 8B RACE—S-16 MILE 1 6 S- Pes "3. 2 4 8 +4 CN a OD OD O8 tk Brindl * SSe2ARK2 a8 Ulm Hee OBIS Mme Date of Last Race §=FOURTH RACE-—S-' 3-25 Glen Page 3-25° Reckless Rae Harvest Call - Night 5 Winner Wiliams and Fagg’s Brindle D., Lad: o ~ ppenasse® aA waHwn One eRe 60 0 At 09 C9 Ure nwin Om AIM oO rs Date of Last Race MIGHTM RACE—£-16 MILE OOM Oe tt OM wD OS once enn com S E ge73gtZF28 O arene ere 00 OO Cer rt Date of Last Race 4 TENTH RACE—S16 MILE geseage Dorman name PIRST RACE—5-16 MILE : habaaawetec Foosune Boos ta 68 T 8 .» July, 1949. Time—32.1 Strong finish Came again On inside pa No mishap 4 No factor .70 *° Outrun 1. Beach Comber—Heat Wave 3.00 5.60 Quiniela (3-7) 119.00 4.80 o a te Sueanh aes oe SBssesay Hs Time—32.1 Saved for win 2 80 * Best of rest at 40 * Closed well ° 60 “+ Off late 5st No mishap ot * No factor Tt =: 10.60 **# Faded back 8° 10.70 ** Outrun .» July, 1951. Never Blue—Glad a r *4.Came again On inside Evenly No factor Wide ist turn *t Outrun 50 In last stride .30™* Qutfinished 40 *# Good effort .60 * No mishap .60 * Early factor jo. factor Outrun . Dry Lake—Genteel Hawnerion Dane ori itched Quiniela (1-3) 8.20 Time—32 x 5 Tiring at end = Just missed *4 On inside “| Tired early "No mishap No factor “+ Outrun “4 Wide ist turn il. Razor’s Edge— ry > WOME me 3.20 3.20 Quiniela (5-8) 83.40 4.40 os 3s . iy . 5.50 All the way 90 * On inside 11.60 “# Outside ‘route 13.60 * Gave way 16.70 “+ Off late 18.30 *} No factor 4.40 °° Thru early 18.70 “* Qutrun IAM April, 1949. Rural Rube—Heart Throb 5.00 = 3.20 2.80 heed Quiniela (4-8) 19.20 Time—31.4 90 Outside route 60 * On inside .40 * Late effort 60 *! Closed gap 40 * Wide ist turn .30 * Faded back 8.30 *! No factor 5.40 *° Weakened . Bill’s Find—Jo Ann Lee 4.80 00 280 Quiniela (4-8) 75.00 3.80 9 1 3. 12. 6. 13. "3 * As he pleased 5.60. *t Best of rest 7.40 * Outside route 8.%™ Closed gap 5.60 * Wide ist turn 13.60 ** Weakened 10.40 * No factor aR AM eH ren eae +» August, oo Hollenbeck 2.60 y 400 «62.80 8 ©«©Quiniela (2-8) 11.40 3.80 Time—31.3 Just lasted -70 ™ Fast finish 33 4.40“ Good effort - 480 “ Outrun str. ie 11.60 * Evenly 6 « s 7 er 9.70 we zm ad 15.60 *+ No mishap "4 = 35.00 * No factor 21.40" Outrun . Razor's Edge—All Over so 4D 3.00 «63.00 «© Quiniela (2-3) 8.60 3.2 Date of Last Rese = GLSVERTH RACE-34 MILE Ave e nthe 1" + BaekE aes ee gvene e44e nen aszss wusey al aby Bebo Key West Kennel Club Result Charts-Saturday, March 28 LL _L_—___ SS SSS == EES Subscribe for The Citizen--2 Weekly THE KEY WEST CITIZEN onight’s Entries (NOT POST POSITIONS) First Race — 5-16 mile Carbondale Jacoba Herb’s Pride Suki Sal Fancy Times Jack Me Loudeal Flashy Frank Second Race — 5-16 mile Silent Profit Outrageous Wynelle Lucky Par Lodi Capital My Design Guajira Third Race — 5-16 mile Sooner Senator Lady Portis Shining Sue Mer-Shak Dian Kay Aska Kay Mim Sir Hidelgo Fourth Race — 5-16 mile Eager Miss Clever Guy Bill Piper Do Dat Fame-N-Fértune My Charlotte Cracker Jackie Jamaica Jim Fifth Race — 5-16 mile Foolish Jill Blue Sails Top News Thought Liz’ Cooper Stirring News Often In Gail Fax i Race — 5-16 mile Sanguine Escapade Blanch Sailor Holiday House Mill Town Payette Lennox Luck “Es Seventh Race — 5-16. mile Withwin aie Thunderette. Nick Lutz Jack O’Lish Joyous Miss « Lost Trail Sixty Days Bill Proverb Eighth Race — S-16<mile Showmenow 4h Big Pay Off Good Find Pretty Blossom Beguile Betty Bob : Ninth Race — 5-16 m Houri Navy Diver Brindle Comer Exciting Tenny C Julienne Hazy Moon Foothill Tenth Race — 38 mile: Doctor Dodd : Buzzie Bee Adjust Falcon Claw Cute Paddy Respectful Nadya’s Girlie Phoped Tramp Athlete | Passes From American Scene By HAL BOYLE WILMINGTON, N. C. ®#—The! tramp athlete is passing out of the | sports picture. | The top professional athletes to- | day often have business brains as | well as muscle, and when‘old Fath- er Time finally forces them out | of competition fhey can retire gracefully with a rice nest egg | to start a fresh career. i Typical of these new business- | men-athietes’ is Olto Graham, 31- year-old star quarterback of the | Cleveland Browns football team, | who is vacationing here with his pretty wife, Beverly. Tossing touchdown passes is Otto’s specialty -- he has thrown | more than 100 in his seven-year | career as a pro-and they net him ; about $20,000 @ season, Some athletes with. an income like that would be content to spend the rest of the year fishing-or just plain resting. But not Otto. He is active in a food packaging concern and. acts as assistant branch manager in Cleveland for a life insurance company. “When I do drop out of pro- fessional football, I'll just go a little deeper into life insurance,” he said. “I figure you can’t compete in football much after 35 at the latest, } and I don’t want to play after} I’ve passed my peak.” | Otto already has outlasted the | ordinary athlete's competitive life- | time because he takes almost re- ligious care to keep in shape, “I don't drink or smoke, and | never have,” he said. “I don't say | that drinking or smoking in mod-{ eration burts an adult athlete—but | they can’t pes ibly do him any good either.” | j Graham is so sold on the virtues of proper conditioning that he makes 40 to 50 speeches a year | on the subject to high school | groups H A six-foot 200 pounder, Graham | keeps fit with golf during the off season. He is handsome, boyish looking, and despite his size re- sembles the music teacher he once | wanted to be more than a pfo- } fessional athlete His passion for keeping in per- Introducing Modern me fect condition has paid. off. Be rarely has been hurt,- never has missed playing in a game. during his seven years as @ pro, “Of course, a quarterback does not have to take as many knocks | 28 some of, the other players,” he said, grinning. “Athletics has been .very good to me. It keeps a man down to earth. And playing a sport really teaches you the things you have to know in business-how to ce! along with people, how to’ ¢oop=: ate with the other fellow, $3 $5 Rave -§ 28 - For QUALITY USED Cai” and General Auto.Repai TWINS GARAGE 1130 DUVAL ST. . . DIAL 2.2401 $$ 3 $ SAVE $$$ 35 Exclusive AND STEEL REINFORCED CONCRETE POLES FREE ESTIMATE ARTER AND SON PHONE: MARATHON 4782 — KEY WEST 24008