The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 31, 1953, Page 6

Mort To Seek Eighth Win At Kennel Club Tonight Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, March 31, 1953 Tonight's Entries (NOT POST POSITIONS) First Race — 5-16 mile Sixth Race — 5-16 mile Trail Breaker Charlie Fax Stop Over Callaway Jewel’s Trump Rathy Ann Singing Kid Jenny Me Second Race — 5-16 mile Blew By Blue Tinsel Summer Gal Painted Joe Dale Whata Bug Freshman Fiction Lad Third Race — 5-16 mile Sooner Shindig Mountain Park Islander Blip Modern Age Bombast Portis Boy Fourth Race — 5-16 mile Traveling Bug Flashy Reward Accidential Coursing News Broward Bred Honey Rebel Divine Devil Erosion Fifth Race — 5-16 mile Pasha’s Lady Also Lightning Rodney _ Buddy’s Reard Good And Glad Router Lucky Teter Jan-Jan Idol Red Reckless Rae Betrayer Roose Goose Lone Andy Gifted Son Fiesta Girl Keen Kut Seventh Race — 5-16 mile Mack Truck Senor Sensation Just Katy Peck All Time Make Haste Col. Matt Wynn Hush Shane Eighth Race — 5-16 mile Wise Mike Top Bracket Glen Page Turning Point Gunette Bee’s Trouble Suki Susie Razor’s Rocket Ninth Race — 5-16 mile Kris Adams Breezemont Vendome Reckoning Mort Do or Die Magnate Highland Hawk Tenth Race — 3-8 mile Charlie Fax Really Rare Kitten Finish Blind Alley Slick Miss Innocence Reckless Trudy Crystal Ghost Flag Hopes Of Yanks Rising By ED CORRIGAN AP Sportswriter Detroit first and. the New York Yankees in the second division in the American League! The Pittsburgh Pirates second and the St. Louis Cardinals last in the National League! Impossible? Probably during the regular sea? son, but this is Grapefruit League play where the impossible is pos- sible. And that’s just how things stand today, The only team that looks like it might be in its normal place is Brooklyn, which is leading ¢he National League with 15 victories and seven defeats. The Pirates are 4% games behind, followed by the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phil- lies, New York Giants and the Cardinals, Following Detroit in the junior loop standings are the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Yankees, Chi- cago White Sox, Philadelphia A’s and Boston Red Sox, The Tigers, with a 12-5 record for the spring—and with the open- ing of the regular season less than two weeks away tage of .706. The pennant last year Fred Hutchinson's Bengals, who finished in the cellar last season, are the logical contenders to finish in the same spot this time. But how a Percen- | Jterday’s 9-5 triumph over the Yan- kees, they’ve simply outslugged the opposition. Four home runs, including one with the bases loaded by Owen Friend helped sore-arm pitchers Ned Garver and Art Houtteman to the triumph. The Yanks col- lected 13 hits off the pair. Ray Scarborough, the Yanks’ veteran right-hander, took most of the punishment during his six in- nings. The Yanks now have lost three in a row. Except for a 13-6 shellacking’ the Indians administered to the Giants — a_ happenstance comes under the heading of news these days—the story was pitching all the way down the line. The In- dians made 15 hits including a pair of home runs by Ray Boone. in the process of scoring their fifth straight victory. Here’s how the pitching heroes lined up: 1, Jim Konstanty, the ancient reliever of the Philadelphia Phils who hopes to become a starter this year, coasted through the entire jroute as the Phils defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-1. 2. Billy Loes and Glenn Mick- ens, a couple of young Brooklyn elbowers, shut out the Boston Red Sox, 5-0. Neither Loes nor Mickens has allowed an earned’run in 15 innings. 3. Bobby Shantz of the A’s, the most valuable player in the Amer- jican League last year, went the that hardly | if they can get some pitching to go {distance for the first time since with their hitting, they could win/the start of spring training. He a Tenny C. Takes Win In Feature Monday Night; $119 Daily Double Mort, R. K. Hutching’s four-year-old speedster, who is getting plenty of action (and apparently thrives on it) will go to the post to- night in the feature race at the Key West Kennel Club. On last Saturday night, Mort gained a six and a |half length victory over Maynard and Summer Fes- tival which marked the pup’s seventh win in 15 starts in action to date. Tonight, the favorite will be hard pressed, however, when he runs head-on into i such dogs as Cliff Waller’s | Do Or Die, F. B. Stutz’ Ven- |dome and Mrs. H. E. Rus- sell’s Reckoning. All of these dogs have shown plenty of class thus far in the | meeting and a thrilling race is in |the offing for fans tonight. In addition, the fieid will include Vendome, Highland Hawk, Kris Adams, Breezemont and Magnate. Post time tonight is 8:15 p. m. In last night’s action, Tenny C. was hard pressed but managed to continue her winning ways when |she triumphed by a nose over | Hazy Moon and Exciting. Ed Wulf’s crack greyhound, who captured a secend in the Key West Medley Stakes last week, led all the way, but last efforts by the place and show dogs threatened to overcome the advantage. Tenny C. returned 5.20, 3.60 and 2.80 while Hazy Moon paid 4.20 and 3.80. Exciting paid 4.80. The sixth race Quiniela return- ‘ed a nice 119.20 last night while |the Daily Double, Flashy Frank jand Silent Profit paid 70.20. | ee Sports Mi ports Mirror By The Associated Press | TODAY A YEAR AGO—Alvin Bo McMillin, former Indiana and | Philadelphia Eagles football coach, | died. | FIVE YEARS AGO—The Phillips ,Oilers defeated Kentucky, 53-49, and won the right to represent the |United States in the Olympic ; Games. | TEN YEARS AGO — Wyoming |beat Georgetown, 45-34, to win the |NCAA basketball title. | TWENTY YEARS AGO — The |New York A. C. won the National | {AAU Swimming Meet: with 47| points. | | psi tutnb ase | Ransom Jackson of the Chicago Cubs hit his first major league j homer May 5, 1950 off Bud Pod- bielan of the Dodgers. It came in the 10th inning and won the game for the Cubs, 7-6. | came the first Milwaukee hurler to pitch an entire game. The Braves beat their Toledo American | Association farm hands, 8-1, with} Wilson givin up nine hits 5. Warren Hacker and Bob chultz of the Cubs held the » six hits while scoring decision over the American Date of Last Race Fla ; Flashy Frank Key West Kennel Club Result Charts~Monday. FIRST ‘RACE—S-16 MILE vaaaxgege gaeecseg AM te Dom AAO Coe 83D 00 HN GD 9 Ht 6.20 50 Sera’ errell’s Brindle *t Gave way * Faded back * No factor * Outrun itched » May, 1951. Rural Streak—Little 3.00 = 2.60 3.20 he Quiniela (1-3) 23.00 Daily Double—Flashy Frank and Silent Profit paid 70.20 Date of Last Race 3-26* Wi Lady LADY PORTIS DIAN MIM Jamaica Jim 3-26" Fame-N-Fortune Eager Miss 3-26 My Charlotte 3- 4" Cracker Jackie 3-26" Bill Piper 3-7 Clever Guy Winner—Williams —Little Tony Kay vinner—Fred Whitehead’s B: 4 and Fagg’s 8 4 51% 73 65% 58 WOAH Om NATHAN Cer Cre od 10.00 PIFTH RACE—S-16 MILE 00 bt OH ae DO OD 2 ~ ta? DOD Hs wa Damme SxMmenNe THIRD RACE—S-16 MILE tO ne me OO he 00 it a eo oe Ee ra? 3 Time—32.2 In last stride Outfinished Gained inside “4 Outrun str. * Faded back "! No factor "4 Outrui rindle B., Sept., 1951. Portis Bomb, My Lucky Quiniela (2-4) 11.80 Time—32. a Up on outside 5.60“ Saved ground 2.40 +4 Early speed 18.60 *# Outrun str. .40 * Stumbled * No factor 20 ** Outrun .70 **4 Outrun Cd 8 Red Brindle B., March, 1948. Restorer, Imp. 4.20 . 5.60 re Quiniela (2-7) 43.00 Time—32.2 Up on outside * Good effort ) Qutrun str. *t No mishap “i Off late Early speed * No factor Cr ety Quiniela (7-8) 17.20 Time—32.1 All the way 4 Forced pace “i Saved ground *) Little gain *t Gave way “No factor * Wide 1st turn * Outran Ww 2 Saved ground 4 Outside route § Tried hard “+ Evenly ‘+ Faded back * Off late *t No factor ‘f BF amen Sk eunsarane SUmananwe 6.00 Gamely 3.90™ On inside 2.40 “ Steady gain 8.60 * Early pace 10.70 * Gave way 13.90 * No factor 2.90 *! No factor Jackie Price, world-famed Baseball trick artist, will top the bill Thursday night at the Wick- ers Field Stadium when the Key West Kiwanis Club sponsors ‘an evening of baseball entertain- ment for the benefit of their fund for underpriveliged children. A baseball double header, which will pit the Strand Thea- tre nine and the American Le- gion Post 168 of the Junior Base- ball League in the opener, and the Fleet Sonar School baseball- | ome Sey gue M. - Jackie Price Will Pocfaewa Feats Of a ee Baseball Magic For Fans Thursday: baseball shot from a’ bazooka: a distance of 300 feet ‘(in his pocket) are sure to be - crowd pleasers. Price is 28s (Three curves ball.) Price has been in for several weeks, getting in shape for summer tour which from coast to coast. = He f if ® ie ers against the Key West All- | peared. in every ball Stars in the second tilt, will al- | with a population of more so be a feature of the evening. | The first game will get under- | way 6:45 p. m. Price, who is the property of the Cleveland Indians, who has | long been a popular favorite among Key Westers with his His upside down trapeze act, and the feat where he catches a 25,000. Recently returned Korean trip where he entertain- ed the troops, Price amazed him- self there by shooting baseballs at the enemy with his bazodke. The public is urged to attend i deserving Key West children. . Remember, Wickers Field, Thursday night at 6:45.p. m. Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT PHOEN Ariz. (—The Chica- go White § are a very hot look- ing ball club and are being driven with a grim intensity by their man- ager, Paul Richards, in the wan- ing days of the Western exhibition season. Give them a little pitching and they are going wo be hard to head off this time. They are in terrific | condition from tpeir preliminary | training in the aot. Imperial Val- ley. The veteran Vern Stephens, for example, says he is a dozen pounds lighter than he had been | for years and claims he will “play all of ‘em” at third-base. Somehow, Richards has infused | his club with a terrific winning | spirit. It shows up in their horse | play and banter around the batting | cage, in their hustle on every play | and in their slashing base running. | This team believes it can beat | both the New York Yankees and} the Cleveland Indians to the wire.’ | The big excitement at the mo-, ment centers around a rookie cat- cher, Bob (Red) Wilson, the same | who was voted the most valuable | football player in the Western Con- | ference in 1950, when he was cen-| ter and linebacker for Wisconsin. Two weeks ago Richards didn’t} mention Wilson in discussing his team. Since then the big fellow, who was at Seattle last year, has | one wild with the bat and has | more or Jess astofished Richards } with his work behind the plate. | Now Richards says guardedly that} he has “high hopes” for him, and | several of the experts following him last year—appears to be com- plete. Again the big Venezuelan is making plays no other in the game today pall as and he is clouting the-ball. He and Nellie Fox give great class to the club around secondsbase, . There still is no clear indication that Richards has enough top pit- ching to go around, and General Manager Frank Lane is hopping about trying to land another -start- er, He's even been working ‘on the St. Louis Browns again after hav- ing bought Gene Bearden from that club, last week. The impression here is that if he gets about one more Brownie there will be no Brownies left. S$SSS$$ SAVE S$S$SSS$ TWINS GARAGE Means QUALITY AUTO ) 3350'Rox« PAINTING AND USED CARS At the RIGHT PRICE NEW STUDEBAKER |CARS AND TRUC™S Mean Maximum. Economy FOR REPAIR APPOINTHENT 1130 DUVAL STREET or DIAL 2.2401 * SS$$S$$ SAVE $35535 the club are convinced he is beat- | — ing Sherm Lollar out of the first | string catching job | Another who has caught fire is Rocco Krsni yr who joined the § tle late last season been hit- | ting above expectations, especially with men on base, and there is no| certainty at all in some minds that he won't play about as much thid base as Stephens does He is much! the better fielder of the two. The cure of shortstop Chico Car- } 1 whatever ix was that ailed | HALL & SHAW QUALITY PAINT and more ball games than anyone | pitched his mates to a 43 victory NINTH RACE—5-16 MILE thought possible. In four of their |over the Cincinnati Reds last five victories, including yes 1r Opening April First 1109 WINDSOR LANE BLOCK AND A HALF SOUTH OF CATHOLIC CHURCH For Quality Work Go To The QUALITY SHOP Saved ground ™ Just missed Good effort Steady gain Evenly Off late No factor Wide ist turn . 15h Dancing Ce i 480 TENTH RACE-$8 MILE Going away ** Dead heat 24 1% % 0% Introducing just Nadya's Girlie Palecoa Claw 32° Dector Dodd 3-26* Buzzie Bee Wioner—E. F. Snipes’ ret CUTE PADDY RESPECTFUL Modern PRECAST CONCRETE W270 * No factor 2.“ Outran » May, 1951. More Taxes—Silver 4m 30 1m Uepaaane Se er) Ow Owe we Bennun 7 e 33 ed cf sm 41 Quimela (24) Bm 3.0 (48) 4D manager when both | Klaus, Ed Mathews and Jo Chicago Cubs. Pitch- | Logan; outficlders Bill B Bob Bub) hurled for Grimm in’ Luis Marque. Charles Tan jand Bob Tjorpe. egeons In bis second season as bead Ernie COCR of the University of Fiori- AND CLOTHES LINES STEEL REINFORCED CONCRETE POLES FREE ESTIMATE CARTER AND SON PHONE. 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