The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 15, 1953, Page 7

Milwaukee Whips Cards Tuesday In Extra Inning Thriller Kentucky Is |Havana Pilot Armando Marsan Played In Three Major Leagues Bob Lemon Hurls One-Hitter In Cleveland Win By BEN PHLEGAR AP Sportswriter The major leagues’ scriptwriters gave it the old college try for) opening day. In seven games they came up with an extra inning thriller won by a Milwaukee rookie’s homer; a one-hit sensation by Cleveland’s Bob Lemon; come-from-behind vic- tories by Brooklyn and the Chicago Cubs; the New York ig ag 4 opening day shutout loss in years; a decisive setback for Rob- in Roberts, last year’s best pit- cher, and an expert whitewashing of his former Detroit teammates by Virgil Trucks. Even the one postponement had a special twist. The Boston Red Sox were forced to cancel both days of a two-day seres with Wash- ington because of snow—the first snowed-out game in Boston since 1933. Polar. bear weather prevailed generally, holding the total crowds to 176,269, almost 50,000 below ex- tions, vethe hardy souls who ventured out saw Milwaukee nip St. Louis, 3-2; Chicago edge Cincinnati, 3-2; Brooklyn whip Pittsburgh, 8-5, and New York defeat Philadelphia, 4-1, in National League encounters and three American League shutouts —Cleveland over Chicago, 6-0; Philadelphia over the Yankees, 5-0; and St. Louis over Detroit, 10-0. The day’s largest crowd, 53,698 watched Lemon give up a clean single to Minnie Miroso in the first inning for the first and last Chicago hit, Only three other times did the White Sox get the ball out of the Infield although four walks and two errors gave them six other base runners, At Yankee Stadium, Casey Sten- gel ran up his fourth straight American League pennant, That was about the last thing the crowd of 23,534,had to cheer about be- cause the A’s Alex Kellner made the world champions look like mi- nor Jeaguers the rest of the after- noon. The Yanks managed only five singles. Vic Raschi, pounded éarly and often, was the loser. Bill Bruton, a grinning, hollow- cheeked. Negro rookie who prob- ably is the fastest man in the ma- jors, continued to write the Mil- waukee success story with a bold hand as he homered in the 10th inning to give the Braves a home town triumph over the Cardinals. Ken Raffensberger, who has lost more games in. the National League than any other active pit- cher, dropped his 139th yesterday when Chicago scored two unearned tuns in the eighth inning to defeat Cincinnati, 3-2, before 21,222 Chi- cago fans. The Dodgers bragged all spring about their pitchers but they couldn’t find one te go the route on opening day. Carl Erskine was the choice and the Pittsburgh Pi- rates got rid of him with a four- run outburst in the fourth inning. Joe Black saved the day for the 12,433 Ebbets Field faithful as the Dodgers found the range for four runs in the fourth and fifth against Murry Dickson. Bobby Thomson sent the Giants away on top against Roberts at Philadelphia as he belted the Phils’ ace for a home run with Davey Williams on base in the first in- ning. Roberts never had a chance. The Browns, who showed up in St.. Louis as usual instead of in Threatened With Boycott NEW ORLEANS (@—Four South- eastern ‘Conference schools today threatened Kentucky with a boy- cott that would bar Coach Adolph Rupp’s basketball team from NCAA tournament play next winter. « The threat stems from. a controversy concerning schedules created after Kentucky was barred from competition last fall. by the NCAA following a point-shaving scandal. An athletic official of an SEC school who asked not to be named disclosed the boycott action yes- terday and then tossed a second brickbat in Kentucky’s direction by declaring: “In order to qualify for the NCAA championship, each confer- ence school must play a round robin tournament. And if Kentucky doesn’t play all teams in the con- ference, “it will eliminate itself from NCAA title. competition.” ~~ The schedule controversy came about this way: Kentucky was to play games last season at Tulane, Louisiana State University, Mississippi, and Mis- sissippi State--the four teams that compose the SEC’s western divi- sion. Kentucky now contends that it was unable to fulfill its schedule last year. Therefore, that schedule should be forgotten about and the 1953-54 schedule placed in effect. But that would necessitate the western division schools traveling to Lexington where Kentucky is located to meet Rupp’s team next winter. And the four schools would rather play Kentucky on their home floors where they figure they have a better chance of coping with the perennially tough Ruppmen. Kentucky athletic officials were not available for comment. California Golfers Lead Phoenix Meet PHOENIX, Ariz. ®—Defending champion Mrs. Lyle Bowman of Richmond, Calif, and medalist Barbara Romack, her neighbor at Sacramento, led the way into the first round of match play today in the 23rd annual Trans-Mississippi golf tournament. Mrs. Bowman, who-qualified with a one under par 75 for women at the par 38-38-.76, 6,545-yard Arizona Country Club course, was paired against Lois Schrader of Los An- geles, who had an 82 yesterday. Miss Romack elipped four strokes off par with her'72 and was teamed against Thelma Carr of Phoenix, who had an 82. Mary Lena Faulk, the Georgia favorite, (80), met Sheila Moss, San Antonio (78), newly crowned Texas champion, played Frances Rich, Bainbridge, Ga. (82). If you like beer... Armando Marsan, whose Hav- ana Cuban baseballers will go in- to action tonight against the Fort Lauderdale Lions is no stranger to Key West. During his 31 years on the baseball scene he has made several trips to Key West with! various teams for exhibitions. “It feels good to be back, the! 65 year old athlete said yesterday as he surveyed his players in a practice session at Wickers Field. Asked if he would like the idea} of possibly campaigning in Key West if the team’s owners, the | Washington Senators see fit to transfer the franchise here, Mar-| san grinned happily and said, “I personally would like it. Besides being a nice little town, I know that if we give the fans good base- ball, they’d come out and support an” Marsan is one of the few men active in baseball who has played in the three major leagues. He broke into the game in 1912 with Cincinnatti as an outfielder-one of the first of the great Cuban dia- mond stars. Stints with St. Louis in the old Federal League and the Yankees followed before he ended his career in 1918. A broken leg cut his career as a major league player short, but he has had a long and satisfying term as a man- ager of various clubs. Writers Pondering} J ax Beach Spelling JACKSONVILLE w— If you want to know how to spell the name of the Jacksonville Beach club of the Class D Floride State Baseball League, don’t ask Julian Jackson, one of its own- ers, There was some question whether a hyphen went between Sea Birds, name of the club, and the problem was put to Jackson who along with T. F. Cowart owns a chain of super markets here and whe bought the Birds last year. . “1 don’t know,” Jackson ad- mitted. “I guess you'd better call out te the club's beach of- fice and ask.” His secretary came through with the answer, She said it's Sea Birds, two words, no hy- With a vigor, belying his age, | Detroit the canny veteran was out on the mound yesterday supervising bat- jee ting practice for his players. He recalled that when he came he came here with a Cuban team here with a Cuban team which in- | cluded the all-time great Cuban Pitcher Jose Mendez, he played a- gainst a local hurler Hagerman who later went on to become a major league pitcher. What about this year’s Cubans? Memphis Well, the old master isn’t talk- ing until he has a chance to see them in action against other FIL clubs in championship play. “Tve got a and fast rand they know that they ha hustle,” he said simply. “One -thing Armando mention wag the fact that Cubans have copped 15 straight exhibition tilts without dropping a ive Known = as | Atlanta Shreveport Beaumont to to | Houston the ie 3758208 ' Bes ' em wn Ve cE’ wenger 8 zee sss H abebetin, geste verdict thus far in the training campaign. close, split decision, welterweigh champion Kid Gavilan insisted to- day that Livio Minelli of Italy “not show too much” asa fighter. But the fans who witnessed their torrid 10-round non-title bout last night thought differently. For fully two minutes they booed in protest after the verdict was announced. Gavilan weighed 152, Minelli 151. Ed Mickelson, infielder getting a trial with the St. Louis Browns, is a graduate of Oklahoma A and M where he starred im baseball and basketball, spring | Macoe 5 eEre Stitt it Oakland San Diego The biggest gathering fans in Florida for the ter season was 32.724 on go Day at Hialeah. $$$ $ SAVE $$$ $ For QUALITY USED CARS and General Auto Repairs TWINS GARAGE 1130 DUVAL ST. DIAL, 2.2401 $$ $$ SAVE $$$ $§ Bienower beeasaey E s*9S558 “een! 4 z F youll /ove Schlitz - No harsh bitterness... Just the kiss of the hops — tess flavor . . . is the world’s largest seller. Year after year more bottles and cans of Schlitz are bought— millions more—than of any other beer. This popularity is the result of the » most conclusive taste test in beer history. 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TV Round Table WASHINGTON — Arguments over congressional investigations aren’t easy to control—even on television. Martha Rountree, moderator of “The Big Issue,” had to referee one last night between Sen. Me- Carthy (R-Wis) Richardson Dil- worth, Philadelphia district attor- ney and a Democrat. 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