The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 5, 1953, Page 6

Yanks Decision Chisox To Keep Streak Going By BEN PHLEGAR AP Sportswriter The Detrojt Tigers have an out- standing candidate for the Ameri- tan League’s rookie of the year, one of the loop’s leading hitters and a reasonable chance of finish- ing the season with the worst rec- ord in modern baseball history. As spring training ended Mana- ger Freddie Hutchinson looked over his Tigers, who had finished 45 games behind the winning New York Yankees last year, and de- clared: “We're not a last place outfit.” In Hutchinson’s favor have been Shortstop Harvey Kuenn, one of the most promising first-year men | Cincinnati in eithér league, and a heavy hit- ting lineup paced by Bob Nieman at 312. Yet today, with less than a third of the season gone, the Tigers have lost 34 out of 44 contests and are 21% games out of first place. Detroit lost twice yesterday to the Athletics, 11-2, and 9-6, running its present winless string to 12. The second game was decided on a homer by Cass Michaels in. Baseball Results AMERICAN By The Associated Press Woa nig Pet Behind ry ™ YESTER! New York 9 Chicago 5 (10 innings) Fatadeiphis 11-9 Detroit 2-6 (second 10 Cleveland 8 Boston 1 Washington 10 St. Louis 1 TODAY'S SCHEDULE New York at St. Louis (n Wi at Chicago (n) Boston at Detroit (n) Philadelphia at Cleveland (n) NATIONAL By The Associated Press Won Lost Pct. Behind 4 639 16 636 4 15 605 24 1% S71) 3% 20 siz 6 2 364 1 6 333 (13 7 308 14 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS New York 11 Cincinnati 3 Brooklyn 10 Milwaukee $ Pittsburgh 6 Chicago 1 Philadelphia 6 St. Louis 5 (10 innings) ‘TODAY'S SCHEDULE Chicago at New York (n) St. Louis at Brooklyn (n) Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (n) Milwaukee at Philadel @ the 10th and marked the 12th time | [7 this year that Detroit has been beaten in the “last inning. Af the other end-of the league the Yankees: continued their win- | “barlestor ning streak at the expense of the Chicago Wite Sox with a 9-5 de- cision in 10 innings. The Yanks now have taken seven in a row, equalling their best 1952 winning string. Cleveland whipped the Boston Red Sox, .8-1,. and Washington mopped up on the St. Louis Browns, 10-1. The Brooklyn Dodgers, who YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Savannah 7 Charleston 4 Macon 3 mery 2 Jacksonville 3 Columbia 3 Columbus 4 Augusta 2 TODAY'S SCHEDULE Augusta at Columbus Jacksonville at Columbia Macon at Montgomery hadn't hit a home run in two | Little gai terday against Milwaukee and de- Yeated the Braves, 10-5, The loss cut the Braves’ league lead to a half game over the Dodgers. Piladelphia tightened ‘its hold on third place by turning back the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-5, in 10 inn- ings. Pittsburgh won its third straight over Chicago, 6-1, and the New York Giants scored seven times in the eighth inning to wal- lop’ Cincinnati, 11-3. : White Sox gave a much bet- ter account of themselves against the Yankees than on the previous day, coming from five runs behind to tie the score in the eighth. But a single by Mickey Mantle fol- lowed by Gil MacDougald’s home run produced the first two New York runs in the 10th. Larry Doby contributed a grand slam home run in Cleveland's tri- umph over Boston, Mel Parnell of the Red Sox, a six time loser to the Indians since April, 1950, tried to break his jinx but lasted only into the second inning. Washington moved jnto a third place tie with Chicago by whipping the Browns. The Senators lashed three St. Louis pitchers for 15 hits including a homer and a single for Mickey Vernon, Brooklyn got its long ball attack going against Milwaukee as seven of the 11 hits went for extra bases. | Andalusia Max Surkont, who had won six straight, was tagged with his first loss. Bobby Morgan, Duke Snider, Gil Hodges and Cari Furillo hit Brooklyn homers. Johnny Wyrstek singled home Richie Ashburn with the winning aes pre ome series with victory in a game the Cardinals, Bob Hall, who said he was through with the majors when the Pirates tried to ship him to the eae Pacific Coast League two. weeks ‘ago, won his first big league game in Pittsburgh’s triumph over Chi- | Minnes: cago. Ralph Kiner, playing his first game for the Cubs, got a double, Seven hits and a walk, climaxed by Ray Noble's -three run homer,| purtaio enabled the Giants to score seven times in the eighth inning against Cincinnati. Hoyt Withelm made his 23rd relief appearace for New York and picked up his fourth vic- tory. All of Cincinnati's runs were | Andalusia homers—two by Ted Kluszewski and one by Roy McMillan, Wins For Duke . N.C. @—Gerry | ruse broke out with four yes-|Nen Montreal ppd-rain Springfield pot ie ‘Only games scheduled AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Louisville 2 Columbus 2 (called end 9th allow entrain) Kansas 11 Charleston 8 Toledo 7 er Ba ‘ ALABAMA-FLO! RIDA Fort Walton 3 Eufaula 1 Graceville 8 Panama ‘City 4 Dothan 12 8 Seen Ses? 2 innings) Portland 6 San Francisco 3 (11 innings) TEXAS Fort Worth 10 Houston 3 Dallas 12 San Antonio 3 ‘Tulsa 2 City 7 Beaumont 6 (14 innings) Dallas at San Antonio forth at Houston Fort We ee City at Beaumont INTERNATIONAL Toronto at Montreal Buffalo at Ottawa Baltimore at eee? HES INTERNATIONAL Won Lest Pet. 33 Sab s i] & wee i Views From The Southernmost porting Scene By Charlie Conch Conchs Show ‘Em Two local boys are making names for themselves in profes- sional baseball. Danny Lastres, of the baseball playing Lastres family, is as hot as a pistol with the Great Falls Club in the Pioneer League where he is considered the smoothest fielder in the loop. Lastres, is play- ing his eighth year of pro ball as a shortstop. His brother, George Lastres, who is twirling some magnificent baseball for the Key West High School nine, should be a top pros- pect when he comes of age. And everyone knows the brand of ball that brother “Crip” has been displaying for years. George Vidal is twirling some classics for the St. Petersburg Saints in the FIL. George worked for the Key West Conchs during their short romance with the FIL, Quarterbackers Active The Key West Quarterback Club is still in there pitching, even though the gridiron season is still pretty far off. They'll hold a weenie roast at the County Beach, Monday, June 8th at 6:00 p. m. for members, their wives and friends. We hear on the grapevine that the group, which has made Key West a red-hot football town, will purchase’ a new and better score- board for the Wickers Field Plant, Local Baseball? The hectic efforts of a few to get professional baseball for local fans may not have succeeded at this writing but there is a good possi- bility that they will bear fruit in the future. A letter from Washington Sena- tor magnate Clark Griffith to Lou- is Carbonell, who was active in promoting the deal here, revealed that his organization is still mucho hot on Key West as a_ baseball town and indicated that Joe Cam- bria, an official in the Senator chain would like nothing better than to move into Key West if and when the Florida Internation loop expands to a conventional eight club circuit. “Cambria likes your town and your people,” wrote Griffith. He went on to thank Carbonell for his aid and that of the city commis- sion for arranging a lease for the local ball park. There is no doubt about it -- Key West has a basebail future but if the Senators are the backers, it will be that much better. It would take about $40,000 to set up a club of our own and that is a lot of money. Cambria, who is due in town for a confab soon, has mentioned the fact that he would not be averse to allowing investment in the club by local interests, if they so de- sire. MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By The Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING — Schoendienst,. St. Lotis, .370. RUNS — Campanella, Brooklyn, 39. RUNS BATTED IN—Campanel- la, Brooklyn, 54. HITS—Schoendienst, 68. DOUBLES — Snider, Broklyn, and Schoendienst, St. Louis, 14. TRIPLES — Bruton, Milwaukee, and Bernier, Pittsburgh, 5. HOME RUNS — Campanella, Brooklyn, 17. STOLEN BASES—Bruton, waukee, 10. PITCHING—Smith, Cincinnati, 3- 0, 1.000. STRIKEOUTS—Simmons, . Phila- delphia, 58. AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—Kell, Boston, .3348. RUNS—Mantle, New York, 40. RUNS BATTED IN — Rosen, Cleveland, 37. HITS—Vernon, Washington, 61. DOUBLES—Kell, Boston, 16. TRIPLES—Jensen, Washington, HOME RUNS—Rosen, Cleveland, and Zernial, Philadelphia, 12. STOLEN BASES—Rivera, Chi- cago, 11. PITCHING — Lopat and Ford, New York, 5-0, 1.000; Hooper, Cleveland, and Shea, Washington, Stuard, St. Louis, and Moreno, Washington, 3-0, 1.000. STRIKEOUTS—Pierce, Chicago, 51. = Kiner Trade Is St. Louis, Mil- . | Worrying Rickey By JOE BRADIS PITTSBURGH #—Branch Rick- ey, general manager of the Pitts- burgh Pirates, admits he is a trifle worried about fan reaction to his trade of home run slugger Ralph Kiner. But, says Rickey, rather have a team that wins than help support a popuiar hero.” Kiner and three other players went to the Chicago Cubs yester- day in exchange for a reported $100,000 and six players. Some fans approved the trade, the Ma- hatma said, while others disagreed emphatically. “Td | President To Play Host To Sports Greats By ED CREAGH WASHINGTON (® — President Eisenhower, a golfer and fisher- man himself, plays host today to 44 celebrities of the sports world. Heavyweight Boxing Champion Rocky Marciano and Joe DiMag- gio of baseball fame are among the topflight athletes invited to a White House buffet luncheon, Some ladies are on the invita- tion list, too—tennis greats Pauline Betz Addie and Helen Hull Jacobs, figure skater Carol Ann Peters and channel swimmer Florence Chad- wick. So Mrs. Eisenhower arranged to be on hand, The visiting sports stars are here for tonight’s benefit baseball game between Republican and Democrat- ic members of Congress. Eisen- hower will throw out the first ball. Baseball figures dominate the guest list at the luncheon, Besides DiMaggie, the lineup in- cludes Jimmy Foxx and Lefty Grove as well as two members of earlier baseball generations, Tris Speaker and Clark Griffith. Only one golfer is on the list— Gene Sarazen. Three well-known footballers are included—Dick and Ed Mdzelew- ski and Jack Scarbath, all of the University of Maryland. Eisenhower plans to remain at the congressional ball game from 7:10 p. m. (EST) until 9:30 p. m. (EST), assuming any legislators are still able to pick up a bat at that late hour. Sixty-eight members of Congress have signed up for the game, an annual event put on by the Wash- ington Evening Star to raise money for sending needy children to sum- mer camp. The rival managers, Reps. Bish- op (R-Ill) and Herlong (D-Fla), both forecast victory today, bar- ring possible filibusters by the op- positjon, Eisenhower himself promised to remain neutral. But he told a Star | reporter he would stand wf for the | Republicans in the seventh inning stretch, ‘MIGs Shot Down SEOUL # — U. S. Sabre jet | pilots today shot down eight Com- TIGERS LOSE TWIN BILi:TO ‘A‘S FOR:12TH, Action Torrid In Florida State League By The Associated Press The tempo of the Florida State League race was never better demonstrated thaa by the results of Thursday night games. The three top teams won—each by a single run. Cocoa beat Deland, 9-8, and stayed half a game ahead of Day- tona Beach, winner over Leesburg, 7-6. Another half game behind is Jacksonville Beach, victor over Orlando, 5-4, The Sanford at Lake- land game was rained out. Errors by the DeLond Red Hats helped Cocoa score four times in each the first and eighth innings. Although DeLand got only eight hits to Cocoa’s 13, three Cocoa pitchers served 11 walks and the Red Hats threatened to Stop the league leaders .for the second straight night. _A double play with bases loaded finally staved off the late DeLand threat, Daytona Beach beat Leesburg when pinch hitter Don Bartley came through with an_eighth- inning single and Al Gondolfi made a throwing error to account for three runs. Don Ford, who signed with Jack- sonville Beach as a catcher after Orlando ousted him as manager, came through with a ninth-inning single to beat his former team. Bases were loaded when Ford came to bat and drove in Steve Schuba with the winning run. THURSDAY RESULTS H Jacksonville Beach 5 Orlando 4 Daytona Beach 7 Leesburg 6 Cocoa 0 DeLand 8 Sanford at Lakeland, ppd., rain. Ss FRIDAY GAME Daytona. Beach at Lakeland Jacksonville Beach at DeLand Cocoa at Orlando Sanford at Leespurg ge STANDINGS: WL Pet. Cocoa 33 20 .623 Daytona Beach 32 20 .615 Jacksonville Beach 32 21 .604 Leesburg * 30 23 .566 DeLand 24 29 435 Orlando 18 35 .340 So. Amateur Goes Into Semi-Finals DALLAS —The Southern Ama- teur golf tournament pushes to the semi-finals today with Gay Brewer of Lexington, Ky., the defending champion, a good bet to be around. Brewer, who won his first two matches with comparative ease yesterday, meets Willard Crenshaw of Dallas in the third round. If he gets by the surprising Crenshaw he then will have one of two col- legians-Marion Hiskey of North Texas State or Floyd Addington of Southern Methodist-in his drive toward the penultimate round. Hiskey staged one of the top up- sets yesterday when he eliminated former champion Arnold Blum of Macon, Ga., 1 up. Addington did about as expected in tripping Charles Munn of Dallas, 5 and 4, and then taking out Curtis Person of Memphis, Tenn., 4 and 3. Co - medalist Don Cherry of Wichita Falls, Tex., the night club singer, sailed into the third round with a 2 and 1 victory over L, M. Crannell Jr. of Dallas and a 6 and 5 decision over Allen Bricken of Tuscaloosa, Ala. But the other co-medalist, Dick Collord of New Orieans, didn't fare so well. Collord whipped Herb Dur- ham of Dallas, 3 and 1, in the first round but ran into a collegian —tall Don Addington of Southern Methodist-in the second. Addington beat Collord in 19 holes. B. H. Mooney of Rome, Ga., lost in the first round, falling be- fore Bud McKinney of Dallas, 1 up, in a well played match. Officials Study Case Of Wife Of Army Deserter Page 6 Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK (#—Tom Tannas, the most articulate of Ezzard Charles’ co-managers, was pre- pared to go before the New York State Athletic Commission today and demand that the former heavy- weight champion be matched against Roland La Starza next month, the winner to challenge Rocky Marciano in September. The expectation was that Tannas | would get nowhere. Jimmy De-! angelo, manager -of La Starza, | states ‘emphatically that his tiger | will not fight Charles or anyone | else before he is given his long | overdue return crack at Marciano, who beat him on a split decision | three years ago. TKC, the promo- | tional octopus, realizes all too well | that a Charles-La Starza bout | might prove such a clinker that nobody. would wish to see either | of them fight Marciano. | Both the champion and his man- | ager, Al Weill, have said they | would prefer to give La Starza the first shot. Not necessarily, how- ever, in September. They have | made the painful discovery that any further fighting Rocky does | this year would be for the almost | exclusive benefit of the federal | treasury. It is a tough problem to | lick, and. it remains to be seen whether, under such circumstances the commission can force a cham- | pion to defend his title every six! months, The crowning mystery of the baseball season to date is the fail- ure of Stan Musial to hit at any- thing approaching his normal gait. | But for abject falldown of ‘The Man” the St. Louis Cardinals might well be leading the National League today. For five of the past-seven sea- sons Musial has been the best hitter | in his league and, in the opinion | of many experts, the greatest ball player in the game. All of a sudden he appears to have lost it. Day; after day for nearly two months the baseball world has waited for and gave birth to a child which |died later. It was the girl's youth that cre-| ated a problem for Botts in de- | termining what charge should be| placed against her. She is techni-| jeally accused of harboring her) Army deserter husband, Pvt. | |James E. Mosso. | | She allegedly helped Mosso es- |eape from a military stockade at! Miami International Air Depot where he was held for being| | AWOL. j Army authorities flew the has- | band here from Tampa top persu- | ade her to come down off her high | perch Monday. Sheriff Tom Kelly | | talked her out of jumping to cer-) tain death by promising to have | the husband brought to see her. | the Red Bird beauty to begin lash-j ing the ball again. Opposing pitch- ers are the most puzzled of all. If you had been given a choice at the start of the campaign to add either Musial or his teammate, Red Schoendienst, to your club, you know whica of them you would have taken. Yet, the last official averages showed Red hitting .337, Musial .276. Still wanna be a base- ball manager? Friday, June 5, 1953 STRAIGHT# DEFEAT, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Curt Simmons Injured In | Accident Thurs. Curt won't be able to go for Phillies for. a8 least three weeks, e young southpaw, sporting {7-4 record for the present ae paign, slipped while pushing a {power mower across his lawn in Simmons was treated at Abing- ton Memorial Hospital and told to remain overnight, end in seclusion —no interviews, said his doctor, It was probably one of the longest nights Phillies’ Manager Steve O'Neill ever spent. “Stunned” was the word O'Neill had for it. “It certainly is a blow,” he said. Art Fletcher, club secretary, said he was recalling a 24-year. old righthander, Thornton Kipper, from the Class A Eastern League Club at Schenectady where Kipper has a 9-1 record. O'Neill said he probably would use righthander Bob Miller to re place Simmons as 4 starting piteh- er, In Springtime, Children, Like Flowets, Come Out Just About Everywhere ACCORDING TO COMMANDER H. N. KIRKMAN OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL And that gives us an extra good reason for better and more careful drivers during the Spring Summer months, if for no other reason, said Continuing his appeal for the new of the motorist, Kirkman said: ers, don't always stay put, so that is why can expect—and nearly always get—the from our children.” Pretty soon now school will be out for the precautions should be taken to safe guard the children who will be mer, and extra from behind “almost Here are a few tips profitably heed: expected to be at play. an auto horn can into a near panic. 2.—Be a two-purpose temptation to honk horn. A sudden tag whess cubdesn we seglag, aiteer aeaieie Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. Kirkman. “Children, unlike the motorist unexpected e and right into the motorist can well path of your auto, Kirkman 1—Be on the alert in zones where children driver and watch your own vehicle is while out for the kids poe ive fr 3.—Give the kids a “brake” and @ child already in eeobekee? bebeebee? munist MIGs, probably destroyed! MIAMI —Federal Court offic-'$$$$$$ SAVE $$3338 maiah The long rumored deal for the} one and damaged five in air bat-/fals sought to determine today | { over Georgia for the NCAA Dis- 2 $75,Q00 - a - year Kiner was an-|tles over North Korea, the Fifth what charge should he placed TWINS GARAGE —_ ae championship ye — ne before the Pirates ee announced. against Mrs. Sheila Mosso, teen- | } jay at r) id to beat the Cubs, aj. Vermont Garrison became | age wife of an Army deserter who | ALITY | Hy} Duke, winner of the tournament | fis Franciice % 61, for their third straight win | the 32nd jet ace of the Korean war| threatened Monday to jump from | Means QU | Commercial Use... for the second year in a row, will | Ss"ne u over Chicago. jby downing his fifth MIG the Air |the 25th floor of the Dade County | REPAIRS represent the district im next} caked ~ 3 7 The Pirates gave up Kiner, out-| Force said. jail. i AUTO b BODY WORK © We Are Prepared To Furnish You week's college world series in fielder - infielder George Metko- | The girl spent Thursday after-/ PAINTING With Clean, P: Bo 4 esul vich, catcher Joe Garigiola and| Duke University is the only /noon in the U. S. marshal’s office| AND USED CARS j ure The first American pugilist to ob- 8 prmeigp crutgrnd reesage [Somat Sunteesnne steel ever to| while her attorney and Assistant! | ican Cubs in turn traded pitcher | play in wi at Pasa-|U.S. Attorney Fred Botts debated | ‘ ; tain recognition as middleweight THURSDAY'S FIGHTS Bob Schultz, catcher Toby Atwell dena, Calif. legal points. r | Ast the RICHT PRICE i Cube AND Crushed | bt | champion was Tom Chandler, He| By The Associated Press | 04 putficlders Preston Weed, Her attorney, Ellis Rubin, seeks) NEW STUDEBAKER | : defeated Dooney Harris in a bare} DETROIT—Harold Lyons. 145%, / Gene Hermanski, and Bob Addis. {port a popular hero. That is noth-/ release of his client through jedee CARS AND TRUCKS —_— i knuckles fight in 23 rounds in San Detroit, outpointed Walde Fusaro,| The Pirates were also given the jing derogatory toward Kiner, a/ Francisco on April 13, 1867, Joe McCarthy is the only man-/ ager to have won pennants in both | 1334, New York, §. major leagues. He piloted the Chi- cago Cubs to the flag in 1929 and) 344%, Milan, Italy, 8. NEWARK, N. J —Felix Redondo, a eight occasions, dome run bitty 1M, Bayonne, stopped Terry Young, | farm in the International League. jfime gentleman,” be added. i Phil Cavaretta, Cub field man- jager, who welcomed Kiner with “I know some fons will take it| open arms, said the slugger will bard that I sold their favorite ball-/bat fifth directly behind Hank option Freese from the Cub’s ppringfield No Chicago White Sox playeripiayer,” the Ti-yearcld Rickey | Sauer, who tied him for last year’s | determined the New York Yankees to the top|ever won the Agserican League) egmmented @ampioas..p, “But I would rather!bome run bosors is the National Rave a team that wins than sup- League. 2 as | |George W. Whitehurst. 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