The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 8, 1953, Page 6

Conchs To Take First Start In State Tourney Tonight At Fort Pierce INDIANS POSE ONLY, THREAT TO YANKS IN PENNANT CHASE Lastres To Hurl | Opener Against Tough Kissimmee Nine In Tourney The Key West High School baseball squad, which is making a bid for the State Class A baseball title, arriv- ed in Fort Pierce Sunday and began to rest up for their first bit of action which will pit them with the Kissimmee nine tonight at 7:00 p.m. at Jaycee Field there. The Conch are reported to be in top shape for the tourney which will see them making, their second attempt at capturing the state crown. Two years ago, they fell to x the Avon Park nine in their only other tourney appearance. On the basis of their seasd’s performance, which saw them drop but a single encounter to the Mi- ami High baseballers the Key Wes- ters, stand a good chance of com- ing out on top in the championship action, The locals are pinnig their hopes o ragy George Lastres, whose hurling has virtually hoisted them single handediy to their pre- sent position. Lastres, is much feared among the clubs who will oppose him in li the tourney. Pitching is expected to be a big factor in the single elimination battle for the crown- - -with just about every club in the action be- cause of strong mound performers. But, the Conchs have the hitting, as well with a trio of fence busters, Eloy Rodriguez, Julio Henriquez and Don Cruz boding no good for pposing moundsmen. If the Cnchs can come up with a wi tonight, they will then oppose the winner of the P. K, Young- Brandon clash on Wednesday after Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Monday, June 8, 1953 BASEBALL RESULTS NATIONAL By The Associated’ Press Lost Pct. Behind Milwaukee 1 667 — Brooklyn Philadelphia St. Louis New York Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Brooklyn 10 St. Louis 1 Chicago 10-5 New York 5-2 (2nd called end 7th—darkness) Milwaukee 6-5 Philadelphia 0-3 Cincinnati 6-11 Pittsburgh 1-6 TODAY'S SCHEDULE St. Louis at Pittsburgh Milwaukee at New York Cincinnati at Brooklyn Chicago at Philadelphia AMERICAN By The Associated Press Won Lost Pet. Behind New York Mon 756 = Cleveland RESULTS New York 97 St. Louis 2-2 Washington 16-1 Chicago 2-5 Cleveland 8-4 Philadelphia 43 Boston 4 Detroit 1 TODAY'S SCHEDULE Boston at Detroit Only game scheduled jon Lost Pet. Behind 4% 593 — 534 3% sa 4 519 508 Mobile Chattanooga Rl Atlanta 12-6 Chattanooga 9-1 Nashville 8-2 Birmingham 4-3 Memphis 8 Mobile 3 He New Orleans 3-13 Little Rock 2-9 (ist game-8 innings) TODAY'S SCHEDULE Birmingham at Little Rock Atlanta at Memphis (Only games scheduled) SOUTH ATLANTIC By The Associated Press Jacksonville Columbia Macon oon. The fials are set for Thurs-| % Savannah day. Tterest is at a high pitch for the battles in Fort Pierce with crowds of 2,000 expected to view the tourney. Ben Hogan’s Legs Are Factor In Nat'l Open Golf By WILL GRIMSLEY PITTSBURGH — They start playing for keeps in the 53rd Na- tional Open Golf Tournament to- morrow, and the big question is: Can Ben Hogan’s legs stand up under the pounding of 108 holes over two of the toughest courses in the world? Since his near-fatal automobile accident in 1949, the little Texan hasn’t subjected his legs to the punishment they’ll have to under- go in the next five days. The first two rounds tomorrow and Wednesday will be devoted to qualifying in which a field of 299 will be chopped to 149 challengers for the crown now held by Julius Boros, Starting at 7 a. m. (EST), half! the field will tackle Oakmont, the heavyweight of all golf courses, while the other half will take out over the neighboring Pittsburgh Field Club. Players will change sites on Wednesday, with the low) 149 scores for the two rounds sur- viving for the 72-hole champion- proper Thursday through Sat- y at Oakmont. Oakmont is 6,916 yards of saw- tooth traps, massive greens and “treacherous rough which has de- fied the masters of the sport down through the years. No one has ever broken par for 72 holes. The field club is just as tough—a “souped up” layout of 5,712 yards with taxing hills and snug, almost invisible fairways. Oakmont is par 72, the Field Club par 71. Hogan shot a 74, two over par, in a practice round yesterday. Dr. Middlecoff, who won the Open | in 1949, fired a bristling 68, Sam | Snead, still favoring his injured | + left hand, shot a 70 and young Al Besselink came in with 72. | Legion Loop Action Is Slated Tonight | After a week of inactivity due to inclement weather, the American Legion Junior Baseball league will resume action tonight with a single game slated to get underway at 7:30 p. m. VFW Post 6021 will battle it out with the Strand Theater nine in the contest. The Legion Post, which is languishing in filth place i the six team loop, will attempt to better their record at tae expense of the third place theater nine. Other games scheduled this week include: Wednesday, Post 28 vs. Key West Insurance Co.; Friday, Pot 6021 vs. Evans Enterprises; Saturday, Post 28 vs. Strand Theat- er. Charleston 6 Savannah 5 (15 innings) Montgomery 8 Macon 7 (10 innings) Columbia 5 Jacksonville 2 Augusta 3 Columbus 2 TODAY'S SCHEDULE Charleston at Jacksonville Columbia at Savannah Columbus at Macon Montgomery at Augusta INTERNATIONAL Syracuse 6-1 Ottawa 5-3 (2nd 8 innings) ‘Stan The Man’ ito 3-1 Montreal 4-4 Toron pringfield Baltimore 4 Buffalo 11-4 §| 43 Rochester 10-7 56 Houston 4-2 Dallas 2-7 Fort Worth 10-5 San Antonio 2-0 Beaumont 12-2 Tulsa 40 Shreveport 6-8 Oklahoma City 42 ALABAMA-FLORIDA Graceville 6 Fort Walton 3 Andalusia 6 Eufaula 3 Panama City 8 Dothan 2 PACIFIC COAST Seattle 7-2 Hollywood 01 Oakland 7-7 Sacramento 2-2 San Diego 4-0 Los Angeles 2-6 San Francisco 5-4 Portland 3-1 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Minneapolis 4-4 Columbus 1-3 Louisville 5-6 Toledo a1 Indianapolis 5 Kansas Cit; St. Paul 5-5 Charleston TODAY'S BASEBALL SCHEDULE By The Associated Press AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Minneapolis at Columbus St. Paul at Charleston Louisville at Toledo Kansas City at Indianapolis ALABAMA-FLORIDA Fort Walton at Graceville Andalusia at Eufaula Dothan at Panama City S Oklahoma city at Houston ,Tulsa at San Antonio Fort Worth at Beaumont Dallas at Shreveport INTERNATIONAL Ottawa at Montreal Baltimore at Toronto Springfield at Buffalo Only games scheduled BASEBALL STANDINGS By The Associated Press INTERNATIONAL w ” = EEEELLEE Rochester Toronto Ottawa Buffalo Syracuse Baltimore Springfield 2 4 2 19 20 0 2 eye? BRSSSS BSSRRRSg BERSBSen 588 Oklahoma City San Antonio Fy} 3 > 2 ALABAMA-FLORID. Panama City Andalusia Graceville Fort Walton Eufaula Dothan 2 ae Sy 8? ee: seueed Heshaeee? ebpaekke? Hsees Seattle Hollywood Los Angeles Portland San Francisco Sacramento San Diego Oakland sseeeeere AMERICAN ‘AMROCTATION. Kansas City Bw St. Paul Indianapoli Toledo Louisville Charleston Columbus Minneapolis Alarmed Over SBEsRENSE Slim .247 Batting Average By JOE REICHLER BROOKLYN (#—Even the greit- est worry when they’re not doing what is expected of them and Stan Musial is no exception. The’ great St. Louis Cardinal star, in the throes of one of his worst batting slumps of an amazing career, is far from frantic over his lowly .247 batting mark, But he admits he is worried. “Suppose you were in business and it fell off 50 per cent,” he | said. “Wouldn’t you worry? Well, baseball is my business and I would say my work has fallen off 50 per cent this year.” Musial’s frank appraisal of him- self is typical of Stan the Man, He gave no excuses. No alibis. He doesn’t blame his batting slump on injuries, His health is fine. The poor weather hasn't affect him. His other business (the restaurant) is doing a whopping business. “I just haven't been hitting the} way I should,” he said simply. “My timing is off. It has been off practically from the start of the season, Don’t ask me why. I just don’t know. All I know is that the pitchers are making a sucker out of me. “I'm certain I'll snap out of it soon but right now I just can't seem to do anything right. I know I've been pressing because I've been taking too many good pitches and swinging at too many bad ones But it’s the way it goes when you're in a slump.” Musial, as fine a gentleman as there is in the game, still hasn’t given up hope of winning his seventh batting title and his fifth in a row, Oddly enuogh, players around the league still regard him as the guy to beat for the cham- pionship, The confidence and re- spect rival players hold for him is a tribute reserved only for a select few. “The Musial is a thoroughbred,” Manager Eddie Stanky commented. “He feels worse about his slump than anybody else, but I've never heard him gripe or utter one word of complaint. He's been a inspira- tion to the rest of us.” “I'm not discouraged, Musial said after yesterday's game against Brooklya. “Whenever I be- gin to feel real low, I recall the bad start I had in IN7 and wound lup hitting ever 300, (Musial was hitting under 200 on June 1 of Al Simmons, elected to the Hall of Fame last winter, achieved « lifetime major league batting aver- age of 38 ‘ that year and finished with a mark of 312) What I@eed is a good splurge for about three or four days. That Vol Batsman Wins SEC Title BIRMINGHAM — Tennessee’s B. B. Hopkins surged into the | Southeastern Conference 1953 bat- ting championship in his last three games of the season. The senior third baseman, who Placed on the All-SEC baseball team for the past two seasons, got eight hits in his last 15 times at | bat. That raised his average to the conference high of .14, He was followed by Jack Reed, Mississippi junior outfielder, and | Bill Cohen, Georgia freshman first | baseman, who tied with .400, | Hopkins led the SEC with 25 runs batted in, and was second in ‘total hits and bases. Reggie Andrews, sophomore shortstop on Georgia’s SEC cham- Pionship team, hit safely 39 times , for a total of 56 bases to lead in |both those departments. Hopkins jhad 36 hits for 53 bases. Other leaders: Home runs—Jack Reed, Missis- sippi, and John Clifton, Georgia, |four each; triples —Jerry Mar- jchand, L. S. U., and John Huff- | stetler, Tennessee, five each; dou- | bles—Barry Horenbein, Florida, eight; Kermit Hall, Georgia, seven. Most runs—Bobby Sherrer, Geor- | gia, 29; Hall and Andreas, both Georgia, 26 each; stolen bases— | Sherrer, Georgia, 14; Tommy Had- j dock, Florida, 12. The light heavyweight boxing | division was created in 1903. The first champion was Jack Root. } will get me going. And I'm going {to get ‘em real soon. Just watch. | TU get even with those pitchers | now.” A contagious grin wiped out the serious expression on his face. “Well,” be remarked. “I've got | one consolation. My roomie, Red | Schoendienst, is having a great year. I'm rooting fpr him to win; jthe title, if 1 can’t do it. At least | will be im the family.” sss SAVE sss |For QUALITY USED CARS and General Auto Repairs TWINS GARAGE 138 OUVAL S DIAL 2.4m ' iT. o°920 Soe ES 8 8 who are having a picnic with me By ED CORRIGAN AP Sportswriter The Anierican League is begin- ning to level off and as the New York Yankees today took a casual glance behind, who was galloping along in second place but their old friends, the Cleveland Indians? First the Chicago White Sox con- stituted the big challenge. Then the Washington Senators made threat- ening gestures. Even the Boston Bobby Sox were considered. All found their level, and that left only the Tribe to prevent the Yanks from walking away with the pennant. The only trouble with the Indians is that they have an alarming ten- dency to fold in-the stretch and play dead when they go up against the Yanks. In 1951, for example, the Yanks won 15 and lost only seven to the Indians. Last year, Cleveland made a bet- ter fight of it and the Bronx Bom- bers’ margin was only 12-10. So far this season, the Yanks have won three and lost none against the Indians, who still are 5% games off the pace. The Indians will have a good op- portunity to make up some ground this week end when they invade Yankee Stadium for a four-game set. Conversely, it will provide the MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS by The Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING — Schoendienst, St. Louis, .376. » RUNS — Campanella, Brooklyn, 41. RUNS BATTED IN—Campanel- la, Brooklyn, 55. HITS—Schoendienst, 74. DOUBLES — Schoendienst,. St. Louis, 15. TRIPLES — Greenglass, Cincin- St. Louis, nati, Bruton, Milwaukee, and Ber- } nier, Pittsburgh, 5. . HOME RUNS — Campanella, Brooklyn, 17. STOLEN BASES—Bruton, waukee, 10. PITCHING — Smith, Cincinnati, 4-0, 1,000; Burdette, Milwaukee, 3- 0, 1.000. STRIKEOUTS — Roberts, Phila- delphia, 61> Mil- i j Yanks with a good opportunity to all but sew up the pennant. Manager Al Lopez of Cleveland can see one bright ray through the clouds. He probably will have Bob Feller, who until yesterday had not won a game in more than a month, available. Ki Feller can start win- ning, the Indians have a chance. Feller pitched a nice six-hitter yesterday in the opener of a double-header against Philadel- phia. The Indians won it, 8-4, by scoring five runs in the fourth in- ning, then went on to take the nightcap, 43, with Early Wynn; Dave Hoskins and Bob Lemon handling the mound chores. But the two victories netted the Indians exactly nothing because the Yanks also won a double-header from the St. Louis Browns, 9-2 and 7-2, The second game triumph was the Yanks’ 1ith in a row and marked their longest winning streak under Casey Stengel. Neither victory came easily, though, In the first game, Eddie Lopat and Dick Littlefield were locked in 2-2 tie going into the seventh. The Yanks sent seven run- ners across the plate and that was the game. In the nightcap, the New Yorkers were behind, 2-0, until the sixth when they shelled Harry Brecheen from the mound with AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—Vernon, Washington, and Mantle, New York, .347, RUNS—Mantle, New York, 46. RUNS BATTED IN — Mantle, New York, and Vollmer, Washing- ton, 39. HITS—Vernon, Washington, 66, DOUBLES—Kell, Boston, 16. TRIPLES — Jensen, Washington, 6. HOME RUNS—Zernial, Philadel- phia, 13. STOLEN BASES—Rivera, cago, 11, PITCHING — Lopat and Ford,! New York, 6-0, 1.000; Hooper, | Cleveland, 4-0, 1.000; Stuart, St. Louis, and Moreno, Washington, 3-0, 1.000. STRIKEOUTS—Pierce, Chicago, 51. Chi- You'll never know the tremendous difference that does exist between cars today until you drive this one. Dial your dealer for a Chrysler Power Ride . ; . in the car that brings you the great features first! Chrysler. -,-.r.wer New Yorker Now Available—The New Chrysler Airtemp Air-Conditioning System _ NAVARRO, Inc. seven runs. Whitey Ford was the winner, although Allie Reynolds came on in the sixth. The Senators and the White Sox, who are in the midst of a battle for third place, split a double-header. The Nats expanded all their power in the first game and piled up a 16-2 margin to enable Bob Porter- field to coast to, the victory. But in the nightcap, Harry Dorish post- éd a 5-1 triumph for Paul Richards’ crew, The Detroit Tigers, as usual, lost. The Red Sox beat. then. Skinny Brown went the distance for the winners and helped his own cause with a home run. In the National League, the Mil- waukee Braves and the Brooklyn Dodgers continued their neck-and- neck battle for first place, and to- day it is the Braves’ turn to occupy the top rung, They won two games from the Philadelphia Phillies, 6-0, and 5-3. The Brooks took a single game, swamping the St. Louis Cardinals, 10-1, The Milwaukee triumphs dropped the Phillies 442 games in back in third place. Johnny Antonelli, back- ed by home runs by Sid Gordon, Andy Pafko, Eddie Mathews and Ebba St. Calrie, held the Phils to only five hits. Don Liddle started the second Rose Bowl Pact Approval Seen At Early Date By JACK HEWINS SEATTLE « — Renewal of the Rose Bowl pact between the Big Ten and the Pacifie Coast Confer- ence may take a bit of settling. The Western Conference has ap- proved the agreement for another three years. The present pact, which pits a Big Ten football team against the West Coast’s represent- ative each New Year’s Day, has another year to run. , But along with its approvsi the Top Car game for the Braves, but Bob Buhl took over in the fifth and got credit for the victory. The Braves: pulled it out with three runs in the seventh. Carl Erskine yielded only four hits in the Dodgers’ clobbering of the Cards, He probably could have given up another dozen without be- ing in danger. Gil Hodges, who seems to have snapped out of his early-season slump, hit another home run for the Brooks, his seventh. Among the second division clubs, the Chicago Cubs won two from the New York Giants, 10-5 and 5-3, and the Cincinnati Redlegs took a pair from the Pittsburgh Pirates, 61 and 11-6. The Cubs broke a six-game losing streak with their first victory over the Giants. It also marked the first time the Bruins have beaten the Giants this year. Warren Hacker won the first game after losing eight in a row. Relief pitcher Turk Lown grabbed the second when Sheldon Jones was disposed of, Bud Podbielan hurled the Red- legs to victory in the curtain raiser against the Pirates. Joe Nuxhall started the second and re- ceived credit for the victory although he was blasted from the mound in the seventh. Western Conference suggested that each signatory be permitted to fol- low its own plan of naming a representative. They do so now—technically— each voting on the team it wants in the Rose Bowl. In actuality, the team that wins its conference title gets the votes, except that no team may appear two years in succes- sion. If the champion repeats, the runner-up automaticglly gets the votes, _ Some Big Ten members wish to make it a two-year gap and the Western Conference probable will operate on that plan if its sugges- tion is adopted. It appeared likely the Coast Conference will approve the renewal and name a committee to confer with Big Ten bigwigs on the suggested change. The PCC faculty representatives, who run the conference, opened the = it drive power... control... safety...comfortl - Lions, Sun Sox Juggle Lead In FIL Action By The Associated Press The Miami Sun Sox’ regained the Florida International League lead Sunday, then lost it again while splitting a doubleheader with the Ft. Lauderdale Lions, Miami went into first place by four percentage points by winning the first game, 9-3, Ft. Lauder. dale regained its one-game margin with a 5:3 decision. It was the fifth time the two dag the lead since Wednes- lay. : Ft. Lauderdale Manager Pepper ;Martin made a complaint on grounds that Miami Manager Doe Alexson. gave signals from outside the playing area after he was ejected for protesting too vig- orously an umpire’s. decision, Third-place St, Pi de feated West Palm Beach, 7-3, with Bob Suba’s two-run homer in the ied inning proving the decisive ow. Havana swept a. doubleheader with Tampa, 6-3 and 82. Juan Delis won the first game for the Cubans with a three-run triple, Sunday Results Miami 9-3 Ft. Lauderdale 3-5 - Havana 6-8 Tampa 32 St. Petersburg 7 West Palm Beach 3 Monday Games Ft. Lauderdale at Havana St. Petersburg at Tampa Miami at West Palm Beach Standings: Ft. Lauderdale Miami St. Petersburg West Palm Beach Tampa Havana spring session last agenda. On the agenda is a spring workvuts, cut to year, be eliminated suggestion includes well as football a nate all out-of-season practices. Another proposal would nate freshman schedules in sports, forcing the frosh to their first athletic year the practice field. 3 euaees BERENEr : é PEE sleseeee i : i ve 601 Duval St. Dial 2-7041