The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 13, 1953, Page 12

1 CHS WHIP PALM BEACH IN THRILLER Se é THE KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM poses Friday with the newly won trophy signifying that they are the 1953 State High School Baseball Champioris. They are, from the left, (front row): Gibby Gates, Robbie Lastres, Eloy Rodriguez and Vince Catala. Second row: Dick Salgado, George Haskins, Jerry Pita, Harold Solomon and Coach Paul Davis. Back row: George Lastres, Julio Hen- riquez and Don Cruz, Conchs whipped Palm Beach Friday in 11-inning thriller. EVANS WHIPS G.E. HERE ON FRIDAY A misjudged fly ball which fell; Walke and Crespo squeezed Frank-;a blooper into right which right- for a double deprived Claude Val-| dez of a no-hitter a8 Evans Enter- * prises blanked General Electric, 3- @, in the second game of a double- header at Bayview Park ‘ast night. th the opener, Art Crespo’s squeeze Bunt in the last of the seventh Bill Franklin trom third to the Dairy Queen Blizzards a victory over val “The Dairy Queen, who oe mapped game losing. si > Bot of -0 lead in the first inning i in the second frame when Pat Clark beat out an infield hit, Vie Boutot doubled and Dave Gam- ble, VXI righthénder, doubled both -Funners across. In the third, the Blizzards went out euiiti i lin with the winning run, Kerr led the Blizzard’s attack with a double and single in three official trips to the plate. Palzo, Torres, and Crespo each had two hits to aid the Blizzards offense. Morgan led the VXI at the plate with two, singles in four trips to the plate. Franklin went all the way for the Blizzards for his sec- ond win against four losses. He struck out seven and walked three. Sellers, who relieved Gamble in the seventh, was charged with the loss. In a game which was a pitching duel between Evans Claude Valdez and General Electric’s Rocky Ma- rucci, Evans increased their lea- gue lead to 1% game. Each team got only one hit, but Evans cashed in some sloppy fielding to cop the Wito Casado, Evans centerfield- | er, was the only player to hit safe- ‘ly for Evans and that came in the first. inning when he led off with a ' single to left center. He took second on a wild pitch and scored when Lee Griffin threw wild to third at- tempting to catch Casado stealing. Evans picked up their other two .|Tuns in the fifth without the aid of | a hit. George Barber opened the inning by drawing a walk. Lefty Aritas bunted but the throw to sec- ond was too late to catch the slid- ing Barber. Jack Villareal followed with another bunt, but Marucci threw wild to first and Barber scored, Aritas then scored the sec-} ond run of the inning when Al Ace- | vedo flied deep to center, The only hit off Valdez came in 1) the second when Marucci dropped | NOW ‘DAILY — 4:00 - 9:00 P.M. TURKEY DINNER EVERY SUNDAY WITH... @ Turkey Dressing fielder Joe Castro misjudged and | let drop in for a double. After that, the little righthander, in pitching his best game of the season, re- tired the next thirteen hitters in order. Clint Warren, who started for General Electric, was charged with the loss. It was his second against no wins. Marucci, relieved Warren in the second with the bas- es loaded and no outs and struck out the side. He pitched hitless ball for five innings striking out 7 and walking two, Valdez struck out five and walked two. It was Valdez first {victory of the season against one | loss. First Game VX-+1 Player— Fink, ¢ | Cargo, 3) | Morgan, If - cf Sleighter, If | Bortello, rf Clark, 2b Routot, ss Pigg, cf -If ... | Edwards, 1b | Parker, 1b Gamble, p Porris, 1b .. Sellers, p Sh toe bwesw hn op COMCCOHMHOKNHE OD vv SOSCONHWHHRONWHWO eco4nocoocoouocoono> Totals— Player— | Sawyer, ef | Pazo, ss | Gomez, 2b Kerr, 3b | Lewis, ¢ . OPEN SUNDAY — 11:00 - 2} C. Valdez, p Gates’ Double In llth Inning Clinches Victory For Key West Key West Conchs came from behind twice to nose out | ‘Oldtimers Battle lt Out In the Palm Beach Wildcats at Fort Pierce last night and clinch the state high school baseball championship. The final state victory earned the Conchs the right to | I travel to Selma, Ala., next week for the Southeast District | tournament which will be played there Wednesday, Thurs- Plans Are Plane are Changed For Boat Race Sun. | Changes in plans for an “around the island race” to be held by the Key West Outboard Club on Sunday have been announced. They are: The starting and fin- ishing point will be the Out- board Club’s dock directly be- hind its club“house on Stock Is- land. The club may be reached by driving out the road leading to the old Boca Chica bridge. The classes for the race are as follows: Class B: Up te 20 cubic inch displacement. Class C: Up to 36 cubic inch displacement. Regulations applying to the last such race will also apply to this one with the exception that a counter-clockwise course will be followed. All interested parties are in- vited to participate and all that do participate will be allowed ac- cess to the KWOC‘s club. facili- ties before and after the race. Franklin, p Torres, 1b Walker, If Crespo, rf Totals— Score: Team— VX-1 .... Dairy Queen . SUMMARY — RBI: Gamble (2), Kerr, Franklin (2), Vargo; 2BH: Pazo, Kerr, Boutot, Gamble; HR: Franklin; Sac.: Gomez; SB: Clark, Sleighter, Kerr; DP: Lewis, Kerr; SO: by Gamble 2, Sellers 1, Frank- lin 8; BB: off Franklin 3, Gamble 2, Sellers 2; Hits: off Gamble 8 in 6, off Sellers 1 in 2/3 inning; Win- ner: Franklin; Loser: Sellers; Um- : pires: Dover, Warren; Scorer: Casteneda; Time; 1:40. Second Game EVANS Player— Casado, cf Barber, 2b Aritas, If Villareal, Acevedo, ss Santana, ¢ S. Valdez, 1b Castro, rf ... E 0 0 0 | 0 { 3 | 1| 1| WHOSOHHMOHOD eos ooorHE Totals— GENERAL Player— Pilgrim, If ... Leaderhouse, “ef « Smith, ss Griffin, ¢ | Lightcap, 3b Hull, 1b .. Carpenter, rf Marucci, 2b - p Warren, p- 2b .. Crooconrocoot Totals— Score: Team— Evans .. GE ... | SUMMARY—RBI: Acevedo; 2BH: | 3:00 and 4:30 - 9:00 Florida | Warren 4, Marucci 2, C. Valdez clinsdiaeiiidaat and Friday. George Lastres, who had pitched in all of.the state games up until then, went in as a relief hurler last night with two men on base and two out in the fourth to hold the Wildcats in check while Gibby Gates stole bases and blasted a| double to turn apparent defeat into | victory. Lastres relieved starting huler Don Cruz. Going into the sixth, Palm Beach led 3-2. Then the Conchs tied up the ball game at 3-all. Both teams bore down from then until the ten-| th when the Wildcats were able to get a runner across home plate to again take the lead. In their half of the same inning, the Conchsj once more knotted the count when | Gibby Gates stole home, After holding the Wildcats score- less in the top half of the 11th, Key West ended the fracas in a of glory. First man up walked. The next two batters went out. Wildcat Pitcher hit the fourth man up, put-| ting a man on second and one on first; Gates stepped to the plate to blast a double that scored the pay- ing run. | A large crowd of Key Westers were on hand to cheer the locals on to victory and congratulate them. Lastres was hoisted in the shoulders of his mates at the end of the game. NO BASKETBALL ST. AUGUSTINE '#—Ketterlinus High School of St. Augustine can’t field a basketball team during the 1953-54 school year. The executive committee of the High School Activities Assn. upheld Thursday a ruling by LaFayette Golden,; executive secretary, suspending the school from basketball competition. The penalty grew out of charges of unsportsmanlixe conduct against Coach Ed Markel, some members of the team and followers at a basketball tournament at Mayo March 8. A basketball crowd record for Denver was set this year when 11,097 crammed the Stockyards} Coliseum for the College All-Stars | -- Harlem Globetrotters contest. Marucci; Sac.:Aritas, SB: Villareal, S. Valdez, Leader- house, Smith, Acevedo; SO: by Marucci 7, C. Valdez 5; BB: off Villareal; Hits: off Warren 1 in 1, Maruce | in 5; Winner: C. Valdez; Loser: Warren; Umpires: Dover, Scorer: Casteneda; Time: SOFTBALL plguscein Team— Evans ... VX-1 General Electric .. iry Queen . Pet « powerful—capable family and fs! THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘National Open By HUGH FULLERTON JR. OAKMONT, Pa. (®—The Nation- al Open golf championship that threatened to become a one-manj runaway got back to aormal today with four aging, experienced cam- paigners fighting it out over the ast 36 holes. And the course that was sup- posed to scare the daylights out of the greatest golfers had become | just another championship layout— | difficult, but conpuerable by good It was Ben Hogan in front by two strokes with Sam Snead, Lloyd Mangrum and George’ Fazio in hot pursuit as 60 players—survivors of more than 1,600 who originally entered and 300 who began play Saturday, June 13, 1953 Golf Tourney here Tuesday—went into the de- ciding double round. The fans who have swarmed over the rolling 6,916 yards of the Oakmont Country Club course stopped wondering whether anyone could break 300 on its fearsome hills and turned to discussing whether Hogan could maintain his | sub-par pace against the three- way threat. It was very much like any other Open—remarkably like last year’s tournament at Dallas when Bed faded at the finish and big Julius Boros came from four strokes back to win. Hogan yesterday added an even par 72 to his opening 67 for a 139 total. At Northwood in 1952-it was 138, The two-stroke margin was the same and even one of his closest pursuers was the same. Fazio, a restless, 40-year-old play- ing pro for the Pine Valley Club at Clementon, N. J., was second to Ben at the halfway point last year and he didn’t.drop out until the last nine holes. Boxing Results FRIDAY’S FIGHTS By The Associated Press NEW YORK — Jimmy Carter, 135, New York, stopped George Araujo, 132%, Providence, R. 1, 13. (world lightweight title bout). Florida State University’s foot- ball team will play eight of their 10 games in the Sunshine State. $$$ $ SAVE S$S$S8 85 For QUALITY USED CARS and General Auto Repairs TWINS GARAGE 1130 DUVAL ST. DIAL 2.2401 $$$ $ SAVE $$3$$ Ii’s HEY, MOM! IWantA Sealtest Ice Cream Cone from the SBEE SNACKERY BIGGEST CONES IN TOWN . MOST. DELICIOUS, TOO! Ice Cream-Time All Over the World, but Sealtest is First and Best in Key West! 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