The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 16, 1953, Page 8

Key Westers To , Seek Southern District Title The Key West Conchs will geek to add to their laurels which are already consid- erable, Tuesday afternoon when they tackle Parrish High of Selma, Alabama, in their first start in a try for the Southeastern District Baseball Championship there, The battle is slated to get underway at 7:30 p.m. (6:30 in Selma). A top crowd is expected to jam Selma’s Bloch Field for the tourney, which will see the best in high school dia- mond talent from all over the south vying for the crown, Key West ranks as some- thing of an underdog in the meet, if.only on the basis of its enrollment. The Key West High School has an enroll- ment of but 240 boys while they will be going up against schools with enrollments of up to 4,000 students to pick from. But the Conchs showed that they are not afraid of the best of them when they walloped some pretty big schools in the Florida State tourney last week. The squad held drills yes- terday at Florida State Uni- veristy in Tallahassee and will journey to Selma today to rest up in preparation for their crucial first start in the sudden-death tourney. Otis Carey Wins ‘Round Island’ Race Sunday # The Key West Outboard Club sponsored “round the island race” Sunday was a huge success with the weatherman’s approval. Otis Carey and Raymond Ma- Toney won the “C” class by circling the island in the shortest time, 29 minutes and 41 seconds. The, “B” class was again taken by Cecil Cates in his flying Blue Streak with a time of 34:05. Joe Sawyer rode as his mechanic, Four members of the Marathon Yacht Club trailered to Key West for the event with Joe Felton tak- ing second place in the “B” class. “Second and third place in the “C” class were taken by Cliff Shumacher Jimmy Hanson, Other ST Ants in the race were Chet Tingler, Cliff Bailey, Phil Saunders of Marathon and Ben Schoneck, Bill Porter and Emil Sawyer. Prizes were donated by Saun- ders Wholesale and Monroe Beer Distributors. Contract Signed NEW YORK #—Margaret Tru- man has signed a new contract with the National Broadcasting Company, The company announced gen day the signing of the contract ai said the daughter of former Presi- dent Truman will have singing and guest star roles during the 1953-54 season, Contract terms were not disclosed. . During the 100- day fishing tournament recently concluded in Puerto Rico, 17 new state fishing records were established. SPECIAL Complete Electrical TUNE-UP $5.50 for 6 Cyl. $6.50 for 8 Cyl. (PLUS PARTS) SATISFACTION GUARANTEED CARBURE ~ GENERATOR BATTERIES - STARTER GENERAL TUNE-UP Murray Auto Electric "om se Page 8 The Elks pulled one out of the fire last night when they scored three runs in the sixth to edge out ; the Shriners, 4-3 in the first game of a Little League double header at Bayview Park last night. The Shriners held a 3-1 lead go- ing into the last of the. sixth, but with one out, Sam Holland doubled to right fie'd. Joe Brennan’s sin- gle scored Holland and then Rich- ard Bonner tied it up with another double to right. Jonuny Parks, the next hitter, bounced to pitcher Bil- ly Vaughn who threw wild to third base, allowing Bonner to score the winning run. It was a heartbreaker for the Shriners who were seeking their first win of the season. The Elks drew first blood in the fourth when they scored their first run on Bill Solomon's first homer of the season. The Shriners tied it up in the fourth om an error, a fielders choice ané a double steal. They took the lead in the fifth when Bobby Santana, Elke righthander lost his control and walked three men, A wild pitch follewed and the Shriners led 2-1, In the sixth in- ning, after two men were out, Ray Morales broke Santana’s hitless spell with a single to right field. Another single by Everett, Rob- erts plus a wild pitch gave the Shriners a run. Solomon led the Elks attack with a homer and sin- gle in three official tries. When Solomon grounded to third in the fifth, it broke his consécutive safe hitting at six tries. He had hit three doubles, two singles and a homer during ‘nis streak. Santana, who gained his first win. of the season, struck out eight and walked nine. Vaughn, who was charged with his sixth loss, struck out eight and walked only one. In the nighteap, the VFW knock- ed the Lions from first place by scoring five runs in the fifth inning to come from behind and take a 12-9 victory. The Lions drew first blood in the first inning when they jumped on THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘Tuesday, June 16, 1953 VFW, however, bounced back runs on two walks, one error, a wild pitch and singles by Mario Martinez and Nilo Garcia. The VFW, however, bounced back w'th a seven run rally to knock Martinez from the mound on four walks, an error, a hit batsman and an error by Raui Cervantes, and a single by Don Curry. : Bobby Pazo relieved Martinez and cooled the rally by getting Mario Hernandez to ground out. The Lions came back strong in their half of the second and chased Estenoz with a four run blast. Four walks, an error and singles by Martinez and Pazo sparked the ral- ly. They added another in the four- th when Nilo Garcia stole home after he had walked. In the fifth, the VFW put togeth- er two walks, a costly error, a wild pitch and singles by Curry and Pete: Esquinaldo for five runs to take the lead and the ballgame. Bobby Thompson and Curry led the VFW attack with two hits each. Martinez led the Lions attack with in three tries. Cervantes, Estenoz in the second, with his: first win of sea: le has one loss. Pazo, relieved Martinez in the sec- was charged with fo loss ~ Vaughn and M HE 62 Lions ... 4010-9 4 3 “Estenoz, Cervantes (3) and Es- quinaldo; Martinez, Pazo (2) and Vildosteque, Diaz (2). AMERICAN LITTLE LEAGUE Tea W. L. Pet. Elks .. . 5 0 1.000 3 1 .750 Dr. Brown Cops ELKS GAIN WIN Boz Race sunday ON LATE RALLY Dr. Warren Brown sailed his moth c! sailboat to victory in both races Sunday afternoon off Sigsbee Park. Sailing for the first time under adjusted time handicap rules the boats were well bunched at the finish line. In the first race Bob Zimmer- man was second in his Rhodes Bantam; W. R. Bean third with his sloop; and Bill Fuller brought the Sailfish across for fourth place. The second race was the same order with the exception that Fuller and Beon reversed places. Tentative plans are for a full day of racing the Fourth of July with perhaps a picnic dinner at neon. Final plans will be an- mounced later. Post 168 Keeps Baseball Lead The American Legion Post 168 won out last night over the Key West Insurance Co. nine in the American Legion Junior Baseball loop at the Wickers Field Stadium. The Legion boys retained first place by virtue of their efforts with the final score 22-11. Higgs started on the mound for the Insurance nine and had the Le- gion whipped by a 9-3 score in four innings, but in the fifth, he explod- ed and eight runs were scored off his delivery and he went to the showers with Thompson relieving to allow 10 runs. At bat, Albury and Carey led the winners and Parks the losers. In the field the best were Puig and Sweeting for the losers and Storr, Portier and Albury for the win- Gers. JayCees Shrine .. NATIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE Team— VFW Lions Evans Rotary Browns To Face Yankees Tonight By BEN PHLEGAR i AP Sportswriter They lead the lambs to slaughter at Yankee Stadium tonight. The pore ole St. Louis Browns, ,| Milwaukee Braves went home to- day a half game behind first-place | of a four-game stand with the St. | forced in the winning run when he hit Danny O'Connell with the bases ment to cover both circuits, the | !oaded and one out, The Giants salvaged the finale Brooklyn. They came East two|Louis Cardinals, 3-2. Jim Hearn weeks ago in the Same spot. | allowed six hits in going the dis- The Braves lost a tough one last | tance against his former mates for ~ Conchs To Make Ist Start Against Selma Wed. ings. Relief pitcher Lew Burdette ;to the Giants on waivers during the 1950 season. The two National League games were the only ones played yestere | day. Pittsburgh took ‘a two-run lead in the third inning when Frank Thomas doubled with the bases Toaded. Milwaukee came back to who can’t rightly remember when | night, 3-2, to Pittsburgh in 10 inn-| the first time since he was soldisquare matters in the fourth. uiXe: they last enjoyed prosperity in the victory column, come smack up against the powerful New York Yankees, winners of 18 straight. One more victory and the Yank- ees will tie the American League winning-streak* record which their 1947 club shares with the 1906 Chi- cago White Sox. The Browns, who haven't won a game in two weeks, are well on their way to a few records of their an all-time mark for St. Louis clubs, and are within six games of the American and major league losing record. Just to make the record pros- pects even brighter for the Yank- ees who already have made a farce of the pennant race with a 10%-game lead, the Browns will stick around for three more games: after tonight. Then Detroit, the ovly team with a poorer record than St. Louis, comes in for a four-game set. . 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