The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 20, 1953, Page 6

Key West Conchs Are Due Home Sunday Afternoon Huge Welcome S et At Bayview Park For Local Baseballers ; The Key West Conchs went down to defeat last night in their try for the Southeastern baseball but they will be given a hero’ here late Sunday afternoon. championship, ’s welcome when they arrive Plans are afoot to give them a royal welcome when they motor into the city with the program:to be held at Bayview Park. The team left Selma early this morning and is expected to arrive here at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. They bowed Friday night to Rich-— mond Academy Augusta, Georgia in a 12-2 ballgame. The Conchs, who battled their way to the finals | in impressive fashion apparently | Tan out of steam when star hurler George Lastres had an’ off-night. Lastres, is something of an iron- man; having performed in eight straight, contests throughout the Florida State Tourney and the} Southeastern competition. He ran | hot and cold last night before be- | ing relieved in favor of Gibby | Gates who fared little better against the Georgians who won the | title for the third straight year. Cateher Julio Henriquez, who has | caught both of them, reported that | the pair were suffering from sore | arms, . Even, though they lost the ball- game, the Conchs were rated as the class of the tourney by ob- servers in Selma + including a host of major league scouts. Key West was rated an underdog when they took the field. Spotty fielding and weak hitting were major factors in their defeat. “We beat ourselves,” Coach Paul | Davis was quoted as saying after the contest. @he Conchs will be pointing for next year, although it is doubtfull if the Southeastern tourney will be held in the future. » Now that the season is over, the Conchs face a busy round of ban- quets and other affairs. The City of Key, West, the Quarterback Club and the Key West Lions Club have already indicated that they will honor the baseballers who captur- ed the imagination of sportswriters in it. states. The Conchs were presented with a silver trophy as runners-up in the action and the players received individual silver a i ‘Tomorrow’s celebration is expect- ed to overshadow last-week’s which turned the town upside down when the Conchs returned from the State tourney in Fort Pierce. MAJOR 4 St. Louis, ae LES — Snider, Brooklyn ae bee New York, 18. TRIPLES — Bruton, Milwaukee, 6. |HOME RUNS — Mathews, Mil- | waukee, 20, | ) STOLEN BASES—Reese, Brook- | ‘lyn and Bruton, Milwaukee, 12, | PITCHING — Burdette, Milwau-| kee, 6-0, 1.000. STRIKEOUTS — Roberts, Phila: | delphia, 77. “AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—Vernon, Washington, 328, _ RUNS=Mantle, New York, 54. RUNS BATTED IN — Mantle, New York, 48. HITS—Kuenn, Detroit, 77. Dou Kell, Boston, a7, | LES .- Jensen, Washington, | HOME RUNS—Zernial, Philadel- 8-0, 1,000. OUTS — Pierce, Chicago Insurance Nine Edges The VFW The Key West Insurance Co. nine won out last night over the VFW Post 6021 at Wickers Field Stadium by a 14-13 score in an American lagen Junior Baseball loop tilt. : fame see-sawed back and several times and at the top frame, the vets were & score of 13-9. Ddottom of the sixth, the . Nilo Acevedo walked hit and a pair of him home. Terry iced Carey on the mound Cleare and Brantely guts but Puig hit fo center and cleared ¢ ind tied the score In the last of the seventh, Wee: to center field and Acevedo sacrificed him to secon 3 i oe g ay Hi e EPL & id i g~ g Play By Play Of Key West, Augusta Championship Tilt FIRST INNING KEY WEST — The “big mo- ment” had arrived. Gates goes down swinging. R. Lastres, in his last game for the locals, flies. out to left. Eloy Rodriguez, right- fielder, walks on four straight balls. Don Cruz forced Rodriguez out at second on a ground ball to shortstop, who touched the middle sack, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, GEORGIA — Lastres pitching for "Key West. Miles flies out to right. Adams walks. Grice up. Adams steals second. Grice singles to right, scoring Adams, On the throw-in to*home plate, Grice goes to second. Minger then goes down swining. Lastres, playing his run hitter of the Georgia team, strikes out. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors. SECOND INNING KEY WEST — _Henriguez out, short to first. Salgado strikes out, G. Lastres out on pop fly taken | by second baseman. 0 runs, 0 hits, | 0 errors. GEORGIA — Farris walks, B. Ford up. Farris steals second. B. Ford: struck out. J. Ford up, Far- Page 6 The high cost of ranning a bas ball team was pointed up Wedne: day by Key West High School Ath- letic Director Win Jones who re- vealed that it required a total of $3,070.92 to operate the Conch nine throughout the regular season and | send them to the State tourney in j Fort Pierce. Total revenue realized through- out the season totaled only $1,042.38 -and the difference had to be made up out of the general athletic fund. Those figures are the best rea- son why the help of Key West boosters of the club, who pitched in and collected money to send them to Selma, is mucho appreci- ated, Jones said, Football has attracted good crowds for the past couple of years, but that is an expensive sport to operate too, what with new uni- forms and equipment always need- a“ ° . a An idea of where the money went can be had when you consid- er that baseballs are selling for $28 per dozen, a good catchers mitt costs $22.85 and bats go for $3.34 each. y, NATIONAL LEAGUE By The Associated Press ‘Won Lost Pet. Behind Milwaukee Brooklyn ris goes to third on wild pitch. J. | S,Leuls Ford flies out to right, Farris scoring after the catch. Shead, who pitches righthanded and bats lefthanded, walks, Gates replaces G, Jastres on mound and Lastres goes to centerfield. Miles takes first on four straight balls. Adams out, short to first. 1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, THIRD INNING KEY WEST — Solomon goes down swinging. Catala fut 3rd to first. Gates out, third to first. 0 Tuns, 0 hits, 0 errors. * “GEORGIA — Grice walks, Min- Ser up, Grice steals second. Min- ger out, short to first, Grice going down to third. Allan walks. Far- is up. Allan attempts to steal sec- ond and catcher throws ball into outfield, Grice scores from third and Allan crosses home plate from second. All Georgia runs have been scored by runners who were walked. Farris hit to third base- man, who fumbles, allowing run- ners to reach first. B, Ford lines | to third baseman, who throws to first for double play. 2 runs, 0 hits, 1 error. FOURTH INNING KEY WEST — R. Lastres out, short to first. Rodriguez hits slow roller down Ist base line, pitcher gets ball and in throw to first runner is hit, automatically safe. Cruz singles. along left field line, sending Rodriguez to second. Hen- riquez doubles to left, scoring Rod- riguez and sending Cruz to third. Salgado out, short to first. Cruz scores on play. G. Lastres out, second to first. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, GEORGIA — J, Ford doubles to YESTERDAY'S Chicago 11-1 Brook: New York 15 Philadelphia 10 Cincinnati 3 . Louis 10 Pittsburgh 2 TODAY'S SCHEDULE RESULTS yn 8-7 1 AMERICAN By The Associated Press Won Lost Pet. Behind “41 772 — 600 550, S41 508° New York Cleveland 33 26% SOUTHE! ‘TION By The Associated Press jon Lost Pet. Behind 2 ss 3 uy 3 isgesese® YESTERDA! RESULTS Atlanta 10 Little Rock 1 TODAY'S SCHEDULE Little Rock at Atlanta center. Shead up. Gates commits | Columbia balk, runner sent to third. Shead goes down swinging. Miles doubles to left, scoring J. Ford, Adams flies out to left. Grice forces Miles out at third, 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors. FIFTH INNING KEY WEST — Solomon out on} line drive to shortstop. Catala flies out to center, Gates hit by pitcher, automatically goes to first. R. Las-| tres flies out to right. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors. GEORGIA — G. Lastres returns a pitcher remains in game at an- position. Minger out, short to Allan bunts, pitcher did not other first. ground rule. Farris up. On passed ball, Allan gose to third. Farris singles to center, scoring Allan, | and as ball gets away from center- fielder, Farris lands on second. B. Ford up. Ball gets away from catcher’ and Farris goes to third. B. Ford hit to short, who fumbled, allowing Farris to score and bat- ter to reach first safely. J. Ford up. B, Fe s second, J. Ford hits to ¢ who drops ball, p: ed. Shead walks. secondbase- man, who B. Ford to ses ball, Higgs was out at first and Weech went of third. A balk by ns @ boys the verdict. doubles and a d Luppen losers while t 2 couble and two sla | School Baseball Conference Tour-/ the Vet hurler gave/ YESTERDAY'S RESU! Charteston Li Augusta | one out. Adams hit to second base- man, who throw home to retire |runner from third. Grice hit to New York, | to mound, which is allowed when | shortstop, who fumbled and then | throws, wild to second, Shead and Miles scoring. Minger, up for | second time, hit to third baseman, | field ball and runner is safe. On aj who throws wild to first, Grice | pick-off at first, pitcher throws | scoring and batter landing on 3rd. | wild and runner held at second by| Allan goes down swinging. 7 runs, 1 hit, 11 errors. SIXTH INNING KEY WEST — Rodriguez flies out to right. Cruz walks, Henri- quez forces Cruz out at second. Salgado out, third to first. © runs, © hits, © errors. GEORGIA — Gates again piteh- ing for Key West and Lastres re- turns to centerfield. Farris out, 3rd to ist. Pord hit ball through pitcher's box and second baseman scoops it up to toss runner out at first. B. Ford hit to shortstep, who throws wild to first and runner pitcher, who throws renner out at first. © runs, @ hits, 1 error. SEVENTH INNING KEY WEST — G. Lastres out, 3rd to Ist Solomon pops out to third baseman. Catala out, third to first, and the Southeastern High femmes: is over, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, June 20, 1953 Views From The Southernmost Sporting Scene By Charlie Conch The Fort Pierce trip cost school $434.00 including $255. meals, $117 for sooms and. $70 | transportation. With the Selma trip being pai for by Key Westers, the Conch foot- ball squad which tackles an am. bitious schedule in the fall, will be that much better equipped. center fire match at the Stock Is- land Range. Starting time is 1:00 Pp. m. and all members plus inter- ested parties are ihvited to-attend. Alabama 1s Hot! Those who are prone to beef about Key West’s ¢limate ought to pity the poor Alabamans -- the temperature there-has been hover- ing near the 100-degree matk dur- ing the current tourney. Softball Key Westers who like fast action on the diamond ought to go out and take a look at the action in the Island City Softball loop at Bay- view Park these nights. The qual- ity of the play is really up. BASEBALL RESULTS 1 at « at St Pad rpc) AMA-FLORIDA Dallas 11 Houston 5 Beaumont 5-6 Oklahoma City 1-4 Shreveport 66 Tulsa 47 ~ PACIFIC COAST Houston at Sen Antenie i Sexusueey 3 i 3 ®auseuse i cosavennl beetehee? setkee? beRseseT beacees? Febenyse aeessusrf = sexeucf sieatien sxrsuueet sruszefe OFFICIAL VISIT ROME W—Maj. Gen. William H. Arnold, commanding of his first official visit to neighbor- ing Italy. already has inspected the U. S$. base at Leghorn, Italy, eecupation forces. He also plans to confet with Ralian Defense Minister Rendéolfe Pacciardi om mutual defense prob- lems. i The Citizen Is A Ne {Fer All Of Your Family —E——EE Baseball Game Is Scheduled The Naval Station baseballers will cross bats Sunday afternoon with the Key West All-Stars with the game getting underway at 2:00 p. m. at Wickers Field. The Navy is in fine shape due te-a busy season in the Navy laegue while the locals have ac- quired the services of a crack pitcher in Jim Malgrat, formerly with the University of Miami. A hot game is in the offing for “Sunday. a Yank Lead Shaved To Ten Games By BEN PHLEGAR Associated Press Sports Writer The big question around the American League right now is “Who do you like for sernn4?”" It’s true that the New York Yan- | kees’ tremendous first piace sead has been shaved to a mere 10 games, but if you look a little deeper into the standings you find that a real battle is developing for the runner-up slot. Only three games separate sec- ond place Cleveland from fourth lace Boston with the Chicago Sox sandwiched in between. Even Washington and Philadelphia can’t be counted out of the race ‘The Senators are five lengths be- hind the Indians and A’s, although now in the midst of-a three game losing streak, are only 7%. The Indians whipped Washington, last night, marking the first time they have won.a game on the same day that New York lost one since May 8. The Yankees bowed to Ted Gray and the lowly Detroit Ti- gers, 3-2. The White Sox defeated Phila- delphia, 5-2, and the Red Sox, al- though tamed considerably after their wild scoring sprees of the past two days, beat the St. Louis Browns, 4-1. In the National League the Braves absorbed their worst beat- ing since moving to Milwaukee. The revitalized New York Giants | © broke streak by taking the half of a doubleheader from the i go Cubs, 7-1, after the Cubs 4 E} 3 £ ett yal fee gia FE Figs ili fli Fil i E Fea 2 jaf fe [in | advances to third. J. Ford hit tel handies supplies for the Austrian | @deiphia | i108 OUVAL ST. $3 $3 Save Ten-Year-Old Mary Ann Lopez Places First In South Florida Girls’ Golf Tournament Golfing apparently runs in the Lopez family, judging by the performance 10-year old Mary Ann Lopez turned in last week in Miami when she captured the South Flor- ida Junior Girl’s Golfing championship which was played on the Miami Bilt- more layout. Miss Lopez, who is the daughter of Key West Golf Club professional Joe Lopez, not only won the tourney— she walked away with it by a whopping 66 strokes over her nearest competitor. Competing with 14 other golfers, the blonde Miss racked up scores of 42-42-42-0 for each of her five hole rounds. She was presented with a handsome trophy by famed professional Sam Snead for her ef- forts. Mary Ann, rates the Miami Bilto- more layout as just about the Mary Ann even went so far as to invite Snead to Key West for a fishing trip after she learned that he had cancelled an angling en- gagement to make the Miami tro- mance was a 160 yard tee shot she hit on the Biltmore’s number four hole. Drive left her on the apron and a chip, a pair of putts and she was down in four strokes. Her mo- ther caddied for her in the ‘tour- Te Ba aly We Have Submarines That Run Under Water .. . Soft Cuddly Dolls, Party Games, Mechanical Novelties of All Kinds— Wins Golfing Honor ae SLAMMING SAMMY SNEAD presented Miss Mary < 3 st SOON Saas ‘Ann Lopet-with the trophy shown above for her performance in winning the South Florida’ Junior Girl's Golf Championship at the Miami Biltmore course last week. Mary Ann is the daughter of Mr. Joe Lopez, local professional.—Citizen Staff Photo. Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK wW—Word from up the Hudson says that the little vil- lage of Goshen (Pop. 3,400), the “cradle of American trotting,” already is stirring with prepara- tions for its one great day of the year when the $100,000 Hambleton- jan Stake is raced over its historic of this year’s in | Tich event, Aug. 12, still more than a month away, some 70 horses are in training in and around Goshen for the meet which features the three-year-old classic, This comes as something of a surprise to this Roosevelt Raceway on Long Island, Among those warming up for a richest being content. with his record of four Hambletonian triumphs. Henry Thomas, #4, who has held the reins on three winners, is thought to be about ready to let his son Dick, 22, have a whirl at it this time. They have been driv- ing against each other the Grand Circuit. Their hope is the Goshen test is Shelby Hanover, who prize | to do the steering on Aug. tions, two of which have won the Hambletonian before, Family part- In fact, we have the largest Toy Department in all of Key West! that John is trying mind. IGSBEE SNACKERY Beside Gulfstream Food Dept. Store In Sigsbee Park