The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 15, 1953, Page 6

Pagoé= = THE KEYV.wast CITIZEN Wednesday, July 15, 1953 Views From The Southernmost ' Sporting Scene All-Star Tilt Costs Stengel Mickey Mantle Services Hurling Shines | ee In 4th Straight I Wish I Had That Kind Of National Win |Pitehing All Season’-Dressen By JE REICHLER Bl By HAROLD HARRISON CINCINNATI w—Has the Re d Sox Stars CINCINNATI @—That National Casey Stengel was 2 mighty wor- gue power everyone was talk-! Share Bat Lead ‘Be Sit Chis Summer ASWIMand AFIOA I. Tee ae man today as he took his ing about can bow down and say — “Thank you” to the pitebing. ding New York Yankees That was the general verdict in Fi i Fs - if rhe 2 § to wation of an feat He bbls E} f i § ity i E | i i ' i 2 i : i F 2 f i i E [ ii 4 g » S H i HI ft uta fi df HY i eit HI i aileetink g g ef * r i ifs f i 3 g lf if y ? i | # i aj Rutkiewicz, a member of the i of John Foley, very Tuesday to dispose ey, Pil uth Los Angeles | if i : i ' il Dave Stanley (1951 severe that for s threegame’ yew YORK uw — Teammates both clubhouses after yesterday's George Kell and Billy Goodman Mickey Mantle found walk following the of the Boston Red Sox seem in- a pulled leg mus- tent upon staging their own merry; Charlie Dressen ‘ yesterday's All-Star. Game chase along the American League | Btooklyn Dodgers ame act of even more distressing to the },tting championsbip trail. The the winning National Leaguers, cor —. veteran infielders, buth former hit-' this to say: - 5-1 vietory by the Netional League over the American League in the '20th All-Star Game. had ting titlists, currentty are tied for the lead with .329 apiece. : y’ For the past few weeks Kell and that kind of pitching ali “When j ble to play Goodman have alternated as the| And Cai tomorrow hating leader. Two weeks ago the New star won't Goodman topped the league in Leaguers, most until before game time p jtti this leg tha’ ing himself . He per- ing, but Kell displaced him as for 4S the pacesetter last week. } | Goodman. went 11-for-30 to- the during! Casey also ‘ past seven days and gained five rough words for a points in advancing from third. the wind. E the All- Kell, meawhile, nad only five hits ews better judg-'in 23 trips and bis average skid-| not ¢ minutes ded 12 points. /fifth game that| Orestes (Minnie) Minoso of the scored Mantie’s Chicago White Sox created the big-! jickey H i tf i iched, grew other rounds unsympathetic lontebello, tthe from the Yankees, moved in to one of Winner) Trout, he added, “Things are tough agaiast Fra of Pittsburgh, who The other ex-king hoping to don Williams away back a. -_ up the crown again, Stanley Bielat Bender lamar-'(1950) of |. NAY, was -|_ Frank DeMichele , who has’ ssade short ed) with, youthful < Bender Jacksonville, Fla. Bogan’s morn- St. Louis~ Cardinal i #5 BE fi Hi vsavg| bench before the All-Star Game. shutout “> Billy| scoreless) Robin Rob- |gest stir in the junior circuit hit- { hit ting race as he jumped from) to eighth to third at .320. Red Schoendienst of St. Louis Cards continues to occupy the top fairly.” ‘spot in the National League bit \parade with a verage, but bis position appears none too se- cure, The switch - hitting second baseman saw his 20-point advan-|gotten a hit in 13 ge’ of a week ago dwindle to 11 is he went 2-for-15 and dropped 10: worried individual. That was War- ren Giles, president of the National - | League. The personable Giles became considerably. upset when Johnny Mize crashed out a ninth-inning| single, tut he became gis affable self whe the final out came mo- ments later. avilan Favored Thi’s, + Ed Lopat of the Yanks heads in the American League in pitching Burdette of Milwaukee ranks as ‘the National League hurling stand- wat with a perfect 7-0 slate. Sports Roundup |:: ~ By JACK HAND (For Gayle Talbot) He CINCINNATI —It was like old’ ‘times on the American League (Ted Williams was back from the ars, gabbing in a loud voice as he greeted old friends from base- ‘ball, Teddy was an honorary member! of the American League team but, ‘of course, he wore no uniform, not even the uniform of a Marine May and since then has beaten *jcaptain, Open-necked sport shirt,'Italo Scortichini in a. dull scrap. ‘tweed sport coat and a pair of A fast-man brown. slacks helped ease his re-| turn from life as a jet pilot in Korea. | “Hi, Skipper,”’ he yelled to Casey Stengel. tories, 13 Coleman, who was called back to losses and 4 draws. Until ithe Marines last year the same surprised by Womber, iday Williams got his call. “But been beaten in almost three ye: ‘he’s all right,” he said. “Doing a! Fuentes, holder of the California “hell of a job. As I understand it,'welterweight jhe doesn't fly any more. We tried been to get together several times but He jnever made it.” well Ted, looking a little older than ei iwhen he went away, spied Al Ros-| tien, the Cleveland slugger who has these ‘been doing his best to take over|the league I've dropped about ‘the home ran and RBI departments points in my batting average.” ‘where Williems used to shine. Will Harridge, president of the ‘one! “See you're going pretty good/American League, poked his head jwith that willow,” he said, handling in. “Are you coming back to join ja bat with itchy hands, us?’ he asked. The answer was: “Dizzy Trout poked his head in\“I don’t know. I hope so.” the dugout, trying to clear the way! _Along came Warren Giles, Na- for some camera shots with his tional League president, to say, movie machine. “Pretty soft racket|“It’s great to see you back—and you got now,” said Ted, “Two or/not ying.’ ‘three hours a day on the radio| It was almost time for Williams "re done for the day.” | i = troit after years of pitching in the’ ™-/ american League, eame right back! SUF at him. on) “sit down and relax. You look like you're nervous. Don’t worry, lyou ain't hitting against me. Wha jare you going to now, go into. » radio?” Still) “Yogi Berra, an old “enemy”| iH the'shake hands, i “Hi, Museles,” said Yogi. Seeing ii BRS vscasticeyecte E say, | would ee oe ‘Seattle. H g ed with youthful Dan Sikes of City is the youngest player in Nickel of Indian- ning assignment was 2: nd 7, after hometowr favorite, Harold the bolo-punching world. welter-| Ben Hogan Greatest Ever TEXARKANA, Ark. i — Byron dinner last night as an oceesion' ito proclaim Ben Hogan as the “greatest golfer who ever lived.” “Ben is the greatest,” Nelson said, ‘because he puts forth. more effort to win than ‘any man who ever lived.” banquet speaker, Texarkana auto- mobile dealer Oliver Dryer, point- retired . Nelson, ll always be a question lof whether Hogan, Jones, or this to lead a team, to victory over amateurs 8 today. Hogan as the Nelson — now . a farm at Roanoke, \TEX.—described President Eisen- hower as “the most To Tour Japan CINCINNATI 7 — A troupe of ,{major league baseball players, called Eddie Lopat's All-Stars, will i season, in addition to the New York Giants. The Giants were Scott, have arranged to igames in Japan. En ‘will play nine in Honolulu Hawaii. In addition to Lopat and those { Nelson used his own ‘testimonial, Bick Stiff Test Today CHICAGO. # — Top seeded Vic} ‘Seixas, the 1953 Wimbledon cham-| ‘pion, and his principal rival, Art Larsen, face their first serious competition today in the National Clay Court Tennis Championships. | Seixas,’ the Philadelphia. expert, lencounters Fred Hagist, Berkeley, \Calif., seeded No. 10 in his. fourth round match. Larsen, of San Lean- terday over ninth - seeded Bob Perry of Westwood, Calif. The men’s singles field has heen reduced to 16 after the three open-' ing rounds, Maureen arrived by airplane yes- terday and, despite obvious weari- ‘mess and an erratic game, beat! he os 4 of Des Moines, Iowa, |. Her opponent today was, \Marie Vidas of Hinsdale, I. Miss Connolly’s traveling part- ner, Julia Ann Sampson Key West and vicinity:. Mostly ‘partly cloudy with scattered show- thundershowers:likely in late College-Pro sn a at ata, ball Is Asked moderate variable winds, fresh in} COLORADO SPRINGS, ag gf dF ree tice rebees'ad Colo. and near showers. Highest temper-|#—College conferences were urged ature tomorrow about 91° tonight about 79°. Florida: Partly Qloudy with scat- tered showers and thundershowers thru Thursday. Little change in| temperature. lege and professions! teams. All-Star Battle Tonigth lowest /today to adopt rules prohibiting contests in any sports between col-/ Lions stars at Westside Park tonight, TUESDAY RESULTS Havana 2 Miami 1 |St. Petersburg 2 West Palm Beach ee 1 | (only games) WEDNESDAY GAME |All-stars vs. Fort Lauderdale at eebeenad