The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 24, 1954, Page 6

Conch Cagers To Make Bid For Class AA Title BeMek * He * x *& & xe &:.& & miss xe * ke $245 Kennel Club Daily Double Paid: Legal Looter Seeks 8th Victory Key West Kennel Club Results Winner—Mrs. 0. Z. Ferrell's Brindle B., August, 1950. Wrinkle's Dream, 19.00 8.80 4.20 $28 Locals Face Miami Beach In Op ener Imp.—Miss Baroness DREAM’S PRIDE The Key West High BOOTS-N-SADDLE School basketball team will attempt to redeem itself to- night after a somewhat med- iocre season when they tack- le the Miami Beach quintet in their opening start in the District Four Class AA tour- ney on the Miami Jackson hardwood. : The squad will take the floor minus the services of Coach Win Jones who is ill in a Miami Hospital. The! cagemen left this morning} under the direction of Coach Ed Beckman. Key West is considered to! be a slight favorite in to- night’s Miami Beach clash! but is hardly held to be a contender to gain the cham- pionship. To pull off that feat they would have to defeat Miami High and Coral Gables, both of whom hold victories over the Conchs. If the locals can come up with win tonight, it will mark their first road victory this season. The Conchs have # season record of eight victories and six defeats. Catch Beckman, who has had only three days to get acquainted with his charges, was still up in the air today on a possible starting) lineup. He said that he would pro- bably stick with Glynn Archer and Julio Henriquez at the guards and John Carbonell at center. Stu Logun and Ralph White are the probable starts at the guards. But Beckman emphasized that! Dick Salgado and sophomore Gene| Favors will see plenty of action in} The Conchs will be out to avenge a loss at the hands of the Beach- men two weeks ago on their court, If they can win tonight, they'll go up against Coral Gables tomor- row night in the sudden death pay- off. The winner of that tilt will play the winner of a West Palm Beach- Miami High game-on Friday night. | The victor in that tilt will play) im the finals Saturday night and will be assured of a shot at the state championship in Gainesville| early in March. ad Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT eS NEW YORK You may look] for the Yankees’ contract troubles to diminish rapidly now that the boss of the world champions, quiet George Weiss, has reared back and acquainted Vie Raschi with some of the more unpleasant as- pects of a holdout’s life. Instead of spending another Pleasant summer at the local | FABULOUS FLIGHT RAMADAN WANDA CHOICE SUPER’S MEMORY BLACK BOMB Revo JO ANN DEL PRINCESS FLAX By JOE REICHLER ST.PETERSBURG, Fla. (#—Ex- Yankee pitching star Vic Rasehi, unloaded by the world champi for alleged “complacency,” wi tabbed today as the fellow who might fire his new club, the St. Louis Cardinals, to a National League pennant. ; The stunning announcement of Raschi’s sale by the Yankees to the Cardinals for $75,000 was made yesterday after he was sur- prisingly waived out of the Amer- ican League. Redbird Manager Eddie Stanky was quick to declare jubilantly: “The acquisition of Raschi should make the Cardinals a defe| inite pennant threat. He will be our No. 3 starter behind Gerry | Staley and Harvey Haddix. I look) for him to win from 12 to 16) games, I also look for him to beat! stadium figuring out how to dis- Pose of a $6,000 World Series check, the big right-hander finds Brooklyn, the team that must be, beaten for the flag.” | Everybody appeared happy over himself an outcast from the Amer-|the deal except New York Mana- ican League and headed for St,/ger Casey Stengel, who reportedly Louis, where the Cardinals, though ambitious and quick with a buck, was in disagreement with General! Manager George Weiss over the are some years away from win-|disposal of a pitcher who had! ning a pennant. helped him win five straight world One imagines that the sudden|championships. | | change came as a jolting surprise to the big right-hander and that Stengel reluctantly agreed to the sale only after he had become) the lesson which Weiss obviously |Convinced that the veteran pitcher! was imparting will not be lost'and the front office could never} upon those of his athletes who have |amicably settle their salary dis-! been skulking around among the palms and waiting for him to’ pute. When he was informed that Raschi had intended to get in} Meet their terms. In announcing |touch with Yankee officials yes-| the deal which sent Raschi away for $75,009 and two minor players, the Yankee general manager left ters, the old skipper really burned. | no doubt that he was nettled at! the demands being made upon|Casey growled, him. Raschi became the scapegoat, first, because he was the most terday morning but had postponed it because of other pressing mai- f he only had contacted us,” “he'd still be a Yankee today. I'd see to that. But} no, he had to sit on his high horse and refuse to meet us halfway.”) expendable of the club's high-| Weiss said in explaining the! salaried veterans, and, second, because he has been a thorn in| Weiss’ sensitive hide every spring since he joined the club. Since 1951, when he last won 20 or more games, Raschi has refused to be reduced from his steadfastly become sale: “I don’t want to make Raschi the whipping boy, but there is an attitude of complacency on the independently through the winning of $40,000 bracket, though his fast Straight championships. | ball obviously was departing. Several ings back a member or the Yai official family, not Weiss, described the big pitcher to this writer as “the meanest yesterday's deal As Weiss conceded frankly, be “Some of the players acted as if they were the employers and the club the employe.”” League. Vic still is too respected a competitor for that. It plainly Winner—Overseas Ki MADELINE’S CHOICE Stanky Says Rasc Win 16 Games For Cards). =" 6.60 rer Quiniela (4-5) 133.20 SECOND RACE Winner—Velma Merriam’s Brindle D., July, 1949. Flashy 30.80 = 10.00 3.60 2.80 3.60 RACE SEVENTH ennel’s Brindle B., Sepe, 1951. Chinkajam—So Young 15.005. 3.80 3.80 Lon Quiniela (1-5) 30.20 11.20 6.20 2.80 7.60 3.20 3.00 Weiss was referring to the stub- born refusal of Raschi and other Yankee holdouts to meet with club officials to discuss their salary differences, Raschi, who dropped from 21 victories in 1951 to 16 in 1952 and 13 last year, had stead- fastly ignored a contract calling for a 25 per cent cut on his $40,000 salary for 1953. Neither club was willing to dis- close the sale price but it was Teliably learned that the cash in- volved was $75,000 in addition to two minor league players who would be acceptable to the Yan- kees and who would be delivered later, : The Cardinals, elated by the ac- quisition of a proven right-hander who they feel plugs one of their most glaring weaknesses, appar- ently weren’t the least bit fazed by Raschi’s healthy salary de- mands. It took them less than half; an hour to come to terms with the big pitcher, who signed a contract reportedly calling for $40,000. This would make him the highest sal- aried pitcher in National League history. Gavilan Booed In Listless Go In Miami Beach MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (®—Wel- terweight champion Kid Gavilan Teacted to the boos of the crowd and hacked gut a unanimous but duB decision over Johnny Cunning- ham of Baltimore last night in a 10-rounder at the Miami Beach Auditorium. It was a tuneup for Gavilan’s meeting with Bobo Olson for the {middleweight title April 2 in Chi-| cago and the Kid said he needed ithe exercise. But the ringsiders| who paid $8 for seats thought he! jcould have given them more ac- 'Y|tion for the money. The crowd of 4,055 booed Gavi- lan several times in the early rounds and in the fifth Referee Eddie Coachman warned the fighters to mix it up. s When Coachman called for ac- rs tion in the fifth, Cunningham be-| holdout in baseball,” and he spoke;was because they realized this/gan forcing the fight and he drew! with much feeling. We do not doubt|that the Chicago White Sox, for'the first cheers from the crowd| that some of this feeling went into|one, did not shoot in a claim when|when he rocked Gavilan with a| waivers were asked. They knew/slashing attack in the seventh. that Weiss would quickly withdraw! The champion took the initiative Grade 1 Was not sore enough at Raschi tothe pitcher, as be is entitled to do/in the eighth and pressed the fight ave dealt him to another con- twice under the waiver rule before|the rest of the fending club in the American way. Gavilan it is for keeps. (weighed 13642, Cunningham 152, Sir—Jumping Judy Quiniela (1-2) 62.40 Quiniela (1-8) 26.20 Quiniela (3-8) 69.60 Quiniela (3-4) 26.80 VIGILANTE 13.20 df SILVER BAR 5.80 2.60 BETTY JAN 2.40 Daily Double—Dream’s Pride and Vigilante paid 245.40 THIRD RACE Winner—Ed Souza’s Black D., July, 1952. Tumble Bug, Imp—Jeff's Secretary ©. J. ’S INSIDE 11.00 8.40 3.80 SOUTHERN GENT 4.40 2.80 CAPRICIOUS LADY 4.20 FOURTH RACE bed ore pales oe Red Brindle D., October, 1950. Portis Bomb— ageib 10.20 5.60 3.60 WAVA 9.20 5.20 MELODY HILL 4.60 FIFTH RACE Winner—Ed Souza’s Black D., July, 1950. Faro—Howe White BLACK FARO 6.00 4.40 2. LUSTRE GAL 10.80 3.40 RESTORE 3.40 SIXTH RACE Winner—Ed Souza’s Brindle D., Feb., 1952. Rural Streak—Katie Quick TRAIL LINE 22.60 22.60 8.20 TACK OUT Quiniela (1-3) 54.00 Break The Bank Wins Tuesday’s Feature Race A two-way duel between Overseas Kennel’s Legal Looter and Fleet Wing Ken- nel’s Burning Bright is in the offing tonight when pair of greyhounds, along with six other Grade One} performers, tangle in the Ladies Night Special. All ladies will be admit- ted free tonight and indica- tions are that they’ll be wit- nessing one of the top duels of the racing campaign. Legal Looter, who ran a disappointing fourth in his last start Saturday night, has compiled a record of seven victories and Burning Bright has a like number of firsts —including a verdict over Comstock. that here tonight in a 10-round scrap at | Page é THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, February 24, 1954 \Saxton-Bratton een Bout Billed As “Elimination” | CHARLEY Concn’s SeLections Tonight, another popular Ladies) Seventh Race: Red Carpet, News Program has been set at the Carrier and Short Bid. (8-2-3) | Eighth Race: Flakes of Fire, Meadow Craft and Carib. (4-1-6) Ninth Race: Legal Looter, Wil- By RALPH BERNSTEIN PHILADELPHIA w — Johnny Saxton and Johnny Bratton meet the arena tentatively billed as the first of a welterweight title elim- ination series. The “tentative” descrip-'. ition would become permanent if Night welter king Kid Gavilan should|Kennel Club. beat Carl (Bobo) Olsen in their] And judging by past weeks, the coming battle for the middleweight ), 4: out force — to crown. The 147-pound title then ‘*dies sprenaae a ‘i pps arpnitegie enemy imo ® cash a few tickets. Tenth Race: Reno Mary, Spring, fees ier toners paren eal Charley Conch figures frat mer. and Sleigh Bell. (6-7-8) Carmine Basilio and Billy Gra- sai Looter will come back and rack; ———_ ; ham. jup another win in the feature to-| The Cleveland Indians’ spring ¥ x a ‘night. \training schedule lists 34 games, ference saaecoans wry | Other selections: [all against major league teams. the Saxton-Bratton winner still) First Race: Silent Profit, Coddly | would be in a good position for a\Cute and Initial. (1-7-8) | title shot. A sellout crowd in ex-, Second Race: Taran, City Scout cess of 7,500 is expected for the and Chico Spider. (7-8-3) G Nationally televised (CBS) bout at, Third Race: C. O. D., Sooner 10 p.m., EST. jShindig and Miss Guy. (7-5-3) The 23-year-old Saxton, from| Fourth Race: Rural Cousin, Wes Flushing, L. 1., ruled an early 9-5|Hardin and Reconditioned. (2-8-4) favorite over the 26-year-old Chi-| Fifth Race: Brave Pal, Last La- cago veteran. {9y, and Hush Shane. (7-5-2) The full house is drawing as} Sixth Race: Range Twilight, Cot- Much attention as the fight in view ton Nose and Black Caesar. (2-3-7) Seid at Track Only SHEET Greyhound Selections WINNERS — QUINIELAS ‘No Bunk - Ne Heldouts Just Honest Information include BR. K./expressed opinion that television Hutching’s Cinbon, Ed Souza’s Ju-jis ruining boxing gates. Taylor has F. B, Stutz’ Wilshire andjreluctantly joined with the inter- Winner—Claude Betterson’s Brindle B., May, 1952. Rural Speedster—Rita Quiniela (3-8) 35.20 hi Will Tonight's Entries FIRST RACE — 5-16 émile Grade 4 Taxes Me Rollaway Margie Blue Manikin Archangel SECOND RACE — 5-16 mile Grade 3 Sooner Shindig FOURTH RACE — 5-16 mile Grade 2 FIFTH RACE — 5-166 mile Grade 2 Carlita. The program will get underway at 8:15 p. m. with the first half of the daily double. Last night’s action produced « heavy daily double payoff of $245.00 ‘when Dream's Pride and Vigilante Tace of the evening to pay 5.80, '3.60 and 3.00. High Legion lost ‘ground on a series of wide turns, |but managed to come in second for |5.60 and 4.80 while Modest Blond ‘ran third to pay 4.20 Taran lin the first, 62.40 on Vigilante and Dian Hill Silver Bar in the second, 60.60 on Summer Gal A-Head and Wava in the fourth Chico Spider and 79.20 when Fame-N-Fortune City Scout \and Salter Path came in winners in Rock of Plymouth the eighth race. Three Dots Sophino shooter and is one of the best fe- 8 2 ee & = ig j i as t j f | Brave Pal pega rege eg ea = 'D. H. Forsythe to be rifle and pie- Tabcin \tol_ instructors. Preliy, Bose | Distinguished guests at the din- Embraceable ner included former city manager R. 0. ‘S Moonbeam Dave King and his wife and Mr. tush Shane sd cin hte SIXTH RACE — 5-16 mile | Flakes of Fire \Grade 2 } Irene Hill | Cotton Nose | Canib Black Ceaser | Bardahi Mischief Girl | Let's Goby Ladyish |NINTM RACE — 5-16 mile | Range Twilight |Grade 1 Shining Sue Judy Deli Crestwood Legal -Looter Burning Bright . |SEVENTH RACE — 5.16 mite Wilshire Grade 1 Gay Skipper Short Bid Sir McKay Red Carpet Noir | Canuocuius TENTH RACE — 248 miie Even Key Grede $ Moderator Embers News Trade In |SIGHTH RACE — 5-16 tmile Reno Mery Spring Bunoy Boyee Mill Gaile | Carlita | Bob Murphy Meadow Craft | Sleigh Bell a « of promoter Herman Taylor's oft-| SAVE MONEY .. WHEN YOU BUY A DEPENDABLE Now On Display 1954 national boxing club of new york The program will also feature ain promoting a once-a-month TV NEW EIGHTH RACE bonus in a second Grade One hot-/fight from Philadelphia. His face HESTER Winner—Joe Balik’s Brindle D., March, 1951. Beach Comber—Heat Wave box affair, the eighth on the elate.|was slightly darker than pink yes- GENERAL a ; iniela (5-8) 7 , in S aeeenn 3.00 — lute Water Owen's Meadow Craft| Tbe fight is not being blacked! MOBILE HOME ee morn mace Ree cere aa he a al oe ag Oi me Winner—Ed Souza’s Brindle D., May, 1952. Jovial Gesture—Bobbypins ‘uel Foster's Irene Hill, Fleet Wing fought 2 draws as against a 59-21-/ STREAMLITE, LUXOR, WE snovant BREAK THE BANK 5.80 (3.60 3.00 Kennel’s Flakes of Fire, Point) ”\0 > f° the experienced] VAN DA! SMOKER BATTERY PRICES HIGH LEGION 5.60 4.80 Quiniela (2-8) 18.80 Breese Kennel’s Boyee, _ Fred|y 08 to dirat will be decided ne | aales et NL) 4.20 Whitehead’s Carib, R. K. Hutch-| (oS Ope ir Wounds, ‘The/RAWLINGS TRAILER SALES at} You Help By Buying TENTH RACE jing’s Let's Goby and M. W. Fagg's point system is not used in Penn- JOE'S AUTO SALES | A HESTER BATTERY sylvania, . 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