The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 1, 1954, Page 6

Black a Break The Bank Clash Gay Skipper Wins Saturday Feaiure To Pay $119 Quiniela Sam Baxendale’s Black Ceaser, who has.never run worse than second in five races will go to the post to- night in search of his fourth victory in the feature race at the Key West Kennel Club. His chief opposition will come from Ed Souza’s Break The Bank, a winner in his last two outings at the Ken- nel Club by impressive mar- gins, _And there are two other; dogs in the race who will bear watching as a result .of wins in their last starts. They are Mrs. O. Z. Ferrell’s Lilac Lady and E. F. Snipe’s Over My Shoulder. Lilac Lady led from wire to wire in downing Fame-N-Fortune last Friday while Over My Shoulder came in a winner by a head on the same date ina Grade Two start. Other entries in tonight’s ho! , box feature include M. W. Fagg’s ‘In that outing, Sam Baxendale’s Kenya Colony will be out after his fourth victory in six starts. Other entries include: News Car- tier, Gene Huff, Matthew Hill, Cap- ricorn, Modest Blond, Tack Out and Meadow Craft. The program is slated to get underway at 8:15 p. m. with the first half of the daily double. ‘Saturday night, M. W. Fagg’s Gay Skipper, never faltered after a nice start to lead all the way and come home a victor by a length and a half over noir to pay a neat! quiniela of 119.20. Smart Design Yan third. Gay Skipper traversed the 5-16 mile distance in an even 31 sec- onds in racking up the triumph. He paid 8.20, 4.60 and 4.20 while Noir returned 6.80 and 7.00. Smart Design paid 3.60. The daily double, Saturday night, Malahide and Madeline’s Choice, returned 38.20, Key West Kennel Club Results FIRST RACE Dave Lord Lands Hefty Grouper Winner—Ed Souza’s Brindle D., June, 1950. Channel Crossing—Modern Lady MALAHIDE 8.60 4.60 2.80. . MISS GUY 3.80 4.60 ~ Quiniela (2-7) 24.20 DEBRA’S BOY 3.60 ’ SECOND RACE Winner—Overseas Kennel’s Dark Brindle B., June, 1952. Rural Streak— Scatterlit MADELINE’S CHOICE 11.20 6.00 4.00 10.40 aay Quiniela (5-6) 36.20 JULY FOURTH FOREVER PAL 3.2 Daily Double—Malahide and Madeline’s Choice 38.20 THIRD RACE J. Quinn—Sly Boots SOI BONITA GLEN HUFF THREE DOTS MY BITSY CITY SCOUT SLEIGH BELL TABCIN LAST LADY SHINING SUE CINBON R. 0. MILL GALE JUDY PAGODA Winner—M. GAY SKIPP Marcine HUSH SHANE SIR McKAY BOYEE Page 6 By ED CORRIGAN LIGHT WHISTLER Winner—Overseas Kennel’s Brin MISS JANE MAC CHICO SPIDER Winner—M. W. Fagg’s Brindle D., October, 1951. Rolling Roy—Kay Roo 7.20 5.40 3.80 TRUE PATTERN ’S_ RUBE Winner—Ed Souza’s Black B., Aug., 1952. DOLL 3.80 RANGE TWILIGHT NOIR SMART DESIGN THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Winner—Velma Merriam’s Brindle B., August, 1952. E. 11.80 5.60 3.60 7.40 6.20 7.80 FOURTH RACE 9. a 4.60 4.40 12.00 FIFTH RACE 4.40 4.20 SIXTH RACE 3.40 3.80 3.20 i 9.80 11.20 3.60 SEVENTH RACE 12.20 6.00 8.20 4.60 4.40 4.40 EIGHTH RACE Winner—R. K. Hutchings’ Black D., July, 1951. Tumble 4.00 2.80 2.60 7.00 NINTH RACE Super 3.00 3.00 TENTH RACE 6.00 4.40 2.60 3.00 6.80 ELEVENTH RACE 9.40 4.60 7.20 2.80 4.20 3.40 Monday, March 1, 1954) One Berth Is Open In NIT . Cage Tourney; 11 Teams Signed State, all at-large teams. Toledo’s Quiniela (2-8) 46.60 dle B., January, 1951, Rural Streak—Minda .60 4.80 4.00 Quiniela (3-7) 43.00 Winner—Elvin Burk’s Brindle ae Nov., 1949, Red Tex—City Lady Quinfela (3-4) 22.40 Quiniela (2-4) 71.20 Winner—Fred Whitehead’s Brindle B., March, 1952. Rural Streak—Officer’s Queen RURAL COUSIN PRETTY BLOSSOM Quiniela (6-7) 64.80 Bug—Lady Orlando Quiniela (4-8) 30.40 Fortress, Imp.—Paper Doll 2.40 Quiniela (1-6) 9.80 W. Fagg’s Brindle D., August, 1951. Oklahoman—Gay Glitter ER 8.20 4.60 20 7.00 Quiniela (1-7) 119.20 3.60 Winner—R. K. Hutchings’ Light Brindle D., August, 1951. Beach Comber— Quiniela (1-2) 22.40 Kay Faraldo, Polly West Vin Tourney David Lord, 715 N. Beach Rd. Key West, caused a bit of com- jment on Feb. 17 when he success- fully landed a 35 pound grouper, on the charterboat Mae West, Cap- tain Johnnie West. As the Key West Jaycee Seventh! Annual Fishing Tournament is now progress here the 3 foot 1 inch fish was entered in the contest, and the fisherman has a chance to win one of the trophies offered as prizes. TONIGHT’S ENTRIES FIRST RACE — 5-16 mile Grade 4 Sam Parker Blue Manikin Sooner Shindig Rollaway Marg Trade In Hartagon Scrabble Restore , SECOND RACE — 5-166 mile Grade 5 Bob Stack Patty Sheeler Viking Love Spiedell Happy John Portis Boy Razor’s Rocket 0. J. ‘S R. Rooster THIRD RACE — 5-16 mile Grade 5 Bendina Melba Ree Tackler Taxes Me Initial Berkshire Princess Flax Markoney FOURTH RACE — 5-16 mile Grade 4 Whitey’s Son Cotton Cadette Clayton Ward Peck’s Pearl Lelanette Blissful Budapest Cuddly Cute FIFTH RACE — 5-16 6mile Grade 3 ; Ramadan ! Stylish Bond Tangiers Larry’s Star Dust - holdouts, but that he might be By BEN OLAN | Associated Press Sports Writer The prospect of a major trade jinvolving Mickey Vernon, the {American League’s leading batter last season, was more than a re-| {mote possibility as spring training! Officially opened in the major, league camps today. The 35-year-old Washington first baseman has yet to sign his 1954| contract. He is said to be asking| for double the $19,000 he received| last year. | “No, I won’t sell him,” Clark Griffith, Senators owner, declared. “But I might trade him if they of- fered me the right players for| him.” He added it had never been his practice to trade players who are ready to make an exception in | Vernon’s case. | Several American League clubs, Cleveland and Baltimore among them, have been reported seeking first base help and in Vernon ithey’d be getting just that. Be- sides his pace-setting .337 average in 1953, the veteran drove out 15 homers and piled up 115 runs bat- sed in. Better news for the Senators was che return yesterday of star pitch- ir Bob Porterfield, almost com- pletely recovered from a minor |concussion. The big right-hander |was hospitalized Saturday after be- jing hit by a batted ball in prac- tice. Enos Slaughter, another veteran, made the big noise in the St. Louis ‘Cardinals’ camp at St. Petersburg, |Fla, He belted four “‘homers” over ithe fence. Said Enos after the jworkout: “Never felt better.” | On other spring training fronts, \Boston Red Sox Manager Lou |Boudreau announced that Ivan De- lock and rookie Jim Ehrler would ‘pitch the club’s grapefruit league opener against Pittsburgh Satur- day . .. Rudy Regaldo, a .325 batter in the American Assn. last season, hit Cleveland’s first home ‘run in an intrasquad game . , . joutfielder Bob Borkowski smashed ‘a two-run homer in the first inning ‘of Cincinnati’s intrasquad game i. . « Brooklyn stalwarts Jackie ‘Robinson and Pee Wee Reese jworked out for the first time... |Pittsburgh Manager Fred Haney up in Detroit’s camp. Several players just got in und the March 1 signing deadline cluding Second baseman Billy tin and outfielder Gene Wood) of the Yankees, First {Whitey Lockman of the Gia outfielder Joknny Wyroste’ Phillies. Boxing Results WEEKEND FIGHTS By The Associated Press TOLEDO—Pierre Langlois, 158, i |France, decisioned Pedro Gonzales,!Sammy V 158%, Rankin, Pa. (10). WATERVILLE, Maine — Babe McCarron, 152, Brownsville, Maine, Rumford, Maine, (10). HOLLYWOOD — Charley Green, 159, Los Angeles, decisioned Willie Vaughn, 159, Los Angeles, (12), BELFAST, Ireland Robert Cohen, 11734, France, stopped John | Kelly, 11734, Ireland, (3). | BRUSSELS, Belgium — Karel! Sys, Belgium, decisioned Ansel Adams, Trinidad. PLAYS WINNING CARD FRANKLIN, Ohio ) — When| Ralph Palmer entered a cafe near Franklin yesterday, one of the poker players said: | “Come on in, partner, you'll) make a sixth.” | Palmer broke up the game with jthe winning card—his badge as} chief deputy sheriff. 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The Ivy League still has three contenders—Cornell, Princeton and Penn, The Big Ten will send either Indiana, Iowa or Illinois, The Hoosiers already have clinched a tie, and if they defeat Illinois Sat- urday, they’re in. Mllinois also plays Northwestern while Iowa tangles with Ohio State tonight. It could wind up in the three-way tie. In the Southeastern Conference, |Kentucky and Louisiana State are unbeaten and this one, too, could finish in a tie. By PIEDAD ARCHER Kay Faraldo and Polly West! Byg ‘Lass | shared the Class A honors last} Licorina week in the Odd and Even Ladies’ SIXTH RACE — 5-16 mile Day Golf Tourney at the Key West Grade 3 Golf Club. Mrs, Faraldo was the pee A winner on the odd holes while Mrs. aes Chinelly West triumphed on the even holes., Caswell In Class B, Lou Duke was the) Mocambo winner on the odd holes while C. 0. D. Helen Altoman captured even hole Ee honors. ; SEVENTH RACE — 5-16 mile Eighteen ladies participated in Grade 2 the tournament. Their scores: Longiene Class A: Rose Gavilan, 47; Polly Wicked : West, 43: Mary O’Briant, 53; Pie. SPeed In Review dad Archer, 48; Kay Faraldo, 41; Suce Op Mine Jeanne Fould, 47. foe ees Secret Class B: Edie Kossert, 59; Lou aati seule Duke, 51; Nell Lopez, 53; Helen! Grestwood : Bramble Altman, 51; Peggy Meredity, 57 and Mrs, Albert, 54, Gann RACE — 5-16 6mile Class C: Polly Carbonell, 90; | Matthew Hill See ee 58; Jane Rich, 57;; Modest Blond . ottie Murphy, 58; Ruth Holtsberg, ted, The four atlarge' teams arelS8 204 Mr, Greiner, 55 | enya Colon Bradley Santa Clara Oklahoma| Arrangements have been com-| Capricorn ‘ City and Seattle, plus Idaho State, |Pleted oe the annual handicap, Meadow Craft the Rocky Mountain titlist, and|™#'ch Play tourney March 2 at Tack Out 1 ‘ _ which time the qualifying round a i — A&M, the Skyline cham- willbe haat News Carrier NEW YORK (#—Only one spot remained to be filled in the Na- tional Invitation Tournament today and it is an open secret that the second-place team in the South- west Conference will get the bid. The league race is scheduled to end tomorrow night when Rice and Texas, which are tied for first place each with 8-3 records, play Southern Methodist and Texas Christian, respectively. The conference winner, of course, will go the NCAA Tour- nament, which still is far from settled. The NIT will be satisfied) with the runner-up. So the 11 teams in the NIT now are Duquesne, Niagara, Dayton, Louisville, Western Kentucky, St. Francis of Brooklyn, St. Francis of Loretto, Pa., Manhattan, Holy Cross, Bowling Green and Wichita, If it wins the Missouri Valley title, however, Wichita will pull out. The club has finished its league season with an 8-2 mark, Oklahoma AW the leader with 7-1, still must meet Tulsa and St. Louis. Holy Cross and Bowling Green were named to the NIT yesterday after Connecticut was named to represent New England in the; NCAA. Connecticut defeated Holy LOU SMITH 1116 White Street said many rookies would be in the lineup against the Boston Red Sox next Saturday , , . Ray Boone, Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK (#—This is annual “Why Spring Training?” week, when almost any publication you pick up will feature a genuine, hand-tooled “expose” of the cus- tom of taking baseball players South for a month of sunshine and exercise before the season begins. It is not really necessary to read more than one of them, for the eral theme is the same. Spring ining is strictly a racket de- signed to get the paying customers up North excited ahead of time. It doesn’t do anything for the players that couldn’t be done by dunking them a couple of times in a turkish bath. As for the actual benefits, we've: often wondered vaguely about that ourselves. The best conclusion is that it doesn’t do any of them any harm unless they step in a hole, on some minor league field, and| that it undoubtedly does some of them a lot of good, especially those who are inclined to take on blub- ber during the winter. In every team’s camp there are) players who are ready to go nine! innings the day they report. In| fact, one of Dazzy Vance’s favorite! stories about Uncle Wilbert Robin- gon, the fabulous old Brooklyn) Manager, concerns the camp open- ing when Robby greeted all his athletes fondly and said that, dog- gone it, he was hungry to see some baseball and how about hav- Cross 78-77 Saturday night. Pearance will be its sixth. year shows a 16-6 record. line up at the moment: For Bowling Green, which fin- ished second to Toledo in the Mid- America Conference, the NIT ap- reached the final once and this The NCAA gets under way next week and although all the brackets aren’t filled, here is how the teams At Fort Wayne, Toledo will play The Big Seven representative could be decided tonight when Kan- sas plays Colorado, and the Bor- der Conference winner will be de- termined tomorrow night when Texas Tech and West Texas State meet. The Pacific Coast Title will be determined this weekend when !Southern California, the Southern {Division winner, plays Oregon State, champion of the Northern It Tournament Chairman Polly West called a special meeting’ to set. tules for playing this tourney and Players will be presented with a set of these rules before leaving the first tee. the winner with a smaller trophy for the winner of each flight and the runner-up. This year’s tournament promises to be outstanding with most of the Thre will be a large trophy for) ‘NINTH RACE — 5-16 mile Grade 1 Even Key Lilac Lady Mercury Switch Over My Shoulder Break The Bank Black Ceaser Carib Short Bid TENTH RACE — 38 mile Grade S Post Time, 8:15 P.M. NO MINORS either Notre Dame, Loyola or Penn| Division, lady golfers at the club already} Bs Sth Free Parking ing a game? “And,” Dazzy recalls, “we put on a real humdinger for him, nine full innings with sliding and every- thing. Robby sat there in his rock- er and loved every minute of it. Some of us were a mite sore the next few days.” That, however, was an excep- tional case. The average manager today doesn’t want to see anything except some running and pepper games for most of the first week. That doesn’t go, of course, for Players who have been earning pay in the Caribbean leagues all winter. Actually, it’s a little silly for these men to report at all for about the first two weeks of training, and some of them don’t. Those who make a career of Kidding tke sunshine camps always point out that the big leaguers trained in the snowy North during| the recent war years and ap-| Peared to be in about as good shape as ever for opening day. Brooklyn team in the vast West/ Point fieldhouse, concedes that his boys were ready. But neither he Sor any other manager would like 38th birthday tonight. ners this week, John. Donough Special, Other selections: to. repeat the experience. Charley Conch figures Break The Bank as a winver in the John Mc- and Lord Chinelly. (6-3-2) First Race: Scrabble, Blue Man- ikin and Rollaway Margie. (4-2-1) News Carrier and Modest Blond. Second Race: Bob Stack, Spie-| (2-1-6) dell and Dazor’s Rocket. (94-3) CHARLEY Conch’s SELECTIONS Well, what do you know. Genial, Third Race: Tackler, Melba Ree! John McDonough is celebrating his|and Berkshire. (5-7-6) Fourth Race: Whitey’s Son, Clay- The popular assistant to General ton Ward and Cotton Cadette. (1-2- Manager Max Carey at the Ken- : nel Club confesses to that age. Ane may you have that many win- 5) Fifth Race: Licorina. Ramadan and Gay Gift. (3-4-7) Sixth Race: C. 0. D., Mocambo Seventh Race: Longiene, Queen O Mine and Crestwood. (8-4-3) Eighth Race: Kenya Colony, Ninth Race: Break The Bank, having signified their intention to} enter. Pairings are in the hands of! the tournament chairman and will) be announced after the qualifying| round. Sail There will be a series of four! other golf tourneys in the near fu-| ture. These are holding the interest | of members just now and every! day finds a large group out at the course practicing. i Pro Joe Lopez has been busy of late giving lessons to beginners,’ Among them are Polly Carbonell, Eunice Knowles and Edna Borre- son. | After Tuesday’s round, coffee and do-nuts will be served by hostessess| Rose Gavilan and Ann Witzel. | Southpaw pitcher Fred Baczew- ski of the Cincinnati Redlegs start- ed four games against the New |York Giants in 1953 and won all ifour, der, (1-2-7) | Tenth Race: Holiday House, | \28) Tumble Time and Sod Buster. (1-/69} puyal St. | Lodi Fair Monarch Sod Buster Final Reward Happy Woman Archangel Holiday House 10,000 MILE | Guaranty on USED CARS Oy, Carlife 3 lal @ gy NAVARRO, Inc. Tel. 2-7041 10 Adm. 25¢ PARI-MUTUEL BETTING State Supervised Buses Every 20 Minutes” RACES NIGHTLY Beautiful New Grandstand QUINIELAS EVERY RACE DAILY DOUBLES Ist AND 2nd RACES Warm, Comfortable Seats . .. 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