The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 3, 1954, Page 6

junday Was Musial Day n Saint Louis Ballpark ' Stan The Man Hoists Average From .250.Ta 400 In Week . AP Sports Writer Now you know why they call Stan Musial Stan the Man. No other hitter in major league history ever hit five home runs in one day. Only nine days ago Musial was bumping along at .250, gripped by the same slump that tortured him last spring. Now he is hitting .400 with eight homers and seven dou- bles among his 24 hits. The $80,000- salried St. Louis Cardinal outfielder leads the majors with 21 runs bat- ted in and share» the home run lead with Chicago’s Hank Sauer. ‘The six-time batting champion of the National League “slumped” to 337 last year, a few points below STOCK CAR ROUNDUP By DAVID NASON The Key West Stock Car Racing Association wishes to thank every- one for the tremendous turnout for the intended Cancer Benefit races and to express their regret that the races had to be called off at the last moment. The spring tide covered about half the track. Caught the boys by surprise. They had just put a large amount of oil on the track to control the dust. Now the problem shifts to mud. Bring on the spirin, please. This writer will wager, any old time Conch could have told them this would happen, but I guess no one throught to explore these channels. Tuesday night’s meeting of the Stock Car boys should have plenty of head scratching and deep think- , trying to solve this one. Here’s hoping they can come up with something that will keep the races going in Key West. As the -|racing enthusiasm has grown by Six men had*hit four homers in ‘a double-header but Musial never had hit three. Five men had hit “five homers in two consecutive games, but not on the same day. So Sunday, May 2, 1954, will go down in the books as Musial Day in St, Louis, the day Stan hit three atop the right field pavilion and two over the roof, bouncing across Grand Avenue. Musial’s clubhouse comment was typical of a team man: “You can’t smile too much when you lose a all game.” For the Cards did lose that second game 9-7 after taking the opener 10-6, A total of 12 home runs were hit in the two games’ at Busch stadium and 21 in all in the Na- ‘ional League, four.short of the record set July 16, 1950, Musial’s shiny day had no ap- preciable effect on the league caces:. The Philadelphia Phillies gained a 4-3 edge over Cincinnati in the first half of a double-header. ‘The second game was washed out. Bob Miller’s effective relief pitch- ing and Del Ennis’ home run saved the day for the Phils. Chicago and Pittsburgh also went on a homer spree with a total of eight,’ three by Hank Sauer, as they split a pair. A Sauer homer and single gave Paul Minner a 5-3 first-game decision over Vern Law. The Pirates ripped into the Cubs for eight runs in the first inning of the second game on the way to an 18-10 decision. Darkness mercifully put an end to the slaughter at the end of eight inn- ings after six home runs had been gg a oy by ee a B 's game at Milwaukee was rained out. The American League also had a postponement, the Baltimore at Boston double header. © Cleveland gained ground on everybody in the American, win- ning a pair from Washington 6-4 and 6-3 in 10 innings. Chicago won its third straight shutout 40 at Philadelphia with Don Johnson throwing a two-hitter but the White Sox lost the second game 2-1 on Elmer Valo’s pinch single in the ninth, his first hit of the season. The New York Yankees broke loose with their biggest inning, six runs in the third, to smother De- troit 12-4, Then they were shut out with one hit by Billy Hoeft 40 in the second game, cut to five inn- ings by darkness. Getting back to Musial, his third homer in the first game came off Jim Hearn, with two on, breaking a 66 tie. The blow sent Hearn down to his second defeat and gave Al Brazle his first victory. Stan’s first two came off Johnny Antonelli. In the second game his pair came off Hoyt Wilhelm, who was struggling desperately to hold the in the fourth inning. Just for the records, Musial walked once and singled in the first game. In the second he walked, flied deep to Willie Mays in center and then popped out in the ninth. His bag for the day was nine runs batted in, 21 total bases and six runs scored. leaps and bounds among the com- petitors as well as spectators. Keep your eye on The Citizen sports page for our next announce- ment. Determine Was Ist Grey Horse To Win Derby LOUISVILLE, Ky. @ — A little grey colt with a terrific appetite and a decided dislike for work is going after two-thirds of the turf’s coveted Triple Crown after break- ing a jinx that plagued horses of his color through 80 years of the Kentucky Derby. No grey ever won America’s No. 1 glamor race until Andy Crevo- lin’s Determine, a tiny horse out of Alhambra, Calif., came from sec- ond place in the stretch to hang a length and. a half defeat on the swift Hasty Road last Saturday. Baseball Results NATIONAL By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Won Lost Pet. Behind 9 6 600 ~ YESTERDAY'S RESULTS New York 6-9 St. Louis 10-7 Brooklyn at Milwaukee (postponed, rain) Pittsburgh 3-18, Chicago 5-10 (second game called, darkness) PhiJadelphia 4, Cincinnati 3 (second game postponed, wet grounds) TODAY'S SCHEDULE Brooklyn at Milwaukee New York at St. Louis (night) Only games scheduled SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION Won Lost Pct. Behind 0 1% 2% 3% 5 ‘5M 6% New Orleans .. Birmingham Little Rock .. Atlanta Chattanoo; Mobile Nashville YESTERDAY'S RESULTS New Osleans 6,Atlanta 2 Birmingham 3-8, Mobile 2-3 Chattanooga at Little Rock (2) (post- Poned, wet grounds) Nashville at Memphis (2) (postponed, rain) é TODAY'S SCHEDULE New Orleans at Birmingham Mobile at Atlanta Nashville at Little Rock Chattanooga at Memphis AMERICAN Won Lost Pet. Behind ul 6 67 Chicago Detroit. Cleveland Philadelphi New York Baltimore YESTERDAY'S RESULTS New York 12-0, Detroit 4-4 (second game called end fifth, darkness) Clevelahd 6-6 Washington 4-3 (second game, 1 innings) Baltimore at Boston (postponed, rain) Chieago 4-1, Philadelphia 0-2 TODAY’S SCHEDULE Cleveland at Washington (Night) Chicago at Philadelphia Only games YESTERDAY'S LL RESULTS ‘> PACIFIC COAST Hol 7-4, San Francisco 1-1 Los Angeles 13-2, Oakland 12-4 Sacramento 8-5, Seattle 3-4 Portland 4, San Diego 3 (second game postponed) INTERNATIONAL Richmond 6-1, Toronto 4-0 Syracuse 4-4, Buffalo 3-2 Havana 3, Rochester 1 Ottawa 5-2, Montreal 3-3 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Louisville at Indianapols (pogponed) Toledo at Kansas City (Postgoned) Columbus at St. Paul (postponed) Charleston at by polis (postponed) ‘AS. Dallas 6-5, Houston 5-8 (second game 1 Fifteen other 3-year olds, includ-| innings) ing the favored Correlation, were up the stretch as Determine reached the end of the mile and a quarter in 2:03, . Determine’s next stop is the Preakness at Pimlico on May 22. Then, according to present plans of his owner and trainer Willie Molter, he’ll head back west where he racked up six straight stake vic- tories before arriving in Kentucky where he bowed to Hasty Road by a head in the mile of the Derby Trial last Tuesday. The little colt, who got his name {because his owner was determined to find a good one, is not eligible forthe Belmont Stakes, third race of the Triple Crown. Sunday’s Stars By The Associated Press BATTING—Stan Musial, Cardi- nals—set a new major league'rec- ord by hitting five home runs in doubleheader against New York as Cards won 10-6 and lost 9-7. Also collected a single and walked twice, scoring six runs and driving in nine runs. PITCHING—Don Johnson, White Sox—shut out Athletics with two hits, 4-0, for second straight victory in comeback with fourth major club. Tragic Driving Lesson CINCINNATI, # —Ten-year-old James Lykins Jr. kep begging his father to let him drive the family car. Finally his father said he could drive it back and forth in the driveway yesterday. Jimmy lost control. The car struck a baby’s play pen near the garage and ran over and killed 15-month-old Douglas Byrnside. Narleski and Hal Newhouser nailed down the firs® game. Only four homers were hit in the American League but two of them, by rookie Bill Wilson and Chico Carrasquel, provided John- son’s cushion for Chicago's first game verdict. over Philadelphia. Valo got his chance to win the and was moved to second on Jim Finigan’s sacrifice. Valo’s blast off the right field wall wasn’t even Sauer batted in three runs in chased. each game at Chicago for a three- Hoeft almost had an abbreviated game total of nine RBIs. He also! no-hitter until Andy Carey doubled added a single and double to his three home runs as his average soared to .412, second only to teammate Ransom Jackson's .426. _ Wally Westlake’s double in the 10th gave Cleveland its double score over Washington after the Indians had tied the score in the ainth. Fine relief pitching by Ray with two out in the fifth. After the young Tiger pitcher retired the next hitter, the game was called. Ray Boone’s second-inning homer was all Hoeft needed. The Yanks, slammed out 13 hits in the first game as Allie Reynolds coddled the lead with two-hit relief ball over the last innings. second after Bill Renna singled| ,) | i gs. ‘Oklahoma City 16-3, Beaumont 2-7 Shreveport at Tulsa (2) (postponed) San Antonio 2, Fort Worth 5 ALABAMA-FLORIDA Panama City 5, Fort Walton Beach 3 Crestview. J, Graceville 4 Andalusia-opp 1, o TODAY’S BASEBALL SCHEDULE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Louisville at Indianapolis ‘Toledo at Kansas City Columbus at St. Paul Charleston at Minneapolis TEXAS Houston at Dallas San Antonio at Fort Worth Beaumont at Oklahoma City veport at Tulsa INTERNATIONAL Syracuse at Buffalo Havana at Rochester Only games scheduled ALABAMA-FLORIDA Graceville at Andalusia-Opp Fort Walton Beach at Crestview Panama city at Dothan BASEBALL STANDINGS INTERNATIONAL WonLost Pet. o. 3 er 615, 615 400 462 Syracuse Rochester Havana Buffalo 0 the sport looked up suddenly and Oakland San Diego Sacramento Los Angeles ALABAMA-FLORIDA Dothan Andalusia- Crestview Fort Walton Panama Cit; Graceville AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ‘Won Lost Pet. - 800 ‘S71 +1563 538 500 3375 357 313 Indianapolis Kansas City Louisville Columbus Major League ’ Leaders By The Associated Press + AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING — Glynn, Cleveland, .406, RUNS — Minoso, Chicago, 13. RUNS BATTED IN~Fain, Chicago and jestlake, Cleveland 14, HOME RUNS—Jensen, Boston, Westlake, Cieveland and Vernon, ‘Washington, 4. PITCHING—Gromek, Detroit, 4-0, 1.000, NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING ~ Jackson, Chicago, .426, RUNS-~Sauer, Chicago, 21. RUNS BATTED IN- Masial, St. Louis, 21. HOME RUNS-Sauer, Chicago and Mu: sial, St. Louis, 8. PITCHING-Maglie, New York, 4-0, 1.090, Tails of comets always point a- way from the sun and scientists be- lieved this is caused by. the pres- sure of light on the material in the tail. CITIZEN ADS BRING RESULTS i|spent in this country last year for 3 | breathing tubes, masks, swin fins, | and spear guns. ‘607 | fairly near the surface and con- 7|sights, This is described as invig- 2° | big bull fish. He totes a spear pow- %3!which has a range of about nine Conch Players Commend Bill Cates Today The high-flying Key West High School baseball team today took time out to thank William “Bill” Cates, all-time great local high| school diamond performer, and for many years a member of the Brooklyn Dodger chain, for his aid during the current season. In a petition submitted to The Ci- tizen today, they said: “We the undersigned would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks and gratitude to Mr. Bill Cates. He has untire- ingly given of his time, efforts and words of wisdom to each and every one of us during the past~ two weeks under the hot sun at Wick- ers Field. | “Although he has never asked for, or expected any type of credit or praise, we feel that this type of public spirit should not go un- mentioned to Key West baseball fans. We all feel that he has help- ed us to improve our playing al lity and want him to know that he has the admiration and thanks of every one of us.” The ‘ion was signed by Ju- lio Henriquéz, Gibby Gates, Eloy Rodriguez, Harold Solomon, Fred Curry, George Lastres, Don Cruz, Biff Salgado, George Haskins, Jer- ry Pita, Julio Santana, Stuart Yat- es, Jimmy Tynes, Roger Bean and Sidney Kerr. . Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK (® — The fastest growing sport in the country, we! are solemnly informed, is skin| diving. At the end of World War II there were no thore than 500 of the wet fraternity, counting some of them twice, and now there are more than a million, with the num- ber growing daily. Skin divers, as the name implies, are men and women who put on bathing suits and goggles and swim fins to kick with and go hell- ing down into deep water. Some-of them spear ‘fish while they are down there, but many just like to look around and see how the other fish live. Devotees of the new craze claim there’s nothing like it for pure pleasure. At the most recent count there were more than 400 skin-diving clubs in this country alone, all of them affiliated with the recentiy formed International Underwater Spearfishing Assn., which is quar- tered at Helms Hall in Los An- geles, California leads the states with some 100,000 of the human submarines and Florida is second with about 40,000. Manufacturers of equipment for found they had a bonanza. It is ‘es- timated that 40 million dollars was “Jungs,” photographic equipment There are, it seems, two distinct schools of skin diving. In the first stage the embryo addict stays tents himself with looking at the orating and habit forming. When the tyro gets enough of that and is firmly hooked, he straps a cylinder of compressed air or oxygen on his back and be- gins going. deep, down among the ‘ered either by a large rubber band, feet, or a more powerful-weapon employing springs or carbon diox- ide gas. It is not, the skin divers insist, an unequal battle. They have} learned that a 10-pound fish, irri- tated at being stuck by a spear, can haul a 180-pound man all over the ocean floor. Since the hunter who is operating without breathing aids has only about a minute to get down there, shoot his fish and return to the surface, this can ‘prove awkward. Bags of up to 50 pounds of fish are, however, not uncommon. The biggest one yet wrestled to shore in “this country, at Jeast, was a jewfish weighing just under 450 pounds, COMPOSER DIES HOLLYWOOD w—Arthur James Johnston, 56, a composer of sever- al hit tunes and for 20 years pianist for Irving Berlin, died yes- terday after a long illness. He wrote the music for such songs as “Pennies From Heaven,” “Cock- | blood of their patron, St, Januarius, HS-1 Downs: Flyers On No-Hitter The 1954 Island City baseball league Trace got off to an auspi- Cious start when. Robinson burled; a no-hit ballgame fer the HS-1 Helicopters to defeat the Naval Air Station nine, 17-0. Robinson fanned 11 batters and allowed just two runners to reach second base — both of them on errors in racking up the win. The only play that looked like a hit was a roller to short in the fifth inning when the throw drew the first baseman off the bag. The Copterman scored six runs in the first inning and three more in the second on four hits and six e1rors. Silva was the leading hitter for the winners with four hits in five tries. He also stole three’ bases. Gilbert hit two doubles and stole five bases for the winners. In the field, Cardillo, Anderson and Ro- binson’shone for the flyers and Cook and Pollard were the stars for the winners. Sunday night, the Cuban Club de- feated the Naval Station, 13-6 in another league start. « Bunzy Villareal started on the mound for the Cuban Club with Bobby Lastres finishing the game. levak and Stevens split the hurl- ing duties for the Navy. i League action will resume at 8 p. m. Wednesday with the Eagles meeting the USS Gilmore. The standings: Clubs Naval Air Station Cub Club H.S.1 U. S. Naval Station Key West Eagles Mike’s Plumbers USS Gilmore W iL Ave. 1000 1000 Prison Game Ends Quickly As Spectators Flee ATMORE, Ala. —A ball game between two prison teams ended abruptly in the fourth inning yes- terday when 19 of the spectators snipped their way through a steel mesh fence under a sleeping tower guard. Seventeen escapees from Atmore State Prison were rounded up yes- terday. The search for the two convicts still missing spread out today. Henry Sawyer, the tower. guard who admitted falling afleep, was fired immediately. Three other guards were suspended pending an investigation. State Prison Director J. M. Mc- Cullough said the 15 Negrods re- captured admitted» they had no- ticed Sawyer asleep in his tower and cut their way through the fence almost directly below him. The other three guards were sus- pended because “they could have stopped the break if they had been alert,” McCullough said. They ap- parently were so interested in the close game that they didn’t see the bleachers emptying. The Negro team from Kilby Prison at Montgomery was leading the Atmore club 3-2 in the fourth inning when the escape ended the game, Neopolitans Fear Year Of Bad Luck NAPLES, Italy (—Catholic Neo- politans feared today the city faces a year of bad luck—the hardened was a day late in melting this year. The blood is kept in two silver phials in the Naples Cathedral. For the past four centuries, it is said, it has softened on the first Satur- day of May in answer to prayers. Three times the blood remained hard—before a bubonic plague in 1527, a cholers epidemic in 1884 and the 1944 eruption of Vesuvius. Bell ringing and fireworks sig- naled the public joy yesterday when the cathedral announced the blood of the martyred saint finally had liquified Record Sum Paid HOLLYWOOD ( — Producer Darryl F. Zanuck says he has paid a record sum—two million dollars —for ‘screen rights to “The Great- est Story Ever Told,” the: late Fulton Ooursler’s account of the life of Christ. Twentieth Century-Fox Studios, where Zanuck is production head, announced yeserday .that the cu- mulative. price was agreed upon in conferences between Zanuck and executors of Oursler’s estate. Production of the picture is scheduled to start next ‘year. Monroney Doesn’t Predict Recession CRANSTON, R.I. —Sen. Mon-) roney (D—Oka) says he is one Democrat who doesn’t think the country is moving into a reces- sion. “If we're headed on the, train for economic perditidn,” he. said in a weekend speech here, “‘it’s the first time I’ve ever seen the trip tails for Two,” “Just One More Chance” and Thanks @ Million. being made with all the paris ear seats sold.” ¥ Loo Fourth Season ' Opens With Doubleheader Key West’s Little League baseball season will get un- derway tonight in Bayview Park when the Kiwanis Clib nine opposes the Shrine Club baseballers at 6:45 p. m. and the VFW tangle with the Evans Enterprises nine in a battle set for 8:15 p. m. It will be a big moment for more than 126 boys ranging in age from eight to 12 years, when Mayor C. B. Harvey throws out, the first ball with city manager Vic- tor Lang receiving his toss. It will mark the fourth year of Little League baseball in Key West. For the second straight year, there will be eight teams of 25 boys each participating in the two loops — the American and the National. Earl Adams is president of the American League while Frank Wayne heads up the National Lea- gue. es Teams composing the American League ‘are the Elks, Shriners, Jaycees and Kiwanis. In the Na- tional, the Lions, VFW, Rotary and Evans will race for the champion- ship. . vi Each team will play 18 games with the schedule ending the first week in July, weather permitting. After the regular season, a team will be selected from both leagues to represent their respective lea- gues in a district tournament, with the possibility of going on to play in the Little World Series, held each year in Williamsport, Pa. — the home of Little League base- ble headers each Monday, e nesday, Friday and Saturday with two teams from each league par- ticipating. Historic Title Fight Held In Bangkok, Siam By OLEN CLEMENTS BANGKOK (®—It was a cham- pionship fight to be “remembered wherever fans» argue the ultimate in gruelling classics. For the record, Australian Jim- my Carruthers narrowly retained his world’s bantamweight crown last night against Chamrern Song- kitrat, the Bangkok police lieuten- ant who graduated from the drop-|. kicking Thailand school of fighting. Australian referee William Hene- berry, the‘only official, gave Car- ruthers 32% points and Songkitrat 27% for the 12-round fight. Both weighed 117%. That doesn’t tell the story. Carruthers and Songkitrat fought for the title on a Sunday night in a torrential downpour that spilled one inch of rain onto the canvas in less than an hour. Auditorium. They le around and sat all day in the rain. ing. There was $225,000 in the till. The sponsoring Police , Welfare Fund closed its weather eye and the fight was on. The canvas was so slippery the fighters fought barefooted. That set the stage for a rare time-out in the third round when a floodlight fell and shattered glass fragments around the ring. It took ‘two min- utes to sweep clear the canvas. Jim Konstanty, pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, is in the sporting goods business during the off-season. STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE Triumph Coffee Mill at ALL GROCERS Now On Display 1954 ‘ NEW MOBILE HOME STREAMLITE, LUXOR, VAN DALE, SMOKER RAWLINGS TRAILER SALES —_—t— JOE'S AUTO SALES Next to P.O., Marathon, Fla. ALL FINANCING AT 6% Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Kansas City MonarehsMeet Indianapolis Clowns Tonight The famed Kansas Monarchs hold a record that will be difficult to top by any other Negro club. Manager Buck O’Neil’s crew, who will battle the In- dianapolis Clowns tonight at 8:15} p. m. in the Wickers Field Stadium in the first of a two game series, have sent an astounding total of 24 players into organized baseball in the last few years. The second game will be played tomorrow night at the same time. The last two to go to the majors are Ernie Banks and Gene Baker, two former Monarchs, who now from the double play combination for the Chicago Cubs, Banks played for the Monarchs last season and Baker performed for the same club in 1948 and 1949. These young- sters have been receiving much! publicity because of their fine play this spring for the National league team. The excellent scouting system of the Monarchs is the chief reason the club gets so many outstanding players each year. Again this sea- son the club has balance, a fine pitching staff, excellent catching and a stout infield. Berto Nunez, Dick Phillips, Jim Gilmore, Conrado Flores, Bill Bell, Ernest Webster, Bob Mitchell, and Henry Mason are the hurlers. It was Mason, who turned back the Philadelphia Stars in the open- er at Blues stadium, Kansas City, in sixteen innings and then left for the service. He is back again and Your Grocer SELLS That Good! STAR * BRAND AMERICAN C’ORFER and CUBAN —TRY A POUND TODAY — Stock Car Races Sponsored by Key West‘) Stock Car Assn., Inc. Sunday, 2 P.M. BOCA CHICA ROAD TRACK Admission _____ $1.25 Tuesday is more than yess to make 4 career of base- ball. Nunez is a dimkutive righthand- ler with a corking ‘ast ball. | Fran Herrera, big 19-year-old first sacker has hat two years of experience with theMonarchs and should be greatly improved this | season. Many scouts iked his ac- tion last season and the youngsters |may be the 25th Monitch to go into organized baseball. You, Your Child Come ‘ang TS Schools and First With J]. CARLYLE ROB MEMBER, SCHOOL BOA' LEVER NUMBER (Pd. Pol. Adv.) SAVE MONEY WHEN YOU BUY A DEPENDABLE HESTER BATTERY With Its Self-Charging Feature WE BROUGHT BATTERY PRICES DOWN You Help By Buying A HESTER BATTERY LOU SMITH 1116 White Street election day in Florida. It is opportunity day for you and all citizens who wisely place good government — first in selecting a candidate for governor. This year it is easy to pick out the most qualified candidate. There is only one whose record proves he serves the best.interests of ALL Florida. That man is LeRoy Colljns! Look at his accomplishments in eighteen years in the State Legislature and you'll be convinced! He always fights for honest, efficient and progressive government. His work is recognized and commended by fellow statesmen, the press, and educators—those best qualified to judge. So be sure to take advantage of your opportunity as an American and vote .s! Elect LeRoy Collins Your Governor! Political advertisement paid for by the Collins-for-Governor Compoign Fund— Spencer Burress, Treas. Two Games Set For Little p Opener In Bayview Pk, Monday, May 3, ma ‘ 1