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

Benefit Boxing Card Set At Walker Field Baseball Results |Conchs Seek 14th Victory Local Navy Boxers Meet Green Cove Springs Sat. ‘The Key West Naval Base box- ing team will pit its boxing against the best of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet this Satur- on ll local Tacings off of the City of Miami amateurs last week a‘ Wicker’s Stadium and the North- | Detroit east Golden Gloves Champions from the Navy at Green Cove Springs, Fla., will be held this at 7:45 p. m., at Walker’s | TErEEoLat nd his orders to submarine school in New London, but is staying around Jong enough fo: Saturday’s fights, In the heavy middlewieght, Frank Cellestina of the submarine Balao will meet Gil Barreras of Green Cove Springs. This will be another grudge fight as Celestina lost by a split decision to Barreras in the semi-finals of the Sixth Naval Dis- trict Championship in Charleston, several weeks ago. “Battering Bernie” Klemchak of Helicopter Squadron One will try for a it heavyweight victory over “Chief” Willie Deeringwater of Green Cove Springs. Both men lost in the semi-finals at the Sixth Naval District, although Bernie battered his opponent so much that he was unable to answer the bell on the night of the finals. The Navy here has imported two boxers to represent them in the battle ggainst Green Cove Springs. Bob Moral, Florida’s Southeast Golden Gloves Champ will repre- gent Key West against Millard Howe of Green Cove Springs, who is Florida’s Northeast Golden Glo- ves Champ. . 5 Carl Ferguson of Miami will rep- resent Key West Navy against “Bulldog” Don Horner of Green Cove Springs, who is Florida’s Northeast Middleweight Golden Gloves Champ. In the lightweight class Roland McPeters of the Naval Hospital will be out fighting against an not yet named. McPeters took the nod in his last fight over “Irish” Bill Hall of Miami at Wicker’s Admission will be a dollar per person, and half a dollar to ser- vice personnel in uniform. A full card will be scheduled, and the public is invited. Pelicans’ Lead Is Threatened By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS If Birmingham can extend its victory string to seven tonight, the oe ee 1 2 BS Am Cy 1 10 9 i 6 7 *% 3h 6 Broke ERDAY'S Ciceeuae 1, Chicago Philadelphia 10, St. Louis 3 Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 1 Cincinnati 7, New York 1 TODAY'S SCHEDULE New York at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Chicago Philadiphia at YESTERDAY'S RESULTS New York 4, Baltimore 2 Glevelasa 7, Philadelph 5 ia 2 Detroit at Boston postponed—rain TODAY'S SCHEDULE Baltimore at New York Detroit at Boston Cleveland at Philadelphia (n) Chicago at Washington SOUTH ATLANTIC Won Lost Pet. Behind 7 650 — TODAY'S SCHEDULE Charlotte at Augusta SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION New on Xo" Yo* as ne lew leans eee ot = Birmingham) v5 15 10 % 2 4 Ef ae * ri Nashville Lite Rock i Chattanooga 1, Memphis 0 TODAY'S SCHEDULE Mobile at Atlanta (2) New. Orleans at Bi ASEBALL RESULTS BNATIONAL 4, Only games scheduled AMERICAN ASSOCIATION le 4, Indianapolis 1 Toledo 7, Kansas City 3 Columbus 3, St. Paul 2 Minneapolis 13, Charleston 2 'EXAS RIDA Andalusia-Opp 2-8, Fort Walton Beach 1-6 Crestview 10, Panama City 6 Dothan 8, Graceville 7 Portl: , Ss San ‘isco Saaecroneas 3 Seattle 7, Oakland 3 Hollywood 10, San Diego 7 TODAY'S BASEBALL SCHEDULE AME! iN Ch al Antonio at Dallas rt at Oklahoma City Beaumont at Tulsa Houston at iN juffalo Havana at Syracuse vane “ALABAMA-FLORIDA Dothan at Graceville Crestview at Panama ty 440 | Fain, Chicago, 17. /ABAMA-FLORIDA anene ‘Won Lost Pet. 3 Ss 750 600 S1L 1400 333 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ‘Won Lost Pet. Indianapolis Be Kansas City Louisville St. Paul Columbus BEE zeae Barons will take over the Southern | Toronto Association lead and give New Orleans a taste of the bitter medi- cine the Pels administered to At- lanta last week. Art Ceccarelli pitched a five-hit shutout and came through with a . hit in a crucial spot to spark the Barons to their 2-0 victory over | Se the Pels last night. ‘The triumph pulled Birmingham within half a game of the front- running Pels and victory tonight would put the Barons on top. The first two games of the series were postponed by bad weather. ‘If Birmingham wins again to- night, it would be a case of turn- about for the Pels: New Orleans four-game series from Riiseta before -moving into Bir-3.2. go acti eh Hm renee reread mingham, and by so doing replaced the Crackers as the league leaders. Atlanta continued its nosedive last night, losing its seventh straight. Mobile ended its four- game losing streak by whipping the Crackers 8-7. Chattanooga jumped from fifth place to third with a 1-0 victory over Memphis and Nashville edged Little Rock 350/ and Vernon, Washington, 4. 600 9. ‘367 483! pat, Philadelphia and Moon and ‘ The Key West High School Conchs go back into action Friday and Saturday when they meet the South Broward Bulldogs in two night tilts. The Bulldogs who are having a mediocre season, will not only be attempting to loosen the Conchs hold on the District crown but also to knock the Conchs from their perch on top of the Gold| Coast standing. The local nine will be shooting for their fourteenth and fifteenth victory against two losses. If they win both games they will have a 13-2 district record and will have only Coral Gables and West Palm; Beach (both 9-4) to contend with. Coach’ Paul Davis will probably throw his one-two combination of} George Lastres and Don Cruz at the visitors. George will be seek- ing his tenth win of the year while Cruz will be out to improve his 3-1 record. Coach Davis may have uncover- =" "=|Tn Battle With Browards ed a regular addition to his pitch- ing staff in 16 year-old Leeburg Knowles. Leeburg, a Junior with one more year of eligibility leit, hurled three innings during the Jackson Series and allowed just one hit. He faced 10 batters, strik- ing out 5 without issuing a walk. Although he will still be used in the outfield and infield it’s almost certain he will see further mound duty. Julio Henriquez, the Conchs big catcher, was the only bright spot in the hitting picture during the Jackson games. Julio got 3 hits in 5 trips to the plate driving in three runs. His sharp single to left in the ‘first game was the only Conch hit and prevented a general no-hitter. Julio is now batting at a .413 clip and his work behind the plate is a big reason for the effectiveness of the Conch mound staff. Both games will be played at night beginning at 8:15. Conch Golfers Defeat South Dade, 21-0 The Key West High golf team won all of the possible 21 points as they won their first match of the year from the South Dade Re- bels. The matches were played ov- er the Homestead golf course with 5 players from each team parti- pating. Key West’s No:-1 and 2 men, Joe Lopez Jr, and Gl Archer team- ed together to fige.a 7 under par 65 best ball as they defeated Dick Huff and Jim Neafsey 6 and 5. Lo- pez, who had the day’s best round (71) defeated Dick Huff, the No. 2 rated high school golfer in Flo- rida 3 and 2. Lopez had a 38 the. front side and came back with a 3 under par 33 on the back nine. Huff had a 76 as Joe won 3 points from him. Glynn Archer Jr., the Conch’s No. 2 man had a 1 under par 35 on the front side and then coasted in with a 41 for a 76 total as he de- feated Jim Neafsey 5 and 4 win- ning 3 points. Ed (Gabby) Curry and Sandy Luppens teamed up to defeat Pat (Neafsey and Jack Caues both in- dividually and as a team winning Q more points for the Conch cause. Curry had a 41-42-83 while Lup- pens had a 43-42-85. Fourteen year old Billy Borres- son playing in the number 5 slot for Key West had an 84 as he won 3 points for the Conchs by defeat ing Bucky Saunders 5 and 4. The Conchs will play a return match with the Rebels in about 3 weeks but a match with Coral Ga- bles is in the near future, Major League Leaders By The Associate” Press AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting—Tuttle, Detroit, .404. Runs—Minoso, Chicago, 17. Runs: batted in — Minoso and Hits—Groth, Chicago, 27. Doubles—Groth, Chicago, 7. Triples—Minoso, Chicago, 3. Home runs—Jensen, Boston, Mi- noso, Chicago, Westlake, Cleveland Stolen bases—Hunter, Baltimore, Jensen and Piersall, Boston, Boyd and Michels, Chicago, Kaline, De- troit and McDougald, New York, 2. Pitching — Lemon, Cleveland, Gromek, Detroit, Lopat, New York} and Trice, Philadelphia, 4-0, 1.000. NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting—Sauer, Chicago, .400. Runs—Sauer, Chicago, 21. Runs batted in—Bell, Cincinnati and Musial and Jablonski, St. Louis, 21. Hits—Jablonski, St. Louis, 32. Doubles—Greengrass, Cincinnati, | “Triples — Temple, Cincinnati, Mays and Mueller, New York, Lo- Schoendienst, St. Louis, 2. | Home runs—Sauer, Chicago and| Musial, St. Louis, 8. Stolen’ bases—Robinson, Brook- lyn, Fondy, Chicago, Temple, Cin- cinnati, Bruton, Milwaukee and Jablonski, St. Louis, 3. Pitching — Meyer and Podres, Brooklyn, Minner, Chicago, Nux- hall, Cincinnati and Presko and} Raschi, St. Louis, 2-0, 1.000. Strikeouts — Spahn, Milwaukee and Haddix, St. Louis, 3. FIL Faces Hard Road This Season MIAMI, Fla. (®—Miami and Tampa, the two biggest cities in the Florida International League with a combined. population of more than 400,000, were out of it today and the Class B circuit pre- pared to finish the season with four teams. Their withdrawal after eight seasons left the league with fran- chises in Miami Beach, West Palm Béach, St.Petersburg and Talla- hassee. President Dale®Miller announced that Miami had given up and Tampa’s withdrawal was accepted “with regrets” by league direc- tors last night. A. L. Rubio, general manager of the Miami Sun Sox, told the league Sunday that his team could not continue because Jose Aleman, owner of the franchise and of spacious Miami Stadium, refused to put any more money into the club. Howard Gardner, president of the Tampa club, said after Miami withdrew the directors voted to drop the weakest club financially and that was Tampa. Three-game series will start to- night with Miami Beach at Talla- hassee and St. Petersburg at West Palm Beach. On May 9, 10 and 11, Tallahassee will be at West Palm Beach and Miami Beach at St. Petersburg. Miami gave up after Brooklyn refused to take over operation of the team or permit their players optioned to the Sun Sox to be used in another city. It was reported that overtures were made by Fort Lauderdale and Key West. Brooklyn also refused to put the team in Dodgertown at Vero Beach, where the organization maintains training headquarters. The Greater Miami territory, with more than half a million peo- ple, is now closed to any profes- sional ‘baseball club except -the Miami Beach Flamingos, owned by Robert J. Reidy, Chicago man- ufacturer. Miami Stadium, one of the finest in baseball, will pe available for special events and the contract for Brooklyn to play its spring exhibition games there remains in effect through next spring. In 1949 the eight-team circuit, then composed of Havana, Miami, Miami Beach, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, St. Pe- tersburg and Lakeland, drew 899,- 571 fans and when Miami Stadium was opened in August 1950 the first game drew 13,000. This year Miami’s opening game attracted only 1,504 and Tampa drew 1,400. Miller said no effort would be made to increase the size of the league for the remainder of this season but complete reorganiza- tion will be attempted next winter. The teams start their new ven- ture with the current won and lost records, with Miami Beach lead- ing, followed by West Paim Beach, St. Petersburg and Tallahassee in jthat order. Boxing Results WEDNESDAY’S FIGHTS By The Associated Press Baltimore — Holly Mims, 156%, Washington, knocked out George Johnson, 152%, Trenton, N.J., 9. Mexico City — Floro Hita, 134, Havana, outpointed Jose Arguelles, 134, Mexico, 10. Lemon Wins 5th Game For Indians Nats Defeat White Sox, Yankees Win By BEN PHLEGAR AP Sports Writer Bob Lemon looked at his 40 record today, doublechecked the date, and began wondering if this is the season he escanes his May jinx. The 33-year-old Cleveland right- hander, busiest pitcher in the American League in 1952 and 1953, has won at least 20 games in five of the last six years. But May has been his hard-luck month. Last night, in his first May ap- pearance this season, he coasted to a 7-2 victory over the Phila- delphia Athletics. It was his fifth start, his fourth complete game. Two years ago he won 22 and lost 11 but he was beaten in two of his first four starts and really hit the skids when May came. He dropped five out of six in a bad spell that ran into June. Last season he baffled Chicago with an opening-day one-hitter and ran up a 3-0 mark. Came May 1 and he lost his first game. He was beaten in his next three appear- ancgs, all in May. Once June ar- rived he found his form again and finished with a 21-15 record. He has pitched considerably bet- ter than he did last night, but with a 4-0 lead after three innings he never was in serious trouble. He walked five and the A’s reached him for nine hits, including'a home run by Vic Power. Dave Philley’s three-run homer in the sixth clinched matters for the Indians, The weather put less of a dent in yesterday’s schedule than at any other time this week. Only one game—Detroit at Boston — was postponed. Washington’s Bob Porterfield, the American League’s biggest winner last season, shaded Bob Keegan of the Chicago White Sox 1.0 for his first shutout. Baltimore’s Bob Turley lost a two-hitter for the second time this year, 4-2 to the New York Yankees. In the National League, Phila- delphia made it two in a row over St. Louis 10-3; Milwaukee beat Pittsburgh 4-1; Brooklyn whipped Chicago 7-0; and Sal Maglie of the New York Giants was beaten for the first time after winning four, 7-1 by Cincinnati. The pitching duel at Washington was broken up in the eighth in- ning when Keegan, who had won three in a row, walked Roy Sievers with the bases loaded. Porterfield scattered four hits. Keegan gave up five. Turley’s wildness proved _ his downfall as Baltimore paid its first visit to Yankee Stadium. The fast- {balling right-hander walked the bases full in the fifth, watched one run come home on a sacrifice bunt by Eddie Lopat and then after an- other walk served up a fat pitch that Joe Collins blasted to deep left center for a three-run‘ triple. The hit was the Yanks’ first of the game. The victory was Lopat’s fourth straight. Robin Roberts came back 24 hours after being knocked out by the Cardinals and checked the Redbirds on seven hits. His mates solved five St. Louis pitchers for 13 safeties, including four singles by Earl Torgeson. The Cubs had hit at least one home run in every game this spring until they met up with their old teammate Russ Meyer. The Brooklyn left-hander shut them out | versus FRIDAY and WICKERS Miami Bows Out Of FIL With A Loss By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Miami bowed out of the Florida International League last night by losing to West Peim Beach 6-5, and Tampa played its final game at Tallahassee, winning 5-3. Miami Beach thrashed St. Petersburg, 14- 6. Miami’s final appearance was a sorry exhibition as the Sun Sox got nine scattered hits and made four efrors. The Sun Sox went ahead on two runs in the ninth through an error, Ken Cox’ double and manager Doc Alexson’s sin- gle but the Indians came back to win on three singles, a walk and an error. Paul Armstrong hom- ered in the second for Miami, and the Sun Sox used four pitchers. The game drew 633. Bill Tosheff won his sixth vic- tory against one defeat at Talla- hassee although he gave up nine hits, three of them by Rebels’ catcher Bob Bettin. Conk Meri- wether got two of the Tallahassee hits while Mario Diaz rapped two singles for the Tampa Smokers. Duke Doolittle, new manager for the Rebels, looked on as a spec- tator and will take over tomorrow as skipper, replacing Johnny George. The game attracted 538. Miami Beach outslugged the Saints 15-10, with Elmer Smith rapping a homer and driving in four runs. Jesse Levan also hit one, his fourth in three nights, while Neb Wilson hit a circuit wal- lop for the Saints with two men on. Frank Smith hit a single, double and triple and stole home. Clar- ence (Hooks) lott, who was sold to Havana’s Sugar Kings yester-' day, got credit for his sixth victory against three defeats. About 250 turned out for the game at Miami Beach. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Tampa 5 Tallahassee 3 West Palm Beach 6 Miami 5 Miami Beach 14 St. Petersburg 6 TONIGHT’S GAMES St. Petersburg at West Palm Beach Miami Beach at Tallahassee STANDINGS Won Lost Pct. Miami Beach 20 10 .667 Tampa 7 ll 607 West Palm Beach 16 12 571 Miami 13 12 520 St. Petersburg 14 13 «519 Tallahassee 3 25 «4107 9 ° He'll Motorize HOUSTON, Tex. (#—Pierce D. Barnett, a 60-year-old cowpuncher, won’t be riding horses any more: “Gonna motorize,” he said from his hospital room Tuesday. “Gon- na get a jeep.” Barnett was thrown ‘from his horse recently and lay on_the ground three days with a broken hip before a search party found him. “Podnah, all my life I sat on a horse to earn my keep and I never got hurt until this happened,” he drawled. Citizen Want Ads Pay Off! on seven hits for his 11th straight over the Chicagoans. Eddie Mathews hit his first home run in 10 days and drove in another with a sacrifice fly in the first inning. Pittsburgh bunched three of its six hits for its only run off rookie Gene Conley in the fifth inning. The victory was the first in the majors for the 6-foot-8 right-hander. Maglie couldn’t fool the heavy hitting Redlegs, who banged his offerings for six extra-base blows, including consecutive homers by Gus Bell and Ted Kluszewski in the fourth. Fred Baczewski be- came the second Cincinnati pitcher to pitch a complete game this season, BASEBALL! KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH BROWARD SATURDAY — 8:00 Admission—Students 50c, Adults $1.00 P.M. STADIUM Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, May 6, 1954 Elks Blast JCs In Little League The Elks, behind Bill Solomon’s three hit pitching, blasted the Jaycees, 12-4 in the first game of a Little League doubleheader at Bayview Park last night. Solomon, after allowing three hits in the first inning, settled down to pitch hitless ball. Solomon struck out 11 and walked only two. The Jaycees got to Solomon for three runs in the first on singles by Dan Puig and Bryant Williams and a homer by Bob Harris. The Elks, however, came right back in the bottom of the first to tie the score on a hit batsman, Carey; Dion’s triple, a double by Bob Santana and Solomon's single. The Elks settled the game in the third with a four run uprising on singles by Solomon, John Parks, and a homer by George Anderson. The other run came on George Hermaneav’s single and a three- base error. Solomon led the Elks attack with a triple and two singles in threa trips to the plate, SCORE: Jaycees 3010 433 Elks 3.04 5 12-111 Puig - Williams (4) and Krowe- Collins (3) Solomon and Parks In the nightcap, the Rotary de- feated the Lions, 10-4, in a game called at the end of the fourth due te_a time limit. Roberts went the distance for the Rotary and allowed only three hits, The Rotary iced the game in the third with a 5 run rally sparked by Wayne Key’s homer with two aboard. Key led the Rotary’s attack with a homer and two singles in three ties for a perfect night. Estevez, Rotary catcher, chipped in with two singles in three tries. SCORE: Lions 013 0 435 Rotary 233 x 1093 Taylor - Mira (3) and Ford Roberts and Estevez Jax Beach Gains Win Over Cocoa Action in the Florida State League last night went according to form. The first division clubs ganged up on the lower echelon. Jacksonville Beach, the leader by five games, outslugged Cocoa 13-12; DeLand, which holds second place jointly with Orlando, con- quered Daytona Beach 13-6; and Orlando took the measure of Lake- land 4-3. A single by Randy Randle in the last of the 10th drove across the run needed for Orlando’s vic- tory, the CBs third straight. Two Cuban pitchers—Ronaldo Ortega of Lakeland and Frank Lopez—went the route. For Ortega it was the first loss after six victories. DeLand spotted Daytona Beach six runs in the first three innings, then came from behind in the fourth to go ahead 8-6. Manager Jim Forbes, on the hill for De- Land, was banged for nine hits those opening innings but was un- touchable from there until Howie O’Flynn got to him for a single in the ninth. Jacksonville Beach jumped to an early lead and stopped late Co- coa rallies. Relief pitcher Ralph Englert retired the last three men in order after Cocoa outfielder Ron Marston hit a two-run homer in the ninth. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS DeLand 13 Daytona Beach 6 Orlando 4 Lakeland 3 Jacksonville Beach 13 Cocoa 12 TODAY’S GAMES DeLand at Jacksonville Beach’ Daytona Beach at Lakeland Cocoa at Orlando STANDINGS Won Lost Pct. Jacksonville Beach 18 6 .750} DeLand 13 11.542 Orlando 13 11.542 Daytona Beach 10 14 .417 Cocoa 915 375 Lakeland 915 375 European types of earthworms are often more vigorous than those in other areas of th. world and Vote Set On Race Ban In Birmingham BIRMINGHAM, ALA. @ — Bir- mingham residents will vote June ;1 on whether to retain an ordi- nance which permits Negroes and white .persons to play Professional baseball and football together here. The recently enacted statute is opposed by a group which wants Birmingham’s former rigid seg- regation laws restored. Several Negro players took part in exhibition baseball games as members of major league teams here this spring for the first time. There were no incidents in con- nections with their appearances, The wobbling of the earth on its axis is called the precession of the equinoxes and one complete wob- ble takes place very 25,800 years. —— a CIFELLI'S 3 sccc: TV Service Factory Methods Used— All Work Guaranteed Marine Radios & Asst. 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