The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 22, 1954, Page 6

‘ertz’s Three Run Homer Defeats VXI Flyers 4 To 6 Dairy Queen Blizzards Win Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, May 22, 1954 Over Coca-Cola |Jaycees Hand First Loss Of Season To Kiwanis Players By 8-5 Score A five run rally in the fifth inning enabled the Dairy Queen Blizzards to de- feat Coca Cola, 8-5, in the first game of a scheduled doublehéader at Bayview Park Thursday night In the nightcap. Mickey Wertz’ three run homer lifted Son- ar School past the VX-I Fly- ers, 4-2. The Blizzards won their fifth straight game and in- creased their league lead, to three full games when they bunched together two walks, two singles, a double and an outfield fly for five runs to break a 2-2 deadlock and go on to give DeWitt Roberts his second victory of the sea- son, ‘The Blizzards took a 20 lead in the second inning when James aEB i a ce i HI B i i iy z i i a g : i i z i i z e H SEE | 3 A 2 i ul fl i se E i i E 7 m ef g | § i ¥ ai BEREE = 8 ry ee +4 é a - AL 5 E # 3 e » i ag 3 ? i & 3 & td E Bn & i iti Es sé Rae A fgeg z es EB 8 Le i RE 5 a i 4 i : i 3 ; AL z § i : a é Ee : E is é Z E 53 EEF z é z i i MNMowooHHE TS OrnrmrHon ya wnocroard wWNOOMNHOD Conchs Win Gold Coast Baseball Championship Key West High School's baseball. team last night clinched the Gold Coast Con- ference chimpionship by beating Miami Tech 13-to-0. George Lastres, pitching for Key West, allowed only two hits in the shut-out. The largest crowd of the season saw the Conchs score three runs in the first inning when Biff Salgado doubled with the bases loaded. The Conchs rang up nine more runs in the fifth and Scored. once more in the sixth, The Conchs, who also are District champions, will meet Miami Tech again tonight at Wickers Field. Don Cruz will pitch for Key West and Lefty Renaud for’ Miami. EEE ee olouw Rleo eloe wlou alecococonmmnnoonm~ aleccocconnony El pwmoconomnnoed co Ht woh wlosooneccoccont T. tana, John Lewis (3), Villareal (2), D. Lastres, Calero (2), Joe Lewis (2); two-base hits: Aritas, John Lewis, Valdez; sacrifice: Kerr; stolen bases: R. Lastres, Kerr; double plays: K. Rodriguez to J. Rodriguez to A. Lastres, Warren to Cruz, John Lewis to Santana; struck out by: Warren 2, Lewis 1, Rowe 3, Roberts 4; bases on balls: off Warren 6, Rowe 2, Roberts 3; hits off: War- ren 5 in 4 1/3 innings, Joe Lewis 3 in 2 2/3 innings, Rowe 4 in 3 1/3 innings, Roberts 3 in 3 2/3 innings; winner: Roberts: loser: Warren; umpires: Irvin, Arango; scorer: Castaneda; time: 1.28. SECOND GAME Sonar School (4) Player— ABR H Taube, $8 cscs 4 Moyer, 3D cscs 2 Nelson, Cf wun 3 Werts, Hf on... oan & Downen, 2b www 3 Lenihan, 1b ......... 3 TONES, © crvrecssvrneeee 3 Franklin, p ....... 3 Gaffney, TE can 3 al orecorrro al mnoconnonm Bl comanmunnd alernoroocowop wl owococcccorl = els COMHMHHOOM NEEM RODOS ennooccooop cocoonrornrocen™ erenoscooot Totals— R. Sonar School 300 100 0—4 Vx1 010 001 0-2 6 Runs batted in: Wertz (3), Gaff- ney, Mergan; two-base hits: Nel- son, Taube, Boutot; home runs: Wertz, Morgan; stolen bases: Dewnen (2); double play: Moyer to Downen; struck out by: Schmidt 6, Franklin 6; bases on balls off: Schmidt 3; winner: Franklin; loser: Schmidt; um- pires: Irvin, Arango; scorer: Cas- taneda; time: 1.31. SOFTBALL STANDINGS WL P Dairy Queen Coca Cola Sonar School VX-1 H. E. 5 3 3 Garcia Gets Triple And Two Singles To Lead Lions’ Attack In 9-9 Deadlock ‘The Jaycees came up with three runs in the was a pitching duel between Harris of the Jaycees Fireball Roy Valdez of the Ki- and was safe i les Pearce’s: single Fred Graves lined to Twiehaus to end the game. Williams led the Jaycees attack with three hits in four tries, Har- s,| watch. Manager 000 001 08 4-9-6 000 O01 02 3-5-2 & fie a if ¢ 58. a Ey 2 =e & g z o singles in four z blasted three sin- to pace the VFW i ra Ee é oh DETROIT W—A disastrous fire late last night destroyed 40 to 45 horses stabled in a wooden barn at the Detroit Race Course track in suburban Livonia. The fire, of undetermined origin, raced through the 250 foot long 60 stall barn located on the western side of the track. Five stablehands and grooms suffered minor burns when they attempted to lead the horses to safety. Only two horses were seen to leave the barn before it fell to the flames. The dead horses included ‘Just Made It” and “Foot Specialist’ owned by Dr. Harry Lindy, of De- troit, president of the Michigan Thoroughbred Owners Assn. Robert Leavitt, general mana- ger of the track, which concluded its 1954 opening day program scant hours before the fire, estimated Following|=<2: Through Pedro Aguilar ‘The Island City is playing a good brand of ball this year, and every club is evenly matched. The weak- est is the HS-1 Helicopters, and v7 day they are their The leading club is the Naval Air Flyers, and they have won all their games so far. Their star hurl- er, Robinson, pitched a no-hit no Tun game against the H. S. 1, and in his second game he also pitch- ed a shutout. He allowed three ‘hits against the Gilmore. The Cuban Club and the Key West Eagles have each won two games and lost one. The Cubans won over the Naval Station and Eleven Horses Entered In Preakness Classic HN CHANDLER pales (#—The search for a 3-year-old champion of 1954 con- tinues today aS 11 sophomores duel in the $1 Preakness, second jewel in the triple crown and Maryland’s most famous thor- ed 5 eatherman is on his good naavne a crowd of some 35,000 is expected to see 7th _run- ning of the mile and - teenths affair which will have richest gross purse since the Macy- land Jockey Club’s initial preak- ness in 1873. - California-bred Correlation has been established the 7-5 morning the prep. plenty of green- backs as well on Hasty Road. Odds on Hasty Road, who fin- ished second behind Determine in the Kentucky Derby, were set at 5-2. Correlation was the 3-1 Derby favorite but finished sixth after a rough trip when he suffered slight injuries. Determine’s owner, Andy Crevolin, decided to ease up on his colt and shipped him home to the Key West Eagles, and lost to | bi the Flyers. The Eagles have won a game over the Gilmore and one over Mike Plumbers and lost to the Cuban Club. The Gilmore won a game over the H. S. 1, and lost one to the Eagles and one to the Flyers. The H, S. 1 Helicopters have lost both games they have played so far, one to the Flyers and one to the Gil- more. The Flyers have showed great team work, and have played heads up baseball. They will be hard to beat. The Gilmore used pitcher Warden against the Flyers. He showed great stuff. He allowed just one hit in the eighth, just enough to lose his game. The Cuban Club has been shaky the total damage at $200,000. He said today’s nine race pro- gram would go on as scheduled. Leavitt said 1,200 horses are stabled at the track. Attendants turned loose hun- dreds of the horses in other barns fearing the flames would spread. in all their games, and are a little weak in the gardens. They have a good infield, a good catcher, and only one pitcher, with Robert Las- tres helping out. Little Joe Lewis claims he will not pitch any more baseball. Mike’s have a very good infield in Crip Lastres, Acevedo, Santana and Smith, with a good outfield, and are weak behind the plate. In ‘the box they have Kaki Rodriguez, Torres, Pedro Rodriguez, afd Ma- nager Quesada. The Key West Eagles have a hustling ball club, and they are a bunch of kids you will have to Leggett has them in the game the full nine innings, 80 watch’ for this club. may surprise any club. ' The H. S.1 this club before long. I am com- piling the batting averages and the pitching records, and will publish them in a few days. Langlois Upsets Joey Giardello By JACK HAND NEW YORK (#—Pierre Langlois, third upset winner from Jean Bretonnel’s fighting French stable in the last eight days, has scram- bled middleweight title plans by manhandling a slugging Joey Gi- ardello. Giardello was in line for an Oc- tober shot at Bobo Olson’s crown; —if the champ got past Rocky Castellani in August. Now Lan- glois is screaming from the roof tops. ; e A fellow with a flair for figures’ calculated a $10 parlay on the French trio of Jacques Royer, Hoacine Khalfi and Langlois would have netted $2,790. The unanimous decision for Lan- glois—6-3-1 by judges, Artie Aid- ala and Jack Gordon and 5-4.1! Attention... may be necessary before a 3-year- old champion is erowned, but Many of the contenders will run here today. : The next five horses to finish after Determine at Churchill Downs May 1 are here for the battle. After Hasty Road at Louis- ville were Hasseyampa, Goyamo, Admiral rpg asa Coonan Completing akness up are some contenders who are capable of upsetting. all calcula- Jet Action and Goyamo, winner Grass Stakes, are list- at 8-1 in the track’s morning Others who will try for the Preakness riches are Gigantic, For bret Nirgal Lad, Ring King, and ar. Toski Leads By 3 Strokes So Far By LOU PANOS BALTIMORE (® — Tiny Bob Toski, still getting more bounce today leading his nearest rival by three strokes and the rest of, the golfing pack by seven. The 5-foot-8 swinger from Liv- ingston, N. J., yesterday added a 3-under-par 69 to his opening round 66 for a 135 total, a record at the halfway mark. The old 36-hold rec- ord of 137 was set by Clayton Heafner in 1950 and is shared by three others. Ail alone at 138 was Jim Tur- nesa of Briarcliff, N. Y., yester- day’s best performer with a 68 and the only other competitor to beat par 72 for the second straight day over the rugged Mt. Pleasant municipal course, Four strokes behind Turnesa ee by referee Ruby Goldstein pro- voked sharp reaction on all sides. The AP had Langlois on top 7-3. “Pierre is going home to Paris and he won’t come back until he gets Olson,” yelled George Kanter who handles Bretonnel’s American business. “I didn’t box at all tonight,” Giardello said. “My mind wasn’t all there. I thought I would have won if I didn’t get knocked down.” The lone knockdown of the Mad- ison Square Garden fight came in the ninth when Langlois landed a solid counter right to the jaw, a punch Bretonnel said they prac- ticed all week. Giardello got up at about two but took the auto- matic eight and one more for good measure standing in a corner. Key Tackle Shop Is Now Equipped To Refill Your Tank With Compressed Air See The New SCOTT HYDRO-PAK And Key West's Most Complete Line of UNDERWATER GEAR Now On Sale at KEY TACKLE ROOSEVELT BLVD.. Opposite Charter Boats Gloucester Marine Paint @ Boats Fishing Tackle @ Outboard Motors America’s Track Power Displayed By GRAHAM BERRY LOS ANGELES # — America’s 1956 Olympic games power was previewed in the 14th Coliseum Re- lays last night as 47,611 fans saw world records smashed in the shot put and two-mile relay and spark- ling performances by the nation’s top baton teams. Big Parry O’Brien of the Los his own official (59 feet 244 inches) and pending (60-5%) world records in the shot put with a masterful throw of 60-5%, The long one came on his seventh and final toss. And a fleet-footed foursome from Fordham University raced the fastest two-mile in history, Their sap Apetniae aan of 7:29.2 set a -star ican team in ‘man Tom Courtney, with a running start, was timed nd 1:48.2 for his 880 lap, This exceeds Mal Whitfield’s world mark of 1:49.2. Southern California surprised by the one-mile relay in 3:10.7, the fastest time this season, with Jim Lea racing his anchor lap in 45.9. The Trojans also upset the University of Texas sprint re- lay teams in the 440 and 9880, tween Troy’s Ernie Shelton and East Texas Siate’s Charles Hold- ing lived up te expectations. Shel- ton won with a leap of 6-95. Hold- ing was second with 6-7%, The so-called Roger Bannister miracle mile was less exciting, with Ingvar Ericsson of Sweden coming from behind in thelast 78 _yards to win easily in 4:13.1. Dean Smith of Texas won the 100-yard dash in 9.6. He was Pushed by Andy Stanfield of the Stanfield captured the 220-yard low hurdles in 23 seconds flat. In the ‘past four years he has won the 100 and low hurdles three times each and captured the broad jump once. In the discus, world record hold- er Fortune Gordien of the LAAC heaved one out 181-10 with his sweat clothes on. It was good enough to win. Q’Brien was second at 178 feet, A national two-mile freshman re- lay record was established by a UCLA team in 7:40.4, In the open two-mile — won in world record time by Fordham — Califor sad. Occientel reaper! ia idental respec- tively, both also ran faster than the previous world mark, ee came George Fazio of Pine Valley, N. J., who matched Toski’s 69. The only other sib 70 shooter was Chicago's Bob Rosburg, lumped at 143 with half a dozen others including Jack Burke Jr. of Kiamesha Lake, N. Y, Also at 143 were Cary Middle- coff of Kiamesha Lake who had a 72 yesterday; Australian Peter Thomson, 73; Loyd Mangrum, Niles, IL, 72; Roy McKenzie, Lawrenceville, N. J., 70, and Ju- lius Boros, Mid Pines, N. C., 70. Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK ® — At least one fan wishes to know whether Ted Williams’ eight hits in nine times at bat in his memorable perform- ance in the doubleheader at De- troit set any sort of an all-time record. The only answer we can find is that it probably did not, Back in 1892, Wilbert Robinson of Baltimore made seven consecu- doubleheader, which stands as the record for a. single game. There is no clue as to what Uncle Robbie did in the second game, but as he was a catcher it is possible he did not play in it. There seems to be no record for total hits in a doubleheader. Pinky Higgins of the Boston Rex Sox and Walt Dropo of Detroit share the record for most consecutive hits — 12. The “Hate the Yankees’ cam- paign, which is flowering even in the infant republic of Baltimore, is at least drawing in the fans and helping the American League keep pace in its attendance race against the National, which promises to put on the better overall attrac- tion. A total of 227,796 turned out to watch — and cuss — the five- time champs in their first nine- game tour of the West. A Baltimore turnout of 46,796 was credited with having booed the Yanks longer and louder than any of the others. Manager Charlie with the St. Ca nals in 1918. He counts only one club, Pittsburgh, out of the race and thinks that Brooklyn is in for a very trying time. It is 18 years this summer since Bobby Feller, the farm boy from Van Meter, Iowa, began blinding big league hitters with his fast ball, and it looks as though a great pitcher is coming to the end of the trail. Bobby has made only two starts for Cleveland and was knocked from the box both times. The summer sports schedule will reach its peak June 17, when Rocky Marciano and Ezzard Charles meet for the heavyweight championship here and the Na- tional Open Golf Championship Doubleheader Sun. -’ At Wickers Field Teams in the Island City Baseball League will play a doubleheader tomorrow at Wick- ers Field. The first game, at 2 p. m., will be between the Key West Eagles and HS-1. In the second game, the Cuban Club will meet Mil Plumbers, Softball Schedule Tuesday, May 25th 7:30 p. m. Coca Cola vs. VX-1 9:00 p. m. 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