The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 31, 1954, Page 6

VRIGINAL Phils Move Into Vy ay Tie In National League xk ke & Lewis Leads League With .467 x kk St. Louis Nips KKK Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN xk * Monday, May 31, 1954 Braves; Brooklyn BASEBALL Bests New York By JACK HAND Associated Press Sports Writer The Pittsburgh “pick-me-up” is _— firé remedy for woozy Na- League to Fred Haney’s clinic and the ailing patient is young at heart. Philadelphia took the cure yes- terday and shot into a second Now it’s the Giants’ turn to visit the health spa. The Phils and Dodgers have the .500 mark. The league closed in on Milwau- kee Sun. when St, Louis knocked dumped the Pirates twice, 8-0 and Ss. It’s only five games from first to seventh (Milwaukee to Chicago) but the Pirates already are 13 games behind. Cleveland finally shook off Chic- ago’s challenge to open up a one- fame lead in the American, de- ating Detroit 3-1 while Chicago’s eight-game winning .streak was broken’ by Baltimore, 5-2. The vic- tory snapped the Orioles out of a 10-game losing slump. Boston added to Casey Stengel’s worries, beating the New York Yankees, 3-1 on Willard Nixon’s no-hitter. Washington shut out Philadelphia, 6-0, behind Maury McDermott but the A’s came back to get an even break, winning the second, 6-5, on Ed McGhee’s pinch double in the last of the ninth. At the quarter pole, the Nation- al League looks like a seven-team scramble. The American already has shoved four clubs into the “also ran’”’ class. Robin Roberts pitched his third shutout, a seven-hitter, in the Phils’ first game romp over the Pirates, spoiling Dick Littlefield’s first National League start. The Phils continued to bombard Pirate pitching in the second, making a total of 27 hits in the two games, with Willie Jones and Richie Ash- burn each collecting five hits for the day’s work. Karl Drews was the second game winner on relief over Bob Friend. The Cardinals, who broke Mil- waukee’s 10-game winning Laker Saturday_ night, made it two a row with a big first inning in which Red Schoendienst hit a home run. Four successive singles off Warren Spahn followed the homer. A crowd of 47,672, tops for the season in the National, jammed the Polo Grounds for the Dodger- Giant game, won by Johnny Po- dres who had to leave in the ninth inning due to a tightening in his shoulder. Gil Hodges hit his 12th home run an inside-the-park blast, with two on in the first inning. Roy Campanella returned to ac- tion for the first time since his hand operation but went hitless in four trips. , Jeffcoat, starting a new career as a pitcher at the age of 29, held the slugging Cincinnati club to four hits until he had to leave in the ninth inning of the opener because a finger blister. 5 Ske urea held Detroit to four hits to keep Cleveland moving with their 14th straight hometown vic- vtory. Bobby Avila helped him along with two doubles, boosting his league-leading average to .387. Eddie Waitkus and Jim Fridley hit homers that helped Don Lar- sen to his second victory and end- ed the White Sox’s win spree. Al Sima, making his first start of the season, was tagged with the de- ‘aa put down a Yankee threat in the ninth by retiring Andy Carey contenders. One trip | Baltimere MONDAY’S BASEBALL By The P AME! LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. Behind Ba wm - 4 69 1 1 600 3% 16 a OG Hy 421 10% 13 Ek iy ions a. M2 a Chicago at Cleveland (2)—12:30 p.m, and \. GD) and J Hout (23) and Feller jaltimere (2)—1:00 p.m. and 3: Hoeft (1-3) and "Zuverink (1-0) vs. rg LD and (0-: at Boston (2)—12:30 p.m. 2:20 p.m.—Ditmar (0-3) and Van Brabant (ova. Henry 2) and Brewer (12) Cleveland 3, it 1 said Baltimore 5, 132 MONDAY's GAMES Philadelphia, 12: » Miller (2-0) New York at Pittsburgh (2)-12 p.m. and 2. p.m.—gomez (3-3) and Liddle (0-1) vs. (35) and Thies (1-1) St.Louis at Chicago (2)—1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.—Greason at Milwaukee (2)~2:30 p.m. and and and 4:30 p.m.—Podbielan (3-1) Perkowski (1-3) vs. Crone (1-0) Buhl (0-3) RESULTS a 40 Columbus es 8 38S ee a1 SUNDAYS RESULTS Columbus 6, Augusta 1 Macon 13, 5 Savannah 2, Charlotte 1 Columbia 8, Jacksonville 5 august tONBAY'S SCHE! DULE at mery Savannah ‘at Columbia Macon at Columbus: Jacksonville SUNDAY'S: Syra 5 Havana 4, ——— 1 EXAS Oklahoma City 16, Dallas 6 Houston 6-1, San Antonio 5-3 Beaumont 3-5, Shreveport -9 Res ASA ATUORID A A lusia-Opp 4, Panama City Grectview 2 Dothan 1 Graceville 7, Fort Walton Beach 6 PACIFIC COAST San Diego 41, Hollywood -6 Oakland 7-6, Sacramento 4-9 Los Angeles 1-2, Portland 5-3 MONDAY’S BASEBALL SCHEDULE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Columbus at Charleston (2) Toledo at Louisville (2) (N) 3 City ‘Minnea| Paul (2) Dallas at Oklahoma City (2) at Worth @ @ PACIFIC COAST i ot BERR Oa? SERHuy INTERNATIONAL uf LJ 2 BBeSeewee eyessy, 62 21 618 Ba 561 Ww S31 16/19 “457 8 429 ¥ sai2 F) 1361 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Won Lost Pot. 2 15 (651 mM 19 1558 a1 19 535 22 21 «500 n» 2 416 19 21 475 BS Ad eee ~ 17 3 1305 ALABAMA-FLORIDA Men Lest Pet. as 19 ty a 19 8 3 2 Ms 2B 23 1500 20 3 ay 16 29 1336 Mile Race By DALE BURGESS INDIANAPOLIS — Thirty- three veteran auto racers worried more about the possibility of rain today during the 38th annual 500- mile race than about their occu- pational hazard, death. Even a sprinkle could bring out the yellow caution flag that pre- vents a driver from improving his position and ruin the chances of cars back of the leaders. It’s a race if it goes 252% miles. Some of. the hottest drivers in the field were spotted far back for the start, due to mechanical trou- bles that kept them from qualify- ing on the first day of the time trials. They had about four hours to ad- vance in the race and figured they’d need all of it with Jack McGrath starting first. McGrath had made no secret of his intention to stay in front all the way if possible. One good rea- son was that the speedway pays $150 extra to a driver for each lap he leads, a tidy $30,000 for lead- ing all the way. The purse, about $250,000, was calculated to make the drivers for- get that they were outnumbered in speedway records by the names of 44 persons killed at the track. Most of the deaths occurred in the early days of two-man cars. All the cars now are single seat- ers, with much improved tires and chassis. No one has been killed with two men on to save a decision over Jim McDonald. Mickey Vernon and “Wayne Ter- wiliger homered behind McDer- mott in Washington’s first game vietory over Philadelphia. The lanky lefty never had an anxious moment, striking out seven for his third triumph. A late spurt gave rookie Arnold Portocarrero the edge over Bob Porterfield in the second game. in the race proper since William Acer) Cantlon hit the wall in 1947, Today’s field, dominated by the new Kurtis-Kraft cars built espec- cially for the track, was the fastest since the first Memorial Day race in 1911. It averaged over 138 miles an hour in the time trials. The two-year-old race record by Troy Ruttman was 128.922, Ruttman was among the starters Johnny Palmer Wins $5,000 In Colonial Match ’ By HAROLD V. RATLIFF FORT WORTH, Tex. (#—Johnny Palmer added $5,000 to his bank account, saw himself climb to fifth place among the nation’s money winners and looked toward the Western Open at Cincinnati today as they toasted him at Colonial Country Club for a great finish that gave him first place in the Colonial National Invitation Golf Tournament. The steady veteran from Car- lotte, N. C., closed with his second straight l-under-par 69 yesterday for a 72-hole total of 280 and a 2-stroke victory. Great chipping and sensational recovery shots gave Palmer his second tournament victory of the year. Freddie Hass, New Orleans, reg- istering his second consecutive 68, had finished with 282 when Palmer came into the 17th hole leading a stroke. Palmer’s second shot car- tied 150 yards and was within two feet of the cup. He sank it for a birdie and that sewed it up. Palmer’s $5,000 brought his total for the year to $8,186.66 and put him within a little more than $3,000 of first place held by Bob Toski, Livingston, N. J., with $11,188.74, Amateur Harvie Ward Jr., San Francisco, tied Byron Nelson, the semi-retired Roanoke, Tex., pro, pd third place in the colonial at xk & Wertz Bats In Most Runs And Leads In Homers John Lewis, Dairy Queen out- fielder, continues to lead the Is- land City Softball loop fm hitting with a cool .467. Alth drop- ping over 100 points with only one hit in four tries for the week, Lewis managed to /maintain a comfortable lead runnerup Mickey Wertz, who three hits in six tries di jump from sixth with an averag lace to second of .368. Farnk outtielder, was a .357 percent- age, while ee Aritas, another Dairy Queen fychaser, had 3 for 5 during thefweek to climb into fourth placefwith a .333 percent- age. Two ofter Dairy Queen hit- ters, outfit Claude Valdez with -313 and baseman Robert Las- tres with¢292 round up the first six hitteg in the league. Sats In Most Runs In other offensive departments, Wertz gas batted in the most runs, 10, ang has blasted the most hom- ers, bby Santana, Dairy Queen catchér, has scored the most times, 7. , Wertz, and Lastres are tie the most hits with 7 each, ang Jim Nelson, Sonar School out- fidder, leads the league in doubles 3. Kenneth Kerr, Dairy Queen third. baseman, and Danny Las- s, Coca Cola third baseman, are ied for the most stolen bases with 3. Bob Edwards, VX-1 first base- man, leads the league in strike outs with 8 while Kerr and Bill Moyer of Sonar School has drawn the most walks, 6. In the pitching department, two Dairy Queen righthanders lead the league with three victories and no the week to | 5; ILLEGIBLE Returns To Service Sun. By JOE REICHLER V YORK w—I'm back to I’m gonna catch every day now on.” jy Campanella, his left hand ng loosely in the whirlpool, f his right to knock on wood he said that, felt fine out there today,” the slugging Brooklyn Dodger catther said enthusiastically. “The pd didn’t hurt me a bit. Maybe I @dn’t get any hits but I’m not waried about it. I’m still rusty not playing. It was the first I batted in a month.” was exactly 29 days ago—May hat Campanella left the club ati to undergo an opera- for the removal of a bone ij in his left hand. The operation place in New York May 3 the Dodger star had been out ie lineup ever since. was like old times being out behind the plate again,” he i¢ happily. “You've got no idea miserable I felt sitting on the es all this time.” panella wasn’t much help at late yesterday as the Dodgers the rubber of the three-game with the Giants 5-3 before ational League season’s larg- rowd—47,672 fans—going hit- in four times at bat. He ded out three times and went a long fly in his other time it. The veteran receiver, how- , did a fine job behind the , handling the shots of young baller Johnny Podres with sual deftness. swung real hard only once,” said. “That was the time I Wi Wi Fe Ci ble goes after its third straight victory in the $50,000 added Sub- urban Handicap at Belmont Park today with Straight Face favored to lead nine other turf stars home in the mile and a quarter test. Whitney Charles Shipman Payson, carried |, off the honors with the great Tom ter in 1952. Devil Diver also won for Greentree in 1945. Californian Wins Western Air Race Butterfield, Hayward, Calif., won the $1,000 first annual Hayward, sponsored by the 20-30 Clubs of both cities. He is a realtor. Barnick, San Jose flight instructor and housewife. off completed the handicap race here, an irner Stock Car Race Sunday The Stock Car boys had their fill of racing Sunday afternoon. Due to'the half mile track being in as moved to the third mile track. At the starting flag the track as in very good shape. Fourteen cars made the start. A slow driz- Straight Face Seen Favorite By ORLO ROBERTSON NEW YORK (®—Greentree Sta- Greentree, owned by John Hay and his sister, Mrs. ‘ool last year and with lone Hit- TUCSON, Ariz. ® — Bertram alif., to Tucson air race today His co-pilot was Mrs. Marian Fifty-one of 57 planes which took! Cops 100-Lap ale started about the same time. About the 25th lap, the track was getting slick and cars began to spin | which was about a one mile lead, and skid. Crashes were frequent | He drove a good race, being care- and the unlucky ones began to fall| ful not to get in any of the jams by the wayside. At the half way | which cceurred very often. poh ions patiers sedpeed | ee cars <a ~ _ . te . |ing the race, mud hat Car 00, driven by Gunny Lin-| omoved ee I rars-came hart took an early lead but BaVE | hors The dri ore just about way to V8, driven by Bob Turner. | ,; aie rivers ta the list of At about the 12th lap. Car No. 50| fo ;tpacc?- Following is. the f ms AA TS and their positions; driven by Bud McGee moved into second spot early in the running,| 1- Bob Turner — Car V8 but faded back about the half way| 2: Gunny Lindhart — Car 00 mark due to steering gear trouble.| 3- Benny Mershon — Car 99 Car No. 99 driven by Benny Mer- i. a pee ge ‘oe +e p i ‘ arue — shon’ was also well up in the early Jerep phone Ger 14 running but was forced to the pits several times with minor troubles| 7: Bud MeGee + Car 50 losing laps each time, but put on a strong finish to cop 3rd place. Car 00 ran an even race to wind up second. Bob Turner had a three lap lead on the field at the finish, Naupe 10,000 MILE Guaranty on USED CARS with OED), JIM BO—the most sensational invention in the of fishing—the artificial minnow that swims. (No more live bait to buy. This is the lure sensation spf the 20th century. IT SWIMS—no springs, uses no fuel; it swims as ong 2s you leave it in the water. 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Charles Franklin, Sonar School ace righthander, has struck out the most batters, 31, has pitch- ed most innings 32 2-3; and has al- lowed the most hits, 24. Clint War- ren, Coca Cola righthander has is- sued the most free passes, 13, while another Coca Cola righthand- er, Joe Lewis, has allowed the | *, most runs, 18. Grooms continues to have the lowest ERA with 1.42 average. BIG SIX HITTERS Player— AB RH Ave. Lewis, DQ 15 4 7. 467 Wertz, SS 19 5 7 368 Sands, C-C ___.14 2 5 .357 Aritas, DQ 15 4 5 .333 Valdez, DQ 1664 5 313 Lastres, DQ 24 5 7 .292 DQ—Dairy Queen. SS—Sonar School. C-C—Coca-Cola. Stock Car Races Sponsored by Key West Stock Car Assn., Inc. Sunday, 2 P.M. BOCA CHICA ROAD TRACK Admission _____ $1.25 situated at Poinciana Center. location . . along with 1953 winner Bill vich and 1950 winner Johnnie Par- sons. 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