The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 5, 1954, Page 12

Evans Downs VF'W For Little League Victory Kiwanis Beats Shriners In Bayview Park ‘The Kiwanis two aces, Roy Val- a8 E ! F L Ess 5 i E r : F 1 i gz 4 a s 4 3 3 Ft Bs e $8 Z a i a, Bie and R. Garcia Estenoz, Hernandez (5) and Es- - | American Little League Team W L Pet. Kiwanis 2 Jaycees National Little League Team Evans USS Gilmore Wins By Forfeit Friday ‘The USS Gilmore won their sche- Other games this week: Wednesday, 8 p. m., Cuban Club (Eds. Note: Manuel Varela, Jr. well known among local sports enthusiasts passed away last “Little Manuel” as I called him in his playing days, has been “Called out” by the Great Umpire. Baseball Results AMEBICAN LEAGUE (1-0) (3-2) and Kiely (0-2). . FRIDAY’S RESULTS New bi} 8, Cleveland 3 Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 2:30 p.m.- O’Donnell (2-4) vs. Spahn (5-4). FRIDAY'S RESULTS ‘FRIDAY’S RESULTS 7, Atlanta 6 (10 innings) 2, New Orleans 1 Memphis 2 poe 10, Nashville 7 SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE FRIDAYS RESULTS %, Columbus 4 FRIDAY'S BASEBALL RESULTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Kansas City 11, Charleston 5 Indiana, at Columbus (ppd, rain) 5, Minneapolis 2 St. Paul 6, Toledo 3 +4, Dallas 1- Antonio 3-7 Shreveport 1, Oklahoma City 6 Page 12 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, June 5, 1954 Lastres Leads In Softball Batting Determine Seen A Winner Today INGLEWOOD, Calif. (®—Deter- mine, recent winner of the Ken- tucky Derby and a possible threat for the $100,000 Californian here next week, goes back to the racing wars at Hollywood Park today for —-iyn-e the first time since winning the big race at Churchill Downs. He is the top colt in the $25,000 added Debonair Stakes. The California-owned colt was viewed as no cinch at a sprint distance of seven furlongs. Lined up against the small gray charger will be the English juven- ile champion of 1953, The Pie King, in his American debut; a speed- ster named Lucky Martin. and Calumet Farm’s Arrogate. Rounding out the field of entries was James Session, Rolyat and Kings Mutiny, Hobcaw Sage, Fault Free and First Pole. Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK (The business of riding horses over a series of jjumps in the shortest possible time is one of the fastest growing sports in the country, on the word of the American Horse Shows Assn. here, which supervises the many events strictly without pay and with the sole thought of pro- ducing a better breed of jumpers ‘goa | and riders. California, which used to spawn tennis players, now has more horse shows than any other state. Over the nation as a whole, 41 new shows have been granted dates this ‘aa, | SPring. Entries in all shows al- Teady are up five per cent over last year and are expected to climb steadily. Junior riders, up to 18, show a gain of 18 per cent over 1953, a fact which is reflected in many family budgets. The search is on again for the $13 | country’s four top riders, and, even more important, the horses with “built in bounce” which will rep- resent the nation in foreign com- petition. The main targets are the Pan American games in Mexico early next year and the equestrian $33 | events of the 1956 Olympics, which i7 | Will be held at Stockholm. ered a star, he never missed a ball gen Die game. He was the son of the late Man- uel Varela, who was a city coun- Last year’s U.S. team com- prised two men and two women. 450|One of the women, Mrs. Dana LASSOED FISH Springfield, Mo. () — Cruse went fishing in the reser- voir that furnishes water for this He caught a channel catfish the hard way. Never did hook the scamp — just managed to lasso him around the snout but behind the barbs. Durand of Kansas City, Mo., is so good that she has been on the team since 1950, when the first civilian team was organized to replace the U. S. Cavalry, which suddenly found itself completely mechan- Phe other girl on the ’53 team was Pat Burke of New York, now 21, who rode as an alternate in the three-man competition, The two women were not permitted, to ride in the 1952 Olympics, in which the American team finished third in a field of 26 entries. Largely as a result of Mrs. Durand’s fine dis- play of skill and courage in other fee however, the barrier Danny Lastres, Coca Cola third- baseman, leads the Island City Softball League in hitting with a cool .500. The flashy thirdbaseman collected three hits in five official trips to the plate during the week to put him ahead of John Lewis, Diary Queen outfielder. Lewis, who had been leading the league for the past three weeks, dropped to second place by going two for six for the week to dip to .429, Barney Morgan, VX-1 Flyers out- fielder, got 3 hits in 6 trips to the plate to hold down third spot with an average of .348. Claude Valdez, Dairy Queen outfielder, and Frank Sands, Coca Cola’s leftfielder, are tied for fourth spot with a .333 per- centage. Mickey Wertz, Sonar School outfielder, went 0 for three during the week to drop down to sixth place with a .318 batting av- erage. In other offensive departments, John Lewis has the most hits, 9. Bobby Santana, Blizzard catcher, has scored the most runs, 8. Wertz leads the league in runs-batted-in with 10 and in homers with 4. Jim Nelson, Sonar centerfielder, has belted the most doubles, 3, Danny Lastres and Kenneth Kerr, Bliz-| je¢t. zards thirdsacker, are tied for the most stolen bases with 3. Bob Ed- wards, VX-1 firstbaseman, and Bill Moyer, Sonar thirdbaseman, have struck out the most times, 9. Moy- er, however, also leads the league with the most walks, 9. In the pitching department, the Diary Queen’s two ace righthand- ers, DeWitt. Roberts and Brody Grooms, have four victories and no defeats to lead the loop. Grooms has struck out the most batters, | witnes: 39, and leads all pitchers with ERA of 2.34. Joe Lewis, Coca Co- la righthander, has walked the most batters, 19. Charles Franklin, Sonar ace righthander, has allow- ed the most hits, 33; the most runs, 26; and has pitched the most innings, 45 2-3, BIG SIx SOFTBALL HITTERS Player - Team AB R D. Lastres, C-C ........ 14 John Lewis, D-Q ...... 21 Morgan, VX-1 23 Valdez, D-Q 21 Sands, C-C .. 18 Wertz, S-S 22 C-C — Coca Cola D-Q — Dairy Queen S-S — Sonar School PAINT NAMES If your child’s playthings have a habit of getting lost, paint the youngster’s name on the tricycle or wagon and then cover it with two ccats of thinned shellac. against women has been lifted in future Olympics. Although our civilians have been at it a comparatively short time since they took over from the Army, last year’s team won higher honors than any other international squad in the three big shows at Harrisburg, Pa., Toronto and in Madison Square Garden. Final tests to pick the 54 team are scheduled for Chicago next Sept. 18 and 19, and at the mo- ment trials and training are going on in most states. ‘4 Arraigned On Bribery Charge By ED. CORRIGAN NEW YORK (Clarence Henry, the one-time .No. 3 comvun@er for the heavyweight . championship, was arraigned today on a bribery charge in the: most bizarre boxing “tix” plot that has rocked New York in decades. z : Henry was accused of offering $15,000 to Bobby Jones to throw his middleweight bout against Joey Giardello in Madison Square:Gar- den June 11. While experts wondered why Henry would try to fix the 2-1 un- derdog, the former title contender asserted his innocence. “This is all a mistake,” he said. “I went to see Bobby. because I al- ways see him when we're in town. We're friends. y. had to get somebody and I: was the chésen He did not- say who “they” were. ; e : Just about everyone involved in the case was annoyed at someone with the possible exception ‘of Jones, a fair fighter, but regarded ae no match for the rugged Giar- lo. Dist. Atty. Frank Hogan was irked because the story was broken before he was ready to méve in. He said he had intended to try to round up the “whole' mob” just before the fight. © But the first. edition. of. yester- day’s New York Journal-American appeared on the streets with an eight column headline on page one announcing: “$5,000 bribe offered!’ fighter to throw Garden main bout.” The story, signed. by Bill Corum, did not mention Henry, but:when it Teached the newsstands, Hogan and his men moved into action. Musial Ahead Of Ruth’s 1927 Willie Mays, Hank Sauer Are Even With Ruth’s Mark By BEN PHLEGAR AP Sports Writer Stan Musial, still denying he’s aiming for the fences, has taken over the National League home run lead and is ahead of the record 1927 pace of the great Babe Ruth. The two sluggers Musial passed last night when he hit his 16th and 17th homers — Hank Sauer of Chicago and Willie Mays of For his part, Giardello’ said he| - “ought to be insulted.” Before Henry: made the °$15,000 offer, Jones had received two.other offers, each for $5,000 from: strang- ers—one last Saturday and the | 20m other last Tuesday. ° Jones’ eastern representative, Bobby Melnick, then took the fight- er to Harry Markson of the Inter- national Boxing Club, who in turn, sent the pair to State Athletic Commissioner Bob. Christenberry. Christenberry called Hogan ‘and the DA's detectives moved in. . Jones, a 28-year-old Oakland, Calif., fighter ‘with five children, homer pace has fatten Stan’s bat- age. His .380 leads the homers last night were the hits- as the Cards beat Philadelphia 5-2. New York took over second pla was told to continue ‘training. as) burgh usual pending devélopments. Thursday morning ame, he received four calls ‘at Gleason’s Gymnasium’. from _ Philadelphia. One was-from Henry. 5 Here is how it. went: . Henry: “Bobby, I’ve got to see you as soon as possible about: very important business mattér.” Jones: “I'll be in’ my hotel room at noon.” Henry: “Fine, but De sure. you’re alone. I'll be there.” * Detectives covered Jones’’ hotel and Henry appeared on schedule. Without preliminaries, Henry’ of- fered Jone’ $15,000 to throw the fight. The latter demurred, as‘ in- structed, commenting that he didn’t think Henry: could raise that much money. 5 “T'll go get-a friend of mine ‘and he will convince you my people are reliable,” said Henry ahd he Trailed by detecti he met a man about.a half block away from the hotel and engaged’ in “‘ani- prominently displaying the Journal-American’s story. It was there was nabbed, along with a man who gave his name..as Joseph Hacken, 3&4, of New York. Hacken’ was held in $25,000 bail »as a‘ material 8. Surkont Says Braves Were Lucky In’53 By CHRIS EDMONDS MILWAUKEE (~The -Milwau- kee Braves were'“‘a lucky ball.club last year,” a member of thet team Hine Fy 8 pe i f EE A R e : zeae iF Prry | ie Homer Pace With 17 Clouts Babe Zaharias Says She Needs Rest; Tournament Start Slated By ROBERT MOORE HOT SPRINGS, Va. w—Mildred (Babe) Zaharias, the great com- petitor, who won a battle with can- cer and returned to golf, said to- day she’d like to quit the game “for a little while” until she fully Tegains her strength. Although personally she’d like to Test, something keeps telling her no. That something is the Babe’s heart. “T've said so many times I was going to pass up a few tourna- ments,”’ she said. ‘‘But the tourna- ment sponsors keep calling me up and asking me to play. I hate to turn them ‘down. I feel that if my presence in a tournament will help make it a success, then, well, here I am.” That’s the reason the Babe is Playing in the $7,500 Triangle Round Robin Invitation Tourna- ment which today moved into its third and fourth rounds over the Homestead’s par 74 Cascades course. Patty Berg, veteran professional from St. Andrews, Il, carried an eight-point advantage into the third round of this “‘plus and minus” affair with a plus 30 points. Trailing Miss Berg were Marlene Stewart, British amateur champion from Fonthill, Ont., Canada, with a plus 22, and Jackie Pung, the Hawaiian housewife, with plus 18. Then comes Mrs. Zaharias of Tampa, Fla., who is playing this type of golf for.the first time, with a plus 14. Mrs. Zaharias, who shot a 16, played yesterday in a foursome with Beverly Hanson Silvernail of Indio, Calif., whose 77 left her with minus 12; Betty Jameson of San Antonio, Tex., who carved a 79 for minus 2), and Fay Crocker of Montevideo, Uruguay, who posted an 83 for a minus 36. Miss Berg clung to her advan- tage at the expense of Betsy Rawis of Spartanburg, S.C., who made a 77 and was all even; Betty Dodd of San Antonio, 77 and minus 2; and Hicks of Durham, N.C., 80 and minus 6, stewart, who fashioned a opposed by Alice Bauer Sarasota, Fla., whose 76 plus 8; Louise Suggs of ‘1 and plus 10; and Betty of Hammond, Ind., 81 and minus 34, . Pung, who scored a 76, bat- tled Mary Lena Faulk, American amateur champion from Thomas- ville, Ga., whose 78 made her plus 2; Betty Mackinnon of Dallas, 79 and plus 6; and Marlene Bauer of Sarasota, all even with an 80. Stock Car Racing Roundup By DAVID NASON The Stock Car Association and Racing Members would like to apologize to racing fans for the lack of action in the 100 Lap Mem- orial day race, due to the muddy track which practically slowed them to a walk in the last half. They realized that the fans deserv- ed_a better show. So, if you were one. of those who. witnessed the race, I can tell you truthfully, the drivers also felt bad about it. At Tuesday night’s meeting, the membership agreed rather than put on a poor show, if it is threat- ening weather at post time, they would cancel the races for that date and honor the rain checks. The cars will all be out again this Sunday. Drivers will have their fingers crossed. The scuttle- butt is that Mr. Speed himself, Rip Ault, will be in town and that means action aplenty. Rip is one of the favored . drivers in these parts, and rightly so. I don’t be- lieve I ever witnessed him drive a dull race. I’m not trying to take credit away from any of the driv- ers. From time to time they have now in the cellar by a game and a half. # Carl Erskine, Brooklyn’s win- ningest pitcher last season, picked up, his sixth triumph and the first of his career in Wrigley Field when Roy Campanella singled home Jackie Robinson in the sixth A called third strike in the fourth inning at Cincinnati put the only black mark on a fine two-day bat- ting performance by Al Dak of the Giants. The New York captain got four for four at St. Louis Thursday night, and four out of five last ‘Max Surkont tormented his form- | er Milwaukee teammates, giving them only six hits as they lost their fifth straight game. all come up with a drive that was tops. If they can just come up with a fast track this Sunday } feel sure some of the track records will be broken, as some of the cars had been well stepped up for the 100 lap race, and they didn’t have a chance to let them go. 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