The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 7, 1954, Page 6

Fund Drive To Pick Up Franchise Falls Short Key West has slight chance of gaining a fran- chise in the nearly defunct Florida International base- ball league as a result of an apathetic response to a plea for funds to finance the switch, it was learned today. Key West was given the opportunity to take over the Tallahassee club which is floundering on the financial rocks after a poor season which has seen it win just 12 of 56 games. But, the move would take money — hence a plea for funds was made last week. ite lu 1H CINCINNATI uf — Tournament- wise Lloyd Mangrum of Niles, Il., finally made the winners’ circle in a 1954 golf tournament here yes- jay but he had to go overtime it. turning in a blazing finish five under par, he captured $2,400 top prize in the Western Golf Tournament by nosing Ted Kroll, New Hartford, N.Y., on the first hole of a sudden-death layoff. noel last round of play, Man- grum came from four strokes be- hind to overtake and pass Roberto de Vicenzo, Buenos Aires; Bob Rosburg, San Francisco and Chi- cago; and Jack Burke, Kiamesha Lake, N.Y. His 66 gave him a 277 total and a tie with Kroll, who had headed Mangrum by a stroke go- ing into the final round. ; In the sudden-death finale, sliced his drive into the rough at the right of the first extra hole and took a par 4. Mangrum, right down the middle, laid his second | shot eight feet from the pin and dropped the putt for a birdie. De Vicenzo stayed even with par with a 71 for 278 and third money of $1,400. Kroll won $1,800. Burke’s 10 for a 279 total was worth $1,200. Rosburg went into the final round tied with de Vicenzo and two strokes ahead of the field. He shot a 77 for 284, winning only $320. LOSES NO-HITTER Terry Reilly of Bles: cram: High School pitched a no-hit ball Baseball Results MONDAY’S BASEBALL SCHEDULE Indianapolis at Charleston ‘St. Paul at Louisville Minneapolis at Toledo Kansas City at Dallas at Houston Fort Worth at San Antonio Oklahoma City at Beaumont ‘Tulsa at Shreveport INTERNATIONAL Buffalo at Syracuse Ottawa at Richmond Montreal at Havana (Only games at Pi fear wiae at Crestview at Dothan a 31 MONDAY’S GAMES Detroit at Boston (2), 1:30 p.m.—Gromek (V4) and Garver (42) vs. Sullivan (2-8) and Clevenger (1-3). games scheduled). SUNDAY'S ee 27 4, Washington 2-0 iA Detroit 4 7-2, New York 5-5 SATURDAY'’S RESULTS 21 New York 1-3 NATIONAL LEAGUE ‘Won Lost "8 GAMES New York. at Milwaukee, “9:00, p.m.— prookiyn af Bios: $100, p.m. Roe (22) c (3-5). ~ ea ONDAY'S aides 6 Brooltin Bae ‘aronpat's 7, Cincinna’ Pittsburgh at aay in tae, ams :30, pa Brooklyn at Souls. 8:00. poze: SUNDAY’S & bus senpeesed, eeesuness aeeebeee? 23 8 oe RESULTS tio jULTS. 2 $3, Chat a game 0 ange: ‘2nd game curfew) Little Rock 5-3, Mobile 3-5 New Orleans 66, Memphis 3-7 MONDAY'S SCHEDULE at Chattanooga Toronto Havana ‘Montreal Buffalo Ottawa Fort Worth Shreveport Houston Tulsa... Beaumont Dallas Hollywood... San Francgco Seattle Oakland San Diego Sacramento Portland Toledo game, but lost 1-0. Opposing pitch- | Dothan er, Vic Casazza of Salesian High, scored the run. Casazza was safe on an error, ‘went to second. on one of Reilly’s SSese sey: sussusse? 8 SELeRRes LE 0, pane eetiey~'F eeestthe? sesneeRe seseebee? ¢ weebes? seaeeeee Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Monday, June’ 7, 1954 Patterson Spots Maxim 10 Lhs., Experience, In Bout Tonight PRO vs. DUFFER(2 22st es son, 19-year-old unbeaten gradua- ate of the Olympic ranks, moves into the big time tonight to box Joey Maxim, former light heavy- weight champion of the world, in an eight-round matth at Brook- lyn’s Eastern Parkway. The Breoklyn Negro will give away at least 10 pounds and years of experience to the cagey Maxim; who hasn’t fought since he failed to win back his title from Archie Moore at Miami Jan. 27. Maxim, 32, is a 7-5 underdog. Because Patterson’ is only 19, he is not allowed to fight more than -;eight rounds under New York law. Many think the short distance will be a handicap to Maxim, notably a slow starter. i Patterson has won 13 in a row, eight by knockouts, since he turned pro. He never has been matched with an opponent as clever as Maxim, the No. 2 contender. Maxim must come in,at 177, give or take a pound, while Patterson will be 10 pounds lighter. ree csc Network television audiences By DOUG FORD will see the bout (ABC-TV), start- Associate Pro, Kiamesha Lake jing at 10 p.m., Eastern Daylight Geld Club, New York Time. z (Written for AP Newsfeatures) Average golfers in my exper- jience have the most trouble with the short irons. This applies par- ticularly to full shots with the 8 or I would describe these deep fac- ialcogyry scape more er The two light heavy bouts are Slages a continuation of the Monday - peceoraypiens tote night television war with Du Mont carrying the St. Nick’s show. for posal Whitehurst, a solid punches, is Archie Moore, the light heavy champ, also will be in action for the first time since his Miami match with Maxim when he meets Bert Whitehurst of Baltimore, in a 10-rounder at New York’s St. Nicholas Arena. doesn’t | 2 long-shot underdog against 3 : Moore, veteran of 138 scraps. wae’ ae he the "s e- ser Bill Solomon irons are met Hurls Elks T e each club wil a number of ur S 0 minimum-maximum * Fange and this is something this |] (JA V. is learned from experience. ctor y = ie golfers hit short ‘shots longer than others. Behind the five hit pitching of Practice and nothing else will/ pin Solomon, the . Elks defeated the Jaycees, 104, in the first game of a Little League doubleheader at Bayview Park last night. The Elks -iced the game with a six run ge in the fifth inn g i Elks starter Harri In my professional career, a high et Solomon, preinay pete No. 2 iron shot across a sand trap} and Richard Mesa hit suecessive and into a protected green has bo- homers, thered me the most. There are + | wild pitch, and a couple of errors. The Jaycees came back with a run.in the bottom of the first when Bryan Williams singled and went around on a wild pitch and an er- ror. They tied the score when Tony Brasher tripled and scored on a groundout, The Elks took the lead in the third when they got two runs on two errors and singles by Bobby NEW YORK #—Jimmy Dykes pice cesta halen is going after Casey Stengel’s title| mon for two rung ie te sixth en —the lineup-shuffling champion of| two errors, a walk, and C. Ward- the American League. low’s single. “i Dykes tried out amine om bat- Feisgpens nae oli ek ln ting order yesterday at Yankee a Stadium. It was No. 28 by unoffi- pres the Elks to within a game cial count of the men who travel a half of the. leagueleading with his low-flying Baltimore Or- S — S. eZ aye 4 | _ Elks 202 060 1094 I’ve got a player — I won't mention any names — but no mat- — ai nee 002 455 ter where I put him, he comes up Hascis. We 6) and Twi with men on bases,” said Dykes.| hug” ‘liams (6) . “You could pull his name out of a a hat and he'd be up there with two ball men on. I even tried him leading | 9> in the off. Then the catcher and pitcher | Firgt get on base for*him. “Our hitting is just anemic. |i, That's the trouble with us. No mys-| to him tery about it. Look at the aver-| wiig ages. We've scored fewer runs} The Lj than any club in either league and| second when it isn’t even close. “That poor Turley never gets any runs. The most he ever had with us or the Browns was three. Once this year I took him out mil a pinch hitter in the eighth. We got four in the ninth and won 7-3 or something like that but he wasn’t in there.” While Dykes moaned about his hitting—or lack of it—he glowed about his pitching staff. “We haven't had more than three or four bad-pitched games yet. Turley is going to be a great pitcher, one of the best to come| vez, Sweeting (3) along in years. I think the game} Hughes and Garcia he pitched Saturday was one of his American Little League best although he still didn’t have) TEAM Ww Pet. his real good fast ball back. He’s| Kiwanis 718 a great kid with a wonderful atti-| Elks 625. tude. No gripes, no alibis, just | Shriners 333 fires that ball.” Jaycees 3 National Little Millions of pounds of petrified dinosaur bones have been removed | Evans from a quarry in Dinosaur Nation-| Lions al Monument on the Colorado-Utah | VFW border. |Rotary One of these two usually work. Dykes Shuffles Lineup In Effort To Start Winning singles by Hughes and Taylor and Carey’s two-run hom- er. They added two more insur- ance runs in the fourth on an er- ror and Taylor's first-homer of the season. 002 00 204 O34 2x 962 Roberts, Estevez (3) and Este- gacent ba] 2 meme ee us . AE od ReSE: suwor MINOSO. IS SPARKING WHITE SOX . By JOE REICHLER AP Sports Writer Orestes (Minnie) Minoso, cited by Ted Williams as “potentially the greatest player in the Ameri- can League,” has thrust himself boldly into the running for the Most coveted honor the junior cir- cuit has to offer—the Most Valu- jable Player award. Largely because of the all-around brilliance of this fleet-footed son jof Matanzas, Cuba, the Chicago White Sox have been able ta keep within striking distance of the league-leading Cleveland Indians. No player—and that includes Williams, Al Rosen and Yogi Ber- ra—has done more for his club than Minoso. As the season comes to the one-third mark, the 30-year- old outfielder leads the circuit in runs batted in, runs scored and triples. He’s tied for the lead in stolen bases and in the top five in hits, home runs, doubles and bat- ting. His team value is reflected in his ability to do a, workmanlike job at third base as well as any- where in the outfield. Minoso was Chicago’s big gun again yesterday as the White Sox swept a double-header from Wash- ington 5-3 and 60 to run their winning streak to five straight and stay within eight percentage points of first place. He smashed his 10th home run With a man on base to provide the winning margin in the opener. He collected three singles, drove in his 50th and 5ist runs, scored his 46th run and stole his seventh base in the nightcap. He is hitting .333. Cleveland protected its first- place margin by sweeping a dou- ble-header from the Athletics in Philadelphia 2-1 and 7-5 while Brooklyn boosted its National League lead to two games, thrash- ing the Chicago Cubs 6-4 for its ninth straight. The Baltimore Orioles held New York to a split in their twin bill to drop the third-place Yankees 3% gameg behind the pace. Veter- an Joe Coleman, continuing his fine comeback, beat the Yankees 7-4 for his sixth victory but the Yankees won the second game 5-2 as Allie Reynolds outpitched Don Larsen. Boston’s Red Sox went on a home run binge to defeat: Detroit 7-4. Homers by Ted Lepcio, Milt Bolling, Harry Agganis and Jackie Jensen accounted for all Boston’s runs. - Philadelphia’s Phillies. out- slugged the -St. Louis Cardinals 11-8 to tie Milwaukee for third place in the National and advance to within a game of the runner-up York Giants. The Phillies got all their runs in the first and sev- enth innings. Bobby Morgan’s grand-slam homer highlighted the six-run first. The Giants and Cincinnati Red- legs exchanged 3-2 decisions. The Giants won the first game on Monte .Irvin’s 10th homer of the ‘season in the eight. The Reds took the nightcap in the ninth when Bob Borkowski singled to score Chuck Harmon from second. Pittsburgh survived a grand- slam homer by Milwaukee’s Eddie Mathews and won the second game the Braves to a 4-0 opening-game victory. The veteran right-hander permitted only four hits in his first start of the season. A trio of triples paved the way for Cleveland’s pair of victories over Philadelphia. Two of them came in the second inning of the first game and helped Bob Feller record the 251st victory of his ca- reer. They were hit by Dave Phil- ley and George Strickland. Each scored on a sacrifice fly. The third triple was hit by rookie catcher Hal Naragon with the bases full in the fourth inning to provide the margin of victory in the second game. Minoso surrendered first-game batting honors to teammate Jim Rivera. The White Sox outfielder slammed a pair of homers, dou- bled and scored three runs to ex- tend his hitting streak through 14 games. Rookie southpaw Jack Harshman turned in a seven-hit shutout in the nightcap. Bob Kennedy’s two-run double highlighted a four-run seventh that gave the Orioles an uphill victory ever the Yankees. Reynolds al- lowed only five hits and fanned eight to record his sixth triumph against one defeat in the second game. Mickey Mantle’s 10th homer with a man on clinched the Yankee — singles by Pi Four straight si eewee Reese, Duke Snider, Jackie Robin- son and Gil Hodges after two were out in the 10th snagged a 4-4 tie and enabled the Dodgers to sweep their four-game series in Chicago. Robinson, with four hits including a home run, took over the National League batting lead with .388. Half the Eskimos of the world never have seen a snow house. Key West Has Slight Chance Of Gaining FIL Berth — STOCK CAR RACES PRODUCE HOT ACTION AT BOCA CHICA SUNDAY National Open (Qualifier Set To Start Today By ED CORRIGAN NEW YORK (#—No fewer than 1,904 golfers—the biggest entry list in history—shoot today for 129 Places in the National Open Cham- Pionship and the dubious pleasure of trying to beat out Ben Hogan for the title. The odds against any one of them winning stand at 2,000 to 1 and it’s 15 to 1 that any particular golfer won’t even qualify. The big event is scheduled for Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N. J., June 17-19. The golfers will shoot at lo- cations across the country and the Poor fellows who have to take their chances at Cincinnati are the unfortunate ones. Most of the top tournament pros stayed over an extra day after finishing the West- ern Open yesterday to play for the 15 spots that have been alloted to that area by the United States Golf Assn. .. Lloyd Mangrum, the Western Open winner, is one of the 33 play- ers who are exempt from qualify- ing. Some of the biggest names in the game are among the 88 entries. They include Bob Toski, who has won five major tournaments this year: Johnny Palmer, the Colonial victor; Felice Torza, last year’s PGA -up; Las Vegas Open winner Art Wall; Argentina’s Ro- berto de Vicenzo; Canada’s Gerry Kesselring; Australia’s Pete Thomson, Tommy Bolt, Jerry Bar- ber; and Shelley Mayfield. While all this is going on, Hogan, who will be seeking an unprece- dented fifth title, will be playing an exhibition at the Atlantic City Country Club, where he shot a 2-under-par 70 yesterday. The 20 low scorers of last year are exempt, along with the current PGA champion (Walter Burkemo) and the amateur titleholder (Gene Littler, who since has turned pro). In addition, all former Open cham- Pions who want to try their luck are eligible. This is their last free ticket, though. Starting in 1955, they’ll have to qualify along with the rank and file. ANCIENT BOWLS TOKYO (i) — Two well pre- served porcelain bowls from the ninth century — the earliest so far discovered in China — weré found recently in the south Chinese city of Canton, says the Peiping radio. The bowls are covered with a creamy glaze resembling modern porcelain. They were dated in the Tang dynasty (618-007 A. D.) 6-4 after Jim Wilson had pitched] “Bluebird” The “Golden Falcon”’ by America's Jim Hanson Wins 2 Races In First Try After five weeks of in and out racing, the Stock Car boys finally came up with a fast track. Though the crowd was small, that didn’t daunt their spirits. They really mixed it up. Several drivers were warned about rough driving, but no one was disqualified. The one-third mile track definite- ly forces more action and driving It was a long shot day, as some of the favored drivers were forced to eat dust. Jimmy Hanson, who races out- boards with quite a bit of success, served notice on the boys that he can also push a stock car, bring- ing car No. 100 through for two Major League Leaders AMERICAN. LEAGUE BATTING —Avila, Cleveland, .381. RUNS—Minoso, Chicago, 46. fe IN-Minoso, Chicago, HITS—Avila, Cleveland, 72. DOUBLES—Vernon, Washington, 14. ‘TRIPLES —Minoso, Chicago, 7. HOME RUNS~Rosen, Cleveland, 13. STOLEN BASES-Minoso and ‘Rivera, Chicago, 7. PITCHING—Branca, Detroit, Morgan, bye York and Stone,~- Washington, 3-0, 000. STRIKEOUTS — Turley, Baltimore, 77. NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING —Robnson, Brooklyn, .388. RUNS—Musial, St. HITS—Jablonski, St. Louis, 78. DOUBLES - Jablonski, St. Louis, 14. TRIPLES-Mays, New York and Schoen dienst, St. Louis, 5. HOME RUNS~Sauer, Chicago and Mu- sial, St. Louis, 18. STOLEN BASES—Bruton, Milwaukee, 10. PITCHING—Podres, Brooklyn, 6-1, .875. STRIKEOUTS — Haddix, St. Louis, 65. COUNSEL HITCHES FREE PLANE RIDE — ‘| NORWOOD, Mass. (#—Joseph N. Welch, counsel in the McCarthy- Army row, got a plane ride to Washington last night with Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens. Stevens, who received an hono- rary degree from North Carolina State College, bypassed Washing- ton and flew directly to Norwood Airport, where Welch and two as- sistants got on board. Stevens, who did not get off the plane at Norwood, said the group would confer on the ride to Wash- ington. Welch had spent the weekend at his home in nearby Walpole. JIM BO IT SWIMS.) © The new swimming JIM BO, fastest selling and ‘most sensational lure of the 20th Century. Beautiful plastic construction. Absolutely guaranteed. Send $1.00 for each ture. Buy one for your friends also, Send check or cash. Mail Orders Only. J&R TACKLE CO. P.O. Box 741 Largo, Fla. gr aga wins and a second for three times out. Marty Vierstar, a late comer also came through for a handy win in the second semifinal. Benny Mershon came through with a burst ‘of speed to lap the complete field in winning the main feature. Crashes were frequent through out the afternoon as the drivers tried to bulldoze their way through the pack on this short course. Following is a list of the money winners for Sundays races: First Elimination: 1. Jimmy Hanson, Car No. 100 2. Jerry Hinde, Car No. 11 3. Hugh Hinde, Car No. 29 ' Second Elimination: 1. Paul Toppino, Car No. 50 2. Benny Mershon, Car No. 99 3. Gunny Linhart, Car No. 00 1. Jimmy Hanson, Car No. 100 2. Jerry Hinde, Car No. 11 3. Gunny Linhart, Car No. 00, Second Semifinal: 1. Marty Vierstra, Car No. 69 2. Norman Harris, Car No, 77 3. Red Jones, Car No. 133 Main Feature, 20 Laps: 1. Benny Mershon, Car No. 99 2. Jimmy Hanson, Car No. 100 3. Hugh Hinde, Car No. 29 4. 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