The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 8, 1954, Page 6

/ ) First Start Set Against Hillsborough On Wednesday The Key West High School baseball team left to- day for Ft. Pierce to begin defense of the State High School baseball title. They THE KBY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, June 8, 1954 Yanks Said To Be In Trouble; Shopping For Long Ball Hitter Baseball Results ECA RAO aa left by car early this morn- | Detroit ing in the charge of high school athletic director Win Jones and Coach Harold Al- len. They are slated to make their first tourney start Wed- nesday at ‘1 p. m. against Tampa Hillsborough High at Jaycee Field in Ft. Pierce. The Conchs will- be com- peting against the cream of the state high school dia- mond crop. After romping through their re- NEW YORK #—With a hospital list that shows signs of filling Mayo Clinic and batting averages that would embarrass Little Leaguers, the world champion New York Yankees uneasily awaited tonight’s invasion by the Detroit Tigers. The word around the league is that the Yanks are in distress, Lemon frstch; | Which should be apparent by the 1). » 7:30 p.m.—Chakales (21) va. Clevenger (1-3). MONDAY'S RESULTS ne ~ 35, Detroit 24 (2nd game 13 inn- Only games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE ‘Won Lost gular season with but a pair of |New, defeats — both of which were aven- | phiiade! ged by victories — the Conchs @fould rate as strong favorites to cop the tourney. However, upstate sportswriters have failed, as usual, Brooklyn at St.Louis, vs. Poholsky (1-3). MONDAY'’S RESULTS Brooklyn 7, St.Louis 5 (12 innings) New York 4, Milwaukee 3 Only games scheduled. 4 Birmingham The tourney will get underway | Ststtancoga today when the Miami Jackson | Little Rock Bids For Title Here June 12 Sheldon D, Smith, 1425 Laird St., will make his bid for the ama- teur driving championship of America on June 12 or 13 at Key West Golf Club, He is one of the fifty finalists in the National Drizzler Driving Con- test, sponsored by Sportswear, to discover the long- est driver in the country. He will drive three balls, and the longest will be measured and attested to by a professional golfter. His dis- tance and that of the other forty- nine finalists will be forwarded to | st7eyePor the National Rules Committee of | Twsa the Drizzler Driving Contest, con-| pais sisting of Sam Snead, Gene Sara- zen and Cary Middlecoff. They will announce the winner. An all-expense vacation of & week for two persons at the Green- brier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, and six golf lessons from Sam Snead is the first prize. Other prizes include Wilson golf clubs, Emerson radios, equipment, Sam Snead watches and other products of interest to sportsmen. Major League Leaders By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING — Avila, Cleveland, .381. JUNS—Minoso, Chicago, 46. Airex fishing | Indiana; TURSDAY'S SCHEDULE Little Rock at At Memphis at a7 37 as 85 ed 35 a Paul Louisville 5 Toiao't, idaneapots 3 INTERNATIONAL Qt innings) 3 3M end seventh Antonio 5 (called end FLORIDA TUESDAY'S BASEBALL SCHEDULE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION at Charleston Kansas City at Columbus (3) Toledo MGregor |: Dothan anama City at Crestview * penseened Biiiiiits INTERNATIONA! perry tty sesuess eeeeewesd~ suueeecs$ cenessunt akenee w 2 ERGs euER ud Leta ii PICK YOUR PRICE! Merkel, Tex. (49) — A sign in a cafe says: “Coffee is 5 cents or 0, |10 cents per cup. Pay whichever NATIONAL LEAGUE iG— Musial, St. Louis, .387. % 52. 1, 857. eo MONDAY NIGHT'S FIGHTS By The acnetaten Press pony NEW YORK-Light hea © Archie Moore, 189%, Miami, stopped Whitehurst, 18644, Baltimore, 6 (non- title bout). BERLIN, N.H.—Vern Stevenson, Montreal, "stopped Smitty Hicks, Portland, Me... 1. LOS ANGELES Wille Vaughn, | 161%, i Angeles, 10, 163, 159, you feel is right on the present cost of coffee per pound. Thanks, Myrtle.” Mrs. Myrtle Wozencraft, the own- er, says about a third of her cus- ;tomers pay a dime. io operators in Rus- app bra by | val Ordnance ‘Unit, but the season sia sometimes acknowledge standings. They're 3% games be- hind the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox, while at this time a year ago they were on an li-game winning binge and 5% lengths in front of the pack. The Yanks are said to be in the market for a long-ball hitter and perhaps a pitcher. General Manager George Weiss, however, denied this with the comment that there were ‘‘no deals in the mak- ing, unless something happens all of a sudden,” With Joe Collins, Enos Slaughter and Andy Carey all out with as- sorted miseries and the vaunted Yank bench not coming through, Manager Casey Stengel is a per- plexed professor indeed. “This club of mine has me baffled,” said Case, shaking his head. “We are up against the necessity of making a fresh start in the last seven games of the Western invasion. “Can you imagine where we would be if it weren’t for Ed Lopat and Allie Reynolds? That Reynolds is a stepper and a life- saver. What would I-do if I had eight more pitchers like him? I'd think I was dreaming the best of all dreams, that’s what. “Our pitehing generally has been fine. But our hitting seems to be @ good argument for a longer training season. I keep telling our batters to meet the ball and turn the big stadium outfield into their advantage. They say fine and go right back swinging for the stands.” The Tigers are supposed to be ready to deal for lefty Ted Gray. But the Yanks have been tipped he has a sore arm so they're not rushing into the transaction. Navy Men Battle For Their Shirts The Admiral’s Trophy League was to start in a few weeks, but alas, the Naval Air Station has two teams anxious to represent the sta- tion in the league series. One team was from Boca Chica Field and the other from the Seaplane Base. Being sportsminded men the two teams decided to play a five game series. The winner of the series Area Baseball Action Slated The 1954 Area Wide Baseball League, now in its sécond week, will find the Naval Station nine pitted against the team from Helicopter Squadron One at the recently renovated Walker Field on the Naval Station tonight. Game time is 7:30 p. m. g There will be no admission charge and the Fleming Street Gate will be opened to the gen. eral public who are cordially invited te attend. While there is no game scheduled for Wednesday night, Thursday night will have the Fleet Sonar Scheol vying for with Helicopter Squa- dren One. Next week, games between fhe various local Navy activi- ties will be played Monday through Thursday nights. ~~L—___===_ Australian Aims At Bannister’s m . Mile Record By HORST: BUCHHOLZ STOCKHOLM w—John Landy, Australia’s hope for the four-min- ute mile, makes a major effort to break Roger Bannister’s 3:59.4 world record tonight in ‘he second outing of his eight-race Scandina- vian tour. Landy, until Bannister ran his stunning race a month ago, was regarded as the most likely to break the four-minute barrier. He will have three opponents and he hopes they will pull him out. Finland’s Denis Johansson, who | Conchs Off To Ft. Pierce To Seek State Title RotaryGains [CAMPANELLA SPARKS BROOKS reeond Little /TQ 10-GAME WINNING SKEIN League Victory The Rotary. won their second game of the season by defeating the VFW, 6-3, in the first game of a Little League doubleheader at Bayview Park last night. Barroso pitched four hit ball and was in trouble only in the first when the VFW scored all of their Tuns on singles by Eddie Diaz, George Thompson, and Jimmy Johnson and a couple of infield outs, After that Barroso held the VFW hitless until Thompson sing- led to right in the fifth. The Rotary.came back with four Tuns in their bottom of the first on a hit batsman, an error, and singles by Barroso, Evelio Estevez, and Carrol Key. They picked up raced against him in Australia last season, is the No. 1 rabbit. Nils. Toft and, Sune Karlsson, both of Sweden, also are capable of setting a speedy pace. The confident Landy said he hopes Johansson and Toft will lead him to a 1;57:5 half—somewhat slower than in his last race in Finland last week. Then he will take command in an all-out ef- fort to, become the second man in history to run the mile in less than four minutes. —~ His clocking in Finland was 4:01.6and he was caught in 1:56 flat for the half, “TI thought I could do better than that,” he said. “Tonight I certain- ly will try to wrap it up.” His big bid will come just a few days before Wes: Santee, his American rival in the race to low- er Bannister’s effort, attacks the record at Los. Angeles. Both have been flirting with the four-minute mile for months. MODEST MISSES ‘RUSSELL, Kan. (() — Russell’s high school girls are just as mod- ern as any of their sisters any- where, but— When it was suggested that. can- didates for ‘‘Miss Russell High of 1954” wear bathing suits in their parade before the judges and the student body, most of girls ‘would not only compete in the Ad-| balked. miral’s Trophy League but would also receive the new red uniforms provided for the Naval Air Station team. The series started and the fight- ing nine from Boca Chica marched out on the field for the first game. They won this and also the second game. When they went out on the field for the 3rd game of the ser- ies they could almost feel the new uniforms on their backs, but the Seaplane base’s team soon shook their confidence by winning the 3rd game-of the series. To make matters worse the Seaplane Base won the fourth game also in the first half of a double header play- ed on Wednesday afternoon. The second game of the double header became the eventful playoff. You could feel the animosity between the two teams as they went to the field for this last game. For five innings the outcome looked doubt- ‘xe2 | ful for the score was tied 2-2. When the men from Boca Chica came to bat in the sixth, they knew some; thing had to be done. Time was running short. Fleming, the mana- ger, showed his boys the way to victory. He lined a single past the infield and safely perched on first base. Grinnel was up next and he hit one down to the first baseman. The strain was too much for the first sacker. He fumbled the ball and Fleming scored making the score 3-2. Neither team scored in the remaining frames, so the ser- ies was over and the name and uniforms. went to the boys from Boca Chica. The first league game of the Ad- miral’s ‘Trophy League was sched- uled for that same night. Weary of foot but light in heart the men of Boca Chica trudged out on the field. Three games in one day is more than any team can stand and yet play their best. They went under before the team representing Na- mail that U. S. amateur hroad-|for the league has just started and casts have been picked up. Bethlehem, Pa. was founded on'to win their share of ball games. | Christmas Eva, 3241. there ties for the Naval Air Station team The red uniforms looked great. will be lots more opportuni- They wanted to wear formals, They did. Read The Citizen Daily two insurance runs in the fifth on three errors. Diaz, who was charged with his first loss, was shelled in the first. Hernandez took over and allowed one hit in three innings. Tony Es- tenoz finished up the fifth. Barroso, who went all the way for his first win, struck out four and walked three, Score: VFW 306 000 3-4-6 Rotary 400 02x 6-43 Diaz, Hernandez (1), Estenoz (5) and Esquinaldo Barroso and Salinero In the nightcap, the Elks used extra _base-hitting power to defeat the Kiwanis, 15-4. The win moved the Elks to within a half game from the Kiwanis, The Kiwanis came up with two runs in the first on a single by Roy Valdez, a triple by George Mira, and a single by Stan Singleton. The Elks came back with three Tuns in their bottom of the first on Carey Dion’s single to left, Bob Santana’s triple and a homer by Bill Solomon. They picked up two more in the third on back to back homers by Santana and Solomon. Santana’s was a terrifie clout over the left field wall — the first one hit over that fence this year. The Elks sewed up the game in ‘the fourth with a ten run rally on six walks, an error, and four hits + including triples by George Her- menau and Dion and Santana’s second homer, Santana and Solomon paced the Elks attack. Santana hit two hom- érs and a triple in four trips driv- ing four runs. Solomon had a per- fect night with two homers and a single in three official trips to the pike ortving in three runs, e: Ms Kiwanis Elks 200 O11 4-4-4 302 10-0x 15-113 Mira, Graves (3), Alfonso (4) and Esquinaldo Hermenau, Dion (5) and Solo- mon, PONY LEAGUER GETS A BIRDIE OLEAN, N.Y. —Olean outfield- er Ted Lesko popped a high fly last night in a Pony League game —and got a birdie. ‘The ball struck a nighthawk and they fell together. Second baseman Lou Diaz of the Class D Hamilton, Ont., club, faced a fielder’s choice. He caught the ball. The bird fell dead at his feet. By BEN PHLEGAR AP Sports Writer Campy’s back and the Dodgers are threatening to turn the Na- tional League pennant race into another Brooklyn runaway. Since big, genial Roy Campanel- Ja returned to action they’ve won every game they've played and now have a streak of 10, as long as any in the circuit this season. The hard-working catcher fret- ted through 29 days of inactivity after an operation on his broken left wrist. And his Dodger team- mates fretted right along with him, blowing games they should have won, slumping at the plate and -bobbling ‘in the field. In the last week in May they iost four in a row, including a 16-7 slaughter to their bitter rivals, the New York Giants. The day after this disaster they regrouped their forces enough to squeeze out a 4-2 decision over the Giants on a two- out, ninth-inning homer by Pee Wee Reese. Campanella went - behind the plate the next day, a week ago Sunday, and since then it’s been just one victory after another. Al- most without exception the deci- sions have been close—8 of the 10 were decided by two runs or less. But it has been the Dodgers on the long end as they moved from fourth place to a firm hold on the league lead. ale) They had to battle 12 innings last night before subduing the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5. After Carl Furillo singled in the tie-breaking run, Campanella stole home for the extra tally. The New York Giants beat Mil- waukee 4-2 and the Boston Red Sox won a pair from Detroit 3-2 and 5-4, the second game in 12 innings. The rest of the teams in both leagues were idle. The Brooklyn victory came after the Cards had put the winning run on third base with nobody out dur- ing a three-run uprising in the ninth, Preacher Roe went into the last of the ninth with a 5-2 lead. A single by Red Schoendienst, a walk to Stan Musial and Ray Jablonski’s double drove Roe out, one run in and brought on Jim Hughes. : Bill Sarni blasted Hughes’ first pitch for a triple. Then Hughes walked the next two batters pur- posely and got two outs on pop flies, the third on an infield Campanella aided the early at- tack with a home run. The Braves sank into fourth place as they bowed to the runner- up Giants, who trail Brooklyn by two games. Milwaukee now is four |games back. Whitey Lockman’s home run with Wes Westrum on\base in the second inning provided the win- ning margin. Milwaukee didn’t get a ball out of the infield against Sal Maglie until the sixth inning. Marv Grissom finished after Mag- lie tired in the seventh. Eddie Mathews hit a 420-foot home run off Grissom in the eighth. Boston’s double triumph moved the Red Sox into fifth place in ‘the American League, only 3% games out of first division. Frank Sullivan and Tom Brewer, two Clobetrotters To Appear In Miami Stadium Basketball’s celebrated Harlem Globetrotters, now on a_ record- breaking tour of South America, will return home Thursday, June 24, at 8:15 p. m., in Miami Sta- dium to launch a triumphal home- coming: series of outdoor appear- ances in, baseball parks of the south. Plans are under way to make the hometoming trek the most at- tractive basketball preseriation in the history of the sport. Abe Sap- erstein’s Globetrotters will) bring with them the Honolulu Surfriders quintet from Hawaii and the added entertainers who are now with them. on their third jaunt to South America. In addition, the Chicago Brown Bombers, crack Negro club from the Windy City, will be brought down to serve as the Trotters’ op- ponents, and the powerful Boston Whirlwinds, one of the nation’s strongest fives, has been set as the foe of the Surfriders for what will be doubleheader cards. The Whirlwinds are the quintet that recently signed Clarence (Be- vo) Francis, the elongated scoring sensation from Rio Grande College in Ohio, for next winter, but is now dickering with the point re- cord-holder to make the outdoor games as well. A decision will soon be forthcoming. The Whirlwinds, a white aggregation, also are owned Protest Set By Patterson On Maxim Bout By JACK HAND NEW YORK (®—Floyd Patter. son, the 19-year-old Olympic grad- uate, won a “newspaper decision” over Joey Maxim last night, but the cagey ex-light heavyweight champion grabbed the verdict that counts—a unanimous if unpopular vote by the three officials. Cus Diamoto, manager of Pat. terson, who had won his 13 previ- ous starts, shouted he would pro test today to the New York State Athletic Commission. “According to the rules, only clean and effective punches count,” he said. “My fighter landed the effective punches. The other fellow threw only flicking punches. I’m going to See Bob Christenberry {New York boxing commissioner) about it.” A poll of 11 boxing writers at the ringside at Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway was unanimous for Pat+ terson over his 32-year-old oppo nent. They sat stunned when the vote of Judge Ahur Susskind (7-1 for Maxim) was announced. The crowd of 2,350, paying $4,100 booed lustily at the official tally. Judge Joe Eppy had it 5-3 and Referee Ruby Goldstein 4-3-1. The AP tally was 4-3-1 in favor of Patterson, - Patterson, using a spectacular leaping right hand lead—his ‘‘ga- zelle punch”—battered Pal Joey in the sixth, staggering him twice. At by Saperstein. The Globetrotters ~- Surfriders current South American journey began May 18 and comprises 33 games in Brazil, Uraguay, Argen- tina, Chile, Peru and Venezuela, as well as Panama in Central Am- erica and Puerto Rico and Cuba in the Caribbean. Tickets for the Miami Stadium have been placed on sale at Wal- green Drugs, 200 E. Flagler. On. Miami Beach, tickets may be purchased at the Esquire Gift and Tobacco Shop, 2028 Lincoln Road, George’s News Stand at 221 23rd St., and at Washington Sundries, 244 Fifth St. Although viruses are living or- ganisms, they also have some of the characteristics of inorganic matter and sometimes can be crys- talized: 177 pounds, Maxim had a nine- pound edge on Patterson, the Olympic middleweight champ in 1952. Pal Joey fought back gamely under bursts of fire by Patterson grabbthg when in danger. Maxim, naturally, agreed with the officials, but praised the young- ster. “Was it a good fight to watch?” he asked eagerly. “The last two rounds did it for me. He punches fairly hard—a jolting puncher, sort of a miniature Archie Moore or Lloyd Marshall, but not as smart,” Jack Kearns, who got a $10,000 guarantee for Maxim plus a re Ported $2,500 in expense money, was in top form. The old Doe painted a glowing picture of an- other Maxim-Archie Moore fight, this time in Omaha, where they ‘are to have a centennial’ celebra- tion. rookie right-handers, tamed the Tigers, with Brewer going all the way in the 12-inning nightcap. The Red Sox hopped on Steve Gromek for three runs in the first three innings of the first game. Milt Bolling drove home the win- ning run in the second game with a single after Harry Agganis had singled and moved to second on a sacrifice. A two-run pinch-hit hom- er by Fred Hatfield in the ninth sent the game into extra innings after Boston had built a 42 margin, CHARLES IS 1 OF 8 EX-CHAMPS WHO FAILED TO REGAIN CROWN, WALCOTT SWINGS—with a hefty right hand to the jar of Ezzard Charles in their January, 1952, bout. Charles attempted , to regain his heavyweight title from Jersey Joe but lost a 15- round decision. AP Newsfeatures No former world’s heavyweight champion ever has regained the crown. Gentleman Jim Corbett became the first to try to win back the title in 1900. He was knocked out by Jim Jeffries in 23. rounds at Coney Island. In 1902 Bob Fitzsimmons sought to regain the crown. In 1903 Corbett tried.again and Jeffries scored a 10-round kayo. Ezzard Charles, who will try to dethrone Rocky Marciano in Yankee Stadium on Thursday, June 17, will be making his second effort. He tried in 1952 but failed against Joe Walcott. At right is a table showing former champio. es ea set isi lad: MARCIANO SLUGS—Jersey Joe Walcott to the canvas in the first round of their fight in May, 1953. Walcott was trying to recapture his crown but was knocked out in 2.25 of the first round. FORMER CHAMP ms who tried to re- DATE 1900 WINNER ROUNDS Jeffries KO 23 Jeffries KO 8) Jeffries KO 10 Johnson Ko 15 Tunney 10 Louis Ko 1 Moore warmed up for his light heavy title defense against Harold Johnson at San Francisco July 14 by stopping rugged Bert White- hurst in 1:09 of the sixth round at St. Nicholas Arena. _Moore carted a spare tire around his middle at 189% pounds, almost 15 over the class limit. Whitehurst was down once for an automatic eight-count and was shaken by a right-hand. punch when Referee Mark Conn stopped it. TURF Tune 24 $3 BASKETBALL % UNDER THE STARS & 4-Team Double- header Featuring the Fabulous .HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS PRICES $2.50, $2.00 and $1.50 Res. Seats Tax Included GENERAL ADMISSION, $1.25 15} Walcott Marciano