The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 11, 1954, Page 6

E Conchs Make Bid For State Title Toni Cruz’ One-Hitter Puts Conchs Into Finals With St. Petes _ FORT PIERCE — (Special To The Citizen — Key West High School clinched itself a berth in the finals of the Class AA. state baseball tournament scheduled: at 9:00 p. m. today by whipping Jacksonville Lee 9-2 here Thursday night. - Don Cruz, Key West's right-handed fire baller, re- tired 19 straight General batters before he issued two walks and allowed a hit with one out in the last of the “|Santee Makes women! Bid For Four Ee a E i Z i FH g F d : ; i i EP z Ee i 5 ~ 83g od i 2s z sie i i i 3 z F i : i a al! it ae il Hy & t 5 i FY i i ae & z * z rp iste ue re g23 i 22 i i ede | : i 2 : eg ei if i! 283 i 4 Bi s 8 F int : E 38H Z g e si F t é i f i E t gEz i Be i 8F Br e Dale Willis (11-0)). ll (1-1) relieved Wil- in the seventh. Smith was the ae Pacing Key West’s hitting attack Thursday night were Santana, Sal- gado, Solomon and Pita, each with - Bl woot mmm El wwoomosornd alowmoscoccornup eleccoocsosoes kerk woges r m mn & 0 ee oe th eceescHron @eccoorcceoy Meonnemed Cronrren> econoornt Minute Mil LOS ANGELES — It was a confident Wes Santee of Kansas and a cautious Josy Barthel of Luxembourg who awaited their duel at one mile in Memorial Col- iseum tonight. Opposing each other for the first time, Santee, America’s premier miler, was favored to defeat the 1,500-meter champion of the 1952 Olympic games. Apparently the race was to be more of a man against man strug- gle than a run against the clock. But Santee, for one, felt that he might match or break the epic record of 3:59.4 set last May 6 at Oxford by England’s Roger Ban- nister, if all conditions are right. The clash, scheduled to start at 8:50 p.m. (10:50 p.m. EST), was on the program as a special invi- tational event of the Southern Pa- cific AAU district track and field meet, Entered against the headliners, as pace makers if nothing else, were Sture Landvquist of Sweden and Bjorn Bogerud of Norway. Santee, in what may be his last major race of the year—he goes into summer training June 14 at Quantico, Va., with the Marine Corps—is the logical selection. Just last Friday at nearby Compton, the 22-year-old Kansan ran the second fastest mile in his- tory—4:00.6—for a new American record. And en route to the mile finish he bettered the world 1,500 meter record with a time of 3:42.8. The race tonight also will be clocked at 1,500 meters, roughly 120 yards less than a mile. Barthel has nothing to approach the Santee marks this year, be- cause as he explained, “I have not had the ‘competition.” He has been studying to gain a master’s degree at Harvard and running has been strictly secondary. Outboard Races Slated Sunday The Key West Outboard Club geé é their annual 4th of Ju- Tace to Marathon. month’s race held in Gar- we had excitement as two fest ‘These took birs ig i : mt 3 ge i F Ey 3a Pa By 8 I ; i F UgF gz | i é 7 F SUMMARY — RBI: Rodriguez 2, Lastres, Salgado, Solomon, Pita, Waddell; 2B: Rodriguez, Salgado, Solomon, Pita; 3B: Santana; SB: ; DP: Stone, Bonnie Yar- and Combs; Left: Key West 0; BB: Willis 3, Waddell 1, Smith 4, Willis 4, Wad- 1; HO: Smith 10 in 4, COCA-COLA FIGHTS TO DEADLOCK Coca Cola battled the Dairy Queen Blizzards to a 7-7 tie in the first game of a softball double- header at Bayview Park last night. The game was called after eight innings because of a time limit. Coca. Cola came up with three runs in the bottom of the seventh to send the game into overtime, joe Lewis went all she way for a Cola and held the league STEFEG ofA; ene ° g incidentally, received equa! support by his infield, in the fifth inning. They put together an er- ror, a fielder’s choice, and Kaki Rodrigue: E é # , man, and two wild pitches. The Blizzard infield had the shakes in Box score: the sixth and three errors gave Co- ca Cola two more runs. In the seventh, Coca Cola amassed a walk, an error, and three singles for three runs to tie up the game. Bunsy Villareal and Joe Lewis each had two hits to lead Coca Cola’s offense. Santana collected two of the Blizzards’ four hits. Sonar School scored early to take La nightcap from the VX-i Flyers Sonar School took a 3-0 lead in the first when they tallied three times on Bill Moyer’s single, two walks, Mickey Wertz’ sacrifice fly, and an ertor, they added an- other in the second when Tom Taube walked, Frank Ramsey dou- bled, and a wild pitch scored Tau- be. In the third, Wertz singled to center, took second when Barney Morgan fumbled the ball, went to third on an infield out and scored on a wild pitch. VX-1 Flyers scored twice off poe the fourth on two er- rors, wi and singles -by Green- —, “yr Bas: ‘pemed it picked up two more tallies in the sixth on two walks, two er- Tors, and an infield out. Flyers threatened in the bot- tom of the sixth when they picked up two runs on an error-and sin- - by Bill Walker and Tony Col- The win moved Sonar School to within 4% games of the league- leading Blizzards who were tied by Coca Cola in the first game. FIRST GAME Dairy Queen (7) Player— ABR Pazo, ss Aritas, rf J. Villareal, 1b .... Kerr, 3b Smith, 2b ... alonwmuononce mlonrmoccconom bi atuacerpsoen a! wocccowoons Bi S| aka eno ores HOHeNOMHE BS CHHMOOMME Henoannand HN SHOONSOD Hr HOonomoo Score by innfoae: Dairy Queen 033 001 00—7 Coca-Cola _ 000 022 30—7 RBI: Santana 2, K. Rodriguez 2, Joe Lewis, J. Rodriguez; 2bh: John Lewis, Santana, Joe Lewis, K. Rodriguez; SB: J. Rodriguez: SO by: Lewis 5, Grooms 8; BB | off: Lewis 4, Grooms 2; umpires: Brown, Arango; scorer: Casta- neda; time: 1.45. SECOND GAME Sonar School (7) Player— ABRH oy alorocomnmnm wl rhoccoroor Bl moumeooonnd alamrnrnoecoor> alewrnrococccoot THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, June 11, 1954 FISH STORY OF THE YEAR—Dud Wilson, nationally known sports car racer, landed this 20-pound barracuda yesterday while fishing off the Casa Marina pier. The catch is not unusual— except for the fact that Wilson was using a 14-foot light flyrod— the type used for trout fishing in northern waters. Wilson dueled with the fish for 15 minutes before he could land him. ‘Cuda had been hooked by other fishermen but nobody could land him—until Wilson came along with his trusty flyrod. “I figured I might hook him—but landing him was another matter.” commented Wilson. Currently vacationing in Key West, Wilson was fishing with Harry A. Kenney, West Palm Beach.—Citizen Staff, Sybil. Jones-Giardello Bout Slated Tonight——Minus Bribe Offer NEW YORK —A week ago the news of a “fight fix” attempt star tled the nation. Tonight the fight is tobe held at Madison Square Gar- den with Joey Giardello boxing Bobby Jones, Jones turned down a reported $15,000 bribe, allegedly offered by heavyweight Clarence Henry, to “fix” the Giardello fight and. the district attorney’s office launched a full-scale investigation. For a week Jones has trained with a de- tective as a bodyguard, day and night. Despite the arrests and publi- city, Giardello stills remains a 2-1 favorite over the 28-year-old Oak- land, Calif. boxer just as he did a week ago. The 10-round middleweight match will be carried on network radio (ABC) and television (NBC) with two judges and a referee giv- ing a decision on a round basis. It is scheduled for 9 p.m., EST. Jones’ record never was too in- teresting until he upset Gil Turner in March and stopped him in a rematch, both at Philadelphia. As a result he moved up to the No. 7 spot in the middleweight rank- ings. He is a cagey boxer with a 37-19-8 record for 64 bouts and only five knockouts in a career dating back to 1945. Giardello was set for a title bout with Bobo Olson in October until he was upset by Pierre Langlois May 21. After the Langlois defeat he was dropped from No. 1 con- tender to the No. 3 spot. The Phil- adelphia boxer’s record is 49-11-5 for 65 bouts. Morgan, cf ... Greenwood, ss Oosterbean, rf .. Parker, p-lf Bass, 2b Geary, If .. Walker, p .. Collea, 1b .. Ve Nrwwnwe BROOK COnM coornonoe Totals— Score by innings: R. H. Sonar School _ 311 002—7 3 VX-1 000 202-4 7 ‘RBI: Weitz, Bass; 2bh: Ramsey, Morgan; Sac.: Weitz; SB: Moyer 2, Greenwood; SO by: Parker 2, Ramsey 3; BB off: Parker 10, Ramsey 1; hits of:f Parker 3 in 5; Walker 0 in-1; winner: Ram- sey; loser: Parker; umpires: Brown, Arango; scorer: Casta- neda; time: 1.30. SOFTBALL STANDINGS TEAM W iL Pet. Dairy Queen 10 0 1.000 old 65 546 45 110 O81 E. 4 3 Texan Fires 65 In Nat'l Open Tourney By ROBERT MOORE VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (—The eyes of Texas might well be fo- cused today on another of the Lone Star State’s native sons—Palmer Lawrence, For Lawrence, a 27-year-old rust- haired fellow from Arlington, Tex., may become one of the next big stars in big-time professional golf’s glaring spotlight, Lawrence made his debut yes-| terday on the tournament circuit and carved a neat 4-under-par 65 in the opening round of the $15,000 Virginia Beach Open being played over the par-69 Cavalier Yacht and Country Club layout. Palmer’s performance left him tied with three other aces for second place and only a stroke be- hind temperamental Tommy Bolt of Houston, Tex., as the tourna- ment moved today into its second round. “I never realized I was shooting such a round until we teed off on the 15th hole,” said the slightly bald Lawrence, who captained North Texas State’s national col- legiate champions of 1948. “I’m on the circuit to stay, and I’m out poi top money every time I tee Lawrence, who turned profes- sional in 1949, won't become a full- fledged member of the Profession- | al Golfers Assn, until Aug. 1. |_ Deadlocked with Lawrence were Leo Biagetti, Sandusky, Ohio; Gardner Dickinson, Palm Springs, Calif.; and Shelley Mayfield, Chi- copee, Mass. | Four were tied with 66s—Lloyd Mangrum, Niles, l.; Johnny Pal- mer, Charlotte, N. C.; Ivan Gantz, aaa W. Strange Jr., Norfolk, ‘a. Major League Leaders NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING ~Jablonski St. Louis, 390. RUNS— Musial, St. Louis, 53. RUNS BATTED IN—Musial, St. I ouis, 66. HITS—Jabionski, St. Louis, 84. HOME RUNS—Musial, St. Louis, 20 AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING — Avila, Cleveland, .381. RUNS-Mii », Chica: Od 2, ) ght YANKS, CHISOX OPEN CRUCIAL SERIES TONIGHT; TRIBE FADES Giants, Dodgers Remain Locked In Ist Place Tie By BEN PHLEGAR AP Sports Writer If you feel the urge to make a friendly wager on tonight's big clash between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees you might consider backing the Yanks to win by one run while using at least two pitchers. The two teams have met four times so far. New York has won three of the four, always with two or more pitchers. And every one of the games has been decided by a single run. The white-hot White Sox come Baseball Results SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION BEBNS see RSDAY'S RESULTS Little Rock 5 Memphis 3, Birmingham 1 Nashville 7, Mobile 4 New Orleans 3, Chattanooga 2 FRIDAY'S SCHED! pF mgd = Atlanta a lemphis at ‘irmin, Nashville at Mobile Chattanoo, into Yankee Stadium for a four-| ©" game series leading che American League by a game and a half. They’ve won 16 of their Jast 19, seven of them in a row. But a lot of visiting winning streaks have become mere mem- oriee is Ynankee Stadum. The last time Paul Richards’ hustlers lost two in a row to the samé team was the last Yankee series in Chicago when the White Sox led after seven innings in each | ™ THURSDAY'S RESULTS Columbia 5, Savannah 3 Montgomery 4. Augusta 3 Columbus 4, Macon 1 (i0 8) Charlotte at Jacksonville postponed, rain FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE Augusta at Charlotte Macon at Columbia . Montgomery at Jacksonville Columbus at Savannah game only to get beaten 4-3 and | Cincinn: 3-2, The White Sox had a day of rest yesterday as rain washed out their scheduled game Philadelphia. The Yanks took batting practice against Detroit, beating the Tigers 9-5 on home runs by Yogi Berra. Bobby Brown and Mickey Mantle. Cleveland fell a game and a half behind Chicago by losing to Wash- ington 8-4. Baltimore took a pair from Boston 5-1 and 9-0. The New York Giants and Broo-k at Chicago, 1:30 p.m.—Hearn (2-3 vs. Klippstein (2-5). Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 9 p.m.—Sim- mons (5-4) vs. Burdette (5- Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8 p.m.—Law ‘vs. Presko (3-4) or Greason (0-1), THURSDAY'S RESULTS New York 1, Milwaukee 0 (0 innings) Brooklyn 7, St. Louis 4 lyn Dodgers continued to share | New ¥' first place in the National League The Giants edged Milwaukee 1.0 | Bosto on Bill Taylor’s 10th-inning, pinch- hit homer. The Dodgers beat St. Louis 7-4. Philadelphia defeated Chicago 6-0 and Fred Baczewski of Cincinnati pitched his second straight shutout, 60 over Pitts- burgh. « Ruben Gomez, who says he will be much happier when really hot weather finally arrives, pitched his Giant pitchers ee’s ‘string of scoreless innings to 25. The Giants.never threatened un- til Taylor’s home run. They had only four hits off Gene Conley and hadn’t moved a man past second. A brilliant throw by Willie Mays caught Henry Aaron trying to score for the Braves after*a fly ball in the seventh. The Dodgers broke a two-game slump with a 13-hit attack on Vic Raschi and Stu Miller. The loss was Raschi’s second straight after winning his first five in the Na- tional League. Steve Ridzik and Jim Konstanty combined for the Philadelphia shut out over the Cubs. Ridzik left wi the bases loaded in the fifth and Konstanty finished up for his sec- ond victory. The Pirates got to Baczewski for 11 hits but they were all singles. The Cincinnati attack included Gus Bell’s third homer in two days and Jim Greengrass’ second. Washington jumped on Bob Lem- on of Cleveland for five runs in the third inning, three of them coming after George Strickland threw wild on a potential double- play ball. Dean Stone, a rookie, won his fourth straight for the Senators. Boston’s hopes of climbing out of second division received a double setback from Joe Coleman and Duane Pillette of the Orioles. Cole- man spaced seven hits in winning his seventh game in the opener. Pillette allowed only five in the nightcap shutout. All-Star Baseball Poll Is Underway CHICAGO (#—The 23-day, world- wide All-Star baseball poll opened | Tulsa today with fans casting ballots for starting American and National League lineups for the 21st inter- league game in Cleveland July 13. The voters will name eight play- ers for each team, one at each | Oriiwiew Positiqn except pitcher. The hurlers will be selected by the All-Star | managers, Casey Stengel of the New York Yankees and Walter Alston of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Chicago Tribune, clearing house for the votes, said that more than 200 newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Mexico, will co-operate in conduct- ing the poll. American military and civilian :30 p.m.—Consue- (21) vs. Rey- (4-3) Baltimore at Washington, kales (2-1) vs. Schmitz Detroit at Philadelphia (2), (0-1) and Gromek (7-5) vs. Fricano (2-4) and Portocarrero (2-5). THURSDAY'S RESULTS Washington 8 Cleveland 4 Baltimore Boston 1-0 New York 9, Detroit 5 ‘Chicago at Philadelphia, ppd. THURSDA‘' INTERNATIONAL Tordnto 9, Rochester 6 Syracuse 12, Buffalo 6 ° 0 (called end 10th plane) AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Indianapolis 4, Charleston 1 Columbus 5, Kansas City 4 Toledo 9, Minneapolis 0 Only games schedu! . TEXAS Tulsa 12, He 7 fouston ALABAMA-FLORIDA Oakland 1, San Francisco Sacramento a cil Diego : Los Angeles 4, lywood. Beatile "8, Portland 7 AY'S BASEBAL, SCHEDULE FR MERICAN, ASSOCIATION St. Paul at Charleston is at, Colum! Kansas City at Louisville Indianapolis at Houston at Oklahoma City San Antonio at Tulsa Dallas Fort Worth Beaumont at se chester Richmond at ee scl Only Sa ABAMA-FLORIDA Andalusia-Opp at Crestview Graceville at Panama City Fort Walton Beach at Dothan ICAN ASSOCIATION AMER! Neon Lined Pet. ¢ seumesee seusesss eseeeves$ sessnees seseeeeey geeeee personnel in Europe, Japan, Korea DANE! "land the Philippine, Mariana and Aleutian Islands also will cast a ballots for their favorites. Giant Hits $100 Homer For Durocher CHICAGO — Leo Durocher bought the New York Giants a share of first place in the National League for $100. The transaction came to light today when the New York manager admitted he made the offer as he sent rookie Bill Taylor up to pinch hit in the 10th inning at Milwaukee yesterday. “T told the players in the dug- out, ‘If he hits a homer I'll give him $100,’ Durocher said. Taylor, fresh from the Southern Assn., slammed Gene Conley’s 1-1 pitch for the only run of the game. “That cost me $100 and I’m glad to pay it,” Durocher said. Suecess in the 10-inning spine- tingler demonstrated again that what left New York as virtually a one-man show starring Willie Mays has turned into a team pa- rade with everybody getting in on the act. Ruben Gomez turned in his third shutout. Mays maintained a part of his Starring role. It was his spectacu- » |lar catch and throw to the plate that nipped Henry Aaron trying to score in the seventh ii F Gomez and Johnny Antonelli, the prize package in the Giants’ big winter trade with Milwaukee, have shouldered the pitching Against the hard-hitting Braves they combined for back-to-back shutouts. Antonelli has won eight, Gomez six. ‘The Western: trip, on which the Giants have won eight out of nine games has brought an end to Al Dark’s prolonged hitting slump. The team captain left New York with an anemic .244 average. To- day he’s an even .300. Monte Irvin has improved too. ' | His average isn’t much better but his hits have been more timely. Graziano’s Drills Are Very Exciting _ GROSSINGER, N.Y. W—Train- ing camp or Yankee Stadium, it’s all the same to heavyweight cham- Pion Rocky Marciano to whom ev- = round is as a ‘or one ick, spectators at Rocky’s airport drill shed see more action than they usually will see in most headline shows each week. As a matter of fact, Rocky, in one 10-second trade with Willie Wilson, yesterday, produced more fireworks than the recent Coley Wallace - Bill Gilliam and Joe Baksi-Bob Baker television fights put together. Rocky’s sparring partners, Wil- son, Bob Golden, Toxie Hall ‘and Keen Simmons are told by Man- ager Al Weill to “get in there and fight.” YoU SAVE MONEY WHEN YOU BUY A DEPENDABLE BATTERY With Its Self-Charging Feature WE BROUGHT BATTERY PRICES DOWN Re Buying A HesTER BATTERT LOU SMITH 1116 White Street 10,000 MILE Guaranty on USED CARS with <3 y», 7S, 3 3a =| =) z E E €