The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 18, 1954, Page 6

COCA-COLA BLANKS SONAR SCHOOL SOFTBALLERS, 6 TO 0 Joe-Lewis Hurls Two Hitter In Victory Behind Joe Lewis two hit pitch- ing, Coca Cola whitewashed Son- ar School, 6-60, in the first game of a softball doubleheader at Bay- view Park last night. Lewis, who won his fifth game of the season, didn’t allow a‘ hit after the third inning. The young righthander was in trouble only twice. In the third, Joe Castro opened with an infield hit. Lewis then walked Taube to move Cas- tro to second. Scott Gaffney ‘then sacrificed both runners, but Lewis got Bill Moyer to line into a dou- ble play. In the fifth, Lewis walked Castro and hit pinch-hitter Wooten- burg with two outs, but Gaffney bounced back to him to end the threat. Coca Cola gave Lewis a 1-0 in the first inning when Bunsy Vil- lareal singled, took third on an er- ror, and scored when Kaki Rodri- Quez was cut down on an attempt- ed double steal, They added an- other in the third when Clint War- ren walked and scored on K. Rod- Tiquez triple. Coca Cola sewed it up for Lewis in the fifth when they bunched two walks and four hits for four runs. ‘The win moved Coca Cola to with in one ‘half game of second place Sonar School. In the second game, behind Clau- de Valdez one-hit pitching, the Dairy Queen edged out the VX-1 Flyers, 2-1. Brody Grooms second-inning ho- mer with DeWitt Roberts on base accounted for both of Dairy Queen’s scores. Valdez, who got credit for his second straight win, was kept in constant trouble by his teammates who committed eight errors be- hind him, but the little right-hand- er was tough in the pinches and managed to get out of some diffi- cult spots. The only hit off Valdez was an infield smash by leftfield- er Hulford in the first inning. VX-1's lone tally was scored in the third as a result of a walk and two errors. Valdez struck out three and walk- ed only one batter. Bob Walker, who went all the way for the Fly- ers, yielded only four hits, but ser- ved a home run ball to. Grooms which meant the ball game. % The win was the eleventh straight for the Blizzards who are coasting along with a 5% game lead. Box scores: FIRST GAME Lewis, p amen al omooo alrneonm Rl mernwo ol carom ol coooo ries z i Player— Moyer, 3b Moser, 2b Jones, If Wertz, 1b Nelson, cf - Schultz, rf Castro, ¢ Taube, ss Wootenburg, Gaffney, p Ramsey, p CHOCH Uw www e eesceooocoooN eocerooHrocon OrHHoncownund CHOHNONSGCOUD SOOOKORRKOCONM”M (= Score by innings: Coca-Cola _ 101-040 0—6 Sonar School 000 000 0—0 2 wy at . BE 0 4 RBI: K. Rodriguez, Sands, | Cincianat Brown; 2bh: Lewis; 3bh: K. Rod- riguez; Sac.: Villareal, Gaffney; SB: Villareal 2; DP: K. Rodriguez to Lastres; SO by: Lewis 2; BB off: Gaffney 7, Lewis 1; hits off: Gaffney 7 in 5, Ramsey 0 in 2; winner: Lewis; loser: Gaffney; umpires: Halpin, Brown; scorer: Castaneda; time: 1.19. ° e wlooccoccor wlesscooroe BSlompanwnon wl weccowowop> + |loeocccornoct 2, 2 H H i’ let be Bo bo 00 Be be Oo to oo wlocopnoccon Bl ecounmosued wl cononocccoed ol conmrennnD : | $8. 33 ily RBI: Grooms 2; 2bh: . HR: Grooms; SB: Fink, Coller; DP: Pazo to Roberts; SO by: Val- dez 3, Walker 1; BB off: Valdez 1; winner: Valdez; loser: Walker; umpires: Brown, Halpin; scorer: Castaneda; time: 1.21. Softball Standings W iL Pet. 11 0 1.000 : TEAM Dairy Queen Page 6 BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE at Chicago (2-5) vs. Trucks ($3 Philadelphia at Detroit, carrero (3-6) vs. Boston at field (7-5) vs. Kretlow A THURSDAYS RESULTS Chicago 6, Philadelphia 4 see EAGUI = Lost Pet. 2 (68 3 603 B Ms Ss 37 2 500 n 32 Al Probable Pitchers 7 p.m.—Haeker (2-5) New York, 7:15 p.m.—Haddix Maglie (7-3). Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.—Valen- lwaukee at » 7:30 p.m. 8 (7-5) vs. Law (5-6). ” THURSDAY'S RESULTS New York 2, Cincinnati 1 Milwaukee 6, Brooklyn 4 3, St.Louis 2 G > Chicago at Pittsburgh, ppd., nae Little Rock #, Birmingham 1 Nashville 5, New Orleans 3 (10 innings) FRIDAY’S SCHI Mobile ‘at Chattanooga = Birmingham at Little Rock (2) Atlanta at Memphis New Orleans a Sota anne ‘Won Leet Fet. Behind a 65 ~ Jacksonville Macon 619 S41 Columbia at Macon icksonville at Montgomery Savannah at Columbus games scheduled AMERICAN ASSOCIATION St. Paul 31, bus 6 Kansas City 3, Toledo Only games omgume THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, June 18, 1954 RESULTS PACIFIC COAST Seattle-5, San Diego 4 (1 innings) Hol 1, San Francisco Sacramento 4, Portland 3 (1 innings) Oakland 5, Los les 3 ALABAMA-FLORIDA Fort Walton Beach 12, Graceville 6. Dothan 6, Crestview 5 TEXAS Datlas at Beaumont Worth at Shreveport (2) City at Houston (3) Tulsa at San @ INTERNATIONAL at Montreal at Buffalo (2) eeaeeeset a ty FI uunseed® evuveuses Reeee? §geaeeke3? EE AMERICAN ASSOCIA’ Indianapolis Louisville St. Paul Columbus. Minneapolis Toledo eee | Ej shppeees? aseunsens seemeuees~ senenef rexcensef seseeeesf 2 hess saaseuke » Chicago, 51. RUNS BATTED IN~Minoso, Chieago, S4. HITS—Fox, Chicago, 79. HOME RUNS—Rosen, Clevel; B. as Morgan, New York, 40, NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING —Snider, Brooklyn, .976. RUNS—Musial, St. Louis, 56. RUNS BATTED IN—Musial, St. Louis, 0 Jablonski, St. Louis, 87. St. Louis, 81. n, RUNS—Musial, St. 1 oe Milliken, Brooklyn, 3-0, Besides its function as a hearing organ, your ear has mechanisms which maintain your sense of bal- ance, LOU BOUDREAU SEES THE FIRST DIVISION FOR HIS BOUNCING BABY RED SOX NINE By BOB HOOBING AP Newsfeatures BOSTON — THE Boston Red Sox are prepared to swim or sink with their youngsters in the Am- erican League race this year and the recent sale of George Kell Proves it, The hard-luck Sox got off to a poor start, spending most of the first six weeks of the campaign in last place, after glowing pre- season predictions for them. One big reason for the bad be- ginning was a rash of injuries. Slugger Ted Williams broke a shoulder bone on the first day of spring training (March 1) and didn’t get into the lineup until May 15. Lefthander Mel Parnell, ace of the pitching staff, broke a bone in his throwing arm April 24 in Wash- ington. And Kell, a fine ball player at his best, started the year with the same troublesome back ailment that plagued him the past few sea- sons. His throws from third base weren’t as sure as they once were. So when Chicago offered a report- ed $100,00 and utility infielder Gra- dy Hatton for him the Boston ma- Ragement grabbed it. The White Sox needed a spot player — a role Kell still can fill capably. The Red Sox officials would have preferred a major play- er deal but when nothing mater- jalized they went for cash. Weather also played against Bos- ton as the club was rained out of 11 of its first 20 home games. It was enough to take the edge off the pitchers and cause the batters to lose their eye. Through it all Manager Lou Bou- dreau hasn’t backpedaled from a spring estimate that Boston is & first division club. After Kell’s sale Was announced Boudreau insisted: “We will still finish no worse than the first division. We still have a chance for the pennant. BILL CONSOLG experience. After the first time a- round the league rookie Harry Ag- ganis had won the first base as- signment and is a .300 hitter with long range power. Milt Bolling, Ted Lepcio and Billy Consolo are: joc- keying for infield positions. And the quartet of Truman Clevegen, Tom Brewer, Leo Kiely and Frank Sullivan gives the Red Sox the best crop of young pitchers in the Am- erican League. Players like Williams, Parnle,, bullpen artist Ellis Kinder and hard-hitting handyman Billy Good- 25 lend stability to the combina- in. Batting slumps hit centerfielder Jackie Jensen and catcher Sammy White early but Boudreau express- es confidence in both. : : TED LEPCIO says. “Nevertheless, I’m going along with our youth movement and I know the fans will agree with me.” At first glance the Kell deal looked like a departure from Red Sox policy. It was the first sale of a star in Tom Yawkey’s 22 years as club owner. “We'd have been foolish not to make the deal, it.was such a big offer,” was General Manager. Joe Cronin’s comment. “There’s the lameness in George’s back, and “The mistakes these kids are| hitter salaried at _ Boston has a fine crop of coming Stars on its roster but they need they went so good,” Boudreau making now are the ones they | and $40,000 a year. And pick: should have made last year when | Hatton who receives a Was the Kell sale MILT BOLLING phPes ea agar Plot to feed ers + hopeful White Sox? ant While New York Manager Casey Stengel was unhappy over the deal the Boston management made it plain it was too interested in its own welfare to worry about inten- tionally helping anyone else. Kell was the key man in a uine- Boston got George, Hoot Evers, Johnny Lipon and Dizzy Trout for Walt Dropo, Johnny Pesky, Roy Hatfield, Bill Wright and Don Len- hardt. It has been said Detroit wouldn’t have parted with Kell if it hadn’t been for that back trouble. oe, the Red Sox have Lenhardt as a pinchitter via Balitmore. Dropo is a Tiger regular but Hat- field and Pesky see. almost no .| action. The others aren’t even in the league any more. Player swap two years ago when| New Faces hine In Nat'l Open By HUGH FULLERTON, JR. SPRINGFIELD, N. J., @—Who- ever said tournament golf needed some new faces didn’t reckon with the squarish, smiling face of Wil- lam J. Patton, who prefers to be called Billy Joe; the thin counten- ance of Bob Toski; the serious, blue-eyed look of Gene Littler; or the rowed head of Al Men- These four, burdly more then numbers on the program to most of the huge opening day crowd at Baltusrol, were right up at the top of the list as the 54th National Open Golf Championship went into its second day. The faces that drew the. crowds—Ben Hogan and Sam Snead—had to. be content with More or less secondary roles. Patton, the 32-year-old Morgan- town, N. C., lumberman who prob- ably gets more fun out of golf than any other tournament player, breathed new life into an already: tense tournament when he fired an igi Tound of 32-37—69 yester- Y. That was the only time tough old Baltusrol’s tournament par of 34- 36—70 was beaten yesterday and Billy Joe had the time of his life doing it as he slugged and sctam- bled his way a: the 7,027-yard lower course. One stroke behind Patton came Littler, the 1953 amateur cham) ion, who won’t be 24—nor eligible to win money in PGA tournaments —until July; Toski, 27, the leading money winner of the pro circuit; and the 34-year-old Ted Kroll, No. 4 on the money list. Defending champion Hogan and Ed Furgol, an experienced tourn- ament player, were tied at 71 with 25-year-old Mengert, a pro less than two years. Snead, still suffering from a pain- ful stiff neck and hitting some of his long shots badly, wound up in the 72 bracket with a flock of Others, including three former champions, Lew Worsham, Lloyd Mangrum and Cary Middlecoff. It still was anybody's tournament and when someone asked Hogan if he'd settle for three more 71s, he grimly replied: “I wouldn't settle for anything. I'm here to play. That's my busi- CONGRESS HIGHLIGHTS ‘WASHINGTON (#—With 36 days of televised public hearings behind them, seven members of the Sen- ate Investigations subcommittee prepare to go into secret session to start analyzing the evidence they have gathered on the Mc- Carthy-Army row. At the end of the hearings yes- terday, Sen. Potter (R-Mich), one of the seven “judges,” said he felt each side had convicted the other of “pressure” and “blackmailing” charges. He also suggested a per- jury case might be made against some of those who testified. TAXES — The Senate Finance Committee may formally approve at a closed meeting a bill to over- haul the nation’s tax laws, The House - passed, administrdtion- backed measure would cut an as- sortment of taxes by about $1,400,- 000,000 in its first year of operation. APPROPRIATIONS — The Sen- ate passes a 29-billion-dollar-plus appropriation bill for national de- fense in the fiscal year just ahead. The bill now goes to a Senate- House conference for adjustment of differences in versions approved by the two chambers. Some of the speedier whales can swim circles around a ship travel- ing at 30 knots. (= Phone 2-2401 48 CHEVROLET, Coupe °48 KAISER, 4-Door ___________. °48 PACKARD, 4-Door, OD, Radio °48 PONTIAC, 4-Door -.. °48. PONTIAC, Cl. 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In fact,» the | night. way Cleveland has been going, it just might be too late for either) battered, the Yankees or the White Sox. “T want him again,” snarled the unfazed 32-year-old Charles. “I thought I won. I think This is especially true since the|1 came closer to knocking him out Indians figure to fatten up on the|than he did me. The next time it hapless Boston Red Sox while sec-| will be different. ond-place Chicago and third-place The lean Cincinnati Cobra, who New York are tangling with each|failed for the second time in an other. attempt to become the first ex- bonanza, came to about $275,961. Charles collected approximately $137,980. That included their share of the gate, the approximately $188,000 from the telecast to 61 theaters in 45 cities, and the $35,000 from the network radio broadcast, The gash over Rocky’s left eye— opened in the fourth round—re- quired 10 stitches by Dr. Vincent‘ Nardiello. The physician cut away some old scar tissue in his post- fight operation at St. Clare’s hos Pital. Charles required some treat- ment too for his swollen features, “He’s strong and throws a lot of punches but he didn’t give me as tough a fight as Walcott did,” Ez said. “In fact, all (four) of my fights with Walcott were tougher, champion to regain the heavy-|He didn’t hurt me near as much ae ten = peer ns cee weight crown, may get his chance Sox going against the Yankees. |i0 They won their first game with September. “Charles is entitled to the re- the Yankees this season, then lost|turn,” said Al Weill, manager of ii before the |the all-conquering Brockton Bruis- ee ot the Scheie tees in er. “It was a great show and a New York last weekend. All three American League lead- ers won yesterday. Cleveland ran its winning streak to eight games |# with a 6-4 triumph over Washing- * ii — Don ton. The White Sox outlasted Phil-|“maybe that Englishman — adelphia 6-4 and New York breezed| Cockell — or maybe the tae over Bitimore 9-2. Boston lost its|°f the Hurricane Jackson - Nino ninth game in its last 10 starts, 2-1 to Detroit. A put. on an exciting fight. Say, York Giants paeal ag chighd wasn’t that a, great scrap?” front of the Brooklyn Dodgers by i A cally every one of the 47,585 pay- re earns ana ut syst ing customers, who contributed to and St Louis played the longest|® SToss gate of $543,092, left the game of the season—15 innings— Robin | bang brawl, one of the outstanding Ponte carat ee oe heavyweight tussles in years. was rained out at Pittsburgh. Cleveland jum) away to aifight with (Jersey Joe) Walcott, three-run ead. in the first inning | Maybe tougher,” said the 29-year- against the Senators as Frank Shea |ld unbeaten Marciano, who went i . Vie |15 rounds for the first time in his walked! ‘two: men Sane cra ve career. It was only the sixth es, Wertz doubled and‘ Wally Westlake singled. The Washington runs came in the seventh when: Early Wynn walked the bases Joadéd and in the ninth on Mickey Vernon’s two-run homer. atte: Gus Zernial, who had been feud- ing with Manager ‘Ediie Joost of the Athletics, came, off the bench to deliver a three-run, ‘pinch-hit homer at Chicago. His blast fol- lowed a bases-empty homer by Bill Wilson. But the A’s were trailing by six runs by the time they found the range and they couldn’t catch up. Baltimore’s defense fell apart as the Orioles lost their third straight to the Yankees. New York wrapped it up with five runs in the sixth inning with the help of Baltimore’s errors in fielding and judgment. George Zuverink had his sinker ball working to perfection against the last-place Red Sox. He walked nobody, stuck out nobody and didn’t allow a hit in the last 4 2-3 innings. The Giants beat the Redlegs without a hit. They got two singles, an hour apart, but their two runs came on a pair of walks, two errors and a force play. Jim Wilson of the Braves, a no- hit winner his last time out, ran his string of hitless innings to 10 and scoreless innings to 24 before the Dodgers broke into the scoring column, They pounded him hard, once they started,. getting seven extra-base hits. But Milwaukee was hitting for distance too, and Wilson stayed on top. Roberts scored the winning run in the marathon at Philadelphia. He opened the. 15th by walking, moved to second on a sacrifice, to third on an infield grounder and scored on a single by Del Ennis. The Philadelphia right - hander 495 650 425 | great fight. If Rocky’s cut comes out okay, I'd say ‘a September fight with Charles in New York is great possibility. “If not Charles,” continued Weill, Valdes fight (they meet in Madi- son Square Garden July 14) if they It was that, and more. Practi- ball park raving about slam- “It was as tough as my first Rocky had to win by votes of the Officials and one of the very few in which he failed to floor his opponent. He swept his other 40 by knockouts, For four rounds it was all Charles. ‘The 185%2-pound, 18-5 un- derdog boxed beautifully. Then the 187%4-pound Rocky, bleeding pro- fusely from a wide, inch-and-a- quarter gash over his left eye, came on. ‘ The muscular, bulldozing cham- pion almost put Ezzy away in the sixth, kept driving until he was ahead slightly by the 10th, and then almost stowed Charles away several times in the later rounds. In the last,,he battered the swol- jen-faced, hands-down challenger all over the ring. The officials’ votes brought no protests except from the Charles camp. Referee Ruby Goldstein had it 8-5-2; Judge Harold Barnes, 8-6-1 and Judge Arthur Aidala, 9-5-1. The Associated Press score card had Rocky far in front 10-4-1, giv- ing the champion eyery round from the fifth on with the excep- tion of the seventh. That round was called even. Rocky’s purse, not counting the | F movies which may prove to be a didn’t walk a man in the 15 inn- ings. He struck out seven and gave up 10 hits. Bobby Morgan forced the game into overtime with a home run off Gerry Staley with two out in the ninth. Joe Presko took over at the start of the 13th and was the loser. Z The Cardinals scored their first run on a homer by Bill Sarni and | their second on singles by Red} Schoendienst and Stan Musial plus a sacrifice fly by Ray Jablonski. as Walcott did.” Rocky said he was “surprised by Charles’ ability to take a punch and by his power. I just couldn’t get going early. I guess I was dull, But at the finish I was plenty. fresh, not the last bit tired.” Through the first four rounds Charles bewildered the slugging champ with left jabs, hooks and rights and successfully tied up the flat-footed, stalking Marciano. Rocky unlimbered his left hooks to take the fifth. In the sixth the often wild - swinging Marciano rocked Charles with a° terrific Tight to the jaw and solid hook to the. stomach. - - “I dazed him but the bell saved him” said the Rock. The 10th was another big round for the champ and he almost felled Ezzy with his looping “Suzy Q” ‘ right. In-the 11th he came close to’ dropping his taller ‘rival with a right and a blazing hook to’the ° body. . Charles fired back often enough but his punches had lost their steam. In the final round as went out to clinch the verdict, Charles barely staved off a knocke\ Baseball Action Set For Tonight Mike’s Plumber and the Key West Cubans will meet tonight in an Island City Baseball League en-.- counter at the Wickers Field Sta-. dium at 8 p. m. t Kaki Rodriguez will twirl for the Plumbers -and Gallagher will take the hill for the Eagles. Action is also set for Sunday af- ternoon at 2 p. m. when the Cuban He will meet the Mike’s Plum- rs, Some dinosaurs were 80 feet long and weighed more than 40 tons, YOU SAVE MONEY WHEN YOU BUY A DEPENDABLE HESTER BATTERY With Its Self-Charging Feature WE BROUGHT BATTERY PRICES DOWN You Help. 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