The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 29, 1954, Page 6

Solomon Paces Elks To Victory In Little League Rotary Downs VFW By Forfeit In Second Tilt Bill Solomon's triple in the sixth inning gave the Elks a 2-1 victory over the Kiwanis in the second game of a Little League double- header at Bayview Park last night. In the first game, the Rotary won on a forfeit from the VFW. Solomon’s game winning blow broke up a pitching duel etween the Kiwanis fireballing ace, Roy Valdez, and the Elks curve-ball artist, Bobby Santana. Solomon featured in both Elks scoring. In the fourth, Solomon drew a walk with one out. After moving to second on a ground out, he scored on John Parks single to center. Milton Esquinaldo’s safe bunt in the first inning was the only hit) off Santana until Valdez singled in the sixth with two away. George Mira then tied the game with a smashing triple to left center. Santana opened the Elks bottom of the sixth by beating out an in- field hit for the second hit off Valdez. After Richard Mesa grounded out, Solomon blasted his game winning triple to right cent- er. In the opening the VFW failed to field a team after the game was Halted in the third because of rain. ‘The Rotary was leading 3-0 when rain halted action. Kiwanis (1) Player— Esquinaldo, c Sibila, cf .. Valdez, p i of wm wlocccceoros locccoconwonp> tl reccccccocolt wleoccconmnomm Bl reoncconoodS Bl wre nwrwwe ® z—One. out when winning scored g E| Player— Santana, p Mesa, 2b D. McDaniels, rf Solomon, c Anderson, ss .. Parks, ¢ - 1b .. MeMasters, 1b - R. McDaniels, Cassidy, If & RNNUNN EE we ba ° em ~locccoononup> we wl coccocroccceS cf 3b wloococconoron wloccononcomm Ieik w Bl oonmacwowc 8 3 SUMMARY — RBI: Mira, Solo- mon, Parks; 3BH: Mira, Solomon; SO, by: Santana 9, Voldez 9; BB, off: Valdez 1; Winner: Santana; Loser: Valdez; Umpires: Santana, Thrift; Scorer: Casteneda: Time: 1:02, Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT ~ NEW YORK @—The morale of the Yankees is extremely high as they return from a_ successful swing through the West and pre- pare to work on the bedraggled Red Sox in Boston today. Those of their number who passed through here seemed to be under the impression that ‘they had a sixth straight championship as good as salted away. This is strange attitude to take, inasmuch as Casey Stengel’s club still is three full games back of the pace-setting Cleveland Indi- ans, but then the Yankees can never be judged by ordinary stan- dards. They only think they’re go- ing to have to work a little longer and harder than usual this time to win their World Series checks. The two out of three they took from the Indians over the weekend, topping off their 9-4 Western ja appatently convinced the champs’ that they still have what it takes to capture one more before Allie Reynolds and Ed Lopat wear out. Stengel says he would be in first Place now if his first baseman, Joe Collins, had not been hurt early fn the season. Also strangely, the champs came back much more impressed with Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, June 29, 1954 Tourney Slated =. Emmett Conniff, manager of the Casa Marina Hotel, announced the Plans today for the Annual Casa Marina Invitational Tennis Tourn- ament to be held during the long July 4th holiday weekend. The tournament, will be held on the Casa Marina tennis courts. Interest in this singles event is at a peak since the strongest play- er onthe island, Bill Barnes, will be in Texas and unable to defend his many 1954 top honors. Bill’s absence causes a great deal of speculation as to the potential win- ner of the coveted Casa Marina Invitatin Cup. Lieut. Cmdr. Joe Antink will probably be the first seeded player beeause of his win last week in the Casa Marina Round Robin. Our Key West City players, however, are supporting a great hope that Peter Varela, former City Champ- ion, will stop the Navy this one time in their clean sweep of all this year’s tennis matches. Fif- teen year old Johnny Sellers, who was second to Antink in the Round Robin, may be the dark horse to break the Navy string. Will Pearce, chairman of Casa Marina Tennis Committee, will announce the players and the match times at a very early date, Baseball Resul ‘TION Lost Pet Behing Attanta _........ “ey 8 — a ¥ ad 3 ve , Chat Birmingham 9, Little 5 Memphis 7, Atlanta 6 (11 innings) New Orleans 10, Nashville 6 TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE * Tul Gal Brooklyn at New York Philadelphia at Pittsburgh St. Louis at Chicago wukee ONDA’ RESULTS ‘Ne games scheduled Dot Williams Tops Navy Wives Loop The Navy Wives Bowling League started their second week of action with a bang. Dot Williams of Kotton King and ro Lleol ees ae Fish mpany Fs are tied series with a 501. Agnes suse back of the Lou’s Radio and Ap- Pliance Store team rolled a 185 for first place in the single game class. Edith Blatt, who bowls with the sgme team rolled 182 for second place and Dot Williams rolled a 180 for third place, The standings: Kotton King Islander-Drive-ia NCCS-USO Lou's Radio & Appliance Florida Fish & Poultry Co. Aronovitz Mep’s Shop TODAY'S STOCK MARKET NEW YORK, # — The stock market steered a steady course in early trading today, with wide price changes limited to a few issues. Du Pont, which shot up 15% points yesterday, was hit by profit taking early in this morning’s ses- sion. It opened two points lower | at 141% and then dipped further td 140%. t _ Fractional gains predominated in | the steels, motors and aircrafts. Women’s Wimbledon Action Set =~ By ROBERT JONES WIMBLEDON, England w—The girls get the Wimbledon spotlight all to themselves today and all knowing people figure champion Maureen Connolly will lead a quar- tet of Americans in the semifinals of the All-England Tennis Cham- pionships. : It will be the biggest upset of the tourney if she doesn’t. Ever since the Wimbledon champion- ships were revived after World War II, the United States has pro- vided both finalists in the women’s singles and most of the semifinal- ists as well. This year the battle to get through the quarter-finals will be fought out among six Americans— Miss Connolly, Doris Hart, Shirley Fry, Louise Brough, Mrs. Margar- et Osborne du Pont and Mrs, Betty , seventh. Miss Mortimer plays Miss Brough of Beverly wats a and Migs Fletcher m Hart of Coral Gables, Fla. Nobody gives the British girls much of a chance against the hard. Americans, Miss Hart, last year’s finalist, is seeded second and Miss Brough fourth. Pont’s chances rated very high against mighty “Little Mo,” in full cry and running and hitting the ball harder than ever. Mrs. du Pont of Wilmington, Del., 1947 Wimbledon winner, is back here after an absence of two years, In the men’s competition yes- terday, defending champion Vic Seixas of Philadelphia, rated fourth was eliminated by Budge Patty of Los Angeles and Paris, the 1950 champion and seeded seventh, 7-5, Mims, Dykes To Clash In TV Bout Wed. Holly Mims, who has steadily risen to the number three slot in the middleweight class, protects his high position from an experi- enced and determined ring vet- eran, Bobby Dykes, in a 10-round contest in June 30 at the Uline Arena, Washington, D. C. time for the bout of the week is 10 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time with 101 CBS-TV stations carrying the ker corps action across the nation. ,' Mims-Dykes battle, ag are all Blue Ribbon Bouts, will be aired locally via station WIVJ-TV, channel. Mims, ‘a popular Washington, D. C. -fighter, is one of the best all- round ringmen. He is a slugger, boxer, or counter - knockout Troy, who was previously undefeated. Winning all his bouts lagt year, the District of Columbia - boxer is a piet-six brawler who likes to wear down his opponent with a barrage of punches. The ring-wise, 25-year- old battler has banged around with some of the best ringmen in his six-year career. In Holly's last Blue Ribbon Bout appearance in May he outboxed and outpunch- ed Gorge Johnson, snapping the 17- victory streak of the young Tren- ton, N. J. middleweight. In meet- ing Dykes, Mims will face an ex- 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Australia’s Lew Hoad, /perienced boxer-puncher who is No, 2 fell before Jaroslav Drobny 6-4, 6-3, 63. Topseeded Tony Trabert of Cin- cinnati brushed-aside Mervyn Rose lof Australia 6-2, 6-2, 7-5 to join Drobny, Patty and Ken Rosewail of Australia in the semifinals. When Pete Runnels of the Sena- tors hit a home run against the White Sox this season, it was the first such drive he ever hit in Griffith Stadium. Cleveland. They are ready to con- cede that the Sox might be rough tight to the end, but claim they detected signs that the Indians are beginning to wheeze. One of them, who did not wish his name bruited about, put it this way: “The Sox hustled a lot harder against us than the Indians did. That (Paul) Richards has really got those fellows steamed up— when they play us, anyway. The Indians still look like the Indians to me. Al Rosen’s a great hitier, but he can’t play first base. He’s hurting them. His reactions don’t seem as fast as when he was play- ing third.” Privately, still, the individual Yanks claim that the only reason the Tribe is on top now has been its ability to fatten up consistently at the expense of the second-divi- sion clubs, such as 11-1 over Bos- ton and 9-2 over Washington. Man- ager Al Lopez, they paint out, has been able to do a lot of this with his second-line pitchers while rest- ing his aces and saving them to use against the Yanks and White Sox. By comparison, the Yanks stood only 5-4 over Boston going into to- day’s game and were trailing Washington 4-5, There is nothing wrong about the method the In- dians are using, the Yankees has ten to add. It’s just that they like to point out that the leaders have not been able thus far to break even with either the Yanks or the White Sox, trailing them, respectively, 5-6 and 35 in games, seeking to again move into the elite class of the division . Dykes, of Miami, Fla., has fought 112 fights, winning 94, los- ing 13 breaking even in five. A strong counter-puncher, the 26- year-old former Texan entered the middleweight ranks in 1953 after fighting his way into the number welterweight contendeér’s role. As a welterweight Bobby lost a split- decision verdict to Kid Gavilan in | 7oron, a title match. In his eight-year career the rangy six-footer has 47 knockouts but prefers to box an op- ponent—keeping him off guard with ome his left, which is one of the best in the trade. On January 6, he snapped Joey Giambra’s streak at eleven straight by gain. | 5s ing a wide lead in the early rounds and then standing off Giambra with strong counter-punches as Joey rushed in furiously in the late stages of the fight. Dykes has Dothan Andalusia-Opp fought the best in both the welter- ré weight and middleweight divisions; among his victims are Billy Kil-| © gore, Ernie Durando, Joe Giard- ello, Joe Miceli and Gil Turner. Formerly rated among the the top ten middleweights, his bout with | 2étiton Mims is a big one, for a win over Holly will place Bobby back among the elite. Cubans, Eagles To Meet On Wed. The Cuban Club and the Key West Eagles will meet in a base- ball game Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Wickers Field Stadium. The Cubans will use the same ‘Washington at Philadelphia Cleveland at Baltimore Detroit at Chicago (2) ‘ MONDAY’S RESULTS scheduled Macon Savi MONDAY’S BASEBALL BESULTS NATIONAL No games No games |ATION: Toledo at Kansas City (n) rieston at Minneapilis (n) TEXAS it Montreal Syracuse at Ottawe (2) hmond at Toronto lavana at Rochester (2) A magni ame ‘Won Lost Pet. eeeunfeunennsega eevenuse aeebee? kepecee? §eehecee sseseeuey seueee§ seuseenf~ ssxessus Runceseay Boxing Results MONDAY’S FIGHTS NEW YOR BROOKLYN (Eastern P: ‘New Cor » Calif., Sonany Dilige, "0, Bayonne, way Aréna)— ork, All-Star lineup that will meet the | 12s Tampa Circulo Cubano nine in July 4th weekend series. The late Bill Klem appeared as an umpire in 18 World Series. His first post-season assignment was in 1908 and his last was in 1940. Michigan State edged Wisconsin by one game for the 1954 Big Ten baseball championship. One of the Spartan stars was relief pitcher Bill Mansfield, son of Wisconsin coach Abe Mansfield. The oils again sought lowér levels. The rails were mixed, with Santa ‘e higher and Southern Railway lower. Up a point or more at one time were Allied Chemical, Union Car- bide and American Optical. Brokers again suggested that it may be time for the market to “take a rest” following the recent steady advance. JAP BOATS STAY OUT OF DANGER TOKYO —More than 150 Japa- nese fishing boats are stalled inj south Japan harbors at the height of the maekerel season because of fear of being seized by South Ko- Tean patrol boats. Dozens of Japanese fishing boats have been confiscated by Korean patrols since last September. The crews were released. Racing silks had their origin at Newmarket, England in 1762. Giants “Need Win To Retain National League Leadership Face Bums In Crucial Series; Maglie To Start By ED CORRICAN AP Sports Writer The team that-finished 35 games out of first place last season de- fends its slim one-game hold. on the National League lead tonight against the ‘scrambling defending champions. And if Leo Durocher’s New York Giants can salvage one victory in the three-game set with the Brook- lyn Dodgers, they still will be tied for first place. Meanwhile, in the American League, the three teams fighting for the lead — Cleveland, Chicago and New York — all take on clubs that they hope to use to fatten their averages. The league-leading Indians play Baltimore; the White Sox, a game and a half back, en- tertain the Detroit Tigers in a double-header; and the Yankees, three games in arrears, go to Boston. This is an important set for both the Giants and Brooks, and, as a matter of fact, it is the first time since Durocher has been at the helm that the Polo Grounds crew has started a home series with the Dodgers in first place. Ancient Sal (The Barber) Maglie probably will start for the Giants in the first game. His ent will be Don Newcombe. In the other games, Durocher plans to start Jim Hearn and perhaps Ramon Monzant, a Venezuelan from Minneapolis: Carl Erskine and Russ Meyer will get the other two assignments for the Brooks. The Dodgers, the defending champions, have had their ups and downs, but Manger Walt Alston thinks the team finally has jelled. He won’t come right out and say so, but the feeling is that if the club can sweep the series, the road will be cleared for its third straight flag. “Some of the boys weren’t hit- ting,” Alston said. “But now that Carl Furillo and Roy Campanella have come around we have a much better attack. The pitching is All-Stars Have Better Average Than The Cubans The Key West All-Stars will | carry a slightly better team bat- | ting average into their three game| series next weekend with Tampa’s | Cireulo Cubano nine. They'll play a single game Saturday and a doubleheader Sunday. | The locals are hitting the ball at a neat .306 clip while the Tampans | | have compiled a .265 mark for the | season. Danny Lastres, former pro-| shortstop, leads the All-Stars with} a .400 stick mark while Tampa’s| Sanchez paces that team with} 341, The lineups: Tampa, Rubio, cf, (.258); Miranda, c, (.286); Karns- riddle, cf, (.318); Solario, 2b, (.211); Pullaro, lf, (.294); Sanchez, Ib, (.341); Ifglesias, 3b, (.212); Blanco, ss, (.200) and Burns, p, (2-1). For Key West, Al Pazo, 2b, (.350); Lastres, 3b, (.400); Butler, ss, (.200); D. Roberts, If, (.350}; J. Henriquez, c, (.370); R. Salgado, 1b, (.333); C. Valdez, ef, (.250); T. Anguierra, rf, (.200) and Rodri- guez or Vidal pitching. straightening out fine, especially since Newcombe’s arm trouble has left him.” Captain Al Dark acted as spokes- man for the Giants. “‘We’ve been looking forward to this series for two weeks,” he said. | “When we got to the top we knew | we'd have to beat off the Dodgers | to stay on top. If we can win this | series, and I’m sure we can, we'll | win the pennant.” | No regular games were sched-| uled yesterday, but in exhibitions | Binghamton of the Eastern League | defeated the Yanks 5-2: St. Louis} turned back their Rochester farm | hands 3-2; Boston stopped the) Giants 8-6; the Indians walloped | the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-2; the! Philadelphia Phillies edged the) Philadelphia A’s 3-2 in seven in- nings; and Cincinnati dumped the | Detroit Tigers, 6-2. | Best Blatz you ever tasted! ‘Golden Flavor' CO SIATZ Brewed in Milwaukee First. in Milwaukee Finest in Milwaukee @i0ss eLarz OREWING COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 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