The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 9, 1954, Page 6

Finals Set This Weekend In Club Tourney A battle between Joe Lo- pez, Jr. and Gene Witzel for the Key West Golf Club champicaship, Saturday and | Sunday shapes up as a duel between a youngster and a veteran. For Lopez, 17-year-old son of the club professional, the match marks the high- Point of his career. It is his second club tourney but the first time he has reached the finals. Harris, a Navy chief, has never managed to garner a club championship although he has been the Navy’s titlist for three straight years and was city champion ‘in 1952. The pair will meet in the first 18 holes of their championship match Saturday morning at 10 a.m. The final round will get under- way at 1 p.m, Sunday. Long Ball Hitters Speculation is rife among local golfing circles as to the outcome of the battle. Both of the finalists are rated as long ball hitters. Lopez, who defeated the Mira brothers, Humbert and Jimmy, to gain his chance at the title has been firing subpar golf regularly. He has been under 70 in his last 8 matches. Harris, who downed Norton Har- ris, last year’s club champion in the semi-finals has displayed his regular consistent form through- out the tournament. A large gallery is expected to witness the match play Saturday and Sunday, Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK (#—Sal Maglie of the Giants sat shucking off his soggy uniform the other night, hav- ing just scored an important vic- tory over Brooklyn at Ebbets Field, when a member of the as- sembled press asked the veteran right-hander how many wins he thought he might notch before the sSeason’s end. “If Grissom holds out,” he said, grinning, ‘‘there’s no limit.” Tt was Maglie’s way of paying tribute to Marv Grissom, the 36- year-old relief artist who twice within a week had pulled him out of jams against the Dodgers, once going four brilliant innings to win @ 13-inning thriller and again re- tiring three batters in quick suc- cession after Sal had filled the bases with none out-in the ninth, If the Giants do go on to win the flag, as appears more probable every day, the job that Grissom, the American League castoff, :did on the Dodgérs in those two tense situations will loom large in the over-all story of the comeback of Leo Durocher’s club. In case one is inclined to forget, the Giants fin- ‘ished fifth last year, 35 games be- hind Brooklyn. It was just a year ago on July 1 that the Giants, their pitching staff shot, bought Grissom from the Boston Red Sox for the waiver price of $10,000. After less than two full seasons in the big leagues et the end of a long minor league career, Grissom was considered to be washed up. The Giants, though, had nobody else who could pitch any better at the time, and Durocher used him freely through the latter part of the season, both as a starter and in relief. Although the veteran fin- ished with an over-all record of 6-8 for the season, he was so plain- ly giving it all he had that he won himself a new home and was taken along with the Giants squad that toured Japan last October. There, in the land of the pagodas Grissom really found himself, When the club returned, the man Durocher and President Horace Stoneham insisted upon talking about when they discussed pros- pects for the current campaign was their new pitching phenom, going on 36 years. Many thought this very funny. ae To know how well Marv has re- paid his bosses for their faith in him one needs only to look at the record—and at the standing of the Giants, As of this writing, the man who came back from nowhere had pitched in 25 games, 19 of which had resulted in Giant victories, The Polo Grounders had won 9 of the last 10 games in which the veteran had come on from the buil- pen. He had wrapped up five games in which Brooklyn, the main foe, had been beaten. His won lost record is 8-3. Grissom has not succeeded Hoyt Wilhelm as the National League’s best reliever. He merely has com- Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, July 9, [ had a marlin strike. The fi EXCITEMENT REIGNED supreme last Sunday for pretty Pa- tricia Towner, daughter of Rear Admiral G. C. Towner, Comman- der of the Key West Naval Base, and Lieutenant Commander Leslie Rice, the Admiral’s Aide, when at the exact instant both ing duet struggled for one half- hour before landing the identical pair of White Marlins, each weighing 48 pounds and each measuring over 7 feet. a senior at George Washington University at Washington, D. C., is spending her summer vacation with her parents here at the Naval Station.—Official U.S, Navy Photo. Patricia, Jansen Released, Then Signed As Pitching Coach NEW ‘YORK (®—Larry Jansen, onetime star pitcher who helped the Giants win the 1951 pennant, received his unconditional release as a player today. He was immedi- pitching coach at.the same salary, believed close to $22,500. To replace the 34-year-old right- hander, the Giants brought up Al Corwin, another right-hander, from their Minneapolis farm club of the American Assn. Corwin has a 6-4 record with the Millers. lease Jansen, rem mbering the great deeds the soft-spoken, mild- mannered Oregonian had _per- year span. But a bad back made him of little use this season, Americans Try For British Open Championship SOUTHPORT, England (®—Am- ericans Jimmy Demaret and Jim Turnesa checked scor vivors went into the fin of the British Open Golf Champion- ship today—‘and this champion- ship can still go to Uncle Sam,” said Turnesa. Bill Spence, who was ordered by his doctors not to play any more | golf, held the lead at the halfway |mark with a 141 yesterday. Argen- tina’s Antonio Cerda was a stroke | behind. Demaret, of Kiamesha Lake, N. Y., and Turne of Briarcliff, |N. Y., had 144s. Tied with them Joe Antink Wins Championship In Casa Marina Tennis Tourney On Monday afternoon the final | tennis match was played in the Casa Marina Invitational Tourna- ment in which fifteen of the lead- ing tennis finalists were Lieut. Cmdr. Joseph Antink, attached to Surface Anti-Submarine Develop- ment Detachment, and Lieut Leonard Reinhart, Air Develop- ment Squadron One. | Antink won the coveted Casa |Marina Award when he defeated Reinhart 6-1, 6-1. Antink’s steady back court game and variety of ° |ground strokes proved decisive ately signed by the Giants as a}, ainst Reinhart’s steady volley- jing. Presentations were made to the winner and runner-up by Will | Pearce, chairman of the tourna- ment, in behalf of Emmett Con- niff, manager of the Casa Marina Hotel. The Giants were reluctant to Te-| Reinhart beat Ensign Craig Bid- formed for them over a_ seven: | Biddle. In the semi-final match, Lt. dle in a closely-contested game, where Lieut. Reinhart’s steady ay proved too much for Ensign Scores were 7-5, 6-2. Antink ted Pete Varela, the former Key West tennis cham- pion, in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. An- ink’s service and flat forehand ced Varela into committing er- and consequently losing the match In the quarter-finals Reinhart beat John Seller, who was orig- inally seeded number two and was the dark horse in the tourna- }ment. Reinhart’s steady play Seller. The Other scores in the quarter-fi- {nals were as follows: Ens. Bid- dle defeated Will Pearce in a closely-contested match by the |score of 9-7, 7-5. Varela defeated I. Carbonell in a three-set match, | 1-6, 6-2, 6-2. Lieut. Cmdr. Antink proved decisive over the fifteen- | -|year-old Johnny "S| score was 6-2, 6-2. defeated Lieut. (jg) McLean, 6-1, | SOUTHEEN Associa TION Won Lost Pet. Behind M 3 H 598. 367 562 a a ~ 0 es a Little Rock Nashville Seesrese 460 12 4913 416 16 405 16% THURSD. Atlanta 6, Birmingta eOeT® New Orleans 4, Mobile 1 (called end Sth, rain) Only games schedulea FRIDAY'S Birmingham at AtlameeDULE New Orleans at Mobile Little Rock at Mem; Chattanooga at Nashvin 9 z ec Montgomery Jacksonville Macon Savannah Montgomery {Columbia Charlotte Columbus Augusta. sees lw gaee THURSDA: Columbia 6, Augusta 3 Columbus 10, Jacksonville 4 Macon 6, Charlotte § Savannah 3, Montgomery 2 FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE Augusta at Columbia Columbus at Jacksonville Macon at Charlotte Montgomery at Savannah AMERICAN LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. Behind Cleveland % 23 700 New York 28 Chicago 31 Detroit Washington Philadelphia Baltimore S Rl Detroit 2, Chicago 0 Cleveland 4, Baltimore 1 Only games scheduled FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE Cleveland at Chicago New York at Washingtonn Baltimore at Detroit Boston at Philad Won Lost Pet. Behind 25 688 6% 1% 14 16% 164 25 2 New York Brooklyn Philadelph Milwaukee Cincinnati St. Louis Chicago Pittsburgh IRBSsssen THURSDAY'S RESULTS New York 11, Brooklyn 2 Chicago 9, Milwaukee 8 St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 1 Only games scheduled FRIDAY'’S SCHEDULE Pittsburgh at New York Philadelphia at Brooklyn Milwaukee at Cincinnati Chicago at St. Loui THURSDAY'S BASEBALL RESULTS TEXAS Dallas 8, Fort Worth 2 Oklahoma City 1-1, Tulsa 07 Houston 1, Beaumont 2 Shreveport 4, San Antonio 1 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Toledo @ Columbus 3 (12 innings) Louisville 10, Charleston 3 Minneapolis 5-1, Indianapolis 3-2 St. Pgul 3, Kansas City 2 INTERNATIONAL Montreal 12, Syracuse 8 Rochester 4, Havana 1 ‘Toronto 3, Richmond 2 (10 innings) Only games scheduled ALABAMA-FLORIDA Crestview 12, Andalysia-Opp § Dothan 11, Fort Walton Beach 9 Graceville at Panama City postponed PACIFIC COAST Los Angeles 8, Sacramento 4 Hollywood 8, Seattle 4 San Diego 2, San Francisco 0 Portland 12, Oakland 1 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Toledo at Columbus Charleston at Louisville St. Paul at Indianapolis Kansas City at Minneapolis TEXAS Fort Worth at Oklahoma City Tulsa at Dallas Beaumont at San Antonio Shreveport at Houston INTERNATIONAL Montreal at Syracuse Rochester at Havana (2) Ottawa at Buffalo (play later date) ALABAMA-FLORIDA Andalusia-Opp at Dothan Graceville at Crestview Fort Walton Beach at Panama City BASEBALL STANDINGS INTERNATIONAL Rochester ‘Toronto Montreal Havana Syracuse | Richmond Buffalo Ottawa AMERICAN ASSOCIATION | Won Lost Indianapolis % 2 St. Paul Louisville Columbus ‘Minneeapolis bi SBEe ZF ses Shreveport San Antonio Oklahoma City | Houston Tulsa SRSLLEB; is | Crestvier Graceville Panama City | 6-4. | First round matches were: An- tink y a bye; Lieut. (jg) Mc- ted Lieut. Verill, 6-0, I. Carbonell won by default Dr. Shepard. Pete Varela ed Jack Seilers, 6-2, 6-4; n Biddle defeated E. Allen jwere Australi Bill Shankland \Ireland’s Harry Bradshaw and England’s J. R. M. Jacobs. Tied for third place were Sd 7; Peter Thomson of Australia and ee Benree cee |Dai Rees of Wales with 143, |Cleare, 6-3, 6-3. Lieut. Reinhart Amateur Frank Stranahan of To- | defeated Peter Romero, 6-2, 6-2. |ledo, Ohio, and veteran pros Al | John Sellers defeated Lieut. J. fired 148s and Gene Sarazen Ger- | Cater, 6-1, 6-3. mantown, N. Y., shot a 149 to qual-| It was estimated that over. the ify for the final round. However, | three-day period the matches Cincinnati’s Tony Pennap lost out | Were held several hundred spec- with a 77 for a 153 total. A 151 or |tators enjoyed the games, seated better was needed to qualify. i table chairs provided by “I ami in there battling even if|the genial host of the Casa Ma- there is the slightest chance of |rina Hotel, Mr. Conniff. victory,” said Turnesa. “I would} Refreshments were available at give a lot to see my name on the |the nearby beach house on the British Open trophy. I could have | grounds of the Casa Marina. easily shot a 68 yesterday but may-| Mr. Conniff announced plans be I will do it today.” for a doubles tournament to be | }held at the Casa Marina courts BB: San Diego | Oakland. San Francisei Sacramento Seattle Portland ©... {Los Angeles aes $6 Major League Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE TTING—Noren, New York .254. , Chicago, 66. New York, 18. New York, 91, BATTING ania Brooklyn, Snider, 4 RUNS—Musial, St. ‘a BUNS BATTED IN-Musiay, si. 5 ITS ~ Schoendienst, St. Lou . HOME RUNS—Mays, New Gory 36, ay TCHING— Antonelli, York, 12-2, in the country, and with the wea- ther conducive to year ‘round |Playing the great enthusiasm for |tennis is to be expested. plemented his brilliant young | baller less often and not wear him | over the Labor Day holiday. It is} Announcement of details of the teammate, made it possible for to wave in the knuckle- | out with 68 appearances, as he did | interesting to note, also, jlast season, that; Labor Day tournament will be these courts are among the finest, made at a later date, | Gene Witzel And Joe Lopez, Jr. Will Battle For Golf. Title Willie Mays |Bums’ Fortunes Hit New Low; Dissension In Rank Rumored Is Ahead Of Ruth’s Mark NEW YORK @® — Two weeks ago when Willie Mays was first made aware that Babe Ruth once hit 60 home runs in one season, he found it difficult to believe. Today, the spectacular “‘Say Hey Kid” of the New York Giants is being giv- en a better than even chance to break the Bambino’s 28-year-old mark. With 30 home runs already to his credit, the slugging centerfield- er is three home runs ahead of Ruth’s record 1927 pace. Barring injuries or a protracted slump, the 23-year-old phenom should give it a good battle. Back, on June 21, after Mays had banged his 20th home run, Mary Grissom, his teammate, kiddingly remarked to Willie: “If you keep that up, Willie, you're liable to break Babe Ruth’s home run record of 60 homers in one season.” Mays gave Grissom a question- papas q “Nobody can hit that many home runs,” he finally declared em- phatically. Mays is not the first to be ahead of Ruth’s pace at this Stage of the season. Jimmy Foxx, Hank Green- berg, Hack Wilson, Johnny Mize, Ralph Kiner and Eddie Mathews had more homers than the Babe at the midseason mark, but none of them could match Ruth’s ki Aoremibes, Pace, jat’s the month that killed them all off — September. It was during that final month of the campaign that the Babe was at his best — slamming 17 home runs, eae three in the final two ys. But Willie may pile a big enough lead to offset the Babe’s Septem- ber pace. A check of Ruth’s 1927 season shows that he hit only nine homers ip July and nine in August. Thus he entered September with 43, Mays, with 11 homers in May and 10 in June, already has hit six in the first eight days of July. He walloped his 29th and 30th yes- terday in his 80th game. Ruth did not have 30 homers until his 83rd game. Then followed a 10-game drought. He didn’t get his 3ist un- til his 94th game. How does Mays feel about his homers? “Don’t ask me that,” he ied. “TI don’t want even to inks oma home runs. All I do is go up and riper ebgg time you start think- ing about home. runs, getting them.” seitge is ROOKIE {| spectacular center fielder smashed TRUMAN CLEVENGER AP Newsfeatures Truman Eugene Clevenger, Bos- +++ Born fon Red Sox pitcher July 9, 1932 in Visalia, Calif., where he still resides... Throws right | . ++ Height 6 feet, 1, weighs 180. «+. Only previous season in or-| ganized ball was in 1953 with San Jose, Calif, of the California (Class C) League ... He led the league in earned run average with 1.51 and in percentage with a 16-2 record ... Wasn't on Red Sox 1954 roster but impressed Manag- er Lou Boudreau with his spring | preformances and was added day before opening of season. Boxing Resulis THURSDAYS FIGHTS PLAINVILLE, Conn.—Pat Manzi, 150, Syracuse, outpointed Pierre Hernandez, 149, France, 10. : BROOKLYN _ Benen - Danny , 59%, Hoboken, N.J., outpointed Pau Ri rooklyn, 8. i" }» Bi MPA, Fla. — Rocky Randell, 135, Tamper utpointed Lenny Alvares, 134, 10. jew Orleans, Citizen Want Ads Pay Off! Tribe Boosts Their Margin In American By JOE REICHLER AP Sports Writer Collapse or slump? Take your pick. It depends upon whether you are anti or pro Brooklyn. Not since they “blew” the flag in the dog days of 1951 have the Dodger fortunes been at such a low ebb. Within a space of 10 days the tired and dreary Dodgers fell from the National League lead to a poor runner-up spot, 6% lengths off the pace. Old age, injuries, weak hitting, spotty pitching, sloppy fielding and bludgeoning Giant bats all contri- buted to the Dodgers’ sharp de- cline. Whether the Dodgers can right themselves is anybody’s guess. On- ly once before in the last six years have the Brooks been so badly off. That was in 1950 when they trailed the Philadelphia Phillies by eight games in September. They came on with a rush then only to lose a chance for a tie on the final day of the season. The outlook is much gloomier now. First of all, this time they have to contend with a “hot” New York Giant team that is rushing through the league like wild fire instead of a weary Philadelphia club staggering to the finish line. To add to their confusion, the Dodgers, meek as lambs against Giant pitching, reportedly are do- ing all the battling among them- selves. After Brooklyn had dropped its sixth straight to the Giants yes- terday 11-2, pitchers Russ Meyer and Don Newcombe reportedly al- most came to blows in the club- house and had to be separated by teammates. Both players denied it, however. Newcombe admitted he ques- tioned Meyer about a pitch Russ | place. Harvey Haddix chalked up threw which hit Monte Irvin of the Giants in the seventh inning. Irvin, who barely had escaped be- {home run early in the game, then| ing hit with the previous pitch, became angered at what he called a “deliberate” duster and called Meyer several uncomplimentary names, among’ them “gutless.” It took some fast interference by the umpires to avoid further complica- tions. “What does he (Irvin) think he is?” Meyer growled. “Does he think he is a privileged character that we can’t throw at him? They throw at our fellows. This is base- ball, not tea and crumpets.” Once again it was Willie Mays who led the Giant charge. The his 29th and 30th homers to drive in five runs. It gave him four homers in the three-game set and nine in 12 games against Brooklyn pitching this season. Ruben Gomez, the Puerto Rican screwball pitcher, limited the Dod- gers to seven hits and fanned eight for his eighth triumph. Hours later, Gomez registered at a hospital for a tonsillectomy to be performed today. Only four other games were Played yesterday. Cleveland’s Am- verican League-leading Indians boosted their margin over the idle New York Yankees to four games, defeating Baltimore 4-1 behind the seven-hit hurling of Bob Feller, Homers by Jim Hegan and Wally Westlake were all the runs Feller needed. Detroit’s Steve Gromek dropped Chicago seven games behind Cleve- land, shutting out the White Sox 2.0 on seven hits. The Tigers’ Ray Boone drove in one run with a The ARISTOCRAT of All Mobile Homes 35-Foot — 1-Bedroom SMOKER Factory says we've had it long enough — must be sold! Big — BIG Discount! Want to make room for 45-footer. 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