The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 14, 1954, Page 6

osen’s Pride Was Big Factor In All-Star Win Indian Star Played Despite Injured Finger By JOE REICHLER CLEVELAND # — A slowly mending finger, a thing called pride and a big booming bat all played a prominent part in the American League’s return to the winners’ circle. The finger, pride and bat all belonged to one person, Al Rosen of the Cleveland Indians. The box score of yesterday’s 11-9 American League All-Star victory over the Nationals shows it was a bases-loaded single by Nellie Fox in the eighth inning—a real “‘bleed- er’—that drove in the winning runs to end the war of 13 pitchers in Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium. But it was Rosen who, despite a and swollen index finger, blasted two home runs, drove in five runs and spearheaded the an- nihilation of six of the National League’s best pitchers. It didn’t come to light until later that Rosen ae ee pie Casey Stengel to be taken out after the first inning because he felt he bse hurt the team.” “Yes, I went to Casey before the game with the idea that I be taken out of the lineup,” admitted Rosen *in a clubhouse interview after the game. “I didn’t sleep a wink all night worrying whether I’d be a detriment to the team. “But pride got the better of me. Instead of begging off altogether, suggested to Stengel that I give one try because I felt I owed to the fans who voted me on team to bat at least once. ‘Casey and i discussed three al- ternatives,— play three innings, don’t play at all or hit once and quit. Since Casey had no power to make any decision, he took the matter to Commissioner Ford Frick. The Commissioner decided to leave it up to me. I told Casey Td like to go to bat once and then him “Well, I struck out in the first and felt terrible. The finger like the dickens—it hurts more when you strike out—but I didn’t say anything to Casey. Call it foolish pride but I didn’t want to bow out that way. If I had at least flied out, it wouldn’t have been so bad. I might have quit then. But not that way. I wanted to bat once more. Well, the next time up I hit a home run. You can’t imagine the feeling. And would you believe it, the finger didn’t hurt...not much, anyway.” The homer, hit off starter Robin Roberts in the third inning, came after the Philadelphia right-hander had walked Chicago’s Minnie Min- oso and had given up a single to Cleveland’s Bobby Avila. Ray Boone of Detroit followed with a home run to give the Americans a 40 lead. . The Nationals. fought back with five runs against Chicago’s Sandy Consuegra and Cleveland’s Bob Lemon in the fourth, and added ‘two more runs on a homer by Cin- einnati’s Ted Kluszewski in the fifth, forging ahead 7-5, after the Americans had scored again in the fourth. Rosen was not through yet, fin- ger and all. After Yogi Berra had singled in the last of the fifth, the 29-year-old converted first base- man walloped a second home run, even longer than the first. This 400-foot drive tie the score at 7-7. Rosen got his third hit in the sixth, a hot single off the third base- man’s chest which didn’t figure in the run that put the Americans ahead 8-7 in that inning. Al’s walk, however, played a major part in the eighth when the Americans tallied three times to overcome a 9-8 deficit. The Na- tionals had taken a one-run lead when pinch hitter Gus Bell of Cin- cinnati hammered a home run off Bob Keegan of Chicago, the sixth of seven pitchers used by Stengel. Trailing 9-8, the Americans tied the score on Larry Doby’s pinch- hit homer off Gene Conley of Mil- waukee. Singles by the Yankees’ Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra pre- ceded the walk to Rosen. Carl Er- skine of Brooklyn, sixth pitcher used by Manager Walter Alston, replaced Conley and fanned Mickey Vernon for the second out but fox blooped a Texas leaguer in back ot second base, just out of the reach of shortstop Alvin Dark, to chase in the winning runs. The victory ended the National’s four-game victory streak. It was the first triumph for Stengel, who had not won one in four previous tries. It was by far the wildest of the 21 games of the series, which the Americans lead 13-8. New rec- ords were set for most hits by one team, 17 for the American; most hits by both teams, 31; and most runs scored by both teams, 20. The six homers tied a record as did the two by Rosen and the five runs batted in by the slugging in- fielder. A total of 43 players were used, 22 by the Nationals. The attendance was 66,751. ZX-11 Defeats FAWTU Players With 14 hits and 10 runs, the Black Knights of ZX-11 downed the FAWTU softball team to a final score of 10 - 8 when th® two teams clashed at the Naval Sta- tion diamond No. 2 last Friday. Chuck Hebert was the Knights’ winning pitcher while Al Lopez Played catcher’s position. FAWTU’s alert center-fielder cheated the Black Knights of 5 base hits by his fine heads-up ball play- ing. “Red” Betzer of the Knights picked off several nice catches from short stop position but other- wise there were no spectacular plays during the seven innings of the game. Zernial Released From Hsopital PHILADELPHIA . #—Slugging outfielder Gus Zernial of the Phila- delphia Athletics, who suffered a fractured collarbone in a game against the Boston Red Sox last Sunday, was scheduled for release today from Presbyterian Hospital. Doctors have indicated he will be lost to the A’s for the rest of the season but the slugger said he hopes to join the team the last six weeks of the campaign. Baseball Results SOUTH ATLANTIC ) m Lost Pet. Behind Jacksonvil 1 37 58 Macon Savannah Columbia 1347 Montgomery su Columbus. 443 Charlotte 402 Augusta ., 393 TUESDAY Montgomery 6-0, Columbus 0-4 Savannah 5, Jacksonville 3 Augusta 5-8, Macon 4-4 aggtzrlotte at Columbia played at previous 567 377 WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE Augusta at Macon Columbia at Charlotte Columbus at Montgomery Jacksonville at Savannah SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION ‘Won Lost Pet. Behind Atlanta 56 38 596 = New Orie: Birmingham Mobile Nashville TUESDAY'S RESULTS Mobile 1-0 Atlanta 4-5 New Orleans 25, Birmingham 12 Little Rock 3, Chattanooga 0 Memphis 11, Nashville 6 WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE Mobile at Atlanta New Orleans at Birmingham (2) Little Rock at Chattanooga Memphis at Nashville TUESDAY’S BASEBALL RESULTS MAJOR LEAGUES ALL-STAR GAME American 11, National 9 INTERNATIONAL Montreal 4, Ottawa 2 Rochester 5, Richmond 3 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Louisville 7-8, Charleston 1-0 Columbus 5, Toledo 2 Kansas City 6, St. Paul 5 TEXAS Oklahoma City 3, Dallas 2 Fort Worth 13, Tulsa 5 Shreveport 8, Beaumont 7 San Antonio 9-6, Houston 6-4 ALABAMA-FLORIDA Graceville 9, Panama City 1 Fort Walton Beach 15, Dothan 1 Crestview 3, Andalusia-Opp 2 PACIFIC COAST Los Angeles 5, San Diego 2 San Francisco 4, Sacramento 1 Hollywood 11, Portland 0 Oakland 2-6, Seattle 1-7 WEDNESDAY’S BASEBALL SCHEDULE NATIONAL Brooklyn at Milwaukee (n) AMERICAN No games scheduled AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Louisville at Charleston Columbus at Toledo St. Paul at Kansas City Indianapolis at Minneapolis TEXAS Dallas at Oklahoma City Houston at San Antonio Shreveport at Beaumont INTERNATIONAL Montreal at Ottawa Syracuse at Buffalo (2) Toronto at Havana (2) Rochester at Richmond ALABAMA-FLORIDA Graceville at Panama City Fort Walton Beach at Dothan Andalusia-O} w BASEBA\ DINGS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Charleston INTERNATIONAL Won Lost Rochester 33 J Montreal Syracuse Buffalo. Richmond Ottawa Shreveport Oklahoma City Houston geesess$ | sestss ALABAMA-FLORIDA we Dothan ann Fort Walton Andalusia-Opp Crestview Graceville anama Cit me WY ACiFIC COAST seasees San Diego ‘Oakland San Francisco Seattle Sacramento Los Angeles Portland Subscribe To The Citizen Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Legionnaires Bow To Cubans The Cuban Club baseball team defeated the Arthur Sawyer Post 28 nine last night inethe Wickers Field Stadium, 10-6. The Legion boys were a little nervous and committed four costly miscues that gave the Cubans four runs. Each club had nine hits, Julio Santana poled a homer for the Legionnaires and Bean and Knowles each hit two singles. For the Cubans, Bunzy Villareal had three singles, and Valdez and Roberts had two each. Jackson Aims At Title Shot In Valdes Bout NEW YORK If Hurricane Tommy Jackson ever is going to rate a title shot at heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano, tonight should tell the story. The Hurricane, a restless 22-year Negro from New York, boxes Nino Valdes, the Cuban giant, in an im- portant 10-round heavyweight bout at Madison Square Garden. The match will be carried on network (CBS) television at 10 p.m. EDT. Valdes, at 6 feet 3 and 207 pounds, is ranked No. 2 among Marciano’s contenders, right behind Ezzard Charles although he beat Charles last year at Miami. Despite the high ranking, Jackson, the No. 5 boy, is favored. Marciano is expected to give Charles a rematch in September, provided his eye cuts heal proper- ly. If anything goes wrong with that match, tonight’s winner would be ready to step in. A 1955 bout would be another possibility. The Hurricane stirs up the fans more than any other new heavy- weight has done in years. Either you think he is sensational or you think he can’t fight a lick. The over Rex Layne, Clarence Henry and Dan Bucceroni turned to jeers when he was deflated by “‘spoiler” Jimmy Slade April 26. He re- gained some lost ground May 28 by stopping Charley Norkus in the Garden. His record is 17-2-1 for 20 starts and Valdes’ 30-8-2 for 40 pro bouts. The 29-year-old Cuban has won eight in a row, forcing the veteran Karel Sys to call quits in his last bout at Brussels May 22. He lost ground, however, in his last New York appearance, a lackluster de- cision over James J. Parker. Grantland Rice, Dean Of Sports Writers, Is Dead NEW YORK (#—Grantland Rice, who for more than 50 years covered the top events in baseball, golf, football, tennis and racing, is dead. He was 73. Known as the dean, of America’s sports writers, “Granny” was stricken in his office yesterday while at work on his syndicated column “The Sportlight.” He died in Roosevelt Hospital. Rice originated the phrase “The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame,” which grew into a legend after the Army-Notre Dame football game of 1924. It referred to the Notre Dame backfield of Elmer Layden, Hary Struldreher, Jim Crowley and Don Miller. He saw Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth begin their careers as rookies and . |later said he considered them the best ball players of the thousands he watched. ‘ Rice started his career in 1901 with the Nashville News and later worked for Forester Magazine, the Atlanta Journal, the Cleveland . | News, the Nashville Tennessean, ‘seo }the New York Evening Mail, the New York Tribune and the Bell | Syndicate. He is survived by his widow Katherine, whom he married in ‘seq | 2906, and a daughter, Mrs. Fred Butler of Venice, Calif. Rice was born in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Nov. 1, 1880. Funeral ar- rangements have not been com- Marine - Automotive - Transport Diesel Starting - Lighting BATTERIES “Florida’s leading manufacturer | of dependable service The Legion used four pitchers in the tilt. Higgs started and gave up eight runs on five hits. Stuart Yates then shackled the Cubans on a single hit in four frames. Bean then blanked them in the final frame. Rodriguez and Greenwood split the hurling duties for the Cubans. Wednesday night, the Legion nine will meet Mike’s Plumbers in their final start before the Amer- ican Legion District tourney in Miami. Dodgers And Braves Jump The Gun Today By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS With no complaints from the newly organized players “‘associa- tion,” the Brooklyn Dodgers and ¢ Milwaukee Braves will resume the National League pennant chase a day ahead of schedule at Mil- waukee tonight. = The day before and the day after the All-Star Game traditionally are off days in the majors, but this is the only opportunity the two clubs will have to make up a postponed game, so it will go on. The Brooks will have an oppor- tunity to save half a game off the New York Giants’ lead of 5% games, but if they’re going to do it, they'll have to beat Jim Wilson, who has yet to lose a game in six decisions. The Brooks will go with Russ Meyer, who shows a 6-2 record for the year. The big news in the Braves’ camp concerned Bobby Thomson, who has yet to play a game be- cause of a fractured right ankle suffered in spring training. Thom- son, who was dealt to the Braves by the New York Giants during the winter, hit a two-run, pinch-hit homer in an exhibition game in Toledo Monday night. He’s not ready for full-time ser- vice yet, but Manager Charlie Grimm said he will not hesitate to use him as a pinch hitter im- mediately. “But I don’t know how long it will be before he can run well enough to play regularly,” said Grimm. As it is, the Braves, who thought Thomson would give them the add- ed punch to win the pennant this year, are too far out to make a bid. Thev’re in fourth place, 15 games off the pace. The Brooks had a little good news of their own. Johnny Podres, the 21-year-old rookie left-hander, who underwent an appendectomy June 23, is back with the club, although not quite ready to pitch. Boxing Results BRIDGEPORT, Conn.—Billy Neri, 145, Bridgeport, outpointed Earl Dennis, 153, Brooklyn, 8. San Diego, knocked out Rocky Jones, 178, Che: a For Home or OAKLAND, Calif.—Charley Powell, 213%, ls | Barber’s Homer Paces Dairy | Queen To VX-1 Defeats Sonar School Wednesday, July 4, 1954] Ine Island City Softball Play George Barber’s bases-loaded homer in the sixth inning broke up a pitching duel between the Dairy Queen’s ace righthander, Brodie Grooms, and Coca Cola’s ace, Joe Lewis, giving the Blizzards a 7-2 victory in the first game of a soft- ball doubleheader at Bayview Park last night. Barbar’s homer, his first of the season, was a line shot over the left field fence, following: a hit batsman. Claude Valdez’ infield single, and a walk to Tito An- guiera, a walk to Bobby Santana, a single by Earl Smith, and Ken- neth Kerr’s single rounded up the Blizzards sixth inning scoring. Coca Cola took a 1-0 lead in the first when Danny Lastres beat out an infield hit, took second on a wild pitch, and scored when short- stop Al Pazo bobbled Frank Sands’ grounder. The Blizzards tied it up in the fourth when Lastres bobbled Bar- ber’s hard grounder with the bases loaded. Grooms, who yielded only three hits — two by Danny Lastres — racked up his seventh win of the season without a defeat. The young righthander struck out nine and walked only two. Coca Cola touched Grooms for its final run in the seventh when Lewis walked, went to second on an infield out and scored on Bobby Brown’s single to right. Santana and Kerr each had two hits to pace the Blizzards’ nine hit attack. In the second game, Clint War- ren pitched three-hit ball as VX-1 defeated Sonar School, 9 - 2. It was the Flyers’ second straight win after dropping fourteen straight. Warren’s control was spotty, keeping him in hot water through- out the game, but he managed to pitch himself out of his difficulties to register his third win. The Flyers took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a walk, Hal- ford’s triple, and Parker's fly ball. They added another in the second on singles by Steve Vargo, Warren, and Tom Fink. Sonar School picked up a run in the third when Jim Nelson singled, went to second on a passed ball, took third on an infield out, and scored on a wild pitch. The Flyers added two insurance runs in the fourth on a walk and two costly errors. A walk, Parker's single, and Vic Boutot’s fly ball netted them a run in the fifth. A walk, two errors, and Warren's triple, gave the Flyers their final three runs in the sixth. Warren led his own cause with a triple and single in three trief. SOFTBALL STANDINGS Team— W. L. Pet. Dairy Queen .. 17:1 ~«(O4d Sonar School 10 9.526 Coca Cola 712.368 VX-1 .... 315.167 Box scores: FIRST GAME Dairy Queen (7) Player— Pazo, ss Santana, e ___ 4 2 4 3 Serr, 3b —__ Commercial Use... We Are Prepared To Furnish You With Clean, Pure Cube Crushed ICE Thompson Enterprises, Inc. (Ice Division) Dial 2-6831 Key West, Florida Win Over Coca Cola Roberts, lb ___ 2 | Valdez, cf ___. 3 | Angueira, If __ 3 | Barber, rf —__ 3 US. Begins Try For Davis Cup ‘Against BWI PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad | |The United States begins the an- nual long climb to the Challenge |Round of the Davis Cup today when it meets the British West In-| dies in a first-round American zone match. That the Americans will win and go on to the semifinal of the Amer- | ican zone is taken for granted. The | United States Lawn Tennis Assn. | assigned its second-line players to the task of whipping the local| team. Last year, the United States, | again using its younger players, | scored a 5-0 conquest over the, BWI. | Hamilton Richardson of Baton! Rouge, La., has been given the! first singles test against Geoff In- glefield, while Straight Clark of! Pasadena, Calif., will meet Ralph | Legall. The other member of the! American team is Hal Burrows of Charlottesville, Va. Tomorrow the doubles match | will be held and Burrows might | get into action. The final two sin- gles are slated for Friday. Cuba has drawn a bye in the first round and will play the win- ner of the British West Indies- | United States contest in the semi- final, which must be completed by Aug. 2. Mexico already has ad- vanced to the semifinal while Ca- ,hada and Chile will complete their | ie qMmatch over the week- ) en be Totals— Coca-Cola Player— AB Rodriguez, cf —. 4 Lastres, ss ___ 3 Villareal, c __.. 3 Sands, lf 3 1awi, Pp... 2 Goehring, rf — 3 Brown, lb __ 2 Wilson, 3b __. 2 Solomon, 2b _ 2 Co Totals— 7 zFanned for Wilson in Score by innings: Hoe Dairy Queen 000 106 0—7 9 1 Coca-Cola 100 000 0O—1 3 1 RBI: Barber 4, Kerr 2, Brown; 2bh: Santana, Lastres; HR: Bar- ber; DP: Lastres to Wilson; SO by: Lewis 5, Grooms 9; BB off: Lewis 6, Grooms 3; -winner: Grooms; loser: Lewis; umpires: Jenkins, Weedman; scorer: Cas- taneda; time: 1.32. SECOND GAME VX-1 (9) AB ecocooocoooros Player— Fink, ¢ - =2 Pigg, If 3 Halford, cf _. 3 Parker, rf ____ 3 Boutot, 2b __ 1 Sewalk, ss _.. 2 Vargo, 3b ____ 2 Collea, ib __._. 3 Warren, p __ 3 Geary, rf __ 0 Totals— Sonar Schoo! Player— AB Moyer, 3b — 3 Jones, cf ___. 2 Nelson, ss 3 Werte, rf _.__. 3 Schultz, lf _. 2 Moser, 2b __. 1 Lenihan, 1b ___ 2 Casto, c ..__. 3. Gaffney, p —_. 2 CHRNOHONOM CNOHOCOHMHOH wouwowonmwed CrHONNHOCOCOKD oroovocoooocl Be Ba Scientists believe that part of the explanation for ‘the twinkling of stars can be found in normal, ;movements of the human eye. YoU SAVE MONEY WHEN YOU BUY A DEPENDABLE HESTER BATTERY With Its Self-Charging Feature WE BROUGHT BATTERY PRICES DOWN You Help By Buying A HESTER BATTERY LOU SMITH 1116 White Street t SoocoHHooy ecocooNHoom Totals— Score by innings: VX-1 . 210 213-9 6 2 Sonar ool _. 001 010-2 3 3 RBI: Fink, Halford, Parker, Boutot, Warren 2; 2bh: Wertz; 3bh: Halford, Warren; Sac.: Pigg, | Boutot, Sewalk, Jones; SO by?) Gaffney 2, Warven 2; BB off: Gaff- | ney 5, Warren 6; winner: War-} ren; loser: Gaffney; umpires: Weedman, Jenkins; scorer: Cas- taneda; time: 1.33. 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