The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 15, 1954, Page 6

Yanks Face Orioles As Pennant Race Resumes® Reynolds Is Key As Yanks Fight For Top By ED CORRIGAN AP Sports Writer The hapless, hitless and practi- cally helpless Baltimore Orioles in- vade Yankee Stadium and the Phil- adelphia A’s, equally futile, enter- tain the Cleveland Indians in what you might call the openers of the “new” American League pennant race. Prof. Casey Stengel’s Yankees, who spent the first half of the sea- son flopping and floundering, have a nine-game winning streak going and are now just half a game be- hind the Indians, whose latest | work included dropping four games to the Chicago White Sox. The consensus around the league is that the Yanks have the upper hand now with one big “if.” He is Allie Reynolds, who missed the All-Star Game because of a mus- cle pull in his left hip. The ailment is a chronic one, but if it bothers him too much he may be forced back to the bull- pen. Stengel has no abundance of pitchers so that could spell the dif- ference between first and second place. “My back, left leg and left hip pain when I try to pitch,” said Allie. “I’ve had it since June 20 when I felt it in Chicago. It’s both- ered me ever since. That's the reason I’ve had trouble holding those big leads. I try to throw a fast ball, but the pain goes through the leg and the ball doesn’t go very fast. Lately, it’s been coming back much faster.” Trainer Gus Mauch of the Bomb- ers also is somewhat puzzled. “TI don’t think there’s any cure but rest,” he opined. “That’s na- ture’s way. If he doesn’t try to pitch or run for a week, it may get better.” Cleveland Manager Al Lopez, says he is not particularly worried over the events of the past week. He has one point — namely, the Indians are not the kind of club that will be held to five runs in four games as they were against the White Sox last weekend. “Al Rosen and Bob Avila have been in batting slumps since their injuries,” he said. ‘‘They’re just in slumps that every player has to fight his way out of sometimes. They'll snap out of it and we'll be more dangerous than ever.” The White Sox, for their part, are three games off the pace and the way their pitching has come around, could make things uncom- fortable for all concerned. Mana- ger Paul Richards will send Bon Keegan against the Washington Senators tonight. In the National League, the New York Giants start a Western trip with a five-game bulge over the Brooklyn Dodgers, who whipped the Milwaukee Braves 2-1 in 12 innings last night in the only major league game played. The Brooklyn victory came the hard way before a.crowd of 35,470, which boosted the Milwaukee at- tendance over the million mark. Duke Snider batted in the runs in the first and final innings on sac- Tifice flies. Jim Hughes. who took ever for Russ Meyer in the ninth, was the winner. The Dodger runs came in virtu- ally identical situations. Both Jun- jor Gilliam and Pee Wee Reese singled in the first and Snider sent the former home with a towering fly to left field, In the 12th again Gilliam singled and was followed by another hit from Reese’s bat. Again Snider blasted a high fly to left,\sending Gilliam home. Bobby Thomson made his first National League appearance for| the Braves in the 12th with two| out and drew a walk. Lew Bur- dette took the loss. Roy’s Auto Parts Hold Kegling Lead Roy’s Auto Parts and Rollaway Lanes continued to hold the lead| in the Commercial Bowling League. | Johnny's Place is in third with the Key West Supply keglers right be- hind in fourth place. The Lindsley Lumber Co. team 4s in fifth place with Monsalvatge Cigar Co. in sixth place. . The latter teams are getting stronger every day and should \ cause a lot of trouble for the \ High team single game this week ‘was rolled by Key West Supply ith 800. Rollaway Lanes had fh team score for three games with 2272. High singles for the night was Page 6 Horton, Bernie Klemchak, Jim Fodera, co-coaches, NEW YORK (®#—Twenty, the elu- sive victory peak all pitchers hope to climb but only a few do, is well within reach of 11 major league moundsmen this season. With the 1954 campaign enter- ing its second phase, seven Amer- ican League pitchers and four in the National are at least halfway “home.” Headed by Johnny Antonelli of the Giants (13-2) and Harvey Had- dix of the Cards (13-4) the list in- cludes Bob Keegan (12-3), Virgil Trucks (12-5) and Sandy Conseu- gra (10-3) of the White Sox, Mike Garcia (11-5) and Early Wynn (10- 7) of the Indians, Robin Roberts of the Phillies (11-8), Bob Grim of the Yankees (10-3) and Steve Gro- mek of Detroit and Brooklyn’s Carl Erskine (10-8). Z Not since 1951 when 13 major league hurlers made the grade have the prospects for 20-game winners been so encouraging. How- ever, the all-time record of 17 set in 1903 and tied in 1920 appears safe. For some of the pitchers within striking distance this season, win- ning 20 games is nothing new. Roberts, for example, has done it the last four years in a row. When a baseball player in the Southwest’s “bush leagues” hits a home run — or even a decisive single — he heads for the wire screen that separates more than likely find a wad of bills pushed through the netting. It is a custom peculiar to the and New Mexico. No one knows the origift of the custom. Regardless, the money” has kept happy some ball players who could have made the grade in higher company. The class C West Texas-New profitable to the long base hit boys. Home runs average $40 or $50 but sometimes get as high as $175. But the biggest “take” was reaped from a single. Midland was leading Vernon in games to two. In the sixth game, Vernon held a 2-1 edge in the ninth and Midland had two on with two out. ed a single to win the game. Jubilant, wealthy Midland rooters chipped in $331. First Baseman Jim Prince of Midland collected $178 when a 400-foot home run won a game. Ponderous Joe Bauman of Ros- well has hit better than 50 home runs in his two previous Long- horn seasons and he had more than 30 up to late June this year. Joe should be in good financial shape. The hotter the game, the richer the reward. In playoffs the “fence money” often runs into hundreds of dollars. by Stan Greenuck with a pair of 197 games, He also rolled series with 524, | In 1951, a pitcher with Abilene of THE KEY WEST CITIZEN KEY WEST NAVY FIGHTERS dropped four of 1 matches when they met at the Biscayne Boxing Club at the Dade County Armory last Saturday. their edge when Miami was unable to maith three of the sailors’ best fighters. The men who made the trip are (standing, left to right): Johnny Cortez, Chico Gonzalez, Johnny Caruso, Archie Thursday, July 15, 1954 0 scheduled ‘i Key West lost most of Johnson, Roland McPeters and Henry Ebron. Kneeling, left to right: Jim Braswell and Frank 11 Hurlers Near 20-Game Mark Starting with 1950, the Phillies’ durable right-hander has won 20, 21, 28 and 23 in that order—a total, including 1954, of 103 triumphs. He has lost 57 during that span. Erskine, Haddix and Trucks all finished with 20 victories last year. Gardia had a 20-game year in 1952 with a 22-11 record and the year before that with 20 wins against 13 setbacks. Wynn also wound up with 20 in the bag in 1951 and °52. Campy Pans Pitching In All-Star Tilt MILWAUKEE (# — You probably got the same idea from television— that thé All-Star Game pitching Tuesday left something to be de- sired—and a guy who was in a Position to.know will back you up. “Naw,” said Roy Campanella last night, “none of ‘em had much,” Campy was waiting his turn in j the batting cage while his Brooklyn Dodger mates were warming up for what turned out to be their 2-1, 12-inning win over Milwaukee. He caught the first seven innings of the All-Star Game for the Nationals “The only one who had anything at all was (Marv) Grisson,” Cam- pannella said. “‘His'’stuff was pretty good. The rest of ‘em were way off.” What about Robin Roberts of Philadelphia, who started for the Nationals and was nicked for four runs? “He didn’t have his best stuff,” Campy replied. “He was behind most of ‘em—# and 0, 3 and 0O—and that’s not like him. Usually he’s throwing it right where he wants. Why man, when I bat against him he’s mostly got two strikes on me before I know it. He wasn’t like that yesterday, even if he did strike out; what was it, five?” Who looked the best for the American Leaguers? “Well, let’s see,” Campy said, pushing back his cap. “‘I didn’t face (Virgil) Trucks. I guess it was (Whitey) Ford (the New York Yankee southpaw who started).” Was he as good as in the World Series last year? “Naw,” said Campy, “‘not that good. But he was the best they showed. “Tt was just one of those games, you know, everybody hittin’ and not much pitchin’ all around.” Manakiki Open Tourney Starts CLEVELAND (®—The Manakiki Open, with a “bit-of-everything” flavor, opened today with 133 pro- fessionals seeking to split a $25,000 purse and 17 amateurs tagging along for a bit of glory. The 72-hole medal play test, on through Sunday, is slated over Manakiki Golf Club’s 6,651-yard, Par-72 layout. The tree-infested, hilly course offers a stern test. Missing is last year’s victor and the season’s top money winner, Dr. Cary Middlecoff of Memphis. He the fans! from the playing field. There he’ll| sagebrush country — West Texas | “fence | Mexico and Longhorn Leagues are | the 1948 Longhorn playoffs, three} Eddie Mellilo lash-| arrived here Tuesday, hung around League whose batting average was one of the lowest on the club, |homered with the bases loaded. The hurler, Fred Schmidt, walked jinto $240 thrust through screens. One night this year, Jim Mat- ;thews of Abilene poked two home runs against Amarillo. Matthews, playing his first home game of |the year with a sixth-place club, | collected $43. A Brooklyn first baseman, Bob | Pascal, made his debut in West |Texas this season and sent a | booming: drive over the fence. | When he crossed home plate he headed for the dugout. But the the West Texas-New Mexicoj fans started yelling: “Over here! GETTING FENCED IN—Art Rowland, hard-hitting catcher for the Abilene, Tex., Blue Sox, receives money from elated fans. This “fence money” is being given by Jim Hardy (left), 8, and his brother, Bill, 6. Their dad contributed the money. the | for a couple of hours and then headed for St. Paul. He gave no explanation of why he was passing up the tournament. Bob Shave, Manakiki profession- al and co-chairman of the tourna- ment, was incensed. “I think the PGA should take some action against him,” Shave said. “After all, he promised to Play here, he was our defending champion and we had advertised he’d be on hand. But he doesn’t|¥: WEDNESDAYS RESULTS Mobile at Atlanta postponed, rain Hie Re Uc Ser, creens $8 » Chattanooga Memphis 8, Nashville 7 NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. Behind 7 7 om Milwaukee St. Louis Chicago (2) AMERICAN LEAGUE ceviana ee aoe cr’ 1 51 (378 WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS No Games Scheduled THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE Cleveland at Philadelphia Baltimore at New York Chicago at Washington as the American Leaguers won 11-9. | M WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS Augusta at Macon postponed, rain Charlotte 16-7, Columbia 3-1. aeerie i, Savannah 1 lumbus 3, Montgom: » called end 10th rain) pice THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE Columbia at Charlotte Macon at Augusta Jacksonville at’ Savannah Columbus at Montgomery WEDNESDAY’S BASEBALL RESULTS AMERICAN No ames scheduled ICAN ASSOCIATION Lousville 3, Charleston 2 Toledo 7, Columbus 6 St. Paul 3, Kansas City 2 Minneapolis 5, Indianapolis 1 INTERNATIONAL Ottawa 2, 1 al Syracuse §-5, Buffalo 411 Havana 46, Toronto 3-8 ster 6, Richmond 1 (10 innings) TEXAS Oklahoma City 8-12, Dallas 5-9 Fort Worth 2, Tulsa 0 Houston 10, San Antonio 1 Shreveport 3, Beaumont 1 ALABAMA-FLORIDA Andalusia-Opp 9, Crestview 3 Fort Walton Beach at Dothan, Ppd, rain Graceville 3, Panama City 2 (Second game unreported) PACIFIC COAST San Diego 4, Los Angeles 0 Portland 3-1, Hollywood 0-2 Oakland 3-2, Seattle 25 Sacramento 4-0, San Francisco 3-3 THURSDAY'S BASEBALL SCHEDULE AMERICAN Detroit at Boston (2) Baltimore at New York (N) Cleveland at Philadelphia (N) Chicago at Washington (N) AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Louisville at Charleston Columbus at Toledo St. Paul at Kansas fa apolis at Minneaj ‘TEXAS Fert Worth at Houston San Antonio at Dallas umont ond ALABAMA-FLORIDA Dothan at Andalusia-Opp Crestview at Graceville Panama City at Fort Walton Beach BASEBALL STANDINGS By The Associated Press INTERNATIONAL even give us an excuse when he % leaves.” Homers Bring ‘Fence Money’ To Southwest Bush Leaguers ;Come here!” The embarrassed Pascal plucked $17 frem the wire netting. He never had seen play-| ers paid from the stands before. When Midland plays Odessa, any home run brings a big bonus. These two cities are located only| 20 miles apart and the Longhorn League rivalry is intense. | But Bud Hull, Midland outfield- | er, once failed to collect a penny after his game-winning homer against San Angelo. A drizzle turned into a cloudburst and as Hull hit his homer 50-mile-an-hour | winds lashed the park. When he |reached home plate all the fans Indianapolis St. Paul Louisville woneeeea? et $2 San Antonio Oklahoma City ES pebas6: eee 4 TWINS GARAGE, Inc. were huddled under the grandstand | roof.—AP Newsfeatures. Phone 2-2401 Strand, Key West Insurance Valdes Is Seen After Victory By JACK HAND NEW YORK (#—Nino Valdes rides the glory road toward a 1955 shot at heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano today as Hurri- cane Tommy Jackson blows hacm- lessly out to sea. The lobby of Madison Square Garden told the story of last night’s two-round TKO victory for the Cuban giant on the automatic three-knockdown rule. Valdes am- bled through a swarm of happy admirers, pausing to sign auto- graphs and greet handshakers with a wide grin. Outside, in the pouring rain, Jackson walked with head down, mumbling to himself. His family trailed behind, trying to convince him to go back to the hotel. “I won't fight nobody else until I fight him,” Jackson had said in his dressing room. He made a stormy scene in the ring, tearing the referee’s scorecard in two, be- fore police ushered him to his dressing room. “He had nothing,” said Valdes, through an interpreter. “‘He clown fighter. Everybody expect us to go to body, we go to head in second round.” About Marciano? “I knock him out in four rounds.” Harry Markson, managing direc- tor of the International Boxing Club, said “Valdes rates the next shot at Marciano after the rematch with Ezzard Charles that we hope to run in September.” Valdes, an 11-5 underdog, over- whelmed the listless Hurricane, who showed only one brief flash of the fiery newcomer who stopped Rex Layne, beat Clarence Henry and knocked out Dan Bucceroni in his exciting rise from prelim boy to No. 5 contender. In the first round, the Cuban thumped at Jackson’s body with both hands. Shifting to the head when the jigging Jackson came out for the second, Valdes drove his man half through the ropes with a solid right, Although the timekeeper counted four, Referee Al Berl ruled no knockdown. Another right sent Jackson to the floor for an automatic-eight- count. Actually he was up at two. Another flurry and. a bull rush drove Jackson to his knees. He was up at one but the count again went to the automatic eight. The third knockdown that ended the bout, under New York rules that require a referee to halt a fight when one man has been down three times in one round, was dis- puted by many in the crowd of 4,465. It looked as though a push, following a blow to the neck, sent ; | Jackson down. No matter what it was, Berl ruled “knockdown” and the fight was over at 2:35 of the second. Valdes weighed 204, Jackson, 190%, Fur dealers say that rabbit fur) has practically disappeared from the American market because of new labeling regulations which prevent dealers and customers from calling rabbit fur by some other name. x-Graceville x-Panama Cit; 8 not include 3 S439 Wednesday night PACIFIC COAST Hollywood San Diego Oakland. San Francisco Seattle Sacramento Portia Sports Roundup By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK — Now it’s back to the mines for’ our baseball | heroes, with all the big questions still to be answered before they choose up sides for the World Series next fall. Are the Yankees, working on a nine-game winning streak when they broke off for the All-Star Game, at last making the major | move which will send them wing- ing toward their sixth straight championship? Their opponents fear so. a Can the Giants maintain their dizzy pace of the past month, which ineluded six straight over Brooklyn, and sail steadily on through the hot months to an al- most uncontested National League flag? Barring serious injury to one or more of their key players, there is strong opinion that Leo Duro- cher’s club can do just that. | Has age suddenly caught up with the Dodgers in general and Jackie Robinson in particular, or has the club merely been caught in a slump which may lift any day now and transform it again into the almost unbeatable team that clinched the flag on Sept. 12 last season? Getting back to the first one, the only possible reply has to be a reluctant yes. The nation’s fans for the most part are terribly tired of seeing the Yankees win year after year. So are seven other clubs in the American League. But there appears to be nothing any- body can do about it. There is no obvious reason why the Giants should not maintain their present pace, or something approximating same, if they keep away from the Pittsburgh Pirates. The club has enjoyed some luck, true, in pulling a lot of games from the fire in the late innings, but that is accepted as the hall- mark of a good, sound outfit, which the Giants are. In assessing the chances, there are some interest- ing figures to be considered. A year ago at this time the club, which was to clinch the pennant earlier than any other team in Na- tional League history, had won 52} games and lost 31. Its standing to- day was 52-32, or a difference of} only one game. | That does not seem to indicate that the team managed by fresh- | man Walt Alston has exactly come apart. All the present standing in- dicates, actually, is that the Dod- gers have one outstanding team arrayed against them this time, the Giants, whereas last year they had to beat only one good club, Milwaukee, while fattening up on the weak sisters. Heat Stops Golfers QUINCY, Ill. —Golfers tradi-| tionally brave the rain, wind and cold but the Midwest’s current heat | wave was too much for them yes- | terday in Quincy. When the mercury zoomed to 111 | degrees, Carl Wiberg, country club golf pro, closed his shop and sent the caddymaster and 25 caddies | home for the day. | Marine - Automotive - Transport Diesel Starting - Lighting DIAMOND BATTERIES Buy from your local independent Dodgers’ dealer at chain store prices. *|Win Babe Ruth Loop Openers Title Bout For | 500 Fans See Tilts Tuesday At Stadium The Key West Insurance Co. and the Strand Theater baseball teams ran away with their opening tilts Tuesday night in the newly formed Babe Ruth baseball league in the Wickers Field Stadium before more than 500 fans. In the opening game on the double bill — the first to be attempted for the 13- 16 year old class — the In- surance Co. nine clobbered the St. Joseph’s School entry by a one-sided score of 19-0. They turned the trick behind the brilliant two-hit twirling of “Lefty” Casas. It was obvious that St. Joe’s was suffering from first- night fright. The policy boys laid down an 11-hit barrage led by Casas, Alex- ander and Taylor, who hit two apiece. Alexander had a doubie and a triple for the evening. Flood’s double was the only solid hit off Casas. In the second game of the double bill, nine bases on balls and five errors proved to be the un- doing of the Evans Enterprises entry. The game was won by the Strand Theater boys to the tune of 18-2. Snow, the Strand’s tall right- hander scattered three hits and struck out seven. “Ruthian” clouts were hit by Paul Higgs, which ac- counted for all of the Evans runs and by Monk Kerr, captain and catcher for the Strand nine. Jack Carbonell had a single and a triple. Diaz had a triple and two singles. 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