The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 17, 1954, Page 10

Cincinnati Jumps Into Third Position In National League. Dodgers Fail To Gain Ground On 1st Place Giants By JOB REICHLER Associated Press Sports Writer Cincinnati’s spectacular success the tight one-run decisions has “catapulted the Redlegs into third place today within striking dist- ance of the fast-fading defending champion Brooklyn Dodgers. the last 15 games of which Manager Birdie Tebbetts’ scrap- ’ have won 11, the Reds have StELEE; ifn vege t fF I i HH] Ze Eg id to nip the Pitts- behind Bob 82 Manager Tebbetts better centerfielder or Duke Snider, Reds to their twin tri- drove in eight runs, second game with a pair and a double. He cur- ting .341 and had driv- . The Reds won the 10th on Chuck Har- with the bases : Ra] Se Fe at H & Fe 32 i z i: es ee i E z of 41,778, second largest faukee history, watched handcuff the Dodgers five hits and strike out nine he gained his eighth victory of the year and his.third without a defeat over Brooklyn. Second base- man Danty O'Connell and catcher Del Crandall drove in two runs each for the Braves as Carl Erskine went down to his ninth defeat. ~ After dissipating a 4-1 lead in » the Cardinals roared back @ run in the ninth to nip the Giants, Ray Jablonski de- livered a two-out single that scored Wally Moon with the winning run off reliever Marv Grissom. Stan Musial hit his 27th home run for the Cardinals and Willie Mays slammed his 32nd for the Giants. ‘The Indians pounded out 18 hits, nine for extra bases to help Mike Garcia register his 12th victory. “Al Smith had four hits and Dave Philley and Sam Dente had three each. Irv Noren’s homer with two out a Held to two hits through six in- mings, the White Sox tied the score at 1-1 in the seventh and broke loose for three‘ more runs against an Stone in the eighth to give ‘reliever ly Consuegra his 11th . A double by Chic Carras- Singles by Minnie Minoso, “Ron Jackson and Matt Batts fea- tured the winning attack. Sullivan, Boston’s 6-7 righthand- only one Tiger to reach second. A two run error by Ted and Jackie Jensen’s single provided Boston with all its Gene Baker’s triple in the ninth ;acored Bob Talbot, who had sin- gled, with the run that broke a 2-2 tie and gave the Cubs their third straight over the Pirates. Boxing Results FRIDAY’S FIGHTS BALTIMORE-Tommy Loper, 142%, ico, Carl Coates, 142%, Trabert Faces Larsen In Net Action Today CHICAGO — Tony Trabert of Cincinnati, the nation’s top rated singles player, must get by .Art Larsen of San Leandro; Calif., to- day to enter the finals of the Na- tional Clay Court Tennis Tourna- ment, Larsen, seeded third in the tourney, has been playing excel- -|lently and received some encour- agement yesterday when fourth- seeded Bernard Bartzen of San Angelo, Tex., beat the defending champion and No. 2 seed, Vic Seixas of Philadelphia, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2 in the first semifinals match of the. men’s division. Bartzen thus won the right to meet the winner of today’s match | between opseeded Traber and Larsen in Sunday’s finals. One finalist for the women’s -|championship match was deter-| mined yesterday when second- seeded Doris Hart of Coral Gables, Fla., beat Lois Felix of Meriden, Conn., 6-3, 7-5. Miss Hart qualified to take on either top ranked Maureen Connolly of San, Diego, or Karol Fageros of Miami, Fla. The women’s doubles finals was scheduled for today with Misses Connolly and Hart taking on Ethel Norton of San Antonio and Althea Gibson of New York. Connolly-Hart beat Lucille Dav- idson of Lees Summit, Mo., .and Doris Popple of Des Moines, 6-1, 6-1, in one semifinal match yes- terday and the Norton-Gibson duo beat Miss Fageros and Sara Mae Turber of Evansville, Ind., 6-1, 6-1. Men’s semifinal doubles today pit Seixas and Trabert against Dave Harum of Coral Gables and Sey- mour Greenberg of Chicago and (Bartzen and Larsen against Don Fontana of Toronto and John Lesch of Los Angeles. Race Fans Flock To Arlington By TOM BRANAGAN CHICAGO (® — The possibility of a record-breaking run from Hasty Road, High Gun or one of 11 other glamorous starters in the richest 3-year-old race in history had Arlington Park fans turning out en masse today. More than 40,000 patrons were expected to jam the suburban oval by the time the horses go to the post for the Arlington Classic. If none scratch, the gross value will be a record $161,300 with the win- ner earning $104,475. Race time is 4:45 p.m., EST. Arlington Park’s record for the mile — the classic distance — is 1:34 2-5 and has stood up since Equipoise set it in 1932. The most distinctive records were carried by Hasty Road, the Preakness winner, and High Gun, the Belmont winner. At least half. a dozen other en- tries were conceded a chance to do the mile under 1:34 if condi- tions are right. Errard King, a fast starter, is one; Artismo another. Duc de Fer comes off consecutive victories in the Myrtlewood Handicap and the Classic Prep at Arlington and won all three of his starts as a 2-year- old. Hasseyampa, third in the Ken- tucky Derby, is a district threat. Sea O Erin, Helioscope and Al- lied also are highly regarded. Rounding out the field are Jet Action, Revolt, Tuosix and Super Devil. Second place is worth $30,000 with $15,000 to third and $10,000 to fourth. Rejected Picked To Win Gold Cup Handicap Today INGLEWOOD, Calif. 7 — The King Ranch’s Rejected remained the popular favorite to win the $137,100 Hollywood Gold Cup Handicap today in a race against seven rivals over a mile and one quarter. The winner of the Santa Anita Handicap — another 100 grand af- _|fair earlier this year — Rejected | 69 is coupled as the solid betting choice with his stablemate, High "agi, 2 |Scud and By Zeus. Rounding out the field were Cur- » 10. MILAN, Italy—Builio Lol, 134%, Trieste, guromed Jacques Herbiilion, 1344, France ragh King; Trusting; Six Fifteen; Correspondent; and Classawa. Industrial Bowling League Results tome 8 or) Team— Westinghouse Electric —— ___ Home Milk General Electric Roy’s Book Store Bill’s Southernmost Garage Coca-Cola Summary for league night of ee a Total Pins 11,134 10,642 10,463 10,319 10,047 7,000 Lost 4 4 8 8 10 il Won ———— 1] 7 7 ee ee July 14: HIGH TEAM, THREE GAMES—Westinghouse Electric, 2189. HIGH TEAM, SINGLE GAME—Westinghouse Electric, 754. HIGH INDIVIDUAL, THREE GAMES—O. Gomez, Roy’s Book Store, 519. BASEBALL TILT SET The Key West Eagles and the Cuban Club have slated a base- ball game Sunday afternoon at Wickers Stadium. Game time is 2 o'clock. Baseball Results AMERICAN LEAGUE ‘Won Lost Pet. Behind 5627 682 Cleveland New York ‘ HIGH INDIVIDUAL, SINGLE GAME—O, Gomez, Roy’s Book Washi Store, 199. This completed play in the first-half of the mid-season meet, St. Pete Increases FIL Lead By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS St. Petersburg moved further out in front in the Florida Interna- tional League last night with an 11-6 victory over the cellar dwelling Tallahassee Rebels. The second place Miami Fla- mingos were beaten 4-3 by West Palm Beach. The Saints went on a 13-hit spree to lick the Rebels. Dick Koby led the attack with two doubles and two singles in four trips to the plate. The Saints’ Neb Wilson, the league’s leading hitter, collected his. 20th home run and catcher Pete Stroud batted home three runs with two singles. Joe Clark homered and batted in three runs for Tallahassee. Just 323 fans watched the contest. About 500 people turned out to see West Palm Beach beat Miami. West Palm tied the game in the bottom of the 9th when Gene Stuart singled home pinch-runner Jesus Ayon. Then a sacrifice fly by Mario Diaz sent Ace Mendez across the plate with the winning tally. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS St. Petersburg 11 Tallahassee 6 West Palm Beach 4 Miami 3 TODAY’S SCHEDULE St. Petersburg at Tallahassee Miami at West Palm Beach STANDINGS Won Lost Pet. 21 9 = .700 18 14 563 1315 464 8 2 267 Conley Foils Bums On Their Long Ball Hits MILWAUKEE (#— How do you keep a club like Brooklyn from hitting that long ball? You just keep breaking off the low curve and firing the fast one now and then to keep ’em honest. That’s the way Gene Conley turned the trick last night as he notched his third win of the year over the d efending Naional League champions, a 6-1 decision which gave the Milwaukee Braves their third in a row over the slumping champs. Cincinnati’s Bud Podbielan is the only other pitcher with three triumphs over Brooklyn this season. The Dodgers got only five hits off the 6 foot 8 inch rookie, the major league’s tallest player, and hit only one other ball to the out- field which leftfielder Hank Aaron caught easily in the fifth. Conley struck out nine, getting everyone in the lineup at least once except Junior Gilliam and Carl Furillo, Cuba’s Varona Faces Martinez MIAMI, Fla. (P)—Chico Varona of Havana, welterweight champion of Cuba, and Jimmy Martinez of Phoenix, middleweight champion of Arizona, trade blows tonight in a nationally televised fight at Bay- front Park Auditorium. The 10-round, nontitle middle- weight fight gets under way at 8 p.m. EST and will be blacked out locally. Both are fast-stepping boxers who possess knockout punches and indications are it will te an even money affair at bell time. Varona is expected to scale 153 and Mar- tinez 156. St. Petersburg Miami West Palm Beach Tallahassee Major League Leaders * AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—Noren, New York, .360 RUNS-Minoso, Chicago, 70 RUNS BATTED IN- HITS—Fox, Chicago, 112 HOME RUNS~ Mantle, New York, 18 PITCHING - Reynolds, New York, 9-1. NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING ~Snider, B: . 238 RUNS—Musial. St. Louis, 76 RUNS BATTED IN- Musial, St. Louis, 83 HITS— ti, 122 PITCHING — Antonelli, New York, 13-3 ROOKIE sll ai James Bennett Davis, Chicago Cubs pitcher—Switch hitter, throws left—Born Sept. 15,.1925 at Red Bluff, Calif—Lives in San. Fran- cisco—Height 6 feet—Weight 180 —Brought up from Seattle two days after season opened—Had 13-8 re- cord there in 1953, as starter and reliever—Completed 16 of 28 starts, had three shutouts and a 3.02 earn- earned run record for 217 innings —Signed first contract in 1946 fol- RIDAY’S RESULTS 3, Baltimore 2 Cleveland 9,’ Philadelphia Chicago 4, Wai Boston 3, Detroit 0 Fi New York SATURDAY'S GAMES Baltimore at New York Cle asa it Phil iphia velal at jade) Chicago at’ Washington NATIONAL LEAGUE ‘Won Lost Pet. Behind 58 28 674 FRIDAY’S RESULTS St. Louis 5, New York 4 Milwaukee 6, Brooklyn 1 Chicago 3, Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 7-9, Philadelphia 6-4 SATURDAY,S GAMES New York at St. Louis at Chicago (2) ja at Cincinnati SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. Behind SS 38 S82 — FRIDAY'’S RESULTS coghariotte. 6, Columbia 1 olumbus at Montgomery, post i Savannah. 12, Jacksonville @ ee Augusta 3, Macon 0 SATURDAY'’S GAMES Charlotte at Jacksonville Columbia at Savannah Columbus at Macon Montgomery at Augusta SATURDAY’S BASEBALL STANDINGS INTERNATIONAL ‘552 |rumbling was $27 |shrieks and groans. _|before the first primary election .|stalls and the armor was given Page 10 Mew ver arene aren: " LAST INSPECTION HERE—Capt. H. C. Spicer, Jr., command- the aviation mechanics division Photo. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, July 17, 1954 ing officer of Airship Development Squadron Eleven, inspects of the squadron in his last per- sonnel inspection prior to being relieved of command by Cdr. J. H. Cruse in a short, but impressive ceremony on Thursday morning July 15 at the Naval Air Station.—Official U.S. Navy BLUE WATER by DENIS SNEIGR That low, rumbling noise you hear to the north and east from time to time is not thunder. The noise is, caused by certain individuals in Miami who do not care for the way Monroe Conuty affairs are conducted. They get all upset and rumble. That is too bad, although bi- carbonate of soda might help. The rumbling reached a peak in May. In fact, at that time, the interspersed with Off stage could be heard the blare of trumpets asthe white chargers were brought out of their a final polishing. They were all set to slay the dragon—the Overseas Koad and toll Bridge District. Then came the election and Rep. first primary Bernie Papy ret. | went pack in by a whopping maj- lowing discharge from Marines—| 5” Broke in with Lynn, Mass., in New | D: England League with 9-7 record— Was 16-9 there in 1947—AP News- features . Air Force Lt. Is Favored To Win Tourney DENVER ( — Lt. Joe Conrad, on leave from Air Force duty at San Marcos, Tex., ruled a heavy favorite today to repeat as Trans- Mississippi golf champion after medalist Ernie Vossler of Fort Worth, Tex., was sidelined yes- terday. Conrad meets Don Nichols of Topeka, Kan., in today’s quarter- finals. Other matches send Jim Jackson, Kirkwood, Mo., against Gene Zuspann, Goodland, Kan.; Howie Johnson, Houston, Tex., against Marion Hiskey, Tyler, Tex. and Rex Baxter Jr., Amarillo, Tex. against Jim English, Topeka, Kan. Conrad yesterday beat Claude Wright of Denver, 2 and 1. Johnson, former Minnesota and Texas public links champion, pulled the big surprise of the 51st Tourney by whipping Vossler, 2 and 1. Haas Has Edge On Competition At Manakiki CLEVELAND (® — That lanky lad from New Orleans, Freddie Haas, had a two-stroke edge over the field today at the halfway mark in the $25,000 Manakiki Golf Tournament. He was eight under par with a 67-69—136. Clustered two strokes behind Haas at 138, were six tourney- tested professionals ready to take over the top spot should he falter. Bracketed at 138 were Jack Burke, Jr., Kiamesha Lake, N. Y., Al Besselink of Grossinger, N.Y., Chick Harbert of Detroit, Jerry Barber of La Canada, Calif., Tom- . | Cothron innocent. 4i7 | the hook for the failure of the state ALABAMA-FLORIDA We Ft. Walton Beach Dothan Panama City SATURDAYS BASEBALL SCHEDULE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION Atlanta at Birmingham Nashville at Chattanooga Mem at Little Rock Mobile at New Orleans AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Louisville at Columbus Charleston at Toledo Minneapolis at Kansas City Indianapolis at St. Paul TEXAS San Antonio at Dallas Fort Worth at Houston Tulsa at Beaumont Oklahoma City at Shreveport INTERNATIONAL Richmond at Buffalo Montreal at Rochester Havana at Syracuse ALABAMA-FLORIDA Graceville at Andalusia-Opp Fort Walton Beach at Crestview Panama Cit it Dothan ‘8 RESULTS SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION No games scheduled AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Columbus 3, Louisville 2 Charleston 4, Toedlo 2 Kansas City 4, Minneapolis 1 Indianapolis 6, St. Paul INTERNATIONAL Toronto 8, Ottawa 4 6, Richmond 4 Montreal $, Rochester 0 - TEXAS San Antonio 8, Dallas 1 Beaumont 4, Tulsa 3 Shreveport 5, Oklahoma Cjty 0 Houston 18, Fort Worth 4 PACIFIC COAST San Diego 6, Portland 4 San Francisco 10, Los Angeles 2 Hollywood 4, Oakland 3 (10 innings) Sacramento 5, Seattle 4 (11 innings) ALABAMA-FLORIDA Panama City 7, Ft. Walton Beach 6 Graceville at Crestview ppd, rain y Bolt of Houston, Tex., and} George Fazio of Pine Valley, N.J. At 143 was Denny Shute, Akron, Ohio. : Scores of 147 were necessary to get into the low 60 firing in the final two rounds, and among the casualties were National Open Champion Ed Furgol of Clayton, Mo. with 148 and Long Dave Doug- las of Grossinger, N.Y. with 149. ority. The rumble died to a mumble. Then Bateman and Cothron were charged with grand larceny. More righteous rumbling. Then a jury found Bateman and Loud squawks and wild accusa- tions. ‘ Everybody connected with the prosecution was trying to get off to get a conviction. \ The Miami newspapers wrote | editorials; John Marsh, Dade County solicitor who headed the} prosecution, issued a statement; | James McEwen, Tampa state's attorney, a Marsh assistant, issu-) ed a statement; Acting Governor! Charley E. Johns issued a state- ment. \ The air was full of statements. Now comes Marsh with a $688,- 885 damage suit against The Miami | Herald. He claims some of the Herald| news stories and editorials were “unfair, inaccurate, biased and factually incorrect.” There is also talk—in Dade Coun- ty—of land grab by Monroe Coun-)| ty. | Under a bill passed by the state legislature, Monroe County is to get the Road and Toll Bridge Dis- trict lands for park purposes. Those who call it a land grab} say the State Road Department | should get the land because all the | state taxpayers paid for it. But, as Al Smith used to say, let’s take a look at the record. The record, in this case, is in the Monroe County court house, in the minute book of the county | commission. That record shows that Monroe County paid for at least some of the land in question by rebating $37,665.95 in taxes owed by the Florida East Coast Railway Co. The commissioner’s resolution authorizing the county tax collect- or to cancel FEC taxes for 1935) and 1936 says “‘on other property | in Monroe County outside the right- of-way conveyed for road purposes | (the taxes upon which were order- | by the Supreme Court to be can-| celled by the Comptroller).” | This resolution was passed by! |the county commission on Jan. 13, | } 1937. | | The City of Key West also re-| | bated some of the railroad taxes. | How much the city knocked off, I' | don't know. So in the light of these facts, it doesn’t seem to be such a land grab after all. It cost the county alone $37,665.- 95. That was in 1937. Take a guess at what $37,665.95 is worth in today’s money. The deed conveying the land from the FEC to the toll district was filed with the Monroe county clerk on Nov. 9, 1936. I have heard that when the Key West extension of the Florida East | Coast line folded, that Dade County | also got some land. I don’t Khow this for a fact. I'd have to check the deeds in the! Dade County court house. | But if it is true, as it seems, | I wonder if Dade County objected to taking the land at the time and called it a land grab by Dade Coun- ty? EXILE IS MOVED PARIS (# — Habib Bourguiba, | exiled Tunisian Nationalist leader, was shifted today from an island | off the west coast of France to a secret place on the mainland. His transfer last May from Tunisia set off a wave of terrorism in his country. ‘ |in their Naval careers. ‘Capt. Spicer Is Transferred With the Fleet Sonar School |Band offering stirring music, the men and officers of Airship De- velopment Squadron Eleven stood |rigidly at attention as Capt. H.C, |Spicer, Jr., commanding officer, conducted his final personne in- * |spection Thursday at 11 a.m. my front of hanger 3 at the Naval Air Station. The Captain was relieved of his command immediately following the inspection, by Cdr. J. H. Cruse, jin a dignified yet short ceremony, As the Captain walked through the ranks, he spoke to several of the men bidding them good luck Then after the last man was inspected he walked to the rostrum in front of the formation and read his orders, Cdr. Cruse then stepped up and after reading his orders, turned to the Captain, saluted and said, “I relieve you, sir.” All officers were in full dress white uniform with metals while both Capt. Spicer and Cdr. Cruse wore swords. Commander Naval Base, Rear Admiral G. C. Towner, accompan- ied by his aide, Lt. L. B. Rice, were present at the ceremony. After leaving the Key West area, Capt. Spicer will report to News port, R. I., for duty under instruc- tion at the Naval War College. Publinx Finals Are Set Today DALLAS, Tex. (®—Gene Andrews 40-year-old Los Angeles city golf champion, today faces Jack Zim- merman, 26, of Dayton, Ohio in the finals of the 29th National Publie Links Tournament. Andrews yesterday whipped Jo- seph Evans. 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