The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 28, 1954, Page 6

Wertz Leads Indians To Win [Herbert Won PGA Title Hard Way Over Red Sox, Chisox Gain Giant Lead Over Brooks Is Slashed By JOE REICHLER AP Sports Writer Hank Greenberg, whose player deals during the past few years have backfired more often than a 1929 jalopy, finally appears to have found a live one in Vic Wertz. Each day, the slugging outfielder- first baseman looms larger and larger in the Cleveland Indians’ | pennant plans. | Last night, for instance, he slammed a home run and double | and droye in three runs as the Indians whipped Boston 6-3 for their 14th victory over the Red | Sox in 15 decisions. The Tribe now leads the dl York Yankees by 2% games. Th Yanks were shut out by Chicago’ s| Virgil Trucks 4-0. In the National League, the * $t. Louis Cardinals thrashed the | New York Giants 7-4 after Brook- lyn’s onrushing Dodgers had won a 7-6 slugging bee from the Chica- go Cubs. The Giants’ onetime sev- ‘en-game bulge over Brooklyn has dwindled to a mere two in six days. In other games the Philadel- phia Phillies whipped the Cincin- nati Reds 8-2, Baltimore defeated Washington 7-5 and Philadelphia’s | Athletics beat Detroit 8-3 after the Tigers had won the opener of the twi-night twin bill 3-2. Milwaukee and Pittsburgh were not sched- uled. It was a lucky break for the In- dians when they acquired Wertz from Baltimore for pitcher Bob Chakales at the start of last| month, The bald-headed outfielder, hitting an anemic .202 for the Ori- oles, didn’t figure to be of much help. But since joining the Tribe, the 29-year-old Detroiter has been hitting at a .306 clip. With Al Rosen adding a homer for Cleveland, Bob Lemon had an easy time registering his 12th tri- umph although he yielded 10 hits. Ted Williams failed to hit safely, | ending his 14-game hitting streak. | Trucks, the strong-armed Chica-| go right-hander, handcuffed the} Yankees with five hits. It was his | fourth shutout and 14th victory of the season. Harry Byrd was tagged for eight hits, two each by Phil Cavarretta and Jim Rivera. The Dodgers, powered by home runs by Duke Snider and Jackie Robinson, gave Don Newcombe an early 6-0 lead but the big right- ander lost most of it and it took a neat relief job by Billy Loes to pull the Dodgers through. Wally Moon and Stan Musial led | a late St. Louis drive to bring the Cardinals up from a 2-0 deficit to an easy victory over the Giants. Moony’ smashed four hits. Musial eracked his 28th homer with two mates aboard. Robin Roberts became the first 15-game winner in the majors as the Phils submerged the Reds. Del Ennis, Bobby Morgan and Danny Schell homered to give the ace right-hander an early 8-0 lead. Sparked by Billy’ Hunter’s triple | and two singles, the Orioles | Pi snapped~ Washington’s six-game | winning streak with a 13-hit at-| tack. Every Baltimore batter hit safely except pitcher Duane Pil- leite, who gained his ninth vi tory. Bill Tuttle’s ninth-inning single scored Red Wilson with the run} that gave Steve Gromek his 12th victory as Detroit grabbed the opener from Philadelohia. The} Athletics rapped Ned Garver for 12 of their 13 hits to give Marion| Fricano an easy victory nightcap. “Junior Conchs” Meet Bushnell A baseball team composed of | members of the Babe Ruth Lea-| gue and former Key West High School players will tangle with the in the} SOMETHING NEW —These spanking new bowling alleys were placed in operation Saturday in the old Curry and Sons building on Front Street. Citizen Staff Photo. League ac’ Fight New Bowling Alleys Are Placed Into Operation Here Bowling is a fast growing sport in Key West. And to accommodate the fast- growing ranks of the kegling fra- ternity, eight spanking new alleys have been placed into operation in the old Curry and Sons building on Front Street, at the waterfront. alleys, the new lanes are a joint entegprise of local realtor Al Mills and “Alfons _Zitter. The new*alleys are of the re- gulation Brunswick type, with elec- trie foul lines and semi-automatic | |pinsetters. The alleys are also} Facilities have been installed for serving refreshments and cooling beverages. Future plans call for the instal- lation of three shuffleboard courts and establishment of a league. Bowling leagues are presently Tagged the Double “A” bowling | being formed. THe alleys will be jopen from 4 p, m. to 12 a. m. daily. They will be managed by Zitter such enter- prises in New York. A profession- heey managed other lal sl ter experts alike. Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN = RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE Wea Lost Pet, Behted Cleveland 29 69: New York Chicago Washington Detroit Boston Philadelphia Baltimore TUESDAY'S RESULTS Cleveland 6, Boston 3 Chicago 4, New York 0 Baltimore 7, Washington 5 Detroit 3-3, Philadelphia 2-8 WEDNESD. New York at Chicago Philadelphia at Detroit Boston at Cleveland Washington at Baltimore NATIONAL LEAGUE ‘Won Lost Pet. Behind New York 62 36 «633 — Brooklyn Milwaukee Cincinnati Chicago Pittsburgh '§ RESULTS Brooklyn 7, Ghicago 6 St. Louis 7, New York 4 Philadelphia 8, Cincinnati 2 Only games scheduled WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE Chicago at Brooklyn St. Louis at New "York nnati at Phi Milwaukee ‘at Won Lott Pet, Behind | Jacksonville nah TUESDAY'S RESULTS Charlotte 5, Savannah 3 J SOUTHERN New Qrieans lonte USS Bushnell Sund: | Aton in the Wickers F The “Your include Wafie Henriquez. Biff Sa gado, Julio Santana, Leeburg Eloy Rodriguez, Roger Bean, Gib- by Gates, of the high school team. | The Babe Ruth L ie performers are S. Yates, T. Hoppy, Paul Higgs, L. Simms, Moorehouse and Sidney Kerr. Boxing Resulis TUESDAY'S FIGHTS c. Henry partanburg, N.C. 6, Charlotte, drew, 10. DETROIT Bobby Hughes, 173%. Fen, Ohio, stopped Lou King, 166% <eNITAMI, Fla. Cincinnati, stored Cuba, 9. 1x, PHO! NI Arg.-Jimmy Marti inez, (Pappy and Billy Wan Chi- ce (Bud, Smith 4 Rafael L iz 491 440 404 394 TUESDAY'S RESULTS 4, Memphis am 9, L Chattanooga 0 Nashville at New Orleans postponed, wet grounds. SCHEDULE ta Birmingham janooga at Mobile Nashville at New Orleans (2 RESULTS AL AS Houston 10, Tulsa 1 San Antonio 7, vxiahoma City 0 Beaumont 9, Fort Worth 4 Dallas 8, Shreveport 1 RICAN ASSOCIATION ‘olumbus 1 Toledo 1 Gt innings 357, San’ Antonic RICHMOND, Callf.-Art Ramponi, 191 Oakland, Calif., outpointed Davey Lee, 191, Reno, & Dothan 7, Panama City 6 Andalusia-Opp 10, Graceville 5 PACIFIC COAST Sacramento 8, Seattle 7 Oakland 8, Hollywood 5 San Francisco 9, Los Angeles 2 San Diego 1 WEDNESDAY BASEBALL SCHEDULE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Toledo at Indianapolis Charleston at St. Paul (2 Columbus at Minneapolis Louisville at Kansas City TEXAS Shreveport at Fort Worth Houston at Oklahoma City Beaumont at Dallas San Antonio at Tulsa INTERNATIONAL Buffalo at Ottawa (2 Havana at Toronto Richmond at Rochester Montreal at Syracuse ALAE FLORIDA Crestview at Dothan Graceville at Fort Walton Beach Only games scheduled BASEBALL STANDINGS TEXAS | Shreveport San Antonio Oklahoma City Houston | Tulsa Fort Worth Beaumont Dallas en ‘Toronto Rochester Montreal Havana Buffalo | Richmond Ottawa ALABAMA-FLORIDA | Dothan 58 | Graceville Panama City ‘7 innings | | Pet. ‘Columbus | Minneapolis | Totedo Charleston 42 PACIFIC COAST Won Hollywood 75 63 San Diego 7 ‘32 51 45 Angeles ‘Mai jor “wera \Leaders ING—Noren, New York, .364. Minoso, Chicago, 81 tle, New York, 20, | _PITCHING - Reynolds, H w York, 35. PITCHING — Antanelli, New York, 875. instructor for 20 years, Zit- xtends a hearty welcome to} | equipped with lockers and show-|Key West bowlers — beginners and Wednesday, July 28, 1954 t. | RICKEY’S 476 406 Pet. New York, 10-1, tion is expected to start shortly. es Wayne Lands Shark Here At Municipal Pier Sporting goods dealer Frank Wayne landed what must be a record catch for the City Fishing Pier last night — a shark weighing an estimated 150 pounds. Using mullet for bait, and 9-pound test line, Wayne bat- tled for several minutes before bringing the fish to the top of the water. Other fishermen report good catches of snapper and tarpon at the municipal pier. Higgs Fans 17 In Twirling 1-Hitter In Babe Ruth Loop Paul Higgs fanned 17 batters and | allowed just one hit last night on! hurling his Evans Enterprises nine | 'to a victory over the Key West jinsurance Co. baseballers in a} Babe Ruth League encounter in| the Wickers Field Stadium. In the first half of a double header, the league-leading Strand Theater decisioned St. Josephs, 18- | 3. Higgs, in twirling his master-) piece, fanned all but one member | of the Insurance nine at least once. | Meanwhile, the Insurance hurler, | Hoppy, was fanning eight of the | sport shop boys. R. Knowles got the only hit for | the losers. In the opener, S. Snow allowed | St. Josephs only eight scattered | . | hits while his teammates were gar-| nering 18 safeties. Leaders at bat were S. Kerr with | | four in five tries and J. Diaz, who | hit a homer and a double. Curry hit two triples. GUIDANCE |PUTS CLUB IN RED PITTSBURGH (® — Al Abrams, | sports editor of the Pittsburgh | Post-Gazette, said today the Pitts-' burg Pirates have lost approxi- ig; Mately $1,850,000 since Branch| 4 | Rickey became general manager | four years ago. | ; In the first of a series of copy- | righted articles entitled “A Factu- |al Report on the State of the Pi- jer Abrams said the club is! ‘staggering under a financial load which could lead to eventual dis- | 3 aster and sale of the club.” 0 eerie } ¢| New managers in the American| | Assn. this season are Kerby Farrell lat Indianapolis and Bill Rigney at) P| | Minneapolis. i 3 | 8 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 SUBSCRIBE TO THE CITIZEN By HUGH FULLERTON JR. ST. PAUL, Minn. — At the age of 39, with the years begin- ning to show in greying hair and a slight paunch, Chick Harbert yesterday won his first national golf title, beating out Walt Bur- kemo. y The onetime boy wonder, now a part-time tournament player and vice-president of a golf club man- ufacturing concern, said before the PGA Tournament began: “Tf I reach the final I’ll probably make the same danged mistakes I did when I went to the finals | before.” It looked as if that prediction might come true yesterday when Chick knocked his second shot out jmistakes and started playing the of bounds into a cornfield. had tried for the PGA title. It was his third trip to the finals. He tried to match his bo controlled drives a rier’s putter in 1947 a years later he h under a tree at Louisville and J to Jim Turnesa “It’s the only n. ever won,” he sa think it’s the m Wally is a g great fellow to play Harbert said he t hole was the match. That was w a shot up for par straight hole he j took the 11th to square the m. and from there on there was no| stopping him. For three holes he was the same old Chick, the fellow who could | hit them a mile But often hit a half mile into the rough. He was under a tree on the second hole, but recovered. He fought the rough and buried his ball in a sandtrap | for a double-bogey 7 on the third And when Burkemo birdied the fourth, Wally was 3 up and weil on the way to a successful defense of the title he won last year. That’s when he stopped making Burkemo also played fine golf except for a flurry of wild shoot- ing from the 10th through the 15th in the morning, when he had three bogeys and lost three holes. From there on he shot 19 holes in er par and couldn’t gain an Marine - Automotive - Transport Diesel Starting - Lighting YOCAM BATTERIES Fiorida’s leading manufacturer 28 years of dependable service —- kind of golf of which he is capable at his brilliant best. 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