The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 29, 1954, Page 6

» Braves Start Rolling In Drive For National Flag Chisox Bow To Yankees In American By BEN PHLEGAR AP Sports Writer The Milwaukee Braves are build- ing up steam for a fast sweep} along the Eastern Seaboard which | should determine whether there is | any substance to the ghost of a| chance they still hold in the Na- tional League pennant race. A highly regarded entry during spring training, the Braves floun- dered ‘through the first half of the season. But they’ve started to roll in the last two weeks and last night they ran their current winning Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, July 29, 1954 streak to six games with a 6-4) victory at Pittsburgh. | A getaway game with the| Pirates today will be followed by} four games in Brooklyn starting | tomorrow night, three in Phila-| delphia and three with the New| York Giants. It would take a virtual sweep to} make the Braves’ a serious threat Teams have done it before, al-/ though not recently. Milwaukee trails the second place Dodgers by 8 games and the Giants by 10. In the past week the - Braves have cut their deficit by 5% lengths. Neither the Braves nor the Dod- gers gained any ‘ground yesterday because the Giants broke their six- game losing streak at the expense of the St. Louis Cardinals 10-0. Philadelphia vaulted into fourth| place with a 3-2 victory over Cin-| cinnati. Brooklyn defeated Chicago 341. | The Cleveland Indians kept roll- ing over the Boston Red Sox, 2-1! for the 15th time in 16 decisions. | New York beat Chicago 7-5 ‘on Mickey Mantle’s three-run homer | in the ninth Joe Coleman pitched | a. three - hitter as Baltimore! trimmed Washington 2-1 and De- troit trounced Philadelphia 10-2. Jim Bagby Dies At Georgia Home MARIETTA, Ga. () — Jim (Sarge) Bagby, who helped pitch the Cleveland Indians to the 1920 world championship of baseball, died yesterday. Bagby, whose full name was James Charles Jacob Bagby Sr.,\ won 31 games and lost 12 for the Indians in 1920 and in the World Series against Brooklyn became the first pitcher ever to hit a ser- ies home run. The 64-year-old mound star had been in bad health since he suf- fered a stroke in 1942. He died at Kennéstone Hospital in Mari-| etta, where he had lived for the| past several years. Survivors include a son, Jim Jr., who followed his famous father as a major league pitcher in the 1930s. He now is employed at the Lockheed Aircraft plant here. Bagby was hammered hard in the World Series but came out with | a 1-1 record against the losing Dodgers. He lost the second game} of the series 3-0 but won the fift 8-1. The latter was the game in which he banged his unprecedent- ed home run and teammates El- mer Smith walloved a grand-slam- mer and Bill Wambscanss made an unassisted triple play. THE FIRST RUN... M. H. Vincent crossed homeplate for the first Submarine Squadron 4 run Tuesday night when R. N. Downer lined a single down the third base line. The SubRon 4 all-stars managed fo get two more runs but It wasn’t enough to win. The SubRon 12 stars won the game 5-3, thus winning the Key West Submarine Refitting & Training Group championship. — Official United States Navy Photo. Sports by JACK HAND For Gayle Talbot NEW YORK (#—Subdued is the word for the ‘“‘new” Eddie Stanky who brought his Cardinals to the Polo Grounds for a sefies with his old playmates, the league-lead- ing Giants. No fiery-tempered little man came striding out of the dugout, with a chip on his shoulder, to wrangle with the umpires. He had a chance too, in the first game of the series when’ Stan Musial was called out at first on a very close play. The fiery skipper with the un- welcome nickname of ‘‘The Brat” wasn’t even on the field. Coach Johnny Riddle took his place on the lines at third base as he had done during Stanky’s five-day sus- Pension. Apparently Stanky has taken ‘to heart the blast of public disappro- val that greeted his recent demon- stration in St. Louis, where even the home fans cheered a forfeit decision against the Cardinals. As he said in St. Louis, “this affair has opened ry eyes.” Off the field, in the privacy cf the St. Louis clubhouse, Stanky was courteous, guarded in all an- wers and, still talking about win- ning the pennant. “Don’t think we're out there go- ing through the motions,” he said. “We're still in this thing. We’ve still got a chance to win the pen- nant.” Stanky straightened his tie STEP RIGHT UP, FoLks “THIS ACT 1S DARING, THRILLING, BREATH-TAKING 7 YESSIREE-- Eis \ Low Prices °51 Chevrolet, club epe., radio _ *40 Chevrolet, club epe. °53 Ford, 2-door, radio : °S1 Ford, 4-door, fordomatic, radio °S1 Ford, 2-door _ °47 Mercury, 4-door, °50 Pontiac, 2-door \_(THIS MAN 19 GONN Roundup» By Gayle Talbot in a mirror as he talked. In the background, Musial and Red Schoendienst listened. As the Cardinals are 14% games back and still in danger of an at- tack from the rear by other sec- ond-division clubs, Stanky’s talk Ahad the hollow ring of fight camp Publicity. Still, he is the kind of man who never stops believing in the impossible. Stanky, the ballplayer, was a spirited competitor who believed in using any means, not specifically condemend by the rule book, to win a ball game. Remember how he shifted around back of second base, waving his hands, to distract a batter in 1950 until Ford Frick, then league president, ruled such arm waving should be illegal in the future? And the time he kicked the ball out of Phil Riz- zuto’s glove in the World Series of 1951? “My spirit and the desire to win could never be broken,” Stanky said at St. Louis last week. ““How- ever, my human and public rela- tions will be improved.” It seems that Stanky finally is beginning to realize the differ- ence between his status asan hisowndst ence between his status as an “anything to win” player and his | responsibilities as a manager to his owner and the millions of fans from coast to coast. Stan Musial is seeking his sev- enth National League batting title. AN WHAT'S $0 DARIN’ ¥ CIVE FROM AHEIGHT \ ABOUT THAT ? IT'S |THAT'S ALL IT Baseball Results eae ERR NNRR SOUTH ATLANTIC ‘Won Lost Pet. Behind Jacksonville 1 43ST Savannah Macon Columbia Montgomery Columbus Augusta Charlotte Macon 6, Montgomery 3 Jacksonville 9, Columbia 8 Savannah §, Charlotte 3 THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE Augusta at Charlotte Macon at Columbia Montgomery at Jacksonville Columbus at Savannah SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION Won Lost Pet. Behind New Orleans cr ad Atlanta cd ” eras) r 5M un 164 Fay 204 "436 400 304 WEDNESD.. . RESULTS Atlanta 8, Memphis 3 Birmingham 15, Little Rock 3 Chattanooga 4, Mobile 3 Nashville at New Orleans (2 postponed, wet grounds THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE Chattanooga at Mobile Little Rock at Birmingham Memphis at Atlanta Nashville at New Orleans New York Brooklyn Milwaukee Philadelphia Cincinnati "8 RESULTS New York 10, St. Louis 0 Brooklyn 3, Chicago 1 Philadelphia 3, Cineinnat! % Milwaukee 6, Pittsburgh 4 THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE Chicago at Brooklyn St. Loui New York Cincinnati at Philadelphia Milwaukee at Pittsburgh AMERICAN. LEAGUE Cleveland New York Chicago Washington Detroit | Boston Philadelphia Baltimore WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS New York 7, Chicago § Cleveland 2, Boston i Detroit 10, Philadelphia 2 Baltimore 2, Washington 1 6 1 38 sb 38 Philadelphia at Detroit «8 Boston at Cleveland ‘Washington at Baltimore WEDNESDAY'S BASEBALL RESULTS ALABAMA-FLORIDA Panama City 0-1, AndalusiaOpp 19-0 completed from, July 30 Fort Walton Beach 6, Graceville 5 INTERNATIONAL Ottawa 4.0, Buffalo 1-4 Toronto 8, Havana 3 Rochester 3, Richmond 2 (10 innings Syracuse 3, Montreal 1 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Toledo 3, Indianapolis 0 Columbus 1i, Minneapolis 6 Louisville at Kansas City postponed, rain Charleston 7-5, St. Paul 5-4 TEXAS Shreveport 4, Fort Worth 1 Houston 8, Oklahoma City 1 Isa 9-2, San Antonio 4-4 aumont 6, Dallas 5 PACIFIC COAST Los Angeles 4, San Francisco 3 Oakland RSDAY'S BASEBALL SCHEDULE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Toledo at Indianapolis Louisville at Kansas City (2 Charleston at St. Paul (2 Columbus at Minneapolis TEXAS Shreveport at Fort Worth Houston at Oklahoma City Beaumont at Dallas San Antonio at Tulsa INTERNATIONAL Buttalo at Ottawa Havana at Toronto Only games scheduled ALABAMA-FLORIDA Fort Walton Beach at Graceville Andalusia-Opp at Panama City BASEBALL STANDINGS ALABAMA-FLORIDA ‘Won . 59 38 41.590 “4 369 548 M1 OF FIFTY FEET INTO] ONLY A DROP IN / TAKES TO BUY & PAIL OF WATER TH’ CUS Sel avseo cat &) GARAGE, Inc. — Higher Trades — Low Financing Rates _--- 996 195 1550 . 995 995 radio _ ‘ 50 52 °52 Stude, Champ., H.T., °49 Cadillac, loaded 50 50 "48 Plymouth _... 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High Individual single for the night was rolled by Sam Ward (194) of Johnnie’s Place followed by Don Copesky (190) and Cal Greenwood (188) both of Key West Supply. / High Individual series was also rolled by Sam Ward (519) of John- nie’s Place again followed by Don Copesky (504) and Cal Greenwood (500) both of Key West Supply. High single team score was made by Roy’s Auto with an 815. High series team score was roll- ed by Key West Supply (2285), The Standings are as follows: wth 13 3 ll 5 10 6 Rollaway Lanes Roy’s Auto Johnnie’s Place Key West Supply 8) 7 Monsalvatge 412 Lindsley Lumber 115 Major League Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING~Noren, New York, .388. RUNS~Minoso, Chic RUNS HITS—Fox. Chicago, 129. HOME RUNS~Mantle, New York, 21. PITCHING—Reynolds, New York, 10-1, NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING - Snider, B: E RUNS~Mays, New York, 92. INS BATTED HOME RUNS-Mays, New York. 36. PITCHING~Antonelli, New York, 15-2, 062. Boxing Results WEDNESDAY’S FIGHTS NEW YORK (Madison Square Garden- George Johnson, 154, Trenton, N.J., out- pointed Bobby Jones, 157, Oakland, Calif., ROME, Italy—Tiberio Mitri, 161, Italy, sto] Gordon Hazell, 159, ind, 5. VEGAS, Nev.—Neal Rivers, 157%, oe — stopped Cordell Jones, 160, jeno, 4. BLOW TO RECORD GEORGETOWN, Ky. # —When it came time yesterday for the Kiwanis Club to give Dr. A. G. Thomson his pin for four years of perfect attendance. He was not present. Friends said he was on vacation. ‘ Monmouth Park racetrack has a six-story clubhouse this son, Two high-speed elevators service all floors. Graceville .. Panama City INTERNATIONAL 6 Toronto __.. Rochester Montreal Havana Syracuse Buffalo. Ottawa ssarsecs? ae ef San Antonio Oklahoma City Houston Dallas AMERICAN = 10) Indianapolis Louisville S* escuses eeaseses seeaeest od ably will result y Comes Up With Startling Ideas On Baseball Buc Official Rated Ruth Ist, Cobb 23rd As All-Time Greats NEW YORK #—Branch Rickey, who has been coming up with ideas since he started in baseball a half-century ago, has a brand new one fom the players and fans to mull over. The 70-year-old general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates has re- duced to a mathematical formula the answer to why pennant winning teams of the past 35 years have been successful. “The formula is so revealing and unrefutable,” he says in a story in Life magazine, “that it has com- pelled me to put different values on some of my oldest and cher- ished memories.” For example he names his 25 top hitters and 10 best pitchers and the results are bound to cause controversy. { Babe Ruth is the No. 1 hitter and Carl Hubbell the best pitcher. Ty Cobb, who was regarded by many experts as the greatest hit- ter of all time, is only No. 23, and Hubbell is placed above the likes of Grover Cleveland Alexander, Lefty Grove and Dizzy Dean. In the hitting department, George Sisler, Bill Terry and Paul Waner, all of whom were over the| 400 mark at least once in their careers, are not listed in the top! 2. The formula works on the basis that the team with the widest plus; ‘ margin ins coring runs as com- pared to the giving up of runs | usually wins the pennant. Rickey Says it has proved correet 96.2 per | -icent of the time in the last 20 years. It deals solely with offense, with the stress on power. He scoffs at fielding averages, and takes these three basic ingredients: 1. On base average. 2. Extra base power. et Clutch hitting combined with speed and ability to take the extra base. Under his rating, Rickey rates Ted Williams second to Ruth fol- lowed, in order, by Jimmy Foxx, Rogers Hornsby, Hank Greenberg, Ralph Kiner, Stan Musial, Joe Di- Maggio and Mel Ott. In rating the pitchers, Rickey ad- mits he has not been able to figure a better method than the present one of earned run averages — the number of runs, exclusive of those | scored because of errors, that are charged to a pitcher. Marciano, Charles Bout Seen In NYC For September 16 By JACK HAND NEW YORK wW—Rocky Marci-| ano is in town today for a physical exam and a conference that prob-| in a Sept. 16 Yankee Stadium rematch with ex- . | champ Ezzard Charles. The heavyweight champion has been vacationing at Cape Cod and “so |Grossinger, N. Y. since he won) a unanimous decision over Charles | in a rousing 15-round bout at. the) Stadium, June 17. Charles fought! .;% courageous battle but was well S48 | battered at the final bell. In the hours after that battle! with Charles, Dr. Vincent Nardi- 11 | ello operated on Marciano’s eye, removing old scar tissue from aj fight of years ago. He had been} .| cut again early in the Charles bout and bled freely throughout the con-| test. | Rocky still wears a slight scar/ over the eve as the result of that) |the Central Hutchinson Sees Grabbing Rookie Honors , BLL TUTILE “Le Fishing Fee TALLAHASSEE (?—It’s going to cost 50 cents to go fishing off the | new Sunshine Skyway across Low- er Tampa Bay. The big bridge, which will. be opened to traffic Labor Day, will have a 50-cent toll for pedestrians. Though the charge isn’t levied for fishing as such, practically no one is expected to walk out on the bridge except anglers. The pedestrian-fishermen will be provided with wayside parks, turnouts and parking areas as well as catwalks to keep anglers safe from traffic. CAT-LOVER WARNS FELLOW OFFICERS BALTIMORE #—A cat-lover in Police Station has some definite ideas about how fel- low-employes should treat a stray, dirty white kitten that was given a place to sleep in the station last night. A hand-lettered sign over a shelf where the kitten slept said: “Anyone who don’t like this cat, ask for a transfer. The cat likes it here—if you don’t like it, you leave.” Citizen Want Ads Bring Results ready to start boxing in a week} or 10 days. “I'd like to fight again this year,” he said yesterday. “The long layoff (nine months) was too much. I need more fights.” Al Weill, Rocky’s manager, has been holding out on a definite sign- Tuttle By JOE FALLS AP Newsfeatures DETROIT—When the Detroit Tigers first saw outfielder Bill | Tuttle, their enthusiam was only lukewarm. Today it is red hot. Manager Fred Hutchinson of the Tigers boldly proclaims: “Who has a better chance for rookie horiors? Tuttle does every- thing and does it well.” Hutchinson is not worried over Tuttle’s diminishing batting av- erage. After leading the league for the first few weeks, the 25- year-old centerfielder slipped be- low the .300 mark. “His average may be dipping,” says Hutchinson, “but he’s hite ting the ball harder these days. And he’s becoming more aggres- sive every game. He’s one of the few players on our team who steals bases on his own.” The Tigers were not always this high on the Elmwood, Ill, speedster. In fact, he was almost by-passed in his first workouts. At the time, Detroit was after a young shortstop named Ted Kazanski. All eyes followed Kaz- anski in the workouts but when signing time came, he slipped through the Tigers’ fingers, In a midnight meeting, Bob Carpenter. president of the Phila- delphia Phillies, signed Kazanski for $100,000-—a five-year , agree- ment at $20,000 per year. The Tigers were miffed. They had been assured they would have last crack at the promising short- stop. But they were foiled - at midnight. So they looked over the other tryout candidates and signed Tuttle for $10,000. From the start, Tuttle was tab- bed as a “‘good-field, no-hit” play- er. He made minor league stops at Davenport, Iowa., Williamsport, ;(Pa.) and Buffalo, before joining ‘ the Tigers. He surprised all—but not him- self—by breaking out with a rash of hits in the first few weeks of the season. ; His batting average began to decline but his fielding remained on the same level—sharp, crisp. The former Bradlev University football star fits in Perfectly with Detroit's “Youth Movement.” The lone drawbick is that he doesn’t look like a rockie in the field; more like aa old seasoned pro. LEGAL NOTICES IN THE CIR@IT RT OF SIXTEENTE JUDICIAL cmeure OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY. IN CHANCERY, Cane No. 13-1189 PETITION OF William D. Mann and Dorothy Elen Cooper Mann for the Adoptios of Robert Wal- ter Cooper, a Mnor. TO: Robert Noile Cooper, Kimball, West Virginia. YOU ARE HDREBY NOTIFIE. that a petition las been filed in the above styled cart by William D, Mann and Dorthy Ellen Cooper Mann, for the moption of Robert Walter Cooper, a Minor, Petitioners, Willam D. Mann and Dorothy Ellen oper Mann, and you are required to serve a’ copy of your Answer or Objections to show cause why sid petition should not be granted, o: the attorney for Petitioners, J. Y¥. Porter, IV, 505 Whitehead Street,Key West, Flor- ida, and file the original in the office of the bron ° the Circuit Court on or beforethe 30th da: August D. 1964 vee HE fail ng or a Decree fesso wil be entered by the Pro C against WITN. of said C this 28t (SEAL) Smy haf andthe seal e os in het ate gird jay o} y, . 1954, EARIR. ADAMS. As Clerk ofthe said Cir- cult Court, » KATHLEEN NOTTAGE, 2 9 aug. §-12-19, 9 By: ing with the excuse that he want- ed to be sure that, the eye had yi operation but believes he will be healed perfectly. squadron downed SubRon 4 all-stars two straight games to become Key West Submarine Refitting & Training Group softball champions. They took the first one Monday night 6-2 and the second and deciding game Tuesday 5-3. From these two clubs the Key West entry into the Submarine BATTERES Buy from your local indefndent dealer at chain store pees, —-__———_ BUY A Guaranteed HESTER BATTERY With Its Emergency Self Charging FEATURE A 615.56 Battery That Fits Most Cars —ONLY— $8.95 Force Atlantic Fleet Championship play-offs starting Aug 16 will be selected —Official U.S. Navy Photo. Lon Smith, 1116 White eee oe