The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 6, 1954, Page 6

Key West In State Tournament x xk Key West, Hallandale Meet In District. Finals xk & Little Leaguers Down Miami Club 8-6, Thursday Key West’s National Lit- tle League All-Stars return- ed to town triumphantly at noon today after winning the District championship in Miami Thursday. . They defeated the Miami Northern nine, 8-6, to walk off with the title and be- come eligible for play in the state tournament due to get underway in West Palm Beach next ‘Monday. A win there would send them to Greensboro, N. C., for the Regional Tournament and a possible shot at the national crown in Williams- port, Pa. The team was met at the “‘tri- angle” on Roosevelt Boulevard by a motorcade and whisked through the city today. They’ll be formally introduced as champions tonight at a softball game in Bayview Park in which another Key West dia- mond aggregation will be seeking a state district title. And sponsors are faced with a financial problem in sending the ballplayers to West Palm. Tarough: out the regular season, the teams are sponsored by the Rotary Club, | 56 the VFW, the Lions Club and Ev- ans Sport Shop. They’ll have to find somebody to pick up the tab for the West Palm trek. Robert Santana and Keller Wat- son were the managers of the win- . ning team. When Watson had to return to Key West due to pres- sure of business, Roy Valdez, ma- nager of the Key West American Little League team who were oust- ed earlier, jumped in to aid San- tana, KEY WEST > w wo PO Curry, ss-p Esteves, 3b R. Garcia, ¢ N. Garcia, 1b D. Garcia, ef Mira, If Estonez, 2b-p-ss Esquinaldo, rf Hughes, p Lopez, 2b Totals o 0 4 8 2 0 3 1 0 H 1 0 i 2 z 1 1 1 0 ° ee ee CNR OCOHNEHS HOSCHOONN NED ecoomocoo+S 0 % 8 818 9 3 MIAMI NORTHERN AB a = y SCrHowmmenoorog saldrich, ss-p, Brown, 2b Kries, If Kutum, rf-cf-p Stone, e-rf Taylor, cf-c Whimmery, fb Lee, p-3b Wooley, 3b-ss-ef a-Davis ee eonneonooeoso CONF ORHOHN SCHORR CCOAND coornoorors Totals 236 818 9 5 a—Grounded out for Wooley in 6th. KEY WEST 011 510 8 MIAMI NORTHERN 080 300 6 RBI—D. Garcia 3, N. Garcia, Whimmery, Lee; 3B—Esquinaldo, D. Garcia, Baldrich; S—Wooley; Left, Key West 5, Miami Northen 5; BB—off, Lee 3, Baldrich 3, Hughes 1, Estonez 2. SO—by Lee 1, Baldrich 4, Kutun 3, Hughes 1, Estonez 1; HO—Hughes 6 in 3 1-3 innings; Lee 0 in 1-3; Kutup 5 in 2 2-3; Estonez 1 in 2 1-3; Baldrich 3 in 3; Curry O in 1-3; PB—R. Garcia; Winner—Hughes; Loser— Baldrich; U—Alberts, Murray, Gostel, Richards; T—1:45. Although forests cover a third of the Saar and crop land another | third, the country has almost a/ million people in 991 square miles. 10,000 MILE | Guaranty on USED CARS with Grr” gE Carlife 3 E Guaranty | ; Y Kqua® NAVARRO, Inc. 601 Duval St. Tel. 2-704 \ wok ke ¥ -M & ‘Also Rans’ Are Key In American Chase|== By BEN PHLEGAR AP Sports Writer The American League pennant chances of Cleveland, New York and Chicago now’ seem certain to be decided in games against the five also-rans rather than in hand- to-hand combat." t With less than a ‘third’ of the sea- son remaining, the schedule is run- ning out of the so-called ‘‘crucial” Indians-Yankees-White. Sox series. Cleveland has only five games left with the Yankees, who trail by a game and a half, and six with the White Sox who are five lengths back. The Yankees meet the White Sox just three more times.’ > But still to eome for Cleveland are 13 meetings with Detroit. New York has 13. left with Philadelphia and Chicago faces Baltimore 11 more times. Cleveland leads the league today because so far it has had better luck against the also-rans than ei- ther Chicago or New York. The Indians have. whipped the “lowly five” 57 times while losing only 14. Against the same outfits the White Sox have a 54-19 reeord and the Yankees 50-21. None of the three title aspirants has. any particular home-or-away advantage. Cleveland’s remaining games are cut right down the middle, 25 at home, 25 on the road. The Yankees have 24 in New York and 23 away. The White Sox have 25 in Chicago and 21 on the road. If Cleveland continues to win at its current .692 pace the Yankees would have to win 34 of their re- maining 47 games,to tie. The White Sox would out of 46, The Yankees gained a 9-8 sea- son’s advantage over Cleveland yesterday by winning the final game of a three-part series 5-2. The White Sox ran their current winning streak to seven games with a 5-1 triumph over Boston. Washington whipped Detroit 4-1 in the only other American League action. The New York Giants held on to their fivé-game edge over Brook- lyn although they lost 6-4 to Chi- cago. The Dodgers were walloped 18-4 by St. Louis. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh and Mil- waukee at Philadelphia were rained out. These were the first postponements in either league since. July 7, although several games which had been started had to ‘be called because of bad weather. Mickey. Mantle led the Yankee raid into Indian territory with two home runs. Joe Collins hit one. Rookie Bob Grim, with late inning * 4 *€ Mobile | Little Rock {Nashville ... help from’ Johnny Sain, posted his | Columbus 14th victory. Sain gave up the only two Cleyeland runs—a one-on hom- er by Larry Doby in the eighth. The White Sox managed only five ‘hits off five Boston pitchers but they got them when they count- ed most. Phil Cavarretta’s two-run double in the first was the big blow as Bob Keegan won his 14th game. A double by Wayne Belardi and a single by Al Kaline ruined Bob Porterfield’s shutout bid with two|¥ out in the ninth at Detroit but the | St. Louis Washington righthander choked off | Cincinna the rally in time for his 11th tri- umph. Mickey Vernon homered off loser Steve Gromek in the fifth. Stan Musial, who always has looked upon Ebbets Field as a real home away from home. drove in seven runs in the Cardinals’ one- sided victory in Brooklyn. Musial hit two home runs, his 29th and 30th, each with two aboard, and grove in another with a sacrifice ly. Stan’s first blast drove Preacher Roe, an old St. Louis nemesis, to | Detroi the showers. Rookie Brooks Law-| Boston rence won his ninth game since joining the club in late June and had a perfect day at bat with three singles. Back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning by Ernie Banks and Eddie Miksis boomed the Cubs to victory over the Giants. Frank Baumholtz also hit into the seats for the Chicagoans. Lefty Jim Davis, last of three Cub pitchers, stopped the Giants after they had put two on with none out in the eighth, then got Monte Irvin to rap into a game- ending double play in the ninth. Dodgers’ Flag Chances Fade As St. Louis Clobbers Them, 13-4 By JOE REICHLER BROOKLYN # — A five-game deficit with 44 to go is not an in- come. Bigger leads have been blown. But Brooklyn’s chances of overhauling the New York Giants are gtowing slimmer day by day. The Dodgers fizzled a grand op- portunity to pick up a full game on the losing Giants yesterday as St. Louis walloped them 13-4 be- hind Stan Musial’s pair of three- run homer, A St. Louis. player, instrumental in the lop-sided Car- dinal victory, was struck by the listless play of the Dodgers. “What's wrong with those guys?” he asked later in the clubhouse. “They look like they wish the sea- son were over. Don’t tell me they've given up? Heck, I wish we were that close.” The statement was relayed to Pee Wee Reese, captain and short- stop of the Dodgers. “What team looks good when it gets its brains knocked out?” he wanted to know. “Talk of giving up is ridiculous,” Reese added. “This is a veteran club with a number of guys who have been around. They know the race is far from over. Most of the fellows on this club were around when we made up all but one of a 942 game lead the Philadelphia club held over us as late as Sep- tember, 1950. They were also around when we blew a 1342 game mid-August lead to the Giants. So they know it’s not impossible to make up five games in seven weeks. “However, we're not kidding our- Selves. We've got to play better ball if. we are to win. We've been good on certain days but we haven’t been good consistently.” The 1950 Census showed that only 1% per cent of Rhode Island’s labor force was primarily engaged in farming. Joe’s Blacksmith Shop Outside Welding - Machine Works “IF IT'S METAL--WE FIX IT” Gasoline and Oi] Tanks Repaired PHONE. 2-5638 614 Frent Street Early Finisher Has The Lead In Tam O’Shanter By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN CHICAGO WA jolly, 225-pound | § pro from Tuscaloose, Ala., who | Portland filched a putter from his wife’s golf bag, today dared the big- name performers to ‘catch him af- | Dothan ter an unprecedented start in the chase at Tam O'Shanter. Bespectacled Hal Williams, 34, got up at the crack of dawn io start his first round yesterday, finishing at 9:30 a.m. with a five- under-par 67. He had a haircut in the Tam barber shop, stopped for coffee and doughnuts then retreated to a motel to relax through the day. His 67 withstood the challenge from 129 other pro shooters and gave him the first round lead by one stroke over Canadian Rudy Horvath, Australia’s Peter Thom- son and Norm Van Nida and Bel- gian Flory Van Donck. For the first time since the Tam O'Shanter tournaments were inau- gurated in 1941, the score of an early finisher stood up for the day. Williams told of “borrowing” his wife’s putter recently and taking only 22 strokes on the greens at Erie, Pa., tourney affer using 38 with his own club. Yesterday the magic wand, inscribed “Mary” was good for 28 putts that helped Put Williams to the front. “Not only did I steal Mary’s putter,” laughed Williams, “but I algo left her in charge of our golf | Tm away.” be couple owns and operates the Meadowbrook Golf and Coun- try Club at Tuscaloosa. The wind yesterday played havoc with most of the scores but 35 sharp shooters managed to break 72. Probably as surprising as Wil- liams’ 67 was the breakthrough of four i entries among the leaders. big shot American stars were, in the most part, look- ing like also-rans, Savannah 3, Montgomery 1 FRIDAY'S SCBEDULE at Augusta NATIONAL LEAGUE ‘Wen Lest New York veaestie? peegse | seeebeaez wasege.! i THURSDAY’ New York 5, Cleveland 3 Chicago 5, Boston 1 Washington 4, Detroit 1 Only games scheduled FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE Philadelphia at Cleveland New York at Detroit SE. STANDINGS AMERICAN <AssOCtATIO! jon eee? eeesthes? seneeeue? aserent suseasss{ sunneses$ sasasescf sesseers}* THURSDAY'S ULTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Minneapolis 5, Indianapolis 3 St. Paul 9, Kansas City 3 Toledo at Charleston Ppd., rain Columbus at Louisville TE: Oklahoma City 9, Houston Dallas 6, Besumont 3 a Shreveport 9, Fort Worth San Antonio 4, Tulsa 3 . INTERNATIONAL See oe Bele}, cn mae wa ster 1-1 ( Syra 10, Richmond 5 mee cuse Havana 2, Buffalo 1 (11 innings) PACIFIC COAST 3 | McIiwain, e M5, | 101. ax * Homestead Bows 2-1 At Bayview Thursday Night Beind the two-hit pitch- ing of Billy Merchant, Hal- landale eliminated the Homestead All-Stars, 2-1, Thursday to gain a shot at the Key West Conchs in the finals of the Fourth District softball tournament tonight in Bayview Park. Merchant, who has seen action in all of Hallandale’s three games, allowed two infield hits in the first inning and set Homestead down hitless the rest of the way. Mer- chant, who in his last outing a- gainst Homestead struck out 12, fanned 13 last night. The young fireballer walked only one man as he gained his second tournament win in as many days. Homestead scored their only run in the first inning when Billy Ste- wart was safe on thirdbaseman’s Jack Jolley’s error to open the game. After Steve Brondo struck out, Chuck Griffin beat out an in- field hit. Billy Forte, next up, for- ced Stewart at third, but John Hamblen followed with a grounder between short and third. Shortstop Ken Powell fielded the ball, but seeing he could not get Hamblen elected to try to get Griffin at third. The throw was wild and Gif- fin scored on the error. In their half of the first, Hallan- dale took a 2-1 lead when Jolley doubled with one away and rode home on Ozzie Souder’s line hom- er over the left field fence. They added an insurance run in the six- th when after two were out, Pete Shepard doubled and Mickey Ubieta’s single to center chased him across. Marty Bruder started for Home- stead, but gave to Freddie Fuchs in the fifth. Bruder struck out 4 and walked two. Tonight Hallandale will either call on Ray Hobbs or come back with iron-man Billy Merchant to stop the Conchs. For Key West, manager Jack Villareal has select- ed his ace, veteran DeWitt “Dad- dy” Roberts, to pitch them to their second district title in four years. In the event, Hallandale beats the Conchs in the first game, the same two teams will meet in a second game to decide tournament cham- HOMESTEAD (1) Player— ABR Stewart, lf Rhodes, lf i PN WWW WHeow H eecooeocooooorsos eecesocorooHoo” lonmocwannnnnned leoecceoreoconmooDe 2-Enni: nleecsssoescococoon tS Pe emememeney Totals— 12 87 a—Struck out for McIiwain in 7th HALLANDALE (3) Player— ABR H P Blanton, 1b Jolley, 3b Robertson, ci Souder, rf Powell, ss Shepard, e ... Baron, If .. Ubieta, 2b Merchant, p ° ra ecokrooon rHocooHroomop eroonoorol RVWOWN WOR 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 ° 0 Hee HOM one Totals— Team— Homestead ........ 100 000 0—1 Hallandale .......... 200 001 x—3 SUMMARY — RBI: Souder (2), Ubieta; 2BH: Shepard, Jolley; HR: Souder; CO, by: Brude r 4, Mer- chant 13; BB, off: Bruder 2, Mer-| chant 1; Hits, off: Bruder 3 in| 4 2/3 innings, off Fuchs; Winner: Merchant; Loser: Bruder; Um- pires: Servis, Rodriguez, Guglie- mo; Scorer: Casteneda; Time: 1:12. Major League Leaders AMEBICAN LEAGUF \TTING-Noren, New York. 246. 3 =! New York, 89. 2 veland, 24. » Chicago, 143, NATIONAL LEAGUE \TTING , Bi of RtNe- Musial, St. Lows, 91. RUNS BATTED IN-Musial, 8. Louis, HITS—Schoendienst, St. Louis. (48 HOME RUNS—Mays. New York. 36. | PITCHING~ Antonelli, New York, ica | ci | The Commander of a Legion Post, i his shoulders. It is the Command- Page 6 THE KEY WEST CIT! IZEN Friday, August 6, 1954 Legionitems By JUDSON STEPHENS, Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, American Legion Meetings: . Regular Post Meeting, Wednes- day, August 11, 8 p. m., Post Home, Stock Island. House Committee, every Friday at 8 p. m. x ke Highlights of Post Meetings: A few of the highlights of the last Post meeting are: First Vice Commander M. E. Lewis has assumed the Post Com- mander’s chair during Post Com- mander Norman Kranich’s hospi- talization in the Pratt Veteran’s Hospital in Coral Gables. How about dropping Kranich a card to let him know that we are still pull- ing for him? He was recently op- erated on and will probably be up there for quite some time yet. Let’s hope for a speedy recovery for him. Welcome into the fold Comrade Legionnaires Wilkinson. Forester, Gallant, Towzey, Hatcher and Witt. We are glad to be able to say wel- come to these men. They have just joined a most important or- ganization. Boy Scoutmaster McLaughlin made his report on the activities of the Troop and it seems they are planning a little trip to West Summerland Key here very short- ly. They have their new tents and other equipment so I guess we will be hearing lots more from them about trips now. Good work, Bill. Ken Longhurst, Building Chair- man made his report on the activi- ties of his committee and had some very interesting things to say. First two new exhaust fans have been installed behind the bar to take away smoke and give the patrons of the bar a little fresher air. Other repairs have been made recently to the roof and to the pump in the rear of the building. Carl Sawyer did most of the work while he is on vacation. Thanks, Carl. Ken warned the Legionnaires that if they care for their Home and equipment to be more care- ful in the future. The following Legionnaires are reported in the Hospital how about visiting with them: Nelson Doty, Bradley Sweeting, Louis Gon- zales and Bill Good. We wish them a speedy recovery. The Legion Bowling team has moved up a bit at a time to take over 3rd place in the Civie Bowling league now. With a little more action we can take second’s any- way. I am sorry to report Taps for Legionnaire William Glisch. He was killed in an automobile acci- dent on July 28, just prior to the Legion meeting. He was a mem- ber of the Post, a member of the 40 and 8 and has been a member of the Guard of Honor. He was a charter member of the Guard when it was organized almost éight years ago. We sent condolences to Jack A. Villareal at 807 Catherine Street. His name was called for the jack- pot and he wasn’t present to col- lect. Maybe next time, Jack! x * *® Quotation: I would like to quote ror the edification of all Legionnaires the ten commandments of the Ameri- can Legion. 1. To Uphold and Defend the | Constitution of the United States | of America.This is one of the rea- sons why our men and boys fought in Korea. It is also one of the rea- sons why you and I took our places | in World War I and World War) Il. Many lives have been taken in these battles and they will continue | to be taken just so we can enjoy our fine, American way of life, and we will continue to uphold and defend the Constitution of the Uni- ted States of America as long as} we have faith and as long as we have a breath. 2. To Maintain Law and Order For just a moment, Let’s confine this particular Commandment to our Legion Post meetings alone. Do we maintain law and order? just like the President of the Uni- ted States, has a terrific job to do| with many weighty problems on MEACHAM Airfield Terminal KEY WEST er’s duty to see that each function of the Post is carried out smooth- ly. This program cannot possibly be carried out advantageously un- less each Legionnaire pitches in and does his share. There are sey- eral members of our Post who would like to invite outside guests and friends to our meetings and yet, they hesitate to do so for the simple reason that our actions are not up to par nor are they accord- ing to legiou stipulations. 3. To Foster and Perpetuate a 100 per cent Americanism. Wai- ter Winchell often tells a little story that I think fits in very nice- ly here and with your permission, I'd like to tell it to you. Quote: ‘William Allen White, the great editor, once heard a bigot attack foreign born Americans, then turn around and brag that he was a 100 per cent American. White mow- ed him down with this reminder: ‘The language you use came to us from Europe; the 100 per cent is part of the decimal system in- vented by the Greeks, and the word American came from the name of an Italian.’ ” Unquote. What does Americanism mean to you? Americanism give us the right to live the way we please; to voice our opinions in our own inimitable ways and to be happy and still stay within the rules cf law and justice. As Legionnaires, we are indirectly responsible to set an example for others to fol-! low. Each one of us has had a wealth of education in our service careers alone. We’ve had a chance to mix with people of all classes. You know the saying: “The grass is greener on the other side?” Well, perhaps that’s true, but we have had a chance to see both sides and I honestly belive in my heart that if anyone is capable of perpetuating a 100 per cent Am- ericanism, it’s a Legionnaire. 4. To Preserve the Memories and Incidents of eur Associations in the Great Wars. When we see and think of the hundreds and thousands of hospitalized veterans in the sickly conditions they are now in, can we possibly forget our associations in the great wars, and still maintain a conscience? As far as outsiders are concerned, these men are a part of the world of forgotten men. _ 5. To Inculcate a Sense of in- dividual Obligation to the Com- munity, State and Nation. The real leaders are not always those who head a procession. They are not always the Commanders of our Post, nor the officers or the chair- men. We are constantly aware of the many problems confronting the American Legion today, such as a limited amonut of working capital; the difficult tasks we sometimes encounter in trying to get other ex- servicement and women to join our ranks and other similar pro- blems. These matters are of mu- tual interest to all of us. However, individually, we are responsible to see that the activities of the Post are keep up. There may be some of our members who may be parti- cularly good at hospital visitation work and there are others who may be particularly good at letter- writing and there are still others Hester Batiery STARTS 809 TIMES After Only 5 Minutes Rest In a recent test, a stock Hes- ter Battery was deliberately discharged by engaging the starter on a car, with the switch off, until the ry refused to turn the engine The bet- tery was allowed it 5 min- utes, the car was then started and the engine s' immed- iately. This operat -was re peated 809 times before the bat- tery failed. FOR ALL MAKES OF CARS LOU SMITH 1116 WHITE STREET ‘who have hidden talents that we never even heard of. I think if we try to bring these talents to the surface, we can use them to better our Legion’s progress. 6. To Combat the Autocracy of Both the Classes and the Mass- | @s. Men like Adolph Hitler, Hiro- |hito, Benito Mussolini and others were a particular class of men who were drunk with power — a Power to rule the world. No man under God has such a right. Again, as Legionnaires, it is up te us to fight such uprisings and maintain our American democracy. 7. To Make Right the Master of Might. The best interpretation I can give on this Commandment, is in a little object lesson where we liken our Post to a wheel. Each member is cog in the wheel, help- ing it to turn and to operate smoothly. When one member slac- kens, he weakens and upsets the Test of the wheel. Complete Cocr- dination Makes Right the Master of Might. 8. To Promote Peace and Good Will on Earth. Any activities that we sponsor here in the American Legion are sponsored with this thought in mind: that we will pro- mete peace and good will én earth. United we stand, divided we fail. Most of the activities that we do sponsor are local, it’s true, but when we think of the hundreds of Posts throughout the Area. through- out the Country, all pulling togs- ther for the same objective, there is definite strength and definite power displayed. 9 To Safeguard and Transmit to Posterity, the Principles of Justice, Freedom and Demo- cracy. This is closely associated with Americansim for this is what Americanism represents — justice, freedom and democracy. Let’s safeguard these principles. The previous wars mentioned such as World War I, World War II, the Korean conflict and possibly the presnt Indo-China situation, all Prove that we are striving to safe- guard these principles and long af- ter we are gone, future generations of Legionnaires will take up the fight where we leave off. 10. To consecrate and sancti- fy our Comradship by our De- votion to Mutual Helpfulness. This is the tenth and last Command- ment and I am particularly fond of it and feel certain that you are too. It sets forth a holy and bless- ed atmosphere that can only be achieved when we offer ourselves unselfishly and thereby gain great- er benefits from ii. Each Legion- naire cooperating with the other can bring about its fulfillment. These were taken from a docu- ment composed and written by Vi+ vian Harper of Gardenia Post No. 170, American Legion, West Palm Beach, Florida. I thought that they were particularly significant and should be brought to the attention of every Legonnaire, I hope you will get as much out of them as I have. If each and every one of us stuck by them, think of the great volume of good that could be done. As she said, “United we stand, divided we fall.” That is true in anything. The American Le- gion is as a team in sports, you must all be part of the team in order to win. 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