The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 7, 1954, Page 10

Key West Wins Fourth District Softball Crown DeWitt Roberts Hurls 4-Hitter As Conchs Blank Hallandale, 2-0 Behind DeWitt Roberts’ two-hit pitching and Mickey Wertz’ big bat, Key West won the Fourth District soft- ball tournament by blank- ing Hallandale, 2-0 last night in Bayview Park be- for a capacity crowd. Roberts who gained his second ‘win in the tournament was at his best. The veteran righthander fan- ned nine and had perfect control. Only three balls were hit in the outfield off the curve ball artist. The only real hit off Roberts was Jack Blanton’s ringing double dowa the right field line to open the fourth. Roberts then struck out Jack Jolley and got Marty Rob- ertson and Ozzie Souder on infield grounder, ‘The other hit came in the fifth when Ken Powell beat out an infield hit. Wertz, who had a perfect night at the plate, figured in all of Key West’s scoring. In the third, with oné away, Al Pazo was safe on Billy Merchant's error. Earl Smith followed .with a single to center moving Pazo to third. Wertz drove in Pazo with a double to left. Ray Hobbs relieved starter Bill Mer- chant at this point, and, after walk- ing Kenneth Kerr, he struck out George Barber and Claude Valdez to retire the side, Back to back doubles, by Wertz Kerr netted Key West their run in the fifth. with two doubles and two out which assured Key second district title in J. Villareal, 1b... 3 G. Villareal, ¢ .. 2 Totals— Merchant, p .. HODDS, DP ceessssrrnee Totals— Score by innings: Team— R NO wo to oe ececoceccoy wlecocnoeconms Bl neonerSeconad elencorononop wlocroonoccoccm™ aa FIRST ENCOUNTER ao 8 — Al Pazo crosses the plate with tun in third inning of last night's softball action in Bayview Park. He scored on Mickey Wertz’ double. Conchs gained dis- trict softball title in clash—jJKB Photo. Tampa Judge Says| Court Secrecy Is Not Beneficial TAMPA (®—A Tampa judge says Key West cnn 001 010 0—2 HE bile Hallandale ......... 000 000 0-0 2 3 SUMMARY — RBI: Wertz, Kerr; ing: 2BH: Blanton, Wertz (2), Kerr; Sac.: G. Villareal; DP: Jolley to Powell to Blanton; SO, by: Roberts 9, Merchant 2, Hobbs 7; BB, off: Hobbs 2; Hits, off: Merchant 3 in 2 1/3 innings, Hobbs 4 in 4 2/3 in- nings; Winner: Roberts; Loser: Merchant; Umpires: Halpin, Ser- vis, Rodriguez; Scorer: Casteneda; Time: 1:31. Junior Conchs To Meet All-Stars At Wickers Field The Junior Conchs, a team made up of former Key West High School and Babe Ruth league per- formers, will meet the Key West All-Stars Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in the Wickers Field Stadium. Managed by Bill Cates, the Jun- for Conchs are riding on the crest of a hot winning streak. Paul Higgs, who fanned 17 bat- ting will take the mound for the Conchs with Wafie Henriquez han- dling his tosses. Tony Hoppy will be at first base, Leeburg Knowles at second and Biff Salgado will handle the hot corner. “Flash” Santana will be at shortstop. Roger Bean, Eloy Rodriguez and Gibby Gates will patrol the garden. 8S. Kerr, Simms and Moorhouse will be on hand for utility duty. Falk Seis is the Conchs reserve hur- Manager Valdez of the All-Stars will field a veteran club with D. Roberts, Joe Lewis, Bunzy Villa- lmile law with respect to exclusive | the press has failed to protect its rights and the rights of the people against secrecy in court proceed- Ss. Judge L. A. Grayson of Hills- borough County Criminal Court referred particularly to juvenile court proceedings but said secrecy in other courts also is concerned. “The press has been dilatory in looking out for itself and has slept on their rights and your rights” in not demanding publicity for court proceedings, Judge Grayson told the Tampa Junior Chamber of commerce Thursday night. Judge Grayson said the secrecy provisions of the juvenile code are | completely foreign to American law and court practice. “Beyond all doubt it was be- lieved by the sponsors of this ju- venile law that this secrecy pro- vision was beneficial to the juve- nile” and not harmful to the gen- eral public, he said. “There is mounting. evidence, however, that the public is harm- fuliy affected, for in the absence of public proceedings and criminal records, law enforcement is in- creasingly more difficult, and ju- venile delinquency is increasing | with geometric progression,” Judge Grayson continued. ‘Both the pub- lic and the juvenile are seriously | injured.” | He suggested changing the juve- | jurisdiction of juvenile courts, re- strictions placed on police and se- | crecy of court proceedings. | The 23-room house, Sagamore Hill, built by Theodore Roosevelt | in 1884, has been opened’ to the} public as a shrine for the former | President. riguez Claude Valdez, P. Rodri- | | weal, Kaki Rodriguez, Crip Lastres, Danny Lastres, Al Pazo J. Rod- guez, H. Solomon, and Leon | tap. Clean-Up Drive Is On In H-Bomb Plant Vicinity COLUMBIA, S.C. (» — State police are cracking down on an influx into Aiken County, S.C., of underworld figures lured by easy 7 among workers at the Savannah River H-bomb p-nul, oome came from Phenix City, Ala., police said. Phenix City recently was placed under martial law and National Guard troops have been policing the area, noted for ~-mbling and other illegal diversions. hdl In Aiken Cou...,, ers arrest- ed 16 men and women in one night of raids on “honky-tonks” and “juke box joints.” They were ac- cused of prostitution, gambling and illegal whisky sales. Gov. James F. Byrnes has or- dered the State Law Enforement Division to “‘intensify enforcement as much as necessary to see that the violations are stopped.” READ THE CITIZEN DAILY os huge SYRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE Triumph Coffee Mill at ALL GROCERS KEY WEST'S NEWEST! TIRE RECAPPING BATTERIES Also, All Sizes Used Tires — $3.75 up Key West Tire and Battery Co., Inc. 515 Front St. Ph. 2-8660 THE ICE IS BROKEN — Mickey Wertz, of the Key West All-Stars, crosses first base in open- ing frame of last night's Fourth District Softball championship tilt with Hallandale. It was first hit of ball game. Key West triumphed, 2-0—JKB Photo. Mrs. Bratkovic Tops Navy Wives League Bowlers Allison Bratovie, of the Lou's Radio and Appliance Store keglers, captured top honors last week in the Navy Wives’ Bowling League with a hot 208 game. Dotty Williams, of the Kotton King was second high with 185 and Anne DeMonge, of the Islander Drive-In combination was third with 182. Dot Williams, rolled the high series for the afternoon with 502. High team score was compiled | by Lou’s Radio and Appliance bowlers with 781 and Kotton King walked off with high team series honors with 2124. The standings: Islander NCCS Kotton King Lou’s Radio Aronovitz’ Florida Fish Player Club T. Hoppy, K.W.I. Co. N. Garcia, St. Jos.. — Tynes, Evans . Kerr, Strand . Allen, Strand . Estenoz, K.W.I. Co. Diaz, Strand __. . Casas, K.W. Ins. Co. Alexander, St. Jos. Flood, St. Jos. Pazo, St. Jos. Thrift, Strand ___. Higgs, Evans _____ Latorre, Evans - . Solomon, St. Jos. '. Brady, K.W. Ins. Co. . Yates, K.W. Ins. Co. W. Key, Strand __. G. Mira, Strand J. Carbonell, Strand __ E. Quesada, St. Jos. R. Monteagudo, Evans: __. CH DVUNRDAZZHVOMS Page 10 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Grimm Confident Braves By BEN PHLEGAR Associated Press Sportswriter Charley Grimm says he has the best team in the National League and he thinks it can win the pennant. Even when confronted with fig- ures which show he should be ar- rested for violating the law of av- erages if he’s right, the Milwaukee manager maintains his confidence in his athletes. The Braves are 9% lengths back of the New York Giants with 49 games left. “Sure we’re pretty far behind,” Grimm agrees, ‘“‘but we're still definitely in the race and with al- most seven weeks to go we could do it. “My team is playing at its peak for the season. We’ve had good pitching all along. Now the hitters are helping out and that’s why we’re winning.” If the Giants maintain their cur- rent pace they will end up with a 98-56 record for the season. To catch up the Braves would need to win at least 40 of their remaining Babe Ruth League Averages REIS ENE | games. And then they still have to deal with the Brooklyn Dodgers, currently four games back of New York and 5% in front of Milwaukee. The Braves took a big step in the right direction last night by whip- ping the Giants 6-5. In doing so, they took some personal revenge on Johnny Antonelli who was shoot- ing for his 12th straight victory. Antonelli turned out to be the prize package in the winter deal that sent outfielder Bobby Thom- son from the Giants to the Braves. The lefthander had beaten his for- mer mates twice before this sea- son. Thomson is rounding into pinch hitting shape after being out since spring training with a broken ankle. The Braves pounded Johnny for five runs on six hits and bounced him in the fourth inning. One more run off relief man Al Worthington was enough to allow them to with- stand a home run barrage by the Giants. Al Dark hit a pair and Ray Katt and Dusty Rhodes hit one each, but all four came with the bases empty. - Brooklyn clipped Cincinnati 8-1, one of the few times recently that the Dodgers have been able to take advantage of the Giants’ misfor- 14 15 ~ = AUR OONARUH wo we WRAWNERWUO DH WH _| AMERICAN OTHER RECORDS — Most times at bat: M. Casas 33, G. Thrift 31, Hoppy 30; Most runs scored: J. Diaz 19, S. Kerr 18, G. Thrift ac Most hits: S. Kerr 13, M. Casas 13, Hoppy 15; Most doubles: S. Kerr 4, Hoppy 3, P. Higgs 3; Most triples: Alexander 2, S. Kerr 2, L. T. Curry 2; Most homers: S. Kerr 3, Moorehouse 2; Most stolen bases: G. Thrift 11, S. Kerr 11; Most times fanned: L. T. Curry 12, H. Bethel 10, Snow 9; Most times walked: R. Knowles 11, J. Diaz 10, G, Thrift 9; Most runs batted in: S. Kerr 14, J. Diaz 11, P. Higgs 9. MONROE MOTORS, INC. DOES IT AGAIN! ! NEW FORDS $1695.00 and up NEW MERCURYS $2495.00 and up Many New Car Trade Ins at WHOLESALE PRICES ... Also SEE THE SELLERS FOR THE BUY OF THE YEAR Will Win tunes. Philadelphia defeated Chi- cago 7-4 and the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates slapped down St. Louis | twice, 7-3 and 6-5. | The pennant picture remained un- |changed in the American League jas all three contenders triumphed. Cleveland defeated Philadelphia |7-3, New York shaded Detroit 4-3 and Chicago trounced Washington 10-5. Boston edged Baltimore 3-1 in 10} innings on Ted Williams’ 20th home run with a man on base. Russ Meyer and Jackie Robinson teamed up for the Brooklyn vic- tory. Meyer pitched a three-hitter, his first complete game in Brook- lyn this season, and Robinson drove in three runs on three hits, a home run, double and single. Curt Simmons of the Phillies out- lasted the Cubs for his 10th vic- tory. Two doubles by Bobby. Mor- gan and a two-run triple by Richie Ashburn helped out. Preston Ward drove in three Tuns in each Pittsburgh victory | over the surprised Cardinals. He hit a homer with two aboard in the first and a three-run triple in the nightcap. Dick Littlefield stayed the distance for his seventh vic- ‘tory in the opener. A squeeze bunt by slow Sid Gordon with two out in the ninth brought home the decid- ing tally in the nightcap. Cleveland won with ease over the Athletics as Mike Garcia registered his 13th triumph on an eight-hitter. The Yanks did it the hard way at Detroit, coming from two runs be- hind on Gil McDougald’s grand slam home run in the eighth. Bob Nieman made it close with a pinch homer in Detroit’s half of the eighth off Johny Sain but the bases were empty. Virgil Trucks, still suffering with a bad back, won his 16th of the season at the expense of the Sena- jtors but it took a five run rally | by his mates in the eighth to give | him the decision. Billy Pierce | mopped up in the ninth. Nellie Fox led the 11-hit Chicago attack with a triple, double and two singles. U. S. business men estimated that the nation’s industry is now spending 2% billion dollars a year on research, 15 times what was spent 25 years ago. Saturday, August 7, 1954! —— Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAND and CUBAN COFFEE —— TRY A POUND Topay — BUY A Guaranteed HESTER BATTERY With Its Emergency Self Charging FEATURE A $15.58 Battery That Fits Most Cars —ONLY— $8.95 Exch. Lou Smith, 1116 White Old Law Saves Indians From Exploitation By Salesmen By JACK VARICK NEOPIT, Wis. — Authorities have resurrected a federal law to prevent a five million dollar wind- fall from turning the Menominee Indian Reservation into a sales- men’s mecca. Two arrests already have been made and more are anticipated. The windfall came in the form of a $1,500 check from the federal government for each of the 3,254 adult Menominees on tribal rolls. The money, totaling $4,881,000 is Part of a 9% million dollar trust fund set up four years ago after the tribe won a lawsuit charging the government with mismanage- ment of tribal affairs, _ First payment was provided for in legislation liberating the Indians from government control and su- Pervision by 1959. The majority of the Indians re- ceived their checks Tuesday and Payments will be completed by Saturday. What happens when sudden wealth hits an Indian reservation? A buying spree is the logical an- swer. Stores in the area have noted a boom in clothing and household furnishing purchases. But Henry Fontenelle, assistant supervisor of the reservation, says “it’s too early to tell.” “Although this is the largest lump sum the Indians have ever received,” he points out, “‘they’ve been working steadily at their {lumber business a long time and they’re accustomed to money.” However, state, county and local police want the Menominees to have time to make their own deci- sions on how to spend their new wealth without any pressure from salesmen. So an old federal law barring peddlers and_ solicitors from Indian reservations without a license is being enforced again. A salesman for an auto firm was arrested Wednesday and charged with trading on the reservation without a license. Another auio firm was charged with attempting to sell cars from an unlicensed lot on the fringe of the reservation. Some of the Menominees are opening bank accounts for the first time. 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