The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 10, 1954, Page 6

Dodgers Falter In Bid For National Pennant Johnny Podres To Hurl Against Philadelphia By BEN PHLEGAR Associated Press Sportswriter New York made its move early. Milwaukee went into high gear Jate last month. The question now is: Are the Dodgers ever going to ‘start clicking? ; ' Brooklyn is back with virtually the same team that pulled away from the pack last August and fin- ished 13 games in front. But only rarely this season has it looked anything like the 1953 aggregation. ‘The door to the top has been left wide open in recent weeks by the first place Giants. After their June surge the New . Yorkers have rocked along at a 19-16 clip since the traditional July 4 turning point. But the Dodgers, who trailed by 3% on Independence Day, still are three full games behind. They’ve won 20 and lost 16 while the Braves have come with a rush, winning 24 and losing 10, to pull within 4% games of Brooklyn and T, of the Giants. Brooklyn hopes to get the answer to its vital starting pitcher prob- lem tonight in Philadelphia. Man- ager Walt Alston has picked John- ny Podres to open a two-game se- ries against the Phils. This will be the second start for the southpaw since an appendix op- eration. He couldn’t make it the first time, lasting only 3 2-3 in- nings against St. Louis last week. Podres won seven games up to mid-June when he was sidelined. Last season as a rookie he had a 9-4 record. ‘ Dodger supporters are quick to point out the bad year Roy Campa- nella is having. The big catcher, troubled by an injured hand, is 100 behind his 1953 total in runs batted in and more than 100 points below his batting average of last year. But Campy mainly was just an- other gun in what already was the most powerful attack in the league, and his cohorts—Duke Snider, Carl Furillo, Jackie Robinson and Gil} Hodges—are still doing all right by last year’s standards. The Dodgers wquid appear to have a slight break over the Braves and Giants on the remain- ing schedule. They have 21 games with first division clubs, 12 of them are in Ebbets Field and they have 10 games left with their most fa- vorite foe, the ‘Pittsburgh Pirates. Last year Brooklyn beat Pittsburgh 20 imes. This year the Dodgers stand 10-2 with the last place club. Milwaukee has the most games left, 47, and the most home games 25. The Braves also have the few- est against first division clubs, 17. But they have to play 12 more with St. Louis arid the Cardinals always have been tough for Milwaukee, Nine games remain between the Giants and Dodgers, six of them in Brooklyn. The Giants also have 12 left with fourth place Philadel- phia and five with Milwaukee. The Giants stop off for a single game in Pittsburgh tonight and the Braves open a three-game set in St. Louis. In the American League the New York Yankees, now four games back of Cleveland, start a string of 15 games against second division foes by entertaining the Philadel- phia Athletics, Cleveland goes to Detroit and third place Chicago will be at home against Baltimore. The White Sox trail by seven. In other action Chicago will be at Cincinnati tonight in the Nation- al League and Washington at Bos- ton in the American for a day- night doubleheader. LOTS OF POWER USED TO COOL CITY ST, LOUIS It takes a lot of power to keep St. Louis cool. Union Electric Co. said today the cooling load imposed by air conditioners is about 168,000 kilo- watts—or enough electricity to take care of the residential needs of Omaha, Neb. “We estimate there are 60,000 room-type air conditioning units on our lins at present,” a spokes-| man said. ‘In 1950 there were only BUY A Guaranteed HESTER BATTERY With Its Emergency Self Charging FEATURE A $15.58 Battery That Fits Most Cars —ONLY— $8.95 Lou Smith, 1116 White Landy Denies He Ran “Miracle|Duke Snider And Mile” With Gash On His Foot VANCOUVER, B.C. #—Did John’ Landy, Australia’s premier. miler, Tun the “Miracle Mile” of the British Empire Games here last Saturday with four stitches hold- ing a deep cut in his right -foot closed? Landy, who ran second to Dr. Roger Bannister of England in the “Miracle Mile,” ‘said last night it wasn’t so, that it was “completely and utterly silly” for anybody to think he could run under those cir- cumstances. But Dr. Ken Young of the Uni- versity of British Columbia health service said a member of his staff doctored a ‘nasty gash” on the sole of Landy’s foot Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Joining the “Landy had a bad foot club” were Bannister; Andy O’Brien, sports editor of the Mon- treal Star; and Jack Sullivan, sports editor for the Canadian Press. Bannister won the ‘Miracle Mile” in 3:38.8 some five yards ahead of Landy, who had led most of the way. Landy was timed in 3:59.6. O’Brien broke ‘the story in a copyrighted article in the Star yes- terday. He said Landy -suffered the cut when he stepped from a. shower onto a photographer’s flash bulb. The Montreal reporter said Lan- dy told him of the injury but swore him to secrecy “because it would sound like an alibi.” : Landy promptly denied O'Brien’s report: : “It is utterly and completely silly to think that I or anybody could run with four stitches in the foot. There is absoluely nothing to it.” “I did not treat Landy, but a member of the faculty looked af- ter him and we had instructions that no one was to know about it. “I won’t say that he had four | stitches and I won’t say that he did not have any stitches. But he had a nasty cut.” Sullivan eame out with the flat statement ‘that “Landy ran the mile of the century ... with a cut right foot.” Bannister, contacted at Empire Village late last night, said Landy told him a week ago of the cut, but “he kept right on training, so it couldn’t have been too serious.” Jim Eve, general manager of the Australian team, termed the re- port “pure bunk; it’s ridiculous.” But he said he would have Landy’s foot inspected at the earliest oppor- tunity. A’s Mogul To Meet With Buyers Today PHILADELPHIA #—Roy Mack gets a chance to put his cards on the table today at a meeting with two wealthy Philadelphians seeking to buy the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team. Harry Sylk, a drug chain execu- tive, joins with financier Albert M. Greenfield in talks with the executive vice-president of the A’s. Sylk and Greenfield head a Sroup of some 16 civic leaders seeking to keep the A’s franchise ik Passing te out-of-town inter- Arnold Johnson, a Chicago busi- nessman, has offered to buy the team and move it to Kansas City. Estimates of Johnson's offer have neagedl as high as 4% million dol- lars. Sylk said he didn’t believe John- son had offered that much for. the team, adding: “We're prepared to make a fair offer for the Athletics, not a fantastic one.” Sylk said he expects a full financicl. report |from Roy at today’s meeting. | Roy, his brother and partner, Earle, and their dad, Connie Mack, | Sr., are neck-deep in financial | troubles, After 54 years of operat- | ing the Athletics, the family faces | | sale of the club or possible bank- \ruptey. Earle says there isn’t a! jdime in the till and the Macks| ;are done in Philadelphia. | | The answer to the A’s “‘stay or/ | move” problem rests with Ray who has an option to buy stock owned | |by Earle and Connie, Sr. They have said they want to sell their \shares. Rov says he wants to re- tain control of the club or make | some deal to stay in baseball. |" Syik originally said if he bought jthe club, he would want complete leontrol but yesterday indicated \that if Roy wants to stay as a minority stockholder and a mem- jber of the board of directors, that (might be arranged. Little League Mers. Thank Contributors Keller Watson and Robert Santa- Ra,. co-managers of the National Little League All-Stars who are in West Palm Beach today for the state tournament, issued a state- ment today in which they gave hearty thanks to Key Westers, who aided financially or otherwise to send the team to the tourney. Their statements: “On behalf of the National Little League All-Stars (South Florida Champs, by the way) we would like to take this opportunity to ex- Press our thanks to each and every individual whose contribu- tions made their trip to West Palm Beach and the state tournament possible. : “When these young champs ar- rived in Key West Friday from the district tournament, it seems like everyone wanted to pitch in and help. First, the city of Key West came through with a contri- bution of $100 to start the ball roll- ing. Then we had a contribution of $100 from Doris Evans, $10 from Fred Dion and $5 from Serge Her- nander. Friday night at the soft- ball game held in Bayview Park at which time the team was in- troduced to the public, a collec- tion was taken up for the team’s! trip and the fans came through With a donation of $165. At another ballgame in Wickers Field Sunday night, another $25 was given. “To all of these sport fans of Key West, who were in attendance at the games Friday and Sunday who contributed so generously from your hearts for the purpose of these young boys making the trip to West Palm Beach to the state tournament, goes our heart- | felt thanks. “Thanks also to The Citizen whose article in the Friday edition | started the drive. Thanks also to Mr. Louis Carbonell, who contri- buted a station wagon for the trip and to Mr. Paul Sher, whose ef- forts on behalf of the team on his radio program helped raise the necessary funds to send these boys to the state tournament. To each and everyone of you goes our thanks and heartfelt appreciation for a job well done. “At the. state tournament, our Little Leaguers will tangle with Sarasota, Tuesday night at 7:30 p. m. and we were hoping that our Irv Noren Have Big Bat Leads NEW YORK (®—Duke Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Irv No- ren of the New York Yankees con- tinue to hold commanding leads in the major league batting races today, although both slumped last week. Snider tops the National League with a .354 average and is 15 points ahead of runnerup Stan Musial of the Cardinals. The Brooklyn out- fielder lost four points in going 6-for-21 in last week’s games. Noren’s average dwindled 11 points to .339, but he is 12 points in front of Minnie Minoso of the Chicago White Sox, his closest pur- suer. The Yankee outfielder went 5-for-24. Musial, seeking his seventh bat-| ting crown, gained one point with 11-for-31 as he moved from fourth to second with .339. Don Mueller of the Giants lost five points and fell from second to third at .338, Minoso picked up ground on No ren, though the speedy Sox out fielder dropped three points with five hits in 19 at bats. His team- mate, Nellie Fox, advanced from a fifth place tie to third with a 322 mark. Wild West Ideas. BALTIMORE (®—Howard 58. Strouse, 51, a retired railroad clerk, had a pistol-waving row with his wife. Today he faces charges of as- sault and threatening to shoot two policemen, assault and threaten- ing to shoot his wife, disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct Mrs. Strouse said her husband has been nervous and in poor phys- ical condition since a recent major operation. He has lived in the West and has some “Western ideas,” she added. Lloyd Waner of the Pittsburgh Pirates made 223 hits his first season in the big leagues. (1927). ‘This is a record for first-year players. ment as champs, thus giving them the right to represent the state a the regional tournament in Greens- boro, North Carolina on August 16. I am sure that if our boys need to go there that our local sport fans will come through as they al- ways do with funds to send them to the regional tourney. Again, may we thank each and every individual whose contribu- tions regardless of how little or how big, made it possible for the team to make the trip to the State boys will come through this tourna- tourney.” Moore-Johnson 'Key West Little Leaguers Face World Title Bout Set Wed. The Pabst Brewing Company ce- lebrates its 200th nationally tele- vised fight of the week on August 11 by presenting a light heavy- weight contest for the champion- ship of the world. In this, the 17th title bout in the regular Wednes- day night series, Champion Archie Moore defends his crown against Harold Johnson. The 15-round championship bout will be beamed across the nation directly from Ma- dison Square Garden over a net- word of 103 CBS-TV stations. Start- ing time is 10 p. m. Eastern Day- light Time with Station WTVJ,TV Channel 4 carrying the action lo- cally. Champion Archie Moore, unbeat- en for the past two years, won the title from Joey Maxim in Decem- ber of 1952. The muscular-built title-holder was last defeated in December of ’51, when he lost to Harold Johnson in a bruising bat- tle. A mongh later he vindicated his loss by trouncing Johnson. In two previous bouts with the chal- lenger, Moore won both deci- sively. Archie, who wears down op- ponents with heavy body blows and power-packed hooks, began fight- ing in 1936 and it took him 16 years before he gained a title bout. The 37-year-old light heavyweight king has successfully defended his crown twice against Maxim. In his last Maxim contest Archie floored the challenger twice and won an overwhelming victory. In 137 bouts he won 115 while losing 17 and drawing in five and is undefeated in his last 18 starts. The St. Louis- born champion has shown speed, strength and hitting power in win- ning over such vaunted fighters as Nino Valdes, number two heavy- weight, Jimmy Slade, number four heavyweight rankings, Clarence Henry and Bob Satterfield. Hailing from Philadelphia, John- son entered the pro ranks in 1946 and ranup a string of 25 straight victories before being decisioned by Jersey Joe Walcott when the former champion was in his prime. The 25-year-old challenger has scored victories over Jimmy Slade, Ezzard Charles, Nino Valdes, Bob Satterfield and Paul Andrews. In his Andrews fight, a nationally te- levised Blue Ribbon Bout, Johnson was floored in the opening round, but his ring experience and aggres- siveness proved too much for the younger Andrews and Johnson won by decision. Undefeated in 1953, Johnson has been shopping for this championship bout for three years. LONGER BARBER TRAINING ASKED LOS ANGELES (##—More men are asking for finger waves and fancy haircuts, and so barbers need longer training, says the president of the Associated Master Barbers and Beauticians of Cali- fornia. George Timme of Sacramento urged the association’s annual con- vention yesterday to pass a resolu- tion proposing extension of the eight-month training and 18-month apprenticeship periods. Man Behind Those 4- Minute Miles Smoke by Milten Marmor LONDON — Christopher John Chataway races opponents instead of a stop watch. Yet, ironically, at 23, he holds a strange sort of athletics fame. Chataway ran second in both four- minute miles—and he’s not a miler at all. The red-haired former Oxford dis- tance runner paced Roger Bannist- er to his epic 3:59.4 mile on May 6 im the blustery Oxford race that ended the myth of the four-minute mile barrier. Then, on June 21 Chataway went up to Turku in Fin- land and chased Australia’s John Landy to his 3:58 mile. | Bannister and Landy went after | that four-minute mile with dogged | determination. Chataway is some- thing else again. He's 5-feet-9 weighs 149, doesn’t know the, length of his stride and lacks in- terest in pulse rates. He never) worries about oxygen intake. He| trains when the weather is agree- able: Chris smokes half a pack} of cigarettes a day, more in win- ter when not training. He takes a drink now and then, especially stout ale now that he works for} a brewer. He also can run like blazes and he runs to win. If a record) falls, so much the better, but to Chataway the race is the thing. He didn’t expect to finish close to Roger at Oxford and he didn’t. Yet his time was his then best ever, 4:07.2, not bad when you consider he is a thre-miler. Chris makes it clear he did not | pace Landy. He raced him. He was with him until the last lap and finished the mile im 4:04.4,' 1 ese CHRIS CRATAWAY which puts him far up im the list of all-tme mile clockings. “If it hadn't been for Chris Chataway’s chasing me around the track I would sever have made it,” Landy said after his great mile. “I knew be was im- mediately behind me and that he would not hesitate to pass me if I slowed up the very least.” s, Drin ks Ale Chataway also helped Freddie Green, 28, set a new 3-mile record of 12:32.2. Chataway held a 15- yard lead near the end but Green came on in a neck-and-neck finish. In Britain people speak of their favorite athletes as they do of | members of the family. Bannister is an aloof sort but Britons are proud of him. They speak of such plodding distance aces as mara- thoner Jim Peters and six-miler | Gordon Pirie with just a bit of amazement and respect. | But for Chataway they have a deep affection. He epitomizes everything fine in British sports. Those who saw Chataway at) Helsinki in the. 1952 Olympics} 5,000-meter final will never for-| get him. To Britons he was some- | thing, even though the incredible! Emil Zatopek of Czechoslovakia won and Chris came home fifth. Chataway was only 21 then. He) came pounding around the last) turn with the world’s best. He| stumbled on the inside rail. There’s a famous sports photo- graph of Zatopek storming into! the lead and Chataway sprawled | on the track. Chris picked himself up and) finished in 14:18, almost 10 seconds | faster than anything he had done| before. And he had no alibis; he| just ran himself out. Chataway has made only one} calculated effort to break a world) record. Bannister helped him go| after the two-mile mark of 8:40.4, established by Belgian Gaston Reiff. It’s one of the better ones, on the books. Chris miscalculated | his pace during the inside laps and missed out by a mere six- tenths of a seeond.—AP Newsfea- ture. Sarasota In State Tournament Initial Tilt Set In West Palm Tonight Key West’s National Lit- tle League All-Stars will make their initial start in the state Little League tour- nament tonight at 7:30 p.m. when they cross bats with the Sarasota entry. The Conchs_ will be fighting for the right to meet the North Broward Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. in the sudden death tourney. North Broward downed West Palm Beach, 3-0, Mon- day night when their star hurler Stan Seay, hurled a no-hit, no-run ballgame. The Key Westers, who earned the right to compete when they won the South Florida District tourney in Miami last week, are con- fident of a victory in the state meeting. Manager Bob Santana said this morning that he will rely on Tony Estenoz, diminutive fireballer to handle the hurling duties for to- night’s clash with Dick Garcia be- hind the plate. He’ll have plénty of reserve mound strength with Mike Hughes, Eloy Lopez, Nilo Garcia and Dick Curry available for duty. The balance of his lineup includ- es Evelio Estevez at second base, Dick Curry at third, Nilo Garcia at first base and Dick Curry at short stop. Danny Garcia, Mike Hughes and Pete Esquinaldo will make up the outfield. “I believe we can take them — our boys have a lot of confidence,” manager Santana told The Citizen today. Basehall Results SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION Won Lost Pet. Behind Atlanta .. 72 49 (395 — New Orlean: Birmingham Chattanooga Menphis Mobile __... Little Rock Nashville BB ‘ BERGow MONDAY'S RESULTS Little Rock 10, Atlanta 9 (11 innings) Birmingham 3-4, Memphis 1-8 New Orleans 7, Chattgnooga 3 Nashville 11-7, Mobile ‘10-4 TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE Atlanta at Little Rock Birmingham at Memphis Mobile at Nashville New Orleans at Chattanooga SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE ‘Won Lost Pct. Behind 69 47 «595 — Jacksonville Savannah Macon Columbia Montgom Augusta. Charlotte Columbus MONDAY’S RESULTS Augusta at Macon Ppd, rain Charlotte 3, Columbia 0 Montgomery 7, Columbus 4 Savannah 5, Jacksonville 2 TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE Augusta at Savannah Macon at Jacksonville Montgomery at Columbia Columbus at Charlotte BASEBALL STANDINGS INTERNATIONAL Toronto... Rochester Montreal Havana Syracuse Buffalo Ottawa Richmond Shreveport | San Antonio Houston « | Oklahoma City Tulsa — Fort Worth | Beaumont | Dallas Dothan __...... Andalusia-Opp Fort Walton Bea: Graceville Crestview NDAY'S RESULTS INTERNATIONAL Ottawa 7, Montreal 4 Rochester at Buffalo Ppd, rain Toronto 11, Havana 5 (Only games scheduled) EXAS Houston 9, Dallas 7 Fort Worth 8, San Antonio 1 Oklahoma City.4. Beaumont 3 Shreveport 3, Tulsa 1 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Indianapolis 3, All-Stars 2 PACIFIC COAST (No games scheduled) ALABAMA-FLORIDA Graceville 20, Panama City 2 Crestview 12, Andalusia-Opp 11 Dothan 5, Fort Walton Beach 2 TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE ATIONAL Ni New York at Pittsburgh (n) Brooklyn at Philadelphia (n) Chicago at Cincinnati (n) Milwaukee at St. AMERICAN Philadelphia at New York (n) Baltimore at Chicago (n) Cleveland at Detroit (n) Wa: at Boston (2) AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (No games scheduled) Houston at Dal San Antonio at Beaumont at 0! Shreveport at Tulsa <AS Fort Worth Rochester at Buffalo (2) Havana at Montreal ALABAMA-FLORIDA Andalusia-Opp at Crestview Fort Walton Beach at Dothan Graceville at Panama City A Little Leaguers in the finals Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, August 10, 1954 Pros Hold 12 To 6 Edge Over By TOM BRANAGAN AP Newsfeatures CHICAGO—For the 20th time, a “dream team” of college football players takes Soldier Field Aug. 13 for the annual charity game with the professional champions, Opposing this collection of the finest material the colleges grad- uated this spring will be the De- troit Lions, two-in-a-row cham- pions of the National Football League and 2410 victors over a similar group of collegians last summer. Jim Tatum, who coached Mray- land to a national championship in 1953, has the job of directing this year’s assemblage of All- Stars. He was alloted only three weeks to prepare the squad for the pros, which means, of course, that his boys will be at a disadvantage. However, lack of experience may be offset somewhat by rules which require the Lions to play both ways, offensively and defensively, something that, unlike the colleg- ians, they aren’t accustomed to. The Lions are expected to en- large on a record of 12 victories for 4 professional teams against six for the college boys. Two games ended in ties. Tatum has a squad of 50-odd standouts of 1953—ranging from such backfield aces as Zeke Brat- kowski of Georgia and Bobby Gar- rett of Stanford to linemen like Don Dohoney of Michigan State and Art Hunter of Notre Dame. All-Star players originally were selected in a nationwide vote of football fans but now they qualify either by (a) gaining berths on the first or second teams chosen in the “Players All American,” an all- star team announced by the Chi- cago Tribune after a poll of col- lege players, or (b) being selected by the head coach, his assistants and Arch Ward, sports editor of the Tribune, which sponsors the event. Proceeds after expenses and a cut for the pros are distributed among worthy charities. Many of pro football’s past and present greats are All-Star alumni. In just a few of the annual game’s big moments: Sammy Baugh, for years the game’s outstanding quarterback with the Washington Redskins, passed to Gaynell Tinsley for the touchdown that gave the collegians their first victory, 6-0 over the Green Bay Packers in 1937. Otto Graham, now the Cleve- land Brown’s veteran field gen- eral intercepted one of Baugh’s passes and returned it 97 yards for a TD as the collegians beat the Boxing Resulis Monday Night's BROOKLYN - Walter Cartier, 162, New York, drew with Ted Olla, 162, Milwaukee, 10. NEW YORK-Danny Jo Perez, 139, New Xork, stopped Diekle Wong, 138%, ‘Hono- julu, 2. NEW ORLEANS-Willie Pastrano, 161%, New Orleans, stopped Tommy Bazzano, NEW ORLEANS-~-WilNe Pastrano, 161%, New Orleans, stopped Tommy Bazzano, 152, Hartford, Conn., 8. OAKLAND, Calif.—Casey Jones, 119, San Francisco, stopped Johnny Ortega, 113, Alameda, Calif. 9. LOS ANGELES—Manny Renteria, 135%, Los Angeles, outpointed Freddie (Babe) Herman, 143, Los 10. 4 Jim Tobin, former major league itcher, is now an automobile 373 |salesman in Alameda, Calif. College All-Star Gridder. JIM TATUM Redskins 27-7 in 1943. Granam was All-American at Northwestern. Elroy Hirsch, the ‘“crazylegs” end, wheeled 68 yards for a touchdown in a 16-0 victory over the Los Angeles Rams in 1946. He now stars for the Rams. CHICAGO—Scores of previous All-Star football games: 1934—All-Stars 0, Chicago Bears 0 1936—All-Stars 7, Detroit Lions 7 1936—All-Stars 7, Detroit Lions 7 1937—All-Stars 6, Green Bay Packers 0 1938—All-Stars Redskins 16 1939—New York Giants 9, All- Stars 0 19400—Green Bay Packers All-Stars 28 1941—Chicago Stars 13 1942—Chicago Bears 21, All-Stars 0 28, Washington 45, Bears 37, All- 1943—All-Stars 2 7 , Washington Redskins 7 1944—Chicago All. Stars 21 1945—Green Bay Packers All-Stars 7 1946—All-Stars 16, Chicago Bears 0 1948—Chicago Cardinals 28, All- Stars 0 1949—Philadelphia Eagles 38, All- Stars 0 1950—All-Stars Eagles 7 1951—Cleveland Browns 33, Stars 0 1952—Los Angeles Rams 10, All- * Stars 0 1952—Los Angeles Rams 10, All- Stars 7 1953—Detroit Lions 24, All-Stars 10 Bears 24, 19, 17, Philadelphia All. Marine - Automotive - Transport Diesel Starting - Lighting DIAMOND BATTERIES Buy from your local independent dealer at chain store prices. A. H. WILLIAMS Plumber 412 Louisa Street Telephone 2-5888 HAS RETURNED TO KEY WEST For anything from a minor plumbing repair to a major installation . . . come to us. You can be sure of expert workman- ship and prompt service at sensible