The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 13, 1954, Page 6

Giants Face Dodgers In Crucial 3-Game Series Yankees Win Two, Gain A Half Game By BEN PHLEGAR AP Sports Writer The New York Giants may find out tonight whether luck is still on | ’ their side. They invade Brooklyn for three games with the second place Dod- gers and the way both teams have been playing, luck will go a long way in determining the outcome. Neither New York nor Brooklyn : has been a ball of fire in recent weeks. They’ve stayed 1-2 in the National League pennant chase mainly by default. Now the Milwaukee Braves are ereeping up. Many more mistakes by either of the first two clubs could prove fatal. | So far the Giants have held most} of the trumps in their showdowns with their metropolitan rivals. They've won 9 of the 13 games and lead the Dodgers by 3% lengths. Six of the remaining nine games will be played in Brooklyn, three in the last week of the sea- son. Fans have been ganging up on the Brooklyn box office but the managers remain strangley silent. Neither Leo Durocher nor Walt Alston has gone so far as to pre- dict a sweep. Durocher even has been hesitant in picking a pitcher. For two sea- sons Ssl Maglie has been the auto- matic choice to open any series with Brooklyn. But the aging right- hander was whipped in the Giants’ last trip across the river and Leo has notions of using Ruben Gomez tonight with Maglie waiting for to- morrow’s sunshine. Carl Erskine definitely will go for the Dodgers tonight. The clubs should be rested. They both had the day off yesterday. Milwaukee took advantage of their idleness and moved within 6% games of the top and within three games of Brooklyn by beating St. Louis 3-1. Cincinnati whipped Chi- cago 8-6 in the only other National League action. The New York Yankees picked up half a game on Cleveland by winning a doubleheader from the Philadelphia Athletics 5-4 and 7-1. But the Indians trounced Detroit 10-1 and still lead by 2% games. Boston and Washington split. The Senators won the first game 9-5 but were shutout by Frank Sullivan in the second 5-0. Baltimore and Chicago weren’t scheduled. Philadelphia made the Yanks work for the first game, coming from behind twice to tie before Mickey Mantle decided matters in the eighth with his 25th home run. Four runs in the first inning, in- eluding a lead off homer by Hank Bauer, sewed up the nightcap in a hurry. The Indians pounded three De- troit pitchers for 13 hits including Al Rosen’s three-run homer, his first into the seats this month. Ro- sen, deep in a slump, has hit safe- ly only three times in his last 44 at bats. Bob Lemon coasted to his 16th victory. Jackie Jensen hit his 19th homer for the Red Sox in their first game loss to Washington and was the batting star of the Boston vic- tory in the second game as he. drove in two runs and scored a pair. Lefty Warren Spahn, who has had trouble winning this season, was in top form for the Braves against the Cardinals. He threw a Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, August 13, 1954 LOCAL MARKSMEN — The Key West Naval Base Pistol Team will leave next week for the National Pistol Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. Shown above. they are seated, from the left: John F. Merry, and Alfred C. Smith. Standing, from the left: Daniel H. Forsythe, Perry T. Thompson, James A. Smith and Robert C. Baugh. USS Bushnell Wins Baseball Tourney The USS Bushnell basebail team captured the SubLant champion- ship Wednesday by defeating the USS Orion, 9-8, in the last of a best of three series in Norfolk. Big Jim Cheesman, of the USS Gilmore started the boys out right on Monday by setting the USS Ful- ton nine down, 13-2. ame back strong in the tilt behind the four-hit pitching o! Gene Nash to defeat the 2. manding officer of the Atlantic Fleet Submarine Force, the Bush- nell took the lead in the ing with two in the seventh on a er by Kancelerski, leading 8-6. Little Jimmy Postal came on to pitch in the ninth inning for the Bushnell with two on and none out. shut the door on the Orion. He as also the batting hero of the series with two homeruns and six other safeties. Team and individual trophies were presented by SubRon 6. The Bushnell now moves down to Little Creek, Va. for the Atlantic Fleet playoffs, beginning next Monday. Strand Gains Babe Ruth Win Danny Oropeza pitched a no-hit game as the Strand Theater con- tinued its winning ways in the Babe Ruth Baseball League last night when they trounced hapless St. Joseph’s, 9-0 in the second half of a doubleheader. In the opener, Evans Enterpris- es walked off with a 9-5 decision over the Key West Insurance Co. Only two runners reached first base on Oropeza in the opener. He *|fanned 13 batters. six-hitter, struck out seven and walked nobody. In winning their sixth straight and their 17th’ ir their last 19 outings, the Braves bunched all of their runs: in the fourth inning on an error, two: sin- a long foul fly. The loss was the fifth in a row: for St. Louis. Cincinnati moved within 2% games of the first division with a win over the Cubs. The Redlegs ran their home run total to eight in two days with blasts by Ted Klus- zewski, Jim Greengrass and Wally Post. A triple by Kluszewski drove Sidney Kerr had two for three and Carbonell and Snow each hit doubles. In the nightcap, Paul Higgs put on another show of pitching’ talent when he fanned 14 batters. D. Yates came back with 12 strikeouts for the losers. Each pitcher gave up five hits, but. Yates’ wildness cost him the game. Fernandez had two ‘hits and Higgs a triple for the winners. Bor- ennsen hit a triple for the losers, The St. Louis Cardinals operate 22 minor league clubs in 15 states and two foreign countries—Canada Winter Bowling League To Be Formed Here A meeting of the Key West Bowl- ing Association has been called for Saturday, August 14, 1954 at 2:00 p. m. It will be held in the V. F. W. Post 3911 home on Eli- zabeth Street, R. N. Gilmore, pre- sident announced today. All offi- cers of the Association, presidents, secretaries and Team Captains of the three bowling leagues are strongly urged to be present. The main item of discussion will be mapping out plans for a city | Cleveland - wide Winter bowling league to start New Orteans 5-7, 8 Baseball Results SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION THURSDAY'S RESULTS tanta 7, Memi # Nashville 6-4 (ist game ) Lite’ Rock 4, Birmingham 6 ‘Chattanooga 3, Mobile 2 FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE a Bi Atlanta at Memphis New Orleans at Nashville SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE — Pet. Behind | Stars meet the Detroit Lions at ™% 6 8 12% 21% 22% . 23 THURSDAY’S RESULTS Savannah 6, Augusta 2 Macon 3, Jacksonville 0 Columbia 6, Montgomery § (10 innings) Columbus 15, Charlotte 1 FRIDA 3 SCHEDULE Augusta at Jacksonville itgom\ at arlotte Columbus at ‘Columbia Mapon at Savannah AGUE Lost Pet. Behind 3 73 — 615 632 in the near future. Other items in-| Detro! clude the information regarding chartering Key West under the Am- erican Bowling Congress and infor- mation regarding obtaining mem- bership in the Key West Associa- tion once it is chartered. This is very important and everyone should attend. Invited also, are sponsors of the various other civic clubs and commercial firms that desire to enter teams in the Win- ter League. Of particular note is the fact that this new league will be a handi- cap one, so your low or high score doesn’t make too much difference. You will still have a chanee with your handicap. Permission has now been grant- ed by Mr. Al Zitter, owner-manager of the Double “‘A” Bowling alleys on Front Street for the Association to set up headquarters on his pre- mises. All correspondence for the Association should be addressed to either R. N. Gilmore, President or Stan Grenuck, Secretary in care of the Double ‘‘A” Bowling Alleys. s The official address is: Key West Bowling Association C0 Double “A” Bowling Alley, Bea Front Street, Key West, Florida. With the opening last month of the Double “A” alleys it gives Key West 14 bowling lanes (6 at the | Sax Rollaway Lanes om Truman Ave. and 8 at the Doulle “A” on Front | Seattle St.) with an opportunity of having 14 teams in each league, Navy Pistol Team Competes In Nat'l Match The Naval Base pistol team will leave next week for the National | Minnes Pistol Matches at Camp Perry, | Cotumbus Ohio. At the matches these pisto-| Toiedo leers will compete against the best | Charleston shooters of the country — military, police and civilian. The National Matches are fired both individual- ly and as teams. In the team mat-| Ft, Walton ches the NavBase will fire as an Expert team against Army, Mar- ine, Police and civilian organiza- tions. The NavBase shooters won the Sixth Naval District Pistol Team Championship in Jacksonville, Flo- rida, the 30th and 31st of July and 1 August. In addition the team members have fired in the Nation- al Midwinter Pistol matches at Tampa in March and the Florida State match also held in Tampa in June. At the Sixth Naval District shoot, A. C. Smith, ET2, of AUW finish- ed 5th and received a trophy for his efforts. In the .45 caliber timed fire match J. F. Merry, SO1, of SADD won the expert class first place award, NATIONAL LEAGUE ‘Won Lost Pct. Behind 7 4 63 - BASEBALL STANDINGS By The Associated Press 4 eiaseaseZ aeea sees: seenes§ wenessssf* sagesees$ szzzsses§ aveasocs INTERNATIONAL ‘Won 2 assseans ueesehees 3 z seinb: bees Hollywood 3 (10 > Siamsne 3, aaa Weaslone se ‘TEXAS 68, Crestview 25 5 Fort Walton Beach 9, Panama City 7 © AY'S SCHEDULE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION [90,000 Expected At College All-Star, Detroit Lion Tilt Charity Is The Only Sure |Jensen Happy Over Trade Winner Tonight CHICAGO (® — The College all) | Soldier Field tonight in the first} big game of the 1954 football sea- son with a crowd of 90,000 .expect- ed. Gross receipts will reach/ $450,000, mostly going to charity. The collegians have a fair chance to get their seventh victory im 21 games because they have first rate passers and because the Lions will be handicapped by the playing under college rules. The Lions, however, remain one touch- down favorites. Jim Tatum of Maryland, coach of the nation’s No. 1 college team last fall, will probably start Zeke Bratkowski at quarterback for the All-Stars. Bratkowski completed 360 passes cut of 734 attempts.for 4,863 yards and 24 touchdowns in three years at Georgia. Backing him up are Cotton Davidson, Bay- lor; Bobby Garrett, Stanford; La- mar McHan, Arkansas; and Vince| Dooley, Auburn, all top-notch passers. The Lions, champions of the Na- tional Football League, have a great passer in Bobby Layne, but coach Buddy Parker may save him | for the regular season and depend on Tom Dublinski. Furthermore, the Lions must use their men on both offense and defense whereas pro football is still playing two platoons and liking it. Coach Parker faced up to the problem of creating an all-around, one platoon squad out of his two platoon specialists by using his regular offensive line — which will average 238 pounds — in front of a patched backfield that includes, _|desides Dublinski, Doak Walker, 7 Jack Christiansen and Lewis Car- 323 | penter. Tatum has created a backfield am te support Bratkowski by teaming will start three men from Mary- land and three from Notre Dame. The game, which starts at 8:30 p. m. EST will go to 570 radio sta- tions on the WGN-Mutual network, and to 164 television stations on the DuMont network, the biggest TV coverage ever. Net proceeds go to the Chicago Tribune Chari- ties, Inc. Major League Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING —Noren, New York, 348. RUNS~Mantle, New York, 96. RUNS BATTED IN-Doby, Cleveland, 89. HITS—Fox, Chicago, 149. HOME RUNS-Doby, Cleveland, 26. PITCHING — Consuegra, Chicago, 143, NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING -Snider, Brooklyn, RUNS~—Musial, St. Louis, 94. | RUNS BATTED IN-Musial, St. Louis, 104. HITS—Moon and Schoendienst, St. Louis, 155. |OME_RUNS~—Mays, New York, 36. BITCHING- Wilson, Milwaukee, 8-0, 1.000. Bruce Woodcock won the British Empire heavyweight title on July 17, 1954 by knocking out Jack London appropriately enough in ‘London. Kansas City at Charleston Indianapolis at Columbus Minneapolis at Louisville St. Paul at Toledo TEXAS Dallas at San Antonio Houston at Fort Worth Beaumont at ‘Tulsa s Shreveport at Oklahoma City INTERNATIONAL Syracuse at Rochester Ottawa at Buffalo Richmond at Montreal Havana at Toronto ALABAMA-FLORIDA Andalusia-Opp at Crestview Graceville at Panama City Fort Walton Beach at Dothan FIRST in Key West ... WITH TV BEST— Poinciana TV and Radio Proudly Presents... TELEVISION Home Demonstration SEE IT! TRY IT! BOSTON (#—Jackie Jensen and | the Red Sox are very nappy today | with the winter trade that sent him to Boston. | The belting blona centerfielder, dealt by Washington to Boston last | December for lefty Maury McDer- mott and outfielder Tom Umphilett, left no doubt as to which club got | the best of the trade in the five; game series beween the two just | ended. | Jensen hit a .400 clip against} 18th and 19th home runs and three, doubles while driving in seven runs |} and scoring six. His two-run dou-| ble in the final game yesterday | was the key blow as the Red Sox handed McDermott his 12th defeat against six victories, 5-0. Jackie, the powerfully built for- mer California football ace, now | sports a .275 batting average after | a slow start. He leads the Ameri- can League in stolen bases with | 17, is fourth in the circuit with 84) RBI's — five behind Cleveland's | Larry Doby—and fifth in home runs. McDermott, who had an 18-10 record with the Red Sox last year, has given up 128 hits and 59 earned | |runs in 135 innings. _Umphlett is sharing the right field job with Clyde Vollmer, an- other ex-Red Sox, for Bucky Har- Joe’s Blacksmith Shop ris’ Senators and is batting only 241. Jensen’s 19 home runs are just |10 short of his total for six pre- vious years in professional ase- ball. Boxing Resulis THURSDAY NIGHT'S FIGHTS BOSTON — Tommy Collins, 1274, Med- ford, Mass., stopped Jimmy Ithia,’ 125%, New York, 4. NEW YORK-~Jackie La Bua, 159%, East Meadow, N.Y., outpointed Clem Florio, 157%, Ozone Park, N.Y., 8 BROOKLYN ~—Ray Drake, 157, Brooklyn, outpointed Pat Best, 159%, Englewood, J. 8 MUSKEGON, Mich.—Kenny Lane, 135, Muskegon. outpointed John Barnes, 134, Detroit, 10. Al Rosen, slugging star of. the Cleveland Indians, is the Ohio distributor of a canned soft drink. 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