The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 16, 1954, Page 6

y | Grooms Wins March Of | Dimes Outboard Race Close Contests Mark Garrison Bight Regatta By DAVID NASON The March of Dimes Regatta drew a good crowd at Garrison Bight, and a good breeze made it very pleasant aiong the seawall. Getting new racing biood in the Outboard Club seems to have re- vived some of the fighting spirit of old. For some reason in the past this fighting spirit among the race drivers had been taking on the pan- ty waist aspect, but Sunday’s races indicate the going is not going to be easy from here on in. Those yyearly high point trophies can be any driver's yet. Bascomb Grooms, who was one of the older racing motor boys, made his second start in the Stock Division today, and came through with a win in the “B” Hydro Class, but believe me he had to fight for it every foot of the way. There was plenty of breathing down one anothers neck in the races. I would like to give some of the eredit for this fighting spirit to our resent racing chairman, Jimmy ells and his assistant Fred Car- bonell. They don’t have much time for the drivers’ gripes and gen- erally succeed in getting them fighting mad and send them to the post that way. The Outboard Club along with Bob Youmans would like to thank the spectators for their contribu- tion to the March of Dimes. Following is the list of the first three finishers in each class in Sunday’s races: Class B Runabouts— Ist, David Nason, 2nd, Waldo Collins and 3rd John McKillip. D 1 Runabouts — ist, Bill Por-|' ter, 2nd, Ralph Beaver and 3rd Ben Schoneck. B Hydroplanes — ist, Bascom pj Grooms, 2nd, David Nason and 3rd Jimmy Hanson, Free For All — 1st, Jimmy Han- son, , Bascom Grooms and 3rd, Ray Miller. Gil Turner Meets Andrews In TV Battle A welterweight slug-fest is in store for Blue Ribbon Bout view- ers on August 18 when Gil Turner clashes with Al Andrews at the * Chicago Stadium. A network of 101 CBS-TV stations will carry the bout to a nationwide fight audience be- ginning at 10 p. m. Eastern Day- light Time with station WTVJ-TV, Channel 4, the local outlet. Turner, of Philadelphia, is a fast punching, whirlwind type fighter who packs power in both hands. As a amateur he had 35 fights and was undefeated. Upon turning pro- fessional in 1950 he won 31 conse- cutive starts before being stopped by champion Kid Gavilan in an un- successful bid to capture the wel- terweight title. A ranking welter- weight, he turned to the middle- weight class to try his fortune but did not fare so well. Against An- drews he again returns to the wel- terweight division determined to get another crack at the champion- ship. A dynamic puncher, Gil com- bines speed and stamina to over- whelm opponents. He has scored knockouts over Ike Williams, Beau Jack, Charley Fusari, Ramon Fu- entes, Joe Miceli and 25 others. In 48 starts, Turner won 42 and lost six. Andrews, of Superior, Wisc., campaigns out of Chicago and is a free-swinging and skillful ringman. Starting boxing at 14, he won 29 out of 31 amateur contests, then | enlisted in the Army. During three | years of service boxing Al. won 32 out of 34 bouts and won the Fifth | Army 150-pound title. After being | discharged in 1952, he turned pro} ‘and won seven bouts in a row. He| has won two out of three bouts against Pat Manzi, defeated Pat! Lowry three times, and Chuck Da-; vey twice. In his first showing in| the East, Al completely outclassed | rugged Joey Klein and win the ad-; miration of New Yorkers. The tall, | good-looking fighter is fast and agile, using sharp lefts to slow-up| opponents. An exceptional in-fight- | er, Andrews has a record of 28 victories in 37 starts, lost seven, and drew in two. WILLIE MAYS EVEN WITH RUTH’S MARK NEW YORK ® — Willie Mays, | who a few weeks ago was far) ahead of Babe Ruth’s pace the| ‘ year the Bambino hit his record | 60 home runs, today was just even | with the Babe. | Ruth hit his 37th homer in the) Steve O'Neill, manager of the | Yankees’ 114th game Aug. 16, 1927. | Mays connected with his 37th in| the Giants 114th game yesterday. |: SOFTBALL CONTENDERS—Shown above are the Key West and Norfolk entries in the Ailantic Fleet Submarine Force softball tourney slated to get underway here Tuesday at the Navy's Walk- er Field. The Key West team (top photo), from the left, front row: F. A. Weedman, J. T. Mor- gan, J. P. Surprenant., Billy Morgan (mascot), J. C. Sneed and J. D. Lyons. Second row: Kissee, R. M. Downen, D J. Capone, C. R. Franklin, G. H. Spurr and W. G. Veeh. Third row: E. C. Matthews, J. E. Trier, E. T. Ramsey, W. E. Bond, J. W. Bayes and R. L. Blazek. The Norfolk entry is shown below. From the left, front row: R. E. Doush, D. H. Armes, J. R. O'Neal, W. Bow- ie, J. D. Hudack and F. McJohn. Second row: J. J. Breidenbach, R. G. Daniels, K. A. Smith, D. R. Sweigart, R. C. Blankenmeyer and E. A. Sowinski—U.S. Navy Photo. Weird Round Gives Toski Shanter Win Scientific Bout Seen For Friday By MURRAY ROSE NEW YORK # — Boxing fans who go for ring science are in for a treat this Friday night when middleweight champion Carl (Bo- bo) Olson defends his title against Rocky Castellani in San Francis- co’s Cow Palace. The two 160-pounders are among the’ most skillful fistieuffers in ac- tion today and among the most successful. The 26-year-old cham- pion from San Francisco will be seeking his 16th straight win. Castellani, a 27-year old ex-Marine now living in Cleveland, has swept his last 10 scraps. This one should be interesting because of Bobo’s aggressive, buzz-saw style. The champ likes to move in and swing away. Castel- lani, on the other hand, prefers to have an opponent come to him and Olson certainly won't disap- point him. Starting time for the 15-rounder is 9 p.m., EST. NBC will broad- cast and telecast the show. San Francisco and a 100 mile area around it will be blacked out of TV. Unbeaten Frankie Ryff, who meets New Orleans’ clever Ralph Dupas, faces veteran Dennis Pat Brady in the 10-round lightweight main event at Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway Arena tonight. ABC will handle the telecast at 9 p.m., EST. In another TV 10-rounder to- of South Africa and El Conscripto of Mexico City, collide at New York’s St. Nicholas Arena. Du Mont telecasts at 9 p.m., EST. Philadelphia Phillies, is one of four brothers who played in the major leagues. By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN CHICAGO W — On a course where par meant nothing, Bob Toski used one yesterday to win| the equivalent of $100,000. His final round of 72 — put to- tournament history—gave im the “World” title at Tam O’Shanter and $50,000 in cash plus an ex- hibition contract worth just as mucu. The 127-pounder, at 27 the young- est Tam winner, settled for a 72- hole score of 274, This was 14 strokes under par, with brilliant rounds of 67-65-70 and the finale of par 72. By one stroke he beat out Earl Stewart Jr., the money-hungry 54- hole leader from Dallas, who blew to a closing 74, and Jack Burke Jr., also a Texan, who did the last 18 in 69. Each of the runners-up, who locked with 275, collected $7,500 as shares of a $150,000 purse distribution. The wiry Toski, registering from Livingston, N.J., never will forget that closing 72 as long as he lives. He started out the last round with birdies on four of the first five holes. Then suddenly, he be- gan to look like you and me. The roof fell in with a triple bogey 7. He parred the next three for a 35 against standard 36 for the front nine. At this point — 63 holes — he totaled 237, Stewart, 236, and Burke, 240 with a front nine of 34. After salvaging a par 5 on the long 64th from a trap Toski bogied four holes in a row by wan- dering into sand and missing short putts. At this time — 68 holes — he had used up 261 strokes in all deadlocked at 258. | While Stewart went for a birdie |4 on the 69th, Burke drove out of |night, two imports, Gerry Dreyer | bounds and took a 6. Toski hit a perfect drive, stuck a No. 4 wood putt for an eagle 3. This tied him with Burke at 264, while Stewart jockeyed ahead with 262. On the 2l5-yard 70th, Stewart overshot the green, stubbed a chip shot and finally took a 5. Burke and Toski parred in 3s. gether in the weirdest fashion in| while Burke and Stewart were | 12 feet from the cup and holed the | Stewart, who was behind the| other two, parred the Tist and also took a 4 on the 72nd after failing to sink a 13-foot putt for a birdie 3 and took 275. Burke and Toski each took 4 on jthe 71st. On the final hole Burke parred with 4, two-putting from 20 feet. Toski planted his approach eight feet from the pin. He rammed in the putt for a birdie 3 — and it was all over. Lloyd Mangrum took fourth place with 277 and Walter Burke- mo, fifth with 278, Other “world” champions crowned were: Women pros — (Worth $5,000) — Patty Berg with a 6-under-par 298, three strokes ahead of Louise Suggs. Women amateurs Mickey ee mater Diego with 309, two ahead of defending champi “Wiffi” Smith, wae Men amateurs — Frank Strana- han, for the fifth straight fime, with 284, one stroke ahead of Ar- nold Palmer of Cleveland, Junior Conchs Down All-Stars The Junior Conchs pinned a de-| | feat on the Key West All-Stars Sun- |day night in the Wickers Field Sta- |dium by a 6-4 score. |, Knowles, with four RBI’s and jhurler Paul Higgs were the big jfactors in the ballgame in which the lead changed hands several| ” times. Higgs fanned 12 batters while the Star’s Greenwood came through | with 10 strikeouts. The All-Stars plated a ;men out. | The Junior Conchs, a team made | up with former high school and/ by Biff Salgado and Knowles’ sin-| |gle produced the scores. The Conchs scored two more Tuns in the sixth and wound up their scoring for the evening in the seventh frame. At bat, Santana had two safe- game alled by Philadelphia few MONDAY'S SCHEDULE at ki Detroit 2-8, Chicago 1. oe 4, ‘Philadelphia 1 MONDAY’S SCHEDULE Ne games scheduled 13 244 2% MONDAY’S SCHEDULE at Columbus Columbia at Montgomery Jacksonville at Macon ‘Augusta BASEBALL STANDINGS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION i ; sasgeess sues} sssaees$ sasenese * gees INTERNATIONA! seaseete assesesey 3 seenax6 steasszzy sestsex3 aasscet SUNDAY’S RESULTS PACIFIC COAST Sen Francisco 5-0, San Die; Hollywood 5-3, Sacramento 4- Portland 7-4, Oakland 3-2 Seattle 5-4, Los Angeles 40 INTERNATIONAL Montreal &1, Richmond 0-5 Toronto 6-9, Havana 3-1 Syracuse 5-8, Rochester 1-6 Ottawa at Buffalo Postponed rain AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Charleston 5, Indianapolis Kansas City 92, Columbus 3-3 Louisville 3-2, St. Paul 2-1 (and game 13 innings) ‘Minneapolis 15, Toledo 3 sii TEXAS Antonio 23, Dallas = Worth + 10 5 be 3 (12 innings) ALABAMA-FLORIDA Dothan 3, Crestview 1 anama City 5, Andalusia-Opp 4 raceville 9, Fort Walton Beach 3 MONDAY’S SCHEDULE Lge err lama Indianapolis at ar 7m Kansas City at Columbus i ae TEXAS Beaumont at Tulsa mai Beaumont INTERNATIONAL Richmond at Syracuse (Only games scheduled) ‘ “TLABAMA+FLOAIDA Graceville at Andalusia-Opp Panama City at Dothan Fort Walton Beach at Crestview Major League Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING-Noren, New York. .245. RUNS-Mantle, New York, 99. RUNS BATTED IN—Doby, Cleveland, m. Fox, Chicago, 155. HOME RUNS—Deby, Cleveland, 27. PITCHING (eight decisions)—Felier, Cleve land, 10-2, 833. NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING - Snider, Brooklyn, 381. RUNS BATTED iN—Musial,” St. Louis, ‘HITS—Schoendienst, St. Louis, 161. HOME RUNS-Mays, New York, 37. PITCHING (eight decisions) —Wiison, Mil- waukee, 8-0, 1.000. Frank Sullivan, rookie right- single hander for the Boston Red Sox, counter in the first inning with two was a combat infantryman in Former world’s heavyweight Babe Ruth League performers, cxampion Ezzard Charles had 42 came back in the fourth inning to fights as an amateur and won seore two runs. A sacrifice bingle them all. ties and Bean had a single and a double for the winners. K. Rodri- guez and R. Santana each had a triple and a single for the losers and Catala and Leon each had a brace of singles. s|important factor 540 | Success against New York. The Giant Lead Trimmed To A Half Game By JACK HAND AP Sports Writer Brooklyn’s glee over dumping “them Giants” three in a row is tempered by the knowledge. that giddy Milwaukee, on a nine-game spree, shows no signs of running out of firewater. The Giants’ lead, once a bulging seven games, now measures only half a game over the Dodgers. The Braves are 3% games behind, If Brooklyn beats: the Phillies to- night in the only game scheduled, they’ trail New York by only 002. Brooklyn bumped off New York yesterday 9-4 for a sweep of their three-game series while Milwau- kee squeaked past Chicago 2-1. St. Louis barely survived, 14-12, over Cincinnati when Gus Bell, Ted Kluszewski and Jim Greengrass hit successive homers in the ninth inning. Pittsburgh won its fourth straight 9-6, its longest streak of the year, at Philadelphia and ral- lied to tie the second game 6-6 in the eighth when the curfew forced play to be suspended. Cleveland moved three full games in front of New York in the American League race. The Indians ran their winning streak to six by downing Baltimore 5-2 and 3-1. The Yanks scored eight in the first inning on the way to a 14.9 decision over Boston, their seventh . | straight. Chicago was practically eliminated from the pennant race by losing twice to Detroit 2-1 and 8-7, dropping 9% games behind Cleveland: Johnny Schmitz pitched Washington to a 4-1 victory over Philadelphia. Billy Loes’ pitching was a most in Brooklyn’s young right-hander calmly set down the Giants with sevea hits for his sixth straight triumph. Aft- er Jim Hearn’s wildness presented the Brooks with three gift runs 39 | the second, the sluggers took over. Duke Snider and Gil Hodges hom- '300 | ered and Jackie Robinson contrib- uted two doubles. Willie Mays hit No, 37 — his first since July 28 — and Ray Katt, Al Dark and Hank Thompson also hit home runs for |New York. Gene Conley, the Braves’ lanky rookie, won his 12th with a seven- hitter that included six infield hits. Joe Adcock’s double and Johnny Logan’s single in the fourth pro- vided the winner after Milwaukee .| scored an unearned run on Vern 392, Morgan’s wild throw in the third. The homers by Bell, Kluszewski and Greengrass tied a record held by many clubs but couldn’t save Cincinnati from defeat. Joe Cunn- ingham’s homer with two on and Stan Musial’s 31st helped the Cards win a wild one. The Pirates won the opener in Philadelphia with the help of game was played under protest. Manager Fred Haney claimed Willie Jones threw his glove at a Bob Skinner line drive single in the seventh. A wild pitch by Steve Ridzik allowed the Pirates to tie the score. Larry Doby and Bobby Avila slammed homers in Cleveland’s sweep over Baltimore. Doby hit No. 27 with two on in the sixth inning of the first game after Balti- More scored twice on winner Art Houtteman. Avila’s 12th homer got the Indians off on top in the second game, won by Mike Garcia over Lou Kretlow. Rookie Bob Grim won his 16th for the Yanks although Boston made it a little uncomfortable aft- er trailing at one stage 11-0. Art Schallock and Tom Morgan finally subdued the rallying Red Sox. Sox. Harry Agganis homered for the Sox. Mickey Mantle smashed No. 26 for the Yanks. Steve Gromek’s four-hitter got Detroit off to a good start against Chicago and the Tigers then rout- ed Virgil Trucks in the second game for his worst beating of the season. Washington’s four runs with a pair of singles off loser Johnny Gray rae Schmitz scattered seven its. Boxing Resulis SATURDAY NIGHT'S FIGHTS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA—Cisco Andrade, 135, Compton, Calif. outpointed Bolden Abrams, 130, Philadel 10. Hollywood, Calif.-Erwin Simms, 159, New Qrleane, stopped Bobby Ross, 157%, De- Marine - Automotive - Transport Diesel Starting - Lighting YOCAM BATTERIES Florida’s leading manufacturer - 36 years of dependable service | Frank Thomas’ homer, The second |. Jim Busby knocked in three of | Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITI Dodgers Worry Over Surging Braves In National Flag Race ZEN Monday, August 16, 1954 By JOE REICHLER BROOKLYN — The Brooklyn Dodgers had just whipped the Giants for the third straight time. New York’s once awesome seven- game margin had been slashed to a thin half game. Dodger Man- ager Walter Alston was drinking beer when a reporter walked into his clubhouse office. he reporter asked how he felt. “Good,” was Alston’s reply. What did he think of the pennant race now? “There are still 38 games to go,” he said. What about the Giants? “They're still in first place,” he said. How about those Braves, win- ning 20 out of 22 games? “The Braves are hot,” he said. laconic Howard Johnsons Down Norfolk Nine Behind Joe Lewis five hit pitch-| ing the fast and upcoming Howard Johnson’s softball nine edged out the Norfolk Navy All-Stars 6-5 in an extra inning affair at Bayview Park Saturday night. Coming from behind the Navy boys showed their power in the late inning and tied the score send- ing the game into extra innings. In the top of the ninth Howard Johnson’s locals iced the game when centerfielder John Lewis rif- led a line single to left. Waffie Henriquez drew a walk both run- ners advancing on Joe Lewis high fly to center. Seconds later Lewis scored what proved to be the win- ning run when Al Goehring bounc- ed a ground ball to third, the third baseman faking and throwing to first. Lewis a fleet footed outfield- er scored easily on the play. This was Howard Johnson’s first game and they showed plenty of power at the plate rapping out 10 safeties. The newly organized team managed by Bobby Brown is com- Posed of most of the former Coca Cola team that played in the ist half of the Island City league. ! Al Goehring led the locals at bat banging out three singles in four trips to the plate. Kaki Rodriguez, Emory “Hoot” Bauers and John Solomon had two hits apiece and John Lewis accounted for the other. Sowinski led the sailorboys with two for three. Score by innings R. HE. Howard Johnsons 110 200 101—6 10 1 Norfolk Navy Stars— 000 031 100—5' 5 1 Joe Lewis and G. Villareal; O'Neal, Armes (5) and Sowinski. Citizen Want Ads Pay Off! Joe’s Blacksmith Shop Outside Weldirig - Machine Works “IF IT’S METAL—WE FIX IT” Gasoline and Oil Tanks Repaired PHONE 2-5658 614 Front Street Alston Feels Good About His Brooklyn Dodgers Did he regard the Braves as more dangerous to the Dodgers’ Pennant chances than the Giants? “They're both good clubs,” he saitl. Wasn't it true that this was the best position the Dodgers had been in all season? “We were in first place éarly this season,” Alston said serious- ly, his face not betraying a single emotion. What did he think was the most significant thing about the Dod- gers’ sweep of the Giants? Was it the fine pitching by Carl Erskine, Jim Hughes and Billy Loes? Was it the home run slugging of Duke Snider, Gil Hodges and Carl Furil- lo? Was it the clutch hitting of Jackie Robinson or was it the tight defense put up by the Dodger i field, especially Pee Wee 3 “Td say it was a combination of all those things,” Alston said. The silence hung heavy while the frustrated reporter probed his mind for another question. Finally he asked: : “Now come, Smokey, don’t these three very vital victories have any effect on you at all?” “Well,” answered Alston, “you notice I’m drinking beer. This is the first time this season I've had beer after a game. 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