The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 21, 1954, Page 12

i i i £ Eg: h i i cl La : 3 t i i Ey i i Fe ‘3 E BH i Ht 4 ‘ew London Softballers Cop Atlantic leet Will Compete An Atlantic * py JACK K. BURKE, J02 @ Going into the final Might’s play, with one loss New London Ashore behind ‘their ace pitcher Bo Wahlen, proceeded to take New London Afloat two straight games to cop the Submarine Force Atlantic Fleet Softball title, The score of the first , was 3-1 and the 6-2, Whalen was ‘hosén as the most valuable TO THE VICTORS—Prior to the banquet given in their honor at the CPO Club Friday, around the trophies that were to be given them and the runner-up team.—Official U.S. Navy Photo. Baseball We ae |New Orleans ......04 Birmingham... pean ns Samia Little Rock 3s ; FRIDAYS RESULTS Mophis &, Mobile: 3 3% eS 2% u 3 Ghattancoge-Biraningham Postponed, rein oil Final al 4H I a FeSrg ry ee hi ob FP tpi! I naesee'f sehall Results ‘Somebody Forgot To Tell White ‘TION Lost Pet. Ty Sox They’re Out Of The Race By BEN PHLEGAR AP. Sports Writer - Somebody must have forgotten to tell the Chicago White Sox they are out of the American League pennant race. The go-go boys are back in high gear with a five-game winning streak and breezing as if they | thought they still had a chance. Mathematically, they’re right. The figures show the Sox still ‘|eould overhaul both the second- place New York Yankees and the league-leading Cleveland Indians. They are five games behind New York, 8% back of Cleveland. But the chances are remote. The White Sox’s.recent record, ‘however, shows eight victories in their last 10 starts.and a highly re- || spectable .642 percentage. That’s a better average than any White Sox team has attained since 1917 and would have beaten the Yankees out of.the. pennant in.four of the last five seasons. ‘Two'ot the team’s brightest stars hg eid last night’s 8-2 victory ‘Trucks struck out six and nine hits in becoming the y an’ League pitcher to ‘18 games. Minnie Minos five points of the lead with a run- triple that raised his aver- age to .331. Cincinnati took over fourth place in the National League by shading St. Louis 3-2 despite six double Plays by-the Cardinals. -Philadel- phia and Washington in the Ameri- can League were rained out. Nixon, skipped over in a Red Sox series in New York last weekend, won his own game in Boston with an eighth inning double that drove in the winning run. Sid Hudson had to finish the ninth, however, when tempting to stretch his hit into a triple. Ted Williams beat out a bunt and added a double and a single in three official times at bat —a perfect night. Al Rosen hit his 2ist home run the New London Ashore team grouped the fifth inning. It was the second bases-loaded homer of his career for Mueller, who specializes in hit- ting singles. Don Liddle, who came to the Giants from Milwaukee with Johnny Antonelli during the winter, allowed only three hits, all singles. Brooklyn found the home run range against Robin Roberts of the Phils and handed the strong- armed right-hander his 1ith de- feat. Duke Snider hit his 30th with a man on in the first. Carl Furillo and Sandy Amoros also homered. The braves scored a run in eh and Larry Doby delivered a three-|first inning against Bob Rush but run triple as the Indians scored six runs in the first two innings at Baltimore. The Giants seored all of their runs against Pittsburgh on a grand Nixon was injured in a slide, at-|slam home run by Don Mueller in Red Sox Hurler Defeats Yankees 4th Time BOSTON ( — Red Sox right- hander Willard Nixon, a fiery- tempered fellow with a flare for whipping the world champion New York Yankees, stood alone today as the only hurler to defeat the Yanks four times this season. He yielded only four hits and banged in the winning run with a two-out double against rookie Bob Grim last night for a 4-3 victory that snapped the Yankees’ 10-game winning streak. The. 26-year-old husky pitcher was really “up” for the game. One of his biggest handicaps in baseball has been his penchant for blowing his top when his control goes out of whack. He has made great strides in streak} curbing his temper and his 9-10 the first pitcher to beat New York four times this season. Milwaukee slipped another full length» behind New York and Brooklyn in the National League. Braves were beaten for the time in four games, 3-1 by New York defeated Pitts- 40 and Brooklyn whipped Philadelphia 6-4. The Giants lead mark in 1954 is a big improvement over his 4-8 record of last year. But Manager Lou Boudreau,. a master psychologist, perhaps de- cided a touch of the needle might be just what Nixon needed recent- ly after failing for the fifth time to notch his ninth victory. Boudreau hinted rather broadly to sports writers that maybe Wil- lard needed a little rest—maybe his stuff was slipping away from |- him. That did it, Nixon took a slow burn and let it be known that Boudreau was talking through his hat. So, last night, with the red-hot Yanks after their 1ith straight, Nixon got the starting call. And he ran his season’s mark agains New York to 4-0, striking out five and walking only one. Nixon had to give way to Sid Hudson after suffering a bad shak- ing up while trying unsuccessfully to stretch his eighth-inning, game- winning double into a triple. He landed heavily on his head and shoulder, twisting his neck, in a frantic lunge for third base. He somersaulted right over the hag and was tagged for the third out. But he kept his perfect record intact against the champions and wasn’t injured seriously. Major League Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—Noren, New York, .336 RUNS-Mantle, New York, 104 RUNS BATTED IN—Doby, Cleveland, 97 HITS-Fox, Chicago, 163 HOME RUNS—Doby, Cleveland, 27 PITCHING—Feller, Cleveland, 11-2, .846 NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING-Snider, Brooklyn, .353 RUNS- Musial, St. Louis, 99 RUNS BATTED IN-Musial, St. Louis, 10 UaTS—Moon, St. Louis, 164 HOME RUNS- Mays, New York, 37 PITCHING~Antonelli, New York, 16-3, left eight runners stranded in the next eight innings as Rush went on to his eighth victory. Bob Tal- bot, a reserve outfielder, scored all three Chicago runs and slammed a double and two singles. Olson Surprised When Castellani Bounced Back SAN FRANCISCO (® — It wasn’t so: much when he hit the canvas but it was a surprise when the other guy came back so strongly. That’s what middleweight cham- pion Carl (Bobo) Olson said. And that’s what challenger Rocky Cas- | tellani” said. Both were talking about last night’s title fight in the Cow Palace. “Tt was more of a slip” ‘when he sat down for a three-covnt in the llth, Olson said after his success- ful 15-round . title defense. ‘‘Our feet tangled and I got hit at the same time.” “T thought I had him,” Rocky said. Castellani was down for the nine count in the 12th, but insisted he could have gotten up at the count of two. “I thought I had him,” said Ol- son, “but he was too strong.” “Olson is a great champion,” Rocky said. “Rocky was in great condition and he is a fine counterpuncher,” said Olson. Castellani’s manager, Al Nai- man, said Olson is “a great cham- pion” but is “purely a mechanical .| took a nine-count, and to his credit, Page 12 THE KEY WEsT citi By BOB MYERS SAN FRANCISCO \W—Middle- weight champion Carl (Bobo) Ol- son remained the kingpin of the world’s 160-pound division today | after having turned back the threat of the nation’s top challen- ger, Rocky Castellani of Cleveland. Balding Bobo of. San Francisco captured a unanimous decision over the 28-year-old Rocky last night in a 15-round nationally tel- evised battle that was spirited, if not spectacular, and highly dra- matic in at least six minutes of | the struggle. Olsen is richer by $125,000, his} guarantee from Castellani’s man-| ager, Al Naiman. The 26-year-old native of Hono- Tulu said he plans to contirae fight- ing in the middleweight ranks de- spite the trouble he had making the weight limit. Castellani, defeated for only the sixth time in 63 fights, had a date with a doctor this morning. Dr, A. Lastretti, physician for the State Athletic Commission, said Roc ‘fractured a bone in his left hand. Presumably the mishap oc- curred in the second round when Bobo caught one of Rocky’s swings on his elbow. The break was never evident to the crowd because Rocky kept throwing leather whether he landed or not. Highlights of the fight were packed in the 11th and 12th rounds. As they came out for the llth Reoky let fly with a right and be- fore anyone realized it, the startled champion was sitting on the seat of his pants. Rocky tripped over Olson’s leg and his glove touched the canvas, but he was up im- mediately. Bobo scrambled ‘as quickly a he could to his feet, which required a three-count, and proceeded to give Rocky all he could handle for the rest of the round. Bobo claimed later that their feet got tangled up and he was caught and hit 6ff balance.” In the 12th Bobo applied crusher, A long overhand’ right found Rocky’s jaw and sent him crashing to the canvas, The game Rocky needed and fought out the round like a wound- ed tiger. But his hopes faded from that point on. The unanimous verdict was auto- matic. Referee Ray Flores called it 89-76 under California’s 11 points per round scoring system, Judge ZEN Saturday, August 23, 1954 Olsen Is Richer By _ $125,000 Today Harvie Ward Is Favored To Win ° Can-Am Play LONDON, Ont. w—San Francis- co's Harvie Ward, magnificent with his irons, was favored to break a strange two-year slump today against lanky Bill Campbell of Hunting, W. Va., in the finals of the ‘Canadian Amateur Golf Championship. The Walker Cup teammates — who had never met before in direct competition—tee off in the 36-hole finale over the rolling 6,480-yard, aug London Hunt and Country ub. Ward, 29-year-old automobile salesman, captivated the gallery yesterday with his deft iron play, ky |even though he eliminated the la Canadian player remaining in the oldest of all Canadian tourna- ments. Ward breezed to a simple, yet overpowering, 9 and 7 victory over Lyle Crawford of Vancouver, B.C. It gave him a record of 90 holes of golf in only 2 over par. He hasn't lost.a hole in the match Play event in the last 36. Campbell, meanwhile, relied oa his putter and moved into the championship round by whipping Harry Haverstick - of Lancaster, Pa., 8 and 7, in the other semi- final. Ward has been winless since his brilliant victory in the British Amateur in 1952. He blamed poor iron play, but now, he feels, the ailment has been cured. Benefit Softball Game Held Here The SurAsDevDet - MinEvDet officers team met the SurAsDeyDet varsity league team in a benefit softball game Tuesday night under the lights at the Seaplane Base, with the varsity team coming out on top 19 - 18, even though they had spotted the officers 8 runs to compensate for the average: age differential. Tie big winner in the game was Fred Apostoli had it 85-80 and Judge Jack Downey scored. 8714- 11%. The AP made it 89%-75%. Both fighters weighed in at 160. The gate was $121,470; TV rights, $100,000. Castellani’s share was 60 per cent of the net. gate and TV mon- ey, or slightly under Olson's $125,000. In four appearances in All-Star competition, Mel Harder of the Podge = pitched 13 inn- igs without giving up an earned iz aream ah in ioe is oe 890d con- Naiman made‘ spme‘father vague remarks about bringing suit against the champion and his. man- ager, Sid Flaherty, to have the title vacated and given to Cartel- lani because Olson didn’t make the 160-pound limit at the’ 10 a.m, weigh-in. Olson needed ‘an ‘extra 50 minutes to get down to the legal limit. 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