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oh “Our spring training program gave us a, tremendous boost. We were able to teach a lot of funda- mental and get a ‘line on our ma- terial — it saved us a lot of time,” So said Coach Ed Beckman as he summed up the results of the first week of Fall football practice for bry ua _ of the Conchs, And time is something , that Beckman could use more he - has little more than 14 days of Atlantic Fleet Tourney Four Tilts Set For Today At _ Naval Station By JACK BURKE, JO? ‘Four teams were elim- inated «from the Atlantic _ Fleet. play-offs last night. However, the important factor that still stands is the high competitive spirit |, of the teams to. win the close ones. In the second night of play, seven .out of the 10, games played were won on. the small margin ofione, run. risa, Mine Forée knocked the ie ‘orce. . i ‘Trainiig Command out of compe-— tition. TraLant was leading 1-0 go-| ing into the bottom half of the seventh inning when as before in other games, up stepped a hitter and that’s all there-was. Gene Wil- liams of MineLant broke this game up when he -lined a 21 pitch to left field with Walter Dalbey on first base, after being hit by a pitched ball. Dick Novak of MineLant was the winning pitcher as he scattered ‘six hits. John Lenihan for TraLant was in control of the game ‘until he was tagged for the homer by Williams. MineLant had 2 runs on 6 hits with no errors charged. TraLant got 1 run on 4 hits and 1 error. Second Geme The second game at Walker Field was another thriller. This time the Submarine Foree team scored 1 run in the 4th and kept that mar- gin of victory to the end of the game over the Amphibious Force Gators. : Gene Ramsey, SubLant pitcher, actual practice to get his boys into shape, fill two vacancies in his line’ and, incidentally, m a new backfield. He has just nine lettermen to lean on this year. His line; under the discerning eye-of coach Harold Allen, is work- ing as a unit: with five holdovers to, build around. ‘At the ends John Carbonell, dependable on both of- moths are the stalwarts in Ailen’s}, A trio of smaller are fight- forward: wall setup. E bead Johnny DeMerritt is being count-| ed on for the center duties. A puded back muscle as work on the ground; fullback it out for the guard position. | Mike Cates, halfback Norman Al- 'y are Ralph Garcia, Rocky Al-|len ( a very frisky ball-carrier) and Nilo Acevedo. and quarterback Joe Russo, who is While there are four backfield | eins groomed to fill the vacancy ‘The squad is rounding into shape fense and defense, is rounding into with two-aday practice sessions at|*HaPe while Dick Kerr is some- the Annex, Field. They'll ‘confine | ‘Hing of an undertain quantity due their work to running and: signal |*® the fact a. knee injury incurred drills until next Monday when they | !8t year is acting up. are allowed to put on the pads and| Wayne Brantley, and Julio Hen- start hitting. riquez, a pair of 200-pouhd behe- OUT?—-Cy Seminnelli, Submarine Force catcher, was tagged ‘out, according to plate umpire Riley, by first baseman Gordon Gibson of Amphibious Force in last night's game. SubLant won the game, 1-0.—Official U.S. Navy Photo. BASEBALL RESULTS exhibited perfect control as he struck out six and did not issue a base-on-balls. This was the first shut-out of the tournament. Ramsey tossed a nifty one-hitter marred only by Willic Robertson’s clean single in the 2nd inning. The winning run came in the Sub- Lant home half of the fourth frame. James French, SubLant short-stop, singled through ‘the box, was ad- vanced to second on a perfectly executed sacrifice by Willie “Say Hey” Elmore, and crossed the plate on a line-shot double to cen- ter by Daniel Russel, SubLant first sacker. Last year, Russel was vot- ed as the most valuable player of the Atlantic Fleet tournament, He hit a total of 20 home runs in the five games that bis team played. SubLant scored their one run.on 3 hits and 1 error charged. Phib- Lant had 0 runs on.1 hit with 1 error. Third Game After eliminating one team from the play-offs, _Mine Force was cleared off the slate by Battleship- Cruiser Force in the third game at Walker Field. The final score in that extra-inning game was 8 - 7. Billie Garrett, left fielder for BatCruLant, smashed a homer down the ‘left field foul line. with Honnor Brandon-and William Bach- myer on board in the bottom half of the 1st inning, but» MineLant came back with a single run in the 2nd and 5 more in the 4th. BatCruLant garnered two ‘more! rans in the bottom of the 5th when Terry Kimble’s long high flv fell between the MineLant left ana cen- ter fielders fer a home run, with Garrett on base. ‘ Each team picked up a run in the 6th, and BatCruLant tied the game up with a run in the home- half of the 7th.on a double by Kimble, who stole third on a pass- ed ball, and scored on an infield single by Walter Johnson. The winning run for BatCruLant ‘came with one out in the 1ith-as Edward Schafer drew a walk with the bases loaded. Bachmeyer scor- ed from third. Kimble, fleet-footed center field- er for BatCruLant, made a beauti- ful driving catch of Gene Sowles’ liner. in the 1ith to rob him of a gure hit. Kimble was also the} Lant @ame’s leading hitter with a hom- WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE Cleveland at Philadelphia Baltimore ‘at New. York Washington TUESDAY'S BASEBALL RE: AMERICAN, association i, St Peat G0’ uo > 1 70 innings ‘TEXAS LEAGUE Tulsa 6, Augusta in signal drills by Lew M sophomore tackle prospect Mond: was a blow to the Conch McLain, who was slated to see siderable duty, will be unable work out for a week or ten days. Frank Hood is for the tackle position, as well. Long Hitter Ousts Turnesa From Tourney By HUGH FULLERTON JR. DETROIT —Top-flight golfers, just like the fans, like to talk about _|the Jong hitters and there’s one player here for the 54th U.S. Ama ter Golf Championship who al- ready has been the subject of in- numerable locker room debates. He’s Dave Smith, a North Carolina automobile dealer who ‘remained in the tournament for today’s third round by grace of luck, long drives and a mis- erable round by two-time former champion Willie Turnesa. Smith ousted Turnesa, the last of five former champions in .the tournament, by a 4 and 3 margin ‘to go into today’s double round of 18-hole matches along with such ,| more celebrated ‘golfers as Harvie NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost bE 4 - Cincinnati en 59 ‘St. Louis. Chicago 2 gebsesee: E 4 Te 18% 19% 19% an 3 -Pitaburgh &, St. Lous 7 sis rears S SCHEDULE er, double and single in five trips to the’ plate. BatCraLant had 8 runs on 8 hits DINGS with 2 errors. MineLant scored INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE their 7 runs- on 9 hits with the | Toronto outstanding record of 8 errors. Other Games In the games played at another field because the afternoon’s down- pour, kept them from playing on Field No. 1, AirLant eliminated the Fleet Marine entry with a score of 2-1, Service Force in the second gameon the other field gave the Destroyer Force team their first loss by a 2-0 score. ‘In the last game at Walker Field, AirLant eliminated the Destroyer Foree by a 3-2 score which: had to to 8 innings. _ The schedule for tonight’s play is: BatCruLant vs. PhibLant on Field No. 1; ServLant vs. SubLant at Walker Field at 4:30 p. m.; The loser of the 4:30 game at Walker Field will meet AirLant at Walk- er Field at 6:30 p. m.; in the fin the winner of the BatCruLant-Phib- Dallas at Tulsa Oklahoma City at Fort Worth Houston at Shreveport. San Antonio at Beaumont AL AMERICAN ASSOCIATION i af i sgaasseny RAs2aze6 Sazgheuh? Bebbbbee? ueseaset? Seattle... game will battle it out with | Sacramento... the winner of the 6:30 game, Portland | Re Ward, Frank Stranahan, Billy Joe Patton, Don Cherry, Jim Jackson, Bill Campbell, Dale Morey and Bob Sweeny. This list included sthe runner-up in last year’s tournament, Morey, and three players who have cap- tured the British Amateur Cham- pionship. but never the United States title—Ward, Stranahan and - | Sweeny. But when long, wild hitting was up for discussion, there was only one who could give Smith an argu- ment, Savannah’s Hobart Manley. Most players who have gone up against both say that big Dave from Gastonia, N.C., has it all over Hobart in that department. Smith is 6 feet 4% and weighs 235 pounds. , When he stepped up to the tee on the 365-yard first hole in his opening match and belted a drive that stopped only seven yards short of the green, pro Al Watrous cracked: “Tf he plays like that he’s going to have to move ‘out of North Car- olina. There won't be room enough in the state for him to practice.” Smith sprayed his shots all over the Country Club of Detroit course and won only because Turnesa, & much shorter hitter, sprayed them just as badly. Ff Boxing Results ‘TUESDAY NIGHT'S FIGHTS returning this year, all of | created by Tony Dopp who is go- m are short on game exper- ice. “And there is no substitute for that,” said Beckman glumly. The returnees are Red Stickney, being considered| who apparently will bear the brunt |nia school, the passing and kicking, as well \Babe Ruth League Race Tightens The Key West Insurance Com- pany triumphed over the St. Josephs nine last night, 10-6, in a Babe Ruth League encounter in Wickers Field. | The setond game of a scheduled doubleheader, which was. to have matched the Strand Theater and Evans Enterprises, was rained out. The victory for the insurance boys pulied them within a half of first place in the stand- | .Casas hurled the victory for the Insurance boys while Taylor: went the distance for St. Joes. Casas rs, we a aoe nee Wale a was touched for nine safeties. Tony Estenoz hit two safely for the Saints. Hoppy, Sims and Ca- sas each had two for the winners. Baby Ruth League action will re- sume Thursday night when St. Josephs meets Evans and the Strand meets the Key West Insur- ance Co. The standings: Ww iL Avg. Hamner Scores Rumors Of Phil ‘Goldbricking’ By JOE REICHLER dees Va) Zamner today came to the dennis “of his Philadelphia Phillie teammates against _ insinuations that they were not going all out this season. “One of thése days the Philadel- phia. front office will grow up and stop treating us like high sehool kids,” -said the second baseman. “I just can’t understand it. I never saw so many silly and unfounded statements stem from one club as has been issued by the Philadelphia club. When are they going to start treating us like ma- Jor leaguers?” Hamner did not point his finger at anyone, but it is no secret that the players are doing a slight burn over Manager Terry Moore’s ex- planation last Monday he didn’t want the players ote he had been retained for next year. “I wanted them to think I was a fill-in for half a season,” Moore was quoted as saying. “That’s the way I figured to find out who would hustle and who would to take advantage of the faet they didn’t’ have to impress me.” General Manager Roy Hamey, who flew in from the West Coast just in time to catch the repercus- sions of Moore’s statement, ap- peared nonplussed. v “If the statement was meant the way it reads,” he said, “it’s un- fortunate. I feel certain, however, that Terry was misquoted. If he to shage k xp Dnegerae charge it up lence. ene far erbans e is better than it has looked. The fellows can play better than Captain | still ing out of town to school this year. Other backfield prospects include Paul Higgs, who may share the ~ duties with Stickney; Bill faney, a transfer from a Califor- and George Reese. While Beckman isn’t talking much these days about the form his offensive strategy will take, it is a good bet that with his compara- tively inexperienced ball club, he'll stick with his single wing attack «-«. has been so successful in the past two seasons. He may, accord- ing to report, sprinkle in a few plays with a T-formation running from behind an unbalanced line and possibly drill his Conchs on some spreads as a variation. But power football will get the emphasis. Holes In Conch Lineup The Conchs are already looking | ahead to their opener against St. Teresa’s on Sépt. 17, That team, according to reports from the Mia- mi area, is not going to be a push- over. Coach Tom Moore has 12 letter- men to build around, and he was quotes as saying that “this is so ing to be our top year.” And wher a football coach makes a statement like that — you can be sure he Can back it up. Orioles Draw Crowds, But Lose As Often As The Browns Did Baltimore Needs Split To Equal 53 Record By BEN PHLEGAR AP Sports Writer Despite the magic of travel and fangs in the stands thé Baltimore Orioles are in just as sad shape when it comes to winning games Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZ! EN = Wednesday, August 25, 1958 Major League Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—Noren, New York, .235. RUNS~Mantle, New York, 106. RUNS BATTED IN-Doby, Cleveland, 108 ‘ox, Chicago, 167. HOME RUNS—Doby, Cleveland, 27. PITCHING~—Feller, Cleveland, 11-2, -.846. BATTING “Snider, Brockiya, RUNS—Musial, St. Louis, 103. RUNS BATTED IN: s were the old St. Louis Browns. | 111 The glamor of the change paid atthe box office, but on the gEe8 the uniforms and a few it 30 games for the Ori- with as good a record rowns compiled in finish- year ago. And so far & s z game on fitst-place Cleveland. The 4-1 in a sur- ly Philadel- phia Athleéties and now hold a 4%- game edge over the Yankees. Jimmy Dykes, who became Manager of the les because Marty Marion told the new owners Scotch Tape ae Aids Surgeon WASHINGTON (#—A Colorado doctor today reported successful use of Scotch tape as a relatively Painless substitute for surgical stitches in closing minor cuts. Dr. Paul Williamson of Walsh, Colo., said he got excellent results in treating 104 lacerations, 91 of i them deep enough to penetrate the almost nothing is differ-| *” BYPASSED AGAIN VICTORIA, B.C. — It’s hap- pened again. The latest edition of a popular dictionary lists Vancouver, Victoria, as capital of Columbia. which calls itself ‘a little bit of old England,” have greeted at least seven similar mistakes re- cently, most of them in travel folders. KOREAN LAD IS SAFE AFTER ORDEAL SEOUL # — A 9-year-old Kore- he didn’t think the club was better than. a éeventh-place outfit at best, ‘talks Nae ngewage a ons “We may jast s he said, “but we're nobody's If we had just one de- Fee long ball hitter, we'd be. in first division now. Just one more hit per game and we're in place.” The Orioles have lost 22 games by one run. “Tt seéms like twice that many,” said Dykes. Last night, however, i wasn’t tlose after the Yankees took a 3-1 lead in the fourth. Yogi Berra homered for two runs in the fifth and New York coasted as the Score mounted steadily. Johnny Gray, a rookle who had won only one game, checked Cleveland on four hits and the In- dians eommittéd two errors that contributed heavily ol the Phila- delphia' vietory. lays came in the third when the mite ties also collected four hits for three rutis. ‘ Chicago, the only other team with a mathematical chance of try | winning the American League pen- naft, defeated Washington 4-0. De- troit turned back Boston 8-7, breaking a six - game winning streak for the Red Sox. The National League pénnant raee remained unchanged. First- place New York beat icago 5-1 and stayed four games in front of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who trounced Cincinnati 124, and 7% ‘ahead of Milwaukee’s Braves, who defeated Philadelphia 5-1. Pitts- burgh edged St. Louis 8-7. Ruben Gomez pitched a strong an lad drifted for two nights and a day in storm-tossed seas on a ed boat and a floating board before floating back to shore,..po- lice reported today. Ahn Yong’s fragile craft was swept to sea by a strong wind. Heavy seas overturned the boat. Ahn grabbed a piece of wreckage and held on until he drifted batk to shore. not British Howls of anguish from this city, Coach Augie Galan of the ‘Philadelphia Athletics played 154 games in 1935 for the Chicago Cubs without hitting into a double play. This is a major league re- ord: er two innings, checked a Cincin- nati threat that cut it to 5-4 after five, then piled it on the Redlegs at Crosley Field with a home-rud barrage. Sandy Amoros hit two out of the park. Duke Snider and Cot Furillo hit one each. ‘i Warren Spahn, who lost 8 of his first 18 games, won his seventh in a row at the expense of the Phillies, Bobby Thomson started a game for the first time this sea- son and drove home two runs with a single and a double off Robin Roberts, who suffered his 12th loss. Thomson broke his ankle dur- ing spring training after being traded by the New York Giants. A home-run attack by the Pi- rates ruined Harvey Haddix’ fifth bid for his 16th victory. Frank Thomas, Jack Shepard ai Sid Gordon all hit into the seats at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Jack Harshman shut out Wash- ington for the White Sox for the third time this season, giving up just four hits. He also hit a home run and struck out 10. Boston’s drive for the first divi- sion was halted, at least tempor- arily, by the Tigers when Harvey Kuenn singled home Frank Bolling with the winning run off Ellis Kin- der in the eighth. deep fascia—the layér of con- nective tissue that binds the mus- cles together. His clinic has now done awa: with skin stitching in more ‘tne 9% per cent of laceration cases, using the tape method instead, he oer ie article in GP, the jour- nal American Acade General Practice. Suse: Mos 1944 ,when the St. Louis rowns won their only pennant, they beat Detrcit by one game, winning 10 of their last 13 gathes, BATTERIES Florida’s leading manuféeturer +--28 years of dependable service tantenisiiiinentememenmeeetl some STARTS 809 TIMES FOR ALL MAKES OF CARS LOU SMITH 1116 WHITE STREET

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