The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 23, 1954, Page 6

Four Clubs Battle For are Of Series Loot Sh Fourth Place Clubs To Get $450 In Cash By BEN PHLEGAR Associated Press Sports Writer On the theory that $750 is still $750, four teams today retained a vital interest in the makeup of the final major league standings. The $750 represents the approxi- mate share per player of the World Series money for members of the fourth-place teams in each league. And fourth place still is quite a battle in both leagues. In the National only a game separates Cincinnati, now in fourth from the fifth-place Philadelphia Phillies. Boston leads Detroit by a game and a half in the American League. The Redlegs have just two games | left and the Phillies have six to} Cincinnati still is screaming} about a 3-1 loss in Milwaukee yes- terday when a ninth inning rally was brought to an abrupt end by a freak double play. With runners on first and second and one out, pinch-hitter Bob Bor- kowski struck out on a wild pitch. | While catcher Del Crandall chased the ball, Gus Bell dashed from second to third and Borkowski headed for first in a hurry since if the catcher drops a third strike he usually has to throw out the batter at first. Crandall threw to third base- man Eddie Mathews in a vain at- tempt to catch Bell and Mathews fired across the diamond when he saw Borkowski racing for first. His throw hit Borkowski in the back and into right field and Bell scored from third. Then the umpires took over. Aft- er an 18-minute conference they tuled Borkowski was out automat- ically on his strikeout. since first base had been occupied. Then they ruled Borkowski had interfered with the attempt to catch Bell be- cause he drew a throw to_first. The Tules say in this case the other Tunner, Bell, is out. The two outs ended the game and the Reds filed a formal protest. There was no room for protests at Philadelphia where the Phils walloped Pittsburgh twice, 12-1 and 5-1, Robin Roberts won his 22nd game, a four-hitter, in the nightcap. Detroit beat Baltimore 41 on Steve Gromek’s four-hitter and Boston wasn’t scheduled. In other action the American League champion Cleveland Indi- ans equalled a 27-year-old record for the most games won by beat- ing Chicago 3-1 for their 110th vic- tory. The National League cham- pion New York Giants bowed 3-0 + to rookie Karl Spooner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who set a ma- jor league record by striking out 15 in his first start in the Big Time. The New York Yankees defeated Washington 3-0 with Tommy Byrne winning his third game. Brooks Lawrence won his 14th game for the St. Louis Cardinals, checking the Chicago Cubs 6-3 on five hits. Two of: the three Cub runs came on a fifth-inning homer by pitcher Dave Cole. Don Mossi, a rookie used mostly in relief, and Al Smith combined their talents in the Cleveland vic- tory. Mossi shut out the White Sox through the first eight innings and Smith drove in two of the three Indian runs with a doubie in the second inning and a triple in the fourth. Spooner, just up from Fort Worth of the Texas League, held the Giants to three singles, only one of them a hard hit ball. He fanned six in a row at one point and broke Cliff Melton’s old rookie LOCAL SHARPSHOOTERS—Shown above are three of the nation’s top-ranking Pistol shooters who competed in the Camp Perry, Ohio, National Pistol Championship meet. From left to right are P, T. Thompson, QMC, US! . F. Merry, SOl, USN, and R. C. Baugh, TMC, USN, all of Sur- face Anti-Submarine Development Detachment at Key West. Thompson took first place medal in the sharpshooter class in the caliber .45 rapid-fire match and the fourth place medal in the caliber .22 timed fire. Merry placed seventeenth in the expert class in the caliber .45 national match course. Baugh reached the semi-finals in the Olympic rap- id-fire eliminations with the caliber .22 pistol. The top shooters from all parts of the United States competed in the Camp Perry matches, in- cluding representatives from all the Armed Services, various police establishments, and law en- forcement agencies such as the FBI and the Border Patrol. Shown in the background are trophies previously won by these pistoleers. Notre Dame Victory Is Predicted For Saturday By HAROLD CLAASSEN NEW YORK (—Here’s hoping the 1954. “‘broont” sweeps as well the second time around as it did last week when 27 of 31 outcomes were correctly forecast. That’s an average of .871—too good to last. This weekend’s picks: Notre Dame over Texas: Terry Brennan makes his debut as the} Notre Dame coach and that is just too bad for Texas. If they met again later in the season one would have to pick the Longhorns but this opener is Notre Dame's. Michigan State over Iowa: Iowa has one good team, Michigan State | three. Three of a kind usually win | even if one of the aces, in this | case halfback LeRoy Bolden, is slightly battered. This is the game you will see if you watch your TV. Southern California over Pitts- burgh: The Trojan trio of backs— | Dandoy, Arnett and Clarke—are too much for the Easterners who | still are a year away from the peak. Oklahoma over TCU: Both regis- tered expected triumphs last week- end but the string has run out for| the Texans. Oklahoma showed massive power in its outing at California. Illinois over Penn State: Penn} State is strong in the line and at} end but lacks backfield strength. | Illinois has everything, including | Peston J. C. Caroline. | Washington Georgia Tech over Florida: This | Piisacionia is not Florida’s year. Duke over Pennsylvania: Duke | is an all-veteran outfit while even) Cross, Yale over Connecticut, Syr- acuse over Villanova, Navy over! William & Mary, Boston University | over Brandeis. SOUTH Auburn over Chattanooga, Clem- son over Goeorgia, Alabama rae LSU, Tennessee over Mississippi State, Tulane over Memphis State, George Washington over Virginia Military, The Citadel over Elon, | North Carolina over North Caro- lina State, Virginia over Lehigh, | Wake Forest over Virginia Tech. | MIDWEST | Minnesota over Nebraska, Ohio | State over Indiana, Purdue over Missouri, Wisconsin over Mar-| quette, Northwestern over Iowa) State, Colorado over Colorado A&M. Pensacola Accepis Conch Bowl Bid The Pensacola Navy football team has been obtained to op- pose the Eglin Air Force Base gridders in the annual Lions Club Conch Bowl! Football Clas- sic here Dec. 3. Promoter Loui: Carbonell said that he received word to- day that they will be available. Earlier, they had announced they would be unable to play due to an earlier commitment, It will be their third appear- ance here. They dropped a 14- 13 decision last year to the Camp Lejeune Marines before the largest crowd ever te wit- ness a sporting event in Key West. The 127 piece Coral Gables high school band will also be on tap for the Conch Bowl Classic. The game is sponsored by the Lions Club with the pro- ceeds going to their blind fund, the Navy Relief Society and the March of Dimes Polio Fund. FAR WEST | College of Pacific over Washing- | ton State, Oregon State over Idaho, | Oregon over Stanford, Kansas | State over Wyoming, Utah over Arizona, Wichita over Utah State.’ SOUTHWEST Texas Tech over West State, Arkansas over Tulsa. Baseball Resalis AMERICAN LEAGUE Won Lost Pct. Behind Cleveland evccncnee 10 41 728 = New York : Chicago Texas | 8 1744 426 4 45% 57% 6L 3 Major League Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE WE New York a, Cleveland 3, Chicago 1 Detroit 4, Baltimore 1 Mays, Doby On Display In The Series By BEN OLAN NEW YORK (®—The almost cer- tain capacity crowd which pack New York's Polo next Wednesday for the first gan ‘of the World Series will be to compare first hand two of base: |ball’s premier center fielders - Willie Mays of the Giants and Cleveland’s Larry Doby Both powerful batters, \foot and with strong arms, Mays and Doby a « to finish up close in the Most uable Player awards voti if no’ jat the head of the class | And valuabie they were. Mays |threatened Babe Ruth’s all-time home-run standard for a time and often came up with a key defensive play. Doby, perhaps a mite stead ier than Willie in the field, though less sensational, carried most of jthe Indians’ load after Al Rosen’s slugging tailed off because of a fractured finger Mays leads the National League with a .346 batting m His 41 homers and 110 runs batted compare favorably with Doby’s 32 circuit blows and 124 RBI's. Overall, the Giants appear to have the outfield edge, if only for Don Mueller’s superiority Cleveland’s right fielders, Philley and Wally We In left field, where jager Leo Durocher has | choose between Dusty Rhodes and | Monte Irvin, there’s no marked ad vantage either way over the In dians’ Al Smith. Mueller, with 203 hits — the most in the majors — and a third-place batting average of .338 is enjoying his best of seven big league seasons. Philley, a switch-hitter, started the season slowly and is finishing at the same gait with a .224 mark Westlake likely will take over right field against southpaw pitching Smith, one of the real surprises for the Indians, has produced 11 home runs, 49 runs batted in and a .278 batting average. Speedy and jwith a powerful, accurate throw- ing arm, he figures to play both against righthanders and lefties Whether Rhodes or Irvin gets the starting nod, the Giants will present a long ball threat in left field. Dusty, with a .344 average, has walloped 15 home runs and Irvin, although at .269, has 19 Irvin’s performance in the 1951 series, the last one in which the Giants appeared, may prompt Du- rocher to go along with him. Monte collected 11 hits in that six-game set for a sparkling .458 effort. THE FIGURES: BATTING Left Fielders Player, Club G AB RH HR RBIPCT Rhodes, N.Y. 80 157 31 54 15 48 344 Smith, Cle. 138 468 96 130 49 .271 Irvin, N.Y. 132 420 62 113 64 269 Center Fielders N.Y. 147 549 118 190 Cle. 151 571 92 154 Right Fielders Mueller, N.Y. 149 600 89 203 Westlake,Cle. 82 236 37 62 Philley, Cle. 131 441 46 99 Utility Mitchell, Cle. $2 59 5 6 Pope, Cle. se % Taylor, will Grounds fleet 0 k. over Dave nu 19 Mays, Doby, 110.346 32 124 2 70 40 58 7 NY. 4 64 4 «W ING Left Fielders PO AE DP PCT 60 407 Right Fielcers 253 14 127 237 Btitity 6 Mueller, N.Y. Westlake, Cie. Philley, Cle. Mitchell, Gle. Pope, Cle Taylor, N.Y. a“ 6 Show Scheduled The physical education depart- ment of the high school will stage a half-time show at the Key West - Jackson, Tenn. game Nov. 5, it was announced today. The show will include high school girls and boys in tumbling exhibi- tions and in a folk dance. in| ae * view Park, the local Kiwanis Club | Mantle And Berra Safe, But | Stengel Threatens Shake Up | Casey Lays Down The Law After Getting a . | New Contract NEW YORK ®—Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra are safe but the} of the New York Yankees had better watch their step. | | Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | The Horse MADISON, WIS.—it is no secret! AP N jewsfeature - Casey Stengel listed Mantle and|that Wisconsin football coach Ivy Berra as his non-expendable men) Williamson is Pinning a lot of his yesterday as he 2-year contract s through to the 1956. manage Th it comes time to report for | pring training at St. Petersburg. As Stengel put it, “I would listen | on any of the others.” | talked for about an hour press ence following his plans for next year. d he still was surprised that nt al- tribute to Cleveland “they beat us in a good ball players they would be, rest they get Weiss (General r e Weiss) He'll be glad to listen. I think the other clubs (except Cleveland) had bet- ter con: r their own personnel. I should think they’d get down to business and strengthen their own club inst of orrying about t the Yankee doing. The e not finished. I have to some way to catch Cleveland so do six other clubs.” arently Stengel hasn’t appre- ciat some of the cutting remarks | about the failure of the Yanks to come up with enough new players from their farm system. “The Yankee farm system isn’t dead,” he said. “We came up with Bob Grim and Bill Skowron this year and we may have two more next year. I would have to say they finally did catch up with us. After five years I find out that I forgot to win 140 games.” How about next year? “I think we're going to win every | year.” Stengel signed for the same “exceptional money,” to remain the highest paid manager in the majors. No figures were nounced but he was reported to be! working on a $75,000 basic salary | with a bonus and profit sharing | deal that would bring the total to the $95,000 mark. | Kiwanis Club Sets Softball On Friday at 8 p. Manager G and m. in Bay- will cross bats with the Upper | Keys anis Club im a charity | fresh from three straight wins ov- | er the Marathon Lions Club and are confident that they will add the | local boys to their list of victims. The game will run a regulation seven innings with the first two | devoted to “comedy” and the re- | maining to be “‘straight softball” Some unusual costumes will be worn, The local roster includes such performers as the Rev. Armfie%d, | Lefty Regan, Billy Warner, Gleason | Snow, Ralph Faraldo and Bill | Southcart. Steel for the famous Damascus | blades -of the ancient world was Ameche who h; t doesn’t mean the rest of|/ him the first the club is on the block. Most of | fullback bolted throug! them, of course, still will be around | varsity line in 1951. signed his fourth | hopes on “The Horse” this fa’! “The Horse” is Alan Dante ad that tag hung on time the bruising h a tough Althought only a freshman. he |high-stepped and bumped ahead like a mean rodeo broncho and quickly earned a starting role on | th e co Badger eleven. Freshmen uld play varsity football that year. Since his debut three years Ameche has carriel the ball times for a net yardage of 2 1 This is a 4.9 yard Per crack av er: m hopes into every game as ev We are depending upon him to car- ~ the biggest share of our load wi hij Ww. | track. Wisconsin freshman, line and sweeping out on handouts | 15 ference mark of 774 yards which stood until Iinois’ J. C. Caroline ral Badgers’ | times for 946 yards, including 721 in Caroline, accumulating 524 yards in ting 801 yards in all games. Ww made in India. age. Ameche is back for his senjor, year. He is just as fast and eager | and with a little more weight. Al arked man, he will carry Badger Williamson describes big Alan} “one of the best backs I’ve er seen, in all phases of play.| ain this year. We are sure he ll come through again.” Ameche was an_ outstanding gh school athlete in Kenosha, is., specializing in football and U. Alan amassed 824 yards as a hitting the was 7 times. He set a big 10 con- back n wild last fall. best bet In 1952, the rushed 205 cited call league play. In 1953 he trailed 103 Big 10 smashes, and net- footb: During the past three seasons, isconsin won 19 games, lost six best. Tomorrow Night MIAMI TECH Miami Key West H. S. Kickoff 8 P.M. NEW HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC FIELD GOLD COAST CONFERENCE GAME Rides Carryin e Bac game. on offense. Thursday, September 23, 1954 High leer Hopes ALAN AMECHE and tied three others. In virtually every conquest, Ameche’s ground- gaining was a major factor. Only “Horse.” When the L. A. managed to halt the two-platoon abolished before system the 1953 campaign, Ameche became a line- er and averaged 55 minutes a His defensive showing was as frequently as his work Some fans started to him “The Iron Horse” be- cause of his high-calibre full-time performance. His sights set on a professional ail career, the colorful star hopes the 1954 season will be his Student 50c Adults $1.00 Gen. Adm. Seats on Sale at PAUL J. SHER’S and K. W. HIGH SCHOOL the uniforms are new at Pennsyl-| vania. Pete Sebo, Penn’s new coach, has 13 lettermen back but hasn’t had the time to install his new system thoroughly. Michigan over Washington: The nen york ' West Coast team beat Utah by only | Miwaukee * a single point Shiadern Army over South Carolina: The Bequonis 2 Cadets will forsake the airlanes | SNCie) | iouexmsbolgocktiiessroend: WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS | Mississippi over Kentucky: Ken- Brooklyn 3. New. York 0 | “Northam bicnieihave andar tucky hasn’t the horses this year st. Louis 6. Chicago 3 ‘ | south an axes been aaa ees rated one of the/ Piitndeinia 125) Pittsburgh TL snlieect a | best in the nation. UCLA over Kansas: Kansas be- | | low par. Baylor over Vanderbilt: L. G | Dupre, the player with no first | {name, will be called plenty by | | Vanderbilt fans. 1 Rutgers at Princeton: These two | teams started all this business, back in 1869 and Princeton is the favorite this time. rs M Mon. Oklahoma A&M over Texas feealatancal oe A&M: There’s a manpower short-| raurspays PLAYOFF SCHEDULE age at Texas A&M. DIXIE SERIES FRIDAY NIGHT | Syracuse at Toronto sia : | . ontrea Arizona State over Brigham, *""*AMenicaN ASSOCIATION Young, Denver over Drake, Miami| ‘!sville at Indianapolis. over Furman, Richmond over ° Hampden Sydney. Boxing Results SATURDAY WEDNESDAY'S FIGHTS Brown over Columbia, Cornell SAN FRANCISCO — Jimmy Carter, 137 over Colgate, Dartmouth over Holy jNerman, 140, ‘Loe “Angeles, BATTING — Avila, Cleveland, .387. RUD Mantle, New York. 125. RUNS BATTED IN—Dovy, Cleveland and | Berra, New York, 124 HOME RUNS-Doby, Cleveland, 34. | PITCHING —Consuegra, Chicago, 1 + a) 842. i { (Only games scheduled.) strikeout record of 13. THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE No games scheduled. Deserts cover about a third of the land area of the earth. THIS CAR MUST BE SOLD BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30 STUDEBAKER COMMANDER HARDTOP CONVERTIBLE STWDEAKER COMMAMDER STATION WAGOK — STUDSBB:KER CHAMPION, 4-DOOP. —. 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