The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-07
ConchS Blast 3 OF Best 4 Havana.
Biltmore Duos and Win Best
Ball On First IL Holes
MIRA BROTHERS, G
bNOfUEtS, I'LL
AND A. PARK, HAYES
AND ARTMAN BEAT 3
SEEDED TEAMS
BY DUrFEH

""u-iought battle with the
Havana Biltmore Country Club
Saturday and Sunday. July s and
D. N the Island Republic capital.
The cubans, who have a men,
bership Of over 1000 compared
L. Key Vests 20. won the first
round battle Saturday afternoon.
2o-ll. and followed their victory
with a 25-ll win Sunday morn
Ing.
Thirty Key Wesiers Compel
ed In the international matches.
-Four Of the local teams came
Out Of the as-hole fracas vic.
torious and did not Weld a
poini 10 their hosts. Jimmy and
Humberf Mira. local club
champion end runner. up. were
Zoo much for Jimmy Fenion.
Jr" end n. de Cardenas. The
youthful Fenton hes competed
successfully In many southern
amateur tournaments and is
club champion Of the Havana
Fillmore aggregation.
Gilmore Park and Alton Park
teamed well Ia defeat the third
seeded team Of A. Mendoza and
y. Montero. so. DR.. Jack Hayes
and Norman ID. Artman likewise
trounccd the fourth-seeded Gu
ban team Of Carlos Calvet and ].
Medina. Calvct holds the official
putting record for the Cubans.
having used only 81 puts for 10
holes during a Cuban interclub
match.
Ken TOves and James Cooper
Won the most points for Key
West as they whitewashed their
opponents. 60. J. c. Palomina
and Eddy Harris were unable to
cope with the visitors. who were
continually giving them pressure
without n lct-up.
Tony Demeritt and Mel Hamel
were defeated .3-2, after holding
a 30 lead in the first 10 holes
The submariner and former club
president scorcc well. All other
ten Key West twosomes were
unable to score though many
gave their opponents tough COM
petition before falling to their
more experienced niblick WELD
Crs.
In the Knight-Spottswood VS..
J. Aguilera-R. Morales foursome,
the first days play found
knights fine 10 wasted as
SIottswood failed TO aid his part
ner. while on Sunday, the vet
cran linksman mastered the
course. scoring excellently and
almost single -handedly won the
match as Knights rounds were
nightmarish.
Though beaten. 2s.ll. in the
irsf ls.hole match. the Conchs
seiuslly had . best ball OF l4s
compared 10 the Fillmore
score OF $50.
The international matches
were played over the long. we'll
trapped i8-hole layout. 1t was
definitely a course that favored
long hitters. The course is placed
amidst a tropical scenery OF
nativo Cuban trees, many well
Known by Key Westers, with a
partiality 20 the giant Royal Palm
trees that dominated most holes
Mos, unusual hole was the l8'h'
The hole was laid out adjoining
the ocean and being a dog-leg
IA the left favored those hitters
able Ia carry about 100 yards ior
a short cut To the green.
George Carey. newcomer "
the eolfing ranks, scored an eagle
3on a par s hole on Fridays prac-
tice round 10 record the pest
playcd hole of the weekend.
The trip was made over the
Aerovias O air line. and prior 10
departure time, pictures were
taken of the golfine club with a
huge display furnished by no
gelio Gomez of the Cuban All
line The display was prominent,
~ placed in the spacious pa'io oi
a.. IIavono Fillmore Country
Club.
The Cubans are planning on re-
turning the Key West visit Wit
a week end play in Decemoei
nj the local club.
Saturday night, the Key West
ers were banquet guests OF ,h'
Cubans and on this night flelool'
FIbertson addressed the Havana
pi,morians over a loudspeake'
system. thanking them for theil
hospitality and inviting them tl
give Kew West a chance to return
their courteSies.
Sunday afternoon a iunciieu ,'
was given in honor of the Conch'
a, which Club President Carlos
Calvet and DR.. Jack Hayes eaV'
well received speeches and VIII
"reerets." Hayes turned over th'
Sher Trophy, which must %
MN ,v,c. excessively TO be re
tanned permanently CSiV'' 0