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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-14
Thinkers, Burners
Go Into Tie In
Bowling League

With the end of the current
season not far ahead, the Navy
Wives Bowling League was
thrown into a deadlock in yes
terday''s competition on the navy
alleys.
The Ffmbers, first place team
for 10 these many weeks, had a
bad day indeed as they dropped
three in row, The Stu Burners
game up four points to tie them
FOR first. Both teams have now
won 26 and lost l6 for a As point
standing in the league.
! In third place is the Fighting
Four. The truculent ladies won
one and lost two during the morn
ing's bowling to raise their point
total to g. In fourth place are the
Sparklers with 4 2l-2l record in
the won and lost department.
Louise Duke still holds in
dividual honors. She maintained
her l52 average to stay well ahead
of Mrs, Donlan with l44. Mrs,
Humphreys l43 is third highest
average in the league.
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Little League Is
Postponed Until
Monday AT 8 Pm.

An organization meeting of the
Little League baseball teams
scheduled to meet at Bayview
Park at 8 p. m. last night was
cancelled due to rain, according
to Paul Albury, recreation direc-
tor and manager of one of the
teams. The meeting will be held
Monday night at 8 O'Clock.
J The midget sized league.
which is tailored for youngsters
between the ages of 8 and Is.
Is sponsored by the Lions. XII
wants. Rotary and JaYcees and
is on q national scale. It is a
competitive league to create
sportsmarship and good chsrac-
ter in the younger boys of
America.
The four local organizations are
low in the process of organizing
our teams for the local Little
4eague, From these teams, at the
ind of their season of play, will
De selected a team to represent
sSey, West in the District meet. If
'lur boys are fortunate enough,
hey will then travel to a regional
meet. The regional meet will con-
list of eight districts, The next
championship to be won is that
If statewide fame which qualities
he midgets to go to the National
meet in Williamsport, Penn. The
national championship is known
as the Midget World Series.
The Little League started in
Williamsport in 1899 as a sandlot
project and has now grown all
over America. Also, the tailored
rules and layouts of the parks
are fitted to the midgets. The
games consist of only six in
lungs Will l1lG -OdSCS W 1SGl dk1dl
instead of 80. The centerfield
fences are pulled to $50 feet from
homeplate so the sluggers can
pile the apple into the center
field grandstand.
Mr.. AiburY. who has sent out
over 100 letters to parents ask
ing them to sign for their boys.
stated. The Little League
should 60 over big in Key West.
1t has gone over big wherever
4 1t has been started. He went
on to say that the boys will be
fully covered by insurance and
protected with the latest equip
rnent and safety devices. =
The four coaches of teams to
be organized are, Robert Dopp of
the Rotary, Charles Lefty
Regain, Kiwanis, Everett Sweet
ing, Jayeees and Paul AlbuFy of
the Lions.
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Cuban Stars Will
Play Double Till
Today AT Park

Expected on the morning
plane this morning were the
Cuban Stars nine. scheduled
to play a doubleheader here
today at the Oceanview Park
field.
They will be pitted against
Gulfstream in the first game
and the Bombers in the sec
ond. The games start at / and
3 pm. respectively.
Also scheduled in the Is
land CRY League is a double
header Sunday. The Cubans
will tackle the Brooks Stars
in the first and BennY's Cafe
terra in the second stanza.
The Cuban Stars. after their
stopover in Key West. will
travel on to South Dakota
where they will play ball all
summer. On there way back.
The Cubans plan TO play a few
more games in Key West.
Last year. the Cubans play
ed exhibition games at Ocean
view Park on the return trip.
They gave the Key West fans
a fine exhibition of baseball.
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Gridiron Practice
Switches To Field
All County Beach

Coaches Winston Jones and Ed
Beckman will send their grid
hopefuls through their increas-
ingly grueling PAGES on the field
at Monroe County Beach Mon
day afternoon.
The field, measuring 100 by As
yeards seems tailored especially
for the needs of the Key West
high school squad. Up to now,
they have been cruising themselW-
es on the rocky surface of the an
mex field.
Jones said today that practice
next week would emphasize the
fundamentals that the team has
ben working on so far, as well as
running, calesthentics, and other
conditioners.
The uniform of the day will be
shorts, tennis shoes, and T-shirts,
for all of the equipment has not
yet arrived. When it does, and
that day should not be far off,
Jones and. Beekman will settle
down to the rough part of spring
training.
The University of Miami has
agreed to lend the high school
football helmets until the equip
ment from Chicago arrives. The
particular type of helmet that
Jones ordered professional
model-Was sold out, and the or
der had to wait the manufactur-
ing of more.
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blasting and painting are done
Wi-ho~t delay.
Seward from these two YES
sells is a boat loading phosphate
which IS brought down a long
spur track ii steel cars. bleached
gray by the chemical, and pro-
tected by sections Of steel lids to
keep out, the weather. Far above
the phosphate ship a skeleton of
steel framework carries a housing
and machinery by means of
whlch the phosphate is. removed
from the cars. borne to a height
and poured down into ithe holds
by gravity. Clouds of dust rise in
the clear air and the light wind
forces the PARTICLES against the
cheeks and. into the eyes OF the
onlooker
Yes, Port Tampa is an unlovely
place, studded with great storage
tanks that rise with flat domed
tops above the distant mangrove,
monotonouS with strings of phos-
phate and tank cars on the mile
long sidings, or humping slowly
along the rusty rails behind loco
motives which now and then
vomit clouds of dense black fuel
oil smoke into the heavens like
ebony oysters spouting against a
background of ceruiean blue.
Sometimes a busy locomotive
whistles loudly as it approaches a
crossing on the almost unpeopled
gray mari road to the end of the
docks. The note Of the whistles
seems to emphasize the loneliness
of the place. but it has a much
more friendly sound than the
hoarse honk of diesels hauling
through freight or passenger
trains further north .4u as b
Even the little flatlands city of
Port Tampa itself appears unat-
tractive. It's few church steeples
are as weatherbeaten as the build
ings that house the religious .ac=
tivities of the community. On
one of the points of Five Cor
ners a two-story bank that blew
up, so it is told. after the finan-
cial holocaust of 1888, sits proud
ly, an architects dream in cream,
with heavy ornamental grills
across the lower sashes of the
first story windows. There is no
sign cut in stone to tell its orig
inal use, but the evidence is
unmiStakable from the marble
like bottom half of the ground
story to the ornate front of the
structure. For years it has been
a grocery store.
Some of the brick highways of
the Port still remain, making
automobiles vibrate with a thun-
derous rumble as the rubber tires
roll over them. Other roads have
been smoothed out with biacktop.
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ROSEMARY MATHEWS SHOOTS
80 TN GRID GOLF TOURNEY ROUND
Hos 54 Hole Total Of ETA: Kay Faraldo
Shoots 81 For Three Round Score OF 288

Rosemary Mathews made her stranglehold on first
place just little more secure as shot 80 in the third
round OF the ladies golf championships Thursday j As
This gave her total at the quarter mark of
zo4 and matched her first round Score Last week the
second IL holes of the match she shot brilliant a. APP
preaching mems par of the course and falling
70 break 80 only by the worst golfing luck.
In second place, few leagues to the rear, is Kay
Faraldo whose third round 81 gave her total for the
o. holes of 288. Her half way score was 1911
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Fledad Archer had one
OF the best days in her golf
ing career and came up with
a 90 for the ID rounds. Her
first two efforts hadn't
been up to this pace, and
her half way total was 1879.
Now, with 29l for the 54,
she stands in third place
and has a good chance of
oVertaking Kay Faraldo.
Julia Nelson. who had been
pushing Kay Faraldo for second
with a la2 total at the halfway
point, blew up Thursday and came
home with a l03. That gives her
296 so far and fourth place in the
trophy race.
In fifth is Rose GaVilan, whose
l03 for the third round gives her
299. Peggy Harris, with l03 and a
thFee-quarters score of 800. is in
sixth.
Wahneta Kovash added l03 to
her halfway total of 205. Joy
Hanson's LOT gives her $40 to date.
Marion Caruthers has 319 after a
third round total of 100. Ann Wit
eel shot lis for a 304 score at the
three quarter mark Marion Kin
sey. Lou Duke, and Nell Lopez
all withdrew.
Mrs Beverly Pinder, president
of the JayShees will be at the
Stock Island course on Tuesday
TO present the winners trophy and
the other prizes. The JayShees,
Junior Chamber of Commerce
consorts, are sponsoring the tourn-
ament.
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Baseball Scores

Southern Association
Mobile 6, Atlanta 4.
Birmingham 3, New Orleans 2.
Little Rock Z, Nashville /.
Memphis 5, Chattanooga 4.
Florida international
Miami Beach 10, TT. Lauder
dale 8.
Tampa 4. St. Petersburg S.
West Palm Beach at Miami,
postponed, rain.
Lakeland at Havana, post
poned, rain.
Florida State League
Palatka 10, Cocoa 9.
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Here and there are little shops
for the personal services neces-
sary to community living-drug
stores, groceries and restaurants,
news stands. bakeShop, dry
cleaners establishment, a laun-
dry, and two or three service sta
tons at strategic points.
Old-timers like to think back
to the days Of the Spanish Amer
lean War So years ago when the
city on the bay was alive with
soldiers, cavalry regiments and
stores moving on Cuba-a city OF
tents around which went on the
hustle and hustle of bringing in
men and supplies and shipping
them south to the battle-ground
across the Gulf; when, in later
years, the Governor Cobb and the
beautiful liner Florida made port
regularly each week on the pas
'senger and freight run between
Port Tampa, Key West and Ha-
vana; when a band played gaily
on the flower-decked, palm-set
plaza of the old Port Tampa
Inn
Now there are no passengers
and ships. no inn, no turnouts of
spectators to see the tourists
bound north and south--nothing
but desolation spread over a flat
landscape, and the duh business
of petroleum and phosphate
which have only the spotlight of
the faithful sun by day, and the
brilliance of a full moon, pre-
coded by a new moon each
month with-A-aS a few nights ago
Venus hanging like a sparkling
diamond pendant from her east
ern tip. to light the dragging
hours of night . only those to
bring back memories and but
pathetically paint in duh colors
the scenes of decades past and
done.
Port Tampa is just ghost OF
her yesterdays.
Years ago the Army Engineers
deepened the Hiilsboro river,
dredged a ship channel along tn,
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Meeting Monday

There will be a meeting of the
Armed Forces Day Committee
on Monday, April 18th, at the
Chamber of Commerce office. 1t
will begin at 4 pm
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east side of Davis Islands and
built Garrison channel between
the north end of triangular Sed5.
don Island and Ybor City. There
all commercial shipping except
the phosphate boats and the oil
tankers make port, including
banana ships. Bananas are five,
cents a pound in Tampa COM
pared with Is and Is cents in the
North.
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Bethel. !. Sells Land
ToIL. Tidermans

Livingston Bethel recently
sold his property on Petronia
street to Ms, and. Mrs. Leroy
Tiderman of Warren, Ohio.
!. Bfr.I Bethel has been a close
friend and companion of the
Tidermans for the past four
years, He will continue making
his home with them at l4ll Pc
tronia street.
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Lowering Tells Of Tampa
Changes In Past 81 Years
Port Tunpd Is
lust Ghost Of
Her Yesteryedr's
BY FRANK w. LOWERING


where l boarded the SIS. Gov
ernor Cobb of the P & o Line for
Key West one February after
noon 81 years ago, is vastly
different place today.
1t sits on It's sandy peninsula
reaching into the bay, an almost
disconsolate ghost of its former
self. Thetpisit in 1920 was rly first
to Florida, but rye been back
many times since, and now am
back again. probably for keeps. -
In the 30's the Atlantic Coast
Line train hauling in its consist a
pullman car from Boston, came to
a stop at the end of the fill be-
side the long finger pier where
the snow-white Havana boat was
waiting, smoke pouring from her
stacks. The Port Tampa Inn was
a haven between train arrival
and boat departure Under a long
shed the customs men were busy.
The railroad and steamship of
fices were in a wooden building
beside the dock. The water in the
vicinity was alive with shipping,
and with colored boys eagerly
diving for pennies, nickels or
dimes.
Now all is changed. The rails
are rusty and their edges shred
dedA Upon them roll only trains
bringing phosphate from the
mines around Lakeland and Null
berry, and long strings of tank
cars which are loaded from Gulf
shipping and sent north. Ancient
but Serviceable steam locomotives
haul the steel cars. Many of the
tank cars on the parallel sidings
are painted gray-green and carry
the insignia of the United States
Army.
The buildings that once stood
at the dockside are but mem
DRY. In their places nothing stands
and grass is growing. A few rods
east of the vanished station and
office building which was RACED
a year ago, new two-story
wooden structure has been built.
1t contains a post office for the
convenience of crews making
port. a storage space, and living
quarters for pier attendants up
stairs.
For Guests"
Signs about the building offer
Parking Space For Guests" The
only thing of beauty TO set off the
deSolation-even on sunny Flor
ida afternoon-are parallel rows
of HIBISCUS whose red blossoms
seem unwilling to open into their
full glory because of the chill in
the light westerly breeze, a chill
bred of billiards and a cold wave
in the north.
In the two very long slips
where the tide at its full varies
but about three feet, three huge
steel ships are tied up. One,
bound for England and with phos-
plate, is taking on bunker oil.
Beyond her further landward is
tanker waiting to discharge cargo
from the oil wells across the Gulf.
This vessel is devoid of paint and
lies brown with rust in the spot
light of the mid-afternoon sun.
An attendant at the valves of
thick hoselines to the vessel tax
ing fuel says before labor de-
manded so much for painting,
steel ships were kept in trim. but
now, with the cost so great, the
craft operate six months and then
go into drydock where sand
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Baseball

Oglethorpe 2, North Georgia IA
(called at 9th because of cold.
Stetson 6, Miami 0.
Florida 2, Rollins 3.
Alabama 10, Mississippi State
II
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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

Editor. The Citizen:
Please resume my subscription
as of today Enjoyed our stay.
Mission, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
a home, returning in July,
(sd.) MRS. RONALD
! JACKSON.
348 Boulevard,
Glen Ridge, N. j.,
April IL, 1851.
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EXHIBITION
BASEBALL

(By The Associated Pressl
Washington (A) IA. Baltimore
Qntli7,
Albany tEastern) S, Savannah
-(SALa IL.
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Macarthur Due In
n. \. Thursday

NEW YORK CITY, April IA
(P.-General Douglas Macarthur
says he plans to be here Thurs
day afternoon.
= Macarthur informed city Off
Gals today of his tentative plans
to arrive at Idlewild airport on
Thursday.
Babe Ruth hit 30 or more
runs in a single season Is times
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Peoples Forum
Observation-Disclosures

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SiOnS of the views of its read
eFS, bat the editor reserves the
right to delete any items which
are considered Iihei0us or unwar-
ranted. The - 'tters should he
fair and e0nftne the letters TO
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of the paper only. Signature of
the writer must accompany the
letters and will be published un-
Jess requested otherwise.
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Years ago the Army Engineers
deepened the Hillsboro river,
dredged a ship channel along the
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blasting and painting are done
wi hot delay.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Title Series 10 Open
In Sunday League

Northeast Bodyworks and the
Washington Boys Club play the
feature sandlot game on today's
schedule. The two teams open a
two-out-of-three series for the Ma
tional City Sunday League title on
the South Ellipse at pm.
The Bodyworks won the leagues
first half crown while the Boys
Club took the second round title
In Prince Georges County League
action, Silver Hill, first half cham
pion an6 undefeated in IA straight
games until it was upset, 80, by
Bethesda in 10 innings last week
entertains league leading Lees
Tavern 900 at 3 pm.
Other Prince Georges action is
Snug Harbor at Laurel and Be-
thesda VS.. the Shamrocks.
The Old Dominion slate with all
games set for 3 pm. is Vienna al
Colonial Restaurant, Forestville al
MCLEAN and the Falls Church
Hawks at Neeb Plumbers.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Silver Spring Defeated
By ParkYiIIe in Tourney
Speciol DiSpotch 10 Ihe Stnr

BALTIMORE, Aug. 11.-Parks-
ville's Junior American Legion
baseball team defeated Silver
Spring, ga, this afternoon to re-
main undefeated and hand the
losers their first defeat in the
Maryland State championship
tournament here.
The two teams meet again to-
morrow at 2 pm. in Municipal
Stadium. If Silver Spring wins
that game, second will. be played
for the title, while Parksville can
win the championship by taking
one game tomorrow.
Parksville collected 13 hits off
Bob Sweeney and Frank Harding
the Silver Spring pitchers. and
had an 80 lead before Silver
Spring scored in the eighth
inning.
Silver Spring - 600 600 ooo-4 10 =
Parksville 900 400 nv 10
Sweeney, Harding and Doane; Laumsnr nal
and Smith. -" "i4l
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Two Softly Comes Slated
In Fort Meade Journey

Two games in the double-elim
ination Fort Meade post softball
tournament will be played Tues
day, starting at pm.
Headquarters Company, Second
Army, the defending champions,
will meet Headquarters Battery,
736th AAA Battalion, and Head
quarters Battery, 36th AAA Bat
talon, will play Headquarters
Company. MRTC. The losers will
be eliminated.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Stanlee 10 Wrest|e
Camera Wednesday

Big Carnera gets a chance for
vengeance Wednesday night at
Turner's Arena when he meets
Gene Stanlee in a return wrestling
match. Stanlee recently pinned
the former heavyweight boxing
champion in three minutes.
Camera, generally a mild sort
Of rufian. says things will be diff
ferent this week. The referee
hardly was in the ring when STAN
lee jumped me-" he complained
And besides that I got a short
count. Just wait until I get my
hands on that guy this time"
Supporting this feature will be
tussle between Adrian Baillar-
geon, the Canadian strong boy
and Miguel Torres of Mexico. ano
. match between Bibber Mccoy
and Frederick Won Schacht.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Robin Roberts Pitches
PhiIies 10 Seven-Hit
40 Shutouf Of Giants
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE
PhillieS edged step closer toward
second place today as Robin Rob-
erts pitched the defending Ma
tional League champions to a
40, seven-hit victory over the
runner-up Giants.
The Phils, winners of nine out
of their last IL starts, are only
1l2 games back of the Giants,
who have dropped four straight
games.
Roberts, in posting his 18th vic
tory and fifth shutout, famed
three and didn't walk a batter.
Whitley Lockman collected two of
the Giants hits.
The Phils solved Tim Hearn,
who usually beats the Phils, and
George Spencer for 10 hits, includ-
ing home runs by Andy Seminick
and Ralph Cabeller-.
Hearn, who entered the game
with a 10-1 lifetime record against
the Phils, was nicked for a run In
the third inning on walk sin
giles by Ed Watkins and Richie
Ashburn and a fly ball by Willie
Jones.
SemlniCk blasted his 10th
homer of the season with one out
IN the seventh to make it 20 and
the Phils clinched the game with
two in the ninth against Spencer.
Cabellero greeted the relief
pitcher with his first homer of the
year. Seminick followed with a
single and moved to second on a
ount by Roberts. Watkins singled
to right to score Seminick with
the final run.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Yankees Will Be Greeted
By I'd Club Wednesday

All of the New York Yankees
stars have promised to be on hand
at 1890 pm. Wednesday for the
Touchdown Clubs final monthly
baseball luncheon at the Presi-
dental Room of The Statler Ho-
tel.
Congressman T. Vincent Quinn
of New York and Jim Magner,
president of the Touchdown Club,
will welcome the champions and
the introductions of the players
will be handled by Manager Casey
Stengel of the World Champions.
President Clark Griffith of the
Mats, former New York man.
ager, will attend. There will be
music by Barney Breeskin and
special entertainment.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
kcCu||ough's Homer
Helps Pirates Split
Twin Bill With Cubs
BY The Associated Pres.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE Cubs
and Pirates split a double header
today, the Cubs taking the opener
4-3, as Highlander Bob Kelly
went the route for the first time
Il in a major league game. The
Pirates won the nightcap, 81, or
Clyde McCullough's home run.
Kelly's victory was his third
against one loss this season. He
allowed nine hits and was in
trouble several times. The Cubs
won on a two-run eight inning
rally.
Mccullough was called into the
game in the first inning, replacing
Joe Garagiola, who was elected.
He scored Ralph Kiner from third
with long fly in the second in
ming, tying the count, and his
fifth homer of the season in the
fifth provided the margin.
A crowd of 20,522 was on hand
for the twin bill.
Friend Hurls Five Hitter.
Bob Friend, Pittsburgh rookie
Highlander, checked the Cubs
with five hits in the second game
to gain his fifth triumph against
eight defeats.
Bob Rush was charged with the
loss, his seventh in IA decisions
He yielded three of the Pirates
four hits.
Garaglola was thumbed from
the field by Umpire Lee Ballan-
tant for protesting too vigorously
that batter Chuck Connors had
lnterfered with his throw while
Eddie Miksis. who had walked
stole second. Pittsburgh Manager
Bill Meyer departed for the same
reason.
frankie Baumholtz singled to
bring home Miksis with the Cubs
only run.
Kelly Yields Nine Hits.
Kelly was tagged for nine hits
one less than the Cubs collected
on Vern Law in the first game.
For a while it looked like Nc
ICullough might be the star of
that contest, too.
The Pirates took a 2 to l lead
in the fifth as Law smashed his
first major league homer and
Glenn Nelson followed Castig-
lione's double with a run-scoring
single. But the Bruins bounded
back into tie in the sixth. Nc
ICullough'S single in the eighth
scored Gus Bell from second to
put the Pirates ahead again, but
Law couldn't hold the lead.
Miksis started the eighth with
"a single and was sacrificed to
second by Phil Cavarretta, who
contributed two keys to the Cubs
triumph. Baumholtz singled Mix
sis across with the tying counter,
then stole second. Hank Sauer
popped a single to right center
to punch home the winning run.
before Ted Wilks came in to put
out the fire.