The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-06-03
BALL SERIES FOR
CHAMPIONSHIP TO
START. TOMORROW
GREAT INTEREST cENTERsI
IN CONTESTS THAT WILL.
BE STAGED ON GROUNDS
AT LOCAL NAVY FIELD
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BY JONE}
The stage is all sci, for the base
ball championship series which IS
scheduled to start tomorrow at the
Navy Field grounds.
Both clubs have gone through
strenuous workouts for the past
few days and one manager as well
as the other is as much confident
of victory.
Mayor William II. Malone will
toss over the first BAH, and Fire
Chief Harry Baker will be at the
receiving end.
In checking the batting aver
ages of the individuals we notice
the Pirates have a little advant-
age in this department. There
are six Pirate batters hitting a
800 mark as against that of the
Sluggers who have only two.
Wen outline a comparison OF
both clubs player by player, with
their respective averages, and
leave it up to the reader to select
a fayorite team. to win the city
title.
Armando Perez, centerfield.
AHA lead off many Of the Pirates
lineup went to- bat JOG times,
scored IL runs and hit safely ~
times for an average of .222,
against Arniando Aceyedo. short
stop for the Singers, who heads
the batting order for the second
half winners. Acevedo took 30
trips to the plate and connected
safely 80 times and made IL
scores for .347 mark.
The second batters on the line
UP is P. Carbonell, third baseman
of the Pirates; % times at bat, 3
scores, % hits for an average OF
.232. Louis Gonzalez. the play
ing manager. Slugger first base
man, averaged .21S on rs trips to
the plate, II runs and II safe
blows.
Ludy Acosta, Pirates best bet
for showing in runs, third hitter
and best batter in the league. hit
safely 80 times out of 102 trips
to the pan and scored "a runs for
his team, averaging 1892. Angel
Fruto. Slugger left gardner, out
of 80 times at bat, was responsible
for Is tallies and 81 hits for a
total of .34S points for the season,
Of the cleanup batters William
Gates, Slugger, proved the weak
est when he only hit the old apple
safely % times out of 93 trips
to the rubber. While Cyril Grit
fin, Pirates catcher and a real
hitter at times, averaged .3l8
points on q blows out of GO times
at bat. 81.
Coming to fifth hitters. we find
Arthur Griffin. Pirate outfielder,
leading Scott Sawyer, with an
average of .377 against .2s7.
Griffin got 10 hits out of So trips
to the pan while Sawyer hit only
% safe blows while batting 102
times.
Quintan Lopez. Pirate pitcher,
is better than Ingraham, Slugger
catcher. at bat. Out of 60 times
at bat Lopez hit % counter blows
for 1913 points while Ingraham
went to bat 83 times mad connect.
ed only Is hits for an average of
$50.
There is very little difference
in the seventh place hitters Of
both clubs. Vidal. Pirate, has only
two points more than Gates. OF
the Sluggers. Vidal batted out
iS hits of &c tries for .270 while
Gates has - hits Of "a times at
bat for .26S.
Flores Castillo, Pirate shortstop,
hit the pellet for .329 mark. get.
ting q hits out of 81 shots at the
BALI p. Gonzaiez. Singer. weni
to bat 70 times, scored IL runs
and hit i6 safe blows, averaging
.225 points.
OF the ranth hitters, Robert
Bethel. Slugger, has better
average than Pena. Pirate. Bethel
hit .2T9 for the season. Pena
ESQ.
The first six batters for the Pr
rates are tremendous. all hitting
800. This rs one reason why
they can't NJ stopped from scor-
ing in that first inning.
Quintan Lopez. who was sent
for from Miami VII pitch the first
game of douhleIeade He will
be opposed by Robert Bethel.
Charles Vidal. Armando Perez
and Cuco Castillo. all Pirate play
ers. we're the only ones to vote