The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-01-01
SIuggers Defeat Pelicans;;
Stars-Pmates In Tie Game
CBy o. 4. MILAN,

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With the booming guns of the
first four Slugger batters in &C.
ton, Hamlin's leading swatters in
the persons of Castillo, Traynor,
Gates and Fruto, had little trouble
in proving its superiority over the
PeIicans yesterday afternoon when
the league leaders defeated their
nearest rival by score Of 8 to 5
in the first game Of doublehead-
er.
The Young Sluggers took the
lead in the opening frame and
were never headed. William Gates,
Sluggers' fast third baseman, who
has been seeking the pill like no.
body's business, pushed over the
first two scores for his team when
he socked one of Sanchez straight
balls to deep center in the first
round for his seventh consecutive
hit out of as many trips to the
pan. Gates boosted his average
quite few points by batting 500
in yesterdays contest.
Lucas Martinez, Pelican out
fielder, lead the batting attack,
for the Fish Gobblers with three
safeties out Of four tries.
Lack of good direction had q
great deal to do with the Pelieans'
defeat. Several times the GobblersI
would put men on bases only To-
have them thrown out on an at
tempted steal or failure Of bait
ter coming through with bunt.
L. Base played good game at
shortstop for the Pelicans. The
youngster is Armando Acevedo's'
nearest rival.
In the second game, q thriller
at that. the Stars and Pirates play
ed a neck to neck contest with
darkness finding both clubs bat
Ting to undo 8 to tie.
The Stars with their hard fight
ing spirited manager fought gall
lantly to overtake a four run
Pirate lead in the fifth round when
Gates poled out a homer with one
on board which gave the Acevedos'
the lead by one run.
The score was tied by the Pc
rates in the second half Of the
fifth when the Stars, q little ex-
cited over their accomplishment
bobbled three plays which brought
Cyril Griffin home with the score
that tied the count.
The score was again in . knot
in the ninth round when the Stars
took the lead by putting over .
tally with three successive hits
from the bats Of Albert Aceved0,
Peter Castro and George Aceve~
do.
Then along came Quintan
Lopez. first man up for the Pr
rates in the closing frame, and
the opposition leading by a lone
run, slapped out Molina first de-
livery clean out Of the lot for q
homer to make the score ell even
once more.
Florencio Acevedo, Star mana
ger and centerfielder, was forced
ont of the game in this particular
inning when he received a severe
cash about the mouth Is q result
OF collidine with the barbed wire
fence across the field in chasing
Lopez terrific line drive which
sailed far over the fence.
kAEakidlo AceEedda Pirate, hit
three out Of four tries safely.
while Peter Castro. with two more
safeties. boosted his average q
little higher.
Umpire Magee made q demon
sration of how q game should be
officiated without making changes
on decisions after they have been
made.
On several occasions players on
both clubs Ia the nightcap hoped
on him about wrong verdicts. but
the strict official asked them to
stand BY and let decisions stand
as called.
Following are the box scores;
PELICANs ABR. H. 20 A. E.