The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-18
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FOLLOWING THROUGH
BY Acu1LAR


Manager, Railey-Milafn
Ball Team,
Miami, Florida.
Dear Mr.. Bell:
The Key West ban players beg
. to differ with you:
az William Cates-"Allaban,
although an Ojus player and
probably now a Railey-Mila
player. is an East Coast League
star of old days. Ba1ch played in
the Georgia Florida League with
Dothan, ] think. Jack is right on
the Others. Captain Armando
Acevedo and pitcher Robert
Bethel don't know about the rec
ords of the players but both say
the team was far different than
that which played here in the
July 9TH Gala Fiesta Celebration.
s(2) Gates: q know the head of
the Miami batting order Wasiup en-
Key Vests first game with them
in Miami in the, lastfof the eighth
the last inning played-whans
it was too dark to playa Here's.
what Robert Bethel has to, say say:
H'I don't know about The first
game, but in the second game
Mgr. Hamlin protested playing
another inning in both the ninth
and tenth innings, when it got
too dark. saw street cars COM
ing by all lighted up. Neither
Captain Acevedo or Gates were
close enough to hear if there was
protestation or not.
go Regarding the black and
white ball charge. William Gates
says, you're darn right they
switched the balls on us. We did
not have a white ball to bat
against in those last innings of
the second game and Miami in
variably had. So much so that
when Miami came up once, Il
shouted out, o. K, Jack, throw
in the electric light. One of
their players took a white ball,
when Key West was at bat, and
threw it far out on the foul line
so Key West wouldn't bat against
it,. And Robert Bethel says, Il
know Key West batted against
.snludgy balls and Miami against
white balls in the late innings.
About the fouling, that's just
Jacks story. Captain Armando
Acevedo says, THE black bah
was used throughout the game
but in several instances when a
Miami player was at bat and hit
long foul the white ball was
thrown in to the batter. The
winning hit was made on a white
ball. When Key West fouled off
the black ball they always wait
ed until the ball was returned.
That is strange.
(4) "Well, here's the signific-
ance of that, William Gates ex-
ploded. IF Puby Carbonell had
let the throw 60 through to the
plate the runner would have
been out q mile. AS it was that
decision was mighty close and
the runner looked out to me. I
called the left fielder in myself.
He caught the single on the first
bounce and threw the ball in as
the runner rounded third from
second con his way home. Carl
bonell then juggled the ball and
finally weakly pushed it at the
catcher. Jack Bell mentioned
none Of that in Ms article Rob-
ert Bethel. ! The runner would
have been out a mile at the
plate. Captain AceVedo aHe
was out a mile at the plate.
Catcher Albury, II know he was
out. tagged him long before he
touched the plate. Says me:
What I wanted to call attention
to, Jack, was that your article
mentioned nothing about this
questionable decision, only about
Schemer's single.
CD All the bali players in a
group: only one bali PLAYER
wrote Jack. But don't use his
name. William Gates, Ask Cap
tain A. Acevedo or any of the bah
players il they didn't think some
of the things pulled on them in
the game was shady. Captain
Acevedo: Neither myself nor
any of the players, except one.
We're ashamed sof your article
We thought it was alright.
Says me, Il think you were a
little hasty, Jack, in believing