The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-25
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COMMENTS ON KEY
WEST-TAMPA SERIES
BY PEDRO AGuILAR
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past weekend for a return series
! with Tampa All-Star team thai
played here during the Fourth OF
July celebration.
Here's how the games turned
Eout:
First Came
In the opening contest, Key
West poled IL safe blows, includ-
ing a triple by Mario Pena. the
conchs' first sacker, and couple
.of two-baggers. Yet the locals
lost 10 to 8, mostly because Of
errors.
In the very first inning, Cheta
Baker had an easy double play
when the ball was hit to second
with a man on first but he muff-
ed the chance and before the
Jstanza was over four runs had
crossed the plate. s.
Another instance was when the
ball was hit in back of second
with one man down and a run
ner on third, Gopher Gonzalez,
playing second, caught the ball
and the runner on third went
home before he could throw the
ball to the pitcher.
juice Barcelo hit two out OF
five, c. Griffin three safely and
Albury two safely.
Feature of the game was a one
handed catch in deep center
field made by Papito Machin. who
backed against the fence, The
crowd stood UP and gave Machin
a great big hand.
l. Malgrat, on the mound for the
Conchs, was touched for eight
hits in three and a third innings,
! Lucilo finished the contest on the
mound and held down the Tampa
players
Second Came
In the second fracas, the Conchs
again outhit. the Ybor City out
| fit but simply threw the game
away. Casa walked three men
:. in the. first inning and then a
single by A. Scionti scored two.
In the second frame, a couple OF
walks, two errors by G. Griffin
and bad throw to first by Ar
lmando gave the Cigar City boys
five runs on a lone safety.
Bethel relieved Casa and pitch
led six shutout innings except for
the first ball he tossed, which
was hit by catcher Willie Paz
/. for home run to center, being
misjudged by Baker.
Conchs scored their runs on
nothing but hits. Barcelo, with
runners on second and third, was
walked because before that he
had poled two doubles.
The Tampa victory in this con-
test could be traced to two shoe
string catches by A. Scionti and
IS. Scionti, outfielders.
In the seventh, with three or
and one out, Mario Pena hit 9
long drive to left and Baby Scion.
til came in and scoped it up ir
great style. He rolled over but
held onto the ball.
In the eighth, with runners or
bases, C. Griffin poled the bal
Ito short center but S. Sciont
came in and caught the ball in hi!
gloved hand to save the game,
The hitting of Villareal, Bar
| cello and Griffin featured in thi!
contest.
M. Lopez and Margado twirlec
for Tampa, with Paz catching fol
seven innings and Fisher finish
ing the game behind the plate.
Bliss Griffin caught the full
{ game for the Conchs.
4 Score, 8 to s.
Third Came
The final contest witnessed tn,
conchs tying the scored at 1-all il
the fourth inning, but in the fata
fifth, the All-Stars showed owe
| three runs. to make a clean sweel
of the series. Score, 6 Il. 2.
Tampa Fans For Conchs
At least so percent of the fan
in the stands wree roofing for tn
Conchs and no one could make
bet in favor of Tampa The writ
er saw former Key Westers i
the stands who had been Twin
in Tampa for the past 30, year:
All still have the Island City q
heart.
Carl Lopez, of the old tim
Regulars during the heyday 9
Paul Albury and now umpire i
the Orange Belt League. was tn
Jump in the final game Of the Sc
ries and did swell job.
Tampa players wanted to hav
Jimmie Griffin behind the plat
but Jimmie did not make tn
trip. The Ybor City ball tosser
were sorry the local Jump coul
not make the journey there. bu
win have him when they return