The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-04-03
CONCHS GAINED EASY VICTORY
OVER PIRATES In FIRST GAME
Of CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SUNDAY
.Coyingten Struck Out Fiji
:1.teen Bucs As New Sports
: Center AT Trumbo Island
Formally Opened
By o. L. MILAN

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away with a So victory over
Roadside Pirates in the first game
of a Monroe County Baseball
League championship series I'm.
der the outstanding pitching OF
Lefty 'Cannonball' Covington
who sent Is Buc batters to the
bench via the strikeout route, al
the new Trumbo Island ball park
yesterday afternoon. The park
was formally opened.
In the first game of a double
header, Seafood Grill nine bowed
to the Blue Socs to the tune of
to Z. This contest is the first
of series to decide which of the
two clubs. will gain second place
in the league standings. The
teams finished in a tie at the end
Of the second-half, which was
won by the Conchs.
The Pirate-Key West fracas
started off with plenty excite
ment as the former nine scored
its first tally in the initial inning
after Davila and P. Garcia, first
batters to face Covington, struck
out. c. Garcia was credited with
a scratch hit on his grounder TO
Shortstop and went to second on
| Acevedo's attempt to beat him to
the bag but the throw went wild
and later scored when Gates al
lowed Torres grounder to get
away from him. Lefty chalked
up three strikeouts in one inning
after tanning Rodriguez.
+ Key West tied the score in the
first-half of the third inning.
Freddie Carbonell reached first
base on Lopez error, went to
third when Alfonso failed to stop
Villareal's light grounder to sec
ond and scored on the catch of
Acevedo's long flyball to center
field. The inning ended as
Gates flied out to second a mo-
ment after Villareal was nabbed
off the keystone bag by perfect
peg by catcher Rodriguez to c.
Garcia, who covered the bag.
BUGS came back with determ-
ination and put across another
tally at the expense of two er-
rors, a scratch hit and a base on
balls after Covington had famed
the first two batters to come TO
the plate. Pirates scoring was
checked for the remainder of the
game after this inning while the
Conchs put the game on ice after
tallying twice in the fifth and
eighth innings.
Although losing, the Pirates
got a good hand from the large
crowd that jammed the grand
stands and bleachers to capacity
for its fighting heart against a
much superior team. There were
/ three Buc players missing from
the lineup.
Covington was congratulated
for mis- magnificent work in the
box, as also was Mario Sanchez,
who, held the hard-hitting Key
West club to seven hits. Armando
Acevedo knocked in the winning
runs for his, team in the fifth
Stanza. 80 tn4r
Ernest Ogden, a 14-year-old
high school boy. who was grabbed
by the Pirates from the Junior
League, won the fans applause
when he snatched five difficult
flies in centerfield. c. Garcia also
played a good game at shortstop
handling nine chances without a
miscue.
Frank Tynes, who started on
the mound for the Trojans in the
first game, was sent to the show
ers after the Sox scored a barrage
/ of hits and runs off his delivery.
Peter Castro, of the Sox, was re-
corded with the first home run
hit at the new ball field.
/ G. Diaz, Sox pitcher, and Ma
varro, of the Grill nine, pitched
good ball.
! Score by innings: r. H. z.
Critters 0l0 OH 600 IL 3
Sox - 400 300 00x-7 Z 4
! Tynes. Navarro and Rueda;
Diaz and NJ. Acevedo.
Box score of the Pirate-Conch
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Conchs- alb b pc q
VillareaL ri - 4 O 8