The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-04-06
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FOLLOWING THROUGH
By AGUILAH

tCONCHS, 6ESI fla EsE1S VI =
STATE. FAIL IN TRYOUT 90
THE SIX baseball players who
left here Saturday for a tryout
with the St. Augustine Saints,
thanks to President Fred Herring
and Sports Editor Harvey Lopez
of The st. Augustine Record,
failed to gain berth on the out
fit
The players claim Manager
Mobley did not even get to see
them in action. and that all they
did was to bat a few times and
field for a short period. And at
that, Mgr. Mobley did not even
see the players in that short work
out.
On the other hand, the Saints
pilot had a number of baseball
school players who were given a
chance, due to some pulp they
must have had. But ball clubs
are not made that way-they
must be formed by picking from
the best talent available.
Conchs Defeated League Team
Manager Mobley does not know
whether the Key West players
are good or bad He claims that
the local boys does not know the
class of ball played in the Florida
State League. To this statement
may be just say: A crack picked
team of the State League, includ-
ing a few Class AA baseballers,
played in Key West against
local club and the Conchs won.
Among the league players were
| Onis, now with Boston Bees; Her
nandez and Cuellar, pitchers;
Schiro and Robertson. Inquire
among these players, Manager
Mobley, and you will soon find
out what type of baseball men
we have in Key West.
Tiny Chaplin, recently killed in
California. pitched for the New
York Giants and on the Pacific
Coast, lost when he faced a Key
! West team in Miami. Three home
runs were poled off his delivery,
Key West clubs have won over
teams from Miami, including such
players as Pare, Saab, Owen and
other stars of the Florida League
Harold Graham, who has just
been farmed by Cincinnati Reds
to Muskogee of the Western As
sociation, could not last over five
innings on the mound against the
Conchs. He tried five times to &c
the route but failed in each at.
tempt.
Challenge To Saints
Key West teams can defeat the
Saints under Mobley any day ir
the week, and we challenge Mob
ley to prove this isn't so.
We predict that st. Augustine
Saints will finish in the second
division if President Herring doe:
not change his manager, and gel
some one at the helm who moi
only knows how to play ball, but
who can pick the players anc
who knows one when he sees him
Baseball was played in Key
West before any other city ir
Florida and we can prove thi:
statement with facts. The game
was played here as far back a:
1880 and during the years from
1898 to 1914, paid players of the
National and American Leagues
came here to spend their win
tiers and play ball. We have
stacked up against Pittsburgh
Pirates, New York Giants, Brook
Elyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds anc
other major league and minor
league clubs.
Defeated The Best
Key West can win and los
with any team in Florida ant
! there is no better way to Prov
this t:lan to contract series o
games. The records win prov
I that the Conchs have defeatet
everything on the East Coas
from Vero Beach to Key Wes1
and on the West Coast from Tam
: pa to this city. Key West he'll,
q such a commanding lead at on
time that the East Coast Leagu
was forced to disband-none o
its members could defeat the Ke,
4 West entrant.
f We only hope that at SOM
! time in the future we viii hav
a chance to play the Saints unde
Manager Mobley. He will, ther
e find out just what makes a rea
n ball player.
J, The Key West players VIII
t went to st. Augustine wish
o thank President Herring and MI
Lopez for the distinction of q
least trying out for a berth on