The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-12
OBSERVATIONS FROM
THE BLEAEHERS
By o. 1. MILAN

Following the footsteps of the
Key West Conehs, the Junior
American Legion team, repre-
senting this city and Arthur
Sawyer Post No. % has won its
two scheduled games in the dis
trict championship tournament,
under the able leadership of Will
liam Butch Gates and the SUI
perior pitching of Evelio Vargas, |
youthful speed curve ball twirler.
Lake Worth plays Key West at |
the Trlfnbo Field Friday after
noon and Fort Pierce Sunday on
the same field. Manager Gates;
with no exceptions, will reserve
Vargas for the Lake Worth en-
counter as the upstate team has |
not lost game yet. The ice will |
be broken in this contest as both |
clubs are playing winning ball
and have not tasted defeat. With |
Vargas on the mound Key West |
shall score a victory.
Cat calls and boos greeted Leo
Stanley as the utility outfielder
of the Conchs was trotted out to |
the center garden last Sunday
afternoon in the game against
the Blue Sox, but the ambitious |
Leo paid no heed to this and
saluted Pitcher Molina with a |
sharp single to rightcenter in his
first trip to the pan. In the |
next inning or so Stanley drop
ped dead fly to his hands and
to make matters worse he struck
out the next time at bat. The
boy with the Coca-C Cola shirt has
high inspiration of making the
trip to Tampa with the Conchs |
and local fans are wondering
whether Manager Hamlin will
carry the great Leo along.
Speaking of the Conchs' trip
to Tampa, Manager Lame Dobbs
of the Trojans, according to
rumors and Johns own quota
ton, Joe Navarro will make the
trip to Tampa with the local
champions. Young Navarro, the
Islands City's most promising
catcher will serve as relief in the
event that Cyril Griffin, Ham,
Inns first string backstop, will
not be able to work three steady
games.
The addition of Backstopper
Navarro will not only strengthen
the Conchs infield but will add
another distant hitter to its row
of fence busters.
Maybe the old uniforms had
something to do with the Pirates
league standing, so Manager Ray
Bush is leaving for Miami this,
week to bring the boys a set of
new suits.
Just to get some of the boys
straight, Manager Ray Bush
never promised Pitcher Torres
of Tampa, a job. II did make an
effort to get the youthful Ybor
City lad a WPA assignment"
said Mr.. Bush. But I never
promised any outsiders a job. If
there is any opening in my bust
ness I have several Key West
boys on the list that comes
first, concluded Ray.
Louis Gonzalez, Jr., another
one of the bakers sons who
some time back played great
and consistent game with the
Young Sluggers on the infield, is
gradually working out come
back, and is now coaching for
the Seafood Grill outfit.
If the Pirates fail to get any
place in this first-half of the
Monroe County League it won't
be because they lack good coach
ing, for the club is now handled
by Billillo Medina and Jose Sc
villa, a pair of veterans who
knows what's what in baseball
At the grandstands we had one
of our regular cash customers
calling for peanuts last Sunday,
but Lionel Plummer's hunger for
the little nuts was not realized.
No peanuts is allowed in the
stands until some of the fun
seekers stop making someone q
target.
There's IS cars, each carrying
five or more passengers, lined up
to see the Tampa-Key West base
ball series in Ybor City July %
and %. Which means that the
Conchs will have plenty of root
ers in the city of cigar industry.
William Butch" Gates and Es-
mond ''Tarzan" Albury are sock
ing the ball ike a killer, but let
us remember that Quintan