The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-29
BUGS WIN OVERTIME.
GAME, 6-5; CONCHS.
Lose Los TO TROlAS.
SENSATIONAL PLAY OPENS
BASEBALL SCHEDULE OF
SUMMER LEAGUE; LARGE
CROWD IN ATTENDANCE


Pirates and Trojans opened
the new Summer baseball sea
son by slashing out undisputec
victories over the Blue Sox anc
Conchs at the Trumbo Field yes
terday afternoon before large
crowd of enthusiastic fans. II
the opening game the BUGS anc
Sox fought sensationally through
Is innings with the former out
scoring and outhitting the latter
to the tune of 6-5. In the night.
cap the Trojans smothered the
Conchs for a 81 decision, clout
ing out 10 safe hits for a total Of
33 bases at the expense of Ham
Inns ace twirlers, Lucilo anc
Bethel.
Pirates and Blue Sox put or
one of the best baseball exhibit
tons ever seen here in many &
day and the hundreds of fans who
saw the game was sorry it was
over when two bingles, a field.
er's choice and couple of errors
netted the BUGS three tallies
proving enough to win.
Blue Sox threatened to tie the
score again in the last half of the
thirteenth but went one rur
short. Three safeties, a thiro
baseman's error and a base or
balls gave the Sox two runs.
The opposing pitchers, Car
bonell for the Pirates and Diaz Of
the Sox, pitching in old-time
form, put up beautiful battle
getting themselves out of tight
spots time and again. The SoS
managed to put over three scores
in the second inning on double
two singles, a base on balls, q
fielder's choice and a third base
mans error. Specs Carbonell
tightened down after the smoke
blew off the field in that stanzs
and held the opposition score
less through ten innings as his
mates crept up slowly but surely
to tie the count at Sail by scor-
ing one run in each of the Sec
ond, fifth and sixth innings.
After the final score that tied
the count was showed over by
the BUGS. there ensued six in
nings of big league playing with
neither team able to put over a
marker and both hurlers pitch
ing with every grain of strength
in them. Diaz weakened as the
18th frame came around and the
BUGS put over the winning runs
Danny Lopez opened with g
single to left. Davila's liner to
rightfield went for a hit and
Lopez reached third as Davils
was thrown out at second trying
to stretch the hit into two bases
Calleja was safe on first as his
grounder was fielded by AL Ace
vedo and the infielder's attempt
to catch Lopez at the plate fail
ed when NJ. Acevedo dropped the
throw. Calleja went around tc
second base on the play anc
scored a moment later on a field.
er's choice and single to right
center by Torres. Two success
sive errors by Fidel Lopez a
shortstop gave the BUGS theil
third run before Hernandez flee
out to left for the final out.
Diaz struck out seven men a:
against 10 by Carbonell.
Armando Fernandez, better
known to baseball fans as Pie
Traynor, played a sensational
game for the losers at third base
accepting II chances without ar
error, while Fidel Lopez of tn.
same club and Mario fernando;
of the BUGS played a loose game
each committing three costly er
rors. Shining stars in the out
field were Torres and Davila o
the Pirates and the Garcia broth
ers for the Sox.
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