The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-13
PandOra-ItaSca Baseball ;.
Team Beat Mexico Nine

GOODWILL Tour Just complet-
ed by Coast Guard vessels Pan
dora and Itasca was productive
of many victories in the baseball
series played by teams of the
~ S. ships against clubs in Cen
trail and South America.
The following article, which
appeared in the Vera Cruz "El
Dictamen' on March 7th and
which is translated by Oscar
MILAN, sports writer for The
Citizen, gives a vivid description
of one of the contests and shows
the deciding part Joe Navarro,
Key West boy and former catch
er of the Trojans, played in win
ming the game:
"A Yankee baseball team Sc
lected from the Coast Guard
ships Itasca and Pandora defeat
ed strong nine representing Ell
Dictamen', 6 to 3, in an exciting
game played at the little park
known as Aduana, located in the
city of Mexico, yesterday.
Seeking revenge, the press
boys of the Island Republic chal-
lenged the 'Americanos' to
game of basketball only to meet
defeat at the hands of Uncle
Sans boys. The contest was
played in the Cayetana Rivera
Court. &
"The baseball game was
walk-aWay for the. Americans,
with the sailor boys hopping on
Collar, Mexican hurler, in the
opening round. Four singles and
a home run by Joe Navarro, COM
bined with two errors, netted the
Yankees five runs, which proved
to be enough to win, but the
Coast Guard crew added another
tally in the second inning for
good measure.
"In the meantime, with Com
way on the hill, the sailor lads
held the opposition scoreless
through the third stanza. In the
fourth, however, the newspaper
men got together and opened the
inning with an earned run. Con
Jusot was thrown out at first
base, Villegas got a base on
balls and went to second base on
Javier's single; pitcher Conway
frightened his belt and famed
Picota, known as King Kong,
who was booed by the fans as he
flung his bat aside; Hernandez
came. through with a smashing
hit and Justo crossed the pan
with the first tally for the Mexi-
can newspaper men.
I'm the fifth inning the newsies
managed to put over two other
markers. Collar rolled out to
Hewitt; Froilan collected his Sec
ond hit of the afternoon; Ell Fofo
flied out to left; Cacahuate sin
gled over first base and Froilan
crossed the platter; Justo was
safe on Stevens error, Martinez
reaching third on the miscue;
then came the comical part of
the game, which won the ap-
plause of the fans-Hernandez
spoke to pitcher Conway in Eng
fish, motioning to the sailor boy
to throw the ball over to him;
obliging, Conway tossed the pei
let over, and the catcher failed
to make an attempt to get it and
the ball rolled over beyond the
base and Martinez scored the last
run for the home town boys.
"The visitors deserved the vic
tory, having batted out 10 safe
hits, including two doubles and
a homer. Oriarte, Navarro, Raw
Inns. and Edwards walked away
with batting honors for the visi-
tors, while for the home boys
Froilan was the leader with three
safe clouts. +
Fielding highlight went to
Stevens, who made a wonderful
catch of a sure safe hit in the
fourth round. Oriarte's peg to
home plate from centerfield, nab
bing Hernandez, who attempted
to score on a safe hit, was also
applauded.
"The Americans used the fol-
lowing lineup: Oriarte, CT; Bala
and Woodson, rf; Hewitt, c; Ma
varro, c; Rawlins. 2b; Edwards.
If; Bera, ID; Stevens, 3b; Com
way and Butler, p.
"Score by innings:
'R. H. E.
"Dictarnen 600 100 000- 8 Z 4
'U.S. C.G. $40 900 600 6 10 l
Batteries: Conway, Butler
and Navarro; Collar. Picota and