The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-03
PLUMBERS EXTEND
LEAGUE LEAD TO
TWO FULL GAMES
MARINES NOSE ARMY 1922
IN WILD AFTERMATH LAST
NIGHT; NEW RECORDS Es-
TABLIsHED

feated Navy 15-4 in the twin Dill
opener at Bayview Park and in
creased their softball league lead
to two full games over Sawyer's
BARRIERS.
Despite a three-run first inning,
the Sailors battled the Plumbers
on almost even terms until the
fifth. when they blew up defen-
sively. Peppers staged a five
run rally in that round and CHI
NAKED the game with like barrage
in the sixth.
Plumbers pounded the offerings
of southpaw Cohill for an even
dozen safeties and were aided by
nine Navy errors.
Poret, Sailor shortstop who is
a member of the Softball Big
Ten Hitters, fattened his average
with a pair of safe blows in three
trips to the plate. Hennings col
iected a like number.
Outfielders Everett Higgs, Ju-
Illus Villareal and Doug McCar-
thy and First Baseman Aurelio
Lastres tied for hitting honors
on the Plumbers, two each.
Gabriel Lastres made his first
appearance of the season, third
and second basing for the Pep
pers. With his brother Aurelio.
Gabriel was a member of the
American Legion junior baseball
nine and the Key West Conch ten
of last year.
Score by innings: r. II. =.
Navy . 102 90 II 4 s 8
Plumbers T. 302 055 x--15 IL 3
Cohill and Hennings; Arias and
Bennett.
Two-base hit: Mccarthy; three
base hit: Arias; bases on balls:
off Arias 6, off Cohill A; un1-
pires: Camalier and Varela.
Soldiers and Marines, who last
week established three new
league records, last night in the
afterpiece set several other
marks for loop clubs to shoot at.
Suffering 35-2 defeat at the
hands of the Doughboys in their
last out--the worst beating of
the season--the Marines gained
revenge in the third inning last
night when they scored IL runs.
a new mark for runs tailed in a
single frame. Twenty-one men
trotted to the plate in the mer-
ry-go-round. Chambers, third
sacker who opened the inning
with the first out, went down
swinging in his third appear
ance. He walked the second time
up. Outfielder Lee. third base
man Tebeau and pitcher Solen-
barger hit safely twice In the
murderous stanza, and Regan
was issued two bases on balls.
Despite their 17-run third i'm
ming. the Marines were hard
pushed for victory, nosing the
Marching Men by a single score.
1922.
The combined scores of both
teams. as runs, established am
other records for the most mark
ers in any one game this season.
Without any senblance Of con-
troll over his fast ball, Jesse Sol
enbarger walked 20 Soldiers to
set a new mark in that depart
ment. In the sixth when Army
fell one short of knotting the
count. Solly passed ten men.
Combined with three hits and a
number OF errors. Army tailed
IL times,
Doughboys. who previously
had shown improvement both at
bat and on the field, collected
only seven bingles off Solly and
committed ten errors Marines
II miscues last week against
Army chalked up another league
mark.
Solly. 400 hitter up until last
week. boosted his mark last night
with a double and three singles
in five tries. Lee, three. and
Lieut.. Lewis. Marines new man
ager who replaced Lieut.. M @.
Donhoo yesterday. two safeties,
followed the Leatherneck tosser.
Heavy-hitting Duggar paced
the Army al bot with two for
four. Bogodt and McArciie each
scored four rims, as did Solly for
the Devil Dogs.
Score by innings; n, II. T..
Marines 0i1f Oh 4--23 IL 4
Army G6 2 a0I291 Z 10
Solenharger and Thompson.
Weed. Simmons and McArile.
Two-base hits, Solenbarger.
Lewis: three-base hits. Assaf
Sexzcniak. Langley: bases or
balls. off Solenhar4er q. OIL
Wood 1, off Simmons 4. struck
out; by Solenbarger G. by Wood
I. by Simmons >; unpires: Cana
lier and varela, Buckley and
Griffin.
Al the rex .eSs, of q lady visl.
tor from New York. members 81
the champion Peppers Plumbers