The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-17
BARRIERS NOSED
ARMY z TO | in
TWIN BILL ENDER
Three-Way Tie For First
Half Crown; Grip
Lastres' Triple In Third
Only Safety Off Castro

Only Safety OFF Castro
Beaten, shut out and allowed
but a single hit, Peppers Plumb
ers toppled back into the middle
of three-way race for city dia-
mondball loop flonors last night
at Bayview Park as the largest
crowd of the season saw Limo
Castro of the NavStas chalk up
a 90 victory before a 2-l Barber
triumph over Army in the after
math.
One booming triple from the
bat of little Aurelio Lastres was
the only hit Plumber earned
off Castro last night, and Las
tres wallop went for nothing
when Castro sent the next two
batters down swinging to leave
him stranded on third.
Clarence Cigarette Willie)
Gates, whose pitching carried the
Plumbers to the top of the heap,
ran into trouble from the first
last night, and the NavStas didn't
need the six runs they garnered
later.
Score Three In First
Allshouse, first man at bat,
cracked one of Gates offerings
for a single to right field, then
raced to third when Garcia, the
next man up, lofted a single to
center.
Gates promptly walked Kelly,
then saw all three come home as
Delaney cleared the bases with
fluke double TO right to put the
NavStas three runs out on top.
The Plumber tosser worked
through two innings safely after
that, but the Stas touched him
for one more in the fourth, then
scored four in the wild fifth in
ming and added another in the
seventh
Wild Fifth Inning
Five Plumber errors in one
inning turned the game into a
rout in the fifth. when the Nav
Stas scored four times on one
hit to put the game safely on
ice.
With three runs already in
from fumbles, Gene Torres,
Plumber catcher, threw a wild
return to Gates, permitting Wells
10 score the innings fourth run.
The Plumbers entered a protest
against the final run, claiming
the ball was dead until it had
been returned safely to the
pitcher. Those who know the
rules say the protest won't stick
ard viii be automatically thrown
out at a meeting of league Off
Gals tonight. That the backstop
threw the ball in such manner
that the pitcher could not catch
il does not make the ball dead,
bat automatically puts it in play.
allowing a runner to advance at
his own risk. An error is charg-
ed TO the catcher. Gates had al
ready resumed pitching to the
batter when the protest was en-
tered. thus multiplying the kick"
BARRIERS Win Close One
Sawyer's BARRIERS. pushing their
way into tie with NavSta and
the Plumbers for first place, show
ed two runs across home plate in
the opening inning against Army,
then held on for a al triumph.
Domenech, first Barber at the
plate. won q walk and went TO
third when Kerr singled. Hopkins
walked. and both Domenech and
Kerr came home on Alhury's
single to center.
Army'S lone tally came in in
the fourth when first sacker Kerr
missed Sims easy fly. and How
ard Burke, Barber pitcher. gave
up two singles 10 Daggar and
Coleman, bringing Sims home.
Only three BARRIERS reached
third after the first inning and
only two Soldiers. besides Sims,
got that FAR in the entire game.
Score hy innings; r., II. r,
BARRIERS 200 600 o. 8
Army 600 100 OIL 4
Burke and Hopkins; Early and
Kixxiah.