The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-02
Ham1ins May Snag
First Half Flag OF
Softball This Week
Clash With Nearest Riv-
ais Wednesday Night;
Play Last-Place Navy
Tonight

Plumbers, city diamondpaii
champions last season and hot
on the trail of a second crown,
take the field tonight in the role
of heavy favorites to wallop
Navy and put an even two games
between themselves and the Sec
ond-place BARRIERS.
Conquerors of the BARRIERS in
their last two outs, the pipefit-
tiers tonight are expected to take
a solid grip ION first place before
tangling with their prime rivals
again Wednesday night,
Accounting for the first OF five
doubleheaders left on the origin
al schedule, the Plumber-Navy
tilt opens at 7:30 o'clock at Bay
view Park, with Army meeting
the Marines in the second con-
test.
Army has beaten the Marines
two straight. giving them the
worst defeat of the season We'd
nesday, $751; Last Friday, the
Marines failed to appear for a
scheduled game with NayStas. to
make their sixth straight de-
feat. The Soldiers. who were
giving Navy a tough fight for the
cellar, now are only q game be-
hind the fourth.place Marines.
LEADERS Meet Wednesday,
A victory for the Plumbers in
Wednesday nights game with
| the BARRIERS would come close to
handing the pipefitters the first
half championship.
The generosity of rookie De-
Witt (Buster) Roberts in the
first meeting of the rivals gave
Plumbers the game, 1874, with a
big seven-run seventh inning in
which Roberts walked six and
allowed three singles.
The same kind of generosity on
the part OF the veteran Memo
Castro gave the Plumbers the
second tilt Friday night, 81,
when Castro walked six men to
force home all the Plumber runs
| in the fifth.
walker Only Hopsf
with another hufier In stock
| the veteran Johnny Walker, un-
tried this year, Barber Manager
Theodore Albury is expected te
shoot the works Wednesday il
his teams final effort I'd stay
within reaching distance of the
crown. Roberts probably vii
take the mound IL Walker is un'
able to appear in uniform.
Cigarette Willie" Gates, whs
defeated the BARRIERS in both o
| the previous games. will toe TIN
slab again for the Plumbers.
In the second game Wednes
day, Marines will tangle witt
the NavStas, who, with the ad
dition of some of the city's hes
talent at the expanding naya
station. now constitute q rea
threat for firts place honors.
NavY.Bssbsr rilt Friday
Friday night brings the Nav.
and BARRIERS together in on
game, with Army and NavSa
tangiing in the second. A PAL
OF twin bills and q single gam
Friday night dune i3) win en-
the original schedule next week
Postponed Games
Eleven postponed and ii
game are on tap. II necessary, /
decide the winner. Peppers hav
five postponed games. tire
with Marines and two with Nav
Stas. BARRIERS have four. tire
with Army and one with Nav
Sta, while NsvSta has four, tw
with Peppers and one each wit
Navy and BARRIERS
New Lights This Week
Bob Reid. NavSta manage
announced last weekend tire
new I50o-wstt lights win be in
stalled BY wednesday of IN
week. He said two refiectors ia
the lights have been repaire
and painted, and now are ready
A third viii be repaired earl
this week.
Theodore Albury. Barber pix
and city eleetrician. win insts
the lights and refocns the ol
zones. Bulbs have been purchal
led by Aibury. bat IL wiz be ns
cessary to string new lines f
the light& Six poles and 81
lights--not enough 70 cover a
of the field--now are in use.
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