The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-10-23
yen-Inning Rally On
2 Outs Saved Champ
Plumbers FrOmDefeat
ARTHUR Griffin's Triple
.saSs -
Tied Navy, SIS; Stas
Dewned MAS To Wrest
Loop Lead From Raids


but fer the split second L took
him 10 lay one into the far left
field corner Of BaYvieH Park
last night. he was everything q
worried manager could ask.
Famed In local softhan As the
guy who tanned five straight
times. the Peppers Plumber
shcEifielder failed out q triple
IN the final seconds Of the sew
enth inning 70 knot the score
with Navy at SIS and save his
team from defeat in its first ap-
rearance Of the new season The
hour and lS-minute time limit
ended the game in a tied score al
the end of the frame.
Griffin himself scored the run
that knotted the count as ne went
home on the throw-in from the
cutfield after smashing the
three-bagger.
Navy, loser in its first game of
the new season Monday, kept the
Plumbers nailed to the cross on
the slants Of Tiger" Tommelio
from the third inning on last
night.
Tied up in the first frame, as
both squads scored once, the
Plumbers dropped behind N the
third when they picked up two
runs and the Navy promptly
slammed in three. And from
there, they couldn't touch Tom
melio with a shotgun.
Allows One Hit
Displaying none OF the shank
ines that kept Pepper tosser
Clarence Cigarette Willie Gates
constantly IN hot water, Tom
meho gave up only one hit from
the third until the seventh He
allowed SIX IN the ball game, one
more than Gates, who gave up
five Gates struck cut seven but
walked 10 and heaved seven wild
pitches
Navy, scoring once more in
the fifth after the early inning
spree, had a two-run margin
over the Plumbers as they came
to bat in the seventh. Tommelio
set down Maitland Arias. who
grounded out third to first. and
famed the Plumbers Joe Rus
sell.
Guy Johnson, former manager
captain Of Navy but now third
baseman for the Plumbers, crack
ed a single TO center. and with
two down and the Weak-hitting
Griffin coming OF the plate, the
Navy stn had nothing to worry
abOut-Or so it seemed
And that was the moment
Griffin chose to slam bis triple
into left The Navy fielder raced
fer the fly, but stumbled and
johnson. with Griffin right be-
hind him. galloped around the
bases to tie the score Griffin
made II home as the ball bounded
back into the infield from out IN
the dark reaches OF left field
Without q new ball the clubs
was forced 70 use a dirty. soggy
one-much to the disgust OF the
players
A couple OF Irishmen On the
Navy squad kept the fans and
players IN a jovial mood with
their witty remaTks-in reality
a razzng directed mainly at
Gates.
Gilbert (Kiki) Hopkins. Pep
per's nifty little catcher. snatch
ed hitting h0aors Of the game
Beating cut an mfield hit On his
first appearance. Hopkins sIsshed
d triple into left the next time
Up for a ST. average two for
three Jackie CarboneH former
Plumber captain, celebrated his
return 10 active play IN months
by cracking a sizzling single II
tie third that scored TIVE runs
Murphy. Nays Irish hrst
baseman. two for three, and
shortstop Liedholt, who walked
three times and singled once,
sopDed sailor hittags.
Stzs Top League
Following up their iopsided
veiory against Navy Monday,
NavStas raped the NAmen 1913
last night Il the first game for
their second straight triumph.
wrestling league leadership from
the idle Red Raiders
Bob Reds charges, playing
with a juggled lineup. practical
Il put the game IN Their pockets
N the opening round Helped
along BY three errors one BY
catcher Papy that let N tEo Funs
and two BY Tightfielder Griffin
that accounted fer another, the
Stas scored seven times Five
clean hits. mixed with the en-
rars. a base On balls and four
wild pitches, produced the runs
Alfs.natuh thar scared nnce