The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-10-21
Weird Doubleheader
Handed Stas And
Raiders Last Night
Loose Playing, Heavy
Hitting Buried Service
Tens Under Football
Scores

Key Vests softball league last
night al BaYview Park swung
cper its third schedule of the
year with as weird doublehead-
er as seen on local diamond.
Taking advantage of Is errors
and freely hammerins the ball.
a pair of civilian teams turned
both ends Of the bargain bin into
rouis after battling al close quar-
tiers the first two innings.
NaVStas. all even with Navy
al 1-all at the end of the second
round, tucked away the top
portion of the bin after taking
their turn at bat in the third.
Navy had got past the first bat
ter in the third but everything
went haywire from then on. The
next eight men scampered home
before the second out and an
other crossed home plate before
the side was retired.
Following Philip (Cheta) Bak-
er's high fly out to center,
Beecher, the Sailors starting
pitcher, became very generous
indeed. He fed singles to the
next two batters, let the third
man hit him and get safe when a
teammate couldn't make up his
mind to which bag to throw, then
tossed a single and double. walk
ed two and gave up another
fielder's choice that didn't work.
A sacrifice out scored the eighth
run and the third base on balls.
followed by a single, brought
home the ninth marker before
Beecher went to the showers.
Walsh ended the merry-go-round
by forcing Charlie Rosam to lift
high fly to left.
Final count stood IL to 8.
Shortstop Charles Wells led
the Sta attack, knocking in three
runs with a pair of singles and
scoring once himself.
Johnny little john Ogden,
who held Navy to four hits, aid
ed his own cause by slapping
two singles, sending home a run
ner and himself galloping across
the platter twice. Until the sixth
he had allowed the Sailors just
one safe blow, a homer by sec
ond baSeman Vibert in the sec
ond inning. The Men in White
put together three singles, one of
the scratch variety, to score
twice in the last round.
Guardsmen Collapse
Taking a page from the Nav
Sta book on How To Win A Ball
Game, the lightweight Red
Raiders settled the nightcap like
wise in the third with five-run
splurge. Although they counted
II times more after that the
runaway had already been mark
ed in their won column. Score:
1913.
Coast Guards. in high spirits
over their victory against Ma
Saturday, collapsed completely
when they faced the Raiders last
night Ineffective pitching and
general sloppy playing rendered
them easy victims for the fast
stepping, youthful Red ten.
Davidson, whose tantalizing
slow ball worried the NAmen
last week, didn't bother the
Raiders at all. Left on the mound
four innings in hopes he would
regain control, Davidson went
back to the bench after the five
run uprising irs the third was
quickly followed by a three-run
rally in the fourth. Melted, who
came in as relief hurler, proved
even more to the likings of the
leagues baby" team. Loading
the bases in the fifth with the
first three men to face him, two
by walks. Mac went right
through the lineup and then
some Eight runs were chalked
up before the third out, sent
home on five hits, three passes
and five errors. s xaI-s
Player-Manager Dewitt Rob
erts pulled surprise in sending
shortstop Ralph (FlaSh) Arnold
to the mound. The risk was jus
titled as Arnold kept the Guards
men under control except for
the fifth inning. The nine hits
he gave up were all singles, five
amassed in the fifth when all
C.G. runs were scored.
Jim Albury, shortfielder, and
second baseman Jack Gates
pounded the bali safely three
times in five tries. One of Gates
blows was a triple. Between
them they knocked home eight
runs and scored six, more than
half the total.