The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-29
Sailors, Playing Best Ball
Of Season, Led League
Pacesetters In Early
Frames

Playing its best game of the
season, last-place Navy last night
extended the league-leading
Plumbers an extra inning before
captivating, 81.
Going into the sixth, the men
in white paced the defending
city champions, 30. Plumbers
knotted the count in the sixth,
scored four runs in the seventh,
were in turn tied in the Sailors
half of the same frame and then
won the game in the overtime
inning.
Throwing a scare in the eighth,
Navy loaded the bases on two
singles and walk after one went
down but the next two batters
flied out to end the game.
Suffering their fifth straight
loss and 18th in Is starts, the
Sailors gave the league leaders
one of the toughest battles Of the
seasons. Despite their IL de-
feats, broken only once, Navy
has displayed the greatest fight
ing spirit of any team in the loop.
The past three games have shown
marked Improvement, climaxed
by their near-victory last night.
The score was tied on four diff
ferent occasions. Plumbers tall
lied first in the second on an
error and single by catcher Gene
Torres. In the fourth, Navy
shot ahead as two runners cross
ed the plate on three singles and
a walk
Peppers created the initial
knot in the fifth, %, when
member scampered home on
walk, stolen base and two infield
outs, Sailors went ahead again
in the fifth on a brace of singles
and a fielder's choice but were
knotted 3-3 in the sixth when
Plumbers scored a lone marker
on second baseman Charlie Ros-
ANS triple and first baseman
Aurelio Grip Lastres' single.
Two errors, a double by cap
tain-shortstop Jackie Carbonell
and singles by leftfielder Ever
EFT Higgs and Torres gave the
city champs a four-run lead in
their half of the seventh but not
for long. Coming back in the
bottom portion of the same
round, Navy threw the game all
even again as four batters circled
the bases on errors, walks and a
single
Then came the clincher in the
overtime stanza. Maitland Arias,
won went the route on the mound
for the Plumbers. doubled. Ar
thur Griffin, pitcher-outfielder,
reached first when catcher Lucas
dropped the third strike and
threw wild to the initial sack.
Singles by shortfielder Julius
Villareal and centerfielder Doug
las Mccarthy and a fielder's
choice sent Arias and Griffin
across the pan. Sailors went
scoreless in their chance at bat
in the eighth.
Carbonell, Villareal, Torres and
Arias, two out of four each, led
the victors at bat
Captain Johnson and Violet
poled a like number in as many
chances at the plate to spark the
Sailors.
Griffin, who reached first on
a dropped third strike in the
eighth, has gone down swinging
in every appearance at bat, six
in all.
The victory was the eighth
straight for the Plumbers and i'm
creased their lead to hah-game
over runner-up Sawyer'S BARRIERS.
Shortstop Poret, the heavy-hit-
ting Navy shortstop. was forced
from the game in an early in
ming. and three Marines and
Soldier were required to pat
regulation team on the field due
10 shortage of performers.
Score by innings; r. II T.
Plumbers 0l0 oil 42--9 10 7
Navy 600 30 40--7 3 7
Arias and Torres; Gonzalez and
Lucas.
Three base hit: RoSam: two
base hits, Johnson. Carboneh
Arias: stolen bases Gonzalez
Villareal, Griffin: struck out: by
Gonzalez 1, by Arias Z; bases on
balls: off Gonzalez I. off Arias 2
Army last night established a
new record for runs and hits in
a single game by burvipg a
makeshifi Marine ten 35-2 on 80
hits in the twin bin opener
With every member hitting
safely and scoring at least once,
the DoughhoyS staged two nine
run up' iSines. two faur~run rail-
lies and orc each OF eight and
one They were aided BY Il
Leathcrrt * errors. another
league mark
Minus their star performers
Marines were forced 20 use sew