The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-10-25
NavS Blew Six-Run Lead
In Opener; Plumbers
Murdered Guards 17-2;
Gates Struck Out II

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Ogden's Naval Station teammates
did % hIn last night Florida
tourist camp owner woUidn' :
wish on Harold Ickes-
Giving Up oaiy four safe hts,
Little John watched what was
pIaytuIIy termed MS support
maze seven costly boobies 70 al
Low the Red Raiders Z I0-I8 tie
last night al Bayview PARK The
ted game. first OF a twin bin
left the Stas and Raiders all even
with Peppers Plumbers, WHO
trimmed the Coast Guard, I7-2, N
the second tilt cn the schedule
led UD at ~ as the third II
mig ended, the StaS pounced On
Raider tosSer Dewitt Buster
Roberts n the fourth % drive
home six runs On a Euksy CON
binztion OF mis-. walks. errors and
passed bsIIs
Having rIpped vide open az
t. seams and virtually dropped
INTO second place n tae league
the Raiders failed % sco-e N
their half O. the noisy fourth
bat after that they rolled merrIly
along On the strength Of sloppy
NsESta baH-asndEng 70 score
twice II TIE fifth Gree n the
sixth ard three times II ne
seventh
Roberts. who vas pounded for
ten hits ard al 10 Of me NavSta
runs n nis fouE innings OF TIE
mound gave way a. the start Of
the fifth 70 Ralph Flash An0ld
who cane IT from Shortst0p 70
hold tae S.as . two hts and no
runs the rest Of the route
Meanwhile. the Raiders were
trailing 40 going into the fifth
but with Arnold holding TIE op-
position they PICKED away IN
III they knotted the count 4
waIk 70 Arthur reese Thomp-
son. Arnold's triple and : sacri-
ice By Jack Gates brought home
two IN the fifth; a walk 70 Or
mond Cordova- a sacrifice BY
Aurelio Grip Lzstres AID Nav
Sta Captain Philip fCheta) Bak-
er's error let II another n rhe
sixth
Then IN the seventh Gabriel
Lastres trlpled- Arthur Reese}
Thompson homered behind him.
Arnold grounded cut. Gates
walked Roberts popped 70 sec
end. Cord0va reached first when
centerfIelder Melvin TyneS drop
ped MS fIy ard On the thrown
Cordova started for second and
Gates heading for third turned
oack but Ogden who received
the toss from Tynes. threw the
ball back iato TIE outfield II q
TT % nail Gates az second Gates
scored out Cordova was thrown
out al the plate ny Tynes-
Charles Wells NavSta first
sacker. dropped three singles IL
70 TIE outfieId- knocking home
TWO runners and scoring twice
himself Baker. triple and sin
gle. batted n four runs and cross
q the plate twice HIS triple
came n the fourth with the
bases loaded
Thompson. Red Ieftfielder. lift
ed che out Of Inc park II center
for 2 houe run II the seventh
with c. Lastres OF base Lssrs.
lust = moment before. had knock
sd q triple 70 left He also sin
glei the first time uD 20 score R
Garcia. His two hits were half
the Raiders got al night
Plumbers Murder Guards
Clarence Cigarette Willie
Gates who Monday night was as
Wild as : mountain goat came
back last night N the second
game 10 establish = new strike
cut record and master Coast
Guard I7-2. on four hits
Giving a hint Of what vas %
come n the o2eni1g round when
he whiffed the first batter and
set down two others on light
tars. Gates struck OFT y Guards
men. retiring the side OF strikes
IN the third and fifth innings
Besides the four men who hit him
safely. iust two ether batters
cot the ball cut Ct the Infield
Meanwhile. after being held to
one I'm. scored On two errors. n
ire first round Peppers Plumb
ers turned the game into rout
the next time around Going
right through the lineup and.four
more besides. the softban champs
tailed eight runs. leaving no
doubt as 70 the outcome They
scored the runs on five walks
six errors and 4 single
Plumbers got only four hits
one q homer and another triple
eff starter Compton but that vas
all they needed as the generosity
Of the hUrler and fiel6ers vas
killing Compton issud Is