The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-04
SAWYERS MUST
DEFEAT HAMLINS
TONIGHT OR ELSE
LOSS WILL PRACTICALLY
ELIMINATE BARRIERS FROM
FLAG RACE: MARIHE-NAv-
STA SCRAP IN AFTERMATH

Marshalling full strength for a
fight that probably will decide
their fate in the softball first
half flag race, Sawyer's BARRIERS
claim they'll trim the pacesetting
Plumbers tonight and shave off
half of the two-game margin be-
I tween them and the pipefitters.
Realizing loss tonight may
wipe out hopes of overtaking the
defending city champions, the
comb and scissors men will prob
ably use different strategy than
that vain1y employed in the past
two clashes with their eternal
( enemies. Instead of allowing
his starting pitchers to remain
on the hill until the Plumbers
have gained the upperhand, Man
ager Theodore Albury may throw
both of his hurlers at the league
leaders. It is possible Dewitt
(Buster) Roberts will work the
first three or four innings and
then give way to the veteran
Memo Castro. However, should
either Roberts or Castro show
signs of holding the pipefitters
in check, the starter will go the
route.
Albury, claiming the corners
were "cut off home plate the
night his boys first met the
Plumbers, allowed rookie Rob-
erts to travel the distance, de-
spite numerous walks and num-
Der of telling hits. The Barber
pilot insists Roberts was robbed OF
many strikes and that it was use
less to change pitchers with the
umpire calling balls" that were
pretty strikes.
Castro, whose wildness gave
the pipefitters the second match,
voluntarily left the mound after
he had loaded the bases with
no one scoring, but was urged by
his teammates to continue pitch
ing. This gesture of confidence
in his ability proved the BARRIERS
downfall. Castro promptly walk
ed the next three batters-and
that decided the game.
Albury probably will use the
same lineup tonight as sent on
the field last week, with the ex-
ception of Leo Stanley. .428 hit
ter, who will roam the right
garden. Stanley was absent from
the city last week.
The dependable Clarence Gig
arctic Willie) Gates will again
face the booming bats of the
haircutters. Gates muffled the
heavy artillery of his bitter enc
mics in the last two outs and
Manager Roy Hamlin is confident
he can do it again tonight.
Records reveal the BARRIERS
have outscored, outhit and COM
mitted less errors than the HAM
Inns, but seem helpless when they
stack up against their eternal
rivals. Ardent followers of the
sport claim they ''play too hard"
against the Plumbers, extending
themselves to such point that
collapse in any one of the sew
en- innings is inevitable.
Here are the records of to-
nights first-game participants
in their past IL games:
Club Runs Hits Errors
BARRIERS . AZ 1877 n
Plumbers 126 122 80
On the defense. the clubs COM
pare about equal, although the
BARRIERS have allowed the least
number of runs and hits Here're
the figures.
Runs Hits
Club Allowed Allowed
BARRIERS - 81 %
Plumbers . ga 70
Marine NavSta Fight
Determined to crush the Ma
rines tonight for a rise into 9 tie
for second place If the BARRIERS
lase the opener, NavStas are
anxiousiy awaiting starting time
Of the twin bin afterpiece.
A game in the rear OF the run
ner-up haircutters, the Station
ten probably win remain
right behind If Sawyers even II
they win Running up a four
game winning streak. the Stas
/ are heavy favorites 70 down the
uncertain Leathernecks
Handed the worst beating of
season last week. 2-s5. the Ma
rines turned right around in the
next scrap with Army Monday
night 10 win % - with I7-run
third inning.
In their latest pair Of clashes
with Army. the Devil Dogs have
established number Of league
marks. both good and bad. Their
ass loss was the most one sided
Of the year. and the 80 hits they
allowed in that game and the
IT errors committed ser two 9TH
eF records. Monday night. they
chaiked record run-scorsng in
ming. the third. when tailed ii