The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-01
RAIDERS RAP
CONCHS AND
TAKE LEAD
AABHIEL LAsTREs ADDS TEN
MORE VICTIMS TO STRIKE
OUT TOTALS REGULARS
DowEED BEARS

Aey west Conchss Until re-
Gently riding on top Of the Is.
land City Baseball League with
cut defeat. yesterday afternoon
a. Price Field on Trumbo Island
suffered their second straight
setback and dropped into run
ner-up spot 70 the Red Raiders.
who conquered them, 81.
Gabriel Lastres. the rookie
pitcher who famed 10 Pan
dora Bears last Sunday, yester-
day ran his record to q strike
outs N 70 innings He allowed
the conchs only three hits and
the one run charged sgainst him
came home on an error.
Plling up another record, the
Raiders ran the total Of innings
they have kept the opposition
scoEeless to q. TWO weeks ago
The Regulars scored On them IN
the first inning and then went
the rest q the way without a
run Last Sunday the Red nine
xnutout inc Pandora Bears and
yesterday held the Conchs score
less until the sixth
LaStres claimed MS second
straight victory IN conagermg
TIE C0ncfs. He has allowed
only 0aa run and four hits n the
two games, besides whiting %
bafters.
Conchs. weakened by ire alb
senee Of three leading players,
started q newcomer On the
mound, SNata. Imported from
up TageTnier way. Swath lasted
five innings before ne was re-
placed By Robert Bethel the
old reliable TIE newcomer Was
touched for several hits, : couple
OF bases on halls, a at batsmzn
ana tao runs.
Bethel with Gym Griffin
accepting MS slsnts, looked good
for three innings. buf N the
eighth ne Raiders got to him
for four hits and four runs. aided
b. a couple Of errors That put
TIE game on ice 4
Clayton Sterling. who first
bssed for the DeLand Red Hats
n the florida State League the
past season, made MS first sp-
pezrsnce In Key West yesterday,
covering the initial bag for the
conchs IN great style William
Gates. Esmond AIbury and Julio
Barceio, a trio of ace Conch
players. failed 10 appear on the
Results he
conchs 900 O01 COL , ?
Raidefs 10 900 O4x-s y
Swath. Bethel and Acevedo.
Griffin: G. Lasues and J. Men
endez-
Two-base hits. Thompson. Arm
Old. J. Albury: stolen bases;
j Gates. Menendez. D. Lsstres
and G. Lastres; struck out: By
Lastres 10 CUbieta 3. Tynes 2
Sterling. Bethel johnson. Swath
and Griffin. By Swath 2 BY
Bethel shit BY picther lace
vedo3. time Of game: 1-55s UNI
pres. M0linz and G. AlbaEy. j
Paul AIbury's Regulars. who
have been floundering around in
the cellar since the league got
under way. climbed into third
place yesterday with Ga tn
umpa of the Pandora Bears II
The opening game Of the after
Noon
Soldier AImeda who toed the
slab for the victors. chalked up
MS second victory in row. He
held the Bears to hive hits. two
off the bat Of catcher Joe Ma
varro. former Trojan baekstop- 4
ReveIs touched him for double 4
Otherwise. the Bears were help
less
Fransc0sky, who shouldered
TIE pitching job for the loserS-
allowed 10 safeties and struck \
out five
Muth. Cancel. Acevedo and /
Ingler starred for the victnrs in
TIE field. and Navarro and Berg
for the losers
Results: K n
Rsalsrs 1oz go % 10 ?
Be- 100 coo 81 s 8
AImeda and n Acevedo;
.Frzns-oslzy and Guitar
Two-base hit Revelss stolen
bases. BIuth 2. Garcia. Graham
Almeda, Navarro, Allen and
hopkins. time Of game: $50;
umpires. Molina and c. AlbuTy.
TIDE SCORERS WORK
BEST In 4TH PERIOD