The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-06
PIPEFITTERS SCORE
ANOTHER VICTORY
DEFEATED MACHINE SHOP
TEN YESTERDAY.
ii TO 5
BY PEDRO AGUILAR

PlpefltterS civil service SOftball
team of the Key West Naval OPP
Grating Base needed to continue
their winning streak
They met the Machine Shop
ten again yesterday and after
the second inning was over, fans
knew why the Pipefitters took
two games in a recent three
game series with the Machinists.
Eight runs were scored in that
merrygo-round stanza. Final
count was IL to 5.
The game was played at the
new Navy Field.
E. Rodriguez and A. Garcia
spanked the second inning out
burst with a four-bagger each.
Doubles were poled by F. Perez
and A. Lastres. Callough, Nc
Collough and Goehring collected
a single each. Besides these tell
ing hits, the victors were aided
by three opposition errors
Shorty" Williams held the
Pipefitters to just three safeties
after that deluge but the damage
had already been accomplished.
Goehring, manager of the vic
tors, allowed the Machinists only
seven hits all the way. L. Val
DIES, Salinero, Alderman, Smith,
Everett and Gabriel Garcia each
hit a single and Ben Johnson
poled a double for the losers:'
For the Pipefitters, Callough
collected two singles, McCol-
Tough one, Goehring one, F
Johnson, Jr., two, Olds one, A.
Perez one. E. Rodriguez smash
ed single and homer. A. Gar
cia slashed a homer and A. Las
tres a double
In the field, the stars were
Griffith in right, who executed
four difficult catches to cut off
a number of potential runs for
the Machinists, and Duten, who
halls from Macon, Ga, and is an
outstanding player.
Score by innings: R. H. E.
Pipefitters - $50 ITO Ill IL 2
Machinists - OO3 OO2 O-5 7 6
Goehring and Callough! Will
liams and Escheler.
The players take this means of
thanking Lt.-Comdr. John Hup
and Ensign Reinshimdt, recrea-
ton officer, for the use of the
softball equipment and field.
The Pipefitters are composed
of men from all over the country.
Coming to Key West for employ
ment in their trade, they decided
to join the club and were indeed
welcome.
Behind the plate is Collough
from Abilene, Texas.
Dutch" Goehring, pitcher and
manager, is a native of Key
West.
Aurelio Grip" Lastres, first
sacker, is a Key Wester.
Mccullough, second baseman, is
from Tavernier, Fla.
A. Garcia, at third, came to
this country from Guanabacoa,
Cuba.
Friski Perez is from Ybor City
and F. Johnson. Jr., from Munson
Island.
Olds came here from Ossing,
N. Y
Walter Griffith. star on the
club, is from Macon, Ga.
Higgs, the official catcher, halls
from Thompson Docks, Fla.
The Machinists have Escheler,
from Coral Gables; Shorty VIII
liams, from Army Barracks, Fla;
]. Villareal, from Big Pine Viii
lage; E. Pinder, from Ramrod,
Fla; Salinero, from Gato's Viii
lage; Ben Johnson, from Mara
thon Fla !; 1.-TWO Valdes, no one
knows from where he came: Ga
briel Garcia, from Rocky Road,
Fla; Everett, from the Ozark
Mountains of Oklahoma; Red
Smith, from the CCC camp at
Summerland Key, Fla; Fred Ae-
herman, from the wilds of Hia-
leah, Fla; Graham, who was i'm
ported from Kalamazoo, still here
but has not paid his customs
fees. and Old Man Roberts. from
the Gulf Refining Docks.
Oh. yeah! There's A. Cutter
rez, from the Greens, Fla; Harry
Pritchard, from the Graveyard
and Rene Machin, from in the
back of Thomas street.