The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-15
NAVY DEFEATS
FORT TAYLOR
In BALL GAME
SPECTACULAR CONTEST AT
NAVAL GROUNDS LAST
EVENING RESULTED IN s-s
SCORE

A spectacular clash that start
ed like a whirlwind, developed
into a tight hurlers' duel and
then was climaxed in the twi-
light with a stirring rally which
misfired too soon, saw the Navy's
diamond tossers defeat Fort Tay-
lor 6-3 last night for the title of
the Key West Service League.
! 1t was the third and deciding
contest of the Shaughnessy play
off series on the Navy's new
baseball field and color was add
ed to the already tense atmo-
sphere of a crucial game by the
Fort Taylor band of about Is
pieces which enlivened proceed
ings by it's stirring renditions of
martial and popular selections.
The large crowd of soldiers,
sailors and civilians in the new
grandstand saw the Army lads
score once in the first and then
the bluejackets come right back
to get four.
Fort Taylor got another in the
second to narrow the gap but the
sailors added one to their total
in the third for So edge.
The Army pecked away and
got its third score in the fourth
on a laundering homer by Bob
Yjerksted, leftfielder, but the
Navy counteracted that in the
fifth with it's final tally.
Lefty Seay of the Navy and
Grady McNabb, Fort Taylor, fac
ed each other on the slab. The
former got IA strikeouts, walked
five and allowed seven hits. Nc
Nabb whitfield three, gave up six
hits and walked none during the
seven-inning duel.
The Navy opened up in its half
when Red Bogart, third baseman,
and Paul Dixon, shortstop, lived
on misplays; Art Meska, leftfield-
er, singled Bogart home, and
Clayton Sterling, first sacker
from Key West, pounded out a
triple to clear the forward paths.
Sterling accounted for the fourth
score soon later on a long fly to
left by Joe Domenech, Key West
centerfielder.
The soldiers capitalized in the
second on a walk to Williamson,
catcher, when he scored with
two out on long triple by Red
Eichhorn, third baseman. The
latter was thrown out at home,
however, On perfect relay from
deep centerfield to the plate.
In the third the bluejackets
cashed in another hit when
Domenech singled with two away
and came racing in on a single
by Ensign Reinschmidt, right
fielder, and an outfield error.
Fort Taylor kept the fire alive
in the fourth on Yjerksted's ter
rifle circuit blow which travelled
nearly 400 feet but in the fifth
the Nays Paul Dixon doubled,
stole third and loped home on
an infield misplay.
The soldiers threatened serious
ly in the last two stanzas. Beas-
ley. singled and Yjerksted walk
ed and both advanced on a pass
ed ball with none away. Seay,
however, frightened down and
struck out the next three bats
men to retire the side.
In the seventh the Army was
still in the ball game but again
its rally blew out. McNabb lived
on an error and Eichhorn singled
with no outs. The same result
occurred, however, as Seay prov
ed himself equal to the occasion,
proceeding to fan the next three
to bring about the triumph.
Eichhorn of the soldiers nine
got the most hits for the night,
having two singles and a triple
to his credit in four trips. Beas-
lev had two in four chances.
Meska paced the victors with
two singles in thre trips.
The losers executed double
play in the fourth via a fly put
out to short and a quick toss to
second to nip runner.
Sonny Jaudon, Navy catcher.
had IS putouts to his credit. The
Army's defensive play was well
distributed with Yandle leading
by making four putouts and one