The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-08-21
KEY WEST SERVICE LEAGUE
MrSTARS TO BEGIN SERIES
SOON With MIAMI LEADERS
Final Days OF Heated
Stretch Race In Local
Loop Approaching; Set
August 20 For Playoffs

. tcdfh representing
me Service Mems Baseball
League of this island stronghold
VIII invade Miami in about two
weeks for the first in a contem-
plated home-and-home series
with the Dade County Victory
League All-Stars.
Last year the locals upset the
highly-fsvored Miamians 6-3 be-
lore several hundred fans.
The Naval Operating Base
Sound School. Fort TAILOR
Craigs Dock. Hospital, Coast
Guard. Naval Air Station and
Marines have been invited to
De represented on the SQUAD
The players chosen are:
Players Chosen
Fort Taylor-Dick Master
Tunkhannock, Pa: Emery Rudd
Prospect Field. N. C., and Ed J.
Ceborne. Lenoir City. Tenn.
NOB-Red Bogart. Miami:
Ralph Barbsry. SimpsonviIle. N
c. and Ensign Cal Ohenbach.
Air Station-Van Kinnaman.
Palm Beach. and Ensign L. NJ
Colin. Hartford. Conn.
Craig's Dock-Chief Alex Jaf-
fee; Ann .Arbor. Mich, and Ru-
bien.
Sound School-John Constan-
tine. Philadelphia. Pa. and John
johnson. New Haven, Conn.
Coast Guard-Ed Kacanowicz.
Kewanne,. III.
DISQUALIFICATION Sterling. Key
West.
Msrines-Bob Shroat. AshevilIc.
NC.
Local League Leaders
This classic isn't the only inccn-
tive for the ball players to produce
their best, however, because these
are the final days of play in the
heated stretch r1cc for playoff po-
sitions.
Right now the Coast Guard is in
first place. the Naval Air Station
and Fort Taylor are tied for second
and Craig's Dock is third.
These are the clubs which will
undoubtedly start the pIayoffs
next Sunday but perched on
springboard to take advantage of
any possible upsets is the MOB
lime which might gain by turn
Of events TO earn a place in the
tourney.
Yesterday the standings had the
Coast Guard in front with Is vic
tories. and six defeats; the MAS
and Fort Taylor tied With Ia wins
and seven losses; Craig's Dock
next with IL and eight and the
Naval Operating Base with IL
triurnphs and nine beatings.
Crucial Games Coming Up
With these standings revealing
the closeness of the scrap. several
crucial games are on tap for this
final week.
The Coast Guard is slated Ia OPP
pose Fort Taylor Sunday ON the
latter's diamond and a return en-
gagement will be played at MOB
Friday. The Coast Guardsmen
also have a postponed date with
the Air Station before its schedule
is concluded.
Fort Taylor's other meeting Is
with Craig's Dock Wednesday.
Thursday night II beat the Dock
efs ST..
The Air Station encounters the
MOB contin gent Monday.
Craig's Dock was scheduled To
face the Sound School tonight and
will meet the Marines next Wed
nesday.
Plsyoffs Begin August %
Then next Saturday there will
be the playoff of any tic games on
postponed games.
The Shaughnessy playOffs viii
start Sunday The first and
fourth place clubs will play the
best two out of three contests. and
the second and third place outfits
will settle their issue IN a similar
manner. Then the two survivors
will meet in the title-decidine Sc
RIGS.
The league-leading upset ink
finally caught up with the Coast
Guard over the weekend as II was
slapped down twice by the fast
moving Sound School. Scores
were 81 and 4-3.
These frightened the race con-
siderably with the Air Station
plugging along with a 81 win
over the Marines.
Fort Taylor kept coming. too,
for i'm addition To its victory over
Craig's Dock. il shellacked the
Hospital l4-O and took the Marines
81.
The Dockers kept their hold on
a playoff slot by taking the meas
ure of the Section Base. AZ
soffball And Bowling Popular Too
Sports interest of other fans IS
turning to the formation of new
softball circuit and anyone desir-
ing 10 enter club should contact
the field office at MOB ball park.
Present plans indicate the loop
will start play ugh, after the con-