The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-04
FOLLOWING THROUGH
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We continue our review of
baseball activities in Key West
from the late 1905 up to the
present.
We begun this review several
months ago because of the then
intensified efforts of the Mu-
nicipal Stadium Committee to
secure funds and make plans for
the construction of a modern
sports palace on city-owned
property in Flagler Avenue.
We have reviewed the few
instances when Key West had
ball park of its own and the
old-time players. In our latest
columns we have covered the
starting careers of many of our
veterans of today.
In our last review we reached
October of 1888. Today we con-
tinue from there.
On October 26, 1888, Esmond
(Tarzan) Albury blasted a home
run off pitcher Balch at Miami
Field in Miami to bring victory
to Key West, 10, over the Hia-
leah nine of that city in the
tenth inning.
For nine rounds, the teams
battled to Scoreless tie. Robert
Bethel, the blonde moundsman
of Key West, held the upstaters
to two hits. Balch limited the
Conchs to five 81 80 -
Besides Albury's circuit smash
William Gates, AL Rodriguez, G..
Garcia and Bethel shared the
other four local safeties.
Score: r. H E.
Key West 900 900 900 II 5 0
Hialeah 900 900 900 90 2 l
Balch and Pare; Bethel and Al.
Rodriguez.
On October %, at Navy Field,
the Bacardi Club downed the
Trojans, 80.
George Washington Malgrat
and Salinero staged mound
battle that did not let up until
the late innings. Errors proved
the downfall of Sally.
In the seveth, Machin dropped
a fly ball to start a rally that
decided the outcome. A walk,
a single that got away from Ma
chin and another single put the
game on ice.
Score: r. H. E.
Trojans -- 900 100 0O1-2 6 4
Bacardi - 900 900 30x-3 4 4
Salinero and Joe Navarro; NAL
graf and A. Hernandez.
On Saturday, November 6, the
Key West Conchs, falling short
of victory with a ninth-inning
rally, lost to Hialeah, 80.
Puby Carbonell pitched for
six and two-thirds innings and
was relieved by Robert Bethel.
who finished the game.
Toby Owens went all the way
for the visitors. Esmond CTarZan)
Albury hit another home run to
score the first run for the locals
His four-bagger in the tenth in
ming, the only score, won the
game for Key West against the
same team in Miami on October
Is. 1888.
In the ninth, Armand Acevedo
flied out to left. William Gates
singled to right. Albury struck
out. Cyril Griffin doubled to
center, scoring Gates. Jackie
Carbonell beat out slow
grounder, Griffin going to third
and Carbonell stole second. John
Navarro went in to bat for Lu-
clio and with the tying run on
third and the winning marker
on second, the mighty Casey
struck out, thus ending the
threatening rally.
Gates hit two safely. Albury,
Griffin. Lucilo, Z. Carbonell and
J. Carbonell each got one for
Key West.
For Hialeah, Owens cracked
two, Yancey two, ]. May, Byrd,
B. May, Saab, Pare and Dewhurst
one each.
Score: r. H. E.
Hialeah - 900 101 1908 10
Key West 600 600 1912 z 4
Owens and Pare: P. Carbonell,
Bethel and AL Rodriguez, c.
Griffin.
Home run: Albury; two-base
hits: ]. Carbonell, c. Griffin:
stolen bases: J. Carbonell, J.
May; struck out: Owens 7, P.
Carbonell 8, Bethel 3; bases on
balls: off Carbonell 2, off Bethel
l: hits: off Carbonell 8 in 6 and
2-3 innings; earned runs: Key
West 9. HiaIeah O: umpireS: Ord