The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-04-16
COAST CUARDSMEN ANNEX FOURTH
STRAIGHT VICTORY in SERVICE MEMS
LEAGUE; BUMPED SOUND SCHOOL, sc
Guardians OF U. S. Coast
Entrench Themselves In
First Place; Strutted
During Practise
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representing the Coast Guard To-
day are proud .possessors of their
fourth straight triumph in the
American division of the Island
Service Mems League.
In as sensational a clash as has
been staged in any stadium this
year, the spectacular circuit-lead-
ers won a thrilling SO see-saw
contest froIn the powerful Sound
School on the Naval Operating
Base diamond and further en-
trenched themselves as the SUR
prisingly best team in the entire
loop thus far.
They strutted proudly about in
their gaudy blue and gray uni
forms during warm-up sessions
before,the packed stands, but af-
ter the cry of Play Ball" the en-
terprising "kids forgot all about
a show and then settled down TO
play championship brand. = - y.
1t was hard = sawfully ,1lss5d liz
all the way.i The Coast Gtferds,
men got one in the first and three
in the second for 4-0 leaso The
long anticipated outburSt of the
Sound Schools potent bats oeci.r-
red in the fourth and before the
storm had cleared the score was
tied at A
In addition to that, the Spark
ltrs continued their onslaught IN
the fifth with two or mora for d
Ga edge.
But the action was far from
concluded.
In the Coast .Guardsmen's hall
they proved their true worth for
undaunted at this sudden reversal
they unleashed all their anger
with deluge of four more runs
before the flood had subsidized
That ended the scoring but not
the excitement because the Sound
School always threatened. 1t got
two men on the sacks with walks
in the sixth but the others were
struck out. The final frame show
ed two more going down via the
strIkeout route and the other feeb-
ly grounding out
The man behind all this was big
Edskacanowicz, as usual, the per-
sonable Coast Guard hurler, who
was on the mound against for
midable opposition for the second
time in three days.
This tower of strength not only
famed ii and allowed four hits
in seven innings but in the clean
up position on the offensive he
Parnered single and double and
q run in four trips to the plate.
All in all it was terrific game
from start to finish. Among the
four hits Kacanowicz yielded were
two home runs. One was by Navik,
Sparklers' pitcher, with one
aboard in the fourth and the other
was by Constantine, second base
man, likewise with a runner wait
ing, in the fifth. The only single
was by Johnson, catcher, because
the remaining Sound School hit
was resounding double by Sill.
verstone, left fielder, in the fourth
frame rally with one aboard al
the time.
The Coast Guard, however, was
not to be outdone in this depart
nnent either, for it connected fol
ii hits. Two singles by Scar
brough. third baselnah, and Ka-
canowicz accounted for The frs
two scores.
Singles by MacL6an. catcher
Scarborough, anoGBrubaker, second
baseman, resulted in three runs.
The fifth brought the outburst
when Boaz, left fielder, and Tor.
bett, shortstop, got singles: Mac
Lean and Kacanowicz recorded
doubles and the attack was eli
NAKED with a timely homer by
Holley, first baseman. Total-five
hits and four scores for the even
tual triumph.
In the National League the Re-
ceiving Station moved into the
winning column with an 8-3 vic-
tory over the Naval Hospital. The
victors got five hits and had five
errors while the losers garnered
eight hits but had seven misplays.
Jeffrey and Illsley were the bat
terry for the Receiving Station.
Watkins and Jones worked for the
corpsmen.
Tonight at 800 the American
division schedule ON the MOB
field pits the 5Oth Coast Artillery
against the Marines and iomor-
row Boca Chica willefa the Ma
val Operating Base.
In the National circuit on the
Army Barracks diamond the two
loop leaders clash when the Ma
val Air Station opposes the Com
missary Store. Sunday Craig's
Station