The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-28

On Sunday, April 80, 1899, two
Key West teams won both ends
Of a doubleheader with Miami
players at the Trumbo Field.
The Seafood Grille nine defeat
ed the Miamians 6 to 3 in the
first game, and the Key West
Conchs took the second, to 1.
Salinero allowed IL hits in the
first but good support helped him
to victory.
Teens hit three out of four
safely and Schrader's catching
featured for the visitors in the
opener.
Baker hit and fielded as a mas
ter of the national pastime for
hte locals.
Score: r. H. E.
Miami --- 900 200 1908 IL 3
Seafood - 211 200 OOx-6 4
Collins and Schrader; Salinero
and joe navarro.
Uumpires: Hernandez and
Weodson.
In the nightcap, Robert Bethel
held. the visitors to two hits, one
each by Duncan and Fountain.
.Armando Acevedo and William
Gates each hit three safely for
the Conchs. Cyril Griffin and
Bethel got two apiece. All told,
the Cc.lchs touched Brady for IA
safeties.
Brady, who struck out nine of
the, locals, had II assists in the
box.
Between Esmond (Tarzan AL
bury, third baseman; Gates, sec
ord baseman, and Armando Ace
vedo, shortstop, the trio killed"
eight players and had eight as
sists.
Score: r. H. E.
Miami --- 600 OOt O0O-1 2 l
Key West - 600 02O 11x-4 IA 3
) Brady, Schrader and Fountain;
Bethel and c. Griffin.
fTwo-base hits: Acevedo, AL
bury; three-base hit: Acevedo;
struck out: Brady 8, Bethel g.;
ufnpires: Hernandez, Woodson
and Fernandez.
On May l, 1899, Raul Riley
Carbonell gave a banquet to his
Seafood Grille baseball players
for defeating Miami in the first
game of twin bill on April 80.
Mr.. CarboneH expressed his re-
CARDS for the clean sportsman
ship displayed by his PLAYERS and
tAsr manager.
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1t was announced that in the
first four months of 1899, q UNI
pires were used at the baseball
games.
Those officiating in those
MONTHS included:
Goss, Mullins, S. Sawyer, A..
Acevedo, o. Molina, Howard
Gates, M. Acevedo, J. v. Wood
son, s,Salgado, c. Yradi, Maxine,
j. Griffin, A. Sanchez, Sevilla, C..
Wells, Calleja, Wickers, Ramirez,
Chino Hernandez and Chico Her.
nandez.
The Citizen published a story
on; May l about the Blue Sox of
Frank Caraballo, who took his
boys to Summerland Key for a
game with the CCC camp nine
there, The Sox won. All the
players claimed they had a great
time while guests of the CCC
youths.
On Thursday, May 4, 1889, the
Reorganization of the baseball
league got under way.
The old board stepped out and
the new board stepped in. The
newiy-elected officers included:
Lain Dobbs, president
r. Rivas, Vice President.
j, Mathews, secretary.
M Varela, ST., treasurer
Berlin Sawyer and E. Esquin-
aldo, Jr., were also mentioned for
places on the board.
On Sunday, May 7, the Key
West ConchS won the champion
ship series by downing the Pr
rates, 1871.
The Conchs had a field day at
bat, hitting safely II times, good
for q bases. Every player on
the club hit at least once safely.
Midget Lucilo Gonzalez held
the BUGS to five safe blows.
Papito Machin cracked single
and two doubles. Armando Ace
vedo hit three safely and Gates
and Gonzalez got two.
The ConchS sent Joe (HouSe)
Casa to the showers in the fourth
after they had collected ii hits.
George Washington Malgrat fin-N
ished the game.
Rene Machin scored three runs
and drove home four.
In the infield for the victors,
Gates, Acevedo and Albury had
10 putouts and ii assists to their
credit.