The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-09
FOLLOWING THROUGH
By Pedro AGu1LAR


under way last Monday, and il
seems as if interest win come
back as the clubs are evenly
matched and some very good
games are anticipated. In the
first game of the Service League,
the Fort Taylor ten won over the
Barracks by a Is to 6 score. Gum
hit the first double, Schock stole
first base, Dutka got the first
walk, Baker scored the first run.
Shehan got struck out first.
Tuttle issued the first walk and
struck out the first batter and
hit the first sacrifice hit. Dutka
hit the first homer Bernardo hit
the first triple. Farasine got
credit for the first assist and
Faulkner for the first put out
and he also got credit for the
first error. Bernardo and Bella
got credit for the first double
play of the league. In the first
game of the City-Service League,
between the Machinists and the
American Legion, the following
were the firsts: First struck out,
j. Ogden; first walked, S, Valdez;
first to steal a base, S. Valdez;
first wild pitch, j. Walker; first
put out, Williams; first run scor-
ed, S. Valdez; first assist, F.
Sands; first double, T. Valdez;
first homer, Nichols: first sacri-
flee, Levin; first pitcher to win
a game, j. Walker; first loser, S.
Griffin. Other records were made
in the second game between the
Civilian Workers and the Porter
Place, for the first triple was hit
by G. Diaz. First double play was
made by Higgs to Perez to Higgs,
so the leading clubs SO far are
Fort Taylor and Navy Chiefs in
the Service League with one vic
tory each and the Barracks and
All Stars with one defeat each.
For the City League, Machinists
have won one and Porter Place
one, and the American Legion
and Civilian Workers lost one
each.
SPORT SHORTS Local play
ers that are playing softball and
baseball in Army and Navy uni
forms in all parts of the globe
are: Gopher and Lucilo Gonzalez,
Mickey Ubieta, Armada Acevedo,
Norman Artman, c. Sterling, Joe
Juanie, Dickey Navarro, Anthony
Kelly, Al Rodriguez, A. Lastres,
Jr., d. Lastres, Buster Roberts,
! A. Menendez, r. Arnold, and
many others and the locals have
a ball club in the Service league
and another club can be made up
of those in the city that are not
playing. For instance Icy Rod
riguez, Joe Casa, j. Barcelo, E..
Albury, Bill Gates, G. Garcia,
Evelio Rueda, G. Diaz, H. Molina,
Malgrat, T. Valdez, Jack Gates,
B. Bazo and many others that
can be put in shape and play the
Service Clubs or the Civilian
Workers baseball nine any Sum
day that they have open dates
and start the ball rolling again at
the Stadium. The local fans want
baseball and / believe that we
can give it to them if we put out
a little effort.
WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING
Charlie Cuellar, the Tampa pitch
er, who has pitched here and in
Tampa against the locals is now
a member of the Los Angeles
club in the Pacific Coast League,
and won his first game this year
from the Sacramento and shut
them out with five hits. Johney
Douglas of Miami went up with
the Montreal, International Lea
que has been purchased by the
Brooklyn Dodgers. Lefty Schem-
er is still at first base with the
Jersey City Club. Isifere Leon
who was the pitcher with the
Cuban team that played here on
Navy Day, Oct. 81, 1943 is now
pitching for the Minneapolis in
the American Association, and
the first baseman on the same
club Arteaga is with him and
Aragon, a new player, is doing
the catching for the same club.
Would like to see Miami in the
Southern Association a Glass A
League and the local boys will
then have a chance for try-outs
with out that great expense of
travelling up the state, and Bill
Gates will be the new manager
for the Miami Wahoos in the
| Southern League.