The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-22
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SOftball Class A league last night
by shading the American Legion,
! Z to 6. In the Class B contest the
league-leading Jerry's Half-Acre-
men were upset by Naval Hos
pital, ii to 9.
Joe Mira, of Jerry's, poled three
singles and a homer, scored two
runs and drove home two. Has
+ kins hit homer and single. But
still the Jerry's lost.
Miller, two doubles, and Nc
, Clurg, two singles, topped the
hitting department for the Hos
pital.
| Bolton, new hurler for Jerry's,
held the Hospital hitless for three
frames but in the fourth, four
hits, five errors and two bases on
balls gave the winners eight runs.
In the sixth, a double and two
singles, with one error, produced
two more runs and gave the Men
In White the ball game. A triple
/ by Miller and single by Wells
chalked up an extra run.
Meanwhile, Jerry's scored two
, in the first on two singles. a walk
and sacrifice hit. In the third,
they added run when Joe Mira
O., hunted safely, stole second and
an error and infield out put him
across the plate. In the fourth,
Bottoms single, a fielder's choice
and homer by Joe Mira and an
other by Haskins gave them four
runs, In the seventh, Sawyer
singled and scored on an error
and a'single by Joe Mira.
In the field, Mira and Haskins
were the best for the losers, Bres-
nesky and McClurg for the Win
ners.
Score by innings: r. H. E.
Jerry's ---- 2Ol 400 q 8 10 s
Hospital - 900 1921 XII 9 8
Bolton and Walker; Miller and
Wells.
Home runs: Joe Mira, Haskins;
three-base hit: Miller; tWo-base
hits: Miller, Rogers; stolen bases:
Mira 2, Meadors 2, Brown. Kelly,
/ Walker, Bresnecky; sacrifice hit:
Walker; struck out: by Miller S,
by Bolton 6; bases on balls: off
Miller 6, off Bolton 6; double play:
, Mira to Brown; time of game:
LIS.
Vets and Legion had field
day" in the second game of the
evening. In the first two innings,
each team scored five runs.
Legion tailed three in the in
itial stanza on Albury's and Ace
vedo's single; walk to Hopkins
that filled the bases; Barber fore
ing Albury out at the plate; My
ers' single to center cleaing the
bases when the ball got away
from Garcia.
Vets scored two in their hal fof
the same round. Cascade walked.
Carbonell singled and an error
that's how the runs were pro-
duced.
In the second, Osterhoudt bunt-
ed safely, stole second; Harris
walked; a fly ball to right ad-
vanced both runners and a field
er's choice and a wild pitch scored
them.
! The Vets tied the score at sail
in their half of the second. Tynes
walked; Baton was hit by pitch
er; F. Tynes singled to right. scor-
ing Tynes; Casado walked and
Carbonell doubled to left, scoring
both Baton and F. Tynes.
In the third, the Veterans won
the game on Mario Hernandez
walk, Castro's and Machin's sim
giles. That sent Harris to the
showers. Hancock took over and
allowed but one hit the rest of
the way.
Legion scored its last run in
the fourth on Maston's single, a
stolen base, a walk, a wild pitch
and fly to center.
! AT bat, Jackie Carbonell led
the pack with two singles and a
double, scored once and drove
home three runs.
In the field, Cascade made a
wonderful catch in left. and Mas
ton made a good catch at first
Albury, Acevedo and Masters
were the best for the losers, Ca
Sado, Machin and Castro for the
winners.
! Score by innings: r. H. E
Legion ---------------- 800 1905 5
Veterans ------------ 232 00x-7 6
! Harris, Hancock and B. Sweet
ing; F. Tynes and Castro.
! Two-baSe hit: Carbonell; stolen
bases: OSterhoudt, Mastens; dou-
BILE plays: Acevedo to Masters tc
Sweeting, Acevedo to Albury
struck out: by Hancock l, by
Tynes 3; bases on balls: off Tynes
4, off Harris 4; hits: off Harris
IS in 2 innings; umpires: Griffer
land Mira; scorer: Aguilar.