The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-19
FOLLOWING
THROUGH
PEDRO AoUILAR
LAKE woRrH.KEY WEST
RIVALRY STATISTICS
BY
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Vital statistics of the Lake
worth-Key West Baseball rivalry
follow:
In the first game played, one
Of thesKey Vests idols and the
acknowledgements moundsman
Rubber Wickers, pitched for the
locals. That was on Labor Day
Of l94l. Joe Navarro was Wick
efs' battery mate. The score end
ed 3 to 0. Lefty Russum hurled
Tor the Ramblers.
The second game was played on
Labor Day (Sept. D of 1916 at
Russ Billiard Field in Lake Worth
and Key West lost by 2 to /
score. Swede Hansen, property of
the New York Giants, pitched for
the Ramblers and allowed the To-
Gals just four hits. Two OF the
safeties came in the fifth, double
by Fidel Lopez and a triple by
Eloy Acevedo, giving Key West
Its lone run. The other hits were
a double by Andy Alonzo in the
third and a single by Machin in
the eighth. The Ramblers scored
their two runs in the fifth on sim
giles by Crosby and Boise, a field
er's choice and an error by Lopez.
Vidal pitched the full game for
the locals and did not allow an
earned run.
The third game was played in
Key West at Wickers Field, NAM
ed after the boy who pitched the
first game against the Ramblers.
Key West lost, 5 to 4. Swede
Hansen again beat the locals, who
scored their first run on a double
by Lopez and single by Eloy
Acevedo. Key West piled up three
in the ninth on four straight sim
giles by Lopez, Santana, Eloy Ace
vedo and Charlie Albury. The
visitors scored once in the first
on a single by McClelland, after
Carey had walked, and a single
by Simonds. In the third, two
bases on balls, two errors and a
single sent Vidal to the showers
and Danny Fernandez came in to
pitch. Danny walked two and
three runs scored. None were
earned. In the fifth, Simonds
struck out but the ball got away
from Catcher Joe Navarro and
Simonds went to, second. De-
Vault double dand Simonds came
home with what proved to be the
winning run.
The locals hit nine safely off
Swede Hansen, the star pitcher
from the New York Giants. Andy
Alonzo got two, Eloy Acevedo got
two and Fidel Lopez got two.
Santana, Chas. Albury and D.
Fernandez got one each. Vidal
struck out four and Fernandez
three. Hansen whitfield nine.
In the fourth game, played at
Lake Worth, the locals won by a
score of 3 to 2. Gabe Lastres al
lowed the Ramblers only five
hits. Dewitt Roberts was the
catcher and Hernandez was the
leading hitter with two safeties.
In the fifth game, on Labor Day
this year, the locals won by g
to 2 score. Roberts got four out
Of five to top the hitters. A. Ace
vedo poled two safely and Has
kins hit two safely.
Finkelstein started on the hill
for the locals and was relieved in
the fifth by Gabe Lastres. From
there on out the Ramblers failed
to score. Grover and Brady pitch
ed for the Rainblers.
II is expected that the same
pitchers will see action again
Sunday here at Wickefs Field.
The locals will have Gabe Las
tres. Griffen and Finkelstein
ready for mound duty and the
Ramblers will have Brady,
Grover and clager. who pitch
ed the first game for the Ramb-
lers.
The baseball game here Sun
day between the two cities will
be a pitchers battle. The first
game of the afternoon will get
I,nder way at / 40 n m