The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-02-22
RECORD CROWD SEES
KEY WEST SUBDUE
HOMESTEAD, 43 to 81
CONCHS RALLY IRONS
lib DEFICIT; RATE
FAvORTTES TO WIN
DISTRICT TOURNEY

DISTRICT TOURNEY
Before a record breaking
crowd which literally packed the
High School gym to the rafters,
Key West High wound up its
home basketball session last
night by subduing a powerful
Homestead High quintet, 43 to 81.
II was the 18th victory in 10
starts for the Conchs and was
sweet revenge for the 1926 de-
feat suffered at the hands of the
Growers at Homestead in De-
cember.
The result stamped Key West
rs "the team to beat" in the
South Florida Glass B tourna-
ment TO be held Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of next week at
Lake Worth. The Conchs proved
that the seedlings in the tourna-
ment placing Homestead No. /
and Lake Worth No. 3 are some
what ludricous.
Homestead, which led, 1917 at
halt-time, caused considerable
concern among the Conch fol-
lowers until the last five min
utes of play. but Key West was
going away at the finish. The
CrimsonS took TO lead at the
start on foul shot by Capt. Ber-
ME Papy. two baskets by Adolph
Lastres and one by Albert Par
ra but Don Medley of the Grow
ers singlehandedly cut the lead
to 90 by the time the first period
ended.
Papy made good on a free
throw at the start of the second
period but then Oscar Cruz.
crack coach guard, was taken out
Of the game. He had committed
two fouls and Coach N. H. Pep
per didn't want to have him
elected SO early in the contest.
Claude Valdez replaced Cruz.
Growers Stage Rally
Homestead took advantage of
Cruz's absence and rolled up
three straight baskets to lead, r.
10. AT this juncutre, Pepper sent
Robert Parks for Valdez but
Jimmy Brown, star Homestead
guard. was not to be stopped and
he jumped the lead to 1910 as
the Key West stands were
shrouded in gloom.
With four minutes to play in
the first half, Cruz came back in,
replacing PARA. The high-scoring
string -bean center was having an
off-night and Parks performed
creditably in place of him for
much Of the game. Cruz sank a
foul shot but Tom Caldwell gave
Homestead an 1911 lead. Key
West now started rolling again as
Parks sank two floor shots and
Cruz one to bring the count up to
1917 at half-time.
PARA went back in as the third
period began and Papy, Cruz and
Sweeting each sank a basket to
give Key West a 1918 lead.
From that point the Conchs were
never headed although the game
was still far from being in the
bag. Valdez came in for Cruz
again. then Hilbourn Roberts for
Valdez and finally Parks for
PARA as Homestead pulled up to
"a %. Key West leading as the
final quarter opened.
conchs Pull Away
Lastrcs and Sweeting scored
from the floor and Papy from
the frcc-shot line to make it 29-
"a. but Brown made it 1927 with
two one handed shots. Cruz re-
placed Roberts and Immediately
sank a free throw Lastres was
hack IN scoring trim now and
made Il 1927. Homestead made
It's last bid when Brown and
Mabrcy Scarborough scored firm
the floor in quick succession
With little more than five min
utcs Ia GO. With Key West lead
ing. 1891, Lastres sank two more
baskets and a foul shot. Cruz got
luose for a sleeper and Sweeting
md papy brought the count up
90 1881
KEY West disdained freezing
tho ball and showed so strong an
offensive in the waning moments
that HomeStead's desperate eff
forts Ia score were submerged
hv Conch baskets. The Growers
rltsscd II out of IA free shots.
whereas Key West made good on
half If their 10 chances. Brown
carried off the individual honorS
vith seven baskets.
IN the preliminary. the Home
ssead Junior Varsity defeated the
Kew West Jayvees, 81 to 20.
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