The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-06
BRAVES BEAT DODGERS, 4 TO 2,
WHO SEE LEAD CUT TO 6 GAMES
AS CARDS CRUSH CUBS BY 3 TO 2
Gilmore Blows AS Lead After Star
Pitcher Is Removed; Legion Wins, l6-l5

American Legion a 1915 victory
on platter last night in a Class
A City Softball League game at
iBayview Park. In the Glass B
game the Key West Merchants
won, 6 to 4, from Adams Dairy.
! Leading IA to 5 in the fifth
inning, the Gilmore manager re-
moved his star pitcher, Rodney
Rodenberry, for a pinch runner.
Reliefer Larson, who started the
sixth, proceeded to walk four bat
tiers and Tucker, who relieved
him, added two more walks. Be-
fore the nightmare was over IL
runs had crossed the plate, eli
NAKED by Navarro's double fol-
lowing the last two passes and
Albury's safe bunt.
The Gilmore scored one in
their half of the sixth but that
wasn't enough. The game was
called under the time-limit rule.
The Gilmore scored four in
the first on three hits and two
errors, added seven in the sec
ond on seven hits and two err
rors. Three of the hits were
doubles. The sailors added one in
the third on a double by Osborne,
a fly to left and an infield out,
and two in the fifth on an error
and a homer by Osborn.
The Legion scored two in the
first on two hits. a walk and one
error, three in the third on three
hits, a walk and one error. At bat
the leaders were Osborn with
four hits in four trips to the
plate, good for 9 bases and four
runs, and three runs batted in.
Snee hit three safely, scored
three and drove in three; Fall
Ion hit two safely. For the Legion
Acevedo had three hits, Navarro
two, Charlie Albury scored four
runs. In the field, Barber and
Lopez were the best for the
Legion and Tucker, Curry and
Fallon for the Gilmore.
Score by innings: r. HI. E
Legion .------ 203 0011-16 9
Gilmore 471~02 lis IA s
Harris, Hancock and A. Ace
vedo; Rodenberry, Larsen, Tucker
and Falon.
Home run: Osborn; three-base
hit: Fallon; two-base hits: Osborn
2, Rodenberry, Means, Stinett
Navarro; stolen base: Acevedo;
sacrifice hits: Curry, Tucker;
struck out: by Rodenberry 4, by
Larsen l. by Hancock l; bases or
balls: off Rodenberry 5, off Lar
sen A, off Tucker 2, off Hancock
/; hits :off Harris 6 for z runs in
/ inning (three bated in second)
off Rodenberry 5 in 5 innings, of
Larsen 2 (nine men batted in the
sixth. off Tucker 2 (six men bat
ed in the SIXTH; winning pitcher
Hancock; losing pitcher: Tucker;
time of game: 100; umpires: c.
Griffen and James Mira; scorer,
Aguilar.
In the first game, two hits and
one error gave the Merchants
one run in the first. In the fourth
the Merchants rolled up the win
ming margin on two hits, two
errors and two walks for four
runs. The Dairy boys came back
in the same frame and scored
four runs on two walks and
three doubles.
In the sixth the winners scored
their last run on walk and
singles by Pazo and Alonzo. At
bat the leaders were AlonZo with
three safeties. Pazo and Curl hit
one each. For the losers, Ingra-
ham hit two safely in four times
at bat. In the field. Fleitas and
Alonzo were the best for the win
ners, and Sterling, Villareal and
Cruz shone for the losers.
Score by innings: r. H. E
Merchants -------- 100 401-6 9
Adams .--.-.----.. 900 400 5
Vidal and Fleitas; Walker and
John Lewis.
Two-base hits: Ingraham, Viii
lareal. Sterling; stolen bases: r.
Garcia, Skaggs; struck out: by
Walker b, by Vidal 8; bases on
balls: off Walker 4, off Vidal 5;
,,p,nirac. Mira and Criffap