The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-08-20
Gilmore Takes End Place In
"A Loop On 9-4-Win Over
V.F.W.; XIV. Merchants Win
OLD TRICK PLAY, UNAS-
SISTED DOUBLE PLAY
MARK SOFTBALL .TUS.
SIZES AT PARK

The USS. Gilmore went into
second place in the Class A city
softball league last night with a
ga win over the American Legion
at Bayview Park. In the Glass
B game the Key West Merchants,
first-half champions, continued
their comeback with a 80 win
over Adams Dairy as Claude VAL
DEE pitched four-hit ball.
In the first game the Dairy
boys scored two runs in the sec
ond frame on an error and three
singles. From then on no Dairy
men reached first base until the
seventh when Sterling singled and
Sands sacrifice put him on sec
ond.
The Merchants scored one in
the second on Vidal's double and
an error.
In the fourth, they knotted the
count when Fleitas was hit by a
pitched ball, stole second and
scored on Brost's single to right.
In the sixth, Fleitas doubled and
Skaggs hit line drive to NAL
graf at short who touched FleitaS
for an unassistedl double play.
In the seventh, Brost tripled to
right and A. Pazo flied out to
center, scoring Brost with the run
THAT won the game.
At bat Brost hit two safely for
the winners and Fleitas hit one
|out of two. Joe Lewis poled one
for two for the losers.
In the field, Malgrat had nine
chances without an error. Vidal,
c. Garcia and Fleitas were the
best for the winners.
Score by innings: r. H. E.
Adams ------------ 020 900 % 4 l
Merchants ---- 0l0 100 Is 6 l
Zone out when winning run
scored)
Joe Lewis and F. Sands; c. VAL
dez and Fleitas.
Two-base hits: Vidal, Fleitas;
stolen bases: Joe Lewis, Fleitas;
double play: Malgrat (unassiste0;
struck out: by Valdez S, by Lewis
2; bases on balls: off Valdez /,
off Lewis /; time of game: 0.57;
umpires: j. Mira and c. Griffen.
In the second game, the Legion
and the Gilmore played great
game for the first four innings.
1t was a pitchers battle between
Blondel Hancock and Hank Rod
|enberry. Each had allowed but
three hits.
In the first inning, the Gilmore
scored two on a double by Os-
born, walk and two wild throws.
The Legion scored one in the
second. Barber hunted safely,
stole second and scored on Bulb
Der Sweeting's hit to left. In the
fourth, they tied the score. Bar
Der walked and again stole sec
ond. Hopkins singled to center
but Curry made perfect throw
to the plate to catch Barber. Hop
kins went to second on the play.
A wild pitch put him on third and
then Albio Acevedo, who was
coaching, asked the pitcher to let
him see the ball and Rodenberry
obliged. Hopkins scored when
the ball was thrown.
The Sailors were aroused and
in the next frame they picked on
Albio at short and hit five balls
to him. Some he caught, some he
knocked down and some he
missed as six hits, six runs and
three errors were made.
Legion scored once more in the
sixth on a walk and three wild
pitches and their last run in the
seventh came in on a single by
Mccormick and a double by AL
bury.
The last Gilmore run was scored
in the seventh on an error by
Hopkins and a single by Kozel.
At bat, Means and Osborn hit
two. Every one of the Gilmore
men hit safely at least once, and
Rodenberry struck out every one