The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-12
PAT FRoHoCK ToSSES TWo-HlTTER AT KIWANs NINE LAST
NIGHT; LIONS DEFEAT JAYCEES TO III NGHTCAP CONTEST
Little League
Baseball. Come
Is pluyed Under
Protest

me Rotary OF the Little
Baseball League pushed
aside the Kiwanis sponsor
er team 9-5 last night in
Bayview Park. Pat Frohock
went the distance for Ro-
tary and gave up the five
runs on just two hits. In
the second game of the.
evening. the Lions held the
JayCees to two runs on
five hits, winning So. The
game was being played
under protest, however,
and has to come before the
League Board some time
this week.
Casa pitched for the
Lions last Wednesday night.
for five full innings. He
was not supposed to pitch
again for so hours accord
ing to league rules. He
started out in the first inn
ing for the Lions last night
and the Kiwanis manager
Immediately put the game
under protest.
Leading off for the XII
wants in the first tilt was
Esquinaldo with a walk.
George Mira singled down
the first base line. Robert
Knowles walked, Jimmy
Mira was safe on an error,
and the next three boys
went down strikeouts. The
summary: three runs on
one hit and one Rotary
bobble.
In the bottom half of the stanza
Kenneth Pinder led off and rest
ed on first after pitcher Jimmy
Mira hit him. Pat Frohock walk
ed and Robert Watson was safe
at first on an error. Bethel ground
ed out second to first, Taylor
struck out and Fred Jordan walk
ed. Quesado struck out to end the
short rally. One run scored.
All was quiet until the bottom
of the second frame when the
Rotary pushed three runs across
the dish on no hits. They were
aided by four walks, one wild
pitch and three passed balls.
The Rotary cinched the game in
the bottom Of the third inning
when they-shoved five big TALES
across the plate on three hits and
two costly. Kiwanis hobbies. Those
collecting the hits. were Frohock,
Bethel and Crancey.
Their last time at bat, the XII
wants drove in two runs without
single hit. Esquinaldo, the lit
tie three foot some odd inch right
fielder, led off with a hit by the
pitcher. George Mira walked. Rob-
ert Knowles walked. ]. Mira
struck out and Valdez struck out.
Center fielder Yates walked and
Perez ended the inning by strik-
ing out.
Played Under Protest
The shuffled lineup of the
Lions didn't hinder their winning
spirit. Even the fact that they
were being played under protest
didn't stop them from clinching
the five inning fracas. SO.
Casa started in the first for the
Liens aand downed the JayCee
boys with three straight strike
outs. Coming back at them,
Yates, the JayCee pitcher, struck
out three batters in the first in
ming with his fast and y curve
balls.
The Lions had their one and
only big inning in the bottom
half of the second frame when
they scored their sfive runs. 1t.
Curry and Waynee Albury were
the only Lions collecting hits.
The fighting JayCees scored
their only two runs in the top
of the fourth stanza on three hits
and no hobbies. Yates, the
pitcher, led off with a two-bag-
ger. Alexander, the first base
man.. also doubled. Lastres then
grounded out and Fernandez drew
a free ticket to first. Santana
followed with another double and
Snow walked. The next two
batters struck out.
Both sides in the following in
ming struck out with only three
men at the dish respectively.
The scores: r. H. E
r. H. E
Kiwanis -...-.----- 800 rs 2 Z
Rotary A----------- l35 ky
jim Mira, r. Valdez (2) and
oropeza;, Pat Frohock and Fred
Jordan.
played Under PROTEST.
R. H. E