The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-04
|JayCees Take
First Place In
Little League

in the second half of Little League
season Saturday night by stoppins
the Kiwanis 4-3 in the first game Of
a doubleheader at Bayview Park
and the Elks moved into third
place by dropping the Lions 10-2
in the second game.
Sandy Snow, pitching ace of the
Jaycees, had things under
control until the fourth inning when
the Kiwanis scored two runs on one
hit. With two outs, Snow walked
Oropeza, who proceeded to steal
second and was safe when Carlo
nell, Jaycee second baseman,
dropped the ball. He went to third
on a passed ball and came home
when Pierce, Jaycee catcher, made
a wild throw to third in an attempt
to pick him off. Roy Valdez also
walked, and Yates beat out an in
field hit to third and Snow let Mil
ton Esquinaldo's grounder get
away from him to load the bases.
Sandy had trouble finding the plate
andwalked Graves to force in Val
dez. He then settled down and
struck out Sawyer to stop the raj
ly. The Kiwanis scored again in the
fifth inning, when with 1 out, Rob-
bic Knowles singled over second,
went to second on a passed ball,
and come home on Tommy Smiths
double into right field. Oropeza
then struck out and Smith was
thrown out trying to steal third.
Danny Oropeza went into the
last inning with no hitter, but
Benny Pierce, Jaycee catcher,
started his down fall, when Yates,
Kwanis third baseman, let his
grounder get away from him for an
error. Joe Mcmahon followed with
a single into right, the Jaycee's
first hit, then Carbonell beat out an
infield hit to load the bases. Ser
gio PUG then drove a fly into CEN
ter field, which got away from
Graves, Kiwanis centerfielder, and
allowed two runs to score. Orope-,
Ia was then relieved by Roy Val
DEE, who walked Snow to load the
bases, and then Bryant Williams
droves a double into left field to
break up the ball game. One out
went the winning run was scored.
Snow walked 2 and struck out 8,
as Oropeza walked l and struck
out 4.
The Lions got to Buddy Owens,
Elks starting pitcher, for two runs
in the second inning. With two
out, Mike Hughes walked, went to
second on a passed ball, and came
home on an overthrow by the Sec
0nd baSeman. Owens then walked
both Kenneth Rife and Mario Mar
tinez and Wayne Key scored them
both with a double into left, his
second hit Of the night and the only
Lions batter to collect a hit. Carl
Trout then relieved Owens and
struck out Leo Curry to end the
inning, and proceeded to hold the
Lions runless and hitless the rest
of the game while striking out 9
and walking one in the 4 and one
third innings he worked.
The Elks scored 3 runs off Ma
rio Martinez, Lions starting pitch
er. in the fourth inning, when Ro-
bert Santana opened the inning
with a double into center. Solomon
walked and all hands were safe
when Joe Curry, Lions third base
man, let Pazo's throw on Sambi
Holland grounder get away from
him, and Santana raced home.
Trout then singled into left scoring
Solomon. Owens hit to Pazo, Lions
shortstop, who threw him out at
first, and then Garcia, Lions first.
baseman. threw home to catch
Sambill Holland, for double play.
I'D Holland then singled into CEN
ter to score Trout. Martinez struck
out Averette to end the inning. Ro-
bert Pazo relieved Martinez in the
of the 5th and yielded
Z runs on 4 hits. base on balls
and one error, in the Trimmings he
Sambill Holland lead the
Elks attack with two for four. and