The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-26
Conchs Explode
With Thirteen
Hit attack For
Win Friday Here

Win Friday Here
Making like first division ball
club, the irrepressible Key West
Conchs could do nothing wrong
last night when they humbled the
mighty St. Petersburg Saints, IA
before 1043 rabid Conch ALTOONA
dos.
Manager Barney Lutz and old
pro Nap Reyes led the Conchs to
victory with a stirring exhibition
of hitting power. Lutz, with tri-
pie and a brace of single as well
as stolen base and Reyes with
two doubles and as many one bag
gers set the fans bowling.
The Conchs jumped into the ball
game feet first in the second frame
when Art Boche, making his first
start before the homefolks poked
out a screaming triple to score
"Pappy" Dunlap who had been hit
by a pitched ball.
The Saints came back to gain
the lead in the third with two runs
on pair of walks and singles by
Ned Wilson and Billy Seals.
II began to look as though they
were going to run away with the
contest in the fifth when Spears
opened the inning with a single. He
scored on Roger McGee's single
MCGEE, in turn, came around on a
stolen base and a single by Billy
Seal.
Key West came back two in the
fifth to pull within one run Of the
lead. Mendez singled to start the
uprising and Barney Lutz plated
him with screaming triple. Nap
Reyes then poled out a double to
left field for the second score.
The Conchs scored what proved
to be the winning run in the sew
enfh when Soils, batting for Men.
der who had been hit by pitched
ball. singled. Nap Reyes garnered
his second RBI for the evening
when he brought him around with
a double, also his second two bag
ger.
In the eighth the Conchs picked
I'D a trio of scores when Dunlap
was hit for the second time with
a pitched ball. Boche sent him to
second with a bunt down the first
base line. Pitcher Gaspar Del
Monte then helped his own cause
along with o single through the
box and Rene Soils. who has really
been hitting the ball of late, tri-
lpled to score Dunlap and DelMon-
te. DeSouza reached first on an
attempted squeeze that retired So
lis and successive singles by the
Gold Dust Twins--Lutx and Re-
yes, plated him.
Tom Mccall relieved DelMonte
with one out in the ninth and q
smooth double play that went De
Soura TO Boche to Soils ended the
bsllgame.
Front running Miami main
tanned its Florida International
League lead with a 6-5 victory
Friday night over the Tampa
Smokers but the Sun Sox had "a
20 Is innings 10 elinch the deci
sion.
Tampa outhit Miami. II 10 II,
but Rogelio Martinez, who pitched
the full route for the Smokers,
finally had to yield in the 18th,
With two down, he walked Rocky
Rotreli and Oscar Sierra and
Roxell scored when Len Peeou
dropped Huberto Fernandez high
fly on the leftfield line.
Billy Darden. the second relief
hurler for Miami. got credit ioa
the win, working the last three
innings.
Second place Miami Beach, two
games out Of the lead. kept the
pace with q I'll victory over Lake
land. The Flamingos cllnched the
decision with two runs in the
fourth on a single by Chuck Ehl-
man, walk and three errors,
The West Palm Beach Indians
came from behind with two runs
in the eighth 10 defeat Havana
81. Chuck Weiss opened the win
Babe Glunt scored him with q Fri.
pie and later. with the bases
loaded. Giunt tailed on an infieid
out.
Nap Reyes led key West to a
"a win over St. Petersburg, Reyes
tied the score al a. with y single
In the seventh and hit . 2.run
single In the decisive eighth.
DuGoUT DIGGIN6S: The same
clubs 80 at il again tonight al
Nlekers Field. Game time Is Is
pm,
Besides q thirteen hii batting ar
tack. the kss Nesters also ShoWee
some fine defensive play through
out the eysnlng which eliminated
shen the cOnchs pulled off then
aeat two-pasy 10 end the game.
Seserino Mendes Nas lest 10 the
club. probably for not mere thar
. couple ef days when his fingeg
sss smashed BY one Of George