The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-11
B. Lutz HOists
Homer As Co1schs
Lose Despite Il
Hit Batting Aftack

HIT BGttIng AtNscn
By Jim cosB
Citizen SPORTS Editor
The hardworking Key West
Conchs ran out Of steam last night
and absorbed ! 12-5 drubbing At
the hands Of the second place NIL
ami Beach FlamingOs last night at
the Wickers Field Stadium.
The Flamingos gained the win.
wages Of q neavy schedule and 2
ting attack on the Conch's Dick
Hack and Augustin Rodriguez.
The visitors scored in every inning
but the fourth and sixth.
It just wasn't the Conchs night
when they began to show the RAJ
wages Of eavy schedule ana 2
twelve man roster.
The fireworks started IN the
opening frame when the Beach's
Knobby Rosa poked leadoh dou-
BILE. Jackie Colombo drew pass
and both r0mped home on Whitley
Plstt's round trippe over the LEFT
field wall.
The initial coneh marker
came n me first inning when
manager Barney Lvtx polsd his
second homsrun II d many
home starts out Of she ballpark
II ihs dlreeiien u pvsal Street..
The Beach added another run 70
their margin in the third stanza
when Hurler Dick McMillin lived
on an error. Successive singles BY
Jack Caro- and Lou Colombo plated
McMillin.
Ray williams scored one in the
third after Z one Dagger, 2 sacri-
flee By Ed Wilson and single BY
Chuck Ehlman.
The visitors added three more In
the fifth on 4 farce Of doubles BY
Jesse Levan and Whitley Plat, .
single by Ray Williams and an er-
rOr.
In ) desperate attempt 10 knot
me count h she fisfh, HE die
hard conchs pUshsd across three
tslliss n inst frame. Dick haaek
singled 70 opsn the inning and
scored on successive sirsles BY
Twinklsfeos Mendez and chiekle
Dese0xs. on Cro Nap ReYss
then came through and drovs
both 81 these boys honieward
with ! clutch double.
Miami Beach plated 4 run in the
seventh on two singles and 2 stolen
base.
In the seventh, the Conchs scored
what proved to be their final run
when DeSouza walked, advanced
on Reyes single and came n on
! mighty two base blast BY Chuck
Harig.
The conchs shelled starting hurl-
er McMiilin from the mound in the
fifth after q trio Of base hits. Bob
Palmer relieved him, giving up
but one bit. Member eighth inning
single.
The Flamingo's Ray williams
was top man In the stick depart
ment with double and three sin.
sles in five trips plateward rs the
visitors fattened their batting aver
ages with an 10 hit assault.
Hack. obviously tired from his
overwork In the past month, went
out In the eighth for . pinch hitter.
Augie Rodriguez relieved him and
gave up two hits and two runs.
Gil Torres. who can do just about
everything with = baseball, pitched
Z no.hitter for the Miami Sun Sox
Thursday night as the Florida In
ternationai League leaders hlanked
West Palm Beach, so.
The Havana Cubans won their
ninth game Ia II starts and moved
into third. hall ! game ahead of
the Tampa smokers. By banking
the West Coast entry. SO.
In other games. Lakeland shad.
81 81. Petersburg, ~.
Torres, who formerly played The
infieid FOR Washington ana Havana,
ncsched his 18th win against three
defeats and his ninth xhutout He
walked one man. Garland tButchl
Lawing. In the fourth. Miami got
only hve hits or Fritz Luciano.
The run came il ne first On Man
ager Max Maconsx single and
hecky Retxcll's 2bagxer.
Il was the first no.hit came ID
Miami Sssdium's history ard the
leagues second this year. Hooks
icst, s.. Petersburg. hurled ) no.
hitter against Fort I.aaderdale
Nay q
Tampa's Smokers last their I'm
kame IN tAe last III win Raul
6anehes allowing cniy four hits.
Havana collected ~ az Dick Bax.
ter and hob Murphy and TIE
Smokers made icnr errnrs
Four LakeIand his melted i run
ID The ninth u hfsok III dead.
ieek ~ nils noyr<fe allowed she
Saints only i've ms.
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