The Key West citizen., 1952-07-07
THE RAINS CAME In
THIRD FRAME TO
WASH OUT CONCH.
SUN SOX BATTLE
BY JIM COBB
Citizen Sports Editor

sAiI WGdtlGIutdH StIPPCu HI duu
took charge of the situation which
found the Conchs on the short end
of a 80 score.
And it might have been a good
thing for the Miamians-- those
ConchS just might have pulled OFF
the impossible.
Twenty year old Augustin Rodri-
guez, fresh in from Cuba and max
ing his first start for the Conchs
just didn't have it when the
Sun Sox got to him for six hits in
the abbreviated contest. And Aus
gustin wasn't getting the ball over
the plate either when he gave up
five bases on balls.
The visitors plated single run
in the first inning and
seven more in the second on five
hits and a quartet of free passes.
And with one out in the third
frame, Oscar Sierra lifted Rodri-
guez' first pitch right out of the
ballpark for a roundtrip ticket.
The pelota must have struck a
raincloud for Immediately there
after a torrential downp0ur en-
quilted the field.
There was never any doubt
that the baIIsame was over for
ths evening when the alleged
playing field soon became .
quasmire under the tropical
rainfall.
Rains slashed the Florida Inter-
national League schedule in half
Sunday night. In the two games
played, st. Petersburg walloped
Lakeland, 1912, and Miami Beach
shipped West Palm Beach, S-1.
Hooks lott limited Lakeland to
six hits and the Pilots Clipped in
four errors. st. Petersburg collect
ed nine hits off Paul Klafter, Chet
Covington, Bill Boyette and Gene
Pereyra. Roger Mckee and Frank
Gallardo contributed triples for the
Saints while lott and Chino Hidalgo
hit doubles. Charlie Clock, playing
third instead Of his usual second
base position, made his first error
of the season. believed to be a
league record.
Dave Barnhill notched his sixth
win at Miami Beach where he
pitched four hitter West Palm
Beach's only run was Chuck Weiss
homer in the fourth. Jack Caro-,
Jesse Levan and Barnhill contrib
uted doubles in the Flamingos' six
hits collected off Fritz Luciano. The
game was played before only 406
paying customers.
DUGoUT DIGGINGS: The same
clubs will 90 at II again tonight
with game time moved up to 1880.
Rene Soils is expected to get the
nod for the Conchs with the Sun
Sox coming back with Bill Darden.
Tho ironicaI thing about last
nights washouf was the fact that
downtown Key West was dry as
. bone with the rainfall con.
centratsd In the Wiekers Field
area.
When the skies opened vp, the
crowd estimated AT 1900 fans fled
10 the srandsfand 10 create some
thing OF . lam there. An vniden'
tilted comic kept the shiverins
mob entertained when he
prsnesd around fhe home plate
area In the midst Of the down.
pour clad in oilskins and rain
cap.
II Humbert Mira'S golf game
goes to pieces. il will be because
he spent Saturday and Sunday, his
regular golfing days. at Wiekers
Field Stadium getting the field IN
playing shape after Fridays rain
Aided by Jack Clark. Mira. who
cares for the green's at the Key
West Golf Club worked for free
While we are on the subject OF
NE playing field. we hear that
shsy are going TO experiment
with . new grass seed there.
Well. finsl We wonder how long
n will take 10 discover that the
park needs something mere than
lust seed. City recreation pi-
rector Paul Aibury says that he
has asked for enoosh money in
his budget FOR "a yards OF clay.
ser the Geld. We doubt seriously
u this snnevni Of soil would even
fsll The dips m ieft field. Aihury
slse volunteered the inform afion
shsf IRE clfy spent ss.ooo on the
sensfrusiiou of the playing field.
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spesd couple Of hundred bucks
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