The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-21
Visitors lott
ShackIes Conchs
With Four Hit
Mound Effort
Ny JIM COBB
Citizen Sports Editor

id baseball fans saw the Key
West Conchs go down to defeat
In their debut last night against
the st. Petersburg Saints in the
Florida international Baseball
League, 81.
Behind the alright, fiye-hit
hurting of burly Hooks lott, the
Saints jumped on the slants OF
Key Vests Rene Soils and Gas
par DeIMonte for nine safeties,
including Don Pope's $40 foot,
second inning home run.
The Conchs jumped into the
ball game feet first in the I'M
tisl frame TO break into the
scoring column when Chuck
Harig drew q pass wit two
down and went 10 third on
Manager Barney Lutz' sharp
single. Harig tobasanned home
when Lutz drew q throw to
second on q steal.
The Key West margin didn't
hold up for long however, as the
Saints came back to rack up two
tallies in the second on Pope's
round tripper which scored
backstopper Valdavia who had
singled 70 open the frame.
st. Petersburg added another
tally in the seventh when Bill
Gnagy strolled and was sacrific-
ed to second by Valdavia. lott
walked and Rudy Tanner poled
q double to push Gnagy around.
Soils went to the showers in
the eigth after giving up two
more counters. Roger Mckee
scored the first on Chino Hidal-
COS two Dagger after drawing a
pass. Hidalgo then scored on
Valdavia's single.
Iott pitched himself out OF a
hole in the sixth stanza after
Chickie DeSouza singled and
Harig walked. Hooks then bore
down to retire the next two
batters to face him via the
strikeout route. lott showed hair
line control. walking but two and
tanning eight.
Key West fans had plenty OF
company as all home teams lost
their games. Miami's Sun Sox
whipped Tampa, Al in 10 innings,
and now lead by ga games: West
Palm Beach edged Havana, 80,
and Lakeland turned back Miami
Beach, 80. The four games drew
S,70s paid,
Tampa's Red Barrett had a shut
out going into the ninth when
Miami tied ii up on two singles,
an error and a long fly. Singles
by Rocky Rotzell, Tom Murphy
and Joe Kwiatkowski. coupled with
two outs and an error, gave Miami
three more in the 10th.
Lakeland and Miami Beach
scored all their runs in the first
inning The Pilots had singles by
Charlie Clock, Louis LukaSiak and
Ted Pawelek, plus two Flamingo
errors and a sacrifice for their
four runs. Two walks and singles
by Ed Wilson and Lou Colombo
produced two for the home team,
Alex Patterson scattered eight
Havana hits in Havana. Three sin
giles and an infield out put the
Indians ahead in the first and they
added runs in the fourth on
walk, Chuck Weiss double and an
infield out and IN the sixth on
Butch LAYING double. a walk and
. force out,
Miami Sun Sox owner Jose
Aleman tossed out the first ball
TO climax the elaborate pre-
game ceremonies which were
presided over hy Sher.ff- Elect
John SpottSwood AIemal repre-
scented League president Henry
S. Baynard
The Club Directors we're in
troduced 10 the aSseublaEe ard
president Louis CagWueli pc-
scented General Manage Ray
Ryan and Barney Lula. who in
turn presented the Coach roster
to the voclferoas hruue
Earlier. SpottSWooa introduced
Or. Alfredo Pequeno. oAucr NJ
the Msrianao team ia tie Cuban
winter league. Captain & T.
Adell. commanding officer ~ ttse
Key West Naval Station ana
sydney Aronov4t< >sho present
cd a check for $2,o00 OF beha.t
of the Key IVES, Kennel Csab-
DuGouT DiGGurSS
Tonight At 500 pm TIE
Clubs resume heir fe1a with =
single game set Tor ihe Wick
srs' Field Stadium. Fer the
ccnehs, II will be Dick Hack
On the mound end Russ cAYlek
behind the plate, Manager Elll
HsErine 81 the Ssirt& is ex.
rected 80 give the rod 20 ic-
Pes with vidsvis getting ihs
nod fer the haekSteppins
chores.
KEY West baseball fans it.
shy talnk are more kaaat5c3l lsaa
their northern bfethegn Wnga