The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-22
Dairy Queen
Billiards. VIII.
Over Cocn-COIn
BY S-5 Score

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Dairy Queen Billiards to de-
feat Coca Cola, 8-5, in the
first game of a scheduled
doubleheader at Bayview
Park Thursday night In the
nightcap. Mickey Wertz'
three run homer lifted Son.
ar School past the VX-I Fly
ers, AZ.
The Billiards. won their
fifth straight game and in
creased their league lead, to
three full games when they
punched together two walks,
two singles, a double and an
outfield fly for five runs to
break a 2-2 deadlock and go
on to give Dewitt Roberts
his second victory Of the sea-
son.
The Billiards. took q 20 lead
in the second inning when James
Aritas opened with a single to
left. Aritas went all the way TO
third when Oscar Cruz, attempting
to pick him of first, threw wild to
first. Aritas later scored on . pass
ed ball. Robert Santana followed
by brewing q walk. After taking
second on q wild pitch, Santana
scored on John Lewis single to
right.
Coca Cola jumped On Dairy
Queen starter Ed Rowe In the
fourth for two runs to tie the score.
After pitching hitless bali for
three innings, Kali Rodriguez. Co
ca Cola second sacker, broke his
spell with q single to right. Sin
gles by Danny Lastres, 0nelio Ca
lero, and Joe Lewis sent Rowe to
the showers. Roberts came in to
STUFF the rally and 60 on to take
the win.
In the fifth, the Billiards sent
Coca Cola starter Clint Warren to
the showers when a single, q field
er's choice, and q walk loaded the
sacks. After Warren walked San
tana to force in the tie-breaking
run, Manager Bobby Brown
brought in his ace, Joe Lewis, but
his brother, John, continued TO play
havoc on the young highlander by
doubling to left center on the first
pitch to drive in two more runs.
Manager Jack Villareal Of the Biz
yards, playing his first game Of
the season at short for the injured
AL Pazo, promptly singled to left
to drive In two more runs. The
Billiards. completed their scoring
in the sixth when Claude Valdez
doubled, took third on wild pitch,
and scored on Bobby Lastres IN
field out.
Coca Cola threatened off Roberts
in the seventh when they punched
two walks, and singles by Danny
Lastres and Joe Lewis plus an IN
field out for three runs, but Rob-
erts got A. Lastres on strikes to
end the rally and the game.
Aritas and John Lewis paced the
Billiards attack with q double and
single in four tries apiece. Lewis
drove in three runs. Danny Las
tres, CaleFo, and Joe Lewis each
got two hits to lead Coca Cola's
attack.
Mickey Wertz third homer of the
season over the rightfield wall in
the first inning following a walk
to Bill Meyer and q double by Jim
Nelson was all that Charles Frank
lin, Sonar highlander, needed to
notch his second win OF the season.
It was pitching duel between
Franklin and the Flyers ace right
handler, Harold Schmidt. After a
shaly first inning, Schmidt settled
down and pitched three hit ball the
rest OF the way, but his teammat-
ed, couldn't come through in the
pinches leaving seven men strand
ed on bases.
The Flyers picked UP the first
run off Franklin in the second inn
ing when Wayne Pigg singled and
went to third on Vic Boutot's dou.
BILE. Pigg scored moments later on
a Wild pitch.
Sonar added another run in the
fourth ON singles by Franklin and
Scott Gaffney and a double by Tau
be.
Barney Morgan, Vx-1 outfielder.
accounted for the Flyers second
ru.. with his first homer Of the sea-
son over the left center field wall.
Pigg led the hitters with two hits
IN three official trips to the plate.
The loss dropped VX-1 into last
place and the win lifted Sonar into
q tie for second place with Coca
Cola.
Box scores:
FIRST GAME
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