The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-25
Four Teams Ousted From
Atlantic Fleet Tourney
-Four Tits Set
For Today At
Naval Station
BY JACK BuRKE, Jo2

-Four teams were elm
mated from the Atlantic
Fleet play-offs last night.
However, the important
factor that still stands is
the high competitive spirit
of the teams to win the
close ones. In the second
night Of play, seven out
Of the 10 games played
were won on the small
margin ofsone run.
The first contest at Walker
Field. Mine Force knocked the
Training Command out Of compe-
tition. TraLant was leading 10 go
ing into the bottom half of the
seventh inning when as before in
other games, up stepped a hitter
and that's all there was. Gene VIII
liams Of MineLant broke this game
up when he lined a 2-1 pitch to
left field with Walter DaIbey on
first base, after being hit by a
pitched ball.
Dick Novak Of MineLant was the
winning pitcher as he scattered six
hits. John Lehman for TraLant was
in control Of the game until he was
tagged for the homer by Williams.
MineLant had 2 runs on 6 hits
with no errors charged TraLant
got run on 4 hits and / error.
Second Game
The second game at Walker Field
was another thriller. This time the
Submarine Force team scored /
run in the 4th and kept that mar
gin of victory to the end Of the
game over the Amphibious Force
Gators.
Gene Ramsey, SubLant pitcher,
exhibited perfect control as he
struck out six and did not issue
a base-on-balls. This was the first
shut-out Of the tournament.
Ramsey tossed a nifty one-hitter
marred only by Willie Robertson's
clean single in the End inning.
The winning run came in the Sub
Liant home half of the fourth frame.
James French, SubLant short-stop,
singled through the box, was adj
vanced to second on a perfectly
executed sacrifice by Willie "Say
Hey" Elmore, and crossed the
plate on a line-shot double to cen
ter by Daniel Russell, SubLant first
sacker. Last year, Russell was vot-
ed as the most valuable player of
the Atlantic Fleet tournament. He
hit total of 20 home runs in the
five games that his team played.
SubLant scored their one run on
3 hits and l error charged Phib-
Liant had 0 runs on / hit with 1
error.
Third Game
After eliminating one team from
the play-offs, Mine Force was
cleared off the slate by BattleShip-
Cruiser Force in the third game
at Walker Field. The final score in
that extra-inning game was 8 Z.
Billie Garrett, left fielder for
BatCruLant, smashed a homer
down the left field foul line with
Honnor Brandon and William Bach
myer on board in the bottom half
of the LIST inning, but MineLant
came back with a single run in
the End and S more in the 4th.
BatCruLant garnered two more
runs in the bottom Of the 5th when
Terry Kimble's long high fly fell
between the MineLant left ano CEN
ter fielders for a home run, with
Garrett on base.
Each team picked up a run in
the 9Th, and BatCruLant tied the
game up with run in the home
half of the 18th on double by
KimbIe, who stole third on a pass
ed ball, and scored on an infield
SINGLE by Walter Johnson.
The winning run for BatCruLant
came with one out in the 18th. as
Edward Schafer drew a walk with
the bases loaded. Bachmeyer scor-
ed from third.
Kimble, fleet-footed center field
er for BatCruLant, made a beauti-
full driving catch Of Gene Sowles'
liner in the 18th to rob him Of a
sure hit. Kimble was also the
name's leading hitter with a hon.