The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 22, 1941, Page 3

THUPSDAY, MAY 22, 19/1 CARDS DEFEAT — DODGERS AND INCREASE LEAD BOB FELLER SNAPS INDIANS’ 3-GAME LOSING STREAK WITH 11-INNING SHUTOUT AGAINST SENATORS ‘Snecial to The Citizen) NEW YORK, May 224-St Louis’ Cardinals, sparked by Coaker Triplett blasted a hor singles, Brooklyn Dodgers, 9-3, yesterday The viciory over the slipping Dodgers snoved the Redbirds out front in National league race by a and a half. Gumbert, a Giant burler, limited the Brooklyn beys to nine’ scattered hits New who , double and two ned the afternoon the game former York Giants, tying the Cincinnaii Reds in the ninth with a three-run rally, went on to win in the tenth with a like of scores. The loss uiopped the Reds into sixth. Nicholson's circuit clout in the fifth v he bases loaded paced the Chicago Cubs to a 7-3 tri- umph of the Philadelphia Phil- lies. The victory was the fourth in a row for the Bruins. Bob Feller registered his first shutout of the season, an 11-1n- ning 4-0 verdict over the Was ington Senators. Kendall Chase, who pitched as good as Feller for innings, blew up in the eleventh and was sent to, the showers. Before he left the mound, he had filled the bases twice and allowed three runs. Feller limited the Nats to two hits in the last eight frames. Feller chalked up his eighth vic- number ten tory and snapped an Indian three- | game losing streak. St. Louis Browns, despite four home runs, bowed to the Boston Red Sox, 8-6. Sox rosé into third lace in the American league struggle. New York Yankees, like the Giants, tied the score in the ninth and won the game in the tenth Two runs in the final regulation inning pulled the Yanks up even with the Detroit Tigers, 4-4, and a triple by Red Rolfe, his fourth of the dav, knocked home a run in the tenth. Final count, 5-4. A. two-run homer in the ninth after-two. were out .gave the Philadelphia Athletics their fourth straight win. A’s won the game, in which five four-baggers were recorded, 7 to 6. Results: NATIONAL LEAGUE At St. Louis R. H. E Brooklyn 39 St. Louis 913 1 Wicker, Davis and Owen; Gum- bert and Mancuso. At Cincinnati R. HE. New York 612 0 Cincinnati 3 60 (10 Innings) Lohrman, Adams, Carpenter and Danning; Walters, Beggs, Turner and Lombardi At Pittsburgh R.H.E. Boston 470 Pittsburgh 810 0 Tobin, Early, Johnson and Ber- res; Heintzelman, Bauers, Wilkie and Baker. At Chicago R. HE St. Lonis 3.4 23 Chicago sites ae Hoerst, Bruner and Millies; Mooty, Erickson and = McCul- Jough AMERICAN LEAGUE At. Baston R. H. F. St. Louis 613 0 Bostan 813 0 Allen. R and Ferrell Ryba, Fl Newsome and Peacock Harris ne. At Philadelphia Chicago 690 Philadelphia 712 0 Hallet and 1 hn: Marchildon. Harris and Hayes. RHE At Ne K HB Detroit 2 New York 401 (10 Innings) Rowe, Benton | and /“Tebbetts Donald, Stanceu and Dickey At Washington R. HE Chvela 410.1 WShingtor 042 Aller téls: © Chase r and Early Isled City Softball League First-Half Clu Ll Sawye} Barbers 8 Pepper} I NavStaj Pet 889 875 556 COEF TMM OM, SOFTBALLERS WILL STUDY LIGHT PLANS AT MEET TONIGHT Officials and managers of the Island City Softball league tonight will meet with Président J. M. Varela to stucy plans for the purchase and installation of three new flogdlights at Bayview Park. Bcb Reid, managsr of! the NavSia ten, will-werk with City Electrician, Theodore Albury in installing the new lights and reerranging old ones in order to get more complete light coverage of the field. The new bulks cost $7.50 epiece and are of 1,500 watts. League leaders will attempt to arrange for their purchase by equal subscriptions from each team, PII LI DI SF SF PLUMBERS RAP NAVY, 9 TO 3; MARINES LOSE ARTHUR GRIFFIN © LIMITED SAILORS TO TWO HITS; SOLDIERS OVERCAME BIG LEAD TO WHIP DEVIL DOGS Roy Hamlin’s Plumbers, dis- playing far less power than the \leading Albury Barbers, last | ‘night scored early to down Navy, 9-3. Monday the Barbers, against the pitcher and practically the same team, mur- dered the Sailors, 23-0. Plumbers Barbers tangle tomorrow night in a fight for leadership of the Island City Softball league. Arthur Griffin, who made his first appearance on the mound this season, effectively held. Navy to two safeties, both by . short- stop Poret, a consistent hitter. Griffin walked nine batters and struck out four. Two hits, three walks and a couple of errors payed the way for four Plumber in the} opening inning. Aurelio “Crip” Lastres, first baseman, led the Hamlin swat- ters with a triple and single. Everett Higgs, triple, and Do- mingo Ubieta, double, produced the “telling” Plumber | safeties. Charlie Rosam, Hamlin infield- er, fattened his batting average with a pair of bunts. Martin (Little Man Who Wasn't There) held the heavy-hitting Plumbers to nine bingles. Bar- bers pounded him for 23 safe blows Monday night. Score by innings: R.H. E.| Navy v00 111 0-3 2 Plumbers 401 220 x—9 9 Martin and Duke; Griffin an Bennett Marines, who blew an_ eight- run lead in the aftermath at Bay- view Park last night, suffered their fourth consecutive defeat, 11-15. Fighting Army, recent victim of several close decisions, took ad- vantage of Charlie Spakes’ wild- ness in the fifth inning to score seven runs and pull up to within }a single marker of a tie. | Previously, the Marines had got to Doughboy pitcher Almeda for five-run rallies in the first and second and a lene s¢are in the third. Army tallied three times in the second. I the excellent sup- por Almed hurl from {he hud frame as Army knotted the count in the sixth and wen the t in the seventh Mari thit the Soldiers, 12-8. itted seven errors night same and runs other 3 2 id ame but cor scored 1 without the f ow. Two hits, wild two errors produced markers in the seventh hed the game. two pitch the sin- double...and. two. McGrew and Tobeau f r each, and Petr were heavy Mar i Dou, victory was the secand of son for Army and climax- f close games in rs were the victims. 455 4 375 2 HERE ARE PLUMBER AND BARBER PITCHING AND HITTING RECORDS \Sawyer’s Barbers, who tomor- row night open a crucial with Pepper's Plumbers leadership of the city softball league, have ten players hit- ting .300 or better, compared to nine for the Plumbers. Averages which include games played this‘ week were this morriing by Pedro official scorekeeper. Esmond “Tarzan” ber third sacker, tops with a mark of .526. A rookie third baseman of the Peppers is running Albury a close race for honors. He is Charles Rosam, whose pair of bunts last night shot his average up to .523 Complete lists follow: Sawyer's Barbers Player— AB RH é Theodore Albyry 5 2 3 Esmond Albury -. 19 11 10 Arthur Thompson 29 14 13 Melvin Tynes 27 10 13 Kiki’ Hopkins 32 16 15 Leo Stanley 24 14 11 John Roberts 1 iy a | Monk Kerr 32 11 12 Neno* Castro 16 3 5 Ralph Arnold 39 9. DeWitt Roberts _. 23 Joe Russell * 17 Ormond. Cordova’ 4 Jqhn Navarro 8 125 (Note: Theodore’ Albury, .600, as manager, filled in one game) Peoper’s Plumbers Player— AB R H Ave. Charles Rosam 21 611 .523 Armando Acevedo 6 3 3. .500 Doug McCarthy . 21 210 .476 Clarence Gates 11 3 5 .454 Julius Villareal 25 13 11 .440 Everett Higgs 13 12 5 .384 Dominio Ubieta 21 7 7 3 Aurelio Lastres 13 3 4 1.307 Earl Ingraham 16 2 4 .250 Jackie Carbonell _ 24 12 6 .250 Maitland Arias 12 3 1 .080 Arthur Griffin 4 0 0 .000 PITCHING Neno Castro, Barbe: erratic but effective tosser, sets the pace in the pitching department with five victories and one lo De- Witt Roberts ,a teammate, has won both his assignmer Rob- erts is slated to open against the se for | Plumbers tomorrow night. Maitland Arias tops the Pepper mound staff with three triumphs and no defeats. Clarence Gates follows with three and one, Records: Sawyer’s Barbers Pitcher— Neno Castro DeWitt Roberts Melyin Tynes Totals— Peppers Plumbers Pitcher— Maitland Arias Arthur Griffin Clarence Gates Totals— STERLING, CATES AND THE HATTERS| Key West's two representatives in organized baseball, Clayton Sterling and William Gates, members of the Here’s how ; DeLand Red Hats. came out at | the plate in recent performances Sundey. May 18 (First Game) ABR HPOAESH Sterling, 1b 4 0 0 7 00 0 Cates, 3b $2) 2 30:0 Runs batted in: C. 2; home run: Cates; double plays: Cates to Sehon to Sterling 2 The score: R Sanford 000 021 010— 4 DeLand 301 3 The standings Club— 1. DeLand 2. St. Augustine Lepez Funeral Service | Established 1885 j Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers 24-Hour Ambulance Service ; Phone 135 Nigh: 696 BASEBALL. 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