The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 27, 1941, Page 3

TUES i lbs Mss MY-27, 194: STAS AND BARBERS PLAN FORMATION CARDS NOSE | CUBS, VICTORS IN WILD OF BOY AND GIRL TIGERS DOWN TRIBE GAMES LAST NIGHT SOFTBALL ‘LOOPS 05 castor 10 victony ARMY ERRORS OF OMISSION LOST OPENER, 12-13; HAIR- CUTTERS WALLOPED SAIL- ORS, 18-10, IN AFTERMATH A pair of football scores were Tung uj softball Park NavStas, the last night in the regular twin bill at Bayview who downed 7-1 last week, the going tougher against fighting Soldiers in the ing end of the two-ply but finally won out, 13-12. The Soldiers, after blanking the § in the first inning, sho ed ove of runs in their half and secend of the their a lone marker, the third, easily found the open- affair, Army a brace r more in employ opened added four The civilian Naval Station scoring in the tallied twice in and second with once in the fourth shot ahead with a big six- rally in the fifth. The free. ing fifth was featured by walks cor- and etrors of omission, notably by the pitcher and: third base- man. With the bases loaded, they fielded the ball on different occ ms but failed to retire a runner when they couldn’t de- cide which bag to throw to Aimy wiped out a_ three-run NavSta lead in the the sixth with a five-run burst but the Station clinched the merry-go- a trio of markers in boys round with the seventh. In all, 25 runs were scored, 31 hits recorded and eight errors committed, six by the Charles Wells, the tion outfielder, had a night at bat, poling a homer, double and two singles in four tries and scoring four runs. An- thony Kellv and Gabriel “Rubber- man” Garcia hit three for four. First baseman Saunders spark- ed the Marching Men on the of- fense, blasting a homer and two singles in four chances at the plate. Third sacker ,Assaf ran him a close race for honors with four singles. Assaf drove home three runs and scored four him- self. Eddie Nelson, former mem- ber of Peppe: Plumbers but now backstopping for the Army, collected a triple and single Score by innings: : ip: AB OF NavSta 012 160 3-13 17 6 Army 240 105 0—12 14 2 L. Castro and Allshouse; Wood, Simmons and Nelson. Home runs: Wells, three-base hits: two-base hits: Garcia, s Simms; time of game umpires: Stanley, Lewis and lanky Sta perfect Becoming more familiar with the slants of Neno Castro, Nav ran up 10 scores in the aftermath last night compared to absolutely nothing in its out with the Saw- yer's Barbers last week. Nev- ertheless, the Sailors wound uv on the short end of an 18-10 count, Castro limited Navy to -a pair of scratch hits last week but gave up eight bingles t night, including a triple.by Salis... Aid- ing the Sailor scoring were two errors by the Barbers, who play ed flawlessly in the last meet- ing Kermit (Monk) Kerr, Sawyer captain first-baseman, led the hitters with cireuit clout and trinle in three attempts. Besides the triple, Sailor short fielder Salis poled a single. The all-round player and captain ¢ the Navy ten , a br f one-base bin, who appeared Sailor lineup for the first time, sto! as did Johnson Despite the fact Castro we hit harder than in his last against the Navy, he struck o eleven but walked an equ number Gorzeler. in the two bases. out who started on wed the Barbers rteen runs Todsy’s Horoscope at .ptenty » Philadelphia 10 MARVIN LEWIS, RECREATION DIRECTOR, SETS ORGANI- ZATION MEETING FOR FRI- DAY AFTERNOON Plans for the inauguration of a junior diamondball league here, possibility that a girls’ league, too, will be organized, were outlined last night by Mar- defense-recreation with the vin Lewis, co-ordinator. Lewis said he has asked cap- tains of three already organized be team to meet with him Fri- day afternoon at Bayview Park. The meeting has been called for 2:00 o'clock. Boys between the ages of 12 d 16 will take part in the league, and Lewis requests that all boys interested in entering a team send their eaptains to the Friday meeting. Games will be pla i during the summer each Monday, Wednesday ‘anu Friday afternoon, 2:30, o'clock, If cnough girls show in the proposéd. ‘league, said he will organize a diamond- ball program for them, with games Tuesdays and Wednes- days. Girls wishing to take part will meet with the boy cap- tains and Lewis Friday. Key West has,had no organiz- ed girl teams since about 1933, and the city never has had an organized junior league, although junior teams frequently have played since softball was intro- duced here. STANDINGS interest Lewis MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUES American Club— Ww. L Pet. Cle veld 28 -683 Ch 21 -600 Ne 20 -526 Boston 16 Detroit 19 Philadelphia 17 Washington 14 St. Louis 11 National Ww -500 472 324 Club— S*. Louis 27 Brooklyn 25 New York 18 14 Chicago 16 18 Cincinnati 17 20 Pittsburgh 12 20 Boston 12 20 24 -750 676 563 471 375 Island City Softball League First-Half . ‘Pet. 889 818 636 Clut Pepper's Plumbers Saw: Barbers NavStas US. arines "U.S. ay, = ‘083 SPORTS CALENDAR | BASEBALL (Major Leagues) TODAY American at Cle at W: t Boston Detroit New York " scheduled SOFTBALL (Bayview Park, 7:30 p.m.) TOMORROW MIGHT Gar Pepper 5. Navy FRIDAY NIGHT Gan S Mar MONDAY “NIGHT G ROLLER SKATE Southard Street Keep Your Weight In Shape and Your Shape In Weight SIONS: 2:30 to to 1 P.M SHOE SKATES FOR SALE Tf You Can Walk You Can Skate We Teach You How To Skete 500+ -368 | Pct. | .459 | Pittsburgh Cincinnati 7:13 o| Lo- | 375} -294! oe | 4:30 P. M. OVER PIRATES IN NIGHT GAME (Speetal-te ‘The Citizen) NEW YORK,,. May 27.—St Louis’ Cardinals, innings, nosed the Chicago Cubs, 12-11, to hold their two-and-a- half-game lead over the Brook- lyn Dodgers. The Brooklyn gang swept the three-game series with the Phil- adelphia Phillies, downing the lowly Brotherly Love nine yes- terday, 6-4. Loading the bases NIGHT GAME NEW YORK, May 27.— Long hitting in the fifth in- ning gave the Cincinnati Reds a 7-3 decision over the Pittsburgh Pirates in a noc- turnal game at Cincinnati last night. DeLand’s own Chuck Aleno and Ernie Lombardi combined their two-base blews with a homer by Harry Craft to break a 2-2 and as- sure victory. a before a man was retired, the Dodgers scored four runs in a wild fifth inning to clinch the setto. Fred Fitzsimmons, mak- ing his first start of the year, got credit for the victory although he was relieved 2 the sixth. Chicago White Sox. idle terday, pulled up to within four game of the leading Cleveland Indians when the Tribe bowed to the Detroit Tigers, 5-3. With the score tied at 3-3 all in the ninth, Bruce Campbell blasted a double that scored two runs and won the game. Tigers are now knotted with the Boston Red Sox for fourth position in the Ameri- can league. Results: NATIONAL LEAGUE At Brooklyn R. HE. Philadelphia 410 3 Brooklyn 610 1 Blanton, Hoerst, Crouch ahd | Warren; Fitzsimmons, Higbe and Owen. At St. Louis Chicago St. Louis 1115 4 12 14 1 (11 Innings) Erickson, Presnel, Passeau George; Shoun, Warneke Mancuso. and Night Game At Cincinnati Ro. E. 310 1 Strinevich, Lanning and pez; Walters and Lombardi New York-Boston, not uled. AMERICAN LEAGUE At Cleveland R. Detroit Cleveland K Newsom, Thomas and Tebbetts: Smith, Heving and Hemsley. Only game scheduled STERLING, CATES | AND THE HATTERS | Here's how. Key ntatives in organized , Clayton Sterling and William Cates, members of 'DeLand Red Ss. came out the plate in recen Friday, May 23 ABR HPOA Ti ae is Se Oe 00 0 Sterling, Cates, 3b 4001 Run batted in: Cates. The score: R DeLand Ocala The stand Ciub— DeLand St. August 102 210 05x—11 W. L. Pet 25 12 Subscribe to The Citizen “kly. 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