The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 14, 1953, Page 7

. KEY WEST REACHES FINALS IN DISTRICT TOURNEY WEDNESDAY, DAIRY QUEEN WHIPS VX-1 IN TILT WEDNESDAY Conchs Gain 3-0 Victory In Miami Over Pompano By GLYNN ARCHER, JR., Key West advanced to the finals of the Southern Dis- trict Class A Baseball Tour- nament when they defeated the Pompano Beanpickers Wednesday at the University of Miami Field. The Conchs will play the winner of yes- terday’s South Broward-Cen- tral Catholic tilt at the same place on Friday. If the Conchs can come up with a win in this tilt they will play the winner of the Northern Dis- trict tourney for the right to represent the District in State com- petition. < Key. West was never behind in yesterday’s contest as they hopped on Pompano hurler Len Corson for @ three run lead which they never relinquished. Robbie Lastres, Conch firstbaseman, started things off for Key West when he beat out an infield hit. The next batter, Eloy Rodriguezs hit the next pitch right at the shortstop who bobbled the ball and both runners were safe. Donnie Cruz then slammed a long double into right-center field and the Conchs were ahead by two runs. Cruz advanced to third on an infield out and scored moments later when Parrish, Pompano eat- cher dropped a third strike and threw wild to first base. This was the only scoring in the game as Courson settled down and allowed the Conchs only two scat- tered-singles the rest of the game. Meanwhile, George Lastres and Gibby Gates, combined their pitch- ing talents to hold Pompano score- less. However, this was not easy and the Conch infield saved the day with some spectacular play. They handled sixteen chances flaw- lessly and pulled off a sparkling double play to pull themselves out of a hole when Pompano had two men on with one out-in the fifth » inning. In the third frame, the Bean- Pickers had their greatest scoring opportunity of the game when with Parrish on first, Ed Pinnell singled ‘Thursday, May 14, 1953 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN to rightfield and Parrish tried to score. Hal Solomon, Conch right- fielder uncorked a perfect throw to the plate and Parrish was eras- ed by three feet. The only otner point where Key West was in trouble was in the last stanza when Pompano _ got two men on with one out. However, a forceout and a fine pickoff play from catcher Julio Henriquez to Bob Lastres ended the game and gave Key West a spot in the finals. Fine infield play on the part of Vince Catala and Biff Salgado, Plus the heads up play of Henri- quez were big factors in the Key West victory, In the hitting department, Rob- bie Lastres paced the Conchs with two hits while Cruz’ double was the deciding factor in the clash. George Lastres collected Key West’s only other hit. Richie Radcliffe led Pompano with two hits in two trips to the plate. The box score: KEY WEST Player— Gates, cf-p R. Lastres, 1b Rodriguez, If Cruz, 3b ... Henriquez, c G. Lastres, p - cf ...... Salgado, 2b Catala, ss .. Solomon, rf Pita, rf .. shubwus uous ecoooconHHon eocoororonom wnwnewcobud AH ENWONNOHWP Totals— Player— Stillwell, 2b Pinnell, ss Ratcliff, 3b .. Williams, cf Flin, rf Wood, If Parrish, Courson, p Totals— © SUMMARY — RBI: D. Cruz 2; 2BH: D. Cruz; Errors: Catala, Pinnell 11; Hits: off Lastres 3, off Gates 1, off courson 4; SO: Lastres 2, Courson 5; BB: Gates 1; Runs: off Courson 3;IP: Courson 6, Las- tres 4, Gates 3; DP: Gates to Cat- ala to R. Lastres; Winning pitcher, Lastres; Losing pitcher, Courson; Time: 1 hr. 13 min.; Scorer: G. Archer; Umpires: Guyless, C. St. Johns. Page7 the pleasure is YOURS with a speedy electric range! Joe Alonzo’s seventh inning sin- gle gave the Dairy Queen a 2-1 victory over VX-1 in the first game of the double neader at Bayview Park last night. The win was the first of the season for the Bliz- zards. VX-1 drew first blood when, in the second inning, Jack Sleater! walked, was sacrificed to second, and went around on a couple of wild pitches. The Blizzards tied it up in the fourth when Didi Tor- res blasted his first homer of the Season with the sacks empty. In the seventh, with one away, Cookie Gomez blasted his third hit of the game -- a double to left field to set the stage for Alonzo’s game winning single. Two hits were all that VX-1 could get off the combined pitch- ing of Bill Walker and Bill Frank- lin, Each surrendered one _ hit. Cookie Gomez led the Dairy. Queen’s attack with a triple, dou- ble and single in four official trips to the plate. Dave Gamble went all the way ior the VX-1 and although he yield- ed nine hits, he was tight in the pinches. In the nightcap, Evans Enter- prises edged out General Electric 5-3 in a game which was _ high- lighted by spectacular catches and where temper flared. Evans took a 4-0 lead in the first inning when they jumped on Trolongo, GE starter for a walk, three hits and a couple of wild pitches. Don Walston took over and retired the side and held Evans in check the rest of the way, allowing only two hits. The other Evans run came in the four- th when Casado walked, stole sec- ond, took third on a groundout and scored on a wild pitch. GE scored their three runs off Claude Valdez in the fourth when Leaderhouse singled, Smith walk- ed and Al Cruz doubled to left. Lightcap’s single, chased two more runs across. Evans had to finish the sixth and seventh innings with only eight players when Bobby Santana, their playing manager was eject- ed from the game by umpire Tom Myatt for vigourously protesting | | Lee Griffin's gound rule double in the sixth. The Box scores: FIRST GAME Player— Fink, c . Pigg, cf Vargo, ss Edwards, 1b Sleater, If Boutot, 3b Morgan, rf Adams, 2b Gamble, p NOSNMOOwWOCOD creoeccocornt Totals— Dairy Player— Gomez, 2b .. Alonzo, rf-1b Kerr, c Torres, cf Lastres, 1b - rf Pazo, ss Sawyer, lf Franklin, If -p Stinnett, 3b .. Walker, p - lf Sw b:] ° > SHOOK H HE Hem Totals— Score by innings: VX-1 - - 010 000 0O—1 2 2 Dairy Queen 000 100 1-2 9 0 SUMMARY—RBI: Torres, Alon- zo; 2BH: Gomez, Kerr, Lastres; 3BH: Sleater, Gomez; TR: Torres; Sac.: Boutot, Walker; SB: Gomez, Pazo; DP: Boutot, Edwards; Walk- er, Kerr; SO: by Walker 5, Frank- lin 3, Gamble 2; BB: off Walker 6; Hits: off Walker 1 in 4 innings, Franklin 1 in 3 innings; Winner: Franklin; Loser: Gamble; Um- pires: Myatt, Arango; Scorer: Cas- teneda;.Time: 1:35. SECOND GAME Evans (5) AB RH Pi °o eooonoconep Player— Casado, cf ... 1 Barber, 2b 4 Aritas, If ... 2 Acevedo, ss 4 Santana, 3b 3 S. Valdez, 1b Castro, ¢ C. Valdez, p Wayne, rf .... CHorHHEHOS Cn een HEE ecosoeocoec® Totals— Player— Pilgrim, If Leaderhouse, Smith, ss Cruz, 3b Griffin, c Lightcap, 2b Carpenter, rf Hull, 1b ..... Tralongo, p Walston, p ROHKOMRRROHOM ache uous HONONM ROS > ecrorsscoooh™ Totals— 1 Score by innings: R. H. Evans — 400 100 0—5 5 GE. — —. 000 300 0-3 6 2 SUMMARY — RBI: Aritas, San- tana, S. Valdez, Cruz, Lightcap (2); 2BH: C. Valdez, Cruz, Griffin; DP: Barber, S. Valdez - Smith, Hull; SO: by Walston 1, Valdez 4; BB: off Tralongo 1, Walston 3, Valdez 1; Hits: off Tralongo 3 in 1/3 innings, Walston 2 in 6 2/3 innings; Winner: Valdez; Loser: Tralongo; Umpires: Myatt, Arango; Scorer: Casteneda; Time: 1:22, W. Palm Whips Miami In FIL Battle Wed. By GENE PLOWDEN Associated Press Staff Writer The West Palm Beach Indians, beaten six straight times by the Miami Sun Sox, struck back with a vengeance Wednesday night to} hand the Florida International League leaders their worst beat- ing in 29 games this season. 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