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Miami Beach,Indians OpenWith VictoriesBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThe Miami Beach Flamingos and West Palm Beach Indians opened the Florida International League’s 1954 season last night Rain washed out the Miami-St. Petersburg game at Miami after four innings.Miami Beach whipped the Smokers in Tampa 5-1 while West Palm Beach scored six runs in the first inning and went on to wallop Tallahassee 10-3 before 2,46? fans in West Palm Beach.Vic Miehalec, Tallahassee lefty, struck out the first batter but when the ball got by catcher Jobn-jny George the runner reached first and the parade was on. Rene Solis doled out six Tallahassee hits, one a 340-foot home run by Conk Meriwether in the second with nobody on.Gene Stewart homered in the same spot for the Indians in their ibalf of the same inning and went | on to get four hits in five times up. Whitev Platt had three for four and Solis three for five as the Indians raked Mich alec for a dozen safeties.Rain just before the game cut attendance sharply. In Tampa rain fell before and during the game, holding attendance to 1,400.11 In that game all runs were unearned as the teams chalked up seven errors. Hooks Iott fannec jlO Tampa batters and had a shut out until two were out in the nioti when A1 Jimmez* triple and i throwing error let in a run. Ai error, two walks and two singlei gave the Flamingos four runs ir Uthe third and they added anotheiin she fifth. lott allowed the Smokers only four hits.St. Petersburg was leading Miami 3-2 when rain halted their game in Miami before only 1,504 fans.
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Fort Pierce News Tribune
Fort Pierce, Florida, US
Wed, Apr 07, 1954
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