The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 6, 1926, Page 3

FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1926. COAST GUARD WINS GAME FROM BOOTLEGGERS Gertrude Ederle Continues Swim Across English Channel Despite Heavy Wind Against Ebbing Tide CONTINUES ON AFTER REMAINING IN WATER FOR SIX HOURS WHEN | Yesterday at the Army Bar- St. Louis .... STRONG WIND STARTS |*#cks the Chauffeurs played an {interesting game of baseball with (By Associated Prens) p- m. with Gertrude Ederle about half way across the English chan- nel, after six hours in the water, conditions on this side were un- favorable with a strong northwest ‘wind blowing against the ebb tide which was kicking up a bad sea. The swimmer is proceeding on under great difficulty in her at- tempt to cross the channel, the unusual weather causing a much greater effort on the swimmer’s part to reach the objective point in completion of the distance in which she set out to reach. The young woman is making excellent headway under the ad- verse conditions, with all con- fidence of finishing the long swim which was started early this morn- ing. 5 | DOVER, Eng., Aug. 6—At 1) {zalez’s catching was also of a a SEVEN MILES bs OFF DOVER DOVER, Eng., Aug. 6.—Ger- trude Ederle, American girl swim- mer, was about seven miles off this port at 4:45 o'clock this af- ternoon in her attempt to conquer She was about two miles north- west of East Goodwin Lightship, and has been in the water 9 and a half hours. The wind which had been kick- ing up a bad sea here has mod- erated slightly, but a heavy rain ‘was falling, and the condition of the sea was far from being favor- Racing: Meeting of Saratoga Association, at Saratoga. Méet- ing of Mlinois Jockey Club at Chi- ago. Meeting of Connaught Park Jockey Club, at Ottawa. | Golf: Canadian open champion- ship tournament, at Montreal. United States public links champ- fonship, at Buffalo. Tennis: Seabright invitation tournament, at Seabright. N. J. Western junior and boys’ champ- lonship, at Culver, Ind. Rowing: National Amateur Rowing Association regatta, at Philadelphia. Lawn Bowling: International — tournament, at Buf- Roque: National championship tournament, at Winona Lake; Ind. Polo: National junior champion- ship tournament, at Rye, N. Y. Athletics: Meeting of Interna- tional Amateur Athletic Federa- tion, at The Hague. Meeting of International Olympic Committee, at The Hagué. Swimming: National A. A. U. Women's championship, at Phila- delphia. GOLF BALL KILLS HAWK STROUDSBURG, Pa.—A hawk} flying across the Glenbrook | ‘Club's course was killed by a golf; ball. The youngest excutive head of! any great railway system in the| world is BE. W. Beatty, | f the Canadian Pacific Railway, | reached his post at the age of | STANDINGS National League W. L. Chauffeurs And Liberty Team Play Interesting Game Here Yesterday pittsburgh "2 | Cincinnati Pet. -580 555 533 514 509 500 401 :Chicago .. New York a “Brooklyn. ...... Boston .../... 5 'Philadelphia , Papy © played sensational _ ball) around the middle bag, and Gon- | the Liberty team, the Chauffeurs being defeated by a score of 6 to American League W. L. 69 36 high order. i Both teams. put up a good ex-| New York ...... hibition of the national sport. and Cleveland .. another game has been arranged | Philadelphia for Thursday. Detroit — ————— |Chieago .... ** * + * & © oe * & © © © ©) Washington - * St. Louis * Boston =| WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING * j ‘ Pe ee ee ee smaller entertainment hall. . * * . * * Los Angeles proposes to estab- | lish a great botanical garden at an eventual cost of $20,000,000. The English municipality of Hastings has undertaken a novel innovation by’ making itself 're- fre 7 sponsible for the promotion of Deiroit is planning to spend| community singing in the town. $73,000,000 in the next ten years} for new school buildings and school sites. ore than 300 cities of Illinois |have organized a Statewide cam- paign to restore municipal home A $5,000,000 auditorium is be-|rule over public utilities, instead ing planned for St. Louis, to con-| of the prsent. State commission tain one large convention hall and' control. INTERESTING EXHIBITION IS STAGED YESTERDAY AT DIAMOND ON BARRACKS GROUNDS BASEBALL Peececcccoesoseooseossee YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League | parser * Yesterday afternoon on the Eee ai 11; Brooklyn -9 ) (10 Army barracks diamond the Boot- seit . 4 leggers outfit went down in de- Chicago 6; Philadelphia 1. =a fe :: Pittsburgh 4; Boston 3. feat under the rapid-fire bombard New York 7; Cincinnati 4. | the ultimate score being 9 to 2. | This was one of the most interest- | American League ing and exciting baseball games | St. Louis 7; Philadelphia 6. of the year on the local diamond New York 8; Cleveland 2. and is perhaps the first battle with Chicago 7; Boston 2. bats ever staged between these an- Detroit 6; Washington 4. cient rivals. Due to the heavy showers of the afternoon the starting of the bame was delayed somewhat, but the “Importers.” as the Bootlegger players were called by the Coast Guards, were seen to scramble forth from their luxurious Rolls Royee amidst great applause. Their mascot consisted of a highly deéorated aguadiente demijohn reposing in an enormous wicker basket. The container was “of- ficially” inspected and found to be empty. Jeff. Knight, captain of the Im- porters, and Pay Clerk Dodge of the Coast Guards, held a consulta- tion and arrived at the agreement that the losing team pay for and serve to all present, including the fans in attendance, twenty five “quarts.” After the two teams were photo~ graphed, the Coast Guard players took the field, with Tom Burns, of the San Carlos vaudeville troop, | An ordinance was adopted by] acting as umpire. Clements \the town of Paignton, Eng., pro-| served as umpire in place of Rod- viding that donkeys it owt be} riguez, who due to illness could TODAY'S GAMES National League Pittsburgh at Boston. Cincinnati at New York. Chicago at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Brooklyn. American League New York at Cleveland. Washington at Detroit. Boston at Chicago. Philadelphia at St., Louis. DROPS DEAD IN AEROPLANE PARIS.—Mme. Marie Sailloux | dropped dead in an aeroplane en |rouie from England to Paris. Dr. Hubert’ Work, secretary of |the interior, is the first medical man to sit in the Cabinet cince the days of the first Président. worked more than eight fyowrs a} not attend. Both umpires dis- | day. \ { played rare ability in decisions and | did justice to all, including the Will He Flood Sky With “Air. Flivvers”? This shows Henry Ford displaying an experimental model of the new “air flivver” that Otto Kaplan, a young Detroit inventor, has developed in Ford’s private machine shop. Ford believes that there is a big market for planes of this type, and it is hinted that his factory may turn them out in quan- tities. The plane measures only 18 feet from wing tip to wing tip, pounds and can develop a 100-mile speed with a three cylinder engine. giana twenty-five “quarts.” Capt. John G. Berry commander ‘of the Gulf division of the Coast Guard Service, autographed and fitehed the first ball, which brought forth much applause from the stands. The Coast Guards drew blood in the second inning when Mac Maloney scored and added another Pun when Kratzer scored in third. fourth inning Griffin one run for the importers, Coast Guards in turn ‘ team out on .a-patrol and chased ome five more runs, making the sexe, 7 to 1. Griffin scored again for the_Japorters in the sixth inning and then on Keane, who pitehed for the Coast Guards, held the importers helpless. The service players seored twice in the eighth inning, making the final score 9 to 2. Kratzer lead the Coast Guards in batting and scored three of their nine runs, while Captain Roberts and Gomez were the out- standing players for the Importers, hitting and fielding with rare skill. The battery, Kcane and Taylor, also played excellent ball for the service team. After the game, the twenty-five “Quarts” of ice cream were much enjoyed by all, being served by two representatives of the Coast Guards and two of the Importers. The Importers have asked for a return game on Labor Day, Sep- tember 6. There will be two games on the Army barracks diamond tomorrow afternoon, one at 2 and the other at 4 p. m, between the Coast Guards and the Outlaws and Lib- erties, reapectively. There will also be games Tuesday and Wed- _|nesday afternoons of next week in whieh the service players will meet the Liberties and the Am- erican Legion, respectively. Baby Reyes of Key West To Meet Micky Midget In Bout At Chicago Tonight Baby Reyes, Key West’s fly- weight boxer, is scheduled to meet Micky Midget Dugan of California in a 6-round exhibition tonight at Chicago. Both of the aspirants for ring honors are said to be in the best of trim, and a lively battle is looked for. seeeeecseccsoocsece > is 12 feet long weighs only 320 This month only, a $2.50 Silver handle bread knife free. Read Key West Electric Company's ad. aug. 4-tf F hekekak hdd dd F hhh dh head fd ment of the Coast Guard players, | eoccccccccccevevsccccocs A Famous Fish Walter Spence. famous - Brooklyn swimmer, has been cutting quite a few unusual capers in thé water this summer. One of his most recent feats was the setting of a new world record in the 440-yard breast stroke event in the A. A. U. championships at Philadelphia. He made the dis- tance in 6 minutes 16 4-5 seconds, de- feating no less @ competitor than Bob Skelton by three fect.” “TODAY’S EVENTS ee ‘The festival of the Transfigur- ation will” be observed today throughout ithe) Christian world. TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES 1798—Winthrop Sargent ar- rived at Natchez as first territo- rial governor of Mississippi. 1820—Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, famous Canadian railroad builder, financier and statesman, born in Scotland. Died in London, Jan. 21; 1914. 1827—The joint occupation of | Oregon by American and British subjects was extended indefinite- ly by a treaty agreement. 1829—James T. Farley, United States senator from California, born in Albemarle county, Va. Died at Jackson, Calif., Jan. 22, 1886. 1844—The Fremont expedition to the far West returned to St. Louis after an absence of i4 months. 1862—John F. Davey, inventor of the first shoe-pegging machine, born at St. Phillips, Canada. Died at Beverly, Mass., Nov. 10, 1906. 1883—Proctor Knott was elected governor of Kentucky. i 1897—The King of the Bel- gians arrived in England to visit Queen Victoria, 1925—British House of Com- mons voted $50,000,000 for Gov- ernment subsidy for coal mining industry. eee eee eee eee eeee The Republic of Bolivia today celebrates the one hundred and . * * * MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE second anniversary of its nation-| , al independence. Mrs. Edith K: Roosevelt, widow of the late President and a former mistress of the White House, is 65 years old today. University of Michigan alumni clubs of the Western States ‘will open their annual. convention to- day in San Francisco. The annual festival at Salsberg, one of the most notable events of the year in Europe, will open to- day and continue to August 29. The annual meeting of the Vir- ginia State Bar Association,’ in session at Hot Springs, will con- j. Gen. Buk lard will be the chief speaker. elude this evening with a banquet whi | In celebration of the opening of eareat harbor development pro- gram ankee today will inaug- urate an elamgrate three-day mar- ine, carnival undi@phe title of th Court of Neptuné P 53 CHILDREN UNC = put SOUTHEND, Eng.—Fil children lost during the eursions here have been, ed by their parents. 44-YEAR-OLD HO BROMLEY, Eng.—P 8. J. Holloway has beengster he must take a vacation It" in 1882. e a In appreciation of his* years of service as vate secretary to fifty successive Lord Mayors of London, Sir Wil- liam Soulsby has been presented with a purse of $50,000 raised by popular subscription. BEARUP’S DRY CLEANING WORKS S14 MARGARET STREET PHONE 227 MASTER CLEANERS AND PRrESSERS niversary ee Over the fireplace in the Lon- don apartment of Bernard Shaw appears the motto: “What they say, let them say.” Francis Wood, a retired officer of the British army, has just com- pleted, at the age of 83, a 700- mile walk from London to Cold- stream and back. He undertook this remarkable feat as the result of a challenge at a regimenial din- ner, The oldest employe in the Fed- eral civil service is Col. E. B. Cope, superintendent of the Get- tysburg National Military Purk, who has just entered upon his 98rd_ year, Not every Frenchman knows that M, Clemenceau had a promi- nent share in the éstablishmep of July 14th as the French p al holiday. The falls tile was for m } es ‘was not '880 that the future Premier : other Deputies introduced and through a bill making the an- ‘a national holiday. Prepared at minite po in hot t cold ater. 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