The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 2, 1933, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 4 The HIDDEN DOOR BY FRANK L. PACKARD was Sretiing to avenge his sister. panda ‘omised to deliver a iter for Reddy should tale he Ropeous Although he has been wai y the Mask not to meddle, one fas 9 Rewey to Reddy’s old room md the letter in a curtain me oe he stands, holding the pole over his head—trapped by one of the Mask's killers, Chapter Nine FLIGHT GOK here, 1 want to be frank i with you,” Colin confided ear- jaestly. “You've got me at your mercy anyhow, so just a moment. I had a {telephone call from the Mask to- night. He said he was satisfied that I knew nothing more about Reddy Turner than anybody else did, and that I was out of the picture so far as he was concerned; but in pract!- cally the same breath, I have to ad- jmit, he warned me not to meddle in the affair. “What I don’t understand is why, Mt he thought I knew nothing that ‘would be of any value to him, he still kept a watch over me; or why, if he thought I did know something, he should warn me not to meddle, lwhen, it I had followed his advice jhe would have defeated his own ends.” The man’s lips in the moonlight, practically all that Colin could see of the other’s face, widened in a | wicked grin. “God, you're a fool!” he jeered pityingly. “It’s like taking candy ‘from @ kid, I'll tell you. If you were \okay, you were okay, and that’s all (there was to it. If you weren’t, that ‘warning was a hurry-up invite to sit in and show your hand, Well, jyou fell for it—hard. That’s the answer.” “I must confess that thought jerossed my mind,” Colin admitted; \“put—”" “Never mind the rest!” the other cut in roughly. “I’ve had enough of your cursed jaw!. You've talked a lot about the Mask. Well, I'l) tell you something now, He had a hunch that Reddy left some little memento him, But it wasn't never —until now. And now you're going to come acrogs, my buckol” “But if I can’t?” protested Colin. {a “at Utell you haven't the faintest idea what you are talking about?” The man took a step forward— threateningly, ies wists ad rid the spot, Colin shook his head judicially. \1¢ he could badger the man & little, \draw him on a bit! “Oh!” Colin drawled insolently. {t see! Well, you wouldn’t—er— jplug me. I'm calling your bluff.” “Is that so?” There was a cold {tury in the man’s voice now. “Yes, that’s so!” mimicked Colin, ‘Shall I tell you why? If this absurd (ringmaster of yours with the lurid. ‘mame believes that I possess some coveted secret or know the where abouts of some memento, as you all it, that Reddy has lett behind, ‘I wouldn’t be much good as a source pe pmaeica iy re Saag I “T]'LL take a chance on that!” rap- ped out the other. “I know all I meed to know now without you hav- ing to tell me about it, Reddy hid something in this room, and the hid- jing place had something to do with (those curtains or that pole, or you ywouldn’t have been monkeying lwith them. When I came into this ‘zoom you weren't taking that cur. itain pole down, you were lifting it {back into place. You'd got what you jeame for, that’s all.” “My eye!” exclaimed Colin iront- cally, “That's marvelous! Imagine thinking that out all by yourself! Bat In case you were wrong what j would the Mask say if you killed the jgoose that might have laid a golden jess?" | With an oath, his lips working, the {man thrust himself angrily forward. | “Get down off that chair and band jover!™ he ordered hoarsely. “And be damned quick about it! I've had enough from you!” | While the fraction of a second slipped away, Colin measured the distance with his eyes, The man stood some three feet from him now. ‘The trap was baited, Perhaps too well baited. The revolver’s muasie was scarcely more than twelve inches from the pit of his stomach. Am even chance? It wasn't that. It Was just a chance The only one P& 1933, ‘ALL tisus,” sald Colin resignedly.| “Look out, then, while I drop this thing. id The revolver muzzle strayed for an instant, as the man moved slight- ly to one side—and in that instant, Colin leaped, The brain registers with incredible speed, In mid-air he saw the flash, heard the roar of the revolver shot, knew that it had missed because the tumbling por- tiéres had engulfed the other’s hand as he had hoped they might; and then, his hurtling weight backed by every -ounce of his strength behind the blow, the brass pole, where it lay bare for a foot or two between | his outspread hands, crashed with terrific force full into the man’s | face—and Colin lay sprawled atop | him, a smother of portitres around | them. H There came a choked cry, a moan, | then silence. Colin got to his knees | and pushed the pole and portiéres | to one side, He could see the other’s face now, and for a moment he stud- | fed {t intently. No, he had never | seen the other before, that was cer- tain, and no more than he had ex- pected; but it was equally certain now that he would not fail to recog: nize him anywhere if he ever saw | him again. A minute had passed. How long would it be before the other re- gained consciousness? He went swiftly through the man’s pockets. Some money, not an inconsiderable sum; keys, some of them of the skeleton variety; cigarettes; the | usual odds and ends; no letters or papers of any description—except a small card in one of the vest pock ets, OLIN lighted another match and examined this, Scrawled in pen- cil he read: “W P, 9.30 tonight.” Not { very informative! He replaced the | card and the other articles in the pockets in which he had found them. | Anything else? His eyes searched around the room, Oh, yes! The re- volver lying there on the floor where | it had fallen from the man’s hand! He reached over, secured the weapon, slipped it into hié own Pocket, rose to his feet—and a min- ute later was out on the street. } Here Colin hesitated for an in- stant, then started briskly in the direction of Sixth Avenue. Fifth Avenue ‘was virtually deserted at | this hour, whereas, failing a taxi, Sixth Avenue offered him a choice between the elevated and the sur. face line to take him—where? He was suddenly not at all sure, Per. Béfore, |havs he had “Setter walk a bit Par on {thrash the thing out in his mind. Colin’s brows puckered. Not so good! As between himself and the Mask now, the issue ‘was irrevocably | joined. Pursuit! What did immunity from immediate pursuit matter if he now went back home? Long be fore daylight he would be under surveillance again. As well offer Mmself meekly for the slaughter to begin with! But to be driven out of his own diggings by this accursed Mask, or anybody else, for that mat- ter! His gorge rose defiantly. The red flushed his cheeks, and his hands clenched. His one thought while in there had been to make his escape if pos- sible from that room—what the aft- ermath might be had not entered his mind then. But he was faced with it now. “T'm fn a bit of a jam all right!” A mirthless smile pulled down the corners of his lips. Times without number when at work on a story, he had racked his brains for a situ- ‘ation involving a deliberate case of homicide which was at one and the same time so wholly and obviously | justifiable that no reader could have any grounds for quibbling with it Well, here was one ready to hand. | His own life being in the balance, he had only to go back to that room, |. bump off the Mask’s tool before the | man had a chance to communicate with his ebief, and, so far as he, | Colin, was concerned, it would then | be as though ho had never left bis | home that night. } Absurd! He wasn’t a murderer, | no matter how thick the whitewash. He was merely an ass. Damn imagination! This wasn’t fiction! He | was up against stark reality this | | time! Cleveland BRAVES DOWN GIANTS; BUCS TO 1; CINCINNATI REDS (Special to e Citizen) NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—The Bos- ton Braves York Giants, league leaders, by a score of 3 to 1. Huck Betts op-; posed Hubbell on the hill andj withstood the heat better than the | Giant pitcher. He went the full route giving only seven hits, The the St, Louis Cardinals, and drew a game nearer to the league-lead- ing New: York Giants, The Chicago Cubs triumphed | over the Cincinnati Reds, and re- !gained third place. The game’, marked the beginning of Charley Grimm’s second season as the Cubs manager. The St. Louis Browns downed the Cleveland Indians with West and Carl Reynolds leading the attack. There were no played in either other of the games major 4 & i. 7 |e: The summaries: National League At New York Boston New York PNET Ss Batteries: Betts and Hogan; Hubbell, Luque and Richards, Man- R. 3 1 RIL FE. a0 B20 Chicago 6.4% Batteries: Frey, Benton, Stout and Hemsley, Manion; Malone and: Campbell. At Pittsburgh St. Louis Pittsburgh 915-1) Batteries: Walker, Vance, Jones, and Wilson; Swetonic, Hoyt and Grace, No others scheduled, American: 1 At St. Loms 2 8 Louis 5 9 0} Batteries: Pearson, Brown and Pytlak; Gray, Hadley and Shea. St. No other games played. 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CHICAGO CUBS TRIM defeated the New: : Pittsburgh Pirates downed ! Sam: 2 Reds. . typewriting paper.! THE KE SNAPSHOTS (By JOVE) | ° | Rafael “‘Felo” Rodriguez born 1876 in this fair baseball city. | i | LEAGUE LEADERS LOSE GAME | First pitching done in his cradle. . Showed promise at 15 years of age -1891 with Key West Blues, as pitcher. -Ball league then had | three teams. -Reds, Blues and | Brown. Quite a colorful league! _ Blues managed by Nieolas Cas- | | tillo. -Won champiohship that! ‘year. . Kid pitcher went over big -1894-97 Rodriguez played over {150 games, as a twirler for benefit of Cuban Revolution. . .His famous {iron arm was beginning to mould jinto shape. , .1895 went to Jack- sonville. . .Played in city league |there. -Carried his catcher, C. Pollo wherever he went. . .Highly charged batte! -Efforts were successful, . .Team won city cham-' {pionship that year. . .1898 played |against every s Dp of battle fleet that touched here, . .Chased sailor jboys back to ships, with many a loss ¢ -Played against Maine and shut them out. . .Later the battleship was shutout again by an explosion in Havana harbor. 1898 went to Cuba after the war was over. . .out to broader Ifields. . .Three years with profes-} sional league in Island Republic. 1900 joined list of pioneers. . Brought first baseball team from Cuba to U. S. . .Played in all the large cities in U. S. . .Called Cub- an Giants. . .The urge to come [back to Key West was felt, . .Back here in 1903, . .Played against Baltimore Orioles. . Jennings, Me-j Graw, Gleason, Robinson, the manager were Orioles then. . .| Couldn’t quite trim the feathers off the birds. . .Key West won one and lost two. . .McGraw was called the “Yellow Monkey” by! fans here. . .Because of suit and‘ antics. -1903-06 Island City leaguers watched him strike them qut. . .1906-15 with the Cuba” team here. \ 1908 pitched against Cincinnati -Then had Hans Lobert. | Thirdbaseman, fastest man in base-| ball. . .Miller Huggins, second base iB -Hobblitcher, first base. . .1915 went to St. Augustine with picked Key West squad. . .Played three games against that team. . .Which was in a strong state league. . . / Played his ace. . .Pitched a double- _| header. . .Not only won both. But shut them out twice. . .1 jplayed his last game. . was a v ‘shrewd twirler. . .Not worlds of | onal -But used his head. {six brothers. . All have played | pr fessional ball, . .Felo has seven sons living. . .All take to baseball. J. D. Bearup. . . Born Flint,| Michigan 1887. . .Played baseball, football, basketball, hockey and rolo polo. . .Won several cups. . Also medals in track and field events. . .Made 100 yard dash in} 9 and 4-5 seconds, . .A hare, hear- eye of this, delivered silent pray- ‘That J. D, wasn’t addicted to! rabbit hunting. . .Made that record on rubber track University of! Michigan 1907. . Just bounced along, he says. . .Sandlotted and {school teamed from 1896-1902 in‘ baseball world, . .Flint City team | from 1902-05. . ‘Made tour of cen-! 'tral states with Buick Automobile; team in’ T906, . .Out of 108 games} played, won 96, lost 6 and tied 4 Included games with Cherokee! Indians at Detroi :Boston Bloom- ers Girls at Yale. . Chicago Bloom er Girls at Flint, Michigan. } Decided his baseball was good’ jenough by that time to support! him. . Joined Flint team of | Southern Michigan league 1907. . . | Old Man Hard Luck cracked him lone then, . Sept. 1907 forced out of professional baseball with in- jured arm. . .1908 with Marines at | Mare Island, California. . .1909 | with Marines at Sitka, Alaska. . -| | First uniformed team in Alaska I. -Probably. used sealskins, . .! }1910-11 still with Marines. . In! {International League at Honolulu | |in Hawaiian Islands. . League com-| ; posed of Hawaiians, Portuguese, | |Chinese, Japanese, 5th U. S. Cav-! jalry, 20th Infantry, Navy and U. S. Marines. . .International com- | plications feared in some games! -Played against Reach All: Americans at Honolulu 1910. . “| Also Wazeda University of Japan| at same place, 1911 Manila League in Philippine Is-| lands, next two year 1912 Marines and Sailors formed pick-] ed team and played at Peking,} }China and Nakasaka, Japan ' | Japs are great bunters and stra’ gists, Bearup states. 19138 with Naval Station in Ker| West. ..Voted Most Valuable Play- er in Island City League. {Naval Station again. . Also Key/ {West Marines against teams at | Norfolk. Va, Cuba, Santo Domin- go, Dominican Republic and Port 'Au Prince, Haiti. . to Island City. . -Then in} | successive + man) Garcia, of the Stars, + Peter (Gopher) Gonzalez. L. F, H.. for two-baggers, 1914] 'Y WEST CITIZEN Club— Washington ...........- New York ) Philadelphia .. Cleveland Detroit . Chicago Boston St. Louis . FUNERAL HOME HANDED FIRST REAL DRUBBING -|HERNANDEZ KEEPS’ EIGHT UNDERTAKER HITS SCAT- TERED AS STARS ROMP HOME mite 6-3 VICTORY (By, JOVE) Keeping the eight hits he allow- ed very well scattered, Nestor Hernandez, hurling his first game since The Citizen, former city champions, disbanded, pulled out of some mighty tough spots last night to give the Lopez Funeral Home diamondball club its first} real drubbing. The score reading} 6 to 3 in favor of the Stars, Clarence Gates, who started on} the mound for the Emblamers, was relieved by Lunn in the second in-|! ning when he became wild and is- 1 three bases on balls, Lunn’s} twists failed to put a halt to the} Stars and when the dust had clear- ed “Ah! Ah?” was tapped for two safe blows which meant four runs for the picked team. The catches of Gabriel (Rubber- and N were outstanding in the game. Both these boys went far into the} leftfield benches and grabbed hard hit balls that were easily sailing Men were on bases on both occasions. The Lopez Funeral boys didn’t look so hot when they tried to put! over their usual bunting rally. , They soon found out after several ‘usel tries, that Hernandez is too ‘fast a stepper. The next game will be the third and final of the series. Manager Castro, of the Key West’ Stars, is making an effort to have the series extended to five games. Score by innings: R. H. E. K. W. S. 040 000 020— 6 6 5 'L. F. H. 100 000 101— 3 8 4 Batteries: Hernandez and Rod- riguez; C. Gates, A. Lunn and In- graham. TODAY'S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia at New ,York. Boston at Washington. Chicago at Detroit. Cleveland at St. Louis. NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis at Pittsburgh. Cincinnati at Chicago. Brooklyn at Boston, games. New York at Philadelphia, two games. -Athletic Club, . .Paul Al- Regulars. . .And several picked teams. . Against University Havana, Brooklyn Nationals, Miami teams. . .And all comers, . . Batting average usually centered} about .360. \ \) career. two bury Club— New York Pittsburgh Chicago St. Louis .. Boston .. Philadelphia. Brooklyn . Cincinnati KISSES ’EM ALL ONGAR, Eng.—When Alexan- der Veryard of this city was ar- ‘G4 \ rested on a woman’s complaint he nt ‘admitted that he kissed all of his | feminine tenants. 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