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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1938, © 200000000006 08 0 C060 FOC OOO DOSOOO8OROTESETECOESOOD 7ie- HIDDEN DOOR BY FRANK L. PACKARD 06060092000 00000000 080900 00000808000 00008 00000000 THE KHY WEST CITIZEN | would you retain in a 1988 selec-| Cardinals and Gabby Hartiett of tion? the Cubs were the popular Nation- i Certainly it would be difficult to} al League choices in this sum cae any improvement upon that} mer’s newspaper _ polls. Virgil | infield, even though you preferred| Davis of the Phillies in a real | the slugging powers of Lou Gehrig| slugger. Offhand we would select | or Jimmie Foxx to the more polish-| Dickey and Wilson. } ed all-around workmanship of Ter- SPORTS : AN_GOUL. Bb Adds Stents Pte gone dacked Law and caytain, aid sith their gang. ‘to steal the liquor. One is Buck O'Mara, the Mask’s Heu- triter, Colin Hewitt; diepuieed ae Colin is track- also ie Chapter 40 MURDER AFLOAT LLAIRE was rocking on his feet, his face was contorted, his beetle brows a straight line, his jaw outthrust, bis eyes like black, tu- minous pinpoints glinting through narrowed lids. “So!” he flung ¢ut through twisted lips. “You think you fool me some more, eh? You think you make a monkey of Dollaire? So! 1 see the whole business now, You are friends with these fellows at the Riviere des Cascades, eh?—and that Heimie Schwarm 1s a rat! “You come here to laugh at Dol- laire, and steal his cargo, eh? But backed’ to the companionway. * “You're all wet, Dollatre,” he said as patiently as though he were talk- ing to @ refractory child. “I don’t know what you're yapping about, Better put that rod down, and come back here and talk it over.” Dollaire had backed nearly to the top of the ecompanionway. He langhed now in a low, ugly. way as, halting, he patted his revolver with his tree hand. “I talk with this how,” he jeered through working lips. “Maybe once you go to church, eh? Maybe you remember some little prayer, eh? ‘Well, for me, I do not think about that more, but I have the good heart. I give you one minute, and then 1 count—not that nice fresh money—but one, two, three dead on the floor.” ai a Dollaire meant it—of that. the: drop on rb . i t Buck Mare t tatended ‘to dato Dollaire? ‘Gli it CT Ese wari aeons thoughts rushing in @ food upou him that he could not analyze. Bewilder- ment? Fear? Numbed resignation? He daw Germaine—and she smiled wistfully at him. He was alive, full of vitality at this Instant—what would death be. Uke the next? The muzzle of Dol- laire’s revolver was like a magnet from which one’s eyes could not be dragged away. Would one both see the flash and hear the report? Which of the two, light or sound, traveled the faster? Was there—— He heard Buck O'Mara speaking ‘again—but there was something sharp, imperative in O'Mara's voice now: “Listen to me, Dollaire, You've got INSTALL ‘PHONE IN MEAT MARKET Cc. E, Albury, proprietor of the Central Meat Market, 805 Flem- ing street, announces that this market is now equipped with a phone service and asks his friends and customers to keep the phone number 20 in mind, Subseribé for The Citixen—20 Agore @ gun on us, 90 I'll come across. That money’s phony all right, and we had it im for you for what you did to some of our boys down the river, but you're not so hot even now. You don’t get out of this unless I say so; but, ag it stands, if you want a rain check on your own life I'll give it to you now, and we'll call it all off for tonight, “A shot fred down here’ll mean just one thing. It'll be the signal my mob is waiting for to come aboard and clean you up. If any of us three 0 out, you'll go out too. Don’t kid yourself @bout that. But we're will- ing to walk out of here to the boats with our hands up and push off, What do you say? I’m not biuffing. I'm showing you my cards face up ‘on the table. A royal straight flush, Dollaire, Take a look at it!” Colin’s brain was in riot as Dol- laire stood there glaring, licking hungtily now at his lps. Would Buck: O’Mata get away with this? Buck O'Mara was lying, of course— not as to what would follow on the heels of @ shot being fired down here, for that was true, but as to the bargain he was offering Dollaire, He had not the slightest intention of keeping his share of that bargain, even if Doliaire agreed—he was | merely seiging upon what seemed to offer the only chance to escape MATTER what happened here im the cabin, neither Dollaire nor one of his crew would escape tonight. That was certain. But would Dollaire fall. for this? It meant his, Colin's, iife, too, Would Dollaire—— + “Bah!” jerked out Dollaire. “1 take @ look—and I laugh. It is like the money, your cards—they come from the same place! You got some boys on them boats, and they come out to fight, and steal my Alouette, eh? Well, me, I got big crew that fight plenty good, 1 show you! | finish with you first, When I shoot that is the signal, eh? Well, my fel- lows they hear that quick, too. he grinned ferociously—“I give that signal—like this!” “There, was a flash—and the roar of the report in the confined space dinned Im Colin's ears. He was con- scious that Buck O'Mara, anticipat- Ing the shot by plit second, had flung himself ow $ : es. Benny , Malone a had jheea 99 pyéstient. an yefash—another. report. What soundéd like a deep sigh came from Benny Malone. Seconds that seemed to nity! Dollaire, like some was crouched on Mas ep of the we Spery on Oe. 5 still firing down Into the lighted cabin. There was one chance, only one. Colin flung himself from the settee, leaped for the low-hung lamp that was scarcely two yards away, and brought it smashing down, a shat- lered thing upon the table. ‘The cabin was in darkness. “Good boy!" Buck O’Mara’s voice called out—and from joor came the flash now of Buck O’Mara’s gun. But the companionway was empty now. The alam of the cabin door pro- claimed the fact that Doliaire was gone. (Copyright, 1988, Frank L. Packaré) other Tomorrow sees the end of ene Dotiaire. BICYCLE RIDING NOW NEW TRAFFIC PROBLEM MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. Bicycle ri welcomed back as a revival of good, clean fun, be-| came a “menace” for a time here. That was the way Douglas John- son, chief of the police traffic bureau, described the fad when folks started riding around at night without lighte on their vehicles. Rental agencies agreed to equip their wheels with front and rear Lights. : f | | AND PIRATES TAKE ONE GAME APIECE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS WIN BOTH GAMES OF TWIN BILL PLAYED WITH PHILADEL- PHIA AGGREGATION | { { | (Special to The Citizen) ;_. PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7.—The jNew York Giants and the Pitts- | burgh Pirates divided honors in a double bill. The Bucs took the opener by a score of 6 to 5. The score in the nightcap was 9-1. | The Giants successfully fought off the challenge of the Pirates for the National League leadership as they gained an even break to re- tain their six and one-half game l adrcuage over the Pittsburgh. jclub, The Chicago Cubs triumphed over the Boston Braves, taking the game by a score of 4 to 3. Bud Tinning with stood a ninth-inning challenge by ‘the Bostonians in which the Chicago club went to victory in the opening game of the three-piece series. The St. Louis Cardinals took both games of a twin bill from the Phillies, and the Cards retained their record of not having been de- feated at home since Frankie Frisch became their manager .by rallying sharply in the ninth in- ning of the second game of the doubleheader. The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds took one apiece in the double bill. “Blasting out 21 hits in the second game, the Reds earned an even break in the double affair with Brooklyn winning the nightcap. The Detroit Tigers downed the } | NEWYORK GIANTS 'SLIPPERIESLOSE [FUNERAL HOMERS DOUBLEHEADER CUBAN CLUB TAKES FIRST| GAME AND PELICAN’S | COP SECOND | ‘ { The Slipperies from the Light- {house Department diamondball ten lost a weil played double header, lat the American Legion grounds lyesterday afternoon. The first 'game was with the Cuban Club tand the final score was 3 to 2. The Demeritt boys scored 2 runs in ‘the first frame and held the lead until the last when two hits coup- EL FENIX CLUB | LICK DIAMONDBALL GAME LAST| EVENING RESULTS IN SCORE OF 9.5 | i j i (By JOVE) The Lopez Funeral Home boys had a fine time in trouncing El} Fenix last night. The score was 9 to 5. Gilmore (Andy) Park started | on the mound for the dance boys| but couldn’t last. He was relieved; by Sterling after he had yielded| five hits which netted the visit- ¥ ing club eight runs, El Fenix played a rather loose game on the field. Lopez was no exception. Clarence (Smiling Willie) Gates | hurled his third victory of the sea-| son. The youngster pitched steady | ‘ball for seven innings, In the R H E eighth he apparently Slipperies 200 000 000 1 3 5 and the boys from the so ubj Cuban Club 000 000 003 3 5 2 scored four runs on three safe hits} Batteries: Loddie and Arnold; and a couple of errors combined, Ogden, Walker and M. Moreno, | Gates struck out 10 men. Second Game |= ‘hecLepes boys-were booed by | R H E the fans in the fourth inning Slipperies 000 000 005 5 9 10 when the team complained of a 2 decision made by Chief Umpire | Pelicans 000 090 10x 10 9 °2 Loddie, F. Carbon- Head, which gave the losing club | led with 2 errors gave the oppon- ents the victory. In the second contest, they blew up in the fifth when 4 hits coupled with 7 in: errors gave the Pelicans 9 and the victory; the Slippe scoring 5 runs in the last inn First Game al Batteries: ell, Perez and Arnold; L. Martinez jts first score of the game. and B. Bazo. The score by innings: This afternoon the Cuban Club} R. H. E. will cross bats with the Pelicans L. FH. 400 041 000— 9 and the. newly organized Coral; Fenix .. 000 100 040— 5 Isle Club. The first game will Batteries: C. Gates and I start at 4:30 p. m. ham; Park, Sterling and Fi NO DIAMONDBALL |=. TOMORROW NIGHT T. H. Pittman, president of the ° . | CLASSIFIED COLUMN eaccocoece Boston Red Sox 11 to 5, with the Athletics winning from the Cleve- land elub. The New Yankees went to victory over the St. Louis Browns. The summaries: American League At New York St. Louis .. yes E New York 7 0 Batteries: Hadley and Shea, Hemsley; Ruffing and Dickey. At Philadelphia Cleveland 413 2 Philadelphi 5 See ee | Batteries: Harder, Hildebrandt, Hudlin, Connally and Pytlak; Grove and Cochrane. At Boston ; Detroit ... Hayworth; Brown, Kline, Fuler-| ton and Gooch. At Washington Chicago . Washington Batteries: Miller, Faber, Wyatt and Berry; McColl and L. Sewell. 1 National League First Game, At Pittsburgh New York , + Pittsburgh 6 adr ks rae Batteries: Fitzsimmons, Bell and Mancuso; Swetonic, Chagnon, Swift and Grace. H..E. TS 2 6 1 Second Game At Pittsburgh New York . | Pittsburgh EEN Batteries: Schumacher and Mancuso; Birkofer, Chagnon, | Harris, Swift and Grace, Tinney. R. E. own O18 1 1 1 First Game At Cincinnati . I, 1 Lopez; \Kolp, Frey, Derringer and Lom- | bardi. i ——ae j | At Cincinnati Brooklyn R. H. EF. 8 10 | Cincinnati ewer hS S12 OF } Batteries: Benge, Leonard, )Shaute, Ryan and Outen; Benton jand Lombardi, Crouch. At Chicago } Boston 2... H j Chicago i 10 2, Batteries: Frankhouse, Smith: jand Hogan; Tinning and Hartnett. | First Game | At St. Louis j Philadelphia . i Batteries: Holley, Pearce and RH. E. 360 4 RHE. -1 38 0 R. 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Collins, ex and O'Farrell, Wilson. weakened | _ « In connectionz with all the ar-| league all-stars, we happened to run across the selections made by this column three years ago. , For! comparative purposes here’s "how they were picked in 1930: First base—Bill Terry, Giants. Second. base—Frankie Frisch, Cardinals, { Shortstop—Joe Cronin, Sena-! rs. Third base—Pie rates. | Left field—Al Simmons, Ath-| leties. Center to Traynor, field—Hack Wilson, | | Cubs. j Right field—Chuck Klein, Phil- lies. Catchers —- Mickey Athlet' Cochrane, Al Lopez, Dodgers. Pitchers—Bob Grove, Athleties;' Ted Lyons, White Sox; Wesley Ferrell, Indians; and Dazzy Vance, Dodgers. Infield Stands Up How many of 1 these satellites As Fred C. Noble, an automobile \F ry at first base. It is noteworthy that three of the four infielders of the 1930 all- star array have since become man- agers of their teams. In the outfield, you would have no further use for Wilson « but Simmons and Klein are still the best in the trade. Personally I ould like to have the fleet Ben Chapman of the Yankees in the middle station but Pepper Martin. pj. Sam West, Earl Averill and Wally} ‘Berger also are worth considering | nacher, Letty Gomez, Al Crowder for the job. Grove Still Going Strong The wear and tear is heaviest in the battery three-year positions No 1933 pitching staff could-be formed on an all-star basis without. the talented :left-hander of the Giants, Carl Hubbell, the new shutout king. Dizzy Dean of the {Cardinals also would be handy to have around. He is now probably \the best right-hander in either | league. | Hubbell, Dean and Grove would |be enough, so far as we aré eon-* | cerned, leaving a fourth, if neces- sary, to be picked from Lon War- neke, Tex Carleton, Hal Schu- 1 lor Wesley Ferrell. | Ferrell has not been as effective |this year as his club-mate, Oral over the} Hildebrand, and Gomez is nowhere stretch. A consensus; near his 1932 record, Schumacher probably would make Grove the|has developed sensationally. only survivor of the group listed; abo { Pima cotton, a long-staple Egyp* Cochrane still has a lot of good ‘tian variety, now is being produced baseball in nis system but Dicl Bill! on a commercial basis by planters y of the Yankees and Rick} of thé Salt river valley, Arizona,. rell of the Red Sox probably|‘the only district in America to ave passed him in all-around use-| grow this variety on a commercial fulnes of the 'scale. salesman, a three and one-half ton truck with a ten-ton load Noble’s Plymouth sedan, turning over on of it. The sa! out of his automobile unscathed after the that the doors ot the other side from the impact Jimmy Wilson Jn Lond sr ogi cualet poor ted tee onmietis Naa ee did aot give way and Noble climbed from the Plymouth, it was found ite Abos theteeme ies opened and DO AWAY WITH TH 1x4 No. 1 Flooring, pine and easy working, per M 1x4 No. 2 Flooring. 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