The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 26, 1934, Page 3

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, river bring aid — if he Chapter 42 THE START wi luek," repeated Langton, "| can be back here and get Fou out. With a ship 1 could fly the coast to here in twenty split and put together with pitch. m was a quantity of matches, and — he the apparent incongruity Ets ge ; ele [3 2 5 : 3 z 3 two coconut shells he slipped bit of fiber netting he bad for them. This arrangement ted to the jacket float, Ff i Fe il : | : Es is : eEFEE 3 & | H HG = Hf Hy Eg & i el I 1934, GODDESS ‘The girl was sobbing against him. She lifted a tear-wet face. “Frank,” she cried with choked voice, “Frank, dear. You said once you love me! As you love me, please don’t go! Billy, stop him!” *You don’t know what you're say- | ing.” said Frank gently. “Billy will explain why I'm going—” ‘Ido! 1 do know what I’m saying. i love you Frank! 1 love you so much that {'d—Frank, I'd die it any- thing happened. Take me with you! We'll go together—” fils heart ached. Ee blinked his eyes to clear away the mistiness. He was pained that her distress had brought her to confess a love he believed she did not—could not— feel. He pressed her gently from him. SOLOLEOOOLEOOOEOEOOS OOOO DODO LS SOSOOOSOOS OOOO OO9OES 29990990009 Baseball’s Little Napoleon Copeegccococeresgecceroceonececeococccs YEARS OF ACTWE PLAYING HE HT FOR AN AVERAGE OF .334 - and STOLE 443 ' . SASES He backed into the water. She | strove to follow. Step by step she waded deeper, still facing him. Over his shoulder he sent a glance to | Langton—a glance both helpless and full of appeal. MANAGER Langton hobbled into the water i beside them. Gently but with tirm- | ness he took her by the arm. | Trance-like she stared at Frank who | backed away toward midstream, The water swirled above his waist. danice’s face was dazed; pain showed in her eyes, but with Lang- ton’s hand upon her arm she made 0 move to follow Frank. The water eddied under his crude lfe-belt. He was floating. Swiftly the current caught him. ‘He saw the bank and the figures of the man and girl recede. As the darkening shadow of the cavern’s mouth fell upon him, he saw Janice turn her head suddenly and bury her face against shoulder of her companion, as if she could not sup- Port the sight of his disappearance. Langton’ lifted his hand ant dropped it. It was like a salute. LACKNESS. Impenetrable black- ness, The water, gurgling about him, seemed to Frank like a living in- visible substance. He was conscious of a variety of sensations. At one moment he felt that he was sus- pended immovable in a void, at an- other it seemed that he was being impelled forward in a vacuum—a swift, silent projectile—and must sooner or later crash into extinc- tion. : He strove to unclench his aching teeth, to allow the nervous rigidity of bis muscles to relax. He won- dered if he could bear for several hours this vivid expectation of an- nibilating impact, hen suddenly he was curiously aware of a glow about him; it was at the level of his shoulders, below him, surrounding him; but it was hOt above his head. It came trom the, water; it was minutes before his reason informed him that these were phosphorescent glimmerings in the water. By counting he tried to estimate the time he bad been within the cav- ern, Already it seemed hours, but he realized that it was probably much less than that. He splashed bis way to the right or left until bis outstretched hand ~WON TEN . LEAGUE PENNANTS“ AND THREE WORLD 4 CHAMPION SHIPS @HILE LEADING THE GIANTS FROM, I9OZ To 1932+ fF) and stole 443 bases. He started ‘at third hase for the famous Baltimore and Willie Keeler. 1932, winning 10 league pennants and three world championships. plication of psychology and “inside baseball.” eecccevoce Central figure of many, of. baseball’s most dramatic and exciting episodes dur- ing the last four decades, John J: McGraw served the national pastime in many capa- cities. As a player he compiled a lifetime batting average of .334 over 16 active years the turn of the century with such immortals as Hughey Jennings, Wilbert Robinson It was as a manager, of course, that he wrote his name most boldly on baseball’s book of all time greats, He managed the New York Giants continuously from 1902 to Only two of his teams, those of 1915 and 1926, failed to land in the first division. It wes McGraw who made “master-minding” virtually a household phrase by his constant and thorough ap- PAGE THREE SORAOKHRSEREELESESESEEEESESEeCEEeEsEcessececosecenes ANTI-KNOCK GAS AT LOU SMITH'S A typographical error in the Lou Smith Service Station adver- tisement, appearing on the front ran eR ria page of Saturday's paper, stated vps IES — HE i that ““Auto-Knock” gasoline is now THE ane j on sale at this station at the reg- {ular price of other gasoline. This eon ths \ | should have been ‘“Anti-Knock” z gasoline. EFFORTS Anti-Knock gas is said to have the highest octane reading of any other gas on the market today and was formerly sold at a higher price than other gasoline. GITH CHAS. A. COMISKEY® HE TRIED TO INTRODUCE Seccecccvccvcceneseenees Today's Horoscope ° eee You have an intelligence of high order, with apparently a de- votion to patient ‘research, but NEG YORIC] | there is beneath this a restless na- D> GIANTS ture that will drift the mind into \ Ny, + many channels. Therefore culti- 4 vate concentration of thought and Li Lid effort, and weigh all schemes carefully before going into them. DIES FROM SHOCK ST. LOUIS.—The shock of burglary in her home caused Mrs. J.C. Hendon, of. this city, aged 68, to suffer a paralytic stroke me - ~ that resulted in her death, McGraw’s belief. in the university of baseball’s appeal was so strong that he, along with’ the late Charles A. Comiskey ofthe ago White Sox, spent much money é taking all-star teams on barnstorming tours of the Orient. The popularity of baseball POLITICAL ‘ in Japan today is attributable to the missionary work, of these men, who persisted Orioles before though the tours were never financially successful. MéGraw also pioneered in intro- ANNOUNCEMENT ducing Cuban players to the big leagues and several of his finds made great successes in che majors. coining Always an aggressive, iron-handed leader and full of administrative ideas, Mc- imary "3 Graw became part owner in 1919 when he joined with Charles A, Stoneham and Fran- ype tonteiy 5, ow cis X. McQuade to purchase the club from Harry N. Hempstead. He served as mana- ie SPP ger under himself—he was vice-president—up to the spring of 1932, when ill health|*® caused him to turn over the managership to Bill Terry, who by the following fall had made as brilliant a start as his famous predecessor by capturing the league and world titles with a surprising combination of baseball resourcefulness. For State Senator MAN CRAWLS FOUR MILES KEY WEST TEAM DOWNS PLAYERS _FROM WYOMING OF| Casa, p ...,..- LEXINGTON, Ky. — Joseph Kenning of this city crawled four miles with a broken leg after be- ing struck by an auto that failed to stop after hitting him. HARD-FOUGHT GAME BASEBALL STAGED YES-| Totals—— 32 8 6 2711 7 Score by innings: R. TERDAY AFTERNOON: E> wroming 100 002 100— 4 SULTS IN SCORE OF 8 TO 4) Key West “O01 020 14x— 8 Summary: Runs batted in: Scheunk, Evans 2, Frappoly, Acevedo, Gonzalez, Carbonell; two base hits: Frappoly, Gates; strong three base hits: Evans, Frappoly, } team selected by Roy Hamlin of} Carbonell; home run: Gonzalez; ) i stolen bases: Acevedo 2, Gonzalez; ; the best city baseball players, the) aouble play: Acevedo to Carbonell mighty Wyoming nine went down| to Pena; bases on balls: off Rumb- ¥ By O. L. MILIAN ) Bucking up against a laugh 1, off Casa 4; struck out: UNUSED LICENSE ¢ aaen °°! Senefelder, German inventor of Today In History | the process of lithography, died. WILLIAM V. ALBURY DAVENPORT, Towa. — Miss 3 Cora Patch of this city, who, with 1848—France’s second Republic eng 1815—Napoleon escaped from| . a . set up. Sirvetus Wilson, applied for ®\ the Island of Elba—causing an! bi Made Of All Metal marriage license recently, return-| alarm the world over, almost un-! 1931— Famous New York World Equipped With ed the license to the office unused, | believable today. salt: saying she had made a mistake | and there would be no wedding. oe 1884—(100 years ago) Aloys| Subscribe for The Citizen, LOOK AT THESE VALUES — IN_AA QUALITY TIRES made by would touch the side wall. He hoped to estimate the speed of his drifting by fingertip contact with the stone. | But it avas slimy and chill, foul with a slippery growth that brought to mind the wormy life that lived within the jungle swamp- Thereafter he tried to keep in mid- stream. The gurgling grew louder, the phosphorescence brightened. Dim- ly he could see the tufts and plumes of glowing light as the cur. rent splashed and whirled against the dank walls, Suddenly he struck something that gave. Long, fingerlike tendrils raked his face. He cursed his re- Dugnance and strove to claw away the obstruction, He was held tightly. The current seethed end swirled about him, to bis friend, “before 1 start, 1 8 few suggestions—" him, so close that it seemed he could reach it. Instantly he realized his situa Frank fieate through unseen PORT TAMPA—HAVANA—WEST INDIES Effective April 27, 1933 Leave. Key West for Havana Tuesdays and Fridays 12:15 leave Havana for Key West Wednesday. and Seturdays West for Port Tampa Wednesdays and Satur- to defeat at,the hands of the Key West Stars by a 4 to 8 score a terday afternoon at the Field. With the master of catchers, Cyril Griffin, behind the bat, Joe House, the mighty speed ball toss- + er, hurled a wonderful game for the locals, letting the Wyoming! club down with five safe blows, two of which were gotten by Frep- ie r Navy poly who hit a double and a tj for the day. Casa fani “VW nen’ from thé’ U.'S. battl § The nonteh wraqinesgacit ‘one with the seore being tied up: in three different occasions. ee ~The Key Welt team broke’the tie in the eighth round when the “Conchs” got together and hit the pill freely around the lot to put over four tallies which were three more than needed to sew up the | game. H Little Gopher Gonzalez sprung a surprise in the seventh round | when he connected with one of| : Rumblaugh’s fast ones and crack-! ed it out to deep center for a hom. jer with the score standing four- three in favor of the visitors, The local outfielder got a good hand from the big crowd who jammed | the grandstands. There were two ; men down and no one on base at ; the time of the four-bagger. The box scores: WYOMING ABR. H. Goan, 3b Mays, 2b .... Heitzman, If . Frappoly, 2b .. | Scheunk, ss. | Zinnermon, cf | Evans, 1b-rf Pierson, rf-1b Rumblaugh, p ' Ce muvee nan COC CHM mon corow noon naweonnowos COSCO Oe > Or onmown” Totas— 35 4 52415 6} | KEY WEST ABR. HPO A.E.| | Acevedo, ss _ 2 3/ } Fruto, If . } Cates, 3b - 4 3 o} 4 | Lopes, rf ..... 4 4 4 1 1 Griffin, e Pena, Ib ... ' Carbonell, 2b oo OSH me IG by Rumblaugh 7, by Casa 11; hit by pitched ball: by Rumblaugh (Gonzalez) ; left on bases: Wyom- "CLASSIFIED COLUMN eoovevevescosesesesacess| RADIO REPAIRING | } RADIO REPAIRING. We repair all. makes, Guaranteed service, J, L, Stowers Music Co. _ febl TT for ua ¥ YT Ht FOR: RENT—Furnished house, all conveniences, $17: month. Ap- ply 1116 Grinnell: street: . : z feb8-tf FURNISHED APARTMENT with all modern conveniences. Ap- ply, at 827 Duval street. feb13-tf! 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