The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 25, 1936, Page 3

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SPORTS | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1936. PAGE THREES Club. Sponsored by the Muki- Muki girls. Saturday: Golf tournament at Ue AGArHA CHR SIE admitted the daylight and ex- pressed a desire for company and her hostess came and sat with her Thursday: ; “A Night in Habana” at the THROU Habana-Madrid Club. Sponsored by the Recreation department of Secccccccovccoooocooooss | th. WPA. S By Golf course. Leap Year Ball at Co in the night, which will last dance of Semana Al SYNOPSIS: Frankie Derwent Just has staged a fake accident at the gateway of Merroway Court in order to be carried inside. And she ‘wants to get inside because a man The schedule of events for to-| Friday: International dance at Cuban named Bassington - french lives there, and Frankie suspects him of pushing a man over a cliff. and of attempting the life of her friend, Bobby Jones, with an overdose of ‘morphia. Frankie has been received well, and now the household is awaiting George Arbuthnot's fake eramination. George being an ad- venturous doctor friend of Frankie's. Chapter 1; MEAN TRICK * EORGE, darling, this won't blight your career. will it?” Frankie asked. “They won't strike you off the register, or whatever it is, will they “Probably.” said George gloomily. “That is, if it ever comes out.” “It won't,” said Frankie. “Don’t worry, George. I shan’t let you down.” She added thoughtfully, “You did it very well. I've never heard you talk so much before.” George sighed. He looked at his watch. “I shall give my examina- tion another three minutes,” he sald. “What about the car?” “I'll arrange with a garage to have that cleared up.” “George.” said Frankie, “you've been an angel. I don’t know why you did it.” “No more do I,” said George. “Damn fool thing to do.” He nodded to her. “Bye-bye. Enjoy yourself.” “I wonder if I shall,” said Frankie. She was thinking of that cool im- personal voice with the slight Ameri- can accent. George went in search of the own- er of it, whom he found waiting for him in the drawing-room. “Well.” he said abruptly. “I'm glad to say it’s not so bad as I feared. Concussion very slight and already passing off. She ought to stay quietly where she is for a day or so, though.” He paused. “She seems to be a Lady Frances Der- went.” “Oh, fancy!” said Mrs. Bassington- ffrench. “Then | know some cousins of hers, the Draycotts, quite well.” “I don’t know if it’s inconvenient for you to have her here,” said George, “But if she could stay where she was for a day or two—” Here George paused. “Oh, of course. That will be quite all right, Dr—?” “Arbuthnot. By the way, I'll see to the car business. 1 shall be pass- ing a garage.” “Thank you very much, Dr. Ar buthnot. How very lucky you hap- pened to be passing! I suppose a doctor ought to see her to-morrow just to see she’s ‘getting on: all right.” “Don’t think it’s necessary,” said George. “All she needs is quiet.” “I see. But her people ought to know.” ‘Tl attend to that,” said George. “V JELL here I am, thought Frankie. “Safely in the enemy’s camp. Now it’s up to me.” There was a tap on the door and Mrs. Bassington-ffrench entered. Frankie raised herself a little on her pillows. “I'm so frightfully sorry,” she said in a faint voice. “Causing you all this bother.” “Nonsense,” said Mrs. Bassing- ton-ffrench. Frankie heard anew that cool, attractive, drawling voice with a slight American accent, and remembered that Lord Marchington had said that one of the Hampshire Bassington-ffrenches had married an American heiress. “Dr. Arbuth- not says you will be quite all right in a day or two if you just keep quiet.” “He seems nice,” she said. “He was very kind.” “He seemed a most capable young man,” said Mrs. Bassington-ffrench. “It was very fortunate that he just happened to be passing.” “Yes, wasn’t it?” i “But you mustn't talk,” continued heF hostess. “I'll send my maid along with some things for you and then she can get you properly into bed.” “It's trightfully kind of you.” “Not at all.” Frankie felt @ momentary qualm as the other woman withdrew. “A nice kind creature,” she said to herself. “And beautifully unsus- pecting.” For the first time she felt that she was playing a mean trick on her hostess, “Oh, well,” thought Frankie, “I've got to go through with it now. But I wish she hadn’t been so nice about it.” She spent a dull afternoon and evening lying in her darkened room. Mrs. Bassington-ffrench looked in once of twice to see how she was, but she did not stay. The next day, however, Frankie VIEWS AND REVIEWS| What They Say Whether Right Or Wrong eecccccccccccs eocece Henry W. Jeffers, chairman, New Jersey Republican conrmittee: “Both of our major parties are! threatened tion.” today with disrup- Andrew W. Mellon, former Secre- tary of the Treasury: “There are too many people talking polities already.” my for some time. They discovered many common acquaintances and friends, and by the end of that day Frankie felt, with a guilty qualm, j that they had become friends. Mrs. Bassington-ffrench referred several times to her husband and to | her small boy, Tommy. She seemed / a simple woman, deeply attached to | her home; yet for some reason or other Frankie fancied that she was not quite happy. There was an anx- ious expression in her eyes some- times that did not argue a mind at | peace with itself. On the third day Frankie got up and was introduced to the master of thé house. He was a big man, heavily-jowel- ed, with a kindly but rather ab stracted air. He seemed to spend a | good deal of his time shut up in his study. Yet Frankie judged him to be | very fond of his wife, though inter- | esting himself very little in her con- cerns, Tommy, the small boy, was seven, and a healthy, mischievous child. Sylvia Bassington-ffrench obviously adored him. “It's so nice down here,” said Frankie with a sigh. She was lying out on a long chair in the garden. “don't know whether it’s the bang | on the head, or what it is, but I just don’t feel | want to move. I'd like to lie here for days and days.” “Well, do,” said Sylvia. Bassing- ton-ffrench in her calm, incurious tones. “No, really, 1 mi , Don’t hurry back to town. You see,” she went on, “it’s a great pleasure to me to have yotl here. You're so bright and amusing. It quite cheers me up.” “So she needs cheering up,” flashed across Frankie’s mind. At the same time she felt ashamed of herself. “I feel we really have become friends,” continued the other wom- an. RANKIE felt still more ashamed. It was a mean thing she was do- ing — mean — mean — mean. She would give it up! Go back to town— Her hostess went on. “It won't be too dull here. To-morrow my brother-in-law is coming back. You'll like him, I'm sure. Everyone likes Roger.” “He lives with you?” “Off and on. He’s a restless crea- ture. He calls himself the ne’er-do- well of the family, and perhaps it’s true in a way. He never sticks.to a job for long—in fact I don't believe he’s ever done any real work in his life. But some people just are like that—especially in old families. And they’re usually people with a great charm of manner. Roger is wonder- fully sympathetic. I don’t know what I should have done without him this Spring when Tommy was ill.” “What was the matter with Tom- my?” “He had a bad fall from the swing. It must have been tied on to a rotten branch, and the branch gave way. Roger was very much upset because he was swinging the child at the time~you know, giving him high ones such as children love. We thought at first Tommy’s spine was hurt, but it turned out to be a very slight injury and he’s quite all right now.” “He certainly looks it,” said Frankie, smiling, as she heard faint yells and whoops in the distance. “I know. He seems in perfect con- dition. It’s such a relief. He’s had bad luck in accidents. He was nearly drowned last winte! “Was he really?” said Frankie thoughtfully. She no longer meditated return- ing to town. The feeling of guilt had abated. Accidents? Did Roger Bas- sington-ffrench specialize in acci- dents, she wondered: She said: “If you’ra sure you mean it, I'd love to stay a little longer. But won't your husband/mind my but- ting in like this?” “Henry?” Mrs. Bassington- ffrench’s lips curled in a strange ex- pression. “No, Henry won’t mind, Henry never minds anything—now- adays.” Frankie looked at her curiously. “If she knew me better she'd tell me something,” she thought to her- self. “I believe there are lots of odd things going on in this household.” Henry Bassington-ffrench joined them for tea, and Frankie studied him closely. There was certainly something odd about§the man. His type was an obvious one—a jovial, sport-loving, simple country gentle- man, But such a man ought not to sit twitching nervously, his nerves obvi- ously on edge. (Copyright 1933-35-36, Agatha Chri Frankie meets Roger Bassington- ffrench to-morrow. OL eal ade de db a TO SUBSCRIBERS if you do net recelve your paper by 6:15 o'clock in the afternoon, call telephone 51 and a paper will be sent to your home. A complaint boy is on duty at this office from 6:15 to 7:15 p. m. for the purpose of delivering com- plaints. Help us give you 100 percent service by calling 51 if you do not receive The Citi- | SHODLDILIS Ls BY JOVE Key We | CONTEST CALLED AT END OF NINTH INNING; BOTH HURL-' ERS IN GREAT SHAPE; INNING BY INNING GIVEN } } Key West and the Cuban Navy| | baseball nine played a scoreless geme yesterday afternoon at the; Navy Ball Field. At the end of the inth frame; the game was called because or the approaching basketball game, | which was to begin at 5 o'clock in’ j the high school gym. ! Casa aad Valdes, the rival pitch-| ers, were in great form. Casa al- ‘lowed only three safeties and Valdes four. Just two local runners reached } second base—M. Acevedo in the fifth frame and Baker in the! | sixth, For the Cubans, the players to} reach second were: Ubieta in the/ ninth, Davila in the third andj Docal in the eighth. j M. Acevedo was the leading hit- ter of the day, with two singles; in three times up. E. Garcia saved the game for the Cuban Navy nine in the sev-| enth when Cates hit a terrific drive} over his head in left field but | Garcia made a wonderful jumping catch of the fly. Estrada, I. Rodriguez and Docal played a great game in the infield. Capt. Martin, the centerfielder, made some great catches in the middle garden. An inning by inning account of the game follows: First Inning CUBA—Davila struck out, Quintana flied out to short. Es- trada popped out to catcher, KEY WEST—Baker out, third irs Capote out, second to Ubieta followed suit. Second Inning CUBA—Abreu walked. I. Rod- riguez flied out to center. Mar- tin forced Abreu out at second, third to second. E. Garcia out, second to first. KEY WEST—Cates out, short to fir Griffin out, third to first—a beautiful play by Rod- riguez, M. Acevedo singled through short—firs hit of the game. Pena! out, pitcher to first. Third loning CUBA—Doeal struck out. J.| Valdes struck out. Davila walked | and stole second. Quintan is out} short to first—a great play by Mickey Ubieta. KEY WEST—Hale out, third to fi Casa out, second to first. | Baker out, third to first. Fourth Inning CUBA—Estrada singled to left! —first hit for the visitors. J. Abreu struck out. Estrada out,/ catcher to second—caught trying | to steal. Rodriguez singled to; center. Martin out, third to} first. | KEY WEST—Capote singled) to center. Ubieta forced Capote at second, third to second. Cates flied out ta center and Ubieta} was doubled off first by Martin,! i Team Play Tie Game Yesterday ; Pena out, second to {stole second. Ubieta flied out to TOUS SEXTETTE WON OVERWHELMING who made a wonderful peg te that} bag. Fifth Inning CUBA—E. Garcia singled to center. Docal hit into a double; play, pitcher to second to first. J. Valdes out, short to first. ‘ KEY WEST—Griffin fanned. M. Acevedo singled to center. first—Ace- vedo went to second. Hale flied out to third. Sixth Inning CUBA—Davila out, fly to right. R. Quintana was safe at first onj a throw by Ubieta. Estrada hit! into a double play, short to second ; to first. | KEY WEST—Casa out, third to first. Baker was safe on an error by the pitcher, who threw the ball too easy and the first; baseman could not reach it. Ca- pote flied out to center. Baker center—a beautiful running catch by Martin, Seventh Inning CUBA—Abreu flied out to first, Rodriguez to right and Mar- tin to left. KEY WEST—Cates hit a ter- rifie smash over left, E. Garcia making a wonderful catch. The crowd, estimated at two thousand, stood up and cheered. He won the game for his clzb by making that difficult catch. Griffin singled to left. M. Aceevedo flied out to center and Pena flied out to short. Eighth Inning CUBA—E. Garcia flied out to first. Docal walked and Quintana flied out to left, KEY WEST—Hale out, third to first. Casa flied out to right. Baker flied out to first. Niath Inning CUBA—Estrada out, short to first. Abreu flied out to center. Castillo (batting for Rodriguez) flied out to second. KEY WEST—Capote out, sec- ond to first. Ubieta walked and reached second on an error by Castillo. Griffin hit into a dou- ble play. The second baseman got the ball and touched second, threw to first and the game was over. Baker and M. Acevedo played a great game for the locals. The rest of the team played beyond expectation of all loyal fans pres- ent. It is hoped that they con- tinue this display of unusual tal- ent, Box score: CUBA AB &. H. PO A. E. Davila, ri ...2 0.0 10 0 Quintana,ss.4 0 0 1-2 0 Estrada, 2b-3b 4 0 1 1 7 O} Abreu c ...8 06 0 1 0-0} I. Rod’uez. 3b 3 0 1 1 5 0 Castillo, 2b... 1 0° 0 1. 1-2 Martin, cf ...8 0 0 4 1 0} b. Garcia ff. 8. 0-1 1.0 0 Docal, 1b ...... 20016 0 0 J. Valdes, p..3 0 0 0 1 1 Totasa— 28 0 32717 2 Kk. W. AB R. H. PO A. E. Baker. 2b ..4 00 6 2 0 Capote, rf..54 0 1 2 0 0 Ubieta, ss 18 0 0 2 4 21 Cates, Bh 8 0 0 8 S$} IF Griffin, ¢ $0 1 65 1.0) M. Acevedo, If 3 0 2 2 0 0 Pens, ib... S- 0 0-8 0 1 Hale, ef .... 0 0 20 0 J. Casa, p 0: 4..1. @ Totas— 29 0 42711 3 Time of game: 1:35; umpires: Licata, Puebla and Garcia; scor- er: Aguilar, VICTORY FROM ALLSTAR OUTFIT, 35-4 The Tous Academy basketball, this does not signify that the|E. Niles, g Eee from Havana won their first game in Key West. It was an impressive and overwhelming victory, in which the All-Stars | went down in defeat, 35 to 4, at the high school gymnasium yes- terday afternoon. Tous Academy outfit i: great club. Leading’ scorers were: Olga ‘Palacios (No. 3) with 18 points, C. Valea rung up 12 points, Miss- es Castro, Triana, Tocs, Santa- vallo and the rest of the team. played a beautiful game. One slight. accident in the fitst quarter Was recorded when Miss; Kerr’s and Miss Sanvallo’s heads mot a The local girls had such big odds! came together. Miss Kerr cut her against them, that it is really re-{ markable how they played so hard throughout the game when they knew before the game started that victory was almost impossible. Not only had the locals never played by girls’ rule but they had to practice the boys’ rules on a 24-hour notice. Nevertheless, forehead and Miss Sanvallo’s nose BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME Serving Key West Licensed Embalmer Phone 135.. Night 696-W The meeting of the board of directors last night to make ar- rangements for the visiting Bilt- more team went for nothing be-|).tpanl, cause a telegram has just been received as follows: “Regret but am unable to get.more than four or five at this time. could get a team in about six {weeks and hope to get an invita- Tubby is much to all. tion at that time. better. Kindest regards Ned Everhart.” have the match all. Instead we will regular Thursday dinner , With the free dinner on Friday to the winners with sad faces on the part of the losers. The pairings will be announced tomorrow through this column. Last Saturday, being the day on which Mr. George Washing- ton’s birthday anniversary was sundry} ——. celebrated,» various and persons took advantage of same and had a nice time on the golf links. Among those having a good time were Delm: Butler and Dex Woods administering a beating to Handsome Horace and Tim Pittman by the close score of 1 up. However Tim and Horace had a very pleasant time. Mr. Charlie Ketchum and Mr. Charlie Salas were going to play Mr. Louis Cruickshank and Mr. Cookie Mesa but whether they did or not is hard to say on ac- count of Louis and Cookie were the winners. Of course Ammy Hewitt, who was playing along to keep peace and harmony among them, was having a very nice time playing Ammy Hewitt and Old Man Par. The result being the Par man won. Mr, Sam Harris (our genial Postmaster) gave Old Bye Sands much too much of a good lesson on account of the Duke of Rock Sound got the same score as Samuel, except Swinky says that before the game was over the & scorekeeper forgot which was e which and called everything all even. Old Bye admits he was 4 playing good. ® C ° ed Lo — I) Certified Long Leaf Wiilie Watkins and Sam Gold- ) e smith were determined to beat ‘ Grooms and George Dodge. And & finally Willie and Sam got a win, the first round was tied and the & second was won easily. & bled. The game continued, now-| ever, The Key West girls played hard & from start to finish and deserve a & lot of praise for the fighting spir- it they showed against such great .) odds. & Score by quarters: Total Tous Academy 10 5 6 14—35 & Key West ... 2 0 2 0—4 ‘< CUBA FG FT PF & O. Palacios, f Bo ae 1 O. Tous, f £0, 0 3] M M. Vardes, f 1 R. Vardes, f . 8+ 8 4 Q. Castro, ¢ - 241-2 & M. Triana, ¢ . oe ee en V. Valea, ¢ 6 2-2 & H. Sanzallo, ¢ 0.0 6 & E. Palacios, g oo 0 % Totals— 15.5 1 N F frame, Each $6.45 KEY WEST FG FT PF % 0 0 ALY M. Cleare, g - ao 61 I. Kerr, g 00 3\& F, Adams, ¢ @sT 0 ® N. Yates Dopp, oo:2 2 D. Dobbs, f°. 00 1 & C. Yates,-f he ‘ > Totals O@ 8 & CASA MARINA N Key West's Hotel De Luxe || AMERICAN PLAN Ite 200 Delightful Rooms, Each & With Private Bath Evening Dinner $2.00 ®. a = i: ity ‘ternoon Tea Reg Cau: \ Phone 598 Palm-Shaded Sandy Beach with & CASINO Masseur in Attendance PETER SCHUTT, Manager Think wel So it seems that i we will not have the match after] DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELEC. dgy are well known, so the follow- ing will be just reminders: 2 P. M., baseball game at Navy Ball Field; Cuba vs. Key West. | 5 P. M., basketball game at high. school gym; Cuba vs. Con- vent, girls. H 8 P. M., presentation of the) comic opera, “Pirates of Pen-! zance.” Immediately after the opera, < Land concert will be given. Wednesday: 2 P. M., baseball game. | 7 P. 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