The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 28, 1936, Page 3

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1936. THE WORLD WITH A FENCE A New Novel by Marian Sims SYNOPSIS: Carot Torrance has gone home from Atlanta for Christ- mas; she just has told her brother Pat about her love for Blake Thorn- ton, her employer. And Blake is on his' way to Florida to try to per- auade his neurotic, selfish wife Irma to divorce him 80 he may be free to marry Carol. Blake hopes Irma will free him. since their life together has been a decade of travesty. But Carol is pretty sure Irma will try to maintain her hold. although she cares nothing for Blake, Chapter 39, BEFORE THE BATTLE | LAKE lay in his bezth and tossed impatiently, cursing the hours ithat lay between him and his battle with Irma. He planned his attack with care, and hoped fervently for enough self-control to carry him through the ordeal with dignity. Irma would probably storm and weep; it was for him to keep his temper and his poise. He tried to guess a* her reaction, to prepare an answer for any argu- ment or justification she might of- fer, and saw the hopelessness of the attempt. He had humored her so long, had for the sake of peace given in so completely to her whims, that her attitude was un- predictable. He had no key by which to read her now. The train roared through a night that seemed to have no end. When the train stopped at intervals the silence was thick and warm and threaded with a snore from the op- posite berth. He swore beneath his breath and snapped on the light above his head. If he could not sleep he could perhaps read. But the printed words had no meaning. He tried an article on “Our Neglected Frontier,” and dis- carded it for a story in the same magazine. The story was drab and formless and wholly uninteresting and he threw it angrily aside, won- dering why the “literary” maga- zines were so averse to grace or color in their writing. There was drama in the upper strata as well as the lower ones—look at Carol and ‘himself, he thought—but the fact that they were articulate and fairly solvent seemed to put them beyond the pale. He turned of the light and closed his eyes again, and Carol came at once to him in the dark. He lay still and remembered her: the clear steadiness of her eyes and the humorous twist of her beautiful mouth. He remembered how her hair felt to his fingers: thick and short and crisp, like 9 boy’s. Her body was boyish too He won- dered suddenly if she would want children, and knew instinctively that she woulc. Her personality would not depend for its fulfillment upon maternity, but her curiosity and her zest for living were to great for her voluntarily to miss that ex- perience. He fell asleep just at dawn, and slept uneasily for three or four hours. When he woke he was at least able to say to himself: today T'll see her and perhaps know the answer. Perhaps. Or perhaps Irma would vacillate and put him off, feel- ing a sadist’s pleasure in prolong- ing his quivering uncertainty. The day wore on, and he found a sort of respite in the mechanics of arriving at his destination; in changing trains and eating break- fast and lunch, in watching the country take on color and warmth with the miles. The miracle of a summer that had come in the night moved him greatly, and he longed to share the miracle with Carol. His love for her had deepened his own awareness of beauty and ugli- ness, of joy and pain, and a sensa- tion shared with her was a sensa- tion doubled in intensity. He was glad now that he had taken the train instead of driving; he had not only escaped the physical strain, but night had blanketed the monot- ony of south Georgia and northern Florida and he had waked to a bright pew world. Mer trim and neat; bright with the conviction of return- ing prosperity and a bumper crop of tourists. He went to a commer- cial hotel because he could not bear the idea of sleeping under the same roof with Irma. His heart was beating thickly and he knew that he was suddenly afraid. This would make Irma an- gry. even though he had prepared the way by a curt note about an im- portant matter he wanted to discuss with her—a note that deliberately omitted even the emptiest and most casual terms of endearment. He had a bath and changed into light clothes, then telephoned her hotel. “Irma?” he said abruptly when he had reached her. “This is Blake.” | “Well for goodness’ sake!” Her woice was puzzled and fretful. “Where on earth are you?” LEAGUE STANDINGS — AMERICAN LEAGUE Club— Ww. L New York . 102 51 Detroit o8a2) TE Washington - 82 71 Chicago .. 80 70 Cleveland . 80 74 Boston - 74 80 St. Louis . 57 94 Philadelphia . 53 100 Pet. -667 -530 527 533 507 467 373 340 NATIONAL LEAGUE Club— w. LL. New York .............- 92 62 Pet. -607 “At the Melton flotel. f got in about an hour ago.” “Why didn’t you come out here?” “I thought, under the circum- stances, I'd better stay here. Will you be in this evening?” She said impatiently: “What under the sun’s the matter with you, ‘BJake? You sound as if you were drunk.” Her impatience supplied the stim- ulus he needed. If she had been sweet and eager he would have fal- if {t was a blow!—but now he felt merciless. Irma had helped him again without’ meaning to. He laughed shortly. When can I see you—after dinner?” Irma’s bewilderment deepened, and for the first time her com- placency was pierced with dread. Blake sounded—well, strange and far away. He had gone to another hotel and now he was asking for an interview as if he had never seen her. Her voice was suddenly shrill. “Blake, what’s happened?” She repeatedly frantically: “What's the matter with you?” dinner or shan’t I?” “But—why not come to dinner? He could not bear the emptiness of the amenities with her, or run the risk of being enmeshed even for an hour in the terrible, invisible strands of habit. He could not re- sume for a minute his conjugal rela- tion; not while his beart and soul and body were filled with the mem- ory of Carol. He said steadily: “I'm sorry. This is not ex dinner table conversation.” He tered and tried t. soften the blow— ; “I was never soberer in my life. | “I’m trying to make an opportu- | nity to tell you, but not over the | telephone, Shall I come out after | Or let me have dinner with you?” | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SOCIAL LEAGUE SPORTS BY JOVE MOST TEAMS END | PLAY IN MAJOR | LEAGUES SUNDAY CUBS DEFEAT CARDS TO TIE GASHOUSE GANG FOR SEC- OND PLACE; BOTH TEAMS | HAVE PLAYED 154 GAMES) | (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—Prac-} tically all teams ended play in the: {major league yesterday. A few! complete the schedulde of games, but as a victory or defeat} | will not change the standings, they! will not see action any more this year. The New York Yankees ended | the season with a lead of 19% }games over the Detroit Tigers,* jand the New York Giants are out, in front with five games to spare. ° The St. Louis Cardinals and} Chicago Cubs are tied for second {have a game or two remaining to | row. 154 ‘average of 1.8 per game. e FOLLOWING THROUGH Manager Bill Te:ry of the New, second, it will be a toss up between York Giants is rated No. 1 Hero| Whitehead and Lazzari, who has in the 1936 campaign. Hubbell, Gehri,g, Malone and Dean are also praised, For all-around heroics, the palm should go to Terry. He played and gave courage to his players although he had a_ bad knee cand traded players wisely, He played in 77 games and batted well over the .300 mark. King Carl won 26 games and Jost but six when the majority of the critics thought he was through. | slowed down considerably in the last year. Both are smart players. At third, Jackson and Red Rofle. Old Stoney is a fine player under pressure; Rofle is a younger and dangerous man at bat with run- | ners on bases. In, the outfield, Ott is the best of the gardeners, ; but the combination of DiMaggio, Selkirk and Powell are stronger than Ott, Moore, Ripple or Lieber. The last 16 games he won in aj Watch Geo. Selkirk in the series. Iron Man Columbia Lou Gehrig bounced back after a bad season last year and has led the Yanks in hitting with a .354 average. He has knocked out 48 homers this season and brought up to . over 1800 consecutive games that. he has played in. Bruce’ Campbell, of the Indians, jplace in the National League. A! peat the dread’ spinal, meningitis, ctly { three-game series will probably be ;to come back to stardom. He refus- | played to decide the sole occupant | ed to quit and is now hitting .366. He allowed an earned run|This young man, who took over Ruth’s No. 3 uniform, may surprise the fans, Hubbell has “No-run” mark fagainst the American League’s ‘best batsmen. Baseball experts jsay that their interest in him ‘amounts, to.a fetish; and he is all | they ‘talk about. The Yanks every- |day sean the sport pages for any) mention of his name. From Gehrig j down to. the bat. boy, wants to; kaow what he*eats for breakfast, and what he tosses’ to right hand} batters. Well, if you place any |faith in past performances, Hub-} faster player. They are about on apar. At short, Crosetti isa a public scene. “We'd better talk it over in private. Her dread and her cu out. She said plaintively if you insist. I—had an engagement for the evening but I'l break it.” He smiled grimly. “Please don’t do that on my account. I can wait until morning.” He knew very sure- she would not rest until she heard what he had to say. “Don't be silly.” She was trying now to be coy, “Why shouldn't 1 break an engagement for my own husband?” Oh God, he prayed silently, don’t let her start that. He said formaliy: eight if that’s convenient.” “Of course it is.” She hesitated. “Come straight to my room if you like. Four-twenty-eight.” “Thank you. I will.” He replaced the telephone and realized as he turned away that the palms of his hands were icy. RMA put down the receiver and stood motionless, staring straight ahead. For the first time in eleven years the glass case in which she had shut herself from the needs and wishes of others was cracking, She saw Blake—dimly, it was true—as an individual and not as her hus- band and provider. What under heaven could he want with her: to say perhaps that his business had failed? But she remembered his tell- ing her that there had been an im- provement. ... A hint of the truth crept towards her and she crushed it beneath her heel. 3lake couldn’t have fallen in love with another woman; he was definitely not the type for that. You didn’t live with a man for eleven years without knowing whether you could trust him. Her swn tempera- ment was too cold for her to imagine and scruples: if you fell in love you did it because you wanted to. She picked up the telephone to break her bridge engagement and slowly replaced the receiver. Should she tell Mrs. Francis that her hus- band was im town? Mrs. Francis would be sure to learn that Blake was staying elsewhere; the woman knew everything. No, she would wait until she had heard Blake out and brought him once more under control. Then she could be tight and arch about his coming and his departure. Business, you know. ... January is a terrible month for him. He just wanted to see me. ... She took up the receiver again and called Mrs. Francis. A slight headache . . . nothing serious, but she thought it best io go to bed im- mediately after dinner. .. . Tomor- row night, she hoped. ... She turned from the telephone to her mirror and studied her face care- fully. There was time for an appll- cation of her beauty mask treat- ment, she decided. (Copyright, 1936, by Marian Sims) And tomorro i w, Blake tells irma 67.553 Pittsburgh .. 70.533 | Cincinnati 80 .467 | Boston 83.447 | Brooklyn .. 87 .420 Philadelphia 60 .474 St Louis : Chicago | NEVER TRAVELED | WILTON, Eng.—Mrs. Mary j Warner of this city who recently died at the age of 101 never trav- jeled farther than five miles from her home. ly that her “engagement” was the | Phi inevitable bridge game, and that |The Bees won the opener, 7 to 3, “Then I'll come about half-past | a love that defied one’s own wishes | knew her to be entirely capable of j of that position, } The Detroit Tigers have played, their 154 games but their nearest! rival, Washington Senators, has} one more to play and should they win a tie will result for the sceond rung in the American League, al-! 50. Boston Bees and Philadelphia | e split a twin bill yestreday. | and dropped the nightcap, 4 to 3 | Brooklyn Dodgers whipped the, New York Giants in the final game of the season, 8 to 3. | Cincinnati Reds nosed out Pitts ; burgh Pirates, 6 to 5. _ The Cubs downed the Redbirds, 6 to 3. Warneke and Dizzy Dean | hooked up on the mound. Dean was relieved by Parmelee. In the younger circuit, Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Ath-! letics. divided. a, doubleheader. | The -A’s grabbed ‘the initial con- test, 8 to 4, and lost «the final game, 5 to 4. Third-place Washington Sena- tors defated the leading New York Yankees, 10 to 4. In a game that -was called at the end of the sixth frame on ac- count of rain. was won by the Cleveland Indians The game between St. Louis F-owns and Chicago White Sox was cancelle¢ Rain prevented the game b played. The summaries: NATIOWAL LEAGUE First Game At Philadelphia Boston .. T43 2 Philadelphia 3.8 0 Batteries: Ford, Bush and Lew- is; Walters, Jorgens and Grace. Second Game At Philadelphia Boston Philadelphia 411 Batteries: ‘antwell, Chaplin and Mueller; Passeau and Wilson, Grace. R. H, E. 312.0 R. 4H. E. 816 1 At New York Brooklyn New York 310 2 Batteries: Mungo, Butcher, Jeffcoat and Phelps, Berres; Fitz- simmons, Gabler, Gumbert and Danning. % At Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cincinnati Batteries: M. Brown,Birkofer and Finney, Padden; D. Moore, L. Moore, Mooty and Lombardi. At St. Louis . E. Chicago St. Louis 3 | _ Batteries Warneke and Hart- nett; J. Dean, Parmelee and Ryba. AMERICAN LEAGUE First Game At Boston | Philadelphia Boston ; Batter | Poindexter, Marcum and Dickey. i j Second Game | At Boston Philadelphia ... Boston - Batteries Olson and Dickey. At Washington R. H. E. |New York . nce EE 2S | Washington 10 14 1 Batteries: Broaca, Murphy, ‘extraordinary. jbases loaded) and a triple against from Detroit; -land we were lucky that Gehrig {bell 1s going to be a most annoy- ing fellow for the Yankees. In 8 mnings the American League players have not scored an earn- jed run off his delivery. In 1933, n the All-Star game in Chicago, | the leading pitcher this year huri-} ed two innings, striking out one; and allowing but one hit. Two} onths later, in the world series, he struck out 10 Senators and al- lowed five hits. The final score was 4 to 2, The Washington runs were unearned. Three days later the fourth game of the series. He went 11 innings and won, 2 to 1. The lone tally was unearned. He} Struck out five, allowed eight hits. Hub in the All-Star game of 1934, struck out six American }Leaguers in the first two frames, ' five consecutively, including such! stars as Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx, Sim-| The Yanks needed a great roo- kie and out of the west came Jo DiMaggio, a dead pan who did all | his talking with a big bat and a fine throwing arm. More _ thai that he took the pressure off Lou’ Gehrig. No one wanted Pat Malone— except Joe McCarthy—when the Cardinals told Pat that he could trade himself away, and old Pat turned out to be a relief pitcher Tony Lazzari did not have a great season around second base for the Yanks but he is worth his weight in gold. He kept the in- field steady and equalled the American League record for runs batted in during a single game. With three homers (two with the ‘he A’s, brought honors to Tony. Great Man—Dizzy Dean, the one-man pitching staff—is the games greatest hero. He wins the palm for going through the season without popping off. McCarthy predicts the Yanks will win the series! He claims that the Giants are in for a big surprise jas all the sports writer were surprised when they won the American League pennant. “We will win the world series in five games,” he says. “And I have heard a lot of fans say we were lucky :to win the pennant. I agree with them. We were lucky that DiMaggio turned out to be such a good player, that Malone and Had- ley came through to pick up the pitching slack left by the poor showing of Gomez, and we were lucky that Lazzari’s legs held up, JOHN C. PARK 828 SIMONTON ST. PLUMBING was not hurt and I want the fans to name me one pennat winner in nj. ----DURO PUMPS the last twenty years that was.no 5j : Reored by the breaks,” concludes \ PLUMBING SUPPLIES McCarthy, e **°** PHONE 348 Now Terry has the following to Q \ say about the series: “I will have the greatest pitcher of the year, King Carl Hubbell, in there at/ least two days. We have the edge|{) Or Reputation is Wrap- in pitching. Fred Htesimmonh ped in every package Schumacher, Al Smith, Gumbert, Castleman and Gabler round out a} of staff that looks just a bit tough- PRINTING er than Bump Hadley, Pearson, Broaca, Ruffing, Murphy and DONE BY US —THE— {Gomez. Gomez in his prime wae ARTMAN PRESS Citi Bldg. as good as Hubbell but the Span- PHONE 51 iard has not been his self in the last two years. Pitching is 65% in a short series.” The Giants therefore have an edge to start. The rest of the way will be like this: Dickey is a better catcher than Mancuso and a better hitter, but Gus is one of the deadliest “clutch” hitters in the game. The} Yanks have an edge in hitting but = not much. Lou Gehrig at first, | Star American Coffee always a great world series hit,) will be pitted against Leslie. — tng a GRADES: Terry, who may pinch hit, will be dangerous when he steps to the; ST ‘AR, Ib 25e leg LARGO, Ib., 18¢ plate. Yanks have the edge. At} V. & S., Ib., 15e EE aa Wicker and Glenn; Newsom, Anal ROASTED IN KEY WEST pleton and Hogan. STAR COFFEE MILL 512 Greene Street Phone 256 At Cleveland Detroit, Clev ( end of sixth, rain) Battgries: Rowe, Wade and Tebbetts; Feller and George. St. Louis at Chicago, cancelled, rain. ~~ ae SC. BEST PLAYERS IN CHAMP BATTLE | MIAMI COMING FOR STARTS TODAY) SERIES OF GAMES SANITARY BOYS, WINNERS|TUPPEN, SENSATIONAL DIA- OF FIRST-HALF, WILL PLAY} MONDBALL PITCHER OF COCA-COLA, SECOND-HALF} FLORIDA, WELL BE SEEN my CHAMP | ACTION — | By WILLIAM RUSSELL A team composed of the best The championship of the Socie! | Diamondball League will be at} stake this week when the Sani-|diamondball players im the Misw tary Department, winner of the, “istrict, will arrive im Key West first-half, crosses bats with Coca- | over the highway the latter part Cola, top team in the second-hait.j@! this week to play 2 snrias of is games with local teams. The first game will get under wa; | Contests will be held Thursday this ‘wfternoon at Bayview Park. {and Friday nights at Baynes The opposing pitchers will be/ Park, and fans are urged te attend Julius Villareal and Johnny Walk-|¢. root for the home-town beys er. Tuppen, perhaps the most sen- Other players on the Health ag- cational softball pitcher im the gregation will be Hopkins, c; Grif- | state of Florida at present, will ac fin, 1b; Hernandez, 2b; F. Lopez,|company the All-Star club here 3b; Acevedo, ss; Molina, Gabriel, {anq is slated to twirl the opening C. Sands, Caraballo, Jack Mat-| game, as announced in The Citizen hews and P. Varela, outfielders, | Saturday. probably the first three in opening game. Members of the Soda Water team, besides the pitcher, are: F. Villareal, c; Sterling, 1b; Lewis,| partment, will also be on 2b; Cates, 3b; Woodson, ss; Kerr,|team. He is another outstanding McCarthy, Higgs, B. Lowe and J-| hurler. Russell, outfielders, The first! Hindu Bowen, catcher and maz- the chance to see just ithis pitcher so great. Gerbus, through the courtesy of the Miami Beach recreation de what makes PaGe THREE BY JOVE SELECTS LINE-UP OF LOCALS TO PLAY MIAMI BELIEVES THiS TEAM WHL STAND SETTER CHANCE THAN CLUS THAT PLAYER i EAST COAST SERIES Local fans will have 2 the 'T three outfielders named may s€¢| ager of the Miami Champion Pro _ action in the contest today. |tectu club, will receive the offer- The game will be called at 5jings of the two pitchers named o’clock sharp. He’s one of the most ver Other games will be played satile catchers in the state and a Tuesday and Wednesday. If need-| dangerous hitter. ed, contests will be played Mon-! Others that will probably be im day and Tvesday of the following! Key West are: Schmere, leading week. jhitter of Miami, at first base | Drury, second base; Marsh, third base; Cheta Baker, a Key Wester, at shortstop; Bethel, Albury, Caw- He allowed two} thorne and Kight as outfielders This year he} The team will probably be one was on the firing line in the;of the strongest that the East “dream game” in Boston. He/ Coast section could offer. went three innings without even| However, local players are prac- being threatened. He struck out @/|ticing hard for this series and wil pair and allowed two hits. That's give the outsiders a fight of their Hubbell’s record in 28 innings/lives. Key West will be playing against American League slug-!on a familiar field and under « ging—24 strike outs, 19 hits andjlighting system to which they have no earned runs. Maybe it’s time; become used to, while, on the oth the Yankees take an interest in/er hand, the Miamians will fee! him. It will be as this writer sees| strange on the field at Bayview it—Red Ruffing and Hubbell as! Park and will find the lightier starting pitchers for the world se-jsystem a little “foreign” to them ries and some of the players we| It has not been decided as yet least expect to star will probably | who will pitch the opening game be the heroes. for the locals, but probably will) | above. mons and Cronin. At this point Bill Dickey singled to right but Gomez fanned. hits and no runs. SELECT SEA FOODS JEWFISH YELLOWTAIL ON BONE SNAPPER MUTTON FISH FRESH SHRIMP Large Select Oysters Fresh Crab Meat in Cans FREE PROMPT DELIVERY LOWE FISH COMPANY WATCHMAKER, JEWELER AND ENGRAVER See Him For Your Next Work ALL PRICES REDUCED Hours: 9 to 12—1 te € food. Ask for and demand—