The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 16, 1937, Page 3

FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1937. FLAME BY MARIS DE NERVATD SYNOPSIS: Saving a desperate young man (Ted Gaynor) from setting a forest fire to get a job, Kay Crandon gives him a place at the Lazy Nine; she knows he is decent, When her ranch house and barn burn down, Josh Hast- ings, owner of the Flying Siz, who wants to buy the Lazy Nine and marry Kay, invites her there, She refuses, distrusting him, but young sister Babs and Aunt Kate gladly accept. Banker Dan Steele dashes Kay's hopes of rebuilding —the insurance money has to go toward the mortgage. Ted, wait- ing outside the bank, hears two punchers slurring Kay and fol- lows them. Chapter Nine Fighting It Out PUSHING in the bright red doors , of Kelly’s so-called “soft drink parlor,” Ted entered a large Square room that had all the ear- marks of an old time bar room, es brass rail to sawdust on the loor. Several groups of men were seated at the square pine tables, and at the far end of the bar leaned the two punchers Ted had followed. They were still chuck- ling at their joke and Mike nelly rinned in sympathy as he stood hind the bar, polishing a glass and waiting for their mirth to subside enough for them to give an intelligible order. His blood boiling at the cer- tainty that Kay was the subject of their co huarity, Ted steppe ig Pere: torily tappet shoulder of the man who had done the whisper- ing. A Res ee aS “I'm giving you notice to cut out the mention of the young lady’s name in this or any other public place.” Ted’s voice had a drawling intensity that made. no effort to veil the threat beneath his words. The man unt prise and anger lighting up his mean gray eyes. They were set tlosely on either side of a thin nose that was disfigured by a ge set break in the bone, “You don’t say!” His eyes trav- eled significantly to Ted’s belt, with its empty holster. “And just what's goin’ to stop me?” He fin- gered his own gun and laughed jisagreeably. “Reckon you need a lesson!” “Cut that out, Scrap!” Mike Kelly’s voice matched the bulldog expression that wii out genial , and proclaimed him a man who was master of his own domain. “No pulling on an unarmed man in my joint,” he declared. “You can get outside if there’s going to be any of that kind of play.” Mike Sees To Fair Play THE man addressed as Scrap took his hand away from his gun with another sneering laugh, as his eye measured Ted’s emaci- ted figure and drawn. which. still held the lines of his recent privations and ii against overwhelm: ds he insolently turned away from Ted, and a d'his com= panion again: : “Looks like the little red-headed filly had picked herself up a kind of a scrawny new champion from somewheres.” , No sooner were the words out than Ted’s fist crashed under Scrap’s jaw with a force. that snapped his head back and made him stagger away from the bar. The next instant he recovered himseli and with a roar of reached for his gun. But Mike Kelly had been too quick for him. Foreseeing the inevitable outcome, he had reached across the counter and snatched Scrap’s gun from his holster in that moment of inaction when Scrap had staggered back from Ted's surprise attack. “T'm keeping this for you,” Mike around, sur- ise words swept Scrap back to the real issue at hand. “Like hel’ I am!" he roared, making a lunge. . ‘Ted deftly side-stepped and came back with a left that carried as vicious a wallop as his right had. Before — had time to re- cover, Ted cl in with an up- eet The next instant they were joeked in a rigid hold. As the —a fighters rocked back and forth, the quickly-gath- ered crowd watched with breath- less interest and advice. Ted tore his right free and ham- mered away at close quarters. Gradually he felt Serap’s knees begin to give. He knew the mo- ment had come. Breaking away with one mighty jerk, Ted stepped back, spotted a corner on Scrap's chin and let loose. He connected. Serap crashed to the floog with a guttural croak. Ted heard the crowd cheer as he knelt beside the writhing Scrap and gripped his COKES DEFEATED BY STARS, 3 T0 2 Coca-Cola dropped aiother game, this time to Roberts Stars. Gene Roberts held tim down for eight innings with three hits, but weakened in the ninth. Ster- ling singled, Kerr tripled and a wild pitch gave them two runs. Goss walked twice and hit two! singles for a perfect day at bat. TRATL ~ | ‘right wrist. With a slow, relent- | less twist, he threatened to wrench | the arm from its socket. { “Are you ready to leave that | young lady’s name alone?” i Scrap gritted his teeth, then | yelped with pain and rage as Ted | ut on pressure. “Yes, damn you! | t me go!” \ Ted dropped the arm and stepped swiftly back as his victim | tried to struggle-to his feet, then | sank back in an.exhausted, stupor. “Don’t forget!” Ted warned. “If it ever happens again, I won’t stop short of broken neck! Get me?” | With a nod and a “Thanks for the fair play,” to Mike Kelly, T turned and strode out, To his re- ; lief, Kay was nowhere in sight, and ; the horses were waiting as he had | left them. | Panting from his exertions, but | with a wild sense of elation cours- | ing thro him, Ted mounted his | horse again and watched the bank | door for Kay’s reappearance, ‘He’s A Snake!’ j ER eyes half blinded with tears | of cag and disappointment, | Kay stumbled out of the bank and | ran over to where Ted was wait- bs | with the horses. i he was absorbed in her own | troubles and hardly glanced at: Ted, so failed to notice his new | look of power and restored confi- | dence that the fight with Scrap | had given him. i He resolved not to mention his encounter, handing Kay Flicker’s | reins in silence. | “Hurry up and get away from | uh ae asped, paee at icker’s | reins an fingng her: into the | saddle. A touch of her heel to! Flicker’s flank sent him ahead at a startled bound. Without questioning her haste, | Ted followed suit, and the two; led down the main street of | River at breakneck speed. For | several minutes after they reached the range, Kay set the same pace, not in until she felt she had herself enough under control to speak without having her voice be- | tray the panic that possessed her. blow she had had was all the ‘greater because she had never for a moment doubted that she would have the insurance money to re=; build. Her thoughts ran in incoher- | ent ci , seeking a way out, but apy tly there wasn’t any. jo matter from what angle she looked at it, she was trapped. With- out money to rebuild, how could she carry on? Even if they went without the house, the barn was the heart's blood of the ranch in! winter time. And Aunt Kate and} Babs couldn’t go on visiting for- ever. Perhaps her could all get on in the two cabins, but how could ee her promise to Ted Gay- not “Would you rather not tell me what's pavers Ted’s voice! -brought:her’back-fzom her cog ay ate future plans to the present. pulled in, and turned toward him, “No, you may as well know now, as later. I can’t get any of the in- surance money.” With a rush, the oor story poured out ah answer unspoken sympathy. “And somehow, I know Josh Hastings is behind it all!” she ended A greg “I. wouldn't ; even put it past him'to have burnt heard the ranch to get his own wi She stop} short, suddenly ; aware that she no longer had Ted’s attention. “Josh rir se He echoed 1 name, without hearing any of ,the rest of her tirade. “Is Josh Hastings the owner of the Flying Six? You} pets mentioned his name be- “Yes,” she answered breathless- , held by his hard set look and e expression. “What do you know about him?” “How long has he been here?” Ted aang er question. “About three years. Why? Do you know him?” “Is he a big man, with a red face ane Sty blue eyes?” bene t you see him go into the Ted shook his head. “He must/| have by me while I was watchi down by Kelly’ joint. led @ more exp account he use of his time dum nce. 'Yes—you've described him. That's the one. Tell me what you know about him!” Kay demanded | ly. fT know plenty,” Ted answered | with grim emphasis. “I won't tell | you any more now, but perhaps I; will some day. He's a snake, and | a damned clever one.” “T've known it all along,” Kai took a k breath, “but you're the’ | Gomez and Murphy were, holding ~|LEAGUE STANDINGS CUBS GO BACK INTO TOP PLACE AS GIANTS REST YANKEES CONTINUE HITTING POWER OVER TIGERS; A’S FINALLY WIN GAME; TROS- KY WHIPS ps here (Special te, The) Ojtines) NEW YORK, July 16.--Chicago Cubs, after a-day,out..of . first place,,went right back. into that position -by»!. whipping |: Boston Bees as’ NewYork Giants were idle. Tex ‘Carleton hurled eight-hit ball for the Bruins as his team- mates pounded Guy Bush for 13 of their total of 14 hits. Eacb member of the Cubs secured at least one hit but none of the safe- ties by both teams were over two-base blows, i New York Yankees can’t be stopped now. Gehrig. DiMaggie and Company continued to dis- play their hitting prowess as they once more bombarded Detroit Ti- gers pitching for 14 safeties, while the Tigers to five bingles. School- boy Rowe started for Cochran’s players but was releived by Law- son, who also gave way to Russell. Philadelphia Athletics finally won a game but they had a hard fight on their hands. Caster, for the A’s allowed but four hits to Chicago White Sox but Dietrich was also pitching a great game, giving up eight safeties. How- ever, Connte Mack’s “young” team scored two runs to the Sox’s one. Trosky set the pace in Cleve- land Indians’ victory over Wash- ington Senators yesterday. His home run in the fifth inning with a man on base opened up a five- run rally that brought the honors to the Indians, Final score was 6 to 2, Boston Red Sox went down in defeated at the hands of St. Louis; Browns, due mostly to the. eight hit pitching by Hildebrand. The} Browns pounded opposition hurl: ( ers for 13 bingles and a 5 to 8 vie‘ tory. The summaries: National League At Boston R. H. E Chiezgo - oe eS ays Boston ere Ha Batterie: ‘Carleton and Hart nett; Bush, Hutchinson and Lo pez. \ Pittsburgh-New ‘York, postpon: ed, rain. Cincinnati-Brooklyn, postponed rain, St. Louis-Philadelphia, games, postponed, rain. two American League At Detroit R. H. E New Yor 13 14 4 Detroi? 6 5 1) Batte: Gomez, Murphy and Dickey; Rowe, Lawson, Russel} and Tebbetts, At Chicago Philadelphia - Chicago Batteries: Cast Dietrich and Sewell. and Brocker; At Cleveland Washington . Cleveland Reeaerrs Y) { Batteries: Chase, Appelton and Ri Ferrell; Whitehill and Pytlak. R. H. E- -3 8 1) ae 5 13 1) Marcum, Ostermuel- Hildebrand and At St. Louis Boston St. Louis Batteries: ler and Berg; Hoffman, first one oe der ie ae ven ion om that sub; 't see him, although ; Tm willing to some of ' troupes that have hit us since Josh | the ing Six can be fic ye dons tele | mi 0 ‘ ieee arena od me to have our ranch added | (Copyright, 1937, Marie de Nervoudy, Ted suggests a te tase Demeritt hit Gtie“in two‘ tries Lewis two out-of? fenr: E. ES . i Alvury handled.i2 chances ; without an errror. Demeritt and) Detroit Domenech handled 16 chances be-| tween them without a miscue, [| Gene struck out two and walk-| ed ome, E. Albury fanned four} and issued five bases on balls, ; Score by innings: R. H. E.! CocaC ola— ; 000 000 002—2 Roberts Sters—— 000 210 0x3 4 2 Batteries: E. Albury and J. Villareal; E. Roberts and Goss. 5 3 NATIONAL LEAGUE Club— Chicago .... New York . Pittsburgh . St. Louis Boston Brooklyn — Cincinnati }.{ Philadelphia, W. L. | 4628 463 AT 29. 33. 548} 542 447} 431) 403 | 387) 9 ‘st4} 506) 429} 51! 296) Chicago Cleveland - 30 23 21 Washington St. Louis i Philadelphia .. LEAVES NOTE | | CHICAGO.—When Miss Edith, Gorman of this city committe: requesting that no on> enter ber, room with a candle or tighted, match, 4 «|arm and didn’t get out that sea- CATES SELECTED ONFLORIDA STATE LOOP ALL-STARS KEY WEST BOY PLAYS THIRD BASE ON ST, AUGUS- TINE; STARTED ON CAREER BY JOE WILLIAMS Be In an article appearing in the July 13 issue of The Sanford Her- ald, it is shown that William Cates of Key West, playing third base on St. Augustine Saints,! has been nominated third baseman on The Herald’s Florida State| League All-Star nine. Excerpts from the article, which was written, by Julian Stenstrom, follow: | “The move of Bill Cates from} Sanford to St. Augustine looks like a dose, of that old “change of} scenery” tonie that spruces up so many ball players all over the United States every season. Cates, a former member and third! baseman of, the Sanford Lookouts for two ygars and now tied up with the Freddie Francis outfit, has been playing such a good brand of baseball and his excel- lent hitting this season has earned him a position on The Herald’s League All-Star | TEXACO | FIRE CHIEF GASOLINE PAUL’S TIRE SHOP Ss selected to the all- ‘ : star third base position after) §» Cor. Fleming and White Sts. battling i€ out with Bob Pitman} of the G-Men because of the fatt) that his hitting as well as his dé- fensive work has given him; the name ‘as the most improved! veteran in the ‘Florida State| League over his work of last season. “Last season’s poor showing by} the 185-pound Key West youth while with’ the Lookouts can be} AND well accounted for in two ways. His eyes were giving him a great amount of trouble and an! M 0 R R ] § injury to his shoulder, while} INC. —Courteous Service— PHONE 65 TREVOR sliding into third base one aft-| ernoon at Harris Field in Gaines- ville, did a lot to impair his throwing arm. y “According to the Istest batting | averages issued by Peter Schaal, Florida State League statistician, Cates is slapping the apple around at an amazing pace of .311, “Bill began his organized base- ball career in a peculiar manner. according to the story, Joe Wil- liams, sports columnist and edit tor of the New York World-Tele gram, has to tell. Joe happened to be in Sloppy Joe’s place, pop- ualr bar in Key West, a few springs ago. One of the bar keeps got to raving about his boy, who happened to be Bill Cates and who was bu:ning up independent baseball in that sec- tion of the state, “Williams made a little deeper investigation of the situation and went out to see “Willie” Cates, as he was called in those days, play in a game. “Willie” did noth- | ing less than slap out two triples| and two singles. According to Williams’ ‘story. that was enough for him. He took Cates to Or- Jando and asked Manager Casey Stengel of the Brooklyn Dodgers to give the kid a tryout. Stengel did but Cates dveloped a sore “Oldest Continuous Ford Dealers in the World” Watch The Fords Go By Kraft Miracle Whip Salad! Dressing and Mayonnai: Make Your SALADS STORES ORIENTAL PHARMACY EMILIO ROMERO, Prop. KODAKS AND FILMS THERMOS BOTTLES—JUGS SUMMER HELMETS EYE PROTECTORS—CAPS COLORED GLASSES Full line.of PIPES FLASH LIGHTS Prices Reduced for Month of June On Many Items TELEPHONE 379 Duval and Division Streets son, “Bill broke in with Sanford which was a member of the Cen- tral Florida League but Williams continued to watch him all along the rough road. If Bill can carry on this séason as well as he has been playing so far it may be the turning point, for Williams | still keepitig’ tab on his discovery. } “Bill was a great athlete during his high school career, being a} four-lette#*man three seasons, He stood out on the football eleven. ran the 100.meters in 10 seconds, pitched and played at all points on the diamond in baseball and was an ace oh the Key West bas-| ketball five, In 19: Bill was} picked on the Southern Florida} all-star basketball five ward. “Cates prefers third base to any} other on the diamond although} is an experienced catcher. He opes to go up as a third base- man and he has still plenty of! time.” | DURO PUMPS PLUMBING SUPPLIES COKES AND SATANS WILL MEET TODAY, Serene ! Today, Caraballo Red Devils| play Roberts Stars and again on Monday these two teams meet. : Each club has played 11 games, with Coca-Cola and the Red Dev- ils behind one contest, which was; postponed by rain. If this has te! be played, it will be held on Tues; day, and on Wednesday the! Cokes and Stars will play the last | game of the series. Play-off" for the championship PHONE 348 i i KEY WEST DRUG COMPANY jfor the first and second piace} I suicide with gas she eft a note! ciubs wilF'start on Thursday aft-/ ernoon. The best three out of; five contests will decide the loop’s/ champions ef 1937, . OUTBOARD MOTORS»: Full Reverse, Alternate Firing, Underwater Exhaust, Reverse Alux Manget with Permanent Magitets and a host of other improvements. PIERCE BROTHERS Sure to See These New _ and Entirely. Different , 1% to 24 H. P. 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