The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 5, 1938, Page 3

MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1938 THE ARMY POST MURDERS By Virginia Hanson The Characters Katherine Cornish, myself, vis- isiting the colonel’s daughter on @ mid-western Army post. Charlie Spencer, my fiancé. Adam Drew, one of the nicest men I know. Yesterday: Adam is knocked out on the polo field. Elizabeth carries a gun in her car. Chapter Five Feeling Humble’ PY 00—are you sure you're not hurt?” I asked Adam. “On the contrary, it hurts like the dickens, but I'll recover. I got out from under very neatly, but one hoof caught me in the midriff and knocked my breath into the middle of next week. I was con- scious but numb when young Tar- zan, here, snatched me up and swung off through the trees.” Everyone was suddenly help- less with laughter—everyone but Elizabeth. “That’s very well,” she said calmly, “1 don’t forget you've promod to stop at the hospital ‘or a thorough examination before you go home. For al] you know you tay have a broken rib.” Adam grimaced. “I’ve had spills fore.” “Please,” I said. He looked at me very soberly for a moment,.an odd, questioning Kk in his brilliant eyes. “Of course,” he said gently. “But I won't stay home from the party Sonigh: it if I have to come in a wheel . And if anyone makes a rack about Adam’s rib...” The game had been abandoned, the horses led away. Somewhere at hand a bugle broke into summons. Faces turned to- flag that floated high TS. my arm, settled stood at salute. field the cannon e band struck up bars of the na- Gracefully, slowly, earthward, tug- tly at its ropes, aicoed again, lower one it last by many furled before it could ground. Across the the plain shadows on of aise — spied ‘And so goodby — un’ Xe Adam. A sts “Not yet,” reminded Elizabeth. ere going to drop you at the ‘e did. Adam submitted grace- saluting us gaily from before ared il then. af if iE : A i it pe FESEBES? aia a8 rest and de- ittle car, mur- about sewing r, ory, and tac- ¢ ic] ive vol- hat my immediate es the West Point felson. that I-could on ehecpintaly moines ares that made him almost too was a brief it with interest. Rot. ey, out es were , Barney, it was too obscure modeled | a West Point. Nicknames: Phil, Tubby. His. record was in one word: Sharpshooter. His biogra- pher chronicled a long list of mis- haps: in the riding hall, at pa- rade; femme trouble. The closing line arrested my attention: “Chief claim to distinction: the man who tried to spoil Swede’s beauty.” Hearing Elizabeth’s step on the porch, I replaced the Howitzer and chose Little Women at ran- dom from the shelves, Then I stood for a moment unnoticed in the library doorway, thinking that Elizabeth looked drawn and tired. and realizing for. the first time that the evening might prove an ordeal for her too. She vlaced her car keys on a card tray that stood on the hall table, turned and -saw.me. Her usual gentle smile crossed her face. “Oh, there you are. We can rest for an_hour before we need. to dress. Dinner will be at seven- thirty. but I told Anne we'd drive over early. Is that all right with you?” “Why, certainly,” I said, but 1 was alittle puzzled. I had expected Charlie to come for me. Would I never get a word with him alone? ‘You, For Instance’ I CONTINUED to ask -nyself that question with growing resent- ment; for Charlie, tight lipped and evidently stricken, escaped as soon as wé rose from the dinner table, with the muttered excuse of an errand at the troop. No one be- lieved him; but. Adam tried his best to keep me from noticing that he did not return. We rode over to the hop to- gether, danced haltingly once around the floor—Adam’s danc~ ing is not all it might be—and re- tired to the club veranda. Even here the teat was stifling. The hot black folds of the man- darin coat enveloped me like a blanket. Why didn’t I take it off? I don’t know, except that Eliza- beth’s views were rather over- powering. From the dusk beside me Adam spoke diffidently. “Tf you don’t mind being alone for a few minutes I could see if Charlie needs anything. I’m afraid the champagne . . .” “Tt isn’t the champagne, and yor know it,” I said wearily. “He’s just sulking over Anne’s engage- ment. Let him alone.” Adam can be trusted to say nothing when there is nothing to say. “Not that I mind being left,” 1 added tardily. “Men are scarce tonight. You go in and dance.” “Not on your life. I've done my duty often enough on this post Tonight I have a good excuse— T’m a casualty.” “How do See feel, honestly?” “Too good to risk a change ot scenery. ... All right then, honest- ly, Doc Moore couldn’t find any- thing wrong with me.” “Did he take an X-ray?” “Persistent, aren’t yout” He sounded amused. “Yes, he took an X-ray, but it hadn’t been devel- ped. So you see, I'd better be very quiet until All is‘Known.” “Are you sure you wouldn't rather go back to quarters where you can be conifortable?” ‘ He was silent for a. minute. “Feeling humble tonight?” - “You might call it that,” “You'll find it won’t last long. Why don’t you take notes on the symptoms? Writers are sipped to capitalize on thing.-I sup- pee you carey a notebook in that ittle jeweled affair. Go ahead, don’t mind me.” Adam’s teasing is gentle, but he gets things across. “I don’t take notes. It’s more fun just to sit and watch people and agine things about them. I've le up long stories that way—in a restaurant, on the el. I expect I embarrass ple.” He chuckled. “Not half as much as I do. I'm no good at imagining ~ Hie hesitated, went le hesi went on smoothly. “There's you, for ti during your last visit you were so busy ma‘ for Elizabeth and me,” he chu “that ik I learned about os is that you live with a kid sister who Then | Studies music, and that you write for a living.’ Anne and Barney skipped out of the club hand’ in fare singing lustily. For two or three Barney’s rich baritone almost drowned Anne’s thin, high mono- tone; then he leaped to a silly fal- ir, | Setto as he swung her about in the at home, two or later in date, for he path of light from the door and stepped back, hand slapping, while she executed a surprisingly capa- ble tap dance. s They were dressed alike in white slacks and white cotton jer- seys in a manner to emphasize the contrast between them. thought they were both rather pleased with the idea that they were perfect foils for each other, but I wondered how Sey would like sharing the limeligh’ ao the breast ao back of _—_ white jersey, in the a iate white ie position, tied boos ape liquéd a crimson heart “ierced 5 an arrow. It had been Barney's idea to let the costumes speak for themselves. No other announce- t.| ment had been necessary. (Copyright, 1938, Virginia Hanson) ‘Tomorrow: Elizabeth and Barney. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Grace Moore, soprano, born at Jellicoe, Tenn., 37 years ago. Walter E. Disney, animated sound cartoonist, born in Chi- cago, 37 years ago. Governor Harry Maryland, born .in D. C., 61 years ago. W. Nice of Washington, Martin W. Clement, president of ‘tie Pennsylvania Railroad, born at Sunbury, Pa. 57 years ago. Delia J. Akeley of New York, explorer and writer, born at Beaver Dam, Wis. 63 years ago. Alice Brown of Boston, noted novelist, born at Hampton Falls, N, H,, 81 years ago. Hugh S. Magill of Chicago, president of the American Fed- eration of Investors, born at Au- burn, HL, 70 years ago. Key West — With 12th Inn ‘Squeezes, Tricks And Hits In Wild Twelfth; Key West Percentage Still 1.000; Rookies Shine This fellow Lee, swatster and hurler extraordinary of Freder- licks Market, was doing all right ageinst Key, West yesterday until he reached the 12tn inning. Tnen | the bottom fell out of the world. | Key West scored six runs on solid hits and tricky plays, bat- ted completely around its lineup in the inning, and won 10-4 from ! Fredericks Market nine, after the ‘count had been knotted at four- ‘all, for seven weary innings, to} take first place in the Miami Winter League. Hialeah and} Railey-Milam are now in a tie for second place, each team hav-. {ing lost one and won one. THE KEY WE ST CITIZEN Takes Miami League Lead ing Six Run Barrage e Finnish Olympic School ‘ Secccccecacoeccece Olympic preparations, are underway at above new Fred-' school in Vierumaekki, where Finnish athletes have al- ericks Market has lost two and ready started training for the coming international ath- Key West has won two. | In that splendifirous, sparkling XII canto, Julius “Do Do” Villa-' real, rookie, led off with a single. | Behind him swinging his favorite | bat. stepped another rookie to the platter, First Baseman Hernan- | dez, wno promptly slapped an- i other single. Carbonell then hit {te pitcher who fumbled and the bases were loaded. Then follow- | ed on the trickiest plays in the ‘game. Getting ready for squéeze play—that is a bunt to ;put the runner on third in—vet-' eran Armando Acevedo saw the} fielders edging in as the ball was being delivered and promptly | took a cut at the ball smacking | iit for a single over third. Two runners scored. On a squeeze play Albury was ‘safe at first on a fumble and an- other run was in. Beliss Griffin safely bunted to load the bases again. Marvin Griffin then \iammed a long skier to the outer gardens on which Acevedo scor- ed. “Lilliputian” Gonzalez slam- med a hit double to put two more runs across thé platter. That was ail, but that was more than | endugh. | Key West’s other four runs) were scored on singles by Her-! nandez and Gonzalez and a dou-| ble by Beliss Griffin in the sec-| ond and third innings.. Afield rookie Hernandez at the first sack showed real class is scooping | them up and reaching for ‘em, with Gonzalez in center and | Villareal in right gathering in what seemed like hits. Key West pitcher Covington struck out nine. | For Fredericks Market Bill | Lee's bat off which came a dou- ‘ble that would have been a home- jrun if it had not hit a flagpost, and the sticks of Nostrum and | Hurst were outstanding. Collins ‘in left for the Market was good. Box score follows: Fredericks— AB H. PO A. Nordstrom, ss -*. Compton, 3b Meska, cf -... Lee, 1b-p Taylor, c | Cruz, 3b -. | Hurst, 1b . | Bush, rf - Collins, If-p me aToanor>e KOoOMROoNOKS Totals— Key West— Hernandez, 1b 'Carbonell, 2b _ Acevedo, ss Albury, 3b —. Griffin, ¢ Griffith, rf - | Covington, p Gonzalez, cf ' Virath, If a t os ye] We PATALAAKAIS| mmawauawe RwooSHNNne rNONN NRHN! Totals— 44 13 30 11 Score by innings: R. H. E. Key West 022 000 000 006—10 Fredricks 100 030 000 000— 4 Runs, Compton 2, Meska, Cruz, Hernandez, Carbonell, Acevedo 2, Griffin 2, Covington, Gon- zalez, Albury 2; two-base hits: Lee, Griffin, Gonzalez; stolen bases, Compton, Acevedo; struck out, by Covington 9, by Lee 5; time of game, 2:25. SHOW INCREASE FLATHEAD LAKE, Mont— Despite the fact that passage from the ocean to Flathead Lake is cut off by the Polson dam, State game officials report the number of salmon that spawn in the lake each year seems to be increasing. STEAL HIS PARTNER CHICAGO — George Clements an Alaskan lecturer who is in Chicago on tour, complained to police that his partner had been stolen from his locked trailer. ‘The partner was “Big Chief,” a :100-pound Alaskan dog. ‘for the Pultrymen in letic competition. Ce ara BACARDIS TOOK STANDINGS BOTH ENDS OF | DOUBLEHEADER a,DEFEATED POULTRYMEN IN Hialeah .... OPENER 10-7; SHUTOUT SEA FOOD GRILL IN NIGHTCAP) | 5-0 | Bacardi Club won both ends of; the round-robin series played| yesterday afternoon at Navy | Field, and now has a comfortable ! lead over the rest of the clubs. | The series is to determine the! champions of Monroe County; Baseball League’s first-half. | Malgrat bested Tynes and Gates in the opener despite al-: lowing 10 safeties. Rum boys collected 13 hits off the two pitchers and thereby defeated | Key West Poultry & Egg Com-} pany nine, 10 to 7. i The old reliable, Joe Casa, was! in power in the nightcap. Al- though Wickers limited his team- mates to six bingles, Casa pitched | a four-hit affair against Sea Food Grill and so Bacardi Club march- ed on to a 5-0 shutout victory. Five errors proved the downfall of Wickers. Rum boys played perfect ball. F. Tynes started on the mound the first contest and lasted five innings. In the sixth frame he left three men on the bags. Gates finished the fracas. Leaders at bat were M. Ace- vedo, Barcelo and M, Hernandez each with three safeties out of five times at bat. In the field, Molina and Al. Rodriguez for the losers and C, Garcia, Bazo and M. Sanchez for the victors were out- standing. | Casa of the old Pirate and Key West nines was again “hitting the high spots” against the Grill boys in the nightcap. He held them without a hit or run and no man reaching first base until the sixth inning. Then Woodson, singled to - left and Wickers hit into a dou- ble play—a line drive to. short put out Wickers and Woodson was doubled off first. In the seventh, John walked, Sterling struck out, Joe singled to right sending John to the hot corner, Joe stole second but) brother Dickey struck out and all died on the bases. Again the Grill boys made an attempt to score, this in the ninth inning. Machin singled to left, stole second and third, but Rueda flied out to second and John and Sterling each struck out. First score of the game came in the first frame on two walks, an infield out and a slow roller through the box. Another tally was marked up in the seventh stanza on a double by Izzy and a double error by Woodson. A three-run rally in the eighth put the:rpntest on ice. The mark- ers were scored on three hits and three errors. C. Garcia hit safely twice in three times up to lead the hitters of the game. Rum boys played errorless ball with the infield handling 15 and the outfield snatch- ing five Casa struck out EAST COAST WINTER LEAGUE Wt. Pet - 2 0 1,000 1 1 .500 we ee —-0 2 000 Club— Key West - Railey-Milam Fredericks’ Marke MONROE COUNTY LEAGUE (Round-Robin Series) Club— W. L. Pet. Bacardi Club -. .-- 3 0 1,000 Poultry Co. -...... == .05 1-008 Sea Food Grill —. -0 2 .000 nine players. Wickers fanned 12 of the Rum boys but his club’s five errors were costly. Sterling played his usual game at first for the losers. The out- field did not have a chance. Out of 12 chances the infield handled, three were booted. Joe Navarro! committeed the other two mis- cues when two of his throws went wild at second. Scores: First Game K. W. Poultry Co.— 200 021 0022— 710 3 Bacardis . 000 540 0lx—10 13 4 Tynes, Gates and Al, Rodriguez; Malgrat and I. Rodriguez. Two-base hits: M. Hernandez, Barcelo; stolen bases: Molina, Al. Rodriguez, Castro, F. Tynes, C. Garcia 2; struck out: by Malgrat 4, by Tynes 2, by Gates 5; bases on balls: off Tynes 3, off Gates 3, off Malgrat 3; hit by pitchers: Al. Rodriguez, Castro and J. Gar- cia by Malgrat, G. Garcia by Gates; hits: off Tynes 7 and 7 runs in 5 innings( three men on bases in the sixth); time of game: 2:00; umpires: Sawyer and Mul- lins; scorer: Aguilar. Second Game R. H. E. .. 000 000 000—0 4 5 100 000 13x—5 6 0 J Grill - Bacardis _ Wickers and Joe Navarro; Casa and I. Rodriguez. Two-base hit: I. Rodriguez; stolen bases: Machin 2, Joe Na- varro, C. Garcia, Davila; double play: C. Garcia to M. Sanchez; struck out: by Casa 9 (John Na- varro 2, Sterling 2, Salinero 2, Machin, D. Navarro, Woodson), by Wickers 12 (Casa 2, G. Garcia 2, M. Hernandez 2, Alfonso 2, Bazo, Davila, I. Rodriguez, San- chez); bases on balls: off Wickers 3, off Casa 2; time of game: 2:00; umpires: Sawyer and Mullins; scorer: Aguilar. Next Sunday, Poultrymer: will play in both ends of a double- header. Sea Food Grill nine is scheduled to cross bats in the operer and Bacardi Club in the nightcap. There is another game pending between Poultrymen and Sea Food Grill to be played if need- DeSOTO HOTEL 373 Main St. Sarasota, Fla Vacation Land OPEN ALL YEAR EUROPEAN PLAN All Outside Rooms Quiet, Clean, Good Beds Free Parking Bates | $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 singl> * $2.00, $2.25, $2.50 double ‘GOLF DIRECTORS MEET TONIGHT (By GRAVY) The regular meeting of the board of directors of the Key West Golf Club will be held this ; evening at the home of Melvin Russell on Washington street. There will be business of im- ;Portance transacted and it hoped for a full attendance. CONTESTS TONIGHT MAY KNOT LEADERS According to the official Island ! City Basketball Lezgue schedule the Sea Food Grill will play the DeMolays in the first game of a {doubleheader tonight with the High School and the Lions Club ! tangling in the nightcap. If the Sea Food Grill and Lions ‘Club win tonight they will go in- to a tie for the league leadership with the Army five. Trailing will be the High School, Park Tigers and DeMolays. THE WEATHER Temperatures” is -500 | 78 68 73 bas 0 Highest Lowest Mean ..... Normal Mean Rainfall" Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation in ree ending at S Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises Sun sets — Moon rises Moon sets H Tomorrow's Tides A.M. High __. 9:27 Low 2:48 Barometer 7:30 a. m., today: Sea level, 30.03. T. Ins. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 720 p. m., Tuesday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy and somewhat cooler to- night and Tuesday; with scatter- ed showers this afternoon and possibly tonight; moderate south- | west to northwest winds. Florida: Partly cloudy with scattered showers this afternoon and possibly on Southeast and extreme south coasts tonight; slightly colder tonight; Tuesday | generally fair, colder in east and extreme south portions; light frost in extreme northwest portion to- night. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Moderate southwest to northwest- erly winds and partly overcast weather tonight and Tuesday with scattered showers tonight. East Gulf: Moderate west to northwest winds and generally * fair weather tonight and Tues- day. 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