The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 26, 1939, Page 3

MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1939 TWO AGAINST LOVE by Frances Hanna * Jocelym Russell, beautiful heir- ess. Tally Mack, young farmer has inheritec whose the Russell estate, Seacliff. Zesterday: Nola goes off to Honolulu. Bob and Gretchen elope, unknown to the Russells, % Chapter 20 | eased being a rather talkative person who liked to air his pro- found views, Thorn had become a} that. other in some jlicable manner, Perhaps she abou: had it and Tally. Moin hal oe away. Geoff met her eyes and smiled. “Beating Thorn at chess tonight is like taking candy away from a baby. His mind is wool-gathermg.” Thorn seemed to pull himself from inner depths. “I know it,” he @ vagueness in his tone. “I can’t concentrate. Too I foes. Say, Lyn, did Bob say where was going tonight?” “No, His car was gone when I = in from the club. ao co prtobab! one in wh for dinner. Why?” > “Oh, we had one of our argu- ments. this. afternoon. We were both pretty 4 been ever since, peculiar fook when he stomped off.” “What sort of look?” “Oh, it's hard to describe. Like & man who has suddenly made up his mind to do something rash and ——,. “I hear his car now,” Lyn said, rising and. starting toward the open windows. “Your imagination is a yg le § il three of them heard a gars voice, excited and protest- ig, mingle with Bob’s low, assur- ing tones. Thorn’s eyes sought his sister’s with apprehension. Bob pulled open the screen door and came in, his right arm firmly about the waist of Gretchen Lan- dau who looked breathless and radiantly charming in a becoming ensemble of blue and white. Bob's eyes swept the three per- sons facing him. “Blessings and congratulations are in order,” he announced. “Meet Mrs. Robert Russell, folks.” ‘ Gretchen, her great brown eyes wistful and anxious, smiled with hopeful friendliness into suddenly Jocelyn moistened her lips; be- came conscious that her fingernails ere Sigging into the palms of her ands. “Bob, how—how could you without telling us?” she whis- pered. Thorn, whose voice should have stayed lost, said: “Married! | “We aa Yume, Adaoa, ‘01 at Yuma, ona. We planed over and back. Well, why don’t you say it and get it over with?” “I prefer Salen to you when m= ... your wife is not present,” orn declared with dignity. “Anything you have to say can be said right now.” ‘Never, Never, Never’ Wis Leonel well, if you insist, but re- member you asked for it. Bob, you martied out of your class. You married into a family we do not ow! socially or any other way. You made your choice with- out consulting me; therefore, you can make the best of it. You can’t pring her here to live. I won’t have t family over-running my prop- erty. I won’t.give.you any more whatsoever. As trustee of your own, so take arm. “You "t hav His heavy running can get rid of her.” “ you're 4 both of you!” Lyn storm you know Bob any better than tot He'll —— Pinar lever, never, never! 't you see his eyes? He is happy! He loves her! to think we are all stupid, Nola is gone; Bob is gone...” Jocelyn looked from Geoff to evoked mpsulg's bevilgaced pee ev me: a > tient indulgence from them. gre i ee ant en, pe! the lighted windows, cautiously opened the back door into the lack’s much-lived-in kitchen, Tears filmed Gretchen’s eyes at the scene before them, so different tom the a. had just left. r mother spread rat square table with a bright blue cloth and had i exact center an food cake with a miniature bride and groom iced in pink and blue on the top. “Oh; Bob, isn’t it sweet?” she bel slipping her hand into | his. ‘wonder 4f a and the The door into the next room burst and Moms and Gramp and - confronted them, bo your s Paria entry ro at er time. Betsy was so excited about having Mister Bob for her ‘daddy’ I promised to wake her when you got home.” ‘Cantankerous Idiot’ RETCHEN ran into her moth- er’s arms, while both Gramp and Tally tried to shake Bob's e same time. rinned. “Gee, Bob, I'm ave you in the family! couldn't have’picked a better husband for Gretchen myself. ...” Gramp es over ip cup- board, rummaged among ples a minute, then triumphan: throug! running i petwet pus Geanip halted his tiling nar~ rative to ask, “Say, ce two ain't goin’ to get all. high and mighty livin’ on the other side 0” the fence?” slipped her arm about Bob's shoulders and squeezed hard, She said, her ghee aren't to live on the other side, Gramp, We're going to live right here with all of you.’ “Tarnation! If that ain’t the best news I’ve heard. But . what about them folks of 's? "Pears fone. don’t hanker to truck with us folks.” Tally sobered. “What did hap- pen, Bob? Mind telling us?” “No, I don't. Thorn had a fit, Said he -wouldn’t dole out any Sey Ot ere out.” “And your sister?” Tally “Did she feel the same way?” “T don’t think so. That's the queer part of it. I th it she would side with Thorn, but she gave him the devil! Didn’t do any Sari though. 's i-headed and class-conscious.’ and move in with | back. and stay away from me. cried out in swift pro- could do any- stubborn, pompous 't want him any more me. I'll get out and Come on, Gretchen.” drew her to- e stairway. Halfway across the room bet ge en fagnyat rd face a a anger, ow pitying. and Jocelyn Po de- clared: “How foolish you are! Bob I love each other and we would love too, if you'd let us. You are hard and se! and own flesh and went on with Bob, her Lae her frail young body straig] Stina Jocelyn caught hold of Thorn’s BLUE SOX READY FOR FORT MYERS By PEDRO AGUILAR bet * will use Maddox battery, Sk Ba: down ‘recently. 4. idjit! Never did tike him no more’n he liked me” « ‘ants to .” His eyes he one hie new t-in-law shrewdly. “You could go to court and try to = your share of the in- heritance, Bob.” “Td rather not. I'd rather work. Although—” Bob shrugged rue- don't know what on i to do.” long as he to help me. How'd you tobea farmer, Bob?” ) Td like it.” “Then it's settled. Get yourself clothes tomorrow er in the dairy busi- Continued tomorrow, (Copyright, 1939) | Final decree in the divorce suit. Everything is in readiness for of: Nathaniel ‘Thompson and Ber- the baseball game next Sunday | nice A. Thorhpson, in which Mrs. | Thompson ‘was. the complainant, “Dont = TROJANS EDGED OUT PIRATES, 5-4; CONCHS WALKED AWAY WITH SOX) THREE STRAIGHT Victors Of Monroe County | Header Remaii By O. L. MILIAN ‘Readside Pirates, 5 to 4 in a see-| saw contest, which was the first | Castellano, game of a Monroe County Base- |G. Garcia, |ball League doubleheader. Key Fosito, 2) West Conchs had an enjoyable | yolina, rea defeating J. Gareia, ef lop-sided score of 13-0 in the | | opez, te nightcap... Twin bill was played Fernandez, 3b . i | Archer, rf _. Trailing two runs behind @S/ Diaz, rf _ |the eighth inning came around, | Sanchez, p - ‘pitcher Harry (Swifty) Wickers! Gates, p. afternoon in Blue Sox bya at Trumbo Field. slapped out a three-bagger with | Jackie Carbonell on board to put) the Trojans out in front andj take a 5-4 decision over the Buc- caneers. | tory. won his contest had his batters} jcame through when. hits meant runs, In the very first inning, ! |three Bues connected safely in| suecession but none reached sec- | ond base. teamwork were the downfall of| the Pirates. There were 10 Buc! areal, Cates 3, Leo Gonzalez, jrunners left on bases, making ®@|Thompson; two-base hits: | bury, Machin, and Albert | three-base hit: Villareal; | total of 25 in two games. | George, Manuel Leadership (Carbonell); umpires: Griffin and fe jans came from behind in| Woodson; time of game: 2:05; bape scorer: Milian. |Machin, 1f Although his teammates failed Leo Gon'lez, if to back him up in the field, with | Acevedo, ss - nine errors chalked up against! Cates, 2b __ |the club, Wickers pitched good | Albury, 8b-c }ball and well deserved the vic-! Griffin, ¢ __. {Thompson, cf _ | Spees Carbonell pitched a well- | Pena, Wee at , balanced game and would have Baker, cf-3b __ | Villareal, me Lucilo, p ; Blue Sox |. Poor base running and no!Conchs (GIANTS MAKE IT Baseball- League Double- in In Tie For | OVER CINCY REDS ‘BEES WHIP CARDS TWICE; BROWNS AND YANES SPLIT TWIN BILL; TIGERS EDGED OUT SENATORS | ; (Special to The Citizen) . NEW YORK, June 26.—New York Giants made it three! straight victories over Cincinnati| | O'noon, 3 to 2 All runs were! | scored in the second and third in- gi nings. This was the first time 0| the Redlegs lost three games in| 0\a row. Gumbert went the route | 0 | for the New Yorkers, keeping the | jeight hits he allowed pretty well | 6 | scattered. | Pdsseau, former Phil hurler, | E| pitched against Philadelphia yes- 0 | terday afternoon, and Higbe, for- Ojmer Cub moundsman, twirled 3/ against the Bruins. Higbe pitch- 0/ed better ball, but Passeau won, 0 | with the aid of Galan’s . second 0 home run of the season. The vic- 0 | tory was the seventh for the 0) Bruins in nine ‘starts, one of 0} which was a tie contest. 0| Boston Bees took two games 0 from St. Louis Cardinals, 8 to 5 jand 2 to 0. The nightcap was a Totals— — 4113 17 27 15 3) pitchers’ duel between Posedel of Score by innings: R/ the Bees and Davis and Bowman 000 000 000— Olof the Cardinals. 240 021 04x—13) A fumble started a Brooklyn Albury 2, ve yeas in the ninth inning, in which two runs were scored to Al-|win the game, 6 to 5, against Villareal; | Pittsburgh Pirates. stolen} Despite the fact Bill Dickey HP ROOHNEHONE ED Totals— =e 0 Ou mom mmc mn Mt NEN PROOCONKE RO, Runs-batted. Cates, in the game. and did quite Page Mr. Ripley, boys. George | Acevedo, John (Jokey) Torres | and Manuel (Tom Keene) Ace-| vedo, first Pirate batters to face | Wickers Sunday afternoon, each connected safely with bingles to left and right field—yet none reached second base. A knotty! problem for you, Mr. Fan. Some day, the Monroe County | ACTION THURSDAY | Ses came ena | RECEIPTS WILL BE USED TO! HELP DEFRAY EXPENSES | OF TOURNEY PLAY | By PEDRO AGUILAR Junior baseball teams will play | games in the near future for the | benefit of raising funds to buy | equipment ‘and defraying €x- | penses for a trip to Miami to en- } for Thursday at Trumbo at the first game of which will in- augurate the fund-raising plan. American Legion junior team |and a picked club of the junior; league will clash in this contest. Legion nine will use its first- string players. Lineup will be something like this: Menendez, catcher; Vargas and Blanco, pitchers; . Alonzo, first; A. Thompson, second; Car- | dova, third; R. Arnold, short: Aritas, Archer and Lastres, out- ‘field; M. Roberts, Pita, Canalejo jand J. Ogden, reserves. Coach Bill Cates states that the St. | Philadelhpia League will come across and ap- local nine*has a good chance to point a scorekeeper to suit Fred-| win the state title, and fans are die Carbonell and Armando | urged to attend this twin bill to (Emillito) Davila, of the Pirates, |help the youngsers. who are always questioning a} Second game will ball that has been hit or fielded | between Blue Sox and Key West by Armando Acevedo: In last/Conchs in a regular Monroe Sunday’s contest between the Sox County League contest. | and Conchs, Acevedo hit a per-| Opening fracas will begin at 2 fect bunt along the first base line |p. m. and the second game 15 and made the base safely, while / minutes after the culmination of | Leo Gonzalez advanced to sec-/ the first. ond. Centerfielder Davila of the; Bucs, who sat in the grand- | William “Big Bill” Cates to select stands, yelled, “That's an error;|a competitive junior baseball first baseman Castellano is not/team to represent the local Ar- supposed to field that bunt”. It) thur Sawyer Post No. 28 of the would be much more appreciated | American Legion in a state-wide if players would understand that;tournament. First no scorekeper holds personal | game is scheduled for next Thurs- grudges against any player and day afternoon at 2 o'clock. only a conscientious record of | their individual performance is | kept. It would also serve to help | chez, Blue Sox hurler, pulled one if the majority of the players!of his olden day tricks Sunday would realize that the benefit of |in the game against the Conchs. | a doubt goes to a base runner or | Sanchez walked off the field fol- a batter. é ‘lowing Villareal’s long oles Negra | bagger to right center in the sec- Quintan Lopez, who apparently ond inning with a disgusted ex- elimination | three- semed to have been making an face. Anything Acevedo, appearing in Pirate uni- | bases: Castro, Lopez, Fernandez, | poled two home runs, St. Louis forms, played a good game for Diaz, Machin, Acevedo 2, Baker;/Browns downed New York Yan- the losing team in-the field. At|double plays: Lopez to Castel- | bat, George and Manuel did their |jano, Acevedo to Cates to Pena; | part with two safeties each. Clay-| bases on balls: |ton Sterling was the big man for| struck out: by Sanchez 2, by \the Trojans with his bat crack-|Gates 1, by Lucilo 2; hit’ by /pitch- jing out two doubles and a'triplejer: by Gates (Albury); wild jin four tries. Jackie Carbonell | pitche: Lucilo; hits: off Sanchez | kept up his hitting pace by bat-'§ in one and one-third innings, |ting. out two safetes to increase! off Gates 11 in seven and tw |his average. | thirds innings; losing pitch In the nightcap, the strong ‘Sanchez; time of game: 2:08; um-!to 4. A’s*took the final fracas, \the best of the big boys in ac- 3 SCOFeT:/ 10 to 2, behind seven-hit pitch- Key West Conchs continued ‘to | pires: Griffin and Yradi play shutout ball by defeating | Milian. i the tail-end Blue Sox by the one-| f sided score of 13 to 0. It was the| |third no-run game dished out by | Hamlin and his gang—this time} | being behind the slants of the lit- CORAL GABLES SOFTBALLERS DUE | kes, 7 to-3, in the opening of a twin bill. Yanks overwhelmed off Lucilo 2;| the Browns, 11 to 2, in the night- cap. Dickey hit four for four in in the second contest. Three straight home runs in}. jthe seventh inning of the first ‘the initial fracas and one for one defeat Philadelphia Athletics, 8 ing by Caster. | Detroit Tigers edged out Wash- | ington Senators, 6 to 5. Results of the games: NATIONAL LEAGUE First Game pression on his impressive comeback, failed to jhe pitched over, out ‘it: went. in the Conchs’ dugout. Wonder! Numerous fans are being miss- if the lanky performer decided a |ed each Sunday. They were reg- comeback was out of the ques- ylar grandstand cash and carry tion? ‘ ‘customers. Among these are show up Sunday. He was missed | } PAGE THREE MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUES’ STANDINGS Club— inginnati, is _ New York. Boston - Philadelphia Lt oe New Yor! Boston Detroit — Chicago SYRESEL, Washington St Louis - a s Subscribe to The Citizen—20¢ weekly. = + | eeecee Boca Chica Key. Apply F. W. 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This baseball centennial _busi- next Sunday for a game of ball with Blue Sox, we might add that full information in regards to the ‘Tampa team will be in the hands plete batting order, fielding and i |te veteran, Lucilo, who let down; the Sox with three scattered | | bingles. Conchs have now re-} jeorded in their favor 36 score- less stanzas and aim to make it; |45 when Manager Hamlin trots | out Bethel in the game with the; same club next Thursday after-| noon. For the Conchs, Machin, Ace-| vedo, Cates, Albury, Baker and Vilareal led the batting attack. | |Willareal cracked out a single, a double and a triple in four tries.’ Mario Pena went hitless for the first time since the summer play | Conchs and-Trojans, winners yesterday, remain ina tie for first place, each «having “won three games and lost one. fl Box. score (first game): Roadside Pirates : Player— ABR |G. Acevedo, ss 5 |Torres, rf 3 M. Acevedo, 1b 4 Sued coy elotrocorrnment a wloccorcccontt ms Slecotran wnloummrococcce Rl commune of al poommocom “| Sl evusacuuny, El ewomwocwem 81 Odo Garo oo #1, eDo jhas been filed in circuit court and recorded on June 24. | and that his club will win. #present plans indicate. lmoonwcHom | At St. Louis HERE FOR FOURTH == (St. Louis Errickson, . Lanning, héuse and Lopez; McGee, Dean, Shoun, Cooper, Sunkel and Pad- gett. EARLY INGRAHAM ROUND- ING UP OLD LOPEZ FUN- ERAL CLUB TO PLAY VISI-| TORS By PEDRO AGUILAR Re-Nu-Art softballl club of Coral Gables will play a game in Key, West on the Fourth of July, Second Game At St. i Boston esi St. Louis : Posedel and Lopez; Bowman and Padgett. At Chicago It is stated that, the ; 33 ‘Iphia company team is a es we a ite gation and is anxious to play Lied Higbe and Millies; locals. 3 | Mancuso. Earl. “Wrinkley Bill” “Ingra- od ham; former manager-catcher of| At Pittsburgh diamondball teams in years gone | Brooklyn bye, 48 bringing together the old Lopez Funeral Home’ ten, and will take on the visitors immedi- ately after the Tampa-Key West fracdson the Fourth. Ingraham himself will catch, “Cigarette” Willie Gates or Oscar Ward will pitch, Sterling at first, Baker at second, Cates in short field, Albury at third and -Ar- ‘Complete lineup of the visitors ness is getting real serious in batting averages will be given GAMES TODAY Seeederoocoscsccsoccooce Key West. Now comes the news | out as received from Virgilio Fa- that Arthur Lowe, who oncejbian, who will have the mana- managed a scrub team about 15 / gerial reins of the Tampa aggre- gation. Jack Mathews, who, although of-?} of the writer this week. Com-/| BRING YOUR VISITING friends in need of a good night’s rest to THE OVERSEAS HOTEL. 917 Fleming St. _Reasonable Rates Phone: Key i fis Z a ? 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