The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 2, 1939, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 19389 FOUR BLIND DATES By Edwin Rott YESTERDAY: After his first shock of distovering: that. Horace and Morris are Siamese. twins, Bilt offers them $100 apiece to ap- pear gt the party. They accept, then dash away: Chapter 16 Diffenderfér Himself’ A SUDDEN grating noise betiind Bill caused him to turn his: head, And; in a blinding triumph, of perception, William gathered the reason’ for the rout of ‘his co- horts. The reasoh was a huge individ- wal in that distitictive gentis of Sdlt-and‘pepper suit favored by hangers-on at Belmont Park and Pimlico: 4 brown felt hat, in a high- state of ee ae a ar sli back fi m shining. forehead. i until it Tooked! like a néedy relation of one of the’ hanging lens of Babylon: Tilt- ed at aft arrogant angle in a corrier of his mouth was a half-smoked cigar. Beyond. this the presetice was noteworthy for naught save supreme paunchiness and a pro- truding lower lip. William mis- liked the individual on ee It became’ apparent presently that the individual misliked William. For the space of two seconds he regarded Mr. Steele with’ disdp- proval. Then he removed the ciger trom his mouth at spoke with a Kind of brief regality. “You!” he a harshly. “Beat ” “Eh?” said William, blinking in surprise. “You heard me!” averred thé salt-and-pepper clad gentleman. “Scram!” i William drew himself up. “And just why,” he inguired, with hau- teur, “should I scram?” - The paunchy gentleman _ap- proached two feet closer and low- ered. “’Cause I’m tellin’ you to,” he said threateningly. “An’ what's more, make it snappy. Unless you want to go out of here on your tin ear.” William gasped. This to a Torrid Terror of the Rose Bowl. “Listen,” he. said pottingy st don’t know who'you are and [ don’t want to. But you try throwing me. out of here and I'll seramble your face like an egg, In fact, I'd enjoy scrambling your face. It’s the kind of face that ought to be scram- bled.” He wrinkled his nose in dis- gust. “It’s a rotten face.” At this an expression which might have passed for a sardonic grin in the world of basilisks ap- Peared on the face under discus- sion. It spread in a kind of glassy horror. “Oh, yeah?” said the big man. V “Yeah,” confirmed William. in big man took a puff of his cigar. TListen,” he said fernneis. vo zou think I ain’t wise who you are, ee that you're one of Bernie’s guys?” “Bernie’s guys?” echoe “Who the devil are they?” “You know darn well who Ber- nie’ $,guys are *eause you're one of *em,” growled his antagonist, with irrefutable logic. William made a diagnosis. ) “You're crazy,” he said. “Ha!” responded the elephant i in the salt-and-pepper suit. “That's what you think. Well, let me tell you ergy so young ‘fella! I ain't as crazy as I look. An’ if you think Bernie Feldman can send the likes of you over me an’ get away with | .. stealin’ my freaks, you’re the one loony. An’ Bernie Feldman, too,” he added, with satisfaction. “Bernie Feldman?” said Bill Bo “Stealing your freaks?” The big man made a gesture of impatience. “Aw, cut the comedy! Is pose you're goin’ to stand there an’ tell me you ain’t never heard of Bernie Feldman ‘hat runs a freak show in South Brooklyn?” -_ “P've néver even heard of South Brooklyn,” Bil] said. ‘Dirty Work’ "|? big man jeered. “Get that?” he said; seeming to address Diffenderfers at large. ‘he ain't never heard of Bernie Feldmén. Heain’t_never heard of South Broo! Oh, no! He don’t just his wens Sa fro: in’ my anes, m = “cause — likes freaks around the -hevpes Here rs le man to pause and blow his nose viol ently. William lpsnes against the plat- form. “I wonder,” he said, “if you'd | se: poor boob? You think I ain’t Bill. He's | Di mind giving me the lowdown on this?” “My!" An: exasperated: expr mente sit to athe on mpg ie OP face: “You're fe Feld. man. an’ "ve —— te ave to ast me for the low Listen, you know a well as.I do that that dirty Sigg ot skunk © je Feld- man has been tryin’ to pull fast ones on me for the last twenty years, sendin’ bums like you over to get my freaks tan show ‘em in his dump. nt When f had Frog - Phantom From Faraway France, what hap- ?. Bei tims a Si ae ere’ to An’ fiesta ate petit Bel odgeer gertured in anger an ¢an't get nothin’ or abort Bernie Feldman sends some lug like you ae here to pull dirty work. An’ I got a Snodtful of it’ “Huh?” “6 jothing! I only said that it et ike sain Japanese experts are investi- “Rain, hey?” The big ‘man thrust His face closer to ene you got-2 swell chance of ae out if it’s rainin’ or not. Cause ’m goin’ to Hedve your out of your éar just as’sure as my name's: Diffen- derfer:” “For your. information,” said Bill, “I don't kriow this: fie Feldifian arid 1: —— for him: And I’m, not oe ‘And. don't ve taee that ro Lif your sit dead. fishy ren |. a face-so close to mine = iin m es “ to forget myself arid obliterate “Aaaadh!” ‘et Mr. Diffen- derfer. “So ve pa in AB el Bernie, eh? me this: What ‘about that [et garde oer Pteae ce apie yu was offerin’ them jorace et Morris hee ey male up behind Tt seemed to be @ "ge Dit- mepe eye 8 Fa ing his mouth to 9. peice that.he-had no adequate reply. To. explain. his reason for fav H Horace and Morris East. wi brace of century notes to this cies soul would be, he was certain, the height of folly. Mr. Diffenderfer, at his best, was doubtless-a skeptic. And the fact that.he had over- heard William mentioning money to the Siamése twins ras fatal. No, thought William, if would be’ idle to protest. further to this Diffen- derfer, Wherefore he closed his mouth again and that words were expected of him and he had no words, a blank look arttived upon his face. Mr. Diffen~ derfér, noting ais confusion, guf fawed raucously. Three Chins H*? the Diffenderfer guffaw’ been alone and unsupported, William. might ave: endured it, The trouble was that the guffaw reteivea backing. The freaks on the platform, pet. eeiving now that their boss was making jokes, considered it the | better part of valor to.join in the | hilarity, So did the group of by- standers who had-likewise been an interested audience. The result was a symphony, of laughter, rang- ing fron? the deep sonorous notes of the base to the trilling, fluting tones of the treble. Mrs. Gossip Zilch, alias Madame Abdullah, The Fattest Woman In The World, emitted a sound as of a ¢lock about to strike, slapped both knees simultaneously, Mee 4 back aer head and gave hersel over’ to loud merriment after Which, fot an interminable period of time, her 660 pounds shook lik« @ Vat of Blanc ao The Light pavendas Lady From The popo' laughed with more polite- ness, yet Mpoontrallalsty: Mr. Jep> thasoh; The Absol "gnd Posi- tively Only Living Skeleton, chor- tled ist ered pleasure. The ouran, utang, Mr, Moss, gave vent {6 @ sound Which indicated that he was not, ill-pleased. The Tallest Man are tittered in ahigh.. arl,. the snake. charmer, who “i been lin; off atid on anyway, now aban sei herself_to a perfect fren: cachinnaifon. The midgets laughet,, The East brothers, basely, laughed at their benefactor. ‘And during thé gefieral hubbub Anas+ tasia, the p: tuate the enthusiasm with terrible hisses doubtless denoting reptilian mirth, William, the. butt of it all, was stung to. thé quick. ie Diffenderfer, wiping his spoke to William as ote spea to the leading moron in the kindergarten. “Coie oh,” he sai placing a flabby hand on Fray BRS ce ard al on. yo lots of subways bi Et os pes ss nen oped re derfer rested his other hand a William’s shoulder and attempted | to push. a Furious, Wi gene ong a hi He had been worsted SS t Bese iaipesieeee -but’ for all that he tefiised: to be hustled, There was some suggeés- wich he flung himself out of the which he flung out of the iffendert; Mr. Diftenderter, un ol it man, noted - oy be and remarked upon “Ho!” qanth, hie. Diffenderfer: “Gettin’ tough) argund res srt see bn 's to ” And, to eens him sot toward the en- trance of the arcade. It seems to be a td of life the chin which gets totked is chin which Mere act of pares to hustle such as Willian Steele was tantamout to a sticking out of his own three- ue was only a mai chin, seconds until Mr. Herman J. fenderfér found this out. Wirenguen himself free Sy 1 second time William faced hi ine, | fed mast that envelog in upon it was aoe Ge He He tne that all over Sask pu SA tee OF ating: the mineral resources of maids, many families in England Japariese otctipied regions of Central’ China. - he knew | jon, aw»ke to punc> | itself out, Mr. | Hermar J. Diffenderfer, however, | unaware of | had — Hospital written Julius “Do-! Puby,“‘S) Statisties fol Julius Villareal, | Esmond Albury; | John Navarro, T Evelio Rueda, T Joe Casa, KWC |) Dick Navarro, T Lucilo Gonzalez, Guillermo Diaz, Club— Trojans . Pirates | Blue Sox - | Pitcher and Club— ” Villareal, young slugging outfielder of the Key ‘West Conchs,-is leading the Monroe County Baseball League hitting | department with a batting average of 625. iit Knocking out eight singles, four doubles and three triples in 24 trips to’ the pan, the youtliful lefthand hitter has a lead: of .159 points) over Kis nearest rival, Esmond’ “Tarzan” Albury, a teammate, who is ie rene ihe pill at .466. areal dropped .059 in the Trojan-Key West contest three we ago’ wher: he went hitless fgr the first time this season, gained .125 points in last Sunday's game between the Pirates and Conths, at which time he batted out a single and two: doubles in five ties, With 12-xuns-batted-in to his favor, the Conch’ gardener | ig Wading ir that division’ also. Of ten leading: batters in: the league, six are members of the Roy} Humiin’s gang. William “Butch” Cates is clipping the bail at 4.441! Boston Bees. clip. Atmardo Acevedo, wlio’ won last season’s batting champibn-| leaving the game in an early in-| ship; is hitting 342, Taking 35 trips to the old pan, Acevedo has hit! ning because of arm trouble, Chi- safely a dozen times. The Conch infielder is leading in most stolen) bases with four. Cyril “Beliss” Griffin and Mario “George Kelly” | Pena are the other Conchs in the Big Ten, averaging .333 each. Otter’ rheribers of the Big Tei are all Trojans. ling, hasky first saéker of the former Seafood Giill club, is fourth | burgh Pirates, 5 to 3. | with: an even .400, Jackie Carbonell, teammate-infielder of Sterling, | is fifth with an: average: of .389: John Navarro, fast shortstop of the! saméclub; trails Carbonell with five points less or 384 Evelio | 4Skipper” Rueda, flashy outfielder of the Trojaris, brings up the | rear with ar i of fey Tn the pitching departrient, Joé’ (House) Casa, of the Key West | Bob Fe t Conchs, has the best record with thréé’ victories and no defeats. The ant ee ute Ais alsa | Philadelp Conths’ speedball hurler has pitéhed 27 full innings, struck out 24, issued: nine free passes and: allowed only nine hits. s” Carbonell, Pirate ace sible for thé Bues’ three victories in league play, has twirled the} most innings, 42. He has fanned 30 batts walked 13 and allowed | 61 hits to win two. games and lose three. { AL BATTING RECORD Player end Club— low: KWC . Kwec | William Cates, KWC Clayton Sterling, T | Jackie ‘Carbonell, T | Armando Acevedo, | Cyril Griffin, KWC Mario Pena, KWC Robert Bethel, KWC Kwc Harry Wickers, T _.. Publio’ Carbonell, P BS | Howard Gates; BS _. | P¥ank ‘Salinero,“T Mario Sanchez, BS | Key West Conchs SeCodddocesevecteuseesecs! inca eePodscoosecscosuooesece Key West, Fla., Aug. 2, 1939. Observation taken at 730 a.m. ‘76th Met. Time Temperatures \Highest last 24 Hours |Lowést last night | Mean Normal 4 | Precipitation | Rainfall, 24 hours ending at 7:30: a, mi, inches _ | Total rainfall since Aug. 1, inchés ...—— Deficiency + since | inches — 1, inches — Excess since inches are employing ménh as “cook gen- jerals”. August 1, ‘Total rainfall since Ja January - Mm. » m. . Mm. m. M. = 24 iS RECORD oe 4 | | but! Clayton Ster- yandsman, who is respon- AB R HH 2b 3b RBISB Ave.| 10 16 P14 2.15 240 g 8 3 40 Led Bsr 1 625 466 441 -400 | 389) 384} 342 333 333 30 34 25 21 26 35 21 21 24 SOSHSCONH HY CANE NWRAON NONROCOCO ONS Ave, 1,000 cocoon wnnw g NHR ORE SOOM 888 500} 400 } -000 SERENADERS BLAMED FOR DROP IN EIRE’S MARRIAGE. RATE! (iy Associated Presny DUBLIN, Eire, Aug. 2—Prac-| ; tical jokes played on: newly-weds | by “strawboys”—acquaintances of | the bride and bridegroom who visit them om the night of the } wedding aad sing and darice out- |sidé their home—are being blam- (ed for Eire’s low marriage rate. An old Irish custom, the visits ‘of the strawboys—who get their name from straw tied around | their clothes before they start j their eelebrations—recently have }developed into “Pough-house” ari- tics that newly-weds don’t appre- Giate. Hay-ricks have been fired, Windows smashed, and various /articles stolen as souvenirs. When two strawboys were charged with sfealing articles} from the home of a honeymoon- | ing couple in County Leitrim, tht laistrict judge said he would jail any further offenders. “f do bélieve they are prevent- ing matrimony, as people are} | afraid to get married because of {the visits of these ruffians”, the | judge cy. People of England consume jonly half a pint of milk a day, while Americans drink’ four times as much. 333)" | Boston: | Cleveland | Detroit _. A STANZA CARDS DEFEAT BEES; TIGERS SUB- ‘DUE YANKS; BOSOX TAKE INDIANS INTO CAMP i (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, Aug. 2—Cincin- nati Reds’ winning streak ended| ‘New York at Cincinnati—Lohr-| 44q { hntih (7-8) 3. ‘Thompson’ G-1) orl a dozen or so of your own, at ten games yesterday ‘afternoon when the reviving New York | Giants staged a four-run rally to 4 tie the count and then. seore a‘ marker in the tenth inning to claim victory, 5 to 4: Triples by soecccconcosas Detroit at New York—Rowe (3-9) vs; Donald (12-0). St. Louis at Washington—Kra- mer (7-11) vs. Leonard’ (10-4). Cleveland. at Boston—(2)— Rich (4-3) and Wilson (6-6). Chicago at Philadelphia—(2)— Dietrich (6-4) and Rigney (7-5) vs. Ross (3-8) and Nelson (6-3). I mabcinne NATIONAL LEAGUE } |Moore (10-6). Brooklyn. at Pittsburgh—Ham- lin (11-8) vs. Bowman (8-5). Philadelphia at Chicago—Mul- eahy (6-12) vs. Lee (11-10). Boston -at St. Louis—Turner | Hudlin (7-5) and Harder (5-7) vs.) oe PAGE THREE TOOLATE TO CLASSIFY. By RUSSELL KAY POLITICAL FORMULA i Well. the politicaly crystal gaz- (@rs are at it again and guberna- \torial dope sheets are beginning number. _ Simple souls, inclined jto place confidence in such prog- nostications will find the follow- ling formula helpful in forming an |intelligent opinion | Take the names of all candi- \dates listed on, the various sheets, jin several tablespoonfuls of ba~- |mana oil and a large gob of salt. (Permit the mess to simmer in your mind for awhile- then’ sea-/ {son with thinly sliced boloney} ‘and’ apple-sauce, garnish with the ; | St. Louis Cardinals, four in all, 1358) vs. Warneke (9-6) or Coop- | patter of the gum-shoe boys and With Dizzy Dean} cago Cubs went on to: victory over} | Philadelphia Phillies, 6 to 2, be-| |hind the slants of Larry French. Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Pitts- Home run by Hank Greenberg, his 20th of the season, aided De- troit Tigers in subduing the New York Yankees,‘5, to 2. It was the | | first time since 1936 the Tigers | have won against Ruffing. Boston a 7% to 5 victory over Cleveland Thdians, although outhit.’ Chi- | cago. White. Sox walloped Phila- delphia Athleties,,4’ to 1, and St. Louis. Browns fell victims of Washington Senators, 5 to 7. Results of the. games: * NATIONAL LEAGUE At Pittsburgh Brooklyn — | Pittsburgh Fitzsimmons, | Phelps; Brown, Klinger and Ber- res. At Chicago Philadelphia At Cincinnati’ New York Gnicinnati (10 Innings) Salvo, Melton and Danning; Derringer and Lombardi. "At St: Louis 312 1 St Louis 4 8 2 Macfayden, Erriekson-:and. Lo-* | pez; Davis, Shoun and Owen. ‘ : © AMERICAN LEAGUE (At Bostor: RHE 510 1 Boston Ra oy a Feller, Dobson and Hemsley; Grove and Desautels. ‘At New York , BE. R. _ 5 1 New York 2 Trout, McKain and. Tebi tts; : | | Cleveland ., Philadelphia ;/ natural tastefulness. 0! | brotight them a 4 to 3 win over |e (6-4). dosee Sbevecvee jeood MAJOR BASEBALL | LEAGUES’ STANDINGS | SecesSSesooess' | NATIONAL LEAGUE | Club Cincinnati | St. Louis». | Chicago | Pittsburgh | Brooklyn [New York | Boston. - 659) -538 | 526} 517} 500} 495 462 AMERICAN (CAN LEAGUE Club— Wil. |New York __. {Boston - ; Chicago — . Pet | 626 558 527 511! 412 |Detroit - Washington St. Louis - Today’ 8 Horoscope: eases Today gives a tendency to ius: | tive will be magnanimous and/ jopem: -handed, but should be very} ‘careful not to waste resources on what is merely vain show. It will be well to spend according | imr alses. Policemen of London are be- as they fly over the city and to judge their height and course. | Ruffing and Dickey. At Philadelphia Chicago Philadelphia . Knott and Tresh; Hayes. At. Washington St. Louis 5 9 0 Washington - 714 2 Kennedy, Lawson and Glenn; ' Chase, Appleton and Guiliani. ~ | mute. R. H. E. 491 1 9 6 Potter. and W. L: Pet.| 295 H 374| 283 | juriousness and love of display, | i which is somewhat hidden by the! but he’s not as young as’ he used | Today's na-|to be and campaigning calls for| to the means, and to control the | jbar flies, add a dashof street | {corner biah and barber-shop bosh. | 'Then you take a deep breath, {hold your nose and make three | |guesses—wait a minute or two jand if a man answers, hang up,} Gir ve probably got the wrong imber. But as folks seem to like guess- litig games and I don't know any \more about it than the next guy and probably not as much, I as- sume it would be right and prop-: \er for me to drag out a turban,‘ ‘don a robe and add my contribu- ‘tion to your mental delinquency. Taking Census Of State | Among those we find galloping | about the state taking a census of well located stumps and look-| 710) ing for platform planks‘ are. old | 8TeSS- _Hobiestead Bill” Hodges, “Dan- {gerous” Dan Chappell, Burton | Townsend” Schoepf, Fuller “Fer- 'dinand” Warren, “Jovial” Jerry} \Carter, Walter “Booster” Fraser, Fred “Longshot” Touchton, G. Pierce Wood (if he could) and a | flock of others. Again warning you that | I don’t know anything about it and your! guess is as good as mine, I sim-| ply point out the faet that Tal- lahassee’s Hodges knows his way a stout heart and lusty lungs. He jlost by a hair last time and his jhair is thinner now than’ it was | then. ‘ | Miami’s Dan Chappell has a lot on the ball but last time it turned jout to be an eight ball with him \behind it. Don’t discount him— he’ll run a good race in spite of R. H. E.|ing trained to ideritify airplanes |his previous defeat. Jacksonville’s Fuller Warren | has youth, vim, vigor and a gift jof gab that would make a to- | bacco auctioneer look like a: deaf- He'll draw bigger crowds and entertain ’em better than any lother candidate, but so did Jerry | Carter and ‘while they all called him “Amigo” they voted for |someboty else: 5. Tampa’s Burton Schoepf, with (plenty of business experience but ‘no political sense, has Dr. Town- send’s “Blessing”, |drews, Cannon, Hendricks and} several others can testify is a nice | to circulate in ever increasing| jmix thoroughly as you slowly stir) about and most of the answers/| which An-/ Rand to draw to in any man’s game. Opponents will out-falk and out-box him but he'll stay on this feet for he’s no pushover. }* Jerry Carter, although talked lof as. a gubernatorial candidate, | will probably run for congress. If folks had‘ wanted Jerry*-for igovernor they could have elected |him the last time. nf “ | Fred.Touchton,. the druggists “white hope”, found at the top-ef ‘one’ dope sheet and at the bot- j tom of another, will find that | “Medicine Shows” don't™ draw crowds Anymore and that polit- lieal salve is harder to sell than | the kind they pass.out in a store. fat he don’t take a “run-out ‘pow- der” he'll need to take a lot of aspirin. St, Augustine’s Fraser, nourish- *\ed from the “Fountain of Youth” jhas plenty of young ideas and has {a good record as a “Mayor”. He'll ‘appeal to the city folks: but will have to be ‘sold in the back woods. | G. Pierce Wood is a doubtful ‘starter, chis pleasing persdtiality; jability and experience are offset rwith a Dupont label and the last legislature messed him up ta , where he would have to run as thandicapped as a guy with “Ball”, jand chain. Lex Green, frequently ~ men< Mtioned, would be-a:sap to‘run for anything but reelection to Con- A great campaigner, he'd carry his own district and hold }his own in’ west Florida but south Florida would defeat him on theee jcounts, hat, tie and cross-state canal. Then there’s Jess Parrish, Har- olt Colee, Spessard Holland, Mark Wilcox, John Martin, B. F. Paty; Francis Whitehair, Raleigh Pette- | way, V. P. Miller and a number } ;of others who should not be dis; counted; any of ’em could upset an applecart. My guess is the customers will prefer a young man, but not too young,.a business man rather than a politician and they'll want to and less starts: you | hear more horse=sense | hooey when the shoutin’ If T hear anything I'll let know. e — THY IT TODAY — The Favorite In Key West | STAR -+ BRAND CUBAN COFFEE OW SALE AT ALL GROCERS eedseccccosesescccccoces “Key West's Outstanding!” LA CONCHA HOTEL Beautiful—Air-conditioned Rainbow Room and Cocktail Lounge . 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