The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 18, 1939, Page 3

FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1939. FOUR BLIND OATES: By Edwin Rutt YESTERDAY: Tacks explains the game of North, South, East, West to the company gathered around the festive board. Jumbo announces his engagement to Luella, The Bast Bros, make merry. Chapter 30 Brother Brother 2 ‘ABD ttiow, my friends,” Morris. resumed, “I . hiya, Ad- mie) what time ‘does the fleet This irrelevant inquiry was ad- @ressed to Matherton, ‘who had poten neces in the wince ‘bear- pagne. Hearing himself ‘iva rude- | if osted Matherton paused, then high-hatted Morris East in the nee est British tradition. Lifti: head until his three chins fell ite the proper sygainent, he bent mn the swaying figure of Mr,| Adams, it a look that would have brought out fur coats in Singa~ pore. Then he set the champagne down on the sideboard. “So you won't talk, eh?” said Morris East unabashed. “Well,|an friends, as 1 lee geen eS close Speech tonight with a WT sto a Yeney was onct a bare- back rider in acircus.. Mr. Horace East emitted a kind of strangled bleat. Mr. Horace East knew this story. «“Morris,” he shouted, “not an- other word out of you. You're dis- Ergeing | us pi Cea jin’ nothin’ of the kind,” said orris, gazing over the table with benevolent aon “Well, ladeeze and feat’ mun, this barebaek rider falls Jove with a lion-tamer ...” He got no further. Mr. Horace East was on his feet. With a side- Jong twist of which he had hither- & appeared incapable, he seized lorris about the middle. For a mo- ment Morris teetered wildly, like an ape in the grasp of a Dye Then by a series of eel-like _ $quirms, he broke the hold and turned on his brother. “Now you listen to me, Horace,” he said wrathfully. ot got a snoot-full of this. Always shuttin’ me up, always ce me down.” Emboldened by his liba* tions, he took a definite stance. “B’gosh, I'll talk all I want to. ‘Who's got a better right? I. th, you—-you make me sick.” | ma gnc. to emphasize his statements, he gave Horace a push. & is the law Me the jungle shat when a guy pus! are you pus! him beck. ‘Horace East reacted in orthodox detion: He pushed ‘Mor- ris. Nothing loath, Morris pushed hi fain. race Be ae with a net tres; fete instant the East bothers rolling over and over, were mixing it on the fine Oriental that lent dignity and refinement to the dining-room. A series of horfified gasps broke from Packy, Miss Dorothy South | th and ’ Miss cuella, West ee 2 jut the conflict made an instan' een to Pe Seorting ortahe S34 of the gen- lemen p. Five dollars on Morris,” cried Van Harkness, “He's fighting for a cause.” “You're on,” Bill Steele. said. “The brains of the act has the @ooler head!” But the bet was never settled. All of a'sudden the voice of Horace » underdog at the moment, shrieked: “There! Now you've done it, you fool.” And, shooting ‘arms and legs. in all directions, he struggled out from under his Then came a distinct shock. Mor- ris arose, looking sober and sheep- ish. Horace arose merely looking sheepish. But they arose separate- ly and as two men. Horace and Morris were still twins, but not of ‘the vintage Siamese. A cry broke from Bill Steele. “What's this?” acai sai aes with quicker pe! jon, “seems to be a very Clear case of fake freaks.” He di- Tected an inquiring look at Horace ,and Morris, -who'stood shufflin; ‘their feet. “Well paves mS shave it t's the idea?” et and Morris hung their heads guiltily, Guilty Secret qNoBopE’D pay just to see twins,” muttered Horace. “So we had to do something, didn’t we?” Morris demanded, sti! i pl tly belligerent from the wine. lorris,” said Horace, “be quiet! T'll tell this.” He addressed the as- ons e. “It’s like he says, e had to do something. ‘we doped it.out that we'd be| 1 £2 twins, It works, too, for ears and nol ets wise. hunatic here’ e glared mm at his brother—“gets tight to- — me and busts the belt thi = 4 us othe obvious discomfiture brought @ general laugh. ell, never can: ” said Bill Steele soothingly. “Get hitched up again and y acct i ale el Your | Mi goin’ | ing to Pate Adams, the French . high) ited body of te o af Winich he rode rode inritatediy upon a | fed Qe f, guvinor?” ine ss clan. & in the, back ans x i ay told ‘that, . ivi be Eve, sireedy told You Sat | At about-the time that Mathis: ton, the butler, isappreval ‘of the in the -room THE KEY WEST CITIZEN (CONCH BATTERS CONTINUE TO Average Of 542. | By OSCAR L. MILIAN | Julius Villareal, the sandlet young outfielder who was picked |ap by Manager Roy Hamlin of the Key West Conths several months | ago and given a tryout with Jast season’s champions and present | first-half pennant winners, topped the hitting list ‘with a’ .542 average to take batting shonors in the first-half of ‘Monrve County Baseball League's split schedule, which terminated Jast ‘Sunday. - Computed retords of the entire half also show that the Coca- | Cola lad leads in most runs-batted-in with 13 to his credit, while ex: ‘tha base hit honors also went to the rightfielder with six double and | end. | three triples. awathed ina iy on cigar, itr bury Adams. oll oil Came Sata lord ene oie Riehard Craftond ‘0 char, Europe had been nabatt ut a-vait pets ie tie neck: ck Hee Joummer yn ithe weet pel all the pleasure he had derived from invading the Old World cone have been put in the eye of ler-sized microbe. ones him and hin A istly Jot, the » Said Mr, Adams. The Germans were a par- cel of arrogant militarists, shout- didn’t know ing and saluting. The: ‘what they wanted, Mr. Adams had been greet. b roar. 1p ceence, a) guatrantes in the smokihg-room, e Italians? Bah! Mr. Adamsjhad no words sufficient to describe the veers oo the same went for well” by Gly, Mr. Adams was alive to tell the smoking-room that he’d done something about Eu- | Tope. He’d left it flat, that was what. Directly he'd ‘seen by the paper that the S.S. Dresden was Sailing on Tuesday, he'd made up his mind. Hadn't said a word to pasbody. either, Eee cabres jome or an ere he ‘was out in e Atlantic time the engines throbbed he was just that much nearer to -his be- ut Adams. In order to Mr. Adams said unto rine a ttoteke « stag | and look care- fully F dows Behind = ree ae =e hie enees top tags eared slow) fin bbe nie the (Se gang- Mr. Adams ‘went jowr the € Under ae in the eustoae shed an lactation spoke to Mr. “Any! yihing to declare, sir?” he inquired po! pee as ‘Declare?” roared “Mr. Adams, “No. Why should I have? I preoeng So buy their. over ene. Loge alive, man. ant to Posy ome,’ Sense Of Remorse the revels “within the buty Minis wece'st tick beige ul were’ at one Chiseler Jennings sat in the shadows of a hydrangea bitsh on the spacious lawn of Saitair Acres. It was the Chiseler’s stom, pers thought Mo circhions i and | was an utter impossibi no ey to_brook Coletiinsme te the Ape to remain at his post, him, but belonging to suptber. ing from within the ho . The next | Adams. when not otherwise ployed, to com jis massive, dolichoce] if howeves créni- um. Seiier Gepaute of remained in the sey of Fe | Ape Coletti. Wherefore, being ni ie Chiseler had ae ee after first admonishing Perha it was the ot the crue acres lying all By Perhaps it was the tinkle of. and the sound of =k the = haps it was the covey of Sr og cars that he By aed just | see in the driveway. eas no mat- ter what its ieee an, ith a sense wea Vs was a great and fertile brain. faut too late, he was ~ fruits garnered by high-powéred or; been “m he em- uch hi loyed iit in some orthodox fash- ion. As it was, he had dedicated his ‘colossal intellect to anti-social pur- suits with the result that, vane That section of the community kn ios the Underworld, he was now oaked pan ss ae asa got benevo- lent Dr. the rae where edt it gol him? Hi amassed no fortune. He owned no vast estates. When you came right down to it he was nothing se of j jamape ah lesser man into loud lamenta Chiseler was far’ too the use of this malght have and every | srceiving thatthe |; Armando Acevedo, Conchs’ star shortstop, finished up with ‘a | surprising average of .325, after a very poor start at the opening of ithe Season. Armando finished up an this last several. games to boost his-average to the skies. Hamlin’s infielder had more tries | at bat than any other player with a total of 43 attempts. ’ “Most tuns scored ‘by any individdal wound up in a tie as Ar- mando ‘and Villareal crossed the platen even Gozen times each. Im all, Key West Conch batters continue to dominate league hit- ting and run-producing honors. Of the fi batting average records, six are oats | Jousters. F | ‘| John Navarro, Trojans’ fast sh led the individual batting | | of his club and finished fifth among the .400 players. Armando Davila, stumbling centenfielder, and Publio Carboftell, pitching ace, members of the Pirates’ ers to hit the ball over the .300 mark. .352, while “Specs” set a pace'of 315. Tony Castellano, Blue Sox ‘first bs ting the ball at a Paget at ile Sox player has hit the’ ball: ee | reached by cateher Rodhtiaes though the list shows to the plate and an average #500, the stick eliminates him as a leading /hit \ | tan Lopez and, Marvin Griffin, who took’ part in not more than three | or four full games. It may also be'ni ‘that the Man Mountain | moundsman, of the Conchs heads the list*with a 666 average. | Followirg is a complete batting record of all players in ssenre| | County Baseball League: : Player and Club— Quintan Lopez, KWC | Julius Villareal, KWC *Howard Gates, BS | William Cates, KWC | Marvin Griffin, KWC |¥smond Albury, KWC | *John Navarro, T *Jack Carbonell, T Cyril Griffin, KWC *Clayton Sterling, T — *Joe Navarro, T _ Armando Davila, P | Joseph Domenech, T * | Jasper Walker, T —. | Armando Acevedo, KWC | *Publio Carbonell, P — *Evelio Rueda, T Julee Barcelo, .KWC. Joe Casa, KWC. | Mario Pena, KWC _. |John Torres, P _ Lucilo Gonzalez, KWC Cheta Baker, KWC -. Tony Alonzo, T .. | Freddie Carbonell, P | Leo Gonzalez, KWC *Harry Wickers, T | *Manuel Acevedo, P | Izzy Rodriguez, P | Manuel Lopez, T | Albert Rodriguez, BS *George Acevedo, P __ *Mario Hernandez, P —_.. | *Jesus Garcia, BS — *Tony Castellano, BS | *Guillermo Diaz, BS -.. | *Gabriel Garcia, BS *Frank Salinero, P - Peter Castro, BS *Anthony Kelly, T _ | Rene Machin, KWC Eduardo Garcia, P Robert Bethel, KWC —..1 1. *Albert Acevedo, P 0... | *George Malgrat, P ‘of Roy Hamlin’s fence- 5. Swhiel ‘started off hit~ a percentage of 176, Noj mark, ‘That point was lit for an even 200. Al- ih two hits out of four trips small number of tries with .. This is-the case of Quin; 2b we ib SB RBI Ave. | 666 542) 500! ue MS SSS SSSSCH WOOHOO H MOM OH OOH NOE OH OHH ON OUMAWWHODS WH 425 REESSSERRE: « be be eb S58 aSS55E858 LCADK ON -166 153 143) ALT 1k 107. A 0 6 0 5 0 3 6 1 2 3 0 1 6 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 SSSHOSSSSSSSSSOSCSCSC SSO SSS SHOSOHOSCEOSCSOSSHOMSGOWOOOHOHOE YS SS SCHOHS SOMO NOH OHHH HEM CON EHO COMM WOO NESW SCHMROOHMNH OCS Six Of Rey Hamlin’s Charges Among First ‘Ten; | ten playérs listed in the} eréw, were the only Buc play- | ila ‘earned an average of | Aza | 419 | De 4157); STH 1088 IN ROW YANKS. EDGE OUT NATS IN TEN INNINGS: ‘RED SOx ' WALLOP ATHLETICS (Special to The Citizen) NEW . Aug. 18.—St. Louis Cardinals handed Pitts- burgh ‘Pirates their ninth straight deféa* ‘yesterday afternoon when ‘the Rédbir tds downed the Bucs, 4! to 2. Hitting of Terry Moore and six-hit pitching by Curt Davis featured. The victory was the. Cards’ fourth in a row and the| 16th out of their. last 18 games. ie) Casey’s five-hitter Brook- | ‘lyn Dodgers went to victory | ‘New York Giants, 5 to 1. Although outhit, New Yor! | Yankees edged out Washington | | Senators 9 to 8 in ten innings. ‘Nats secured 13 safe blows off a trio of Yanks pitchers to nine for the world’s champions off two ational moundsmen. Boston Red | Sox walloped Philadelphia Ath-| | letics 7 to 1 as they laid down a |17-hit barrage to vhand. Lefty | Grove another win. Another ten-' } inning game resulted .in victory | for tail-end St. Louis Browns, 6 *} to 5, over Cleveland Indians. Results of ‘the games: NATIONAL LEAGUE | alfa ana (New, York — Brooklyn Be ‘Gumbert, Brown, ‘Coffman Danning; Casey’ and Phelps. pee To st Pittsburgh St. Louis Pittsburgh - ‘ Davis and Padgett; M. Brown, | Sewell and Mueller. AMERICAN: LEAGUE At ‘New York s pevabitingeon |New York . s (10 Innings) Krakauskas, Appleton and Gui:| | | and Dickey. | » At Chicago . i Hutchinson an | | betts; Knott, Lee and Tresh. At Philadelphia R. H. E. els ger, Dean and Hayes. At St: Louis ; Cleveland St. Louis _.. (10 Innings) Eisenstat, Hudlin and Hemsley; Whitehead, Mills, Trotter and 'Glenn. PARK SOFTBALLERS se ‘CONTINUE TO LEAD | DEFEATED BOW WOWS YES- TERDAY AFTERNOON BY SCORE OF 27-21 Bayview Park diamondball| \ten continued to lead the newly- \formed lead and increased its margin over Sloppy Joe’s Bar team. Parkers again hit the ball all hover the lot as Bow Wows became their latest victims. Final ‘scote’ of the game played yesterday afternoon at Bayview Park be- ee these two teams was 27 to 21. Park now! have won threejf ‘contests and lost none. Sloppy’s Outfit thas won’ two and lost one. } 4 SSSEISES Boston -._ Philadelphia f sSgaegten i I see 3 SEERa? it aeegeseen Bea: \FOR SALE—Electric Plant, Payment tor clensified edver-| tisements is invariably in ad- vance, but regular advertisers with ledger accounts may have), their advertisements charged. gone foréver.—Horace Mann. 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Apply to) 1306 ‘Virginia Street may25-tfs | {FOURTEEN-FT. ‘V-BOTTOM CYPRESS BOAT; Four Horse Johnson Outboard Motor; Four | Umbrella—all for $85.00. Apply | 1217 Petronia Street. jun27-s aly homey augl7-2tx!- MARINE HOSPITAL CONTINUES ON TOP DEFEATED KEY WEST ELEC- TRIC COMPANY TEAM LAST NIGHT | / A total of 1274 pins bowled over by Messrs. Ward, Schaffer and |Moore of Marine Hospital last. (night helped them maintain: their hold on first position jin the Ter- race three-man bowling team | race. ‘Their opponents, Key West! Electric’ Company sa ain ‘scor- ed 935. The second match ‘of the eve- ning, a nip and tuck contest be- ‘tween Palm) Dairy and La Con- cha Hotel, was won jby the for- mer, 1067 to 1043. Results of :the games: Marine Hospital -153 168 169-— 490 -112 {112 103— 327 172 133 152— 457 SWINE i. So ee — 1274 Key West Electric Co. Julian 101 91 90— 282 Carey Johnson Ward - Schaffer Moore — 150 74 104— 328 Total A. 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