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

SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1939 FOUR BLIND DATES By Edwin Rutr= Chapter 37 Root Of The Matter HS, voice, floating out on the night breeze, came first to the ears of. Matherton, the butler. Matherton took action. With state- ly tread he walked to the living- room and desired speech with Tacks. “Beggin’ your pardon, Matherton said, “but. there’s an *orrible ’owling goin’ on h’outside in the grounds, Tacks looked at. him, surprised. “How’s that? Howling?” “Precisely, sir,” said Matherton. “From somewhere within . the premises there is h’issuin’ a kind of bellowin’ an’ trumpetin’ as would wake the dead. that it would, sir.” “But who,” said Tacks, mysti- fied, “is doing it?” Matherton gazed at the ceili: He never liked to commit himself definitely. But the authorship of some of the rich and racy expres- sions that were now ringing through the confines of Saltair Acres could be ascribed to out one individual. “Well,” Matherton ‘said judi- cially, “h’in my h’o} ‘opinion, sir, h'it could be the Master.” Tacks got the attention of his contemporaries in the living-room. “Hey!” he said. “Some of you come with me: ‘There’s monkey business afoot.” The occupants of the living- room rallie¢ to the call nobly. Everybody wanted to go, Tacks" seized three flashlights from the hall table and led his band out into the: night. As they filed out into the shad. ows they were met by a gust of wind and a greater gust of pro- fanity. Using Richard Crafton- bury’s efforts as a sort of verbal beacon, they converged upon the smokehouse. On its threshold ‘Tacks halted the company. He and Matherton went inside. Richard Craftonbury sat propped against the wall, spent by his ex- ertions. He glowered dercely into the beams of the flashlights. “Hal” he said, with savage: “Good Grief, Uncle Dick!” ex- claimed Tacks. “What on earth has happened?” “Happened?” barkeu Richard Craftonbury. “How the hell do T know what's happened? Cut me loose, you damned idiot.” Tacks produced a pen-knife. A | moment later Richard Crafton- bury bristled forth from the: smokehouse, “Ha!” he snapped, surveying the assemblage with smouldering eye. “What's all this?” “Matherton heard. you shout- ing.” Tacks explained. “So we all came out.” He paused in astonish- ment, “Goodnight, who ; beaned rou?’ Rithafd Craftonblry piit a*hand to his head. He then discovered that he was the owner of a lump the size of a hen’s exg. The knowl- edge caused him.te execute a dance of pure wrath. “Ha!” he roared, addressing the company at large. “Who struck me?" No one c’.imed the honor. Rich- ard Craftonbury. glared at the group and went off on another ta “Where's that young woman I came out with?” he demandec. ” said Tacks, “we don’t know. You ought to.” Mr. Adams wheeled on him. “Me? How should I know, you damn fool. 1 went down the steps with her and some blackguard struck me from behind.” “You don't even know who tied you up?” pursued Tacks. “Tm telling you I don’t,” thun- dered Richard Craftonhury. “But. dammit, I'll, find out.” He gazed" sweepingly over his minions and perceived tnat there was an absentee. “Why isn’t Dipsang here?” he ing Henging! Barca ten are at the head of the iny.. “Well, come on. I’m go- ing ferret this out.” ‘ Completely Unmanned bl proceeded back to the house. Arriving in. the a Creftonbaes delivered an ict. “Tm going up-to see Jipsang,” he announ He started up the stairs, then wheeled suddenly upon his fol- lowers. “Well, dammit,” he growled, “you don’t all hive to come. What do you think this is, the Easter parade?” His fiery eyes darted selectively over his cohorts. “You, Matherton, I'll want you. And you, sooeeen. yous you'd better ee Pi —he pointed ine Aart at Packy.o' whose charms he h: sible even while fuming outside the smokehouse—“you come too. As for the rest of you, go and play cards or something.” The elect’ stood forth. The dis- carded canaille faded back to the living-room. Richard Goeteabary swept his arm ina ine ges They ascended the eee ir, Chiseler Jt in Se horror as. floated out into the a stunning low, like a _quick forward pass that snatches as>to fumed. victory with the at the tmekeeper's 4 ling it combi unmanned pursuit of Mrs. Dipsang and ee weakly into a chair. full: vaya behaved like I'tolé you | | tea" he said, “I. wouldn't have ere intment. and chagrin. moved the Chiseler to dip int~ his Br of sauotation. pointing an ac- cusin; ing bnger at at her, “have robbed me oft that which not enriches you and makes me poor, indeed.” “How’s eat ead Es. ‘Dip- Saag. en ee = don’t. you worry. * smirk oe § have. enough for us ‘bon de-eve | always been a saving woman.” The Chiseler almost jumped out of jis gala. underpants. “What do you mean?” he ejacu- “I mean,” said Mrs. Dipsatig por- tenitously,” “that Fate has decreed that we—er—that events shall take a certain course.” The . Chiseler’s. quick . mind grasped her meaning,’ For a mo- ment he stared at her anbelieving- ly. So this iddle- loony had fallen a victim to his mascu- line charms, eh?. Well. that was & hot one. Still, there was one advan- tage in it. But for the fact that she (was, attracted to him,.she would unquestionably: have arouse the house, And while he deplored the | delay that had prevented him from ransacking A place, he thought’! it just possible that he might yet escape: to join. his confederates ber low. He was certain that by now the deed had been dohe. In all | probability’ Coletti ‘was standing guard over young Harkness. in the smokehouse, Seubeing what to do. next. If onl Coletti, to put Harkness in the car and hurry back to the city! But how could he possibly have fore- seen the events that had led to his imprisonment by a woman who, he felt certain, was off her trolley? | Only Too Clear Ge out of this he must., But how? And, spur his intellect as he would, the answer to the question evaded shim. Fi minutes he racked the noted Jen- nings. cerebellum. Then, all of a | Sudden, he. started bolt upright. “My heavens!” he exclaimed. “What was that?” From somewhere out in the night a_stentorian. shout had sounded. It was immiedia! suce ceeded: by another and vail Saeihe Mrs. Dipsang’s window. The Chis- eler, hand. behin? his ear, made out the word-hely” repeated often: and with a mandatory twist on it. And to his agile ming it was only | too clear what had happened. In some stupid manner, no doubt, Co- letti-had fumbled the ball. That voice } be. the voice of Van Harkness, oliciting help. A wave of disappointment et over the Chiseler, He felt tike a financier who, cro! d over an adverse ticker, watches his fortune roll ir- retrievably away from him. “We must investigate this.” he cried, springing to his feet. “Some- one is in distress.” Mrs. Dipsang remained calmly in her chair. “There are enough of them downstairs to investigate it,” she Pointed out. “No, no,” said the Chiseler, agi- tatedly, “I must.be present. My | poor ydia may be involved.” “You "a better sit down a, ro said Mrs. Dipsang. “A fine down.” The Chiseler obeyed with bad ne He had but one hope now. hat was that the hue and cry, which, wovld go - reentiy. would. not extend to Mrs. Dip- san, 8 a ae Jom enetion "Selo sat on the ec ing impoten’ Jul Supelanted | eeme d. peta L sounds issued from the ve Se, tion of the Bouse Et dine Sed an ¥ H tion. Next. preeel wis Chiseler’s guilt- ears paired indicate the eet of nothing © short of a regiment of marines, s.unded in the -hallway outside, Mrs. Dipsang’s door. For.one wild moment the = eler toyed with the idea of Sacer however, he carded it. ight would seal his guilt beyon uestion and he Goubtea i bet id have anyway. For Lien equally wil moment he e: the notion of sliding esl-like under the bed or diving into a closet. But s great brain ruled these measures as impract Nothing,- it told him, smacks of'sin a gota than a veers bo eng 1 pore es cs creat Sik of SCOUT TROOP HAS - eS SES ae ae | Scout Oath and Law,( followed by the collection of de $a ~ Plans were made a hike to the second Martello Towers next 3 Friday night. The meeting ended with a half- “Woman,”". he caret emp} phe deeby act” | pete but: vie he had instructed | ‘or many | er until a kind of erratic.sym- | phony, notable for volume if not | for sweetness, was pouring in at | you'd cut running around dws | there ,without your pants, Sit | |PETCHING,- TEAM TOF Conchs Dominate All Three Depirtsticnts; Team | Of 922; Four Leading — { 1 | | | | that Key ‘West’ Conchs' dominate a! fielding percentage of .922.” Records, which cover the first-1 MONROE COUNTY Pitcher-Club— Joe Casa, KWC. ses. Robert Bethel, KWC - | Marvin Griffin, KWC Dick Navarro, T —— | Lucilo Gonzalez, KWE | Harry Wickers, T — | Publio Carbonell, P’ | Guilletfmo Diaz, BS | Mario Sanchez, BS | Quintan Lopez, KWC | George Maigrat,.P - | Pancho Saliner, P-' T |Howard Gates, BS ' Oscar Molina, BS — | | c ‘oO v a Club— | Key West Conchs Trojans .—.- Pirates - Blue Sox Club— | Key West Conchs ... Pirates Blue Sox - By © L. Records of thé pitching, team batting and | team fielding reveal MONROE COUNTY LEAGUE )TRAM Xs. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN: « (GROWERS AND li three, departments. In team fielding thé Conchs have an,average of .345, and team | Four pitchers of Roy Hamlin’s bombarders have excellent aver- ages, and only one has lost a game, Lueilo Gonzalez. half of. the league, follow: LEAGUE PITCHERS IP SO. BB. W. L. 18' 1% BH Ave. 1,000} 1.000 1,000 | 800 750 | -400 | eel Www N ww nS, ww iP oF -000 | 000 *000 | SRwSK SES ae ver’ 19 1 009, -000 Ee | ee SeooocooONNwHErnps SrwonNnonwwrnoscoe BATTING 2b 3b. rbi SB Ave.| AB, R.. H 19 5 57 22 34! 359 {72-9924 250 33. «75 267, 200 54 213 20 <37 & MONROE COUNTY LEAGUE TEAM FIELDING ‘6G Po A E DP 10 267 °°162° 28 4 198 110 26 2 173 107 28 3 900 | 189 122 39 5 ~ YANKS WALLOP BROWNS TWICE; @ | INDIANS KEEP |UP VICTORY MARCH: TIGERS DEFEAT SENATORS; NO.GAMES IN NATIONAL LEAGUE ° besten. (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, Aug. 26—New. York -Yankees'walleped.St. Louis (Browns twice, 11 to 0 and 8 to'2. }Two excellent pitching perform- | ances were turned.in, by Sundra and Gomez. The former twirled a four-hitter in. the: opéner;: and | ‘to: |the’ latter a threehitter in “the jnightcap. Gomez was robbed of la shutout because of two bases jon balls and a double in the ninth linning. | Cleveland Indians kept up their |victory march yesterday after- noon as they made a ‘clean sweep ic the series with Philadelphia | Athletics, Behind Einstat’s six- |hit pitching and their own 11-hit; |attack, the Tribe blanked the A’s |6 to 0. Boston Red. Sox succumbed to |Chicago White Sox because of | the combined fiye-hit pitching by | Knott and Brown and the -hit barrage by the Chisox and own three miscues. , Final, score Detroit Tigers déféated: Wash- tl ington Senators, 5 to 2. The only two games Scheduled. in the National League were raind out. e Results of the games: AMERICAN LEAGUE Trotter, Lawson and Spindel. Second Game . At St. Louis New York —. St. Roult Gomez and Dickey; Lawson and Glenn, | so- | Cleveland Nelson, Masters Einstat and Hemsley. At Chicago RED SOX LOSE! MARINE ‘HOSPITAL BOWLING PLAYERS CONTINUE 1 TO LEAD even vrouns STAGED GAL- LAN FIGHT TO REMAIN IN ty Marine‘ Hospital bowling | team beat Aronovitz Dept. Store last. by the latter team. Lumber Company No.:2. All this was expected, the vie- tors, haying. led the tournament. ‘But the surprise of the evening was the-fight Price Tours made to stay in second place. They needed 1183 pins, which area lot of pins. .It looked hopeless but after some desperate bowling by members Glisch, F. J. Dion and Hubert Dion, a final effort of 175 by Hubert Dion put them over and atthe end of the third week of play’ they stand: |, Team— | Marine’ Hospital Price Tours - | Southpaws |La Concha Hotel | Cheely No. 1 Pins 4947 . 4656 - 4641 . 4593 . 4532 White Star Cleaners Palm Dairy Le Clieely ‘No.’ 2 j Lucky Strikes Bowlers Boj Con DeMolay Key, West-Havana Cigars. Electric Co. —. Rotary Club Aronovitz Store Scores last night: q Marine E fer _132 130 126— 388 H. A. Dept. Store «111 122 133— 366 131 99 140— 370 118 114 110— 342 —..10T 161 144— 412 131 132° 126+ 389: i. Dion, jt TIT 110 175— 396 lec Se ‘Lymber Co. No. 2 109° 145 120— 374 2122-100 152— 383 |” ee 15 124 126— 325 “000 | Key West Conchs in the opener, 000 | 000 | SECOND PLACE: PLAY FOR| [night despite.a gallant srtuggle Price Tours. defeated Cheely D. E. Ward _145 164 143— 452}: Tobi 2 Aronovitz | - BLUE SOX. WILL TANGLE SUNDAY |. TROJANS AND CONCHS BAT: TLE IN OPENER; WICKERS| OR DICKEY NAVARRO TO! OPPOSE LUCILO GONZALEZ By PEDRO AGUILAR Doubleheader of baseball will |be played at Trumbo Field to- | {morrow afternoon. . Homestead |Growers will journey to Key West to battle Blue Sox in the inightcap, and Trojans will oppose | | } which will begin at 1:30 o’clock.| | Lineups of the Conchs and Tro- Jans were published yesterday. | Manager Earl Adams of the Park players will use either Harry) Wickers or Dickey Navarro to | stop the Concns’ victory march, | while Manager Roy Hamlin of the | Key Westers will start Lucilo | Gonzalez, with Robert Bethel in| reserve. C. Griffin will catch for | |the Conchs and Joe Navarro for | the Trojans. { In__ the nightcap, Homestead’! | Growers will use the followin imeup against Blue Sox: Rue (.270), 2b; Wittkop (.290), rf; G. Campbell (.330), ¢; Ansel Barrow (.370), ss; E. Sullivan, cf; Brooker, 1b; C, Sullivan, 3b; Mistretta, lf McKay, p; Bishop and Little, subs. Manager Frank Caraballo, of! the Sox, will use Clayton Sterling | on first, due to the fact that his; star first baseman, Castellano, is | on the sick list. Mgr. Caraballo | | { { | | | | | | Sunday morning’ at the field. jlines for, fans. ‘ond between Ratones and Chan- | will present the following lineup: OPENING CONTESTS” To BE PLAYED. AT NAVY FIELD By PEDRO AGUILAR New baseball league will get underway tomorrow wie: ed at, Navy. Field, Opening contest will beg at 10 o'clock sharp. The circuit, known as Tomato League, is composed of four clubs‘ and will play doubleheaders each Manager Sanchez, of the Spiga: |de Teresita nine, has constructed | Detroit two. dugouts for the players and expects to have seats placed along the third and first base First game will be between Espita de’ Teresita, and the sec- Li-Poo”. MANY USED: CAR PRICES REDUCED In the used car sale now going on. at’ Navarro’s, Inc., reductions have been made on present stock as high as $100. Navarro is overstocked with cars and must sell these vehicles immediately. Prospective buyers | St. Louis... sam 4 seman fear x | Pet Club— | Cincinnati Tia 43 ot 551 518 496 Chicago. - Brooklyn New. York. Pittsburgh. Boston. Philadelphia Club— New York —____. Boston - = Washington 450 Philadelphia ‘St, Louis —_. = IN MASOR LEAGUES NATIONAL ‘LEAGUE Cincinnati \at _ Brooklyn—Two games—Walters (20-9) and Nigge- ling (2-0) or Grissom (7-6). vs. Hamlin (15-9) and/ Casey. (8-8). St. Louis at Philadelphia—Two games—Warneke \(10-7) and-Sun- kel (4-3) vs. Higbe (9-8) and Pear- son (1-6). ‘ Chicago at Bosten—Two game 4 —Page (5-6) and French (9-6) vB Fette (10-8) and Tiiner (4-7). i Pittsburgh at Ne\v. York—T-wo | | | would“do well to. consult this | games—Klinger-(11-i3) and Tobin | dealer now: for a good buy: P. Castro, ss; Gabriel Garcia, lf; Molina, rf; Sterling, 1b; ;@-9) vs. {Schumacher (+ ®) nd Melton (9-11). AMERICAN LEAGUE! New. York at St. Louis— filde- a ; brand (8-4) vs. Harris; (2-9"). Boston at Chicago ‘Wilson. AL. Rodriguez, ¢; J. Garcia, cf; Gates, 2b; Fernandez, 3b; (8-8) vs. Dietrich (6-5), Philadelphia at Clevellay .d—Pot- ter (6-8) vs. Allen (6-6), ; Washington at Deti:a it—Kra- kauskas (9-13) vs. McK pin (1-4). PAGE THREE Key, West, Aug. 26, 1939. Observation taken at 7:30°a. m. “15th. Mer. Time. Temperatures. Highest, last. 24. hours. .. Lawest, last, night. - Mean __ fall _sinee, January, nes pines Be: kul since January iniches of bie aR Bieta Forhorrow's net lea level - j Wikre F FORECAST } (Till 7:30 p. m., Sunday) { Key ‘West and Vicinity: Mostly |¢loudy tonight and Sunday’ ‘with Getasiorial’ showers; gentle to moderate southeasterly winds be- coming variable. Florida: Mostly cloudy. tonight and Sunday with occasional show- ers. 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