The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 30, 1939, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, | Meet Chapter One Telegram HE dinghy lay on the un- painted side. Cecily touched an.experimental finger to the side that was up- pag se frowned and wiped er finger on the seat of her stained denim s1acks which were hitched about her slender waist with a piece of string. She got dow on all fours, squinted at the section of boat on the underside which was above the sand and, dropping to he1 stomac! par the brush into a can white paint and wriggled forward. comfortably. She propped herself up on her left elbow, cu a her chin in her left hand and happily uirsued. the even swish-swash of er .brush as she wielded it ex- pertly. The hot mid-May sun had warmed the sands beneath and she ‘was pleasantly aware of the heat. It was not yet summer.on the Ca and the breeze that came from the ‘water and flapped her trouser legs against her-ankles in short socks was cold. That same breeze brongbt the clean, exhilarating — of sea-salt to her eager nos- trils. 1939 fr. She wreged back out of the} shadow of the dinghy and sat up. } She had done as much as she could: 2 e!” she said to two small Foe of ai who had been watching hef interestedly. “That won’t be dry until tomorrow and I wanted it to be a surprise for Doug.” A slight beagle Somepet ~ clear gray eyes beneath her.smoo' brow Sutlined by short, tawny hair blown. by the wind. She feit in the — of her leather jacket and ought out a small square of yel< low paper, the telegram that had arrived that morning. She unfold- ed it and read it again, trying to foot more than the words told er: MEET BUS ARRIVING GRANNIS FOUR O'CLOCK SATURDAY STOP DON’T WORRY ABOUT NEWSPA- PER STORY BELIEVE EVERYTEING OKAY E DouG “That's what comes .from not reading the newspapers; you never know what's going on in the world, do you?” she said half-aloud, and, sinee there was no one there to hear her, se looked off into the incredibly blue horizon for the an- swer,) What story was she not to believe? ~ Stuart was Cec- —was not an ist. It wi ke him to her needlessly, she knew, She searched her mind for what could have'been the reason for hi nee which was : oes ously he wasn’ ant 4 seem likely that he had been seri- ously hurt in an accident, since he was arriving this afternoon. His arrival was most certainly uaeapected. He hadn’t expected to join Cecily at their summer home on Cape Cod until his exams were over in June. He was graduating from Yale this year and preparing for medical school. Cecily had pre- him by a month because classes at art school in New York had adjourned two days before and she had left her small apartment for the beloved cottage on the Cape as quickly as she could get away. Her concentration was inter- rupted bya little noisy fishing boat which hove into her' view. It saluted the small figure on the sands with a raucous horn that split.the silence. Cecily raised her arm and shouted, “Hil” She recognized the Po: ese fishermen and the familiar odor of mackerel. She liked that odor. She liked everything that it rested. It'was a of her enchanted sum- mers. days and Doug—Douglas fly's twin, broth happy sun-drenched and fragrant nights. It was ,one with the sparkling waters, the firple-shadowed pines, the glis- ing sands, the soft, wet fog. It ‘was one with picnics, roasts on the beach, with lovely long nights be- fore hickory fires in the hearth o! the pine-paneled liv: jwas one with pth Toom. It g in this mos THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | (BASEBALL GAMES. By Marie Blizard samemesmmesssas: i ssmsesmsoostatt Cecily wondered what her brother's cryptic ‘message ineant. small. wotld of Doug and Cecily that needed no.others. ‘Not The Type’ ‘HEY. had had_no others for the last. six-years.since they were left orphans by a railroad accident. They had had Lathrop Duncan who had managed their bag trust funds and they had had Lib- by, their old nurse, And they had ‘wanted no one else, they had stated firmly at the age:of fifteen. Wasn’t Doug in prep schoo! and Cecily at Miss Maidstone’s? And | didn’t they have the cottage for all the home they needed? Those two, so straight, so poised, so quietly-firm and so identical even to the number of freckles on their.noses, had met with little op- Position. Their only close relative was Olivia Watts, Franklin Stuart’s sis- ter, known to the opera world as \Madame Olivia Darrell, one:of its great’ stars, Olivia said, of course, she would, bring up “those poor babies” as though they. were hs own. Wasn't: e same agi as her own daughter, Gloria? But Olivia jretreat gracefully with 1S | her smelling: salts, her. maid and her secretary. before the immov- able résolye.of.the twins to man- age their own lives. Oljvia’s re- treat was not without relief to.al} of them. Cecily. thought of those six years as she sat there on the sands: They'd been like the sky above her, she thought — cloudless! ‘They'd had’ minor troubles—they’d had the mumps, much to their disgust. Doug had had_his. tonsils.out.and nearly fallen in love. The latter about her to pass the time between summers. She erased the frown from her forehead and looked at her small, businesslike watch. As she sus- ected, it was lunchtime. She thought: There can’t be anything to worry about, and brushed the troublesome, persistent query rtigl with the sand that: clung to er, The spot where the-dinghy was beached formed a cove and the winter tides had washed away the wooden steps leading to the ound above. Cecily clambered agilely up the sides of the little bluff and paused as her eyes came level with the ground. She paused to look ap- provingly at the cottage set in the pines it shone whitely in suns}. fight, The cottage and the low Cod picket fence had been new: painted and the effect was like a picture on a posteard, Cecily thought. 4 Headline ‘HE. tantalizing scent of cottes s led h'the scent of sa and-earth and it spurted Cecily into a run across the distance to her door, F “['m starved, Libby!” she shout- ed as she ran up’the flight of stairs. “Well, what'd you ex, ” Lib> by answered in her sharp New England tones that Cecily had long since learned were tender. “Time you was growin’ up and actin’ like a lady.” “Now what's the complaint?” Cecily asked a few minutes later from. the doorway where she stood wiping her freshly washed face. ‘here was a man come here had given Cecily a bad turn. She knew that.some day he-would find a girl, but she asked a few more. fears of his companionship for erself, She wanted no other, She wasn’t a “mixer.” Aunt Olivia had.offered to give her a coming-out narty the year before when Gloria made her début, but Cecily had laughed at he idea. “Td have to paint my fingernails red, wear spike heels and stay up all night, Aunt Olivia, and I’m not thetype” Aunt. Olivia had secretly agreed and ed thankfully that her own high-voiced, glamorous Gloria was the type. Gloria had hada very successful first_sea: So Cecily had forgotten about it and gone about see living the life, that:she-liked-best. She wasn't much of an artist, she knew, but she enrojled at an-art school, found fj herself a modest apartment in Greenwich Village and gathered books and-people that she enjoyed FOLLOWING THROUGA . BY AGUILAR BORO OCe RO OSAOEOOOCOOOOSSLOROOTAODOMSOSSSESELOZOCE SOME WRITERS put their thoughts on paper without know- ing the facts. The games sched- uled to be played September 3 and 4 were being arranged for the Pirates. ‘Manager ;Caraballo, of the Blue Sox, received a. letter from Manager Nash Diaz, of the Ft. Myers Calogsas, asking for games on those date. Sox pilot relayed the communication ‘to Manager Ray Bush, of the Pi+ Tates, as he had the use of Trum- bo Field at that time. Manager; Bush decided to bring the Ft. My-, ers club here. A wire was sent to Mgr. Diaz, offering $45 for the | two games. However, the west! coast city pilot’s answer revealed? he wanted $75. As.it would have’ been impossible for the local} club to guarantee that sum, the whole matter was dropped. It was the Pirates who were going Ingham (he spells his name that; to play—-not the Sox. Mgr. Bush way). willbe on first; N. Hall be-' will be held. is sorry that the guarantee wan ed was so high or he would pla the west coast team. on those | same Sunday will witness Jackie |0’clock Monday morning, weigh- | dates. As to‘Labor Day; Manager Roy pa Hamlin, of Key West Conchs, is not attempting to bring any: club here for that date. The writer will have the use of the grounds at that time. A field day is be- ing arranged, including a. 100- yard‘ dash,” circling the bases, fungo hitting and accurate throw- ing to second base. Anyone is eligible to enter in any of the) contests, and not any certain four players. Prizes. will be awarded | the winner of each event: Sunday the Stars will have practically the same lineup that defeated the Trojans upstate on August 13. Ives, their star pitcher, will be in the box. Their manager, wood All: | this mawnin’ and wanted to see ‘the mistress, and what could I tell him?” “You could tell him I was paint- ing the dinghy and within hailing distance, Or, has your voice given out? Seems to me my earliest rec- ollection is haying you yell at Doug and me and being heard a mile away.” “Don’t you be sassy, Cecily. 1 wasn’t a-goin’ to tell him anything of the sort and have-him see-you in pants. Cecily Stuart, I tell you, you’ve got to head \in!. You're twenty-one years old ahd...” “And I shouldn't wear rey Cecily finished mischievously. “I wasn’t a-goin’ to say anything like that. I onlysay that you. ought to act.and look more alae 7 _, “I will,” Cecily promised, “But if you don’t give me something to’ eat, 'ithave-to: it off until lunch because going to act like a starved wolf if y« fon't.” Cecily had discarded her leather jacket and pulled on a_ bright 1 hind the plate; Watson at second; | Ingalls at third; Powers at. short; | |R. Hall, J. Souder and Henjum in} the outfield. Trojans’-will be aj little stronger than they were up} the state. At that time they play- | jed Kelly at seeond and J. Car- live wither. \~ “Now fwhat about this gentle- man? want?” finished her omelet. ‘was the pl on, two. the. next! three months but I told him He’s and left his card on the hall table.” answered at once, “I fo: there. Did Willie bring the mail?” a 2 Grannis peor - What's he doin’ ange TOs at sure I dunno whether J kin get a chicken this | ‘answers ran over the to rest ona headline she had. seeking. sweater *over her shirt. She sat down at}the cherrywood table in the dining-room, ; Libby wouldn’t let her or Dor eat in the kitchen. If they dian't “know their place,” she did. It grieved he hat ed cones of servants and married some rict. young gen- ;tleman,” ‘should be fing with ‘poor se! Cecily wi: ever, ev¢ that Cecily who could etting along tore ‘than her own But if that was what ae angry Pettey er own daughter, eg her to come and n was he? What did he ecily asked when she had “Tt ows thin’ important, Cee- . He, he was lookin’ for a ce to rent for the stimmer.” he came to the wrong yy Lane ers tye at- er of an apple pie, “That's what.I told‘ him Sut i was kindof sorry for the poor man. He said his wife had had Uncrate bteakdown and‘wanted to find & nice, «place a distance out m eaciben He said he ej a ‘iven all_over the Cape.and this I she had. nae heat set ie was Ww: re hundred dollars 2 month fer He you: wouldn’t be interested. staying at the Puritan House “Oh, that reminds me,” Cecil: ‘ot to lool “Willie was here. If he did, it’d be there,” Libby answered with characteristic shortness. Cecily went into the hall and saw that there were some letters and the Bos’ She took them into the living-room glancing over them as she went. ton paper on. the table, There was a letter addressed in be ee fe, bold. handwriting of her un} forwarded to her-from her apart- ment, a letter from Hilda Froman, one of-her friends, and one or,two others that she didn’t recognize, She unfolded the new: 5 “Oh, ey AS she called “Thad a. tele; Nivia, some advertisements rom Doug while a ‘ing. He arrives ni Tm driving over meet him. Can we have chieken tonight?” fe mar ate.” Libby's 's columns and came been Continued tomorrow, A baby girl was born to Mr. bonell. on third. However, the |@2d\Mrs Merrill Stirrup at 4:15 jat, Second and Mario Hernandez | |on. .third. Rueda, Davila and, | Domenech will bein the gardens, | , with Alonzo in reserve. Wickers | ;will pitch and Joe Navarro will‘ jcatth his-tosses. Sterling at first, | | John: Navarro at short. Nuff said. rogram at Trumbo Field for} \ Labor Day weekend follows: i |Sunday September 3— | | Hollywoed All-Stars vs. o-| jans; two league teams in an exhibition game. | Monday, September 4— Pirates vs. Blue Sox; Key West |. -Conchs vs. ‘Trojans. | Sunday the first game will be- gin at 1:30 p. m. and on Monday !the opener will get underway at 1p. m Between | games, athletic events | dows. ing 10 pounds. Mothér and baby are reported as doing nicely. [i ne een ee wd DIRECT SERVICE Jacksonville, Galveston New Orleans and Beyond eratnins York every Thurs- Pvomt Besta precy Tuieday: |C. G.-VS, ACEVEDO STARS TO- | .MORROW: HOLLYWOOD. VS. | ‘TROJANS SUNDAY: TWIN BILL LABOR DAY | | wetness | By O. L. MILIAN | S.S. Coast Guard. nine, all | togged. up in new. baseball uni- | forms, eccording to Armando | Acevedo, Conch infielder, — will {play the Acevedo Stars at Trum- |bo Field tomorrow afternoon. at |3:30 o'clock. + Unele Sam’s boys \will also have a new pitcher on the lineup. |The moundsman is said to be a fast left-handed hurler. In its Jast meeting the Stars | won a close decision from .the | Guards, the final’ score being 5 ito 3. tering the Monroe. County Base- ‘ball League and ‘hopes of winning the right to a game with the \Conchs, the Sailor boys will game out for revenge toerase.the defeat handed. them several weeks ago. The Guards are de; pending on their highly-touted |portsider to. bring home the: ba- con. Manager Acevedo of the Stars announces there will be no ad- mission charge to the game. : All-Stars Vs. Trojans |, The strong Hollywood All-Stars \.will. invade this city Sunday |where they- are scheduled to meet |\Earl Adams’ ‘Trojans, city’s sec- ond best team and Conchs’ near- lest rivals. Sveeral weeks ago the locals Jost a 1-0 hair-raising decision to \the up-staters on a disputed field \play at Hollywood and it is for \this reason that Manager Adams is.bringing the team. to Key West |for, a second contest. Mario Hernandez, who. covered \third base for the. Trojans last | Sunday and contributed largely. to his club’s. vietory over the Conchs, will be seen. in the same ‘spot. against Hollywood, with | Jackie Carbonell, regular -third jsaeker, to. play at second _ base, |filling a vacancy created by the removal of, Anthony Kelly from this city to Jacksonville. Pitehing assignment -will either (go to,Harry “Swifty” Wiekers.or \Dickey Navarro, with;Publio.Car-. {bonell in reserve. Joe -Navarro, who will soon, fill. the shoes of Cyril Griffin, will, do.the catching for the Trojans. |. Manager Russell Ingraham of the up-state elub, will trot out ithe club’s ace twirler, Ives, who just recently dfeated the Wild- gats of the South Dade County | League via the shutout route. Other players on the, lineup } | “INGITY ARELISTED | With high, inspiration of en-/ - EN MAJOR LEAGUES ‘TIONAL LEAGUE Gee at Philadelphia— Butcher (4-15) vs; Higbe (9-9). (St. Louis-at (New, York—Davis (18-12). vs. :Gumbert (12-9). ~Chigago . at “Brooklyn--Frenehi }10+6). vs.Pressnelh \(8-15). Cincinpati..at .Boston—Walters (20-9) vs.:Erankhouse (0-2). ’ BEAGUE New York at»Cleveland—Night | —~Gomez-(11-6) vs. Milnar eaten Philadelphia at St. Louis—Two; games--Pippen (3-10) and Potter .(6+9). vs. Kramer. (7-14). and Mills (3-10). ;2) -vs. "Trowt(7-9). |games—~Krakauskas (9-14) and} ‘Haynes (5-10) vs. Lyons . (10-5) and. Knott (7-6). are: ‘Watson, 2b; O. Saunders, ss; }Hall,. rf; J. Cauder, cf; Ingraham, 1b; Henjum, If; Ingalls, 3b; Ulric, ie. j | | ‘Trojans will appear in new uniforms of zed with white! stripes. ~The -contest will start) {at 3:15 and will be, preceded: by: | the Key: West Conchs-and Pirates, who..will clash in the-initial game ' to, be called at 1:30. | | <Local~fans ‘will see: no outside teams. in.this city on, Labor Day. This announcement _was..made public: by .Manager: Roy Hamlin of the Key West Conchs-yester- | day wheh interviewed by the! writer for the second time this | week. Progtam for, Labor Day, as out-. |lined - hy | Mr. Haralin and agreed | on.by Manager:Bush. of the Pi-| | rates, Manager Earl Adams of | Trojans.and Manager Frank Cara- ballo ofthe Blue .Sox, is .as fol-.| lows: First game, Pirates vs. Tro- | jans; second, game, Conchs vs Sox. | Publio “Specs” Carbonell, who, | according to unconfirmed SEmBeCs | has deserted the Pirates and sign- i ed up with the Trojans, as did); Mario Hernandez, crack third | sacker, will be seen in a Pirate juniform,on Labor Day, as will, }Hernandez. Rumors, have proven | untrue. Carbonell will pitch for: the ;Bues ‘Monday. { | All receipts of the.game will go | towards paying the full umpire’s | equipment ordered by Roy Ham- lin,some. time back. It is. onder | stood that no cut of the gate re-} ceipts will .go.to any of the doug clubs. Field Day Monday | A hase. circling contest will be sponsored by Social «Club Marti, \and. those taking part-in the race | will be: Evelio Rueda and Joseph | Domenech, ‘Trojans; Jesus.Garcia, |Blue Sox; Rene Maehin, Conchs. | Other events will. also.be -held. Each. may receive a prize -for, |their efforts, with ‘the runner making»the round of the:bases. in prize. Total rainfall since Aug. ‘Washington at . Chicago—-Two}Moonrise ~ Key~ West; ‘Fla., Aug. 30, 1939. Observation taken at 7:30 a. m. 75th Mer. Time ‘Temperatures ‘Mean - Normal Precipitation ‘Rainfall, 24 hours ending at 7:30 p. m., inches 00 cc nae ee eee ea F Deficiency since August 1, inches ol Total rainfall since January 1, iehes.. — 23.10 Exeess since January 0.77 647 44 Moonset "1:29 Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. Low 4°05 High. ____ 0:37 10:54 ‘Barometer. at 7:30-".:m., today Sea level _. WEATHER FORECAST (Till. 7:30..p. m., Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy with scattered showers tonight) and ‘Thursday; gentle to moderate. variable. winds. Florida: Partly cloudy: tonight and Thursday, scattered showers in south and east: portions. Jacksonville ‘to ‘Florida Straits and East.Gulf: Gentle to moder- ate variable winds, partly . ever- cast. weather tonight and Thurs- day with scattered showers. “p.m. a.m. P.M. MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUES’ STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE Club— Ww. L Cincinnati St. Louis Chicago Brooklyn New York . Pet 619 571 553 517 504 457 441 330 Pittsburgh Boston ... Philadelphia . Club— New York Boston — Chicago - Cleveland - Washington - Philadelphia - . Pet. 113 617 554 537 521 423 345 288 the shortest ‘time . getting the best I refreshes with ice-cold Coca-Cola helps to get things done. For everybody .works better, feels better, when refreshed. Fry it-yourself today. KEY WEST OOCA-COLA BOTTUNG C8. 1.74! _- 30.01 | PAGE THREB CARDINALS LOSE. | ANOTHER GAME | }REDS INCREASE LEAD AND | ‘CUBS PULL UP CLOSER TO REDBIRDS (Special (6 The Citizen) NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—St. | Louis Cardinals’ hopes of over- taking Cincinnati Reds have prac- j tically been blasted of late. Red- birds lost another game to Bos- jton Bees yesterday afternoon, | which. was the third loss in the four-game series. Errickson made his second start of the season and: held: the Cards to eight well- scattered hits. | Rest of the National League was idle yesterday, thereby giv- jing the Reds a chance to increase | their lead a half-game more, and ‘allowing Chicago Cubs to pull up }to within two games of the Gas- {house Gang. In the American League, De- | troit Tigers ended New York Yankees’ ten-game losing streak, y but had a tough battle. Yanks {came from behind in their half of the ninth to score five runs and knot the count. However, the Tigers were able to shove over a lone tally in the la of the frame to save the g Boston Red Sox downed” Cleve- Nand Indians, 7 to 4, although out- hit, Results of the games: 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE | At Boston R. HE {St. Louis. 18 2 | Boston 2.7.3 | Weiland, Bowman and Owen; \Errickson and Lopez. | Cincinnati at New York, rain. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, rain. | | Chicago at Philadelphia, rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Cleveland R. H. E. |Boston 780 Cleveland 412 1 Lefebyre, Heving and Desau- tels; Eisenstat, Stromme, Broaca jand Hemsley, | At Detroit jNew York 611 3 Detroit 71l 2 | Donald, Chandler, Murphy and |Dickey; Newsom, McKain and | Tebbetts. R. H. E. | Only games scheduled. | | Subscribe to The Citizen—20¢ | weekly. | | INNOVATION BE EG. Ek 5c Bowling Every Afternoon In August No Children Unless Accompanied by Adults Terrace Bowling Alleys