The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 21, 1940, Page 3

TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1940 LEAP B EFORE YOU LOOK By Peggy O’More Chapter 31 Girls And Horsewhips BE continued. “So Allen, he said the best vay to discour- age Pierre was to show him fig- gers—” “Figures?” interrupted Tomi. Abe nodded. “Dotty, she’d seen Pierre makin’ a wax imprint of your desk keys that day we had the powwow about cuttin’ down on expenses, so she went and got herself made one too. and 2s s0on’s she got the keys, and you'd gone to bed, she got your books out and took some of the same kind Allen had bought for her. Then she copied them, only she made them different. “She sat up all night doin’ it and her eyes sure were plumb wore out. But next day, sure enough, you’d no more_than started to Los Angeles than Pierre come back and slipped into your office. He read these books he thought were yours, only they were the ones Dotty had put there when he was drivin’ you to the train. And—” Abe’s breath went out in a long sigh— “when he} Saw you were sure goin’ to lose the farm, he figured he’d go back te Louisiana.” Tomi’s booted foot tapped the} floor in growing anger. Dotty had made the books show such a loss tl the farm could not possibly re- veal a profit at the end of the sea son. Wait until she got her hands on Dotty. Lu Gladys had broken a leg. Then Tomi sat up in sudden shock. If the books hadn’t shown that decided loss, Pierre would still be here. Pierre—had he | her, had he meant any of the million of soft, sweet, sane, sure y en things he had said—wouldn’t have | eared a tinker’s dam about the|t farm. Pierre had_not been in love with Tomi Toland. Pi had been in love with Fren 's Frog Farm. “Abe—” voice was stern— “ in the letter Dotty found in Pierre's trousers?” Abe shuffled his feet. His face turned crimson. At last he blurt- ed, “Miss Tomi, I can’t tell. I promised Alien I wouldn’t never let you know.” “Why?” demanded Tomi. Again the shuffling of ‘feet. “Well, Allen said once he found out a girl pretended to love him because he was handlin’ a case she wanted to win. And he said findin’ that out did somethin’ to him inside that couldn't never be made right again. And he said you'd had enough heartbreak for it n't goin’ to have you fei bad over no scum of the earth that wanted to get your inheritance “by--marrying you.” Allen Bartell had said that. Allen Bartell had tried to save her from a heartache that he had suffered. Tom t S had blamed him for Pierre’s un- | ceremonious departure. Tomi’s face lighted. “Abe,” she you're the only man on God’s green earth worth powder | m up. No I’n. not aimin | you any place. But tell id Pierre know about nned happily. each and every one of Doctor Smith's teeth in full display. “Oh, he read about it in the spaper. He was al- ready figurin’ on comin’ out here when he saw that ad you put in the N leans parer.” ger softened a little mbered Pierre's ir they were French e French were like t ind the Irish and the Ge mans and all of the rest of the races. They had their thnfty people and their niggardly cnes. Only, sometimes thrift was mis- taken for something else and Pierre had convinced himself that he was being thrifty when he con- sidered Tomi’s farm as ter dot. Not Cupid “N ISS TOMI—” Abe paused at iv? the kitchen door—“I think Allen's farm.” hopin’ you'll lose the “Oh, Abe.” cried Tomi. “don't tell me that. After the way he’s acted?” Her sarcasm passed serenely over Abe's head. “I sure do.” he continued. “Pierre's actin’ that way made him scared to proposi- tion marriage to you for fear you'd figure he was after the farm instead of you.” Tomi sheok her head. “No, Abe, you're not built on cupid lines. Aside from that, you’re crazy as} a loon.” “No, I ain't,” countered Abe. “Allen said the only girl he'd marry was one who needed a good horse-whippin’ to make her stand without hitchin’. and you're the only girl Allen knows who needs a horse-whip took to her.” Abe disappeared through the door just as a coffee cup crashed against it. He didn’t come in for lunch. Tomi spent the afternoon pack- ing. She supposed she should call Bartell, ‘but decided to let him ido the calling this time. . There wasn’t much to pack; most everything had been pur- chased with Toland money. She ‘Today's Birthdavs Col. Charles E. Speaks, presi- dent of Fisk Rubber, Chicaopee Falls, Mass., born in Washing- ton, D. C., 53 years ago. William H. Donner of Philadel- phia, steel manufacturer, presi- dent of the Int. Cancer Research Foundation, born at Columbus, Ind., 76 years ago. Prof. Charles J. Bullock of Har- for her that} d| And all of the time she} imagined she could Keep the clothes she bought. Unfortunate- ly, most of them were summer clothes: “Til find a job,” she assured herself, to hide the inward fear. “And I still have the money I saved on the job with A J. If I live carefully that will see me through until I find something.” The house was in order. The books w in order. The clothes she would wear to town were laid out in her room. She went down for a final con- ference with the portrait of Great-uncle Timothy Toland. “You’ve won,”. she told him. “But you won by a small margin. Somehow I don’t mind so much. Tve put up a good fight. That’s a satisfaction.“ And I hope you're |happy that your golden-haired | boy will come into your own. He’s done nothing to deserve it.” Uncte_ Timothy didn’t look happy. That might be due to the clouds rolling in from the sea, obscuring the sun. throwing dark shadows over the room Tomi kindled a little fire_on the hearth: a farewell fire. The | afternoon paper thudded onto the |porch. She heard the carrier’s |motorcycle roar away again, ahd | went out to pick up the newspa- | per. Perhaps she shoula scan the ng. She might find work in }Alameda. She was thumbing through the pages when she | stopped suddenly. : Lily Mankin’s portrait grimaced | back from the society page. Be- neath it a caption read: Mystery surrounds ‘dinner party given by the C. E. Mankins this evening. Tomi’s glance jumped quickly Ros: columns. Ah. there . Right there in black and e. She would take it and ake it before Abe’s nose. | | The mystery surrounding the Mankin party tonight is no mystery to Lily’s friends. They are expectiny an an- nouncement generally accept- ed by the younger set. Shall we look for orange blossoms in December. Lily? | Little Consolation io: little forced laugh escaped | Tomi as she looked around | the big room. “Lily will have to have this done if she ex- | pects to live her she thought. “With this scarlet, orange, pea- cock blue and jade. she'll look as faded as last year’s lily in a jzinnia bed.” The thought offered little con- | solation. And then the telephone rang. Tomi gianced at_the instrument | with disfavor._Perhaps Great- | aunt Hannah had remembered she had a poor relation in the same |city. She'd tell Great-aunt Han- |nah to go jump in the bay. Or per- haps the great Allen Bartell | wanted her to turn over her ac- counts. She would tell the great | Allen to jump in after Aunt Han- jnah Maybe she should answer it. neone nught be wanting frogs’ nd she adn’t yet relin- guishe rol of the farm She'd keep her record clear as long as she remained on the prope ty. Five minutes later she was run- nings towards the pens as though there were wings on her heels. | “Abe!” she cried. “Hurry! The |railroad is running a special for |} twenty dozen frogs!” | Abe came out of his bunk- house and blinked at her. “Abe hurry. Don't vou un- jderstand? An order for enough ogs to win the farm for me has just come in. “Whoops!” said Abe. and away he ran. ake them last two-year olds.” e ordered as = facia on he run, nets danglinged -koth hands art on the fast pte. They're bumper size %& E “Dod. gast this weather,” |rumbled. with a scow? at the 3 Jon t know what's a gettin in to aw!” he burst out as Tomi Started to step into a . “You start wadin’ and them babies will go down sure as shootin’. Net them from the sides.” Moments passed. grew into | hours, punctuated ‘ith the steady |soft swish of nets. the clasp of jearrier tops. the creak of pen- | gates, as Abe or Tomi carried the | baskets to the loading sheds. | Sometimes Tomi thought -her |back would break, her arms | would drop off at the shoulder or elbow, then she would look at the lowering sky and work fran- tically. “A chance to win,” she kept repeating: It was like an eleventh hour reprieve. If only the storm would wait. If only darkness would hold up. Of course sad could use the flood-lights. Than! Heaven she'd defied Allen and had electricity installed. From pen to pen they went. scattering choice morsels of-food. “Gotta take the main market ” Abe advised, “and into the Pee iS Oe Sale toe frogs. Continued tomorrow vard, economist emeritus, born at Boston, 71 years ago. Geneviéve F. Herrick, journal- ist, born in Chicago, 46 years ago. Robert Montgomery, ‘ctor, born at Beacon, N. Y., 36 years 2@g0. Robert Jackson of N. H, ex- U.S. attorney-general, born at Dover, N. H., 60 years ago. The first boys’ club ih America was established at Hartford, Conn. MARINES WON GROUP ORGANIZED — REDS, 13-4; FIRST VICTORY FOR LEATH- ERNECKS “BROKE ICE” IN GREAT STYLE: HEAVY-HIT- TING IN NIGHTCAP U. S. Marines “broke out” their Big Berthas last night at Bay- view Park and won their first ‘game since the Island City Soft- ball League got under way sev- eral weeks ago. Sawyer’s Barber Shop ten defeated Park Tigers, 11 to 4, in the opening contest of the dou- bleheader Tast night. Tigers put up a great fight and for six innings it was a great seftball battle. Came the sev- enth and the Parkers’ pitcher weakened. A single by Albury, a triple by Navarro and a dou- ble by Russell, combined with two bases on balls, gave the Bar- bers four runs. Earlier the Saw- yers had sent across five men— in the second frame on four walks and a triple by Navarro. Navarro was the leader at bat, collecting two triples and a sin- gie, scoring two runs and driv- ing home four. E. Albury poled two safely out of three times, and scored two runs and sent home a pair. E. Albury, J. Navarro and Hopkins were outstanding in the field for the victors. Rosam, Bar- ber and Villarea! starred for the losers. Score by innings: REE Sawyers 150 010 4—11 7 3 Tigers = 110 020 0— 4 4 3 J. Walker and Hopkins; A. Griffin, Ogden and Rosam. In the nightcap, CCC and the Marines put up a hitting and fielding exhibition, having 21 safeties and 16 miscues to their credit. A total of 27 runs were seored. In the fast helf of the sixth, the Marines, who were trailing by six runs, got out their heavy artillery and on two walks, three singles and a triple by Plemmons scored seven markers to cop the ball game, 14 to 13. G. Wilfiams ariassed a triple} and a homer during the contest. Plemmons and Grooms account- ed for a triple each. Martin. Yelochan and Kitchins poled two safeties each. Every member of the CCC ten hit safely at least once. Score by innings: R. HE. ccc 309 010 0—13 11 4 Marines 502 007 x—14 10 12 Hansen and Williams; Smith, Martin and Yelochan. Standings of the clubs: Club— Coca-Cola - Park Tigers Blue Sox Pet. 1.000 667 600 500 500 333 -200 -200 AR ROwNNel Tomorrow night at Bayview Park another- doubleheader by teams of the Island City Softball League will be played. _ Marines and Sawyer’s Barbers will tangle in the opening con- test, which will begin at 8:00 o'clock instead of 7:30 o'clock. Second game will be between VP53 Aviators and Coce-Cola Flood and Williams will be the battery for the Airmen, and C. ‘Gates and Ingraham for the Cokes. AMERICAN LEAGUE Club— W. L. Pet. Boston -720 Cleveland 654 Detroit 560 Philadelphia 462 Washington 44 St. Lous Al? Chicago 385 New York -360 NATIONAL -Club— Cincinnati Pet. 720 667 S71 15 17 SQUALUS RECOMMISSIONED PORTSMOUTH, N. H—Just a )week and a day short of the an- niversarv of its sinking off THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SMITH ELECTED HONORARY CAPTAIN OF 1939-"40 TEAM By BERKY Basketball Sports Writer Eight members ef the High School basketball varsity last week organized a new club, to be known as the “Boys’ Athletic Lettermen’s Club”. The club, organized under Coach John Offutt, has ten char- ter members, which include Pres- ident Roberts Smith, Vice-Presi- dent Anthony McMahon, Secre- tary Dewitt Roberts, Treasurer Tony Soldano, Publicity Manager Frank Saunders, Social Director William Schoneck, Members Ed- dy Nelson, Sam Collins, Sydney Mathews and Kermit Lewin. The above officers were elected for the 1940-41 school year. The club’s only membership requirement is to earn an athletic letter on an interscholastic ath- jletic team. The purpose of the club is to increase interest in athletics and add new sports to the school’s competition. Next year the club plans to add tennis, track and basebail as sports for interscholastic compe- tition along with basketball. It also plans to develop sich intra- mural sports as touch-football, six-man football, horse ~ shoes, volley ball, hand ball. table ten- nis, soccer and swimming. SMITH ELECTED ‘BASKETBALL CAPTAIN Roberts Smith was - elected honorary team captain of the 1939-40 High School Basketball Varsity last week by other team members. He polled five votes against Dewitt Roberts’ two and Anthony McMahon's one. Smith, a forward, will receive a captain's letter for his sweater Other chenille letters will be awarded to Manager Kermit Lewin, Forward Wm. Schoneck, Forward Dewitt Roberts, For- ward Anthony McMahon, Center Sam Collins, Center Frank Saun- ders, Guard Sydney Mathews, Guard Eddy Nelson and Guard Tony Soldano. Coach Offutt has stated that next year’s varsity will consist of only five veterans. Members lost from this year’s team are Schoneck, Nelson, Collins, Mat- hews and Mgr. Kermit Lewin. - ‘MARINES SHADE PIRATES’ TEAM SOLENBARGER ALLOWED BUCS ONLY TWO HITS AND DROVE IN WINNING RUN Just about the best ball game of the year was fought out at the Naval Station diamond Sunday when “Solly” Solenbarger of the U. S. Marines put on a one-man show to give his team a 1 tory over Ray Bush’s Pirat Solenbarger, in top form, had perfect control of his fire ball and sharp-breaking hook, and the usually dangerous Pirate sluggers were limited to two j hits in nine innings. | Solly was the individual star, gle in each eighth can- giving up only one \cf the second and tos, striking out 15 Bucs, and,, | with the game a scoreless tie go- ling into the last of the ninth driving in the tally which broke up the contest. He got two for |three at the plate, the only man jon either club to gain more than ‘one hit. Salinero, of the Pirates, pitch- ‘ed a tight six-hit game, but was jup against a better man Sunday. He allowed but four hits in the first eight innings, but tired and let the first two batsmen im the ninth hit safely to break the deadlock. Armando Acevedo, recruit Ma- rime catcher, handled Solenbarger beautifully, and caused the Pi- rates no end of trouble at the plate. In the last of the hinth, he singled, stole second, and counted the winning rin on Sol- Ty’s hit to center field. LOS ANGELES, Calif. —Ar- mando Dulcit, 21, almoSt joined his puppy, Wimpie, in the Los Angeles River, 115 feet below the YANKS LOSE NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS KEEP SAME. PACE: BOSOX DROP GAME TO TIGERS: CHISOX WIN (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, May 21.—Boston Bees rose up and smote the league-leading Cincinnati Reds, yesterday, the final count being , an overwhelming 13 to 4 count, engineered chiefly by two big-in- ning rallies, one in the third for five runs and the other in the fourth for six. Dick Errickson went the route for the winners while two of his teammates, Al Lopez and Carvell Rowell, con- tributed home runs, each with two men on bases. Brooklyn Dodgers gained a blank in their effort to overtake | the Reds when they dropped a hot game to the Chicago Cubs, 6 to 4. The Dodgers used four hurlers, vainly trying to halt the Cubs’ barrage of hits, while the Bruins sent in three pitchers when it appeared the Bronxj club would get started, this in, the sixth inning. Babe Phelps brought cheer to the home folks |when he homered with two men on bases. | Trailing 7 to 1 as they went in- to the ninth inning of their game | with the Pittsburgh Pirates yes- terday, the Phillies staged a mightly rally, scored seven runs and won the game, 8 to 7. Four Pirate hurlers tried to stem the | tide in the fatal inning, but to no avail Winning run was scored on a walk issued to Dick Lanna- han. Cliff Melton allowed the St. Louis Cardinals only six hits yesterday and kept all runners a safe distance from home plate as the Giants blanked the Cards, 6 to 0. Two of the Victors hit hom- ers, Harry Danning and Mel Ott. Detroit Tigers beat the leaders of the junior circuit yesterday, aided chiefly by Frank Higgins’ three home runs, hit in succes- ,;Sive appearances at the plate. ‘The feat tied a major league record held by several players. ‘Score of the game was 10 to 7. Higgins accounted for seven of the winning runs with his four- baggers. Chicago White Sox climbed out of the American League cel- lar and won their first home game of the year when they bunched 11 hits to win against the Washington Senators, 5 to 4. Senator rally in the eighth in- ning accounted for all their runs but was stopped by relief pitch- er Clint Brown. Philadelphia Athletics helped Chubby Dean to his fourth vic- tory of the season. this over the St. Louis Browns, with timely hitting for a tetal of ten bingles, four of them home runs by Wal-} Moses, Bob Johnson and Frank | Hayes (two). Score was 8 to 4 New York Yankees tripped themselves back into the cellar position yesterday as they drop- ‘ped a lopsided game to the Cleve- land Indians by the score of 10 to 2._ Al. Smith, jimx southpaw bi the Yanks, allowed only three hits. Jeff Heath led the Indians’ {7-hit attack with two ‘home runs. Results of the games: AMERICAN LEAGUE At Detroit RHE Boston 712 0 Detroit 1012 0 Nonnenkamp, Grove, Hash, Wilson, Harris and Desautels, )Glenn; Bridges. Rowe and Teb- betts. At Chicago Washington - i S11 1 Hudson, Haynes, Carresquel | and Ferrell: Rigney Brown and Tresh. At St. Louis Philadelphia Smith and Hemsley Dickey; Pytlak. Boston ‘SBD DIL# #4 CHURCHILL (By Associated Press) SPRINGFIELD. ©., May 21.—Assistant Fire Chief Ed- “public spirit“. It happen- ed thus: “Get away from here!” the man growled. “I paid a nickel to use this phone and you can have it when I get The man then told his wife to get the children out of bed and come to the fire. Garrity insists. TSS SSS SS ST GAMES TODAY — AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston at Detroit—Galehouse (2-0) vs. Trout (0-0). New York at Cleveland—Rus- so (0-0) vs. Milnar (4-0). Washington at Chicago—Hud- lin (2-1) vs. Knott (2-0). Philadelphia at St. Louis— Potter (2-2) vs. Harris (2-1). NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago at Brooklyn—Passeau (2-3) vs. Wyatt (3-2). St. Louis at New York—War- neke (1-4) vs. Hubbell (2-2). Cincinnati at Boston—Moore (1-0) vs. Posedel (2-2). Pittsburgh at Philadelphia— Klinger (2-3) vs. Beck (0-0). I Lanahan and Berres: Pearson. Smoll, Hoerst and Atwood. At Brooklyn Chicago 613 0 Brooklyn 48:2 Lee, Raffsberger, French and Todd; Tamulis, Casey, Kimball, Hamlin and Phelps. R. HE At New York St. Louis New York Z Davis, Lillard, White and Padgett; Melton and Danning. . E 0 1 FOR Nazis CLASSIFIED COLUMN PLAN (Continued & P One) much ven-ration include his fa- jther, Lord Rahdolph Churchill; Lord Hugh Cecil, a died-in-the- wocl Tory; Lioya George; Sir Francis Mowatt, a conservative of the strict Victorian school; and Bourke Cowkran, a Tammany Ti ger of New York's roaring Nine lies. | Churchill once was an honored iguest of Kaiser Withelm Ii, but he has become the symbol for al- most everything in the British people the Germans hate and fear. There's no love lost on his {side. From the first, he has been one of E.itler’s severest critics When. he talks about the Nazis ‘he’s at his snarliest. Frequently he ends his tirades with, “In lend, we'll break their hearts” He Just Missed Uunlike many statesmen Churchill has been under fron line fire. In the middle years of the World war, he left the gov- emment to become a major the trenches—once left a dugout after two. hours of letter-writing just a few minutes before it was blown to smithereens. For the first 11 years after Great Britain's armed forces took up airplanes, he was chief cf one branch or another of aviation | When he was first chief of the Royal Naval Air Force, they had five planes, five pilots. For some years, he piloted a plane hir . but gave it up after se crashes. He's a violent enemy tape. . refuses to abide by petty regulations of minor cials. He works from 9:30 to lor 2a m . often remind associates that work and pleas- ure are the same thing Never- theless, he has a hobby; the same as that of Gen Gustave Gamelin. . oi] painting. Churchill also is an amateur bricklayer. he has becn a journalist, correspondent and novelist He’s an avid collector of toons in which he appears ar chuckles over all of them (@ lit- tle hobby out of which Hermann Goering also derives a ict of pleasure). If he could be said to have one quality for which even his most cutspoken enemies have great and Emeline respect. it is courage. 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