The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 9, 1940, Page 3

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, CELI LPSAPABDE LEASE LL ded dL | Casual Slaughters By VIRGINIA HANSON == 1940 YESTERDAY: Kay tells Julia of Sandra’s intention to marry Jeff immedia i at Sandra’s is connected with the murder, napter 19 Routine Questions 7OU just don’t understand San- Julia said patiently, a comb through her long d bob. “She likes men— t men, lots of them. Last it it happened to be Ivan. To- orrow it might be the chaplain Gerald or—or Dad. But Jeff's one she wants to marry, for ple reason that in love with. x or the the be she is doing it to spite e doesn’t hate me that well.” We went down the back stairs the sound of Cora muttering kitchen and out the service ‘ance. e coupe; Mimi ulia said, cross- ack road to the ge. “It’s time for t out. We'll have to e ga 1 to 1 was closed and n of ever having when we went on to the club e first person we saw was Felicia Bridewell seated on the veranda surrounded by the y paper, calmly darning. y babies are all getting so simpered, holding up a the chapel d no in t you were at church,” ng for once to appre- rite brand of humor. The chaplain fell c ivy last That poor man.” She sighed ‘I believe he sat in it my f church, sobriety drew from her a ‘ewd glance which passed from one to the other of us. She became pleasantly matter came home again. Or at But if you're looking an only say that ance from here by demanded Julia ar le self-control. Jeff. He met us on the me. He was driving and he had a marriage license. When he learned the chaplain was non or vice versa, as they set out for |= Then they ed for you, en you were not to up and decided that it took to get so off they went——” t for her to finish rattling. Julia was > as her hat. I took her y and propelled The Trap where our minds see the ns and decid tories. We were agreed on one thing only 2 of Sandra in Ivan routine question, |" seen Ivan alive. question for a!* he pre 1 was in. To ad- mit having seen him on the:barge, be to point to the v Julia most wanted concealed. Ti questions would be inev y alone? No, Sandra . Did you see anyor near the 2arge at that Yes—Jeff. sed eyebrows. Julia was on ie I dared not look around at her d, but I could , the silent plea ing me. | told them the rest of what I knew. | Perhaps I would have told it any- | way if I had been able to realize |that the lean, friendly man in iform with the silver eagles on s shoulders, the man who had | danced with me, played bridge | with me and told me funny stories | about the service and about West Point, represented an authority |that went beyond the county, feven the state. An authority com- | plete within the boundaries of his | garrison and answerable only to |a couple of superior officers and |to the President of the United States. | _I knew that, in a general way, through my unforgettable experi- ence of murder at Fort Havens. But it was difficult to feel the wholesome awe that the normal civilian has for the customary forces of law and order. Besides, |he was Julia’s father, and Julia was prepared to pull the wool over his eyes in an effort to pro- tect Jeff. She knew the service better than I did, and my sym- | pathies were all with her. If pos- sible, I wanted to leave this for jher to handle, | Profound Amazement ie was possible. Colonel Pen- nant did not ask me again when I had last seen Ivan alive. | He accepted my evasion as an an- |swer. And if my _ conscience |troubled me a little I comforted myself with the unspoken grati- | tude in Julia’s eyes. | For her father turned to her at jone e, What happened when the sing- ing broke up?” }_ Julia shrugged, avoided his leye erald and I decided to turn cartwheels. It seemed like a good }idea at the time.” She smiled |faintly. “I didn’t notice what the others did.” “And when you came back, | Katherine?” “They were still turning cart- wheels. And Jeff was asleep on a blanket.” I saw then that it would have to come out—about Sandra and Ivan on the barge. But perhaps |we could avoid the suggestion |that Jeff had known anything about it. “See anyone else?” I remembered the chaplain plodding down the beach and I | told them about that. |. “Then Sandra and Ivan must | have been together,” he said. And as that seemed to require no an- er I was prudently silent. An later—“Where is Sandra?” yy now she’s probably Mrs. ‘efferson Tack,” said Julia, in a voice she contrived to make | casual except ior a break at the end. A break in her voice that | was the first break in her com- posure since I had taken her ts rooms and made her lie, white and tearless, on my couch while I ‘ooked at her helplessly and tried |to think of something comfort- jing to say. |, They had sent for us both then to come back to the colonel’s | quarters; and with relief and ad- miration I had seen her pull her- elf together and assume a fair |imitation of indifference. But it |could not last much longer. Her father was regarding her with profound amazement. “What did you say?” he de- manded. I broke into nervous speech, ing my story of Sandra’s y call and her sudden deter- ion to get married. The two n listened witheut comment, t when I had finished Colonel 's normally genial face d angry disapproval. y wasn't I told of this?” he asked coldly. _T answered, stammering a little, 7 had considered it none -of ess, which was true h, but did not salve my e of guilt for the other things d not told him. I had never his official manner—had not d he could seem so for- ia came to my defense. e tried to stop them, but they had already gone,” she said dully. Parents can be surprisingly blind. He seemed unconscious of her personal tragedy in his own vas sen turned to Adam, seated at) sudden wrath. f the big desk with a|_ “I'll have a word to k and pencil; and, with yp deutensne sees about th 01 summon, | 4nnounced grimly. ae eee “But it wasn't his fault,” Julia protested. “Of course it was his fault. they were all together sing- Sandra’s a levelheaded girl. He weren't they?” got tired of waiting, the nat’s the way I remember | Patient young pup. Upset every- it." Adam admitted, but he looked | one—plans, arrangements.” I may me for a fraction of a second|have been wrong, but I thought r than was necessary, and) was groping for grounds for Id not guess what he was/| his anger. And he produced them g. He might have been re-| triumphantly. “Wait until Mimi bering that moment on the| hears of it—she’ll be wild!” or he might have been; He rose from his chair, the in- ing my evasion. | vestigation apparently forgotten. they had resae e further | and started for the door. about Ivan I think would have! To be continued iy to otet he such gave my answer in the form of an oblique question. “When we walked off down the SUNDAY’S TWIN BILL POSTPONED WEATHER AND CONDITION OF FIELD HELD UP OPEN- ING OF LEAGUE will be played on some open date or at the end of the sched- ule, if necessary to determine the outcome of the league race. Originally slated to piay the second game of the twin bill next Sunday, U.S. Marines have been granted the request of engaging lthe Key West Conchs in the opening fracas. Blue Sox and C.G.C. Pandora will meet in the nightcap of the doubleheader in The scheduled opening double-} what will be the opening games ader of the Island City Base-,of the league. League yesterday afternoon| Conchs will be home club in postponed due to weather | the first and Pandora in the sec- and field conditions. The games jond. Indians, Bengals, Yanks. Won Their Games; Reds Bowed To Cubs; Dodg- ers Took Two (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—Bob; Feller’s relief pitching in the} ninth inning that quelled a Chi- cago White Sox uprising was the deciding factor that pulle@ the! Cleveland Indians out of their long slump and enabled them to maintain their very slim margin over the Detroit Tigers. Feller’s superb pitching imbued his team- mates with fighting spirit and they went on to win in the tenth frame, 5-4. "Bob registered his 24th triumph of the season. i .An eight-inning home run by Rudy York that broke a 4-4 tie gave the Bengals a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Browns. The circuit clout was York’s twenty- sixth. Tigers pulled out of a hole “nth when Trout went relief moundsman with es loaded and retired the Gordon's hitting featured the New York Yankees’ one-sided win over the Boston Red Sox, 9-4 The Yankee lead-off man pound- ed out a homer, triple, double and single and walked twice. Chandler went the route against the Bosox. Largest crowd of the season in the Boston park watch- ed the New Yorkers keep pace with the leaders. Although sent to the showefs, Florida’s Sid Hudson got credit for his 16th victory yesterday in the opener of the Washington Senator - Philadelphia Athletic twin bill, 7-6. A five-inning aft- erpiece cut short by darkness re- sulted in a shutout triumph for the As, 4-0, thus sharing honors. The eternal rivals of the Na- tional League, New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers, got to- gether yesterday in a double- header and when it was all over the Dodgers had taken both ends 7-2 and 4-2. Rhinelanders pulled the losing Reds’ lead down to six- and-a-half games. Olsen’s seven-hit pitching for, the Chicago Cubs handcuffed the league-leading Cincinnati nine. while his teammates pounded a pair of Redleg hurlers for 14 safe- ties and a 3-1 victory. St. Louis Cardinals fell out of third place in favor of the. Pitts- burgh Pirates when the Bucs downed the Redbirds twice yes- terday. Despite three home runs in a row by Mize. giving him a to- tal of 41. the Cards went down in defeat, 14-16, in the opener. Pi- rates took the five-inning night- cap, 5-4 Boston Bees also suffered a double loss. Philadelphia Phil- lies were the victors. 2-1 in a 12- inning first game, and 3-1 in the ,afterpiece. Results of the games: >. AMERICAN LEAGUE At Cleveland . Chicago Cleveland LE. 1 Z 14°1 (10 Innings) Lyons and Tresh; Milnar, Fel- ler and Hemsley. R. H. E 8 0 8 1 At Detroit St. Louis Detroit Niggeling and Susce: Trout, Bridges and Tebbetts. At Boston R. HE New York Boston Chandler and Rosar; mueller, Johnson, Bagby, man and Foxx. 481 Oster- Dick- First Game At Washington : Philadelphia Washington Vaughan, Heusser and Wagner, Hayes; Hudson, Krakauskas and Ferrell. LE 3 1 ‘ Second Game { At Washington Philadelphia Washington (Five Innings) Beckman and Hayes; Anderson and Early. NATIONAL LEAGUE At Chicago RHE Cincinnati - BS ee | Chicago -34 0 Turner, Moore and Lembardi; Olsen and Collins. First Game At New York Breoklyn New York RHE Bag > He. 260 Rowe, Brooklyn THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tribe Holds Slim Margin Over ‘Tigers PEPPER TEN MAY WIN SECOND-HALF PENNANT TONIGHT It may be all over tonight! Pepper's Plumbers need only one more victory to clinch the National League’s second-half pennant and they will have the opportun- ity tonight when they meet Sawyer’s Barbers in the aft- erpiece of a softball double- header at Bayview Park. There are just three more games left to complete the schedule and the Pipe-Fit- ters have a lead of that many contests over the Hair- Cutters. ; The best the Barbers ean do is to throw the race into a tie by sweeping the remain- ing trio of games. If they don’t, Plumbers, bv virtue of the fact that they have also copped the first-half, will be declared champions of the upper league. A_ five-game series will then get under way between the Pipe-Fit- ters and top club of the American League. Clarence Gates, who seems to possess what it takes to defeat the Barbers, will be on the firing line for the Plumb- ers tonight, with Earl In- oraham behind the plate. Shavers will use either Walk- er or Castro and Hopkins. Key West Conchs, Ameri- can Leaaue leaders, will bat- tle the CCC’s im the opener. A a RRS ~ SOFTBALL LEADERS — Leaders in the various depart- ments of the Nauona! and Ameri- can Softball Leagues follow: National League Most times at and Barcelo, 47 each. Most hits—Cates, 20. Most runs—Villareal, 19. Most two-base hits—Navarro, Most three-base hits—Cates, 7. Most home runs—Barcelo, 2. Most stolen bases—Cates and Baker, 5 each. Most times struck out—McCar- thy, 11. Most times walked—Baker, 16. Regular players not struck out —Cates, Ward and Kerr. American League Most times at bat—Kitchins, 31. Most hits+Xitchins, 16. Most runs—Kitchins, 14. Most two-base hits—J. Aritas, 3. Most three-base hits—Kitchins, 6. Most home runs—Kitchins, Wy- lie, Skines and Delaney. 1 each. Most stolen bases—Reese, 6. Most sacrifice hits—Allshouse and D. Roberts. 2 each. Most times struck out—Joe Cates, 7. Most times walked—Best, 5. Regular players not struck out —G. Lastres, Menendez, Kitchins, Skines, Delaney, Allshouse, J. Ogden G. Acevedo, West ang Reese. Hubbell, Lynn, Joiner, Dean and O'Dea. Second Game At New York E 1 R. 412 New York = 8.96 (11 Innings) Hamlin, Casey and Phelps; 9 12 3,Lohrman and Danning. First Game At St. Louis Pittsburgh St. Louis 1415.2 Sewell, Lanahan, Lanning, Macfayden, Heintzelman and Da- vis, Lopez; R. Bowman Hutchin- son, Doyle. McGee, Cooper, Lanier and Padgett, Delancey. R.H.E. 16 21 2 Second Game At St. Louis Pittsburgh St. Louis B38 — 1 2 (Five Innings) Klinger, Butcher and Lopez; Warneke, Shoun and Owen. RH. —_ = 10 46 First Game At Philadelphia Boston a Philadelphia (12 Innings) Errickson and Berres; Higbe and Warren. Second Game At Philadelphia R. Boston = Philadelphia ___ #3 Tobin and Masi; Si Johgson . E R 1 21 Davis and Mancuso, Franks; Atwood. bat—Villareal ___ H. E} Sports Calendar And Statistics { MAJOR LEAGUES’ | GAMES TODAY i AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago at Cleveland. Only game scheduled. i NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn at New York. Qnly game scheduled. SOFTBALL GAMES |(Bayview Park Field, 8:00 p.m.) TONIGHT i First Game—Key West Conchs vs. CCC (American League). Second Game—Sawyer’s Bar- bers vs. Pepper’s Plumbers (Na- tional League). H WEDNESDAY NIGHT First Game—Pepper’s Plumb- ‘ers vs. Sawyer’s Barbers (Na- tional League). Second Game—U.S. Navy vs. Merchants. i FRIDAY NIGHT ! (Final Games) i First Game—U. S. Marines vs. NavSta (American League). Second Game—Sawyer’s Bar- bers vs.. Pepper’s Plumbers (Na-! tional League). H ISLAND CITY | LEAGUE GAMES | (Navy Field, 2:00 p. m.) 1 ! SUNDAY First Game—U.S. Marines vs. Key West Conchs. | Second Game—Blue Sox vs. C.G.C. Pandora. | BASEBALL MEETING | (City Hall, 8:00 p. m.) First regular meeting of offi-! lcials and managers of the Island 'City League. Past two sessions have been for organization pur-_ poses. Tuesday night. Note | place and time. SOFTBALL MEETING (City Hall) Tentatively scheduled to be the) final meeting of officials and! Observation taken managers of the National and Toth Mer. T: American Softball Leagues. Dates for championship series to be ar- ranged. Immediately after base- ball meeting. Note place. STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE (Major League Baseball) Club— Ww. L Cleveland 76 56 Detroit 17 37 New York _ 75 57 Boston 72 62 Chicago 69 63 Washington 57 77 St. Louis . 55 80 Philadelphia 5 ae NATIONAL LEAGUE (Major League Baseball) Club— WwW. L Pet Cincinnati 84 47 .641 Brooklyn 78 54 591 _ Pittsburgh 67 61 .523 St. Louis 66 62 516 New York 65 65 .500 Chicago 64 70 478 Boston 56 77 .421 Philadelphia oi 2 2 a ISLAND CITY LEAGUE (Key West Baseball) (First Doubleheader Postponed) Club— ' Key West Conchs Trojans Pirates Key West Juniors Blue Sox U.S. Marines C.G.C. Pandora ee NATIONAL LEAGUE (Key West Softball) Club— Ww. L. Pepper’s Plumbers _12 4 Sawyer’s Barbers 97 AMERICAN LEAGUE (Key West Softball) Club— W. L. Key West Conchs Merchants NavSta U. S. Navy U.S. Marines ccc Rainfall, 7:30 a. m. Total rainfall since Sept inches Exce: Total ra inches Excess inches 192 and Wind Direction and Velocity SW—20 miles per hour Relative Humidity 83 Barometer at 7:30 a. m. todey Sea level, 29.74 (1007.1 millibars Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 6:11 am Sunset 6:38 p.m Pet. 576 515 568 537 523 425 407 386 ince Sept fall since since January 1 FOR YOUR VACATION TRIP It will be a wise precaution before you leewe bome change the cash you had planned fo cerry with poo oe protected, spendable— American Express Travelers Cheques These are known end accepted everywhere, and if lost or stclen. = prompt refund is made FOR SALE IN $10, $20, $50 AND $100 DENOMI- NATIONS AT 75c PER $100 BOUGHT THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporates TLISLAISAIAIAAD LA AILS COMPLAINT SERVICE. . . If you do not Receive Your Copy of The CITIZEN By 6 P. M. COMPLIMENTS AND COMPLAINTS This column will welcome suggestions and constructive criticism that tend to work for the betterment of the Is- land City Baseball League. Managers and players of the league and fans are urged to send in their “Compliments and Complaints”. First con- By AURELIO LASTRES Manager, American Legion Junior Baseball Team From all indications, it looks like a good season for baseball this winter. We have a much larger number of teams than last year and I am expecting a lot of surprises. The players are all} full of pep and anxious to get out and play ball. The teams are fairly well balanced and the com- petition will be strong—encour- aging to the fans. Besides these good features the managers are competent men, open-minded are heart and soul for better: inship. Yes, prospects this season look much brighter than in the past, and fans may be sure that discipline among players will be strict, which is essential to the success of any league. If we can accomplish this, the main battle is won. I fail to see why |it can’t be done, especially with |the excellent, well-behaved play- ers on hand. PHONE—WESTERN UNION Between 6 and 7 P. M- and a Western Union Messenger Bey ~all deliver your copy of The Citizen I AAPA see stteZZALLAALAsL LL LOOSEN UP By FRANK C. SCHNEIDER | When you go to the ball game Pitch in a thin dime— The players all work, 3 Give you their time. MPM LP LE LE LE ME ME ME LAAAAAAAA AMAA x Fans, think it over; te Does it seem right To watch doubleheader Night after night, Growl, find fault With the game you love— Never offer a dime For ball, bat or glove? Round Out } KEY WEST #z eet HAVANA weave KEY WEST 1030 0.6. | sccm ee Mondays & Thursdays mesh onc Bem of ace a Arrive Havana 5:00 p.m. the same | To PORT TAMPA afternoon. Return from Hewane on Tuesdays and Fridays, seiling et nono me 518 | 9:00 and arriving at Key West | Tocsders onc Fecteps | et 3:15 p.m. «3:e= THE PENINSULAR & OCCIDENTAL S S COMPAET Consult YOUR TRAVEL AGENT or 3. Hi. COSTAR, Agent + Phone Room in the stands Each night one sees. Do you all help "Neath the coconut trees? On the first base line, Do you give support To enéourage players To provide good sport? It costs so little To see the show— Encourage the players, Drop a dime when you go. utility infielder; J. Villareal, rf: J. Barcelo, If; R. Bethel, J. Casa, H. Gates and R. Reeves, p: L Gonzalez, cf; R. Machin, rf; C. Hernandez, 1b; J. Reeves, H.| ——— sone ila outfield.” , Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. PIRATES—M. Acevedo, c and outfield; Al. Acevedo, 2b; F. Lo-| pez, ss; C. Garcia, outfield; M.| Hernandez, 3b; I. Rodriguez, c; We intend to give the fans all G. Malgrat, F. Salinero and D, they can expect of amateur base-|Fernandez, p; P. Esquinaldo, p (ballers. We are going out to play|and outfield; O. Esqunialdo, sub; ‘a clean brand of ball and fight} = j lto the best ofaur ability. Let us|) OS culled, Twelve play- jall co-operate so that in the end |<" We may say we have done our| Two other piayeis were inad- part. Let the fans be tolerant |Verently left off lists submitted and supporting. Then—and only/by the managers. Domenech will then—can we expect to main-'Play with the Pandora nine and tain the rightful place Key West |Joe Soldano with the Trojans. holds in the baseball world. |_ Managers of the teams follow: Come on, managers, players|Roy Hamlin, Conchs; Ray Bush, and fans, lets put our shoulder |Pirates; Earl Adams, Trojans; ,;to the wheel—the glory will all) Lt. M. O. Donohoo, Marines; W. belong to Key West. |E. Lowe, athletic officer, Pan- ' jdora; Frank Caraballo, Blue Sox: Aurelio Lastres, Juniors. TEAM ROSTERS All teams of the newly-formed Island City Baseball League have submitted their rosters to the secretary. Four of the rosters were published last week. The’ other three follow: US. MARINES—Spakes, c; Sollenberger and Kitchins, p; Rathbun, Johnson, Thompson, Skoko, Parento and Simmons. infield; Plemmons, Morter and Muth outfield; Yelochan, utility. Thirteen players. KEY WEST CONCHS—C. Griffin and Hopkins, c; Wm. Cates, 3b; A’ Acevedo, ss; P. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service MIAMI AND KEY WEST FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE FULL CARGO INSURANCE Office: 813 Caroline Street WAREHOUSE—Cor. Eaten and Francs St