The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 17, 1940, Page 3

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Casual Slaug , 1940 ters oe By VIRGINIA HANSON = YESTERDAY: Sandra tells Kay she is afraid of Jeff. She stays in Kay's room while Kay goes to the Pennant’s to help them plan parties for the bride and groom, When Kay returns Sandra fine ishes the typing of Kay's newest love story. Chapter 26 Spot Of Detecting “you send these right to the magazine,” she said curious- ly. “I thought writers had agents; to handle things for them.” “Good agents don’t care to be bothered with pulp stories—there isn’t enough money in them.” “You've sent these people other things? They know who you are? “Oh yes. I sell them a story ev- ery month or so.” “What becomes of it if they don’t take it?” , “I enclose return postage and they send it back. So then I try| someone else.” word for now. Be ready in half an_hour.” With an impudent grin, he de- parted. “And now we girls are going to take down our hair and have a good old gossip,” Gerald an- nounced as we sat down to dinner that evening. Julia laughed so happily that people at a neighboring table looked around in_smilin, i= pathy. “You sound like Felicia.” Gerald gave her a reproving glance. “I'm sure I don’t know what you mean,” he said primly. “Mrs. Bridewell is one of my |dearest friends—and speaking of gossip, I’ve had some lovely inti- mate chats with her.” Julia leaned forward raptly. “Go on, Geraldine! Do tell us what she said!” “Well, for instance—did es know that the late lamented Mr. Bridewell was a federal agent who was killed in pursuit of his duty? And that he was so hated by the criminal element that she moved away from her home HUMBLED PEPPERS | LAST NIGHT, 10-6 Four Erros By Shortstop | Carbonell Great Aid Yo Victors | The unexpected happened! Sons of the American Legion | marched out to Bayview Park} last night with revenge in their j hearts, defeated the highly-touted | Pepper’s Plumbers 10-6 and threw the city’s softball championship series into a tie with a victory each. Fighting all the way, the youth. ful ten suthit the heavier-swat: * | | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ~ CONCHS WIN, TIE-UP TITLE SERIES HERE’S WHAT.’20 CLEVELAND BASEBALL Present Peanant-Mad Tribe Better A Round, Thep Sas} GAIN ON : INDIANS CHAMPIONS THINK OF THIS YEAR'S CLUB BENGALS By RAY BLOSSER, AP Feature Service Writer CLEVELAND, Sept. 17.— Three old-time Cleveland _ base- ballers offer up proof that the “good old days” are not always regarded as the best. By a 2 to 1 margin, they cal- culate the pennant-mad 1940 In- dians are a better all-around ball club than the one which-won the Lake Erie city’s only American League championship 20 years ago. Jack Graney, an outfielder on tly ball has made pitching tough- | er, and this team has pitching”. A divergent view comes from Wamby, a chain grocery com- pany shipping clerk and a part-| time scout for the New York! NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—While Yankees. the Cleveland Indians were divid- “We hit better and got more! ing honors with the Philadelphia gers Walloped Nats (Special to The Citizen) LEGALS the Sher of the State of Pier day being the FIFTH DAY OF SowE=EEE For United the State of F six years from Jan For Seven ( tors (Tribe Split With A’s; Ti- =" runs. We had just as good a pitch- | Athletics, the Detroit Tigers were * ing staff, with a 30-game winner Pounding the Washington Sena- that year—Jim Bagby—and two 20-game winners, Ray Caldwell ‘t€ leading Tribe. Thus, the changed her name to escape the threats of his enemies?” “How long before they send it A “Go on—she was pulling your ting Peppers and committed two!the world champion 1920 outfit, less errors. Their “never-say-!and Lee Fohl, who managed it and Stanley Coveleski. margin between the clubs was “Don't forget, too, that we had Teduced to just a half-game. In the meantime, the New York back—!I mean, if they don’t buy it ‘Couple of weeks, more or less.” “Do they ever lose a manu- script?” “Sometimes, I suppose. I’ve never had one lost. But I keep a copy, just in case.” People are always asking ques- tions like that, but maybe I would have begun to wonder why she ursued the subject so relentless- ly if we hadn’t reached the post office just then. She stamped her two envelopes and stuck them in the chute without a second glance, but I was vaguely con- scious that she kept her gaze riveted on the manila envelope while I inserted return postage, affixed the outer stamps and sealed the envelope. It’s easy to look back now and say that 1 was stupid, that I should have known something was up. But what? What possible connection with the mystery could I assign to Sandra’s volun- tary assistance? She was impos- ing on me to the extent of asking to share my room at night. This, I thought, was her gesture of re- payment. “That_was a break for me,” I said as I turned Adam’s car once more toward home. “How much would you charge to take the job on permanently?” “Tl be glad to help you while you're here,” she said seriously. “But I couldn’t take any pay.” “I was only joking. I can’t af- ford a secretary—wouldn’t know what to do with one. When graduate to the slicks I'll send for you. You're good. “I've had experience —I paid | my way through dramatie scheol as secretary to the head.” “Oh, I thought you had an in- 4 enough. I would have had to break into my capital, and have better uses for that.” She was abruptly silent then, in a way that discouraged pur- suit of the subject, so I changed it to a recital of the plans the Pennants were making. That seemed a matter of complete in- leg,” Julia scoffed. Gerald looked crestfallen. “Do you think so? Why must you take the joy out of life like that? She even told me his name— | Morse or Morris or something of | the kind. And I had such a nice | theory all fixed up——” “Besides, FBI men are always j young,” Julia went on patroniz ingly. , “Oh, but you see Felicia isn’t old. Her hair turned white be- cause of worry over her hus- band!” little touched in the head, too, would you? But go on—what else did she tell you? Did she tell you about her little niece who was here for a visit in June?” “No! And me so fond of the little tots, too. Tell me, was she a dear little dimpled darling with golden curls? Oh, I must ask Felish about her.” Nearly Blind ‘N' , Gerald, don’t. The poor kid is lanky and her hair is like black string. And she wears glasses—she’s nearly blind. Felicia had her out at the beach one day =a happy little thing, about six. I talked to her, and she told me cheerfully that her Aunt Felicia was going to take her to Chicago the next day to see a new doctor who would make her eyes strong. Felicia told me privately_that the Chicago specialist was a sort of last hope—they weren’t counting jtoo heavily on the results of the examination, And apparently | there was nothing he could do, {for Felicia never mentioned the subject again, and I didn’t like to | bring it up. She brought the child back for a few days before she j shipped her home, but they didn’t |come out to the beach again— | kept indoors during the day. I I) saw them out walking one eve- | ning, and they both looked pretty subdued. Poor Felicia was Tike a different person while she was | here—read to her, played games | with her, never left her side. I | wouldn’t have thought she had a soft spot, but I guess that kid is difference to her, but she listened | j¢» politely, said vaguely, “Whatever they want to do—” She went off to her rooms to dress for dinner as soon as we reached the club. Gerald Beaufort was sprawled asleep on my studio couch. stared down at him in exaspera- tion. Was my room turning into e? I reached down . He sat up with a SAY, do you have to be so rough?” “If the bed in your room i: comfortable I can easily have this one moyed there for you,” I said politely. He grinned. “Maiden lady in @efense of her modest couch. Frightfully sorry and all that. I came here in great dignity to pay my respects—your own fault for being out. I say, don’t tell me I was _ snoring?” “Raucousiy. I heard you clear out in the street.” “It's the weather,” he said sol- . “The heat. Never happens ter.” not?” “Always wear a muffler.” I groaned. “I never thought I'd encounter a form of humor lower than my own! Now how would you like to run along and Jet me get ready for dinner?” “I knew there was some reason for my being here! You're having dinner with me — you and Julia Pennant. Now don’t say no—she said she would if you would. I quite realize I'm a dangerous sort of fellow for a maiden to be ex- posed to alone. I hardly know my own charm. But the point is, this is not a strictly social formation. ' I have a commission from the great Adam Drew himself.” “A commission?” tions — you'll know all in good time. We three, you and Julia and ay going to do a spot of detect- g. And that is definitely my last ‘Loday’s Birthdays Martha Ostenso of Minneapolis, Novelist, born in Norway, 40 years ago. U.S. Senator John H. Overton of Louisiana, born at Marksville, La., 65 years ago. Dr. Henry Smith Leiper of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ, New York, born at Bel- mar, N. J., 49 years age. Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director-gen- “Where does the child live?” | Gerald asked, dropping for a mo- ment his idiotic Se | __ “In New York, I think she said. Her _brother’s child.” | “There! That proves it! I told Ti you I had a theory. Ten to one Felicia lived in or near New York herself. Some of those terrible gangsters that you have over here —we're so much more clever about these things in dear old blighty—took it into their heads to bounce off her husband be- cause he knew too much about +4) them, and then they got chills of the pedal extremities for fear he | might have told his wife. But, do you see, when they thought of that it was already too late for }she had taken a blowout pow- | der——” |. “You needn’t laugh,” he pro- tested after our hilarious inter- | ruption. “I really like your color- jful speech. What was I say- ing——Oh yes, so they got busy | and traced her, which proved to take some time— how long has | she been here, by the way?” “Since April.” |_ “There you are— April, May, |June, July, August—five months. And when they located her, they {sent one of their men to bounce jher off. So what happens? She teally did know something—she ;saw. him first and eureka! The blow on the bean, the dive into | the dark hold!” “You mean—Ivan?” I asked in- credulously. ._ “No less. Probably a lieutenant |in some dope ring——” | “No, Geraldine,” said Julia, }“You go too far. I tremble to | think what you’ve bean reading.” | .“You don’t like it?” he demand- ed anxiously. “Well, I'll see if I can think up another, I rather fancied Felicia — she looks the man; i i of the late lamented Mi. Brides ; well, G-Man or no G-man.” i To be continued eral of the Pan-American Union. Washington, born at McGregor. Iowa, 69 years ago. Dr. William 0. Hotchkiss. president of the Rensselaer Poly- technic Institute, Troy, N. Y.. born at Eau Claire, Wis., 62 years ago. Raymond Robins, nomist, born in New years ago. Dr. William Carlos Williams of Rutherford, N. J., poet-author, born there, 57 years ago. social York, eco- Cr “Geraldine! You wouldn't be a die” spirit, dampened after the} loss Friday night, came to the fore last evening and won the admiration of the fans. Shortstop Jackie Carbonell was “Santa Claus” to the Conchs.! In all, he miscued “four times. | Two of his errors came in suc-/ cession in the second inning, al-} lowing three runs to cross home plate. The other pair occurred in! the eighth when, combined with | n error by Baker, a wild pitch! and three hits, the SAL’s shoved { over four runners to clinch the} game. Early, who started on the} mound for the Conchs, pitched! good ball until the fourth. Up to! then he had held the Plumber: to two hits and one unearned} run. Higgs got on base in the} first inning when shortstop Arn- | old fumbled the ball, stole sec-! ond and went all the way home | on a two-base miscue by catcher | Menendez. However, in the; fourth, the Pipe-Fitters put to-| gether three walks, two errors| and two hits to pile up five! runs, tie the score and send Early j to the showers. ! M. Arias came to the rescue} with two on base and only one out. First man to face him,} Baker. led. Villareal poled a| fly ball to right. which was tak-| en by J. Aritas for the second; out. Lightning-fast, Aritas threw to third in time to catch Baker! for the final out of the inning.! From then on, the Plumbers were | held scoreless. despite a trio of| hits in each the fifth and ninth. | In the first-half of the final in- ning, they loaded the bases. Two! outs were made in the meantime. | Higgs stepped to the plate and | smashed one to center. Short-/} fielder. playing deep, ran in fast; to make a sensational shoestring catch that ended the game. | Besides the three runs on errors | in the second and the four-run rally in the eighth that won the; contest, the Conchs pounded out} four hits in the third stanza for | another trio of markers. Two throws to home plate and one to third base cut off poten- tial Pepper runs. Captain Arnold of the SAL’s repeated his performance of Fri- day night in garnering three safe- ties. one a two-bagger, to lead the attack of his club. Arias aided his own’ cause by blasting a’ double in one of his two appear-! ances at the plate. A. Griffin and, D. Roberts secured two hits apiece. Cates led at bat and on the} field for the losers. He poled} three safelv, put out six men and made three assists without an er- ror. Baker, Villareal and Marcelo connected for a pair of safeties each. A. Lastres was outstand- ing on the field for the Conchs, retiring seven men flawlessly. | Score by innings: RHE Plumbers 100 500 000— 6 12 6 Conchs 033 000 04x—10 13 4 Ward and Ingraham; Early, M. Arias and Menendez. BALL PLAYERS MEET TONIGHT Island City Baseball League wili meet in a called session to- night at City Hall, 8:00 o'clock. Important matters are scheduled for discussion. It was announced last night that softball officials, managers! and players will hold a meeting! immediately after the hard ball session. Formation of a new league will be the main topic. Today’s Horoscope Today’s disposition is un-so- ciable and may become misan- thropic. Strive to overcome any peculiarities that may show themselves, and to keep the mor- al tone as high as possible. The/ a fighting team and you couldn't get away from Speaker’s leader- ship and aggressiveness. We were just as good in the field, just as good behind the bat and in the box, and our hitting was a lot! better”. Likes Current Team for several years through part of the preceding season, feel today’s tribesmen have it over their fam- ed predecessors. Second-base- man Bill Wamby, author of the only unassisted triple play ever made in a series game, says it isn’t so. Yankees again fell victims to the lowly St. Louis Browns and are now four full contests in the rear of the Indians. Mel Harder's six-hit pitching performance in the opener brought victory to the Tribe, 8-3, Speaker Won't Speak On the sidelines sits Tris Speak- er, the immortal center fielder who drove the Indians to the pen- nant in the days when bleacherite and reserved seat fans alike wore caps. “I've always made it a rule not to compare vith those of 20 years ago the non-com- nittal Speaker, now the Ohio epresentative of a Detroit steel company. “The setup was different— there’s the lively ball now and lots of other things—and playing w tirely different. So I don’t think it’s a fair comparison”. The others, however, express very definite ideas. “The present club looks better io me”, declares Fohl. After he left the Indians he piloted the Boston and St. Louis American league clubs before leaving base- ball. Fohl now manages a down- town Cleveland filling station, scene of many a baseball argu- ment. “The boys now have more good pitching, and I don’t know where you'd get a better defensive ball club except for Hal Trosky at first base”, Fohl continues. “There’s a spot here or there where they're not so good, but this is the better club. The live-, ‘Steve O'Neill, one of a procession Graney, who now describes the #ided by a double and circuit {Indians’ games on the radio for ‘lout in the third frame that pro- his old home town fans, opines;@uced six markers. “Paced by “this club is a better all-around Chapman, homer and two-bag- team. It is better defensively in| 8€T: in the nightcap, the A’s went several spots, but I believe we © victory, 3-2. : had a little more power. A lot of _ Newsom's five-hit 19th win of our players hit over .300, even the season and Greenberg's 35th with that old cocoanut”. round-tripper of the year paved Back in 1920, the Tribe's first- | the way for the Tigers’ one-sided string catcher was a fellow called ‘Tiumph over the Nats. Higgins and Meyer were the only players who failed to hit safely Detroit attack. Brownies stretched their win- in the of later-day Cleveland managers and now pilot at Buffalo. Bagby was the pitching king- . pin as Bob Feller is now. He D8 streak = three SS turned in 31 wins against only 12 ca eee Sie a a defeats. Walter Mails, who joined G12°\g76 8 COs Supt tS safe the club late in the season, won 039: St ara — Pe gS seven in a row and was a big fac- sis Sree ri a tor in the stretch drive . Cald-' "0° White Sox* victory- well’s record was 20 and 10, Cov- paid ges ee z eleskie’s 24-14. ‘Tun ended at eight straight yes- George Burns held down first|teTday when Jack Wilson let base and Larry Gardner third. them down with five hits as his Chapman was the regular short. | Boston Red Sox teammates romp- stop until he was killed by one of |“) 0Ome Were See S tdca a ack Carl Mays’ submarine ball pitch-| 1" 2 game that e ae es. Joe Sewell plugged the gap Cincinnati Reds defeated the the remainder of the year. In the Roeder riged agai oi outfield with Speaker and Graney | Pe preroe my Gack teens were Charley Jamieson, Elmer|5sses loaded in Se me Smith and Joe Wood. [eed a ee Best of all, six of the eight reg_|lice and ushers put an end fo fist, ulars were in the select .300 cir- a pang i; y cle—about twite as many 25 on “Wel Ott's two home runs failed ~ ; to stem the tide of defeat in the —————— |New York Giants’ game with the Pittsburgh Pirates. A trio of cir- Sports Calendar And Statistics ‘cuit clouts by the Bucs overcame whatever advantage Ott had giv- en his team. Final score: 7-6. MAJOR LEAGUES’ GAMES TODAY AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia at Cleveland. Washington at Detroit. New York at St. Louis. Chicago-Boston, not scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Brooklyn. Pittsourgh at Boston. Chicago at New York. CHAMPIONSHIP SOFTBALL SERIES (Bayview Park Field, 8:00 p.m.) TOMORROW NIGHT - Key West Conchs vs. Pepper’s Plumbers. BASEBALL GAMES (Navy Field, 2:00 p. m.) SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 First Game—C.G.C. Pandora vs. Key West Juniors. Second Game—Trojans vs. Pi- rates. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 First Game—U.S. Marines vs Blue Sox. Second Game—Key Conchs vs. Pandora. LEAGUE MEETINGS BASEBALL Signatures of four managers have authorized president to call meeting for tonight, 8:00 o'clock, at City Hall Ways and means to raise funds. and ?discus- sion of appointing impartial sports enthusiasts to rule league. SOFTBALL West Meeting tonight of players and managers scheduled for purpose of organizing another league. Will be held after baseball meet in City Hall. STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE (Major League Baseball) Club— WwW. il. Pe. Cleveland _.. 82 60 577 but mainly from a desire to get away from _ people. Careful 1 Detroit Si Johnson pitched the Phila- 574 delphia Phillies to a 3-2 victory 550 OVeT the St. Louis Cardinals in i the opening fracas of a twin bill 545 yesterday. Bases on balls, errors 528 ‘and timely hitting brought vic- 427 ‘tory to the Redbirds in the aft- erpiece, 7-1. Results of the games: AMERICAN LEAGUE Pet | At Cleveland REE .659 Philadelphia 361 585 Cleveland ee eS 529 Ross and Hayes, Wagner; Har- 525 der and Pytlak. -482 * Second Game .475 At Cleveland 418 Philadelphia 329 ‘Cleveland = Babich and Hayes; Eisensta’ ISLAND CITY LEAGUE Dobson and Hemsley. (Key West Baseball) At Detroit Club— W. L. Pct Washington Key West Conchs Blue Sox Trojans Pirates Key West Juniors U.S. Marines - C.G.C. Pandora pag ee 81 7 73 75 61 60 63 65 67 82 New York Chicago Boston St. Louis Washington 60 81 Philadelphia 51 87 NATIONAL LEAGUE (Major League Baseball) Club— wW.. Cincinnati 47 Brooklyn 59 St. Louis __. 65 Pittsburgh 66 Chicago 73 New York 73 Boston _ 82 Philadelphia 94 4 Gay ‘370 91 83 73 73 68 66 59 46 R. 370 260 t, RHE 000 Tebbetts. 000, At St. Louis 00|New York —_ (000 St. Louis 16 15 2 Russo, Hadley, Gomez, Sundra KEY WEST SOFTBALL jand Dickey; Kennedy and Swift. CHAMPIONSHIP At Chicago Pepper’s Plumbers 14 .500 |Chicago - — Key West Conchs 1 1 .500 Wilson and Desa "SIDI OLD LA: QUESTION: WHENIS = c= MUSIC NOT MUSIC? Beggs, Wilson; Davis and Franks. First Game At Philadelphia St. Louis Philadelphia Cooper and Owen; Si Johnson and Millies, Warren. At Philadelphia RHE (By Associated Press) (native will be inclined to rove, training in youth will do°much. ‘SOTITOIII 46 3) tors for a 9-2 triumph to gain on Minnie Pearlman Eckeiman Plamtft vs. Sam Eckelman Defendan: ORDER FOR PUBLICATION To: Sam Eckelman. Residence—unknown You are hereby required te ap- pear to the Bill of Complamt the above styled and entitled cause on October 7th 1940, other- wise the allegations therem will be taken as confessed. This order to be published once a week for four weeks in The Key West Citizen. a newspaper published m Key West, Florida. Done and ordered this August 26, 1940. (SEAL) Ross C Sawyer Clerk of the Circuit Court, Mon- roe County, Florida By (Sd) Florence E. Sawyer, Geek aug27; sept3-10-17-24.1960 NOTICE Notice is hereby given that 1 |Julia S. Williams, 2 married woman, of the City of Key West. 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