The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 20, 1940, Page 3

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, Casual Slau =————=By VIRGINIA HANSON == TERDAY: The proprietress of the Fieldstone Inn can give them no information about stran- gers the night the chaplain was robbed. The next day Sandra and Kay visit the chaplain who is back in the hospital with more poison ivy Chapter 29 Enter, The Bride a HOPE you'll be able to come’ to the reception tomorrow night,” Sandra said to him as we rose. “Colonel and Mrs. Pennant are giving i for Jeff and me—a sort of delayed wedding recep- tion. I believe there will be danc- ing——” “Yes, ah, received a card this morning. I think I shall be able to go back to quarters again tomorrow: but of course, you unde “Have you proper Sandra asked practically “Some new uniforms were de-} livered this morning — the post tailor, through the kind agency of Mrs. Bridewell, who has pi herself to quite a bit of trout on my behalf. i I thought of the shorts and|* With difficulty suppressed a gig- gle. Felicia had made a good story in regard to his preference; in underclothing. “I—ah, was referring more to the appearance of my face and he continued diffi- othing of it,” Sandra “We all know what poison oak is. And everyone is anxious to mect you. I won't take no for an . Til expect to see you.” d with a elt rather sorr would think he fF now that Sandra issue of it, and wo d probably suffer tortures i time any: i) e—the istible — tomato ul every co npor ng a good f. Jeff's sake,” she said acidly, wii a penetration I had not expected ses th 7 | sides had been waxed, horses that ay back to "t really said bitter: couldn’t fo belong,’ “I never have. They ive my father for an. Oh yes, they in because I was his and an orphan. family - of - the - South almighty Tacks and their friends—I don’t really be- long. Jul ow—her mother w: a Tack. They’re royalty or som’ thing. The fact that my mother’s People were of the nobility—that she was received at court, that the blood of ings ran in her veins——” She paused. drew a deep breath, and I thought for a mo- ment there was a gleam of fanatic hatred in her murky dark eyes. “No, I'v bel ed.” she took me itable duty. The wonderful To think of them taking that or- Phan child and raising her as their own! I used to get so tired of) heir praises sung. of be- ed what a lucky girl I ng merely as an ex- ample of their philanthropy! Even Jeff does hearing t ‘Understudy’ FELL, that was her side of it as opposed to Julia's. zh I thought she was a ! bid ve its uglv moments. 10 _bad Adam has to miss Gerald observed, as we waited on the veranda of Colone’ th Pennant’s quarters Wednesday | even The bride and groom had yet arrived. and Julia handing us each a tiny bag of rice, had in a classically cut 0 simple that you th that crowned her small mail letter from | morning,” f told her. “He can’t get here until Friday.” He was on the track of some- ich might or might not ant, the letter said, but add that piece of infor- mati Gerald. unutterably resplendent in tails and a white tie, had de- ivered in Adam’s car. it's quite all right with Adam, really,” he had grinned at me earlier in the evening when he asked if he might “He said and, my appearance——” | "5: clothes?” | 1940 gh ters I'd be a poor understudy, but he wouldn't grudge me the pleasure jof your company in his absence. Now I think of it, perhaps he |underrates me a bit. I'm a dan- | gerous fellow—that’s why I've in- ed Felicia to come along. For ur protection.” “You're sure I’m not going for her protection?” “A fair question,” he admitted. From the far side of the ve- randa, around the corner of the j house, an orchestra began to play jsoftly. Lights, strung from the house above the carpeted side- ! walk, bloomed pale amber against the still light sky. Around us peo- ple milled and ehattered. “Do you suppose we ought to go in and dance?” Gerald asked anxiously, “I mean to say, either N "re all frightfully early, or e were asked early said Felicia sooth- ly. arrival is part of the |show. They’re being very myste- |rious. I offered to help Sandra |dress, but she wasn’t having any. She had already shoved Jeff out —he was in the billiard room, all gloriously dressed. practicing shots, when we left. Kay here thing of the kind. I haven’t seen Sandra sinee breakfast. She aid she was going to rest and her lunch sen Vell anyway, eight o'clock is jan unearthly hour for’ a recep- tion,” Felicia pursued. “There must be something behind it.” | Wedding March | THERE: was: The orchestra paused suddenly, then struck up the wedding rch and far down the road in front of officers’ q ee we spied an approaching ked ens tical keepin the wedding—one of the found it in an old | stable and bought it for a |song, and He: Jeffs troop, j lave } been bus: J recondi- ting it’ would be called a y knowl- hazy. Low h elegantly ng officers sitting, ded, on the boxes front A ellow equip- - the ia emblazoned drawn by six as if their es t come ar the Sandra in a hoop-skirted gown of gold taffeta to match the yel- low equipage, to match the gold | braid on the uniform of her tail | you | t a scarf around her | tf of gold cloth tied shion so it it shaded er part of her face. As came up the carpeted on Jeff's arm, into the shower of rice that cascaded from the ve- jranda, as she passed ynder the of sabers t te elegant | young officers had formed for her | passage, she threw Lack the scarf and tur her face .n for us all ) to see. A silence like the suspension of all breath in the face of a catas- trophe swept the veranda. The | soft stri orchestra sounded? loud and crass, like a brass ban}, in Ithat si n awful hush. Jeff used, as if silence were a mg wind which threw him | back. I saw him turn and look jat the girl upon his arm, saw the hoeked breath he drew and the id color that flamed in his face. And suddenly everyone began to talk at once, to laugh loudly and unnaturally and shout con- gratulations in @ hysterical at- opt to pretend: that.everything 3 lovely, that mobody had seen at we had all seen as the bride |and groom approached under the arch of sabers. iw That the bride had a black eye. | “I could kill her!” Julia told me violently, later in the evening. She had drawn me upstairs to her room on the plea that she needed a shoulder strap pinned. jactually, I knew, so that she could relieve her pent-up feel- ings. “She tells everyone that she |Tan into a door. but the way she says it makes them all think Jeff beats her. ['ve been working my s | head off all evening to keep him om being stuck in a_corner. you, people are giv him | the cold shoulder, and it’s a damn shame! : “Not at does he say?” ing. But don’t you see. woul; He's so_ sensi You can bet your life he knows what they're thinking. “Maybe she did run into a door.” “Maybe she did—on purpose.” “Julia—I haven't said anything | abeut this because—well, just be- jeause. But Sandra told me she | was afraid of Jeff.” told her then about the jcoreing arrangement, about her eoming to my room Sunday night, | about the red mark on her shoul- der and the bruise she had shown ‘me the following day. And that {Sandra had shared my room jevery night since she was mar- |ried. ' Te be continued Time-Switch Helps You Watch Washing Machine Along with many __other household appliances, washing machines grow simpler and more efficient. Crosley, for instance, so has installed a time-switch. The dial plainly indicates the proper number of minutes for washing various materials. The motor is automatically stopped at the right moment. The Tower of London housed a menagerie. once THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tigers’ Double Win, Tribe’s Lone Victory Throw Race Into Tie ~~ BENGALS SMASH A’S TWICE; NATS BOW TO INDIANS Yankees Keep Pace With 10-1 Triumph Over Chi- sox; Browns Downed Bosox (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, Sept. 20—For the first time in several days the American League lead failed see-saw the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians. it is now to between Instead, “all-even”. Realizing time and schedule are growing short, the Tigers $truck out at the Philadelphia Athletics yesterday and clawed CRUCIAL SERIES STARTS TODAY (Special to Phe Citizen) NEW YORK. Sept. 20.— Cleveland Indians and De- troit Tigers this afternoon are slated to play the first of a three-game crucial series at Detroit, results of which may decide the outcome of the American League race. Tigers and Indians have eight more contests each re- maining on their schedule, six of which will be played against each other. Tribe's other pair of games will be with the St. Louis Browns and Bengals’ other two af- fairs will be with the Chicago White Sox. to two one-sided 10-1. Meanwhile, hits, managed Washington Sena- their wa vie- tories. 13 Tribe, down the ue of the fact that the tained just a lead over the Bengals be- the conte: sterday, the of affairs the pennant race into a b has now won 85 61. ight-hit performance ng fracas of the twin A’s, combined with he y Greenberg and York, producing five runs each, left no doubt as to the outcome. Trout came through with a four-hit affair in the nightcap, again aided by York’s bat, which poled another four-bagger and drove home three markers. Hitting in the pinches and tak- tage of two errors, the Tribe le it three straight over the Nats. Although the Senators outhit the Indians, they failed to through with men on base. s circuit clout was garnered off Red seven-hit pitching Chicago White Sox. ndian: game fore Yankee ashed their way to a 104 triu:aph over the Chisox, be- hind a 14- attack. (sefetriple by Cullenbine in the seventh inning with two men on base gave the St. Louis Browns a win over the Boston Red Sox, 2-1. The game yesterday was the final meeting of these two clubs for the present sezson. Results of the gates: AMERICAN LEAGUE First Game At Detroit ladelphia roit 1314 0 an and Wagner: Giebeli and Deautels. Second Game At Detroit delphia troit Potter. Beckman Trout and Tebbetts. R. HE 43 1013 1 and Hayes: At Cleveland Washington Cleveland Leonard, Krakauskas and rell; Smith and Hemsley. R. E 1 2 3 0 +3 a 8 6 Fi ‘er- At Chicago New York Chicago Ruffing and Dickey; Knott Dietrich, Grove and Tresh, Turn- er. At St. Louis . A. Boston St. Louis John, Fleming Auker and Swift. EB 1 0 and Peacock; The capito| building in Atlan- ta, Georgia, designed after the capitol in Washington, D. C. half-! ity, or DIAMOND GLEANINGS - By RABID FANSTER Official records show that Clarence “Cigarette Willie” Gates, mainstay of the Pepper's Plumb- ers’ mound staff, ieads the American and National Softball Leagues in “mos’ ev’rythin’”"— victories, innings pitched, games participated in, strikeouts, etc. And it is not hard to understand after his Wednc night three- hit 8-1 victory o the Key West Conchs, champs of i American cireuit. He had the young boys “eating out of his hands” with his almost perfect control. It is cus- tomary for batters to “work” a pitcher for a base on balls—but don’t try it when “Cigarette” is on the mound. Stand there without swinging your bludgeon and the ump’s voice will sound like an echo: “Strike, strike, strike— you’re out!” If Gates has any vulnerable spot. opposing batters haven't discovered it yet. Credit-Where-Credit-Is-Due De- partment: With all due respects to Gates and the rest of the Plumbers, our hats are off to Wil- liam Cates, regular second base- man and captain of the National League champions. His know- ledge of the game. experience and calmness are the factors be- hind the success of the Pipe-Fit- ters. When all around is con- fusion, “Butch”, as he is fa- ly known, remains cool and collective. His words of en- couragement and advice pull his team out of many “holes”. And he never asks his teammates to do anything he wouldn’t do him- self. Our vote for the most valu- able softball player in Key West goes to this heavy-hitting, excel- lent-fielding Plumber captain. When Jackie Carbonell, short- stop of the Peppers. ed to ap- pear before game-time Wednes- d night. most fans and players believed he had taken “shame” of his four-error playing Monday night. However, he put in his appearance during the second in- ning and in the third frame took Nelson’s position at second, pro- ceeding to commit the only mis- cue recorded by the Plumbers that night. Our purpose in jot- ting down this incident is to r mind Jackie that no player. how- ever good he may be, is perfect —all perform below par at one time or another. Errors are part of the game. and instead of damp- ening the spirit of a player. they should spur him on to do better next time. PEPPERS, CONCHS IN FOURTH GAME VICTORY FOR PLUMBERS TO- NIGHT WILL END SERIES Pepper's Plumt to clinch the ¢ ball cham- pionship serie tonight when they meet the Key West Conchs in the fourth game at Bayview Park. Plumbers took the first contest of the series last week, 14-8, dropped the second, 6-10, and came through with the one- sided 8-1 triumph Wednesday night. By agreement, the series is for five games, the team winning three being declared softball champions of Key West. Conchs will try to duplicate their feat of tying-up the series as they did in the first two games. Outclassed in weight, age and experience, the Ameri- can Legion-sponsored players have not given up hope yet and will be in there tonight fighting until the final out. Merchants’ and Naval Station’s scheduled game will not be play- ed tonight as the Navy squad will be short members due to the Benefit Dance they are sponsor- ing. Ss will attempt ‘Today’s Horoscope Today indicates one of alert mind with considerable business intuition. but with a peculiar disposition, and possibly an awk- wardness of bearing. Strive to cultivate a practical trend af mind to overcome what may be a certain lack of executive abil- an inability to select proper methods to fit the work: CHAMPS ADD —>- SPORTS CALENDAR ANOTHER TO —AND STATISTICS GAMES TODAY Cleveland at Detroit. Chicago at St. Louis, game. Only games scheduled. VICTIM OF REDS; WHIP BUCS TWICE: GIANTS DROP 11TH GAME IN ROW i night Plumb- West Ee 1 3 iy Pet. 582 582 556 541 521 432 Al7 371 At New York Chicago New York : Passeau and McCullough; Lohr- man, Dean and O'Dea. RHE 814 1 282 Boston and seheduled. Brooklyn, not Pet 1.000 1.000 -000' -000 -000 000 -001 U. S. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT Observation taken at 7:30 a. m, 75th Mer. Time (city office) T Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean Normal mm oooooP a2 NATIONAL LEAGUE 1 (Special to The Citizen) No games scheduled. ' NEW YORK. Sept. 20—It ———— doesn’t matter now but just to CHAMPIONSHIP keep the records straight the Cin- cinnati Reds, who captured the SOFTBALL SERIES National League pennant Wed- | (Bayview Park Field, 8:00 p.m.) nesday, added a half-game to TONIGHT Eee over the Brooklyn First Game—Pepper's While the Flatbush nine was ‘°fS Vs. Key West Conchs. idle yesterday, the Redlegs con-. Second Game—Called off. tinued their winning ways by ame males downing the Philadelphia Phil- BASEBALL GAMES lies, 4-1, on five hits, aided by a = ‘eld, 1:30 trio of errors. In limiting the (ary Fae) Phils to seven hits, Paul Derring- SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 er hung up his 20th victory of the First Game—C.G.C. Pandora season. Warren’s homergaccount- vs. Key West Juniors. ed for the losers’ lone marker. Second Game—Trojans vs. Pi- Passeau chalked up his 19th rates. triumph of the year, Leiber and SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 28 Hack smashed four-baggers good First Game—U.S. Marines vs | for five runs and New York pive Sox. Gtants dropped their llth game, = in a row. All this happened yes-|_Second Game—Ke y terday when the Chicago Cubs downed the New Yorkers, 8-2. = eae St. Louis Cardinals strengthen. LEAGUE MEETINGS ed their hold on third place in the senior league by downing Pitts- BASEBALL. - SOFTBALL burgh Pirates in both ends of a Combination meeting Tuesday doubleheader, 2-1 and 8-2. Fidd- Of next week. New league plans ler McGee handcuffed the Bucs fF softballers and financial mat- with five hits in the first game. tefS for baseballers. 8:00 P.M Results of the games: City Hall. NATIONAL LEAGUE At Philadelphia R. STANDINGS Cincinnati 4 Philadelphia Lg AMERICAN LEAGUE Derringer and West; Podgajn (Major League Baseball) and Warren. Club— w. Le —_—— Cleveland 85 61 First Game Detroit 85 61 At Pittsburgh R.H.E New York 80 64 St. Louis 2 8 O Chicago 79 67 Pittsburgh 1 5 1 Boston 75 69 McGee and Owen; Sewell and St. Louis 63 83 Fernandes. Washington 60 384 oa Philadelphia 53 90 Game NATIONAL LEAGUE At Pittsburgh RHE. (Major League Baseball) St. Louis 814 0 (i 7s i. canaeeen 210 1 Cincinnat 94 47 R. Bowman, Hutchinson and Brooklyn 83 61 Owen; Heintzelman, Klinger andjcgy | ouic 77 65 Davis, Fernandes. Pittsburgh 73 70 ‘Chicago 1 73 New York 66 76 Boston 61 82 Philadelphia 46 97 cage ISLAND CITY LEAGUE (Key West Baseball! Club— e Key West Conchs Blue Sox Trojans Pirates Key West Juniors U.S. Marines C.G.C. Pandora ees KEY WEST SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Club— W. L. Pet. 78 ' Pepper's Plumbers 2 1 «£666 : = Key West Conchs 1 2 .333 86 Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches — Total rainfall since Sept. 1, inches — oe Excess since Sept. 1, inches 631 Total rainfall since Jan. 1, inches soot 31.54 Excess since January 1, inches ass i, ae Wind Direction and Velocity ENE—10 miles per hour 91% Barometer at 7:30 a. m. today Sea level, 29.90 (10125 millibars) , Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 6:15 a.m Sunset 6:25 p. m.j Moonrise 9:44 p. m. Moonset 10:21 a. m.! Tomersow’s Tides | (Naval Base) AM. 0.02 500 Sheets PM! 12:45) 5:57} High Low (Till 7:30 p. m., Saturday) Key West and Vicinity: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers tonight and Saturday; moderate/ northeast and east winds, fresh at | times. 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