The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 20, 1941, Page 3

MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1941 MEMORY OF THE MOON » She Fought The Man She Loved To Gain The Right To Love Him Chapter One The Throwback ONSTANCE CABRIL- LO KNEW something ‘unusual was underway the very moment Lam- son opened the street door. The butler’s carefully acquired mask of British indifference had slipped, revealing a frankly Irish twinkle in his eyes. “Lammy,” the girl accused, “you look as though you'd been paid your back wages.” “You've paid them back to '31, Miss Constance,” he reproached, ‘and if you’ll pardon my saying so, you look happy yourself.” “1 am! Bruce MacDonald put his John Henry on the dotted line at four o'clock.” “Congratulations. That was the business property deal?” “Lammy, you're a man of vi- sion. MacDonald said I was selling him a cow pasture. Now, it’s your turn. Come on, what’s up?” The British mask jerked into Place, and at Miss Cabrillo’s “out with it—,” he began scattering his aitches about in agitation, “H’l, really couldn’t say, H’it’s about money, Thousands, Master Don says we will soon ’ave noth- ing to worry h’about.” Constance sighed wearily. “The last time he backed a horse, I hocked my car. What else?” “Mrs, Cabrillo wishes you to come to the library at once, Mr. Raskthorne is calling. And . . there is a person waiting for you in the solarium.” “A person?” “A man h’about a bill.” “That sounds more natural,” ap- proved Constance, and walked to a hall mirror, A man-about-a-bill called for a hat pulled to a defiant angle, blue- black hair pushed severely under the brim. It called for a fresh flame of scarlet over mutinous lips, and the narrowing of blue eyes which had softened momen- tarily during the téte-a-téte with Lamson; Lamson who- had been everything from nurse-maid to exchequer for the Cabrillos dur- ing his twenty years of service. Constance walked briskly to the arch of the solarium and. stopped short; “Just what are you doing here?” she demanded. A plump young salesman arose from a chair. “You said you couldn’t talk to me at your of- fice,” he defended. “Nor any other place,” added Constance, “But Miss Cabrillo. You have Friesell Advises Would-Be Grid Referees the reputation of being a. keen business woman. Now your brother has invested four hun- dred dollars in his car. He’s been unable to keep up his payments. Instead of the Cabrillos losing that investment, we are willing to accept your business coupe at present list price, reducing the total amount of the indebtedness which we will arrange for you to meet in small monthly payments.” “What am I supposed to do, buy a pair of roller skates?” “But Miss Cabrillo, you would then be the owner of an imported special—” “Listen,” flashed Constance. “I sell real estate. If I took my clients out in that four-wheeled night club, they’d expect me to go into a bubble-dance. The answer is NO!” Defeated, the man arose. “Okay, if you Cabrillos can afford to lose the investment.” Constance watched him leave, her lips pressed tightly against further words. His scene at her office that afternoon had nearly cost her a three hundred dollar commission. The Ca brillos couldn’t afford to lose that. She waited a moment to fortify her spirit against the coming fam- ily conference, John Raskthorne, alone, signified a potential fiancé. For a moment she toyed with the thought of leaning against his sturdy shoulder, of letting the family lean against his equally sturdy financial backing. Then she straightened. She couldn’t. They had already gained credit on the ‘|rumors that she would marry him, She didn’t know to what would go if she be- lengths ig Spt came Mrs, Stormy Rebellion SuLL feeling the need to lean upon something she looked about the sunroom. Not a square inch of the jade - and - scarlet leather furniture was paid for. A pet shop was threatening to carry the macaws and marmosets back to their store cages. They’d miss the freedom of the luxuriant trop- ical foliage, also threatened with return, Why couldn’t the Cabrillos real- ize that lineage would not pay bills? Well, she might as well get it over. The library, John and her mother signified a financial dis- cussion. Along with his millions, Raskthorne had inherited the réle of administrator of the Cabrillo estate. The heavy rugs caught and smothered Constance’s footsteps. She stepped into the long room unseen, and for a little while watched the group gathered about the hearth fire. As always, ner stormy rebel- lion calmed at the sight of her mother’s fragile, golden beauty. She might scoff at her untiring ef- fort to cling to youth, but under- neath her scoffing lay a deep com- passion. It made her forgive her father for dissipating the estate during his brief life with Nadine. Rebellion surged back as Con- stance looked at her younger brother Don, sprawled on a rug, his hair yellow against the white fur, his\ black Cabrillo eyes moody. Donna, his twin, and pure Ca- brillo, was a chic vision in black and scarlet, though a rather tense vision as she sat on an ottoman, hands clasped tightly about her knees. 4 “You're crazy if you think Con- nie will sell,” Don was _ saying. “That girl’s shrewd. She'll hang on until the rest of us starve to death, so she can have it for her- self.” “Don, dear,” protested Mrs Cabrillo, gently. “Conchita is no’ shrewd, she is modern.” “Modern, my eye,” snapped Donna. “My beloved sister is what’s commonly called a throw- back. Don’t look so shocked, mother. Rask has ancestors he doesn’t brag about. As long as| he’s so intent upon marrying Con- | nie, he might as well know we} have a Shanty Irishman in our | ancestral wood-pile.” Constance slipped into a chair. She might as well eavesdrop. If there were a sale involved, she'd need to know the truth and they'd never tell it to her face, “I don’t feel you are justified in saying your great - grandfather Michael was shanty.” “Oh, mother-er,” groaned Don, “you can’t squeeze any blue blood out of a moniker like Mickey Mahoney. “This is the set-up, Rask. One day, in a careless mood, a King of Spain had an undersecretary scratch some words on parch- ment, granting a wad of Jand in what is now known as California to the first of the Cabrillos; that is, of our branch of them; T un- derstand there are others. “This land and our branch pe- tered out until, when Mickey Ma~- honey came over from Ireland during the California gold rush, there were only forty-five thou- sand acres left. “Mickey wheedled the current Don into selling him ali of this, excepting the ranch proper, for some thirty-five hundred dollars in gold. “Mickey acquired a Scotch wife and they acquired a daughter who! To Learn How To Count And Never Forget {EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a series of four stories of top officials in basketball, football, boxing and baseball.) By WICK TEMPLE, AP Feature Service Writer PITTSBURGH, Jan. 20.—If you're thinking 8f becoming a foot- ball officia!, take chunky little “Learn to count.” It might prevent a disappointment of the kind Red suffere: ming one of the top gridiron giving the*-- \ after bec making headlines by grid world a fifth down, The 46-year-old department store fabrics buyer wishes he'd given up his, hobby before com- mitting 1940's No, 1 grid blunder, But Red went into his 2lst year as a football arbiter and the Cor- nell-Dartmouth game in particu- lar. In the last minute he gave Cornell a fifth down, a touchdown and 7-3 victory resulting. Movies showed the error, Red conceded his mistake and Cornell acknowl- edged Learned A Lesson ‘It was just a lapse of memo- ry”, sadly declares Friesell. “But even after 21 years of officiating, I learned a great lesson. When the Dartmouth captain spoke to me about downs it should have been a red flag to take time out and persons wrote him about the incident and he “wouldn't take a million dollars” for the letters, He spent $21 to reply t> every one. There wasn’t a single crank. “Maybe I'm through”, laments the genial redhead. “I'm getting old. Next year is another year but I've had and it’s been ok 21 years ki ng to come back n the eyes, I stili 1 and hope I'm no n't work college games but he insists the fifth didn’t influence professional work exclusively recent ruling by Eastern Collogimte Athletics offi- anned pro work for its of- Red says he has had to forego his annual vacation each year to get Saturdays off and be- lieves he owes it to himself and next fa down inc him in ch a thinks, stopped his growth at five feet, two inches. So he had to miss foctball at Princeton. tained the swimming ing to be near the game he lo" Red Friesell’s advice: men in white—and then family to work on Sundays only in 1941. A prep school grid injury, Red He team rs, though, and led grid che cap- two Like any official, he’s had his harrowing moments. In the early 30's, Art Rooney, h didn’t like it ave the visiting team a after it blocked a punt Crowds Misunderstand ‘T've wished explain some t tors”, he s ‘Their m: € ans don’t like but as | yers aren't giving he field we being except the } that e does it ¢ | out he: Officials spend about studying rules. wal game they m oO go over officia 100 hou Before for a ses nique, consider types of f If you know any trou wt g is easy. count the se: course, Eddie Bush, pr», reports. by H. J. E. Scott ended in a tie for run ner-up position J. E. Scott E. B. Caulkins Mr. R. D. Patterson Jane Peabod Mrs. Jchn Pinder t Mrs. Edwin Thanhaus- 1 Wm GOLF'S BLIND BOGIES BEGIN q ALBURY'S 76 WON |FIRST OF SEASON YES- TERDAY Sunday's Blind Bogie, first of on at the Key West golf grand was i success, The rday Pi event ¥¢ Albury L, Scores of the participants fol- low pro football figure and then own- q er of a sandiot team, led Red to safety through an angry crowd of 15,000 w Friesell touchdown and carried the ball over the goai. The defeat cost Rooney $5,000 but he accepted Red's ruling v t argument. 96—21 95—15 90—10 Albury Pierce Post E. B. Ca kins er Bascom Grooms Norm Artma Mesa Fripp Blind Bogies ach Thursday 444 on THE KEY WEST CITIZEN AURDER Bowman Jeanne A Romance of a Modern California PAGE THREE: " The only way to find out the truth was to eavésdrop, Constance decided. fell in love and married the last of the old Don’s grandsons. Mickey went on to his just re- ward without a son to inherit, so the daughter inherited and ‘the| land was back in the hands of the Cabrillos. Rattling Of Skeletons ‘HE daughter, Bridget, had in- herited her father’s shrewd- ness, but she didn’t pass it on, and by the time father’s older brothers, her sons, got through selling land to keep themselves like human beings, there were only two thousand acres left for Dad. “I was six when he died, so I didn’t really know him, but from what I understand, he was crack- ed on the subject of land. He had the place homesteaded so mother couldn’t mortgage it, and left that fool proviso in his will that it couldn’t be sold until Constance was twenty-one, and never with- out her full permission. “Consequently, we three have to depend upon Connie’s decision, and meanwhile we live like church mice.” . Donna leaned forward. “You see how important it is, Rask, don’t you?” Raskthorne’s voice, smooth, slightly whimsical, was heard for the first time. “It looks to me as though your father had gauged Ready For Faster Com- pany; Youngest Mem- | ber Of St. Louis Organ- ization (Axsocinted Press Feature Service) PER, Ind., Jan. 20.—The )-little Tommy Tucker, who went directly from high school professions! baseball as the of the St. I Browns, ther step upward. old 192 - pound pitcher first attracted attention of long h school junior keeping in er’s job by uncle’s lumber of the Indiana jor league scouts b a ring of victories in Legion next sumr g in his industry. know the the Kit- ndica- where him in g but his record in the doesn’t will send beat Union City t 2 and Hop and Pa- ' ~~ BASKETBALL (High School Gym. 7:08 p. m.) TONIGHT First VP33 Sch High Connie’s business ability at a very | earl; 2 ’ snorted Don. “It wasn’t that, it was her gift of gab. He was crazy about her. He'd have given her the moon if she’d put up a sales talk. “That girl is a throwback, She’s Mickey ahoney done over in skirts. Why else would she be working? Going out on the job every morning as though she be- longed to a laboring man. It’s a disgrace.” “It isn't just the desire to work,” Donna put in, acidly, “it’s Money. She has a bank vault in- stead of a heart.” Constance gripped the arms of the chair. So that is what they thought of her. She’d known, but she’d never heard them speak openly; she’d never dreamed they would tell anyone outside of the family. Would she ever dare marry John now, without him thinking she was marrying him for his money? “You’re wrong, Donna,” Rask- thorne said seriously. “If it were money alone, Constance would marry for it. She won’t. I know. It’s something deeper than money—” Constance felt she could not bear to listen to his defense, to know that he knew why she re- fused so persistently. _ “An eavesdropper,” she quoted lightly, crossing the room, “never hears good of herself. Would you mind being as frank with a mem- ber of your family as you have with a friend, and tell me what causes this rattling of skeletons?” There was a moment of startled silence, then Raskthorne jumped to hold a chair for ber. In that moment Censtance hated him; hated him for the pity in his eyes; for the smooth assur- ance of his gestures; for his very sturdiness, the squared features, the silver line on his temples which blocked his brown hair in- to a cap, his grey eyes with their short, thick shade of lashes, “They are not like you, Con- chita,” he chided. “They concede phat I am a member of the fam- ily. Constance flashed him a white- lipped smile. “They are inclined to accept everything good as their own,” she said, “Now please, there was talk of a sale and my consent being necessary. May hear vee? Fy . e jon an nna sought to speal at once. At eemipace they were confident of their right to riches by grace of being a Cabrillo; as Constance at twenty-four was confident all rights and riches must be earned by individual ef- fort. To be continued Tommy Tucker, 18-Year-Old Hurler, Set | For Next Job Browns Hand Out DOYLE PREDICTS INDIANS WILL FINISH SECOND Betting commissioner dians will come in second, third placé preference. But made by Doyle. the same out his preliminary were acquiring Joe Haynes. in that case, the team in Windy Bowling Green each once. He is the youngest player in the Brown organization. He thinks Benny Tate, field manager, is great ler manager”, he says. n high school, Tucker was one % f Jasper pitchers wh sight. Last spring he won eight of nine 1939 he won seven x of them shutouts and © of a pair cleaned up everything in in ght, s € a no-hitter. His fe Il is in high sch a has major lea camping on his trail. Pf Iso a basket star, ha da. however, that he spring instead of playing pi i baseball ffer hed four no-hitters lest amy usually can baseball maga- es and papers. He says he'll be when the Browns decide his destination st nm perfect condition spring training time. Jack Doyle predicts the Cleveland In- and that Boston’s Red Sox would be Detroit was given fourth no men- tion of Chicago’s White Sox was The Chisox, on Doyle was giving predictions, If Haynes’ arm can be worked into shape by the Sox trainers, he may add much to the Sox’ attack and City’s junior loop may rate May- “A ball r couldn't break in under a Pitching mate was Rornan go college after graduation next Comments On Sports By RABID FANSTER Chicago was no push-over in the American League this past on and almost ruined the Ti- ‘gers’ chances for the pennant. With another good twirler, Dykes lads could attract plenty of at- tention in their league, even if they do fall short of the pennant. They may even be able to beat Cleveland once in a while then— as Detroit fans say. (Chicago gained the distinctiin of being termed Cleveland’s cousins last season while the St. ].ouis Browns did their best (unintestionally) to give the flag to the Tigers.) THIS AND THAT Key West chims two contests on the 12 South Florida ule this wee towd ever to at- nt in Mad: New York, retain tend a sports « Square Garde nessed Fritzie welterweight titl champion Henry A: Zivic recei $66,817.01 gate paid by 190 fans. . Bob Fe’ come the highest fr by id pitcher in long bh It is re- ar-old fireballer Cleveland Indians will re- services this i yi As to expected. vice manager War- ren Giles, of the Cincinnati Reds, predicts the world champions will finish im first place again this season. He rates the St. Louis - Cardinals as the main threat to the Redlegs’ pennant aspirations Chicago White Sox meed just two more contrect signatures to complete their 1941 roster. Ernie Lombardi, Cherley Root and rookie Clyde McCullough are the niy players cut of the hundreds in both leagues who can be con- sidered hoidouts this year. On advice of his doctors, Joe Med k Committed suicide, Jan. 9, 1858. | yit-' among the great literary men of T | Maine. it iger Five O "36 Set Many Cage Records Won 24, Lost 3 Games |CACE PROGRAM And Scored 1368 Points| . During Season; Wm.! = bi Cates Outstanding LEAGUE'S FIRST-HALF ENDS This is the time of year basket- | TONNE, DARE ORES | ball followers recall the “days! IN OFFING: CONCHS HIT |that wuz”. Main topic of the’ ROAD FOR FIRST TIME | conversations —_ usually centers | {around thé outstanding teams or! |players of the past and many are | ; the stories told of that record- | is | breaking club of 1036. We refer | snd City League first-half will be | m ee ee layed inthe High School Gym, From the files of a local sports (payed ae at S00 ohabek P33, jenthusiast we compiled a list of |ceflar-oceupant, will battle the those records. The Tigers ‘were | fdurtl) pisee High School varsity |the “scoringest” group of players five in the opening game, and Key West has ever produced. |champion U.S. Marines tackle The marks they set in 1936 are | the U'S, Army cagers, who are a e ; doomed for third position, in the still tops for local quintets. afterpiece. Lions Club, runner- Qutstanding member of the Ti-!up, completed its schedule last gers was William “Butch” Cates, | Friday night. who played on Pepper’s Plumb-| Coach Johnny Offutt, in charge ers during part of the present jof basketball in Key West, will | first-half schedule of the Island schedule exhibition affairs the \City League. Cates set a record jrest of the week in line with the for individual scoring that many ,local sports drive to raise funds players since have attempted to | >= een |equal or break but have never | TRANSPORTATION NEEDED | been successful> | {| On March 6, . 1936, playing {against the WPA five, Buteh |“swished” the basket for the ‘amazing total of 45 points, in- cluding 19 field goals and seven , \free throws. He ran up 282 | points in league play, 131 field | | coals and 20 charity tosses. | Other members of the }and points scored follow: t | Joe Hale, 230 points—110 field goals, 10 free throws. { J. V. Woodson, 223—102 fg’s, | ft’s. | Robert Dopp, 98—45 fg's, 8 ft’s. Albury, 71—32 fg’s, 7 ft’s. | Emerson Beccaise, 19—8 fg’s, ba | ft's. { { j By RABID FANSTER | Basketball’s vrogram this week varied. Tonight, final games of the Is- Tigers j | Johnson, 41—19 fg’s, 3 ft’s. | The club piled up 1368 points jfor the season, 925 in league play | jand 443 in exhibitions—another for the fight against infantile jrecord still unbroken. Of the 925 paralysis. The coach will an- j}points scored in league games, nownce the participants today or (Cates, Woodson and Hale ac- | tomorrow. counted for 735. | Key West High School's varsity On March 7, 1936, the Parkers pasketeers will make their first jset_a mark for scoring in the sec-/road trip of the season the latter pee half of a league contest, With jpart of the week. Friday night the Busy Bee five as opposition, the Conchs are scheduled to visit | they sunk 24 points in the third against Andrew Jackson of Mi- quarter and 26 in the fourth pe-| ami and Saturday night .tadkle |riod—50 points in the helf. \the Pone de Leon's Cavaliers in |. Tigers won eight games in each 'Coral Gables. Offutt is attempt- jhalf of the league’s split sched- ing to book a game with an {ule and dropped a game in each. | state five for Thursday night. |The record-breakers went to vit-| has communicated with a num- |tory in eight of their nine exhibi- | per of school clubs to the north |tion affairs. but to date has been unsuccess- | In other words, the Park Tigers | fy), jof 1936 won 24 games, lost three, Ten members of the varsity jand scored 1368 points. An am-| hopefuls will invade Miami for | bitious season, if you ask us. ithe games and a number of stu | (amrumuaannannmmmmmmmni eens ere expected to travel with aad —————=——-=== the Conchs to compose a pep team. Roberts Smith, John Men- endez, Anthony McMahon and j j DeWitt Roberts will probably Anniversaries ? tanten for the lo- —aenmaiageee |mouder the als. McMahon has consistently | 1732—Richard H. Lee, Virginia ied the city league in scoring and jpatriot, signer, famed statesman, Captain Smith has been acclaim- brother to famed men, born ea one of the greatest floor men |Stratford, Va. Died June 19, prdouced by the school in recent 1794. years, despite his smallness of stature. | 1798—Anson Jones, physician, | |Texas pioneer and soidier, last) President of the Republic of Tex- NO NAME LODGE las, born Great Barrington, Mass, Famous Bahia Monde Fishing Reef - Tarpon - Permit - wate: Bone Fishing 1806—Nathaniel P. Willis, New Cottages—$3.59 « day and up York author, poet, journalist, Stone Crab Dinners a Specialty Phone No Name Key Mo. 1 For Information his generation, born in Portland, Died Jan. 20, 1867, 1839--William M. Gabb, paleon- | | tologist, explerer of California and Central America, pioneer in bis} field, born in Philadelphia. Died | ore, May 36, 1878. 1856—Harriot Stanton Bilatch, pioncer suffragist. daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. born in Seneca Falls, N. Y. Died inj Grenewich, Conn. Nov. 20, 1960. TRY IT TODAY— The Favorite in Key West STAR > BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS Little Falls, Mont, gressman, non-partisan Jeague, leader, reformer, tather of evis-” tor, born in Sweden. Died May 24. 19%. ~ wick will remain inactive until spring training begins) Medwick was a.member of Joe Stripp’ Baseball Schoo! in Orlando. Me! |was a “bean ball” vietim iast sea-i| PESTER SCHUTT, Mansger om i