The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 23, 1941, Page 3

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1941 MEMORY OF THE MOOM [TEN VARSITY CAGE > YESTERDAY: Without telling her family, Constance flies to California. Then she takes a train to Fuller's Junction and sets out for the ranch in a hired car. | Chapter Four The Vaquero CONSTANCE, swung onto the} road branching right. At least she was home. She was on El Cabrillo property, free of| mortgage, taxes and all encum- brances . . . save for Taylor. If the fog would lift she would be able to look up a two-mile avenue of Eucalyptus and cedar to the rambling ranch house. with the smaller servants’ quar- ters clustering nearby. But the fog didn’t lift and the road seemed much too long and there were no trees visible along the road. Maybt- Taylor hal seen fit to cut them down. Oh well, she liked fog, scented with fragrant sweet grass, eucalyptus, bay and <alt of the sea. As a child she had walked through such a mist as this, her hand safe in her father’s. They’d made a game of it. Each brush, shrub, or pile of rock was a fairy o7 a gnome. She forgot the fairies abruptly i. the car struck a chuck-hole. The road was im ossible, Surely Taylor could have kept it in bet- ter condition. It erew ‘narrower, more deeply Tutted, and the car labored as the incline grew steeper. A_ hill jumped out of the fog and Con- stance dodged. “Idiot!” she sto ed, and then, looking at her wateh: “I wonder if I’ve taken the wrong road. 1 can’t turn around, I—” Out of the heavy mist loomed a horse and rider. For a moment Constance thought they were go-| ing to lope straight into her car. She turned on the headlights and the horse stood up and waved its forefeet at her. She blinked the lights and he presented a waving tail and saluted the hill with his feet. At least this gave her a glimpse of the ridef: a man who sat the saddle like a centaur. Constance breathed deeply with pleasure, “A vaquero,” she mur- mured. “A real Cabrillo cowboy.” The horse turned again to the lights, snorting his displeasure, and above his snort the vaquero roared, “Turn those damned lights off!” Constance complied. She also turned off the motor and watched the horse come back to earth, the man still in the saddle. “There is a sign at the high- way,” offered the rider icily, as the horse minced daintily around to the side of the car, which statesthis is a privute road.” Constance pushed the curtain aside and leaned out. “Imagine anyone wanting to keep this road private.” she said. “I—" The vaquero stared at her in astonishment. “Sefiorita, I... I beg the pardon.” In one swift, graceful move- ment he had dismounted. swept @ sombrero from his head and Ted_his mourit to the car. Censtance blinked rapidly. It must be the fog. No man could Jook like this one, no modern man. He was a copy of the old prints her father had shown her, one of the tall, dark Basques who had com: to the new country with the first Don Cabrilloz He was tall; tall and dark of skin, an amber darkness of layers of sunburned skin. And where but in Spain could one find such smouldering black eyes, such long, jetty lashes. And ere Was a wave in his hair, a slight one, probably incorrigible, for it looked as gh. every- thing but honey Had beenvused to fatter it There was nothing incorrigible about his moustache. It was small and very thin and very black. That was} probably what made his smile’seém so ‘dazzling. Golden Land Bi hy: are lost, Sefiorita?” The magic of the Sefiorita Completed Constance's capitula-| tion. She was ho 1e. She was a Cabrillo, one of the old Cabrillos who had ruled einires ands of acres, ‘as ilian Cabrillo | have been as stirred by a cowboy | as she was stirred? Could this ex citing pulse-accelerating response | be a strain of the shanty-Iris cropping out? | “Perhaps I am lost,” she con-| ceded. “I thought I was on Et Camino. Real—" “But no!” countered the man. “El Camino Real is many miles Beyond this road. It would not be wise to try to find it, Fog js bad, and fog and twil in this country, call the Devi begged ‘ow this road a fog | it, Jous smilg on her face, Bowman (lowed, smiled in spite of the motor which protested more au- dibly with each steep mile. The fog ahead was a curdled sea of gray, and then it thinned to re- veal a stand of redwood, next turned a dull orange, and, as she reached the summit, disappeared to let her ride out into clear, yel- low light. One look ahead and Constance braked the car,and. turned, off the motor, Before her lay half of the remaining Cabrillo acres, mel- lowed in the last rays of the sun. There were the hills of tan velvet rolling away to plum-colored mountains standing in a serrated line against the blue-gray sky. Sell this? Never! Yet no wonder Taylor wanted it for his own. And no wonder the vaquero looked as though he had: sprung from such a golden land. He was riding down the sharp drop to where a wide adobe house squatted in the lea of the hill, dwarfed by the giant Buca- lyptus trees which towered above He stopped his horse before the adobe, and a woman, built like the house, squeezed through the door. Constance laughed as she watched the pantomime: The woman waved a red apron excitedly. She threw it up over her head artd back down. Then she'raised her voice and the words came to Constance through the thin air. “Josefa ... Jo see fa! Marietta! Juan! Carlos! Muy pronto!” ,, Children came scrambling muy pronto from every direction, and Maria, after a hurried consulta~ tion, waved them on with her apron. One to the woodpile, one to the chicken yard, one to the little garden beyond the grove, and the girl into the house. | “Maria,” murmured Constance, “is preparing for a guest. What will she think when she learns that her guest is a Cabrillo?” Miss Michael GUDDENLY Michael Mahoney’s great-granddaughter sat erect, her eyes narrowed. The vaquero had wheeled away from the house to lope out to the stables where two riders had just come in from the hills. Tonight, after the evening meal, these men would sit around and talk. If they. didn’t know her as a Cabrillo, she could ask leading questions and learn all she need- ed to know about the ranch be- fore Taylor knew that she was within a thousand miles of the place. “What name shall I use?” she wondered, then nodded. They had called her a_ throwback. Very well, she would take her great- grandfather’s first name. She night. A swift shadow fell over the the chill November evening air. She started her engine, to make a slow descent, brakes, gears and her own young muscles straining to hold the car back from its im- petuous dash to the valley. As she pulled up before the adobe Maria appeared, now clothed in black, hair pulled into a neat bun, round face shinin, with recent soaping and broa welcome, a white apron replacing the red one. She burst into a flow of Spanish which left the descendant of the Dons frowning in a concentrated effort to follow her words. “Welcome,” concluded’ Maria, and Constance relaxed; Maria, it appeared, could speak English after a fashion, and also, after a fashion, could understand it. “Si,” she had one extra room, but not for money, for a guest. And, “Si,” she could arrange such humble food as would pacify the hunger of the Sefiorita. Constance followed as she backed into the long main rcom of the house; a room which might have looked barren with its white-washed walls, hand-hewn furniture and rock fireplace, had not the rafters and windows been festooned’ with rows of greet and scarlet peppers, yellow gourds and strings of pearly white garlic. And for the little Shrine set in an alcove off the immer door. a small taper glowing before it. Maria backed towards the Shrine, then respectfully stood aside, waiting, and Constance, reaching back in her memory, re= membered a tradition of the Ca- brillos he had completed a hazard- | ous journey. She must give thanks for its safe termination: |for the welcome of friends and | for food and shelter. Obediently she knelt and when she arose found Maria, a fatu- nodding ne actoss the room. ce turned and he then quickened vaquera had come s imagine disappointment d vague pain in the expression in his eyes, or was it the shadow of the fast falling twilight? Confusedly Maria introduced | him— tita Micheel, thees Ped: she offered, then raised to some ti beat. > a: Cas 4 hee voice, “Marietta!” put you up morrow I home ranc’! only solution. 1, said he ahead, and pro would she would be} Marietta, a pocket e er, Sone secur! ride on jcc uBy “Is Pedro your uncle?” out of the fog when she reached | asked of Marietta. the summit. Then, with a quick | movement, he had mounted and| Was away. Constance smiled as she fol-' Marietta gave her a startled }glance, then hid her face in }shocked deni SUBSCRIBE FOR THE CITIZEN—20¢ WEEKLY ‘ed yesterday afternoon that would,,be Miss. Michael for one: ; hills, and Constance shivered in PLAYERS SELECTED ' i SHEK KEY WEST CITIZEN BOBBY JONES SAYS HELL NEVER Today In History | ‘FOR MIAMI GAMES Grand Slam “Vietor Still Swings Bat His ‘Touch’ Gone WIN ANOTHER GOLF TOURNAMENT By ROMNEY WHEELER. AP Feature Service Writer CONCHS LEAVE ON FIRST ROAD TRIP AT NOON TO- MORROW: PLAY ANDREW JACKSON, PONCE DE LEON Coach John R. Offutt announc- the Key West High Schol basketball varsity club is scheduled to leave the gymnasium tomorrow noon on its first road trip of the season. First game of the Miami inva- sion will find the Conchs oppos- ing Andrew Jackson High School tomorrow night, probably in the mene CAR NEEDED! Last-minute appeal for the use of an automobile to trans- port the varsity players to Miami tomorrow wes made this morning by Coach John- ny Offutt. All expenses will . be taken care of by the ath- letic association and donator is assured of utmost care in the operation of the vehicle on the triv. Interested persons are urg- ed to contact Mr, Offutt be- fore 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The trip means much to the boys and the person loaning his car will re- ceive the heartfelt thanks cf the yonugsters. Miami High Gym. The second and final game for the varsity players will come Saturday night against Ponce de Leon High School in the Ponce gymnasium. Conchs have been put through several strenuovs practice ses- sions the past few weeks. All are in high spirits and _ excellent physieal condition. They figure on giving the best they’ve got for their alma mater. Coach Offutt announced the following players will. compose the club: Forward Anthony Mc- Mahon, Forward Frank Saunders, Forward George Barber, Forward Lysle McCown, Center DeWitt Roberts, Guard Roberts Smith, Guard Harry Colgate, Guard John Menendez, Guard Armond Cor- dova and Guard Elmore Rosam. Coach Offutt and Manager Eu- gene Berkowitz will travel with the team, which will return to Key West some time Sunday. SHERIFF PRAISES BENEFIT SERIES BARBERS’ SPONSOR SAYS ‘KEY WEST SHOULD DO ITS PART’ Sheriff Berlin Sawyer, sponsor of the Sawyer’s Barbers, is whdle- heartedly. in favor of the infan- tile paralysis benefit softball se- Ges that gets under way at Bay- view Park Tuesday night of next week “I think it is a good thing to Play these games for the benefit °“ of the infantile paralysis fund”, Sheriff Sawyer says. “It will help many suffering: children. And I think Key West should do its part to further the work of this great humanitarian institution at Warm Springs, Ga., created by President Roosevelt “I will attend the sonally ai games per- will hitter of the ton Sterli: baseman circuit with producing 2 Bis irives brought victor? ry to the Hair Seager im a number les with Pep- Jasper Walker, Barber mor man, was the third best pitc of the National League, topped y by the stellar Clarence and Blondell Hancock of the Plumbers. The other mem- ber of the Sawyer h ng Neno Castro, although err. times, is rated ame of t tchers top ATLANTA, ~ Jan. Jones, a deeade 23.—Bobby ; ago‘ America’s \#fe’s doing all right for a 14-year- Bobby’s son, Robert Tyre 3rd? emperor of golf, says he'll NEVET ‘old, says his famous dad’ But he'll win afidther tournament. The grand slam winner of 1930, who “abdicated” as undefeated U.S. amateur, U.S. open, British amateur and British open cham- pion, competes regularly in the Augusta, Ga., masters’ tourney and is eligible to enter the US. open—but he'll tell you without hesitation that his championship touch is gone. His golf still is expert. On days when he is swinging just right he can come close to beating any pro or amateur in the game. It’s the tournament concentration that has been lost. “You can’t win in tournament play unless you concentrate on every stroke”, explains. “That's why I never expect to win Masters’. And that’s why T never expect to play again in any tour- naments elsewhere. “I like ‘te get together with the gang and play a few rounds for the fan -of{it. guess it's) réally the main féason’T»play at Augusta every year. But the open—forget| grin, it”. hardly be a tournament player— and Bobby would just as soon he wasn’t. “Right now he's growing fast”, he says. “He thinks more about where he’s hitting it. He’s playing in the 80's, which I guess is fair for his age. I'll be satisfied if he gets where he can do 18 holes in ‘the low. 70’s, Just good enough to ithe game. the! get a lot of fun out of the game”. | And daughter Clara? She’s now 15 and taking a mild interest in But nofhing sensa- tional, says Bobby. Getting back to his own game, the 38-year-old former champion (he'll be 39 St. Patrick’s day) is looking forward to his eighth an- nual competition in the Augusta Masters’, over a course which he designed. His back injury, suf- fered just before the 1940 tourna- 1855—Panama Railway opens, facilitating immigration to Cali-| fornia. 1856—Steamship “Pacific”, with | VP33. 186 passengers, leaves for New York and is never seen! again. 1862—Federais to obstruct Charleston, S. C. fleet 1863—Gen. four generals fgom Burside | First L iverpoal! Gime Club. sink a stone} harbor of! dismisses | their com- | SPORTS CALENDAR | BASKETBAEL (High School Gym, 7:00 p. m.) | MONDAY NIGHT ' (Benefit Infantile Paralysis Fund) | i Garage Game—U‘S. Army’ Vs.|" OPEN THE YEAR AROUND Second Game—U.S. Marines Se) PAGE THREE - { Strictly Fireproof | DR. A. M. MORGAN | ; SOFTBALL (Bayview Park. 8:00 p. m.) TUESDAY NIGHT 1 | (Benefit Infantile Paralysis | NavSta vs. Sawyer’s Barbers. of Chicago is new in charge of the Physical Therapy Dept. — “Key Wett’s Outstanding”’ ~ LA CONCHA HOTEL Beautiful—Air-Conditioned. Rainbow Room and Cocktail Lounge DINING and DANCING | QMassage, Fume Baths, Colonies) ‘ Phone 261 mands “for undermining confi- i with the Florida off Nantucket—‘ | Page: Building: dence of the army”. 1869—Historic Bureau of Labor 'S.O.S. of the sea. established by Massachusetts— first State to have such. i |Jack Binns, the Republic’s Mar-) ae ‘coni man, sends. out C.Q.D., first | 1907—The Harry K. Thaw trial! Jugo-Slav war. for murder opens. 1909—The ment, has disappeared completely | and he is shooting ih the 60’s at Atlanta's East Lake course, “Tll be there”, he says with’a idon’t expect to wil CAGE CHAMPIONS SEMI-PRO SEASON: BATTLE MONDAY OPENING MAY 4TH MARINES AND LIONS CLASH THOUSANDS OF BASEBALL IN BENEFIT TWIN BILL A battle of champions will fea- ture the benefit basketball dou- bleheader at the High School Gym Monday right. Lions Club cagers, defending city titlehold- ers, will tackle the U.S. Marines, first-half winners of the Island City League this season, in the afterpiece of the double-barrel af- fair. Leathernecks “set the league afire” after dropping their first game of the half schedule, From then on, they were never defeat- ed, piling up a total of nine straight victories. Lions opened the season with three straight triumphs and then dropped that many in a row. However, they returned to form in time to wind up the half as runners-up to the Devil Dogs. The sharp-shooting Marine trio of Solenbarger. McGregor and Laney were all members of the Big Ten, leading scorers, at the end of ninth round play last week. Laney joined the club early in the season, adding the ex tra strength that made the Devil Dogs “a little better” than the other fives. Latest records show the trio has scored 270 points, in- cluding 122 field goals and 26 charity tosses, paced by “Solly” with 104 markers. Waysack, an- other Marine regular, is the fourth best scorer of the cham- pion quintet with 61 points. Two meitbers of the Civic five top the leading basket shooters of the first-half pace setters. Charles Smith, runner-up to An- z thony McMafion for league scor- ing hono “swished” the net for , and Joe Pinder, in third place. sunk 44 field goals nd 17 free throws for 105 mark- ers. Smith dropped 57 field goals and seven free tosses through the ap. Chester Knowles, 60 Bob Saunders, 52 points, are the other high scorers of the defending champs. bers of the Big Ten on in the nightcap of eader Monday, and others will appear in the opener between U.S. Army and VP33. White, 83; Almeda, 81, and Nelson. 76—all Soldiers—are other Big Ten who ft perform Mond: IOI Te, REMEMBER HIM points, and ers night SOTO TIIIS: SANDLOT CLUBS WILL PARTICIPATE (Special to The Citizen) WICHITA, Kans., Jan. 23—An estimated 65,000 sandlot baseball clubs from coast to coast will of- ficially open the 1941 season sim- ultaneously at 2 p, m. (EST) on Sunday, May 4—‘“National Semi- Pro Baseball Day”—it is revealed in the new 1941 National Semi- Pro Baseball Guide. This will mark what is believed the largest mass play in history, each game to be featured with a celebrity tossing first ball. Published by the National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress, this yearbook, featuring this informa- tion and many other interesting is the largest in history, dis- items, with a complete resume of ‘trict and state tournaments, the national championship event at Wichita and the semi-pro world’s series in Puerto Rico. Included also are two detach- able books—the 1941 official re- vised playing rules and scoring regulations A directory of sand- lgt teams, with names of offi- cials, by states guides are available by writing National Semi-Pro Baseball Con- gress, Wichita, Kans., according io Ray Dumont, president of the organization. Fi Today’s Horoscope Today's is a degree of persever- ance under trial. The native is intellectual and inclined to the artistic in literature. There will “but just for he fun of it. 1 | is featured. The | be many and severe slips of for-' une, but there is a spirit of resig- nation that will bear up the soul till suecess is attained. LEGALS c b Fou MONROE COUNTY. IN PROBATE. ROBERTS, I e 200 delightful ROOMS. each with PRIVATE BATH Beautiful Cocktail Lounge DANCING NIGHTLY Casa Marina Orchestra PETER SCHUTT. 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