The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 24, 1941, Page 3

THURSDAY, JULY 24, i941 Honeymoon ‘Begins | HE door of Drawing Room A closed softly. The Silver Comet, the railroad’s crack, streamlined express train sped on into the night. And Henry and Luella were alone. All the thrill and excitement of a church wedding ina not os je town was over, The music, the fragrance, the color, the the ch th tacked down over the red velvet carpet, and Miss Winnie Williamson singing “Oh, Promise Me,” were all things of the past. Luella was Henry’s. Hi Luella’s. Until death did thern Part! “Gosh, but you're beautiful, Mrs, Pell!”.said Henry..,, bm “Thank you, sir,” said Luell “You're not half bad youtselt . ce You must Bye hn awful time mvincing le that you're not ee Taylor.” i “No need 12 it on that thick,’ my darling" Ye grintiéd’ as "he shook rice wee is coat’ eollar. “All set to take: the bitter with the better, as Jame Ace.would put it?” he asked. “Yes, all set,” said Luella. “But still a bit dazed over you marry- ing me instead of a glamour girl jike Marie.” “That,” said Henry, “is a heck of a thing to say.” And on your honeymoon, too!’ “f ‘suppose it is,” said Luella thoughtfully. She stood looking at her very new husband, adoring him, feeling all choked up inside as Teal that he now be- longed to her and to her alone. “Oh, ‘Henry, dearest, I do love you. It’s simply wonderful being married to you.” husbands!” 'Henwy ‘laughed He Us! s: lenry laughed, He held out his arms. “Come here, Mrs. Henry Randolph Pell. Don't shy—no one’s looking.” “Precious idiot!” Luella said. She went to Henry, snuggled close, held him tightly against her. What a blessed, blessed re- lief not to be afraid any more. Gone was the uncertainty, the fear that maybe Henry didn’t love her after all, didn't- want her for his wife. No more: terrible nights of lying awake, wondering if in the end Marie would become Mrs. Henry Randolph Pell. No, it was all settled now. Henry had married her, Luella May Brown. the girl with the old- INDIAN JEFF HEATH Second Often, Never First EYES BATTING TITLE By RAY BLOSSER — AP Feature Service Writer CLEVELAND, July 24—Jeff Heath, who lets “things get un- der my skin more than a lot of other people”, iss back on. warpath for the ue, Two American = Battle For The Love Of Henry. Pel STERLING, CATES representatives baseball, Clayton William Cates, DeLand Red Hats, accomplished | in recent performances: Hl the Cates, 3b Girls, Both fashioned ‘name ‘and the old- fashioned ideas about marriage, and not Marie Mason, the girl who | Ri was going places in the world of the radio. “How about a kiss?” said Henry. He put his finger under Luella’s chin and lifted her face. “What's the Cig hiding down there among my lapels?” Luella closed her eyes and held her breath. She always did this when Henry kissed: her. “Mine forever and ferever,” said Henry. “Yours in this world,” said Luella, “and in all the worlds to come. They stood silent for a time, very close, very much in love. And then a voice outside brought them back to realization of where they really were--in a Pullman car, speeding north. “Las’ call for dinnah!” said the voice. “Las’ call-for dinnah! . . . Dinin’ car in the reah.” Henry held Lwella off.a ways, smiled down into\the misty gray- ness of her eyes, Faraway Reno “How. about €uting?” “hé’ said. Ed“Maybe I’m being unroman- tic or something to think of food at.a time like this, but,-honestly, honey, I'm starved.” Ba me 1,” said =. - “Gosh, sweetn sa lenty. “You're a girl aber my own heart! You can be romantic, and look romantic—and yet you still enjoy eating.” T adore eating in a diner,” said Luella. “It makes me feel so luxurious end important.” ‘Angel!’ “And speaking of eating,” Lu- ella went on, certainly didn’t have time for much.at the recep- tion, You know, getting out of my veil and wedding gown, and into this smart-looking traveling ensemble.” She took a ward, ran her slender hands down her oe and eo “Tt is a smart ensemble, Mr. Pell, just in case you didn’t know.” “Luella Brown Pell, you’d look grand to ‘me_in sack-cloth and ashes,” said Henry. “Only don’t take me too literally and start wearing ‘em. We've got things to live up to when we reach our destination, so my wife must stay smart-looking.” He flicked a grain of rice from Luella’s red- id hair. “Now,” he said, “you look like a very adorable young woman who’s gotten used to. be- ing married and tikes it.” “I do like being married,” said Luella, “But I don’t want to look too much that way.” She glanced into a mirror. “I don’t, do I?” AND THE HATTERS Here’s what Key West's. two in organized Sterling and | members of the! Sunday, July 20 (First Game) ABR HPOAESH> Sterling, Ib 3 1 210 11 1 j{ 4122 2140 Runs" batted:'‘int'. Sterling 2;) batting crown -now~ that » the stolén base: Sterling. t CleVéland Indiat a * The score: R Roger Peckinpaugh’s’ care: Gainesville 006 160°600—7 With a “bdoming 21843 sane “his DeBand 300001 2028 freshtyansyeary the 25+ be) nnereseeg { outfielder fnlished "g clog (Sécond''Game i to Jimmy Foxx for the fs Y hit- AB RHPOAESH ting title.’ ‘Then he ‘felf into a Sterling, 1b 2 1 2 7 0¥ 0: two-camipaign siump of .292 and Cates, 3b 3 2 2 0 31 0} .219 before snapping out of it this Runs batted in: Cates, Ster- season. ling 2. si { Jeff, frequently described as' The score; R, one of the best natural hitters in Gainesville 000 000 0—0 the ball-banging business, is ner-' DeLand 440 000 x—8 vous and unusually sensitive to; The standings: | factors which while they annoy Club— W. L. Pet.i other players, do not seriously 1. St. Augustine 59 28 678 impair their efficiency. 2. DeLand 54 31.635 He feels that conditions lead- SRSA eT TORT a a ing to the Indian rebellion of! 1940 affected his play “a great deal”. | ‘Didn't Give Up’ “It wasn’t that I gave up—I didn’t, It ate my heart out to sit on the bench, and not to be al- lowed to stay in the lineup long enough to get started. This year I just started hitting the — ball again and got back into stride”. Weff’s average was soaring ayound .370 as he spoke,: butvhe declared that “personally, I don’t think I'm hitting very well”.:Op- posing pitchers won’t agree with him Many observers declare that the fact that Heath was not him- self cost the Indians the 1940 pen- nant. Heath not only is batting well, but he’s also hustling his head off and walking around with a grin instead of last yeara’s scowl Once he even stole home with the winting run. Always A Bridesmaid He thinks it’s high time he won a batting championship, for. pn- til now. Jeff has been almost. fessional baseball, elubbed ;..383, for Zanesville (O.) of the finished second fo Barney McCos- ky. i JINX? | Since | (RY Axsacinredt Prat t CLEVELAND, July 24.—Up to mid-July Bob Feller had beaten every American league club at least once, except White Sox, the Chicago always a bridesmaid and never a at Naval “bride. In his very first season in pro- in 1936, he Mid-Atlantic league but The next year he hit .367 for fwaukee of the American As- | dation but wound up behind Enos Slaughter. And in 1938 he barely Tost out to Foxx. Warning that “I’m liable to have sdmething to say about that’ batting title before the season is over”, Heath adds: “And so is Joe DiMaggio. The | way I figure it, DiMaggio is al- wavs the guy to beat, Williams Barracks Field. or I or somebody may get lucky | and beat him out any year, but) rine Division at Naval Air Sta- Boston he’s the big guy”. back- | his. SPORTS CALENDAR Lovely, “Oh, nol Not. ace than a couple of husbamt ed out in eno,” Henry said. Then when he saw Luella shudder, he asked: “Did I say something I hadn’t oughter?” “No, Henry . . . Only—well— I just don’t like even to think of Reno, I never did think divorce was a joking matter.” “You silly, serious kid!” said Henry, mixing his adjectives; “There's one thing we can know —you and I—and that’s this; di- vorce will always be a joke, so far as we're concerned .. . And as for Reno—well, honey, that’s as remote as—as—the pot of gold at the rainbow’s end.” Luella looked up at him. “You're sure of that,” she said. “Of course I am!” Henry said with emphasis. “You're an old- fashioned girl, especially where marrying comes in, and I know darn well you'll not let me get away!” He chuckled. “Now, let’s go eat; .»I don’t look too:groom- ish, do) 324 “No, darling. You look like a settled married man: Only there is a sort of pleased expression on that handsome mug of yours.” “And why shouldn’t there be?” Henry retorted. “Didn’t I marry myself the loveliest girl in my old hometown? And didn’t I—” “No, you didn’t,” said Luella. “Marie was the loveliest girl in your old hometown. Don’t you remember—the voting in high school, and how Marie got almost twice as many votes as any other girl, and how she—” “Nonsense!” said Henry. “And don’t interrupt. I repeat; didn’t I marry myself the loveliest girl in my old hometown, and am I not speeding toward New York to take over a swell job? Gosh, Luella, I've got a right to look Pleased. I feel downright smug.” Luella slipped her hand into “Anyway, Henry Pell,” she said, “you make me feel terribly happy —talking like that.” “Making you happy,” said Hen- ry. “is my lifework from now on.” They went out of the drawing room and down through the car. A man eyed them over the top of a newspaper. “They look like something right out of Holly- wood,” he thought, losing interest entirely in the war news he had BASEBALL (MAJOR LEAGUES) TODAY American Cleveland at New York. Detroit at Washington. St. Louis at Philadelphia. Chicago at Boston. National New York at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. Boston at Chicago. Brooklyn-Cincinnati, not sched- led, a (Price Field Trumbo Island) AY (Exhibitions) First Game—Key West Regu- lars vs. Trojans. Second Game—C.G.C. Pandora vs. Conchs. SOFTBALL (Bayview Park, 8:00 p. m.) TOMORROW NIGHT First Game—Plumbers Navy. Second Game—NavSta vs. Red | Raiders. ! ul vs. 0 SERVICE SOFTBALL LEAGUE (3:30. p. m.) TODAY 1 Naval. Station vs. Army at! Army Barracks Field. H Naval Air Station vs. Marines | Air Station Field. f SATURDAY’ Naval’ Station. vs:/Sub ‘Chasers, ‘at Fort Taylor Meld. jarines. vs. Submatifie Division at Army Barracks Field. Coast Guard vs. Destroyers at Bayview Park Field. SUNDAY Naval Air Station vs. Army at Army Barracks Field. Sub Chaser Division vs. De- stroyers at Fort Taylor Field. Submarine Division vs. Coast Guard at Naval Air Station Field. WEDNESDAY. JULY 390 Army vs. Marines at Army Naval Air Station vs. Subma- tion Field. i TSP LSS IS PSS Y dressed woman who shared the Pullman section with him. “Yep! Sure I did—such as it was. Only the woman I married had more love for my cash than for me.” “Really?” The woman laughed mirthlessly, “Well, you certainly didn’t think I was marrying you for your looks, did you?” An elderly woman looked up from her knitting as Henry and Luella passed, leaving some stray grains of rice behind them. “What a child sli couple roe yar will have,’ sighed. And her eyes filled with tears as she thought of the children she had dreamed THE KEY WEST €ITIZEN The Pells were unconscious of the impression they made. important interview. The two of them had gone directly to the diner upon boarding the train. Luella could see them, as she stood upon the lonely station platform watching the long line of Pullman cars slide past. the ache that had been in her heart on that unforgettable eve- ning. Marie, looking so radiant, jand Henry, “Why, they are gs. couple! into the world toget! ing been a hit over a small broad- casting station, and the other It all came back to Luella now, as she-sat in the diner watching Henry order their dinner. But Henry had come back. He had taken her hungrily into his arms, and told her that he felt confident he would soon be called to fill an im va= cancy in the New York office, Eager. ber Laying his warm cheek caressing And no one would ever know close. against hers. Tenderly her hair. “And when they do send for me,” he had gone on, “we'll make the trip up a combination — Pell begs so proud. just ike a honey- ” she had thought. wo successful peccie going out er, one hav- moon and business journey. and Mrs. haying made an impression on the | @2¢ 7 about—the boy and the | head office way w Manhattan. | going out into the big and busy girl who had never been born. And she, who pe never done woe to make names for them- While Luella and Henry, all un- conscious of the various impres- sions they were » went on toward the diner. About Marie T=. reached it at last, and were given a table for. two. As they sat down, Luella again THIS LITTLE FISHIE GOT AROUND (ity Associned Press? COLUMBUS, O. July 24. —Who says walleyed pike aren't travelers? Cecil G. Cooper of Am- herstbutg, Ontario, recently caught one in the Detroit riv- er. 17 miles from that city. The attached tag showed the fish had been released by the Ohio division of conservation and natural resources 13 months earlier in the Mau- mee river near Antwerp. ALAA LS LED ‘ONE PITCH, GAME OVER | (iy Aaxsemtea Prew CLARENDON, Tex. July 24.— Oldtime baseball player Clyde Atteberty was telling about the game that was won with a sin- gle batted balk “The first man who came up to the plate in the game between Giles and Clarendon in 1904 smacked, the ball out into a mes- suite flat”, Atteberry said. “It rolled down a prairie dog hole. “The umpire yelled ‘play ball’ but we couldn’t play. It was the only baseball in 40 miles. { “Giles won by a home Tun”. RARE | os evn naean canine maton oe MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUES American Club— W. L. Pet, New York . 61, 28 685 Cleveland 53 38 .582) Boston 46 43 517 | Chicago 45 45 500 ' Detroit 43 49° 467) Philadelphia 41 47 466) | St. Louis 34 33. 391} Washington - 33 53.384 National j Club— W. L. Pet. | Brooklyn __o8 “S082: St. Louis 88 “Sh .652| Cincinnati - 47 40 347 | New York - 44 39, 530) Pittsburgh 43 4%~ 512) Chicago. 39 49 443) z 35. SI 407) Philadelphia anything but keep house for a maiden aunt, and love Henry Randolph Pell with all her pas- sionate nature, was left behind. It had been horrible, and Luella would never forget the lost feel- im, fee that had_ gripped her. +21 $4... 247) base to win ball games. “But—how about Marie?” she had asked, “I mean, how did she make out?” ss Be had p me pers boa ax § yet Begs longer than. planned 3 hear about her audition. One of the radio men said she could put Te- she had experienced—the are Suppose Henry didn’t come been reading, thought of Marie Mason. back, ... Suppose he decided that i “They're bride and groom,”| She visualized Marie sitting as | it was Marie whom he loved after Peer eae = another man. “I saw them|she now sat, Prsing, Heats. Pell. | all... Suppose that once he and | left for Marie to. do now is get a get on at a little jerk-water town | For Marie had sat that once| Marie were together in® New | sponsor and hes name on the back in North Carolina.” He! upon a time, York, Henry would se ge to feel | dotted line. then just watch shrugged wearily, “Some men} It was when she was going up| that Marie was the girl who was | her go!” ge ay re = a east to New York to try = a pail best = to Lang the wife of Luella had watched her go. Wi ; 5 ‘ymoon, | engagement wi! el ad|an up-and-coming business man. didn’t you?” said the fashily tan ane Saag, Nl an'.. Bead sy i To be continued GLAD TIDINGS | SAILORS GO TO WAR iN ' BOXING RING TONIGHT Amateur. boxers stationed with the navy in Key West go to war (Ry Associated Press) BOSTON, July 24.—Here’s an item that made Tom Yawkey, owner of the Boston Red Sox, happy: Lefty Lefebvre, one of the Yaw- key farm hands, turned in a 1-0; eleyen-inning triumph for Louis- ville over Indianapolis the other | in a combination boxing show ‘and smoket. Six matches. are scheduled for Free cigarettes at 8 o'clock. Jay. The hurler is a former Hol Sein pad eee ¥ will be provided for the navy ne of ing ‘men attending: este eran int i aa Scheduled matches pit Elmer needs most for his Red Sox pitching—and Lefebvre appears about ripe for the majors. | James, 155-pounds, against Geo. | Daniels, 162; Bill Knothe, 165, vs. | Infante, 160; apna. 190. = Kilheeney, 140; Von ordec! STARTING EARLY 170, vs. Robert Lewis, bah ah | Sykes, 135, vs. Edgar ; (By Axsoetated Press) , | é DALLAS, July 24—Fourteen- 143, and Tony. Froiani: 114%, ovs. tnonth-old-Paul Haney, son of | Wayne Baker, 169. at tice Mr. and. Mrs, Ernest Haney, al- | eas ready ‘is following in his parents’ | LOTSA FANS: ss footsteps as a bowling enthus- iast. He has a small ball, drilled to | fit his tiny hand, and actually performs on the alleys. (By Aaaoeiated Prone) BROOKLYN, July 24—Pete Reiser, star Brooklyn rookie out- a good sized cheering section by “BEST SHOT. just inviting his brothers and sis- BEST SHOT | ters to the park. — (By Associated Press) PP Deig five sisters and two DETROIT, July 24—Harry Reeves, 30, Detroit policeman, i: just about the best pistol shot in/ the country. | He won nine firsts and 14 sec- onds in the Florida mid-winter | competitions. And a few days| Rt. Rev. James E. ago in the Michigan siest he won | protestant Episcopal bishop 18 of 18 individual ‘titles setting | W™shinstom Be bok in New ° individual ti set | York, 3 Ree 01 one world record. | ——— nid record.“ | r Frederitk Law Olmsted of Bos- FANCY MEGA, |, Se ee i {born in New York, "TY years ago. ssliot (hy Axsocinted Pre perkort’ july Se vehi Gorsica\is perhaps Detroit's: best } fielding pitcher; and « ‘there's <7@) reason: . sad | a u . Gorsiea broke into. baseball aa Ae oo Soe cee cogs a first baseman with Beckley, Ww. | —— va. | Dr. Robert M. Kelley, president ‘of Regis College, Denver, Colo., TRADE BACKFIRES | born in Munson, Iowa, 64 years Dr. Ralph-€, fielder and hitter, can round up|! De. Ralph. -Wilioms, chief DODGERS NOSED REDS AT land Indians, presenting a shift- | ed lineup in-an attempt to climb | pycoss bi perinant race, fell béfore heavy, Wi h of i terday bi NIGHT TO REMAIN IN TIE WITH CARDS FOR Ni. LEAD (8p cil to The Offizen) NEW YORK, July 24.—Cleve- ack into the American Teague ifting and the five-hit pitching f southpaw Marius Russo yes- afternoon. The jut that was enough to increase their Iéad to nine full games. Tharkers were Two of the Gotham Bombers’ by the homer Youte, both in the fourth inning. Charley Keller and Joe DiMag-} gio each cracked one. Russo, in | REDS BOWED TO DODGERS. IN CLOSE NIGHT AFFAIR (Srevint co The Citizen) NEW YORK, July 24.—The Brooklyn Dodgers last night eked out a close | 5-4 ‘victory over the Cincinnati Reds to re- main in a knot with the St. Louis Cardinals ‘for lédér- ship of the National teague. St. Louis had gone ahead a half- game by taking an afternoon tdssle with the New York ‘Giants. Déd§ers were cuthit and committed two errors to one ‘@gainst the Reds. A trio of Fitchers were used by Brook- lyn to hold its slim margiti, feurth inning brought victory | A feur--an uprising in the to the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Philadelphia Phillies, . 5-2. The game. second Natonal league fight &t night, was one- sided despite the Phils outhit- ting the Bucs, 5-9. Washington Senators thump- ea the Detroit Tigérs, 6-1, be- hind the cunning nine-hit hurl- ing of Dutch Leonetd. Sutk Newsom, touched for eleven safeties, went all the way for ' i / | | letics and Berardino for Brownies. masteting the Indians While a ‘trio opposed him, Wuhg ‘up his |> ninth win against six losses. Di- Maggio’s circuit clout was his at the Station movie hall tonight. 59.9 of the season. Blasting three Boston Red Sox Yanks | ome nosed the Tribe by a #ingle min | Sea level, 30.00 (1015.9 millibars) (Opsérvation taken at 7:30 a. Th, 75th Mer. Time (city office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean Normal Previpftation Ratefol!, 24 hours ending 7:30-2: m:, inches Yorn! rainfall smce July 1, 'Exeoss since July =, inches ‘otal rainfall since Jan. 1, since Jantwry 1, Basie, fd Direction aiid Velocity S—9 miles per hour Relative Humidity 12% Werenieter at 7:30 a.'m.. todiy ‘Tomorrow s Almanac | Sunrise | Sunset - Moonrise ' Moonset High | Low | sib bly. an occasional local | gentle to moderate winds, southeast and south, Florida: Continued | cloudy tonight and Friday with } 1 local showers. 5 Jacksonville to Plorida Stfaits land Bast Gulf: Gentle to modier- ate. Southeast end sovth ugk . | partly Cloudy weather ‘ |and Friday with scattered shaw: | Danning; Watneke, Crouch, Na- hem, White and W. Cooper. At Pittsburgh Philadelphia — Bianton, Herman | Duteher and “Lopez. 4 _ ‘Night Game | At Cinetniati Cincinnati {hurlers for 17 safeties, the ‘Chi- | Hayes. | ite Sox marched to the show, which gets under way |tona bese "Thornton Lee, weet | tering 12 hits, recorded his Tith cl a IY Associated Prew) CINCINNATI, July 24—Per- haps there are moments when, Manager Bill McKechnie is sor- ry he traded outfielder Vinte/ DiMaggio. For three times this year, Pitts- burgh’s Vince has hit homers against the Reds with two on) win as he went the route for the ‘hisox.