The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 1, 1941, Page 3

Jeers’ pis had toate Set in | thin, Our cnet ane Bee ney e ue wi to pve days er . ap ae bai Hey sud, "Bu “But it have ae fad ‘ore xs, st ye’ Chapter Eight appeal ara u—do “things Marie Stumbles 18 man's emotions lingered for a time over cle ane tet ees ampere pe calgon pe 1 q ae fot myself. I didn’t haye any self- ia bed kate the ath en | contrd! either.” Pooks Pate ne ea end of] “Yes the old days,” said Henry is eos te Rinieg, thoughifully. maa old days, end, and went aot elear- ingead ot pee rage as wite if adi ing the things away. ‘Don’ f Aare ager ease. You “Shall we ha ” Luella said. Ae sctied orcad “1 ‘much too full of your gtand dinner to concen‘ cards,” said Tommy. Mae there’s so much to talk about,” Marie added. “Besides, I’m a jarrible bridge player, i simply tan’t remember some of the sim- Piss conven dons. ui “About this Malcolm nage said Henry, “Has he anythin, his sleeve, Marie—I mean o ine at ee ould say so!” was Marie’s rele? “And of interest to you tog, Hepry. His company is aon @ program that’s to: be antirely non-commercial. 1 mean there'll no interruptions while some- one spouts about the virtues of a headache medicine or a breakfast food or a dog biscuit. And he’s considering using me on the pro- gtam.” “That's great!” Henry said. “But where do I come in? I mean, you saidit was of interest to me also.” : “Your songs. If ] get on the pra- gram, Henry, Il want some new material. And I liked the idea (pe mentioned the other day at unch. Luella, who had been placing ash-trays within easy reach of everyone stopped and looked up. “TI hope,” said Marie, ‘giving Luella a wide-eyed look, “that ou didn’t object to my stealing nry for lunch.” “I didn’t know cor ant about Henry ” she went it,” said Luella. “You an haye a lot in common,’ on, “so why shouldn’t you get together now and then and talk thip s-over?”” rhat’s what I think,” said rie. “And Vd say, Luella, that you were being a swell, broad-mind- ed wife,” Tommy remarked. “1 hope Marie will be as broad- minded when and if she marries me, and I meet a glamorous movie or actress or radio personal- ity for lunch or cocktails.” Marie, restless, lovely, got up ag began to move about the nT ‘Adore all these old-fashioned things you brought up from down home,” she said. “I wish I hadn't sold all mine ee order to mey enough to start si ig lessons.” She pulled back the TO- cade hangings. “Si ‘Such a quiet street—for New Yor! “The rear windows open on an even quieter scene,” said Henry. “Come on, I'll show you. There’s an extension roof, and when ‘warm Mead ae I plan to have an 2 wring and porch furni- tare. Luella and I may even have our breakf: out there. And dinners too, when we can man- ae that'll be fun!” said Marie. “T love Riace J out in the open. fe be almost like having a ter- cer *aShie followed Henry down the long room to the rear. invitation In Her Eyes i asian! Henry opened a full- length window, and they |? ped out upon the extension. it oked | cid ‘over a quiet back grew a single tree rea putting fortis tender | ¥! Bw em ves. One of the larger ex: tension crone Becy Mie piace place som ofa ey Nig sea “ta " s. rie. phy ow aida taker 8 place | this, mpeg of an * apart Ret ne one ef the newer houses.” ad Geet the end of the fe cae re Monet down into the “It makes me think a little ng some of the back yards down home.” “Careful,” Henry cautioned. “I don’t think that roof’s any too firm. I've got to ‘have it rein- forced.” Marie stepped backward tow- ard him, and cepght her heel in a pie-e of the roofing: She would have fallen if Henry hadn't caught her guickly. “Darnitall!” she said. “I tore y gown.” calle can fix it for you,” said Henry. “She's always got a mend- ing basket handy.” But he didn’t release the girl ais arm encir- cled Marie leaned against him. Her heart was pounding. She looked up and Henry saw unmistakable invitation in her brown eyes. one almost before he realized poet he was doing he ar pe ho ding Marie tight to. him, She responded, aiving him hss for kiss, It was as though she was being satisfied after a long and lonely hun: . “Henry — dag spect she whispered. “Dear — little — Marie,” said Henry. He kissed her again. And then: “But we mustn't!” He re- leased Marie abruptly. “It’s all wrong. All es “But, Henry? If we're drawn to each other. we have a perfect Hight" Puts A Good Face On It ‘Does your wife help you Haven, Conn., is regarded as economize?” “You bet! She makes her own one of the complexion, these days”. make me feel like ‘a traitor, or scnenny who can't make up her ind. They stood, silent, uncomfort- able, miserable. Luella looked out and called to tell them that Mr. Rector had arrived. “Thanks, Luella,” Hi said. He took’ Marie’s whet they ¢ went inside. soon as the introductions were over, Henry went into the kitchen to prepare the mint julips. he worked he thought about Mr. Rector. He was a man in the early fifties; and, Henry thought, exactly what he had always imagined a very successful man would be like. Meanwhile Malcolm Rector was | talking to Luella. “I understand you saved me a helping of Brown Betty,” he said. “Yes, I did,” said Luella. “Shall | I get it for you now?” “Better wait unul after your mint julip,” Marie suggested. “T've an idea as 4 mint julip mak- er Henry is tops.” “He is,” said Luella. Mr. Rector laughed. “I seem to be op the spot,” he said. “Mrs. Pell’s Brown Betty or Mr. Pell's mint julip. Perhaps I should toss a coin,” Henry came in then with a tray upon which were five tall, frosted glasses. “Need you worry about a deci- sion now?” said Marie. “Go ahead, Mr. Rector, and take the julip,” said Luella. “The Brown Betty will keep, and the julip won't.” Invitation ren each one in the rogm was supplied with a glass, Tommy looked over the edge of his. He smiled at Henry. “I've heard about mint julips, seen them served on the es and in the movies,” he said. “T'y had them in New York bars and New York apartments, but I reckon you-all has shore nuff got the hang of ‘em, Marse Pell.” “They're perfect,” said Rector. “For years e been trying to get my various founders to mix a julip t to like this—and gotten exactly no- where,” Weare waa pleased. He seemed expan “Marie tells me,” he was say: ing a little later, “that you’ve ye some plans—a program or some- thing of the sort.” “T have,” Rector admitted. “I think it’s high time a program was broadcast that gives the listening public pure Americana. That's why I’m interested in those negro yerses you've written.” “T told him about them, Henry,” said “While we were hav- ing cocktails this afternoon. He's crazy to see them.’ “I'm afraid they're rather ama~ teurish,” Henry said. “The poste efforts of a higt school “That doesn’t matter,” Rector said. “I’m looki things that wal heart of the pi es place in pablie. T Por but for ; pee, Soiastaining program as arc hat na Foe han not too mushy, i ge tenderness—all of it ,an authentic American Ht Kounds like a nice idea to me," -said Luella. “f do get sick of ©- | swing, torch singers, not very | a sketches, re come: “And on Gthers | like you, Mrs. Pail a c “Henry's got the right ul in the way of songs,” said “And Tye already spoken to composer friend 01 mine who's just dying to set some new things to music.” Rector took a long drink, and sat down his glass. “Qf course it's all more or less vague at the moment,” he said. “I mean, the program my associates and myself are planning. But we'll get together, the three of us, and have a really serious talk one of these days.” He smiled at Luella and Henry. “Why not j me on my boat one week-end | when the weather gets warmer? T'm having the boat put in shape, and will have her docked at the Sevent, pane eet yacht yacht past’ “We’ that!" ‘said “wouldn't we, Luella?’ “Of course,” said Laelia. “We can cruise along © Sound,” Rector continued, “and put our heads Bee Tl haye some other folks along, on “we can combine busines with “4 ure. You sone ong too, T: Another radio executive in handy!” ia aks," said Tommy. “Ta like sg | Rink it's a marvelous plan,” said Marie. “You will come, won't =. enry—and you too, Lu- An the king's horses and ali the ay men couldn't keep ¥ away, "y laughed. To be continued Mrs. Susanne Farnham of New! manner that he foremost ‘sculptors in the country. | | | | ers, She Says; i Riggs In Men’s Field (EDITOR'S NOTE: Pauline Betz, the national indoor ‘and clay“ ‘couris ‘women's tennis singles champion, is the - girl most experts tab as Alice Mar- courts. Miss Betz. a Rollins ccllege student, will seek the U. S. crown at Forest Hills in September. She gives her opin- ion of the contenders in this story.) By PAULINE BETZ Eight oo — = casrascns : | ble’s successor as queen of the 1m R | water oO. : Tigers is more of a hard-headed | | when he sends his FIRST DIVISION (Spécial to The Citizen) | NEW YORK, Aug. 1—The | Brooklyn Dodgers, taking a part- ving. shot @t the Cardinals before jmoving on in their western in-! vasion, beltéd 19 hits to thump business man than a gambler the St...Louis nine, 9-5. The cks | victory, coming in the last scrap! jof a three-game series, cut the gre ts of the Detroit | ‘after talent such as Ri PLACED CHISOX IN A. L’S” Chicago at Washington. & Louie at Rew York. ly games scheduled. National j Ehitedeial hs eae |New York at Pittsburgh. i Brooklyn at’ Chicago. | Boston at Cincinnati, SOFTBALL St. Louis, (Bayview Park. 8:00 p. m.) 2 TONIGHT First | Cummings Wakefield, the $45,000 | Redbirds’ lead to two duels. The | Thurston. (Written for The Asociated Press) ; This September will mean to {many aspiring youngsters a chance to win the coveted Na- tional tennis championships at Forest Hills, N. Y., but before the } tournament is over, upsets will be as common as sunshine. I believe Bobby Riggs will finish on top in the men’s division, but BETZ’ RECORD Pauline Betz made her first [appearance in the women's “championship at Forest Hills two years ago. Here is her rec- ord in the championship: 1939—Lost in the first round to Mrs. F. J. Hammersley. 6-3; 6-4. 1940—Lost in the quarter- finals to Mary Hardwick of England, 5-7; 6-1; 6-2. ———— your guess is as good as any- body’s as to woo will take the! o¢ the Browns, came» up with! 3 Egan was | stand the blistering attack of thei For the first time in years, the | pJameless byt it was not pleasant | Philadelphia Phillies and so the! women’s crown. i |league pitching” for a 13-year|the eighth with a 1-9 count’ ». ‘mark of .341. j Egan, himself a@ former pitcher| begun. Five runs in their half of collegian. ai Dodgers pounded out long hits in| When the ..wealthy |overcoming the Cards. Three of manufacturer of automobile bod- their tribe blasted homers, Lew | ies, astounded’ baseball; with his | | Riggs, Dolph Camilli record bonus for a college sopho- ; Wasdell. more two or three years away With the score tie@ twice andl from the majors, he was backing , their own defense spotty, the the judgment. of his* foremost | Cincinnati Reds tallied twice in sius J. (Wish) Egan. 6 \Giants, 6 to 5. The Reds com- For 25 years Egan has combed mitted four errors along the nine~ the middle west for players for | inning route and were outhig, Detroit. He currently has nine 13-12. Each team scored once finds in the rs. in the s and..three times in Perhaps Egan Saw im Wake-/|the third. The Giants went on | field the. opportunity to erase |top in the seventh: with a lone from memory his disappointment | marker. over the signing in 1915 by, the St. Louis Browns of George Sis-' minute bid,» fell victims to ler, Michigan pitcher and first) Pittsburgh Pirates by a baseman. George hit -American run, 9-8. ‘Phe Braves went into the tagainst them. Then the “blitz” ) who never was quite good enough j the eighth reduced the margin to ‘for the majors, spotted Sisler at/three markers. Another rally in Ann Arbor. He reported to Frank! the ninth—two runs—fell one Navin, Tiger owner. jshort of a tie. The Bucs pounded Branch Rickey, then manager | four Boston pitchers. for 16 hits. Old Charley Root just couldn’t the Sisler contract. women’s side of the argument is!t 9 reflect that the first player! Chicago Cubs, mastered by John- balanced with any one of eight!}je uncovered got away. players likely to win. In the re- ny Podgajny, took a 7-2 drub- It was the Sisler incident that; bing. Root vacated the hill in cent past, Alice Marble has been! started Egan as a talent scout.|the second round but before he | so far ahead that the only object | yis current crop includes Barney |left the Phils had scored five | of the women’s Nationals was to | McCosky, see whom Alice would meet the finals. efforts to gain her crown. Helen Jacobs, the current No. 1 | rates, j}ranking amateur, is probably | Alice’s logical successor. A chop |Egan never again saw a player Yankee teammates swept, a dou- | Cleveland the | in Pat Mullins and Paul However, when she | petroit, entered the pro ranks, the rest | Chester Laabs of the of us breathed sighs of relief and ike Tresh of the began preparing to make all-out Benny McCoy of the Athletics and | Harold Newhouser,|runs. Podgajny, who limited the Trout of | Bruins to two bingles in the first Roy Cullenbine and | six frames, took it easy in the Browns, | seventh and White Sox, over their two runs. Spud Chandler turned in a Maurice Van Robays of the Pi-|four-hit job in an eight-inning |nightcap to whitewash the De-! But in 25 years of watching | troit Tigers, 5-0, as his New York | stroke artist whose shots are eS-/he could bracket with Sisler un-/bleheader. Yanks captured | Pecially effective on grass, Helen, | til Wakefield came | spring. fighting heart, is out to take back | that impressed the scout but the/| piece, his some | way he did it. | with her vast experience the title she relinquished years ago. Jacobs Upsets Erperis While some have been predict- ing her collapse for several years, saying that youth was coming to the fore, the National champion- ships of 1939 and 1940 saw a Mar- ble-Jacobs final. “Dodo” Bundy, now of Rollins College, ranked third, is next in line, I believe. She has a very sound game with an exceptional- ly strong forehand and _ over- head. | Sarah Cooke of New York, who Hast year slipped from thrid to sixth in ranking, broke even with Bundy in their matches during the Florida Winter Circuit. She is a steady, cléver player with a remarkable volley and is adding more pace to her game which will make it difficult for anyone to beat her. Virginia Wolfendon, of Califor- nia, is on par with the others. i'She lost a close match to Jacobs Vat Forest Hills last year and then defeated her in straight sets a | few weeks later in California. |for signing this boy”, says Egan. Her game is well-rounded with | |mo apparent weakness. She is} equally at home at the net and in the back court and is very deter- mined about winning the cham- pionship. I have been picked as every- thing from a “lead pipe cinch” to the “girl without a forehand or; overhead who won't reach the semi-finals”, so I'll just exclude myself from this discussion. But + Tll be in there trying. Margaret Osborne, Mary Ar- nold, Pat Canning and Hope Knowles are others to be reck- oned with, while Louis Brough | of California, and Doris Hart of Miami, Fla., ave juniors who have} come along very fast and may upset favored players. Frank Kovacs, of California, and Don McNeill, of Oklahoma City, will have plenty to say about Riggs’ winning the men’s title! The players agree that these three have a lock on the crown but can not decide which one will win. The majority selects the unpredictable Kovacs. But I believe that Riggs, 1939 cham- pion, will come through again. Incredible Shots But Kovacs makes so many in- credible shots in such a casual’ | should be ranked frequently de-/jeaders. Kramer, with ano’ Riggs, | year’s experience, may prove te! At Boston who used to maintain that same! be anaother Vines. He has the St. Louis woman ‘casual, flippant attitude, has now | power, {become serious, is practicing in- | ability. moralizes his opponents. | this | opener, 6-3. Joe DiMaggio crack- ie did ed a four-bagger in the after- 25th of the season, | | thus tying teammate Keller for | “E don’t take any of the credit |honors in that department. | St. Louis Browns extended; “q liked his power and his speed. | their domination over the Bos-| I knew the boy hadn't played | ton Red Sox to seven games in much baseball and that there was | the top portion of a twin bill but room for improvement. Mr. Briggs had their spell broken in the bot- backed me up and he should get | tom half. The curtain-raiser ‘was the credit”. a slugfest, going to the Browns, | Should Wakefield eventually 16-11. Red Sox captured the | become a $45,000 “lemon”, La nightcap, 4-1, in a game ended | says he willingly will shoi r|by darkness after eight innings. | FS the blame. | Brownies scored their single run “Nothing is certain in baseball”, lin the final frame. Bobby Doerr Egan declares, “but I’m ready to | put the Bosox out in front with |""Ch stake my reputation on this boy’s a circuit clout in the opening } chances”. | round. Egan is one of baseball’s scores. The Philadelphia _ Athletics | of scouts, who travel about the knocked the Chicago White Sox | country combing the minor out of first division in the Amer- | Subchasers leagues and college campuses for |ican league and themselves prospects. jclimbed into fourth place. It all Scouts sometimse trail a player happened when the A's, sparked for weeks. They judge not only} by Benny. ae oe homer ee S his ability, but his temperament, | fourth with, the a, | courage, outside gotivitics and buried the Chisox, ese 2. Paid | habits. tpbia lost no time in getting o1 Scouts take pats Some | the victéry trail, sending a | ig turned thumbs down on Joe Di-'of runners across the plate in} Maggio because he was injured/the first inning. Jack Knott, pa brs while a Pacific Coast league|former Chicago moun | player. The Yankee'Scout was)spaced nine hits for the A’s, willing to take a ‘and came | pounded out 14. { lup with baseball’s greatest all-| The scheduled Cleveland In- ‘round star. |dian-Washington Senator ie was called off because of rain. Results: NATIONAL LEAGUE At Cincinnati R 5 6 It wasn’t what 49 FG'S IN SINGLE GAME Dorothy Compson, young Rhode Island woman, shot 49 field goals in a etball which is thought to be the world’s Tec- ord. New York Cincinnati Add Short A gentleman in India suddenly | At Chicago determined to offer marriage to | Philadelphia a young lady in cabled, “Will ET ling answer | came promptly, “Won't i | id, so he | Chicago has Podgaj Mooty, Page and Scheffing. sgnalvely. and will fight his heart! At Pittshurgh out for the cham Boston. __.. While it ma Pit rank Uke Naat Chane Bi pe ah Jobnson, wa La- | Dietz |} low as third, McNeill’s efforts this | mana Montgomery: year have been unsuccessful. He | and oe " lost to Wayne Sabin in the in-| door championships. However, by | At St. Louis tournament time Don may have Brooklyn — recoy; the won St. Louis him the 1940 title | Wyatt, Wicker, Jack Kramer and and Qwen; of Rollins college, Wayne Sabin, |Shoun, Nahem, Hutchinson Seankle Ramee” att Se Ta jare all excellent oy 1e strokes and miei the Cubs shoved | | Peiladsipbie St. Louis Second Game—NavSta Game—Peppers vs, vs. | Navy. pea and Jim | SERVIER SOFTBALL LEAGUE (3:30 p. m.) TOMORROW Naval Air Station vs. Subma- ivory hunter, silver-haired Aloy- the ninth to nose the New York! rine Division at Naval Air Sta- {tion Piel “Naval Station vs. Sub Chaser Diyision vs. Guard at Bayview Park. SUNDAY | Submarine Division vs. Destroyer !Division at Fort Taylor Field. Coast Sup Boston Braves, staging a last- | Chasers: at Fort Taylor Field. Marines vs. Destroyer Division single | + Naval Air Station Field. Army vs. Coast Guard at Army | the National Open champion) arracks Field. AY jat Fort Taylor Field. Naval Station ys. Army Barracks. Naval Air Station vs. Marines the PGA found out in its cam- Army at Players apart and see what made} SATURDAY, AUG. 9 Naval Air Station vs. Coast |Guard at Naval Air Station } Field. Sub Chaser Division vs. Army at Army Barracks Field. Submarine Division vs. De- stroyer Division at Fort ‘Taylor \Field. rewer Stance In Driv-| “Specifically, this data reveals” ing Than They Did Ten nat in golf, like in ®Jl other sports, the payoff is on good — ‘form. The players who got the _ highest ratings, after being. | Studied in the qualifying round, went right on through» to the: later matches. Players with DENVER, Aug. 1.—The Pro- | ratings were eliminated early”, fessional Golfers’ Association} Novak's study showed ~ this used a yardstick on the games of about the top-notch players: the pro stars and came up with | A majority use the overlapping, ‘ ‘ _ ‘grip Gittle finger of the right thie Hp for duffers:: Tay: 4 BAR ‘Be, overlapping the forefinger rower stance. s of the left). The PGA did some fact-find-' A majority use the square ing at its annual tournament’ stance: toes on a line parallel to here the other day and discoy-| the line be Laurea! ball played 2 ./ opposite the left hee! — OS SRS ee ee The average weight of drivers their feet much closer’ together was 13% ounces; their average | ength 43 inches. oe than they did 10 years; pe ‘add: a the ball with They say. this-stance enables P best og tl wn Sag with no. stiff. player to handle his weight MOTE | hess or tension in their bodies. easily throughout the swing and 2 rity use ‘a firm he can get a full, freer turn of with the Tet hand without & the body and put more “oomph’ into his drives. Another result | is that the swing as a whole isi /much more compact...In other, | words, more of a_half-. or three: quarter swing, a la Craig Wood, Years Ago By ROBERT GEIGER AP Feature Service Writer Hope For Golf Dub.) This is just one of the things! paign to take the games of oat ON SALE. AT | them click. This investigation is pretty” im- | portant to Mr, Golf Dub. If ba experiment is a success his instruction will be simpli substantially, and ‘cut to temperament and makeyj He can be told ean what LUI combination of movements and © | postures produce the gqod. shots, a which ones put him in the rough, “== and there will be a yardstick by | which his progress may be mee j ured exactly. i The golf teachers know, course, that there are major [MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUES points of siance and sip ae | |New York it Washington 'Pittshurgh New York - Chicago. Boston “peanee BEERERER. any SOFTPALL 1 ; Marines | NavSta | Destroyers Coast Gus Subm rd | S Cowie MOM MH WO'S! Be St Louis Cardinals, P : 4 via gai fe ee 3 eeeeers Enemy bit |on the top a concerned make a good golfer pres- f “sf et ma he \ It is concer the smi nor movements of hands, even the sven of whe liminary prelimi study, ahs cs notch players in the | nver PGA tournament, which included five ex-champions and \he present champion, Vic ‘Ghez- | zi, is very promising”, says Joe’ Novak, Los Angeles pro andi SOT TMREETRE ES 8 COMPLAINT SERVICE, ,, If you do pot Resolve Kons fleay sf