The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 1, 1943, Page 3

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1943 ecco | FOLLOWING THROUGH BY AG | @eeeccccccoccssoccoosees “CHICHI” ANXIOUS TO OPPOSE PAUL ALBURY’S REGULARS ANY TIME The writer has just received a letter from Gerald Abreu, known to his friends here as Chichi, one of the criginal “Pirates”, base- ball club. Gerald played centerfield for the Pirates at the old Gato’s Park on South street when Al- fredo Machin and Perez Coto were the catchers, Mario Pena and Mario Sanchez the pitchers, Rene Machin the first- baseman, Chelo Castillo the sec- ond-baseman, Cuco Castillo the third sacker, Joe Hale the short- stop, Fred and Puby Carbdonell and Gollo Valdes the outfielders Garcia, Ubieta, Buckley, Key, Acevedo Molina, C. Vidal and R. Garcia also played on the club. Abreu writes in his letter that he ha grocery store and meat market at 50 East 108th Street, New York City. He wants to return to Key West and play against Paul Al- bury’s Regulars whenever the old Pirates play them. He is willing, he said, to bring a club down here from the Big City as soon as, the war's over. He claims the amateurs up there will show the Conchs how play ball. The writer answers Abreu with this statement: Should the New York come here, they will know they have been in a ball game return home. We hope Abreu’s dream comes true and a club from Central Park will be seen in action down here. were a BASEBALL REVIEW Today we continue our review of baseball activities in Key West since the late 1880's. We have “covered” the doings in the na- tional pastime here up until May 21, 1939, We go on with that date. Junior in the On’ May 21, League , played morning. Results: Clowns lost: to the 193), the games Grocers, 5 whitewashed hit two” Home runs. O. aldo poled a triple and two +R. Arnold. stole three Vargas pitched the full for the Grocers. Jim Al- R.. Arnold and “Hopkins starred in the field for the Gro- €ers and M. Alfonso, Chino Sal- inero and Paul Esquinaldo, were outstanding for the Clowns. bases game On May 24, 1939, it was an- nunced that a composite score compiled by Oscar Milan showed the following leading hitters in the Conch-Pirate championship series taken by the former club: Armando Acevedo, — shortstop, won the batting crown with an average of 464, 13 hits in 28 trips to the plate. Julio Barcelo, outfielder, ond—.450, nine out of 20 Cyril Griffin, catcher, third— 444. Machin, Cates, Peter Castro was the only mem- ber of the Pirates to hit o 300. TazyRodrigaez, ~backstep for the Bucs, committed seven er- sec- 421; Albury, rars to dead i ‘that’ department. eae #1ome sruns—Castra 1. whree-base hits—Villareal, Al- bury, Cates and Davila. wo-base hits—Acevedo, bury and Machin, 3 each. Stolen bases—Acevedo 3. Most stolen bases, runs batted in and runs scored went to Ar- mando Acevedo. The league awarded him the “most valuable player of 1939” honors—a well- deserved title. Al- On May 2 Ray local spot it, was nam- ed manager of the Pirates’ base- ball, club. _ Other managers of teams in the ‘Summer Baseball League are Bernard Waite Jr., Trojans; Frank Caraballo, Blue Sox, and|When the Cadets defeated Yale'ed, they had to scrap over rental! Roy Hamlin, Conchs. Sunday: morning, May 29, 1939, dack Cates pitched a three-hit game for the Miami Herald nine @gainst the Clowns in a Junior Baseball League game. * Blackie Fernandez _ pitched good ball for the losers but poor support cost him the game. Alfgnso and Delfin for the losers and F. Stickney, Aritas and Lewin for the winners were the stars at bat. Score: R. HE. Herald 100 101 000-3 6 2 Clowns 000 000 010-1 3 4 Jack Cates and Aritas; Fer- nandez and M. Esquinaldo. O00 In the second game _ that morning, Arthur (Reese) Thomp- to! before they leave to the | -320; Bush, | JUILAR Ceccccccscccccovcceooecce son poled a pair of triples and Lefty Aritas hit three safely. | Clyde Stickney and F. Saunders igot two hits apiece. | _ Score: Sharks |Marts — pitta | Aritas, P. Lones and J. Walker; |F. Wickers and F. Saunders. O00 P.G. C. Grocers won over the Flying L’s 10 to 4 in a_ third | game. Eddie Nelson hit a triple and ‘homer to lead the hitters. J. Albury and J. Arnold each ‘hit two safely. Nito Blanco hit a double and Buster Roberts poled a_ triple with the bases loaded. E. Rodriguez fanned 10 Flying L batters. Score: R. H. E. Flying Ls 110 100 010— 4 5 6 ‘Grocers 000 008 02x—10 8 4 L. Gonzalez, M. Tynes and E. Nelson; E. Rodriguez and J. Menendez. 000 The Sharks withdrew from league snd the U. S. Army replaced them. On May 28, 1939, the Pirates ‘won an overtime. game, with, the Blue Sox of Frankie Caraballo at the Trimbo Field, while the Key West Conchs lost to the Trojans. = = . In the opening battle the Bucs sand Sox battled 13 innings be- fore a verdict was reached. the final frame, the Pirates scor- ed three runs but the Blue Sox came back and gave them a Diaz and Puby Carbonell went ‘the route for the opposing out- fits. ; D. Lopez singled in that fatal round. Davila also singled and Calleja was safe on a fielder’s choice. Torres singled and com- bined with two errors, three run- ners crossed home plate. Pie Traynor had 11 chances at third base without an error for the Sox. Three singles and one error gave the Sox two runs in the 13th inning, just one short of a tie. Score: Re. Ee. Pirates— 010 011 000 000 3—6 14 4 Blue Sox— 030 000 000 000 2—5 11 6 P. Carbonell and D. Lopez; |Diaz an M. Acevedo. OoO The defeat of the Conchs by the Trojans was a surprise to. all. They hit the champions for 19 safeties and a 9-7 victory. {' Alonzo: poled ‘four’ safe blows. One of the hits was a double and another a triple; He scored three. runs, and drove homie: four. | Clayton Sterling hit one to ‘left field for a 440-foot or more homer. Rueda cracked two safely, as did John Navarro and Sterling. |Jackie Carbonell got three, Alon- |zo four ang Domenech. three. Sore: R. H. E Trojans __. 020 202 300—9 19 2 Conchs - 100 033 000—7 10 3: Wickers and Joe Navarro; R. }Bethel, Gonzalez, Jack Cates and |C. Griffin. TO BE CONTINUED ,Coast Guard Academy ( Boxers Highly Rated ‘ (By Axsociated Press) NEW LONDON; Conn., Feb. 1. ‘Though listed among the minor \colleges in .intercellegiate ..ath- letics, the U. S. Coast Guard acad- y, Whose nermal peacetinje en- jrollment is 125 cadets, “rates' jamong the majors in boxing. | Since they began boxing in pen the Cadets have won 31, ‘meets, tied four and lost 22, with schedule including such oppo- nents as Yale, Harvard, Army, Syracuse M.LT., Maryland, West- jern Maryland, Rutgers, Catholic, |and Toronto as well as others. Of the schools met at least twice, only Syracuse and Army {have all-winning records against Coast Guard. The academy made the Eastern. jIntercollegiate boxing fraternity ;sit up and take notice in 1937 at New Haven, 5 to 3, the first time Yale had been beaten in its own gym in a quarter of a cen- tury. | CONTINUOUS GROWTH « NEW YORK. — The Wombat is an Australian rodentlike animal jall of whose teeth are of continu- ous growth. Experienced Veteran Sportsman — Have you ; ever done any shooting? | Amateur Guest — Well, for the | last two years I've fired the start- ; ing guns for the races at our coun- jty fair. : | | Byrd says he maps cuts for a imore economy-minded Congress. ‘came lumbering up -}troubles galore. s}yacht, th THE KEY WEST CITIZEN. TRIBE HAS THAT SAME OLD FEELING | By LARRY SMITH lar Features CLEVELAND, Feb. 1—The Cleveland Indians, hard-pressed to finish fourth in the American | League last season, figure to be in the thick of the pennant- grabbing contest this year. Roger Peckinpaugh,. former Tribe manager who is’ now vice president of the club, bases his optimistic ‘prediction for 1943 upon the fact that the team’s strength has been little affected by the draft. Contracts Mailed To 31 Of the 31 players to whom con- tracts have been mailed, 23 were listed on the club roster during the 1942 season. men, we'll be right up with the other top teams,” Peckinpaugh declares confidently. The Indian official considers |the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Browns as the chief ob- stacles to a Cleveland champion- ship. He believes the loss of Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky and Dominic DiMaggio will eliminate the Boston Red Sox from the role of a title contender. “The Red Sox have lost their three best men and I don't be- lieve they'll be able to make | , Much of a showing this year.” Peck reasons. Joe Cronin, ex-manager of the Red Sox, now with the American In{Red Cross, shares Peckinpaugh’s | {belief that the Indians will be a strong contender this year. Cron- in recently termed the Tribe as ‘a team to watch”. Cleveland's tentative 1943 ros- ter is liberally sprinkled with players of the 3-A variety. Most of the Redskins are fathers. Only One Hu-ler Lost The draft is not expected to sap the club's pitching strength ‘{to-any great degree .Of the start- ing hurlers, only Chubby Dean may not be around for the entire season. Dean is married but has no children. The others, Mel Harder, Jim Bagby, Al Milnar, MARCHING SONG By JACK STINNETT AP Features Service Writer WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—The Capital in Wartime: x Shades cf the Pony Express! The Postoffice Department has got itself a marching song. As nearly as your correspondent’s unmusical ear could make out, it isn’t bad either. Music and lyrics} were written by a couple of fel- lows who should know for they have both served the ees for years. ' Some of the couplets go: “I carry the mail for Uncle Sam, I: take it through with speed » and} wham”; and “I bring your mail from far and near, I'm next of kin to Paul Revere”. The boys got in a dig at a couple of old traditional mail service gags, | with the lines: “I get it there Tight, on the minute, and never peek; tq seg, what's in it.” fayorite is. the plaint on the mailman’s fong hours and his ab- senceé'6f''titfie for the little joys df life. It goes: “I carry on from dawn ’til dark, and don’t have time to stop and spark.” ee. j My} i | | Army Takes “Floating Hotel” i Gone from the slip on the Po-} tomac near Fourteenth and Main | | | | avenue is the 75-room “floating! hotel,” Amphitrite, which has been getting notices in the dailies here for months. Ever since it} the coast; from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. to do its bit in relieving the Washing-! ton housing situation, it has had To get it remodelled and re-; furbished, its owners had to; battle priorities. To get it moor-! rights. There were public. utilities, and WPB. But how. The% Shining ckuses with | officials | all over ken ove illionaire’s “waterway Destination—a mi CONSIDERABLE DROP { ————r | NEW YORK.—Since the begin-} ning of the century, Wisconsin has} dropped from first to fifteenth | place as a lumber-producing state. | That's Different “T've been advised to stay out! in the open if I want to keep my | health.” “By your doctor?” “No, by my landlord.” J “If we don’t lose any more | FOR P. 0. DEPT. ltwelve unsophisticated men’ ‘Free lovers all, the moral. con: Al Smith and Vernon Kennedy are family men.. Joe Heving, the number one ‘relief pitcher, is over 38 and ;thus past the selective service |limit. Harry Eisenstat, another| | relief hurler, is married but child- j less. i The acquisition of |(Buddy) Rosar, who was obtain- jed in a two-pronged trade with {the Yankees who got infielder | Oscar Grimes, is expected to bol- ‘ster the Tribe's catching depart: iment. Rosar, other two backstops, jsautels and Otto Denning, are | married and have one or more} | children. The only probable vacancy in the infield is first base. Les Flem- ing, who took over the position after Hal Trosky was placed on ,the voluntary retirement list, j}has notified club officials that he has been classified 2-B. He is working in a shipbuilding plant in Beaumont, ‘Tex., but his clas- sification will probably be chang- ed when he returns to his dia- mond job. Fleming is married but has no children. Russ Peter: intield utility man, is a logical replacement for Fleming. Peters is married and has a child. Three Fathers Second baseman Ray Mack, ‘shortstop-manager Lou Boudreau and third baseman Ken Keltner lare fathers and consequently in \ the 3-A class. The only outfield change’ was caused not by the draft but’ by the trade with the Yankees. Cle nd swapped Roy (Stormy) Weatherly for Roy Cullenbine. Cullenbine and the other two regular. fly chasers, Jeff Heath and Oris Hockett, have famiies. Redskin§ who are now’ in some branch of military serv- ice include pitchers Bob Fel- ler, Tom Ferrick and Joe Kra- kaukas, outfielders Clarence (Soup) Cempbell and Buster Miils, and catcher Jim Hegan. Several of the Redskins have! been working in war plants since the close of the season, but vice president Peckinpaugh says none of them have advised him that ‘they intend to quit baseball. |WAGES OF SOMETHING ;The other day a foolish man, Of women overfond, Fell sick and died of pistcl shois Contracted from a blonde. | OTHER HAPPENINGS AROUND WASHINGTON DURING WAR PERIOD jIt seems he had abused the lady's | Confidence at will, {But mulish balked when upon To pay the marriage bill. called j i And since he did not want her for His lawful wedded wife. the debt (In payment. for j lady ; Levied on his life. the To cops who undertook to quiz The much-confused cocotte, i She said her mind had been a blanke (The cartridges were not). |Now, when the matter comes to court, With “oyez” duly cried, The scoundrel in his grave and not The lady will be tried. For while seducers are no good, They're sometimes made to rue it | By juries of potential stich | Who lack the’ nervé to ‘do it.” | Will try the late deceased, | As one deserving worse ee death, To say the very least. Their verdict will with quick ac-} cord | Mete justice to the sinner | And vote the sobbing outraged} blonde | Acquittal and a dinner. { see | Who rides a tiger must hold on MARGUERITE CROLLY. 1109 Stump Lane, Key West, Fla. NEXT SMALLEST WASHINGTON. — Pluto, the) planet most distant from the sun, | is next smallest in, size to-Mer-| reury, Planet nearest’ the sun: ‘ANY ACCIDENT dogstraer | Chap — What happened to’Fris- by — he’s all bunged up? Pell — Tried to climb the lad- der of fortune and there were a couple of broken rungs he didn’t! see. 1 Tommie’s SKATING RINK. SUMMER SESSIONS | and Sat., 2:30 - 4:30 | Every Evening: 8:00 - 10:30 p.m. SKATE for HEALTH’S SAKE Lessons Phoné $1 Warren ; along with the| Gene De-| Chapter 41 Missing Papers RAESURN glanced at Delia Stewart. “I did get the en- velope from her,” he said, “but I lost them a block from Har- dacker’s office.” | | Fenner. “Someone hit me over the head. | When I came to, they were gone.” Raeburn. looked at John Nason | “You_wouldn’t know about that, would you, Mr. Nason?” “I don’t know what you're talk- ing about,” Nason said evenly. _ ‘You have many contacts. Men who can do odd jobs for you. Like following me, for instance. I came down Morton Street with that en- velope in my pocket and was knocked out within a block of the building.” He turned slightly, bringing the gun to bear on the lawyer. “By one of your thugs?” “Nothing of the kind.” Nason’s voice was loud. “It’s absurd, I tell you.” “Perhaps I’ll come back to you.” Raeburn’s gaze moved to Mur- dock. “Your wife and I made a bargain. I don’t know whether she tricked me or not. I had to take a chance.” He looked at Joyce. “You didn’t tell me I ; would have to deal with -o many | people.” “You wouldn’t have come.” “Perhaps not but—we’ve wasted enough time, haven’t we?” “Til keep’ my promise if you'll Keep:yours,” Joyee said, i “Agreed. But I'll have to insist that you fulfill your part first.” Raeburn swung the automatic back and waited. The Cable jOxce asked for a cigarette and while Kent gave her one and held a_ light, she had time to think. She had taken the chance. If he wanted that envelope badly enough he might agree. .\ind he had agreed. “If you’ll take me to Ward Al- len’s apartment,” she had said, “Tll see that you get it. But not unless you'll tell me the truth about why you came here from Caragua—all of it.” There had been more to the argument than that, but she had kept her nerve, insisting that only by taking her to this apartment could he get the envelope. So they had come. She had warned him that Ward and Delia would be here, and Ward had opened the door and they found Thorn- dike and Delia on the love seat. They had stayed there too, when Raeburn took the automatic from | his pocket, and the explanations were still in progress when the others had arrived. . .. | “All right,” she said, and met | Raeburn’s gaze. “I told you I'd | see that you got the envelope. I can’t do that, but I have some- thing just as good.” She heard someone gasp beside her and then Murdock had snatched the roll of pictures from her hand. | “Joyce!” he said. He unrolled them, looking only at the first print. “Where did you get them?” “IT had them taken at home.” “You had them all the time.” He was angry now. “You—” “T’ll take those, please,” Rae- burn said. Joyce heard him, but continued to her husband. “It was when Delia came to me and told me about the man who wanted them. It looked as though she’d have to give them up, so I had them photographed. . . . You’re always doings things like that so I thought I'd better, too.” She saw his anger fade and something else touched his glance] i | that might have been respect or simply resignation, “In any case,” Dean Thorndike said, “it’s lucky for us. Good girl” “Bring them here.” Raeburn gestured with the gun. Murdock stood up. “Don’t hand them to me.” Rae- MAYBE ‘GHOSTS’. WEAR UNIFORMS SIGHT OF U. S. MARINES MAY HAVE FRIGHTENED JAP- ANESE TO DEATH (By Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 1. — Japanese | soldiers reported found dead in New Guinea jungles without |marks of violence or illness upon ! them may well have been killed j by ghosts, a British woman ex- plorer suggests. Evelyn Cheesman says that in her éxpeditions to New MRS. MURDOCK TAKES A CASE by George ] Murdock stared at him; so did| ¢y, and his eyes were hard and hot.) put it to his mouth. “I would like to send a cable,” he said. “Can you connect me with the proper office?” There was a moment of si- lence. “Hello. . . . Will you take a cable, please?” Raeburn was watching Hestor now, as well as Fenner. “To Vasquezella. San Baria. Caragua.” He spelled out the words. “Have documentary | proof Hestor never legally mar- ried to father. pees pers registered a eae that: Raeburn.” He listened, answered the op- erator’s questions, and hung up, He looked long at Hestor and there was no sound in room. Finally Hestor looked at Joyce. Raeburn Talks rf WOULD be you,” she said, her eyes hateful and her voice pare venoe: “You nosy little idiot. Joyce felt Kent's hand on her shoulder, his quick, Teassuring pressure. Then Raeburn spoke again. 3 “Thank you. I should not be concerned with Mrs. Clarke’s re- mark.” “Mrs. Clarke?” Hestor’s eyes | blazed. “Yes.” Raeburn glanced at her, his smile tipped with scorn, He looked at Joyce. “You have kept your part of our bargain and I will keep mine. It has to do with my estate in San Baria- Mrs. Clarke. We have always hated each other—I need not go into that—but our trouble here was political rather than pe “As in so many South Ameri- can countries there has been’ a steady infiltration of Germans and Italians in the past five or six years. They settled, established schools, became important in business and agriculture. Over a period of time they consolidated their gains until at the time of the invasion of Holland, they very nearly controlled the coun- try_ itself.” He looked at Ward Allen. “Mr. Allen knows something of that. So did Perry Clarke. And by that time we were all aware of our danger. We set out to re-establish ourselves and found that were more solidly entrenc! than we had There were Nazi sympathi: in the army ‘and police forces; they owned a broadeasti company and a ne aper. en we— those of us whose country it was —became too aggressive there were economic reprisals and threats. Only very recently have we been able to bring some of the real agitators to trial. How- i portant derstand the rest of it I must you ing of this estate ours.” He went on to descril property. Bal important’ several hundred miles. A few “I did not know m: left it to Mrs. Clarke until he had died; I did know why this syndicate of Nazi sym waned it.” His smile was twisted as e Souped speaking for a moment ‘To be continued |Guinea she had found belief in | ghosts strong and widéspread. | ‘She told of seeing a native youth | of 22'die in a fit betause of | Shosts he thought he had seen in the deep forest. Strangers taken | into interior Guinea often are ter- | rified by sights they imagine they see in the jungles. Miss Cheesman | added that the Japanese really are | a primitive people and that some | feported dead from no apparent | cause might easily have died in an | excess of fright caused by these | fancied forest ghosts. | Difference “That means- fight where I | came from!” | “Well, why don’t | then?” { “Cause I ain't where I come ‘ from.” you fight, YOUR NEWSBOY - + - buys his copies of The S sale, sells them at retail. 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