The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 20, 1946, Page 2

ORIGIN OF BASEBALL While baseball as we know it, is a sport of comparatively recent develop- ment, a game in which a tossed ball was batted with a rude club, has been traced back to the 14th century in Europe, The Chapter present American game was probably an i Qa war shou ting, Remhiege Slee outgrowth of that of “town ball”, played aes aor letered the {bunt for you.”. in New England from about 1830, in which the runs, were.made. around. posts Sr reflected, Wiatw asttcieee o set in the ground, ead of Carnahan descended tn force. | BS belt Rush headed — The first code of baseball rates wes | Fifteen minutes after Rush's call, | the, Living room of the “Yes,” said cc he % the-office was swarming with fin~] }* i before he noticed = i Sea hee formulated by the Knickerbock club of | gerprint experts, photographers | it /@ cigarette before now. picked up b y > a) a ane ; th f light under the bed- “ +4 New York in’ 1845, the first match came | Uetorme”d cops nt room n JOD. He strode over and Sanh eh ce aire ute tae yet . ‘ # » | interns waiting for the M.Es| Qnoned the door. Propped up in{I come back.” — plaved the following year, and the okay to move the body. bed reading a magazine, ‘was| She recognized his purpose and rst gate money series of games took place Who was the guy, Rush? Hope O'Hara. s! led in his arms. Her unshod at Hoboken in 1858. The development of Bal oe s Brin, He's from] “Damn,” he said. “I've got to i i 4 away. When I put a finger a ihe deave no’ it, have to fo AF, t: as) way - sleep on the sofa again!” avail. He shoved her in the closet, 2 the game was checked by the Civil War, Is he mixed up in this deal?” “Were being a little silly about |Slammed the door and locked it a demon- but was revived in 1865, when a conviction | “Yeah” _, «the whole thing, aren't wet” =], “Til be back in an hour, dear, promptness of the ¥ BS a EES “How?” “We are?” asked Rush, e called, and the emphasis on im re- was held at which representatives of 30 | low? ne the dear was vicious: Rush didn t this was clubs were present “I think he saw the murderer} “Yes. We are full-grown. This/like to be played for a sucker. ” : q leave the alley after Germaine]is no way for adults to act.” He wondered how Jago had un- A Rockefort, M., team first employed | was killed.” “Tt isn’t?” asked Rush. * |derestimated him so far as to be- regularly salaried players, but the Cincin- | , “Then the murderer probably] “You're being difficult.” lieve a woman in bed would tis : : S | knocked him off to k him} “You're a forward wench. Ijhim up for a night. They tried | ; nati Red Stockings, organized in 1869, js | quiet.” sheer es thought you were paying me for] too hard. Without the pach from } would have been i considered the first professional club. Ti erate may guess,” anid Tush. /provection. Hope he | i cea Sigs am surveyed the office. “Who| “I was, I am. That’s no reason made a tour in 1869, winning 69 games e@ the joint such ‘a rough cas- | we hav to stand a mile apart.” without meeting a single defeat. In 1870 Don't play dumb, Rush. You PB = ” answered Rush. know what I mean. There’s a ) it won 29 straight games, being defeated | y not the murderer?” couple hynered, thousand dollars ii 7 3 8G eee | € murderer knew there was; floating arow icago. in the 80th by the Atlantics of Brooklyn. | youn g here to look for.” @on't be’ to anybod iy. we Gamblers having gotten contro! of the | game, a convention was held in Louisville | in 1876, at which strict rules to overcome | t bribery, betting by players and other {abuses were adopted and the National | League was formed. There are now more than 25 professional leagues, of which the | sound like you know the} could hav em as well as any- - one. We can get them easier than x anyone else., That's enough monep Ring of something else. to take care of us for a long “Then for Pete's sake, give.jtime! Har efes watched: Rush, pick him ae. This kind ofj closely, “We get along together. ant go on forever. There’s|I like you.” She looked down at © much room in thejher obvious charms. “You could get guite. fond of me.”, 4 — ae =. = zane putas gee deep neggte = Rie yet. If you pic! inside Rush. It was a little off] @xpec National and the American, originally the uP now you'd never key. His suined came suddenly |} ¥ » ans, A stick. ve got no proof.” | awake, racing. A sudden suspicion | Western, (formed by Ban Johnson in| “He walked past Carhahan to/ flashed into being. He checked. anarchy; where news is controlled there iS {| 1898) are the two “major leagues”. the door. “Where'll you be if I] “Okay, Hope. Maybe we can fear: only where news is free are human : The most significant event in baseball Se to pick up the pieces? = a a aa s = j history was the appointment of Judge it for me, Tl be back in Keneshaw Mountain Landis as high com- | missioner in 1920, which he held until his feat apni 24, 1918, senator ater Ce E. Bigelow, Ambassador — "PEQPLES FORUM "3m: = (Happy) Chandler was elected high com- | ° r seuxq | Church, is officiating. missioner to succeed the former incumbent | of Good Will, In Key West — See *. nodded absently. He was ide can always find me.” | up. just don’t get too farjan how i geek the truth and print it without West Hospitality band of iy & § | = ' known in the vocabularly of the fam as | of Hee rend Four pilots in Havana today’ views favor; never be to attack 7 ” j ers. but the editer reserves the | towed in a small power boat in to applaud right;<chlway t for | f'the czar] of pase§all”. | } . 7 moe considered Ubelews er wmwar- | Which Frank M. Coward never be the organ or orf} 4 Re Pie er eee ears : » |$0-Year-Old General Mana-| Veter 22 Hollywood several ranted. —— shoud a | voyaging from Key West to lass; always 4 eS .. = ibuti { 7 : beter? _ ee ee gus wetter. ever You have time to make a contribution | ger Of Company Mann- ssked for help,, O'the paper omnis. Signatur fecturé: Page's Inhal. pal and spiritusl [Rjers aug will be websabed ; mas es - Mr. Bigelow, a deeply re-) leas requested otherwise. | | ligious man, declares. He 3s a r of the Boy. and Girl ARMAGEDDON? amp Fire Girls. of Editor, The Citizen: al in Grani Come. Mar pageantry of fle | and for a number of years city! Mrs Ethel &. attorney of Fort Pierce, has re-| Known writer ceived word ‘of his ‘&’ppointment informa: spatial attorney fer ‘the de- for the purpase election and som Pl a formative deta, politicians, ‘one can w ae ———: ignore the irregularities of bus {formation t be schedu! durmg election week. | Prieta anid ae " | edit ae Tf one happens to be standing of) Wt was the meeting this morn-, Which she has @ Street corner waiting on the < on the second day of the , s did next bus. plong may come 2 catF) —oovention of the Flonda Fire-! Today The © Bed Maney deaeh cidate Whe Sail dretied ites, | men’s Association Convention editorial } 1 } \ The peopleiof Florida did a good. job *| in ‘the purchatéliof War Bonds and!-other | Securities, during the war. The ytal was | $1,541,554,693_ Of this amount Monroe | county, . prac’ eally Key West. Boucht = \ these scourititl ‘the sum of $7,63@,124. jts dod) ee anes “™'LATIN AMERICA oe presume that ny Lf » wondered what kind) of obituary j will appear in the newspapers - ” “ a] a on vel f you that he be x - ~ occasion of their death. Argentina is an American republic |< * " it iieke uot arma yams 4d peur oe = a Pro- Se write yout vee! dee! ‘Lewis B. Kaiver, of Baltimore, Md.. | that has been under the protection of the | es ation. Incide eae oa Season aes - & hat few men have the opportunity | Manroe Doctrine for a century. It is a = : tere" xf : r coe to .—how the newspapers handled | ambitious and pretty tough customer. But his Geath. Recently, his identity was con- | most of its quarrels are internal among feeed with another man of the same name | themselves. It is hard to believe that it is whe passed away and the Baltimore news- | disloyal to our Western Hemisphere, or papers printed obituaries of Mr. Kaiser. | that it is the hide-out, or even the friend. The mistake did not worry him, nor | of nations that were licked in the recent Oia the confusion created at his place of | wars. So, why not be at least half as toler- business. Newertheless, he feels that he | ant and considerate of the pecularities of Wee entitied to a better notice, saying. “I | Argentina as we are some of the nations thought I was worth more than three para- | of Europe that are giving us daily head- graphs aches? As a matter of fact most of the | The fact that Mr. Kaiser was visiting | Central and Latin American countries ie Ploride at the time of the erroneous j have been crazy a good part of the time | repert explains in part. the mistake. | in the last 150 years. The Argentinas seem Whee be returned, he discovered that the | to think that the United States goes off its | repert of his death precipitated many in- | base once in a while—and looking back quires apa initiated a wave of flora) tri- |] over the last few years her suspicions may tates not be far off. a p RRL kaSh SE ee ORGANIZED PHOBIA What a newspaper reader would like | to see in the flesh some day is “a well- |* The United States is a free country, J informed source."—Boston Globe. ANNOUNCED BY STATIONSSUBIECT Te OHaver Where to 1600 On Listen Your Dial Cleveland Symphony* Hawaii Calis* Arthur Hale* Dance Orchestra Leave It To the Giris* To Be Announced Thester of Air* Dance Music Dance Music er before she marmed? i @ have any mother before she wa pen to the organization of any group into ————— #” association for almost any purpose. The Since the Argentinians elected Col- Prevelemt tendency of Americans to join | one] Peron in an election which seems to sco@ething. in order to secure pavchologi- | have been conducted fairly. there is oat “eppert from organization. explains | nothing much to do but try and get along ee Myriad conferences and resolutions. | with the dict The ancient idea of individualism ee@im to be surrendered bv the spokes- men for these organizations. In fact. o ! iain mh ame the machinery of meetings as a Gnding-beard and depend upen the titles f organizations to give their utterances me importance Civ Calenda Prazier Bunt New:* Hometown F ‘-first and last session of | the League of Nations ends the life of t zation. Lest ye forget. Woodrow filson orginated that League; and during We are net much impressed with the | the days when it was wheeled into shape presedure and often wonder what a poll Take 1 Easy Time* Victar Lindlghc* Noon meer & Lyte Ven* 12:15 Mortan Downey Songr* jhe was double-crossed by the victors of > f the alleged members would reveal. Nine | World War I. 20 Seer seer — Seather Report es aut of ten. in our opinion, it would | Tek Usited Nebehs has prokied br 2 Cunningham, News* ! 115 Lomas — ~ @isctome’ that the rank and file have | Weodrow Wilson's League of ; 0 bap clean > ey Autheny® & yWalmtance with the advertised the present orgwmization is more lik es —— regram and no imelligent opinion upon | succeed than no’ as My Habby* 230 ae md - © meves pre<ented from Russia and 5 al other countr: ue Detective Mysteries®) 8:08 Nownt — _ tussia and several other countries ¢ Shadow* 3:15 ene tn Breonvtinc ~ : aed at we will ferget to mention an- k AS sh* oa wa te Careful driving pays dividends, not doubtedly scone once St pat eecaie ee ba — of Manhet he other fellow. but to you programs which, unless met and sma : | 4:00 Brakine Johnean® — _ ff - ; — bring about the same kind of a col- bss } 4 ' GUE Guteed of UNO. os and make it lapse that has engulfed and destroy: @@ Four Questions* i) § e Citizen sug- League of Nations at Geneva. 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