The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-08-11
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gas. Maybe, we'll win this time,
eh?. Ratio entertainment in
one of the, cars. some lady sing
ing. she. stops suddenly. Ma
chin disappointed, applauds for
an encore. Immediately the sing
ing starts again. .Machin awed
Boys tell him his clapping af-
fected auditory waves near the
radio and caused commencement
of song. .Machin, impressed, re-
fuses to applaud in future. Sky
line of Miami, with Dade county
courthouse landmark. It's now
$3.50, Tuesday afternoon. Hello,
Mr.. Walterson. .Walterson man
ager of team We played in Key
West few weeks back. .Cheta
Baker hides away in car. He has
diamondball game on in Miami to-
night, but wants to play with old
Conch teammates. .Whooie, if
Mr.. Walterson catches him. Five
O'Clock, off for West Palm Beach.
Fifteen miles from West Palm
Beach. oh, oh. Fan belt comes
off one of cars. Hey, Mr.. Me-
chanic!. Not so long after all. :.
West Palm Beach, 6:15. Where's
the head of this tournaments. :.
Cruising around in cars. There's
the ball field. There's the man
ager of the tournament. .Whoops,
meal tickets and rooms at Hotel
Northwood. Hotel is in city of
Northwood, just out of Palm
Beach. Eats, eats. eats, for the
next hour. out to ball park. :.
opening games of tournament. !.
Mccarthy and Gates, dashing cab
alleros of the bunch, strike up ac-
quaintanec with two girls in
stands. Eyes, that's my husband
playing second base" one of them
said. And was the home town
spirits dampended. .Ludy Acosta
and Anthony Bowers, former Key
Westers, playing Quilted for Dunn
Bus. E. Both great stars.
Back to hotel at 1870. Who
were those guys standing up till
2:3O?. Next morning, first call
for breakfast brings whole team
down in rush. went around to
department and sporting goods
stores. Fought red shirts for
team. most of us had white
pants. Met assistant manager
of tournament, who helped in the
purchase of shirts. Out to the
! beach. swimming in the ocean
| and pool. Pro divers sailing
around on the classy diving boards
Professor "Wrinkley" Ingra-
ham decides to show them a few
| tricks. Gives brilliant exhibition
of twisters, bellp flops and back
breakers. had stands roaring.
back to hotl eat 1870. Eats.
Esmond Albury can't get enough
| That's the kind of an appetite
YOU get when fishing around the
| keys.
Rest until $3.50. Get ready fol
the game. Game at five. Shoes
vet to be bought for some play
| ers. Out to field. i. no kidding
now. serious work. .infield ane
outfield practice. hit few.
PLAY ball. Castro amused crowd
with his rapid fire talk they
ought to see him let loose with
Spanish. Baker bats crowd with
his wisecracks. All to no avail
| we lost. Crowd not as large as
later in the evening. but our game
was most interesting Of all tna'
night. .Ft. Pierce Firemen, Dunn
Bus. and Horizons Beer probably
hest teams in tournament. accord
ing to Key Westers. .Wrlnk!eE
Inpraham dislocates joint of ms
finger in practice. but played lp
game. Contributed his marvellous
fielding and batting performance
with finger in that condition.
| Wrinkley, you're the nuts. Pain
Reach fans against Miami Beacr
team. for Key West Conehs.
LEFT handed catcher played WltF
| Miami Beach. is all-around attn
lete of Miami. Maybe he's 'he
! one that crossed our signals =
Left Thursday morning 600 TOY
! Miami Rain coming down from
Fl Lauderdale. Blowout on
Innn car. Gates, Castro an'
| Alburv get call wet" in rumble
seat when tire is being repaired
! Miami, $50. Saw WaiterSon
again. delivered the maynard
| Cheta back. Walterson guaran
teed us $50 if we could wait until
Saturday and play his team :
But expenses didn't warrant US
staying. mot with that hungry
bunch. He promised US another