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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-01
Beware

Beware
D ICHARD looked at us with a
N faint smile. Beware of the
red-head, Dirck," he said.
sat up. "Why?"
He means me, not you, darling"
Dirck said patiently.
"She's not as good as she looks"
Richard said quickly, and then
paused, an odd, thoughtful look in
his eyes.
Dirck leaned forward abruptly,
but before he could speak Richard
said, There's no reason for my
bringing it up. Forget it. I'm sorry
l ever mentioned it. But she's q
good one to avoid, that's ALL"
He hent over and picked up an
evening paper from the floor by
the fireplace. Have you read the
papers yet?" he asked, changing
the subject quite deliberately.
.Dirck said that he'd read the
Sergeant's tabloid while they were
waiting at the hospital to see Lou
Use Lathrop.
"They did neat job at unearth-
ing the family skeleton" Richard
said grimly.
Dirck nodded. 81 didn't know
until l saw the paper that there
was any mystery about Warner
Kent'S death. Your uncle told me
he died years ago, but he didn't
say how"
Richard frowned. HE never
mentions it. Uncle Nick is very
much opposed to publicity of any
kind. He has always ignored any
thing unpleasant. This happening
will throw him in a. other for
weeks. 1t isn't just grief, you see,"
Richard went on. 'Tt's that She
didn't die naturally"
Mrs. Evans has openly accused
him of the murderk Dirck said in
a quiet voice.
Richard cupped his thin hands
under his chin. Il know she did"
he said. I'D thought of that. too.
but | decided it wasn't possible,
not Uncle Nick. He couldn't do it
in the first place, even if he had
wanted to. He's the most helpless
man you can imagine, and so fussy
and precise. His whole life IS
wrapped up in that shop and moth
ing else interests him"
The Sergeant has been press.
ing him like the very devil" Dirck
said thoughtfully.
ooh, gosh, l know it. He'll prob
ably arrest both of us by morn
ing" c.1eE
And then Richard jerked his
head up quickly, his eyes turning
towards the window and watched
him uneaSily. Then he laughed
harshly. 81 thought / heard some
thing, but l guess it's just my i'm
agination."
Il didn't hear anything" Dirck
said, reaSsuringly.
And Richard settled back on the
stool again. with sigh.
And then after a moments ST.
lence, Dirck said, Gould Joan re-
member her father?"
Richard shook his head. mo, she
was only a little girl when he died.
And Mother married within a wear
after. She was criticized for that,
but if you knew Mother you'd real
lie that she couldn't get on with
out someone to take care of her.
There is something helpless, al.
most defenSeleSS about her."
What was Warner Kent ike?"
Dirck leaned back in the chair
comfortably.
"Oh, everyone said he was a fas-
cinating man. Joan was a lot like
him, though not in looks. Both of
us take after Mother" He raised
a match to his cigarette. His face
looked thin and very boyiSh in the
Pickering light. rarF,.
And then suddenly I realized
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-01

of the club. This event will be
held following the meeting to-
morrow.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08
TODAy'S SPORT PARADE

Conns hackers shouted and yelled
and exulted.
Who says Billy can't hit?' they
yelled. THE best left hand in the
world. What a right! Look at that
speed. And can he take it? Can he
| take it?'
Joe acted as if his ears were filled
with cement.
In the ninth round Conn flatten-
ed Pastor for a count OF eight. Dur
ing the rest between the ninth and
tenth rounds l edged over to Joe
and tapped him on the shoulder.
What do you think of Billy?' I
asked.
He didn't even feel the tap or
hear the query.
1 repeated the poke and the ques-
ton.
Joe slowly came to life.
"Huh?" he said "Oh, he looks
like nice boy. A real nice boy"
I suppose Joe's lack of interest
was natural, at that.
Even if he had had his eyes open
all the time he couldn't possibly
have seen anything to disturb him.
Conn looked like a good 174 pound
CT in winning, and nothing more.
And good 174 Founders aren't going
to bother Joe. One crack OF Joe's
left hook, one lash from his right
and Conn would be headed for the
dressing room-feet first.
Conn was better fighter than
Pastor last night, but he didn't hurt
his chances any by the low blows he
landed. / don't know just how many
illegal ones he landed, but there
were so many of them that no one
without a grammar school euca-
tion could have counted them all
Fifteen minutes after he reached
his dressing room Pastor was in
such pain that he couldn't talk.
But Conn will get his come-up-
panee.
He's got TO fight OF Joe, you
know. oil Joe, who never fouls you
except on the chin
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08
Kramer Plays
SensatioIna1y TO
Defeat Parker

FOREST HILLS, N. Y, Sept. Z
CUP)-Four men and four women
marched jauntily out on the clipped
grass courts at Forest Hills today
for a series of matches which prob
ably will determine the 1910 king
and queen OF American tennis-ano
on all sides it seemed certain that
California couldn't lose.
On the masculine side it was Rob-
ert Riggs, the defending titleholder,
versus Ted Schroeder and Joseph
Hunt versus Frankie Kovacs. In the
Women'S bracket it was almost as
unanimous - Helen Jacobs against
Virginia Wolfenden and Pauline
Betz against Mary Hardwick. OF
the lot, only Miss Hardwick dldn't
learn her game in the golden west
Kramer, who was eliminated IN
the third round year ago by Hunt
knocked off the nations No. 2 rank
ed player, Frank Parker, Ga, 2-6
6-3 and Ga, yesterday in the most
stirring match the tournament has
yet produced. The Los Angeles
youngster handled Parker's best
shots with ease and knocked back
for points shots which should have
been placements.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08
BY UNITED PRESS

Aldon Wilkie, the San Francisco
Seal castoff who was picked up by
Seattle and pitched his way to a
berth with the Pittsburgh Pirates
missed the promised land of pitch
ers by whisker last night when a
walk, a double and triple in the
last inning robbed him of a no-hit
shutout against Sacramento.
AS it went, Seattle lost double
header to the Solons, 8 to 3 and
q to /. The seven inning night cap
was Wilkie all the way until final
frame when Dick Lang worked him
for a Wilkes sixth : Bob
Blattner doubled and George Mum
ger tripled to drive over the winning
runs. Munger himself pitched four
hit ball, and Jo-Jo Whites triple
was the only solid one, leading to
the lone Rainier run in the first.
The Solons liked the offerings of
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08
Jack GagePut
1olinlit to Stay
In Golf Tourney

DEL MONTE. Cal, Sept. Z. CUP
t-Pint-sized Jack Gage of Santa
Barbara today faced a sturdy barrier
in his quest for second successive
California amateur golf tournament
championship when he met Bud
Taylor of Ontario in the semifinal
round.
Gage weathered the ouarter-fina
round yesterday when he disposed
of Warren Beri, Stanford university
star, up. The 1889 champion, how
ever, was forced to play his most
sparkling game to win.
The quarter final round was fill
ed with brilliant golf and upsets.
Most startling was the defeat of
Roger Kelly. two-time winner. by
George Coleman, Peoble Beach divo-
teer and former Oklahoman, 2 and
!. Kelly. member of the noted south
ern California golfing family, had
been a top-heavy pre-tournament
favorite TO capture his third title.
In the other semi-final round to-
day, EDDIE Monaghan of Fresno
encounters Coleman Monaghan. an
ice dealer. shelved Ernie Pieper.
lr.. Of San Jose in the quarter
finals yesterday. the other upset
OF the day. Monaghan won 4 TO 3
over Pieper who often has been
semi-finalist but never a champion.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08
Tigers Come Within Shooting Distance
0fPennant byBeafmg indians
Three STRAIGHT, Senators Stop Yanks

NEW YORK, Sept. 7. CUP)-
The Detroit Tigers have proved
themselves a dead game ball club
and if they don't win the American
league pennant, which they well
might, then they are going to have
the say about who does.
Beating the Indians three straight
was remarkable enough in itself
but it becomes even more startling
when it's considered that the Ti-
gers had just dropped four straight
and were playing with patched-up
team: Center Fielder Barney Nc
Coskey. the Tigers leading hitter,
pulled a muscle in his side the day
before the crucial Cleveland series
Third Baseman Pinky Higgins also
had to go on the shelf. Thus the
Tigers played the series with two
subs, Earl Averill and George Stain
back, in center, and a Second-string
catcher. Billy Sullivan, playing third
The Tigers beat the Indians best
-Feller, Al Smith, Johnny Allen
and AL Milnar-and did it in con-
vincing fashion, scoring 28 runs to
the Tribes 10. In yesterdays game
the Tigers thumped Allen, Milnar
and Naymick for IA hits and a 1915
victory. The Indians showed once
again that the pressure had caused
them to choke up.
For instance, with the Tigers
1aedinC A IN, thp fifth tho TnIiopc
yielded four runs on a single hit.
Milnar walked Greenberg. York and
Stainback. When Beau Bell, sub
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08
BY HENRY McLEMORE
United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Sept. 7. CUP)-The
thunder of $4,000 throats shook
Madison Square Garden as Billy
Conn and Bob Pastor stood lace 10
face and Slugged 1t out.
(But OF Joe, he just yawned).
Conn crossed a right, Pastor stum-
bled backward and fell through the
ropes. and the crowd was on its
feet, yelling.
CBut oil Joe, he just nodded.
Pastor bent double from a low
blow and cried out to the referee.
Boos and catcalls for Conn shook
the place.
(But oil Joe, he just snuggled down
in his chair and caught himself a
cat nap)
Conn crossed right to the chin,
spun his man with a wicked left,
and Pastor crumpled to the floor.
Pandemonium broke out when the
count reached ten.
But oil Joe, he just sorta straight
ened his tie, rubbed his sleepy eyes,
and eased out into the street,.
OF Joe is Joe Louis, and / wish
you could have seen him at the
fight last night. He sat in a second
row ringside seat, but he should
have stayed at home and given his
ticket to some one who was inter-
ested. The fact that Conn, the next
man who will fight him for the
heavyweight title, was blossoming as
a challenger in a ring only ten
yards away, bored him to death.
He didn't pay the fight as much
mind as he would mess of pork
chops, or a new pair of yaller shoes.
Pastor and Conn might just as well
have been a couple of preliminary
boys for all the attention he gave
them. Not once did he change ex-
preston, not even when Conhs
hand was held up over a beaten
and thoroughly spent Pastor.
All about him, during the fight,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08
Grandpa Lefty GeorgeP Pitches Winning
Ball in Class B Baseball Despite
The Weiuht Of 81 Years on His Back

regard to his having all his old
stuff.
Il make the batter earn first base.
I do not make him present of it
by giving him a base on balls
HAS HOOKS WILTSE'S
MOVE TO FIRST BASE
George finds that the game has
changed since he broke in under
the name of George Miller with
East Liverpool in the old Penn
Ohio-M Maryland League in 1906.
pitchers used to pitch according
to what they suspected the batter
was going to do hit away or
bunt. Now hitters wait for the
cripple and swing for Borough
Hall, as they said years ago in
Brooklyn
George still uses the screw or
sinker ball which Mathewson taught
him the day after he beat Big
Six.
AS a kid of IA, George, a native
Pittsburgher. was escorted into the
home of the Pirates by Honus
Wagner. Fifteen years later, he
struck out his boyhood idol with
his screwball.
Hans followed the third strike
clear around to the dugout in his
swing" laughs George. He stop
ped long enough to yell to me:
boy, you've got something there!'
Georges advice to young pitch
ers is to watch an old fellow.
Il learned plenty by following
Hooks Wiltse, the left-hander of the
Giants. He taught me his move to
first base and a change of pace"
Lefty George learned a lot along
his baseball trail :. much about
and taking care of him.
self.
A pitcher has to know all the
ropes to be around at Sd.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08

bing for Trosky at first. booted Sui
livan's grounder, Greenberg scored.
Then York stole home while Milnar
held the ball. Tebbetts' double,
only hit of the inning, drove in
Stainback and Sullivan.
Sullivan hit homer with a mate
on in the fourth off Allen and
Greenberg clouted No. % in the
eighth off Naymick. Buck Newsom
registered his 18th victory allow
ing the Indians nine hits.
The old southpaw jinx caught up
with the Yanks again as Ken
Chase hurled the Senators to a 81
triumph over Red Ruffing. He
BANKED the Yanks until the ninth
and then caused Ruffing to hit in
to double play to end the game
after New York had scored one
run.
Johnny Rigney fashioned 4-hit-
ter and hung up his 18th victory
as the White Sox beat the Browns,
6-3.
Joe Medwick starred in Brook
lyn's double triumph over the
Phillies, 80 and 1913. The hammer
ing Hungarian hit his 14th homer
with two mates on base to give
Freddy Fitzsimmons his 14th tri-
umph in the opener.
After weathering two bad first
innings Clyde Shoun blanked the
Cubs for the final seven innigs and
pitched the Cardinals to a Ga vic
tory over Chicago
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08
Billy Conn, the Punch|ess Wonder. at
Last KOS Man, But How
And WHY'S Another Story

Jacobs opens discussions that may
lead to a match between Conn and
Joe Louis. If the public feels the
same way about it as Louis does,
there won't be enough interest to
! Justify it. The Brown Bomber sat
/ in the second row last night and
saw nothing that kept him from
Snatching forty winkS now and then.
Pastor was fouled. The issue is
whether the low punches weakened
him so much that Conn finally was
able to put across the knockout
punch. Officially. the records show
that Conn threw low blows in the
eighth and 18th rounds. Referee
Billy Kavanagh, acting in accord
anee with the rules of the New
York State Boxing Commission,
took the eighth and 18th rounds
away from Conn and gave them to
Pastor But to this observer it SEEM
ed that the fouling started in he
seventh round when Conn hooked
left that landed below the belt. The
referee didn't call that one foul,
but once Pastor had taken that
punch he never got going again.
The first knockdown occurred in
the ninth. Conn, getting stronger
all the time. spared neatly and set
Pastor up for another left hook
to the stomach. That one seemed to
be in legal territory and it landed
with considerable steam behind it,
Pastor went down.
Through the tenth and eleventh
Pastor just hung on. Conn hit him
with leftS and rights, jabs, hooks
and uppercuts and still couldn't put
him away. The fight ended in the
18th, but the 18th really was the
pay-off. Conn threw another left
hook low and doubled Pastor up
like a jack-kniie. Bob stayed off
the floor, however, and tried to
throw a punch. Conn measured him
like a mathematician doing a trig-
onometry problem and let him have
a right to the jaw.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08
Sacramento Mcks Seattle for Two
AsLos Angeles Beats Stars Of
HOLLYWOOD Twice in Drive for Tie

Paul Gregory in the first game and
reached him for IS hits. Oscar Judd
kept the Rainiers blanked until the
ninth when four hits accounted for
the three runs, Bill Kelleher driving
them in with homer.
Los Angeles, still hoping against
hope to at least tie the RainierS for
the coast league crown, twice beat
Hollywood, 9 to 2 and l to O. Lou
Novikoff's 37th home run with two
men on clinched the opener for the
Angels behind Lee Stine's siX-hit
pitching, while Jess Flores bested
Ira Bittner in pitching duel in the
nlghtcap, Johnny Moores pinch hit
IN the seventh sending Rip Collins
home with the lone run. Flores gave
only five hits to Bittner's six.
San Francisco and Oakland split
the Acorns taking the opener 6 to
4 and the Seals the nightcap. 10
TO l. Ed Stutz was charged with his
18Th defeat in the first game when
the Oaks got to him for three runs
IN the eighth. Sam Gibson missed
snutout in the nightcap when
Lloyd Christopher sent Cecil Dunn
nome with double in the seventh
Portland blasted San Diego y
TO l. IN 20-hit rampage at the
expense of the leagues leading pit
cher, Herman odd Folks Pillette
and a rookie named Devoulder
Every Beaver except Harry Rosen-
nerg mt at least twice, Johnny Gill
driVlng in three runs. Ad Liska was
the winning pitcher.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08
l.. A. PRODUCE

LOS ANGELES, sept. b. (UP)-
Supplies were liberal to heavy with
demand and trading moderate TO
fairly good. Ky beans, cantaIOupes.
cauliflower. squash, sweet potatoes
and ruSset optatoes were irm to
slightly stronger. Lima beans. cab
bage celery and peas were slightly
weaker To weaker
Bunehed vegetables: beets 50-65c:
carrots 65-35e: celery root S10O;
Dixon 90-si.00; green onions 1.50-
LIS: Beeks 75-90c: parsley 45-60c
mustard 40-50e: radishes, small
red 60-75c: spinach 75-90c; turnips
50-65c per dozen; Kohl Rabi 30-35c
Mint and Watercress 30c; oyster
plant 35-40c
Tomatoes: Tugs local and an Dis
ego CO stones 4x5s 50-65c; 5x5s 65-
75e; Ventura co 4x5s 65-75c; 5x5s
75-90c; local and San Diego co 6x6s
40-50c; San Luis Obispo 4X5s 1880;
Santa Barbara co 4x5s $3.50: SKIS
sI00-115: egg tomatoes local reds
20-35c tray; red cherry 30-40c.
Waternelons; local klondikes and
stripes mostB 20 lb. avg $40.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08
Orange Man Wins
Driving Contest

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 7. (UP)-
Ed Stinson, jr,, Of Orange, won the
driving competition for six-in-hand
heavy draft teams at the California
State Fair horse show last night,
Stinson and his father have shown
at the fair for many years.
Harry Castagnasso and sons OF
Sonoma was second in the draft
horse event and the White-9-R 9-Ranch
of Hcaldsburg third and fourth
Other winners included:
Heavy harness horses, single, Kill
learn Beauty, Bedrock Farm, San
Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08
BY HARRY GRAYSON
NEA Service Sports Editor


YORK, Pa, Sept. THE Boston
Nationals picked Thomas Edward
George off the Washington and
Lee campus in 1907 ......
The Browns drafted Lefty George
in 1911 and traded him to Cleve-
land for George Stovall, the Fire
brand. in 1912. George got his third
major league chance with the Reds
in 1915, when he whitewashed the
immortal Christy Mathewson and
the Giants, 40. The Braves took
another look at George in 1918.
George, grandfather, retired
from professional baseball in 1884
but here he is back winning for
York of the Glass B Interstate
League at the age of 54 d. be-
ginning the second phase of his
diamond career at an age when
Joe McGinnity, the games most IA
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08
No Hit, No Run
Wins Recorded
In Ball Tourney

DETROIT, Sept 7. (UP)-Two
swift rounds today in the worlG
softball championships eliminate
all except four mems and four
girls teams from field which in
Guided 100000 squads only few
weeks ago.
Two of The hottest contenders for
the mems title were Ocala Fla. and
Rochester, N. Y, whose pitching
staffs whipped in no-hit no-run vic
tories yesterday
Rochester, with Harold (Shifty)
Gear and George Sutphen on the
mound boWled over Nashua N. H.,
1910, in one of the no hitterS while
Ocala knocked off Below Falls.
VT, 11-0 behind the binding speed
balls of Barker and Brown.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08
QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK. Sept Z. IUP)-Tho
main body Of stocks was practi-
cally unchanged in light trading to
day while few special issues had
net changes ranging to a gain of
a. points.
Small gains and losses balanced in
the steel section.
Phillip Morris lost nearly 9 pts.
20 3D. and declines Of a point were
made by International Nickel and
Ovens Illinois glass.
Dow Jones preliminary closing
stock averages: Industrial, 1928,
off 0.34; rail, 1921, off 003; utility.
2305, unchanged; and 65 stocks
45.15, off 0.09.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08

NEW YORK, Sept. Z. UP)-The
hot news in leatherfist lane today
is that Billy Conn, the punchleSS
wonder, finally has knocked out a
man.
How and why he did it is some
thing we will take up later, but the
record books will show that Bob
Pastor was Knocked out in the 18th
round at Madison Square Garden
last night. The referee counted ten
over him as he lay on the canvas.
pushing hard with elbows and knees
in brave attempt to get up and
take some more.
This afternoon Promoter Mike
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08
All Stars Pull
Game Out Of Fire
To Win in 18th
Fans who attended Friday nigh

Fans who attended Friday night.
softball game at FL Centre stadium
saw one of the widest, zaniest games
ever offered at the park, when the
Valley All Stars outlasted the Coach
ella Valley All Stars to in 1S
innings.
The first eight innings were so
boresome that many of the fans
left at the start of the ninth. think
ing that the locals had the game
won. . >. aSeve Ritter had al
lowed only hits and Vernon Hare
had yicldeo ana taere was moth
ing that rad provided a thrill ex-
cept spectacular catch by right
fielder Billy Patterson in the fourth.
Then came the thrill packed
ninth. Errors by Ted Sandez and
Pat Williams and two hits per-
mitted Coaohella TO tally three
times and the shoe was on the
other foot Things looked drab, in
deed when two straight men were
retired in the local half OF the
ninth and Hurst had two strikes on
him with nobody on.
But you never can tell in soft
ball and Hurst hit the next one
which was bobbled and the Valley
manager scored a moment later on |
another error.
Things we're quiet until the |
twelfth when Coachella again went |
ahead on two hits. the first off Rit-
ter and the second off Hurst, who
vol, -
as though the contest was over but
hits from the bats of Orville Coates
and Nevin House once again brought
the fans back from the exit gates.
Then in the last half of the 18th
inning, Henry Cauzza, who had fan.
ned almost every time up. stepped
up to the plate amidst mild round
of boos and knocked the cover off {
the ball for home run and the
ball game.
1t was a story book finish and
left the fans hoarse and exhausted I
Sharing hero honors along with
Cau2za were Ritter who allowed 5
hits in Il innings, Joe Hurst who
did some fine relief work and Billy
Patterson who surprised everyone
with his sensational fielding and
timely hitting.
Henry Cauzza competing against
the best throwers on the visiting
team and his own teammates won
the distance throw.
The fifth and deciding game for
the valley championship will be
played at El Centre stadium Tues
day night. Both Brawley and El
Centre All Stars have won two
games each. Brawley is importing
Vernon Hare from Indio to pitch
for them.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08
l.. 4. LIVESTOCK

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 6. UP)-
Hogs so. few sales 10-15c lower, me-
dunn to good lights 7.35-775;
choice around 200 Id weights quot
ed to 8. Nothing done on sows.
Cattle 400, active, fully steady
Good steers and she stock lacking
Few feeder steers 8. Medium fed
steers nominally quoted around
850-10; few heifers 7-8.35; COM
mon 10 medium cows 6.25-7; few
725; Gamers and cutters 4.50-6;
few down TO 4; bulls 6.50-7.50;
calves 100, steady, odd vealers to
II: calves $40.
Sheep none. all classes quoted
nominally steady.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-08
BottIersB Butcher
M-3OC Club 1O.S

Coca Cola came back with a rush
Friday night to make it "one ALL in
the playoff with 20-30 for the B
league championship.
The 20-30 club was blasted for
20 runs and were able to pile up
only eight of their own.
Both Lloyd Rainwater and Speer
got four for five and Edwards and
WeSterkamp clouted homeruns for
the bottlers.
Batteries for Coca Cola we're Wes-
terkamp, Laird and Speer, for 2O-3C
Merklein, Sheffield and Spicy.