The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-20
The
Corner
Hy CHARLES DuERKES

This column started off with
a bang. ! lit a cigarette, inhaled,
and BOOM! The king-size casper
exploded. My cat 'Whiskey" shot
straight up in the air as | top
pied backward in my chair, let
out a wild screech and zoomed
toward safety, leaving weller
of notes and papers in his wake
1 picked myself off the floor,
brushed shreds of tobacco from
my hair and made a note not to
type with my chair tilted back
ward from now on.
Downing my deerstalker cap
and clenching the big, curve
stemmed pipe between my teeth,
I began an INVESTIGATION without
consulting DR.. Watson. I ran the
culprit to earth in a darkened
room where she was watching
television with confederate.
The guilty party was my niece,
Annette. Seems I'd brought the
thing upon myself by making
snide remarks about the Hopa-
long Cassidy TV show, allowing
as to how a couple of good blasts
from a AS would scare the day.
lights out of Hoppy and most Of
his contemporaries.
I lectured my niece and
nephew on the subject of load
ing cigarettes with small atom
bombs and returned to my hogan.
"Whiskey" glared at me and re-
fused to come into the work
room. So I lit me another smoke
and showed clean sheet into the
Typewriter.
Came SizZle, then flare, a
puff of white smoke and the odor
of burning celluloid.
While I'd been lecturing, some
one had lifted my cigarettes from
my belt, jammed the end of an
old-fashioned hairpin into one
of them and slipped the pack
lack into place.
Now I'm afraid to 60 over
there and deliver another lecture.
During a career studded with
experiences with loaded instru-
ments and personalities, with
loaded dice and loaded drinks,
I've never before been on the
putting end of a loaded coffin
nail.
"Dr. Anthony, / have a prob
lem
X X X
It was a thrill to see football
officially debut for the season as
we watched the All-Star game
from Chicago over television.
Outstanding was the perform
ance of the great Bob Water
field, Rams quarterback. All he
really did was win the game for
the professionals.
Citizen "sox" editor probably
remembers meeting him a few
seasons ago at the Latin Quarter
while she was interviewing his
wife. The Waterfields are a
grand couple and, despite the
fact that flames spotlight is
tneacherous as well as binding,
they have made an exemplary
success of marriage.
Well, you can't blame. his wife
for staying involve with a hand
some chap like Bob, who is just
about the biggest star in his
field. And smart field general
like Bob couldn't be expected to
be stupid enough to have argu-
ments at home.
Bob's better half is Jane Rus
sell.
r X X
Some columns back ] noted
that I'd be in spot when my
two favorite FIJI teams faced
each other. I've been roofing for
the Conchs to climb out of the
cellar and for the Sun Sox to
stay on top. My emotions were
somewhat mixed when the
Conchs belted the Sox out of
first place. And they had to do it
at the expense of my friend Gil
Torres.
The thing that is most interest
ing to note in this FIJI scramble
is that the Sox, who've led the
league all season, can't hit worth
a boot. But as ''hitless wonders"
they've stayed up there in top
spot. The Conchs, slamming
away in the basement. keep
losing the toughest decisions
imaginable. They've given the
best teams the greatest tussles,
playing good country ball. Some
fans up here don't say, ''The
Conchs lost" They say. key
West was nosed out again"
All, well it doesn't matter
whether you win or lose: it's
how you play the game.
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