Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-18
CHORUS GIRLS
in TRACK MEET
ARRANGE EVENT TO HELP OUT
ACTORS FUND
SCHEDULED FOR MARCH % AT
CHUTES PARK
Mcintyre G. Heath and Ferris Hartman
Companies Furnish Feminine
Contestants In
Games

Los Angeles is to have theatrical
field day that promises to rival
the famous event held every year
on the polo grounds in New York
city by the professional people of
Gotham for the benefit of the actors
fund of America. The principal par
ticipants in this coming field day will
be the members of the Mcintyre and
Heath big musical organization and
the members of the Ferris Hartman
opera company at the Grand opera
house.
The announcement Of the baseball
game has developed a rapidly growing
Interest and the result Is quite a num-
Der of hugely interesting contests, that
will take place between the some hun
dred odd chorus girls of the two or
ganzationS.
Manager Berry has kindly volun-
teered the free use of Chutes park Tor
Wednesday, March %, with the as
sistance of all his employees, and he
states that he will use every effort
to secure the services of James j. JEFF
fries as umpire, which would prove
not only an exceptionally strong
drawing card but would prevent the
possibility of fault finding by the play
ers.
The winners of the recent races be-
tween the ponies" +" the dancers and
the show girls at the recent field day
held in San Francisco have already
challenged any runners in their re-
spective classes to 100-yard dashes be-
tween the innings of the game. Since
the challenges became known they
have beer accepted thick and fast by
members of the Hartman company and
SO eager have the girls become to get
into shape that the management Of
both companies have been obliged to
allow the girls shorter rehearsal hours
so they may get out on the beach in
running togs and commence their
training.
The 100-yard dash is only one of the
events already arranged, and there
promises to be several matches of diff
ferent character of even more interest
One of the girls of the Mcintyre and
Heath organization has sent a chal-
lenge to pie eating contest which Is
now rounding itself into shape with
many likely entries-the pies being
supplied naturally by the manage
ment.
Inasmuch as the Mcintyre and Heath
team won handily over the Kolb and
Dill nine last week, and the Ferris
Hartman players won eight out of nine
games played with travelling compa-
MES, this event promises to show some
real class in the way of fast baseball.
There is every indication that a
goodly amount will be raised for this
worthy clarity. as already there have
been numerous offers Of free printing,
automobiles for the street parade,
decorations, colors and advertising
and as has always been the case in
affairs of this nature, the entire
amount of the proceeds will go to swell
the fnud.
1t is noticeable that in charitysper-
formances of all natures the actor is
the first to come to the front and the
first to be called upon to offer his SER
vices for the benefit of other organiza-
tions, but the actors fund, to which
Daniel Frohman and A. l.. Erlanger
are now giving so large a portion of
their Time is practically the only or
ganization to which the actor may
look for assistance.