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The Washington times., 1924-10-02

Up until the very end I stllI had
hopes OF the Yanks winning out,
and I'm sim not used to being an
outsider. But now that the SEN
ators have edged us out, the. press
box, I guess. Is not such q bad
place after all,
It's funny how fellow wl,l
change. Until they clinched US IL
and the rest of the Yankees for
that matter considered the Sen.
ators my bitterest enemies. Since
they took the lead away from us
It made me sore even to hear the
mention OF Kid Harris and hls
crowd. In baseball you get that
way.
But now that IT'S an over I
look at the whole thing from o
different light. They're mot such
bad lot after all. 1 can say
things about them now, and true
things, Too, that didn't even
dare believe when we were scrap
ping them for the pennant.
From what rye seen Of the SEN
ators. which is plenty, think
they'll give the Giants q better
fight than is generally supposed.
The opinion in the East is that 1t
viii be q walkover for the Giants.
You'll hear all sorts Of argu-
ments about infields and all the
rest Of 1t. If anyone tells you
that, don't argue with him. Just
tell him not to be silly.
/ won't say that Harris has the
greatest championship team there
is. But he has much better club
than he is given credit for.
Considering everything. the Sen
ators are about an well rounded
out q team as I ever saw for a
first.time winner. And II Harris
can get the pitching he got when
he played the Yankees last time,
he'll stand mighty fine chance
with the National Leaguers. But
I win say that he'll have to have
that pitching.
This series viii be Of great
interest to everybody. In the
- - u "a
The Washington times., 1924-10-02
ALTROCK CRIES AIR AS
FANS SMOTHER HIM

Washington all hoped Like Christmas when papas phony
gets fire But It isn't painful Everywhere
who the pennant they are smOthered with affection
Il beginning TO look Ike real home town. and this writer who
sm Chicago going to from that he was born in
Washington *4
Owner Clark Griffith proud cf The lads and says but you
Washington that Griffith really the club The
fans claim &c. And thew right
The Washington times., 1924-10-02
BABE IS BETWEEN DEVIL
AND DEEP BLUE SEA
b BABE RUTH.

NEW YORK Oct 2Eyeryhody Is asking me whom IN pulling
or in the worlds SERIES This pretty tough question for
TO answer this year.
Being New York club can't pull against the Gians AS
American Lacquer TO the certainly won't pull against the
Senator's In other words have just found what
be between the devil and blue about
It, but I've known before how IL felt
This the first time In years I'll
world series from the seles I've almost forgotten feels
1sLr - ~ q
The Washington times., 1924-10-02

against Philadelphia in August, five
hits in six times up against the
Giants. August 16, and has hit four
times out Of five at bat on several
occasions. He stole three bases in
one game against Brooklyn Septen-
Der 10.
Quite q record for rookie IN
his first year in the big show.
The Washington times., 1924-10-02
Sad Thoughts Here

Miller HuEgins and Jake Rupert
are sad gentlemen these balmy
days Those two spent lot Of
time and money ana they rot no.
where In particular.
The Washington times., 1924-10-02
XXI CUYLER IS SEASONS
MAJOR LEAGUE FIND
Ry SAN CRANE.

Hazen Ki" left fielder Of the Pittsburgh Club is
doubleday the fnd" Of the in the major leagues
This rookie did get the regular
Pirates lineup until the Smoky City such
squawk that Barney Dreyfuss had to stick him in.
a had been twice
well after the the Both times he got on
base, and each occasion his team
The Washington times., 1924-10-02
Erisnh NJ ThArA

Frankie Frisch, Giant star second
basenan. bats with either right or
left hand. And, the funny part
about II 10 that he does either very
well indeed,
The Washington times., 1924-10-02

The Town and Country Club will
stage It's fall tourney starting on
October IL and lasting four days.
There will be four sixteens.
The Washington times., 1924-10-02
One-Eyed Connolly
Eases Into Good
Graces Here

One-eyed Connolly, worlds
champion gate crasher, Is in
Washington to buck up against
the world series ticket scarcity
and is meanwhile making him
self genial around the sporting
department Of The Washington
Times, answering the telephone
for the boys and what-nOt.
Connolly has not missed .
major sporting or political event
in the last decade and has yet
the first yen 10 spend at the box
office. He has 9 graceful way
Of easing into the city where
important events are held and
making himself SO liked that
the first thing he knows he is
right in at "the ringside" or
rostrum, as the case may be.
The Washington times., 1924-10-02

NctOEnM 4MCOI8W NlAU yOUUE k18kGA0
win be worth watching. 70 me
this will be about the most In
teresting thing In the whole series.
Harris, Just . boy, full Of fight
and q much better baseball NAM
than you'd think, win have 20
match mp with Q M1an who has
been winning pennantD fer twenty
years.
/ admire Harris q LOT. He II q
good manager. / am not saying
this because he has won a pennant.
But any twenty-seven.year-old play.
err who can put across team the
way he did must have something
more than luck.
But I think the main interest,
from the fans view. will be Walter
Johnson. People have been talking
about it for years. Ever since ]
can remember. folks have been say.
ing what pity 1t was that John.
son never got q chance at q series.
And now that it's all over, too
am glad Johnson Is getting a crack
at 1t. It's a tough break for q
player like johnson to 20 through
lifetime of baseball. playing his
head off and pitching thee finest
ball in the world. and not to get q
crack at a world series.
Copyright 1924. by the ChrIsty
Walsh SyndicatA1
The Washington times., 1924-10-02

This series viii be Of great
interest to everybody. In the
first place, the battle between the
The Washington times., 1924-10-02

The dinner was rendered the
conquering Griffmen by Gus Buch.,
holz, whose speech was quite the
best OF the evening. The following
committee worked out the details;
Melvin @. Hazen. chairman;
Roland Robbins. Gus BuchhOIk,
John Gheen, Samuel j. Henry
Thomas Bones, Edward r. Cola.
day, Isaac Cans, General Anton
Stephan, John Poole, Robert N,
The Washington times., 1924-10-02

The athletes were the center
Of attraction during the evening.
Congratulations were handed
them by the speakers and by the
tans surrounding them. Some
OF the boys looked . bit bashful,
but all enjoyed themselves.
The Washington times., 1924-10-02

George FlOrian Mcbride, former
shoftstOp and manager 81 the
Washington club, will Be here 70
pull for his old team against the
Giants. He has wired Sam Stein.
berger for accommodation at the
Arlington Hotel.
The Washington times., 1924-10-02

We have . serious task In
front OF us" said BucIky Harris.
but we are going to win. Feeling
as we do that we are as good as
any team. in the game today, 4
don't see how we can lose.
The Washington times., 1924-02-11
ANNA CHRISTIE
WELL WORTH
THE PRICE

Someone who saw the original
"Anna Christie" in New York,
with George Marion and Pauline
Lord playing the leads, was re.
Gently heard to remark that
no broadening of scenic scope or
detailed action afforded by the
silversheet would ever compen.
safe for the loss Of George
Marion's voice and that the
cinema production of the film
would be thereby tremendously
handicapped. If this be so-and
who who has not had the oppor-
tunity to see both for comparison
the matter-then Marion's work
in the legitimate play must have
been a thespian masterpiece, a
giant of characterization. For
few finer things have stalked
across the screen than this same
George Marion's "Chris" in two
dimensional form. And as for the
rest, there can hardly be any COM
parison between the artificialties
of the stage and the scenic beau
ties with which the film "Anna
Christie" has been invested.
Atmospherically the screen tri-
umphs; from other standpoints, 1t
at least hold it's own.
Not that there are no flaws
whatever; a jumpy continuity
toward the end Of the film. plus
a certain lack of celebrity, make
for Just q wee bit of impotence
before the final foggy fadeout.
But to cavil at such in the face
of the magnificent mounting Of
O'Neill's sombre story, the effec.
tive directing, the truly magnifi-
cient work of George Marion and
Blanche Sweet and the discovery
of a spark of talent in William
Russell's barrel-cheSt would be to
peck at trifles.
ANNA Christie" IL satisfactory
from every angle, mainly because
It is essentially human. Human
notsam and jetsam are as apt
in real life to tangle on the Jour-
ney downstream as they did in
this melancholy opus about the
girl life forced into the gutter,
and her eventual regeneration.
Chaplin, with his woman of
Paris" taught US that real pic
lures are those that mirror life
as it actually is. rather than as a
director fancies it IL. Anna
Christie" is a success because the
same principle is involved.
In addition to Blanche Sweet.
Marion and Russell, Eugene Bes-
serer and George Siegmann con-
tribute small but important bits.
And there is an unnamed one
the repulsive coward at whose
hands Annals soul went tumbling
to the depths-who deserves more
than a line Of commentator.
Warnings merry men continue
their sprightly way for another
week. The Kashmiri Song, For.
ever, Linger a While, Sobbin'
Blues, Whose Izzy Is He? and
Sleep, form the backbone Of the
program; while a cornet- trombone
duet paraphrasing the well.knwn
Gallagher and Shear is a musical
novelty both unusual and hysteri-
cal. Pathe News and an Aesop
Fable are also on the bill. Rib.
The Washington times., 1924-02-11
VARIETY PLUS
ON STRAND
BILL

Its Hopkins choice" in vaude.
vile at the Strand Theater this
week but after bordering deeply
we are inclined to think that we
most enjoyed Harry Bussey and
Donia in "Venders Of Variety"
That means that we got the most
laughs out Of them. The rest we
wouldn't try to discriminate be.
tween. One Is a clever farce
The New Janitor" presented by
Bob Archer and Blanche Bedford.
Andy Gump has nothing on Bob
Archer when it comes to faces.
Just to look at him is enough
but Bob doesn't think SO and il
laughs have anything to- do with
curing ills there wasn't a sick
person in the audience when he
got through with it.
Then Tommy Van and Sara
Vernon offer THE Peach and the
Stew" and shuch a peach and
shuch a shtew we never did shee.
And the laughs that we didn't
get out Of the act Sara Vernon
did.
Hyatt, young Apollo. billed as
<AhCA1Sd HySlCdl AdINSI III
Amazing Feats Of Strength" does
some remarkable stunts one Of
which was lifting an upright
piano on his back, another which
sent the shivers down our spine
was allowing himself to be
pounded on a bed Of nails.
Henri Marco, Helene Beth and
Helene Reinhardt offer the
terpsichorian balance Of the bill
in "a Variety of Colorful Dances. 1"
The photoplay of the week is
the version Of novel our grand
mothers used to get spanked for
reading - Augusta Evans st.
Elmo" The story is of Il young
man who, as a result of losing
faith in love and friendship
fosters hate in his heart until
Bessie Love with her big scared
eyes comes into his life.-M A. K.
The Washington times., 1924-02-11
RIALTOBOASTS
UNUSUAL
BILL

A bin Of more than ordinary
interest IL that offered at Moore's
Rialto this week. It Is not only
par excellence as to quality, but
has also q more or less local
interest.
'The Steadfast Heart" from
the story by Clarence Burlington
Kelland. published az a serial in
Golfers" some time ago, n the
featured attraction.
The neighboring town Of Fred
ericksburg was chosen for the
filming Of this romance Of the
justified by the beauty and dis.
tinction Of the settings ana the
atmosphere Of realism the pic
ture gains thereby.
Not only has Sheridan Hall
proven his worth as q director,
but he has gathered together such
a wonderful assortment Of extras
from the towns inhabitants that
the story might well have been
written around them. The court
seen alone offers an unusual
study Of types"
The main cast has been equally
well chosen. Honors are divided
in the three leading roles, Miriam
Battista, Joey Depew, a new child
actor. and Jerry Devine, playing
the juvenile parts, while Marguerite
Courtot, Joseph Striker, also a
newcomer Of ability, and Hugh
Huntley. an Australian, depict
those characters at mature age.
Each represents a distinct type
Of personality, we'll suited to the
parts in which they are cast.
The same IL true or the large
main support.
The story IL one in which en-
vironment influences develop real
character in a boy Of low birth,
who, through love, triumps over
the Virginia pride in family
which seems an insurmountable
barrier to happiness with the girl
he loves.
AS additional features to the
program, Hal Roach's rascale
disport themselves in a screaming.
ly funny Our Gang comedy,
Stage Fright" Arsino Ralon,
concert master and violin soloist
Of the Rialto Orchestra, gives a
pleasing rendition Of Valdez's
Serenade" and Kreisler's Tam
bourin Chinois."
The funeral of ex.President
Wilson, shown In the Inter
national News reel, is made very
impressive by an appropriate
musical score arranged by Direc.
tor George Wild.
The Washington times., 1924-02-11
ONE VERSION OF
THE DIVORCE
QUESTION

II the turbulent seas Of matri-
mony Gained in the genuine az
peacefully as they do on the Cen
trail screen this week, then the
firm Of Reno and Reno, attorneys
at-law, would soon be a brother
hood OF peanut peddlers dreaming
Of days that used to be. The phi.
losophers Of the silver sheet have
evolved some theories all their
own, and in Cause for Divorce
they give US a generous slice with
emphasis on the why's" and
''wherefores.' For those seeking
information on the most success
full method of pouring oil on the
troubled waters, this picture fur.
nishes unlimited suggestions.
Ignoring the rather alluring
title, Cause for Divorce" Is q
really worthwhile picture from the
standpoint Of entertainment. Basic
ally, 1t is genuine, and feelingly
expressed. We venture that it is
not at all what you probably
imagine.
The cast is good, and includes
FRITZ Brunette, Pat O'Malley,
Charles Clary and Helene Lynch,
with very capable support. The
action moves like a well.ordered
clock and gives the four principals
many tense moments.
The gang in a comedy, mo
Noise" is genuinely worth space
and mention. It il an honest-to.
goodness comedy. It Is q roar
from beginning to end, so much so
that we actually suffered with
laughter.
Kilograms and a delightful Or
gan recital complete the bill.
w q p Jr
The Washington times., 1924-02-11
HISTORIC FILM
AT COLUMBIA.
HELD OVER

Napoleon and Josephine" re-
vealing the personal and intimate
romance Of Napoleon, began
second weeks engagement at
Loew's Columbia Theater yester-
day.
This screen portrayal is based
on the play Of similar name which
has toured Europe for thirty
years. Abroad, the picture
achieved q most successful en-
gagement. It traces the career
of the famous Corsican from his
service as cadet at the mill
tary school at Brienne, shows the
part he played in the French rev.
olution, how he found the crown
of France lying in the gutter and
picked it up on his sword point;
reveals his sensational rise to
military power through q series
Of battles that shocked all Eu-
rope and closes with marvellous
!, reproduction Of the battle or
Waterloo.
y Aside from the revelation Of
Napoleon as soldier, statesman
and dictator, the picture also re.
-veais the little-known side OF the
man, that Of lover and husband.
Y International newsreel with a
fine series Of graphic news views,
q short comedy and special music
aupplements
The Washington times., 1924-02-11
By HAROLD PHILLIPS.

After being fed hot coffee and
sandwiches by neighborhood mer-
chants, sentinels posted in turret
towers of the President Theater
to shoot warning flares at the ap-
proach of Police Major Dan
Sullivan-or anyone who looked
like hinl-were recalled at 1915
last night for the more important
duty Of stretching ife-nets under
the upper boxes. Here was
fatal lapse in strategy, for the
First precinct police seized this
fruitful moment to disintegrate
themselves from sundry lamp
posts and trash cans for a con-
certed, but orderly, advance on
the very best $1.5O seats.
The hat check boy removed
ear-muffs and red beard, disclos-
ing none other than the relent-
less Patrolman Zulsch of the vice
squad. The carriage caller dis
carded his megaphOne and who
do you think, my dears, he
turned out to be? Another Flat
tie, upon my word! The candy
butcher looked bona fide until
we saw HIS SAAOSo' AnA o" 'S~N
Wrinkle, disguised as q stenOgra-
pher, entered with a typewriter
and two notebooks. And SO it
went. Just what the verdict Is
to be on the performance-it was
"Simon Called Peter" you know
will be duly chronicled in col.
umns other than these. Police
verdicts have nothing in common
with this department, devoted,
as it Is, to keen analyses Of the
finer and better things in the
theater.
Did we not know that William
A. Brady has pacifistic tendencies,
we would say he has sold out to
the army recruiting bureau to
fill the depleted ranks of army
chaplains. Any impressionable
young man would trade a career
in medicine or law for the collar
ornaments of Peter Graham, chap
lain to the British expeditionary
forces. whose enlistment 10 con-
cerned chiefly with raising the
morale Of the wine sellers and Of
that battalion of feminine frivol-
ers, always found in the wake
of story.book armies. Life in
the trenches is anything but a
round Of jam and cheese for the
Rev. Peter. Wine, song and
voluptuous women compose his
ration and he makes the most
out Of these humble tid-bits.
The Washington times., 1924-02-11
DOUG MAGICIAN
STARS AT THE
PALACE

Douglas MacLean, the Washing.
ton boy star, ie making his bow
to Washington this week at
L.oew's Palace as the producer OF
his own photoplays. He offers
an hilarious and romantic con.
.ception in Going Up" q screen
version Of the successful Broad
way musical comedy which ex-
ceeds In the charm and delight of
it's huInor and love theme that
previous Douglas MacLean tri-
umph. 1.-THE Hottentot."
In bringing Going Up to the
screen, Mr.. MacLeaTl obtained the
directoral services of Lloyd Ingra-
ham, while he assembled q sterling
cast that includes Marjorie Daw
as leading woman, Hallam Cooley,
Frances Macdonald, Wade Boteler,
Lillian LAngdon, John Stepping,
Hughie Mack and others.
Mr.. MacLean enacts the role Of
the hero, a young author who
after writing the most successful
book Of the year, goes to q sum-
mer resort for a rest, where he
becomes Immediately enamoured
OF sweet young thing who, like
all the rest Of the resort guests,
assumes that certain thrilling
flying scenes in the novel indi.
cate a high degree Of proficiency
in aeronautics on the authors
part. Fearing that a denial will
damage his chance with the girl
and hurt the sale Of his book,
the young author decides to let
them think 80 and all goes mer-
rily until q noted French ace,
visiting in the United States,
suddenly appears as his rival and
agrees to enter a flying compe-
tition with the young novelist.
1t Is here that the thrills Of
Going Up" begin to come fast
and thick.
The palace also offers the lat
est Mack Sennett comedy hit,
Picking Peaches" The Pathe
News, Topics of the Day and the
Palace Symphony Orchestra
The Washington times., 1924-02-11
LiMes of the Field AlSO
GrOw In FLANDERS

Everybody, save three or four
backward natives in Yucatan, has
read Simon Called Peter" but
it takes the play version, as in
terpreted by the President Thea.
ter troupe, to really acquaint
people with what was going on
in the authors mind.
Jules Eckert Goodman, adapter,
tells the powerful theme Of this
play with a bluntness and daring
that sometimes stuns with it's
reality. 1t is this reality which
nearly tumbled several Jealous
young men from the upper boxes
and made elderly ladies reach for
their extra spectacles.
Robert Keable, an ordained
minister of the gospel, who wrote
the novel, said that Ito lift the
veil on life behind the lines in
time Of war is a thankless task.
The stay-at-homes will not be-
lieve, and particularly they whose
SNUG responsibility and conven-
tional religion has been put to no
such fiery trial. Moreover, they
will do more than dishelieve;
they will say that the story is
not fit to be told"
The President Players, rein
forced by Noel Tearle and June
Webster, have been given some
thing ambitious to do and they
rise to the occasion. It must
have been gratifying to Leonard
Wood, jr., and William A. Brady
to see q playhouse packed to the
doors for the premiere of a play
that Is certain to be as much
talked about as the book, which
has ran through ninety editions.
Peter, the hero, is an English
war-padre in France who goes
among publicans and sinners to
find his own soul. How he finds
Julie. how he equates his pas
sion, and his faith, how he passes
through the fair valley Of wo-
mans enchantment to the cal.
vary Of establishment and self
sacrifice Is the theme told with
the frankest emphasis in this
stage version. Elinor Gyms
"Six Days" fades, against 1t, to
the insignificance of q simple
tract. At this writing there Is
much fumbling of lines but no.
body worried save the prompter,
because the piece is, after all, a
pantomime of pleasure and pas
sion. Kind words for juno Web
ster, Peggy Coudray, Noel Tearle
in an almost impossible part;
Robert Harrigan and John Kline.
The Washington times., 1924-02-11
CRANDALLS-
''The Jack Knife Man"

Ellis Parker Buffers quaint
story, 1.-THE Jack Knife Man."
and Will Rogers in Just Passin'
Thru" comprise the principal at.
fractions Of a double feature bill
at Crandalrs Theater the first
three days of this week.
Florence Vidor, Fred Turner,
Lillian Leighton, James Corrigan
and Claire Mcdowell are the
foremost players In Mr.. Buffers
atmospheric story Of life on q
shanty boat on the Mississippi
river. This subject, as IL bound
to be true of any tale from the
pen of Ellis Parker Butler,
abounds in humor and is rich
In unusual characterization.
In "Just Passin' Thru" VIII
Rogers, master of the lariat and
anecdotal conversation, has one
Of his most amusing Jubilo We.
hicles.
Norma Talmadge' is announced
for Wednesday and Thursday in
"The Eternal Flame" 1.-THE
Spanish Dancer" starring Pola
Negri, will be the feature on FRI
day and Saturday.
The Washington times., 1924-02-11
"A Minister'S Son.

There IL at least one Method
list preacher in this broad land
Of ours who never discouraged
his sons ambition to be an ac-
tor. That preacher Is the father
Of Douglas MacLean, who, for
many years. was pastor Of the
Lincoln Avenue Methodist Epis-
copal Church in washington ana
who. unable to endure the idea
Of being indefinitely separated
from the son he loves so well,
accepted q charge in Southern
California. 30 he might be near
young Doug at his work.
The Washington times., 1924-02-11
AMBASSADOR
Anna Christie"

Blanche Sweet. George Marion
and William Russell offer three
of the most noteworthy char
acter portrayals ever enacted be.
fore the camera in the three
principal roles of Thomas H.
1nce's powerful perturbation of
Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer prize
play, Anna Christie" presented
at Crandall's Ambassador yester.
oay and to be continued today
only. Anna Christie is reviewed
In detail elsewhere on this page,
IN connection with Crandall's
metropolitan Theater, where It
was also presented yesterday.
Mae Murray will be pictured
at the Ambassador tomorrow and
wednesday in Fashion Row.
On Thursday and Friday, VII.
liam Fox's film version of A. s.
M. Hutchinson's Famous mover
II Winter Comes" will be shown,
North Of Hudson Bay" a thrill.
ing adventure story Of the vast
white wilderness, win DO shown
on Saturday.
The Washington times., 1924-02-11
New O'Neill PLav,

A new Eugene O'Nefll play IL
an event Of importance in the
theater. When it enlists as CO.
stars Ben Ami and Doris Keane,
the announcement rouses double
interest. The play is Welded"
and the National Capital critics
will have a chance to pass on 1t
soon. for 1t will be seen at the
Shubert. Belasco the week of
March 10.