New Britain herald., 1929-06-14
ACTOR ID REFEREE
 MARBLE CONTEST
William Desmond to 0mciite at
 Championship Bltds


 William Desmond. world famous motion picture actor who is ap- bearing in person at the Strand | theater this week, will be the referee at tho championship games in the Herald-Junior Achievement contest which comes to an end at Willow Brook park tomorrow morning.
 The games will decide who will be the city champion and who will 90 to Ocean City. N. J.. as the guest of the Herald. Mayor Paones- sa will be present to roll the first marble across the ring.
 Eben T. Strong. secretary of the boys department of the Y. M. c. A.. today notified the marble editor that the "" will present . years membership in the boys department to the winner of the city champion ship.
 Park and police officials have offered to cooperate tomorrow morning in the handling of crowds and final arrangements at the cham pionship contest.
 Medals to Be Given It Theater
 Tn the evening every school champion in the city as well as the city champion and runner up will be guests of Manager Carlisle c. Barrett at the Strand. The medals will be awarded upon the stage of the theater by Judge William F. Mangan. chairman of the board of park commissioners.
 Just as the feature picture closes shortly after 8 o'clock. the voice of Manager Barrett will be heard. as though coming from the clouds, ask ing the audience to remain seated for the presentation. MT. Barrett will be seated in his office. but will speak through microphone con- nected with a set of loud speakers in the theater. The audience will set the thrill of hearing the voice of a man with direct message dis cussing the evenings program, while that man sits in comfort in his pri- vate office.
 At the close of the picture, Mir. Desmond will explain the contest and will introduce Judge Mangan who will make the presentation.
 The winner of the city champion ship will leave on Saturday, June P for Ocean City where he will be the guest of the Herald and will compete in the national al,tournament. during the following week.
 Two School Champions
 Two school championships were determined on their home courts last night. Gerald TurEeon. l3 years old of IS Broad street won tho title at the Bartlett school and Nicholas Benjamin. II of 50 Concord street became the champion of the Wash ington school.
 Some of the games had been played previously at the Bartlett school but a thunder shower inter- rupted the contest and the finals had to be postponed until yesterday. A nine year old. Frank salernf of 45s Myrtle street was the runner-up at the Bartlett where there was . large field of better than average players, but in the school finals Tur- Eeon disposed of Salerni neatly by a score of 70. Some of the outstand- ing group winners at the Bartlett were Andrew Lewis, II of c62 High street. Stanley Zmetric, Il of Davis street. Edward PotaroszeF. Il of 9s Booth street and Teddy Bozen, 10 of 102 Grove street.
 There was long list of entries st the Washington. a school which has produced former champions of high calibre. The boy who won the school title, Benjamin. made a re- markable score, winning II to O in the determining game. While he needed but to win he knocked out II for good measure.
 One thousand marbles will be given away Saturday at the finals at Willow Brock park. Not Always in Westerns
 Bill Desmond on the screen and Bill Desmond in ris dressing room are two separate persons. Bill Des- mond in the dressing room is a lik- able chap. A reporter who talked to him at the Strand learned.
 Yes have been on the stage since 1902" he said. Tt was in 1915