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TN Hack Wilson the Chicago Cub
batterS of the major leagues,
chaser comes to bat in the W,
= Athletics, his followers are &
their cries for a home run.
Wilson Is very colorful playe
80 homerS and "a other eXtra-baS
often, and his career in the series
The Mackmen have a huStlint
center field in Mule HaSS. Connie
two years ago, and after he broke
faded in 1928, Connie never made
Haas is not a mighty batter, but
he is a good one. However, it is in
the field that Haas shines.
He has a queer method of catching
flies, taking the ball almost on his
chest. But seldom does he miss, and
only six errors have been charged to
him in 1872 games. There are few
center fielders in the American League
capable Of covering more ground than
Haas, and he is likely to be the fielding
star of the outer guardians during the
series.
wilson has o chance to outbat Haas
in the series, judging by performances
over the season, unless he is COM
pletely blinded by the speed Of Lefty
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Records of Series Center Fielders

; have one of the leading home run
nd every time the, short, squat fly
rid series between the Bruins and
ing to make the parks echo with
r. He is batting .348 and has made
hits, but he Is prone to strike out
may be somewhat checkered.
young player to oppose Wilson in
Mack purchased him from Atlanta
into the game, when iris Speaker
change.
Grove and George Earnshaw. But on
fielding. Haas can outstep the broad
shouldered Hack, and throw equally
as we'll.
Wilson is one Of John McGraw's
mistakes. John had him once, and
Hack played in the world series against
Washington for the Giants. But he
was farmed to Toledo and allowed to
slip away from the New York club,
which is another proof OF Joe NC
Carthy's shrewdneSs.
Haas once had a trial with Pitts
burgh, but that club could not see
him. So now the two castoffs will
play In what promises to be one Of
the greatest Of all world series.
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More than 30 Irish-bred hunters were
bought by Americans At the recent
horse show in Dublin. The top prices
ranged from 1l.6QG to Sa000s
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ROD AND STREAM
BY Perry Miller

TOW the time for all good anglers to seek their fayorte species
~ the dropped owing
nights the commenced to bite and while
few big catches have been made enough have been
landed to satisfy all wants. -, .,
Potomac River clear at Harers Ferry and the
Falls that Potomac
that place and the river clear around washington and
beauties have been landed in the Lower
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PIRATES PASSED UP HAAS;
McCRAW SPURNED WILSON

Hack of the Cubs Is Colorful Slugger, but He
Strikes Out Often and Is Ovcrshadowed
Defensiyely by Mule of the AS.
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To man on his first k3sit to Coan
or Yeocomico the steamers Talbot ana
DOxcheatses On the XIashingt on-to-B Bal.
The Washington times., 1929-11-16
SCHEFF
COMING IN
HERBERT

Lovers Of Victor Herbert's
immortal melodies will be
gratified by the announcement
that one of the famous com.
poser's greatest works, Mile.
Modiste," has been revived in
all It's glory and viii be pre-
sented In washington ct Polls
Theater the week Of December !.
The fact that FRITZ Scheffo
who created the title role in
Mile. Modiste" nearly q quar-
ter Of q century ago, is to
again appear in the same part.
will be all that could be de-
sired.
For Miss Scheff, according to
New York's SevereSt critics, still
retains her golden voice, that
same vivacious personality, that
admirable ability and delight
full smile as of yore. Indeed, 1t
was these commendable attr1-
butes that changed the com.
plete aspect Of this revival Of
mile. Modiste.
It's popularity still continuing
there. it was obvinuS-and
hoped-that other la| Scities,
such as Baltimore, washington,
Philadelphia, Boston, ETC., would
react just as favorably-hence
the local engagement, which
promises to be one Of the most
delightful treats Of q musical
nature of the entire season.
The Washington times., 1929-11-16
PLAY
IS CALLED
FANTASTIC

One of the most promising
productions that the new sea-
son holds in store for local
playgoers is Death Takes a
Holiday" the drama by Walter
Ferris, based on a play Of the
same title from the Italian by
Alberto Casella, which will be
presented by the Professional
Players at the Shubert Belasco
Theater the week Of Novem-
Der 10.
From the standpoint OF
thrilling entertainment, Death
Takes Holiday" Is decidedly
unusual, with it's dramatically
fantastic theme. The play deals
with the appearance on earth
of Death in a mortal form, who
assumes this shape to find out
why men dread him SO and to
experience emotions that are
new to him, particularly that OF
love.
It is q theme that aroused
great discussion in Italy, where
this production is offered sue
cessfully every year, ever since
its initial presentation there in
1925. Budapest, Warsaw and
South America have also &C
claimed it, thus assuring local
theater-goers OF advertisement
that is already marked with the
stamp of success.
Excellence of character por-
trayal will be provided by Mr..
MerivaIe's fine surrounding cast
which includes James Dale,
Roland Bottomley, Viva Birkett,
Ann Orr, Martin Burton, Wal
lace Erskine, Katherine Hep
burn, Lorna Laurence, Florence
Golden, Olga Birkbeck and
others.
Lawrence Marston Is respon-
sible for the expert direction OF
the play.
The Washington times., 1929-11-16
PHILHAR M0NIC
ORCHESTRA
COMING

The New York Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra under the
local management Of T. Arthur
Smith will open its series Of
three concerts in Washington
on January z. The eminent
conductor. Willem Mengelberg.
who has won international rec
ignition for his genius In con-
Quoting, will lead the orchestra
at this opening concert.
The famous and popular con-
ductor, Arturo Toscanini, viii
conduct on January % and
Barnardino Molinari, who d.
reefs five weeks of the phil.
harmonic symphony 1929-30 sea-
son, and is one Of Europe's fore
most conductors, will lead the
orchestra on March 4.
The Philadelphia Symphony
Orchestra, under the magnetic
dominance Of its leader, Leopold
Stokowski, viii give the second
in its season series Of concerts
at the Constitution Hall on
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
of December 10 under the man
agement of T. Arthur Smith.
The Washington times., 1929-11-16
GLEAN1NGs & SCREENINGS
By ANDREW R. KELLEY

One way Of killing an I'M
desirable rumor that has spread
across this town like wildfire
is to walk boldly up and say
"It's not So" Accordingly, it was
q pleasure to welcome Harry M.
CrandaIl to the editorial sane
tum yesterday afternoon and
have the personal appearance
squelch the wild stories which
placed this Washington business
man In niche No. l Of local
Wall, Street victims.
I have been poor in my life:
In fact, began as a poor boy"
said Mr.. Crandall. Poverty
never distressed me or ruined
my health. Instead 1t was the
real incentive to make me work
harder. I think it would operate
that way again II I ever were
faced with 1t. At any rate I
never felt better in my life than
right at this moment and that's
my answer to the Stories"
BY way of explanation let
me say that 10 days ago this
department first encountered
the disturbing yarn which had
Mr.. Crandall a market casualty
and broken in health. AS it
journeyed around and was re-
told over bridge tables, in offices
and hotel Hobbies, a little bit
more of graphic detail was
added until it became a Eugene
O'Neill tragedy with no silver
lining. Another millionaire
tossed and battered by the bulls
and bears. It was unofficially
denied several times but never
before from headquarters.
"Show of Shows" the latest
Warner Brothers special, has a
list of II big names appearing
as principals, headed by John
Barrymore, who contributes a
scene from Henry w." 1t opens
at the Winter Garden in New
York on November 20 and is
booked to be shown at our own
Metropolitan Theater just be-
fore Christmas. 1t will be fol-
lowed at the same theater by
Marilyn Miller in-her first sing
ing and talking picture, the
screen version of sally"
Herbert Rawlinson, the sum-
mer master of ceremonies at
Loew's Palace and better known
as one of the earlier film
The Washington times., 1929-11-16
Richard Dix Tried 3
Times Before He
Clicked

Richard Dix started his film
career with the firm conviction
that failure was ahead Of him.
Dix, q stage player, was play
ing in a Los Angeles theater
when the screen beckoned him.
jeanne Mcpherson asked him
to have screen test made and
it was a failure. He tried again
with Los Weber and the result
was as disappointing.
So he went back to New York
and the stage. There he be-
came convinced that the screen
had jinxed him for sure. Three
successive plays in which he
appeared we're failures.
Then came the break in the
title role of 1.-The Christian. I"
and he accepted, firm in his
belief that this was going to
be both the ruination Of HIM
self and the picture. But it
was his successes. His latest pic
ture Is THE Love Doctor" now
at the Earle Theater.
The Washington times., 1929-11-16
Broadway showing around
Christmas time.

Broadway wing around
Christmas time.
Among the changes which
the talking pictures have
brought to the theater is a
marked difference in audience
behavior. A certain restless
ness is apparent when sound
apparatus gets out of kilter
which frequently finds express
sion in noisy demonstrations.
Those who can look back to
the early days of movies recall
no such fretting and impa-
thence when slide was flashed
on the screen, lone Moment
Please to Change the Reel"
The Seat-fillers Of the John
Bunny and Flora Finch era
were satisfied to take the piano
players Georgia Camp Meet
ing" as a stop-gap until the
show could go on. Today they
whistle and resort to what the
profession calls the Bird
when experimentation goes
! eschew or the screen suddenly
becomes silent when it should
be audible.
What's to be done about it
Is the question the projection
lists Of the country are discuss
ing, according to Frank Shorty,
chief projectionist at Loew's
Palace Theater, who has just
returned from a New York
meeting which discussed the
subject.
What inks the men who run
the machines (and again it is
Mr.. Storty's view, is that 101
things could happen which are
not the fault Of the man in the
booth, but for which, neverthe-
less, the audience Is inclined
to blame the unseen operator.
The sense Of the meeting was
that the projectionists must
educate the public-and par
ticularly the movie critics-so
that the real cause Of unsatis-
factory screen exhibits be
spread on the record to the
end that the practice of nam
ing the man in the booth as
the PATSY" be abolished.
It Is Mr.. Storty'S desire that
I be among the first to be
educated" and at an early
date he has volunteered to give
me the first postgraduate les
son on the mystery of the
booth and its contents.
Over in Baltimore, where the
scramble for the movie nickels.
dimes and quarters is as spirited
as it Is along our Avenue of the
Cinemas, the news comes Of a,
lively battle between rival exhi-
bitors with similar type fea-
lures. Film Daily reports it as
follows:
While the New Theater was
showing THE Cocked-Eyed
World" recently, Keith's, just
across Park Ave. from it, ad-
vertiSed, ooh, YEAH" in the
newspapers as EVERY Bit as
Good as The Cocked.Eyed
World" and J. Lawrence
Schanberger, manager, had
signs placed in the lobby with
the same words. :
Morris A. Mechanic, proprie-
tor of the New, advertised in
the daily papers: 80 good an
other theater is broadcaSting it
as The Standard of Perfec-
ton Can be initiated but
never duplicated" But on the
News sign in front of the the
alter some one wrote: "Oh,
VenhoO
The Washington times., 1929-11-16
BelascO's Boomerang"
Is Now a Talking Film

1.-THE Boomerang" long one Of
the most famous stage plays,
has been made into a Para
mount all-talking feature, with
Richard Dix in the leading role.
Dix has the role of a hand
some society doctor who spe-
cializes in curing his friends Of
love troubles, only to become
violently infected himself. The
picture is a merry farce, laid
against a background Of mod
ern youth.
1.-THE Love Doctor. is the fea-
ture attraction at the Earle
Theater this week.
The Washington times., 1929-11-16

This novel experiment will
be the first public presentation
of an exploration firm with
the description Of the expedi-
ton recorded by the leader Of
the expedition.
The picture will be Comdr. G.
M. Dyott's Hunting Tigers in
India" a voice and picture rec
ord of an important expedition
under the auspices of the Amer
lean Museum of Natural His
tory of New York. The picture
is a sequel to the great travel
film, "Simba," by Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin johnson, which was
shown in Washington last year
under the same auspices.
This picture is the first of a
series of important expedition
airy films by noted explorers.
Subsequent releases will include
the pictures and recorded lee
lures by such explorers as the
Martin Johnsons. Roy Chap
man Andrews, William Beebe.
DR.. Raymond L. Ditmars. Rob
ert CuShman Murphy, Harold
McCracken, DR.. Ernest Cadle,
Capt. Robert Bartlett. George
Palmer Putnam and others.
These pictures are being re-
corded and released by Talking
Picture Epics, a new corporation
sponsored by prominent men in
Guiding George Eastman, Daniel
e. Pomeroy, F. Trubee Davi-
son, H. P. Dawson, jr.; George
D. Pratt. Arthur H. Lockett.
George Palmer Putnam, Sidney
Colgate, Clifford Pinchot, John
B. Miller, of Los Angeles; DR..
Henry Pritchard, of California,
ond OfherS
The Washington times., 1929-11-16
TIGER HUNT THRILLS
IN THE MOVIES

new and significant for talking pictures will be
demonstrated for the first time in the world at the National
Theater, the week beginning Sunday.
The Washington times., 1929-11-16
Mutual Burlesque
Average Is Praised

BY actual count, 10S daily
newspapers published in 81 Of
the A cities constituting the
Mutual Circuit, have unreSer-
vedly pronounced this seasons
Mutual BurleSque shows the.
best ever presented upon the
burleSque stage in this country.
In Washington, Of course, the
Gayety, under the management
of Jimmy Lake is right out in
front in popularity and the
crowds are composed of thou
sands of women each week aS
well as men.
The Washington times., 1929-11-16
Sophomore" Has Cast
Below the Age Limit

Sarah Padden, well-known
character actress Of the stage.
is the only player in the cast
of 1.-The Sophomore" a Pathe
all-dialogue picture, now play
ing at the Rialto Theater, who
is over twenty-three years OF
age.
Even Leo McCarey, the direc-
tor, is one Of the youngest meg
aphone and micraphone manip-
ulators In the film industry.
The Washington times., 1929-11-16
Jane Sings

A new star In the Thurston
family introduced to Washing
ton audiences, at Polls Theater,
is Jane Thurston, the magi-
clans daughter.
The Washington times., 1929-11-16

Helen Kane, radio and stage
star sings her intimate little
songs in "Sweetie" now play
ing at Loew'S Palace. Helen
used special mikes to record
her voice properly.
The Washington times., 1929-11-16
A New Trick

Thurston will present a num-
Der of new illusions at Polls
Theater this week. One Of them
he calls the Sword Lady" In
this illusion he seemingly
plunges almost a score of gleam-
ing blades into a lady's body.
The Washington times., 1929-11-16

Romeos, has evidently decided
to pass up Hollywood. An an
nouncement from Gil Boag lex
husband of Gilda Cray sets
forth that Mr.. RawlinSon has
begun rehearSalS in new play
called city Haul" 1t was
written by Elizabeth Meile, will
be directed by Harry Wagstaff
Gribble and the role assigned
to Mr.. Rawlinson will be the,
lead.
AS its title implies, the story
concerns the storm and strife
OF municipal politics. Producer
Boag expects to open it out of
town and have 1t ready for o
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from the living or the spirits of the
dead. With them reprisals are fnvari-
ably sought, and If they kill they expect
a relative or a fellow tribesman OF the
slain to seek their life in return.
Aloique might well have thought that
something had enabled me to discern
the part he had played in the drama
and what would be more national than
that / should try to get him on the very
spot where his foul deed had been
enacted?
Although everything seemed to con-
spire against putting the final touches
TO our discoveries, I felt honor-bound
to leave no stone unturned in the
search for Col Fawcett's bones. AS the
dav progressed it was obvious that it
would be impossible to do very much
more. BY nightfall things reached such
q mitch the lives of my entire expe-
dition were at stake. No perception
was needed to see that unless we could
get clear of these awkward Indians in
double quick time, we ourselves, would
never come out alive.
In the morning the Indians started to
become aggressive. They pushed their
way into our Enclosure and openly
helped themselves to things. In some
instances they waited until no one was
watching. then deftly grabbed knife
and thrust it into the soft sand, plan
ming to recover it at some more oppor-
tune moment. We were up to these
tricks and were never so indiscreet as
to hurriedly recover the stolen goods.
We waited until the thief had gone and
then dug around until we found it.
We checked this advance by display
ing our rifles and revolvers, which up to
now had been kept in the background.
On the pretext of cleaning and testing
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them we advertised the fact that we
were able to look after ourselves.
Quack- Quiro, the troublesome Anau-
qua, was on hand as usual, watching the
proceedings. He pointed to his wife,
standing at some distance, and made an
expression of fear. The women feared
there was going to be fight. We
smiled reassuring1y at him, but we were
pleased to see the effect of our actions.
New arrivals continued to come from
all points of the compass. A few women
were among the throng. But for the
most part they were mature armed
men. They landed enthusiastically, their
faces aglow with anticipation for the
gifts they expected to receive. But their
broad smiles changed into grimaces of
disappointment when told that little
was left for them.
AS time wore on and no presents were
distributed the newcomers experienced
growing anger and Impotence.
How about all those bundles? they
asked one another, pointing to our nu-
merous packing cases full of photo
graphic and wireless gear. What did
they contain? To their way of think
ing they could only be stuffed full of
clothes and knives.
At noon a regular fleet of canoes was
sighted making its way up the Kuluene.
They appeared as fine specks in the
distance. Gradually their black out
lines became more distinct. and naked
figures were seen sifhouetted against
the waters glare. The steady flash of
countless paddles f1ickered in the SUM-
light. Quack-Quiro pointed to these
with an expression of intense satisfac-
ton.
"Kamaiula, Kamaiula, Kamaiula," he
said. "Kamaiula break boxes and help
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By G. M. DYoTT.

One sleeps uncommonly lightly in
the jungle, but on such occasions as
the last night in our Indian-beset camp
on the sandbar the slightest sound
reused one like an alarm clock.
At 5 in the morning l was electrified
into action by the muff1ed sound OF
some one walking in my direction. l
switched on my electric fashlamp ana
saw the figure OF Joao Climaco coming
toward the tent. He explained that
he was making an early start for Bal
kari Post. He told me it had been i'm
possible to get an extra canoe. Some
indians were on their way upstream to
visit us, he added, and We would be
able to barter for one with them.
Of our four bark canoes he proposed
taking three, leaving behind the larg-
est for our use down the Xingu He
then babe me good-by and pushed off.
Back once more under my mosquito
net, turned the matter over at lisure
In my mind On the whole, I was glad
that he had gone. 1t meant fewer
people to worry about. his fear Of the
Indians was infectious. The microbe
was already spreading to my own men,
particularly the camaradas, who were
upset by his obvious alarm and the
stories he circulated. With such
biluusAltS iuIlIALAS tLAAoOSAA AdJ AAAAAA =
fell asleep
At daybreak I proceeded Immediately
with my arrangements for going back
up the tKuluene with Aloique. but an
other surprise was yet to be sprung
on me. The Anauqua Indians had
vanished! Aloique. Rapatzi and Ma
tuala had decamped during the night.
If was to visit the scene of the Faw-
cett disaster, would have to reorganize
my plans aflesh.
AloiGue Feared Plot.
It seemed obvious that Aloique. be-
coming suspicious, feared some plot on
his own life and had decided to slip
off. It might be argued that he knew
nothing of the Fawcett affair, and hav-
ing made promises which he could not
possibly fulfill had fled rather than face
an embarrassing issue. This is possible,
but my knowledge of Indian psychology
makes me think differently.
The real motive which swayed
Aloioue, 1 am convinced, was fear of
my having discovered the part he played
in the crime and that / was plotting
to take his life in reprisal.
Had he not committed the murder 1t
Is possible that the reward of rifle
or clothing might have induced him to
show us all that remained of Col. Faw-
cett in the piqui grove. 1t might also
have caused him to promise more than
he could carry out. But it would not
have made him turn and run.
All Indians fear vengeance, either