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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
Cantor Still Retired

FROM Hollywood Eddie Cantor has
again denied that he plans q
Broadway stage appearance In August
Il retired" Eddie says. That still
goes"
As an indication Of his desertion Of
the legitimate musical comedy stage
Cantor points out that he Is already
at work on the script Of his second pic
ture for this season, to follow "Palmy
Days" 'Palmy Days" has just gone
into production as a successor to
'Whoopee"
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THE motor car seems doomedl
n EqufVsnr a. o.KL A. - xxa-

Flying Is said to be getting so
popular in Hollywood that ground
transportation is largely being passed
up in its favor. Transeontinental air
Lines are being patronised more and
more by Aim folk. Executives and
artists alike use these lines in travelling
from coast to coast and hardly a plane
takes of without some member Of the
industry aboard.
So productive has the Hollywood
market become that most Of the large
airplane manufacturers have establish
ed Los Angeles agencies, just as the
automobile industry has done for years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
by MARK BARON.

BY MARK BARON.
n Jew YORK. May % GP).-with
the passing Of David Belasco,
VI william A. Brady remains as
J. the last Of the old guard OF
producers BelaSco, Charles
Frchman, Klaw and Erlanger, with
others. all having passed away.
Brady still remains active, working
as hard as he did in the days when
he managed prize fighters in the day
time and rehearSed shows at night
He produces and directs-and even as
recently as 1927 he acted the leading
role In "A Free Soul" Two seasons
ago be made a fortune on Street
Scene"
Belasco's death did end the school Of
realistic producers. When he had a
actually built q drawing room. There
would be actual books in the bookcases,
real flowers in the vases and good, solid
furniture in the room.
The newer school of production,
n.sded by Robert Edmond Jones and
b;e Simonson, is not so much for real
ism as for suggestivism. Their bookcases
AID furnishings are not real, but mere
" suggest to the audience what they
should be. For instance. in Miracle
at Verdun" Simonson made cenotaph
and dozen crosses suggest huge
cemetery.
A humorous vein hit Broadway with
the two premieres of this week, the first
being an Irish comedy and the other
a musical revue.
Arthur Sinclair and Marie ONeill,
sterling performers of the Dublin stage,
returned to town In the comedy "Old
Man Murphy" the work of Patrick
Kearney and Harry Wagstaff Gribble.
Their efforts are not noteworthy, but
the fne acting of Sinclair and Miss
ONeill affords an evening of delightful
entertainment. The play probably win
not be overly popular with devout and
patriotic Irish folk. 1t takes singing
slaps at some Of the religious and per-
Sonal habits Of those who hail from
Erin.
Billy Rose brings out his second revue
In Crazy Quilt" with Phil Baker Ted
Healy and Fannie Brice as stars. It is
a berserk, tuneful and humorous show,
replete with beautiful girls.
It is also q smart Summer show, and
rarely does 1t drop down among the
mediocre and dull The music is uni
formly splendid, but there are no hits
like Cheerful Little Earful' and over
night" of Roses previous Sweet and
Low"
Weber and Fields. Broadway's ia
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Late New York News

nous slapstick comedians Of that era
from 1896 until 1904, are to return to
the stage together in new musical
show They plan TO bring back several
Of the faces which appeared with them
in their old music hall.
Weber and Fields were the czars Of
Broadway in their day. Among those
who played with them were: Lillian
Russell David Warfleld, Fay Templeton.
Anna Held, Sam Bernard, Marie Dress
Ter, Cissy LOTUS, William Collier, the
Dolly sisters and De Wolfe Hopper.
There aren't many of these that can
appear again with the comic team.
David Warfield might be persuaded to
come out of retirement. but It is doubt
full. Marie Dressler and Cissy LOTUS
are being paid too high salaries In talk
ing pictures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

eX-nltSpano or MS
wife.
ELISA Lands
second picture,
Always Goodby, Z"
the story Of a
woman who loves
'em and as quickly
forgets EN-, until
one day she strikes
a masculine Snag,
viii be the Fox
feature for the new
W e Elk beginning
Friday of this
week, with Fan
cilone and Marcos
Topical Tunes"
for the stage show.
Gloria Swanson
nttaf fNf4a0r AFae.,.am
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ON THE HORIZON

w WINNIE LIGHTNER will be
the star Of the screen fea-
wv ture, Geld Dust Gertie," at
Warmers Earle, beginning
Saturday. with a fine stage
show for reinforcement. Gold Dust
Gertie" IS a Warner-Vitaphone produc-
ton, with story Of divorcee who.
wherever she goes, Is sure to meet an
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First National IS filming the Booth
Harrington adventures Of 1Penrod and
Sam" In the cast are Leon Janney,
Junior Coghlan, Matt Moore, Zasu Pitts
and Gertrude Howard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24

Shearer rs the screen star OF the at
traction at Loew's Columbia, in her new
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DANCING.

DANCING.
PEMBRRTON STUDIO on DANCE
stage aud Ballroom Daneing
1924 Cenm. Ave, North S322. 7e'
MAE DAVIeONs
Bali Room Class Tuesday evenings, Teach
InE and Praettee, z e N. etaee DaneinG,
summer. Studio 1870 II NV. hens Natl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
SHORT FLASHES.

REBE DANIELS is one of Holly
woods wealthiest women. She
owns three fine houses and has
been offered large sums for her
sword and book collections. But
music is her real hobby.
Walter Huston, long before his
success in Abraham Lincoln, Z"
was a member of a vaudeville
team, Whipple and Huston. Also,
he was once a player with To-
ronto stock company.
Charlie Chaplin's London repre-
sentative denies that the comedian
refused to appear at a command
performance for King George.
Charlie. the repreSeI. tative says,
simply refused to take part in a
benefit show for variety artists.
King George had nothing to do
with the matter, as the invitation
came from theater manager.
Lew Ayres has signed a five
year contract with Universal.
The Eugene O'Neill play Strange
Interlude" will not be made into
a movie until next year. Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer will produce.
Conrad Veidt and Camille Horn
have been signed by Paramount to
play in foreign language pictures.
Ramon Novarro, now working in
Son Of India" may become an
independent producer of English,
French and Spanish sound pic
lures. He has been having con-
siderable trouble with Metro
GOldWyn Mayer over foreign YER
sions and is down on the COM
pany's year program for only one
picture.
1t is said that the next Charlie
Chaplin picture will be a burlesuue
on gang affairs. However, Chi
cago may object If her strife Is
not considered seriously.
Clifford McLaglen, brother of
Victor, plays the leading role in
Ropes of Sand"
Neil Hamilton will appear with
Helen Hayes in Lullaby"
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X
with its annual production
announcement. listing a number
of important picture for the COM
ing IL months For instance, we
are to have Dolores Del Rio in
The Dove" Richard Dix and
Irene Dunno in Frontier" Dix
and Dunno in "Marcheta," Lily
Damita in THE Sphinx Has
Spoken" Irene Dunno in THE
Other Passport" Bert Wheeler and
Robert Woolsey in Girl Crazy"
Full of Notions" and IAN at Sea-;
Edna May Oliver in Fanny Foley
Herself" Lily Darnita in THE
Woman Between" Lowell Sherman
j.. Divorce Lawyer" and 1.-The
Aristocrat." Ina Claire in Folly, 9"
Hope Williams in "Pent House, ,
Richard Cortez in Dance, Gigolo.
Dance; Dolores Del Rio in The
Last Virtue" Evelyn Brent in
Travelling Husbands" and Chic
Sale in number of short reels.
Fannie Hurst has been employed
TO concentrate upon a story TO be
known as Symphony of Six Mil
lion" Louis Weitzenkorn, author
of THE Five Star Final" is writ
ing Glamour" and Lester Cohen,
author Of the novel "Sweepings,"
is at work on Exposed"
Another German, this time
claimed to be her c0untTfS
leading actress, has GTrfUed tn
HolIy1Dood and signed q con-
tract. She is Lii DngoUer, and
she negotiated NTH First Ma
ttoHdL for HDe months before
signing her name on the dotted
line. LII 1Dds Dery particular tn
haDtng q contract clause tOhtch
nIEotUed her to select her first
story and her first dtreGor.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
.Pickups and
Putouts
By GEORGE A. SIMPSON

By GEORGE A. SIMPSON
Alexandria High and George
Mason High, also of Alexan-
dria, Va, will have separate
football and basketball teams
next year. the schools were
athletically combined under the
Alexandria High cOlOrS this
past season. Bobby Darley
played three complete baseball
games in Alexandria last Sun
day. must have felt tired the
following. day. George A.
Simpson, of the Columbia, No.
4, Firemen, is the only unde-
feated SandlOt pitcher in Alex
andria. M arsh Smit h,
younger brother of Kermit
Smith, won three letters at
the University of Richmond. D..
the older Smith, a former
Alexandria boy, is pitching for
a semi-prO team in Chicago.
he defeated Grover Cleveland
Alexander, the latter with the
House of Davids, before 10000
last week. Al Stern, who has
promoted several sports enter
prises here, is in charge of the
Central Labor Union benefit
fair,
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
.ND,U.ST|CKNEN
PROMISING

Quite a few capable lacrosse
prospects will go up to the Mary
land University varsity squad next
spring from Ed Smiths yearling
aggregation that showed good
deal of skill in spite of the fact
that it won only one game of five
played.
It was a green bunch that began
the season and which displayed a
pleasing brand of lacrosse in the
final tilt with the Navy Plebes
that was lost by only 3 to 4.
The team lined up in the late
games as follows:
George M. Miller, goal; John
Mayhew, point; Howard Shinn,
cover point; Charles Rittenhouse,
first defense; Sam Silber, second
defense; John Monk, third de-
fense; John Simpson, center;
Rufus Vincent, third attack; Bob
Snyder, second attack; James Nc
Donald, first attack; Frank HaW-
kins, out home; Stewart Coughlan,
in home.
Others who figured in the
games were Charles Cleveland,
Russell Lampson, James Crotty,
Robert Poole, Everett Diggs, Joe
Every and Wilbur Wright.
Harris, BOnard Mencken, Robert
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
Make EN- Move

It might not be bad idea
for william Harridge, whose
first official act after assum-
ing the presidency of the Amer
lean League was to appoint the
venerable Tommy Connolly as
his advisor in the matter of
umpires, to instruct Connolly
to give, the league a better
brand of umpiring.
Uniform decision and proceed
ure, such as has not been re-
vealed in any great quantities
hereabouts lately, is what base
ball needs in order to give all
hands a fair shake-teams and
fans alike.
To us the umpires have many
times appeared listless, lazy and
disinterested. They call deci-
sions from distances that are
not necessary if they would
run to be on top of plays and
cease trying to run a game
from a spot as big as dime.
without appearing to wax
personal, the last three gentle
men in blue who umpired here
seemed to need to go into train
ing, just as ball players, so that
indeed they would be able to
run out plays, right along with
the players.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
CANADIAN STAR
EXTENDED

CHICAGO, June 18.-None but
seeded players remained today in
the Western singles tennis tourna-
ment, most of them advancing
easily yesterday.
Marcel Rainville, Canadian star,
was pushed, however, to defeat
Roland Nord, young Chicago
player, 6-3, 8-6, and may not
win the title as predicted.
Harris Coggeshall. Des Moines,
defending champ, won handily
ovr Eugene Quinn, Chicago, 6-1,
60, and Herbert Bowman, New
York, one of the favorites. de-
feated Art Kaiser, Oak Park,
Ga, 60. Others to reach the
quarter finals were Scott Rex
niger, University of Chicago Big
Ten champion; Charles Lejeck,
George Jennings, national public
parks champion; George O'Con-
nell, and Frank O'Connell.
Ruth Oexman, Cincinnati,
seeded Number Five in women'S
singles, was defeated by Emily
Johnson, Detroit, 4-6, Ga, IS
in the only upset so far in the
tournament.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18

different type of shot is called
for. The explosion shot is best
adapted to loose, dry sand.
In wet, packed sand you will
do better to "pick the ball off"
with niblick or mashie niblick.
Use the niblick if the distance
is very short and the bunker
rise ahead of you is sharp.
Use the mashie niblick, or
even the mashie, if you have
IS or 20 yards to go, and no
bunker to clear. Take the ball
at the point where it appears
to meet the sand. Swing the
blade clear through, keeping it
faced to the pin. Hold your
head very still and avoid NOV
ing your body. Restrict wrist
action, making your swing
with your arms. Loose wrists
make accuracy and precision
difficult.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
GOODMAN RATES
GOLF CHOICE

MINNEAPOLIS, June 18-
Johnny Goodman. brilliant young
Omaha golfer, was favored today
to win the transmississippi tourna-
ment over the Golden Valley
course.
He was among the eight SUR
vivors with two hard victories yes
terday. defeating Allan Labatt, of
Minneapolis, 2 up, and Oenmar
Miller, Des Moines, 4 up.
UpSetS were Strewn along the
course, among them being Rob-
ert McCrary, champion for two
years, who went down before
DIR. Paul Barton, Davenport,
Iowa, 2 and l.
Fred Dold, of Wichita, Kan,
surprised with a win over L. F.
Bud" Maytag, of Des Moines;
Berry Hill, Colorado Springs, heat
Art Tveraa, Minneapolis, 6 and 5;
Earl Larson, Minneapolis, won
from Nathan Grimes. Denver, 4
and 3; and Bill Fowler, Minncap-
oils, sunk Harry Strassburger,
Colorado Springs, and 3.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
Al Singer Returns
To Rin0 TOniqht

NEW YORK, June 18.-Al
Singer. of New York, former
lightweight champion of the
world, will attempt a comeback
tonight in a 10-round bout with
Lew Massey, hard-hitting Phila-
delphian, at Madison Square
Garden. Singer, now under the
management of his brother, has
been impressive in gymnasium
workouts and is an 8 to S
favorite.
Massey has defeated such
sterling fighters as Bat Battalino,
Bud Taylor and Eddie Shea.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
Umpiring Not So Hot

And while we are discussing
the st. Louis series, maybe it
would not be amiss to mention
the deplorable umpiring dis
played. The officiating was in
consistent and loose.
We feel we may call atten-
ton to this at the moment, be-
cause it can in no way be con-
strued as the squawk of a
loser. However, winners and
losers alike will suffer in the
long run from such haphazard
arbitrating.
= In one game an umpire
would not call in the plate
or chief umpire to review a de-
cision and in the next the ad-
vice and guidance of the head
umpire was solicited.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
DEMPSEY THIRD
MAN IN RING

RENO, New, June 18 G.N.SD.
Jack Dempsey will referee the
2O-round fight he is promoting
here July 4 between Paolino
Uzcudun, Basque woodchopper,
and Max Baer, California heavy
weight.
DenmSy today announced be
had agreed to the demands
of Baer and UZcudun that he
act as third man in the ring.
Because of his promotional
duties Dempsey had attempted to
sidestep the referee job. but
Welded to the demands of the
fighters when they declared 1t
would be impossible to agree upon
another man.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18

ball comes to
rest in such
water in a
trap. Obvious
ly, water is
no part of
t h e &C II
course in such
p | a C eS, and
may thus be
lif t e d and
dropped at a
p o i n t no
n e a r er the
p in When
the sand is
wet, however,
a somewhat
The Washington times., 1931-06-18


The play was striking, from
the standpoint of close students
Of play and Cronin showed
the rarest judgment in gaug-
ing his position midway be-
tween West and Spencer and
otherwise feeling out the prob
able length of Vests throw
and then pivoting and timing
his own throw to Spencer.
It was as pretty a play as
you will see in a blue moon,
perfectly executed, and it was
one of the important turning
points of a very hectic game.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
Dempsey to Referee
Bder-PGOLinO Match

RENO, New, June 18.-It ap-
peared almost certain today that
Jack Dempsey would be the third
man in the ring when Max Baer
and Paolino Uzcudun come to-
gether here July 4.
Despite Dempsey's declaration
that he would rather they could
agree to some man other than
himself, both Make and the
bouncing Basque emphatically in
sisted that none other than the
Manassa Mauler would satisfy
them.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
TEAM OPENS
WITH TRIBE
TOMORROW
BY GARRETT WATERS

CLEVELAND, June 18.-Al-
though the Griffmen have ex-
perienced an unusually success
full time of it the past two
months, they still must win the
majority of their games on this
second invasion of the west, if
they are to be anywhere by the
Fourth of July.
Really more than the majority
of games will have to be won if
the Philadelphia AS continue to
keep going as they have of re-
cent date.
The Griffs start this western
trip two and one.half games be-
hind the AS. A close margin.
but it can grow larger if a sud.
den losing streak should hit
Manager JohnSon'S men.
But why think of this at
time when the team is going
stronger than in the cham.
piOnShip days of 1924 and
1925? It is the contention of
both President Clark Griffith
and Manager Walter Johnson
that the boys will continue
their good work, that the
pitching will hold up and that
the team will keep within
striking distance of the AS.
Pitching will be the important
factor. If the starting gang of
Jones, Brown, Fischer, Crowder
and Burke can continue to win,
with Marberry and Hadley in re-
serve, then can everybody feel
safe that the chances of winning
the pennant in that gruelling
stretch run during July and Au-
gust will be strong.
Open Invasion Tomorrow
The Griffmen play five games
with the Cleveland Indians on
this first stop, incidentally. A
single game will open ceremonies
tomorrow, while a double-header
is listed Saturday. Single games
on Sunday and Monday close the
series.
Detroit will be the next stop
according to the schedule. Four
games in three days are listed
With Manager Bucky Harris
gang. Chicago, for a five. game
set, will be the next stop while
three engagements in St. Louis
will close the trip as far as the
Western teams are concerned.
From st. Louis the Grlftmen
travel all the way to New York.
A July 4 double-header is listed
there before the games in Wash
ington with the Philadelphia AS
on July S, 6 and Z.
Manager Johnson was glad that
today was an off day for his team.
He figures it will give SAD Sam
Jones, his pitcher for tomorrow,
an excellent chance to start with
greater vim and vigor in an en-
deavor to keep the Griffmen's
winning streak intact. 1t has now
reached II straight games.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
Shires for Burns

Now just one more thing and
we'll have baseball all steamed
cleaned and pressed for today.
The st. Louis Browns look to
us like something better than
a last place team. To give as
good a team as washington
the struggles they did yester-
day and Monday in order to
win, the Browns must needs
have something. We believe
if Owner Philip DeCatsby Ball
would pull Art Shires in from
Milwaukee and use him in
place Of Burns at first, the far
Western aggregation could be
improved. What d'u think of
such a suggestion, Mr.. Ball?
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
Jack Johnson DOIUn
For Exhibition Bout

OAKLAND, Calf, June 10.
Jack Johnson, former heavy
weight champion of the world,
was scheduled to meet Chief
Whitehorse, Indian heavy, in a
three round exhibition here
Wednesday night.
Eddie Jorge and Roberto Rob
erti, italian heavyweight con-
tender, are matched for the TO-
round main event.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
Chester Horton, Washington Times
Nationwide Poll on Golf Ball

Chester Horton, noted golf authority and writer has
started poll the golf ball. This poll is being
carried among the newspapers to which Horton
furnishes golf lessons, The Washington Times being
among them.
It is the aim to find the sentiment among the
golfers for against the larger and lighter ball which
into official use on January l.
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*Standing a year ago today.
+Games behind leader.
Yesterdays Results
Brooklyn, 2; Pittsburgh. 0.
TOday's Games
Pittsburgh at New York, clear.
Chicago at Brooklyn 1.-TWO games).
Cincinnati at philadelphia.
ST Louis at Boston.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
MATE. CHOICE.
IN AMERICAN
DERBY

WASHINGTON PARK, June
18.-Make way for the East in
Saturdays $4,000 American
Derby. Here they come-Mate,
Sun Meadow and Lightning Bolt.
It appears that these three thor
oughbreds from the yonder slopes
of the AlleghenieS will get all
the cream in the twenty-third re-
newal of the American Derby.
What is to beat them? If one
is to Judge by the last Derby
trial, the Vests chief hopes are
in Spanish Play and Boys Howdy.
And these two colts, good as they
are, seem a bit outclaSSed by the
trio that has come to Chicago
from New York.
Mate Choice
Mate, owned by A. C. Pete"
BostWick, New York millionaire
sportsman and gentleman rider,
was an 8-to-5 favorite today with
Sun Meadow second choice. All
others were at liberal figures. in
cluding Lightning Bolt.
BOStwick's colt won the Freak
ness early in May by a length
and a half from Twenty
Grand. Then in their next
meeting, in the Kentucky Derby,
the son of Prince PalKilIa-
shandra was third to the red
cyclone with Sweep All in Sec
Ond place.
It is on these two performances
that Mate has been installed
favorite. Many of the colts ad-
mirers say he is really a better
horse now than before.
But Sun Meadow, carrying the
silks of Mrs. Katherine Elkins
Hit, of Washington, has an ex-
cellent chance. In the Belmont
stakes last Saturday, this big
chestnut raced right with the
speedy Jamestown for a mile
and a quarter, the distance Of
the derby. In the final quarter
of that mile and half grind,
Sun Meadow was still running
gamely to nose out Jamestown by
head for the place. 1t was
only Twenty Grand, the super
horse of the year, that defeated
Sun Meadow, and it was a quar-
ter of a mile farther than they
go Saturday.
Of course, there will be a much
bigger field in the derby than
in the Belmont, and both Sun
Meadow and Mate will have to
fight their way clear before they
start on the long strides of
which they are capable.
A Real Dark Horse
Lightning Bolt is a daughter-in-
law of Twenty Grand, and won
the Florida Derby for Mrs. John
Hay Whitney.
Since then he has not had too
much racing, and in his only
start here trimmed a fast band
of derby eligibleS over a seven
furlong distance. He may be,
because of his freshness, a real
dark horse in the race.
Spanish Play, a tough-luck
horse; Boys Howdy, the Canadian
invader, and Oswego carry the
principal hopes of the West.
The derby field will come from
the following: Sun Meadow, Mate,
Lightning Bolt, Boys Howdy,
Spanish Play, Oswego, Ladder,
Sunny Lassie, Morpheus, Knights
Call, Up, Don Leon, The Mongol,
Pittsburgher, joey BibbS, Prince
D'Amour, Abdel, No More and
Scotland's Glory, the last four be-
ing doubtful to the extreme.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
SMEDAL LEADS CREW

NEW YORK, June 18.-Har-
old Smedal, of Madison, Wis, will
captain the University of Wis
consin's crew next year. Smedal,
who rowed at No. S in the
Badger eight in the Poughkeepsie
regatta, was elected at a ban
ouet rendered to the crew by
Wisconsin alumni here last night.