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The Washington times., 1931-10-19

kept following the ponies. And
then, soon, there was nothing.
One day-and it was only
about 10 months ago-Fred
was walking down Sunset Boule.
ward in Hollywood. A man
passed him, looked around,
hesitated for a moment and
then turned and spoke to the
great screen star.
He Hears of Mary
It was one of the men who
had been with Fred in the
burlesque troupe years and
years before. Fred was not a
high-hatting fool. He talked
with this man-talked with him
as though he were a long lost
pal.
During the conversation, the
old friend asked Fred If he
remembered Mary, the soub-
rette of the company. Fred
nodded.
"Mary's dyin'," said the old
trouper. shes got the old
con in a bad way. Amt livin'
far from here, either. She's
hangin' out in Santa Monica
an I got the address in my
pocket"
He looked at Fred hesitat-
ingly.
Maybe, he muttered apollo
getically, you'd like to have
it,"
Fred nodded eagerly. And
ten minutes later he was on
his way to the address that
the old trouper had given him.
The woman was dying. No
question about that. Fred
called in the finest specialists
in California, but there was
nothing they could do. He spent
$4,000, $4,000, $5,000-but the
woman could not be saved.
Finds Her Dying
The woman knew she was
dying. She looked up at Fred,
one of the greatest of the
screen stars. She smiled wanly
and pressed his hand.
Tell me-" she murmured,
why are you doing this for
me?"
Fred'sg eyes grew misty, .
do YOU remember, " he asked,
"long, bng time ago when I
was just punk kid, and you
were a soubrette of our show?
And do you remember a horse
called Barney that you gave
me a dollar to bet on and
that came in at 20 to 1T'
Mary nodded weakly. She
could barely talk.
When He Paid Off
"Yes," she whispered weakly,
"but it was So very, very long
ago. You couldn't make the
bet in time. Why speak of that
now?"
Fred bit his lower lip.
You're wrong" he whis.
pered, I'VE did make that bet
in time. Barney won that race
but he never paid off until
just now. Now, hope, all bets
are square"
The next day Mary died.
With a smile.
The Washington times., 1931-10-19
Payette Carrying On
From InvaIid's Couch

John ]. Payette, Warner
Brothers: zone manager, who
was seriously injured in an auto
mobile accident 10 days ago, has
left Garfield Memorial Hospital
and is now at home.
Mr.. Payette who suffered a
fractured hip injury and a broken
wrist, has been pronounced out
of all danger and will be as "flt
as fiddle" in six or eight
weeks, the time necessary for
bone healing. He is now .resum
ing his duties carrying on the
circuit business from his home.
The Washington times., 1931-10-19
Won Stroheim Acts,
But Likes to Direct

Erich Won Stroheim is con
ceded to be one of the greatest
actors who ever appeared in
films yet he has conducted a con
stant fight with the motion pic
ture industry to be a director
and has directed many pictures
His latest role is an important
one in the Radio picture. Friends
and Lovers" now showing at
R-K-O Keith's Theater.
The Washington times., 1931-10-19
oe Cooks
Musical toN tcnaI
All In q bay
By
MARK HELLlNCER
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.

NEW YORK. Oct. 49,
Working in California at the moment is one OF the
greatest picture stars who lived. Because IL can
make no difference and because that is not his name
will call him Fred.
Some 20 years ago Fred not famous picture
star. AS matter of strict fact, he was punk KID
about 18 years of age And he earned his living by
playing bits with burlesque company that specialized
in one-nght stands through the Middle West.
The Washington times., 1931-10-19

p ! yin G for a
berth in Doug.
las Fairbanks
air-trip to South
America.
The avalanche
of letters con.
tinueS at such
a p ce tn a t
Doug now is
5 e n d / NJ g ou {
form cards with
this inscription:
Il greatly ap.
2reciate your in
;ereSt in offer.
,ng to accom-.
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Discovery

Barbara Weeks, Samuel Gold.
wyn's newest discovery, makes her
debut as a featured player in
Eddie Cantor's new comedy,
''Palmy Days" current at Loew's
Columbia Theater.
The Washington times., 1931-10-19

auQlenCe lnCO a
pleasant state
of hill r / t y
with Fine and
D a n d y" .as
bright and as
c ! e v e r a
musical comedy
as has come
this way in a
c o u p ! e Of
seasons.
rum y m a II
c o o K is
slightly m or e
lunatic tn a n
usual, revealing
The Washington times., 1931-10-19

Paramount has given Twenty.
four Hours" the benefit of a
crackerjack cast but it is Miriam
The Washington times., 1931-10-19
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

Joe Cook, versatile comic
from Evansville, Ind.-and proud
Of it-worked a Sunday night
The Washington times., 1931-10-19

Was an Honest Boy
one thing about Fred, he
prided himself on his honesty.
There are kids like that-even
though there aren't very many.
The entire burlesque troupe
swore by Fred. And, in his
way, he was fairly happy.
In Fred's troupe there was a
sodbrette whose name-let US
say-was Mary. Mary was a
girl who was destined to play
on and on, without getting
any further than where she
started. There are many like
her, too.
Mary had one passion. She
loved to play the ponies. Re-
gardless Of where the company
was playing, she would always
try to get a bet down on a
nag she had doped to win.
And somebody was generally
around to take her money.
One morning they struck a
town where they were to play
for three days. This amounted
to a seasons run for this COM
pany, and there was plenty Of
excitement among the members
of the troupe. Three days IN
one town! Wow!!
Just before the curtain for
the matinee of the third day.
Mary called Fred into her
dressing room. She pointed TO
a racing chart.
Gets a Real Hunch
Listen. kid" she chirped,
you've placed plenty of bets
for me before. But I've got
one today that feels like a real
hunch. Hop over to the
bookie you've played with the
last two days and get down a
bet on Barney in the fifth
race.
"Here's a dollar. Bet it
right on the nose. Remember
it now, Barney in the fifth;
Got it? Good! Now beat lt!
Fred raced for the dressing
room and headed for the street.
AS he was about to rush from
the theater. the doorman stop"
ped him.
The doorman spread his own
race chart before him. Then
he laughed heartily.
so she's playin' Barney, Is
she? Well, we'll, well. She's
lust as dumb as 1 thought she
was-and that's sayin' heaps.
Lemme tell you somethin', son.
that horse amt got one chance
in a million.
He Keeps the Dollar
"I've been playin' horses for
more years than you've lived
and I know. That horseu be at
least 20 to / and she amt got a
ghost of a chance"
In the end, Fred kept the
dollar in his pocket. And, dur
ing the show an hour later,
they told him that Barney had
won. The odds were 20 to !.
Fred was on the verge of in
sanity. He could not possibly
get the $21 to give Maryland
he couldn't tell her the truth.
So he lied.
Mary" he cried, your
horse won! Barney won! But
please don't be angry at me.
/ couldn't get your bet down.
I forgot about it. And when
/ got there, I was just few
seconds late. Please don't be
angry, Mary. Here's your dol
lar back"
Takes lt~Calmly
Mary took her dollar and
patted Fred on the back.
Its all right, kid" she said.
This isn't the first tough
break that little Mary has
caught in life-and it amt
gonna be the last. You've been
a square kid and I like you.
More than like you, I trust you.
"It amt your fault, kid. For
get it. 80"
Fred became one of the
greatest screen stars of all time.
His pictures will be shown as
an example of the current
day in art, I feel, long after
most of us are helping the
daisies grow. The talkies have
made him an even greater star.
Mary went the way of most
soubrettes of burlesque. She
played on and on until nobody
wanted her any longer. Then,
with the little she had left, she
m5aWRREE1 NunnapauSan..a
The Washington times., 1931-10-19
1000 Are Eager
To Fly With
Fairbanks
By HARRISON CARROLL

Dy HAnnASON OAhnOLA
Copyright, 1881, Premier Syndicate)
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 19.-More
than 1000 people, thirsting for
adventure, have written in, ap-
The Washington times., 1931-10-19
Is
Winner Of
"a Hours
"TwENrY.FoUR HOURS"

T.. "TwENTY-FOUR HOURS"
At the Metropolitan Theater.
A Paramount Picture directed
by Marion Gering. Based on the
novel by Louis Bromfisld.
THE CAST
Give Brook. Jim Townsr
Kay Francis. Fanny Towner
Miriam Hopkins. 80. Rosie Dugan
Regis Toomey Tony BruZzi
George Barber. Hector Champion
AdrienRs Ames. Ruby Wintringham
Charlotte Granville. Savina JerrOld
Minor Watson David MelbouTn
Lucille La Verne. Mrs. Dacklehorse
Wade Bnteler. Pat Hsaly
Robert KOrtman. Dave, the Slapper
Malcolm Waite. ..........M Murphy
Thos. Jackson. Police Commissioner
The Washington times., 1931-10-19

nOpklIlS W II !
lays hold ol
this ne m {
and races neat
ly away with
the honorS.
This S c a t
tered and epi
sodic tre a t
ment of Louis
B rom f | el d.
hectic nov
m a keS arrest
in entertain
m e n t, ever
though it pc
litely ignor re
r -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
SATURDAY TO SEE
| REAL GRID START
Foot Ball This Week Gets
Under Way in All Sections
of Country.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n YEw YORK, September al
nj Americas colleges will start
" saying it with foot balls in large
quantities this Saturday. And
they'll be saying it steadily from now
on until late in November.
AS usual, a score or SO teams already
have jumped the gun and opened the
1891 campaign and few others will
postpone their initial games until Oc-
tober 3, but for the large majority,
September IS will be the oficial OPEN
ing day.
With tune-up games the rule, out
standing attractions are hard to md,
but they can be found If search Of the
foot ball states Is carried out diligently.
The west coast, for instance, pro-
vides q clash between Utah, perennial
champions of the Rocky Mountain Con-
ference, against washington of the Pa
cine Coast Conference. Southern Cal
kornia will play Slip Madigan's strong
st. Mary eleven, the oregon Aggies
tackle another Rocky Mountain Con-
ference team, Colorado University CAL
lifornia takes on Santa Clara and STAN
ford plays the Olympic Club of San
Francisco.
Two Southern Conference games will
be played, Duke battling South Carolina
and Tulane playing Mississippi, while
most of the other conference teams will
swing into action. although against nom
conference opposition.
The Colorado Aggies will travel due
East from their Rocky Mountain strongs
hold to meet the strong Kansas squad
of the Big Six while Texas Christians
Horned Frogs viii play host to Louisiana
State Of the Southern Conference
In the Big Ten only Indiana, Mime
sofa and Chicago will start the season
this week. Indiana plays the strong
Ohio University eleven; Minnesota
tackles North Dakota State and Chi
cago plays Hillsdale Of Michigan and
Cornell College of Iowa In . double
header.
The opening in the East is general,
although few teams, such as Yale
Harvard, Princeton, Penn and Navy will
wait another week.
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s. FAIR GOLFERS
START TITLE PLAY
Enid Wilson, British Cham
pion, Center of Interest
in Event at Buffalo.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ UFFALO, N. Y, September IL
- The thirty-fifth annual wom-
ems United States golf cham
pionsnip today attracted IS
contestants to the Buffalo Country
Club.
MRS. Glenna Collect Ware, five times
winner, is defending her title.
The course was drenched yesterday
by rain.
Eighteen-hole medal play today de-
termines 50 oualifiers for match play,
beginning tomorrow and ending Satur-
day.
Making her tournament bow in this
country, Miss Enid Wilson, young and
towering British champion, was the
center Of interest.
Miss Maureen circuit of Englewood,
N. j., with a rs, had the lowest OF the
pre-tournament rounds.
The course is nicely suited to Miss
CIRCUITS long-iron game and likewise
favors Mrs. Ware, Miss Hicks and Miss
Wilson.
The course is e,475 yards. with q
woman's par Of 81.
Three former champions entered
Miss Margaret Curtis Of Boston, Mrs
Helen B. Stetscn Of philadelphia and
Miss Marion Rollins of Los Angeles.
Favorties include Mrs. Ware, the
Misses Helen Hicks, Maureen, circuit
and Enid Wilson, Mrs. o. s. Hill, West
ern champion; Mrs. Lecna Pressler OF
Los Angeles, O finalist in the 1929 tour
nament: Mrs. Marion Turpie Lake OF
New York and Miss Virginia Van VIE
of Chicago. runner-up in 1929 and last
year.
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BRENTWOOD HAWKS
GRIDIRON HUSTLERS
Three Drills a Week Prime Team
for Capital City League Race.
% in Squad.

BRENTWOOD, Nd, September al
Candidates for the Brentwood Hawk
foot ball team are drilling three times a
week in preparation for participation In
the Capital City League
Perry Wilkinson, Mount Rainier High
School coach, and former Blue Ridge
College athlete and coach, Is tutoring
the Hawks. who will drill tomorrow
morning at $50 o'clock on the Mount
Rainier base ball field. Regular work
outs are held each Tuesday and Thurs
day nights on the same field under
fioodlights.
Twenty-three are striving for berths,
including Tex Holte. Dan Histon, r.
Casey and @. Thompson. ends; Joe
Stephenelli, q. Aldee, o. Traver. z.
Grant and Williams, tackles; John
Beall, Joe Robey and p. Traver. guards:
s. Fellner and Coombs. centers, and Joe
Healy. w. Fellner. Claude Simpson, z.
Abbott, B. McAanus, H. Harstact. p.
Walker. j. Sorrell and L. Herbert, backs.
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THOMAS CHIEF COG
OF VIRGINIA ELEVEN
Great All-Around Back to Weigh
About 17S-Sippley Is Out
for Some Time.

Bill Thomas, Virginia Captain of feot
ball, again will carry the burden of
the Cavalier attack.
The punting Of Thomas Is going to
be almost as important to the Cava-
liers as his passing and his ball carry
ing. Fred Dawson, Virginia's new head
coach, has been spending much time
in punting practice with Thomas.
Last Fail Thomas and Frank Sip
pley both averaged gains of q few
inches more than i've yards.
Sippley viii spend the rest Of Sep
TENDER and much Of October on the
side lines nursing a cracked shin bone
1t happens that Virginia has several
rather prominent youngsters who are
trying for backfeld posts.
Thomas Is a few pounds heavier
than last Fall and will probably weigh
178 pounds when the season gets I'M
der way.
At defensive play Thomas is just
as good as on offense. In fact, his
skill at bringing down runners won
him much favor in more than one
game last Fall when opposing players
were in the open and seemingly clear
for . touchdown.
Virginia's first big game of the
season Is with Maryland. q Southern
Conference rival, on october TO-.
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C. U. SHOOTS WORKS
IN FOOT BALL DRILL
Bergman Gives Squad Final Stiff
Workout Before Battle With
B. C. Saturday.

The most strenuous workout of Cath
Ole University's 1891 foot ball training
season is scheduled at the Brookland
Bowl this afternoon. At 1880 O'Clock
promptly q program Of toll carefully
mapped out by Head Coach Arthur
Bergman viii be launched.
The entire squad, reunited after o
period Of examinations, has been or
dered to open up with its best In q
scrimmage. Vigorous tackling, cfaarg-
ing, blocking and ball running smack
ing Of the real thing viii be stressed.
Todays exhaustive drill viii be the
last prior to Saturdays Boston College
game. Much lighter work, conferred
around fundamentals, is TO wind up the
preparatory period tomorrow and We'd
nesday.
End Coach George Volk viii be par
ticularly active. Selection Of substi-
tute wingman to replace Vincent Fraatz,
veteran dependable, who Is hmping on
q sprained ankle, is his task.
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EMERSON ELEVEN
WILL PLAY TWICE
Displays Wares Tomorrow.
Four Tits Friday and
Pair on Saturday.
BY EDWARD A. FULLER, JR.

HRIEKS Of the referees whistle,
the thump of rugged toe against
IL leather and the resultant sweep
Of the oval, the flash and the
beauty Of the spectacular forward pass,
the crash Of the line bonbardm ent.
the breath-taking drama Of the long
run
Yep, you guessed 1t. Foot ball n
among Us again and schoolboy elevens
around these diggtn's are all set for q
large season.
Seven games are scheduled for the
scholastics this week as they open COM
petition.
All the public high elevens save
Business and Western are carded for
action. The Stenogs viii not get down
to serious work until tomorrow, while
Westerns candidates viii get on the
field for the FIRST time tomorrow
THIEF interest centers in the show
~ ings Of Tech, Central and Eastern,
who at this early date appear
almost certain to battle It out for the
public high crown won for the last four
years by Tech.
All three will see action Friday
Tech will meet Baltimore Poly and
Central will face Baltimore City in en-
counters in the Free State metropolis
and Eastern will move on the Old Do
mfnion for O setto with Episcopal High
at Alexandria. The Central Baltimore
City game will be played at night.
Emerson will play twice during the
week, meeting National Training
School eleven tomorrow on the latter's
grid and going to Orange. Va, Satur-
day to engage Woodbury. Forest
Devitt's game with Alexandria High
at Alexandra Friday is the other tilt
on the weeks list.
TECH lost to Poly last season, o to 2,
i and Eastern was beaten by Epis-
copal, to 20. Central and City
did not meet. This year Tech has
plenty Of high-c1ass material, while
Central and Eastern are battling to re-
build elevens that have been dealt stag
geriiag blows by graduations.
Tech, as 1t did last year, will follow
up its first game with another the next
day, being down to tackle Handley High
at winchester, Va, Saturday. Last
season the Gray fought the Shenandoah
Valley scholastics to 6-to-6 tie. 1t is
no secret that Coach Hap Hardell has
been Indifferent as TO whether the Nc
Kinley team wins its early games, par
ticularly the ones right at the start Of
the campaign. He's been mainly inter-
ested In finding out how the Tech hope
fulS deliver under fire. However, he
limited yesterday that Tech may shoot
the works against Poly in the Baltimore
Stadium Friday as 1t has come to his
ears that some Of the Baltimore folk
are convinced that Tech cannot win
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TEN GRID TILTs LISTED
Alexandria High to Play Half It's
Games at Home.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, September 2l.--
Ten games have been scheduled for
Alexandria High Schools gridmen by
Athletic Director Maurice Given. Five
OF the contests will be staged at Bag
gets Park.
The schedule:
September 20, Dewitt Preparatory
School, at Washington.
October 2, Charlotte Hall School; 8,
Western High School: Is, .Hopewell
High, at Hopewell. Va; 20. st. Johns
High School; 80, Chester High School,
at Chester, Va.
November 6, Washington and Lee
High School: 10, Culpeper High; 20,
Fredericksburg High School, at Fred
ericksburg, Va; rs, Swavely School, at
Manassas, Va.
Eight Of last years regulars, includ-
ing Capt. Carr. Mendelson, Studs,
jackson, Turner, Jennier, RoutEhan
and Bruin. give Given and "Prex" VIII
son. assistant coach, 4 fine foundation
upon which 70 mold their new club.
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clean on the turf when approaching.
Those adhering to the latter plan
stroke It on the downswinR and
take divot Of turf.
While the latter Is the mere COM
mon method, because it seemingly
aids In imparting backspin or stop
to the ball when 1t fans, I have
seen many sound golfers get as
much stop with the first method.
Are you victim of this sliclng
busine;s2 In an illustrated leafiet
Sol Metzger analyses 'iSlicing" and
suggests cure. He viii gladly send
this leafiet to any one sending a
stamped addressed envelope. Ad-
dress Sol Metzger In care Of this
tcopyrisht. 1881
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Pointers in Golf
BY SOL METzGER.

The lowest point Of the arc Of the
golf swing is OF the left shoulder,
and not of the left heel, as some
suppose. AS often stated in these
articles, that is the point where the
ball should be teed for wood shots.
Stars differ in the spot where they
tee the ball for iron shots. Some
play 1t of the left shoulder; others
an inch or so back Of this spot and
toward the right foot. Those fol-
lowing the first method pick the ball
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First ightFiEss, roS55dSm - y.y,s PITT
M:sy MS Saf ssd ~ ap
SH s.,.1 S Ssssdd . Wie9 Sarrs
B. 1 B. Thom n and i, ". L. Heap roa de-
c tsSssS s.,ss,. Te5 g. Tsso a and Nc
Second roInd-.Pitt. defeated Wesley. by
S Ssi a. Msa S Ss1sss:d o snd eG
MI rsIins; for Hcds4tby round-Pitt "
second night.First round-N D. Parker
Sfe:s . vi s0f.f. Eshto SD' O. uO Si"Td
M Isssia defeated Col g. .: Storm. and 8:
4: Z AdssTFsn dst: .. = = Heal gos, and nd
astsu!t; " !. sDssr ,s:ssstss i DONG
SGlH I. Green snff and = turner oei'a'sa
Second Teund-Parker vs.. BILLIARD. not
mse snd = Moo s0 a..
feated turner. Z and g.,
BiiIisrd y; Metsl.T' spssF Ss. MOqTs.ei d
:sa';S MSiRS s' 8 aiFs spd
s:$:: s:EsB .:S f.iss.s
s aSYn as ssssssiid M:sisssles dg sd Patti
mp a Msss S' Tsec oO: snd Pd Il 5
feated, CcIhoun. 8 and 0.
PairinFs for semi-nnal round-McPherson
EosStS ais5s: aTst. roa1d1J; >. sstsoS de.
S s:E:ss: z a Eihisss ssd Ss:E
dssssssSS g. S lsn sD r ae5s StchESnsF
Warthen defeated Fred, A. Raseh, and s;
4: T. PeEIsy dsiSs stsst.J j. McCanp 81. and
secsnd .cpndd s;tsSn detected sarnnn ?
Warthen defeated Schreiner, UP; Rutter
PaiFinas for semi-fnal round-Patton vs.
Beck, Werthen vs.. Rutter.
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GRID INJURIES FATAL.

YPSILANTT, Mich. September 81
P1.-wayne Merrtneid, II, junior at
Michigan State Normal College, died
today from injuries received in foot
bali practice Saturday.