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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
DIZZY WHITES
253 BATTERS
Mark Eclipses Total
Compiled BY Bill
Hallahan
CBv The Associated Press

The modern Texas league strike
out record Of 244 held By Bill Hal
lahan. formerly OF the Houston
B~uffaloes but now pitching for the
st. Louis Cardinals. was put into
the Scrap-heap yesterday. The
new strikeout king is Jerome Dir
"" Dean. Houston ace who whip
ped Fort Worth 9 10 0 Yesterday
for his oath victory this season.
Dean famed IA for a season strike
out total OF 253. Hallahan estab-
lished the modern record in 1923.
Dean Is still shy Of the all-time
Texas league strikeout record made
by Harry Ables in 1910 OF 325.
The game IA one Of Deans
master mound performances. He
held Fort Worth to four hits for
his oath victory. which leaves him
only seven games short of an all
time Texas league record for games
Q in a single season.
BUGS Beat steers
While Houston. league leader.
was winning. things were not
breaking so well for the Dallas
Steers who opened a series at
Galveston By losing 8 10 2. The
second place Steers outhit their op-
ponentS 8 to z, but Seydler kept
Dallas bingles SC tered while his
mates punched theirs off Hanson
and Mallett.
Manager Robertson at San An
tonic gave Dick Harm, sandlot star.
a chance al Professional company
last night. Dick found the going
entirely too rough. Shreveport
solved Harm for five runs in the
first two innings 10 win. s to /.
Johnson relieved Harm in the G {
ond with one out and the bases
full. He pitched commendable ball
the last seven innings. Ray Rad
cliff led ~Shreveport's attack with
four hits. His home run in the
ninth was the only run scored off
Johnson's relief pitching. Radcliff
drove in five Of Shreveport's' six
runs.
The Wichita Falls and Beau
mont game was rained out.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
How Bobby Did IL

JONES WON the amateur last
season by beating Gene Romans 8
and 7 in the 36 hole final match
at Merton Cricket Club, Philadel-
phia. The second hole. a par three.
was his jinx--but 1t was Romans
also. This was how Bobby did il:
Birdie four, a SIX three over &.
eagle three, par five, five tone
over. par four. five zone over.
par four. par three. This gave him
a 80 going out. Coming in his
scores were par four. birdie three,
par four, par three, par four, birdie
three. par four, four zone over.
par four. for a 80. Out in the
afternoon: Birdie four, five two
over. eagle three. par five. par
four, par four. five zone over. par
four. four zone over, for a SO.
Coming III he 8 and z after
making z Sin two over and a par
four.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
SGT. TEX" GOETZ has NOV.

obI. IFA n Hda mOt-
ed his baseball plant from Mat
amoros to Brownsville and now
Tiger park Is a nice field. IL Is
enclosed all around and can COM
fortably seat around 800 fans.
Sunday the Palmez-T Tigers will play
a double-bill there with an all
star Rio G1ande City aggregation
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20

THE TEXAS border has a color
ful dark horse entry III Bud Me
Kinney, the Del Rio divoteer. This
lanky border product can make a
rusty set OF clubs speak IN terms
81 brides and eagles. IN fact, he
led all the nations amateurs IL
the qualifying round held about a
month ago But first attracted at
tention III the Texas amateur two
years ago. without benefit Of
sporty golf toys and using a rusty.
weather-bitten set OF clubs he gave
the states best all they cared for.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION

Memphis 9, Atlanta 0.
Little Rock 5. Birmingham 3.
Knoxville 3. Chattanooga 5.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20

WESTERN LEAGUE
st. Joseph /, Des MONIES Z.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-20

TOMORROW: Dizzy Joins the
Army to See the World.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

"THE modern woman has more OPP
portunity to dress herself accord
ing to her own type and personality
then ever before" says Carolyn Putnam
fashion expert Of the Paramount New
York studio.
1.-THE sophisticated woman wears
closer fitted clothes" she declares,
while the younger, more romantic girl
wears her dresses picturesquely loose.
The trend in style, If it may be called
that, is toward the romantic, particular
ly in evening clothes.
ION my recent trip to Paris I noticed
that the smart Parisienne wears large
costume necklaces that hang down the
back even farther than in front. To
keep them correctly adjusted in this
position it is necessary to use two tiny
pieces Of adhesive tape to fasten the
beads at the shoulders. The beads
themselves are usually of crystal in con-
trasting colors or Of crystal and tur-
quoise.
''In the matter Of other accessories I
observed that the woman of Paris is
using a cigarette holder more than ever.
These are sometimes small and black
with band of diamonds and often are
of tortoise she'll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
TF1EATER OF
BROADWAY

TVOR NOVELLO, actor, author and
composer, has just completed new
musical play based upon G.. B. Stems
novel, 'Debonair" Although it will
have songs, there will not be a chorus.
The same form is employed in Meet
My Sister," the Hungarian piece which
is a current hit. There are songs ana
dances by the principals, but chorus
and other items usual to an orthodox
musical comedy are missing.
The recent openings varied from
lusty melodrama of circus life called
Privilege Carr to sugary whimSy OF
Mines "Give Me Yesterday" Then,
too, there was return engagement OF
that 10-year-old favorite, Blossom
Time
privilege Car" accepted a stiff rep
rimand from the critics because it was
SO full of plot it left them confused.
It Is a drama of backstage life in a
5 and 10 cent circus, and chiefly. dis
tinguished by the excellence OF its
The new Milne production is the one
given in London couple of years ago
under the title of Success" and it
was one. The more caustic critics did
not favor it here, although they tenn
pered their reviews with note of
doubt. Mines two previous plays,
1.-The Ivory Door" and Michael and
Mary" were not treated kindly by the
critics, but an unheeding New York
audience went ahead and patronized
them anyway. Milne has such loyal
following he Is in a position to ignore
the critics.
Give Me Yesterday has much of
Dear Brutus" and 1.-THE Wisdom
Tooth in it, in that it presents dream
sequence in which grown people are
carried back to their childhood
Now that the Sacco-Vanzetti and
Dreyfus cases have been dramatized,
other playwrights are turning their at
tention to similar subjects. r. j. Col
den, a st. Louis lawyer, has written a
play about the Mooney Billings bomb
ing case which happened in San Fran
cisco. It is called precedent" and ar
rives next month. A. p.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Crack at Robin Hood.
PoBIN HOOD couldn't hit barn

PoBIN HOOD couldn't hit barn
~ doorl
Jack O'FIanders, Dick Turpin and
other bow-and-arrow or blunderbusS
bandits of antiquity, whose regulations
have been built for them by fiction
writer's, are now being investigated"
by research departments.
Compared to rifle shooting, those old
timers had little to offer in the way of
craftsmanship, according to James S.
Stembridge, in charge of firearms at
the Paramount studios in Hollywood.
There never was any approach to
accurate shooting before the appearance
of the American rifle Collins states.
The first step was taken when the
flintlock appeared with rifled barrel.
Accuracy progressed from this point"
Contrast of the old-time weapons
and the modern repeating rifle put the
former to blush" Stembridge insists.
and he has 1000 stands of arms in the
studio armory, covering everything in
history from Colonial days down to the
sub-machine gun.
you can't fool the research depart
ment or the audiences with a breech-
loading rife for a cap-and-bal1 period. Z"
The unique collection of arms has
been built up by Stembridge to supply
every kind Of weapon that can be de-
manded by a dramatic situation in
motion pictures. His knowledge of the
subject is said TO compare with the
size Of the collection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Washington's Players
What Various Dramatic Organizations Are Doing
and Propose. to Do.
CURLEY CLUB LENTEN DRAMA.

FOLLOWING seven weeks of intensive
nightly rehearsals the cast of the
Curley Club Washington premiere pres
entation of "On the Third Day. is said
to be fast rounding into an almost
professional poise and finish.
Final selections for the cast include
Arthur Bradley White, as Lazarus;
Grace Sprucebank Of the Mackin Play
ers of st. Paul's Church, as Martha !;
Mary Emily Hodges, as Mary, sister Of
Martha; John l.. Donnelly, as Saul;
in "Billetted' with the Montgomery
Players, as Joseph of Arimathea;
Ramona Raley, as Salome; Vincent An
thony Bowes, as Ethan, Maud E. Nor
ton, as Rhoda; Luke O'Reilly, as
Nathaniel and Joseph M. Day, as
Reuben. Others include James Boteler,
Edward Moran, Sylvio Poll, lone Hayes.
Mary L. Sheehan and Catherine G..
Bailey. William McGarvey will interpret
the role Of the Nazarene. The entire
action of the play takes place in the
Mary at Bethany.
Rev. Francis x. Cavanaugh Of st.
Martins Church and chaplain of the
Curley Club has extended an invita-
ton to the various communities OF
sisters of the city to be the guests Of
the club at a special children'S per-
Torrance on Sunday afternoon, March
%, at 2:30 o'clock. Miss Anna Ger
trude Walsh, Miss Dorothy E. Barrett,
and Miss Ethel M. Ammon are serv-
ing on the Invitation Committee.
Through the courtesy of the Rev.
Francis ]. Hurney, pastor of the parish
Church of the Immaculate Conception,
the use of the school auditorium, Eighth
and N streets northwest, has been
given for the two performances set
for Sunday afternoon, March %, at
2:30 o'clock, and Tuesday evening,
March "a, at 8:15 o'clock. Tuesday
evening will be known as organization
night, and the Sodality Union of Wash
ington, the Holy Name Society from
So local parishes, the Catholic Daugh-
tiers of America and the Ancient order
of Hibernians will have full repre-
sentation, according to an announce
ment.
The production is in the hands of
Arthur Bradley of the Catholic
University of America, widely known in
amateur theatrical circles here and one
Of the organizers of the Shakespeare
Society of Washington.
The stage setting is the work OF Prof.
Harry Wheaton Howard, organist of the
Immaculate Conception Church, and
Albert Sweeney, chairman of the Com
mittee on Dramatics of the Curley Club.
The committee is being aided greatly
by Mrs Marie Moore Forrest of the
Washington Community Drama Guild,
who has offered her assistants as aides
Francis Anthony Mccain is chairman
of the general Committee on Arrange
ments, assisted by officers and men,
beers of the ClIrIeV Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15


jungle, and Tua and Range also father
and son, but of the orangoutang va
riety. 1t is announced for the Rialto
Saturday, March 81.
Lita Grey Chaplin, assisted by Pat
Casey at the piano, in a program Of
songs, togethF with Beau Ideal" Her
bert Brenon's sequel to Beau Geste,"
on the screen, of course, will be the
outstanding features of the Earle Thea
ter program starting Saturday. Beau
Ideal" has a cast that includes Ralph
Forbes as the star, supported by Lo-
retta Young, Lester Vail and Irene
Rich.
And last, but not the least of the
celebrities announced for the new week,
is Lawrence Tibbett in his latest Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer picture, 1.-THE South
erner," the story of a boy who left
home because of tyrannical brother
and became a hobo. Esther Ralston,
Roland Young, Cliff Edwards and Edda
Hopper appear in the supporting roles
in this new offering of the Metropolitan
opera star at Loew's Palace, probably
on Saturday.
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ARLINGTON HALL PLAYERS,
SATURDAY..

1.-THE PATSY" three-act comedy,
l will be given by the Mask Club
Saturday evening under the stage di-
rection of Miss Anne Novel;, head Of
the dramatic department at Arlington
Hall. The cast includes Misses Marjory
Ward, Lois Bennett, Madaline Dawn,
Ruth Meyers, Francis Virginia Hornt-
brook and Beatrice Hegg.
The members of the club have been
at work for some time on the produc-
ton of this play and it is anticipated
that it will be splendid production.
The Mask Club has recently been Of
fered the privilege Of starting a chap
ter of the national fraternity of Delta
Psi Omega, an honorary organization,
Boosting of 70 chapters from the At
lantic to the Pacific Coast.
Directly following the presentation
Of 1.-THE Patsy" the members Of the
club will begin work on a series of one
act plays, which the girls themselves
will direct The formal installation
will take place some time during the
month Of April.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Marine Band PROGRAM.

The United States Marine Band and
Orchestra will give the following con-
certs during the coming week: Monday,
March 16, at 4 pm, band concert;
Wednesday, March 10, at pm, month
ly symphony concert; Friday, March 20,
at pm, orchestral concert.
The symphony program, Wednesday,
March 10, will include following: Sym
phony No. 5 in d Major" Brahms;
Symphony Espagnole," for violin solo
and orchestra, Lalo: soloist, Musician
william F. Santelmann; "a Victory
Ball." Schelling; overture, "a May Fes-
tival," Arthur Norton Wight.
The concerts will be in the auditorium
at the Marine Barracks, under the d.
rection of Capt Taylor Branson, leader
of the Marine Band.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Sentimental Ballad Singer.

Day PARSONS, the young juvenile
~ with Bellies of Beauty Row" at the
Gayety Theater this week, is known as
the Harry Richman of burleSque" be-
cause of his ability to put over" senti-
mental ballads in the well known style
of the might club king"
Richman, it is said, saw Parsons do
a speciality at a benefit performance last
Summer in New York and complimented
the young actor on his excellent imper-
sonation. This is Ray Parsons third
season on the stage. He has an
ambition to climb to the Broadway
musicals as had his prototype.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Fashions via the Screen.

"The Parisienne remains conservative
and subtle in dress. She resorts to
black and white in evening clothes and
brown and black for afternoon wear
with contrasting blues or green's for the
effect.
Nose wells are worn by almost every
fashionable Partisan woman in the af-
ternoon. At tea time she is also seen
wearing the tri-cornered hat. For the
athletic woman, tweed suits with suede
blouSes are chic"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
A Sultan on the Job.

4 SULTAN held down the job of as
"A sistant director for a motion pic
ture company during the making of
Trader Horn" Metro-G oldwyn- Mayors
drama of the African wilds.
In British East Africa w. s. Van
Dyke, the director, rented" village
from the native Sultan, and the ruler
stood beside the director and relayed
orders to all his subjects as they worked
as extras"
Harry Carey, Duncan RenaIdo and
EdWina Booth are the principal players
in the vivid drama, in which the first
and only sound apparatus ever to go
into Africa recorded the voices of the
wilderness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

are displaying in their searching por-
trayal of character, freely imaginative
in it's use of history clearly thought out
and conveyed in dialogue OF notable
beauty. Reviewers have unanimously
agreed that the performance and pro-
duction are the supreme success, up to
now, of the Lunts in their whole career
with the Theater Guild.
Maxwell Anderson has seen to It in
his drama that both Elizabeth and Es-
sex emerge as believable and sympa-
thetic figures, understandable and mo-
tivated by compelling forces that we
know. Their story, the tale of the
struggle of two strong wills, becomes
engroSsing and vital under simple
once more takes her place on the stage,
not in the manner in which she took
it before, but in the spirit Of modern
drama.
Surrounding Miss Fontanne and Mr..
Lunt the Guild has assembled the full
strength of the Theater Guild Acting
Co., including Morris Carnovsky, Percy
Waram, Arthur Hughes, Edward Field
ing, Whitford Kane, Dorothy Patton,
Fred Mont, Charles Brokaw, Maurice
Wells, William Sauter, Philip Foster.
Daphne Sherwin, Ruth Nelson, Phoebe
Brand and John Ellsworth.
The production was staged by Philip
Moeller, who usually directs the LuntS.
He has staged the piece warily and yet
with a broad and sweeping hand The
settings are by Lee Simonson, the
Guilds principal scene designer. The
Guild has done it on a revolving stage
in turmoil of color, heaping of the
warm hues characteristic of the Eliza
bethan court. The courtiers are richly
tailored, the guardsmen flame in GRIM
son. The austere walls of the palace,
gray and high and quantity moldy,
rear up in toned background for the
movement of these deep tints.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

The play IS under
the direction of
George Oden, as
sisted by Grace
Myer. Aurora Pos
ton, the regular
director of the Co
lumbia Players, will
take part in the
play. Songs Of the
nineties, the epoch
in which the play
was popular, will
be furnished by a
quartet consisting
of Harold Snyder,
DR.. Clifton P. Clark,
Miner Ellis and D.
Lee Baton, with
Stanley Rayfield at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
"sTREET SCENE"

"CTREET SCENE" Elmer Rice's now
- famous drama of city life, will be
presented by William A. Brady at the
Shubert- Belasco Theater the week be-
ginning Monday, March %.
A play of great popularity, "Street
Scene" also has been acclaimed as an
important contribution to dramatic lit
erature. It was awarded the Pulitzer
prize. It had run of 500 consecutive
performances on Broadway, and also is
q current success in London and Berlin.
A vivid, vital croSS-section of life in
a modern American city, as it is de-
scribed, "Street Scene" sets forth not
one story. but many stories. There are
so definite characters in this close
packed drama-one of the largest casts
ever seen on the legitimate stage Grip
ping, exciting, fascinating, poignant;
hurried, harried, happy and humorous
all phases of life itself are to be found
Youthful romance is presented in the
love story of Rose and Sam, two young
people of sensitiveness and imagination.
Comedy is embodied in the argumenta-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Kids In Heaven.

- CTOLEN HEAVEN" the current fea-
- ture at the Rialto Theater, brought
"children's day" to the Paramount New
York studio while the picture was in
the making.
Atmosphere for Florida beach
scenes in the picture required the serv-
ices of half a dozen youngsters who
played horse and airplane on the sands.
Eddie Ryan, 6, and Margaret Nc
Namara, z, were leaders in the sport.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

height OF It's New
York success and
will present it at
the National The
alter, b e gin min g
Monday, March %,
for one week only.
Miss Fontanne
and Mr.. Lunt have
the distinction Of
being unparalleled
favorites of the
New York stage
and such is said to
have been their
triumph in ELIZA
beth the Queen"
that even t h e y
have never done
anything with the
hY-il1iance tl1ev now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

Reginald Denny is
the chief support
ing artist.
The Rialto comes
forward with q
bang in "Rango,"
a story of jungle
life in Sumatra,
photographed and
produced by Ern-
est Schoedsack, the
famous co-maker
Of Chang. !" Ran
go" Is described as
a simple story Of
tragedy and retri-
button in the lives
of jungle beasts
involving. Ali and
Bin, father a n d
son. natives of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
On the Horizon

7 UNITED ARTISTS widely her
aided production, presenting
Mary Pickford in "Kiki," will
~ be the next attraction at
Loew's Columbia Theater. In
this production the French gamin Kiki
has been converted into an East Side
happer who has all the ups and downs
of her famous French sister predecessor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
COLUMBIA PLAYERS. Tuesday.

TINE Columbia Players will present
Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak
Model" on Tuesday, Wednesday
l. and Thursday evenings of this
week. The first two per-
formances will be held at the Wilson
auditorium at Eleventh and Harvard
streets and the third at Wardman Park
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
.ELIZABETH THE ouEEN.n

IN ECAUSE Elizabeth the Queen"
- by Maxwell Anderson, with Lynn
Fontanne as Queen Elizabeth
IL and Alfred Lunt as Robert
Devereux, Earl of Essex, was
promised to the Theater Guilds WASH
ington audiences and subscribers, the
Guild has withdrawn the play at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
Coming Attractions

tive Kaplan, in the gossipy Emma Jones,
devoted to her dog Queenie, and in the
gay-hearted italian musician Ltppo.
There is the thrilling surge Of red anger
as stern, dictatorial Frank Maurrant
avenges the philandering of his wife
with Steve Sanky. This episode Is said
to be one of the most exciting second
acts ever staged.
The production, with its large cast,
its unique setting designed by 10 Mel
anger, and its many off -stage sound ef-
fects, presents the following in its large
company Barbara Wilson, Robert
White, Florence Fair, Arthur Behrens,
Ida Moore, Tom Manning, Frank Ma
rlno, Lucia Laska, NJ. B. S1muylow,
June Webster. Aage Steenshorne, Glenn
Coulter and 40 others
"THE CABARET GIRLS"
1.-THE CABARET GIRLS" next weeks
snow at the Gayety Theater, 70
its brief career is said to have crea+a1
quite a stir. It offers the kind of ma
terial that makes enjoyable entertain
nlent and is one of those shows that
aims at afTording the biggest laughs,
besides appealing with songs and diff
cult dancing, with originality and
novelty.
Frank x. silk, tramp comedian, is
starred, with a capable cast and a
chorus Of beauties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15

Most Of the costumes have been
loaned for the occasion. Mrs. j. w.
Cross, who has the task of clothing
Nellie and her friends and enemies, re-
ports that her chief difficulty so far has
been in reconciling the 1881 waistlines
to the dresses of three decades ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-15
DANCING.

CATHERINE BALE
Special St Patricks Dance, Tuesday, Mar
17th. Music By the Hightingales lessons
by apt. 1891 Conn. ave. North 72l3. 17'
BALL ROOM DANCING-PRIvATE LESSONS
1873 st. NV, lSt-d. apt. Phone Met. $3.50.
Call evenings.
BALLROOM CLASS EACH TUESDAY
evening. Latest step6. Instruction, $40
% BIS, Dancing with orchestra, 9:l5 to
AZ :3O Priyate lessons by appointment, Thayer
STUDIOS 1226 Connecticut ave. Decatur 5470