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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-05
''The Upper Room"
 Plays To Capacity
Cast Gives Skilled Portrayal of Passion Play at the
 Strand Theater

The presenetation of "The Upper Room" by St Mary's Girls club at the Strand theater ranks by popu- lar opinion with the outstanding successes in the history of local amateur theatricals. Capacity audi ences yesterday afternoon and last evening witnessed skillful and ef- fective Interpretation of Monslgnor Robert Hugh Benson's world- be- loved sacred drama. The cast was magnificent in it's. portrayal of the familiar characters of biblical his- tory.
 Each member acquitted himself or herself most creditably. A rever- ential atmosphere was created by the rendition of appropriate church music fittingly adapted for the play. The drama was directed by Mrs c. Butler Sherwell and the musical numbers arranged and supervised by Prof. Frederck Harmon, organ ist of the Church of the Immac- ulate Conception.
 Yesterday afternoon several hum dred children from the parochlal and public schools attended the matinee performance. The young sters exhibited q keen interest in the presentation and were mani- festly impressed. Tn the evenings s performance the cast was excep- tionally brilliant exceeding ale ex- pectations of even their warmest admirers. The audiences reaction to the beauty of the language and to the stirring scenes, proved suffi- cient incentive to the individual members to rise to the occasion and 0 presentation that well merits unstinted commendation, resulted Each member of tho cast deserves mention for his or her efforts with liberal allowances for their dlrec- tress and the dramatic society oi St Mary's Girls club.
 The play was splendldly staged The one scene is the "upper room where the last supper was held or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-05

the Girls clug are the following:
 President, Miss Mary Fitzpatrick; 1; Miss Christine Shan ahan; secretary, Miss Julia Lyons; financial secretary, Miss Mary
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-05

Fully: dramatic committee, Miss Helen Mccarthy, Miss Margaret Brennan, Miss Anne Devereaux Miss Helen Hanlon, Miss Mary Phelan.
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having accepted money from local storekeepers to whom her alleged husband, Hodges. sold some of the stolen tobacco he secured in sev- eral of his breaks.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
ENDS
PIEDMONT SLUMP
Win Five in a Row to Top
Wilmington in League
Race Last Week.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
~HARLOTTE, N. c., July H.
A brilliant squirt by the Green's
~ boro Patriots, first-half winners
who slumped badly at the start
Of the second-half race, was outstand-
irg in Piedmont League play the past
week.
In games through Saturday night the
Patriots won five of six, taking the last
five In a row after dropping one to Dur
ham. It brought the slugging crew up
to 500 percentage and a position to
threaten the league leaders.
Behind brilliant pitching. Whining
toms Pirates won five Of seven contests
to add to their league lead. Other
clubs finished in the red during the
week.
In the seven games Wilmington hurl-
ers. led by Jurie Barnes and Tiny But
Ter, allowed but IA runs-an average Of
two game and they gave no more than
three runs in any Of the seven tiffs
Richmond led in hitting, collecting 6S
safeties in seven games to shade Char
lotte by one. Winston-Salem got the
fewest blows, A. The Colts also
showed the way in home runs with five
circuit clouts.
Although showing the way at the
stick. the Colts yielded to Greensboro
in the matter Of run-making, the Pats
crossing home plate IS times.
In errors, Greensboro showed up the
best. making but three misplays while
at the other end of the pole. Winston
18 bobbles each.
Tho waek In tho piodn1ont.
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! ing beside first base. took Vests carom
of Whitehill's leg fer an easy out.
Levey spoiled the second inning for
Schultz. The Browns shortfielder
leaped to spear with one hand Fred's
liner that looked hit" ali over as 1t
left the bat.
1t was a powerful peg that Sewel!
made In the third as he tried to cut
down the pilfering West The ball
skipped by the middle base to center
letting Sammy go all the way to third.
Ump Gets Into Play.
THAT double play in the fourth
inning Noked very much like
Melillo to Levey to Umpire Sum-
mers. From the center part Of the
grandstand, upper deck, Goslin plainly
was across the first sack when Burns
got the relay from the shortstop.
Cronin did neat bit Of work to pre-
vent double theft by the Browns in
the fifth. Keeping his eyes on West at
get down to second, but came In to pick
up Sewells poor low throw and rife the
ball back to the catcher to erase Sammy
at the plate.
Burns kept a sweet hit from White
hill in the sixth by leaping to spear
with one hand a well smacked liner
Looked as though the ball had gone by
Irving when he made the grab.
Cronin is the only one Of the Wash
ington regulars who has hit in every
game he has been in since The club
came back from its long trip. He kept
his slate clean when he slammed Had
ley's first pitch IN the seventh inning to
center for single.
Rice batted for Sewell in the eighth
and was held hitless only by Levey's
good play. The shortstop went back of
second for q hashy stop and throw.
Manush found Hadley a mark until
the ninth. Then his string was broken,
as his liner was caught just above the
ground by the second sacker. That only
hurt Heinie's average. The Nationals
at the time needed plenty of hits to get
the ball game.
Evening star., 1933-07-17

went back to Texas, took stock Of
the situation in the cool, matter
of-fact way she has Of doing every
thing, and decided to start on the
ambitious golfing career that had
first occurred to her on q memor-
able day during the Olympic games
when she played q round of golf
With Grantland Rice, Westbrook
Pegler, Paul Calico and Braven
Dyer.
So she packed up her duds,
loaded them into the automobile
that was part Of the spoils Of her
professional career, and drove across
country to the home Of married
sister In Santa Monica, Calf. .
quiet beach town q few miles from
Los Angeles.
What's she been doing since?
Playing golf-and that's about
all.
In the weeks that she has been
in Southern California she has
played q round Of golf every day.
usually in company with her youth
ful instructor. Stanley Kertes. When
Evening star., 1933-07-17
"OLD" JOHNNY RISKO
YOUNGER THAN FOE
Loughran in Every Sense More
Of Veteran Than Rubber
Man-Meet Fourth Time.
BY FAIR PLAY,

NEW YORK, July 17-Tommy
l Y Loughran resumes his feud with
Johnny Risko at Chicago on July
rs. The press agent Of the Mills Sta
dlum terms it return fight between
the former light heavyweight champion
and "old" Johnny Risko.
Looking over the records, one may
enjoy a good laugh, for Johnny is one
month younger than his rival-both
were born in 1902-and has taken part
in 81 fewer bouts. Loughran has toed
the mark 1872 times since he started in
1919, while Risko has had los fights.
He started of five years later than
Loughran.
Both have been knocked out twice,
Risko by Chuck Virgins and Max
Schmeling, and Loughran by Jack
Sharkey and Steve Hamas. The Phil.
adelphian suffered clean knockout at
the hands of Hamas last year, whereas
Risko has not listened to the brides
since the referee called a halt to his
contest with Schmeling in 1929.
Loughran, and if the term "old" is to
be used it should be applied to the
Philadelphian. Although Loughran is
finished, clever boxer, he has been
marked up far more than Risko.
Loughran's forehead is scanned with
mended gashes. Risko's jovial, rotund
face does not bear many marks of his
profession.
This will be the fourth meeting be-
tween the pair. Loughran has been the
winner each time and seems to have
the Indian sign on the Cleveland wal
loper. They started of back in 1926,
when Tommy gave the conqueror Of
Paul Berlenbach boxing lesson. John
ny tried to even the score, but his
plunging tactics and roundhouse swings
could not find landing place on
Loughran.
Risko had a good rest before coming
back to win over Mickey Walker, Tuffy
Griffith and King Levinsky. He recent
ly lost to the game. aggressive Patsy
Perroni, and this probably accounts for
the press story that JOHNNY has run his
race and should be classed among the
old ones of the game. There are a lot
of youngsters who would like to fight
about half as well as Johnny can in
his "old" age.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
Major Leaders
By the Associated Press.
(Including yesterdays games)
American LeaEue.

American League.
Batting-Foxx, Athletics, .374; Sim
mons, White Sox, and Cronin, Sena-
tors, 1865.
Runs-Foxx. Athletics, TO-; oehrig,
Yankees, 7s.
Runs batted in-Simmons, White Sox,
84 Foxx, Athletics, 80.
Hits-Manush, Senators, 131; Sim
mons, White sox, l2s.
Doubles Browns, %: Cronin,
Senators, %.
Triples Combs, Yankees. 10; Manush,
Senator's and Higgins, Athletics, 8.
Home rlns-Foxx, Athletics, rs; Ruth,
Yankees, "a.
Stolen Walker. Tigers, II;
Chapman, Yankees, is.
Pitching-Grove, Athletics. IA; Al
len and Brown, Yankees, 7-2.
National League.
Batting Klein, Phillies, 1854; Davis,
Phillies, .355.
Runs-Martin, Cardinals, 66; Klein,
Fullis and Bartel, Phillies, 81.
Runs batted in-Klein. Phillies, 70;
Vaughan, Pirates, so.
Hits-Fullis, Phillies, 125; Klein, Phil
lies, 124.
"! Doubles !s:1 s.. x Klein r. Phillies' as; P
TRIPLES Vaughan, Pirates. IL; F. Her
man, Cubs, and p. Waner, Pirates, Q.
Home runs-Klein, Phillies, and Ber-
ger. Braves, II.
Stolen bases-Martin, Cardinals, Is;
Fullis, Phillies, IL.
Pitching-Tnning, Cubs, "a; Can't
well. 4raveA la .--.
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Didrikson Gives Up All Sports But Golf
not playing a round Of golf she Is
out at the driving ranges practicing

not playing a round Of golf she Is
out at the driving ranges practicing
shots.
And how she does practice. She
takes o bucket Of balls, probably
$50 Of them in q bucket. and hits
them all. and then gets another
bucket and repeats the operation.
If practice makes perfect, Babe Is
going to be good.
After q little furry about her
amateur standing which, at least
for the present, permits her to play
in local tournaments, she made her
first actual competitive appearance
this last week.
She turned in . card Of 90 at the
Rancho Country Club, which didn't
win the tournament. but was not
to be sneezed at aS first public ap-
pearance. Considering that she had
eight 3-putt greens and banged q
couple Of shots out Of bounds, It is
obvious that the caliEer Of her game
is down In the 80s-in fact her best
practice score to date is 81.
(Copyrtght, 1888. By North American New
- AapsE' 'A)Ga0eelneA
Evening star., 1933-07-17

~ WEN q rest by the schedule
today, the Nationals will be
\ battling with the Browns again
tomorrow probably with Jack
Russell In the pitchers box. Manager
Cronin has tentatively selected this re-
lief finger for toll in the fourth game
Of the series, although Jack had to be
rushed to the hill yesterday to end the
St Louis flare-up in the ninth.
Manager Killefer has ready for serv-
ice the left-handed Wallace Hebert and
the right-handed George Blaeholder.
Whitley Campbell-John Millard to
you, if you must be formal-finally re-
ported to the Nationals yesterday, and
the pitcher purchased from Albany was
pressed into service in batting prac-
tice. The Highlander did not throw
enough to indicate what may be his
stock in trade, but reports from the
International League say he has great
curve ball and nothing much IN the
way Of a fast one.
With Albany this season, Campbell
won six games and lost as many. A
fair record, considering his club was
not in the 500 class.
Campbell was a star pitcher with the
University of Alabama nine several
years ago. playing on the team with
Jack Hayes, the former National, now
second basing for the White Sox. This
is his fifth season In the professional
game.
Hurt Not to Halt Crowder Long.
VYIHnE shagging flies in pre-game
w practice yesterday, Al Crowder
made the mistake Of poking his
fingers at the sphere, instead Of wrap
ping them around 1t, and as result
has q lacerated digit on his pitching
hand. After the finger was given first
aid treatment by Trainer Martin. it
was announced that the General might
be ready for hill duty before the Browns
get out Of Griffith Stadium.
Monte Weaver went through a long
work out before the Sunday tussling
and had another while it was under
way The pitcher was so impressive
that he will get into the tilts with the
Tigers late this week and may see ac-
ton against the Browns according to
the washington pilot.
Two startling plays we're turned in
by the Nationals during the Browns
first batting turn yesterday. Schultz
went racing into Cronin's territory
right back Of the shortf1eld to get
Scharein's looper: then Kuhel. stand
Evening star., 1933-07-17
BlindfOld Mark
Set by Alekhine
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July lit took DR..
~ Alexander Alekhine of Paris,
world chess champion, until
after midnight this morning to COM
plete his task Of playing 80 op-
ponents while blindfolded in the
Hall of States at the Worlds Fair.
His score showed 19 victories, nine
draws and four losses, for a new
world record for this style OF play.
The last best record of the kind was
by G. Koltanowski Of Antwerp, who
played against 80 opponets in 1881.
The actual playing time required
by DR.. Alekhine was 1914 hours and
the four victors over him were I.
Schwartz Of the University Of Chi
cago, Leo Zalucha, Bloomington,
H.; B. o. Dahlstrom, Chicago, and
c. r, Ellison, Chicago.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
MUST BATTLE BACK
IN PLAY, SAYS PILOT
Griffs Muff Lone Pair of
Scoring Chances as Had.
ley Blanks EN-.
BY JOHN b. KELLER.

n VINE days ago leading the
M American League with an
Y advantage of four and a
half games over their near
est rivals, the Nationals today
found themselves fallen back to
a tie with the Yankees for the
topmost position, but safe there
until tomorrow anyway.
Griffith's hired hands idled this
afternoon, no base ball business
being on the book for them, while
the Yanks were to put on an eXhi-
bition in New Haven instead of
playing off their Sunday post
ponement with the White Sox.
In the throes of batting slump al
most ever since they made their wild
cash through the West not SO long ago,
the Nationals have lost ground with start
ling speed, and unless they suddenly re-
gain some of the great offensive power that
marked their rise to the league leader
ship, they soon will be in a sad situa-
ton, indeed. so far as their hopes of a
championship are concerned.
There is nothing to be done about
this batting slump other than let the
Nationals fight their way out Of 1t In
the battling on the field, Manager Joe
Cronin contends. He plans no forenoon
batting drills for his swingers. They
must get what benefit they can from the
brief periods Of pre-game batting and
Nothing else. although their attack is
at such low ebb that the Nationals have
scored but three runs in the last four
games
Evening star., 1933-07-17

here as iH any spot in the country.
Which may. or may not, be tomething
Of which to be proud or even to war
rant remembering. Wrestling's that kind
of sport.
However, swimming Is doing its
share to give the old village lift
in sports. Not until the A. A. U.
gave Mr.. Weeks the signal TO 70
ahead did the District mean
much in the water sport other
than among It's folk at home.
Out Of town, the Warrington
pools and swimmers did not rate.
Tonight the Glen Echo pool will be
the battle-ground for number of ma
York, Baltimore and the District. who
will compete for the national junior
outdoor diving championship.
1t is the first time the title match
has been awarded to the Capital. And
it Is the forerunner, 1t Is said in swim
circles, Of more title events for the
District.
THERE is no real reason why the
Capital cannot be sports mecca.
There Is room, and there is in
terest enough here. to stage big athletic
attractions. And there Is no doubt but
what Washington's magical name ought
to help along any sports project.
Heretofore, assert pdrious ath-
letic officials, those uho sought
big sports attractions for the Dis
trict approached the matter more
or less timidly. They telt the
District was far too remored from
the biz sports centers offer any
kind of competition. And they
were not sure the local fans
would suing along at the gate.
But this tinidity is being removed.
Men like Earl Weeks, Winfree johnson.
and others identified with amateur
sports here are stirring things up some
what. And in the pro field there Is
some action from boxing promoters and
college foot ball coaches.
Washington Is not a one-sport town.
The fans will spread their interest, and
their shinplasters, over a greater area;
but they want their moneys worth.
And that seems to be the hitch.
With competition getting keener,
money tighter, and an abundance
Of sports talent available, there
Is every indication that the fans
are to get the best for their
gilders now. and In the future.
Tonight's swimming, drawing some
Of the best girl natators in this section
Evening star., 1933-07-17
THE SPORTLICHT
BY GRANTLAND RICE

second division to the front And they
had some pretty fair batters to face at
that time, including Ty Cobb. Larry
Lajoie, Sam Crawford and few more.
Walsh, Altrock and White
turned out as brilliant an exhibi-
ton of pitching for more than
two months as any pennant race
has ever known.
The second pitching outbreak came
in July, 1914, on the part of the Boston
Braves. They were in seventh place
early in July. Then Tyler, Rudolph
and James began putting more stuff
on the ball than opposing hitters had
on their bats. Day after day: week
after week, it was Tyler-Rudolph-
James-working in turn.
There is such thing as overworking
a pitcher-and there Is also such a
thing as underworking pitcher
which often happens.
Control can come only through steady
work.
In the two cases referred to, Walsh,
Altrock and White, and Tyler, Rudolph
and James. were good enough at the
seasons end to win 8 out of 10 ball
games from two of the greatest base
ball teams of all time-the Cubs of
1906 and the Athletics of 1914. Both
won four pennants within five years.
Both were hard-hitting teams. But
they were halted abruptly by two of
the best pitching stats base ball has
known.
The New Deal.
TT is a trifle refreshing to have
L at least six teams and possibly
seven left in the two pennant
races, with August only a step
away.
The American League race has
known little but runaway, spread
eagle pennant fights for some
time on the part Of Athletics and
Yankees.
Washington has upset this old order
in the promise of lively scramble
down the stretch.
The tour-cornered melee among
Giants, Cubs, Cardinals and
Pirates still has the cro,Dd
guessing-,Uith the Brupes hang
on at the outskirts.
As july is usually the month
Dhen things begin to pop, q sud
den uphedDdl may take place at
any moment.
Few pennant races have ever carried
the pitching class which Giants, Cardi-
mails and Cubs are offering day by day
None of these teams is depending on
any one overshadowing star. Among
them they can send 10 able pitchers to
work, often more than an entire league
can show.
Copyright, 1893. BY North American News
paper Alliance, 1nc.)
Evening star., 1933-07-17
Somewhere Near Roads End.

Somewhere Near Roads End.
TOR the last week or so a pair
r. of old gentlemen have been
/ waiting for youth to fight it
out before making the final
frontal assault.
Their names are Henri Cochet
and Jean Borotra-once known
as the Ball Boy of Lyons and the
Bounding Basque.
They are old only in a competi-
tive athletic sense and neither
probably wants any sympathy-or
will need it this year.
But they can't be far from the end
OF the road and this may be the spot
where all champions check out.
Vines. Van Ryn, Austin, Perry, Craw-
ford, McGrath-all young and keen
are scrambling for q pot shot at the
French defenders who have been
around for many years.
Cochet and Borotra stand today Just
where Bill Tilden and Bill Johnston
stood several years back.
The two Bills had taken charge
ef the Davis Cup in 1920. They
fell before Cochet and Lacoste
seven years later.
Lacoste has been out Of the
picture for some time, but Cochet
and Borotra have been quite
enough to stop any hostile charge.
They Will have to wait now until Fri
day or Saturday before they know
which set OF younger stars they must
face. II it should happen to be the
United States, another meeting between
Vines and Cochet will be something
to look at. despite the fact that Vines
mas beaten the French star in three
straight matches.
Cochet has trained harder and
worked harder for this next Davis Cup
test than he ever did before. And he
isn't through yet by more jumps than
kangaroo can take in q week,
All In all the two old gentlemen
may need no sympathy, although Just
at present the odds are the other way.
The Heavyweight Gamble.
THERE seems to be a general
i idea that Camera and Baer,
the two outstanding heavyweightS,
will put OF their quarrel until
next year.
The idea back of this is the
financial cleanup they can make
from this Summers publicity.
Both are taking gamble along this
line. A Carnera-Bae meeting in Chi
cago In late September with the World
Fair crowd to call on would draw the
biggest gate since the last Trnney-
Dempsey fight.
It would pick up the impetus of the
Baer-Schmeling and Camera -Sharkey
battles just when the topic is at its
No one can tell phat ipiH hap
pen q year from noaD. CdTnerd
can make no money to speak of
against any one else. Cro1Ud
Psychology is against him. No
multitude is going to pay out any
money to see a big fellow beat
ing up q much smaller bloke.
BGer Is the only one left Dho is
conceded q chance.
He isn't as big as Carnera, but he
isn't any midget himself. And he isn't
SO far away in the matter Of height and
reach and raw physical strength.
Pennanat Pitching.
THE two steamy July races in
National and American
Leagues recall two past July
campaigns featured by remark
able pitching.
The first goes back to 1906 when
the Chicago White Sox at about
this spot in the race began to
come from nowhere.
Riding along on the brilliant pitch
ing Of Ed Walsh, Nick Altrock and Doc
White, they won 10 straight games and
went on to win the pennant with q
team batting average Of AL.
You can figure the pitching Il takes
e cArgI . .22l hitting team ftum The
Evening star., 1933-07-17
No Extra Hitting Drills for mng Na Now Tied for Lead BY Yankee
Back Stage
in Sports
Washington No Longer
a One-Sport Town.
Aquatics Gaining.
BY TOM DOERER

OMPETITIVE swimming in
the District of Columbia Is
" beginning to hit encour-
aging strides.
With foot ball interest on the
increase, basket ball doing little
better at the gate and golf doing
fairly we'll, it is possible that
swimming may add its share to
take of the stigma, "a one-sport
town." which the District has had
to bear.
Yet when the boys label the town one
which only draws at the base ball gate
they forget that wrestling pulls as well
Evening star., 1933-07-17
'Batted for Bluege in seventh.
fBatted for Sewell in eighth.

Washington. y o o o 0 o o 90
Runs batted in-Hadley ta) scharein.
Reynolds t2). Campbell. Two,base hit
base-West. Sacrifice hits-Schulte. Levey.
Double play-Melillo to Levey to Burns.
Left on basesLst Louis 4 wash, 1
Whitehill. 8; on Hadley.. 2: on McAfee. !.
Struck out-By Whitehill: 4: BY Hadley, 2;
SIS innings; Oh Russell. none in y inning;
on McAfee, in . inning ~ wild pitch
pires-Messrs. MCGOWAN. Summers and
Ormsby. Time of Same hours and IL
minutes.
Evening star., 1933-07-17
American.
BY BILL HENRY.

OS ANGELES, July H.
have enough money to last
me three years and I intend
to win the woman's amateur
golf championship before those three
years-and my bank roll-are gone.
What I'm going to do after the next
three years, I don't know. I'm not
even thinking about that. Right
now I'm interested In winning the
golf championship"
And there, in a pointed, pungent
paragraph, you have the ambitions
OF Mildred Babe" Didrikson, in
dividual heroine Of the 1882 Olympic
games, who skyrocketed to fame as
an amateur athlete, became involved
In q wordy warfare with the ANA
.teur Athletic Union. turned profess
'sional and disappeared from the
headlines as suddenly and swiftly as
abe achieved them.
After . brief and none too sue.
1eafgl professional eaEeel ths Babe