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who beat him out were at bat less
than 100 times, so their records do
not count in the final rating of the
heavy batters. Dale Alexander won
the championship in 1882 and
Jimmy Foxx was close second,
only three points behind.
1t looks as if Foxx is coming into
the same sort of race this year. 1t
now is mid-August and Simmons
and Foxx are leaders in the contest
for batting supremacy. 1t has been
a long time since two batters OF their
skill have been SO close to each other
at this stage of the race, and fans
are wondering how long they will
keep it up Foxx is running close
to his last years record and the
question now is whether he will sur
pass it. He leads in home runs and
has a chance to annex about Is
more before the season is over.
In the National League, Rogers
Hornsby had an undisputed batting
leadership from 1920 through 1925.
Then he skipped two years. in one
of which. 1926, Eugene Hargrave of
Cincinnati won the crown. 1t was
a catcher's victory, and, while credit
was given to the player for making
it, it did not go far over the neces-
sary 100 games.
In 1927 Paul Waner Of ptttsburgh
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Batting Titles Loom for Foxx, Klein

won a fine championship with the
mark of 380 He has not been able
to repeat. Hornsby, who had by
that time gone to Boston, won again
in 1928, and 1929 found Frank
O'Doul the leader by 398 This
was a popular championship and
O'Doul was given much credit for
his excellent showing. In 1880 Bill
Terry of the Giants won with .401.
In 1881 the championship was
awarded to Chick Hafey of ST.
Louis, with a percentage of .3489,
while Terry finished second with
.3486. This is contrary to the rules
of base ball, which say that when
a batter finishes with half point
or more he shall be entitled to
full point in the records. If Hafey
were given 349 there is no reason
why Terry should not be allowed the
same figure In 1882 ODoul won
again, although he did not bat
nearly as well as in 1929.
The National League crown prob
ably will be won this year by Chuck
Klein of Philadelphia, who now has
a commanding lead. Terry has
climbed up in the race in the last
few weeks, but if Klein keeps up his
present speed he will at last sue
coed in winning the much-prized
titlA
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boosted LEWIS ability to duck
right. and when he had Tender
CAB gOofy he began to pile up the
necessary points to stow away the
belt.
But Reed can box as well as chatter.
They have tagged him a harlequin.
But he always gives the trade show.
FUSED with his goat-getting tactics
Il is lot of smart ring work. gained
from being up and down in over
300 fights. While he talked Jack Port
ney out of Twin-City win last Sum-
mer, he also turned in a sweet boxing
account.
Young Joe Firpo, however, young
man who does not go in for much talk
when at work, stopped Jimmy's flow of
conversation for an evening last Fall
at Portner's Firpo got up close to
Jimmy to understand more clearly what
was being chanted-and why. How
ever, in coming in he found Jimmy's
jaw wagging and his arms down. So
he plastered him for knockout with
out having heard what Jimmy was try
ing to tell him.
Entering the ring 1Cith q tan
tdhzing and grotesQue smile play
ing across his pan, Jimmy rdttleS
the boys Tho hare not met him
before. But there is more to his
gabbing than Just goat getting.
While he is talking OF his oppon-
ent'S knock knees, laughing at his
missed let's, he is planning his
battle. 1t has been said that
James is not the greatest light
Ueight on the block But he has
the ability to outSmdrt fighters
tpho rate three-to-one oUer him.
But when James gets to boosting he
forgets himself and picks Eddie Burl
as his choice. He is telling the Doys
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SWIMMERS IN A. A. U.
MEET AT GLEN ECHO
District 220-Yard Free-Style Hon
ors at Stake in Feature of
Program Monday.

TEATURED by the District A. A. U.
220yard free style championship
races for both men and women,
an attractive swimming meet has been
scheduled for next Monday night in
the Crystal Pool at Glen Echo.
In addition to the title race, there
also will be 60-yard free-style novice
and 180-yard medley races for men and
women and a 60-yard free style for boys
IA years of age and under.
Diving is scheduled, calling for three
compulsory and three optional dives for
men and three compulsory and two
optionals for women.
Entries will close Friday evening with
Edward H. McCrahon at the Crystal
Pool. All entries must be registered
with Charles M. Fyfe at the Boys Club
of Washington.
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Minor Leagues

Southern Association.
Chattanooga. 4; Birmingham, 3.
Knoxville, 8; Little Rock, s.
Memphis, 7; Atlanta. 4.
New Orleans. S; Nashville, 4.
International.
Montreal, 7; Jersey City, 3.
Albany, 6; Rochester, 2.
Baltimore, 8; Toronto, 2.
Buffalo, 8; Newark, 5.
American Association.
Minneapolis. A. Toledo, 0.
Others not scheduled.
Pacific Coast.
Hollywood, 80; Seattle, 90.
Others not scheduled.
Texas.
Houston, 4: Oklahoma City, 4.
San Antonio, 8; Fort Worth, T.
Galveston. 3; Dallas, /.
Others not scheduled
New YOrk-Pennsylvania.
Wilkes-Bare, 8; York, 2.
Binhamton, T. Reading, /.
Others not scheduled.
Piedmont.
Durham, Is; Winston-Salem, 1.
Exhibition.
st. Louis Cardinals, 7; Rochester
internationally, /.
Pittsburgh Pirates, 10; New York
Yankees, 2.
All-Stars, 2; st. Joseph, 1. (Western
league exhibition)
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Major Leaders
American League.
BY the Associated Press.
Including Yesterdays Game.)
- Now Civ

Gncluding Yesterdays Gane)
Batting-Foxx, Athletics, 1862; Sims
mons, White SoX. .351.
Runs-Foxx. Athletics, and Gehrig,
Yanks, "a each
Runs batted in-Foxx. Athletics, 100;
Simmons. White SoX. 102.
Hits - Simmons, White Sox, 100;
Manush, Senators, 1853.
Doubles-Burns. Browns. 35: Averill,
Indians and Appling. White Sox, 33.
Triples-Combs. Yankees. 13; Meyer,
Senators, and Reynolds, Browns. r.
Home runs - Foxx, Athletics, 35:
Ruth. YankS, 26.
Stolen bases-Chapman, Yanks, 10:
Walker. Tigers. 18.
Pitching = Grove, Athletics, IT'S;
Whitehill. Senators, 1876.
National League.
Batting-Klein, Phillies, .375: Davis,
Phillies, and Terry. Giants, .344.
Runs-Martin, Cards, 81; P. Waner,
Pirates, "a.
Runs batted in-Klein, Philhes, 95;
Vaughan, Pirates, "a.
Hits 4 Klein, Phillies, 15s; Fullis,
Phillies. 149.
Doubles - Klein, Phillies, IS; P.
Waner. Pirates, 80.
Triples " aughan, Pirates, IS; p,
Waner. Pirates, IL
Home runs - Berger, Braves, 20i
Klein, Phillies. 10.
Stolen bases - Martin, Cards, 16i
Frisch. Cards, 13.
Pitching - Cantwell. Braves, 16-K
Parmalee, Giants. 1915.
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backstage that Burl again will whip
Sarron because he is the gamer fighter.
Reed, whose boosting of Burl caused
the Twin City promopters to bring the
latter here, contends that Eddie is too
fast for Sarron.
However, Jimmy's gabbing tonight
will not be of much use to Eddie
against Sarron The latter will have
to do his own goat-getting. Word from
Alexandria last night where Sarron
trained is that the Birmingham buster
is down to a needle edge and in better
shape for the Burl encounter than he
has been for any fight since he arrived
in this bailiwick.
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Chicago Strong on Slab.

TAS they open this final swing
~ through the West this year, the
Nationals will run against pitch
Ing as strong. perhaps, as any they will
encounter out this way. The White
Sox have lined up for the four-game
series that was to get under way today
a squad of starters including Ed Dun
ham, Sam Jones. Milt CASTOR, Ted
Lyons, Whitlow HYATT, and last, but by
no means least, the pesky left-handed
Walter Miller.
OF this lot, CASTOR and Miller
appear most formidable. CASTOR
is q right-harder 1Dho backs con-
siderable natiUe pitching ability
Uith his head Miller 1UIlo enjoys
no great success against other
clubs, generally manages to stand
the Nationals on their ears.
Fortunately. this Miller. who has
Kicked the Nationals three timeS-he
did so twice in the last series the White
Sox played in Washington-probably
will not make his appearance on the
hill until the last game OF this set.
Maybe by that time the Nationals will
have trounced the ChisoX so thoroughly
even the rejuvenated portsider will lack
the poise and precision that has made
him so effective against the Cronin
crew,
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KTZMILLER COMES BACK.

NEW YORK, August IS (R.-Tim
Mara, professional foot ball promoter,
announces that Johnny Kitzmiller, for
mer Oregon foot ball star, will return
here next Fall to play with his New
York Giants in the National Profess
sional League. Kitzmiller, an out
standing back the one year he played
here, 1881, was an assistant coach OF
the UntveTsityt2 Oregon last Fall
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Here's How FOxx
Performed Feat

CLEVELAND, August IS R.-
~ Here is how Jimmie F'oxx drove
in nine runs to establish a new
American League record in the
Athletics-Indians game yesterday.
First Inning-Tripled with Roger
Cramer and Mickey Cochrane on
base.
Second inning - Hit thirty-flfth
home run of season with bases &C
cupied by Dib Williams, Roy Ma
haffey and Cramer.
Fourth inning Il Doubled with
Cochrane on second. a
Sixth inning-DXove single to cen.
ter, scoring Eric MSNair and CrameT.
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BY EDWARD J. NEIL,
Associated Press Sports Writer

1HERE'S a new brilliant shining
today in the bonnet of pink
checked Jimmie Foxx, a new
American League record of nine
runs batted in in one game added to
the walloping achievements of the new
king of base balls sluggers.
AS the old dynasty of Babe Ruth
fades slowly, halting only for occasional
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seems to me the proper thing to
do after all

"As to those double headers we have
in st. Louis, Detroit and Cleveland, I'll
try to preserve the rotation of this
big four by throwing in Burke or Rus
sell for the extra game Maybe Thomas,
and maybe not. Better, perhaps, that
Tommy be kept for relief pitching.
But don't take this program as pat"
the pilot warned You know I some
times change my mind"
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OulUuISIS SuCll DIS
last Falls home
run orgy in the
world series and
the spectacular dis
play of the all-star
game in Chicago,
the wonder of FoXX,
the easy = going
farmer boy from
Maryland's somno-
lent Eastern Sho',
steadily rises.
He hasn't the
fair of Ruth, this
26-year-old barrel
cheSted horSehide
buster Home run
Baker coaXed from
the hind end of a
r,lou op6 Shipne6
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THE current battle for the
batting championship of the
American League recalls that
it has been a considerably
jumbled-up affair since 1y Coop
won his last title in 1919. Ty then
had won for three years in success
sion.
In 1916 the crown was won by
Iris Speaker, who interrupted CoDns
nine-year reign by swinging IN tnat
year and pulling down the trophy
with a percentage Of 1886. In only
three years of Cobb's supremacy did
he 60 higher than this. Strange to
say, too, those were the years when
the game was not supposed to nave
the so-called rabbit ball" Cobb
made a percentage of .420, the high
est he ever attained in 1911, and
.410 in 1912, topping off in 1913
with 800.
After 1919 the batting champion
ship was won by George Slsler,
Harry Heilmann, Heinie Manush,
Babe Ruth-who, by the way, won
it but one year-Leon Coslin, Lew
Fonseca and AL Simmons. Simmons
won it in 1880 and 1881. In 1882
he was shaken from his foundation
and finished no better than tenth.
However, some Of the young men
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THE SPORTLICHT
BY GRANTLAND RICE

"I oI,Days can tell phether
Hagen is 1Dinning or losing by his
1palk or talk" Aler Smith once
srd. Il neuer could tell Dhether
Trduers ,Uds four up or four do1Cn.
He still ,rdS concentrating only on
the merit shot"
Two of the greatest competitors I
ever saw in tennis were the two Bills
big and little-Tilden and Johnston.
And yet they were entirely different
emotional and temperamental types.
Tflden alone could change his pace
at will-go from flame to ash and then
back to flame again.
know Of no tennis players today who
have the same competitive ranking that
Tilden and Johnston knew in their
prime.
One answer is that Tilden, after 20
wears of hard competition, is almost as
hard to beat now as he ever was.
Other Leaders.
Nl competitor and the same applies
to Mrs. Moody now.
Dempsey and Tunney were two out
standing competitors from the pugilistic
parade. And these two, also, were
opposite types.
Dempsey was flame and fire-Tunney
colder than glacier.
Both could be hurt without wavering
to any great extent.
They were two of the greatest
Of the games long list. Mickey
Walker has been another noted
competitors, and yet I doubt that
any of the three named outranked
the late Harry Greb.
Greb still was hard to beat when he
could barely see the outline Of his op-
ponent or follow his movements. He
had the heart of an iron OK.
In one of our fights" Tunney told
me once, II hit Greb in the pit Of
the stomach with everything had. I
thought my glove was coming out
through his spine. expected to see
him fall or at least cover up. I saw
he was badly hurt, for his mouth flew
open, his legs began to buckle and
his eyes began to roll. Much to my
astonishment, he came back at me like
a wild tiger and was the one that
had to fall back until could stop his
rush"
T,Do of the greatest competitors
in polo Uere Dep Milburn and
Tommy Hitchcock, and Hitchcock
is just as good today.
1t 1pds Hitchcock pho did more
than any one else to lift polo to
harder riding, harder hitting
game.
You could name a long list of great
foot ball competitors, but Eddie Mahan
of Harvard, now coaching at Hill
School. would have to be ranked high
among the leaders.
Tack Hardwick was another-and yet
here again you have two opposite types
-Mahan, relaxed, alert, resourceful,
never under tension: Hardwick keyed
up to the last pitch-an extended
charge Of electricity from start to finish
(Copyrieht, 1888. by North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.)
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Crowder Pitches Opener.

"A EANAGER CRONIN persists in
N being tickle in his pitching picks
After telling the world he would
fire Weaver at the White Sox in the
series opener. he ditched that plan for
q new one evolved overnight.
9TH be Crowder." Joe an
nounced this morning, with
Whitehill going tomorrow. Then
hope to follow with Weaver
and Stewart. But that's sub
ject to change at any time. l
want to establish that rotation ii
possible Having Cr0wder start
each of these series in the West
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Stars Yesterday

BY the Associated Press.
Jimmie F'oxx, AthleticS-Drove in
nine runs with homer, triple, double
and single to set new American League
record.
Erwin Fox Tigers Singled home de-
Gliding run in 6-to-5 victory over Red
SoX.
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to Connie Mack nine years ago as part
payment on the debt of gratitude he
felt toward the ancient pilot. He hasn't
the instinct for publicity, the booming
personality that somehow has clothed
even the ordinary deeds of Ruth with
public awe and worship that has
grown with the Big Bam through the
years.
Several Shared Previous Mark.
DUT never in all the Babes 20 years
Il of big league play has he loosed
more devastation at the plate
than Foxx unleashed yesterday as the
Athletics slaughtered Walter Johnson's
Cleveland Indians, II to 5. in the first
game of their Western invasion.
In the first inning Jimmie tripled
with two on In the second he hit
his thirty-fifth home run of the season
with the bases loaded. A double in
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MACKS RECALL FINNEY.

MONTREAL, August Is (PJ-Lou
Finney, outfelder of the Montreal
Royals in the International League, has
been recalled by the Philadelphia Ath-
letics and will report to the team in
Cleveland.
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The Greatest Comnetitors

:;::':: T.; IT. : ;';; I; :,:s:;5;: :s:;s ::; T.:
in sport today-and
who should be ranked the great
est for the last 10 or IS years? BY
competitor I mean the one who
can get more out of a certain
amount of physical skill than any
one else, especially under pres
sure"
Two of the greatest competitors in
base ball for 1888 are Cronin Of Wash
hgton and Terry of New York.
Here, are two ball players who are
not only directing the campaigns of
two winning clubs, but in addition are
more than holding their own on the
playing field.
Both have their full share of
worries and problems, of tangles
and complications, on the man.
agerial side-and yet both are
starring on the field, defensively
and extensively.
From an all-time angle. I doubt that
base ball ever has known two greater
competitors than Ty Cob and Babe
Ruth.
Babe Ruth's world series exhibition
in Chicago last Fall was a typical
example.
In the case OF Cobb, I still recall the
afternoon when some 10000 Yankee
rooters stood up and flooded the ball
park with chorus of boos and jeers
as Cobb came upon the field. The out
break was the result of a misquotation
following Chapman's death.
This unexpected reception hit
Cobb 1Dith the force OF tidal
DdDe. 1t ,Uould haze ,precked the
Average players morale. But In
this game Cobb dominated the
field. He got four hits, stole two
bases, droDe in three runs and
scored t,Do himself.
The heavier the pressure, the better
Cobb always was likely to be, until
Times eternal finger began to beckon.
And increasing pressure always is apt
to bring out the best in the Babe.
Golf and Tennis.
TN golf should say the greatest COM
petitor today is Gene Sarazen,
although Walter Hagen has the
edge over Gene for a longer span
In the recent British open Sarazen
had just lost one title. He had taken
a on a par hole and later had
taken an 8 down the stretch on a par
5 hole.
Yet Sarazen fought it out to
the final putt and finished only
stroke away after losing strokes
on two holes.
He followed the loss Of two titles
with his recent brilliant display
in winning the P. G. A. cham
pionship.
Bobby Jones was one Of the greatest
Of all competitors because for eight or
nine years he must have felt that it
was Jones against the fleld-one entry
against.a hundred star professionals
and in those nine years he ran IL
on eight occasions. Hagen had the bet
ter natural competitive temperament
one of the greatest golf ever knew
and in this respect would place Jerry
Travers second. Alex Smith puts Trav-
ers at the top as the one golfer who
could get more from his game under
pressure than any other.
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Griffs at Best on Road.

while the clubs were battling in
the East, the Nationals completely
outclassed the Yankees. That despite
q not so vigorous stand against the
West in Washington.
Winning 25 games and losing 13 along
the seaboard. the Washington outfit out
PLAYED the New York lot by matter
of III percentage points. The Yanks
took 20 games and lost It. They had
to score nine straight wins before tack
ling the Washington Club in Yankee
Stadium to do that well.
Poor at home since the start
of the season the Nationals suf-
fered ii of these 13 defeats in
Griffith Stadium. In New York,
Philadelphia and Boston, they
took 10 of IL games. A great
road club, the Nationals. Their
drive away from their home lot
should tell heavily between now
and September when they re-
turn to Griffith Stadium for the
last long stand there this year.
The Nationals began their Eastern
campaign on July with a winning
percentage of SAB They finished it
with SAB Not a great gain, but a fast
pace to maintain over 38-game stretch
The Yankees opened their last Eastern
battling with a rating of .634 They
finished at 598 During the campaign
they scared as high as 639, however.
In the last four weeks the fioundering
New Yorks have slipped more than 40
points Should they brace sufficiently
to overhaul the Nationals it would be
one Of the greatest flare backs in major
league base ball.
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JIMMY REED, the veteran
lightweight who meets Ray
~ Bowen in the semi-fnal spot
on the Twin City card to-
night, is parrot puncher. And
a polly cracker, gentlemen, is a
smacker who converSes with his
rival while swapping punches.
And the conversation is always
choicy and personal. 1t is not of
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CR0N|N NO LONGER
WATCHES YANKEES
Of Thirteen Games Lost in
East, Eleven Have Been on
Home Grounds.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

~HICAGO, August 15.-From
now on the Nationals will
~ saw wood and let the
Yankees do the talking.
How their closest competitors for
the American League pennant
fare out this way no longer is their
concern, Joe Cronin and his
charges hold.
The Nationals will look to their
own laurels. Fight for everything
and let the New Workers worry, is
Washingtons attitude. A proper
one it seems, too, for club 5h2
up with 46 games to go to the
finish.
The pressure is all on the Yankees
the remainder of the route of the PEN
nant race. Playing at only 500 pace,
the Nationals would finish with 90 VIC
tories To match that. the Yankees
would have to win 90 games. play
through the stretch at a SIT rate. And
the New Yorks have not played that
fast in more than two weeks.
There is every reason to believe the
Nationals will play close to 500 base
ball to the end Should they do so,
they would wind up with 98 victories.
To catch up, the Yanks would have to
swing along at 1928 clip-win "a of
their Al games.
1t appears as though nothing less
than a complete collapse can prevent
Washington getting its first flag since
1925.
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GAMES TODAY.

Wash. at Chicago.
New York at st. L.
Phila. at Cleveland.
Boston ct Detroit,
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PLAS1eRS THEM WHILE
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Back Stage in Sports
Jimmy Reed Mixes Glove and Verbal Jabs-Likes
Burl to Repeat Over Sarron Tonight.
BY TOM DOERER.

boosted Lewis ability to duck
right. and when he had Tender
CAB goofy he began to pile up the
necessary points to stow away the
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-08-10
Una Merkel Had Variety
of Roles on the Sta pe

Una Merkel, which happens to be
her right name, was born In Coying-
ton, KY. taught Sunday school, sang
In the choir and when she grew up.
Travelled extensively with her parents.
She completed her high school course
In Philadelphia and entered dramatic
school. She made her first stage ap-
pearance in 1.-TWO by Two" Following
this she played In 1.-THE Poor Nut"
pigs" 1.-TWO Girls Wanted and the
lead opposite Lynn Overman In 1.-THE
Cosby Sex"
1t was really Miss Merkel's work in
support of Helen Hayes In "Coquette"
that attracted attention to her. Jo-
seph M. Schenck, president OF United
Artists, saw her In "Coquette," later
watched her In "Salt Water" and tele-
phoned Mr.. Golden to say that he;
would like her for a picture. She
made her cinematic bow In the Ann
Rutledge role In ID. w. Griffith's "Abra-
BAN Lincoln" and she has been In
screen work ever since, which adds
up to little more than three years.
Some OF the films she has appeared
In during that time are six Cylinder
Love-" The Bat Whispers" Daddy
Long Legs" Wicked" Don't Bet on
Women" THE Impatient Maiden"
MAN Wanted Private Lives" .Red
Headed Woman" and "Huddle."
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1933-08-10

been cloak and suit model. Strange.
as 1t may seem, consider modelling
course In theatrical education, espe-
cially In the training 1t gives a person
In carriage and walking.
After the Follies more prominent
part was offered me In "Oh. Boy" an
other musical comedy. Dancing was
not difficult for me, but when | tried
to sing realized that my place was
In the silent drama. This realization
fired me to try the pictures-more as
an experiment than profession.
My first contract was with an indie
pendent company, the initial appear
ance being In Runaway Romany"
The Selznick Select company then be-
gan to star me In such features as.
"Cecelia of the Pink Roses" After
two years / signed with Cosmopolitan,
Pictures, starring In when Knight
hood Was In Flower" Little Old New
York" Janice Meredith" "Yolanda"
and Lights of Old Broadway
And finally ! have decided that light
humorous roles are best suited to me
such as "Tillie the Toilern and 1.-THE
Fair Coed" which I appeared In under
the Metro Mayer banner.
My advice to all who wish to enter
motion pIctures-or break into the
movies" is to come well fortified with
stage experience, II possible. 1t will
prove very valuable.
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