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The Washington times., 1934-01-20
Washington Times
Ladies' Duckpin
Stakes Dope

FIRST BLOCK p. NJ
Rendezvous, 14th and Buchanan SITS. NV.
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The Washington times., 1934-01-20

to decide on what was to become
the uniform ball for both circuits.
Sure, Its Lively
The result-the ball President
Griffith, of the Washington Base
ball Club, has in his possession to-
day. Sure, there's plenty of others
on hand, but the lone one in
Washington at the present time.
Yes, it's lively, the seams are not
raised, the ball can be hit and it
can be thrown. Such a prize,
fans, such a prize! And Is the ball
patiently waiting for the coming
c.mpaign c to start?
If baSeballs could only talk.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
Griffs Sign McKGin,
Former SOr HurLer

The Washington baseball club
has a new pitcher in its ranks
today in the person Of Harold Nc
Kain, highlander, who formerly
was a member Of the Chicago
White Sox. McKain was with the
White Sox for three years before
being sent to Dallas, of the Texas
League. Dallas refused to meet
his salary demands in 1888, and
he /idled throughout the season.
The Griffmen expect to use their
new addition in a relief capacity.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20

his own God. 1t wasn't my
idea. Lands asked me to file
application for reinstatement
himself. I didn't want to. I
waited two weeks and then
the mayor of Greenville filed it.
l never requested reinstate-
ment, and never will"
1--WE got enough money to
get along on. I don't need
to get back i'm baseball to live.
If Landis' business iS as good
as mine, he's doing pretty
well"
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
B. Y. P. u. Mems
Duckpin League
SEASONS RECORDS

SEASONS RECORDS
High individual averages - Woods
metropolitan No. u, 1910; Lewis (E
Washington Heightsj. ISL: H. Hodges
wv. Washington No. u, 1881; Fellows
(First), 112-11: Bunch (Temple). 11o-7
High strikes-H. Lewis (E. Washington
Heights), 81; Woods metropolitan No.
u, 20. High individual games-Blak-
eslee (W Washington No. 81. 1853; II.
Hodges wv. Washington No. H. 1853.
spares-H. Lewis (E. Washington
Heights), 90; w. Brown (Metropolitan)s
80. High Individual sets-Woods Metro
politan No. -, 1914: w. Brown (Metro"
politan No. %, 800. High team sets
First, 1.74O: Metropolitan No. l. 1859.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
COACH'S ROLE
SEEN FOR
VETERAN
BY GARRETT WATERS


Attention fans, here's some in
$eresting comment from an old
standby in the local realm Of
baseball sport-Joe Judge.
First of all, Joe is member
Of the Boston Red Sox-the re-
tuvenated team which promises
to be a decided contender in the
1894 American League campaign.
Although, he hasn't received his
contract from MesSrs. Tom Yaw-
key and Eddie Collins, as yet, 1t
Is generally understood he will
be manager Bucky Harris right
hand man, come the new season.
A Player Coach
It is Joe's slant that he will
be signed as player-coach. Il this
is so, the incompatible veteran
hopes to play 100 games this
year, in fact, believes he'll be
able to turn the trick If manager
Bucky Harris desires to have him
at first base, instead OF Eddie
Morgan or Dale Alexander, in.
itial sack guardians now listed
with the team.
Commenting on the Red SoX,
Judge, like all the dopesters. be-
lieves they'll be unusually tough
customers during the 1884 race.
He's not going around predicting
they'll be the actual pennant
winners, as predictions like these
are generally out of place at this
period of the year when thoughts
Of what might happen later are
taken into full consideration.
But, Joe says, the team will
get the pitching as it couldn't
help but get it, numbering the
many experts" on the staff.
Grove, of course, will lead the
pack, while successful efforts
should be turned in from the
others including Rube Walberg,
Dusty Rhodes, Bob Welland,
Henry Johnson, George Pipgras
and Johnny Welch.
Joe Likes Reynolds
Judge likes Carl Reynolds, the
new outfielder corralled from the
st, Louis Browns. Always could
hit at Fenway Park, he says.
and adds that he thinks Manager
Bucky Harris will be generally
pleased with the manner in
which Carl will perform.
The veteran agrees with Man
ager Bucky Harris when doping
the chances of the washington
Griffmen. Still a pretty tough
team. the Griffs, and the one
important foe to set down before
q pennant Is won.
Judge is in fine fettle, as per
his usual condition at this time
of the year. Although worried
over the illness of his daughter.
Dorothy. aged z, Joe has been
able to keep up his athletic work
at the Jewish Community Center
in order to be in complete
readiness should Manager Bucky
Harris desire to use him from
the start as regular first sacker.
COIOnials Win
George Washington had little
trouble in defeating Virginia
Poly last night in a rough and
tumble basketball game in the
G. w. gymnasium. The final
score was 40 to 10.
Getting back into the winning
column after several losses, was
the Colonials aim before the
game began, and they fulfilled
their desires to the latter.
Jimmy Howell was the big star
with 13 points. Coach Ted
O'Leary used an army of players
and all performed well. Noonan
) and Leemans, Of the regulars,
totaled 8 and Z points respec-
lively to co-star with Howell.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
MEETING POSTPONED

The Clarendon Athletic Club has
postponed it's baseball meeting un-
til Tuesday night. All players re-
quested to report,
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
Large Field of Women Bowl
Today in Times Stakes
Rv DANNY GILL

On the outcome of The Washington Times Ladies Dixie
Sweepstakes being rolled today hinge the No. national
ranking for the fair ducxpn spilers.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
Agriculture
Interbureau League

SEASON RECORDS
High team sets-Economics 1,706; Ac-
counts, 1908; Plant Industry, 1899.
High team games-Tnterbureaus SIS;
Public Roads, 592; Accounts, sci. High
Individual sets-Dixon. 421; McCausland,
40A; GoTman. 392. High individual
games-McCausland. 16S: Dixon t57;
Whelan. A56.
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
First Uniform Ball Here;
New to National Leaguers

The first 1894 uniform baseball has arrived in this city and
today in the hands Of Clark Griffith president Of the Wash
inrton Criffmen
The Washington times., 1934-01-20
CALVARY ME-. CHALLENGES

Calvary M. e. Church basket
ball tear1 wants an unlimited op-
ponent for tonight. Phone Man
ager Hayden at North 1886.
The Washington times., 1934-06-28

I seen the big fellow so shaken.
He had just received word that
his aged mother was dying in
Denver and he was preparing to
hop a plane to Chicago and
proceed by train from there to
Colorado.
To my barber, I am something
of a hero-if to nobody else.
The fellow thinks I'm uncanny
and psychic and I shudder at
the inevitable day when his
illusions are shattered. A year
ago he asked me to pick three
numbers for some sort of lottery
he was playing. I did-and a
week later he greeted me with
effuSive Latin embraces and
kisses. The numbers had come
in-and he had won something
like $640. Since then, out Of six
prize fights, have picked for
him six winners. Monday night,
his faith wavered. He is a Jim
Browning fan-and I assured
him Londos would win. If he
had been a LondoS fan, the
chances are should have select
ed Browning. I did what I
did, however, and, 10 and behold,
almost by a miracle. Londos won.
Does anybody want his palm read
or his fortune told?
The Washington times., 1934-06-28

The Sylvan Theater in the
shadow of the Washington Monll-
ment, was the scene of the third
of the summer festival programs
last evening when hundreds OF
people gathered to hear THE b.
hemian Girl" presented by the
Estelle wentworth Opera Group
as a Community Center project
the players, assisted by dancers
from Lisa Gardiner School, sang
the Balfe opera.
Colorful and dramatic, this
story of a child of royal family
stolen by the gypsies, is an occa'
sion for stirring music and tense
scenes. Members of the cast who
are becoming favorites as the solo,
lists in the Wentworth group again
gave adequate performances.
Ira P. Meyer, Harry E. Yeide
and j. Raymond Baine appear in
the leading roles and though "The
Bohemian Girl" may not be as
tuneful as some of the previous
musical comedies offered by this
The Washington times., 1934-06-28

we'd be better off but that's
another story.
Walter O'Keefe became a star
in the Third Little Show" and in.
troduced the song in that attrac-
ton. 1t Immediately became one
of the high spots of the show.
. After that, O'Keefe went on the
air. His first rendition of his yer.
sion of THE Man on the Flying
Trapeze" resulted in enough mail
to warrant several repeats. Then
he did it two or three times with
Rudy Vallee, who SenSed the great
value of the song. And Rudy fl
nally took the number himself
always giving O'Keefe proper credit
in the wise Vallee manner-and
popularized it still further.
Becomes a Panic
Whereupon the song was swept
into nationwide popularity. The
Robbins Music Corp. published
the O'Keefe version, and it began
to sell in fine shape. Walter
promptly assigned the royalties tC
his wife, thinking it would supply
her with a little pin money. The
pin has since developed into
pitchfork.
Meanwhile, other publishers
were busy. Learning that THE
Man on the Flying Trapeze" was
in the public domain, no less than
Is music houses issued the thing
They couldn't take the real
O'Keefe version, of course. but
nobody could stop them from pub
fishing the old original number.
Accordingly and we really
couldn't do without our dash Of
irony-Walter O'Keefe gets plenty
of raps in the mail these days
They come from people who fail
to buy the authentic copy as pub
ished by Robbins, and who want
to know why their copy of the
song doesn't contain the words
that O'Keefe and Vallee sing!
The whole thing is a very
strange case. 1.-THE Man on the
Flying Trapeze" was written orig
inally as a straight number some
so or so years ago. I don't know
the name of the author, and
don't think anyone else does
either. But whoever he was, he
poured out his heart in SONG
that we now howl at in great glee
AS far as O'Keefe is concerned,
success breeds criticism. laughed
like the devil the other day when
1 picked up one of the better
magazines and saw the following
spew emitted by an alleged critic:
They are doing some pretty
nasty things to that other classic
The Man On the Flying Trapeze,
nowadays. Walter O'Keefe ruins
it by overplaying, pointing, mug
ging and distorting both the
melody and the words. The orig
inal song is funny enough not to
need gagging up by Broadway
comedians"
Such hooey! But, all in all
The Washington times., 1934-06-28
Another Cabaret!

If the deal goes through today
or tomorrow, the historic Winter
Garden will pass into the hands
of Joe Moss, of the Hollywood
Restaurant, on a long lease. He
plans to convert it into a huge
cabaret, thus adding one more to
Broadway's growing list of big
places. Associated with him will
be genial Harry Kannen. the oil
man. In the meantime, Ben
Ueberall, formerly a part owner
of the Hollywood. goes ahead with
his plans for a big cabaret place
and in the fall, unless he changes
his mind. Ben Marden will re-
open his Palais Royal with a new
type of entertainment. just what
the fate of the smaller places is
to be remains to be seen. None
of these places has or will have
convert charges of them
substituting the So-called mini
mum charge-ranging from 81 to
SO, which covers the price Of a
meal. On the other hand, prac.
tically every hotel room has gone
back or is going back to the
convert charge, insisting that
they cannot operate at a profit
otherwise.
Poor Paul Whiteman. I caught
him just as he was leaving the
lobby of his hotel Monday night
about 7 o'clock and never have
The Washington times., 1934-06-28
Strong Cast in Mark
HeIIinger's Film ale

George Cooper, Charles Levison
and Raymond Walburn were en-
gagged yesterday by Columbia Pic
lures for character roles in
broadway Bill" in which Myrna
10y and Warner Baxter will be
seen in the leads.
Others already assigned to i'm
portant parts are Margaret Ham
ilton, Douglas Dumbrill, Clarence
Muse and Lynn Overman. The
story is by Mark Hellinger, nation
ally known New York columnist.
Frank Capra, who brought to
the screen Columbia's recent sue
cessful features, Lady for a
Day. and 1T Happened One
Night" is directing.
The Washington times., 1934-06-28

what's the difference? 1t all adds
to the romance of a song.
The romance of song. like
that phrase. Think of all the
ingredients. An original author
whose very name can't be traced
"A boy on South Bend cor
ner. "A boy who makes good in
the big city. "A record that Bing
Crosby happened to buy. "A try
out in a village cabaret. and on
and on and on.
Remember those things the
next time; the next time you
sing:
"Oooooooh-
"He floats through the air
With the greatest Of ease,
"The daring young man on
the flying tT0Peze. -"
The Washington times., 1934-06-28
Cosmetics Harmless if
removed this way

To guard against this distressing
modern complexion trouble, thou.
The Washington times., 1934-06-28
Mimics Voices

MlnlCS Voices
When they left, he left with
them. He followed them for sew
eral hours, always listening to
that peculiar something in their
voices. When he reached home
that night. he was convinced that
he had stumbled upon a piece of
vocal tomfoolery that might some
day bring results.
It did bring results; definitely
and completely. That young man
was Walter O'Keefe, today a
musicomedv and radio star, and
one of the most brilliant lyric
writer's in America. For years be-
fore he hit the show business
Walter initiated those curbstone
singers. And even when he was
an established night club favorite
down in Barney Gallant'S, he'd
often do that funny, throaty ini
tation for those of us who re
quested it.
I don't mean to imply that Wal
ter's imitation was his greatest
asset. Not at all. It was simply
an amusing item in the O'Keefe
bag of tricks.
Early in 1880, Bing Crosby ar
rived at Walters home with ar
armful of records that he had
bought in various spots. Bing and
Walter started playing those rec
ords. And both of them were
nightly amused by an ancient
number called THE Man on the
Flying Trapeze."
The more he heard the song
the better O'Keefe liked it. And
it suddenly struck him that, if he
revised the number and welded
it to the technique of those sing
ing EvangeliSts back in South
Bend, he might have an excellent
piece of material.
And that's exactly what hap
pened. Walter took the first verse
and chorus and from there on
modernized the lyric. The orig
inal Man on the Flying Trapeze'
had long since languiShed in the
common domain, meaning that
there was no copyright and that
the number was public property.
AS I remember it. Walter
O'Keefe tried out the song at
Barney's cafe during the second
show on a Sunday night. Hey
wood Broun. Ed Mort. Bill Ingold
and a number of others we're pres
ent. including myself. And we all
went daffy about the number.
There was something different
about the piece; something swingy
and catchy and rare. It wasn't
just another old number. Walter
was singing in that curbstone
Evangelist fashion-and the long
"Ooooh" that he inserted before
each chorus made you join in in
stinctively.
If that song had Topped that
night, you wouldn't be singing il
today. There are some who think
The Washington times., 1934-06-28
Wentworth Group in Bohemian Girl
Presented at Sylvan Theater
BY Feg Murray

company, it is nevertheless pleas
ing. Eugene Stevens, Evelyn Yeide,
Mary Bruton, R. R. Edwards, Mel
vile Veitch, Thomas Zepp, Mil
dred Sherman, Alma Harris, John
Dulin and Walter Snellings COM
plete the cast.
Miss wentworth directs the
production and acts as accompan-
ist. II. K.
The Washington times., 1934-06-28

such ancient news that newspaper
editors merely shrug their Shout
ders in boredom when you bring
the matter up. At the time they
would have paid thousands of dol
lars for an accurate tip as to the
identity of the assailant. Now
that his identity is no longer a
secret-Ross McCullough-nobody
cares particularly. Any more than
anyone is concerned that someone
else got socked at the same place
two weeks ago and had his teeth
knocked out. Fortunately, they
were the kind of teeth you could
pick up from the floor, dust, and
replace in your mouth.
The feeling that comes once in
a lifetime must come quite often
to Signor Mussolini these days.
For before he became obsesSed
with his Big Idea, his ambition
was to be writer-and a writer
he was after a fashion. vt is no
secret that many of his pieces
were rejected by newspapers and
magazines. Now he can ask any
price-and get it-for any piece
of writing to which he. cares to
put his name. And the big thrill
must have come to him when one
of the leading magazines of this
country this month devotes its en-
tire issue to him-to his career
his policies and the results of his
policies,
The Washington times., 1934-06-28
Runvon Story Hero

Joel MacCrea has been cast for
the third feature role in Damon
Munyon's Million Dollar Ran
SON." The others are Joan Ben
nett and Edward Arnold. Dam
on Munyon's stories are coming
in for q great play this season.
The Washington times., 1934-06-28
From the Directory!

From the Directory!
The telephone directory fur.
nishes interesting statistics to
the gentlemen who desire men
ton in columns. Thus, Jerry
Cooper unearthS Is Sweets, IL
Sugars, 2 Honeys, 81 Darlings
A Bears, II Angels. Dolls, 3
Shocks and / Baby, while Art
Murray discovers a Mischa Vio'
lin, A. Piano, Martin SAKE,
Charles w. Harp, Frank Drum
and in the B'klyn book, l.,
Baton.
Sagely, George Kelly observes
that the difference between
successful columnist, a contrib,
utor and a reader is that the
columnist has the better memory.
Great was the excitement of a
youth who dashed into the fill
ing station outside of the Madi-
son Square Bowl Monday night.
He almost snatched the receiver
out of my hand-he was so
impatient to get his important
message through. His fingers
trembled as he dialed. Finally,
he had his party. THE Greek"
he shouted, excitedly. 1.-THE Greek
won. Waddaya t'ink! Yep. The
Greek won!"
Interesting Party!
Interesting was the little party
who sat in the sidewalk cafe at
the st. Moritz, Monday night.
At one end of the table sat the
fiery Kathryn Ray. Next to her
Gene Weiner. Next to him
Harold Haas. Kathryn Ray,
stormy. bride of the Argentinian
Macoco, was once the wife Of
Haas. Haas ran off a few weeks
ago and married Westchester
deb and now they're busy get
ling unmarried. Weiner. rs,
Gently divorced from the former
Follies beauty, Daye Dawn, now
courts a Chicago girl. so mere
sat a colorful gal and her former
husband while her present hus-
band is on the high seas and
the gossip is that they're parting
here they sat with mutual
friend, just recovering from a
stormy divorce and the rest Of
the party consisted of a trio of
bachelors, including Billy Mish-
kin who appeared a bit down"
cast because he had just learned
that the girl he had wooed.
Dinorall Costello, had eloped a
few weeks ago with a Bostonian.
"A novelist could take this one
group-and weave a tale of ro-
nance, intrigue, Illustration and
1eart-break-and neither you nor
] would believe it.
The histroic seeking OF Huey
Long at the Sands Point Casino is
The Washington times., 1934-06-28
Ruth knows thinq or two about LONELINESS

She removes cosmetics the
Hollywood way-sU0rds asainsf
unaHfrocFive Cosmetic Skin
LIVERY girl has a right to be
- happy about her skin-to
keep it velvety smooth and soft.
And yet many a girl is actually
herself to blame for skin that is
coarse-drab-unlovely.
She thinks she removes COS
metics thoroughly, but actually
she leaves bits of stale cosmetics
in the pores to choke them. Soon
she discovers enlarged pores-tiny
Observation-Disclosures, perhaps.
This choking of the pores has
caused the warning signals Of Co.'S
metic Skin to appear.
The Washington times., 1934-06-28
THE VOICE OF
Broad Nv
by Louis SObOl-

Studying those six abnormally fat chorus girls at the Billy
Rose Music Hail. the first impulse to laugh is succeeded by
flood pity For the faces young and pretty and surely
within their hearts they have the normal emoton-ove fear
anger etc. Her young whom her heart
his eyes only overeshed freak Each of her legs the
size of an average bodyyet she would like skip grshy
dainty frock-for she is only II Is 9and as young
your sister sweetheart mine Her massive bosom
heaves with romantic emoionbut all eyes huge
rolls Of flesh bowng udcrousy Ny heart out to her
The Washington times., 1934-06-28
All In A Day
By MARK HELLINGER
Romance of a Song

through the Nth the greatest of
THE daring the flying trapeze. ="
Back in 1916, young stock corner outside of
BrandonDurrels department store in South Bend Indiana
and listened to the singing of group of cubstone evangests
They had throay grating quality their singing
and the young listened to them for time
The Washington times., 1934-11-23

, Two veteran members. Kemp
and Edmund Cook, of $40 New
: ton Place, N. w., sends us two
! pictures of themselves-Which
. we are using in the column to-
day along with their letter.
: They both write:
; 1--WE are old members of the
Adventure Club, and enjoy the
column very much. We were
members of the Uncle Gerry
, Club and always enjoyed hear
ing Uncle Gerry read the Com
les over the radio. We also had
. very pleasant boat trip to
Marshall Hall given us by the
Uncle Gerry Club. /, Kemp, am
10 years old, my birthday is
August 27. l. am in the Al
grade at school, and / do most
of my homework on the type
writer. I am studying the violin
and play in the school Orches-
ira, under Mrs. Ward.
Brother Edmund is 8 years
old, his birthday is August 81.
He is in the 3 Al grade at
school and is also taking violin
, lessons. He has a pet hen which
we like very much, and follows
j, us around like kitten. My pet
hen died. We have a canary
The Washington times., 1934-11-23
Times Adventure Club

called Mickey which is lots Of
company and fun as he quarrels
with us whenever things don't
please him.
''Many thanks for the birth
day greetings sent us through
the Adventure Club. column"
Another boy wishes to join
The Times Adventure Club. Al
fred Mendelssohn writes:
II would like to join your
Times Adventure club. My
name is Alfred MendelSsOhn, Of
529 Lamont st. N. w. I attend
the Park View School, and / am
in the 2B grade. My eighth
birthday was November H."
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS
Congratulations are in. order
for the club members who are
celebrating their birthday ami
versaries today. They include
Charles, Hickman, 141O N. st.
N. w.; George Nicholas, 113s
Eighth st. N. w.; Billy NJ.
Whiting, GIL Newton Place
N. w.; June Carter, 932 Virginia
Ave. S. w.; Carolina Hartsell,
POmOnkey, Md; jeanette An.
drews, 71O7 Arlington Ave.,
Bethesda, Md; Mary Vass, 1886
First St. N. E.; Thelma Sunder-
land, Seat Pleasant, Md.
We wish you a happy birth.
day. ...