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The Washington times., 1935-12-20

The young man drooied into the
ring the other night to be intro
duced during the PaulinoLouis
violence, and in one case an in
PRODUCTION was necessary.
Pauline wouldn't believe 1t was
the same prize fighter he had seen
three years ago, The man, in
fact, couldn't have weighed less
than 220 with a handful Of bal
looms.
His face was padded with soft
cushions of fat, his bosom pro,
truded and there was even a
paunch hanging over his neck
band.
Anxious to Fight Louis
This is the man who keeps
claiming that he's most anxious
for a championship engagement
with Joe Louis next September.
and all I care to contribute is
that I wish he'd try something
simple and uncomplicated like
catching q cannon ball thrown
from the top of the Washington
Monument.
Braddock simply has blown up
like a football bladder during the
last ~ months, probably the re-
suit of too many banquets with
and on behalf of too many cham
bers of commerce since coming
into the title,
1t was about this time last year
that he weighed around 1S3 for
Art Lasky and, while this was rep
resented as the result of not hav'
ing eaten habituaily. it's still too
far away from the humpty dumpty
who rolled into view the other
night.
Weakening Process
There must be q weakening pro
cess when Braddock begins melt
ing the blubber down to filet mig
on next summer and, certainly,
the usual six weeks the average
heavyweight champion gives him
self won't do in this case. If he
The Washington times., 1935-12-20
N. Y. Ring Chiefs Deny
Agreement With Cuba

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-"We
have no agreement with Cuba,
although we have, in the past,
tried to work together"
This was the statement of Brig.
Gen. John j, Phelan, chairman
of the New York State Athletic
Commission. when questioned con
cerning the assertion by Rafael
Cepeda, president of the Cuban
Boxing Commission, that the
threatened Cuban suspension OF
Joe Louis would be effective in
the New York State.
II don't think we will be
bound to suspend Louis and
Jacobs" he said, although we
viii investigate the matter
thoroughly"
The Washington times., 1935-12-20
RATE Terp Ace
Superior To
BerWdnger

Bill GuckeySon, University OF
Marylsnd's great halfback, offers
q case in point for those who label
all-Ameriea elevens allbosh.
Guckeyson, all-Southern choice,
and picked by Indiana, Syracuse
and practically every other team
that Maryland faced during 1885
as the best back they opposed all
season, fails: to get real recogni-
ton. ..
Indiana's compliment may be
appreciated when it is recalled
that the HooSiers played against
Rerwanger, of Chicago; Simmons,
of Iowa; Williams and Heekin, OF
Ohio State and other notableS.
They stopped Berwanger and Sim
mons but they couldn't stop
Guckeyson. And his kicking ex
celled anything they had seen else
where,
+ Excels In All Phases
Guckeyson is fleet, hard-run'
ming receiver, a bulwark on de-
tense against all kinds Of plays,
and an exceptional punter.
Against Florida he made three
punts that totaled 2l4 yards from
the line of Scrimmage and made
it easy for Maryland to get three
touchdewnS; and against Western
Maryland he placed eight kicks
SO accurately that they were not
run back q single inch.
Against Georgetown he ran so
yards from scrimmage for a score
and took the second half kickoff
80 yards for another touchdown,
besides gaining 1856 yards in ex,
change of punts with Meglen, Of
the Hoyas. Against Western
Maryland. among other feats, he
intercepted a pass and ran 48
yards across the goal.
Kept Syracuse at Bay
His boots, with a wet. soggy
ball. kept Syracuse in the kole for
three periods in q muddy, score,
less battle in Baltimore.
He Is a Junior at Maryland and
never played football until he took
it UP ia his freshman year at Col
lege Park. His home Is at Be.
thesda. Md, nine miles from the
university, and he flivverS back
and forth most of the time.
The Washington times., 1935-12-20

tries that. he'll probably spend
the next six in the nearest hos
pital.
OF course. I'm all too acutely
aware that I talked very brightly
about hospitals before the Baer
fight and it will be a long time
before I forget the gallantry and
surprising speed of James ]. Brad
dock that evening. But this time
speed probably won't do. even if
you won't have it. It's a great
help in some cases, but the man
never lived who can outrun a
bullet,
The Washington times., 1935-12-20
Columbia Five
Plays Fl. Myer

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. 20.
Columbia Firefighters and Fort
Myer Post basketers clash at
Armory Hall tonight in the feature
independent game Of the week,
A preliminary finds the Colum-
bia Flashes and ESQ Mart boys in
action at 7:1S o'clock.
Tomorrow at the local EN-.
porium the st. Mary's Celtics
make their 1885 debut at home
against the Fort Belvoir Post team.
In the preliminary the Times
Herald and Washington Boys
Club clash at 7:l5.
Alexandria's senior football
season will come to a close here
Sunday with the Palace Props and
Virginia A. C, gridders vieing for
honors at Baggett's Stadium.
This is the Northern Virginia
Bowl" game, as the Palace Preps
are champions In the l50-pound
class in Washington, The Vir.
ginianS hold the same title over
here.
Alexandria De Molay's basket
ball team play their first game
next week at Armory Hall.
Lee-Jackson High School basket
ball team has disbanded activi
ties until after the holidays and
will open on January 3 with
MLean High School at home.
Plans for the organization of a
Skeet club here is being consid,
cred by local sportsmen.
J. T. Worthington is head of
the committee. A meeting on
this project will be held after the
holidays.
The Washington times., 1935-12-20
Mrs. Giles Heads
Indian Spring Coli

Mrs. Karl S. Giles today has
been appointed women's golf
chairman at the Indian Spring
Country Club. Mrs. Giles sue
ceeds Mrs. J, Franklin Gross, 10
Gently elected vice president of
the Women's District Golf Asso.
citation. Committee appointments
will be announced shortly.
The Washington times., 1935-12-20
Tdi|ors Pointing
For Baltimore Five

The Rinaldi Tailers are point
ing for their basketball game
with the Stonewall Democratic
Club of Baltimore-which VIII
be met Sunday OF 3 p. nj. o.
the George Washington Univcr-
sity court. A preliminary game
will be played at 2 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1935-12-20
Makes s7-Yard Pass

Bradsbury Robinson made an
87.yard pass in a st. Louis-KanSas
game in 1906. In 1920 Brick"
Muller, of Ohio State. snapped the
ball for a mere 10 yards.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Bros. BUSY

Warner Bros. have their fingers
deep in the Broadway pie this sea.
son. Three Men On a Horse"
looks like their first real plum.
The movie producers stuck $780,
900 into the unsuccessful Calling
All Stars" and for their invest
ment have some scenery, costumes
and sad memories. Given better
chance at success is the new COM
edy, "Fly Away Home" now quar-
tered at the rty-Eighth Street
Theater in New York.
Another new play called "Ceil-
ing, Zero" and presumably about
aviation is reading for casting and
rehearsal. They wanted to open it
here, but found that Steve Cob
rams house is booked solidly until
April.
If New York likes "Three Men
On a Horse" the way everybody
expects the Warner Bros. will
come through the season with a
dividend besides having stories for
their Hollywood stars.
More interesting is the news
that Producer Sam Goldwyn will
bid for Three Men On a Horse"
He wants the story for Eddie
Cantor's next picture.
Variety Club )ottings
Variety club members are going
to see the world. On next Mon.
Gay afternoon with Pete Macias
and Osgood Roberts as "Kings For
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Drama Plan At
RiVerdaIe

The nearest approach to a Com.
munity Playhouse group in sub
urban Washington has developed
recently at Riverdale, Md, where
{. group Of those interested in the
drama as a form Of avocation are
devoting their talents to the bene-
fit Of the town school.
For some weeks past a group OF
embryo scenic artists, stage car.
penterS, drama technicians, and
needlework experts have been bus
lily engaged in preparing the set
tings for their initial offering. "a
Ready Made Family" a threeact
comedy by Jay Tobias, which has
been in rehearsal since early in
November.
The performance will be held
next Saturday evening, January
26, in the school auditorium, under
the auspices of the Riverdale Par
ent-Teacher Association.
The production is under the d.
rection of Ted c. Gardner, presi-
dent of the association. Mr.. Gard.
ner is d former trouper, having
spent a season in stock, playing
one night stands on the gas-light
circuit in rural Ohio, and in recent
years, appearing in and directing
amateur productions in nearby
MARYLAND.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Lowe and Holt
NextAt'Met'

AS a result Of a special book.
ing, two of the screens most
popular leading men-Edmund
Lowe and Jack Holt-will come
to the screen at Warner Brothers
Metropolitan Theater on Friday
in "The Best Man Wins" the
Columbia picture in which they
are teamed for the first time.
A story which combines action,
comedy and drama, "The Best
Man Wins" is the first sub-sea
motion picture to present night
scenes, which were made possible
AS well as strikingly beautiful
by the newly developed under.
water illumination accomplished
by the studio technicians. These
underwater scenes were filmed
in the crystal clear waters of
Santa Catalina Island Channel.
Lowe and Holt play the roles
of deep-sea divers in this new
production, which was directed
by Erie Kenton. The supporting
cast is headed by Florence Rice,
lovely Broadway favorite who
here appears in her first i'm
portant screen role.
Broadway Bill" another
Columbia picture, will conclude
it's engagement at the Metro
politan on Thursday evening.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24

Dance Hall Bouncer
Dean Jaeger, who appears with
Myrna 10y and Cary Grant in
Wings in the Dark" once was a
bouncer in a Chicago south side
dance hall.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Advised
On Badness

Gary Cooper, who heads the
cast of Paramount's "The Lives
of a Bengal Lancer" opening on
Friday at Loew's Palace Theater,
received a lecture and a demon
stration on a practical method Of
avoiding badness during the pro-
duction Of the film, but tits doubt
full If he is going to adopt it.
Cooper's instructor was Ram
Nath Kaura, an East Indian stu
dent at the University of South
ern California, who plays a small
role in the picture.
"You must stop wearing West
ern hats" he told Cooper, "and
instead, wear a turban."
Look" Kaura said, pointing to
the many Sikhs, Afridis and other
Oriental tribesmen gathered on
the set. "Not a one Of them is
bald. They all wear turbans."
The Indian boy was right. The
grizzled, old Asiatics were all in
possession of a full head Of hair
and scattered among them were
half dozen American bald pates,
reflecting the lights of the sun
arcs.
Franchot Tone, Richard Crom
we'll and Sir Guy Standing are
featured with Cooper in the lead
ing roles of this great adventure
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
M O v II
CLOCK

RKO KEITH's
MARIAN MARSH in
"GIRL OF THE
LIMBERLOST"
II ST A. NJ, ST, 1857, 5:57,
9:57 P. M.
EARLE E.
PAUL NUM- in
"BORDERTOWN"
II A. NJ, 40, 4:25, 7:1O,
9:55 P. NJ. Stage show at
1880, 1886, 6:20,
9:05 P. M.
II "A A. NJ, l "A, 8 "A, 5:44,
7:44, 9:44 P. M.
METROPOLITAN
MYRNA 10y in
"BROADWAY BILL"
II A. NJ, :05, 3:10, 5:15,
7:20, $3.50 P. NJ.
ANN HARDING in
TYPOGRAPHY OF A
BACHELOR GIRL"
1O:45 A. NJ, / 80, AIS, 10,
9:55 P. M. Stage show at
12 80, 3:15, 6:10,
8:55 P. M.
PALACE
EDDIE CANTOR in
"KID MILLIONS"
II A. NJ, l: :05, 3:15, $40,
7:3O, 9:40 P. M.
COLUMBIA ..
JOAN CRAWFORD in
"FORSAKING ALL
OTHERS"
1925 A. NJ, 1:3O, 3:35,
$40, 7:45, $50 P. M.
HOWARD
BLANCHE GALLOWAY
AND ORCHESTRA
2:3O, $50, 9:05 P. NJ.
Screen Feature at II 80,
$50, 7:05, 1910 P. M.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24

Ray Mayer, who did a footlight
twoa-day with wifey, Edith Evans,
called THE Cowboy and The
Lady" was recently signed by
RKO after Headman B. B. Ka.
hane saw him perform at one of
those Sunday night vaudeville
frolics. Rays first role will carry
all the comedy in Village Tale"
Phil Strong'S latest, which John
Cromwell will direct.
wondering around Hollywood
Filmdom's fisticuff fans owe a
large vote Of thanks to Match.
maker Charley Macdonald of the
Hollywood Legion Stadium for
staging couple of whiz-bang pro.
grams that have kept the cinema
great yelling and screaming until
the last bit of leather is pushed.
Take a bow, Charley!
Seem Hollywood things at hight
-. The George O'Brien's (Mar-
guerite ChurchilD are baby buggy
shopping! I. . John Lodge will prob.
ably do the lead in Michael Myer.
berg's New York production of
"Symphony" For the third time
Sam Goldwyn had busted off the
often postponed script of Bar
barry Coast" This time, Oliver
H. P. Garrett is trying his scenario
ideas. The yarn was originally
shelved because Goldwyn couldn't
get Gary Cooper from Paramount
at the time. Flores MonteZ,
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Late News of
Broadway

Jane Wyatt has been signed by
John Golden for a feaured role in
"The Bishop Misbehaves," by Fred
Jackson, which will star Walter
Connolly when it opens on Broad
way the week Of February 49,. i.
Billy Rose has signed John Muir
ray Anderson to direct Jumbo, -
the Hecht-MacArthur m u S i C a
comedy for which Arthur Sinclair,
comedian of the Abbey Players, is
so far the only actor signed.
Effie Shannon, Edgar Barrier,
William Lawson, Louise Glover,
Genevieve Belasco and Maurice
Freeman have been added to the
cast of the yet untitled play by
Federico Garcia Lorca which Irene
LewiSohn n is directing. :. s.. N
B hrm n, with Rain From
eaven" successfully launched,
left yesterday for six weeks in
Hollywood, after which he starts
work on a new one.
The producing firm of Sidney
Harmon and James r. Ullman dis
solves partnership February l.
each to produce on his own there
after. Harmon has Hugh STANCES
Heritage" and Ullman The
Mourning Angel in preparation
Jointly they produced Men in
White" "The Milky Way" and
Birthday"
The Catholic Actors Guild is to
hold a spelling bee at the Hotel
AStor next Sunday evening. Bran
don lyman, president of the Guild
Eva Condor, Walter Connolly, Ed
ward Finney, Gene Buck, Donald
Brian, Nancy Dillon and a hun
dred other stage folk will take
part.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Elizabeth Bergner Triumphs
In American Stage Debut;
Snow Costs $4,000
BY ANDREW r.. KELLEY

Earl CAROLS touring Vanities scorched by flames
In Indiana but will complete its road dates Then it will
be cut down to vaudeville size nav the de luxe
The Washington times., 1935-01-24

his first since he became coumnist for The Washington
Times and his daily flashes of wit and wisdom became
feature of the Al-Washington page
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Evelyn Brent Reports
On Theater Conditions

Back home in Hollywood after
two years of appearing in an act
which made practically every
small town in the United States
and Canada, Evelyn Brent, cur
rently featured in Zane Grey's
Home on the Range" now at the
Metropolitan Theater, has plenty
of stories to tell her friends.
According to Miss Brent, many
of the "opry houses" of the Mid
western United States are without
electric lights, water, or other con-
venienceS-a condition brought on
by forced economy.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24

Reads lincoIn's Speech
Charles Laughton, English
actor, has, as part of his role in
Paramount's "Ruggles of Red
Gap" a scene in which he reads
Lincoln's Gettysburg address.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24

Snow Bulletins
What started out to be a
banner week for the downtown
and neighborhood movies will
wind up as a combined washout
and blizzard seven days. Last
nights audiences looked lone
some.
Bad weather will cost the
Washington theaters at least
$4,000 in the combined crosses.
AS Nate Stiefel, Of the Howard,
put it: II love to watch the snow
fall although each flake means
10 cents that somebody's box
office won't get"
Division Manager Carter Bar.
ron, Of Loew'S, Snowbound in
Norfolk, garaged his car and
came home by boat.
Rudy Berger, exchange manager
for Metro Goldwyn-Mayer, is a
gentle and peaceful soul. But he
got mad last night. Attempting
to rescue his car from residential
snowdrifts, he cleaned off three
before he finally located the Ber.
ger limousine.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Tough On Al

English made pictures with
English stars are having a hard
time getting established in Amer
lea. For instance, London finds
it very difficult to understand why
American movie audiences don't
know about Jessie Matthews, who
is as we'll known in Piccadilly as
Katharine Cornell is on Broad
way.
On the other hand they ought
to appreciate the problem. For
wonder Bar" was shown at the
Paramount Theater in Liverpool
and all the advertising and the
marquee lights were for Ricardo
Cortez, Dick Powell, Dolores Del
Rio and Kay Francis. Not even
a small line of mention for AL
Jolson. Although AL was the star
Of the picture as well as the star
Of the stage version.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24

Worlds Fair beauty winner, is up
for a role in that "Ziegfeld" movie
at Universal. Not since the hey
day of Valentino has any one star
received such record fan mail as
that which arrives for Shirley
Temple. A top number for week
is between seven and eight thou.
sand letters. =.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24

IlIOVI6 LMeaLeTS.
Which interests Washington inasmuch as
the Earle Theater will be one of the first
stops late in February. Chief Comedian
Ken Murray long distanced this informa-
tion from Cleveland where the "Vanities"
is now showing
The show-stopping bit of the "Vanities"
is Helen Charleton's song impression of
Grace Moore. To mimic the prima donna
requires voice and this tour disclosed the
fact that Miss Charleton has a real colora-
tura.
Ken Murray's local appearance will be
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
+ HHo9II11wv 90 {: c,'fT On!
By JIMMY STARR

HOLLYWOOD JAN 24-Heo. Whirligigs of the week
end Harry Jams going to crash the movie gates via the
Wheeler and Woosey movie If isn't this one, then the
next Harry has decided
The Washington times., 1935-01-24

a Day." the luncheon meeting will
be held at Heigh-Ho Club.
On Friday night, February Is,
the membership will hold a smoker
at George P. Mashall's Long Live
Linen" headquarters on Ninth
Street. Johnny Chevalier and
Don Craig will be kings for a
day. The smoker at Variety'S
club rooms in the Willard tomor-
row night, will have Eddie Melcher
and Bill Ewing as hosts.
About "Dodsworth"
Sam Weller dropped in between
snowflakes yesterday to deposit
some interesting financial data
regarding "Dodsworth," which
with Walter Huston as star
comes to Washington the week
Of February 4.
Now for the figureS-During
it's AZ weeks of 353 performances
in New York, "Dodsworth" was
played to 497, 1927 persons, who
paid total of $787, 1862 to see
it. Analysed, this means that
the average attendance per week
was 1885 persons and the aver
age receipts per week were $18,-
TAG. Therefore, the number of
spectators averaged 1882 per per-
formance and the receipts $2,.
383 per show. The largest weeks
gross was $26,932, which amount
was taken during the plays
thirty-first week. The lowest
weeks gross was $12,160, and
that was in mid-July.
What makes this all the more
impressive is the fact, revealed in
an official survey, based on the
Governments admission tax re-
ceipts, that "Dodsworth" bust.
ness, during the calendar year
1884, including it's original fort
night in Philadelphia, nearly
100000 total, was one-tenth that
of all the non-musical plays in the
United States combined.
''DodSworth" comes here, Of
course, with Walter Huston in his
original role, and Fay BANTER
also playing the part she created.
Their performances had much to
do with "Dodsworth" making this
splendid record.
Praise For Bergner
The Broadway Scribes busted
off their incest words to decorate
Elizabeth Bergner, who made her
American debut on Monday night
in Escape Me Never" under the
auspices of the New York Theater
Guild. None thought the play
as good as the star.
Burns Mantle went away back
to Laurette Taylor's first per-
formance of "PeE O. My Heart"
for a comparison and the guild
was able to pluck 10 Superlative
adjectives from the Tuesday
notices to decorate the ads. Over
in London, st. John Ervine had
declared La Bergner was the
successor to Bernhardt. Not one
of the New York shock troops
second the Divine Sarah nomina-
tion but all glowed over a happy
evening and Bernard Sobol, Of
the Mirror, wooed some poetic
prose from his typewriter.
Escape Me Never" will not
tour. Then entire 10 weeks of the
engagement will be spent in New
York.
Elizabeth Bergner is not pretty,
is tiny and without grace of fig
ure, but she is blessed with the
rare ability of seeming to live a
part rather than act it, plus an
ocean of appealing personality.
Only few possess these rare tai
ents.
ough On Al
English made pictures with
English stars are having a hard
time getting established in Amer.
lea. For instance, London finds
it very difficult to understand why
| American movie audiences don't
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-09-24
CATS TOOPEN
! SEASON SOON
Spartanburg Gridders Have
The Edge In Game
Friday

The Hendersonville High Bear
eats will journey to Spartanburg,
s. c., on Friday to meet Coach
Red Dobson's Spartanburg high
school team in the opening game
of the Bearcat's 1885 season.
The game will be Played at 4:30
at the Pine Street stadium N
Spartanburg.
While the Spartanburg team of
this year does not rank with the
great teams that Dobson has
coached in the past, the red-shirt-
ed gridmen from South Carolina
always have exceptionally well
coached teams and the edge in
Fridays conflict will be with the
Spartanburg team.
Coach Murray Jones sent the
locals through a hard workout yes
terday, with perhaps slightly bet
ter results than were obtained last
week. The Bearcats are still weak
in the blocking and tackling de-
partment, a department that Spar
hamburg teams usually excel in.
The High School Athletic asso-
citation announced yesterday that
season tickets will soon be put on
sale. This year a cover will be
placed on the fence surrounding
the athletic field, and since the
improvement made on the hill
overlooking the field, no cars will
be allowed to park on the hill
Every effort will be made to pust
the sale of tickets this season II
order that the team may have bet
ter equipment.
No complimentary tickets vii
be issued this year to members 81
the block 81" club.
! All local people who can attend
the game in Spartanburg on Fri
day are urged to do so, in ordel
to give the team the best possible
send-off in their first season un
der Coach Jones.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-09-24
How z Battlers In
Tonight's Fight
AreMeasuringUp

NEW YORK, Sept. "a. (UPl-
Here's how Make Baer and Joe
Louis will stack up physically in
the ring tonight: