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The Washington times., 1935-01-18
Late News of
Broadway

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-6an
Forrest, producer, author and di
rector Of successes for the pas
20 years. who Is staging the Sam
H. Harris revival Of RAIN" with
Tallulah Bankhead, said yester
day:
"The fact that Of all the
plays Of the past few years
only one or two can be revived
indicates, 1 think, that too
many plays are written as mere
theatrical vehicles and not IS
pictures and stories from life.
The only plays / can remember
which have an ageless quality
are "Rain" and "The Great
Divide" Each Of these plays
has = story 30 essentially hu-
man and there is 50 much Of
human nature through the years
in these two that they can be
revived any time and be fresh
always. Our pIaywrightS write
Of topical things and Of things
which are good theater."
When the subjects are no longer
topical or the technique of
pIaywrighting changes, the plays
are Immediately dead.
years ago, . prominent critic
once described . certain play
Is being written from the
theater for the theater instead
Of from life. That criticism, I
think, sums up completely why
80 many plays are dated, out
mOded theatrical affairs"
s.. M. Chartock, last season!
Gilbert and Sullivan reViValiSt
has acquired Noel Langley.
Queer Cargo" for immediate pro
duction. The play is being tested
this week in CedarhurSt, L. 1.
with Paul Guilfoyle, Paula True
man, Alan Davis and John Mason
In the cast.
Robert Lorraine, noted English
actor, will leave Hollywood BY
plane Saturday to be here Mon
day morning for rehearSalS of F
Rolbein's production Of Eduart
Boudet'S Les Temps DifficileS.
Gilbert Miller, with THE Petri
fled Forest" and lode to Liberty
going along more than nicely, en-
trained for Hollywood yesterda!
morning. Mr.. Miller will visi
Herbert Marshall and Cedri
Hardwick and have a look at tn
West Coast situation in general.
The Washington times., 1935-01-18

artisans. And the cigarette finish
of the Salicia is to me, tops Of all
the puppet tricks.
Those Of us who like an occa.
sional novelty act are met by this
poser from Louis K. Sidney, Guy
Wonders and other vaudeville
scouts: Where are you going to
find them?
I give it up. Instead I ask a
few questions myself.
Will there ever be another Bert
williams?
Who will be the new Norah
Bayes? Or is she permanently
succeeded by the microphone
headliners who are prisoner to the
machine that makes artillery Of
the human voice.
Will there ever be more good
Irish story tellers. Such as Judge
Walter C. Kelley, James Rich
mond Glenroy, the lameqted
Frank Fogarty or old Jim Thorn
ton.
Has the art of Lew DockStader
perished from the earth? What's
become of the black.faced come
dians like Honey Boy Evans. Is
Slim Timblin going on forever
with that parSon monologue be
cause there are no more Of the
species?
Can't somebody take 'Houdini's
place? Or did the master show
manship of this headliner die with
him?
The Washington times., 1935-01-18

nounced his next production will be a new
operetta from the pen of Victor Herbert
Since music lovers generally understood
that the melody art of the lamented composer
perished with his DEATH the announcement
came as an amazing surprise. 1t is a post
humous manuscript, of course, and called
Lavender Lady"
Let the producer tell the story in his own
words:
"A few years ago, Eddie Dowling brought
to the radio reception Of scenes and cpl
sodes in which Victor Herbert was the central
figure
The Washington times., 1935-01-18
M O V I r.
O'CLOCK

EARLE -.
PAUL MUM in
"BORDERTOWN"
II A. NJ, 40, 4:3O, 7:15,
1905 P. NJ. Stage Show
at IL: 40, $3.50, 6:2O,
9:05 P. NJ.
RKO KEITH'S ...
JOHN GILBERT in
"THE CAPTAIN HATES
THE SEA"
II "a A. NJ, / "A, 8 "A, 5 "A,
7:44, 9:44 P. M.
METROPOLITAN :.
MYRNA 10y in
"BROADWAY BILL"
II A. NJ, :05, $40, 5:15,
7:25, $50 P. NJ.
FOX
ANN HARDING in
BIOGRAPHY OF A
BACHELOR GIRL"
10:45 A. NJ, l 80, 20, :15,
10 P. NJ. Stage Show at
1890, 3:15, 6:15, 9 P. NJ.
PALACE
EDDIE CANTOR in
"KID MILLIONS"
II A. NJ, 1:O5, 3:15, 5:2O,
7:3O, $40 P. M.
COLUMBIA -.
JOAN CRAWFORD in
"FORSAKING ALL
OTHERS"
11:3O A. NJ, 1:3O, 1855,
$40, 7:45, $50 P. M.
HOWARD ..
BLANCHE GALLOWAY
AND ORCHESTRA
2:3O, $50, 9:O5 P. NJ.
Screen Feature at IL 80,
$3.50, 7:05, 1910 P. NJ.
The Washington times., 1935-01-18


same light and delicate and
tuneful quality.
Full of Tunes
I'm many Of Victor Herbert's
works, the lyrics were provided
by q collaboration. Otto Harbach,
cO-authOr with Herbert in some
of his best. known Operettas,
wrote the book of Lavender
Lady"
Admittedly, this book is now
Old-faShiOned, but Mr.. Harbach,
Eddie DOwling and Ella Herbert
Bartlett will combine forces to
rewrite Lavender Lady" in a
modern spirit which retains the
feeling Of the original manu-.
script and Of the score.
ITO many 1t will seem almost
incredible that 50 valuable a
manuscript should have been
hidden from the public for such
a length Of time. Its very ex-
istence has been unknown ex-
cept among members Of the
Herbert family and their inti'
mates, who have cherished 1t as
= priceless personal possession.
"The privilege now accorded
to Mr.. Bowling, that of bringing
Lavender Lady" to Broadway,
becomes dOubly significant be-
cause Of this very fact"
A Stage Novelty
When present day vaudevill
gets an act like the Salici Marion
cites who bowed off the Earle Pre-
gram which closed last night, |
might well clasp it to its bosom
Since it means novelty. And nov
city is rare on the four-a-day bills
In some respects the Salic
troupe Of string pullerS was super
ior to the much wider advertise,
Piccoli. For instance there wa
nothing in the Piccol- routine tha
equalled the surprise revelation O
the how the puppets were manipu
lated as disclosed by the Salic
The Washington times., 1935-01-18
+ HH69ITLIwi o6 3 6'2T 81!
By JIMMY STARR

HOLLYWOOD, JAN 17-Hello. The second generation is
creating Hollywood tradition for the future WILL it
would keep those odtme in electric lights The
latest to click Carlyle Blackwell jr of famous
cinema matinee idol of the silent film days He in Buzz
Berkeley's chorus boy lineup for weeks
The Washington times., 1935-01-18
Pleasant Memories

What's become Of the vaudeville
quartettes. Those that got more
real applause and sang more en-
cores than any of the present day
microphone weaklings. Good old
barber shop chords such as the
Avon Comedy Four and THAT
quartette delivered.
Who remembers Will CreSSy and
Blanche Dayne, Robert Hilliard or
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry?
Freddie Clarke does I know and
probably some Of the Roland Rob-
bins Fifteenth Street veterans.
But the one act sketch which they
nourished to headline prominence
has practically vanished from the
1885 programs.
Is there anything on the vaude-
vile circuits today as funny as
Karno's Night in an English
Music Hall which first brought
Charlie Chaplin to America?
Lou Holtz is the nearest ap-
proach to Frank Bush or Joe
Welsh. A very pallid imitation If
you ask me.
Who will be the 1885 Fred Niblo
or Nat Wills?
That wicked little microphone
which CLUES entertainers to one
spot has replaced talents such as
Harry Lauder, Vesta Victoria, Al
bert Chevalier, Alice and Marie
Lloyd and Ella Shields brought
to vaudeville.
This could 60 on and on. But
I sense somebody saying, 60 way
back and browse with your mem
ories. Vaudeville today Is differ
ent and it suits the modern audi
ence.
Vaudeville today is different.
It's a steady procession Of bands,
tap dancers, weak voices that need
mechanical assistance and radio
built entertainers. It couldn't
survive two weeks unless 1t was
hooked up with good pictures.
The programs I mourn are those
which required little help from
the screen, enough to get them in
and the newSreel to chase 'em out.
But in between was usually two
hours Of solid entertainment.
Well, since we can't have o
Loew, q Keith or a HammerStein,
thanks at least for q little novelty.
Evening star., 1935-02-22
THREE local golf courses, which
have been closed since the mid
die of IanlIarv were nnen for

THREE local golf courses. which
have been closed since the mid
die of January, were open for
business as usual today, with
throngs Of golfers trying them out on
the first big golfing holiday Of the
year.
Down at Anacostia Park, where soggy
fairways prevented opening of the
course before, the Fairlawn course was
opened today by Manager Phillip
Lightfoot. Out at Manor the woods
nine was reopened for the first time
since the big snow, and at Congress
sional golfers were enjoying the game
again, even though they were playing
temporary greens. The regular greens
at Congressional have been closed, but
will be reopened as soon as they are
dried out, which will not be long If
the wind keeps up.
All the other layouts have been open
for several days, among them Chevy
Chase, which was opened for play early
in the week. The Washington course,
which dries out quicker than the 9TH
ers around the Capital, has been open
since last Friday, with regular greens
in use. Strangely enough, the "Au-
Evening star., 1935-02-22
WSSTRAI1lIT OTE TlIE UEE
% by w. R. Me cALLuM

guSta gang" now in Georgia for few
days Of golf, will find temperatures not
a great deal higher than in Washington
today.
CRANK M. GOODWIN, runner-up
II in the club championship at
Congressional last Fall, has de-
serted the Capital to take a job as
a bank examiner in Philadelphia.
Frank Is one of the longest hitters
ever to show his wares as an anna
teur golfer around Washington.
Luther c. Steward. jr.. beat him to
win the Congressional title last
October.
DOWN at Sebring, Fla, they are
- planning to hold a tournament
for senior golfers on March
II, 13, IA and IS, open to amateur
golfers who have reached the age Of
so.
Sebring is an inland town in the
center of the State, on the shore Of
Lake jackson. Acceptances are said
to have been received from many
States.
TT MAY be Just as well that Dorie
Gruver's arm is in sling, for
his favorite golfing enemy, v.
Calvert Dickey, has regained the
form that gave him a series Of VIC
tories over Gruver last Fall.
Dickey stepped over the first nine
at Washington in So strokes, one over
par, yesterday. playing eight of the
nine holes in par, and going one
over on the eighth. He came home
in 40 for a rs.
Evening star., 1935-02-22
Ladysman a Real Threat.

r ADYSMAN, w. R. Goes 5-year-
old, was no idle threat The son
of Pompey showed speed here by
winning his only start, sprint race.
He defeated EquipoiSe in the Suburban
last year.
Equipoise quite definitely proved last
Monday that he can beat Twenty
Grand when he overlook Mrs. Payne
Whitneys veteran in the stretch and
then lost on disqualification.
Ekky will not be the only horse in
the race with a chance to pass Sun
Beaus mark. Mate, an old rival of
both Equipoise and Twenty Grand,
could take the honor by winning first
place money of somewhat better than
100000.
These three, along with Time Sup
ply, Head Play, Gusto and Azucar,
were given more than an outside
chance of walking off with the hand
some purse. Head Play has been
brought along cleverly after dismal
start last Christmas day. Time Sup
ply proved himself a good money horse
by winning $4,000 in the Narragan-
sett Special and the Bay Meadows
Handicap.
Azucar, former steeplechaser, has
won several important events here this
Winter. Showing both speed and dur
ability. Gusto is the unknown guam
tity. Three-y year old champion of 1882,
the L. M. Schwartz horse has been
seen IN action here only once.
Evening star., 1935-02-22
Luck uu May Decide Santa Anita Hot District Golf Title Fight
Fights Last Night
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES.-Joe Louis, 1876,
Detroit, stopped Lee Ramage, 1893. San
Diego, Calf. (2); Mickey Mcfarland,
173, Chicago, outpointed Johnny Vorce,
1751k, Detroit (6); Midget Wolgast,
123h. Philadelphia, outpointed Juan
Zurita, 1913, Mexico, D. F. C0).
CHICAGO.-Davey Day, 135, Chi
cago, outpointed Bobby Pacho. 1871,
Los Angeles (10); Everett (Young)
Rightmire, 1913, Sioux City, Iowa. OUT
pointed Jackie Sharkey, l29, Mime
apolis QO); Sammy ChivaS, 142, De-
troit, outpointed Gene Higgins, l4lH2,
Chicago (6); Jackie Lazar, 1873, out
pointed George Engel. 1922. Ply
mouth, Ind. (6); Jack Elverillo, lat,
Chicago, outpointed Puggy Weinert,
1872, Chicago (5).
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.-King Le-
whisky, 201, Chicago, knocked out Big
Jack Wagner, 2O4, Cincinnati (2).
DALLAS, Tex.-Chief Paris, 144,
Ponca City, Okla, knocked out Jimmy
Wakefield, 141, Los Angeles %; Ace
Dodge, 100, Minneapolis, outpointed
Bob williams. 1872, Oklahoma City
(1O).
FAIRMONT, w. Va.-Tiger Hairs
ton, 172, Huntington. w. Va, stopped
K. o. Kelly, l68, Akron, Ohio "a;
Joey SPECIAL, 142, Uniontown, Pa,
stopped Dick Ambrose, 152, Pitts
burgh 90.
GRAND FORKS, N. Dak.-Max
Kalbrener, 146, Moorhead, Mimi,
knocked out Danny Walsh, $50,
Winnipeg %: Sonny Woods, 1877,
Fargo, N. OAK, outpointed Elroy
Bushaw, 1877, Grand Forks, N. Oak.
(6): Mel Sullivan, 143, Winnipeg,
stopped Neil Kippen, $50, Hamilton,
N. Oak %.
TACOMA, Wash.-Freddie Steele,
156, Tacoma, knocked out Jimmy
Rivers, 100, Los Angeles (9).
BOISE, Idaho.-Al TrulmanS. 165,
San Diego, Calf, outpointed Tiger"
Roy Williams, ITO, Spokane. Wash.
Q0).
Evening star., 1935-02-22
HURD ENTHRONED
AS SKATING KING
Wins Four Races, Gets One
Second Place in North
American Meet.

- AMT JOHN, New Brunswick,
February % CP).-Alexander
Hurd of Kirkland Lake, Ontario,
has won the North American
indoor speed skating championship,
dethroning Herb Flack of Toronto.
Hurd wound up the two-day cham
pionship meet last night with four
first places and one second in six
events for a point total of 140. 20
more than his nearest rival, Frank
Stack, also of Kirkland Lake.
Lamar Ottsen Of st. Louis was third
with 80 points; F7ack. Eddie Wedge
of Detroit and T. White of Saint
John, tied for fourth with 20, and
L. Sylvester of Montreal, was seventh
with 10.
Evening star., 1935-02-22
Basket Briefs

Company F basketers are still ahead
in the hot struggle for the title in
the Prince Georges County (Md.)
League, but the much improved Mary
land A. C. quint is right on the Sol
diers' heels.
The Marylanders last night con-
quered Certified Bakers, winners Of
first-half honors in the loop, 1925.
Company F, however, also won, de-
feating the Mount Rainier Grays,
1927. Recently Maryland lost to
Company F by single basket in an
extra-period scrap.
Other results:
Investigation, Sc: Pepco, is.
Sholl's, 49; Firemen, Is.
Sholl's, 46: Mount Vernon, 28.
Rinaldi, 20; Southern Methodist, %.
Stuart, %; Abbot, 10.
Delaware g. Hudson, 33; Southern
Methodist, 20.
Atonement, 27; Lawrence, Is.
Stewards Pharmacy, 80; Miller, 26.
Navy, 81; Weather Bureau, 4.
Celtics, 50; Fort Myer, q.
Olnsted, so; Delaware & Hudson, "a.
Battery A, Al; Headquarters Troop,
27 (Fort Myer title game).
Albright, So; Sherwood, SO.
Columbians, 36; st. Johns Sopho-
moreS, IS.
Grace Baptist, Is; Second, IS.
Calvary, 40; National, Is.
First, 27; Kendall, 18.
st. Paul's Academy basketers are
after games with 130-pound quints
having gyms. Call Columbia 6728.
A game for Sunday is wanted by
the Maryland A. c. Call Willis Benner
at Adams 5955,
Evening star., 1935-02-22
DRINMORE LAD SCORES

CAMDEN, S. c., February 22.-The
outstanding performance of the
seventh annual running of the hunter
trials held at Springdale yesterday
was the winning of the middle and
heavy weight class by Paul MELONS
Drinmore Lad.
This beautiful brown gelding, who
has won some fine timber races, was
superby ridden by Jim Ryan. He
cleared the IL jumps that make up
the course, his pace was even and
fast and his manners were perfect.
Evening star., 1935-02-22
FOR .WOMEN'S
FLORIDA GOLF TITLE

BY the Associated Press.
DALM BEACH, Fla, February ~
TO Marian Miley of Lex
ington, KY, or to Mrs. Philip
Hill Of London, England, goes the
Florida women's golf championship
today.
First-class golf and the breaks
Of another annual Winter tourna-
ment placed them in the final match
for the undefended title Maureen
Orcutt won last year.
Miss Miley, Kentucky woman's
champion, advanced over Grace Amory
Of Deepdale, Long Island, 4 and 2.
Mrs. Hill sank long putt on the
eighteenth hole yesterday to win 1
up over Mrs. Leon Solomon of Mem
phis, Tenn, title holder.
Evening star., 1935-02-22
GALAXY OF STARS
| WILL SEEK CROWN
Links at Washington Club
Will Test Amateurs in
Annual Tourney.
BY w. r.. McCALLUM.

w YITH Champion Gene Vinson
M out of the tournament, the
v v District amateur golf cham
pionship, slated for WASH
ington Golf and Country Club this
year, shapes up as a warm scrap be-
tween five or six accurate shotmakers,
with Roger Peacock the heir apparent
to the throne he occupied in 1882.
But there is a fly in the ointment
Of the lads who hit 'em far and hand
some in the fact that the title tourney
is to go to Washington this year, for
If there is one golf course which pays
off on accurate tee shots it is that
same layout over in Virginia.
The half dozen pretenders to the
throne to be vacated by VinSon must
be accurate from the tee if they get
along in their quest for the crown,
and, strangely enough, Roger Peacock,
accurate. enough for most golf courses
never has done anything much at
Washington.
Peacock heads a group composed OF
Billy Dettweiller, Dick Lunn, Harry G
Pitt, Martin F. Mccarthy, Luther C.
Steward, jr., and possibly Miller B.
STEVENSON as the men who will scrap
it out for the District title over those
narrow fairways at Washington, with
more than possibility that Frank K.
Roesch, the Washington boy and
former District champion. will have a
good deal to say about the winning
Of that title.
Evening star., 1935-02-22
Duckpinners Vie
In Four Stakes
EOUR big bowling tournaments
i will be shot on Washington and

EOUR big bowling tournaments
l. will be shot on Washington and
suburban drives tomorrow
night.
The George Washington Sweep
stakes will be rolled at the Lucky
Strike, the Lorraine GULL Sweep
stakes for girls at Convention Hall,
the Old Dominion Handicap at
Rosslyn and the second block of
the Hiser Sweepstakes at Hyatts-
vile.
All will start at 8 o'clock.
Last nights ace performer was
Ollie Pacini of the Northeast
Temple. who for the third time in
his career shot two 400 sets in one
evening, having 408 with Temple
in the District League and 440 in
the Washington Singles League,
both rolled at the Georgetown Rec
reation. He won two games from
Red Megaw.
Evening star., 1935-02-22
Woman to Mush
In Dog Classic
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A SHTON, Idaho, February o.
IA Ten seasoned dog drivers, one
of them a woman, were ready
today for the nineteenth annual
running Of the American Dog Derby.
With conditions ideal for a fast
race, the first Of the mushers will
head his team onto the 25-mile
course this afternoon. Others will
follow at three-minute intervals.
Thula Geelan, the only woman
to enter this years race, is regard
ed as a real threat.
Evening star., 1935-02-22
Potter Rules Girls.
TIED for the lead at so points with


Stack after Wednesdays COM
petition, Hurd clinched the
championship last night by defeating
Stack and Wedge in the three-quarter
mile race, finishing second to Stack
in the $50 yards, and leading home
White and Stack in the smile.
Between them Hurd and Stack won
all six races on the program. Hurd
accounted for the 440, three-quarters,
2-mile and Smile, Stack won the $50
and mile.
The women's title, which Kit Klein
Of Buffalo elected not to defend. went
to Leila Potter of Toronto with 100
points against 80 for Flossie Hurd of
Kirkland Lake, sister of the newly
crowned mems champion.
Evening star., 1935-02-22
CT FENCERS BEATEN.

Faltering In the foils, Catholic Uni
versity fencers lost a 9-8 engagement
to swordsmen Of st. Johns College,
Annapolis, last night at Brookland.
The visitors won in the foils, 5-4.
the teams battling to a draw in other
competition.
Evening star., 1935-02-22
Must Hit Straight Ball.

MO COURSE for long hitters who
~ cannot keep the ball straight,
the Washington layout demands
unerring accuracy from the tee as nc
other course around Washington does
Cut up by bitches, hills and man.
made hazards, that Washington course
yields up its secrets only to those who
keep the ball straight on the long
shots.
1t isn't so long and it isn't SO
tough if the ball is hit straight, but
it carries ample penalty for those
sluggers who hit 'em without much
regard to where the ball is to end. 1t
isn't wise to take chances at Wash
ington, although with the title tour
ney to be played at match play again
this year, the boys can cut corners
with far more abandon than. they
would enjoy at medal play, where a
wild shoot from the tee is likely to
take toll of two strokes or more
Washington isn't one of those
courses where chance-taking pays.
Usually the penalty is too severe on
holes like the fifteenth, where the
man who cuts the corner can run
into z without any trouble at all
If he doesn't keep out of the ditch
at the left, or holes like the thir-
teenth, where tee shot at the left
means any number of lost strokes.
Poor Course for Vinson.
20 TOUGH Is It that even Gene
y Vinson, good golfer that he is,
was unable to qualify in the first
flight OF the Washington tourney last
Spring, and Roger Peacock's score
ran up near the 80 mark.
If the course is fast at the time Of
the Championship, it wouldn't be such
dumb idea for the good hitters to
use a spoon from the tee. They will
get about as far as they need with
that club and will keep out of the
trouble the big clubs may lead to.
Strangely enough, Harry Pitt, who
isn't the straightest hitter in the
world, always has been able to play
Washington we'll
He can be a very formidable OBJ
stacle in the coming championship
provided he does as he did in win
ming the club invitation tourney last
year, when the big Manorite pulled
brassie from his bag and passed up
distance for accuracy.
With Vinson out of the title picture
the championship is wide open. Pea
cock seems the most probable sue
cessor. but Roger has yet to prove
his mastery of the Washington course.
Evening star., 1935-02-22
Mat Matches

BY the Associated Press.
TORONTO.-Dan OMahoney, 22G
Ireland, defeated Rudy Dusek, 21I
Omaha, straight falls. ~
CAMDEN, N. George Zaharias,
231, Pueblo, Colo, defeated Emil
DuSek, 212, Omaha, two falls to one.
Evening star., 1935-02-22
Will SON GETS DRUBBING
Weakened Team Is No Match for
Bridgewater, 80 to 81.

Wilson Teachers College basket ball
team, which recently lost several of
its star players by ineligibility. proved
easy prey for Bridgewater College In
a 1921 game last night in the George
Washington gym.
Capt. Phil Fox Of Wilson, with II
points, took individual scoring honors.
J. Scott and May, with 10 and 9
markers. were high for the winners.
whose play generally was superior.
Summary:
Evening star., 1935-02-22
D. c. HAND BALLER WINS
Nelson Reaches Semi Final in De-
Tense of "Y" Title.

nelson heacneS Sem1-F1nal In De-
Tense of "Y" Title.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, February 22.-
George Nelson Of Washington, d. c.,
national Y. M. c. A. champion, and
Sam Atcheson, Memphis, A. A. U.
title holder, today were in the semi
finals in the national Y hand ball
tournament.
Although handicapped by an in
jured knee, Nelson, after losing the
first game. 1921, came back to win,
21-10, 21-19, over George Di Re yes
terday. 1t was the first three-game
match of the tourney. Nelson had to
take time out to rest his knee in the
final game, but refused medical at
tention. Atcheson easily defeated Sam
Johnston, Indianapolis, Ind, 21-4,
21-6.