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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09

Five years ago 8 horse of which much was expected came to the turf. Ills name was Action and he was a chestnut son of the once great distance horse, Olambala out of Violet Play. Violet Play was 8 daughter of Fair Play, marvellous sire of the line of imported Aus trailian horses and the sire of Man O. War, among others.
 Action was bred by R. T. Will son, Q breeder of great note. In those days people still hoped for something great from Olambala, and Action, as his name would suggest, was one which could keep the line going. But Action turned out as disappointingly as had the majority of the offspring of Olam- bala.
 Tried in the crucible of racing, he enjoyed only indifferent suc- cess, and then only in claiming events. Distances of a mile to 8 mile and an eighth seemed to suit him best, and he raced among platers of the $35000 class.
 Action changed hands several times, and then, because of his size and conformation, passed inc to the hands of the Sanford Stud. There he was broke for Nsteeple- chasing, with the hope that he would have the same success that many another stable had aichieved when using sound, well-made, but slow horses for jumping.
 But here again Action was @ failure. He raced only among the cheaper chasers and got nowhere at all. Here was a well-bred, well-made stallion which had fail ed to prove his worth either at flat racing or at steeplechasing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09
JOE LOUIS EVEN
 BET TO SCORE
 K.O. ON BRESCIA
Argentine Is Bigger Man Than Bomber; !; Bout Will
 Draw $5O,OOO Tonight
BY HENRY SUPER

D4 AAAS@NA~@4 W. @fAS United Press Staff CorrespOndent)
 New York, oct. e-The lure of Joe Louis fists laundering on the body of . boxer who is given slight chance to weather the storm will draw a capacity crowd of 1000 into the Hippodrome tonight.
 These spectators will pay approx imately $5O,0OO to see Louis, still boxing's magic name, try to crush Jorge Brescia of Argentina, the third sacriflcial lamb in Joe's cam paign to regain some of the prestige lost when he was knocked out last summer by Max Schmelling.
 Ever On K. o.
 There has been little betting on the fight, but two dollars will get you won if you back Louis to win. And the wagering is even that he koyoes the South American before the halfwya mark.
 It will be a heavier Louis who steps into the ring in the auditor ium converted by the 2Oth Century club promoter Mike Jacobs from a glittering palace of musical extrav- aganza to a punch piazza.
 Against Schmelling, Joe scaled only l98 pounds. He tipped the beam at 200 when he kayod Jack Sharkey And he boasted 3 1-4 more pounds on Sept. 22 when he denated young Al Ettore in Phila- delphia.
 Tonight he expected to be up to 2O4-which will be 10 less than the poundage lugged by Jorge, a 2l- year-old German-Argentine who has won eight straight fights since arriving in the United States in June, 1895.
 The scrap will have little bearing on the heavyweight situation, un- less it produces an upset. Louis, be- cause he must wait for title shot until after Schmelling and Cham pion Jim Braddock settle their is- sue next summer, is doing the best thing. He is keeping active and beating down all pretenders to the No. challenging spot as fast as they appear.
 Needs Polish
 Ills campaign also is intended further to enrich him and Promoter Mike Jacobs and give him more ex- perience-experience no one thought he needed until he ran into Schmel- ing's right hand.
 Of the three opponents Louis has been matched against since that disastrous evening. Brescia seems to have the best chance of record- ing the upset which would be even m0ge surprising that Schmeling's s triumph. He packs Q short right hand punch. He has 3 reach six inches longer than Joe and stands an inch highar than the unsWiling Detroit negro.
 He won i've of his fights here by knockout and threa by decision. Oddly, four of those were prelimi- nayies to main events in which Louis was 8 principal.
 Since coming here, Brescia has scored over some fair men, chief of whom were Abe Leldman and Frankie Connolly. He never. has fought 10 rounds, however, and he has picked a tough man to make his debut against over that dis tance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09
LOCAL BOYS WIN
 AT NEW HAVEN
Special to The DemOcrat)

New Haven, Oct. 8 - Waterbury boxers won two of three bouts on the amateur fight program at the Arena here tonight, Frankie Buff, 155 pounder, winning a decision from Joe Stan, 158 of Westbury, l.. I. and Dick Turcotte, undefeated Brass City southpaw, decisioning Harry Romano, of Wesbury in a lightweight bout. Adam Kohen and Harry Stanton drew in a 142 pound bout, which was interesting all the way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09
Cainer and Knowles
 Paired For Arena

New Haven, Oct. 9.-M Gainers New Haven's black panther, has been signed for e 1O-round bout with Carl Knowles, Georgia bulldoes on a double windup all-star profess sional boxing program to be pres sented at the Arena by Al CarolN on wednesday, oct. 14, with Louis Kid Cocoa, New England welter@ weight champion, paired with Bobby Orr, Vancouver, B. C., in the other ten.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09
DOGS OF WAR PARADE

Harbin, Manchukuo-(UP) - A parade of 8 thousand dogs, all trained for war purposes, was held here during the air defense exer- cises. The dogs were assembled in Municipal park and paraded through the city to Cathedral square, where they gave 8 demon- stration of their wartime efficien- cV
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09
PRISONERS SHOOT
 FIREWORKS

Honolulu-(UP)-- Shots greeted the ears of territorial prison board directors when they visited the prison emp at Olindo, Maui, and they thought convicts were staging a break. Investigation dis closed the firecrackers which guards had furnished them to frighten pheasants from the camp garden.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09
ONE YEAR AGO
Great Firethorn Ate Dust From Actions Heels

Sixto Escobar and Lou Salica were rematched to fight for the world bantamweight title in New York. FIVE YEARS AGO fluffy won the $5000 Chevy Chase steeplechase at Laurel Park.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09

League Records High Single-Geogge Tucker, 156. High Three Chester Bannick, 395. High Single No Mark-Bob Grea- torex, 94. High Team Single-Tube Mill. 600. High Team Total Tube Mill 1892.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09
APPLYING MOST POPULAR

Chicago, Oct. 0O-Luke Appling White Sox shortstop, was voted the most popular player in Chicago in a poll. Luke led Billy Herman, Cub second sacker, by 1493 votes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09
I1rnGE RARs GuNF CIEWING

Berkeley, Cal (UPl n Judge pli@ yer Young has decided that gum chewing witnesses may be cited for contempt of court. He permits witt nesses, however, the opportunity ot removing the gum before resortinE to the contempt penalty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09
'perience Bouts Billed For Bron Bomber Unti Next
g. HARRY
 CRIMSON
Action, Former Platter, Goes Fast Under Hand of 2
 Master Trainer, Hirsch Jacobs

Action, Q five-year failure, has won II of his last 12 starts and finished second in the other under Jacobs handling. He started down among the lowlier platers, and, as he improved, Jacobs sent him after the higher ones. By the last of September he had the aging horse in top shape, and sent him out in one of Americas famous races, the Manhattan Handicap.
 Great FirethOrn Ate
 Dust From Actions Heels
 Dark Secret, one of our greatest distance cup horses, made this race famous. And though 1t is just a conditioner of a mile and a half for the two-mile Jockey Club Gold Cup, it is one of the best handi- caps offered each year. Its purse is about five times the purchase price Hirsch Jacobs paid for the chest- nut.
 Action won the race as easily as any he has run this year, and in doing so humbled so good a horse as Firethorn, winner of the Gold Cup last year. Many experts say that Firethorn, which is trou- bled with lameness, is second only to Discovery and Granville among American equines. Yet he was out of the money in the race Ac- tion ran.
 Where Action will stop no one can say. But if he continues his present winning stride, some breeder may give the dying line of Olambala one more chance to live.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09

Looking over the team standing to date we observed that 8 close race is in progress with two teams tied for first place, the next four teams for the next position.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09

We welcome the return to our league of the popular and ever obliging Otto Bonaker who rolled with the office crew ana showed signs of having good year, Otto hit the head pin so often that the pin boys changed that pin to the backfield using the other pins for Interference.
 Many new faces are seen in the league this year where are such stars as Eppy Gagain, JO 10 Sulli- van, B0ssy Baldoni, Bill Tat0, Lew TheIin Ia gent, who told US that 1t was rare thing for him to hit un- der 11O) Johnny Kurth and many others who in former years were figures in this league.
 Wonder what has happened to Barney Gagain the premier anchor man on the Shipping Room, just can't get started, Barney doesn't know whether to start from the right side or the center. maybe the night that he rolled against the Rod Mill the kidding he received was re- sponsible for his low scores.
 Next week in this column the in- dividual averages for the first four weeks will be published, and every four weeks from then on through out the season.
 Marty Millers team Known as the Millers wonder where their Captain has been for the past few weeks. Jackie Grady the Hopeville flash has taken up bowling-but Jackie should be told that in bowling the highest scores count, not as in golf where the lowest scores are turned in, whether they be the truth or not Frank Bagley tried his hand at anchor last week and asked for Help" as the games got tough, go. ing into the last two frames, Frank says he has sympathy for those anchor men who are the ones to try to bring the games, out of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09

What with PennsyIvania's foot ball team at the Yale Bowl to- morrow, it's Q safe bet that this young man will be among those present at the kickoff. Basketball and baseball are his dishes, and it with with Pennsylvania that he played when the above picture was snapped and sent by car- rier pigeon to The Democrat. A fine athlete for many years, and Q lad you would be glad to know, he's a north end boy who made good as . gentleman and an ath- lete.
 Yesterdays WhoOzis was Tom- my Barrett, the Watervillian who was among . group of fine ath- letes that aided Waterbury teams in the days when they played until the final whistle, and would fight at the drop of a hat or anything else.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09
BETS HIGH AT 'GANsETT

Pawtucket, R. T., Oct.--More than 9i7 7,O0O,O0 was bet during the Nar- ragansett meeting. recently closed. the daily take averaging better than $40, ,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09
Chase Bo1oling Ne1cS

Mike Sheron newly acquired an- chor man on the Metal Rec'g team won the first kicker prize of the year when his score of 342 was drawn last week, Sheron received $500 which was the "Jack Pot"
 George Tucker staging 8 great comeback in the duckpin game showed the boys how he used to hit them years ago, by spilling the naples for 8 new league high single of 156. We've asked GeOrgie to tell us what the markers on his auto mobile "G. T. 45" represent we know what the G. T. stands for and wonder if the 45 is Gearge's age.
 Snappy Joe Lavallo continues to hit the naples for big scores, last week Joe with thirteen marks to- taled 367.
 "Say it with Music" seems to be Jackie Mitchell's slogan, as he al- ways goes better when the Opposi- ton breaks into a song, Jack has given all rights reserved to the Rod NH, who have warm place in his heart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09

High Single. Cy Corden. High Three. Cy Corden.
Evening star., 1936-04-23
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
GROUPS PLAN CONCERT
Glee Clubs and Mixed Chorus to
Participate in Event on
Campus Tonight.

Campus Tonight.
THE annual Spring concert of the
combined glee clubs and Mixed
Chorus of the American University
will be given tonight at Hurst Hall on
the campus, Massachusetts, and Ne
braska avenues, under direction of
James L. McLain. The student man
ager is G. Albert Cooper and accompa-
nists are Miss Polly Lehman and
Chester Morrill,, jr.
The program is as follows:
Grant Me True Courage, Lord"
tChoraD S. Bach
"Alleluia, Lord God" tMotet).
Palestrina
Bring a Torch, jeanette, Isabella"
Old French Noel-arr. Dickinson
The Nightingale" Tschaikowsky
The Lords Prayer Malotte-Deis
The Mixed Chorus
"Invictus" HUM
Shenandoah" Traditional Chantey,
arranged ---- Bartholomew
The Merry Frogs Speiser
"A Suabian Folk Song Brahms
The Winter Song" Bullard
The Mems Glee Club
Strike 1t Up. Tabor Weelkes
"Homing" Del Reigo
THE Swan" Saint Saens
Barcarolle from Tales Of Hoffman,"
Offenbach
''Tally-Ho" Leoni
The Women's Glee Club
Swing Along" "--C Cook
"Auf Wiedersein -Romberg
The Sleigh" Kountz- -Riegger
Good Night, Good Night, Beloved"
Pinsuti
THE Shepherds Story" Dickinson
The Mixed Chorus
Evening star., 1936-04-23
Successful
Program of
Music Given
w oman's Club of
Chevy ChaseOfers
Fine Recital.

VARIED and well arranged
n program was given last eve
II ming by the music section OF
4 4 the Woman's Club of Chevy
Chase, Md, in the auditorium of the
United States Chamber of Commerce.
Louis Potter conducted the chorus,
composed of so or more singers, and
also appeared as piano soloist. As
sisting as soloists were Vera Neely
Ross, contralto, and Esther Holden
Bibber, soprano, a member of the
chorus. who sang in the closing num-
Der, Horatio Parker's Seven Greek
Pastorales," a difficult work for pro-
fessional singers and one we'll done
last evening by this group of anna
teurs.
The chorus sings with good color
and variety OF tone and Is well bal
anced, the contralto tone being un-
usual for so small a group of singers
working only for their own pleasure
The numbers we're sung for the most
part from memory and several COM
positions were given without accom-
paniment.
The program opened with Bach's
"Jesu. Joy of Mans Desiring" which
was one of the outstanding numbers
given by the chorus, following tradi-
tion closely. Schuberts setting of
THE Lord Is My Shepherd" was
particularly effective as sung by the
chorus. Katharine S. Davis ar
rangement of the German folk song
THY Mouth Is Rosebud Red" was
sung without accompaniment and
following this the chorus gave Tschai-
kowsky's None But the Lonely Heart" "
Evening star., 1936-04-23
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-"The Great ziegfeld," at
ESQ and $50 pm.
EarIe-"Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, "
ct 1890 am, lis. 4;05, 6:55 and
GAS pm. Stage shows at 1926, 3:25,
6:15 and 9:05 pm.
Loew's Fox-"The Country Doctor. "
at IL am. 1:4o, 425, 7:10 and $50
pm. Stage shows at 1880. 3:35,
$40 and 9:05 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Love on a Bet"
At 1855 am, 1856. 1856, $50, 1855
and 9:56 pm. March of Time" at
1882 am, 1882, 1892, 532. 1882 and
e;32 pm.
Belasco-"Catherine the Great" at
i1:57 am, 1856, 3:55, 5;54, 1853 and
e:52 pm.
Metropolitan-"Rh Rhodes, the Empire
Builder" at 11:1O am. Ito, 3:l5,
$40, 7:25 and $50 pm.
Columbia-"Charlie Chan at the
Circus at 1905 am, 1880, 2:40,
4:30, Sis, 8:O4 and $50 pm.
Palace-"Captain January" at 1890
am, 1875, 3:35, $40, 7:45 and 9:45
pm.
Tivoli-"Eyerybody's Old Man." at
e,3:5o 5:45, TAO and 9:35 pm.
Ambassador Annie" at
SIS, 8 and $50 pm.
Little-"One Night of Love-" at
11:08 am, lila, 1921, 5:28. 7:34 and
e:40 pm.
Howard-"The Singing Kid" at
1915. 2:45. Sis, 7:45 and 1915 pm.
Stage shows at LAS, AIS, CAB and
els pm.
Evening star., 1936-04-23

Howard-Lucky Millinder and his
Blue Rhythm Band on the stage:
Brides Are Like That" with Ross
Alexander and Anita Louise. on the
screen.
The final attraction of the children's
drama season here will be perform
ance of "A Connecticut Yankee" by
the Tony Sarg marionettes, at the
National Theater a week from this
Saturday morning.
Lisa GARDENERS ballet group. assisted
by various locally prominent young
actors. will present Afternoon in
Vienna, 1910" at the Roosevelt High
School on the night Of May 2.
The Federal Bureau Of Investigation
Theater Group, which should know
about this sort Of thing, presents a
mystery thriller called Three Times
The Hour" tonight in the Roosevelt
Auditorium Several Of the performers
seen in the winning one-acter.
The Game of Chess" will be in the
cast.
Monroe Greenthal of United Artists
wires: Things to Come running
wild at Rivoli Theater New York
steady lineup at box Office all day
long has thousands eager to see H. G.
Wells photoplay." o. K. Mr.. G. There
will be special running wild room re-
served on street Friday morning.
Ted Fio-Rito's band comes to the
Earle on Friday. May l, bringing along
a basketful Of assorted entertainers.
El Fio-Rito has composed about four
score jazz ditties in the last 10 years,
including King for Day and the
likes
Prize publicity item Of the day
comes from Paramount Studios. quot
! ing Madeleine Carroll as announcing.
If were impetuous enough to change
from a blond to brunei, would
have to re-decorate my home, for
backgrounds for blonds differ vastly
from the setting against which q
brunei should provide herself" You
mean provide, or defend, lady?
Evening star., 1936-04-23

1.-THE Moons Our Home, IOr no Pal
ticular reason, a cinema adaptation Of
Sinclair Lewis Main Street." sec
ond week of "Mr. Deeds" and divers
other items.
The calendar of the week shapes
up in this fashion:
Loew's Fox-Henry Fonda and Mar
earet SULLIVAN in The Moon etc,
with the widely popular Ray Noble
and his orchestra headlining the stage
bill.
Warner Bros Earle-"I Married
Doctor" the Hollywood way Of spell
ing Main Street" Pat O'Brien and
Josephine Hutchison in the featured
roles. On the stage, that corking good
dancer and entertainer, Bill Robin
son, at the head of the bill, completed
by other acts.
R-K-O Keith's-A welcome revival
of the Mark Twain classic, "A Con-
necticut Yankee" starring Will Rog-
ers, with Maureen O'Sullivan, Myrna
10y and others in the cast.
Loews Palace-H. G. Wells Things
to Come" venture into the futurlstic
which so oellghted tne Engllsn seer
that he announced his intention OF
devoting the rest of his days to writ
ing for the screen. Raymond Massey
Is the principal actor.
Warner Bros Metropolitan - The
eayest charade of the flicker season.
Mr.. Deeds Goes to Town." moves
down here for second weeks practice
In splitting the local sides. Gary
Cooper, Jean Arthur and numerous
expert supporting players.
Loew's Columbia-Also return en-
eagement, this time of Little Lord
Fauntleroy," with Freddie Bartholo-
new. Dolores Costello Barrymore and
c, Aubrey Smith.
BelascO-"E Ecstasy" which warmed
the censors' hearts so beautifully in its
first attempt to get into America that
they decided to burn it to crisp,
finally makes the grade. There will be
O special opening Friday night and the
reel is to continue thereafter If the
law allows. No can 60 If under Is
years of age. unless equipped with false
Vhiskers.
Evening star., 1936-04-23

the richness Of the contralto again
showing to advantage.
Miss Ross. who sang a group OF
songs and a solo in the closing num-
ber, has voice of wide range and
very rich quality in the lower tones
Her singing of the aria 20 Mic
Fernando" from Donizetti's La Fa-
vorita" was particularly good. Miss
Bibber has a light, clear soprano
voice and her singing is effective.
Mr.. Potter played we'll last evening
the compositions well suited to velocity
and brilliance Of scales and cadenzas
His opening number was LISTS can
zonetta Del Salvador Rosa" which
Evening star., 1936-04-23

Russia Spurs Cotton Raising.
Russia has started a campaign for
the cultivation of more cotton.
Evening star., 1936-04-23

he played with crispness and clarity.
showing a bell-like singing tone Of
warmth and color. His other num-
bers were Liszt's Concert Etude" and
the waltz song from Gounod's Faust"
arranged for piano by Liszt. Both
Mr.. Potter and Miss Ross responded
to enthusiastic applause and gave
encores.
To the accompanist. listed on the
program as Mrs. McCathran, should
go much credit for the success of the
chorus, for she played with under
standing, ample tone and a we'll
defined rhythm. Madelon Willman
Jackson accompanied Miss Ross.
K, 3.
Evening star., 1936-04-23
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Soldiers Home Band in
Stanley Hall this evening at $50.
John S. M Zimmerman, bandmaster.
Anton Pointner, associate leader.
March, March of the Nations
LenZberg
Overture, "Semiranide" -Rossini
"Nocturne and Intermezzo," from
Midsummer Nights Dream
Mendelssohn
Scenes for the Opera" Il Pagliacci"
Leoncavallo
Tango South American" The Maid
Of Argentine" -Brymr
"Valse Lente," "Maesmawr" ---Curti
Finale, Melon Time in Dixie" -Ringle
The Star-Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1936-04-23
Indian Legion Planned.

Indians Of the Kiowa Reservation
near Anadarko, Okla, are organizing
an all-Indian American Legion post,
with a prospective membership of 1853
Evening star., 1936-04-23
New Films to Disclose
Past, Present and Future
Settings Range From the Days OF King
Arthur to "Main Street" Twenty
first Century.
first Century,.
BY ROBERT b. PHILLIPS. JR.

IsToRY working the middle in Washington
film At RK-O Keihs there to
of excursion into the days OF
"A Connecticut Yankee
glimpse of Things to Come according to the
o G.. Wells
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-08-17
Contract Bridge

Every table except our own
made just 5odd, and that should
have been the case at our table,
except for a mistaken idea Of
North that our side held two suit
ers-West having clubs and hearts,
while East he diamonds and
hearts. It looked to North like an
excellent chance to steal two or
more tricks in spades, SO he led his
Ace of that suit, followed by a
lower spade. That gave us one
trick more than any other East
and West pair could make, giving
us 6 match points on the hand,
while the six remaining pairs play.
ing a similar call had to take only
21a match points each. +.
o. course, feature showing" or
"cue bidding. as it sometimes is
called, is so well known and so
widely used, and has been for the
past sixteen years, dating back to
auction bridge days, that it is re-
markable that a seasoned player
failed to realize what was taking
place. To make certain, if in doubt,
he had only to ask one Of us what
our bids meant. y
The Laws of Contract Bridge,
pages % and so. fully provide for
such cases. II provides that an
unusual convention should be ex.
planned to opponents fully. 1t also
provides that any player may in
quire the meaning Of any conven-
ton that is strange to him., It. de-
sired, the one using the strange
convention may be asked to leave
the table, while his partner states
his Interpretation of the rconven.
TONS meaning. North should have
invoked this rule when in doubt.