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The Washington times., 1936-03-06
Three Stakes
Cdrded For
Weekend
BY SID KATZNELL

Bowlers and bowling followers
won't have to worry about how
they are going to spend the COM
ing weekend, for there are three
sweepstakes and one of the years
biggest intra-city matches on the
card.
The big match is the Southern
1nter-City League battle between
Occidental Restaurant and the
Temple Dixie Pigs at Convention
Hall tomorrow, starting at p. m.
Occidental is setting the pace in
the loop while Temple Pigs are
battling for runner-up honorS.
Two sweepstakes are on tap to-
morrow night. The New Recrea-
tion Alleys will stage a five-game
handicap affair for bowlers who
roll in house leagues. The event
starts at p. m. and the entry
fee is $375 with each participant
receiving one half of the differ
ence b W ee n his avrage and
scratch which will probably be
122. Bob Lowry is taking care
Of entries.
YOungblOod Strives
George Youngblood will strive
to hold his lead in the final
block Of the Dutch" Sherbahn
Sweepstakes at Takoma, also
starting at 8 o'clock.
Sunday Gait Davis has his
Drosslyn drives glistening like
polished gold for the second an.
nual Old Dominic handicap
sweepstakes which the former
District marble champion is cer-
tain will attract more than 100
bowlers from not only Washing
ton and nearby points, but also
Richmond, Baltimore, Norfolk
and Annapolis.
The Convention Hall tussle
will be the one attraction which
local fans dare not miss. Last
time Occidental bowlerS knocked
Temple Pigs Iut of the lead by
sweeping them, and though the
Northeast aggregation has little
hope of winning the pennant a.
this late date, the desire for re-
venge is high and they will be
out to duplicate the performance
Of the Recreation Center two
weeks ago, when they shut out
Fred Buchholz's outfit on their
home drives.
Strong Lineup
Dutch" Newman will send
Astor Clarke, Joe Harrison, Ed
die Espey, '1Hokie" Smith and Bill
Kruass into the fray for Occi-
dental, keeping Johnny Anderson
and himself on the sidelines for
emergency.
With Joe Freschi deserting
bachelorhood tomorrow night, Oh
lie Pacini will have to use Frank
Mischou along with George Honey,
Gene Hargett, Perce Wolfe and
himself.
A "whitewashing" will prove dis
astrous to either team, making the
Occidentals vulnerable to be over
hauled by either Plaza or Recrea-
ton, while Temple Pigs would be
landed into fourth place with only
q fighting chance to go higher.
The Washington times., 1936-03-06
Ruth Runs AWAY
From Baseball

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
6.-Former public idol No. / Of the
baseball world, George Herman
Ruth, turned his back on team
mates of by-gone days today when
he hurriedly departed for Miami
to be out of hearing distance of
leather and horse-hide smacks.
1t is his hope that the trip to
Miami will help him forget. Mean
while. he is scheduled to enter
golf tournaments at Miami and
West Palm Beach before coming
back to make ready for his Olym-
pic trip this summer.
The Washington times., 1936-03-06
Floyd Dotson Breaks
League Pin Record

The Interior Department bowl
ers are today hailing Floyd E.
Dotson, chief clerk.
The Government official estab-
lished a new record in the In
terror Department Bowling League
by rolling a 396 set. The old
record of 800 was held jointly
by George Miller and Carl Ober-
helm,
The Washington times., 1936-03-06

the local Indian Office.
who'll be the new Maryland box.
ing coach, since Capt. John d.
Harmony has been transferred
to Fort Leave worth, Kan?
George T. Miller has been as
sisting in publicity for the Vic
tory Posts showing of "Take Me
Out to the Ball Game" at the Pal
ace Theater tomorrow morning.
Babe Phelps, the Odenton, Md,
product, is clOcking the ball lust
lily in batting drills at the Brook
lyn camp. Shane Mccarthy will
be on hand when the Catholic U.
and Cornell boxers square off to-
morrow night Honest" Parks
Fielding has been elected presi.
dent of the Washington and Lee
High Alumni Association. Buck
Richardson will never forget the
time when Fielding, catching for
the Little Generals in q game years
ago, declared he didn't touch the
runner when the umpire called the
man out and Fielding's admis-
sion meant the loss of the game.
The Washington times., 1936-03-06
OCCIDENTAL AND TEMPLE PIGS MATCH TOPS DUCKPLN CARD
PICKUPS AND PUTOUTS
By GEORGE A. SIMPSON

rrOlI picks the George ~the local Ind
The Washington times., 1936-03-06
Glen Mccarthy
AT THE RACES

the reins =. Cleek didn't break
any legs took the track early
and came romping home e.
with Grover Muller screaming
himself into laryngitis in the
greatest ecstasy and Joy he ever
got from a horse race. And Grover
will tell you that . though cham
pions like Man o. War Exter-
minator Equipoise and
Omaha have come and gone,
and he's had tips on some of
them he never felt as sure of
a horse winning as he did
when Cleek carried his colors
postward that day at Saratoga.
The Washington times., 1936-03-06
Day Tickets
Go on Sale March II

Don't let the baseball season
creep up on you without your
opening day ticket, baseball fans.
The ball park, even though the
season is a month away, has tick
cts ready and will put them on
sale Wednesday, March II, begin
ming at 8 g.. m.
The Washington times., 1936-03-06
Club Matmen Divide

Boys Club of Washington mat
men divided in a twin bill. The
Seniors lost to the Jewish Com
munity Center, 21-3. while the
Juniors won from Police Boys,
No. 4, 26-15.
The Washington times., 1936-03-06
ALEXANDER SABO

Catcher. Twenty-three years Of
age, of Hungarian parentage.
Home, Highland Park, N. j. Expe-
rience: Graduated from Fordham
University where he was a star
tackle for three years. Did not
play baseball at college because his
scholarship was for football and
spring football interfered with dia.
mond activities. Played semipro-
fessional ball around Highland
Park, which is just across the river
from Rutgers. Didn't die for the
Scarlet and Black because he
wanted to get away from the noble
river of song and story.
Reported without a catching
mitt, which proves that a college
education is not everything in life.
O'NEILL.
The Washington times., 1936-03-06

What is a sure thing" on the
races?
The answers you will get to that
poser might be many and varied,
according to what types of horse
player you ask. The late Sam
Bernard, who made millions laugh
till their sides ached, at his dialect
and grimaces in The Girl From
Kays" and many another musical
farce, made horse players laugh
till their sides ached at the daffy
bets he made on "sure things"
Sam couldn't begin to believe a
horse might be "Sure thing" un-
less the odds were / to 8 or less.
1 wish you and I had what the
horses cost Sam Bernard.
Or, you might ask Grover Muller
about "sure thing" on the races.
Grover Is man whose 30-odd
years of horse-playing never inter-
fered with his success in business.
If you should drop into his East
Norwalk (Conn0 home some night,
as soon as you and Grover became
convivial, then reminiscent, he
would tell you of the surest win
ner he ever had. And unlike Ber-
nard's idea of a sure thing, the
odds were long.
Grover entered his sleeper, and,
since the clockers missed his trial,
Cleek was 20 to l. Which odds
were strawberries and cream to
Growers eyes; he unbelted :.
kept on unbelting until he
wore out his pencil for in
those oral betting days at Sara
toga, players wrote out their own
betting tickets and handed them
to the bookies. And when Grover
had wagered himself to a stand
still, he tipped off a few friends
and told them his colt couldn't
lose &. unless he broke leg.
But with Jockey Joe Rowan at
Evening star., 1936-10-06

women. It's another way Of making a
wife pay her husband alimony. I had
to buy out Doc Thorpe's half share in
my Toluca Lake home after our d.
vorce before could call it my own"
Miss Astor sighed with her mem
ories. Aided by gentle verbal prodding
from the interviewer, she continued
the first discussion Of her private af-
fairs since her successful action to
regain custody of her 4-year-old
daughter Marylyn.
I'm 50 happy to have my daughter
back with me-" Miss Astor's brown
eyes softened and food was tenn
porarily forgotten. Little Marylyn was
returned to her mother october / for
the nine months Of each year allotted
her by the court.
"She was so cute the first time she
saw me working in a studio" her
mother reminisced. "It was during
the making of 'Dodsworth,' and I'd
slept in the studio three days to dodge
reporters. couldn't stand being parted
from Maryiyn another minute, so I
sent for her to visit me on the set.
The script called for me to walk across
the room. Marylyn watched me OPEN
mouthed. Is that what mummy calls
working?' she said finally in loud
voice."
Miss Astor has no objections to
her daughter becoming q Aim actress.
But not until she grows up. think
it's 50 bad for children to work in
studios. Apart from the effect on
their characters. they are all spoiled
they can't help it. Even Shirley
Temple Is getting spoiled, they tell
me-the life is too unhygienic for q
child. It's bad enough for a grown-up
to spend seven or eight hours q day
In q hot, airless studio and never
to see the sun, but, for q child, the
damage Is irreparable."
Miss Astor was little more than q
child herself when she came to Holly
wood from Quincy, ILL.,, 16 years ago.
She attributes her screen longevity
to the fact she never has been a star.
''The average star only lasts five
years-featured players like myself
can 60 on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as
an ingenue and ending in character
roles"
According to the actress, there is no
recipe for success on the screen.
Neither beauty, intelligence, and for
acting ability does the trick. Look
at some of those who've made good
II you doubt me-"
Following the publicity accorded the
custody fight, Miss Astor believed she
was through with pictures. II was
terrified when Irving Briskin of Co
lumbia sent for me Q few weeks ago.
was sure he was going to tear up
my contract. It was q great relief
Evening star., 1936-10-06
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-"And Stars Remain" at
$3.50 pm.
Loew's Capitol-"Old Hutch" at
IL am, lao, 4:30. 7:20 and 1905
pm. Stage shows at 1885, 3:20,
6:10 and 8 pm.
Palace-"The Great Ziegfeld," at
II: 20 am, 2:40, 6 and 800 pm.
CoIumbia-"Road to Glory" at II
am. 1:1o. 800. $40. 7:3o and s:45
pm.
R-K.O Keith'S"My Man Godfrey"
at 11:35 am. 1877. 3:39. Sal, TAB
and Gas pm.
Warmers Earle-"Give Me Your
Heart" at IL am, 1:40. 4:30, 7:20
and 1905 pm. Stage shows at 1885,
$40, 6:10 and pm.
MetropoIitan-"Seven Sinners" at
11:20 am, l:25, $50, 5:35. TAO and
9:45 pm.
Belasco-"Dinner at Eight"
Rialto-"Grand Hotel" at 2:16, 4:36,
7:06 and 9:36 pm.
Little-"Naughty Marietta" ,"at 11:lS
am. 1:23, 1913, 5;33. 1888 and s:43
pm.
Ambassador-"Give Me Your Heart. I"
at 6:15, 7:50 and Gas pm.
TivoIi-"Dancing Lady," at 2:l5,
4:o5. $50. 1880 and 9:25 pm.
Evening star., 1936-10-06

fiat, after all this has happened, and
the pallor Of peversity still coats her
cheek, it seems reasonable to believe
that more will happen than that her
grandfather, the utility works king,
will get it in the neck and that love
will have also creps around the cor.
ner in the shape of an idealist re-
turned to what IS called shyster-
lawyering.
NEVERTHELESS, the new play at
' the National is a brightly worded
comedy and one which last nights
audience seemed to take to its heart.
The authors carried 1t part Of the way
and MIR. Webb and his players car
ried it the rest. There was, for in
stance, the entirely admirable charac-
ter Of Faith Feible, who was played
so well by Mary Sargent, made you
vince for discomfort at poor Gym
thia Hopes plight (getting in and out
of prison, etc. every time she opened
her mouth. There was determined
and good-looking Lucy Trenchard
CLAUDIA Morgan), who loved Clifton
Webb even If Clifton Webb's emotions
sided toward Miss Gahagan. And there
was poor old "tip-top" Grandfather
Trenchard, whom Charles Richman
(grand actor made human in spite
of his delinquencies. And there was
Ben Smith as the lover who had SIM
pie lines like II love you" "what?"
II see." "thank you," "good-by," II
love you" to say-and who said them
very well.
All in all, an admirable cast-and
Miss Gahagan was beautiful, tender
and sincere. although she wore too
many Of those stark, dark, saillike
afternoon or evening dresses.
And the play may still be good.
Very good. Certainly the lines were
excellent. It just seemed to US that
1t stopped when it began to be serious.
AS soon as love or politics came
around the corner 1t lowered in thin
air. Clifton Webb brought it back
again. Why, we don't exactly know.
He was Just the same clever-nay.
brilliant-even without his dancing
shoes,
Evening star., 1936-10-06
Pigskin Parade

THE opening Of the foot ball season
usually brings a number Of mo-
tiou pictures centering on the gridiron,
and, unless indications are false, this
year will prove no exception. First
company in the field is R-K-O Radio.
soon to release "The Big Came" a
Pandro s. Berman production. It
was written by Francis Wallace, for
many years associated with the late
Knute Rockne and considered the
foremost short-story writer on the
subject Of foot ball, his work appear
ing in leading magazines.
In order to make the foot ball
sequences R-K-O went in for college
players in a big way, culling eight
big gridiron stars of the 1885 season.
There were Jay Berwanger (Chicago),
William Shakespeare (Notre Dame),
Bobby Wilson (Southern Methodist)
Monk" Moscrip (Stanford), king
Kong" Klein IN. Y. W, Conner Jones
,(Ohio State), Bones" Hamilton
(Stanford) and Frank Alustiza (Stan-
ford). ALI of these athletes appear
in the picture, and they all had a
chance to do some acting.
The studio players of "The Big
Game" include James Gleason, June
Travis, Bruce Cabot, Andy Devine
and Philip Huston.
Evening star., 1936-10-06
MISS GRAHAM ENGAGED
Dancer to Be Associated With
King-Smith School.


TOMORROW evening Martha
Graham, leading exponent Of
modern dance, assisted by members
of her group, will open the season at
the King-Smith Playhouse with Louis
Horst, accompanist. Miss Graham,
founder of the only American school
of modern dance. made her New York
debut in 1926 in Irene Lewisohn's pro-
duction Of Strauss "Heldenleben," !"
with the Cleveland Orchestra. under
the direction of Nicolai Sokoloff. Her
other appearances include the lead
ing role in Stravinskis "Sacre du
Printemps," with the Philadelphia Or
chestra under Stokowski, and the Stage
Alliances production in 1888 Of six
Miracle Plays"
In 1882 Miss Graham received the
first fellowship ever awarded dancer
under the Guggenheim Foundation.
Among dance productions under her
direction are Katharine Cornell's "Lu-
crece," the Theater Guilds presenta-
tion Of valley Forge" the ball room
scene in Cornell's Romeo and Juliet"
and the Phoenix Theater'S production
of Panic" by Archibald Macleish in
1885. In the same year Miss
Graham choreographed and appeared
as solo dancer in Panorama" the
first full-length American ballet pro-
duced with American choreographer,
composer and performers.
Miss Graham Is at present chair
man of the dance division Of New
York's Municipal Art Committee, and
on the staff of the Bennington School
of Dance. Sarah Lawrence College and
the Neighborhood Playhouse, in addi-
ton to her new duties at the King
Smith Playhouse. Day as well as
night classes will be held throughout
the year at King Smith Studio School.
Evening star., 1936-10-06
Australian Star
MARY MAGUIRE, most populs

MARY MAGU1RE. most popular Of
A'A Australian screen stars. has ar
rived in California from the Antip-
odes and has been signed by War
ner Bros. First National to q long
term contract. Miss Mcguire has
been in pictures since the age Of 13;
her last film was "The Flying Dec
tor" in which she played the stellar
feminine role opposite Charles Farrell.
"The Flying Doctor" was directed
by Miles Mander, who strongly ad-
vised Miss Mcguire to come to the
United States. Arriving here. she
was met by John Farrow, who ar
ranged a screen test for her at War
ner Bros-First National.
Miss Mcguire Is only II years old
and is a strikingly pretty girl with
dark hair and brown eyes. She can
play both straight and character
parts and is an accomplished dancer
Evening star., 1936-10-06

when he said, I want you to make a
picture for me. c"The Lady from
Nowhere'). You start in three days
time"
The one role above all others Miss
Astor would like to play Is the gentle,
good. Melanie in Gone With the
Wind"
"The part calls for some one to be
negative and completely colorless in
face and physique. God knows I'm
negative"
BY this time, Miss Astor had fin
ished the largest lunch your CORE
spondent ever has seen consumed by
q film lunlinary.
"Good-by. I'm of for a golf les
son." she said, and added in reply to
q query, "Yes, I'm good at most games
except tennis"
(copyright. 1896, BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Incl
Evening star., 1936-10-06
BARRON is CHAIRMAN
Manager to Handle Plans fol
Variety Club Dinner.

CARTER BARRON, LoeWS Eastern
division manager, has been ap-
pointed general chairman of the third
annual dinner of the Variety Club.
to be held Saturday, November 81, in
the grand ball room Of the Willard
Hotel.
Sam Galanty, Columbia Pictures
division manager, Is to be his CO.
chairman and the following were
named committee chairman:
Harry P. Sommerville, chairman Of
the Dinner Committee; Sidney B.
Lust, chairman, Program Committee;
Ticket Committee, Harry Brown; pub
licity, Ernest Johnston; seating, Ar
thur De Titta; Nate Stiefel, entertain
ment; reception, Julian Brylawski;
finance, Sam Wheeler; printing, Har-
old A. Weinberger; transportation,
A. E. Lchtman; decorations, Harry
Lehmeyer; hotels and reservations,
Charles Kranz; host to talent, DR..
Frank r. Shyne; Rudolph Berger,
chairman of the group for out-of-town
guests, and Ray Bell, executive secre-
tary.
Evening star., 1936-10-06
ONE.ACT PLAY SERIES
STARTS NEXT TUESDAY
Annual Tournament Of Com
munity Center Department

Annual Tournament Of Com
munity Center Department
Arranges Performances.
THE 1896 edition Of the Capitals
annual one-act play tournament,
sponsored by the Community Center
Department, will get under way week
from tonight, Tuesday, October IS.
when the first preliminary contest Is
held at Roosevelt High School audi
torium.
The first weeks program will include
"a Merry DEATH" by the Players
Club; Riders to the Sea-" by the
Georgetown Odeon Players; "Queens
of France" by the Wesley Heights
Players; "Gilt Edged" by the ORA
matte Division Of the Musical and
Theatrical Guild Of the Department
of Agriculture: "Fixin's," by the Lang
ley Lambs Club; "A Fitch of Bacon,
by the lexington Players; 1.-THE VIM
dow" by the Thespian Society; 1.-THE
Flattering Word" by the Troupers of
East Washington Community Center,
and Drums Of Oude." by the South
east Community Center.
Evening star., 1936-10-06

WoOllcott (remember Mr. WooIcottS
sofa days at the Belasco few years
back?), Mr.. Webb has become droll,
facile and entirely amiable actor, and
he can control a play quite as easily
from the fiat of his back as he can
from the small pointed toes OF his
ex-dancing shoes.
Which is to say that "And Stars
Remain" is a play which belongs al
most entirely to the wit. the repartee,
and the skill of Mr.. Webb. A year
midst the medieval moguls Of
Hollywood has done little to dim his
art. In fact, a few months of idle
badminton seems to have increased
his footlight volubilities. Although
no Libby Holman pokes her handsome
nose through the maze Of this po-
litical intrigue; although Mr.. Webb
Is entirely controlled within the limits
OF a modest dinner jacket; and no
costumes of a gigolo, or sailor, or
q John D. Rockefeller make their ac-
pearance, Mr.. Webb is splendid
mime in plain verse, correct in eve
ming jacket, smooth about the gills,
and admirable after he has had a
dozen or more jugs Of rejuvenated
beer.
In other words he makes the show.
+ X \ 4
THIS must be said after due, II
- brief, reflection on the work Of
those admirable libretticists, the Ep-
stems, and the handsome, swanlike
emotions of Miss Helen Gahagan.
The latter, who IS, and always has
been, one of the real torch bearers
of the theater, has difficult job up
holding her somewhat bitter chapter
in a play that leans toward the comic
For, try as they may, the authors dc
not quite succeed in planting their
political standards. Each time a
worthy intention seems to fall their
way Mr.. Webb comes along with a
buffoonery and snatches the standard
out Of their hand.
This is what was undoubtedly in
tended. But the beginnings, when
Cynthia Hope (Miss Gahagan) gets
out of that prison, after her late hus-
band had cheated, stolen and what
not, after she comes back into tina,
plush, if somewhat ugly Sutton place
Evening star., 1936-10-06
FOX MOVIETONE NEWS
TO BE SEEN AT BELASC0
Will Become Part of Regular
Program at Local Movie
House.

THE Belasco Theater has completed
- arrangements to include as part
Of its regular programs the latest re-
leases of Fox Movietone News, the
"departmentalized" news reel.
In each issue, in addition to world
wide news coverage, Movietone pre-
sents a group of features. The reel
is produced by Truman Talley and
Laurence Stallings, internationally
known newspaper correspondent, Is
the editor.
Lowell Thomas is the commentator
who describes the news events COW
cred by Movietone, Ed Thorgerson
covers sports and Sir Malcolm Camp
bell is the foreign sports commen-
tator.
Arthur De Titta, local supervisor
Of Fox Movietone, Is on the editorial
staff, handling political news origi-
mating in Washington.
Evening star., 1936-10-06
BEAUTY TO BE CHOSEN
Miss Hyattsville Contest to Be
Held at Theater.

MISS HYATTsvILLE will be Sc
N lected tonight midst a setting
that would do Justice to a Hollywood
premiere, at the Arcade Theater, with
local dramatic critics and H. T. Willis,
mayor Of Hyattsville, acting as the
judges.
The contest. scheduled to start at
$50 pm. following the regular show,
which starts at 7, will present the
judges Miriam Alexander, Muriel Bar
ker, Rose Marie Bradley, Margaret F.
Brooke, Virginia Carter, Mary George,
Margaret knight, Virginia Law, Luise
Marche, Edith Carter Meredith. Ruth
Mcmillan, Margaret Mary Mohun,
Margaret Oliver, Elizabeth Jeanette
Padgett, Laura Purdum, Ruth Severe.
Edna Trott. Miriam Arlene Murray,
Isabene Brent. Rosa Brent, Anna
Whalen and Irma Waldrop. There
will be special stage show played by
the winners Of last seasons amateur
shows.
Evening star., 1936-10-06
PLAY OPENS TONIGHT

Pierce Hall Group to Give "Alias
the Deacon,
A LAS THE DEACON" John B.
Hymer and lie Roy Clemens COM
edy in a prologue and three acts, will
be presented at $3.50 o'clock tonight
at Pierce Hall as the opening produc-
ton Of the season Of the Pierce Hall
Players.
Charles G. Barry has the leading
role, and his principal support will be
given by Peggy Bell and Charles Stof-
berg.
Howard F. Wentworth Is the di-
rector
Evening star., 1936-10-06
"Informer" Duo

VICTOR McLAGLEN and Preston
Foster, who appeared together in
'"The Informer," the R-K-O-Radio
picture that won the Academy award
in 1895, are again teamed In that
studios Coast Patrol" story based
on the lives Of the United States Coast
Guards. written by Lieut.. Comdr.
Frank Wead and Ralph Graves.
Evening star., 1936-10-06

o nuSD8nQ.
"And when we
realize our mis-
take and want
freedom. We can't
20 to our hus-
bands like other
women and tell
t h e m. No, we
have to fight, and
not only that,
but, in California.
we m u S t divide
half our property
with them. The
community ] a W,
in my opinion. is
terribly unfair to
Evening star., 1936-10-06
JITNEY PLAYERS DUE
Ethel Barrymore Colt in Cast
Tomorrow Night.

ETHEL BARRYMORE COLT. daugh-
ter Of Ethel Barrymore. will be
here tomorrow night with the Jitney
Players, who will present Martinez
Sierra,s comedy, THE Romantic Young
Lady" at Trinity College.
For a year and half Miss Colt has
been one Of the principal figures with
the Jitney Players, a group which has
no home theater, but tours the country
in busses and automobiles.
Alice Cheney, who, with her hus-
band, founded the organization 13
years ago, also will have leading
role in "The Romantic Young Lady"
The production is being sponsored by
the Wekanduit Society Of Trinity Col
lege.