The Washington times., 1936-09-26
GLEN MCCARTHY
Broadwaycasting

Buffalo's famed fight pro-
moter Charley Murray g.
recalls with glee the time that
Pa and Ma Stribling almost
browbeat him into agreeing to a
flat guarantee for Willie Strib-
ling's first appearance in Boston.
Some ribber told Pa that
Mack's arena wasn't much big
ger than his hat. . so he and
Ma refused to consider 40 per
cent of the gate receipts and
demanded an outright fee of
$2,000-payable before Willie en-
tered the ring.
When the Striblings arrived on
the scene and got a flash at the
"hat-sized" arena, with $4,000
worth of paying customers
jammed into it cat a $40 top),
Pa and Ma almost tainted in
Willie'S brawny arms.
Parks johnson. radio star
who won fame on the Vox Pop
program and was infielder
sensation in the Georgia League
and had been signed up by a
big league scout when his
preacher dad stepped in and de-
creed that no boy of his would
spend his life playing baseball.
For which Parks is now thank
ful-he's earning more dough
per month on the radio than the
club owner who wanted to hire
him makes in a season-and
SOME season, at that.
The Argentine polo champs
convulsed Meadowbrook society
and sports circles by speaking ex-
cellent English with an Irish
brogue and a Spanish accent!
Buenos Aires is almost as Irish as
Boston.
George Washington was Amer
ica'S notable sports fan. Went in
strong for all sports of his time,
and being breeder of fine
horses was especially a rae
ing fan even to putting down
hefty bet.
Damon Runyon now Par
amount scripter has given
helpful advice to more young
sports and fiction writer's than
any man in the newspaper world.
The late Charley Van Loan
one of the tops among newspaper
and magazine writer's on sports, OF
all time was another who
was generous with sound hints to
ambitious youngsters.
Can Carl Hubbell beat the
Yankees three games? Only six
pitchers ever twirled and won
three full games of a world series
Nearly all racing clubs have
photographs taken of the finishes
of races: Santa Anita Park in Los
Angeles is the only track to have
pictures-and motion at that
taken of the starts of races. So
the stewards can KNOW what
they're talking about when they
have a jockey on the carpet Tor
interference leaving the post.
Jean Paul King crack radio
announcer once caught two
fish on one line with one hook
and became a member OF
Americas most exclusive fishing
set The Two-in-One Club.
Art Kudner, one of the tops
mong advertising tycoons - a
boxing fan till when, recently en-
tertained thousands of his neigh
bors at a big rodeo and barbecue
on his Observation-Disclosures
New Mexico ranch. Kudner could
easily be United States Senator
from the Southwestern State II
he'd Just tear himself away from
his floor of offices in New York
! tower.
Clyde Lucas, going big with his
band at one of New York's ia
nous hotels, is developing into
one of the tops among golfing
maestroS.
Waite Hoyt came into baseball
heralded as the Boy Wonder
of pitchers, and because his dad
was a veteran minstrel-"Hoyt's
Minstrels" in vaudeville-the en-
tire theatrical profession was
roofing for Waite to make good
and did he? The mans only
doing his eighteenth year in the
big leagues
Carl Hubbell, frankie tennis)
Parker and Iris Speaker (king
of all center fielders) are among
the very ablest of sports celebri
ties on the air. Speaker can &C
lib a better talk on baseball thar
most guys can read.
Dave Butler, Shirley Temples