The Washington times., 1936-12-14
THE VOICE OF
Broadway
BY Louis SoboI-
Few Notes at Random !

IL is D6ueVeQ IL was SOlQ 10 ILle
representatives of the Spanish
reds. Lady Peace will shortly
hover over war-torn Spain.
Youthful looking Harry Grabi-
ner, vice president of the Chicago
White Sox (and pappy of the pull
chritudinous June Travis of the
cinemas), Wednesday night. was
discussing baseball intrigue Of the
; past. He recalled the time in
1889 (before he was born-just a
story he had hearO when the
Brooklyn Dodgers had the National
League lead with only three more
games with st. Louis scheduled.
If st. Louis won these three games,
it would tie for first place. St.
Louis arrived for this crucial
series and, headed by Comiskey,
came to the ball park, only to find
the gates closed. what" de-
Comiskey, els the meaning Of
this?" over the fence came the
face of Charley Ebbets, then an
assistant secretary, groundkeeper,
etc. "You can't play today" he
snapped. wet grounds"
"Wet grOunds!" rOared COmis-
key, "say, it hasn't rained for
weeks!"
"Can't help that" shouted
Ebbets. "LOOk for yourself,
look through that peekhOle
there"
Comiskey looked. The grounds
were like a vast lake.
The Brooklyn management
had used a dozen hoses all dur
ing the night. Since it was a
rule then that the season must
end ON the date set and since
the grounds were still unplay-
able for the next two days.
Brooklyn became the National
League champions for the year.
A distinguished looking gentle
man left his table at the Holly
wood Restaurant Wednesday night
at the dinner show, stepped to the
center of the floor and sang in a
nice, deep bass, Rocked in the
Cradle of the Deep" There was
tumultuous applause, but Mr.. Joe
Moss was unable to sign the fellow
for his current show. The singer
was Major John Rowland, chief Of
police of Honolulu.
A group of the young and
wealthier bloods of Manhattan
are sponsoring a new resort-at
Aspen, Col. The claim is that the
site is 1000 feet higher than st.
Moritz, and that everything st.
Moritz has to offer in the way of
winter sports, Aspen can equal-in
spades. Thus far, a house for 40
guests has been erected but the
development is being pushed with
toboggan slides, ski runs, etc., ETC.,
being constructed. Behind the
project are Ted Ryan, Nick Lud-
ington, Billy FiSkey and Ben
Quinn.
Miss Gypsy Rose Lee forgot
her ticket of. admission to the
Beaux Arts bali the other night
her story is, she didn't think
she needed it anyway since she
was to be central figure in the
pageant. But the guard at the
door thought otherwise and re-
fused to admit her despite the
pleas of several people who
knew that at the moment the
pageant was being help up,
pending her arrival. Miss Lee
Stalked out, her Silver-fOx furS
flying to the wind, and was two
blocks down Broadway when she
was Overtaken by a frantic mem
bcr of the committee in another
cab-and persuaded to return.
She insisted upon walking past
the stubborn guard and there
are those who say that as she
did so, she thumbed her nose
delicately in his direction.
The amiable young James J.
Braddock sat in DempSey's the
other night and ate his beefSteak.
But there was a puzzled look in
his eyes or perhaps that is a re-
porter's fancy. For, at the door,
crowding around the stalwart
Jack Dempsey, ex-heavyweight
champion, were fully two dozen
people, men, women and children,
pleading for autographs. Mr..
Braddock, who is the current
heavyweight champion, sat un-
disturbed by the autograph hounds
and it must have given him
food for thought-and also con-
Hoiation perhaps as he looked for
ward to the day when he, too, will
be an eX-champion!
Peggy Fears scored something
of a personal triumph in her
debut at the Rainbow Room.
The girl surprised not only her
best friends, but half a dozen
Of her closest suitOrs. The
suspicion Of news touch to this
line is that her entire routine
was written and arranged by a
dancer-CliftOn Webb!
Trend of the Times: Kay
Rtnelli, a perfumer, advises that
there are now 80 manufacturers of
perfumes for men. In 1884 there
were only three.
Personal nomination for the
five biggest news stories of
the year: (D The King Ed
ward-WalliS Simpson tangle
49,. (2) The Spanish Civil War
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