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Evening star., 1937-01-24
Perry Earns Fans Admiration.

A LTHOUGH the high caliber of the
professional troupe will be sus-
tanned by another singles match be-
tween Bruce Barnes and George M.
Lott and doubles encounter between
Perry and Lott against Barnes and
Vines, the one real interest of tomor-
row evenings show is the Vines-Perry
scrap, which alone could fill the
Maryland hall.
Every since followers Of the game
began to realize that Perry's equality
with Vines was not to end when the
latter had recovered from an illness,
the demand to see them in action
has increased with every Perry VIC
tory. The fact that he won five OF
the first eight meetings not only gives
him the edge over the pre-series ia
vorite. but has earned him a new
respect. from tennis lovers.
Admittedly a great player. coura
geouS and with all the attributes OF
a world champion, the Britisher was
foredoonfed to an almost continuous
slaughter at the hands of the hardest
hitter the game ever produced. His
steady play was predicted to be q
losing cause once Vines had taken
his number.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
S|NGT0N, LANAHAN
LEAD CANDIDATES
Harris Is Hopeful Pair at
Last Will Make Grade
With Washington.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.

BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
"OR a major league club whose
l. farm system had been rated
antiquated, Washington's base
L ball firm has enjoyed remark
able success in coming up with at
least one standout rookie year for
the last several seasons. When the
Nationals gather at Orlando mex.
month, however, it is unlikely their
luck will hold. The cream OF the
1887 crop of rockies. to whom the
big league trail will beckon. appears
placed elsewhere among the IS other
far-fung training camps.
Two graduates from Chattanooga,
Outfelder Fred Sington and Pitcher
Dick LaNahan. appear now to rank
highest as Washington prospects.
Neither is exactly rookie in the full
sense of the term, because each has
been given two previous trials, but
by the same token they are not major
leaguerS.
Sington will so to camp with
sentimental grip on the rlsht-held
Job. Both Bucky Harris and Clark
Griffith would like to see the big
fellow patrol the outield regularly,
along with Ben Chapman and Johnny
Stone, and they are willing to overlook
some slowness afoot and inefflclenCy
afield, particularly in throwing. In
25 games Sington drove across 80
runs and this feat intrigued the Ma
tional bosses. caused them to overlook
his lack of foot" and his weak throw
Ing arm.
Lanahan Chief Southpaw Hope.
T ANAHAN remains the Griffmens
- chief hope of having left-handed
pitcher on the staff, a commodity
which was lost when Earl Whitehhi
was traded to Cleveland. Dick was
deemed ripe this time a year ago,
but in camp he failed to become serl-
Gus about the business of playing big
league ball, had trouble getting the
ball over the plate, and. finally, was
left off at Chattanooga when the cluo
moved North. At Chattanooga ne
compiled no great record, but at times
he showed ability. despite working
uQQPT IIlG VI a cOAS oAAAe 80
the latter stages of the campaign.
The cards seem to be stacked
against the rest of the rockies be-
longing to Washington. Johnny
Mihalic finished the 1886 season at
second base, after good year at
'Nooga. but the Griffs already are
we'll fortified with inhelders and
Johnny is likely to find Ossie Bluege
and Red Kress blocking his way to a
job as reserve. Mihalic, incidentally,
will be the only rookie inflelder in
camp.
Ken Chase is another southpaw
pitching rookie who will be given
another once-over, but Ken still is be-
lieved to be too green. He has plenty
swift, however, and Harris and Grill
may take chance. sgd Cohen, like
Chase and Lanahan. is a southpaw
slabbe-, but while he has the poise
and experience he has not the sheer
stuff of the other pair.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
Steadiness Checks Vines.

INSTEAD. Perry's steadiness has
proved the deciding factor in giving
the Englishman the edge he now holds,
Vines erratic streaks nullifying his
brilliant spurts which have come all
too seldom. When he has won, Vines
has done so handily. but so has Perry.
The series opened with the newcomer
to professional ranks winning the first
three matches, then Vines evened the
series with a trio Of victories and
Perry took the next two.
Talk of each alternating victories,
for appearances land the gate's) sake
have been discounted by close friends
of each of the contestants who know
that both love to win too much to
drop a match, even for his own pocket
book. Besides, there is Vines state
ment before the series started to the
effect that he was "out to win 'em all,
If / can" based on the knowledge
that proven logical successor to his
No. rank might we'll end his earn
ings in his chosen profession.
Evening star., 1937-01-24

~ F ALL the long smiters Of
1 golf ball that have paraded
\ across the midiron meadows
around the National Capital
in recent years, Fred Mcleod picks
couple caddies as his choices among
the lusty lads who knock 'em mile
and then miss a 4-foot putt. And
Furthermore these caddies are colored
boys.
Billy Adams and Bobby King, sepia
bag-toters with Joe Brown grins, 1.-THE
and husky, can smack a driver shot
farther than any of the amateurs
doing their lengthy walloping around
Evening star., 1937-01-24
Altrock Has Hot Round.

NICK ALTROCK, 6o-year-old
Washington coach and clown, sur
prised the gallery with a II. Pre-
viously he had registered an SO and
an 83. His 54-hole score was 24S.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
All Score as Keystone Eagles Are
Clipped, 22 to 5.

Y. M. c. AS Ravens routed the
Keystone Eagles. 22-5, at the Y. M.
G. A. gym yesterday. All of the win
ners took part in the scoring, Crowell
leading with points.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
Beats Newman's Record.

CLARKE'S 719 topped by two pins
~ the previous record hung up IN
1884 by Dutch Newman OFF to a
commonplace start of 127. Clarke
cracked out l55 in the second string
and clung to similar pace the re-
mainder of the way. In the fifth
frame of his fourth game he blew a
Single-pin break for his only muff OF
the set.
Simon, who won the 1884 tourna-
ment, began and finished last night
in spectacular fashion, opening with
$50 and tacking together two 1895 to
wind up. He, too, missed only one
spare break, this in the eighth frame
of the fifth string, and the error cost
him nine sticks. He scored single
pin marks in the final two boxes.
Parsons maintained a level pace
with top game of 1873 and low of
1913.
Hokie Smith Of the Columbia,
prize winner in his last eight major
tournaments, got away to 142 start,
but very nearly eliminated himself as
a feared contender with an even 100
finish which left him with total of
609, which was ITO pins behind the
leader. The situation was reversed in
the recent U. S. Sweepstakes in which
Clarke, the ultimate winner. trailed
Smith by more than 100 pins after the
first block
Evening star., 1937-01-24

Eddie Moore. Atlanta. o3s: Gerald
philadelphia Phillies. 242: Jimmy Foxx.
Boston Red SoX. 345: Heinie Manush
Brooklyn, 25l: Rick Ferrell. Red Sox $50;
Lyn Larry, Cleveland $50; Bob Burke.
Philadelphia Phillies. "63. Roy Spencer.
New York Giants. 263; Lloyd Waner. Pitts
hurgh. 27l; John Cooney Brooklyn. $50:
Bill Swift. Pittsburgh 2s6; Butch Hem
line. retired. ?al and Bill Cissell. Phila-
more; Walter Gibson and Gerald Fitzrer.
aid; st. Augustine. and Jimmy Wilson.
Phillies. no cards.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
Phehus Conceded Edge.

DAY PHEBUS, Harry Kelly and
Frank Peticolas, all right-l1anders
are the other rookie pitchers who will
be in camp. Phebus trained last year
with the Tigers at Lakeland, but was
turned loose, catching on with Albany.
There he showed so we'll that Griff
picked him up near the close of the
season, but Rays trial was limited
inasmuch as the Nationals were fight
ing for a first-division berth. He
probably is the best bet of the trio.
Kelly, also from Albany, did not
have much of a record with the
International Leaguers and probably
will be too green to stay. Peticolas
will be taken to Florida more as
batting practice pitcher than any
thing else. He has been given three
of four trials in camp, but never was
close.
In addition to Sington two more
rookie outfelders will be bidding for
jobs. One is Taft Wright, flychaser
from Chattanooga who did we'll in the
Southern Association, but who prob
ably will be turned back to the Look
outs. He will have to beat out Jesse
Hill and Carl Reynolds to stay. The
other is Beverly Ferrell, procured via
the draft from ThomaSVille of the
Georgia Florida League. Ferren, be-
cause he was drafted, must be carried
until the season opens but while he Is
fast and led the loop in batting last
season, he hardly will stick after the
campaign gets under way.
Early, Lee Are Catchers.
THE other rockies are catchers and
very green ones at that. First is
Jake Early, also up from the Georgia
Florida League in which he batted
over 300 and showed considerable
promise. Griff would like to keep him,
but the chances are he will wind up
IN Chattanooga for another year of
schooling.
Helbert Lee is the other rookie
catcher. Lee was picked off the Glenn
son College campus and in 1884 he
led the South Carolina intercollegiate
League. hitting .4l0. He was first
string catcher at Clemson three years,
leaving in his senior year. Last season
he played semi-pro ball with several
textile league clubs In North and
South Carolina.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
RECORD PIN SCORE
R0LLEDBY CLARKE
Marks Up 719 to Take Lead
in Campbell Tournament.
TraiIed by Simon.
WENTY-TWO Of Washington,

~ WENTY-TWO Of Washington's
foremost duckpin shooters
fired the first set Of the Camp
L bell Sweepstakes last night at
the Georgetown Recreation. and once
again you read the name of Astor
Clarke at the head of the list.
The United States Sweepstakes
champion and top-ranking duckpin-
ner of the Nation rang up an all-time
tournament record of 719 to move is
sticks in front of his nearest rival,
Sam Simon. Clarke and Simon both
are former Campbell champions.
Howard Parsons rolled 65l for third
place. The battle will be resumed next
Saturday night at the Lucky Strike
and be concluded week later at
Convention Hall.
Evening star., 1937-01-24

S95-Hlgh game and set each bI0cK
o non winners.
First-S200.
Second-SI 100.
Third-SO0.
Evening star., 1937-01-24
EASY FOR "Y" RAVENS

Totals o 624 Totals is 73s
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
De Mile Fir
For Palace

The tender love which existed
between two of the hardest char
acters of the pioneer West is the
basis of the story of The Plains
man." one of the seasons highly
lauded pictures, which is slated
to be the next attraction at
LoeW's Palace Theater and which
will follow Champagne Waltz"
The story is based On one Of
history's more compelling chap.
tiers and involves Wild Bill
Hickok, two-fisted, hard-hitting
exponent of law and order, and
Calamity Jane" a beauty who
packed a pair of six-guns and
drove a stage coach. Gary
Cooper and Jean Arthur, the ia
vorites of "Mr. Deeds Goes to
Town" are again reunited and
play the star roles.
Others in the cast are Charles
Bickford, Porter Hall, James
Ellison, Helen Burgess and others.
Produced by Cecil B. DeMille, it
embodies all OF those lavish and
epic qualities for which DeMille
productions are famed. 1t is
iammed with thrills, hair-raising
battles and most delightful ro-
nance,
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
Switzerland
I roveI Talk

Burton Holmes will give his
third travel talk in the series of
five sponsored by the D. C. Com
munity Center Department, Public
Schools, in the auditorium of
Roosevelt High School Wednesday
evening, January 81, at 8:15 p. m.
His subject is "Switzerland"-the
playground of Europe.
This tour" will take Mr..
Holmes audiences entirely out of
the worrisome problems, political
or belligerent, that hang so men,
acingly over the topics of his two
previous talks.
Burton Holmes has made some
of his loveliest pictures in Switzer.
land and he brings, in addition to
these, films that are scenic mas
terpieces made by famous Swiss
photographers. Added to these
are films of Swiss home-li1e and
customs as well as exploits in the
higher Alps which round out a
screen presentation worthy Of its
inspiring subject.
Seats for the talk on "Switzer
land" as well as the two other
talks to follow-"All Over France, ii
February 3, and New and Old
Japan" February 10-can be Sc
sured at Mrs. Dorsey'S Bureau in
Droop's.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
"Miserobles"
Returns

LES Miserables" Starrin g
Charles Laughton and Frederic
March, which opened a return en-
gagement at Little Theater yester'
day. was one of the major pro
ductions of Richard Boleslawski,
whose sudden death last week rob,
bed Hollywood of one Of its most
brilliant directors. His other
notable contributions included
Men In White" "Clive of India,
and most recently, Theodore
Goes Wild"
The screen version Of Hugo's
masterpiece brought together three
of the finest character actors OF
our day, Frederic March, Charles
Laughton, and Sir Cedric Hard
Wicke.
March equalled his outstanding
work in such productions as DR.:
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" "Smil1n'
Through" and 1.-THE Barretts OF
Wimpole Street." by his superb
Characterization of Jean Vatican,
the man doomed to a life of fear
and uncertainty because he had
stolen a loaf of bread! Laughton
created in the role of Javert, fana-
tical disciple of the law, another
great character portrayal to rank
with his Henry VIII, Edward Bar"
rett, and Ruggles.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
GieIgud Plays
Hamlet, Feb. |

AS it is not probable that John
Gielgud ever will act Hamlet again
in America after he ends his pres
ent visit here, Guthrie McClintic
is closing the New York engage
ment of Mr.. Gielgud, Judith An
derson, Arthur Byron and Lillian
Gish in Hamlet" on Saturday
night of next week so that Wash.
ington, Boston and Philadelphia
may see this production, which
has broken all records in the
American stage history for the
tragedy.
One hundred and thirty-two per
formances will have been given
there including Saturday night,
January 80, and yet the demand
for tickets is not satisfied.
Hamlet opens at the National
Theater February /.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
I Cover HOLLYWOOD

ing money every year from a town
in Argentina for What-She didn't
know until this very minute. It
seems that an Argentine in his
own naive manner had lifted bod
lily a radio dramatic sketch which
she wrote some years ago, put it
into book form in Spanish, and
then it suddenly became one of
the best sellers. The checks were
a form of royalty but there was
no explanation.
Ben Bernie, the old maestro,
has decided to make a go of this
picture career of his. He's engaged
three coaches for his epic wake
Up and Live" One drills him in
the nuances of elocution and
Shakespearean utterance, the Sec
ond coaches him in little tricks Of
pantomime, and the third, believe
it or not. is a golf pro who iS
working upon Ben's golf.
Peggy Bates, a Warner Brothers
ingenue, hearing that friends were
going to repaint a knotty pine
playroom in their Palm Springs
cottage, made a special trip down
there and as a surprise painted it
for them herself with a can of
shellac she found there. But to
their horror the shellac employed
was really honey and now her
friends have ants in their cot
tage.
Mae Vests bodyguard has been
given a gangster role in Para
mounts Murder In College,"
much to Macs disgust. on account
of she'd much rather have a body.
guard than an aspiring actor.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25

made it when he appeared in per
son with Fireman, Save My
Child" a couple of years ago.
Lucille Browning, now singing
small contralto roles with the
Metropolitan Opera Company, ap-
peared on the Major Bowes anna
teur hour on June %. 1885. She
isn't Dragging about it, says Va
riety, but the Major is.
Leslie Howard has been doing
sensational business on the road
with his Hamlet" in some stands
surprising the Katharine Cornell
crosses. All of which must make
him feel he would have been wiser
to keep his Shakespeare out of
New York, where he was brutally
panned.
Audrey Sieber, the Earle's pretty
mistress of ceremonies. who now
holds the long distance Emcee rec
ord on Thirteenth Street-going
into her fourth year-waS bedded
with flu and tried to come back
Friday. She did the first show
and then went home for more
convaleSence.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25

vitation intrudes. For instance,
here is the weekend gayety for
editors arranged and controlled by
Hollywood influences:
$3.50 A. NJ, FRIDAY. Meet
Gladys Swarthout. Just up from
a Thursday night concert at Ashe-
vile, N. c., radiant and happy at
meeting a lot of inquiring reporters
who ask routine questions, submit
ting gracefully to press photog-
raphers. The Metropolitan Op-
era, radio and movie star wants
to help Champagne Waltz" for
which she collected 100000, and
also Adolph Zukor'S silver anniver-
Sary as producer-eXeCutive.
1880 p. NJ. Commissioner George
E. Aliens SWank dinner for Adolph
Zukor at the Hotel Carlton. One
of my table companions is Mabel
Walker Willebrandt, who discloses
she will have Grace Moore as her
Washington guest on February Is,
From the clear mock turtle green
soup to the bombe and demi-taSSe,
with wine punctuations, hear an
other sweet lady knocking Mrs.
Roosevelt and everybody connected
with the New Deal. Then I dis
cover she's from Vermont, where
the good losers don't come from.
1OP M. LOEW'S PALACE pre-.
miere of champagne Waltz" with
Senators and Hollywood celebri,
ties hustled to Gordon Kitten
marks microphone for few we'll
chosen words. l tell the radio
audience I am looking forward to
seeing Grace Moore'S new picture
"a wisecrack which doesn't go
over-proving that movie critics
should stay in character and not
try to be comedians.
4:3O P. M. SATURDAY. Direc.
tor Eddie Sutherland of Para,
mount meets the press at a cock
tail party in his Hotel Carlton
suite. In between the cracked ice
courses I learn that he began his
directorial career with L. Monta
Bell. Washington director. Both
The Washington times., 1937-01-25

11kNOA " AOAO
their stuff in this merry melange.
Nanny King and Johnny Barry,
both of whom have their own
original ideas, all of them good,
are a treat de luxe.
Outstanding on the program is
a wonderful blonde dancer, Ma
rie Sarie. This serenely beauti-
full girl does an acrobatic number
that ranks with anything of its
kind I have ever seen. Gifted
with wonderful stage personal
ity and a physical appearance
miles above par, she should go far.
The singing OF Elsa Lang and
Murray Green deserves special
mention, as does the wonderfully
clever dancing c1 Lew KeSSler.
Charles Harris, in conjunction
with Nanny King, who plays the
violin, puts on a wonderful whis-
tling number.
Bee Keller, a comely platinum
blonde and a favorite with Wash
ingtonians, does some SpecialtieS
that win hearty rounds OF ap'
plause. Evelyn Brooks appears to
good advantage in speaking parts
and in speciality numbers.
The chorus is good. Well trained
and colorfully costumed, the girls
deserve, and get, a special spot
on the bill. The musical numbers
are well chosen and rendered ef
fectively. r. 5.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25

REJECTS BELASCO
Being an optimist, Manager
Cochran hopes to have the new
theater ready for a June opening
The venture will also be the sum-
mer headquarters of the National
Academy of Stage Training.
Because of this activity Mr.
Cochran felt obliged to reject the
MeSsrs. Shubert's offer to install
stock at the Belasco Theater. Wee
and Levanthal are now consider
ing the plan to relight the Lafay-
cite Square Theater.
BIRTHDAY BALL STARS
The Birthday Ball lineup Of
stars now includes Joe E. Brown,
for the wide-mouthed comic Is fly
ing from Hollywood as R-K-O'S
contribution to Saturdays gaiety.
So those who attend the two mid
night shows at the Capitol and
Earle Theaters will see in person
Robert Taylor. Jean Harlow, Jean
cite Macdonald, Joe E. Brown,
Mitzi Green, and more to come.
Joe E. Brown is now working for
Arthur Loew on the R-K-O lot, but
he holds the Warner Bros. Earle
Theater box office record. He
The Washington times., 1937-01-25

Producing for the first time in
Washington a play that Stormed
Broadway back in 1912, the Black
friars are in final rehearsal for
The Divorce Question" by Will
liam Anthony MCGUIRE.
Miss Angela Keir, veteran OF
Broadway, will direct the drama.
She relates that seldom was there
a performance of the stirring play
without at least one woman being
carried fainting from the theater
because of the high-poWered emo
tional scenes.
The Blackfriars' performance
of this exciting vehicle promises
to be equally powerful, with its
splendid cast headed by Edgar M
Ford, Constance Haug and
Stephen A. Trodden.
Others in the cast are Jeanne
Bateman, Edna Evans, Julian
zier, John Victory, Joseph Hun
ter, William Hannah and Pearson
Stanley. The play will be pre-
sented in st. Paul's Auditorium
on February 1, and 3.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
Merle Oberon
ForCopitol

Merle Oberon is said to have
her most emotional of all screen
relies in Beloved Enemy" a COM
pelling story of love under fire,
which will occupy the Loew's
Capitol screen the week starting
Friday, January 20.
Brian Aherne has the leading
role opposite Miss Oberson while
others in the cast are David
Nivan, Karen Morley, Henry
Stephenson, jerome Cowan and
others.
Set against the seething back
ground of Dublin in 1921, "Be-
loved Enemy" is said to offer Miss
Oberon her greatest opportunity
as Lady Helen Drummond, the
lovely English girl who accom-
panies her father to Ireland to in
Vestigate the secret activities of
the Irish leaders. BY chance she
meets the handsome, devil-may
care leader of all the trouble.
Aherne. and these two people
from opposite parts of the world
sworn enemies, fall madly in love
On the stage that same week
the Capitops headliners will be
Eleanor Holm Jarrett, swimming
champion. "inger and stormy pet
rel of international athletics, and
her grooming husband, Art Jar.
rett. Others on the footlight bill
will be the Honey troupe, Ross
Wyse, jr., assisted by June Mann,
and the Eoted Italian comic,
Harry Burns.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
Nfx sioetft;s;, 9<f%o By M9wKE Me26cK

RIALTO-EIzabeth Bergner, GAS
You Like It." 1:3O, 1888, 5;36,
7:44, 9:52 p. m.
Shirley Temple. "Stow-
away 10:45 a. M, 1:30, 4:20,
ITO, 1000 p. m. Stage, 1890,
3:15, 6:1O, 900 p. m.
LITTLE - Frederic March, lies
Miserables, 11:00 a. m. lilo,
1922, 5:32, 7:44, 9:44 p. m.
PALACE-Gladys Swarthout, Fred
MacMur ray, hamp a n e
Waltz" 1910, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10,
$50 p. m.
METROPOLITAN - Alice Brady,
Charlie Ruggles, Mind Your
Own Business" 11:30 a. M,
1:3O, 3:35, 5:35, TAO, 9:45 p. NJ
COLUMBIA-Jack Benny, Marsha
Hunt, college Holiday" 11:55
a. M, 1:50, 3:45, 5:45, TAO, 9:4O
p. m.
EARLE - George Arliss, Man OF
Affairs" 1920 a. M, 1875, 4:25
Tbs, 9:55 p. m. stage, Ken
Murray, 1890, 3:l5, 6:10, 8
p. m.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Durpln
Three Smart Girls" 11:51 a
M, 1851, 3:51, 5:51, 7:51, 9:5!
p. m. "You Can't Get Away
With It," 11:24 a. M, 1924, 1924
5:24. 1924, 9:24 p. m.
HOWARD - Francis Drake, "I'd
Give My Life" 1890, 3:55, 7:05
1910 p. m. Stage, Danny Lo
gan Orchestra, 2:30, $50, 9:10