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Evening star., 1937-03-26
BAXTER IS CRAZY
MAT FANS FIGURE
Ties Shoe Laces of Enemy,
ManhandIes Referee and
MenaCes Promoter.
URTHER evidence to support its
- conviction that Laverne Baxter
is a bit baked in the brains

r. URIHER evidence to support It's
- conviction that Laverne Baxter
is bit baked in the brains
a was presented to Washington's
mat colony today following the snag-
rival unorthodox pachyderm. Wee
Willie Davis, last night at Turner's
Arena.
Either Baxter is trifle "tetched"
or just doesn't care. Things became
so riotous that Promoter Joe Turner
was forced to enter the ring after
Referee Benny Bortnick, stripped Of
his shirt and pride, deserted his role
and joined the melee.
Turns on Promoter.
WHEN Turner enters the ring the
boys calm down out of respect,
if nothing else. Baxter, however,
merely turned on Joe, wound up a
menacing paw and started to heave
it at the promoter. Joe tossed down
his hat, refused to bulge and squared
off. Baxter then confined his rough
tactics on the gigantic Wee Willie.
Turner was forced to jump into the
ring after Baxter had tied Davis shoe
strings together. While Willie hobbled
about, Laverne conked him on the
head with his fists and also dealt pun
ishment to Bortnick. Benny launched
counter attack, and even Turner
thought things were becoming a bit
too realistic.
Gets Laces Untangled.
WILLIE finally untangled his shoe
laces, meted out a series of body
slams and then fell victim to his own
bruising specially. Baxter pinned Da-
Wis when Willie toppled over back
ward in another attempted hoist, the
end coming after 16 minutes.
What little actual wrestling was
provided for the customers was en-
acted by Chief Little Wolf and Matros
Kirilenko, with the Indian winning,
naturally enough, with an Indian
deathlock after 81 minutes
Other preliminaries saw Hank Bar
Der flip Marshall Blackstock in 1917
minutes, Bernie Kaplan squash Joe
Maynard in 141s minutes and Jack
Hader lose by disqualification to
Henri Piers after he had bounced Ref
cree Al Bakash bit too roughly.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
PERRY DEFEATS VINES.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 26 tP).-
Fred Perry defeated Ellsworth Vine
here last night 6-1 and 60.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
BY ROD THOMAS.
. OWL1NG promoters and organ
ization leaders from Maine to
Florida today were perturbed

OWL1NC pI OlIlOtcIS dllO VI 3 oil
- ization leaders from Maine to
Florida today were perturbed
- over the announcement Of
George L. Isemann, for 10 years
secretary of the National Duckpin
Bowling Congress, that he would quit
the job when the congress holds its
annual meeting and election at Nor
folk on April 9, the day before the
tenth annual championships close.
They open tomorrow.
That meeting may bring crisis III
the history of duckpin shooting,
game which claims probably more
participants than any other sport
on the Atlantic seaboard and one
that runs into big business.
In Washington 1t Is esti-
mated to be a 100000 en-
terprise.
Isemann, with a modest title, is
recognized as the head of the game,
but in spite Of the tremendous rev.
enue of the sport he is having diff
culties collecting pay.
lSemann opposes SUBSIDY.
WHEN the National Duckpin Bowl
ing Congress was organized here
in 1927 it was subsidized by a ma
tional' manufacturing company. with
Lsemanns salary of $500 or there
about and expenses guaranteed.
The subsidy was dropped last
year at Isemann's request, fol-
lowing charges that the N. d.
B. C. underwriters receive
favors from the secretary.
Isemann went out to put the Ma
tional Duckpin Bowling Congress SOL
idly on its own feet, but the business
men of the game who complained
of the subsidy failed to make it up,
and now it's tougher for Isemann to
collect his salary than it is to do the
work of the congress-.
Pulls Game to Fore.
IN 10 YEARS as secretary and for
many years before he accepted this
post, which he did mainly to carry
on a hobby in lush days, Isemann has
advanced duckpins from a minor po-
sition in sports to one Of genuine i'm
portance and put thousands of bucks
into the tills Of bowling proprietors.
His promotional activities have
brought hundreds OF columns OF
publicity to business docking at
bowling from the alley owners view
point) that couldn't be bought.
Isemann has accomplished 30
much for the advancement Of
bowling as a sport and as =
Evening star., 1937-03-26
Bunch Bunches Naples.

WHILE BUNCH, rolling a stout 152
w and 4l4 for Lucky Strike Tap
room, personally put in the bee on the
Evening star., 1937-03-26
F|NEF|E[D DRAWN
BY REDLAND HUNT
Two Point-to Point Events
Scheduled Tomorrow as
Sport Is Revived.
2, Staff Correspondent of The Star.

e,sstaf Correspondent of The Star.
~ OCKVILLE, Md, March 90
- Last-minute preparations were
under way near here today for
a the first Montgomery County
revival in modern times of the an
cient and honorable sport of point-to-
point racing. Under the guidance of
Thomas T. Mott, M. F. H., whose Red
land Hunt is sponsoring the two races
to be held tomorrow, marked course
of approximately miles across coun-
try has been selected and entries al
ready have been received from many
Washington, Virginia and Maryland
stables.
Strictly hunter competition and
one for amateur riders, the meeting
will offer as its chief prize to the WIN
ming horse, owner and rider the honor
of being the first to have their names
enscrolled upon the Redland Hunt
Cup, handsome silver trophy which
has been established in perpetuo as
the top award of the meeting.
wainwright, Leltn Judges,
THE combination to be designated
for that honor will be determined
tomorrow by the judges, Col. Jonathan
Wainwright of Fort Myer and Louis
Leith of Middleburg, after they have
scored the first three horses in each
race on manners, way of going, jump
Ing form and general suitability as a
hunting horse.
Horses competing in the events will
be divided into two divisions, the light
weight race and the middle and heavy
weight race. In each of these tests a
silver bowl will be awarded outright
to the owner of the winner and a
piece of silver plate to the winning
rider.
Post time for the first race has been
set at pm. While the starting point
has not yet been announced, it may be
learned by calling the Rockville oper-
ator after o'clock tonight.
Prominent Entrants.
4 MONG the prominent owners who
have indicated their intentions
of sending horses to the meeting are
Nancy P. Hanna of Washington,
whose Gone Away won the light
weight race at Middleburg last week;
Fenton NJ Fadeley, well-knoWn show
ring rider and honorary whip Of the
Riding and Hunt Club hounds; Mar
garet Cotter and Louise Myers of
Washington; c. Reed Thomas of the
Fairfax Hunt, Mrs. Robert C. Winmill
OF Warrenton, George Walker and
Harry Semmes of the Riding and Hunt
Club, Albert Stabler, jr, of Montgom-
cry County and Thomas Mott, jr., son
Of the Redland M. F. H.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
MASONS AND ELKS
SCRAP ON ALLEYS
Element of Revenge Spices
Match Tomorrow Night
at Recreation.

T 7 AVING knocked off the Knights
II of Columbus last week in an
annual bowling battle, the Sc
Il L lect shooters of the Masonic
League tomorrow night will attempt to
twist the horns of the Elks. The match
will be rolled at the Recreation, start
ing at 730 o'clock.
In sense, the Elks will be out to
avenge the defeat Of the CaseyS. -Four
members of their team are Knights,
although not members Of the K. of C..
League, from which the beaten team
was chosen.
Veterans Of Fraternal Strife.
SHOOTING with the Elks will be
Tony Santini, Norman Schroth,
Eddie Espey and Joe McGolrick, vet
Grams OF Casey-M Masonic battles Of
other years. With them will be Ed
Blakeney and Ken Thorpe.
On the Masonic squad are Sam
Simon, Ed Cleary, Claude Robey,
Charley Phillips, Charley Homer and
Orville Brown. There isn't weak
spot in either lineup.
After the match, win or lose, the
Elks will be hosts to their opponents
at the Elks' Club.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
Has Natural Advantages.

RESIDES the natural advantages OF
climate and soil, which trainers
say are ideal in South Carolina for
all types Of horses, Camden attracts
the owners of steeplechasers because
Of its Washington's birthday and
| famous Carolina Cup races, which
annually open the American hunt
racing season.
In Columbia are the Winter train
| ing stables of the Buxton brothers,
where more than 200 thoroughbreds
are quartered. About a dozen of
| them, including J. H. Louchheims
Pompoon, the Winter book favorite,
are entered for the Kentucky Derby.
Among others are Marshall Fields
highly regarded Sir Damion and
Charing Cross.
Columbia trained horses have done
well in big race competition of the
| last few years. Cavalcade was the
derby winner in 1884 and High Quest
captured the Preakness that year. Bold
Venture took both these events last
year, while the outstanding filly Of
the year is Columbiana, named for
the city.
The building at Aiken Of mile
| track for harness (trotting) races,
soon to be inaugurated after a long
lapse, has brought some Of the coun-
trys best trotters there.
Really a Horsey Place.
% GLAND HARTMAN, president of
~ the American Trotting Horse
Club, and Mrs. Hartman have a
string that will see action in the Ham,
bletonian and other grand circuit
events. Mrs. Lewis A. Park Of Sewick-
| ley Pa; Seymour H. Knox of Buffalo,
Dunbar Bostwick Of Westbury, Long
Island, and other prominent social
ties also have top-notch trotters in
their stables.
Thomas Hitchcock. father Of the
noted poloist and regarded as the out
standing owner of steeplechase
mounts, heads the list Of those who
have timber-toppers at Aiken for
training. Others include Maj. George
McMurtry OF New York, Harold E.
Talbot and Mrs. George H. (Pete)
Bostwick OF Westbury. Long Island.
Flat racers owned by Cornelius
Vanderbilt Whitney, Albert c. Bost-
wick and the Sewickley Stables are
there. Polo strings belonging to pete"
Bostwick, Seymour Knox, William
Evening star., 1937-03-26
THIRTY-SIX teams Of men and

"\d4E1 Y-S1A teams OF men and
IA Of women, so in all, will
constitute Washington's repre-
Il sentation in the tenth annual
championships Of the National Duck
pin Bowling Congress, to open tomor-
row at Norfolk.
The Capital bowlers will take over
the drives on April and 4, Saturday
and Sunday. A big majority will COM
pete also III singles and doubles.
Duckpin shooters hailing from near
ly the entire Atlantic seaboard, to the
number of 100 teams, will take part in
the tournament, which represents q
crack promotion job accomplished by
George L. 1semann, congress secretary,
who, severely affected by flu for weeks,
has stuck gamely to his knitting.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
WOMAN SKATERS
BITTER FEUD|STS
Hot Scrap Due as Madeline
Horn, Dorothy DroIson
Meet for Title.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~HICAGO, March 26.-One OF
the most bitter rivalries In
\ the Womans sports field is
~ down for a decision in thu
national indoor speed skating cham.
pionships at the Chicago Arena thu
week end.
Madeline Horn, the Beaver Dam
Wis, star, will continue a feud OF Iona
standing with Dorothy Franey Drol.
son Of st. Paul, and, on past perform.
ances, the events in which they tangh
probably will highlight the meet, te
be staged Saturday and Sunday
nights.
AS Mrs. Drolson says she will turn
professional after this event, it may
be her last sanctioned hook-up with
the Wisconsin speedster.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
Declared on 4 Par.

CHET ROAM of Minneapolis, presi.
dent of the American Skatini
Union, says Mrs. DrolSon and Mis-.
Horn are the two most evenly matched
woman skaters he ever has watched
On the first nights program the
senior mems 440-yard and mile event.
will be contested, along with senior
women's races for the same distances
A majority of the Nations male starr
will be on hand, including Marvir
Swanson of Minneapolis, the outdoor
champion.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
Aqua VeIva for After Shaving

Williams famous after shaving preparation-cIoses
skin pores fights off pimples, spots gives
your face that clean, COOL air-condtioned" feeling.
Evening star., 1937-03-26
HUNDREDS THERE
GETTING IN SHAPE
Blue BIoods of All Types of
Racers Represented in
Sand Hill Land.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ OLUMBIA, S. c., March 26.-
Hundreds of steeds with
I names and pedigrees familiar
~ to followers of the turf and
other equestrian sports are preparing
in the South Carolina sand hills Sec
ton for Spring and Summer compe-
tition.
Flat racers, steeplechasers, polo
ponies and trotters all are represented
in the stables at Camden, Columbia
and Aiken. Each of these cities, two
Of them popular Midsouth resorts, Is
preeminent in the particular type Of
horse training there.
Columbia is the fat race center.
The steeplechasers are concentrated
at Camden, and at Aiken, long noted
as the polo capital OF the South, the
harness horse, or trotter, has come
into prominence to rival the polo
pony Aiken also boasts steeplechas-
ers and several fine racing strings.
Well-knoWn owners of steeplechase
horses who have stables at Camden
this year include Ambrose F. Clark,
Alvin Untermeyer, Frank M. Gould
of New York, r. K. Mellon Of Pitts
burgh and Mrs Randolph Scott, wife
Of the movie star. Also at Camden
Is j. E. Ryan, one of the best-known
steeplechase trainers and riders in
this country.
Evening star., 1937-10-31

craziest efforts will be put forward at
the earliest possible moment.
Director Ernst Lubitsch. for instance,
stepped up his production of Blue
boards Eighth Wife" which is another
of those romping affairs, by full
month. Gary Cooper and Claudette
Colbert, the co-stars, filmed first
scenes for the comedy few days ago
and Lubitsch is making every effort
to have it ready for holiday release.
A canny master of the subtle comedy
touch, Lubitsch declares this cry for
low comedy was bound to come because
people have grown bored watching
their favorites slouching around draw
ing rooms acting anything but them
selves.
ut looks like all the top stars must
readjust themselves" said Lubitsch.
The fans have spoken. They want to
see the Gables, Crawfords, Lombards.
Dietrichs and the rest alive, human
and frolicsome. 1t is up to all of
them to look the new craze squarely in
the face and make up their minds at
once to become part of it,"
tcopyright. 1887. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance Inc)
Evening star., 1937-10-31
HOMEGROWN Plays
Set at Alexandria.

A DRAMATIC and nearly forgotten
incident in the early history Of
Alexandria will be enacted on the
stage of the Lyceum Theater in Alex
andria next Friday night, when the
Alexandria Little Theater opens its
season with two original playlets. both
written and staged by Alexandrians.
The first, Going to Gallipolis," i"
written by Burt P. Garnett, is based
upon the romantic but factual story
OF shipload of French immigrants
who landed at Alexandria May 8, 1870,
on the way to form the settlement
that became Gallipolis. Ohio.
The other, written by Mrs. Malcolm
Hill, who also penned a one-act play
presented by the Alexandria Little
Theater last year. is titled, What
About Mom?"
Evening star., 1937-10-31

has been appearing professionally ir
New York and Pennsylvania, will be
one Of these. Others, we'll known, win
be Fostaire, Al Baker, Lou Meyer and
Arthur M. Cohen.
Also appearing on the benefit pro-
gram will be Carl Mainfort. a young
honor graduate Of George Washington
University. who has developed the art
Of card manipulation until those who
know are comparing him TO Cardini.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
Blackfriars Open
In Ear Off Hills"

T ENNox RoBINsoN's Far Of
Hills" makes its local debut to-
night, staged by the Blackfriars' Guild
at st. Paul's auditorium. 1421 v street.
The amiable Irish play. which the
Abbey Players just discovered two
weeks ago was hit in New York. will
be repeated tomorrow and Tuesday
nights.
The cast Of the initial Blackfriars'
production will include Theresa and
John Wilson. Mimi Norton, Gertrude
Heagney, Nancy Kengla. Dolores Re-
maud, Donald Sisler. Cliff Bentley, Roy
Bateman and Joe O'Connor
Dennis E. Connell is directing.
Evening star., 1937-10-31

two place their dependence on the
mystery element. But even those seven
supposedly laughless offerings are
being literally sprinkled with light
lines and situations For instance,
Bad Man of Birthstone" Gold Is
Where You Find 1t" and THE Adven-
lures of Robin Hood" all ambitious
and costly outdoor films which empha-
size the grim side of life, have been
peppered with numerous scenes where
everything and every one go COM
pletely hijinks.
The fan fancy for comedy is nothing
new. Producers schedules have al
ways made provision for certain
number of them, but never before has
it been decided to supply comedies in
such large numbers and constructed
on such absurd patterns. A few feeler
features sent out earlier in the year
brought home convincing proof
Through new box-office marks that
audiences want to see their favorites
unbend and act like human beings.
And so for weeks every studio writ
ing department has been under orders
to keep all scripts light and merry and
to maintain constant vigil for the most
ridiculous gags and situations for use
in the semi-slapstick features now
being planned for practically all the
leading stars. Nimble-witted writing
teams such as Gene Towne and Gra-
ham Baker, whose prolific ideas dwell
altogether on the irrational, are in
position today to write their own
tickets and have more prospective as
signments than they can possibly ham
die in the next six months. A dozen
such combinations could find rich re-
wards here now.
TN VIEW of the enthusiastic recep-
= tions being accorded such recent
rib-ticklers as THE Awful TRUTH
Live, Love and Learn" Easy Liv-
ing" and Double Wedding" studios
are revising schedules so that their
Evening star., 1937-10-31

one should invite him to the next
Gridiron Club dinner that he might
see for himself how much more sar-
donic Washington newspaper men
can be in their take-offs of the
highest-ups.
AS a matter of fact, if the Gridiron
CLUB would take a suggestion from an
outsider, it might excel the present
opus with one more consistent with
some of the practices of the admins
tration and do it under the title I'D
Rather Be Left" That might be real
satire!
A DVANCE reports of Greta Garbo's
next adventure in idyllic (if illicit)
love, Conquest" are interesting in
several important respects. One Of the
most provocative is that in NJ Charles
Boyer she finally has found leading
man who does not look like a weakling
in the face of Miss Garbo's cyclonic
emotions. If it is true, it reverses the
usual assumption in connection with
the number 13, for that is the one
Boyer wears in the chain of Garbo
lovers. Mr.. Robert Taylor, his prede-
ceSsor, may have been a considerable
help to Boyer in providing just the
amount of contrast needed to make
the latter look extremely effective. Mr..
Taylor as Armand in Camille" was
more effective on the marquee than
on the screen, every one probably re-
members.
1t would be quite in keeping with
Boyer's past performances that he
should measure up to a high standard
as Napoleon, beloved of the Polish
Countess, played by Miss Garbo. He
is an actor with deep respect for his
fellow players, but one absolutely free
from awe for them. And, as Napoleon,
he would be sufficiently aware of the
character to realize that the Corsican
was afraid of no woman except the
tempestuous Josephine.
Maybe his performance will be the
one that will break the omen that it
is bad luck for an actor to play the
beloved of the Swedish actress who
has made such an exquisite speciality
of love. 1t should, for it would be sad
to lose M. Boyer if he has given the
good account of himself as early re-
ports of the picture (from unbiased
sources) indicate.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
Magic Show to Be
Child Benefit.

ONE Of the largest asgregstions of
magicians ever gathered together
on one stage will appear daily at the
Belasco this week in . program for
the benefit Of the Citizens Emergency
Committee for the Feeding Of Hungry
School Children.
Harry Baker, president OF the local
assembly Of the Society Of American
Magicians, will head the local talent,
supported by Theodore Golden, Charles
w. Townsley and c. c. Slayton.
The program, which will present all
of the illusions made famous by famed
magicians, also will feature . number
Of out-of-town prestidigitators. Henry
Havilland. native Washingtonian who
Evening star., 1937-10-31
It's Still Golden.

THE extra who was paid s25 FOR
grunting one ugh" and the actor
who drew $50 for saying mo- Just
once in a motion picture scene were
today topped by Cecil Cunningham s
performance in Paramount's Night
Club Scandal"
Miss Cunningham, whose daily SAL
ary runs into three numerals, waited
all day on the set.
Finally she was called for her scene.
Silently she stood at closed door,
with her ear to crack, and listened
for five seconds.
Then she was permitted to go home !!
Evening star., 1937-10-31

cic0 tud1 tliC pldy iSiIo iidNC OCOii
less clever than the surface indi-
cations of their work. They have had
some Furnishing things to say about
the New Deal, but to a large extent
they are things which have been said
before. A dozen cartoonists, and
probably twice as many columnistS,
have done more acid jobs of branding
the foibleS of the administration. But
only a newpaper man (and probably
one jealous of his craft, remembers
that time when Kaufman and Hart
are being hailed as the periods most
ironical voices.
They deserve credit, but hardly
sanctification. As matter of fact,
even more brilliant than their COM
position is the choice of George M.
Cohan to play the leading role, the
character of President Roosevelt" !"
Mr.. Cohan's long and eminent service
to the theater makes him ideal for
the part. The mind automatically
associates him with the old order of
things, and in him the old order
speaks impudently to the new; a re-
versal of the established practice
which is fresh and fair and amusing.
And probably wholesome, subject
which lies beyond the province Of
drama reporters to anslyze.
CONSIDER the play without Cohan,
and what do you have? A pleas
ant one-hour entertainment stretched
out, through the insertion of guSsets
in the form of ballets, to fill two and
one-half hours of the ticketholder'
evening.
But the play does have Mr.. Cohan,
and though it does not show in his
playing of the part. there are reports
his heart is not entirely without mis-
eivings as to his presense in it. These
concern the respectability of what he
is doing as compared with the eminent
Responsibility of what he has done.
One can see why this should be the
case even though one cannot perceive
any danger that Mr.. Cohan will lose
the Democratic vote as one of the
great institutions of the American
stage. His parody on the presidency
is invested with kindliness and gen.
tie good humor which is entirely in
keeping with his reputation. 1t should
not make any one angry. If Mr..
Cohan is fearful on that score, some
Evening star., 1937-10-31
Jane DarWell Stays.

TANE DARWELL, one of the screens
most reliable character actresses,
has had her option taken up for the
sixth consecutive time by goth Gen.
tury-Fox. First signed by this studio
as a result of her portrayal of the
hea dnurse in White Parade" she
has appeared in featured roles in more
than score of pictures since.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
Line Wins Contract.

FRANCES MacINERNEY was Sc
lected by Joan Crawford to speak
line of dialogue in "Mannequin" and
as result won contract at Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer studios. However the
girl didn't know that Miss Crawford
was responsible for her new job until
told by meinber Of the crew.
Evening star., 1937-10-31
Play Mocking New Deal
Is Exciting Drama
Potomac's Quiet Never So Disturbed
Since Flood During 1885.
M. Boyer Is Praised.
BY Jay Carm0dy.

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