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Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20
|Okie Cow wboys to
Oppose AII-Stors

All-Star softball officials
Tuesday completed arrange
ments to bring the Enid Ok
lahoma Cowboys to Ell Cen
tro stadium Friday night tC
oppose Joe Hurst and his Ell Centre
softballers.
Advance notices on the Cowboys
from near Okie Town claim the
Oklahomans have a sensational
pitcher in Young Joe Rickli with
good snappy ball players to back
him up. Add to those qualifications
the fact the Cowboys will offer q
musical program, a blindfolded pis-
tol shoot and a pantomine of Casey
at the Bat" and you have at least
the most unusual softball show of
the season.
Rickli will come to Ell Centro with
a record of twenty four wins, three
DlosSes against some of the best
softball teams in the nation, ac-
cording to press clippings from
Enid.
Selected to oppose the Cowboys
are Hurst, pitcher; Priest catcher;
Cauzza or Kinne, first base San
deZ, second base: Van Nostrand
third base; Skiles, shortstop; Ehmke
Ritter, Fleming. outfield; Tunney
Williams, short field
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20
IRENCHW ! ARMlNG
by Burdette Kline
-poe4 praee Snnr4e Ed:&or
Sports Editor

Tex Rickard wouldn't fool with, ht
should make the maximum admis.
sion SIS cents, which is what the
same cards would sell for in the
neighborhood arenas -.
Billy Conn and Bob Pastor are
going to fight in the Garden Sept
S, at an Sll.50 top, only because
that was the price in the first place
The reason Jacobs called off the
first Conn Pastor scrap at the Polo
Grounds, ION account of rain" was
the advance sale totaled no more
than $4,000. The delay of the
scrap means Joe Louis will be idle
this summer -.
Meanwhile Jacobs is falling back
on only mediocre talent that won't
draw enough customers to pay the
gate keeper . The boxing racket
was never so sadly lacking in new
and magnetic faces -.
So perhaps the Hogue twins. who
are by no means champions. but who
are, nevertheless colorful. should
take trip east, land some good
spots and help themselves per-
haps help Jacobs and the fight
racket At least they could
make expenses and that's all
they're doing now q.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20
By HENRY McLEMORE

NEW YORK, Aug. 20. UP)-
Have you ever hit a wrestler? 4
mean, have you ever hauled Oil
and really let one of those big
groan and grunters have 1t right
on the chin?
If you haven't, then Jack Dempsey
will tell you that you've missed one
of life's greatest pleasures and try
to convince you that no man shouio
shuttle off this mortal coil without
having socked at least one wrestler,
Last night, as Jack and I Shared
a steak in his Broadway Bistro, he
told me that never in his life hac
he had such a good time as on
his recent tour when he fought
wrestlers in Atlanta, Detroit and
other places. A glow came into his
eyes as he leaned across the table
clenched his big left fist, and told
with the big bullies of the beef
OF his hapd-to-hand encounters
trust.
There just can't be any bigger
thrill than betting a wrestler.
Dempsey enthused. "Wrestlers are
lust made TO be hit. I've hit all
kinds of boxers in nay lfe, but j
got more fun out of punching those
bic wrestlers than did out OF all
the boxers put together. Man, what
targets they make Boxers are al
ways going with your punches, OF
slipping them, but not those
wrestlers. They think they are SO
big and strong that they can just
come tearing into you and tear you
apart. You can really tee of or
those babies"
] asked Jack if he didn't have
a qualm or two about hitting the
bic fellows?
mo. and I'll tell you why. Lots
of YOU sportswriters intimated that
the wrestlers had instructions TO
take il easy with me. and 10 be
careful not TO hurt me. You know
the old fixeroo 10 take care OF Tire
old champ. Well, YOU were AL
wrong. II was every man for himself
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20
Here and There


Dorothy Woodward. one of I'm.
peiial Valleys better women bowl
ers, has the highest score in Cali
fornia this spring . Dorothy toss
ed 268 at the bowling academy
not so long ago, and she has fired
several 200 games since that time
The Hogue twins are showing
improvement again these days after
a long period in which they stood
still, rather than advanced
Bigboy made good showing against
Fred Apostoli Monday night
Apostoli is the former middleweight
champion of the world . Bigboy
won four of the first five rounds
and the crowd thought he had won
the decision
Shorty. who is presently the bet
ter OF the Hogue Twins, would pro-
badly have stopped Apostoh :.
Shorty. by the way, was originally
scheduled to meet Freddie but Fred
backed out of the bout and declared
he preferred to meet Bigboy
The Hogues, though they have
been fighting as amateur and as
professional for five years, are only
l9 years of age . Bigboy has two
youngsters now, a boy two years old
and daughter, less than a year
Speaking of fighters reminds us
that the fight game is definitely OF
the way down and Mike Jacobs is
SO worried he is trying to get into
baseball or some other sport. .
What the entire business needs is
good rest, but Jacobs will prob
ably continue to harass the small
clubs, which make big attractions
possible by staging matches which
belong in the suburbs =.
AS long as Mike is set on bring |
ing into the Garden bouts the late |
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20
Aposto|i Wins
Close Nod Over
Bigboy Hogue

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20.
(UP)-Freddie ApOstOli, San
Francisco fighter who once held
of San Diego by a narrow margin
the world middleweight title, de-
feated Willard tBig Boy HOgue
in their 1O-round bout last might
at Coliseum bowl.
ApOstOli's victory was based on
his showing i'm the last two
rounds of what was a mauling
fight. There were no knock
downs.
Cheers of the crowd were for
the 19-year-Old HOgue, who has
been fighting professionally lit
tie more than year.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20
Snead Pockets
Winners Share

TORONTO, Aug. 20. Cana
dian Open golf champion for the
second time in his career, Sam
Snead of ShaWnee-on-Delaware
Pa. packed his duffle-bag today
to head for Hershey, Pa, and the
Professional Golfers Association
tournament which opens Sept. |.
Snead won the 81 900 first mo-
ney yesterday by defeating Defend
ing champion Harold Jug) Me
Spaden of Winchester, Mass, in an
18-hole playoff. A missed three foot
putt on the 18th green cost McSpa-
den the match. He received $500
second money.
McSpaden, who won the title at
Saint John, NJ B., last year and
Snead, who triumphed at Toronto
in 1888 but did not defend last
year, each posted 28l's when the
tournament proper closed Saturday
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20
Bosox 60 on Bat Spree.
Rout indians; Reds Lose
NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (UP)i

NEW 1ORk, aug. ~ (UP
There's going to be som,
fun in both pennant races
vet. iBoth leaders lost yes
terdaN and the second-plact
clubs picked up a half game eaci
as gift. The Indians lead is nov
three .games and the Reds four
Either club can blow the pennant
unless it gets tough from here out
and stops dilly-dallying around.
The Indians, who were belted by
the Red SoX yesterday. 1917. are
better off than the Reds in at least
one respect. When they go into
nosedive their ace. Bob Feller
brings them out of it. He hasn't
lost since the Yanks beat him July
1T and has won l3 out of his last
rs Don't worry too much about the
Indians as long as Feller is around.
But the Reds two aces. Paul
Derringer and Bucky Walters, are
in the throes of dangerous slump
Derringer hasn't won a game since
Aug. and has dropped four
straight Walters has won only
once in three weeks and has beer
beaten in five out of his last six
starts. Unless one of the Cincinnati
aces regainS his form quickly the
Reds are heading for trouble.
Derringer was blasted to cover by
the Giants yesterday as the Reds
went down. 90 The Giants slam
med into Derringer for four runs
in the first inning and routed him
in the fifth. Carl Hubbell pitched
easily behind long lead, winning
his ninth game on six hits 1t was
the Reds seventh defeat in Their
last 10 games.
The Red SoX, retaining faint
pennant hopes despite their pitiful
pitching. overwhelmed the Indians
with the biggest run barrage the
Tribe has experienced this season.
Every Red Sox made a hit except
Cramer as they combed Dobson,
Humphries and Dorset for ID blows
four OF them homers. Jimmy FoxX
hit No. -33. Jim Tabor hit No. &c
with the bases loaded. Ted Williams
clouted No. l8 with two on Bob
Doerr banged No. 16. Joe Heving,
his second start. went the
route again to win his seventh
game.
The Yanks were on the way to VIC
ory oyer Buck NeWSom and the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20
IODAY'S sport PARADE

once that bell rang. When I got to
Atlanta to fight that Luttrell, my
manager, Make Waxman. who ne
Ver had seen him, got scared when
he saw the cowboy hoist himself
through the ropes. He whispered
that maybe we had been taken for
suckers, and said he wasn't sure
could lick him. Well, whispered
back. you've picked helluya time
to decide that"
The wrestlers really gunned for
him, Jack said.
They knew was getting up in
my years, and that l wasn't in
any too good shape, and that they
could get lot of publicity if they
could knock me out. SO they start
ed swinging and kept swinging until
I cooled EN- off. They can't take
much of a punch, those wrestiers.
You won'e believe it, but / could
take little fellow like Jimmy Me
larnin when he was in his prime
and weighing around las, and have
him knocking out five or six wrest-
lers a night. And I mean wrestlers
weighing anywhere from 225 to 300
pounds. The bigger they are the
harder they fall. They can't punch
lick. They are bad business II
they get a hold on you, but they
don't hit much harder than
lightweight.
I asked Jack if he ever enter
tanned any serious notion of making
a comeback and he just laughed.
You think I'm crazy? I just
needed a little ready money and be
sides / like 10 be on the move. III
tell you this, though. ] believe I
hit just about as hard today as I
did when / fought Willard. OF
course, you really can't tell by hitting
wrestlers how good your punch Is
but / know ! threw few rights and
left that would have knocked any
thing down"
I left Dempsey's and, with fists
clenehed, roamed Broadway, look
ing for midget wrestler.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20
Six Teansfight
For nayof
BerIhs mPC.l.
By UNITED PRESS

Four weeks remain before the
Pacific Coast League season closes
and the top teams engage in the
annual Shaughnessy play-off. There
seemed to be no doubt as to the
presence of one team, Seattle. in
the post-season games. The Rain
iers have l41a game edge on the
second place Los Angeles club.
But five teams are in serious
contention for the other three
spots. San Francisco and Portland
are definitely counted out, although
the Seals have a mathematical
chance to slip in because the sched-
lle pits them against the fourth,
fifth. sixth and eighth place clubs
in the closing weeks.
The sorry Seals, however. appar-
emily aren't of the proper caliber
for the Pacific Coast League. The
Atwater Packers of the California
State league handed them an 8 to z
trimming at Merced last night.
The first half of the split-week
schedule finds Seattle at Los An
geles for three games; San Fran
cisco at Sacramento; Portland at
San Diego and Hollywood at Oak
land. Seattle-Los Angeles. and San
Francisco Sacramento play double
headers Wednesday night and ira
vel Thursday.
The balance of the week sends
Portland to Oakland, Hollywood en-
tertaining Seattle, Los Angeles TO
Sacramento and San Francisco to
San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20
74b Golfers Go
Afferu.S. Title

NEW YORK. Aug. 20. (UP}-A
total of 746 golfers will compete in
sectional qualifying rounds for 14C
places in the National Amateur
Golf championship, the United
States Golf association announced
today.
The qualifying rounds will be held
Aug. 81 in % locations. Originally
% points were to have had qualify
ing rounds but because only one
entry was received in the Salt Lake
City district. that district was can
celled. The qualifying rounds will
be Sc holes of medal play.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20
Texas Team Enters
Third Round

WICHITA. Kans.. Aug. 20. CUP)-
The Mount Pleasant, Tex. Cubs,
representing a barrel factory, be-
came the first team today to win
two straight games in the National
Semi-Pro BASEBALL tournament, thus
getting early consideration as one
of the favorites for the title.
Mount Pleasant defeated the home
town Wichita sStearmans, 5 to 4 in
10 innings.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20

Sulelr VIllTu StfalgnU VIII III SeCollu
half play The Press has been un-
defeated in second round play.
Right Fielder Jackson was the
leading Imperial hitter with two
doubles in three tries. He drove in
four runs. Other Imperial batters
who collected at the plate were
Templeton. B. Miller, and H. Pinedo
Bill-Miller. who subbed for Johnny
Cauzza on the mound for Imperial
outdid Cauzza in holding the Press
to two hits. The Press had pre-
viously defeated Cauzza, Ia, in a
first round meeting. Miller famed
six batters in seven innings.
Gene OSwalt and Bob Holt gar
nercd the only hits for the Press,
Cswalt's driving home the Press
only sore in the third inning. Ray
Muncill. who had walked, scored
the marker.
Bert Holt. ediminutive pitcher,
hurled good enough ball to win most
games but was the victim of poor
support and timely Imperial hitting.
Imperial plays Calexico in I'M
perial Wednesday night. Calexico
and Junior Police play at FL Centre
stadium tonight and the Press
plays the Junior Police in the sta
dium "Wednesday.
The score
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20
Exafch Wins
DefMarE Feature

DEL MAR, Cal, Aug. 90. -fUP)-
Mrs. w. C. Stroube's Exarch won
the 500 mile and one sixteenth
feature race at Del Mar turf club
yesterday, beating Louis B. Mayors
Argonne Woods in a driving finish
in the, last so yards. Justice M was
third
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20
Coca Cola, District
Shop Clash

Coca Cola softball team and Dis
trict Shop clash tonight in game
that will leave one in the running
for the B league title, leave the
other in second place.
The game will be played at the
Adams street park.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20
EAVOR4TES ADVANCE

CINCINNATI, O., Aug. 20. CUP
Three favorites in the National
Parks tennis tournament moved
TO the second round today after
outstanding performances in the
opening matches.
willis Anderson, of Los Angeles
seeded No. /, easily defeated John
Hewitt, Georgetown, O., yesterday
81. 60, 6-1. Another west coast
ace, Jerry Carothers, Los Angeles
was impressive in his 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
beating of Morrin Milcoff, east
Cleveland.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20
IS SLOOPS COMPETE

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 90 CUP)-
Flying club flags from the BAHIA
mas to Hawaii and from Lake On
tario to Puget Sound, 18 of the
worlds fastest sloops today COM
peted in the 18th annual Interna-
tional Star Glass Yacht champion
ships off Coronado'S Silver Strand.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-08-20

Tigers when rain interfered. The
YankS had three runs in the last of
the fourth when rain forced the
jumps to call time Marius Russo
had blanked the Tigers for four
innings ON two hits.
The peSky Bees Knocked the Pr
ates out of a fifth place tie with
the Cubs by blanking Frankie
Frisch's club. 80. 1t was the Bees
18th victory in their last 16 games
Not bad for seventh place club
which had been forced to sell out
two of its stars, Lopez and Cuccm-
clio, to keep operating. Dick Err
rickson bested Joe Bowman in "a
pitchers duel, each man allowing
nine hits. Singles by Carvel and
Chet Ross, both rockies, drove in
the three runs in the third.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Coming Attractions

Stage.
CIVIC TEATER-Tonght $780," the of Noel Coward
plays author and Gertrude
much awhile back, will be staged by the local at
the Wardman Park Theater, starting Tuesday night.
KEITHSsene" photoplay version of the ever-popular
musical comedy Neagle in the starring role is sced
ued to Friday. Neages leading iand
and others May Robson, Billie Burke Arthur
Preacher.
EARLE-Tod carrying the ongandng between
at oBrien Jimmy and bringing Sheridan into
its wars Friday Along Revue the stage
have Yoa CALI other and the Roxees unyces
CAPIoLTweny Mule Team. with Wallace Beery roaring his
way hrough sagbrsh saloon being right
Marjorie Rambau Friday There will be variety
show on the stage.
Bridge dramatic wartime
OF young oHcr and little ballet dancer is set to follow Buck
oenny Rides Again The romance which bridge
involves Vivlen Leigh and Robert Taylor.
MEFOrOIAN-2 Days Together British film adapted from
1onn Gasworthy story starring the Romeo and Juliet
OF tne momen-Laurence Olivier Vivien Leigh-opens
Friday.
Great Waltz revived here finds itself
demand again returns Wednesday, Stars
Lulse Haner Mlhza korju and lots Strauss music
Evening star., 1940-05-19

coloring and shadowing that does
not content itself with initiating
reality, but paints emotion. The act
ing in the minor roles-particularlv
by Dame May Whitty as the nurse,
Wesley Addy as Benvolio, Alexan-,
der Knox as Friar Laurence and
Halliwell Hobbies as Capulet-is fine.
But there is no Romeo and Juliet
and, most surprising of all, no
Mercutio. The role of Mercutio has
long been regarded as foolproof. but
Edmond OBrien rushes right
through it and knocks it into
cooked hat. A cooked hat, you may
remember, is empty and speaks
mutely.
Too Much Hollywood.
Visually, Mr.. Olivier and Miss
Leigh are all that Romeo and Juliet
require. They are beautiful people
and they bring to the roles the one
thing they have lacked in all the
productions I have seen-youthful-
ness. But they play in the Holly
wood manner and as though reciting
Hollywood dialogue. They say the
words as though words were there
to provide resting places between
leaps.
I feel uncomfortable about saying
this because they are both sincere
and intelligent actors, and Mr..
Olivier in particular is a remark
ably inventive one. But the words,
the words! They are the thing
where Shakespeare is concerned and
Miss Leigh and Mr.. Olivier simply
cannot say them.
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, nc)
Evening star., 1940-05-19

emphasis. IT sat back and took it
long enough before I found that
out"
Immediate result of her discovery
was a curtly worded suspension no
tice from her bosses, the Warmers,
who run the studio their way and
believe the most effective club Is
to pinch a stars pocketbook.
They wanted her to play the lead
in Saturdays Children" q role
which Anne Shirley later carried
off with some distinction. Olivia
says she saw the script for the first
time the day before shooting was
to start, couldn't visualize herself
in the part and tossed 1t back.
The wounds healed after a couple
Of months and now Olivia is playing
the lead and q violin in a lighter
piece, Episode" With her she
brought. back some observations
about employer-employe relations.
Trouble is" she says, there's too
much Of the factory attitude around
q studio. Not that the bosses can
be wholly blamed, because picture
to them is just one Of so or so to be
turned out in season. But to the
actress, that particular picture is
her life at the moment. It COM
mands all of her attention, but may
be only 1/50th of the producers.
when my Melanie turned out
well, helped out my reputation as
an actress. But I think also made
myself more valuable to my studio.
I felt that the five years I'd spent
on the lot had been fine training,
but that now was entitled to good
roles. (Your complaint has a
familiar ring. Ollie. Actresses have
been saying 1t for years. But pro-
ceed:)
II came back and promptly was
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Toduy's Film. Schedules

CAPITOLT Was Adventures" the law Zorina: 1885,
7:2o and 1905 Stage shows 3:35, $40 and s:o5
COLUBIASrange Cargo with Joan Crawford and Clark Gable
major items the bill of ladng: 20 44010 and 935
EARLE-yphoon the elements D. Lamour: 440 725 and
1910 pm Stage shows: 3:40 6:25 and $40 pm.
KEITHS-If with Bing Crosby and Gloria
240 715 and $50 March Of Time 2:2o 44o 6:55 and
9:10 pm.
leading French nm of 1885, o. 1885, $780, 745
and 940 pm
MEIROPOLITAN-The Man With Nine Lives" Karlon dabbes
In frozen sleep: q. 3:55, $780, 7:45 and 945 pm.
PAACE-Buck Benny Rides Again. makes Wild West
wilder: 2, 3:55. 5:55, 7:50 and $50 pm.
TRANs-LuX-News ana shorts: Continuous from PM.
Evening star., 1940-05-19

A'AAs >SAA0AA, 90 oNS0As AAoS q AA6AAG w
feel sore at Mr.. Cohan, as author,
right now, and Mr.. Cohan. as author,
probably is no longer speaking to
either Mr.. Cohan, as producer, or
Mr.. Cohan, as director. Mr.. Cohan,
as man to man, can blame it all on
nepotism.
There is nothing wrong with the
play In which Laurence Olivier and
Vivien Leigh are exposing them
selves, except that the play exposes
them. Romeo and Juliet is an
exalting experience, even as they
play 1t. but they detract more than
they add to its reputation.
The Scenery Is Beautiful.
The sorrowful part of the Olivier
Leigh adventure is that so much
effort has gone into it and all the
doodads and trimmings are good.
The sets and the scheme of the pro-
duction would make construction
engineers weep with envy. The
scenery Is reliable and beautiful and
in the best tradition of the realistic
theater, even to wax lemons on the
tree in Juliet's garden.
The modern habit is to play
Shakespeare on a platform and go
down a step to get out of a room
and into the street. But Mr.. Olivier,
as producer, has built streets and
rooms with the aid of skillful plan
ming and revolving stage has re-
duced the waits between scene
changes to practically nothing at all.
The lighting, too, by Robert Ed
mond Jones, is a work of art with
Evening star., 1940-05-19
More and More Stars Join nFree>LanceR Rank.
TopFlight Players Who Won't Sign Contracts Are Those
Who Make Fewer Films and Higher Salaries

producers, I shudder to think of the
upward leap in Vivien's salary fol-
lowing "Gone With the Wind" if
she had been in position to manip-
ulate 1t.
Eight Long Years.
Virginia Bruce was under con-
tract to Metro for eight long years
without getting anywhere IT was
pretty scared when I left" she told
me on the set of "Tne Sentence"
where she is co-starring with
George Brent. Il thought my
career was over. But now 1 have all
the work I can do" She has three
pictures to do for Warmers. And
another coming up at Universal
Before the latter, she goes on a long
vacation to New York with her
Evening star., 1940-05-19

husband-her first trip to the
metropolis in eight years.
The last studio to whom Douglas
Fairbanks, jr., was a contract slave
was Warner Bros. In 1885 Doug
appeared for them in no less than
six pictures-five for the home stu
dio and one loan-out incidentally,
most contract players have no say
whatsoever about pictures they
make on loan-outs. Since Fairbanks
returned here from England four
years ago, he has refused TO sign
several tempting long-term deals,
preferring to make pictures when
and as they please him. 1t was be-
cause Doug was a free-lancer that
he could refuse all assignments
(See GRAHAM, Page F-3)
Evening star., 1940-05-19

eses BARRON Page F-39
Evening star., 1940-05-19

assigned a small and particularly
unattractive part in Elizabeth and
Essex" Any other time I'd probably
have tried to talk them out of it,
but because I didn't want my bosses
to think I was getting delusions of
grsndeur, I accepted without pro-
test. .T..
"Then came Saturdays Children
and just couldn't see it. Maybe
I was wrong-apparently I was.
But don't believe any one can give
her best to a part she can't feel.
$50 there you are. The upshot
is, I think I understand by bosses
better and I think they understand
me better. OF one thing I'm sure
I'm tickled no end to be working
again. Sitting around wasn't made
for me-"
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Olivia Turns On the Heat
You've Got to Fight Around Here
She Finally Discovers
BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.


Olivia de Haviand's through turning the other cheek.
Her the excellent
but sugary, Melane
Meane in this Oiviashes like Scaet of
same piece
got to fight for what