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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-05
Kitty Foyle Jan. "a

Following the current Paul
Mum attraction. II u d on's
Bay." on the Fox screen, Arr
IONA" will open January 10 with
William Holden. Jean Arthur
and Warren William in the Lead
ing roles. On January II comes
the riotous circus story, Chad
Hanna" a technicolor version OF
the popular Saturday Evening
Post story, RED Wheels Roll
ing" with Dorothy Lamour,
Henry Fonda and Linda Darnell
in the leads. The week after
that, starting January "a, Gin
ger Rogers's latest picture.
kitty Foyle." based on the
Christopher Morley novel, will
be the attraction.
Then on January 81, Kay
Kyser and his college OF Mu-
steal knowledge" will take over
the Fox stage, with a screen at
traction TO be announced later.
ROLES ber9eres Oom'n9
The Michigan list includes
Santa Fe Trail" the spectacle
lar Western drama with Errot
Flynn and Olivia de Havilland
TO follow the currently popular
Second Chorus" with Fred
Astaire. Paulette Goddard and
Artie Shaw'S band.
An announcement of special
Importance is the notice to bring
in THE FolieS Bergeres of 1871
TO the Michigan sta 6 G Janu-
AIRY 81.
This is the continental revue
which proved one of the out
standing attractions at the San
Fran cisco Worlds Fair and
which left Treasure Island after
an all-Summer run. The show
will play here for one week en-
TO New York where It will
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-05

New definition OF Hollywood gold-uleGer'
lust one chump ahead of the sheriff,
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Fra|ey Tops Mat Card
AS Villain After
Winning Streak

Pat Fraley probably will get top
billing next week on Promoter Joe
Turner's big muscle melange at
Griffith Stadium as a result of his
decisive victory over Lou Plummer
last night at Arnica Hall.
Fraley now has beaten all the vii
lains operating in this bailiwick,
which means he'll shed his shining
hero's raiment in the near future
and begin practicing little skull
duggery in his own right. That's
the usual pattern and the burb boys
are sticking close to the script these
days.
In the semifinal Maurice La Chap
pelle and Ace Freeman successfully
defended their District doubles
crown by successfully pinning Legs
Grobmier, No. man of the opposi-
ton, and Eddie Cook.
Tommy Rae and Abe Tourist
fumbled through 80 minutes. to a
draw and Toby Tobinski pinned
Young Monday. Angelo Leone
tossed Mike Heller in the curtain
litter.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
The
SpoRTLIGHT
] he
Race Films Will Keep
Riders on Up-ond-Up
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

The motion picture camera, es-
pecially on the slow-motion side, is
writing today one of the most inter-
esting chapters in sport.
In the first place, it is an almost
perfect wrecker of the old-time alibi
offered by a jockey, the blocking
back in football and the duffer in
golf. In the second place, 1t is in
creasing along instructive lines.
The motion picture camera, for
example, has played an important
part in racing, not only IN the way
of photo finishes, but also IN spot
Eng certain sections of race. To-
day many tracks are installing, or
at least preparing to install, an
almost complete photo record OF
what happens from barrier to WIRE.
Only recently a leading Jockey
explained to the stewards, after a
complaint, what had happened in
the race. 1t all sounded plausible
until he was SHOWN q SloW-Hlotloil
picture of what took place, He had
wilted completely.
Queer riding has been known to
happen on more than one track
in more than once race. This may
keep on. But at least it will be on
the minor side when all jockeys
understand that the motion picture
will do the talking, not the Offend
ing jockeys.
There are few alibiS or explana-
tiens that go beyond a complete pic
ture of what happened. This is
bound to mean a better performance
or a retirement from the saddle. 1t
also should demand better physical
condition than many jockeys show
under hard fire.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Year|ing Prices Rise,
Top May Be Reached
In Sales Tonight.
Hancock Group, Always
Popular, Should Bring
Some Lively Bidding
BY the Associated Press.


SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y,
Aug. 8.-Like any other auction, it
takes a good crowd with ready
money and the spirit of competition
to hoist the prices at Saratogas an
nual sales of thoroughbred yearlines.
That sort of a gathering was on
hand at the George street sales pad
dock last night, and the result was
that SIS future racers brought S134,-
$50 for an average of $2,454 per head.
Tonight may be even better from
the sellers standpoint Friday night
usually is lively and the first really
big" sale of the year is on schedule.
That is the sale of 81 youngsters
from Arthur B. Hancock's Claiborne
and EllerSlie Studs.
Ellerslie has been noted horse
breeding establishment for a half
century. stations standing at the
two farms have headed the winning
sire list five of the last ten years
And every one of the colts and fillies
to be offered tonight was sired by
stallion of more than ordinary fame
The Importance of the sire was
emphasized last night when the only
son of Imp. Bull Dog to be offered
this season. a brown colt out of Spur
Flower, consigned by Warner L.
Jones, jr., was sold for $4,000 to
Ogden Phipps after an opening bid
of $4,000 The price was the highest
paid so far. Bull Dogs offspring,
while not noted for staying powers,
usually have plenty of speed and
have become big money winners.
Other colts brought some big
prices last night with the Millsdale
Stable of Tony Pelleteri and M L.
Emmerich going to s8.700 for a colt
by Sir Gallahad 3d-Maude Muller,
and Mrs. Ethel Mars of Chicago pay
ing $4,000 for a son of Imp. Sickle
Siren. w E. Boeing of Seattle made
a $500 purchase and John Hay
Whitney and Mrs. Isabel Dodge
Sloane each bought $1,000 colt.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER, Aug. 8.-Rather ag-
grieved and considerably too plump,
Cletus Boots Poffenberger Won
dered today if he'll ever get another
chance to pitch in the big leagues.
Boy, am l ready" he said.
Baseball fans know Poffenberger,
late of Detroit and Brooklyn, as a
bad boy" of the mound, but Boots,
sometimes called "the Baron" says,
Il don't believe I was so bad, only
broke a few rules, and, anyhow, I'm
reformed"
Boy, oh boy, if some big league
club would just give me one more
chance" said the black-eyed right
handler with the Maryland drawl.
Sometimes I feel like giving up
baseball for keeps, but you gotta
make a living and baseball's the
only thing I know I've never made
too good living from it, either"
Hurting for Semlpro Club.
Poffenberger is hurting for the
Buford (GaD defending champions
in the Denver Posts semipro base
ball tournament. He won 16 and
lost II for Detront in the 1878
seasons land lot of guys still up
here can't say they did as we'll. But
I busted some rules about staying
out nights and things, so I got
shipped to Brooklyn.
Il was with the Dodgers two and
a half months and pitched seven
innings. I was No. pitcher in the
bullpen but they wouldn't call me
out. I told 'em I was going to
jump the club and did. Foolish
thing to do, guess"
An effort to trap him into saying
the Dodgers might have an easier
time in the National League race if
Evening star., 1941-08-08
No Victor Of 1910 Able
To Keep Title So Far
In Brilliant Meet
Women Hangs Up Record
But Is Conquered by
Man in Shootoff
By FRITZ HOWELL,

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 8.-Now
that they've decided all the titles
with the smaller guns, the Nations
top flight skeet shooters will spend
three days being kicked around by
12-gauge weapons as they seek the
team and individual "blunderbuss"
crowns at the seventh annual tour
nament.
The 250-target event calls for 100
clays to be fired at today. another
century" Saturday and so more
Sunday. In addition to the indi-
vidual titles for amateurs, profess
sionals and women, the field of $50
or more will shoot it out for the
veterans, father-and-son. f1ve-man
and two-man team championships.
The defending individual champs
haven't been doing any too well and
the chances are that neither will
repeat. Throughout the tourney
this year not a 1910 champion has
been able to retain his crown, all
falling before a whirlwind of rec
ord-breaking performances.
Stars of 1910 Faded.
Patricia Laursen, the pretty 19-
year-old miss from Akron, Ohio,
holder of the title the last three
years. hasn't threatened the top spots
this season, while Dick Shaugnessy
of Dedham, Mass, the mems ruler,
has suffered the same fate. Last
year Shaughnessy broke 249 of $50
in the big race, while Miss Laursen
cracked 246.
Also on today's slate was the fin
ish of shootoff for the cham
pion Of champions" title, in which
5 of IS State and sectional title
holders tied Yesterday with perfect
scores of 100. They started the
shootoff late yesterday and still
were at it when darkness fell.
Picking up where they left off,
with another rs straight to their
credit in the target sector
will be Shaughnessy. the national
king; Anthony Zuggates of Indiana,
Pa, the North-South and Keystone
State champ; John o. Ginter of
Jacksonville. Fla, Sea Island win
ner: John H. Nichols of Cleveland.
winner in Southwestern Ohio. and
William Clark. the great Western
champ from Chicago.
Woman Sets Record, Loses.
Heroine of yesterdays firing was
Mrs. M. L. Smythe of Aurora. Ohio,
who broke 100 STRAIGHT in the 20
gauge event, first time that feat
has been accomplished by a woman
in the nationals, only to lose the
big title to S. Lewis Hutcheson of
New York City and Greenwich,
Conn. in a shootoff.
F. Lutcher Brown. Is, of San
Antonio, Tex, cracked SO of 100 to
annex the Junior title for marks
men under II, while Newt Newman,
12-year-old from Evansville. Ind,
broke 83 to lead the under 13" con-
tingent in the subjunior race.
Herman Ehler of San Antonio won
the professional 20-gauge title with
98 out of 100. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Smythe tied with Dick and John
Shaugnessy for the family" laurels
with 1876 out of 200
George Deyoe of Washington took
third in the 20-gauge, turning in a
perfect run of IS in a shoot-off after
being tied with 10 other shooters
at 80.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Pictures Keep Footboll
PIoyers From Abiding

Football coaches will tell you that
sloW-motion shots of a football
game have been of immense value
along all lines These pictures OF
a Saturday game usually are run
on Monday for the squad.
1T used to be different lead
ing coach said. It's impossible to
follow all the assignments from the
bench, even with several sets OF
eyes. So when blocking backs or
tackles or ends or guards missed
their assignments We couldn't prove
they were wrong.
Now when a player blows an
assignment he understands in ad-
vance that the entire squad Will see
exactly just what happened. He
knows he can think up no allbl
that will offset the screen record.
The picture will show whether he
was loafing or being outguessed or
being mousetrapned. You can see
what effect this will have IN any
game"
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Reformed Poffenberger Eoge,
For Another Major Chance;
lust Broke Few Rules

he were pitching regularly for them
found Boots wary.
Nav, l don't want to put myself
on spot like that, but I do know
I can still win plenty of ball games
in the majors.
I'm only IS. OF course, I'm
little too heavy. Weighed 1853 when
I went up to Detroit from the Texas
League and now I'm 205. Got too
much up here"-business of slapping
a bass drum chest-"Can't get over
my fast one the way I used to-"
Now Under Suspension.
Right now Poffenberger is under
a 90-day suspension for smacking
an umpire with the ball while
pitching for Nashville after they
wrangled over balls and strikes.
Hit him right on the chest pro-
tector,' Boots said Silly thing to
do. First time 1 ever was ti1owed
out of ball game in my life"
Evening star., 1941-08-08
1t Wos Jockey Who Tired,
Not Horse, Owner Told

"A good jockey" one of the lead
ing trainers said recently, should
be in Just as good shape as a foot
ball player or a fighter. He has to
be mentally and physically fit. Don't
forget he has to make important
split second decisions more than
once in race and the job of riding
four or five mounts each afternoon
IS no easy one Many jockeys do
keep in shape. Many others don't"
This brings up a new alibi, offered
by a leading owner.
"I thought l had a good horse in
this race" he said, which hap
pened to be long one. 1 knew 1
had a good horse when he reached
the head of the stretch four lengths
in front. Then he faded. I couldn't
understand it, What happened?'
I asked the rider. Did the horse
get tired?' No the jockey
answered, the horse didn't get tired.
/ did"
Evening star., 1941-08-08

tional A. A. U. title in 1899 and
1910.
He brought nine boys and
three girls here last week to get
accustomed to warm water. Fine
for baths, the 85-degree water is
muggy for swimming, the Ha-
waiians find. In their pools at
Maui the spring water is an in
vigorating 72 degrees.
The team includes the 17-year-
old rookie sensation, Bill Smith,
jr., who has bettered three world
records in the last three months;
Kiyoshi Nakama, holder of the
National A. A. U. 440 and $50
yard free-style records, and his
brother, Bunmei Nakama, mile
titlist.
Among the defending record
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Scores Are Really Better
Than Form Worronts

when some of my pupils come IN
and try to tell me of all the bad
luck they had in getting that 81.
the pro told me, L just get out
the pictures again and show them
their 81 swing.
"One pupil tried to tell me that
he had an 86 that should have been
an 80 easy. Out came the pictures
again. If you had an &c. 1 said,
you were lucky. For you got 1t with
q 96 swing"
AS another pro put it: Its hard
to make pupils really listen and con-
Centrate on what you are telling
them. Too many of them have their
own ideas of their faults and cures.
But they can't duck that camera
record"
Eddie Loos once said that the
most important thing in golf was
TO have a correct mental picture
of the correct swing. Otherwise,
you're working in the dark. One
of the best ways to get the correct
mental picture is to look at the
actual physical picture.
(Released by North American Newspaper
Aniance)
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Players Set Two |. |.
Team Records With
Swatting Feats
B. the Associated Press.


It's no easy task to break records
in the International League, which
has produced a great many fine ball
players in its SO years of existence,
but couple fell last night and there
may be more.
The two record performances were
strictly minor affairs which took
place while Syracuse and Montreal
split double header. Woody Will
liams, Syracuse shortStop. stretched
his hitting streak to 19 consecutive
games. new record for his club, by
getting a single in each contest.
Montreal'S Jack Graham smashed
his 9th homer of the season in the
opener to tie his teams record, set
nine years ago by Chick Shiver
The Chiefs won the opener, 4-3,
but the Royals struggled back to
win the final, 6-5
A barely possible record threat
was seen when Newark's Frank Kel-
leher made his 30th four-base wal
lop of the season to lead the Bears
to a 81 victory over Rochester after
the Red Wings had taken the
opener, 2-1.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Golfer Couldn't Believe
1t Wos His Swing

Many good golf instructors also
have found the pictures OF a pupil S
swing a leading aid in their work
For example, an instructor Will tell
a pupil that said pupil is committing
such and such a fault. The pupil
often refuses to believe that he isn't
turning enough-that he is quitting
with his left hand-that his balance
Is all off center But when he takes
O look at the moving picture OF his
swing he gets far clearer idea OF
what is taking place.
Recently I heard one average golf
er, after looking at his picture, say:
THAT isn't my swing. l take my
hands back farther than that. AND
] couldn't look that stiff
That's you, isn't it?" the pro
asked.
"Yes, that's me-" the pupil said.
"But I still can't believe I've got
swing like that. It's terrible
He overlooked the fact that his
scores also we're pretty terrible.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
By the Associated Press.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 8.-If the
snappy Hawaiian team splashes
off with honors at the National
A. A. u, senior mems swimming
and diving championships start
ing today, the losers can't use the
alibi that the islanders have lived
in the ocean.
On the contrary, most of them
learned to swim in an irrigation
ditch and followed through with
advanced courses in pools even as
their competitors from the inland.
The competitive Hawaiian
swimmers snub such famed spots
as Waikiki Beach. That's for
tourists. .
ITS a mistaken notion in the
United States that Hawaiian boys
and girls are developing into
swimming champions chiefly be-
cause they spend a lot OF time in
the ocean," said Soichi Sakamoto.
coach of Alexander House Com
munity Association from Maui
Island.
Sakamoto, 35-year-old teacher
who coaches without pay as .
hobby, led his teams to the Ma
Evening star., 1941-08-08
D. T.. and Baltimore
Tens Face Tonight
For N. A. Honors

Baltimore VS.. Washington is the
setup tonight when Overnight
Transportation tangles with Inter-
national Business Machines in the
final game of the Middle Atlantic
softball championship tournament
at BallSton Stadium.
The title contest is scheduled at
8 o'clock, to be followed by an ex-
hibition between Senate Beer, Mer-
chants Night League champion,
and Yellow Cab.
Overnight figures to be a slight
favorite, largely because of the pres
ence of Larry Karpook, sensational
pitching performer who on success
sive nights in the tourney famed a
total of 80 men and permitted only
two hits over a span of II innings.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
Defending Champs Unddogs National Skeet Stars Turn
De Mar, Eastern Branch Boys
New Ring Tutor, Insists on
Punchers With Defense

ripe old age Of IA, incidentally,
thinking he was signing up with
the Boy Scouts. 1t happened at
Nashville, Tenn, whence he came
after surreptitiously leaving his fos-
ter parents California home.
They were wearing overseas
service caps" he recalled, and I'd
never seen them before. One of the
recruiting sergeantS came up TO me
and said, You want to join, kid?'
I said, sure, you're Boy Scouts. aren't
you? He just laughed and said,
Sure, we're Boy Scouts. You're 18,
aren't you, kid?'
II was IA, but looked older be-
cause I was so well developed. so I
got in the Army. I'm only SO now
after serving three bitches, with a
couple of years out of service in
between the second and last. Tech
nically, was soldier in the last
war and had to register for the
draft last year. Funny, isn't it?"
Held Various Army Titles.
De Mars boxing record is too long
to mention here. but he fought the
best, held the Army featherwight.
lightweight and welterweight titles
at various times, was beSeiged
with offers to turn pro, out and out,
and had some stirring off-the-
record battles with such as Sammy
Mandell. Sergt. Sammy Baker,
whom he coached in Hawaii: Tony
Moran, Dan TWomey, Corpl. Izzv
Schwartz, Kid Kelly and a host of
others.
He did have a brief fling at the
pro game in the twilight of his
career and quit for good after
bout with Al Mccoy at Frederick,
Md, in 1888. After paying his man
ager, second, and State licenses he
ended up with exactly S5.23. He de-
cided it wasn't worth it.
De Mar was in the late Ernie
Pyles coast-to-coaSt bunion derby,
but was disqualified for covering
5 miles in 20 minutes. He got lost
on what proved to be a shortcut to
| the next checking station, he said,
and was automatically disqualified.
He was running in the 20s at the
time, but planned to open up with a
/ finishing kick somewhere east of
Cleveland.
He won a number of long distance
runs in the West which netted him
approximately so skins and a couple
OF rubber checks and in 1885 won
The Stars national marathon run
in Washington. He'd like TO see
| that race revived.
Evening star., 1941-08-08
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

"I thing we've got just the right
man to coach our boxing team"
said Charley Reynolds. Shake
hands with Fred De Mar"
De Mar gave us big toothly smile.
fractured three fingers with what
may be safely called a warm grip,
and promptly began to "Yes sir and
mo sir" us all over the premises.
"Old Army man." whispered Reyn-
olds with a slight note of disdain
for all landlubbing gun-toters,
which is only right and proper for
an old Navy man.
A few minutes with De Mar,
cousin of the well-known marathon
runner Clarence De Mar, and long
distance hoofer in his own right,
convinced us the Eastern Branch
Boys Club of Washington will be
a team to be reckoned with in future
amateur ring tournaments. The
club will have a fighting squad, well
versed in the sour science, or very
good bean bag brigade. There'll be
none Of this patty-cake. patty-cake
business under the new coach.
Will Insist on Boxing.
This is not meant to imply that
every youngster will be sent out to
fight until he collapses. Taking
everything the other fellow has and
swinging bhndly in return is not
boxing in De Mars eyes. Anybody
can fight after fashion but boxing
is an exact science, one acquired
only by long hours of training and
capable coaching.
Taking too many punches is all
wrong" he said, you've got to fight
with your feet and head as well as
arms and fists. I don't want nv
boys to disgrace me by getting hit
on the chin. If they get hit toe
much either they quit or I quit
because one of us is in the wrong
business
De Mars theory sounded very
pretty. but didn't jibe with his frank
honest pan, clearly marked by the
ringman's badge-a fiat nose, plus
one slightly battered lip. But wher
we delicately mentioned the subject
he burst into gales of good humor
1T fools everybody" he laughed
But I didn't get the nose from
boxing-even if it started me in the
game. I was assistant to the stable
sergeant at Camp Dix and was
kicked in the face by mule-right
between the eyes. He pushed my
nose all over my face. but didn't
knock me out. The sergeant looked
down at me lying on the ground
bruised and bleeding but still con-
scious. 'Hmmm.' he said. You sure
can take it, kid. If a mule can't
knock you out I don't think many
fighters can. Why don't you try
fghting?' I did, and it's a funny
thing but I've never yet fought q
man who hits as hard. as that mule.
Leonard Cuts His Lip.
He cut his lower lip training with
Benny Leonard at Stillman's gym in
New York and after it pulled open
three times Leonard advised him
not to have it stitched again by a
doctor. He told him to let it heal
naturally and it would be stronger.
De Mar did and had no more trouble
with it. although it bears a tell
tale trace of the wound which would
not have been left by a surgeons
needle.
De Mar joined the Army at the