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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26

The story concerns two sisters one all sweetness and light and the other wilful and self-centered Both fall for the same young doctor -- the time is some 90 years back - and for once the good sister looks like the winner. However, when she catches the other sister on the verge of shooting herself, there is a dust. up which results in the former los- ing her mind and the latter emerg- ing as the doctors wife. The insane one is cared for through the long years by the selfish sister until she miraculously is restored to her right mird to find that she has a grown nephew who is tho image of the doctor she was to have married.
 The chief weaknesses of the play seem to lie in its Anal portions, in- dicatiny Q somewhat amateurish resolution of the problem that leads not only to skept9cism but to tedium, However. as a. maiden effort it is not to be condemned entirely and there are indications that this Pat. rick has something on the ball,
 Besides the Misses Scott and O. Neil. those prominent in the cast in- clude Edward Pawley, Amanda Ran- dolph, R. Davis Williams, Cora Witaerspoon, Robert Hanson, Fran cis Compton and Gregory Peck, who does exceedingly we'll in two roles those of the doctor and his son.
 The firm of Blackwell and Curtis produced the play.
 A quick failure was "The Sun Field" an adaptation by Milton Lag arus of the late Haywood Broun's novel of the same name. About a ballplayer. of course, someone like Babe Ruth. for example, Q great un- inhibited star who marries an intel- lectual woman and the effect the marriage has on his playing. The concensus was that the play was pretty muddled and its humor forced.
 One of the sadder failures of the season was "The Great Big Door, step" that saga of the Cajuns by Goodrich and Hackett which was rec ported on here favorably few weeks back. It was a funny, clean play. excellentSy produced ard act ed. but 1t dtdn't catch on in the fashion thar Producer Herman Shumlin dasired and he closed 1t last week.
 That eontrovers yover ''The Skin of Our Teeth" by Thornton Wilder Robinapn, two disciples of the late James Joyce who claim in an article in The Saturday Review of Litera- ture that this successful, slap-happy chronicle of mans centuries-old light against nature and evil ''is not an entirely original creation, but an Americanized recreation of James Joyce's .Finnegans Wake" Wilder, who is a captain in the army, says he can't be bothered at present, but that he has an interesting answer and many make 1t sometime when the war is less demanding.
 The Campbell Robinson article cites what it claims to be chapter and verse in a dozen or so instances of alleged similarity. Without en-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
Up And Down Broadway
BY JACK GAVER United Press Drama Editor

NEW YORK, 2etup)-one " The Willow and r. by John Patrick which somehow fails achieve the Impact that author which should be worthy pretty Rhor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26

telling friends there will be no re- conciliation.
 On a recent bond selling tour John Carradine was called upon to substitute for Don Wilson as master of ceremonies because of the bulky radio announcer's illness. The cus- toners were rather disappointed when the all but emaciated Carra- dine stepped onto the stage. I'm sorry said Carradine, but this is all that's left of Don Wilson"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
REMARKABLE FAN

Roddy McDowalrs most remark able fan is Guy Cote, a fifteen-year- old French Canadian boy, living in Montreal. While Roddy was work ing in Metro Goldwyn Mayer s "Lassie Come Home" he received a portrait painting of himself done by little Guy from a newspaper picture of the star. It was declared to be better likeness than several professional paintings Roddy has had made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
GUARD AGAINST BEAVER

Kodiak, Alaska - (UP9-A Fort Greely communications crew was puzzled by the disappearance of a number of 20-foot poles which they had erected. The poles were found on the opposite side of lake from where they had been placed. and beavers were busily building small dam with them. But communica- | tions are important, so the crew now is placing large tin cans at the bases of poles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26

chell, George Sanders, Anthony Quinn and George zucco? Inci- dentally, "The Black Swan" marks the first romantic pairing of Power and Miss O'Hara.
 The Second Feature on the same smash program is "Over My Dead Body" with Milton Berle and Mary Beth Hughes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26

tering Into the merits of the argu- ments either way, I will say that IF the play ls connected with that last unlntelligible work Of joyce then someone owes Wilder a vote of thanks for making clear what the tnt times) great Irish writer was about, They do say that If you read and study "Finnegans Wake" for three or four years you can begin to make sense out Of 1t. If that's an issiicatlon of great writing, I'll take a burlesuue blackout,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
A "DR. GILLESPIE" CLAN

According to Lionel Barrymore, just finishing work on "Dr. Giles pies New Assistant" at M-G-M there are thousands of surgeons, medicos, dentists, osteopaths and chiropodists in the United States named Gillespie.
 Barrymore bases his figures on the correspondence he receives from the various Dr. Gillepies woh take time out to write him about his pic ture characterization.
 To date Barrymore has received 79 letters from the men in white.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26

LAST DAY! THE GLASS HENRY ALDRICH EDITOR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-26
LOTTERY DECIDES ELECTION

Weaverville, Cal. = tU.P.J-Gas- oline rationing played an import ant part in settling a tie in the election contest between Dean c. Briggs and James Holly. candidates flor supervisor of Trinity county. California. Both asked the official canvassing board for an immediate decision on the contest to save them hn extra trip to the county seat. |Briggs won in a lottery.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26

Cleveland Loss Helps Stretch New Workers. Margin
But Buddy Hossett is Filling Post in Fine Style

hits to overpower the Cubs 1912
while Ernie White kept eight
hits scattered.
In pair of night games, Gin
Cinnati sent Pittsburgh Skidding
into the second division of the
National League for the first
time this season and the Wash
ington Senators d owned the
Washington Senators 9KuSTade
Philadelphia Athletics, 5 TO 3.
The Reds to l verdict was
the first Of the year for Big
Paul Derringcr who also raped
out two hits in two official trips
20 the plate. The contest attract
ed l6,205 spectators to Crosley's
Field first after-dark contest of
the season.
Sid Hudson mastered Phil
Marchildon i'm the Quaker City
lantern affair although an error
and a passed ball aided in pro-
duCing a three-run s n a o r
Splurge in the eighth. Hudson
was rescued by a fast double
play i'm the same frame after
the AS punched five hits for all
their runs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26

NEW YORK, May 26-(P)-
For the first time this season
there are no 400 hitters among
the regulars in the major
leagues.
Bobby (Slamming) Doerr of
the Boston Red SoX, retains his
American League leadership and
also is the best among the swat
tiers from either loop although
his average has skidded to 1896
just a lone point ahead of Joe
Gordon, New York Yankee sec
ond baSeman.
Gordon (Babe) Phelps, the
stout receiver for the Pittsburgh
Pirates, crashed out a single hit
in a pinch hitting role against
the Cincinnati Reds last night to
take over the National League
top with 1852.
His aggregate tops that of
rookie Ray l. m m a n o, Reds
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26

Curt Davis pitched the Brook
Ign Dodgers to their s n d
straight shutout with a two-hit
show that stopped the Philadel-
phia Pills 80.
1t was Davis sixth victory OPP
poSitc one defeat and his second
Shutout in three games. In 81
innings he now has allowed one
run. The contest, originally a
night game, started at pm,
but the boys raced through their
chores in an hour and % min
utes to finish well ahead of sun
down.
BRAVES IN SECOND
The Boston Braves held de-
terminedly to second place in
the National League by noSing
out the New York Giants 81 on
Max Vests two-run homer in
the 18th inning. II was his first
of the season and decided tight
pitching duel between Lefty Lou
lost of Boston and Bill Lohrman
of the Giants, each of whom al
lowed eight hits.
The ST. Louis Cardinals she'll
ed five Chicago pitchers for l3
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26
BY JUDSON BAILEY
Associated Press sports Writer

There probably are some pco-
pie with memories long enough
to remember away back TO the
time this Spring when the New
York Yankees had a first base
problem.
In fact the world champions
have had a first base problem
ever since Lou Gehrig stepped
out of the lineup in 1899, but
John AloySius Buddy HasSett
has provided reasonably good
solution in recent weeks.
When the good-looking Irish
man replaced Ed Levy at first at
the end of April he hit a homer
in his first game and complied
a modest eight-game batting
streak. Now he is loose on an
other string of five games and
Yesterday he provided for all
New York's runs in a 81 vic
tory over the Boston Red Sox.
He singled two TALES across
in the third and tripled in the
sixth 10 romp home on a fly by
Tom Heinrich. Spud Chandler
pitched seventh ball. sitting
the Sox after the first inning.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26

This was New York's 14th tri-
umph in II games and increased
its American League lead to 3 IL
games as the Cleveland Indians
dropped a 81 decision TO the
Chicago White SoX. Bill Die
trlCh pitched SiX-hit ball TO out
last Chubby Dean on the mound.
The game was played at Clevc-
land for the benefit of the Army
and Navy Relief Funds and bet
ted S9,390.86 from 1859 fans.
Another game for the same
charities was played a. twilight
in ST. Louis and raised $500
from S,i96 fans as the Browns
beat the Detroit Tigers. 80. Bob
Muncrief and George Caster
held the Bengals TO six hits, but
two of these were homers by
Jimmy Bloodworth and Pinky
Higgins i'm the first two innings.
As a result the teams came up to
the ninth in deadlock, but Hal
Newhouser threw the ball into
left field trying to head off Roy
Cullenbine at third in the final
frame and with il threw away
the game.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26
Demaref, Watrous
Fire PEA. Us

ATLANTIC CITY, May 26 -
(P) - Two Detroiters, Jimmy
Demaret and Al Watrous, led
the seven-man Michigan delega-
ton today into the second quail
flying round of the 25th an
nual Professional Golfers AS
ISOLATION championship.
Demaret, newcomer to state
ranks, and WatrouS, state p. G..
A. champion, carved out par
72's yesterday in the first ID
holes and seemed certain of
qualifying for match play that
starts tomorrow. Lee Kosten of
Muskegon and Bill Graham of
Detroit punched out 73's on
identical cards of 1888.
Two OF h er Detroiters, Joe
Before and Walter Hagen, had
70 and 70 respectively and need
ed rally to qualify for tomor-
rows play. Denny Champagne
Of Grand Rapids blew himself
to a huge 43 on the home nine
for an 81 total.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26
Prexy is King
Of PGA for Day

ATLANTIC CITY, May 26
-(P)-With Ed Dudley, their
president, striding majestical-
ly out in front, the members
of the Professional Golfers
Association went into the sec
ond and deciding half of
their qualifying test at the Sea
View Country Club today.
Big Ed, forty and slow NOV
ing but still possessing the
form that once caused Eng
lands Henry Cotton to label
him to 'tsmoothest swinger in
golf" shot very fine sc yes
terday to lead all his young
men at the end of the first 10.
It was six strokes under par.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26
LouaLuo Wins
Peschke;s 1st
With glitter

Three-hit pitching by Leon
ard Lovalvo helped Peschke to
its first win of the season last
night as the Blue Division team
trounced the Business Men, 1874,
in a surprising upset. The win
nerS pounded out 10 hits, tops
for the young softball season.
The Business Men, rained out
Of several games, were making
their first start of the season
and booted away seven chances
to undermine the efforts of their
pitcher, Calvin Pancuff.
Seven hits in the second
f me contributed to a like
number of runs for Peschke' S
biggest inning, in which IL men
took turns at the plate. The
winners scored in every frame
save the third, getting four tai
lies in the fifth.
A triple by Pat Parker, Bust
ness Man fielder was the longest
hit of the game, leading to one
of the losers runs, in the second.
Three more were counted in the
third, started by pair of errors
and a walk for the B. M. four
run total.
Lovalvo struck out seven men
and got two for four to help out
his own efforts. Top hitter for
the winners was fielder John
Barry with three for four, in
GLIDING double.
Pat Parker, with two for
4 rec, led the losers.
"eschke 10 241 lie 10 4
Il. VI. ...O13 600 o. 4 3 7
Batteries: PeSchke-Lovalvo
and Bourdage. B. M.-Pancuff
Logic.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26
.Kresge'sW
Junior Opener
By Us Count
Ed Sheldon Limits
Losers to z Hits,
Bags Homer for Self

Limiting Gasow Boat to a
pair of hits, both in the fifth
inning, Ed Sheldon hurled Kres-
ge's to an easy 1875 victory In
the opening game of the Jun
Tor Softball League last night,
on the Griffith Field.
The youngsters, opening two
weeks after the Twilight loop,
will play five games this week,
which will see all of the six
teams in action, weather per-
hitting.
Sheldon, playing his first
year of junior ball, boosted his
own Efforts with a homer in the
sixth and had another hit, in
the third, to lead the winners
at the plate.
Kresge's scored one run in
the first and added another in
the last half of the second for
81 lead, a margin never cut
off. Seven TALES were counted
in the fourth, aided by Herb
Martell's tWo-run homer, two
errors and six walks off pair
Of Gasow pitchers, Parmentire
and Vandecar.
The losers capitalized on an
error, hit and walk for three
runs in the fifth, their biggest
inning.
Although able to collect only
six hits, the winners made the
most of five boots and IA free
passes to first.
Gasow =. OIL 03O O-5 2 s
Kresge's Ill I'll x-12 6 A
Batteries: Kresge's - Sheldon
and Trombley. Gasow - Par
mentire, Vandecar and Guilt
more.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26
Fisher lowers
Girls Play Host
Seek Third Victory
in Blue Water Loop

Possessed of a pair of vic
tories in their two league starts
this season, the Fisher Tower
girls will attempt TO bolster
their first place position in the
Blue Water League to j 6 h t
when they tangle with the
ChrySler Girls.
The game will be played on
the Shadyside Diamond, start
ing at IT'S p. m.
Manager Bill LaCroiX said
this morning that he intended
to start his ace hurlcr, Jean
Randolph; she was the winner
Of the locals opening game,
last Tuesday, Past records give
the Towers girls a favoritc's
rating for their tilt this eve
ming.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26
THURSDAY
LITTLE GALS, TOO

CHATTANOOGA, T f N N,
May 26-(P)-Chattanooga boys
long have had their knot hole
gang" at Chattanooga baseball
park, but nothing had been
done for their younger sisters
until
Little Gloria Ruth Williams
marched into tn office of club
president Joe Engel and de-
mandCd chow come
Hereafter, girls between the
ages of and - will be adj
mitted free on ladies' night
without payment even of the
usual service charge.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26
Major League Plate Marks Drop Below
400; Red Sox's Doerr Leads with 1876

Of the Boston Braves, is third
with .348.
Bill Dickey of the Yankees,
erstWhile leader in the Amer
lean has been handicapped with
sinus trouble the past week and
now holds fourth place while
Nanny Fernandez, Boston Brave
third baSeman who Scorched the
National League at the start,
barely remains in the first 10
with a .306 total.
Pete Reiser of the Brooklyn
Dodgers, last years National
League king, is tied for fifth
with teammate Mickey Owen at
1928 and Ted Williams, of the
Boston Red Sox and the u. S.
Naval Air Corps who set the
American League pace last sea-
son, is deadlocked for ninth with
George Case of Washington at
80.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26

p. G.. A. crowns in 1941, had
more difficulty but qualified
with a l57, two shots from the
ceiling.
Dave Ward of Saginaw, two
time former Michigan amateur
king was second at his home
club, one stroke behind Shook
with a l49. Ben Smith, 1913
University of Michigan captain,
almost put himself out at De
troit with a first round 80 but
then came back with a subpar
20 to climb among the leaders.
Five pros, Michigan's delega-
ton at the National p. c. A.
meet that opened at Atlantic
City yesterday also qualified
They are Al Watrous, Joe Bel
fore and Bill Graham of De
troit, Lee Kosten of Muskegon
and Denny Champagne of Grand
Rapids.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26
NATIONAL LEAGUE
SayOId Wants
Louis Fight
this Summer

WASHINGTON, May 26-(P)
Lee Savold, the blond Iowan
who has been fighting profess
sionally for nine of his 25 years,
came up today with a loud claim
for a shot at boxing's richest
prize - champion Joe Louis
heavyweight crown.
Savold, who won on techni-
cal knockout over California
Lou Nova in eight rounds last
night, thinks he could give Pri-
vate Joe a good battle.
I'm in the best condition Of
my life, and am hitting better
than ever before Savold said.
This is the chance I've been
waiting for, and I'm ready to
fight Louis any time, any
place"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26
By HUGH FULLERTON, JR.
Wide World Sports ColumniSt

r NEW YORK, May 26-Major
league clubs have been asked to
change their starting times so
the customers won't be leaving
the park curing the five o'clock
rush; the Sally League president
has suggested that seven-innlng
twilight games be made official
SO they can finish before lights
are needed this brings up
one of our favorite questions
why not play the games faster?
The little Red book shows
the Giants and Phillies played
nine innings in 81 minutes back
in 1919 and by eliminating all
the waste motions most games
could be finished in less than an
hour and a half instead of the
two hours they generally re-
uuire that would send
Everybody home ahead of the
mob.
SHEAR NONSENSE
Recent contributions toward
more colorful sportsWritlng:
''Elmer Riddle is as plain as an
old shoe and as Frank as an in
rome tax collector" (Zipp New
man, Birmingham News)
s'It isn't the ball that needs re-
processing, it's the golfer.
lDeak Morse, ST. Johnsbury, VT,
Caledonian Record) "Al
Lingua is faster than rumor in
an Old Lads Home" DANES K.
Finnegan, Louisville Times).
Clark Shaughnessy, admit
ting that the size of the Rose
Bowl bonuses Stanford gave
him and his assistants left him
ga little puzzled" wants one
and all to understand that he
didn't move to Maryland be-
cause he was disgruntled. He
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26
Hale America
Qualities 81
Grand Rapids Pro,
Nick Weber, Leeds
BY WATSON SPELSTRA

DETROIT, May 26 - up -
Fifty-one Michigan golfers still
are in the thick Of a battle for
the Hale America Golf cham
pionship, with their next COM
petitiVe stop June 6 and 7 for
sectional trials at the Country
Club of Detroit.
Led by Nick Weber, veteran
Grand Rapids pro who posted a
one-under-par 143, forty-Six of
a starting field of 80 survived
eliminations yesterday at three
Michigan courses. Weber put
together rounds of II and IL
over the Grand Rapids Kent
Country Club layout to pace
six qualifierS and then an
nounced in the clubhouse he
would be unable to participate
in the next round.
THREE TIE
At DctrOit's Plum Hollow
course two pros, Michigan Open
champion Gilbert Glib Sellers
and Ernie Shave, and an anna
teur, Eddie Furgol, led 81 quail
ifiers with identical cards of 73-
75-l48. The prime qualifier at
Saginaw where nine stayed in
the running was big Lorin
Shook, Flint pro, who had 76-
72-l48. In both cases 148 is
four over par.
The first round contention
over the 36-hole route produc-
ed no real upSets. Ronnie Will
llams, runner-up to Sam Koc-
sis for the 1871 Michigan anna
teur crown, lost out for a sec
tlonal b crt h in a three way
playoff for the 3lst spot at De
troit, but other name golfers
came through without a hitch.
S-TIME CHAMP
Marvin Stahl, of L ans n e,
three time M ich igan Open
champion finished second. a
shot behind Weber. Charles
KOcSis, former Walker Cupper,
got in easily with a ISL at De
troit, but his brother, limerick
holder of both State Open and
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26
HOME TOWN HOPES
HARTFORD. CONN. Nav 2

HARTFORD, CONN, May 26
-(P)-Willie Pep, Hartford
youngster who hopes some day
to succeed his fellow townsmen,
Louis Kid Kaplan and Bat
Battalino, as worlds feather
weight champion--if Hartord's
Bobby Ivy doesn't get there
first-goeS out tonight for his
42nd victory against no de-
featS.
His opponent in the eight
round bout is Joe Iannotti of
New York who, while no great
shakes as a boxer, rates as a
dangerous foe because he is
probably the hardest puncher
Pep has been called upon to
meet.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26
Blost Four Homers;
Losers Sink Further
into Red Cellar

First and last place clubs in
the Red division of the Twilight
Softball League tangled on st.
Mary'S diamond last night and
the game came off in the ex-
pected style, with a 1874 win
for the leader.
Victim of the Hubarth e.
Schott team, now posSesSor of
three victories in a like num-
Der of starts, was the Owls
Club, b tting 900 in four
times at the post. The winners
S rted off with a six-hit, six
run barrage in the first and
scored in every inning save the
sixth.
GET FOUR HOMERS
Hammering out four homers
off Gerry Lozen, Owls pitcher,
the Lumberjacks boosted their
batting averages as they also
included three other extra base
blows. Two of the circuit hits
were three-run affairs, by Bill
Beardslee and Lyle Bliss, in the
first and second frames.
Beardslee, c o n d baseman,
hid a big night at the plate,
counting two homers and a sin
gle in three official trips; he
added three runs to do the pack
age up right. Fourth four-bag
ger was by Ralph Siewert.
The Owls, collecting only five
hits off Marvin DuCkert, got one
run in the second off a single,
two stolen bases and a perfect
bunt-hit-the latter by Fred
Soule; added another tally in
the fourth on a pair of doubles
by Don Skarritt and Bernard j.
Ballantine and took two more in
the sixth, capitalizing on a pair
of walks.
Four of the losers were pick
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-26
FISHING CONTACTS

GOODING, IDAHO, May 20
-(P)-The fisherman with
WORKOUT tires won't have to
do all his fly casting in the back
yard.
The anglers post their cars
and destinations in cigar
store.
Grounded fishermen make
their contracts through the bull
letin service and enjoy their
sport, just like in the old days.