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Evening star., 1947-07-21

nounce her flance for love of the
violinist.
Mr.. Granger. incidentally. is as
visually responsible as Mr.. Menuhin
is musically responsible for a win
ming portrait of genius in this
Gainsborough production. He is a
personable young man and has none
of the wraith-like quality of some
British leading men. What violin
lists may have to say of his imper-
sonation of a violinist, we couldn't
say, but ne seems to us to have
achieved a manual 6exterity that
matches Mr.. Menuhin, note for note.
Altogether Director Bernard
Knowles has made "The Magic Bow"
a lively motion picture, with enough
good humor to demonstrate that
good music is something to enjoy
and not mystery reserved only for
the long-hairs. He occasionally dis
plays tendency to favor the actors
to the music, but he doesn't let his
camera distract too often. You can
always close your eyes, anyhow, if
you just want to sit back and listen
to Mr.. Menuhin. Xix
Evening star., 1947-07-21

enough the legendary virtuosity of
Paganini. His playing, naturally,
gives the story adapted by Roland
Pertwee from Manuel Komroff's s
novel a firm base. When one of
the characters, for instance, re-
marks on the excellence of Pagan
ini's tone, Mr.. Menuhin's violin Is
right there to back up the words.
The musical score of The Magic
Bow" is a varied one. 1t ranges all
the way from pretty trif1e called
Romance" which might Eever
have attracted Paganini's interest,
to the concluding movement of
Beethoven's violin Concerto, Opus
6l." In between. Mr.. Menuhin takes
up and handily disposes of Tar
tini's THE Devils Trill." Brazzini's
La Ronde des Lutins" and Pagan
ini's own "Campanella." Caprice
No. 90" violin Concerto No. l,
Opus g." and Introduction ct Va
riations."
Some stieklers for fact. incident
ally. may wish to quibble over the
scene showing Paganlni winning a
Stradivarius by playing, supposedly
at sight. composition which is
really his own Introduction ct Vari-
ations," They will get no support
here, however. Any excuse is a sufh-
cient one for letting Mr.. Menuhin
play the tricky piece, one of those
things Paganini wrote so that he
might display his superiority to all
other violinists.
If we complain at all, 1t will be
over the representation of Paganini
as a man madly in love with sweet
young thing who can walk out on
him while he is playing the Beet
hoven concerto. Nicolo never would
have stood for that, even if she was
merely going out in the hall to re-
Evening star., 1947-07-21
Experimental Verse Drama
Offered in Play Festival
By JOY Cormody

Catholic Unverstys paywrighng
veteran. Ford He back from
officer with lot his mind and
himself Both revealed
which hree-week at the Uni
versty Theater last night.
Conventional quite point
Evening star., 1947-07-21

ct think must be standing too
close to the ball., Too close, that
is. after I swing kat it." i
Evening star., 1947-07-21
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time of Showing

and lime OF Showing
Stage.
National-"Oklahoma!";; $40 pm.
Catholic University-"Kingdom of
the Blind; $50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador-"The Perils of Paul
ine";; l, $40, Sis, 7:25 and $40 pm.
Capitol-"Easy Come, Easy Co.;
IL am, 1:45, 4:30, tbs and 10 pm.
Stage shows: 1885, $40, 6:25 and
9:10 pm.
Columbia-"The Michigan Kid;
II am, 1880, 2:40, 4:3o, $40, $40
and 10 pm.
Earle-"The Perils of Pauline;
11:10 am, 1:20, 3:25, 5:35, 7:45 and
9:55 pm.
Hippodrome-"The Magic Bow;
2:1O, 4:05, 6, and s:55 pm.
Keith's - They Won't Believe
Me-; 1870 am, 1:35, 3:35, 5:35, TAO
and 9:40 pm.
Little" Storm in a Teacup";; II 80
am, 1870, $3.50, $50, 7:35 and $40
pm.
Metropolitan-"The Unfaithful"::
HOS am, 1:10, $40, $50, 7:35 and
9:45 pm.
Palace-"The Hucksters";; 1890
am, 1910, 2:55, sos, 7:20 and 9:35
pm
Pix-"Heart of New York; 3:15,
$50, 7:55 and 1920 pm
Trans-Lux-News and shorts;
continuous from 1918 am.
Evening star., 1947-07-21

to work these revelations through
Marys alterations They are acts
that require as much imagination
on the part of the audience as they
ask of dexterity in the plays pro-
duction. But. even as they deal
with such elusive and deadly grim
material, they are not without comic
asides. The newspaperman, a
cynic with faint mystical shad-
ings, is still the handy device of one
more playwright in need of humor-
Gus comment on life and its disillu-
sionments. ...
1t is the girl, however, and not
the reporter who winds up the story
of Kingdom of the Blind" with her
remuneration of the devil and the
liberation of the others as we'll as
herself.
In his use of a free verse form,
Ford exhibits an agility that is
sometimes quite impressive. There
is an occasional incongruity in the
speeches of his more simple people,
and tendency to slow" the play at
times, but it has posed no insuper-
able problems for Director John
Baird and the players, some of
whom are remarkably good.
This estimate applies most accu-
rately to Phyllis Berl in bringing
credibility to the plays heroine,
Satan's hand-maiden Mary. Mary
is not the kind of girl who is easily
believable in the theater, but Miss
Berl keeps her quite within bounds.
Dan Rodden's phychiatrist is an
other neat representation of a
fanciful image of a scientist, and
John Easley is the convincing coun-
terpart of a muddled parish priest.
Others to whom mention is due
are Joan O'Byrne as the tormented
mother, James Waring as the hate
ridden father and John Dugan as
the worldly reporter with the odd
bedside assignment.
Kingdom of the Blind" does not
leave one feeling Playwright Ford
has perfect 1920 vision, but he is
not afraid to stride out as If he had.
Evening star., 1947-07-21
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Evening star., 1947-07-21
HOLLYWOOD.

What they're saying:
Robert Taylor to Atwater Kent
Hollywood's marathon party giver
1--WE just heard some gossip about
you and / don't believe it. I heard
that one night last week you had
dinner alone"
Joan Fontaine, on overhearing a
couple Of cats tearing at the repu-
tation of a mutual friend: Sounds
like some one has a bad case of
poison envy"
Philip Dorm, after missing the
golf ball the second time in a row ::
Evening star., 1947-07-21

ADJUSTMENTS
Evening star., 1947-07-21

KINGDOM OF THE BLIND-An ex-
perimental play in two acts by. Frank
Ford, second offering in Catholic Uniyer-
sitys playwriting festival, directed by
John Baird, performances coached by DR..
Josephine McGarry callan. with settings
and lighting by Martin Fallon. At the
University theater.
Evening star., 1947-02-07
phiNy Hits Sca|pers
With New Ordinance
By the Assoeiafed Press

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 7.-Phila.
delphia has a new law which il
hopes will drive the racketeerine
ticket scalper away from the
Army Navy football game and
other big sports events here.
City Council, by unanimous vote
passed an "antiticket scalping'
measure yesterday which provides
fines of up to $100 for violations, or
30-day jail sentence in default OF
fine.
The bill specifically limits the
markup on tickets to half the face
value of the ticket, with maximum
charge of 81 plus tax. It also calls
for the licensing of all legitimate
ticket brokers with payment of a
$50 annual license fee to the city
and for strict watch over their
activities.
The law becomes effective Is days
after Mayor Bernard Samuel signs
it, and covers the resale of all
amusement tickets. Previously the
city had no ordinance governing this
resale.
Sponsors of the bill pointed out
that in limiting licenses to Penn
sylvania residents the "fy-by-
night" operator who comes here to
scalp tickets for major sports events
like the Army-Navy game, would be
h1ocked
Evening star., 1947-02-07
Fast Penn State, LoyoIo FWes
Test A. H., ,GoIIaudet Tonight

Fugler. Cassell rates this quintet on
par with any in FIVE men in District
court circles, but they haven't played
together long enough to justify this
opinion.
Penn State has an outstanding
hoorman in 6-foot-6 Dave Hornstein
and an expert shot in Jack Biery,
who has averaged II points a game.
Lawther's men have a five-game
winning streak, including wins over
Temple. Bucknell, Muhlenberg, Car
negie Tech and Pitt.
Loyola's big gun is Jim Lacy, a
pot shot artist who ranks third on
the national list and is rated ALL
America material. 1t should be a
breeze for Coach Lefty Reitz's crew,
although Gallaudet makes the best
of them hustle. Loyola swamped
the Blues in their first encounter
and the decision over previously un-
beaten Seton Hall is sufficient warn
ing that the Greyhounds are on edge.
Evening star., 1947-02-07

American U. and Loyola, which
pumped up Mason-Dixon Conference
prestige earlier this week by upset.
ting Bucknell and Seton Hall, respec-
lively, will help manufacture the
only college action here tonight.
The Eagles face Penn State in a
duel that will match a master OF
zone defense, Coach Johnny Lawther
of Penn State, against an outstand-
ing pupil, Staff Cassell, starting at
$3.50 on A. us court. Gallaudet takes
on the almost impossible assignment
of stopping Loyola in game slated
for 8::45 at Roosevelt High School.
American, a half-game behind
Loyola in a fierce battle for second
place in the conference, will be
bolstered by the return of Freddy
Fling, who has been out with an
injury. Starting with him will be
Johnny Wakefield, George Lafferty,
q newcomer; Dom Frisina and Bart
Evening star., 1947-02-07
Ruth Celebrates SD Birthday,
But Record Reveals He's 81

sionaire at Yankee Stadium, was to
present the recording to the Babe.
Convalescing from a neck opera
ton month ago, this one will be
contrastingly quiet to the Ruthian
birthdays of other years when he
would have "just few friends
(maybe 40 or SOD in for the evening. u
Eager to Go Home.
1.-THE Babe can talk" said Mrs
Ruth, "but the doctor discourages
visitors because the Babe would feel
that he had to talk to them and
it is too much of a strain. He's up
but he's restless and eager to get
home. I'm sure he's going to be all
right. Later on think we'll go to
Florida"
Aside from members of the family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter De Rose prob
ably will be the only visitors. Each
year Mrs. De Rose bakes a cake
which her songwriter husband pre-
sents to Ruth.
The cakes in the past have taken
some beatings in the process OF
being photographed. After dropping
one once at the annual baseball
writer's dinner, the Babe remarked:
ITS a good cake, it don't break"
Evening star., 1947-02-07
Tech Plays Coolidge,
Desperate Central
Faces Eastern
By George Huber

A three-way tie for first place in
the District high school basket ball
title series will be broken tonight
in the double header at Tech Gym.
At least one of the leaders will drop
down when Tech and Coolidge play
in the opening game, and there's no
assurance that Eastern, the third
top team, will be successful when 1t
iplays a fighting Central quint in the
nightcap.
All three leaders are within one
game of cinching places in the title
playoffs to be held this month, and
tonight's program shapes up as q
ro-holds-b s-barred affair. Tech is the
tallest quint in the loop and also
has the best scoring average, while
Coolidge boasts veteran team
which last year won both the public
high and metropolitan titles.
What Tech lacks in experience it
makes up In height. Only Paul
Pacini is less than 6 feet. He's a
smooth, o1ie-hand shooter and i'm
portant scorer, however. The Ma
rooms also boast the leading indi-
vidual scorer in Buddy Wickers who
specializes in fadeway pivot shot
that's tough to stop. All are fast
and in condition to run all night.
A week ago this contest could have
been billed as a preview of the title
playof game, and it still may be
although both were beaten for the
first time last week. They're ready
to bounce back from those setbacks,
however, and sail into the series
stretch.
Both Eastern and Central were
hurt equally by graduations last
week end, so they too are even for
tonights important game. Central
needs this one to keep in the run
ming. It probably will start Steve
Covey and Howie Lowenstein in
place Of graduated Steve Manos and
John Koustenis. In place of miss
ing Angelo Karadimos and Kenny
Burns, Eastern is ready to go with
Sal DiGirogi and Harry Wharam.
Lowenstein just became eligible, but
all the other new starters tonight
have been playing regularly in re-
serve roles.
The first game shapes up as q
real tossup, but Eastern must be
favored in the nightcap.
Evening star., 1947-02-07
Greenberg Facing Batting Sag
History of Transfers Hints
By Joe ReichIer
press Snorfx Writer

the Hub. McInnis followed IA
year American League stay with a
.315 season with the Braves in 1928,
playing in all 154 games. Manush,
after a brilliant career with the
Tigers, Browns and Washington
Mats, found himself in Brooklyn in
1887, but that did not hinder his
batting eye. He fashioned 1888
average in 1872 games with the
Dodgers.
On the other side Of the fence,
Babe fell from .288 mark and %
home runs with the Yankees in 1884
to an anaemic .181 and s four
baggers with the Braves in '35.
Simmons, one of the greatest OF
American League outfielders, dropped
from 1902 with the Mats in 1888 to
.274 with the Reds the following
year. The others skidded even more
In the home run output, Bonura
dropped from % to II, Lazzeri fell
from IA to S, Simmons from 81 to Z,
Joe Dugan from to 0 and Vosmik
from 7 to l..
Evening star., 1947-02-07
Tall Marksmen Give .KHksvilIe
Unbeoten Missouri Loop Five

dogs could "piay a good game" with
the big university hotshots.
"We tried unsuccessfully to sched-
ule several universities" King said.
The Bulldogs have knocked off
their conference rivals and other
small colleges with monotonous reg
ularity, averaging SO points per game
against So for their foes in 10 games.
The starting team ranges in
heigh from 6-foot-7-inch Harry
Gallatin, center, down to 6-foot-2-
inch for Forward Bob Lewis and
Guard John Senanek.
Earl Dodd, 6-foot 5-inch forward
from Bethalto, ILL.,, who recently
turned down an offer of $4,000 to
play professional ball, has scored
207 points; Gallatin, Roxana, Ill,
2o3; Lewis, wood River Ill, lit;
Semanek, Livingston, ILL.,, 141, and
Guard Ralph Pink, Wood River, 119.
Evening star., 1947-02-07
|Graziano 10 Receive
Ring Commission
Decision Today
BY The Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Feb. T. Rocky
Graziano, still insisting he cannot
name the men who allegedly offered
him 800, 900 to throw a fight, learns
today the New York State Athletic
Commissions decision in his case.
After hearing Rocky tell under
oath yesterday his own story of the
circumstances surrounding cancel
lation of his scheduled December n
bout with Cowboy Ruben Shank, the
commission adjourned until / pm.
ESD today.
Graziano is charged with violating
a commission rule that any bribe
offer must be reported Immediately.
No hint of the verdict was given
by the two-man boxing commission
but the boys along the fight front
were predicting freely that Grazi-
amos return middleweight title fight
with Champion Tony Zale would not
go on as scheduled March 81. They
expect q drastic penalty.
There appeared to be five possible
decisions by the commission: To
revoke Graziano's boxing license,
suspend him, fine him, reprimand
him, or ,exonerate him.
Insisting he considered the whole
thing "as joke" the middleweight
contender said he didn't take the
bribe offers seriously.
"If ever thought anybody really
wanted to give me money to throw
fight" the tousle-haired slugger
boasted, "I'd knock his brains out"
Rocky charged Assistant District
Attorney Alfred Scott had put
words in my mouth" by quoting him
as saying he gave some thought to
the bribe offer but pulled out of
the bout by giving a "sore back as
an excuse"
Ill at ease and frowning deeply,
boxing's golden boy" attempted to
describe the man who approached
him with the bribe offer.
Asked if he was alone In his dress
ing room at the gym when the bribe
offer was made, Rocky answered: /:
alone? wouldn't say that Could
be. But they come and 90, in and
out like flies. I couldn't say"
In denying the story that he had
"faked a sore back" to call off the
fight, Graziano asserted he did suf-
fer back ailment while training
for the Shank scrap. His testimony
was corroborated by Trainer Whitley
Bimstein and DR.. S. Sym Newman,
State Athletic Commission ply
sician.
Graziano admitted under cross
examination that Jack Healy, a
former night club master of cere-
monies, and Eddie Coco, another
fight manager, each "have piece
of me" in addition to Irving Cohen,
his manager of record.
Evening star., 1947-02-07
Mixed Golf Duos Clash
In Double Round in
Florida Open Meet
By the Asseeioisd Press

ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. THE is
teams in the top flight Of the Flor
ida Mixed Two-ball Open golf tour
nament began two 18-hole rounds
over the Dubsdread Country Club
course today which will cut their
number to four by nightfall.
In second-round play this morn
ing, Mrs. Mildred (Babe) Zaharias,
women's amateur champion, and
Baseball Player Gerald Walker OF
Orlando faced Louise Suggs OF
Lithia Springs, Ga, and Morton
Bright of Atlanta in one match,
while Peg Kirk of Findlay, Ohio
and Joe Kirkwood, sr., Of Philadel-
phia, last years winners, took on
Polly Wright of Fort Worth, Tex.
and Joe Ezar of Orlando.
The Zaharias- Walker team ad-
vanced easily yesterday with a s.
and-4 victory over the Rollins Col
lege team of Lee Bongart and Pete
Dyer of Orlando.
The Kirk-Kirkwood combination
breezed through Mrs. Thomas Nolan
of New Castle, Pa, and Charles
Collins of Lakeland, also by a s.
and-4 score.
The highly regarded team o1
Kathryn Hemphill of Greensboro
N. c., and Herb Smith of Orlando
however, fell before the steady
stroking of Ema Lou Prince anc
Broyles Plemmons, both of Gaines
Vile, the latter winning l up.
In another upset, the Rollins Col.
lege entry of Alice ONeal ane
Stockton Rogers eliminated Mr.. ane
Mrs. Eddie Bush Of Detroit, one o1
the low qualifying teams, 2 up.
The four remaining teams in the
| top flight after today's SO holes will
tplay in the 18-hole semifinals TO-
morrow.
Evening star., 1947-02-07
BY The As.oeiated Press

KIRKSVILLE, Mo, Feb. IA
gangling bunch Of sharpshooters
from the neighboring State of Illi-
nois appears a cinch to give the
Northeast Missouri State Teachers
College its first undefeated basket
ball season and conference cham
pionship in more than Is years OF
campaigning.
The Bulldogs. who top the Ma
tion's list of unbeaten teams with 19
wins. will try for No. 20 tonight in a
Missouri intercollegiate Athletic As
sociation game with Southwest
(Mo) Teachers. A victory would just
about wrap up the MIAA title for
Kirksville
Coach Boyd King, a tight-lipped
gent who was graduated from
Kirksville in 1897, believes his Bull
Evening star., 1947-02-07
Texans Seen 0ne-Two
Al San Antonio With
Par Due a Lacing
BY the Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. T.
A bulky Texas open field wouldn't
be surprised If Texans finish one
two In the $4,000 event which
started today over tough, pic.
turesque Breckenridge Park course.
Favorite is the little man with
the mighty swat, laconic Ben Ho-
gan, who gets his mail at Hershey,
Pa, but who still calls Fort Worth
home. Rated most likely to beat
out Bantam Ben is the fairways'
glan1or boy-singing. smiling, wise
cracking Jimmy Demaret, Houston's
pride.
Hogan always Is favorite. More
than $4,000 from last years ma
tional trek and better than 5000
this year show why little Ben can
be picked every time. And if there
were any doubts of Hogan being
on his game for this one they were
dispelled yesterday as wee Ben
ripped Brackenridge's par 36-36-
III with a rollicking IS to tie for
first money with Herman Barron
of White Plains, N. Y, in the 18-
hole pro acknowledgements OF
the open.
Demaret, who won the Tucson
Open last week end, has been dis
jointing par over the 6,400-yard
course in practice rounds all week
and yesterday he checked in with
So in the pro-amateur. His put
ting has been senational. He had
II one-putt green's in one 18-hols
tour.
The pro-amateur was an indica-
ton of what beating par is in for
in the 72-hole open. A dozen
shooters were as much as 3 under.
Harry Todd of Dallas, Clayton
Haefner of Charlotte, N. c., and
Iverson Martin of Fort Worth posted
66s, while Harold McSpaden of New
York, Dale Andreason of Long
Beach. Calf; Tex Consolver Of
Wichita, Kans.; Dai Rees of Lon
don, Rod Munday Of Springfield.
Mo-, and Fred Haas of New Or
leans each laid down 81.
Todd and Jimmy Dikes, San, AM
tonic amateur, had the best ball
a 61-for first place in the pro-
amateur team competition.
1t is the twenty-first tournaments
over q stretch Of rs years for this.
the Oldest golf event along ths
winter trail. First money is $4,000.
Evening star., 1947-02-07
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb. THE ailing
Babe Ruth celebrated his birthday
today, although the records insist
that he actually was born day
earlier. AS usual, however, the hero
of baseball's millions of fans had
enough we'll wishes to make it a
two-day affair.
Whether he is 50 or So is also a
matter open to some oebate. Up
until the need for birth certificate
arose some years ago, the Babe
always had given February 7, 1894
as the date of his birth, so, by his
own choice, he is So today.
Trtre was no question until 1884
when he applied for passport to
make a trip to the Orient. The
Passport Bureau demanded a blrtn
certificate and his sister, Mrs. Mary
Meoerly of Baltimore, sent him
a photostatic copy which showed
that he was born February 6, 1895.
Sticks to Wrong Date.
Having gone along for all those
wears with February 7, 1894. the
Babe never took advantage OF his
right to be a year younger. He
is one of the few middle-aged men
in the world who insists on being
older than the records show.
Friends started telephoning
French Hospital early yesterday
to wish the former home run king
a happy birthday and speedy
recovery from the illness that has
kept him there for three months.
The Babes nurse started relaying
the messages, but he squelched her
enthusiasm when he informed her
"this isn't my birthday. Tomorrow
is my birthday"
Flowers, kilograms, cards and let
ters have been arriving all week,
they came from former teammates
and from notables of the sports
world and other fields,
Today, a plane was to bring
voice recording with birthday greet
ings from Eddie Collins, Duffy Lewis,
Johnny Quinn, Ted Williams, Joe
Cronin and Leo Egan of the Boston
Red Sox. Frank Stevens, conces-
Evening star., 1947-02-07
Colts Tag Given
Baltimore Eleven
Special Dispoteh TO The Star

BALTIMORE, Feb. THE new
Baltimore entry in the ALL
America Football League now has
a name. It's "Colts." Judges
announced their selection this
morning after considering $50
suggestions from nearly 1900
entrants.
The winning name was sug-
gested by Charles Evans OF Balti-
more. In clubbing the Baltimore
team "Colts," he explained 1t was
because it's the youngest entry
in the league; that Maryland is
famous for it's race horses and
that it also is short, easily pro-
nounced and fits well into news
paper headlines.
Evening star., 1947-02-07
Two Points Biggest Edge
In -Four Court Games
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Feb, 7.-Pan-Pa-
cific Auditorium last night was no
place for a guy with = weak heart.
Most of the $500 fans-many of
whom saw four games-went home
with bad cases of nerves.. For two
points was the highest margin of
victory in any of the contests. The
scores:
Los Angeles Shamrocks, 46; Poca-
tello, Idaho, Simplots, As. IT,.
Occidental, 80; Loyola CLOS Ange-
les), 81.
Mexican All-Stars, IS; G. Cleffs,
SO.
Clifton Cardinals. IS; Loyola
Frosh, 80.