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Evening star., 1953-12-13
$S4,2O5 Is Wagered
On Seventh Race as
S,n5 Defy Weather
Special Dispoieh 10 The Ssur

CHARLES TOWN. W., Va.
Dec. 12.-Gallant Junior, well
backed at nearly 3 to 1, came
from seventh and last place to
win the $4,000 Gold Rush Purse,
the feature race at the Charles
Town track today.
Despite the rainy weather, q
crowd Of 8,225 turned out and
wagered $565 ,299. highest of the
meeting which opened q week
ago. For the seventh race q
total of $84,205 went through
the windows, highest in Charles
Town history for q single race.
The daily double pool was $685.
346. the second best on record
here.
Hartack Shut Out.
Jockey Willie Hartack did not
bring home q winner today after
four victories the day before, but
he still is the winningest rider
here with IA victories. He is
second in the country for 1853
with $40.
In the feature race. Gallant
Junior, owned by Max Zipkin
and with Jockey Ben Brady
aboard. covered the sloppy seven
furlongs in 1:30H for an across
the-board payof Of $3.50, $3.50
and $500. Mahoon was a scant
neck behind to pay $1,000 and
$3.50. while another neck back
was Alva H., who paid 81 to show.
The favored Froggy was a poor
fourth.
Gallant Junior carried top
weight Of 121 pounds. The
Troopers and Mahoon exchanged
the early lead. with Gallant
Junior as much as seven lengths
behind. The eventual winner
made his move on the far turn,
pulled beside Mahoon in the
final furlong and edged in front
at the wire.
Browse Takes CO-Feature.
The secondary feature, the
Seven-furlong seventh race,
went to the favored Browse,
owned by Gwynn Campbell. He
took the lead early and at the
wire was three lengths ahead
Of Counterplot with Passing Pa
rade third.
The opening race of about a
mile and a half turned out to
be just a jog for Excel, the Sec
ond choice. He was in front
by one or two lengths all the
way, and in the stretch Jockey
Willie Downs opened up for a
three-length victory over the IA
vored No Stop, with Highland
Dream third.
The. mile and one-sixteenth
second race also was an easy
victory for Let Out, the favorite,
although Surf came strong at
the finish to take second money
only half length behind. Excel
and Let Out were worth $28.20 in
the daily double.
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Army's '54 Grid Schedule
Lists -Four New Opponents
Special Dispatch 10 The Stor

special Oispotch to The Stor
WEST POINT, N. Y, Dec. IL.
-Four new teams, including
Virginia, are on the 1854 Army
football schedule announced to-
day.
The other newcomers are
South Carolina, Michigan and
Yale. replacing Furman. North
western, Tulane and North Car
olina State from the list played
IN 1853.
September 25. South Carolina.
october 2, at Michigan; 8, at Dart
mouth; l6. at Duke; 80 at Columbia;
80, Virginia
November 6, at Yale; 13, ct Penn
sylvania; 81. Navy ct Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Russiu Picks Top Horse

LONDON, Dec. IL (P).-Soviet
RusSia's principal horse racing
season has ended with a 3-year-
old, Pervenets, the top horse,
Moscow radio said today. Per-
venets' 4:11.2 in a 3,200-meter
race Gust under 2 miles, was
one of the best performances of
the season.
Evening star., 1953-12-13
DAILY DOUBLE PAID S119.eO.

THIRD RAcE-Purse. $1,000: claim
RaEe to Riches tBo'ko) 500 $50 800
.9s 5adss sSeIs Lane Ss'ss slss Runner Ae. cspe
y. II FOURTH RAcE@Purse. 81, 500; claim
iSs P4Gi fsis: w hna qR; 4Ssc - 2s'
SlO Moe tBaird $40 $40
Preacher (Keene) $50
Rpaes preN psqk sqsu5a Gs,.es ena r%. EStion Uncle
FIFTH RAcE@Purse. 81. 500: claim
HsdssSiIi d tsssi.ts| 1880 s.sS ''s.:e
Copper Plate. Texas Rain. I Sun sim.
distance, hi Sky. fine. i:14%.
Sixth RAcE-Purse. $4,000; allow
81: Ss:SsS.ls iS % SSliSsS,. a., s1.so il.$S S.sS
Prince Plh%enS Maraae yi%%y yks.S.1 Msl $40 fdS dS
Spring Khal, Delivery Boy. Nola Hash.
R;nin RR;Slins9veEs ia. Hiram Jr.' 5istime Gal.
Sc SEVENTH FH'' RAcE-The Cult Coast
and up: 4. miles. ''
s;soG$ NJ AZ: sSirsin' 4so s.sS s.sS g
Away Pat the Pilot. Time. 1:4s3s.
Wilson, r., entry . ~
,rd EIGHIH RAfCE-Purse' sf.: 81 500; clain-
Yinita I'd Galley 1900 $40 $50
Mist o. Blue (Keene) 1000 $50
LeestOwn (Adamsl 4.2O
Slip o,Ned, cykie. Hishyay. Tulk-
don, Wentworth. Locarno. Time. 1:50.
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Tropical Park Results
lY the Associufed Rrasa

FIRST RACE-Purse. $4,000: claim
ing: 4-year-olds and up; furiongs.
Warren's Gray (DeS'to) 5.7O 4.2O $50
Dollargofast (Smith) 7.8O AGO
Screaming Mimi (KOrte) SEQ
Practise, Sun Crown, Gaby H., Balla-
chulish. Colymbus. Bayou Wait. Time.
1925.
SECOND RACE-Purse, 81 900; claim
ing; 3-year-olds; 6 furlongs.
Queen Clover (G'kins) 1920 4.4O $50
Wise Cricket (DeSpirito) $40 $40
Wiser Yet (WilsOn) $40
Joy K, Palace-Circles, Beebeedashea.
Flitaround. Whirls Bell. To The Front.
Nj Amante. Time. l:12M.
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Orioles Start Fast
For 2-MIIion Gate
With $76O,947 Sale
By the Assceiuted Press

~ the ASsoeIofed PToSS
BALTIMORE, Dec. 12.-
The Baltimore Orioles, aim
ing for 2 million paid ad-
missions in their first Amer
lean League season, an
nounced today they had re-
ceived ticket orders worth
$160,947.
The club launched its
ticket campaign Thursday.
Evening star., 1953-12-13
BY the Associosed Press

MILWAUKEE,. Dec. 12.-Bal-
timore's challenging entry into
the major league baseball at
tendance derby was welcomed
tonight by the champion Braves.
"We're glad to get another
starter" said General Manager
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Charles Town Results
By the Assoeiuted Press

FIRST RACE-Purse, $1,000; claim
ing; 3-year-olds and UP; about " miles:
Excel (DOwns) 500 4.2O 3.2O
No Stop (Hartack) $40 2.6O
Highland Dream (Kirk) 3.60
Telbeda, Oremurf, Admiral Gilt Route
Four. st. Louisan. Racket, Grand Mars.
Time. 2:473s.
SECOND RACE-Purse, $1,000: claim.
ing; 3-year-olds and up; lie miles.
Let Out (JOsephick) 900 $50 $50
Surf Song (SmalD 4.6O $50
Freddie X. (Clemes) 500
Perhaps, Yumpin Yimminy, Moon
Mate, Daring Mate, Sunset Jewel, Tan.
ador, Harry's Boy. Time, 1:54M.
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Breeder of Trotters Dies

NAPLES, Maine, Dec. IL R.-
Charles w. Proctor, 81. q former
director of the Trotting Horse
Breeders Of New England, died
today.
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Fair Grounds Results
BY the Associoiod Press
rA~r n n. ann

FIRST RACE-Purse, S1.SO0: claim
Ing: 2-year-olds; 6 furlongs.
Hug Up (Hansman) 21.OO 300 $50
Miss Who (Dai'pont) 1000 1000
Limekiln (Keene) $3.50
Peas Pudin Hot. Singing Girl. Hart
Pete, Seyens Star, u Wee Chichi, Gay
Pole. Time. 1:14M. Field.
SECOND RACE-Purse. 81, 800: claim
ing; 3-year-oldS and up; furlongs.
Ladolee (Baird) $40 4.8O 800
Sweep Bolt (WinkOf) 6.2O 4.4O
Golden Choice (Mowerl $50
Royal Bones. Verona. Double Blush. In
My Bones. Yutu. Pipetime. Time.
1:14B
Field
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Charles Town Entries
" the Assoeioted Press

FIRST RACE-Purse. $1,000; claim
Ing; 3-year-olds and up; about 4la fur
Evening star., 1953-01-25
HOLLYWOOD.


One of Hollywood's funniest
off-screen characters is a fell
low who inevitably is cast in
serious roles in the movies.
Usually he is the hero's best
friend.
Even on television, where he
plays huband to zany Joan
Davis in the "I Married Joan"
series, he plays a semiserious
judge.
Its all because of one
suit" explains Jim BackuS.
"Some years ago I was in a
dog Grade slang for a lousy
movie) where the studio out
fitted me with a $3.50 suit. You
know, the kind that makes
you look like a Wall Street
banker?
Pol Of Natures
ut was tailored for my exact
measurements, so the studio
let me have it for $25 after
the picture was finished. So
far I have worn it on % diff
ferent interviews and screen
tests. It always gets me those
distinguished parts"
He's made several pictures
without the suit, mostly with
his old school chum. Vic Ma
ture. Vic and Jim were both
drummed out of military
school together.
His motion picture debut
was made with Vic in a pro
football picture called Easy
Living" When the head
master Of the military school
heard about this, he forgave
his two errant cadets and
asked them to submit a picture
for the alumni paper.
The two gathered together
all the scantily clad chorus
girls on the lot, plus a couple
prop bottles of champagne.
They posed themselves with
chorus girls planting kisses
right and left while they
guzzled champagne. The pic
ture was sent of to the head
master with this caption:
by the way, Colonel, what
are the honor students doing
now?p
He's q Comic
Recently, Vic and Backus
played Roman soldiers in "An-
drocleS and the Lion" Dressed
to the hilt in togas, armor and
steel helmets, the two stole
/, of the RKO lot and souaht
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Stars Sundays Spent
Like Anybody EIse's
By HoroId Heffernon

hobbies, sports and entertain.
ing friends, when it's too late
to schedule anything special,
most of them rest up for the
busy week ahead. Olivia de
Havilland, for instance, says
that she devotes all day Sun
day to playing with her s.
year-old son Benjamin, and
resting. Her leading man in
MY Cousin Rachel" young
Richard Burton, spends Sum-
day afternoon driving around
Southern California, despite
the heavy traffic, in order to
see as much of it as possible
before returning to his native
Wales.
Voluptuous Marilyn Monroe,
starring in Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes" was evasive about
her Sunday afternoons. II do
the same thing I do in the
morning" she said. And what
does she do in the morning?
"The same thing ! do Saturday
nights-study my lines" Nice
lines, too.
While a majority of the stars
attend church services, shape
ly Jane Russell is the only one
known to read the Bible in the
afternoon. Jane teaches Sun
day school and likes to read
the scriptures in order to have
a full week to plan the follow
ing Sundays LESSONS.
Ronehers Busy
The ranchers, house flxers
and Sunday afternoon gar
deners constitute the largest
Hollywood group. Alan and
Sue Ladd gather eggs at their
Hidden Valley ranch. Jean
Peters, a handy gal with a
trowel, builds brick walls and
flagstone patios at her home.
as does Joseph Gotten.
Gene Tierney, Greer Gar
son, Barbara Bates and Dorothy
Lamour are pretty handy rose
pruners and compost mixers.
Van johnson, Ginger Rogers
and Robert Wagner go in for
tennis. Cornell Wilde, Michael
Rennie, Jeanne Grain and
Linda Darnell like to while
away Sundays with water COL
ors and oil paints while Susan
Hayward. Anne Francis and
Thelma Ritter are camera en-
thusiaStS.
For every star who stays oc-
cupied on Sunday afternoons,
however, there are a dozen who
just sit, like you and you. and
wish Monday never would
come.
(Released b. NANA
Evening star., 1953-01-25
AtLeost That's How He Talks When
DisgruntIed About Money and Roles
By Sheiloh Grohom

suddenly. "I'm not interested
in making money. just inter-
ested in fishing" But aren't
you interested in good roles?"
I wanted to know. Obvious
ly not" he replied languidly.
Robert has been a star for
10 years-with eight and a
half years at RKO. In spite
of the brave talk, it's a cinch
he'll sign again with RKO-
but with more freedom to pick
his parts. The only three
films he'll admit to liking are
Rachel and the Stranger"
with Loretta Young, "Pur-
sued" psyche biological West
ern with Teresa Wright. "and
/ enjoyed the first picture ]
did with Jean Simmons
Beautiful, but Dangerous
AS of writing, Robert was
preparing to resist the next
picture announced for him
Second Chance" to be made
in Mexico. II read the script
three months ago and I didn't
like it. I feel a suspension
coming up-unless the script
has been rewritten"
After white Witch Doc
tor" his first loan-out in six
years Che did Red Pony" at
Republic in '48, which he
calls "a nice. but very slow.
Evening star., 1953-01-25
HOLLYWOOD.

44OAAAsA VVOOAs
The most disgruntled guy in
town about his career is Rob-
ert Mitchum. Every other week
comes a statement that he's
leaving Hollywood in disgust
over something or other. So.
knowing he is nearing the end
of his deal with RKO, I
lunched with Robert at Goth
Century-Fox, where he stars
on loan-out with Susan Hay
ward in white Witch Doctor"
And asked, Are you really
going to retire?"
II already have" replied Rob-
ert, in tones Of deepest gloom.
-"I don't make any effort any
more. I don't have any
money. SO why should I make
an effort?" Mitchum is paid
something between $5, 900 and
so, 900 asweek and ] didn't fol-
low him on the no-money part.
"It's a social crime for any
one to be paid a big salary"
said Bob, especially if the
salary is published for every
one to read. You're a target
for everything, phony business
managers. cranks, crooks. My
first business manager took
everything I had. He's now
out on parole. My seconds
okay, but he can afford to buy
ranches while I'll be paying
for my house in Vaudeville
Canyon for the next 20 years.
When you make a salary like
mine, all you got to do is pay
Evening star., 1953-01-25

some one to make sure you
don't wind up in Jail"
Robert is currently sore with
his RKO bosses. 1--WE tried
to get hold of people there for
the past two months, but
can't. There've been so many
good pictures I wanted to do
From Here to Eternity for
instance, but I couldn't find
any one to get an okay. But
when they want me for some
thing like Split Second they
yank me from New Orleans,
where I'd gone for some fish
ing. and put American Airlines
people on my tail at every
stop to Hollywood to make
sure ] don't get off. And
some guy has to drive my
Jaguar back and he burns out
the motor using inferior oil,
then ships it on a carrier un-
der another car, and it's
smashed to bits when it ar
rives and I have to spend
$4,000 on a new Jag"
"How about the $50.000
Howard Hughes loaned you
for the down payment on your
house?" I asked the peeved
boy. paid it all back with S
per cent interest" he replied.
so guess he isn't doing too
badly-"and BESIDES" he said
Evening star., 1953-01-25
On the Air

The high cost of television
may do for TV what common
sense never was able to do for
radio. It may separate the
advertisers completely from
their control of program con-
tent.
This message Of hope for the
future has just been waited
over the television world by
Sylvester L. Weaver, jr. It
is entirely possible that adver-
tisers and less far-sighted
broadcasters may watt it right
back. But the thought has
been brought out into the open
again by a leading broadcast
ing executive.
Mr.. Weaver, who is known
as Pat Weaver to those in the
trade Cat least to those with
field grade vice president rank
or higher), is MICS vice pres
ident in charge Of radio and
TV networks. He is a leader,
not a follower, in the tele-
vision field.
It was Mr.. Weaver who
fought for NBC-TV's "Satur-
day Night Revue" which
brought Sid Caesar, Imogene
Coca and "Your Show of
Shows" to the viewers. He
did so in the face Of opposi-
ton. Such a lavish affair
would be too costly to be prac-
tical, said the timid, and no.
body would stay home to watch
television on Saturday nights
anyhow.
To-day" is another Weaver
project, this in the face of a
great deal of ridiculing in the
broadcasting trade. Nobody,
said almost everybody, had
time or inclination to watch
television between z and 9
O'Clock in the morning. You
can't shave and watch tele-
vision at the same time and
very few people have Tv sets
beside the breakfast table.
That, was the tenor of some
of the arguments which did
not deter Mr.. Weaver.
Two Successes
"Your Show of Shows" as
everybody must know, remains
one Of television's finest enter
tainments. It has won numer-
GUS awards for Caesar. Miss
Coca and Producer-Director
Max Lehman and it regularly
ranks in the top 10 in the
audience ratings. Millions Of
people do stay home on Sat-
urday night to watch it.
The latest word from ITO
day." which recently celebrated
its first birthday, is a report
on an informal survey under
taken by NBC. A great many
people have changed their
morning habits to conform
with the NBC-TV program
schedule.
Many families have moved
the breakfast table into the
living room. More determined
viewers have gone to greater
lengths. One woman, accord
ing the the network. combs
her hair longer than she used
to, standing before the TV set
while doing so. At least one
man has cut a hole in tie
wall between his kitchen and
living room so he can watch
To-day"
None Of this has come as a
surprise to Mr.. Weaver. which
marks him clearly as a
prophet not to be regarded
lightly. Now he has taxi q an
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Bob Mitchunn Hates His Job; Likes to Fish

picture"), Robert plans a trip
to the Caribbean with wife
Dotty, but will leave the three
children at home-two boys
and a baby girl.
"And I'm going to have to
educate my wife and kids to
live on a reduced scale, for
when poppa gives it all up"
Meanwhile, Robert "roughs" it
in a hree-bedroom house-"I
was going to furnish the liv-
ing room with Grecian stuff,
but it was awful. so I threw
it out" And a swimming pool
But I hadn't been in the
pool for two years, till the boys
pushed me in last week." Plus
a luxury trailer on a truck,
that he insists he'll retire into
when it's all over. And two or
three autos.
You don't hear Of any scan
dals with Mitchum these days.
He saves his wildness for his
words - which were a little
stronger than what I have used
here-"Dotty doesn't like 'em
and the boys are old enough
to read, so =" said Robert,
without asking me to be care
full
Every one likes Bob-except.
perhaps, the boys in the pub
licity department, who shudder
at his uninhibited talk. I just
hope he does save enough from
his mammoth salary so he can
do the one thing he really does
love best in the world-and,
strangely enough, it is fishing.
(Released by NANA.)
Evening star., 1953-01-25
The Passing Show
Let's Not Abandon
This Winter Reve|
Academy Awards Give the Movies
Nno Of +oo kAoe+ nr~Yor1+;e Rnr;oIe
By jay cormody.

process Of "best" movie selec-
tionS.
It is true that a number of
evils have grown up around
the academy competition, but
as evils go these are of small
consequence if not exactly in
nocent. Political campaigns
are not the old Marquis of
Queensberry affairs they used
to be, either, but no one pro-
poses abolishing them.
These evils have to do most
ly with the development of
power blocs and conScienceless
publicity campaigns calculated
to intimidate or deceive the
industry employees who consti-
tute the academy's voters. The
larger studios are accused of
attempts to coerce their sizable
bodies of voters to vote the
company ticket. Wealthy stars
are charged with financing
high powered promotional
campaigns aimed at winning
an oscar" by any means.
The effects of these, how
ever, are probably over-rated.
BoIIot Is Secret
The fact is that the acad-
emy ballots are secret. If it is
in the human nature of an
employe of one studio, or a
block Of such, to vote against
the company, there is nothing
to incriminate the individual
short of a complete shutout
of the studios candidates. This
latter is most unlikely. The
only thing more unlikely is
that this thought should not
have occurred to the individual
voter when he marks his acad-
emy ballot.
Another accusation that has
intensified through the years
is that the academy selections
have ever more steadily con-
formed with those of critics
and others concerned with the
artistic values of movies, as
distinct from their mere popu-
larity. There is truth in this,
quite a lot of it.
Many, indeed, see it as one
of the most hopeful truths
which confront the industry.
This is because with television
offering its inescapable chal-
lenge in the lower register of
entertainment taste, the movie
companies had better start
thinking more artiStically than
ever before. That they are is
evident in the circumstance
that their awards and those Of
the Nations critics, the Sc
vereSt of whom are the movies
best friends, are to the same
pictures, players, directors, etc.
"A relationship so long tor
mented by disagreement should
not be destroyed-in the acad-
emy's destruction-on the very
threshold of what might be an
abiding harmony.
Evening star., 1953-01-25
It's That Costly Outfit
That illustrates Buckus
By james Bocon


out a bar which usually does
not cater to the Hollywood
crowd. The bartender was a
little startled and hesitated be-
fore he served them. Imme-
diately. .Backus pounded on
the bar and shouted so all
patrons could hear:
Whats the matter? Don't
you serve Servicemen in here?"
Backus claims he had his
most fun when he played the
role of Gen. Curtis Lemay, the
strategic air command head,
in "Above and Beyond.
He bears a remarkable re-
semblance to the general. Pal
Vic, at the time, was working
on the same lot for a director
who, Backus says, is "above
aSsociating with mere actors"
"He will hobnob only with
cardinals, successful presiden-
tial candidates and L. B.
Mayer" adds Backus. Jim.
dressed this time in the four
star uniform of Lemay, was
in Vic's dressing room when
the director spotted him.
BackuS Immediately was in
vited to a dinner party at
which he would be guest of
honor,
Evening star., 1953-01-25
HOLLYWOOD.


"What Do You Do .on Sun
day?" That's the provocative
title Of a rightfully popular
ditty and, come to think about
it, just what do you do on a
Sunday? And what do the
movie stars do on a day which,
after church and Sunday
school, usually is associated
with boredom? We asked some
of them how they put in their
Sabbath time.
From the almost unanimous
reply, it is to be interpreted
that they're in much the same
boat. And that boat is not
necessarily a yacht. The film
folks appear to fight Sunday
afternoon boredom in all the
ways that people do every
where.
Like the country boys who
sit and watch the trains go by.
Jimmy Stewart and Glenn Ford
confess that they often drive
past the Los Angeles Inter-
national Airport with their
families to watch the planes
take off and land. They eat
Sunday dinner in the airport
cafe.
While many stars indulge in
Evening star., 1953-01-25

Into the breach, everybody,
the Academy Awards are in
danger.
Four of the seven larger
studios have withdrawn their
financial and moral support
from the annual oscar" COM
petition. These apostates are
Warmers, RKO, Columbia and
Universal. This leaves MGM,
Paramount and goth Century
Fox to foot the bills and while
they no doubt can afford it,
the academy ceases to be an
industry institution and be-
comes instead a kind of ex-
elusive club.
AS such, it would never be
the same again, even should
1t manage to survive.
Worse still, life would not be
the same.
Spices Winters
Down through the years the
oscar" race in Hollywood has
become one of winters few re-
deeming features. From mid
December until mid-March. it
provides every one with some
thing to haggle about. It is
not by accident that this con-
test, which started as a press
agents gag, has come to dom
mate so large an area Of con-
versation. On the contrary, it
is one of the most artful of
designs that has led to this
effect.
Academy Award talk begins
yearly with conjecture as to
which pictures will be nomi-
mated. It intensifies with the
actual nominations Of five
candidates in such classif1ca-
tions as best picture, best
actor and actress, etc. It at
tains white heat just before
the annual awards dinner-a
Neronian affair-and coolS
down only when the last critic
of the winning selections
grows bored with another lost
cause.
While it lasts, Hollywood
enjoys degree Of attention,
internationally, that it could
not attract with six times six
Marilyn Monroes. And, if it
were not tactless to say so, it
is a more flattering form of
attention in that it relates to
a more meritorious aspect of
screen achievement. Yes?
No?
'Oscor' Is Tops
The vital fact about the
oscar" is that it is the years
most dramatic and exciting
movie award. Countless other
accolades are bestowed yearly
upon the screen for its
achievements by critic groups,
national organizations, maga-
zines, newspapers, parent-and-
teacher groups, etc. Many of
these carry weight, artistic and
otherwise.
None approaches the Acad-
emy Awards, without the
stimulus of which the others
might be too discouraged to
carry on.
The yearly Oscars" testify
to Hollywood's own conception
of It's best work. 1t gives all
the others something with
which to compare their own
judgmentS-and to vehement
ly argue that point when there
is disagreement. Without the
challenge Of this. there would
be little encouragement on the
part Of many to continue the