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Evening star., 1962-08-26
BY JAY CARMODY
Drama Critic of The Star

Drama Cr1uc OF The Star
Thornton Wilder has done
too much for the American
drama to merit reproof for
not having done more.
Nevertheless, the effect of
seeing a Wilder play, for the
Xth time, is to regret that
he has not been a more
prolific dramatist; say, half
as productive as Tennessee
Williams.
1t is an effect to be ex-
perienced again by as many
Washington area theatergoers
as will crowd into Olney
Theater during the next fort
night to see Wilder's THE
Matchmaker" :" This one is
less likely to become an
American drama classic than
either his Our Town." or
The Skin of Our Teeth"
1t remains, however. a work
of the same eXuberant spirit.
That it should rate as more
minor Wilder has less to do
with a difference in zest and
originality of treatment than
the fact that it is derivative.
The Fresh Touch
The idea, indeed, has been
used so often before that it
might well have been dis
missed as used up had not
Wilder decided to have a go
at it. With his touch" in
THE Matchmaker" it ranks
with the most hilarious ac-
counts of the war be-
tween the sexes, a battle re-
port that blends entertain
ment and enlightenment in
precisely the right proper
tions.
THE Matchmaker" repre-
sents an especially felicitous
choice as the closing play
of Olney's summer series
save for a two weeks re-
prise of Little Mary Sum
shine" which will follow,
starting September IL.
There are a number of
justifications for this judg-
ment. One is that it is a
superb achievement in calcu-
lated nonsense in a summer
disconcertingly filled with the
other kind. In other words,
it is Intentionally funny;
something made to be
laughed about.
1t is farce worthy to be
called art instead of that
which must dismayingly be
called life. AS such, it fits
into the Olney formula which
has been proving for nine
seasons now that quality
drama can produce quantity
audiences. On this theory,
built around such other play
wrights as Shaw, Fry,
Giraudoux, Greene, and
Ionesco, it has become not
merely one of the finest but
one Of the most popular and
profitable summer drama
centers in America.
Unhestitatingly, with this
season, Olney extended the
runs Of each of it's five pro-
ductions from two to three
weeks. Four of the five could
have played even longer.
Another beguilement of
THE Matchmaker" among
Olney plays is the further
proof it offers that univer-
sity drama training is a
matchleSs asset in play in
depreciation. From top to
Evening star., 1962-08-26
LOVE THAT CAREER
Judy Garland Gets Bored
With That rogic' Image

was a child and loves it. Last
year she spent the summer
season at Hyannis, Mass, as
an apprentice in summer
stock - painting scenery,
moving props. sweeping the
stage, working hard. She
seems to like the theater
more than movies.
Lorna, who's 8. is the singer
of the family. she has a ter
rifle voice. Joey-he's only 7
and you can't tell with boys.
He might turn out to be an
engineer. Right now he's only
just finished the first grade
Of school and he's just a nice
fellow.
Always Be Professional
But if they approach act
ing, I would want them to
be aware of the RESPONSE
bilities Of a career and the
little hurtful things that can
happen. They have to be
taught what true profession
alism is-good manners at
work, thinking of other peo-
pie. your co-workerS in a
production. There are people
who have been acting for
years and have never
achieved this. I may be many
things people disapprove of
but I have always tried to
be a true professional.
So if they are talented,
you teach them and encour-
age them and give them con-
fidence. If they are not tai
ented, get them into another
line quick. It's difficult
enough when one has talent.
When one hasn't, it's too
heartbreaking.
Evening star., 1962-08-26
THE PASSING SHOW
OIney at Peak
OF BestSeoson

bottom Of the company di-
rected in this production by
Leo Brady, there is a clear
and easy affinity between
performer and playwright.
Everybody knows exactly
what Mr.. Wilder is driving at.
Most Of all. and least sur
prisingly in view of a great
natural talent for cerebral
farce. is this true Of Frances
Sternhagen. Miss Stern
hagen, very busy the last
few years on and off-Broad-
way, returns a polished
farceuse in THE Match
maker" to the scene Of her
promising apprenticeship,
first at Catholic University,
subsequently at Arena Stage
and Olney.
Her role Is that Of Mrs.
Dolly Gallagher Levi. This
was created originally by
Ruth Gordon under the di-
rection of DR.. Tyrone
Guthrie, an awesome COM
bination. Yet, with all the
charm and wit anyone could
ask. Miss Sternhagen DEM
onstrateS that the original
star and director established
nothing resembling exclusiv-
ity to Wilder's zany match
maker, Mrs. Levi. Miss Stern
hagen simply has become
what everyone here expected
of her years ago and which
New York'S critics predicted
for her at first sight.
Walker Excellent
The solid veteran in the
Olney company is Sydney
Walker. He is the plays
Horace Vandergelder, the
Yonkers merchant for whom
Mrs. Levi makes the match
OF her choice, not his, in the
Wilder play. No actor could
be more assured than Mr..
Walker that Wilder wrote a
deliciously playable comic
character in Vandergelder as
Mrs. Lewis pigeon.
The company abounds in
others of the same convic-
ton. Among these is Juliet
Randall. an extraordinarily
pretty Milliner Irene Motley,
who is second only to Mrs.
Levi as an instrument of
destruction Of male egos in
the Wilder farce. Another is
Robert Mill as the dilapi-
dated rogue, Stack, whose
"aria," or lecture, on vice
and virtue delivered directly
to the audience catches the
real dazzle of Wilder's wit. A
talent for vice, Mill makes
clear, is a gift to be cher
ished and used with discre-
ton if its posessor is to be
worthy.
Too many others for men,
ton here contribute to The
Matchmaker" as the climax
Of Olney's richest summer
which began with Little
Mary Sunshine" and in
cluded Arms and the Man,
The Rhinoceros," and
Write Me A Murder" the
latter by Frederick Knott.
Such a summer has it been
truly, that it is unjust il
should leave a question
Nevertheless, it does, namely,
where will Olney again find
an equivalently attractive set
of plays?
1t does always seem to find
them, however.
Evening star., 1962-08-26
RunOr Parried

In addition to the 25 prof.
ectS that have announced
exact opening dates and
theaters. another 5 are aim
ing at premieres by Decem-
ber. There were 81 debuts last
season through Yuletide.
Such productive activity
parties frequent rumor that
the decline of Wall Street
stocks has sent Broadway's
angels scampering to cover
and made financing difficult.
The most popular topic of
the season is family life, with
10 productions centering on
lighthearted or sedate domes-
tic issues. Seven concern
career success. and another
quartet aim satiric shafts at
everything from politics to
the P. 7. A.
London supplies four ex-
hibitS, and two others are
new adaptions Of plays pre-
viously seen there and in
Paris. Nine offerings were
Evening star., 1962-08-26
SCREEN

AMBASSADOR-"GunS of Darkness; starts September S.
APEX-"Stowaway in the Sky; starts Thursday
CAPITOL-"Two Weeks in Another Town"
KE1THS-"The Scarfaced Mob; starts Wednesday.
MacARTHUR-"A Coming Out Party"
METROPOLTTAN-"Guns Of Darkness; starts Septem-
Der 5.
ONTARIO-"The Longest Day.; starts october II.
WARNER-"Spiral Road; starts August 49,
Evening star., 1962-08-26
SCREEN

SCREEN
AMBASSADOR-"Nfusic Man; happy home town musical
lis 3:55, $50 and 910 pm.
APEX-I Like Money" Peter Sellers also directing stars
in the third film version of Pagnos stage classic,
"Topaze"; l. PAS 4:30. Sis, and $50 pm.
CAPITOL-"Notorious Landlady"; Kim Novak, Fred AS
tare and Jack Lennon spool the suspense thrillers
1:15 $780, $780, 7:35 and GAS pm.
DUPONT-"Vridiana savage X-ray of the soul Of
Spain; l, 240. 4:25. 6:1O. and $50 pm.
KEITHS-Kid Galahad'; Elvs Presley swings this time
boxer; 1:20. $3.50. 5:35 7:45 and 9:55 pm
MacARTHUR-"Only Two Can Play; Peter Sellers at the
top of his comedy form; 2, 355, 6, 755 and 9:55 pm
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Nam; happy home town
musical; 10:45. 1:2O, 4, $50 and 9:15 pm
ONTARIO-"A Taste of Honey excellent film version Of
Shelagh Delaney play (she wrote the script; l. $40,
$685. 7:40 and 9:55 pm
PALACE-'Ffve Weeks in Balloon; comedy adventure
based the Jules Verne novel; 145 3:45, $40, TAO
and 9:35 pm.
PLAYHOUSE-"The Best of Enemies; David Niven and
Alberto Sordi in an imaginative, absorbing drama
1:15 3:15 Sis, 7:15 and 910 pm.
PLAZA-"I Spit Your Grave" its title measures its
taste 12O, 1926 5:35, TAO and $40 pm.
TOWN-"That Touch of Mink; another comedy-roman
romp; Cary Grant Gig Young Doris Day; 1905 305,
sos 7:05 and 9:05 pm
TRANS LUX-"The Interns; the height of medcareless
ness: l, 3:O5, 5:15 7:25 and $50 pm
UPTOWN-"West Side Story; Holywoods adds
an even more delightful luSer to Americas most
beguiling stage musical; 2 and $50 pm
WARNER-"E CID: Charlton Heston the Spanish hero
in mammoth movie spectacle; 2, Sis and 800 pm.
Evening star., 1962-08-26

Judy GorIond is one Of the most
frequently written -obout stors in
show business. Whot she herself
feels about life in the spotlight is
told in the following first person
story, written exclusively for the
Associoted Press.
Evening star., 1962-08-26
COMING ATTRACTIONS
STAGE
STAGE

NATIONAL-"Beyond the Fringe; starts September g.
OLNEY-"Lttle Mary Sunshine" starts September IL.
SHADY GROVE MUSIC FAIR-Peggy Cass in do Re Mi"
starts September 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-03
FAMOUS FABLES
By E. E. EDGAR

DELIVERY: Dashing war
correspondent Richard Hard
ing Davis always did things
in the grand manner, mar
rates John Wheeler in i've
Got News for You"
"He was sitting in a fash
ionable club in London one
day when he decided to send
an engagement ring to his
fiancee in Chicago. He rang
for a messenger boy, and
shortly one showed up in his
smart uniform.
Here said Davis, take
this package to Prairie ave-
nue. in Chicago, USA. Bring
me back the receipt
" Yes, SIR replied the boy,
without showing any sur
prise.
"He went by train to
Southampton, where he
caught a liner to the USA
In New York, he took a train
to Chicago, delivered the
ring and got a receipt. Then
he about-faced and headed
back for England, where he
reported to Davis that his
mission had been accom-
pliShed."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-03

Opening lead: Diamond king.
West opened the king OF dia-
monds, and Klausner won with
the ace. After a very brief
pause for thought Chose Vien-
neSe experts were fast think
ersD Klausner proceeded. -.
But why should Z spoil your
fun? See for yourself how you
would play the hand. You can
even steal a glance at the East
West cards.
Then 60 on with the story.
Sets Up Dummy
Klausner proceeded to set up
the dummy. He led a club to
the ace and ruffed q club with
the queen Of spades. Mind you,
not with a low spade.
Declarer next laid down the
ace Of spades. After all, the
jack might drop. But it didn't,
so Klausner continued with a
low spade!
West stepped up with the
jack of spades, glad to get this
trick. He returned a diamond
Gas good a defense as any,
forcing dummy to ruff.
Klausner returned a club
from dummy and ruffed with
the king of spades. Then he
led his other low spade to
dummy's ten, drawing Vests
last trump. The lead was in
dummy, and all the clubs were
good. Six spades bid and made.
Even the opponents applaud
ed. And the hand is still a
source of pleasure after twen-
ty-odd years.
Daily question
AS dealer, you hold:
A10983 % o6 @AQ76432
What do you say?
Answer: Pass. Don't consider
a Shutout bid when you have
strong support for a major
suit Especially spades. There
is such a thing as shutting
your partner out, too.
Copyright. 1862. Gen. Features corp)
Evening star., 1962-10-03
BY CARL SELL
Star Staff Writer

Coach Moss Collins OF Car
roll has a simple formula for
winning the c a n Ollie League
football championship: BEAT
st. Johns and you win the
league, no matter what the
Cadets record is::"
Collins just about hit the
nail on the head; the only
trouble is that beating St..
Johns is no easy chore. The
Cadets have either won the
title or have been in the thick
of the race for years.
But, while Collins makes such
"a positive statement. you could
hardly get the same lines out
of Morgan Wootten at De-
Matha. DeMatha beat st.
Johns, 7-6, in 1858, but the
Cadets still won the title. That
just goes to show you can't un-
derestimate anyone in the
Catholic League.
Collins has tried hard to soft
pedal Carroll's chances, but he
just isn't getting through to the
other coaches, especially after
three straight victories.
Carroll, not highly-regarded
before the season, now war
rents another look. For exam
pie, the Lions beat Phi lips,
which in turn knocked off
E astern, the defending city
champions.
One of the big reasons for
Carroll's early success is Chips
Myrtle, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound
halfback. Myrtle scored two
touchdowns and picked UP 1872
yards in the Lions 1877 victory
over Spingarn two weeks ago.
He has been CarrolPs top
ground gamer in every game.
Then there was that 40 VIC
tory over Fairmont Heights last
Friday. Collins perfers not to
talk about that one, explaining
1--WE just didn't do very many
things right"
The Lions got two Safeties
to beat Fairmont Heights, but
fumbled away several scoring
opportunities. They were penal
lied ITS yards, rs of it against
the defensive unit. Collins says
that's more yards penalized
against the defense than in the
two previous seasons.
Oddly, the Carroll boys al
ways have rated Farm o n t
Heights as the hardest hitting
team they play. That covers
quite a bit of ground, since the
Lions play in one of the tough
est leagues in the area and won
the city championship two
years ago.
4 i 4
George Bickers, Orange High
Schools freshman quarterback
who stands 6-2 and weighs 19l
had a tough time getting start
Evening star., 1962-10-03

a lot of help from my team
mates"
Don's five touchdoWns and
two extra points have him in
the running for the State scor-
ing championship. His 80
points aren't too far behind
leader John Sims of Maury
(Norfolk), who has 40. Don
leads the Northern Virginia
pointmakers. James Madison's
Bob Rupp is second to him
with %. : =
Friday night [Seemuller will
lead his teammates in action
against crosStown rival Ham
inond High School when the
two unbeaten teams clash at
8 at the CIV stadium. CIV is
looking for its first win ,in six
starts against Hammond in the
battle for the Bell of Su-
premacy."
Evening star., 1962-10-03
ACE OF NO. TEAM
Big, Fast SeemuIIer
Runs Over Opponents
BY EDDIE CRANE
Star staff Writer

Halfback Don Seemuller, a
So, 180-pound senior, is one
reason undefeated George
Washington High School is the
areas number one team.
Seemuller, a speed merchant
who runs the sprints and
hurdles on the Alexandria
schools track team. is playing
his third season of varsity foot
ball and easily qualities as
Coach Steve Osisek's finest
running back" in Osisek's three
years as head coach at CIV.
Powerfully built-his calves
are so large his game pants
have to be split to fit over
them-Seemuller runs over,
around and through his OPP
ponents, as can be attested to
by game statistics.
Don has carried the ball from
scrimmage 33 times in three
games and gained AIT yards for
a fantistic average of 1875. In
cluded are touchdown dashes
of "a and SO yards against
Osbourn, when he carried the
ball only seven times and
gained 238 yards, a school in
dividual record.
However, Don's SO yard
gallop isn't his longest touch
down dash. AS a sophomore
against Stuart High School he
raced out of his own end zone,
when the ball was put in play
on GW's goal line, for a 100
yard run, also a school mark.
Called Seabiscuit by his team
mates because of his long gal
lops, Seemuller is quick to give
credit to his blockers whenever
the subject of gaining yardage
is discussed. They block for
me, open the holes. all I have
to do is rum" he says. "I have
Evening star., 1962-10-03
WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS
Collins Figures Path to Title

but the Hornets continue to
play primarily a small-school
schedule. However, there's a
very good reason. The school
was moved up to AA after the
schedule was made out.
Coach Dick Beavers team is
unbeaten in four games this
season. Beaver has only 26
players but the size of them
is impressive. More important,
Surrattsville has six juniors on
the starting eleven gaining val
liable experience for the step
up in class next year.
Beaver gives Don Klein, his
line coach, the lions share of
the credit for Surrattsville's
success. Under Klein's teach
ing, boys like Bob Wyncoop,
Bob Fowler, Glen Leach. R. C,
Green and AL Taylor have de-
veloped into a tough interior
line. Fowler and Leach, the
tackles, weigh 220 and 100. re-
spectively.
The ends are Dave Kyzer and
Chuck Teubner. Fullback Dick
Walker, Halfbacks Tom mi e
Lindahl and Pete Bonesteel and
Quarterback Bill Lloyd have
carried the load in the back
field.
Il y =
Ruling of the week: Team A
tries to run over for the extra
point but fumbles on the thIee-
yard line. A member Of team 3
| forces the ball into the end
zone where a teammate recov-
ers, and either downs the ball
or runs it out. Ruling: In an
ordinary down, such as dead
ball in the end zone would be
a safety, hence the extra point
would count for team A In
either case.
Evening star., 1962-10-03

timism this year. The Cavaliers
are talking about their first
winning season since an 81
mark in 1852.
After an off week, Virginia
begins nine straight week ends
of football Saturday in Roanoke
against Virginia Tech in the
annual Harvest Festival game.
Tech has a 1-2 record, but the
players vowed to beat Virginia
after last weeks 40 loss to
West Virginia.
VPI has beaten Virginia eight
of the last nine times the two
clubs have met, squaring the
series, which began in 1895, at
81 victories each. There have
been four ties. SELL.
Evening star., 1962-10-03
Easy for Pistons

BENTON HARBOR, Mich,
Oct. 3 (AP).-The Detroit
Pistons of the National Bas-
ketball Association last night
defeated the Syracuse Nationals
143-137 in an exhibition game
here. Ray Scott, 6-foot-9 Pis-
ton, scored 80 points.
Evening star., 1962-10-03

ed this year, but once he did
it was Katie bar the door.
Bickers got in for one play
in each of Oranges first three
games and fumbled the ball
each time. However, Coach h
Paul Sizemore started him last
week against Ma olson and
Bickers had a field day.
The youngster compile t te d
eight of 13 passes for ITS yards
as Orange ran up a 1855 VIC
tory. Bickers' only previous ex-
perience was with the eighth
grade team last year.
Evening star., 1962-10-03
First Lambert Vote
Goes to Delaware

NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (AP).-
Delaware, which has scored 76
points in two games while
holding the opposition to 7
points, was the unanimous
choice today in the first voting
for the Lambert Cup, emblem
attic of Eastern small college
football supremacy.
Delaware, 27-0 victory. over
Lehigh and 49-7 winner over
Gettysburg, was followed by
Bucknell, Williams, Tufts, AM
herst, Hofstra, Susquehanna
and in a tie for eighth place
Middlebury, Temple and La
fayette.
Evening star., 1962-10-03

Sizemore now plans to use
Bickers as a linebacker on de-
fense to tougher him up. The
coach says the boys progress
has been ph I'M VI, and
points to the fact that he has
been playing organized baseball
for seven years as a big factor
for the fast development on the
football field.
4 i y
Surrattsville High School ac-
tually is a member of the
Prince Georges County Glass
AA football league this year,
Evening star., 1962-10-03
Bronc Guard Hurt

NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (AP).-
Ken Adamson, offensive guard
of the Denver Broncos, prob
ably will be lost for the rest
of the season as the result Of o
broken Jaw suffered in the
American Football League game
last Sunday with the New York
Titans.
Evening star., 1962-10-03
Advice to Go With EIios
Pays for Soph uckIe

"You can't go wrong If you
60 with Elias"
That bit of advice three years
ago by a high school coach put
Dick Myers on a winding road
that finally wound up in the
starting right tackle position
for the University of Virginia's
football team.
Myers. a promising sopho-
more, played his high school
ball at Wintersville, Ohio, only
25 miles from the home OF Bill
Elias, coach Of the Cavaliers,
in Martins Ferry.
Dick, who says he wasn't an
outstanding scholastic player,
had scholarship offers from
George Washington and Kent
State in the spring Of 1860.
Elias had just left Purdue,
where he was the backflelu
coach, to take the head job
at CIV.
Takes Honor Lightly
Myers coach advised him to
90 to CIV with Elias. Dick did,
but he didn't stay long. When
Elias moved to Charlottesville.
Myers wasn't far behind. He
sat out last year because of the
transfer rule.
The 6-foot, 230-pounder al
ready has been thrust into the
limelight. He was honored
before the season by the Satur-
day Evening Post as the "soph-
omore lineman of the year" in
the magazines annual foot
ball forecast.
But the 19-year-old Myers
refused to take the honor
seriously. 81 feel honored, but
I haven't done anything YET"
Gas his reaction.
Series Squared
Myers lived up to expecta-
tions in Virginia's 1877 opening
victory over William & Mary
two weeks ago. Coach Elias
singled him out, along with
Tackle Dave Graham. for
special praise. The team Of
Graham and Myers should pro-
vide Virginia with two Of the
finest taekles in the Atlantic
Coast Conference. Graham, a
24O-pound senior, was men
toned on preseason all-star
teams.
Myers and Graham are two
of the big reasons for Elias op-
Evening star., 1962-10-03
You Be the
Quarterback
QUESTION
BY JERRY BURNS
Head Coach, state University Of Iowa

QUESTION
Cornell, trying to stop the
Harvard running attack, Is
guessing" on defensive back
field rotation, rotating one play
to the right, then to the LETT.
You are the Harvard quarter
back. How should you counter
the Cornell maneuver:
1. Call same play twice In
succession?
2. Keep varying play call,
never repeating a play on next
down?
3. Go ahead with game plan,
ignoring rotation?
(Answer on Page DAD
Evening star., 1962-10-03
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Evening star., 1962-10-03
Jane Bostrorl
LeadsbyS Shot
In Payne Golf

Before anyone compares the
mems scores in the Middle
Atlantic Amateur at Congress
sional last week to the wom-
ems scores in the opening
round of the Payne Trophy
tournament at the same course
yesterday, let it be known there
is a difference.
The women are playing the
middle and back mines since
the regular front nine is closed
all week for seeding, sodding
and general maintenance work.
The combination of the
middle nine instead of the
regular front side and playing
from the women's tees has cut
the yardage from 1929 for the
Middle Atlantic to 5,848 for the
Payne.
Even so, the IA shot by 49,
year-old Jane Bostrom of
Prince Georges to take the 18-
hole lead in the 54-hole event
was a fine round of golf. Jane
leads Mrs. Thomas Konopa of
Argyle by one stroke with Mrs.
Maurice Click of Woodholme
the defending champion, and
Mary Alice Sawyer of Clifton
Park, a Baltimore public park
player, trailing at n.
Mrs. Richards Has 7S
Only one other woman, Mrs.
Claude Richards of the Country
Club of Maryland, was able to
break 80 on the par 36-34-70
course. Mrs. Richards shot 78.
Miss Bostrom, a sophomore
at Prince Georges Junior Col
lege who goes to school nights
so that she can play golf dur
ing the day, is looking for her
first major title. She came close
in the District Women's cham
pionship this spring. but lost to
Robbye King of Army Navy in
the final.
Mrs. Konopa also is after her
first major championship al
though she has been one of the
better women players in the
District for a number of years
Miss BoStrom shot mines OF
37-37 yesterday with a birdie
on the third, a 173-yard par
three where she Clipped in
from off the green. She saved
a par four at the 410-yard 14th
where she blasted from a trap
20 feet from the hole, then
made the putt.
Runs Into Trouble
James score could have been
a bit better, but she ran into
trouble on the 400-yard p a I
four fourth, taking four puts
and a double bogey six. She
had only three other bogies.
Mrs. Konopa had five bogies
n ~ ~ hiyItac