Movie Age (1927)

SEPTEMBER 17, 1927 PAGE 11 Mitchell Wins Movie Age 4th Annual Golf Tourney Winner Duplicates Feat of Last Year; Only 32 Players Qualify Monday for Match Play Flights New Orpheum to Open Here Early in October The new Orpheum Theatre in Omaha which will seat 3,000 persons will be the “very last word” in vaudeville houses according to a statement just issued by W. A. Hartung, manager of the house. Just now, with scaffoldings and 200 workmen scattered through the build¬ ing it does not look so impressive, nor does it seem that the house will be ready for opening early in October, but plasterers and marble workers plan on being done by the 15th of this month and then the laying of the carpets and placing of the seats and other final fur¬ nishings will begin. “We expect to open the house during the first half of October,” said mana¬ ger Hartung. “When we do we will show our patrons one of the most beau¬ tiful and best appointed, though of course not the largest, Orpheum thea¬ tre in the country.” Sun Theatre at York Is Destroyed by Fire The Sun Theatre at York, Nebr., was ruined by fire when a blaze that started near the operators room spread through the theatre and completely destroyed the entire house. The walls that did not fall were pulled down to prevent a danger¬ ous collapse. Mr. Blane Cook, owner of the theatre, was in North Platte when the fire occurred. The house had re¬ cently been redecorated. To add to Mr. Cook’s troubles his secretary was forced to leave suddenly when his mother and father were killed in an auto crash. Sutphen Remodels Brandeis Theatre at Lincoln Joy Sutphen, formerly manager of the Brandeis Theatre in Omaha, has re¬ modeled the old Auditorium at Lincoln, Nebr., and re-opened the house. The work was completed in 14 days by working day and night in three shifts. The new theatre is called the Play House. Bayard, Neb. — Ralph Rogers is open¬ ing his building which was formerly the Ideal Theatre in this city, and has re¬ named it the Palm Theatre. FOR SALE THEATRE in a town of 1,200 popu¬ lation. Seating 285, fully equipped with two machines and about everything for town of this size. If interested inquire of A. L. Hepp, Greeley, Nebr. P2t Only thirty-two golfers qualified for the fourth annual Movie Age tourna¬ ment held in Omaha last Monday and Tuesday, but the class of players were above those of former years, and the matches were harder fought and more even. The following players qualified Mon¬ day morning and were placed in flights for match play later in the day. Lew W. Heal, Superior, Nebr.; Ralph Kissin¬ ger, Omaha; N. Shere|n, Omaha; O. Persons, Minden, Nebr.; L. V. McLucas, Omaha; M. Frankel, Des Moines, la.; G. F. Nye, Omaha; Henry Hower, Omaha; Joe Bredin, Omaha; Earl Kirk, Omaha; M. Cohen, Omaha; Wm. Bowker, Onawa, la.; E. F. Johnson, Audubon, la.; C. E. Williams, Omaha; H. Mitchell, Omaha; B. H. Fletcher, Omaha; Sher¬ man Fitch, Omaha; Mayer Monsky, Omaha; Brooks Tillsworth, Omaha; Robt. Mitchell, Omaha; W. E. Barker, Omaha; Ike Rubin, Omaha; Ted Men<«nhall, Omaha; Harry Tardy, Omaha; Phil Monsky, Omaha; Frank Sanders, Omaha; B. Greenblatt, Omaha; Carl Nedley, Omaha; H. J. Chapman, Omaha; Fred Hershorn, Omaha, Frank Hensler, Omaha and H. P. Wolf berg, St. Louis, Mo. Only nine holes were played for the qualifying round and a score of 47 or less placed players in the first flight, and the matches were for 18 holes in this flight. The other flights were for only nine holes, which proved to be enough for the majority, both because of the heat and many were not used to playing. Robert Mitchell of the Paramount of¬ fice was medalist last year and won the Hotel Loyal Cup. He duplicated his feat by being medalist again this year, thereby winning the cup twice in suc¬ cession and it is now his property. “Bobby” not only was medalist again, but won the Omaha championship match again this year by playing par golf. Brooks Tillsworth went into the fin¬ als to meet Mitchell after winning from B. H. Fletcher. Brooks deserves a lot of credit, because he has only been play¬ ing golf a little over a year, and has shown all the boys that he has ability. In fact if he improves as much during the next year, there may be a new champion in Omaha. Following is a list of the results and winners together with the prizes in the four flights: First — Movie Age Championship Flight WINNER — Robert Mitchell, 6 and 5; prize, Movie Age Trophy and Wrist watch. RUNNER-UP — Brooks Tillsworth, prize, Renown-Tiffany trophy. Second — Blizzard Fan Flight WINNER — Ralph Kissinger, 3 and 2; prize, golf bag. RUNNER-UP — Earl Kirk, prize, golf¬ er’s smoking set. Third — Pathe-DeMille Flight WINNER — M. Frankie, 4 and 2; prize, picnic basket. RUNNER-UP — Wm. Bowker, prize, golf shoes. Fourth — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Flight WINNER — Fred Hershorn, 1 up, prize, leather golf bag. RUNNER-UP — Chas. E. Williams, Schick safety razor. Booby prize was won by Frank Sand¬ ers of Universal who shot the first nine holes in 84 and carried off a golfer’s ice tea set. There was a blind bogey prize of a mashie which was won by Ike Rubin and a blind hole prize of a pair of golf knickers donated by Brody-Lewis Mfg. Co., which was won by Sherman Fitch. Elsewhere in this issue will be found the results of the entire match play. Bowling League Organized ; Teams Are Announced The members of the bowling league held a meeting Saturday to complete the plans. The teams have been organized in the following manner: Paramount — Barker, captain, Fisher, Graham, Melcher, Mitchell and Howell. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer — Friedel, cap¬ tain, Trent, Hensler, Fangman and Houghton. Pathe — Danke, captain, Branson, Bierman and Tilsworth. First National-United Artists — Me Lucas, captain, Mendelson, Bienstein, Krestul and Abrose. F B OWarner Bros. — McCool, capt¬ ain, Williams, Doherty, Okum and Comer. Universal-Educational — Nedley, cap¬ tain, Funk, Morrison, Von Dolpen and Diamond.