Variety (Oct 1936)

Wednesday, October 7, 1936 TIMES SQUARE VARIETY 61 News From the Dailies This department contains rewritten theatrical news items as pub- lished during the week in the daily papers of New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Hollywood and London, Variety takes no credit Jor these news items; each has been rewritten from a daily paper. East Anna Case, classical dancer, suing her husband to set aside a, separation settlement which she ^charges was obtained through fraud. In counter- suit, entered last week, hie charges she confessed infidelity with at least four men last year. Floyd B. Odium, of Atlas, has pur- chased Franklin Simon & Co. "His divorced wife is prez of •Bonwit, Teller &-Co., a short distance up the avenue. Track, builders Urging federal court .to operas pup racing at the Wyack track, so that it may recover outlay. State clamped .down opening day, but track continued operation, taking in $7,000 or $8,000 profit in 10 days of operation. New. faces in 'New Faces' will be those "Of the Duncan sisters." Bob' Edge, radio sports announcer, fined $20 at Toms River, N. J., for having a rifle in> his .car in a'deer wood.' His companion was soaked $100 on the charge of hunting deer out of season. . : N. Y.' had ' its first" snowstorm Wednesday (30), but it was. confined to'the top floors of the Ernpire State. Rain \ by the time it reached . the sidewalk. . Edward Johnson, of the Met, to be principal speaker at the Opera Guild meeting this (Wednesday,).afternoon. BIG N Y. SPORTS' New York's cavalcade of' sport topped by the world's series ball games and the Futurity last'week had its favorable reaction'on Broad- way, seeing excellent business in the theatres and night ■ spots. Along with the sporting toppers, the stage contributed its share during an un- usual , week by the premiere of •White Horse Inn* (Center). The Yankee slaughter had a peculiar reaction in the -ticket agencies and despite the ; announce- ment that the Stadium held a record crowd, there were plenty of empty seats because the specs were stuck. ( - Reports of the brokers charging 4 heavy • coin for ducats was exag- gerated. Single tickets went for from $8 to $10 each, with a few good locations bringing $15, while some sets of tickets for three games brought as high as $45.. But the agencies were selling almost at any price Saturday afternoon and eve- ning for the Sunday (4) game, prices being $6 and $7. Monday there were plenty of empty space, in the Sta- dium upper stand. Tickets were turned into agencies at a sacrifice and sold at b.o. rates. Out-of-towners seemed surprised that the regular box office price for the games was $5.50. They: figured it was $3.30. Sunday game also at the Stadium brought out another record crowd. The series did not affect the draw of the' $80,000 Futurity at Belmont race track. Big .delegation from Philadelphia .wa6 on hand principally because of . the interest in the winner, Pompoon, owned by Jerry Loucheim, who also owns the Warwick hotel over there.- ' When the outstanding two-year-old rdmped home to. win easily, Louc'heim's wife and daughter shed tears of joy. Afternoon papers were supplied ■with series pictures delivered in novel fashion. Acme service used pigeons to fly small ■ negatives downtown. Wide World (N. Y. Times), however, had a 'more com- prehensive service. A. garage near the Polo Grounds and a factory near ■ the Stadium were used as wire-photo plants. Short-wave loop was used for sending the pictures to out-of town papers. Wide World also sup- Plied other papers "in New York, using a truck in which the - films were developed and. ready" for use by the time the car'reached mid town. The McLarnin-Canzoneri fight was put over to Monday (5) .night. Base- ball fans were still in town but the demand for tickets was reported con siderably under expectations. This week has another major boxing event, the Hippodrome offering its first fight Card with Joe Louis matched with George Brescia, Fri day night (9). Lucrezia Bori guest of honor. Hotel Pierre. Receiving stable at Belmont Park burned last week, but none of the 800 horses stabled there were harmed.. Loss $12,000. Grover Whalen predicts N. Y. fair will gross $100,000,000, on a basis of 50,000,000 attendance. Expects profits to finance restoration of site to park use. Leopold Lever, WPA musician, given $50 for suggesting the concerts in Md. Sq. Garden last summer. First prize in a contest for ideas. Garden sponsored contest. Magistrate Rudich, of Brooklyn court, rules that four saxophone players in one room violates the city anti-noise ordinance. Suspended sentence on promise by players not to repeat. Lily Pons to appear in Korsakov's 'The Golden Rooster' at the Met this season. Part requires ability as a dancer, and she's been, taking lessons in Hollywood. .•''■' Alfred Fondler, 22, haled into court last week for pasting a black eye onto 'Margaret Schultz in a Bronx picture house. Fondler ex- plained she and her sister were talk- ing so much he was unable to enjoy the picture. Magistrate Curran per- suaded the girl to withdraw the charge. Seemed to approve Fpn- dler's action. James C. Rule obtained an injunc- tion Thursday restraining Paul L. and Stewart Berney from producing 'Mrs. Temple Is Willing,' done at Scarsboro strawhat last summer. Says it's practically his own 'A Will' to LOve.' Defense offers that he agreed to their action. Episcopal Guild held its first after- noon reception last Sunday in the Guild hall of the Church of the Transfiguration. Harmonica player took first prize in the Central Park music, contest Thursday. Second went to a 'tongue clicker,' who makes sounds by roll ing his tongue around. Ken Murray has taken the rights to 'Shlemiel,' Yiddish musical, and David Freedman may adapt it for Broadway. Ethel Smith Atwell, former chbrus girl and divorced wife of Roy At- well, to marry Cyril Tolley, golf pro, at Westport, Conn. Janet Olcott, adopted daughter of the late Irish comedian, - made the (Continued on page 62) Abe Lyman Suing McLarnin's Manager For $500,000 Libel Abe Lyman, orch Wader, filed suit in the N. Y. Supreme Court Friday (2) against Charles (Pop) Foster, manager of Jimmy McLarnin, light- weight fighter, alleging libel and de- manding $500,000 damages. Action Is an outcome of the McLarnin-Barney Ross fight of May, 1935. At the time of the battle there was considerable publicity concerning the dispute between Pop Foster and Lyr man, the former openingly alleging that Lyman did not play fair in the matter of bets-made on the outcome of the battle. The name of Jack Dempsey, who refereed the fight, was prominently mentioned and in the present action he is involved as 'a friend- of Lyman.' Lyman's complaint, filed by his at- torneys-Manuel--Maxwell, alleges, in part that Foster made certain der- rogatory remarks against him before the N. Y. Boxing Commission prior to the fight. Part of this statement, Lyman claims, follows: 'Abe Lyman had placed a bet of $10,000 on Ross to win. Dempsey, the referee, is Lyman's friend. All Broadway knew that Lyman was trying to get money down on Ross and in Dempsey's restaurant he bragged about his wager and his loyalty to Ross. Many other, night club characters had placed bets at big odds on .Ross, but these others, although they, too, are friends of Dempsey, made bets of which I had no certain knowledge. I did know of Lyman's, however, and so when Dempsey went into the ring and raised Ross's hand as the winner he made $10,000 for at least one of his pals.' The Boxing Commission took no action on Foster's squawk at the time.. Lyman now claims that Pop's remarks indicated that he had con- nived with Dempsey before the fight in order that he 'might win dishon- estly a wager.' He charges that Fos- ter's remarks damaged his reputa- tion and tended to lessen his popu- larity and earnings as an orchestra leader. Foster has 30 days in which to file an answer. M'LARNIN EVENS COUNT IN RETURN WITH CANZY By JACK PULASKI It may have been the end of the pugilistic road for Tony Canzoneri Monday (5) night at.Madison Square Garden, when he was decisively beaten by Jimmy McLarnin in 10 rounds. But the courage of the swarthy Brooklynite kept him try-^ ing and forced the respect of the one-time dynamite puncher from Vancouver. First six rounds furnished, excite- ment to the fairly good house. After that the contest tapered off. Fight was postponed from Friday (2) be- cause Canzy bad sustained a split lip while training. However, at that time the seat demand was light. Over the weekend interest perked up and fans in for the World Series helped the attendance. House was far from the capacity which the first match between them drew. Their contest last May was more thrilling, for Tony weathered a tough first round and came on to smack Jimmy all over the ring. Mickey went to his dressing room that night with the left side of his map swollen twice its normal size. But it was Canzoneri who exhibited the wounds of battle this time. Both eyes were cut and bleeding and his schnoz was a gory bulb. Canzy went to the canvas in the second run from a right, and the 8 to 5 odds on Baby Face jumped up- ward, the sports making fresh bets around ringside. For a price they would wager Tony would not. last the distance. But he arose after a short count and thereafter took Mc- Larnin's socks without seeming in danger of a kayo. Condition Counts Better condition probably counted as much in Jimmy's win as his punching power. It seemed quite evident that he cannot knock 'em flat as in former times. He won the fight with his left paw, mostly with jabs and sometimes connecting with portside hooks. Canzy didn't seem able to get away from the left ex- cept towards the end. of several rounds when he forced his way in and landed some corking .wallops. Twice Jimmy's legs wobbled, but at the end he was in the much better condition.. In ring circles Canzoneri is con- sidered a veteran and is also sup- posed to have all the cash he needs. Same goes for McLarnin, so why they continue in the game is puz- zling. Garden opens today (Wednesday) with the Rodeo, and the next boxing card is dated for Oct. 30, when Sixto Escobar will defend his bantam title against Baby Quintana. Football By DICK FISHELL Last Saturday was an unusual day insomuch as practically everything went as expected. The one upset, if it could be called' that, was on the Pacific Coast by St. Mary's, which trampled all over California as this column stated it would. Yale was much too smart for the Cornell sophomores and Michigan State at- tained their yearly ambition and downed'the Wolverines of Michigan. Here goes for the coming week end—with a prayer. Ohio State—Pittsburgh Outstanding game of the Country brings together two of the real powerhouses of the grid circles. The Buckeyes 60-0 triumph over N.Y.U. was a mere indication of the power they possess. - Their only loss last season was to Notre .Dame in a blood-curdling conflict that might have gone' either way. They've re- tained practically almost, all of their 1935 varsity and their reserves are three and lour deep. Jock Sutherland's Panthers are probably the' best' group of mole- skinners' ever had at his command. In their two games so far this sea- son, they've turned up unheard .of backs, who ran 60 and 70 yards against pretty fair opposition. Ohio State will be the favorite but this department favors Pittsburgh to turn the tables. Columbia—Army Columbia' has three promising sophomores which, added to their veteran material, makes up quite a combination. Sid Luckman, vice Al Barabas as kingpin, throws quite a pass and totes the apple with equal facility. The Cadets with Only four; vet- game of the year and from the way the green-shirted boys have been moving, Hunk Anderson's team will be set back on their heels. ' .Carnegie Tech-Mlehlgan State Michigan State proved its worth by bumping off Harry Kipke's Wolver- ines, but there Is always added in- centive for them to win that one. Tech showed surprising strength . against the Irish, but the Spartans will slide safely home. Harvard-Brown Hate to even talk about this' one, but football .without the Big Three doesn't seem to be football. Brown has nothing but II uniforms they send but on the field, and Harvard will win a. major game—if this can " be put in that classification—without working up afgood sweat. Dartmouth-Holy Cross Hanover Indians had a very. im- - v pressive record last fall, but. they •can't wear their newspaper clippings of last year on the field this week- end, and even if they could, the'Holy Cross players' haven't got time to read them—if they can read. Dart- mouth' might be a .slight favorite in •the- betting, but we favor the Cru- «aders. . • Syracuse-Baldwin Wallace There's a funny name and a good many probably never heard it. They happen to be the nation's high-scor- ing team of last year and the cham- pions of the Ohio conference. A vic- tory for them over the Orange would give them national recognition, but we're afraid theyTl still remain just the champions of Ohio. Vic Hansen has really got something! L. S. tf.-Georgla Georgia is still undefeated, while BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Don Chambers, son, last week in Hartford, Conn. Father is publicity director for M. & P. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schoehfeld (Variety), son, their first, Oct. 1, in N.Y. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lewis, son, in Chicago, Sept. 26. Father is as- sociate editor of Radio Guide. • Mr. and' Mrs. Pedro de Cordoba, girl, in Los Angeles, Oct. 2. Father is a picture actor. ".' Mr. and Mrs. William Bishop, son, Oct. 4, in Los Angeles. Father is 20th-Fox publicist. Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Belfrage, daughter, Oct. 4, in Los Angeles. Father is an English journalist now scripting in Hollywood. MARRIAGES Anita Geraty, vaudevillian and runner-up for this year's 'Miss Cam- den' title, to Rupert George, director of minstrel show over WIP, Sept. 30, in Philadelphia. Florence Barton to Charles Tan- nen in Ensenada, Mexico, Sept. 19. Tannen, picture actor, is son of Julius Tannen. Bride formerly worked in Metro's casting office. Yvonne Danziger to James Ranieri, in New York, Sept. 30. Groom is radio announcer with stations WFAB and WHOM, Jersey City. Lois Benson, staff comedienne on WBAL, to Charles Birmingham, non- pro, Oct, 2 in Baltimore.. Norman Pyle to Jule Anna Carney, Oct. 1, in Washington, D. C. Groom is Metro p. a. in territory from Phila. south to Georgia. Bride non-pro. Kenneth Roberts, announcer at WABC, New York, to Sylvia Lowe, secretary to James R. Ullman, legit producer, in New York, secretly, Sept. 12. Gloria Narath, original Minnie Mouse in Walt Disney cartoons, to J. R. Smith, first freckle face in 'Our Gang' comedies, Oct. 4, in Santa Monica. Probable Football Winners and Proper Odds October 10 By DICK FISHELL GAMES WINNER . . ODDS Ohio State-Pitt ........I'Ht .. '5/6 Columbia-Army -..Army ,i......... 7/5 Fordham-SMU 4 .Fordham „,,,„„,„„„„„. 8/5 Penn-Yale ..Yale ..«.,,,»..,,..... .Even Manhattan-North Carolina State..Manhattan 6/5 Carnegie Tech-Michigan State... Michigan State ............... 9/5 Dartmouth-Holy Cross Hply Cross <.....».........',.. 5/6 Harvard-Brown Harvard ,,, LSU-Georgia ..LSU ............ 8/5 Syracuse-Baldwin Wallace Syracuse . Michigan-Indiana. Indiana ... Minnesota-Nebraska .-. .Minnesota Tennessee-Auburn Auburn .. Oregon State-California ..California .»»..,,..., 9/5 «•*»•••».. .Even 8/5 ...... 8/5 7/5 Illinois-Southern California Southern California 9/5 (Predictions based on fair weather) Copyright, 1936, by Variety, Die. .• erans will be led by the 150-pound Monk Meyer, a small package of dynamite. Again this seems to be a case of the veterans of West Point who have had anywhere from two to three years of college football, before matriculating at the soldiers' school, vs. some untried gridders from Morningside ■ Heights. The Army artillery will wear down the Columbia , first line and their ma- chine-gun. marksmen; Meyer and Craig should go over the top on this one. Fordham—Southern Methodist V The Aerial Circus of the South- erners come into the big city with a much talked about offense that rated them the Rose Bowl appointment last New Year's Day, Fordham is .on their way. They've got every- thing necessary to make them one of the first three teams in. the na- tion. It's power, speed and finesse personified. The tipoff was their overwhelming victory over Franklin & Marshall, nobody's pushover,. The Ram should victoriously welcome the Mustang aerial circus with open arms and prove that they have many a clown in the troupe. Penn—Yale The Quakers have a veteran eleven and a steam-roller machine; if it ever gets moving. Only once in the past two years did they go to town and that was when they swamped Columbia last Fall. On the other hand, Old Eli has a well rounded squad—capable reserve— and Ducky Pond seems to have the situation well in hand. Yale will take to the air arid grab this game by a few points. Manhattan—North Carolina State This is Chick Meehan's first major Louisiana State U, has been tied- . This is the week-end Louisiana goes to town. They'll win in a decisive fashion. > Tennessee-Auburn Another battle below the Mason r Dixon Line with Tennessee under Major Neyland coming to the fore slowly, but surely. Auburn was! held even last week, but they'll down Tennessee by two touchdowns. Michigan-Indiana Bo. McMillan of All-Ameriean fame at Center College some years back has developed a topnotch crew of gridders at Indiana, while Harry Kipke has still only that kick, pass and prayer system, and most of his plays are of the last variety. It is an even-Steven game, with Indiana get- ting the shade. Minnesota-Nebraska Everything being equal, this game would be a toss-up, and would nor- ' mally pick Nebraska, but Minnesota ' has had two weeks' rest* their last game being against Washington, out on the Coast. With 14 days to re- cover from that trip, they'll continue their unbroken string of victories over the Cornhuskers. Oregon State-California The Bears were knocked off their perch by St. Mary's last week, but that won't keep them from going through the rest of their season un- defeated. They'll take Oregon State and stop fooling! Illinois-XT. S. C. Bob Zuppke's material at Illinois for the past five years has been be- low midwestern standard. Howard Jones and his Trojans can. play double-headers against the. Ill.-iypa . of team and win. It's the manpower per usual.