Variety (Jun 1938)

OUtDOORS-$PORTS VARIETY fi Ringling May Continue iGonlipiied from page 1) wac not vnlil Satiirday night at 9:25 o-clock ihot the agreement whejelfy employees be. paid from T^edne^doA ^"'"^ strike,-until Srd y sie"eO by North, and Whitehead, Ariangements then werp <n move th^e show otit at.once.to sUrt or Florida; but heavy rai^ns Satur- rtav night and Sunday held up the dart Downpour continued Monday ut worljers got down, the big ."nt' began to load the trains. Ciiciis moved out this morning in ' sections, first leaving here at trouble was nnrrdwly averted I Washington and again in Newark j' Ovei- tiie ' dues rObtcni. VARirry! then' reported young North as. plan-'. ning to close the show it the. AFA j interference Was not stopped, At! the time North made no comment ( but last week North and his brother I Henry .( liddy) said: 'We are fight- ing as best we cah to stay, alive.' >Unipn '.tiouble dales from last sea- son when the Ringling outfit was 'or- ganized* by AFA, Samuel, W..Gum- pertz was then, managing.-director and the Ringling family feared the loss of. the property when he signeid and the third at 5:30 aim; » ^ernri agreement ^tiling wage , nhpnfferi nt WiKsh. s.calcs for the razorbacks, Which r e^t^St^schea; number 600 indocirs -.1 900. under '^""^ •- - canvas. North, borrowed $1.0,00,000 ill proceed to Florence; Si Ci for second stop, and then continue to Sarasota. Actual loading and mov^ irie of equipiirtenl and wagons ran into a snag last night, when White-, head demanded two additional days' pay for the skeleton crew which cai-ed for the animals during the strike. 'Disgusted' with Whitehead Expressing himself as 'completely • usted' with the tactics of White- and his u ion ides, North sai • 'We don't owe the linoney, but we ll pay it. There's stiir $5,000 in the paymasters wagon. Take all or any part of it, but gel the circus out of town at once. How long mUst this persecution continue?' Scrantoh and the siirrou ing com so thai the family could regain con- trol of the. show, banks takiiig over tiiortgages of $800i000 then held by a corporate affiliate of Prudenpfe Bonds, of >vhich Gumpertz was heav- ily involved. From the first North was jammed up With the Uiuon,.ciai' ing the.scale of $60 per- month arid keep applied only under canvas; There was a- compromise for $45 until the show hit the lot. North insisted that^ the show could not operate at the .$60 rate, . which doubled the old pay. Business was spotty as with" other circuses,, and the bad .weather through^ spring affected attendance. It was then that North declared it Imperative that the operating ex- penses be chopped and he asked for Music Cbp» Stands Cedar Rapids,:la., une 28. Fred Websler, chief ,of biU- ■posters ' ith the Growley United Shows, believes in Ih old saying that 'music soothes' tfie. savage breast.' When a farrrier declines, to. let Crowley's gang sniear his barns wilh circus posters the boss baprierman turns on an ai calliope and plays a few w.k. irs.. It usually work.s. -If the rns offer especially good cov- erage the troupe lhro\vs in a' few extra tunes. Louis-Sclimeling Briefie Packed Plenty of Wallop for Fight Fans munily js pretty wfeli soured on the . a bne-fpufth cut from- top to t- whole, business.- When- the show ar^ torn." From several stands it was rived .last Wednesday, call went out reported the reduction was. accepted, foi a meeting of all employees and That went for the rfprmers hut performers, iii the baseball park ad- not. the workmen, ith the blowoff joining the. show lot at 5:30 o'clock corning in S.crantbn. in the aflernoksn; Frank Braden, press agent, gave assurance to the Local AutborUlei' Squawk When performances ceased in the liew-spapers that agr^ment had been coal-mining town, other troubles reached that, despite, outcomie of meeting, night performance would go oh. Result was thai 6,000 had taken seals in the tent for 8 p, m. .show, orily to have; .annouhcenrient made at 8:35 thiit performance was oir. Much disorder over. refunding pf rioney followed. And it was sev- eiai days—with city officials taking hand in the situation—before re- funds were completed. Result is that circuses coming here In future .will have to post bond to cbyer such con aro^e during attempts to compro mise. Authorities . ordered the show, to get put of tow because of sanitai°y reasons. alter of looid- ing the show^ was" complicated by iieavy ^a^ns^ with the claim, that.wet canvas if tightly paclced', ight catch .fire through spontaneous combu.stioni The pay Of a skeleton crew to mOve the 'outfit: started a fresh series of arguments, ith Whitehead demanding- $1,300 for the men befoire they loaded and North linsencies as w.ell as 'cleanup ex. saying it had been agreed' they be pen.ses' which w'ould fall to city. Tragedy marked the stay of the (how here. Arthur Young and Rpb- ert Raine, staff photographers Of the Scrantphian Tribune, local daily, taking aeHal pictures lor their own paper and for Life ,mag, lost their lives Friday afternoon when their plane, with Young at cohtt'ols, plunged to the'ground a fevv yai-ds away from the big tent, Raine was instantly killed, and Young died an hour ,]ater. RouKhnerkR to^ Blamc Lo.^s of the big lop which had played but one-third of its six months' toiir has not been estimated but it is known that most of the paid after the job was done, That was' onday t27), five days after the closing. .Monday saw. the lot a quagmire and the tent still up. On one side the perforrners angrily denounced Whitehead ;and demanded the right to keep on working regardless of reduced, y." Uiiion Head told the performers it. was the Ririglings who . id 'this to you.' They re- torted: 'You're a. liar, you did it.' •They. rushed across the lot to tell oil Whitehead who was instructing the roustabouts . as to loading the sho>y. They might have been a general fight but the perfocmer.s were outnumbered and the cop.<; stepped in. Whitehead had told North he was merely protecting his property, with the showman re- plying, 'Your 'protection' cost iis performers, including the feature aels, are broke. Stated that 90r of J^^j'^'q "the pas"l"Tflvc"davs7" The the acrobats and riders .voted to ac^ I (:o,,ces.«jon end of the show was cepl a 25% wage cut which the man- I giso incensed. Sellers of peanuts, ^•ajiement declared was necessary if ppp^ and souvenirs are al.so in AFA the shpw continued. but their idea of the uiiion is: 'All Refusal came from the razorback.s, it has done lo us is to cost us our roustabouts and animal men who constitute the majority of the Ring- ling employees, and who caused the riiclion in Madison Square Garden. N. Y., when the show , opened. At that time the roughnecks went oit I strike at the insUnce of Ralph „,„ „ J J]''"***>*ad,. executive .sccretiary of, broken its ai bilration a.greement |^ !|}* American Federation of Actors. | when the men walked oiit in New Why a union designed for actors | York and now ^ay. that the union SUES RINGLING ESTATE FOR $2,829,000 TAXES 'Tainpa, June 2B! A total of $2,829,000 in income tax liens now rest agai t estate of late John Ringling. Collector of Internail Revenue J. Edwi Larsen Thursday (23 ) gave-notice in-Federal District court' hiere 'of levies and penalties toteliing $243,417 for 1936; ,Lien. for $2,f77,S42 was in Nbvembei-, '193'7, and 'another for $141,247 in VJanuary. 1938. A. lien for' $166,308 was fil in August, 1933, against John Ringling 'Estates, Inc., real estate development- at Sarasota. Mix Biz Picks Up After Poor Start inesville. O., June 28. Tom Mix Circus, after a most, dis- couraging; start this spring in the soCithwesV,' is agiiin clicking and is' operating at a profit. -Dale 'furriey, general manager said here. Tonri Mix, put of the show- several , days because of; illness has rejoined .and is doing his regular, routine twice; daily and again feeling fit, he said. .. -Mix show will continue westward, playing some, Indiana territory, a couple of weeks ih the Chicago area then will head into Wisconsi , irgin territory for the show, where it will remain until early in August. Plans call for the show eventually to reach the .west coaist where it will winter. Circus Famine Hartford, June 28. .. . For the firM .time in the hi-stor.v of anyone's memory here. , Hartford is pas.sing.its first year without a circlis. Early folding of Ringling Brothers, Barnuin & Bail . cirCus, which was slated to play here today .(Tuesday); has left tovivn open only 'to. carnival engagements. Nothing else booked. jobs' and the head steward re- marked.that so fiir as (he sentiment Circus Cop Stricken BiifTaio, June 24. , Fred J.'Y uck) Healy, head of the Burns Detective Agency, suffered a stroke at Syracu.se. ..Monday (20) while traveling with the Rihgling- Bai-num circus. Healy. forrrierly ^ circus man, and brother of Ed Healy (and CrosF), had been in charge of the police detail of the <;how since it played in Buffalo the preceding week. saVed the fair Cambridge, N. Y., June 28. Cam'oridge fair, which seemed de."- of the circus crowd went 'it is iin- fined to go the way of o,lher old possible for a fair vote under the! northern New York expositions dis- Whitehead svstcm.' banding in recent years, has been Norths Attitude ! .«aved. Ha'^y K. Griffin, proprietor Nonh stated that AFA had l°"Vholel purcha.>ied the fair property for $6,526 at a public auc- tion. Gri iircha.'-ing the property, should include the unskilled labor ha.s entirely breached the terms staled definitely the exposition would has not _becn explained, other than. I a^ieemcrt. 'This contract wilh the I be held this year. • juri.sdictional grab, but the idea ' America Federation of Actors i.«! 1 has worked out unsuccessfully as someliiing I inherited when Ij HEADED FOR WILL HOGERS ^thown by the probable folding of ."=hoved Oumpertz out of the picture j , ' Rochester. June 23. a the •greatest show on earth,' throw-| last December.' North staled. . We | ^j^., OUavjo Caneslrclli, aei iiiMst ! more than 1.200 people out of, lake the po.«:ilion that the circus) pj^ U gro.c. left .show in hen the workmen walked at the menl with the AFA. '■"•ou'd-neyer. seriously ill in ' General Hos ilal. Gsrdcn. the show went on with the 1 ha^ e Signed such^ a. contractjn the, ^^..^^^ ti,berculo.i.,«. ■"'s mother; who ha."; four other '"ey would iiaye followedi prders, Sfi-obats manning the rigging and ! """^l P'f=«- Next year it ^-''1 bcl ""' P'-ivale volunteers aiding .as prop-. I ^'"e'-e;''.-'"'"--^''' Showmen added ; er J. men. The performed were not-"^"' ^^.^''^ np quarrel w.lh unions • cfi'Ul wiled.out for the simple reason' that eenerally. saying there «he.v would have followed order.s; ^^'".'".'^^ ff-vrng they were under Contract i F«:d«'"l'<>" and declaring, that workmen ?n the . '"•'^"O' amicaW4-relation!!, with three otherj moved to. the Will Rogers Memorial of I-abor! l lospilal at SrTrariJC Lake, mu.^ici.nnsl and electricians, and the "Theatrical' Manaaci'."!. Aacnts and Treasurers, i Mr,<:. Charle.s inplins visited Ihr I joiiini In ph\nd that ll-.c show go on; •ame .union vviis objeetionnblt. Mal- «i of dues Was the union's concern, , "le performers rcfu.sing to pay mann„»,'^ *'f'"a",^i"f! .that the circus ' biji' M-nu-.h chcn-cd. the AKA poo- Jn?r p thecollecti iple .s i-l tho vrictioh ,.f the pro-' the 1 ( I ""^ "° '"'O'-th, nephew ofi posed (iit war volcd doui, 'by ao- Dr»'"i '"Slin.fJ, who becltmc ! pijininlior..'. Vu\o\\ people wid ci,ii , ^' wXfxX, refu.sed to there wk.« no .>:tr.ike i:n<l tlial the f.r,/'^ became a sec- ciiort n( li.e nint'liuj;.^ Wi.s b Uii. - wflaiy ijMit in th isputc and .;out. CIRCUS ROUTES Week of July 4 iii:nes-SieUs-Fle(o -.Ml,III., ; ...Willi^ii-ri, .M..i,i.. '.; , t.;..liiin, T i«i» II. -'J. r«is. 1. By JACK rCLASKf, Many people.. from far distances came to New York to see tiie Joe Loui.s-Max Schrneling fight arid when the A?"*r'can Negro: champ kuyoed the CJerman in the first round, plenlly of visi rs tried to figure out wliethcr the trip wais worth while. Upon re- .Qection, however, they probably realize that they witnessed the most .sensational bout; for the heavy weight title ever staged, ith the'exception i of the bempsey- irpo melee.. The. two nriihutes and four seconds of pugilistic drama was; pslcked with so many events; that fans did not believe what ;went on before their eyes. Radio report wa.s distinctly; oiit of line as a running account of the figiif, sd./the newspapers were depended upon, for accurate details. Sports riters mostly pickisd the Brown Bomber from Detroit to smack the- contender around, re-, gardless of how they went out on the limb in predicting the same result for first encounter between the two men when no championship was; at stake.. .Inexcusably it seemed, over '.the radi , the befuddled announcer .said that tojc the 'first time, a. challenger retained the title.' There was some basis to the.ei-roneous reports pn the day after when ax was .in the. hos- pital and it wjis runriored he was dying, but for- a sports expert not to report what gOe;; On. is nothing .that radio can be proiid of. Schmeli went oiit about the same way as he Was'stopped by ax Ba'er. Groggy he went to the ropes and'peered glassy-eyed at the crowd. That's, when he got the complained about, kidney punch-^a right sock. But referee Arthur, Donovan didn't stop,'it then,. He pulled ,Lou is away, yanked the ,Germah froln the-ropes and waved , the mien on. Der Mox feebly stabbed;, with a left that Major Doyle'Could have knocked down; ,Louls crossed alright and Schrneling hit the canvas for the third time. Jiist then a towel was thrown into the ring firom his corner, adniitting defeat. Donovan t0.s.sed it back, topic one peek: at the fallen fighter, otretched out his arms pal s down, and it was'over. Immedi ly Joe Jacobs, his sup- posed manager, jumped through the rropes from a neutral cprner. (he .was not permitted to .act as a second) and walked to Schmeling's corner. Soine people near the, ring were so excited they had to see the films tO; find that out. iFar different, how- ever, was Jacobs this tinne , than when he yelled tp ax tp slay down in the Jack Sharitey fight, the night he, won the title sitting pn his panties. It can be said that Schrneling got the most decisive trimming Pf alf the guys knpcked fiat by the most devastating socker the ring has .seen. Joe went but to get even for- the kayo he got from Max tsvp years agp. At that time Loui.s was hit on the chin after he relaxed when the fourth round bell rang. His knees buckled and the colored, boy never recovered from that .sock. It was be- lieved at the time that Louis .uns stalling (or the pictures. Those ideals !are a rhalter of record but never concccjed.by Louis. Tiihncy'8 Theory j Gene Tuhney in an article in the ■ Connecticut Nutmeg two weeks, ago 'wrote that it. takes a fiiihtcr' one | year to get down tO form, after being married. • The reversal disjilayed by I Joe proved that Tunney was right. For their first encounter the liai ' camp at Asbuiy Park was" a si show ahd'LiOui.s' pretty bVide was'] ijlehty' in evidence. Tunney's idea was earlier indicated to be right when Barney ftoss Was battered by Armstrong.' Belting bdd.s- were diyergenl wilh ] the man <in the street wagering i j bigger vai iance.s than the bookies I would concede. Actually the kiiock-; • out-price on Loiiis sva.s seven to: ! five—the bettor havipK to lay Ihe'l 'odd.-;. Wi.se money mugs went over- board on the German, without; ex- planation. Advice from sports writers that the boy from' Dclrdili would win quickly was dj.sregardcd I so much that even the-books made it 1(1- to one (hilt he wouldn't luiii the Irii- in the lli'.>:l rnimd. Thu Knlc. .':ppi-p.s;ii.;.'tctl .$1,000,000 ii.s pretlictrd biit the 'fi^lit w'i;'; iinl a tell-ouL, Ticket aiiciici prehensive over getting rid of tickets which they paid heavy sugar for. Reported that Mike Jacobs took back all unsold ducats for five. biicks :un-' dcr' the price originally paid. Some Of the returns .were sold at box of- fices, at the Stadium and the balance: Went into the deadwbod. Sportsmanship Louis drew a fair ban 'hen in- troduced but Schmeling was, giv6n. a rousing plaudit. 'Very little hoping wis heard and Max smiled, for .H'was an exhibition crowd .sportshian-. stii unequalled, especially in times when, the tactics of the Reich have ardused resentment all oyer the world.'. After, the one round finale, it. tooit several minute.s (or Schrneling to come to.' When the gloves Were cut from his hands, he walked over and patted LOuis on the'cheek, but . .again the radio was at fault;, the an- nouncer gabbing -about something instead of asking the Germaii to spealc into the mike. He was not more than.six feet "away. lOyer the air Clem ;Mc-Carthy wias lieard plead-; ing for Schnieiing to speak into the mike!) The referee^ iadm'onished the fight'-' ers and their handlers that 'sonfie- thinig drastic' -would, happen if einy- bne but the fighters climbed. through the ropes except during- rest periods. Few people understood the intent but it was a warhing to Joe Jacobs hot to piiU anything that niight dis- qualify his man: ' It would, seem therefore, that Schrneling' got what- ever breaks there 'wiere. from the referee who could have stopped the match. M:.x Baer will fight the Bomber In Septenriber for another, shot, at t title: and whilie'he :can, hit as hard as Louis his fighting heart is questioned, Joe, bh the other side, is uhpirer dictablie In some respects. Sometimes he wants to fight; and .sometimes, he doesn't, as witness- his showhigs agaiii.st Bob Pasfor and Tonimy Farr. It just seems; that Loiiis has to be mad to really-show his-stuff, and from what he said! after - the Sciimelihg defeat, he will never for- give Mox foir that after the bell sock two summers back. Philadelphia, June 28. Something unusual happened the night of the Louis-Schmeling " fight- in this town. Although the gate was hot greatly affected there was a mild boycott in force that seeiningly militated against a capacity 'at- tendance. Half a hundred Of such fight fans went to Lew Tendle^'s cafe to listen to the radio account of the encounter. :Wh?h it was. over the listeners wei-e delirious and started buying drinks for the whole hou.se. In fact people from the street were haiied and invited to partake with the celebrants. Within one hour Tend- ler's bar cash register rang up around $I,0O0. ' SELLING FAIR SPACE Illirh PrcKsurc Space Salesmen In- vade Idwciil for N.Y. Fair Chicago, June 28.-' Sales emis.s.-iries from the New York \yprld"s Fair have: reached the iiiidwe.sl and are now starting to be especially active in Chicago and Illinois. Pre.ssure boys. are. well- armed 'ith charts, graphs folip.s. Are selling strictly exhi it space in the indu.strial and' hnanufacturi . uildinss. Are making no arhusc- ment pr other conces.<'ion deals, .since these are concluded only the. New York home .offices. Part-Time Parks Canton, O., June 21. operation of ip amusement park.s i.< i pro.--peol ,-itler the July 4 hnilfli., operators have indicated. Poor hiisi- ness has been experienced by many of'the parks since the opening fate in.May, ith nothing doiiiK il inu'ih- oul the week aiid vciy I..!!!*!. llie week-ends, any of Ihe piir drsmi.s.s-ccl woiki -s urM hi'.S 'beCii'reilii'.cd; l<i ;< niininDr; ill! effort In kcf-p HdiM:'. l-'t'w arc -'li,i;iriK D c'riancc <i'. iilii'Ji'cti'iii^. c'lnfiMiiK; J'(CvJ aiui (ii.\tjjcl coin