Variety (June 1913)

VARIETY 19 SPORTS Ned Wayburn has arranged for a baseball game today (Friday) at Lenox Oval (Lenox avenue and 145th street) between the New York Female Giants and the Star Actors. Ida Schnall, the all around athletic girl, is captain of the tkirt nine; Mr. Wayburn is manager of the Star Actors, who are listed in the billiiig as Harry Fox, Oscar Radin, Harold Atteridge, Charles King, Harry Fisher, Charles De Haven, Harry Gil- foil, Fred Nice, Jean Schwartz, Mike Heflferman, George W. Monroe is set down to umpire. Game starts at 3.30. Several members of the chorus for the new Winter Garden production which Mr. Wayburn is now rehearsing are mentioned as patronesses of the great event. That should ensure some little coin at the ticket window, for many of the patronesses are quite popular with automobile owners. (Mr. Wayburn is going to loan Mr. Monroe his whistle, for this occasion only.) The Outcasts Baseball Club of Beech- hurst, L. L, wants to play the Varietjri Sunday next at three in the afternoon. M. S. Epstin is captain of the Out- casts, composed of the subs on the Loew-Sullivan-Considine team, besides some of those who can't get a look-in on that nine. Three o'clock Sunday afternoon. Gee, that is our day out. But we shall seel The Sheedy baseball team was hand- ed a disgraceful walloping last Friday by the Varietys at Huber's oval; score 16-5. Jim Sheedy who twirled for the agency outfit was yanked from the box in the sixth inning after the scribes had connected with his "country out curve" for some 20 odd hits. Although rein- forced by a few ringers from the Sher- idan F. C. the Sheedyites were help- less. The game developed into a farce when the Variety aggregation had reg- istered their tenth run. The bookers made three runs in their first inning, but after that consistently smacked the pill just where the Variety's fielders were located. The game scheduled for last Satur- day between Varietys and the Loew- Sullivan-Considine nine was cancelled by the latter, because of wet grounds. Stella Mayhew has been appointed third assistant chief of the New Ro- chelle fire department. Miss Mayhew and her husband (Billie Taylor) are residents of the suburban burg. The comedienne received the appointment through the benefit she aided for the Firemen's Fund of the city. Last Sat- urday there was a blaze in town and the third assistant chief turned out, en- cased in a rubber coat and helmet. The Herald in reporting the occurrence said the Chief drove Miss Mayhew home in his car, leaving Mr. Taylor flat. That must have been tough on Billie, who can find every regular stopping oflF place in New Rochelle with his eyes shut. In fact Bill holds the world's record for that. Once he drove a party from his dandy place in New Ro- chelle to their home in New York, then went over to the Lamb's Club, and reached N. R. again about 8 a. m., without knowing anything about it when he got up that day. The Loew-Sullivan-Considine team lost last Sunday morning to the Po- lice Department nine, 4-1. The P. D.'s (known as Winnie Sheehan's nine) had Art Romer pitching. He once held down the New Yorks to one hit The feature of the game was a one-handed running catch of a line drive by Mark Levy, of the L-S-C's. Lawlor, a na- tive of Beechurst, L. I., where the game was played, pitched for the agency men. Winnie Sbeehan himself lasted a couple of innings. Police Cap- tain Peabody umpired. Lou Anger played one inning with the "cops," and Franklin Ardell did even better. Chris Brown said be thought his side would have won if he had not forgotten his wrist watch that morning. Jack Goldberg is sporting a ten per cent hair cut. The other SH) per cent, is still on his head. Geo. £. Reed of the Melody Mon- archs boxed three rounds with Willie Ritchie, the lightweight champ, last week at Portland. Ritchie finished his S-C tour at Portland to begin train- ing for his next fi^ht with Joe Rivers, scheduled for July 4. The Melody Monarch sails for Europe after com- pleting their present tour of the Coast time, opening in London Aug. 25. SHOWS NEXT WEEK. N«w York. "ALL ABOARD"—44Ui St. Roof Garden (5th week). •PBO o* MY HEART"—Cort (»th week). "THE PURPLB ROAD'—Casino (lath week). "WITHIN THE LAW"—Bltlnge (43d week). ZIEGFBLD'S FOLLIES — New Amsterdam (3d week). liondoB. "BREWSTER'S MILLIONS "—Princess (7th week). "BUNTY PULLS THE STRINGS"—Play- house. "CROESUS"—Oarrlck (6th week). "DIPLOMACY"—Wyndham'8 (11th week). "ELIZA COMES TO STAY"—New Theatre (6th week). "GENERAL JOHN REGAN"-Apollo (23d week). GRAND OPERA—Dniry Lane (2d week). "IVANHOE" (Reyival)—Lyceum (5th week). "JIM THE PENMAN"-Comedy (3d week). "MILESTONES"—Royalty (68th week). "OH I SAY"—Criterion (4th week). "OH, OH DBLPHINE"—Shaftesbury (l<Hh week). "THE CARDINAL'S ROMANCE"—Savoy CM week). "THE CHAPERON"—Strand (9th week). "THE DANCING MISTRESS"-Adelphl (2(Hh week). "THE GILDED PILL"—Globe (3d week). "THE GIRL ON THE FILM"—Gaiety (12th week). "THE GREAT ADVENTURE "-Klngsway (14th week). "THE GIRL IN THE TAXI' Lyric (42d "THE MARRIAGTE MARKET"- Daly's («th week). "THE YELLOW JACKET"—Duke of Yorks (6th week). "THE SEVEN SISTERS"—Savoy (ftth weok). "THE ONLY WAY" (Martin Harvey) (revi- val)—Prince of Wales (let week). "THE SECOND MRS. TANQUERAY "—St. James's (4th week). "WITHIN THE LAW"—Hayninrket (5th wcclc) • "YOURS"—Vaudeville (4th week). SHIFTMAN A PUBLISHER. Chicacfo, June 25. Abe ShiflFman, until rrccntly the local representative for Charles K. Harris, has pone into the music pub- lishing business on his own account, under the name of the Orpheum Music Publishers. NEWS OF THE GAfiARETS Some wild turkey trotting is being done in the road houses adjacent to New York this summer. Late at night the dancers are going to it without restraint In one popular stopping off place in Westchester the colored orches- tra is led by a "mark-time man." He makes the time by clapping his hands. The leader always speeds it up, and with the fast beats of the drum (per- haps also the late hour) the couples on the floor cut loose, dancing as they would never dance at home or in the city Cabarets. Very good dancers too frequent these country places. Most seem to be in training for trotting, as they have a routine. Last Saturday night at one up-the-road resort two couples never missed the orchestral playing during the evening. Any one of the dances they performed on the floor would have been sufficient to have the authorities close a theatre. But no one minds it at th^ road houses, and the next couple must follow suit or look foolish. The Brighton Beach Hotel has a dancing floor, well patronized. The former extra dining room off the main lobby has been converted for dancing, giving the hotel a large space, and a secondary floor is provided for the rush with the large parlor to the rear. A little dirt this week in the Caba- rets. One not so far from Columbus Circle had a pair of entertainers who would not sing a certain writer's tongs. The writer thinks he is some opposi- tion to Irving Berlin. Perhaps that is why Irving left the country. Any- way when the writer heard about this couple up at Columbus Circle he wrote nine pages to the proprietor complain- ing against the unfriendliness. The publisher dropped in there one eve- ning and wanted to know why the boys had not been dismissed. The restaurant man told the publisher to go to, that the team made the best Cabaret entertainment in town, which everyone else seems to believe also. Then one night the writer went up. He saw the proprietor and went at it in a different way. "Case of wine," said he, "if you fire that team." And the two boys were fired. Probably the writer bought the wine, although he has welched on more important things in his day. As the entertainers walked out of the place their comrades mur- mured "You are through with Mills, boys, you're are through with Mills." Jojo and Delaney are no longer at Faust's. The New York Roof Cabaret is a peculiar proposition just now. The Roof is prettily decorated and drawing business, but the composition of the attending crowd is such that the patronage must fall one way or an- other, either toward Fifth avenue or Tenth. Seated around the large danc- ing floor (a special attraction in itself) are many evening dressed folk, who pay the extra charge of a quarter to be secluded. When the music strikes up, however, the dancers on the floor look altogether different, as though the truckdrivers and longshoremen had taken a night off with their kitchen mechanics. It knoc!<s the class helter- skelter. This will likely be one of the first things looked after by Carter DeHaven, who has taken an active and financial interest in the Roof, with William Morris. The formal opening under the new regime occurred last night. One noticeable departure in the conduct of Cabarets is the price list for drinks at the New York. It is the same as in effect at any Broadway bar. It's a wonderful thing to be charged regular prices in a New York Cabaret. Eddie Pidgeon is attending to the press work for the Roof, which will ensure the class eventually. The New York Roof seems destined to be- come a classy dancing resort. It has everything, from the largest restaurant dancing floor in town to the skies above on a warm night. Sheehan, Adami and Fielda (The Shanley Boys) are at the Hotel Gris- wold, Detroit. New thing in "song contests." In- stead of presenting the winner with a cup, some of the Cabarets are now giving cash prizes. First, $10; second, $5, and third, $3. As the winners are music publishers, the Cabaret man- agers just want to see them leave the place without spending their prize. The College Inn, Harlem is present- ing a great brand of Cabaret. The show consists of Jim Burke, Joe Ward, Ed Gylfoyle, Sid Falke, "Buddy" Irv- ing Dash and Miss Vincent. The per- formers work hand in hand and seem to have the business of Harlem. Mike Fertig ran a cup contest last week that drew a great crowd. Al Wohlman won the cup. While pre- senting it Mike attempted a speech which drew many laughs. Mike got peeved and almost started a riot when he said, "Don't youse be rowdies, ladies and gentlemen." No more con- tests for Mike. Atlantic City, June 25. At the Dunlop—Variety Trio (Eddie Clemens, Chas. Young and Geo. Turner), "Peaches" Parleman, Arthur Collins and Lou Murray. Old Vienna—N. F. Hawkins, Fred. Reichter, Laura Evans, Minnie Kloter, Billy Fagan, Howard Dolan and Billy Rush. Barnay's—Tom Kelly, Al Houser, Jack Norton, Irving Arbuckle, Fred. Whalley. Jackson—Three White Kuhns. Buford, Bennett and Buford. Islesworth—Tierney Four. Walter Davidson, Blanche EuKlisb. Efhe I.e Croix, Paul Brown. Wiltshire—Laura }{astin^,'s, Doris Mack, Lenna Townsend.