Variety (June 1915)

VAUDEVILLE The baseball team representing the United Booking Offices and managed by Arthur Blondell, thoroughly vindi- cated the sporting reputation of that organization Saturday afternoon at Lenox Oval when it administered a decisive beating to the nine selected by Jim Sheedy to represent the Sheedy Agency. The score at the close of the game was 4 —0 in favor of Blondell's outfit, but for eight innings both sides put up one of the most interesting baseball exhibitions on theatrical rec- ord with a 1 to 0 score in attendance. In the 9th the Sheedy batters made a tardy effort to tie things up and by bunching hits managed to fill the bases with two out, but O'Brien failed to de- liver in the pinch and the U. B. O. backers began counting up. Paul Dempsey of the U. B. O. carried off the batting honors with three suc- cessful blows out of four attempts while Pete Mack and "Happy" Hebble- thwaite registered two apiece. Mack's drive over right field fence, while only good for one base because of the exist- ing ground rules, was the feature hit of the game. Lown, pitching for the Uniteds, struck out 14 men while Sam- my Smith was less fortunate, mowing down only 3 batters on strikes. Smith, pitched an excellent game, but was poorly supported. Calvin of tlie Sheedy aggregation played a splendid fielding game at third and tmacked out a triple early, but was left on third. Most of the U. B. O. players, al- though "legitimately" employed by that agency, are known around the Harlem lots as The Young Sportsmen and comprise one of the best amateur organizations 1 in the city. The United followers were present in large num- bers and several hundred dollars changed hands as a result of the game. This Saturday the United team will play th<- VARiETrs on the same lot, the game being called for 1.30 P. M. The b*>\ score follows: U B. O. ABRH Moughaa ss.. .4 1 1 stchoebauna lb.4 0 O yercer cf .. .4 0 0 Mack rf 4 0 2 \11< u lb 4 1 0 #. Laii« 2b. .4 0 0 H'Mhwalte c.3 0 2 bfi'ipaey If... 4 1 X Lowne p 3 1 1 84 ~4 9 SCORE. Sheedy Page 88.. Kelly lb 4 Calvin 3b 3 Cole c 4 Plermont 2b..4 Smith p 4 Callan If 4 O'Brien rf 4 Stanton cf 3 AR R II .3 0 O 0 0 () 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 O 0 1 33 0 0 f. B. 0 0 10 0 0 0 2 1 x—4 Sheedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O—0 Two-base hit—Boughan. Thrce-bnae hit— Calvin. Bane on balls—off Smith, 1 ; off Lowne. 2. Struck out, by Smith, 3; by Lowne, 14. Errors, Sheedy, 2; U. B. O., 1. The Pathe Roosters (Lefty Miller, manager) is making a fight for the pen- nant in the New Jersey Manufacturers' League. Louis J. Gassnier, a Pathe of- ficial, is a director in the league. The first open air boxing matches around New York were held Decora- tion Day, under the recent ruling of the Boxing Commission permitting them. Ebbet's Field, Brooklyn, had five bouts in the afternoon, and the Brighton Beach Track held the Coffey-Flynn match at night. Flynn's seconds threw up the sponge in the ninth. All were limited to 10 rounds. Around 10,000 people attended each affair, including many women. It has been a frequent sight of late in New York to see women at prize fights, indoors. Harold Cole, of the Varibtts, catch- ing Sammy Smith (pitching for the Sheedys in last Saturday's game), did so with a swollen left hand that was al- most raw beef before the game was ended. Harold's hand explained why the Uniteds stole two bases on him. He had to turn with the ball each time it landed in the mitt, and Smith had his speed with him all the way. In the same game Benny Piermont dropped a fly back of second he would probably have hung onto had he been left alone. Jack Dempsey's UBOfeds, otherwise the second United team, won from the Washington Heights nine Sunday, 11-9, and beat the Isham Field Club Monday, 19-3, having the assistance at each game of Pete Mack, the star slugger of the U. B. O. regular nine. Pete is going to Chicago shortly to spend his vaca- tion, and while out there will play semi- professionally, to collect enough cur- rency from his baseball expertness to defray the expenses of the trip. Billy Grady admits he's an Al ball player, though nobody agrees with him. The UBO's blame Grady for the de- feat by the Sheedys two weeks ago. Nevertheless, Grady says you can bet $15 that he played with the Iroquois last Sunday, getting two out of three hits made, or maybe he said he paid $15 for a baseball uniform. Grady really be- lieves he can play ball, so they let him have it—his way up there, but don't tell him when they are going to play again. Sunday, June 6, the Sheedy Vaude- ville Agency will stage a beefsteak dinner with sports on the side at Dal Hawkins Oval, Westchester and Church avenues. The tickets include a return trip in autos and will cover everything. Baseball, running races, potato races and the usual games will follow the feed. It's to be strictly stag. The machines will leave the Sheedy office at 1 P. M. Mike Donlin's All-Stars beat the Cuban Giants, at Lenox Oval Sunday, 6-5. An admission was charged, the Donlin nine getting $180 for its share of the gate. TWO TEAMS SPLITTING. Ball and West will separate at the conclusion of the current season. It will be their second professional sep- aration. Foster Ball will continue with the present act.. while Ford West will present a new turn with another part- ner. Melville and Higgins, after c'oiirg their present season's work, will s^ver professional partnership. The couple were recently divorced as man and wife, but continued playing together in order to fulfill contracts. IN AND OUT. Wednesday shortly after the Palace matinee had started, Calve sent word to the management she would be un- able to appear. Illness was the rea- son. Nora Bayes doubled from the Brighton theatre, to make the Palace for that day. The Palace's people first thought was to send for Eva Tanguay, but as Miss Tanguay returns to the Palace next week as the feature it was not done. A phone call to Irene Franklin's home disclosed she was out of the city. Ball and West dropped out of the bill at Henderson's, Coney Island, alter the Monday night show and were re- placed by the Primrose Four the fol- lowing day. Dempsey and Leonard were out of the bill at the Harlem Opera House the first half of this week. One member of the team sent clothes to the clean- ers, forgetting Monday was a holiday and that the renovating place would not be open. Sophie and Harry Ever- ett replaced them. ACADEMY'S PICTURES, ONLY. The William Fox Academy of Music on 14th street will start playing a 10- cent straight picture policy Monday week, succeeding the pop vaudeville. Mr. Fox still directs the house. Fea- tures will also be exhibited. Overtures for the Academy to become a fight club were finally rejected by Fox, who thought it would hazard the future of the big theatre, if not a suc- cess, and also disliking the IVi per cent, state tax of the gross on fight clubs, im- posed by the recent law signed by Gov- ernor Whitman. Charles Golding, formerly manager of Proctor's, Schenectady, N. Y., will manage the Academy during its pic- ture regime. The general price of ad- mission will be 10 cents. JITNEYS HAVE THE CALL. Atlantic City, June 2. The jitney bus may wake up Atlantic City, theatrically. About 800 automo- biles of nearly all makes are operating on the five-cent-a-ride plan, giving the street cars and taxicabs a severe jolting. One can go almost anywhere for a nickel. Many of the cars are giving spe- cial attention to late home-goers into the suburbs, which will help the the- atres, as formerly taxis were charging $2 to make the trip to Ventnor late at night, after the street railway had sus- pended its daily operations. ARTHUR KLEIN AGENTING. Arthur Klein has been declared a full- fledged agent by the United Booking Offices, through that agency giving him the privilege of "the floor." Heretofore, while Mr. Klein has handled a few turns in a representative capacity, he was looked upon as a salaried employe of the U. B. O., assisting in the booking whenever called upon. It is said Mr. Klein sought the full agency designation and will become a regular "floor agent" about Aug. 1, re- maining with the United in his present position until then. If you don't ndvortiM la VARIETY, don't advortUo. KEEFE IN NEW YORK. Chicago, June 2. Walter Keefe, the booker of the Miles Circuit, will leave here in about two weeks to take up a permanent oc- cupancy in the Loew agency, New York City, where he will principally look after the vaudeville programs for the Miles houses under the supervision of Joseph M. Schenck, the Loew general booking manager. The Miles houses Mr. Keefe will book are those at Pitts- burgh, Cleveland and Detroit. The Jones, Linick & Schaeffer the- atres and a few other small houses hereabouts will remain in the Loew of- five here, looked after in bookings by Frank Q. Doyle, with Aaron Jones, of the firm, practically the Loew repre- sentative for this city. The Colonial, one of the Jones, Lin- ick & Schaeffer "Loop" houses, will discontinue vaudeville commencing June 14, and play a feature film policy at 25 cents. The house will resume vaudeville in August. AFTER THE NEW YORK. The Hammersteins and Marcus Loew were in consultation early this week over the possibility of the former secur- ing Loew's New York theatre for a big time vaudeville policy next season. The results of the conference did not become known. Since Loew secured the New York on a guarantee and di- vision basis from Klaw & Erlanger the house has been varying in its attend- ance, although during the cool weather of the past month it is said to have shown a substantial and profitable in- crease for the picture policy now there The Hammerstein idea is to play one-dollar vaudeville in Times Square once again, under its United Booking Offices franchise, since the Victoria will become a picture house in the fall. TWO KEITH'S BUILDING. Syracuse, N. Y., June 2. The South Saline street site held by the B. F. Keith interests will have a theatre erected upon it for Keith vaude- ville, supplanting that brand of enter- tainment which has been given by Keith at the Grand here, in conjunction with the Shuberts. All of the tenants in the Keith buildings moved out June 1, leav- ing the property. It is understood ar- rangements have been made locally to start building. Providence, June 2. Before the summer is over work will commence upon the theatre the B. F. Keith vaudeville interests plan to erect here, in place of the present Keith's. EPSTIN'S TABLOID. A tabloid was launched this week at White Plains, N. Y., by M. S. Epstin that is called "The Moorish Honey- moon." It has the first part setting from the Watson Sisters burlesque show, is carrying 20 people, and runs 45 minutes. Mr. Epstin who is the manager-agent of the Putnam Building is experiment- ing with this tab, preliminary to ex- tensively engaging in that branch of production work if results are gratify- ing.