Variety (February 1920)

W nnAnTn CABARETS. FORUM. SPORTS ^'.y.The. first athletic evening Held last week in the Monastery of the Friars v»as one of the most successful. *: VAatBrT feels that jt opens up to the Friars the avenue of attracting the best of amateurs in boxing and wrest- ling with the ultimate' objective of securing the staging of simon pure boxing championships. These events ' are usually held at the New York A. C. But the Monastery is better from :'-.; every angle with the advantage of larger space. At the recent affair i there were a half dozen amateur bouts and they "went" far better than the professional talent, simply because the former tried while the others jabbed their, sparring partners and let it: go , at that. The boxing card included Jack Brit- lon and little Jack Charkey. The lat- ter recently outpointed Johnny Wilde in the Englishman's American debut. . The wrestlers provided most of the fun. The "main bout" was between Wladek Zbyszko and Lupino, the "Ital- ;; ian Wolf."' The latter was a joke in i the hands of the giant Pole. A battle royal followed and then some inter- -.:' eating pictures. One'showed Battling Nelson's first K. O. by Owen Mo ran, while another was a two-reel picture of the recent Stecher-Caddock affair at the Garden. It was about the best ■. ■:. picture of the kind,yet made and was shown through courtesy, of the Pio- neer Film Co. The program. was in charge of a committee headed by Harley Knowles, with several well-known sporting writers aiding. They included "Bugs" • Baer and Sid Mercer. Jimmy Britt acted as referee, Fred Block was time- ! ;;''' ~ keeper and Abbott Jack Gleason mas- ter of ceremonies. Robert L. Ripley and Walter Hoban were judges of the amateur sports. Several well-known men in sporting circles were' intro- duced in regular "squared ring" . '. fashion. .< It is well known there'is twice as much action in bouts among the ama- teurs than in most of the advertised championship pro contests. The simon pures go in there to do their best and •': they are proud of the medals they • • receive. This type will be in the .lime- light next summer at the Olympic :-•-; games at Antwerp, Belgium. The A. A. U. is going to send several of the best mitt artists on the big team [::'■'■ for the international competition. The Friars should make application for membership in the Amateur Ath- ;M letic Union by writing to Frederick W. Rubien, president, Room 606, 290. Broadway. The rest will be easy. The Crescent, Bensonhurst, New York and Pastime are among the clubs in Greater New York staging great ama- teur shows every once in a while. Another Crowd of Broad way ites sneaked over to Jersey City last Thursday to be among the "first nlghters at Jimmy Wilde's eastern ring debut. The Arena Club, where the celebration was held, was filled with an eager crowd bent on giving the tiny Englishman the careful once over. Oh, yes, lest we forget, Wilde's oppo- ' nent was Mickey Russell, a Jersey ?roduct, who was almost annihilated, he referee humanely terminated the one-sided proceedings in the "seventh round. * Wilde, who usually weighs around i 110 to 116 pounds, was in splendid con- dition. At the tap of the first gong ;.; he started- a fusilade of punches on Mickey's face and body that spelled "murder" for the American. Leave it to the galleryites to spring "sensa- tions" at boxing and wrestling matches. Just before they squared off, one of them yelled the following line of encouragement to Russell: "Help save Ireland 1" . The Englishman made a big hit and he will be wanted oftener. He is a deliberate and merciless hitter. He never loses his head. George Dwyer, who -handled Wilde upon his arrival here, attached $7,000 Wilde was guar- anteed "for services rendered." From the most successful to the un- luckiest manager has fallen to the lot of Scotty Montieth. When he han- dled Johnny Dundee everything he did was rosy, but since he was given the "air" he can't do anything right. He dug up Mel Coogan to be slaugh- tered by Benny Leonard and his latest "meal ticket," Russell, went the way of Coogan at the hands of Wilde. Bobby Walthour, formerly world's champion bike rider, has filed suit in Atlanta for divorce against his wife, Mrs. Blanche Walthour, of Newark, N. J., charging infidelity. They were married in 1898. Benny Kauff has been indicted for selling a stolen automobile. He is un- der $5,000 bail, awaiting trial. Kauff had' an examination in a magistrate's court, following his-arrest by Detec- : tive Sergeant Martin Owens, of the Automobile Squad. The baseballer was held for the action, of the Grand Jury following the examination. Kauff says he bought the machine in October, last, of someone who was at. the Polo Grounds and exhibited a bill-of-sale is- sued to him, but the owner of the car said it had been stolen from bim Dec. 8. Kauff could not produce the man he claims to have bought the car from. The center fielder says when he gets out of this trouble he is going to leave New York for ever. Kauff has a sec- ond hand car place in New York. CLOTHIERS GET CHURCHILL'S. Churchill's restaurant has been sold to Weber & Heilbroner, the clothing retailers, for a sum to run near a million dollars. In securing the Churchill lease, which is reported as .having seven years to run, the cloth- iers are. reported as outbidding sev- eral prominent theatrical groups, among them being the Shuberts, who are reported as having been most per- sistent in their efforts to annex the (liurchiH corner for the erection of another Broadway house like the Win- ter Garden a block above. Since pro- hibition the Churchill corner has been prominent in acquisition rumors. Weiss Case Up for Hearing. The case of Henry Weiss against the American Burlesque Association came up for hearing in Part 14 before Judge Greenbaum Wednesday with Max Steuer appearing for Weiss and Nathan Burkan for the Association. Federal Trade Investigate mony will be continued week's tssne, CABARETS. Women in fashionable low necked dresses will shiver when known that at a meeting of the French cabinet it was decided the dancing establishments in Paris should no longer be supplied with coal tickets. The Minister of Public Works has issued orders for the restriction of electric light in places of amusement. Four watts only will be given for each metre frontage out- side of theatres, etc., and no lighting of greater power than 100 watts for each 20 metres of surface inside estab- lishments where the public is admitted for amusement No redistribution of electric power for trade and home use will be made until the advice of cham- bers of commerce has been taken in conjunction with employers and work- people. v Fred Ward, who recently returned from Havana, tells of extensive plans for American amusements for next season. Ward represented Flo Zieg- ' feld, who planned to send a "Midnight Fiolic" show to the Cuban capital this season, but that has been called off. The idea now is to send such an organi- zation to Havana next season starting in November. The Mira Mar hotel is mentioned. It will be necessary to equip the hotel for the show at an ex- pense of around $20,000. Mr. Ziegfeld returned from Palm Beach this week for the opening of the "Nine O'Clock" revue at the New Amsterdam roof and will consider the Havana proposition. Chas. Seguin, the South American theatrical man, sailed from Paris for New York, Feb. 22, On his arrival here Mr. Seguin will complete arrangements to place an American revue of 18 peo- ple in his Buenos Aires theatre. Billy Curtis has engaged the people for the show. The troupe will leave New York about March 15. Chaa. Cornell is staging a new revue with 17 people to replace the present show at the Pekin March 14. The prin- cipals of tbe Cornell revue are Alice Wilson, Nell Carter and Harry Shaw. The Paradise Room at Reisenweber's reopened Wednesday with Jack Lani- gan in charge. Six hostesses are un- der Lanigan's direction. The stumer "City of Miami," con- taining 300 staterooms and a long bar, will operate in Cuban waters as a float- ing hotel. She was recently remodeled. Corcoran'* on 48th street and 7th avenue, has removed the bar and in its place will be a restaurant. cation testl- j led In next \ MARRIAGES. E, Daniel Shone, formerly connected with the Chamberlin Brown office, to Esther Nielson of Chicago, non-pro- fessional. Mr. Shone is a brother of Hermione Shone and a brother-in-law of Emmett DeVoy. HHtfP A PARAMOUNT ACT IN A PARAMOUNT THEATRE B.F.KEITH'S PALACE week OF FEB 233 1920 ALWAYS A NEW ACT CONSTANTLY ADVANCING & PROGRESSING WITH NEW IDEAS & MATERIAL FRANK. EVANS SUGGESTS QUALITY VAWKIUi FORUM. Lob Angeles, Feb. 18. Editor IVaribtt: Five of the oldest members of the At- lantic Fleet Jazz Band and with Nat Nazarro, Jr., refused to leave Los An- geles with Queenie Nazarro at the close oi the engagement at the Orpheum, be- cause she did not live up to her con- tracts with two of us. She left for Salt Lake City with about seven men and her act calls for 12. The five who left were with Rube •Marquard when he played 22 weeks in New York. (Signed) Fred De Weir, Charles Prinderville William Lewin, Oscar Stinger Ralph Markee. ; J j ':•-•'- IN AND OUT. Eva Tanguay was unable to open at Shea's, Washington; throat affliction. • /: O'Connor and Dixon were unable to . ' open at Loew's Victoria, Monday, and were replaced by Shaw and Bernard^ : Owen McGivney was forced to with- y £ draw from the bill at Providence ; owing to a bad cold. Allan Rogers, unable to open at Bal- timore Monday because of a throat affliction. Ray r Samuels could not open Mon- day at the Colonial through illness. Dickinson and Deagon substituted, doubling from the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry were pre- vented from appearing at the 81st Street Monday by illness. Robert Em mett Keene deputized. Demarest and Collette dropped Out of the bill at Docks tad ter's. Wilming- ton, this week on account of Miss Col- '■■'■:?' lette's illness. ■ ——.,/... N. V, A. COMPLAINTS. Gladys Vance and Ben Fuller have entered another complaint at the N. V. A. over an alleged "lift" of Miss Vance's "Mirror Dress." The charge ": is against Joe Deeley and Sister. The case is to be heard shortly. .••■ -. ■■ - ■ ■ "1 ■ .... ■ ■ i ' ■ BIRTHS. Mr. and Mrs. Orth, at their home in New York, Feb. 20, daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bentzen, New York, Feb. 19, son. it - .'«"■ m :■ ■ ■'■•.■*- ■ ■ - ■ - ;■ "The ingenue, In o comedy role. Miss Melt- zer, shone forth with vivid promise. Fine in her technique, beauteous to gaze upon, a sou- brette In her heart, her throat, her form and her method, she was swallowed by her admir- ers like a bit of confection. The girl has a fine future, especially if she chooses to entrust it to the English-speaking stage, where she will find scope for her charms, graces talents.—By JACK LA1T. ANNA MELTZER COMEDIENNE Direction, LEW CANTOR. -