Variety (Nov 1927)

44 VARIETY SPORTS Wednesdaj, Novmber 2» 1927 FOOTBALL ^Mmett according to Huyle last week. That i« ouiside of renxi State runninfir wild against an In- Jury woakenod I^afayette t«'ani and Columbia holding Cornell scoreless. Harvard outguessed a good many by making Indiana take it. N. Y. V. figured to be in for a rough and tough afternoon as soon a« Colgate wiMi penciled on th« slate. It turnad out that way, and the Bronx outfit had something else to worry about other than who was ioing td BiiiM the next touchdown for the first time this season. Mee- han's squad Juggles some more dynamite the coming weekend in Camagia Teoh, but has an even chance to win. CILmegia appears to be very much like Colgate With, perhaps, more of a scoring punch, if not ao strong defensively as the Maroon. Both teams should score. The defeat of Indiana can give Har^'artt an^iiigh of a atart for Hor- ween to llaap the boys keyed up until tha^ ,al4» bjr. Pennsylvania bohig ablo to kfop thoir fo»'t. The teams will face each other with each possessing dangerous runiiing and overhead attacks. Princeton sooms to be stronger defensively, and if a Yale line stopped Dart- mouth's speed boya. Old Nassau may duplicate that achievement, thi.s time across the Hudson. For high grade and technical football no game in the country this week is going to top the afternoon Pittsburgh and W. & J. will spend. Here are two well proportioned squads going into battle for what will probably be the hardest game of the year for both teams. Amos for W. A J. and Welch behind the Pitt line and on the same field are going to give everybody a thrill. Two great backs, one a plunger and the other a "there he goea" offensive demon. If either team comes off with a decided advantage it can go down as an upset, for if ever there wera a possibility of a tie game this is it. There's so much raw strength on each side that a (Capyriglit, 1927, by Variety, Ine.) Probable Football Winners and ' Proper Odds November 5 GAMES WINNERS ODDS Princeton-Ohio State Princeton 10/9 Pittsburgh-W. & J Pittsburgh Even Harvard-Pennsylvania Harvard Even Carnegie Tech.-N. Y. U .....Carnegie Tech Even Notre Dame-Minnesota ..Notre Dame ...6/5 Michigan-Chicago ......•••..••.^..Michigan • 6/5 Georgetown-Lafayette Georgetown ..••••...6/5 PMrdua-Narthwaatam «.••••»•.•...Purdue 5/6 0hnkki%UmM based on fair uraatliar) MO. AITY.-GEN'L AFTER ST. LOUIS DOG TRACKS St. Louis, Nov. 1. The flrat concrete move against greyhouikd race traiOk% in tba vi- cinity of St. Louis has been made by the attorney-general of Missouri. North T. Cientry, who, inspired mostly by the "reformars,* has Iliad in Jefferson City, state capital, a petition demanding the Supreme Court of Missouri order the dog tracks to close, disband tha strings of leaping lenas and hide the little white rabbit and bis third-rail for- ever. Tha tracks named la the 8t Louis district in the ouster suits are the ovals used by the Wellston Kennel Club and tha Ramona Ken- nel Club, both in St. Louis County and just a short ride as the Ford flies from western city limits. Two other tracks also included In tha proceedings are In doaa proximity to Kansas City. Owners and managers of the Wellston track, tha only grayhound oval in operation near hera at this time, Ramona track having closed several weeks ago, are smiling at the move, citing that last Satur- day, with typical summer weather, 28,000 packed the grounds. The current meet at the Wellston track is one of tha most proHtabla aver held in this .section of the country. Supreme Court of Missouri re cently upheld tha '''aertiflcata'* form of gambling on horaaa and dogs or what have you. as not gambling, and therefore legal. A motion for a rehearing on that ruling la now ponding. Gentry's suit is based on tlie contention that the dog tracks are violating the charters under which they operata baeausa thaaa require the conduct of educational fairs, livestock exhibitions, country fairs and similar enterprisea. Tao many bruises on tha Penn squad with substitutions coming and going. Last week may possibly hara l>aan tha niaam aff thia Cam- brldga eleven flnding Itself. Both squads look to be a standoff, with the psychology of Harvard advanc- ing and Paan alM^ slving the choice a Crkiiaion ttaii% . Pfkt^^/kmifB tmimh Jab Princeton will have had two weeks since Cornell to ready for Ohio State, a squad that In writing haa the fastaat and shiftiest back- field In the country. Ohio should have been winning since the start af tha aekaon, but internal strife doaan*t win games Saturday after- noons. Potentially powerful, the westerners will beard the Tiger In his dan and thf OifiMga and Black cat will ba playing with no ban of yarn. Boper's outfit will have an edge hi tha Una and It Ohio doesn't com- plete its tackles the redshirted Buckeyes aren't going to bring down thaaa Jersey backs. Prince- ton ball ^atrlaas h«?a a habit of pre-game agreement of whoever gets inside a lO-yard line the most times wins wouldn't bo a bad idea Flip a Coin Notre Dame is potent enough to overcome Minnesota, but there's nothing certain about It. Go west, young man and try and pick a win- ner. Go west, young man and con- vince 'em the aaat^^lays better foot- ball would ba easien and that'a Im- possible. The same question holda true of Purdua and Northwestern. Both have been defeated twice. North- western by stronger teams, but that may not mean anything. Purdue may rise to tho occasion and redeem itself for loosing the Chicago game. Michigan, with Gilbert back In harness, hints at being a bit too powerful for Staggfs oppregation, while Georgetown may catch u tar- tar In a Lafayetta team that was crippled last week but is invariably a trouble maker. However, the Georgetown contingent can be said to have an adga. INSIDE STUFF ON SPORTS Minnesota'a Football Fricaa The ticket icalping evil from which this city has been free, probably for the reason that the showlionses do not afford a field for it, i.s now annoying th© local populace in connection with the University of Min- Baaota*s football games. Baoausa of the wholesale sale of tickets to the Mihnesota-Wisconsin gridiron clash last Saturday in h>op hotels and stores at prices %2 and IS above their 12.50 face value, tlu> grand Jury last week undertook a proha Into the situation aild examined records of the university ticket #fllce. . Fully 12,000 people will pay over $30 viwh in railroad fares alone to Ihake the long trip to Ann Arbor for the Minnesota-Michigan contest I'he Milwaukaa railroad, one of a half doaen running special trains, an- nounces that 2,400 round trip tickets to Ann Arbor already have been sold, although tho game does not occur until iVov. 19. This one line will run 14 speclui trains with 140 sleeping cars. $25 On Cameramen's Heads Another sidelight of the Tunney-Dempsey battle is the fact that the ushers at the stadium were offered a bounty of $26 for every newsreel eameraman thay found and ajaetad. As a result, several of the boys were given "the bum's rush." One cameraman thought he was sitting pretty. Tie walked through with his paraphernalia in a suitcase. A cop, thinking he was a boot- Ifg g ar , mad* hUii opan tha crip. Whan they got through with him, tha iMwaraalar wishad hia aultcaaa had baen loaded with boosa. Boxing Ban Upheld Washington, Nov 1. U. S. Supreme Court has upheld tha local antl-bozing law in rafua- Ing to review the case of Frank Dane, convicted and sentenced to serve tliree years for promoting such eonteata. Five indictments wefs reported against Dane with but one going to trial. The boxera, John Cody and Phillip Raymond, wara aoqlilCtad, but the |ury held Dana. NEWS FROM THE DAUES This dtpartmeni aantalna rewritten Hiaatrleal newa Items as pub- lishsd during the wssk in the daily papers of New York, Chicago and the Paoifio Coast. Variety takes no credit far thaaa news itama| aaoh haa bean rewritten from a daily paper. NEW YORK A flop and a hit show broke into the dailies, many of them on the front page, in connection with com- plaints, legal and otherwise, which might be great press stuff. Guido Ciccolini. Chicago Opera Company tenor, complained of "My Princess" and its star and her producer-hus- band, Hope Hampton and Jules Brulatour, that a character in the operetta is labeled Ciccolini and addressed by Miss Hampton in the musical as "you big wop." The singer threatened a $100,000 dam- age suit, but upon the show peo- ple's promise to eliminate the char- acter Ciccolini agreed to drop hia suit Bayard VeiUer got a flock of pub- licity for his "Trial of Mary Dugan" at the National, New York, by an- nouncing he had irsitumed $1,000 la advance royalties for his drama- tization of Sinclair Lewis' "Kimer Gantry" following complaint iCk'om tho Church and Drama Associa- tion and particularly Bishop Man- ning that they would "go after*' the stage version of the novel, as well as Veiller's current melodramatic success. The C. A D. Association denied this, as well as any plans regarding "Mary Dugan," since it was only concerned with recom mending or endorsing meritorious stage productions, but not with ag gresslva condamnatloA af SOHOOnUJOl OE JIttHT flUIS lioa Angalea, Nov. 1. City Teachers' Club, representing more than 3^000 local public school teachers, are vigorously opposed to the public exhibition of flght films. The resolution adopted states that as a result of the offering of large pursea ijid Intensive promotion, prize flghting is merely a form of highly commercialized brutality, detrimental in its effects upon the moral qualities of tha nation, and particularly upon youth. Tho Teachers' Club also places it- self on record against the legal oontinuance of prlsa flghting and urges protests against laws which l>ermit prize flghting in California. BETTINQ SET BACK San Francisco, Nov. 1. "Certiflcate plan" betting on horse races received another set- back when the California Appellate Court ruled this type of wagering is a violation of the penal code that prohibits pool selling or book-mak- ing. The casa came before the court on habeas corpus proceedings on belialf of James S. McDonald as a test case. It is understood the California Jocliey club, sponsoring the test case, will carry an appeal to the State Supreme Court. Puzzle: If Wilda Bennett, actress, buys a horaa in 192t for $500 and sells the nag over a year later for $150 without ever having ridden it, how much did it s«t har baAh and why did she buy it? Answer: The Supreme Court or- dains that Combs & Combs, promi- nent hostlers, who took care of the horse during that period, are per- fectly legitimate In presenting a bill for $1,279 for caring for the horee, including $5 for fllling one of its teeth. Therefore the setback on the nag Miss Bennett didn't ride is $M*t. ■ : . Into tha United EHiUaa from Canada. Alter becoming Intarested in the smuggling Ventura^ Mouvat la said to have coma tp New York for buy- ers, with the federal agents, their identity unknown to Mouvet, agree- ing to pay him $S0 a pound for tha opium. Mouvet said he went Into smuggling to recoup his lost fortuna. He owns a hotel In PmtlM, Walter Gluck. head of Wally Gluck Productions, atated ha has no legal claims against Richard J. Reynolds, the young millionaire, in connection with the closing of "Half a Widow." in which Reynolds was flnancially interested. The millionaire has been reported heavily backing numeroua Broadway ventures, which reports have been overestimated, according to his personal attorney. Reynolds is now in seclusion. It haa iMan revealed ha is to receiva $2 for every $1 he earns in business enterprises, by the terms of hia fathar'a will. Tiie ArtisU' Guild of New York awarded its annual blue ribbon for the flncst motion pictuva pf . ;th# year to "Sunrise" (Fox). ' ' Ethel Sliutta. actress and wife of George Olsen, has written a comedy called "Ta Ra,!" concerning the Ufa of an acrobat. George Olsen in* tends to produce it with an asso- ciata. . '; Willard Mack is working on a play, "Michael of the Mounted," in which ha friU play tha^tltta vola. IPortune Gallo opens the new Gallo theatre Nov. 7 with the San Carlo Opera Co., In for two weeks. Among the offers said to have been received by Rttth Blder, girl flier, is one from a Detroit chain of tea rooms soliciting personal ap- pearances at $12,000 per week. An- other stretch of the imagination is from the American Control Corp., planning a series of greyhound races in Chicago. This outfit says it's willing to part with $50,000 if the girl and her co-pilot, George Halde- man, will appear at the races twice a day for 10 days dressed as King Arthur and Queen Gulnivere. A picture producing company also offers Miss Bldar |TM9r llr^ work in ona faaturak EJdward Hayden O'Connor, vaude- ville and legit author, has taken over the dramtic ed. post of the Yonkara '^Herald." 1800 FOR CAHNSFAZ Over $800 waa realised for the Bob Canncfax fund at the beneflt in the Strand billiard parlor re- cently. Fred Block auctioned off a pet Canncfax cue which swellad the total. The Elks' Club has agreed to contribute $10 a week Indefl- nitcly to the Cannefax fund for the rest of the ailing billiard cham- pion's life. Canncfax is resting at Phoenix, Ariz. Gaby Looking 'Em Over Again Los Angeles, Nov. 1. Gaby Cravath, former major league ball player. Is passing the winter functioning as Justice oC the Peace at Laguena Beach. Tha spot is an artista' aolony BO milaa from hera. With the Capitol theatre aisles filled with outgoing and incoming customers, three men attempted un- successfully to rob John Orosbepg, retired banker. One pinioned his arms in the crowded aisle, another tried to grab his watch and the third struck him over the eye. T^ouis Herbert, who claims he is in the poultry businesis, was charged with assault and attempted robbery. Po- lice say he has a long record. Chroa- berg's watch latar,W«a ipMMI^lhe theatre floor. When John Kmcrson, prosldont of Equity, left the hospital in Vienna following a throat operation. Anita Ijoos, his wife, entered to undergo an operation for frontal sinus. Roger Wolfe Kahn's aviator togs were stolen from his automobile, parked on 4fith street. Asking de- tectives to help him recover the duds WAS an indication, the musl- ci.in aviator had closed his other caroer as an amateur detective. Deems Taylor. Robert Fdmond .Tones and Kobort A. Simon have joined tho producing staff of the American Opera Co. Vera Pokina and Mi( had Fokino (dancers), together with Solomon Hurok (manager) and Herman L'uchs. manager Century theatre, were discharged in West Side court after being arraigned for presenting r\ Stindny performanro. It was ex- plained the performance was given as a churlty benefit. Osear Mouvet. father of tho 1 i(t> Maurice, the dancer, was ancstrd. with his eliauffeur, by frln.i] agents In (onnertion with the suiiiK- Igling cf $250,000 worth of opium The Radio Corporation of Amer« lea announces the surplus profit for the quarter ended Sept. 80 was $3,- 588,flt.lS. This brings the surplus profit of the company for the nine months of this year tp $4441,35$.82« Bayard Velller told the press he had destroyed his dramatization of -Sinclair Lewis' "EHmer Gantry^ and had turned back $1,000 advance royalties paid him by Robert Mil- ton, producer. Ha did thia, said Velller, to avoid having his present play, "Trial of Mary Dugan," called Immoral. Tha Church and Drama association already had denounced "Trial," according to the play- wright. That organization, how* ever, didn't know It had banned the play and stated it had no objection to the praduatlah at ^VhMar CMutN try." Velller drew plenty of newspaper space becawfw oC hia Scif-talHataC Booth Tarkington was reported threatened with total blindness, which reports his wife denied. The author has had trouble with his eyaa 1>ut ap|y thf right la Impajyad* A City Court jury returned a ver- dict for $1,000 against Texaa Oui- nan in favor of Wynn Holeomb, who said he had decorated the 48th Street Club with caricatures of 40 stage and screen celebrities and hadn't been paid. Holcomb wanted $M60 for tha drawings and $260 for a sMt ha had wrHt<^ «allad "The Shooting Gallery. Texas said she liked the pictures but didtt!t bwh tha ehih^ ao why ihoiilA fha payt Mrs. George A. Burtla, 80. blind, penniless, and living In a dingy back room, was informed she is the long-lost sister of the lata Clara Morris, American tragedienne, from whom she interits an estate and properties v alu a d at $15,000. Tha missing heir was found by George MacAdam, who is writing a biog- raphy at otatfa Morria* Mary M. Kelen has filed suit for se|Mli!«tIon, alimony and counsel fees ngainst her husband. Brwln Nyhreghazi, concert pianist. A monument to Harry Houdinl was unveiled at his grave in Cypress Hills. Brooklyn. The monument Is 35 feet long and 12 feet high, sur- mounted by a bronze bust of tha maglclaifc-'../'^.^-V- Charles Cayten, 43, electrician at tho Criterion theatre, fell from a ladder suspended beside the large sign ftbove the marquee, breaking both legs and suffering internal In- Juries. Cayten was replacing elec- tric bulbs in the sign Sunday mom- In.T when the ladder sUpped from its moorings and hung suspended by a rope. The electrician, dislodged, hung from the bottom nmg as long as he could, then droppfHl. Passers- by. considering Cayten's actions a publicity stunt, laughed at his ef- forts to save him.self. Feodor Chaliapin (singer) has -fHed— st i lt f er divoroe I n Mnirnw against Mnie Chaliapin. once a fa- mous ballet dancer. His wife has hied protest to the suit, claiming another woman is woping him for his money. On a (hance that Valeska Surratt might win her |1.000,000 plagiarism «ult against Cecil De Mllle. attor- (Continued oh page S8)