Variety (Sep 1928)

VARIETY TIMES SQUARE—SPORTS Wednesday, September 26, 1928 DELANEY COMES BACK AND IN GOOD FORM Stops Tassi in 11 th Round- Italian Puts Up Game Fight F 0 R E Beaumont's Back By JACK PULASKI .They harclly picked a setup for •Jaolc j.)(>l:uioy,, formor liKlit li<,*avy- wciKlu eliamp, on his first ring apr f)oarance since beinji' khockod cold in ono "round 'last; spring .by Jack Siiarkpy. Dclaney entered the ring at Klihotts Field last Thursday in excellent condition, though slightly heavier than his usual fighting weight, 181 pounds. He met: In Nando Tassi. a courageous fighter, if Inexp'ferienced. Early In the Il.th round the referee stopped the bout, the Italian^ nose being so battered that continuance wotild have been slaughter. Some present questioned Delaney's speed being up to his old form and also that his punch might not. be as stinging. But Tassi can take it, having- the rep of getting up off the floor and nearly knocking out Wyoming Warner not long ago. He took many a tough poke from Jack and the fight might have gone th© limit had his beak not leaked so fluently. Delaney used niearly all the blows In his bundle. He must have landed a score of uppercuts, mostly from the Inside. Hooks to the head and rights to the body seemed accurate- ly aimed and it was a cinch that,, he didn't train on Canadian ale. In the 10th a hard right appeared to split open Tassl's nose. During the rest period handlers tried to patch him up and the commission doctor took a peek, also the. referee^ At the bell, Delaney tapped the in- jured organ, Eddie jForbes tapped Jack on tjie shoulder, and it was over. Tassi spread his hands, ex- pressive of the bad break. He was not groggy because Delaney delib- erately held back from striking with his right. In fact he was surprised they let the foreigner come up for the 11th. Tassi will have his schnozzle in th© repair shop for weeks to come. Nine Count Tassi went down In the first round for a. nine count, but it . was more of. a shove than a punch. Right after that he shook Jack with a right to the head. Thereafter De- laney rolled with Tassl's punches and kept his dome tucked away from danger. In th© ninth round the Italian was down again but wlth- .out a count. It was a good workout for De- laney who had all the; chance he desired to punch, without a counter. In boxing he was a mile ahead and as far as. tlie experts are concerned the match did not furnish a real line on just how good Jack is. It is apparent that . Delaney is oft the heavy men and intends fighting In the light, heavyweight class. If so, he must train off. six pounds un- less he doesn't care to regain the light heavy title. Harry lleaiimont, wlio three mbnUis ago while playing golf rup- tured a muscle in his.hack, has re- turned to hia duties as a director at M-G-M lot in Culver City. .For three weeks he was on hi.s bock. Beaumont admits he is a nut on golf, but it will bo six inonths. yet before he will he able to swing a club. Schenck .Takes Yal;9s Marvin Schenck entered the final round of the handicap tournament at Glen; Oaks Sunday, boating. Charlie. Yates, .Lpew aVgent, . one up over 27 holes in the semi-final. Paramount Joust Paramount has received 76 en- tries for its coming tournament starting Sept. 30 on the coast. Legend of Pete .Smjith For the. ninth consecuUv© time Pete: Smith made a birdie on the par 4 15th hole at Rancho Holly- wood. His last victim was Jeff Lazarus, who paid, top. Some of th© golf boys are trying to tag the winner "Birdie" Smith, .Sue 'Em . RolJert Hopkins, M.-G title writer, is a "nut'.', follower^ of the Scotch game—on© of the kind who can't wait for Saturday afternoon to come around. Some of . his good friends prevailied on Eddie Mantiix to Issue an order , to the gatemeni pii a re- cent Saturday afternoon.' 'When Hopkins prepared to pass ihrough the gate he Was politely but regret-. fully informed it would not be pos- sible for him to get away from the lot before 6 o'clock. Thinking-some error had been .committed, Hopkins, visited in turn the three other gates, but with the same solemn result. ^ It was serious business with the gatemen, and they had no reason to believe it Was anything else. The disturbed golfer finally decided to beard the front office liona in. their dens and find out what had hap- pened. The • chiefs all had gone home, leaving.no one with authority to charnge the order. It was 6 o'clock and the sun was declining fast when Hopkins finally set foot on Washington boulevard. Book Seller Fined $250; Indecent Book Charge .David Moss, 34, Owner of the (JotlKim liook Mart at 51 West 47ll» street, WHS fined $250 in Special Ses- sions following his. plea of guilty to possessing- Indecent, books, Among the character witnesses who vouch- ed for Moss was Harry Hershfleld. At the saine time Rene Goclclngcr, 29, artist, of 251 Bleecker street, arrested in Moss* stoi:©, was given a suspended sentence of 60 days in the Workhouse for possessing in- decent "pa In tings, "the arrest of the two men occurred June 18 when agents of tiie. Vic© Socliety paid a visit to the store. The alleged indecent books found in Moss' place included Frank Harris!s "My Life"; "The "Wild Party," by Joseph Marsh; "Madem- oiselle de Maupin," and "Woman and Puppet."; . The paintings in Gockinger's pos- session were said to, be Illustra- tions for new books. Loiterinjg at B'way & 46th Now $5 Fine in Court Because of numerous complaints of men loitering at 46th street and Broadway and forcing pedestrians to the roadway. Captain Edward .iiennoh, West 47tli street station, has directed his men to keep every- body moving. Policeman Latchford saw Max Bass, 21, 611 Ocean aveiiue, Brpok- lyri; talking with William Johnson, 28, 32 North Willow street, and told them to. move on. Bass began to recite the Declaration of Independ- ance. The cpp placed Bass under ar- rest and was about tp take hlih to the station housd when, he said, Johnson decided that his friend should not be an'ested. After a struggle both Were arrested. In West Side Coiirt 'beforie Magis- trate McQuade hoth pl©aded guUty to diisorderly condiict charges and paid $5 fines. Chaplin a Southpaw Charlie Chaplin plays golf as he plays a violin—with his left hand put frpnt. He has a bag full of left handed clubs which he uses pcca- slpnally. The cpmedlan is a bit mpr© keen for tennis. Ambidextrous Tennis Los Angeles, Sept. 25, William Wellman, film director, barred from playing tennis, his fa- vorite sport, by an accident to his tight arm, is learning left handec?. "While a member of the Lafayette escadrlllo during the war he was Shot" down"and"in the crash so in- jured the elbow of his right arm that his use of the arm has been limited ever since. Garden's Rodeo Oct. 22 World's Sereis Rodeb; with the proad Street Hospital (Newark) as the "beneficiary, is booked for Madi- son Square Garden Oct. 22-Nov,. 1. Allen Brandin is managing the show and attending to the opening details. Mike Jacobs Killed in Speakeasy Shooting Mike Jacobs, who operated the Francln© Club ' on 52d street near Sth a,venue, died in a Greenpoint hcspltal from three" bullet w'ounda intlicted during ari argument in a Greenpoint (Brooklyn) speakeasy. Jacobs was married and leaves a widow and family in Astoria, .L. I. Jacobs was in partnership with another man in the Francine Club. Friends say that the. slaying was the result of an old feud that dates back some years. Jacobs met his assailant .in the speakeasy unex- pectedly. Words flew and three shots rang out, Jacobs fell to the floor mortally wounded.- Ho was raced to the hpspltai and: expired a few days later. The deceased is not the Mike Jacobs of the Madison Square Gar- den connection. NEW DOG TRACK "West Frankfort, 111,, Sept. 25. Egypt Kennel club will install a dog track near this city, Hugh Frye, Chicago, is the promoter, Work starts this week with a race program scheduled for Oct. 10. Martin J. K. McDonagh, sports editor of The Times Union (Hearst, Albany), and former assititant maiiagcr cf Prpctpr's Troy Vaude. theatre, has been appointed track and cross country coach at Hennse- laer Polytechnic Institute In Troy, lie was a former track star at John Hopkins University and liolder of several A. A. U. records. Hellinger with Jolsons As Ghost Writer for Al Mark Hellinger of th© New. Yerk Daily News, with a three weeks' va- catipn leave, sailed Friday night on the "Olympic" with Mr. and Mrs. Al Jplson.' Hellinger Is to b© Jol- son's ghost writer, on-the story of his life. Al and Ruby Keeler were married Friday at Port Chester. N. T., with miuch publicity attending. The tabs were anxious to mix. up Johnny Irish with the story, but they couldn't locate him. Irish, fa- miliar along Brpadway, had been repprted for some time as Miss Keeler's prospective husband. It is said that Irish greatly ad- mired and respected Miss Keeler, but. when he learned she was fond of Jolson, bowed out pf the picture without protest The Jolson^s stay abroad Is In- definite. Al's life story, by Hellinger, who was a witness at the marriage, may initially appear in a natipnal week- ly, then in book form. BROADWAY GUIDE (Changes Weekly) For show people, as well as laymen, this Guide to general amusements In N«w York will be published weekly ih responss to repaatod rsquMt% It may serve the out-of>towner as a time-saver in sslectien. PUAYS ON BROADWAY Current Broadway legitimate attractions are completely listed and •ommienteid upon weekly in Variety under tha haadina: "Show* In Navy York and ■Comment." In that dapartmentnboth in the comment and th* actual amount of lha oroas receipts of each show, will ba found the nacaasary Information aa to tha most successful plays,'also tha scale of admission chargad. NEW FEATURE PICTURES OF WEEK Capitol—r"i3xcess Baggage" (Wm' Haines). Paramount^"Beggars of Life" (Wallace Beery) (sound). Rialto—"The Patriot" (Jannlngs) (run) (sound). Rivoli—"Tempest" (John Barrymore) (sound) (last week). Roxy—"Plastered In Paris" (Sammy Cohen) and strong stage show, strand—"Lion and the Mouse" (Vltaphone) and all-talker bllL SPECIAL FEATURES WORTH SEEING Al Jolson's "The Singing Fool" (Vitaphone) "White Shadows" "Mother Knows Best" arid Movietone "The Air Circus" "Submarine^' "Lilac Time" NIGHT LIFE Chateau Madrid atop tha 54th St. Club Is doing the bulk of cafe bl«. Helen Morgan's is a morgue and Texas Guinan's Salon Royal with Tex Vltaphone in Hollywood Is also shut. Other cafes are planning fall re« openings.: Frivolity and Silver Slipper, benefiting from established pres- tige and following, but suffering through padlocking notoriety over the summer, are readying new eiaberate stage shews. The speaks an<l whisper-Ipws are the candy fpr the cpnviviallsta. Hptel rppfs alsp registering and rpadhpuses, notibly Vincent Liopez at Woodmansten Inn, enjoying their seasonal opportunities. Pavilion Royal, and Ben Riley's Arrowhead doing well as is Post Lodge with Its West- chester younger following, . e- RECOMMENDED SHEET MUSIC "My Window of Dreams" "Magic Melody" (from "Luckee Girl") "Then Came the Dawn" "Sonny Boy" (from Al Jolson's "Sing- "Marianne" (from "The New ing Fool") Moon") "Dolores" (from Del Rio's "Revenge") Showmen as Referees Los Angeles, Sept. 25. . James McKowan, whe books acts for Keith-Orpheum circuit here, and Al Cohn, production supervisor and writer- for Christie, have been ap- pointed td act as judges for the fights at the Olympic Athletic Club, after they refereed good decisions, on several bouts. This is the first time people from both branches of show business have been picked to judge fights. As a rule in the past sporting authorities were judges. Rodeo Pony Dies at 37 ; Lios Angeles, Sept. 25. "Muggins," cow pony appearing at more rodeos and possibly "cut" more cattle than, any horse ih the history of the west, died Sept. 15 at the liOS Angeles Union Stock-, yiu-ds. The pony was, 37 years old. Muggins, still unbroken, was taken to a rodoo at Cheyenne, Wyo., where Tom ITorn, lanchcr and In- dian scout, who assisiofl In capture of Geroninio,-.saw him. Horn, broke Muggins and trained him for rodeo W(U'k and cow punching. . . . Later Horn was hangod for mur- "dor'amr-MTiirffinK-iTn'Frprd^^i^^ hands but contiiniod a rodoo attraction for many yo;n-.s. . Two- years ago thi> horse was brought "to Los Angeles and sent to the stockyards to spi-nd the rest of his life in easo. Muggins never had a bit in his mouth, having been trained as a. neck-roincd ])ony and was always ridden with a hackamorc—bitlesK halter. Negro Thief Caught Gertrude Smith, of George White's "Scandals," residing at 357 West 58th street, appeared in West Side Court to prpsecut© Jack Johnson, 39, a diminutive Negro, of 332 West 40th street, -who Is charged with burglar- izing her apartment and stealihg a $500 gold mesh handbag. The bag was dropped by Johnson during the cha.se and recovered. He was ar- raigned, before Ma,gl3trate "Thomas P, McAndrews aiid held . for the action, of the grand jury. Johnson was captured In an ad- joining houise where he had fled, by Patrolman Alfred Muio of the West 47th street station. Deputy Chief Inspector James S.. Eolan in a department auto was passing the house while the chase was on and assisted Muio. Mrs. ConwoU espied the Negrb ,ind shrieked. The Senagambian fled, with Mr.s. Conwell still scream- ing after him, Muio heard the screams and raced upstairs. The N'egro vaulted across a space of Jiy o J^tJto^ anlad jo ining a pa r t m en t. Muio, no tiiean athlet3,"~1iiiacle^tW leap after the colored man. The bluocoat levelled his gun ,^t Johnson , when the latter was about to leave by a kitchen door. John- son raised his hands collingward and surrendered. Inspector Holan by tliis time had entered the apart- ment and assisted Muio in taking Johnson out. Mrs. Irene Pierson Falls From Window of Home After visiting several places along Broadway, Mrs. Irene Pierson, 28, model, returned to her apartment at 631 West .End avenue. She was acccmpanled there by .ber girl friend, Deris HIghstpn, 480 Audu- bpn avenue. Mrs. Piersen went te her apart- ment and the windew tP wave good- night to Miss Highston. In doing so she lost her balance and plunged to the street. A tenant in the hpuse heard her fall, carried her to the apartment and then summoned Dr. Murphy frpm Knickerbocker Hos- pital. • . The woman was rushed there wh6re It was found she had sus- tained a. possible fracture of the skull. At first police believed the worhan had been pushed out the W.lndpw but a.n-i5^®i'-'??l'**'^ ^ tectives Moor© and "Harris,^ West lOOth street station, disclosed no one had been In the apartnierit Miss Highston had not seen her friend fall as she had driven away in a taxicab. Lady Booster for Buses Sent Away for Long Time Mrs. Gertrude Tromutola, 2.4, of 26 West 61st street, who claims she Is a booster for a Times Square Luna Park busj was sentenced to the House of Good Shepherd for an Indeteirmediate term up to three years In Special Sessions after pleading guilty to petty larceny. According .to Frederick Robert president of the Dainty Perfumer Service Corp., of 226 , West 47th .street, the girl was arrested Aug. 22 iJil.%=uW£n?.SJV_clPtcc^lye in the ladies' room at the WaTdorra.¥tWuTTRrb The defendant, with the aid of screw driver, had opened the money receptacle of a perfume machine and had taken about $40. Robert told the justices that the machine h.ad been burglarized on frequent occasions and detectives had been seeking the thief for sev- eral weeks. Actors Draw Crowds to Police Court; Says Janitor Hardly a week goes by but that West Side Court .gets a free act. One week it was Bill Fields ar- raigned for torturing a canary that died. Then along comes Georgio Price, of "The Sonjg Writer" show;, arrested and arraigned for smacks ing a cast mate, Irving Hirsch, 1168 East 21st street, Brooklyn. Price had nething to say. "I'll tell everything when I testify", ho said. Hirsch waxed loquacious to newspapermen. When th© cas© was called for the second time, Hirsch failed to ap- pear so Magistrate Francis X. Mc- Quade discharged Price. Frank Conlon, janltpr pf the old cpurt building said he thpught he would have to get more seating cyiace. "Actors bring large crowds'* said the janitor, Plirsch explaining th© trouble to reporters in the corridor of the court said: "For more thain a; week Georgia laas been nagging me for no reason at all. H© continued to nag mo again Tuesday night When he fln- Lshed his part he. sent for me. I left my dressing room to see what ho wanted. In his dressing room ho began to accuse me of drinking hla liquor. "I never drank liquor in my life. Nor dp I smoke. I told that tP Geprgle but he became Infuriated and began tP fire empty ginger ale bPttles that ho uses in his act at me. I dodged the first one. Then another came; Hirsch's Thoughtfulness -!4.JCeared ..tp,_,gp to_jw.ork on him because I w^uld have kllleff hirn"t said Hirsch. "I hurried to the street and got Patrplman O'Hare and ho arrested .Price pn my complaint", said Hirsch. Hirsch avered that Georgie Was made a gift of some liquor recently. Georgie, he said, in his show rol© is at the bar of a swell flat. He in supposed to drink ginger ale, said Hirsch. While Georgie had nothing ttf say he ppsed for the cameramen. The white operators of the AT- hambra. New York, and the Stand- ard, Philadelphia, have effected an agreement whereby the house stock companies will alternate between tha two theatres playing Negro attrac- tions. Amphion, Brooklyn, N. T,, playing Yiddish drama as weekly policy, will" pllry""lTrigTisfi""^ six acts and picture. Mickey Aldrich has joined .Xmnl- .gnmated as assistant to Bud Irwin, Maitland and Wheelden, boxin.K girls, have- gone to lltivana and Mexico City fcr fall engagemenf*.