Variety (Aug 1929)

Wednesday, Augu st 81.1929 T I M E 3 SQ U A R E VARIETY 47 Stories by JaiA^^ C^^ ;io9n onward. Jack Conway wrote a series of From. 1920, °|>^5r,%he stories dealt with baseball and prize fiabts 111 Variety. This series is reprinted weekly. Story below ajjpeared VAIXEE'S GA-GAS TWO UPSTATE TEAM FRAME EA(M OTHER Con's Rubber "Apples'* stood Off by Pead Qrws y • ■■. ■. Syyacuse, June I.- :pear ^Chicl^ 5 . . •; ; we just como back from Jersey Vfiitv where wie di^oppea ipur In a Vftw ' I'found but tKe last day v/hat. ;X wrongs but as/'r)utch"^ar^ back of It I couldn't, beef be cause he:€:Qt Sep to my TAjbber tail racket, VP here. . Ybu know the ■Jersey City cliib are :a bad , 'M^. and the only rea- : Bon they won't finish ninth; is ■because ' this. Is ; iii^e l eht - club; league. "We tore .; Into them to riwjp up,, for we are neck / and- heck : With Toronto tor : the lead, hut the . best we got was to get' out of town w'i thou dred 'games in a row' against the i'est. . Cutivbert and ;Alpiy arie pesterin' me to death to put the. rubber hajis back In -as they can't get any home runs .withQtit them.. The ball their usiii'. this sieas.pn Is a .iittle^ faster tiian . It was. last, \ but It is still .. a good healthy sniick to get them put o'£: these parks in this league; Most; of the lots was lafd ;ov;t oh prairies; The fences seehi to be a hiile off. .I'd /pke; ,to. see Kelli- /and. B^uth. blast in' iat s<jme;;of thesie' fences in^ stead. 6f ■ that - right . field stand.' just back of first' base at , the. ■ Folp .Grounds.'... Some of those• hpmcrs: wpuldh't Vmako;, oilr Tight fielders turh '.their backs. . ' ■ 'Take care of yout-self. . ypur pal, .Con. ■ 1 SaratogaVWeek^iukC^^ CON town -wm"" - , , _ ■ . any of my inflelders gettin' w;oUnded. We couldn't hit a ball put of the Infield and i. was afraid to slip any rubber apples .In ' lor fear Dutch would holler. After the first game I called the gang, together in tho hotel .iirid read the riot act to tliem,. but the fbllowin' day it .was: ju.ist ais. :bad.'- • '.' \ ■ They, would go up to. the plate and pop up little fly balls that you cotild stick In your vest iiocket oj hit a. grounder right at. sdniebody I was goln.'.nuts on the hench,-hut. It didn't dp no. good; so . I. had to taice my medicine;: ■. ' The last day I started .Wally Nolan whP has been beatin' every- .thln* In. the league all season. Up to thiat diiy.all be had to do tp stop those birds was to .throw his glove .out in the., box and they would roll over and play dead. • Thfelr pitcher was a big string ' with a fast ball that wpuldn't knock ypur .hat off, biat dp- you think we got any runs off him? .,We did not.. They lucked In . a' run In the fifth InninV iand. wei went Intb the ninth one Tun behind, .for We had hone I got desperdtp Iri the ninth; so ,1 .grabbed a,: bat and. told Whalen to take. thc air for. I woiild hit for him.' I stooei up at the plate and let this tramp throw over a'couple that were as big as, the night boat to Albany. Aiter taking two. and gettin* him in-the hole I picked on one as straight as a .string and tore Into it so hard I nearly wrenched my back, it .plopped up . Just back of second base. The second sacker . stuck It in his pocket and the game was over. I tvimbled right away, but, as I said before,, what could I do? ■ 1 hunted Dutch up that night at his hotel and asked him man: to man to tip me off what they had PAilled" oh..,usv. He finally ' told ■ nric ahd vre .:prpriiised . to lay off. each ■; other's ball ciub for the rest bf the season. •.; ■ • ^.v . They done just the oppb.site . to ■what I pulled, with- thfe rubber balls Instead . of their pitbher le(i;vin' ■ a ■iast ball: for my pitcher ...tp. Use on .their hitters thby., had.-some, apples that were.as dead ;as :danclh! mats fend, they used them on- our b.unch while ;We Tvere at .bat.: .My saps .conidriit get thehi but of the infield' naturally. ' • . When they: gpt the side 'out they Would leave a regulation ball in the box fpr our pitchbr .to work with . 'Which gave thorn their odds ahd . flxed thing.^ pretty.' The only -way they could lose w?is for us both to play a 0 to. o; tie, for It'' •wjUs a, pipe that We couldn't sbore with those . eaullriowcr.s ^ they• were throVm' us . ■ hi t'at In ten thau.'jan.d ypars. . ; ==Bahirau~saTd^Ie~fllg^afed~wo^owex3 them four Jrame.g for.-me- swltchin* ^llis up here on thorn and that he , had doped put the revenue; clalmpd no one "Was In pn it but him and the pitchor, so wo have Vjiiade . an' affi-eemcht that ,every,:- thing : goes against all the olhor IjiliibB in the' lo.nguo, hut are to . i''»y nff ,f.arh other,, and! rnn't W-of *>o niatter. if one club win.s a hun • .iSixmuel ' Frank, restaurant owjicr of 882. Goluhibus ,avenue and resid- Ihg At .1390 Melrose avenue, Bronx, eipiained between tears ' in West Side CPurt to Magistrate Albert H; ;Vitalo' how he had been swindled out vPf $.3,000 in the .Hptel Alaniac. '.After listening tp Frank's yarn the magistrate held Benjamin Schwaideispn, 36, who istated he •was. an agent of the John liancock Insurance .Company, residing at 114 Elliott place, Bronx, for the Grand Jyry. Bail of $3,000 was fixed by the Cpurt and furnished by "Stitch" McCarthy. While Schwaidelson did not actii- a,lly take the money, Fra.iik stated, the latter, introduced him to a man the detectives are seeking and who swftched' an envelope cPntalning Frank's- money. Frank arrived home girid, peering into the envelope he carried, supposedly containing his money and the bunco man's dough, he found the envelope full of news- papers. He raced to the West 100th street station and narrated his story to detectives Tom Brady and Jim Walsh. They interviewed Schwaidel- son, who later surrendered and was formally placed under arrest. He denied any participation In the transaction. Frank was introduced to the con- fidence man by Schwaidelson, he testified. The confidence man had a big real estate venture that, he wanted Frank to got on the "ground floor." Frank withdrew $3,000 from a bank and. met the thief in the Alamac by appointment. The deal was talked about. They pPoled then- mPney. The money -was placed in an en- velope and given to Frank to take home and place in a safe., Frank was warned not to open the envelope until tho following morning. His curiosity overcame him and he pecked into the envelope when he got home. Nothing but newspaper clips. " . The switch was made in the hotel, alleged Frank. . iRudy bailee: has '. attained plaster-In-pat-ls immortality in the fornt of plaques made by a New York flrha to retail at-$1 1- copy,' which enable^ the femnles . tb . hang the pash •bialladeer . on , the wall . and- wax ga-^ga;-' ' ■: : Vallee coljects 50.% rpyalty.. COPS ME OUTAFTERTO \ It becatne:^k^^ ■ Side Court diiring i heafing that I-nSpec- tpr Patrick McGprniick, boss Pf the cops that cover ."Ma^da Liane,'? has a i<iiaad-. bf. young :"undcrcover" agents : getting yaluable evidchoe ajgainst-alleged iilght ciilhs. ' " The : "uhdercbver'' ■ agents : arc young irid . jgpod. Ippkihg;' Theiy carry a stoUt ■bankroli and : haVe- a swanky air. They; gain, admittance.; to- the/elubs'by. ppsing ais .Bcioi:is o^ :wealthy .families and. spend plenty bf the.ciiy's'money. . - One agent, expilaining hpw he got evidence, told repprters that he did not drink, although he made plenty: of "buys" In the place. "I .wasn't in .the place but a short time when I wa's joined by a dancer .in the .pia.ce. Wheh the, lights were idimmed, I Wpuld dump the liquor into a sponge I carried and.'Squeeze the contents Into a bottle I carjried In my pocket,'' he said. He stated he would pliay a, place several nights. In order tp' get. pleiity. of evidence.. Wheh the piace woul<3 be raided by the . lnspectpr|s men,' he was always, present as a. guest and would indicate the 'Vlpl.atpr.s.. The operatora of the club were ignorant bf the "finger-man.'? Not only Is- the Inspector pro- ceeding against the clubs on the liquor law, but also lodges a charge of helng a public hulsahce. TWO brought in on these charges were the Hi-Hat Club, 150 West 5(5th street. John Armstrong,. 11.1-129 Ropsevelt avenue, part owner of the clnb, was arrested on . this charge. ) In West Side Court before Magistrate Louis Brpdsky, ;Arna- strong was dischargedv ' .. : ' Felix also arrested Albert (Punk) Stein, 114 West 48th .rtrieet, m'anager . ^ _ . of the Red Slipper Club, 114 West.l Himyar Stud, sales .nit. _i i A ri. 1 ji.-;. iv.A- TTi _: .i.;.- .-'.-...A .■^■-■i.j —. V : ;• Saratoga, Aug. 19, . Third Saturday of .the racing sea- sph bv'Pught the usual peak crowd tp the ti-acks and roadhpuses, but it was ■ in the hia in tt- wo<?k-end.. mol > |. flocking tb the Spa with litllb liUe- lihood oi 50 per cent o£.;tlvc vi.slt^^^^ sticking tlirough.. Grand.: Union and^ the -tTnited States Hotels both hold capacity Saturday, alsb the Lldb.iVenip.oii.'Ar- rp^vJi.ead'and Itiley'.s aftor th'e..ra.cbs but there Avas.a .nptabio lot do'wh at the hpsteiories!. and' 'tho' roadhpuse •roRortis Suhdnyi. . :: ... ■. ■ Season here, the play ropih oper- ators are about conyincod, consists :this summer pf' ;.a series of five weok-crids with the Saiiurday" step pers crowding-the roonis wagering a little at' thP wheels and' th.c .:dicc ta;bles and. .javiying the hig .hipnby player^ .iar. fi:om prying eyes. Brbbk Club's Big Play The rh-poli. Club, the.'fashionable restricted: resort pporafed by Nat Eh«ens : with Walter, lleade,. -theatre; 'bwner Said -to be in .ipr. a -sir-0«hlei: pieiie, is .getting :the bigv. money players,. the requirements, for ad- mission.being almost as strihge.nt as those prevailing ;'at Ba^dley'^ In Palm Beach.. Several .'$75,600 ' and. $50,000 losers at craps are reported, that game."steadily .growing, in ppp- ularity aniprig the social/ set ahd. E-veips jgiving over: a special room to the game, thfls. giving it the sanie prominence as chemih de fer. ■ ' In Palm Beach,: E; .R. Bradley barred. the g.ame for many, years frbnii. hiis room .because of its asso- ciation, Bradley" being a Southerner. Prouiiiers; here believe he will even- tually be forced to yield to.:the de-. mands of his patrons, who are get- jtlhg a yen for the, quick action dice table at this resort. , Bobby Crawford's Yearling . Bobby Crawford, head pf Brown, De Syiva & Henderson, music ptih^: lishers, who used to be. a jockey, himself-is $aid' to be the real owner of the yearling by 'Bpinard' out of 'Mary Belle,' which Joey Levens bid in for $30,000 Friday night at the The colt is one it^s have taken a flihg at the.wheel or tho dice and outsh^tned|- the; ;. house. .-■■'.' .. :'■ ■ .' ' Grift Out-dobp Traihed . . Plrtyrobm c^^^ stiolcmeii and : doale'rs: arc a clanriislv mbli, who; fig- ■ ui-e anyone who steps in, the: room wiicre they aire operating; is an 18--' karat chump. In desperation br put, of .jhurigei' for .the, usual en.d pf a good seasbh bohus: they ' cui-se :and swear wlieh a big plunger :gots out after being.-in the red .for five g|rand- or 'nioro'-at 'cra:i>s..'--' '■ ■-■' -- .i.' ■ Smart dice players' nbvor. toss: $5. chip's in th'e murderous .field .section- . of tho. table but the.^'^ay. the.: stick-. : nven at the various resorts, hustle;. the chumps to get; action on every roll reminds ohe.of a grift carnival ballyhbobr doing his .stuff, ' : . ,:■ . ; V Some of the cashiers at the crap tables in sbme of the pop spots here miiist have also gotten <• their ' early short-changing experieh^ie with; cheap tent outfits; .• A stew playing $25 (green chips^) iand on the 'Vv'in-... nini? side one night, last Week was. shortchanged $50 bn each of eight cpnsbcutlve passes, the: cashier lift^ ihg^ohe chip-off the pJayeV's on the, line bet. holding Pne put on the pay- off stock and thbh quickly making one. stock put of bbth piles. 48th street. After losing the Hi- Hat Club case, Felix asked for an adjournment, which -was granted until Aug. 26. PECULIAR USES SOME AGENTS' HELEN'S GOWN ALMOST UPSETS COURT AND CHS ' Helen" McFarland, IS, dancer and xylophone player, wife of Cliff Sw'br, blackface comedian,' residmg at the Hotel Claridge, recovered a .d'^posit lha:t she had. placed .with the- Fairsex Gown Shop,"; 73t ;8th avenue, when the latter company failed to deliver a dress the dancer had brdorod. . . . .'■ Miss p AIcFarland appeared In court - iinaccompan.i.ed. ' jShc ■ almpst- ups^it the proceedihgs when almo.st pyeryone craned thoir necks to. .get a ^ look at the pretty dancer. G.u.s Schocnherr, veteran clerk, dropped his work to givo the dancer. hi.'< 'undivided a.ttenUon, ... . > . ; MixR --^IcFarland : told Magistrate Vitalc that she Prdorcd the drcs.s io wear f\t ah audition. .\^'I waltvd •-and. waited. But the dress never I f.. ■ ■ J v^{t==r-t^U'lt^^ --'-l t i. s t^»-tne .. «^ P T . poirttmont.: for- . the. audition,",, sh/-. sa id. The-court wait aff(-Gtod.. . When the suinin(>n.<! 'wift.< roturnc!,d a reprosontatlve' of the gc.wh Khop appoarod nwl .sbit^d that there h?<d horn a misiindorsta.ndin.i?. Mips Mf-, Furland. 'withdrw her action and tb^ R"wn. 'fh(tp T<;T'i;w'ntativ« gayr- thf dannor hf-r d'-iirif-it. Court r<-!-.'irn'--d nnrmaTfy; , A number Pf Sadie Tftompsons are -using agents': offices as their thoroughfare. . Without fear-, of the police, they are "becoming- more brazen and more numerous. \ Presumably the girls are seeking a theatrical job, but they are passed from one office to an- other with a card from one agent or booker to another marked O.' K. under the agent's signature. There seems to be as .nluch of this thing gbing on In some agen- cies as there Is of regular business. Though carried on quietly, It has grpwn so extensive many of the stenographers in the ofllces have learned about it and ard alarmed .by the condition. Some, of the girls, It is learned, are not of the usual • sort bnt; arc green-.kids, ansious :for a' Job* '^ho are taken in by the agents, prpm-- ises of every kind are given them and they are sent In thrh to a, mu-, sic pyblisher; who , is ,tb furnish songs for them; to a Ij'roducer -who has-'a-job f.br :theni,-etc.' " Meanwhile the real .'fem.me per-, former Is constantly Insulted a,nd rushes out of ..Variolas >fii Some . of ; the . stcnographer.s In |. those agencies, .the indepcndeht booking offices,, cabaret agencies, etc., say that, there are rtpt enough women in the. booking field and that: there Is a grofit field for them. Women would pay more strict at- tention: to. busiiics.s.they .cpntond. ^ Miller Adjudged ^ . Irvih C. M iller, 47, known In Hai^- Ii;m negro thbatrif-als a.i^ ^{mrtrrftm^ and prpduccr ;cf show.«, 1 iving fit,] 06 Kdgocombe :avenuo, was: ndjudjci'-d, the- father' pi" a child born tp LoliiKo Williams, colored dancer, of 141 West 145111'street. Special Scs.«iil(.)n.s brdfired Miller t() j).^y $10 a week for the suppfrt of the cl-iild and to poiG a bond of of the best 1 poking horses to appear in the sales rihg^ this season. It was the second highest price paid for a yearling . this year, tops being $45,000 .for.a Man Q' War young- ster. iVrixHirsh -will train the horse:for; .Crawford, who will most likely name it ''Good News." .: Buying a pearling is a real gamble as the youngster is . bought solely because of its blood lines and noth- ing, about Its racing ability Will be known for at least a year.- - ; A filly' tlxat cost; $75,000 last sea- son, the record price, hasn't gone to the post yet ivhile a $65,000 yearling merely l at, last yea:r's sales "Broadway ' Limited," starting twice has shown little to date. Jolson's Inside Stuff Al jplspn- uivfbit his .second.week- end* brought his wife^; Ruby Keeler,. along" this time. Out. of- regard ;for Al, the i?rbadway mob Oh. the clu-h-. house lawn.placed;a bet on a..horse: -nam,ed. "Ruby -KeeleV • in the firs^; ra;ce Saturday. The horse, a hot tip. in the' paddock, proved a Stiff on the . ■track. '■ ■ ' ■ •■ ' -.■ ■ .-. . ., ■ Surrounded by a bunch of his former pals, Jolson confided that ■as a unit owner in United Artists he is now Harry Rlchman's boss; that he is In the perfume business as well as a director of .Brunswick Itecords. Jolson has .a piece of the firm manufacturing ElBRI perfume. Jolson also told the boys that Warners' paid eight millibh for con- trol of Brown, De Sylva and Hen- derson,., the boys taking plenty of Winding up his serious discusslou JoisOn gagged, that everything, .but burlesque, the carnivals and the eir- cusos were now controlled by Wall street, but that, if the worst came he could still drive a truck for Lkju Davis, he boing the only Broadway- ite who had evbr paid the song- writer-butcher a meat bill. Harry Lcnetgka Marrying H{irry Lenetska, of the William Morris ofljce,; a regular week-ender here looking after the interests of Abe Lyman's band, will marry Hel- oise A,itscliul in September. Len- etska brought Bprros, Morros of Publix up to hear the Lyman Icombo and the band goes into the Para- mount for four weeks opening Sept. 6, - The. engagenaeht'.-was- finally ..set Saturday- with a' Paramount sound truck On hand . to . make- a Lyman trailer and .shoot the races, Jolsbn appeared i'h one'scene with liyiriani: $1,0.00.- Lido's Liquo.r -Pinch . . - Dry enforcement activity around Saratoga resulted in a pinch at thb Lfido^ycnice- Thursday night. That spot how faces p.adlock proceeding for next season, having' bobn raid<?d: a.t the height of the season last year. Arrowhoad -^v-as visit.od the'follow- Ing night but nothing found. ' The Lido With .the game room op- erators runhin:gth/j kitchen sold champagne an:d a pint tif scptoh at the prcvaiU.ng ►Sur'atbfifa: price.s to .a couple of : agont.s ' who later , di.s-, covered storage c.-jr -parked in the yai d oon tai n In g a ronsidora-ble quan.- tity of M':Coy li'iuor. . None of tiio .gayer night life .spots took a Ghanc.e fuelling anythinfx ovo.r the AVfck-end, but several nddod a $2 cb rk ago ot' huclt»'-t' . cljargC ' ^'"^ TiHos!rn5r I n g 1 rrg"TF)nfT?^^ WKhmit- .selling itp ' liorc noiif of the spots i-an ^<<.-t off the ;.nrit with the , burdf-ti thrown on - the : gan\r' room. With the exr<«iiti<»n of- th<' J-Jrijokr flnh; none (if the .p!fl.yJ■(.l.)ni^•• ^^as,in'i'.•l^{^•fl ',i '],]:t\<-r for a aV'Je fiv(- liL'i.re futri, bit?,iii<;>.ri('y' tiif;-:)'VJs- ftifi:; t'l.e fiiip'.'iliir .<-p"t.^' iiiiin;..:-:M-i to v. ir.'S'l'- O'Jt. wiifi ctuivl'li-r.'ili'.i' f"/i; • sl.-TU.n'-y to (l.*t,t'.". .H'j'vciui Ijioaowiiy* Clifford-Higgins Split CortPz and Peggy open at the Lido-Venibe tonight (Monda.y) re- placing George Clifford and Lizbeth .IIiggin.s, bailrooni dancers who are. splitting after twO seasons. me$ Higgins, daiiighter Of the ink manu- facturer by that name, is prpminent in Long Island social; circles.. New show at the Lido has Relne Valerie, soprano, and OUye McClurei acrobatic dancer. ' Arpowhead's Top Gross Arrowhead, doing the biggest roadhou.se business here, grP.'?sea $25,000 last week. Biggest week at the *Lido la.st season was around $27,000, with little chance of that figtire being topped this year with the liquor situation tightening up around these part.s. At the Raees'. Among thb.se at the races Satur- day were Bobby Crawford, Mary Lucas, Ruby Keeler, Lucy Hender- son, Mildred Lagay, Jack Parting- tori, Emerson Yorke, Borros Morros, Nibk. SchenQk, Al Jols.on,. Lou ,<3ch-wartz,. Beh Stein, Lou Davis, Stanley .Sharpie,, Harry Lcnetska, Bill Grady. .' ' - : ■ F!eud between a" head waiter and a piano and song .trio working the table.s at one of ^ .the roadhous,^^ reached a climax when the boys high pressured a party, out .of;;A centuryj while the headwaiter ; was "lucky to grab, a fin for him.'ielf; after wa,iting; around till' dawn. . . > . , ; Film on Rothsteiii ■ Los Angeles,-Aug. 20. Based on the life of -Arnbld Rothi steini paramount wili make a pic- tur0-.s:tarring William --.i'pw'ell to b* -.called tioloi:-'of Mohcy." : -' N.uhiber. of •writers hero, ;famJHar I with Rolh.«toin, ■are coll.-tbfjrating ' On tlib' yarn. Jjothar Mcndfcs . will direct. '.'■' , •; . *THE SPECIALIST" B By G.MARLES (CHIC) SALE j h'vi f .ih< .<•' <):<'<>:ji<-i< i^uiil I>;isi ^wo On Sa'lP at n lyiRS. GERSON'S TEA ROOM J iriHH Wroutlwtiy, N. Y.