Variety (Dec 1929)

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46 VARIETY TIMES SQUARE-SPORTS Wednesday*: December 4, 1929 PETE NEBO KAYOED BY SOCKING SINGER r Indian Out On His Feet When Referee Stops It in Fourth By JACK PULASKI Quite a big turnout at^the Garden last Friday paid a tilt in prices to see Al Singer in action. The bugs expected to see a knockout a,nd that's what happened.' Pete Nebo, . the itf'lorlda Indian, lasted, two minute? and 20 seconds of the fgurtiv round. That socking Singer looks all the more like a champion. The referee stopped the fight. . At. the time' Nebo was backed up against the ropes in a corner, being smashed Without retuirn. The end- ing was "somewhat sudden and .sen- sational, the crowd climbing the chairs as Singer jumped In the air signifying his joy In scoring an - other kayo win. A.t the two-minute mark the Bronx battler was stung by a hard right from the Seminole., Al hesl tated, one hand on the ropes, some . thing he rarely does. Looked as though he was groggy as Nebo came . in. They went Into two clinches, the fans even then being dubious about Singer's condition. In a flash Al wa-s back into stride. He landed with both hands to Pete's Jaw. The Indian backed lip, tak- ing further punishment. With his man against the ropes Singer went Into the final fusillade. When the referee stepped in, one of Nebo's handlers rushed to the kid and lit * erally carried him'to his corner. There was something about Sing Eddie Cantor Not in Chb Eddie Cantor wishes to make It plainly known he is In no way connected with the Fleet- wood Beach Club. When that cliib was organ- ized Cantor became a member, but shortly after resigned. Understanding his name has been employed in the promo- tion of the Fleetwood club, Mr. Cantor requests this explana- tion. .. er's battle that was not entirely satisfactory. He seemed to be aim- ing for a quick knockout, taking too many chances against the hard hitting Nebo. For that reason Al took a number of hard left, hooks to this face and some rights. For- tuniately those blows were a bit high. Al showed class In straight- ening up Nebo, who got nowhere with a crouch, Odds slightly favored Singer, thougli there was a hunch abroad that Al was in for a hard, battle. It was Nebo's first try ;at the light- weight divislbn. He has beer fight- ing in the featherweight class (125 pounds). Singei: at 132 pounds had about two pounds advantage. Slow Semi-Final . - Thie. main event was put on again 'before the *semi-finai. The Sammy Fuller-Johnriy Farr match after- wards looked so slow .by compari- son thJtt the. cuistomers kept walk- ing. Th^ seasoned and toughened Farr'of Cleveland found a tarter in Fuller of Bbstoh who seemed just as tough • and more accurate with hlsu punches. The. decision went to Fuller, a kid who might get somewhere. ■ Some of the fans yelled for' a'drawj but they always do. DON'T HAVE TO PAY OFF, SAYS FREEMAN; HAPPY "Howdy, bo. How are all thfem Broadway chumps I used to know doing nowadays? Suppose they were in the market, the pikers. Squawking plenty over their^J30.. "Kid, what a break for me this stock bust is. I ain't never gbirig to pay off again. Tbu don't hear me bawling about any losses in dough or on paper. - I was clean when it started and rm clean now, but it's working for me two ways just the same, Besides not payliig oft, I ain't worrying any more over sucker money. There's no sucker money no more. Everybody's In the box and I'm on vacation. "All the ideas I had to promote are written out and In storage. From, the way I figure, it will take the chumps a couple of years to save up enough dough .to make it NEW YORK THEATRES .■,::f»^:.Y*^'y«V.:^«^'.^?'<^^^^*S'l'?«^\'.y^SM'/^iV of Love and Deatb By BOUAIN BOLIiAND A THEATRE OUIliD PRObuCTlON jiCIU) THBA.; 63d St., W. of B'waiy. -Ets.-8^60, —Matar-Thura—&-Satv7-2-'.40.- nCT AClPOTIieatre. Weet 44th St.' Eves: 0EiLt/%i9^\/8:lO. Mats. Thure,, Sat., 2:40 DAVID BIXASCO PreMnts' It s a Wise RKOTHEATRES vrSMiO let's 06 B. f KEITH'E PALACE BKYANT 4300 ~r—. —■- -FBE0"W/W»rN(r«nd~— — Mil PENN8YLVAMIAN8 _ ■ NAN 1 BERT HALPERIN { y^HEELER LUtU McCONNELL BUCK & BUBBLtS A New Comedy by Lanrencc B, JohoBon AXrnia Theatre. Weat «5th St Evea 8:50 AVUn Mata.'Thursdaj and Saturdoj. 2:S0 Dir. A. L. ErlanKer . Brook Pemberton Preaenti Strictly Dishonorable Comedy-Hit by PrMloh 8turo«i ' Stated by' Antelnetto Perry A Mr. Pemberton WOW'S YOUR HEALTH? A FARCE WITH-MUSIC By BoQth Tarklngton and Harry I^eon ■Wllison with HERBERT CORTHBDIi, DONALD BRIAN and ROT ATWEIiL. "Screamlne farce, continuous wit, for those who wish to laugh loud and often."—^N. T. Times VANDEBBIIiT THEATRE, W. 48th St. Sivea 8:60. Mata Wed. & Sat. at ^:SO RIVERSIDE HELEN KANE BARRY A WHITLEDGE Tiny Town Reviio ' Tranklyn Ardell Latnrop Broi.;^ George A Beatty New York Chatter Marlon Davles ia in New Tork. "What, no parties!" Is the dally wall with the caterers, JacK Lilrider is taking a few weeks off to hunt in the Adirondacks. Roger Wolfe Kahn has over 2,000 flying hours to his credit BUI Orr beat Roxy at golf the other day in a Yonkers meadt)W.: Oscar Doob's first purchase on the first day of his new job was a pipe. Harry Kuh and Arthur De Rob are opening a publicity office. Helen Hoerle Is noW assisting Beauvls Fox in George Tyler's of- fice. Peters'Is. the new midge replac- ing the late Wee WUUe Ward In Jack.Wilson's act, Gerry Blanchard has gone in for brilliant gowns with trains so long they move In sections. Add parchessi to the list of par worth while for me to commehce i6r games coming back. Anagrams Is In the chain drug stores, Doris Carpenter, former Jed Har- ris employee, is managing a, tea room in Brooklyn. Ben Bernle came In. on the Homeric and his band on the Presi- dent Roosevelt. Gerson's win do an I. Miller in its new tea room to be called the "H9,ll of Stars." Star shaped plaques In honor of various theatre celebp, No friend of Helen Morgan's can you want to start them] use the phone In her home^o^^^^^^ 'em how you are trying dressing room to call another girl 'friend operating again. By that time I should be way ahead myself through not payinis off. V ' * . . Cry .Rehearsals . "i am rehearsing crying until my creditors cry with me. when I pulls ftiy spiel. It's a baby. I started telling how .1 lost everything I owned and. May's too. . Wl^en thiat didn't get over strong, enough I rung in my grandfather and grand- mother. Bo," If tears, tell to save the old folks from the. poor house. Aiter all of these years; Don't forget to stick In 'after all of these year3.' . That's when you weep. • ' ■ " 'Granddad gave me $48,000 so he could be eaSy for the rest of his few 'days,' I moan, 'and me, what did I do ? Like you or anyone else i took a'chance. .And grandad don't know it yet. Or ! grandma. Gee, when I think of. grandma, in her old age—' and then you haul out Wednexlay to Frldai^, Deo.. 4 to 6 KEN MURRAY Foster, Faqan «L Cox: Other Aoh IN A GLAIRE .Gilbert) In VTHE AWFUL TROTH." All Talk . PROCTOBfS GOR LEX AVE 8:40 PLAYHOUSE ^ktJ'^ 1oT\ «:3o SCINE ROXY O SOIh 8t & 7th Ave. Dir. 8. L. Bothafcl (RO«i- WUUom For presents for tiio First Time ot i?opulat Prices FRANE- TiJE RIVER BOUZAGE'S A *>* 7 with CHARLES FARRELt > On the Stage: Daniel L. Haynes—Hall Johnspn'o Nearo Choir—Roxy Oroheetra, Ballet, Chorus, 32 Roxyettes JOAN CRAWFORD in Her First AU-Talklr>e Picture UNTAMED-^^-^j'^iu"' On Stage: PAVK SCHOOLER In Chester Hale'8 B«vu© Spectacle, "EXON WAYS, with CapitoHana. ^ ^^^^ jT* A PlT^l . Major Ed. Bowee, V^/AIT 1 » Mng. Director Mldnlfflit Pictures NlRbtly at 11:80 Wednesday to Frlday,_D80. 4. to 6 INA CLAIRE ^r .-. In "THE AWFUL TRUTH," All Talk 'CHINESE iSHOWBOAT.", With Honorable Mr. WU and 25 Entertainers Burnt &. "Allen; Other Aoto WARNER BROS. 2 Vitophone Hlta JOHN BARRYMORE In ' Hla First Talking Picture: "GENErXl CiRACK*' Warner Bros. Thea. B'way & 52d 8L Daily, 2:45. 8:45 Sun., 3. . 6. B:43 77'Stars! 100 Shows in One I "SHOW OF SHOWS" (In Toclinlcolor) Winter Garden Bway.& 50th St. Dally. 2:45. 8:45 Sat, 3. 8:45, II :43 sun'., 3, C. 8:45 .Matinoos: Good Seats, All Prlcea At Brtx 'Oflaco GEORGE ARLISS in "DISRAELI" Central Theatre B'way & 47th St. I Dally, 2:45.8:45 1 Sun., 3, 6, 8:45 Don Alvarado, "IJhe Bad One,' UA. ■ - "The liand of Sbngs," with John Boles/' U. V , - J, .Edwin Schneider, Jojin McCor- ^liick's accompanist. Fox. A Football RonuiDce. lolrfc Donglaa FAIRBANKS jF 'A liorelU YOins'G N*w York * BtooklfD S*irA'r}D New York Mtdnite Show 11:30 Opening Thursday ot STRAND Prioee WARNER BROS. All Talhinf Technloojor Picture, "COLD DIGGERS OF BROADWAY," With an all itar cast the handkerchief. Offers of Aid : "One muffff. when .1, finished of fered to loan me $100 more. Then I knew how good It was. Another said It was terrible; he had heard of tough cases but niy old. folks was the limit, and what could I do? . ■ " TVliat can I do?' I says. "But I alfft going to let~tK6m~aiM(efnaTon^: i got guts, .1 have. If they go to the poor house I -goes ^Ith them. At least tifiey are: not going to be without some of the family around at their" age/ ' "Well, bo, that was . aces. The mugg. patted me on the back and says: 'Freeman, Tve heard .a'lot of stories about you but they don't go. Yoti're regular, and if .the poor house Is ..too far away, I'll stand for another toucli for carfare/ I don't know, .who Btafted that stock.market,epidemic but I would like to- s6nd him "a wire of thanks Probably Tm the only; guy ;in the world whit) feels that way. .1 can't help iti though. Tou've got to be thankful when you get a break like this. It's the first I've had since I went to Porto Rico and got off the island alive. 2 Vears Too''Long "If it wasn't for that two-year wait until the sugar shows again, I could be happy, but It's , a longer tlihe than I am used to without doing something for my friends. Did you hear' If Sam: got. cauj|:ht? He probably had his dough tied up in a sttJd game though and Is all right, temporarily. "May has been doing some worry- ing about that f230 she let me have to Tun into a-bankroll. - Btit I can stall May until she gets another $230. May ain't saving up as fast as she used.to wljen 'she was work- ing. "How" do you sit, bo? Okay? I thought maybe I would saw by now some notice of that lousy paper bp- Ing, sold at auction and all of you bums out hustling .for jobs. But I'll keep on looking. You thimble-r riggers have been running the grift too long anyway without getting turned up. If you go floppo you can niako good for a. while on my spiel, althoueh t don't think one of you muggs kndw how to cry decently^; , '"""jSon't tip" bffjmy'"copying racketr Some of the creditors I ain't seen yet might read about it. You've cost me enough all these years and now when I'm flat, lay off, will yer?" Sine* there is no publicity to be done with Schwab and Mandell, Milton Raison is with Connelly and Swanstrom in an advisory capacity. Abe Frank; manager of the Co- co9.nut .Grove, Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, Is In town for a few weeks, vacationing. Hostess in a whlsperlow using a phony, moniker boasts about her father being the doctor who brought Clara Bow into the world.. It's her claim to fame. With the. stock market still bent, the picture Club last week raffled off turkeys, cigars and candy, Jiist to keep the boys from going stale. Orchid and perfume days are over with the gals of the Stem, who, be set by the hard times, are telling the boy friends to forego the adorn- ment and "bring some groceries." Having promised two Army- Notre Dame ducats as second prize In Its football guessing game, M- '^.-M's Canflelds were embarrassed ;:o find themselves unable make good. Pat Rooney, 3rd, will become a bridegroom sometime In April, 'tis said. The 3rd applied to the 2nd for permission on an earlier date, t)ut was prevailed upon to hold off until April. Ben Atwell, who parted from the Chicago grand opera, arid has been agenting Shubert attractions this season, back on Broadway for the first time in a long while. Still w'lth Shuberts. A farewell beefsteak to a de- parting Keith vaude booker re- ceived a wire from one of those in- vited reading: "Regret I am unable to attend for I would thoroughly enjoy being at your farewell din- ner,"- • . ; .■ . ■ ■ • Broadway .columnist, .who :sperid5 most of his time, off the Main Stem, printed a ■ phoney about an anon- ymous millionaire who loves to bake cakes. His sheet asked for a fol- Ibw-up, with the columnist confess- ing there was no such nllllionalrei. Swanky actress. In a class show on Broadway last season, had a suite at the Ritz. Then came the market. Wheii show was recently about to play PhllUe she wrote a stage friend asking for a reserva- tion of one room and bath not to cost more than $5 daily. Feeling, between picture critics on the New York dailies recently served a p. a. whose chief was anxious to land a story In a par- ticular ipaper. Agent sent a story and note to the tevlewer panning the critic of a competing sheet as being unable to appreciate value of the yarn. It was printed. Next to the stage door of the Palace Theatre will be the new home of MRS. GERSON'S GRIU. 11 Years on Broadway and Moving Made by Patient$ ^ , . . . From Show Biisimss in SARANAC'N. Y. For the real spirit of Christmas, order gifts made by hand in the workshops of patients from the show business now in Saranac who have spent long hours conceiving beautiful and appropriate articles. For "King of Jazz," U, Lucille Powers, Jacques Car tier, dancer; Al Norman, hoofer. Blanch© FredericI, "The Bad One," UA. J. Hunter Booth on dialog, "Cir CU3 Parade," Cruzd. Beautiful Flowers and Dolls OLGAKAUNIN . 80 Park Aye.y Saranac Hand-Tooled Leather Goods Of All Sorts And Mohogramed Silver Ash Trays HARRY NAMBA . and VERNON LAWRENCE =-180-Park Aver,-Saranao Attractive HandMade Dolls May Be Ordered from HELEN CURTIS 7 Front St.» . Saranac . Oil Paintings, Canes and Painted Pillow Cases FRANK MICKEY WALSK 80 Park Ave^ Saranac-- Order Now for the Holidays and Mso make happy the patient patients of Saranac