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THE BANNER-RERALD.. A'
Georgia-Alabama League
(No gattHUi scheduled).
International League
Newark 7-3; Baltimore 6-7.
Reading 6; Jersey CVy 0.
Rochester - 11; Montreal 9.
Toronto 6-S; Bui (am
jJowtney
Stan®
Southern league
CLUBS— VV.
Birmingham 22 14 .611
Atlanta 22 - 17 .664 '
New Orleans 20 18 .526 j
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Pet. cioumbus .
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Ceorgla-Alabama League
, CLUBS— „.
.Mobile .19 18 .514 Talladega 2
Memphis 20 20 .600 cedartown 2
600 j carroiton 2
.426 * T I ndnlA 1
Little Rock 19
Chattanooga 17 22
Nashville 15 26
.436
.366
American League
CLUBS— W. I.. Pet.
New York 72 34 .679
Philadelphia 68 37 .648
St. Lou's 55 54 .505
Cleveland 49 57 .462
Chicago 49 59 .454
Washington 47 60 .439
IK-tro't ..44 60 .423
Boston 40 C4 .385
Llndale
Anniston
Gads Jen
SUNDAY’S RESULTS
Southern League
New Orleans 11-4, Chattanooga
National League
CLUBS— W. L.
8t. Louis 67 37
New York 58 4t
Chicago 61 45
•5S6
.575
Atlanta 5. Memphis 3.
(Only games played).
American League
New York 4. Chicago 5.
JBoston 3; St. Louis 1.
PhlJndelph'a 5; Detroit 1.
Washlngton-Cleveland (ra'n).
Pacific Coast League
Portland 3, Seattle 1. ,
aaciamento 13, Oaklana 12.
San Francisco 6; Los Angeles 4.
Hollywood 12, Missions 6.
Texaa League
Fort Worth 6. San Antonio 2.
Shreveport 7; Beaumont 0.
Dallas 3, Houston 2.
Wlciyta Falls 8. Waco 0.
Western League
Wichita 6- ; Des Moines 3-1
Tulsa 8-18; Pueblo 6-8.
Omaha 8-8; Amarillo 3-6.
Oklahoma City 7. Denver 6.
MONDAY'S GAME8
Southern League
Little Hock at Atlanta.
Memphis at Birmingham.
(Only games scheduled).
American League
Boston at St. Louis.
New York at Chicago,
Wash'rgtcn at Clevqland (2).
Philadelphia at Detroit. x
National League
St. Louis at Now York.
•Pittsburgh at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Boston.
Ctycaio at Philadelphia (2).
59 46 *502 |
C!nH«mti
p'ttsburgh .
Brooklyn v .. 52 51 .505 ;
Boston 29 65 .309
Philadelphia 25 70 .265 J
National League
Chicago 2; Brooklyn 5.
Innings).
St Louis 6; New York 4
(Oply games scheduled).
fl5
Pet. |
Sally League
CLUBS— W.
Asheville ..68 40
Macon jf 61 47 .665 i
Spartanburg : 56 50 .486 j
Colutnb'a 48 ' 56 * .462 I-
Augusta ..,.. ....... 49 . ^8 ,458 j.
Sally League
(No Sunday games).
Southeastern league
Jacksonville 4.0; Tampa 5-1.
PatWteolru 1: '.4*0- • rmf) 4.
(Only games played).
Southeastern League
Jacksonville at Savannah.
Tampa at Albany.
•Montgomery at Columbus.
Pensacola at Selma.
Sally League
Asheville nt Charlotte.
Greenville^t Columbia.
Macon at Spartanburg,
Augusta at Knxvllle.
Georgia-Alabama league
Talladega at Cedartown.
Anniston at Ltndalq.
Gadsden at Carrollton.
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MONDAY. AUGtlfeT 0, 1928.
HARRY LANGD0N CHASES GLOOM IN
“THE CHASER" AT PALACE MONDAY
UNCLE SAM SETS
OUT TO BRING
BLACKMER BACK
Wallace Beery and Raymon Hatton in Great Com
edy, “The Big Killing” Tuesday. Richard Barthcl-j Denver, coio. —<ap)— Le-
Xkhtrd D»rthtlmtss Lm» JSdtQotUe m'The Whtil ct Cfiimc.*
Palace Thursday And Friday
8PECIAL SHOWING MONDAY
ONLY, HARRY LANGDON “THE
CHA8ER” WITH GLADYS
McConnell
"Uplifting the drama’’ Is an art
that has long been practiced In
Hollywood, with Ind'fferent suc
cess sometimes, btrt “uplifting the
drama'* and then letting It fall
with a dull .thud in the height
of comedy entertainment! _At least
ns Harry Langdon does It; nor can
there bo any quest'on about his
success at the past/me.
Patrons of tho Palaco Theatre
will hnvo their ’first chance to jus
tify bow truo thl* Is when “The
Chasor”, Harry’s latest comedy
scream which has been built all
the way for laughs, comes to -this
city Monday. The genius of
Langdon's lrrofdstlblo comedy
comes to Its full flower In this
production, which Is said to be the
most uproarious ho ever made. It
!b described as a ’’domestic wow”,
and reveals Harry .In 'the toils
of matrimony for tho first time.
world,’* play'ng an act with a trav
eling carnival.
! RICHARD BARTHELMESS
STAR8 IN FANNIE HUR8TS
GREAT STORY, “WHEEL OF
CHANCE** PALACE THURS
DAY AND FRIOAY
Put down another dramatic
bulls-eyo for Richard Barthelmesu
Tho First National star has
added another histrionic classic 1c
his recent “Tho Patent leather
Kid" and “Tho Noose.*' In ‘Tho
Wheel of Chance,” tho film version
of Fannie Hurst’s short story.
"Roulette,'* which opens to
<husfast!c acclaim Thursday
Friday at the Palaco Theatre.
fn “The Wheel of Chanco” Bar.
thelmcss enacts a dual role, each
one. a clear-cut character deline
ation worthy of btVng placed along
side finest portrayals. The con
trasting ff^udy of tho two roles,
that or twin brothers, presents
startling new pliaso of tbd acting
ability of Barthelmcss. who has
magnate, known as tha missing
key witness in the famed Teapot
Dome oil case from a refuge of
se'f-imposed exile in Fraijce.
A presidential warrant was is
sued empowering United Stated
Attorney Stephan to send an offi
cer to Europe to arrest Blackmer
and return hint to Denver, where
indictments are pending charging
the oil man with perjury in con
nection with his alleged failure to
make proper income tax returns.
Extradition of Blackmer is au
thorized under the provisions of
existing treaty relations between
this government and France. The
charges against Blackmer were
contained in indictment* after fed
eral f tax Uens for a total of $8,-
4981935.78 were filed against his
property in Denver and New York
on June 4. Blackmer went to
France several years ago when
th3 government began its investi
gation of the Teapot Dome lease,
and has refused to return since
that time. The warrant was sign
ed by President Coolidge and Sec
retary of State Kellogg.
A-single pound of the* finest
spider webs would reach
the world.
THIS CLUB OUGHT
TO BL EXCLUSIVE
STATE COLLEGE, Fa. —Penn
sylvania State College has at least
one society that is destined to re
main quite select and exclusive.
One reason, of course, it that
invitations arevnot issued promis
cuously. But a wore important
one seems to be, a rattlesnckS
dinner which one Is required to
eat in order to acquire active
membership. . ‘
recent invitation into thd
“Den of Rattlers'* took place at
the- nature study camp in thJ
Seven Mountains. £ualifyfng
members were required to eat at
least one good, bite of f"
JuBt what can happen when a | proved v 'n a series of rare portraits
kissless husband strays from i hi3 rlgbt to the top nIch0 on the
home Is revealed In all Its lurid
and ludicrous deta’ls 'n “The
IPhaser”. Harry .*s mother-in-law
ridden, and so is his wife. The
ghoe: at tho domestic feast doesn't
believe In taki'ng any chances with
ladder of Thesp's.
Tho story of "The Wheel of
Chanco” rotates the dramatic ad
ventures of iwiu brothers, sep
arated In childhood by a trick of
men-no sir! Treat *em all rough*] “^meeting, aga'njwent:
arid, never i^hp'w any yeaK affee- ” or " "** n n “ ~’ A “
tion for them. Is her motto. The^
results are one long howl of
marital mirth—for the spectators,
at least, if not for Langdon. It
runs the gamut of Joyousness,
from chuckles to horse-laughs;
Dom poker raids to Bathing
Beanty picnics; and from lodg^
mootings to “k’tcben pollco*’ »lor
Harry himself
Gladys McConnell appears again
Palace Monday
ac Langdon's leading woman,
while Bud Jalm'aon, Helen Hay
ward end a cast of hand-pii-i
feminine pulchritude lend addl-
\onal support.
years 'later in one of tho most
dramatically conceived scenes in
the history of the motion picture.
To tell more than this would be
to take away the thrills and en
joyment (iv witnessing “The
Wheel of Chance.**
WALLY WALES IN THRILLING
WESTERN, “GALLOPING ON”
8TRAND MONDAY
A stretch of the very best rid.
Ing ever teen Is shown in the now
Wally* Wales featuro which ap
pears at the Strand theatre Mon
day “Galloping On" Is its title and
K fits the picture to a tee.
In one sequence Wally overtakes
threqr riders on horsebnjck and
overcomes them one at a time,
and throwing them off their horses
ties them to various trees so that
the sheriff’s posse which Is about
a mile hack can Pick them up aa
they go aJong.
Thero is a final #fht in which
tho v!|ltan Is overcome after a
fierce struggle. The earlier part
of tho picture is occupied with a
running Cftbt and chase over roof
top a of the town. There are many
hair-breath escapes from falling
off most of tho roofs and the fight
!g continued on the’ground.
FAVORITE 8TAR8 Pt,AY NEW
COMEDY WALLACE BEERY
AND RAYMOND HATTON PAL-
ACE TUE8DAY IN “THE
BIG KILLING”
Wallace Beery and Raymond
Hatton have handed gloom an
other knockout In 'The Big Kill
ing,'* their Piramnunt team com-
‘ cdy, which pJaya Monday at
the .Palace theatre. As “Powder-
Horn Pete" and “Deatr.Eyo Dan,**
these two kings of mirth are at
thejr very best.
i The picture deals with the ad
ventures Berry and Hatton; two
supposed sharpshooters, encounter
when they become Involved in a
Kentucky mountain feud.
I While Beery and Hatton keep
the laughs coming go fas*, that
there is scarcely time to notice
anything else in the picture, no.
. one could possibly overlook Mary
’Brian.
As the mountain girl, bliss Brain
| ? Ii altogether lovely. There Is an
\ appealing wistful quality to her
beauty In this role which could
'scarcely go with a more sophisti-
[ cated part
The picture gets off to % fast
1 start with the Beagles renewing
thejr old fend with the Hicks fam
ily whe n one of the Beagle boys,
catches bis sister kissing Jim
% Hicks. Then Beery and Hatton,
dressed in 4he garb Daniel Boone
made famous, are introduced as.
“the greatest sharpshooter* in the
AT THE MOVIE8 THI8 WEEK
PALACE:
Monday: Harry Langdon In
‘The Chaser**; “Kid Tricks", Com.
edy.
Tuesday: Wallace Beery and
Raymon! Hatton in “Tho Big Kill
ing"; “Barnyard Artist”, Fables.
Wednesday: Johnny Mack
Brown, In “Square Crooks’*; Me
tro News Events.
Thursday and Friday: Richard
Barthelmoss In "Wheel Of Chance**
•The Fight Pest”, Chase.
Saturday: “Under The Black
Eagle’*: “Should 2nd Husbands
Come First”.
STRAND:
Monday: Wally Wayles In “Oal-
!on f ng On**; Big Game Qeorge*,
oCmedy.
Tuesday: Marcellne Day In
••Night Life”; "Man Without A
Face’*, No. 8.
Wednesday: CUIr Wlnd«or. In
•Fashion Madneia”'; "No Fueling
Ftellx C.t.
Thunday: JzciiucVne Logan In
"Leopard Lady": .Pelhe Sports,
"Famonz PUy Ornonds”.
Friday Neal Hart la "Tackere
Top Hand’’; “See Ftood” Billy Doo.
''selnrday: ' Bill Patton. “His
Last Chance**; "Scarlet Arrow ,
No. 8. -
the better*tke day—
LONDON — A .robin whfch
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"Or
'NE thing is certain—this business of running a marathon
from one part of the house to another, every time the telephone
rings is out of date. I’ve arranged with the telephone company, to
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science?” '
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Btftr* you buy or build a borne confer -with m regard,
ing adequate telephone facilities. Full information •wiO
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r
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PALACE
TO
NIGHT
Harry Langdon
In
“The Chaser”
The Lindbergh of Laughter in His Smile-
a-Second Comedy Sweeping on to Glopy!
TUESDAY SPECIAL
WALLACE BEERY
—and— ’
RAYMOND HATTON
In the New Comedy Scream
“The Big Killing"
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
RICHARD BARTHELMESS
—in—
STRAND Now Showing
WALLY WALES in Western Thriller
“GALLOPING OH’
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