Newspaper Page Text
THE MACON TELEGRAPH: SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1908.
Drew
In “Ja^ck
Straw”
Rose Coghlan Scores In English Play.
“The Battle In the Skies" a Stirring
Scene — “Schooldays” Succeeds
(SlSEIS)
Grea.t New
Hippodrome
Spectacles
ater, Is an enjoyable performance that
has won an enthusiastic welcome.
Hcrtnan Timber* as Izzy Levy, a
peddlfer; Janet Priest. Joe Keno. Agnes
Lynn. Wilfred Jierlck. Gregory Kelly
and Bert mica Faye appear to advan
tage •
“School Days" Is the outgrowth of the
(Prom Our New York Dramatic Corre
spondent]
J OHN nitinv has at last become
an actor, according to the views
of various people who have seen
his performance In “Jack
Strawthe Kngtlsh Importation at the
Empire theater. . .
Written by Edward ffomeraet Maug-
hum. tin* i/.ndon playwright of the
hour, "Jack Straw" gives promise of
repeating In the United Mate* the long
run It enjoyed In London. 'It wn
the Vaudeville theater that Charles
llawtrey of "Message From Mere*
fame appeared in the English produc
tion for a record number of perform-
Mr. Draw's Aotlng.
Mr. Drew of course does not class In
the foreground of American dramatle
nrt He Is really not an actor because
of his Inatiillty to do actual character
work, but ha passes for more than a
liter** lyceuin entertainer or reciter
when given n play like “The Duke of
Kllllcrankle" or "Ills House In Order”
or "Jack Straw."' In a play Ilka "Kllll-
crankle," for Instance, Mr. Drew had
nothing much to do but the lightest
sort of Impersonation, yet the play
was a success because that waa simply
the nature of the work necessary for
the completion of the ensemble. Mr.
Drew's handsome clothes and Ills
faultless and studied dsportment in
those same clothes constituted the ma
jor part of his acting In that drnma.
In “Jack Htraw"■ lie his a peaceful
sort of role that ho curries to a sue-1
ciss without much nervous wear'and I
Par. and he should pray nightly for|
the preservation of those astute man- j
(•serial experts whose business It Is to
choose for him his plays. When they I
lose their cunning, then farewell, Mr.
Drew.
Rose Coghlan Scores.
Rosa Coghlan fti even with Mr. Drew
In “Jack Htraw." Her performance Isj
practically flawless us Mrs. Parker,
Jennings, a vulgar parvenu who boosts
and shoves her way relentlessly Into,
the altered Inner precincts of society.;
Miss Coghlan threatens frequently to,
topple Mr. Drew off his pedestal of!
stellar supremacy.
ordinarily termed ft comedy, "Jack!
Htraw" Is pretty much of a farce. The
compllcullona arising from the ad-j
ventures of Archduke Hobsstlan of 1
OF ACTRESS OF UNUSUAL
BEAUTY.
Pomerania In the guise of a waiter are
thoroughly farcical In description.
In tint capable supporting company
are Mary Poland. Edgar Davenport.
Fred Tyler. Adelaide Prince and Grace
Henderson.
Great Hippodrome fpectaclas.
The new IHppoUrotno spectacle Is
more elaborate In many respects than
any of Its nmnr.lng predecessors, and
the present programme nightly and
dally shown at the giant playhouse
should establish new records for popu
larity.
The most Impressive feature Is prob
ably the atlrrlngly realistic “Hattie In
the Hkles," which, In four acenes. wns
Invented hy Arthur Voegtlln and writ
ten and produced by It. II. ilurnsldc.
8tsry of "Battl* In th# Skies."
Tills spectacle opens In a street of
the United Hfutes In the period of 1050.
It Is the age of airships and still other
progressiva Inventions. Rumors are In
the air that the city Is to be attacked
by th# United States of Europe. Gen
eral Fairfax, who Is in command of the
United States aeroplane army, tells
the people he Is fully prepared to meet
and repulse their ‘fleet of airships. The
skeptical sneer, and many doubt him.
To his gld comes Geoffrey Gedlson. a
young Inventor, who Is In love with the
general's daughter He tells of his
new discovery, a radium gun, that will
destroy without fall.
The general Is greatly pleased, and
word goes forth to Europe that should
her air fleet cross the sky border of
America the latter's army aeroplanes
will destroy every city on the other
continent. 8jde* kidnap the general'!
daughter, believing that her presence
in their capital will save destructh
Geoffrey takes his airship and goes In
pursolt. She la rescued. General Fair
fax and his fleet follow. They recon-
nolter about the fortifications. The
bsttle begins, snd the winged warriors
are In conflict,
Armed aviators guide their machines
over the city. A shower of rudium Is
poured, over the buildings. It Is night,
and the sky becomes red with the fire
of the city first being destroyed. Build
ings fall and Steeples topple. Then all
Is smoldering ruin. Quiet reigns. With
a rush a great tidal wave flows over
the debris sntPTeave.s the open sea.
The concluding scene takes the spec
tator to thu Golden garden, whore Gen
eral Fairfax and Ids*followers cele
brate their triumph, the act closing
with festivities In honor of the triumph
of the Americun airship fleet.
“8porting Days."
The opening spectacle, made up of
Several scenes. Is ‘‘Hiiortlng Duys," a
rnelodruhm. In the cast appears J.
Parker Coombs, Edwin A. Clark.
George Mordccul. Marie Tyler, William
H. Clark, Oeorge Melville. Harry Dale.
Frank Melville. Marcellne, the clown;
Nannette Flack and many others.
The action opens with a baseball
game on the Newtown college grounds,
next follows a wonderfully staged boat
race between college eights, and ns a
finale la shown a horse race at Sara
toga which thrsutens to make the cole-
brated "Brn-Hur" chariot race pale In
to insignificance.
The usual Hippodrome circus pro- i
gramme Is made up of a largo number I
of new acts and specialties. Including]
Alber's ten performing polar bears,
Paul 8anders' dog circus and downs!
equestrians, acrobats, wire experts snd 1
equilibrists galore.
No visitor to New York should miss
the new Hippodrome show.
“School Days," at the new Circle the*!
EDWIN STEVENS AS THE DEVIL IN “THE DEVIL,” GARDEN
THEATER, NEW YORK.
forty-five minute vaudeville sketch of
last season. Gus Edwards' “School
Boys and Girls." Aaron Hoffman has
taken hold of it and whipped It Into a
three act musical comedy, and. of
course. Mr. Edwards has added a num
ber of songs, which, judging by the
way they were received, are going to
be hit# for a few months to come. Ed
Gardenler and Vincent Bryan wrote
the lyrics.
GERTRUDE QUINLAN.
Gertrude Quinlin is back from Paris
wearing one Af those new hats with a
cock's plume stuck in the band and the
tip waving In the atmosphere nearly
three' feet above the crown. Miss
Quinlin doesn't seem a bit stuck up by
the English praise she received for' her
Flora Wiggins success In the London
production of “The College Widow."
There's a chance that the United
States may not be able to hold her
much longer. She has only to make a
scratch of her pen on either of two
blank contracts brought back In Jier
€ by 8 gold purse to have a production
ready for a tempting starring venture
in London.
“THE DEVIL."
It never rains but It pours. Fran*
Molnar was a struggling and unknown
Hungarian newspaper writer In Buda
pest until his play of “The Devil" took
Vienna by storm. The piece Is now
scheduled for separate productions In
twenty-four Eurupeun cities for tho
coming season and managers arc bid
ding In as many different tongues for
the rights to'his next* effort.
MISS DESMOND KELLEY.
Miss Desmond Kelley, who played
the part of Jane Hainmond In “Her
Sister" with Ethel Barrymore last
season and was previously In “The
Spoilers" and other Frohman produc
tions. will be seen next season in an
linportnnt role In "The Richest Girl,”
the play In which Marie Doro Is to bo
starred. i
POPULAR “BEN-HUR.”
The original "Bcn-Hur" company has
given over 2,000 performances of that
play.
Worlds Series Baseball Talk—Re-reformed Foqlba.ll For 1908;
Chances of Pennant Leaders—Trick Plays a Gridiron Favorite
T HE forthcoming world's cham
pionship series Is now no
cupylng the attention of tlm
bast-boll slurps. Most of the
"fans'* have been calculating nn the
probable result of the series and dur
ing the latter part of the season have
figured the likely result If the follow
ing sets of teams ttt«t III the motnen-
tons and climaxing grsen diamond
battles: The New York, Chicago orj
Pittsburg Nationals against either tlio
Cleveland, Chicago or Detroit Ameri
cans
Tho writer has token especial pains
scribes pick tho National teams'
chances us superior to those of tho
American league clubs tor the fallow
ing reasons:
In the first place, tho pitching
strength of tlio lending American
league teams Is Inferior to that of New
York. 1'lttsburg and Chicago, though
tho Clth-ago Americans have a twirl
ing department tlmt probably I* 'the
best In the league. Tho Chicago and
Pittsburg Nationals nr* stronger In (ho
box' than New York. Chicago having
tho beat pitching staff In the country,
with Brown. Pfelster and Overall at
THREE LEADING EASTERN FOOTBALL WARRIORS.
G. F knunfiy i» the last captain of tho Dartmouth university eleven,
which Is feared.by tbt colleges that hope to capture Hie football champion-
ahtp of the cast.
Eddie Djllon Is the captain of ths Princeton university eleven, and hla
equal a quarterback and field general Is dllhculi to name. Dillon has sixty-
five eetuPd.’iWs for the \arrltv »levm out for practice at Princeton.
F. E. Donnie Is the quarterback of the llrown university eleveh. He It a
capable punt catcher, runs a team well and la one of the fastest runners la
hla college.
to poll a tong Hat of acknowledged ex
perts throughout the country as to
what teams would prove superior In
post season contest* and definitely
why. Th* next best thing to haring
•b expert's \ leer* on a given subject
D to know the grounds ©n which he
bases his opinions. 1 have communi
cations from a score of sources widely
separated, and hy a Urge majority tho
Its top. No American league team has
a pitching array like that.
It has been shown In previous world's
championship series that pitching la
thv controlling factor and that a team
with one srnratlona! box man t* better
equipped, as a rule, for tho aeries than
a team having two or three falrty good
t wirier*. N«-w- York with Mat hew son.
Chicago with Brown and I'ltUhurg
with Willis would, on form, have an
advantage over any American league
competitor.
About Even In Batting.
In batting tho two big leagues' beat
teams are fairly evenly matched. Tho
Chicago Nationals and tho Detroit
Americans arc probably tho most con
sistent teams In hitting.
In Holding, Infield and outfield, tho
National league la considered by most
of the critics to tuko superior rank,
for the Individual players, as a whole,
abler In tho older organl-
i ..(inn »rii» work of the National
bo smoother
that of the
article merely ex
presses the weight of opinion of au
thoritative correspondents chosen Im
partially. Several critics of tho mi
nority. those favoring the American
league's chance* In the world'* cham
pionship scries, claim (hat Detroit
would prove stronger than the Chica
go, Pittsburg or New York Nationals
because of Its great balling strength
and Its two leading pitchers. Donovan
and Killian. Three other Detroit pitch
er* won a majority «r their games—
Wlllets. Hummer* and Mullln—and on
form the Detroit* should have won the
American pennant by a wide margin
of points.
Cleveland Erratic.
Cleveland 1* an erratic tram and for
lh.it reason Is not widely favored as
being or world's championship cullber.
The Chicago Americans have one of
the best plichers of (he country In Ed
Walsh. lie ha* the best record In the
American league, lie has pitched more
games than any oilier American twirl-
er nod |*erfonued tho sensational feat
of winning over thirty contest*. Afler
finishing hi* forty-third same he had
j the high percentage of ill.
Jots the Cleveland Leader.
! Adrian Joss ha* again taken his
J place as leading pllcher for th* Cleve-
! land club. Donovan. Killian and|
i \Yel*h art the only men who have bet
ter avernm s tn the American league.
' Killian and Donovan have worked
sparing^ snd only wheh circum
stances favored llpm. so Walsh Is the
j only pltvln.r who really has done
I better work than Joss, taking Into con-
i alteration the number of games
worked
Control 1* one of Joss' strong points.
He has labored In almost forty con
tests and gave ortly thirty base* on
balls. Cy Young of Boston Is next be
hind Joes In point ef gamrs won.
Smith Tricks Schmidt.
Sid Smith, the burly catcher whom
Connie Mack was so kind to give to
McAlrer. pulled eft a good trick on
Schmidt, the Detroit catcher, a few
days ago during the St. Louis-Detroit
series.
With Jones on first tn the eleventh
I Inning. Smith deliberately turned his
back on th* pitcher and pretended to
recognise some one tn the stand-
Catcher Schmidt turned around to see
to whom Smith was speaking, and
when he did #o Jones stole second,
Schmidt never throwing the ball.
Smith, followed this by bringing Jones
homo with a single, winning tho game.
That one stunt has mude Smith in SL
Louis. e
Trick Plays In Football.
From trustworthy indications the
1901 football season will be largely a
campaign of tritk plays. Since the
new rule* make "straight football" less
remunerative In the amount of ground
gained, coaches and captains, being
practical p*op)«y opine that If they
would produce winning teams they
must develop numerous new trick
plays. It Is the unusual (and much
disliked by yyteran players) openness
of the game qf today that makes trick
playa especially popular, for, while
their danger Is naturally greater to the
team In possession of the ball, the
chances of large gains arc correspond
ingly greater. So tho ever present
principles of ‘universal compensation
are again seen to apply.
Fumbling la the bugbear of almost
all trick pl*y* The added nervousness
of the players and their pressing de
sire to start the maneuver as quickly
a* possible superinduce considerable
fumbling. Therefore practice in han
dling. passing, catching and falling on
the ball Is more Important than in the
days of dote'formation plays
Indications are that most of the
trick plays of th* year will Involve the
forward psss and that long passes will
be largely relied on. The loiy forward
pass Is ono of the prettiest spectacles ] tho bout started. Billy walked up to ( agaInst_Mlnnesota Nov. 21 and at St.
in tho new, revamped, restcrllixed, rc- *
emasculated, re-reformed game, and Its
frequent use will contribute consider
ably to the game from a spectator's
viewpoint. But It wi(l give various de
grees of nervous prostration to coaches
and players.
ARTHUR ROCKWOOD.
NEWS OF THE PRIZE RING.
Jack ("Twin") Sullivan, the New
England heavyweight, has turned down
tho offer made to him by Jim Jeffries
to fight Bam Langford, tho colored
fighter, a twenty-five round battle nt
the Jeffries club of Los Angeles, Cal.
Sullivan has been made several offers
by club managers of California to fight
Langford, but he luts always side
stepped the offers. Sullivan says he
will fight Hugo Kelly of Chicago.
Jimmy Coffroth, the fight promoter
of California, has practically arranged
a match between Packey McFarland,
the Chicago fighter, and Buttling Nel
son. the lightweight champion, tp l*e
fought at ColniH, Cal., on Thanksgiv
ing day afternoon. The only thing
that hinges on the bout being clinched
for good Is a percentage of the gate
receipts, which Nelson Is holding out
for. Coffroth expects to sign Nelson j
soon. They will battle for twenty-five:
rounds if they get together. |
T. E. Jones, manager of Billy Papke, |
the middleweight champion, ha* ar-1
rived In Chicago. In speaking of Pnp- i
ke's fight with Ketchel, Jones says I
that Papke had Ketchel beaten before j
Ketchel In his dressing room and sa|d:
“Well, Stanley, I am going to give you
tho worst licking of your life. I am
going to slug with you every Inch of
the way, and when I get you going I
will put you out.
Louis Thanksgiving day against SL
Louis university.
Kcnnard has shown the signs of a
good* drop kicker at Cambridge.
CHICAGO’S MARATHON.
The annual Marathon race at Cbl-
cago was won hy A. L Corey of Chi
cago, unattached, In the official tlmo
of 2 hours 57 minutes 30 seconds.
One minute behind him came Sidney
Hatch of the Illinois Athletic club,
while the third man was J. A. Feltes
of Chicago, unattached. Feltes* time
was 3 hours and 12 minutes.
Corey, his friends say, might have
equaled or lowered the record for the
course, 2 hours 41 minute* 43 second*,
had ho not been troubled by a pebble
which got into his shoo some miles
north of the city. He maintained his
lead some time even with this hand!
cap, but finally had to stop and remove
the annoyance.
FOOTBALL DOINGS.
Tad Jones pays Tibbott, the Prince
ton halfback, the compliment of saying
that he was one of the best backs do
veloped last season. Walter Camp,
however, did not mention Tibbott on
any of his three All-American lineups
for 1907.
The Carlisle Indians play Pennsylva
nia Oct. 24. Annapolis Oct. 31 and Har
vard Nov. 7. The team winds up the
season with a game at Minneapolis
CRACK NEW BRITISH RACING SLOOP SHAMROCK AND HER OWNER, SIR THOMAS UPTON
The latest Shamrock, the fourth built by Sir Thomas Llpton, has been a leading figure In the big yacht races
of the summer In European waters. She has provtd remarkably fast. She Is a seventy footer, and 8ir Thomas
is certain that If the New York Ya(ht dub decides to chance th* America's cup racing rules so that seventy
footers Instead of ninety footers can compete he will capture th* envied trophy. In Quest of which be has spent
for over ll.IM.OM. >>
CAP.TAIN A. ZINK, COLUMBIA
■ VARSITY TRACK TEAM.
Houghton Is sure to equip his team
with one of-these If there Is a possi
ble chance.
The Brown football players began
practice on their own field recently
after getting Into fine condition at
"DaAT Gammons' farm In New Bed
ford.
Cornell and Pennsylvania mads the
moat of the forward pass last year,
successfully using playa In which the
ball waa thrown forward for distances
varying from forty to fifty yards.
Head Coach Percy D. Haughton of
Harvard spent a week at Washington,
hla mission being to see Graves, th*
old army tackle, and to try to Induce
him to go to Cambridge this fall to
coach the Harvard llna.
WARNER'S ABORIGINES.
Glenn Warner says that he Intends
tliat hla Carlisle. Indians must use
their American names In the lineups.
If he didn't he would have some artls-
ones tn Man-Afrald-of-a-Bear,
Dave Wounded-Eye. Dave She-Bear.
Two-Hearts, Harry Cres-For-
Ribs, Tall Crane and the veteran. Lit
tle Old Man. *
Jolla
"The Dryad “ She will be seen In thlel which Walker Whitesides Is to be pre- j are considering the organisation of a Carle In "Mary's Lamb'
1 country next season in this ballet but! sealed by Uebler * Co. fifth company. (Ralph.
Maud* Adams will play the principal married woman It Is eajd the play la j this season w 111 nuke a road tour la! "Paid In FUU" la now being present- j The Shuberta have signed a contract; Uebler company has signed a con-
part in Barrie's new play, “What baard on the author's own life. j "The Soul Kiss." ed by four companies, one tn New ; with Gertrude Hoffman and will pass 1 tract to Mar WUIlam Farnum for a
Every Woman Know*." In this play Adelaide Genre has produced In Bu- Israel Zangwill has written a new* York and the other three on tour.under their banner. long term. He will make his appear-
— * — “ * * — * “ — " — *“* '—“— with Richard [ once under their management In a
THEATRICAL NOTES.
a.very woman anow*. in uu* ^unaiur wnrr nv iii liu- ■»» • «—* iw -• >>>«• ■ | ———— ——
fur th* first iiw she will enact a i rope successfully * new ballet called (drama entitled "The Melting Pet," InJ Wagenhals A Kemper, the managers,, The leading
play by Paul Armstrong, called "The
lUstfsIe."
Edith Luckett, a Washington girl,
haa been engaged to play th« Ingenue
role with Nanette Comstock in her
new play, "Jet."