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THE 3JAC0N TELEGBAPH: SUNDAT MOHXIX'G, OCTOBER 11, 1008. NAVY TEAM LOOKS STRONG. “Father a.nd Son” a. Flat Failure - - - Faver- sham In “The World and His Wife,” With Julie Opp "PLAy JSTEWS and "REVIEWS Blanche Bates Scores In “The Fighting Hope,” Latest Belasco Produc tion-Story of the Emo tional Drama *!* hardly be felt. Dague and Douglass are the men who will have to be re placed. Unless some of the new candidates show unexpected strength, Relfsnlder, who had' some experience as an end last year, will be used on the right wing, and Jones, fullback last fall, will be shifted to left half to fill the ya- cancy left by Douglass. Upon Jones, too, will fall the responsibility of act ing as the eleven’s punter. He Is real ly a better kicker than Douglass ns regards both distance and accuracy, but he has ever been slow in getting the ball away. It Is thought that tlik fault will be remedied with practice. There will be several shifts in the positions of the rest of last year’s men, but the personnel of the teabi will bo practically the same. Leighton and Robertson will be the tackles, flanking Meyer and Wright. No one has as yet appeared who is likely to force Sllng- lulf out of center. Lange Is slated for quarter. Captain Norcroft looks best for full, and Demont, who, although ho I? Just recovering from a mild attack of typhoid fever. Is rapidly regaining strength, will probably play left end. Left half is still in doubt. The team will be heavier than last year In every department. The line men average about 105 against 190 a year ago, and the backs will scale close to 175, ten pounds over last fall’s figures. The middles will leave their own gridiron only once. With the excep tion of the annual contest with West Point, qyery game will be played at home. Harvgrd will be met Oct. 24, and a week later the Carlisle Indians are scheduled. The West Point game, the Didst Important of all, will be played at Franklin field, Philadelphia, on Saturday, Nov. 28. strength. The play contains a great deal of comedy of character, the author having drawn some of her material from contemporary bohemian theat rical life In Paris. Mme. Kallch expresses her pleasure that ahe la at last do be seen on the American stage In a play that la neither morbid nor.gloomy. play treats of the farreachlng effects of slander on the fortunes of Innocent people. The play violates a rule of modern three act productions In that Its cli max comes at the very end of the last act. toward the latter part of the play give* her well devised opportunities to “fear up” the feelings of her auditors after h* r fri 'lilou In “The Darling of the Ooda." Mias Rates has never done a better lilt of acting than In her pres ent role. [Treat Our New York Dramatic Corrs- \ spondsnt.) D AVID BELASCO has scored another success with “The . Fighting Hope” at the fltuy- vesant theater; Blanche Rates appearing in the stellar rele. The author of the play Is an un- I »wn personage to the eastern stage, William J. Hurlburt, and. while hla pi • tuctlon bears various amateurish torches. It must, as a whole. l»e classed a a decided hit. Just what portion of t) o success la due to Mr. Jtriasco It is of course difficult to atate, but It may well be assumed that the “wizard” 1 >d as much ta da with evolving a a rcesaful vehicle as the credited au- tlrnr himself. Norris In a Failure. William Norris has taken a painful tumble In "Father and Bon” at the Ma jestic theater. The play was an nounced for production and then post poned. Now that It has been put on It aeema strange that the postponement should not have lasted forever. Mr Norris la an excellent actor, one of the beat In hla field, but no mortal could make the play survive. Edgar Selwyn wrote the "drama." A Wif# and Hsr Mission. Mr. Hurl burl's play tells a story of a woman who has an unworthy hus band Accused on a criminal charge, she believes him Innocent and secures a position as a typewriter In order, as j she hopes, to get evidence of the Inno cence of her children's father. Rut her efforts do not turn out In tho way the wife nnd mother expected. ln- atrnd nhe finds evidence that her hue* bund Is a guilty man. Luter ho con fronts her, accuses her of infidelity and other things. However, he Is shot, and the wife Is left to marry again and so to inend a life that otherwise would have been hopeless. Probably there were women In the audience who fer vently wished that the Opportune Shooting of husbands at* occurring on tho stage might extend to real life. M’INTYRE AND HEATH. McIntyre and Heath will tour In a big musical comedy by H. A. Du Souchet entitled "Tho Steeplechasers.” Messrs. McIntyre and Heath will again appear surrounded by the usual lot of pretty girls and clever dancers. There also will he In the book a serious vein which will give them the opportunity to show their ability as the best inter preters of the southern negro type on the American stage, not only in hla lighter and farcical moods, but also In his more serious moments. "A Gentleman From Mississippi." Thomas A. Wise and Douglas Fair banks are seen in the principal roles of a new play entitled “A Gentleman From Mississippi." They opened at the National theater In Washington. The play Is pretty much of a comedy, with several well planned dramatic situations, and it presents side lights on social and political life In Washing ton. Blanche Batts' Acting. "The Fighting Hope” Is well staged ad acted Intelligently by n thoroughly ipahle company. Miss Rates Is lUlppcd with an emotional role that Tho Ons Big Fault. "The Fighting Hope” has one notice- able fault—the necessary action Is dr- luyed. The playwright saves hla fire until, In truo Revolutionary style, he can see tho whites of tho last act's •yen- Of course a suspension of the culmination of « plot lx necessary In « play ms It Is In a novel, but the delay of action must In a play, as in a book, ho dona skillfully, else the story palls on lls followers and falls to hold Inter est. •The Fighting Hope” flora not sus tain, Hie spectator’s Interest through Its opcfilng piiBHiiges, but tho undoubted strength of the latter part In n meas ure atones f«r the defect that other wise might have proved fatal. Charles Rlchmsn, who once aspired to Stardom, wag effective In support of Miss Jiutes'jn a prominent role. Gertie Millar’s Success. Gertie Millar and “The Girls of Got- tenberg," from London, continue to crowd the big Knickerbocker theater to the doors. It Is apparent that Mian Millar will be welcome to remain in New York all this year and that the ater goers during her stay will not soon tire of the Jolly music, tho songs and pretty little girls In Dutch military costumes that appear at Intervals. Miss Millar herself has grown Into an enormous favorite during her atuy. Her songs "Mr. Schneider" nnd "Berlin on tho Spree’? are enjoyed to the ut most. and Louise Dresser's piquant song, “Queenla Was There .With Her Hair In u Braid," Is also ono of the hits of tho show. "Prisoner of Zends" Revived. James K. Ilncketl has put on h re vival <*f “Tim prisoner of Zendn" nt the I locket t theater. Mr. Harkett hlnisdf uppears In the Rose dranV.lxa- Uw of Anthony Hope's novel, in which he scored n success years ago. Mr. lluckett's acting has not.suffered through Ids temporary absence from the stage, lie played the leading role even better than when hn originally gave It. Ills voice showed especial Improve ment ns regard* flexibility. The romantic drama won a host of admirers In the pant nnd V* *Mtllln win ning encouraging support. The supporting company proved de cidedly capable. !!rh;ham Roy™ ns Duke Wolfgang, afterward Black Mi chael; Arthur Honpa an the Earl of Raascmlyl. afterward Captain Ilent- sou; f'arl Ahfcndt aa Colonel Hapt, Miss Mabel Roebuck aa tho Princes* Flavin and Mis* Nina Morris aa An- New Flay For Mme. KalicH. Harrison Grey Flske has obtained for ? Mme. Bertha Kallclfa use the coming - , i \ season u play by Mme. Fred do Gresac, '} t \ VQflfrega who has written it expressly for the , actress. Mme. de Gresac made a careful study >. f of Mme. Kallch's art last season, and . she has created a role that is believed ''VV-.. \ will give opportunity for the Jllustra- % & ttralHMHpSfc tlon of her powers. The scenes of the } ( f- !...:-^5lg play are laid In Paris and Switzerland. IV ^ The story is described as Intensely In- § \ terestlng. The chief role, which Mm'. \ Kallch will originate, Is that of a fas. \ cinating, gifted and Impulsive woman : ' who If. swayed by the conflicting } ' claims of love nnd an artlstlo career. 1 The theme Is neither tragic nor gloomy. ” ■ Iffr*,- r . but the Interest la serious. * M&y Unllko most modern French plays, . It dooa not deal in any form with the (fi? *• - * ■’t sex problem or question 'of morals. - ..—"V. ' The fabric is dramatic, however, and It develops scones of emotional ELSIE WILKS IN SHEATH GOWN. This "Bear” Story Looks True. "Bear" Harris, Chicago university’s big utility line man. Is planning to en ter the University of Illinois this fall. Ho quit the Midway school in the spring after a disagreement with a pro fessor and has made up Ills mind not to return to complete his course. It has been a question either of Michigan or Illinois with him, with the ‘‘pride of the west” finally in favor. BEAUTIFUL MARY MANNERING, STARRING IN “GLORIOUS BETSY.” tolnelte de Mauhun were especially I (Mrs. Faveraham) opened In Washing- | known ns a stage writer, la the author cilinmeliftehlc. tun In “The World nnd 111m Wlfn” at Mr. Viivnrahiim In tho rolu nf n vnnnc MARIE DOflO, WHO HAS A NEW •LAY. commendable. {ton In "Tho World and 111* Wife" at William Favfraham nnd Julie Opp j thoBchiacotheater. C. F. Nlrdllngcr, un- Mr. Faveraham In the rolo of a young man found considerable favor. The NELSON MADE OF IRON. Football Campaign of 1908 Opens '€Oith Load /torse Gans Says Lightweight Champion Can* - not Be Hurt by One’* Fist. “Battling Nelson Is not human. There Is not now and there never was a fighter like him, and I doubt much it wg In our lives will sec another of the same type- He cannot be hurt by a punch, and the only chance for any* body to whip him Is to beat him nt his own game of roughing.” This statement came from tho lips of Joe Gams, former lightweight cham pion 6t the world. “The man to bent Nelson Is the tough, rugged bull, who will go in head first. Just as Nelson does, and outstrength and outrough him. Whipping Nelson presents no question of Quecnsberry superiority. It is more a matter of ex cellence along catch-as-catch-can wres tling lines. If you can find a man who can stand np with the Dane and out* endure him, then you will have a ninth wonder of the world. “Never again will I seek a meeting with him unless some promoter should want to pay us for a short bout. It Is not at all likely—a fourth meeting. As I say. It would never be any of my seeking. “Never did I hit a man so hard In my career as I have hit this fellow. Why, a dozen times In our last fight I threw every ounce of my strength Into a punch right on his Jaw, felt the knuckles go through the padding of the gloves and Into the bone of his Jaw, saw‘him wabble and go groggy, and then—well, I saw him shake bis big bead and come back at me harder than ever. “If there are others who think they can do better than I did, the Job Is open for them, and, as far as I am concerned, they are welcome to the trial and I will wish them welL” Outlook,. For Season at 'Various of the "Big Vni-dersities for halfback ta H. M. Wheaton, Ynle'a only drop kicker, who camped all sum mer In Maine with Daly. year’s team, will provide for the other sldo of the line. Fish showed streaks of being fnr above the average line man, and this, with the coaching he will get this fall, will assure Harvard Individual strength on whatever side of the lino he play*. Crowley and Corbett, last year’s freshmen end*, with Houston, a substi tute In 1907, arc the likeliest looking ends; G. G. Brown and Cutler and Sprague stand as the moat promising material for quarterback. * now, aq far a* the line is concerned. There are Nourae for center. Burr for one guard and McKay, who. by tho Way, is tho likeliest.physical specimen on Soldiers’ field, for the other guard. Burr Wants to play guard again this year. He did not take to tackle last year, and he never was us strong there aa In the place ho played on the Har vard team In 1$05 and 190(1. The return Of Fish, tackle on last year’s' team, who with Burr repre sents the veteran element for this The presence of Haughton, Kernan and Burr on the field Is enough to as sure n good kicking department at Cambridge this year. Harvard never has had a scoring goal from the field kicker, but Haughton Is one of tho very best men Cambridge ever has turned out. He, Kernan and Burr aMo stand out as the best punters Harvard haX had for fifteen years. At Harvard. ij The Harvard follower* are Jubilant i over the large namber of men they I have from whom to pick tludr team I members. There are fewer candidates for tho line than for any other depart ment. The choice of a first team should not b* very difficult for Haughton Just . At Wiseontin. Wisconsin has a coterie of able vet eran* out for the varsity team In “Jumbo" Stlehm for center; Mesamer, Boyle, iaklsh and Murphy, tackles; Lowman and C&ptaln Rogers, ends. Whittaker, subcenter of last year Is back, and he may be utilized at tull- ack. Paulas, a heavy man, looks good it guard. Taken as a whole, Wiscon sin’s chance* appeal* bright. 7 mere is m prvuy ngni on ior me play are excellent and. n» quarterblck position. The leading ro or three teams, actually candidate now 1* Hopkins. quarter on] thr freahiuun team of laat year. Ha Is » be expected that the Csr- cool headed, a fait nmn#r nnd a quick! is Would open the tn-ason for : dodger when running back pilots. Hr am*. These players are the I won the *nmt against' the Harvard rtislng medium of the gov-1 freshmen laat fftll, H. P. Bingham, •liool at Carlisle. Pa.. *m1 a* former quarter at Taft school,' end J. llttl* else to do besides play I IL* Kilpatrick. Ibrmef Andover half- i e> are always In good form! hack, are also ueplranis fur the quar* Tore any other prominent I terback’a Job. * j ih»r college teams that have; •laved regularly scheduled j University of Pennsylvania. j —— Lufayette, Harvard. fijy P™ 11 1 Cornell, Wesleyan. mff . Indiana cud Mlehl- MW jlvcrr.it lex. ■ OHff e It Is difficult to predict the' w WM MW th of football teem* et this early 1 lBff . g At Princeton. The Jerseymen are more confident •low than at this early period for sev eral seasons back. For one thing, enough veterans have returned to form i strong nucleus. Princeton Is better ,lxed as regards quarterback than any >ther big tram. Captain Eddie Dillon Is a scintillating quarter, a field gen- •rat par excellence, and his experience will prove of decided benefit to the team. The Tigers will have a hard time finding a man who can make drop kicks and work the onslde kick as Harlan did. But with McCrohan. a dashing line bucket who wasn't eligi ble List year nnd who Is expected to fill McCormick’s shoes, the veteran Tlbbott; as well as Reed and Dawson, the Princeton back field promises to »>o a hummer. .There is good material for the line In Bucklnghkm. Waller, Stealing, Whaley. McFadyen, Welch and Dowd. To find a center the equal of' Phillips und ends of the WIster standard will be a problem difficult to solve. iceton. is at \tirfou* of the t ig universl-1 ibould prove of comddrrable help. | At Chicago. ich Stage’s eleve n Is Just non the j feared aggregation in the middle i The early sign* ere that Chi-! will round into «h»mpinn*hip: sooner than any of hcr+iivala. i Danny Maher After Riding Honors. Tho annual race for the premier Jockey honors of England between Danny Maher and Higgs Is unusually close this season. Recently Maher won four races In a day’s racing. Maher’s average Is always considerably better than that of Higgs, but Higgs, In con sequence of his mnch lighter weight. At Michigan. >r most of tin haa plainly At Illinois. The mint ham nine veterans on hand, more than any other of the lead ing teams. A» a result, they clearly rxpect a victory .over Chicago when they meet Oct. ‘17, a date far too early for Start’s liking. ARTHUR ROCKWOOD. rides, of course, more often, so which will wind up first can only be guessed. Probably Maher will score, though the nursery season gives Higgs a pull, as he can rido frequently In these con- toFts, Maher comparatively seldom. counting lllon la a ; but four e. Th«»e MBA and Michigan DOG SHOW DATE. Tho Bloomington (III.) Kennel club at a meeting recently fixed tho date for its annual bench show, selecting Jna. 27-30. 1909. It Is planned to pro-1 sent a larger list of entries than ever] before. . Not After Ganzel's Successor. I “That’s news to me," said Garry ] Herrmann, president of the Cincinnati baseball club, recently when told that ' a story wns out to the effect that Clarke Griffith bad been signed to manage | the mis next year. Mr. Herrmann aaid rhat no efforts bad been made to : secure a manager to succeed John Gan- zel. Ganzel’s contract has another ‘.rear to run. but of course arrange- > ments could be made to satisfy Ganzel in case It was decided to put another ; leader la his place. games before Pvnna m. Casey and \v five championship icar F. D#H. HOUSTON, END. GILBERT, LEFT HALFBACK. V. P. KENNARD, END. played year as varsity men. MEMBERS OF STRONG HARVARD UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TEAM OF THIS YEAR. GOSSIP OF THE STAGE. us been lit has, was produced in creoslnr popularity. It has made over tl.SV9.000 for Its owners. May Beley is going It alone now-in the vaudeville field with a musical monologue which seems to have some merit. Joseph Grtsmer, In collaboration with his wife, Phoebe Davis, has writ ten'a play' of Jewish life called "Mine Out of Judea." » < She wears the brilliant uniform of a son at captain of hussars, altera a tin; Jhl'YiVal o! garb with her own attlrv as the hero- . ln« the Ins of the piece. !' PauUi William Norris, who Is now playing ;^r*t ata In "Other and Bon." has another play . Stiver In which he will appear later on callrd ton are "The Happiest Man In Town." Play. "/ James K. Hackett will remain In U The New York for the best part of the sea- i Jun ah Some of the hay is reported to be of I very poor quality. Harry Davenport and Phyllis Rankin i have aroused a great deal of interest in their new sketch, "The Naked Truth." Florence Bindley has a new play called -la the Nick of Time- "In Old Kentucky” has begun. Its sixteenth year with no sign of de- Robert Drouct. formerly leading man! with Msxlnc Klllott and Viola Alien, has been rnfaged by Nance O’Neill Cor' her i»ew play. “Agnes." Miss laMilee Gunning, who Is star-1 ring In “Marcell#," |s seen for the first j Is Charles Fiuhman’si mr In Paris, w holds of Washing- i ted In the new Brady tan From Mississippi." dhurst has written a \n International Mar- married > < t. ahe hts gome dau* to fulfill. "Diana of DobsonV In w ,lulls Nillson played In the