Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 249, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 February 1923 — Page 6
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SPORTS
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BASKET BITS • • • EOXING BIFFS • • • DIAMONDDUST • • • RACING and OTHER THRUSTS
JIMMY "WILDE, world’s flyweight champion, is to meet Paneho Villa, American king in that class, in New York next summer if Paneho still wears the crown at that time. The "WildeYilla scrap looks like a sure go because it is not thought Villa’s manager will take any long chances with his boy before the proposed International match. If the battle between the little fellows goes through, it can be taken for granted It will attract a capacity throng. When Wilde visited America he cleaned up on all the boys at his weight. Villa has done likewise. Villa’s dash into pugilistic fame has made him one of the bright lights of giovedom. Coming from Manilla as an unknown, he gradually worked his way to a bout with Johnny Duff and much to the surprise of all he neatly lifted the American flyweight 'crown. Since that time he has battled a victorious path through the East. He Is a little whiz. Wilde Is more of the rangy type for a flyweight. He has unusual height and reach for a fighter of 112 pounds. Villa is of the game bantie type. When Wilde and Villa clash —there’s a scrap for you! ■i- + + Paris dispatch says M. Derbier Is the new French professional balkline cue player. The French must have repudiated Roger Conti. -I- -i* + FIRST NATIONAL MUNICIPAL TENNIS I TOURNEY OF PUBLIC PARKS PLAYERS ! PROBABLY WILL BE AWARDED TO ST. LOUIS. -I* ‘l* -INotre Dame Is to start spring footbad practice March 5. Coach Rockne j Is badly In need of weight for the line. and candidates will be looked over carefully for fat boys. + + + Oliver Walters. Newark, X. J., is the new king of the professional roller skaters. lie won the world’s professional tournament with 50 points. John L. Aurey, Chicago, was second with 37 and Rollie Bierkheimer, Columbus, Oliio, third with 26. •!- -I- -ITHE CUB PITCHERS PUT IN TWO nouns of snappy work Sunday in CALIFORNIA LIMBERING UP THEIR ARMS. THEY CUT LOOSE WITH THE “FAST ONES” FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THEN SOUGHT DIVERSION IN GOLF AND FISHING. • • • Kid Gleason. White Sox manager, and four of hie players, left for Marlin Springs, Texas, today to welcome the rest of the squad which is due within the next couple of weeks. The party v.\. *h left today included re-; cruit pitchers Frank Woodward and Phebe Lambke, Ray Schalk, star catcher, and Johnny Mostil, out-' fielder. •I* + 'l' Walter Brattiund of Ironwood broke the world's record for artificial ski slides when he. leaped 192 feet for the longest standing jump of the tournament. Barney Reilly, Coleraine, Minn., made 193 feet, but fell. -!- -I* -I* Harry Greb. former American lipht heavyweiffht champion, announced that he probably would accept an offr of 550.000 to meet Jack Bloomfield. English cruiser, ir. London in June. I- -I- -IBecause the trip would conflict with dates for the final examination, the Harvard faculty has denied permission to Bobby Jones to accompany the team of amateur golfers to England. I- -I- -IManager Lee Fohl and eight players composed the vanguard of the St. Louis Browns who left St. Louis for Florida this morning. Urban Shocker, who was expected to make the trip, was detained by tlie serious illness of his father-in-law. + -|. -|. The new Kansas City ball park will be ready, for occupancy by July 1. In the meantime the Bines will play in the old park where their brigade of left-hand hitters can lift the ball over the short right field fence. •I- + -!- Wabash isn't the Wabash team of a few weeks back. h -I* + Louisville continues to insist it got all the better of the Kirke-Covlngton deal with Indianapolis. Scribes there say Klrke’s lego are ailing. Maybe so, but wait until Tex Covington has er.e of h!s mean spells. -I- -I- + The members of the Eaatern Comet basketball team meet at corner of Keystone and English Wednesday at 8 o'clock. They play the Brlghtwood Midgets. For games In the 12-13-year-old class, call Drexel 2052. ar.d ask for Thieelng. + -I* -h Elwood High School closed its season with a victory over BoshvUle, making the season*► record twenty-five straight wins. Richmond ha* twenty-one straight victories to its credit. •I* ’l* -I* Manchester gave De Pauw a hard tussle at North Manchester Saturday and had a 23 tX 19 advantage at the half, but the Methodists got “mad” In the last minutes of the contest and ran up a 45 total to the Manchester five's 37. -!- -I- -IButier and Franklin at Franklin Thursday. More excitement. But previous to that, Butler at Ear'.hsm Wednesday. Earlham scouts and Franklin ecous were present here Saturday when Butler tipped over Wabash. -!- -I- -IFrank Fox and mverett Irish of Indianapolis gained the lead In the doubles event of the Elks' national pin tourney at Columbus, Ohio, by hanging up a total of 1,278. Irish hit for: 643 and Fox for 635.
Hawkeye Net Crew Still Holds Lead in Conference Basket-Ball
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MINNESOTA IS lOWA’S FOE AT HOME-TONIGHT Eight Teams Limber Up This Wee T-end —Indiana Meets Northwestern, By United Press CHICAGO, Feb. 26. —Erratic playing featured the week In the Western Conference basket-ball race, but failed to change positions of the leaders. The undefeated lowa team with nine victories continued on the march to the championship. The Hawkeyes have only three more games to play and should have an easy time. Wisconsin, the runner up narrowlyescaped defeat Saturday at the hands of Purdue. The Badgers have four games left on their schedule, Minnesota, Chicago, Northwestern and Indiana. , Michigan was beaten by Wisconsin but won over Ohio State and held on to third position by a narrow margin. Tonight's battles are Minnesota at lowa City and Michigan at Urbana. Tomorrow night Ohio and Purdue meet at Lafayette and the week end will sea eight teams in action —Minnesota at Wisconsin, lowa at Michigan, Northwestern at Indiana and Purdue at Chicago. Chicago registered two victories against Illinois and Minnesota during the week and pulled out of the tailenders. Barnes of Chicago climbed Into first place as high-point man, with a score of 116. Funk of lowa, who has led In scoring since the season opened, dropped into second place with 112. The standing of the teams was: Team. Won. Lost. Pet loiva t 0 1.000 Wisconsin 7 1 .fC.V Michigan 7 3 .700 Illinois . 6 4 .000 Chicago 5 5 .500 Pur&ue 4 4 .500 Indiana 3 4 .420 Northwestern 3 6 .333 Ohio State 1 9 .100 Minnesota 0 9 .000
AKRON BOY WINS HORSESHOE TITLE 15-Year-Old Youth Takes World’s Crown, By Times Special ST. PETERSBURG. Fla.. Feb. 26 Harold Falor, 15-vear-old Akron (O.) high school hoy, won the mid-winter horseshoe tourney held hero and is rated as the world's champion. He defeated three of the country’s greatest experts in the finals on Saturday. Frank Lundin, New London, la.; Frank Jackson. Kellerton. la., and C. C. Davis of Columbus, 0., went down before the youthful wizard. Five hundred dollars in cash goes to the winner. Falor defeated Lundin. 50 to 21; Davis. 50 to 18; Jackson, 50 to 46. All of the defeated pitchers are exchampions. Lundin was champion until defeated in this tournament. FLOYD JOHNSON HAS HiS TONSILS REMOVED Heavyweight Battler on Head to Recovery. By l nitrd .Wtr# NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Floyd Johnson, who is to try out Jess Willard In the first fight at the Yanks’ new baseball stadium on May 12. is reported to be doing well enough after his operation for the removal of his tonsils. When fully recovered he will go to some watering place for a rest. He will train for the fight in quarters at Saratoga, N. Y., starting some time in April. MAPLETONS TO BE BUSY The “Y” Leader Juniors defeated the Em-Roe Juniors. 19 to 12, Saturday night at the Mapleton Club gym. In the other game of the evening the Mapletons beat the Postoffice Five, 48 to 27. The only games to le played at the Mapleton Club this week will be on Thursday night, when a “triple header” will be staged. Starting at 7:15 o’clock, the Diamond Chain Juniors will meet the Em-Roe Juniors, the Mapleton Maids play the Keystone 'rt-achers Five and the Mapletons tangle with the Deltas. Bad Weather for Soccer Ba.d grounds handicapped soccer players Sunday, but an interesting game occurred here, nevertheless. The Hoosier Rovers downed the Indianapolis Soccer Club team, 1 to 0, on a wet field. The Rovers will meet Bicknell next Sunday in a State league game. Members of the team will meet Thursday night at the Chamber of Commerce. The Passaic (N. J.) High School team won another game Saturday and now has 111 straight victories. It is said that this equals the world record established by the famous Buffalo Germans professional team.
Saturday Net Scores
COLLEGER Butler. 32: Wabash, 19. '.Hanover. 21: Earlham, 12. t>e Pauw. 45: Manchester. 37. State Normal. 65* Muncie Normal, 19. Wisconsin. 20: Purdue. 19. Cdie&fo. 24: Illinois. 20. Army. 37; Navy. 20. Normal College A. G. U., 29: Indiana Central College. 25. HIGH SCHOOLS Cathedral, 44; Maxwell. 35. Tech. 34; JeHerson (I.alayettel, 31. Bloomington. 33: Columbus. 32. • ShelbyviMe. 4: Bedford. 37. Culver. 23 North Judaon. J 9. Hartford City. 39: Mathews. 12 Tipton. 27: Rochester. 23. McCordSvjlle, 36: Wilkinson. 9. La Porte. 39; Mishawaka. 20. Culver, 40: Englewood. 29. Elwood, 39: Rushville. 16. Yo .ug America, 30: Onward, 16. South Slds (Ft. Wayne). 16; Monoa, 11.
ENSMINGER WINS SHOOT Snow Flurries Fail to Dim Trapshooters’ Good Aim. It takes, more than a snowstorm to stop Ensminger at the traps. He broke 95 out of 100 targets in the weekly shoot of the Gun Club Saturday and did it with the snow coming down in lively fashion. W. G. Wall was second with 91 “birds” out of 100 shqj; at.
SLAM-BANG SCRAP APPEARS LIKELY Sheppard and Kelly All Set for Tuesday, The main-go boys are In town. Johnny Sheppard of Boston amd Jimmy Kelly of Chicago, the two hard-hitting banties who meet in the main event of ten rounds at Tomlinson Hall Tuesday night, worked out at the Mitchell A. C. Sunday during different hours. The little fellows Vent after sparring partners in slashing style and Impressed the onlookers with their willingness to mix it. The boys are of the slam-bang type. They don’t depend on sparring to gain points. They tear in and slug. Kelly is a body puncher something on the order of Pal Moore. He uses both hands to the wind, however, whereas Moore depends entirely on a left swing to the stomach. Sheppard Impressed the fans Sunday as a little terrier. He lias every appearance of a hoy who is willing to take wallops in order to score himself. A battle of middleweights will open the show Tuesday, Pinky Crosby and Tommy Raymond being carded to go ten rounds in the first prelim. Bobble Bridges and Biliy Mails, welters, will tangle in the second ten-rounder of the night.
Lebanon Has Strong, Basket-Ball Five
LEFT TO RIGHT—FIRST ROW, DE VOL, DAVIS, CLEMAN'S, SICKS AND GRATER. SECOND ROW, Mc'i Cl RE. KERSEY, LAS LEY, COOK. ASHLEY, HAVENS. TOP ROW, MORRISON, ASSISTANT COACH; SMUTS, COACH; DEM FRY, MANAGER: JAQUES, STUDENT MANAGER.
A team feared by the entire Stato in the past, dropping out of existence for a few years but back this year with a formidable squad is the history of the Lebanon High School basket-ball team.
BASEBALLING LN JAPAN
Courage of Japs Proven on Baseball Diamond
TIIE Japs have the first essential of a great baseball player. This discovery was made hy the American team of selected big leaguers while recently ‘ baseballiiig in Japan.” How, is told here to Billy Evans of NEA Service.
BY WAITE lIOYT Pitcher for the New York Americana and World Series Hero. rirMIE Japs have ihe first essential I asset of the successful hull player, plenty of courage. We players failed to find any of the Japs lacking In courage. This was particularly have the habit in baseball country it is custo convey a mesWAITE HOYT sage to the batter that lie. better not crowd the plate too closely. There is never an intent on the part of the pitcher to hit the batter, he simply feels the batsman is taking undue advantage in crowding the plate, and he, in turn, resorts to
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
The Pride of West Newton Is the High School Net Squad
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LEFT TO RIGHT: STOKESBERRY, COACH; EDWARDS, COPPIC, THORNBERRY, CARTER, FIELDS, HELFENBERGER, KISER, WILLIAMS. The West Newton basket-ball squad has a fine record for the season with eighteen wins and five defeats. The squad piled up 667 points to their opponents’ 464. The Newton team was runner-up in the conuty tourney here, losing to Valley Mills in the final game.
JUNIOR TOURNEY ' OPENS TONIGHT I City Meet at Lauter Gym Has Strong Entry List, Play In the fourth annual city junior basket-ball championship tourney j opens tonight at the Lauter gym, and i some of the best scraps In the Junior j class of the season should be staged before the curtain goes down on the first round. Many of the strongest quintets In the city haVe entered the event and eight of them will be seen in action tonight; the first game starting at 7 o’clock. Fifteen minute periods will j be played and the schedule calls for j riie last game of the evening at 9:15. Tonight's schedule is as follows: 7:00 —Hecules vs. Ramblers. 7:4s—Eagle A. C ,vs. Christians. 8:00 —Butler Independents vs. Deltas. 9:ls—Tech Night School vs. Boys’ Club Fair Plays.
The team Is coached by A1 Smith, former star and all conference center while at Purdue. Smith was center on the Thorntown team that copped the Stato title one year.
the fast pitch to drive him back to ids regular position. We pitchers tried that stunt on a number of the Jap batters who had the habit of crowding the plate, hut the ruse failed of its purpose. They refused to be driven back, and because of their great skill in dodging and tumbling they managed to avoid the had pitches without any ...great trouble. We soon canto to admire this trait, and since our team was never pressed to win, we eliminated the practice of driving the Japs back by the bean ball, permitting them to crowd the plate as much as they desired. j, It is the same with the infielders. No master how hard the ball Is hit they get in front of it, and break it down with some part of their anatomy, even though it never touches their hands. „ This trait of having no fear of a regular baseball J trace back to the way the players start the game. As youngsters the Japs play with a ball somewhat similar to c.ur tennis ball, only a tritle larger. Such a ball does not hurt if it hits the player. Playing with suc4 a ball the Japs natur-
ACTIONS OF N. Y. GIANTS AROUSE M’GRAW’S IRE Scott, Rawlings and Bancroft Are Still Holdouts Others Leave for Texas.
BY lIENRY L. FARRELL United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Those of I the world’s champion -Giants whose Ideas of compensation agree with those of John McGraw entrained today for ' San Antonio to get ready for another pennant race. All of the boys who helped to give the Yanks a lesson In baseball In the world’s series last fall haven't the same opinion of salaries that their manager has. Among them are Capt. Dave Bancroft, Johnny Rawlings and Bill Ryan. Bancroft thought he was worth more money than McGraw offered him last spring and ho was restrained from becoming a “bitter ender" only by the temptation of world’s series coin. Perhaps the lure of the same prize will got him back in the fold. It isn’t a nice thing for the captain of the team to become a holdout and give the boys i a bad example.
He In assisted by Guy Morrison, former De Pauw player. In Rennie Do Vol and Harley Grater, Smith has a pair of nifty workers. The team is noted for its fighting qualities.
ally are educated to have no fear. This trait stays with them when they begin to use the regular hard ball. 1 The Jap makes much less fuss when he is hit by a thrown or batted ball than we Americans. I hit a Jap batter with a fast ball on the hand and I feared several bonos were broken. Ho never uttered a word of complaint and continued right along in the game. Either that is a great tribute to tho gameness of the Japs or an awful knock to my fast one. NEXT: The .laps prove hard losers. Acortliiur to Dab' Miller, who refereed the ran.e. Technical I!ih School looked mighty Rood against .iofferson of Lafayette. In ita 34 to 31 victory. liite and Hickman starred along with Peltman. Somebody is from? to have a tough time with Tech In the sectional. “Lovin’ Sam” $1 d iat fox-trot with ip t he come-on-and-'Jf dance melody, was {dXSfUf'uf never played with greater joyousness yF** Js than wh sn Ted r jug Lewis and* His Band 111 made their Columbia em econ * jn “Bees* Knees’* is on the reverse side. At sis COLUMBIA DEALERS
Jock Scott, who was picked up out of the discards last summer by McGraw, is also a holdout. The Giants are very bitter about that. If the Giants didn't give Jock any more than the $1,500 the Cincinnati Reds were paying him when his arm went bad last spring, Jock has a right to hold out, because he certainly gave the Giants 100 per cent on their Investment, McGraw obviously is out of humor with his players. He was sort of crushed, as .they say In the books, when he learned that his men were the backbone of the baseball players' union, and ho apparently has adopted the policy of the irofi rod and the husking gloves. In the past he has allowed his players to go south at the expense of the club and talk things over, but he would not stand for it this year, and the lovs have be- n forced to sign or pay their own way south.
OLD TENNiSFEUD TQ BE RENEWED Suzanne and Molla to Play in Monte Carlo Tourney, | By United Press MONTE CARLO, Fob. 28. —Scenes preliminary to another dramatic battle between the two greatest women j rivals of tennis were set out here to- ! day when the annual international | tournament started, with Mile. Sui sanne Lenglen, world’s champion, and j Mrs. Molla Mallorv American chainl plon, on tho sidelines. Almost ut tho last minute, the j American star decided that she was ■ not too Incapacitated because of re- ! cent Illness to play, and she entered I the tournament. The mere formality 'of an entry was taken positively to mean another Lengien-Mallory feud in the final rounds, as tho experts do j not look upon any of the other entries i as being capable of giving either the ! French or the American star more \ than a good workout. Both Susanne and Molla have entered the singles and the doubles contests, AMUSEMENTS
um&Mm TWICE TiAll.Y All, WEEK “MISCHIEF MAKERS” A Jam borer of M irth and Melody i'mhirlng ('HAS. <THAMP) M< NALLY, I tie Noted Comedian America’s Vaudeville Standard fiftg fT**& Ryf I The Blue Streak j £$ | of Vaudeville | £ smmis | \*>,v nnd Kxciuslve Songs. MBS It. WALKER, Local Girl, at the frij; I’iano. ps!| BERT LEVY Popular Artist-Entertainer LORRAINE & MINTO i With Davis in the P Miniature Musical Comedy gA MOTH ANI) FLAMES" S RAY & EMMA DEAN | The Laughing Stock of Vaudeville S| Mons. & Mme. Loyal’s $ Kcinarktthle Canlno ‘‘Toque.” B LYTELL & FANT 1 The Chocolate Cake Eaters Special Added Feature ftiRS. SIDNEY DSOf | ac,l Iler Company, Fresentini- HR “PREDESTINATION” m V DokiK'Ntic (’oniedjjr in One Act. Aesop’** Fables, Topics of tho Day Pat ho Nows jpjy ,
Thursday, Friday. I ‘ g. Next Monday, TuesSaturday. " ®JW T " * day - Wednesday. Matinee Saturday. 4——A-,. — X — Matinee Wednesday seats s a. m. today. SHSFATS QAM TODAY TIIK GREATEST LAUGHING SHOW §| 1 •“* 17 • rv * * Tl ‘ 1 -cX * OF A DECADE H FOUR MARX BROS. | IN THEIR OWN g 20th Century Revue | % FOUR MARX BROS, g IN “THE THEATRICAL H MANAGER’S OFFICE” ■ 4 1 w olp >- US' Prices: jEve., s<>o to $2; Mat., 25c to 91 g Prloes Eve., 50c te *2.50: Mat., 50c to $2
TERRE HAUTE IS STATE CHAMPION Jacks Win Independent Net Meet at Local Y, M, C, A, The Terre Haute Jacks are the State independent champs. In the final game of the tourney at the local Y. M. C. A Saturday night the * Hut” five defeated the Vincennes team, 40 to 25. It was a fast aggregation and well deserved the championship. Lovell and “Babe” Wheeler formed a great offensive pair at the forwards and Risher at center uncorked some classy stuff It was necessary. Little red headed Lovell at forward was the star of the tourney. He was all over the floor and seemed to have Inexhaustible energy. He was the spark of the team, that added the zip that made it a championship outfit. Wheeler always played a heady game and had much to do with the i success of the Jacks.
ST. LOUIS MAY GET * MU'NY TENNIS DATE Application for Meet Has Been Made —Home of Davis. I By United .V* tes NEW YORK. Feb. 25.—St. Louis is ; likely to draw this year's tournament ! for the municipal tennis championship lof the United States. St. Louis has j asked for it and Dwight F. Davis. president of the l r . S. Lawn Tennis I Association and donor of the famous 1 Davis cup. Is a St. Louisan. ‘ The application for the tournament was made by the St. Louis Municipal Athletic Association, which Davis j formed for the promotion of municipal amateur athletics when he was park conmussioner there. The tournament is to be allocated at a meeting here March 17. This is the only important meeting which has not already been allocated to the East. AMUSEMENTS
ENGLISH’S TONITE &L Wed’.?* Sat. JOHN. GOLDHI' 3WVe fW-Dear feta* presentsI L|iaI“*.THEPIAV THAT BROKE he world's Recast Sy£AfiS OMBfiOAOWAV jTAGtou nosb <F~ Prices Nltes—soc to $2.50 Matinees—soc to $1.50 &LL KbXT WEEK wel^t. THE WONDER SHOW OF THE UNIVERSE THURSTON TIIK GREAT MAGICIAN Prices—Nite, 50c to $1 50 Mat luces, 25c to SI.OO SKATS HEADY THY Its DAY
MONDAY, FEB. 26,1923
BUTLER-FRANKLIN FEATURE TILT OF WEEK’SSCHEDULE State Title at Stake in GameThursday—Wabash Victim of Irvington Five, Butler ends its basket-ball season this week with games with Earlham on Wednesday and Franklin on Thursday. Both are away from hornet The grand finale of the season Id scheduled at Franklin when the Irvington live gets a chance to even the score with the Baptists. A largo number of local fops are to make tire trip. Right now Franklin is conceded the State college basket-ball title, but If Butler can defeat Wagner’s team they will have an equal claim on the championship. The Pagemen have lost only one State college game find that was to the Baptists. On Saturday at Tomlinson Hall Butler romped over Wabash by the score of 32 to 19. The first half was an even battle, but Wabash went to pieces badly in the second period and showed plainly the lack of reserve players. Hooker tossed five field goals and Griggs got four from the field and six out of eight from the foul lino. Middles worth played his usual fine defensive game. Lefforge and Thom scored twice from the field for Wabash. The Little Giants got rjty two field goals in the firm! twenty minutes. The squad did not put up the fight that is usually so evident in Scarlet athletic teams.
JIMMY MURPHY STARTS SEASON WITH VICTORY Wins Los Angeles Speed Race in Thriller Finish With Hill. By Times Special LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26.—Jimmy Murphy is at it again. The famous speed pilot cleaned up in the opening auto race of the year Sunday and established a record. He drove a Durant Special. It was a 250-mile event and Murphy went the distance in 2:9 43 3-5. Hts average speed was 115.8 miles per hour. The crowd was estimated at 70,000. Bennie Hill in a McDonald .Special finished second to Murphy. Ralph De Palma In a Duesenberg Special was third, and Eddie Hearne in a Durant Special was foiyth. Hiil pressed Murphy hard and was behind by only five yards at the finish. Ten of the sixteen cars finished. No serious accidents occured. First prize was worth 89,000 and 500 points toward the 1923 drive championship.
AMUSEMENTS NOON to 11 P. M. Ye Old Tyme Minstrels ; i ‘ THE ri I ■ COBSE SAGKS” fj BOOBY ? JACKSON & CO. h | in “ECCENTRICITIES” ’ ’ Baamia I a SAXTca U I Farewell Week E ... 3 I WAYKE I MARSHALL 1 & GANOY M In “THE INTRUDER” U KEWPORT STiSK U & PKSKEB I ■ “Odds and Ends” * * * g LARIMER & HBOSOB t , In “PEIILEOGOUSTS” Photo Play “FORGET-K£-SOT” , f MrMii’fi! C-. -.-■■■ idhiftjiii MOTION PICTURES DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAM “JAVA HEAT’ A Surprisingly Vivid and Colorful Picture, Full of Romance and Thrills. AND “THE MESSAGE OF EMILE COUE” A simple and graphic explanation of a great theory. OVERTURE Light Cavalry Moaest Altschuler Musical Director DOORS OPEN 12:00 NOON