Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 63, 10 January 1909 — Page 2

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THE RICHMOND PAL LADIU3I AND SUX-TELEGRA3I, SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1909.

Now for Gotch Mahmout; Great Contest Massive Turk Next In Line for American Champion on the Mat "Americus" Fears for Wrestling in Chicago.

Baltimore, Md., Jan. 9. "Americus" has returned home after his defeat by Mahmout fn Chicago last month, and be la full of the subject of the probable meeting between Frank Gotch and the Turk. No man is better able to judge of the chances in such a bout than Americus, who has met both men and made a close study of their wrestling ability. "It would be one of the best bouts in the history of the mat," said Americus this morning, "and I do not think I could pick a winner. Both men are heavy, strong, experienced and clever, Mahmout is the quickest big man I have ever seen, and I was astonished at both his strength and endurance. At foot work I think he has something on Gotch, but down on the mat the American looks good to me. "Mahmout wore out. Beell by his speed on his feet, which is a strange thing when you think that Beell, because of lighter weight, should have been quicker on his feet. Beell stood up to Mahmout and tried to dodge him which was just suited to the Turk, who kept right after Beell until Fred was tired out. "Although Mahmout has ample endurance, as he proved with me, I would like Gotch's chances, and if Gotch VARSITY BEATS . THE SCRUB TEAM In Exhibition Game Last Night Regulars Win 35 to 6. The Earlham varsity basketball quad lined up against the reserves In an exhibition game In the college gymnasium last evening. The varsi- . ty candidates had all the better of the 4 game and found little trouble in disposing of the reserves by a score of 85 to 6. The men on whom Coach . ,,Vail will depend mostljr-in; selecting his team are Hotchkiss, Rees and Conrad, forwards; Lindley, center; H. Furnas, H. Tebbetts, Hancock and Kornell, guards. INDOOR ICE SKATING Cracks to Compete In Pittsburg and Cleveland Jan. 25-30. ALL EYES ON EDMUND LAMY Great Things Expected ' of Saranae Lake Bey, Who Showed f Wonderful Form Last 8aacin Woodward 8utphen Will Qe Hard to Boat. A healthy revival pt interest In one of the greatest of .winter sports. Ice skating, has been brought about by the cessation of hostilities between the Amateur Athletic union' and. the other bodies that were tryingvto govern the steel blade artists. - Toe Amateur Athletic union found the chestnut too hot and let it drop back into the Are last M0 i 3 BOMCKD XiAKT, CHAXFIOH AHATZUR ska ran. year, whereupon the various other claimants combined and formed an association bearing the high sounding Dame of International -Skating Union of the United States and Canada. This association gave out the list of championship meets recently, and both Pittsburg and Cleveland have drawn their share, the international indoor event to be held in Pittsburg and the national Indoor championship in Cleveland during the week of Jan. 25-30. As a result of the. renewed Jnterest many clubs throughout the country have become 'Very active, and at this date the men are rounding into fine condition, they having been training for some time at the various rinks. Thus when the big carnivals come off i erery competitor will be on edge, and there should be such racing as bas never been witnessed before. The skater upon whom all eyes will be focused Is Edmund Lamy of the Saranae Lake (N. T.) Skating club. This eighteen-year-old boy showed such speed and form last season that many there were who pronounced him the greatest skater of his years that the

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should get me to help prepare hlra for the bout I would advise him to get to the mat as soon as possible and try to wear out the Turk. Gotch is a wonderful wrestler and I believe he could do this. Certainly Gotch and Mahmout are now the world's greatest wrestlers and a contest for them would excite even greater Interest than that' between Gotch and Hackenschmidt." Gotch is in London, where he has had a merry war of words with Hackenschmidt, the Russian Lion, whom he decisively (defeated. Gotch has been willing to have a return . match -with Hack, but' the latter has done some clever maneuvering to dodge Gotch, and at same time keep himself well advertised. Gotch is disgusted with Hack, and is convinced that he wants no more of his game, so the way is cleared for Mahmout to get a chance at the heavy weight title of the world. Americus sees nothing promising for the mat game in Chicago. He says the hitter warfare between rival promoters in Chicago threatens the life of the mat game there, in spite of the widespread public interest. The Empire Athletic club, of which Joe Coffey is matchmaker, proposes a purse of $10,000 for Gotch and Mahmout, and both will accept for March.

lieon everything, broke a number of excellent records and gave promise of setting up an entire new list of standards as soon as he had developed. This year he has been moving better than ever, and there Is every reason to believe that some sensational performances will be credited hlra before the season closes. Another crack who will be seen in the championships is Woodward Sutphen, the one and three mile United States title holder. Sutphen is a coming man and a game competitor, which means that he will be bard to beat. He and Ollie Wood and. Herb Earl will probably be the trio to represent the Saratoga Skating club. Wood is a brother of the famous Morris Wood, now a professional, and the latter says of him that when he gets over his fright he will give Lamy a race at almost any distance. The New York Athletic club has a strong, well balanced team, which Walter Lee, the champion fancy diver, has been chosen to captain. Lee bas gathered around him E. A. Taylor, G. Lyman, J. J. Miller, W. Smith, A. Barony and E. Schultheis and Intends making a great showing for the Mercury foot. Taylor does not know many betters indoors and is said to be the only man to have won a championship while Morris Wood was skating. Lyman, Sarony and Schultheis are all three good, reliable men, and Miller is a youngster who will bear watching. He is a bit green still, but the Speed Is there. -' The Wanderers expect to send to the carnivals in both Pittsburg and Cleve land a well known trio of old timber rhil Kearney, C. Granger and W. Ingold who may not be of the Lamy caliber, but who know the game from A to Z, and so manage to win now and then and can always be relied upon to furnish good sport. ' Verona Lake, N. J., home of David Slayback, the czar of skating, is to send an Al team to both cities. The four best performers mentioned are Sadeuack, McCrow, Williams and PalUser. I WINTER BALL TALK Billy Sullivan Is mentioned as the probable manager of the Chicago Americans In case Fielder Jones really does quit baseball. Catcher Kleinow says the New York Americans' new second baseman, Gardner. Is a second Johnny Even. This will be good news for Manager StaUings. Not wishing to Interfere with the inaugural proceedings in Washington on March 4, Connie Mack will not start south with bis Philadelphia Americans until March 10. Baseball is so popular In Mexico that a Mexican national league has been formed. Six clubs comprise the body, the players being mostly from our minor league clubs. , The New York Nationals are said to have grabbed a prize package in Billy O'Hara, the best run getter of the Eastern league. Experts say he Is sure to make good in any company. Hughey Jennings says brains are needed In base running. Quite likely the Tigers' boss is correct, but the s&me gray matter Is not out of place in batting, pitching or even carrying bat bag. PLANS OF SPORTSMEN Milwaukee will hold a big handball tourney the latter part of January. The national archery tournament will be held on the Washington park range, Chicago, Aug. 17 to 20 next. Jack O'Brien, the Philadelphia heavyweight pugilist, may go to England about the middle of January. Chicago is to have an artificial ice rink having a skating surface of 250 by 115 feet and able to accommodate 4,000 spectators. Sixty curling rinks of the United States and Canada will participate la the curlers' bonspeil to be held In Bt, Taul, Minn-, from Jan., 11 to 16. " She Wa Wis. "Miss Fish." remarked the young man as he placed his bat on bis head and prepared to depart for home, "1 proposed for your hand two hours ago, artd I await your answer with bated breath." "Mr. Smallchange," smiled the young lady, "I'm afraid you will hare to bait your breath with something besides onions and cloves to catch this kind of fish." Judge. PALLADIUM WANT ADS. PAY.

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WILLIAM H. CRANE. "Father and the Boys" at Gennett Thursday.

In THEATRICAL CALENDAR. GENNETT. Thursday, Jan. 14 'Father and the Boys." Friday, Jan. 15 "Girls." Monday, Jan. 18 Mme. Marchesi. NEW PHILLIPS. All Week High Class Vaudeville. Mme. Marchesi. Mme. Blanche Marchesi will be the attraction at the Gennett theater Jan. 18. The late Queen Victoria had among all the artists, actresses and singers who appeared before her three especial favorites; the two French primma donnas, Mmes. Calve and Marchesi the latter then a mere slip of a girl and the great Italian actress Duse. These three distinguished women seemed to win the heart of the great ! sovereign to a greater extent than, all the others, and cf them Mme. Marchesi seemed the greater favorite and she has many interesting and valuable souvenirs of Queen Victoria. However, while Mme. Marchesi did not under estimate the honor of singing for the queen, she has always felt that the greatest distinction lay in the fact that the late queen was an exacting critic though always just and enjoyed a knowledge of music and song literature, which made the com mand to sing before her an especial honor, particularly, if, as in the case bf Mme. Marchesi, the singer were asked again and again to appear before Her Majesty. Mme. Marchesi has said, "Whenever I was summoned to Windsor, Balmoral or Osborne, I was commanded to send my program ahead for Her Majesty's approval, and only one with special perception and ideas could have made the corrections and revisions which she sometimes made." On one occasion the Princess Beatrice herself acocmpanied Mme. Marchesi's songs and the queen showed herself the true mot?r that she was in the pardonable pride with which she beamed on her talented and charming daughter, who, according to Mme. Marchesi proved a most artistic player of the pianoforte and an admirable accompanist "Girls." "Girls," the Clyde Fitch comedy that enjoyed a prosperous season at Daly's Broadway theater. New York, will be the next attraction of importance that will be seen at the Gennett theater January 15. Sam S. and Lee Shubert are the producing managers, which is a guarantee of the excellence of both play and presenting company. "Girls" is a comedy pure and simple, written along novel lines involving the taming of a trio of bachelor girls, who under the influence of a strong minded leader, become confirmed man-haters. At the opening of the piece two of the girls have already begun to weary of their solemn oath to ignore the sterner sex, stand alone and assert the independence and equality of woman. But the ring leader in the conspiracy of the petticoats still holds sway over them both until the eventual occasion when a man enters the sacred precincts of the studio and horrors refuses to go until he gets ready. Then the defection spreads with terrible rapidity and within the three weeks, covered by the last two acts, each of the three "man-haters" has become an affianced bride. While laughter remains supreme through the entire unfolding of the plot, there are times 4when more tender emotions are aroused, and girls will find much to their liking in this stage story, known the world over as "Girls." The New Phillips. Tomorrow afternoon sees the second week of two bills, opening at the New Phillips. Last week the new plan Introduced by Manager Murray Indicated it would meet with success, as the largest houses of the se-fon were had. This week there will be two different bills put on. The Bijou Comedy Four which baa worked in Richmond

before will be the headliners, with an entirely new selection of popular songs. The quartet work of this foursome is exceptionally good and several solos with chorus work is one of the pleasing features of the act. The novelty act is also reported as being entertaining and the black-faced comedian stunt of Claude Thardo is among the best on the Sun vaudeville circuit this season. The illustrated song and two films of motion pictures will complete the program.

"Father and the Boys." "It is to laugh" on Thursday evening, January 14, at the Gennett the ater, which means that on that date, Charles Frohman will present Wm. II. Crane, one of the most popular, polished and elluringly genial comedians on the American stage, in George Ade's , best,, funniest ; and most sincere effort at playwriting up to the present time "Father and the Boys." Mr. Ade did a lot for K the laughterloving public when he produced "The County Chairman" and "The College Widow," but he has treated them even better in "Father and the-Boys," and, besides, the "Chairman" and the "Widow" honest rib-ticklers they were, did not have Wm. H. Crane in them, which makes a lot of difference. For, give Mr. Crane the material, or even a fair sized sample of it, and the rest is simple. With a good part and the comedian's art and personality to make it vital, it is a safe wager that the audience will get all the fun it is looking for and probably more. And in "Father and the Boysv Mr. Crane is at his mellowest, most delightful ' and most comical best. His public, and it is a very extensive one, admired him in his splendid production of Shakespeare, Goldsmith and Sheridan, but they got nearer to him with a sort of personal liking in "The Senator" and, more recently, in "David Harum." "Father and the Boys" is a climax to those popular favorites. Not an anti-climax by any manner of means, but the capital finish of a mirthful trio. In other words it is the most mirth-provoking of the lot and the combination of Crane and Ade is a powerful one for the conjuring of side-splitting laughter and big houses. The play deals ' with the predica ment of a father who is country-bred and has accumalated a fortune, and his two boys who are college-bred and who refuse to entertain any serious ideas about business. While father works the boys loaf, one going in for athletics and the other for -t society Finally father grows weary of the game and decides to circulate a little bit himself, just to show the boys that he can "lead the procession." Instead of remaining"fourteen miles in the rear," the position which they have politely told . him he ocupied. From the moment he hits the roulette wheel and continues a mad course to Goldfield, by way of the race track, Mr. Crane is said to provoke the kind of uproarious laughter which he so well knows how to create when supplied with a role which gives him even half a chance. "Father and the boys" will have a fine scenic equipment, and the supporting company will include Margaret Dale, Vivian Martin, Ivy Troutman, Isabelle Garrison, Forest Orr, Fred Sidney. Robert Mackay, Dan Collier and others. The long haired, disheveled poet had waxed extremely indignant at the last remark from the scoffer. "Sir," he observed, with crushing hauteur, "I would have you know that I comb my hair every day." ' "When you go to bed?" suggested the coffer. New York Times.

FIRST NIGHTS.

The Way They Affoctod Some Famout French Playwrights. The first night with authors is viewed with different feelings. This Is how it affected some famous French playwrights. Sardou's nervousness . was well known. Dumas fils was nevet able to preserve ' bis sangfroid. Aa soon as the curtain rose Dumas pert would betake himself to a restaurant and dine from as many courses as his new piece had acts. His son reported on the success cf the piece. At the first representation of Tonssalnt Louverture" Lamartine found his work sc tedious that he went to a cafe and road the papers. Balzac when be produced "Resources de Qulnola" spent the day In selling tickets at a rate higher than at the box office and reaped a fine return. Paul de Kock, seated In the orchestra, we also read, protested against bis piece and made so much noise that his neighbors demanded silence. Cas-'. mir Delavigne remained at home. Alexandre Soumet went to be shaved when "Jeanne d'Arc" was produced. The barber had finished one cheek when the author cried: "Stop! Here re 30 sous. Go round to the theatet and see if they hiss or applaud the piece." The barber returned, saying: "It Is a success, monsieur. They ap plaud." "Since it Is a success, re-1 plied the author, "shave the other." Scribe appeared in the best of spirits and encouraged, the actors, but at th end be became -nervous and tore hit handkerchief with his teeth. Rossini walked about the back of the stage with his cane in his band. Auber was never present on the first night of hit works, and Bayard on reaching tb stage Is reported to have said that be experienced sudden illness. New York Mall. . Smoothed the Sea. A gentleman aboard a steamer running between Southport and Blackpool approached one of the sailors duriDSj the passage and remarked to him: "We have a very smooth sea thla morning. It is like a sheet of glass. Tou don't always have it like this?" "No, sir," was the answer, "but, you fcee, they knowed as how you wers coming today, so the authorities al Southport telephoned to the corporation at Blackpool, and they at once ordered out the steam roller and rolled the sea down for the occasion. That Is why it Is so smooth." London TitBits. . Saved by m Puncture. "I am a swift runner," said the mat who was telling a snake story, "and as I fled down the mountain I outdistanced the huge python that was so relentlessly pursuing me. But these creatures are cunning. To twist Itself Into the shape of a cart wheel was the work of a moment, and now the python had gained. Faster and faster it rolled down the steep Incline. Then, bang! The serpent had struck a sharp, jagged rock and punctured. I was safe." London Globe. A Large Toast.. A prominent man, unexpectedly Invited to an entertainment, found himself called on for toasts among others. He was unprepared; but, being a quick thinker, he arose and said, "I toast to the toast that was toasted by the toaster who had toasted all the toasts that were ever toasted by a toaster." Ladles' Home Journal. PALLADIUM WANT ADS. PAY. Phillips Theatre VAUDEVILLE MONDAY, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY Jan. 11th, 12th & 13th. THE SAILOR BOYS. BIJOU COMEDY FOUR In Novelty, Comedy, Harmony 5 Other Big Acts 5 Admission, 10 cents to all parte of the house. Entire change of program Mon day and Thursdays. Mm ""GIRLS"

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