EKIHG'.XiMMiEIpmAEIjPHIA,x THURSDAY. MAKGH 1,j 1917 V gILITY WITH THE CUE SO GREAT, HOPPE DOESN'T NEED PARTNER LIE HOPPE KIND, kinrii mi?n matui i 'Does All the Work and Lets the JUnemy oic ana Watch PETERSON LAYS BIG BET By ROBERT W. MAXWELL 0' nb of tho softest jobs In ho world Is being a partner of Willie Hoppe In a KB.nolnt billiard exhibition. It la our Idea .f nothing to do and. to carry It further, we mlcht refer w " " " -" "'" .. . ... ...jit nnhlnir ran I atnieilO iuuiujiuhii. uh""b "" but aa training for the back row in the chorus, It la great Those gents in ,n w ,i -., -nnr Anil the back row usuaiiy ...., ..... !ln thslr voices when they ahout. "Hooray i!r th king!" In the act we witnessed at d junwrt lMt nlBht tha 0PI,0nent wWch constituted the chorus, carried a cue .. mnrmurcd "Hooray for Wlllio I" M4nSS Mr Honne. who possesses, owns When. "' ",?P.it Th balk-llne billiard $r "hT ha fbcon running loose takes hlfcue In hand ho needs no Partner. His .tuff goes bo big that the assistants th the LUU vv 1..1.1.J tViA nrAnpq In Other "Mr! Hoppe puts on a billiard mono woros, ""'Jr. .... ni.rit nil hv him- ST rmrofthe cash customers carried III. "'"" ,. ., ,i,, mnrin llfTolo ef- JfrSto keep' tractor thrgame:- It couldn't Kne, Thiy should have brought their adding machines with them. WllUe Works Well - i- w wondered who the other half of the sketch would bo. but after the champion got going we didn't care. J weretold. however, that he was among tho other spectators and would emergo as soon !..!.. ,..-.i tn h noise. . Wlllio warmed m and cantered through the first Inning. rri v.nin puns without taking nis 77.. ... k flnnr. n Is necessary to keep Jh feet on the floor while playing billiards. In that way It is similar m i. Anyway, Wlllio scored nravuy m " -tlal stania and there was a craning of necks as the Uctlm nppeared. It was nono other than Chick wngni, Dam-iine umiuiuui i the Pacific coast tne year nm , "'"" -Dlav and he started out, filled with con fldenee, the balls scattered and. only fifty nine points to tho Dad. A condition llko that Is enough to Inspire any one, and Chick had as much Inspiration as a guy about to bo pushed off the bridge. He nadhli nerve. However, and after making a difficult gather 'shot which didn't gather, he followed with ,'a couplo of others and got the balls to- "Then he began clicking them off until ho teached twenty, and decided tnai was enough for one inning, no gave w.y . Hoppe. but William evidently was called before his turn. He made a brace mean ing two billiards nna men remou ." mo sidelines. Wright then came to bat and scored three runs on one difficult shot and two others and gave his place In tho spot light to WllUe. the champ. I New Stuff Goes Big Willie had been thinking over, some new Huff to spring on the populnce and It went big. He walloped the first one on tho nose and counted amid cheers. He swatted a few ethers gently, but lirmiy, nna again camo the cheers. He passed ten. twenty.thlrty, forty and the others until he reached sev 'nty, and he seemed as fresh as ever. Sev nt tvolnta Is hard work, especially If they are made consecutively. Wo never tried j If," but those who SAID they have gone through the ordeal admit that it Is quite a train. .. , But Willie was as cooi as mo provemiai lenhone operator who tries hard to get the right number but the wrong exchange. He acted as If seventy points were nothing In his young life, and kept on making them as If nothing haa nappenea. lie passea me 17 mark, and had what the experts call an easy shot facing him. The balls were .only a few feet apart and all he had to do was to draw tho cue Dan DacK. as noppo was trying to make this cinch shot his foot slipped, or his cue, or something, and he fllwed. Groans from the crowd. Enter Mr. Wright. Mr. Wright faced the audience. He had more Inspiration than In the first Inning, as the score was only las to as. ne was in the minority. Gripping his cue with both hands and clenching his teeth, he made a lusty swing and Btruck out with tho bases full. Then he was counted out by Mr. Peter son, the well-known referee, but Mr. Peter- . son did not count ten. He man t count at alL It wasn't necessary. Mr. Wright Gets 14 Willie Bcored eight runs In the next chapter, missing a difllcult carom. Mr. Wright was right (bum joke) and came right back with a count or 14 before he (lipped up on what tho guy next to us called a difllcult carom draw shot what ever that is. But the big stuff was to follow. The fifth Inning dawned In a beautiful kaie of thick, fragrant mixed 'smoke, Mr. Hoppe rubbed his eyes and gazed through the haze, He groped his way through the tog, found the billiard table and proceeded to operate. As In the previous big Inning, when be marathoned 77. Willie's aana froid was Wonderful to behold. 'He nicked the, Ivories from every position, changed from the right to left hand with the ease and grace of a clever paperhanger and soon had II perfectly good points added to his total. He got his signals mixed on the next shot, hewever, as tho cue ball took an outshoot Instead of an lnshoot, and he missed by a couple-of hairs. Willie must be more care ful In the future. It wa Chick Wright's turn at bat. The core was 217 to 37, and the billiard table till was standing in the haze of used "to bacco. He tried hard to overcome the lead. made a wonderful spurt, but was declared Ineligible by Iteferee Peterson after batting II runs across the plate. There was no comeback. He couldn't even question the ceclslotv Mr. Hoppe then clayed the exit march with 33 clicks, finishing- tha strlnr wlth as much effort as was,expended by the -uiicDa wnen tney won tne American Maaua nennanfwlth mwrna tfncrllal, t year. The Boy la Clever , ' Willlft dnnn't trnnm an., . 1 ..1 Ull I.. . 7- ". ...w.T &.j iiivm nuuvil 11,1 !"M tJian Johnny Kllbane knows about '. . Me Ilas ruined nil of his .com Mtltors and Stands alone In his class. His .minds have been Insured for 1100.000 to 1 jy.wa against Injury, but they are the only ' Tie must be careful of. He .couldn't ikl.?ut ,nurance on his nerves because he win t any. He is one of tha nnoiA.t -.iv have ever seen and made such a hit t .even Dick Weaver wna imnr.. has a high run of 308 or something t.f tom.'." ,h0 balk-no game. 'That means t Willie makes as'many rune in one In ng ag the Athletics made all last Beaaon. me nrsi exnitmion. Honn tnv n 2 C. reunion, the former referee. In tnree-cushlon traeradv. Xfr Tir.i.kt . et ervenfra whan h tnnL u. r. ana witnessed tha fiitit a...i&. - . -- -..... wwaBlca Ul 25 J2roi attempting to oulahoot C . IW """n- He had twenty points and H Peterson, we believe, had three and wimr, i r' Peterson was saving up for the no i nnale a monologue Indulged In only Dlmself. Pete we met htm ln nivkt Li.y"Titrlcly P'rson and knows as much " me ivories on -a capable 'baseball MU He m&l(a aAmlnvlu Imnnailhl. t look like those of the nnmmon nr -variety andvhe.doea.tt without the IMPRESSIONS OF BILLIARD EXHIBITION WtLUE HOPPE BILLtJED jtmniDBb CC PETERSON 4x 1 If r r m Jl -Sf HOPPE- JMZ &HIEFEB JCW or WtZflBD" MAXWELL'S SHOT WINS GOLF BOUT Young Aronimink N Player Has Narrow Squeeze at Pinehurst HITS PIN FROM TRAP KNEHUnST, N. C, March 1. The fea ture match of tho day was between young Normal Maxwell, of Philadelphia, the med alist, and J, M. Thompson, a fellow-townsman, who has squeezed Into the first di vision on the play-off of a tie. The proph ets who have been backing the Arontmlnk youngster to win the tournament had many anxious moments, and Thompson was one up at the sixteenth and apparently had tho match safe nt the seventeenth, where he had a ten-foot putt for a two, whllo Maxwell had driven Into a trap. A brilliant recov ery by Maxwell, however, coupled with a missed putt and a self-made stymie on Thompson's part Bqunred matters, Maxwell winning with nn ordinary flvo for the last hole. ONLY LADY PJ9EJENK HAYWOOD WOMAN CHAMPION SJtk BILUAPD FANJ i CHICK W&6HT PACFC COAST CAAMPOM coming modesty, shrugged his shoulders and murmured: "Oh, that was nothing. Just a little ex ercise, that's alU Do It every night. Come around somo time nnd I'll show you some real stuff." "Wha'dye mean, real stuff 7" we asked. "Just a few little things, such as run ning fifty points In a couple of seconds," was the reply. Pete Makes n Det "That's nothing," broke In Jimmy Ca rolan, who wns among those present. Tamada ran fifty points In forty seconds when 'he wns hero a short tlr.ie ago. Didn't he, Joo7" And Joe Cunningham said, "Yei." "Now, I'll tell you what I will do," said reterson, thoroughly aroused. "I'll bet you no, I won't bet I'll take the three of you out to dinner tomorrow night It I don't run 100 points In forty peconds, nnd I'll do It on this tnble tomorrow nfternoon! Is It a go7 Somebody olse will hold tho watch." We nodded. We hope he loses the bet Bowling News The Artlsin bowlers cluhed aeln last nlaht end as a reeult Inlereit was Increased In thin, the bUsioat ot local competitions. In Section A, tha Adelphla team, Uosplte two setbacks at th hands of Underdown. holds first plHce by a tame over Is'orthwostern, who "won the odd Kama trom I'roeretahe. Oermantown surprised Pennsyha nla by wlnnlne twice. Several of the tames were exceptionally rloie. Undordown won the second came trom Adelphla by one pin, with a score of 818. Teck of Under down started with J03. and Joe Avll concluded with 206. For Adelphla. Lambert rolled scores of L'03. 187 and 1144. tha latter being: tho beat single cams ot the nlKht. Tha Noxthweatern va. Procreaalve matches were alao exciting. Northwestern won the see ond cams by eleven pins, the team ecores being 880 to 87S. and won the final by nine plna, with an 818 total. Section U matohea resulted In Southweatern retaining flrat poaltlon by winning two cames from Oak Lane. Spartan won two from North western No. 2 team, and Ilartram succeeded In lifting all three camee with Underdown No. J. O. Tatton, of Southweatern No. 3 team, got a 257 score In his openlnB match. McFall ac counted tor 203 in hi. third effort. oorheea of Oak Lane, had scores of 22 189 and 10 J for hla two hours' exercise. O. Simpson, of Hart ram, cracked out 243 In hla eeotfid came. In Section C or Artisans' serloa. Fidelity con tinued at the top by outrollln Lohlgh In two rimes. St. Paul beat Larchwood two sanies, and Union won three from Harmony. Walker, It Union, cot 212 In his eeoond came. Knight, of Fidelity, found the alleys for 213 In his sec ond came. In tli" United Gas Improvement race West Philadelphia team broke Uio tie for flrat Place hv wlnnlne the odd came from ( Ity unop. UklM the'flnal 714 to 710. while Comptroller auad beat Second Vice rrealdent squad three games. The Thirteenth and Cherry streets force beat Sprlac CJarden two games. Stewart, ot Comptroller, secured 231 In his third game. Klem of Second Vice President's Office, rolled SiilTn hla flrat came, theae being high Individual scores. Knights of Columbus Councils resumed their march on Costa's Alleys. Santa Maria team, pace-settera. beat San Domingo two games. St. Leo won threa from De Soto. Columbus won two from Philadelphia, takln Ih; second gamo by a scant four pins, by totaling 77B. and I'lnton beat Ban Salvador two games. A new leader appeared In Philadelphia Duck Pin series. Giants won three from iJulua. who dropped to second placet Eureka shot ahead by wlnDlnc two from Phils, while Sox forfeited three to Hadgers. Farrell, came. JANVRIN, SOX HOLDOUT, FINALLY SIGNS CONTRACT BOSTON, March 1, Harold Janvrln, an Inflelder, who had been holding out for an increase In salary, has signed his contract at tho odlco ot the Boston American League baseball club. It la understood he received a slight Increase. Tho club now has twenty-five players under contract, with Hooper, Gregg, Lewis, Gardner, Mays and Hob lttxel the only men in the holdout class. The signed contract of Forrest Cady, catcher, has been recsived. A telegram from Sam Jones, pitcher, said that he had signed and mailed his contract CHICK GANDIL IS SOLD BY INDIANS TO CHICAGO CLEVELAND, O., March 1. Chick Gandll, flrstsackcr for the Cleveland In dians, has been sold to the Chicago White Sox, It was announced today. The deal Involves spot cash, but no other players. JOHN SHIBE AND TITMAN GO SOUTH BY AUTO ROUTE Seoretary John Shlbe, of the Athletics, and Emory Tltman, the club's heavyweight rooter, will leave for Fort Pierce today, making the trip In an automobile. They expect to spend Ave days en route. BURDICK, FORMER PENN TRACK ATHLETE, WEDS Jervls Burdlck. former Penn athlete and a member ot the American Olymplo team, has been married to Mrs. Marjorte Ober teuffer McConnell, of Haverford, who ob tained a divorce about a year ago from Newlin McConnelL Milwaukee Club Buys Two Players MILWAUKEE. Wis, March 1. Flrat Daas. man Harry, of the Oakland. Cal.. club, an& Outfielder George Anderaon. of Cincinnati, have been purohaaed by the Milwaukee American Aaaoolatlon baseball club. Ts Boviwm Gmnpomu rpBX fallowing theatres obtain their pictures through the STANLEY Deeklag Ceaapanr, which la a caarante et easiy ehewlas ef the finest preiuetteas, AH pletom reviewed before exhlbltlea. Ask for the theatre la rem' leeallt ettalnlnr pictures through the STANLXX BOOKINO COMTAXX. lint MOD A 12th, Morris t Paaayunk Av. ALH AMdKA Mat. Dally 2 . Evga. 0:459 Paramount rictures. VIVIAN MARTIN "Amw A Dfil I t"i 620 AND THOMSON ArOLLU MATINEE DAILT LOU TELLEGEN in "THE VICTOrtlA CROSS" CHESTNUT I1EI.OW 10TII ARCADIA BRYANT WASHBURN in "SKINNEn'S DUESS SUIT" BELMONT MD AD0VE MARKET Louise Glaum and Charles Ray in TUB WOLF WOMAN" BLUEBIRD SUSQUEHANNA AVB. CARLYLE BLACKWELL in "A SQUAHB DEAL" ripn a d eorii and cedaii ave. LAJAK. PARAMOUNT THBATKB Mae Marsh and Robert Harron in TUB WHAltF rtAT" FAIRMOUNT iaa?Al avenub VIVIAN MARTIN in "THE nlGHT DIRECTION" of Pinion, rolled 212 In his second In Trust and Insuranoe Leaaue this week, Philadelphia Savlncs won two from Penn Mu. tuall Commonwealth won the entire series from Olrardt Fidelity Trust defeated Provident three and Fidelity Mutual won two from Real Estate. In the Insurance Leacue, Turn, of Aetna, was the leading howler at the end of the second round with 189 pins. Claybercir was second Wch averace man. with 188. Tho Mather Co. expert haiTalao the hlch three-came total. 0, to hla credit. nf standard Roller, cot scores of 209 and 140 acalnat Atlantlo Renntnc Corn- Woodward, 241. ; pany. The City Association ot the National Bowl ine Association was not favorably Impressed with the proposition to combine Its annual handicap tourney and the Atlantlo Coaat city chapter series In one bit series. WHITE SOX RELEASE LAPP TO COLUMBUS A. A. CLUB CHICAGO. March 1, Secretary Qraben er, of the Chicago American League Club, haa announced that Catcher Jack Lapp had been released to the Columbus Club, ot the American Association. REGULARS AND ROOKIES ri rnv. n&.-Edward Munroe. Bob McOraw and 1)111 Plarcy are receiving the full brunt of all pralrn In the Yankee carat), alone with Nick Cullop and Hob ShawHey. Cullop la declared to be In better early season time in ma career. form than at any MARL1N, Tea. Tile Giants went to work to. ecTU CT THEATRE ' MAT. DAILY 3D IflOli Del. Spruce. Evga, 7 to 11. C1LU1LOTTB WALKER In "PARTNERS" Flrat Showing of Rex Beach's Wonderful Story of Alaska, the Successor to the "Spoilers." FRANKFORD 4711 FRANKFORD AVENUE "The Conquest of Canaan" "GREAT SECRET" Berlal GREAT NORTHERN A?S&. MARIE DBEMLgn "i"? NES In MRS. VERNON CASTLE In "PATRIA" No. 8. IRaDCDIAl BOTH and WALNUT STS. lIYlrljlvlVl-i MATS. 3:80. EVOS., T O GLADYS BROCKWELL In ONE TOUCH OS SIN" JEFFERSON Nazimova 26TH AND DAUPHIN STREETS "war'srides" LEADER JTOIlTY-rlRBT AND LANCASTER AVKNTIE THfcUA BARA in TUB DARLING OF PARIS" LinPDTV BROAD AND 1 D Ci IX 1 I COLUMBIA DOROTHY DALTON in -CHICKEN CAarjT- LOCUI5T MD AMD U3CVtn Ann Murdock "ENVY' MARKET ST. Theatre aSi?tT VALESKASURATT In '"i New York Peacock" ijvery wedneaaaj' "TIIE PURPLE MASK' Every Friday "THE OREAT SECRET" -- OVERBROOK 3D A HAVERFORD ZopeVonea Unit Orch. FRANICLYN FARNUM and AGNES VERNON in "The Man WhoTViolc a Chance." CUNARD FORD In TIIE PURPLE MASK" No. 8. PALACE 12U MAnKET STREET SESSUE HAYAKAWA in "EACH TO HIS KIND" PARV- RIDGE AVE. DAUPHIN BT. i .rvrvrk Mat 2llB EB 0:iS.ll. PAULINE FREDERICK in -nna slave market" PRINCESS 1018 MARKET STREET SSpVa'ta "TUlie Wakes Up" Every Tuea.. Buahman-Bayne la "Great Seoret" RFflFNT 16M MARKET STREET vx-lV1-'" HUUAX VOICE ORGAN FRANCES NELSON in "ONE OF MANY" RI A I T n OERMANTOWN AVE. 1 l AT TULPEHOCKEN ST. ETHEL BARRYMORE in "THE WHITE RAVEN" R1IRY MARKET STREET w BELOW TTH STREET WALLACD RETD and ANITA KINO In THE) GOLDEN FETTER" . MRS. VERNON CASTLE m "PATRIA.- No. 8. SAVOY 1211 MARKET STREET FLORENCE LA BADIE in "HER LIFE AND HIS FIRST PRESENTATION OF THE "Seven Deadly Sins" M!n Aaa Murdock in "Envy" march Holbrook Blbn in "Pride" THEN EVERY MONDAY THEREAFTER WATCH FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT TANI FV MARKET ABOVE 10TH MARGUERITE CLARK in 'THE FORTUNES OF FIFI" QTR A TMn OERMANTOWN AVENUE OlIVrAilLr AT VENANOO STREET NORMA TALMADGE in . " P A N T H B A " flQGA 1TTH AND VENANQO BTs Ethel Barrymoro ta wTete RAvsir Alac "THE OREAT BECRET" WEST ruiLADELTHIA EUREKA 0TU UJUUC,CT aTB- VICTORIA MARKET ST. WR1A ABOVE NHITH Harold Lockwood & May Allison la "THE PROMISE" NORTH PHILADELPHIA RIDGE AVENUE 1TJ1 RIDQB Am MOVIE COMEDIANS DIE SOONER THAN ACTORS s i a Demlso of Fred Mace Recalls Monaco That Attends Work ing for Laughs in Films By the Photoplay Editor Why do movie comedians, die so much sooner than tho "legit" of the ncrten? The query In brought to mind by the demise, within the week of Fred Mace, one of the original funny men of the films. Maco was probably the first farceur of pictures to register a personality bo strongly 'that ho wns Identified by fnns m a comlo entity, and not as a member of a stock company. What seems a good many years ngo, the Olograph Company started to bulwark Its reputation as the foremost producer ot celluloid drama by building up Its comedy company. They hired Mabel Normand. nwny from the Vltagraph, where she hnd been doing scrlo-comedy with John Bunny and Flora Finch, and took Maco from the comlo opera stage, whero he had somo reputa tion. The pnlr worked In many one-reel affairs, under the direction of Mack Sennett, and tho combination may bo said to have marked the first definite step toward the highly specialized comedy of the Chapllns, tho Ltndors and tho rest today. Tho first comedian Identified with photo play In America probably was John Cump son, now dead and forgotten, but In 1910 tremendously popular. It Is Interesting to nolo that ho also was with the Hlograph, and that the "Mr. nnd Mrs. Jones" films In which ho acted with Mary Plckford and FlorMOa iLskSjissxa Mm ' 'first', attempt at a' serial. 3 nas passea on.' siorene likelihood the first comedlaase of nlnn ( rt,1 Ety l YP14ma iMlk 'tt covery of Orimth's. but later Blarfi laughs In the movies. Apparsntly-thasSj to some meruice to picture comedians irUMi falls to touch "straight" actors. j'a A Th TWlitrlna TT UhantrvAra (Im i,m V-J i another sidelight thrown on It when tk ' temporary Injunction against him waa !- , missed by the 8upreme Court. DataUa the comedian's desertion of tha Fta Art ,, banner for Artcraft are familiar to saoat l -. people. Work on the first new Dous plotwe, "? will begin within a short time. :-i Hobble Harron nnd Director Lloyd Infra Wt' ham havo reached New York on the fxoond lap of their transcontinental plcture-taklnc ', trip, Harron H working on "An Old-Fash- loncd Young Man," which requires that "Tha Hoy" of "Intolerance" be seen In various , country-wide settings. The next stop 'will bo Boston. Philadelphia Is Included In tha Itinerary. Hobble Is making speech! In the 'nrlous cities which he visits. Pauline Frederick appears, the wesk of March 12, In a film version of Daudet's "Sapho." on tho Paramount program. The stags play founded on the French writer's novel was done by Olga Nethersole and Hamilton Ilerelle. In tho picture feature Miss Frederick will bo supported by Pedro do Cordoba, Frank Losee, John Salnpolls awl Thomas Melghan. "The Prison With out Walls," with Wallace Held and Myrtle Stcdman, will be Issued the same week. Preliminary Interest la being shown In "Ma ternity," a World-Brady, with Alice Brady, " to be released this spring. A big flra.scsB Is a feature. SBsl 1 "-ii&&f h$t& MVi . 't 'ft; " VstWVv .iV.rV3 "i. " i '.. , i ' it ,.-. .. ' -iliii j"' wAv vrLj .-s-r 11 4-- 3. ' ,jf"w sT MlW U't V.hgV-Y ?-?; .S' " ""rK v :'., r Y m .... .t-A 4 .. i ., . i. .aJs 1 A Mi. ' t ., r-m2 m i s v visy-wwa - r N a . x. h. '. -. r imm r u .7-i v L" ""a""-t.'- "V . sisisisnH F ssH. imww- .Bililill yH M B mmUiULiitLiw w FOR A DOZEN YEARS Helmar has been subjected to every known test that exacting smokers and envious competitors could devise. TODAY- " the World's Supreme Standard for pure Turkish tobacco value in a 10 Cent cigarette is Helmar.. "Friend, if you will once, you will many "times." The Widest tobacco for cigarettes is Turkish. The Pest tobacco for cigarettes is Turkish. HaherrofttemGxxk'mieh 'andEoufOmagaiuailkHi W Jwnatoutod TTsTTviy y,"""T ' '"?' lytssy. 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