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Show i i JANUAfa FRIDAY, THE PROVO POST 13, 1922 DEMPSEY MIGHT At The AS WELL JUNK HIMSELF NOW With All the Peace Negotiations and No Opponents Champion Out of JLuck. Watch This Page Each Issue for Review of! Coming Theatrical Events TONIGHT and FRIDAY . Marsh Mae By HENRY L.- - FARRELL. 'T.YORK," 'far As as NEW Jan. In ring activities are concerned. Jack Dempseyrnight just as well be junk ed with all the other fighting maAnd BEN TURPIN in the Mack Senett Comedy chinery- proposed in this, new day of . peacej LOVE AND DOUGHNljTS In the absence of worthy . oppo- -, nents, the worlds heavyweight cham MONDAY and TUESDAY pion may do everything but thfe only thing, he can do fight. CLAIRE Unless some reckless promoter is In the Special Comedy Drama willing' to, throw one of4 hfb former victims back in the cage with the man-killand take a chance on get- A POLLY around to see what hap- crowd ,a ting pens, Dempsey looks like he is due it gggggjgggia xJtn ggS' a it g a a a a it a st it gggg g ;for- an extended fling at the stage and the movies. : Tex Rickard has a big arena over in Jersey City that is costing, him money and bringing in nothing and he is just as keen to put the stadium : to' work next summer as Dempsey Is to get back to work, but there isnt a real opponent around who doesnt Great Dramatic Reader need a long and expensive building up. Jess Willard, the Kansas Giant, COLLEGE HALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 8 P. M. looked for a while to be the logical ' candidate for the role of the next Auspices victim, but the former champion J who' was mauled away from the titlq BRIGHAM YOUNG "UNIVERSITY LYCEUM COURSE in Toledo, found a couple of oil wells In one of his backyards and gave yp the assignment. Season Ticketholders Free General Admission, 75c Harry Willis, the big colored batESS 232 tler, has a campaign working behind him to get a chance for the crown, but he seems to be out of luck, because, it is very doubtful if ROYAL VAN DUSEN, WHO MEETS any State wpuld sanction a mixed . bout. Fred Fulton might last awrile 17, AT ARMORY against Dempsey, but the tall plasterer hasnt enough color to draw A WRESTLING match that much at the gate. will any sporting Of be other lighter men there are event of eclipse ever held in kind its in few that would justify a promoter the is this prpmised city the amount taking a risk involving vicinof this fans ringside of money that would be demanded ity when Henry Jones and by Kearns and Dempsey. Van Dusen of Salt Jimmy Johnston, knowing that a Royal on the Armory . meet Lake fortune is on deposit in the future mat on the evenipg of Janufor the man who brings out the suc- ary 17, to settle their argu- -' cessor; af Dempsey, recently struck ment of supremacy. Van Duupon the novel Idea of advertising sen is his utmost in for heavies who figured they had the getting doing desires to and fit, makings of a champion., his winthat demonstrate Instead of being the joke that over Jones at Salt Lake some thought it would he, the rail ning was not fluke, and that he was answered by 3 0 hustcies oi vari- is and will be champion ot ous sizes, colors, races and talents. the intermountain region afJohnston thinks there might be one ter this match is over. On man in the lot who is the next cham- the ' other hand, Jones is pion. leaving no stone unturned He, however, is the only one who in preparing for the big thinks that way. They say' fighters event. realizes that he like Dempsey are born and not made, must be He best of condiin the Jand. looking over the list of all the tion to beat the Salt Lake present champions there isnt a sinmorncrusher. bone Every gle one who can be advertised as a ing Jones and his manager, product of any gymnasium. Barnes, can be seen, There is little doubt that' there is George on each' trying to' the road, an unknown, some place, who is the outdo the other. of a As matter next "champion. It will be remembered x course, Dempsey must pass on and that Rarnes is one of the - another king of the class must take best middleweight wrestlers divihis place. The heavyweight in the counfry, but owing to like in class sion might degenerate is compelled to an there rest. injury ."the middleweight division, but cham-wrestlers He knows , will always be a heavyweight sees This he them. When' or bad. pion, igood manto be chose is he why Jimj Corbett was an unknown bank of Henry Jones, which clerk I when John L. Sullivan was ager was made after choice champion; thought the unbeatable watching Henry wrestle at Bob Fitxsimmons was just a Salt Lake. was. when Corbett In- - giving his opinion of Jefover Jim the class; lording it Jones ability, Barnes says: feries was a helper ih a gymnasium I see one of the Jones In while1 homage was being paid to wrestlers in little greatest a was Fitzsimmons; Jack Johnson I have seen and the business, roustabout on the docks inTexas sciHe has plenty. while Jefferies held sway; Jess ence ; and an speed, unlimited Willard was shoved in with Johnson amount of endurance. man and just because he was one ambition is to the white race looked upon any bulk Henrys welas the saviour; Jack Dempsey was a become the recognizedof the terweight champion wonder as a little fighting man, but world, I shall do all I he wgs thought too small for the can to and him to the front. push giaut KanSan. I am Provo can that positive Theres a heavyweight some place and will of a be home the . who is waiting for his chance but as as well Salt champion find him! Lake. What is needed is of: the fans of TOTAL OF 447 HOME RUNS IN the'support Jones and to boost this city AMERICAN LEAGUE. stand by him. If this is done,. I am sure he will do During the 1921 American League the rest. race a total of 616 games were playWe have secured Fared and in that number of contests mer Burns, the grand man no les than 12,525 base hits were, of the game,. to referee. The piled up. of 2140 two baggers were Farmer himself is an added secured only- afregistered, and 6 94 of the hits w'ere attraction, a ter substantial guarantee. good for three baes. Not only Will he referee, but The number of home runs made he will also gvie a demonamounted to 47,7, a mark never beart of fore reached, in any one season of stration ofHethe show a vawill the. organizations history. An averin the holds of the;best age of more than. 20 hits per game riety be will alone This game. five more was made, of which than admisof the worth pricte were' good for extra bases. ' The' Detroit Tigersanade more hits sion. Jr It must be stated that Mr. Burns than any other team, being credited ROYAL VAX DUSEN with 1724. The Indians made 1656 will not stand for any unnecessary i hits, and the Browns were third with rough work from either wrestler, a total of 1655. The Yankees made and the fans can be assured of see- Not only did he drop six feet, but 1576 safe wallops while bringing the show. a clean, while h'anging by the neck he made championship of their league to the ing There will be ope more prelimi- a Polo (grounds. It was a tough seaspeech to the spectato-rs- . ifow son for pitchers. in the is which making, nary, It would be little use for a and of which a great deal is exHE WAS THERE. pected. 'fhe match will be held at judge to sentence Farmer to the 8: 30,". and those f, desiring choice gallows. said George. Barnes, who is He was a staunch gallery and-hwas holding forth seats are urged to apply at the Ar- bringing Burns here to referee the the virtues of his companions among mory at ah early date. bout. He might the gods. as well him the waist or hang by he said, the In the gallery. will as referee the heels Farmer Burns, who, by the neck. people listen to the play intently. I tried to choke him to death bout here, JanThey dont laugh and chatter, as tjie they do downstairs. In the gallery, uary 17, Ijas gained a world-wid- e the other said Ifenry "Jones, too, they keep thir seats until the reputation for the strength he has in telling night, of Burns 'strength, but Downstairs 'performance is oyer. was in his neck and shoulders it same as placing my all the developed in and leave on their wraps they put the midst of a glorious final climax. througl wrestling. Notwithstanding hands around a steel pipe. I would His listeners chuckled, but the gal- his sixty-on- e years of age, he re- - like to see the fellow who could lery man continued: cently gave an exhibition wherein he choke him to death, added Henry, The ; theater, he said, "is like v?as placed on a scaffold withTa rope who claims to have soniewhat of a. vthe "human hody. The brains are at around his neck and dropped six feet. grip himself. the top. , J f . NOBODYS KID i. INA WITH er j r PAST n I - Katharine Ridgeway , , . seem from, the JeatiL-rvi- , - HENRY JONES, JAN j . , - , ' . , " . fighting-midd- leweight - , a-b- ig ; i l - self-defenc- well-balanc- e. ed -- r first-nighte- e Jones-VanDuse- , ! Jones-VanDus- en Coinpsoii--- A tAt the Columbia, Monday and Tuesday THE LADY FROM LONGACRE Also 6 ADVENTURES OF TARZAN, No. ' Pollard Comedy Regular Prices i , !v ' Must Live Loane Tuckertodadion, George Paramount Picture Betty g n' .l -- Screen Masterpiece is Fox Star Longs to Ladies Must Live See Ireland Again : MONDAY and TUESDAY Declared to be a screen masterpiece equal if not superior to his enormously successful production of The Miracle Man, George Loane Tuckers last picture production, Ladies Must Live, will be the feature at the Columbia theater next Monday and Tuesday. Betty Comp-sowho made a great hit in The Miracle Man in which she played opposite Thomas Meighan, is' the featured player in Ladies Must Live. Although succumbing gradually to fatal illness just as the final scenes of the picture were taken, Mr. Tucker, lying on a stretcher, supervised the cutting of the 140,000 feet This of 'film that had been taken. had to be reduced to the limited number of reels, but when the work was completed experts asserted that the picture, from every standpoint, was the best production Mr. Tucker ever made. The story deals with the troubles of certain women who, since ladies must live, plan to make that living as easily as possible. In the development of this theme, the genijiis of Mr. Tucker found its finest expression, the result being a picture of supreme interest and appeal to every film fan. Robert Ellis and Jack GilParliament. bert have the, two leading mens The sprightly Eileen and Little roles. The picture is based on a Miss ;Hawkshaw will be seen (twice novel by Alice Duer Miller. daily at the Princess theater, Monday and Tuesday: Her leading man is Francis Feeney. The story and di- New rection are by Carl Harbaugh, who Cowboy Buck has earned an enviable reputation in bothffields of activity. The attraction at the Princess theater beginning tonight and Saturday will be Two Moons, starring Buck Jones, the Fox cowboy star. Great the Coming things in the way of a treat for t thousands of admirers of this handWilliam Russell will be with us some young actor are promised in Saturday, when the Fox picture, The this picture, which was adapted from Welles Ritchies Lady; From Longacre, opens at the Robert novel, Columbia theater. Trails to Two Moons, an exhilarThe Lady From Longacre tells ating tale of the bitter feud between the tory of an aristocrat inclined to the cattle men and the sheep herdstray; from the said and dignified ers of Wyoming. New stunts of daring, new situapath, I of high society into the folds of the lower and more human class. tions to stir the blood and thrill the Sir is his name, and he heart, are said to have been used in changes it to Tony. When Tony Two Moons, with the star himself pieets the fugitive princess of a far- at his best. Jones winning personaway kingdom his adventures begin, ality and his prowess as a daredevil and they do not stop until he sails never were given fuller play in any across the ocean to rescue her from picture, it is said. As a foil to his a distasteful marriage. There is a masculine masterfulness are the double romance running through, the charms of Carol Holloway, who plays story, which is filled with lively ac- the part of Hilma Ring, a daughter tion. u of the sheepmens faction. Hilmas If Mr. Russell lives up to past per- hatred for everything and everybody formances, therp is no reason why connected with cattle is shown when this picture should not prove enter she deliberately tries to shoot Orig- taining from the moment he enters inal Blunt (Buck Jones) at their until the final fade-du- t. first encounter. Eileen Percy, the Fox star, would like to make another trip to Ireland and ;see her native land under the changed conditions due to recent according to a report from Hollywood, Cal. In preparing for her latest picture, Little Miss Hawk-shaMiss Percy had to consult various: volumes on the Irish people, s and period costuming. I rwould not care so much to visit the large cities, Miss Percy said, as the little villages, where the backbone of the people is really formed; the small thatch-roofe- d houses of the peasants the kind that Power OMalley has painted and the simple life these shelter. Ireland is a grand country. It has been said there is no sky so blue and no eyes so blue as Irelands, and way I feel about it. You thats the some years there when I spent know, I was a small girl. Miss Percy was born in Belfast in and 1902;1 and her pretty mouth laughing eyes are proof of her origin. She left Belfast for Brooklyn, N. Y,, when she was only one year old, hut returned to Belfast at the age of three and remained at St. convent until her ninth year. Then she returned to America. Her father owned some land in Ireland, and an uncle is an. Irish member of up-heai- MATINEE DAILY; 4 P. Regular Prices ; ls, ( 18 w, Mayflower Photoplay Corporation. presents GEORGE LOAJsTH TUCKERS n, their-custom- M7 PRODUCTION LadiesTttustLive BETTYCOMPSOM Cpanamowl Q'icture ; Mal-ach- is Tonight and Saturday WILLIAM FOX -- Presents j u Fox Play Stars Jones J ones 4. t Lady From Longacre, Fox Picture, . , . V lvioons A Rbusingj Tale of IJove arid 'a Feud Wjesternj t . -- By Robert Welles Ritchie Directed by Edward J. Le Saint. i 1 j 1 5 Monday and Tuesday , ts Vanderlips Big World Bank Frank A. Vanderllp (portrait herewith), who was president of the National City bank of New York by James A. Stillman, is in Europe offering 14 nations a plan for the formation of a Gold Reserve Bank. oU the United States and Europe. ,Hex,offered this plan land and then to Germany. The plan to.-Po- Was Papa Delighted? Wifey j (telephoning to hubby) George,; Jdear, Tin going out for half an hour, f but Ive put the telephone near babys critf so you can keep him from crying by singing some lullabys while Pijft gone. Birds Keep Nests a Mystery.l ' The biological survey . says thjat there are a few birds seen in; this, country, the nests and eggs of which , no one has been able to locate. The two best known of these are the blue goose and wandering tattler. i ' j : SIZE AND QUALITY of the coal we put In your bins vary only as to size t!he qua!-- ! ity; is the same every tline. Egg Btoye or nut, the coal we han-- . die is the best we can buy -and, we are pretty good buyers1 at that. Such mines as Castle Gate, Standard, Clear Creek, Mohrland - j involves $1,000,GOO, 000 in gold, which Mr. Vanderlip believes Americans will subscribe largely. However, he denies that he is acting In the interests of any group of bankers or capitalists. The plan was worked out by Mr. Vanderlip with Harry L. Stuart of Chicago. The latter is an investment banker. He left for Europe several weeks ago with Mr. Vanderlip; Members of, the Stuart family- - state that Mr. Stuart' had sent them information of interesting sessions with the leading bankers of London whieh in dicated that the financial heads of Eu-- . rope are enthusiastic over the plan and have agreed to The Vaftderlip-Stuar- t plan, it is stated, proposes a bank similar, to the Federal Reserve. It will issue notes of a uniform character for $5,000,000,000 throughout the countries. To eliminate international rivalries In the management. It will receive its corporate existence through the League of Nations. and Blackhawk speak volumes as to the grade of1 fuel we supply. -- . SMOOT & SPAFFORD te. 502 SOUTH UNIVERSITY Uptown Office: I Provo Commercial ? t ; AVE. Savings Bank j 'V ' |