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Show THE SUNDAY STANDARD: owing Talk of the OGDEN Hour-Intercoll- UTAH, JUNE 23, SUNDAY, 1907, Regattas egiate NAVY CREW ENTERED AT POUGHKEEPSIE A A TITUS AND HIS REJECTION A A GOSSIP. YALE-HARVAR- D interest U shown town won the envy of her rivala by' drawing course No. I, which is generally conceded to be the most favorable. owing to the settled tendencies of tide and current In the Hudson off Poughkeepsie. The drawing of ' this position greatly Increases the chance of Georgetown fur making a good showing. The course which la probably considered the worst, No. 1. waa drawn by Columbia university. This course is known as the hoodoo course, because it is set in close to the west shore of the river, whets tide and current give no appreciable aid. Coach Rice of the Columbia crew was a very much disgusted maa recently when Interviewed as to his varsity eight's chances. He said: I'm no prophet and cant say, because every man that tries to pick a winner In a race like this Is like a weather prophet. He never gets It right. My men are all in good condition, and we're not kicking because of our posltlun In the race, only we think It's tough luck." Asked what Rice thought of the navy crew, he said: They've got a corking good hunch and stand a fine chance. They're on the opposite side of the stream to us, loo, and that will be some advantage. We'll use the same stroke as before, thirty-tw- o te thirty-fou- r, in a sprint." and thlrty-al- x Judging by early season showings, the navy crew will put up a good race. In UNUSUAL rowing tho Hudson river, nt Poughkeepsie, N. Y, this year owing to the fact that n crew from the United States Naval academy nt Annapolis will compete against the university oarsmen. Considerable doubt was at first expressed as to whether or not the government authorities would allow the midshipmen to compete, and the final order permitting them to do so. Issued by Secretary of the Navy Metcalf, waa hailed with intense Joy by the stout armed navy lads. Now seven crews instead of sis will take part In the big event of the day, the contest between senior varsity eights. They will represent Cornell. University of Pennsylvania. Wisconsin, Syracuse university, Georgetown, the navy and Columbia. Pour crews ara entered In the race between varsity fours Cornell, Pennsylvania, Syracuse and Columbia. Tho Wisconsin four had ts withdraw because their shell was In poor condition. The following live crews will race for freshman eight honors: Cornell, Syracuse, Pennsylvania and .. Columbia, . " Wis-cona- in, , 4 I Gets Bast Position, In the drawings recently held for positions in the various races George Georgetown One of its exploits was to administer crushing detest to Columbia. A A by C. H. Chavaase of Oxford, neither of whleh could be approached by runners at New Haven or Cambridge. Darling of Oxford won the half mil in I minutes. A. H. Stevens id Oxford would be a factor In the weigh uv for be bent all varsity record with a threw of 144 feet I inches. It would look odd enough If Tab was to meet man Oxford, for Stevens b an and a Rhodes scholar abroad. Yeung of Oxford, who won the high Jump, is another Rhodes man. and bb Jump was I feet lx Inches, and he also won the bread Jump with g leap of If feet 4 Inches, but neither of these marks would be of muck uae against America. In the hurdles E.K.1. Hussey. Oxford, cam within a foot of Powell when ha made the record of li t- -t seconds, and thb ever hurdles pegged tale thn ground was very fine. The Oxford representative in the IM yards and shot would not rut much of n figure against Dark Blues are willing to tackle the Amei leans. In the recant dual meet between Oxford and Cambridge the former literally antuthrivd the latter, and the various contest, showed that there are some first rale men on the other eld just now. Should the match come off It a ill be the turn of the EngIn the lishmen te com te America. three miles, mile, half nule and quarter. which would be about half ths programme, the Englishmen would be formidable and should sorely be Invincible at mors than ona of ths events a Rumera. Annual Rumors crop out each year as to the possibility of Tale and Harvard entering crews at Poughkeepsie. And each year the rumors result in nothing tangible. It is now stated that, while Tale will certainly nut enter an eight St Pougnkeepaie at any time nor under any conditions, there la a strong possibility of Harvard's so doing in the near future. Harvard, it is said, feels the necessity of doing something ts regain. If possibly the prestige she lost through her defeats by Cornell and recently by Columbia. That Columbia, the champion tail ender of the Poughkeepsie regattas, should defeat in an eight oared race the water warriors of Harvard waa highly astounding to authorities everywhere, and as to what Cambridge thinks of ths matter let us "draw the veil." The feeling at Cambridge Is that the only way to retrieve this bitter past ts to enter a strong crew at Poughkeepsie and malts such a good showing that the Cornell and Columbia victories will be considered flukes. A A Yale-Hsrva- rd i ex-Ya- le sained. N. E. Hallows of Oxford won ths three miles In IS minutes 4 S seconds; pretty satft going on a soft track and en a cold, breexy day. It la no broad assertion to aay that no man now known at Yale or Harvard could touch Mr. Hallows in favorable weather. The mil of 4 minutes fg seconds by P. Is Lloyd of ( ixford was good, end se was ths quarter in M !- -i seconds America TWO MAJOR LEAGUE , ua. BASEBALL STARS NOW PLAYING A GILT EDGED GAME. Poughkeepsie Craws Strongest. One thing lie certain, the victories of Cornell and Columbia over Harvard have gone a long way toward proving that ths races at Poughkeepsie are of a higher class as regards watermanship than those exclusive trials between Yale and Harvard at New London. Conn. The two conclusive and successive triumphs of Cornell over the Crimson demonstrated that the winners at Poughkeepsie were entitled to the championship of America. One reason why Yale. It Is said, will never enter a crew at Poughkeepsie is the bad record of Harvard against Cornell and Columbia. These defeats are stated to have scared Yale tremendously. A strangs phase of tbs situation b r 1 that in spite of Yale's Implied con- TOPSY HARTSEL. PHILADELPHIA AMERICAN OUTFIELDER AND tempt of the Poughkeepsie regatta her HEAVY HITTER. crews would, It seams certain, receive a hearty welcome there If the Ells ever i decided to compete. Titus was defeated at Henley once first. Langford downed Mm three In spite of his ebb work as a press times, and ths third time the EnglishTitus and ths English Hanley. agent. There b no doubt that the Hen- man was counted out. C. S. TITUS. AMERICAS LEADING SINGLE Constance ft. Titus of New Orleans and New York, who b frequently referred to as "Amerk-a'greatest master of the sculls gnd sweeps," has suffered a severe penalty through ths refusal of the stewards of the Henley regatta of England to accept hb entry to row for the diamond sculls.. .. Titus b now posing aa a very much injured person, but he talked and boasted himself out of favor with ths Englishmen snd with some of ths American powers that be. Titus ought to realise by thb time that, while his habit of talking everybody else off ths map may be all right in bb business aa a Ilfs Insurance egent, yet it Is not always conducive te renown as so SCULLER. ley offictab are narrow minded and that they do not always give AmeriTrotting Item. cana who enter a fair deal, but Titus The Internal iunal Trotting associashouldn't rtaini that h b martyr. tion, ths new rival of the National and Some of the iieople who are acquainted American, which was recently bunrlied aay that It serves him right snd that by the Professional Drivers associait b inen of a boastful sort that have tion, has secured at least one member discredited Americana with the Henley up te date. It b the Helmont Driving "old fogies." ,, club of Philadelphia. HARRY GRANT. t , Langfsrd Bast Jeff Theme. ATHLETES MAY COMPETE HERE. rd track meet winIf the gilist, Jeff Thorne, tbs' amiteur at the National 8 porting ners want an tiileraat Iunal athletic match with Oxford thb year It appsura club, London, a few nights ago. The bout was scheduled for ten ths team can have It, for according to round but Thome didn't last out the the English sporting exciiangee the ENGLISH Bam Langford, the welterweight from Boston, easily defeated the London pu- ' - Tale-Harva- ' PITTCNCIKR. ABLft PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL PITCHER. :3BM; M; Ti the World of Summer Plays and Plans; - When Italian From our New York .Dramatic' Corre- -' ; spondent. Is always one pby or each year that out prominently in the reviewers mind as the very worst of all the grim pageant that has passed within hb view during the sea- THERE son. Thb yesr It ta the Italbn 'Grand Opera company at the Academy of Music that attained thb dubious distinction. One of the men in the mgngge-nieof'the Academy said te the writer In resiioiwe to a query as to whence the members of ths company Had come:' Most of them, I guess, are. waiters from restaurants around town, Rut a singer In one of the roles reminds me very, strongly of a barber I ' used to patronise." nt Whether or not this characterization was true ths caliber of the pbying snd singing certainly in. some degree warranted It. In spite of every shortcoming, however, the big house was crowded to the doors. People eat In the aisles in defiance of the fire department laws, and ths statement of the manager that there was 12,400 In ths house seemed reasonably true In spite of the fact that It was "dollar opera." Ths company's weekly bill consisted of some of the leading Italian operas, although one would hardly recognise them were It not for ths kindly programme. q Mr. Harvey In April. 1444, and now Included In hi repertory; "Matt of Merrymnunt," produced by Fled Terry in Newcaatta. October. 1904; "The Lilas Room," produced by Amelia Bingham in Norfolk, October, 1S04, and used by her on tour in ths south. hr her very worst snd tried to kick holea nent company In Italian opera on New in the slage the audience and the fifty Yorks east side, on ths flowery. In cent relapsed Into clapping hands and shouting lustily, "Brava, brsval" How much better they might have called "Stoppa, . . stoppa!" When, In "Cavalleria Rustics na," the stumbled villainous Blgnor up the church steps and got jammed between the swinging church doom (swinging doors are usually eeen elsewhere) so that he could proceed neither in nor out, most of the audience thought it was port of the usual "stage business" of the rob, a touch of comedy, as it wars. standees psnde-monlu- ng fact. Well, hla resolve Is a good thing for the rest of the city. He has shown rare acumen In choosing a future locale for hb company. A Humorous Variety Act While the average vaudeville art is not particularly diverting, yet there Is one new touring the variety houses in minthe east that gives about utes of solid enjoyment and bughter. It Is billed as "Rarnoid's Iog snd Monkey Pantomime comimny;" scene, "Dogville's Busiest Hired by Night." Barjioid has trained hla trick poodles, A Lsyal Nation. to perform a series of highly luetc. Serves ths Bowery Right dicrous stums. One of them Is arThe Italian race can never be eald The impresario of the company has rested by a monkey, in full police unito be disloyal to lb "operatic" interpredid stated that hs will conduct a perms- - form. becadse of undue dallying with ters. When Signorina "the demon." The inebriate ts handled In truly up to date fashion, and ths manner in which the "hurry up" wagon arrives from police headquarters and the summary fashion in which the victim Is clubbed and bundled Into It by the monkey policeman, etc, produces1 marked hilarity. An elopement. In which a ranine girl in gaudy pink climbs down from the eecond story on a bddrr. Is another episode. , ' Stags Snapshots. It b singubr that the pby that 14 "starving to death" ahouid "sat up aa much money. Be not surprised If you ask tho bon office math "Who comes after thb attraction?" if bs replies, "The tmnafee company. It , AMBITIOUS YOUTH. The following biter was received recently by Wagenhals A Kemper. It li signed "Linden Taylor" and come, from Bath, N. Y.: "Dear Hlr Please consider this' P letter an application for a position la your comiwny at the Astor theater, New York. Am of good appearance, and as all my friends have told me since the age of four that I am a born comedian I am beginning to believe It. Listen! Don't throw this letter In ths scrap basket. I'll work like all git out and mnke the bugha come across. If ever there was a stage struck guy who really believes in himself, it's yours' truly. I've been this way for five years and got atageitls worse than Harry Thaw of Pittsburg haa got what's ths matter with him." AN ORGANIZED GEORGE STERDAM M. ROOF COHAN'S GARDEN, THE NEW HOtf EYMOONERS, NEW AM- YORK. standard theater neat season. The men are now In vaudeville, where they Far-nnare getting 12.404 a week. Marcus La Blanche: who has been In The Virginian" when Dustla John Carter, who plsys the old secreleaves that play for the new on with Creaton Clarke' the past season, has returned to Cleveland. The com- written for him by Augustus Thomas. tary In Crest on Clarkes company pre-is Williams end Walker, the colon 4 senting The Ragged Messenger." pany closed after a prosperous season actors and comedians, have been signed by the one of the moat remarkable that covered 22.004 mile Khubert or their Interests and will ap- probably the oldest on the stage. AlW.. s. Hart who played Cash Maw-klu rrtMt Squaw- - Man," b to. slur pear in a new murtcal comedy la the though in hb eighties, be b as keen and DOINGS. STAGE m ua -- STAGE. Successful Collaborators. Beulah M. Dlx snd Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland. author of "The Road to Testerdiiy," began collaborating on plays four years ago. They hove produced together A Rose of Plymouth Town." used by Miss Minnie Dupree on her tour In IHI2-I- I; "The Breed of thn Treshnms," placed under the pen name of John Rutherford, anil now In its fourth sen win in Martin .Harvey's repertory; "Boy OTarrolI,' produced sance. A court stenographer had attended the pby and taken down the mlnu'.e These he read In court, and the manager was discharged. William Pruette, ' whoso song "I the manager Want What I Want When I Want It" tragedy. Charles of the Academy, where "A Millionaire's was one of the most pronounced sucRevenge" was pleyed. was arrested on cesses in Mme. Frltxl HchetTs producone of its autliuis. Hereafter, by the the charge of conducting a public nui tion of "Mile. Mudbie, b Flank Dan iels' leading male support la "Ttn Tatooed Man." He appear as a dashing Arab chieftain. Forbes Robertson and Gertrude Elliott expect to return to thb country for another tour tate next season. George Ade Is writing a comedy of western life for W. M. Crane. The pby b to be finished by September, JANE WHO ACTRESS FRENCH SEASON. NEXT AMERICA PIERNEY, Cohan appears in the cast, but he ha modestly cut down his role to secondary importance in some respects. Gertrude Hoffman, formerly of Anns Held's "Parisian Model" company, scores In the leading female role and is ably seconded by a stunning damsel entitled moon re." "Ths Hooey Leona Anderson. The production la a The old George M. Cohan comedy medley of dances, songs and sparkles "Running For Offlce" has been re- and is as full nf action as a Russian peace convention. modeled and rejuvenated by its ver"The Honeymooners" will remain on satile author snd now under the title of "The Honeymooners" b achieving a the New Amsterdam roof until fall, success as a "summer show" on ths when Marklyn Arbuckle opens In the main playhouse downstairs in hb new roof of the New Amsterdam theater. In his performances as any his years and physically can hold his own with any. When Thomas E. Shea enters the management of Cohan A Harris he will have a new plsy. entitled A of the Cross." Tho piece has beea suggested by "The GladiHinr," and Hnca finished actor of one-thi- rd Sot-di- . b nd of the American Ths great drama, which la the ancient and enduring need of the English speaking peoples as a whole, li a theater In whirh the conditions shall not be primarily commercial- - There is danger, no doubt. In cultivating the drama in conventicle. Thb Is a cathedral art. More than any other It draws its Inspiration from the life of a nation, of a century, and lives lu Its universal heart. Yet the great public wa havs always with us. Wa cannot escape It and those of us who are worthy If claim In the end a Its own. Yet 1 the victory ta wAn by the many It ti the few who lead. In the phrase o! Matthew Arnold, It Is essential ttia' ths drama be organised and organised on Its highest plane. co-st- ar IN natural that the "roast" should . ' Aa actor who thinks small thoughts cant act big ones. An actress msyconfes her sins, but never her faults. management PLAYERS b follow the supe." Hhoke-rpeere- WOMEN V.-LYt- The Honeymooners Is a Crime Opera Plans ef Levis Jamas. Louis James, encouraged by his pronounced success on tour during the season recently closed In the pby. "The Merry Wives of Windsor" has decided to use the same vehicle next year and In addition produce H hake pea re's merry play, "The Comedy of Errors." In the last named production Mr. Janies will pby the dual role of the Two Dromlos, a novel proceeding from the fact that never before in the history of the drama have both these characters been played by an Individual star. What ts described as an unusually large cast of well selected players has been chosen for the support of Mr. James, and the scenic investiture will be entirely adequate to a first class performance In even tho smalbst details. Mr. James' tour is under the of Wallare Munro. Mr Jatnes will not have a next season, as has been erroneously announced la several publication. LEADING r i PITCBKff MUT.TJH. A STANDBY 09 DETROIT AMERICAN!, er way. Shea will appear In a better ebss of theaters than formerly. Buffalo authorities have been Investigating "A Millionaire's Revenge." the melodrama based on the Thaw-White ns. WILL PLAY IN play recently produced successfully in Chicago named "The Roundup." |