Show Interesting b Story of 0 The Man an From From Home Dome r to Tho story of ot tho the now new Booth n Leon Loon Wilson play The TheMan TheMan Man iIan From Home lea isa distinctly novel nooland nooland and peculiarly attractive ono dealing d call n nas as It docs does with a curious admixture of or American plainness and European high life lIfo The Tiro play pla has had a long run at the Astor theater Now York Tho story runs briefly thus Horace and Ethel Simpson natives of or Kokomo Ind having been left or orphans orphans and with a 11 comparatively large lare sum of ot money mane at their individual com commands commands commands mands decide to live In Europe Thoro There they tho aro taken up by a certain Euro European European European class who use U e them for tor their own ends Hatter flatter them and otherwise cater to 0 vanity Both Doth these young peo plo become of oC tho the most Impossible order Their affairs aro are left In tho the hands of ot Daniel Voorhees Piko Pike a lawyer lawer of oC Kokomo Ho lIo hears that Ethel has haB decided to marry tho the Hon St Aubyn tho ho eldest son of at an Impecunious British poor peor tho the Earl of oC and Immediately tapes taken ship to Italy Ital whore tho the young people aro are living with the Idea Idoa of 01 looking Into tho the matter malter Ho arrives at ata ata ata a crucial moment Ethol Ethel has promised to marry tho the young man and arid tho fa ta father tather faher ther her demands tho the settlement of or three quarters quarten of oC a n million In to payment for tor torI I tho ho honor his son Is la about to do her herShe Sho She believes the young man loves her lion herfor herfor for herself it becomes Pikes busi business business business ness to show the precious pair up In their truo true colors cOlora and this ho proceeds to do doIn doIn doIn In tho the piece picco and tho tiro action thereof tho ho authors have Interwoven some odd characters such as aa a n Russian noble nobleman man an on escaped Russian convict a n frippery old lady lad of or title and tho usual local adherents of oC hotel life lire upon tho the continent Tho The fate fato of or the lire Russian convict who has escaped from Siberia turns out to bb be b Intimately connected tho the destinies of oC both the tho Russian nobleman and tho the old lady lad of or title I while the tiro earl himself turns out to havo 1130 been boon directly responsible for tor tho tiro fate fato to which the tiro convict has been I sentenced Tho The details dett ls of oC tho the manner mannor In which Pike brings these hitherto unknown Incidents to light and forces them th m Into their true truo position In the lives lIes of or most concerned forts form tho tine play and in fn tho mho end of nC courso courNO open tho the eyes ees of or tho the two taro foolish young oung Americans to the follies tollies they have havo ha 0 been perpetrating by b expatriating them themselves themselves selves They learn very ery readily that It Is only their money that bus haa won them tho tiro acquaintance of at these doubtful aristocrats and that tho the friendship of ot plain Americans Americana Is la sufficient for tor any an motive they may havo have In tho the world GERMAN THEATERS German theaters aro not doing well financially and there Is a good deal of ot discussion lon as to the tho causo Somo Some hold that tho the prices price are aro ar too high somo some that the tho phiys plays given glen aro are too bad somo sumo that tho tine hour of or beginning begin nInE Is 19 Inconsistent with a duo enjoyment of oC tho tiro evening I meal at 7 The Tho theater as a rule rUl begins at nt 30 or S How It Is 15 asked can ono one sit alt down lon to dinner din nor at al 7 and bo be seated In til theater at nt S with tho the sense of oC good digestion requisite for or enjoyment I i i if f ca athletes of oC the world in arousing Inter Interest Interest est cat In athletics eo so are arc tho the annual championships of oC tho mho different bowling cast and west In stimulating stimulating ing Ins Interest In tn one ono of oC thu th greatest of oC Indoor sports In tho time course of oC short years wonders havo hao been beon accomplished In tho bowling bowlinE game gamo mo It has been boen shown In inthe tho the remarkable advancement of or tho the American Ameri n bowling bowlinE congress In the tho dlo west and tho the National Bowling as association association association In tho tiro cast Tho Tire conditions governing tho mho coming carninE tournament not nol only warrant mho tho guar antoo anloo of oC 1000 to the tho winning live mun team and a prize list totaling but teams from Crom Gormany Germany and Califor California California nia will roll on tho the same flam alloys In the thu th samo events even ls bringing together to other teams from different nations and from sec eec sections miles apart Recently President nt Cordos Cordes and Secretary Sec Seo Secretary Wymon nyman of ot tho the United Tournament Tournament ment company under whoso whose auspices 9 the tho coming tournament Is to bo be held heM declared that lair estimate of man teams early In tho the year was waa too low and that matters mattos hr o been so eo ar arranged arranged ranged ed that can easily cosily be accommodated accommodated accommodated Tho The states which will send five man teams and tho the number from each are aro areas aroas areas as follows Now York state exclusive of at Greater Grenter New Now York Yore Now New Jer Jersey Jerse sey se Pennsylvania 30 Delaware 10 Maryland 25 Ohio 30 Illinois 1 12 Connecticut 20 30 Missouri 6 Canada 10 Indiana 5 6 Kentucky D 5 l Wiscon Wisconsin Wisconsin sin 6 5 Michigan 5 G Vermont 5 li Min Minnesota 3 P v Rhodo Rhode Is Island Island Island land 3 District of or Columbia 3 Iowa 2 southern cauthorn states 10 Now York city Is expected to nearly enough to complete a n list of ot Tho Tiro probable number of oC two man teams Is placed at 1700 and ard thoro will wilt willbo willbe bo be moro than Iran Individual con contestants contestants contestants This will bring tho the total number of or mon men competing up to tho tiro largest figure that has halS over been at nt attained attained In a bowling tournament A team of 01 so ao called dubs has every ever chanco In tho the world In tho the coming tournament Moreover an unpretentious unpretentious bowler has hns every overy opportunity to win tho the individual championship champlon This may mao ho bo considered a n remarkable state statement Statement i ment but past records hao have proved It I to be true Nor has Iris this proof been shown In national tournaments alono alone but In many man other competitions A lit little little little tle bit of or luck goes a long way In bowl bowlIng bowlInS bowling Ing InS and tho tiro gamo game of tenpins la Is I such that any nn man has Iran an nn equal chance In Ina Ina ina a series of ot games with the tho most accomplished pin knight In tho the N B A tournament In Roch Rochester Rochester Rochester ester last year John McGuIrk and John Grady Grad of or Paterson N J rolled rolleda a worlds two man record and won tho the championship Neither man Is an ex export export expert port pert In fact thoy they ere both scouting around for partners and teamed up out of oC sympathy Grady with his sixty years year and an McGuIrk with his twentythree forming tho tiro youth and old ago aso duo And tho the result re was waa 1318 1315 a record still sun stands In this Iris kind hind of or tournament The rhe bo so called dub has every chance and It tt Is sate safe to predict that tint tho the team that wins time the guaranteed prize of or 1000 will bo be a team that will not bo mado up of or stars An Important atop has been accomplished accomplished accomplished In tho the obtaining of ot special rail railroad railroad railroad road rates for tor tho mho tournament tho ho vis Is bowlers being belne ablo to go EO to New Now York at it a cost costo of ono faro and for the tho round trip tho ho rate rat being effective on all nil railroads Scoring systems a used at nt previous na lIonal tournaments havo hao been boon quate and unsatisfactory arid and oa as Q bowl Ing fans tans and spectators aro are as ns much interested te In tho the details of oC a n bowling score while tho ho game Caine Is pro progressing as aJ they the aro are In tho gamo Itself tho tiro matter r of at a Cl practicable scoring system 8 caused serious consideration Thu oval oal con formation of or tho the Garden precluded tho the use of oC tine the usual score boards at tho tiro pit end of oC tho tiro alleys alleR without sacrificing a very cry largo large block of oC scats and mar mor ring the architectural beauty of ot tho the thoI I vr center of ot tho the Garden about feet teet and extending across tho the alleys a n dis dla distance lance tance of oC ICO HiO feet teet and as scoring will bo be bedone dono done on both sides practically making ix n 1 foot oot score board A substantial footpath for tho tine two dozen scorers that the tho system s stem will require will necessarily be a n part of 01 this structure Tho Tire method of oC scoring will bo be with rubber stamp figures figure two by throb thron Inches In size on Immense paper score shoots sheets three and a half by nine nino foot toot for each ench five fIo man team But ton ten char characters characters characters will be bo required for tor scoring tho the figures 1 to 0 O Figure Figuro 1 will make mako either cither strike spare or miss mark and figure 0 o will indicate a o split Tho The distinct ad advantages advantages vantages of or this system aro oro extreme extremo simplicity legibility nearness of ot the tho score boards to tho the players and spec spectators spectators and tho ho doing away owa with tho the cumbersome multiplicity of oC pieces needed to operate other systems which have havo been tried and found wanting on OD account of or their complex nature BOISE SMALL LANGFORD AND JOHNSON It appears that after atter their first fight In which Sam made mado ma e a 0 good showing show In considering his weight oven If ho he did lose loso tho the decision tho two were thrown Into tho mho same samo company ono one evening both endeavoring to be pleasant to tho tiro same samo dusky belle bollo i Johnson was arrayed like Solomon I In all aU his Iris glory Ho had hod on a ll suit Buit of oC Langfords reply was waa to lo flash a n cost costly costly ly h beauty that was reposing In his I vest est It altogether lher savo save tho day dayas as Johnson glancing at nt the tho ring said Hold HoldAh Ah Ab mean real onus ones Langford Lansford it And this Is why wh ho Is thirsting for tor tho blood of ot the man who beat Tommy Burns Just JuHt OB as tho the pair wore matched Langford Longford said Eald When Ah got a n chanco chance at that Johnson all a Ah got cot to do Is 15 to think of oC diamonds and ho will get some somo fighting Ah tell teU you And If IC Ah over get him down on tho the floor what Ahm gum to say to him ADVICE TO AMATEUR PLAY PLAYWRIGHTS PLAYWRIGHTS WRIGHTS Tho The managers aro being dally flooded with plays written In III many cases by people who have havo absolutely no con conception conception conception of ot what constitutes a play either cither In tho the method of oC construction or subject matter maller Taking tho the case cose of or Mr Henry B Harris an as an nn example the records of oC his office omco show chow that the average number of oC plays sent Bent to him weekly Is 19 Figuring that at least two hours would bo be required for each ench play ho he would havo have to do de devote vote voto eight hours dally to their reading read InS which would leavo leoo him very to attend to his othor other many duties It n has haM been suggested that thit If It the tho young playwright would first send Bend a n short concise story star of or his play pia om em embodying bod bodying tho the big situations tho mana manager manager ger gor if lr interested then com communicate communicate with tho the author who would send on a n complete completo manuscript and thereby enhance his chance of or getting a n hearing It has been beon estimated that plays a n year arc are being written by Americans and less than 4 1 per por cent are arc over produced MARATHON RACE IN EGYPT Tho The worldwide popularity of ot long lonE distance foot Cool racing r under tho the style stylo of oC Marathon runs lo ia attested by a con contest test over a desert course courso from Cairo to In Egypt with starters representing about all tho tiro nations that the cosmopolitan populo population t tUon ion tion of Cairo Includes es The Tho w winner Inner turned up tip u In an Egyptian soldier of tho ho Fourth Infantry battalion Egyptian EE k karmy army arm who finishing quite fresh tresh drew drow I himself up after passing tho tiro tape tapo and saluted tho the Judges in fn n military style stylo 1 winning great applause from tho the Brit British British 1 ish and Egyptian soldiers present In Inthe inthe Inthe the crowd of or spectators I j r ir 1 f 1 Oot i r q ilI f v to toI NJ I a K Kj j fl I i t J JJ b I J td r j it f fI Ci Iy 4 J 1 5 r 1 r c t 11 H a It Itc r rr hi h r L I r i r rH 4 I r t t J j J or ort ori e a i t I PITCHER EDWARD REULBACH OF DF THE CHICAGO NATIONALS I Ir r Ir r H |