Upsets Highlight National Patriotic Singles Round One
Forest Hills sees surprising results as aging stars and rising talents upset favorites. Holcombe Ward defeats S H Voshell 6 4 1 6 6 3, Craig Biddle tops Frederick R B Alexander 6 1 2 6 0, Charles Garland ousts Lyle Mahan 6 1 7 5 and 6 2 4, Kashio falls to Watters 6 3 6 4, Norris Williams sails through first two rounds. Special exhibition features Miss Molla Bijurstedt defeating Miss Mary Browne 7 5 3 6 6 3.
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Sea Bright
N. J
S. H. Voshell
Brooklyn
Voshell
Strachan
Throckmorton
Craig Biddle
Philadelphia
Frederick RB. Alexander
New York
Charles S. Garland
Pittsburg
Lyle S. Mahan
Karl Behr
Seiichiro Kashio
Tokio
Douglas Watters
New Orleans
Kashio
FF. B. Ransom
Beaver Falls
Penn
A. Norris Williams
Boston
Willams
Walter L. Pate
L. G. French
Montclair
California
John R. Strachan
San Francisco
Elliott Binzen
Clarence J. Griffin
San S Francisco
C. W. MacMullen
Ludlow van Deventer
Plainfield
Molla Bijurstedt
Mary Browne
Bjurstedt
Want Charlesbank Gym Put In Shape
West End residents and Boston athletes backed by a large petition urged Mayor Curley to renovate the Charlesbank Gymnasium. Once a premier New England sports site the facility has deteriorated but supporters seek a thorough upgrade to restore it as a modern athletic center.
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Charlesbank Gym
West End
Boston
Curley
Charlesbank Gymnasium
New England
State Guard Benefit Bouts At East Newton Street Armory
Boston boxing fans anticipate three 12 round bouts at the East Newton Street Armory next Monday night to raise funds for the Tenth Regiment of the State Guard. Promoter Johnny McGann has arranged the program featuring Joe Connolly versus Jimmy Gardner, Shaver O'Brien versus Johnny Donovan, and Dan McCormack versus Johnny Downes in support of the regiment.
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Boston
East Newton Street
State Guard
Johnny McGann
Atlas A. A
Jimmy Gardner
Lowell
Joe Connolly
Charlestown
Johnny Donovan
Shaver
O’brien
South Boston
Johnny Downes
Dan McCormack
East Boston
John Lane Resigns as Red Sox Secretary
John Lane secretary of the Red Sox will resign his post to fulfill war duties as chief yeoman in the Naval Reserves before next Monday. His departure prompts regret among many friends who praised his service since his appointment last spring. It is unclear if the club will immediately fill the vacancy.
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John Lane
Red Sox
Lane
Players 10 Keep Status for Drafted Baseball Talent
Cincinnati Aug. 20 The National Baseball Commission states that ball players obtained by recall under optional agreements keep their status regardless of timing of military or naval duty. Draft payments apply only if the player enters service. If drafted players enter service before reporting, the purchasing club may cancel its draft.
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Cincinnati
United States Army
Navy
National Baseball Commission
Paragon Park Palm Garden Delights Nantasket Beach Guests
Paragon Park at Nantasket Beach offers continuous entertainment with cabaret and dance acts. Guests are regaled by high quality shows and a variety of amusements available for enjoyment.
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Palm Garden
Paragon Park
Nantasket Beach
Red Sox Split Dash With Chicago in Doubleheader
In Chicago Aug 20 the Red Sox and White Sox split a packed doubleheader. Boston won the late game 3 to 1 in eight innings after Jack Barry's two base hit and Carl Mays and Babe Ruth hurled well. Chicago took the opening 9 to 7 as Eddie Foster struggled and Cicotte mised chances. a thunderstorm delayed play and the second game was called with Boston leading.
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Jack Barry
Carl Mays
Babe Ruth
Red Sox
George Foster
Boston
Evans
Gardner
Hoblitzell
White Sox
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Walsh
Ruth
Blake
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Cicotte
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Mays
Faber
Foster
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Risberg
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Collins
Duffy Lewis
Joe
Chick Gandil
Chicago
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Scott
Eddie Murphy
Schalk
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Joe Jackson
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Murphy
Secott
Schalke
Waldron's Casino features Dave Marion and guests in Boston
Dave Marion headlines at Waldron's Casino in a self hosted show with his Snuffy cabman act. S. H. Dudley and the donkey perform separately while a parade of others including Charles Raymond Henry Plunkett Horan Burke the Alpine Four Agnes Behler Inez De Verdier Nellie Watson Mile Bartoletti and more appear in the bill.
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Waldron’s
Dave Marion
Snuffy
Marion
Boston
S. H. Dudley and
the Donkey
Charles Raymond
Henry Plunkett
Horan and
Burke
Alpine Four
Agnes Behler
Inez de Verdier
Nellie Watson
Mile Bartoletti
Fenway Theatre Presents Chasing War Adventures and More
The Fenway Theatre shows a thrilling tale of a young American amid Balkan war and an oriental harem with Bryant Washburn starring. Additional features include Fler Economic Independence A Little Speck in Garnered Fruit and Much Obliged. Later the picture Mary Jane's Pacomes to close the week.
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Fenway Theatre
Bryant Washburn
Mary Jane
Globe Theatre Opens First Week With Under Cover
The Globe Theatre stock company began its first week with Under Cover. The plot centers on the Secret Service’s pursuit of smugglers. This week's entire proceeds go to the Metropolitan Chapter of the Boston Red Cross.
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Globe Theatre Stock Company
United States Secret Service
Metropolitan Chapter
Boston Red Cross
Friend Martha Opens Plymouth Theatre Season in Boston
The Plymouth Theatre began its new dramatic year with a play titled Friend Martha by Edward Peple. The work departs from local norms, offering a fresh, naturerich portrayal that blends wit and lifelike scenes, whether in comedy or serious drama.
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Boston
Plymouth Theatre
Peple
Quaker Tale Has Merriment Amid Stubborn Traditions
A charming stage play set in Germantown, 1830, follows a lively Quaker girl Martha who resists her father’s strictures. Edward MacGregor directs a talented cast led by Oza Waldrop as Martha and Edmund Breese as the intolerant father with a Philadelphia suitor bringing romance and eventual reconciliation.
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Martha
Edward MacGregor
Oza Waldrop
Charles A. Stevenson
Mr. Stevenson
Lizzie Hudson Collier
R. Leigh Denny
Sidney Greenstreet
Wallace Erskine
John J. Shine
Helen Lowell
Florence Edney
Olympia bill shows Transgression and Miss Robinson Crusoe
At Gordon's Olympia yesterday the program featured Transgression starring Earle Williams and Miss Robinson Crusoe starring Emily Wehlen. Also on the vaudeville bill were The Five Old Veteran Boys in Blue the Raskin troupe Gasch sisters Weston and Young and William Cahill.
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Gordon's Olympia
Earle Williams
Miss Robinson Crusoe
Emily Wehlen
Boys In Blue
Raskin
Gasch Sisters
Weston and Young
William Cahill
Scollay Square Olympia Acts Take Trip to New York
Scollay Square Olympia performers attended a show yesterday and were whisked away on a fancy trip to New York while viewing The Tren Ring. The Girl in the Masque and multiple vaudeville acts including the Farrell Taylor Trio and Nat Nazarro Troupe performed for the crowd.
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Scollay Square Olympia
New York
Farrell Taylor
Nat Nazarro
Walker Brothers
Miller
Packer and Selz
Jack Goldie
Barto and
Clark
St James Theatre bill includes Picken's and more
The Loew’s St James Theatre presented the McKey company led by Freddie Goodrow in Picken's with Burns and Foran Manning Feeley and Knowles the Dorothy Southern trio and Helene trio. Films shown were The Fatal Ring seventh episode a comedy News Pictorial and Mr Opp with Neva Gerber. The entire bill will be changed Thursday.
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Loew’s
St. James Theatre
Picken
McKey Company
Freddie Goodrow
Burns
Soldiers Need Your Smokes to Ease Trench Tedium
In this wartime appeal readers are urged to mail cigars to troops in trenches. The article notes the monotony of camp life and insists tobacco is the unfailing antidote to tedium, urging generous sending of CC C cigars to show support.
Keith's Theatre vaudeville bill features debut and stars
A summer vaudeville bill at B. F. Keith's Theatre opens with Emily Ann Wellman in Young Mrs. Stanford. Marie Fitzgibbon, Clark and Verdi, Seven Honey Boys, Fred and Adele Astaire, Castellani and Zardo, Diamond and Brennan, Mankichi and company, Signor Franz and company, and La Petite Violette provide acts and musical numbers in a diverse program.
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Keith’s
Emily Ann Wellman
Mrs. Stanford
Marie Fitzgibbon
Clark
Verdi
Seven Honey Boys
Fred
Adele Astaire
Castellani
Zardo
James Diamond
Sibyl Brennan
Mankic
Tremont Theatre Screens The Italian Battlefront
The Tremont Theatre keeps showing The Italian Battlefront this week. The film portrays Italian contributions to universal freedom and offers a revealing view of the ongoing conflict.
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Tremont Theatre
Sons of Italy
Henry Jewett Players Highlight 100th Run of The Man Who Stayed at Home
The Copley Theatre hosts the Henry Jewett Players in the final week of their run of The Man Who Stayed at Home. Friday evening marks the 100th performance of the stirring play.
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Henry Jewett
Copley Theatre
Jewett
Oh Boy Run Continues at Wilbur Theatre
The fourth week of the show Oh Boy opened at the Wilbur Theatre yesterday. The clever lines and situations mark the production as a delightful comedy for audiences.
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Wilbur Theatre
Shubert Theatre Presents The Little Widows Stay
Carter De Haven leads a strong cast in The Little Widows at the Shubert Theatre with a buoyant ensemble creating a joyous musical comedy scene.
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Shubert
Carter de Haven
Bon-Tons Bring At The Movies To Gayety Theatre
The Bon-Tons headline a lively show at the Gayety Theatre this week titled At The Movies. Lester Allen leads a lively cast of burlesque performers, with a large lineup of talented male and female acts providing variety and fun.
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Gayety Theatre
Lester Allen
Hashimura Togo and The Mysterious Miss Terry at Beacon
Hashimura Togo starring Sessue Hayakawa is playing at the Beacon Theatre this week. Also billed is Billie Burke in The Mysterious Miss Terry.
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Hashimura Togo
Sessue Hayakawa
Beacon Theatre
Billie Burke
Miss Terry
Exeter Street Theatre Stars Lead Week
Leading week at Exeter Street Theatre features Charles Ray Wallace Reid Little Telma Salter and Gladys Hulette in prominent roles.
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Charles Ray
Wallace Reid
Little Telma Salter
Gladys Hulette
Charles Ray Wallace Reid
Modern Theatre Shows Miss Terry and Hashi mura Togo
Billie Burke pours charm into The Mysterious Miss Terry at the Modern Theatre this week. Sessue Hayakawa stars in Hashi mura Togo, also on the bill.
Lancaster Theatre Presents Two Little Imps and Richard the Brazen
The Lancaster Theatre ran Two Little Imps featuring Tane and Katherine Lee and the company feature Richard the Brazen with Alice Joyce and Harry Morey. A triple bill of photo features is planned for the last half of the week.
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Lancaster Theatre
Medford Theatre Stars Lou and Edith Powers in The Millinery Miss
The Medford Boulevard Summer Theatre seats Lou and Edith Powers as crowd favorites in the new attraction The Millinery Miss. The show's lighthearted comedy and bright performances draw steady audiences.
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Lou
Edith Powers
Medford Boulevard
Miss
Howard Atheneum Burlesque Show Delights Audiences
The Tempters Company burlesque at the Howard Atheneum impressed the crowd. Max Fields, Sidney Rogers, and Eddie Healey drew praise, with Evelyn Claffy, Anna Fink, Ruth Everett, and Harry Keeler also earning honors. The chorus shocked with clever dancing and Jolly Johnny Jones and others topped the vaudeville bill.
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Howard Atheneum
Tempters Company
Max Fields
Sidney Rogers
Eddie Healey
Boston
Evelyn Claffy
Anna Fink
Ruth Everett
Harry Keeler
Jolly Johnny Jones and Company
Hall
Dean and Thacher
Joe Pino
al Miller
Orpheum vaudeville bill features Arbuckle work and skits
At the Orpheum Theatre yesterday an all star vaudeville show presented Fatty Arbuckle in His Wedding Weight and a soda clerk love story. Wood Melville and Phillips performed a bright skit with additional acts including Between Trains West and Hale From Abroad Berk and S Broderick Connors and fiyuck and De Voe and Statzer. News pictorial and Wooden Shoes with Bessie Barriscale were shown. The entire bill will be changed Thursday.
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Orpheum Theatre
Arbuckle
Wood
Melville
Phillips
Bessie Barriscale
Boston Theatre Showcases Gladys Brockwell Valeska Suratt Fatty Arbuckle
The Boston Theatre presented three features starring Gladys Brockwell in The Soul of Satan, Valeska Suratt in Wife No 2, and Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle in His Wedding Night. A vaudeville lineup includes Somewhere in France Flavilla Myrle Delmar and Adelaide Boothby and company.
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Soul of Satan
Valeska Suratt
Wife No
Fatty Arbuckle
France
Flavilla
Adailade Boothby
Boston
Roscoe
Fatty
Arbuckle
Satan
Park Theatre Presents New Lineup With Love and Elvidge
The Park Theatre shows a fresh program this week featuring Montagu Love June Elvidge and Arthur Ashley in leading roles. Viola Dana appears in The Girl Without a Soul. Mack Sennett Triangle Keystone comedies draw crowds along with A Pawn Broker's Heart. The Selig Tribune Metro Travelogue and Anna Laurie Leonard debut.
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the Guardian
the Park Theatre
Montagu Love
June Elvidge
Arthur Ashley
Viola Dana
Selig Tribune
Metro Travelogue
Anna Laurie Leonard
Hoyts Musical Comedy Closes Week in Lexington Park
Closing week of Hoyts Musical Comedy at Lexington Park draws audiences to a lively stage show praised as well worth seeing. The performance highlights music humor and period charm likely appealing to local theatergoers.
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Hoyts
Lexington Park
Hoyt
Talented Troubadours At Norum Bega Park This Week
The Troubadours provide entertainment at Norum Bega Park with pictures of Southern life and characteristic music making an attractive show for audiences this week.
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Norumbega Park
Knights of Columbus Hold Noontime Rally on Common
The Knights of Columbus led a noonday rally on the Common to raise 3 000 000 for a soldiers welfare fund with State Treasurer Charles S Burrill Judge Joseph J Murley P A Kearns and William F Wheeler among speakers A noon rally is planned on Tremont Street Mall with entertainment and talks by Congressman Tague Judge William J Day and others.
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Knights of Columbus
Charles S. Burrill
Joseph J. Murley
East Boston
P. A. Kearns
Roxbury
William F. Wheeler
Panama
Tremont Street
Congressman Tague
William J. Day
William W. Barter
Charles S. O’connor
John FE. Riley
Canary Cottage Opens Park Square Theatre Season
Manager Fred Wright staged Canary Cottage as the season opener at Park Square Theatre to a crowded auditorium. The Far West troupe had previously wowed Boston audiences and drawn large crowds when the show toured, signaling strong local appetite for more.
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Fred Wright
Park Square Theatre
Canary Cottage
Prolific Boston Review Praises Proven Cast and Music
The audience cheered the familiar lineup led by Charles Ruggles and Dorothy Webb with Trixie Friganza and Herbert Cortell. Nip and Tuck return as agile acrobats while the chorus lights up the stage. two leading numbers I Never Knew and Canary Cottage charm the crowd as the show heads for a brief run.
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Charles Ruggles
Debonair
Dorothy Webb
Trixie Friganza
Herbert Cortell
Nip and Tuck
Canary Cottage
Boston
Bowdoin Square Theatre Highlights of the Week
Clara Kimball Young stars in The Price She Paid a tale of a girl who marries for millions and renounces them for love. William S. Hart shines in Truthful Tulliver. Pearl White appears in the seventh Fatal Ring episode. Jimmie Dale continues to draw interest. A vaudeville bill features Lane Plant Timmins Edwards George Charbione De Castello Ruth Bel mar Stone and Manning.
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Clara Kimball Young
Tulliver
William S. Hart
Pearl White
Jimmie Dale
Lane
Lane, Plant
Timmins
Edwards and
George
Charbione
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Ruth Belmar
Stone and Manning
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