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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
net TEAMS PLAY
TWICE THIS WEEK
Aces And Queens Meet Fay
etteville Friday; Will Play
Southern Pines Saturday

New Hanover's Phantom Aces and
playing Fayetteville there in a dou.
Bile bill Friday afternoon and South.
ern Pines in a doubleheader Satur.
day morning.
The girls will be playing their first
tennis match of the 1910 season and
are expecting plenty of opposition
from both the HiGhlanders and the
Southern Pines outfits. Neither of
these teams has ever defeated the
locals and with the Queens playing
a practically new squad with the ex-
ception of Captain Mary johnson
and Elsie Fergus will enter the
matches slightly favored to take the
locals for the first time.
The Aces will be out for their sew.
enth and eighth wins of the season
and a step closer to the eastern title.
The locals are still undefeated in the
team championship and will prob
ably meet Charlotte for the cham
pionship on May IS in the Queen
City.
The Aces made the best showing in
the state singles and doubles tour.
nament last week that they have
made since 1885. The locals defeat
ed their two jinxes in doubles,
Greensboro and Winston-Salem, de-
Tending champions, and lost to Char
lotte in the finals. After leading
5 games to a and set point on his
service in each set Lionel Johnson
through errors of his own dropped
a semi-finals match to Rod Robin
son of Charlotte.
The Aces defeated Raleigh last
Wednesday afternoon by a 7 to 1
score to mark up their 31st straight
win in team tennis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
S0FTBALL LEAGUE
OPENS PLAY SOON
Teams In Independent Loop
To Play Several Practice
Games This Week

The Independent Softball loop will
get down to serious business this
week with a series of practice
games preparatory to the opening
of the season April 20.
All practice tits will start at 6
o'clock in the evening and will last
as long as daylight permits.
The Independent loop will play a
rs game schedule this year with a
split season. All of its games will
be played On the 22nd street dia-
mond. Its field at Legion stadium
will be used only for postponed and
rain-out affairs.
From the looks of recent prac-
tees, each club will be improved
yer last year. Taylor-C olquitt has
several new men they have been
working out and the Wertheimer
Bagmakers have changed So much
that staunch followers of this club
are due for a surprise.
The league recently voted to use
the cross-stitched ball this year. 1t
should help the pitcher, observers
believe. A number of moundsmen
are going in for the windmill heave
with the ultimate view of develop
ing speed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
Brooklyn Fans Ready To Start
Buying World Series Tickets

ready to offer the diadem to Du'
rocher's Dodgers, can at least SEQ
some sound reasoning for all the
excitement.
The Dodgers came north win
three problems facing them. lheE
weren't sure Whit Wyatt's Knee
was sound, they weren't sure Lee
Durocher could throw to first tfo'H
his shortstop berth and they Wereh
certain about the run-making power
If the club.
But a Brooklyn ''cabbie,' hard oE
Ebbetts field, scowled at the ran,
pelted red-brick walls and eXplalhe1
to his fare:
THAI four-hitter he pit cheO
against the Bees shows WyaIls
right, don't it? Durocher made tHe
greatest stop and throw in the Clan
game | ever saw. And who else Has
scored u runs this season III 0ho
game? The way I see it, we're Ill.,
Maybe the nickel subway seLs9
isn't so far-fetched, after all. III,
Flatbush fans are confident anu
they wouldn't be surprised II '"'
Yanks win the American League
pennant.
The latter's strictly hearsaE' ~
they know for sure is what's go-"7
to happen in the National league
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
UPSETS MARK CAPE FEAR SLATE
Cats Lead Loop; Play Two Tits This Week
Eighth Game Grid Card
Announced By E. NJ. l.

An eight.game schedule with
some of the leading Junior col
Iege and freshman teams in this
section was announced yester.
day for the Edwards Military In.
stitute for 1910 by P. L. Powell
the Cadets athletic coach.
The Cadets open against Lees
McRae college in a night game at
Greensboro on Saturday, Sep
TENDER Fl. There are two open
dates on the e. M. 1. grid sched-
ule.
The 1910 schedule is as fol-
lows:
Sept. 21-Lees-McRae college
at Greensboro might.
Sept. 28-Belmont Abbey COL
Iege at Belmont.
Oct. 4-Oxford orphanage at
Fayetteville.
Oct. 11-Rocky Mount H. S.
at Rocky Mount.
Oct. 18-No game scheduled.
Oct. rs - Davidson college
freshmen at Davidson.
Nov. 2-Greenbrier Military
school at Lewisburg, w. Va.
Nov. 9-Presbyterian Junior
college at Maxton.
Nov. 16-Mars Hill college at
Mars Hill.
Nov. 22-No game scheduled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
BY TOM SILER

CHICAGO, April 21- Up The
University of Chicago still is a mem.
Der of the Western conference in
fact as we'll as name.
Big Ten athletic directors, in a
special meeting today, voted unani'
mously to include Chicago in their
basketball schedules for the 1904
season, something they refused to
do at the regular schedule meeting
March g..
At that meeting the directors sale
they were irked at Chicago because
some of it's officials had slurred
other schools in the conference by
saying a winning football team
could not be produced without VIC
lating Big Ten regulations. The di'
rectors pointed out they took no ex'
ception to Chicago's withdrawal
from intercollegiate football, regard
ing this as the schools private prob
lem.
But the directors asked Chicago
to either give concrete proof that
conference schools were violating
rules in developing football winners
Or apologize for the statement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
RALEIGH, WILSON
in SECOND PLACE
New Hanover 10 Meet Caps
Tuesday Night; Will Play
Durham There Friday

CHAPEL HILL, April 22-Four
of the nine scheduled Glass A base
ball games this week are expected
to go a long way toward determin.
ing the Eastern and Western cham
pionships.
Three of the feature games are
in the East. Wilmington, current
Eastern leader. plays Raleigh and
Durham, two of the ranking chaI-
lengers, and Raleigh meets Wilson,
another, top-flight team.
In the Western conference
Greensbsoro's undefeated team goes
up against o~nce-beaten Charlotte in
the headliner of ne week.
The complete Class A schedule is
as follows:
East - Tuesday: Wilmington at
Raleigh and Wilson at Rocky
Mount. Friday: Wilson at Raleigh
and Wilmington at Durham.
West - Tuesday: Charlotte at
Greensboro, High Point at Gastonia,
and Salisbury at Winston-Salem.
Friday: Winston-Salem at Gastonia
and Greensboro at Salisbury.
Biggest upset in last weeks dia-
mond doings was turned in by Will
mingtOn, who upset Durham's de-
Tending State champions Z to l. And
the victory put Wilmington in first
place in the Eastern race. Raleigh
handed Wilson it's first defeat of the
season, ga, in a well-played game.
Earlier in the week Durham edged
out a rs decision over Rocky
Mount.
Greensboro continued to set a tor
rid pace in the Western conference
by trouncing Winston-Salem IS to 2
for it's third victory in as many
starts. Salisbury gained it's first
triumph of the season by defeating
High Point 5 to 3. Two other games
were postponed by rain.
With their regular conference
schedules completed, the Class s
and C teams will be playing to de-
termine district championships.
Class A standings:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
Riggs Triumphs Over
Grant In Net Tourney

HOUSTON, Tex, April 21.-(P-
Bobby Riggs ran Bitsy Grant into
the ground today in the finals of the
River Oaks tennis tournament, rs,
6-3, rs.
Riggs drew Grant about as though
the little Atlanta scrambler were a
m~arionette, and ran out the straight
set victory in an hour-and-a-half.
Bitsy was helpless and only his ma
tive refusal to give up enabled him
to make a match of it. He tried for
everything and successfully negoti-
ated a score of impossible returns"
but Riggs duplicated his efforts and
then surpassed him in technique.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
Big Ten Includes Chicago On
194O-41 Basketball PROGRAM

Robert M. Hutchins, Chicago's
president and a caustic critic of
big time football, said in a letter to
the directors:
"On the subject of subsidization
in the Big Ten 1 have said in public
and private only this: To achieve
the peculiar advantages of winning
football, the University of Chicago
must, under it's conditions, subsidize
players. The intercollegiate con-
ference (Big Ten) has a sweeping
rule %forbidding subsidization. The
university does not want winning
football at the cost of violating that
rule"
The directors accepted Hutchins'
statement as a denial of statements
attributed to him charging other
conference schools with recruiting
and substituting athletes.
The athletic directors have the
power to keep the Maroons from
competing in any sport with any
other conference school, which
would virtually o~stracize them from
the league. But only the faculty
committee is EMPOWERED to expe
the school from the circuit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
St. Louis Jumps On Dizzy In
Fourth And Fifth Innings
To Triumph, 5 To 4

CHICAGO, April 21.- CP The
Chicago Cubs unveiled the once
great Dizzy Dean for the benefit of
22,338 spectators today and nothing
could have suited the St. Louis
Cardinals better.
Deans one-time a e s
hoped on his slow curves for six
hits in the fourth and fifth innings
for a total of five runs, sufficient to
whip the Cubs, 5 to 4, for the St.
Louis clans initial victory of the
season.
Dizzy had the fans buzzing with
his nothing" ball in the first three
frames when he yielded only one
hit and no runs. In the fourth,
however, Bob Sturgeon erred on a
ground ball, Enos Slaughter and
Johnny Mize singled and an error
by Glen Russell gave the Cards two
runs to tie the score.
Dean was sent to the showers in
the fifth unhampered by any erring
teammates, singles by Max Lanier,
Stu Martin, Mize and Don Padgett
bringing in Charley Root as the new
pitcher. Pepper Martin greeted the
veteran Root with a single, account
ing for three more runs for the in
ming.
Rockies Ken Raf~fensberger and
Verne Olsen BANKED the Cards after
that but the Cubs were unable to
wipe out their three-run deficit
against the five pitchers the Cards
used.
The Cubs added one in the sixth
and another in the eighth on AL
Todd's second double and third hit
and singles by Stan Hack and Bill
Herman. They threatened again in
the ninth when Hank Leiber sur
vived on Jim Browns high throw
and a pass and sacrifice advanced
the tying and winning runs into
scoring position.
Mort Cooper rushed in as the
fifth Card hurler. Clay Bryant.
running for Leiber, vas tossed out
at the plate on Al Todd's grounder
and Billy RogelI, Surgeons success
sor at short, popped to Brown for
Tho final ont
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
CHEWCHKl, MARRS
TO CRAPPLE HERE
Colorful Veteran Of The Mat
World Will Meet Former
Champ In The Main Bout

Chief Chewchki, a newcomer to
Wilmington wrestling circles, will
battle Johnny Mars, former world
champion, in the main bout on the
American Legion's mat card at the
stadium Tuesday night.
The semi-finals match will be be-
tween Milo Steinborn, the former
strong man exhibitionist, and Jack
Hader, the roughhCuse actor in
previous mat dramas.
The engagement between Hader
and Steinborn will be the rubber
match, as each has one over the
other in previous bouts here.
Chewchki is a former boxer and
has been in the wrestling game
for a long time, building up a rep
utation for a colorful style of Crap
ping. Mars is a calm but clever
type of wrestler and the contrast
between the two promises a tough
ARRAY.
The referee for the two matches
has not been announced yet.
Doors to the exhibit building at
the stadium will open at 7 o'clock
and the first match will start at
s o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
WHITE SOX DEFEAT
BROWNS, 6 TO z
Timely Hitting And Seven
Hit Hurting By Lyons
Win Tilt For Chicago

ST. LOUIS, April 21.-P-The
Chicago White Sox did some timely
hitting today to punch out a 6 to 2
decision over the st. Louis Browns
for their first win in three starts
this season.
All their blows came off the
hurting of Slick Coffman, who got
off to a good start by winning the
opener last week at Detroit, while
Ted Lyons vas holding the Browns
10 seven scattered hits.
The Browns opened with a run
in each of the first two innings
but Joe Kuhel's second homer in
two days with n man on base &C
counted for the tying run in the
third.
A one.two double and single by
Eric McNair and Mike fresh gave
the Sox another run in the fourth.
Then they put the game on ice
with two doubles, a sacrifice,
passed ball and two singles for
three more scores in the sixth.
John Niggeling held Chicago hit
less in the last three innings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
TIGERS TRIUMPH
OVER TRIBE, ~
Feller Shelled From M,ouO5
With Five Hits In Third As
Indians Lose First Till

CLEVELAND, April 21.-P
Detroit Tigers blasted Bob For..
from the mound with a fiyp.rrn
sault in the third inning TO-DAY u.s.
set the Cleveland Indians down 1 ~
to 2, for the Tribes first dafes. ~.
the season.
Barney McCoskey, first man =,
face the no-hit hero of las wea,.
raped out a double and scored AN "
two-bagger by Charley Gehringer
Lynn (schoolboy) Rowe, going fl.
route for the Tigers, allowed on1y
five hits. The Tigers, meanwb,Ia
collected nine hits off three o+be.
Indian hurlers for a Is total.
The fatal third gave the Tiyar.
five runs on four hits-sineles hn
Schoolboy Rove, Dick Rarte1I ars
McCosky, and Bruce CamobeT.
double-coupled with two walks .
wild pitch and tbs hitting of Hank
Greenberg by a pitched ball.
The Tigers got two more in tbs
fourth as Harry Eisenstat relieved
Feller, Rudy York TRIPPING to score
Gehringer and Greenberg. In +ba
sixth, Detroit added another pair
with a double by McCosky, a walk,
double steal and G~reenberg's single
Errors by Hal Trosky and Ray Mack
in the eighth and last stanza aided
the Tigers to two more runs.
Trosky 50 the only home run If
the day, in the seventh, Cleveland
also scoring in the second as Mack
drove in Jeff Heath who had singled.
The Indians entrain tonight far
st. Louis for a series with the
Browns and Detroit moves On 10
TI;oo~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
BY BILL WHITE

BROOKLYN, April 21.-LP-Fol
the first time in five years., the
Yankees are going to have trouble
winning the world series. Brooklyn
is going to be tough to beat!
Although the season is just a
handful of rain-spotted days old
there is no doubt on the banks of
the Gowarus about which team will
replace the Cincinnati Reds in the
autumnal classic.
Fridays home opener - a little
matter of ~shellacking the hated New
York Giants by 1910 - touched off
the always pennant-conscious clans
men as no other opening day has
ever done. So serious have the
F1atbush fanatics become that not a
single tipsy rooter was lost by fall
ing out % the upper decks, none of
the red, white and blue bunting was
set ablaze Gas is customary and the
expected firecracker fusilade was a
flzzle-the fans feeling that such an
tics no longer are becoming to a
pennant winners progress.
Walloping the Giants made the
season a rousing success for the un-
beaten, united and unscored upon
(1or w garnes) Dodgers-hut every
pooy n left bank of the East river
KNOWS there are more successes to
come.
Along Fulton street, or Flatbush
avenue, or ven out in b~elligerent
brownsville - where a good murder
costs only $11-there's talk of moth
ing else these rainy days but Then
are n World series seats gonna go
on sale?"
Baseball's cooler minds. not quite
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
Armstrong Will Battle
Paul Junior On Friday

NEW YORK, April 21.-P-Wel.
terweight Champion Henry Arm
strong takes his championship to
Boston Friday night, to give the
Hub City it's first title bout in seven
years when he battles Paul Junior,
pride of Lewiston, Me-, in a 15-round
scrap.
Boston hasn't seen a boxing title
decided since Andy Callahan took a
crack at Vince Dundeo's middle
weight diadem there in 1888.
Lou Ambers, lightweight cham
pion from Herkimer, N. Y, who
outpointed Wally Hally at Denver,
Colo, last week takes on Norment
Quarles of Richmond, Va, in a 10
round non-title bout at Charleston,
w. Va, Thursday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
Davis Defeats Herring
In Cape Fear Tourne,

Fourth. matches in the first and
second flights were played yester.
day in the third round of the mems
spring golf tournament at the Cape
Fear Country club.
Results were:
First flight. H. Davis, Jr., de-
teated j.. P. Herring, Jr., two up.
Davis fired a rs to win the match
over the defending champion. J. W.
Morton shot a II to defeat Walker
Taylor, Jr., 8 and 1.
Second flight. L.. Doss, n up
10 holes over Clark Bellamy; Tom
Cobb, 6 and 5 over w. L. Bozeman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
Cards Blast Dean From
Mound To Beat Chicago
License To Referee
Fights Given Woman

LOS ANGELES. April 21.-
(AP)-Even the third man in the
ring is giving way to the gent
Ter sex.
A license to referee amateur
boxing bouts has been granted to
Mrs. Belle MarteIl of Los An
geges by the California athletic
commission.
The 45-year-old woman, claim
ing to be the only licensed time
keeper and announcer in the
fight business, passed the state
examination with the highest
score of any of the applicants
81 IL.
Mrs. Martell said she planned
to wear regulation grey flannels
iii the ring
But I'll wear a skirt. No
trousers"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22

~lessandro, Russell, Todd 2. Sacrifices
J. Martin, G. Russell. Double PLAYS
Marion, S. Martin and Mize; Brown
S. Martin and Mize: Hack, Herman
and G.: Russell. Left on bases: ST
Louis q. Chicago 13. Bases on balls
off: Davis 3, Lanier 2, J. Russell i.
Shoun l, Dean l. Strikeouts by: Da-
y1s l., Dean 1, Raffensberger 1, Olsen
,. Hits off: Davis 4 in 2 INNINGS
none out in 3rd) Lanier 8 in 3, none
S Sh IN eth); J. Russell 4 in 2 %;
Is: Dean 7 in 4 2-3: Root / in I -.
Raftensberger 1 in 2; Olsen, none IN,
L. Winning pitcher: Lanier' Tosinn
pitcher: Dean. Umpires: Stark Sears
and Dunn. Time: 2:22. A%ttendancae.
22,53S (official). 4u"Nee
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
LELAND, KAPPAS
HOLD LOOP LEAD
Purol, Masonboro, Leland And
Frat Clubs Win Tits; Brew
HurIs Two-Hit Ball

Upsets marked yesterdays base
ball program in the Cape Fear as
ISOLATION and when the furry of
hits had died down the Hi-Kappas
and Leland were securely ensconc-
ed in top place in the loop.
Yesterdays results were:
Leland Is; Jackson-Bell 2.
Purol 4; Royal Crown 0.
.Gasonboro 3; Pepsi-Cola /.
Hi-Kappas 8; SAC. 5.
The victories by Purol and Ma
sonboro were entered into the up
set class as the Crownmen and
Pepsi-Cola, last years champions,
were classed about the top of the
league before the season opened.
Two-Hit Hurting
For grabbing individual honors,
Lefty Ray Brew of the Brunswick
club. was on the first rung of the
ladder. Brew turned in a masterful
two-hit pitching job for the Leland
triumph over the JB's. Aside from
that he pounded out three hits out
of six times at bat to follow Clark,
who collected four for six, in TAX
ing batting honors. Brew struck
out Is.
In all, Leland garnered IS safe
ties off the offerings of Beatty and
Allen.
Swinson, former hurler for the
Pirates, let the Royal Crown nine
down with three hits and famed
10. The Crownmen threatened sew
eral times but he always frightened
UP to halt any rally. Headon Piner
gave up only six hots but the
Purol Bluebirds made the most of
them. Piner also struck out 10
men.
Manager Farrow has added
several players to the Purol roster
and the Blues now look like pen
nant ]contenders. Snow Taylor was
the only man to get more than
one safety, he collecting two out
Of four tries.
Johnny carter held the visiting
Pepsi team to four safeties as the
Ramblers used six hits off Elmo
Reese for their 8 to l triumph.
Woodcock led with two doubles out
of four attempts. Tyre hit one for
three for the winners.
The Hi-Kappas took advantage
Of the breaks and made their eight
hits count for as many runs in
their s to 5 victory over the South
ern Athletic club.
Mintz went the route for the
Kappas and with the exception of
the seventh chapter when the AS
got to him for four hits and three
runs, he had the situation we'll in
hand. The tall Highlander famed
eight while allowing nine hits.
Leon Williams turned in a good
performance for the AS on the
mound but poor support from his
teammates enabled the frat club to
go out in front, Billie Pieper led
the Kappas at bat, hitting three
for five. Leon Thomas followed
with two for four. B. Stokley, Bill
Beasley and W. Stokley led the
AS with two for four.
The league will meet at the
courthouse tonight at s o'clock and
all club managers are asked to turn
in their player contracts at that
time.
The standings in the league are
follows:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22


Good Race
The league itself after a week of
watching ~rainclouds float by win
dows is all set to start the season
right this week. And it looks as if
it will be a good race after all.
Up On Top
For the first time in many
moons a New Hanover high school
team in the major sports is up on
top Of the Eastern Class A con-
ference ladder.
The 7 to 1 victory over Durham,
the defending state champions,
Friday has been classed as an up
set in most state athletic circles,
but fans who saw the game here
last week arc of the feeling that
the Cats can do it again come
Friday when they play the Bull
dogs in Durham.
Given a fair amour of luck in
their next two or three games, the
local nine may win that long-look-
ed-for loop championship.
This and That
Five schools have already enter
ed the ninth annual High school
golf tournament that will be held
at Chapel Hill Tuesday Teams
signed up to compete r Sanford,
Fayetteville, High Point, Winston
Salem and Charlotte . North
Cardinals undefeated tennis team
will go after its 10th consecutive
victory this season this afternoon
when it plays washington & Lee.
If you think you are pretty
good at Judging horses and how
fast they can run, pick the /, 2, 8
winners in the Kentucky Derby
now For the past several
weeks whenever some horse came
up looking like a sure-fire favorite
he has been badly beaten in some
tune-up match -. Old Jupe Pluve
took a hand Saturday and called
off the Wake Forest-Carolina base
ball game to decide the leadership
in the Big Five race . Paul T.
Marshburn in surf-casting pose
adorns the picture section of the
Baltimore Sun of yesterday {.
North Carolina has certainly fur.
nished its share of baseball play.
ers to the majors and several of
them are the hopes of several
clubs this summer Glenward
Blomme is Of the opinion that the
Phantom Aces looked better in the
tennis tournament held last week
in Chapel Hill than they have in
any tourney since 1885 The
local meters play Charlotte in May
to decide the state team champion
ship.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22

Errors: Trosky, Mack. Runs batted
in: B. Campbell 2, Gehringer, Green
berg 2. York 2, Higgins 2, Mack, TroS-
ky. Two base hits: McCosky ., +.
Campbell ., Boudreau ., Higgins,
Three base hit: York. Home run:
Trosky. Stolen bases; Trosky, Fox.
Sacrifices: Fox. Double plays: Me
Coskey. Rowe and Gehringer. Left ON
bases: Detroit I; Cleveland 4 Bases
on balls off: Rowe ., Feller ., EfS'n'
stat 1, Jungels 1. Strikeouts by;
Rowe /. Teller 1. Jungels /. DobSon T.,
Hits off: Keller 6 in 8 innings; EiSen,
stat 6 in 8; Jungels 1 in 2; Dohson :
in /. Hit by pitcher by: Teller Green
berg). Wild pitch: Teller. Losing
pitcher: Teller. Umpires: Ormshy, b.
sill and Grieve. Time: 2:10. Attend
ance: 1924.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
RLACKOUT

LONDON, April 21.-CP1-A bIagN'
out in south central Sweden was or
dered tonight, the Stockholm radio
reported, as foreign planes suddenly
increased violations of Swedish ter
ritory. One German plane was shot
down by a Swedish fighter. Ire
broadcast said that air raid alarms
were sounded In many districts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-22
Rocky Mount Rallies
To Defeat Tourists

ASHEVILLE, April 81. Up -
Rocky Mount came from behind in
the seventh inning here today and
tailed six runs to chalk up an 8 to
5 victory over the Asheville Tourists.
Asheville used five pitchers and
Rocky Mount three during the con-
test, which was played in a bitter
cold wind.