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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
RICE'S HUNT ENDED

HOUSTON, Tex, Jan. 10 Up -
Jess Nicely ended Rice's hunt for a
head football coach today by accept
ing the institutes offer of a five
year contract. The salary was not
disclosed.
The Clemson coach spent two days
in conference here with Rice au.
thorities, then went home last night
for consultations with his family,
friends and Clemson officials. To.
day he notified the Southwest con.
ference school he would accept.
]. T. McCants, chairman Of Rice's
committee on outdoor sports, would
give no features of the pact with
Nicely, but the coach revealed in q
telephone conversation from his
South Carolina home that he was
given a five year contract and power
to name his assistants. The most
reasonable guess at salary appeared
to be $500 annually.
Rice officials said no contract had
been signed yet and some details
have to be worked out" but Nicely
resigned his Clemson post and was
ready to report here about Feb.
ruary /.
Nicely: II am very happy and I'm
certain everything will work out
satisfactorily"
McCants: I'VE r delighted he is
coming. Mr.. Nicely is a fine mar
and we feel he will make us a good
coach"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
Conn Decisions Cooper
In Heavyweight Debut
Light Heavy King Turns In
Dazzling Exhibition For
Easy r. Round Victory

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-F-Light
Heavyweight King Billy Conn daz-
zled the fistic faithful in general and
Henry Cooper in particular with his
left hand tonight as he made his
heavyweight debut in Madison
Square Garden with an easy IL
round victory ove the young Brook
lyn better. Conn weighed 173 IL:
Cooper 100.
For the first five rounds, Billy,
who is confident tonight's victory
started him on the trail to a fight
with Joe Louis and the heavyweight
championship, fired hundreds of
lefts and all but a very small per-
centage of them bounced off various
parts of the Brooklyn hopeful's
anatomy.
In the late going, Pittsburgh's
Fighting Harp tried out his right
cross with similar success, but hy
this time these amounted only to
experiments, for Billy was far ahead
and only a knockout could have
whipped him.
The decision was unanimous or
the part of Refer &c Arthur Donovan
and Judges George Lecron and Bill
Healey. The Associated Pres score
card gave nine rounds to Conn ard
three to Cooper.
A crowd of 5,658 fans, who contri.
buted a gross gate OF $4,000, a
smaller turnout than for any Of
Billy's previous fights in the Gar.
den, greeted the decision with
mingled boos and cheers, apparently
some didn't like the fine boxing
exhibition put on by Conn, which
kept the action completely devoid
Of blood.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
BUTTS TO REMAIN
AS GEORGIA COACH
Former Mercer Star Granted
Three Year Contract At
Reported $500

ATHENS, Ca, Jan. 10-R9-The
University of Georgia Athletic as
ISOLATION today granted Wallace
Butts a ~three-year contract as head
football coach, breaking a long
established custom under which
Georgia coaches were hired on a
year-to.year basis.
The contract carried an inspect
fled increase in Butts salary, which
was unofficially understood to be
$500 for his first year as head man
of the Bulldogs.
The short, stocky Mercer alumnus
took over the Georgia helm in 1899
when Joel Hunt was dismissed after
a single season as the successor to
Harry Mehre. Butts first team won
five, lost six in a moderately tough
schedule but looked good against
several superior foes and dealt
alumni pride only one severe blow,
when 1t lost 0-2O to Furman early
in the season.
Butts must send his 1910 teams
through a more rugged schedule
than was faced last year, including
Dartmouth and Columbia as new
corners, but will have a squad boil.
stored by members of a sensational
1889 freshman team.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
Three New Stakes Set
For Belmont Park Races

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-GP-In his
first announcement since becoming
president of Belmont park, Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt today listed three
new stakes to be run during the
1910 spring meeting, and the inclu-
sion of a supplementary clause in
the 1912 Belmont stakes.
The three new stakes, all handi-
caps with a Feb. Is closing date for
nominations, are the Roseben, $4,000
added, for three-year-olds and up at
six furlongs; the Top Flight, $4,000
added, for fillies and mares three
years old and up at a mile and a
SIXTEENTH; the Whisk Broom, $500
added, for three.year.olds and a mile
and an eighth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
STOCK OF CARDS
IS GIVEN BOOST
Don Padgett Says Gas House
Gang Can Dethrone Gin
cinnati This Year

ORLANDO, Fla, Jan. 1o.-R-
The St. Louis Cardinals are early
season favorites down here to de-
throne the Cincinnati Reds in the
1910 National league pennant race.
Don Padgett, who might be a lit
tie prejudiced since he's first string
catcher for the Gas House Gang.
said so today.
Il don't see how we can MISS"
said the receiver whose 1899 bat
ting average of 1893 in 90 games is
almost as large as his 218.pound,
six-foot, two-inch frame.
Our outfield is set. Ducky Med
wick should go great again-and by
the way, the fans in St. Louis would
never let Medwick be traded, unless
something as good as Medwick is
received in return. That won't hap
pen.
las for the rest Of the team, a
couple of good pitchers and a key
stone man for our infield and We'll
be ready to go to town. Remember
that it was only the bad first month
that ruined US last season. The
Reds got off to a 12.game lead and
IL games is ~ games in anybody's
league.
I'VE were slow getting started
and then almost overlook Cincin.
natl. If we could have licked them
that first day Of our important four
game series, we'd have won the
pennant. They were scared stiff"
Padgett is modest about his hit.
ting.
"oh, I manage to hit a few" he
admitted and that drew a laugh
from Joe Strip, ex.major league
third baseman who runs a baseball
school here and for whom Don Is an
instructor.
Yeah, this guy manages to hit
a few" Strip mimiced.
Say, that's all this guy does is
bat. He los. SO many balls for me
last year that Branch Rickey
oughta send me a dozen or two
down here before I 90 bankrupt"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
Duke Cagers Score 1927
Win Over Navy Quintet

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 10.-Rl
Navy fell apart in the second half
and Dukes Blue Devils romped to
a 40.27 basketball victory today.
: The Midshipmen made a fight of
it in the first half, a ding-dong bat
tile that saw the lead change six
times. Navy led 1917 at the half.
After the rest period, the lead
seesawed until Duke tied it at 22-22.
Then the Blue Devils, spanked by
Bill Parsons, forward, began to roll.
Narman little Jeep) Ackley, Navy
forward, led the Midshipmen
throughout the scrap. Ray Brown
and Parsons were scoring lights for
the Carolinians, Parsons counting
10 and Brown nine. Ackley led
Navy with six.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
TO SPEAK
AT ATLANTA MEET
Touchdown Club To See Films
Of Four Bowl Games; Bowl
Coaches Will Explain

ATLANTA, Jan. 1O-(R-Admit-
ting at last that the 1889 football
season is dead, Atlanta's Touchdown
club came up today with a super
wake to console the rabid mourners
until their tickle affections shift to
1910 spring practice.
The organization of college letter
men lined up official films on all
four of the major bowl games and
will show them with fixings, after a
dinner at a hotel (Ansley) January
10 to 900 male fans of the kind who
think spring, summer and winter
were put on the calendar to give the
coach a chance to find fresh ma
terial.
Everett Stroupper, hefty club
president and former Georgia Tech
backfield star, gleefully announced
the signing of Notre Danes Elmer
Layden as the No. 1 guest speaker
and declared:
We've got the most comprehen-
S1NS OoN1 4OflSV SfS1 o1lo1lSSo 1O1
the Monday q-uarterbacks' of any
city. Remember, these aren't any
old cut-down newsreel shots. They
are the official, full length movies
taken by Tennessee, Tulane, Georgia
Tech and Clemson and loaned to US
by those schools"
Slated to explain the action and
give the inside" as each picture is
run off are Tulane's Lowell Dawson
whose lads were edged in the New
Orleans Sugar Bowl, 1914, by Tex S
A. and M; Bill Alexander of Georgia
Tech, whose suave Engineers show.
ed Missouri down at Miami, 21-7;
Jess Nicely, who piloted Clemson to
a 6-3 verdict over Boston college
at Dallas Cotton party; Head Coach
Bob Neyland or Assistant Bill Brit
ton of the Tennessee club that bow.
ed to Southern California, OLA, in
the Rose tournament.
Strupper's enthusiasm for the
show seems to have been matched
by the public with the ticket demand
outrunning supply by about 5 to 1
lat SO a head) and each of the
cubs 81 members having to duck
pals he didn't cut in on his allct-
ment of 9 seats.
Before the picture show, Howard
Ector, Georgia Techs brilliant quar-
terback, will receive the clubs an.
nual trophy as the Southeastern
conferences most valuable player,
and the club will install it's 1910 Of
ficers.
About 40 southern sports writer's
nave been invited to join in the
second-guessing jamboree.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
NELLY ACCEPTS RICE GRID JOB
N. Y. Eght Body Approves Baer-Galento BouA
Reds Ready To Play Ball CAMS
On Field Instead OF On Pans

CINCINNATI, Jan, 10 Up -
Claims by Don Padgett that the st.
Louis Cardinals would dethrone Gin
cinnatis Reds brought smiles today
to the high command of the Ma
tional league champions.
HUH" grinned General Man
ager Warren C. Giles, just returned
from Chicago. Remember back in
1887 when we won all our games in
the winter time?"
(That was the year tina. the Reds
appeared preseason favorites to GER
tain sports writer's, then nose-dived
all summer to an ultra-secure place
in the cellar.)
"Yeah,' spoke up another, "con'
sidering all the games that were won
for us in hotel Hobbies and acros IS
cigar-counters that year, we'd have
been better off if we had cancelled
our regular playing schedule!"
(The Reds finished 1897 with sc
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11

But are they going to allow every
performance which wouldn't earn
two-bits otherwise capitalize on the
plight of a people so that the pro-
moters can lay away the long
green?
If it wasn't such a racket, it
would be funny. But I guess the
people will flock to it like ducks
to the pasture pond and piously
think they are doing their bit for
sweet charity. ThereTl be a dozen
or so of the games before spring
comes around.
Hither and YOn
January is a good month for re-
peating the good stories that crop
ped up over the sports world dur
ing the past year. One Of them re-
lates how a high school football
coach, who was also the team
trainer, saw his star quarterback
get knocked out in a game. The
coach rushed out on the field with
a water bucket and went to work
on the lad until he was revived.
He then jumped up, grabbed the
bucket and as he started off the
field, he conked the quarterback
on the head with the bucket. knock
ing him out again. And then
there is the classic statement of
C. l.. Causey, who officiated in
the State Citadel game played in
Wilmington in 1898. When the
Citadel cadets filed into the sta
dunn, they cut r one end of
the playing field instead Of going
around. stop the game, stop
the game" Causey howled, there
comes the army The New
Hanover Wildcats think that they
have an even chance Of winning
their cage contest with Wilson
there tomorrow night. A Ten
nessee football fan informs us that
it is definitely untrue that the
Volunteers will go in for six-man
football in order to reduce travel
ing expenses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
luanhoe Whips Wallace,
Magnolia In One Night

IVANHOE, Jan. 1O-The "iron
men, of the Ivanhoe dependents
turned loose their cage power here
last night to win a doubleheader, de-
feating Wallace 24.21 and Magnolia
1924.
The Independents got off a bad
start in the opening game with Wal.
lace and were behind 14-4 at half
time. They came back in the last
half with an elusive passing attack
to win, with C. Corbett leading the
scores with 16 points.
Montgomery was high for Wal
lace with IL markers.
The Independents held the lead
throughout in the final tilt with
Magnolia Red Shirts. Brown led the
scoring with 10 points. Horrell,
with IA, and c. Corbett, with IA
points, followed. Merritt led the
Magnolia quint with 16 points.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
Yves Ferreu Signs To
Play With Brooklyn

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-P9-The
Brooklyn Dodgers today announced
they had come to terms with veteran
right-hander Yves Terrell, and that
the former American Lacquer would
report to the Clearwater (Fla.) train
ing camp with, the first Dodger squad
Feb. Is.
Although Terrell was released by
the New York yankees after a poor
1899 season, Manager Leo Durocher
believes he can help the 31-year-old
hurler, who said in Sarasota, Fla,
the other day that he'd take a minor
league job if he couldn't land in the
majors again.
Terrell has pitched for the Cleve'
land Indians, Boston Red Sox, Wash
ington Senators and Yankees.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
Black Widow Spider Bite
Proves Fatal Ia Infant

RALEIGH, Jan. 10. - Up - A
death from the bite of a black
widow spider, the first in North
Carolina for several years, was re-
ported today by DR.. Carl V. Reyn-
olds, state health officer.
The victim, he said, vas Caretha
G. Clark, negro infant who died in
a Winston-Salem hospital.
while the bite of the black
widow spider is not necessarily
fatal, although it is always painful,
the importance of avoiding this
venomous insect is emphasized by
this negro child's DEATH" DR.. Reyn-
olds commented.
The child was one month and Is
days old.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
Medwick, Mize Holdout
For More Pay With Cards

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 10-R-The No.
1 of the St. Louis Cardinals has
gone to Florida without signing a
contract and today the No. 2 failed
to reach an agreement with Vice
President Branch Hickey.
Joe Medwick and Johnny >fize,
called the National leagues best
one-two batting punch, probably will
test all of Rickey's responsiveness
before matters are settled.
Mize was reported to have received
SIS, 900 last season and friends said
he wanted to get into the same
bracket with higher-paid Medwick
for 1910. His contract parley was
adjourned to permit hickey to keep
another appointment.
Medwick, who is demanding an
increase over his 1899 salary of $751;
900, went south several days ago
after failing to agree to terms with
Hickey. He is on the faculty" of
a baseball school at Orlando, Fla.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
RELIEF BATTLE
SET FOR MARCH 4
Commission Will Not Lift Ban
On Jacobs. However; Ac-
ton May Cancel Fight

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-PCThe
New York state athletic commission
gave its blessing and a slap in the
face to Tony Galento-Max Baer
charity bout in ten minutes of mer-
r~y-go-round action today.
They first said they would ap'
prove a March 4 Galento-Baer battle
here for the joint benefit of the fight
on infantile paralysis and Finnish
relief funds.
Then the fistic fathers turned right
|around and fatty refused to rein
state Joe Jacobs, Galento's manager
whose license was revoked last fall
IGalento, at present, also is without
la license to box in this state, but
the commissioners said they would
grant him a permit to tangle with
California Max.
The commission said it would take
no action on Joe Jacobs case al
the present time" To queries as to
just when Joe might expect rein
statement, the commissioners point
ed out that there may be a new
commission a few years from now
Jacobs repeated previous state
ments that Galento would refuse tt
fight in New York unless Joe was
in his corner, and pointed out thai
since he had been punished witt
revocation of his license since las
fall, he felt the commission coulG
BURY. the Ratchet" now.
Thus the bout, as far as New
York was concerned, was "out," a
least temporarily. Promoter Mix
Jacobs was optimistic that some way
might be worked out to keep it here
There was some talk, however, O.
holding it in another city, possibly
Philadelphia, Miami, Atlantic City Of
Newark, N. ].
The commission also used today:
meeting to put the slug" on Jimmy
Grippe, manager of ex-light-heavy
weight Champion Melio Bettina o:
Beacon, N. Y, with a 60-day suspen
sion. Bettina lost a close split deci
sion to Fred Apostoli of San Fran
cisco last Friday and Grippe sale
later he thought his fighter wa!
robbed" The commissioners rulet
this was conduct detrimental to box
ing.
Although the commissions actor
crushed immediate hopes for a big
heavyweight charity bout, the fistit
fathers did arrange for fight show:
lin several smaller clubs in the met
lropolitan area for the benefit of the
paralysis and Finnish funds.
The commission also decided tt
Summon a half dozen of the leading
lightweights in the country to mex
Wednesdays meeting at which a pro
posed elimination tournament would
be discussed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
ARE KILLED,
IS TRAPPED IN
MINE EXPL0SIO
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be several hours before any Of I
trapped men could be reached,
The mine, one of three opers,
by the company in the valley Of /
Dry Fork river here, has a 62Nt
shaft. Entries fan out from ,
shaft more than two miles uri
ground.
The cause of the blast was not
termined Immediately.
Salviti fixed the time Of the hi
at 2:20 p. m. but said it was M
than an hour before it was dsa
mined there had been an explos
He said it was first believed the
cident was a slate fall.
The blast-torn area is on the We
ern side o fthe mine. Officials y
the Al men who came out We're
the eastern section and did not kn
there had been a disaster when Il
reached the bottom Of the shaft ali
4 p. m.
Roy Ashworth. a motorman, '
almost at the foot of the shaft
the time of the blast. He said
did not hear it because of the no
that "a big cloud of dust rolled
over me-"
A crowd of between 1000 and 2
persons stood outside a roped
300 feet from the mine, warm
themselves at bonfires while they
ted down to wait for word from
bottom of the shaft.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
Sewanee Eleven To Plav
DAVIDSON Next Season

SEWANEE, Tenn, Jan. 1o.-@-
The University of the South an.
nounced today it's 1910 football
schedule. Only one Southeastern
conference foe, Vanderbilt, was list.
ed.
The schedules:
Oct. 5, Cumberland, here; -, Ten.
nessee Tech, here; 10, Davidson,
there; rs. Chattanooga, there.
Nov. 2, Dartmouth, there; 9, Van.
derbilt, there; Is, Washington and
Lee at Chattanooga; 23, The Citadel.
there.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11

Raise Expected
But even though we knew the
Tiger coach had gone by airplane
to talk the matter over with the
Owls athletic heads, we thought
that perhaps the Clemson authori-
ties would give him enough OF a
raise in pay to keep him on the
Tiger ampus another year.
Neely's reported salary at Glenn
son was $4,000 per year-and that's
good none in anybosy's league.
The guesswork gang in Houston,
Texas, said they understood he
would get $500 at Rice-which is
even better money, but at the same
time somewhat short of the report
ed $4,000 to $4,000 they were
reported to be willing to offer for
a good coach.
You can't blame a gridiron coach,
or anyone for that matter, for TAX
ing a job that pays more money
and possibly more recognition, but
Clemson and, in fact, the Southern
conference, loses a very good coach.
Now the next Interesting scram-
BILE which will take place is the
naming Of Neely's successor. By
tonight there will be at least a
h%alf-dozen persons mentioned for
the job. And in that lot, We'll
wager, will be the name of Jimmie
Kits, the guy whose job Nicely
takes.
> Finnish Feeling
OF course we all know it's just
for the sake of sweet charity and
very commendable of the boys to
do it, but have you ever seen so
many athletic events as are being
advocated for the Finnish relief
fund, come out for any other cause
before.
The way they are flocking to
the Firms is fiendish, we should
say.
Maybe the Firms do need relief.
Maybe Russia needs relief, and
who knows, maybe the republican
and democratic parties need relief.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
Sudbury Reinstatement
Plea Will Be Hsa

The North Carolina State Bar VI
hear a reinstatement plea from
c.. Sudbury, disbarred Whining
attorney, at its quarterly meeting
Raleigh Friday, E. L. Cannon, sen
tary, stated in Raleigh yesterdy'
Sudbury was disbarred follow
his conviction in 1898 on charges
operating a disorderly house ana
public nuisance.
The state bar will also hear .
other plea for reinstatement Nv
former Superior Court Judge j.
HARDWOOD, Of Bryson City, who v
disbarred in 1882 for classification
records.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11

wins and SO losses aImo,.
reverse of the 1851 record tbo, a
for them in 1889 their first ns.' w
in 20 years.)
We'll win our games on ii.
field" Giles said in the mann.,
a Boy Scout quoting the - ~.
laws. We've got II good men .'
ed up, we've added to our nitoS'
staff (by the acquisition of y
Turner from Boston, and ~
probably further strengthen "
club" v
No. 16 to sign was John ur,,
ings, rookie pitcher, who ta,ksa y
Giles in Chicago.
wal Goodman, slugging ou,,.,
err, was No. II. He arrived in t'~
last week and conferred with cr'
and signed a one-year paper ,oi,'
Only Ernie Lombardi and Dr.
Myers among the regulars ara =,
to be heard from.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
Clemson Quint Defeats
Wake Forest, 80 To 28

CLEMSON, S. c., Jan. 1o.-tR-
Clemson's defending Southern con.
ference basketball champions scored
their first 1910 loop victory tonight.
3o-2S, in a thriller against Wake
Forest.
Banks McFadden, ALL Conference
center, led the scoring.
A free throw gave Clemson a
26-25 advantage with four minutes
TO go and the Tigers never lost the
lead. McFadden and Lancaster
added field goals before Convery,
Wake Forest, put in a field basket
and a foul to lessen the gap. Con-
very's long shot that missed was in
the air when the. whistle footed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
Catcher Schultz Signs
1910 Contract With Bucs

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 10. - R -
Catcher Joe Schultz, Jr., whose dad
is boss of the Pirates farm system,
was signed today for the 1910 sea-
son with the BUGS.
Schultz played for Columbus, O.,
and Houston, Tex, st. Louis Cardi-
nal farms, before joining the Pirates
for four games last season. He bats
left-handed and hit .296 for Houston
last year.
Between seasons, young Schultz
studies law at st. Louis University
in st. Louis, his home town,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
SMOKE RINGS
He's Now An Owl
BY SAM Raglan

less Neelv. one of the better football coaches OF the
south. dropped the reins of a conference co-champlonshlp
team and bowl winner down at Clemson yesterday, ana
answered the call of Mammon, whose siren strains eml1teo
from Rice Institute. -
And this is a case of where Rice is the winner and
Clemson the loser. -
The 42-year-old coach of the Tigers had been mentlon-
ed all along since Jimmy Kits was ousted as head coach
of the Owls, as a contender for the vacated posi-. Wnen
Raw Wolf. of North Carolina, turned down the offer, Rice
officials started their conference with Nicely.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
HOUSE COMMITTEE
BARS INCREASES
IN NEW BUDGET
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ton, e4,O0O, 900 for the civilian
conservation corps, $45, 600, 900
for public roads, $40, 10000 OO for
public buildings, $50, 600, 600 for
military posts throughout the
country, and $98, 1000, 900 for
flood control and rivers and
harbors."
Adams said it might be well
to cut down the defense esti.
mates and apply the money to
domestic uses.
There is a suggestion that
we cut down OH relief to farm.
ers and others in order to build
battleships," he said. Battle.
ships to fight who? To fight
nobody. W. are preparing for a
war that is not coming"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
Bethany Camper Named
Postmaster At Bayboro

President Roosevelt sent to the
senate yesterday the nomination of
Bethany Camper for postmaster at
Bayboro, in Pamlico county, it was
learned here in a Washington dis
patch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-11
NAMED IN ABSENTTA

NEW YoRK-Al Nixon. graduate
manager Of athletics at New York
university, was away with an archie
illogical expedition In the Sahara
Desert when he was appointed to
the post.