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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
Ambers Gets Test In
jenkins Fight Friday

SUMMIT, N. j., May 8-tF-lt's
not a matter of how many punches
Lou Ambers is going to have to
take in defending his lightweight
championship against Texas Lew
Jenkins in Madison Square Garden
Friday night, but how much bounce
there's left in his legs.
Winding up his intensive pre-
parations here among the north
Jersey hills today, Herkimer Lou
showed he is ready to take the very
best belts pitched by Sweetwater
Lew, one Of the snappiest seekers
the little fellows have seen in a
long time.
He pointed out that he has been
whacked firmly by the very best
clouters like Tony Canzoneri, Jim
McLarnin, Sammy Fuller and
Henry Armstrong - and h a S
bounced right back to beat them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
WHITE S0X PUSH
YANKS In CELLAR
Southpaw AL Smith Hurls
Chicago To 1914 Decision;
Trosky H0mers Twice

NEW YORK, May S-LR- The
world champion Yankees wrecked on
the shoals of southpaw pitching to-
day for the fifth consecutive game
and the ninth time this season as
the Cleveland Indians smacked out
a 10 to 4 decision.
AL Smith, making his first start
Of the season, held all the New
York sluggers except Joe DiMaggio
and Flash Gordon in check for eight
innings and then was replaced by Al
Milnar, another lefthander, as a
precaution when he allowed a sim
gle at the start of the ninth.
DiMaggio, playing his second
game of the season, had a perfect
day at bat with two singles, a walk
and hit by a pitched ball, and knock
ed in the Champs first run in the
first. Then Smith shut down on the
Yanks until the eighth when Cor
don homered with two on.
But by this time the Tribe had
tailed all it's runs, Big Hal Trosky
getting his sixth and seventh hon.
ers of the season and Rollie HENS
lev his third. Both had hit round
trippers yesterday at Boston, too.
Trosky smacked his first of today
with none on in the fourth for
Cleveland's first u off Marvin
Breuer and hit the other in the
fifth with two on. Then in the sixth
the Indians drove Breuer out and
continued against Alley Donald with
four runs on four singles, Lou Boud-
reau's double and an error and two
walks. Hemsley homered In the
seventh and two walks, a third wild
pitch and a double steal added the
final marker in the eighth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
QUEENSP PREP
FOR MATCHES HERE
New Hanover Tennis Teams
To Wind Up Practice To-
day For Goldsboro Meet
The New Hanover High schools

The New Hanover High schools
Phantom Queens and Aces will taper
off practice this afternoon for COM
ing weekend matches with the Aces
playing Goldsboro's 'Quakers on Fri
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and
the Aces and Queens facing the
Southern Pine METERS on the Robert
Strange courts Saturday morning at
$3.50 o'clock.
The Goldbugs will be making their
first appearance on the local courts
since 1884 when the Aces defeated
them 5 to 2.
The Resorters will be playing the
local stars for the second time this
year, the home town METERS having
won in Southern Pines by 8 to 0
scores in the first meeting and fav-
ord to down the visitors again.
The girls team has undergone sew
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

Errors: Selkirk. Runs batted in: Di-
Maggie, Trosky 4. Boudreau 2, Wealth
erly, Heath, Hemsley. Gordon 3. Two
! Sc hits: Boudreau, Gordon. Home
runs: Trosky 2. Hemsley. Gordon. Stol-
en- bases: Chapman, Heath. Double
Boudreau, Mack and Trosky
Milnar, Boudreau and Trosky. Left on
bases: New York 6; Cleveland 10. Bases
on balls off: Smith 2, Breuer 1. Donald
5. Strikeouts by: Breuer 2. Smith !
Donald 1. Hits off: Breuer y in 5 Pa
innings; Donald 2 in 3 1-3; Smith 9 in
8 (none out in 9th) Milnar, none in
l. Hit by pitcher by: Smith (DiMag-
rio): Donald (Boudreau). Wild pitch
es: Breuer, Donald. Balk: Smith. Win
ming pitcher: Smith. Losing pitcher
Breuer. Umpires: Summers. Quinn and
Pipgras. Time: POI. Attendance: S,911.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
Bakers Triumph Over
Company A Team, 2O-lO

The American Bakeries softball
team continued along the victory
trail Yesterday with a 20-10 tri-
unph over the Company A ten in
a Commercial league game played
at Bellamy park.
The Bakers collected "a hits and
combined these with II errors by
the Company A team to mark up
their runs. The losers garnered II
safeties.
Patrick and Hicks was the losing
battery. while Benson and Bender
made up the winning combination.
The Boys Brigade team will play
the Sunshine Laundry in a a league
game at Robert Strange park this
afternoon at 6. o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

eral changes since their first match.
During this week Agnes Morton and
Norma Henderson have fallen VIC
TINS to the steady playing of Jane
Lewis and Miss Lewis is now firmly
in third place with Miss Henderson
at fourth and Miss Morton in the
fifth spot. Mary Johnson still holuS
safely to her number one post with
Eslie Ferguson and Jocelyn Peck in
two and six respectively.
There hasn't been any change in
the upper ladder of the boys team,
but Paul Smell advanced 10 eight
over Billy Boney and Toppy Evans
in the second half.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
POOLE ELECTED

SALISBURY, May 8.@R-Ray-
mond (Freck) Poole of Rowan
county was elected today captain
of the Catawba college baseball
team for 10 :. He is a centerfielder.
Poole is the third Rowan boy
named to head a major sport at
the college next year. Leo Morgan
of Ioodleaf will be football cap
tain and Tom Davis of Rockwell
will head the basketball team.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

American Way
,ror, are being waged, new wars
oone up to torture a world growing
,.eary with time. America grows
-. of headlines of war, is a little
,rful of something it doesn't quite
Then along comes the dark
,orseo- Gallahadion, and wins the
no,5c, Everybody is happy because
.. hio fellow didn't win this time.
sometimes it's things like that
.bs+ keeps America American.
Unfamiliar
IN q team that is so accustomed
j., being in first place-they've fin
isbpd first u times-the New York
yorlees must feel rank humiliation
=, he dwelling in the basement, and
without company at that.
THAT vital spark that sent the
yanks rollicking through to one
nonnsnt after another for the past
fo,r wears seems to. have disap-
noared, And without it no team can
rico above the mediocre, even if it
has the best players to be bought.
Tie Yankees have what it takes in
everything but that one thing. They
may find it in a few days and then
march on in the same manner as
heretofore. But right now the
standings don't look just right. May
he the Red Sox have Evil Eye Finkle
on their payroll.
Odds And Ends
One of the regional tournaments
of the American Legion Junior base
hall program will be played in Will
son this year, starting August 4, it
iS reported . Last year the tour
Dev was held at Belmont Will
mineton hopes to have about the
same caliber Junior Legion team this
YEAR as last . Several Of the last
wear PLAYERS will be out because OF
ace 49,. New Hanover's Wildcats will
play that game with Raleigh after
all, there tomorrow afternoon
The way the locals romped over the
CAPITALS Tuesday night vas nothing
less than a debacle . Promotion of
the wrestling game here may change
hands in the next few days The
North Carolina tennis team contin-
ues to pile up victory after victory
and are winning some easy ones
while on a northern tour -. Which
reminds us of the suggestion of
John Kieran, of Information
Please fame. that in the new cabi-
nets that should be installed at
Washington. Prof. Archibald Hender-
son, Of L, n. c., should be given the
post Of Secretary of Tennis" . A
good idea at that,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
Grizzly Will Grapple
CheWchkiH Here TOni9ht
BUGS Lose Another As
Giants Triumph, 1916

PITTSBURGH, May S.-R-The
pathetic Pirates dropped their eighth
consecutive game today as the New
York Giants ended a four-game los
ing streak Of their own with a 10 to
6 triumph.
The Giants worked out OF five
Pittsburgh pitchers for II hits and
tailed eight of their runs before the
Pirates broke the ice against Lefty
Cliff Melton, who got credit for his
third victory against no defeats al
though he was knocked out in the
oipbfh
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

Errors: Corsica, Williams, Cronin.
Runs batted in: Averill, Greenberg,
Tebbetts. Fox, Finney 2, Cramer 2,
Bagby. Two base hits: Tebbetts, Bag
by. Three base hit: Finney. Home
un: Greenberg. Stolen bases: Camp
bell. Sacrifice: Finney. Double plays:
Tebbetts. Gehringer and Tebbetts :;
Bagby, Desautels and Foxx. Left on
bases: Detroit 10; Boston 9. Bases on
balls off: Pippen 1. Corsica 1, Bagby 8
Strikeouts by: Pippen 2, Corsica /,
Bagby 8, Wilson 2. Hits off: Pippen s
in 4 innings; Corsica 8 in 2; McKain
1 in 2; Bagby 8 in 6 2-3; Wilson 8 in
. 1-3. Winning pitcher: Bagby. Los
ing pitcher: Pippen. Umpires: Rue,
Moriarty, Hubbard and Rommel. Time:
2 ia. A Tendance: $500.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

Errors: OFT, Whitehead. Runs batted
in: banning 2, Young 4, Demaree, OFT
2, Van Robays, Brubaker, urges,
Fletcher, CAIRNS 2. Two base hits: Da-
Wis, Moore, Demaree, CAIRNS. Three
base hit: Demaree. Stolen bases: Dan
ming 2, Young. Sacrifices: Melton 2.
Double plays: Vaughan and Fletcher:
urges and Young; Glossop, urges and
Young; Gustine. Vaughan and Fletcher.
Left CT bases: New York 10; Pittsburgh
ton 8, Heintzelman 8. Strikeouts by:
Melton 3, Klinger /. Hits off: Klinger
4 in 2 innings; Heintzelman Z in 2-3;
Bauers 1 in l 1-3; Swigart 4 in 1; Har-
rell 1 in 1; Melton 10 in Z 2-3; Joiner
1 in o; Schumacher / in l 1-3. Hit by
pitcher by: Heintzelman (Moore). Wild
pitch: Klinger. Winning pitcher: Mel
ton. Losing pitcher: Klinger; UNI
pires: Magerkurth, Stewart and Barr.
Time: 2:33. Attendance: 1864.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
NORFOLK WINS

NORFOLK, Va, May S.-(P)-The
Norfolk Tars defeated Rocky Mount
10 to 2, in a Piedmont league game
here today. Drews, Norfolk hurler,
held the Sox to three hits.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
GAMES CANCELT,ED

RALEIGH, May 8.-@-Catawba
college officials have cancelled two
baseball games between Catawba and
N. C. State May 10 and May Is.
Reason given was that the ball play
ers nave to study for final exami'
nations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
SMOKE RINGS
Just A Horse
By SAM Raglan

It's funny what things like that do to a person. Sati-
o+ed with world unpleasantries and just about to let old
man gloom move in with all his family, a man will get a
big kick out of seeing an unknown come out of the dark
start everybody to talking about other things.
civea but little chance against the big fellows, a long
shot, that came up from nowhere and beat the great
pinaelech last Saturday in the Kentucky Derby.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
CAROLINA WINS

ANNAPOLIS, Md, May s.-LR-
A strong University of North Caro-
lima tennis team defeated Navy, 81
today, with Joe Hunt, former Davis
cup player, making Navy's lone
point.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
BUILDERS DEFEAT
OPTICIANS, 8 TO 6
Godwin's Ten Climbs Into
Three-W Way Tie For Lead
In Independent League

B.. W. Godwin's Sons club of the
Independent Softball loop came up
from behind yesterday and handed
the City Opticians their first defeat
of the year by the score of 8 to 6.
The Builders win puts them in
a three-way tie with the Eyemen and
Chemists for the circuits lead.
Out-hit II to 9 blows, the Builders
made theirs do yeoman duty.
Smoky" Herren's triple with the
bases loaded in the fifth and his
single in the fourth accounted for
four of the Builders tallies.
Called at the end of the fifth, be-
cause of darkness, the game still
allotted time for such men as Cam
eron and Herren for the Builders
and Banch, Cook, Marshall, and Will
son for the Eyemen to fatten their
batting averages. All collected two
hits each.
The Eyemen carved out the first
score out of Marshall's single and
Wilson's triple. In the fourth they
hit "Yi" LeGwin for five solid knocks
and four runs.
Three runs in the fourth and four
in the fifth with one in the third was
enough to drop the Eyemen from
their lofty perch.
The score by innings:
r H E|
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

Two-base hits Hines, Melton, Nc
Intosh.
Three-base hits Afford.
Home runs Davis.
Stolen bases Mcintosh, Edwards,
Afford.
Sacrifices Carter, Edwards.
Double plays Skipper to Sellers.
Left On bases Campbell 8, Will
mington Z.
Bases on balls-off: Crowder l.,
Reardon 1, Skipper 2.
Struck out, by Skipper: II. Crowd
er: 3. Reardon 2.
Hits off: Croder in 3 1-3 innings
6; off: Reardon in 2 1-3 innings 2;
off Wilkes in 2 1-3 innings l..
Hit by pitcher, by Reardon Oh.
McKeithan).
Wild pitches Reardon, Wilkes.
Losing pitcher Crowder. Umpires:
Baker and Griffith. Time of game
2:10.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

The batteries, LOT the Eyemen,
Mintz and Marshall; for the Goodwin
Builders, LeGwin and Mcdonald. Um-
pires, Litchen and Futch.
TOday's Game
Taylor-C olQuitt VS.. Ethyl-Dow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

x-Batted for Pippen in 9Th.
xx-Batted for Corsica in 18th.
XXX-Batted for McKain in 9th
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

z-Batted for Bauers in 7th.
zz-Batted for Swigart in 9Th.
zzz-Batted for Elliott in 9th.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-12-12
Population of United States Is
Now More Than 131 Million

The population of the United States
on April 1, 1910, was 131 500 ,275, ac-
cording to the final count based on
returns of the sixteenth decennial
census. In comparison with the 1880
population of 122,775,046, this figure
represents an increase of 1894, 229, or
~ percent. The increase between
1920 and 1880 was 16.1 percent.
If present trends continue the
United States will have a stationary
or declining population in about 30
or 40 years. The slowing down in pop
ulation growth can be laid to the fall
ing birth rate and the virtual stop
page. of immigration from abroad.
For the first time in history the
number of emigrants during 1880 to
1910 was greater than the number of
immigrants, the number of people
leaving this country for foreign lands
exceeding by 46,518 the number who
entered the U. S.
Maryland's population was 1921
244 compared to 1851 ,526 in 1880, an
increase of 189,718, or 11.6 percent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-12-12
Endorses Plan To Train High
School Students How To Drive

The Maryland Traffic Safety Com
mittee has endorsed plan for driver
training for high school students. The
plan will be submitted to Governor
O'Conor and all school authorities.
There are two million youths reach
ing the age of 16 each year and about
half will become drivers. By far the
greatest accident rate is in the age
group 16 to %.
One of the best answers to traffic
safety is better driving, according to
|. S. George, general chairman.
w. Lee Elgin, Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles, announced he would
submit a bill to the next legislature
recommending establishment of state
owned and operated motor vehicle ir-
spection stations He declared the pur-
pose Of the proposed law was for high
way safety, pointing out it was just
as important to have safe motor We
hicles as safe drivers.
1t is to be recommended that mo-
florists be compelled to have their
cars checked twice yearly at fifty
cents per inspection, and as many
other times throughout the year as
they cared, without cost.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-12-12
Additional Men Volunteer For
Army Service

-Four additional young men, resi-.
dents of Garrett county, who are or
the list Of constripts for army ser.
vice, have volunteered for selective
service under the CONSUMPTION act, and
will be given first call over others or
the regular list.
Two other young Garrett countians
volunteered two weeks ago: Ralph
G. Lewis and Charles Thomas Shafer
The four volunteering this week, ac-
cording to H. P. Stuck, clerk in the
draft office in Oakland, are William
Franklin Stewart, order number 1870;
Elmer Stanton Tichnell, order num-
Der 500; Ebert E. Buckle, order num-
Der 1910, and Clarence Daniel Cros-
co, order number 997.
Mr.. Stuck said that new regula-
ton, just issued, gives married men
an opportunity to volunteer for in
duction provided they have waiver
of dependency from the dependent
Any registrant who is single can also
advance his number by volunteering
There is to be another call for men
the first of the year, it was announced.
Mr.. Stuck also said that 500 ques-
tionnaires had been mailed out to
registrants and that others would fol
low after the first of January.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-12-12
MARYLAND'S ASSETS NOW
TOTAL ABOVE 8 MILLION
Finished Fiscal Year Sept. 80
With $44,166,00O Bonded
Indebtedness

State Comptroller Willard j. Tawes
reported last Friday Maryland fin
ished out the fiscal year Sept. 80 with
total assets amounting to 5000, $780,
556 and bonded indebtedness of
$232 ,866,915.
The general fund surplus, regarded
as a keystone consideration in the
fiscal program Governor O'Conor will
recommend to the next legislature,
had increased to $6,151 1855, Tawes'
report showed. Property owned by the
State was valued at $232, 86O,915.
Since October l, 1885, the general
fund surplus was boosted 81 1884, 23O,
Iawes said, including reversions from
state department appropriations of
$819,6O5.
Cash receipts in the general fund
accounts for the year totaled $21 ,516,-
5l2 and total revenues and SURPRISES
increases reached $21 ,956,879, against
total expenditures and surplus de-
creases of $2O,272,649.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-12-12
julius c. Renninger
Heads K. of P. Lodge
Election of Officers Held Last
MISREPRESENTATION in
January

Julius c. Renninger was elected
chancellor commander of the local
Knights of Pythias lodge at the reg
ular meeting last Friday evening.
Other officers included Virgil Kelley
vice-chancellor; Leonard Hathaway
prelate; Baity Ridder, master of
work; Walter Hardesty, keeper of
records and seal; Milburn w. Mann,
master of finance; A. G. Gortner,
master of exchequer; Clifford Phil
lips, master-a alarms; j. w. Owens,
inside guard; Russell Pancake, out
side guard; trustee, E. G. Naylor.
The installation will occur the first
of the new year. The installation will
bring out another case where a son is
in his fathers footsteps.
The late j. c. Renninger served as
chancellor commander of the local
lodge a number of years ago, and
later also became grand chancellor of
the state of Maryland.
The lodge here has purchased quite
a lot of new material for initiation
ceremonies, having obtained number
of scenes for the first rank and some
new robes for the third rank. The
teams in all ranks are practicing
every Wednesday evening to reach
proficiency in the work.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-12-12
Masons Elect Same
Officers For l941
X. L. Hoffman to Head Oakland
Lodge Again-Earl Cooley
Is Speaker

Robert T. Hoffman was reelected
worshipful master of Oakland Lodge
No. 1872, Ancient, Free and Accepted
Masons, at regular communication
held on Tuesday evening. The term is
for one year.
Others reelected included Arthur
Lawton, senior warden; Scott w.
Shirer, junior warden; Harland L.
Jones, secretary; and Cecil Smith,
treasurer. Other officers are appoint
i've and will be named prior to install
lation service some time in January.
Mr.. Jones, a Mason since 1911, has
served as secretary since 1922 and
prior to that filled other offices of
the lodge.
l.. c. Provost, Mt. Lake Park, a
guest, has been a Mason for SO years.
Recently he was presented a 50-year
pin from his lodge at White Haven,
Pa.
Earl W. Cobey, worshipful master
OF the lodge at Frostburg, was a
guest speaker and delivered an ad-
dress on a current topic of world re-
lations between the United States and
other nations.
Following the business meeting the
members and guests retired to the
clubroom for refreshments.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-12-12
SECOND SKI SLOPE WILL
BE AVAILABLE in COUNTY
One at Guntertown, East of
Grantsville, Will Have Power
Ski Tow For Customers
SLOPE 1850 FEET LONG

There are to be two ski slopes in
Garrett county this winter, one oper-
ated by the State forestry depart
ment, near New Germany, and one
privately owned and operated by Dave
Gunter, of Guntertown, east OF
Grantsville.
Whether or not the two will com
pete with each other is not known
but Gunter has the only trail in West
ern Maryland with a mechanically
driven ski tow, to haul the skiers back
to the starting place from the bottom
Of the slope. Thus far the ski tow is
apparently the only thing lacking at
the New Germany trail.
The slope at Guntertown is 2,35C
feet in length with an average grade
of fifteen and one-half percent. 1t is
accessible without travelling over lat
eral country roads, being right on
U. S. route 40. The altitude is 2,875
feet.
The slope has northern exposure
and is dotted at irregular intervals
with maple and oak trees. When at
the bottom the skier may continue
cross country for three and one-half
miles or take hold of the ski tow, OBJ
Grated by a gasoline engine, and
come back up the hill. The ski pull
equipment is hemp rope one inch
thick attached to a ski pull gasoline
engine manufactured by concern
from Boston which has been making
similar engines for the famous ski
trails of Europe for over half CEN
fury.
Mr.. Gunter visited the White Noun
tains in New Hampshire and other
noted ski trails last summer to get
pointers.
The Guntertown slope is about nine
miles east of Grantsville. The top is
only few hundred feet from the inn.
There are also furnished cabins with
steam heat and bath. Any overflow
crowd could be accommodated at
Cumberland, Frostburg, Grantsville
and road houses along route 40. Mr..
Gunter has also had conference with
B. and 0. railroad officials with a
view Of having excursions run to this
section, coming to Cumberland by
train and from there to this county
by bus.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-12-12
Oakland High School Wins Pair
From Bruce High Teams

Oakland High school boys and girls
basketball teams won pair of games
from Bruce High teams of Western
port on the home court last night. The
boys won 81 to 20, while the girls
were victorious 10 to 8.
Mason and Lyons collected and 7
field goals during the encounter, while
Bruce's high scorers were Warwick
and Marsh. Oakland led II to at the
half. Bruce put on drive in the third
period which put them within five
points of Oakland, but the local team
made five baskets in quick succession
shortly before the final whistle.
The Oakland girls led to 1 at the
half. Nancy Bolden made five field
goals, and Kathryn Butt, 3.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-12-12
POSTOFFICE is BEGINNING
TO FEEL CHRISTMAS RUSH
Local Postmaster Outlines Mail
ing Instructions for People

Postoffices throughout the county
as everywhere else are beginning tc
feel the rush of Christmas with more
and more packages and letters being
received and mailed out each day as
the actual holiday comes closer anC
closer. However, customers are being
served more readily in the new quar-.
tiers here but |. R. Rudy, postmaster
suggests mailing all letters anC
Christmas parcels as quickly as is
convenient. The real rush won't start
at the local postoffice until the 10Th
it was stated.
The Oakland postoffice will close at
noon on Saturday, December IA, but
will remain open until p. m. on Sat
urday, December 81. There will be
two complete deliveries of mail by
carriers in the town delivery limits on
December 81, Mr.. Rudy has an
nounced. On Wednesday, December
25, the postoffice will be closed all
day. There will be no window service
and only special delivery mail will be
delivered.
Mr.. Rudy suggested that all par
GELS be securely packed and wrapped
using strong paper and heavy Irvine
Articles easily broken or crushed must
be securely packed and Grated OF
boxed
Patrons are asked not to seal par
GELS unless labels have printed in
structions that they may be opened
for postal inspection attached there
on.
Christmas seals or stickers should
not be placed over flaps of parcels, as
this is considered as sealing.
This year there are quite a number
of countries that will get no Christ
mas mail from the United States on
account of war conditions.