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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
Harb Wins Women's Golf
Meet With Score OF 1886

AUGUSTA, Ga, Jan. 1S.-R)-
Mrs. Helen Hicks Harb, Long Is
land IN. " professional, captur-
ed the Fourth Women's Titlehold-
er's golf championship here today
with a 72-hole score of 1886.
A 2O-foot putt on the home green
enabled her to beat out Helen
Dettweiler of Washington, D. c.,
by one stroke.
Miss Dettweiler, leader by two
strokes at the end of "a holes, saw
her game go to pieces on the long
fifteenth, where she three-putted.
She finished with rounds of 39-45
for a final day medal of "a, three
blows under Mrs. HARRIS 81.
Third place went to Miss Jean
Bauer, Providence, R. l., who had
a total of 3A for the u holes.
Elizabeth Dunn of Indianapolis,
Ind, beat out Mrs. L. G.. Pray,
Washington, D. c., for fourth
place with a score of $40. Mrs.
Pray turned in a 1913 total.
Sixth in the field of a half dozen
starters was Mrs. Dorothy j.. Ma
nice of Augusta, who wound up
with 402.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
Nile Kinnick Just AS Good
At Oratory AS On Gridiron

ed, in answer to a question, that he
liked politics.
Other football players who attend
these annual dinners generally fol.
low a familiar pattern. They :tand
up, say that honors go to the :
b-ck home, pat their coach on the
back, smile and sit down.
But when Kinnick was called On
something else happened.
He stood up slowly and confident.
ly, didn't twist his napkin and didn't
stare at his feet. He looked over
the audience and bowed.
In a voice that reached the far
corners of the big room he thanked
the club for the trophy. Then no
added, with perfect oratorical tim
ing:
THANK God, I've been doiging
tacklers instead of bullets and
throwing footballs instead Of hand
grenades thank God for Amer
ica."
Knowing when to stop, he sat
down.
The audience came to it's feet
shouting.
THAT young man." Senator {. =.
ter Glass told a friend "is an excep.
tional Young man. He'll go far"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
New Hanover Boxers Meet Tabor City Tonight
MEET IS SECOND
FOR 1910 SEASON
Cats In Good Condition For
Fights; Walker, Houston
To Appear On Card

New Hanover High schools box
ers will meet the experienced
Tabor City fistic artists tonight in
the high school ring at 8 o'clock in
the second ring card of the week
FIR the Wildcats, who will also be
cunning for their second win of the
season.
Coach Howard Mcdonald will send
Hugh Griffith, 80-pounder, into the
affray to attempt a win to mark
off his defeat of last Monday at
the hands OF a Warsaw puncher;
Jack Griffith, 100 pounds, to try
and stop "a Tabor City lad for his
second win of the year; Kenneth
Davis, lis, with a fist full of power
to win a marker for the locals;
Douglas Meares, 1872, out for another
TKO at the expense of some unsus.
pecting fist thrower; Bobby Lee,
1872, to keep his record clean with
another fine decision; Herbert
Houston, 1856, veteran of former
high school ring battles who was
out the first match with an injured
hand, to give the fans a thrill a
minute with his deadly punching
and fine exhibition of clean boxing
and last but not least the long win
ner of many a battle, Joe Walker,
the lad who has been one of the
mainstays of the Wildcat squad for
the past three years.
All the lads are in good condition
and ready for the bell, but the coach
has cautioned them against over
confidence and the fans may rest
assured that the above battlers will
give them their moneys worth.
The Wildcats are making a come.
back in boxing for they dropped six
decisions last year by close scores
while winning none and have start.
ed this years schedule in great
fashion with n win already tucked
away in their lockers and hoping
for another tonight.
1t is thought the same officials
will be on hand tonight as for the
Monday bout with Bill Rhodes as
referee and Frank Burns, Mike Hall
and Phil Buchheit as judges and
Dale Spencer and Gibson as timers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
STILL HAS
SPORTS APPEAL
Champion Figure Skater Has
FOrsaken Athletic Com
petition For Films

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S-(R-Sonja
Henie may have given up sports
but sports refuses to give up the
blonde symphony on skates.
And the answer may be that
sports WRITER'S at least the New
York variety, are stuffy sentiment
alists who refuse to admit when
they're licked.
That's the only reasonable ex-
| PLANTATION for the current treatment
of the cute little trick who was once
an Olympic figure skating cham
pion, but who now is a lovely lady
in the best Hollywood tradition.
Miss Henie and her colorful ice
revue-purely a theatrical spectacle
and a terrific one, at that-this week
are packing Madison Square Garden
where hockey homicides, boxing
bouts and basketball battles more
often bloom.
But the New York writer's, having
once accepted Sonia as their very
and so they are struggling manful-
ly trying to keep her on the sports
pages, when everybody else knows
she belongs right near the theater
ads.
And those who are more used to
seeing scoring plays than hearing
plays scored must try, therefore, to
explain how perfectly she captures
the fire and brilliance Of Enesco's
Rumanian Rhapsody or how she
feelingly interprets the haunting
loneliness of Chopin's Les Sylphides.
Miss Henie, prettier than ever,
hasn't provided any sports copy yet
nor is she likely to. AS she said
at a recent cocktail party in her
honor, concerning her competitive
days, that is all over and I am not
sorry. I liked it while I was in It,
but now-oh, the films and the
shows I have SO much more now"
The more" everybody assumed,
meant money. She couldn't have
any more appeal or fancy skating
steps than before. But she was de-.
finite that the door on her competi-
tive days was not only closed, but
rusted and forgotten.
Of the 10000 (estimated) who'll
see the six performances this week,
no one has more pointedly smiled
at the attempts Of the sports clan
to cover the production than the
lad who strolled past the press box
last night and quipped:
"Who's winning, boys?"
A query that none of the boys
could answer
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
~ State Grid Players
Iet Monogram Sweaters

,ina ALElGH, Jan. ls-B-Twenty.
varsity football players, two
If 4 Ti managers and the captain
ap. sls years wrestling team were
Nv ~ monogram sweaters today
IN = - a. Fisher, chairman of the
''ate college athletic council.
es a0o'pall players receiving awards
Rs+to I'd (Ty) Coon, Co-Captain Bill
s abo5r, and Andy Pavlovsky. Bobby
Don m Iohn Savini, Art Rooney,
Din lfaylor, Mickey Sullivan, Tony
Ra1ps0 John Barr, Wade Brow :,
rad lDI b. burt, Bob Cathey, E. B. Con.
IsS, Bill Cooper. Dick East, Pat
JONAS Jack Huckabee, Woody
AWE j.. D, Jones, Frank Owens.
cban, Phillips, Curtis Ramsey.
well Smart, Earl Stewart, Ho-
wstts 'loup Mickey Thompson, Dick
T t's and Bill Windley.
snd p.r managers were John Hilton
-. T.5 Blll Gibbons.
tain u johnson, wrestling team can.
ebos. was awarded a monogram and
SQUAD " receive his sweater with the
later in the year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
robson TEAMS ENTER GG MEET
l6 robson BOYS
WILL FIGHT HERE
McNeal, Britt, Pruitt, Ed
wards And Thornburg On
Open, Novice Teams

Lumberton will bring both an open
and movie team, composed of 16
men, to the Star-News-B Brigade Gold.
en- Gloves to be staged at the New
Hanover high school gymnasium on
February 5, 6 and 7, it was an.
nounced by tourney officials last
night.
The teams are sponsored by the
Robesonian and the Lumberton
Daily News and will be in the charge
Of Louis Evans sports editor.
Among the luminarles on the
Lumberton clubs will be Charlie Nc
Neal, who won the novice Champion
ship in his division here and in the
Atlanta meet in 1888.
Other boxers are Duncan Britt,
11S-pound champion here last year,
runner-up in the Atlanta tourney
and winner of the BEST Boxers
trophy here in 1899; Marvin Pruitt,
16O-pounds;. Sammy Edwards, 1875
pounds and Billy Thornburg, 1876
pounds.
All these fighters, well-known to
fight fans here, are in top condi-
ton. Evans stated in a eommunica-
ton that all members of his two
teams have been training for the
past several weeks in anticipation
of the Wilmington tournament.
The Lumberton entry was the
highlight of yesterdays develop
ments in Golde Gloves circles, al
though tournament officials said
that individual entries continue TO
roll in.
Tickets sales for the meet, han
died by the Senior Fraternity of
the Brigade Boys club, are meet
ing with considerable success, Of
ficials said.
Tickets may be secured from any
member of the fraternity or at the
Star-News offices.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
Little Wins Qualifying
HOnOrS In Golf Tourney
Catfish Smith Takes
Job Al Mississippi

COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. 49,
@-Vernon (Catfish) Smith,
end at the University of Geor-
gia several years ago, and as
sistant coach at the University
of South Carolina for the last
two years, will leave February
1 to become assistant to Harry
Mehre 1t the University of
Mississippi.
Smith formerly assisted Mehre
at Georgia. He came here when
Rex Enright, then an assistant
at Georgia, accepted the posi-
ton as head coac hat South
Carolina.
Il hate to see him go but
the opportunity and pay r
such that l advised him to
take it," Enright commented
TODAY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
Former Amateur Champion
Posts 36-Hole Total Of 139
In San Francisco Meet
By RUSS NEWLAND

SAN FRANCISO, Jan. 18- Up -
Breaking par and the hearts of his
competitors with a sensational SO,
Lawson Little posted a 36-hole total
of 139 today to win qualifying
honors in the $4,000 San Francisco
Match Play Open Golf tournament.
His three-under-par round, club.
bed out on a course made tough by
chilly weather, was the lowest turn.
ed in during the two-day qualifying
tests which trimmed the field to 80
entries for match play rounds.
The score equalled the competitive
record for the Lake MERGED layout.
Little joined Horton Smith, Oak
Park, ILL.,, Ky Laffoon, Chicago, and
Ben Coltrin, home professional, as
those who have hit SO under tourna.
ment fire here. !.
Winner of the British and U. S.
amateur crowns, in 1934-35 but long
since tourned professional, Little
reached peak form in leading a
formidable field to the finish today
"a feat that earned him 1926.
The stocky Breton Woods, N. H.,
representative put together mines OF
1896, as against the pair of 36's
listed as standard golf. He had a
70 yesterday and shared the first
round lead with two others.
Only two weeks ago he won the
Los Angeles Open, an achievement
that was worth $3.50.
Tremendous wood shots enabled
Little to reach greens on the longer
holes in two while most others were
using three blows. He birdied the
517-yard first and the 495-yard third,
both par 5 stretches.
He missed a four-foot putt, for a
birdie 2, on the 9Th but came back
with brides on the 10th, 18th and
18th. On the 10th his ball stopped
three inches short of an eagle 3.
Jim Demaret of Houston, Tex,
carding 71-70-141, was second low
qualifier, and Craig Wood, Mamaro-
neck, N. Y, finished third with a
pair of It's and a two-round total of
142.
Scores of 148 and lower qualified.
Five players, Tom Lopresti,
Sacramento, John Diflaure, Los
Angeles, Jim Thomson, Chicopee,
Kass., Jimmy Hines, Great Neck,
Long Island, and Vic Ghezzi, tied at
149 for the last four qualifying
places. In the playoff, Ghezzi took
a six on the par 5 first hole and was
eliminated.
Among the top flight players who
failed to qualify was the former J..
S. Open champion, Ralph Guldahl,
who had a 70 today and a medal
score of 1874. He was joined on the
sidelines by such notables as e.. ).
Harrison, Little Rock, Ark, at l5O;
Paul Runyan, White Plains, N. -,
1856; Denny Shute, Huntington, W..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
Walters To Receive
Player OF Year CUP

NEW YORK, Jan. 49, -
Bucky Walters, Cincinnati's ace
hurler who won ~ and lost IL
last year, will be awarded the
player of the year trophy at the
annual dinner of the New York
chapter of the Baseball Writers
association of America, Feb. 4.
Walters was secod only to
his teammate, Paul Derringer,
i'll games won and lost and top
ped the National League hurlers
in earned runs with 2.29 per
game. Jimmy Fox of the Bos-
ton Red Sox won the trophy last
wear.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
WHITE S0X SALE
MAY ENTER COURT
Comiskey Heirs Begin Fight
To Prevent Sale By Bank
Of Baseball Club

CHICAGO, Jan. 18.-LR-Heirs
Of the late J. Louis Comiskey to-
day began a fight to prevent sale
of the Chicago White Sox as de-
manded by the First National bank
of Chicago, executor of Comiskey's
estate.
A long. bitter court battle is in
prospect with chances that Jimmy
Dykes, manager Of the famous
team, will be in the ball park next
summer yelling instructions to his
players before it is decided. Thu
litigation may require months.
Comiskey died July 10, 1899, leav
ing his estate in trust.
Attorneys for the bank filed q
petition in probate court request
ing permission to sell the club
which it's founder, Charles A. Co.
miskey, the famed "Old Roman
established 40 years ago without
investing a cent, and subsequently
turned into a 1000, 900 property
The franchise in the American
league, at the time it was organ
lied, was given Comiskey. u.
The bank based it's action on a
clause in the Comiskey will which
gives the trustees permission t.
sell if, in their opinion, it is "pru-
dent and desirable" 1t is the opin-
ion of the trustees, according te
the petition, that the "best inter
est of the heirs will be served
by the sale. Their opinion is based
on the belief that baseball is "haz-
ardous,. the income therefore un'
certain, and it's stock unsuitable
as a trust investment" The peti-
ton also set forth that ]. Louis
Comiskey's widow and children are
largely dependent on the income
derived from the trust.
Mrs. Grace Comiskey, the widow
through her attorney, declared the
banks move would be contested
She asked for a continuance tc
provide time to answer. The hear
ing was set for Feb. 20. None OIL
the Comiskeys was in court.
There are 7,45O shares of White
Sox stock, each with a 800 pal
value. Harry Gardiner, secretary
of the club, owns SO shares. Mrs
Comiskey was willed half of the
remaining shares and the Other
half was divided among her three
Enthusiastically, %; Oracle Lou
10, and Charles, 10.
The widow contended the sale
was contrary to the wish of j
Louis Comiskey, who expressed the
desire in his will that none of the
stock be sold until his only son
attained the age Of IS.
Sale of the club would be SUD-
iect to the approval of the Amerl
can league, which, under its con
stitution, reserves the right to pass
on the eligibility Of purchasers.
Until we are told to go aheao
and find a suitable group OF pur-
chasers, there is nothing we can
do about it," William Harrldge'
president of the American league
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
CONN, LESNEVICH
FIGHT SCHEDULED
Light Heavy Battle To Be
Staged In Miami Late
In February

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S- Up The
light-heavyweight title situation
strictly a New York-Pittsburgh
monopoly since Billy Conn took over
was spread out over new territory
today by Promoter Mike Jacobs, who
announced two 175-pound champion.
ship parties.
The first is for Miami the last
week in February and the second for
Detroit in March.
No. 1 of these get-togethers will
have Conn defending against Gus
Lesnevich, rugged slugger from
Edgwater, N. j., who was outpoint.
ed by the Pittsburgh Irishman in a
challenge last fall. This bout will
be hello, Jacobs announced, in the
Orange Bowl stadium in Miami dur.
ing the week of Feb. rs for the
nefit of the Presidents birthday
infantile paralysis fund.
The Detroit doings will come off
in the Olympia stadium in March.
The winner of the Miami tussle will
be the party of the frs part. OPP.
posing him will be the victor in the
February 2 bout in Madison Square
Garden here between Fred .Apostoli,
the one-time betting bellhop from
San Francisco, and Melio Bettina Of
Beacon, N. Y, who lost the light.
heavyweight championship to Conn
last summer. Two, weeks ago,
Apostoli nosed out Bettina here in a
close, tough 12-round brawl.
Definite dates for both the Miami
and Detroit affairs will 'e an.
nounced in a few days, Jacobs said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
BRIGADE To MEET
SOUTHPORT TEAM

The Brigade Senior Varsity bas-
ketball team will meet the fast
Southport cagers in a game at the
Brigade Boys club tonight at 8
o'clock.
At their first meeting of the
season in Southport, the Brigade
lost to the Brunswick boys by one
point.
Heading the Brigade offensive
will be Biddy Brown and Harry
Lee Sandlin. Others expected to
start tonight are Porter Lee HUFF
ham, Clarence Marshburn and
Chesley Keen.
The Brigade quintet will make
it's first appearance in it's new uni
forms.
Next Tuesday night the Jackson
vile team will tangle with the
new Brigade Junior Varsity here
and return engagements with the
Y. M. C. A. are being sought along
with a return match with the Le'
land cagers.
The new junior varsity is COM
posed of Joe Markiton, captain;
John Oliphant, Rufus Evans, Sam
Rowan, forwards; Jimmie cas-
teen, center; Graham Smith, Frank
Ellis and Robert Watkins, guards.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
nee PICKS HIS
ALL STAR TEAM
Dickey, Rolfe, Crosetti, Dr.
Maggie, Gomez, Ruffing
Named Greatest Yanks

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Jan. 18.
-lR'-Six Of the greatest New
York Yankees in history are pres
e~t members of the team, says
Scout Johnny Nee who has spent IA
years hunting new stars for the
worlds baseball champions.
Bill Dickey, Red Rolfe, frankie
Crosetti, Joe DiMago 10, Lefty Co
meg and Red Ruffing-all perform
ers with the 1889 record-making
team-get Nee's ranking above past
Yankee greats at their positions.
We've got more all around
strength now than we ever had"
said Nee.
To round out his all-star Yankee
squad, Nee would put Babe Ruth
and Bob Meusel in the outfield with
DiMaggio, Tony Lazzeri on second
base and balance his pitching staff
with Waite Hoyt and Herb Pennock.
He would have Lou Gehrig playing
first base.
"Pennock," Nee said, "was one
of the great southpaws of all time.
He had such fine control he could
thread a needle with his fast ball.
He was smarter than Lefty Grove
and especially effective in the
plnches. He won six series games
without losing one, you know"
The veteran scout hesitated least
in picking Dickey to catch for his
mythical team.
"Dickey is the best catcher in
baseball today. Maybe the best Of
all time. He is fast, can hit and
handles pitchers ,flawlessly. Better
than all these is his aggressive
spirit. Dickey dislikes to make mis-.
takes and works so hard to keep
from it hat he has become an al.
most perfect cate er. They keep
on saying Bill is slipping, but /
doubt it."
Lazzeri got Nee's call over flashy
young Joe Gordon because OF his
experience, but the scout thinks
Gordon may be a better ball player
than Tony in a year or two
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
Williston Quint Will
Play Madison Tonight

The Williston basketball team
will meet the touring Madison high
school quintet, coached by DeBerry
of A. & T. college, at the Willis
ton gym tonight at 1870 o'clock.
The Tigers have not lost agame
this season but expect the Madison
cagers to be their toughest foes.
DeBerry has had two teams to win
the western North Carolina cham
pionship. Coach Armstrong Of Fay
etteville Teachers college will ref
cree the game.
A preliminary game will be play
ed between the Williston faculty
team and the Burgaw high school
faculty,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
Cubs Purchase Bass From
Chattanooga Ball CLUB

CHICAGO, Jan. 1S-LR-The chi
cago Cubs announced today the con
aitional purchase of Dick Bass d
right-handed pitcher, from Chattah-
ooga of the Southern association.
Bass, 81 years old, won IL games
and lost 10 last season, colnpIllIs
an earned-run average of 3.As he
will be taken to the Cubs spring
training camp. The club either must
retain him or return him to ChaI'
tanooga by May Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
A

ASHEVILLE, Jan. 1S.-R-Vol.
ume and prices both slumped here
today and the Asheville tobacco
market sold 65,572 pounds of most
ly inferior grades of hurley for $10,-
771.1O, an official average of $16.43
per hundred,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19
SMOKE Rings
All In The Mail
By SAM Raglan

Usually the mail that comes to a sports desk is des-
tined after casual perusal for the waste basket, even
though some of the puff stories are veritable gems of
literary genius.
Each days mail brings stories from some publicity
agent from every corner of the United States. They deal
With rowing, boat races, horses, football, baseball, tennis,
boxing basketball and occasionally ice hockey and the
Finnish fund.
Most Of them never see the light of newsprint. A fan
letter that compliments the sports editor is always printed
and occasionally the "cuss- ena-out" letters find a niche.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19

Va, former P. G.. A. champion, l9l )
KY Laffoon, Chicago, who failed to
turn in his second round caro- ana
Olin Dutra, Los Angeles, 151.
Not an amateur landed among the
qualifiers. Squeezed out were Ma
tional Champion Marvin "Bud"
Ward OF Spokane, at 1872; MILFORD
Wehrle, Racine, Wis, 100, and John
Dawson, Hollywood, ISL.
Dick Metz, Oak Park, ILL.,, 1889
San Francisco winner, and Bryon
Nelson, present U. S. Open title
holder, qualified easily at IA, the
former with 71-73. Nelson reversed
the figures
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-19

uost newspapers will use the ma
+erisl sent out by college publicity
.+offs on frequent occasions. They
,,s,,a1,y hit the slot without a blue
nenciI and that's saving a lot for
any copy,
Right before us we have a stack
If COPY Oh the Kentucky Derby
wonderful reading 1--WE always did
Ike horses) but somehow made
o,ate for space. But the note at
,ached TO the top on a correction in
2 preyiously-sent story is even bet
ter than the yarn itself. Still speak
inc of the horses and their con-
sorts the correction states:
Where the name appears as
Matthew ]. Winn.' please change
10 Matt ]. VIM. The copy origi-
paIlv read Matt J. Winn,' but the
compositor, obviously an Emily Post
graduate, and thus given to shud-
ders over abbreviating given names,
drinking out of finger bowls, and
50 on. sought to refine the story by
a last minute change to Matthew
1t always was Matt-not Matthew"
Golden Glovers
When we spoke some time ago on
the Golden Gloves tournament as
giving indications Of being the fast
est and best ever staged here we
never anticipated what the meet
really would grow into.
On the most part, practically all
Of the better boxers of last years
tourney will be back and right on
hand will be a number Of likely
looking contenders for the crowns.
Entries have picked up consid-
erably and the entry yesterday of
a 16-maT Lumberton team for both
open and novice divisions satisfied
us beyond any doubt that the meet
will live up to predictions. The
Lurnberton boxers always put up
good scraps and the contingent
that will represent the Robson city
this year looks even better than in
the past three years.
Hi+e And NT;eeo.
CLAYTON Heather, pro at Linville,
seems destined to become the hard.
luck man of golfdom this year 49,.
he missed out by inches at Los An.
gees and at Oakland, with the
trophy and first prize money al
ready In his hands, he had the mis-
fortune to lose his ball first in a
fee and then in a lake -. Wednes-
Gay ne beat all hard luck stories
"neh he lost his ball in the pocket
Vi a spectator -. If they keep the
sulue they are now in, the Carolina
"Lte Phantoms will go into the
''ulhefn conference basketball tour
DdiNeht as the pre-tourney favorites
- 50 far this season they have
pidSed IL games, five conference
u!'S' Without a defeat If the
Ne" Hanover boxers can get
1Oush experience with some more
Aeels this season they should be
4 dUlp m no
u go rather strong in the
W. tournament at Chapel Hill -.
"NNe Wllmingtonians are thinking
ABOUT civic improvements som e
0ushl should be given to an in
W. MUNICIPAL swimming pool . ..
~ he Ieel sure that j. P. CARROT at
I could turn out some cham
Sllp teams if he had a year
u,0n pool to work in -. Peahead
Nm VIII not manage the Snow
'aSeoall team in the Coastal
Nr' ieague this summer Wants
ueFote all his time to football
a.Alng at Wake Forest The
way a they are being snapped a base
payer must feel like a horse