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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
BAKER GETS CARNEGIE TECH JOB
new COACH ONCE
PITT GRID STAR
Baker Succeeds Kern, Now AT
West Virginia; Was Back
field Coach For Tartans

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 22.-LP-
DR.. Eddie Baker, for three years
first assistant and backfield coach,
today was named head football
coach at Carnegie Tech, succeed
ing William F. (Bill) Kern.
He steps into the post that Kern
resigned to become head coach at
West Virginia university because
the outlook at Tech seemed as dis
NAL as the Tartans' 1889 grid rec
ord. He was given a two-year con-
tract.
Baker enrolled at the University
Of Pittsburgh from Nanticoke, Pa,
and was graduated from the school
of dentistry in 1881. Like Kern, he
was an assistant at Pitt under DR..
John Balm (Jock) Sutherland, but
accompanied Kern to Tech at the
close of the 1886 season.
Joseph F. Skladany, another for
mer Pitt player and an assistant
coach at Pitt and Tech, was named
first assistant.
bdkGI, dL QudI IcIO dSh, vas SoP-
tain of the 1929 Pitt eleven and
played with the All-East team on
the Pacific Coast that year..
Although Tech in 1888 won the
mythical eastern championship, the
1889 record showed five defeats and
only three victories. The Tartans'
strict scholastic requirements cut
into the size of the squad and little
new material vas in sight. So
Kern, dissatisfied, moved to Nor
gantown, w. Va.
Bakers immediate job will be to
fashion a team from a squad of 30
to 35 players, - of them lettermen,
and send them against four major
opponents on the 1910 schedule:
Pitt, Notre Dame, Holy Cross and
Duquesne, and four lesser foes.
The schedule calls for the Walter
Steffen memorial fund to bring ten
hand-picked players to Tech next
fall on athletic scholarships. A Tech
official said today prospects were
"yery ENCOURAGING"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
PLANS MADE FOR
new GAME SERIES
A. U. Head Says Pan.
American Games May Be
Made Permanent Affair

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 22-LP-
The stout and genial president of
the National Amateur Athletic union
Lorenzo Di Benedetto, declared to.
day the Pan-American games were
"a certainty" for this year and
might become a permanent series
for Western Hemisphere nations.
This would certainly solidify re.
lations of the Americas" he said.
of course it calls for time and first
we must get a full organization set
up to start the 1910 games"
He said plans for staging the
games in the United States this
summer, in lieu of the Olympics
which are among the war casualties,
had passed the talking stage" with
work already under way for organ.
izing a definite program.
But the A. A. U. committee which
he appointed to take steps for the
1910 games, he added, is looking be.
yond this year toward a permanent
periodic meet for the Americas.
1.-THE committee, with other organ
izations taking part, expects to pre-
pare a constitution for an Interna.
tioEal association to have jurisdic-
ton over the Pan-American games
every four years or oftener if de-
Sired" he said. "The association
would award the games to different
countries just as the International
Olympic committee does"
The A. A. U. president said Latin
American countries were ready to
participate" and that the first sug.
gestion for Pan-Americah games to
supplant the Olympics this year
came from Alexander Hogarty, an
American, who is athletic director
Of Ecuador.
Miguel Moenck, a Tulane graduate
and chairman OF the Cuban Olympic
committee, has told Di Benedetto
Havana would like to stage such
games.
The A. A. U. Pan-American games
committee appointed by Di Bene.
detto met in New York last week
aid invited officials of 80 other
sports controlling bodies to join and
form an organization really repre-.
sentative of all sports" They are
going on the assumption that Fin
land will have to relinquish he1
plans for the Olympic by the dead
line allowed her, April 1.
Cities bidding for the games in
clude Philadelphia, with a $500, 900
offer; Los Angeles, offering to mat L
any other city's cash and throw r
) whatever j.; available from 1913;
Olympic facilities; and San Fran
cisco, with a bid backed by Mayor
Angelo Rossi and Bill Humphrey
, wealthy oil man.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
EAST GRID LOOP
MOVE POSTPONED
Formal Ivy League Organi-
zation As Much Out Of
Picture AS Goal Posts
BY BILL BONI

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-LR)-For-
nation of a formal eastern Ivy
league" in football is even more re-
mote today than it was two years
ago, in the opinion of one very well
qualified observer. In fact. it's as
much of a long shot as the return
of the goal posts to the goal line
and that won't happen during the
term of the pres 1T rules committee.
Our informal said that, late in
1887, he felt the Ivy league, already
accepted as a conference" by press
and public, might take definite
shape within the next two years.
Nothing has happened within that
time, however, to bring the seven
colleges any closer together, anc the
latest factor to keep them apart is
Yale's very decided stand against
all football allowances.
Of course, four of the "Ivy
leaguers" already subscribe to the
same eligibility code. They are the
big three Harvard, Yale and
Princeton-and Cornell. For them,
this much of an approach to a
league (and standardizing eligibility
rules are one of the first steps in
forming a conference) probably is
sufficient.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
Head Gear To Eliminate
Punch-Drunkeness Tested

BALTIMORE, Jan. 22.-R-A
head gear designed to eliminate
punch-drunkenness was given a
workout today in the office of the
state boxing commission and three
boxers gave it their approval.
Designed with the aid of DR.. Wal.
ter E. Dandy, Johns Hopkins brain
surgeon, the three ounce sponge.
rubber crown will cushion the shock
when a fighter hits the canvas with
his head.
Bucky Taylor, protege of Jack
Dempsey, decided 1--WE won't be
cutting paper dolls if we wear these
things" Jimmy Collins and John
Kapovich, local fighters, nodded
agreement.
Stanley Scherr, commission chair
man and instigator of the design,
said it would be tested soon in the
ring after a piece is cut from the
headgear to accommodate ears which
remain unprotected. Many colleges
Ind boxing commissions have asked
sor information, he declared.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
Says Montanez Will
Surprise Fans, Armstrong
By SID FEEDER

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-(PHLew
Burston. the linguistic expert of the
fight managers, was wondering to-
day in every one of the eight Ian
guages in his repertoire.
Lew is the short dark fellow who
can speak a wider variety of tongues
than any other fight manager along
Bash Boulevard. Most of them 20
pretty we'll in English and French
and German, and a majority can
holler more than "they can't hurt
us" in Yiddish.
But Lew knows no geographical
bounds. His fighters have come
from Greece and Rumania, France
and the PHILIPPINES. In every case
Lew has found a common tongue
in which he and his punch-tossers
can get together.
Now Lew is going right down the
vocabulary in every language con-
corning Wednesday nights fight in
Madison Square Garden in which
Henry Armstrong defends his world
welterweight championship against
the challenge of Lewis fighter, Pedro
Montanez of Puerto Rico.
"How," he wondered in English
today, "can these odds layers make
Henry a 1 to 8 ~favorite over nv
boy Pedro?"
Lew can't see how my boy Pc
dro" a miss. TIL betting men can.
All you hear around town." Lew
went on, sis how Armstrong is go
ing to chase Pedro right out of the
Garden and up 10th street past ia
cobs' beach. They say my boy has
a little 'kyoodle' in him. Well,
when did he ever show it? They
say Armstrong is looking ahead to
defending his title against Al Davis
this spring, and, beyond that, to
vacating the crown so that he can
meet Ceferino Garcia for the mid.
dleweight championship later.
"Well, they must be daffy. Here's
Pedro with the same record against
Lew Ambers as Henry-each split
two decisions. Who else whipped
Pedro badly? And who knocked
I'LL Jul. LIZ q SIlOHS PulIIllGl
and he a fight. Yes, sir, the folks
are in for a surprise Wednesday,
There was no answer at the mo
ment. although in the rival camp
of Henry the Hammer, large Eddie
Mead, the champs pilot, didn't seen
particularly worried. His great little
negro battler wound up training il
fine style, a trifle slower than whe1
he was three-division champion bu'
an even deadlier puncher. Montanei
also finished working today "in thu
pink" He wound up with severa
rounds of light action, and conf
IDENTIFY shouted he would drop Arm
strong and those long odds right il
the bookmakers' laps"
Promoter Mike Jacobs figures thu
tussle, slated for Is rounds, will
draw a gate over the 100000 mark
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
OVER 100 SEEK
ST. LOUIS JOBS
Sutherland Heads List Of APP
plicants At Washington,
St. Louis Colleges

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 22.-LR-The
grass apparently looks greener on
the other side of the fence to more
than 100 football coaches who are
trying to land jobs at Washington
and st. Louis universities.
The list of job hunters is grow
ing SO long someone has even sug.
gested putting a bounty on them.
The vacancies occurred at both
institutions ten days ago when
Coaches Jimmy Councilman and
Cecil Muellerleile resigned almost
simultaneously. However, neither
man was aware of the others plans.
Councilman, a veteran of eight
years at Washington charged he
was forced OUT by a powerful
downtown" group hollering for a
team of national reputation. This
clique was not satisfied that the
Bears won the Missouri Valley
Conference title last year.
Jim's salary was said to have
been between $4,000 and $1,000 last
year. Muellerleile repeatedly re-
ceived $4,000 at St. Louis U, a
Catholic school and the junior men,
Der of the Missouri Valley circuit.
The scramble for their jobs has
taken on something of a field day"
complexion, with more than 70 ap-
plicants at st. Louis U and 80 or
more at Washington.
Neither school would release the
full list of names, explaining it
might jeopardize the present jobs
of several who are looking for a
change. Many of the candidates,
however, are regarded as small
fry"
Heading the string of possible
big time" successors to Councilman
is DR.. John (Jock) Sutherland,
who coached several great teams at
Pittsburgh university. He confer.
red with Washington officials Sun
day; said he liked the setup but
did not disclose his terms.
Sam Dagley, for nine wears line
coach at .Gonzaga university. was
here recently looking over the St.
Louis U situation. Jack Chevisny.
former Notre Dame star and more
recently coach at Texas university.
was reported seeking the post.
Others mentioned include W, J.
(Duke) Duford of st. Ambrose col
lege, Davenport. Ia, and Tom Exit.
ty) German, former line coach at
Creighton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
Plans Made For Trophy
Award Banquet Monday

CHARLOTTE, Jan. %. - Up =
Plans have been completed for the
Lewis e. league memorial award
banquet here next Monday night
honoring Banks McFadden, Clems01
college All-America football player
who was voted the Carolinas' oU'
standing amateur athlete of 1889,
In addition to McFadden, otne
outstanding amateur athletes, coacA
es and athletes have been invited
attend as honor guests. More thai
100 seats already have been sold .
fans and a capacity crowd OF go i
expected.
d.. William P. Jacobs, president 0
Presbyterian college and creator Q
the Jacobs football awards, VIII D
the principal speaker.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
Melton, jackson Sign
1910 Giants Contracts

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-R The
signed contracts of Cliff Melton.
left-handed pitcher, and Coach Ira.
Wis Jackson were returned to the
New York Giants offices today.
The Giants already have King
Carl Hubbell's contract in the safe.
1t was signed by the meal ticket
of the Giant pitching staff last Octo-
Der.
Melton last year won - and lost
Is games. Terms of the two con.
tracts were not divulged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
Nicely Selects Morgan
As Rice Line Coach

CLEMSON, S. c., Jan. 22-(R-
Jess Nicely said today he had en-.
gagged Dell Morgan of the Alabama
Poly coaching staff to be line coach
at Rice institute.
Nicely resigned recently as Glenn
O director of athletics to accept a
contract as head football
coach at Rice.
Nicely said Cecil Griggs, backfield
coach at Rice, would be retained.
Joe Davis, end coach at Clemson.
will accompany Nicely to Rice Feb
ruary l.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
GG Ticket Sales Are
Moving At Fast Pace

Members of the Senior Frater-
nifty of the Brigade Boys club,
which is handling the sale OF
tickets for the Golden Gloves
tournament, reported yesterday
that the sales are moving at a
rapid pace and expressed the
opinion that there is some pos
sibility that by opening night
only general admission tickets
will remain on the market.
Tickets may be secured now
from any members of the frater-
nifty or at the switchboard at the
Star.News offices.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
Greason Slated To Coach Deacon Baseball
Mat Program Will
Aid Polio Fund Tonight
Pastor Sauold Fight
Is Set For March |

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-(R-
Promoter Mike Jacobs late to-
day announced the signing of
a 15-round heavyweight fight
between Bob Pastor of New
York and Lee Savold, young
Des Moines prospect.
The fight will be held in
Madison Square Garden March
l and the winner has been
promised a championship bout
with Joe Louis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
SMOKE RINGS
Grid Coach Blues
BY SAM Raglan

The case out in St. Louis where more than 100 foot
ball coaches of every variety under the sun are seeking
iohs at either Washington or St. Louis universities, leads
us to wonder just what is the profession coming to. We
mean the profession of turning out football teams that
win games, or don't win games for that matter:
The old law of supply and demand has not been work
ing just right in the grid coaching line and unless the
production is curtailed, an FDR Of the business will have
to come into the picture and pay the bright young men
with sheepskins and pigskins not to coach football.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23

Good Ones Go
When you are good you haven't
much trouble in the way of landing
a job and most colleges and univer-
stiles realize when they have a coach
who is producing winning teams
that some other institution will be
trying to snatch him away immedi-
ately.
But a football coach that has a
poor season or even a $3.50 batting
average is almost sure to get his
walking papers after at least two
bad years. And placed on top of this
heap, is the ever-growing crop of
young football players who come
. out of college with a big-time
coaching job as their goal in life.
There isn't much you a do about
it, and the unemployed list of ex-
football coaches is too great now
to become a national problem but
the guys who are standing in the
waiting lines just to ask for a job,
think it is serious. 1t is to them.
New Fishing Contest
New Hanover anglers a now
turn their eyes to a new fishing con-
test, announced yesterday by George
Rupert, of New York, who says
he's doing it just because he likes
fishing himself.
= The contest is open to any angler,
male or female, along the Atlantic
Coastal waters from the northern
boundary of Maine to Key West,
Fla, and around the Gulf of Mexico
to Tampa. A list of the rules and
entry blanks may be secured from
George Rupert, PIG East 92nd
street, New York, N. Y. The contest
closes Dec. 81, 1910 and there is nc
entry fee.
Prizes ranging from $3.50 to 500
will be offered for the biggest fish
in the classification of bluefish,
blackfish, channel bass, Goldfish,
fluke, sailfish, sea bass, striped
bass, tarpon, weakfish, tuna and
white marlin.
First, second and third prizes
will be given. And in the event a
prize fish is caught from any char
ter or open party boat, the captain
or guide upon which craft the prize
winner is caught will receive an
award of 500.
Here And There
Reports from over the state indi-
cate that Big Five grid coaches
have been beating the bushes for
football players at their respective
schools Peahead Walker, with
nothing else to concentrate on,
should bring in some good talent
60. and if the Deacons are ever to
+; get into the big time gridiron swim
they should next year with prac-
tically all of their first string men
returning and a very good rookie
crop on top of that 49, most high
school basketball teams in this Sec
ton are planning to go through
their respective county tourna-
ments or series play and then jump
into the Star-News cage tourney
the first of March 49,. Golden Gloves
Z officials believe the Wilmington
boxing teams will be the best this
year that have ever represented the
city in the annual event.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
Borican Delayed

Both have their explanations. A
year ago Herbert was working -
to 1S hours a day in the post Of
flee. Looking ahead, also, to the
Olympics, Slim Jim decided not to
try too hard. This year, his work.
ing schedule has been cut to six
hours a day and, with no Olympics
to shoot for, he's decided to go all
out in every race.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
AWARDED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22- Up -
The navy today awarded Blythe
Brothers company of Charlotte, N.
C.. a s75,615 contract for construc-
ton of railroad tracks at the jack
sonville (Fla.) Naval Air station.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
BELL E TERMS

CLEVELAND, Jan. 22.-CP-Roy
Beau Bell, outfielder obtained from
the Detroit Tigers in exchange for
Bruce Campbell, today accepted
terms for 1910 in a telephone con-
~versation with Vice President C. c.
Slannicka of the Cleveland Indians.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
H0T-ST0VE LOOP
STYLES SLOWLY
Brooklyn Is Only Club That
Has Not Signed A Player
So Far This Year
By JUDSON BAILEY

NEW YORK, Jan. ll.-NJ-Re
fueling the hot stove, to the tune
of Throw Another Log On the Fire,
ledge:
Has anybody suggested that Com.
missioner Lands threw Trout back
because he wasn't of legal size? =.
The only baseball club that hasn't
announced the signing of any play
ers is Brooklyn, where the most
neutrality-suspicious. magnate in the
bizness holds forth Larry Mac
Phail says he just doesn't believe
in it; but there will be a big splash
when he goes through the formality
of signing Manager Leo Durocher
next month most major league
clubs carry two coaches; the Wash
|ington Senators have four sc
what?
Comeback for Bagby
Joe Cronin is counting plenty or
a comeback by Pitcher Jim Bagby
who had a touch of temperament
last season and was allowed to work
it off at Little Rock . . he won Is
games for Boston's Red Sox his
first year UP a Chicago Cut
fan has raised that old question
about AL Todd being weak at catch
ing curves because Larry French's
complaint last summer was sup
posed to be that Gabby Hartnett
didn't call for a curve ball otter
enough now that Gus Mancuse
has been traded to the Dodgers, the
question is where does that leave
French French leave?
.351 For Dean
The Yankees may do some more
marketing before the season opens
|. three rockies, Walt Judnich
Charles Stanceu and George Wash
burn, were not offered contracts
when President Ed Barrow sent ou'
the mail to the rest of the roster
|. Pitcher Chubby Dean rang the
bell at .351 as a pinchhitter for thu
Athletics last a forty-si1
former American Legion junior
baseball players were in the ma
jors in 1889.
Service Roster
The Cincinnati Reds have give1
up the idea of flying from Florida
to Cuba for their three-game exhi
bition series in March and will 81
by boat . . first training CAM
roster to reach this desk was Wash
ington's red, white and blue foldel
listing 80 players, including three
Cubans, one Venezuelan and on
Canadian next to Connie Mack
the Oldest manager in point of serv
ice this season will be Bucky Har
ris of the Senators, who nee wa
the boy Wonder" but now is head
ing into his 18th managerial cam
paign . the player with the long
est major league service, unless yo1
want to count Jimmy Dykes an
Gabby Hartnett, is John Cooney O
the Boston Bees, who is startin
his 18th season this will b
Lefty Groves 21st in organize
ball, but he was kept covered up
at Baltimore for five years.
Doerr Caught
Bobby Doerr, the Red Sox infiel
flash, tried to steal bases II time
last season and was nabbed ten =.
Yves Terrell may be slipping as
pitcher, but he has won the last tW
baseball players golf championship
lin Florida and recently shot a hol
lin-one Branch Hickey cracke
that the st. Louis Cardinals wei
mot interested in a single Detro
player freed by Lands, but the wor
lis around that he's bidding for Bel
my Mccoy nevertheless -. tt
|gumband on the Cards bankro
hasn't been stretched for so lon
Branch probably will never make i
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
q FENCERS WIN

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 22.-uf-
Erwin Ebel's victory over b4
Worth broke a A tie and enable
North Cardinals freshmen tenceF'
to beat Augusta Military Academ'
Sd in the Tar Babies opening NEE
of the season here today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
CAGE COACH WILL
SUCCEED CADDELL
If Named To Job Peahead
Walker Will Have To Find
New Assistant Grid Coach
BY FRANK B. GILBRETH

LII
RALEIGH, Jan. 22.-R-Nobody
will make a definite announcement,
but If Murray Greason isn't the
new baseball coach at Wake Forest
college then we've wasted about
three hours making futile telephone
calls.
The first call went to Athletic
Director Jim weaver, who said a
candidate for the job would be rec
commended by the athletic council
and approved by the executive COM
mittee Of the board of trustees OF
the Baptist college. Weaver added
that he had been out of town for a
couple of days, and hadn't kept up
with latest developments.
The next call went to Prof. R. B.
White. chairman Of the council. who
said he understood the council al
ready had recommended Greasol,
and that the trustees executive
committee had approved the ap'
pointment.
Greason, who now is head basket
ball coach and backfield tutor for
the football varsity, left the basket
ball court long enough to answer
the telephone and assert that he
hadn't been notified of a baseball
assignment.
1--WE heard the same reports you
have" he added.
DR.. G. E. Lineberry of Raleigh,
chairman Of the executive commit
tee, said his group met last Thurs
day, but that he vas sick and didn't
attend. W. L. Wyatt of Raleigh
presided in his place.
Mrs. Wyatt said her husband was
out of the city on business, and
that she thought he might be
reached at Kinston. But he hadn't
arrived at Kinston.
J.. NJ. Broughton of Raleigh, in
whose office the executive commit
tee convened, was attending a meet
ing at the Baptist Tabernacle
church. He talked on the telephone
long enough to say the executive
committee had approved Greason's
appointment.
If Greason gets the baseball job
which seems certain - he probably
would retain his basketball post,
and be relieved of his football
duties. This would mean that D. C.
(Pinhead) Walker, head football
coach, could name his new back
field assistant.
The vacancy in the baseball staff
occurred recently, when John Cad
dell resigned as head coach because
of illness. College authorities i'm
mediately let it be known that a
member of the present coaching
staff would succeed the popular old.
timer who guided Wake Forest to
several Big Five championships and
who produced 10 or more big league
ball players.
Speculation Immediately centered
about Greason and Walker, both of
whom have had plenty of baseball
experience.
Walker manages the Snow Hill
professional team of the Coastal
Plain league, and Greason last sum-
mer managed a semi-pro team in
Great Falls, S. C.
1t appeared that Greason would
get-or already had gotten-the nod.
SO that walker would be free to give
all his time at the college to foot.
ball.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-23
DIES

ESSEN, Germany, Jan. 22.-R-
Otto Wolff, SO, German steel indus
trialist, died today after a long ILL
ness.