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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
Wilmington, Orphanage Battle To sc Tie
BILL CONN MEETS
SAV0LD TONIGHT
Pittsburgh Fighter Wants
Crack At Louis; Rates
Favorite In Bout

NEW YORK, Nov. % cp
Looking ahead to the one %
shot" against Joe Louis next SIM
mer, Billy Conn, the ambitior,
Pittsburgher, and blond Lee Savo,a
FROM the Iowa corn country tansl,
tomorrow night in Madison SQUARE
garden for II rounds Or less.
With the supply of avai1ab1o
heavyweight challenging materis,
rapidly dwindling to the poirt
where there doesn't seem +o ba
enough around to meet Louis do.
mands through 194l. the winner
tomorrow is almost a cinch IA
meet up with the Brown Bombor
in some big ball park next wear
Promoter Mike Jacobs has homo
had a desire to put the Pittsburqh
pretty boy in there with the BONN.
er when he grows up to that size
Conn still is able to make tbc
light-heavyweight limit, but in re.
cent months he has put on a pound
here and another there so that he
may conceivably be of a heft ,o
toss in with the big fellow next
summer without the authorities in.
teryening.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
Three Duke Players On
Colgate Opponent Team

HAMILTON, N. Y, Nov. 28.-LR-
rive Cornell football players, three
from Duke and two from Syracuse
are on the Colgate all-opronent team
picked here today by the Red Raid
ers.
The team as selected was: Ends,
kells of Cornell and Darnell of Duke;
tackles, Ruffa of Duke and Drahos
or Cornell; guards. Dunbar of Cor
nell and Weber of Syracuse; center,
Snavely Of Columbia; backs, Mat
usczcak Of Cornell, Bangor of SYRIA
cuse, Mccullough of Cornell and
Davis of Duke.
Second team choices included
among ends, Marsolini of Brown;
tackles, Taylor Of Brown; backs,
H1th of Brown, McAfee of Duke and
Natowich Of Holy Cross.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
Two Bowl Game Bids
In Balance Saturday

ATLANTA, Nov. 2S.-lP-Invita-
lions to at least two post-season
bowl games may hang in the bal
ance Saturday as southern football
all but winds up the season.
Unbeaten, united Tennessee, ap-
parent champion of the Southeastern
conference and a ranking bowl
eligible, goes to Nashville for it's
final contest with the Vols tradi-
tional rival, Vanderbilt.
At Tuscaloosa, Alabama's home
coming matches the once-beaten
Crimson Tide with a Mississippi
State team which has gone through
a hard season unbeaten and dead.
locked only Auburn. Speculation has
mentioned the winner as almost Ger.
tain to receive an invitation to play
in Miami's Orange Bowl New Years
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
Army Leaves For Game
With Middies Saturday

WEST POINT, N. Y, Nov. %
R-The Army football squad, Al
strong and each of the Al hale and
hearty, left late this afternoon for
the Merton Cricket club at Haver-
ford, Pa, last Cadet encampment
before the team takes the field
against Navy at Philadelphia Sat
urday in the 5Oth anniversary
game of the series.
Still ringing in the Cadet grid
ders' ears as they boarded their
train were the cheers of the cadet
corps. which held it's last pep rally
in the gym. Still before their ewes
were such p1:ze examples of
Navy Week. art as the bed-sheet
paintings showing Navy behind q
huge eight-ball and q man in =
barrel with the sorrowful slogan.
Il bet on Navy"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
Dauey O'Brien Sparks
Eagles To 20 Victory

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 28.-R-
Davey O'Brien said goodbye to
Philadelphia as professional foot
ball player today and his Eagle
team mates made his departure
a happy occasion by beating Pitts
burgh, 7 to O, for their first vic
tory in the National Pro league
after nine defeats.
A scant crowd of 5000 saw the
former mighty mite from Texas
Christian university, playing one
of his best games of the season,
start the Eagles on the road to
victory by returning a punt %
yards in the last quarter. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
Layden Leads Surge To Vic
tory That Wrecks Rose Bowl
Hopes Of Texas A. & NJ.
BY FELIX r. MCKNIGHT

AUSTIN, Tex, Nov. 2S.@R-
Mighty Texas A. and M, came to
the end of it's rope today-strangled
by an ancient jinx and a magnifi-
cent football team.
One fierce thrust in the first 81
seconds of play by their ~46-year-old
traditional rivals, the University of
Texas, bagged a touchdown, wrecked
the Rose Bowl bound Cadets and
paralyzed 5000 fans.
1t was just that quick. Final score:
Texas 7, Aggies 0.
Briefly, and shockingly, it was
Texas football game from that first
bold surge engineered by Peter John
Layden, today one Of the finest foot
ball players the old southwest ever
has put on a field.
Only once did the Aggies threaten
to pick up the thread of their great
winning streak that had stretched
to 10 consecutive games. That was
on a magnificent one-man riot by
John Alec Kimbrough, the All-Amer-
lea fullback. He went SO yards
straight downfield on nine carries
but the lone Aggie scare petered out
on the Texas -.
The jinx they said this Aggie
team could lick-the one that has
prevented a Cadet eleven from win
ming in Austin since 1922 and al
lowed it to win only three times in
As years, laughed it's loudest to-.
night.
1t cost the Aggies a Rose Bowl
invitation, may cost them an I'M
disputed Southwest conference title.
But there was a strong possibility
they would move into Dallas Cot
ton Bowl classic on New Years day.
Swiftly, without giving the Ag-
2ies much more than a couple of
seconds to set their defense, the
Texans struck on the first scrim-
mage play of the game after an out
of bounds kick eff.
Leisurely floating back to his own
rs, Layden, this 18O-pound Texas
fullback, unfurled a 33-yard pass
down on the Aggie "a that Cowboy
Jack Grain gathered in just as he
toppled GU of bounds.
Back to the midfield stripe backed
Layden on the next play, this time
pegging a low liner 33 yards smack
into the right hand corner of the
fleld where Noble Doss took it on
the one-foot line INC went crashing
u of bounds with Kimbroush
sprawled over him.
On the games first running NAV
Layden bumped over for the touch.
down and Grain added the point.
1t was the game-and the most
rousing triumph ever put into mustv
old Southwest files.
1t was the first time the Aoeies
had trailed in a game since Tulane
held a brief 1877 lead in the third
period of the Sugar Bowl contest
last Jan. 1.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
Texas Scores 20 Upset
Win Over Mighty Aggies
Grid Scores

Texas !; Texas A. & M. O..
Wake Forest I; South Caro-.
lima 6.
Catawba IL; Lenoir-Rhyne 0.
Kansas rs; Colorado State 0.
Chattanooga 20; Mercer 6.
Creighton Z; Wichita 0.
Franklin & Marshall IL; Ursin-
us 6.
BucknelI !; Albright 0.
Trinity IL; Austin 6.
Ouachita "a; Hendrix O..
New Mexico Military 81; West
ern State 0.
Tenn. Teachers 6; Tenn.
Tech 0.
Emporia 20; Pittsburgh Teach
ers Z.
Arkansas Fl; Tulsa II.
Oklahoma City Fl; McMurry 13.
Washburn 20; st. Benedict's O..
N. C. A. & T. IL; N. C. col
lege 6.
HIGH SCHOOL
Wilmington 6: Oxford Orphan
age 6. (Tie.
Greensboro Z; Rocky Mount 0.
Glass A championship.
ReidsvilIe IA; Elizabeth City II
Glass Il championship.
A willie 20; Children's
Home O.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
TEAMS TO ARRIVE TODAY
WILDCATS, CADETS
PLAN SHORT DRILL
Davidson Band To Give Con-
cert Tonight To Start Week
End Of Festivities

The Davidson and Citadel foot
ball teams will arrive in Whining
ton this afternoon and get set fol
their Southern conference battle a
Legion stadium tomorrow after
noon at 2:30 o'clock.
Accompanying the Wildcats viii
be Davidson's 75-member band
which will start off the weekend
of gridiron festivities with a bane
concert on the postoffice steps a
8:15 o'clock tonight.
Both teams are expected to ar
rive here about mid-afternoon anc
each plans to take a short timber
ing up drill at Legion field before
nightfall.
The Light Brigade concluded its
preparations for their importan'
clash with the Wildcats with q
dummy scrimmage yesterday,
Emphasis was placed on protec'
ton of the kicker and the point
after touchdown. Coach Bo Row
land attended the South Carolina
Wake Forest game to scout the
Gamecocks and will rejoin tn e
squad in Wilmington
The squad of 26 men, minus
Ben Suit, who is on the in
jured list, will leave Charleston
about noon.
At Davidson the work was hard
er, with the Wildcats being put
through a long drill in the morn
ing. The Cats took the afternoon
off.
Davidson took a last look at
Citadel plays and then worked on
their own offense. Dave Spencer
limbered up his throwing arm in
a snappy pass drill. Granny Sharpe
a%lternated with Spencer, but the
latter did most of the work.
Frank Niven and Karl Jonas,
senior ends, who will be playing
their last game for Davidson, both
turned in nice catches. Before cal
ling it a day Spencer, Sharpe and
Fredericks went through a short
kicking session.
Meanwhile the sponsors of the
game, which viii! highlight the 1910
season for Southeastern Norfl
Carolina, reported ticket sales
moving rapidly.
Ticket headquarters at 125 Prin-
cess street will be open today and
until 10 o'clock tonight. Tickets will
also be on sale at Saunders, Fut-
trelle's and Toms drug stores.
Arrangements have already been
made for a huge downtown parade
in which the high school bands of
New Hanover, Columbus county
and Washington, N. c., will take
part The parade will be down
Front street Saturday morning be-
tween 10 and II o'clock. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
Sugar Bowl Grid Game
Is Already Seuou1

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2s.-tRL
Here it is ten days before the CON.
testants even are named for the
Sugar Bowl, and the seventh an.
nual $4,000 capacity classic ALREADY
is a sellout.
While the nation more or less hos
taken it for granted that .Ros+o,
college would meet Tennessee ~
New Years day, Sugar Bowl spon.
sors when they say anything at all
warn against considering that line.
up in the bag.
We'll have the best bow, eon.,
in the nation" President A. N. Cold.
berg says when curious townsfolv
and sports writers try to chise1 o
clue out of him, Or to find ont VII
the Sugar Bowlers have been scout
ing, which is all the nations e,eht
or ten best squads.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29

tE ~ H~C
And while we are thinking Oh Una
inset we are wondering just villa
will happen when two teams u
almost equal power, sue as DAVID
son and The Citadel, meet. Ines
two teams arrive in wilmington I'LL
afternoon for their Southern corner
ence battle at Legion STADIUM ,
morrow afternoon and even iron
this distance it looks like a goo'
healthy scrap.
Wilmington will have plenty o
football atmosphere today an'
throughout the weekend. In addl
zion to the teams and the game, there
will he four bands playing and sew
eral thousand persons from all ovel
the two states to watch the pro
ceedings.
This will be a game worth watch
ing.
Team Statistics
Tn nine games played this season
Davidson has marked W 1873 points
to their opponents 200, or a game
average of 14.7 to opponents 22.2
The Cats beat Rollins. 1871; Sc
vance, 27-2o; Centre, 27-12; Hamp'
den-Sydney, $50; and lost to n. Z
State, $40; North Carolina, 2S-7;
V. NJ. l., 1871; Furman, 40-7; Duke.
1918.
They have failed to score in only
one game and are hoping to make
their season 500 per cent in win
ming against Citadel.
In seven games played this sea
son, Citadel has scored III mark
ers to their opponents 81, for an
average of 1873 to opponents II.
The Light Brigade defeated Ell,
skine, $50; Wofford, To; Ogle-
thorpe, 25-o; Sewanee, 1877; ana
lost to Furman, S6-7; Presbyterian
college, 1870; n. C. State, 20-14.
This and That
Ben Washburn, Wilmington boy
who is a member of the Davidson
football team, is not likely to he
able to play against Citadel tomor-
row he has been nursing a
pulled tendon for several days .
Mel Means, Davidson sports puo
licity director, advises us that vii
mington fans will "be exceptionally
we'll pleased with the brand of ball
that our Wildcats play" II
beating the Texas Aegies yesterday
Coach Dana Nenophon Bible usec
only IS men, Il reserve center ant
a tackle For each game il
which Citadel has played this sea.
son, there has been a different in
dividual star scorer and follow
ers of the team are wondering just
who it will be in the game with
Davidson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
Catawba Beats Bears
To Win Circuit Title

SALISBURY, Nov. 28.- (R- The
CataWba Indians won their first
u%ndisputed North State conference
football championship here today
when they passed their way to a
1910 win over Lenoir- Rhyme. Six
thousand witnessed the game.
The Redskins, finishing the year
with their eighth victory in nine
starts, beat their fourth straight
loop foe with their goal-line still
uncrossed by a North State team.
The Indians threatened m a n y
times but only twice were they
able to punch their way to scores
through the stubborn Bear defense
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
Auburn's Cheatham Wins
Jacobs Blocking Trophy

CLINTON, S. c., Nov. 28.-R-
Lloyd Cheatham, Auburn backfield
ace, is the 1910 winner of the in
reference trophy awarded annual
ly to the Southeastern conference
player who best exemplifies block
ing and team play.
The award is made by DR.. Will
liam P. Jacobs, president of Pres
byterian college, and the selection
is made by balloting among the
coaches and athletic directors of
the conference.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
Don Lash Wins Title
10000 Meter Again

DETROIT, Nov. 28.-(R-Dor
Lash won the National Amateur
Athletic union 10, 000-meter run for
the seventh successive time today,
racing over a snow-covered course
at the Meadowbrook country clut
to beat Greg Rice, former Notre
Dame runner, by $50 yards.
Luigi Beccali, of New York Ath'
letic club, was third, and T O m
Quinn, Michigan Normal school
fourth. The time was announced
u~nofficially as 1924.
Lash, former Indiana university
distance star who competed unat'
tached, and Rice led the field vir'
tually the entire distance. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
Joel Moore Bags Eight
Ducks With One Shot

SOUTHPORT, Nov. 28.-R-The
record for duck shooting for this
week is held by Joel Moore, Jr.,
Is year old Southport youth. At
one shot, one morning this week,
he bagged eight large black ducks.
Six of the birds were killed out
right and the other two were SO
crippled that they were captured
without another shot being fired.
The smallest bird in the lot weigh
ed two and a half pounds. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
HORTON. SCAMPERS
OVER FOR SCORE
Oxford OutpIays Locals For
Entire Game, But Cats
Utilize Breaks
BY GLENWARD BLOMME

A scrappy band of footballers
from the Masonic Orphanage at
Oxford outplayed a heavier New
Hanover High school Wildcat
eleven on Legion field yesterday
afternoon and were cut short OF
scoring an upset by a break late
in the fourth period which gave
the Wildcats a 6 to 6 tie.
The locals were pushed b a C k
deep in their own territory on sew
eral occasions and never serious
ly threatened the visitors. Pass in
Perceptions by McIver on the New
Hanover 27; by Kelley on the Wild
cats one yard line and by Horton
on the Oxford 80 stopped drives
by the Orphanage lads.
Fred Merritt, Clifford McIver
and Fred Day stood out in the
Wildcat line with Wetzel Holt doing
fine defensive work on the left end
for the locals. Harold Horton, Ed
wards and Stands bore the brunt
of the locals offensive with Pitt
mans block of a visiting b a c k
soon after entering the game
paving the way for the lone mark
err garnered by the Cats.
Shannon Mcdonald, end, William
Langston, right tackle. and Mack
Forrest, right guard stood at for the
visitors on defense with William
James, quarterback and Herbert
Long, fullback, bearing the weight
of the offense.
The Orphanage collected toll in
the third period after showing the
Cats back on their heels after
driving from the New Hanover 43
to the "a with James. Strickland
and Long doing the running chores.
Neil Kelley intercepted James
pass on his W one yard marker
and ran it back to the IA. New
Hanover was penalized 5 yards for
off-sides on the first play, tn e n
Horton completed a pass to j. Ed
wards for 4 yards. Kelley lost two
yards and Oxford took over on the
New Hanover II yard stripe as a
result of a bad kick. Strickland
picked up 6 yards off-tackle and
James added 7 and a first down
on two runs. The local forward
wall stiffened and Strickland was
held to no gain. James grabbed
8 yards to place the ball on the
Wilmington one yard line fr o m
where the elusive quarterback
slipped over guard for the visitors
touchdown. James try for extra
point from placement Vas wide.
There we're a number of fumbles
on both sides, but the visitors were
lucky enough to recover most of
theirs when deep in their W ter
ritory. About three fourths of the
way through the final period Will
mington got its break which saved
the Wildcats from defeat.
James fumbled on his own IS,
but was quick to recover back on
his own IL. James attempted a
pass but Harold Horton was right
on the spot and intercepted on the
Oxford 81 yard line and brought it
two yards. Billy Pittman en-
tered the game al this point and
led the way for Horizons Is yard
sprint to the goal. Todd failed to
get off his placement and the game
all tied up.
The visitors were on the local
"A yard line when the game end
ed. Oxford scored 10 first downs
to 3 for New Hanover; attempted
IL passes, completing 3 for "A
New Hanover attempted 10
aerials and completed 2 for IL
Oxford rushed a net of 1872
yards from scrimmage while los
ing so yards against the Wildcats
30 yards through the line against
% yards lost.
The lineups:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
SMOKE RINGS
Kicked Around
By SAM Raglan

Ike John Browns dog that got kicked around every
+ime he went to town, the football dope bucket was ooo1eu
with a resounding thump down at AUSTIN leS as y shed 4s
when an underdog Texas eleVen ios "p AN
miohtv machine of the Texas Aggles. l.. ,o1;nc
. That game comes as much of a surprise as tl the III lc mats
couo1ns handed Duke. And it all goes to SHOW 1haI III NAV
Ia oaiI ~ h;ab one flies he's apt to run out OF gas at some
T. :" raaoont Rut that's the way football goes, just ike
~ horo TODAY and gone tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
ARKANSAS WINS

TULSA, Nov. 2S.-GP-Air mind
ed Arkansas stunned Tulsa with four
quick touchdowns today and survived
a vicious last half uprising by the
Golden Hurricane to triumph, 27-21,
in the traditional Thanksgiving Day
game at Sicily field
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
NEWBERRY VS.. PAINTERS

NEWBERRY, S. c., Nov. 28.-R
The high scoring NeWberry H.
dams will take on High Points
Panthers here tomorrow in a sea,
son ending football game.
Newberry's star back, Dom Col
langelo, leading the p~oint-gettisg
parade in the state with 50 points.
will end his collegiate career. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29
LEADS POLL
ON ALL STAR TEAM
Vols. Alabama, Mississippi
State Dominate Southeast
ern Mythical Eleven

ATLANTA, Nov. % VI
down the words home ooysnahe
GOOD" and you have the stck Oh
Dixie football in 1910.
Men from six of the leagues Is
teams make up the eighth annual
Associated Press All-Southeastern
football team, selected by vote OF
the conference coaches. AND on
the first-string eleven, only ons
PLAYER lists his home as far nor1h
as West Virginia, while seven are
attending school in their native
states. ~
Tennessee, Alabama and Missis-
sippi State dominated the selec-
ions, the first two placing three
PLAYERS each and Mississippi State
two. Vanderbilt, Mississippi a q
Auburn filled out the team.
Number-one choice of the coach-
es was Tennessee's great combina-
ton wingback and tailback, BOD
Foxx. Eleven of the u mentors
participating named him on their
first eleven, for the second year
in a row.
Second highest was another Ten
nessee great, Bob Suffridge, cat
like guard, who has been the big
gun in the Vol line all season. Ten
of the y picked him for first-string.
Third in the balloting was BEAM
s~houldered Marshall { Abe)Shires,
Tennessee's line-smashing tackle,
who likewise made All-Southeast-
ern for the second successive year,
The all-star selections:
First Team Pos.
Erwin Elrod, Miss. State ...... E
Marshall Shires. Tennessee . . L
Robert Suffridge, Tennessee :. G
Robert GUIDE, Vanderbilt ...... c
Hunter Corhern, Miss. State -. G
Fred Davis, Alabama .......... T
Holt Rast, Alabama .......... E
Robert Foxx, Tennessee ...... B
John Hovious, Mississippi .... B
James Nelson, Alabama ........ B
Neal McGoWen, Auburn ...... B
Second Team Pos.
Edward Offers, Tennessee .... E
Charles Dufour, Tulane ........ T
Edward Molinski, Tennessee :. G
Norbert Ackermann, Tenn. .... c
John Tripson, Miss. State ...... 7
Robert Ison, Georgia Tech ... E
Harvey Johnson, Miss. State . B
John Butler, Tennessee ........ B
James Thibaut. Tulane 1890. B
Merle Hapes, Mississippi ..... B
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-29

Substitutes: New Hanover-Pitt-
man, Slaughter. Oxford, none.
Referee: Jimmy Moore (UNC);
Umpire: Gus Burner Duke; Head
linesman, Kenneth Weeks WILD.
Evening star., 1940-12-12
British BIitzkrieg Scores
Eliot Sees Morale Of ItoIion Force
In Egypt Deciding Fote Of Foscist Regime

Barrani and the Egyptian -Libyan
frontier at Sollum. with all the fire
and audacity of the German
armored troops smashing down the
Somme Valley. They have cut of
the advanced forces. which now ap-
pear to be surrounded and may well
be compelled to surrender unless
Graziani can bring up fresh troops.
Graziani is tough and seasoned
desert fighter. He will do as well as
any man can In this situation.
Much depends on the morale of his
remaining troops, which cannot
have been improved by this light
ming British attack, and much on
whether the British still have
armored and mounted forces In
hand to assail the flank of the
Italian reinforcements as the latter
push forward. Any advance by the
coastal road will, of course. be
brought under the fire of the Brit
ish fleet. which will also be on hand
to see that no Italian Dunkerque is
attempted.
Evidently when Sir Archibald
gave it as his opinion that every
commander must have within him
the spirit of adventure, a touch OF
the gambler. he was not talking
merely to make interesting phrases.
He appears to have chosen the mo-
ment for his gamble very well, how
ever, and it has certainly brought
him a striking initial success.
Italy Approaches Hopelessness.
If the surrender of 10000 of Graz
Janis best troops is brought about
while the remainder continue cut
off from home, certainly this attack
may well mark the beginning Of the
end Of Mussolini's imperial dreams
for a great African domain stretch
ing from Tripoli to the Indian
Ocean. It Is result which any one
with knowledge of sea power
might have pointed to as logical
from the moment that Mussolini
rresented Crete to the British on
silver platter. but a knowledge of
sea power does not appear to be
pmonC the strong points either Of
italian or German staff work The
situation Of italy as a whole, or at
anv rate of Fascist italy. which
I described as desperate two weeks
ago now verges on hopelessness.
Were Italy alone concerned one
might almost begin to think of what
armistice terms Britain might be
disposed to grant. However, there
is the uncertain German factor to
be taken into account. The German
Army is still in being and for the
moment unemployed. 1t seems
likely that that army could occupy
Italy If need be to prevent the Ital-
ian feet from falling into British
hands, or OCCUPY Spain to Offset
Britain's increasing control of the
Mediterranean, or move into the
Balkans m attack Greece and re-
store the italian position in Albania.
Once the powerful German air force
---"o ee'nhliehed on Mediterranean
shores. 1t might make a great deal
of difference. and the cessation of
attacks on Britain suggests very
strongly that Herr Hitler is at last
awake to the danger Of complete
italian collapse, and may be about
to take steps to prevent it or to
Offset it. .
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