The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25

open OCI1 Jul -.
when he was informed 1t wa
ski up, don't you"-must h
minded.
Touchy About 1t
southerners who have learned 10
coll the commodity Of winter sun
shine and balmy temperatures are
a little touchy about the weather
enthusiastically when it SHOWS
in spring when everyone hao say
hat such a thing was unheard o.
But the second IS holes Will pe
n1aved today and the boys on the
so-called winter circuit Will sweep
through the final round tomorro"'
provided old mar weather is klno.
CLAYTON Heather, whose popular
itv runs high in Wilmington, al
most in proportion to that OF Cnar-
1otte where mere mention of his
name is cause for a special EDITION,
is currently tied with little Zen
Hogan for the lead. He was not
when play ended Saturday n we
wonder if his game cooled OFT along
with the weather.
The Twins
Everyone who has followed the
destinies Of the Piedmont league
for the past two years is well ac-
uuainted with the status OF the
Winston-Salem Twins in that cir
cult. And being aware of that, one
can sympathize with Nady Gates
sports editor of the Winston-Salem
Journal, who despite the fact that
he must be unbiased in news pres
entation must uphold the family
honor by putting in a good word
for the Twins now and then.
Brother Gates comments on l94o
possibilities for the Twins as fol
lows:
Sports writers are a skeptical
lot. Thanks to flamboyant press
agentry, which frequently must be
taken with a grain OF salt, men
who edit the sports pages, as a
class, are unbelievers by habit and
tradition.
1.-The scribes ran true to form In
~forerasting the outcome OF the l94o
Piedmont league race. Although
Manager Cal Griffith Of the Char
lotte Bees stepped out and predict
ed that Winston-Salem would show
the most improvement OF all the
clubs in the circuit, baseball writ
ers picked the Twins to wind up
on the bottom, where they have
been for the past three seasons.
Far be it from me to take issue
with my honored contemporaries.
I. too, have learned from bitter eS-
perience to have a keen respect for
the old adage, history repeats
1.-THE Twins may contrive to du'
plicate this season their miserable
record of the past three years. But
I assure you it won't be easy. 1t
takes an effort to be that lousay,
as the French would say"
Odds and Ends
New Hanover's Wildcats will
meet Rocky Mount Friday in the
first game Of the season in Eastern
Class A conference play. The
DID DlluS ~ Ia dNoAt
tity so far as strength is concerned
but the boys from the city that
gtraddles the Nash-Edgtcombe line
are always known for making a
strong bid in any race they enter.
Robert Jordan, the Whiteville
gridiron flash, is no mean shakes
on a baseball diamond either. In
a game last week he struck out
Is men and allowed but two safe
ties. . John (Lefy) Chesire, the
Wilmington boy who has one Of the
best curve balls Chapel Hill has
seen, will be On the mound for the
Carolina nine against the Univer'
sity of Pennsylvania team this aft
ernoon. . The meeting of those
two teams this afternoon will re-
mind many Of an October day of
last fall when the Carolina foot
ball team rolled over the Quaker
eleven 3O.6, for on the Penn team
will be Frank Reagan, Harlan Gus
tafson and Billy Koepsell, leading
summaries On the Penn grid team,
and on the Carolina nine will be
z George Stirnweiss, Jim Mallory and
George Radman, who played such
q vital part in spanking the Penn.
sylvania lads last fall. Milo Stein
born who will wrestle here tomor-
row night, at one time Travelled
with a circus exhibiting his biceps,