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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
STADIUM PLANT
NOW COMPLETED
Leatherwood Stables Horses
To Be Among First Arriv'
ais For Weekend Show

Entries in the third annual CaN
Fear Horse show, which will be he'd
at Legion stadium Friday and Sat
urday of this week, will begin ar
irving in the city today, with tn.
first arrivals expected to be the
horses OF the classy L%eatherwood
Stables, Of Bluefield, W. Va.
Work of putting the physical
plant of the show in shape for tn.
| annual classic was completed yes
terday and everything is now j.
readiness for the arrival Of the
| bluebloods of the show ring.
The many fine stalls in the four
stables at the field have been mark
ed for their respective occupants
the tags bearing the names of SOM
of the finest horses WHICH are to b.
found in the United States.
Other stalls have been erected in
the livestock sheds Of the fair
|grounds but with so large an entry
list as the show has this year, there
is some question if there is going
to be any place at Legion field 70
stable the horses entered in the lists
by local exhibitors.
The pullman trucks from The
| Leatherwood farms will include such
| nationally known horses as Mighty
Sensation, Golden Sensation. Ebony
April and other horses which gain
ed national attention through thei,
lshowings in the National Horse
Show in Madison Square Gardel
and the equally famous shows al
Louisville, KY.
Workmen were busy YESTERDAY
morning on the ring, which will be
more attractive this year than ever
before. The ring itself is to BE-
whitewashed until it is a deal
white, as will the judges stant
which, for the first time this year
will be in the center of the ring.
Generally the members of thu
board of directors of the Cape Fea:
Horse Show, Inc, which is stagin:
the show, were more than satisfei
with the prospect for the show.
people are taking more interes
in the show this year than eve,
and with a decent break in The
weather Wilmington can be assurei
the show will be the greatest sue
cess of any we have staged hers
"There never was any dout
about the success of the show fro-
the standpoint of horses, for VI
knew from the start Of the entr
list there would be more horse
and the finest horses of the natia
entered this year.
"And now the people of the city
are showing they appreciate tn:
fact this show is a communiy
event. staged for the benefit o.
Wilmington, there is no doubt the
show will be the greatest sue
cess we have had"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
Harvard Stages Rally
To Beat Carolina, 6-5

CHAPEL HILL, April 1.-H-
Rallying in the late innings, Har-
wards varsity baseball team pushed
across two runs in the ninth inning
to edge out a 6 to 5 decision over
the University of North Carolina
here today.
In their game-winning ninth the
Crimson mixed two timely hits with
a walk and sacrifice to clinch the
contest. Both scores came after
two men were out. With Reyes on
second as a result of a walk and
sacrifice, Catcher Spreyer singled
sharply to center scoring his mate
with the tying run, took second Oh
the throw in home, and scored a
moment later with the winning run
O N Pitcher Louis Clay's clean oEe-
base smash to right field.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
ARTILLERY DUELS
RESUMED ON LINE
Continued from Page One)

the results Of which were not yet
known. All French planes returned
safely, however. it was said.
Yesterday, the French acknowl-
edged, two of their single scatter
fighters went down In a dog fight
with a much superior" German
force, but one of the French pilots
bailed out to safety with his para
chute.
While this new squirt Of activity
was in progress on the western
front, Premier Paul Reynaud con-
ferred with several of Frances
principal ENJOYS in Europe and told
his cabinet about Allied war deci.
sions which seemed to foreshadow a
holder effort to blockade Germany.
The energetic little premier talk.
ed at length and in turn with Paul
Bargeton, Charles Corbin and Andre
Francois-Poncet, respectively the
ambassadors to Belgium, Britain and
Italy.
Other French ENJOYS are EXPECT
ed home soon from Ankara, Bucha-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
TO MEET CLINTON TO-DAY
Horse Show Entries Start Arriving Today
Training Camp
Briefs

CHARLESTON, S. c., April 1.-Q1
The Boston Ted Sox u loose with
ten hits in four innings today to
trample the Cincinnati Reds 9 to 6
in an exhibition tilt.
Ted Williams battered out a cir
cult smash off Johnny Wander Nicer
in the first and before the hurler
was relieved in the second three
more runs had crossed the plate.
Johnny Hutchings, his successor,
Jared but little better, being nipped
for a run in the third and a trio OF
doubles good for three tallies In the
fourth.
Held to two hits through five
frames, the National league champs
eked out two runs in the sixth on a
walk, Frank McCormick's double and
Harry Crafts single and added four
more in the seventh by twice filling
the bases.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
poole HOLDS LEAD
IN AMATEUR MEET
Raleigh Youth Cards 6S 10
Top North-South Champion
ship Field AT Pinehurst

PINEHURS ST, April 1.-R-
Grover Poole, Jr., 17-year-old Duke
university FRESHMAN from Raleigh,
N. c., led a huge field of players
today in the fortieth renewal of the
North and South Carolina amateur
golf championship. Poole beat par
by four strokes with 33-35-68.
The field included more than SO
amateurs who are qualified to par
ticipate in the national champion
ship. A card of 80 or better was
required to make the championship
flight of 80 starting match play
tomorrow. Eight players who tied
at 81 must play-off tomorrow morn
ing for the t~hirty-second place.
Poole could do nothing wrong and
pointed toward the medal when he
put his second shot close to the
pin at the second hole for a birdie
three. He led Joe Thompson, Ham.
ilton, Ont, one Of Canada's ace
amateurs, by a stroke. Thompson,
who is awaiting orders to join his
flying unit in Europe, had 1876
So.
Skip Alexander of Duke univer.
sity was third with a 37-33-70 and
Bobby Dunkelberger, the southern
champion from High Point, N. c.,
tied with the veteran Robert STAN
ahan of Toledo, for fourth at u.
George T. Dunlap, Pinehurst's
favorite son, qualified with rs, and
Frank Strafaci Of Brooklyn, the
defending champion, had a rs.
H. S. Malik, an Indian prince,
who plays in a white turban, dis
tinctive Of his caste, and with a
full beard, qualified at 70.
Eight North Carolina players
qualified. Led by Poole's brilliant
SO, and Skip Alexander's 10, other
state players were Dunkelberger,
Hobb Anderson Of Wilson, 49,;
Chuck Alexander of Durham, 49,;
Bill Cozard of Durham, 70; and Ben
Goodies of Burlington, 80. Richard
S. Tufts of Pinehurst, qualified at
II but withdrew from match play.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
EDWARDS SLATED
FOR MOUND DUTY
New Hanover Resumes Loop
Play Against Wilson Nine
Here Thursday P. M.

The New Hanover High school
baseball team will leave this morn
ing for a return game with the Clin-
ton nine there this afternoon.
In their opening contest of the
season, the Wildcats won over the
Sampson county team, IL to 3.
Coach Floyd Bumgarner will take
a full squad of eighteen players on
the trip and will probably start
Bobby Edwards on the mound with
Adrian Rhodes or Jennings Edwards
behind the plate.
The Cats are on the long end OF
a five game winning streak and
have downed Clinton, Kinston, Ed
wards Military, Whiteville and
Rocky Mount in order.
On Thursday afternoon, they will
take on the Charles L. Coon High
school of Wilson in the second con-
ference game of the season The
'Coons possess one Of the fastest
teams in the loop and the Wildcats
expect plenty of trouble from them.
Friday afternoon the locals will
go to Whiteville to play a return
game with the Wolfpack and wind
up the weeks play.
Tennis
The tennis teams face a full week
of matches with the Wilson 'Coons
playing here on Thursday after
noon the Marion, S. c., boys Friday
afternoon and the Porter Military
Academy Cadets on Saturday morn
ing. The girls will play the Marion
on Saturday morning in con
nection with the Porter match.
The Aces and Queens took a long
workout on the Robert Strange
courts yesterday afternoon and the
teams are in fairly good shape for
the openers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02

OVOI W.
Earthquakes 22-2.
Pretty Good
In riding rough-shod over Colds
boro. the Wilson nine took advantage
of IL Annie Oakleys to first. But
at the same time it banged out IA
hits, which is pretty good in any
league.
New Hanover won over klnston
by a top-heavy Is to 8 score, SO the
game Thursday stacks up as being
a very, very tough n for the
Cats. 1t might be close n then
again it might not be. You never can
tell in baseball.
Fish Story
President Roosevelt is being in
yited by Frank 0. Sheriff., of Char
lotte, to visit Bald Head Island n
get a taste of some real sports fish.
ing in local waters. w. B. Keziah,
who a turn up more tall fish
stories in a day than anyone else
in a year, has followed up the in
vitation with a letter on what a
grand spot for fishing is New Han
over and Brunswick waters.
To make his letter convincing,
Keziah included the following fish
story and he declares it's true.
Last summer Doc F. P. Sum
mers and two other sportsmen from
Charlotte and Spartanburg, S. c.,
caught To dolphin, Is barracuda,
four amberjack, and a large number
of other fish before IL o'clock in n
morning. For dolphin, at least, this
is a record one days catch any
where on this coast.
Strained wrists prevented the
sportsmen from fishing any longer.
One of them actually had to have
the service of a physician and a
compress placed on his wrist when
the party returned from Frying
Pan"
Odds and Ends
Just received the Sporting News
Record book for 1910 and while
brushing up on baseball perform
ances in 1889 we wonder how the
book will look in 1871 Did you
know that as a team Boston leo the
American league in hitting last year,
with a .291 percentage The
world champion Yankees came sec
ond with a .287 Cleveland was
third with a $50 Thanks to
President Henry Morris for my
election to the Old Fiddlers Fish
ing club -. Little Ben Hogan made
a grand slam when he struck the
North Carolina fairways and most
golfers are saying ct amt so" 80.
But Hogan has something over three
thousand bucks to prove it -. The
St. Louis Browns, the perennial eel
larites of the American loop, are
leading every other club in both
leagues in the Grapefruit circuit
this spring.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
BRITAIN PREPARING
TO STRIKE GERMAN
ROUTE OFF NORWAY

Continued from Page One)
sharp increase since outbreak OF
the war, the ministry Of econo-
mic warfare maintained that no
such measures were contem-
plated cor even discussed" by the
war council Thursday.
Stoppage of Scandinavian ore
exports to Germany was the
only real objective decided upon
by tbu war council, these sources
maintained.
The Gulf of Bothnia, ice-lock+
ed now, will be free for shipping
in about a month, according to
Stockholm reports, providing a
protected sea route into the
Baltic over which Germany could
get ore from Sweden without
shipping in the North Atlantic
and the North sea, as must be
done now over the route from
Narvill, which is on the Atlantic
side of Norway.
But even with this protected Ba
tic route open, economists believ
that Germany still will be compelle
to rely on the Norwegian coasts
pathway for a large percentage c
her r imports. They say that tn
exceptionally cod winter has keI
the ice in the Gulf of Bothnia muc,
than usual, and that tn
blockade already has cut Germa
supplies SO drastically that she mus
ship from Narvik as well as Lules
the Swedish gulf port, to maintai,
her arms industry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
GIANTS WHIP TRIBE

TOWNSVILLE, Ca. April L.
Cliff Melton held the Cleveland In.
dams to four hits and n run in
seven innings today while the New
York Giants exploded a four.run at.
tack against Willis Hudlin In the
first and went on to beat the Tribe
8 to 6.
The victory gave the Giants a 81
edge In their spring series which
has 13 more games to go as the
teams travel north together.
johnny McCarthy's homer with
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
Steinborn Will Grapple
Tommy Marvin Tonight
Duke Triumphs Over
Pitt Panthers, 1919

DURHAM, April 1.-R-Duke's
Blue Devils again rallied in late
innings to turn in their fifth
straight win of the season at the
expense of Pittsburgh's Painters in
Duke park here this afternoon. The
score was 1919.
Edgar Especial Delivery Jones,
the Pitt grid star, had kept the
Blue Devils we'll in hand for the
first six innings and had a ga lead
going into the seventh. Duke raj
lied for four runs in that stanza
with Pitcher Bill McCahan singing
to score the tieing runs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
T'ingle Not To Play
For Deacons Next Fall

WAKE FOREST, April 1.-N-
Wake Forest athletic officials an
nounced- tonight that Tom Tingle OF
Birmingham, Ala, guard on the
varsity football team, had failed his
studies and dropped out Of college.
Tingle. a junior, will not be Ell
igible to play next fall, they added.
The 200-pound guard armed MS
varsity letter in 1899
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
Davidson Nine Beats
Citadel Cadets, 1874

DAVIDSON, April 1.-R-David.
sons baseball team w%alloped The
Citadel 16 to 4 in a slow game that
vas called in the eighth on account
pf darkness here today.
The Cats took advantage of eight
'Srrors in gaining most of their runs.
Thomas got credit for the victory
his second of 1910, but had to call
Dn Ed Lucas to relieve him in the
yixth. Lucas pitched no-hit ball and
canned five in his three innings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
MATS WIN

SANFORD, Fla, April 1.-R-The
Nationals snapped out OF their bat
ting slump against Class D opposi.
ton today and shutout Sanford Of
the Florida state league, Is to o.
Jimmy Bloodworth collected four
singles and a 360.foot home u e
the left field fence, and Jimmy Was.
dell dubbed two successive home
runs over the right field fence. Was.
delIs blows, in the seventh and
eighth innings, drove across seven
runs.
Jim Dean and Ken Chase held the
| Florida State leasuers to five hits.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
AS LOSE TWO

PHOENIX, Ariz., April 1.-R-
The Pittsburgh Pirates won a
doubleheader from the Philadelphia
Athletics today, s to Z and 8 to s.
Wally Moses homer with two on
gave the AS a rs lead in the open.
er, but two bases on balls, a sacri-
flee and Rizzo's single gave the Pi.
rates the winning runs in the sixth.
In the nightcap the Pirates scored
seven Of their runs in the sixth and
seventh innings off Ed Heusser and
Less Mclsabb. Earle Brucker hit a
pinch homer with two on for the
AS in the seventh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
IS Women To Play In
Charlotte Golf Meet

CHARLOTTE, April 1. - Up -
More than IS women, including
some Of golfdom's brighter stars,
will tee off tomorrow in the 18-hole
qualifying round of the fourth an
nual Charlotte Country club WOMB
ems invitation tournament.
The best 16 will be paired in the
championship flight for match play
for the title now held by Jane
Cothran of Greenville, S. c., who
is on hand to defend it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
BACK TO MINORS

LAKELAND, Fla, April 1.-R-
The Detroit Tigers sent five pitchers,
two outfielders and an infielder back
to the minors today preparatory to
breaking camp here Wednesday.
Pitchers Hal Manders and Clay
Smith, Outfielder Ned Harris and In
fielder Perry Boyd were shipped to
Beaumont Of the Texas league on a.
hour optional recall. Buffalo of the
International league drew outfielder
Pat Mullin and Pitcher Floyd Giebell
on the same terms.
Leslie (Phil) Fleming, another
pitcher, was released outright to Hol'
lywood of the Pacific Coast league.
John Tate, former Beaumont hurler.
also was dropped but club officials
were undecided where to send him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
YANKs WIN

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, April L.
R-The San Antonio Missions kept
pace with the New York Yankees
for six innings today but in the sew.
enth the world champions began
hitting against Ewald Pyle and ham.
mered W six runs to win 8 to 8.
Pyle passed the first three Yam.
KEGS to face him and then Joe Di.
Maggie blasted a double with the
bases full. Another pass and two
doubles off Art McDouga1, who fol.
lowed Pyle, completed the scoring,
John Cordell pitched for San An.
tonic against Red Ruffing in the
first six innings and each gave up
three runs
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02

two on base started the first-inning
scoring while Ben Chapman's four
Dagger was the only run off Melton.
The tables were turned, however,
when Jimmy Lynn and Harry Eisen-
stat took the hill and only a three.
run rally in the ninth saved the
game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02

When a recipe calls for mashed
bananas" this is the way to do it:
Peel the bananas, press the pulp
through a wide-meshed strainer.
Beat up the pulp and the
required amount.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
SMOKE RINGS
Looks Tough
By SAM Raglan

It's very true that the New Hanover Wildcats nave
won five straight this season, against no losses, out me
local lads had better take a deep breath and get ready Tor
ANYTHING before marching on the diamond against the
Charles L. Coon nine of Wilson Thursday afternoon.
Early last week the Wilson boys humpled hlnslon
22-0 and then because they liked that number they "ent
o1or to Coldsboro Friday afternoon and romped over the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
BEES PLAY

BRADENTON, Fla, April 1.-R
AL Havery became the first Boston
Bees finger to go the full distance
today when he hurled the Kelleys
to a 80 win over the Caseys. Javery
gave the opposition eight hits but
kept them well scattered. The vic
tors totaled ten hits against Frank
Lamanna and Bob Williams, the
Amherst southpaw.
Casey Stengel stressed batting dur
ing the practice game and has sched'
uled another such contest for tomor-
row. He plans to give all OF his
rockies a final chance before making
UP the next lists for the farm teams.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
TIGERS WIN

LAKELAND, Fla, April 1.-R-
Tommy Bridges displayed mid.season
form today, yielding only five hits in
eight innings as the Detroit Tigers
banged out a S to 3 Grapefruit legue
victory yer Indianapolis.
Only 10 batsmen faced Bridges In
the first. six innings but he tired in
the seventh and eighth to let the In
dams score three runs. The Tigers,
meanwhile, pounded Mike Balas and
Gene Hinrichs for 10 hits, including
home runs by Frank Secory and
Pinky Higgins.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
B
CIVIC "a" LEAGUE
HIGH POINT WINS

HIGH POINT WINS
SALISBURY, April 1.-R-An
unearned run in the third inning
enabled High Point to defeat Ca
tawba 2 to 1 today in a NORTH
State conference baseball game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
WEATHER
Continued from Page One)

WASHINGTON, April 1. R) -
Weather bureau records of tempera-
ture and rainfall for the "a hours end
ing s p. m., in the principal cotton
growing areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
rest, Belgrade and The Hague

rest, BeIgrade and The Hague to
be informed of French plans.
In preparation for %reopening of
the chamber of deputies tomorrow
after the Easter recess, Reynaud
told his cabinet about the Allied SUI
preme war council meeting held in
London March % at which Britain
and France made new pledges of
cooperation both during and after
the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
CARDS LOSE

HOLLYWOOD, Fla, April LIP
The st. Louis Cardinals dropped a
2 to / decision to Columbus of the
American Association here today aft
er rallying to tie the count in the
first half of the ninth inning.
Lynn Myers drove in the winning
run with a single after two were
down.
The minor leaguers outhit the
Redbirds, 8 to Z, with Preacher Roe,
Red Barrett and Tom Sunkel twirl-
ing ~impressively. The Cards made
three fielding boobies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
PLAY TWO

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, April 1.-R)
The Phillies played two games to-
day. In the morning Chuck Klein's
triple with the bases full in the last
inning gave the Grays a 6 to 4 vic
tory over the Blues in an intra.camp
struggle. In the afternoon they
slaughtered the Miami Beach All.
Stars, 1870
After scoring 10 runs in the third
the Phils "clowned' the rest Of the
game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02

FOREST HILLS WINS
The Forest Hills baseball team de-
feated the Bradley's Creek nine, 16
to 6. yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
BROWNS WATCH N

DIGO No CI1 11A4NIAC
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, April L.
R-The st. Louis Browns, setting
the pace in the Grapefruit league
with IL wins and 3 defeats, rested
today and watched the champion
New York Yankees in action against
the San Antonio Missions.
The Brownies will be idle again
tomorrow.
The club roster was reduced to IS
players, with the assigning of three
players to Toledo and two to San
Antonio on option,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. Reasons for good gasoline mileage ire otter
1ound t the exhaust pipe. Here, an exhaust-gas analyzer, installed in on
o14ne Atlantic Refining Companys Florida Road Test cars, determinesRs
lu1y IN comousttble materials in gasoline are used. Each car in the H up
travels more than 1000 miles daily at an average speed of so mph. tAd'"
La gaceta., 1940-11-16

Chicago, Nov. 16.--El exse-
cretario de correos Farley visi-
to aver al comisionado Lands,
arbitro supreme de la pelota or
ganizada.
Sup6nese que la vista tuvo
relaci6n con la compra de los
Yankees de New York, novena
de pelota que Farley desaa adj
quirir.
Tienese e~ntendido que el .pri-
mer paso para la compra sera
entregar $1,500yO00 al corredor
Smith Davis, de Cleveland.
Viene circulando ell rumor de
que Farley obtendra ell apoyo fl
nanciero de los petroleros M. j..
Benedum y Lou Wentz, de Pitts
burgh, para integrar Ell sindica-
to Y completar la compra. Bene-
dunn es un millionaire admira-
dor del presidente Roosevelt y
la oferta lie fue rechazada por e.
difunto Barney Dreyfuss. Tam.
bien trat6 de comprar los Car
denales, pero sin exito.
La gaceta., 1940-11-16

timientos de loba, una de esas
flores monstruoSas del vicio,
una v~erdadera mujer carcela-
ria?
IC6mo no 10 eomprendi67
IC6mo no 10 vic antes7
lay. va era tarde! va era
tarde para r~ectificar, para reha-
Ger SD vida, completa y absolu-
deStrozada!..
Pero nj Ell tempo nj la ausen-
ciacia lie dejaban olvidar . que
la mujer, cuyO nombre brotaba
a cada momento de sus labios
entire una lluvia dc adjetiyos in
sultantes, entire una floraei6n &c
insultos monstruosos...
mo, no podia olvidarla L.. Te-
MIA que reconocer que la amaba
aIn, que la deseaba en- sus horas
de ddirio y de soledad, y sus D
jos veian q rostro fragil Y lleno
de gracia femenina que le habia
lpep q oOFap6u,
La gaceta., 1940-11-16

cuando descubri6 la TRACTION sin
nombre L.,
Pero otras wees. en- otros
dfas, ell reeuerdo de la impura
Sc desviaba, para hacer a Psdro
evocar las horas de una dicha
celeste, los dias de la felicidad
~radiante, y aquel ambiente de
nido de amor donde 6l fu6 tan
.feliz.
Haciase Ia Illusion entonces de
que Maria de Ia Cruz no habta
side Ia mujer que lie endulz6 Ia
vida en- las hOras inolvidables.
sino que habia sidO una muier
buena y leal, Ia mujer que to3o
sueha, Ia que TODD HIM
bre lleva tambien en- e, eora75n
y con Ia que aspira q formqr q
nido de amor dcnde Sc pueda en-.
vejecer entire ternuras, dcnde
nazcan los hijOs que sean fruto
de una pesi6n santa.
IN aits que q haba tando