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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
dean, CUBS STILL
UNABLE TO AGREE
Dizzy Leaves For Baseball
School After Telephone
Talk With Wrigley

CHICAGO, Feb. 12- Up Jerome
Herman Dean left town tonight
without getting any closer to set
ting his salary differences with the
Chicago Cubs than another tele-
phone conversation with President
P. K. Wrigley-a talk freely sprink.
led with dollar signs.
or Dir, big righthanded pitcher
who cost the Cubs $185, 900 and three
players two years ago, received $780,
900 last season, wants $4,000 this
year, and since last Friday has been
offered $4,000. Today he phoned
Mr.. Wrigley at the clubs owners
Lake Geneva, Wis, residence.
"Mr. Wrigley, what would I be
worth to you if I won % games next
season." asked the great Mr.. Dean.
Wrigley's reply:
why, Dir I guess you'd be worth
about $25,OOO."
what would I be worth if I won
Is games?" said OF Dir, warming Up
to a favorite subject.
"Why, I guess you'd be worth the
amount you received last year,
Wrigley answered.
Nov, Mr.. Wrigley, what would I
be worth if I won 10 games-and
lost 1852" said Dir, whipping in a
fast one.
well now" returned the Cub
president slowly, that's hard to say,
Dir. Maybe you wouldn't, under
those circumstances, be such an at.
traction-and maybe not worth SO
much"
Whereupon OIL Dir headed for a
train for Jackson, Miss, where he'll
serve as professor of pitching in a
baseball school for six weeks. He
was in high spirits as his train, "the
Dizzy Dean special" chugged out OF
the station.
boy, am I in great shape" he
yelled. 80 long, fellows, next year
I'll win ..."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
VICTOR IS STROKE
AHEAD IN PLAY0FF
National Open Champ Comes
From Behind To Grab ST.
500 First Prize Money

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. r.
R-Nationa1 Open Champion Byron
Nelson shot his first round of golf
out of the COS in two years of the
Texas Open, but his flat 70 was good
enough to beat out Ben Hogan OF
White Plains, N. Y, by a stroke in
the 1910 title play off at Bracken-
ridge Park today.
They just don't have the touch
that wound them up in a tie1at the
end of the regular 72-hole play at
271, 10 strokes under par and the
same score as Dutch Harrison's rec,
ord of the previous year,
The victory gave Nelson the 81, SOC
first prize money and left Hogan
with $3.50 for second.
Twice Hogan had the jump or Mel
son. Nelson three-putted the fifth
green to go over par by a stroke
Ben three-putted the seventh to &c
one over par himself, and left the
pail all square again.
On the ninth hole, a short par five
only 485 yards from tee to green
Nelson knocked his second shot bare
ly or the green, and Hogan was pir
high to the left. A poorly playe;
pitch and run shot left Hogan will
a Is foot putt and he missed it fol
a five, Nelson two-putting for G
birdie four.
Hogan knocked in his first birdie
of the day or No. II, squaring the
match. On the par-five 10 greer
Hogan two putted for a birdie. Mel
son also pumped his second shot or
the edge, but t~hree-putted from sc
feet to take a par five.
The hole that really lost Hogan
the match was No. Is, $50 yards
with the green barely on the other
side of a swift, narrow river. Both
men smacked tee shots far down the
middle, but Hogan's ball stopped in
a divot hole and his mashie niblick
toward the green was pitifully weak
falling right in the middle of the
water.
Nelson struck his iron close to the
pin, and then Hogan made his best
shot of the day, chipping up to three
feet from the hole after his penalty
stroke, and holing out his five, Mel
son missing his putt for a birdie and
squaring the match.
The national open champions sec
ond birdie of the day, on No. 16, gave
him a stroke lead that held up the
rest Of the way.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
Miami To Nassau Sailing
Race Will Begin TODAY

MIAMI, Fla, FEB. l2.-GP-Facing
an arduous 184-mile course, 10 of the
country's fastest sheeted craft will
start tomorrow in the annual Miami
to Nassau sailing race.
With fair weather in prospect, it
appeared likely a keen t~hree-corner.
ed race would develop out of the
sixth renewal of the classic. The
54-foot yawl Stormy Weather was
favored, however, to capture the
event for the fourth consecutive
year.
Owned by William La Brot, Stormy
Weather will fly the Burgee Of the
Annapolis, Md, Yacht club.
Most dangerous contender prob
ably will be the new and potentially
faster 64-foot yawl Good News, en-
tered by r. w. Johnson Of Prince
ton, N. j., who formerly owned
Stormy Weather.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
BraddOck Will Referee
Matches Here TOni9ht
Three Amateur Boxing Bouts
On Card; Lever, Little
Beaver To Grapple

Boxing and wrestling with James
J. Braddock, former worlds heavy,
weight champion, as the feature at
traction, will be offered at Legion
stadium tonight.
Braddock is scheduled to arrive
in Charlotte by plane this morning
and will drive to Wilmington late
this afternoon. His role on the
card tonight will be referee. al,
though he is scheduled to make a
talk to members of the New Han
ov High school boxing team, who
will be the guests of the American
Legion at the matches.
Three amateur boxing matches
will precede the two wrestling bouts.
The boxing matches will be be.
tween:
Greeley Long, 11S pounds, of Ia.
Dor City, who fought in the 1899
Golden Gloves here, VS.. Jimmy
Casteen, 11S-pound winner in the
novice class of the 1910 Golden
Gloves tournament.
Billy Mead, of the New Hanover
boxing team, VS.. Jack Bryan, who
fought in the novice division of this
years Golden Gloves.
Tubby Mcneil, of Lumberton, de-
feated in the heavyweight finals
Of the recent tourney by Tiny Tay-
lor, VS.. Gentry Jones, Of Wilmint'
ton. a former Golden Glover.
The American Legion said that
the Mead-Bryan bout would be
given providing the high school
coach gives Mead permission to
fight.
The wrestling card will feature
Dick Lever, the Tennessee Terror,
against Chief Little Beaver in the
headliner, with Jack bader and
Johnny Mars mixing it up in the
semi-finals.
All of the above matmen have
appeared here before, except Hader,
whose reputation as a rough and
tumble artist has preceded him
here.
The Lever-Little Beaver battle is
expected to be a roughhouse affair
that will include practically every
trick in the game.
Braddock will referee both the
boxing and wrestling matches.
The Legion announced last night
that it will give SO per cent of its
profits derived from the program to
the Civitan clubs "Iron Lung fund
campaign.
All bouts will be held in the ex
hibit building at the stadium, with
the fights scheduled to start al
1870 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
DURHAM TO PLAY TONIGHT
Defeats Hogan To Win Texas Open
Tabor City Boxers Win
Over Lake View Team

TABOR CITY, Feb. 1.-THE Ia.
Dor City boxing team triumphed
over the Lake View, S. c., nlitt-
men 4 1-2 to IL in a meet held
here last week.
Results were as follows:
Thomas Harrellson, 124, Of Tabor
City, decisioned Brogden, 1923.
Greeley Long, 1874, Tabor City, de-
cision over Moore, 1871.
Liston Grice, 1877, Tabor City, de-
cisioned Aultman, 142.
Albert Gore, 141, Tabor City, de-
cision over Gaddy, 145.
Ralph Fowler, $50, Tabor City,
and Atkinson, $50, drew.
John Strickland was referee and
Rae Scarborough was timekeeper,
Judges: Walter Spivey, Guy Davis
and Douglas Horn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
Dunkelberger Qualities
For St. Augustine Meet

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Feb. 12-
R-Four of the five big names ir
the Thirteenth Golf Club Champions
tournament made par u look easy
at the st. Augustine links today in
the qualifying round of the annual
event.
Medal honors went to Charles
Whitehead, New Jersey amateur
champion, whose brilliant 1886
paced the field, six Strokes under
regulation figures.
Bill Stark, Florida amateur title.
holder from Jacksonville posted a
card OF 3S-S4-67. Carl Damn, Jr.
Orlando, and Bobby Dunkelberge1
of High Point, N. c., Southern ANA.
teur champion and winner here last
year, post identical cards of 33-36-
SO.
Frank strafaci, sectional amate,,
klngpln from Long Beach. N. v
was the only s~favorite unable r.
break par. He posted a s7-36-73 q
shot over regulation.
1t took a 70 to sew up one of the
81 positions in the first flight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
Southeastern N. G.. Basketball
Leland

Leland high schools basket
ball teams for the past three
years have been built around
the slogan of "Pass"-and that
simple rule of playing has car
ried the shifty little quintet
through some tough seasons.
This season has been no ex-
eeption so far as tough sched-
ules r concerned, but the Le-
landers have come through
with some startling results,
winning 10 games and losing
three to date.
w. A. Wheless, coach of the
boys team who took over
three years ago, feels that his
team has at least a good chance
of breaking even in their re-
naming games which will send
1t against Waccamaw, South
port, Bolivia and Eliabethtown
in the next two weeks.
When Wheless came to LIE.
land three years ago he re.
arranged the team from the
one.man offensive used before
to an ali-around fast aggre.
CATION with every player able
to shoot. In fact, Wheless says
that he doesn't like a team
built around a "star" and for
this reason he doesn't have
any figures on individual
scores. 1--WE have no indi.
vidual high scorers" he said,
"all of the boys can shoot"
And that ability to pass,
shoot and guard has made LIE.
land one of the fastest ball
handling outfits in this section
Of the state.
All of the players are of fair
~ even stature, but small, and
this has proven a disadvantage
in several games against taller
boys. But what they lack in
height, the boys make up in
their smooth passing. attack
and other teams in this region
say that no doubt the Leland
cagers are the "smO0thest
working and passing team in
Brunswick county and vicinity
The types of defense and Of
Tense vary with each game
and even during the game and
Wheless has a large category
Of drills which each player
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13

must learn to perfection. There
are only two tall players on
the squad, with Charles Rob-
bins and j. G. Chadwick al
ternating at the center slot.
Leland lost three of it's
first string men last year. but
has good requirements in a
bevy of up and coming young
sters, chief among these be-
ing Clifton Skipper, who has
developed into one of the fast
est forwards on the team. Paul
Robbins, co-captain, and Cecil
Lowe, form the most-used
forward combination this sea-
son. Robbins almost sure to
grab all-around honors for
both offensive and defensive
work, although Lowe is usual
ly more sure.
George Hollis, who holds
down the right guard position,
has reverted from a purely
defensive player to an often
sive man this year. Roy Lane,
the first string left guard, has
a very dangerous pump" shot
which he utilities from the ball
lanes during tight games.
Armand Ganey, veteran right
guard, is the mystery man"
of the team. Rarely a starter,
Ganey has turned the tide of
many a game when thrown into
the swim in a tight spot. Dan
Willetts and Billie Hines are
the outstanding reserve mate
rial.
The Leland girls team has
had a bad start this season,
due to considerable sickness
and the inability to fill empty
berths from last year. How
ever, in recent weeks the
team has been coming along
steadily and hopes to break
better than even by the end
of the season. Coached by
Miss Fannie Burnett, the team
is composed of Ethel Douglas.
Mildred Clark and Elizabeth
King as the outstanding play
ers.
The Leland boys are expect
ing to compete with tie other
teams from this section in the
Star News-Y. M. C. A. basket
ball tournament to be staged
here from March 60.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13

thing but veterinary medicine, logs
have definitely become big business.
every wideawake city should
sponsor an annual dog show. De-
shows are just as important to a
w~ell-rounded community sports pl''
gram as any other type of sporting
event. Dog shows bring together a
group of high type sportsmen and
sportswomen who spend lavishly on
their hobby-dogs. A dog show is
a good advertisement for a city. 1t
has become a major sporting event
in many cities. Besides being a
meeting place for dog fanciers; it
brings an influx of outside money
which helps all business men in
directly.
"a dog show gives the local public
the opportunity to study the various
breeds Of dogs. Every show has
specimens of rare breeds never be-
lOlo SELL Ill L1ldC SSSSASA' ~No
show has boone an educational fac
tor affording local people the chance
to view Americas top flight dogs,
many of which cost their owners
thousands of dollars.
"a dog show is advertised nation
ally in the dog magazines for sew
eral months before the show; the
awards are published extensively at
ter the show. Thus a dog show even
in a small sized city takes on ma
tional Importance as months before
the show is held, prospective exhibi'
tors are advised of the show. Every
dog show is advertised throughout
the United States.
"All in all, the average dog show
is a civic event in it's benefits. The
local public enjoys attending a dog
show, studying the dogs and various
breeds. 1t is a revelation to the
novice to see the best specimens of
each breed brought together in the
show ring for a minute comparison
by impartial judges who r quail
fled to give their expert opinions on
the specimens exhibited. Spectators
at a dog show acquire a new appre.
citation of mans best friend. After
all, the dog is the only animal that
prefers the company of nan to that
Of its own kind.
I'm many cities the chamber OF
commerce actively co-operates with
the local kennel club in holding an
American Kennel club championship
point show at least once a year. 1t
can be conservatively estimated that
the average dog show of 300 dogs
bring at least 500 to 600 visitors to
the city, who spend an average of
not less than $40 to $40 each, de-
pending on whether it is a one-day
or a two-day show"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
GOLF RULES SHOW
ONLY FEW CHANGE,
1910 Edition Makes II nl0,,
To Test Links Surface
During Play
BY BILL BONJ

NEW YORK, Feb. 1e-fp
United States Golf a~ssocaitian I''
out today with its 1910 edition. s'a =.
the Rules of Golf" ipcornoral !. .
the changes approved ~ p''al
months annual meeting. A'
Chief among these, Of co,,.
the footnote to rule % soo,,s !
which makes it illegal to test 3d.,
surface especially prepared ~ y
putting by roughing or scranir, |
with a club or otherwise u
forth, this will come un5sn Y'
heading of placing a martp \
the green, and will be subiec. !
the penalty already on the 5o.1
for such marking: loss of tbs hl
in match play. a two-stroke nsr,,.1
in medal play.
Officials at Columbia pnir.,,,.
have decided that Paavo N,,,,I
still rates the title of "pbsr...
Finn Nurmi and his co,,r,,"I
man, Taisto Maxi, bob5ed IN :,
Columbla's outdoor track the o,5.]
day without advance notice
They ran four or five miles l
the boards and then, as silea.,v 1
they had come, they departed. Tt,l
hadn't brought an interprst.
there was no one there who sroI
Finnish, so that there wasn't
word exchanged between them AL
their hosts.
If the present European w,
should continue for any length
time, one sports by-product is l.
ly to be U. S. recapture and lor,
term retention of the Davis cpI
After the World war, competjtI
was resumed in 1918, but the Uni
ed States did not challenge for N
cup until the following year. n
den and Johnston swept thrOnJ
the Australians, so, in the cg
lenge round, and from then vr1
1927 the trophy remained in til
country.
Did you know that:
While it still was considH
pretty much of a sport for "wh
pants Willies'' in those days, wi
ter Camp played in the first
tercollegiate tennis tournament
1883? Clara Calender, Il
California miss who has been paI
ing in Florida golf Tournaments /
the same girl who made such
favorable impression on the d
perts in 1887 when she went
the national quarter-finas
Memphis? the Canterb1
Golf club, near Cleveland, Why
the 1910 U. S. open will be playtI
has a 623-yard hole that is
longest or any midwesten coals
/. ice hockey, in some fa1
now is played in 80 of the
states? $50. Jules LadoumeSN
France, Sydney Wooderson Of Ell
land, Jack Lovelock of New "a
land and Luigi Beccali Of III
are the only foreign runners VI
have run the mile under 4 minli
10 seconds?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
GRADUATES

Feb. 12.-CP-
FRANK Hoerst, former captain of the
Lasaile college basketball team and
one-tlme Philadelphia sandlot south
paw p,lcher, has graduated to the
major leagues. He was obtained nv
the Phillies from Pensacola Of +he
SOUTHWESTERN league and will be TAX
en- TO Miami Beach for spring train.
ing. "
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
Gallagher Signs 1910
Contract With Browns

BUFFALO, N. Y. Feb. 12.-F'-
Big Joe Gallagher, outfielder for the
st. Louis Browns, returned his
signed contract today.
He said he was pleased and sur
prised at the generosity Of the st
Louis club-they are not tail-enderS
en- the salary league"
Joe was acquired last June from
the New York Yankees.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13

Money Maker
College football is a business and
q very lucrative business as long as
n school puts a winning team on the
field. For instance, look at what
the Duke Carolina football game
each year pours into the Golfers OF
the two institutions. Last fall the
gate went over $100, 900.
But General Summerall realizes
that The Citadel, just as many other
small schools, is not able to compete
on the same basis with the big
school teams and so he assured his
listeners that The Citadel hereafter
will not go out of it's class any more
than policy and ~expediency demands
and that the football teams OF the
Light Brigade will be matched with
teams of equal ability.
A wise move, as most will agree.
Costly Dilemma
And while we are talking of The
Citadel an interesting dilemma has
arisen at the Charleston school.
The school has just completed {:
$685., 900 armory to be used both for
indoor athletics and drills. But the
basketball team is unable to use the
building for practice because it costs
too much to light.
The situation is just about like the
farm hand who spent his years
earnings on a new automobile and
then had to park it under the china
berry tree because there was no
money left to buy gasoline.
Dog Shows
Here is a little commentary on the
benefits of a dog show, which we
pass along to you for what it is
worth.
considering the fact there we're
1926 Dog Shows held in the United
States during 1889, with more than
100, 900 pure-bred specimens entered,
the extent of this one phase of well.
bred dogs is clearly evident.
"Forty-two states figure in the
SOlllplSlc 1lSC VI I0oV oSV oho"o'
The only states not holding dog
shows last year were: Arkansas,
Wyoming, Mississippi, Montana,
North Dakota and South Dakota.
1.-THE holding of an all-breed dog
show represents an average expen.
diture of $1,000. This includes show
hall, printing, trophies, ribbons, ex.
pense of judges, local help, trans
portation and erection of benching
equipment, exercise runs, etc.
"A checkup of the 1926 shows held
in the United States last year 1e-
veais that the average dog show had
300 individual dogs exhibited and
that these dogs represented entries
from II states. Not less than 200
to 800 exhibitors, their helpers and
friends come to the city from oth,r
points, bringing their dogs, %patroniz-
ing hotels, garages, service stations,
eating places, stores and other bust
ness establishments.
with dog owners in the United
States spending more than $3.50, 00O,.
900 annually for dog food, and ten
colleges in this country teaching no.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
SMOKE RINGS
It's A Business
Bv SAM Raglan

"Football. is not a sport in the coLege world i ) os
business. With us it is a problem. VII
Thus spoke General Charles P: sammeral, Inc Clta-
dePs head man, at a banquet held in Charleston last week
tn honor the advent of Coach Bo Rowland and his assist
ants on the gridiron scene at the military college. Ana IN
Tho uornacular "the General spoke a mouthful."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13

Red hail has occurred in various
regions of the earth. 1t is caused
by a fine dust in the atmosphere
blown up from red soil, and frozen
into the hailstones
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-13
SIGNS CONTRACT

WAKE FOREST, Feb. 12.'R-
Glen Crabtree, senior tackle at
Wake Forest college, has signed
a contract with the Detroit Lions,
professional football team, and
will report to the club next fall
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-18
MAXI AND NURMI
TO RUN IN u. S.

New York, Jan. 18-(UP)-Taisto
Maxi, Finnish distance runner who
is being accompanied to this coun-
try by Paayo Murmi, hopes to make
10 appearances here. 1t was an
nounced today by Joe Williams. New
York columnist who heads the sports
division Of the Finnish Relief Fund,
Inc.
Maxi and Murmi will arrive in New
York next month and go immediate
ly to California to begin training In
the warm climate.
Maki's first race win be .run in Los
Angeles, and after an appearance at
San Francisco, ne will begin working
east on . tentative schedule that In
cludes stops at Denver, Kansas City
st. Louis, Cleveland. Chicago. De-
trolt, Boston and New York.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-18
BEAR MT, SKI JUMP
SET FOR SUNDAY

The Bear Mountain Park Sports
authorities have Just made known
the fact, that the Ski Jumping
tournament for the Franklin D,
Roosevelt trophy, under the auspices
OF the Norway Ski Club, scheduled
for next Sunday January a at Bear
Mountain state Park, N, X, Will
DO held, regardless OF whether or
not additional snow falls before The
end Of the week, They state that
sufficient snow has been stored IN
the reeesses OF the mountains TO
make this meet possible, They are
already packing tho Ski Hill, aituat-
cd Just west OF the Bear Mt Bridge,
adjacent TO the Bear Mt, Inn, and
II Is expected that many trucks Will
be used during the balance OF the
week to haul the snoW from the
hinterland to the Ski Hill, In order
10 place II In. excellent condition for
next Sundays event, Competition
Ia much greater In this meet than
In many others and oil jumpers
Guido themselves TO become the
proud owner OF the president'S|
trophy. There ID no charge for|
witnessing this thrilling exhibition
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-18
SMYTHE NOT "SORE"

Boston, Jan. l8.-(UP)-Manager
Connie Smythe OF the Toronto
Maple Leafs will not accompany his
club here fore National Hockey
league games with the Boston
Bruins Tuesday and Feb. 2, II was
disclosed today.
In q letter to a local friend,
Smythe said the reason for his de-
cision was his recent censure by the
league borad OF governors as result
OF action brought by Bruin manager
Art Ross for the Leaf leaders al
legged unbecoming conduct. Ross
had sought to have Smythe fined
$l,o0 but the board merely censured
him.
II don't want to appear like a
sorehead, either" Smythe wrote,
but I seldom go places where I'm
not wanted. 1t was apparent from
what happneed after my last visit
that I'm not particularly welcome
In yuor city"