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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
HORSE SHOW PLANS
DISCUSSED HERE
Directors Predict Third An
nual Event To Be Most
Successful Held Here

Predictions that the third 'annuaI
Cape Fear Horse Show will be the
most successful ever staged here
were made yesterday afternoon fol
Lowing a meeting between directors
of the show and H. H.. Mitchell
show director, during which reports
from all committees were heard.
Mitchell reported at the meeting
that he has secured the finest group
of entries for the show which has
ever been seen in Wilmington and
predicted the jumper and hunter
events will be particularly fine this
year due to the large number of
Acknowledgements horses which Lave
been entered on the lists.
Not only are nationally known
stables over the entire south put
ting their horses in the show this
year, it was reported, but there will
also be a record number OF ertries
from North Carolina, with official
blanks having already been receiv-
ed from horse owners in Kinston.
Rocky Mount, Goldsboro, Southport,
Winston-Salem, Greensboro an
such out-of-state places as Spartan
burg and other South Carolina
cities.
Among the entries who added
much to the show last year and
who is expected to aid in making
this years event one of the most
colorful and spectacular is Chariot
Ives Montgomery, Of Villanova, P.
Nelson MacRae, president of the
Cape Fear Horse Show association,
sponsors of the show, said he h S
received fin. reports indicative of a
fine show from Barnard Solomon,
chairman of publicity; Ivey Sutton
in charge of grounds and stables;
Mrs. Walter Storm, in charge of
entertainment; Fred Willetts and
Fred Little, in charge of program
advertising; Harris Newman, in
charge of sale OF parking spaces;
Garland Palmer, in charge Of ticket
sales; John AleXius, chairman of
the trophy committee; and D. c.
North, head of the stakes commit
tee.
"This will undoubtedly be the fin
est horse show Wilmington has
ever had and it is resulting in a
tremendous amount of publicity for
the city and for New Hanover coun-
ty. 1t is attracting a large number
of noted horse people il. people
whose names make news and whose
plans to attend the show here are
bringing attention to Wilmington
not only as a sports town, a town
which is interested in horses, but
as a possible w%intering place for
many of the fine horses which are
brought south every winter"
Members of the board of directors
of the Cape Fear Horse show asso.
citation are 1. ]. Sutton, Harriss
Newman, Leslie Hummell, Pomeroy
Nichols, Garland Palmer, ]. Walter
Williamson, Mrs. Robert Tate, Fred
Willetts, Emmett Bellamy, D. C.
North, T. W. Davis, Bernard Solo
mon, and Nelson MacRae, chair.
man.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
PENN nine BEATS
TAR HEELS, 90
Quakers Conclude Invasion 4,
State With First Victory
In Short Tilt

CHAPEL HILL, March o.,
The University Of Pennsrn-
baseball team concluded It's 81, S ,'
invasion Of this state here Ill., "uay
ernoon by racking up its first S a..
tory with a 9-S decision ovo,
University of North Carolina nm NM
contest was cut short in the ei, tr'
inning to allow tie Quakers s", IL
catch a train home.
Ceasing of hostilities cams
rather timely moment for tbs
tors. After Penn had been r..i.s a
in IL order in the eighth, tbs ~.
Heels went to bat In their half NJ
the stanza. Radman. first I'm rs.,.
ed first on an error and short w..
Matty Topkins walked to pnt WV n'
ners on first and second with Wy
away. Here at 5;45 O'Clock fl,
game was stopped which was ,s j"
agreement of both teams at ths h ~
ginning of the contest.
The Quakers jumped off IN a ,,,.
start in the first three INNINGS s ",
found the offerings of John G,sf,yl
Cheshire, sophomore pitcher IN tb.t,
liking. Cheshire was wild tbrorrs.
out his brief stay on the mor1,
He walked a total of seven man i,
the three innings and Yielded civ
hits.
Big blow in PENIS ~four.run mi.
burst in the first inning was Birv
Koepsell's booming triple to certa,
field with the bases loaded. Cbesbirs
retired midway of the third alta,
allowing eight runs. Horace (Rss,
Benton, his successor, who hail,
from wilson,, handcuAed tba
Quakers the rest of the way. H.
yielded only two hits and one rim
in a S and 1-3 inning stretch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
MURAL MITT
MEET IS RESUMED
Crowley, Wi.Ietts, Jenrette,
Foy, Blake Win Bouts
at High School

The annual High School Intra-
Mural Boxing tourney ended its
third day yesterday morning with
three good fights held at the fifth
lunch period and four at the sixth.
James Crowley opened the card
at the first lunch session with a
clean decision over Thomas Hughes
in three rounds. Crowley showed
better knowledge of the boxing
game and his clean punches kept
Hughes in trouble throughout the
match, although the latter made a
great stand in the closing minutes
of the battle.
Fred Willets, Jr., scored a TKO
over Bryan Broadfoot in the third
round when he dropped the loser
to the anvas with a hard blow
to the heart and followed with d
right to the head. Broadfoot kept
on about even terms with Willetts
for the better part of the first two
rounds, but the winner bored in late
in the third to take the fight.
Nelson Robinson and Ernest Russ
staged a great battle in the final
fight of the opening card in a chal-
lenge match with no decision
awarded. Both lads mixed it up
for the three rounds with Robinson
holding a slight edge with hard
rights and Iefts to the head and
slashing blows to the mouth. Russ
landed his left repeatedly to the
face.
J. P. Jenrette kept rushing Cecil
Miller in the first fight of the sixth
period and gained the judges deci-
sion in three rounds. Jenrette box
ed Miller nicely and rushed him
about the ring keeping up a steady
flow Of head punches which kept
Miller on the defense.
George Foy and Bob Gilbert put
on a real show in the second battle
with each lad dropping the other
to the canvas with rights to the
head. Foy earned the decision with
a slightly better knowledge of the
ring and cleaner punches. Gilbert
was game all the way and kept
pushing the fight until the final
bell.
Billy Blake, with a longer reach,
won the decision owe Marion
Peterson in three rounds of nice
fighting. Blake shot his lefts and
rights to the face as Peterson at
tempted to rush in under a bar
rage of punches. Peterson near the
last started jumping off his feet
and throwing punches to the face
which kept Blake backing away.
Floyd Blake and Jack King put
on a challenge exhibition with both
lads mixing it up to the delight of
the fans. No decision was award
ed in this fight.
The matches will continue at the
lunch periods throughout this week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
REPORTED SALARY
SET AT $4,000
Cardinals With Smuggling Out
fielder Given Chance to
Win the Pennant

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
26.-LH9-Joe Medwick, smuggling out
fielder, voluntarily signed his 1916
contract with the st. Louis Card
inals tonight, ending a long ane
stubborn holdout siege.
Medwick, who led the Nationa
league in batting in 1887, affixed
his signature to the dotted line aft
er President Sam Breadon had mott
fled him his stay in Florida at the
Cardinals expense was at an end
Previously midnight tonight hae
been set as the ~"deadline" when the
Cardinal management planned tt
withdraw the $4,000 offer.
The hard-hitting left fielder was
reported to be holding out for $40,
900, the pay he received two years
ago.. The Cardinals sliced off $4,000
last spring.
Immediately after signing Med
wick left with his teammates fol
ln1dllll DCdSll Ia, W1lClG tuS Od1Qs
play the Phillies tomorrow before
embarking for a series in Havana
Cuba.
Since returning here from his st
Louis suburban home a week ago
the one-time National leagues most
valuable player had held numerous
salary confabs with Vice-Presiden1
Branch Hickey, but neither would
give in to the others demands.
Medwick was in Florida during
the first part Of the training sea
son, but returned to St. Louis early
this month. Medwick said Ricke.
failed to show up for a salary con
ference, but the Cardinal official as
serted the outfielder had misunder
stood his plans for arriving here.
Meanwhile there had been consid
cradle gloom in the Cardinal caml
because of Medwick's absence. The
club has been picked by severa.
National league club managers as
a probable pennant winner-witI
Medwick.
Medwick batted 1882 last season
and always has been high among
the leagues best hitters. He won
the batting championship three
years ago with a .374 average.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
HANOVER LEAGUE
PLANS SCHEDULE
Softball. Loop Votes To Play
32-Game Slate With Two
Halves This Year

Plans were made for a 32.game
schedule to be played in 16-game
halves with a ~post-season playoff
to decide the league championship
at a meeting of the Hanover Soft
ball league at the Y. NJ. c. A. last
night.
Five teams were represented at
the meeting.
A set of bylaws vas tentatively
drawn and will be drafted in COM
plete form at the next league meet
ing which will be held Tuesday,
April 9, at the Y. Schedule-draft'
ing was postponed, due to the hope
of signing another organization to
enlarge the league to six teams.
Any team composed Of players
within one firm or organization
wishing to enter the Hanover league
is urged to contact J. P. CARROT
at the Y. NJ. C. A.
Plans r underway to select a
diamond and umpires for the
league, and selection of a silver
trophy cup for the seasons cham
pions will be made within the near
future.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
BEAT WHITEVlLLE, IL TO
Medwick Ends Holdout By Signing Contract
Archibald-Jeffra Title
Bout Is Set For May 20

BALTIMORE, March 26- Up -
Harry Jeffra of Baltimore, and
Joey Archibald, worlds feather
weight title-holder, signed today for
a 15-round title bout here May 20
Baltimore's first championship fight
in II years.
The two got together after
months of %dickering. They met last
fall in Washington and Archibald
scored a questionable decision, pre-
cipitating a near riot among the
fans. The National Boxing as
ISOLATION ordered a return bout.
Maryland and New York boxing
commissions agreed the May 20 en-"
gagement would be recognized as
a world title event.
Archibald was guaranteed $4,000
and 40 per cent Of the gate, pro-
moters said. The Century Athletic
club will stage the show jointly
with Herman Taylor, Philadelphia
promoter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
By SID d

NEW YORK, March 26-R-If
all the puns on Joe Louis cashing
his (Johnny) Paychek in Madison
Square Garden Friday night were
laid end to end-and covered with
a foot or two of solid earth - it
would serve them exactly right.
No one to date, except those
plentifully supplied with r%ose-color-
ed glasses in Johnny's own camp,
has been brash enough to see how
this particular Paychek can help
bouncing when the Brown Bomber
goes to work in his tenth defense
Of the world heavyweight cham
pionship. And, thus agreed, the
boys are telling about it in the
FUNNIEST" ways possible.
The betting men, having heard
via the grapevine that Louis is
really in there pitching at his
Greenwood Lake training camp,
have installed the "boss man"
favorite at odds ranging from 1 to
5 all the way to 1 to 8 to cancel
Paychek in n way or another,
If you shop around a bit, you can
even get 2 to 5 that the Des
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
Paychek Puns Continue To Bob
Up On Eve Of Bout With Louis

Moines fiddler won't last the IS
round derby distance"
These prices were maintained to-
day notwithstanding the fact that
Paycheck spent the morning look
ing at movies of several Of Louis
less impressive starts and came out
! with the confident assertion that
this boss man of the belters wasn't
such a much"
81" Johnny calmly stated after
watching Max Schmel:ng cut down
Joe in ~ rounds, "can punch better
than Schmeling.'
Then he enjoyed himself thor
oughly as reels we're run off show
ing Louis fumbling around through
Is rounds each with Tommy Far1
and Arturo Godoy and chasing Bot
Pastor IL rounds before catching
him.
And what's more" he added, II
can box better than any Of those
guys"
(The movies showing Louis an
Initiating Schmeling in their second
meeting, and moving down such
opponents as John Henry Lewis,
Tony Galento, ETC., were not shown.
for some reason).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
White SOx Rated Some
Better Than Last Year
Club Has Most Everything
But Pitching; Veteran Lyons
Tops Mound Staff
BY ROBERT MYERS

PASADENA, Calf, March 60
R-Confidentially, it appears that
the Chicago White Sox have most
everything but pitching this year,
and they might even bob up with
some Of that before the season runs
its course.
I'm not saying where We'll fin.
ish, but We'll have a hustlin' club
and we'll make some trouble pre-.
dicted Jimmy Dykes, the Sox skip.
per, which seemed fair enough for
a pre-battle prophecy.
The Pale Hose promise a hard hit
ting array of outfielders, a good
infield If some of the veterans don't
crack up, good catching and a pitch.
ing staff of the problematical type.
Dykes believes a couple of trades,
which brought outfielders Taft
Wright n Julius Solters to the
Sox, will strengthen his club.
Wright, who hit 1909 for Washing.
ton, and Pete Appleton were oh.
tanned in a deal that sent Gerald
Walker to the Senators. Solters came
from the Browns for Rip Radcliffe.
Camp followers think Solters will oe
happier in his new surroundings.
Heading the pitchers is the age
less old war-hoss, Ted Lyons, now
embarking on his 18th consecutive
year with the Chisox. The 39-year.
old Louisianian, one of the grand.
est figures in baseball, was good
enough to win IA games while losing
six last year, ands it looks like he'll
do as well, maybe even better, this
season.
Thornton Lee, relief pitcher Clint
Brown, Johnny Rigney, Bill Diet,
rich Ed Smith, John Knott and APP
pleton, as we'll as a couple of fine
prospects, Vallie Eaves and Orval
Grove, are battling for places on the
hurting staff.
The infield will remain the same,
with Joe Kuhel at first, Jackie Hayes
at second, Luke Appling at shor: and
Eric McNair at third. Hayes knee,
twice operated upon, looks sounder
than ever. Jimmy Webb was OBJ
tanned from Cleveland for utility
chores, and the club is high on a
pair of rockies, Don Holloway and
Bob Kennedy, two Chicago lads who
have the markings, apparently, of
future stars.
The outfield will number Mike
Kreevich, Taft Wright, Solters and
Johnny Rosenthal.
No. l catcher will be Mike fresh,
with Ken Silvestri and a strapping
recruit, Tommy Turner, up frcm
Houston, where he hit .311, cornplet.
ing this department.
Dykes figures that if all goes we'll
he may have a wrecking crew of
no less than six 800 hitters-Mc.
Nair, Kuhel. Kreevich, Wright, Ap-
ping and Solters.
And if the promise comes true,
the White Sox may do all that James
Joseph predicts and pull up a notch
or so above the fourth place wind.
up in 1889.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
John Caddeu To Leave
Raleigh Hospital Today

RALEIGH, March 26.-R-John
Caddell, Wake Forest college base.
ball coach until his resignation in
January because Of ill health, plans
to go home tomorrow from Rex hos.
pital, where he has been receiving
treatment for four weeks.
The attending physician said the
veteran mentor was better and con
tinuing to show improvement.
Since he entered the hospital fol-
treatment of a bladder ailment and
other troubles, he has. been given
three blood transfusions, with Wake
Forest athletes supplying the blood
Caddell, who is So, lives near
Wake Forest
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
ALDERMAN HURLS
FOUR HIT BALL
Locals Score In Fourth, Sew
enth and Eighth To Mark
Up Fourth Victory

Allison Alderman yielded only
four hits yesterday afternoon and
the New Hanover Wildcats marked
up their fourth win of the season
with an II to 5 triumph owe the
Whiteville High school nine in g
game at Legion field.
The locals combined nine hits
off the offerings of two Wolfpack
hurlers with five miscues by the
visitors to score three runs in the
fourth, one in the seventh ano
seven in the eighth.
The first inning marked the be-
g:rning of the scoring for White.
vile. Wooten got a hit and went
to second on a wild throw from
Smidt, short stop. The visiting team
scored another in the third wher
Dewey Hooks hit and Del Hooks
was out at second. Wooten was
safe at first and went to second or
an error and Hooks came in fol
the second run.
The fourth marked a change o.
pace for the Wildcats. Harrelsor
of the Whiteville team was out al
first and after walking White
Alderman pitched to Page, who
fouled out to Rhodes behind the
plate. Prevatte flied out to short
retiring the side.
Horton, first up in the fourth
a out on a high fly to second
and Smidt followed with a hit and
went to second on a wild throw
from short stop. Day was safe al
first on an error from the third
baseman and Lee hit to center field
and brought in Smidt. . Rhodes
came up next and made a short fly
to right field which brought in
Day, and Alderman followed with
a single which brought in Rhodes
High was out on a low fly to short.
Whiteville scored three more runs
in the fifth. Del Hooks led with a
single and Dewey Hooks followed
with another safety. Wooten came
up next with another hit which
caused Dewey Hooks to be put out
on second. Wooten later stole
second. Jordan was walked by
Alderman and Barksdale made a
hit which brought in Del Hooks
and Wooten. HARRISON was next
at bat and brought in Barksdale
with a short fly to the infield
White came up next and retired
the side with a line play to first.
Alderman came in with the fourth
run for Wilmington in the seventh
and the locals scored sever runs in
the eighth. Smidt was first ur
and lined out a single. Day follow
ed with a foul which was caught
by Wooten at first. Lee walked,
and Lamb, pinch hitting for Rhodes,
hit and went to second on an error
which sent Smidt home. Alderman
was safe at first on a fielders
choice and High squeezed home Lee
but was called out at first.
Edwards, next up, brought in
Lamb and Alderman. S d S
brought in Edwards with a single.
Horton was walked by Jordan, who
started pitching in the sixth. Smidt
made a single and got to third on
an error in centerfield which
brought in Horton and Stands.
The box score:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
DUKE WIN

DURHAM, March 26,-R-The
brothers Skip and Chuck Alexander,
Durham s contribution to the Duke
university golf team, set the pace
here this afternoon as the Blue
Devils, state and conference cham
pions for the past five years, open
ed their 1910 campaign with a 26-1
victory over the University OF
Pennsylvania team in a six-man,
Nassau-scored match.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
Davidson Triumphs 1916
Over Erskine College

DUE WEST, S. c., March 20
R-Davidson hit hard in the early
innings today and defeated Erskine
10 to 6 in a baseball game.
Dayidson's big inning, the second
brought four runs. The Wildcats
TILED the bases after Owens singled
and a base on balls forced him
over. Then Edmondson, Cat catch
er, cleared the sacks with a double
Erskine gathered five runs in the
ninth on four hits, a pass and ar
error.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27

Yet even at that we hesitate to
do any predicting of fame and FOR
tune fo:, the local nine. In the flrst
pIace, we like the team and feel that
it would be unfair to put it on the
spot by having everyone expecting
1t to win the championship. So to
be fair We'll wait until it has been
given a real test against some OF
the stronger conference teams l7'
fore putting the title-tag on the
Cats.
The club has some good pitching
and the lads have been hitting with
amazing regularity for this early IN
the season. The boys have gradually
begun to get the kinks out of their
fielding and in performances to date
have shown a woodworking or.
ganization.
The locals will get their first con-
ference test Friday afternoon in
Rocky Mount and we think they will
beat the Blackbirds.
The Old Pepper
Baseball fans of this generation
will never forget the performance
Of Pepper Martin, the Wild Horse
of the Usage, in the World Series
with Philadelphia several years ago.
And since we feel that Pepper Is
one of the greater ball players of
this age, we are wholly in accord
with the sentiments expressed be-
low by Grantland Rice in his col
umn THE Sportlight' Of a day or
two back.
THE first kick I got from Pepper
Martin was that he got a charley
horse in his first start, because every
ball game to Pepper is a world series
game. His angle on baseball is that
you give everything you've got-in
practices, exhibition games, pennant
races or World Series. Just another
Rabbit MaranvilIe. Their main slogan
has been-"Who wants to live for.
ever?:"
The kick I got from Arkans; s
lOu, OIlS VI lie SIGoL pitIllS1o, "o5
the fact that the cud of tobacco r.
carries in his right or left jaw was
even larger than usual. And this
doesn't mean marble size. 1t comes
closer to baseball size.
IT recalled the time that Pepper
Martin stole everything from 7hila'
delphia, except the big, cracked Lib
erty Bell, in one of the best Of all
world series<around nine years ago.
"I only got one hand on it, PEPPER
said. at was a hit, not an error
ITO me- Pepper Martin is the true
sl rit of baseball. I've known and
followed. ball players for 40 years,
but when it comes to the vital spark
I'll still trail with the country kid
who once played b%arefooted, who e.
ported first to the Cardinals by
hitch-hiking and walking from Okla.
homa to Bradenton, Florida.
eff Pepper Martin isn't a great
ball player, then we have never ha'
a great ball player"
Here And There
The Charlotte High school tennis
team which is expected to give the
Phantom Aces a run for the state
championship this year, defeated the
Porter Military netmen 7 to 0 in a
meet in Charleston Monday The
Aces will play Porter here on April
s and that meeting should give
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
TAR HEELS WIN

CHAPEL HILL, March 26.-GR-
North Cardinals varsity tennis team
opened it's. season here today with
an impressive 80 whitewash vic
tory over Haverford college of
Pennsylvania. The Tar Heels swept
all nine matches without so much
as the loss of a single set.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
Softball Loops Plan
Meeting Here Tonight

An important meeting OF The IN
dependent and Commercial slftbGI
leagues will be held at the Y, N
C. A. tonight at 5 o'clock.
Sponsors, players and other In
terested persons are urged to b
present as a discussion Of the alo
cation of practice diamonds will b
held and contracts will be giyel
out.
H. H. Harris, sponsor Of tn
Taylor-C olquitt team, will make
report on the meeting of the spGn
sors held last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
FARRAR JOINS REDSKINS

WASHINGTON, March 26@CR-
The Washington Redskins today
signed Vince Farrar, 205-pound
blocking back, for a trial this year.
A former player at North Carolina
State in 1886, Farrar was drafted
by the Pittsburgh Pirates of the
National Professional league but
was later released I
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
SHOW POSTPONED

PINEHURST, March 26.-LP-
The annual Pinehurst Horse Show,
including IS classes and approx.
mately 100 horses, will be held to.
morrow. 1t originally was scheduled
for today but a postponement was
ordered because of wet grounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
ELON WINS

ELON COLLEGE, March 2e.-R
Big Emo Showfety's couble in the
fifth inning behind another two.
Dagger by W. L. Hobson broke a
8 to 8 tie and gave Elon a 4 to 3
victory over Colby here this after
noon in a baseball game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
SMOKE RINGS
The Real Goods
By SAM Raglan

There are ball clubs that win games but still don't
1ool lie hall clubs, if you know what l mean. Then there
y hall clubs that win and in doing it really look like the
goods. 49,, +ho+ Tho Now
Hanover Wildcats give all the appearance OF having Wnat
Il takes to win some baseball games this season. SO Tar
thew have won four, lost none, and looked very good IN
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27

Senorita Irene Heredia, SPANS,
dog fancier, uses up five eros
tooth brushes yearly to clean tht
teeth c her highly insured coleo
ton of Pekinese.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-27
DEACONS WIN

WAKE FOREST, March 26-(P)
-The Wake Forest tennis team
defeated Boston university's netmen
Z to 0 here toda,.