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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
WILL PLAY EMIL. TONIGHT
GAME IS MONTHS
FINAL HOME TILT
High School Cagers Hold
Drills In Effort To Per-
feet Defense, Offense

The New Hanover Wildcats will
resume their basketball wars to-
night, meeting the Edwards Military
Institute cagers on the High school
court at 8 o'clock.
The game with the Cadets will be
the final home game of the month
flor the Cats.
Although the two schools have
competed before in football and
baseball, tonight's affair will be the
first meeting Of the schools bas-
ketball teams. The Cadets in the
past have produced several good
cage teams and tonight's game is
expected to be close.
The Wildcats have been holding
some heavy practice sessions all
this week, trying to eliminate flaws
from their defensive and offensive
play. The Cats lost their first
Eastern Conference tilt to Wilson
in the Tobacco city last Friday
night.
. Friday night the two New Han
over teams will go to New Bern
flor a return doubleheader engage
Iment with the Varsity and Junior
Varsity teams seeing action.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
Finnish Distance Runner
To Make Tour In u. S.

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 Up -
Daniel J. Ferris, secretary.treasurer
of the Amateur Athletic Union, said
tdoay that, in a transatlantic tele-
phone call to Helsinki, he had been
assured by officials of the Finnish
Amateur Athletic association that
approval had been given for a Unit
ed States tour by Taisto Maxi and
Paavo Nurmi.
The Finnish officials added that.
according to their plans, Maxi,
worlds No. 1 runner at distances
from 5000 to 10000 meters, and
Nurmi, as his manager, would leave
Lisbon Jan. rs by Transatlantic
clipper.
Ferris asked how much training
MAXI would need to get into shape
for an extended tour, and was told
the Finnish ace would require at
least three weeks and possibly more.
The Helsinki officials also said he
would need to train in a warm
climate, and plans now are being
made to send Maxi down south for
several weeks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
Dettweiler, Harb Tied
In Woman's Golf Meet

AUGUSTA, Ca, Jan. 16.--R-A
pair Of professionals with 3S.hole
cards Of ITO were cast in a race for
the championship OF the 1910 Won
ems Titleholder golf tournament
here today.
Helen Dettweiler of Washington,
D. c., the leader at the end of the
first 18 yesterday, saw Helen Hicks
Harb, Long Island, fashion a second
round SO today while the former
was n over par at "a to gain q
tie at the halfway mark of the four
day, 72-hole medal play tournament.
sBlonde Jean Bauer, Providence,
R. l., could do no better than cupli.
cate her opening 81, - over par
to hold down third place in the
field Of a half-dozen performers,
She had been tied with Mrs. I1art
for second at the end Of the first
days play.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
cats WILL MEET
TABOR CITY PUCS
New Hanover Boxers Card
Meet Friday Night; Hous-
ton To Return To Team

The New Hanover High school
boxing team, fresh from it's open
ing win over the Warsaw High
school punchers by a 4 to 1 decision,
will meet the strong Tabor City
outfit Friday night at 8 o'clock,
in the local ring.
The Wildcats, in winning their
first match since the 1888 season,
showed marked improvement over
the last years team and with the
addition of several new fighters will
be at full strength for the battle
Friday night.
Herbert Houston. veteran of last
year, Is back in fine condition and
will be a welcome addition to the
squad. There were five fights Mon
day night, but all in the lightweight
class so the fans will be treated to
some fast punching when Houston
enters the ring.
There is a rumor that Joe Walker
veteran Of three years on the squad,
will be back in a few days and may
be on hand when the gong sounds
for the weekend battle. Walker
is the proud possessor of the long.
est winning streak of any fighter
on the team and the coach is look.
ing for him to cover himself with
o honors this season..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
Unerring Wins Kissimmee
Purse At Hialeah Park

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 16.-LR-Bare.
ly lasting to the finish after leading
most of the way, Herbert M. Woolf's
Unerring began her 1910 campaign
today by winning the Featured
Kissimmee purse, a seven-furlong
sprint for fillies and mares at Hia.
leah park.
Handled well from the beginning
by Jockey Paul Ryan, the brown
daughter of Insco. which generally
was regarded as the best three.
year-old filly Of 1889, was clicked
LA to nose out James Emery's
Dolly Val in a blanket finish. W
Z. Winfrey's One Best was half q
length further back in third place.
Unerring, which won five out OF
IS races and $13,45o last year., was
oacke down to $500 for 50 ir the
mutuels.
Chose Queen paced Unerring from
Inc start until the last furlong bu,
faded and finished out of the money
along with Parscout, Flying Lee
Short Distance and Harp Weaver.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
Mandel Buys Detroit
Team In Pro Grid Loon

DETROIT, Jan. 16.-LP-Fred L.
Mandel, Jr., 31-year-old scion of a
wealthy Chicago department store
family, and two associates today
purchased the Detroit Lions of the
National Professional Football
league for a reported price of $780,
900.
Announcement Of the sale, ru.
mored for several days, was made
simultaneously by Mandel in Detroit
and by George A. Richards, former
owner Of the team, at Beverly
Hills, Calf. Richards, well-todo
radio station owner, bought the
Portsmouth CO., franchise in the
pro circuit in 1884 for approximate
ly $4,000 and transferred it to
Detroit.
In announcing purchase Of the
Lions (Which is still subject to ap-
prevail Of other clubs in the league)
Mandel also said that George
(Potsy) Clark, original Lion coach,
would return to Detroit as head
coach Of the team. Clark, who was
ousted by the Brooklyn Dodgers
recently after two poor seasons, re-
ceived a one-year contract, Mande]
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
City Cage Loop Teams
Schedule Games TONIGHT

w. L. I. meets the Y. M. C. A. in
the first game of a doublebill on the
"Y" court tonight at $3.50 o'clock,
as the weekly games are played in
the Service loop.
The second game at $3.50 o'clock
will feature the Tide Water and
Company I quints.
W. L. I. had a narrow squeak
in winning over the Company !
cagers last week and the Triangles
will be out to cut that margin al.
together. The latter team has shown
some improvement in the past two
or three games and should make
the Artillerymen hustle to win this
one.
Company I is favored to trounce
the Tide Water Kilowatts, if it can
throw their full strength into the
fray.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
GROVE SIGNS 1910
: BOSTON CONTRACT
Veterans Salary Undisclosed;
/. Expects To Go On Pitch
ing Indefinitely

= BOSTON, Jan. 16-R-LoneIome
for a sight Of Boston, Robert Moses
Lefty" Grove stalked into the Red
Sox offices today and without any
lido, affixed his signature to a 1910
contract.
The terms Of the contract were
not disclosed, but in view of "Lefty's''
great record last season, there is nc
reason to believe that Owner Tom
,Yawkey was niggardly with his
pitching ace.
Lefty" who admits that he will.
be 40 next March, pitched Is vic
tories and lost four games in 2:
starts last seaso to compile the
leagues lowest %earned.run average
among regular pitchers for the ninth
time in his baseball career.
Grove said he would leave for Hot
Springs Feb. 1, believing that his
visit there prior to spring training
last year had much to do with re
viving his dead" arm. He declared
he expected to go on pitching "in.
/aefinitely."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
DUPLIN COUNTY
CAGE MEET SET
County, Wide Basketball Tour
nament To Be Held Feb.
20, March 1, 2, 3 And

KENANSVILLE, Jan. 16. The
annual Duplin county basketball
tournament will be held in the
Chinquapin gymnasium On February
20 and March 1, 2, 8 and 4.
Arrangements for the tourney
were made at a meeting here last
Friday afternoon Of the principals
of the various schools in the county.
Selection of tournament officials
was left in the hands of County
Superintendent O.. P. johnson.
Teams will be seeded in the tour
nament according to the standing
the various clubs have at the end
Of the regular scheduled season,
Johnson said.
Games will be played only at
night on Thursday, February 20,
and Monday, March 4, but games
will be played in both the afternoon
and night on March l and 2, it was
said.
Proceeds from the tournament
will go to the various teams entered,
as usual, and will be divided on a
won and lost basis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
WHITEVILLE PUCS
WIN OVER HAMLET
Columbus Boxers Score 6 Il
To 2 IL Victory; Three
TKO's Recorded

WHITEVILLE, Jan. 16. - The
Whiteville high school boxers de
feated the Hamlet mittmen, 6 IL
to 2 1-2, in an excitement-studded
meet in the Whiteville Armory here
tonight.
Three technical knockouts were
marked up on the program with the
bout between L.. Cook, of Whiteville,
and Paul Hargrove, of Hamlet,
champion last year, proving the best
of the evening. Hargrove won by
decision.
Results of the meet we're:
Is pounds-Hunt, of Whiteville,
decision over Payne,
IS pounds-Blue, of Hamlet, T. K.
o. over Berry at beginning of third
round.
95 pounds-Stanley, of Whiteville,
decision over Burgett.
7 11S pounds-Thomas, of White
vile, drew with Irwin, of Hamlet.
125 pounds-Hargrove, Hamlet
decisioned L. Cooke.
1876 pounds-WooteE of White
vile decision over Bellinger.
1856 pounds-R. Powell of White
vile, decisioned Atkinson.
140 pounds-Capt. w. Cooke, OF
Whiteville, T. K. o. over Medlin in
second round.
las pounds-David, of Whiteville,
T. K. o. over Buctannon.
Referee: Ripple. Judges: Gray,
Boyd and Weaver.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
GRID ACES DIFFER
ON PRO FOOTBALL
Kimbrough, Kinnick And Kav'
anaugh Hold Different
Views On Money-Playing

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. Up
Three of the country's most highly
valued football players took diver
gent views today on the professional
game as a profession. The three
received awards at the Touchdown
clubs annual dinner tonight.
John Kimbrough, Texas A. & M
22O.pound fullback, honored as the
nations back of the year." says hi
wants no part Of the game II
which they play for pay.
Nile Kinnick, All-American half
back from Iowa, given the Walter
Camp Memorial trophy as "the play
err of the year." says he won't
play, but with a reservation.
Ken Kavanaugh, the great enc
from Louisiana State university
who received the Knute Rockne
Memorial award as 1.-THE lineman Of
the year." likes professional foot
ball and plans to play it.
Kimbrough, who is only a junior
and hence not eligible for pro ball
wants to be a rancher or maybe
take a chance at the movies.
None of this professional foot
ball for me-" he drawled, Il know
how much pay they get. 1 mean
know how much they don't get"
Kinnick hopes to become a lawyer
and says he will turn down an
offer to play with the Brooklyn
Dodgers next fall. Asked if he'd
turn down $4,000 a year, Kinnick
said:
"Well, that puts a different angle
or the situation
The Dodgers have been reported
as willing to pay SIS, 1000 to get him.
professional football" said Kav'
anaugh without hesitation, lis a
great game and I intend to play it
for the Chicago Bears"
The club presented two other
awards-a special trophy for cour
age to Don Herring, Jr., Princeton
tackle, who lost a leg from a foot.
ball injury, and a cup as coach OF
t. e year, to DR.. Eddie Anderson,
Iowa university coach.
Brian Bell, chief of the Washing
ton bureau Of the Associated Press,
was the principal speaker.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
TWO RALEIGH BOYS.
FOR TOURNEY
Indications Point To Fast
Fight Meet; Tickets Sell
ing AT Rapid Pace

The ranks of the fighting con
tingent of the 1910 Star-News-Brig-
ade Golden Gloves was strengthened
yesterday with the entry of Henry
Gilliken, welterweight champion last
year, into the fistic meet and the
signing of several new boxers.
Gilliken will wear the colors of
the Wilmington team in the open
division.
Fight fans of last year liked Gill
liked's style of fighting perhaps
more than any other boxer entered
in the tournament. He reached the
semi.finals in the Southeastern Unit.
ed States tourney held at Atlanta,
Georgia.
Heading the list of otner new en-
tries was a distinct threat to the
112-pound title held by Jimmy
Swami, the -buzz-saw boxer of Will
mington. The new entry in this
weight division is Sinclair Caps, If
Raleigh, whose record shows parti-
cipation in 20 fights with % vic
tories.
When questioned last night,
Capps grinned and said, II under
stand Swami is a good fighter, but
I promise him a good scrap. One of
us will go to Atlanta and keep on
going until we reach New York"
Another new entrant was J.. P.
Shepard, 11S-pounder of Raleigh,
who accompanied Caps here. Shep.
ard has lost only three of Is fights,
losing these by decision and he has
won seven by knockol.ts.
Phil Buchheit, who has charge of
the Golden Gloves tournament, said
last night that he was well pleased
with the caliber of the boxers who
have entered and predicted that this
years meet will be the fastest ever
staged here.
Tickets for the tournament were
placed on sale yesterday by Senior
Fraternity of the Brigade Boys club
and several sections were sold by
nightfall. Tickets may be secured
from any member of the fraternity
or from the Star-News offices.
Father James A. Manley, who has
charge of the Wilmington team in
the tourney, asked all boxers to be
on hand at the Golden Gloves gym
on North Front street tonight for
another workout.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
Ziken. Others Enter Golden Cloves Meet
YALE SPORTS B0S
CONDEMNS LEAGUE,
DIR. Mendell Says Superb,
ganization Bound To Col.
lapse In Few Years

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan :,
P-Dr. Clarence w. Menden. v.,,'
new athletic boss who describes W..
self as a football fanatic, tooh .p
powerful poke today at the "ess,'|
instinct" in college athletics rbi''
he asserted had already gona ,aJ
far. VI
The Latin professor who rpcsr.,.
returned to the job he held tr,,
1919 to 1925-succeeding Na,cS,
Farmer-aimed his shots prjm,r,
at the eastern intercollegiate lespr,
in which Yale is a member.
DR.. Mendell, disclosing his atb,s+,
views for the first time since assr,.
ing his new duties-he took the a,
only until next June to enable VI,
authorities to look over prospect,
candidates for the post-stated.
Cali this super-organization vb;,.
has developed in the past few ve,r
is bound to collapse sooner or a,,
under its own weight. I can't see an,
advantage in having all thsa
leagues, one for every sport.
"What it amounts to is that n
stead of our arranging u or,
schedule as we see fit we are ION
by the central office in New yO3
whom we will play and when. /
takes the thing out of our hands All
about all we get out of it is SON.
unnecessary and usually undesiaE.
publicity"
DR.. Mendell said he didn't "tors,
any great change in football he:
for a long time" and was sure Va:
had seen the last of its million Dbl
lar gridiron gates-the 1899 footh.
receipts were barely over the So.
900 mark-but hailed this as an in
dication that 1--WE have returned +
normalcy."
He emphasized that the abCfS.
ment of football at the Univert
of Chicago could not be regarded 4
the beginning of a coming tren
that will affect the colleges Through
out the country" and asserted tia
the only colleges that had anythi1
to fear from the inroads of pTOte'
sional football were those "Thic
now indulge in wholesale subsidiz
ton Of players and look at the gan
as a commercial enterprise"
"As the real professional team
gain in popularity" he asserte
"These semi-pro teams will lose pr
portionately. Football anon
the big three Yale, Harvard an
Princeton) will hold its own on
strictly amateur basis regardless
developments in the straight pT0ie
sional sport.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
Snaps Tie For Loop Lead
With Win Over Cracker

The Chocolate Snaps and aN'
Crackers landed in a tie for 70.
league lead in games on the
court yesterday afternoon.
In the opening game, the sM'
romped on the Soda CraX fN !
1919 win. The Crax were unable y
get going in the first half and tn''
ed 80 as the second halt oega,,
but staged a rally in the final AA-
and, though unable to oVertaKe y
high-flying Snaps, made a g"
bame out of it. Groom was nsl
scorer with Z points while JeIlo,1
tailed six for the losers, WIFE
was high with four points g.
The second game was a wan
away for the It'd Bits over IN
Animal Crackers, winning 49, lux
Animal Crax played a very g|'
floor game but were terrlole D
their shooting efforts. The ia Din
on the other hand, were not =
hot on their all-around game 10
made good or their scoring cha'V,
Gilbert was tops in scoring Wiz
seven points.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
SCORING SPREE

HOT SPRING, Jan. 16-(R-
A couple of near.recOrds III
basketball scoring were set here
last night when the Hot Springs
Fire department five defeated
the Hot Springs CCC cagers, LA
to 81, in a 48-minute contest.
Individual scoring honors of
the fray went to Bill Collins, for
ward, who tailed 80 points dur
ing the fast tilt - considerably
more than any other player ON
the floor. Collins is u former
Hot Springs High school player.
Tho teams played four 12.min.
ute quarters,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
Ruling On Player Deals
Issued By Judge Lands
Baseball Gar Would Fine
Clubs And Suspend Off
Gals For Violations
BY CHARLES

CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-R-Kene-
saw Mountain Lands, commissioner
of baseball, laid down the law tc
organized baseball today in a dras'
tic ruling designed to wipe out il.
legal ~"cover-up" player deals be-
tween major and minor league
clubs.
In a seven-point declaration, Ian
dis ruled that in every future in.
stance of a secret player transfer
or similar covert practice he would
impose a fine of $500 on the club
and outlaw the participating Off
Gals, as we'll as declaring the player
involved a free agent.
In addition, Lands warned that
a fine of $1,000 would be assessed
from a club making any agreement
found to misrepresent or untruth-
fully report any material fact" Of
ficials executing such a certificate,
Lands ruled, also will be placed on
the ineligible list.
Lands new rulings followed his
sensational decision against the De-
troit Tigers farm system-a de-
cision which granted free agency
to 81 players, including major
leaguers Benny Mccoy, Tigers
rookie second baseman, valued at
$40, 900, and Roy Cullenbine, an out
fielder bearing a 10000 price tag,
Co~.ic,;o,o. r orIio ;ec,,1J 4lorr
five new rules of conduct and two
penalty clauses:
(1) Players must not be signed
to blank contracts and a true copy
of the contract must be delivered
to and left with the player.
l. (2) Players must not be signed
for other clubs, directly or indirect
ly, whether owned, affiliated or in
dependent.
(3) Players must not be placed
with other clubs, except under
proper transfer agreements, duly
filed for PRONUNCIATION, whic h
agreements must be optional assign
ments if the assignor desires to re-
tain a right of acquisition exercis-
able before the player has passed
through a selection period at which
he is subject to selection.
ca working agreements must
%truthfully set forth in the officially
filed document "the actual consid-
GRAFTON, terms and conditions of
that agreement and there must be
no agreement not embodied in the
document as filed"
(5) working agreements must
be executed by the club actually
making same, and must not be
executed in the names of affiliated
or subsidiary clubs to whom the
major or other Observation-Disclosures
club supplies the necessary funds
therefore by loans, advances, capi-
tai stock subscriptions, player pur-
chases, or other methods whatso-
ever.
co. In every instance of secret
player transfer or other player
cover up" hereafter effected, the
player concerned will be declared a
free agent, each club concerned will
be fined $500, and each club official
or employe participating therein will
be placed on the ineligible list.
co In every case Of certificate
of club relationships, affiliations
and connections hereafter filed,
which is found to misrepresent or
untruthfully report any material
fact, the club will be fined $1,000
and the official executing such GER
tificate will be placed on the In
eligible list.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
MAT U POSTPONED

RALEIGH, Jan. 16-R-The N.
C. State Virginia Tech varsity and
freshman wrestling matches slated
to be held here January u have
been postponed to February 10 at
the request Of Monk Younger, Vir.
ginia Tech athletic director, it was
announced today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17

Concrete Move
The new city recreation council Is
going about the business of setting
UP an organization that will do
something worthwhile with a ven.
geance. Its first concrete move was
the establishment of a recreation
center on Castle street for the south
ern end of the city. The center was
opened Monday night and the key
note Of the whole movement was
struck by Judge Alton A. Lennon
when he said that from such humble
origins as this that community
centers will arise.
Father James A. Manly, who has
devoted a great part of his life to
instilling the spirit of sports and
recreation in the minds of youth,
has been preaching the need for a
community center in Wilmington for
a long time. He hasn't given up the
idea, as right now he has some con-
crete plans for seeing his dream
realized.
But to get back to the beginning.
1t seems to us that the recreation
movement has gained many new re-
cruits-persons from every walk of
life. And this new organization is
going ahead and doing something
rather than talk about it.
1t is one of the better signs of the
new year.
A Good Choice
Banks McFadden, Clemson's ALL
American football player, seems the
most logical choice for the 1889 win.
ner of the Lewis E. league Memo
rial trophy, awarded annually to the
outstanding amateur athlete in
North and South Carolina by the
Carolinas association of the AAU.
In the voting last Saturday night,
McFadden led with 70 points. His
nearest competitors for the trophy
were Rotten Shelley of Furman, who
polled 10 points, and Bobby Dunkle-
berger who won second place with
SO points.
Others mentioned for the honor
were Katherine Hemphill, George
McAfee, Carolyn Perritt, George
Stirnweiss, Paul SEVERN and Estelle
Lawson Page.
McFadden will receive the trophy
at a banquet on January 29.
Looping The Loop
Those stories about Jock Sutherland
going to coach at this and that
school have started coming in az
predicted . the good Doc must
get a satanic pleasure from all the
rumors Peahead Walker is
scheduled to get a new t%hree-year
contract at Wake Forest he will
probably sign at an increased fig.
ure this week the story was
told down in New Orleans of how
when the Tennessee football team
returned from it's Rose Bowl trip
that photographers asked George
Cafego to stand with other members
of the team for a picture . II
won't pose with that bunch" Bad
News is reported to have said . .
when Gabby Hartnett takes the
field with the Chicago Cubs next
season he will have a modern Ma
tional league record for most years
of service with n Cuba total Of
10 thirteen of North Cardinals
Is varsity basketball players come
from outside the state-six from
Pennsylvania Ace Parker who
was named to the All-Star pro foot
ball team this year, is scheduled to
get a coaching job at Duke, perhaps
next fall the Martins and the
Coys, who used to be rather reck-
less mountain boys, now play an
annual basketball game up in the
hills they are still pretty
rough. the referee saws.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17
THOMAS CLARE DIES
MIAMI REACH. Fla. IAN.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Jan. 10
R)-Thomas J. Clare, So, superin'
tendent of the Saratoga, N. Y, race
track and credited with making it
one. of. the nations most beautiful,
died last night of a heart aiiment.
The body was sent to Brooklyn for
services and burial. Survivors in.
GUIDE the widow, Anne.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-17

The largest man-made hole in
n world is a copper mine at Bing-
ham Canyon, Utah. which is near
ly a square mile in area. More thar
$4,000. 900 cubic yards Of material
have been taken from the mine.