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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
Petey Scalzo Defends
F~eatherweight Crown

HARTFORD, Conn, July 10.-R9
-Petey Scalzo, New York, mixing
experience with a vicious two-fisted
attack, successfully defended his Ma.
tional Boxing association worlds
featherweight title tonight against
Bobby (Poison) Ivy.
Referee Billy Taylor halted the
bout at the end Of the 14th round
because of a bad cut on the chal.
lenger's lip.
Scalzo vas winning handily when
the bout came to it's abrupt ending.
The finish came after Ivy had re-
turned to his corner, bleeding so
profusely his trainer called for the
referee to halt it.
Officially, it was announced as a
technical knockout in the 18th round.
The championship fight, the first
here in 10 years, drew a crowd of
more than 5000 fans who paid over
$500.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
BY RAY BLOSSER

CLEVELAND, July 10-tR-You
could have knocked Grover Clevc-
land Alexander over with a horse
when he heard the National league
All-Stars blanked their American
loop rivals.
-"No, it didn't surprise me a Bit"
old G. c. remarked today at Thist-
lie Down race track, where he holds
forth under a blue and white strip
ed umbrella, taking admission tick
cts from the customers.
"Old Pete" paused to pitch a
ducat into the tin box, thought Of
the days when he was winning 80
games a year, and declared:
81 was pulling for the National
league, naturally, since I was there
all my life. No, I don't believe in
this talk about American league
supremacy. There isn't any such
thing.
Over the course of ten or twelve
years those teams will be right
bach where. they started-alI even.
I don't care if the American has
Won five games to three.
II don't believe it would be any
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
l42 CARD POSTED
in 36-H0LE TEST
No Playoff Necessary To De-
termine Field OF "a In West
tern Amateur Meet

MINNEAPOLIS, July 10. -
Jim Terrier of Australia and Art
Doering, of Chicago, tied at 142 for
medalist honors in the 36-hole quail
flying test of the 41st annual West
ern Amateur golf tournament today.
The %25-year-old Australia Open
and Amateur titlist shattered par by
three strokes for a 50. He had a Is
on Tuesday. Doering, leader at the
end of the first Is holes with a 70,
equalled par of 72 today. They were
two strokes ahead of Ole Williamson
and Neil Croonquist, both of Mime
apolis.
For the second straight year n
for one of the few times in the his
tory of the event, no play-off was
necessary to determine the 64-man
championship flight which starts
match play on Thursday. Scores OF
100 or under qualified.
Harry Todd of Dallas, Texas, de-
Tending champion, posted a 145, as
did Walter Burkemo Of Evanston
ILL.,, and Ken Young, of Minneapolis.
Robert Sulzer, Cincinnati, had las,
and Bill Kostelecky, Fargo, N. D.,
and Jim Black of st. Louis, 147's.
Among those in the 14S bracket
was Johnny Goodman of Omaha, for
mer National Amateur and Open
titlist.
Ellsworth Vines of Pasadena, the
tennis star, had 149, and Bud Ward
of Spokane, National Amateur titlist,
shot a $50.
Paul T. Clifford of Franklin, N. H.,
qualified with 1874, adding a 70 to his
previous 81.
Chick Evans of Chicago, eight
times winner, qualified with a 1856.
William Yates of Charlotte, N. C.,
was consistent with another 80 to-
day for a total of 1874, just outside
the qualifying group, and Glenn
| siedel of New Orleans skyrocketed
to SO today for a total of 1872, also
failing to qualify.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
PATTY BERG TURNS
TO PRO C0LFINC|
Chicago Redhead Signs Con-
tract To Teach Game In
Schools And Colleges

CHICAGO, July 10.-R-Patty
Berg, a determined miss who took
1872 strokes on her first round of
golf eight years ago including a
penalty for teeing up her ball in
a sandtrap-signed a four figure
contract to teach the game today.
The red haired, % year old Mimi
eapolis star accepted a position
with a Chicago sporting goods COM
pany, n which will take her to
colleges and high schools through
out the nation for exhibitions and
instruction clinics.
There was no announcement on
Patty's salary. But l.. B. Icely.
her new boss, indicated it would
be approximately $500 a year.
Her contract was for six years.
with Miss Berg getting an option
for renewal for a similar period,
Golf has been grand to me and
l hope 1 can do something for it,"
said Patty, guest of honor with
Minneapolis, at a luncheon which
signalzed her enrolment in COLTS
play-for-pay colony.
The chubby, freckly-faced girl
laughed when she recalled that 1872
shot first round, played with a
brassie, mid iron, mashie and putt.
er borrowed from her father. She
put an end to her Club" days with
amazing speed, however, ,improv-
ing so much that she won the
Minnesota Breezy Point tourna-
ment two months after playing that
duffer first round.
From then on Patty's rise was
sensational. She played in 60
tournaments of a national or inter-
sectional character, winning %
championships and placing second
IA times. In 80 of those tourna
ments she won medal honors from
high class fields. Her biggest cham
pionship was the 1888 Women's Ma
tional, which she won here at West
by defeating Mrs. Estelle
Lawson Page, the defending t%itilist.
Miss Berg, after a few days va
cation in Minneapolis, was expect
ed to start work with a tour OF
Western Conference campuses,
swinging then into Illinois colleges
and into the east. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
MID-DlXIE MEET
FAV0RITES CLIMB
TOp-Seeded Russell Bobbitt
Eliminates John Ager At
Spartanburg, S. c.

SPARTANBURG, S. c., July 10.
R)-Without a break in it's ranks,
the favored list in the Mid-Dixie ten
mis- tournament marched today
through their round matches to
quarterfinals.
Top-seeded Russell Bobbitt of At
lanta eliminated John Ager of Biz
mingham, 6-3, 4-6, 60; George Parks
of Miami, No. 2, defeated Wood
Herren, Birmingham, 60, rs; Louis
Faquin, Memphis, defeated Bill
Child, Spartanburg, 4-6, GO, rs; Bill
ly Farmer, Tampa, defeated Ed AL
tier, Huntington, W. Va, 60, 81;
Deacon Parsons, Huntington, de-
feated Don Dixon, Spartanburg, 60,
6-3, and Bud Hart, Miami, defeated
Earl Churchill, Spartanburg, 60, 60.
Q~uarterfinal pairings: Parks VS..
Hart, Faquin VS.. Farmer; Bobbitt
VS.. Parsons, and t~hird-seeded Earl
Bartlett Of New Orleans, VS.. Jack
Rodgers of Knoxville, Tenn.
Tomorrow's doubles semifinals will
bring together teams Of Nick Beadles
and Grady Frank of Asheville, N.
c., and Farmer and Ager in the low
er bracket and Bobbitt and Bartlett
against Jack Joyce and Henry Du-
pre- of Spartanburg in the upper
bracket.
Beadles-Frank defeated Faquin
and John Hyden, Nashville, Tenn,
6-3, "a; Farmer-Ager won over
Rodgers;Bud Hart, 60, rs; Joyce
Dupre defeated Parsons-Altizer, IT.
Is, 14-12; Bobbitt-B Bartlett defeated
Carl Gentsch, Columbus, Miss, and
Bill McLaney. New Orleans 81, 6.2.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
M'KECHNIE HERO
OF ALL STAR TILT
Reds Manager Used % Of'25
Stars; Breadon Is Tickled
Over Drawing Power
BY JUDSON 1 L

ST. LOUIS, July lO.-R-Ihe all
star baseball game here m a d e.
more friends for more persons than
any of the previous seven and Willy
Bill McKechnie emerged a hero
not only for his successful master
minding but for his use of % OF
his Is stars -. Sam Breadon, own
er of the Cardinals, was tickled that
the contest Sin this little town.
outdrew the all-star session staged
at Boston, Washington and Cincin'
natl.
Lands Combs Hair
One National league rooter ex-
claimed, 1--WE beat 'em in a double
header, once with our first team
and afterward with our second
team" Judge Lands had his
hair combed, a circumstance that
caused some comment. Max
West, who had more to do than
any one individual with the out
come of the game, is a native
Missourian, hailing from Dexter,
Mo-, where he was born Nov. %,
1916. The least number of hits
a team had collected in the all
star spectacle prior to yesterday
was four by the Nationals in 1885.
Grouped
National league president Ford
Frick presided over a semi-official
celebration of his teams triumph.
-. Vests injury put him in a
group with Ival Goodman, who hurt
shoulder in the all-star struggle
last summer. John Allen, hurt in
1888 and Dizzy Dean, a casualty
in 1887. -. Bob Feller, hero of
last years game from the Ameri-
can league standpoint, walked one,
gave one run and one safety and
hit a batter this time.
Ruffing, Alias Newsom
Before the game a Texas fan
approached Yankee Red Ruffing
and courteously asked, MIR. New
would you autograph tn S
-. It was a good thing
he didn't walk up to Newsom and
ask for Rulings signature.
Tells Tales
Casey Stengel, the Bees mana
ger, loves to sit around and tell
tales of his days as a Dodger under
The late Wilbert Robinson.
report to the National
club owners was that at
tendance was off more than 200,-
BOO for the league on a calendar
basis because of games rained out
in early season. The Chicago
Cubs have only 81 players now and
Boots" Weber left here today for
conference with Phil Wrigley on
The emergency. -. Gerry Nugent
the Phillies says he is the most
patient man in baseball. no
argument.
Fans Select
Bob Quinn, owner of the Boston
suggests that in future all
star games the fans select 20 play
ers of each team, the rival mana
gers five and the vote be handled
by the Baseball Writer'S Associa-
ton of America. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
TOBACCO CONTROL
IS ASKED BY HOEY
Continued from Page One)

this years crop will be supported
along the levels of last year, posi-
blv a little higher, and the farmer
will be guaranteed the same allot-
mel,s next year as obtain in 1910.
That will give him real assurance
and the control for this period will
give time to use up some of the
vast surplus and furnish the oppor-
tunity to work out some definite
plans for an increased price. That
is the first proposition and unques-
tionably the most attractive one.
1.-THE second proposition is to
vote for control for just one year
should thisp Ian be adopted then
the allotments for next year will
be 10 per cent less than this year
and the price guarantee will not
be any higher. The reason is plain:
one year is not long enough to
absorb any considerable part of
the surplus. However, this plan is
infinitely better than no control.
THE third proposition is to vote
against any control at all. In the
event the farmer should decide on
this course then there will be no
government assistance to maintain
the price for this years crop and
no guarantee at all for the future.
It is unbelievable that our inYalli-
gent farmers would be willing to
take a chance like that.
'"You want to make a living for
yourself and family. You cannot
do that raising tobacco below the
cost of production, and you cannot
sell it for half price if the crop is
not restricted in size.
II know there are complaints
reference to allotments. l do
not know just what should be dols.
about these, but 1 do know that
regardless of these differences it IS
better to have control and get at
least a fairly decent price for your
tobacco than to magnify these diff
erences and let them result in de-
feating the only method proposed
as available to help you market
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
NIGHT S0FTBALL
STARTS TONIGHT
Fthyl-D0w Chemists Will
Tackle Taylor oIquitt In
Independent Loop

Night softball gets underway to.
night at 8 o'clock at Robert Strange
playground when the Ethyl-Dow
Chemists tangle with Taylor-Col.
quit in an Independent league al.
fair and Spofford Mslls and the
Boys Brigade swinging into con,
flict in a Commercial game.
Brief ceremonies, featuring Alan
A. Marshall, attorney, and 7. E.
Cooper, mayor, will officially get
night ball off to a flying start.
No admission will be CHARGED
but a collection will be taken 10
defray the cost of operating the
lights and general expenses.
Present indications are that near.
~ 5000 fans will be on hand when
the giant switch is turned on by
7:45. flooding Robert Strange ball
yard with daylight. The eighteen.
1,50O watt lights were adjusted by
factory and Tide Water experts
laSt night, eliminating the faint
shadows discovered in trial games
Tuesday night.
New bleachers, with additional
seating capacity for hundreds.
nave been erected along the first
base line and the field. officials
nave announced, will be in perfecG
condition.
The Independent loop Chemists
and Creosoters have been leaders
IN softball in Wilmington. Both
clubs have paced the play in the
league which, until tonight, has
played out its schedule at 22nd.
street. Taylor-C olquitt won the first
half of the Independents, and the
Foy-Roe trophy and the City cham.
pionship last year.
The Spofford Mills club, which
took the first half in a walk-away
IN the Commercial family, is an.
other great softball club. 1t will
meet the Boys Brigade, a team
which has always been a tough one
to beat. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
DEAN WILL PITCH
IN ALL STAR TILT
Will Toe Mound For Northern
Division Of Texas
Leagues Contest

FORT WORTH, Tex, July l0.-R)
-Inching toward the life of gentle
man farmer, Dizzy Dean, the great
pitcher with the s.red arm, gets n
more curtain call from baseoalis
fandom tomorrow night.
The tall farm boy, just 29, will
toe the mound as the starting pitch
er for the Northern division IN the
Texas leagues annual All-Star game
before an expected throng Of 5000.
Shipped back to the minors only
a few weeks ago by the Chicago Cubs
after his worn arm failed to respond
in major league tests, Dir has a good
won and lost record since returning
to the Texas league but n real
story has been yelled.
Dean has been able to last out only
pne Of five games. Relief hurlers
saved his hide on four occasions.
But he'll get the starting call Tor
IA +hree.inning stretch, at least. Man.
ager Rogers Hornsby, another great
ro,ted from the majors a few sea-
sons back, put Dean back in the
rlamor role by naming him as his
starting pitcher.
On the mound for the rebellious
Youngsters from the Southern end
of the league will be San Antonlos
Bob Muncrief, who only yesterday
nailed his 18th triumph Of the sea-
son.
Three Southern victories have been
recorded in the four games played.
The North broke the jinx last year at
San Antonio.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
Auison's Attempt At
: Comeback Is Cut Short

SPRING LAKE, N. j., July 10.
-R-Wilmer Allison's attempt at
acomeback after two years on the
sidelines ended abruptly in tn e
third round of the Annual Spring
Lake Invitation Tennis tournament
today as the veteran Texan was
beaten by Ladislav Hecht Of New
York, former Czechoslovakian Da-
Wis cupper, rs. 6-3.
Allison, the nations singles
champion in 1884, and 1885, a for
mer national doubles title holder
and one.time member of the United
States Davis cup team, tired badly
after the first set and rallied feeb-
ly. midway Of the second to win
two games in succession. The tri-
urnph put Hecht, ~top-seeded for
eign e%ntrant, in the q~uarter-f1nal
bracket.
Archie Henderson, Chapel Hill,
N. c., defeated Charles Mailman,
Forest Hills, N. Y, 8-6, 70, IN
another third rounder. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11

Lajoie Favors EN-
One of the best arguments ad-
vanced for the helmets in place OF
the caps comes from old Napoleon
Garry) Lajoie, one of the really
greats of the diamond, who com
ments: ''It's better to carry a mel
met than be carried out on a
stretcher."
Experiment Watched
Wilmingtonians keenly interested
in advancing this city's brand OF
baseball are watching the explr-
iment of softball at night with IN
terest, wondering to just what ex'
tent the game will hurt the chances
of baseball.
The softball games are free, ex-
cept for the collections taken up at
each game, and the baseball games
necessarily are not free. Pennies
count and our guess is that there
will be a good many fans at the
softball games who'll be wishing
they were at a baseball affair
THEY'LL take the free game rather
than pay in a lot of cases.
However, should Wilmington get
into pro ball and start battling for
some place in the league, the fans
will be there, or We miss our
guess.
Talent Grabbing
Duke still stands as a powerful
threat to other schools in h 6 n
school gridiron talent grabbing. AS
a good instance, here's how 10
football players graduating from
Greensboro high school plan to get
their education:
Duke gets four; N. c. state
three; Presbyterian three; Wake
Forest and Carolina two each; and
Davidson one.
Some of these boys might change
their minds before September but
according to a survey in the Gate
City that's the way the situation
stands. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
Whitaker's Sickle T.
Wins Gramdtan Feature

NEW YORK, July 10 B Mrs.
B. F. Whitaker's Sickle T. came into
his W today in defeating four
other class c horses to win the
Gramatan Handicap of a mile and
a furlong at Empire City.
Favorite at even money and top
weighted under 1872 pounds, the son
of sickle T. made his w pace
and won by a length in 1852 2-5.
Sandy Boot, stretch running vet
eran from the j. B. Partridge Stable,
easily was second, beating John C..
Clark's pretty pet by three lengths.
Jockey Ronnie Nash nursed Sickle
T. along in front by at least a length
most of the way, with Pretty Pet
forcing the pace for the first half
mile. Then Sandy Boot made his
bid coming to within a half length
of the flying leader after the turn
for home.
However, Sickle T. had something
left and held the challenger under
control to the wire.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
Aero Group To Join
Carolina Aero CLUB

The members of the Wilmington
Aero club, meeting last night at the
chamber of commerce, voted in favor
OF affiliating their organization with
the Carolina Aero club-a statewide
aviation club.
AT the request of the chamber OF
commerce, the club appointed James
Pennington to represent the mem
bers at the meeting of the trade
body.
Discussions were continued con-
corning the CAA pilot training pro-
gram here, and the club members
studied further the subject of meteo'
rology,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
WHITE S0X STAGE
RALLY in NINTH
Harrington Gives Up Nine
Hits But Receives Credit
For Second Victory

Laurinburg's six-run rally in the
ninth inning fell slightly short and
the Wilmington Pirates captured a
close decision over the White Sox,
10 to IL, in a 1oosely-played game
at Legion field last night.
Monk Harrington was the victim
of the four-hit Smelling in the final
stanza, but although he was relieved
by Lowell in that chapter he re.
ceived credit for the victory, his
second of the year.
In all the White Sox nicked Har-
rington for nine safeties. Lowell
gave up one. However, several of
the visitors runs came on the eight
errors marked up against the local
lads.
The Buccaneers got to Dick Stone
for IL hits and made the most Of his
wildness, capitalizing on seven free
passes to first and three hit bats
men. Laurinburg made four errors,
all in the first frame.
Lee succeeded Stone on the mound
in the eighth inning and famed the
first three batters to face him.
Two hits, two walks and three
errors helped the Pirates to four
runs in the first. They added three
more in the second on a walk, a hit
batter, ar error and three hits, one
Ia long home run with one on by
Hargrove Davis, who was the STAY
of the night with three hits out of
four attempts. He also drove in six
runs and turned in a fine day afield.
Adding another run on a walk
and a hit in the third, the locals
were held in check until the seventh
stanza when they coupled three hits
with a walk, two hits batsmen, a
passed ball and a wild pitch for five
After marking up their four runs
in the first on one safety, two walks
and four errors, Laurinburg failed
to get to Harrington until the sixth
when an error and two hits, one a
triple by Lee, netted two markers.
Trailing Is to 6 going into their
half of the ninth inning, the first
Sox man up singled. Another hit, an
error and a walk followed in rapid
succession. Another single by Snipes
and an error sent the score to IL to
Ii. Then Lowell came into the pic
ture. The first man flied out, but
Barrentine singled, driving in one
run and leaving a runner on third.
Lowell then proceeded to strike out
the next two batters and ease the
scare by retiring the side.
Barrentine and Lee with two for
five paced the visitors at bat. Moore,
first baseman for the BUGS, had a
perfect day at the plate, garnering
three for three. .
tn. 49,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11

Runs batted in: Barber, Davis 6,
Hines, Stefano, Lee, Barrentine 8,
Smidt, Wood, Snipes. Two base hits:
Mckenzie. Three base hits: Lee.
Home uns Davis. Stolen bases:
Barrentine, Moore 2, Carter, Davis,
Wood 8, Barber. Left on bases:
Laurinburg 6; Wilmington Z. Bases
on balls off: Stone Z, Harrington 3,
Lee 0. Strikeouts by: Stone 5, Har-
rington 2, Lee 8. Hits off: Stone
IL in Z innings; Lee, none in /; Har-
rington 9 in 8; Lowell 1 in 1. Hit
by pitcher by: Stone (McKenzie, Nc
Keithan, S%tefano). Wild pitches:
Stone. Passed balls: Snipes. Win
nine pitcher: Harrington. Losing
pitcher: Stone. Umpires: Baker and
Griffith. Time: 2:18.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
CAMILLE

BOSTON, July 10.-E-Dolph Ca
MILL, the Brooklyn Dodgers first
baseman who suffered a neck injury
in a baseline collision with Buddy
Hassett of the Boston Bees here Sum-
day, was discharged from st. Eliza.
beth's hospital today. Camilli has
been pronounced fit to rejoin his
teammates in Cincinnati by DIR. Ed
ward J.. O'Brien, who attended him,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
ATU Agents Cut Still
Near Road To Beach

A 120-gallon capacity wood and
fit for distillation were seized in q
raid conducted Tuesday by ABC
agents on the Carolina Beach high
way.
The still, located about eight miles
from the city in the section between
U. S. Highway 421 and the Mason
boro loop road, was in operation
at the time of the raid. Operators
escaped in the nearby woods before
arrival of the officers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
Bakers Triumph, S To 4
Over Company A Team

The American Bakeries softball
team slipped past the Company A
ten to a 5 to 4 victory in a Com
mercial league game played yester-
day afternoon at Bellamy park.
Both teams collected nine hits.
Lattimer and Bender comprised the
Bakers battery, while Baker and
Hicks was the losers combination.
Commercial league standings for
the second half are:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
TOURISTS TAKE TWO

AsHEV1LLE, July 1O.-R-Ashe-
vile won a double-header from the
Richmond Colts here tonight, 14.1
and 30. The second game was won
by the Tourists in the last of the
ninth with a two run rally, and the
winning run was made on an error
by Pitcher Dave Smith,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
National League

Boston at Chicago (2) - Erickson
(5-3) and Sullivan (5-S) VS.. French (9-6)
and Passeau (S-S).
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (night) -
Blanton (3-1) VS.. MacFayden (1-2).
Brooklyn at Cincinnati (night)-Da-
Wis (2-5) VS.. Walters (11-4).
New York at st. Louis (night)-Mel-
ton (S-2) VS.. MCGEE 60.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
BULLS TRIUMPH

ROCKY MOUNT, July 10.-R-
Behind the four-hit pitching of
Leonard Bobeck, Durham downed
Rocky Mount here tonight 7 to 8.
Norman Brown, starting Rocky
Mount pitcher, held the visitors
scoreless until the eighth inning
when two walks and four hits added
up to score six runs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11
SMOKE RINGS
Player Helmets
BY SAM Raglan

Each wear Immediately following the "beaning" of
some baseball player, the hue and cry for some protec-
ton for the players arise. A few years back a helmet was
devised hit the PLAYERS themselves frowned on the idea
afraid the fans would call them sissies.
The American league directors meeting Monday dis
cussed the matter Of helmets to some length but finally
case right back to the beginning and you won't see any
If tho o CONTRIBUTIONS in either league next summer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-11

this years crop and give you any
assurance for the future.
No one will attempt to apply
any pressure on you. It is a matter
which calls for the exercise of your
free will and intelligent judgment.
Your decision will determine the
prosperity Of your section now and
for the future and it will touch
every business and all the people
throughout the fue-cured tobacco
belt" 4