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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
MARBLE IS NAMED
LEADING ATHLETE
Tennis Star Polls PIG Points
To Become Ranking Wom-
an Athlete In us.

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-tR-Alice
Marble is a girl that doesn't do
things halfway.
She completely dominated her
field in 1889 in winning the
Wimbledon and United States ten
mis- titles, was even more outstand-
ing this year in repeating in the
U. S. Nationals at Forest Hills and
today she came through with a
landslide of votes to be ranked as
the nations No. l woman athlete
for the second straight year.
Of the u sports experts through
out the country participating in the
Associated Press annual poll, IS
of them ranked the blond court
champion No. l. The others placed
her either second or third to give
her a total of ZIG points-the
largest vote polled by a woman
athlete in the ten years of the
poll.
Other women competitors can be
glad she has turned pro because of
lack of competition among tn
amatuers (and $25, OOO) for as a
p~lay-for-pay athlete she will not
have the opportunities to so domi-
nate her field.
Miss Marbles victory gave ten
MS the No. l spot for the fourth
time. Helen Jacobs won in 1888
and Helen Wills Roark in 1885.
Second place and top among the
golfers went to U. S. Champion
Betty Jameson of San Antonio.
lex, who compiled four firsts and
80 points. Patty Berg, Minneapolis
COLL star who also turned pro this
year and 1885 No. l athlete. had
to be content with n first and %
points. Babe Didrikson Zaharias,
Western open golf winner. trailed
Miss Berg with two firsts and Is
points. Babe won in 1886 when she
starred in the Olympic track and
field games.
swimming, the only other sport
IN which a representative polled
more than three votes. was topped
by Marjorie Gestring. Without a
first place, the West coast. diving
champion received 81 points for
third in the standings. Lorraine
Fisher, New York breast stroke
champion, was credited with nine
votes and Katherine Rawls Thomp-
son, 1875 poll winner, with four.
Neither had a first place. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
Oklahoma Baptist Will
Abandon Football In Al

SHAWNEE, Okla, Dec. 1O.-GP-
Abandonment of intercollegiate lot.
ball at Oklahoma Baptist university,
which this season won the Oklaho1 a
collegiate conference championship
for the first time in 10 years, was
voted today by the trustees. The
IL to 7 decision followed spirited dis.
cussions of a $4,000 deficit in ex-
penses Of the sport.
The 1910 team, tied once, won the
crown over seven other teams. The
g Inference does not take in the Uni
v%ersity of Oklahoma, Oklahoma A. &
M. college or Tulsa university.
Oklahoma Baptist has an enroll.
ment Of about $50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
Girls Sunday School
Cage Loop Is Planned

At a meeting of representatives
held at the Y. M. C. A. last night,
it "a definitely decided to form
a Girls Sunday school basketball
league.
Play in this loop will not begin
until after the holidays, the in
tervening time being employed for
practice sessions by the various
teams. Three teams have already
declared themselves in readiness
to start the schedule and the cir
cult is expected to include at least
four and perhaps five teams.
A third meeting, to complete the
organization and adopt rules to
govern play will be held at the
"Y' Friday night at $3.50 o'clock,
At this time, all Sunday Schools
interested in placing teams in the
league should send representa-.
tives.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
Cotton Bowl Tilt Neors
Seuout Crowd OF 10000


DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 1o.-RAThe
latest football gold rush struck
boom proportions tonight as the
Cotton Bowl New Years day clas-
SIC ticket sale moved toward a
46, OOO-capacity sellout.
President Dan D. Rogers of the
Cotton Bowl Athletic association
said Texas A. and M. college had
been given $4,000 reserved seats
for its alumni and an additional
5000 for the cadet corps.
On the basis of a complete sell.
out, some $l41, 900 would be
handled on the gross gate.
Both schools will receive AZ -
per cent of the gross gate. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
PREP CLASS TO PLAY
BASKETBALL, HOCKEY
Play In League To Start Today,
With Four Teams Competing
In Two Sports

Members of the Y. M. c. a. PREP
gym class will begin play in a bas'
ketbaT and hockey league this after
noon at 3 o'clock.
The league was formed Monday,
when Ronnie Walker, Charles Hard
wick, Charles Smith and John Crow
lev were selected as captains and
picked their teams from members of
the class. These teams were
dubbed G~reyhounds, D~aredevils,
Blue Devils and Wildcats, respective
ly.
The schedule calls for basketball
and hockey games on alternate days,
regular playing days being Mondays
and Wednesdays.
The teams:
Greyhounds-Ronnie Walker, c.;
Chas. E. Smith, Ed Rusher, Murdoch
Gray, Owen Besselieu.
Daredevils-Chas. Hardwick, c.;
Houston Carter, Bobby Lewis, Billy
Rhodes.
Blue Devils-Chas. Smith, c.; Reg
gle spooner, Eugene Brown, L. A.
Blackmon.
Wildcats-John Crowley, c.; Leon
ard Colley, Bobby Crowley, Aubrey
Merritt.
First half schedule:
Dec. II, basketball - Greyhounds
VS.. Daredevils; Blue Devils VS.. Wild
cats.
Dec. Is, hockey Wildcats VS..
Daredevils; Greyhounds VS.. Blue
Devils.
Dec. 10, basketball - Greyhounds
VS.. Wildcats; Blue Devils VS.. Dare
devils.
Dec. 30, hockey - Blue Devils VS..
Wildcats; Greyhounds VS.. Dare
devils.
Jan. 6, observation-disclosures VS..
Blue Devils; Wildcats VS.. Daredevils.
Jan. 8, hockey - Blue Devils VS..
Daredevils; Greyhounds VS.. Wild
cats.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
In Pro Draft

College football players from
the Southern conference who
were drafted by the ten teams
of the National professional
league yesterday included the
following:
Chicago Bears James La
lame, North Carolina, back.
Philadelphia Eagles-Arthur
Jones, Richmond, back.
Chicago Cardinals - Gates
Kimball, North Carolina, tackle.
Pittsburgh Steelers - Jim
Ringgold, Wake Forest, back.
Paul SEVERN, North Carolina,
end; Wesley McAfee, Duke,
back; Bill Cronwall, Furman,
tackle.
Cleveland Rams-Tony Gal
lovich, Wake Forest, back;
John Pendergast, Wake Forest,
center.
Detroit Lions - John Jet,
Wake Forest, end; Jasper Da-
Wis, Duke, back.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
MAJORS REFLECT Lands TODAY
Bears Draw Harmon In Pro Football Draft
Golombeck Can Handle
Mitts If Not Rifles

FLORENCE, S. c., Dec. TO-
R)-S:x.foot, 194-pound Joe Go
lombeck might not know the in
tricacies of fighting with guns,
tanks and bayonets, but when it
comes to close quarters he should
be able to hold his own.
G%Olonbeck, former ElOn col
lege fullback, when asked his
qualifications by the recruiting
officer, replied: II went to the
finals in the AAU boxing cham
pionship tournament in New
York in 1882"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11

80
Washington Redskins, 73-O.
Game Won't Help
That game won't help the game
very much though. You can't Re
1enient with such carrying-ons. Ii
the game had been like the first
meeting Of the Bears and REDSKINS
earlier in the season it would have
pleased the fans better. In that
game Washington won, 7-S.
But it seems to us that there are
more people arguing that profession
al football is making greater strides
each year than there r people who
say that the game will never last.
People who follow the college game
are very anxious each year to see
how their favorite star at old alma
mater comes through with the pros.
And more and more each year the
college players r. taking a fling at
the pro game for a year or TWO III
order to get some ready cash to pay
IT'D past bills and get started. in some
business.
The game will keep IN, of that we
are sure, but a lot remains - be
ironed out before it will take the
fancy of the game going public like
baseball has done.
In And Out
One of basebalTs grand old men
was kept in the game by the major
league moguls yesterday and anoth-
err was let out.
Kenesaw Mountain Lands, czar
of the diamond game since the no.
tori, us BLACK Sox" scandal in 1919,
is going back in office as comm s
sioner for another six years.
Umpire Bill Klein, n of the best
umpires the game has ever seen, was
retired from active service. And
there goes one arbiter who has taken
it and called it the way he saw it for
years and years.
And if and when the time arrives
for voting on someone to take a
niche in the baseball Hall of Fame"
LdnQlS ana Mem SIlOulu NC given q
seat.
This And That
Tennessee was rated the best de-
fensive and the best coached teams
the Blue Devils played this fall, &C
cording to a poll of the players.
Duke players picked their All-Oppon-
ents team as follows: Ends-Cifers,
Tennessee, and Cabrelli, Colgate;
tackles-Shires, Tennessee, and Kim
ball, North Carolina; guards Suf-
fridge, Tennessee, and Gazette, Geor-
gia Tech; center - Buck, Georgia.;
backs - Lalanne, North Carolina,
Hackney, Davidson, Foxx, Tennessee,
Jones, Pitt. A contest is to be
held in Greensboro to determine just
what name the fans would like to call
their baseball club, moved to the
Gate City from Rocky Mount by the
Boston Red Sox. . Back a few
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
HARMON MAY GIFT
JOB With RADIO
No. 1 Pro Choice Says He
Won't Play Football; Wants
Announcer's Job

NEW YORK, Dec. lo-lP-,
there is any one of this years co A
lege football players who nesd WI.
worry about a job when he is ssa,
uated next June, it's sa,fbsauI
Tommy Harmon of Michigan. a'A
Today's developments in VOW.
Harmon's headline life took 'a.s
proximately the following sa'
quence: st.
AT Washington this afternoo.
ne was drawn No. l in the Nationai
pro football league draft bv ,sa
Chicago Bears, which gives t Ss
pro champions the right TO nes ns
tlate with the Gary dnd.) wond Su,
boy. "0'iuef
2.-Harmon promptly announced
that, while it was a honor, it didn'.
Influence my decision not 10 nIan
pro football" But he added a r fdsy
to the effect that that's the WV
| feel about it now, anyway"
3.-To emphasize this current do
termination, he wired Carl Storct
president OF the National league
asking that his name be withdraw
from the draft list.
4.-Douglas G. Hertz, who VOC.
terday bought the New York Van.
KEGS OF the rival American League.
announced he'd arrange a meet
ing for tomorrow morning between
Harmon and Donald Flamm, head
of radio station WMCA. This meet,
ing, Hertz said, would result in
Harmon's signing a contract for a
year-round radio announcer's job,
The Michigan star has insisted Al
along radio is his chief interest,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
BY EARL

CHICAGO, Dec. 10.@R-Scoop-
ing up a few rollers and line drives
from the major league winter
meetings:
Charles Leonard Gehringer, one
of the great second basemen Of
basebalIs history, is going to make
another stab at it, next spring
which will be the start of his 18th
season in the majors and as a
Detroit Tiger. Charlie, who
helped the Tigers to their 1 940
American league pennant under
the handicap of a constantly ailing
back, will try to play ct the per-
sonal request of Owner Walter
Briggs. .
"I'I never go through what 1
did last season." he recently told
intimates. Pm going to go to
Lakeland, Lakeland Fla, the tt
ger base) try picking up a few
grounders and then, if I get that
old witch in the back, I'm pack
ing my glove away for good" -.
A million fans hope hiatt old witch
stays away. 80. For this quiet,
ball players ball player" in his
prime was a picture to watch,-a
fielding marvel who made the hard
ones look easy. ...
Gehringer isn't the only problem
the Tigers will have-Hank Green
berg, star %outfielder voted the most
valuable player in the junior cir
cult in 1910, drew number 651 in
the draft and with 400 men sched-
uled to be taken from his draft
district by next June, is likely to
b. called to the colors. Fur
thermore, the defense program al
so may take 21-year-old Hal White,
talented pitcher up from Buffalo
and the most likely prospect in
the Tiger fold.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
Lands PLANS o

CHICAGO, Dec. 10.-R-Trade
rumors were almost non-existent
around the major league meetings
today, but there was a red-hot
rumor in the Hobbies that Com
missioner K. M. Lands was look
ing into the Phillies' draft of pitch
er Reuben Melton from Columbus.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
TO PLAY

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 10-RE
Two more college seniors accepted
bids of the Norfolk All-Stars to
play in the Smoke Bowl game at
City stadium New Years day, En-
NETT Cottrell, chairman of the bowl
committee, announced today.
The latest to accept invitations
IRE Dinky Darnell, Duke end, and
pistol Pete" Sachon, Catholic uni
versity's little tailback. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11

years ago when Greensboro was IN
the Piedmont league, the team was
known as the Patriots. High
schools in this section got an early
jump on the basketball season. . .
Some of the teams have been playing
for almost a month now.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
Y Quint Scores 1918
Win Over Beulauiue

The Y. M. c. A. basketball
team defeated the Beulaville ALL
Stars 43-18 in a game played on
the Y.M.C.A., gym Monday night.
The ''Y" team tailed six points
before the visitors were able to
register; then produced two scor-
ing spurts in the last of the first
and third periods to pile up a mar
gin that was never threatened. The
locals used a fast break and man.
to-man defense to good advantage,
while the B%eulaville boys en-
ployed a zone defense. Both teams
displayed some snappy password
at times but the Triangle defense
was alright around the basket.
Tommy North led the visitors
scoring punch with the tall total
of 10 points while Hunter was out
standing for the Beulaville team
with 10.
The lineup:
Y. M. G. A. 43) Beaulaville dS)
North uO Show CO
laws g. Nethercutt ca
1Slsoet to) Thigpen 90
o essen Hunter 10)
rleper W Garvey
Subs: Williams ca, Stein, Mer-
rift 90, Bowen %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
JURGEs IN HOSPITAL

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-R-
Billy urges, New York Giants
shortstop, is in the ColomL..a Pres
byterian hospital for a general
checkup as the result Of being hit
O nthe head by a pitched ball last
June. d
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
SMOKE RINGS
Pro Grid Question
By SAM Raglan

Professional football has appealed to the puDhc every
nov and than to he lenient in it's judgment for the reason
that this phase of sports is in its infancy as compared to
professional baseball. ou +ho
The public has been lenient, even generous toward the
W. oridders and this year the play-for-pay boys enjoyed a
greater popularity than ever before. A crowd OF better than
81. 900 turned out at Washington Sunday to see the chicago
Raars canture the pro championship by Illuminating the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
EAGLES WIN

SALISBURY, Dec. 1O.-(R-Mc.
Crary Eagles defeated Catawba col.
lege for the second time in four GAYS
tonight, 1882. The Indians were be.
hind all the way.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-11
Gehringer To Try Once More
For Tigers Before Retiring

One chapter in this meeting may
go down as 'the mystery Of the
Dykes handshake''. Jimmy
Dykes, Chicago White Sox mana
ger, shook hands with Manager
Joe Cronin of Boston's Red Sox
on a Mike Kreevich-for-Roge Ora
mer deal at Atlanta, with Dykes
subsequently calling it off as a
Coke" much to Cronin's discom-
future. . Today, Manager Bucky
Harris of Washington called Cronin
over to his luncheon table, shook
hands gravely, then cracked: "Of
course, now Joie, this isn't any
trade" Cronin ~retreated to the &C.
compartment Of roars of laughter.
Charlie Grimm, new Chicago
Cub coach and one of the best
story tellers and most popular men
in the game, fell victim to a con-
spiracy" at the very successful
luncheon rendered writers and
managers by Bill Brandt and Hen
ry P. Edwards, press directors of
the National and American cir
cults, respectively. . Grimm
told one of his choice .-arns, then
waited for the usual roa-: of laugh.
ter. BY prearrangement, no
one at his table cracked a smile.
:. And Charlie left in a well-simu-
lated huff.
Roger Peckinpaugh, new Cleve-
land manager, voted the most I'm"
talkative manager in attendance.
49,. Gabby Hartnett, putting cigar
happily after singing with the New
York Giants as player-coach. :. .
The saddest face around the hotel?
it belonged to Ted Lyons, Chicago
White Sox veteran hurler who was
presented with an 1900 automo-
bile by the fans this summer. . .
The car was stolen last night. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-28

This is another in series OF
pictures and articles prepared
By Margaret NolOeH and Evening
Star photographers to aid those
about to establish q home or to
returnish eriSting homes. Stress
1UiH be laid on economy OF en-
penditure, Nth no sacrifice OF
good taste. The series pill con-
tinue each Saturday in the Real
Estate Section of The Star.
This next week will see Home
Furnishing Style Shows all over
town, and as the first gesture toward
fall decorating is usually curtains
and draperies here is an item that
should not be missed
Your grandmother and mine prizeC
their lace curtains, but since We were
l6 lace curtains have been "olo
fashioned" and finally were tucked
away in moth balls. Now, like every
thing else, they are in style again
and we may indulge that suppressed
desire for their delicate loneliness
without any fear of having anti
quated ideas, or overstraining the
budget.
This is a Brussels type lace net
curtain with matching valance fol
S495. 1t has wide decorative bor-
der after the original Brussels lace
pattern and a delicate tracery on a
fine mesh background. For the for
NAL dining room in the Victorian
manner. for the very feminine bed
room this curtain with a taffeta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-28
Natures Children
Peach BOrer
(Conopia exitiosa)
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

During the peach season we are
often acutely aware of the presence
of another peach lover-one who
has taken possession Of the fruit
long before we realized it was pos
sible to do so. But more subtle
foe than the juicy worm we find in
a delicious appearing peach is the
peach borer, native of the United
States, which has been known end
written about since the early set
tiers brought the peach into this
country. 1t Is believed that this
borer was perfectly happy with the
wild plums and cherry trees until
it found out about the introduced
peach.
Now throughout almost all of its
range, which is east of the Rocky
Mountains from Canada to Florida
and in some restricted areas farther
west, many trees are destroyed.
The damage is accomplished by
the borer in his youth. He works
just below the ground level in the
trunk of the tree. Hidden from
sight, he can do much damage be-
fore his presence is known, by eat
ing burrows or galleries in the soft
bark or cambium at the crown Of
the trees or along the larger roots.
1t does not take so very long for a
husky borer to girdle young tree,
which, of course, is fatal to it. Older
trees are so injured they are I'M
able to bear worthy crop of fruit.
Besides, these depleted trees are now
susceptible to the attacks made by
the bark beetles.
An orchardist, seeing a jelly like
mass of gum at the base and more
or less blended with dirt and brown
waste matter or frass cast out by
the borer, realizes his property has
been invaded by a foe. For more
than a century this insect pest has
been the outstanding obstacle TO
the profitable growing of peaches.
The mother of this borer is very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-28

are small, reddish brown, and toe
inconspicuous to attract attention
Besides, the willy mother has placed
them near the base, though she may
lay some of them on the tree limbs
and foliage. She will deposit be-
tween 500 and 600. If she is par
ticularly robust and ambitious, she
may lay 1900.
Within 10 days these eggs hatch
and the small larva makes his way
as fast as he can to the collar of
the tree, If his mother has not
placed him upon it or very close
by. He begins to dig in. After this
things are easy for him, surrounded
by an abundance of food and no
disagreeable connections placed in
his way by his greatest foe-the
orchardist.
When fully grown the borer in
closes himself in a cocoon of silk
slightly mingled with bits Of bark
This tough, capsule-like case is
made at the entrance to the larval
burrow. and matches the bark of
the tree. Within three or four
weeks the great transformation has
taken place and the emerging moth
struggles from the close quarters
he has been inhabiting.
Each borer goes through four
stages-the egg. the larva, or borer
the pupa and the adult. There is
one generation each year. The eggs
hatch in the summer and autumn
The borers attack the trees at once
and pass the winter in their bur-
rows as half-grown larvae Early
in the spring they complete their
growth, mature, spin their cocoons
and soon after emerge as moths.
For 20 years older trees have been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-28
Hopson Got 70 Million
From Gas System,
Report Charges
Even Employees We're
Victims, Justice
Department Told

The device by which service COM
panies controlled by Howard c. Hop
son, indicted former utilities head,
allegedly siphoned millions from the
now bankrupt Associated Gas &
Electric System were outlined in a
report today before the Justice De-
partment, which is prosecuting
Hopson in Federal Court in New
York. Compiled by the Federal
Power Commission, the report said
that even employees of Associated
units were victims of the operations
OF the group in control.
Detailing various methods where
by it said unlawful and unjustified
sums were extracted" from the OPP
Grating companies, the commission
said in formal opinion it was diff
cult to estimate the total extent to
which they were "plundered.' 1t
added:
In this connection. however. we
may mention a study made by Hop
sons brother-in- Daniel Starch
comparing the expenses of the
Associated system with those of
other utility systems. His studies
show it would be possible to reduce
the administrative and general eX-
penses of the Associated system and
the pay roll expenses of the operat-
ing companies by S16,000000 per
annum."
100000, 900 Total Charged.
Hopson, 58-year-old one-time
bookkeeper who pyramided a small
stake into billion-d dollar associated
system during the post-World War
boom, is charged with illictly milking
the system of S2O00O.O0O.
The service companies referred to
by the commission rendered engin-
eering. purchasing and other services
to operating companies. Such Serv-
, ice companies. under the Public
Utility Act of 1885. are required to
operate at cost, the power COM
mission said.
The commission declared that
from 1929 through 1898 the Hopson
companies-nearly a score were
organized-"siphoned approximately
S2o,O00,00O principally from associ-
ated system operating companies
of which at least s7OOOOOO
was unjustiied profit. During the
fve-year period, 1934-1938. Hopson
and his family received not less
than S3600,OOO from this source"
Personal Expenses.
1t asserted furthermore that per
sonal expenses of Hopson and his
family, such as liquor, photographs,
theater tickets, golf and yacht club
dues, personal automobiles. vacation
trips to Florida. and the like, were
saddled upon the system by the
service company device
The wages of operating company
employees the commission con-
Guided were a fruitful source of
revenue for Hopson and associates
It went on to say that employees
were required to invest 10 per cent
of their pay in system investment
company and that the proceeds
went principally in doubtful securi-
ties of the system holding COM
panies.'