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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
MATS WILL PLAY
NIGHT BASEBALL
Griffith Finally Consents To
Nocturnal Game After Look
ing Over Gate Receipts

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.-R-Re-
~luctantly keeping up with the
times, Clark Griffith, president of
the Washington Senators gave in
today to night baseball and an
nounced that the Senators would
play seven home games under the
arcs next season.
When night baseball was first
proposed for the major leagues,
Griffith, who has spent more than
so years in the national pastime,
was its most vigorous opponent.
First one club and then another
installed lights and each time Grit
fifth shook his white head.
But-as the box office receipts
began pouring in, he had to take
notice. Last year, when it ap-
peared as if he would consent, he
backed down at the last moment.
Those light fellows" he snort
ed, are trying to hold me up"
The financial success of the noe
turnal games continued and once
more the Old Fox gave the pro-
posal an attentive ear.
He came forward with the novel
suggestion, however, that if the
major leagues we're going to en-
brace night ball, they embrace it
Fundamentally.
II suggest" he said, that we
play all Of the games, except Sat-
urday and Sunday, at night during
the months of June July and Au-
gust"
His associates in the American
league would not consent to this,
but Griffith believes the American
league, as well as the National,
will someday come to this.
"The day games," he added,
would be played in April, May
and September when it is rela-
lively cool"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
Wolfpack Reported To h.,
Developed Aerial Attack.
Injuries Hit Team

RALEIGH, Nov. S.-iP-v \
State and Wake Forest went tbron',
limbering up drills today in n,.,
aration for their Big Five n sor.'
ern conference game here tomo,,..
afternoon. The kickoff will he -.
2 o'clock, and a crowd of Il MN .
expected.
Wake Forest will be AT e.,
strength. State will be minus ,r'
regulars-Fullback Pat FebIev w.,
End Frank Owens-and two resarv WHY
Fullback Earl Stewart and w.
back Dick East.
State has spent the week r,,.
ticing behind closed doors, but !.
dications are that the Raleisb ts. ~
has been developing an aerial -.
tack. Wake Forest has devoted y.
great deal of time to perfectins :
pass defense.
The game will be a feature q,
Dads Day" at State. Fathers y,
football players will sit on the bapes
and will wear jackets with the sam,
numbers as their sons JERSEYS
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
CALGARY Cagers Win
Over Emmanuel Quint

Calvary, Southside and Lutheran
Mission scored victories in the open
ing games of the Friday intermediate
Church School league at the Y. M.
C. A. last night.
Calvary chalked up a 80 to "a win
over a scrapping Emmanuel quintet,
the latter throwing a scare into the
winners camp in the closing minute
when Council went out of the con-
test by way of the foul route. McKoy
was the high gun for the winners
with Fl points while Pridgen and
Butler tailed ten each for the losers.
Emmanuel had difficulty working
through the Calvary defense but
handled the ball well and gave prom
Use of better days.
Grace Methodist's team failed to
show UP and forfeited to Southside
20.
Lutheran Mission marked up a
23-15 decision over the Epworth
cagers, though the latter ~out-scored
them by 6-5 in the last half. Clark
was high man for the game with IA
points tailed for Epworth. Ellis and
'Buie with s and 7 respectively were
tops for the winners.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
TAR HEELS MEET
SPIDERS TODAY
Lalanne To Start Game De.
spite Injured Foot; Caro-
lima Heavy Favorite

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. .-R-
Richmond's Spiders rehearsed
their plays and checked their de.
Tense this afternoon in a final light
workout in preparation for tomor.
rows engagement with North Car
olina's highly favored Tar Heels.
With the announcement from
Chapel Hill that Jim Sweet La.
anne will start the game at quar-.
terback, both teams expect to be
at full strength.
CHAPEL HILL, Nov. 8.-R-The
Carolina squad entrained at Dur
ham early tonight and was to ar.
rive at the Virginia capitol tomor.
row morning.
Coach Ray Wolf took 80 players,
two more than he took to Fordham
last week. The last-minute add.
tons were George Glamack, All.
American basketballer who plays
end; Charlie Baker, back, and jim
Leaning, husky reserve tackle.
Sophomore Joe Austin, who has
been splitting duty with veterans
Roy Conner and Don Baker al
wingback, was left behind with
bad cold.
Frank O'Hare, 185-pound re.
serve, and johnny Pecora, 1865
pound sophomore ~jackrabbit, both
of whom are also passers, have
been groomed as Lalanne's under.
studies.
The Tar Heels and Spiders stacl
up about even in weight, the lines
averaging right at 1913 and the
backfields 1873, and both play mdcf
the same wide-open and versatile
game by ground and air.
, Saturdays game will mark Car
-olina's first meeting with Rich
mond on the gridiron since 1914
and the first appearance of a Tai
Heel eleven in the Old Dominion
capitol since the annual classic
with Virginia in Richmond was
changed to a home-and-home basis
after 1916.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
WILSON WINS OVER cats, s TO d
Duke Heavy Fauorite Over Davidson Today
Peckinpaugh Is Not Afraid
OF Indians If He Gets 'em

president Alva Bradley recently.
1 know I'm still in the running"
Bradley plans to announce the
new manager next Tuesday. He
reiterated today Peckinpaugh was
lone of three leading candidates."
and named Luke Sewell, Indian
coach, as another.
There's something in the wind
that prevents my talking about
that third man at this time" Brad
ley added.
Peckinpaugh managed the Indi-
ans five and a half seasons, win
ming 416 and losing 402. The Red
skins finished third, fourth three
times and seventh.
A Clevelander, Peckinpaugh
formerly played with the Indians
and has also managed Kansas city
and New Orleans. He was named
most valuable player in the Ameri-
can league in 1925 while with
Washington.
When Bradley fired Peckinpaugh
in 1888 he told him:
II still feel that you have the
ability to be a successful manager,
bat if we don't win under you We'll
have to, try someone else." 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
SOUTH'S FIRST TEAM
PICKED FOR CLASSIC
Dukes Davis and Winterson Ac-
cept; Lalanne, Kimball, Sew
erin Already Named

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov. s.
Jurisdiction of the first II of the
% football stars to uphold Dixie's
hope of victory in the third annual
North South football game here De-
cember % was announced today
by the Blue and Gray association.
Dukes Jap Davis, fullback, and
Alex Winterson, tackle, were the
latest gridmen to accept bids to
play with the South.
Those who previously had &C
cepted were Buddy Elrod, end, and
Harvey Johnson, back, of Missis-
sippi State; Russell Cotton, back
and captain of the Texas School
of Mines; George Kinard, guard
and captain, Auburn; Hal New
man, back and captain, University
of Alabama; Jim (Sweet) Lalanne,
back, Gates Kimball, tackle and
co-captain, and Paul SEVERN, end
and co-captain, North Carolina. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
Tar Babies Score $50
Triumph Over Virginia

CHAPEL HILL, Nov. s. Up -
North Cardinals rejuvenated Tar
Babies outplayed the University of
Virginia yearlings in every depart
ment here this afternoon to win 33
to 0.
1t was the first win of the season
take the sting off three previous de-
feats. Neither team was able to score
in the first period, although Carolina
was in Virginia territory all the way.
Late in the second quarter Leo
Leblanc carried the ball over from
the one-yard stripe to climax a 40
yard drive, and Carolina led at half,
60.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
Brown Jug At Stake
In Today's Big Game

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 8.-R
- Balanced on a precarious
perch in this feud between
Michigan and Minnesota football
teams here Saturday is an old
brown jug of the days when a
water boy needed as much beef
and Drawn to lug it around as
the players themselves.
One of the most famous foot
ball trophies in the country, the
jug has been the center of con-
troversy between the two teams
since 1908.
The jug was forgotten in the
Michigan dressing room after a
memorable & to 6 tie in 1908 and
was found by Oscar Munson, now
equipment custodian.
In 1909. the next meeting be-
tween the two teams, the jug was
made a permanent trophy Y.
Watching the game Saturday
will be Munson; Fielding Yost,
Michigan athletic director, and
Doc Cooke, retired Minnesota
athletic figure, all of whom were
instrumental in making it a bone
of contention.
Since 1909 Minnesota has won
the jug eight times and Michigan
IA. The Gophers have had it six
years in a row now with two ap-
parently evenly balanced teams
fighting for its possession in the
top attraction of the country
Saturday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
Sinderen's Horses Win
Easily In National Shou

NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-R-If this
years national horse show con.
tinues for a week as it started its
first two days, the 1910 battle of
the blues" is going down as a
runaway for Adrian van Sinderen's
Glenholme farms of Washington,
Conn.
The president of the American
Horse Shows associations has sent
six entries into the ring in Madi-
: n Square Garden to date in the
55th national show-and has
walked out with six blue rib~ls.
Three times, just to make sure,
he took second place as we'll; and
on two other occasions, he put the
clincher on by running one-two-
three. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
Whiteuile To Play
Chadbourn Nou.

WHITEVILLE, Nov. S,-Wh
vile High school football team
play Chadbourn's All Stars Mond
Nov. II.
The probable lineup for WI
Vile: Mooney, Barksdale, ends t
erson, Brown, tackles: Lewis, v
hanson, guards; H. Smith, cen.
in backfield C. D. White, ". Sm
Joe Maultsby, Rod Smith.
The football game is one Of
many attractions to be seen 1T
Monday.
The American Legion is spoons
ing the game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
BROOKS PASSING
FEATURES ATTACK
Local Eleven Threatens On
Several Occasions But Try
For Score Broken Up

The Wilson 'Coons stopped the
New Hanover High school Wildcats
so in an Eastern Glass A conference
game at Legion field last night, with
Billy Brooks, quarterback for the
visitors, leading the offensive attack
with his long and deadly passes to
Ends Mercer and Kelly.
One of the largest crowds OF the
season witnessed the game.
The two elevens battled on about
even terms for the first half, with
the Wildcats in possession OF n pal
for the better part of the second
period and threatening with Neil Kel
ley's 32-yard run around the end in
the first period which carried the
locals to the Wilson S7-yard line.
The Wildcats outcharged tn G
'Coons in the first half making 5 first
downs to 4 for the visitors and Jen'
nings' Edwards pass to Bobby
Edwards for Is yards featured in the
locals drive to the Wilson II where
Herring intercepted Horizons pass
and "a to the New Hanover 40, Their
lateralled to Brooks, who ran to the
"a. The rush of the Wilson eleven
was stopped when Turner's attempt
ed field goal from the New Hanover
10 fell short.
The visitors threatened again In
the third period when Brooks passed
to Kelly for Al yards to the Ne"
Hanover 7 yard line where Fred Day
pulled him down from behind. Brooks
again passed to Kelly for 1 yard, Their
followed with two incomplete passes,
Sakas brought the ball to the locals
| foot line where Clifford Mclver
stopped him and was hurt on the
play as Sakas' foot caught him in
the face as he did a complete head
stand and somersault.
Late in the third period the New
Hanover lads carried to their Is and
then kicked out to the Wilson 40.
Wilson was penalized for slugging to
their own 33. Brooks dropped back
and sent a long pass to Kelly who
carried to the SO yard stripe where
he l~ateralled to Mercer. The latter
sprinted the rest Of the distance to
the Wilmington goal for the first
touchdown. The try for extra point
failed.
Wilson regained the ball on the
New Hanover 81 on a free ball on the
kickoff. Herring made 3 and Brooks
shot a long pass to Switzer which
Kelly caught owe the goal and 1t
went for a safety for Wilson. The
game ended with the ball in Wilson'S
possession on their own "a yard line.
Wilson made 8 first downs to 10
for the Wildcats and completed 9 OF
20 passes while the Wildcats tried 16
aerials and completed 7.
Tho 1inoIlpc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09

l1kCkoSSSA
Still Drawing
AS another example, Michigan
beat Penn, but on the next Satur'
nav there we're 70, 1000 people out
to watch Penn play Navy. Ohio
Slate lost three games in a row,
vet when the Buckeyes went UP
against Indiana So 900 turned out
for the affair.
And that's the way the game
goes all over the nation. Over 2OC
games each Saturday between col
lege teams and win, lose or draw
the gridiron fans are right there
to yell themselves hoarse about 1t.
That's Just one or two examples
of the tremendous appeal that foot
ball has. The game will keep on
going, the fans will keep on coming
and everybody will be happy. We
hope.
Eyes To The South
There may be other games TAX
ing the eyes of the nation this
weekend, but for Dixie there are
plenty of scraps right in its own
backyard that demand attention.
1t will be slam-bang football all
the way, and you'll e it when
Tulane meets Alabama, Clemson
takes on Auburn, Georgia VS.. Florl-
da, Georgia Tech and Kentucky
and Wake Forest and N. C. State.
The latter game is for the wake
County Championship" and tn e
Deacons are favored.
This and That
Tickets for the Davidson-Citadel
game at Legion field on Saturday,
November 30, have been sent out
to various points in Southeastern
North Carolina and reports COM
ing in are that they're selling fast.
=. Arrangements have been made
for several high school bands to
appear at the game and augment
the efforts of the Davidson band,
enc of the snappiest in the state. . .
N. c. States freshman lost their
first game of the season yesterday,
falling to the Duke Frosh 60. . .
Cardinals Frosh won their first
game, beating Virginia 1870. Leo
Leblanc was one of the main cogs
in the offense of the Tar Babies. . .
Coach Ray Wolf thinks Leblanc
is the successor to Jim Lalanne. . .
To date three players from Caro-
lima ana two from Duke have &C.
cepted bids to play for the Dixie
eleven in the annual Blue and Gray
classic at Montgomery, Ala. .
There are just about 125 boys from
Pennsylvania playing football in
the Southern Conference. . South
Carolina has 10 Penn boys on its
squad. Which reminds us that
the Gamecocks will play North
Carolina again next fall. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
GRID SCORES
Tampa 5; Oglethorpe 0.
Rollins Z; Miami 0.
Catawba 10; Elon 0.

IL; ElOn O.
Albright Z; Dickinson 0.
Lenoir-Rhyne 49,; Appalach-
ian 9.
Marshall 81; Detroit Tech O..
Ithaca 80; Clarion 10,
Tennessee Tech IS; Maryville
Arkansas Teachers 10; Qua
chita g..
: Millican 10; King 6.
Hastings 10; Midland r..
Georgetown college ~: Union
Z.
Springfield ID; Warrensburg 0.
Pittsburgh Teachers 40: Me-
Pherson 0.
Arkansas Tech "a; Carthage 0.
FRESHMEN
Duke 6; N. C. State O,
North Carolina 80; Virginia q.
HIGH SCHOOL
Wilson 8; Wilmington 0.
Greensboro 10; Salisbury Z.
Reynolds 8; Raleigh 0.
Gray 26: Asheboro 0.
Tabor City 80; Wilmington
FrOsh 0.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
Wil;ston, Columbia
Play To Scoreless Tie

The Williston High school football
team battled a Columbia, s. c., eleven
to a 90 tie in a game played in. Co.
lumbia last night before a crowd of
5000.
The game ended with the ball in
the Tigers possession on the Column
bia Vineyard line.
Next Saturday the Tigers will meet
Washington High school in their an
nual Homecoming Day game here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
SMOKE RINGS
Footballs Appeal
By SAM

Tah'1ons football crowds used to amaze, but they no
,onaar w JorI heeause turnouts for games each Saturday run
nine from IS, 900 to 1000 are now more or less me ID dui #
;s na+1ral1v takes to the fancy of the people.
'"' And a team doesn't have to win to gray og crowost
This YEAR Notre Dame will draw over ooo,ooo 1ansi Las'
1 nnal fh h Irish came east top-heavy favorites to play Army;
m mrd a1though nearly everyone thought Notre Dame would
xAilu re- Cadets there were 80, 900 out to see the game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
ARMY VS.. BROWN

WEST POINT, N. Y, Nov. g.
R-Army, which showed signs of
being on the upgrade against Notre
Dame last week, entertains once
beaten Brown on the plains tomor.
row with the Bruins slightly favor
ed.
The Bruins came out of their
60 victory over Yale last week in
good shape while Army lost only
Wingbacks Klearie, Berry and
Dick Hennessy while bowling to
Notre Dame, 10, Hennessy is lost
for the season but Berry is expect
ed to be in shape in two weeks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
CROWD OF 60,000

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 8.-R-
Pennsylvania, united and beaten
only by Michigan, takes on much
battered Harvard at Franklin field
tomorrow before a crowd expected
to reach 60, 900.
On the basis of comparative
scores, Penn should wallop tn e
Red by three touchdowns. Prince.
ton bowed to Coach George Mung-
er's players 46 to %, but was held
to a scoreless tie by Harvard last
week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
State To Meet Favored
TODAY'S GRIDIRON
IT'S

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Nov. 8.-R
About the best football team
Cornell ever had meets just about
the worst Yale ever had here to-
morrow and it was something less
than difficult for experts to fore
cast the probable outcome.
Nobody expects Yale to win, the
Bulldogs most ardent supporters
say only that Cornell will encounter
a lot more opposition that it ex-
poets and even Coach "Ducky"
pond of Yale said a couple of
weeks ago that 1--WE have no il
lusions" about Cornell.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
RIIE IMPS WIN

DURHAM, Nov. S.-LP'-sco
on a forty-yard drive early IN
first period, Dukes freshman L
ball team handed n. T. o'S
yearling eleven its first detea.
the year, 60, in a game pla!su
Duke stadium here this Afternoon
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
MILANO

MIDDLEBURG, Va, Nov. SIP
AS a %favorite, Milano, End, will
challenge the Docks attempt to win
again tomorrow the Glenwood Ma
tional Steeplechase, feature event of
the M%iddleburg Hunt Race associa-
tons annual fall meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
r VS.. FLORIDA

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov. s.
LR-One of Dixie's keenest football
rivalries-Georgia VS.. Florida-will
be renewed here tomorrow before
a crowd expected to pass the 10000
mark. Game time is 2:30 .. m.
A h~igh-scoring game was in pros
pect, with the Bulldogs of Georgia
favored tt come out ahead.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
GAME A "/ONEY'

BALTIMORE, Nov. 8.-LP-From
every conceivable standpoint the an
nual Notre Dame-Navy football
game tomorrow in Baltimore stadium
should be a honey"
Navy Coach Swede Larson today
predicted "a real tough, close battle"
adding that Notre Dame lis bound to
be improved over last Saturdays let
down against Army"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
Winter P~ark-TIeston
Game Ends In &C. Tie

A long pass that netted go yards
gave Winter Parks six-man football
team a cor in the closing seconds
OF a game played at Legion field last
night and a Sc tie with Tileston.
Iileston had earlier scored on a
long run.
Inc game was played between the
halves Of the varsity game between
Wilmington and Wilson,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
AFTER FOURTH WIN

EVANSTON, ILL.,, Nov. 8.-R-
Northwestern, still in the running
for the Western conference cham.
pionship, goes in quest of it's fourth
Big Ten victory in meeting the
beaten but still respected Universe
Jy of Illinois eleven before an ex-
pected crowd of IS, 1000. The Wild.
cats, beaten only by Minnesota, 13
to II, were favored over the Illini.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
AUBURN

AUBURN, Ala, Nov. -lP-The
Plainsmen of Auburn ruled fraction
al favorites over Clemson today for
a homecoming day football game
here tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09

guard; McIver, center; Holt, end;
Fuller, back. Wilson-Boykin, cen
ter; Noulles, end; Laughinghouse,
back.
Referee, Jimmy Moore (UNC); UNI
pire, Gus Burner (Duke); headlines
man, Kenneth Weeks (WLI).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
NEW YORK, Nov. 8-RAFore

NEW YORK, Nov. 8-R-Ford-
hams football Rams, back on the
victory trail after their hopes of
an unbeaten season had been blast
ed by St. Mary's, are favored to
tur nback Purdue in an intersec-
tional tilt at the Polo grounds to-
morrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
WISCONsIN-COLUMBIA

NEW YORK, Nov. 8-R-Wis-
consin's up-and-down Badgers, VIC
torious the last two Saturdays over
Purdue and Illinois, move into
Baker field tomorrow with hopes
Of staying up against Columbia's
Lions, beaten their last two times
out,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09

Two powerhouse teams, boln %.'
the nations leaders in WeIsD
least, meet here tomorrow
bama's Crimson Tide ana l"'
Green Wave.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
PRO.AMATEUR MEET

P~INEHURST, Nov. s. VI
Donald J, Ross announced toda! =
a pro-amateur golf meet "ou'u
played over the Pinehurst Cou"'
club Monday-Armistice day-on :,
eve of four days play IN inc =
South tournament.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09

TULANE VS.. ALABAMA.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. SIP,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-09
WILDCATS HAVEN'T
WON SINCE 1929
A Is Not Expected To
PLAY For Devils; Davidson
Squad In Good Shape

DURHAM, Nov. s. Up Duke
and Davidson line up for their 18TH
annual meeting in Duke stadium to-
morrow afternoon at two o'clock
and while the bigger Blue Devils are
heavily favored historians recall
that the Wildcats have always made
a battle of it and look for another
one tomorrow.
Davidson's last victory in the Sc
ries was in 1929 when they upset a
favored Blue Devil outfit 1912 when
Thad Brock made a 102-yard run
late in the game. The Wildcats, how
ever, fought Wallace Wade's first
Duke team to a scoreless tie IN
1881.
The Blue Devils, who have won
or shared in the Southern confer
ence title for four of the past five
years and for the past two years
in a row, are again n of the loops
leading teams with victories over
V. M. 1. and Wake Forest.
Tomorrow's game will be the first
of three conference games in a row
for the Blue Devils. After Davidson
they face North Carolina at Chapel
Hill and N. c. State at Durham be-
fore closing out with Pittsburgh
here on November 80.
The Wildcats come to Durham
after two thrilling victories over
Sewanee and Centre. In the game
with Centre Davidson trailed OH
going into the final period but put
on a four-touchdown scoring splurge
in that period to win, 27-12. The
Blue Devils topped Georgia Tech,
Alt, in their last start and have
Won from Colgate, Wake Forest and
Tech in a row since losing to Ten
nessee.
The Blue Devils finished prepare
tons here this afternoon and with
the exception of veteran halfback
Yves McAfee were in good shape for
the game. McAfee is not expected
tc be able to play due to a knee
injury in practice this week.
SlGNAL DRILL
DAVIDSON, Nov. S.-LR-Coach
Gene McEver sent his Davidson
Wildcats through a signal drill on
Richardson field this afternoon be-
fore the squad departed for Durham
for the Duke game tomorrow.
Johnny Frederics, ace line plunser
who has been alternating with Dave
Spencer at tailback, will not start
in the Duke game because of a
side injury, but is expected to see
service before the gun sounds. Ben
Lacy, a light but fast sophomore,
will start in his place.
George Marsh, junior guard, re-
turned to his first-string post today
for the first time since he was in
Jured in the V. NJ. 1. game Octo-
Der II.