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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
EAST, WEST ACES
READY FOR CLASH
Play In San Francisco For
Benefit OF Hospital For
Crippled Children

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. s1.-tP
Forty-four hand-picked football
players from all sections of the
country present one Of the grid
classics Of the year here tomorrow
the 18th annual East-West game
for the benefit of the Shrine hos.
pital for crippled children.
The California climate will be an
important factor in the contest. 1t
was raining today and unsettled
weather was forecast for New
Years day. If it rains, the attend.
ance may drop and the Westsl
promised aerial attack may fail to
materialize.
A virtual sell-out crowd of 60.
00o was expected-1,OO 900 fans fr
each of the tiny crippled patterns
in the Shrine hospital.
Since the first East West game
Dec. rs, 1925, the annual contest
has poured more than half a mil.
lion dollars into the Golfers of the
hospital. Last years game netted
$50, 900.
Among the "A stars it's difficult
to point out two or three wh0
should be watched.
Johnny Schiechl, Santa Clara
center, may handle most of the
Vests pivot duties. Clyde Bull.
dog" Turner of Hardin Simmons,
alternate center who contracted a
charley-horse in scrimmage, was a
doubtful starter. The forces Of
Babe" Hollingberry and "Bift"
Jones suffered another setback
when Halfback Bob Smith of Ore
gon received a bad cleat-cut.
Steve Sitko. the Fort Wayns
Ind, representative of Notre Dame
will call the signals for the eastern
team. Co-coaches Bernie Bierman
and Andy Kerr hope the speed d
their backfield will offset the edge
the West has in listed weights.
The East will have % men read
to go against the Vests 20, and
slightly favored to defeat the west
ern contingent, which won las
years game with Billy Patterson
passing, 1910.
The kickoff will be at 2 p. nj
Is p. m, Eastern Standard Time
Officials: Referee, Bob Evans
(Milliken): umpire, DR.. Alhes
Boles (Minnesota); linesman, Lloy
Yoder Carnegie Tech); field judge
William Kelly (Chicagol.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
PLANS COMPLETED
FOR MATPROCRAN

With the battle between Mildre.
Burke, world woman wrestling
champ, and Mae Weston, Of Rich
mond, Va, drawing the most in
~terest, Mike Miller, promoter here
said last night that his triple-sts;
wrestling match set for Tuesda.
night promises to be the most eg
citing held here to date.
Johnny Mars, former WORT
champion, will meet Chief Litth
Beaver, North Carolina Cheroke;
Indian, in the main bout of thI
evening.
The preliminary tilt will be be
tween Dick Lever, of Nashville
Tenn, and Jim Clinstock, of Okla
homa City.
Miller announced that Constahl
William Henry Ezzell will refers
the match between the two woma
grapplers, and said that Mildre
Burke, in a conversation over tele
phone from Charlotte, said that sh
disliked referees in general an
William Henry in particular. Rud
Martin will referee the other tW
matches.
Miss Burke has appeared her
before, winning over Gladys Gil
liam. All of the other wrestler!
except Lever, have appeared on tn
local card at least once.
Mars and Little Beaver wet
here for the first time last wee
and established themselves as sure
fire favorites with WiImingto!
fans.
The card promises to be the fad
est yet presented at Legion STAG
dunn and a large crowd is Ell
pected, &
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01

The old order passes, giving way
to the new and as 1910 is born it
brings with it a sports-splashed
slate that stretches from the At
lantic to the Pacific in a pigskin
panorama that fairly sparkles with
excitement.
While the mercury hovers about
the too-low mark locally, in other
spots throughout the nation, foot
balls will sail through a warm sun
and grass will be green on the
gridiron.
Perhaps it is appropriate that a
new year-bearing new hopes and
new promise-should be filled to
the brim with sports that pit foot
ball teams of first caliber against
each other. Some of the best ath-
1etes of the nation will be playing
their last collegiate game today in
some far-flung corner of the coun-
try.
, Each will be playing to win, each
player and each team. Perhaps the
best team will not win, so often
they don't but when the game is
over another bowl season will be
history and other grid teams of the
nation will begin thinking of their
chances next year.
The year 1910 offers much for
all of us, whether in sports or in
everyday living, and what we get
out of it depends on us alone. We
can think now of 1889, what we
missed and how things would have
been different, if only
But 1899 wasn't SO bad after all
and greeting the New Year with
all it's proper fanfare would not
seem appropriate, if we didn't,
while marching forward, look back
on the old gentleman and give him
a smart salute.
The Vols
They often say that Major Bob
Neyland out at Tennessee loses
many a good football player be-
cause it turns up in their sopho-
more year that they can't read,
but there are two things for which
the major is noted-building foot
bell teams and oratOry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
Henry Armstrong Will
Defend Title Thursday

NEW YORK, Dec. 31-(R-Hen-
ry Armstrong, welterweight cham
pion, defends his title against Joe
Ghnouly Of st. Louis In a fifteen
rounder at st. Louis Thursday.
The national boxing program also
cards Fred Apostoli, former mid
dleweight champion from San
Francisco fighting his first bout
as a lightweight against Melio Bet
tina of Beacon, N. Y, ex-light-
heavyweight champion. It's a
tWelve-rounder at the Madison
Square Garden Friday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
Georgia Techs Offense
MayBeatMissouriT0 Today
Mysterious Attack May Prove
Too Much For Paul
Christman And Co.
Nv r ROLLINS

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 81. R-
There was a growing suspicion TO-
day that Georgia Techs mystlfy'
ing offense might prove too much
for Missouri, not discounting Paul
christman, in tomorrow's Orange
Bowl football game.
One unbiased observer put 1t
this way:
ct don't believe any team can
stop Techs magic without scout
ing the Engineers, not once but
several times"
And there is the solid fact that
neither team knows very much
about the other.
For that reason the emphasis in
practice has been decidedly on
the offensive side, lending cred
ence to the belief that this will be
a wide open and, possibly a free
scoring game. All last week Coach
Don Faurot of Missouri ran the
Big Six champions against every
conceivable type of defensive form;
alton. including seven, six, and
five-man lines.
Coach Bill Alexander of Tech,
who processes a healthy respect
for Christman's pitching arm, de-
voted some time to practice on
breaking up passes but the Geor-
CLANS worked mainly on perfecting
their own plays. And even close
observers were unable to keep
track Of the ball on many Of them.
The light but fast Tech ball.
handlers have more tricks up their
sleeves than a vaudeville magician,
most Of them centered around 147-
pound Johnny Bosch and his un-
derstudy, Bobby Beers, not to for"
get. fleet Bobby Pair. The Engi-
neers finished their preparation
with a biref workout today while
Missouri rested.
Interest reached a fever pitch
LIST night with an estimated 200,-
900 persons watching a gala
Orange bowl parade, replete with
floats, marching units, bathing
beauties and clowns. Ticket sales
for the game doomed and a sellout
Of the 3 $500 seats appeared likely.
Tropical Park, cooperating with
the Orange bowl committee, will
conduct its New Years day racing
program in the morning, with first
post time 10 a. m. (EST) to allow
thoroughbred patrons to attend both
events. Kickoff time for the foot
ball game is 2:15 p. m. (EST).
A clear, cool day was forecast.
The temperature dropped into the
4o's last night but a beaming sun
came out today.
Probable starting lineups:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
FARR DISCHARGED

LONDON, Dec. 31.-LR-Tommy
Farr, one-time British Empire
heavyweight boxing champion, was
discharged from the royal air force
today because he failed to pass an
eye examination for flying as an
observer or gunner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01

up to the Clinton As yard stripe in
the longest gallop of the game.
Today's victory for Clinton evened
the count between the two clubs.
The frat team gained a close deci-
sion over the Clinton aggregation in
a game played in Wilmington some
time ago.
Captain Leon Thomas, Louis
Wells, and Charley Herring led the
Hi-Kappa backfield play while
Cooke, Lewis, and Waller were the
outstanding ball.toters for the win
ners.
In the line, it was Ralph Rusher
and Red Faircloth for the home
team and Maurice Proctor, Fred
Smith, and Muss Lockamy for the
visiting outfit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01

Referee: T. g. Kahn, Georgia;
umpire. Dwight Ream, Washburn;
linesman: B. M. Hackney. :Jr..
Carolina; field judge: Parke
Carroll, Kansas City.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01

Scoring: For Clinton: Waller.
Subs: For Clinton: Lewis, Tur.
l1ngton, Bell, and G.. Kaleel. For
Hi-kappas: Maryland, Flowers,
Spencer, Pittman, and F. Merritt.
Officials: Peterson, referee; Wood
umpire; Lewis, head lineman. :
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-01
Cloudy Skies Forecast
For Rose Bowl Contest

PASADENA, Calf, Dec. 31.-tR,
Private and. federal weather fore
casters agreed today rain is on it's
way but that it will not reach
Pasadena in time for the Tourna.
ment of Roses or the Rose bowl
football game tomorrow.
The federal weather bureau pre-
dlcted continued cloudiness with
rain Monday night. DR.. Irving P.
Brick, California Institute of Tech
nology meteorologist, said mo
rain New Years day or night, but
likely some time Tuesday"
Bears, on emerging from their hi
FORMATION, still are fat, in spite of
several foodless months; but exer-
else soon makes them gaunt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-09
YVES TERRELL SAYS
HE'S NOT THROUGH
Former Ace Major Loop Hurl.
er Looking For Contract;
Says He Can Still Win

SARASOTA, Fla, Jan. 8.-R-
Pitcher Yves Terrell, released from
the New York Yankee mound staff
after a disastrous 1899 season, be-
lieves he still "can win in the ma
jors."
"a lot of baseball men to
think I'm an old man." declared
the temperamental Yves. ut has
been II years since I broke into
the big time but I'm still only
81 years old"
II ought to be able to pitch
winning ball at least seven or
eight more years."
The former ace Highlander of
the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red
Sox, Washington Senators and
weeks conditioning program, which
will include a lot of golf. Terrell
said he hoped to get another ma
jor league contract but declared
he would not be discouraged If he
failed.
II love baseball and want to play
as long as I can toss a ball
around" he asserted. "If none of
the big league clubs won't me, then
I'll try to land a job in the minors.
"Then, I can at least prove I
still have what it takes. Anyway,
I intend to play ball, eve if I
do end my career going out the
back way"
He said his arm was in the
"best condition in years" and added
he believed "the reason I didn't
win with the Yankees last year vas
because I didn't get a chance to
work often enough" II developed a
little kink in my elbow during a
cold snap and didn't have a chance
to work it out"
Terrell was the first major
league hurler to win more than 20
games in each of his first four
seasons in the big time. He ac-
complished that with Cleveland in
1928, 1929, 1880 and 1881.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-09
Thinks Grid
Game More Moderate

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 8.-R-
The sentiment of college and ath-
letic leaders at the National Col
legiate Athletic association meet
ing in Los Angeles appeared to be
turning toward a more moderate
emphasis on football" in the opin-
ion of r. A.. Fetzer, North Caro-
lima athletic director, upon his re-
turn today.
The change was more noticeable,
Coach Fetzer thought, among rep
resentatives from some of the con-
ferences which have recently stress
ed football, than among those from
the Southern conference, which he
of the opinion had come near
er to Steering a middle course"
The Carolina athletic director
was reelected a member of the
committee of the urgani-,
and he and Colonel Will
liam Copper Of V. M. l., who was
the. official delegate from the
conference, were the
only representatives from this Sec
Coach Fetzer, who consulted with
Coach Ray Wolf at Los Angeles
about his offer from Rice, said the
Tar Heel football mentor declined
the proposition voluntarily and
seemed happy over his decision.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-09
HIGH SCHOOL net
TEAMS HOLD MEET
Ladders Of Girls And Boys
Teams Re-Organized For
Spring Sessions

The New Hanover High school
tennis club held its first 1910
meeting yesterday afternoon and
made plans for the coming prac-
tice sessions.
The ladders of the girls and
the spring and plans for raising
funds for the expenses of the
teams were discussed.
The boys team will have charge
of the drink concession during the
annual Golden Gloves boxing tour
nament, which will be held in the
high school gym in February, and
will receive a percentage of the
receipts.
The girls ladder is as follows:
Captain Mary Johnson, number
one; Elsie Fergus, two; Jane Lew
is, three; Jocelyn Peck, four; Nor
ma Henderson, five; Jean Jones,
six; Agnes Morton, seven; Billy
Sudbury, eight; Louise Hardwick,
nine; katherine Goodman, ten;
Alice Sprunt, eleven; Silvia Allen,
twelve; Marguerite Smith, thir-
teen; Betty Davis, fourteen; Doro-
thy Sutherland, fifteen.
The boys line up as folio IS:
Lionel Johnson, one; Nelson Tay-
lor, two; Charles Boney, three;
Harold Hinnant, four; Jerould Rob-
inson, five; John Evans, six; Burt
Gornton, seven; Burt Myers, eight;
Charles Edwards, nine; Billy Boney,
ten; Jack Wylie. eleven; Paul
Smell, twelve; Bryan Broadf =,
thirteen; Mat Bullock, fourteen;
George Saffo, fifteen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-09
Grandovitch, Lever Meet In
Semi-Finals; Indian Miss
Engages Babe Werner

Johnny Mars, former world
champion, and Chief Little Beaver,
of Cherokee, N. c., will resume their
mat battle where they left off last
week at Legion stadium tonight in
the headliner of a three.bout wrest-
ling program.
The two tough customers of the
ring wrestled to a draw last week
after they had used every trick In
the deck, both in and out of the
ring.
To make the match tonight more
exciting, Mike Miller, promoter has
arranged for the two to fight it out
with boxing gloves provided they
can't reach a decision in a no-time.
limit, no.holds-barred affair.
Little Beaver has few scruples
about ring tactics and even though
he is comparatively a youngster in
the profession he has risen in the
ranks until he stands today as one
of the best in his division in this
section. Mars is a crafty wrestler
and has the reputation of pinning
some of the best -matmen in the
ring.
Another bout that promises as
much action and excitement is the
semi.finals match between John
Grandovitch, southern heavyweight
champ, and Dick Lever, of Nash
vile, Tenn. Grandovitch appeared
here on several occasions before the
holidays and established himself as
one of the really to~p.notchers to
perform in Wilmington.
Lever made his initial bow to Will
mington wrestling last week, win.
ming easily over lanky Jim Clinstock
in the semi-finals match.
AS a feature attraction on to.
nights card, Princess Rose White
Cloud, comely Cherokee Indian miss,
will grapple Babe Werner, Of Okla
homa in a 80 minute time limit, one
fall match.
The Princess has been In the pro-
fession only a short time but has
established herself as a leading con.
tender for the woman's wrestling
championship now held by Miss
Mildred Burke. Miss Werner is a
veteran of the ring.
Rudy Martin will referee all three
bouts. The program starts at 8:15
o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-09
KERNS RESIGNS JQ
AT CARNEGIE 7EQ
Grid Coach Rumored To Be
Line For Head Coach JOB
AT West Virginia

PITTSBURGH, Jan. S-LP-n
Kern, for two years head coach .
the Carnegie Tech football team, IT
signed tonight.
Both Kern and Clarence (Budt,
Overend, manager Of athletics
Carnegie Tech, confirmed the i
signation but neither would $
what prompted Kern to leave /
post at Tech.
However, the resignation was
surprise. 1t had been rumored hi
and in Morgantown, W. Va, b
weeks that Kern would be NAM
head coach of West Virginia univ
sity succeeding Marshall (Slesi!
Glenn, resigned.
West Virginia officials have
sisted, however, that Glenn's suctE
sor would not be named until
still unscheduled meeting of the u
versity board of governors.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-09
HIGH CLUB LOSES
SEVERAL BOXERS
N. H. Pugs Hold Heavy Work
out In Gym In Prepare
ton For First Meet

The New Hanover High school
boxing team, small this year as COM
pared to the weights Of former
teams, worked out under Coach
Howard Mcdonald yesterday after
noon, with the boys going through
a strenuous drill Of road work and
exercise in the gym and ring.
Joe Walker, Coach McDonald's old
standby, is not out for the team this
year due to studies and Herbert
Houston is out with a bad hand and
it is doubtful if he will box this sea
son.
Nelson Robinson, heavyweight,
has decided to take up basketball
and is therefore lost to the squad.
Jack Naull and Bobby Lee, veterans
Of two seasons, are working out
daily and look to be in good shape
for the first match of the year with
Warsaw at a date to be announced
later this week.
Starkey, veteran lightweight, was
in the gym yesterday skipping rope,
shadow boxing and punching the
heavy bag and seems to be ready
for the opening gong. Rubber Davis.
intra-mural star, looked good in the
ring with Hugh Griffith, tiny fresh
man puncher, who was n Of the
intral-mural winners in the gram.
mar school last year. Wetzel Holt,
football star, is taking his workouts
seriously each afternoon and is in
excellent shape, but it is not known
just what weight he will enter the
ring.
Jack Griffith and James Fennell
both looked good yesterday as they
made the rounds of training menu
from road work to the ring and
should be strong additions to the
squad.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-09
Mars To Grapple Chief
Little Beaver Tonight
Cats Have Nine Cage
Tits On 1910 Slate

Heavy drills for their OPEN
ing conference game with the
Wilson cagers at Wilson Fri.
day night are scheduled for the
New Hanover high school quin-
tet this afternoon.
The 1910 schedule for the
Wildcats is as follows:
Jan. q at Wilson; Jan. 10 at
New Bern; Feb. 2 at Rocky
Mount; Feb. 9 at Durham; Feb.
20 Wilson here and Feb. 70
Raleigh here. The locals have
defeated New Bern n to "a
and the Alumni AZ to IS and
we're defeated by Clinton III
their first meeting, 81 to rs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-09
Baseball Series Games
Must Be In Schedule

DURHAM, Jan. 8.-R-There
has been no ban on s~o-called post
eason or Shaughnessy series by
President w. G. Bramham of the
National association, the baseball
official declared today.
According to minor league law
however, such series must be
adopted as part of the seasons
schedule and played between dates
of opening and closing of adopted
schedule. In such cases, contracts
Of players, being for the season,
cover their services and they are
to receive their usual salary and
no other remuneration.
This applies to all leagues be-
low class AA.
Series between two leagues after
the adopted schedule is completed,
must be agreed upon in writing by
the clubs, the players and man
ayers, all parties agreeing upon the
distribution of expenses and re-
ceipts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-09
VARSITY TRIUMPHS,
a-I6, IN CONTEST
Pieper Scores 16 Points In
Game; New Hanover Jun
iors Win, 21-14

CLINTON, Jan. S.-The New
Hanover high school cagers won a
doubleheader from the Clinton High
school quints here tonight, the
Wilmington Varsity winning 31-16
over the Clinton Seniors.
The Wilmington Juniors tri-
umphed 21-14 yer the Clinton
Juniors.
Paced by Billie Pieper, who
racked up 16 points all with field
goals, the Wildcats led all the
way. At the end of the first half
they were out front, 1876.
Displaying fine consistent play
in long passes and this coupled
with the sharp-shooting tactics o.
Pieper enabled the visitors to stay
out Of threatening distance.
burlington led the Clinton Var.
sity with five markers.
In the opening game, the visit
ing juniors climbed out for a 10-s
lead at half-time and steadily in
creased their margin during thu
final period. Oliphant and John
son tied for high scoring honors
for the visiting juniors with sis
points each and burlington led fol
Clinton with five points.
At a previous meeting in Will
mington, the Clinton varsity wor
over the New Hanover senior
quintet, but the New Hanover jun
Tors have won both games played
with Clinton this season.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-09
Wasdell To Mats

The Washington Senator's first
baseman-at the start of the season,
at least-will be Jimmy Wasdell. the
former Cleveland sandlotter . He
has a letter from Clark Griffith
which says SO -. The funny thing
about this is that last summer,
when the Mats optioned Wasdell
to Minneapolis in The American as
ISOLATION, Griffith told President
Mike Kelly to play him in the out
field, thinking the washington first
base problem would be solved by
other means Wasdell batted
1923 with the Millers but never
played a game at the first sack
after flunking his chance with the
Senators early in the summer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-09
Conditioning Passed Tn

Both the New York Giants and
Brooklyn Dodgers have decided to
pass up their Hot Springs, Ark,
conditioning this winter and will
head directly for Florida next month
instead For the seventh con.
secutive year the Giants and Cleve.
land Indians will tour together,
meeting 16 times And, believe
it or not, the National leaguers
have done better against the Tribe
sine it has had Bob Feller than
before -. Bill Dineen, who was re-
tired as an American league umpire
last summer, is recovering after be-
ing struck by an automobile during
a sEowstorm Christmas Day in his
town, Syracuse, N. Y. .
They say the SOL 500 dividend
(about $4,000 to Owner Sam Brea-
dom the Cardinals declared the 9TH
er day was cashing the chips on the
$4,000 Dizzy Dean dea, of 1888
more than collecting on last sea-
sons 411,000 attendance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-09
Acts To Retain
Neely As Football Coach

GREENVILLE, S. c., Jan. g.
R-The Greenville News said to-
night that Clemson college trus-
tees, at a meeting to be held in
Columbia tomorrow, would act
favorably on the Clemson athletic
councils recommendation Of a
proposition which Jess Nicely tenta-
tivelv accepted to remain as head
coach.
The athletic council, the news
paper said, approved Of increased
salaries for Nicely and members of
his staff, adding that the fund
for these salaries was not a COL
lege appropriation. but part of the
profits in the athletic treasury
earned through the Nicely regime.
Nicely, according to advices re-
ceived. here, arrived in Houston,
Tex, today to confer with Rice
Institute authorities who were re-
ported to have made him a coach
ing offer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-09
MAY REPEAT
FOR 40 REMNANT
With DiMaggio In Outfield
And New Pitchers, Rhine
landers Look Better
BY JUDSON l L

NEW YORK, jan. S.-p Fuel
for the hot stove league:
The thought comes to mind that
you shouldn't peddle those Cincln-
natl Reds short On repeating for
the pennant They won't be pay
ing the New York Yankees during
the National league campaign ana
if they aren't better this year they
ought to be just as good 1t re-
mains to be seen whether Vince
DiMaggio will plug that lefttleld
gap, but the deals for Jim Turner
and Joe Beggs should give them the
relief pitching they needed so badly
in 1889 . The st. Louis Cardinals
have been standing pat, but a
stranger hearing their bandwagon
would think the Redbirds won the
flag last fall instead of finishing
second.