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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-03-07
Stockport Route Two

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Antill and
daughter Mary, and Bernard Han
son and son Willis, attended the fu-
neral of Mrs Mary Greathouse
Heft, held Friday at Belpre, with
interment in Rockland cemetery.
The deceased was the sister of Mrs.
Antill and was 81 years of age
She is survived by her husband,
Henry Heft.
Saturday evening at 1880 o'clock,
as Charles Hooper, who resides a
few miles west of Stockport, was
coming up Bailey hill, his car start
ed backward, and as he could not
get it stopped, it went over steep
bank for several feet. He escaped
without injury, but the car was
damaged to some extent.
Ira Richardson Meigsville, VINO
is in i'll health, is staying at the
home of his brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mummey.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Moore were
guests Sunday at the home of Rob
ert Barnes and wife of Millgrove.
Miss Fay Hanson who is employ
ed in the Mrs. J. o. Spencer home,
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Eliza Hanson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Emory and
daughter are visiting relatives at
Roseville.
Mrs. Philip Ash and daughter
who have been visiting relatives at
Beaver, Pa, returned home Mon
day. She was accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. Garfield Riggs, and
sister Mrs. Walter Montgomery and
two children.
Harris Phillips and daughter
Wava were guests Sunday at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Phillips
Mrs. Charles Ash and children
were guests Monday of relatives at
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-03-07

Marietta. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Smith and
cnlldren visited Sunday with F. L..
Mummey and wife.
Mr and Mrs. Leslie Perne1l and
children OF Morgantown, w. Va,
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Doak.
MRS. Edna Cooper who has been
spending the winter in Tennessee,
with her sister and husband, DR..
and Mrs. Hogue, has returned home.
Earl Shuster and wife and Chas.
Shuster and wife of GAINESVILLE vis-
tied Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Raw
Shuster
Stanley Hanson is recovering
from an attack of yellow jaundice.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-03-07
ROxbury

Mr.. and Mrs Warren Loar and
son Wiley spent Saturday with hei
sister, Mrs Lillian Newburn, and
family, of Elliott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eber Beach at
tended the Mrs. Blanche HOson
sale, at McConnelsville, Saturday af'
ternoon.
Funeral services for the foul
year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Sharp Bertha Gheen) were held al
Oakland church, Friday afternoon
at 2.30 O'Clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Ball and son
Lee spent the week end in Zanes-
vile with the formers son, Howard
Ball and wife.
Several from this place attended
Mrs. David Van Fossen's funeral
Friday afternoon, at Stockport.
Mrs. Susie Chadwick has return
ed to her sisters. Mrs. G.. w. Hoon
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-03-07
Malta Route Three

Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Nelson Of Blu.
cyrus spent Friday night and Sat-
urday at the Ciell Fitch home.
Miss Ina Bankes and Mrs. Ruth
Baliing spent Friday with Mrs.
James Fitch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Taylor and
Frederick sStansberry of Giouster,
were Saturday, evening visitors at
VIM. Van Horns.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-03-07

young couple settle In our neigh
borhood. .hfti sl fs sfsssgs.
Victor Duff and family visited
Sunday with his parents at Meigs
Our roads are in very bad con-
ditfon.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-03-07

victim.
James Murray and James Parks,
both of Congo, were visitors at their
cottage here Monday, in regard to
the high water. II
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-03-07
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
Solomon Hangs Up Good
Record At Lumberton

LUMBERTON, Dec. 3.-Sammy
Solomon, who is in Charlotte this
week drilling with the North Caro-
lima all-star high school squad for
its annual Shrine contest with
South Carolina scholastic brilliants
Saturday, in his second year OF
football hung up a record for other
Lumberton Pirate heroes to shoot
at.
The 18-year-old Pirate star of
five victories, four defeats and two
ties recorded this season, carried
the ball 108 times, gained 655 yards
for an average of ST. yards every
time he lugged the oval against
opposing lines.
Not many high school stars rack
up such an impressive yardage
record, especially a back who car
ried the burden of running the
team, did all the kicking and pas.
sing and performed at a halfback
post on defense.
Solomon, who may end up at
either North Carolina, Wake Forest
or Catholic university, scored II
touchdowns and eight extra points
for a total of 80 points this season.
He passed for four other Pirate
markers and had a punting ave-
rage of nearly "a yards per kick.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
Au-Stars Get Down To
Work For Shrine Game

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 3.-R-Rival
mentors wasted no time today in
plunging the Shrine a~ll-stars
through TWO sessions of severe con
tact work as preparations went
forward for the Cardinals high
school classic here Saturday.
The big, bruising seniors in the
North Carolina camp, termed a
slight pre-game favorite, because
of their weight and speed, bat
tered one another for a couple of
hours. The Tar Heels were shy
two flankmen. Johnny Holmes,
glue-fingered wingman around
whom much of the offense had
been built, left the squad and pre-
sumably went back to his home
in Raleigh. Another, Don Stafford
Of Hickory, had scholastic diff
culties and could not miss a weeks
class work. Vincent Kale of Win
ston-Salem was recruited for one
of the berths. The other will be
cared for by local hopefuls. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
GREENSBORO GETS
S0X FRANCHISE
Rocky Mount Farm To Be
Operated In Gate City;
Dodgers Take Over Bulls

ATLANTA, Dec. 3..-R-Direc-
tors of the Piedmont league today
voted to transfer the Rocky Mount
franchise to Greensboro, N. c.,
thus assuring an eight-club circuit
for the 1871 season.
Club owners will eet in Green's
boro, probably next month, to draw
up a schedule.
Ralph H. Daughton was reflect
ed president of the league and
Bobby Rice, business manager of
the Ashevile IN. c. club, was
named vice president to succeed
Alvin CroWder of Winston-Salem.
The directors gave Brooklyn au-
thority to take over the Durham
franchise. The club vas operated
last season under the sponsorship
of the Cincinnati Reds who have
withdrawn.
The Boston Red Sox will operate
the Greensboro club. Rocky Mount
had been in the Red Sox's farm
system.
The Greensboro Patriots former:
ly held membership in the circuit,
which vas organized two decades
ago. Several seasons ago, how
ever, the St. Louis Cardinals, op-
orators of the farm at Greensboro,
moved the club to Asheville where
it has since remained.
Brooklyn authorities indicated
they we're unable to say now where
they would locate their farm. Over
lures have been received by the
Dodgers from Roa-,oke, Newport
News and Lynchb"-g, Va, for the
club. Durham is understood to be
making efforts to retain the club. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
Boston Replaces Tulane
On Tigers Grid Slate

CLEMSON, D. c., Dec. .-RE
Clemson's Southern conference
football champions announced their
1941 schedule tonight, with unde.
feated Boston college, selected for
the Sugar bowl game, replacing
Tulane. Virginia Military institute
replaced Wofford and George
Washington replaced Southwestern.
Clemson defeated Boston college
6-3 in the 1910 Cotton bowl classic.
Next year the Tigers will meet
five Southern conference opponents
and, departing from an old Gus
tom, will play Auburn last instead
Of ending the season with Furman.
The 1941 schedule:
Sept. 20, Presbyterian college at
Clemson.
Sept. q, v. M. I. at Lynchburg.
Oct. 4, N. C. State at Charlotte,
N. c.
Oct. II, Boston college at Boston.
Oct. %, South Carolina at Co.
lumbia.
Oct. 81, George Washington at
Washington (night).
Nov. 8, permanently open.
Nov. is, Wake Forest at Glenn
son.
Nov. %, Furman at Greenville.
Nov. 20, Auburn at Auburn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
CHARLOTTE AIRPORT
is LEASED TO ARMY
Air Corps Expected To Take Over
Field AT Early Date; Camp
Is Planned

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-GP-The
Charlotte IN. c. municipal airport
was formally leased today to the war
department for S as an army air
squadron base.
Mayor Ben Douglas, signed the pa
pers after ironing out minor tech
localities in the negotiations with Ma
jor b. B. Cassidy, in charge of build.
ings and grounds for the air corps.
Douglas said he expected the air
corps to take over the property at
an early date. The government is
planning a s~1,236,000 cantonment at
the port to accommodate approx
mately 1000 officers and men.
After signing the lease, Douglas
conferred briefly with civil aeronau.
tics authority officials on efforts to
obtain funds for a supplementary
airport at Charlotte.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
LEADS
FOOTBALL SCORING
Cattle Country Average Is
1898 Per Game; Nation
Averages 1888

NEW YORK, Dec. Shutdown
in the Southwest, where the mod
ern carefree passing game more
or less had its birth, the football
teams still manage to score a
little more freely than in any other
section of the country, it is dis
closed by the 10Th annual survey
by the Associated Press.
Nine teams of the cattle country
scored an average of 1898 points
per game in the season now clos
ing, as compared to an average
of 1888 points for all of the 269
teams covered in the survey. The
South posted the next highest aver
age, with 81 teams showing across
1888 points per contest. Twelve
teams of the Rocky mountain Sec
ton gave fans the least scoring
action with only lib points each
game.
AS a whole, the offensive was
more potent than last year, when
the nations elevens averaged scor-
ing 1906 points. This might have
been due partially to the fact that
unusually good weather was en-
joyed in most sections right
through the final games. This was
particularly true in the E a S t.,
where Penn rolled up scores like
46 to % over Princeton and % to
20 over Cornell.
For all-around scoring , Mar
quette probably went through the
widest season on record. The Col
den Avalanche lived up to its name
as it beat Iowa State Al to 81,
tied Creighton q to u, lost to
Manhattan, As to ii and lost to
Wisconsin 80 to 10.
Among other notable scoring ses-
sions was Missouri's As to 20 VIC
tory over Kansas; Arkansas over
Tulsa, q to 81, and over Missis-
sippi, 81 to 20; Duquesne over
South Carolina, q to 81; Santa
Clara over Oklahoma, 80 to 10;
Alabama over Vanderbilt, Is to 81;
Boston college over Temple, 80 to
20; Notre Dame over Georgia Tech
rs to 20; V. P. 1. over Furman,
50 to Il, and Northwestern over
Illinois, 80 to IA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
'CATS START CAGE DRILLS TODAY
Armstrong Awarded Neil Trophy In Boxing
Most Grid Coaches Ask That
1911 Rules Remain Unchanged

Both feel that, when a downfield
lateral on a play from scrimmage
is thrown forward, a team should
be given it's original gain minus a
fiye-yard penalty from the point
where the illegal lateral was thrown.
Two novel suggestions come from
Frank Murray of Virginia. He would
(a) make the end 20 yards
deep instead of 10, to aid goal-line
plays; (b) permit a coach to go OIL
the field when he thinks an official
is in error, the coach's team to be
penalized Is yards if it turns out
he was wrong. One obvious draw
back to his proposal, aside from the
fact that Murray makes no mention
of what he'd do with the goalposts,
is that in many stadia there wouldn't
be room to lengthen the field 10
yards at each end.
Major Swede Larson of Navy feels
even the most competent official can
lose track of the number of downs,
and therefore would have the official
timekeeper record the sequence.
Border conference coaches are up in
arms against intentional out-of.
bounds kickoffs, a maneuver which
Henry Redd of Virginia Tech would
seek to curb by giving the receiving
team the ball at midfield instead Of
on it's :5-yard line.
Ducky Pond of Yale and Adam
Walsh Of Bowdoin feel a team that
has blocked an extra-point kick has
achieved its objective and that the
ball, once blocked, should be dead.
Harry Hughes of Colorado State is
Il of the diminishing number wha
would abolish the extra point en-.
tirely, whereas even Fritz Crisler
wants it retained though it cost his
Michigan team its lone defeat, by
Minnesota,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
WALKER IS WINNER
OF JACOBS TROPHY
V. M. I. Gridder Best On Inter.
ference In Vote; Prothro
Second In Race

CLINTON, S. c., Dec. 3.-LP-
Billy Walker of Virginia Military
institute is the 1910 winner of the
Jacobs interference trophy in the
Southern conference.
The announcement was made to.
day by DR.. William P. Jacobs,
president of Presbyterian college
and donor of the award annually
to the football player in the South.
ern conference, the Southeastern
conference and South Carolina ad.
judged by a poll of coaches, of.
ficials and football writer's as the
best interference runner and ex-
emplification of team play in the
respective circuits.
The trophies will be awarded at
a banquet at Presbyterian college
December 10.
Lloyd Cheatham of Auburn is
the Southeastern conference win
ner. The South Carolina recipient
of the award will be announced
tomorrow.
The principal speaker at the ban
quet will be Major Hayward Mahon
rot Greenville, former representa-
1--WE IN congress and president of
the Greenville chamber of COM
merce.
Second in the Southern confer
ence running was Tommy Prothro
OF Duke. with Gates Barker of
thurman third and Jimmy Ring
gold of Wake Forest, 1889 winner.
fourth.
Others receiving votes were Fit
ger OF Furman. Pinck of Washing.
ton and Lee. Cathey of N. c.
State. Dunkle of North Carolina.
Field of William and Mary, Kerns
OF V. P. l., Milling Of the Uni.
versity of Richmond, Ruett of v.
P. l., Jet of Wake Forest, SEVERN
of North Carolina, Bolin of David.
son, and Dukes of the Citadel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
FOUR LETTERMEN
RETURN TO SQUAD
Black And Bryan To Coach
Quint This Season; Ten
Loop Games On Slate

The New Hanover high schoo
basketball team will begin prac'
tice this afternoon for its 1941 sea
son, which includes ten games with
Eastern Class A conference teams
Cage drills will be held each
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at the
Cape Fear Armory at Ninth anc
Market streets.
R. L. (Bob) Black and Rupert
Bryan, who coached the Wildcats
football team this year, will also
coach the basketball team.
Only four lettermen are return
ing to the squad this year. They
are: Billy Pieper, Jennings Ed.
wards, Vernon Morrison and Bill
Bowen. Bobby Edwards, a letter
man last year, received a frac'
tured foot in a football game with
Fayetteville an will not be able
to play this season.
Members of last years varsity
who will be eligible for the Wild
cats squad this year are: Arthur
Shain, Stein, Ernest johnson, John
ny Oliphant, Demming Smith,
Harry Mohr and Dick Dunlea are
coming up from the junior varsity
of last year.
The first conference game will
be against Fayetteville there or
January 8. However, Coach BLACK
said last night that he expects tc
add two games to the schedule tt
be played before Christmas. Othel
games with non : conference foes
will also be arranged, so that the
schedule will include about II
games.
All home games will be played
at the Cape Fear Armory. The
new high school gymnasium is no
expected to be completed before
the middle of February. Coach
Black said that the Cape Fear Ar
tillery agreed to cooperate with
the team until the gym is made
available Tor use.
The coaches last night urged al
boys in the high school interested
in basketball to be out for the
initial practice this afternoon.
The Eastern conference schedule
is as follows:
January 3-Wilmington at Fay
etteville,
January 10-Wilson at Whining
ton.
January 24-Raleigh at Whining
ton.
January 31-Wilmington al
Rocky Mount.
February Fayetteville at Viii
mington.
February II - Durham at Viii.
mington.
February 13-Wilmington at Raj.
eigh.
February 14-Wilmington at Dur.
ham.
February 21-Wilmington at Viii.
son.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
Georgetown Accepts Bid
To Play In Orange Bowl
Hoyas Will Meet Mississippi
State In New Years
Battle At Miami

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 3.0R-The Or
ange Bowl committee announced to,
night that Georgetown had accepted
an invitation to play Mississippi
State in the annual New Years day
football game here.
Gabe Murphy, graduate manager
Of Athletics at the Washington, D.
c., school, t~elegraphed George
towns acceptance to Charles F.
Baldwin, Orange Bowl president.
The selection of Georgetown as
Mississippi States opponent keeps
intact the Orange Bowls unbroken
policy of making it a "north-south"
football game.
Only one point separated George
town from an unbeaten season. and
that lone defeat came at the hands
Of of the nations best, Boston
college, 1918.
The eastern team scored 273
points in nine games and trounced
Roanoke $50, Temple 40, Waynes.
burg 26-12, Virginia Tech 46-4, New
York u, $50, Syracuse 28-6, Mary
land 40, and George Washington
80.
In ten games, Mississippi State
amassed 230 points to its opponents
81. The southern team defeated
Florida 25-7, Southwestern of Loui.
siana 200, tied Auburn TT, defeated
Howard 40-7, North Carolina State
26-10, Southwestern Of Memphis 49,
0, Louisiana State university 22-7.
Millsaps, 46-13, Mississippi 1870 and
Alabama 1870.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
BY BILL BONI

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-P-Asked
what he thought of the football rules
as they stand today, Elmer Layden
of Notre Dame replied:
1--WE have a good game now and
the tendency is to leave it alone
Lou Little, who as chairman of
the coaches rules committee has sent
out a QUESTIONABLE covering likely
changes each year about this time,
didn't bother to do so this winter.
Lou wrote his fellow-coaches there
hadn't been enough suggestions and
comment volunteered to make a
QUESTIONABLE seem worthwhile.
This was the majority reaction to
the annual Associated Press survey
in spite of a season marked by I'M
usual incidents involving the rule
book-and the officials-the Cornell
Dartmouth fifth down." Ohio
States game-winning field goal by
an Observation-Disclosures player. With
very few exceptions, the coaches
don't want any further tampering
with the rules.
Those who do r concerned
chiefly with the lateral and forward
pass. At Missouri they favor an in
depreciation that would permit the
ball to be handed forward on buck
laterals that develop into forward
passes and ~end-arounds; Tom Std
ham of Oklahoma and Skip Palrang
Of Creighton continue to campaign
for the pro rule permitting forward
passing from any point behind the
line of scrimmage, and Andy Kerr
of Colgate and Babe Hollingberry
of Washington, who'll be rivals in
the East.West game at San Francis.
co New Years day, Are in accord
on one point.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04
Babe Zaharas To Meet
Beaver On Local Mai

Babe Zaharas, noted member of
the famous brother quartet of
wrestlers, will appear on the Will
mington mat card at Legion stadium
next Monday night.
Zaharas, one of the top-notch
Greek matmen, will meet Chief
Little Beaver in a Commute time
limit, best two out of three falls
match to headline the program.
The semi-finals match will pit Don
McIntire against Hank Matheny.
Both of the latter are newcomers
to local mat circles but are billed
as tough grapplers Of the old school.
The wrestling matches next week
will be for the benefit of the Greek
war relief fund.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-04

Kickoff Rules
Vans who witnessed the game
between Davidson and Citadel here
last Saturday wondered at Ilrs'
Ind then were much opposed 10
the intentional out-of-bounds KICK
offs which both teams practlced.
zach time the receiving team IS
given the ball on the 35-yard line,
hut a suggestion has come forward
that such kickoffs be curbed by
giving the receiving team the ball
on the 50-yard stripe.
We concur in this suggestion and
also agree with Ducky Pond, OF
Vale. that a blocked extra-polnt
kick should be dead once blocked
We would even go further and say
that a blocked punt anywhere on
the field should be dead at the
point that it was blocked.
But the rules are made by the
game and the people connected
with it. And if the fans, coaches
and players-enough OF them, al
least-agree that a rule should be
changed or discarded then it is not
long before the changes are made.
No Sale
It's mo sale" on the idea OF sell
ing other athletic conference rela-
tons to Davidson or Citadel.
Last week we queried coach
Gene McEver and Coach Bo Row
land on what they thought OF their
two schools entering the small
school, conference proposed re-
Gently by Mercer college.
Davidson will never do it," NC
Ever said. "And Citadel won't"
Rowland echoed.
Previously it had been suggested
that these two schools, together
with such as Presbyterian, Wof-
ford, Oglethorpe, Hampden Sgd
ney, Washington and Lee and other
smaller schools of the south join
together to form a conference.
McEver was of the opinion that
the conference would create great
err interest, insofar as each game
would be between teams of almos
equal strength. But further thar
that he didn't favor Davidson
participation. Rowland said thai
Citadel would be out because OF
the stipulated $25, 900 athletic fund
necessary in the set-up of confer
ence rules.
: But the idea is one that has Civ
en- birth to a lot of thought and it
is possible that it might develop
into a reality in a year or two. l