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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
YANKEES WHIP ATHLETICS. 4 TO
New Hanover Meters Beat Raleigh, z To !
Rollicking Rollie Hemsley Has
Reformed For Good This Time

ago that Rollie put on his last roll
licking riot, staying UP all one night
as the Indians travelled to New
York, kicking cuspidors up and
down the aisles, tossing lighted
matches into berths and grooming
lustily-off key.
"How did I know he broke train
ing?" yelled Oscar. "Why he was
crying and singing in my berth for
two hours. What a night"
Rollie's record may stand unchal-
lenged a long time: one warning,
one suspension and $3.50 fine, one
black eye and two trips home in
1888; loss of $4,000 in fines and
pay as a st. Louis Brownie in 1887;
a fine and suspension in 1884 after
swinging at a cop in Philadelphia
and forgetting to duck as the Off.
Ger countered accurately; a fine by
Manager Charley Grimm of the Chi
to crawl from a warm bed at 3 a.
H., to rescue Rollie from five police,
men who allegedly were trying tc
get away.
1t was Grimm who used to tell
one of the classic Hemsley yarns. 1t
was Of the day when Rollie, in prac'
tice, slid into a base and then
hobbled to a dressing room.
80 help me-" Grimm used to re-
late. they took eight pieces OF
glass and a cork out of Rollie's hip,
believe it or not"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
Old Stars Records Look Good
To Remain For Long, Long Time
BY SID FEEDER

NEW YORK, April 17.-LR-
BasebalI's brand new record book
came off the press today, and from
the first quick glance, you got the
idea that the fellows who keep the
records might just as well take a
holiday for the next few years,
For, with the absence of Lou
Gehrig from active duty, there
doesn't seem to be another guy
around who's going to do any maj
or rewriting chore on the books
for a long time to come. Lou was
the last of the larrupers with a
chance to push fellows like Babe
Ruth, Ty Cobb, old Horus Wagner,
iris Speaker and the Rajah Horns
by right out of "the little red
book" of records the baseball
writer's "Bible."
Oh, sure, things like Bobby Eel
lers' no-hitter will always find a
place in the pages, and some clout.
err is going to get hot for three
homers a game or some such stunt
every year. But for piling up life
time totals in runs, hits, homers,
triples, runs batted in, and such,
the little red book doesn't show
anyone around today who's going
to do it soon.
Of those still active, whose names
appear in the records right now,
Master Melvin OFT and Pious Paul
Waner, who outfield for the Giants
and Pittsburgh Pirates, and Jimmy
Foxx of the Boston Red Sox are
the leaders. But none of these can
look ahead t. many more years of
active service SO their chances Of
taking over are poor at best. Per-
haps Joe DiMaggio can do it, but
it won't be tomorrow, you can bet
on that.
For instance, there's the Babe
right up on top with TAI homers in
his lifetime, Gehrig finished with
494. FoXX has 464 and OFT 1863, and
any ~bookmakers will give you bet
ter than 6 to 5 they don't make it
before they hang up for keeps. Or
look at Iris Speakers record of
1913 doubles. Closest to him among
those still in harness are Paul
Waner, with $40 and AL Simmons,
who drew a life with the Ath.
letics this year, with 529. In the
triples department, Waner, with
1855 isn't even within telegraphing
distance of the 312 Sam Crawford
piled up during his four years with
Cincinnati and IS with Detroit.
Or looking at it from another
angle, the boys don't figure to
make any trouble for Ruth in his
doubtful honor of strikeout king of
the game. He famed 1880 times
and led, too, in receiving bases on
balls, with 2,056. OFT has walked
1926 times, and can hardly hope
to make up nearly 500 difference
before he walks right out of the
ball park for the last time. Rabbit
Meanwhile, long since gone, still
runs second to Ruth in whiting,
with 1853.
So the Babe and Ty and the rest
of en- can so back to sleep for a
long time yet. There are no night
mares in sight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
Yale Quintet Captures
Brigade Junior Crown

The Yale basketball team cap
tured the Junior division cham
pionship Of the Brigade Boys club
last night with a 81 to II triumph
ever the Harvard quintet, making
<wo in a row for the Yale team.
The Giants came back to win
ever the White Sox SO to % in
the Intermediate league leaving a
third and championship deciding
to be played tonight.
Alton Collie and Mac Marsh
burn with u points each paced the
Yale quint to victory. James with
10 markers led the Harvard five.
Evans with 16 and Casteen with
IA points led the Giants scoring
attack, with Oliphant who made II
points leading the White SoX.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18

British planes. A British cruiser was
hit by a bomb in returning from this
operation, received some damage,
but continued toward her base, the
admiralty said.
First Bombardment
1t was the first time since the war
started that naval forces have on
centrated on bombardment of land
detectives. The previous British
naval raid at Narvik primarily was
an assault on German warships.
Stavanger, it is understood, was
protected by shore batteries, al
though the short admiralty commu-
nique which announced the action
made no mention of them.
The town was one of the first OBJ
jectives of Nazi invasion, and Ger
man planes landed there with troops
during the first hours of the Ger
man thrust into Norway eight days
ago.
The place not only has great stra-
teSlC value III me GALL
paign but could be used to cut many
miles off the German air route to the
British Orkney and shetland Islands
and Scotland proper.
While the German high command
retailed a list of so-called British
disasters, including the sinkings OF
a destroyer and cruiser and direct
bomb hits on a battleship, two cruis-
ers and a transport, the British fight
ing services remained discreetly ST
lent as to the course of Allied land
operations in Norway.
About the only mention of further
Allied advances on Norwegian soil
to counter Germany's reported rapid
consolidation of her outposts was a
Paris report that France is sending
10000 men to the north and a belief
by military men here that the AL.
lied landing forces were pushing
south from the Arctic ore port OF
Narvik toward the key seaport and
railway junction Of Trondheim,
which lies a good distance inland at
the end of a long, narrow and rocky
ford.
Qn Berlin German Spokesman in
sisted the Germans still held the
city of Narvik.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
CLINE WINS ONLY
MATCH FOR CAPS
Victory Is 31st Consecutive
Win For Aces; To Play At
Chapel Hill Today

RALEIGH, April 1.-THE New
Hanover High school tennis team
continued undefeated here today as
they marked up their 31st consecu-
tive victory with a 7 to l win over
the Raleigh high school meters.
Cline defeated B. Boney 6-3, 4-6,
60, for Raleigh's only point.
Other results We're:
Johnson defeated King, 6-1, 60.
Taylor defeated Hinnant, so, 6-2.
c. Boney defeated Edgerton, 81,
6-3.
Robinson defeated Hord, e., 60.
Edwards defeated Johnson, 6-3,
60.
In the doubles Taylor and C.
Boney defeated King and Hinnant
SO, CO and Johnson and Robinson
triumphed over Edgerton and John
son, 6-1, 60.
The Phantom Aces will go to
Chapel Hill tomorrow for the annual
state tennis tournament with the
Wilmington team ruled the ~favorite
in both singles and doubles matches.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
CHUBBY DEAN GETS
HAND FOR VICTORY
10-Inning Stretch First Time
Tar Heel Has Gone Over
Seven Frames In A Game
BY JUDSON BAILEY

NEW YORK, April 17.-LP-Bob
Teller and Nose Grove are great
men, too, but what do You think of
Chubby Dean, who beat them
Yanks'' for the Philadelphia Ath,
-. His ten-inning stretch was
the first time he had ever pitched
more than seven innings in one ma
jor league game although he worked
just about every day in the latter
half of the 1899 season as a combi-
nation relief pitcher and pinchhit-
ter. =. They say he appealed to Con-
ME Mack this spring for starting as
signments and look what he got for
the asking.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
Bulge Defeats Durham
Player In Net Touyae,

PINEHURST, April 17.-R
Bulge reached the quarter final
round of the third annual Nour AVA
South professional tennis t9r.ns.
ment today by easily ~defcattng o-,o
Bernardin of Durham, C-1. 81. GA
Barnardin put up little dr.cr.a
against Budge's quality services and
placement shots, althougn B,algs
was a little off his bacEhaud y.-g.s
frequently hitting the net.
Bulge will meet Teddy raut.r,
of New York tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
PEARSON, KELLER
STAR IN VICTORY
Mound Veteran Allows But
Four Hits; All Other Games
In The Majors Rained Out

PHILADELPHIA, April 17-tR-
The world champion New York
Yankees slipped into the groove to-
day to whip the Philadelphia Athle-
tics 4 to l on the four-hit pitching
of Monte Pearson and the slugging
of Charley Keller.
The sophomore outfielder led off
in the sixth with a home run, batted
in another score with a single and
Tailed once after drawing a base On
balls.
The Yankees took control of the
game in the fourth inning with their
first run on Keller's walk and
singles by Bill Dickey and Joe Cor
don. They sewed it up with their
final two runs in the seventh. Babe
Dahlgren walked, Pearson sacrificed,
Frank Crosetti singled and Red
Rolfe forced Crosetti to let in enc
run. George Selkirk and Keller
singled to bring in the other.
Pearson allowed only n hit, a
single by Bill Lillard, in the first
five frames, but the Athletics
escaped a shutout with a run IN
the sixth when Benny Mccoy
doubled and Wally Moses brought
him home with a single to center
field.
The AS other hit was a single by
Dick Siebert in the seventh. Pear
son struck out five and allowed only
two bases on balls in giving a mid
season pitching performance.
The Yankees were permitted only
seven hits by Nelson Potter before
he was removed for a pinchhitter in
the eighth and got non off Bill
Beckman in the ninth but as usual
made the most Of what they OBJ
tanned.
The days seven other scheduled
major league games were postponed
because of ~unfavorable weather and
even this one contest was played in
raw, cold conditions that held the
crowd to an estimated 1000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
ARGUMENTS BEGUN
IN GOTTEN CASE
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Deputy Sanders, "and that you
wanted to bet your salary against.
If 1 was sheriff of this county, I'd
kick you out so fast it would make
your head SWIM"
Then he turned to Mrs. Gotten.
you know you killed your moth
er, Margaret Gotten" he shouted,
''Thereu come a day when you will
confess it. You know you are trying
to save yourself by trying to send
that boys cold, cold body to the
cold, cold ground. You know you
are sitting there ~concealing your
guilt"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
SMOKE RINGS
New Stars For Old
By SAM RAGAN

It's an old axiom in baseball that as old stars fade
new stars arise on the horizon and this year is no eXcep-
tion-some of the old familiar faces have gone but the
ranks have been quickly filled as the baseball march
continues.
There is no Lou Gehrig in the lneups this year but
there are others carrying on in equally grand style. Some
of the performers in the big circuits who seem destined
for a great year are Joe DiMaggio, who has already been
acclaimed as the greatest baseball player of all times, Bob
by Teller, who started the year right with a no-hltter
Tuesday; and Ted Williams, of the Red Sox, who is out to
prove that he is a better long distance hitter than BABE
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
N. {. State Scores Win
Over Y. NJ. /. Nine. 81

LEXINGTON, Va, April IL
Tf-N. G. State defeated V. M. I.
81 today in a Southern confer
ence baseball game called in the
seventh because of rain.
The Wolfpack scored six runs in
the sixth on two hits, four walks,
a hit batsman and seven stolen
bases, including a double steal.
Taliaferro's single in the sixth
n of four hits obtained off Ram
seys produced V. M. lis score.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST RELIEF
WORKERS CHARGED
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of-town workers have been imported
into Wilmington to fill the rolls on
city and county supported projects"
l.. L. Jordan, WPA area super
visor, said last night that he has
had a complaint from Westbrook,
adding "but as far as I know he's
the only person who has ever
brought such charges"
Jordan dismissed the charges of
intimidation of workers as being
without basis. He stated, however,
that two or three workers, skilled
in a particular work, have been
been brought into this county from
some other county in the area be-
cause no local workers capable of
the work could be found here.
At the same time, Jordan said
we have transplanted as many or
more workers from New Hanover
county to some other county because
their experience in a particular type
of work was needed there"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
cats BEAT BEARS

HICKORY, April 17.-R-Da-
wilson made up today for the hui
initiation handed it by Lenoir-
Rhyme last year and defeated the
North State conference lads, 60.
Lucas allowed the Bears only
four hits. The home team, in adj
dition to having a bad day at bat,
fielded erratically, errored at criti-
cal times and couldn't click.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
Series Shock

Although the bali clubs still have
all the hoop-la of raising the flags,
throwing out the first balls, ETC.,
opening day has lost some of its
glamor. . In the good old days when
Cincinnati's Reds were first day Won
ders it was not unusual for the
bleacher line to start forming two
days ahead of time but this year no
body showed up even on Monday, the
day before the game. Could they
still be suffering from the World
Series shock?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
Waners Not In

Besides Joe DiMaggio the Yanks
also left Pitcher Alley Donald at
home. . . He's suffering from sclati-
ca. Did you notice the Pirates
started without the two Waners in
the outfield after all. =. Carl Hubbell
hadn't pitched an opening game since
1885 and he was beaten that year,
too, by the Bees. :. Shortstop Frank
Crosetti of the Yanks played IA in
nings yesterday and today before
getting his first fielding chance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
TSMO WINS

PORTSMOUTH, Va, April IL
R-Ray Clark pitched the Ports
mouth Cubs to a 10 victory yer
the Norfolk Tars in the Piedmont
league opening game here today.
The battle was reeled off in an
hour and 20 minutes, a record
time for a local opener. Paid at
tendance was 2,6~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
Rockies Lead Off

Both Boston ball parks have a
their outfield borders reconstructed,
shortening the distance from nome
plate to the fence. =. Maybe 1t was
because the managers didn't know
what else to do with them, u an
unusual number of rockies have been
made into leadoff men, notably BOD
Kennedy of the White Sox, John
Rucker of the Giants, Herman
Schultz of the Phillies, JOHNNY Gilbert
of the Dodgers, Sebastian Sistl OF
the Bees and Dominic DiMaggio of
the Red Sox. . . In addition Benny
McKoy and Rip Radcliff, new to the
Athletics and Browns, were placed
at the head of the batting order.
Nearly every n of the rookie flash
es went hitless yesterday, too, but
Mike Mccormick, the Reds new left
fielder, was an exception with a dou-
BILE and a single in four trips. He
also looked smart defensively.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
BLUE IMPS WIN

WAKE FOREST, April l,.-0R-
Wake Forests freshmen got more
hits and committed fewer errors
than the Duke freshmen Jodar-
but the Dukes won, IA, in 2 base.
ball game here.
The Duke ~yearlings scored tares
runs in the fist on two double.
a walk, an error and an outfieD5
fly, and cOasted home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18

Errors: None. Runs batted in: Cor
don, Keller 9, Moses, Rolfe. Two base
hits: Mccoy. Home run: Keller. Sac
rifice: Pearson, Double plays: Dahl
gren, Crosetti and Dahlgren; Rolfe
and Dahlgrcn: Rubeling. Mccoy and
Siebert. Left oil bases: New York g.;
Philadelphia 3. Bases on balls off:
Potter ), Pearson .. Beckman .. Strike
outs by: Potter 4, Pearson 5. Hits
off: Potter Z in S innings; Beckman
none in /. Losing pitcher: Potter,
Umpires: Quinn, Pipgras and Sum
mers. Time of game: 1:59. Attend
ance: 1000 (estimated).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18

Ruth.
Newcomers
Among the new players who are
put for starGom are Peewee Reese
Df the Dodgers, Dom DjNaggio, Of
the Red Son, John Rucker, of the
Giants, Benny Mccoy, of the Ath-
letics, who has been in the big time
but who is now really getting into
the swim of it..
1t is now April and baseball for
tunes are just beginning to be
made, but when another October
rolls around We are willing to bet
that some of the comparatively
newcomers will have made baseball
history in 1870.
Attendance
The American league opening
day games drew crowds almost
Two to one ahead Of the National
league attendance and the merrily
clicking turnstiles sounded a cheer
fuI note TO 1910 baseball.
american league figures were
114.604 while the National league
had 69.353. Detroit led in the
American with 49,417 and Cincin-
natl had a capacity crowd of 1892.
The opening day attendance rec
ord for all times was set in 1881
when 2+9 ,Q01 fans trooped in eight
major league parks.
Odds and Ends
That \, c. State football scout
irg "trip up INTO Ohio a few weeks
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
ELON BEATS

ELON COLLEGE, April 17.-R
Elon took it's 18th straight victory
Of the year here this afternoon
and remained in the North State
conference lead with a 7 to 2 VIC
tory over Guilford.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18

Chicago

Chicago at Cincinnati - Passeau VS..
Thompson.
Pittsburgh at st .Louis-M. Brof or
MacFayden VS.. Cooper.
P%hiladelnhia at New York-Smo1l VS..
Schumacher.
(Only games scheduled).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
RALEIGH BEATS TAR BABIES

CHAPEL HILL, April l7.-tP'-
Raleigh high schools hard-hlttlng
baseball team handed the Caro-
lima freshmen their second defeat
in as many days by romping over
the Tar Babies "a to 8 here today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
Union Suits

The Chicago Cubs have new uni
forms that look like union suits. .
Instead of shirts they ear sleeve.
less jackets over wool jerseys. .
Not a single Yankee pitcher worked
the full nine-inning route in spring
training but they'll probably be 60
ing the distance regularly from now
on. None of the st. Louis Cardi-
nails chuckers went the whole way
in the spring either, but this was
just the right training for the
Blades system; Ray used four
pitchers in the opening game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
STANDINGS
Yesterdays RESULTS

III ItHEU p
New York 4: Philadelphia /.
Cleveland at Chicago, postponed,
rain, cold.
Boston at Washington, postponed,
wet grounds.
st. Louis at Detroit, postponed, rain.
National League
Pittsburgh at st. Louis, postponed,
rain.
Chicago at Cincinnati, postponed,
rain.
Philadelphia at New York, postpon-
ed, wet grounds. (To be played as
double header, July y.
Brooklyn at Boston, postponed. bad
weather.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18

A Michigan maid has the pleasant
hobby of collecting samples of her
friends hair-a little habit she evil
IDENTIFY picked up while browsing
through some Indian lore.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
ISAAC BEAR WINS

The Isaac Bear baseball team
defeated the Winter Park nine, Is
to 10, in a game played at Winter
Park yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
II STANDINGS
t~-,t,.- 10000
TODAY'S

NEW YORK, April 17.-R Prob
able pitchers for tomorrow's major
league baseball games:
American Ieapue
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
WEATHER
Continued from Page One)

WASHINGTON, April II - up -
Weather bureau records of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending s
p. M, in the principal cotton-growing
areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18

New York at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
VS.. Besse.
Boston at Observation-Disclosures VS..
Haynes.
st. Louis at Detroit - Auker VS..
Bridges.
Cleveland at Chicago-Hudlin or Mil
mar VS.. Rigney.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
Odds and Ends

That y. c. State football scout
irg trip up into Ohio a few weeks
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-18
BRITISH WARSHIPS
SHELL STAVANGER
CONTINUED from Page One)

British planes. A British cruiser was
hit by a bomb in returning from this
operation, received some damage,
but continued toward her base, the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-22
pEAT COMPANY
 AT PETERSBURG }! 3 J ] :.
 x INCORPORATED
Two Other Interpretations Announced Today by
 Auditor 5 Office


 The Alaska Peat-Moss Com pany, formed to deal in pcat-moss. seaweed and fertilizer of all kinds, has incorporated with the Territorial Auditor Capitalization is $5O000 and the main office at Petersburg.
 Incorporators are Horace F. Chapman, Fred Lee and David J. Williams, all of Seattle. Knut Thompson of Petersburg is mem- Der of the Board of Directors.
 The Platinum Commercial Con- pany, with principal place of busi- ness at Platinum, in the Fourth Division, was incorporated by R. w. Vinnedge of North Bend, Wash. Charles J. Johnston of Platinum and J. A. Laughlin of Seattle.
 Harvest Fishermen, Inc, a Wash ington corporation, has qualified to operate in Alaska and has appoint ed H. B. Thornquist of Wrangell as Agent
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-22
UNWARNED SHOT
 TAXES LIFE OF
 BENTON YOUTH
Deputy Sheriff Blasts Car with Shotgun-KilIing
 Is by Mistake

SEATTLE, May 22.-Ernest Smo- thers. 27, of Benton, was killed by special deputy sheriff Graham last night near Benton when the depu- ty shot without warning, Alice Traverson, fiance of the dead youth told authorities today
 Graham had been assigned to watch a hidden car believed to have been involved in robbery and staying in a Benton liquor store Saturday night.
 Miss Traverson said Graham fired shotgun blasts at the Smoth- CTS car when it speeded away from what Smothers thought was a holdup. She said it took some min utes to convince the deputy that her companion was shot and have him drive him to hospital.
 In the holdup Saturday night Thomas Leathley, manager of the liquor store, was shot and killed by two bandits who escaped
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-22
R005EvELT AND
 lAND0N DISCUSS
 GRAVE PROBLEMS
President and Republican Talk for Hour, 50 Min
 ufes al Luncheon

WASHINGTON, May 22.-For an hour and fifty minutes in an at mosphere of harmony across q luncheon table, President Roose- welt and Ali Landon today dis cussed the grave problems raised for the United States by the war.
 The visit started much talk of the possibility of a coalition gov ernment, but no strong support was found in either Democratic or Republican circles,
 Secretary stephen Early, in dis cussing the possibilities of expand- cd government, said it would most likely take simplified form as during the last war with dollar a year" men assisting and advising
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-05-22
DIVORCE CASE
Hollywood Sighh find Sounds
By Robbin Coo~s-

HOLLYWOOD Cal May 22-Ihng looked bad that day The couple of weeks that Mickey Mouse playing the stock exchange
 Mouse to big business Walt Disney Disneys studio might the cat astophe only know Disney and the Disney studio as they
 old studio being evacuated regardless big new 51 spreading of Burbank soil to accommodate growing Disney professional family.
 is plant brick buildings and yellow and modern style and done out with all the new gadge including big studio dining theatre where the employees go to moviesthe other pants'at set showings each day.
 the removal to the factory, still progress change the Disney atmosphere drascay into big business So went out and browsed big and I'm report that Disney Disney the Disney lot is still like other in this town other
 artists work in roome air-condtioned more conven their still adorned with those extra inspirations indicative of the sanssouci spirit of old
 floating around bght ideas and