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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09

in an effort to clear up an inflamed
eye which forced him to the bench
during the clubs spring exhibition
games.
specialists don't seem to know
what's wrong with me-" said Hayes.
I'm worried more about the eye
than about baseball. I can hardly
e and It's getting no better"
Hayes reported to the club in
splendid condition this spring, ap.
parently completely recovered from
an old knee injury.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
ONE Time STAR
SHOWS GOOD FORM
Cubs Romp Over st. Louis
Browns, 1872 In Exhibition
Tilt At Fort Smith

FORT SMITH, Ark, April 8.-R
Dizzy Dean, making his 1910 mound
debut just so miles from the Arkan-
sas town where he was born, hit the
comeback trail today in sparkling
fashion.
The eccentric Chicago right-hand.
err, whose pitching career has been
on the wane, went five innings
against the st. Louis Browns, linn
iting them to two hits and no runs.
While Dizzy was pitching shutout
ball his teammates built up a 100
lead and went on to give the Cubs
a Is to 2 victory.
Dean walked two men in the first
inning but neither advanced further
than second base.
The Browns went out in order in
the fourth. Dean issued a walk to
Joe Grace to start the fifth, then
retired the next three batters on two
infield pop.ups and an outfield fly.
AL Todd counted for four runs in
the fifth with a circuit smash with
the bases full.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
PLAY E. NJ. |. NINE TO-DAY
DizzyD Dean Hurls Two-Hit Ball In 1910 Debut
Rupert Memorial Plaque
To Be Erected On Field

NEW YORK, April S.@tR-The
world champion Yankees will pay
tribute to their late owner, Colone
Jacob Rupert, when they start the
1910 home season with the WASH
ington Senators at Yankee staoliel
April 10.
A memorial plaque will be I'm
yelled on the center field n'eache1
fence to perpetuate the memory OF
Colonel Rupert who owned the
club "a years until his death las;
year.
Will Harridge, president of the
American league, will come from
Chicago to take part in the cere-
monies. The plaque will bear an
inscription which begins with the
words:
gentleman, sportsman and Amer
ican."
This will be the second plaque al
Yankee stadium. The first is neal
the center field flag pole honorlne
little Miller Higgins who Won sls
American league pennants and three
worlds championships as Yankee
manager. Higgins died in 1879.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
VETERAN MAILMAN
SETS NEW RECORD
Eareckson Recently Compel
ed In His 25th National
AAU Championship

BALTIMORE, April s. Up -
cheerful small businessman Will
a flair for painting today polished
2 silver cup marking a record un'
touched in the history of wrestling
He is John (Johnny) K. Eareck
son, Baltimore wrestler who achleV
ed an ambition in Ames, Iowa, BY
competing in his twenty-fifth Ma
tional Amateur wrestling cham
pionship.
Officials of the National A. A. U
wrestling meet presented him with
a cup Sunday, as much in tribute
to his record as to the personality
of a man who "just likes to Wres'
tle."
1t runs in his family. Three
brothers-one of them the Rev. Mil
ton Eareckson-have the wrestling
bug, too.
Eareckson, now Al, made the
Baltimore Y. NJ. C. A. wrestling
team in 1920, when he went in Sc
riously for the sport, and began his
march to championships. He failed
to take the title in the 1910 A. A. U.
meet, but the Baltimore Y. NJ. c. A.
team placed second.
He has wrestled now in Is Ma,
tional A. A. U. meets, winning the
title twice, once in the National
Olympic trials, coming in third,
and eight times in the National Y.
NJ. C. A. meets, coping the cham
pionship four times. He won the
crown II times in the Southern
Atlantic A. A. .. meets.
Eareckson, a stocky businessman,
is a Y. NJ. C. A. leader, an amateur
painter who gives creditable land
scapes to his friends, an entertainer
who ribs the professional "grunt
and groaners" by mimicking their
yowls and facial contortions, a
swimmer, tumbler, and gymnast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
Ryan To Meet
On Mat Here Tonight
Twice Worlds Champ Chief
Attraction On Card; Hader
Will Grapple Mars

Two of the most outstanding
wrestlers of the ring today will bat
tie it out in the finals Of tonight's
mat program at Legion stadium.
Dick Shikat, two times recognized
as the worlds heavyweight wrest'
ling champion and termed by mat
experts as lone of the three greatest
wrestlers of all times" will meet
Rosy (Red) Ryan, 232-pound Phila'
delphia lad, who has come to be re
cognized AS one of the leading
youngsters in the business.
Ryan played center on the Hc'ly
Cross football team a few years back
and is still regarded as one Of the
greatest pivot men of the school. He
brings the gridiron technique into
the ring, specializing in flying
tackles and the drop kick. Exhibit
ing a flair for the spectacular style
Of graphing, Ryan is invariably
popular where ever he wrestles.
Shikat's greatest triumphs since
he came to America in 1929 from
Germany were when he defeated Jim
Londos for the championship and
later Dano O'Mahoney.
The Columbus, Ohio, mailman
weighs 228 pounds, while Ryan tips
the beams at 1872.
The semi-finals match will pit
Jack Hader, a rough and toughster
from Indianapolis, against Johnny
Mars in a return engagement. Last
week the two grapplers wrestled to
a draw but fans were dissatisfied
with the decision and asked for a re-
turn bout.
Hader's speciality is the cobra
clutch, which he learned from a
Hindu, Manic Singh, a few years
back. Fans usually think Hader is
choking his opponent, but in reality
he isn't. He presses against his
rivals jugular vein, cutting off cir
culation of blood to the brain and
soon everything goes black to his
opponent and he sinks to the can
vas. Mars, however, will rule the
favorite in this match.
The doors to the exhibit building
at the stadium will open at 1880
o'clock and the opening match will
start at 8 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
Fiue Derby Eigibles
To Race In Handicap

NEW YORK, April 8-LR-Five
eligibles for the Kentucky Derby,
four Of them stake winners as two
year-olds in 1899, were listed today
in weights announced for the six.
furlong Paumonok Handicap, April
Is, tradition opening-day feature
at Jamaica Race track.
Millsdale Stables Andy K and
Arnold Hangers Roman Flag, two
Of the leading juveniles of last year,
were assigned ia pounds each for
this derby test, which is also open
to older horses. %Johnstown won the
Paumonok last year and went on to
victory in the Derby and Belmont.
Other Derby candidates listed
were Mrs. Parker Corning's straight
Lead, 108 pounds; Marshall Fields
Barnet, LOT, and Mrs. H. C. Phipps'
Merry Knight, 1O5. All but Barnet
were stake winners and won NOR
than $4,000 each in 1889.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
Mira-Mar Bowling Alleys
To Be Reopened Tonight

After a complete renovation, the
Mira-Ma Bowling alleys, at
Wrightsville Beach, will be officially
reopened tonight for the summer
season, Floyd Cox, president Of the
Mira-Mar corporation, said yester-
day.
The alleys have been completely
worked over and the interior of the
building has been remodeled by an
interior decorator. Various sports,
music and refreshments will be cen.
tered in the new Mira-Mar building.
Special weekly prizes will be
awarded and the resort establish
ment will have many new enter,
tainments to offer it's customers this
season, Cox stated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
ILLINOIS, NEBRASKA
WILL BALLOT TODAY
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ernor; I will continue to serve as
governor"
Although the circumstances Of the
Illinois democratic quarrel appear to
narrow it to a state issue, Garner
organization men will be on the alert
to pick up whatever votes may fall
their way as an incident of the fight.
To Elect so Delegates
Democrats and republicans in 1lli-
nois will elect SO delegates tomor.
row and choose eight more later at
state conventions.
In Nebraska, Secretary of State
Swanson predicted that about 275,-
900 votes would be cast in selecting
IA delegates for each party at the
national convention.
At Minneapolis, Paul V. McNutt,
federal security administrator and
a candidate for the democratic nomi-
nation if Mr.. Roosevelt doesn't
want it, told reporters he saw no
danger of a party split if the Presi.
dent tried for a third term election.
He had nothing to say, however, to
questions about the candidates. of
Vice President Garner and Post
master General James A. Farley
neither of whom attached any "if''
to their announcements.
Farley picked up his first pledged
votes for the national convention
over the weekend. A territorial con.
vention of democrats in Puerto Rico
Sunday pledged it's six delegates to
vote for Farley or his choice.
This left the score for the las
delegates chosen up tonight as fol-
lows:
Pledged to Roosevelt 46; Garner
Q; Farley c. Unpledged 90.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
Women's Golf Tourney To
Open At BiItmore Today

AsHEVILLE, April 8.-R)-A
star-studded field Of the south and
casts finest women golfers will tee
off at Biltmore Forest Country club
tomorrow morning in the first lap
Of the second annual Land of the
Sky spring invitational golf tour.
nament.
The tournament will be a 72.hole
medal play affair, with contestants
divided into flights on the basis Of
their scores in tomorrow's first
1S-hole round and competing within
these flights for daily and 72-hole
awards. An 1S.hole handicap event
will follow the close of the tourna'
ment proper on Saturday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
MATS BEAT BEES

GREENVILLE, S, c., April Sup
- The Washington Nationals beat
the Boston Bees today in a free.hit.
ting, loosely played game that ended
with a IA to II score.
The Mats went s~coreless for the
first three innings while Boston
piled up eight runs, then bestirred
themselves in the fourth with a four.
run rally featured by Rookie Jimmy
Pofahl's triple with two on base.
The next inning brought them six
more, with the big action centered
on Gerry Walkers double with the
bases loaded and Jimmy Blood.
worth's home run with two aboard.
The Bees never recovered from the
Mats lead at this point.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09

MS last year VI
Second Century
The 1910 baseball race will be just
like the seasons Of yesteryear. line
game is old, this year its starts on
its second century, but someho"
each wear brings a new story.
Baseball has an appeal separate
and apart from all other sports.
Right now it is at its zenith n
headed for more popularity.
Openers
You may be able to write your
tickets now on the outcome OF the
openine games in the two big
leagues. For providing old mar
weather doesn't step in and take a
hand. the lineups for April is VIII
be:
american league New York at
Philadelphia; Boston at Washin :
ton; Cleveland at Chicago; st. Louis
at Detroit.
National league-Pittsburgh at st.
Louis; Chicago at Cincinnati; Brook
Ign at Boston; Philadelphia at New
York.
According to the dope books these
should be easy. But dope books
sometimes have the habit of betray-
ing a pretty good bunch.
Here And There
Attendance at the High school
baseball games here has not beel
up to par, so the other day when a
$3.50 house turned up fans went up
to congratulate Bob Black, director
of athletics, on the feat -. What
do you mean, good"' Bob snorted,
"why man, we've just broke three
bats" We note with pleasure
that Dizzy Dean is really trying for
a comeback -. In pitching his first
five innings yesterday he he'd the
St. Louis Browns to two hits ana no
runs A look at the Dcogers
roster indicates that Larry MacPhail
believes Life begins at 80"
Some time ago MacPhail offered to
give any sports writer 25 bucks if he
could name the Dodgers starting
lineup for the opening game {.
Trouble seems to forever be rearing
its ugly head in the camp OF the
National Boxing association . {.
The latest squabble is over the
featherweight championship bout
and the Maryland withdrawal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
U

ANDERSON, S. c., April 8.-(PC
Rained out of their exhibition game
against Cleveland here today, the
New York Giants heard that Nor.
man (Babe) Young would rejoin the
club at Tarboro, N. c., Wednesday
and add a little more to Manager
Bill Terry's p%erplexity about the
first base situation.
Young, counted upon to be the
regular first sacker. this year, has
missed eleven games because of
marital difficulties which required
his presence at Richmond, Va.
Meanwhile Johnny Mccarthy has
been hitting hard and Zeke Bonura
has done we'll on the few occasions
he was called upon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
OLD RIVER ROAD
WORK ADVOCATED
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major highways. The remainder OF
the total is to be spent on secondary
roads.
For some time the Brunswick
county chamber of commerce has
been seeking some type Of perman-
ent paving for the old River road
and the residents of the county hop,
to secure the improvements under
the new program.
The Wilmington chamber of com.
merce cited the increased travel over
the road to Orion plantation and
other points Of interest on the road
as need for additional improvements.
The letter asked that the matter
be given immediate and sympathetic
consideration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
STATE CAMPAIGN
BEGUN BY COOPER
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ers of the state free from petty poll
tics through a tenure bill which
would make their positions secure.
Another subject Of discussion was
the federal aid for education bill.
passage of which by congress has
been urged by Cooper as a means
of giving the state more and better
schools, a better pay schedule for
teachers, rural libraries and general.
ly a broader education program.
Other items discussed were rails.
ing the age of compulsory school
attendance from IL to 16 years.
which Cooper said he favored, and
the setting up Of one statewide
school board to supplant the five
state bodies which now govern the
operation Of schools and which have
overlapping powers and duties.
At the conclusion of the confe-
renee Cooper left for a trip through
the easternmost section of t h e
state, planning to speak at Bur-
gaw, Wallace, Rosehill, Warsaw,
Kenansville, Pink Hill, and Kins-
ton.
Cooper began his tour standing on
the rear platform c. mis- red, white
and blue truck, broad brimmed hat
in hand, waving at the crowds at.
tracted to the streets by the play
ing Of marching airs over the loud
speaking system.
Mayor Cooper was accompanied
on his tour by W. H. Henderson,,
Jr,. prominent New Hanover coun.
ty young democrat, Rod Sparrow,
newsman, and Ralph Hollbrook,
operator of the truck and the sound
equipment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
HOGSETT GETS GATE

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April S.-P-
The Athletics today released the
veteran southpaw pitcher, Elon Hog
sett, to Minneapolis of the Ameri'
can association.
No official announcement has been
made, but Manager Connie Mack
is expected to option Dario Lodigiani,
third baseman, and Fred Chapman,
shortstop, to Toronto of the Inter.
national league, within a few days.
Rookie Pitcher Pete Michel is ex.
pected to be optioned to Wilmington
of the Interstate league.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
Mrs. Bosley Advances
Another Racing Notch

NEW YORK, April 8-CP-Mrs.
John Bosley, the Maryland society
matron, who has been keeping the
dozen years by developing horses,
hit the "big time" among turf train.
ers today.
She was engaged to handle the
horses Of Mrs. E. Graham Lewis, the
Elizabeth Arden Of the cosmetic
world, taking the place from which
Lou Feustel resigns to return to
Samuel D. Riddles Man O'War
stable.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
Training Camp
Briefs

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April 8.-P)
Rudy York swatted his fifth homer
in four days today as the Detroit
Tigers routed the Knoxville Smokes
of the Southern association 10 to
5. The clubs play here again tomor-
row..
York's four base wallop came
with the sacks empty in the sec.
ond. Frank Secory and Frank Hig.
gins also homered for the Tigers.
Louie (Buck) Newsom worked the
first six innings for Detroit and al.
lowed all of the Smokes runs and
eight of their nine hits. Harold New.
houser, young lefthander, finished.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
Buried Money Stolen
From Hausboro Negro

WHITEVILLE, April 8.-R-Gus
Evans, Hallsboro negro, today re-
Ported to Sheriff H. D. Stanley van,
dals entered his smokehouse during
tie night and dug up 5000 he had
buried there.
Evans told officers the money was
the lifetime savings of his wife and
himself. The money had been placed
in a jar, he said, and buried under
the floor of the clubhouse.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
v "A" LEAGUE

Army Air Corps experts claim
that planes will travel 75O miles an
hour, as fast as sound. Experts are
not worried about plane construc.
ton, but about what will happen
to the aerodynamic characteristics
Of the air when it is churned up at
that speed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
WIN

SHREVEPORT, La, April S.-tF
The st. Louis Cardinals thumped
Shreveport of the Texas league, 9
to 5, in an exhibition game here to-
day.
Terry Moore led the assault with
a home run with two runners on
base.
Bill MCGEE held the Spots to two
hits for five innings but Bob Bow
mar was reached for 10 hits in the
four innings he worked.
Shreveport rallied with three runs
in the ninth and had the bases load
ed when the side was retired.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
PLAY POSTPONED

PINEHURST, April S.-LR-The
first round of the annual North and
South tennis tournament was post
poned today until tomorrow because
of wet courts. The entry list in.
cludes rs players in the mems divis.
ion and u in the wc.aen's singles.
Play will be in mems singles and
doubles and in women's singles.
The women of Mongolia take
pride in their permanent mud hats,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
Brooklyn Pounds Out
1916 Win Over Yanks

OWENSBORO, KY, April 8.-P-
The Brooklyn Dodgers gave the
world champion New York Yankees
their annual lesson in humility to-
day by plastering a 1916 defeat on
the Yanks in the first game Of their
spring exhibition series which will
wind up in Brooklyn next Sunday.
The Dodgers fell upon Spud
Chandler for seven runs in the Sec
ond inning then collected three more
in the secenth on homers by Babe
Phelps and Pee Wee Reese off Steve
Sundra. Joe DiMaggio was the only
Yankee hitter who could do much
against Hugh Casey, accounting for
four runs with a homer and single.
IN IN~r1a~J r.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09

HUTCHINSON, Kas., April s.
R-The Chicago White Sox, rained
out for the third straight day, re-
leased Outfielder Hal Cromer to
Oklahoma City and Pitcher Harry
Boyles to Fort Worth, both Texas
League clubs, today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
PILLS TRIUMPH

MACON, Ca, April s.-R-As six
run uprising in the eighth inning
gave the Phillies an uphill II to 9
victory over Macon of the Sally
league today.
Macon led, So, going into the
eighth but the Phils combined four
hits with three bases on balls and
two errors to score their six tallies.
After the game Acting Manager
Hans Lobert sent the Pills through
a one-hour batting and fielding drill.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
SMOKE RINGS
Another Season
By SAM Raglan

One week from today the great American pastlme
will be taken out from under its winter wraps and the
thud of the ball in the mitt will be the signal starting
the 1910 baseball season.
new. On every club in the two major leagues there VIII
be some youngster trying his heart out to break into .ne
big time. And on every club there Will be some ola tlHel,
who has given his best to the game, who Will be Playing
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
SLEEP WHEN
GAS PRESSES HEART

II you can't eat or sleep because
gas oloats you up try Adlerika. One
aose usually relieves pressure on
neart from stomach gas due to
CONSUMPTION. Adlerika cleans out
'bOIH bowels. Saunders Drug Store.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
EYES BOTHER HAYES

CHICAGO. April s. Up Jackie
Hayes, Chicago White Sox regular
second baseman, is a sad and puz-
lied man these days.
Hayes is taking fever treatments
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09

England's smallest inn is in a
village lear Dorchester. Several
centuries old, it consists of a sin
gle room is feet by II feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09
WEATHER
CONTINUED From Page One)

WASHINGTON, April 8. @ -
Weather bureau records OF tempera'
ture and rainfall for the "a hours end
ing 8 D. M, in the principal cotton
growing areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. Driving safety is an important consideration
M III n atlantic Refining companys Florida Road Test, where stock cars
ae oelng driven more than 1000 miles daily, at an average sneed of 50
p here a new-type flare brightly Eliminates a possible road hazard.
as the cars flash past on their gasoline fact-hunt IAdvt1
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-09

In England, lemonade is known as
lemon SQUASH"
Evening star., 1940-02-29
Mrs. Josephine Prosperi
Dies in Woodside

Mrs. Josephine seders Prosperi
widow Of 1t. Augustus q. Prospect,
who at one time held the rank Of
chief pharmacist In the Navy, died
Tuesday at her home, 1914 Second
avenue, Woodside, Md, after a
weeks illness. She had celebrated
her 88th birthday February II.
Mrs. Prospect was born In An
napolis, Nd, and lived there until
about IL years ago. when she came
to Woodside. She was long an active
member Of the Eastern Star.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs.
Charles Vantine OF Woodside, Mrs.
Fannie Pierce Of Arlington, Va, and
Mrs. H. P. Michaelis of Philadelphia !;
one son, A. G. Prospect of Phila-
delphia; nine grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held In
Mrs. Prosperi's home at II am. to-
morrow, with burial in the Naval
Cemetery at Annapolis.
Evening star., 1940-02-29
Veteran Physieion
Dies in ChcrIes Town
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, Feb
29.-Dr. Joseph M. Miller, SO, . gen.
eral practitioner for more than IS
years in Eastern West Virginia, died
at his home here yesterday. He had
been Ill for three weeks.
DR.. Miller was graduate Of the
College Of Physicians and Surgeons
in Baltimore.
He came to Charles Town in 1901.
He was president Of the Jefferson
County Health Board at the time Of
his death and q member of the Sons
Of Confederate Veterans. and the
Eastern Panhandle Medical Asso-
citation.
His first wife. Miss Alberta CofY-
man, died in 1895. A son, Clyde P.
Miller Of Charles Town, and his
second wife survive, as does q sister,
Mrs. Cora Loman, 81, Of Delta
vile, Va.
Services will be held tomorrow In
the Presbyterian Church here.
Burial will be Sunday afternoon In
the Lutheran Cemtery in Wood
stock. Va.