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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
WILLIAMS DOES
NOT FEAR JINX
Red Sox's Rookie Sensation
Thinks His Sophomore
Year Will Be Better

SARASOTA, Fla, March 4-C)-
"Phooey! There amt no such thing
as a second year jinx," gays Ted
Williams.
And with that expressed contempt
for baseball tradition, the sensational
rookie of last years Boston Red Sox
said he expected to better his mark
of 81 home runs this season.
"1t's all a state of mind" he de-
clared of the sophomore drop in
form which has plagued many of the
major leagues most promising men.
I'm certainly not worried about any
jinx. I'm confident I'll have a better
year than l had last season."
To better his last years record.
Williams will have to hit above 327,
a mark that in 1889 put him in sew.
enth place among the American
leagues hitters and in the hearts
Of all Fenway park fans.
He was just four home runs be.
hind the veteran Jimmy Foxx who
led the league last season. He was
second to Foxx in driving runs
across the plate and second to Red
Rolfe of the New York Yankees in
scoring runs and making two base
hits.
Ted expects shortening Of the Rei
Sox's home park rightfield by p feet
to help him better his home run
total this season.
Its still a long way out there
381 feet-but I believe I could have
gotten five or ten more home runs
if the bleachers lad been moved up
last season." he said.
The 21-year-old outfielder who
was just two years out of the sand.
lots when he broke into the Sox line.
up said he knew of no particular
batting weakness.
pitchers o me up at tim. =.
with a change of pace, of course"
he said. 1--WE struck out on a slow
ball, but I usually came back the
next time and connected"
Although a bit sore after his first
workout, Ted said he expected nc
difficulties in getting into condition,
He took plenty of exercise during
the winter and tips the scales at 1870
pounds, five pounds above his ordi.
nary playing weight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
CAPACITY crown
TO ATTEND MEE'
Plans To Care For Fans D,
ing Made At Y; Cage Tom.
ney Opens Tomorrow

Arrangements were maaa
y M C. A yesterday to care to, !.
tour-day capacity crowd during ..
Sixth annual star-News-Y. MO
basketball tournament, Which
tomorrow afternoon.
Bleacher seats are being s,,.
and Y officials estimate tb.. Nv" y,
gymnasium, which will Soo. WI
proximately 800 persons. will \, ~ y
ed for practically every ror., W
play.
New back-boards are aIso 1t.
constructed and the entire p,r,.
um is being made ready for tSs ,
teams which will compe,e !, =,
tourney and the followers Of o., a
outfit. y"
Tickets for the games will bs -.
in the lobby of the Y buiIdiD, .,
will be taken up at the door. ofas,,
announced.
The tourney committee last MD.
was seeking to obtain the rsts,,.
for the four-day event and tb. >,
ficials for the meet will probsby =
announced today.
The SE-allotte and RosebiII ,.,
will meet in the opening game +,
the tournament, starting at / oNn
Wednesday afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
Ball Clubs Exempted
From Payroll Taxes

RALEIGH, March 4.-P-The
unemployment compensation COM
mission announced today that four
clubs of the Coastal Plain Profess
sional Baseball League were not Ii
able for payroll taxes during the last
three seasons.
J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Jr., a mem
Der of the legal staff of the commits
sion, said the clubs did not operate
for as many as 20 weeks a year, and
thus did not come under the state
unemployment compensation law.
The commissions opinion did not
discuss the question Of whether pro-
fessional ball players are eligible for
unemployment compensation during
the winter months.
Coastal Plain clubs covered by the
decision were those at Greenvllle'
Kinston. New Bern and Snow Hill.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
Gage Play Close In Duplin;
Tourney Finals End In Ties

CHINQUAPIN, March 4. -
Tournament officials didn't plan
it that way and, in fact, no
body did, but Duplin county bas-
ketball teams made cage his
tory in this county tonight when
the two championship games in
the annual high school tourney
ended in ties.
Here's what happened.
The Chinquapin and Beula-
vile girls went out and played
to a 22-22 draw in the opening
tilt of the finals tonight, and
then in the last game Rosehill
and Magnolia boys deadlocked
at the end of the game at 1918.
Coaches of the teams and
tournament officials decided
that the players were too tired
to play all extra period tonight
and so it was decided to hold
the championship playoffs at a
later date. The games will be
played on a neutral court at a
date to be set later this week.
Up until tonight the tourna-
meht had followed form, as
Beulaville and Chinquapin were
the No. l and No. 2 seeded
teams, respectively. And the
same was true of Rosehill and
Magnolia boys.
The BeulavilIe girls went into
the finals after eliminating Fai-
son and Magnolia girls, and the
Chlnquapin seXtet went into the
finals bracket after disposing of
the Rosehill and Wallace girls.
Magnolia's boys defeated Ca.
lypso and B. F. Grady to get
a crack at the championship.
and Rosehiil eliminated Kenans-
vile and Chinquapin.
Ionlght's games We're close
from start to finish. In the
girls game no team ever had
more than a three point lead
and the same margin held true
in the boys game.
All games in the tournament
thus FAR have been close and a
record for ties in any one tour.
nament had already been set
before tonight. Five previous
tits had ended in ties.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
SWAMI WINS FIGHT WITH K. OIL
RED BEARD DRAWS
FIRST ROUND BYE
Wilmington Fighter Knocks
Out Varava In Second
Round Of GG Tourney

NEW YORK, March 4.-Jimmy
Swami, Of Wilmington, N. c., a
member of the Southeastern United
States boxing team, scored the first
knockout of the annual Golden
Gloves boxing tournament of cham
pions at the Bronx Coliseum to-
night.
Swan knocked out Harry Varava,
of Trenton, N. j., with a sizzling
right hand in 1 minute and Is sec.
onds of the second round. In the
first round Swami dropped Varava
to the canvas for a count Of nine.
The Wilmington boy will go into
the quarter finals Of the tourney
tomorrow night, his 112-pound foe
not yet named.
One other boxer from Whining
ton-Tiny Taylor, a 2%32'pound
heavyweight, will battle tonight.
Vance Red" Beard, middleweight
of Wilmington and also a member
of the Atlanta team, drew a bye
into the quarter-finals.
Atlanta's team, after starting out
with it's 112-pound victory, lost two
in a row in the next two classes
when Ed Finley of New York pol
ished off Earl Dixon in the 118'
pound division and Larry Frascella.
Trenton, N. j., grocery boy, out
pointed Johnny McGrath among
the 126-pounders. McGrath held his
own throughout the first two heats
Of the latter go but was dropped fol
a short count in the third session
and thus Frascella went into the
second round of the eliminations.
The Atlantans returned to the win
column again in the first round
battling of the lightweight elimina'
tions, with Jimmy Butler, a high
school student turning the trick. He
punched Mac Griffin, of Beacon, N.
Y, through the ropes for a seven
count in the first heat then both
fell through the ropes during the
second session, with Butler on top.
At 1915 of the second round, But.
Ter floored his rival again and the
referee stopped the proceedings
with the Georgian winning via the
technical knockout route.
Summaries included:
First round. 112-pound class:
Michael G%rouchelli, Union City,
N. j., outpointed Howard Faulkner,
HUNTINGTON. w. Va,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
Spring Baseball Drills
Started At Wake Forest

WAKE FOREST, March 4.-P-
Seven lettermen were among the
candidates who reported today fol-
the first baseball practice of the
season at Wake Forest.
The returning regulars are Tom
my Byrne and Jim Denning, pitch
ers; Dave Fuller, first baseman;
Jack Williams, Fred Eason End
Dick Hoyle, outfielders; and Bill
Sweet, catcher.
Murray Greason, who is making
his debut as head baseball coach,
intends to use Fuller as a pitcher,
and possibly put Hoyle in the short.
stop spot. Bob Reid, soph from
Asheville, probably will hold down
first base, and either julie Mccall
Ior Bill Eustler will take over
Hoyle's outfield post.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
Morrison Named New Grid Coach AT Temple
MENTOR AT VANDY
SUCCEEDS SWAN
Cody Resigns At Florida To
Take Job As Assistant To
Morrison At Temple

PHILADELPHIA, March 4.-P-
Ray Morrison, who won nationwide
fame as "ringmaster Of Southern
Methodist's aerial circus" quit Van
derbilt today to become Temple Uni
versity's football coach.
Morrison, who taught the Metho-
dists and later Vanderbilt University
gridders the ~wide-open passing game
which placed them among the most
colorful teams in the game, succeeds
Fred H. Swan who resigned to take
the post as assistant to Andy Kerr
at Colgate University.
Although university officials de-
c1ined to disclose Morrison's salary
it was authoritatively reported to be
at least $4,000 annually. He signed
a five-year contract.
Given the privilege of selecting his
line and backfield coaches Morrison
appointed Henry Frnka, his end
coach at Vanderbilt, to succeed
Charles Winterburn. Temples back
field coach, who resigned.
Morrison said:
I'm leaving Vanderbilt on the
friendliest terms with college Off
Gals"
On Temples 1910 schedule are
Muhlenberg, Georgetown, Boston
College, Michigan State. Penn State,
Bucknell, Villanova, Holy Cross and
| University of Oklahoma.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05

Citadel encounter in 1941.
TwIn-City outlook
This belief is based on a short
comment by Nady Gates in his col
umn of the Winston-Salen journal
Saturday. Brother Gates stated
thusly:
81 split a few infiniti, es Friday
with Coach Norman ,5heI ard, whose
Davidson quintet failed 10 get into
tournament (the Sou.nern confer
ence cage meet at Raleigh, n
learned that he would like very
much for the Davidson-Citadel foot
ball game to be played in Winston
Salem next fall. It's a nome
game for the Cadets and it seems
that Wilmington, N. c., where they
have played the last two seasons,
has a prior claim on their services.
Wally Durham, manager OF
Bowman Gray stadium, won't give
I'D, however, and it looks like
Davidson-The Citadel for the Twin
City by 1871, at least"
Wilmington's football committee,
headed by H. H. Jeter, is concen
trating on the Citadel-Davidson
game next fall as the main tilt on
the fall and winter gridiron pro-
gram. And the committee in asking
for the game is basing its conten-
lions on reliable statistics that this
city can draw as many if not more
fans for that game than any other
municipality in the state.
Except for definite confirmation,
we feel assured that the game will
be played here next fall.
Bigger and Better
Whenever some big sports event
is held and things click in fine
fashion, Immediately thereafter the
sponsors and anyone remotely con-
nected with it proclaim that par
ticular event as bigger and better
than ever. Those in charge of the
Southern conference basketball
tournament, which ended Saturday
night in Raleigh, Sunday were
using the same stock phrase
bigger and : better"-to describe
the meet. And this time it seems
that the phrase described the tour
nament. correctly.
So far as a thriller, no fam in
this state could look for anything
better than Duke and Carolina
meeting in the finals and we don't
think they could look for any bet
ter basketball aggregation than the
White Phantoms. And here's the
way the fans turned out-some-
thing like $500 for the first after
moons play and then from 1000 to
5000 Capacity crowds) every night
thereafter.
This and That
The New Hanover high school
swimmers started their first round
of practice at the Y yesterday af-
ternoon and although no definite
swim meet has been scheduled as
yet, the team hopes to have about
a half-dozen trials this spring. I.
But what will work against the To-
cal team is the fact that all the
other swimming teams of the state
will have a good head start on
them, because the others are in
towns where the indoor pool is kept
open the y~ear-around, thereby en-
abling steady practice. Colds
boro will again rule the favorite in
the state swimming meet in April.
. Local fight fans are looking
to Jimmy Swami to add the ma
tional %flyweight championship to his
boxing laurels in Golden Gloves
meets this year. 1t will be
funds for Finland but not much
fun for National leaguers when the
two major circuits square off in an
All-Star game at Tampa on March
II. . . In looking owe the Ameri-
can league race this year, don't
overlook the Athletics to cause
trouble for somebody. That's
Dne club that fairly oozes with
frachraee
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
PRISONERS HELP

BERLIN, March 4.-LP-Some
10000 Polish war prisoners now are
helping to do German farming,
authorized sources said today. Ger
many needs at least 100000 more
agricultural workers, and FOR this
Polish civilians are being canvassed
and arrangements made with neigh.
boring states for hiring farm hands
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
Clinton, Dunn Girls
Battle To 1913 Tie

CLINTON, March 4.=-The Clinton
girls All-star basketball team came
out with an 1913 tie in a game
with the Dunn All-Star sextet IN
Dunn last Tuesday night.
Catherine Kaleel, Agnes Lee Hol'
land and Virginia Epps all made
six points each for the locals, the
Dunn stars were led by Sutton and
Warren.
The Clinton girls will go to Kin
ston, On Thursday night of this
week, to play the Kinston ALL
Stars.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
Baer-G alento Fight
Slated For May 28

NEW YORK, March 4.-R-
Mike Jacobs, head of the
goth Century Sporting club, to-
day set Tuesday, May ~, as
the date for the Max Baer-
Tony Galento heavyweight
fight. The site will be the Jer-
sew City baseball park.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
SMOKE RINGS
Game Chances Good
Bv SAM Raglan

This business of mice and men and OF their best-!ala
plan gang-aft-agley has come in Tor a lot OF as
cussion recently, but if present plans are not too badly
off. Wilmington is practically assured OF the Davidson
Citadel football game next fall.
Winston-Salem is the other contender Tor inc game
but # seems that the Twin City is about to rellnqulsh any
o1a;po for 1910 and concentrate on landing the DaVldson-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-05
CODY TO ASSIST

| PHILADELPHIA, March 4.-R-
Temple University officials said to-
night they expected Josh Cody would
come to Temple as assistant to head
football Coach Ray Morrison but
that they were. awaiting Morrison's
okay before making an official an
nouncement.
Cody resigned today as head coach
at the University Of Florida, a few
hours after Morrison quit Vanderbilt
to become Temple coach. Cody was
line coach at vanderbilt before going
to Florida.
Morrison's approval Of Cody was
expected to be received by Temple
authorities tomorrow.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-03-29
Jax A.Z.A. to Honor
Internat'l Sabbath

In conjunction with $50 A. 2. A.
chapters, containing more than
1000 members in the United
States, Canada, and many foreign
lands, the Jacksonville Chapter
No. 272, Junior order of B'nai
Birth, will observe its annual in
ternational A. 2. A. Sabbath to-
night, March 20, at 8:15 in the
Jacksonville Jewish Center. The
entire service will be conducted
by the Alephs of the local chap
ter.
The Alephs participating in to-
nights service are Meyer H. Weiss,
president of the local chapter, r.
vim 2. Ghelerter, secretary of the
chapter. The A. 2. A. choir con-
sists of Leo Moscovitz, Melvin M.
Margol, Isidore Setter, Irwin Slot,
Raymond Cohen and Joe Mizrahi.
The sermon will be delivered by
Joe Mizrahi, the topic "a Chal-
lenge to Youth" The Rabbi and
Cantor will also aid the A.Z.A.'s.
The public is cordially invited to
attend this unusual service.
The Alephs participating in this
service have been prepared by
their Cultural Advisor, Mr.. Nimo-
vitz.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-03-29
Ludwig LeWisOhn's ''The Answer
Especially reviewed for The Southern Jewish Weekly by
EUGENE FELDMAN

Reviewing Ludwig LewisOhn'S
recent book, 1.-THE Answer, one
must conclude that the famous
author should be admired for his
intellectual independence even by
those who consider his conclusions
erroneous. He is a free agent and
speaks for his particular school
of thought.
But good intentions do not nee
essarily mean correct conclusions.
And if Mr.. Lewisohn feels that
the causes of anti-Semitism come
from natural tendencies on the
part of the mob to be mean and
barbaric, he is wrong. He seems
to realize that all Communists
are not Jews and that all Capt.
talists are not Jews, and seems
to understand that the Jew is a
scapegoat. But he refuses to at
tack those who use the Jew for. a
scapegoat or the reasons for which
they are used as a scapegoat. He
would channelize the main stream
of Jewish energy in going away
from the real cause and causers
of anti-Semitism. He would re-
fuse to attack directly the Hit
lers and simultaneously point out
that Hitler attacks the Jews be-
cause it diverts the attention of
the German masses from the real
cause of their economic problem.
The correct channel in which
to work is to civiliZe tn
world. for how can the rights Of
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-03-29
Famous Novelist to Lecture
April Tenth In Orlando

der the auspices of the Ladies
Auxiliary of the Congregation
headed by the Literary Commit
tee chairman, Mrs. Sol Witten-
stein. Due to the large crowd ex-
pected reservations can be made
in advance by calling Mrs. Wit
tenstein.
Mr.. Fineman is now busy on an
other novel while residing in near
by Maitland, Florida, and may
read a few pages from the ORR
ginal manuscript prior to publi-
cation. Following the lecture he
will answer any questions dealing
with modern literature or Jewish
problems in which he is greatly
interested. He has recently had
published an article in the Ma
tional Jewish Monthly and will
have in the next issue of Parents
Magazine series of sonnets about
mis- children.
This unusual intellectual treat
is looked forward to with great
anticipation by Jews and nom
Jews throughout Central Florida.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-03-29

The food shortage is felt par
ticularly among the Jews in Tar
onpol. The misery is increased by
the fact that able-bodied young
Jews emigrate into central Russia
to seek work. Private trade is
completely liquidated throughout
the occupied area, not because of
any particular law but because
all reserves have been sold out and
no new commodities have arrived
from the interior of Russia. Shoes
and clothing have disappeared.
The situation is particularly Sc
rious in Lwow, where there are
still a half million refugees lack
ing shelter and sufficient food. In
Stryj, Tarnopol and Kolmeya,
Jewish commissars have been re-
placed by Ukranians who are not
particularly friendly to the Jews.
In Kremenetz, SO German fam
lilies being repatriated to the
Reich under the population ex-
change agreement, shouted Down.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-03-29

with the Jews! Death to the
Jews" as their train pulled out
of the station. The Soviet author
tiles did not interfere. The train
was escorted by several Reich Of
ficials.
Many of the Zionist leaders ar
rested in Soviet-occupied Poland
have been released after being
obliged to take pledges Of loyalty
to the Soviet regime. Zionist
youths, however, are moving from
their towns either to central Rus
STA, where they can find work, or
towards Odessa, where they hope
to find an opportunity to embark
for Palestine. The disappearance
of Jewish youths is especially no.
ticeable in Lwow, Stanislwow, BIZ
alystok, Stryj and Grodno.
In Kolomeya, the Soviet au-
thorities have confiscated all sy-
naooc1lAs. -.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-03-29

one people be made safe if the
rights of people anywhere are
trampled upon? Mr.. Lewiston may
well be asked if he thinks a jew
ish state can long survive when
such wolves exist as appeaSement-
Chamberlain who gave up EthiO-
pia, Austria, Albania, and Repub-
lican Spain to safeguard the Brit
ish imperial interests, or civil
rights suppressOr Daladier, who
claims to be fighting fascism, yet
Institutes the same order in
France, or mailman Hitler /?
Wolves are wolves whether they
cover themselves with a polite
white cloak or not.
The idea of Jewish state
which Mr.. Lewiston favors is cor
rect if at the same time he. spon-
sors the idea Of a more civilized
world. Because a Jewish state, a
Czech state, or Spanish Repub-
lican state is in danger as long
as there also exists nations who
are ruled by the financial oil
garchy whose interest in other peo-
pie is what they can get out of
them financially. In this respect
the ruling class and powers in
England and France are as black
spotted as those in Rome and
Berlin. There would be no Ira.
or Ghandis if there were no en-
slavement of people. For these,
the Ira. and Ghandis are effects,
not causes.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-03-29
Noted Actress To Appear At
Local Jewish Center Sunday Night

A cordial invitation is being
extended to Jacksonville Jewry to
witness the unusual theatrical per-
Torrance and musicale presenting
the well-known Jewish American
actress of New York, Miss Laigele
Perlman.
Miss Laigele Perlman is known
throughout the U. S. and Europe
as a Zone Woman Theatre" and
will enact complete play of 18
characters by herself.
She has played leading roles in
the Jewish theatres of New York
and critics have acclaimed her
ability as an actress and inter-
prefer Of difficult roles.
Miss Perlman will give only one
performance here in the city, Sum-
day, March 81, at $3.50 P. M. in
the Jacksonville Jewish Center.
Her program will include: The
Foot Ball Game, by B. Kuvner;
Sir John, by M. L. Halpern; I'M
provisations of a Train, by A..
Lutsky; The Purim Players, by
Sholom Aleichem; Times Square,
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-03-29
National OratOrical Contest Will
Be Held in Chicago April 7th

tension Units and then went on to
win top honors in the IL regions
into which the Foundations and
Extensions were grouped will
compete for the title of national
Hillel oratorical champion.
All contestants will present an
original eight minute Grafton on
some subject of Jewish interest.
The rules of the contest will be
in accordance with inter-collegl-
ate oratorical regulations. Each
Foundation or Extension unit is
underwriting the cost of sending
its contestant to Chicago where
the contest committee will pro-
vide quarters and expenses.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-03-29

Mr.. Irving Fineman, famous
Jewish author, novelist and short
story writer will deliver an in
innate lecture on Wednesday, APP
ril 10th, at the Synagogue Social
Hall in Orlando. His theme will
be, "Why Do I Writer" wherein
Mr.. Fineman will sketch the or
igins of his best seller books in
GLIDING Hear Ye Sons, DR.. Ad-
dams, Lovers Must Learn, and
This Pure Young Man which won
the coveted Longman's Literary
Prize Of $500. This lecture is I'M