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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
AMATEURS PLAN \:
CLEAN UP DRIVE
Simon-Pure Associations AL
ready Have Started 1910
House Cleaning
By BILL BONI

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-R-
From a sports standpoint, 1910 is
likely to go into the records as
the year of the big cleanup drive
in amateur athletics.
The A.A.U. started it last month
with legislation to tighten its anna
teur code. The N.C.A.A. followed
Up by becoming metamorphosed
from a purely advisory into an ad-
ministrative body, with power to
punish it's member colleges for
rules infractions. The U. S. Golf
associations announced last week
it would bend over backward to
ward the stricter Interpretation" on
all questions involving amateur
status.
Now the U. S. Lawn Tennis as
ISOLATION has fallen into line. List
ed in the call for it's annual meet
ing next month are amendments
which will make it illegal for:
(1) A club to pay, directly OF in
directly, expenses of any player if
permission to make such payment
has been refused by the players
sectional association; (2) a player
to receive, directly or indirectly,
expenses of any kind in connec-
ton with his tennis playing unless
he has been given permission in
advance by his sectional associa-
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13

coaches and it's enforced strictly
only in the east.
What happens when a team
comes from the midwest? They
spend all night around the foul line
watching the opposition ring up free
throws. And it's just as tough for
an eastern team when it leaves its
territory.
II believe the referees are perfect.
ly honest in their officiating hut the
pattern of play changes radically in
different parts of the country. Me?
I'd rather play in the midwest"
A rather guilty look steals owe
the doctors face when he's asked
how the reverse o~ffense'' is goin.
WELL" he said, IT haven't been
doing anything with it. That svs-
TEN, you know, was based on a
change in the rules that let the If.
fensive players do pretty much as
they liked. So I just told NV men
to wave their hands in front Of the
defense players face and confuse
him, instead Of dashing around trv.
ing to get in the clear.
1T backfired because it's hard to
change a boys style Of play. 7 don't
think I'll go back to it - hit who
knows it might have worked.
Anyway it's something to think
over in my old age"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
WILSON DIVIDE CAGE Bill.
VARSITY D0WNED
BY HOSTS, 1922
New Hanover Juniors Score
Easy 1912 Victory Over
Charles L. Coon Frosh

WILSON. Jan. 12-The New Han
over High school cagers dropped a
hard fought SO to % victory to Will
son in the opening Eastern Class A
test for each team here tonight.
In a preliminary tilt, the Will
mington Juniors trimmed the locals
oy a % to - margin.
The visiting Juniors piled UP a 10
point lead in the first quarter and
coasted to an easy victory. Oliphant
with - points led the Wilmington
freshmen quint. Barbee and Kirk
land with four each topped Wilson's
drive.
In the feature attraction the
locals went to the fore by 10 to 5 in
the opening session and hiked their
advantage to p to Z by inter-
mission and coasted to victory as
Coach Brogden sem in a flock of
substitutes.
Billy Brooks, with 10 points, was
Wilson's chief point maker, but was
hard pressed by Kelly, who racked
up ten. Alderman, with eight. was
tops for Wilmington.
The varsity lineups:
Wilmington: Alderman, eight; Ed
wards, five, forwards; Morrison,
center; Merritt, one; PEPPER, four,
guards. Subs: Stein, four; Aman,
Tillery, Bowden, J.. Edwards, Smith.
Wilson: Brooks. 10; Young, seven,
TAFT, three, center; Stott,
six; Kelly, ten, guards. Subs: Swift
ger, Kemp, Hackney, Herring, Tx
ner. Strickland.
Juniors: Wilmington: Oliphant,
II; Johnson, four, forwards; Halli-
burton, center; Herring, seven;
Shain, guards. Subs: Dunlea, Spivey,
Needham.
Wilson: Lyles, Llewellyn. for
wards; Barbee, four, center; Sakas,
two; Wells, two, guards. Subs.
Davis, Aycock, Fulkhum, Kirkland,
four Watson, Hackney.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Columbus Club May Be
Rebuilt If Sale Occurs

COLUMBUS, O., Jan. -. -LR-
Complete rebuilding of the Column.
bus Red Birds of the American AS.
ISOLATION was predicted today, should
Columbus interests be successful in
purchasing the club from the st.
Louis Cardinals.
Negotiations for the sale were
launched this week at Cincinnati
between Sam Breadon, president,
and Branch Hickey, general man
ager of the st. Louis. Cards, and
several local businessmen, including
Robert S. Pein, head Of an insur-
ance firm; T. Lee Huntington,
banker, and Richard T. Rector, at
torney.
Only the franchise and the ball
park were reported involved, with
no players being turned over to the
new owners should the sale be con.
summated
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Mcclure Cards Hole-In One
In Tourney Practice Round

SARASOTA, Fla, Jan. 12.-LR-
Willie Mcclure, of Houston, Tex,
treasurer of the Professional Golf.
ers Association, here to compete in
the third annual national P. G. A.
seniors championship starting to.
morrow, gave other contestants
something to think about today
when he scored a hole-in-one on
the fourth hole at the Bobby Jones
course.
Mcclure was playing in a preli.
minary four-ball tournament won
by Fred Mcleod of Chevy Chase,
Md, the defending senior champion,
and W. c. Sherwood, Memphis,
Tenn, with a best ball of 81, three
under par.
Tom Bonnar and Milton TheobalI
finished second with 68, and Fred
Miley and o. G. Hackbarth were
at So.
Despite the hole-in-one, Mcclure
and Val Flood, 75-year-old veteran
from New Britain, Conn, struggled
in with a IA to finish far behind
the leaders.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
PLANS ARE MADE
FOR HORSE SHOW
Cape Fear Association Votes
To Secure Mitchell AS Dl-
rector Of Spring Event

Plans for the annual horse show,
to be held sometime early in the
spring, We're made yesterday after
noon at a meeting of the Cape
Fear Horse Show association.
The association voted to secure
the services of H. H. Mitchell, who
recently completed the successful
Miami Horse Show, as director this
year.
Mr.. Mitchell, it was pointed out,
is we'll known in horse show circles
throughout the south and it is an
ticipated that he will be able to
increase greatly the number of
southern exhibitors at the Cape
Fear show this spring.
The directors of the association
will hold another meeting Friday
afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Lands Orders Phillies
Player Swap Be Cancelled

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12.-R-
The Phillies cancelled today two
deals that sent Catcher Joe Kracher
to Baltimore of the International
League on option and Outfielder
Gordon Troy to Chattanooga of the
Southern Association, on outright
release.
President Gerry Nugent said the
deals were cancelled on order OF
Kenesaw Lands, baseball commits.
sioner. Nugent said Lands ruled
that Kracher and Troy must be
given a fair trial. Both will go to
the Pills spring training camp
at Miami Beach, Fla.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
FEATURE MAT TILT
LOOKS ABOUT EVEN
Ray Wilmer And John Gran
dovitch Appear To Be
Evenly Matched Here

Judging from competition they
have met, John Grandovitch and Ray
Wilmer, who will meet in the fea'
ture bout of the wrestling program
to be presented at Legion stadium
Tuesday night, stack up about even.
Grandovitch, during the Christ
mas holidays wrestled, Jim Londos,
claimant to the world championship.
to a draw in an hour and a half
time limit match.
A few weeks ago in Charlotte Will.
mel was stacked up against Londos
in a charity bout affair. He held
Londos on eve terms for the great
er part of their two hour time limit
match and in the final minutes
was pinned, losing the match only
by 1.-The skin Of his teeth"
So all this indicates that the
match here Tuesday night will be
almost even, if their showing against
the same competition is any indica'
ton of their graphing proves. S
Another match that may prove
just as exciting is the semi-finals
bout between Johnny Mars, for.
mer world champ, and Dick Lever.
of Nashville, Tenn. Lever is one of
the TOUCHES of the ring and usually
uses all the tricks, illegal or other.
wise, at his command.
Marrs, OF the other hand, usually
wrestles as fair as possible, but can
swing into the rough stuff very
easily if the occasion calls for it.
The feature attraction of the mat
program will be a match between
bounding Babe Werner and Gladys
Gillian. The Babe appeared here
for the first time last week and
pinned Princess Rose White Cloud.
Miss Gillian lost in her one and
orly engagement here to Mildred
Burke.
Roy Piner will referee the two
main bouts while William Henry
Ezzell will officiate in the female
battle.
Mike Miller, promoter, said last
night that the exhibit building will
be comfortably heated,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Chicago President Gives Sn
dents Explanation Whr
School Gave Up Game
BY EARL HILLIGAN

CHICAGO, Jan, II. - CP-pr.a
dent Robert Maynard Hutcbi,. 4,
the University of CHICAGO deol,..,
today that football! on thn u,.,,
has been a major handicap to edna,
ton in the United States"
Giving some 1000 members NJ j..
student body an explanation of v+.
Chicago recently abandoned =.
sport, DR.. Hutchins emphasized h,
opinions that: ~ 1t is a good thin,
for the nation to have one jmDor
ant university discontinue footb,,
(2) That football benefits a scba
only if it is winning football All
(3) That football has done as mrs
as any single thing to originate. AZ,
seminate and confirm misconceptin,
Of what a university is.
Greeted by hearty applause as Ii.
appeared on the stage of Mapil
Hall, the young educator remirdi
his audience that they recently hi
voted, in a student poll, for subsf.
Zation Of football players, Empbs.
sizing the point Chicago would new,
come to SubSidiZation, DIR Hntchir,
said:
TN short, the only kind of for.
ball you wanted was a kind IN whiG
the university could not engage. \
therefore determined to give it IN
What are the results? In the fin
place l think it is a good thing tg
the country to have one importa
university discontinue football.
eff you win you must keep o.
winning. The president of a stat
university which had %championshl
teams once told me that if the foot
ball team ever lost his approprs
tons would be cut in half"
In an address free from any sir
of heckling, DR.. Hntchins said III
greatest obstacle to the developmel
of a university are the two most pop
ular misconceptions of what a TN
versity is a kindergarten and
country club.
"By getting rid of football, by Pr.
senting the spectacle of a uniyers1r
that can be great without footba.
Chicago may perform a signal seEF
ice to higher education thlough0l
the land" he said.
DR.. Hutchins, chief executive ola
institution which contributed man.
brilliant pages to the history Of @
legiate football and which only yi
terday saw it's coach without
team" Clark Shaughnessy. agree Y
teach the sport at Stanford, said til
proper function of a school is Z
"emphasize education and not aI
letics and social life"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Woodruff

John Youie Woodruff, now a
New York U. graduate student,
never has got acclimated to in
door tracks. If the Olympic 500.
meter champion draws an outside
starting berth, there isn't enough
straightaway for him to get his
stride numbered. When there's a
scramble for position, Long John
gets bumped out of his stride
There just isn't room for him to
run around the boys, the way he
does outdoors.
But there are any number of
track experts who feel that, if
Long John once gets away to a
good start so that he can lead the
field into the first turn, he'll run
any bunch of half-milers you can
put together right into the ground.
N.Y.U.'s Emil Won Filing believes
Woodruff could run the half in
n minute Al seconds, two and
eight-tenths seconds under John
Borican's present mark, on Dart
mouths fast board track.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
BAPTIST CACERS
WIN LOOP GAMES
Calvary And Tabernacle Open
Second Half Slate With
Victories On Court

Calvary and Tabernacle opened
their second half schedules in In
%termediate Church School play on
the Y. NJ. C. A. gym last night
with victories over Fifth Avenue
and Epworth, respectively.
Calvary had little trouble with
the Fifth avenue quint after the
first quarter when they were held
to two field goals, finishing off the
smaller but aggressive opponents
with a 31-9 score
Tabernacle had to come from be-
hind in the second half to win
going away by 17-8 after trailing
by GA at the best period. The Ep-
worth team was a bit under-rated
by Tabernacle's first half cham
pions and had a scare thrown
into them as a result. The Metho-
dists ~out-fought them in the open
ing half but were unable to hold
off the winning rush in the third
and fourth quarters.
In the third game of the eve
ming, the Emmanuel cagers were
no match for the larger st. An
drews quint. st. Andrews led by
40 at the intermission but I'm
manual made a real game out of
it in the second half, with little
Victor James leading the assault
with two field goals. High scorer
Of the contest was Cole, who rung
up 9 markers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Leland Cagers Defeat
Brigade Quint, 1920

The Leland Independents scored
almost at will last night to defeat
the Brigade cagers SO to 20 in a
game played in the Leland high
school gymnasium.
Grabbing an early lead, Leland
was ahead 1910 at halftime. Their
early lead was never threatened.
c. Clark led the Brunswick quint
with Fl markers. He was followed
by 7. Clark with 18 points. Sandlin
with eight and Brown with six
points topped the Brigade.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Plans For Pastor-Sauold
Fight Fails To Click

NEW YORK, Jan. 12- LIP Eff
forts of Promoter Mike Jacobs to
match heavyweights Bob Pastor of
New York and Lee Savold of Des
Moines met with failure today.
James Roy Johnston, manager of
Pastor, declared, under no circum-
stances will I accept the match"
Afterward jacobs said he would
try to arrange a bout between
Savold and either former Heavy
weight Champion Max Baer or his
brother, Buddy. 'r
Jacobs intended to leave tonight
for Florida.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Herring

The status of the Princeton in
vitation track meet is in doubt,
chiefly because in recent years the
meet has had no Princeton entry
to bring out the sons of old Mas
sau in satisfactory financial num-
bers. To remedy this situation, we
suggest that the discus throw be
added to the program this June,
one Of the entrants in this new
event to be Don (Hooker) Herring,
the lad who lost his leg because of
a football injury but hopes to keep
up his track work with the aid of
an artificial limb.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Clarkton Cagers Win
Over Lumberton Team

Jan. 12.-The ClaS
ton boys and girls basketball team
won a double-header from the LDn
berton cagers Wednesday night u'
girls winning, As to 6, and the "'
taking the Robson lads, 81 to u
The victories gave both Clarke
teams four consecutive wins Liz
season without a defeat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
P%astor-Burman Fight
Is Moved To Detroit

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-P-
The heavyweight bout between
Bob Pastor of New York and
Red Burman of Washington.
originally scheduled for Miami,
was switched today to Detroit.
It will be held in the Olympia
auditorium March IA. Promoter
Jack Kearus announced. No rea-
son for the change was given.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
BY SAM Raglan

Seeing as how Friday the 18th just missed us by one
dav. we feel fairly safe in stalking about the countryside
today and peering under the covers that have so aptly
wrapped the sports world.
Taking a whirl around the crystal globe and emery
ing from a heavy cloud of "goofer dust" a t%hree-point
landing brings us to the question of why and how-come
the Scranton Red Sox didn't like the Wilmington hospl-
talitv and moved their spring training base to Benefits
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
DennQret. Wood Lead In Oakland Golf Open
Hutchins Says Football
Handicap To Education
Scranton To Train
AT Bennettsuiue
BENNETTSVILLE

BENNETTSVILLE, S. c.,
Jan. 12-R-President Edward
Kirschner, of the Scranton
(Pa.) club in the Eastern
league advised Mayor Walter
Newton today that the team
would train here this spring.
Kirschner came here last week
to look Bennettsville over as a
possible spring training camp.
The Scranton club trained i'll
Wilmington, N. c., last year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
FOURTH
AT MIDWAY POINT
Leaders Card 1873 Over sc
Holes; Coltart, Smith Fol-
low In Tourney
Bv RUSS

Golf bigwigs, minor leaguers and
others touring the winter tourna-
ment trial wrote the second chapter
today of the 72-hole $4,000 medal play
Oakland open championship. More
conclusively than anything else, it
proved that by and large, the bulk
of them are better bad weather than
fair weather players.
Tied for leadership at the half
way mark with 36-hole totals of
1888 were Jim Demaret, the Groom
ing Texan from Houston, and Husky
Craig Wood, veteran trouper from
M~amaroneck, N. Y.
The second round was played
under clear skies, sunshine and a
drying course. Only three of the
field were able to come in under
the par figures of the 35-35-N Sc
quoyah course-Lloyd Mangrum,
Chicago; John Dawson, Hollywood
amateur, and Jimmy Hines, Great
Neck, Long Island. Each posted So
and none was among the front run
ners.
In driving rain, poor visibility and
standing water during the opening
10, par was kicked around like an
orphan in a Horatio Alger tale.
Demaret and Wood set the pace
at the halfway pole by adjusting
themselves to the changing wealth
er conditions. The former came in
with an even par round to add to
his initial 6S. Wood, sharing the
first days lead with Amateur Will
ford Wehrle. of Racine, Wis, at
81, put together a II in his second
circuit march. Wehrle incidentally,
was eight shots worse today with
a Is.
One stroke behind the two leaders
was Bruce Coltart, Haddonfield, N.
j., with a 69-70-139. Horton Smith
Of Oak Park, ILL.,, n of the profess
sional elder statesmen, occupied the
40 bracket alone as the result of his
second round II. Clayton Heather of
Linville, N. c., ruled the 141 stroke
column with a 68-73.
- After al, the columns began
to be crowded. At 142 were tied the
two amateurs Dawson and Wehrle
and Pros Ky Lafoon, Jimmy Thorn
son., Ed Oliver and Lawson Little,
the latter winner of the recent Los
Angeles open. Thomson, fighting a
cold, played against doctors orders
with a towel wrapped around his
neck.
The 36-hole leaders,:
Jimmy Demaret, Houston, Tex,
6S-70-138.
Craig Wood, Mamaroneck, N. Y,
67-71-138.
Bruce Coltart, Haddonfield, N. j.,
69-7O-139.
Horton Smith, Oak Park, ILL.,, 50.
71-140.
Clayton Heafner, Linville, N. c.,
6S-73-141.
x-John Dawson, Hollywood, 49,
69-142.
x-Wilford Wehrle, Racine, Wis,
67-75-142.
KY Lafoon, Chicago, 72-70-142.
Jim Thomson, Chicopee, Mass,
70-72-142.
Lawson Little, Breton Woods,
N. H., 69-73-142.
Ed Oliver, Hornell, N. Y, 69-73-
142.
Dick Barnes, Kansas City, 1913
143.
Bill Williamson, Hollywood, 60
74-143.
Dick Metz, Oak Park, ILL.,, 69-74
-143.
Paul Runyan, White Plains, N. Y,
72-71-143.
Ben Coltrin, San Francisco, g.
74-143.
Charles Sheppard, Oakland, Calf,
7O-73-143.
Lloyd Mangrum, Chicago, 1859
-144.
Jimmy Hines, Great Neck, L. l.,
Is 69-144.
George schneiter, Ogden, Utah,
73-71-144.
Herman Keisler, Springfield, Mo-,
72-72-144.
Denny Shute, Winchester, Va, IL
73-144.
x-Denotes amateur.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
HELP IN

When pressing or ironing keep a
damp sponge in a saucer, close bv.
1t can be used for giving extra
dampness to articles, for opening
seams or sponging collars and Cuffs
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
MISSING

HAYWARD, Calf. - Normal in
every way except that it had no
hair, a calf was born on the Louis
Camenzind place. Kept indoors, it
appeared to thrive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Gambling

Gambling at Madison Square Gar.
den basketball games long has
troubled both Garden and local col
lege officials. One of their first
steps was to have the special police
break up the groups of three, four
and five that would cluster in the
lobby between halves.
The gamblers got around that
very nicely by taking return
checks and foregathering out in
the street. The next move was UP
to the officials. They made it
by refusing to issue any more re-
turn checks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
LAMBEAu REFUSES SHARE

GREEN BAY-Members of the
Green Bay Packers, professional
football champions, voted Curly
Lambeau a full share of playoff
but the coach refused it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13

Referees: Charles Hatchell and
Harris Billiard.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-09
Garden
 Award On Display

The Chapeladies garden award is on display at the Juneau Young Hardware Company and tiskets are now on sale. The drawing will take place May l at the Aux Bay Groc- cry.
 Included in the award are varied selection of seeds, bulbs and garden implements.
 
 Todau's npWs fOdav in The T,nnt1ire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-09

 WIN PIN
 CONTEST
Bowling Banquet Set fol Next Monday Night in
 Baranof Gold Room

The Amazon bowling trio battled it's way to victory last night at the Elks alleys over the Dark Horse squad, winning the best three out of five games in a nip and tuck contest.
 With the advantage of 56 pin spot to even the averages, the Anna zons were still not able to win the first game, losing it by 52 pins.
 However, the Amazon squad nosed out the Dark Horses by three pins in the second game and by ten pins in the third game.
 In the fourth contest, the Dark Horses showed the Amazone under by 66 pins to even the count but they failed to hold their pace and were beaten badly, 1T pins in the last and deciding game.
 The Amazons, MT. and Mrs. Bob Hurley and H. R. VanderLeeSt, win six-inch high bowling trophies which will be presented them at the annual Elks bowling banquet to be staged next Monday night at o'clock in the Gold Room of the Baranof Ho- tel
 Bowling committeeman Bob Duck worth announced today that the Amazons, the Dark Horses, the Luckies and the Tailors, first and second place winners in the two halves of the tournament, will be free dinner guests at the banquet, as will be the Medicos, who won the special elimination tournament.
 Harry Sperling, toastmaster last year, will again preside over the fun and business of the banquet and DuckWorth announced that all seats for the banquet must be made through reservation, calling him. not later than Sunday night, at 761 in the daytime, and Green 168 after business hours.
 Scores of last nights champion ship tilt which ends the Elks bowl ing season except for possible wire match with Ketchikan, are as fol- ows
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-09

Oscar Johnson was admitted for surgical attention at St. Ann's Hospital this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-09
SrlokerCard
 Shaping Up;
 ANB Benefi!
SIugger" Weaver Match ing Fight Card 10 Be
 Run Off This Month

The first smoker in many local moons will be held April 30 in the Alaska Native Brotherhood hall on Willoughby Avenue to raise money for repairs and renovations of that gymnasium, it was announced to- day.
 Matchmaker "Slugger' Weaver, well known ring artist here says he is lining up a number of bouts and expects to put on good show.
 Leather singers are working out in the hall daily from 4 to 6 o'clock in the afternoon and Weaver says he is still casting about for new talent before completing his card and Would-be participants are well come to appear and strut thelr stuff
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-09

Miss Ann Sckoff was surgical admission at St. Ann's Hospital this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-09

Admitted for medical care this morning, Mrs. F. w. Wood is at St. Ann's Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-09
HOSPITAL NorEs

Miss Winnie Siprell, of the Public Welfare Department, was admitted to St. Ann's Hospital for surgical care this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-04-09
TAkU KEGLERS WIN THREE AT
 BRUINS. ALLEY

Takus rolled up a 1642 total at the Brunswick alleys last night. They defeated the Brunswick team three of four and the Cosmopoll- tans downed the Druggists on all fronts.
 Tonight's games are Brunswick Cafe vs. George Brothers and Slg- nal Corps vs. Juneau Florists.
 Scores last night were as follows: