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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-17

The Bradley's Creek PIT. A.,
will meet Thursday evening at 8
o'clock at the school. After a
short business session the chill
dren of the school will give a
short %operetta. All parents are
invited to attend. There will be
a meeting of the executive board
at 1870 o'clock and all officers
and chairman are urged to attend
as matters of Importance will
be discussed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-17

The East Wilmington Home
Demonstration club will meet
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock
with Mrs. Lima Rochelle. A large
attendance is requested.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-17
CLUB CLOCK
the home of Mrs. Paul Weaver,
at POT Williams street.

the home of Mrs. Paul Weaver,
at POT Williams street.
An important meeting Of the
B~radley's Creek grademothers
and other interested mothers
will be held at 2:15 o'clock this
afternoon at the school.
The Fidelis class of the First
Baptist church will meet this
evening at 8 o'clock with Miss
Fannie Russ, 216 North Seventh
street. All members are asked to
attend.
The Addie Hart Memorial
class of Grace Methodist
church will meet with Mrs. J.
f. McCarty, Colonial Drive,
Forest Hills, this evening at 8
o'clock.
The Fidelis class Of the
Southside Baptist church will
hold it's meeting this eve
ming at 6 o'clock with Mrs. A..
o. Burnett, 2105 Barnett ave-
nue..
The Castle Hayne Service
club will hold a meeting Fri
day evening at 8 o'clock at the
clubhouse.
The Beta Sigma Phi sorority
will hold its regular meeting to-
night at 7:30 o'clock at the Cape
Fear hotel. All members are ask
ed to be present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-17

The Business Woman's circle
of Calvary Baptist church will
meet this evening at Z o'clock
at the church. All members and
visitors are invited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-17

Mrs. E. A. Stands will en-
terrain the Audubon Home De.
monstration club members and
their husbands at the annual
Christmas party at her home on
Wednesday evening, December
IS, at 8 o'clock. Members are
reminded to bring a gift for the
Christmas tree.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-17

The regular meeting Of the
Alpha Adar sorority will be held
with Miss Mary Catherine Cor
man at her home on Middle
Sound this evening at 8 o'clock.
All members not having trans
%portation r asked to call the
president.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-17

The Georgia Barton class of
the Temple Baptist church will
meet at 8 o'clock this evening at
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-17

A special called meeting of the
Ladies auxiliary to the Veterans
of Foreign Wars will be held
this evening at s o'clock in the
dug-out. All members are re-
quested to attend as matters of
importance will be discussed at
this time.
Evening star., 1940-03-11
By the Associated Press.


SARASOTA, Fla, March 11.-If
the extraordinary success Of the
Boston Red Sox in producing great
young players the last two seasons
will hold good only one more time,
then Tom Yawkeys fabulous outfit
might give the Yankees a really
close race this year.
Last season Manager Joe Cronin
came up with pair Of beauties, Ted
Williams in right field and George
Tabor on third, while Bobby Doerr
was developing into a brilliant Sec
ond baseman. Now he has a good,
solid club that needs only one thing
to make it serious threat to the
YankSpitching.
It almost is necessary for lightning
to strike the Sox in their pitching
department this year If 1t is going
to do any good, for even next season
might be too late. They could finish
only a poor second last year with
Jimmy Foxx powdering the ball for
a 800 average and Cronin hitting
.308. Obviously, that can't go on
much longer, for both Joe and
Jimmy own to 80 years, which is
getting along for an infielder.
Rookie Slab Squad Good.
Neither can they count on Lefty
Grove to 60 on forever. The famous
Nose won IS last season, only a
Jump away from his 40th birthday.
From here on he almost is certain to
fade.
Cronin has hopes. He sat on the
bench here and pointed out half
dozen tall, young pitchers romping
around the grass. All come up with
fine minor league records. II one or
two OF them should make good, the
Sox would have great shot at the
flag, Joe said.
The team probably will have a
more thunderous punch this year
even that 1t did last, Joe said. He
Evening star., 1940-03-11
Coon Gabe ps De Witt pearheads Stars AD Court Team
Sports Program
For LocuI Fans
TODAY.
Basket Ball.

Bethesda-Chev Chase vs.. Hy-
attsville, girls division final, The
Evening Stars metropolitan scho.
lastic tournament, Tech High
gym, 7:30.
Eastern VS.. Roosevelt, boys d.
vision final, The Evening Stars
metropolitan scholastic tourna-
ment, Tech High gym, $3.50.
District A. A. U. tournament,
Heurich gym, 7:30.
Boxing.
Phil Furr VS.. Kenny La Sale,
10 rounds, feature bout, Turner's
Arena, $3.50.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
District A. A. U. tournament,
Heurich gym, 7:30.
Ice Hockey.
q Washington Eagles VS.. New
York Rovers, Riverside Stadium,
$3.50.
WEDNESDAY.
Basket Ball.
District A. A. U. tournament,
Heurich gym, 7:30.
THURSDAY.
Basket Ball.
District A. A. U. tournament,
Heurich gym, 7:30.
Wrestling.
Golden Terror VS.. Lou Plum.
mer, feature match, Turner's
Arena, $50.
FRIDAY.
Baseball.
Washington VS.. Cleveland, Fort
Myers, Fla.
Basket Ball.
Roosevelt in Southern scholastic
tournament, Durham, N. c.
District A. A. U. tournament,
Heurich gym, 7:30.
Ice Hockey.
Washington Eagles VS.. Jersey
Skeeters, Riverside Stadium, $3.50.
Evening star., 1940-03-11

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Evening star., 1940-03-11
Phil Fur, in Crucial
Comeback Contest,
Figured toLose
Kenny La SoIIe, Ranked
Fifth Among WeIters,
Is 7-to-5 Fuvorite

Phil Furr, sleek District of Colum-
bia welterweight who has been en-
joying a string of successes at the
expense of some of fistiana's more
crude specimens, steps into ring
society tonight at Turner's Arena,
meeting Kenny La Sale, worlds
flfth-ranking 147-pounder, in the
10-round feature bout.
High spot of Furr's comeback
campaign which has seen him
fashion a chain o. seven successive
triumphs, the bout either will stamp
slim Phil as a possible attraction for
more moneyed bouts with outstand-
ing opponents here this summer or
relegate him to choice spot among
other relics.
La Sale Is Favorite.
Most ringworms feel Phils nose Is
destined to assume tomato propor-
tions early in the scrap and the
local checker-vested gentry has in
stalled La Sale rs favorite, but
Furr has other ideas.
With renewed confidence as the
result of disposing of such battlers
as Joey Spangler, Nate Kadin.
frankie Wills, Ell Brookman, Johnny
Duca, Milo Theodorescu and Bobby
Malone, Phil eyes La Sale as .
stepping stone to higher income
bracket. The first local clouter to
impress fans figures to obtain lucra-
tive bouts this summer and Furr Is
eager to be that guy.
Defeated Mamakos Here.
LIE Sale, who spanked the then
highly regarded Steve Mamakos IN
previous appearance here. Is
dificult target to locate. A talented
boxer, Kenny is ring rarity in
that he won't use the conventional
mouthpiece either in training or IN
a bout. He has lost only to Cocoa
Kid and F'ritzie Zivic in the last
two years.
A brace of 8-round preliminaries
list Wild Bill Mcdowell, Texas club
fighter, trading blows with Vic
Finazzo, veteran Baltimore battler,
and Toby Tobias, former University
of Miami ring captain, exchanging
wallops with Ell Brookman, local
welterweight.
Sammy Williams and Buddy
Holmes, local colored scrappers, will
launch the program in 4-rounder
starting at $3.50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1940-03-11
Bosox Hopes to Battle Yonks
Closely Hinge on Uncovering
Good HurIer Among Rocks

is thoroughly sold on the last Of the
Di Maggios, Dominic, and is trying
to decide only whether to play the
youngster in left or center field.
Whichever 1t is, Roger Cramer will
hold down the other post.
Young Di Mag Speedy.
Dominic Is a lot smaller than his
famous brother, Joe, and undoubt-
edly packs less power, but he take
the same sure cut at the ball and is
faster runner. He smashed triple
OIL Bucky Walters of Cincinnati in
yesterdays exhibition game here and
had the big crowd yelling the way
he skinned around the sacks.
For pitchers, the Sox still have the
same good, but far from brilliant,
backbone Of last years staff-Grove,
Jack Wilson, Fred Ostermuller, Joe
Heving, Denny Galehouse, Emerson
Dickman and Eden Auker. Also
they have the youngster Jim Bagby,
Jr., and Woodrow Rich, who prom
ised so much. but failed to deliver.
Cronin is looking to his rockies for
the mound miracle he needs.
Evening star., 1940-03-11
Bulge Takes Laurel
But TiIden Wins
| Gotham,Crowd
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, March 11.-Old Bill
Tilden made one of his increasingly
infrequent tennis stops in New York
last highland both current ten
mis- history and the fighting Firms
are the better for it today.
Gaunt and bald and spry enough
for his Al years, he wasn't any
match for the masterful California
wizard, Don Budge-but nobody ex-
pected him to be.
1t was worth the price Of ad-
sion-and many of the seats sold
for $40 apiece-to see him loose his
old cannon ball occasionally, to see
him grimace at his conqueror when
Don skidded a service ace past him
and to see him glare at the ,lmpires
when they called one wrong.
And the applause Of some 5000
New Yorkers should have warmed
his heart, for he was the gallery
darling again just as he has been 50
many times in the past. They
cheered as much for old Bill as they
did for Herbert Hoover, the ex-
President who Is heading the relief
drive that was benefited by the
show. They howled when he took
game from Bulge and they thor
oughly enjoyed his STACEY antics.
It was Tilden's show all the way
and he made the most of it. But
it was Budge's tennis that awcd and
.ah'ed the critics. He drubbed old
Bill. rs, 60, then teamed with
Berkeley Bell, who has seen better
tennis days, to smother old Bill and
aging Winnie Richards, j3, 60
and then, dead tired. he bowed te
Fred Perry in three-set singles
match that replaced a scheduled
doubles encounter. Even losing tt
Perry, he was terrific.
The show crossed over $11 900 o1
which the Firms will get about 5000
Evening star., 1940-03-11
Cochran Defends Title
In Longest Major
Cue Tourney
Six 3-Cushion Masters
Require Is Days to
Settle World Crown
BY the Associated Press.

=
CHICAGO, March 11.-Welker
Cochran Of San Francisco begins the
defense of his world three cushion
billiards championship today against
Art Thurnblad of Kenosha, Wis, in
a 25-day tournament.
The opening days program also
includes matches between Johnny
Layton of Sedalia, Mo-, and Arthur
Rubin Of New York, Jake Schaefer,
jr., of Cleveland and Otto Reiselt Of
Philadelphia and Willie Hoppe Of
New York and Tiff Denton of Kan
sas City.
The other three contestants, who
open their respective bids Tuesday,
are Joe Chamaco of New York, Al
len Hall and Jay Bozeman of Chi
cago.
The 25-day program, extending to
April 4, is the longest billiards test
in the history of title events. The
schedule calls for I10 matches, each
player playing 20 matches, two each
with each Of the other contenders.
The last title tournament was held
in 1886. Cochran won that one at
the age Of SO, but he captured his
first championship in 1888 in the
first title tournament in which he
competed. Layton won the title in
1894, but Cochran bounced back with
the title in 1856. Cochran is the
only man ever to hold the three
cushion and 1872 balkline billiards
titles at the same time.
Evening star., 1940-03-11
Claims Of bdskefers
To Met LaureIs
Uncha||enged
Puiuk and Rizzi Of 6. u.
GiIhum Of 6. W. Fill
Select Cage Team

Any all-District basket ball team
selected this season must begin
with George CARRIER, George Wash
ington's frigid floor general, and
George De Witt, Maryland's thin
stick of dynamite. After that it's a
merry scramble for the three re-
naming positions, with no end o!
nominees.
The claims of this pair to met
ropolitan honors are unchallenged
Both were excellent floor men
deadly shots and superb defensive
players. Best of all they subor-
dinated their personal whims and
fancies to the welfare of their teams
They made no attempt to dom
mate the scene, but seemed to &c
out of their way to promote team
play rather than gain individual
glory.
Not AN-Time Best" Team.
We could argue from now to
doomsday about candidates for the
other positions, but after due de-
liberation Bobby Gilham, George
Washington; George Pajak and Irv-
ing Rizzi, Georgetown, get the bids
This isn't the best all-District quint
selected in recent years, but CARRIER
and De Witt stand head and shoul-
ders above the field and their team
mates were sufficiently outstanding
to merit recognition.
Put them in hat and shake them
up and it doesn't make such differ
ence how they come out. De Witt
could be placed at center as a
starter, but current rules have re-
moved the premium or tall centers
and it wouldn't be necessary.
CARRIER, handy man to have around
at all times, and Rizzi were the
pivot men, the playmakers, of their
respective teams. De Witt fire.
quently assumed control of Mary
lands offense, but was more val
liable in other capacities.
They can play forward or guard
They're all fast and know how to
cut, how to give and co." and
they're blessed with long grange scor.
ing eyes. True, not all of them
Travelled in straight line but hac
off nights along with good ones. d.
Witt and CARRIER again were the
most consistent. When a team put
the brakes on their scoring il
promptly found them feeding team
mates the ball, setting up scoring
plays and bolstering the defense
When the others were stopped they
came to grinding halts.
Second Team a Problem.
The second team includes Reds
Auerbach and Joe Conner, George
Washington: Dutch" Schulze,
American University; Milton Mulitz,
Maryland, and Buddy O'Grady
George Washington. A corps of
others are about on par with this
group but the fine line Of demarca-
ton must be drawn at some point
Bill Rea and Mearle Du Vail o.
Maryland; Matt Zupnic, George
Washington; Joe Carrig and Pete
Sachon, Catholic u, and Wes BY.
ham, American University, are diff.
cult to overlook but IS or 80 players
can't be squeezed into 10 positions
unless they recently have rewritten
the physics textbook.
Here are The Stars 1910 ALL
District basket ball selections:
First Team. Pos Second Team
B. Gilham e. W. F. B. o'Grady {G: U)
Gso. p Psjak Ak. 81 g +. N; Mulits tMa }
SEQ. CARRIER C. W. G. r. Auerbach (G. w
Irving Rizzi C. u G. H. Schulse a. u
Evening star., 1940-03-11
Clark Club, ,Tossers Win
Court Crown, Dinner

Clark Club basket ball players
winner of the Southwest court title
were looking forward today to q
dinner in their honor, March 26, at
Barney's Neighborhood House, after
winning the crown yesterday from
Westminster, Al to "a, at the Ma
tional Guard Armory.
Clark Club, winners Of the first
half title, won 18 out Of 10 games
during the season.
Evening star., 1940-03-11
Injury to Young Di Mag
Makes Bosox Shudder
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SARASOTA, Fla, March Ii
Oficials of the Boston Red Sox
were relieved today to find that an
injury suffered by Rookie Dominic
Di Maggie in yesterdays exhibition
with the Cincinnati Reds was Moth
ing worse than sprain.
At first it had been feared small
bone in his ankle might have been
broken sliding into home plate. Be-
fore the accident Di Maggie had
lived up to his heralded reputation
with two singles and spectacular
fielding play.
Evening star., 1940-03-11
Woman Duels Four Foes,
Takes Three Matches.

Local fencing enthusiasts still
were marveling today over the feat
of Patsy Jennings, who helped the
Harrisonburg Y. M. G. A. fencers
defeat the Washington Y team here,
8 to 4, in the mems division, and 3
to l in the women's division.
Sole woman fencer for the visit
ing team, Miss Jennings dueled all
four of the local feminine competi-
tors and lost but one match, the last,
and that by only one point.
Evening star., 1940-03-11
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, March 11.-Distance
and prize money apparently mean
little or nothing to a bowler.
OF the entries from 730 cities in
the current American Bowling Con-
gress tournament here, few have
a chance of sharing in the $241 900
prize money or>>of getting an even
break on expenses.
Top prize in the five-man event
usually is $1,000, and the doubles
and singles championships may pay
off $500 and $500, respectively. Sew
eral of the teams entered from dis
tant cities would have to win one or
more titles In order to meet ex-
penseS.
One team from Honolulu, sehsd-
Evening star., 1940-03-11
DYKES Beat Griff
In Swap, He Says

PASADENA, Calf, March II
@.-Manager Jimmy Dykes of
the Chicago White Sox Is en-
Unused about the outfield play of
Taft Wright.
He declares Wright is q better
fielder, thrower and hitter than
Gerald Walker, who went to the
Nationals.
Evening star., 1940-03-11
Distance and Coin Mean Little
To BowIers in 7enpin Meet

uled to roll later, will travel nearly
5000 miles, or an average Of 1000
miles a game, to compete. Seven
teen California teams and five Flor
ida teams are entered.
Most of the teams from distant
points fail to reach the prize class,
yet back they come year after year
for another fling.
Evening star., 1940-03-11
Bio Test for Bryant

AVALON, Calf, March II @.-
The Chicago Cubs pitcher, Clay
Bryant, who sat on the bench most
Of last season. gives his arm a test
in an intra-squad game today.
Evening star., 1940-03-11
Spring Baseball
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Washington (A), 5: New York
(ND, 4.
Major League An-Stars, 4: Pa
cific Coast All-Stars. !.
New York (A), 8: st. Louis
(N), 7.
Detroit (Ao, II; Brooklyn
(N0, 2.
Boston (A), 13; Cincinnati
(ND, 10.
Philadelphia (A). 6: San Diego
(P. c., 3.
Evening star., 1940-03-11
Miller to Buzz With Bees

BRADENTON, Fla, March II
P.-The Boston Bees expected
Shortstop Eddie Miller to arrive at
camp today and go into a contract
huddle with President Bob Quinn.
Evening star., 1940-03-11

Three years ago-Henry Arm
strong stopped Mike Belloise in
four rounds at New York in East
ern debut,
Evening star., 1940-03-11
Grove to Receive Bounteous
Attention in Bosox Comp

Frisch is getting his first real
glimpse of the Pirates as their man.
ager-and sometimes collection of
ball players looks different to their
manager than they do to an oppo-
nent or fan-and is starting with
an open mind on all his athletes
Barring the absolute newcomers in
the squad, he has seen the others
falter and fall and crumble under
fire, but whatever they did before
doesn't matter now. Frank is TAX
ing them off to a fresh start-and
looking closely at them as they move
out under his command.
Naturally the Waner brothers will
get lot of thought from him, as
they must from any one managing
the Pirates. Paul since 1925 and
Lloyd since 1926 have been a re-
markable pair of ball players. They
have made thousands of base hits
between them and scored or driven
in hundreds Of runs. But time is
catching up with them and Frisch
has to know how much he can call
on them for this year.
And speaking of managers look
ing closely at veterans-what of Joe
Cronin and Old Nose Grove? Set
ting out in pursuit of the Yankees
again-which he intends to do from
the moment the opening bell rings
-Cronin would hate to have to start
without Old Nose, one of the really
great pitchers of all time, in win
ming form. You can bet that nc
other pitcher in the Red Sox corral
at Sarasota will get more attention
than the gray-thatched bloke from
Homecoming, Md.
Evening star., 1940-03-11
Terry Looks for Lots Of Help
From HubbeII, OFT. Moore

COS6Gller-Sllll Trying W IIldkc ucdAo
that will give him a combination
capable of crashing through to the
first division after the repulse he
suffered in 1939-is counting heavily
on his youngsters: Babe Young at
first base, Nick Witek at second,
George Myatt or Glen Stewart at
third and among his pitchers, Bill
Lohrman, Bob Carpenter, Roy
Joiner and Steve Tramback.
But Hubbell, OFT and Moore have
carried the Giants many a mile over
rough ground these last 10 years
and more-and Bill looks to them
to help again. All three slipped
and skidded somewhat in 1939-Ott
less than the two others, yet Mels
batting average dropped to 308.
Moreover, Mel is 81 years old and
has been in the big leagues for IA
years-and Bill is wondering If tirae
and wear and tear are beginning to
tell on the perennial Gretna school,
boy.
If they can come back, these
three, they will help the Giants
tremendously. If they can't, the
burden will rest heavily on the
youngsters.
Gomez had trouble winning or
even finishing games last year and
wound up with a badly torn muscle
in his left side that made it neces-
sary for Mccarthy to derrick him
in the World Series. Rufflng had
a great year and moved the Reds
down in the World Series. But he
wound up with a kink in his pitch
ing elbow that, having bothered him
through the last month or so OF the
campaign, became acute during the
series. Grissom, who looked to be
a potentially great pitcher with the
Reds three years ago and then de-
veloped arm trouble, is starting all
over in a new league.
The Yankees have so much on
their side that it may not be easy
to visualize Mccarthy worrying
about the state of his team as 1t
winds up for try at fifth consecu-
tive pennant. But he is no different
from any other manager in that he
needs all the pitching he can get.
Gomez, Ruffng and Grissom IN top
shape and winning regularly would
make the 1910 race another breeze
for the Yankees. With two-or even
one-of them unsteady, particularly
If that one should be Ruffing, the
Yanks could run into lot of trou-
BILE.
The way the White Sox shape
up they aren't going to get any,
where in particular this year. But
If Ted Lyons should waver and
retreat, they probably wouldn't get
anywhere at all.
Lyons is the main prop of pitch
ing staff that has few other props.
He can't work too often, but work.
ing regularly and with his custom
ary effectiveness he can stop losing
streaks and send the Sox on their
- way again. Few pitchers in either
league mean as much to their teams
as Lyons, at 80, means to the Pale
Evening star., 1940-03-11
The
SPORTLIGH1
Diamond Pilots Turn
Anxious Eyes on Vets
BY GRANTLAND RICE,
Special Correspondent Of The Star.

MIAMI BEACH, March II (N.A.
N.A).-In baseball. springtime is
dedicated to the rookie. This is the
time he has chance to flash his
stuff-the time his name is in the
headlines, though it never may be
there again. The eyes of the writers
--and of the crowd-are on the kids
who have come swarming up out of
the bush-but the eyes of the man.
ayers often are turned toward their
veterans
At Winter Haven Bill Terry is
looking at Carl Hubbell, Mel OFT
and Joe Moore. At st. Petersburg
Joe Mccarthy is peering at Vernon
Gomez, Charley Ruffing and Lee
Grissom. Jimmy Dykes throws more
than a side glance at Ted Lyons
in the camp of the White SoX in
far Pasadena and at San Bernar-
dino Frank Frisch keeps an eye on
the Waner brothers, Paul and Lloyd.
And so on around the circuit of the
camps.