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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15
Scouts Plan Field
Meet For June l9

The annual field meet for the
Cape Fear area council, Boy Scouts
of America, will be held Wednes
day, June 10, at the high schoo
bowl in Fayetteville, David L. Lilies
scout executive, announced yester
day.
Jack Crane, camping and activi
ties chairman of the Fayettevill;
district, will be in charge of the
meet. He will be assisted by Council
Commissioner Staff, Scout Execu
tive Lilies, and a corps of expert:
who will judge the various events
The troop scoring the highest mum
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15

Aeronautical material amount
ing to $25, 5,48O,817 was exported
from the United States during
January, 1910.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15
NEGOTIATIONS DENIED

MEXICO, June 14-tRHThe Brit
ish-owned Mexican Eagle oil CO.,
tEl Aguila) denied today negotia-
tions were under way to settle its
appropriations dispute with tn c
Mexican government. Before X
preparation in 1888 Aguila was the
largest foreign-owned oil concern
in Mexico.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-15
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COURT REPORTER
Decision in the Strange Case of
"THE WHIPPING ON
BADGER CREEK"
Continued from Page Eight

Continued from Page Eight
NOT GUILTYr" Scoggins
was really found guilty by a jury in
the lower court, but the high court
of South Carolina reversed the de-
cision and granted him new trial.
There is no record of retrial, so it
IS safe to assume that this bizarre
case was finally dropped.
And now, let's review bit Of
course, Weeks was thief, but the
posse tried to act as Judge and jury.
They took the law into their own
hands and offered the culprit his
choice, jail or sound thrashing.
He preferred the whipping and SO
none of the men showed any desire
to act as the official 'executioner.
Weeks practically begged Scoggins
to whip him.
After the whipping, Weeks was
arrested anyhow and evidently feel
ing that he had been double
crossed, he told the whole story to
the police, with Scoggins' ultimate
oiA ANoI AOl doOc ulI dllo OdllCl y.
The court said: Battery is gen.
orally defined to be any injury done
another in an insolent or revengeful
way. Scoggins had no evil disposi-
ton toward Weeks. On the con-
trary, he was trying to save him
from Jail. However ill-judged the
act may have been, we cannot think
it constituted an assault and
battery"
This is taken from a true case.
Reference of citation may be had by
sending a stamped, self-addressed
envelope to "Bela Lanan-Court
Reporter
Starting Next Week
THE STRANGE CASE OF
'POLLY AND THE PAWN SHOP"
Don't Miss It-FolIow 1t Daily In
This Newspaper.
TRADE Mark Registered; u S. Patent Office.
World Rights Reserved by Carlile Crutcher.)
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Hagen Still Is Great, His 50
At Columbia illustrates

The Old Duke still can get
around a golf course. Even though
Walter Hagen's name hasn't figured
close to the winner of a major
event for several years the 48-year-
old former champ Of all the links
dominions in the world, just now in
the middle of an amazingly fine
streak of hitting the bail, still
would be formidable factor if he
retained the old Hagen putting
ability. 1t won him two American
open championships and four
British open titles-that putting
and if Walter today had the touch
of 20 years ago around the cup
he'd still take lot of licking from
youngsters like Ben Hogan, Jimmy
Dcmaret and Byron Nelson.
Walter shot a SO yesterday at
Columbia, which isn't anything to
get excited about. Better scores
have been made many times. But
the ease with which the aging
Evening star., 1940-05-01

master did it, and the fact that
he blew several holeable puts
speaks volumes for the kind of
golf Hagen is shooting just now.
He played the mines in IS and "a,
in a game in which-paired with
William w. Hinshaw-he finished
square with Albert r. Mackenzie
and Fred Mcleod. And he missed
three-footer on the ninth, an
eight-footer at the 18th and blew
a couple more of the kind he would
have knocked down without a
thought decade back.
Yes, the Old Master still has it.,
even though he isn't the scoring
marvel of 20 years ago. DR.. Paul
Stewart, golf chairman at Columbia,
also went along, but wasn't in the
match, which has become an annual
fixture on Hagens visits to Wash
ington.
They haven't licked us yet"
laughed the Haig, after the match.
And, they never will, eh?" he
yelled to Hinshaw.
Evening star., 1940-05-01
From the
Press Box
Texas Umpire's Defense
Big Ad for Hardware
By JOHN LARDNER,
Especial Correspondent OF The Star.)

\opcSidA correspondent OA Aue StdIJ
NEW YORK, May l (N.A.N.A).-
The case of the umpire in Fort
Worth, Tex, who drew his knife
when approached by posse of hum
cry ball players and held them off
like Horatius at the bridge, while
the sunshine cleaned on the cold
steel of his blade, reminds us that
an umpire's life still is far from safe
In this civilization.
Davy Crockett had the same kind
Of trouble down there, though mostly
from Indians and Mexicans. Mr..
Crocketts decisions on the bases,
and also on balls and strikes, often
dissatisfied the original natives of
the Texas area, but up until the very
end his bowie knife and his squirrel
gun were enough to stand them off i.
The present-day umpire, Bill Will
son, was handling ball game be-
tween Fort Worth and San Antonio
All day long his findings irked the
San Antonians, and when the game
ended they advanced upon the UNI
pire in body. 1t occurred to Mr.
Wilson that he might become body
too, and a very stiff one, if he did
not organize himself and muster his
munitions Immediately,
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Mcdowell Proves Fine
CycIist in Fistic
Win Over Fur
BockpedoIs to Decision
In II Laps, Causing
locoI lud to Rave
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON,

Bicycle Bill Mcdowell, the en-
inent Texas cyclist, today holds the
unofficial backpedaling champion
ship of Turner's Arena by virtue
of his l2lap victory over Phil
(Cyclone) Furr last night at the
w street track. The talk today is
of matching the winner with Bob
Pastor, whom most fans consider
the peer of all indoor pedalers.
Wheeling Willy gave the Gus
toners an exhibition of plain and
fancy pedal-pumping they'll not
soon forget and on one of his nu-
merous sprints around the inclosure
reached out and grabbed the brass
ring. This entities him to another
ride against the best opposition
available. Cyclone Furr's camp
raised protest on this point, in
slsting Cyclone got the ring.
Officials Are Adamant.
Officials overruled the motion,
however, and gave Furr the gate
lnstead-and don't think Cyclone
didn't resent it. He stormed through
the emptying arena after the official
verdict was handed down, getting
names and addresses of all witnesses
to the accident and threatening to
sue. He even barked at Promoter
Joe Turner, loudly proclaiming he
"Wuz robbed" and that certain palms
had been creased.
The officials were Honest Char
ley Reynolds, the referee. and
Judges Frank Schuyler and DR.. o.
U. Singer.
Furr did his best and forced the
fighting. but Acknowledging no
hands early in the race-settled
down to two-fisted pumping in the
last six rounds and won the judges
over to his side. The blows landed
wouldn't have bruised fight man
ayers conscience. Both managers,
as a matter of fact, escaped un-
scathed.
Third Match Unlikely.
1t was the second duel between the
two and McDowell's second victory.
Furr, who insisted on the longer
l2-round route after losing in 10, will
demand a 15-round return-return
match, but Willie says he'll have
to get himself another reputation
now.
In the preliminaries Mayon Pad
10 defeated Norman Hurdman, Jack
SIENNA decisioned Dominick Nico
Al Ricketts, outpointed Floyd Gray
son and Bobby Toland defeated Ell
wood Harris,
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Western Netmen RoIIv
To Defeat St. AIbuns

Despite losing the first four singles
matches, Western Highs tennis team
handed st. Adams its first defeat
of the season yesterday, taking every
other match for Sd victory on
the losers courts.
Tansey and Hackney gave the
winners their lone points in singles.
but the doubles combinations of
Gillespie and Smith, Lincoln and
Hackney and Tansey and Donaldson
outlasted all three of st. Adams
teams in long and hard-fought en-
counters.
Summaries:
singles-Cooper (st Adams, defeated
Smith. "a. O-6. 6-4: Chewninr (St
Albansl defeated Gillespie. 6-3. 6-4:
Lee (St. Albansl defeated Lincoln. 6-".
6-1: Doyle (St Albansl defeated Kerr.
IS, Sc; Tansey (WesternY defeated
Myers, 1-6. 81. Ga Hackney west
ernl defeated Moses. 60. 81.
defeated Chewing and Cooper, 4-6. 6-.
70; Lincoln and Hackney (Western)
defeated Lee and Doyle. 11-9, 6-3;
Tansey and Donaldson tWestern) defeat
ed Myers and Moses. SIS. 60.
Evening star., 1940-05-01

The only possible addition to this
field, at this writing, seems to be if
Herbert NJ. Woolf decides to start
1nscolad. He's been debating the
thing for days, because he'd like his
colors represented, but an acquaint-
ance OF Woolf's informed this corner
he has about made up his mind
not to take a chance on running the
colt by asking him to go with Bim-
mie.
This idea of having your colors
In the Derby also is prompting
Warner, the movieman, to be rep
resented. It's no better than even
money that Sky Dog could outrun
Ernie Lombardi Sky Dog and an
other Warner hope. Gallant Dream,
ran in a mile allowance on the
card yesterday and finished fifth
and seventh, respectively, so if it's
not the one, it'll be the other-or
maybe both-on Saturday.
Dit Is Most Feared.
Dit, a $4,000 yearling sales buv
IN 38, won the Wood Memorial at
Jamaica hands down last week and
the hardboots are little wary of
him. On the other hand, they've
been laughing over the story from
the West that they had something
to worry about in Midland, the
Oregon-bred fellow who probably
will be the biggest thing on the track
on Derby day.
Pictor is the good thing if it's
sloppy going. That's the way he
won the Chesapeake two weeks ago,
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Eagle Joyvee Netmen
Soft for G. u. Frosh

With Miguel Nunez, former West
ern High ace, playing No. /, George
town University's freshman tennis
team had little trouble downing
American University's Junior var
sity netmen, 80, yesterday on the
Hilltop courts.
Every match was decided in
straight sets and in only two sets
did the A. U. racketers win more
than three games.
Summaries:
Singles-Nunez defeated Mccarthy.
Go. 90: Raskopf defeated Nelson.
6-3, 6-4; Uniacke defeated Bond, 81,
50: Grainger defeated Cramm. 60.
So; Ogus defeated James. 6-3. 6-1;
Dumas defeated ShertZ. SIS. 60
Doubles-Nunez and Raskopf defeated
MCCARTHY and Nelson: 81, g: Uni;
acke and Graineer defeated Cramm and
Pitt, So. 80: Dumas and Osus ds.
feated Bond and James, 6-3. 6-1.
Evening star., 1940-05-01
By WALTER McCALLUM,

Don't give up on GeorgetoWn's
chance to win the Eastern inter-
collegiate links title this year. Just
because the Hoyas were licked by
Duke to 3 at Capital yesterday is
no indication that Johnny Burke
and his lads haven't lot of
strength against any college outfit.
They fell before an inspired Duke
team, team that couldn't go wrong,
even though Duke virtually lost
2 points when they showed up with
only five men.
Sparked by the mastery golf of
Stewart (Skip) Alexander, the
towering Durham, NJ c., youngster,
who looms about as good a shot
maker as you'll find in the college
ranks, the Duke boys rolled rough
shod over the Hilltoppers in the
first major test of the season for
Georgetown. But that match doesn't
prove that Georgetown hasn't
another strong team coming up
Rather it proves that Duke, licked
only once in two years of college
golf competition, has an excep-
tlonal outfit, and one that probably
would breeze through the Eastern
college loop if Coach "Dumpy"
Hegler entered the Durham lads
against other Eastern schools.
Coach Tony Sylvester of George
town explained that Duke had
promised six-man team. Duke
showed up with only five men, Heg-
ler explaining that Joe Taylor, one
OF the Duke strong boys, was i'll.
Bobby Brownell, the Washington
lad. is out with a broken leg. So
Georgetown won one point right off
the bat. and Duke sent a young
black-haired lad out to play the best
ball of Buddy Sharkey and Ray Hig-
gins.
The lad was Guy Berner, and he
dio a pretty fair country job of it.
Pounding tee shots unbelievable dis
tances-he reached the second green
twice with drive and an iron-he
licked Sharkey on the Goth hole, and
only lost the best ball 3 and 2 to
oHdIkey ana higgins. Berner shot
an individual score of II.
Alexander Licks Burke.
Meanwhile Alexander, knocking
the ball into the next county, was
trouncing former intercollegiate
Champ Johnny Burke 4 and with
a subpar SO, against Burke's 73, and
Tom Perry of Duke was tossing a
73 at Joe Mcbride to win another
point for the visitors. Alexander, by
way of variety, hit a No. 2 iron sec
ond shot over the green at the 10th
hole, a 530-yarder. That gave Duke
4 points to 2 for Georgetown and the
Durham boys quickly tucked the
match away in the next, where
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Wins al Mile in 1::38,
Extends L 10 11-8
In Impressive Isl
Eight Others Are Seen
Battling for Crumbs
In Classic Saturday
BY SID FEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

LOUISVILLE, KY. May Its
one Of those daffy things without
rhyme or reason. like the buy who
took off his hat because his feet
were hot, but all signs pointed to-
day to the fact that eight other
horses actually are going to the post
with Bimelech in the Kentucky
Derby Saturday.
What they'll be in there pitching
for no one among the thousands al
ready in Derby town for the big
show seems to know. OF course,
that $4,000 second money "ain't
hay and in times like these you're
not sneezing at $4,000 for third or
even $1,000 for fourth. But there
doesn't seem to be any chance for
anything with four legs catching
Blmmle once he throws 'em in
high.
Trainer Hurry All Smiles.
The way he came home in 1888
on a slow track in the mile Derby
trial at Churchill Downs yester-
day. with his tongue hanging out
as usual, made on thing just about
a dead-eyed cinch. The other fell
lows are going to get a lot of his
dust kicked in their faces-pro-
vided they can stay within kicking
distance.
Col. E. R. Bradley's baby contin-
ued an extra eighth after his WIN
ming mile race to be timed in 1:52,
and afterward Trainer Bill Hurley
was so happy he couldn't talk.
Several of the candidates thought
they had an outside chance up to
yesterday. But after the trial was
over, five of them saw the light. OF
those in the trial, only Mrs. Ethel
v. Mars Gallahadion, a $4,000 yearl-
ing purchased at Saratoga two years
ago, which ran creditable second
to Bimmie yesterday, and Charles
T. Fishers Sirocco, which wound up
third, will get ticket to the derby
post.
Field of Nine Likely.
These and the other die-hard op-
tlmlsts who still think maybe Bim-
mleu run the wrong way or some
thing, make the picture for the
derby post parade look something
like this:
Evening star., 1940-05-01
meh Appears Derby Cn After Making Trial Stakes Victory Workout
BimeIech's Easy Victory Fails
To Deter MioIond's Trainer

Sure. he looks to be the horse to
beat, but Gallahadion finished close
enough to him to convince me that
Mioland's got a chance, at least.
Anyway, we're going to find out
Saturday"
Smith made it plain Midland
would be running for keeps. not,
just for second, third or fourth
money. -
Were not interested in that" he
declared. IF we don't win, I don't;
care where we finish. And if we
lose, we'll forget about it until next
year." -
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Hoyu Linksmen Show Eastern
Loop Title CoIiber Despite
|6-to-3 Defeat by Duke

Chuck Alexander and Hank Russell
took 3 points from Billy Shea and
F x. Van Herpe of Georgetown.
They did 1t by only / up margin
in each case, but it was enough.
The Hoyas leave Washington to-
morrow for Princeton where they'll
play two Eastern loop matches
Saturday. They should do better,
for the competition won't be as
tough as that Duke outfit, a real
college powerhouse in any company.
The summaries.
Skip Alexander tDuke) beat John Burke
beat joe Mcbride tGeorgetownD = up Best
ball-Duke . up
Chuck Alexander Duke, beat Billy Shea
beat F. K. an Herpe Her ''I lGeoraeioWn, S unI, up
Best ball-Duke . and l.
Guy Berner !'Dukel beat Buddy sharkey
tGeorgetown) ! up 90 holes; Ray Higgins
IGeorgetownl won by default. Best ball
GEORGETOWN and =.
Capital Golf and Country Club
formally announced its two-man
best ball invitation affair for June
%, % and 30. Announcement of the
affair was made in The Star several
weeks ago.
Jess Sweetser's recent visit to
Washington had nothing to DO with
possible award of a major tourna-
ment to the Capital. Jess, treasurer
OF the United States Golf Associa-
ton and member of the Cham
pionship Committee, accompanied
U. S. G. A. officials on a visit to the
Arlington Turf Garden, and they
did not discuss with officials of any
local club feature national cham
pionship here. Jess played Burning
Tree in 10 last Saturday.
Women's Matches Start.
Next match for the feminine golf
ers. following the belated start of
their team contests yesterday, will
come up May II at Woodmont and
Washington. Although the matches
yesterday were the third in the team
series, the second matches-twice
postponed by rain-will be played
May II. The ill-fated first match
has been scheduled for May "a at
Argyle and Chevy Chase. That one
also was thwarted by rain last
month.
Kenwood's strong team leads to-
day in the first team matches with
IL points won in the contests yester-
day at Army Navy. but Kenwood
did not have an overly strong opDo-
nent in the Woodmont team, whom
they licked, II to 0. Other first
team matches resulted as follows:
Manor beat Argyle. 11h to "a: Chevy
Chase beat Washington, 10oi3 to 2; Con-
Second-team matches at Congressional
Manor beat kenwood. 5la to 312; Wash
ington beat Chevy Chase, 51a to 3l2: Army
Navy beat Columbia. to g.
Third-team matches at Congressional
Manor beat Columbia, to 2; Army Navy
beat WASHINGTON, D to @.
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Derby Will Swell
CoIoneIs' Ranks
BY the Associated Press.

oy lue ASSOCldLeu HIcSS.
FRANKFORT, KY, May l.
The Kentucky Governors much
used prerogative of appointing
colonels is to be exercised again
this Derby week-about Is times.
Aides expect Gov. Keen john
son, who as yet hasn't a colonel
on his staff. to hand out about
two dozen appointments by Derby
day, Saturday. There have been
200 applications for the Derby
honors."
If Gov. johnson confines his
appointments to Derby week each
year, and names but a few even
then, he will lag behind his pre-
decessors. A. B. Chandler and
Ruby Laffoon.
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Jim De Chord to Feature
Amateur Rinq Card

Jimmy De Chard, District amateur
heavyweight champion, will feature
a card being arranged for May 10
by the st. Aloysius Booster Athletic
Association.
His opponent has not yet been
selected but Matchmaker frankie
Mann is angling for the services of
Johnny Marks, hard-hitting 200
FOUNDER from Johnstown, Pa. Also
under consideration is Kenny Dean,
Virginia State amateur heavyweight
title holder.
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Wilson Golfers Win

Although John B. Sparks of West
ern topped the scoring with rs,
Wilson High School links lads
pounded out 61z-to-21a win over
the Red Raiders in a match at Co.
lumbia, postponed from earlier in
the season Earl Skinker and George
Vass, captains of the two teams,
scored IT'S and split a point.
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Lloyd Bulge Giving Net
Exhibition Here Today

Preceding his more illustrious
brother to town by two days, Lloyd
Bulge. a professional, who started
Don playing on the courts, was to
give public exhibition at $3.50
o'clock today on the Friends School
courts on Wisconsin avenue.
Also scheduled to appear with
Don at the l"tter's clinic on the
Reservoir courts Saturday. Lloyd
will play an exhibition with Tony
Latona, Friends coach, after talking
briefly this afternoon.
Evening star., 1940-05-01
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOclate0 Pr6SS.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 1.-Tom
Smith, better known as the trainer
of Seabiscuit, isn't too afraid of that
"big bad wolf" Bimelech.
So G. S. Howards Midland, the
western white hope" in the Ken
lucky derby, will be a contestant
against Bimelech in the blue-ribbon
turf classic Saturday.
mo, sir. I'm not discouraged"
Smith said when asked how he felt
after Bimelech's easy victory over
seven other derby horses yesterday.
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Umpire Was Compelled
To Protect Himself

So the hardy plainsman reached
for his scabbard and drew EXcalibur,
his trusty single -bladed knife. This
gave the posse considerable pause
BY the time they had contemplated
the rapier and mapped out a flank
attack reinforcements arrived for
Mr.. Wilson, and the siege was lifted.
Mr.. Wilson went off to brood on the
perils of his occupation. positive in
his conscience that when he called
that guy safe, he was safe-much
safer, as it turned out, than the
umpire himself.
It's nice to know that the Texas
League has exonerated the swords
man and hung the blame upon the
ball players.
I'm a case like that said the
league secretary, IAN umpire can be
pretty we'll chewed up if he does not
take steps to defend himself. Mr..
Wilson went little too far in de-
Tending himself. There was no call
for cutlery. But at least, he could
not afford to receive the attack
lying down.
This is a sound moral, and I do
not doubt that umpires in other
outposts of civilization will write
to Mr.. Wilson to find out where
he buys his hardware.
It was William KLEIN, the old
arbitrator, who created the original
line of defense for umpires. Mr..
KLEIN did not go in for knives,
feeling that these were European
weapons to which no bearer Of the
name of KLEIN should stoop. The
KLEIN defense strictly was geo.
graphical
When his decisions were appealed
in the uncouth manner which old
time ball players sometimes en-
ployed in the appellate division OF
baseball, Mr.. KLEIN. his neck giving
off a warm, brick-colored glow,
would draw line with his toe
In the dirt.
eff you cross that line" he would
tell the plaintiff. you are out of
the ball game. And furthermore"
the old arbitrator sometimes would
add, you probably will become a
case for the coroner"
1t may be that ball players from
San Antonio are tougher than those
in the National League. but Mr..
KLEIN, when I mentioned the episode
of the knife to him, scoffed at this
theory.
IT have encountered some very
tough characters in my time" he
said. "They don't come any tougher
than some of the boys who thought
they knew more about my job than
I did, but I still am alive and
healthy, and I never carried a
sharper weapon than wiskbroom."
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Arbitrator Is Deserving
Of Leagues Support

Mr.. Wilson, the Texas League
umpire, probably was bit hasty in
drawing his scythe, but it seems to
me that his league did better job
in supporting him than the Ma
tional League does for it's own blue
coated jurists. Take the case last
year of Umpire George Mayer
kurth. who aimed a sock at William
Jurges, Giant shortstop, when Will
liam spat in his face.
I thought Magerkurth had power
full provocation, but the National
League, which pursues a meek poll
cy of appeasement toward its men,
Der ball clubs, proceeded to fine
not only Jurges, but the umpire,
undermining the prestige of his
Office considerably. When I men,
toned this point, got letters from
umpires in several parts of the
countrywide, for their own good,
had better remain anonymous
arguing that the least league can
do for an arbitrator, who retaliates
when insulted, is to express its con-
f1dence in him and back him up.
What would you do, they asked, if
a ball player confused you with a
cuspidor?
In many cases. guess, you would
react like Mr.. Wilson, the human
hardware store of the Texas League.
Say what you like about Mr.. Will
son, he doesn't fool.
Evening star., 1940-05-01

PIEDMONT LEAGUE
Norfolk. 8; Winston-Salem. I2 in
nings).
Portsmouth. r: Charlotte. 3.
Durham, e: Richmond. s.
Asheville 2: Rocky Mount 2.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
M Ran1es scheduled
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Call for Girl SoftbuIIers

Girls teams interested in joining
a softball league are asked to get
in touch with Glen Leyde, operator
OF the Ballston Stadium, at Chest
nut 1859
Evening star., 1940-05-01

SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Savannah. g.: Spartanbure. 4.
Columbus. 8: Jacksonville. 2.
Augusta. 8: Macon. z.
Only games,