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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15
CAGE GAME RACE
NOW IN DEADLOCK
Nations Conference Leaders
Faced With Opposition
On All Sides

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-LP-4era
it is the middle Of January ana III.
country's conference basketball hnsi.
ness is just as muddled as any othA,
kind of business.
At a time when Indiana's undo
feated Hoosiers were being touted
as a national championship EROS.
pect they were bumped into the Biz
Ten background by Minnesota iS.44
leaving Purdue and Michigan in a
deadlock at the head of the confer.
ence.
After some unimpressive early.
season firing Dartmouth opened its
title defense in the Ivy league by
walloping Harvard 51-33 and Yale
did even better by beating both
Pennsylvania and Columbia during
the wetk to scramble the Eastern
league outlook.
These aren't isolated cases, either,
In fact the only two major teams
in the country with their particular
parties under control appear to be
Oregon State, undisputed kingpir Of
the coasts Northern division, and
undefeated Utah in the Rocky
Mountain Big Seven.
The busy program upcoming this
week ought to help straighten out
some Of the races, but it might
even cause nor turmoil.
Viewing the situation by sections;
EastDartmouth, with Gus Bro,
berg back, must be conceded a
strong chance to retain its Ivy
league crown. Broberg counted /.
| points and played less than a hal.
as the Indians thrashed Harvard,
Yale walloped Penn 1929 and nosei
out Columbia 1875 in an overtime
joust during the week.
Candidates for top honors among
the Independents are almost count
less. Long Island U. crushed Mex.
co State 1871 Friday for its llth
victory against one defeat, st.
Johns topped Temple 1888 and has
won seven and lost one. New YORK
U. still is undefeated in seven
games. Rhode Island State has
piled up tremendous scores, any
where from SO to SO points a same'
in winning seven and losing one,
Midwest-With Purdue and Mich
igan tied at the head of the Big
Ten with three victories APIECE
there is a chance that games TO-
morrow might settle the issue TEN
porarily. Purdue must meet the
same Minnesota combine that upse.
Indiana and Michigan faces a poten-
TALLY powerful Illinois five, which
was beaten last night by Ohio state
1871.
Among the independents De Paul
of Chicago ran it's string to nine
victories against n defeat, peat
ing Kansas State and Omaha.
S~outh-Maryland beat both DUKE
and Richmond during the week 10
bring it's Southern conference We
tories to three while The Citadela and
North Carolina also remained undT
feated. They meet "Wednesday nlgn1
One of the highlights was the re-
turn of Banks McFadden to center
to lead Clemson's defending chan'
pons to three consecutive victories
after they had lost their first INV
games.
In the Southeastern confeTehc'
the first active week left nine o.
the 10 members strewn in delea'
After four straight triumphs AS'
bama was bumped by Tennessee
1928 upon losing it's high-scoflh'
center, George Prather with ln1u'
les. Kentucky hasn't started 10
conference campaign yet, le2VlH5
the stage temporarily in possesS40'
of Tennessee, Mississippi State div
Georgia Tech.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15
Beuoise And Friedkin
Will Battle This Week

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-R-
Lightweights feature this weeks
national boxing program with Mike
Belloise and Bernie Friedkin, both
of New York, trading punches in
an e~ight-rounder Tuesday at New
York.
The co-feature card shows Dave
Castilloux, from Montreal, against
Charlie Conner, of Baltimore, and
Johnny Bellus, Of New Haven.
tackling Maurice Arnault. of
France. Both fights are eight.
FOUNDERS and also at New York
Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15
Romano Named Temporary
Ring Coach At Y. P. |.

BLACKSBURG, Va, Jan. 14.-N9
John ]. Romano, of Pulaski, Va,
former acting coach of boxing at
Yale, and a Judge of boxing in New
York state from 1928, will in.
struct and handle Virginia Tech
ringmen beginning tomorrow, until
Coach Tom Slusser returns to duty
following a recent operation.
The appointment of Romano was
announced today by w. L. Younger,
Tech athletic director.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15
PLAYOFF

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Jan. A.
R-President Stuart x. Stephenson
of the Southeastern league announc-
ed today that because the Sally
league will finish its season about
two weeks before the Southeastern,
a play-off will be arranged with
either the Three-Eye or Piedmont
circuits. The Southeastern will open
Its 144-game season April 16.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15
Demaret Wins Oakland
Golf Tourney With 281
atoms, were shaken today by the
weight of the blow.

dllOllS, "eIe Sildheu lOudy ny Lie
weight Of the blow.
Official statements were withheld
pending a conference tt morrow
among Vice President Walter o.
Briggs, Jr., General Manager Jack
Zeller and others. Zeller, who is in
charge of the Tiger farm system,
was enroute from his home in Fort
Worth, Tex. President Walter O.
Briggs Is mentioning in Miami
Beach, Fla.
Baseball men were generally
agreed, however, that the Lands
ruling had cut adrift Tiger talent
valued in excess of $500, 900. 1t also
was considered the biggest free
agency ruling of its kind in major
league history. Two years ago Com
missioner Lands freed more than
100 St. Louis Cardinal farmhands.
but the Tiger players involved are
in higher league classifications.
A. J. (Wish) Egan, scout, signed
many OF the players. He said to.
night it would take the Tigers many
years to rebuild their farm system.
OF the five first-line players
freed, four were from Michigan and
considered valuable at the box Of
flee as well as on the playing field.
Benny Mccoy, born in Granville,
Mich, Is a 22-year-old infielder who
was used as trading bait to get
Outfielder Wally Moses from the
Athletics. The deal now is can
lcelled.
Roy Cullenbine, rs, born in Nash
vile, Tenn, but for many years
a Detroit resident, was with the
Tigers one full season, coming up
from Toledo of the American as
ISOLATION. Lloyd Dietz, 26, a native
of Dayton, KY, entered the Tiger
organization from Western State
Teachers college, Kalamazoo. He
was sold to st. Paul of the Ameri-
can association last fall but that
deal also is annulled.
Steve Rachunok, former Detroit
school pitcher, was a 20-game win.
ner with Henderson of the East
Texas league last year and was
ranked as of the games best
mound prospects.
The hardest blow of all to the
Tigers was the freeing of Pitcher
Paul Dizzy Trout, 24-year-old
native of Sandout, Ind. Trout was
the most valuable player in the
Texas league in 1888, winning 20
games and losing six for Beau
mont. Last season with the Tigers
he showed promise Of becoming
one Of the Tiger mainstays.
Among the SO minor leaguers
freed were Millard (Dixie) Howell,
Alabama's hero in the 1885 Rose
Bowl football game; Martin (Rube)
Zachar, husky right-handed pitch
er from Michigan Normal college;
Pitcher Stanley Corbett, who went
to two Tiger spring camps; and
several other Detroiters.
Others, while playing in obscure
leagues, were vital members Of De-
troit's farm system. The Tigers en-
ploy a staff Of nine full-time
scouts, said to be the largest in the
major leagues.
Of the players who were awarded
monetary consideration in the rul-
ing, Irving (Jack) Burns played
first base for the Tigers in 1897
after Hank Greenberg had fractur-
ed his wrist.
First Baseman George Archie
went to Seattle in the deal for
Pitcher Freddie Hutchinson a year
ago, and Outfielder Chester Nor
gan was traded to Boston in the
deal for Third Baseman Frank
[Pinky) Higgins.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15

Small School Growth
For the same reason that six-man
football found a responsive chord in
the midwest among the small
schools, basketball finds its most
schools.
Most of these schools are not able
to finance a football team, so they
turn all their energies to basketball
and the result of this concerted ef-
fort is increased enthusiasm and bet
ter teams among rural schools.
What brought the discussion up
was the announcement that the an
nual Star-News-Y. M. C. A. basket
ball tournament will be held here
on March 6, 7, 8 and 9, and gives
us a chance to repeat that this sec
ton produces some of the best bas-
ketball teams in the state.
We are looking for more and
faster teams entered in the tourney
this year than ever before. In fact,
we have already received statements
from several coaches that they had
rather bring their teams to VIII
mington than carry them to many
other tournaments about the state,
because the competition seems
keener.
Lands Plays Again
Judge Kenesaw M. Lands, the
car of baseball, struck another
lightning bolt yesterday when he
turned the baseball world, especial
ly the Detroit Tigers, upside down
by declaring five major leaguers and
SO minor league players free agents.
In stating his ruling, the judge
said that the players were being re-
leased because they had been mis-
handled" in the operations between
Detroit and it's affiliated minor loop
clubs.
Heavy fines were pasted on three
major league clubs in the same
cases.
The business of declaring the play
ers free agents may be to their w
good, but again it may be to their
harm. There are too many rules
that hamper a minor league player
already and baseball has reached the
stage where many a promising
youngster may founder around in
the minors SO long until he is too
old for the big time.
Some changes should be in order
and where the first work of rear
ranging the baseball house should
start is in the relationship between
major league clubs and their farms
in the minors.
Hits and Misses
New Hanover's boxing team will
open its 1910 season against War
saw tonight and the Cats are truly
the dark-horses SO far as their box
ing proves in a regular meet is
known . most of the boxers have
met only intra-mural competition
-. . the war, DR. wars, in Europe
will in all probability cancel all of
the international golf and tennis
matches . but the Pan-American
games which have been proposed, If
carried out, will fill a niche long
lacking in sports competition
for n thing a number of good
tennis and golf players in Mexico,
Cuba and the South American coun-
tries have gone unknown all this
time when a bit of international
competition may bring them to the
front William Henry Ezzell
plans to wear tights in the ring when
he referees the Gladys Gillian-Babe
Werner match here Tuesday night
saws he don't want To lose his
shirt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15
SLATED

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 14,-lf-
Coach Ray Wolf of the CnlVeES'!
of North Carolina, back today Hun
a vacation in Texas and CallloIl'a
announced that off-season 1oo.0''
drills would begin Monday, jar
uary %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15

There is a. sentence that can be
reclted but can't be written cor
rectly In the English language.
Borrowing a numerical symbol
here's the sentence: There are
three rs in the English language"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15
SMOKE RINGS
With The Cagets
By SAM Raglan

Basketball in southeastern North Carolina high
schools has developed to a high degree, mainly, we think,
because of the one-way concentration of the smaller
schools on this one sport. -:
section have gymnasiums that are adequate Tor good
sized crowds and producing good cage teams. 1t hasn't
been so many years ago that the smaller schools Piaye9
and practiced on an outdoor court, despite wind or nall ana
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15
TIGERS DEALT BLOW

DETROIT. Jan. 14-LR-High of.
ficials OF the Detroit Tigers, al.
though they had expected some rul.
Ing by Commissioner K. M. Lands
on their minor league baseball p
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15

Inc 14o hatcheries of the Kan.
sas natcherymen's association are
expected to hatch q, 200, 900 chicks
IN 1s4o, officials Of the organization
reported recently at a convention
here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15

Watt, called the inventor r. tho
steam'engine, did not invent it any.
more than Gutenberg, called the
inventor of Typography, invented
type.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15

The province of Ontario, Canada.
produced 10000 900 pounds of to.
bacco in 1898, as compared with g..
$4,000 pounds the preceding wear.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15
Leland Cagers To Play
Southport Tuesday Night

The Brunswick county basketball
championship series will open for
the Leland High school cagers
Tuesday night when the teams play
the Southport basketeers at Leland
in a doubleheader.
From seasonal records e e
teams are about evenly matched
and will probably contend strongly
for the county championships.
The opening game starts at 1880
o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-15

The ratio of male births does not
increase during times Of war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-07
Ira DAWSON
Hits al Spite
He's Prepared 70
Bottle for Public

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through shs ye~r 7 ssasd asrsse
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dnllsr utiiIfssa ard always retain
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-07
Libel Action
Is Dismissed
Hurry Johnston
Plonning Appeal

An order signed by Judge VIII
lam Z. Campbell of Montesano
dismissing former Prosecutor
Harry H. Johnston's $4,000 sui,
against Pierce county officials was
on file in superior court here We'd
nesday.
II followed up q memorandum
decision of the Grsys Hsrbor
county judge last Wednesday
sustaining a demurrer TO the suit
by counsel for the officials.
Judge Campbell. called to the
Pierce county court on the re-
quest Of Johnston for an outside
judge. heard arguments several
weeks ago and last week handed
down the decision that Johnston
had no right to claim damage be-
cause the court pleadings on which
he based the action were privi-
legged matter.
Based On Pay Suit
The case was founded on the
still-pending I. c. Gaspard election
pay suit. in which Deputy Prose-
cutor C. E. Peterson last fall filed
an answer charging Johnston, his
former deputy. John w. Fishburne
and Gaspard with conspiracy to
defraud the county.
Johnston, declaring the charge
of Peterson irrelevant to the case
and introduced solely to defame
his character, said he would stand
on his original pleadings and APP
peal from Judge Campbell's de-
cision to the state supreme court.
Costs Assessed
The signed order dismissing the
case was necessary before he
could start appeal. Judge Camp
bells order also assessed all costs
to date to Johnston.
Deputy Prosecutor Peterson,
Prosecutor Thor Tollefson, the
three county commissioners. audi
tor and treasurer all were named
as defendants in the former
prosecutors libel suit.
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Arrange Funeral
For E. J. Barry

Funeral services for Edward j.
Barry, consulting electrical en-
gineer. who died Monday, viii be
held Thursday at AIS p. m. from
the Mellinger chapel Rev. Harold
Long viii officiate.
At the time of his death, Barry
held a contract to electrify the
Narrows bridge. He had done
similar work for the St Paul and
Tacoma Lumber Co. the White
River mill. and the Wheeler-os-
good Sales, Inc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-07
Virginia Rifle
Rites Thursday

Funeral services viii be held
Thursday at p. m. from the
Buckley-King chapel for Mas
Virginia r. Rifle. who died In =
local hospital Monday Of head In
juries inflicted two weeks ago by
an unknow assailant. Mrs.
Lillian Holm viii officiats. and
interment win be In the Mountain
View cemetery.
Meanwhile. q first-degres MFR
der charge was on file against
James Hampson. 30, her former
sutton. believed to have been the
man who on the night OF Feb. 20
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-07
Street Nome Change
Ordinance Held Up

Action on an ordinance propos-
ing change OF the name of Column
bia ave. to 37th St, was postponed
for one week by the council
Wednesday. Delay was requested
by Commissioner Bergersen 10
permit a hearing. The ordinance
was drawn at request of one group,
but some others are opposed, he
said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-07

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-07

psmmd y. CiArh. s7sysef~osa
iabnvss. living ~ ths ua~a spess.
m~ass, pleaded guilty wednesday
morning 10 STRIKING NJ wis y .
quarrel over he leaving ksr and
was given . so-dsy ssssp~sdsd Istl
sentence ~ Justice tzsrenes =
Layton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-07
Lido Paddock
Order Signed
Second Abatement
In Pierce County

A padiccking order against the
iAdo hotei At $780, broadway
and LIDO cafe. 1919 Broadway. wss
signed BY Judge rred @. Rsmsna
late Tuesday sfsernoon. e.scd On
action brought by Prosecution Thar
c. Tollefsan Last Dee. Is
Judge Remain ordered Mr.. and
nrs Frank nagrsni. - owners q
the hotel ard care. and Mike Mo-
vAg. as leS@ee. 70 aoals the place
ss = public nuisance.
In the original sooumcnt fiied.
court records showing 81 conxic.
tons for selling hard liquor NJ the
drink At the lido between July.
1855. and December. 1853. were at
tached.
Ths ervser Amounted 10 sn
iajuacssoa against the Ma
xrinh ard Noyak - .io~s the
piaees Ter ycar 90 po<t
ti.ooe bird 10 ~ forsesss<f IN
ca~e ef any further law vseis-
Hons sa ~ premises.
Abatement of the Llsio W.. the
second ordered In Pierce county
under the new state law permit
ting the padloeking % places
where repeat-d violations Of the
liquor laws we're shown. Last fall
the prosecutor closed under such
orders premises adjacent 10 the
Lakeside Gardens on the Stella.
COON highway.
Another action against the
Roma cafe, across the street fron
the Lido. 81 1890 broadway. Of
which George Moore 70 listed ~
owner. still II pending while true
legal ownership 10 determined.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-07
nANkRurrrY rErsrsuN

wallacs !. nsslnhrneck. who
nvss IN ccntrAli.. but y ssnptoysd
N Tscoms. ffisd petition a hank
ruptcy In federal district spsiFs
wednesday. ~. Idisted nAhIiisies
af 81 sol. against Assets II oiih.
claimed exempt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-07
rRArrIr onlplNANeK

Amendment V the traffic oT6t-
nance making various minor
changes h. parking ard srtsrt2i
stresf designations were askypsssi
By ths council Wednesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-07

attacked her In front Of her home.
1889 SO. Ferry st. and beat her
about the head with . blunt in
strument.
Held In the county jail. Hamp-on
steadfastiy denied the accusation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-07
|MAnnIAcE
LICENSES

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IN DIGESTION

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-07

George Anthsai-ssh Thursday.
$50 a, m. from NJ. f.so's church.
cortsgs 10 leave uaffnsy's Al so.
iniermeni. Calvary eenstsry.
sssa A. Re.~b~sg Thursday.
I 30 D M. from ths Lynn chapel.
Dr y. c. Parsons officiating. Ktsv-
nssHt. oakwooa c.mstsFy.
Henry A. Crasfora "Wednesday.
7s0 p m. fvxvn ths Lynn ehspsi.
Rev. Car A. Johnsou officiating.
int~rmsnL Mountain lslsw sems-
terry.
Mr.. hattie Ehs@h<sa Aasbs~
Thursday. 10 D n. from tn<
Piper SHAPED. lnisTmsBi. Mountain
vis~ esmstary
Infant Jams~~ Bssss Davies
Private services we're hsla We'd
nssday at ths Tacoma uAssoissfa
under direction IT fsunkisy King
with Rev. Holland v. Burr offlesat.
ing
Marlin Lind Thursday. z p m
from shs Cassidy a Allies chapel.
Rev George kittsi officiating IN
tsfmsnt. Trinity Lutheran e<uss-
terry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-07
MRS. GRACE TnoRp
TRowBEIDGE

Mrs Grso. Thorp Trowbv1das.
II. Of soi No. Yakima ave. died
Tuesday at a local hospital. Born
In Meanwhile. Penn, she had lived
here for 30 years. and was ths
widow of william y. Trowtridas.
former city enginssr. who died IN
1888. she h survived BY sister.
Mrs. John G. stanton of san Fran
cisco. Calf. Funeral services wlil
he hsld Thursday st p, m. from
the Buckley King chapel Rev
Cyrus y. Aiberf#na wnl .>neists.