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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
OLIVER CAPTURES
TOP GOLF PRIZE
Hornell Pro Wins Phoenix
Open; Heafner Tied For
Third With Dodson

PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 4.-(P-
Ed Oliver, Hornell, N. Y, profes.
sional, won the $4,000 Phoenix open
tournament today by scoring a
sizzling Ga on the final IS holes.
The Ga set a new competitive rec.
Ord for the Phoenix Country club
course and brought divers score
Tor the 81 hole route to EOS, seven
above the figure which last veal
won the tournament for Byron Mel.
son., national open champion. Par
for the Ii is II.
The purse from the Phoenix tour.
nament will net Oliver $500. II was
his second straight tournament vic.
tory. Last week he won the Ring
Crosby event at Rancho Santa Fe
Calf.
In second place with a 2O6 was
Ben Hogan of White Plains, N. Y.
Leonard Dodson, Kansas City pro.
and Clayton Heather, Linville, N.
C., were tied for third with 207s.
divers card for the three rounds
showed 69-72-64-205.
Paul Runyan, White Plains, N.
T., who finished the first 10 yester-
day in the lead and was tied at the
S6 hole mark with E. J.. Harrison,
Little Rock, Ark, went into a spin
In the final round and finished with
210. Harrison was one stroke be.
hind with Pill.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
MOST CAGE LOOPS
HAVE STAR TEAM
Southern And Southeastern
Circuits Are Still In
Scramble, However

NEW YORK. Feb. A. LP Al
though a lot more basketballs will
zip through the strings before this
season is over, a lot of basketball
coaches already are looking forward
to next season.
That's because they have practi-
cally nothing to look forward to
this year, for with the halfway
mark reached in college cage cir
cles the sectional leaders have
emerged-and there's not much left
for the others but to hope the law
of averages will catch them.
That holds true everywhere but
in the south, where the basketball
problem is as puzzling as ever.
In the far-fluns Southern con.
ference North Carolina's fine team
climbed into a tie with Duke for
the leadership by whipping last
years champion, Clemson. Climb
was used advisedly, for North Caro-
lima, after being up on top. ran
into cocky little Wake Forest and
saw their winning streak end at IA
straight. And that put them out
of the leadership-which gives an
indication of how hotly-contested
that race is!
In the nearby southeastern le.gue
practically everybody save Georgia
Tech still has an open shot at the
title. Georgia saw to that by
swapping Alabama and Vanderbilt
by trimming Kentucky.
But elsewhere it's just a matter
of holding on. Southern California
and Oregon State in the coasts two
sectors seem to be shoo-ins for
titles. Colorado looks too good again
for the Big Seven, and Texas in
the Southwest, Oklahoma Aggies in
the Missouri Valley, Oklahoma in
the Big Six, Purdue in the Big Ten
and Dartmouth in the east all have
shown the stride of champions.
In independent circles, New York
university warmed up for it's all i'm
portant meeting here Saturday with
Notre Dame by tripping Temple and
thus running its winning streak to
II straight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
Greats Lampooned
At Writer'S Annual Banquet
BY JUDSON BAILEY

NEW YORK, Feb. 4 Up Babe
Ruth was declared a free agent by
a shaggy white haired old man re.
Imotely resembling Commissioner
kenesaw NJ. Lands tonight, but ii
was all In fun for loo guests OF
the New York Baseball Writer'S 18th
annual dinner.
The writer's spared few feelings
as they iampooned Lands and tn:
games other greats. The way 70,
Manager Gabby Hartnett of the Chi
cago Cubs to reduce, they let it ul
known, was for him to sit in the
stan, and watch himself manage ar
All-Star team. The reason Ernie
lombard remained beside the empty
plate in the world series was because
he was waiting for desert and cot
fee.
But the most hilarious skit of the
show featured Lands (portrayed by
Ken Smith of the New York Mirror
and Leslie O'Conner (Lou Effrat OF
the New York Times).
O'Conner said he had something
on Donald Barnes, president of the
St. Louis Browns:
"Why every night before he goes
to bed he covers up his canary"
Say, I'd like to get something
| 1i1yo {Lof IN tho Norlynnc Chn,1tof
Lands. II wonder if Ed Barrow
covers up the radiator of his car
Lands made an inspection of Babe
Ruth's 1922 contract and thought il
was a forgery. After he found il
wasn't, he 'arked Jaw hell, let's
make him Il free agent anyway.
He also freed 104 Red Sox play
ers, p~adlocked Fenway park for 81,
months and fined Tom Yawkey
$3.50, 675.25.
And Joe DiMaggio:
There's a fellow I'd like to make
a free agent" Lands said. "Wh,
it'd be like the crush hour in Gin,
bells basement."
Arthur Mann, a baseball writer
for the old New York World an(
now doing magazine pieces. directed
the show and starred in a takeoff m
most of the rulers of the universe
during a special news reel that nre,
ceded the show.
There was than fun for tbe
diners, however.
After the writer's finished fro1ick.
ing they presented a plaque to Rar,
row, president of the Yankees fo,
"meritorious service to baseball owe,
a long period of years. and another
to Bucky Walters, Cincinnati Mitch.
err and most valuable player in the
National league, as the "outstandine
player Of the year."
Many prominent figures in sports
politics and other fields made sbo +
speeches. They included Herbert
Hoover, former president of the
United States; Postmaster General
James A. Farley; Senator Gerald
Nye, General Hugh Johnson. Honns
Wagner, Comedian Joe Cook and
Ford Prick and William Harridee
presidents of the National and
American leagues.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
Score One For Polo Pony,
He Kicks Chukker Ope1

CAMDEN, S. c., Feb. 4.-R-
u: r., Dubose, Jr., playing No. 2
position with the Camden polo
team. plays good polo, and he rides
a pony that c~o-operates.
Ioday he had shot four goals
against a Pinehurst team and a
lllth try in the sixth chukker stop.
pea IL inches from the goal line.
Duoose was following up his short
ana MS pony kicked the ball over.
scorekeepers resurrected baseball
score procedure and gave Duboise
an assist and the pony a goal.
camden won. Z to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
GG TOURNEY OPENS TONIGHT
WITH 20 FIGHTS SCHEDULED
STATE CAGE RACE
| IN Home STRETCH
Durham And High Point Ar.
Favored To Meet For Class
A Crown On Feb. q

CHAPEL HILL, Feb. 5.-wi,b
the tripleheader Class A, B. C. cb.u
pionship program just three g.asl,,
off, Durham and High Point ar.
early favorites to clash for the Gas,
A championship.
The tripleheader attraction. ,
unique feature in southern biyb
school basketball, will be run off +,
Woollen gymnasium on TUESDAY
night, February 81, between section,
al leaders in the Glass A. B. aoa
C divisions.
High Point picked up Two fun
games last week on it's nearest rom,
p%etitor, Charlotte, and two losses by
the Queen City team enabled Sails.
bury's u~nheralded team to slip into
second place behind the Furniture
City quint. High Point nosed OIL
Charlotte 20 to % and then beat
Greensboro 2s.17 to rack up its third
and fourth straight triumphs.
Two upsets featured Western con.
ference play. Salisbury turned in a
surprise 24-17 victory over Char.
lotte and Gastonia beat a favored
Winston-Salem team 1921 for its
first conference triumph.
In the east, Durham continued its
string of top-heavy victories by roll.
ing over Raleigh 1915 Tuesday. Ra.
leigh, however, broke into the win
column for the first time Friday BY
%upsetting Wilson 17-S in the loves,
winning score of the season. Rocky
Mount eked out a 1922 decision over
Wilmington in the only other Class
A game.
This weeks Glass A schedule Of
10 games is the heaviest of the sea.
son and will be featured by contests
between Durham-Wilson and Sails.
bury-High Point.
The Schedule IOlloWS.
East: Tuesday-Durham al Wilson
and Raleigh at Rocky Mount; Fri
day-Raleigh at Wilson and Rocky
Mount at Wilmington.
West: NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at
Winston-Salem and Salisbury al
High Point; Thursday-Charlotte a.
Winston-Salem; Friday - Salisbury
at Gastonia and Charlotte at Greens
boro; Saturday-Charlotte at High
Point.
The majority of the Glass B and
&c teams will be playing this week
to decide group and district titles
Group titles already settled have
been won by Green Hope, Aycoch,
John w. Hanes, Loves Grove, Tar
Heel, West End, Curry, Staley'
Franklin and Rock Springs. Pleasant
Gardens of Mcdowell county is the
only winner Of a district crown 10
date. :
Glass A standings: "'ai
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05

noon at the Hlgh school TOT G0Iuen G1UVes
first activities, the weighing-in session.
Then the lads will know if they are in tip
ton condition or if the doctor will wave them
aside, with those mornful words, mot in
condition."
It seems tough to train for several
months and then have one of the gentlemen
of the medical profession say such harsh
words, but it's best for the lad, and with
his life in front of him he will have plenty
of opportunities to enter other Golden
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
Louis, Godoy To Meet
In Title Bout Frida,

NEW YORK, Feb. 4-(P)-Joe
Louis, heavyweight champion, head
ilhes this weeks national boxing
program.
Louis defends his crown in a fif-
t~eeh-found bout against Arturo Go
ooy' rugged South American cham
pion @ Chile. Godoy has beaten
some of the best topnotchers, in
Iiuolng two decisions over Tony Ga
1elto. The fight will be held in the
Square Garden Friday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05

leagues were opposed to the amend
ment, but voted in the affirmative
merely as a courtesy to those cir
cults which did wish to employ the
plan.
Quite a few other leagues were
not in favor of the amendment.
Bramham said, and indicated they
would not. take advantage of it, but
did not wish to kill it by a negative
vote, .t
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05

The first nights action looks
like a young bear cat. With no
less than 20 fights on tonight's
calendar, and highlighted by
such colorfuI veterans as Jim.
mic Swami, Henry Gilliken, L.
NJ. (Smoky) Dodd, and his
highness, the one and only,
Red Beard.
The very mention of these four
names is enough to fill most any
house in the state to capacity,
much less the High school gym.
Too, this list does not coun. the
Belmont Abbey crew, and the many
others of which we know nothing.
The Belmont team called by Sun.
day night for a short chat, and the
members expressed themselves as
liking the system OF scoring that
will be used in the Star-News-Bri-
quez said there's nothing to it, just
jab 'em a few times and then send
that right home nothing to it,
he says. He's a colorful looking
chap, and should be hard to keep
away from one Of the championship
trophies.
Tickets for tonight's fights
will remain on sale at the Star
News office until ) o'clock.
Fans who haven't yet secured
their ducats should get them in
advance, thus avoiding the
crowded line that is SURF to be
at the High school tonight.
The entry list for this years
Golden Cloves is double that OF any
former year. The surprising thing
being, that there are twice as many
fighters entered IN the Open division
as there are in the Novice. In
other years this condition has been
lust the reverse.
1t is doubtful that any Golden
Gloves in the ,outh will have
more teams entered than are
entered here. The teams add
much color to the event, and
assure the fans that the com.
petition will be keen, with Tor.
feits at a low ebb.
Sunday we made the statement
that Louis Evans wasn't coming to
town with less than a squad loaded
for bear. This statement turns out
to be correct when word came from
Lumberton Sunday afternoon, that
Red Beard would fight with the
Lumberton outfit. Evans has been
in this Golden Gloves business for
10 these many years, and he knows
how to pick them.
Louis said that the gang he had
entered had at least three or maybe
four champs. If he has, he can
have the team trophy now - that
many VIII cinch it for anyone.
The Belmont Abbey team made
the statement last night that it is
sure it had enough boys to CARR
the trophy home.
And 50 it goes, everybody has
enough good fighters to win. so
it will remain for the cham.
p%ionships of Wednesday night
TO be judge and jury, and rem.
der a just decision, or is it yer.
dict?
The gong rings for the first time
tonight at 8. If you cant get out,
promise your wife a fur coat-itI
be worth it,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
St. Joseph Is Awarded
Women's Basketball MET

KANSAS CITY, Feb, 4.-Lf'~ -,
National A. A. U. Women pa' n,
ball tournament was awarded 81 ~ ~
seph. Mo-, today by Missouri
A. A. U. officials. 9n.
The tournament, March - o,.
originally was scheduled TO pe "A
ed here but officials were uha0' ~,
find a suitable auditorium Oh
assigned dates.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
GOLDEN GLOVERS
In the open division:

In the open division:
F1yweight Q13 pounds and I'M
der) - James Putnam, of the
Charlotte Red Shield club;
Charles Fuller, Lumberton; JIM
my Swan of Wilmington; and
George Gournas, of Raleigh.
Bantam W weight Q13-119) -
George Franquez. Belmont Alb
hey; Ted McFalls, of Charlotte
Red Shield club; Shelton Hamil-
ton, Of Dunn; Joe GIBBS, Of Err
win; James Harker, Whining
ton; J. p. Shepherd, Raleigh;
Junior Byrd, Lumberton, and
Don Davis, Manteo.
Featherwei eight (119-127e
Charles A. Stratford, Charlotte
Red Shield club; Collier Oswald.
Jr., Belmont; Duncan Britt,
LumbertOn; Billy Land, vii.
mington, and Dick Burrus,
Manteo.
Lightweight Q27.136) - Paul
Jockey, Charlotte Red Shield
club; Carl Barbour, Erwin; Gar.
ret Rice, Marion, n. c.; Henry
3. Lee, Wilmington; Dalton
Hamilton, Dunn; Jack Loranza
Nichols, Mt. Airy; Ed Flora,
Wilmington; William E. Bord.
son, White Lake CCC camp; l..
NJ. Smoky" Dodd, Raleigh,
George Weldon, Belmont Abbey.
Welterweight (1936-14S)-im
Eldridge, Durham; Doc Allison,
Charlotte Red Shield club; Dick
Young, DR., Belmont Abbey;
Henry Gilliken, Wilmington; a
candidate from Raleigh and jim
mie Parker, Lumberton.
Middleweight (148-161)-Thur.
man Barbour, Erwin; j. r.
Red Club, Wilmington; Wal.
ter Hulak, Wilmington; Delmar
Motley, White Lake CCC camp;
Red Beard, Lumberton; and a
candidate from Raleigh.
L~ightheavy u61-176) - Boyce
Back, Charlotte Red Shield club;
Joseph M. Whitley, Charlotte
Red Shield club; Bruce w. Col
Inns, Durham; Robert Jackson,
LumbertOn; Josh johnson, Ra-
leigh; F. B. Barnhill, Jr., VIII
mingtOn, Robert jackson, Lum.
bertOn.
Heavyweight GIG pounds and
over)-William Ed Taylor, vii.
mingtOn; and Charles Mcneil,
LumbertOn.
Novice Class
In the Novice class:
F1yweight-Jack Bryan, vii.
mlngton; S. L. Rape, Belmont;
Donald Ray Lane, Burgaw, and
Doug Baxley, Lumberton.
Bantamweight-Tyson Riven.
bark, White Lake CCC camp and
Junior Martin, Lumberton.
Featherweight - Mack EamiI.
ton, Dunn; Thurman Boswell,
Wilmington; Bobby Mock, Fair
mont; Billy Willis, Southport;
Sidney Franks, White Lake CCC
camp; Jimmy Casteen, Whining.
ton and Alec McDuffy, Lumber.
ton.
Lightweight - Fletcher Piner,
Wilmington; Marvin Hodges,
Council; Walter Jones, South.
port; Red Cecil Horne, Belmont;
John Britt, White Lake CCC
camp; Osker Blake, White Lake
CCC camp, and Sammy Edwards,
LumbertOn.
Welterweight - Cowboy Lyle
Hardin Hickory Grove; Bill
Clark, Charlotte Red Shield club:
John Simmons, Southport; j. w.
Lewis, White Lake CCC camp:
Burnice Hardin, White Lake
CCC camp; Marvin Pruett, Lum.
berton and Ike Davies, Jr..
Mante0.
Middleweight - LeGrand Red.
vine, S%hallotte; M. G. Penney,
Carolina Beach; Erwin johnson.
Erwin; Spicer c. Jackson. White
Lake CCC camp; Donnie TUNE.
Manteo and Bill Kanos, Lumber.
ton.
Llghtheayy - Bill Thunberg.
LumbertOn and Gerald Wise
ManteO.
There r several local boys
who plan to fight in the Novice
class and eight members of the
Lumberton Daily News and
Robesonian team who are to ell
ter this class whose blanks have
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
, WINS TOURNEY

PALM SPRINGS, Calf, Feb. 4
w - Johnny Dawson, nationally
known Hollywood amateur, won the
annual Palm Springs invitational
golf tournament today with a sc
hole score of 67-63-13O.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05

In Oi-Mekon, East Siberia. where
the usual temperature is 102 de-
grees below Zero, water thrown
from a bucket freezes solid before
it touches the ground. Oi-Mekon is
said to be the coolest place in the
world.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05

meet-rocrd breaking S:19.S; anu ~,
John woodruff, the greatest w,
door half miller, who finally Va
an indoor race-a sparkling Ia, ~,
for the Millrose $50 in tlme IN.
has never been equalled IN
garden.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-05
X X X Oh, Them~
Golden Gloves
.-.-.-.-.- BY PHIL BUCHHEIT

Rain, snow or sleet, the mitts will start tying TO-
night at 8 o'clock in the High School gum. Elghty-e!ght
fighters are scheduled to make their appearance this after
Evening star., 1940-06-05
Parking Ban Ordered
Along N Street
In Georgetown
Compromise Permits
Leoving Autos on Side
Streets 30 Minutes

A 'compromise" plan for restrict
ing parking of automobiles along
M street in Georgetown was adopt
ed late yesterday by the Commits
sioners after hearing conflicting
opinions of Georgetown citizens
spokesmen and business interests.
Effective after legal notice has
been published, parking will be
banned on the north side of M
street between Twenty ninth street
and Key Bridge between and G
pm. and on the south side from
to $50 am.
However, as means of provid-
ing some parking facilities for GUS
toners of M street merchants, the
city heads decided to permit 30
minute parking on side streets Just
of M street, including Bank, Jeffer-
son, Potomac, Thirtieth, Thirty
first, Thirty third and Thirty fourth
streets and in Warehouse alley.
Civic interests urged parking
ban for M street, declaring traffic
congestion made it necessary
Business interests protested that
such rule would interfere with
their business.
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer, who suggested the compro-
mise scheme, told the Commission
ers there had been 1872 accidents on
M street between January /, 1899
and April 26 and that present con-
ditions were 'intolerable."
Evening star., 1940-06-05
City Heads Plan 10 Attend
D. {. Day at Coast Fair

Commissioners Melvin C. Hazen
and David McCoach, jr., will be
among 200 Washingtonians who
will leave July on a special train
to participate in the District of
Columbia Day. at Golden Gate In
ternational Exposition in San
Francisco, Thomas P. Morgan, jr.,
announced today.
Already ITO reservations have
been made for seats on the Com
missioners' Special" train, although
tickets do not 60 on sale until
June IS. Mr.. Morgan, who is chair
man of the committee arranging
the trip, said.
He urged an early reservation as
the number of accommodations for
the 18-day excursion are limited
The route has been arranged, Mr..
Morgan said, to permit a stop at
Hollywood where Washingtonians
will be the luncheon guests of movie
stars.
July IL will be District Day at
the exposition. Leaving San
Francisco two days later, the train
will make stops at Portland, Seattle,
Spokane, Glacier National Park,
Minneapolis, st. Paul and Chicago.
1t will return to the Capital July q.
The westward itinerary includes
stops at Grand Canyon National
Park and Yosemite, as we'll as Holly
wood.
Members of the District Golden
Gate Committee include Maj. Ernest
w. Brown, Carter Barron, Minor
Hudson. Arthur j. Sundlun, Brig
Gen. Albert L. Cox and Edgar
Morris.
Evening star., 1940-06-05
Radio Transmitter
To DirectCrews
Asked byPepco
Would Speed Repair
Of Damage From
Possible Sabotage

Anticipating eventualities such as
sabotage should the United States
become embroiled in war, the Po-
tomac Electric Power Co. today
asked the Zoning Commission to
amend its general rules so that the
company might erect special short
wave transmitter to give emer-
gency calls to company repair
trucks and other emergency We
hicles.
The proposed change in the reg
ulations was one of long list OF
cases scheduled to be heard by the
commission at the zoning hearing
today at the District Building.
Benning Site Proposed.
A. G.. Neale, president of the
Pepco. when asked about the radio
proposal said: I'VE were studying
such plan before the war in
Europe broke, and the extra serv-
ice would be intended primarily
to assure to the maximum the con-
tinuity Of our power services. How
ever, we now have other possibili-
ties In mind, and such a Short
wave radio system for communists =
tions to our emergency and repair
vehicles undoubtedly would be an
advantage considered in that light"
1t was said the company proposes
to erect the emergency transmitter
east of the Bennings power plant.
The company has been informed
the selected site could not be used
without a change in zoning unless
the commission grants the proposed
amendment to its rules. The change
would permit the Board of Zoning
Adjustment and the Public Utilities
Commission when they find such a
step necessary for the public con-
venlence and welfare" TO permit
the erection of antenna towers for
radio transmission or reception rea-
sonably necessary for the mainte-
nance of public utility service
Shopping Center Argued.
AS indicated by informal discus
sion, the plan would be intended
AAoW W PloNAoC CAPCOlIlOuo u1 cCJlUIl
on Pepco emergency repair services.
But the plan invisioned use of the
transmission to emergency vehicles
in any need that might arise in case
of sabotage or bombings.
At the session today the COM
mission heard lengthy argument
over the proposal of w. Waverly
Taylor, builder, to erect a large
park and shop" development in
the area bounded by Wisconsin ave-
nue., Calvert street and Tunlaw
road NV, south of the grounds
of Mount Alto Hospital. The pro-
posal was debated for nearly two
hours and long petitions signed by
residents of the area were submit
ted by those supporting and op-
posing the proposal.
Evening star., 1940-06-05
Woge-Hour Changes
For Navy Bill Presented

Amendments to the Vinson naval
defense bill which would remove
what are described as threats to
labor standards were presented yes
terday to the Senate Naval Affairs
Committee by Philip Murray, vice
president of the c. I. o. Earlier,
John L. Lewis, c. l. o. president,
had protested the present terms of
the measure
AS now constituted, according to
the C. I. O.. the provisions of the
Walsh Healey Act, safeguarding
labor in the execution of Govern
ment contracts, and the Wage Hour
Act provisions applying to piece rate,
salaried and clerical workers would
be nullified by the bill.
with the millions of unemployed,
there can be no excuse for at
tempting in any way to relax or
weaken the protection of existing
labor laws Mr.. Murray told the
committee.
Evening star., 1940-06-05
SidweN School 10 Hold
Commencement Toniqht

Sidwell Friends School will hold
its 5lst commencement exercises to-
night at $50 o'clock in the school
gymnasium
Diplomas will be presented by Al
bert E. Rogers. headmaster, and j.
Austin Stone, president of the Board
of Trustees. Mrs. Edward B. Meigs.
member of the board, will address
the 20 members of the graduating
class.
DR.. Alexander Purdy of Hartford
Theological Seminary will deliver
the commencement address.
Graduates are Thelma Luise Cher
ner, Andrea Christensen, Margaret
Beall Cobey, Corson Jones, William
King, 4th; Marian Kreiselman, Har-
old Matscheck, Anne Cabell Noland,
Joan Winsor Nourse, Elizabeth Anne
Powell, Adele Randolph Pugh, Ever
EFT Lipscomb Rea, Clara Rosemary
Reichmuth, Mary Lou Rutledge,
Ruth Raye Segal, Suzanne Straus,
Joyeuse Lennig Sweet, Irving Henry
Taylor, jr.; Arthur Willis Walton
and Richard Bernard Smith Whit
ney.