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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
TEXAN SHOOTS 81
IN SECOND ROUND
Snead, Revolta Tied In Second
Place; Hogan Holds
Seven-Stroke Lead
BY BILL BONI

PINEHURST, March 20. Up
Running his sensational scoring
into a new record for SO holes of
U. S. championship golf, Ben Hogan
today paced the 3Stn annual North
and Sou'h Open field to the half
way mark with an eleven-under-par
total of 1873.
His opening effort, a 66 that tied
the course record, had opened up a
t~hree-stroke gap between him and
his nearest pursuer. The second
round CT he shot today wideneo
that margin to w strokes and
left the Texas-born youngster who
plays out of White Plains, N. Y, an
almost sure shot to come through
to first money in tomorrow's final
SO holes.
The way Benny is going, it will
be awfully hard to stop him from
taking down his first big prize. The
burden of pursuit will fall on Sam
Snead and Johnny Revolta, who are
VI dChGlCd IOSSIA4CI At I1o3 oAio OAoNS
Wood, the come-backing, blond vet
eran who is at al with Amateur
Bobby Dunkelberger, the Carolina
champion, and Stan Horne of Mon
treal, Canadian P. G.. A. titleholder
In his first round Hogan had two
bogeys. He reduced that margin OF
error to one this afternoon when he
struck his tee shot into a trap on
the short sixth hole, and the rest
of the way around bagged foul
brides, an eagle 3 on the 473-yard
18th, and u pars.
Hogan finished his round with
four straight 3's-a par on the 18th
the eagle on No. 16, another par on
No. II, and then a grandly climac-
tic birdie at the 18th, where he
thrilled the gallery by running 9
25-foot putt right into the cup.
Sixteen players in all broke pal
in today's round. Back of Hogan's
81 came three SOS, by Snead, Wooc
and Horne; seven 70's, by Gene
Sarazen, Dick Metz, Lloyd Man
grum, Dunkelberger, Revolta, Chan
dler Harper of Portsmouth, Va.
and George Picard of Charleston
S. c., brother of the P. G. A. cham
pion, and five lis, by Clayton Heat
ner, Ed Oliver, Harry Cooper, Law
son Little and Johnny Bulla.
Heather, Oliver, Cooper, Oper
Champion Byron Nelson and Jack
Patroni of Manchester, VT, were at
142. Sarazen stood in solitary glory
a stroke farther back, followed by
four men who had ever par totals
of 144-Horton Smith, Paul Run
yam, who skidded from a second
place 50 to IS, Metz and Mangrum.
Leading scorers:
(X-Denotes amateur).
Ben Hogan, White Plains, N. Y,
66-67-133.
Sam snead, Shawnee.O n-De Delaware,
Pa, 71-69-140.
Johnny Revolta, Evanston, ILL.,,
70-7O-14O.
Craig Wood, Mamaroneck, N. Y,
72-69-141.
x-Bobby Dunkelberger. High
Point, N. c., 71-70-141.
Stanley Horne, Montreal, 72.69-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
|MITT MEET OPENS
AT HIGH SCHOOL
Five Bouts Staged In Opening
Round Of Annual Intra-
Mural Tourney

The annual intra-mural boxing
tournament of New Hanover High
school got under way yesterday
morning at the Fifth and Sixth
lunch periods in the local ring with
three bouts taking place at the fifth
period and two matches at the sixth.
In the first match of the initial
lunch period Aubrey Allen, IS, OF
the Occupational group, doWned
Charles Holland, IS, of the same Sec
ton in a three round decision bout
featured by the close fighting of
both lads. Both boys slugged it out
for the first round, but in the second
ard third tired badly and both were
throwing occasional punches at the
bell.
Cecil Miller, IS, decisioned Matt
Bullock, 95, in the second bout of
the day which was Miller's all the
way. Bullock lacked the experience,
but Miller handled himself very well.
Daniel McLain, 1875, gained a first
round technical knockout o e '
Jimmy Taylor, 1875, in the final
regulation match of the first card.
McLain holding an edge in boxing
ability soon dropped Taylor in a
neutral corner near the end of the
first round with severe body blows
and the referee stopped the fight.
Bryan Broadfoot, freshman maui
err, and Jack Wylie, another frosh
puncher, exchanged punches for
three rounds in a fast no decision
challenge fight although Broadfoot
held an edge in his long reach which
kept Wylie in trouble throughout
the match.
At the sixth period, Marion Peter
son, lis, stocky little punch thrower
gained the judges nod over Ledley
Symmes. 115, in a nice exhibition OF
boxing skill. Both boys displayed
nice guarding and clean punches and
the decision was close.
Bobby Gilbert, 125, was awarded
a decision over Floyd Blake, 1875, in
a slow bout which almost put the
crowd Of student fans to sleep be-
fore it finally ended. Blake could
not keep his head up and clinched
repeatedly which was one of the
main reasons he lost the match.
Officials for the bouts were: 5th
period-referee, Kenneth Davis and
judges, Bobby Lee, Jack Naull and
douglas Meares and timer, Steve
Peck. 9Th period-Steve Peck, ref.
cree and Jack Griffith, Jack Bryant
and Billy Mead, judges with Henry
Goodwin as timer.
More bouts will be held in the
High school ring this morning at
the lunch periods.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
PLAY IN HANDBALL
MEET ADVANCES
Three Players Reach Semi
Finals Of Y Meet; Davis
Beats Burkheimer

Three players advanced to the
semi-finals Of the Y. M. C. A. hand
ball tournament yesterday as the
third day Of competition came to a
close.
Buddy" Davis breezed through
the first game of his match with
"Giddy" Burkheimer, winning Ivy
I'll but met plenty of opposition be-
fore coming through to capture the
second game and match by Bib.
In the evenings second duel, Le-
Grand's famed "talking' game was
In order and he had something on
the ball to defeat Horace Emerson
in successive games 21-S and PIT.
This was a better match than the
score would indicate as repes te d
sustained rallies had both men
visibly fatigued at the close. Emer.
son might have made a much tighter
game out of this with a little more
power, but seemed suits.
fled with a purely defensive game
Willie LeGrand was hitting the bot
tom boards with some beautiful
shots.
Lenwood King had the situation
we'll in hand in his tilt with elong-
ated Jimmy Henderson. The latter's
reach enabled him to put up a stout
at times but the winner.
XIII shots were working to perfec-
tlon and Jimmy had tough Shedding
the scoring department. The
ina score 21-4 and 21-11.
The last of these contests YVES
moved up a day, leaving only a
Single match on the docket for this
afternoon. Jas. S. Patterson favor.
ca TO De n Of the finalists, is slated
ior a test this afternoon when he
meets Joe Taylor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
MRS. PAGE WINS
MID SOUTH MEET
Chapel Hill Woman Captures
Annual Tourney With
26-Stroke Margin

SOUTHERN PINES, March 20
R-Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page of
Chapel Hill won the 18th annual
Mid-South Women's golf champion
ship today by a 26-stroke margin.
The 1887 National champion card
ed a "a which, with her Is yester'
day and rs Monday, gave her a to-
tai of 225. The IA lacked only a
stroke of equaling Patty Berg's
course record of Is set last year
Spectators commented, however.
that the hazardous course was long
er than when the record was made
The 1886 tourney %titlist, Deborah
Very of Worchester, Mass, tied
with Helen Waring of Pinehurst
the 1884 winner, for second place
with Psi.
Next in order were Mrs. George
Corgoran, the former Alliene Hoov
err of Thomasville. with an Sc tt
total 254; and 1~6-year-old Jeanne
Cline of Bloomington, ILL.,, who low
cred by three strokes yesterdays
round for an "a and 259.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
National Cage Tourney
Reaches Quarter-Finals

DENVER, March 20.-P-Two
favored teams were jettisoned in
the first three games of the third
round program at the National
A.A.U. basketball tournament and
a third had a scare before reach
ing tomorrow nights quarter finals.
The San Francisco Olympic club,
a seeded outfit and a semi-finalist
at last years tournament, was
rubbed out by a fast stepping Chi
cago Acme Steel team, Al to 81.
Colorado Springs jewelers., which
blasted the seeded Eugene Oregon.
ians last night. were upset in turn
today by the lightly-rated Idaho
university, Southern branch, quin-
tet, 30 to %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
MATS WIN

ORLANDO, Fla, March 20-LP-
Led by Cecil Travis home run and
aided by Cleveland errors, the Wash
ington Senators today walloped the
Indians Z to 2.
Travis homer was in the second
with none on, but in the fourth,
Travis single, a walk, Peters error
and Rick Ferrells single gave the
Senators two more markers. Cleve.
land picked up a pair in the sixth on
singles by Chapman, neltner and
Mack and a walk to Heath.
Washington added two more runs
in the seventh on Peters second
error and singles by Walker and
Bloodworth. Ken Chase pitched
scoreless ball for Washington dur
ing the three innings he hurled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
BY ROBERT MYERS

ANAHEIM. Calf, March 20.-tP9
Professor C. cGillicuddy, better
known as Connie Mack, still is car.
rying on extensive spring expert
ments with his Philadelphia base
ball aggregation, but early returns
indicate almost to a certainty that
his Athletics will be a vastly i'm
proved club in 1910 ove last year.
Professor Mack has a wealth OF
promising, and somewhat expensive,
new material to work with, along
with several fine specimens OF
proven dependable talent. That is
all this 7~7-year-old master of the
national pastime needs.
Meantime, let it be recorded that
the Athletics decision to train In
California was not only a success
from more angles than one, but a
heart-warming personal triumph for
Mr.. Mack himself. From the &C
claim-and the paid attendance al
the AS exhibition games, which is
something to consider-a casual on
locker would get the idea that this
outfit won the pennant last yeal
instead of finishing seventh.
Nor can you make anyone in this
rousing town of Anaheim think that
the AS will wind UP in that lowly
spot again. No, sir, they're deai
certain the Mackmen will be right
up there whacking at, if not whack
ing over, the mighty Yankees.
There seems to be grounds fol
this confidence, too. The Athletics
pitching staff may be a whizz il
some of the newcomers c m
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
Lou Ambers To Battle
Leu jenkins On May 10

NEW YORK, March 20-R-
Lou Ambers, king Of the light.
weights, and Lew Jenkins, up-and-
coming sweetwater, Tex, 1875 pound
er, today were matched for a 49,
round title fight in Madison Square
Garden, May 10.
Al WE'LL, manager of Ambers,
previously had refused to let the
champion meet jenkins until pro-
moter Mike Jacobs promised Arturo
Godoy a return match with heavy
weight champion Joe Louis. WE'LL,
who also manages Godoy, said,
however, Godoy had been pro-
missed another shot at Louis and SO
agreed to the lightweight bout.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
ROY LAMB GIVES
But THREE HITS
New Hanover Collects 10 Safe
ties To Mark Up Third
Straight Victory

Behind tho three-hit pitching OF
Row Lamb, the New Hanover Wild
cats chalked up their third baseball
victory in as many starts yesterday
afternoon by trampling the Edwards
Military Institute nine, Is to 3, IN
a game at Legion field.
Besides Handwriting the visitors
with three singles, Lamb banged OF
a triple and a single out of five trips
to the plate, scoring twice and driv-
ing in one run.
After playing on even terms Tor
the first two stanzas, the Cats laid
down a five-hit barrage that netteo
four markers in the third. Lamb led
off with his ~three-base blow to be
followed by successive hits by II
wards, Stands and Horton.
Notching up another run in the
fourth, the locals coupled an error
with five hits in the fifth for four
more TALES and marked up an equal
number in the sixth on safeties by
Day, Rhodes, Lamb and High.
Two more runs in the seventh COM
pleted the locals scoring for the day.
The Cadets tailed n in the third
on a brace of errors that enabled
Davis to go from second to home
Two singles, a sacrifice hit, an erro-
and a passed ball gave the visitors
their final two markers in the eighth
frame.
Davis, Parker and Jernigan &C
counted for all of the Cadets hits.
Every member of the Cats squad,
except one, hit safely. ]. Edwards
with three for five and Lee with
two for three paced the locals bat
attack. Smidt and Day with two
safeties out of four trips up anc
Rhodes with one for two followed.
Odum, of the Cadets, collected g
double, but the blow a nullifiec
when he failed to touch first.
The Cats will renew their diamond
warfare with a game with White
vile next Tuesday. The locals will
open their Eastern Class A confer
ence schedule against Rocky Mount
there Friday, March 29.
The boXscore:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
CATS WIN OVER CADETS, l53
HOGAN Leads Field In North-South Tourney
New Talent Sure To Give AS
Big Boost In Loop This Year

through: the infield should be much
improved over last year; the out
field has more reserve power, n
there was nothing wrong with the
catching department last year. Thai
was why Frank Hayes, the No. !
backstop, held out for more money.
Reliable Dick Siebert will be back
at first; Benny ($45,000) Mccoy,
who is doing a great job of brush
inc off all the flattering attentions
paid him, will be at second; Bill
Lillard, another heavy-money pur-
chase, from Baltimore, will be at
short, and Mr.. Mack likes Al
Rubeling's work at third. There
are other candidates, including Da-
rio Lodigiana, Fred Chapman, Joe
G%anterbein and AL Brancato, yet to
be considered for the infield, how
ever, although G%antenbein may GO
into the outfield if Sam Chapman
fails to pick up this year.
Hardhitting Bob Johnson, who
ranked third in runs-batted in the
American league last year; Wally
Moses, another 800 hitter, Chap
man, Wilson Miles and Utility Man
Al Simmons, the old comeback kio
himself, make up the outfield.
George Caster, Nelson Potter
Chubby Dean and William Beck
man, are regulars back for hurting
duty, but new acquisitions, such as
Johnny Babich, drafted from Kan
sas City, and two purchases from
Memphis, Herman Besse and &c
Heusser, as well as Chef Poindex
ter from Atlanta and Elon Hogset1
from Minneapolis, may give the last
year staff something to think about
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
K. O.'S Feature Openind
OfNegro Fight Tourner
Eight Bouts Held In f..
Round; Quarter.Fin,1,' S
Are Slated Tonight

Two knockouts We're scor.,
night in the opening round .. %''
flrst annual Eastern carolip, W. W.
gro A.A.U. boxing tournansr. ' e
the exhibition building at 1s,,, u
stadium. 'SVa
Eight fast bouts were held J.,
set the stage for What is s"a
to be some hard fighting in W.
quarter-finals tonight. ~'
semi-finals and finals Will
staged Friday night. ~ %
Results last night were.
Flyweight division -Fdu;.
ton' III, of Wilmington, de,i Sa'
over Julius Holmes, III. Of WHrs u
ton. Willie Johnson, lis. Of F,'
etteville, decision over Elijah v W. :
ker, 112, of Wilmington. way
B~antamweight division-pos,u,
Thomas, 1913, of Wilmington t..
sion over Osburn Down, 100 '' =.
East Wilmington. y"
Featherweight division -T,,..
Jessup, $50, of Greensboro. Lrra.
ed out Harry Nixon. 1873 ~ a,
Wilmington, one minute. 20 sa,,,i'
of first round.
Lightweight division-Kelv u,
sup, 131, of Greensboro, knosg.,
out John Pollock, 1856, Of Vilmi,,
ton, in one minute, so second, 4
first round; William Allen, IA =
Wilmington, decisioned Hugh Whit,
head. 1856, of Fayetteville; Jsrs,
Lewis, 1873 IL, of WilmiDr.,
lT.K.O. over James Conyers, N
of Raleigh, in one minute, 81 81,
onds of first round.
Middleweight division-Isaa D,,
ham, ISL, of Wilmington, i.:sQl
over Campbell, 100, of FayergTs,
Wilmington has 81 entrants !,
the tournament, with representa-,
tives from Greensboro, Raleigh,
Fayetteville, Smithfield and ROXY
Point also in the meet.
The first bout tonight will star.
at 8 o'clock. Arrangements have
been made for both white and Cd,
ored spectators.
Both Starkey Mccullough, heav,
weight, and Buster Cobb, middle
weight, of Wilmington, who drew
byes in the first round, will fight
tonight.
A near-capacity crowd was On
hand for last nights battles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
Training Camp
Briefs
REDS WIN

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, March 20
Up Cincinnati's National league
champions, shutout for three innings
by Kirby Higbe, came back in the
fourth to cor six runs and went
on to blank the Phillies 10 to 0 in
an exhibition game here today.
The Reds launched their attack on
Rookie Dale Jones and sent 10 men
to the plate before Tom Pullig re-
tired the side. Syl Johnson gave the
Reds two more runs on three hits
in the seventh and repeated the per-
Torrance in the ninth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
RUSSELL HITS HOMER

LOS ANGELES, March 20.-(P-
Rip Russell's home run off Lee Ross
with the bases full in the seventh
inning today gave Chicago's Cubs
their second in a row over the Phil
adelphia Athletics, Z to 8.
Victory, the Cubs fourth of the
exhibition season, followed an an
nouncement that Pitcher Clay Bry-
ants arm, lame last season, had de-
veloped soreness in several new
spots. He was booked to visit a bone
setter and muscle specialist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
WHITE SOX LOSE

PASADENA, Calf, March 90
P-Pittsburgh's Pirates blasted out
five home runs, three of them in
the late innings, to defeat the Chi
cago White Sox 10 to Z today and
snap the American leaguers' winning
streak at five games.
Arky Vaughn's homer precipitat-
ed a three run Pirate rally in the
ninth that broke a TT tie. Johnny
Rizzo and Elbie Fletcher, also con-
nected for the BUGS and rookie
Frank Cuisine got two. Julius Sol
tiers collected the lone Sox homer,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21

lead of 1873.
Driver Gift
This bit of golfing, and it looks
like it will send Hogan 1nto Ilrsl
nrize money, makes the story OF
the driver gift to Hogan from BY
ron Nelson, the U. S. open cham
pion, that much more interesting
A few days ago two, ~brand-ne"
specially made drivers arrived at
Pinehurst for Nelson, who AFTER
trying them out and selecting tne
n he wanted gave the other 10
Hogan. And now it seems that n
gift is going to win the tournament
for the Texan.
For armed with the new weapon
Hogan. who before always had
trouble with his tee shots, las been
betting them on the green with
amazing regularity.
So it looks as if when Hogan
collects Nelson should be in line
to get his cut.
UnWanted
Tony Galento, the Beer'Barrel
Poker, is not wanted as a perma-
nent resident in st. Petersburg,
Fla, according to a recent story.
1t seems that some of the cltl-
zen think that Tony, who is re-
ported to train for his tights on
beer, might be a bad example for
st. Petersburg's boys.
But the tales that emit from the
Florida cities indicate that even st.
Pete couldn't be harmed much by
Two-Ton Tony, who would like to
build a home in the Florida sun
shine. Which all brings the News
and Observer to comment:
"a town that sets itself up as SO
pure needs more than a letter from
its pastor to prove it."
This and That
Bob Black, director of school ath-
letics, ushered forth the statement
last night after the Wildcats won
over EMIL, that with any kind
of luck the New Hanover nine
can twin 80 per cent of their
games" this season. Arturo Co.
doy is almost sure to get another
crack at the heavyweight cham
pionship held by Joe Louis between
now and October. The fight pic
ture is being shift, 4 aoout a little
now, with other tim the heavy
weight division fighters getting a
chance to break into the limelight.
-. The Coastal Plain league is
being freely spotted with rookie
material this season.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
ROCKIES WHIP REGULARS

BRADENTON, Fla, March 90
P)-The Boston Bees rockies beat
the regulars, Ga today but Manager
Casey Stengel didn't complain. He
yanked his varsity players after the
fourth inning and then concentrated
on trying to switch infielder Whitley
Wietelmann from a right to a left
handed hitter.
"That kid looks better striking
out from the portside than he does
hitting a double from the other side
of the plate" Stengel said. eff we
can make him a switch hitter, we
will have something, for the kid has
been fielding like a big Lacquer"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21

Clayton Heather, Linville, N. c..
71-71-142.
Ed oliver, Hornell, N. Y, I'D
142.
Harry Cooper, Chicopee, Mass,
71-71-142.
Jack Patroni. Manchester, VT, 70
72-142.
Byron Nelson, Toledo, Ohio, 1912
Jag.
Gene Sarazen, Brookfield Center,
Conn, 73-7O-143.
Horton Smith, Oak Park, ILL.,. II.
73-144.
Dick Metz, Oak Park, Ill, 74-70-
LA.
Lloyd Mangrum, Los Angeles, 74-7O
IA.
Paul Runyan, White Plains, N. Y,
69-75-144.
Harold McSpaden, Winchester,
Mass, 72-73-145.
Henry Picard, Hershey, Pa, 1918
-145.
Vic Ghezzi, Deal, N. j., 71-74-145.
Felix Serafin, Scranton, Pa, 72-74
-146.
George Picard, Charleston, S. c.,
76-70-146.
Johnny Bulla, Chicago, 75-71-146.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
SPRINGFIELD WINS

SALISBURY, March 20.
Jack Crisfield held Catawba to three
hits today and pitched Springfield
college to a 2 to 1 victory. A walk,
an error, sacrifice, wild pitch and
an infield hit by Sakal scored
springfield's runs in the second
inning
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
elco, Leland
Quints Play Tonight

ACME-DELCO, March 20. - The
Acme-Delco Independents and the
High school basketball teams will
play the Leland cagers in a double
header in the school gymnasium
here Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
REACH FINALS

AUGUSTA, Ca, March 2O,-tP-
Three veterans and one y%Oungstel
among them Defending Champioi
Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta, toda.
stroked their way into semifinal
of the Augusta Women's Invita-
tional Golf tournament.
Joining Miss Kirby in the rourN
were Jane Cothran of GreenviIe
S. c., Jean Bauer of Providence
r. T.. and young Helen Sige! d
PHILADELPHIA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21

Summary: Runs batted in: Ed
wards 2, Lee 2, High 2, Day, Shan, S,
Horton, Page, Lamb, Smidt, Davis.
Two base hits: Stands. Three base
hits: Lamb. Sacrifice hits: Lamb.
Sacrifice hits: Ratteree. Stolen
bases: Stands, Davis. Struck out:
by Lamb II, by Jernigan 4. Walked
by-Lamb 2, Jernigan S. Hits off:
Lamb 3 in 9. Jernigan Is in 7, Rat
tere 2 in 2. Winning pitcher: Lamb.
Losing pitcher: Jernigan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
SMOKE RINGS
This Hogan Guy
By SAM G

VT1rnino+on oolfers-and there are something over
an w n 4hna, "cafhered around last night when the re-
t tvu OF from til the North and South Open at Pinehurst came
in to to marvel at the sensational golfing by little n1: Ben \ Hogan
the Texas native who plays out OF Whlte pIal nnsn N 1 l.
dow and became a hero, but last night he was in a class
u uaS aM q for with his second round score of Ct he was
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
TIGERS WIN

LAKELAND, Fla, March 20.-P)
Rowdy Dick Bartell, once a great
hero for the New York Giants, beat
them for the Detroit Tigers today,
8 to z, in a 12-inning exhibition tus-
sic.
He hit a two-run homer to climax
a five.run rally in the seventh inn
ing and tried to sew up the game
in the eleventh by pounding a double
and then stealing third. When he
got no help in this frame he came
hack in the 18th with the bases load
ed and two out and slammed his
third straight hit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21

AN Italian woman gave birth to
wa oliidren in II months; twins
oorn n June and triplets the
following May. '"e
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21

Scientists say a sound audible to
A. man at four yards can be heard
bv q. dog at about "a yards.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-21
E PLAY TODAY

RALEIGH, March 20.-GP-N. c.
State colleges tennis team will open
it's 1910 schedule here tomorrow
afternoon against the University of
Richmond.