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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
HEAVY WORKOUT
HELD BY BOXERS
Tourney Officials Announce
Roanoke Rapids Team
Plans To Enter

Thirty.five Wilmington boys start
ed taking their workouts for the
Golden Gloves tournament serious
ly last night as they appeared at the
gym on North Front street and don-
ned gloves for the first heavy WORK
out Of the season.
The Golden Gloves gym was
swarming with both open and novice
candidates and the local boxing con-
tingent was termed by tourney Of
ficials as one Of the best-look!ng in
many years.
The tournament will be held in
the New Hanover High school gym
nasium on February 5, 6 and z, and
possibly the s, if a fourth night be-
comes necessary.
Several newcomers were present
last night and went through short
l~imbering-up exercises. Among
those were D. Penney and M. Pen
ney, brother candidates for the
novice division, Kid Huffman, an
other novice, and Red Rich, who
will be entered in the 126-pound
open division.
Ed Flora, who has fought in the
featherweight class and who will
participate in the lightweight divi'
sion this year, was back for training
after a seige of flu, and Jimmy Cas-.
feen 11A ~ox,ioe ohosopiop ~ 1O9Q
and Red Club were also on hand.
But the man who seemed to be
taking his training more serious
than anyone else was little Jimmy
Swami. the buzz.saw flyweight, who
won the southeastern United States
title in Atlanta, Ca, last winter.
Officials said that they expected
as many more boxers on hand for
training tonight.
Aside from the heavy workouts,
chief among developments yesterday
an announcement that the
Roanoke Rapids teams, which
caused mor excitement than any
other group in last years meet, is
planning to participate.
An inquiry regarding the dates
for the tourney was received here
by GG officials from Frank Kemp,
Of the Roanoke Rapids
team, and indications are the team
will be back this year in full force.
With the entry of this team it
seemed more certain than before
that four nights will be needed
to run off the fights in a manner
which will not require the boxers
to fight more than ice in any one
night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05

NEW YORK, Jan. g. Up Ii
basketball hasn't done anything
else, it made a great athlete out OF
Oral Hildebrand.
The New York Yankee pitcher,
who won 10 and lost four for the
world champions, and whose earned
run average was 3.05 this past sea
son was a cripple when he reported
for basketball at Butler university
his coach, Tony Hinkle, told the
Metropolitan Basketball Writers as
ISOLATION today.
"Hildebrand had a brace OIL his
leg because Of a bad knee and ankle
and he wasn't much good as a
freshman athlete. So when he came
to me his sophomore year and ask
ed to have the brace fixed-it would
have cost $35-I tried to discourage
him from competing in athletics.
told him to go out and practice
start and stops by himself.
II was just trying to get rid OF
the kid, but he worked so hard that
his leg grew strong, and he turned
out to be one Of the best basketball
players we ever had at Butler!"
Hinkle recalled.
Hildebrand, who was with st.
Louis and Cleveland in the Amer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
AP0ST0LI MEETS
BETTlNA TONIGHT
Bout To Decide Challenger
For 175-Pound Title Held
By Billy Conn

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-P-Fear
less Freddy Apostolfs message II
the boys who like to bet a bob Oh
two on the fights, is not to sell him
short in his light-heavyweight debu7
tomorrow night just because Melie
Bettina is a southpaw.
Fearless Freddy, you recall, was
king of the middleweights here
abouts until Ceferino Garcia brought
along the revolution and his right
hand a few months ago. Bettins
bossed the light-heavyweights unit
Billy Conn took ove last summer
Tomorrow, Freddy and Melio meet
in a 12-rounder in Madison Square
Garden from which may come Conn's
next 175-pound challenger.
Bettina, the sturdy Beacon, N. Y.
better who lost two decisions to Conn
during 1899, has been installed a {
to 9 favorite for this tussle. One rea-
son for this price is that Bettina is
of that troublesome clan known as
southpaws-fighters who box from
just an opposite stance to that usual
ly employed, and therefore consider
ably tougher for opponents to solve.
$50 what" was Fearless Freddy's
comment. "Bettina isn't the first
.southpaw I've fought-and whipped
What was the matter with Lou
Brouillard and George Nichols. And
don't forget, I only won the mid
dleweight championship from a lefty,
Young Corbett."
Bettina and Apostoli each has met
Conn twice, and each lost twice to
the current light-heavyweight "Mr.
Big" Should one or the other win
convincingly tomorrow, it isn't I'm.
likely Promoter Jacobs will have
Conn take q vacation from his forth.
coming heavyweight campaigning ia
tangle with the victor for the ITS
pound belt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
FAR WEST CITES
ATHLETIC ABUSES
High Pressure Methods In
Securing Grid Players
Condemned By Loop

LOS ANGELES, Jan. A. Up -
Pacific Coast conference faculty
representatives admitted today the
10.member collegiate organization is
plagued by abuses and violations of
rules governing it's athletic admin
istration.
Portions of the famed Edwin N.
Atherton report, a fact-finding sur
vey completed by the former FBI
agent, were summarized for public
consumption.
Except for the stamp of authority,
the revelations disclosed nothing
not already known. Acts Of miscon-
duct, side-stepping of mutual agree
ments, and the like, have been whis-
pered through the conference for
years.
The Anterior report, a 1900, 900
word, $4,000 document compiled
after two years Of work, brought to
light that most Of the abuses exist
in football.
Most important problems present.
ed through the survey, the state
ment said, we're:
High pressure methods employ.
ed in competition for prospective
athletes.
provisions of trips and entertain.
ment for prospective athletes by
alumni and other off-campus
groups.
Financial inducements to attend
an institution, in the form Of jobs
provided before enrolment; pay.
ment Of transportation to the cam.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
CHURCH LEAGUES
TO RESUME PLAY

Play in the intermediate Church
School Basketball leagues this week
calls for five games on the "Y"
court Friday and Saturday.
Three contests are booked for tile
Friday night loop, which is drawing
enthusiastic crowds in support Of
the various teams.
This week is expected to bring out
the largest crowd of the season 10
see the battle for the first half
championship which hinges on the
game between Calvary and Taber.
nacle, both unbeaten during tie
season. This game begins at Sis
p. m.
While Calvary has received the
bulk of the publicity for having tri,
umphed over all opposition this
year, the Tabernacle quint has gone
quietly about it's business and com.
piled an enviable record of its own.
This team has been pressed only
once during the season, when it
came from behind in the final period
to defeat Southside in an early sea.
son game. Both teams have excel.
lent reserve strength and the pros.
pect tonight is for a rousing, hair.
raising battle with all the fireworks
thrown in.
The schedule:
Friday league - 8 p. m. St.
Andrews VS.. Southside; 8:15 p. m.
Calvary VS.. Tabernacle; 9:15 p, m.
Fifth Avenue VS.. Epworth.
Saturday leagues p. m. Cover
ant VS.. First Baptist; 3:15 p. m.
Temple VS.. Lutheran Mission.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05

They're boxers, not fighters
Father James A. Manley always
insists, but you can bet on it now
that those boxers that Father Man
ley is coaching will be some fighters
when the Golden Gloves tourna-
ment opens on February 5.
Several weeks, ago, the veteran
sports enthusiast let it be known
that he had in mind a team that
should go places in the colorfuj
fistic event. He is building a box
ing tenn that will be three-deep
in several weight divisions and he
is pointing to a title in more than
one classification.
Wednesday night, the first steps
in arranging a systematic training
schedule for the Wilmington boys
who contemplate exhibiting their
wares in the tournament were tax
en- and plans were also made at
that time to have both In open
and novice team entered in the
meet.
And to show just how enthusi-
astic the local amateurs are taking
to the coming tourney there we're
IS boys working out at the Golden
Gloves gym last night.
Officials of the meet have warn
ed the boxers that no man who is
not in condition will be allowed to
fight. And that warning has fired
the local boxers to really get down
to training.
They may be just boxers, but
when Father Manley gets through
with them they'll be showing a
lot of fight. or we miss our guess.
Rule Changes
From an offside glance the rules
committee of the National Collegi-
ate Athletic association held an
%innocuous session at Palm Springs
yesterday. But four slight changes
in football rules offer changes of
a radical turn in the great Ameri-
can game.
For one thing they Topped off
five seconds of the 80 allowed tor
putting the ball in play. Now five
seconds don't seem like much, but
OH the gridiron it may mean the
difference between victory or de-
feat. And that slight change to-
gether with the shifting defense
tendencies of teams today appears
to be the death of the huddle.
Before the fans came in such
great numbers and before a lot Of
other sounds trooped on the field
and into the stadium, n of the
greatest delights was hearing the
quarterback booming signals cross
the field. They finally reverted to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05

PITTSBURGH, Jan. A. Up Jim
Lindsay, a young, handsome middle
weight boxer, injured in a sparring
bout with light heavyweight Cham
pion Billy Conn, lay near death to-
night as relatives vainly sought to
locate his pretty d~ancer.bride of two
months.
The 24-year-old Lindsay, known
as the Fighting Marine" was hurt
Dec. % while working out with
Conn. Severe headaches developed
Monday and he entered a hospital.
DR.. Floyd II. Bragdon, attending
physician, said Lindsay had been
hit on the temple by a hard blow
which snapped his head back" He
added:
"He has a cerebral confusion and
is in a serious condition. I am hope.
full that he will pull through"
Efforts to locate Lindsay's 20.
year.old bride, Virginia Pearson
Lindsay, a cabaret dancer, were un.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
Sutherland May Coach
Pitts Pro Gridders

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 4.-R-Art
Rooney, boss of the Pittsburgh pro-
fessional football Pirates, said to-
night he was confident and hope
full" of signing Jock Sutherland
to coach the Pirates.
Rooney said he had made the
former Pitt mentor a proposition of
somewhat less than $15,O 900 a
year" and felt that he had a good
chance of getting him to take the
place of Walter Kiesling, who fin
ished last season as the Pirates
coach after Johnny Blood resigned.
Rooney added, however, that he
understood Sutherland would meet
representatives of the Brooklyn
Dodgers next week to discuss an
offer to coach the New York team.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
PENALTY REDUCED
ON FORWARD PASS
Game Also Speeded Up BY
College Football Rules Com
mittee In Annual Meet

PALM SPRINGS, Calf, Jan. 4.
-R-Four changes were written
into college football rules today and
two old regulations we're clarified
Winding up a three-day session.
the rules committee of the Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic associa'
ton made these revisions:
1. Reduced the penalty for for
ward passes touching ineligible re-
ceivers on or behind the line OF
scrimmage.
2. Changed the rule for rough
ing a passer.
3. Moved to speed up by five
seconds. the time allowed for put
ting the ball in play.
4. Specified measurements and
construction Of cleats.
Seeking to encourage short for
ward passes behind the line OF
scrimmage, the group reduced fur
Their the penalty when the forward
pass strikes a n ineligible player
The penalty now will be merely
loss of the down.
However, if the passer, trapped
and striving to save himself from
being thrown for a loss, throws
the ball and it touches ar ineligible
receiver behind the line, the pen
atty will be loss Of the down and
Is yards, as in the case Of an in
acknowledgements pass.
Penalty for a pass touching an
ineligible receiver beyond the scrim-
mage line remains the same, IL
yards and loss of the down.
Penalty for roughing a passer in
the future will be enforced from
the spot Of the previous down. In
the past, where a pass was COM
pleted or intercepted, the penalty
was enforced from the spot of the
foul, which often made it neces-
sary for the offended team to re-
fuse the penalty.
The speed-up signal reduces from
30 to rs seconds the time allowed
for putting the ball in play. Wheth-
er this will lead to elimination Of
the much discussed huddle remains
to be
In disposing of the cleat prob
lem the committee specified the
points of the conical cleats be
three-eights of an inch instead of
one half inch, and the point head
must be parallel with the base. No
material was specified, but the com
mittee said it was watching with
interest manufacturers experiments
with rubber and impregnated can
vass.
Two rules were clarified. In one,
officials were put on their guard
to determine if a free ball is in
tentionally kicked. In another, it
was made clear that on kicks from
behind the line Of scrimmage pro-
lection is given the kicker only
when it is reasonably obvious
that he is going to kick. This ap-
plies especially to quick kicks made
from close to the scrimmage line.
Present at the meeting were
Chairman Walter r. Okeson of LIE.
high; William J.. Bingham of Har.
ward, w. G. Crowell, Narberth, Pa;
Fielding H. Yost of Michigan,
George Veenker, Iowa State; Dana
X. Bible Of Texas; L. H. Mahony
Denver; Willis O. Hunter of the
University of Southern California,
and life member, Amos Alonzo
Stagg of College of Pacific.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
CAROLINA WINS

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 4.-R-
Cardinals White Phantoms chalked
up their seventh victory, including
five practice affairs, here tonight,
defeating Catawba college 20 to Is
in a defensive engagement. Carolina
held an 10 to II margin at inter-
mission but the Indians knotted
the count at 23-all after - minutes
OF the second half only to see
George Glamack drop in two
straight goals and Bobby Gernsten
add tWo-pointer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
|MARRS, BEAVER
TO MEET AGAIN
Princess Rose White Cloud,
Babe Werner To Clash;
Grandovitch Returns

Not satisfied with the way their
match ended here Tuesday night,
Chief Little Beaver and Johnny
Mars will return for a battle that
Will top the weekly wrestling pro-
gram to be offered at Legion sta
dunn Tuesday night.
The bout will be a no-time limit,
no-holds-barred affair and if the
two contestants don't settle their
argument as to who is the better
the last part of their match will seq
both DOMINIC boxing gloves and
smuggling it out, Mike Miller, pro.
moter, said last night.
The opening match will bring
hefty John Grandovitch back to
local mat circles, this time meeting
Dick Lever, who won over Jim Gin.
stock here this week.
Grandovitch has been taking a
flyer in New York for the past four
weeks and during the Christmas
holidays wrestled Jim Londos in a
charity bout in Madison Square
Garden, the match ending in a
draw.
AS a special attraction two new
women grapplers will appear on the
card next week. Princess Rose
White Cloud, North Carolina Chero.
kee Indian, who is a beauty in her
own rights, will meet Babe Werner
in a one-fall match.
The Princess is a comparatively
newcomer to pro wrestling ranks
but has risen rapidly in the past
few months. Babe Werner is a vet
eran to the ring.
The bouts will start at S.15 o'clock
In the exhibit building at the sta
dil1m
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
Duke Cagers Defeat
Davidson Fiue, 51-26

WINsTON-sALEM, Jan. 4.-R
Dukes Little Blues" routed Dav.
idson, 81 to %, tonight in their
opening game of the Southern con
ference basket ball race.
The speedy, sharp-shooting Blues
seized an early lead and were
never headed. Tom Connolly, Duke
guard, played a brilliant floor game
in addition to dividing top scoring
honors with Lefty Glenn Price.
They accounted for II and IL points
respectively.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
SMOKE RINGS
Boxers Can Fight
By SAM Raglan

| the huddle because many players
complained that they couldn't heal
the signals.
The shifting defense now makes
a great many football plays i'm
possible, for the field general may
call for a play that depends upon
the opponents using a five NAL
line and when they dash out OF
the huddle there may be six tough
opponents staring them in the
face. This leaves the signal-calle1
in a q%uandary, for he must &C
ahead and call the play and maybe
lose ground or call another one
that the other players don't know
about.
The abandonment of the huddle
may not come about next fall, but
it seems safe to say that it is on
the way out in a couple of more
seasons.
The rule reducing the penalty
for forward passes touching an in
eligible receiver from Is yards tt
loss of the down, we heartily en-
dorse. Because, we feel that it will
generally make the game more
wide open and bring about in
creased passing in the shovel typs
manner.
Odds And Ends
The basketball season Las caught
on in Wilmington like it did last
season, but there is evidence that
it is on the ascent at present
The Y. M. C. A. has developed
one of the best basketball pro-
grams in this section of the state
and all by allowing every boy a
chance to play The Yankees
showed further that they are smart
when they acquired Lee Grissom
from the Cincinnati Reds .
Wilmington is building into n oil
the hottest bowling towns in the
state . . . Some matches with
teams from other cities would
help, we think George Clam
ack, North Cardinals lanky cage
center, won Southern conference
high scoring honors last season,
although he is so nearsighted that
he never saw the basket q. This
season he is wearing glasses thai
fit inside the eye-lids and is burn
ing up the league with such tallies
as 20, 80, and "a in any one game
The Far West has been send
ing out a daily query about where
vas all that power that Tennessee
was supposed to have had.
We guess by now that Tennes-
sees George Cafego realizes that
you. can't capture Troy with a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05

AS a parachute begins to open,
a tiny whirlpool of air forms be.
low the peak Of the dome. This ball
of air continues to expand until it
forces the lower walls of the para
chute to open.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05

The word Davenport means to
us a type of sofa, but it really
means a small writing desk. The
couch with back and arms which
we know as a davenport was NAM
ed for it's maker. Davenport.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05

More than 60 women with COM
mercial pilot ratings have logged
more than 1000 hours in the air
and more than 20 have logged in
excess Of 1000 hours.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05
HASKELL DIES

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 4.-lR-
John B. Haskell, 70, former major
league baseball umpire and state
representative from Jackson county
(Kansis City, for 10 years, died
yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05

lie has been in the low 7O's for
weeks. If he's putting, he may be a
contender.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-05

We guess by now that Tennes-
sees George Cafego realizes that
you. can't capture Troy with a
charley horse.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-09-20

farm land from depletion. Crops
surplusses have been sharply re-
duced and in relation to farm fl
nances farm income has not only
nearly doubled, but farm mort
gage charges are now 40 per cent
less than they were in 1928. Spe-
officially, interest rates are now
31a and per cent instead of $40
and 6 per cent as they were in
1882.
Mortgage interest is now only
A per cent of total cash farm in
come, instead of ia per cent as
in 1892 when the Republican party
in power. l can think of no bet
ter example of humanitarian EFFORT
to improve the economic and So
cial position of the vast segment
of our population than the program
devised to rescue agriculture
from total disaster. More than 6
million farmers are cooperating
with the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration. That figure is
convincing evidence of the success
of this outstanding attempt of the
Roosevelt Administration to bring
about something approaching par
ity between industry and agricul-
ture.
Il have said that I regard the
farm program as probably the out
standing achievement in recon
struction. That is the view of all
who look upon the work of the ad-
ministration with unprecedented
eyes. But in other directions
great gains have also been made.
The industries factory payrolls
are now more than 113 million dol
lars greater than they were seven
years ago and total non-agricul-
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-09-20

The going of business the COMPANY max
of mantles at Gloucester City n j. brings
OF many ritual of their youth which
uday morning ceremony of breathing into oil lamp
neys and cleaning and bringing them high polish with
crushed newspapers.
For the benefit of the later generation, gas mantle
an Illuminating device fixed into gas which became
andescen at low temperature 1t made combustbe
substance combined with salt of refractory
CHROMIUM When the combusbe element away
there left frame of refractory material which off
comparatively white light The business of fitting and burning
off mantle for and delicate hands, the
slightest touch the bu1nedoff caused
disntegratOn.
Even jar such that caused by passing dray had the
same disastrous effect elderly mantle and suscep
tbe to sort of disease which left black patches impair
ing it's efficiency accordingly Or if allowed the gas
lec in the globe before lighting it the resultant explosion
a baleul effect the mantle within.
1t is interesting that the mantle patented
after the first electric light The Wesbach lamp fourished
through the long period in which the electric light bulb
finding itself AS the bulb to perfection the mantle
which meanwhile had spread throughout the globe
gas in into decline superseded by earlier
invention of Thomas A. Edison.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-09-20
ELEPHANT AND DONKEY

For nearly 20 years political cartoons have been
adorned with pictures of elephants and donkey symbols
the two major political parties and have millions
never heard of their originator.
The Republican elephant donkey were
the creation OF Thomas Mast the
day and first appeared in Harpers Weekyhe donkey in
1870 and the elephant in 1874, according
also first used the tiger Tammany and his
exerted great Influence public opinion many years
Thomas Mast born in Germany century ago. Sep
TENDER ~ 1910, and America at the age of He
early began the study of art and when only 10 appointed
to the staff of Lese Illustrated Newspaper He drew
for periodicals London and Paris but returned to the United
States shortly before the Civil War His powerful caricaures
during that in advocacy of the Union led Lincoln
call him "Our best recruiting sergeant"
Besides his newspaper and periodical Illustrations Mast
produced several credabe paintings in color illustrated
number OF books He also engaged in the publishing business
his account without marked finally
appointed United States consul general Guayaqu Ecuador
in 1902, where he died of yellow fever the year.
His is almost forgotten but his famous elephant
and donkey will appear the pages newspapers
and magazines long present political parties