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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
CINCINNATI SIGNS
PITCHER HlNRICHS
Youngster Snatched From In
der Eyes Of At Least Two
Major League Clubs

CINCINNATI, Feb. 20 up All
the elements of a musical comedy
plot entered into it-detectives, mys.
ferrous strangers, hotel room eonfer.
ences and humping rides over coun.
try roads-but the National league
champion Reds got their man.
Their man" is young Gene Hin.
richs, portside rookie late of Hen.
derson, Tex, and one of 81 athletes
thrown into free agency several
weeks ago by Baseball Commission.
er Kenesaw NJ. Lands.
How he was snatched from under
the eyes of at least two big league
clubs-Brooklyn and st. Louis-was
told today as General Manager War.
rem c. Giles paved through a mass
of business preparatory to leaving
next week for the Reds spring train.
ing camp in Tampa.
The story as pieced together from
Giles and others-who-should know,
runs something like this:
Hinrichs came to Cincinnati for
conferences, agreed apparently that
"everytning's OK" and left the
Reds offices, only to be met in the
lobby by a uniformed bell-boy from
a nearby hotel.
Come this way" the bell-boy said
and led young Mr.. Hinrichs to a
CJ1ifo noa11nia6 NV nnnn ofhar thop
Rogers Hornsby. Hornsby, booked
at the time to manage Montreal, a
Brooklyn farm, apparently carried
an offer that interested the Rock.
we'll City, Iowa, youngster.
Hinrichs left Cincinnati that after.
noon. Next day, Giles received a
telegram, sent from Cincinnati's
Union Terminal and 'postmarked'
an hour before train-time, that Hin
richs had been summoned home be
cause of a big Offer from another
club.
Giles wrote a telegram himself
engaged a detective agency to deliver
it aboard a train at Kankakee, Ill.
then telephoned to Assistant Gen
eral Manager Frank C. Lane, who
at the time vas refereeing a basket
ball game in Oxford, O., 80 miles
north of Cincinnati.
Drop everything" ordered Giles
and Lane, still wearing his white
Knockers, boarded a Chicago-bounc
train.
Lane showed up in Rockwell City
talked a hotel clerk into driving him
to Hinrichs' farm homeland there
found Hinrichs in conversation with
a st. Louis Cardinal scout"
Lane reported he chad to use a
lot of craftsmanship" but did it SO
suavely that after Hinrichs chose to
sign with the Reds, Branch Rickey's
helper actually drove the pair back
to Rockwell City, where Lane and
his captive" boarded a Cincinnati
train.
Lane said at Iowa City, a sports
writer boarded the train, introduced
himself as Hornsby's proxy and of
fered Hinrichs 500 to get off the
train. Hinrichs refused.
P. S. Clyde Sukeforth was named
to manage Montreal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
Duke Carolina Contest
Will Draw Large Crowd

DURHAM, Feb. 20. I'm
precedented demands for tickets to
the Duke-Carolina basketball game
here Thursday night hes resulted in
numerous telephone inquiries COM
ing into the Duke athletic office
about the possibility of a sellout.
Dayton Dean, business manager
of athletics at Duke, said tonight
there were a number Of good seats
available and the game was far
from being a sellout. However, he
stated enough tickets already had
been sold to establish a basketball
attendance record for North Caro-
lima.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
Ken Ouerlin To Battle
EMO Iannozi Tonight

RALEIGH, Feb. 2O.-R Ken
Overlin, claimant of the middle
weight boxing championship of the
south, will meet EMO Iannozi of
Italy here tomorrow night in a
scheduled 10-round bout.
Oyerlin, former U. S. Navy ath.
lete. is slated to fight Ceferina
Garcia in New York March 29.
Garcia is recognized by the National
Boxing association as the worlds
middleweight champion.
Iannozi, claimant of the Italian
mlddleweight championship, h S
three %knockouts to his record since
his recent entrance into this u
try.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
Montreal Becomes No.. |
Brooklyn Farm Outfit

MONTREAL, Feb. 20. -P)-The
Montreal Royals of the Internation-
al Baseball League became the No.
1 farm club of Brooklyn : Igers
when an agreement was signed CIV
ing the National League club a sub
stantial interest" in the minor
league team.
Details of the sale were not an
nounced but Montreal officials said
they still retained a controlling in
terest in the club. Hector Racine of
Montreal will remain as president.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
BASS SITTING

SOUTHPORT, Feb. 20.-F r e s h
water bass are biting exceptionally
well. Dawson Jones, Of Leland,
Earnest Swain, of orion, and L.
T. Haskell, Of Southport, all caught
a full days limit Of the fish In
about an hour and a half Mon
day. They also caught a number
of google eye perch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
Carolina Yacht Club To
Meet Next Tuesday Night

A special meeting of the Carolina
Yacht club will be held in the coun-
ty courthouse Tuesday night, Feb.
ruary q, at s o'clock, E. M. Berry,
purser, announced yesterday.
Principal business to be discussed
is the report of the committee in
regards to changing membership
and using a part of the reserve fund
for improvements this season.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21

Broader Program
The double feature will erAiven
the Eastern Class \ conference
picture and also save expenses on
travelling. The plan is also tied up
with the one to broaden the high
school sports program in the state.
Low Scoring
Wilmington baske ball fans
thought that some sort Of low
scoring mark was set when Raleigh
defeated the Wildcats 21-10 last
week. But Sam Mcdonald, sports
writer on the Raleigh News and
Observer, writes that the Raleigh
Wilson game vas the seasonal low.
Raleigh won from the Wilson
cagers, 17-8. The Caps had a 10
lead at the end of the first quar-.
ter, led SO at the half and 1915 at
the end of the third period.
Mcdonald says that the basket
ball courts in the Capital city are
not the reason for the low-scorlng,
as Broughton highs court was used
III Lue WllSOI SdliC oiu LIN
highs in the Wilmington game.
He writes: although play of
the Raleigh team is highly unpre-
dictable, the Caps do play a good
brand of ball. but take few shots
at the basket. In yesterdays game.
Wilmington made few shots-close
guarding was the reason. The game
was clean, as you probably noticed
from the record of personal fouls.
When Coach Leroy Pickett sent in
his team of subs, the score was
ia"
Bits and Briefs
Wallace Wade, acclaimed as
of the best defensive football
coaches in the business, has a
world of reserve material for next
year, and his first string looks as
good as the all-around team of
1899. There We're rumors some
time ago that John Polanski, the
high-scoring sophomore back at
Wake Forest, will not return to
school next year. The rumors
nave Deen leQleO from Tune 10
time. . Clayton Heather has been
finishing in the money in practical
ly every golf tournament he has
entered this winter, although he
has been booted out of first prize
money more than once. . . His
hackers say that Heafner is one Of
the most up-and-coming youngsters
in the golf world today and pre-.
dict that he will hit the top in an.
other year or two. -. George Ola.
mack scared to the top of South.
ern conference scoring Monday
night when he sent % points
through the hoops to go ahead of
Herb Cline, his neares rival. {.
THAT battle hetWeen Duke and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
Durham Quint To Play
In Eastern TournQmen

GLEN FALLS, n. Y, Feb .
-P)-The Durham, n. C., HI.
school basketball team, winner
So consecutive games since 1881 t
day accepted an inyi .%tion to con
pete in the Eastern States to1Tle
Seton Hall Prep of South 0:an!
N. j., winner Of the tournans
last year, will return to defend !
crown March $3.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
AGREES

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 20. -R-
The Pittsburgh Pirates baseball
club announced today Pitcher Bob
klinger, of Attention, Mo-, who led
the BUGS in both victories and de-
reats last season, had agreed to
terms for 1910. Klinger won IA
and lost II last year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21

Personal fouls: New Hanover -
Oliphant, Lewis, johnson 3, Mohr
2, Spivey 3. Herring, McGraw. Will
son-Barbee 2. Davis, Sakas, Full
ghum 2. Referees: Jimmy Moore
and Sam johnson; scorer: Blomme:
timer: Fergus.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
SMOKE RINGS.
Double Feature
By SAM

New Hanover High school athletic teams plan TO present
aonh1o featnres on all road trips this spring, with either
a Golf match or a swimming meet held on the side with
each baseball game played out of town.
For instance, Coach Bob Black hopes TO nne up a
swimming meet with Goldsboro when the high school
nine goes to the Wayne city to play. On the other hand,
he hopes to arrange a series of golf matches with Raleigh
nv Dnrham who sponsor links teams.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
B

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20. Up,
Two infielders offer the only hold.
out problem to the Phillies, who en-.
train for spring training at Miami
Beach, Fla, next Wednesday. First
Gus Suhr is still at odds
with the club over salary and Roy
Hughes, who came to the '1 lilies
last July Is in a trade is also report.
ed seeking more money.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21

When nickel has become stained
rub 1t we'll with a sof. cloth dipped
IN spirits of ammonia. Wash off
with not water and soap suds and
polish with another soft cloth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21

carolina this week, the last before
the tournament for either team,
should be as hot as the first. which
Duke won.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21

Personal fouls: Wilson, Brooks 2,
Switzer, Kelly 2. New Hanover: B.
Edwards 2, Stein, Morrison 2, Pie.
per 2, Merritt.
New Hanover .Jrs. l23l FIG TT TIP
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Father Stays Daughter,
Wounds Son, Kills Self
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Dec. 81
Relatives found Frank Schuster, Al
and his daughter, Virginia, II, slain
and his son, Robert, 10, critically
injured last night in their home at
nearby Lake Milton.
Sheriff Ralph Elser reported
Schuster apparently had hacked his
children with a hatchet and shot
them in their beds early this morn
ing and then took his own life. He
had been despondent over i'll health
Sheriff Elser said.
Schuster's wife, Gertrude, returned
home from a holiday trip, bringing
back her sister and brother-in-law
Mr.. and Mrs. James Taleos, and
their son, Arthur, from Indiana
County, Pa.
Sheriff Elser said they reported
finding the home locked, the lights
burning, the radio playing and
means coming from the first floor
They opened a window and Arthur
went in and unlocked the door, re-
vealing the tragedy.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Central and South

throughout Central and South
America.
As reported here, Washington con-
templates investing millions of dol
lars jointly with Pan-American In
the construction Of hard-surfaced
runways, extension Of existing run
ways, construction Of underground
fuel storage tanks and enlargement
Of hangar space.
The outlay for the company 3
Mexican fields would entail between
81, ,000, 900 and 10000, 900, 1t was es-
timated. Work, 1t was said, will be-
gin as soon as possible, here and
elsewhere.
Evening star., 1940-12-27

U. 5. May Help Improve
Pan-American AifieIds
M the Aasociated Prev

~ the Associated PTsss.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. T-The
United States War and Navy De-
partments have opened negotiations
to incorporate Pan-American Air
ways far-hung network Of airporta
into the continental defense plans
responsible sources reported here last
night.
These negotiations embrace not
only Pan-AmericanS facilities In
Mexico, from which squadrons OF
warplanes could operate to defend
the immediate coast lines of the
United States In both oceans, but the
company's fields and equipment
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Advisory Committee
Aqrees 10 Continue
Refugee Visa Work
More Support in Future
From State Department
Promised by Hull
By EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER.

BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER.
Energetic intervention by Secre-
tary of State Hull and Undersecre-
tary Sumner Welles last Monday in
duced the disgruntled members OF
the Presidents Advisory Committee
on Refugees to continue their labor
OF sitting candidates for admission
to this country, which they had de-
cided to abandon
1t is understood that as a result of
public description of what might be
called a difference of intellectual
focus between George Warren and
James g. Mcdonald of the commit
tee, on the one side, and Assistant
Secretary Breckenridge Long and
Avra Warren of the State Depart
ment, on the other, concerning the
number and qualifications of politi-
cal refugees to be admitted on Wis
itors' or transit visas, and at the
request of Undersecretary Welles,
Secretary Hull received Messrs.
Warren and Mcdonald and asked
them to explain their grievances.
Urged to Continue Work.
AS the result of the explanation,
Mr.. Hull urged the committee to
continue its work and promised that
they would have more support than
heretofore from the State Depart
ment officials.
This is good news for the political
refugees trembling in Southern
France and Lisbon who fear that
from one day to the next Hitler may
extend his occupation of territories
and they become his prisoners. In
many cases it is admitted that cap
ture by Hitler would be equivalent
to death sentence.
Peace Believed Restored.
It is recalled that the President
entrusted this job to the Advisory
Committee at the request of the De-
partment, which was sWamped by
application for visas; that in the
first days after the French collapse
American diplomatic officers threw
caution to the winds and admitted
probable victims of the Nazi regime
freely according to the ancient
American tradition of offering sane
tuary to the oppressed; that after
a visit of Avra Warren of the State
Department, American representa-
tives abroad tightened Up their
sieves and since then only a rela-
lively small portion of the candi-
dates for admission, recommended
by the Advisory Committee, received
visas and that the Advisory Com
mittee finally decided not to con-
tinue struggling against what was
felt to be opposition by State De-
partment officials.
Now, thanks to another of Mr.
Hull's wise interventions, peace is
believed to have been restored
(Copyrisht, 1910, Chicago Daily News Inc)
Evening star., 1940-12-27
production of defense materials.

The Governor, in a letter to Will
liam S. Knudsen, chairman Of the
National Defense Commission, asked
that group to throw its full weight"
behind his program.
The urgency of the situation is
not fully appreciated" by manufac-
turers in New York and other States,
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Sales Of Independent
Stores Exceed 1899
By the Associated Press.

~ tuU AsbOcIREeo FftS8.
The Commerce Department says
November sales Of 2s.450 independ.
ent retail establishments In "a States
were 2 per cent higher than In Octo-
Der and II per cent greater than In
November, 1899.
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Fishermen Has Relic

A man who died recently near
Devonport. England, at the age of
78 fished all his life with the same
rod and his grandfather had used
1t before him.
Evening star., 1940-12-27

The Schuylkill River in Pennsyl-
varia gets its name from q Dutch
word meaning literally ''the skulk-
ing creek"
Evening star., 1940-12-27

The United States Forest Service
has planted 100000 trees in Ne
braska shelterbelts since 1885 and
about 70 per cent have survived.
Evening star., 1940-12-27

Postage stamps came into use in
America about so years after the
Constitution was adopted.
Evening star., 1940-12-27

Gov. Lehman said. He attributed
failure of some manufacturers to
participate in the defense program
to the assumption their plants are
not adaptable to defense needs"
Evening star., 1940-12-27
Lehman Urges Sacrifice
Of Non-EssentiuI Goods

By the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 27.-Gov.
Herbert H. Lehman suggests manu-
facturers of on-essential" COM
mercial goods turn Immediately to
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Lawrence S
Blow Wins
BY UNITED PRESS

Seattle Is back In the Pacific
Coast league lead today. but only
because San Franciscan. Bill
Lawrence, turned traitor. Law
renee NOV with SeattleD raped
out a triple that scored three runs
and gave Seattle q 4 TO ; win
over Oakland In the ninth inning
of last nights game.
Oakland held 2 to lead
until the ninth mostly because Of
the pitching OF Stan Corbett, who
had turned the Rainiers back with
four hits. In the ninth. however
the Rainiers filled the bases and
Lawrence cleaned them Paul
Gregory and Alden Wilkie rave
the Acorns six hits, with wilkis
taking credit for the victory.
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Boyd Winner Of
T. T. Club Golf

Results Of Ths Tacoma rfsns.
poristloa cIahs iita annual elun
Tolf championship matches played
al fsfoossais. Friday
Champion. cieii Boyd, Matss,n
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Bradley Honored By Prize Tournament
Cadinha 10
Take Mound

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winning pitcher wllkis innings
pitched bY Gregory z al bat OF
ursgery a. hits. Off uregory runs
scored. of oresoTy , Nhke Iuns
rcsponSlnis Tor Or.sory / Cofhstt
struck out oregors 4 Enrpett l.
saaes on balls. on ursEory ? CoTbett
= wlkis 2 three-hass hit iAsrercei
tWo-hRse hits Dunn. Cnreeu Chris
toff. runs nsttsd IN. Chfistnnhet .,
lawrence 4 double plays. NsfEsE -
I.uhy 70 Dunn Iuhy - Verses .
Dunn 2 aehustsf 10 Niemice 10
Archt. WtIkie - cozeafaTs % Archie
time ia. umnlres, Edwards ana
Makseo.
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acoraa Golf
Team Loses

A 50-man golf team represent
ing the Seattle chamber OF COM
merce yesterday defeated a similar
aggregation from Tacoma, So to
SIS, on the Seattle Golf club course.
Mayor Arthur Langie of Seattle
defeated his Tacoma contempor-
airy. 34-year-old Harry Cain, / up.
II Is expected that the event
which will be climsxed in August
on a Tacoma course will continue
as an annual affair. The team
having the greatest aggregate
score for the two matches will be
presented a plaque and possess the
trophy for one year.
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ON THE LAM
with ELLIOTT METCALF

And another big league manager walks down the
and battered gangplank. Ray Blades, highly toued when
he took the ST. Cardinals job failed 10 click with
his BOSSES The Cards rated onetwo in The National chase
Before the opened down in the sixth slot
Proud Branch Riekey and his pals won't stand Tor that thai.
fayorte. But he doesn't deliver down the same old
plank he'll walk, too
rodayah today, This day sir is the beginning of school
The oil hole Barefoot Play clothes No tidy school
clothes Baseball marbles shn Yes everything close to boys
play asking outdoors the
of little to just
the JOY of living America!
Big major rings today oven
Gus Lesnevch Yet all three of them knocked out y
their peak out critters like
today fighter Steele Tells you
also what the game is today
Well ,hi, national open event should put Montague
Abelongs golfer club swnger elevated
had nothing Naturally. Montagnes
mystery Hollywood land of makbee'e and deception "
Dear Met Why so many commercial shots injected
They the sponsors It's bore
deliver oksy naturally But
at every few blnks of the eyehd JAKE RHODES Dear
Jake The possible for to hear these enter
tanning broadests But the sponsors believed too com
mercas injected into the broadcass and were irritating fans
they'd curtail the offending element T. NJ
ANY one interested in the Port Angeles derby outstanding
its kind Northwest learn details by calling Omar
Fidelity building This derby offers $4,000 in
prizes Speaking derbies, doesn't the Tacoma Pogge
club forget annual and concentrate the father
derby which growing like the pro'erbal weed each year,
Nov" boys, there Is derby that really something
golfer however would have been instance of justified hom
eide his New the links sport
Don gathered himself all strange to him. and set Of
clubs He packed them the all day Sunday Mon
the Washington Hardware where he works he lifted up
friends golf light Thatd be to handle
The Don mates smile smiles Finally he let
hreepound window weights had been
No would
have found him guilty of taking human life
Here golfers story and scoty Campbell
Northwest the golf
at Cleveland told graphically small which
Ward-7s-77-155 Campbe-ss-7s
16 Still think of the provided them the sden by
such brilliant shot makers Demaret
Northwest boys not alonesome consolation at least
Harry G. Legea Angeles state game com
mission, His place by integrity
and standing large district Such John r.
district that
has the unsne leading
the habor He has the hand approval prominent
influential of Tacoma southwest
sua district Keys ardent Ia a
of the executive committee the Washington
He built the Harbor
organization of its kind In the state He
honest citizen who knows Washngtons
backward The could
b, placing John F. Keys in office
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Major Loop Leaders

NEW YORK - Although slump
ing slightly. Lou Finney of the
Boston Red sox and Harry Dan
ming OF the New York Giants main
tanned leadership in the major
league batting races, statistics for
the week showed today
The five leading hitters in each
league follow:
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Runs rrsponAlbr fofwliHhh y
F7emiug a, struck out by tlska s.
Fleming 10 bases on bellH. off idHks
2 Fiening 4 hit by pitcher. cisselil
left on bases Portland q Hollywood
10. home run. Aafheson three base
hit Schultz. tw0-b Ane hits Muller.
Uhait Cisseli. Rosenberg runs bsticd
IN Brown. Hafhosou 2 RTcnzel.
Schultz. Rosenberg, sacrifices, kahle
Frederick. stolen bases Hhsit. Brown.
time OF game. 2;7i. umpires, Engeln
and Hood
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National League
TRUE CALL SURPRISES

NEW YORK - True Call. a
three-year-old daughter Of Trace
Call, upset a field OF eight older
fiIlies and mares yesterday for a
mild upset victory in the first run
ming Of the $5.O0o-sdded top flight
handicap al Belmont park.