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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21
cage TILT SLATED
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Wildcats to Meet Raleigh
Cagers at Y Gym in Eastern
Circuit Contest

The Raleigh Purple Hurricane bas-
ketball team which has won eight of
it's last ten starts this season, losing
only to the Wake Forest and North
Carolina State Frosh, will play the
New Hanover High school Wildcats
on the "Y" hardwood Friday after.
noon at $3.50 o'clock.
Coach Bob Black announced the
change of date yesterday afternoon
after confering with Raleigh officials
with regards to playing the game
Thursday night, but the Hurricane
has a contest on schedule for Thurs
day night. Coach Relmon Robinson.
director of the Grammar and Junior
High school program, ~cooperated
with Coach Black and relinquished
his Friday afternoon time to enable
the conference game to be played.
The Wildcats have been taking
early morning workouts on the Y. M.
c., A. floor since the latter part OF
DECEMBER due to the lack of a place
to practice in the afternoons. Some
of the players have to get up much
earlier than usual to work around
their homes and also to deliver pa
pers and come from Winter Park
and Sunset Park to play for the Wild
cats. Attendance at the local games
has been far below par.
Coach Howard Mcdonald worked
out his boxers yesterday afternoon
and had about twenty lads on hand.
The date of the next match for the
locals has not been set. The battle
which was scheduled with Charlotte
last Friday was cancelled because Of
flu.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21
ENTRIES INVITED
IN TWO DIVISIONS
40 or More Teams Expected
To Enter Seventh Annual
Star-News-Y. M. C.. A. Meet

The Seventh annual StarNews
Y.M.C.A. basketball tournament
for the Southeastern North Caro-
lima championships will be held in
the Y gymnasium in Wilmington
on March 10, IA and Is, it was an
nounced last night.
Dates for the tournament were
set SO as not to conflict, so far
as known, with any of the county
basketball Journeys in this section
or any other established cage
meet.
High school teams, both b o y S
and girls, are invited to enter the
tournament here Immediately. En-
try may be filed by letter now,
although special entry blanks will
be mailed out to all teams in this
section in the next few weeks.
]. P. CARROT, physical education
director at the Y.M.C.A., will SUI
pervise the staging of the tourney,
Entries may be mailed either tc
Mr.. CARROT or to Sam Ragan,
sports editor, Star-NeWs.
The sponsors of the tournament
are anticipating al entry list OF
40 or more teams.
A total of SO teams from every
section of Southeastern Carolina
entered the meet last year.
Trophies will be awarded to the
winners in both the boys and girls
division; runners up in both divi-
sions; winners of the two consola-
tons games; and teams display
ing the best craftsmanship. mdi-
vidual awards in the form of NINA
ture basketballs will also be given
members of the championship
teams.
The date for the team drawings
for the tournament will be an
nounced later. Teams are advised
to watch the sparts pages of the
Star-News for further announce
ments regarding the tourney.
Officials for the cage meet are
to be announced at a later date.
Team entries are invited imme-
diately.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21
MEET SLATED MARCH 1915
Boxing Enjoying Best Indoor Season In Years
Bronsdon, Naples Set
Pace. in Golf Tourney

SOUTHERN PINES, Jan. 20.-R)
Roy Bronsdon and Henson Naples
put the Mid-Pines club three strokes
in the lead in the Sandhills Amateur
Professional Golf league today when
they played their home course, Mid
Pines, in a best ball of $685., Civ.
inc them a total of 200 for the three
rounds already completed in the
league. This card also won today's
tournament.
The final round wifi be played at
the Southern Pines Country club
next Monday. The Pinehurst Coun'
try club is in second place with 2O3
and Southern Pines with 214 and
Pine Needles with ZIG, are trailing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21
Fisher Says Gee Can Start
Paying Dividends For BUGS

Gee said in early workouts his arm
responded better than at almost any
time last season. He injured his
salary wing in the fourth day of
training while pitching a curve and
never left the bench in his months
stay with Pittsburgh.
I'm placing myself entirely under
Fishers directions" Gee said. Hell
do the pacing and I'll do the pitch
ing. He taught me all I know and
he's the one who can straighten me
out"
Gee, who came up to Pittsburgh
with a record of 20 victories with
Syracuse of the International league
in 1889, jumped an order to report to
Albany of the Eastern league last
summer and instead went to Fishers
summer home in Vermont.
"I think that affair is ironed out
now" Gee declared.
At Michigan Gee was primarily a
basketball player but Fisher, one
time hurler for the New York Yam
KEGS and Cincinnati Reds, induced
him to try baseball.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21
M'Neiu, Kouacs Reach
Tennis Tourney Finals

ORLANDO, Fla, Jan. 2o-RE
Powerful stroking Don MCNEIL and
unpredictable but dangerous
frankie Kovacs sailed into the
finals of the Florida state tennis
tournament here today.
McNeill, of Oklahoma City, att
err a gruelling first set, toppled Ell
wood Cooke of Portland, Ore, l0-o,
6-3, 6-3, in a rousing seml'hnais go
while Kovacs, San Francisco, was
lust too much for Jack Kramer
defeating the Rollins college STU
dent Ga, Ga, rs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21
|S00SE'S CAREER
PARALLELS COACH
Victor over Both Zale and
Overlin Having Hard Tine
Getting Title Bout

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Jan. ~
09-The career of Billy Soose, the
middleweight boxer who has beaten
both recognized champions of his
class without a title to show for ;,is
handiWork, closely parallels the ring
path of his college coach-but ths
tutor hopes the similarity soon win
end.
Leo Houck, college mentor of The
conqueror of the N. B. A. Champion
Tony Zale and Ken Overlin, New
York state ruler Of the worlds 160.
Founders in non-title bouts, looked
back at his own professional ring
career tonight-and saw a striking
comparison with that of his one,time
pupil.
But" said Houck, ~ hope Billy
has better luck from now on than
l did in getting a title chance"
Houck, coach of Penn States box.
ing teams since he retired from Pre-.
fessional warfare in 1928, knows how
it feels to beat a champion and still
fail to win a title. Recognized as
one OF the leading middleweights
from 1910 to 1928, Houck beat Geor2e
Chip five times and Johnny Wilson
twice, but couldn't get a bout with
either after they Won the worlds
championship.
On the basis of 10-round decision
victories over Overlin and Zale last
summer, Soose was expected to set
a return bout with Overlin with the
title at stake if he beat Tami Mauri-
clio, undefeated New Yorker at Madi,
son Square Garden Jan. 3. Soose
outpointed Mauriello, but instead of a
shot at Oyerlin he was matched with
Ernie Vigh of Newburgh, N. Y, for
Feb. Z with Promoter Mike Jacobs
promising the winner a bout with
Overlin.
Only "a, the Farrell, Pa, boy has a
long way to go before he can match
the all-time record of his college
coach, however. Houck engaged in
approximately 200 bouts, competing
from flyweight to heavyweight and
winning over rs per cent of his
fights. He was never knocked out.
Soose, who gained his first fistic
fame under Houck's coaching in 1885
and 1887, engaged in II freshman
and varsity bouts, and Won every
one by a knockout and climaXed his
career as a college clouter by Win
ming the eastern intercollegiate 155
pound title in 1887.
Largely because of Soose's proves,
former A. A. U. competitors were
barred from the college ring the next
year and Soose decided to leave col
lege and turn professional. He says
he still hopes to finish his college
education.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21
Louise Suggs to Meet
Hicks in Golf Finals

PUNTA GORDA, Fla, Jan. 90
acknowledgements Louise Suggs
of Lithia Springs, Ca, the Georgia
state titleholder, staged a brilliant
comeback and defeated Jane Cothran
of Greenville, S. c., n up in the
semi-final round of the annual Wom-
ems Golf tournament here today.
Miss Suggs, who was two down at
the end of the first nine will meet
Elizabeth Hicks of Long Beach,
Calf, in the final round tomorrow.
Miss Hicks eliminated Mary Jane
Garman of Sarasota, Fla, 5 and 8
today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21
PLAYS
LELAND TONIGHT
Southport Waccamaw Games
Also on Opening Card of
Brunswick Cage Series

LELAND, Jan. 20. - The Leland
High school basketball teams open
play in the 1871 Brunswick county
series tomorrow night, meeting Shall
lotte in a doubleheader at Shallotte.
Other games scheduled in the coun.
ty series tomorrow are Southport at
Waccamaw. Bolivia drew a bye the
first round.
The Leland boys, coached by W. A.
Wheless, who has been at Leland for
the past four years, have won six
games with no defeats this season
and are favored to win the Bruins
wick cage championship.
Members of the Leland quintet
are: Paul Robbins, captain, and
Dan Willetts, forwards; Almond
Ganey, center; George Thomas
Rourk and Roy Hall, guards; F.
William Benton, Thomas Holmes and
G. Dexter Raynor, substitutes.
The Leland girls team is coached
by Gilbert A. Britt, who is starting
his first year here. Members of the
team are: Ethel Douglas, Elizabeth
King, co-captain, Mildred Clark,
Thelma Skipper and Gladys Perry,
forwards; Elnora Ganey, co-captain,
Sylvia Bordeaux, Beatrice White, Lily
Williams, Louis Butler and O'Neil
Long, guards.
The official Brunswick schedule OF
play is as follows:
Jan. 21-Southport VS.. Waccamaw,
az Southport.
Jan. 21-Shallotte VS.. Leland, at
%lShallotte.
Bolivia-Bye.
Jan. 24-Bolivia VS.. Southport, at
Bolivia.
Jan. 23-Shallotte VS.. Waccamaw.
at Waccamaw.
Leland-Bye.
Jan. 28-Leland VS.. Bolivia, at Le-
land.
Jan. 2S-Shallotte VS.. Southport,
at Shallotte.
Waccamaw-Bye.
Jan. 3O-Waccamaw VS.. Bolivia, at
Waccamaw.
Jan. 31-Leland VS.. Southport, at
Southport.
Shallotte-Bye.
Feb. 4-Shallotte VS.. Bolivia, at
Bolivia.
Feb. Iceland VS.. Waccamaw, ct
Leland.
Southport-Bye.
Feb. 6-Southport vs.. Waccamaw,
at Waccamaw.
Feb. 6-Shallotte VS.. Leland, at Le-
land.
Bolivia-Bye.
Feb. 11-Bolivia VS.. Southport, at
Southport.
Feb. 11-Shallotte VS.. Waccamaw,
at Shallotte.
Leland-Bye.
Feb. 14-Leland. VS.. Bolivia, at
Bolivia.
Feb. 14-Shallotte VS.. Southport,
at Southport.
Waccamaw-Bye.
Feb. 18-Waccamaw VS.. Bolivia, at
Eolivia.
Feb. 18-Leland VS.. Southport, at
Leland.
Shallotte-Bye.
Feb. 20-Shallotte VS.. Bolivia, at
Shallotte.
Feb. 20-Leland VS.. Waccamaw, at
Waccamaw.
Southport-Bye.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21
JANITORS' SALARY
BOOST CONSIDERED
Continued From Page One)

similar jobs at better wages else
where in the community.
Coleman also commended that the
board Of education, to his knowledge,
had received similar requests from
the janitors in the past, but had re-
fused to take any action in the mat
ter for some reason. George w.
Trask, county commissioner, ex-
pressed the opinion that the janitors
should receive the same basis of
wages as the school bus drivers do at
the present time.
The county board also voted to
spend $50 to cover the cost of re-
printing 500 additional copies of the
industrial survey of the Port of Will
mington and New Hanover county,
compiled recently by Henry E. Boyd,
ST., Manager of the Wilmington
Port-Traffic association, with the
provision that the money be secured
from the county's budget for port
funds.
The board acted in this matter, on
the motion of Harry Gardner, coun-
ty commissioner, and a second by
Commissioner Coleman, after Chair
man Hewlett had explained that ad-
ditional copies should be made avail.
able by the county to comply with
requests for data from numerous
visitors to the community in the i'm
mediate future.
The board discussed arrangements
being made to open bids at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning. January 20, at
the city hall on materials, plumbing,
and wiring contracts for the pro
posed r~ecreational center to be erect
ed at the corner of Fourth and Prin-
cess streets for the soldiers to be sta.
toned at Camp Davis.
A recommendation of the Whining.
ton Real Estate board for the ap'
pointment of w. A. Davis as a tax
assessor was approved by the county
board, on the motion Of Commits
sioner Trask.
Applications, submitted by j. K
Hollis, public welfare superintendent
for two persons, enc white and one
colored, for admission to the county
home, were also approved by thu
county commissioners.
The board adopted a resolution ap
proving of plans for early repairs tt
the courthouse clock, if such repair:
are found to be necessary in the neal
future. Numerous minor tax adjust
ment matters were referred to com
mittee for investigation and repor
at the next meeting.
J. A. Orrell, county auditor, actet
as secretary in the place of Thoma
K. Woody, clerk, who was unable t.
attend on account Of illness. TIL
board received routine reports from
the ladies rest room and merchant
exhibit committee and the Jane
Walker Memorial hospital.
The board offered no objections t.
a public notice from Col. Earl
Brown, Wilmington district army en-
gineer, on a proposal of the It'd
Water Power company for the ereo
ton Of overhead lines across tn
Cape Fear and Northeast rivers t,
Camp Davis at Holly Ridge.
Jurors were drawn for the tw,
week civil term of New Hanover su
perior court beginning Monday, Feb
ruary g.. Chairman Hewlett acknowl
edged receipt Of a letter from a spe
cial Legion committee pertaining II
recommendations made some tim,
ago to Attorney General ]. Van B
Nets, of Raleigh, for the appoint
ment of James B. Lynch and Vanc
Smith as captain of two proposed
home guard units in Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21
Western N. {. Schools
Closed by Influenza

ASHEVILLE, Jan. 90 ~ A
number of public schools were or
dered closed today in western
North Carolina because of the prev
alence of influenza.
They included: Flat Rock high,
East Flat Rock elementary and
Valley Hill elementary, all in Hen
derson county, Almond high and
elementary, in Swain county, and
all schools in Pennsylvania and
Clay counties.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21

Events Postponed
Last week the prevalence OF the
disease caused the postponement OIL
a number of sports events and II
bids fair to call off several others
in the next week or two.
And in that connection, we're
keeping our fingers crossed. Fol-
there's several mighty important
events coming up for Wilmington
in the next few weeks. One of them
is the fifth annual Star-NeWs-Brig-
ade Golden Gloves tournament on
Feb 11-12-l3-14.
Gee and G's
The Pittsburgh Pirates paid out
5000 G's for n Johnny Gee and
all they got from it was just a lot
of Oh, Gees.
But the elongated pitcher says
he's feeling better now and that
the Oh, Gees next summer should
be said with a different tone. We're
watching.
SdSC AilIi|
Basketball-the No. l sport SO
far as participants and spectators
are concerned-is getting into a
speedy pace in Southeastern North
Carolina. There are a lot of good
teams hitting the hardWoods this
winter and before we go any far
Their we'd like to invite EN- all
down to Wilmington for the seventh
annual Star-News-Y.M M CA. basket
ball tournament on March 1914
and Is.
Dates for the annual cage meet
were worked out last night with j.
P. Carrot, physical education dl-
rector at the Y. So now an's set
for the entries. Let EN- roll.
This and That
The Raleigh high school cagers,
who will play the New Hanover
Wildcats here Friday afternoon,
haven't lost a game in scholastic
competition so far this season.
They have dropped tits to tn e
State and Wake Forest freshman
quints. Stabley Woodward,
sports editor of the New Y k
Herald Tribune, says he's received
queries from The Citadel as to boys
who made the all-this and all-that
grid teams last fall in high school
and prep competition. Crash
Davis, the former Duke star In
fielder, has already signed his CON
tract for 1941 with the Athletics
-. So has Johnny Babich, the
five times victor over the Yanks
last summer. Connie Mack,
who was such a prophet last year,
has predicted that the Yankees will
win the American league pennant
his year. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21
REISELT WINS

CHICAGO, Jan. 20-R-Otto tel
self. 81 year old veteran from
Philadelphia, won his fourth sue
cessive victory in the worlds three
cushion billiard championship tour
nament today by defeating Herbert
peterson, st. Louis, so to 70 IN %
innings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21
SIGN CONTRACTS

CINCINNATI, Jan. 90 Up -
Three more members of the world
champion Cincinnati Reds returned
signed contracts today, bringing to
Is the number of players enrolled
for 1941. They were Outfielders
Mike Mccormick and Mike Dejean
and Witt Guise, ~32-year-old hurler
who spent most of 1910 with Column
bia, S. C.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21
GINO REX WINS

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 20.-GP-Paul
Colds Gino Rex raced into an early
lead and then held on grimly today
to take the featured Inauguration
purse at Hialeah park, despite a
rousing challenge fl Bomar
Stables Detroit Bull.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21
BABICH SIGNS

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20.-R)-
Johnny Babich, who beat the New
York Yankees five times last year,
signed today to pitch for the Ath-
letics again in 1871.
Manager Connie Mack also an
nounced he had received the signed
contracts of Rookie Pitcher Human
Harris and Rookie Catcher Hal
Wagner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21
SMOKE RINGS
It's Flu Time
By SAM Raglan

Most of his victims have been caught unawares and
Tho Knockout scored when they weren' Hooking. We're
referring to that w~raith-like fellow who's been throwing
monkey wrenches in more plans than one in recent weeks
N Tie Epidemic first cropped up on the west coast before
Christmas when it became known that several members
of the Stanford football team were in bed with influenza.
The fin moved eastward and has struck hard in this state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21
SWITCHBOARD CHAMPS

ST. PETERSBURGH, Fla, Jan. 20
- Up -Four new national shuttle
board champions were crowned here
today as the annual Mid-Winter
tournament drew to a close after
being DELAYED for four days by rain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21

Records show that in 1889 in.
structional flying - both dual and
solo-totaled 702,957 hours with So
236,560. miles down.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-21

Eight states have ratified amend
ments to provide that all automo-
bile tax funds shall be used exclu-
sively for tax purposes
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-08-07
LOOT. Plans TwO-Day
Grand Lodge Session

Members and representatives of
the Good Templars order from
three states will assemble for
business in two-day session with
the Poplar Springs lodge No. 278
in Poplar Springs hall, August 81
%, beginning at $3.50 a. m.
This will be the 65th annual ses-
sion of the Grand Lodge, celebrat-
ing the orders seth anniversary
in the United States, which was
originally instituted in Utica, N. Y.
- 1852.
Sessions will include a public
meeting on the evening of August
27 in the Poplar Springs Methodist
Church. The Rev. ]. Howard Link,
grand chaplain, is in charge of the
service. The Grand Lodge adj
dress by the Rev. Frank r. Isaac,
former editor of the Maryland
Templar, of Baltimore, will be de-
livered at II a. m. the second day
of the session.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-08-07
Mrs. Hattie ]. Plummer

Funeral services for Mrs. Hat
tie Jane Plummer, 81, wife of
Arthur M. Plummer, who died at
her home in Gaithersburg Sunday
after a long illness, was held
August S at 2:30 p. m. in Grace
Methodist Church, Gaithersburg.
The Rev. William J. Elliott, pas
tor of the church, officiated and
burial was in Forest Oak Gene
terry, Gaithersburg.
Mrs. Plummer, who was in the
millinery business in Gaithersburg
for nearly 40 years, is survived
by her husband, two brothers,
Halter Snyder, Hagerstown, and
Russell Snyder, Gaithersburg;
three sisters, Mrs. Willard A.
Helm, Gaithersburg; Mrs. Wilton
Bryant, Cedar Grove, and Mrs.
George Beall, Washington, and
her mother, Mrs. Harriet A. Sny-
der, Gaithersburg, who became SO
years old August A. She was
lifelong resident Of Montgomery
County.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-08-07
Gaithersburg News And
Social Items

Mrs. Lawrence Darby and
daughter, Nancy, left Saturday for
a two weeks visit with her mother,
| Mrs. B. o. Johnston in Wytheville,
Va.
With pink and white as the pre-
vailing color scheme two surprise
miscellaneous showers were given
at the home of Mrs. George Corn
Use on Wednesday evening, July so,
when Miss Ellen Cronise enter
tanned in honor of Miss Grace Pur-
dunn, who will be married to Mr..
Frank Hastings of Washington,
D. c., this month. Following this,
with Mrs. M. M. Hays of Rockville
and Mrs. David Lesher of Wash
ington as hostesses, the girls turn
ed the tables on Ellen and gave
her surprise shower, likewise,
preparatory to her marriage to Mr..
Joe Convey of Washington next
month. Both prospective brides
received large number of beauti-
full and useful gifts with tempting
refreshments followed the showers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Gartner
have returned to their home in
Pontiac, Mich, after weeks visit
with his father, Mr.. Jacob T.
Gartner.
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Schroed-
er entertained with a scavenger
hunt on Tuesday evening in honor
of their niece, Miss Beatrice Mar
tin, and nephews, Mr.. Marion Mar
tin and Jean Schroeder, the hunt
terminating with tempting refresh
ments and an enjoyable social hour
at their home on Frederick ave-
nue.. Included among their guests
were Misses Jean Bell, Ann Jacobs,
Marion Waters, Evelyn Elliott,
Carol Walker, Barbara Walker,
Mildred Stone, Peggy Hines, Betty
Lee Watkins, Messrs. Rodney Mil
Ter, Jimmy Burke, ]. C. Freeman
Talbot Sigafoose, Robert French,
Aubrey Beall, Rodney Costello and
Norman Glover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Belt after
touring South Carolina and visit
ing relatives in Rocky Mount,
N. C. where the temperature was
ITO degrees last Friday have found
much cooler place at "Mayview
Manor" Blowing Rock, N. c., in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-08-07
Bridges Free To
Troop Conveys Gov.
OC0nor Announces

Following protracted negotia-
tons by Governor Herbert R.
O'Conor and the State Roads
Commission with the representa-
tives of the holders of State bridge
bonds, the Governor has completed
arrangements whereby conveys of
the United States Army will be
allowed to cross bridges in Mary
land without payment of tolls.
In initiating the movement to
allow free passage by the troops,
Governor O'Conor announced that
he was impelled by the belief
"that every facility of the State
should be placed at the command
of those in charge of national de-
tense preparations" and that,
therefore, the State could well af-
ford to make every concession pos
sible in the interest of our armed
forces.
The governor went on to empha-
size that inasmuch as Hie troops
included in the conveys are being
trained for the protection of ou1
State and of our Democratic insti-
tutions, it is entirely fitting that
10 obstacle be placed in the way
of their proper training.
If such permission had not been
granted, Governor O'Conor was in
formed, it would have been neces-
sary to route such conveys through
Washington, which would cause a
great deal of difficulty and in
crease tremendously the present
congestion on the roads.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-08-07
Patuxent Grange To
Tour New England

Plans for the goth annual tour
of the Patuxent Grange of High
land have been completed and the
route has been mapped out by
those in charge. Forty members
and their friends will leave Vine
yard road and U. S. route 40 on
Thursday morning, August IA.
Camp sites have been selected at
Somerville, N. j.; HolyolSe, Mass;
Twin Mountain, N. H.; Mohawk
Springs, N. Adams, Mass, and
Chester, N. Y.
The group will visit many places
of interest, including Massachu-
sets State College and the egg
auction at Pennington, N. ].
The committee in charge are c.
c, Cissel, Miss Elizabeth Purvis,
Miss Kathryn Nawton, c. B. Zepp
and J. Wilson Lord.