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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
Southern Loop Indoor
Games Open Saturday

CHAPEL HILL, Feb. 49, R -
The 18th annual Southern confer
ence indoor games here Saturday
afternoon will be the biggest ever
Fifty-four teams and more than
400 Individual contestants have
already registered. This is more
than ever before.
Last year 40 teams participated.
The entries closed this weekend.
The list includes IL of the Is
Southern conference members,
eight in the non-conference divis-
ion, II in the freshman division,
and % in the scholastic competl-
ton.
The conference teams entered
are from Clemson, Davidson, Duke
Maryland, North Carolina. N. c.
State, Richmond. South Carolina.
V. M. l.. Washington and Lee and
William and Mary.
The non-conference teams in
clude Navy and Catholic univer-
sity, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Tenn
essee, Newberry Bridgewater and
West Chester State Teachers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
Kentucky Moves to Top
In Southeast League

ATLANTA, Feb. 16-Don't let
Adolph Rupp's crocodile tears fool
you. The University Of Kentucky
has what it takes to win basket
bali games.
At any rate, the Wildcats are
out in front of the Southeastern
conference today with six wins
and n defeat-despite graveyard
means from Coach Rupp that lea
que competition is too tough for
his poor little mountain boys"
Kentucky, which dropped a de-
cision to Tennessee at the start
of conference play, squared things
up last night with a 1923 win
over the Vols at Lexington. The
win, plus a triumph over hapless
Mississippi earlier in the week,
sent Kentucky forging ahead of
Florida, the previous leader. The
Gators dropped to second place
when they split a two-game argu-
ment with Georgia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
Rice Comes Close TO
Beating Mails Mark

NEW YORK. Feb. 16.-R-
Blame it on the war and the re-
sulting confusion in international
sports, but Greg Rice's tWo-mile
run in 9 minutes SO. seconds at
Madison Square Garden last night
fell a fifth of a second short OF
being the fastest ever run.
Your correspondent (and vlrtu-
ally everyone else) thought it was
the fastest. since Rice's former
indoor mark was 1862 and the
record took lists the 0:56 by Mix
los Szabo of Hungary as best out
doors. But in September, 1899,
Taisto Mali of Finland ran the
distance in 1882. Because the
war broke out aoon after and there
has been no record = sanctioning
meeting Of tho International Fed
GRAFTON since then, SzabO's time
remains the recognized mark.
However, there is no arguing
Rice's supremacy in distance-run-
ming, forced to make all OF his
own pace last night. he still was
able to knock off the first mile
in 4::27.S, and then slam through
a 60. 1-second last quarter that was
faster than the mile finish. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
MOST CAGE LOOP.
LEADERS DECIDED
Wisconsin, North Carolina,
Kentucky, Arkansas, STAN
ford Among Top CUNTS

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-R-Ex-
cept in the Eastern intercollegiate
league, the Big Six and the Mis-
souri, Valley conference, you can
point to one team in every major
college basketball conference to-
day as the one that almost GER
tainly will finish at the top of this
seasons standings.
In the Big Ten it's Wisconsin
CID, hot on an eight-game win
ming streak which has brought all
seven conference victories. Ken
lucky GID looks a good bet to re-
peat as Southeastern conference
leader; North Cardinals Southern
conference defending champions
12-0) are a cinch for the title
tournament as they go into the
last week of league play; Arkan-
a go already has clinched the
Southwest crown; on the Pacific
Coast it's Stanford CID in the
Southern and Washington State
(9-2) in the Northern division, and
in the Rocky Mountain Big Seven
it's Wyoming GID.
In the three excepted instances,
il still is strictly a toss-up; among
Dartmouth (5-1). Columbia (4-1)
and Cornell (6-2) in the ELL.
between Kansas (4-1) and Okla
homa (4-2) in the Big Six, and be-
tween Drake and Creighton leach
$50 in the Missouri Valley.
Riding high among the ''Indepen-
dents" are the East's Seton Hall
and Baltimore, each with IA vic
tories and no defeats. The Jersey
ties, idle last week, may knock off
another against st. Joseph next
Friday. But Baltimore has a tar
tar coming up next Saturday in
Long Island U. GID. One factor
which may work in the Maryland
ers' favor, however, is that L.I.U.
will have played Michigan State
at East Lansing Wednesday and
Depaul at Chicago on Friday be-
fore coming to Baltimore. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
Thousands of Workers
Inspect Battle Planes

BUFFALO, N. Y. Feb. 16.-R-
The U. S. Army lifed the cloak of
secrecy today and permitted thou
sands of workers from this city's
vast warplane plants to inspect
the finished product of their own
handiwork-latest model fighter
ships.
Police estimated about 49, 1000 en-
ployes of the Curtiss Aeroplane di-
vision and Bell Aircraft corpora
ton, their friends and families,
filed through guarded gates at
Buffalo airport.
In addition to the pursuits they
had helped build themselves, the
workers were given opportunity to
inspect six twin-motored bombers
flown from Langley Field, Va.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
HOGAN FINISHES
SECOND WITH us
CLAYTON Heather Is Third
With Score of 279; Picard
Earns $1,000 Purse
BY MORTIMER T.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 16.-LR-
Henry Picard of Hershey, Pa, last
ed long enough to stave off a gal
liant bid by little Ben Hogan today
to win the $1,000 first prize in the
5000 New Orleans Open golf tour
nament.
Picard. wound up with 276, eight
strokes under the tournament record
he set in winning two years ago, and
two strokes better than Hogan, of
Purchase, N. Y, who pocketed $3.50
as r%unner-up, with 278.
The Hershey veteran, who broke
the City Park course record by two
strokes yesterday with a IS, started
this mornings Is as though he were
going to do even better. Brides on
the first three holes and an eagle on
the fourth, on which he sank a 20
foot uphill putt, helped him to break
the curse record on the first nine
with 81. He took a par IS OF the
back nine and led at the 54-hole mark
with 203 strokes.
Clayton Heafner of Lineville, N. c.,
who had been tied at the halfway
| mark with Picard at 1877, was second
at 207 after shooting 34-36-70 on the
morning 10.
Hogan's 35-33-6S, added to his pre-
vious 140, put him third at 208 when
he started the final round playing in
a threesome with Picard.
AS Heafner's 38-34-72 sent him
out of the running for top money,
Hogan and Picard engaged in a dog
fight. The silent little Texan picked
up three strokes on the first nine,
shooting a four-under par SO to Pick
in a stroke Of the leader as Henry
took five on the par-three 18th.
Ben lost his chance when he hook
ed into a bush on the 18th to lose
a stroke, and both players got pars
on the 18th and brides on the 18th.
Heafner's 279 was good for third
place and $3.50. At 2S4 were Jimmy
Demaret, of Houston, Tex, last
years winner; Tony Penna of Day
ton, O.; Craig Wood Of Mamaro-
neck, N. Y, and Ralph Guldahl of
Chicago.
P. G.. A. Champion Byron Nelson,
Of Toledo, with rounds of 50 and u
today, finished with 2S5.
Some of the biggest names in golf
were missing in the final scores
Among those failing to qualify for
the last SO holes were National Open
Champion Lawson Little@ and Jimmy
Thomson of Chicopee, Mass.
Sam Snead Of Hot Springs, Va,
and Johnny Bulla of Chicago had
high nalf-time scores and did not
start today.
Harry Cooper of Chicago dropped
out with 220 at "a holes. Leonard
Dodson. who won the Oakland Open,
withdrew on the third hole after an
attack of appendicitis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17

over the United States.
And while we are looking for
ward to this bit of fighting, we
would like to look back over some
nifty bit of boxing that was trotted
out in the ring at Legion stadium
last week.
We have never seen a better
band of sportsmen than the boys
who participated in this meet. Tney
fought clean and hard. If they
won they took it in good grace. Ii
they lost it was the same way.
We would also like to express
our appreciation for all of the in
valuSole assistance lent by num-
bers of persons connected with
the tournament. This list would
include the judges, Capt. Bill Colt,
Capt. F. F. Folk. Jimmy Jet;
Porter Davis, Skeet James, John
Odom, Rhode Farrow, Roy Cook,
D. C. North. John Gibson, Charlie
Register, Harry Fales, Kenneth
Mann, Bill Rhodes, and all OF the
many assistants both at the ring
side and in the dressing rooms.
We would like to thank Shelton
Walker for his job of announcing
and ~refereeing and all of the mem
bers of the Senior Fraternity.
The Boxers
There was plenty of gameness
and pure fighting courage dis
played by the boxers in the meet.
There was not a fight fan present
who didn't give a hand to one
boy in particuIar-Jesse Butler,
Lunberton NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
scrapped gamely with one arm
gone in the semi-finals to win.
But a trick shoulder that was dis
located in this round, kept him
out of the finals. The tournament
physician wouldn't allow him to
fight the final night, because OF
the injury and the possibility that
it might become a permanent IN
jury.
But the boy was one of the
gamest in the tourney. He was
certainly popular with the fans.
Coach Lonnie BlackWelder, Of
Roanoke Rapids. coached his team
through to the championship. His
boys were smart boxers and they
gave the crowd one of the best
exhibitions O. scientific boxing seen
here in a good while.
There were a lot of out-of-toWn
boxers and they all went back
home well pleased with the tourna-
ment. And most of them were
talking in the same manner as
Sammy Edwards. of Lumberton,
when he said:
I'm gonna start training when
fall starts so I'll be hard as nails
when l get back,
It's History Now
But the 1941 Golden Gloves are
history now. They were fine while
they lasted. So all we can say is
just stick around until next time. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
Picard Wins Top Money! New Orleans Meet
Five Cage Teams Clinc6
Southern Tourney Berth,
CAGE SLATE

North Carolina collegiate has.
ketball teams will play the fol-
lowing schedule this week:
Monday - Guiiford at Elon,
Washington and Lee at North
Carolina, Catawba at Newberry,
Wake Forest at South Carolina,
Western Carolina Teachers at
Appalachian, Duke at N. C.
State.
Tuesday-Elon at Appalachian,
High Point at Lenoir. Rhyme,
Wake Forest at Clemson, Fur
man at Davidson.
Wednesday, Wake Forest at
Furman, Westinghouse Appren-
tice at A. G. C.
Thursday-North State tourna-
ment starts at High Point,
North Carolina at Duke. South
Carolina at Davidson.
Friday-North State tourney
continues, South Carolina at
Wake Forest, v. M. 1. at N. C.
State.
Saturday-North State tourney
ends, North Carolina and Dav-
idson at Winston-Salem, v. M. /.
at Wake Forest, South Carolina
at N. C. State.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
Ph.D. at Tech Enters
Golden Cloves Tourney

ATLANTA. Feb. 16.-LP-On the
list of entrants for the Southeastern
Golden Gloves tournament tonight
there was the name. Douglas Nc
Clay" as a welterWei2ht.
On the Georgia School of Technolo-
gy faculty list, there is the name,
douglas McClay, Phi, D., instructor
of mathematics"
The men are the anne The "math
prof" decided to abandon theoremc
Cor left and right uppercuts for the
veriod of the tournament which be-
gins Tuesday.
The doctor of philosophy from
Harvard is 25, and strictly an ANA
teur. This is his first public ap-
pearance in the ring.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
~ Skaters Are Rescued
From Large Ice Ch

ELKHART, Ind, Feb. 16.-2-
Twenty-Five skaters 10 of then
children, were rescued late tOda'
from an ice cake floating down
St. Joseph river here. None wi'
harmed.
The floe, about an acre in eS
tent, broke loose from the bani
where the stream is nine feet deep
and about a uarter-mile Wlds'
Firemen made the rescue in one
trip with three boats. q
The skaters remained calm asa
strong South wind blew the ICE
cake toward a low dam. Spec'a'
tors said one boy insisted on BEN;
the last to be taken off becau.
he wanted to keep on skating
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
Carolinas GG Meet
To Open ednesday
CHARLOTTE, Feb. 16.-LR-

CHARLOTTE, Feb. l6.-F-
The contestants in the Ninth
Annual Golden Gloves n
A.A.U. boxing tournament here
begin arriving Tuesday. int
eliminations, with Jack Dempsey
refereeing. will start the next
day. A "get acquainted' banquet
for the lcatherpushers will be
held Tuesday night at the cham
Der of commerce.
The tournament schedule COIL
sists of eliminations, the trlai
rounds, Wednesday,, Thursday
and Friday nights. each program
probably running from 20 to 81
fights each. The seml-flnals VIII
be fought OH Saturday nisht.
The finals are billed for next
Monday night. The palrings VIII
be drawn Tuesday night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
Investigation of Large
Baltimore Fire Begun

BALTIMORE, Feb. l6.-lR-In'
arson squad and the salvage corp
of the Baltimore fire departing
today began investigating a lEs
that destroyed four buildings al.
crippled operations at the pla.,
of the Maryland Sanitary MaA'I
featuring company last ngh''
T. T. Alverson, general ma@s!
ger, said the company, VIII
makes stoves and sanitary appa
ances, was engaged through j.,,I
bers on manufacturing proou.,
for national defense housing p~I
poses. Because of this it was snI
pected that the Federal Cow.
ment would join in inves'lgaD
the blaze.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
LOUIS. DORAZI0 BATTLE TONIGHT
CHAMP IS HEAVY
FAV0RITE TO WIN
No Bets Being Made; Experts
Say Louis Will Win by k.O.
Inside Four Rounds
BY SID FEEDER

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 16-R
Although the home town boys
chances Of making good are about
as bright as an old shoe, Gus Fan
and his family are out to set a
new local indoor fistic record for
Joe Louis heavyweight title de-
tense against Gus Dorazio tomor-
row night.
Promoter Herman Taylor gave
the box office a fast once-over to-
day. discovered the advance sale
was already well over the $4,000
mark, and, with business still
brisk, visioned a possible sell-out
in Convention Hall for Philadel-
phia's first heavyweight champi-
onship shindig since Gene Tunney
did that thing to Jack Dempsey in
the rain IS years back.
He estimated more than $4,000
of the faithful would turn out in
the big west Philadelphia arena
to see the Bomber put his title
on the line for the 18th time
against the squat 19O-pounder from
South Philly," and that the gate
would hit the $50, 900 jackpot. This
would eclipse by considerable the
cid high Steve Hamas and Tommy
Loughran set when they opened
Convention Hall to the business of
bashing beaks before some $4,000
fans back in the early '30s.
AS for the fight itself, even Dor
azio's best friends won't tell him
what figures to happen. A close
check-up revealed today that one
bet actually was made on the fight
but this was only for $3.50 and was
based on what color trunks Louis
would wear. Only one person was
giving Gus a chance and that
was Gus himself.
This corner believes it will take
several minutes for Louis to study
Dorazio's half-crouching, weaving,
bobbing style. but that once he gets
the blue print charted, the roof
will fall in on Gus almost imme-
diately. That should be inside OF
four rounds.
Louis agrees with this theory,
but Dorazio pooh-poohs any pos
sibility that he may lose. He has
all the confidence Tony Galento
and Red Burman carried into the
ring against the Bomber. and has
an added incentive in the fact a
state legislative investigation has
been threatened over a charge by
a state senator that this match is
between opponents of unequal
ability" He is going to look for
the senator's seat at ringside to-
morrow, he says, and will knock
Louis right into the legislators lap.
This outing is the third trip to
the post in the champions fght-a-
month campaign which is making
heavyweight history this winter.
He stopped Al Mccoy in Boston in
December, stiffened Clarence the
Red Burman in New York less than
three weeks ago. and goes from
here to Detroit to tussle with large
Abraham Simon next month.
He looked none too impressive in
his tea parties with Mccoy and
Burman. and Dorazio figures this
time he's going to be under-par
once too often. At that, when a
guys as confident as Gus, you
can't rule him off for trying.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
Southport Plans For Gulf
Stream Fishing Tournament
BY BILL KEZIAH

ooO11iI oIl1, TeD. 10. WIN
Don N. Carpenter, outdoor editor
OF the Washington Daily News,
clamoring loudest for it, and with
various other outdoor editors who
have been here during the past
year in hearty accord, plans are
being worked out for a spring and
summer-long gulf stream fishing
tournament at Southport.
Tentative plans are to start about
the first Of April although at that
time the weather will still be un-
certain. Prizes will be offered for
the first catches of dolphin. amber
jack, barracuda. sail fish and mar
lin; also for the largest fish of
each sort caught during the tourn-
ament and the largest boat catch
eS. At intervals monthly prizes
may be offered.
During he previous seasons the
Southport fishing has all been done
from boats that were not equipped
with outriggers. Neither marlin or
sails will strike on direct trolling
in the backWash from a boat. The
equipping of several local boats
with outriggers and the additions
to the sport fishing fleet through
the coming here of several we'll
known sport fishing guides from
Florida, with their boats, should
add a lot of marlin and sails to
the big catches of dolphin, amber
jack and barracuda that invari-
ably attends expeditions to h e
gulf stream.
AS a matter of fact, the gulf
stream off Southport, Seems to be
the furtherest northern point to
which barracuda go. They are
found on the shoals in The vicinity
of Frying Pan Lightship practically
the whole year round. They are
SO numerous and so sure of strik-
ing that the average sportsman
has been slow to demand boats
equipped with outriggers in order
that he could fish for something
else.
Carpenter. who has made three
trips here this winter and made
great catches each time, has re-
peatedly claimed that sportsmen
in Washington could rave to
Southport at no more cost than
attended a trip to Ocean Ciy, Md,
reputed to be the greatest sport
fishing poin on the eastern coast.
He has gone further and claimed
in his paper that Southport also
had better fishing that this was
an unexpected Eldorado for sports
men from both the north and east.
He has even spoken of the posi-
bility of ranging for a train load
of excursionists being brought in
here from Washington for several
days of fishing, some time this
summer.
In addition to interesting north
ern and eastern newspapers, the
good catches here during the past
two years appears to have also
greatly interested a number of the
larger North Carolina daily news
papers. The editor of one such
afternoon paper, wrote this week
to ask regarding his sending a
staff cameraman and f azure
writer in for two or three days
fishing, picture making and data
collecting, just as soon as the fish
ing opened up. He has already
been assured of every possible CO.
operation.
Hundreds of sportsmen in Char
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
Riggs Defeats Kouacs
In Tennis Tournament

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla, Feb.
16.-LP-Frank Kovacs of Oakland,
Calf, blew a 81 lead in the fifth
set today and former National
Champion Bobby Riggs of Chicago
beat him in the finals of the mid
winter Invitation tennis tournament
here.
Riggs played steady tennis and
took advantage of Kovacs' errors to
pull up ever at 4-all in the deciding
set, then won the next two games
to capture the match and his second
winter tournament in a row. Riggs
GA, GA, 4-6. 4-6, Ga.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
SMOKE RINGS
&C Review
By SAM Raglan

After a week of keeping all fingers on the tt + pals r;n OF s end
~ ~ enana 1vatching the leather fly, we are back in the cor
IN ge@ WjIningtons Golden Gloves are over for 1871, but for
some eight or more boys who came out OF the tournament e n NJ
son nbsnnions there will be plenty Of more fist flinging IN
~ AZ CaroGnas tourney which gets under way in Charlotte
Wilmington's champions will leave here Tuesday morn MORN
;na =, the Queen CITY. They will be weighed in that after
rs feted that night and everything will be set for the
opening Of the tournament the following evening: IRON IRON
there fhe champions of the Caroinas will go to New YORK
~ ~ aoxonloto in the tournament of Champions" from all
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
Norman Davis Receives
Award from B'Nai Birth

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-R-Nor-
man Davis, chairman of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, today received the
9th anniversary award of B'Nai
Birth, Jewish service and ~fraternal
organization.
The award, a plaque symbolizing
honor, duty and achievement" was
given in recognition of Davis "hu-
manltarian services" and his insist
ence to Nazi officials that American
relief supplies sent to Poland be dis.
tributed on a non-sectarian basis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
North Carolina, South C,.,
lima, W. & L., W. &M ,s
v. M. l. Already in Meet ~

Va, Feb. a.,
ALI but three of the eight b,sI
in the annual Southern confonaIAS
basketball tournament had 'Ne
clinched today as the CUNTS wen na'
pared for the final week NJ ~ Al
season. Vie
North Carolina and South c,,.
lima have kept their states cIa,'
against family foes. Wasbing,aaa1
and Lee, William and Marv .ss
Virginia Military Institute are + ,5a
other teams which have sewe6 % I,
spots in the tourney opepjns =,
Raleigh on Feb. q.
Richmond has three o.rn,,
scheduled for this week and Drys
two so they are assured at Iess,
a 500 percentage for the seaso,
Wake Forest, eighth ranking chm
at the present time, has broker
even in eight contests and has fms
tits listed for the next six day,
North Carolina State, victors i,
five of twelve games, has three a
play and could advance into ts
top flight by winning them all
Clemson has won five in IS and ha,
two more, while Davidson has won
three in nine and could wind I'M
with a 500 average by winning il
three remaining engagements.
Virginia Tech, The Citadel, Fun.
man and Maryland are out Of The
running.
North Carolina has three games
carded for this week, meeting w.
& l.. Monday, Duke Thursday and
Davidson on Saturday. South Carr
lima has four, playing Wake ForeS
twice and N. C. State and David.
son once on the road. Duke plays
at N. C. State on Monday. Wake
Forests other games are with
Clemson, V. M. l., and Furman.
North Carolina in winning a doz,
en loop games has rolled up a To-
tai of 634 points to 426 for the op'
position, an average of 52.8 points
a game. South Carolina has tai.
lied 304 points and yielded 225 in
conquering seven circuit rivals,
On 90 of a 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
WEAKLY WINS

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla,
Feb. 16.-lR-His tiny craft dron-
ing around the course like a bum
blebee, Paul YEARLY of Muncie,
Ind, dominated the annual New
Smyrna Beach regatta ending to-
day by annexing class B and c
honors.
YEARLY won the class A Upton
trophy race yesterday, besides
winning the first two heats of the
class c Dave Sholtz trophy event.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
FIELD TRIALS START

P1NEHURST, Feb. 16.-LR-The
z4th annual events Of the Pinehurst
fleld Trial club will start tomorrow
morning with the amateur all-age
stake.
Inc event is open to all bird dogs
iahdled by amateurs and the win
ner VIII be awarded the Shore Mem
orial trophy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
SIGNS MCCOY

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. 10
R-The Harvard Athletic associa-
ton announced today that Alfred
M. Mccoy, head football coach at
Colby college for the past four
seasons, had been signed as var
sity backield coach.
Mccoy succeeds J. Neil Skip"
Stanley, who resigned his Harvard
post last week to accept al ap-
pointment as head football coach
at Brown university.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
Neal Beats Derringer
In Sarasota Golf Match

SARASOTA, Fla, Feb. 16.-GP-
Paul Derringer, Cincinnati pitching
ace, was dethroned as Sarasota's
municipal golf champion today by
steady stroking AL Neal of Sarasota
and Marion, N. c., s and 7.
The lanky moundsman lost his
putting touch and was four down at
the halfway mark of the 36-hole
final. Neal boosted his margin to Z
up at the 9th, won the 2Sth and
halved the next to close out the
match.