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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
Greenberg May Be In
Army By Next June |

DETROIT, Jan. 15.-R-A selec-
tive service official said today that
big Hank Greenberg, Detroit Tiger
outfielder and m o It valuable
American league player last year,
probably will be in the Army by
June l."
W. H. Wells, chief clerk of draft
board No. %, said Greenberg, who
holds order No. 621, would be
mailed a draft QUESTIONABLE with
in two or three weeks"
IF the number of draftees into
the Army continues at the present
rate" Wells said, "Greenberg
probably will be called sometime
in May and hardly later than June
L."
Wells said this was contingent
upon the outfielder's classification
in class l and passing of the physi-
cal examination. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
Tabor City Cagers Win
Two From Whiteuiue

TABOR CITY, Jan. 15.-The Ia
Dor City High school basketball
teams defeated Whiteville in a dou-
bleheader last night, the boys
marking up their sixth win in a
row with an 1918 decision and the
girls winning 4-3.
With only two regular players
back from last years county cham
pions squad, Coach Earl Robinson
has been developing his green ma
terial at a rapid pace and from
the way things look now he will
have a repeating team for the
county title. The Red Devils have
won all six games played and have
displayed a fast breaking attack.
They will play Chadbourn at
Chadbourn Friday night. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
M'Neiu Beats Surface
In Orlando Net Meet

ORLANDO, Fla, Jan. 15.-R-
The best Hal Surface of Kansas
City had to offer wasn't good
enough today and National Cham
pion Don Mcneil of Oklahoma City
won by 6-3, So, 6-3, to reach the
semi-finals of the annual Orlando
tennis tournament.
Surface, who shortly will be in
Quoted into the Army for a years
military service, tried h d to
make his final winter tournament
competition include a victory over
the top-ranking Oklahoman and for
a while it appeared he might sue
coed.
Surface was a bit too keen at
the start, his forehand being ragged
at times. He found his range in
the second set after trailing IL,
and twice broke McNeill's service
to lead, SO. He held his own serv-
ice to run out the set. He rallied
again in the third set after trailing
IA, but his game never quite
reached the level he displayed in
the second set.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
WARD SAYS OFFER
FROM PROS MADE
Tribune Sports Editor De-
clines Bid To Become Gar
Of Pro Football

CHICAGO, Jan. Is. Up - Arch
Ward, sports editor Of the Chicago
Tribune, declared tonight on the eve
of a meeting of National Pro Foot
ball league executives that the 10
year offer he received to become
commissioner Of the league was an
official act"
1t had "the unanimous indorse-
ment of the club owners of the
league" Ward asserted in comment
ing on a statement by Carl StOrck,
league president, that the announce
ment of an offer to Ward was "just
SO much wind" and that the COM
missioner never had been discussed.
Furthermore, said Ward, ut was
only after mature elaboration that
1 declined the offer, made me with
in the last two weeks.
"While l know that professional
football is the fastest growing of
American professional sports, and
while I appreciate deeply the vote of
confidence from the owners of the
National league clubs, I felt that it
was for my best interests to re-
main with the organization which
has given me an opportunity to serve
in my chosen field"
Ward last spring also rejected the
pros offer of a 10-year contract at
$500 a year to become president
of the lea p11e.
Today's verbal exchanges came as
the leagues executive committee
and the magnates, too, prepared for
tomorrow mornings unofficial meet
ing.
Supposed to have been a secret
meeting, and strictly off the record,
responsible quarters believe the
meeting a prompted by Wards re-
cent rejection Of the leagues second
offer.
Reports Storck would be replaced
have been current ever since he be-
came president upon the death Of Joe
Carr two years ago. His status
should league owners decide to name
a commissioner at their regular
meeting in April was a matter of
conjecture.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
Junior High School Cage
Tourney To Open Frida,

The Junior High school basketba"
tournament will start Friday after
noon at 3 o'clock on the Y. M. C. A.
court with both girls and boys
teams taking part in the meet.
In the opening games the teams
of Isaac Bear will meet Hemenway
at 3 p. m. and Tileston will meet
Winter Park at 4:30.
The countrywide program of gram.
NAL school and Junior Bigh ath-
letics has been making great strides
on the winter program with the
grammar schools from the seventh
grades down to the first taking part
in the intra-mural program outlined
for them by Coach Relmon Robinson.
Once eacl week Coach Robinson
puts each school through a calls
themes drill with all students taking
part. The students in the lower
GRADES who are too small 20 play
basketball are playing volley ball and
playground ball.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
CHAPMAN Advances In
Biltmore Golf Meet

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 15.-R-With-
out the loss of a hole, Dick Chap
man of Greenwich, Conn.,, the ma
tional champion, moved today into
the third round of the Miami-Bilt-
more amateur golf tournament. He
ousted Skee Reige of Glendale,
Cal, 6 and 5, to keep in step with
the parade of favorites.
Jim Terrier, the big Australian,
who won the medal, trounced Ar
mold Minkley of Chicago, 6 and S.
The 1910 winner, Gus Novotny OF
Chicago, was forced to the 18th
before beating Nelson Davies OF
Coconut Grove, one up.
Another handy winner was Earl
Christensen, the Miami policeman,
who downed H. c. FrTehof of De.
troit, 4 and 2.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
Large Bass Landed By
Southport Postmaster

SOUTHPORT, Jan. 15.-With
several fair catches of bass and
google eye perch already reported
among the spring fresh water fish
ing preliminaries, Postmaster l..
T. Haskell of Southport went out
Monday and brought in a beauty
of a bass that weighed five pounds
and eight ounces.
The above is vouched for. The
fish was brought in and weighed.
What follows is just the postmas-
ter's own story.
He was not expecting them to be
biting. He was on the bank and
just casting for spring practice. A
big fish struck, and so violently
that it snatched the rod out of his
unsuspecting hands. He waded
(and he showed wet pants to prove
it, and managed to retrieve his
property. The fish had got away.
1t was after this that he caught
the previously mentioned prize. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
Dodgers Not To Locate
Farm Club At Lynchburg

LYNCHBURG, Va, Jan. 15.-GP-
Larry MacPhail, president Of the
Brooklyn Dodgers, notified chamber
of commerce officials here today that
the Dodgers definitely would not To-
cate their Piedmont league franchise
here.
MacPhail wrote Executive Secre-
tary Fontaine H. Scott that "it will
not be possible for us to locate in
Lynchburg."
Durham, N. c., and Newport News,
in Virginia are other cities which
have been under consideration for
the Dodgers Piedmont farm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
Wildcats To Meet Y Cagers Here Tonight
JUNIORS TO CLASH
in OPENING TILT
Game Between Varsity Teams
Rated About Even; Kit
tens Are Undefeated

The New Hanover high school has.
ketball team, without a conference
game this week, will meet the Y. NJ.
C. A. varsity cagers Oh the Y court
tonight at $50 o'clock.
The Y Juniors and the Junior Var.
sity of the high school will clash
in a preliminary game 1T 7:45
o'clock. The high school Juniors
have established themselves as ,
scrappy band Of court artists with
four wins against no defeats this
season, while the Wildcats have split
even in their four games.
The Cats have been working ont
daily at 8 o'clock in the morning at
the Y gym and consequently thew
have been handicapped somewhat
this season by inadequate training.
For the game Thursday, Coach
Bob Black will depend upon his
pack" Of veterans with the addition
of several promising new recruits.
The starting lineup will probably
be chosen from the following: Bowen,
Pieper, Edwards, Herring, Morrison,
Owensby, Nisbet, McKoy, Oliphant,
Johnson, Halliburton and one or two
others. This team boasts plenty of
height but some of the taller boys
lack the necessary experience.
The Y. M. C. A. team will probably
line up with North, Williams and
Davis alternating at the forward
berths; Gieschen and Nisbet at the
center position, with Won Oesen,
Stein and Merritt available at guard,
This team has looked good at times
this season and has also developed
an anemic appearance at times. If
this is their night to "click' they
may make it hot for the MINIS
squad.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
M[ZE HAS EYES
ON RUTH'S MARK
Cardinal Slugger Plans 10
Start Training Early So
As To Set New Record

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 15.-R-A for
mer manager of the Cardinals once
said if Johnny Mize would start {
season without being overweight
he'd hit so many home runs tina
Babe Ruth's record of 60 would
be in real jeopardy.
Last year Mize reported fat
played the early part of the season
wearing a rubber sweat shirt anc
yet managed, despite a poor be
ginning, to lead both leagues If
homers with 43.
The big Businessman, who &C
knowledged an average of close te
.999 at the food plate this winter,
admitted today he was 20 pounds
heavier than his best playing
weight of 215 pounds.
But-and this means, watch out
Babe Ruth's record-Mize is going
into training four weeks early ir
an effort to get into condition be-
fore reporting at the Cardinals
spring camp in St. Petersburg,
Fla, Feb. 20.
I'm going to Hot Springs about
Feb. l." he said, land take the
baths and play some golf to lose
weight. I hope to take CT at Least
Is pounds before I 60 to Florida
When the season opens on Ma
tional league fences, Mize expects
to start firing home runs from the
very first day, and he sees thai
''60' of Ruth's we'll within reach.
Every year since I've been up
in the majors, I've hit a few
more" he said, land I expect to
keep improving"
A powerful hitter, Mize swings a
bat like a toothpick," to use a
trite but true expression. Bothered
by a shoulder injury for a while
last year, he actually hit several
home runs while batting virtually
one-handed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
Heafner Has 70 Over Course;
Bulla Scores IS In $4,000
Open Tourney
BY U S

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. Is
-RHChick Harbert, a 25-year-old
slambang j~ourneyman of the fair.
ways, fired a sizzling fve-under.
par 81 in the rain today to lead
the field at the halfway mark Of
the 36-hole qualifying trials of the
$4,000 San Francisco match play
Open Golf tournament.
1t was a matchless performance
turned in under miserable playing
conditions. The young Battle
Creek, Mich, pro sloshed over
soggy fairways and through inter
mittently drenching rains to card
a 1894, against 36-36-72 par re-
quirements of the difficult Presi-
dio course.
Harbert, completing his first
year as a pro and making his first
swing over the winter tournament
trail, knocked over brides on the
5th, 9Th, 9th, 18th and 18th holes
with puts ranging from four to
ten feet.
AS an amateur, Harbert won the
Michigan open in 1887 with a 268,
a record score for Y holes until
Craig Wood bettered it with a 264
in the Metropolitan open, New
York, last year. He was a quar-
ter-inalist in the 1888 National
amateur championship and won
the Trans M amateur in
1889. Last year Harbert succeeded
his father as pro at the Battle
Creek Country Club.
In second place after the first
half of the qualifying rounds, was
an obscure pro from Palo Alto.
Cal, Marion Heifner who carded
a 34-35-69. He is a caddy at the
Stanford university course
The second qualifying round will
be held tomorrow, with the 100
low scoring professionals and "a
low amateurs fighting it out for
the 80, places in the match play
rounds, opening Thursday. A total
of 1853 teed off today.
Scores of 70 and under qualified
for the second round.
Tied at 70 were limerick Kocsis,
Detroit, 1854; Denny Shute, form
er National P. G.. A., champion
now registered from Chicago, with
1897; Sam Byrd, Ardmore, Pa,
35-35; Zell Eaton, Oklahoma City,
1884 and John Revolta, Evanston,
ILL.,, 35-35.
Eduardo Blast, of Buenos Aires,
Aires, n of two South American
links experts travelling the cir
cult, came in a good 36-35-71. His
c~ountryman, Martin Pose, had a
troublesome round of 4O-39-79.
Blast tied with John Perelli, Tahoe,
Cal, who posted a 1874.
Darkness swooped down ON the
field so early that thirty players
were unable to finish and will com.
plete the round tomorrow morning.
They included former National
Champion Marvin "Bud" Ward
of Spokane, who was one e par
for II holes.
Eleven players tied at par Y
included Lawson Little, U. S. open
champion, Sam Snead, the Vir-
ginia clouter; and Jimmy DeMaret,
defending champion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
Boxers To Meet
Charlotte Team Frida,

Coach Howard Mcdonald will give
the New Hanover high school box
ing team a final checkup this after
noon before the team leaves for
Charlotte tomorrow for the opening
fight meet of the season.
The Wildcats mittmen will be at
full strength for the Charlotte box
ers, who have laid claim to the
state and southern championships.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
F1arbert Takes Big Lead
In San Francisco Meet
CAGE SCORES

V. M. 1. 81; Maryland 80.
Hanes Hosiery 81; Appala-
chan so.
Bradley Tech SO; st. Francis
Al.
George Washington 81; Fur
man SO.
w. & L.. 41; V. p. /. 20.
High Point So; w. C. T. C. 80.
Dartmouth 60; Pennsylvania
80.
Clark "a; Holy Cross 20.
Rochester Al; Hamilton 20.
Colgate 66; Hobart A.
Mass. State 48; Williams "a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
ZIVlC IS CERTAIN
HE'LL WIN FIGHT
Welterweight Champ Says
He's Making Too Much
Money To Lose Match
BY SID

NEW YORK, Jan. Is. -R- The
way Fritzie Zivic figures it out, you
wouldn't expect a millionaire to trade
his bankroll for a job driving a truck,
would you?
Well, Fritzie explained today, then
there's nc reaso you can expect
him to give up his world welter-
weight champion to Henry Arm
strong in Madison Square Garden
Friday night, just because Henry is
supposed to have an extra-special in
centive to win.
eff you're talking about reasons
for winning" pointed out the young
est of the five flying Zivics out of
Pittsburgh, then don't go any far.
Their than little Fritzie.
"Look-I kicked around the ham,
and-egg spots for seven years. l
fought for coffee and cake money
so often that the first time I saw
caviar I asked a guy why they were
serving little ball bearings and how
do you eat them.
Before I beat Sammy Angott last
summer in Pittsburgh, for which I
was paid $4,000, I had never re-
ceived more than $1,000 for a fight
in my life. And up to then I'd been
fighting eve years and had been
tUthe post about 100 times.
"All Of a sudden. I'm in the chips.
In my last four bouts, counting the
one 1 beat Armstrong to win the
title last October, I've gotten $4,000.
And you're telling me Armstrong
is convinced he's gonna win because
he wants to retire as champion. Say
despite the money I've made since
winning the title, I'm still a hungry
fighter. Look here, I have more rea
son to whip Henry this time thar
I did the last time. Because then ]
didn't know any better. I didn't know
there was that kind of money around
loose, I want to tell you this-Fritzie
is through as a ham-and-egger, and
I'll knock out Armstrong in about
ten rounds Friday to prove it."
Just then, Fritzie's round manager,
Luke Carney, came up to tell about
the time Fritzie and his brother, Ed
die, had fights booked in st. Louis
and no money for railroad fare to
get there.
"Fritzie had a peanut business at
the time" Luke related. $50 the
three Of US piled into the little truck
he used to deliver orders, and we
drove to St. Louis. Fritzie and Eddie
were on the front seat, and they
parked me on a mattress inside the
thing. There we were driving across
the country with 8. sign on the truck
that told everybody we passed,
'Fritzie Zivic & Bros, Nuts"
Off his workouts for Friday, Zivic
is in even finer condition than he
was for his first tussle with Hennery
the Hammer. He was down to 147
pounds after his final three-round
boxing session today, and pointed out
that if Armstrong changes his style
as he has been threatening-to stand
UP straighter and box, instead of rip
ping in-he, Fritzie, will personally
flatten Henry, SUR as you're born
Promoter Mike Jacobs, meantime
let it be known that Fridays fuss
figures to be the outstanding finan'
cial success Of the season. 1t was
learned the advance sale totals near
ly 100000 and that no one in on
the promotion would be at all sur
prised if the gate goes well over
SEC. 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
M SIGNS

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15.-RH
Veteran Al Simmons and Rookie
Fred Chapman have signed to play
with the athletics again in 1941,
manager Connie Mack announced
today.
Simmons, an outfielder, will be
Starting his 18th year in major
league baseball. He was used last
year principally as a pinch hitter
and coach. Chapman, will make
another bid to become regular
|shortstop. "
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
SIGNED

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-R-The
New York Giants received the
signed contracts of Johnny Nc
Carthy and Johnny Wittig today,
bringing their total of signed-up
players to nine. Mccarthy, the
Giants regular first baseman for
several seasons, lives at West
Frankfort, Ill. Wittig, a right
handed pitcher whose home is
Baltimore, was farmed out to Jer-
sey City most of last season.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
TO r COMEBACK

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15-R-
Kayak II, big Argentine horse
which ran his last race Sept. 2 at
Washington park, will essay a
comeback in a six-furlong race at
Santa Anita tomorrow.
He is pronounced completely re-
covered from the quarter crack
trouble which necessitated his tenn
porary retirement after cutting
away of both front hooves.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
SMOKE RINGS
Welcome Dempsey
By SAM Raglan

Jack Dempsey, who needs about as much an ! 1ntre eor :
ton to the city as the mayor, viii arrlv i've mere rinu ooa aag te q a a
ouartet Of wrestlers to act like wrestlers should.
~" The American Legion is sponsoring the wrestling bouts
,nd tho annearance of the former heavyweight champion IN
W. W;in I'm ~ The promoters are hoping for a sellout crowd
Of 2.Soo and it looks like they will get it: Since Dempsey
needs no introduction and since you will probably get a
look at him as he tours the city today, well only choros our
welcome to the fistic idol along with the rest of the clty's
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
MEET SLATED MARCH

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-R-The
mems Junior National A. A. U. one-
meter dive and 150-yard medley re-
lay championships will be held
March Z at the University of North
Carolina, the Amateur Athletic
union announced today in making
public the dates for the greater part
of tits swimming events.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
C GETS SET

PUNTA GORDA, Fla, Jan. IS.
-R-Diminutive Elizabeth Hicks
of Long Beach, Calf, clipped off
a nine-hole 38, even women's par,
today as she tuned up her game
for the annual Punta Gorda golf
tournament opening Friday. ]
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
Bladenboro, Hamlet
Divide Double Bill

BLADENBORO, Jan. 15.-The
Bladenboro High school 6 e
teams divided a double bill with
the Hamlet teams h Ter Friday
night, the local girl winning 23-9
and the Hamlet boys by a 1922
score. I'D.
The local cagers last week de-
feated Elizabethtown, the girls win
ming 45-9 and the boys coming out
in front of a 28-16 score. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 15.-R-Release
Of shortstop Sig Gryska and pitcher
Charles Wagner, a lefthander, to
Toledo of the American associa-
ton, was announced today by the
st. Louis Browns. Gryska was with
Hollywood Of the Pacific coast lea
que last season. Wagner was al
Toledo. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
RALLIES TO WIN

GREENVILLE, S. c., Jan. 15.-LP)
Captain Conner sank a one-handed
flip shot from the deep corner in the
last ten seconds of play to lift the
George Washington Colonials to a
1886 basketball victory over Fur
mans Paladins here tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
MERRILL LOSES

PALM BEACH, Fla, Jan. 10
R-The 1910 winner was elimin.
ated today from the annual Lake
Worth amateur golf tournament.
Ike Merrill of Camden, Me-, and
Daytona Beach, Fla, lost 3 and 2,
to Tommy Goodwin of New York.
Goodwin ran up a three-hole lead
on the first nine and never was
BEADED. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16

citizenry.
Put On the Gloves
Golden Glovers take note-the
entry list is fast building and now
is your time to get lined up for
this fistic festival that will go on
the boards February II for a four
night stand.
Latest to enter are Harvey Will
Hanson, 135-pounder of Laurln-
burg, and Jimmy Lee, 1875 pounds,
from the same city. Both boys
are 10 years of age and are entered
in the Open division.
Johnnie Simmons, of Southport,
dropped by to see us the other
night and says he will bring up a
band of scrapping boys from the
Brunswick capital for the tourna-
ment. All of the boys are in pretty
good shape, he says, and should
give a good accounting of them
selves.
So send in your entries now and
then don the gloves and start get
ting ready for the fifth annual
Star-News-Brigade Golden Gloves.
The Colonel Tells One
Talk Of the Kentucky Derby is
beginning to warm up and already
we have received from Frank G.
Menke, the publicist, a ream or
two of copy about this greatest of
all horse races.
Menke repeats a little story as
told by Col. Matt j. VIM, who is
referred to as lone of the rarest
species on earth-an Irish diplo-
mat" The Colonel says:
Back in 1887, when I vas 26,
quit my job as a grocery sales:
man and went into the tailoring
business with Ed Langan. The
store we rented was owned by a
man named Mcknight, who oper.
ated the biggest carpet and rug
store in the South. He was a very
prominent business man, and very
popular, and one day I went into
his store.
"Mr. Mcknight" I said, IT an
! just entering into business a .
: would like to be successful. I woult
appreciate it very much if yol
: were to give me some advice"
He smiled and said: IT can give
you advice. Good advice. In three
words: Always be polite"
This and That
The Brunswick county basketball
series for the championship starts
Monday, with Leland playing Al
Shallotte. incidentally the LIE
land boys are unbeaten so far thi:
season and stand a good chance Of
coping the title. 1t looked like
baseball, but it's really basketball
the Tabor City girls cage team
defeated the Whiteville sextet a;
TueNaay night. The first hal
ended with the score tied at IL.
In the last half Whiteville scored
two points and Tabor City three. .
The way Cardinals White Phan
toms rolled over Wake Fores1
Tuesday night, it looks like George
Glamack and Co., will have a
headstart on repeating as South.
ern conference cage champions
again. That Armstrong -Zivic
fight tomorrow night is as hard to
call as the weather, and if you
have to give odds to bet don't dc
it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16

HIGH POINT. Jan. 15.-LP-High
Point colleges basketball team won
its third straight North State confer
|ence game tonight with a 55-38 vic
tory over Western Carolina Teach
ers college,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
REMAIN

CHICAGO, Jan. 15-RE We1ker
Cochran of San Francisco and
Earle Lookabaugh of Chicago
maintained their undefeated stand
ing in the world three-cushion bill
lard tournament today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16

Rocky Mountain National Park
has an area of 400 square miles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-16
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1t takes those good, old Carter's Little
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