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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
By EARL HILLIGAN

CHICAGO, Jan. 9-LP-What with
Of Dizzy Dean trying to come back,
young Lou Novikoff trying to come
up and Manager Jimmy Wilson try
ing to come through, it looks as
though the Chicago Cubs are going
for a lively ride this coming season.
For the record books show this is
"pennant year" for the Cubs, who
captured the National league title in
1929, 1882, 1885 and 1898. That COM
bination of numbers doesn't carry
the slightest guarantee of first place
for a club which finished fifth last
season but the fans are beginning to
talk in very optimistic vein. The
| chances are that before the season
is we'll along, they'll have plenty to
talk about.
Young Mr.. Novikoff, a colorful in.
dividual who should impart a lot of
life to an oftentimes dull team
whether he makes the grade IN high
or not, already is on a very big spot
even with the season three months
away. The Cubs will start him in
left field and the business office is
banking heavily on his coming
through in view of a record which
shows the team has been "in the
red" six Of the last 10 years.
The fans also are looking to Lou,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
FARLEY EXPECTS
YANKS SALE SOON
Expects To Be New Owner OF
Club Before Returning From
Trip To South America

NEW YORK, Jan. 9-R-James
A. Farley left for a South Ameri-
can business trip today with the
statement he expects to be the new
owner of the New York baseball
Yankees by the time he gets back
on March 10.
I'll be terribly disappointed if
the contract isn't signed before l
return" he said as his ship, the
Coamo, left it's East river pier.
Tine former postmaster general
insisted he was making the trip,
which will take him to Puerto Ri
CO, Haiti, the Virgin Islands, the
Canal Zone, and to Valparaiso,
Buenos Aires and several other
spots in South America, purely for
business, and not as a represen-
tative of President Roosevelt.
And there is no significance to
the fact that l will miss the Presi-
dents inaugural for his third term.
Business will prevent my being
there, and 1 only wish I could
make it." .
Farley appeared optimistic about
purchase of the vast Yankee base
ball empire, a deal of about 81
600, 600, which has been in the off
again, on-again stage for months.
Unless something unforeseen
comes up-something with which
1 am not now familiar" he pointed
out, II have every reason to be-
lieve the deal will be successful
ly consummated. When I say l
expect the purchase to be made
before l return, 1 mean l hope the
contracts will be signed by then
and the down payment made. After
that, there is necessarily some
lengthy amount of investigation to
go through before the entire trans
action is completed. While I am
gone, I have left everything in the
hands of my attorneys, Basil o.
Conner and John Farber. They
have my power of attorney in this
deal"
Farley's name first came up as
a purchaser of the Yanks-Which
includes the clubs 'Double-A"
league farms in Newark and Kan
sas City-nearly a year ago. The
chief point in the deal has been
the down payment the Yanks are
acknowledgement 81, 500, 600.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Jockey Don Meade Finds
Weight Slows Him Down

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 9.-RE Don
Meade, who got 'fat"-117 pounds
during a seven-week layoff, fig
ures he will start booting home the
winners again DUNG the Hialeah
Park horse racing meeting.
For the first time in his q years,
the crack jockey had trouble she'd
ding the poundage this winter and
his performance at Tropical Park
was less than sensational. He rode
few horses and scored only W o
triumphs during the Today session,
but came up with n victory on
Hialeah's opening day yesterday.
you're like a fighter when
you're overweight" he explained.
'You're just not in top shape.
'But I'm back to normal now
and when 1 start riding four, five
and six mounts every day I'll be in
trim" a
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Lou Nova To Battle Pat Comiskey Tonight
It's 'Pennant Year Again
For Cubs; They Look Lively

knowing he's led every league hoe
played in at bat and that he hit .
luscious 1868 last season in the Pa.
cific Coast league. He's a big shout.
dered, long-ball hitter who fields in
mediocre style. What some Cub fans
don't like to remember is the fact
one Dominic D~allessandro hit 1868 IN
lead the Pacific Coast league in 1899
and then hit a terrific .26S with the
Cubs last season..
No one knows what Dean will do.
including Dir himself. A star hold.
out in his better years, Dir already
has pulled n big surprise by lie.
coming the first Cub PLAYER to SIGN
for 1871, at $4,000. He won MY
three games last season, against as
many losses, but any day now he
will conc through with a breath.
TAXI g announcement that he's head.
ing for his greatest year"
Dean and Novikoff won't be all C
Manager Wilson's worries. With the
man he succeeded, Gabby Hartnett,
gone to the New York Giants, Will
son doesn't know who Pitcher Clay
Bryant will pinch run for this com.
ing campaign. Bryant, of course,
could become a, pitcher once more
and take a big load off Wilso, S
mind
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
JAYVEEST MEET
IN OPENING TILT
Wilson Cagers Favored In
Conference Clash On Y
Court This Afternoon

The New Hanover high school
Wildcats will meet the strong
Charles L. Coon cagers of Wilson
in an Eastern Class A conference
battle on the Y.M.C.A. court this
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
A game between Coach Rupert
Bryan's undefeated Junior varsity
and the Wilson Jayvees will pre-
cede the varsity contest, in which
the visitors will rate the favorite.
The local Kittens have come
through in fine style in their first
three games, defeating Clinton
very convincingly in two times ur
and the Fayetteville Kilties in their
initial meeting played on the Fay
etteville court. Billy Aud has beer
a standout in all the games to date
and is being counted upon to keep
the locals out in front this after
noon. This is the first meeting OF
the two teams and not a word has
trickled out of Wilson as to the
calibre of play the little 'Coons
possess.
Coach Bob Black will be shoot
ing his varsity into their second
conference contest of the season
against the team which finished
second in the eastern argument
last season. The locals dropped
very close decisions to the Wilson
lads last year and have lost their
first meeting with the Fayetteville
Highlanders of 1941.
Bill Bowen, guard and Billy Pie
per, also a guard, continued their
fine play on Wednesday in the re-
turn Clinton game played in Gin
ton. Cliff Owensby, forward, has
been the sharp-shooter of the team
so far and is expected to drop in
more than his share this afternoon
on the more familiar "Y" court.
All members of the High school
varsity and most Of the juniors
are right at home On the local floor
which may prove a big point in
their favor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Ed Oliver, Golf Pro,
Called In Army Draft

OAKLAND, Calf, Jan. 9.-Re
The Army caught up with Ed
"Porky" Oliver, nationally known
golfing professional, today. ] s
before he teed off in the first round
of the 5 1000 Oakland open tourna-
ment, he received notice to report
to his home town, Wilmington, Del,
and weighing 222 pounds, played
nine holes, then withdrew from the
tournament. He left at once by au-
tomobile for the east after posting
a birdie three on the ninth hole
Of the Sequoyah course
I'll see all you fellows later"
was his parting remark.
Oliver, first of the country
standout pro players to be called
in the draft, was a storm-center
in the 1910 U. S. open champion
ship. After tying with Lawson Lit
tie and Gene Sarazen at 287, Oil
yer was ruled out because he teed
off 20 minutes ahead of his regu-
lar starting time. Little won the
title in a playoff.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Ed ALL00 UPSETS
KRAMER IN MEET
Tiny Rollins Meter To Meet
Grant In Quarter Finals
OF Tourney Today

TAMPA, Fla, Jan. 9.-R-Ed-
ward Alloo, tiny stylist from Rol-
Inns college, Winter Park, Fla, to-
day scored the first upset Of the
18th annual Dixie tennis tourna-
ment by blasting his way through
John Kramer, Americas sixth
ranking star from Los Angeles, in
straight sets, 6-3, 81.
The victory moved Alloo into the
quarter finals where he will bat
tie Bryan M. (Bitsy Grant, Jr., OF
Atlanta, Ca, the defending cham
pion, tomorrow.
Alloo, ranked 18th in the country
for 1910, was given only an out
side chance to beat the hard-driv-
ing California youngster.
After winning the first set at
6-3, Alloo fell behind and was trail,
ing 3-5 in the second before rally
ing to pull up even with Kramer
at sail.
The Rollins star went ahead at
rs, but Kramer again evened the
score Alloo played the best tennis
of the match to take the last two
straight games and the match.
Grant moved into the quarter
finals with a 6-3, Ga win over Ed
Amark, of Rollins.
In the other quarter-final match
tomorrow in the lower bracket,
Bobby Riggs of Chicago, former
national champion, meets Frank
Guernsey, Orlando, Fla, who elm
mated Gardner Larned of Chicago,
81, 81.
Don McNeill, national singles
champion, and top seeded in the
meet, reached the bracket of eight
when he defeated Vincent Paul OF
New York 4-6, 81, 6-3.
McNeill meets Hal Surface, OF
Kansas City, tomorrow. Surface
reached the quarter finals by beat
ing Norman Brooks of Oakland,
60, 60. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
ON TRADE
BODY IS PUSHED
Continued From Page One)

Beach, Carolina Beach, the entire
county Of New Hanover and the
surrounding territory.
Everywhere, he said, the idea Of
the reorganized chamber of com
merce is meeting with enthusias'
tic approval and people who fol
years have not shown interest in
such a project are offering their
services daily.
The revitalized chamber of com
merce, he said, should be divided
into various departments, with a
division to increase tourist travel
another to promote industrial de.
velopment and still another to pro.
mote agriculture throughout this
section.
It is his plan, he said, tn a |
agriculture should play a part in
chamber Of commerce equally i'm.
portant with that played by other
branches of this sections business
life.
organizations OF all types IN the
city have offered to work through
the chamber of commerce to make
it the central head of all efforts
to make Wilmington a better city
on a permanent basis.
1t is also his idea, he said, that
the chamber of commerce should
So coordinate it's activities with the
advertising of the state depart
ment OF conservation and develop
ment as to get the benefits of fol-
low up advertising.
Names of men from out of the
state suitable to serve as an in
dustrial engineer and the execu-
tive director of the chamber of
commerce r. being secured, he
said, and plans are being carried
out on a score of fronts to bring
every phase of community life into
the chamber of commerce and
make it a vital, active, effective
organization promoting the growth
OF Wilmington and southeastern
North Carolina. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
New Orleans To Conduct
Racing On Small Scale

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. o. Up -
Tentative plans to bring racing back
to New Orleans next winter by op-
Grating "a high class small track"
were revealed today by Sylvester W.
Labrot, Jr., head of a syndicate hold
ing an option to purchase the fair
grounds.
Labrot said he and his associates
did not expect to conduct a meet
comparable to Hialeah or Santa
Anita at first" but hoped to operate
the track with about the same
quality Of racing as that at Keene-
land"
"Our plans are for a 45-day meet
starting just after Christmas and
ending on Mardi Gras," he said,
with racing five days a week.
Betting would be entirely throueh
m%utuels, with a totalizator showing
the public exactly what is bet. We
think this system will be for the
best public interest"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
BOTH ARE MAKING
COMEBACK TRIES
Comiskey Installed AS Slight
Favorite; Winner To Be
Title Contender
BY SID FEEDER

NEW YORK, Jan. -R- Lou
Nova, who was supposed to give
Joe Louis no end of trouble in 1889,
and Pat Comiskey, who was ditto
in 40, fight it out in Madison Square
Garden tomorrow night to correct
a couple of mistakes.
At this writing, neither is any
closer to a shot at the heavyweight
championship than his own sweet
dreams. The chances r the win
ner of this ten-rounder eventually
will go on to the heavy sugar.
but right now they're just a couple
Of good heayvweights in there Civ
ing the good old college try.
Two years ago, when Nova came
out of California and stopped
Make Baer with a deep cut on
Makes mouth, he was regarded
as the hottest thing to come down
the pike since they pulled Jim
Braddock off a Jersey city pier.
Then he made the mistake OF
climbing into the same ring with
Bold Antonio Galento. He was
shipped back home, a sick, weary
fellow, to spend several months in
a hospital.
Not long afterward, along came
Patrick Edward Comiskey out of
Paterson, N. j., they stood oppon-
ents up in front of him and he
bowled them over so quickly and
often that the time came when
you could hardly pick up your IA
vorite newspaper without finding
two routine details the weather
report and another knockout for
Patrick Edward. His error was in
getting the idea the Big Bad Baer
would be a soft touch. It took him
about 2 IL minutes to discover that
mistake.
AS a result, the stamp of logic
al contender" was erased from
both-temporarily at least.
For tomorrow nights engage
ment, Comiskey has been install
ed a slight %favorite, for some un-
known reason. He is a couple Of
years short in experience, COM
pared to the California c%ollegian,
and, except for his brief visit with
Baer last summer, he has faced no
such opponents as those Nova has
looked at.
In his favor, however. is as good
a right hand "kick'' as you'll find
in a mules hoof and a left hook
to the body. Along with that is the
fact Nova has a complex to go out
and slug with anyone he meets
a habit which almost cost him the
Baer fight, and which, with his ILL
ness, didn't do him any good
against Galento.
This corner likes the betting I'M
derdog in this tea party, picking
Nova, provided, however, h e
doesn't walk out there and try to
trade wallop for wallop with Pat.
Promoter Mike Jacobs looks for
IA, 1000 fans to drop $50, 900 into the
ticket office.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
M'Spaden, Harrison Second;
Heather And Oliver Quit
$4,000 Tourney
BY RUSS NEWLAND

OAKLAND, Calf, Jan. 9.-R-
Lloyd Mangrum. a little fellow with
a mustache and not much of thai
intangible something called %"color,'
silenced the thunder of COLTS big
gest guns today by shooting a sub
par 81 to lead the field in the first
round of the 72-hole $4,000 Oakland
Open tournament.
Conquering a our soggy from
recent rains, Mangrum played the
steadiest kind of a game to bag Is
pars and three brides. He was out
in 80 and home in "a. Par for the
Sequoyah course, $500 yards long
and full of twists and hillside fair.
ways, is $3.50.
Mangrum, an assistant to Dick
Metz at Oak Park, ILL.,, holds the
record for the Augusta Masters tour
nament, a GA. Neither short nor
long off the tee but always straight
as a string, Mangrum hit them true
to the pins and dropped his puts
with monotonous regularity.
His round gave him a stroke lead
over Harold McSpaden, Winchester,
Mass, and E. j. Dutch" Harrison,
Chicago. McSpaden put together a
35-33-6S and Harrison equalled the
count with a pair of 34's.
Opening salvos in the tournament
saw the fade-out of two colorful fig
ures-one an arbitrary matter, the
other voluntary.
Ed "Porky" oliver, 222 FOUNDER,
from Hornell. N. Y, and Whining
ton, Del. received orders to report,
January IS for army training. He
quit after shooting a first round 80.
said goodbye to his friends and
started back to Wilmington.
Clayton Heather, the Linville, N.
c., character who became famous
for his tree climbing act in the Oak
land tournament a year ago, picked
up on the ninth fairway, six strokes
over par.
Three men tied at SO, Jimmy De.
maret of Houston, Tex; Mike De,
massey of San Luis Obispo, Calf.
and Jimmy Thomson of Chicopee,
Mass.
United States Open champion Law
son Little posted a S5-3S-73 and
the P. G. A. kingpin, Byron Nelson,
turned in a 37-37-74.
Sam Snead, one of the siege guns.
tied with eight others at par 70
while John Bulla Of Chicago, winner
of the Los Angeles 100000 Open last
Monday, got off to a weak start with
a 36-40-76.
Marvin Bud" Ward, of Spokane,
former United States amateur cham
pion, was low amateur for the day
with a 36-35-71.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Polanski Not To Play
With Wake Forest Five

WAKE FOREST. Jan. 9.-0P-
John Polanski, reserve letterman on
last years Wake Forest basketball
squad, has decided not to play bas-
ketball this winter, college authori-
ties announced today.
Polanski, regular back on the Dea'
con football team, plans t. spend
all of his spare time on his studies,
and to take part in winter grid drills
which will start February 1. The
drills will continue for six weeks.
Other news today from Wake For
est athletic department included
items:
Gil Myers, reserve end on the foot
ball team last fall, has dropped out
of school and returned to his home
in Baltimore, Md. He would have
had two more years of college eligi-
bility.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Edward Dedicates New
Bahamas Golf Course

CAT CAY, Bahamas, Jan. 9.-tR)
The Duke of Windsor dedicated
a new golf course in this exlusive
winter resort today and proceeded
to share the first victory over it.
Edward, governor of the Baham-
as, teamed with James West of
New York to defeat Charles Yates
of Atlanta, former British amateur
champion, and William Dodge.
New York oil company executive,
one up in a nine-hole match.
After the Duke had hit the first
shot Louis R. Massey, New York
advertising executive who O w s
much of the island, said the course
was officially named Windsor
Downs"
Edward was accompanied by the
Duchess at the ceremony. which
took place in bright sunshine that
followed morning squally weather.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10

CHICAGO, Jan. 8. - LP - Jake
Schaefer of Cleveland rallied strong
ly today in his worlds championship
three cushion billiards match with
Willie Hoppe, who displayed his
worst form of the week while fight
ing off an attack of intestinal flu.
Hoppe completed the afternoon
block of 60 points while Schaefer
was scoring IS points in ZIG innings.
The cumulative score for the seven
60-point matches left Hoppe ahead
by Is points, the champion having
420 points to Schaefer's 345.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
Suffolk Downs Raises
Race Stake To 100000

BOSTON, Jan. 9.-LP-The East
ern Racing association announced
an increase of $4,000 today in the
value Of it's IA traditional stakes at
Suffolk Downs, boosting the total
from 1892, 900 to $157, 500 and rails
ing total purse money for it's 1911
meeting to nearly $500, 900.
The $4,000 added Massachusetts,
handicap, richest stake of the sum-
mer racing season, retains the same
value in 1s41. as do eight others,
but the remaining five events, three
of them for two-year-olds, have been
increased,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10

Jn6V WOulu hIlCW UCtCCls
Points To Weigh
But then the Yanks came within
m ace of catching up with Detroit
and the Indians last year., the only
trouble being they didn't start for
the train soon enough.
However, there are a lot Of fac
tors to weigh in naming a baseball
favorite. According TO Doyle the
chances of a rookie breaking into the
major leagues succeeding are 70 to
! and 40 to 1 against an infielder or
outfielder playing 100 games their
first year in the big time.
This doesn't make sense with his
prediction, for the Yanks will have
a goodly crop of rookie material this
season. But then there are always
exceptions to any old rule and these
Yankee rockies may prove just that.
To date IS per cent of the so.
called experts that have made pre-
dictions have named the Yanks as
%favorites. We're afraid that the habit
of picking them first for five or six
years handwriting has too much of
a hol don son eof the boys. We'd
like to think about it for a while.
Good Rivalry
Despite the fact that his teams
get beat most of the time they play
+bo H;1o,;po+op Wildcats Coach q
H. Wood, of Clinton high school,
likes the athletic rivalry between the
two schools.
He is proudest Of all that the
games between these two teams are
usually always clean and hard
fought. AS an example of this, there
were only 10 fouls called in the bas-
ketbali game between Clinton and
the Wildcats Wednesday night.
Clinton and Wilmington are sched-
and they will also meet in football
next fall. Wilmington wins most Of
the games, but Coach Wood doesn't
mind because he figures that both
outfits play their best and cleanest
when playing against each other.
This and That
Jack Dempsey, who will referee
the wrestling matches at Legion
stadium January 16, packed 4,00C
customers in at Richmond, Va,
few nights ago and he refereed
only one match then The ole
Manassa Mauler is still a hero tc
fight fans j.. . Not a day goes by
but there isn't a story thai the sale
of the Yankees to Jim Farley is i'm
minent But nc wit looks like
the sale is soon to materialiZe .
The New Hanover Wildcats play
their second Eastern Glass A con,
ference game this afternoon, meet
ing Wilson at the Y gym :. II
would be a good idea now for the
committee in charge of athletics
here to see about lining up one OF
those exhibition games between ma
jor league teams the spring cir
cult schedule soon soon ETA ETA
cult schedule will 500 be filled up.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-10
CLAMACK IS GOOD
ENOUGH AS IT IS
Tar Heel Cage Star Is With
out Glasses; Still Averages
% Points Per Game
By ROMNEY

ATLANTA, Jan. 9.-R-George
Glamack, North Cardinals sky
scraping basketballer, is minus his
glasses-sent to Europe for re-
grinding and interned by the war
but it hasn't hindered his marks
manship . the big center bagged
6S points against Lehigh, Fordham
and st. Joseph, an average of 70 a
game which will do til some
one better comes along.
Mystery: Don't ask where she
came from, but the department of
conservation reports that a full
grown COW moose was shot recently
in Greene county, down in Eastern
North Carolina optimistic hunt
ers now are looking for hubby &.
add football-Earl Ruby, sports edi
tor. Of the Louisville (Ky.) Courier
Journal, thinks the Kentucky Derby
management could learn a thing or
two from New Orleans Sugar Bowl
j.. at the bowl New Years day, he
says, they seated $1,000 in an hour,
just like that -. . futures note: Geor-
gia Tech plans another late spring
practice 49,. the Yellow Jackets start
April Is for five weeks j..
Thinker: Those new football rules
didn't catch Scrappy Moore mapping
the University Of Chattanooga
coach already is cooking up some cir
Gus plays Governor Spessard
Holland of Florida, whose Inaugural
ton made news this week, starred
in football and baseball at the Uni
versity Of Florida in 1914-16 . He
was offered a contract with the Phil
adelphia Athletics, but turned il
down because of a football injury.
Combinations: Jimmy Robinson OF
the Albanay (Ga.) Herald, thinks the
natural place for Yale's Ducky Pond
to coach would be slippery Rock
Teachers college Think" he
says, what a capable press agent
could do with this name combina.
ton"
Huddle: Savannah is completely
rebuilding last seasons Sally league
champions . only three players,
other than pitchers, are back
sales, trades and releases took the
rest Greensboro (N.C.) wants
a nickname for it's new Piedmont
league club -. get ready for some
leather-slinging . Fort McClellan's
punchers are entering Birmingham's
Golden Gloves tournament add
hobbies: Helen Dettweiler. southpaw
golferette, also is a better-than-aver-
age badminton player . the Lew
Jenkins trophy race was a feature
on Miami's Bjscayne dog track
t'other night . a sophomore, Ma
rion Craig, is pacing Clemson's
basketball team using a tricky
overhead shot, he has scored 90
points in sever games.