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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
Oklahoma Aggies Like
Grand Finale to Win

ST. LOUIS, Feb. g. Up The
great Oklahoma A. & M. basket
ball team plays just like Joe Louis
fights.
They fatten up their opponents
first for the kill-then strike them
down like lightning.
I'VE really depend on the last
eight minutes in which to work
oct a victory" says Coach Henry
Iba, whose teams have won 287
of their last 351 games for the
remarkable percentage of .818.
This does not mean slow game
for the first 80 minutes because
lba employs fast moving
screen offense which throws all
five men into nearly every play.
But the knockout punches are
saved until he gives the eight.
minute signal.
1t is then that the tricky Aggief
break open the fireworks and start
pouring in field goals like ma
chine. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
PHANTOMS DEFEAT
MARYLAND, 4-29
Old Liners Hold Score Down
In First Half But Tar Heels
Click to Triumph

CHAPEL HILL, Feb. 3.-LP)-
Maryland's tight defenses held
North Carolina to 1920 for a hall
tonight but the undefeated confer
ence leaders hit their stride in the
second to win 44-29.
Bob Fetter held George Glamack
to two action shots the first half
but the high scoring ace broke
loose for II points in the second ant
high scoring honors.
Bob Oschenreiter paced the Oh
Liners with 10 points. Woodward
followed with eight, and Wharton
also featured afloor.
Maryland ran up a 14-7 lead OF
Cardinals starting team, and th'
Tar Heels did not start clicking un
til the subs came in, led by the Sc
shooting of George Paine and Rei'
Suggs from guard.
Hand Pessar also did some con
sistently good work as relief centel
and guard, and the Tar Heels, aftel
leading by a bare 20-18 at half, rap
i@ly extended their lead, and Wer'
never headed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
L TT7MRERTON GG MEET SET TO0PEM
Wildcats To Play Rocky Mount Here Tonight
Parker Decides to Keep
On Playing Pro Football

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 3.-R-
With the signing today in N e W
York of First Baseman Elbie Flet-
cher, the Pittsburgh Pirates have
all Of their regulars safely in tow
except Shortstop Arky Vaughan,
Pitcher Bobby Klinger and Out
fielder Lloyd Waner.
Fletcher went from his Wollas-
ton, Mass. home to confer with
President W. E. Bensw:nger and
Manager frankie Frisch, who
were discussing training season
plans in New York.
Clarence Mckee (Ace) Parker
and Al Anderson, two promising
rockies, also have not signed yet.
Parker plans to continue his pro
football career with the Brooklyn
Dodgers.
Because he would have to report
for football practice in August,
Parker may be sent ack to the
minors if he decides to continue
with baseball also. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
FERRELL FAVORED
In GOLF TOURNEY
Former Big Time Hurler All
Set for Sixth Annual Base
ball Players Meet

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Feb.
3-lR- Wesley Ferrell no longer
fogs the ball past his fellow base
ballers on the diamond but he still
has two strikes on them when it
comes to golf.
The be-spectacled former major
l,aguer, rated one of the great
right-handers of all time, is a
prime favorite in the sixth annual
baseball players golf tournament
starting here Thursday.
Wes retired the Powell Crosley
trophy by winning the tournament
three times and is cunning for a
leg on the new Sporting News cup.
He has been skimming onsistent-
ly along the par level in practice
over Jimmy Foxx's Jungle course
where the event will lie played.
Joe Medwick, The Brooklyn fly
hawk who hits the ball equally
hard with bat or dri er, also has
DCCA giving pal iiiSAAJ SAioSS
along with Foxx, Lloyd Brown and
Paul .Waner.
Others who have been playing in
the 70's in tuneupc include Roy
Cullenbine, outfielder for the St.
Louis Browns, Rick Ferrell, catch
er for the Washington Senators
and older brother Of Wes, n d
White..- Witt, former Yankee out
fielder.
Yankees George Selkirk and
Johnny Murphy, Pitcher Paul Der
rim ger of the Cincinnati Reds and
Jack Russell, veteran relief pitch
er now in business at nearby
Clearwater, are among others who
have been getting in rractice licks.
The qualifying round will be
held Thursday. Two rounds of
match play will be run off Friday,
two more Saturday and the 36-hole
finals Sunday.
A prelude to the tournament will
be a pro amateur meet Wednes-
day in which the baseballers will
team with golf pros. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
TWO TlLTS SLATED
IN JUNIOR LEAGUE
TilestOn to Meet Winter Park,
Hemenway to Play Isaac
Bear on Y Court

The Junior High school basket
ball league will play its fourth
week of games Friday afternoon
on the "Y" floor with Tileston op-
posing Winter Park and Hemen-
way, current league leaders, TAX
ing on the Isaac Bear lads.
The game between Isaac Bear
boys and Winter Park was not
played last week because of illness
among the Park players and will
be played at the end of the sea-
son.
In last Fridays games the Hem
enway lads gained sweet revenge
for their reverses in football at the
hands Of the Tileston six-man team
and defeated the Tileston five by "a
to l3 to take the number one spot
at the head of the class. Sneeden
led the offensive of the winners
with u points with Vic James top
ping the losers with Z markers.
Jimmy Harvell and Micky Kelly
were the defensive stars Tor the
victors.
The Hemenway girls went to the
highest spot in their league with a
7 to 4 win over the Tileston las
sizes with T. Henderson leading the
charge with S of her teams
points. The entire Hemenway team
covered the Tileston six like a
blanket and snuffed out any OF
fensive threat.
Isaac Bears little sharpshooters
marked up their first win OF the
year by taking % to Is decision
over the Winter Park girls. Botf
teams did more scoring in thi!
one game than they have in an,
other games this season. Manninl
with IA points and Deans with
led the Bears to victory. Biddle lee
the Parkers with Z.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
WAR ON BASEBALL
DRAFT NOW LOOMS
National League Heads Meet
Today and Thrash Out
Problem of Players

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-tR-A new
and secretive struggle between
basebalPs club owners and Com
missioner Kensaw M. Lands is I'M
derWay as the result of a ruling
concerning the handling of minor
league players purchased by
major league clubs.
A bulletin issued more than a
week ago to the 16 major league
clubs, but not revealed to other
baseball people generally, invokes
new policy in bringing rockies
to and keeping them in the big
time, and reopens the old fight be-
tween Lands and the chain store
operators.
The National league, which
meets tomorrow, will thrash out
the problem and perhaps bring the
battle into the open. Until that
meeting none of the club owners
wished to become identified with
the situation.
However, this is the situation:
For many years laseball has
had a draft regulation which per-
mitted player with certain terms
of service in the minor leagues,
to be drafted by a major league
club for a specified price-$7, SOC
from the double A league slike the
International, Pacific Coast and
American association.
A player who was brought into
the majors could be returned tc
the minors three times on option
without waivers-and waivers oh
tained in September were good un
til May l of the following year
Lands latest edict override:
these long standing rules that were
adopted by the clubs themselves
The new bulletin say" that here
after a minor league player wht
is eligible for the draft, but i:
purchased by a big league club
cannot be returned to the minors
on option except by obtaining
waivers on him. He must be re
tanned until April l, and the clut
cannot ask for waivers before
March l.. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
Pitt Cagers Triumph
Over Duke, 46 to 81

DURHAM, Feb. 3.-LR-Universi
ty of Pittsburgh proved much too
much for Duke on the basketball
court here tonight and the Panthers
defeated the Blue Devils by the score
of 46 to 80 in Duke gymnasium.
Pittsburgh presented a team that
stayed right on top of the ball all
the time and in Eddie Straloski and
George Kocheran displayed two
sharpshooters, the former getting 10
points and the latter 13.
Glenn Price, with nine points, was
the leading scorer for the Blue
Devils.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
pMitcheu Wins Mile
Race at Seton Hall

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Feb. g.
R)-Leslie MacMitchell, New York
Nniversity's steadily improving
sophomore miller, hit the first peak
pf big-time career tonight as he
Nhipper Walter Mehl, John Munski
end Luigi Beccalli in the mile race
Of the annual Seton Hall games.
Aided by his greater familiarity
with running on fiat armory floor
the 20-year-old N. Y. U. conner
ran smart, well-mapped race
He got off in second place behind
Paul Moore OF Van Nuys, Cal, helo
that spot when Mehl came up from
fourth to first just past the half.
mile mark, and then charged by
the Wisconsin blond as the bel
changed for the last lap.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
Fl. BRAGG TEAMS
ENTER TOURNEY
Open, Juvenile Winners and
Runner-Ups in Meet to
Come to Local Meet

Three boxing teams from the
Ninth division of the U. S. army
ST. toned at Fort Bragg have en-
tered the Six-County Golden Gloves
tournament at Lumberton, begin
ming Wednesday, Louis Evans OF
The Robesonian. sponsors of the
tourney. informed the Star-News
last night.
Evans said that Capt. James L.
Grier. morale ficel at Fort
Bragg, has entered "A men in the
meet, five of the boxers having won
championships in the Raleigh GG
meet.
Among the Fort Bragg fighters
are the following: Valdez, 112
pounds; DeRosso, lis; kulat, 126,
amateur champion of Hawaii; Mo
raza. 1856. amateur champion of the
state of Michigan; Iacozone, 14S;
Louis Casa. 100: Reid, IT'S; Dough.
erty. heavyweight; ZyZwchaz. vel
terweight; Harrison, 1856; Peter
heavyweight; Andeck. Clark, Luper
Kline, middleweights; Smith, 14S
pounds.
Evans said that he anticipates
about so open division fighters
with teams entered, in addition com
Fort Bragg, from Lumberton, Fair
mont and Fayetteville.
Open division winners, runners
~ TI1uoni1o hi.
vision will be brought to the Fifth
Annual Brigade Golden
Gloves tournament in Wilmington
next week.
Meanwhile, approximately 80
boys worked out at the Golden
Gloves gym at the Brigade Boys
club here last night Included in
the list were Edward (Til,y) Tay-
lor, heavyweight champion here
and in Atlanta last year, and FREQ
Barnhill, light-heavyweight chamT
here last year.
All of the boys were reported in
top condition.
The exhibit building at Legion
SIoQlOiii 10 pOllS 1Souy lllls
week for the four nights of fighting
beginning next Tuesday.
Boxers will be weighed in at
noon Tuesday at the Brigade Boys
club and pairings for the tourna
ment will be drawn at p. m,
Feb. II.
Tickets for the annual fight fes-
tival were moving at rapid clip
yesterday. The ducats may be OBJ
tanned from any member of the
Senior Fraternity or at the Star
News offices
Proceeds from the tourney will go
to the Brigade Boys club in it's
work with underprivileged boys Of
the city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
cats TO BATTLE
TABOR CITY HERE
New Hanover Ring Team to
Make Third Home Appear
ance Wednesday Night

caach Howard Mcdonald of the
New Hanover High school hoxins
tenn VII, present his punchers in
thsir third home appearance OF the
WEAR "Wednesday night in the local
ring. with Coach Earl Robinson
Tabor City singers as opponents.
The first bout will start at p. m.
Since Earl Robinson, local former
athlete. took over the coaching du-
ties of the Tabor City High school
the teams from this little school in
Columbus county have been tops
in class "B" conferences and are
steadily making a name for them
selves in all branches Of major
sports. The football team was one
Of the best in this section and num-
bered among it's victims the local
frosh and tied up the strong White
Vile High school Wolfpack. The
basketball team is going strong this
season and is a strong favorite to
win in it's division.
The boxing team boasts number
of classy punchers who can hold
their own in any ring. The boys
are all country lads and in the best
of condition and the Wildcats are
looking for the best card to date.
C1ooh Nonoro15's hovorc oil
back in school after attacks of flu
and will be on hand for matches.
Bill Bowen, out last Friday night
because of basketball. will also be
on hand for the gong. Wetzel Holt,
the IT'S pound lad, who stopped the
overweight Florence puncher in
three rounds Friday night is all
fired up over his win and ready
for anything. Holt has had two
fights so far this season after be-
ing unable to get a match for two
years and expects plenty of action
from here out. j. P. Jenrette, who
thrilled the crowd in the Hamlet
match with his speedy second round
technical K.O. over his opponent,
will also be ready for the call
Tommy Hughes, classy puncher un-
covered eor the first time last
week, will also take the ring to
give another fine exhibition of good
boxing. Jack Nall showed terrific
power in his one-round T.K.O. over
his Florence opponent and seems to
at last have hit his stride and will
be counted upon heavily for many
wins this year. T. c. Hunt hopes
to get a man nearer his size in
this match for the little transfer
from Whiteville can lick any lad his
size and within his reach. Ken
meth Phelps, Harold Jeter and
Billy Haas who did not see action
last week are expected to be before
the crowd this time. Sammy Doxey
and Norman Davis are in shape
after their close losses to Florence
punchers and will be on hand beg
ging for chance to redeem them
selves.
Coach Mcdonald will also have
Alton Fowler, Kenneth Davis, Ray.
mond Meshew, Roland Cooper
Coins, Carey and Sa.eeby available
for matches. All of these lads have
seen action in matches this season.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
INDIANS ACQUIRE
HEVINC FROM n
Relief Specialist Back W,
. He Started; Front Os,,
Sorry He Ever Left

CLEVELAND, Feb. , !,
From the Cleveland Indian, i
office today came one Of tb,,
frequent admissions that sor,,
once had made a sad mj,,,1
Tribe officials didn't ment,
seven-letter word. They i
need to, for it was enough Il
nounce purchase of Joe III
36-year-old relief pitcher, in,
Boston Red Sox.
The sinkerball specialist !
something of a sensation i
game saver with eight win,
four defeats when he first Il
the Indians in 1887 alter .,|
and-doWn career including s,,.|
es with the New York Giants
Chicago White Sox.
Heving was less irnu.,
early the following year. So nj
released to Milwaukee and hs
Sox picked him up with h,
and lost result; 1888 and !! |
Ill and 3; 1940-l2 and Z
Release of Heving not only \
ed a strong rival, but it Ia
Indians without an eyperr1
and capable relief hurler vi
Sters were used in gan,.sr
roles and the games vgs
saved. Not until late in tbs
season when southpaw M
Eisenstat flashed winning tornt
the problem come halfway ID.
ing solved.
Proving it isn't entirely sd
yet, the Tribe front office sad,
Covington, Ky, right-hander
been obtained for actual relie!
and not as trading bait.
Why Heving was given up BY
Red Sox was obscure. On the,
Cleveland roster, he joins pl!
Jim Bagby, who didn't get d
with Boston's Manager
Cronin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
Luster is Named Grid
Mentor at Oklahoma

NORMAN, Okla. Feb. 3.-lRE
Dewey Shorter" Luster, former
backfield coach at the University
of Oklahoma, was named head
coach of the Sooner football squad
today by the board of regents.
Freshman Coach Lawrence
Jap" Haskell VISA named director
of athletics.
Luster, Sooner star Of 20 years
ago, succeeds Tom Stidham, who
resigned recently to accept tn G
head coaching berth at Marquette
university. Stidham also was di
rector OF athletics. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
APPALACHIAN TRIUMPHS

CULLOWHEE, Feb. 3.-lR-After
battling the visitors on almost equal
terms during most of the first hall,
Western Carolina Teachers college
fell to pieces in the final half ana
absorbed a stinging 63 to 80 trounc'
ing at the hands Of Appalachian
State Teachers college IN North
State conference basketball game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
PATERSON WINS
NOTTINGHAM Enn H.,

NOTTINGHAM, Eng, Feb. s.-(R
Jackie Paterson of Glasgow re.
tanned his British and Empire fly
weight boxing championship today
by scoring an eight-round technical
knockout victory over Paddy Ryan
OF Manchester Paterson knocked
Ryan out of the ring for count of
nine in the sixth and then battered
the challenger steadily until the
referee stopped the bout
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
Junior Horse Show is
Planned Here Sunday

The Junior riders ct Wilmington
will stage a Junior Horse Show at
Sutton's stables on the Princess
street road Sunday afternoon, Feb
ruary 9. -.
The show will be divided into 13
classes and about IS riders are ex-
pected to /aSticipate.
No admission will be charged
but a silver offering will be taken.
Junior riders and horsemen a e
urged to enter between now and
Sunday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
GAMECOCKS WIN

COLUMBIA, S. c., Feb. S.-LR'-
Preston Westmoreland, high-scorlng
South Carolina forward, drove his
seasons conference total TO llV
points her. tonight as he accounted
for "a points in the Gamecocks 3D.
~ victory over The Citadel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
Resigns Football Coaching Job
At NOtre Dame to Take
Five-Year Contract

CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-R- Elmer
Layden resigned today as h e d
football coach and athletic direc-
tor at Notre Dame to accept a
five-year contract as commission
er of professional football.
The contract, effective March /,
calls for an annual salary of $20,
600. Layden's contract at Notre
Dame expired last Saturday..
His duties as boss of the Ma
tional Football league and several
minor circuits will be comparable
to those of Kenesaw NJ Lands,
car of baseball.
In accepting the new post, Lay
den is leaving one of the b t
coaching positions in the collegiate
sports world. The choice of his
successor was a matter of wide
conjecture, especially in view of
the suddenness of Layden's de-
parture.
The deal by which the rapidly
growing professional sport OBJ
tanned Layden was completed two
days ago.
Club owners of the National
Football league, which sponsored
the hiring of commissioner, met
here several weeks ago to consider
several persons for the job b
Layden had not been mentioned
previously as a possibility.
Layden's contract at Notre
Dame expired last Saturday.
An All-American star as one Of
the famed -Four Horsemen" o1
Notre Dame in the early twenties,
Layden became head coach there
in 1884. In seven years his Irish
elevens won 46 games and lost on.
ly IA. His best season was in 1888
when Notre Dame won eight o1
nine games.
Before going to Notre Dame, the
37-year-old mentor coached at Co
lumbia college, Dubuque, Ia, and
Duquesne university at Pittsburgh
Layden's contract as ear of the
pro gridders becomes effective
March II.
II naturally am very happy tina
the club owners of the league have
picked me to direct their organiza
tion,'' Layden said. Il am deeply
indebted to my alma mater, Notre
Dame, for the years of considera
ton and cooperation l have re
ceived as a student, athlete anc
coach. 1t is with regret that
leave the university. The future
welfare of my family influenced
my decision.
The National league is the fast
est growing institution in Ameri
can sport. I hope and believe
can be helpful in the further de
velopment of the organization. We
shall continue to safeguard t h {
status of intercollegiate football
There is a place for both games. >
Club owners had said previously
that the office of league president
now held by Carl Storck, Dayton
O.. would not be affected by the
creation of the commissioner post
Storck has been president since
the death two years ago of Joe
Carr, Columbus, O.
The league is expected to define
the duties of both Layden NJ
storck at its annual April meet
ing in Chicago.
At their preious meeting her,
the club owners, however, said thu
commissioner would be vestee
with powers comparable to thos,
exercised by Kenesaw Mountain
lLandis in baseball. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
WINS GOLF MEDAL

PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb. 3.-R)-
Elizabeth Hicks of Pasadena, Calf,
scored a 76, four over women's par,
through a drizzle and brisk winds to-
day to become medalist in the annual
Palm Beach women's golf tourna-
ment
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04

meet.
Good Fighters
The Soldiers are mighty 6 @
fighters. They won the team cham
pionship at Raleigh lss. week and
ths same boys are 2.s.:..,:...::,s 10 taSs
mart n Ire L,s..s,,s-eo.. tourney.
In sSS:tsc.. ,aaa.s always 8 o2s
crowd .. 1..s ..-.2-gr bays following
.-s ,s,xs-,. teams around ana Louis
Is ,l..111.1s u extra seats 10 care
fo- aes crowd ne anticipates fo-
tHs sr!i .32ase. Sui after Louis hao
So 1.-a--:2.4s.a telling about how ms
to,,--azs-.1.ssz-.t IS coming along he IS
sreS : warning that The Robson
il. team alIl be ou1 for the team
championship when they oome
down here nex1 week.
The first year We came down
to Wilmington We won the team
championship. but there wasn't
trophy given for it at that time
Ever since the we've been bank
ins on coming back, winning the
trophy and carting it back to Lum-
berton,' he said.
The winners from the Six-Coun-
ty tournament will be brought to
Wilmington along with the winners
In the Juvenile division and sepa-
rate team of the runner-ups in the
meet. All the Wilmington fight
fans are aware of the fine caliber
Of boxers that come out Of the
State of Robson, SO we'll be
watching for all developments.
Luck of the Irish
Talk about the luck of the Irish,
we've never seen any better than
that coming to Elmer Layden, No
tre Dame coach, who will n
start drawing down $4,000 var
to head up pro football.
Layden was one of the famed
-Four Horsemen" under K u e
Rockne 1--WE almost said Pat
O'Brien them and he's been head
coach at the Irish headquarters for
six years now.
We think the National Football
league made a wise decision in
hiring chief similar to Judge
Lands in pro baseball. The pro
grid game is growing fast and it
should grow even faster now.
Odds and Ends
In answer to several queries
all ringside seats for the Golden
Gloves tournament at Legion
stadium next week will be num-
bered. A fan that buys a ticket
can come and get his seat before
the bouts start, after they start
up to as late as two minues be-
fore the final gong. They will
be reserved seats. . Coach How
ard Mcdonald, of the New Han
over boxing team, is trying to line
Up meet with Coach Lee Greer's
Whiteville high school boxers. {.
R. O. Heater, president of tn e
Raleigh Exchange club, co-spon-
sors with the Raleigh Times of
the Capital City Golden Gloves, in
formed us last night that he will
try and line up a good team from
Raleigh for the Wilmington meet.
He says that the Roanoke
Rapids team which will be here
next week was a very popular
band of fighters in Raleigh. 81. &.
The Roanoke Rapids team is
coached by Ronnie Blackwelder, a
former fighter himself. ALI
amateur boxers are urged to en-
TER the Golden Gloves now. :.
Mail IN your entries and get set
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
SMOKE RINGS
Soldier Boys
By SAM RAGAN

W. o inst Getting settled down for long nights
we WI Won know lust like those people who were
Moih to sep on Eve when in calls Louis
En f the umberton Robesonian about his Slx-County
oooG ons to put it mildly pretty excited about his
tournament which opens Wednesday for three-ngnt run
Reason being Capt James L. Grer of the Nlnth DIVISION
~ E+ Rrago had lust entered three whole teams IN the
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
RQZEMAN WINS

CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-tR-Undefeat-
ed. Jay Bozeman, brilliant young
Vallejo, Calf, cue star, required only
27 innings today to notch his ninth
consecutive triumph in the worlds S
three cushion billiard tournament.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-04
Layden Named Pro Grid
Gar At $4,000 Yearly
CAGE SCORES

North Carolina "A; Maryland
20.
Appalachian 63; w. C. T. C.
80.
South Carolina IS; The Cita-
del 81.
High Point 81; GuilfOrd IS.
Duke Frosh "A; Durham High
81.
Pitt 46; Duke 30.
Miss. State 48; Auburn A.
Ohrbach A. A. so; Wake
Forest 80.