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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-01-31
Local and Rural News

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Matthews
are spending some time in Miami
Fla.
Mrs. J. Harry Young was hostess
Tuesday to the afternoon bridge
club.
Mrs. E. w. Travis, of Cape Charles
spent Wednesday with Miss Cynthia
Ards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carmel Wilson, OF
this city, are spending two weeks in
Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morton S. Busick,
of Baltimore, have been recent Wis
itors in Pocomoke.
:. Mrs. S. J. Lewis, of Delmar, Del,
was the guest last week of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Holt.
C. Walton Pilchard left last week
for Elkton, Md, where he has &C
copied position.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. j. Lewis left We'd
nesday for a stay of two months in
Miami and West Palm Beach, Fla.
Mrs. Willard Northam is spending
the week with her parents, Mr.. and
Hrs. ]. E. Pruitt, in Greenbackville.
Mrs. C.. B. Holt has returned to
Seaford after a visit with her sons,
Nessrs. w. w. and A. E. Holt.
Mrs. J. Henry Young has returned
to Baltimore to spend the remainder
of the winter with her daughter.
Mr.. E. J. Reid is confined to his
home at Melbourne, Nd, with an
attack of influenza.
Mrs. Benjamin Harrington, OF
Cape Charles, visited her sister, Mrs.
A. G. Mcclure the early part Of the
week.
The Junior Circle of Bethany
Methodist Church will meet with Mrs.
Phil Creath, Monday evening, Feb
ruary 3rd.
Miss Helen Carey, of Wilmington
General Hospital spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. 2.
Carey, near town.
Miss Maude Payne, Of Baltimore,
spent the weekend with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Payne, of Mar
ket st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill Walters
leave today for Florida where they
will spend some time touring the
state.
The Inasmuch Circle of Kings
Daughters will meet Monday, Febru-
airy Bird with Mrs. Upshur p. Steven
son, Front st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry C. Mears left
Wednesday for Florida where they
will visit their son, Flying Cadet F.
Duer Mears in Jacksonville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Powell, Of
this city, are receiving congratula-
tions on the birth of son, born
Tuesday, January 28th.
Mrs. Bedford Roth has returned to
Allentown, Pa, after a visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William j.
Young.
The Woman's Missionary Society
Of the First Baptist Church will meet
in the Church House Monday night,
February Bird at 7:30 o'clock.
William III. Merrill, Jr., son of Mrs.
William Merrill, of Laurel Street, has
been ordered to The Infantry School
at Fort Benning, Ga, for a three
months course.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Holt attended
the annual banquet at Harrington,
Del, Saturday evening given by the
stockholders of the Kent & Sussex
Fair.
Mrs. Fitzgerald Crockett and Mrs
Gladding Davis attended the lunch
con of the Goucher College Club OF
the Eastern Shore held at the Wi
comico Hotel in Salisbury on Satur.
day last.
Mrs. Edward w. Ham, Worthy
Natron of Crescent Chapter, Order
of the Eastern Star, entertained the
-rffcsrs . ~ -haDtor a. hrffe'
sunnar Saturday hight last At
lone or Walnut Street.
Misses Alice and Susan CusLis, Az.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-01-31

was offered her.
A six-months trial as head purchas-
ing agent, during which I was hon
estly scared" she admits, won the
position without challenge. With
this came the honor of becoming the
first woman among 5000 members of
the Purchasing Agents Association.
Membership in this saved me a
lot of trouble later" she comment
ed. Because of it's recommendation
I could concentrate on selling con-
tracts without having first to con-
vince them that a woman could be
competent in that work."
During the World War, it was her
task to make all purchases for the
expanded production of the plant. She
defined and passed on even the most
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-01-31

Because of mildew, it is well to
never. sprinkle more than a days
ironing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-17
INGALLS, an Underra+ed Center

Best guard of the anywhere probably Peabody OF
Harvard PROFESSIONALLY the most moderated center in
land including Scandinavia is Bob ingalls, of Michigan.
On the day him. Walker of Iowa tackle good
enough AAmea Bob Mot of Northwestern Is
among the better ends.
Yale and Illinois have had terrible Bob Zuppke is
due resign Illinois the end of the Big Ten campaign.
Spike Nelson probably his contract out of the window
keeps when Princeton Saturday.
Wisconsins oense has great But the of Harry
Suldeher think defense like the odfashoned buste is
outmoded The Badgers all that between Minnesota
and another undefeated, united season.
No tribute could be paid Charlie Bowsers ability
coach than to have team trampled by Purdue Michigan
Minnesota Duke and Ohio State rise up and beat Fordham
and Nebraska successive weeks
Ordinarily teams spirit and morale would be badly
battered and bent that playing out the schedule would be just
a formaity. Pitts Edgar Jones is of the sandout
backs in football
Great battles still remaining the Autumn chart
MchganOho State Minnesota Wisconsin Vanderbilt Tennessee
ArmyNavy, Notre DameU S. c. Penn-Corne State. Duke
N c. State, Nebraska Oklahoma.
good guess which will be invited various
bowl Duquesne, Duke Alabama, Texas Aggies,
Stanford, Fordham, Missouri, Texas Christian.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-17
Peeifie Coast Weakest Grid Sector

Weakest football sector-the Pacific Coast. Not single
team from the Far West with the opankng out
fits of other sections.
The Midwest easily has the kngpns of football this
Minnesota Michigan Noe Dame and Northwestern should be
able to take quartet you anywhere else
Tom Kubma's ability to kick the football of bounds
inside rivals fveyard marker and Angelo Berts
passing wzardry down of the great individual
plishments Of the season.
Put down Duquesnes 1910 win Mississippi State
the impressive howngs of the campaign Mississippi
State good enough beat Alabama 14 and the Crimson
Tide today ranks with Duke as best in the South.
Paul Browns ability to inject spirit at Ohio State
adds up of the best coaching Jobs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-17
0hoidns Name
Bob Stranahdn

Robert A. Stranshan, veteran
Toledo golfer, who regularly COM
petes with his two sons in the De-
troit trials for the National Anna
teur. is an independent nominee
for the executive committee Of the
United States Golf Association.
His name was presented by five
Ohio clubs, including Inverness Of
Toledo, of which he is a member.
and will be voted on along with ID
named by the USGA nominating
committee. The election will be
held in January.
George w. Blossom Jr. Of Chi
cago is slated TO succeed Harold
w. Pierce as president. Pierce has
been a member OF the executive
Commute since 1888 and has
served two terms as president.
Other changes proposed include
the nomination OF four new MEM
bers 20 the executive committee.
Jess Sweetser, former star player.
Is one of teh present members not
renofninated
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-17
Missouri Attack Toughest in Land

Missouri Tigers Big Six champions probably carry the
devastating running attack of team in the land The
Tigers almost to land Bowl bid and matter who
they play-well, don't make them underdogs.
Nomer Norton of Texas Agges and Fritz Crisler of Mich
igan lost great stars than Still they
kept their rolling along The Agges undefeated
Michigan has lost only to the Gophers
You can't afford to make a mistake with champion The
Yankees have proved that time and time again They'll take
advantage Of slip Joe Louis the Men
winning and hen-whame You make only mis-
take with him. The with Notre Dame Northwestern
and down the dbu when the opportunities to cash chips
Notre Dame the first in line at the payof window
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-17
Kotarski LEADING
Field at Rainbow

Charlie Kotarski is leading on
points in the Rainbow individual
classic today with 1895. Mel Dorl
was third round high with 1065
and Louis Serianni three pins be-
hind. Clarence Krajenke dropped
10 973 but still held an average
of 210 to head the field in this
respect.
Serianni has 1915 points, Kra-
jenke los, Charlie Peters 103. Dorl
1902; Harold Allen. defending cham
pion. 95.5; Phil Bauman 93.5. Augie
Bamberg SO, Joe Norris IS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-17
Germans Held to Tie by IOscO

spree of Neil Campbell. Chrysler
center forward. who led his mates
TO a TO / victory over Thistle.
Campbell furnished three of the
Chrysler goals.
Against Toronto Ulster, two
weeks ago, Campbell registered
four goals. William Donaldson.
inside left, kept Thistle from a
shutout.
Highlighting the state amateur
league play yesterday. was the
Bavarians' 4 to 0 rout of st. Clair
at st. Clair Field.
The youthful Rangers team was
riding in hard luck in its bout with
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-17
Pan-AmerilanGa Games
Committee Meets

NEW YORK. Nov. 17.-(INS)
were made in New York
today for a meeting that will be
Americas next step toward par
ticipation in the Pan-American
games scheduled November 21-
December 6. 1912. at Buenos Aires.
Members Of Is committees. dele
gated to select United States
teams in various sports. will
gather tomorrow at the New York
Athletic Club to organize methods
of gathering the nations repre-
sentative athletes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-17

the German United b team. The
contest wound up in a l 10 / tie
when Paul Brakeman, inside left
wing for the Germans. sent home
a shot from eight yards out In the
last Is. seconds of play. Alec
Harris, IT, year old outside left
wing, gave the Rangers their
score.
Hispano beat the Workers, 2 to
1. at Northwestern Field, with
julius Garcia and Louis Marcus
making the goals for the victors,
while Hungarians and Thistle p
battled to a scoreless tie at Sol
Way Park.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-17

Held TO a TO / tie by German
United, Iosco is still in first place
in the National Soccer League to-
day, but il now must share that
honor with the German team and
Chrysler.
The Germans opened the scoring
in the match, played at Mack Park
yesterday. after II minutes of the
first half when Ewald Hilbert
scored following a pass from Mark
Molly. Andy McNicol provided the
tying tally before the half was
over.
The feature of the af.-'--- 80
however, was the one-man scoring
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-17

II BY BOB m.vaqMy
Wildcats Are Biggest Disappointment Of Yea
on Gridron; U. M. Has Best BaekfieId

Football for e4 its final resting place And sub
NIT the following nominations after seeing hearing and reading
about players and from all sections:
Most satisfying of the the Eas-Dck Harlows
Harvsrds
Most discussed nnovationreversed center used by SYRIA
This grid hpper-dpper saved Osse Solems job
Northwestern down the seasons biggest dsappont
ment Here that boased brilliant backs than
outfit in the land They had A-Amerca tackle and line
that figured than hold its against North
after every could look back and That's
could have won But Northwestern lost TO Michigan
Minnesota and Notre Dame.
Best aaround backfeld in the nation at this writing all
probability Mchgans quartet of Westfa Kuzma, Cethaml
and Paul White They have everyhinggood passing great
running, superb punting and adequate defense.
Toughest break Of the for individual befe Bruce
Smith, Minnesota captain Had he not been injured there
question but that he would AAmeca
selection As stands he be left off many the selections
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-23

~ SURPRISINGLY ADVANCED
1 in style and luxury. the new
~ Pontiac Sizes or Fights tor
1912 today come sweeping INTO the
Observation-Disclosures new in
appearance, but still the same. fine,
faithful PontiaCsintime-tricd quality.
Two series of new Pontiacs in
,lude ten widely varied models
among them a strcamlinei Sedan
Welcome Service station
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-19
Tennis Tourney
Schedule for
Sunday Released

A tennis tournament, described
as the most outstanding in the
history of valley meets, reaches the
final round at the Ell Centre courts
Sunday, according to Tournament
Manager Bill Maxwell.
All quarter final and semi-final
matches will be completed, accord
ing to Maxwell who Saturday re-
leased the schedule of events.
Schedule:
9 a. m.
B. Gaines VS.. M. Summers, M.
Jacks VS.. P. Claiborne, j. McManuS
VS.. j. Bowker, r. Grimse VS.. j..
Graham.
10 am.
c. White VS.. d. WhitelaW A. Hens
VS.. j. Angelo, w. Rogers VS.. j..
Riedy, Grimse- -Froehling VS.. Rob-
inson- Abbott, Joan Bowker VS.. G..
Turnac.
j. Riedy VS.. A. Saul, M. Jack VS..
winner, Gaines-Summers, l.. john
son VS.. winner, McManus- -BoWker.
IL m.
All remaining Junior matches Will
be scheduled at noon and senior
division semi-finals will be pltyed
after l pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-19

greatest fielding second basemen
ever developed in the coast league,
is definitely Herman's successor,
but he may not quite make it in
l941. Stanley Hack, the leagues best
third baseman, will continue at
third.
The outfield is the Cubs strongest
link. Lou Novikoff, the sensational
mad Russian who belted 1868 for
Los Angeles to lead the coast league,
is ticketed for left field, with Hank
Leiber in center and Bill Nicholson
in right. That is likely to be the
leagues best offensive outfield.
Augie Galan, and Dom Dallessandro
will be the reserves.
Wilson has a way with pitchers
and is likely to step up the class
of the Cub pitching considerably
Claude Passeau, Bill Lee and Larry
French are expected to be the "big
three" Lee had bad year in 1910
and if he comes back it'll make a
tremendous difference. If Dizzy
Dean can still pitch, he'll be a win
ner for Wilson, whom he idolizes
Clay Bryant, who's been nursing
a sore arm on and off for some
time, is the Cubs biggest question
mark. Among the youngsters Verr
Olsen, the young southpaw who
made the grade last season, Ker
Raffensberger and Jake Mooty
should add considerable help to tht
big three
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-19
BENCHW FARMING
by Burdette Kline
--Post-press Sports Editor

as Boxing Commissioner Bill Brown
slapped him on the back and told
him what a credit he was to box
ing:
I'm sorry they stopped the fight
I always like to go the limit"
Nnlestones along Henry Arm
strong's glory road:
Born in St. Louis. Mo. Dec. u,
1912. Youngest of Is children.
Started fighting at the age of II
and has had about $50 rights, anna
teur and professional.
Won world featherweight title
Oct. %. 1887, by knocking out Petey
Sarron.
Won welterweight title by out
pointing Barney Ross on May 81,
1888.
Won world lightweight title by
defeating Lou Ambers on Aug. II,
1888.
Gave up featherweight title be-
cause of increasing weight Sept 13,
1888.
Lost lightweight title in return
bout with Anbers on Aug. %, 1889
Lost world welterweight title to
zivic on Aug. 4, 1910.
Was generally considered to be
one Of the greatest fighters, pound
for pound, who ever lived.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-19

Imperial 10 remain in a tie with
the Bulldogs, Coach Sheldon Lough-
borough was leading his Brawley
Wildcats back into the title fight
with a 3l-20 win over Holtville
Loughborough used 20 men in the
victory. Minter was high scorer for
Brawley with Y points.
Coach Raleigh Holt's Ell Centre
basketeers had comparatively little
trouble in defeating the Tigers,
running up a 1873 lead in the first
quarter and then adding to that ad-
vantage with reserves playing most
of the remainder of the contest.
Red Riedy topped the winners with
is points and Gene Oswalt contrib
uted eight. Otis King had 13 for
the losers, Veil was second high
with three.
Imperial made its only bid in the
first quarter with eight points
against the Spartan varsity. Manuel
Andrade put Imperial in front with
a free throw but Tackett and Riedy
dropped setups Tor Ell Centro to put
the Spartans in front, Al.
Riedy added free throw, Tackett
patted a setup and OsWalt looped
a one-hander from the foul circle
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-19
Armstrong Loses to zivic to End
Most Glorious Of Ring Careers

NEW YORK, Jan. 18. (UP)-The
years have licked Henry Armstrong.
The little Negro sat on a wooden
bench in his dressing room, peered
through eyes that were pounded
to Sits, and announced his retire
ment. The likes of him won't come
this way again soon.
This story will be mostly about the
loser of last nights fight for the
welterweight championship of the
world. Fritzie Zivic OF Pittsburgh
retained his title by scoring a
technical knockout after 50 seconds
of the 18th round. But the victor
was a lonely man in his dressing
room and the loser got all the
cheers from 23,190 persons-largest
crowd even to see a sporting event
In Madison Square Garden.
Zivic took command in the frs
round and kept it by waging {
crafty battle. The best weapon il
his arsenal Was one of the fancies
upper cuts even seen hereaboutS
That uppercut tore Armstrong; fact
into shreds, rocked his brain anc
reeled his senses until Referees
Arthur Donovan stepped in after 8;
minutes and 81 seconds of fighting
and gave the sign that sent Henry
down the road TO retirement with a
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-19
Exit Armstrong

The grandest little fighting mar
Of professional boxing, Henry Arm
strong, went the way of all boxing
machines Friday night when Fritzie
zivic, welterweight champion OF
the world, pounded Hammerin
Henry into submission in the 18th
round of a l5-stanza bout.
Henry was probably the greatest
Of all boxing machines, pound fGS
pound, in the history of fightdom.
He was the only man to ever hold
three world championships at the
same time - welterweight, light
weight and featherweight. He even
fought Ceferino Garcia for the
nniddeweight title ana got a draw.
Hainmerin' Henry won 46 straight
lights and scored 81 straight knock
outs. He made l9 successful de-
lenses of the welterweight title, six
1n one year, 1910.
They crowded around him in the
dressing room Friday night, but he
took defeat the same way he al
ways took victory-calmly. He has
Saved his money and has a flourish
ING wine business to which he now
plans to devote his time.
And this was all he had to say
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-19
BY HENRY McLEMORE

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18. CUP)
You'd never guess what Ty Cobb
and I talked about at tiffin time in
the st. Francis here yesterday.
1t wasn't about falconry, archery,
tire vulcanlzing or even how to
identify the malaria mosquito. Un-
believably, it was baseball
Cobb used to play at the game,
you know. He was with the Detroit
Tigers, as 1 recall. I've heard tell
that he was quite hitter.
During our conversation, which
lasted we'll into the night, Cobb
admitted to amazement as we'll as
disappointment that owners, man
ayers, and high commissioners, have
made no effort to improve baseball
in the past ten or fifteen years.
Just because baseball is our
national game" Cobb said "is no
reason to hold it as sacred and
untouchable Golf is older than
baseball and changes have made
it a better game. The same is
true of basketball, football and a
half a dozen other sports"
This remark naturally led us to
inquire of Mr.. Cobb what changes
he would like to see made in
baseball. He had an answer and
quick one.
"The first thing that should be
done is to widen the plate a couple
OF inches. Do you realize what a
difference in the game that would
make? And a difference that would
make baseball twice as interesting
and twice as fast and twice as
much of a science. Let me explain
The lively ball has taken most OF
the skill out of the game. Baseball
is all offense now with the defense
having little or no chance. At the
same time, one has TO admit thai
the lively ball and the home runs
that it made possible appeals te
the customers. So you don't want
TO take the lively ball away. But
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-19
Today's Sport Parade

by increasing the width of the plate
and thereby increasing the pitch
er's target you would put check
on wild hitting. Such a move would
result in better pitches-pitcher
who use control instead of relying
on throwing the ball past the batter
Before you knew it, baseball again
would have men like MatheWson,
Mordecai Brown, Slim Sallee, Pete
Alexander, Herb Pennck, Clark
Griffith and Doc White. With
smart, controlled pitching, there
triples by lunk hitters. You know
what 1 mean by lunk hitters. Those
big guys who stand up there and
knock it out of the park. The good
hitters would be the one who could
pick EN- off the corners OF the
bigger plate"
Cobb visualiZed a faster, more
strategic game with bigger home
plate.
with the batters checked, the
stolen base would come back into
baseball. So would the hit and
run play and the squeeze play
because a run or two would mean
something. A run or two doesn't
mean a thing today. You get a
guy on first, tell him to wait there
until some lunk knocks the ball
into the bleachers or the mezza-
nine"
Cobb believes that faster, tighter
game of baseball would bring back
into circulation thousand of old
time fans who quit the park for
the movies, when the lively ball
made baseball a slugging match
instead of one in which brains and
speed played part.
AS a matter of fact it would
bring Cobb back into the parks. He
hasn't seen five games in five
years, because he loves a game
of baseball that can't be won by
big guy who just shuts his eyes
and swings
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-19

pennant 1lgnt.
From a pennant-Winner in 1888,
the Cubs have taken terrific tum-
BILE They finished fifth last season
with .437, their lowest percentage
in Is years. At times the team was
a striking example of misdirected
energy. The Cubs seemed to be a
bunch of boys pulling in all differ
ent directions.
The first move to get the Cubs
all pulling their oars in unison was
the hiring of Newsman Jimmy Gal
lagher, one of the clubs Sharpest
critics, as general manager, and
Jimmy Wilson, Cincinnati coach
and world series hero, as manager
Then Wilson'S first and most i'm
portant move was to plug the Cubs
gap at shortstop. He picked Billy
Myers, shorstop of the World
Champion Reds, as his man and
gave up Outfielder Jimmy Nelson
Shortstop Bobby Mattick and an
other player to be named later.
Wilson has been criticized severe
ly for going SO high for Myers, who
hit only POP last season. but in two
years with the Reds Jimmy learned
plenty about the Cincinnati short
stops team value. If Myers comes
through for the Cubs, the club is on
its way back into first division
Three other shorstops are listed on
the roSter-Len Merullo from Tul-
sa, Harvey Storey from San Fran
cisco and Bob Sutgron from Jersey
City.
Perhaps Wilson's two other tough
est problems are catching and first
base. Al Todd, who was in the bao
graces of the Cubs last regime, is
the teams best veteran backstop
However, Wilson hopes that Clyde
Mccullough, presently a holdout
will take over the No. l job. NC
Cullough hit .324 for Buffalo anc
is a product of the Yankee farm
system, having been bought by the
Cubs from Kansas City two year,
ago.
Wilson has four first base pos
sibilities - Rip Russell, who wa
laid low by appendicitis last season
Ed Waitkus, a fancy fielder from
Tulsa, Phil Cavarretta, who never
prospered under the Hartnett re-
gime. and Zeke Bonura. They arr
listed in about the order of theil
chances. It's Russell's job If he car
r1roye he dpcprVps il
Billy Herman will have to steI
to hold his second base job. Lot
Stringer, who hit 1868 for Los An
geles and is touted as one Of TIT
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-19
Santa Clara in
Easy Victory

SAN JOSE. Cal, ia. Is. up
The Santa Clara Broncos had an
easy time defeating st. Marys 81
to IL in a basketball game here
last night The Broncos used their
first string only 13 minutes of the
game.
St. Marys gained an edge in the
first five minutes. but Jim Rickert
made seven points in row to tie
the score 9 TO 9, and thereafter the
Broncos were never headed. Rickert
scored ii points for Santa Clara.
and Bruce Hale 10. Jack Tobin of
st. Mary's came through with II
points.