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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
K0VACS DEFEATS
ALL00 In MATCH
Big Californian Wins Dixie
Tennis Tourney By Down.
ing Rollins Net Star

TAMPA, Fla, Jan. 12.-R-
Frankie Kovacs, lanky Californian
from Oakland, blasted out a
straight set win over Eddie Alloo,
of Winter Park, Fla, to take the
singles crown in the 18th annual
Dixie tournament.
Kovacs trimmed the little Rol-
Inns college star 60, 60, g., play
ing his usual game with a little
Glowing for the amusement Of the
galleries.
Previously, Alloo, a tiny mite of
tennis, had beaten Jack Kramer,
Bryan M. Grant and Bobby Riggs,
high-ranking players. He had no
chance against the California giant
today and went down in straight
sets.
Kovacs, who according to ex-
perts could dominate the worlds
amateur standing if he settled
down and forgot the ''clowning'
tactics, had no trouble with the
tiny Rollins star who had beaten
three of the beginners in a row.
Kovaes won the first set without
any trouble, then loafed along for
the next two sets, losing a total OF
five games.
Kovacs displayed one of the most
powerful singles games ever seen
in the Dixie tournament. The Cali
fornian blasted his shots from end
to end and the tiny Alloo wasn't
able to overcome the shots and
never was a threat to win.
Miss Pauline Betz, of Rollins col
lege, won the women's singles tt
tie when she beat Mrs. Sarah Pal
frey Cooke of Brookline, Mass, ga,
6-3.
Den Mcneil of Oklahoma City
and Jack Kramer of Los Angeles,
teamed to win the doubles crown
from Russell Bobbitt of Atlanta
and Frank Guernsey of Orlando,
Fa., 81, rs, e.. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
Golfers Of Old Better Than
M0derns, 'Graybeards' Say

SARASOTA Fla. Jan. 12.-RA
Today's pro golfer-compared with
that Of a quarter century ago-is
just an old Mother Hubbard with
so many modern conveniences he
doesn't know what to do if you
believe three "graybeards here
for the PEA seniors tourney.
The top-flight linksmen of those
dim days when a putter was a
putter and not something that
looked like the leg from a piece OF
modernistic furniture we're far bet
ter players with far less equip
ment said George Sargent, United
States Open champion back in 1909.
IF golfers of Is years ago had
had clubs and balls equal to those
now in use" he said they would
have had no trouble in taking en-
petition of the caliber existing to-
day"
The Atlanta professional who
presides at Bobby Jones' h O m e
course Cast Lake, grew reminis-
cent and his eyes shone. "In the
old days. he murmured "a golfer
really had to know how to play his
iron shots. The greens were small
and nothing like the well-kept lay
outs now. You never knew what
to expect of a putt then"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
BURKE CAPTURES
SENIORS TOURNEY
Veteran Houston Pro Scores
142 In 36-Hole Play To
Beat Out Williams

SARASOTA, Fla, Jan. 12.-lR-
Jack Burke used an old aluminium
putter he made back home in Tex
as 70 stroke his way today to
the National PEA seniors cham.
pionship with bang-up 142 total in
the 36-hole medal play tournament.
The veteran Houston pro took the
Bobby Jones course apart in hang
ing up a four-under-par 81 to pick
up the crown from Otto Hackbarth
of Cincinnati who did not defend
the title.
Burke's hot pace was too much
for the other veterans-all more
than so years old. He finished
seven strokes ahead of Eddie Will
liams of Chicago who carded a
pair of 37's and wound up with 149.
Williams rs over the Sarasota Bay
Country club course yesterday tied
Burke for medal honors. Par on
the Sarasota course is Y.
Jock Hutchinson, Sr., of Sarasota,
former British Open n PEA
champ, was deadlocked with H. C..
Hackbarth of Little Rock, Ark, a
brother of Otto Hackbarth, a n d
Jack Gordon of Buffalo, N. Y, in
third place at $50 each. Hutchinson
fired a 70 today while Hackbarth
and Gordon collected 74's.
Willie Ogg of Worcester Mass.
clipped one stroke from regulation
figures in whacking out a 70 but
he finished out of the money be-
cause of a first round IS.
The 52-year old Burke served no.
tice he was out for blood when he
cut loose with a one under regula-
ton IS on the outgoing nine. He
cinched the title with a sizzling
three below par 80 on the home
stretch.
Currently the Texas PGA titlist
Burke also copied the California
Open and some minor tournaments
in his 35-year playing career. 1t
was his first start in the PGA Sc
Nor event however. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
Construction Of Chapel
Hill Airport Is Pushed

CHAPEL HILL Jan. 12.-tRH
Recovering quickly from a $500
fire at the Chapel Hill airport
construction of a metal hangar
will start tomorrow and five new
planes will be flown here from a
Pennsylvania airplane factory.
The planes to be obtained with
insurance money will arrive IN
time for the immediate continu-
ance of CAA training. Work al
ready has started on a temporary
hangar to replace the n destroyed
last night.
Ten planes were burned. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
Vols, Kentucky Rated
Southeast's Top Cagers

ATLANTA, Jan. 12.-R-Sing
song of Knoxville, and you have
pretty fair index of interest III
Southeastern conference basketball
for the coming week.
It's Kentucky against Tennessee,
and although upset by Alabama
last night, 27-22, the Vols still are
rated No. l challenger for the
league crown won by Kentucky a
year ago.
For the Wildcats it will be the
first league game of the season
In 10 preliminary encounters Ken
lucky split the bill, winding Up
with a 56-43 defeat by West VIZ
ginia last night. Tennessee won
three and lost one in its warmth
schedule.
Dark horse Florida, paced BY
high-scoring Steve Ellish and BUD
Walton, drew railbird rating as
the leagues hot tip with two biz
~terly-fought wins over Georgia, last
years runner-up in the conference
tournament. The Gators, are Lead
ing the conference race with fVe
wins and one loss-the lone defeat
being in a split tWo-game 70
against Alabama.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13

Said Jock Hutchinson former
British Open title holder:
"All you have to do now is gel
the ball on the green. 1t was a
different story when green's some
times resembled concrete"
Hutchinson and Sargent shook
their heads sadly and looked al
their bulky equipment. Then they
looked at Long Jim Barnes who
collected the United States Open.
British open and several of P G A
titles during his heyday.
yeah" Barnes said cts a far
cry from today's wide selection OF
matched clubs to the old timers
meager collection. Just give a
young fellow seven clubs-any sew
en-and let him win a champion
ship with that equipment"
Someone wanted to know who the
greatest club-swinger was around
the turn of the century and all
three perked up just like that.
"Why the man who was six times
winner of the British Open" Barnes
said. There never was a golfer
like Harry Vardon."
And Sargent and Hutchinson nod
ded glad for the moment to forget
the good old days. when you were
lucky if you could stay in the fair
way, I
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
Durham, Caps, Wilson
Top Eastern Cage Loop
TED WILLIAMS EXPECTS
NO CONTRACT TROUBLE

DULUTH, Mimi, Jan. 12.-RH
Ted Williams, 22-year-old left field
er for the Boston Red Sox, said
today he didn't expect any con-
tract difficulties with the club man.
agement over terms for the 1941
season.
Williams, who went to the Sox
from Minneapolis of the American
association, has been visiting in
northern Minnesota. He came here
to visit friends and plans to re-
main in this section until he leaves
next month for the Red Sox train
ing camp at Sarasota, Fla.
AS to his 1941 contract, Williams
said in an interview that 81 know
/ won't have any trouble. The Red
Sox management is fair. l haven't
received any contract yet, but I'm
pretty Jul the club and 1 will be
able to come to terms easily
enough" S
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
Glasses At W. And ].
Are Suspended Because
OF Prevalence Of Fla

WASHINGTON PA. Jan. II.
-tR-Classes were suspended to-
night for two days at historic
Washington and Jefferson college
because of the prevalence of in
fluenza among the $50 students.
Dean of faculty E. M. Weryer
announced after a faculty meeting
that the suspension until 8 am.
Wednesday had been ordered be-
cause of the rapid spread of the
disease. The dean stressed how
ever, that the influenza was very
mild in form" and that no student
was in a serious condition.
There were n cases reported at
noon yesterday and 106 this morn.
ing he said. Students will remain
at the college but will not gather
for chapel or other activities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
Punta Gorda Women's
Tourney Opens Friday

PUNTA GORDA, Fla, Jan. H.
R-This Friday 18th is going to
take on all the aspects of a Friday
18th for a lot Of lady golfers be-
cause competition is going to be
tough then when the Punta Gorda
women's tourney opens.
Witness:
Jane Cothran of Greenville, S.
c., runnerup in the 1910 national
who registered today for the wom-
ems Florida winter circuit opener.
Elizabeth Hicks, stocky little
Long Beach, California star and
semi-fnalist in the 1910 national;
Jean Bauer of Providence, R. l.,
runnerup in the 1888 tourney to
Patty Berg;
And Mrs. Terry Dolson of Fort
Myers, runnerup here in 1899 to
Lillian Wood, former Virginia state
champion. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
These Bowling Brothers
Are Really Consistent

BILLINGS, Mont, Jan. 12.-RE
The bowling Bowman brothers OF
Billings may not look alike out
they have a striking slmllallty.
Four years ago Ross Bowman
bowled three consecutive zlo
Games. Within a week Cliff Bow
man rolled three straight games,
ali with scores of 213. Their 1888
total pins at the end OF a season
of 81 games was the same.
This year, after 40 games, they
again added up their total pins
and found that each had 0,95o.
So down to the alleys they went
to bowl off the tie. The result
each trrndled a 236 and each had
to strike out to achieve that score.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
TAR HEELS. SPIDERS LEAD LOOP
CAMEC0CKS, DEACS
REMAIN UNBEATEN|
Wake Forest-C Carolina Game
Tuesday Night Highlights
Weeks Cage Slate

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 12.-R-
North Cardinals defending cham
pions whipped V. M. I. and Wash
ington and Lee on a whirlwind inva-
sion of Virginia last week to move
into a tie with Richmond for the
Southern conference basketball lead.
Richmond's Spiders, who don't
have another loop tilt until the last
Of this month, defeated Maryland
and Clemson before Christmas to
get an early start on the other Is
clubs in the battle for the eight
available berths in the -post-season
championship tournament to be play
ed at Raleigh.
The Wake Forest quint, which sur
prised with a 1886 decision owe
Duke, and South Carolina, with a
1892 victory ove Furman, their lone
family tests of the season, are the
only remaining indicated teams.
William and Mary's Indians, led
by Glenn Knox, high-scoring sopho-
more center, bowled over three con
ference foes in a row before stumb-
ling against washington and Lee
last night, IS to 29.
Duke crushed Davidson and Mary
land by lop-sided scores in the Blue
Devils other circuit engagements
last week for a two and one record
for the young season.
The Clemson Tigers have been
making a determined comeback since
the pre-holiday tour which saw them
downed by w. & M. and Richmond
and victorious over Maryland. Both
Furman and North Carolina State
fell before the Tigers last week, NOV
ing them up into the first division
in the standings.
Ten family scraps are scheduled
for the coming week, highlighted by
the Wake Forest-North Carolina
meeting at Chapel Hill on Tuesday
which will drop M of these clubs
out of the unbeaten ranks.
Maryland travels to w. & L. and
V. M. I. on Tuesday and Wednes-
day and Clemson meets N. C. State,
Wake Forest and Duke on a trip
beginning Wednesday.
Southern conference basketball
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13

lust in the role OF referee.
Good Selection
Congratulations to Paul SEVERN,
the two : time football Au-Ameri-
can of University of North Caro-
lima, on his selection for the re-
cipient league Memorial trophy
as the outstanding athlete in the
Carolinas.
The selection was made by the
sports writer's of the two states and
we don't believe a better selection
could have been made. SEVERN is
tops in football and basketball.
And he's no mean shakes in sever
al of the other sports either.
Others in the running for the
honor included: Dukes Eddie
Smokes, Prince Nufer, the Colds
boro swimming ace, Jane Cothran,
the Greenville, S. c. golfer; Joe
Blalock, Clemson gridder; George
Glamack, Tar Heel basketball
player; James Martin, Furman
gridder; Steve Lach, Duke football
player; Dominic Collangelo, New
berry gridder; Estelle Lawson
Page, the golfer; Bobby Dunkel-
berger, golfer; James Lalanne,
Carolina footballer; and Grover
Poole, Raleigh golfer.
Odds And Ends
Durham high schools basketball
team still looks like the class of
the Eastern Class A conference.
They rolled over Rocky
Mount 51-29 Friday night and IRE
back again in the old familiar
place at the top Of the loopladder.
Best wishes for a speedy re-
covery to Capt. George R..
D'Orange, the Golden Gloves gym
manager, who is i'll at James
Walker Memorial hospital. A
lot of the potential Golden Gloves
are getting their muscles in shape
working at Holly Ridge, while sew
eral others who used to sling
leather in the tournament here are
shouldering rifles in the various
army camps. . However, ives
like to add a note to all amateur
boxers in this section to enter the
fifth annual Golden Gloves tourna-
ment here Immediately. There
will be four nights of fighting and
whether you are an entry in the
open or novice division, we'd like
to have you down. The Southeast
ern North Carolina fight meet is
scheduled for Feb. 11-12-13-l4.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
Fair, Slightly Warmer
Weather Forecast Here

Fair and slightly warmer are
on the weather menu for Whining
ton and vicinity today weather
bureau officials forecast last night.
A low temperature If So degrees
is expected for early this morning.
Moderate northwest winds dimin-
ishing will predominant.
Temperatures yesterday ranged
from a high of So to a low of %
degrees with the mean six below
the 46-degree normal. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
Stu Martin Signs Al
Contract With Pirates

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 12.-R-The
Pittsburgh Pirates have received a
signed contract for 1941 from Stu
Martin, utility infielder purchased
from the Cardinals last December,
the Pirates announced today.
4, Martin sent the contract for his
first season with the BUGS from his
home in Severn, N. c. In coming
to Pittsburgh, Martin rejoins Man.
ager Frank Frisch, under whom
he served in 1886, 1887 and 1888
when Frisch was pilot of the Car
dinals.
The 27-year-old. infielder, a left
handed hitter, batted .238 for the
St. Louis club last season. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
Harrison. Hogan, Dodson Tie In Tourney
LEADERS IN CAGE
LOOPS TAKE SHAPE
Cornell, Ohio State, Carolina,
Florida Among Top
Teams In Sections

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-B
Emerging from the haze Of earlv.
season battles, contenders for thu
various conference titles in COLLEGE
basketball throughout the country
had begun to take definite shane
today. This weeks program should
go a long way toward sketching in
the full picture.
Leaders after the first full week
of firing in the major circuits are
Cornell in the Eastern I~ntercollegi.
ate league, Ohio State in the Big
Ten, Nebraska in the B g Six,
Creighton in the Missouri Valley,
dark horse" Florida in the South.
eastern, North Cardinals defending
champions and Richmond in the
Southern, Arkansas in the South.
west, and Southern California and
in the Southern and Washington
and Oregon State in the Northern
divisions, of the Pacific Coast con.
ference. In the Rockies Big Seven.
there's a three-way tie with one
victory each.
But the independents" aren't
letting all the play get away from
them. Seton Hall on "Wednesday
stacks it's record of "a straight
against a Villanova club that has
won 10 in a row, and expects to
pack the house; Bradley Tech,
fresh from last nights 48-45 upse!
of Depaul, will be at Madison
Square Garden the same night to
tackle st. Francis W Depaul
plays Long Island U. in the CO.
feature, and Duquesne, having
beaten Loyola of Chicago for seven
straight, will try to make it nine
against Marquette Tuesday and
Ohio State Saturday.
Lining up the conferences and
sections, they look like this:
East-Cornell, having taken the
E. 1. L. lead by winning on the
road over Yale and Penn, meets
Columbia and Dartmouth's defend.
ing champions in two of the weeks
four league battles. The balance
of the Ithacans' attack is shown in
the fact they boast the circuits
five top scorers. Dartmouth plays
Penn as well as Cornell.
South - Florida, Southeastern
pace-setter, is idle this week after
double wins over Georgia, by two
points Saturday, for a 81 record.
Tennessee, though upset by Ala
bama's unpredictables, 27-22, still
rates as a contender for Kentucky'S
1910 title, and gets a chance to
prove it against the Wildcats next
Saturday. Georgia Tech has hung
Up five in a row against montague
rivals.
Victories over Washington and
Lee and V. M. l. boosted North
Cardinals Southern conference de-
tenders into a deadlock with Rich
mond. The latter's five-game streak
was snapped last night, 1886, by
George Washington, which plays
Carolina, Clemson and Fur
man this week. League highspot
should be Tuesdays clash between
the Tar Heels and Wake Forest,
surprise winner over Duke.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
SEEKS REGIMENT

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 12-(P-The
newspapers of Oslo, Norway, will
carry an appeal to "all national Nor.
wegians" by Vidkun Quisling tomor-
row to form a regiment to fight
against England. The regiment
Qulsllng's statement will say. will be
formed in Germany under the name
OF regiment Nordland.' Ouisling
nimself, informed sources said, prob
)aoly would be chief of the GERS
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
School Buses Cannot Be
Used By Sports Teams

: RALEIGH, Jan. 12.-R-High
school athletic teams can't be
transported to and from sports con-
tests in state operated school buses
the attorney generals office said
today in a digest of recent opin-
ions.
The school machinery OF
1899. the digest declared, specifi-
cally limits the use Of school buses
operated by the state to the trans,
.portation to and from school OF
children, for the regularly organ.
lied school day. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
p FEELS BETTER

CHICAGO, Jan. 12.-R-"I!I'
Hoppe, world three cushloh ois
lizards champion, felt so wei! touo5
that he wanted ''to get up, az
tending physicians at St. LUKE >
hospital reported.
The 53-year-old New YORK cue
artist, who was forced to WlthaIa"
from a title challenge matcn VIZ
Jake Schaefer of Cleveland ID"
Thursday because of influenza
also battling pneumonia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
HAS SCORE
OF 276 AT FINAL
Three Leaders To Fight Out
Today Over Is Holes Ut
Medal Play At Oakland
BY RUSS

OAKLAND, Calf, Jan. 12.-R9-
String Bean E. J. Dutch" Harrison
and a couple of bantecnweights OF
golf, Ben Hogan and Leonard bod
son, charged down the home stretch
in a triple tie for the $4,000 Oakland
open golf championship today
Each posted four-round 72-hole to
tails of 276, four under par for the
Sequoyah course.
The finish provided two dramatic
touches. Harrison, the long-leggeo
lad from Little Rock, Ark, missed
four-foot put on the final green thai
would have given him a 275 ant
first prize money.
Hogan, former Fort Worth, Texas
boy now playing out of White Plains
N. Y, had ever worse luck. He
missed a three-footer on the same
green for a birdie four that would
have meant the tournament victory.
Dodson, originally from Spring
field, Mo-, now a pro at Kansas City
was in two traps and off on his
putting, but nevertheless breezed In
with a par 70, compared to Hogan's
liz and Harrison's 70
The three will fight it out over IL
holes of medal play tomorrow for tor
money of 81, 200. Second place money
is $3.50 and third place, $3.50.
Harrison, undisputed leader for the
second and third rounds, ramblec
through his 72 holes with $685.
| 69-and 70. He was out in 81 and
home in Sc today.
Hogan, leading money winner OF
1910 and the Harry Vardon trophy,
put together rounds of 74-6S-62 and
70, with a 35-37 on the last IS. His
g. in the third round set a new
competitive record for P. G. A. open
tournaments.
Dodson, a born comic and tourna-
ment favorite who says he had to
put gravel in his first pair of shoes
to feel comfortable, posted rounds of
73-67-66 and 10. He had mines of 3d.
81 in the finale.
After the three-way draw develop
ed, Dodson expressed confidence on
the outcome of the play-off, pointing
to the fact he has never lost one.
In 1886 he defeated Harry Cooper in
a play-off for the st. Petersburg, Fla,
open and won the 1887 Hollywood,
Fla, open from Horton Smith in
similar fashion.
An amateur showed the way to the
country's leading professionals in the
last round. Marvin Bud" Ward of
Spokane, former national amateur
champion, turned in a SIS, four under
par for a total of 282. He was out in
80 and home in "a. The only other
subpar for the round belonged to
Mark Fry, home club pro, with a 6S.
Jimmy Demaret of Houston, Texas,
defending champion, finished in a
four way tie at 2S2, with a par 70
today. He won $3.50 compared with
$1,000 a year ago.
Scores of 2S4 and lower were in
the money.
Among the big name" shooters
who failed to land among the Is
money winners were Lawson Little,
U. S. open champion, with 2S5, and
Ralph Guldahl, a two time holder of
the same title, with 286; Byron Mel
son, holder of the P. G. A. crown, at
290, and John Bulla, winner Of the
recent SIC $1,000 Los Angeles open. Bull
la had a wobbly rs on his last round
for a 72-hole total Of 292.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
BOARD TO MEET

RALEIGH, Jan. 12-GR- The
board OF conservation and develop
ment will hold a semi-annual SEES
sion here tomorrow and Tuesday.
Members of the board will confer
with Governor Broughton and hold
public hearings. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
BENFIT MATCH

CINCINNATI, O.. Jan. 12-RH
Alice Marble, the blonde tennis
star turned professional, said to-
night she and Mary Hardwick of
England would play a British bene-
fit exhibition match before the
Duke and Duches of Windsor at
Nassau Feb. II.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
SIX KILLED

TORTOSA, Spain, Jan. 12.-tR-
Six persons were killed today in a
train derailment between Alcanar
and Vinaroz, bringing to 10 the total
OF dead in railroad accidents in Spain
in the last three days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
SMOKE RINGS
Dempsey's Coming
By SAM G

No more popular a heavyweight champion than Jack
Demnsev the old Manassas Mauler, has ever pulled on a
glove in this country, and for that reason wed Ike to con-
oratr1ate the American Legion on bringing the fistic hero
Of the roaring EOS here to referee the wrestling matches
at Legion stadium Thursday night.
Jack never fails to make friends wherever ne goes ana
ware willing to bet that Wilmington will welcome the idol
Of the old-time leather-pushers. At any rate, it's going to
ba fnn watching Dempsey in action in the ring, even If it's
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
BOWLING RECORD

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Jan. 12-R
Eddie Funaro of New Haven
set a new worlds duckpin bowling
record for a single game today
when he scored a 239 in the annual
Jack White tournament. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
CAMDEN WINS

PINEHURST, Jan. 12.-LR-Com-
bining good mounts with topnotch
team play, Camden defeated Pine
bursts No. 2 polo team 6 to 3 here
this afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
PAINTING DIsPROyED THEORY

Thomas Gainsborough painted his
famous blue Boy" to disprove the
theory that blue cannot be used, sue
cessfully, as a predominating color
in a portrait.