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Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
IMPERIAL VALLEY WINTER BASEBALL
LEAGUE FORMED: DOUBLE HEADER HERE

each will take a crack at the
Ortiz All Stars on the municipal
diamond.
First game will ba between the
Redbirds and the All Stars, fol-
lowing which Ortiz will send his
boys against the Plaster City nine
The league Scncduic had not
been completed "wednesday. Tack
cit said. but he announced the ata-
son will be launched December p.
Games for the following Sunday
December 28D also were announced.
Here's the schedule for those day
FIRST LEAGUE GAMES
December 21-Westmorland y
Rcdbirds at FL Centre; Plaster City
ys. Heber at Hcbcr; BraWley vs.
Ortiz All Stars at Brawley
December 28-PlaStcr City at E.
Centre; Eebcr at BraWlcy; All STAR
At WcStmorland.
Managers. in addition to Tackctt
Iinganc and Ortiz, are Bob Ma
!oney. Plaster City; H. Clin. West
m01land, and Bob Marvin Gard
ncr, HeDer.
The complete winter schedule vii
be announced following a meeting
Of the managers at FL Centre
Monday night, December Is. On the
following Friday evening, Dec 10
league officials will hold banquet
to celebrate opening of the Wintcl
season. Exact time and place viii
be announced later.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
L. A. LIVESTOCK

Los ANG ELES. Dec. 10 Up -
tFederal-state Mn News Service
Hogs saleablc l5u. moderately az
tive. steady TO 15c lower: few lots
mostly good IL to zoo lbs Il %
i S5; some heavier weights bid
down 10 1850; few l50-l6o lbs Il.
few good sows ESQ; small lots good
355 lbs 1o.25.
Cattle salahle 500; fairy active
fully steady to strong. Cutters am
common stress S.lp-95o. heifer
very scarce; ommon and medium
COWS 7.e5-S.25: few loads medium
and good S.25-SS5; some held high
er. Gamer and cutter COWS $50
common and medium bulls So. ia
thcr slow on >tu,k"rS. calves >alahl,
-. vealer and light Slaughter cal
Ne fully steady, few head medium
and good vealcrs IL. most common
and medium lo.5o-2.5o: common an,
medium calves >5u-lo.
sheep. >alab!c. none: quotablf
steady. good and choice lamb
quoted l1-lI.5o. slaughter eve
81 down.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10

imperial Valley had WlntCt
baseball league Wednesday.
1t was formed at a meeting IN
FL Conno's city hall Tuesday night,
and consists of teams from Braw-
lev. i:ister c.. Hcbcr, West
mp.land. FL Cen 20 end Ell Ccntro'S
Fast2ide. The layer is an all
Mexican aggregation MANAGED by
Manuel Orti1, and named the ORTIZ
All stars.
Dick L.naanc, manager oi the
Bro vile teaf4. vas elected prcoi-
dent, and Manager Jack Tackett
Ct the e Ccnto Redblrds, secretary
OF tnc league.
OPENS BEG. 2i.
First leaouo eamsa Will be played
Docrmbcr Il.
El Crntrals. h51'rror, won't have
u wait ior tne season schedule. i
double hcadt IS slated here for
rr<t Suu0ay. when Tackctt'5 Red
bad5 and TIE Plaster City team
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
THE DAYS
SPORTS PARADE

Tor their third meeting of the yea
with the Green Bay Packers and on
this game rests the right to battle
the Giants OF New York for the
world championship Dec. 2l,
For three periods Of the second
game. Green Bay stopped the big
bad Bears stone cold II they retain
that same defense, the Bears might
split them VIDE open as they did
WaShrnZton.
The old packer defense is more
fluid than that which WASHINGTON
used in the last championship play
eff. II features a six and seven man
line with the middle boys bearln2
down or the 7 formation quarter
back 50 swiftly plays have little time
TO form.
II yoa think Green Bay is Wor-
ued You ought to see HalaS. He
can't fi1ure whether the Packers
have secuted HalaS. the writer, Or
HalaS. the coach.
Halas the writer has tipped
trade secret the coach well migh.
have used this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
1q42 PACIFIC COAST GRID SCHEDULE
APPROVED AT PALM SPRINGS MEET

was moved ahead one week 10 NOV
2l Montana announced that II had
added Brigham Young university to
its list OF opponents for Oct. 3 III
MisSoula. But for a few other minor
changes. the schedule was approved
as il previously had been drafted
1t follows:
Sept. 25-Tcxas Christian and
University Of California at Los
Angeles night.
Sept. 26-Tu,ane at University OF
Southern California: College of Pa
divid at Washington, Washington
State at Stanford. and Oregon State
at Idaho.
Get. Southern California at
Washington Idaho at University OF
California at Los Angeles, Santa
Clara at Sanford: California at Ore
gon State: OregOn al Washington
State, and Brigham Young at Mon
tana.
Oct. 10. Southern California at
Ohio State. Stanford at Notre
Dame: Oregon State at UCLA;
Washington a. Oregon; Montana at
Washington STATE, and Idaho at
Gonzaga.
Oct. Iva shington State at
Southern California; Idaho at
Stanford UCLA at Californla, and
Montana ct Washington. 49,.
Oct. 24.-Southen California at
Stanford: California at Washing
ton Idaho at Oregon ant Wash
ington State at Oregon State.
Oct. stanford at UCLA: Ore
gon at California; Oregon State at
Washington, and Idaho at Mon
tana.
Nov. 7.-California at Southern
California: Washington at Stan
ford; UCLA at Oregon, and Mon
tana at Oregon State.
Nov. IA oregon at Southern
California: Oregon State at Stan
ford Montana at California. and
Washington State at Idaho.
Nov. Stanford at California;
Washington at UCLA, and Oregon
at Oregon State.
Nov. 28.-Notrc Dame at South
em California; WASHINGTON State
at Washington, and Idaho at Utah
NOV. 261.
Dec. 5.-Montana at Southern
California
Lee. 12.-UCLA at Southern Cali
.Ornia
MASTERS ELECTED i -.
The conference managers asso-
citation elected Alfred P Masters
as president. and Carl Kilgore of
Washington secretary The next
conference sessions viii be held
in or near Portland, II was de
clded
Coaches voted approval of a
recommendation by Commissioner
Edwin N Atherton to make moving
pictures Of fouls, legal and illegal
blocking for special instruction
classes for officials.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
L. A. POULTRY

Los ANG ELES. Dec. 10 up
Hens, Leghorns, 2i4 20 81. lbs lie
Hens. Leghorns over ga to lbs lie
Hens, Leg. over lbs and up 1sc
Hens, colored, to 5A lbs 24c
Hens. colored over 5h lbs & up 24c
Broilers Il. and up a lbs :. 19c
Broilers over Ia and up to 81. 2oc
Fryers. Leg. wore 2A 10 lbs. Ice
Fryers, colored, 211 to 3h lbs 20c
Fryers. colored over 81. to Az 21c
Roasters, colored, over A. lbs 22c
stays, colored ............... lac
Old Roosters, colored .......... 13c
Old Leghorns Roosters ....... 0sc
Ducklings, Pekin over 5 lbs. :. 19c
Ducklings, Peklu under 5lbs. :. lie
Old Ducks, White Pekin ...... 0sc
Young Tom Turkeys 90 lb up l9c
Young Tom Turkeys 1422 lbs 19c
Young Ten Turkeys 10 and up 23c
Capons to Slbs ................. Csc
Capons over S lbs and up 80. 25c
Rabbit, No. white 3l3 TO Az 15c
Rabbits. mixed colors 3l3-4h lbs 13e
Rabbits No. old ................ .O7t
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
|. ARtsE EGGS
L. 4. STOCKS

Los ANGELES. Dec. 10 tUP) -
stocks checked their decline on III.
L. a. Exchange today althoug
what few recoveries there wer,
slight. Seven issues We're up. !,
were down and six were unchangeo
Volume was approximately 900,
shares.
Blue Diamond. $50 unchanged
Los Angeles investment, unchgd:
Transamerica unchagd; Sou. Calf
Edison common 49, off :; Sou.
Pacific %. unchgd; Standard Oil
o. up !. General Motors 33is oft
l.. Ryan AerOnautical Co, g. IN
changed; Vega Airplane CO. a. un-
changed.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO. Dec. Il tUPD GTain
futures threw off an carly spell
of weakness today or the board of
trade and made small gains
Closing wheat prices were up -
y cent a bushel: corn up 1-1'. oats
up Il; rye off \ to up T.. and soy
beans unchanged a. their ceilings
for the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10

PALM SPRINGS. Calf. Dec. 10.
UPp-Pacific coast conference Of
iciaIs. halting early tne:r annual
meeting and putting aside a large
)art of their business. released the
.C42 conference football schedule
day after making minor changes.
Anticipated debate over the Ath-
rton Code was Shelyed because Of
he war emergency. and the Of
icials returned to their homes.
The principal change in the
chedule gave University o. South
m California one more home game
,4len the Washington State contest
vas switched from Oct. at Pull
nan 10 Oct. II at Los Angeles.
ONLY MINOR CHANGES
The Oregon-Oregon State game
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
FAN SHAPED BACKBOARDS

What's new in baSketballs golden
jubilee year?
Two important rule changes have
been adopted. One is popular, the
other extremely controversial.
Coaches generally approve lifting
the three-secOnd restriction to the
sector of the foul circle behind the
free throw line. Formerly a team
lost the ball if any player held
possession longer than three seconds
in the circle
Clair F. Bee of Long Island uni
VerSity. Nat Holman OF Cit COLLEGE
of New York and Lon JourGet oi
Pennsylvania see the new rule pro-
noting higher scoring, better ball
handling and aiding zone detenses.
Guarding against basketball giants.
At position % or 20 tall man may
be safely guarded from behind At
position t3D, defense must employ
face guarding and work from front.
If tall man gets ball at 80. defensive
teammate leaves a. to doublc-guard
him.
Fan-shaped backboards have been
adopted officially. but eastern coach
es generally refuse to use them.
l. Valentine Lentz of Army is one
of the leading objectors to the lima
bean blackboard.
1T favors the tall man who acts
as goal-tender on defense he
claims. The new board gives no
banking area. 1t permits too many
cut-of bounds balls slowing up the
game The idea of allowing more
spectators to see from behind the
end lines is absurd. Why not let
them all see by using glass boards?'
The East is going to stick to the
old rectangular boards.
Bee, who brought basketball fame
to Long Island u, foresees the end
of basketball specialization
Ever boy is a point-scorer to-
day he points out. There are no
more specialized players-1ike the
old standing guard and the center
who could get the jump. The idea
today is to score quickly. Thus the
fast breaking Offensc.'
Bee likes the new foul circle
rule.
1t takes away the sixth man"
he says. 1t opens up sacred ground"
WHY DISCRIMINATE?
The old controversy of big man
versus small man still flames. Bee
holds that discrimination against
tall men is unfair.
Il predicted when they abolished
the center jump that it would brin9
more big men than ever" explains
the boss of the Blackbirds. The
only time the little fellow gets the
ball is after a basket. Biz teams
control both backboards.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
LOCAL BUTTERF4T

Los ANGELES. Dec. IL Up
l.. A. Butter ............-..... ......... 81,
Grade A. Cream #....-....... i9c
Manufacturing Milk ....... 4i;-C
Route gathered cream .... ... SO
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
L. A. GRAIN

Los ANGELES. Dec. !" UP)--
Milo. No. . yellow Calf. S1.55 n / SO
Milo. No . ylo bluk ..- $780, lao
wheat No. h. S2.oQu2.l5
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
M AR KETS
BAROMFTE

Grains featured moderate produce
taN SlSS' Tuesday S93t
the to
Wednesdays
rolled
stronger
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
MASTERS ELECTED
BOWL BRIEFS

NEW YORK. Dec. 10 Up
FOrdham s Rams held their second
drill toda4 III preparation for their
Sugar Bow meeting with Missouri.
Coach jim Crowley found the team
il good shape IN the tIg+t Of eight
planned workout yesterda, and in
djcatcd tne practice Sc .ous would
accent defensive work
DURHAM. Y. C.. Dec. 10 up
Dukes Blue Devils todar began the
third day Of rough sc.mmage in
preparation for the game With Ore
gon State in the Rose Bowl Jan. /.
Coach Wallace wade sent the
regulars through Il a,,ff Commute
scrimmage against a third team
combination yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
interviews with famous people

REPORTER We'll Walt, IS Il
true that chivalry is dying out
since your time?
WALTER RALEIGHI:-Hcck no.
Many smart man right here is
doing the right thing by. his little
woman by fixing up her wOrkir
quarters. They've found thai
Latham Lumber has loads of
smart ideas which will make the
home happier place to work in.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
I. 4R INKS

Los ANGELES. Dec. j. G'PD 80
Bid asked
Transamcrica .. ... ... 4-fis
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
L. 4. BUTTER e. EGGS

Los ANGELES, Dec. 10 up
BUTTER: Extra SIC; Prime firs
6'zc; standard a &C: Undergrade
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-10
s5sz sMez 50 Years Of Basketball
Golden Jubilee
Games VIII Honor
Doctor Naismifh
BY BURTON BENJAMIN

NEW YORK. Dec. 10.-It
happened 80 years ago. A
group of. men were sitting in
Il dimly-lighted room in
Springfield, Mass. debating what
constituted a sound athletic game
Most Of them favored lacrosse
but there were objections. Too rough.
Too demanding Not playable i'll
doors.
But one of the group. a young
physical education instructor. Dr.
James Naismith, had an idea. He
took over gymnasium classes for
week. procured two peach baskets
and soccer bail, and conceived
the game Of basketball.
Today. the game he invented is
honoring the late Or. NalSmith with
hundreds of golden jubilee games
all over the country. the proceeds
Of which will be used to build a
basketball Hall of Fame III Spring.
field.
90,OOO,OOO FANS
Embryonic basketball was crude
and coarse, but basically ii was
sound. The kernel of competition was
there 1t required stamina, courage
and effort. The premium was on
skill, technique and tinesse rather
than brute force.
From this modest beginning eyolv-
ed an American sport of major
proportions Basketball doomed. 1t
is booming today. It has spread to
the far-tlung corners of the earth.
The sport is played in more than
100 colleges and $4,000 high schools
and preparatory schools in this
country Countless amateur teams
church, club. industrial and social
swell that total. Professional
leagues are expanding.
Attendance figures vary. but il
is generally agreed that more than
9O000C00 spectators attend basket
ball games throughout the world III
a single year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
GROVER CLEVELAND HALL
Raleigh News and Observer

A great Southern editor and great American
was lost in Montgomery, Alabama, this week
when Grover Hall, editor of The Montgomery
Advertiser died at the relatively early age Of
So. He was a gay editor, a merry, witty man,
beloved as companion by all who knew him,
and his friends extended from Alabama to the
ends of America. But he was vastly more than
wit. He made an art of companionship but he
was much more than warm-hearted, friendly
man of letters and charm. He was friend of
his South and first fighter for decency, op-
portunity and honor in it.
He was willing to fight where the fighting
was hardest. In 1928 when the Ku Klux Klan
was at the height of its ugly influence in Ala
bama, when intolerance seemed entrenched in
power, he fought with one Of the most vigorous
editorial pens of our times against every spe-
cies of hoodlumism, flogging and racial and
religious intolerance He was awarded the
Pulitzer Prize for his work. Also and more
important, he helped rid the South of secret,
self-righteous, brutal bigotry.
The Importance of his work emphasizes the
greatness of the loss of the South and Southern
journalism in his death. Not only is something
OF strength and something of courage gone,
but gone also are warm heart and great charm,
gracefulness and gaiety which cannot easily be
spared in this South. Grover Hall was impor-
tant; he was also personality as precious as
rare. Other men may take his place in seeking
better South. Nobody will take his place as
person who every day contributed to its ex-
listing goodness and delight
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
Russo-Axis Agreement

The newly-annoUnced agreement between
Russia and Germany, under which the Soviet
government will make food deliveries in large
quantities, especially grain to Germany,
throws some light on the developing situation
in the Balkans. But it is only an indirect light
at best
We may assume that because relations be-
tween the Nazis and the Reds are thus re-
vealed as friendly and reciprocal, Stain and
Hitler have reached an agreement on the
latter's war plans in the entire Mediterranean
and Balkan area. 1t is not unlikely that
Stain has said Hitler may do as he pleases in
Bulgaria with the intention of rescuing Mus
solini from his perilous position and saving
Italy from the British, if he can, provided he
does not attempt to absorb the Ukraine or
dominate the Dardanelles.
If this is, indeed, the situation, what is
Turkeys role? Will Turkey, which is COM
mitted to aid Britain in certain circumstances
and has declared that any enemy will find
$1,000 600 bayonets' at the frontier to oppose
invasion, stand by these commitments? Or
will she, as a friend of Russia and to an
extent Russia's ward, follow Stalin's lead in
acquiesence to further military operations
near her borders by Axis forces?
only time can give the answer, but it is
and Berlin places new and heavier burden
upon Britain, and the Greeks, in southeastern
Europe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
Plea For Religion

The Indianapolis News, which exerts a wide
influence upon the people of that and neighbor-
ing states, enjoying in effect the same leader
ship in its circulation area that the Kansas
City Star does in Kansas and Missouri comes
out boldly for religion as the nations chief
need in the present great crisis.
Says the News: "'What this country needs IS
sweeping revival of religion that will stir
the hearts of all the people, and recommit
them to whatsoever things are true and good.
Politics and sports have had their day and the
interest that has been displayed in these is OF
such vast bulk that it is clearly apparent that
the world is Influenced in masses.
Nov it should be religions turn. It offers
something neither sectional nor profitable in
a monetary way, and not merely stimulating.
The people need something nselfish and de-
voted alone to the common uplift-something
that all the units of religion may support to
the benefit of the people and for the upbuilding
of high spiritual morality. Perhaps lead
ership will be developed with Moses, or ST.
John will raise his voice in the wilderness OF
the present confusion
The reference to Moses or St. John re-
minds us that neither of these great leaders
had in mind the founding or perpetuation of
any denomination, but only the directing of
mortals to God. Perhaps the people of this
nation would turn more hopefully to religion if
it abandoned much of its present denomin-
ationalism. Assuredly they would if there
were less Puritanism.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13

Wilmington, from the industrial standpoint,
are its natural resources and its important
Transportation facilities. For detailed in
formation (the report will give those inter-
ested general synopsis on each subject con-
tained" And, it may be added the subjects
are many and various.
Side by side with the recently issued RE
port of the Real Property Survey" OF Will
nington which was sponsored by the North
Carolina Planning board and published with
the assistance of the Housing Authority of the
City of Wilmington, it will be found veri-
table encyclopedia of this city and county,
their accomplishments and possibilities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
Law And Order

Among the problems Wilmington must solve
in the years ahead, as part of the price OF
expansion is law and order.
The maintenance of law and order naturally
falls upon the police department. 1t is essen
tial, therefore, that it shall have sufficient per-
sonnel to perform this exacting duty.
Wilrningto,l's police force is credit to the
city, but as now constituted cannot hope to
cope with conditions large influx Of new resi-
dents will create. There must be more men in
uniform, more plainclothesnen and stricter
enforcement Of all laws than was necessary
when everybody in town knew everybody else,
if Wilmington is to be safe abiding place
throughout the new dispensation which is just
dawning.
1t is one of the unfortunate and disturbing
aspects of sudden growth in any city that in
addition to the workers who come in and, in
Wil1ningtons case, the soldiers who will be
stationed at nearby Camp Davis, there comes
large army of fly-by-nights, great and petty
criminals, women of evil repute, and other un-
desirables intent only on preying upon the
community in a thousand iuegitimate ways.
Wilmington will be no exception. We must
be prepared to deal effectively with it. If VIII
mington is to fulfill its destiny and take best
advantage of its tremendous opportunity to
secure and hold its just leadership among
southern municipalities, there must be recog-
milton now of the obligation to keep the city
as clean as is. hun1anly possible.
Today is none too soon to consider the vital
role larger police department will have in
bringing this about.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
Industrial SURVEY

Henry E. Boyd, traffic manager of the Will
nington Port-Traffic association, spent many
months and painstaking care in preparing an
Industrial survey Of Wilmington and New Han
over county for the local industrial commits
sion. The report is now published in a 81
page booklet with attractive cover.
To say that it is comprehensive and infor-
native is to award it only part of its due
credit. For anyone who wants exact inforrna-
tion on any phase of Wilmingtcn's many ac-
tivities, it is invaluable.
'The purpose of this report says its intro
duction, sis for the future industrial develop.
nent of Wilmington and New Hanover county.
The most important characteristics o1
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-13
Relief Shipment

Some part of the weight that lies on every
American heart these days has been lifted by
the announcement of the British government
that the blockade will be raised to permit
one shipload of relief supplies to reach Spain
and France. At least we can feel now that
some of the innocent sufferers from the war
will be helped.
Better still, we can also feel that this will
be accomplished without appreciably bene-
fitting the Axis powers or supporting their
calculated efforts to advance their cause at
the expense of their victims. The Red Cross
will see to it that the supplies sent will reach
their proper destination. Moreover no SUBJ
stantial quantities of food will become avail
able to Germany or Italy on this account.
That is true because the relief ship will
carry foodstuffs and vitamines that will round
out the sparse diet Of the children Of occupied
France rather than take the place of what
they are now getting. OF course, whatever
they receive from this country will not have
to come from elsewhere in Europe, and that
applies also to Spanish children. But since
the Axis powers would be more likely to let
the problem 60 unsolved than to draw on
their own larders, their position would be
much the same either way.
Whether the British government will listen
as sympathetically to the pleas of Former
President Hoover for similar constructive
action in the case of Norway The Neither
lands, Belgium and Poland is another question
The method is probably capable of some ex-
tension, practical and humane as it is, but
the British cannot be expected to allow it to
play into the hands Of the Axis.