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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-08-16
Lou NoUa-Joe Louis Title
Go Set For September 10
In Yankee Stadium

The World Heavyweight Cham
pionship bout between Joe Louis
and contender Lou Nova will be
held Friday, September 10, in
New Works Yankee Stadium. it
was announced today by Mike
Jacobs, president of the Goth Cen
tury Sporting Club. The bread
cast will be heard exclusively over
the Mutual Broadcasting System
under the sponsorship of the Gill
cite Safety Razor Company. 1t is
expected that two hundred stations
in the u s. and Canada will take
the broadcast from Mutual, and
plans to short wave the feature to
South America and other parts or
the globe are now under way.
At the microphones to bring lis
teners the blow-by blow and color
reports will be Don Dunphy and
Bill Corum
The broadcast will begin at 10
pm. (ESTO. The bout is schedul-
ed for fifteen rounds.
Other ring features scheduled
exclusively on Mutual:
Tuesday. August 26: Gus Iesne-
vich VS.. Tami Muriello. Light
weight title tilt Madison Square
Garden. Is ROUNDS.
Friday. September 3: Buddy Baer
VS.. Abe Simon. Heavyweight con-
tenders. Madison Square Garden.
Is rounds.
In october: Red Cochrane VS..
Fritizie zivic, welterWeight cham
pionship. Sammy Angott VS.. Lew
jenkins, Lightweight champion
ship.
Friday November 81: Billy ooose
VS.. Ken Overlin, Middlewelght
championship Madison square
Garden.
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MAX BAER, ABE SIMON CLASH
AT N. Y. POLO GROUNDS IN
SEPTEMBER 5 ENCOUNTER

The Mutual networks parade oil
championship boxing matches con
tinues in August when Don Dunphy
and Bill Corum describe the Gus
Lesnevich-Tami Muriello light
heavyweight title tilt on Tuesday
son Square Garden. The broadcast
the 25th from New York's Madi-
will begin at 10 pm, EDST. The
ontest is scheduled for Is rounds.
AS announced, Buddy Baer and
Abe Simon, two Gargantuan heav-
les will mix'em up on Friday, Sep
TENDER 5, in Madison Square Gar
den.
The Joe Louis-Lou Nova heavy
weight championship buot will
probably be held in the third week
of September. This will also be d
Mutual exclusive.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-08-16

ing up with the ball.
A. and rs 1941 football schedule
is as follows:
October 4, Florida A. and NJ, at
Tallahassee, Fla.
October IL, Hampton at Green's
bor0.
October 10, Union at Richmond,
Va.
October rs, West Va, State at
Institute, West Va
November 1, st. Paul at Green's
boro.
November 8. Morgan at Greens-
boro.
November is, Virginia State at
Petersburg, Va.
November 20, North Carolina
State at Durham, ". c.
November 20, J. C. Smith at
Greensboro.
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champions. Miss Ora Washington
Philadelphia, eight times nationa
women singles champion, seven
times consecutively, heads the list
of former champions out to relieve
Mrs. Agnes Lawson, Prairie View
Texas of the national championship
she won last year. Mrs. Flora Lo'
max, Detroit, another former cham
pion is also a leading contender for
the Silver Jubilee honorS. The
Peters Sisters, Kathryn Jones ano
Mayme Stanley, all of Tuskegee
Institute, will give a good account
of themselves in this championship
contest.
THRILLS IN DOUBLES
The doubles events in the men'z
and. women divisions are expected
to be packed with thrills and sur
prises. Clifford Russell and How
ard MINIS of Tuskegee, Thu pres.
ent mems doubles title holders
must face the we'll known former
champions, Richard Cohen ano
Jimmie Mcdaniel; DR.. John L. Nc
Griff and John L. McGriff, Jr.. ir
father and son combination that
must be reckoned with.
The Peters sisters, Margaret ano
Roumania of Tuskegee, three years
women doubles champions may fine
the going tough against a strone
field of newcomers.
In all the other six events anv.
thing may happen. A new Junior
champion automatically must BIZ
crowned. New Junior double;
champion, new boys singles cham.
plon. new girls singles chatnpio,
all loom as possible.
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Bowling Pin Setter
Shot By Another In
Critical Condition

Willie Cloud, 12-year- old pin set
ser in a Buckhead bowling alley,
Saturday had been admitted to the
Grady Hospital in critical condi-
ton suffering a gunshot wound of
the chest.
According to information, Cloud
was shot by another pin boy toying
with a revolver. The incident re-
portedly cleared the bowling alley
of players.
An investigation into the shoot
ing was launched by County Po-
licemen w. j. Anderson and I. NJ.
Eason,
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A. & 7. Eyes Commanding Year
On Gridiron Under New Set Up

are good, and he is looking forward
to a successful season, but added
that time would tell. He said that
last years team was built around
sophomore and freshman nu-
cleus. and that experience was the
much needed factor last year.
Having got this experience in 40.
with the good offensive and de-
fensive work which A. and T. dis
played last season, the Aggies rep
resent a serious threat to other
aspirants for the c. 1. A. A. crown.
BACKS GALORE
The AggieS will have wealth of
backfield material, and with the
"blitzbacks", Bruce, Brown, Brum-
mel, and White, manipulating their
famous speed plays behind strong
and shifty line, A. and T. foot
ball fans may find it difficult keep
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TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala
Final preparations are being speed
ed for the Silver Jubilee of the
American Tennis Association and
the Sixtieth Anniversary of the
founding of Tuskegee Institute,
which begin at 9 A. M, Monday
morning, August Is. The Housing
Committee, Captain Charles Ecton,
Chairman, reports that a deluge of
reservations has been received
from California to Florida and from
Maine to Texas. There is every in
dication that all roads lead to TuS-
kegee Institute.
The battery of championship
courts has been carefully groom
ed for the fast flashy play which
will mark the struggle for the
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Two October events are also
slated: A return bout between Red
Cochrane, new welterweight cham
pion and Fritzie Zivic, ex-champ;
Sammy Angott VS.. Lew Jenkins for
the lightweight championship OF
the world
Friday. November 81, Mutual will
broadcast a return bout between
rniddleweight champion Billy Soose
and former title holder.
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ATLANTA. Ga.-(SNS)-
Mrs. Beatrice Mitchell, 80, of the
rear of 1913 Auburn Avenue, N. E..
was bruised around 9:40 o'clock on
Saturday when she repeatedly step
ped into the path of a car driven
by David Stevens at the corner of
Auburn Avenue and Bell street
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Southern and Pennsylvania Rail-
road to attend the National Bapt-
ist Convention In Cleveland, Ohio,
September lola,
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ATLANTA. Ga.-(SNSl.

IkJIVtO
The effective twirling of James
valentine Highlander, plus the
TACT that the visitors were without
ulree key men, Austell Reid, George
Humphrey, and Judge DUSTY
Owens, enabled the Hapeville Black
Barons to shade the Scripto Black
Cats 30 in string pitchers duel
Sunday afternoon in Hapeville.
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Roy Jones Is NOSed
Out In Detroit

BIRMINGHAM, (SNS)-
Alabama Baptists at 9. board
meeting here voted to use the
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
St. Louis Clubs Men
Are En- Route To Camps

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 22-R-From
scattered points pitchers and catch
ers Of the St. Louis Browns and
Cardinals were on their way to
spring training camp tonight.
Five Browns players Pitcher
Roxie Lawson, Emil Bildilli and
10y Hanning and Catchers Joe
Garce and Frank Grube-left to-
gether by train. All the Cardinals
went directly from their homes.
The batterymen of the two teams
are due at camp Monday for their
arst workouts-the Cardinals at
St. Petersburg, Fla, and the
Browns at San Antonio, Tex. In
felders and outfelders r sched-
uled to report Friday.
Re-optioning of five players was
announced by the Browns.
Tony Criscola and Glenn Nc
CULLEN, outhelders, and Shortstop
Bobby Neighbors, who played with
Toledo last year, were sent back
to the mudhens. Outfielder Jack
Brasher, with San Antonio last
season, also was sent to Toledo.
Out1elder Pete Kraus was return
ed to San Antonio.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
SOUTH CAROLINA
WINS OVER STATE
Palmetto Outfit Returns To
Win Column By Capturing
Contest, 56-40

RALEIGH, Feb. 22.-P-The
University of South Carolina bas-
RETAILERS, after dropping three
straight games to North Carolina
teams, bounced back into the win
column tonight by defeating N. c..
State, 56-4o.
The Gamecocks were undefeated
up until last Monday, when they
were tripped by Wake Forest. .,,hey
then lost to Davidson Thursday, and
bowed again to Wake Forest last
night.
Tonight's game ended regular sea-
son play for both teams. South
Carolina will compete here next
week in the annual Southern on
ference tournament, having wound
up the regular season in a tie for
second place with William and
t.ary.
State failed to qualify for the
tournament, ending with a record of
six victories against nine defeats in
the conference.
Preston Westmoreland and Fred
J title paced the South Carolinians
tonight. Although battling was ex-
tremely close through most Of the
first half, the Gamecocks pulled
away to a 1922 lead at the inter
mission, and gradually widened the
margin in the second period.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
Dispose Wins Flamingo
Stakes At Hialeah Park

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. d. Up -
Dispose, the committing colt
from South Carolina, set himself
up as a good Kentucky Derby
candidate by winning the $40. 600
Flamipgo stakes by a head over
curious coin today before 2s,541
fans, the biggest crowd seen at
Hialeah Park since the boom
days.
Dispose won a thrilling, breath
taking race, in which he and Curl
Gus Coin fought it out right down
the stretch, yet the promising
three-year-old was forced to d.
vide the crowds attention with
Col, E.. r. Bradley's Bimelech'
which made his 1941 debut with
an impressive victory.
The big hoss'' Of 1910, running
against three horses in the event
just before the F1amingo, looked
handsome as a silver dollar. He
took the lead almost at the start
and led the rest of the way with.
out Jockey Don Meade ever hav-
ing to use his whip. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
Wisconsin Village Gets
Along Without Relief

LUXEMBOURG, Wis, Feb. 90
R-This thrifty, self-reliant little
village, nestled at the foot of Door
peninsula in the midst of C h
cherry-growing and cattle-grazing
lands, has weathered depression
without a single relief casa. or a
cent of bonded Indebtedness.
When one of its citizens is trou-
bled financially, the village rallies
to help.
That is one Of the reasons why
there hasn't been a person on re-
lief here in more than a quarter
century.
Charles L.. Peters, village board
president and owner of the Lux
emburg general store, says Its
not that we are more prosperous,
though the rich dairy herds and
the thriving cherry orchards did
soften the blow of the depression
a bit, and it's not that we are
smarter than other folk.
Its just that our people, OF
good Belgian, Bohemian and Ger
man stock. have a tradition of
self-reliance and willingness to CO.
operate in helping the less for
tunate to Keep up. And so we
help our own
The village helped its own dur
inc the earIiest and hIackeSt do
preston days, furnishing work and
guaranteeing payment in emergen-
cies of physicians and hospital
bills.
One fall early in the depression
the village board learned that II
Of Luxemburg's 1853 residents faced
the prospect of a hard winter. So
the village decided to start a bust
ness of its own and employ the
men. 1t acquired cutting rights
to 10 acres of timbered land and
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
MACPHAIL ASSERTS
DRAFT IS UNFAIR
Says CONSUMPTION Will Knock
Boys Out Of Two Years
OF Play

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 22-R-Larry
MacPhail, boss of the Brooklyn
Dodgers, said today that "the draft
as it is going to affect our young
baseball players is definitely I'm.
fair"
by drafting them into service
in June, they are knocking the
boys out of two years play" said
MacPhail, who came here from
the Dodgers Havana training
camp for a weekend business visit.
II mean by that, if you're going
to lose a fellow June l, then you
can't figure on him and consequent
ly have to find someone else. Then
the following season you don't get
your man back until June and in
the meantime you've got somebody
else.
ut cuts deeply into a young boys
baseball career, hurts his club and
likewise deprives him of the good
pay he gets in the game"
MacPhail said the club owners
wouldn't know definitely how Sc
riously seIective service would at
feet their teams until about June
l. Brooklyn farm clubs nave al
ready lost a %half-dozen Of their key
players, however, he said, and
stand to lose others.
II think, frankly" he declared
that inasmuch as draft officials
are applying leniency to the cases
Of young doctors. clerks and men
in other professions, they should
defer calling ball players until, say
October l.
"Of course" he added, I'm not
entering a protest. But I think the
draft officials will come around to
my way of thinking after a while
and adopt a system whereby ball
players will be compelled to lose
only one season away from their
work"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
M'CLUSKEY SETS
TWO Mile RECORD
Customary Mile, With Only
Four Starters, Turns Into
Mehl Exhibition

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-R-Old
Joe McCluskey, with a closing sprint
that totally belied his growing bald
spot, ran to his 23rd National A. A.
U. championship tonight and in do
ing so bettered his own world in
door record for. the two-mile steeple-
chase, which he had set nine years
ago to the day.
The ~29-year-old veteran, logged by
Forest Efaw of Oklahoma A. and M
through 20 Of the % laps, left the
mid-westerner 80 yards behind al
the finish as he steamed into the
tape in 9 minutes 35.4 seconds, elev'
en- and four-tenths seconds better
than his former mark.
The customarily climactic mile,
having only four starters, turned
into a one-man exhibition by Walter
Mehl of Madison, Wis.
The National Youth Administra
ton executive, leading sometimes by
as much as rs yards, ran an amaz-
ing three-quarters in 5000, but then
faded to a 64-second last quarter to
hold off John Munski of Columbia,
Mo-, by six yards.
Mel Trutt of Des Moines, Ia, was
third and John Debringer of the
University of Pennsylvania fourth
and last.
Another repeater "a Al Blozis,
247-pound Georgetown university
junior, who bettered SIS feet in the
shot put for the second successive
year, but this time he was only
one-quarter of an inch over, COM
pared to his indoor record of SIS 1T.
8 ga inches.
The broad jump produced a sur
prise champion in Lockhart Rogers
of the New Haven (Conn.) barriers
and Wesleyan university, who top
ped the field with a leap of % feet
8 3-S inches. The six finallsts were
separated by less than seven nches'
John Borican, the smooth-striding
negro from Elberon, N. j., was an
other successful defending champion
In winning the 1000 yard run by
10 yards, Borican set a new cham
pionship mark Of 2:11.5 to wipe out
the 11-year-old 2:12.6 set by Paul
Martin of Switzerland. Jim Kehoe
OF Washington, D. c., was second,
Frank Leary of Fordham third and
Less Eisenhart of Ohio State fourth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
N Frosh Swimmers
Win Over Oak Ridge

CHAPEL HILL, Feb. 22.-LP-
North Cardinals undefeated fresh
man swimmers won their seventh
meet Of the season by beating Oak
Ridges strong team 80 to % here to-
day.
Denman Hammond, Tar Baby
speedster, bettered the national in
tercollegiate freshman long course
record for the 150-yard backstroke
for the second time this week.
Against the Duke freshman Thurs
day he set up a new national record
for this event of 1:45.6. He broke
his own record this afternoon by 81
seconds with a scintilating time Of
1:43.5.
Hammond won the 100.yard back
stroke in one Of the meets regular
events but swan SO extra yards by
himself for his national record.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
Midland Takes $4,000
San Antonio Handicap
>1Ae
E4fs AAlE

LOS ANGELES, Feb. a. IN
Challedon a on his reputation
and Midland ran to victory in the
$1,000 San Antonio handicap to-
day against a crack field of eli
gibles for the $500, 900 Santa Anita
handicap one week away.
Favored to capture this event.
final test under colors for tn e
big cap next Saturday-Mioland,
owned by Charles S. Howard, re-
affirmed his backing as the horse
to beat in the Santa Anita with a
Well-run battle over the mile and
one-sixteenth route.
: Challedon, making his first
start in nearly four months after
a hard luck training campaign,
was never 2 factor and finished
a badly beaten seventh in tn e
field of eleven.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
SPORTS
Open Battle For Dixie
Fight Honors Expected

COLUMBIA, s. c., Feb. 22.-tR-
A wide'open battle for the Southern
Conference boxing crown is in pros.
pect for the 18th annual tourna.
ment at the University of South
Carolina field house next Friday and
Saturday.
Although the Virginia Tech Cob.
blers. who recently pasted a stun.
ming I'll defeat on Clemson's de
Tending champions, rule slight favor.
ties, they can expect to run into
plenty of trouble.
The Citadel, Maryland and North
Carolina teams form a particular
dangerous trio while the Clemson
and South Carolina squads, which
have not Jared so well in dual COM
petition. possess enough talent not
to be disregarded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
States Swimming Team
Defeats W. And M. Club

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Feb. ~.
-RANorth Carolina state S
swimming team took first place in
seven Of nine events today to de-
feat william and Mary's tank
men, Al to 70.
ingram, N. c. State back
stroker. broke the blow pool rec
ord for that event by 6.4 seconds
travelling the $50 yards in o n e
minute and 1926 seconds. Inc olo
mark of one minute and ~ sec
onds was establishment last year
by Captain Tommy Brennan o,
william and Mary, who fln1sheo
second to Ingram today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
Frank Strafaci Captures
Dixie Amateur Tourney

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 22.-RE
Frank Strafaci, former national
public links champion from Brook
Ign, outlasted Arnold Minkley,
greying Chicago veteran, today to
win a one-up victory on the seth
hole Of the Dixie Amateur golf
tournament finals.
The two battled on even terms
all the way, Minkley finally losing
on the third extra hole when he
missed a 12-foot putt that would
have given him a half.
The best golf of the match was
played in the morning round,
Mlnkley turning in a par ~ to
trafaci's 70. They were all square
at lunch time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
CAROLINA CACERS
DEFEAT DAVIDSON
Tar Heel Club Takes Big Five
Engagement By Score
OF 80 To 81

WI~NSTON.SALEM, Feb. 22.-tR
university of North Carolina
cagers eased by Davidson, 1891,
here tonight.
Carolina moved out in front in
the early minutes ard rolled up a
100 count before Jimmy Hogg
flipped in a field basket to break
the ice. The Tar Heels didn't stop
at that and moved OUT again to a
21-2 advantage.
Davidson came back in the Sec
ond half, while Coach Bill LANCE
used fourteen men, and made a. ball
game of it.
George Glamack, Tar Heel ace,
Melted eleven points, pacing Caro-.
lina's fourteenth conference victory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
JUNIOR HIGH CAGE
SLATE IS CLOSED
Boys Circuit Ends In Three.
Way Tie For The Top
BY GLENWARD BLOMME

The Junior High school basketball
schedule came to an end on the "Y'
court Friday afternoon with the
boys league ending in a three-way
tie for first place and the Hemen-
way girls coping the championship
with a clean slate of six straight
games won.
In the first game Of the afternoon,
the Winter Park girls pulled the
prize upset of the reason with a
10 to 2 win over the favored Isaac
Bear lassies to tie the latter club
up for the cellar position. Biddle led
the way to victory scoring all her
teams points and Deans marked up
her teams lone two points. The
losers we're without the services of
Manning, their star forward.
Isaac Bears boys came back in
the second game to snow the Win
ter Park lads under a 80 to 10 score
with McKoy leading the winners
with II points and every man on
the first team figuring in the scor'
ing. Russell did all the scoring for
the losers.
Hemenway girls cinched the
championship for their school with
a Is to 6 hard fought win over Tile
ston with Henderson starring with
7 markers to add to her staggering
total for the season. Phyllis Rogers
scored all the points for Tileston.
The Tileston boys completed the
tie up of the league as they downed
the league leading Hemenway lads
% to 10 in a fast and furious four
period game. Vic James was back
in his old form which he seemed to
have lost in earlier games and rack
ed up IA points to lead the winners
with Butler garnering 6 to lead the
losers.
The lineupS:
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
Bolivia High Cagers
Whip Shauotte Teams

BOLIVIA, Feb. 22.-The Bolivia
High school basketball teams de.
feated Shallotte in a doubleheader
played here Thursday night. the girls
winning 81 to 10 and the boys A
to II,
Catherine Stone, with is points, led
the Bolivia girls in scoring. E.
Standard Was best for ShalIotte with
five markers.
In the boys game Roy RADON
scored 1e points during the first half
to star for BOLIVIA. Gray was high
scorer for Shallotte with nine
markers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23
|lEDVlCK PLAYING
TENNIS IN HAVANA
c,bby Hartnett Trying II
cpt Into Shape For Some
Games This Year
nv JUDSON BAILEY

WV YORK, Feb. o. Up -
that Joe Medwick has been
s s.ssred by the Brooklyn Dodgers
ave up golf, he is playing ten
MS every day in Havana Old
n.,,v Hartnett is trying valiant
GSe w oct into shape to catch fire.
n+1v on account of that holdout
! +be Giants Hank banning and
o. Wv Inst IS pounds already. j..
n 7ss Washington Senators h a v e
luz me Latin left-Alex Carras-
0 0,,e;-and may trade him because
W s'l hardly can make himself un-
i aarstood in English. The St.
qs s,,is Cardinals have 10 players
a aascted by Judge Lands ruling
s sn waivers are necessary to op-
Una. uls' rockies who were subject to
t t y before being purchased. -.
Tha Pedbirds stand to lose con-
siderable money if they have to
let them go.
Those fancy rosters sent out by
the Giants cost 81 cents a piece. !.
The Chicago Cubs have found
o,,+ thew can't get along without
tsrms after all (even though Jim
Gallagher says he still doesn't be-
love in them and are lining up a
email system. Tampa, Fla.
Is selling season tickets for tn e
cincinnati Reds exhibition games
there. Some folks wouldn't
he surprised to see the Philadel-
mia Athletics trade Dee Miles;
Connie Mack doesn't like hold
outs, Ford Prick, National
league president, won't make a
visit to the California camps this
spring, spending all his time in
Florida where he now is vaca-
tioning. The Dodgers can't
figure out why Catcher Babe
phelps. weak from an attack OF
flu. didn't go on to Havana where
it's hot instead of heading back to
his home at Maryland after he
had got as far as Miami.
That rumor that the Philies
have asked the National league
for help still is being kicked
around. . Hans Wagner, the
Pittsburgh Pirate immoltyl, will
be Ct years old Monday. i.
frankie Frisch figures AL Lopez
will catch It least 100 games for
the Buccaneers this year. . 4.
When the Giants fly to Cuba Tor
their exhibitions with the Dodgers
it will be only the third plane
ride for Bill Terry. Ken
Chase is the only lefthanded
Washington has left from
its regular staff of last season. .
This will be Joe McCarthy's 18th
campaign as manager Of the
Yankes-how time flies. . j..
Larry MacPhail flew from Ha-
to Miami last night, presum-
ably to talk Turkey with Terry.
Both have holdout catchers.