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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
If Drafted, Greenberg
May Teach in Baseball

DETROIT, Jan. 23-R- Hank
Greenberg is a prospective army
draftee in May or June, but the
Detroit Tiger front office, instead
of putting on a show of gloom,
looks at the situation with great
optimism.
Drafting of the Tiger star, ex-
planned General Manager Jack
zeller today, actually might turn
out to be a bonanza for baseball.
Zeller, who admitted fears for
baseball's future unless more kid
players r developed, took a long
range viewpoint.
Look here" he said, IF Green.
berg is drafted, they might pos
sloly make him an athletic officer
in camp. He could do a lot for
baseball in a job like that"
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
Five Tits Slated In
Church School League

Church leaguers have five basket
ball games booked for the Y. M. c.
A. gym this week end, three in the
Friday looy to be played tonight and
two for the Saturday afternoon cir
cult.
The schedule:
Friday Leagues p. M. Calvary
VS.. Epworth; 500 p. M, Emmanuel
VS.. Grace: 500 p. M, Lutheran Mis-
sion VS.. Tabernacle.
Saturday League-3 ?. M. First
Presbyterian VS.. Covenant; 800 p.
M, First Baptist VS.. My.
The Friday league has developed a
hot race for the second half flag with
Tabernacle, Lutheran Mission, Grace
and Calvary in a week-by-week
struggle for the lead. Any one of
these teams may come through to
win the second half championship by
marching through the remainder OF
their schedule undefeated. or even by
winning a majority of their games.
With only four more contests on the
slate for each team, fans and players
alike are growing excited owe the
prospect of the race to ONE
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
ALL BOYS GETTING
IN TOP CONDITION
so to IS Founders Likely to
Turn in Surprises in An
nual Fight Tourney

A crew of 20 boxers-the smallest
weighs so pounds and the heaviest
95 pounds-are going to turn in some
fistic surprises at the Fifth annual
Star News Brigade Golden Gloves
tournament.
r For last night, just like all the
nights before for the past three
weeks, there we're 20 boys entered in
the Juvenile boxing class training at
the Brigade Boys club for the fight
meet.
, Porter Davis, team trainer, says
that if some of the other boys in the
Open and Novice divisions don't
watch out these hard-fighting juven'
lies will steal the show when the
tournament opens at Legion Stadium
on Feb. II for a fortnight stand.
Many Youngsters
All of these boys, and it is ex-
pected that the Juvenile list of par
Elephants will be doubled by tourna-
ment time, are in top condition. They
show up every night for training
and if you don't think that these so
and 75-pounders know anything
about the art of boxing you should
so up to the Golden Gloves gym and
watch 'em some time.
Among the juvenile boxers now In
training for the meet are:
John Garfield, 95 pounds; Leonard
Rich, IS; John Odom, Jr., 80; Greasy
Swami, 80; Bobby James, s5; High
Sign" Swami, 70; Marion Shepard,
70; Jimmy Benson, 80; Phil Batson,
80; Donnie Smith, so; Bill Sykes. so:
Bobby Odom, so; Sam Dawkins. So:
David James, IS; T. C. Hunt. S5;
Vernon Langley, 90; Victor James,
Is; Bobby Maynard, S5; and Jesse
Potter. 70.
Among the new fighters in other
weight classes showing up for train
ing last night was Billy Peters, 100
FOUNDER.
All amateur boxers in Wilmington
and vicinity are urged to make use
OF the facilities at the gym for
training.
Entries for the tournament con-
tinue to roll in and all boxers in
the Carolinas are urged to enter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
CAPS WILL RATE
TOP FAV0RITES
Local Cagers Hold Final Drills
For Loop Tilt; Pieper
Back in Lineup

The New Hanover High school
team will meet the
strong Raleigh cagers in an East
ern Class A conference game on
the Y,M.C.A., court this afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock.
Undefeated in scholastic compe-
tition and victors in nine games so
far this season, the Purple Hurrl-
cane has lost only to the N. c.
State and Wake Forest freshman
quints.
Stock Is Climbing
The locals stock went up a BIZ
yesterday when Billy Pieper, reg
ular guard, returned to the Lineup
after a siege of flu and measles.
Coach Bob Black sent his
charges through a brisk drill or
shooting and defensive work, which
was designed to stop the main COG
of the Raleigh cage machine, lanky
Carl Sapp, who is now leading the
conference in points scored.
The Raleigh team, after a poor
showing last season.. has grabbed
the limelight in the conference this
season with their sparkling type
of play and at this point it ap'
pears that the Caps are the chief
danger to the conference cham
pionship held by the Durham Bull.
dogs, who have been beaten by
two freshman teams and who were
stopped by High Point Tuesday
night for the first time in n starts
against high school quints.
Likely starters for the Cats this
afternoon are Owensby and Mis-
bett, forwards; Morrison, center;
Pieper and Bowen, guards.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
M'KEEN AGAINST
SUBSTITUTE RULE
Says Change in Football Rule
Will Slow Up Game and
Re-arrange Systems

STATE COLLEGE, Miss. Jan.
23.-(R-If you think the little fell
lows got a break when college
football adopted a rule permitting
unrestricted substituting, just lis
ten to one of the games big
leagues. Coach Allyn McKeen of
Mississippi State.
Here's how he kicked off on the
1871 change:
It'll help big schools as much or
more than little ones; promote
misrepresentation of player tai
ent; facilitate pl~ay-by-play quarter
backing from the bench; take the
game further from. the boys; and
not leastly-annoy the customers
by slowing play.
In an interview today the coach
of the Orange Bowl winners de-
scribed the new grid law as "one
of the worst rules" EVER adopted
and observed:
1T Will make the game drag OUT.
It may be Of some help to the
small college but it will help the
larger ones as much or more, be-
cause it will allow them to develop
boys primary for offense or de-
tense.
"It will take a lot of the play
ing responsibility away from the
players
He described as mot only entire
ly possible but probable such tao
tics as alternating complete back
fields and lines for offense ana de-
tense, shutting quarterbacks with
fresh instructions every three or
four plays and bulk withdrawal of
players for sideline revision of
faulty set-ups.
McKeen said that changing of
the rule to permit a player to re-
enter a game once in each quarter
would remove most of the objec-
tons.
Critics of the rule claim penal
ties for excessive time out would
not curb wholesale player swap
ping because these could be evad-
ed by tossing a pass OF running
out of bounds to stop the watch
just before the substitutions. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
BURMAN FIGURES
HE CAN BEAT JOE
Challenger Says
Louis Fight Crowd Made
Mistake in Signing Him

SUMMIT, N. j., Jan. 23.--tR-
The way Red Burman has it fig
ured out, some one in Joe Louis
fistic family made a slight error,
and is going to find it out very
definitely the night of January 81,
in Madison Square Garden.
'In fact" the Baltimore better
insisted at his training camp today,
latter I finish with Joe that night,
he and the rest of his outfit are
going to wake up the morning OF
February l thinking it's April
FOOLS day"
The mistake, Red explained,
came when the Brown Bomber's
hackers gave him a chance to climb
into the same ring with Joe.
They've been ducking me for
two years." Burman pointed out.
lever since l whipped Tommy
Farr. I've been chasing a match
with the ranking heavyweights,
they all treated me like 1 had the
measles, especially Louis.
Nov they probably figure I'm
slipping or something. They're run
ming out of opponents for the
great man and they needed some
body to fill in a January date in
the Garden with him. So they said,
Why not give. old Red Burman a
shot, Well they'd better order the
doctor for Joe and the aspirin for
themselves right now. They'll be
needing them"
Red is one of the few fellows
who really believes that. Most of
the boys figure he'll be lucky to
hear the gong for round No. s..
Whatever betting is going on, is
based on how far Clarence can go
without hearing the brides sing.
Be that as it may, Burman. now
Is. is as confident as any fighter
who has ever tangled with the
heavyweight champion, largely be-
cause he believes he has to do it
for the wife and l-iddies."
After ALL" he philosophical
Louis is just another fellow. He's
got two hands, a nose and a face.
So have T.. Well, that makes us
even" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
JUNIOR HIGH CAGE
GAMES SCHEDULED
Hemenway to Play White,
Park and Tileston to PLAY
Bears This Afternoon

The Junior High school basketball
championship race will enter the .ao.
ond round this afternoon en- The
court of the Boys Brigade club with
two girls and two boys games on
tap.
Hemenway will open hostilities Al,
8 p. m. with the Winter Park ffya
as their opponents and the Hemer.
way girls will follow with a cana
against the Winter Park Jassies
Both the Hemenway teams led Of,
in the championship flight last
week with victories over the Isaac
Bear teams in games played on the
"Y" hardwood.
Tileston's teams will take ,bs
floor in the second half of the after.
Moons games and will oppose The
up and coming Isaac Bear teams
which are reported as much i'm.
proved over last week. Tileston is
tied with HemenWay for the League
lead by wins over Winter Park in
both the girls and boys divisions.
Coach Relmon Robinson, county
athletic director of junior highs and
grammar schools, is making fine
progress with his program for The
children of the lower grades from
the first through the seventh. me
afternoon each week is given each
school for a program Of physical
education exercises designed 10 cor.
rect posture and to build sturdy
bodies through supervised play. The
students r being taught how to
play volleyball, basketball, kick ball
or playground ball and softball, The
Junior Highs will play hardball and
softball in their spring schedules.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
FIVE Yankee Rockies
Sign l941 Contracts

NEW YORK, Jan. 23-RH The
New York Yankees broke their
winter silence on salary negotia-
tons today to announce that sign
ed contracts had been received
from five rockies who hope to stick
in the big time this year.
The group included Shortstop
Phil Rizzuto, who batted .347 at
Kansas City last year, Outfielder
Tommy Holmes, who hit BIT for
Newark, and three pitchers, Don
Henrickson, a 1877 winner for
Kansas City, George Barley with
a 1873 record at Newark, and Alan
Gettel, 4-3 hurler for Newark.
The New York Giants received
Catcher Harry Danning's 1941 con-
tract-unsigned.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
Williams Asks to Fiji
Out Draft Questionnaire

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 23. Up
Ted Williams, slugging Boston Red
sox o%utfielder, appeared voluntarily
before his local draft board here to.
day and offered to fill out his Sc.
lective service QUESTIONABLE.
II want to do it up before leaving
for training camp" said Williams,
who had not yet been notified to fill
out the form for classification,
A board official who assisted the
lanky 23-year-old fence buster. said
Williams number is 64s and that it
was unlikely he will be called be-
fore the end of the baseball season."
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
FISHING CLUBS
MEETING SLATED
Annual Full Membership Ses'
sion to Be Held Here on
Monday Night

The annual meeting of the New
Hanover Fishing club will be held
at 7:45 o'clock Monday evening,
January 81, in the old courthouse,
George B. Canady, secretary, an
nounced yesterday.
All members are urged to be
present and any interested fisher
men are invited to uttend.
Refreshments will be served and
Canady expressed. the hope that
many of the lady anglers would
be in attendance.
Reports of the past season will
be made. annual election of Off
GERS, and new important business
matters for the coming year will
be taken up at the business ses-
sion. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
Stidham Is Named
Marquette Mentor

MINIATURES, Jan. 23.-R
Thomas Edward Stidham, mead
football coach and athletic d.
rector at the University of Okla
homa since 1886, has signed a
contract as head football coach
at Marquette university, Will
liam l.. Coffey, athletic board
chairman, announced today.
No salary terms were men
toned. It is believed that the
contract is for three years. Std
ham will choose his own assis-
tants.
The new coach was released
from his present contract at
oklahoma university today, a.
Marquette spokesman said.
Stidham will report for duty
March 1.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
TO PLAY RALEIGH TODAY
20 Juvenile Boxers Training For GG Meet
No Kibitzing Here

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23.-tR
The law stepped in today to
stymie public golf course XII.
bitZers.
The city council passed an
ordinance barring from the
Griffith park courses, all wives,
sweethearts, or friends who trail
along with golfers unless they
pay regular green fees.
The ordinance is to be waived
in the case of sanctioned tour
naments.
Park commission members told
the council many players have
complained that their game and
disposition have been interfered
with by the presence of nom
playing kibitzers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
Williston Sharpshooters
To Meet Fayetteville

The Williston "Sharpshooters,"
who have scored three victories
this season, one being a battle
against the strong Fayetteville
State Teachers College Y. M. G.
A. five, will clash with Greenvllle
High school squad in the Williston
gymnasium tomorrow night at 1850
p. m. If the team clicks with its
superb passing and accurate shoot
ing, as it has done heretofore, an
other victory should be added to
the seasons achievements.
The preliminary will be played
by the Williston Mems Faculty
team and a semi-pro team made
up of teachers from East
Arcadia. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
Culbertsor Offers New
Rules for Bridge Game


NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-R-The
singleton deuce finally comes into
its own.
From his hospital sick-bed, Bridge
Expert Ely .Culbertson offered a pre-
view. tonight of the first basic
changes since 1885 in the gilbert,
SON system Of, contract bridge bid
ding.
The. new rules, along with a num-
her of other details which will gov
ern the conduct of millions OF
United States contract players, will
be given@to some 200 of5the nations
d. 900 contract teachers at a three
day convention opening here tomor-
row
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
Cats to Meet Florence
Mittmen Saturday Night

Coach Howard Mcdonald will
run his New Hanover High school
boxing team through a tapering off
drill this afternoon before taking
the boys to Florence, S. c. tomor-
row night for a meet with the Pal
metto mittmen.
The meet will be the first of the
season for the locals.
The Wildcats will return to the
local ring next Tuesday night for a
bout with the Hamlet team in the
locals new ring.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
A WINS AGAIN

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. %. p -
Jockey. Don Meade, leading rider OF
Hialeah parks racing, scored an
other double today.
The veteran Jockey guided Bull
Brier to victory in the second divi-
sion OF. the Riviera Purse, leading
all the way. He piloted home Drudg-
ery in the fourth race. Bull Brler
paid $40 for 81 and Drudgery re-
Erned $3.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
Leland Cage Outfits
Win at Whiteuille

Leland basketeers took a twin bill
at Whiteville last night, the girls
winning rs to II and the boys 46 to
80 over the Columbus county outfits.
Mildred Clark and Ethel Douglas
were high scorers in the first game,
and Robbins and Hall in the boys,
contest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
REACH FINALS

ST.. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Jan. o.
Floridians. Bobby Walker
OF Jacksonville and Dick Van Kleek
of Ponte Vedra. reached the finals
OF the annual winter amateur golf
tournament today for the 1e-year.old
Ponce de Leon trophy.
They will meet tomorrow in a &c.
hole match. a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
LEFT BEHIND

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 23-tR-
Joe Nelson, leading sophomore for
ward for North Carolina, who has
missed the last two games with a
bad cold that went into influenza
and was left behind when the Tar
Heels headed north tonight for
games at Maryland Friday and
Navy Saturday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24

at this date.
Four Good Choices
In the American, you have the
choice of picking the 1910 league
winners-Detroit-as the No. 1 team.
Then you might stick by tradition
and select the Yankees, or you might
play wise and name the Indians or
The Red Sox as the victorS.
And you might not be too far
wrong in these last two teams Right
now we favor the Cleveland Tribe
they seem to have the most actual
and potential ammunition.
But picking a baseball winner now
Is like trying to pick a football WIN
ner each Saturday. You V can
tell until it's all over, and then you
are as apt to be wrong.
Decision for Parker
Ace Parker, one of the all-tlme
football immortals in North Carolina,
Is confronted with a very difficult
decision. He either has to decide
10 quit football for baseball or quit
Baseball for the pro grid game
Parker is owned by the Pitts
burgh Pirates and, provided that he
gives up football, he will be taken
10 spring training with the BUGS and
he's given a good chance of making
4 go of it in major league baseball.
On the ether hand, the former
Duke star has just been named the
most valuable player in the Ma
tional Football league and that
places him in the spot of almost hav-
ing to return to the game next year.
Parker hasn't made up his mind
As yet, but it certainly is tough
that is, being good in two things
and able to take only one.
This and That
Among the latest entries for the
fifth annual Star News Brigade
Golden Gloves tournament is Joe
Armstrong, 122 pounds, of Rocky
Point. Tom Newman, OF Rose
boro, also writes that he plans to
enter the fight meet. And an invi-
tation came in yesterday to the an
nual Lewis z. league banquet at
Greensboro Monday night, at which
time Paul SEVERN will be awarded
che league Memorial trophy as the
outstanding athlete in the C%arolinas.
Coach Lee Greer. is again turning
out a smart boxing tear at White
vile high school. Tuesday night,
although severely crippled by flu,
the team defeated the Lake View,
8. C. ring squad 4-3. Most of the
teams in the Coastal Plain league
are getting down to business for the
coming season. However, there
are likely to be n OF two shifts
In league berths.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
FITZPATRICK WINS

= CHICAGO, Jan. 20. - Up - John
Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles, won his
third game in the worlds three
cushion billiards tournament today,
defeating Paul Levin, Chicago, 81
to "a in AZ innings. The victor had
lost three games. 1t was a sixth
loss in nine starts for Levin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
Parker Has To Choose Soon
Between Baseball, Football

NEW ROOEELLE, IN. LIZ JAN
23.-RNA showdown between foot
ball and baseball for Ace Parker,
of the most battling back
scenes struggles in sport, probably
will be made with a week or two,
Manager Frank Frisch of the Pitts
burgh Pirates said today.
The great halfback Of the Brook
Ign gridiron Dodgers, who S
week was named the most valuable
player in the National football
league is a rookie candidate for
shortstop with the Pirates.
Frisch admitted reluctantly in an
interview at his home that h e
award complicated the diamond
ambitions of the 28-year-old former
Duke university star.
Everybody knows Parker will
play football next year." the brist-
ling Pittsburgh pilot commented.
He's got to. Why he's the Ty
Cobb, the Hans Wagner, of pre-
football. He's the big shot.
I'D like to take him to camp
with us next month. I like his COM
petitive spirit and I have good re.
ports on his playing. But suppose
he makes the grade with us. He
still has to report for football about
August IL or -. That's right in
the middle of the season and you
can see the difficulties involved in
leaving the ball club then. Some.
thing might happen to Arky
Vaughan, and we'd be depending
on Parker.
This is the toughest question OF
its kind 1 ever heard of in sports.
Parker might become a great
baseball player, but he already is
a great football player and can
command a big salary from foot
ball"
Frisch said that he had talked
to Parker last week in Pittsburgh
when both were there to attend a
sports dinner and that Parker ex-
pected to let the club know soon
whether he wished to try to swing
a baseball career in addition to
his football duties. The Pirates
regular shortstop is Vaughan, one
of the National leagues leading
hitters. In addition they have
bought a promising youngster, ALI
Anderson, from Atlanta of the
Southern association for an esti-
mated $25, 900.
A few years ago Parker's choice
would have been easy. Although he
was an All-America gridder at
Duke, he aspired to a baseball ca
reer and upon graduation signed
with the Philadelphia Athletics.
But he couldn't hit curve ball
pitching and Connie Mack shunted
him back to the minors.
Pittsburgh bought him from
Portsmouth, Va, and farmed him
out to Syracuse. where he appar-
emily learned to hit curves. When
the Pirates bought him they didn't
know at that time he had an iron
clad contract to play football.
Frisch talked the conflict r
with him and warned Parker of
hazards Of football-broken G S
and the like. Last May Parker
broke his leg-playing baseball.
He was hitting 1894 in the Inter-
national league at the time. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-24
WHlTEVILLE WINS
OVER LAKE VIEW
Columbus Ring Team Scores
4.3 Decision in First Home
Meet of Season

WHITEVILLE, Jan. % TIL e
Whiteville High school ring team
successfully passed their first home
test Tuesday night in winning over
a strong Lake View, S. c., team
by the score of 4-3.
Due to the prevalence of Hu
here the locals were crippled ON
siderably and had to use several
new boxers.
Three preliminary fights were
held prior to the regular meet. ALI
of these fights were 40 decisions
and were filled with actions. The
boys fighting we're: Billy Stanley
VS.. Bobby Hardee, IS Founders
Bobby Nelson VS.. Sonny Ham
monds rs Founders and John Hen
derson VS.. Jim Berry IS Founders.
In the opening fight, Dickson
Malpass fighting his first fight for
the locals lost a decision to the
more experienced Woodle of Lake
View in the 115 pound class. NAL
pass put up a game fight but his
more experienced opponent car
ried the fight all the way.
The second fight between Eu-
gene Cook and Miller was filled
with action with both boys getting
in many good punches. This was
in the 120 pound class.
The third fight pitted Merlin Will
hanson southpaw for Whiteville
against Horne in the 125 pound
class. The Lake View boy W a S
plenty game but Williamson land
ed blows almost at will and car
ried the fight easily.
The fourth 60 was between
Homer Thomas and Moody in the
125 pound class. Thomas fought one
of the best fights in his career
and was easily the winner. Despite
the fact that his opponent a S
punished considerably. Moody
came back for more and fought a
good fight.
The fifth fight pitted Captain
Warren Cook against Moore.
Moore in his first two fights had
won via knockout route. Cook
fought slowly at first and cautious
ly but began to open up and pun
ish his opponent. When the final
bell rang, Moore showed signs of
the terrific punching; he was
game however and looked good
even in defeat. This was in 145
pound class.
C.. P. White, fighting his first
fight for the locals, started off
fast against Atkinson, in the 155
pound class. During the first min
ute, he landed some telling body
blows. He was caught flush with a
looping right and Coach C r e e r
stopped the fight giving the VIC
tory to Atkinson.
In the final fight of the after
noon, George Wooten gained a well
earned decision over Meekins in
the 145 pound class. Several times
during the fight the boys resorted
to football tactics and at one time
both boys were on the floor to-
gether. Wooten, however, was the
more experienced fighter and car
ried all three rounds.
Officials for the fights were:
Richard Anger, referee, Louisburg
college; judges, Elwood Weaver,
Wake Forest and c. H. Manning,
Troy.
The next home meeting for the
locals will be in the local armory
Monday night at which time the
locals will meet the strong Flor
ence High outfit. Florence is. con-
sidered one of the leaders in high
school boxing circles. On the 31st,
North Charleston, S. C. will be met
here. 4