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The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
.SOFTBALL LEAGUE
MEETING PLANNED
Season Plans For Local Loops
Will Be Made At "Y"
Friday Night

Persons interested in the organi-
zation of a softball league here will
meet at the YNICA at 8 o'clock Fri
day night to make season plans.
Last season the local softball Cir
cles enjoyed one of it's best seasons,
the play being fast and the fans in
terested. Three leagues Were in
operation. The Hanover league, a
twilight circuit, with six teams, the
Commercial and Independent loops,
which played under the arcs each
had five teams
All persons or organizations who
plan to enter teams this season
should have representative present
at Fridays meeting. Due to the
war and the conservation of powc1
night games this season will prob
ably be out of the question. But
with the daylight saving time it will
be possible to start and finish games
before twilight.
Several of the teams in the
leagues last year have already eX.
pressed their intentions of entering
again this year as well as several
other organizations. Camp Davis
and the Shipbuilders are expected to
enter several teams.
Plans for playing fields will be
worked out at the meeting. At the
present time the city has only one
park suitable for softball. Robert
Strange field. This field was used
last year by all leagues, The Han
over loop playing twilight bah and
the other leagues taking over Ander
the lights. With the lights out this
season some arrangements will have
to be made about some other field in
order to take care of the clubs n
the various leagues.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
MENTORS AGAINST
FAN SHAPED BOARD
Eastern Cage Coaches In
struct Delegates To New
Orleans Meeting

NEW YORK, Mar. IA Up -
Eastern intercollegiate basketball
coaches today instructed their dele
gates to the national coaches meet
ing and to the rule makers conc,ave
in New Orleans next week to for
get about the fan shaped back board
and return to the rectangle style"
Val LenZ, cage mentor at Army
and president of the eastern group,
and Blair Gullion, Cornell tutor and
head of the national coaches re-
search committee. will represent the
90-Odd eastern teachers.
The Eastern coaches also opposed
the suggested increase of personal
fouls from four to five; voted down
the proposed rule which would make
substitution for each player manda-
tory at least once each half; eX-
pressed their dislike of the proposal
to have college games divided into
to return the center jump in any
form.
Gullion said after the meeting tina
the voting of the eastern group
coincided with the returns from his
questionable which was sent to all
college coaches except in one in.
stance
He explained that the fan shaped
back board had support in the Mis-
souri, Valley area but that nationally
the vote was approximately to 1
against
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
BILLY WEST WILL
BOX jim 0SWALT
Fighting MP To Battle Gold
en- Gloves Champ At Thalian
Hall Friday Night

Soldiers will get chance Friday
night to see what one of the fellows
with the blue and white armbands
can do if he really wants to get
tough about it.
Billy West, the fightin' MP from
the airport will take on Carolina
Golden Gloves Champ Golfer
Oswalt in Bert Causey's feature
bout at Thalian hall
The military policemans weighs
l35, while Oswalt stands on the
scales at one pound less.
It'll be the second appearance
here for West. The soldier made
a. hit with Wilmington boxing fans
last Friday when he stopped
Greely Long with technical kayo
after three rounds of a fast and
furious bout.
Other match on the Causey-plan.
ned card has not been announced,
but the big promoter assures local
ring followers of SO good rounds
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
Annual HandbalZ Meet
Opens At Y Tomorrow

The annual Y.M.C.A. handba11
tournament will get under wav on
the "Y" court Monday afternoon
with two flrst-round games on the
calendar. it was announced yester-
Gay by Harry Dosher, chairman of
he Y handball committee.
Drawings were held at the Y Sat-
afday, with seven players regis
sered for the first flight and eight
1or the second flight.
The opening match of the first
round Will pair Horace Emerson
and DR.. E. P. Walker in the first
Alght at 5:45 pm. Monday. This
Will be followed at o'clock by a
second round match between Rod
ney Breeze and Nathan Stem
Other matches in the first round
OF play will be as follows:
First Flight-Lt. P. H. Daniels
rs. John Smallbones Tuesday 5:45
pm; Harry Dosher VS. H. Gelern.
Vel, Wednesday 6:15 pm.
Second Flight-Lt. R. I Vene-
faon VS. George Koutroulias. Tues
pay o:3O pm; John Kuhlken VS.
Louie Woodbury., Wednesday $50
Pm; Canol Wallace VS.. Jennings
W1lllams, Thusday 7:30 pm
oeml-tlnals will be played Thurs.
oay and Friday and the finals in
each flight are scheduled for Mon.
gay, March %. Matches will con.
slst OF the best two out Of three
games. d
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
|MncM;tcheL Takes Columbian From Dobbs
Blue Imps End Spring
Practice With Game

DURHAM, Mar. 14.-(R)-Duke' S
Blue Devils wound up their of+-sea'
son grid n,aneuvers with a one-nour
intra-squad scrimmage in Duke stad'
ium this afternoon, and the Whites
overpowered the Blues, $50.
Only five 1941 lettermen - Jake
Poole, Blake Fawcett, Harry TroSeli,
Tom Burns, and Jim Smith - were
available for today's practice game,
viewed by eight high school basket
ball teams here for the annual Duke.
Durham tournament.
This quintet was the backbone Of
the White team, which completely
throttled the Blues from start to
finish. Never once could the Blues
offense carry them out of their OWL
territory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
KentuckyQuint Downs
Bulldogs For Pennant
In Duke-Durham Meet
Blue Grass Cagers Defeat
Fighting Home Town
Outfit, 41-36

DURHAM, March 14.-LR-Bur
gin High school of Burgin, KY, to.
night became the champion of the
fourth annual Duke-Durham scho
lastic basketball tournament, raj
lying in the second half to defeat
the hometown Durham High entry,
41-36 before $500 screaming spec
tators.
AS usual, the country boys"
from the Blue Grass were paced
to victory by Giant Jack Coleman
and Guilford Waggener, rangy for
ward, both of whom made the all
tournament team. Coleman, chos-
en- as the most valuable player to
appear in the event, tailed dozen
points, as did his clever team
mate.
Burgin clung to slim 86 lead at
the end of the first quarter, only
to see that advantage wiped away
in the second minute stanza as
Durham grabbed a 1917 lead at
half time.
The Kentuckians went ahead in
the first minute of the third quar-
ter on a pair of set shots by Wag-
gener and Glenn Bradshaw. They
were never headed thereafter, al
though Durham pulled to within
four points at 1896 with two min
utes left in the contest.
Co-Captain Kenny Turner, Dur
ham High forward, was brilliant
in defeat, looping in seven field
goals for IA points, but all save
one of his buckets came in the first
half.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
AM0CO CLUB GETS
EX- PRO PLAYERS
New Cape Fear League Team
Signs Johnny Flake, Two
Others From A Clubs

Manager Frank Clemmons of the
Cape Fear semi-pro leagues new
Amoco nine Saturday announced
that he has signed three players
from class A professional leagues.
They are: Catcher Johnny Flake
from the Goldsboro Coastal Plain
circuit club, Outflelder Roy Bohana n
from Wilkes-Barre of the Eastern
New York loop and Shortstop Irwin
Royal from the North Carolina State
league.
The Amocos are working out at
Robert Strange playground. They
have slated games with the Albany
Senators on April % and the Viii.
Transport Grays on April 5. Both
are Eastern league clubs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
MARY CARMAN IS
EAST COAST GOLF ,
TOURNEY WINNER
Young Florida Newcomer
Beats Georgia Tainter To
Win Womer's Meet
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Mar.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Mar. IA
-CP-Mary Jayne Garman, promis'
ing newcomer from Sarasota, Fla.
won the Florida East Coast women's s
golf tournament today with an up.
set 2 and 1 victory over Georgia
Taintre of Fargo, N. D., in the 49,
hole finale.
The 18-year-old Floridian staged
a whirlwind finish to defeat Miss
Tainter, the defending champion wno
previously had won the Ormont
Beach and Miami Biltmore tourna
ments on the Florida winter circuit
Miss Garman was one down al
the end of the first seven holes bit
proceeded to win the next four in
a row to take a three-hole lead
Then Miss Tainter rallied to taxi
No. IA with a par four and No. Il
with a par five, but Misc Garmar
holed a 12.foot putt for a par foul
to close out the match on the
seventeenth
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
AAU BASKETBALL
MEET IN DENVER
DRAWS AZ CUNTS
Annual Championship Tour
nev Is Games Melting Pot;
p States Represented
BY LOUDON KELLY

DENVER, Mar. 14-tP-Basket
balls melting pot begins boilin
tomorrow. Before next Saturda.
night it will cook the victory hope
of all but two teams.
Forty seven quintets from 2.
states have checked in for the 35tf
renewal of the National A. A. U
tournament getting away at l.
a. m. (Mountain war time) tomor
row.
In a country that Graded basket
ball half century ago, there is M
cage tournament quite like this
one. For one thing, it's always the
biggest. For another, it brings
forth the greatest variety of teams
and players, from youngsters fresh
out of a high school senior class
to veterans on the threshold 81
what amounts to old age for a
basketball goal shooter.
The favorites usually are such
veteran A. A. U. outfits as the
defending champion Twentieth
Century, the Phillips 66 Oilers
from Bartlesville, Okla, winners
two years ago, and the Denver
Legion.
Nine college teams are compet-
ing fer this title that no college
outfit has won since 1925. The quin-
tet travelling the farthest-and the
fastest-is the Navy Fliers from
Pensacola, Fla, coached by Lieut.
Raymond J. Pflum of Chicago's s
Armour Tech. The airmen flew
here in a transport.
There are service teams from
Fort LeavenWorth, Kas., Fort War
rem, Wyo., and Denver's Lowry
Field, and Grow Indian aggrega.
ton from Montana.
Frank Lubin, 6-foot-6-inch wheel
horse of Hollywood title-holders,
said We've added some new men
who'll give us better reserve
strength and all OF our holdovers
are playing great ball"
Lubin and his teammates, Carl
Knowles and Art Molner, are the
only tournament players left from
the squad that won the Olympic
games basketball title for this
country in 1886.
Next to Colorado's nine, Californ-
ia has the most entrants with sew
en-. Kansas has five, Oklahoma and
Missouri three each, Montana, Ore
gon and Washington two apiece and
Nebraska, Wisconsin, Texas, Ar
kansas, Iowa, Florida, Wyoming,
Louisiana, Illinois, Idaho, Michi-
gan, New Mexico, Arizona a nd
Utah one each. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
CASEY
600 WlNNER;;HL HLAD
HURDLES VICTOR
NYU Miller Comes From D.
hind To Pass Diviuit, "
Student In Mile

NEW YORK, March 14n,
Leslie MacMitcheU, New yo.,s
versity miller, got revenga "a ,a,,,l, UNI
for an earlier beating by Gil tDI,Isa' DnS1.
defeating the preachers son - DOuuS
at the knights of Columns =. ~ -"
games. '''uoVr
MacMitchell didn't take II. l..
until a half lap from bomo ,s'a
finished with a three ward os anu
tage over the tH:ag Dodds "a, oils
time was siX-tenths of second Ius ~.
the world indoor competitive ,,a rooo.5 u.5
which MacMitchell shares wick 't'l0 w
others. ''' '"o
Dodds bounded into tho Is.a
the outset and burned tho hoa.s T..
for a :5S.1 opening quarter us 'n' na. u'
tinued his killing pace BY raaoL;,'.
the half mile mark in .5a7 s an3
had stretched his lead over ,T,n
Mitchell to four yards at that NOW,
The clockers caught the goy,@
divinity student in 3:OS5 at M,
three-auarter pole and indications
were that a new world record Voc
in the making.
Both the competitors howovon
slowed in the final 440-yards and
MacMitchell went out in front for
the first time as they entered tbo
final curve.
Jim Rafferty, formerly Of Ford.
ham, was third and Gene Vpn2kn
saved fourth place.
Two weeks ago Dodds surprised
by defeating MacAIitchel in the
mile event of the National A, A. T.
indoor championships in 4QS7
John Borican. an artist on the
track or in the studio, Won the
Casey 900 in the meet.
Borican, repeating his triumph
OF a year ago, beat out Roy Coci.
ran of the Great Lakes Naval
training station. Cochran took CON,
mand at the start and set an early
pace that precluded any chance for
record. The final time was lI04.
tWo-tenths of a second off the mark
Borican hung up in 1871.
Charles Had, the cotton-hairel
Michigan Normal athlete, equallei
the meet record of o. in wir.
ming the 60-yard high hurdles andI
shunting Fred Wolcott of Houston
Tex, to second. The 60-yam sprint [
was won for the second Stragltl
year in world record cqualling tmeI
of :o6.1 by Herbert Thompson 81
Jersey City.
Angriest person of the more
than $4,000 persons jammed inlo
the huge ports arena was Al Blo2S
of Georgetown, who Won the SHo'
put as expected with heare oi
55 feet IL inches, After tbf
Georgetown athlete had complete'
his permitted number of losses n
peeled off his sweat suit once mor
to accommodate a photographer.
Perfectly relaxed he fired TIN
16-pound ball 81 feet, Q II mche
an effort that would have wipe
out every known record had it 'eei
made in competition.
Blozis is holder of the world III
door record of 81 feet IA inch ana
lack Torrance of Louisiana State
the outdoor mark of 81 feet QUE
inch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
HAS SORE THROAT

CLEARWATER, Fla, Mar. IA
R) - Manager Lou Boudreau, in
uniform but nursing sore throat
today watched his Cleveland Tn.
dians work out for their game with
the Kansas City Blues of the Amer
lean association tomorrow at Lake
Wales.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
Columbus Golden Cloves
Bouts End At Whitepille

WHITEVILLE, March IA. - The
finals Of the Columbus county Gold
en- Gloves tourney were fought
here last night before a capacity
crowd in the high school gymna-
slum. This was believed the larg-
est crowd to ever witness boxing
event in the city. Best fight of the
evening was that of Paul Monroe
OF Tabor City and Gordon Stephens
OF Whiteville in the 1856 pound class.
Golden Glove trophies were pre-
sented II fighters at the conclusion
of the bouts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
INDIANA LAWYERS
PACE ABC TOURNEY
Lead Changes Eighteen Times
In National Bowling Meet
At Columbus

COLUMBUS, O., Mar. IA Up -
The heats on in the American
Bowling congress tourney. Seven
changes among the leaders came
today after II alterations in the top
brackets yesterday.
A pair of Indianapolis attorneys
bowling together for the first time
William Faust, Jr., and Gene
Zwiesler - smashed their way into
the doubles lead with 1889. This
was one less than the men thought
they had when they left the coli
scum, the auditors finding a one
stick error in F'aust's first game.
They socked the pins skillfully in
their final game, blasting out a
$40 total for the highest doubles
series to date and eighth highest
in ABC doubles history
A short time later James Rein
smith and Leonard Domres Syra-
cuse, N. Y, found the groove con-
sistently for 1855, which put them
into second position in the doubles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
King Team Will Begin
Cape Fear Drills Today
Strong Grocery Nine Lacks
Hurlers; Loop Directors
To Meet Wednesday
By r. ]. POWELL

Sprinkled with question marks,
the A. L, King baseball forces Sum-
day afternoon begins spring prac-
tice on the home diamond at Hill
ton in preparation for the Cape
Fear leagues fourth season of play
which gets underway on April II.
The King team, last season S
best defensive machine, has many
vital spots to plug before h y
can come up to the standard of
the 1941 club which grabbed the
second half flag and then cracked
before the Pepsi Cola smartness
in the championship playoff. Skeet
James, who for seasons has wreck
ed the pennant hopes of the Gro
Gerry boys, has crossed the tracks
and this year will be on the King
side in the capacity as manager.
His presence along with the bright
enlng of few present dull spots
IS calculated to give the Grocery
Men another fighting nine.
Chiefly, the main fault of h e
team at present is apparently the
shortage of the first rate hurlers
SO necessary in a tight race. So
far the Kings have not hooked any
finger capable of stepping into the
big shoes of Norwood Skipper.
ace. Toward this end, the club has
rlght-handers Jack Allen and Rus
ty Russo. The only catch is t h a t
Allen, although a very promising
pitcher, will not be able to handle
all OF the mound work and tn a
Russo, now a service man, will
not be around for every contest.
IN the catching department the
Ringers could use another back
stop to assist Alvah Tatum, who
old some nice receiving last sea-
son.
On the lighter side, the Grocery
outfit IS almost certain to h a e
their smooth-clicking infield back
on the job with Horton, Singletary
and Sam Tyler, already in t h e
bag along with speedy Tony Rey-
nolds. Other infield stars will be
added to the team as the season
progresses.
Outtlelders who will be on hand
Tor this afternoons workout in.
clude veterans Oscar Flowers and
Todd, formerly of Masonboro.
Manager James, stating t n a
none OF the regular positions have
oeen seWed up issued an invita-
ton for ball players VINO have no
signed and are Interested in play
ing In the Cape Fear this year te
come out to Hilton and join tne
team in it's initial practice h S
afternoon.
The Cape Fear board of direc
tors will continue plans for t h {
l942 season at the regular meeting
on Wednesday night at the court
house. Present plans call for the
Cape Fear to operate on two sepa
rate diamonds this season with the
Hilton park and the stadium as the
likely choice. If this idea is fol
lowed, it will mark the first time
in league history that the cham
plonshlp race will not be played
on the Robert Sttange and Mason
boro fields.
According to rumors, the Pops
Cola club has signed former col
lege star to work. behind the plate
this season.
Umpire chairman Rhode Far
row is still on the hunt for gooc
arbiters and will be able to con
tact any interested person at the
league m e t ing Wednesday
night,
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
The Rhymer Will Run
In Coral Gables Race,
But Isn't Fauorite

MIAMI, Fla, Mar IA tR -
Greentree stables The Rhymer,
surprise winner of the $50,0O0 ad
ded Widener at Hialeah. probably
will go to the post in next Satur-
days $500 Coral Gables handicap
at Tropical, but the four-year-old
colt won't be the favcrite.
The two most likely favorites if
they run in the mile and furlong
race are Charles S. Howard's Mic
land and Louis Tufano's Market
Wise: Both were beaten in the
Widener. Whether they will enter
probably will be known after
weights for the handicap are an
nounced MOrdav. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
Production Of Domestic
Washing Machines Halted

WASHINGTON, March 14.-B-
The war production board today or
dered production of domestic wash
ing machines and ironers halted en-
tlrely by May Is and directed larg.
er companies to shut down on
April Is.
6etween now and the date pro-
oucton is halted the companies
VIII be permitted to produce one
ana haH times their February
production Quotas
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
FRANKIE FRIESCH
HAS STRONG CLUB
Pittsburgh's Bouncing Buc.
cos Prepared To Give 9th
er Teams A Run
BY ROBERT MYERS

SAN BERNARDINO, Calf, March
14.-CP-Frankie Frischs third sea-
son as guardian of the bouncing
Buccos of Pittsburgh may be a
charming one for all concerned, be.
cause the old Flash has good look
ing ball club.
Hustle and pep mark the Pirate
atmosphere as they wind up their
spring training, and it's sac bet
that, barring unusually bad luck
Pittsburgh will wind up well in the
first division.
You can't overlook the cham
pions. Brooklyn observed whip
cracking Frank, "and st. Louis
must be considered. Cincinnati will
have good pitching. Pittsburgh
Well, Pittsburgh has a worry with
the left side of the infield, notably
third base. But Frisch is long on
outfielders, with good lefthand hit
ters-he was in crying need OF
southpaw batters last year-he has
what he thinks is the best catching
staff in the National league, plus a
we'll balanced hurting corps.
And he has 80 or so exhibition
games in which to experiment with
his infield problem, which at this
stage centers on a slugging out
fielder, Bob Elliott, trying his hand
at the hot sack and looking very
we'll at the assignment.
Shortstop is battle between
young AL Anderson, who played
there as a rookie last season, and
Pete Coscarart, obtained from Brook.
lyn with Babe Phelps, Jim Wasdell
and Luke Hamlin in the Arky
Vaughan deal. Coscarart may cap.
ture the job.
Elbie Fletcher is, of course, a val.
liable mainstay at first and frankie
Gustine is set at second Gustine,
so they told Frisch, couldn't play
the position, but he did. Frank
thinks Elliott might do. the same
at third.
The third base job went up in the
air when Lee Handley's shoulder
was wrecked in an auto accident.
He may be able to play, but then
he may not. Dependable Stu Martin
is still on hand for any utility duty
around the infield, so that helps re-
lieve the pressure.
In the outfield Frisch has Maurice
Van Robays in left, Vince DiMaggio
in center and the forgotten man of
Brooklyn, Wasdell, itching for reg
ular duty in right. Back of this
there are Ed Stewart, Johnny Bar
rett, up from Hollywood, and two
good looking sophomores. Culley
Rikard and John CWire On A Stick
Wyrostek.
Frisch's catchers are Phelps and
veteran AL Lopez, who need no fur
ther introduction. They're good.
Rip Sewell, Max Butcher, Ken
Heintzelman, Bill Clemensen. John
Lanning, Bob Klinger and Lloyd
Dfetz are regular hurlers back in
the fold. Luke Hamlin should help
and, given a little more competitive
instinct, Dick Conger and Aldon
Wilke might prove enormous sue
cesses. Nick Strincevich, Henry
Gornlcki and possibly another new
conner or SO have possibilities.
There's nothing wrong about the
F'risch chucking staff.
At matter of fact, there's moth
ing wrong with this entire Pitts
burgh team. Mr.. Frisch's third year
with the Bucs may be very bright.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
JOHNSON LEAVES

TACOMA, March 14-tR- Bob
Johnson, Philadelphi Athletics
outfielder, left today for the base.
ball clubs spring training m b
at Anaheim, Calf.
The big outfielder said he would
sign his contract after his arrival.
The terms were reported to be
less than the SIZE he received
last year, but Johnson said the
slash wasn't quite as drastic as
the one contained in Connie Mack's S
latest offer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
REDS TROUNCE TIGERs

TAMPA, Fla, March Ia R-
The Cincinnati Reds out on an IN.
seemly display of hitting power to-
day ana hammered down the De-
troit Tigers of the American
league, + to 2, in an exhibition
game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
KELLEHER WON'T SIGN

SEBRlNG, Fla, March 14-(AL
Frank Kelleher, heavy-hittino ont
fielder who led the Internafional
league in home runs and r,,ns hat
ted in last year, returned his sion
ed contract to the Newark Bears
today and prepared to head east
from his California home tho ci,,h '
announced. NAoo
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
CORSICA AppEa,c

BEChLE 7, W. Va, March Ia
-lRNJohn Corsica, bic rioht ~ h, -
ed Detroit pitcher and one of tho
basebaH season'ss last remainin q
holdouts, announced today he has s
appealed to Judge K M T.nd;a nao u
for hearing on his salary sm1oh S
BILE with the Tigers. Saua0-
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
KC BEATS BROWNS

LAKE WALES, Fla, March IA.
-1R-Bus Mills homer in the
ninth with one on brought Kansas
City of the American association
a 5 to 4 victory ever the St. Louis
Browns of the American league to-
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
LUCADELLO TO ENLIST

FOSTOR1A, O., March 14.-lRA
Johnny Lucadello, St. Louis
Browns lnfielder, secured re-
lease from his local draft board
today and left Immediately for
Chlcago where he said he would
enlist in the U. S. Marines.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-03-15
SOX WORK ANYWAY

CLEARWATER, Fla, Mar. Ia
CP'-Although weather forced cam
collation. of the scheduled tilt with
Clevelands Indians, the day was
not a total loss for the Boston Red
SoX as they engaged in a good
workout after the game was called