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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
MARINE CACERS
PLAN FULL YEAR

CHERRY POINT. Dec. 30.-The
Cherry Point Marines have a hea
Wy basketball schedule mapped
out for the next two months, un
der the leadership of It. Bob Rose
former Carolina cage captain.
Games so far definitely ar
ranged follow: January 5 - Par
ris Island Marines at Cherry
Point; January - Army Base
at Richmond; January 8 - Will
liam and Mary College, at Will
iamsburg, Va; January II -
Duke University at Durham; Jan.
uary II = Seymour Johnson Field
here; January 15 - Camp But.
ner there; January 81 - Seymour
johnson Field, there; February
II - Camp Davis there; Febru-
airy Is - Army Air Base of Co.
lumbia, S. c., here: and February
% - Camp Davis, here.
The flying leathernecks won
their first eight games in row.
including victories over Camr
Butner and North Carolina State
College here. Other games were
won by the following scores: At.
lantlc Field, 1918; Mitchell Field.
5o-l5: Navy Pre-Flight School al
Chapel Hill, 44-43; University OF
North Carolina, Aba; Army All
Base at Columbia, 1929; and Oak
Grove Field at Pollocksville, 116.
SO.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31

the Cubs. are the best fielding cat
cheers with 1891.
Danny LitWhiler, whose mid-sea-
son swap from Philadelphia
brought him a world series check
as a Cardinal, made his only mis-
cue of the past two campaigns on
May 20 and ended an errorless
string Of 189 games. He still top
ped the gardeners, however, with
1896.
The statistics also brought these
oddities into the open:
Ed Stanky of the Cubs made
three miscues in the eighth inning
of June 20s first game against
the St. Louis Cardinals to tie the
loop record.
Ken Chase, New York Giant left
handler. had three assists in a
single inning. Clyde Kluttz of the
Boston Braves caught an entire
nine-frame contest May l against
Brooklyn without fielding chance.
Elmer Riddle Of Cincinnati erred
on Aug. 3 for the first time in 102
National League games.
Brooklyn's outfield made Is put
outs at the expense of the Cincin-
matt Reds to tie a record held by
the Pills of 1929. The Giants
stranded IS base runners on Aug.
7 while playing the pills to equal
loop mark. Brookly, left 1,192
runners on base.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
All In Readiness For Big
New Years Eue Mat SholD

Little Beaver, is bout that would
be suitable to headline any mat
card in the country. The mighty
Steinborn has built up large fol-
lowing here in recent months with
his extremely skillful graphing
and breath taking feats OF
strength. Little Beaver returns to
the local squared circle after
long absence in which he toured
the country meeting all the top
flight gladiators.
Wilmington number crowd
pleaser, Pete Mannagoff, meets
crafty John Aurthor in the main
event of the New Years Eve per-
Torrance. Mannagoff is to be in
the role of the gaint killer when
he squares off against the rowdy
Aurthor. The large crowd expect
ed to attend the big evening OF
excitrment is certain to be loud in
their favor of Mannagoff. In turn
they are most certain to be desi-
rous of the trouncing of the hated
Aurthor.
The third man in the ring for
both the bouts will be AL Massey,
the versatile boxer wrestler
referee,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
Vern Stephens Awaiting
Induction Into Service

LONG BEACH, Calf, Dec. 3d.
Up Vern Stephens. St. Louis
Browns shortstop was classified
Ia today by his draft board, he
took his physical examination and
blood tests and received his Undue
ton papers.
Stephens was classified At by
a st. Louis baord last summer be-
cause Of a leg injury sustained
several years ago. A broken bone,
the board held, had not knitting
properly. He has been employed
in shipyard since the close Of the
major season. He is married and
has one child.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
HOOPSTERS DEFY
WAR CONDITIONS

NEW YORK, Dec. 3d. Up -
College basketball may not have
the finesse of other years with
freshmen providing much of the
manpoWer but there still are some
mighty good quintets around the
country.
Eight coaches from the South,
Southwest, Midwest and East, all
in New York for the holiday series
of doubleheaders at M d n
Square garden, were unanimous in
that statement today as they dis
cussed the outstanding fives in
their sections.
Adolph Rupp, whose University
of Kentucky five stands out in
the Southeastern Conference, de-
cried the fact that some colleges
had thrown in the sponge.
eff the game is worth playing
at all, it is worth playing now, "
said the veteran cage mentor. as
late as Sept. "a it was decided to
drop basketball at Kentucky but
1 insisted that we were going to
have team even if / had to play
girls. -Four days later I had 13
boys on hand. They must have
heard they had a chance to play
on a girls team"
Rupp, whose temam beat 1ndi.
ana and Ohio State ubtlost to Hi
nois, said the Hoosiers definitely
were not up to standard this sea.
son but that Ohio State was gooe
and Illinois had come up with an
other great ball club.
His praise of Illinois was echoed
by Ray Meyer of De Paul, who
also singled out Western Michigan
and Northwestern as court power
houses and Notre Dame as com
err.
Meyer, whose George Mikar
six-feet, eight inches, added tina
he believed big men definitely hur
the game-to which DR.. H. c
Carlson of Pittsburgh subscribed
in declaring that the next change
in the rules must eblegislatior
against the depfense.
Here is what the other coache:
had to say:
Eugene Lambert, Arkansas -
1--WE expect normal season il
the Southwest Conference witt
Rice the team to beat, just as
last year.
Ed Dibble, Western Kentucky -
II like temple best of the teams
I've seen in the East. Josh Cody
has a great scooter in Albie Inger.
man.
Josh Cody, Tenple-''In germar
is only five-feet six-inches but a
great shot, for which I am happy.
But look out for ST. Joseph.
Alvin Julian, Neutrality-suspicious.
State will be one of the best in
the East before the season is
over"
Don White, Connecticut-"C Corn
ell has probably the greatest col
lection of material in its history
while Colgate is fast and clever
with plenty of reserves"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
INFLUENZA PLAYS
HAVOC in COUNTY
Continued From Page One)

munities, as the flu has been on
the rampage throughout the ma
ton for several weeks. The peak
has already been passed in a
number of sections.
Meanwhile. the term 'cat few
err" so widely publicized as a
new disease within recent weeks.
has been explained by the Navy
department. Local citizens who
adjudged their sickness to "cat
fever"-a special sort of illness
may review this word from the
Navy-Where the diAease was said
to be started:
" Cat fever is merely a Navy
contraction of acute catarrhal
fever which is the service term
for minor upper respiratory con-
ditions, chiefly the common cold,
according to Commander T. J.
Carter, NC, USN, officer in
charge of the Division of Proven
tive Medicine.
Published reports have de-
scribed cat fever as being of
tropical origin and having nausea
as one of its symptoms. Com
mander Carter explained that the
infection is not tropical and that
any complicating symptoms such
as nausea would indicate a differ
ent diagnosis.
Although the Norfolk area has
had a relatively large number OF
catarrhal fever or colds cases in
the last few weeks, the trend is
now markedly downward as re-
ported by Commander Carter.
Complications attended none of
the cases and admissions rarely
exceeded four Or five days on
the sick list. He noted that the
minor outbreak was nothing more
than what may normally be e.
oected at this season"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
National Leaguers Set
New Horsehide Records

NEW YORK, Dec. 80. - P) -
Cincinnati was the best fielding
team in the National League dur
ing 1943, according to official av-
erages released today, but Uncle
Sam has come up with the best
infield.
Elbie Fletcher, late of the Pitts
burgh 2irates and the leader Of
the first basemen, is in the Navy;
Lonnie Frey, who established a
loop record for second basemen
at Cincinnati, is in the army and
Merrill May, whose play at Phila-
delphia topped the third basemen,
wears the same type of uniform as
does Fletcher.
That leaves only Eddie Miller,
Cincinnati shortstop, Of the infield
pace-setters available for the 1914
campaign.
Miller, with an average Of $50,
led the short fielders for the fourth
straight year and his steady play
helped Frey wipe out the old stand
ard for second sackers which Earl
Adams of the Chicago Cubs set
at 1888 in 1925. Frey boosted the
mark to 1885.
Clyde Passeau of the Cubs, who
didn't make an error in 68 chances
topped the hurlers n the second
straight year Al Lopez of Pitts
burgh and Tommy Livingston Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
PRO GRID GAME
ON THE UPTAKE

NEW YORK, Dec. 80. - up -
Branch (The Prophet Hickey
wound up his turban and busted off
his crystal ball today and predict
ed that if baseball doesn't show a
little hustle it may be replaced by
professional football as the Ma
tional pastine in the next decade
or so.
Holding a combined press con.
ference and seance, during which
he also forecast his belief that by
the start o; the 1914 season the
draft status of ball players would
be fixed for the entire campaign,
removing the current uncertainty,
the heaed man of the Brooklyn
Dodgers issued a sharp warning
to baseball % do some missionary
work for it's future.
Baseball should be the nation
al pastime, he said, "but I'm
not sure that it is. And if it doesn't
take heed, I'm not SO sure but
that another sport will take its
place. Football is coming into its
own. wouldn't be surprised to see
six-month professional football
season in another ten years, with
the teams playing twice week as
they increase their rosters.
eve need baseball missionaries
to go around the country. There
should be so minor leagues in
America Gin peace-time) since
transportation is no problem. We
must recognize, too, the deteriora-
ton of high school baseball as a
competitive game, and do some
thing about it. Colleges have made
it a secondary sport. Some have
given it up entirely. Just go back
to the time when Yale, for in
stance, used to play the New York
Giants three preseason games
year.
each year.
"The tendency today in football
is away from the colleges and
toward the pros. And it will in
crease with the extension Of the
number of professional leagues.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
senators May Lose Star
Jake Early To The Army

WASHING TON Dec. 30 R -
Uncle Sam may call his knuckle-
ball catching catcher. Jake Early.
into the armed forces but owner
Clark Griffith of the Washington
Senators is not hanging up the
for sale or trade sign on any
OF his three star knuckle ball
hurlers.
I'm worrying about finding
someone to eaten those boys" the
Old Fox said referring to pitchers
Dutch Leonard. silent john
Niggeling and Roger Wolff, who
comes to the Senator'S in the
Buck Newsom deal with the Phil
adelphia Athletics.
Early. recognized as one of the
best knuckle-ball receivers in
majors. has been ordered to re-
port for his physical Monday by
his Kings Mountain, N. c.. draft
board. Early, 81, is the father OF
two children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
MILITARY COLLAPSE
DEVELOPS IN RUSSIA
Continued From Page One)

tile counter attack which bent
back but never broke Russian
lines in the Kicv bulge. The fail
ure of that Nazi effort to stabilize
the front or to keep the Zhmerinka
gateway open has bright the Ma
ri high command within sight OF
a supreme disaster. It no longer
has reserves sufficient to meet all
of the emergencies confronting il
in Russia.
The developments tend to bear
out Russian reports of a new clash
between Hitler and his army com.
manders. The reported basis is
Hitler's jnsistence on the attempt
to establish a winter defense line
along the Dnieper against the ad,
vice OF German regular army ex'
perts that an orderly retreat to the
Riga-Odessa line or behind the
two Bug rivers in Poland and
the southwestern Ukraine should
not be delayed.
They also underscore a state.
ment by Admiral Ernest J. King,
American naval commander-in-
chief sharing Genera. Eisenhow-
er's view that the war in Europe
will end in complete Russian-Al-
lied victors next year.
The Admiral, most c1ose-mou.1-
ed of American war leaders, also
said plans for shifting much of the
weight Of -Anglo-American attack
from Europe against Japan in
IA are well advanced. The
plans look, he added. ITO a shift
of power from the European thea
ter to the Pacific treater not on
ly when Germany is defeated, but
as her defeat seems near at
hand"
And the Russian successes west
of Kiev. already staggering the
whole NaZi front, are only one
point Of threatened disaster.
North Of the present main theater,
the Red army mas all but isolated
the Vitebsk bastlon. its fall to I'M
hinge the whole Nazi front to the
Baltic is expected 1nomentarily.
Moscow dispatches speak of the
Vitebsk operations as the pre-
Baltic" front. That pro b a b ly
means that the long prepared Rus
sian winter offensive in the North,
designed to throw tie foe OUT of
all northwestern Russia and Es-
thonia, is waiting on the reduction
of Vitebsly.
That is further supported by the
resumption Of Allied lend-lease
shipments to northern Russia via
the Arctic sho1t-line route. 1t was
in desperate attempt to wreck
such a convoy that the Nazi bat
tleship Scharnhorst was risked
and lost off the extreme northern
top of Norway
The loss of the Scharnhorst is
an absolute as well as relative
major new disaster for the Nazis
to match cumulative army defeats
in Russia all the way from the
Volga to the Dnieper- and now
impending German retreat from
all Russia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
SPORTS TRAIL

NEW YORK, Dec 3O-(P-There arc son,e +binos diff
ct to put on paper You try course but the words
come out Watery and lacking the strength and depth to
express feelings and emotions even vaguely
Thre is the Dapper Dan Dinner 10 pt+b, f :;
stance Wnen bind and otherwise handicapped children who
are oenfclares come out and give their little program
tragic personal ordeal suddenly find they have Something in
Their eyes and there is epidemic of lusty nose blowing
and sneezng although it isn't cold there at all It's no
der the cp started in jest by Al Abrams grows steadily
and never loses member ~ N1''
And there IS the EastWest football game New Years
Day Tor the Shrine Hospitals for crippled children You
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
BRITISH NAVY USED
In PACIFIC FIGHTS
Continued From Page One)

British reported the sinking of
three Nazi destroyers at minor
cost and the Germans countered
with the unsupported claim that
six British destroyers were sent
to the bottom and two cruisers
damaged.
The Admiralty acknowledged
only minor damage to the two
light cruisers Glasgow and Enter
prise and the loss of two planes
in the running action against the
German flotilla of II destroyers,
In its final stage the action was
handled by the two British cruis-
ers with aerial support, the Brit
ish said.
The Admiralty was noncommit-
tai on the Berl ! claims, which
some London quarters believed
might have been exaggerated to
console the German home front
for a week of black naval losses
beginning with the sinking off
northern Norway of the 226,000-
ton Nazi battleship Scharnhorst.
No mention has been made by
the British that any Of their de-
stroyers participated in the Bay
of Biscay action which followed
the sinking by air action Monday
of a laden Nazi blockade runner.
COMMUNICATES from both sides in
dictated that the action had end
ed.
The Admiralty said the surviv-
ing eight Nazi destroyers had been
dispersed and fled and that some
were damaged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
Arky Vaughan Planning
To Play Ball Next Year

BROOKLYN, Dec. 30. - P -
Branch Hickey, president of the
Brook. n Dodgers, said today he
had received a letter from Arky
Vaughan in which the infielder
said he hoped to be Rack text sea-
son ''if my health and other con-
ditions permit"
Vaughan was troubled much of
last year by stomach ailment.
He wrote that the malady had Lrl-
proved since the close of the sea-
son but that obtaining help for his
Potter Valley, Calf, ranc was
another matter.
iii have to sell $4,000 to $4,000
worth of cattle if don't get help"
Hickey said Vaughan wrote. ,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
Charles Humphreys Takes
Over Annapolis Athletics

ANNAPOLIS, Med, Dec. 30-CR
Capt. Charles O. Humphreys,
USN, will relieve Capt. John E.
Whelc'oa' tomorrow as director OF
athletics at the United States Nav
al Academy, Rear Adnairay J. R.
Beardall. superintendent. announc-
ed today.
Whelchel. no has been head
fotaball coach as well as director
of athletics for the past II months.
has been assigned to sea duty.
Academy officials have not
named football foacch to succeed
Whelchel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
Babe Dahlgre Traded
For Catcher Phelps

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 30. Up
- Babe Dahlgren, Philadelphia
Phillies first baseman and leading
hitter, has been traded to the
Pittsburgh Pirates for Catcher
Babe Phelps and an undisclosed
sum of cash, the Phillies announc-
ed today.
Dahlgren hit 1888 last summer to
top all members of the club. He
came here in a 1912 trade with
Brooklyn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
Leo Durocher Prepares
For His Ouerseas Tour
BUNS Pilot Ready
For Coming Model
Gentleman's Role

NEW YORK, Dec. 3o.-lR-
When Leo Durocher and Danny
Kaye go overseas to entertain
servicemen. Leo has a certain
standard of dignity to uphold.
81 gotta have it, that's all. :"
says.Leo. 81 can't do anything
that will reflect on baseball"
It turned out that manager OF
baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers hasn't
any personal qualns about his &C
tivity on tour. It's just that Branch
Hickey, his boss. has impressed
on him the fact that he is going
overseas as a representative of all
baseball.
mot the Brooklyn Dodgers, or
yourself" Hickey emphasized.
Now, there are two guys in the
world for whom Durocher has a
healthy respect - Branch Hickey
and Baseball Commissioner K. M.
Lands. Personally, he doesn't
care what Danny Kaye and his
scriptwriter wife Sylvia Fine, cook
up.
III stand on my head and yode]
if it's okay with Hickey and does
not reflect on the game" says
Lippy.
It was quite a revelation to learn
that the fellow who calls unpires
"cement-head,' 'iron-skulr'' and
other less printable invectives
could show such Difference to the
wishes of even the mighty.
Stage star Danny and Leo will
go to India, Africa and to the area
around Chungking where no en-
tertainment has been sent up to
now. After that, they'll leave to
the USO the choice of other points
they might touch.
In one part Of their act, Kaye
will play umpire to Durocher, who
will be his own familiar argumen-
tative self. Danny. as low COM
edy George Magerkurth, will call
an out and Leo will start taking
exception.
''It will be a good way to show
the boys overseas what really
happens when I get into those
mixups," Leo says. "Of course.
it will strictly be lampooning
job, but they'll have lot of fun
out of it.
Sylvia Fine wrote the skit after
conferences with Leo on such
highly technical expressions as
'cement-head," ''iron squll'' and
wooden BARN. Sylvia couldn't
quite understand the Technology
but decided it was a diamond pa
tots peculiar to Leo, which turn
ed out to be right.
AS a creator of new forms OF
baseball English, mostly deroga-
tory, Leo seems to have few peers.
He can yell at the top of his voice
for ten minutes without using the
same expression twice.
The musical comedy star and
the baseball comedy star also will
do an Al Jolson skit, another
about baseball in Shakespearean
mood - ito bunt or not to bunt"
and Leo will tell a lot of base
ball yarns. He has some handles.
Danny will perform some of his
famous stage bits, including MEL
ody in AZ from the stage show
Lets Face It. and in his new
film. up In Arms
The only other person going
along will be Jack Snyder. the ac-
cordionist who accompanied Jack
Benny overseas. The three expect
to get into hitherto inaccessible
places and entertain troops in
groups of one up to as many as
can be brought together.
They won't have to worry about
loudspeakers, Danny says:
There's only one person in the
world who can yell louder than
Leo, and that's me-"
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
Bobby Ruffin To Battle
Al Davis Of Brooklyn

NEW YORK. Dec. 30-tR-Bob-
by Ruffin, New York lightweight
who only yesterday agreed to
meet Juan Zurita of Hollywood in
Madison Square Garden on Jan.
II, today was matched with AL
Davis of Brooklyn for a 10-round
fight on Feb. 10.
At the same time it was an
nounced that the TamiMauriello-
he Baksi fight, postponed from
Jan. IA because of the formers
illness, likely would be held on
Feb 9.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31

Everything is set for Whining
tons finest athletic entertainment
of the holiday season, Promoter
Bert Causey stated as he com
mented OH the excellent graphing
show to be held at the ITALIAN
Hall tonight at $3.50.
The bone bending card offers
two outstanding tiffs between four
talented wrestlers of national
fame. Mannagoff, Steinborn, Little
Beaver and Aurthor are names
that hold greet significance
among the mug MASKING circles.
The opening affray of the eve
ming, a tiff between Milo the
! Muscle Steinborn and Chief
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
Shirley Fry Becomes
National Net Champ

BROOKLINE, Mass, Dec. 30
Up Shirley Fry, 16-yeaer-old Ak
ron, O., schoolgirl, today became
Champion by dethroning Lillian
Lopaus of City Island, N. Y, the
defending titlist, by a 81, 6,3 mar
gin in the final of the girls indoor
singles tourney at LongWood.
Then she teamed with Norma
Meister of Sharon, to defeat Miss
Lopaus and Betsy Rosenquest of
South Orange, N. j., 81, 6-4,e n
the doubles final.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-31
LEAVES FOR yICHY

BARCELONA, Dec. 30-(P)-Ad-
miraI Georges Robert, who main
tanned for months a Viehy France
OUTPOST iii the western hemisphere,
has left here for Viohy by plane.
The former high commissioner OF
Martinique and Guadeloupe arrlv-
ed in Spain recently from tie An
TILES.