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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
SPORTS TRAIL

instances by the increase in night
,, games; the higher price of food,
an item of no small consequence
in the upkeep Of Is or so husky
young men; an increase in the tax
on railroad tickets, and a possible
increased cost of equipment.
There are certain fixed over
heads and incomes not affected by
present conditions, such as front
office salaries. park upkeep, al
though even this might 60 up with
wages as high as they are, and
the remuneration from the con-
cession contracts.
Naturally the salary savings of
the different clubs vary greatly.
The payroll of a team like the
Yankees, for instance, would make
those of the Athletics or Phils look
like petty cash report. But the
Yankees, with gold-plated gents
such as Joe Di Maggie, Charley
Keller, Red Ruffing and others are
an exception which cannot be ruled
representative.
But all in all, we think that on
an average the added expenses will
at least offset any saving. And if
attendance goes into a tail-spin
due to a decline in the quality
Of play and absence of regular
fans because of an engagement
with Uncle Sam, the books will be
splashed with red ink.
However, We must have over
looked some substantial item on
the credit side, because different
syndicates seem to be falling over
each other trying to buy the dod-
gers. Maybe they think the whole
borough goes along with the fran
chise.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
TRIPLE HEADER
TOPS AT DAVIS

CAMP DAVIS, March s. (Spe-
ciaD-A triple header marked the
continuance of the camp basket
ball play-offs tonight in Farms
worth Hall.
In two class B skirmishes, the
444th Battalion enlisted mem
earned their second straight win
ct the week by nipping the 138th
Battalion enlisted mem 1926,
and Headquarters Battery, Anti
aircraft Artillery Training Cen
ter celebrated its play-off debut
with a hard-fought decision of 49,
II over Battery A, AAAS.
Rounding out the loop program,
Battery I. AAAS, upset the fav-
cred 235th Battalion, enlisted
mem, 1912 in an intramural lea.
que contest, which set new
scoring low for the court contest.
The 444th got away to half
time lead of 1873, with each starter
contributing at least one point
During the second period, the 138th
went scoreless, however, they came
back strongly after the intermis-
sion and soon tied the score at
is all. AS Flanagan, Laters and
Solodkin each tailed from the
floor.
Two baskets by Wax and Gold
berg put the 444th out in front
once again. Midway in the last
period. the 444th settled the issue
with five successive points, which
offset the two last minute baskets
by the losers.
The 235th Battery l contest was
CONSPICUOUS by the inability of both
teams to break through each 9TH
ers' zone defense. An eight-point
splurge in the third-quarter was
the payroll for Battery l. In this
period, Chase, Corbett and Bel
combined to split the net for what
proved to be the winning marker
In the most interesting clash,
Headquarters and Headquarters
Battery break away from per-
sistent Battery A team in the third
neriod and from that point on.
maintained five point lead. Star
ring for the winners were Kucyk
and Messing, with Is and II points
respectively. For the losers, Rad
cliff and Gaertner were the stand.
cuts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
Nv WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, March g. Up 1t
doesn't seem likely that stockhold-
ers of major league baseball clubs
will be going around lighting plump
cigars with $40 bills and shovellng
loose change into trash cans as a
result of the profit they will make
this year, despite the common idea
the clubs might eliminate a big
overhead by paying peon wages to
requirements for expansive stars.
There undoubtedly will be a SUBJ
stantial saving for most clubs in
their player payrolls, as it just
isn't within reason that young
sprouts coming up will draw down
the same salaries as those Of the
established players they are re-
ieving.
But that's only a part of the
picture, and as an outsider not
having access to the books we
would guess that in the case of
the average club any profits
through saving will be offset by
other factors, and that if the club
owners had their choice they'd
rather pay the big salaries and
have other conditions normal.
On the credit side from the
clubs standpoint you might list the
salary savings, the possible saving
of money on spring training, as
many clubs claimed they lost mon
ey on the trips to balmier climes,
and the saving resulting from the
three-trip-a-year schedule resumed
last year.
On the debit side is the decrease
in attendance, which probably will
be only partially offset in some
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
Had Tried Medicines Until
She Was Discouraged,
States Well-Known Farm
er's Wife. Feels Fine Now.

Literally thousands of well
known farmers and their wives
have gratefully and strongly en-
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from the distress of Indigestion,
weak, rundown feeling, nervous.
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petite, weight, and strength, and
similar facilitating symptoms due
to insufficient flow of digestive
juices in the stomach, the toxic
wastes OF constipation, and need of
Vitamin b. for digestion, nerves,
and strength. For instance, Mrs.
z. P. (Nadie) Grace, wife of a
well known farmer who owns his
own Jefferson County farm on
Route z. Birmingham, Ala, hap.
PLY declares:
I don't think I ever heard of
a medicine giving anyone such
grand relief as Retonga gave me
l had been going down hill until
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04

MIAMI, Fla, March 3.-R-
Form players will have their mon
ey on Sun Again, but their eyes
will be on Jockey Eddie Arcaro
tomorrow when 10 fiaely-trained
thoroughbreds burst out Of Hia-
leah Parks starting gate for the
running of the $25, 600 Widene.-:
Handicap, Florida's richest horse
race.
Blood and past performance
give Calumet Farms. Sun Again
an edge over the field, and Train
er Ben Jones has pronounced the
five-year-old chestnut fit for the
mile and one-quarter grind. eau
tious Ben made sure the horse
would have ready handling by CIV
ing the mount to Ted Atkinson,
leading rider of the Hialeah meet
ing.
Yet no bettor can feel safe, be-
cause Arcaro's in the race with
pretty-good longshot. Astride
Greentree Stables Four Free
doms, the little jockey will be try
ing to accomplish racing feat
as rare as a 200-to-1 payoff-a rid
ing slam.
With outsiders, he won Hialeah's
two big stakes, the Flamingo and
the Widener, in 1942-they were
not run in 1943-and came back
last Saturday to triumph again in
| the Flamingo.
He is hot as a firecracker this
week, and will be going after his
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
ARMY AND NAVY
ARE RATED TOPS
By HAROLD CLAAssEN

NEW YORK, March 3.-HE
Track teams from the Army and
Navy academies are the top heavy
favorites in the lC-4A indoor track
and field meet at Madison Square
Garden tomorrow and which one
will win is an athletic mystery,
not military secret.
Twenty-four colleges from up
and down the Atlantic Seacoast
are entered in the 23rd annual in
door varsity festival which this
year is headed by a special race
of a mile in which Gil Dodds OF
Boston, will be after his fifth
straight victory Of the winter.
Bill Hulse of New York; Ensign
Oliver T. Hunter of the Columbia
midshipmen's school and Notre
Dame; Les Eisenhart, former big
ten athlete and now an Ohio school
teacher and Frank Martin, cur
rent No. l miller at Notre Dame,
all will oppose Dodds. -
Despite the large number OF
schools entered, virtually every
one is agreed that the team title,
won last year by New York Uni
versity, this time will 60 to either
the Cadets Of West Point or the
Midshipmen from Annapolis.
Army's best bets include Carl
Anderson, captain Of the squad
and torrid hurdler; George Ber-
ger in the 600; Art Truxes and
Frank (Taffy) Tucker in the two
mile; speedy mile relay four
some; a trio of pole vaulters head
ed by Phil Lansing who has done
10 feet inches; and pair OF
weight men in Leo Dombrowski
and George Troxell.
Navy, making its first appear
ance of the winter on the Garden
boards while Army has visited
here almost weekly, will counter
with Jim Petit in the sprints;
Bob Banks and Arson Geiger in
the hurdles; John Caskey in the
600; a pair of good two-milers;
outdoor IC-4A Champion Capt.
George Brown in the shot-put and
a trio of broadjumpers, including
Football Star Hal Hamberg.
Don Durham of Dartmouth,
second to Dodds in 4:08.3 mile
last week, is the heavy favorite
to retain his championship in that
collegiate event and Ed Conwell
of New York University, who
equalled the world mark of :06. 1
for the 60-yard dash last Satur-
day, is the choice in the sprint.
Virtually all the remaining
races are wide-opea affairs and
it is possible that the points the
two service outfits score in the
two-mile run may be the NETS
deciding factor.
New York University, Dart
mouth, Columbia, Cornell, Prince
ton, Penn State and Rocheste. all
expect to score in the double fig
ure bracket but none is rated
strong enough to challenge Army
or Navy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
Pretty Woman Golfer
Thinks Clubs Should
Haze A Female PRO

ORLANDO, Fla, March 3.-R-
Pretty Marjorie Row of Admission,
Ala, a newcomer to the ranks OF
leading feminine golfers, thinks
every club should have a woman
gclf professional.
1.-The women need more facilities
for beginners instructions" she
declared today.
Top ranking pros haven't the
time for ordinary women begin
ners, and many male profession
AIS DO not have the proper pa
tience to work with temperamental
or even sincerely interested wom-
ell golfers who are still in the
early stages
Miss Row, who won the recent
Helen Doherty Memorial Tourna.
ment at Miami and teamed with
Lee Kosten of Muskogee, Mich, to
reach the finals of the two-ball
mixed foursome event here last
month, also has another complaint
against the game from the femi-
nine viewpoint.
Golf is a rich girls game and
that isn't right she declared.
Either you have to have plenty
berof money to play plenty of golf
to compete in any reasonable num-
Der of tournaments or you have to
give up everything else and save
and scrimp to play as much as
you can and go to as many tour
naments as possible"
A native of Michigan, Miss Row
is bookkeeper for a firm at An
niston.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04

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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
Pinehurst Tourney Won
By Capt. Alec Roberts

PINEHURST, March s. R -
Captain Alec T. Roberts of Old
Greenwich, Conn, won the Oath
annual Pinehurst seniors golf
championship today with 2 and
l triumph over defending cham
pion Donald Parson of Youngs-
town, Ohio.
Roberts won the title in 1912 and
was defeated in semifinals last
year by Pearson.
Brides gave Roberts the title.
He rolled a 12-foot putt for a three
to win the second, and Clipped in
the cup from just off the edge OF
the third green for another birdie
three. This gave him a two up
lead which he never relinquished.
Two down and two to play, Par
son made a great putt for a four
at the 18th to keep the match alive.
R. w. Smith of Greensburgh,
Pa, defeated c. B. Hawley oil
Washington 8 and 2 for honors in
the second division.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
TOURNAMENT IS SET

WINSTON-SALEM, March 3. -
R)-Eighty-one northwest North
Carolina and southwest Virginia
high school basketball teams have
filed entry for the eighteenth an
nual Winston-Salem, N. c., Journal
and Sentinel newspapers northwest
high school basketball tournament
opening here Tuesday, March 7.
Entries for the tournament will
"lose at 8 pm. Saturday, March
A.
Junior Order Home, Of David
son county, will be the defending
champions in the boys division
and Walkertown High, of Forsyth
county, are defending girls cham
pions. High schools of 20 counties,
four in southwest Virginia, are
eligible for the play.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
Augusta Man Is DowDed 7,
Worlds Lightweigbt Al
Championship Bout
BY FRITZ HOwErr

NEW YORK, March
Bob Montgomery of pbijado,apS--
s'ashed out a 15-round dec ipnls
tonight over Beau Jack Of ut a,or
to, Ca, to win the New Yor 40 gu
sion of the worlds Igb n1n YER
championship, MontgomeTTv- 'w we
&c 1876 and Jack 1874. weigh
The largest indoor oro,..,
years, 1906, paid slll.5s4 I0 w. i. IN
the thrilling duel betwear " see $,
gladiators land watched ,r. M
gomery take the laurels frol wont
Beau just as he did 1s 3s4il n, thu
In November, Jack Won fl may
Montgomery, after ha IA, MI cutie ut
troll through the first eigbt 's con-
tonight, had to stage an m n ruaad'
in the last two sessions s ~
the verdict. There were no Enn mh
downs, but the action was S'q ta.,
and furious I'll the way. '''
1t was a split decision for Mon.
gomery. Judge Marty Monroe vst,
ing Jack the winner eight rom .
to seven. Judge Bill Healy CAV,
Montgomery eight, Jack six AND AND
called the other even, while Rel
cree Arthur Susskind young on,
to-, voted the same as Healv,
The victory sends Montgomery
against Sammy Angott in ths
Garden March 81 in a 15-rounder
for the undisputed world title, An.
gott now holding the NBC sanc
ton.
Montgomery went into tonigbps
fray a 9 to 5 underdog, and his
win provided the Garden with its
third upset in as 1any weeks.
Only two weeks ago Montgomery
a l to 4 choice, was knocked ont
in 63 seconds by Al Davis, Brook.
ly welterWeight-the fastest ka.
20 in Garden histor and It
week AL Baksi, Kulpmont Pa
heavyweight on the short end Of
1875 c S, outpointed Tami Mau.
riello.
Thus Montgomery rose from
flat on his lack to the New York
worlds title in two short weeks.
Each of the title bouts between
the Negro top-notchers has gone
the limit, and in each the cham.
pion was defeated. Gate receipts
for the there bouts scared over
5000, 900 - and Beau Jack, in il
starts in the Garden, has drawn
more than 100000 through the
gates.
Two weeks from tonight BeaI
Jack meets Al Davis, the kid who
knocked out Montgomery two
weeks ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
LONERGAN TRIAL
IS TERMINATED
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Freschi said in disrnissing the
panel of prospective jurors. :.
Pointing out that jury had not
been impanelled or sworn, Fres-
chi said:
I 1.-The defendant may legally and
properly be put to trial by the
state without fear of a possible
successful claim of double jeop-
ardy."
In reference to the new trial,
Freschi told the court:
IN view of what has happened
I hope it will not be before me
as presiding judge"
II say amen to that" snapped
Broderick.
AS tempers hared, Freschi told
the booming-voiced defense coun-
sci:
Il am not going to let you use
this courtroom as a vaudeville
stage"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
SOLDIER ADMITS
HE IS THE PAPA
Continued from Page One)

allowance for each of the chill
dren," he said, land on top of
that they can have all my pay"
Sgt. Thompson was pale and
tense as he made his announce
ment at U. S. Army headquarters,
where it was stressed that he had
appeared voluntarily and without
official connection. He handed out
a written statement which had been
typed for him but which he said
was wholly his own.
Thanked by Army officers, he
answered a few questions, hating
~ but determinedly. He hoped that
he and the mother of the babies
could disappear now from the lime
light into which they had been
thrust so prominently with the birth
OF the quadruplets.
Il hope Norah and I will be
left alone now so that we can to.
gethez' work out our problems and
destlnies," his statement conclud-
ca, land so that I may be able
honestly to work out my problem
with my wife"
The first thought Of Norah Car.
penter at Heanor in Derbyshire
when she was told of the death
OF baby Macdonald today was that
thompson must be informed i'm.
mediately.
Sitting up in bed, her shoulders
IN a pink jacket, she told of having
met the American soldier - she
calls him "Red''-on Dec. 16. 1912
THE first day he was allowed
out of camp after his arrival in
England"
"At first he talked about his
wife good DEAL" she said. 1--WE
tiled to quit going together. But
we couldn't.
In May, I think it was, he
wrote her and asked for his free.
dom. She said no, because Of he,
religion"
| She thought while, and then
summed up her story.
II Il love Red" she said
II Sgt. Thompson came to London
to consult with his army superior.
aftec having paid a brief visit
to Heanor last night. He saw No
rah and stayed with her parent.
until early this morning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
Randolph Scott WEEDS

RIVERSIDE, Calf, March g.
P-Screen Actor Randolph Scott
and Miss Marie Patricia Stillman,
member of a socially prominent
New York family, were married
at the courthouse here today by
Justice of the Peace r. A. Moore.
Scott gave his age as As. Miss
Stillman said she was rs. They
were accompanied by the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilhelmus
Stillman of New York and attor.
,ley Chauncey Mcfarland Of Riv.
erside.
Scott formerly was married to
Mariana Dupont Somerville Of the
Wilmington, Del, Dupont family.
He is a native of Orange, Va.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
Betty Hicks Receives
Discharge From Spars

CHICAGO, March 2-4RABetty
Hicks, who won the women's ma
tional amateur golf championship
in 1941, then turned professional,
said today she had received an
honorable discharge from the
Spars and would compete in
tournament golf this summer.
"You can say Il received the
discharge because of recurring
golfing injuries" Betty explain.
ed. II am now going home Nong
Beach, Calif.) to sharpen up my
game for a summer of tourna-
ment competition. 1 would like
to play in some Red Cross bene-
fit exhibitions if they could be ar
ranged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
M'SPADEN LEADS
CULFPORT OPEN

GULFPORT, Miss, March g.
R)-Harold jug" McSpaden, the
winter circuit hot shot Ohio was
shuffled out of first money in his
last two golf Journeys was the on
ly player to break par in the first
round of the $4,000 Gulfport open
today, whipping out 33-35-68
over the par-71 great southern
Grub course.
McSpaden described his round as
"the hest of my life" In so doing,
"Jug' took a three-stroke lead on
tile field, and gave solid promise
Of returning to the form which al
ready netted him three major
winter wins.
Deadlocked behind the Philadel-
phian in No. spot were Sammy
BYRD, Ed Dudley, Jimmy Hines,
Harry Cooper, Tony Penna and
Les Kennedy, all with IFS. Byrd,
the Birmingham plaster who re-
Gently won the $1,000 New Orleans
open, is an early favorite here,
as is Ed Dudley, who yesterday
fired five-under-par 66 in tune
UP round.
McSpaden's crisp tour of the
tough setup here today occasioned
especial interest because he had
trudged doggedly and uncomplain-
'ngly through the New Orleans
open. playing u holes despite the
fact he underwent a minor oper-
alton Immediately before that tour
ney began Even so, he finished
third, behind Byrd and Byron Mel
son.
McSpaden missed only two
greens today, the 18th and 18th.
A fine chip on the 18th gave him
a par, but he hit tree on the
18th to take his only DOGGY. He
marked up total of four brides,
and putted for brides on 10 other
holes from u feet or less, but
his game on the green was
shade Wobby.
Byron Nelson of Toledo, who
has been a sharp competitor Of
McSpaden's over the winter swing
cardad 35:38-73 to trail Dave
Clark of Galveston, Tex, by one
stroke and wind up in a tie for
ninth position with several others.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
RUSSIANS SURGE
CLOSER TO PSKOV
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Other troops further north con.
tinued to enlarge their Estonian
bridgehead southwest Of Narva and
in two days more than 1890 Ger
mans were killed in the forests
and marshes of the area, Moscow
said.
German reports mentioned fight
ing in three other sectors which
failed to receive mention in the
Soviet communique. Berlin said
that in White Russia the Soviets
were attacking north Of Rogachev
and around the bastion of Vitebsk.
1t also spoke of fighting northwest
of Newell where the Red army was
driving on the Pskov-P olotsk rail
way.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
CONTRACTS SIGNED

BOSTON, March g. up The
signed contracts of two new Braves
were received today by John Quinn
secretary of the Boston National
League baseball club.
Carl Lindquist, a right handed
pitcher, who ,yon Is and lost eight
at the Braves class IA" farm
in Hartford last season, sent his
contract from his home in Elmira,
N. Y.
From San Angelo, Texas, Da.
mon Phillips, shortstop, sent his
contract to the Braves office.
Phillips was purchased from Syria.
cuse last fall.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
METHENY, TURNER SIGN
NE,W VOpK Morcb q I'D

1NIW 10IIIA, WdI CII o. WI
The Yankees announced today that
Arthur BuO Metheny, regular out
fielder who hit .261 last season.
and Jim Turner, veteran relief
pitcher whose 1943 record was
three victories and no defeats,
had signed their 1914 contracts.
Their signing gave the Yankees a
total of 10 players under contract
out of 81 listed on their roster.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
PASSES EXAM

ATLANTIC City, N. j., March 8.
--P-Big Steve Sundra, st. Louis
Browns pitcher, passed his pre-
induction physical examination to.
day at Camden, N. j., and re-
quested Army service. He will re-
man: at his home here until or
dered to report for military serv-
ice by his original draft board,
which is in Cleveland.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
LEPKE AWAITING
TRIBUNAL REVIEW
Continued from Page One)

known Immediately through the
court clerks office. II the petition
is granted, arguments will be set
for a later hearing, in which case
Dewey would be expected to grant
an additional stay Of execution.
Meantime, Manhattan District
Attorney Frank S. Hogan, who
talked with Lepke for 80 minutes
yesterday, at Lepke's request, told
a press conference in New York
he had telephoned Dwey about
one hour before the stay was an
nounced.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
SOVIETS TO GET
ITALIAN VESSELS
Continued from Page One)

ed States might take an Italian
cruiser and transfer to the Soviets
several American destroyers.
Mr.. Roosevelt told a press con-
ference two weeks ago that the
Russian ambassador had brought
him a question from Premier Sta
lin, and he said today that the
question was what ships, or their
equivalent, would go to Russia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
GLENN ACCEPTED

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, March 8
-(RHJoe Glen, catcher Of the
Kansas City Blues and thrice a
member of the New York Yam
KEGS, was accepted for Navy duty
when he passed his pre-inductm
physical examination today, He
is the father of three.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
WEATHER
Eastern Standard Timel

" U. S. Weather Bureau
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 1880 pm, yesterday.
TEMPERATURE
1880 am, 38, 1880 am, 80, 1870 pm, So,
1880 pm, 81.
Maximum So, Minimum IS, Mean 40,
Normal so.
HUMIDITY
1880 am, SO, 1880 am, 81, 1880 pm, 46,
7:30 pm, 10.
PRECIPITATION
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 pm,
GOO inches.
Total since the first of the month,
600 inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
(F'rom the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Wilmington -------------- 5:37a l2:14a
Masonboro Inlet -------- 3:44a lo:o2a
4:12p 10:12p
Sunrise, 6:37 am, Sunset, GIL pm.
Moonrise, 1888 pm, Moonset, 3:14 am.
Cape Fear River stage At FayetteI
vile, 22.18 feet.
WASHINGTON, March 3. -LP)- Wea-
Their bureau report of temperature and
| rainfall for the "a hours ending pm.
in the principal cotton growing areas
| and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04

A tire on a wheel which is only
one-half inch out Of alignment is
dragged sideways 81 feet every
mile the car travels