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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
0UARTERMASTER
0UlNT TRIUMPHS

After being on the losing end OF
a game or two in the "Y" league,
the Quartermaster Group came
back in real style to defeat very
determined bunch from the Guard
Squadron. This game followed true
to style for the service league in
that it was a close game and ev-
cry point coming as premium.
The game was highlighted by sup
erb guarding and each team max
ing every point earned against
them truly earned. On the winning
side Holland again was the "dy-
Mantle. He personally accounted
Cor II of the rs points bagged by
his team. Breer and McDermott
carried the scoring burden for the
Guards by obtaining a total of Z
and respectively.
The next games will be played
on Monday night which will be a
double feature. There is no admis-
sion charge for the games and all
of the games will be played in the
''Y'' gymnasium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
Bv WHITNEY MARTIN

n NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-tR-Well
2 there's no sense in starting tt
/ scratch until you find out where
you're going to itch. So at this
minute speculation as to what the
J proposed war work draft will dc
! to pro sports is just that, and one
guess is as good as another.
Such a law could wreck pro
sports completely, figuring that
such sports are non-essential and
that the participants are in the
age group most desirable for war
work.
1t could leave the framework
even more skeletonized than it is
now by taking men here and there,
as the draft for the armed services
now is doing.
Or it could have no effect on
them if it were decided that games
such as pro baseball and pro foot
ball are of enough general interest
to service men and civilians to
warrant their continuance, thus
putting them in a semi-privileged
class.
Still guessing, we would imagine
the second possibility is the more
probable. There is a saturation
point to the number of workers
needed in war industries, and to
reach this point labor would not
be taken from just one prancA OF
endeavor. The drafiees would be
taken from all classific atoms, and
in this process of selection there
still might be enough athletes left
to carry On after a fashion. The
athletes were not exempt from the
service draft, and baseball and
pro football have been able to
continue.
It doesn't seem reasonable to
think that Immediately such a law
was passed that the government
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
LOCALS SEEKING
THIRD LOOP WIN
IN HANOVER GYM
BY BILL McILWAIN

With TWO !, conference wins to
their credit. the mighty New Han
over High cagers will endeavor
to add third to the list, as they
tangle with the Hugh Morson
courteers of. Raleigh in the local
high school, gym, at 500 tonight.
The Hanoverians will be slight
ly favored in the affray, but the
ever clever Raleigh hoopsters are
expected to. push the Cats all the
way. "A long rivalry has existed
between the two teams, and the
Wilmingtonians will be seeking
revenge for a grid trouncing the
capitol city lads handed them in
the past season. :.
The visitors have played two
loop engagements. and have ar
even break by winning one anc
dropping one. They appeared
most impressive in a victory
over the Fayetteville quint. Their
defeat was a close 22-21 ickins
administered by the Wilson Cy,
clones. The New Hanover hard
wooders swamped the Wilson out
fit, 1874, but comparative scores
mean very little in Wilmington
Raleigh contest.
The Wildcats latest victory wa;
registered Tuesday night as they
coasted to a 32-15 triumph over
the Goldsboro Earthquakes. Ir
this tilt the Cats displayed fine
defense and thwarted the Quake
scoring attack with their brilliant
breaking up of passes and shots
New .Hanover's starting club viii
be the same one that has brought
them their five wins. AL Hair
Collie and Harry Williams will
man the forward slots. Beak
Tsantes will operate in his Gus.
tomary pivot position, with Doug
Pridgen and Whitley Aud handling
the guard duties.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
CHAMP JOE LOUIS
TO BE AT DAVIS

CAMP DAVIS, Jan. 10. - Sgt.
Joe Louis, worlds heavyweight
boxing champion, will make a per-
sonal appearance in Camp Davis,
Wednesday, January 10, bringing
with him all the glamour of his
civilian pugilistic career and his
high military morale record.
Preparations for receiving the
champ have been completed to
make certain that the enlisted men
and officers of this post will lack
nothing in seeing above the cream
line of pugilism's milk. Accom-
oanying the Brown Bomber" will
be Ray Sugar" Robinson and Pvt.
Jackie Wilson, both well-known
glove artists.
In conjunction with the appear
ance of Louis and his retinue, a
boxing card in which ambitious
leather-pushers of Camp Davis will
show their wares, has been ar
ranged. This card will be COM
prised of six men from the 247th
AA Bn. and four men from the
235th. Cpl. Johnny McGuirk, for
merly Of Norwalk, Conn, will
coach the 247th and Pvt. Leonard
"Tarzan" Bostick will coach the
235th.
McGuirk once floored the sensa-
tional Willie Pep in a set-to they
had several years ago, and also
enjoyed a good professional rec
ord. Bostick is a former Missouri
Golden Glove champion, a n d
fought in the light-heavy and un-
limited weight division Of the pro
ranks.
Sgt. Louis will entertain the
Camp Davis hospital patients at
1870 of the day he will appear
here. Two other programs in which
he will be featured are scheduled
for Farnsworth Hall at from 800
to 4:30 o'clock and the final pro.
gram beginning at 700 p. m.
During their Camp Davis stay,
Sgt. Louis and company will be
quartered with the Post Detach.
ment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
CONTINUING
DRIVE IN BOSNIA

LONDON. Jan. 13-R-Yugoslav
partisans under Marshall Jesip
(Tito) are striking back vigorous
ly at German communications be,
tween Banja Luka and Zagreb, a
principal supply route for the Nazi
thrust into the heart of liberated
territory, they announced today.
The communique broadcast by
the Free Yugoslav Radio, which
monitors were able to transcribe
only partially, said the red starred
guerrilas also were continuing Of
fensive operations in Bosnia,
Reports reaching Cairo said
that the partisans had wrecked
the rail line between Zagreb and
Belgrade, one of Yugoslav's main
arteries, in five places and had
blown up military trains carrying
war material.
At the same time 'Yugoslav
sources in London described the
present German drive southwark
from Banja Luka as the most
serious threat the army of liberia
ton thus far has faced.
They said the Nazi. bolstered
by reinforcements, apparently
were attempting to break through
guerrilla defenses in the Dinaric
Alps toward the Adriatic, thereby
splitting the main forces of Tito's
partisans into two or more isolated
groups.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
WHITE PHANTOMS
PLAY Filler FIVE

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 13.-Caro.
lina's Navy VIZ quint, which
doWned the Florence Bombers and
Davidson civilians in its last two
starts, will entertain the Richmond
Army Filters Friday night and N.
c. States civilian club Saturday
night.
The game with the Wolfpack Sat
urday will be part Of a double
court and ring treat, the first of
its kind ever held here. The Phan-
toms and the Terrors will take
the floor at 1880, and at 8:45 the
Tar Heel boxers will open the sea-
son with Citadels State cham
pions, who nosed them out last
season 4 IL to 3 IL.
Friday nights game with the
Richmond Air Base will be a sim
gle attraction at 8 o'clock. Caro-
lina's conference tank champs will
go to Georgia Tech and the South
eastern AAU Meet in Atlanta Sat-
urday, while the wrestlers will be
at Navy and the B" quint at
High Point college.
The White Phantom quint, which
broke exactly even in eight games
before Christmas, has bounced
back with two wins in three starts
since the new year, and will be
striving to extend its streak
against Richmond and State.
The Tar Heels tight zone de
tense hit new high this week
holding the Florence Bombers t.
10 points, and Coach Bill LANCE i!
devoting most of his time to step
ping up and polishing the Carolin;
defense for Richmond, VIII i C
ranks next to the two Norfo1l
quints as one of the leading serv
ice clubs in Virginia.
Long John Deweli, sharpshoot
ing Buster Stevenson, and Jacl
Fitch, who is turning out to be a
nifty on the court as he was OF
the gridiron, led the scoring
against Florence with eight point
each. Dick Donnan also did yeo
man work under the boards, Will
Soc Creticos stole the bal land Sc
up plays in manner reminiscen
of Cardinals recent star, Boil
| Rose.
Coach Tango used his two lead
ing combinations INTERCHANGEABLE
and it is toss-up which he will
start Friday and Saturday. On
has Donnan, Poole or Creticos, Al
temose, Fitch, and Stevenson. TIL
other has Captain Mock, Box
Dewell, Hayworth, and Anderson
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
NELSON FAVORED
IN LINK TOURNEY
BY RUSS NEWLAND

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10. up
With two masterful sub-par prac-
tice rounds, Byron Nelson of Toledo
o., is favored in the 72-hole, four
day $4,000 San Francisco Victory
Open Golf Tournament starting
today. he medal event will end
Monday,
Nelson's favored role placed him
only a shade, however. ahead of
his partner on a recent exhibition
match tour to stimulate the sale
of war bonds, Harold jug" Nc
Spaden of Philadelphia. McSpaden
won the 72-hole Los Angeles Open
last Monday with a 278, ten under
par.
In the Los angeles event, Mel
son tied for third place at 203 with
Craig Wood, National Open Cham
pion, and Leonard Dodson, Kansas
City back of John Bulla, Chicago,
who had 281.
The long, flat Harding Park pub
lie links appeared made to order
for Nelson who banged out 1888
SO over the par 36-36-72 course.
He followed dhis with second
practice round of SO. McSpaden
tackled up d 72 and 70 in prac-
+: tice sessions.
: Other contenders will be Jimmy
4; Hines of New York, DIN Dutra OF
: Los Angeles and Sam Byrd, the
former New York Yankees base
ball player.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
SPORTS TRAIL

lwould reach in the sweep thu
boards clear of all professional
athletes. It would be as logical tt
suppose it would draft for labor
all members of dance bands, OF
all lawyers, or all shopkeepers
all of whom are working primarily
for themselves.
If the drain through the luck Of
the draw wasn't too heavy, it is
reasonable to assume that pre-
baseball and pro football could con-
tinue. What might effect these
sports seriously would be a deci-
sion to draft for labor first the
men in the 1888 age groups who
had been classified 4-F in the serv-
ice draft because of minor de-
fects.
Although it never has been Of
ficially announced just what cate
CORY pro sports fall into, the fact
the athletes have been given no
preferential status in the service
draft indicates clearly they are
considered non-essential, and there
is no reason to suppose their status
in the labor draft would be any
different.
However, baseball has not asked
for any favors, and several star
performers have abandoned the
game voluntarily to work in war
plants under a self-imposed work
or-fight order.
The whole thing would seem to
simmer down to this: should the
labor-draft proposal become law
and enough men and women are
drafted to fill all available jobs
and there still are enough baseball
and football players left over, those
sports would continue. If the drain
was greater than expected, or ath-
letes were subject to discrimina-
ton and would be called first, the
sports would fold.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14

Everything is in complete read
mess for tonight's big graphing
show bone bending boss Bert
Causey announced Thursday. The
performance is slated to begin at
$3.50, and the doors will be open
at 7:15 in order to eliminate con
gestion.
Wrestling's glamour boy, Wallie
Ward headlines the evenings card
as he tangles with Jimmie Cot
field. The blond huskie, who scales
in at 220 pounds employs much
the same style IS the popular Ray
Wilmer and Is rapidly becoming
one Of the leading mat favorites.
Coffield, the Kansas City flash,
has the edge in experience over
the crowd pleasing Ward, and is
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
.BETT0RS M0PPINC
AT HIALEAH PARK

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 13.-lg-7b.
bettors are on the beam at ".
leah Park this year, and todsy's
best tip is the public choice
In the first 40 races run Siro
they re-opened the stately nlant
the low horse on the tote bo.rs
won 20 times.
There was a cool 20 per cont
profit to be made by the rara.
goer who threw away his forr
charts and tip sheets and put b;s
money on the noses of the horses
with the shortest odds.
Prices We're such that, had h.,
laid So each on the betting fav,
critics, he would have n even s1s
aprofit to show for his $50 invest
ment.
the public gets all the credit
for picking 'em, because price,
under the Pari Mutuel system arr
determined by the trend Of tbs
betting.
A so per cent record Tor fay.
orites is something to talk about
in view of the fact that the most.
heavily-backed horses don't win a
third Of the time, year in and
wear out. at all tracks.
In eight races at Hialeah, The
second choice won. Prices were
higher, but anyone who followed
a system of betting on these
horses would be out $3.50, on a
81 winning wager basis.
It has been a bleak winter 50
far for the longshot plungers.
Highest price of the meeting has
been 5000, and only three others
have topped the $40 mark.
The odds are low and the races
are slow.
Best time for three-quarters Of
a mile on the Neutrality-suspicious.
strip was one minute, IL rs sec
onds-c O m p a d to Whopper'
track record of 1909 As.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
BIG EXPANSION
TO TAKE PLACE
IN THE LEAGUE
Bv CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN

| CHICAGO, Jan. Is. -lH)- Alter
celebrating for 20 hours while
seekers Of franchises paced the
outer vestibule like expectant ia.
theirs, the national football league
concluded its annusl midwinter
meeting today by taking this de-
finite action: .:.,:..@..e. .........
Inserting the word ONE in
place of the word THE in a
section of its bylaws affecting
PLAYERS drafted from colleges.
Franchise applications from But
falo. N. Y, Los Angeles, and San
Francisco were tabled until the
| LEAGUES annual business parley
April 10 at the Warwick Hotel in
Philadelphia to determine how
many teams will operate in 1914.
When this issue is settled, the
pro boys can get down to the reg
ular business of drawing SEIZED
ule and drafting college players.
The league decided to retain the
SIS, 900 application deposit planked
down by a group Of five Buffalo
businessmen, indicating that the
city still is being seriously con.
sidered as an operating member IN
1914.
However, the SIS, ZOO peeled of
by both Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco interests was returned, with
the explanation that "the league
does not Wish to tie UP this sum
of money until after the war. =
The applications, however, still
are eligible to be reviewed at the
April meeting. .-
1.-The trend of the times between
now and April" said Commission
er Elmer Layden, will determine
to great extent the acceptance
of the Buffalo franchise. We are
definitely interested in San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles for post
war operation.
The league currently consists OF
II members with Boston entering
as the sixth club of the Eastern Dl'
vision. If Buffalo comes in, 1t
probably will be planted in the
Western Division, thus paving the
way for an easier task OF map
ping a schedule for II teams.
The new rule change affecting
.sThe first two PLAYERS drafted by
each club, can not be traded or
sold until they have played one
season (instead Of the season2
with the team selecting them
This merely places the player
in storage, making him -unavall-
able for sale or trade and thus pro-
tecting his football career it ne
should be called to the armed for
ces.
The league also recommended
and is expected to pass in April
this provision: ANY football play
| ers who were graduated before La
Dor day are eligible for the col
| lege ple er draft and entitled te
participate in the league this sea
son." .,"'. 4;
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
TRACKMEN BEGIN
HOT COMPETITION
nv HAROLD CLAASSEN

| NEW YORK, Jan. 1o.-Ni-
took the war to give the geograph-
ical tinge usually reserved for the
nationals to every one OF the Win
ter's indoor track meets.
While the wars demands nave
taken away such athletes as Greg
Rice and Leslie MacMitchell and
possibly Cornelius Warmerdam, II
has made it possible for the al
most weekly appearances of such
newcomers as Jerry Thompson OF
Texas. collegiate two-mile king;
Cliff Bourland and Howard Gala
nan. Southern California sprinters;
and Bob Hodgen of Wisconsin IN
the high jump.
Thompson's availability adds
luster to the two-mile division
which was weakened by the loss
of Rice. Much of the competitor
will come from Notre Danes Oh
lie Hunter. now with the Columbla
University Midshipman S 6 h o l.
Jim Rafferty, of New York ano
CLAYTON Farrar of the U. S. CoaS1
Guard.
Thompson recently was trans
ferred to Northwestern University
from the Southwest. Farrar,
power runner, may be the sur
prise of the winter. Hunter ane
Rafferty, open the board season
Saturday night in the feature race
of the Grover Cleveland A. c. NEE
in New York.
Bill Hulse and Gil Dodds arr
: back for the mile and Don Burn
ham hopes to get enough TIM
5 off from his medical studies a
| Dartmouth to compete. .
! Bourland's opposition in the mid
5 die distances likely will be fu'
: nished by Michigan's Bob Ufer
: Charley Beetham, once OF Ohl'
State and the perennial threat OF
t fered by Jimmy Herbert, the New
} York postal employe.
John Tracy, Splinter iron
: Missouri, also is a student at tn
Columbia Navy School along witt
| Hunter, Callahan and dashmel
: Harry Pieman OF Ohio Safe ani
John Jones of Washington.
2 Others available are Eulace Pea
cock, the old Temple express, ant
Herbert Thompson of Jersey City
Both now are stationed at tn
Manhattan Beach Coast Guard.
Hodgell, a 6-foot 6-inch hlgl
Jumper from Wisconsin, is anothe
Columbia trainee. Robert Breal'
of Pennsylvania, does 6-5 and Jos
hua Williamson, co-holder OF tn
indoor AAU title, and Bill Vess;'
Tasty Bear of Columbia but not a
Dartmouth, can be counted upol
for appearances. -,
Only in the pole vault, Wit
:. Warmerdam and A. Richmon
. (Boo) Morcom of New Hampshir
= in the services, is the field beloy
par. Both, however, may compete
= Warmerdam has been transferre'
. from the West Coast to Monmouth
Ill.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
Professional Grid Meeting Is Concluded
Everything Is Set For Mat
Show At ITALIAN Tonight

bit inclined to get rough at
times. This edge Coffield possesses
in 1.-The know" is greatly evened
up by Wards hustling aggressive
ness.
The other tiff on the card brings
together big Jim Clinstock and
Milo Steinborn. Clinstock, a tricky
$50 pound Indian, is rough, tough
and hard to get along with. Pro
moter Causey had difficult time
in getting his name on the dotted
line. -...-... .,....-
Steinborn, the Memphis, Tenn
essee scrapper, is well known to
local graphing goers. He is the
former worlds wei'g h t liftin 6
champion, and is plenty on the
mighty side.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
Kid Elberfield, Former
Baseball Star, Is III

CHATTANOOGA, Jan. 10. -(R-
Though still mighty sick man, -
Norman "Kid" Elberfeld, SO, for
mer baseball star, is "still battl.
Ing and that means much" his
Physician said today.
Il believe his physical condi.
ton, particularly his strength, is
bit bitter,' the doctor added.
Elberfeld was stricken with pneu
monia last Saturday. The hospita,
reported him in a Every serious
condition.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
High School eager Score,
81 Points In One Comics,

OMAHA, Jan. 13-LR-Rich Lane
scheduled to. report for nilitaTs
service with the Marines tomn'
row, climaxed his high scSO,,
athletic career by scoring 81 Yoint
on 26 field goals and y free tbron,'
as St. Joseph High defeated Sacros
Heart, rs to %, in a basketbsu
game last night. Lang perfo~r'
ance topped his own intercitv 500.
ing record of 81 set last year and
ran his season total to 153 in seva w.
games.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
Football Played Rough
This Season In South

/ LAKE WALES, Fla, Jan. 13.-
R-Wartime collegiate football in
the South was toughest in history,
the Southern Football Officials AS
sociation reported today.
In 104 games-haf the number
played in 1942-there was an aver.
age of 14.50 penalized fouls game
compared with 13.41 the previous
season and an au-time low Of 9.O6
in 1882. Records of the association
go back IL seasons. IT,.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
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liabilities includes $e2s1e Income Collected ono 90
Total ALI LIABILITIES Go including
subordinated obligations shown below 1883
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ANNIE G. sHAcKELFORD, Notary Public
My commission expires s-2s45.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
JURY SERVICE PRAISED

NEW BERN, Jan. 13.-Judge
Clawson L. Williams of Sanford.
installing new grand jury here
this week, asserted that there is
no more important duty with rela-
ton to citizenship than grand jury
service. Headed by George w. AL
lee as foreman, the new group in
cludes some of this county's most
prominent citizens.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14
Chris Haughey, Young
Dodger Star, To Army

BROOKLYN, Jan. 10. - tP -
Chris Haughey who, as 17-year-
old Long Island high school stu
dent, pitched a game for the
Brooklyn Dodgers late in the sea-
son, received notice today to report
for induction on Jan. Is. Haughey,
recently turned 10, is a right-hand-
ed throWef.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-14

The Bureau of Indian Affairs
manages the affairs of approx
mately 100000 Indians of the
United States, and natives of
Alaska.