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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-27
Miss Virginia Jenkins,
John H. Bowers Married

Mr.. and Mrs. J.. M. Jenkins an
nounce the marriage of h e r
daughter, Virginia Evelyn, to John
Hugh Bowers, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
X. D.. Bowers of Sunset Park, on
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-27
PERSONALS

Mrs. Florence Fullwood of Lake
Forest, and Mrs. S. w., Sebrell left
Saturday for Rocky Mount, where
they will visit with their friends
and relatives.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Henry v. Reid
and daughter, Mona, who have been
residing on Masonboro Sound for
the past year, while Lieut.. Reid
was stationed at Camp Davis
have left for Savannah, Ca,
where Lieut.. Reid is now stationed
at Camp Stewart.
Mrs. Thomas K. Boardman of
Jacksonville, Fla, and Mrs. Jack
Garris of Coral Gables, Fla, are
visiting their aunt, Mrs. J. Frank
jolly, who is patient at James
Walker Memorial hospital.
Donald MacRae Parsley, Jr., has
left for Sarasota, Fla. to visit his
brother and sister-in-law, Lieut..
and Mrs. Walter L. Parsley, for
ten days.
Miss Geraldine Piner has return.
ed to her home here after visiting
her uncle and aunt, the Rev. and
Mrs. B. D. Gore in Rome, Ca,
and Miss Betty Darnell in Atlanta,
for three weeks.
Miss Fanny Crow has returned to
her home on Masonboro Sound, at
ter an extended visit in Canada
and her former home in Houston,
Texas.
/ Mr.. B. K. Gore has returned to
her home here after spending three
weeks in Montgomery, Ala, and
Rome, Ga, visiting her son and
daughter-in-law, the Rev. and Mrs.
B. D. Gore.
Lieut. and Mrs. Arthur James
have arrived in the city to make
their home and are residing on
Masonboro Sound.
Allen J. Green, who has been
spending the past week in the city
visiting friends, will leave this
evening for his home in Washing
ton, D. c.
Lieut.. G.g.) Isaac Granger, Jr.,
and Mrs. Granger will leave Mon
day for Montclair, N j., for a visit,
with Lieut.. Grainger's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Isaac Granger.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCED
w. C. Riggs, Jr., seaman 1-c, and
Mrs. Riggs announce the birth Of
a son, William Clyde, Bird, at
Marion Sprunt annex on August 2,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-27

Newest fabric for fall is the
bright coin-dottad satin used for
the perky peplum and rolled col
lar which trim the slim-lined New
York creation above. A yard of
this multicolored print might be
the answer to your question of how
to bring up to date last years good
little black dress
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
C0LORED BOXERS
TO MEET HERE

Billy Johnson, well-known local
colored middleweight fighter, will
meet Neal Stokes, thrice AAU mid
dleweight champion of New York,
in 10-round fight at ITALIAN Hall
next Thursday.
Johnson will find tough compe-
tition in the young New York bat
tier, who has won q of his last
30 bouts, 81 of them being via
kayos.
The local boy, however, has an
impressive record himself, win
ming % of his last Is fights, most
of them being fought in New Yor<
rings against leading contenders.
The preliminary schedule will
feature Ernest Herring and Will
liam Brown in a six round bout
between 147-pounders. Other pre-
liminary fights are being arranged
by the colored Elks' Lodge, who
is sponsoring the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
SHIPWRICHTS NIP
ERECT0RS, l TO 0

Who said there wasn't much COM
petition in the Shipyard soft ball
league? If some of the old faithful
followers were at Legion Stadium
yesterday afternoon and saw the
highly touted Erectors 60 down
with their ace pitcher, pitching be-
fore the blazing bats of the fight
ing Shipwrights it would have
cured many open sores.
Both teams played brilliant ball.
going nine complete innings before
either team could shove across a
run. But then it happened, the first
man up for the Shipwrights, Smith
laid down a perfect bunt but the
fleet footed skipper Keith threw
him out at first by step, Goodson
then hit a scorching single to left
center, Lassiter lined a beautiful
double into deep left and Goodson
was thrown out trying to make
third on a perfect throw, Jones to
Keith leaving Lassiter setting on
second, then Station comes up and
Britton Erectors catcher signals
for an intentional walk, but Shipr
lets his fast one tricky across the
outside corner and big Jim smacks
it into left center for a single
Lassiter scored standing up, with
what proved to be the winning run
The Erectors made one error, the
Shipwrights made three errors bu1
they were not costly.
Struck out by Tritt 4 while issu-
ing 5 free passes, Ship struck ou1
men and issued 4 passes. Hits
off Tritt 1, hits off Shipp 3. Lass
tier stood out for the shipwrights
Smith made a spectacular catch
of Titles drive that brought the
fans to their feet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
RISING INDIANS
NIP AS, z TO /

CLEVELAND, July 20 ~
Steve Gromek hurled the cl.,,
land Indians to their third S, r.eys'
triumph over the PhiIadslr,ss@a'
Athletics today, the Tribe win ,pa'
2 to on the strength of Row. u
lenbine's double. WI
The two Cleveland RUS raw.
the seventh inning, when W.1 d
ager Lou Boudreau walked T "a,
lenbine doubled, and the bow W. Sa'
age- beat a throw to the nIst .,'ay'
Ken Keltner's grounder. CrT! On
bine scored when Buddy Ra ,S''
forced Keltner at second 1'g NJ
Athletics tailed in the fo,. .as
Frank Hayes crossing the n NJ VI
after his own double and T nav
Siebert's single. 'S
Luman Harris was CHARGED -,
the loss. He gave the Indians se "..l
hits in as many innings before ,f y,
ing relieved by Jonas Berry w. w.
mex allowed five hits in winr;n
Philadelphia ...... 900 Ion NM ; !,
Cleveland .......... 900 DON DIV
Harris, Berry and Hayes; Cra.
mex and Roser.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
BRIGADE RALLY
SINKS POINTERS

CAMP DAVIS, July 20-Surviv-
ing a Cherry Point outburst IN
the first frame which netted three
runs on three hits, walk and
two errors, hustling Camp Davis
Blue Brigade rallied strongly be-
hind Jim Hearn's comeback hurl-
ing to notch a 4-3 victory at the
Marine Flying Field yesterday.
Two winning streaks were thus
kept intact. The AA's have now
CAPTURED six straight while Hearn
earned his fourth mound success
in two weeks. The ex Georgia
Tech infielder, currently the pitch
ing shot shot" cmong service
mems teams, has allowed total
of six runs, 10 hits in that stretch,
including 81 strikeouts. His sea-
sons whiting accomplishments
add up to 1O4.
When Walt Halsall, Cecil Hub
bard and Nal Malkasian smacked
consecutive singles in the opening
inning Hearn appeared to be in for
drubbing. When Wright walked
and Westfall and DeLuca erred on
Ken Reese's dribbler the Marines
owned three-run advantage.
Hearn, however, frightened up
thereafter. A lone single by Pete
Rafferty, in the sixth with two gone
was the final Cherry Point safe
ty. Hearn set down nine Filters on
strikes while walking five.
After Fred Snoddy, the Marines
boxman, had retired Camp Davis
in order for two frames, Hearn
drew a pass to open the AA half
of the third. Johnny Bashart's
sliced double along the left field
foul line followed by Fred Posto-
lese's single to the same sector
accounted for two Brigade mark
ers. George Cvengros outran an
in field tap and Bob Westmall
strolled to load the bases.
Snoddy was in favor Of Sam
House who forced Johnny Bezemes
to roll to second for the third out.
House, whose third strike foiled
10 AA batsmen all told. famed the
side in the fourth. However two
wild pitches in the fifth paved the
way for his downfall Postolese
drew a free ticket and was wild
pitched to second Westfall then
laced two-bagger to right center
and made third when Reese drop
ped the return. Houses second
sky-high heave permitted West
fall to score the deciding tally.
Don DeLuca. in addition to hand
ling Hearn's shoots in fine stvle.
also collared two difficult foul
flies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
PHILLIES DIVIDE
WITH PITTSBURGH

PHILADELPHIA, July 2O-lR-
The Phillies won the second game
of a swing shift double header, 3
to 2, today On Ford Mullen's 18th
inning single with the bases load
ed, after losing the first game 4
to l before crowd of 1909
Pittsburgh's frankie Yak was
the standout of both games. He
drove the final two runs over the
plate with a triple in the open
er and started three double plays
that saved the day for Pitcher Ray
Starr Barrett. who until then held
an edge over Rip Sewell in a pitch
ing duel.
The Pirates won the opener when
they hoped On big Bill Lee for
two runs apiece in the third and
fourth innings. Buster Adams hit
a homer for the Phillies in the
second game. Pirate Manager
Frankie Frisch was elected from
the field, also in the second,
for protesting a called ball.
First Game
Pittsburgh .... 002 1000 000- a
Philadelphia .... 001 600 600 Il
Starr and Davis; Lee, Karl and
Peacock.
Second Game
Pittsburgh ..... 600 600 O20 90 2
Philade' phia go. 100 100 600 01-3
sewell, Roe, Rescigno, Strince-
vich and Lopez; R. Barrett,
Schanz, and Finley.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
GLIDERMEN TEAM
REPORTED STRONG

The following clipping is from
the Raleigh Observer and may
give readers some idea of the
strength of the 326th. Glider IN
fantry baseball team which will
play the Shipyard All-Stars Satur-
day night at $3.50 and Sunday after.
noon at $3.50 on the American LIE.
gion field
1.-THE glidermen of the 326th
baseball team Travelled to Concord,
N. c., to exc out 80 win over the
Concord Beavers last Saturday
night. Dave Koslo added another
win to his string of seven victories,
blanking the Beavers for eight in
nings, striking out II men. and get
ting two for four at the plate.
'Whiety" Behrman's homer in the
fifth inning was the longest hit of
the ball game.
The 326th did their scoring in
the first. third, and fifth frames.
In the first they combined three
singles and walk for one tally.
In the third they put together a
single, walk, and an error by the
Beavers third baseman to score
another tally, In the fifth Whitley"
Behrman's home ended their scor-
ing. Behrman and Koslo shared
the hitting honors for the day with
Whitley getting for five and Dave
getting 2 for q.
The Beavers scored their runs in
the ninth inning when they scored
two men on single, walk, and
single. Koslo struck out the first
two batters to face him in this
frame but couldn't get the third
and final out, were allowing two
hts and two runs
The Glidermen are a well-round-
ed ball club spanked by ex-Giant
Dave Doslo and Whitley Behrman,
formerly of the Durham Bulls.
Both of these players are versa
tile performers and quite often fill
in at more than one position.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
Filters Rally To Slam
Shipwrights. II To 8

Grumpy Lawrence's second shift
Filters came back strong after a
slow start to defeat the Shipwrights
in a free scoring contest II to 8.
The Filters clinched the game with
six runs in the fourth driving Beatty
from the mound. Each team gath
cred II hits, but the Filters were
able to make the most of their
hits count. The Filters pulled them
selves up into tie for second place
by virtue of their victory.
Fridays games pit the Ship
wrights against the top place Boat
Welders and the high rising Filters
against the strong Ship Welders.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
By WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, July 20-R-1t be
gins to look as though the four
minute mile and the 16-foot pole
vault might finish in tie, with q
couple of young men coming
through with such performances al
about the same time before they
nave been told that, by gum, no
cody could do such things.
Cornelius Walmerdam, the guy
WHO lives upstairs already has a
recognized world record of IS feet
: S.; inches in the pole vault, and
TOW .Arne Anderson has been
,ll.ed in +:01.5 for the mile, or
about & good squeeze from that
impossible four-rainute mark.
There hasn't teen. and won't be,
any intirn alton that Anderson was
timed with sun dial or an hour
glass. as we cave learned from
experience that hose Scandinavian
lOnners have a habit of living up
TO expectations when they come to
DliS COulTy.
Paavo Nurml didn't oisappoint
When he came over here with a
circus billing, Anc the three-sheet-
ed Gunder Haegg came through
last summer. The only conclusion
IS that they have stop watches in
other countries, too, and that be-
cause something happened few
thousand miles away doesn't mean
it didn't happen A fellows feet
seem to run in any language.
Anyway, there has been much
speculation as 70 the reasons the
Scandinavian countries turn out
runners such as Nurmi ad Haegg
and Anderson. Haegg had unique
training methods, playing hide-and-
go'seek with the squirrels in gal
,ops through woods and over rug
ged terrain, but as far as we know
Nurmi and Anderson took no such
steps, so that can't be the reason.
The most logical explanation we
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21

To the great surprise of no one,
wrestling promoter Bert Causey an
nou1ced last night that everything
is in complete readiness for his
mat show at the ITALIAN Hall at
$50 tonight. Another announce
ment of not too startling nature
was Causey's assertion that to-
rights show will be the best one
that he has presented here in a
great while.
Irish Jack Kelly, the popular
grappler who wrestles When in the
ring and figures out how to wrestle
when not inside the squared circle,
Says that he is quite sure that he
now knows how to defeat the pow
erful Milo Steinporn. The brawny
Zone bender. with all the ear marks
OF his profession reports that he
will simply wear the muscular Milo
down in the no time limit bout and
then pin him to the canvass.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
1t Begins To Look
Like A Long War,
Col. Potts Says

NEW BERN, July 20.-Col. Adam
E. Potts, commanding officer of
Camp Davis, told local Rotarians
in an address at a supper meet
ing here that World War II will
last five years.
The Rotarians lost their serious
acceptance Of his prediction when
he explained the reason for his
statement. He said that on a re-
cent trip to Atlanta one of the men
under his command had talked to
a Confederate veteran. This veter-
an expressed the firm belief that
the current war would last for five
years for the following reason:
"It will take year to drive the
Nazis out of Europe, and another
year to drive the Japs out OF ASIA
Then it will take three more years
to drive the Yankees out OF the
South -
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
TIGERS OVERCOME
SENATORS, 7 TO 6

DETROIT, July 20 Up Rudy
York batted in four runs and Dick
Wakefield belted his third homer
today as the Detroit Tigers de-
feated the Washington Senators,
7 to 6, fo- their third straight vic
tory Of the series and tenth tri-
umph over Washington in Is games
this season.
The defeat dropped the Senators
into sixth place behind Detroit and
Cleveland, who are tied for fourth.
Milo Candini of Washington and
Walter Boom BOOM Beck, start
ing his first game, were chased
early. The defeat went to Roger
WALTZ. Ruff Gentry gained the vic
tory although Hal Newhouser
helped him out in the ninth.
Washington ....... 203 600 001-6
Detroit ............ 23o OIL oox-7
Canoini, Wolff, Lifebvre and
Terrell; Beck, Gentry, Newhouser
and Richards.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
CUMBERT BLANKS
DODGERS, 6 TO 0

BROOKLYN, July 20 Up The
Cincinnati Reds found Calvin Nc
Lish no puzzle today as they con-
nected with timely hits to whip the
Brooklyn Dodgers to 0 behind the
steady eight-hit hurting of veteran
Harry Gumbert.
McLish yielded seven hits, five
of them extra base wallops includ-
ing a four-inning homer by Ray
Mueller. Gumbert never allowed
more than one hit an inning until
the eighth when the Dodgers got to
him fo- successive singles by
Augie Galan and Dixie Walker
with two out.
Reds .............. DOB 100 zoos
Dodgers ........... 900 900 1000
Gumbert and Mueller; McLish,
King, Branca.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21

/ opener to make it easy for Mort
Cooper to register his 18th vic
tory of the season. Walker Coop
er, Card catcher and Buddy Kerr
of the Giants hit homers. ST..
Louis big inning was in the third,
when six hits chased brewer and
scored five runs.
In the nightcap, the cards got
off to two run lead on a Hoop
at the expense Of Rube Fischer.
The Giants tied it in the seventh
on Kerr's second homer with one
on
Six hits in the 18th inning gave
st. Louis Four runs and the game,
for Ted Wilks' seventh victory
against one defeat.
First Game
st. Louis ........ 205 900 201-10
New York ........ OIL 900 000-
M Cooper and W. Cooper; Brew
er, Pyle, Hansen and Mancuso.
Second Game
st. Louis ...... 002 900 900 O4-6
New York ...... 900 900 200 co.
Wilks and O'Dea; Fischer,
Adams and Mancuso.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
BRAVES COP two
FROM The BRUINS

BOSTON, July 20 Up Conn.
Ryan's double with one man oIt
and two runners on base in tbs
last half of the ninth inning On
abled the Boston Braves to defes,
the Chicago Cubs sd in the ser.
ond game of a doubleheader TODAY
The Braves also won the first
game, Sd in IA innings.
First Game
Chicago 49,. 900 300 001 900 Oo-4
Boston go. 10 OIL 900 900 Oh
Wyse, Derringer and Kreitn,,
and Holm; Tobin and Mast.
Second Game
Chicago ........ 100 900 3OO-s
Boston ........... 100 100 ILL
Passeau and Williams; Javey
Hutchinson and Hofferth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
SPORTS TRAIL

have heard is that actual running
conditions are excellent in the Scan
diavian countries. That is, there
ale several tracks that are exceed
ig'y fast, and there is something
about the air that promotes best
efforts.
After the 1886 Olympics in Ber-
lin a group of American athletes
gave exhibitions in Norway and
Sweden, and they were unanimous
i their praise of running candi-
tons they found. In fact, Forrest
Spec" Towns set a world record
of 1877 for the 120-yard high hur-
dies at Oslo on that tour, and the
mark still stands.
One critic toys with the theory
there is something about the ro-
tation of the earth in that part of
the world that makes the runners
travel faster, but that is a little
too Einsteinish for us, and just
brlngs up the picture of the ground
spinning under the runners feet so
he'd reach the goal even if he was
Just treading water. However, we
wouldn't say three isn't anything
10 it. After all, there must be some
reason, and we wouldn't argue if |
someone said Anderson was pull
ed along by the northern lights. |
At any rate, the performance of
the nimble Swede shows the folly
OF making flat predictions that
such-and-such marks are humanity
impossible, as not many years ago
you could have found plenty of
citizens who would have given you
odds that nobody ever would hit
A:Q4 mile or 15-foot pole vault.
Aviation experts will tell you
humble bee is so constructed it
can't fly, but nobody ever told the
bee that And there are a lot of
young fellows who don't know
things are impossible to do, so 60
ahead and do them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
Veteran Guy Bush Signs
With Chattanooga Team

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, July 90
-P-Guy Bush, veteran National
League highlander, who has been
out of baseball for the past two
years, has agreed to report to the
Chattanooga Lookouts for trial
period, club president Joe Eneel
announced today.
The Major Lacquer. long with
the Chicago Cubs, has been work
ing out with the Windy City club
for some time now, Engel said.
and feels that he is ready for
mound duty
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
B0S0X CLUB III
WIN OVER CHIS0X

CHICAGO, July 20-|R-The Bos-
ton Red Sox became the first Mo-
jor League to win the seasons
series from another today when
they made it IL victories in 10
games with the White Sox by TAX
ing free-hitting game, II to T.,
they were outhit by the Chicago
ians, however, 16 to IA.
With Bobby Doer- and Bob John
son each singing in two runs and
Tom Mcbride driving in two more
with double, the Bostonians
knocked out Jake Wade for a 60
lead in the first two innings. The
White Sox, led by Ed Garrett and
Schalk. With three hits each,
started hammering Beck until
Glenn Hausmann had to be called
to save Francis RED" Barrett's
fourth victory.
Joe Haynes and Gordon Maltz-
berger succeeded Wade. Doerr
made two hits in five trips to raise
his league-leading to 1888, while
Pete Fox, the former leader, fin
ally snapped slump that saw
him go hitless II straight times
with a three-run triple off Maltz-
berger in the eighth inning.
Boston amman. 241 0oO 040-11
Chicago ........ 001 O21 OO3-7
Barrett, Hausman and Partee:
Wade, Haynes, Maltzberger and
fresh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
Roaring Red Birds Take
Double Bill From Giants

NEW YORK, July 2o-tR-The
league-leading st. Louis Cardinals
increased their lead over the Sec
ond place Cincinnati Reds to 10
games, their highest of the sea-
son, by taking both ends of a
double header from the New York
Giants, 1912 and 60, today, be-
fore 1924 paid admissions.
The Red Birds collected an even
dozen hits off Jack Brewer, Ewald
Pyle and Andy Hansen in the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
Graphing Show Tonight
In Complete Readiness

The main event will be winner
take all battle. The semi-final
scrap will bring Chief Little Beav-
or against newcomer George HUI
bert. Hubert is claimed by Causey
to be an extremely clever perform
err.
Tickets for the show are now on
sale at the Orion Hotel desk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
National League

st. Louis at New York (nighD-
Breechen (62) VS.. Feldman (8-3)
Cincinnati at Brooklyn-Neusser
(6-5) VS.. Davis (9-5).
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia migh)
Butcher (7-5) VS.. Gerheauser (6-3)
Chicago at Boston-Lynn 600
VS.. Cardoni (0-3).
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
TODAY'S GAMES
American League

New York at St. Louis-Dubiel
CD VS.. Kramer go.
Boston at Chicago-Terry (3-6)
VS.. Ross W-3).
Philadelphia at Cleveland (night)
-Hamlin CD VS.. Bagby 900.
Washington at Detroit-Haefner
(6-6) VS.. Trout $3.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
POLIO KILLS. SEVEN

LOUISVILLE, KY, July 20.-(P
The state board of health re-
ported today the seventh death this
year in Kentucky from poliomyel-
tits and said the number of cases
now totals 2O2.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
SIX PARoLEn

RALEIGH, July 1o-lR-Six pri.
soners, including one convicted
OF second degree murder and one
Tor manslaughter, were paroled
today by Governor Broughton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
National League

National League
Philadelphia 1-3; Pittsburgh 40.
Cincinnati 6; Brooklyn 0.
Boston SIS; Chicago "A.
st. Louis 1916; New York %
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
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STANDINGS
RESULTS
American League

AIIIcIICdfI LCdS ut
Detroit 7; Washington 6.
Cleveland Q; Philadelphia /.
Boston IL; ChiGago 7.
st, Louis houis-New H0rk date night
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Il don't blame the fellows overseas for
gettin' all het up over it, Judge. For the
likes of me can't see what's all the hurry
about holdin' these local prohibition cleo
tons while they're away" 49,"
1 agree with you, Steve. Time after
time lin their letters, in articles in polls
taken to get the views of our fighting men.
they have indicated in unmistakable terms
that they don't want any action taken on
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-21
STANDINGS
American League
National League

(X-Denotes night game)