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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
Duke Hoopsters 7opple
Heels From lie ague Lead
Jug McSpaden Gets Hot
In Ph0;enixzGolf Open

PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. eAR-
Harold (Jug) McSpaden, 35.year.
old Philadelphian, set new 18-hole
tournament course record today
with sensational seven under par
81 to take three stroke lead at
the three-quarter mark in the S..
600 Phoenix Open golf champion:
ship tournament.
Hotter than the Arizona sun
which, kept the ge.sing greats in
shirt sleeves, McSpaden picked UP
a full seven strokes on the leaders
and posted a 205. total for 81 holes.
Play will be completed today. -.
Byron Nelson of Toledo, O.,
matching par figures with a II,
held second place with 208 total.
With 10 holes to go, Craig Wood
OF Mamaroneck, N. Y, National
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
Baseball Scribes Honor
Dickey. Branch Hickey

NEW YORK. Feb. 6 III Bill
D:cIey, popular veteran catcher Of
the New York Yankees, and Branch
Hickey, president of the Brooklyn
Dodgers, were honored for past
performances tonight at the annual
dinner of the New York Baseball
Writer'S as the scribes gathered to
lampoon the outstanding events OF
the 1913 season.
Dickey. received the player of
the year award, the first catcher
to be accorded the honor and the
18th recipient since Bill Terry took
the bows in 1881. Ted Williams of
the Boston Red Sox was the winner
last year.
Hickey drew recognition for out
standing service to baseball over
a period of years, an award to be
known henceforth as the William
Slocum Memorial, in honor of the
former baseball writer.
Commissioner We esaw M. Lam
dis and William G. Bramham came
in for good share Of the joke
making as the writer's presented a
court room skit in which Lands"
and Bramham' presided to hear a
series of cases ranging from the
Bill Cox incident, through the
Brooklyn rebellion to the minor
league proxy" meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
DEMPSEY MAKING
CUARDSMEN TOUGH
BY BERT COLLIER

PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb. 6-(R
The sole interest of Lieut.. Comdr.
Jack Dempsey of the Coast Guard
these days is helping speed vic
tory and he is working at it more
diligently than he ever trained for
a prize fight.
Though here on vacation the
former heavyweight champion is
occupied with meetings, speeches
and radio appearances to boost
the sale of war bonds and the only
time he could snatch for an in
terview was while hurrying from
his hotel to an automobile waiting
to speed him to another rally.
But he used those seconds to re-
veal a fast-talking, deadly serious
Manassa Mauler.
'The only thing that counts
nowadays is getting the war over, "
he declared, Looping through the
Lobby at the double.
Nothing else matters"
He paused in the entrance to ex-
plain he and SIS assistants were
putting Coast Guard trainees
through a rigid program of box
ing and wrestling at the Manhat'
tan Beach, N. Y, boot camp.
Cup there we're training kill
ers," he asserted. THAT hasn't
a pleasant sound, but it's true. We
have to fight fire with fire. A
man has to develop courage and
resourcefulness if he is to sur
vive.
"What we are doing hasn't been
a wasted effort"
He climbed into the car.
"Prize fighting? I don't have
time to think about it. But I'm
confident the champions for years
to come are now in the services.
They will return with stamina and
the fighting instinct. They will give
the ring a great boost when this
is over"
He slammed the door. The car
started away.
"And you can say" he shouted,
that I love what I'm doing. l
never got such kick out of any
thing in my life.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
Hustling Hawkeyes Have
Tough Tilt Coming Up

CHICAGO, Feb. 6 Ill., dead
Eye Dick" Ives and those amaZ-
ing aptly named Hawkeyes Of Iowa,
after shattering scads of scoring
records Saturt2. in their 103-31
humping of Chicago, have man
sized job ahead this week.
To remain at the top of the mid
vests basketball heap as this sec
tion's only major unbeaten team,
they must whip Ohio State twice
on successive nights - something
Purdue found a bit too difficult.
Freshman Ives, in sinking A
points, surpassed the previous mark
of 40 established by Andy Phillip
of Illinois against Chicago last
wear and also cashed Phillips To-
field goal feat by connecting for ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
SPORTS TRAIL

L. Swisher, former athlete and
coach at South Dakota u, is
coaching the club. Mickey is bust
ness manager.
From a purely selfish stand
point that Johnny Wander Nicer
won't be with the Cincinnati Reds
this year. Johnny has decisioned
the Red Birds IA times while
losing six starts. Commissioner w.
G.. Bramham of the national base
ball association thinks the 1914
minor league meeting will be
held in Minneapolis next Deem
ber-if the American Association
issues the invitation. The major
confab is due in Chicago at the
same time. Two Canadians - ]
Emile Dion and Lorenzo Morel-
have been drumbeating annually
for the meeting to be held in
Quebec, and they may land il
one of these years.
"Turk" Karam, Brooklyn pro
basketball impresario has received
letter from former New York
pro league star now corporal in
the air forces stationed in China
in which he calls attention to the
popularity of the cage sport
among the Chinese, Every town
in that sector has a representative
team, and the corporal, identified
only as ''Knopp" says his boys
are getting up team to play the
leaders of the Chinese league Ad-
mission prices amount to ST in
American money, and the games
draw 900 or 700 fans The Phila-
delphia pills are in t''e market
for new nickname. How about
'the Philanthropists?" The way
they can give away games is a
caution,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
William And M airy And
Maryland Share Top
Spot In Loop

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 6.-tR-
Duke University's last minute,
one point victory over North Car
DINA Saturday night left William
and Mary and the University Of
Maryland, with one win each, at
the top of the Southern Confer.
ence basketball standings.
A free throw with 80 seconds to
60 gave Duke a 41-4O edge over
North Carolina to end the White
Phantoms' seven game winning
streak. 1t avenged an earlier de-
feat by Carolina over the Duke
Blue Davis.
North Cardinals conference rec.
ord of seven wins and a loss will
be good enougs to land the Phan--
toms in the annual championship
tournament to be held the last Of
this month in Raleigh, N. c., even
if they lose their seasons finale
against Davidson Tuesday.
Duke has a loop record of three
wins against one setback and ends
its regular campaign against N.
c. State on Saturday.
William and Mary's one verdict
was scored over Richmond, a
strong Viz outfit which whipped
Virginia after the Cavaliers had
tripped North Carolina. Mary.
lands one decision was gained
over v. M. I.
w. & M. does not have fami-
ly game coming up this week but
Maryland quint will be tested
against Richmond on the Spiders
home floor here.
Other loop games will send v.
M. I. against Virginia Tech at
Blacksburg on Monday, Davidson
to N. c. State on Thursday and
South Carolina against Clemson
on Saturday.
Top games against outsiders will
include the Virginia-Richmond re-
turn engagement on Tuesday and
the North Carolina Norfolk Naval
Training Station encounter on Sat.
urday.
Southern Conference st,pd;ro..
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
Racing Secretary Robert
5. Shelley Dies Suddenly

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 6.-aR-Rob-
ef' 5. Shelley, 43, racing secre-
,ofy at Tropical Park, Miami, and
1Td'fiagansett Park, Pawtucket, R.
H. l., uled unexpectedly today of a
Aeart attack.
ne formerly served as racing
reIie'ary at Arlington and Sports
o (nail parks, and at Havana's
oriental Park.
i Das father, William H. Shelley,
o' s;ecfetary at Churchill Downs
csu and Lincoln Fields. Chi.
Sb sU' ana a brother, William J.
oftiai ey' has served as a racing
nruh ai at various tracks for a
Ns S of years.
SIM N''5vorS include the widow a
DagnNo pert, and daughter
hell d'i ID. Funeral services will be
-ueSoay morning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
BASKETBALL RULE
| CHANGE PROPOSED

DALLAS, Feb. 6.-R)-James
w. St. Clair, chairman of the Ma
tional Basketball Rules Committee
saws something must be done abou'
giant goal-tenders. If not, he sees
a return to the old stalling game.
SIT is plainly evident that well
have to do something to remove
the premium now placed on alb
normal height and devise a way
to reduce or eliminate the tai
players effectiveness on defense, -
he said today.
cat present it is illegal to inter,
fere with the ball directly over
the basket but lot of these giants
are doing such good job that
they're managing to bat the ball
away before it reaches the pro-
tected zone"
St. Clair advances as probably
the best means rule making it
illegal to touch the ball anywhere
after it starts its downward arc.
Two other rules also should be
revamped, he says. One would in
crease the number of personal
fouls chargable against a player.
The other would permit unlimited
substitution.
St. Clair declared rules that
have speeded up the game have
made more opportunities for foul
ing and placed a heavier strain on
the players because of more sus-
tanned action.
He said the research and ques-
tionnaire committee of the ma
tional rules group now was MAX
ing a survey to see if there were
sufficient problems to justify a
meeting to consider rule changes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
Yankee Catcher Rollse
Hemsley May Quit Game

VIENNA, Mo-, Feb. 6.-(R'-Rol
lie Hemsley. New York Yankee
catcher, today said he 'wasn't
sure" whether he will play base
ball this year.
Things don't look so good, and
besides, ! have to protect my in
terests here. I haven't heard any
thing from the Yankees and have
not said anything to them either
The 37-year-old Hemsley has q
720-acre farm near here on which
he has so head of cattle and a
number of hogs. .,5.,..s
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07

Open champion, deadlocked with
Nelson for the lead at the halfway
mark, dropped back to third place,
scoring u for a 209 total.
+. Fourth was Sam Byrd, Detroit,
former New York Yankee outfield-
er, who shot 50 for a 210 total. He
was followed by Harry Cooper,
Minneapolis, whose II gave him
212.
Shooting was methodically as a
mechanical man, never unnerved
even when in trouble, McSpaden
'carded eight brides and nine pars
on his Sizzling round. He ran down
puts from three to Is feet, as
though they were following e.
groove, and his drives and ap-
proaches were splitting the tree
bordered fairways.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
Horsehiders Returning
From War Get Old Jobs

| instated or must be assigned to
another club in the same or high
err class.
To avoid conflict with establish
ed player limits, it was suggested
that the reinstated players shall
not be counted on the limit until
one full training season or 80 days
OF the regular season unless they
have been used in a regular game
or transferred.
Transfers Of players on a down
ward scale was limited to one
classification before waivers must
be asked. AS an extreme example
Leslie 'Connor, secretary to
Lands, said that if a major league
club had = a. national defense list
player that.sysi t~wanted to transfer
to Class D, every league between
the majors and D would have a
chance at him for the waiver price
before the deal could be put
through. After one year from his
reinstatement a national defense
list player forfeits his special sta
tus.
The proposed waiver price rang
ed as follows: $3.50 in IA, 81, $50
in Al, 81 $50 in A, and $500 in B.
$3.50 in c and 500 in D. Rules al
so were recommended to provide
settlement of a situation in which
there are conflicting waiver
claims.
Asked if the proposals ended all
talk of any defense list free
agents." O'Connor said that he
did not think so. 1t is considered
possible that the proposed rules
may be put into effect on an op-
Grating basis before they actually
have been adopted. .l....
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
BY WHITNEY MARTIN

BY WHITNEY MARTIN
NEW YORK, Feb. 6-RECaught
short:
Gene Sarazen's quest for '1ook-
ers'' to make golf exhibition
tour of army camps has ended
with the selection of Kay Byrne of
Rye, N. Y, and Catherine Fox,
a student at Susquehanna College
and daughter of pro Jack Fox.
The gals can play golf, to. Joe
Kirkwood trick short wizard, will
complete the foursome for the
March and April exhibitions.
Luiet. Gen. Joseph w. StelWell
largely was responsible for the
development of basketball as a
big-time sport at West Point. AS
cadet he was a regular on the
first army team, and later he was
officer-in- charge and coach of the
cadet quintet. Of the 122 cadets who
won their letters in the cage sport
at the point. two are now lieu
tenant generals, nine major gen
erals, two Brigadier generals, %
colonel, Is lieut. colonies, II ma
jors, II captains, eight first lieu
tenants and 10 second lieutenants.
sion aske&ball team at Camp
Sgt. Mickey Mcconnell sends in
plug for his Goth Armored Divi-
only one
Campbell, KY. The quintet has
sidered superior to the 36th
lost only one game and is con-
Armored Regiment five of 1913,
rated among the top three serv.
ice teams. Among the stars are
Joe INLAND, ex-Canisius College
Ace; Bill ACE" Goodwin, who
played with the Albany, N. Y,
pros; George Lacy, hailed as
Richmond University's greatest
athlete; Bill Rasmussen, lanky ex-
Nebraska Wesleyan center, and
Dave Wiley. former all-around
athlete at Georgetown. sOther
squadsmen include Lieut.. Ted Ro-
derrick, ex-Pitt captain and Mis-
souri, Valley A. A. U. player; Al
Blatnik, Mississippi State; Bill
Fuchs, House of David basketeer
and Eastern League outfielder:
Lieut.. Ledger Free of Brigham
Young u, and Andy Flasko, Con-
necticut A. A. U. star. Capt. Clark
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
BY JACK HAND

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-tR)-Base'
ball players who have donned kha-
XII or the Navy blue for the dura-
ton will find their old jobs wait
ing for them and all rights pre-
served after the war is over, if the
baseball postwar planning groups
recommendations of today meet
the approval of the major and mi
nor leagues.
Under the direction of Commits
sioner Kenesaw M. Lands "a ma
jor-minor committee wrestled with
the problem for two days and has
just begun to skim the top Of the
bucket of postwar projects. =. =
Elaborate safeguards were rec
commended to insure the men on
the national defense list that, af-
ter their reinstatement, they will
be regarded in the same light as
if they had been in baseball SER
vice while in the armed forces
so far as regards their major leag-
ue status, eligibility for advance
ment by the draft and other rules
OF the game to the players advan-
tage.
The proposals may have a
strong bearing on the postwar
conduct of the farm systems as
the national association was asked
to require waiver rule in every
league. Of the nine circuits oper-
atlng last year, only the four in
the highest classifications operat-
ed under such a plan.
Returning servicemen must be
retained Is days of the playing
season or 80 days of a training
season after they have been re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
Duke Cagers Down c arc
lima In Southern Bas-
ball Loop

NEW YORK, Feb. 6VR1Un
,,.ten Iowa, by scoring 103 points
oo.inst Chicago, and Long Island
1fniversity, by rolling up 90 agains1
1,hode Island State, jumped into
tse college basketball limeligh1
over the weekend.
sparked by IT year-old Dock
,'op who trimmed 43 points. the
Ms., chalked up their 18th
h lao;aht in whipping the Maroon
s Soo 81 at Iowa City. The win also
lo0,o Iowa undisputed leadership
n the Big Ten.
III 1o I,ru Island beat Rhode Island
DG ;ts own game in piling 81
al ;n ..' against Providence quin.
po ~ IN a doubleheader at Buffalo.
T [T' y New Workers raced to a 4e
5 1I' balftime advantage and fin.
1 on top 1888. Ernie Calverly,
phode Islands high scorer. was
held to 10 points.
NJ There were other surprises. too.
remnle upset Canisius; Southern
Methodist hurnbled Texas; Duke
+,,rned the tables on North Caro-
Ina Ohio State ended Purdue's
win, winning streak in the Big Ten;
Wisconsin did likewise to North
western; and Western Michigan
t'nbled Camp Grant. Fort Warren
0Vyo) knocked Utah out Of the
undefeated ranks.
Keeping pace with Iowa in the
unbeaten class were Army and
Miami (O) University. The ca
diets whipped West Virginia and
Rochester and now have won all
EIGHT games played. Miami has a
100 record.
Also very much in the national
picture are Dartmouth, with 10
wins in row and a season mark
of ISL: the Norfolk. Va. Naval
Training team. with Is straight
and season mark of 26-1; Great
Lakes with 1872; Nuremberg .l5-2;
Kentucky Ill; Long Island 90;
Gonzaga. I'll; Depaul 1872 and
Oklahoma Aggies 17-3.
Taking a quick look around The
country, this is how things look:
East - Dartmouth knocked off
Cornell to end its Eastern inter-
collegiate season undefeated and
with unbeaten Army rates as tops
in the East.
Midwest - Purdue and Ohio
State split a two-game weekend
series at Columbus, which coupled
with Wisconsin's surprise over
Northwestern. let Iowa jump to the
top of the Big Ten. Depaul whip
ped Notre Dame to pace the in
dependents.
Big Six-Iowa State in undis-
puted first place with 41-39 VIC
tory over Oklahoma. independent
ly, the Oklahoma Aggies continue
tops.
Southeast - Kentucky with IL
! record spread-eagles the field
Southern Conference - Duke
jumped back into the running by
handing North Carolina Al to
40 defeat after trailing by 1871
midway of the first half. 1. was
the Tar Heels first league de-
feat. North Carolina also was
beaten by the Greensboro BIC
No. 10 service outfit, $40. The
Greensboro team boasts a 1O,game
winning streak. George Senesky
who set national scoring mark
Of SIS points with St. Joseph S
Of Philadelphia last year, is a
member of the team.
Rocky Mountains-Utah still out
Ia front with Ill, although losing
inst game to Fort Warren
Pacific Coast-Washington con-
tnued unbeaten in Northern half
o. conference by lacing Oregon
State Oregon whipped Idaho
I@ce. Gonzaga best among indie
pendents.
Southwest Conference - Rice,
victor over Texas, and Arkansas,
Mlce Winer over Baylor, battling
50f lead. After losing to Rice,
texas was upset by Smu.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
Detroit's joseph Hoover
To Report For Induction

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Feb.
-lREJoe Hoover, 27-year old
shortspot Of the Detroit Tigers,
has been ordered by his draft
board to report for an induction
physical examination.
Hoover, married and the father
of two-year-old daughter, has
been working in war plant this
winter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
>D1 "a College Scraps,
w. L. State Basketeers

onl1aanE;lGH, Feb. e-lRHcatawba
State,sse Indians will meet N. C.
a bavl,s struggling Red Terrors in
night Ae'oall game here tomorrow
in IA awDa has won nine times
vcto, S.afts this season, two of the
and ri oelng over N. C. State
have henson. The Red Terrors
nine ID; oeen unimpressive, losing
win L lines in 10 tries-their only
18th pelng over Camp Butner's
replacement DEPOT. ~ 80
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
M. E, S. A. SECRETARY
IS STILL DEFIANT
Continued from Page One)

mine whether sanctions should he
applied against $4,000 members
of the union on strike in some
a. war plants in Michigan and
Ohio.
Smith has described the strike,
which began in Toledo, O., where
the United Automobile Workers
(CIO) is seeking to supplant the
MESA as bargaining agency for
tool room employees of the WHY'S.
Overland Motors Co., as a protest
against government labor pro.
cedures."
The MESA has demanded a
WLB directive freezing for the
duration our representation in the
plants under contract" The union
claims $1,000 members and con.
tracts with 81 plants.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
COATED TEXTILES

Armored or coated textiles have
so improved and multiplied under
war pressures that the consumer
is assured of many better peace
time products. Fabrics coated and
impregnated with pyroxylin, rub
Der, synthetic rubber and synthet-
ic resins are serving a multitude
of military uses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
CIVIC BOWLING LEAGUE
STANDINGS

Games This Week
Mon.-Rotary VS.. Exchange.
Wed.-Kiwanis VS.. Civilians.
Fri.-Lions VS.. Senior Frat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07
MIGHTY CRUISER
HITS THE WATER
Continued from Page One)

with the clocklike precision that
Navy men regard as a good omen.
Mrs. Marsh, who also sponsored
the cruisers predecessor, smash
ed the bottle square across the
bow as she said in clear, firm
tones: "I christen thee ALLAN
ta'."
Residents of the Georgia city
purchased $63, 1897, 897.50 in war
bonds for construction Of the ship.
The keel was laid January 5, 1913.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07

Fog is merely cloud in con-
tact with the ground.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07

A sexagenarian is a person In
his sixties.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-07

An ancient queen Of Algeria had
400 husbands. of"s'''
Montana labor news., 1944-11-09
A. G. M. WINS
HOLLOW VICTORY

1t is not too much to say that the whole
world was watching the national United
States election and wondering what the
next four years would bring, especially to
Russia, France, Great Britain and Ger
many. Tremendous consequences rested
on the outcome of this election. Was
America to continue the same econmic,
social, and military policies in the future
as in the past or was there to be a change?
Perhaps it would be good if the people of
the United States would hesitate a
moment and just think what the rest of
the nations were considering about us be-
cause America has become such a p redom-
inant factor in world affairs.
Here at home in Montana the Anacon-
da Copper Mining Company has again
demonstrated its dictatorship and owner
ship not only of the property of the state
Montana but of the very lives of the peo-
pie. Perhaps there is not another state in
the United States which is so completely
Inundated by corporation domination as
the state Of Montana. This must be
acknowledged. In any general election
it is usually conceded that the Anaconda
Copper Mining Company controls $500
to 5000 votes in Silver Bow County and
about 10000 votes throughout the state.
This merely means that if a candidate has
not the blessing Of the Anaconda Copper
Montana labor news., 1944-11-09
GREATEST YEARSOF
LABOR STRUGGLE in
PESOTTA BOOK

Dramatic and significant aspects Of
the American labor struggle in its great
est years are portrayed from the human
side in Bread Upon the Water" a book
by Rose Pesotta, which Dodd, Mead and
company will publish in late November.
From 1888 to 1914, Miss Pesotta was
the only woman vice-president of the IN
ternational Ladies' Garment Workers
Union, now 3O5, 900 strong. AS a gen
eral organizer she led campaigns and
strikes in various cities across the land
and in Canada and Puerto Rico. She
was lent to the G. I. o. for the huge
Akron rubber and Flint auto sit-down
strikes.
Notable phases of her story deal with
police la~wlessness; thousands Of Puerto
Rican needle-workers starving under bu-
reaucratic rule; Seattle employers as Wig
ilantes; sadly exploited Mexican and
Dust Bowl women in Los Angeles. wom-
en- breaking factory windows to save the
Flint sit-downers from tear gas; opposi-
ton to "disruptive foreigners (organ-
izers from the U. s. in Montreal; failure
of the Mohawk Valley back-to-work for
mula in Cleveland; appalling conditions
in San Francisco Chinese underground
garment shops; mountain men with
hair-trigger tempers on the eleven-mile
picket line in Akron, and outside agi-
tators' striving to maintain peace; years
when the L. l.. G. W. U. was torn by in
ternal war.
There are memories, too, Of the au-
thor's childhood in Tsarist Russia; OF
jhe Black Hundreds; Of peasants burn