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DON'T WANT
ANY EXPANSION

PHILADELPHIA, April 2O-ORD
The National Football League vo-
ted against any wartime expansion
today. Meeting in executive ses-
sion after accepting the changes
IN the professional playing code Of
fered by the rules committee, the
leagues club owners voted to table
for the duration five applications
for franchises and instructed COM
missioner Elmer Layden to return
the $4,000 forfeit checks to the ap-
plicants.
Franchise bids have been receiv-
ed from Capt. Ernie Movers of the
Marines and Anthony Morabito,
both of whom wished to place clubs
in San Francisco; Abe Wattner of
Baltimore, Sam Cordovano of Buff
falo, and Los Angeles applicant
who requested that his name
should not be mentioned if his bid
was not accepted.
Layden explained that this &C.
ton was taken because the club
owners could not decide in what
direction they wanted to move be-
cause, in view OF the manpower
shortage and transportation condi-
tons, they did not believe they
should act hastily.
By tabling the applications,
which can be revived at any time
the league desires, the way was
left open foz. future expansion to
the west coast. No formal applica-
ton for a Miami, Fla, franchise
was made by Harvey Hester and
Doug Wycoff, who said yesterday
that they hoped to place a Ma
tional League team there after the
war.
By passing unanimously all the
rules changes offered by the COM
mittee, the National League virtu-
ally eliminated out-of- bounds kick
offs, the subject of considerable de-
bate in both college and pro foot
ball during the past year; and le-
Called, as one-season expert
ment, the not-uncommon practice
of coaching from the bench.
The new rule provides that if a
kickoff goes out of bounds or fails
to travel ten yards, the kicking
team will be penalized five yards
and must kick again. This will con-
tinue until kick has been legally
handled by the receiving team. A
move among college coaches for a
similar ban on our-of- bounds kick
offs has brought no action from
the national rules committe.
The experimental coaching rule
permits communications between
the bench and the field, either by
voice or signals, but limits the
coach's sideline travels to the ter
ritory ten yards on either side Of
the middle of the bench.
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Arkansas Believes If
Squad Will Be Very Good

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, April
2O-tRtIhe 4-F classification has
given the University of Arkansas
prospects Of a better showing in
southwest conference football than
before the war began making
huge inroads on college rosters.
In 1941, when there was no war,
and 1912, when Army calls hadn' t
started taking stars right and left,
the Razorbacks went without a
single conference victory. Then in
1943, when Arkansas, without a
naval training unit like most of it's
rivals, used boys who were 4-F,
too young for the draft or dis
charged from the Army, the
porkers broke their losing streak.
Now Coach Glen Rose, himself
with a medical discharge from
the Army in which he served as
captain, has checked on spring
training and found that of the Is
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Nv WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, April 20.-tREThe
players all trotted out to the right
places on the field with no truant
officers following them and with
out tripping over feet that were
young when you and I were, Nc
Gee.
The pitchers scuffed the dirt
around the mount moncholantly
and the infielders threw the ball
around zestfully after every put
out, winding up by tossing it gent
ly to the chucker.
In fact, it looked just like base
ball, and by gum, it was baseball
they unfolded at the polo grounds
last Tuesday. Good baseball, and
if you didn't know there was a
war on and weren't aware of miss
ing stars, you would have consid-
cred it just another opening game
of another normal year.
Sure, the crowd wasn't quite as
large as usual, what with thou
sands Of guys who might have
been there away toting guns or
sailing the seven seas, but other
wise it was about the same.
There was the usual march to
the flagpole behind a national
guard band pumping away Justify.
There was the bunting draping the
stands and there was the mayor
with his "B" card hat throwing
out the first ball in all directions
and then settling into a Lands
pose, chin on box rail.
The advance publicity for the
season had left the vague impress.
sion you'd see fuzz-faced kids with
lollypops in their hip pockets ane
creaky old guys with no more flu
ture than a smoke ring out there
and that the baseball would bt
something awful to contemplate.
But, we repeat, it was gooe
baseball the giants and braves de
livered and if you had a sudde1
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Senator's Lick Athletics

WASHINGTON, April 20. -lR -
| Fairly Wynn shut out the Philadel-
mia Athletics with two hits here
t5dav while his mates combed the
efforts of Russ Christopher, Jack
NcGilIen and Carl Scheib for ten
hits to give Washington a so vic
torv. This was Wynn's eighth
STRAIGHT win over Connie Mack's
crew.
The Senator's jumped on Chris
topher in the fifth. Case, Wyatt
and Spence singled. Ortiz tripled
but Spence was trapped between
third and home. Kuhel doubled
and in came McGillen to Christie
piers rescue. Torres singled scor-
ing Kuhel.
Case went around the bases in
the sixth on a single, steal, wild
pitch and Spence's long fly. Case
connected for four hits, scored
twice and stole two bases.
Philadelphia ...... 600 900 600
Washington ...... 600 041 00x-5
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FIGHTS TONIGHT

In what is probably the best
middleweight fight in Whining
ton in several years, Red
Beard and George lehman
clash tonight in the feature
event of a six-bout boxing card
at the American Legion Arena
at $3.50. After battling to an
eight round draw last Friday
in a bout that had the fans
falling in the aisles with ex-
element, the two hook up to-
night in a scrap that should
give the ring addicts their big
gest night of punch-packed
thrill of any of Promoter Huck
Lilies fine shows.
Even though the ma jority Of
the fight fans would gladly pay
the admittance price Just to
see the Beard-Echman fracas,
Promoter Lilies is offering a
topflight supporting cast. In
the semi-final Johnnie Edens
and Buddy Best meet in an
other ARRAY that should give
the fans everything in the beak
busting book. The evenings
snappy show presents four
other fights, including the Bev-
erly Saunders-Johnny Beck
tiff.
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RIFLE MARKSMEN
SCORES 1899 X 200

Edgar Williams, teen age ROTC
rifleman, who is assisting Edmund
McLaurin,, err iii e d National
Rifle Association craftsmanship
instructor, with the coaching OF
the trainees in the Lake Forest
Rifle Clubs small arms training
school, Wednesday night proved
that he can shoot as well as assist
his contemporaries by scoring 1919
x20O points ON the standard NRA
gallery target, prone position,
without rest.
Young Williams turned in a per-
feet 1O0x10O on his first target card
and 99x10O on his second target,
dropping only one point through
the entire course. Coached by Nc
Laurin for a year, Williams has
participated in open tournaments
at Greensboro and Charlotte, and
has won several medal awards in
open competition. A student in
the ROTC of the local high school,
he is currently assisting school
officials with the ROTC rifle train
ing program at New Hanover
High.
Though Young in years, Williams
has won the respect and admira-
ton of older and more experience
ed marksmen for his ability and
enthusiasm. In his shooting, he
uses a heavy, 20 cal. target rifle,
selected for him by McLaurin.
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on the Roster, 1916 OF whom
were on the squad Last season
definitely will be around next fall
and that Is OF them are 4-Fs,
including dozen Of the IS re-
turning lettermen in the latter
classification.
Thus it is that Arkansas will
open the conference race next fal.
with more letterrnen than any
other school.
Lettermen scheduled 10 return
are: Ben Jones and Marvin Lind
sey, backs; Earl Wheeler anc
Carl Lee Jackson, centers; Leor
Pense, Bobe Cope and Henry
Ford, guards; Jim Young, Char
les Johnson and William Brown
tackles, and Baldwin, Rixie Rank
in and Lamar Dingler, ends
Equadmen due back are Thoma;
King, guard; Melvin McGaha, end
and Joe Centenio, back.
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CATS DROP 4.3
TILT TO BIRDS

A single by Bo Carpenter scor-
ing Hooks from third in the twelfth
inning gave the Rocky Mount
Blackbirds 4-3 win over the New
Hanover Wildcats in Rocky Mount
yesterday.
The entire contest had been a
duel between the Wildcats tall
Highlander Al monk" Collie and
the Birds Joe Fountain. Collie
hurled superb ball and forced the
Blackbirds to leave 10 men strand
ed on base.
Matching Collie's every effort
was Fountain, who limited the
Cats to hits and struck out II
men while walking only two.
The Birds opened the scoring In
the second inning by tallying two
runs on single, an error stolen
base and an infield rap.
The Cats garnered their first
marker in the sixth frame when
Piner and Dyches singled n d
Fountain threw wild to first on
Auld's high bounce.
In their half of the stanza the
Birds scored another run on a
walk to Walker and a single by
Gray to 60 into the lead by a
81 count.
The locals knotted the score in
the eighth inning as they racked
up two runs. Michaelis reached
first on an error, stole second
and scored when Second baseZan
Walker muffed McIlwain's ground
er. Dyches tied the game by belt
ling single to score McIlwain,
who had stolen second. Whitley
Auld Dashed out a double for what
would have been the winning run,
but Dyches was thrown out on a
close play at the plate.
The encounter continued until
the twelfth with both pitchers
working extremely cautiously. Car
penter's blow then broke up the
game.
Duke" Dyches, Cat backstop,
and Second baseman Snow led the
local batting with 2 for 5 and 1
for 2, respectively. Lands was
high for the Birds with knocks
for 6 tries.
An outstanding factor in the
tight Wildcat defensive play was
Whitley Auld's spectacular fielding
at short stop. Aud, who has been
a reaular third sacker and was
starting his first game of the sea-
son at the short field slot. pulled
the Wildcats out of numerous holes
W h his snappy handling of
grounders.
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War Vets Are Entered
In PMlIy Track Meet

PHILADELPHIA, April 20-OR)
Two wounded, decorated and dis
charged war veterans are among
athletes entered by New York Uni
versity in the University of Penn
sylvania relay carnival here April
% and 20.
They are Jay Jackson Tunick,
former Navy and Army pilot who
saw action in both the Pacific and
European theaters of war, and
Bernie Golding, who participated
in the New Guinea campaign.
Tunick, wearer of the distinguish
ed Flying Cross and the Purple
Heart, is entered in the discus and
hammer throws and shot put Gold
ing, who wears the Purple Heart,
will run in the 400-meter hurdles.
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SPORTS TRAIL

case OF amnesia and couldn't re-
member any great players you had
seen you would have been peprfect-
.ly satisfied.
And why shouldn't It be good
baseball. These are American kids
who have grown up with a base
ball in their hands, and know
what to do with 1t. Maybe some
of them don't hit as hard or as
often as some of the men they are
replacing, OF are more liable to
make a tumble, although there
were couple of plays you
couldn't have improved on. But
they do all right.
A lot of the names might have
been taken out of telephone book
as far as familiarity to the fans
is concerned. They never heard
Of them, and in a way that makes
the situation the more intriguing.
You used to 60 to game, say
a Yankee game. and perk up
when Keller or DiMaggio or Cor
uOll VI OlChSy SdIlIS W bdt, tllcH
settle back and wait until they
came up again.
Now every man who comes up
is a suspicious character. You
don't know what he'll do, where
the strength of club lies. 1t was
rockies who stole the show that
afternoon, although there wer e
veterans sprinkled here and there
in the lineup. 1t wasn't Mel Orr
or Ducky Medwick who won the
game, although Ernie Lombardi's
rousing single helped. Say, there
was time when those three men
on the same club would really
have b cen something, wasn't
there?
Anyway, the baseball this yOar
is going to be a lot better than
you have been led to believe. It's
a crazy quilt but it will warm
the hearts of the fans if they don't
insist on making comparisons.
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CARDINALS BEAT PIRATES

st. Louis, April 20.-P)-Morton
Cooper of the Cardinals, who was
injured in an exhibition game last
week, said he was ready and ask
ed the pitching assignment against
the Pittsburgh Pirates today. That
was a mistake on his part.
The ace-right-hander was knock
ed out of the box in the seventh
inning, although the Cardinals went
on to win for George Munger, So.
They hammered Art Cuccurullo
and Xavier Rescigno for 10 hits,
including two doubles by Ray San
ders and a double and two singles
by Emil Verban.
Pittsburgh ------000 100 2OO-3
ST.. Louis -1OO 1O1 2Ox-5
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GREATEST DAYLIGHT
AIR ATTACK MADE
DELIVERED BY u. S
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surprise for the enemy, being one
of the latest ever made by the
Eighth Air Force and certainly the
heaviest evening bombardment
ever directed at occupied France.
1t was estimated that some of the
bombs were plummeted to their
targets as late as 7:30 pm.
Britain's double summer time,
now in effect, gives the British
bases light in the sky until after
9 pm. during the spring and sum-
mer months.
The great alta cking force roared
off to their targets for more than
three hours as it flew over the
southeast coast. Some squadrons
still were returning to bases at 8
pm.
Channel weather was perfect for
precision bombing after the grand
assault Tuesday and Wednesday in
which more than 5000 tons of
bombs were dropped on Nazi tar
gets In 80 hours. There had been
pause in the American heavy OPP
eratlons until last evening.
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Out-Of-Bounds Kickoff
Virtually Outlawed By
Professional Gridsters

PHILADELPHIA, April 20.-(P)
The out-of-bouds kickoff, target
of much criticism in football re-
Gently, was, in effect, outlawed by
professional clubs at the National
Football Leagues spring meeting
today.
The league also legalized coach
ing from the sidelines, on a one
year experimental basis.
The kickoff rule provides that
the ball must be handled by the
receiving side before it can be put
into play. A penalty of five yards
for the kicking team is stipulated
for each kick that goes out of
bounds or does not travel at least
10 yards.
The sideline-coaching rule pro-
vides that coach may Commune
cate" with his team on the field,
so long as he remains within 10
yards of the center of the players
bench.
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Scores averaged considerably
higher at last nights session than
during previous weeks, officials
stated, adding that the trainees
are taking the program most seri-
ously while having a little friendly
competition on the side.
The Lake Forest Rifle Club, affil-
lated with the National Rifle AS
ISOLATION, is coached by Edmund
McLaurin, local certified instructor
of that organization. Several grad
yates of the first rifle training
school conducted by the Lake For.
est club have already entered the
armed forces.
Tabulatlon of the four high scores
of last night follows:::.
Young, 99x100 and 96x100, aver
age 81 IL; Pittman, 94x10O and 97s
100, average IS IL; Stuckey, 94x1SC
and 94x100, average 94*; Seward,
94x100 and 94x10O, average 94+;
Otey, 92xl00 and 95x100. average
SO IL.
Tiled for third place.
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Tussel
At ITALIAN Hall Tonight

A wrestling show, headlined
by a Chief Little Beaver-Bill
Bartush battle, will take place
at the ITALIAN Hall tonight at
$3.50. Tickets for the show are
now on sale at the Orton Hotel
desk.
A semi-final ENHANCEMENT
brings together Big Ben Nor
gan and Doc Len Hall.
Graphing fans are expected
to view every type Of mat acti-
vities tonight, as the show will
offer all styles Of grunt and
groan tactics.
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PAGE AND BYRNE
LEAD PINEHURST
GOLF TOURNEY

P1NEHURsT, April 20 -NR) -
Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page, the
Chapel Hill housewife, and Kay
Burne, youthful Metropolitan stal
from Rye, N. Y, advanced today
to the finals of the annual NORTH
and South women's golf tourna.
ment, and they will meet tomorrow
in an 18-hole match for the cham
pionship.
Mrs. Page, winner of the even
five times from 1885 to 1912, hac
little trouble in disposing of Mary
Clay O'Connor of Durham, N. c..
Wilmington and T. Miss Byrne hao
tougher time in defeating he1
opponent, Marjorie Row of Annis-
ton, Ala, 2 and l
Back in competition after 8
years layoff, Mrs. Page hit her
stride early in the match and took
the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eight
holes in row. She had a card OF
35 going out against a Al for the
Durham girl.
At the 14O-yard sixth, her tee
shot was 10 feet away and she
holed out for a two. Miss O'Con.
nor's tee shot was within IL feet
but she needed three strokes to
hole out. At the seventh, Mrs. Page
hooked her second shot into high
grass but she took wedge, ham.
mered the ball on to the green
80 yards away, and sank a long
putt for a four.
Miss Byrne, recently a member
OF a transforming party headed
by Gene Sarazen, and Miss Row,
a leading player in the Florida
tournaments, were both off their
games today. The lead in their
match alternated several times,
but the Rye player finally got out
IN front and went on to win when
Miss Row was bunkered and took
six on the long seventeenth,
here Miss Byrne got five.
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DODGERS HAMMER PHILLIES

PHILADELPHIA, April 20.-P)-
Led by outfielder Augie Galan, who
made four hits, the Brooklyn Dod-
gers hammered out IA hits off four
Philly pitchers today, and took
the rubber game of the three game
series from Philadelphia, 8 to 2.
Although tagged for ID hits, Lefty
Fritz Ostermueller frightened in the
pinches, leaving IA futile Phils on
bases, for his first success.
Howard Schultz, elongated Dod-
ger first sacker duplicated yester-
days performance by driving In
two runs on a pair of doubles.
Jim Wasdel, former Dodger
playing first base for Philadelphia
drove out three hits.
BROOKLYN ------OOo 400 310-a
Philadelphia ---.----Ol0 OO0 loo-z
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Cuban Hurler Wins For The Reds:
|Bro1Uns Top In American League
P1I6ilzeilHi1il EzRI

NEW YORK, April 20. - Up
Probable pitchers for tomorrow's
major league games: 1913 records
IN parenthesis:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
washington at New York Leo.
nard GLIB or Wolff Q0-15 VS..
Chandler (2014.
Boston at Philadelphia - Haus-
man O-O VS.. Black (e-1e).
Chicago at st. Louis - Lee (5-e)
VS.. Potter dO-).
Detroit at Cleveland - Over.
mlre 60 VS.. Reynolds Q1-12).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
st. Louis at Chicago - Brecheen
90 VS.. Derringer dO-14).
Philadelphia at Boston - Raj
Iensoerger COL VS.. Andrews GA
20).
New York at Brooklyn - Adams
Old VS. Wyatt Q4-5).
cincinnati at Pittsburgh - Beggs
0-6) VS.. Sewell (21-9).
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Three Phiuy Players
Accepted For The Many

PHILADELPHIA, April 20-Rt-
Lurn Harris and Lew Flick Of the
Philadelphia Athletics and Ray
Hamrick of the Phillies were &C
cepted for Navy service after pass
ing their pre-induction physical
examinations here today.
Lefty Al Gerneauser, Phillies
pitcher, was ordered to report for
another examination tomorrow
after an x-ray picture was taken
of his back.
Harris, a highlander, Is one of
the mainstays of Connie Mack S
pitching staff, Flick is an out
fielder, and Hamrick an infielder.
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EVERETTE APPOINTED

RALEIGH, April 20-R-Gov-
ernor Broughton announced to-
day the appointment of R. o.
Everett of Durham as member
of the merit system council for a
term expiring April 8, 1915.
Everett fills vacancy caused
by the resignation of James B.
Boyce of Warrenton. Everett has
represented Durham county in
several sessions of the legisla-
ture.
Other members of the council
are Harry Wilson of Morganton;
Jasper L. Memory, Jr., of Wake
Forest; S. Amos Maynard OF
Greensboro, and DR.. Paul P. Nc
Cain of Sanatoriun.
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Broughton Made Life
Member OF Auto Club

RALEIGH, April 2o-R[-Gov-
ernor Broughton was presented
TODAY with a life membership GER
tificate in the American Automo-
bile Association by representatives
of the association and the Caro-
Ira Motor Club.
The presentation was made by
J, Elmer Long of Durham, form
err lieutenant governor and cur
rent vice-president of the motor
club, and Coleman w. Roberts of
Chalotte, president of the Caro-
line Motor Club.
The ceremonies were held in
the governors office.
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1IcERS RECEIVE
1HIRDS7RAICHT
DEFEAT, 8 TO J

.rrp01T. April 20 Up The
Dn -, ST Louis Browns remain
d9as ameSSched atop the American
ed PEE pc standings today by hang
leas : third straight defeat on the
s ing Tigers, 8 to 5, for Pitche,
eC; o. JakuckTs first Major
le ,4arnon Stephens, whose home,
s'l av beat Detroit in the first
anu d ~ Of the series, pounded
t"o . double and a single today
OF! = drove in three runs in an IL
al" ++ock on three Detroit pitch
III. coutbpaw Hal Newhouser was
e. .s,ad in the third after allowing
e sl'a wns. and Joe Orrell left I'M
s fiys fire fire. the following inning; ;
og r,.on 4O-vear-old Elon (Chief)
,,1 I came in to blank the
rD5,,ns on three hits in the last
s q and third innings:
n' Tskucki. 31-year-old Highlander
Vim received an Army medical
S S spaced nine hits three
w. 0nffielder Jimmy Outlaw. Ru-
w ", vork drove in two runs with a
nsir Of singles.
p' Singles by Hal Epps, George Nc
o1inn and stephensalong with a
sasspJ ball scored two runs for
, DE Browns in the first inning.
y N, left after Stephens
.ro MN double in the third. Mark
r5ristman singled Stephens home.
Don Gutteridge scored what
rroved 10 be the winning run in
he fourth when he walked, stole
.p.o bases and came in on Bob
svift's bad throw.
G. Louis ........ 2O3 800 0O0-8
mo mi 010-5
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MEET SET

PINEHURsT, April 2o-lR-The
Carolina-Virginia Ayrshire Breed
ers' Association will meet here
April "a to hear an address by
c. T. Co1klin, secretary of the
national association, John A.
Arey, extension dairy specialist
at N. c. State College, announced
today.
An Ayrshire cattle sale will be
held in connection with the meet
ing.