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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
HELIS IS in BIG
RACING DEALINGS

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 80. -P)-
Horsemen were wondering today
whether the millions of dollars of
William Helis were behind the sale
Saturday of Valdipa FARMS en-
tire stock of 100 horses.
Horsemen cronies of Helis said
that although Henry Knight, Ken
lucky horse breeder and trainer,
made the. estimated $25O,0OO pur-
chase at private sale here, the
Helis money was doing the talk
ing, and that Helis is dickering for
the lands and buildings of Valdina
Farm which lies outside Uvalde,
Tex.
A reliable, but unquotable source
said that without a doubt Helis
will wind up with all the best
Valdina racers"
Lending credence to speculation
that Knight was serving as a mid
Gle man in a deal which horsemen
say is one of the biggest of its
kind in the history of racing. Helis
announced So turday that he had
bought three crack speedsters
from Knight, and is nominating
one of them for the Kentucky Der
by.
The Churchill Downs prospect is
Valdina Zenith, a three-year-old
which Helis believes will give Puk-
ka Gin and Weyanoke plenty of
exercise in the $4,000 Louisiana
Derby Feb. II. The othehr two
horses are Founders, sleep little
Irish-bred refugee, and Valdina AL
bert.
II have some other deals hang
ing" Helis said. I'm buying more
than the trio from Knight-buying
sort of lump-fashion, so I can't
rightly say what I put out for
Founders and his pals
Helis, Greek-born New Orleans
Oil man, began buying "1ump-fa-
shion' last year, and had almost
a half-milIion dollars worth of
sleep speedbans before the Valdina
stock changed hands.
Valdina's total assets are be-
iieved to be on the market as a
result of the deaths of Mr.. and
Mrs. Emerson F. Woodward, for
mer owners, in an automobile &C.
cident last summer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
Carolina Extends Cage
Lead In Southern Loon
Thirty Top Pointers
And Settlers To Meet

P1NEHURST, Jan. 80. - Up -
TAirty top pointers and settlers will
compete this week in the national
amateur quail championship over
tho Pinehurst field trial courses.
The dogs will hunt in pairs in two
hour heats and only six dogs will
be put down each day.
Twenty nominations have been
received by officials OF the anna
teur field trial clubs of America,
sponsors of the meeting. Post en-
tries will be accepted and num-
Der of dogs which competed in the
national open field championship at
Shuqualak, Miss, last week, are
en- route by truck for Pinehurst.
Among those who have entered
their settlers and pointers are:
Louis Bobbitt of Winston-Salem;
Harold Garman, Sam Light and
DR.. Sherman Ames, all of Penn
sylvania; Lee White of New York;
DR.. S. o. Black and f. A. Brun-
son of Spartanhurg, S. c.; George
Suite, Virgil Halves, Claude Stick
ley and Ernest Meade Of Virginia,
and Eddie Donovan and DR.. w. F:
Vial of Greenwich, Conn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
'MEXICANS CATCH
ON TO CAGE GAME

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Jan. 3d.
~ The senoritas from below the
Rio Grande are fast catching up
with their northern sisters in the
once gentle art OF basketball, says
Hazel Walker, nine times Allan.
erican woman player.
Miss Walker captained TO-
member Little Rock squad - the
Arkansas Motor Coaches - which
won four out of five games from
three Of Mexico City's leading sex.
tets during recent Today stand
in the Mexican capital.
1t was her third trip to Mexico
City, she having gone there in 1888
and 1889 with the former national
champion Little Rock Flyers, some
members Of which now play with
the coaches.
She said the Mexican women S
teams had picked up some fake
and block plays since 1889 and that
they. were sounder on the theory
and fundamentals of the game.
They're awfully fast and if they
had the height of the United States
girls they'd be playing out teams
off their feet with another year
or two of improvement" Miss
Walker declared.
The Mexican teams have i'm
proved go per cent since 1885,"
There were only two of three
teams in Mexico City on her last
trip and now Hazel says there are
five with several more planned
for next season. Back in 1889 they
played mems rules and now they
follow A. A. U. women's regula-
tions.
Basketball now has become one
of the national sports below the
border, she said. Three times the
girls played before 10000 fans at
the Fronton, Mexico City's big
sports arena which the Little Rock
team helped reopen for the first
time in six years.
The Little Rock sextet was in
vited to play this summer in Near
aqua and Miss Walker said mem
hers of her team were making
arrangements to accept.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
EX-FOOTBALLER
IS A WAR HERO
By REYNOLDS PACKARD

With American Tanks in Action
SOUTH Of ROME, Jan. 28.-(de-
1ayed)-Lt, Col. Louis A. Hammock
of Blackstone, Va, former ALI
American guard on the West Point
football team, has led his tank
units into lively actions in the
past two days, blasting the Ger
mans out of their barn and hay
stack hideouts.
AS American infantry advanced
all along the beachhead, tanks
commanded by Hammock knocked
out five German Mark Nv tanks,
che self propelled gun and TWO
trucks. killed and wounded Ger
mans and destroyed many ma
chinegun nests.
1t. Robert Moloney Of Covington,
KY. one of Hammock's platoon
leaders, destroyed another tank
this morning, making a total of six
German tanks he has knocked out
Since the war started. That's a
worlds record, l Think Hammock
told me.
Other Americans distinguishing
themselves included Sgt. James
Baker of Lexington, Tenn; Sgt.
A. C. Jones of Waynesboro, Miss,
and Sgt. Robert Knoble of Hamll-
ton, Ohio. Their tanks all partici-
rated with infantry in attacking
German positions.
Owing to low land, German tanks
have been sneaking up at night
behind farmhouses and hay stacks
from where they peep out and IRE
in daylight and slip back to the
barns and haystacks for immedl-
ate cover.
Today I saw special, concen-
trated artillery barrage level 500
square yards of haystacks IN no
mans land which the Germans
had been using as cover for their
tanks and self-propelled guns. Al
ter Is minutes the landscape, which
previously had reminded me OF
some of the painter Millet's pas
toral scenes, was burned as flat as
though a black carpet had been
laid down on it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
High Flying Phantom.
Haze Indicated Rec.
ord In Conference

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. so.-Is
The University of North Carolir.,.,
White Phantoms, the only So,tb.
Conference basketball team u,h;.i
is playing normal, represent.ti'A
family schedule this season owe
keeping far out in front ot az az
standings with record Of sow, ,le
consecutive loop triurnphs seven
North Carolina State was bo,.
for second time and Tie Unirsa
sity of Richmond succumbed es'
the sharpshooting Phantoms w. 70
night in a 1915 thriller to ada . s
more victims to the North Caro1i "o
string last week. They will be- isl'
this week until Saturday when s .e
take the floor at home for :,
turn meeting with Duke. ''
The Blue Devils, who starteds
season as the favorites to win S,
crown, dropped 1888 decision ~
Carolina earlier in the season
Dukes Blue Devils. whose or,,,
loop appearance SO far has bsaY
against Carolina, also enpas.s
North Carolina State at Raleigh Nv
Tuesday and entertains South Carr.
lima at Durham on Friday
William and Mary's stron,
quint, winners over Richmond IS
its only family start, meets III.
Spiders in a return affair at VIII.
liamsburg in the only other con.
ference game set for this week
Outside the loop Presbvterisr
will be at Clemson and Georgi, ~
South Carolina on Tuesday; Cat.
awba at Clemson and NorfoIk
Naval Training Station at Maw.
land on WEDNESDAY, and Georgi.
Preflight at Clemson, Virginia at
Maryland, Newberry at South Carr.
lima and N. C. State at Caroln,
Preflight on Saturday.
Southern conference standings
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
Dartmouth Takes Seuenth
Straight Loop Cage Cro1u1

the Pacific north division with six
in row.
Fort Bragg upset the dope bucket
in winning the Southeastern Ser.
vice Tournament at Raleigh. The
soldiers marched past Charleston
Coast Guard, Cherry Point Marines
and then beat the highly-touted
Fort jackson Raiders in the fin.
ale, 62-37. Sampson Navy ran into
two New York beatings.
Great Lakes and Norfolk Naval
Training Station each boast 10.
game win streaks and the Olathe
Naval Air Station has won IA in
succession. Camp Grant, North
Carolina Pre-Flight, Mitchell Field,
Iowa Seahawks, Alameda Coast
Guard, Norfolk Naval Air and
Normal Zommers, although twice
upset, rank with the best in. the
service ranks.
Oklahoma Aggies with Is and
disposed of Arkansas in two con.
trasting games, 66-41 and IT'S.
Bowling Green picked up two more
for a fancy win record of 161,
Gonzaga, continues to speed along
with similar record tand idle
Kentucky has 9 and l. Valparaiso
was surprised by Notre Dame, ST.
a..
Muhlenberg cropped Albright
from the perfect record ranks,
George Pre-Flight did the same to
Georgia Tech, Milligan fell before
Seymour Johnson Field and More
head Ry) State Teachers also
were removed from the top drawer
by losses to Murray and Western
Kentucky.
Army, probably the strongest
club in the East, added Penn State
and Coast Guard to it's list. Ro-
chester lost position by bowling
to Hobart and Canisius, while Col
gate gained beating Cornell. In ad-
dltion to downing Albright, Mullen
berg stopped st. Joseph's eight
game streak. St. Johns and Long
Island got back to work with easy
wins.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
NO PILOT NAMED
FOR BOSTON BEES

BOSTON. Jan. 30.-tR-The Bos-
ton Braves will negotiate for a
manager to replace Casey Stengel,
who resigned last week after three
Boston contractors gained control
of the club, but not until after next
weeks major league meetings.
"We have not approached any
individual or any baseball club
which has managerial prospect
under contract" declared John
Quinn, the Braves secretary to-
night.
Eve do not intend to do any
such negotiating until after the
baseball meetings next week. That
is the decision of the three stock
holders who have assumed control
of the club. Both Joe Nancy and
Guido Rigo are in town but Louis
Perrin, the other majority stock
holder, is on vacation down south
and we do not expect to take any
action until he returns"
Quinn's announcement was in
answer to persistent reports that
various managerial possibilities
had been approached. One report
from New Jersey that "Gabby"
Hartnett, New England native
and former Chicago Cubs star,
now managingathe Jersey City QL)
team. had been approached,
brought from Quinn the assertion:
"Hartnett is under contract to
the New York Giants and to con-
form with the rules, he would have
to approach them for permission
to negotiate with him. We have
not done SOL
He was asked about reports the
Braves had asked permission of
the New York Yankees to nego-
tlate with catcher Bill Dickey.
That's not true. We have not
approached any individual or any
club which has any managerial
possibility under contract and we
do not plan to do so until after the
league meetings"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
SPORTS TRAIL

Cleveland cry-bab1es shed the time
they wanted Ossie Witt turn OUT
as he Indians manager, and, Of
course, a bona TIDE reproduction
of the cosmic punch and dynamic
stance, posed in ripping rhythm
by Lou Nova. Speaking of Lou,
there's photograph in Promoter
Mike Jacobs office whice also
might go well. 1t shows Nova on
MS feet.
There would be, too, an entire
section devoted to the late Joe
(YusseD Jacobs and his Glamour
gladiator, Two-Ton T. Galento. In
this department would be such
things as the bed in which Yussel
insisted he 'shoulda stood" that
cold dawning he arose at the prac-
tically unheard of hour of 1890
p. m. to see his. first World Series
game. Also in this section. will be
the ''gimmick" Jacobs said Joe
Louis carried in his glove. Louis
later proved, on T. Galento's chin,
that this was a myth, but that
what he carried was enough to
get along on.
You can easily see that this
could get out of hand, but giving
it a quqick rundown you'll come
upon the abacus Red Freisell
whether this is the same one Re-
counted on when he gave Cornell
that fifth down against Dartmouth.
It has never b cen established
whether this is the same one Ref
cree Dave Barry used in singing
Gene Tunney awake against Jack
Dempsey.
You'll also find the catfish a
ball-player once said Umpire Bill
KLEIN resembled. which resulted in
(A) Umpire Bill ge ting somewhat
upset and (B) the player getting a
slight heav-o. There wulod also be
the applehead mpire Bill once
brought into a conversation with
laughing Larry MacPhail simply
by remarking "You, sir, are an
applehead."
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
BRUNSWICK, HANOVER
HIT BY U. S. BOMBERS
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heavy bombers, while the Nazis
have lost at least 215 Of their first
line fighters. In the last two days.
American planes alone have shot
down 1913 fighters.
Hanover and Brunswick are.
respectively, $50 and 100 miles
west of Berlin. To reach the two
cities, which are IS miles apart,
the American planes had to knife
their way through one of the most
violently defended aerial regions
in the world.
In bagging As German planes
the escorting American fighters to-
day set new record for the sec
ond day in a row. The previous
high claim of SO in one day was
broken yesterday when AZ enemy
aircraft were downed by U. S.
fighters.
The communqiue said very
large formations of heavy bomb
ers" took part in the attacks.
There were indications that the
force approached in size the rec
rd-breaking fleet of more than 800
U. S. heavy bombecs and an esti-
mated 700 A m i C n fighters
which loosed 1900 tons of bombs
on industrial Frankfurt yesterday.
Great fires still are raging in
Frankfurt, said the Berlin core
spondent of the Stockholm Nor
gonstidningen. He reported that as
a result of yesterdays raid the
city was almost completely de-
stroyed and life has ceased to ex-
ist."
The Swedish correspondent add
ed that time bombs are exploding
continuously in Frankfurt and that
nearly every house in the city is
damaged. He reported that panic
stricken kers have been
stopped by police from fleeing
their jobs.
In a sweep over northern France
today, the RATS hottest fighter
outfit-a wing of Typhoons con-
tanning four young Canadian pilots
destroyed IL German planes and
damaged several others without
loss to themselves. It was the Ty-
phoons' greatest victory against
Germany's crack Focke-Wulf 100
fighters.
This wing now has destroyed SO
German planes this month.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
RACER MARKELL
IS LEADING MARE
BY BERT COLLIER

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 30-@R- The
champion mare of 1913 looks as
though she will be the horse Of the
winter, too.
Markell, boasting the same sire
as the one-and-anly Whirlaway, got
a late start in life, but she is run
ming now in manner to bring a
twinkle of satisfaction to the eyes
of plain Ben Jones, trainer for
Warren Wright's Calumet Farm
string. No other horse here has
done as well SO far.
The slender brown mare, the
chief money winner for the stable
now that Whirlaway has been re-
tired, won her first two Florida
races and proved that she is the
class of the female thoroughbreds
in training here.
She earned $3.50 with her two
triumphs at Hialeah, bringing her
lifetime purses to $5O,240.
That's a far cry from the SITS.
900 earnings of Top Flight, cham
pion money winner among the fill
lies and mares, and Markell can
never even approach that figure
She was ailing as two-year-old
and, still sickly, won only 81, 400
the following year - usually the
most productive seasons of a rae
ing career. Markell did not reach
top form until 1913 when she dom
mated the filly division with earn
ings Of $39, 1855.
Now five years old, the daugh-
ter of Blemheim End and Nellie
Flag is nearing the end of her
aclng days and faces the added
handicap of carrying top weight in
most of her contests.
She will break no earning rec.
ords, but Jones will! not argue with
enthusiasts who rate her the best
female racer now in competition.
On the basis Of the recent show.
ing, the trainer is willing to match
her weight for weight with any
mare or filly in the country.
"And you can name the purse"
he declared today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
TERRANOVA MUST
HAVE TITLE BOUT

PATERSON, N. j., Jan. 30.-(P
Phil Terrarova, featherweight
champion, was directed by the Ma
tional Boxing Association today to
accept forthwith" match in de-
tense of his title.
Abe ]. Greene, MIA president.
said Terranova's period Of grace
to fight has long since passed and
that notice has been served on
Bobby Gleason the boxers manag.
er, that he must meet one of the
leading challengers recognized by
the MIA in its ratings
For Gleason's information,
Greene listed the name of Chalky
Wright, Willie Pep and Sal Bar.
tola as the principal contenders,
with Mike Rata and Harry JET
fra as possible alternates. He told
Gleason that he had received for
NAL notification that match with
Bartola is available and that Of
fers of $4,000 and $4,000 had
been made.
Terranova was recently offered
$4,000, the MIA president said,
to defend his crown in Los An
geles against Manuel Ortiz, ban
tam champion, but the negotiations
fell through.
Failure of Terranova to sign for
q match at once may mean with
drawal of championship recogni-
ton by the MIA, Greene said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
BY SID FEEDER
(Pmch-Hitting for Whitney Martin

u ASAAstlHS IOr WHJCney Marun)
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-R-You
see by the papers where they're
thinking o building a huge spor S
hall of fame in Washington. and
it's good idea as anyone realizes
it will take a lot Of space to house
Babe Ruth's uniornl and Primo
Cameras size 14's at one and the
same time. And these things def
nitely belong.
But the sports mob itself. has a
lot of things in mind that may not
fit into a show-piace of such dig
as the federal physical fitness
committee is cooking up, but
which have had lot to do with
shaping UP the history of one game
or another. So tonight the mob
voted to open its own museum in
a phone booth in Grand Central
station-if they can find one that's
out of order. Contributions may
D6 llldl4eO W SdUdI1d 81 OIL JdCOUS
Beach. Only rubber checks will be
accepted, as the beachcombers are
old hands son the bounce.
It was unanimously agreed thta
the transom in which Kingfish Lev
insky found himself the night he
fought Joe Louis must be exhibit
A. Only a few of the boys and
girls got to see it that night, as
the King didn't stay long. He was
in a hurry.
It was also the voice of the
meeting, comforting over it's petit
ours and pstami on rye, that it
would be interesting to have a
tennis players expense account
the amateuerer the better. And as
gol's No l exhibit, how about
photograph record of what Sam
Snead said the time he took that
big g" no the last hole of the
1859 National Open? Naturally,
this would be or adults only.
On prominent display, you will
also find bucket OF the tears the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
BY JACK HAND

NEW YORK, Jan. 80. - P) -
Dartmouth breezed to its seventh
straight Eastern League title while
Iowa, Army, Utah and Miami
fOhio continued to bounce along
the unbeaten path as the major
college basketball clubs moved into
the home stretch.
Ernie Calverly Of Rhode Island
States Rams boosted his season
scoring total to 1857 in IA games, an
average of better than rs points d
game. Calverly has a chance of
beating George Senesky's mark of
SIS set last year for St. Joseph's S,
generally accepted as the best big
league" mark.
While Dartmouth was Walloping
Columbia, 1888, in cllnching the
Eastern Loop championship, the
Indians also stepped out for ma
tional recognition with a record of
10 wins and only one loss to Nit
chell Field.
Iowa beat Indiana twice in a
big 10 series that left them tied
for the lead. Purdue, dropped by
DePaul, has another test this week
end with Ohio State, a strong con-
tender which twice defeated Michi-
gan. Northwestern put in a. strong
claim for coast-to-coast honors by
swapping the Iowa Seahawks' -
game win streak, 1885.
Texas dropped out of the South
west Conference top slot, losing to
Texas Christian, 44-37, and allow
ing Rice to move out in front by
half game. Rice and Texas meet
Wednesday.
Oklahoma and Iowa State re-
main unbeaten in Big Six compe-
tition on triumphs over Missouri
and Kansas. The situation will be
cleared up after their meeting Sat-
urday.
North Carolina has seven sue
cessive Southern Conference wins
and good record of II and 5.
Washington is running away with
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
Indicated Tech-Hawk
Quint Beats Mackqu

GREENSBORO, Jan. 30. -R-
The Tech Hawks, of Greensboro
B. T. c. No. 10, sixth ranking
highest service team in the coun.
try, bowled over Camp Mackalrs
517th Paratroopers, 1924, here tot.
Gay to run their unbeaten streak
for the season to nine games.
Playing without their high-scor.
ing Captain, Pfc. George Semesky,
the Tech-Hawks encountered some
difficulty in the first ten minutes
Of play when the lead changed
hands five times, but settled down
the rest Of the way and built up
a comfortable lead gradually.
Pvt. John Mahnken, 6.foot.7
Georgetown product, was high man
in more ways than one, leading the
scorers with Is points.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
Wrestler Jim Clinstock
Murdered In Charlotte
Atlanta Crackers Sign
New Baseball Players

ATLANTA, Jan. 30.-LR - The
Atlanta Crackers roster now
stands at SO players with the
signing of eight newcomers. They
include an outfielder. two infield-
ers, catcher and four pitchers.
President Earl Mann announced
the newly-signed players:
Outfielder Bill Goodman, II, OF
Kannapolis, N. c.; infielders Will
liam Barnes from the indianapolis
club and Thomas Sguelia, former
New York high school player.
Pitchers Fred Little and Doyle
Williams of Charlotte, N. c.; Geo.
Erickson, young semipro from
Bloomington, ILL.,, and Manuel For
ties of Cuba.
Catcher Joseph Montalvo, anoth-
er New York high school product.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
Pinehurst Polo Team,
Defeats Army Outfit

PINEHURST, Jan. 80. -R -
Pinehurst's polo team, aided by
two soldier players, Col. Y. A..
Pitts and Pvt Scotty Morris, beat
the Army, 3 to ! today.
Col. Pitts scored two goals.
6. Tyler Smith, Jr., Of Towson,
Nd, made his first appearance In
polo game, playing for the Ar.
my. An expert horseman and fox
hunter, young Smith rode off his
opponents a number Of times.
Captain Kinzer scored the only
goal made BY the Army.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
Decision On Charlotte
Golf Tourney To Be Madt

CHARLOTTE, Jan. 30-R-G&
enthusiasts will decide at con-
ference here this week whether
Charlotte will have an open sA
tournament the weekend of Mafch
25-26-27, just prior to the norm
and south open at Pinehurst
Ed Dudley, president Of the pro-
fessional golf association has al
ready approved these dates.
Tentative plans call for either
a $4,000 or $4,000 tournament.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
GERMAN AERIAL
MIGHT CRUSHED

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from 10 to 10000 feet. The Thun-
derbolts destroyed 50 enemy air.
craft for the loss of one"
fThe bombers made devastating
attacks on the airfields from which
reinforced numbers of German
oombers in Italy are operating.
Today's bag brought the total
score Of German planes downed
in Italy in the last four days to
126. Allied losses were IA in the
same period.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-31
Civic Bowling League
Standings a..
MAT CHANGES

Wrestling promoter Bert eau
sew was forced to make chan
ges in his Friday nights mat
card because of the death of
grappler Jim Clintstock, who
was to appear on the show.
Clintstock, who was murder
ed Saturday night in Charlotte,
was to, have teamed. with Jack
Dillon to meet Milo SteinbOrn
and an announced partner. Mr..
Causey stated that he was con-
tacting various gladiators in an
effort to get a top-flight man
to replace the big Indian.