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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
Gundar Haegg's Trip
To u. S. Strikes Snag

NEW YORK. Dec. 29.-LP>-Gun-
dar Haegg's trip to the United
States for the winter track season
struck another snag today when
Dan Ferris, secretary-treasurer of
the A. A. u, announced he had
wired the Swedish long distance
ace n d Haakon Lidman, star
hurdler, that plane transportation
is not available due to military
requiem ,nts."
The two European aces had plan
ned to arrive here in the Jan. 3-5
period and were scheduled to make
their first appearance at Philadel-
phia, Jan. 81, an engagement which
is still a possibility.
1t was considered possible the
athletes still might be able to COM
pete in the indoor season if there
is a sudden change in the military
situation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
Nv WEDDELL HARRISS

In a hard-fought rough and tum-
BILE tilt last night, the New Han
over High School Wildcats garner
ed their third consecutive hard
wood victory, defeating the favor
ed Maffitt Village All-Stars 1922.
The visitors drew first blood
ringing the bell in the first five
seconds of play when Neal Crock
erham, Maffitt Village forward
and former star basketeer at
State college, took the ball off the
blackboard and tipped it in for
two points.
The locals came back two min
utes later, with field goal when
Louis Collie sank a beautiful hook
shot from the side to knot the
score % all
The Ah-Stars took another brief
lead when Crockerham garnered
an additional point on a free throw.
However, Billy Mason, Wildcat
forward, leaped high into the air
to take the oall off the locals back
board and sank a one-hand push
shot, giving the Cats a perman-
ent, but often challenged lead.
The towering Crockerham walk
ed off with high scoring honors
for the fray, amassing total Of
ID points, while Jim Groom. Wild.
cat guard, wes runner up with
eight. Billy Mason closely followed
with seven.
Bill Tysinger, rangy Maffitt Vii
lage center, raised the fans eye
brows in the second quarter wher
he expertly arched two beautiful
set shots into the basket from the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
TRACKS
HIT HIGH PEAK

MIAMI. fla. Dec. 20. - (P) =
The thunder of the hooves at Tro-
pical Park these days will be
echoing long after the racing ban
is ended.
On the first four programs of
history-making meeting, the hell
for-leather riding of Americas top
jockeys produced new world
speed record, an American record,
a 108-to-1 shot victory and pie
thora of eyelash finishes.
Never before has victory meant
SO much. Anxious to cash in on
some prize money to tide them
over after the shutdown takes eff
feet next Wednesday, horsem IN
are treating every race as stake
race and going about to win.
Racing in the United States is
going out N a fine competitive
spirit, so lar as Tropical Park
is concerned" commented Gerald
Grady, director of racing.
is being sent out on the track to
do his darndest. l can't recall
ever having seen more stirring
racing.
LAS the late Jim McClelalnd Ga
horseman noted for his witt once
said A purse in the fall is as
good as derby in the spring.
That's the way our overnight
events look to owners, trainers
and jockeys right now
Such Jockeys as Eddie Arcara,
Ted Atkinson. Don Meade, Ster-
ling Young and other first Fighters
are sending their mounts through
needleholes in their efforts to beat
the fields of II horses which are
running in every race.
Herb Claggett booted Nance's
Ace over five and one-half fur
longs in one minute, 03 is seconds
Wednesday to shave one-fifth of
second off a 30-year-old world re-
cord. Atkinson established an
American mark with Spangled
Came Thursday, doing the mile
and 70 yards in one minute, 40 2-5
seconds.
Young scored with Docdonough
Tuesday for a $4,000 return.
Although fields are limited to II
starters, and orly six extra hols-
es are listed for each race as
eligibles in the event of scratches,
4O7 names we're dropped into the
entry box for today's program. On
ly 108 of these actually ran.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
BY LEO H. PETERSEN
United Press Sports Editor

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-UP)-
The major leagues are going
ahead with plans to operate in
1945 with $50 players, 223 of them
4-F's, on their rosters, United
Press survey of baseball manpow-
er revealed today.
The draft classifications of 1852
Of the players are subject to re-
view under the revised Selective
Service regulations, but club own
ers are confident there will be
enough men to 60 around even if
the inroads of the draft are heav-
Ter than anticipate.
In the 100 per cent safe from
military duty category are 68 play
ers-31 of them discharged vet
Grams, 80 over age and five un-
der age. OF the 239 players who
are in the 1888 draft age bracket.
20 of them are working in defense
plants or on farms and probably
will be lost to their clubs next
year unless the war situation
takes a decided turn for the bet
ter.
A club by club breakdown of
manpoWer showed that the Nation
al league has III ATS, LOG play
ers, including II in war work,
between the 1888 draft age, 16
discharged veterans, 16 over age
and four under age. The Ameri-
can has 106 4-F's, 1873, including
10 war workers, in the draft age
bracket, IS discharges, 16 over
age and one under age.
Although all 4-F's will be called
for another examination, baseball
men feel that most of them again
will be rejected unless Army and
Navy physical standards are low
ered-a possibility considered very
remote. Many of the 223 4-F'ers
have been rejected as many as
three times by the examining
physicians of their draft boards.
Even should the draft revisions
take roughly one-fourtn of the
present major league manpower
available, there still would be
enough men to go around. Al
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
The Sports Trail

n,indine their own business, flash
slips of paper in their faces, and
growl menancinglyy: VINO q ID
lie?" Everyone wanted advlce'
but would be quite indignant II ad-
vised to lay off such business.
Pools were organized on practi-
cally everything from the NUMBER
of beans in jug to the day ana
hour of the demise of a prominent
citizen VINO was known to be nor
long for this world.
The out-of-work bookles have on
" to figure out some situation that
has the element of chance, get Out
pad and pencil and start making
the rounds. With no supervision
they can save sizeable cut for
themselves, particularly as the av-
erage pool addict never stops to
figure out the odds against MN.
Some communities have a suck
er bet for strangers made to order
for them. The citizens OF Waynes-
burg. Pa. will put their dough on
the line any time if you want to
bet it won't rain there July ~, ana
there undoubtedly are other areas
where the folks will wager the ther-
mometer will hit certain hlgh or
certain low, knowing from ex-
perience they can't lose.
At any rate, the possibilities OF
new forms of gambling spring up
now that the horses no longer Will
run are limitless, and any time
two addicts get together they'll
start looking around for something
to risk their loose change on,
whether it's two raindrops racing
down window pane or the ap-
proximate sge of the next joke they
hear on the radio.
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Five Coaches, 80 plav.,.
Leave For New Orless w.
Bowl

DURHAM, Dec. 2g.-s ,.
d doathes, 80 players and two o' ,,.
Duke football contingent left y, ne
today for New Orleans vbe gsoa7'
Blue Devils is will meet AIa6 lv ne
Crimson Tide in the so .l5soa p,.,
game Monday. 9'l bowl
A workout scheduled r..
squad before its de9sr+, rp. tie
cancelled by Coach Fdd Ii. wa ra'
eron because of rain, " sIso, Oan,
intense cold. ''Ve' and
With its cancellation a, IT,,
practice, Cameron lame1ro.oso ay'
fact that we've had on .t,u . lie
decent days for practice yp'{ :, ' ..
last two weeks. We're sor 81 ne l.
need of work in every de T.,S,y III
OF the game. I'm afraid that .'', IN,
lack of practice will SHOW IN , o,s
play against Alabama. 81 ol'
he called the two,toucbdon..
ODDS favoring Duke over t Il,'g Ti.,
silly and ridiculous" sddin. ia! ~
We're expecting touch ,. aaS
and close one for the Team 4 a. :
wins. Well do that" ''' '-'a'
Cameron said ne plane II s..
his squad a brief workout !, ' Ne
Sugar Bowl stadium SUNDAY ID. u
ternoon IF all the 1layers ar,, a.,
in time" He said the squad , r,,
in good shape physically a va!
that there were no iniurje, o AVN
standing. " 0''
The squad was split IN i,.,
three separate groups ,or 4 "a.
train trip to New Orleans o,.
group entrained at Greensboro
a second at Raleigh and tbe f5.r y,
here. Cameron said the snr.5
was travelling in groups "a a.,
not to cause congestion in trava .
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
Kentucky And Temple
Cage Squads Tangle

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29.-(F)-
The unbeaten basketball squads Of
Temple university and the Univcr-
sity of Kentucky meet in Conven-
ton Hall Saturday IN what may
be the basketball battle of the
year.
PENIS Quakers, beaten by Dart
mouth, 50-35, are hoping to ride
back into The national limelight
by winning over the high-flying
undefeated lluhlenberg college
caeers in the opening battle. Ken
lucky, with Jack Tingle and Jack
Parkinson sparkling the attack
has rolled through six straight
wins, including decisions over Ohio
State, last years Big 10 champs
and powerful Wyoming.
Temple will enter the arena the
underdogs against the team mid
western critics cali the team t.
beat" but Josh Cody's charges
with four straight under their belt
are also crowding the top of tn,
national court parade.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
Jimmy Schulken Leads
In ~ Swimming Meet

Jimmy Schulken spl h d
through the Cadet class holiday
swimming meet at the Y. M. c. A.
Yesterday racking up a total of 18
points and taking first honors IN
the meet.
Placing second with total of 10
Charles Cannon was his hottest op-
ponent, while Clayton Cashwell
was third with a total of eight
Schulken placed first in the five
length event and took five points.
while three points went to Cash
well for second place, and Cannon
took one point for third. Time was
one minute and As seconds.
Schulken placed first in the
breast stroke, two-lap event, with
So seconds, while Cashwell and
Cannon scored respectively.
Leading the diving events. Can
non aggregated a total of IA points,
while Schulken was close behind
with 10, and CashWell followed
with II.
In the back stroke event of two
laps, Shulken again led, followed
by Cannon and CashWell. The time
was At seconds.
In the Junior class holiday
events, Kendrick Presson led with
16 points, while his nearest oppon-
ent, Ed Billiard, splaShed in with
a distant nine, and Donald Harton
scored third place with six points.
Presson placed first in all events
except diving, of which he took
third place. Donald Harton took
first place with Is points, and Ed
ward Billiard followed with a total
of H.
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pv WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK. Dec. 29.-R-H the
,,ooties thrown out of work by the
closing of the horse tracks are en-
ternrising enough they probably
can chisel out a good living by
switching to some other klndreo
business catering to citizens VINO
Get no fun out of life unless tney
are taking a chance on something.
The field is wide open, what with
guys jingling money in their Jeans
who never had anything to jingle
before and with gambling IN
stinct they can't control.
THEY'LL bet on anything at any
time. particularly if the odds are
right. and the closing of the tracks
will only enlarge their fleld. A fly
buzzing around or gal walking
down the street might, without be-
ing aware of it, be the nubbin OF
sizeable wager, with guys betting
on which lump of sugar the fly
will make a landing or whether
the next gal they meet will be
knock-kneed or bow-legged.
A favorite form Of idle gambling
we have heard of is playing sort
of anteless poker, using the license
numbers of passing cars as t n e
hands, although it seems that fell
into some disrepute when a car
passed wearing fives, bringing on
a little gun play on the part OF
player who knew there were only
four of a kind in any honest deck.
Pools are another way of getting
rid of money more of less pain
lessly. They reached something OF
a peak during football seasons just
before the war, and total strangers
Il Ia eitizo1as 1IrlA Were
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
Leagues To Work
$50 Players Next Year

though each of the 16 clubs is per-
mitted 30 active players once the
season gets underway, they easily
could get along with 20 men
nine pitchers, two catchers, five
infielders and four outfielders-
it the 1nanpoWer pinch gets that
tight. That would mean a total
of 800 men, so club owners are
sure they will have the player
talent for 1915, even though it
may not be of 1914 caliber, which,
incidentally, was far below the
pre-War Standard
In 1918, when the majors cur
tailed their season because of
World War l, some clubs were get
ting along with as few as II
players.
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TIDES CONFIDENT
BATON ROUGE Ia NJ,

BATON ROUGE, La. Dec u
Indictment wesAp.
and a muddy field for prac.ra
Alabama's' Frank Thomas TODAY
beamed with confidence and o,t.
mism as mis- Crimson Tide prep3.
ed for its Sugar Bowl enCovr-s.
with Duke on New Years dav
Reading a news article which
described Alabama as "unde,
dog" in the Forthcoming game
Thomas chuckled and said, "Ip
been coaching at Alabama for 4
years now and have never cone
into a ball game l didn't think
I could Win-and this game is no
exception
Tapering off from a hard prac,
tice session yesterday, the Tide
today spent most of a two-hor
practice period setting up tornid,
able running and pass defen.3
for use against Duke which Thom.
as described as "a team that
might try anything"
Thomas indicated mis- choice Of
a starting eleven today with a
backfield composed Of Harold
Self at quarterback, Lowell Teg,
right half, Harry Gilmer. left half,
and Norwood Hodges, fullback
The line consisted Of Ralph
Jones, left end, Tom Whitley,
left tackle, John Woznaik lett
guard, Vaughan Mancna, center
Jack Green, right guard. BUDDY
Edwards, right tackle, and Jac.
McConville, right end.
Thomas said the squad w0u-t
have a short workout here tomn
row and leave for New 0rlean
early Sunday morning,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
French Villagers Shoot
4 Condemned Vichymen

PARIS. Dec. 20. - (P) - The
French news agency said today
townspeop1e from A,es, frustrated
in an attempt to lynch convicted
collaborationist who had been their
mayor, wrested four condemned
Vichyites from guards of the Fort
Vauban prison n Montpelier yes
terday and shot them to death in
the prison corridors.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
CALIENTE TRACK SOLD

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 29-(UP)-
James Crofton, Los Angeles sports
man, announced here tonight that
ne has sold 10-year contract
which he held with the Arguello
helrs-owners of Aqua Caliente
racetrack-to a group of Mexico
CITY businessmen for cash con-
Sideration."
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
WLB ORDERS STRIKE END

WASHINGTON. Dec. 90 LH9 -
The National War ] s,bor Board to-
day directed the & w Cafeteria
and the AF'L Hotel and Restaurant
union to end work stoppage at
knoxville, Tenn, which bega !
October %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
TCU Chances Fade
As Two Men Are Lost
From Cotton Bowl

DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 29.-(UP)-
Texas Christians CO on Bowl
hopes, dim enough to begin with
against the potent Oklahoma Ag-
gires, almost flickered out today a
the two men it least could afford
to do without-Coach Leo Dutch
Meyer, and Center James Cooper
were bedridden with fever, colds
and sore threats.
Meyer, handling the coaching
chores with the aid of two Fort
Worth high school mentors since
his assistant, Hub McQuillan, is in
the east with the TCU baketball
team, had been fighting a bad cold
for several days but refused to give
in.
Today he went to bed on his
physicians orders, with but slight
hope he would be up and. about
before his team takes the field on
New Years Day against the Ag-
gies. His volunteer assistant, Abe
Martin and Luke Scarborough, fill
ed IN with the squad IN Meyer S
absence.
Cooper, all southwest confer
ence center who played 482 of a
possible 600 minutes this year, al
so went to bed on a doctor adj
vice. Only requirements for the
157-pound freshman Cooper are two
inexperienced frosh.
The physically okay Aggies
meanwhile went through a light
workout but saved off the Cotton
Bowl turf, giving it a chance to
harden before Monday
The probable lineups:
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
CALLAHAN 0KEYED
FOR HOLIDAY Tiff
BY WILLIAM c. PAYETTE
United Press Staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON Dec. 29-tUP)-
George Callahan, the great Sou
thern California halfback who
made half his teams four touch
downs against Washington in the
Rose Bowl last year, today got d
medical OK to play against Ten
nessee on New Years Dayton his
own responsibility.
He can play if he wants t., "
said DR.. Packard Thurber, but
its his own choice. He might get
through the whole game without
any trouble, but his bad knee
could be seriously damaged by
another jolt.
Callahan already had made plans
to get his uniform on and warm
the bench for sentiments sake, but
Thurber's announcement gave him
the choice of going in any time
the going gets tough.
The California sun was out
bright and clear today after a
light shower. and the weather man
was standing on his prediction of
sunshine and dry field, duck
soup for the Hardy-Callanan pass
coordination that worked so well
last year.
Coach John Barnhill gave his
charges the stiffest workout of
their stay here today, concentrat-
ing on line defense.
Starting lineups announced to-
day by the opposing coaches were
unchanged from previous calcula-
tons
They MIaro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
Duke Contingent Boards
Train For Points S0utb
Cats Defeat AU-Stare
1922, In Tough Battle

right hand corner. Vic Vickory,
who previously hustled on the lie
noir-Rhyne quint, stood out on de-
tense for the visitors.
Also earning much praise for
their performances were Carl Ma
son, Hacksaw futile, and To-day
Fennell, reliable high school hoop
sters who accounted for the re-
mainder of the Wilmington tallies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
Three Prisoners OF War
Escape AT Georgia Camp

AUGUSTA, Ga. Dec. 29.-(P'-
Three German prisoners Of war
escaped today from work camp
near Grovetown, Ca, Noel B.
Wright, agent in charge of the Sa-
vannah office of the FBI an
nounced.
Wright said that the escapes
were wearing marked coveralls
when they broke away. He identi-
fled them, all unable to speak Eng
fish, as Guenter Hocke. %, Kurt
Kriner. 10. and Bernham Krunm.
ID.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30

The tongue has 16 muscles, and
it takes all If them to pronounce
the letter r.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30
REAPPOINTMENTS

RALEIGH, Dec. 29.-lR-For'
er Governor ]. c, B. Ehringhaa'
R. Stanley Wahab Of OeracoS'
Miles Clark of Elizabeth City, AM
John A. Buchanan Of Durham wen
reappointed to the North Carola'
Cape Hatteras Seashore CommF
sion today by Governor Brou8n'o y,
Their terms expire November y
1947.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30

Referee: Harry Viner Missouri
Umpire: John Waldorf, Missouri
Field Judge: Bat Shunatona. Okla
homa. Linesman: W. L. Penber
thy, Ohio State.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30

Approximately $4,000 new houses
are built in London each year in
normal times.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-30

Predominqrtly steel, a tin cal
also contains a small quantity
rubber.
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tributing the truck which is
made up to represent d hos
pltal operations room. 1T will
be lighted and will have hos
pital equipment, q nurse, doc
tor and patient" as well. The
corporation has furnished this
truck complete, and there is
real educational value to this
demonstration since modern
disqualification will be clearly
shown. The Ore Mill Levy will
raise funds to care for indig-
ent sick in Dayton hospitals
from all parts Of the county,
as well as supplement needy
service in other health
branches of the county. Ii
needs 65 per cent Of the vote
to be renewed and since it Is q
renewal there will be no extra
cost to taxpayers over what
they are payirg todav. An ap.
peal Of county wide proper.
tions is being made in behalf
Of this levy. A separate ballo,
will be handed to voters and
t is hoped they will vote
Yes" for the one mill hos
pital levy
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one or more colored deputies
Ii their office. judge Howell
has promised to appoint q
Negro as assistant prosecuf-
ing attorney. The race does
not get such representation
from Democrats.
When you go into the booth
God and the spirit of thous-
ands of Negro soldiers who
have died on the field Of bait
tie will be looking down on
you, be true to yourself. Rel
member the unspeakable
treatment of colored boys in
the armed forces. Don't vote
to keep them over there &c
clean up the dirt ard filth.
But rather VOTE REPUBLI-
CAN and Tom Dewey will see
that these boys will come
home along with the other
soldiers as soon as possible.
Every one is watching the
West Side Vote. Don't betra5
your race by voting to keel
the South in power. You came
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history, has vented it's big
oted spleen and inflicted ply
steal violence on all minority
groups.
IF he is one Of ours, I am
for him." said Mr.. Truman.
This, however, was NOT
Mr.. f'runan's only expression
Of the cynical political phil
osophy that nothing matters
hut the votes. learned so well
at the knee Of Tom Pender-
gast.
1T was that philosophy,
wellirg up again in Mr.. Iru.
man, that caused him to say
at San Francisco, as reported
i'll the newspapers: ! welcome
the support of Browder.'
This. after Mr.. Roosevelt
the candidate for is years il
the White House, had mildly
'disavoWed' support from the
j Ku Klux Klan or ary othe,
connection but if he is one ol
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father, were as much against
slavery az I am opposed to
tho devil. heard Mr.. Wallace
ard other Democrats, on the
radio say what Democrats
have done for the colored
people and are going to do.
Do not be deceived, they do
not keep their promises; they
are not going to do anything
for the colored people but
help the South to hold them
in serfdom. The, Democratic
party is national. When the
Negro in the north vote Dem
ocratic he is helping the
Democrats Of the South to
hold the race down. / can't
see how any Negro can be q
Democrat.
"Tell your people to stick to
the Grand Old Republican
Party. The reason is simple.
no Republican state in the
Union has laws against the
NEGRO. Whilst every regular
Democratic state has Jim
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and on the National ballot.
Then turn to the Non Parti-l
san Ballot, known as the jll-
dicial ballot, and place anlx
mark before the names~of
Walter B. Wanag1aker
Edward S. Matthias
William l. Hart
Fred. j. Miller
The candidates on the
county ticket are all very
fine men and deserve your
support. Z. L. Risner and
Fred r. Van Allen for county
commissioners; Fredrick w.
Howell for Prosecuting At
torney: Floyd u. Hale for
clerk of Courts. Charles M.
Worley for sheriff, Ralph G.
Haines for Treasurer, Parker
S. BookWalter for Engineer
and Charles A. Ollie. for Cor
oner are all fully qualified
for the positions they seek
Moreover these men viii be
urged by County Chairman
Daniel C. Brewer to appoint