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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-20
ARMY GETS MANY
TAR HEEL STARS
Especial To The Starr
By HOYLE SCHULTZ

CHAPEL. HILL, Dec. 19.-After
watching a squad of green young
sters playing a schedule definitely
out of their class, University Of
North Carolina supporters may be
able to get a bit of comfort by
imagining how different things
might have been had the Tar
Heels been able to hold some Of
the stars drawn from the campus
by war.
Felix Doc Blanchard, the Ar
my plebe who paced t h great
Cadet eleven to the top position
in the nation and pounded his way
to all-American spots on virtually
every major selection this year,
was just making his debut at full
back with the freshman squad at
Carolina in 1912. Even then the
200-pound human tank was regard
ed as possibly the best fullback
prospect ever to don a Tar Heel
uniform.
Facing induction at the end of
his freshman year, Blanchard at
tempted to enlist in the Naval
ROTC at Carolina but was turned
down because of failure to pass
a part of the Navy's severe eye
tests. He later entered the Army
and was appointed to West Point.
Opposing him in the Army-Navy
classic this fall was another all
American of two years standing,
Don Whitmire, the mammoth Ma
Wy tackle, who was the bulwark
of the Middies' line. Whitmire
started the '43 season with Coach
Tom Youngs trong Carolina
squad. but h former Alabama
star was appointed to Annapolis
after his first game with the Tar
Heels.
Another regular with the Army
this fall was Barney Poole, the
21-pound Tanker from Mississippi
who played great game at end
for the Tar Heels last fall. In the
spring he left for West Point and
stepped into an all-American berth
this season.
Dave Barksdale, another stellar
back who was formerly at Chapel
Hill, saw much action in the Ma
vy's backfield this fall and turned
in a strong performance against
Army.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-20
CHILD, WOUNDED
BY RIFLE, DIES

Ollie Verrie Cumber, five-year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. II.
E. Cumber, 1o2 Davie Drive, Maj
fit Village, died at $50 a. m.
yesterday at James Walker Nero
rial hospital as result of rifle
shot wound accidentally inflicted
Monday night, bringing the toll
of violent deaths in the Whining
ton area over the weekend to six.
Coroner Asa w. Allen said yes
terday that an inquest was I'M
necessary. j..
Funeral services will be held at
the home of the maternal grand
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Pow
ell of Tabor City. The time was
not given. Burial will be in the
family cemetery.
Surviving are the child's par
ents, three sisters, Pauline, Rosa
line and Annie; three brothers.
James, Chevis, and Powell. as
well as the grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. B. H. Cumber, and Mr..
and Mrs. H. E. Cumber, all OF
Tabor City.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-20
Green's Gain PSI Points
In First Grid Season

copied five passes, averaged bet
ter than 40 yards on 81 punts with
seven ranging from go to 80 yards.
Randolph Field selected Trippi as
the outstanding player C i ng
them this year-and the Gremlins
as their strongest opponent. Little
wonder - t he Grems outgained
them.
Third Air Force players and
coaches picked the following all
opponents team: Ends-Jack Rus
sell Randolph) n d Hamp Pool
CIT. PIERCE; Tackles-Bo Cohen
our CIT. Pierce) and Martin Ruby
(Randolph); Guards-Morris Klein
(Gt. Lakes) and Wendt and Jones
Georgia Pre-flighD tied; Center
Bill Goodwin ct. Pierce; Backs
Bill Dudley (Randolph, Bill Da-
ley CIT. PIERCE, Bill Hillenbrand
cd Inf and Jim Mello ct.
Lakes. Nearly all are former all
Americans.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-20
BY JACK HAND

NEW YORK, Dec. 19-tR-Wash-
,ington S pennant-picked Senators,
who finished badly beaten last in
the American league, today suffer
ed the added indignity Of being
named flop of the year. in the
annual Associated Press year-end
poll. -r--
Spring flag hopes, born Of ex-
pected pitching strength. faded and
died in midsummer when Ossie
Bluege's hurlers folded, the in
field sprang leaks at two positions
and injuries felled George Case.
Of the 78 sports editors partici-
pating in the APP poll. rs cast first
place ballots for the Senators who
piled up "a points to out-distance
all opposition in the disappointment
league.
Notre Danes football club was
booted into second place with 80
points, on the basis of the $50
score Army ran UP against the
Irish, although Ed McKeever' S
South Blenders put on strong fin
ish against Great Lakes.
Arny's gridmen had been named
the team-of-the-year by a wide
margin over the St. Louis Cardi-
nails who, strangely enough, were
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-20
MARINES DEFEAT
SOLDIERS, 44-37
Leatherneck Squad Riddled
By Loss OF Three
Regulars
Especial to the Starr
BY SGT. CHARLES KNQPP

CAMP LEJEUNE, Dec, 19.-(P
The Camp Lejeune Marines clos
ed their pre-New Year basketball
Campaign tonight undefeated with
a 44-37 victory over Fort Bragg, in
a game played there.
The Leathernecks were riddled
by loss of three regulars by trans
fer yesterday, but they still had
Jack Maccox, who scored II of
the Marines 10 points in the first
half, carrying them to second
quarter lead which was never re-
linquished.
High point honors were copied
by Bragg's Horace (Bones) Nc
Kinney. North Carolina State col,
lege product, with a total of %.
Lineups: Camp Lejeune - For
wards, Maccox, 20; Thompson Z:
Bennett 4; Centers-Port 2; Bradle
2; Guards-Sylvester, Brehmer
Mulvihill, Modrak, O'Hare.
Fort Bragg-Forwards: Benson,
4; C. Snow 4 Womble; Centers
Mckinney %; 4: Snow; Guards
Harris, s. smith 2; Garner 2.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-20
nv WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, Dec. 19-lR-NeW
walkers are creatures Of habit.
Tho, take the same route to and
t.on their work every day. They
hny their newspapers at the same
stonds. They have their pet eating
siaces and one citizen was quite
pparturbed when he picked up a
pbsck With his left hand instead of
Vie right hand, particularly as he
Vas counting on someone else pick.
ing it up anyway.
This trolley-track existence may
account in some measure for the
fort about 5000 persons ratified
around in the polo grounds stands
last Saturday at the A,anoolp.l + ieiu
Second Air Force football game
md a crowd of $4,000 attended the
Green Bay Packer New York
Giant pro championship game the
next day.
Pro football did not always draw
that way here. There were some
nretty scrawny days before the
ublic began to accept the Giants
md work them in as part Of their
routine. so the Air Force footb II.
,rs needn't feel they were discrim-
mated against. They drew as well
az anv two teams would have
drawn under the circumstances,
unless one of the teams was the
Giants
The first reaction of outlanders
in reading of the Saturday atten-
dance naturally would be to indict
New York as a sports town, as g.
NM out of seven million turn out to
zee teams of the acknowledged
class of the Air F0reo rive t
dies seem like the local residents
wouldn't pay a nickle to see cir
Gus in their backyard.
But when attendance at fights.
baseball games, Giant football
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-20
Duke Hardvooders Set
For Soldier Quintet

DURHAM. Dec. 19.-iRHThe
Duke Blue Devils of the hardwood
go after their second straight vic
tory here tomorrow night when
they play most to the Laurinburg-
MaXton Army Air Base quint. The
game Will be reeled off at 8
o clock in the Duke gymnasium.
The soldier five . comes here
smarting from a 1894 loss suffer-
ed at Chapel Hill last night
against the Carolina Preflight
Cloudbusters.
However. the fliers have won
five of eight starts.
Coach Gerry Gerard's third
basketball edition at Duke won
its first triumph of the young sea-
son by turning back University of
Virginia last Saturday night.ss 2
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-20
The Sports Trail

games and games involving ar,,,
o navy or Notre Dame, which are
considered practically home town
Teams and have become habit for,,.
ing Is considered the sports inter.
est seems to be here. although
maybe not to as great an exten+
as IN some other towns, population
interest in fights is natural as q
Ilght is fight in any language and
you don't need to be educated to
II 10 enjoy the sigh, OF tx, ,vs
Trying to knock each OF, er's !. sins
OUT: AS for football, and even base
oali, the attendance in proportion
70 the population may seem small
until the cosmopolitan nature of the
population, with a great MANY Of
the seven million knowing nothing
about football O.. h,e. ali .rd c,r7
ing less is considered.
Another factor concerning last
saturdays seedy attendance is that
.he 1ans want something at stake
IN their contests. There probably
was plenty at stake as far as the
Two teams were concerned. but to
New Workers it was Just another
football game. The press got be-
hind it. giving it columns of space
but there are limitations as to what
even the press can do.
Another possible factor was the
late date, as. except for the Giants
and the pro fans, who on the whole
form a different cross-section than
the college fans. interest in foot
ball dies abruptly after the Army
Navy game, the same as baseball
interest disappears with. the world
series.
Anyway, eve have an idea that
the players on the Air Force teams
getting glimpse of the vacant po-
10 grounds seats, felt like sending
cards to their friends: Having fine
time: wish somebody was here"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-20
JAYCEE TB BOND
SALES AT $3,971

Reports on the tuberculosis
Health Bond campaign being con-
Quoted by the Junior Chamber OF
Commerce disclosed a total of 3d.
971.68 at the regular meeting of
the group list night. Of this
amount, 1898 resulted from the
recent scrap paper collection and
$500 in purchases from the City
of Wilmington and New Hanover
county were included.
1t was reported at the meeting
that the next scrap paper collec-
ton by the CLUB would be held in
January. = previously was de-
cided to conduct collections at reg
ular intervals, aud at the meet
ing last night, members said that
due to gasoline shortages and the
transportation problem, pick-ups
would be held several weeks apart.
The Glee club of Williston In
dustrial school entertained the
group with a program of Christ
mas music.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-20
Blue Devils Continue
To Prepare For Tides

DURHAM, Dec. 19.-iRNCoach
Eddie Cameron continued often.
sive polishing drills this afternoon
as the Duke Blue Devils sought to
perfect their timing of plays for
the Forthcoming Sugar Bowl game
with the University Of Alabama.
The squad touched only lightly
on defense as the coaches sent
the squad through spirited pass
ing session which was climaxed
by the running of new plays.
Not even a cold wind could
hamper the teams preparations
for the New Years day classic at
New Orleans.
George Clark, Cliff Lewis, Ed
die Mcmillan and Tom Davis took
turns limbering up their throwing
arms against an Alabama defense
thrown up by the White squad,
while the varsity's running attack
also came in for attention.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-20
Especial To The Starr

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 10. - Eight
victories, three defeats, 251 points
against 78-that's the 1914 football
record Of the Third Air Force
Gremlins in their first campaign
in history. Playing all-service op-
position, the Grems came far clos
er to winning every game than
a first-look at their record shows.
Their play was good enough for
perky Charlie Trippi to land as
tailback Of the Service all-Ame1i-
can team, and Fullback Bob Ken
needy to be mentioned.
Charlie Trippi and Ted Cook, an
end, tied for Gremlin scoring hon
ors with AZ points each. Trippl
not only scored seven touchdoWns
himself but threw passes for "A
more. On passes and ball carry
ing Trippi gained 2467 yards
about a mile and half in II
games. Cyclone Charlie also inter-
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FAMED BOMBSIGHT
MAKERS INDICTED
BY FEDERAL JURY
CONTINUED from Page One)

MED anv misconduct by himself.
the corporation or Corrigan, and
expressed confidence that all
would be "fully indicated at any
trial.
The first bill accused the four
men and the Norden company with
conspiracy to impede Navy super
vision of production by Remington
Rand Inc, Elmira, N. Y, OF the
bombsight under subcontract with
the Norden concern.
Corrigan, Wells and their firm
were named IN the other lndlct-
ment which made a similar charge
and accused Corrigan OF conceal
ing his financial interest in his
company and filing false reports OF
war plant surveys to the Navy.
Corrigan's Navy commission has
been under suspension since june
when inquiry into the case was
started by the Grand Jury. the
Justice Department and the Senate
War Investigating Committee. In
Washington, the Navy said the
question of a court martial for Cor
rigan had been held in allegiance
pending completion of the Grand
Jury proceedings.
None of the defendants was I'm.
der arrest when the indictments
were handed to Federal Judge Ed
ward A. Conger. The Justice De-
partment said conviction on the
charges would mean a maximum
penalty of $4,000 fine and two
years imprisonment.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-20
NAVELY C0NFERS
ON new CONTRACT

CHAPEL HILL, Dec. 13.-tP'--
University Of North Carolina ath.
lptic officials and Carl Snavely.
head coach at C~rnell, conferred
today about provisions of a long
terri contract which repeatedly
has been offered Snavely to return
here next year as mead football
mentor.
Athletic director Bob Fetzer said
no agreement was reached at to-
davis conferences and that / e de-
Eperations would continue tomor.
row. Snavely said he had mo com
ment.
A spokesman for the council,
who refused to be quoted by name,
said the Cornell coach had receiv.
ed the University's offer several
weeks ago but had delayed his de.
cision until he could visit Chapel
Hill and talk personally with Off
Gals here.
Snavely said he would leave here
tomorrow night for Montgomery.
Ala, where he is to coach the
North team in the annual Blue.
Grey post-season football game.
The university officials said they
had no statement to make tonight
but that one could be expected to-
morrow.
Snavely coached the Tar Heels
decade ago resigning at the end VI
the second year of a three-year
contract to 60 to Cornell.
His 1884 -35 teams won Is games
lost two and tied one. His first
team lost onl. to Tennessee, and
the next year the Tar Heels went
undefeated until they met Duke
and were upset, $50.
move to get the Cornell coach
10 return to North Carolina gained
impetus few months ago wher
The University Trustees voted t.
allow $4,000 year for a head
coach at both the Chapel He'll ane
~ I. State college units of the
greater university.
BUY WAR BONnS AND STAMPS
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-20
[RANIAN SOLDIERS
HOLD BOWL Tiff

CHICAGO Dec. 10. tP - Am
erican CTS in Iran didn't miss
the football season. They had one
Of their own In a unique but tech
nically correct setting which in
Guided college yells from Iranian
soldiers led by coed cheer-lead-
ers. "tastefully alfred in fatigue
garb.
The Persian Gulf Command has
sent here an account of a reg
ularly scheduled battle in the big
II conference" played in the Iran
ian stadium at Teheran on Nov.
26.
As for the game itself. Camp
Amirabad, naadquarters of the P.
C. c.. took an early lead and never
was headed 10 defeat the Camp
Khorramshahr busters from the
lowlands of southern Iran 300
the dispatch related.
But the contest in the stadium
built by the late. Shah Reza. seat
ing 1900, had to vie for attention
with polyglot crowd Of Ameri-
cans. British, Russians, Iranians
which generally didn't know what
was going on.
Two Iranian Army bands played
weird eastern music during the
game, while two pretty cheer:
leaders, Miss Frances Reese and
Virginia Anderson, American Red
Cross workers from Minneapolis,
led the CT cheering. The Yanks
were somewhat rusty on the cheer
ing, the dispatch explained, but
they got plenty Of help from the
Iranian Army.
.'Now the Iranian CT speaks not
a word of Enelish-and under
stands not word of it, the
communique asserted. so it was
a bit surprising to hear the Iran,
fans chanting IN surprisingly good
English such collegiate yells as
we Want a. Touchdown. Hold
That Line; and Fight, Team,
Fight; 'Yea-A-A-A-A Team!' -
They were taught the yells by a
couple of entcrprising Americans.
The G1's-and only CTS - had
cokes and hot-dogs, even though
it meant saving week ra1lon
of these items for the big game.
John P. Carmichael sports edl-
tor of the Chicago Daily News, as
sisted the head linesman, while
carl Hubbell and Freddie Fltz'
simmons held the sticks.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-20
Alabama Holds Drills
On Blue Devil Defense

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, Dec. 49,
P)-Alabama. booked for a Sugar
Bowl date with Duke, staged its
toughest workout today since init
iating practice for the New Years
day struggle.
After an initial period involving
end and tackle defense. Coach
Frank Thomas called out the third
team and ran off a batch of Duke
plays against the regulars. 1t was
their first practice against a Blue
Devil offense, and Thomas rated
their work moderately success
fI11n
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-20
HEUSSER RATED
LEADING PITCHER
35- Year Old Cincinnati
Veteran Takes National
Honors

NEW YORK, Dec. 19-tR-Offi-
c.al baseball averages usually are
Just a dry confirmation of facts
accepted since early October but
today's news that big Ed Heusser
of Cincinnati led the National
league pitchers in earned run ra-
ting came as a genuine surprise.
Cincinnati might have suspected
that the 35-year-old veteran from
Bountiful, Utah, who won 10 and
lost II. was setting a low E. R. A.
mark but not the rest of the ma
ton. Heusser's final 238 average
was shade better than teammate
Bucky Walters 2.4O although there
were eight who bettered the 800
par for the nine-inning route.
st. Louis champion Cards had
the next three in order, Mort Coop
er (2.46), Ted Wilks (2.64) and Max
Lainer (z.65). Fritz Ostermueller of
Brooklyn and Pittsburgh was sixth
at 282 followed by Harry Brecheen
of St. Louis (2.86) and Claude Pas
seau of Chicago (2.89).
Rookie Ted Wilks of st. Louis had
the best winning percentage ia
for.810, including the years long
est victory string, II, freshman
record. Walters with % decisions
topped the four hurlers who hit the
20 game mark. Others were Coop
er, whose 7 shutouts led, Bill Vol
selle of New York and Rip Sewell
of Pittsburgh.
Voiselle was the iron man of the
circuit with 313 innings, starting Al
games, both highs, and also the
strikeout king with 161 victims
though Ace Adams, also of the
Giants, appeared in the most
games, IS, and finished the most,
"A.
Three no-hitters were tossed, two
by Boston's Jim Tobin and one by
Cincinnati's Claude Shoun. Tobin's
first effort was nine-inning job
against Brooklyn April 81, but his
second, June % against the Pills
lasted only five frames because of
darkness. Shoun's feat was per-
formed May Is at the Braves and
Tobin's expense.
On the other side of the ledger.
Ken Raffensberge1 of the Pills lost
the most games, 20, and the Dod-
gers Hal Gregg dropped nine in a
row, low in that department, and
also was an unwilling first in hit
ting most batsmen, 9, allowing
most walks, 1877, making most wild
pitches, 10, allowing most runs, 142,
and most earned runs, 100.
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REYNOLDS URGES
= DEFINITION OF
u. S. WAR AIMS
CONTINUED from Page One)

tCOEtlnue0 rom rage OneJ
freedom of enslaved Millions" but
now 1--WE witness those same mil
lions being enslaved by one OF our
allies"
Reynolds demanded that if Prime
Minister Churchill and Stain want
to talk to President. Roosevelt.
''let them come over here"
Criticizipg Russia for not strik
ing through Poland ION the short.
est road to Berlin to end the war. )"
Reynolds said he had heard ru'
mors that American soldiers were
being sent to the fighting fronts
with mot more than four months
training instead of the II they were
promised.
Senator Bailey (D-NC) suggest
ed later in an interview that the
Senate wound up it's business none
too soon.
Things are being said which
couldn't be for the good of this
country at this time he asserted.
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OIL PRODUCTION
Increase Ordered For All
States Handling Fuel

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. - R -
A production rate of 5,04O, 500
barrels daily of all petroleum Ii
guilds has been recommended to
the oil-producing states for Janu-
airy, 1915.
This represents an increase of
IA, 400 barrels daily over that
recommended for December, 1914.
the Petroleum Administration for
War said today.
Production rates in barrels per
calendar day during January COM
pared with the rate certified for
December
District 3-Alabama, 300, no pre-
vious certification; Arkansas a.
900 and 83,l00; Louisiana, 391, 900
and 385, 300; Mississippi, $4,000 I'M
changed; New Mexico. 11,60o and
Ill, 900; Texas, z,274,00 ard 2,278,-
900; total, 2,913,s0o and 2,si1 900.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-20
Yankees To Train
At Atlantic City

NEW YORK, Dec. 19.1R--The
New York Yankees will train at
Atlantic City again next spring
with the players reporting to Man
ager Joe Mccarthy on Sunday,
March II, Club President Ed Bar
row said tonight.
The Atlantic City National Guard
armory has been obtained for in
door workouts, with the outdoor
drills scheduled for Bader Field.
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CAMP DAVIS CREWS
MAKING IT HOT
FOR NAZI AIRMEN
Continued from Page One)

ficer about his expenditure of am
munititon, even then the lowest. on
record.
Later, antiaircraft presented
General Bradley with evidence of
record days work. Reports con-
firmed by investigating officers
showed that within "a hours First
Army gunners had shot down a
Focke-Wolfe 100 with four rounds
of 37-mm ammunition, a Junkers
88 with five rounds of Comm and
Messerschmidt 109 with three
rounds from a machinegun.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-20
TAR HEELS LICK
MORRIS FLlERS

ELKIN. Dec. 10. - (P) = The
University of North Carolina Tar
Heels deceased Morris Field Flers
in a basketball game here tonight
by the score of 81 to 20.
The Tar Heels moved out after
about five minutes of sparrlng to
take the lead. The teams were
tied at 8-all and then Morris Field
held a 1912 advantage, but Caro-
lima moved away and ran out IT,
16 lead at half-time.
;..a,,-. o,J AMY, ~, q rioc.
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GANLAN RESIGNS

WORCESTER, Mass. Dec.
1e-(R - The resignation Of
head football coach Anthony J.
"Ank" Seaman was announced
tonight by sack Berry, acting
director Of athletics at Holy
Cross college.