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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10
Nv WHITNEY MARTIN

CHICAGO, Oct 9-tR-The Chica-
on Cubs and Detroit Tigers paused
todav to catch their breath before
,,I1nging into the final game of the
world Series, although there were
come skeptical fans who had their
doubts that the two teams could
N even that without an error of
come sort on the play.
After yesterdays fantastic per-
torn7ance the current classic
40 roorned destined to 60 down in Sc
los history labeled ''Bound to Win"
~ THE Rocky Road to Victory"
S1+bouah if the Tigers were putting
t a, tag on it they probably would
na1, Il The Ball Done Us Wrong
The Bounder.'
w u wasn't alone the dramatic eli.
nax which saw a hard-hit ball
l sroro Stan Hack S bat suddenly leap
tron, the ground over the head Of
uont Greenberg in left field that
fl ant +he shivering fans home reel
;No and groggy. 1t was the game
i in general, which ran the gamut
from keystone cop shennanigans to
a sparkling play.
Tor the most part it wasn't good
,,aseball. yet it was the kind of
baseball that brings the fans back.
ond also brings the teams back.
as killer is supposed to return
fo the scene of the crime and what
s s Of those players did to base
bol1 on occasion was nothing short
IN how many games do you see
player round third j, base ,2 under
f,ll head of steam and fall flat on
bis face? In how many games do
YOU see SO men parade to the field?
In how many games do you see a
1eadoff man come to bat twice with
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10
Borowy, Newhouser To Start Payoff Tilt
TICKET SEEKERS
STORM WRICLEY
DUCAT Statesmen

CHICAGO, Oct. 9.0P- Wild.
eyed, hardy fans-many of them
keeping an all-night vigil-storm.
ed Wrigley Field ticket booths for
three and a half hours today to
gobble up a sell-out batch of 49,.
200 reserved seats for tomorrow's
World Series finale between the
Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tig.
ers.
1t was the second time in base.
ball history that seventh World
Series contest produced pre-game
sellout, the other also involving
the Tigers when they closed
against the St. Louis Cardinals in
the 1884 series at Detroit.
When the ticket windows open.
ed at am. Chicago time), there
was a shivering, but noisy queue
of between 5000 and 1000 fans
on hand. By 1870, all the reserve
ed ducats were gone, but at pm.
there were still hundreds of hope.
full fans still struggling around the
ticket booths.
Approximately 5000 bleacher
seats will go on sale at am.
tomorrow and $500 standing room
admissions when the game starts
at 1870 pm.
! Manager Charley Grimm and
most of the Cub players appear
ed at the ball-park this morning
to pick up tickets. There was no
practice, however, for either club.
Grimm was be-set with ticket
troubles. Everybody thinks I can
get them tickets" he moaned. I'm
gonna get out of here quick before
I meet even more friends who
want ME to 60 to bat for them.
There just amt enough tickets, no
how"
Forty ticket sellers pumped out
the ducats into greedy hands with
most customers grabbing the maxi
mum purchase of four pasteboards.
Fans began the ticket watch at
7 o'clock last night and one pa
tient chap, Paul Sans of Wauke-
gan, ILL.,, was huddled under a
makeshift tent at the park since
5:45 pm, yesterday.
A dreary dawn which broke in
33-degree weather found the walters
wrapped in lumber jackets, over
coats, blankets, ear-muffs, and
mittens. Refuse cans were press
ed into service as stoves by some
5000 men and women who kept in
line overnight.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10
The Sports Trail
BY WHITNEY MARTIN
BY WHITNEY MARTIN

the bases full and two outs and
register the third out? How MANY
games do you see tied up so dra.
matlcally, with a tremendous home
run?
How many games would YOU find
ending as the result of the bali tax.
ing freakish hop over an out
flelder's head?
1t was the latter play which
raised the tempest in the teapot
IN chat Greenberg at first officially
was charged with an error on
ball he never touched. That in it.
self was a minor matter. Whether
Hank Greenberg got an error or
not was of no particular irnpor-
lance, except to Greenberg. It did
not alter the outcome in the slight.
est.
1t was the bad hop that told the
story, and it is emphatically denied
that the Cubs are cutting, the
groundskeeper in for full Series
share. That the Tigers would have
won even if the ball had continued
its natural course and been stopped
by Hank also is problematical. The
Cubs would have had men on first
and third, and although Dizzy
Trout had flirted with similar trou.
BILE before and excaped unscathed
a guy can press his luck too far.
It has been weird Series from
the start, with the 90 score of the
first game making it appear the
Tigers never showed up, which
they were sorry they did.
Anything that happens tomorrow
must of necessity be in the nature
of an anti-climax. Two ball clubs
just couldn't put two games togeth-
er like yesterdays. It was one for
the books, both literally and figur-
atively.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10
Deacs' Bruised Eleuen
Drills For Duck ARRAY

WAKE FOREST, Oct. 9. Up
Wake Forests Deacons, with
bruising games with Tennessee
and Army behind them, expect to
be at top strength Saturday when
thew meet the Duke Blue Devils
here in a battle which may deter
mine the Southern Conference
championship.
Rock Brinkley, 2O0-pound veteran
fullback, took part in the rough
work of today's practice session
and apparently has recovered from
the injury sustained in the Army
game. Nick sacrinty, tailback, and
Nick Ognovich, blocking back,
missed the heavy work, but they
will be in the starting lineup against
the Blue Devils.
The only serious injury here is
broken nose suffered by Charles
Logon, freshman guard from Will
ION. in Yesterdays Practice ses-
sion.
Today the Deacons worked on
pass defense and offense, and they
looked fairly good in each depart
ment Bill Billiard and Herb Ap-
penzeller, freshmen backs, did most
of the passing in the absence OF
Nick Sacrinty. A brisk scrlmmage
completed the practice.
The demand for tickets remains
heavy and sellout is expected.
The last time Duke played here,
Wake Forest won, 20-7. That was
in 1912.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10
Wildcats Hard At Work
For Game With Raleigh

the remainder of the Cats tough
schedule.
While MI st spectators were MOTTO
ing the Hanoverian ground often
sive during the Blackbird tilt,
some of the onlookers were anxious
to see the High School mentors
put the ace passer of the team in
the conflict, Hacksaw futile, who
has flung four touchdown aerials
this year. futile was not given
chance to demonstrate his over
head ability which has clicked for
plenty of yardage in the three
other tits.
When the Locals journey to Ra-
leigh, they will be playing their
first out-of-town game against a
top contender for the Eastern A
Circuit championship. The Capt.
tails have rolled over every foe
who have opposed them and show
no signs of stopping their victory
parade. If the Wildcats expect to
gain a chance at the title, they will
be faced with the task of over
coming the Raleigh squad. The
Caps boast in their fine backfield,
Walton Terrell, scorer of two mark
ers against the Wilson Cyclones,
who the Raleigh team trounced
1877. One of FerrelPs juants was
spectacular SO yard dash which
later resulted in a paydirt sweep.
The CAPS coach, Lee Stone, has a
very weak pass defense, which was
main factor in the Wilson
eleven's only score. Coach Leon
Brodgen might pull this tilt out
of the fire with his futile to Pat
combination, which has looked
good several times.
A large group of Wilmington
fans are making arrangements
to attend this affray, and there are
possibilities that the fine R. O. T.
&c. Band, along with their major
cites may 90 also.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10
Chandler Resigns As
u. S. Senator From XIV,

CHICAGO, Oct. 9.-U.P)- A. B.
Happy Chandler, commissioner
of baseball, said tonight he hac
resigned as U. S. senator from
Kentucky.
Chandler said the date, believed
to be Nov. 1, would be announced
by Gov. Simon S. Willis of Ken.
lucky.
The baseball commissioner an.
nounced his resignation from the
senate a few hours after he had
been rendered a vote of confidence
by IA of the 16 major league base
ball clubs Chandler had reported
ly been under fire from some OF
the club owners for various rea-
sons, among them the fact that he
had kept his senatorial office after
having been elected to the $4,000
a year commissioners post.
Chandler said he had remained in
the senate to introduce a few i'm
portant bills"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10
BY GENE WARREN

With grim determination and
high spirits, the undefeated New
Hanover High School Wildcats
trotted from their new field house
at 18th and Ann Street yesterday
afternoon anxious to smooth out
the rough spots in their varied
TT offensive system in prepara-
ton for the Raleigh game this
weekend.
The Hanoverians ran into pos
sibly the best defensive eleven in
the Eastern Conference last Fri
day night, as the strong Rocky
Mount front wall stopped the
Orange and Black ground attack
completely. Dave Bannerman,
hard running right halfback met
pair of giant tackles when he
plunged through the line of the
Blackbirds, and for the first time
this season was held in check by
the opponents. Kenneth Rogers
showed up better than his mates,
as ne ran around END Tor consider
able gains, but as a whole the
Cat offensive machine was not
functioning. While the backs have
been getting most of the spotlight,
the lads up in front of the ball
carriers should receive much
praise; for it was they who saved
the Locals from an ignomini-
Gus defeat. Co-Captain John Hobbs,
Graham Trap Barefoot, and Bud
dy Bridges have done magnifl-
cent work at their positions thus
far this season. 1t was these lads
who saved the New Hanover pig
skiners Friday, and are expected
to hold the club together through
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10
Pittsburgh Steelers
Purchase Art Van Tone

DETROIT, Oct. 9.-(P}-Art Van
Tone, 27-year-old right halfback OF
the Detroit Lions, was sold outright
today to the Pittsburgh Steelers,
officials of the Detroit Entry In
the National Football League an
nounced.
Van Tone, who played collegiate
ball at Mississippi Southern, has
beer Detroit regular right half for
three seasons.
Emil Uremovich, 24O-pound
tackle who played with the Lions
in 1871 and 1912 after leaving In
diana University, rejoined the
Lions after receiving his Army dis
charge.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10
Customs Collections
Drop During September

The North Carolina Customs dis
trict showed slight drop in col
lections for the month of Septem-
Der over the preceding months
with $736, 618.66. which is $43,-
800. "a less than August, according
to an announcement by Martin H.
Rawlyns, Acting collector for the
district.
Collections for September, 1914
were $639, 1912 or $97, 511.54 less
than this year, Mr.. Rawlyns said.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10
Steve O'Neill Denies
Signing New Contract

CHICAGO, Oct. 9.-LP,-SteVe
O'Neill, who concluded his third
year as Detroit manager by di-
recting the Tigers into the world
series, said today he has not
yet signed for the 1916 season.
Asked if a report he signed
for next year at $25, 900 were
true, O'Neill declared:
THAT story is false. I haven't
signed and / haven't even talk
ed to anybody about that mat
ter yet"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10
SERIES WEATHER

CHICAGO, Oct. 9.-(R)-It'll be
dry and warmer for tomorrow's
world series game, the U. S. Wealth
er Bureau predicted today. Fore
caster H. L. Jacobson said the
weather will be increasingly
cloudy but no rain is expected.
Highest temperature will be 81,
and there will be southerly winds,
jacobson said.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10
VPI Seeking Initial
Win Against W And M

BLACKSBURG, Va, Oct. 9.-(R
Virginia Tech, humbled in its open
er last week by North Carolina,
seeks its initial southern confer
ence triumph against William and
Mary at Richmond and, building
power for the clash, Coach Macau-
ley McEver has decided to con-
vert Bill Kinsey and Elder Glenn,
substitute tackles, into reserve
guards.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10

Due to lack of building materials
to repair war-shattered homes,
residents of the town of Zom erdyk,
Holland, patched their roofs with
parachutes used to drop arms and
munitions to the Dutch under
ground, says American Relief for
Holland, a member agency of the
National War Fund.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10

Dendrochronology is the science
of counting and examining the
rings in the trunk of tree, and
thereby discovering its age and
condition.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10

October 10 is China's nationa,
day, and marks the time Chinese
revolutionaries under DR.. Sun Yet
Sen struck at Wuchang and over
threw the Manchu Dynasty.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10

Veneer is thin sheet of supe-
rior wood covering the surface OF
inferior wood.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
Local Officer In Debt
J: $3.50 After Missing
!: !: ferries With Tommygun

:; WITH THE SIND AIRBORNE
:,DIVISION IN BELGIUM, Feb. 6.
;Oelaye0-When 1t. John v.
::.spooner of Winter Park Gardens,
Wilmington, N. c., an 82nd Air
!. borne Division artilleryman, snip
led successfully with his airborne
:howitzer at Jerry clinging to a
:: telephone pole, his battalion com
!. mander berated MIN for killed
!. Germans at SIS per head.
!: Later 1t. Spooner requested a
: transfer to the 5o4th Parachute
:. infantry, of same division, so that
he could kill ferries at a nickel
a head.
During a battle in Belgium
where the 82nd Airborne Division
helped to stem the rising tide of
Hitler's Panzer columns, 1t.
Spooner fired clip from mis- tom
mygun at a squad of ferries over
a hill.
He missed and his old artillery
commander, who happened along,
asked him, "Spoener, how do you
like the Infantry?''
"Jest fine, suh,' drawled the
erstwhile sharpshooting artillery
man, except, that ah'm already
$3.50 in the hole
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
Carolina Beach Vote
Bills To Be Offered

A vote on two mutually eXclu-
sive Carolina Beach bills, one ex-
GLIDING seasonal residents from
the vote in municipal elections and
the other guaranteeing it to them,
probably will take place in the
Judiciary. Committee number one
of the House of Representatives
tomorrow, Rep. ]. @. LeGrand
said yesterday.
Proponents of the first bill in
hearings before the committee
were R. M. Kermon, attorney and
former State legislator, Carolina
Beach's Mayor A. P. Peay, EN-
NETT H. Bellamy and Walter Blair
who favors inclusion of the towr
under the State municipal laws
which require residence for vot.
ers.
The nonresident property own
ers' interest were defended by
W. B. Campbell, Wilmington City
attorney, and A. L. Mansfield, Of
Magnolia, who preferred the theory
that ownership of property and
liability to taxation should be sole
qualifications for voting.
Rep. LeGrand, who presented
both bills simultaneously without
prejudice, maintains neutra
position.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
Eighth High School Youths
Talk On Affairs OF World

Training desirable and necessary. .
Mrs. George S. LeGrand, teacher
of American Government at the
high school, told the group that
there was no better guarantee Of
Wilnington's future than the Ro-
tary Clubs interest of the young
men of the high school.
With A. S. Grist presiding, the
business of the meeting was con-
sidered and it was announced that
the district conference had been
cancelled in order to conform with
ODT requests to eliminate unessen-
tial travel.
Visiting Rotarians John R. Pur-
ser, Charlotte, Raymond Carney
Oneida, N. Y, and T. L. John
son and Pete Winfrey, both OF
members. Other guests Introduced
Clinton, were introduced to the
were Louie E. Woodbury. and 1t.
Haywood Bellamy, of Wilmington,
and Junior Rotarians Irl Sell and
Walter Goldberg.
Another announcement received
with interest by the club was that
c. B. Newcomb, past president
and past-secretary Of Rotary, is re-
cuperating satisfactorily from a
recent operation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
German Civilians And Soldiers Dazed
And Frightened By American Advance

defenses guarding Muenchen
Gladbach.
Himmler's highly advertised
Volkssturm tried to defend this
city last night, but their perform.
ance was poor.
Some were 12-year-old boys who
had never been taught to fire a
rifle.
They hid in cellars when the
barrage was on, then came out
with their hands up when the
Doughboys first appeared.
The morale of regular German
soldiers was not much better.
More than 800 were taken here
last night and this morning, hid
ing in cellars and houses. The
city was literally sown with
mines, for it was supposed to be
one of the strongpoints guarding
the Rhine.
On every sector of the front
tanks and troops of the American
Army clogged roads in scenes
not seen since the race across
Brest peninsula.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28

ed into this shell and bombed
wrecked city in the opposite di-
rection from vast columns of
American trops and armor speed
ing north toward the entrance of
the Ruhr.
It was the first time since en-
tering Germany that the Ameri-
can Army has encountered civil
ians in large numbers, and the
first time that they were in the
homeless, refugee state to which
SO many other peoples of Europe
have been subjected by the Ger
man army.
The 84th Division racing foS-
ward in trucks to the right of
Muenchen Gladach encountered
virtually no opposition in more
than 10 miles overrunning the
German 18th Army's replacement
pool and, capturing both officers
and men in a state of great con-
fusion. Just north of Erkelenz
the American Army smashed
through sporadic German tank
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28

ROME, Feb. 27.-UP)-In their
first ma or counterthrust at the
Allies, newly-won positions on the
left flank of the Fifth Army front,
German troops attacked savage
ly in the Mt. Belvedere sector, IL
was disclosed today.
The thrust, launched Monday,
followed an artillery barrage de-
signed to dislodge the Tenth U.
S. Mountain Division and a unit
of Brazilian troops from their
commanding positions atop the
lofty heights of Belvedere and the
lesser peaks of Mount Della Tor
raccia and Mount Castillo.
In the fighting, which continued
throughout yesterday and up until
dawn today, the Germans lost hea'
Willy in killed and prisoners.
Earlier three assaults of lesser
intensity were thrown back in the
same general area, which is just
west of the observation-disclosures road
about % miles southwest of 30
logna.
On other sectors of the front
operations were confined to patro
clashes, with several such Skin
mishes taking place along the Sc
MO river in eastern Italy.
Tactical Air Force planes were
out in strength to continue theil
attacks on enemy rail and roac
communications throughout north
ern Italy, Yugoslavia and south
ern Austria. Special emphasis was
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28

Eight New Hanover High School
seniors had the opportunity to ex-
press themselves on national and
international affairs at the regu-
lar meeting Of the Wilmington Ro-
tary Club yesterday in the dining
hall of the Friendly Cafeteria.
Presenting the discussion of
world affairs, including postwar
CONSUMPTION and world trade, was
Walter Goldberg, Bill Lassiter,
Francis Chadwick, Gerald Nor
ton, James L. Wells, Jr., Irwin
Bobbitt, Wilton A. Rankin, and
Oliver Watkins, students repre-
senting four American Government
classes at the local high school.
Walter Goldberg presided over
the panel on International prob
lens. Francis Chadwick spoke on
us Dumbarton Oaks Enough??"
and Oliver Watkins spoke on
what Shall We Do With Ger
many?"
Heading the group to speak on
national problems was Bill Lassi-
ter, who presented his speakers,
Wilton Rankin, who spoke on
Growing Public Debt and Its I'M
plications," and Irwin Bobbitt, who
spoke on Postwar Public Works
for Jobs"
James Wells subject was us
Peacetime Compulsory Military
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
Local Man Finds War
Too Personal-A Jap
Tries To Share Shelter

WITH THE 18TH INFANTRY
ON LUZON-For Sergeant Hugh
M. Morton, Army Signal Corps
p h o grapher, II Magnolia
place, Wilmington, the war is
becoming too personal.
During the heat of action,
while in a forward foxhole of
the 25th Infantry Division sec
tor in central Luzon, the ser
geant felt tap on his shoulder.
Turning he saw with him Jap
who had apparently become
confused in the din of battle and
had taken him for one of his
buddies.
The sergeant reached for his
gun but the Jap realizing his
mistake took off toward a near
by clump of bushes but Tropic
Lightning Division Doughboys
riddled him as he ran.
Says Sergeant Morton: Il
don't like such Interruptions IN
my work.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
Ration Board Opposed
To Discrimination In
Gasoline Distribution

The New Hanover War Price
and Rationing Board today an
nounced that it had been advised
that many dealers are discrimi-
mating in gasoline sales by reserv-
ing portions of their inventory for
regular customers or other classes
of users.
Declaring that such discrimina-
ton is violation of gasoline regu-
lations, the board said dealers
must sell to all persons entitled
to buy on equal basis.
Dealers may limit all customers
to one coupon sales, if they so
desire, or may operate only dur
ing specific hours of the business
day. When this is done, all per-
sons wanting to buy gasoline must
be treated uniformly, it was said
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-02-28
CHERRY SUPPORTS
MEDICAL PROGRAM
Continued from Page Onc}

medical school to a standard four
year school, and to construct and
equip a 400-bed hospital, nurses
homes and other facilities neces-
sary for expansion of the medical
school. No appropriation is made
for those purposes, however.
Cherry said he wanted to keep
a balanced budget and keep the
faith with teachers and loW-sala-
ried employees, but that he did not
know the cost of the projected
hospital and medical care pro-
gram. What we do must be done
in the light of peacetime reve-
nues," he said.
He commended the assembly 'for
your efforts to firmly maintain a
balanced budget.
He added that many available
services, richly deserved by our
peoplpe, must be postponed for the
duration of the war. For some
time past, l have been keenly in
terested in an expansion of our
health program among our school
children. Since this assemly con-
vened, 1 have held several con-
ferences with DR.. Reynolds, the
secretary of our State Board of
Health, and he advises me that
the shortage of personnel due to
war conditions materially handi-
caps the expansion of this worth
while and much needed program. ;"
Some expansion of the school
health program will be made, but
the frultion of such a program
must wait until the wars end, the
Governor said, adding that lin
like manner, much Of the pro-
posals of the hospital and medical
care commission must be postpon-
ed until some future date
"Just when the capstone will fl
nally be laid for comprehensive
and adequate plan of medical care
in North Carolina is a matter for
future legislators-but we here to-
day and in the succeeding days of
this General Assembly ought to
lay the corner stone and the board
foundation upon which we can
build such a program as our peo-
pie seek to obtain and ought to
have