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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-28
MISSOURI STAR

DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 27.-P-,
Freshman Wingback Lloyd Brink
man didn't rate an All-Big Six
berth the past season, but just the
same University of Missouri
coaches are counting on the war
veteran flash to hit a major lick
against Texas in the Cotton Bowl.
Brinkman, former tail gunner on
a fighter plane, was the leading
scorer on Tiger team that Won
the Big Six title and landed four
boys on the first All-Star team,
two on the second
He scored both Missouri touch
downs in the Tigers second half
14-7 victory over Iowa State and
ripped off the first touchdown in
the championship clincher with Ok
lahoma, 1916.
A rapid starter on Missouri's
quick-opening T-Plays, Brinkman
excells on reverses and cuts down
field with the power of a full
DdCks
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Bowl Teams Hampered By Poor Weather
DEACON WINS CUP

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 27-P)-
Nick Ognovich, sophomore
quarterback of Wake Forests
Gator bowl-bound Deacons, To-
night was selected to receive
the Jacobs blocking trophy as
the Southern Conferences best
blocker of the 1945 season.
The announcement was
made by DR.. william p. ia
cobs, donor of the trophy, who
began his blocking trophy
idea in 1928 to honor the un.
sung heroes who clear the
way for the ball carrier in
football.
Ognovich was an outstanding
member of the Wake Forest
team which lost only to Tenn
essee, Army and Duke dur
ing the 1945 season. He is the
second Deacon trophy winner
to have his named engraved
on the Jacobs trophy.
William Bevis of Tennessee
was announced last week as
the winner of the Jacobs tro-
ply for the Southeastern Con-
ference, repeating the honor
he won in 1914. The South
Carolina winner is still to be
announced.
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New York Tracks Give
S89O,479 To Charity

NEW YORK, Dec. 27-tR-New
York racing today distributed to II
charities a total Of $500, 479. 90, pro-
ceeds from the week-long charity
meet which closed the New York
season last fall.
The amounts for each charity
ranged from $26,714.40 for the
Police Athletic league to the $222,-
6l9.98 donated to the Red Cross
and the $17s,Oe5.ss for the National
War Fund.
The total distributed today brings
to more than a million and a half
dollars the aggregate turned over
to charity by New York tracks
this year. During the regular sea-
son, $685., 5eo.o5 was raised on
special days set aside by each
track during its regular meeting.
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SQUADS KEPT FROM
PRACTICE BY RAIN
Low TEMPERATURE
Miami Grid Star Ill With
Flu; Name Gael's
Lineup

EDGEWATER PARK, Miss,
Dec. 27-U.H-The two Sugar Bowl
coaches, closeted indoors by con-
tinuing rains, had time to do lit
tie thinking today, and the result
was a starting lineup for st. Mary S
and Oklahoma A. and M.
The st. Mary's starting team, as
it looked tonight, was no surprise,
since it was pretty much the same
t tCoach Jimmy Phelan had used
all season.
The galloping Gaels from the
west coast will field Don Schultz
at. left end, Al Beasley at left
tackle, Carl Desalvo at left guard,
Vic Cuccia at center, Bill Bland
at right guard, Harvey Adair at
right tackle, Ed Ryan at right end,
Dennis O'Connor at quarterback,
Herman Wedemeyer at left half,
Charlie Cordeiro at RICH half and
Yves Busch at fullback. m
The st. Mary's line averages a
little more than 1872 pounds, and
the backfield ITO. The whole team
averages fraction more than 1874
pounds.
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FRESHMEN BACKS
KEY TO TR0JAN'S
ROSE BOWL HOPES
Ted Tannehill, Vern Lilly
white Both Rank With
Coasts Best
BY HAL WOOD
limited Press Sports Writer


LOS ANGELES. Cal, Dec. IT.
W.P-The ability OF a pair of teen
aged Freshmen to handle the T
formation in big league style may
go a long way in deciding the
winner of the 1916 Rose Bowl
clash.
The two are Ted Tannehill, 49,
and Verl Lillywhite, 1S, and they
will be in the starting lineup for
the University of Southern Cali
fornia Trojans against Alabama $
Crimson Tide on New Years day,
Lillywhite is a quarterback and
the slickest thing the west coaS
had to offer this season in ball
handling. Tannehill is the ball
packer deluxe of the 1915 edition
Of the Trojans.
Neither of these boys has shown
anything that resembles Al-Amer.
lean qualities, although Tannehil]
did make all-Coast But if Coach
Jeff Cravath's club should upset
the 1-3 odds that make Alabama
the favorite, one of these boys
names probably will flash across
the nations sports pages.
Lillywhite was the early season
factor in the Trojans' success;
Tannehill was the star in the clos
ing days of the Pacific Coast con
ference as he led his club to con-
yincing wins over California. Ore
gon State and UCLA. ~
The Trojans have other good Of
fensive backs, too-hard hitterS in
the persons of Bobby Morris and
Jerry Bowman. But they all have
shown weakness on pass defense
and that may be their downfall
against the great throwing of Ala
bama's Harry Gilmer.
The Troy line, spear-headed by
End Jim Callahan, 1856; tackle
Jackie Musick, 200, and center
Walt Mccormick, 215, is regarded
as the toughest in the west. This
forward wall has a lot of weight
(the other starting tackle, Johnny
Pehar, weighs 1851 and has much
more experience than the aver
age college club these days, But
it has lacked speed.
It has been against light, but
fast and passing teams, that. the
Trojans have taken their worst
beatings this. year--from St. Mary's
College Galloping Gaels, $50; and
from the San Diego Navy, 1876.
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? .BT1LLDOGs sCRIMMAGE

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 27.-U.1-
Georgia Oil Bowl-bound Bulldogs
took advantage of break in the
New Orleans weather to do some
rough defensive work today en-
route to, Houston, Tex, for their
game with Tulsa. ~.
Georgia scrimmaged about 80
minutes, going into the workout
shortly after getting off the train
here today.
The team was scheduled to leave
tonight and is expected to arrive
in Houston Friday morning.
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BLANCHARD FETED
BY HIS HOME TOWN

,,B1SHOPV1LLE, Dec. 27-(P)-An
All-American football hero was &C.
corded tonight all the praise and
esteem his proud hometown folks
could heap upon him.
Felix A. CDoc) Blanchard, whose
super-deluxe fullbacking has been
a prime factor in the U. S. Military
academy's unbroken two-year grid
iron victory string and which has
gained him almost universal ac-
claim as the nations No. l player,
was guest of honor at gala BAN
quet staged by Bishopville's four
service clubs.
Modest Doc, better known here
by his middle name, Anthony,
heard his athletic exploits recount
ed in glowing terms by speaker
after speaker, including Governor
Ransome j. Williams. He also was
presented with handsome silver
gift.
Docs speech of response to it all
was IN keeping Will Ills Lung
trait of modesty.
The banquet was attended by
more than $50 guests, including
Docs mother, Mrs. Mary Tatum
Blanchard; his sister, 18-year-old
Mary Elizabeth Blanchard, stu
dent at Winthrop college who is
somewhat of an athlete herself, and
host of other relatives.
The scene was the auditorium
of the Bishopville High school,
which Doc attended for one year be-
fore going to St. Stanislaus school
at Bay St. Louis, Miss, and start
inc on his road to football fame.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-28
Hugh Fullerton, ST., Passes
Away In Florida; Fa-
Their of APP Coluinnist

CLEARWATER, Fla, Dec. 27-
R)-Hugh S. Fullerton, ST., one of
the great writer's of baseball and
the man who first ''broke the
BLACK Sox' scandal of 1919, died
today. He was u.
Baseball writer in Cincinnati,
Chicago, New York, Philadelphia
and Columbus, Ohio, for nearly
half century, author and discov.
erer of other top-fight diamond
scribes, Fullerton died in a hos
pital at adjoining Dunedin. He
was a native of Hillsboro, Ohio,
where he will be buried, and had
been spending his fifth winter at
his home in nearby Newport
Richey.
Founder with T. A. D. (Ta6
Dorgan and Cy Sanborn of the
Baseball Writers Association of
America in 1908, Fullerton was
most famous as diamond report
err for the system he devised for
doping" the results of baseball
games, particularly world series
He placed certain percentage
values on each fielding position,
as well as individual batting and
pitching. For years, his handicap
ping of world series resulted in
predictions of almost uncarny ac-
curacy.
The introduction of the lively
ball, Fullerton said, ruined the
system.
Suspicious of the performances
of some of the Chicago White SoN
in the 1919 series with the Cincin-
natl Reds, Fullerton based his con-
viction of "crookedness" on his
statistical system. A few months
after the series wound up, his boss,
John Tenant, then managing edi-
tor of the old New York Evening
World, noted that Fullerton hac
stopped writing baseball stories
and asked him why.
I'm sick and tired of writing
about game that has gone crook
3D." Fullerton replied. That Sc
ries was crooked
Are you sure of that?" Tenant
demanded, and directed him to
write a series of articles. Late in
the 1920 season the prosecution OF
the scandal began.
While still student at Ohio
State and shortly thereafter, he
played briefly in organized base
ball at lean, N. Y, Lynchburg,
Va. and Newcastle, Pa. and once
caught fol- RUDE Waddell in a
semi-pro game. He broke into"
baseball writing with the Cincin-
natl Enquirer. He covered sports
for the Chicago Record and Ameri-
can and the Tribune.
From Chicago he went to New
York to write baseball for the Eve
ming World and became sports edi-
tor OF the New York Mail. Later,
lie wrote for the PHILADELPHIA r.
qrlire1, Columbus Dispatch and for
time was an associate editor of
Liberty Magazine.
He leaves widow, one son,
High S., Jr.. Associated Press
sports writer. a daughter, Mrs.
Lloyd Burns OF Garden c':y, Long
Island, and five grandchildren.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-28
SIDELINES
By Edward X. Sachs
Star Sports Editor

A. 1945 limps out of the sports
. a. leaving behind it a trail
ps'' football players who tried to
o. ,l1e Doc Blanchard, golfers who
t ts;od TO beat Byron Nelson and bet
lieu who tried to beat the bookies,
,ol' rs look back on the past IL
le' ,ths and remember those
a a4rsnge happenings and characters
s..4 Fan only bob up on sports
page. tho unnamed mn,
;or at an army camp in Geor-
' ria Two major league baseball
s slubs we're playing an exhibit
t;on The stands were crowded
~ the last seat and a party of
.Se majors friends wanted
a.ts So he cleared the press
box of sports reporters. When
the reporters reported back to
.heir papers, their publishers
IN turn took the matter up
With Washington. Nice guy
th,t major, only nobody seems
W know what happened to him.
We hasn't been seen around the
a.mn at Georgia for a long
Second was a little dog in Cham
ion who trotted out on the Held
pa On Indiana team was trying to
a; the Big Ten football champi-
o m Just as the mutt started
W stroll across Memorial stadium
" that with collie just discharg-
W from the K-9 corps, the Indiana
NJ o,.rterback completed a pass to
s s end to put Indiana ahead 6 to
The play was called back be-
=" o,use the Illinois captain had call
~ time when the saw the dog.
Nee little dog only nobody seems
IN know what happened to him. He
tssn't been seen around Memorial
radium for long time.
Third was a guy with a loud
checker vest, cheap cigar and
whisky voice who stood out
side the Philadelphia Memorial
stadium just before the Army
Navy football game. The guy
was making bets with one and
all on the outcome of the game
and in as much as he had once
promoted the old Army game
across several of the eastern
states he took Army and gave
NAVY fans Fl points. Final
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-28
TAR HEELS WIN

NEW YORK, Dec. 27-R)-
North Cardinals Tar Heels
held gr.mly to a slender lead
through hectic final minute
of play and dumped New York
University from the ranks Of
the nations unbeaten cage
leaders tonight, 43-41, in an ex-
citing game witnessed by an
other sellout crowd of 1892
at Madison Square Garden.
Brigham Young beat Manhat-
tan, 53-43, in the opener.
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STAR ILL

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 27-U.H-The
Holy Cross Crusaders, who started
their march on the Orange Bowl
about as ready for battle as the
children's crusade was for the
Saracens, began to feel bit more
cheerful today.
Their baggage supply was being
rushed from Washington, where it
was lost in a mass of railroad red
tape, and relief column consist
ing of tackle Roger Desroches was
although unreported-expected in
soon.
Backfield star Stan Koslowski
was due for hospital bed, but
doctors figured he'd better keep
hotel room while he had one and
started pumping penicillin into him
instead. Koslowski's flu was on
the verge of turning into pneu-
monia.
Seven trunks, containing all
Holy Cross football equipment,
were lost in Washington, but a
bulletin received this afternoon said
they would be here tonight. The
players looked forward to easing
their feet into familiar shoes and
hoped the blisters would heal be.
fore Tuesday.
For two days the Holy Cross
players, trying to get in shape,
have been playing in borrowed
shoes and sweat suits. The shoes,
loaned by high school, were a
mite too small for college-sized
feet, and the lack of uniforms kept
them from scrimmaging..
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score, Army 80, Navy 10. Nice
nttie guy with a loud checker
vest. only nobody seems to
know what happened to him. He
hasn't been seen around Phila-
delphia for a long time. And
there are several people very
anxious to get in touch with
him.
1t sure has been long year and
we want to take time out to give
special mention to all our favor
ties. The guy who calls up about
1lVe minutes before deadline and
wants to know the score of the
Utah Aggies-Colorado Tech football
game in 1927, that lovable jerk who
will throw handout on your desk
OF some sporting event and then
leaves the office. When yours
truly starts to copy the story he
finds the writer has used what ap-
pears to be either a soft pencil
his wife's lipstick or Chinese writ
ing brush. After a brave effort he
writes the story. The next day we
getm any nasty calls because the
third name from the bottom was
misspelled.
Then there is the wonderful
personality who wants to know
why we don't print a picture
of his favorite player. Said
player being enrolled at South
western Idaho Piano Tuners, or
some other equally well-known
school.
And last but not least, the glamor
girl who gets appointed to some
clubs publicity committee on
sporting event. Outside of not know
ing the score, this type usually
doesn't even know where the game
is being played.
You see them all, the publ
eu' ssneo9q sueo Hlseu HueW ls5
everyday with some Scoop
with his name mentioned every
other line, the good Samaritan
who can put you on a good thing
in the third for ten bucks, the
lady who wants to publish a
wedding notice in the Morning
Star, the afternoon News and
the Sunday Star-News Oh
heck, it is still the easiest way
to make a living without work.
ing that we know.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-28
CLEAR JOCKEY

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 27-(P)-Lar
ney Hansman, star apprentice
jockey whom racing stewards a
Gulfstream Park grounded yester-
day and today while they investi-
gated the poor showing of two
his mounts, was exonerated late
today.
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YMCA Basketball Team
Beats Alumni, 1927

The Alumni quint of the New
Hanover High school last night
was defeated for the third time in
two week period as the YMCA
Varsity dropped the grads, S TO
n in a game at the Y.
Sparkling the Y cagers, who meet
he champions Of Church league,
II Paul, Tuesday night. was cen
,er Bland with 10 points. Bobbitt
.so made 10 points, leading the
Alumni.
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HIGBE WINS

MANILA, Dec. 27-(P-Brook-
lyn's Kirby Higbe pitched the
Manila Dodgers into the baseball
finals of the Philippine Olympics
today, shutting out the Leyte Base
K team, 8 to 0.
SPTS
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Scribe Who Uncovered
Baseball Scandal Dead
pitching part. He has an alternate
thrower in Jake Leicht from Ore
gon.
OAMECOCKs PRACTICE

COLUMBIA, Dec. 27.-U.D-The
South Carolina Gamecocks went
through two stiff practice sessions
today in preparation for their Ga
tor Bowl game against Wake For
est at Jacksonville January l.
Coach John Mcmillan had his
three vest-pocket size tailbacks,
Dan HARRISON, Bill Carr and Ed
Mcmillan, throwing. passes to all
corners of the field.
The 30 players will leave Column
bia early Friday and are scheduled
to work out tomorrow afternoon
at Jacksonville.
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DRILLS TAPERED OFF

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. a..
-WR-North and South All-Star
squads tapered off on their drills
for the annual Blue-Gray game
here Saturday.
The squads polished their T.
formations with dummy scrim-
images. The teams spent much time
on passes and laterals.
With two trick play masters do
ing the aching-Bobby Dodd of
Georgia for the south, and Ray
Morrison of Temple for the north
anything from a hidden ball play
to triple laterals was expected
when the teams collide.
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FLIGHT DATE SET

NEW YORK, Dec. 81. - W.D -
Allie Stolz of Newark, N. j., and
Willie Joyce, Gary, Ind, were
signed today for 10-round light
weight bout at Madison Square
Garden Feb. Is.
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Jake Early Signs Nat
Contract For Next Year

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27-(R) -
The Washington Senators today re-
ceived a signed contract for the
1916 season from catcher Jake
Early, returning war veteran.
Early played for the Senators In
1913 and then entered the army.
Els return gives the Senators four
catchers. The others are Rick
Terrell, Al Evans and Mike Guer'
ra
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On the index basis of 100 for
1925, the so-callea normal year,
operating costs of American auto
mobiles had declined to so, or
half, by 1899.
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The super air CT it carrier
franklin D. Roosevelt has a pow
er plant large enough to generate
electricity for a city the size of
Washington.
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Two big boys take over at Madison
Square Garden in New York and ON
the air. tonight. JoE Baksi labove)
from Kulpmofff, Pa.ss swaps punches
with Freddie Schott Of Paterson,
NJ, in heavyweight ten-rounder.
Schott, a fast-rising, young husky
who has been enjoying a consistent
winning streak, encounters his first
real major test in Baksi. A terrific
body punchep, hs possesses one Of
the best left hanls IN heavy ranks.
Undefeated in AZ starts (half of the
wins by kayo) Freddie is bound to
throw everything hehas to make it As.
Rough, rugged Baksi is a hard
charging clouter who. piles in with
both fists flying. He has an impressive
list of victims to his credit, including
Mauriello, Savold and Nova.
Enjoy the excitement, blow-by-
blow on Gillette's Cavalcade of Sports
over American Broadcasting Co. and
WMFD 14OO on your dial at 10 p. m.
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Detroit evening times., 1945-08-16
Samples Shoe
Sale Advanced

From Friday through Sept. %.
mems and women's shoes priced
at $3.50 or less will be sold ration
free
Opening date for the sale OF
these shoes had previously been
set for Aug. u. 1t was advanced
10 days 10 help dealers sell out
their summer stock, according TO
w. Earl Fitzgerald, OPA district
director.
Fitzgerald said shoe dealers
need not make application 10 the
district office as had been pre-
viously directed. Record OF the
shoes sold must be kept, however,
he said.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-16

earnest WelCoi1e among the SICK
Jones General Hospital.
The first flash found the entire
hospital alerted. Groups were
gathered around the radios both
at the hospital and the Fort Gus
ter Hospital annex. No soldiers in
the area were restricted to their
posts.
At the big army hospital there
was surprising quiet. AS Pfc,
David Lotus, 1901 Yosemite, De-
troit, said:
"It's all n sort OF anti-cllmax.
We've been expecting II a long
time"
Some cheers in praise of victory
were really voices raised from the
dead, for they came from mer
who would have died on the field
Of battle had il not been for the
prompt and expert care of the
army medical department.
MOTHER THANKFUL
Mrs. Rhea Ettinger, 1886 Col,
lingwood, Detroit, was at the hos,
pital visiting her son, 1t. Robert
Ettinger, when the peace flasf
came. She has another son, Sgt
Allen Ettinger, now with tn,
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-16

India-China air transport com.
mand.
II am certainly thankful"
said Mrs. Ettinger. II hope II
will soon bring my other son
home. That's what IL means 10
me and TO thousands of other
mothers"
1t. Ettinger was wounded ir
Hartgen Forest, Germany.
Brig. Geh. Joseph +. Bsstion
commanding general of the hoSpi
tai, in a statement tonight, de-
clared that, despite peace. mission
and task Of Percy Jones Hospital
remains unchanged.
PLEDGES BEST CARE
Eve have over 10000 patients
here and can reasonably expect
additional casualties as hospitals
I'm the Pacific are evacuated and
their patients returned home
ward. The care that these men
receive will not deteri0rate with
the end OF war. All OF us on the
staff Of Percy Jones Join In that
pledge"
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-16

Order the United States War
Savings Stamps from your De-
trOlt Times carrier. He'll de-
liver them 20 your home.
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-16

shelters We ended several levels below the basement and for minute
though wee
bowling and scapng and handing
business OF
dollar here)a md he egaveus it's
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-16
PercyJOneS Wounded
Greet Peace Calmly

BATTLE CREEK Mich Aug 15-Peace found its warnest and
mt welcome the sick and wounded soldiers Percy
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-16
COMMUNIQUES
bob HOPE

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Detroit evening times., 1945-08-16

been cleaned out Of everything
portable by souvenir hunters.
Russian names are written IN
big letters on all the walls.
and In the courtyard we passed
der fuehrers private armored
car. now a rusty mass or
burned and twisted metal. The
entire chancellerle was honey
combed with underground tun-
..-1- - .kn1t,yse NFn av,Aad A,
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-16
Ieatu,ed in Oa, August

Here again FE0ERAL'S offers you top
quality at The lowest prices in town!
See This once-a-year sale Of fur coats
-. bringing you outstanding savings
al FEDERAL'S traditional ow-proft
prices. Prize pets, expert workmanship.
I945-46 styles -. at nominal 1880.
Remember, you can lay away your coat
ill needed with small down payment.