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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
St. Johns Cage Coach
Testifies At Hearing

NEW YORK, March 12.-IR-Joe
Lapchick, for nine years coach OF
the St. Johns College basketball
team, testified today at the hear
ing on the gambling situation and
attempted fixing" of cage games
that on two occasions his players
reported to him they had been ap-
preached by individuals with
Propositions"
Lapchick testified that in 1910
Kenneth Barnett, one of his play
ers and now an Army captain,
told him that man had approach
ed him in Madison Square Garden
and said: "are you interested IN
doing business?"
Barnett, Lapchick said replied
in the negative and told the man
to get out.
Lapchick also testified that dur
ing the 1914 war fund game staged
by the New York Journal-Amerl-
can, but not played at the Garden,
another St. Johns player, Hy
Gotkin, came to him and told him
that a man had approached him
and asked him if he wanted to
do business. Gotkin also said no.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
SCOTT WINS K0
OVER MITCHELL
Southern Champion Licks
New England Champ
In Fourth Round

Buddy Scott moved one step
nearer his crack at the worlds
championship last night when he
knocked out Jerry Mitchell gin the
fourth round Of a scheduled 10
round fight in ITALIAN Hall.
Knocking the New England
champion to the canvas twice in
the fourth round, Scott knocked him
down the third time for the count.
The first round was fairly even
ly matched, with good counter
punching on the part of both fight
ers, but Mitchell was unable to
Withstand the terrific pounding Of
the Southern champion.
After the second bell rang tle
fight was SCOTS all the way. He
led with terrific left hook, follow
ing up with a right that literally
exploded in Mitchel's face.
The first bout, between Davi:
and Stephens, went to a draw. ane
fans were given plenty of actor
from all sides.
Bryan took three-round de
cision over Catrell, scoring witt
one knock-doWn.
Buddy Best scored a TKO ovel
Chasteen in the second round aftel
each fighter hit the canvas twice
Babe Hunt fought to a six-rount
decision over the local fighte:-:
Huck Lyles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
Cuff Notes
Bv JACK STILLMAN

Mayor LaGuardia told the resi-.
dents OF New York in his weekly
broadcast last Sunday that he want.
ed. to keep baseball clean" He
proposed an exchange of informa.
ton with New York police and
police of other cities where the big
leagues play, SO that Philadelphia
will know the New York thugs and
the Philadelphia gamblers will be
known to the New York police.
To help curb gambling in ball
parks, Mayor LaGaurdia proposes
that the managers of clubs with.
hold the names of their pitchers
the day before the game. I'm
fact" he said, lit would be good
to switch them and kind of con-
fuse the gamblers.
We admit that the mayors in.
tentions are good, and that it will
be good idea to withhold names
of pitchers. However. we sincerely
doubt if any manager in his right
mind is going, to juggle his men
around in such a manner that he
will handicap his teams efficien-
cy and hamper their teamwork,
just FOR the sake of confusing the
gamblers.
Joe Mccarthy, manager of the
Yankees, summed up the general
situation in this manner:
ANY manager who tells you he S
got set plan for this season is
just plan daft. We're all in the
same boat because of the man
power situation and what it may
deuelnn ,,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
CHAMPIONS START
SPRING TRAINING
WITH EIGHT men
Browns Strike Note of On.
timism; Hold Prac-
tice Outdoors
BY BEN PHLEGAR

D. DEN fHLEGAR
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo-, March
IL -IR The American League
champion St. Louis Browns opened
spring training today on a note Of
optimism seldom found in wartime
baseball.
AS eight squad members ran
through brisk workout, Secretary
Charles Dewitt commented that
Things look almost 100 percent
better than at this time last year."
I'VE have twice as many players
in camp and we've had break in
the weather that gave us our first
opening day workout outdoors since
we moved north to train
Manager Luke SeWell, who last
year guided a team almost wholly
without stars to the Browns first
pennant in American League his
tory, said I'VE all had a good work
out. We couldn't have done much
better even in 70 degree sunshine. ;"
Clouds hung over Houck Stadium
but no moisture fell. The temper
ature was about so degrees.
After watching Pete Gray, his
one-armed outfield sensation from
Memphis of the Southern Associa-
ton, for the first time. SeWell COM
mented:
Its almost a miracle how easily
he can catch and throw with the
same hand. You certainly have to
see him to believe it possible. ;"
The Browns purchased Gray at
the close Of last season for $40, 900.
Joining III the opening workout
were Pitchers Sig Jakucki, Al Hol-
linsworth and Earl Jones; infield-
ers Vernon Stephens and Len
Schultz; Gray and Catcher Frank
Mancuso of the regular roster, and
Les Arnold, a free agent catcher
from Moline, Ill.
Outfielder Milton Byrnes, 1914
regular, arrived in time to work
out with the Toledo Mudhens. a
Brownie farm club, this afternoon.
Nelson Potter, righthand pitching
ace, mas COlIe W tSlIlo anu 10 ca
pected here for tomorrow drill,
Secretary Dewitt said. Pitcher Tex
Shirley is here discussing contract
terms.
Team captain Don Gutteridge no.
titled the club he is ill of influenza
at his Pittsburgh. Kansas, home
but expects to arrive by midweek.
Sam Zoldak, lefthand pitcher, is
training replacement for his
Brooklyn, N. Y. war job and will
be here later this week, Dewitt
said
At his st. Louis office, William
Dewitt, general manager, said the
club has not classified any unsign-
ed players as holdouts yet. Because
of the manpower situation, he ex-
planned, circumstances are so diff
ferent from past years that 1--WE
can't say a player is holdout be-
cause he has not signed contract
by the time training starts"
He declined to say, however,
whether the club is having con-
tract difficulties with any players
and which of last years regulars
had not yet signed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
President Delivers Okeh On Night Games
Right Down The Middle To Senator Car
odd Fox Reports
After Visiting FDR

WASHINGTON. March 12-R-
Clark Griffith, owner OF the Wash
ington Senators, reported today
that President Roosevelt had de.
livered high hard one down the
middle for night baseball this year.
The president and the "old fox''
chatted about the national sport
when Griffith made his annual eau
at the White House with season
passes for the Chief Executive and
Mrs. Roosevelt.
Griff said they didn't get into
baseballs wartime future. That, he
indicated, is something he is talk
ing over with other people in the
Government instead Of bothering
the head man.
The boss of the Capitals Ameri'
can league club, whose schedule
includes as many. games as he
could arrange under lights, des-
cribed MIR. Roosevelt as "a night
baseball man." He said the Presi-
dent told him: you've got to give
me credit for night baseball.
Griff said he agreed with that.
recalling presidential statement
year or so ago that games after
dark would provide recreation tor
day shifts in war plants.
And to a question whether the
Chief Executive favors night ball
this year, Griffith replied without
hesitation: "Oh, yes.''
Apparently night games are all
right, too, with the Office OF De.
Tense Transportation, even though
the Government is trying to dis
courage the use Of electricity to
conserve fuel.
Suppose $1,000 people 80 to =
baseball game" Griffith remarked:
eff they stayed home they would
be reading. 1t doesn't make much
difference. It evens itself about
up"
The President, who has been nis-
sing his turn lately as 4 starting
pitcher for the opening game OF
the season, told Griffith ut isn't
beyond possibility" that he will cut
loose with the first ball when the
Senators start their schedule here
April is.
The pass given the President
was in a leather folder, while Mrs.
Roosevelts was in handsome red
pocket book with her initials in
gold.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
Gregg Signs Contract
With Brooklyn Dodgers

BROOKLYN, March 12.-GP-
Harold Gregg, 23-yearold right
handler who won nine games and
lost 16 last year. signed his 1915
contract in the Brooklyn Dodger
office today. He is At because
of back injury suffered as child
Mike Sandlock, infielder pur.
chased from st. Paul since the close
of the 1914 campaign, informed
President Branch Hickey he could
not obtain a release from his war
job and would not report at the
clubs training camp at Bear
Mountain, N. Y, Thursday.
Hickey also said he had been
informed that Howard Schultz,
towering first baseman recently
ordered to report for another
physical examination, had. been
married since the close of the Ham,
line College Basketball season.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
BASEBALL BRIEFS
BY UNITED PRESS

PITTSBURGH, March IL - The
Pittsburgh Pirates today gave four
players permission to report late a:
their spring training camp at Mum
Gle, Ind.
Pitcher Max Butcher will COM
plete a gym training course at
Huntington, w. Va; Outfielder
Lloyd Waner will assist his father
with spring planting on their Ok
lahoma farm; First Baseman Babe
Dahlgren is completing real es-
tate deal in San Gabriel, Cal, and
Pitcher Preacher Roe will wind
up his school teaching in Hardy,
Ark.
A party of 20 Pirates in charge
of Virgil (Spud) Davis and Catch
er AL Lopez, will leave here Thurs
day and report for the first drill
Friday. Davis and Lopez will be
in charge of the team until Man
ager Frank Frisch arrives, Frisch
will be delayed because of a knee
operation.
NEW ORLEANS, March IL -
Jack Kramer, who won II games
for the st. Louis Browns last year
and registered one of their two
world series victories over the Car
dinals, is holdout, it was learned
today.
Kramer, who is working out at
the New Orleans Athletic Club, has
returned three contracts unsigned.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., March
12-Nine members of the New York
Yankees reported for the club S
first spring training drill today and
Coach Art Fletcher took advantage
of spring-like weather to send them
through an outdoor workout.
Fletcher. in charge until Man.
ager Joe Mccarthy arrives tomor-
row, had Catcher Herb Compton
at first, Outfielder George Stain
back at second, Joe Buzas at short
and Cesar Grimes at third for an
infield drill.
Grimes was one of three men
who reported this morning. The
others were Pitchers John Moore
and Karl Drews. Moore is the only
service discharge on the club. He
was released from the 138th bat
talon, tank destroyer outfit, in 1913
because of a back injury.
4 President Ed BarroWs telephon.
i cd from New York to report that
Pitcher Alley Donald has signed
his 1945 contract. bringing the mum:
Der of Yankee players into the fold
to 20. Donald is expected to ar
rive tomorrow while Pitcher Ell
mer Singleton and Outfielder Her
schel Martin notified the team
they were enroute to camp al
though the latter reported trans
portation difficulty at Vienna, Ma.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
FRANCISCO GARCIA
Wins IN &C BOUTS

NEW YORK, March u. - P) -
francisco Garcia, 19-year-old
sish school boy from San Juan,
Puerto Rico, stamped himself as
leading contender for the 112-
nnnd title in the 1915 Golden
Cloves battle of champions to-
right when he stopped PIGGY
King youthful Washington fly
weight, in 80 seconds of the Sec
ond round.
The Puerto Rican dumped King
Al the first round gong and put him
down again for nine in the second
before the referee stopped the
scrap.
More than 1900 fans witnessing
the first round matches of the
tourney, thrilled to three-round de-
cision Of Adolfo Calderson, a 49,
year-old welter from Puerto Rico,
over Frank Stefano, the first New
Yorker to lose a decision, in the
ll8.pound class.
Twenty four bouts involving ali
but eight of the Sc contestants
we're scheduled in the lengthy pro-
gram at Ridgewood Grove arena.
The others drew byes and will be
in action tomorrow at the same
club. The finals will be held We'd
msday in Madison Square Garden.
Summaries:
112-Pound Glass
Francisco Colon Garcia, Puerto
Rico, stopped PIGGY King, Wash
Mgton ~.
Vic Eisen, Buffalo, outpointed
Dominic Palermo, Charlotte 80.
William Simon. New York, out
pointed Billy Howard, Jackson
vile 80.
Andy Pecora. Newark, drew bye.
11S-POund Glass
Bobby Temple. of Florence, sc.
and representing Charlotte, N. c.,
Cutpointed Sammy Butera, Buffalo
'3l. Sal Puzzo, Newark, knocked
out Lenny Souza, Miami, %.
Jimmy Binz, Washington, out
pointed Ken King, Jacksonville
~.
--V-
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
Outstanding Wrestlers
Prepare For Engagement
AT ITALIAN Hall FRIDAY

One of the outstanding wrest-
ling cards of the 1945 season will
be presented Friday night at
ITALIAN Hall, Promoter Bert Cau-
sey announced last night after
completing arrangements for his
program.
Double main events will feature
the show with the DULLES in the top
match. Jack O'Brien, of Dallas,
Texas, will go against Masked
Marvel, I'd in this enga cement.
Abe Tourist, of Toledo, will Wrest-
lie the popular Earl Wampler in
the other event.
Both matches will be two out
of three falls and time limit of
IS minutes has been set on each.
Tickets are now on sale, and
early indications are that the pro-
gram will draw a capacity crowd.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
EXHIBITION TlLTS
MAY Be CANCELLED

CHICAGO, March IL. - W.H -
President Will Harridge of the
American League said today that
there was a possibility Of the ma
jor leagues cancelling all spring
training exhibition games except
with military teams to conserve
transportation.
Harridge said the cancellation
would be in response to a request
from the Office of Defense Trans.
portation, but in Washington, j.
Monroe Johnson, head of the agen
cy said there had been no specific
demand that such be done.
We've been working on the
matter to see what can be, done
Harridge said. There seems to be
misunderstanding on just what
the ODT wants and I'm trying to
get a ruling on it. I don't know
whether the exhibition games will
be cancelled or not
Johnson said baseball had beer
cooperative in pledglng to cut
travel Is per cent and no specific
request would be made regarding
spring training travel.
1--WE haven't made any requests
and no orders have been issued, u
he said. 'No order is contemplat
ed and no order will be neces
sary."
He said the major league presi
dents, Harridge and Ford Prick o.
the National league had made pre-
vious travel reductions "Without
being asked"
johnson said he had been ir
correspondence with both execu
tives since their recent confer
ence at Washington ito clarity
the voluntary agreement by which
baseball offered to reduce trave
Is per cent"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
Washington Calling
Continued from Page Four

shipments is that they came off
at critical moments and in re-
mote mountain glens that could
not possibly be reached in any
other way. It is hard to imagine
the sense of relief and citation
when one hears friendly planes
coming with supplies that will
mean the difference between life
and death.
Despite all that has been sent
in, it is still only fraction OF
the need. Again, it is hard to
imagine the suffering of the Bal.
kan peoples, especially in war.
torn Yugoslavia. While food seem
ed fairly plentiful in Belgrade,
some of the mountain provinces
are said to be at starvation level.
It is the same story 1 have
heard throughout Europe-lack Of
transportation. An air force such
as that organized for the Balkan
war can do emergency jobs, but
it cannot fill the gap left by the
destruction of rails, bridges and
highways.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13

methods, subject Of mild contro-
varsy since his double defeat, were
correct and that his legs had lost
all their soreness.
Il saw Gunder break various
world records but 1 never saw him
happier than he was Saturday night
after placing fifth with time of
4:19.1," said Lidman. HE feels
he is on the road now and will
improve each time out
Lidman thought Haegg might do
Alb or LA in Chicago Saturday
but Haegg needed no Interpreter
for quick mo- when aksed if he
might do 4:10 at Cleveland on
March %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
Tabernacle Quint Wins
Over USO Quint, 1915

The Tabernacle church baske
teers downed a fighting aggrega
tion from the Industrial USO clut
1926 on the hardwood of the Firs1
Presbyterian church gym las
night to take their second defeat
at the expense of the USO quint
High scorer was Pete Lee, Ia
bernacle forward, who racked ur
10 points, trailed by Tommy, use
center, with IA.
The Tabernacle quintet defeated
the USO team last Tuesday 1928
on the Lake Forest gymnasium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13

--obable pitchers and other IN
Pfo .,inn may not be forthcoming
toFllla4tblee'' biz leagues this year, as
from uie hi of minor associations,
well a. simple reason that officials
tor ln 't to trim the incomes OF gam
are ON. md they figure that one way
bier, s sll them from knowing what
$50 mn on on the inside of club
goes .;. H However, with the pres
aclSL UNLOCK on baseball getting
en' o and simmer, it wouldn't
sInlll, much brain work to figure
take = - If q teams pitchers will
wAlsA The game, for it is obvious
STAR .se batteries of all teams this
tlal WI nilI be limited to the talents
yea mere few, which wouldn't give
Of .a.nbler a very wide margin.
gssastsrday the major league
., ss spring training season Of
b paw opened its fourth wartime
LUNA lsanaign directly on the heels OF
ea' nrrronosaI from Mayor Fiorello
aa.c g,c that police in the big
Iao 5us cities exchange information
!s's IN effort to curb gambling on
the sport ,,,o,dor ,,,v +ho
aden interest in gambling in
s sas boxing or most any other
.sort The reason rof this is that
s snce the Government has done
s smsy with the gamblers chief
a ,mourations-racing-he has had to
o WI into other lines of work, and
srom here on in, until race horses
aooin hit the turf, gamblers will fol-
f a the sports around the seasons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
Penn Relays To Be Set
In Tune With the ODT

PHIL March 12--(P)
H. Jamison Swarts, director of
the Penn relays, said today the re-
lays will be held in compliance
with an Office of Defense Trans
portation request that athletic
events be cancelled or localized
He said he will study the list
of 1866 invitations mailed to 1nsti-
tutions to compete in the 51st an
nual meet in the light of an ODT
spokesman's statement today that
although such athletic events as
the Penn relays are important,
ODT wants sports plans made in
accordance with wartime needs"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
Today at the YMCA

10:00-Shift workers volleyball
class.
2:30-Senior Sunday school bas-
ketball league practice.
3:30-High School swim team
practice.
6:00-Senior volleyball league;
Massachusetts, Life VS.. Wool.
Worth's.
7:00-Tide Water rvs. Pende
Furniture.
8:00-'Y' Dorm. VS.. " Seniors,
championship game.
9:00-Deadline for the ~
Tournament entries.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
BY HAROLD CLAASSEN

NEW YORK, March 12.-P}-
Gunder Haegg's boss in Malmoe,
Sweden, wants his tie salesman
back by April II and the erstwhile
holder of the mile outdoor record
has made plans to leave for nome
day or two after Easter.
Haegg received a cablegra1n
from his employer late Saturday,
ordering him back to work on the
date specified in their agreement
aud the runner, beaten in both his
indoor starts on the present in
vasion, Immediately began arrang-
ing for a plane trip home.
The athlete signed a three-year
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
Gunder Haegg Plans To Return T o Sweden Job

contract to work in a Malmoe Ha-
berdashery in October, 1913. and
it was the refusal of the establish
ment's owner to do without his
star salesman during the Christ
mas rush that kept Haegg and Ha-
akan Lidman from starting for
the U. S. early in December.
Instead of projected tour
through the south and to the west
coast and a probable appearance
at the Penn relays, Haegg now
will conclude his present visit at a
meet in Buffalo on March 81.
In an interview today. at which
Lidman served as Interpreter, Ha-
egg said he thought his training
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13

Haegg and Lidman, Oldham
now plans to return home with the
miler), will appear at Camp Endi-
colt in Rhode Island tomorrow night
and will fly from there to Chicago
in time for workout Wednesday
afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
The Sports Trail
Ne,u York Seeks Control
Over All Pro Athletics

ed cardboard in his field bag along
with the other odds and ends a
soldier somehow manages to lug
with him. Last July, while in con
tact with the Nazis, he and several
buddies were subjected to a 20
minute artillery barrage. They dove
into fox holes, and Kirshner LEFT
his field bag in the open. He es
capped unscathed, but the field bag
was well-peppered with shrapnel
He sent the mangled program
to Red Patterson, new Natlona
League publicity chief. Patterson
gingerly unfolded it so it wouldn''
fall apart, and then stared ir
amazement.
The shrapnel scars, when the
program was unfolded, made a
perfect baseball diamond!
There is much talk of national
physical education program after
the war, and that's fine, if it doesn't
just end in talk But right now
there are thousands upon thousands
of youngsters who would be in the
age bracket subject to such a pro-
gram. What is being done for
them?
Well, for one thing, they can't
even get athletic equipment tc
carry on their sports. School sys.
terns need to tho hest sre irwin @
to carry on with old, lop-sided
basketballs and footballs.
The reacation to this. in view
of the war, might be: Well. ain't
that just to bad" But these are
the boys they want built UP into
fine physical specimens after the
war; The Government is taking
most of the sports equipment out
put. If it is using all of it, all right
If it is filling warehouses, why not
give the kids a break3
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
Masonboro Ramblers Win
Over Hilton Nine, AZ

The Masonboro Ramblers got ar
early start last Sunday afternoon
by defeating the Hilton baseball
team AZ, With E. Todd on the
mound for the Ramblers, and D
George was behind the plate.
Brown, Gibson and Latum form.
ed the battery for the Hilton nine.
Todd relinquished one hit to Lat
UNI, while Brown gave up one each
to B. Fales and E. George.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
BASKETBALL SCORES

National intercollegiate tourna-
ment at Kansas City,
Central College, Fayette, Mo.
81, Eau Clair Wisconsin Teachers,
"a
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13
'Y' Announces Deadline
For Basketball Tourney

Deadline for entry in the city
county YMCA basketball league
tournament will be Friday, Adam
Smith, athletic director OF the Or
eanization, announced yesterday.
Teams entering should be weigh
ed in at the "Y" as matching will
be according to weight.
Smith said the first game OF the
tournament will be Friday and the
dates for the other games will be
announced later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-13

When the first Spanish explorers
called into Manila Bay. they found
native town on the south bank
of the Pasig River.