davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
BASKET CONTEST
HELD AT YMCA

Taking top honors in the senior
class free throw contest at the
YMCA Tuesday and Wednesday,
Bill Lee made 20 out of Is shots,
leading the is boys taking part in
the senior division. In the older
boys class, w. A. Brown made II
out of Is attempts, leading the IS
boys in this group. Charles eau
dill made IL out of Is baskets in
the Junior class and Dudley Hum
phrey made eight out of Is in
the Cadet class.
In the YMCA Cadet Sunday
school basketball league, Donald
Sloan and Claude Ellison tied for
top place with 10 baskets each.
The Winter Park Baptist won the
championship with total of 81
baskets, followed by the Junior
Leaders with At and the Trinity
Methodist team with SO.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
The Sports Trail
BY WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, March 81 III
They say distance lends enchant-
ment, and Sam Snead probably
won't argue about it. His distance
not only is enchanting; it's devas-
tating. So much so that he prac-
tically has a IL or 16-stroke lead
before he tees off in a golf tourna-
ment.
1t figures this way: Snead's ire
mendous wood shots enable him
to reach practically any par 5
green in two, while the other pros
are figuring on three shots. If there
are four par 5 holes on course,
that would mean he had 16 strokes
the hes. of it over the 72-hole
route
Maybe that's why he's been
breaking those records and the
hearts of his fellow pros, who have
appealed for a share-the-wealth
plan in prize money distribution so
Snead ana Byron Nelson won't
get all the corn while leaving them
the cob.
Gee Sarazen, who has played a
little golf in his time, says Snead
is one of the longest and straightest
hitter the game has known, and
the reason Nelson is able to press
him for medal honors is because
Nelson, like Harry Vardon, has the
ability to extend himself for those
fo,,, ovtro wards. m tho mar 8 ho1es
Sarazen also has it figured out
why such remarkable scores are
being turned in on the winter tour.
1.-The low scoring era in golf
dates back to the adoption of the
larger ball, and the development
of the sand wedge" he says. 1.-THE
exceedingly low scores of the win
ter tour this year can be traced
to the courses over which the tour
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
PROMOTERS DIG
FOR new TALENT
By WILBUR MARTIN

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March 81.
-P)-Mexico now is the goose for
U. S. boxing's golden egg.
There's steady stream OF North
American fight promoters cross
ing the Rio Grande these days
beating the Mexican sagebrush for
talent.
Bill Davee, San Antonio promo
ter, who makes liberal use of them
says the rejuvenation Of Mexican
bred and South American fighters
is largely due to the war, Juar
Zurita's victory over Sammy An
gott for the MIA lightweight title
and to the fast and furious style
Of these Latin-American punchers
Since Pearl Harbor, the United
States crop of professional fight
ers has decreased. Most of the
younger ones have gone into the
service, some have retired, and
the supply of veterans isn't keep
ing pace with the demand.
Hitting the headlines these days
are such names as Zurita, Ceferi-
no Garcia, Kid Azteca, Kid Astra-
da, Kid Filipino, Tony Mar, Baby
Gonzales, Johnny Villanueva, Ro'
dolfo Ramirez. Arturo Godoy, and
many, many others.
The Southwest-TexaS in parti-
cular-is riding the crest of this
fistic boom. Once it was a finan-
cial dud. Now, promoters in Hous-
ton, Galveston, Ell Paso, and San
Antonio are packing them in. Five
shows in San Antonio crossed
around $45, 900, Davee said.
Davee makes regular trips to
Mexico to sign up talent. Many
a veteran Mexican fighter is get
ting a new lease on his fistic career
via short trips across the border.
Prime example is Kid Azteca
'Guis Villanueva). This 30-year-
old perennial Mexican welterweight
champion started fighting when
he was II and has since kept it
as a steady diet. He still is the
idol Of Latin-American fans and
has fought two main events in
San Antonio this year.
Arturo Godoy, the Chilean hea-
vyweight, is back touring the Unit
ed States. Somewhat faded from
his heyday Of 1910, when he stay
ed Is and 8 rounds, respectively
with Joe Louis for the heavyweight
championship, Godoy is proving
a prime attraction.
After the war, the Latin-Ameri-
can boom may collapse and home
grown fighters will bounce back
into the spotlight.
But right now, the South Ameri-
can Way is proving mighty popu-
lar in the U. S. A.
81, 81 amigo.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
Local Man Reported
Released From Nazi
Prison By Red Army

Staff Sergeant William P.
Holmes, Jr., son Of Mrs. Bessie
w. Holmes, 2116 Klein road, be-
came the first Wilmington man to
be released from German pris-
oner of war camp, when he was
freed by the advancing Russians
recently.
The telegram from the War De-
partment reads in part; Am
pleased to inform you report re-
ceived from United States Mill
t8rv Mission in Moscow states
your son, Staff Sergeant William
P Holmes, Jr., previously report
ed prisoner of war, has been re-
leased from a German prisoner Of
war camp"
The message was signed by Ad'
lutant General J. A. Ulio.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
VINO Gives Okeh On Use
OF OFF, Season Workers
Baseball Gets Full Support
For Continuance As
Morale Builder

WASHINGTON, March 81. -P-
The War ManpoWer Commission
today gave baseball go-ahead on
use of players who have been ell
gagged in off-season employment.
In giving its full support to the
continuance Of baseball as a mo-
rale builder, the Commission ex-
empted players, coaches and mana
gers from its job referral pro-
gram.
This means that a baseball
player who was in the game last
year may leave job in an essen
tial industry and return to the
game without danger Of being re-
ferred to his draft board as JOB
jumper.
Chairman Paul v. McNutt OF
VINO said he took the action after
having satisfied himself that there
is a widespread demand, parti-
cularly on the part of soldiers in
this country and overseas, for
continuance Of the game.
Baseball players in the game
last year who have contractural
relationships with any club, includ.
ing an option for the current sea.
son, now may be recalled to their
principal employment" which is
baseball, without going through he
U. S.. Employment Service.
In view of President Roosevelt's
comment that physically fit young
men should not be playing base.
ball this year. it is not regarded
as likely that there will be any
liberalization for men able to meet
military standards.
Rather it is thought the liberia.
lization would be to take the heat"
off of ATS.
Men without contractural rela.
tionships with any club last year.
including an option on their serv-
ices for this season, still cannot
go into baseball without going
through the job referral proce-
dures.
Baseball leaders were quick to
interpret WINGS announc ement as
ION the whole advantageous to
the games wartime continuance.
WINGS action resulted from a
recent request by the Cleveland
regional office to rule on whether
players were required to obtain a
referral card before switching
from off-season employment too
baseball.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
Philadelphia Agrees
To Change Franchise
In Carolina League

MARTINSVILLE, Va, March
21.-(R)-The Philadelphia Ath-
letics have agreed to place a
baseball team in Martinsville
this coming season with this
city replacing Rocky Mount,
N. c., in the Carolina Class &c"
league.
Ira Thomas Of the AS con-
Guided an agreement with To-
cal interests yesterday, he said
DR.. T. S. Wilson of Draper,
N. c., representing the league,
had advised him arrangements
would be made to switch the
Rocky Mount franchise here.
1.-THE AS will operate the club
under a two year agreement,
renewable for five years, and
players will arrive here for
training about April II.
Other teams in the league are
Greensboro, Raleigh, Durham,
Winston Salem, Burlington.
Leaksville, and Danville, Va.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
The Sports Trail
Snead;s Great Secret
Is His Driving Ability

naments have been played. Winter
rules have been observed on some
of the courses, and any duffer
knows that if you can give your.
self a good lie it makes quite a
difference.
Some of the sponsors feel that
sensational scores will lure the
crowd, so they make it as easy as
they can for the pro, shortening
the course where possible. The
greens are slow, and the players
can pitch for the flag.
"To get the real line on what
the stars today would do on real
ly tough course I'd like to see them
play Oakmont exactly as it was
when the national open was held
there in 1885. Sam Parks. who
knew the greens, was the only one
to break 300. 1 think that was the
toughest course l ever played in
this. country, and I think the first
national open after the war should
be played there
SaraZen thinks the touring pros
rate an "E" for the outstanding
and unselfish work they have beer
doing in entertaining at camps and
hospitals. In fact. he doesn't see
how they stand up under the strain
and admits he couldn't go through
it. Wouldn't try to keep up thei1
pace for $4,000 he says.
Incidentally, he thinks the re
processed balls are about on a pal
with the pre-war balls now
1.-The pre-war balls have deteri
Grated in storage" he says, "unti
now they're no better than the re
caps. The golfers might as vel
get used to the synthetic balls
though, as there won't be any ma
tural rubber available for several
years"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
NELSON CAPTURES
GOLF TOURNAMENT
IN FINAL ROUNDS
Winner Makes Three Un-
der Par So For Fifth
Victory OF Tour
BY FRITZ LITTLEJOHN

CHARLOTTE, March 21.-iRH
Byron Nelson won the Charlotte
Open Golf tournament today by
defeating Sam Snead four strokes
in second 18-hole playoff a
grim match played before an al
most silent gallery of some 1900
persons.
Nelson shot a three under par
SO to clinch his fifth tournament
of the winter tour. Snead, with a
conceded putt on 18, carded a 70
in a futile effort to record his
fourth consecutive tournament vic
tory and his seventh of the tour.
Each finished the regulation dis
lance of u holes in 272 Monday
and each had carded a 50 in the
first playoff yesterday. First place
in the $4,000 was worth $4,000 in
war bonds, second $1,000.
Today's tension was more be-
tween the players and the gallery
than between the two players.
Snead, hurt because of criticism
among spectators of their failure
to 60 on to a sudden death finish
in extra holes yesterday, was
openly resentful and badly off his
game.
He had two big skies and two
three-putt greens in the worst
round he has played in weeks, one
of them on No. II where he miss
ed a four-foot putt
On the last hole, already three
shots ahead, Nelson. the great I'm
isher, rammed home a 30-footer
for a deuce to settle the issue
beyond all dispute. The long putt
dead into the back of the cup
elected the first real yell from the
gallery.
Nelson's acquiesence in not 60
ing on to a quick finish yesterday
was justified on the first hole to-
day when Snead rammed in a
birdie three that would have set
tied the title.
Par out 81 443 1886.
Nelson AS 543 1896.
Snead 355543 643-38.
Par in 443 454 453-36-72.
Nelson 443453352-3 $3.50.
Snead 443 A 363-35-73.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
Cuff Notes
By JACK STILLMAN

l can tell you that I was proud as
nell OF them, and proud to be their
skipper.
THE Japs are all the newspap-
ers say they are. On Leyte saw
aged Filipino women who had been
cruelty bayonetted and machine.
gunned by the Japs as thew retreat
ed from the beaches on A-Dav
They had found them hiding and
terror-stricken, under a hut in 2
native village. I know how FAINT
ically the Japs fight, for I've seen
them and fought them. You have
no idea of the ferocity of our
enemy until you have run up
against them. think we shall
prove too much for them in the
long run, but I'm beginning to
wonder just how long the run is
going to be. I will not be surprised
if the American admiral who said
"1949' wasn't correct.
Pounding Tokyo from the air
isn't going to stop Japanese in
dustry, which has moved en- masse
to China, from continuing produc.
ton. If the European war will
just end, then our armies can be
brought to China, and there. |
think, by well planned campaign,
they might be able to defeat Japan
in something around two years.
Eve been at sea now for sew
eral months, which means that l
have about a year to go before 1
am eligible to 60 back, I intend to
spend a short visit in Wilmington.
l am looking forward to seeing
some of the boys who may still
be floating around when I come"
Sincerely, Jack Shermon.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22

when I was helping carry the mali
down home last winter" grins
Durrett. But I gained six or eight
pounds and am ready to start hit
ting that ball again.
Sure the two-year layoff hurt
me 1t took me quite a while to
find the old groove of my swing
and it's liable to be tougher for
some other older fellows. You just
have to keep trying
Back in the pre-Pearl Harbor
days when a baseball career was
all any young fellow asked of life
and the Solomon islands were just
a pin dot in the geography book,
Durrett wandered from his native
Sherman, Texas, to tryout school
and the Solomon islands were just
a pin dot in the geography book,
Durrett wandered from his native
Sherman, Texas, to tryout school
at Waco.
Ted McGrew, then the Dodger
chief scout, was running the camp
and later trial at Dallas, account.
ing for the ex-Marine's presence
in the Brooklyn farm system. First
year out, in 1941, he was named
all-star left fielder in the Penn
State league, class D, and hit 1907
for JohnstoWn.
That mid-season slump might
have cost Durrett a shot at the
league batting crown in Montreal
last summer but it hasn't destroy.
ed his confidence.
The boys still out on the Canal
and his wife and six-month-old
daughter in Texas can be sure that
Red is still in there swinging.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
RED CAR SEES
BRUTAL SEASON
BY JERRY LISKA

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March 81.
-P)-"This season will be brutal
for us. We simply have lost too
many players
So speaks Manager Bill McKech.
ME Of his Cincinnati Reds, a team
he has piloted to two national
league pennants and never to low.
er than fourth place in seven
seasons.
Right now, he predicts the cham.
pion St. Louis Cardinals, the run.
ner-up Pittsburgh Pirates and the
Chicago Cubs, who finished fourth
behind the Reds last season, are
the class of the league.
There is a kind of dignified jo-
cularily about Deacon Bill, though,
and somehow you feel that the ST.
year-old Redleg pilot has a bunch
he won't be left at the post.
AS the Reds opened their third
day Of spring training, only a half.
dozen performers were missing
from the 20 scheduled to report.
These included such key men as
pitchers Bucky Walters, who won
% games in MA, and Ed Heusser,
Q3-1D; veteran first baseman
Frank Mccormick; outfielder Ger
ry Walker; and Second Baseman
Woody Williams. McKechnie, how
ever, was worried only over Wal
tiers.
Mccormick, who batted .305 in
1914 his seventh Redleg season;
Walker, who celebrated his 37th
birthday Monday, and Williams,
80, who broke in with the Reds
last season, all are expected mo-
mentarily.
Walters, who, as 34-year-old
last season had his greatest year
since 1899 when he won the leagues
most valuable player award with
27-11 record, is working in
Philadelphia war plant and thus
far hasn't got his customary leave
to play baseball. The same is true
for 35-year-old Heusser.
The Reds appear to have good
prospects afield, with Mccormick,
Williams and Third Stacker Steve
| Mesner as an infield nucleus, and
Walker, Eric Upton and Dain Clay,
all veterans, in the outer garden.
Missing from the infield will be
Shortstop Eddie Miller, headed for
service when knee ailment heals.
McKechnie thinks his real trou-
ble-provided Walters pops up
will be behind the plate where the
shoes of Jron-Man Ray Mueller,
who caught 155 games for new
league record in 1914, defy filling.
The Reds lost four regular pitch
ers-Clyde Shoun, Harry Gumbert,
Tom, De La Cruz and Jim Con-
stanty-to, the armed forces. .~
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
American Champs Score
Shut-Out Over Toledo

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. March
81. -(P)-- The American League
Champion Pitchers Sig Jakucki
and Rookie AL Lomacchia shut-out
Toledo of the American Association
on one hit in their first exhibition
game of the season today.
The Toledo hit was a soft f.y
behind third base.
Shortstop Vernon Stephens hit
the only extra baser, double
which scored one Of the runs. The
game was six innings.
Toledo (AA 100 000-O l 2
st. Louis (AD 900 1872 4 l
-V-
Capital invested in the United
States motion picture industry to-
tails $2,061, 500, 900; employees total
'04, 900.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22

sberlnon, popular young
JAN 1T Wilmington wrestling
rsfelt;s now in the U. S. Navy,
who lime 10 drop us a line the
t',l, ar day. Jack is now stationed
ctAe to South Pacific and is doing
il l ss1e of a job helping to exter-
Sna. tbe Japs, who fight with no
fo,u5 writes that he was in the
,,oa1 INVASION Of the Philippines
nue. evte, last October. He went
a l r the first wave of assault
II m, of the now famous Seventh
DH DFor while the beach was
ttv hot" he writes. ION the
ple.G; r and while there, we got a
va sod deal of mortar fire, machine
sup , and sniper fire. During the
t sr night on the beach the Japs
l aan+er- attacked, and we dived in
.V' any fox-holes and were mighty
" I,d of the protection they offered
ss5ile it all lasted.
W.T. This past January, I also took
mart in the invasion of Luzon at
Tyiagayen Gulf. 1t was about ten
INES as hot as Leyte, and we
rent ', through intense mortar fire
r,os, of the first day. I don't need
~ tell you that amphibious war
tsre is no picnic, and that generally
-, Nv these parties someone has to
set hurt-or worse. My boys and
Tn r Cornell and 1t. Midget, who
Visited with me in Wilmington,
we're superb. I never hope to fight
with a more gallant crew. They
took the worst the Japs could toss
II us and went right on doing their
respective jobs on the beachhead.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
Red Durrett Struggles
For Dodger Comeback

BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y,
March 81 IT. Professional ath-
letes in the Army or Navy may
find the answer to some of their
own comeback" problems in the
struggle for a Brooklyn Dodgers
job of Elmer RED" Durrett, a
discharged Marine veteran who
spent "too many months on Qua
da1canal.
Recurring attacks of malaria and
the after-effects of shell shock Still
shadow Durrett's baseball career,
but the 25-year-old vet from Dali
las, Tex, has an even money shot
of landing the regular left field
berth under Manager Leo Duro-
cher
If Augie Galan is moved into the
infield to replace HOWE Schultz
at first base, Durrett stands an
equal chance with Goody Rosen,
Morris Aderholt and French Bor-
dagaray for the one undecided gar
den spot. Luis Dino in center and
Dixie Walker in right are regarded
as fixtures.
She strain of the 1914 interna-
tional league campaign, his first
since return from service, cost Dur.
rett go points of his batting aver
aga at Montreal and 10 pounds OF
weight in midsummer slump.
The carrot-topped Texan never did
regain his $50 pace, but came out
of it and pulled back to 80 at the
season end, driving in So runs and
making al hits count for 240 total
bases.
II must have walked from Dallas
! to Brooklyn and back 3 or 4 times
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
Film Of World Series
g. Will Be Shown At 'Y'

Adam Smith, physical director
OF the YMCA, announced last night
that motion pictures of the last
world series baseball game at
St.. Louis would be shown in the
boys lobby Of the YMCA at 8
pm. Saturday by the City Recrea-
ton Department Members of the
W and their friends are invited
to attend,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
Tide Water Volleyball
Team Wins First Half
Honors On YMCA Court

The first half championship
YMCA Senior Volleyban league
was won by the Tide Water Pow
er Co., team on the 'Y' court
Tuesday night, with second place
in the first half going to the
Fender Furniture Co. team.
Members Of the Tide Water
Power Co., team are Amos Wof-
ford, captain, M. Fogleman, L.
McLemore, DR.. E. P. Walker, L.
King and Hayden.
Members of the Fender Furni-
ture Co., team are George Hunt,
captain, S. Johnson, L. Wiles, j.
B. Huntington, c. Stevenson and
E. P. Goodwin.
The two teams will play for the
championship at 6 pm. today al
the YMCA. Woolworth's team will
meet the Massachusetts Life In.
surance Co., at Ills pm.
-V
The history of metal in Canada
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
New Victory Jamboree
Will Be Held Shortly

Another in the series of Victory
Jamborees, staged by Bert Causey,
will be held shortly, he announced
last night.
With a host of top-flight talent
already booked for the show, call
for local entertainers was sounded
last night. Causey may be contact
ed at Box 1867, Wilmington.
The show date will be announc-
ed soon, he said.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
THREE HOLDOUTS

ST. LOUIS, March q. -(P)- Bill
Dewitt, vice-president of the St.
Louis Browns. said today ne class
es as holdouts only three of the
is players unreported at spring
training at Cape Girardeau. Mo.
They are Jack Kramer, pitcher;
Myron Hayworth, catcher. and
Gene Moore. outfie1der.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
BILLIARD RECORD SET

BOSTON,, March 81. -(P)- Will
lie Hoppe, the former "boy won
der" of White Plains, N. Y, today
set a new worlds championship
billiard match record by running
up 20 straight points as he defeated
Champion Weller Cochran; 60-36,
in "a innings at the City Club.
The eye consists Of the eyeball,
certain muscles which move it,
and the lachrymaI> apparatus
which keeps the front of it moist.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22
Ten Women's Cage Teams
In National AAU Tourney

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March 21.-
R)-Ten teams have entered the
18th annual Women's National
AAU Basketball tournament start
ing here Monday. Mrs. levin Van
Blarcom OF Wichita, Kas., national
chairman for wonen's AAU bas-
ketball, expects more than ~
teams to be entered by Saturday
when the drawings will be made.
Defending champions are the
Nashville, Tenn, Vultees.
Other entries include Hanes
Hosiery, Winston-Salem. N. c.
Fungi are plants devoid OF green
oo1or;,o M after
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22

The history of metal in Canada
goes back almost three centuries.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-22

Fungi are plants devoid of green
coloring matter.