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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-24
White Phantoms Leading In State Play
Racing Commission Bans
Seven Jockeys, One Agent

BALTIMORE, Dec. 23-R-Ma-
ryland racing was in the midst of
a crisis today as II persons were
under suspension by the State Rae
ing Commission on one accusation
or another.
To a roster of eight trainers al
ready suspended after Commission
announcements that horses under
their care had been stimulated,
The Racing Commission added sew
en- jockeys, one more trainer, and
Jockeys agent, whom accused
of violating its rule prohibiting
bribery and conspiracy" at
Maryland tracks.
In turn, the Commission had
pending against it in Baltimore City
Circuit Court four suits, one by
Trainers Association and three by
individual trainers.
These suits all dealt with the
agency's enforcement actions on
stimulation. The nine new sus-
pensions, announced Saturday, in
jected a new aspect into the situa-
ton.
Through Chairman George P. Ma
Money, the Commission said its
move against the nine resulted
from 1.-TWO months of investiga-
ton in which Baltimore and
Maryland State Police participated.
Meanwhile the Commissions rule
governing stimulation Of horses -
and its Interpretation of twas
under attack by the American
Trainers Association which has
filed suit to have the rule declared
void on constitut' grounds.
The rule (146-D)-holds trainers
responsible for stimulations ane
sets a one-year suspension as :
minimum penalty.
Three trainers-Clay Sutphin, fol
S. w. Labot, Jr., E. A. Christmas
for w. L. Brann's stable, and r
F. Guaranteed injunction pro
ceedigs to restrain the agency
from conducting further hearing.
on their cases, based on stimula
ton charges.
The race in which the violation
Of the bribery rule occurred, tn
Commission declared, was tn
steeplechase at Pimlico Novembe
30, won by Mamie's Lad whicl
paid $500 straight, $500 place ant
So show.
In that connection, the Commits
sion suspended the following: Jock
eys Douglas Banks, Howard Cruz
: Verne Haines, Sidney O'Neill, Viii
l am J. Owen, Francis Passmore
Scott D. Rifles Jockeys agen
Jamse F. Byrnes, ant trainer Johl
Barry.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-24
COOK TO PRESENT
TOURNAMENT PLEA

Roy J. Cook, city softball COM
missioner, will 60 to Greensboro
to represent the city in a con-
ference on the location of the state
softball tourney, it was disclosed
last night.
An Associated Press dispatch
last night revealed that the meet
ings will be in Greensboro on JAN
uary 6.
GREENSBORO, Dec. IN
Applications from cities of the
state to stage the 1916 North Caro-
lima men and women champion
ship softball tournaments will be
received and voted upon by the
state executive committee in
Greensboro January 6, it was an
nounced today by Bill Alligood,
state commissioner.
Several cities have expressed
interest in the 1916 events, notably
Wilmington, High Point, Greens
boro and Asheville. and full details
must be submitted to the execu.
tive committee at the January
meeting.
There will be separate men and
women tournaments next summer
it was revealed.
This is a departure from a pro-
gram of the past two years wher
the two events were held stimuli
taneously, at Gastonia in 1914 anc
in Greensboro this year,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-24
Sierra Gene Wins
In Christmas Cap

Aqua CAL1ENTE, Mex. Dec.
23-(R-Stretch:ng his speed out to
mile and three-sixteenths, Elmer
O'Connell's Sierra Gene sped to a
two-length victory today in the
Christmas handicap.
Ridden by Jockey Junior Nichol-
son, Sierra Gene opened up a IS
length lead on the back stretch,
then lasted to hold off Art Shoe
makers Peach Cdbbler at the fin
ish. Race and Munyon's Out
O'War was third.
Time for the distance over a
muddy track was 2:02 is. Sierra
Gene paid $40, 81 and $40 across
the board. Peach Cobbler returned
So. 40 and $3.50 and Out O'War re
warded at $3.50.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-24
Great Lakes Quintet
Wins Over Wisconsin

GREAT LAKES, ILL.,, Dec. 23.-
WP)-Great Lakes basketball team
won its third in a row by defeat
ing Wisconsin, So to 80, before g.
600 fans on the Naval training CEN
ter court this afternoon.
Wisconsin opened with surpris-
ingly fast break and led at the end
of the first IL minutes, 81 to 10, be-
fore the sailors pushed ahead with
fast scoring drive. Mel Riebe ana
Harry Grant paced an attack that
gave Great Lakes a 20 to % adj
vantage at the half-time.
The sailors continued to hit In
the second half and pulled out in
front by 10 points with eight min
utes to 60, 40 to q. The teams
battled more evenly through the
remaining minutes
Wisconsin's Bob Cook was high
scorer at the game with 20 points,
while the sailors Mel Riebe was
close behind with IS.
Great Lake Coach Wilbur c. Eu'
bank used two teams alternatively,
the same strategy that beat Mnne'
sofa last night.
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TAR HEEL QUINTET
BOASTS 81 SCORE
Elon College Hardwoods
Next With Four Wins
And One Loss
BY The Associated Press

North Cardinals White Phan-
toms won their only game of the
past week, a Southern conference
victory over South Carolina, to re.
main safely atop state basketball
standings.
In running up a season record of
five triumphs and only one loss,
the Phantoms have piled up a total
of 1856 points to their opponents
245-scoring SIS or more points in
every contest.
Few games were scheduled dur
ing the week, and not all of them
were played as weather conditions
forced cancellation or postpone
ment of several engagements.
This week, the schedule is even
more decimated than last, with
most teams taking off for the
Christmas holidays.
Only five games involving North
Carolina College or service teams
are scheduled, with four of the
five to be played on out-of-state
courts.
North Carolina will play N. Y. U.
Thursday at New York and st.
Joseph in the same city on Satur.
urday night.
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TheSports Trail
BY WHITNEY MARTIN

that anything short of a great sea.
son is a disappointment. That's
1he penalty for a reputation for ex-
cellence.
10 Freddy Fitzsimmons and Bob
Coleman, understanding. It's tough
10 try to build a substantial house
without the tools to work with.
and we think you did as well as
could be expected with the Phils
and Braves, respectively.
To Billy Conn and Joe Louis,
sympathy. You spent three of four
years in the service and before
you even put on a glove some
critics start saying you are just
shadows OF your former selves and
that your next fight will be an
artistic flop. Is that the reward
you get for your service?
To West Point, advice. Better
quit accidentally" picking up
these star college football players
or their folks will be saying:
Don't be too good a little ! oy or
Army will get you"
To George Magerkurth, under
standing. It's only human for a
man to get riled up enough to sock
a man who is heckling him, and
after all, u1npires are human.
To the major leagues, advice.
Please don't run hog wild on night
baseball land try to arrange sche-
dulles so that the teams will finish
their seasons within a couple of
weeks of each other.
To the Washington Senators, un-
derstanding. We know how you felt
working out daily after finishing
your schedule a week ahead of the
other teams, just in case the De-
troit Tigers Topped and you got
into the World Series. We all waste
plenty of time worrying about
things that never happen.
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L00KABAUCH WILL
DEPEND ON TRICKS
TO DEFEAT CAELS
Oklahoma Mentor Packs
Plenty Deception in Cow
hide Duffle Bag
By BROOKS III. BICKNELL
limited Press Sports Writer

SALTWATER Okla. Dec. 23-
Oklahoma A. and MS slight-of
hand tricks will be used to match
the aerial proves of the tricky
St. Mary's Galloping Gaels in New
Orleans Sugar Bowl classic New
Years day.
The Oklahomans knack for Slip
ping the pigskin about with un-
usual speed produced the mystical
action which led to eight success
sive victories this past season.
Featuring versatility Of 4 SIM
Chewing system, mixed with some
cagey T formation and double-wing
styles, the Oklahoma Cowboys will
try deception against the Gaels.
A. and MS coach, Jim Looka.
baugh, mastermind Of psy.
chology of the moment, plans new.
err and bigger things for his COW.
country lads in the deep south per-
Torrance.
The Aggies iii turn loose
galloping running attack featuring
all-America halfback Bob Fenl-
more, the Nations leading ground.
gamer this season, and shifty Jim-
mic Reynolds, just back from over
seas duty with the Army Air
Forces.
The Aggies toss the ball any,
where on the field, lateral to and
from and have plenty of speed in
toting the ball forward against
most any kind of opposition.
In the pass-catching department,
with Fenimore's stellar pitching
record as big help, end Neill
Armstrong leads the Oklahomans'
record of passes completed. For
the third straight year Armstrong.
who calls thes ignals for the Cow.
pokes, snagged Is for a total OF
312 yards.
Lookabaugh. realizing that all.
America halfback Herman Wede.
meyer, the Hawaiian-born star Of
the Gaels, will afford the Aggies
busy afternoon, will call on Feni-
more and Reynolds to heave SONS
sharpies to his competent receiv.
ers against the Califorians at New
Orleans.
In the rushing game, Looka.
baugh believes he'll have the edge
without too much challenge. The
Aggies pack poWerhouse line
for running attacks with speed
demons like Fenimore, Reynolds,
Joe Thomas and others to carry
i the mail.
In the Aggie front line are such
stalWarts as J. D. Cheek, 1885,
pound tackle, j. c. Colhouer. 205-
pound guard, Bert Cole, 234-pound
tackle, Thurman Gay, 200-pound
guard, Ross Duckett, 190-pound
guard, Joe Shunkamolan, 220-
pound tackle, Otis Schellstede.
100 pound center, and enough re-
serves to fill in any possible gap.
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Lenses and prisms made of plas-
tic materials and used in artillery
sights, range finders and field
glasses during the war, are much
softer than glass, and scratch cas-
Ter. However, postwar research Is
expected to remedy this and pro-
duce lenses equal to glass units.
The deficit of science and tech
nology students who, but for the
war, would have received college
degrees. is about 100000. accord
ing to DR.. Vannevar Bush. direc-
tor, U. S. Office of Scientific Re-
search and Development.
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Nv WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, Dec. %. - Up -
* our wont, we are combining
~ christmas giving to advice,
.0un,pashy and understanding again
s s. wear, as expense is no object.
r W., much, anyway. Give until it
s wv we always says, and is it our
fault t' il we bruise easy?
ANYWAY, here are a few good
will tokens;
m the rival pro football leagues,
.dvice Better get together now
son?e sort of salary agreement
Va you'll both be thrown for fl
O,ncial loss. You just can't gain
a1ong line of competitive bid
dino for athletes services.
To Craig Wood, sympathy. It's
.ouoh to have an achin' backo
men . you were all primed to de-
fond YOUR National Open title when
.be tourney is resumed next year.
rs lust like waiting four years
N meet train and then getting
lost on the way to the depot.
IN Clarence PANTS Rowland
and his Pacific Coast league pals,
understanding. We all have known
how it feels to apply for a job
..d be told to go home and wait
until we grow up, so don't take the
ref,,sal of the two established ma
ior leagues to admit you to their
class too much to heart. You'll
grow into those long pants yet.
To Larry MacPhail, advice.
Please leave little of that solid
dignity with the Yankees and let
the club maintain its color and
nrestige by it's performance on the
field instead of gaudy whoopla.
To Bernie Bierman, sympathy.
Your Minnesota teams have been
so good down through the years
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-24
High Alumni Quintet
Meets Cats Tonight
BY GENE WARREN

The Wilmington High School
Alumni will attempt to stage a
comeback tonight at the New Han
over High School gymnasium, bat
ting the Wildcats quint at 800
o'clock in a Christmas Eve game.
The Cats trounced the Alumni
"a to 80 last week, but the former
scholars are out to make a better
showing since they have with them
now, Leonard McKoy, one of the
best cagers that the local school
has ever produced.
Arriving in town Saturday, Nc
Koy worked out at the gym with
the rest Of the former students,
and looked as good as ever, sink
ing in many difficult shots from all
angles of the court. 'Legs", as r.
is called by his friends, will man
forward post in the starting line
up and team with Frank Kelly in
the job of overcoming the favored
Hanoverians.
Also expected to be in the initial
lineup are Flash Morrison and
Walter Deal at guards and Carl
Mason at the pivot spot. Both
Mason and Deal controlled the
blackboard Friday night, and they
are believed the men to take over
the duties again.
Coach Leon Brogden was well
pleased with the clubs showing last
week. and he may start the same
five that worked up the impressive
score. If he does 'HacksaW" futile
will work from one of the forward
positions in place of Billy Lee
who was absent from the. tussle
before. Tuttle's. taking ability and
smooth ball handling may give him
a starting post, but Lee is a fine
rival.
The remainder of the regular
lineup looms as the same witt
Louis Collie at the other forward
Johnny McKoy at center, ane
To-day Fenneu and W. A. Brown a
guards.
Fennell, racker-up of "a point
Friday night, is the quintet's scor
ing leader, with Johnny McKoy
close second. Both Brown and Col
lie are nice ball handlers and team
men, who pass more than the.
shoot.
The best find thus far this sea
son is Marion "Tinkey" Rogers, ;
guard who was plenty hot in hi
play Friday. Rogers dropped in ;
total of - points, though he playet
only half the game. The short
stubby eager, will undoubtedly SCI
plenty of action tonight, replacing
either Brown or Fennen at a guart
position.
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ACTIVITY BEGINS
FOR BOWL ELEVENS

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, Dec. 23-R
The Alabama football team, "a
strong, left today for the Rose
Bowl date with Southern California
at Pasadena.
Nine Of the "a players may have
missed much of the 12-day work.
out because of an outbreak of in.
nuenzs;, and other squad members
were hampered at practice sessions
by inclement weather. Coach Frank
Thomas said he hoped all of the
ailing players would be in shape
for the Jan. game.
The team will not halt for prac-
tice on the long trip to Pasadena.
It is scheduled to arrive there
the morning of Dec. 26.
Nick Terlizzi, who has been miss
ing from his tackle post since Nov.
3 when he broke a bone in his left
leg, is making the trip but Thomas
said he probably would not see
much action.
Lowell Tew, regular right half,
had badly swollen jaw today,
the result of hand tackle in yester-
days scrimmage. 1t will be exam
ined en- route to determine whether
it is fractured.
All other squad members are in
good physical condition except for
the flu victims. .>.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 23-
P-Rival squads buckled down te
serious work today in preparation
for next Saturdays Blue-Gray foot.
ball game.
While the Southerners concentrst t,
ed on running and passing drills,
the Blues devoted much of theil
second days workout 10 scrimmage
from the 'T' formation. Northern
coaches say they are determined
to win this year and break five
year Gray victory string.
The Southern players also worked
on the CT" thus lending promise
of wide-open contest.
WORCESTER, Mass, Dec. 23-
lR-A rousing sendoff was given by
the student body and a host of ad
rnirers to the once-beaten Hol.
Cross football squad of 80 player
headed by triple-threat Stan Kos
lowski as it entrained for it's Orang
Bowl New Years Day clash witt
the University of Miami at Miami
The team expected to arrive Their
late Monday afternoon.
Also in the party besides coache
John (Ox) DaGrosa, Alvin Doggie
Julian and AL (Hop) Riopel wer'
acting athletic director Jack Barr,
and trainer Bart Sullivan.
Roger DesRoches, regular tackle
is bedridden with pneumonia: an,
did not make the trip. Although
DaGrosa has not definitely name,
DesRoches' replacement, it wa
expected that Tex Donnalley Wi
fill in at the vacant position.
Before departing for the sum.
south, DaGrosss. stated that h
plans to put the Crusaders throug
stiff workout on Christmas aftel
noon and hard scrimmage on Wee
nesday.
The squad, hampered in it's trair
ing for the holiday game by ba
weather, has had no contact wor
since its Boston college contest o
Nov. "a.
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OATS DAMAGED

MONROE, Dec. 23.-Many Union
County farmers report extensive
damage from aphids on early seed
ed oats during the warm weather.
In some cases the crop was en-
tirely destroyed. Where the oats
were seeded the last of October
or the first of November, fine crops
have resulted. County Agent T.
J. w. Broom of the State College
Extension Service is advising far
mers to reseed their crops in jan
uary on the acreage that was de-
stroyed.
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STAR PILOT TOPS
SANTA ANITA LIST

LOS ANGELES, Dec. %. -tR-
The 500, O00-added Santa Anita
Derby, richest race for three-year-
olds in turf history, has drawn SO
nominations.
Topped by Star Pilot, champion
two-year-old colt of the year, and
10 other established juveniles that
won "a stakes in 1915, the field for
the mile and one-eighth race Feb
ruary % shapes up as better than
anyone the last eight runnings at
the Los Angeles Arcadia plant.
Air rate was a surprise entry.
This colt won the Garden State,
Mayflower, Miles Standish, James
H. Connors Memorial and Newport
Stakes, but is the only prominent
candidate not yet on the grounds
awaiting the opening of the Santa
Anita season Saturday.
Beaugay, champion two-year-
old filly of 1915, was not entered,
although she was made eligible for
the $500, 900 Santa Anita handicap
March 9.
Elizabeth Arden's Maine Chance
Farm seems to hold the strongest
hand for the derby with Star Pilot
Lord Boswell, Knockdown and
Colony Boy, the last being $46,-
900 yearling buy.
California-bred or owned horses
predominant in numbers for the
derby and sope Of them should
furnish strong competition for the
big Widows Peak, Style
Prince, Prince lie Roy, Favorito,
Bar Willie and Terry Bargello to
name few.
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All America Pro League
Goes HoLlywoodForS Sure
b. WILLIAM TUCKER
United Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-U.H-A
football takes a lot of funny boun-
ces. But the oblate spheroid really
skedaddled into the psychopathic
ward tonight with the disclosure
that the Cleveland Browns of the
new All-America pro league have
signed on a man who:
!. Was an almost unanimous sele
ton for All-America in 1913.
q At this date weighs 100
pounds, is sound of mind, body and
limb.
3. In the Cleveland Browns set
up rates the title of-talent scout.
The man who comes under the
foregoing classification is Creigh-
ION Miller. 1913 Notre Damer, last
wears assistant coach at Yale.
Now % years old, the nephew Of
Four-Horseman Don Miller is
afraid he was rounded the turn"
as an athlete. The Cleveland All
America club has given him carte
blanche to sign on players by any
means he has at hand-his own
sociability with athletes Of his own
age, plus the bankrol of Ray Nc
Bride, the taxicab tycoon of Ohio.
To date, young mister Miller has
signed on the following players for
the Cleveland entry: Dippy Evans,
companion in the 1912 backfield
at Notre Dame; Jumbo Yonakor,
end on the same team and ALL
America that year; Vince Banonis
Of Detroit, and Lou Rimkis of the
Washington Redskins.
The fact that Rimkis, as well as
Banonis, who played for the Chi
cago Cards, were technically prop
erty of the National Football
League, is not lost on Miller, who
is not third-year law student al
Yale for nothing.
There's nothing in the constitu-
ton Of the National League that
says a player can't dicker for his
pay, Miller said.
pay" Miller said. "That shows
how short-sighted they were. They
never thought about a rival league
coming along.
I remember how l was drafted
soy the Brooklyn Dodgers of the
National League after 1 got out Of
Notre Dame. They offered me sc
much. l said l wanted more.
Talked it over with my father ane
my uncle Gall Cleveland lawyers
and they advised me to stay out o.
pro ball and continue my law study
80 went to Yale last year. Ane
when HOWE Odell asked me II
anelp coach the Yale football team
SAID it was pleasure. And in
eloehtally, never saw guys try
harder than our fellows in the Ivy
League. They weren't the calibre
VI Notre Dame or Big Ten play
efs. but boy, did they give"
Next year, 1 think l will 'bt
with the Cleveland All-Americs
.luo' l may be in the front office
may be a talent scout.
"A player? At my age I'm al
ou' OF shape. Last week in thu
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Soviets Win Battle
In. Typhus Epidemic

MOSCOW, Dec. 23-R-A Tass
dispatch from Teheran said today
that Red Army detachments have
battled successfully a typhus cpl
demic in the Turkmen steppes OF
northeastern Iran, bordering on
the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Re-
public.
Soviet doctors said they disin-
fected 10000 homes and almost
$4,000 outfits of clothing. Medical
supplies were rushed into the area
by Soviet trnops
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England's Two Queens"
Swap Yule Greetings

LONDON, Dec. 23-REThe two
"oueens''-the transatlantic liners
Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary
exchanged Christmas greetings
at sea last night as they passed
each other off the southwest Eng
lish coast.
The ships turned on all lights
and passengers crowded the rails
while the crews flashed signals.
The Elizabeth is carrying $4,000
Canadian soldiers home, while the
Marv docked at Southampton to-
day with 1, $50 passengers from the
United States.
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Proof Coil Given
Extra Weight Load

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 23.-R-Mrs.
Vera S. Bragg's Proof Coil, I'M
beaten in three essays at Gulf
stream Park, has been assigned
top weight of 122 pounds for Thurs
days $1,000 Christmas handicap
at one mile and sixteenth.
The chunky little grey flier,
which has now accumulated six
consecutive victories, is asked to
spot his rivals from two to 16
pounds. Twenty.seven horses are
entered.
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Mild 'Quakes Recorded
At Fordham University

NEW YORK, Dec. 23-lRAFord-
ham University's se.sinograph re-
corded two mild earthquake shocks
early today, and Father Joseph
J. Lynch expressed belief the dis
turbance probably was southwest,
off the west coast of Mexico.
The first shock was recorded at
3:16:28 a. m. EST) and the sec
ond at 3:22:55.
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BUY u. s. VICTORY BONDS

Yale gym a guy I had never seen
before challenged me to a 200
ward dash around the oval. ] only
beat him by 10 yards, I'm all wash
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ID up
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Marines Will Go
To Quantico Friday

Camp Lejeune's Marines will 60
to Quantico Friday and Saturday
for games with the Virginia Ma
rine base. The lone state game will
be played Friday night, when
Cherry Point and Fort Bragg
all-stars meet on the latter's floor.
The season standing of state
teams which have seen action fol
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College Basketball

Bowling Green 70, Oregon Sc.
Buffalo 80, McMaster 20.
Kansas City University 81, West
Texas State "a.
Scranton 46, City College IN. "
~.
Rutgers AZ, Camp Kilmer 81.
Iowa Al, Illinois 80.