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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
MINOR BASEBALL
GROUP TO MEET
MAJOR LEADERS
BY JERRY LISKA

CHICAGO, Feb. %. -(P)- Al
Minor League committee which
has demanded a voice in selection
OF basebalPs new commissioner
planned today to meet with Major
League representatives within the
next three months to discuss pro-
posed changes in the current ma
jor-minor league agreement.
The 10-member committee clos
ed three-day session which pro-
duced numerous revisions in the
agreement. 1t selected a seven-man
sub-committ to uphold its recon-
mendations in meeting with Ma
jor League officials scheduled at
Chicago by June Or before.
Chairman Tom Richardson, pres
ldent of the Eastern League, said
the committee had recommended
an increase in the maximum play
er draft price of $500, but assert
ed that the group had been more
concerned with "clarific atom of
Major-Minor league relationships
than with an increase in Minor
league powers.
He said that clauses pledging the
Minor leagues to the discipline of
the commissioner had been left
mainly untouched. The majors re-
Gently qualified their own agree
ment to give the American and
National circuits authority to over
ride the commissioner on legisla-
tive matters which the latter
might construe to be detrimental
to the conduct of baseball.
Following the joint session of the
two committees, the new agree
ment which becomes effective JAN
uary II, 1916, will be submitted to
the December meeting of the Ma
tional Association of professional
baseball leagues for ratification.
Besides the increased player
draft price, the minors were
known to be seeking guarantee
aginst postwar expansion of the
majors into minor league terri
tory. At present, a Major League
club may acquire a Minor League
franchise by paying $4,000 and
making suitable arrangements
with the affected owner.
Highlights of the three-day meet
ing was the committees assertion
Monday that the minors would kick
over the Major League traces I'M
less they were given part in selec-
ton OF successor to the late
K. M. Lands as commissioner. The
committee suggested that it's agree
ment with the Major be discarded
if the minors were ignored in the
selection.
Although the immediate response
of the majors was an indicated
so what, Larry MacPhail, new
boss Of the New York Yankees.
declared that the minors had
something' in their demand.
The subcommittee which will
confer with Major League ad-
vlsory group is composed of Rich
ardson; Clarence Pants) Row.
land, president of the Pacific
Coast League, and DR.. E. M. Will
der. president of the South Allan
tic League, who form the Minor
Leagues executive committee and
Leo T. Miller, president of the Sy-
racuse club III the International
League; Frank Lawrence, presi.
dent of the Portsmouth club in the
Piedmont League: and Herman
D. White. president of the Northern
and Wisconsin leagues.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01

NEW YORK, Feb. % R -
ca Nh carl snavely of North Car
o Una says the pro football draft
olii IA tbe nature OF monopolistic
is t ~. of trade, and he may
t Le, something there, as offhand
na'e can't think OF any other in
We which SO arbitrarily uses
g tbe branding iron,
'i'I Professional baseball has its
~ rulo but the athletes involv-
81 IL a. slready are pros and accept
s ~ ej+latton as just another part
ll " 4be intricate machinery that
" that sport functioning.
NJ Howpver. baseball p a y r
.,,iniSing Of turning pro has his
. ,l. Of his first affiliation. He
o, ease around looking for the
.,eost fertile field from a none
+, standpoint. In other words his
~, M ,s his own until he signs a
l,,r of his own choosing. Al
~, that of course, it's different.
uo becomes member of t h e
,oiceless horde of voluntary
caves 10 be bought, sold or ex-
changed at the whim OF the mas
ters. =,
League enjoying the monopoly it
has to this date, it could make
ifs rules without regard to the in
dividual. A college graduate who
wants to play football for hire has
his choice Of joining the team he
is told to join and accepting its
terms. and that's all.
In other words, instead of the
oqte being wide open to his ca
Teer he is left only keyhole. He
either plays for the National
League team which draws him in
the draft, or else.
The we2aer teams get first
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
TOURING GOLFERS
SEEK FLORIDA WIN
Nations Leading Players
To Play In Jackson
vile Tourney

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. %
-CUP)-The nations touring golf
ers start a four-day session at
municipal course here tomorrow
seeking prizes in the $4,000 Jack
sonville open.
Byron Nelson, Sammy Snead
and jug McSpaden led the field
of contenders here from Pensacola,
Fla, where Snead won his second
consecutive tourney and his fifth
since receiving a Navy discharge.
Snead has no chance to boost
his winter earnings above Nelson's
at the Jacksonville meet, as Mel
son piled up an early advantage on
the Pacific Coast. Snead now
stands at $12,516 in cash and war
bonds, while Nelson has collected
$14, 486 from the current swing.
Cool but fair weather was fore
cast for the first day of the tour.
nament. Officials have decided
against playing by winter rules,
despite complaints about ragged
fairways.
In addition to Snead, Nelson and
McSpaden, the best golfers now
in the game, the pro list includes
former baseball player Sam Byrd
Of Detroit, Ed Dudley of Philadel-
phia, Willie Goggin Of New York,
Bob Hamilton of Evanston, ILL., /;
KY Lafoon, Chicago; Tony Penna,
Dayton, O., Henry Picard, Harris
burg, Pa, Johnny Revlota, Evans
ton, Ill, Gene Sarazen, Ponte We
dra, Fla, and Mike and Joe Turn
esa of New York.
Snead today blasted out 66-six
under par-in a practice round.
Tony Penna was one stroke be-
hind, and Bob Hamilton had So.
Wood and Revolta carded 69's.
McSpaden played in foursome
with Nelson, Turnesa and Goggin
They kept no cards. but McSpaden
scored an eagle on the 381-yard.
par four seventh hole. His 30-yard
approach shot was good for two.
Claude Harmon of Crosse Point.
Mich, thiro-place golfer in the Pen
sacola and New Orleans tourna-
ments, was looked on as a definite
threat to the high-ranked trio. The
best-liked amateur was Fred Haas,
Jr., of New Orleans.
Prospects were that the 6,282
yard municipal course in its pres
ent condition would not allow such
low scores as the 21-under par total
with which Snead won the S., 500
event at Pensacola. Greens were
reported fast for the practice
rounds, promising an advantage to
the better putt-masters.
From here the touring players
60 to Miami for the $500 inter
national four-ball invitational. then
back up the coast to Charlotte,
Greensboro and Durham, N. c..
and Atlanta, Ga.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
FRANCE REVIVES
WRECKED TRACKS
FOR new RACING
Nazi Plan Takes Most Of
Master Race" OF
Blooded Horses
By ROBERT AHIER
United Press Staff Corresnonde

VS. 0tn1A correspondent
PARIS, F e b. o. (UP) -
frances leading turfmen Joined
today for concerted drive to re-
deem French racing from the eff
tects of fantastic Nazi plan for
Europe's tradition sport of kings
the creation of a master race
of blooded horses.
The plan devised in the best Ma.
Il tradition, called for the depor-
tation of Frances best animals
from other beaten nations to pro-
duce~a brand of horse which would
outrun and outjump the rest of
the world.
1t succeeded at least in wreck
ing the foundation of French rae.
lng-its fine old stud farms, built
up during years of patient and ex-
pert selection, breeding and train
ing.
Mapping the reconversion pro-
gram was a group of outstanding
French turfmen known as the Ma
tlonal Federation of French Rae
ing Societies-a group which or
ganized during the occupation as
a protective" society represent
ing the country's five largest rae.
ing organizations.
Its first task will be to counter.
act the Vaccinations of Munich
breeding expert named Christian
Weber, personal friend of Hitler
and organizer Of the much-publi-
cized Brown Ribbon races at
Berlin. Weber came to France in
1941 and Systematically surveyed
the best stables and stud farms
for promising horses. Then, ignor-
ing a French boast that it was
training-not blood-that produced
their great racers, ambitious Nazi
breeders began to cart off the
country's finest animals.
The dealine set to return French
racing to reasonable facsimile
Of its prewar prestige is June-in
time for resumption of the coun-
try's biggest prewar races, the
Grand Prix' June "a.
They hope that the American
Army, which at present is occupy
ing the Great Longchamps Hippo
drome, will be in a position to
give it up by then for these races.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
Major Baseballers
Produce Weak Averages
BY JACK HAND

NEW YORK, Feb. q. - (P} -
Seventeen players with Major
League contracts performed in the
Cuban winter league but unofficial
averages released today showed
there wasn't a 300 hitter in the
bunch.
Carlos Duanay, gentleman with
no big league connections, led the
stiekers with a $40 mark but the
best a big timer could do was the
.291 compiled by Andres Fleitas,
New York Giants rookie up from
Jersey City.
The marks go all the way down
to 1854 by Angel Fleitas, fresh.
man firsts sacker on the Washing
tonr oster, and reveal Roberto Es-
talella, Philadelphia Athletics
regular, sporting a weak .203.
Oliverio Oriz, Washington farm
hand who spent 1914 in Crattanoo-
ga but is due for a spring trial,
was the best pitcher with 1914
win record for the championship
Almendares team. Ortiz and his
brother, Roberto. (274 are re-
ported to have signed with a Next
can league and decided to pass
their chances with the Senators.
One reason for the success of
the Almendares was the pitching
staff that included in addition to
Ortiz. Tom De La Cruz of Gin
cinnati (9-N; Agipato Mayor, for
mer Hartford, Conn. Minor leagues
(7-3) and Santiago Ullrich 90 and
AL Carrasquel of Washington G-S)
Carrasquelt spent part of the sea-
son with the Marianao club. The
champs first string catcher was
Fermin Guerra. (.226) who may be
the Senator'S No. man.
Jorge Comellas. Chicago Cub
prospect from Los Angeles, COM
piled CT win record on the
Habana and Rene Monteagudo, the
little fellow Who won the South
ern Association hitting crown last
year and will get trial with the
Pnillies, batted 1852 for the same
team.
Garden CLEARWATER of the Boston
Braves played part of the season
for the Mariana team and nit
200.
Twenty five other players with
Minor league connections partici-
pated in the circuit, Antonio Rodrl-
guez of Syracuse leading in stolen
bases with 10 for the champs.
Most of the men with contracts
in organized baseball are con-
trolled by the Washington club or
its affiliates.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
TODAY AT THE YMCA

10; 0o-Industrial shift workers vol
leyball class.
o:3o-senior Sunday school basket
ball league practice.
e.oo-sen'or volleyball league.
Mass. Mutual Life VS..
Pender Furniture.
7.on-Tide Water VS.. WoolWorth.
8:oo-sunday school basketball
league.
Tabernacle B p tt S VS..
Temple Baptist.
o.o0-Winter Park Baptist Meth
odist VS.. First Presbyterian.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
Criminal Assault Case
Is Declared A Mistrial

The Superior Court trial Of Arch
lie Smith, Negro, charged with as
assault with into to commit Grim
inal assault was declared a mis-
trial yesterday.
Ray Wayne Lewis, charged with
a crime against nature, was sem
fenced from five to seven years at
the State Prison in Raleigh.
The State solicitor accepted a
plea of nolo contendere from Clar-
ence Folkner, CHARGE with assault
with a deadly weapon with intent to
kill: Folkner was sentenced to work
on the State roads for nine months.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
New Hampshire Passes
Pari-Mutual Measure

CONCORD, N. H., Feb. 2S.-W.H
The New Hampshire House OF
Representatives passed a bill to-
day extending pari-mutuel betting
at the Rockingham Park horse
race for the last six years.
The vote was 245 to 105. At the
same time, the house also approx.
ed an amendment increasing the
States take" from the track by
one half of one per cent. The bill
probably will pass the Senate with
in a week.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
ARMY ORGANIZES
new SPORTS SHOW

NEW YORK, Feb. 28.-tP-Fritz
Crisler and Ossie Solem, football
coaches at Michigan and SYRIA
cuse, and Cal Hubbard, mig league
baseball and football official, are
members of two new groups of
civilian athletic leaders who have
volunteered for overseas duty with
the athletic branch of the Army's
special services division.
Crisler heads one group, acting
as administrator and football ex-
pert, and DR.. J. H. Nichols. direc-
tor of Athletics at Oberlin College,
Oberlin, Ohio, heads the second
unit
Eddie Lafond, boxing coach at
Catholic University, Washington,
will instruct in the Crisler contin-
gent while Ryland Miner, trainer
Of Northwest Missouri State
Teachers College, Kirksville, Mo-,
will conduct course in athletic
training.
Daniel Jesse, baseball and foot
ball mentor at Trinity College,
HEREFORD, Conn, will help set up
a clinic for Hardball and soft
ball games and Emmett Abe"
Stuber of Southeast Missouri State
Teachers, Cape Girardeau, Mo-,
viii operate track and field
school
peri in the Nichols unit. Other
Solem will act as football ex.
members will be John Hume of
Penn State and A. D. Dickinson
OF Iowa State, two athletic trainers
for physical education schools.
and Arthur R. Hutchins of the
Southern Football Officials Asso-
c2t'o0, Lake Wales. Fla.
--V---
Plants get exercise from the
raising and lowering of temporal
'ufe and alternating drying out
and watering periods.
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01

ST.. Anthony has been commits
sioned'' officer in the Brazilian ar
my since ITO, the longest military
service in history. First as Cap
tain, later as 1t. COL, his military
pay, for 235 years has been given
to the church.
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COMMONS FAVORS
POLISH DECISION
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
aid, strongly defended the propos-
ed settlement of the Polish-Russian
dispute He frankly expressed dis
like for the provisional Polish gov
eminent formed at Lublin under
Soviet auspices and admitted that
Britain did not have the same cor
dial relations with the present Po-
lish government in London as with
the government which preceded it.
Those Polish statesmen who
have the most following in Poland
are Poles in Poland and Poles in
London who are members neither
Of the Lublin government nor of
the present London government,
he said.
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With 16,343, 436 lightweight tons
of ships produced in 1914 in the
United States, the record is 2,343,-
nm fNpc loco fhop IL, 1919
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
Engineers To Give Job
OF Moving Sunken Boat
To Local Salvage Firm

A contract. for the removal of an
abandoned wooden barge menac-
ing navigation in the Alligator river
in Tyrrel county. will be made by
the U. S. Army district Engineer
office with j. D. Orrell, of Whining
ton, it was announced yesterday
by H. V. Comfy, administrative an
alyst Of the Engineers office
The barge, "Asbu:y No. 81, form
erly was used to haul logs, Comfy
said, but became unserviceable and
was left in the marshes: in 1910. Up
until September IA Of last year,
when a hurricane moved it into the
channel, it did not obstruct the
path of vessels, Comfy added. 1t now
is near the mouth Of the Little
Alligator river, water logged, and
resting on the bottom in an upright
position. The barge is 10 feet long,
eight feet Deep, and formerly was
owned by a lumber company in
Elizabeth City.
The job of removing the barge
will cost $4,000. and the contract
will be made as soon as the funds
are appropriated, Comfy said.
y. --V-
Robert Fulton designed the first
steam-propelled Warship for the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01

A new aluminium foil for house
hold use can be nodded into shape
for food covers which will leng-
then the life of perishable foods.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01

Small briquets are used to absorb
the salt from sea water and thus
provide the life boat survivors with
drinking water.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01
EXTRA COST

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 28-lR
Ronning concentrated SO
lntently on his income tax that it
cost him an extra $58. FurroWing
his brow over the AK form in
drugstore, he failed to see a thief
steal his wallet from the counter.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01

Coast Guard filters have scanned
more than 100000 square miles
of sea on anti-submarine patrol
since Pearl Harbor.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01

Robert Fulton designed the first
steam-propelled warship for the
United States during the war OF
1872.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-01

Plants get exercise from the
raising and lowering of Temporal
lure and alternating drying out
and watering periods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15
City to Honor WorVeteron
 Trust Fund for
 Col. LevondoSk

A committee for the eity.Wlde benefit drive for Cpl. Anthony Lev. andoskl, who lost both arms in acs ton in Germany, was named ct . meeting at the Polish Centrala Of Federated Societies Saturday night.
 The trust fund" committee will include:
 Rev. John M. Balasa, Lewis Reed, pr. Joseph May, Louis NarussewicE, and Bronislaus, Levandoski, father Of the corporal.
 Honorary members of the commit" tee will be: Mayor John g. Monagan William J. Papo, William Green, pr. Rene MeAsier, pr. Vincent Obuehow' ski, pr. William LenkowSki, and pr. Edward Lewicki,
 The date and goal of tho cam. paign will Do announced following another meeting Oct. 27 Marcel Ulatowski, chairman, and John Sterling, co-chairman, were in charge Of Saturdays session.
 The local soldier, holder Of the Bronze Star, is now ct the Thomas M. England hospital ct Atlantic City, N., j. He entered the sreyice Feb. 10, i04i, and was wounded last Dec. 24.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15
Nidowof WuFHero Polio Victim Mrs. MoFseFy
 TFuxtom Hospital Potient

Mrs. Margery Truxtun. widow of Lt, Col. Thomas TruXton, who was Killed on Luzon last June, has been stricken with infantile paralysis, it has been learned, and is now con- fined to the Long Branch Memorial hospital, Long Branch, N. ]. She Is the mother Of two children,
 Lt, Col. TruStun, former Water bury resident, was the son Of Mrs william Truxtun and the late WI. liam Truxtun. His father operated the TruXtun Industrial Distillery here up to the time Of his death U few years ago.
 The TruXtun family is one Of the nations noted Naval families, since a member of each generation has been enrolled at the U, s. Naval Academy, Annapolis since It's founding, Conversely, It. Col. Tru%-. tun was graduate of West Point where he distinguished himself as president of the graduating class and as on all-AmerIcan Lacrosse player, The Silver Star medal was awarded him posthumously at doV- ernors Island Oct, 5, ~
 Ills immediate family now resides an Virginia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15
ServicesHeId For Fronk Hodson
 MoyOr HeOds
 Delegation of
 BeoFeFs

Funeral services for Frank ]. Hodson were held this morning from his home, 2oB columbia Boulevard, at s;sO to st. Margaret's church, where a requiem high Mass was celebrated by Rev, ], Oliver Cronan, Rev. Michael Meverry seated in the sanctuary, Music was presented by Professor John |. Bonn and sololsts were Misses Barbara Stone and Constance Llnskey,
 The honorary bearers headed by Mayor John g. Monagan included Joseph Burns, Steele Smith, pr, Patrick Dwyer, Thomas LawloF, Frank Hogan, Thomas Walsh, Justin Kelly and Ralph Castano, Rep- resentatives from the Waterbury lodge of Elks included Edward '. Callahan, George Hines, Joseph Hosey and Frederick Delaney. The bearers were: William Britt, Wil- Ham Crenam, Daniel Burlington, Jr,, Thomas Moynahan, John Me0rath and LeonNrd Weleh. Burial was In Calvary cemetery, Rev. James J, Mclaughlin conducted the commit tAl service,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15
YNACAPost ProgronI or Activities
 Many Physical
 TFoinins Glasses
 Formed

The Y. M. 0. A. health and phy- sical education program, designed to offer, provide activities for profes. sional men, business men, young men, boys, and women, has been an- nounced by Joseph R, Rinany, Jr. director. With the exception of swimming available to non-nlembers for another year, oil women and grls' programs are now offered by the Y. W. 0, A.
 Young mems classes in physical fitness and conditioning are sched. Illed every Monday, Wednesday and Friday ct 7;S0 which is followed up by either Volleyball or basketball. Similar business mems classes will be offered on Tuesday and Thursday at B;ib p, m,
 Special activities include badmin- ton Mondays, Wednesdays and Erie days from i2 to 2 ?. m. and from , to e;20 p. m. for men i0 and up, and boxing gymnastics, tumbling, hand ball, inter-club leagues, weight lift- Ing ane wrestling for both young men and men.
 Gym classes for high school boys will be held every Monday, Wed. nesday and Friday from 2;4B to S'So D. m; ora-Y from 4;i6 to 500 ?. m, The Indians Gym class, for boys 9 to ii years of age, will be conducted every Tuesdays and Thursday from 4:ib to b:i6 p. m, An HlsX Touch Football league with i2 teams com. peting and meeting regularly dur- ing the week ct 6:30, including c few evening sessions of play, Is also be. ing presently conducted.
 Coed program carried on cons sists of four groups, badminton club which meets each week on Thursday from 0:30 to i0i30 and or Sunday from TOO to i0;00 ?. mi fencing club, every Thursday from 7;30 to i0:00 ?. m. and ski club on alternate Mondays, at 8;ib k e;30 p. m. Coed swimming takei place each Tuesday and ThursdaS from Q to 10 3. m. and iS assigned weekly by group requests.
 Qra.Y leagues meet each weeI from c. m. to 100 ?. m. where boys compete in touch football vol leyball, track and indoor sosteall'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15
Russia Takes New Outlook OId-Time Commun istie Views
 Changing

Russia has drifted away from the Communism of pre-war days and the principle Of everyone on the same level has been abandoned, pr. 0. E. A.Winslow of Yale Uni. versit stated in on address last night attho Second Congregational church forum,
 pr, Window, who Is chairman of the Connecticut Chapter of Rus- sian War Relief spoke on the sub. jeet My Two Visits to Russia" '" About 800 persons attended the forum,
 The speaker compared the RuS- sian morale of 1917 to that of i030. He stated that patriotism and na- natlonaiism had developed tremend. ously sineethe first World War,
 A color film, "KukRn, the Secret of Unconquerable China" was shown under the direction Of pr, John o, Walker, The film was photographed by Roy Scott, foreign minister
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15
Associates Honor Joseph B. EIIs

Assoelnted with the CoIohinI Trust Go, for tho 3e years, Joseph D Els, 6s Crescent street, assist mt secretary of the Colonial Trust O. retired Saturday and will make his home in Woodmont, He received n wristwateh from his associates
 A native of Norwaik, he came to Waterbury in 1907 to enter the em" ploye of the Fourth National Bank which later merged with the Col" of1ial Trust Trust Go, MT. Els was an charge of the banks safety de- posit department,