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WANT-to rent furnished one or
two bedroom house or apartment
in town or near Coolidge Air
Base. Call CPL Bronson, Opera
tions Coolidge Army Air Field
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GUERNSEY Bull Service. Sired by
Gosselt's Royal Bull. Also boar
service, from Arizona University
stock. Phone 377-R2. B. J. |
Fletcher. F23-tfc
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FOR SALE-Hampshire Red pull
lets, 8 and Az months old. See
Edgar Partch at Highway Court.
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FOR SALE-Five room brick |
house. See Mitchell Cagalj or
Telephone Ill. M9-tf |
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REAL ESTATE LOANS-6% Long
Term Loans on Improved Farm
Property. 8. c. I. D. or Pump
Water. See c. M. Betterton, 791
Center ST.. Casa Grande. Tel.
336-J3. 12mar3tp tic
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FOR SALE-25 and so H. P, 25-
cycle transformers and motor.
Write Rt. !, J. c. Cullins.
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GUERNSEY BULL SERVICES. 90
at ranch; $500 delivered. Daisy
Dairy, Phone 284. F2-tfc
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FOR SALE-Bu-gas or natural
gas water heater. Call SARA.
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HAY FOR SALE - $500 from
stack, $24.00 from barn. A. L.
Bartlett, Phone 173.
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FOR SALE-Heavy work team
mares and harness, also two
yearling mule colts. See S. C.
Wright, Valley Farms M9-1tp
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
Cardinals Turn Back
Former Redbird Star

FIT. LEONARD WOOD, Mo-.
July 25.-(P)-The World Cham.
pion St. Louis Cardinals turned
back former teammate Harry
Gumbert and the Fl. Leonard
Wood All-stars, 3 to 0, today be.
fore 10000 cheering soldiers.
AL Jurisich allowed the soldiers
only eight hits as brilliant out
field work by Rookie Red Schoen-
dienst saved his shutout. On two
occasions, Schoendienst raced back
into the crowd to haul down TIE.
mendous fly balls off the bat Of
Ray Mack, former Cleveland In
dian second baseman. The Army
park has no outfield fence.
Gumbert gave up 10 hits. There
were no home runs.
The line score:
St. Louis Cardinal
(NL) ----.. 010 900 O20-3 10
Fl. Leonard Wood ALL
Stars ----.. 900 900 1000 8
Jurisich and Rice; Gumbert ane
Comacho.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
George Payton Leading
A[LAmerican Tourney
BY JERRY LISKA

CHICAGO, July 25.-(P)-A slim,
fledgling pro-136-pound George
Payton of Hampton, Va.-held the
spotlight in the 100000 all-Ameri-
can golf tournament today as a
126-player field was completed for
the lush 72-hole open which starts
tomorrow.
Payton, with four-under-par 49,
$3.50, led % pros from outside
Illinois, Indiana. Michigan and Wis
consin in a showdown for 40 berths
in the open, feature of gala three
ply competition among the nation S
toe pro, amateur and women play
ers.
When the three-in-one carnival
gets under way tomorrow. Payton
playing only his fourth tourna-
ment as pro--undoubtedly will
yield the stage to defending cham
pion Byron Nelson, 1t Ben Hogan.
mighty mite of the fairWays, and
other stars exempted from quail
flying competition.
The 40 qualifiers headed by Pay
ton, who Dragged five brides and
was over standard only once, JON
ed some 46 exempted players and
40 play-for-nay lads from four sur
rounding states who qualified June
Is in the battle for a $4,000 (War
Bond Winners purse.
In the previous elimination,
Claude Harmon of Detroit showed
the way, posting a score identi-
cal to Payton' s-33- 1913.
Tomorrow field also will include
approximately 81 golfing gals shoot
ing for the allAmerican women's
title held by Betty Hicks of Chicago
and 81 amateurs seeking the all
American simonpure crown left I'm
defended when Ed Furgol of De
troit recently turned pro.
Today's 18-hole test i'll which T,
proved the deadline knocked Oh
highly-regarded Len Dodson o
Millbrae, Calf, who finished wit.
IN.
Payton, who banged five birdie
and was over par only once, finish
ed two strokes ahead of four play
ers-Clarence Doser of Hartsdale
N. Y; Vzlerpus Christi, Tex, 10
Kirkwood, trick shot star from
Abingdon, Pa; and Pfc. Lelan'
Gibson of Randolph Field, Tex.
Like Payton, Gibson covered tn
front nine in three-under-par 80
but, faltered with 81 coming back
Next, with It's were Bob Tucker
of Inglewood, Calf; Jim Gauntt
Ardmore, Okla, star; Teri John
son, of Norristown, Pa; and Steve
Kovach, Tarentum, Pa.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
STATE FBI CHIEF
CHECKER CHAMP

The success of the North Caro-
lima Open Checker Tournament
which came to a close at i am.
yesterday morning at the Inc -.stri-
al USO club on Princess Street,
led r. c. Harris, vice president Of
the New Hanover Chess and Check
er Club who sponsored the match.
es. to announce today that / club
is planning to make the tourna.
ment an annual affair and to en-
large it next year to include
both North and South Carolina
players.
The finals last night brought
forth Edward Sheidt, the Charlotte
|F.B.I. man as final winner after
he beat R. W. Garris also Of Char
lotte in the last round scoring one
game and three draws.
In the semi-finals Garris beat W.
M. Eubanks of Wilmington with
two wins, one loss and one draw
The final tabulat.on showed
Sheidt as top man and winner of a
$50 cash prize, Garris second, Ell.
banks third, Harris fourth and r
c. Grant of Wilmington fifth.
In the minor tournament, which
also carried cash prizes, J. Pau
Lewis of Lumberton was first, H
P. Williams of Charlotte second
and Avis Hardy of Wilmington
third.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
Railroaders Defeat
Shipyard Guards, So

The Atlantic Coast Line baseball
team climbed into first place tie
in the Hanover league last night
by defeating the Shipyard Guards
5-3.
The third frame was the big
inning for the Railroaders, when
they pushed four runs over the
plate off successive singles by
Willis, Ruark, Hewlett and an
error and hit by Hart.
John Simms scored the fifth
ACL run in the sixth inning.
Pitching for the Coast Line was
Warren Thompson, who allowed
six hits. Willis was behind the
plate.
Doing mound duty for the Guards
was Meadlock, allowing eight
hits, with Ed Flora behind the
plate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26

BY WHITNEY MARTIN

Boo Ferriss. the Red Sox pitcher
mad won something like II games
while losing two the last time
looked. That guy should be incor-
porated. He's whole pitching
staff himself.
Possibly you heard that the ODT
put ban on transportation of race
horses from track to track by pub.
lie carrier. l guess those horses
bet on thought there had been a
ban on travel all the time. They
never get any place. Or any show
either, for that matter.
Byron Nelson, as expected, won
the P. G. A. title, and then his
back went back on him and he
was ordered to rest, thus missing
the St. Paul Open. His fellow pros
probably will be asking him solicit
tously: Your back isn't any
better, is it, 1 hope, 1 hope?"
Navy Secretary Forrestal and
Admiral Nimitz suggest that the
World Series winner make tour
OF the Pacific war theater. Such a
tour has been suggested off and on
since the war statred, but never be-
fore by anyone whose words were
more than just sound, so maybe
something will come of it this time.
That's about all, Joe. AS l say,
nothing much has happened. I saw
a headline the other day I thought
was funny. It said: "queer-looking
plug amazes veteran casters"
That must have been the horse l
had in the last race at Jamaica.
So long, and let me know how
you are occupied. Your pal -
Whitney.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
ScarseHa Is Example
OfWierd BasebQUPow

to California.
Horace Stoneham, the Giant pres
ident, gasped and almost gagged
but, the aforementioned Weintraub
legs still being what they were, he
finally acceded to the demands.
That meant that Scarsella would
have received $4,000 this season
and next-which is exactly what
Stats Marion of the Cardinals made
last year when he was the National
Leagues most valuable player.
His demands met, Scarsella
promptly mixed the whole offer.
II don't want to go to New York, ~
he said, because the price of liv-
ing is prohibitive there -
He's right, of course. But at $12,.
600 you can stand a helping Of
prohibitive living, and I know al
least one guy who is doing it or
quite bit less. The real answer
would seem to be something else
Just what it is nobody, least Of
all the amazed Stoneham, is able
to figure out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
BY OSCAR FRALEY
United Press Sports Writer


NEW YORK, July 25.-WH-The
weird calibre of wartime baseball
is illustrated perfectly tonight by
the case of strictly minor league
player-a five-time failure in the
big show-who twice this season
has rejected better-than-average
major league contracts.
The player in question is one
Les Scarsella, 32-year-old olit.
fielder of Oakland of the Pacific
Coast League and former fellow.
traveller with the Cincinnati Reds
and Boston Braves. Scarsella was
the Pacific Coast League batting
king last year by margin of .O032
when he hit 1923. But hitting any.
where near that in the majors,
even in their present condit on,
would be something else again.
Yet Scarsella this year has turn.
ed down both the Phillies, which
might be Understandable to some,
and the Giants, which might be
understandable to others. But it's
tough to understand how he could
ignore the mazuma involved.
Scarsel1a never was a ball Of
fire, even in the good old days Of
1884 when he came up for the first
time. He tried again in 1886 and
stuck a while after leaving Toronto
by playing lis games with Gin
cinnati. He played ITO more in 1887
before being sent to Newark. There
were another Is games in Red live
ry in 1889 and Is games with the
Braves in 1910 before he parted
with the majors.
Then, this spring, the Phils Of
fered $4,000 ard two players for
him. How good the two players
were is debatable, but that thirty
grand isn't hay. Les called General
Manager Herb Pennock and told
him he wouldn't report. He didn't
This month the Giants took q
look, with first baseman Phil Vein
trarb's legs being what they are
They agreed to give Oakland $35,
900 and three players. Then lie!
stepped in with his demands. Thi.
was what he wanted:
l. His $4,000 Oakland salary
doubled to $4,000. '''t
2. A two-year contract instead O
one year. !,
8. The Giants to pay his travel
ing expenses from and back to Cal
ifornia.
4. When the Giants finally decid
ed to let him go they we're te
give him an all-expense trip back
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
Jockey Will Remain
Idle For Five Weeks

CHICAGO, July 25.-P)-Jockey
Tony Skoronski. who fell from his
mount. Sentimental Sake, in the
eighth race yesterday at Wash
ington Park, will not be able to
ride for about five weeks, Dr.
Edgar Brown, attending physician
at St. James Hospital, Chicago
Heights, said today.
Billy Thompson, also involved
in the backstretch spill when his
horse. Franworth, tumbled, was
being X-rayed today for a possible
fracture of hone in his left
wrist. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26

Webb scoffed at reports that fric-
ton between Mccarthy and club
President Larry MacPhail might
be an underlying reason for the
managers announced desire to re-
sign.
There hasn't been the slightest
hint Of any differences between the
Two men," Webb said in an inter-
view. Il have learned this from
everyone in the Yankee organiza-
ton. And I've made it my business
10 find out.
"MacPhail has said that he'll wei.
come Mccarthy into the front Of
flee if he wants to quit as active
manager and this goes double fol-
me, added the Phoenix, Ariz., con
tractor who, with Dan Topping
provides the financial ballast to1
the Yankees.
Webb said he had observed tina
Mccarthy was worrying a graa
utal about the team because "Jos
is so used to perfection, with tor
players under him, that it's tough
for him to be satisfied with pre-
sent day MATERIAL
That's what makes Joe such 1
great manager" he added. Like
MacPhail, l say that if it hcdn'
been for Mccarthy we'd now b,
deep in the second division.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
PIRATES TR0UNCE
MIDWAY Nine, Al

Three hit pitching by Lefty
Louis Cheshire and the timely hit
ting of "Snag" Allen gave the Will
mington Pirates a to l victory
over the Midway Park Red Sox last
night at Legion Stadium.
Cheshire struck out II of the op-
posing batters and gave up five
bases on balls and slammed out
two hits out of four times at bat.
Snag Allen batted in three Pirate
runs to pace the batters of the
night He knocked out single and
triple.
Tech. Sgt. Bentzen, USING first
baseman for the Midway nine took
the batting honors for the visitors
getting two of the three bingles
allowed his club.
The Onslow county residents
scored their only run in the second
inning. Ehlinger grounded out to
first, Allen making a beautiful
throw of his fast grounder. Wee
chic was hit by a pitched ball.
McShane hit to second and on an
attempt to execute 4 double kill
ing, McKeithan threw wilG to Sec
ond and Veechio went to third, Key
drew a base on balls to fill the
sacks. Cheshire walked 'Pappy'
Diem to force in the only run for
the losers.
The Pirates tailed in the enEl-
ing inning, McKeithan walked,
Coward singled, McKeithan scored
on Aliens long fly to left. Lamb
struck out, Davis walked and Cow
ard was thrown out as he attempt
ed to steal third.
In the second the Co sairs took
the Lead, Paxton was out at second,
Stanley singled and went to Sec
ond on the first baseman' error.
Stateon was retired on strikes,
Cheshire singled to score Stanley.
McKeithan was hit by a pitched
ball, Coward grounded out second
to first.
In the sixth the Pirates added
two runs when NateOn walked,
Cheshire flied out to center, Nc.
Keithan was hit for the second
time by pitched ball, Coward was
out third to first as the runners
advanced a base. Allen cleaned the
sacks with a long triple to deep
right. Lamb was out on long fly
to left.
The Pirates collected 10 hits of
the slants of 'Pappy' Diem and ev.
cry Buc except Captain Jim STATE
on connected for at least one bin.
gle.
Manager Bert Kite announced
that he has booked the Newport
News shipbuilders for Friday and
Saturday night here at Legion field.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
ave to endure his humiliation as

have to endure his humiliation as
best he can.
Coach Schultz has spent so
many years in the company Of
pitchers that he no longer minds
sitting among them, day after
Gay. He has grown immune to
the little peculiarities which make
pitchers different from other ball
players. Some of them are al
ways grumbling because they
can't get in the ball game. Others
complain because they're in there
too often
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
AMERICAN LEAGUE
SPREAD BY ONLY
SEVEN CONTESTS
By JACK HAND

NEW YORK, July Is - (P) -
Imminent return to the fneups Of
Washington's Buddy Lewis, New
York's Red Ruffing and st. Louis
Chef Laabs promised today to
American League pennant chase.
With all clubs of both majors
enjoying an open date, the junior
league S t n d ing show only
seven-game spread from Cleveland
in seventh place to Detroit on top
of the heap. Return to form Of
any one of the trio of eX-stars
could make the difference between
a world series cut and an also ran
finish.
Detroit, bolstered by the return
of Hank Greenberg and Al Benton,
still holds first position but the
Tigers missed a golden opportunity
to pile up commanding lead
when they floundered through the
east winning only four of II starts.
Washington, one of the major
surprises of the season, stuck in
the runner-up spot although the
Senators failed to play 500 ball at
home. Nevertheless the Mats are
only three lengths back of the Ben
gals and very much in the running.
With Lewis, a recently discharg.
ed captain in the Army Air Force
with distinguished service in the
CEA theater, due to step back into
the Washington infield, the Sena.
tors will command more respect.
Hitting has not been one of the
b r i e h t features about Oss;e
Blueges gang and addition Of
Lewis, who had .304 lifetime bat.
ting average.
Rufifng at 40, hardly figures to
duplicate his old feats with the
Yankees after two and half years
in the Army. However Acting Man.
ager Art Fletcher has nominated
him to pitch tonorrow's game
against Philadelphia and more will
be known then. Ruffing could have
returned as bull pen artist With
little doubt of success but insisted
on coming back as starter.
Guard discharge, will catch him
in his first comeback start 20
make it an all-service battery.
Laabs hardly rates with Lewis
and Ruffing as stars of yesteryear
but his home ran smuggling in the
final days of the 1914 campaign
was one big reason for the Browns
success. The St. Louis outfielder
hit q round trippers in 1912 but
only five last year. However two
Of them came on the final day Of
the season to clinch the pennant.
Released from a Detroit defense
plant, Laabs is expected to get
back into the regular lineup in
August.
The National League also greets
a returning veteran who can make
or break Pittsburgh's hopes. He
is Fritz Ostermueller, indicted 10
days after the opening of the cur
rent season but discharged yester-
day.
| -V-
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26

Then Joe Mccarthy
Resorts To Signals
BY AL VERMEER
(NEA Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, July 25.-John
Schultz wears a Yankee uniform
and is a full-fledged member OF
the club, yet never gets to see a
ball game from closer than 400
feet. That is because John, an
old catcher, is the Yankees bull
zen coach. At the start of each
game he herds together Joe Nc
Carthy's relief Fingers and
marches them to the pen in deep
lef,field. There thy sit, chins
resting on a little wire fence, to
watch proceedings on the field.
And as soon as Yank humler
falls into trouble, John orders his
rescue squad to get their arms
unlimbered.
There is special telephone
rugged up in the Yankee dugout
and when Manager Mccarthy de-
cides to switch pitchers he whi-ls
the little handle, picks up the re-
ceiver and speaks directly into
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
Returning Vets May Change Race For Flag
hat Yankee Telephone Goes Completely Dead
Coach Schultz Pays
No Heed To Griping

Il just let 'em blow steam and
don't pay much attention." ex-
plains John. Pretty soon it gets
so you hardly hear them"
He likes to recall the case OF
Monte Pearson, who was always
grousing about having sore arm.
elbow or wrist. On Aug. 27, 1898.
Monte was sitting out the first
game of a doubleheader and kept
up a running chatter about how
he was in no shape to pitch the
second.
"Joe puts him in anyway" says
Schultz, land all Monte does with
his supposedly sore arm is throw
a no-hit, no-run game against
Cleveland.
That's what l mean when
say we won't pay much attention
to 'em. Some pitchers like t.
blow off steam, and that's al
right with u.s.
And he went back to leaning
on the little wire fence, waiting
| for a phone call from the boss
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26

can get man out there to fix
it. Then it becomes necessary for
Mccarthy OF his first lieutenant,
Art Fletcher, to signal the bull.
pen by signs.
The accompanying diagrams
show just how this is done. 1t is
embarrassing for Joe to resort tc
these peculiar signals and some
times a fan will lean over the
railing and wonder if the Yankee
manager has blown his lid. But
as long as telephones are subject
to fits of temperament, Joe will
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
Lefty Cole Handouts
Navy Pre-Flight Nine

CHAPEL HILL, July s5.-(R-
Behind the SEVENTH pitching of
Lefty Cole, the Fort Bragg Per
sonnet Center team defeated the
Navy Pre-Fight Cloudbusters
81, here today. ..
Cole held the Busters to two
safeties in the first seven frames
and had shutout until the ninth,
when three successive singles pro-
duced the lone Pre-Flight tally.
Fort Bragg touched two Navy
hurlers for 10 hits Gene Flick
being the losing hurler.
Fort Bragg :. 100 010 1876 10 8
Pre-Flight $50 900 900 00l-1
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
Nv WHITNEY MARTIN

c- Joe Smith,
somewhere'
!. o >. Joe: Still no word from
Ds' q guess you must be in the
!os, Of occupation, although I
amy III. zee why they picked you as
don orer had an occupation in
you III life Now if it had been an
sou. of reputation, that would
amy hoen different. Boy, what a
r +s31tatiOn you have.
's essriously, Joe, miss you, and
0F- aoson [ haven't written is be-
'nV I was in the army of vaca-
cau'f e.. .vnile. III try to give you
ton III of the sports news,
,,o,o6 nothing much has happen
y, r.. Cubs are beginning to be
,.hon seriously IN tne Nd 'ioiial
!, ,' .sa,.e race, and I'm beginning to
l l3s5 that when 1 picked the Car
. l'"ais if was a typographical error.
charley cIs,r. Grimm seems to have
,...rvthjng. including a lead OF four
games or So
Tho Tigers still are hanging on
,r their eyebrows in the American
: - s.oue. They haven't been get
wv Iso too many runs, although may
~ l'S I told you Hank Greenberg Is
S.o, with them. They seem to be
S 70 GOOD as any of the others,
~ and l still think they can
do # They played a 24-inning IL
~ with, of all teams, the last
o az Athletica the other day. May
so that's what you'd call a neck
WI neck tie. Maybe not, though.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26

the attentive ear of Coach Schultz
Usually Joe asks for Jim Turner,
who is the clubs top relief finger.
But if the game is sill in its
early innings is likely to call on
younger finger, 41-year-old
Turner being reserved for shorter
stints.
Like most pieces of mechanism,
this private phone has felt the
pangs of war. Sometimes it goes
dead and the phone people say
they are very sorry but it will
take a couple of days before they
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26

Runs batted in: Allen 3. Chehlre Ihree
base hits: Allen. Stolen bases: McKeithan
2, Coward Paxton, Allen. Double plays:
Allen to McKeithan to Stanley. Left on
bases: Midway Park 6; Wilmington 3.
bases on balls. off Cheshire ;, Diem -, >.
Struck out, by Cheshire 10, Diem 5; HIT
by pitcher, by Diem CMcKeithan y Ches-
hire (Veechio). Umpires: AUSTIN LINN
hn1no narrow shoff. Time of game: 2:1o.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26

The popular description OF ny.
Ions ingredients-coal, air, and
water will have to be modified
when the Du Pont Co., near Or.
ange Tex, goes into production.
The $20,0O0,O00 nylon salt plant
will add natural gas and petro.
leum to milady's hose.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
Mccarthy And M'Phail
Arguments Are Sc0hed

los ANGELES July Mccarthy
it will be to Illness and nothing else
Dp Webb coowner club, declared here today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
National Leagu1
FyHJRJTJON GAMES

CHICAGO IN o, Great Lakes, /; Bat
teHes: Hanyzewski, Starr t7 and Giles
PIE VILLAINS u, Teller and Cooper.
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STANDINGS
GAMES TODAY

GAMES TODAY
NEW YORK, July 25.-(E9-Probable
pitchers for tomorrow's major league
games. won and Lost records in par
eathesesl.
American League
Philadelphia at New York-Knerr (2-8)
VS.. Ruffing 900.
Only game scheduled.
National League
Cincinnati at Chicago-Heusser SD VS..
Wyse 1876.
Pittsburgh at st. Louis (night>-Ger-
heauser l2-8} VS.. Burkhardt Q0-5).
Only games scheduled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
RAIN HALTS BOUT

PITTSBURGH, July 25.-(P)-
Rain forced postponement until
tomorrow night of the JinnS.,
Bivins-Curtis Sheppard fight card
scheduled for tonight at Forbes
Field.
The office of coroner was estab-
lished in England in 1894.