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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08
SENATORS BEGIN
SPRING SCHEDULE
AT COLLEGE PARK
Three Men On Deck Plav
Ball With Coaches And
Town Players
BY BUS HAM

Ooo AAAN4
WASHINGTON, March 7-P)-I1
wasn't much like pre-war DAYS
when big league teams ira ned
down south, but the Washinston
Senators today at least made a
start toward another baseball seas.
on.
They held the major league
first spring drill of the question.
able 1945 campaign in weather
that was chilly and on ground that
was damp at their College Park.
Md, camp.
Only three men, Pitchers Dutch
Leonard and Roger Wolff and
Catcher Al Evans, were on deck,
but enough coaches and town bows
also chased around to increase the
number in uniform up to a dozen
Or SO. Later John Niggeling, vet
eran knuckleballer, arrived.
3 After the .brief warmup, news
men, club officials and a small
group of fans agreed that ANY.
way, it shows that baseball is 20.
Ing ahead as far as it can" con-
tingent upon what Congress does
With pending manpower legislation.
A check of the Senator's roster
disclosed that most of last year S
regulars should be available with
the principal exception OF Short
stop Johnny Sullivan, who has been
accepted for military service.
Due to age, physical defects and
other conditions, most members of
the last place 1914 club apparently
are fairly safe from early induc-
ton into the armed forces.
Stan Spence, smuggling outfielder,
and Mickey Haefner, pitcher, are
the most vulnerable, being CLASH
fled la.
But the Senators figure, barring
tighter manpoWer controls, they
can bank on these seasoned play.
ers:
Catchers: Rick Terrell, 80, hold
ing out for more money; AL Evans,
Navy discharge; Mike Guerra and
Regel.o Valdes, Cubans.
Pitchers: Leonard, injured leg;
Wolff, recently re-examined and
again rejected, bad foot; Niggeling,
40; Marino Pieretti, west coast
rookie, draft status undisclosed.
(They may also have Alex Car
rasquel, South American, and Bill
Lefebvre, relief hurler, giving them
seven experienced moundsmen,
counting Haefner, with whom to
start.)
Infield: Joe Kuhel, first base.
80; Fred Vaughn, second, recently
operated for leg injury; George
Myatt, short, plate in knee; Har-
land Cliff, third, rancher with
knocked down shoulder, and Gil
Torres, utility, Cuban.
Outfield: George Case, deferred
for sin months following shoulder
operation; Jake Powell, IS, plate
in head; Spence, until called, and
George Binks, At, who batted .374
last year for Milwaukee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08
BOXERS TRAINING
At BRIGADE CLUB

Huck Lilies. 17S pound local fight
or who is scheduled to meet Babe
Hunt. 172 pound battler of Charles
ton. S. c.. and the balance OF Will
mjngton's boxers who will appear
nm Promoter kid Ellis bouts here
Monday night. have been bug for
the past two weeks at the Brigade
Boys club getting in shape for
the event.
Buddy Best. 155 pounds. went
down under the pounding of Babe
Saunders ir the fourth round of his
last fight in the ITALIAN Hall arena,
but expects to be in better shape
for Mondays fight. when he meets
Eryan Chasteen, 1853 pound fighter
of jacksonville, Fla. Best was out
classed by Saunders in his last
match, but is devoting more time
TO his training program before his
next ARRAY. Best fought Saunders
10 rounds before several thousand
fans in Memorial Auditorium in Ra-
leigh several months ago. before
The Babe took the decision. Best
attributed both of these loses to the
slack in his training program and
plans to make his best showing in
Mondays fight.
Two more Wilmington lads.
Ilovd STEPHENS. 1870 pounds, and
Al Davis. 131 pound scrapper, will
battle on the Monday ring show,
an1 are both working out in the
Brigade Club arena.
Promoter Ellis disclosed last
night that he had received con-
tracts from Buddy Scott, of Tampa
Fla heavyweight champion of the
oouthern ring. and Jerry Mitchell,
tle New Fnoland champion from
Boston Mass principals in the
main event. Also stoned by Ellis
is X. 0. Murphy. 1854 pounds, Of
Tampa, and Johnny Artico, 1853
pounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08

pion in the olympics, and comma
from Smith, this is not Just op-
timism. He knows swimming. and
he knows how to teach it.
This is good opportunity for
the local high school lads to work
for scholarship. There are onlv
one or two good swimmers in the
nation for every few hundred foot.
ball players, and swimming seems
to be one of the best opportunities
for a free education.
Here are some of the high school
events which may be entered in
the nationals:
The 40 or so yard dash, depend
ing on the length of the pool; 100
yard breast stroke; 220 free style:
100 back stroke; 100 free style:
and fancy diving, consisting of four
set dives and four optional dives;
medley relay of 100 yards, or $50
yards 10 a 25-yard pool; 200 yard
free style relay, or 100 yard relay.
Smith once held the worlds back
stroke record at 1853 for three
weeks - until Johnny Weismuller
found it out and sliced his record
to is flat.
The swimming coach pointed out
that the sport is a year around
activity. About the only time a
good swimming team gets rest
is during the month of September,
because there is usually some kind
of event or meeting throughout
the balance of the year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08

,ore in Wilmington.
W. uben asked why the lack of in
WV WV in tank swimming along the
'ei.4 smith explained that the
c0as s in Ills section of the State,
0o5Y literally raised in the surf,
oe Hod 10 take their swimming Sc
l .:a-'sIv. In most cases, a youth
, ,.jis to develop his stroke after
isarrinq to swim. Battling the surf
t. s' f,ln. but it makes what Smith
Is ls.,n raf as sloppy" stroke.
'S1 " explaining his methods of
.d ~. swimming, the YMCA
ptsrsjcal director pointed out that
pa p would first coach the boys for
III sdnrance and correct form, and
s s,lu 90 out for speed. stressing the
. ,.,1 stroke, Smith explained
w.. a swimmers power comes
t s,T' being able to grab him
l ~ IT. forward with his stroke rath-
~ ~ than to pull at the water. This is
Inf of wasted effort, ana IallS 10
Give the desired power.
ANYWAY, the methods Of teaching
WINNING are those OF a cham
s,on and this corner believes that
tbo New Hanover water coach will
live NJ to his word when he says
.b.t he'll have a nationally recog-
WED team within the next few
Bv working with the youthful
swimmers from the grammar
GRADES until they are in high
SCHOOL. S init h hopes to pro-
duce not only one of the nations
Inn teams. but to place a cham
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08
OLD TIMERS PREP
FOR GOLF CLASSIC

MIAMI. Fla. March 7-lRHFa-
miliar faces and scorching scores
will lend a pre-war flavor tomor-
row to the first round of the $500
international four ball golf tour
nament.
Thirty-two of the sharpest-shoot-
ing professionals in the game, pair
ed UP in teams, are to battle at
match play over the Miami Springs
municipal course, buffers dream
of layout.
The starters calls will sound like
old times. He'll sing out the names
of Byron Nelson, Sammy Snead,
1t. Ben Hogan and Craig Wood
the big four of the era before the
Pearl Harbro attack.
Twelve members of the current
field competed in the last previous
four ball, the event of 1912 when
the outsiders Chandler Harper and
Herman Keiser survived wave of
upsets which washed out all the
stars.
Best ball scores in the low SOS
were needed to win matches even
when the tournament was played
over the more difficult Miami
Biltmore and Miami Country Club
courses.
Now that the action has been
transferred to wide-open, flat, par
70 MAN, Springs, the betting is
even that 60 will be broken.
The top-seeded combination of
Nelson and Harold McSpaden will
encounter Willie Klein and Pvt.
Otey Crisman tomorrow. Neither
Nelson nor McSpaden liked the ia
vorites' role.
Were darkhorses. It'll be an up
set if we win," said McSpaden,
and Nelson added: We've never
done well together in the past.
The red-hot Snead, paired with
PGA champion Bob Hamilton,
match play specialist, prepared to
take off the brace he uses Tor
an ailing back and blast out ms
prodigious tee shots against the
Canadian team of Stanley Horne
and Jules Huot.
Hogan, who happened to be in
Miami in connection with his Army
duties and was last-minute SUBJ
stitute when Sgt. Dutch Harrison
was forced to withdraw, has cram
med in a lot of eleventh-hour prac-
tice in an effort TO help his partner,
Ed Dudley. They will play KY ba1+
foon and Jack Grout.
Wood and Tony Penna will meet
Toe Kirkwcod and Sam Schneider.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08
ALLIED GOLFERS
TEE OFF TODAY
By SID FEEDER

T ROME, March T. Up Headed
by Vic Ghezzi, former PEA.
champion before putting on sold
iers suit, field of some 200 to 800
Allied service men and civilian
players will tee off tomorrow in a
four-day Rome open golf champion
ship.
There was to have been a one-day
preliminary pro-amateur tourna-
ment today but the entry list of
close to 800 shotmakers made it
impossible, and instead the whole
show will be put on as 72-hole title
play.
Half the field will play 10 holes
tomorrow and the other half on
Friday. The low 100 will make
one-round tour Saturday with the
final low 60 fighting it out over
So holes Sunday over the not-too-
tough Rome club layout.
Sgt. Ghezzi, who whipped Byron
Nelson in an extra-hole battle for
the 1941 professional championship,
now is stationed at a replacement
depot in Italy.
Also in the entry list is Seaman
First Glass Al Zimmerman, one
time Oregon open and Pacific
Northwest titleholder.. He mailed
his entry from Oran after recently
finishing second in an open tourna-
ment sponsored by Sultan Marak-
esh in North Africa.
The prize fund for the tournament
starting tomorrow is more than
$500 naturally, this is for the pros
only.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08
New York Yankees
Have Received is
Signed Contracts

NEW YORK, March 7.-tP,-
President Larry MacPhail of
the New York Yankees today
announced the receipt of signed
contracts from 16 players.
They were pitchers Floyd
Bevens, Walt Dubiel, Allen Get
tel, John Moore and Joe Page;
catchers Bill Drescher, Mike
Garbark, Bill Steinecke and
Herb Crompton; outfielders Art
Metheny, Herschel Martin,
George Stainback and Paul
Waner, and infielders Joe Buzz
as, Oscar Grimes and Don Sa-
wage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08
Yale Cagemen Unlikely
To PLAY In NCAA Meet

NEW HAVEN, Conn, March T.
UP)-Yale University athletic au-
thorities said today that it was I'M
likely that their basketball team
would accept an invitation to play
in the New York NCAA tournament
as New England representative.
They pointed out that the team,
which won IA of 18 games, COM
pleted its season three weeks ago
and the players now are competing
in other sports.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08

GlldC Id
From a numerical standpoint,
the squads don't stack up so bad
ly. The Washington Senators, in
fact, have practically a boom-time
roster of d, but Clark Griffith is
accentuating the Cubans instead of
the positive, and subtracting these
importations from the total leaves
a nominal wartime figure.
The Boston Red Sox and Connie
Mack's athletics have the smallest
squads, each listing 20 players.
The other clubs, the Senators ex-
copied, are in the sos, and in
more than one way. A goodly num-
Der of the players are there, too.
There aren't as many over=38
relics as you might expect, howev-
err. Seventeen, to be exact. Giving
or taking few months, the grand
paw clique includes Mike Ryba,
40, Joe Cronin, 80, and Bob John
son, 80, Red Sox; Thornton Lee,
38, Earl Caldwell, 40, and Clay
Touchstone, 40, White Sox; Joe
Heving, Al, Indians; Walter Beck,
Al, Roger Cramer, 40, and Church
Hostetler, 40, Tigers; Jim Turner,
Al, Bill Steinecke, 38, and Poul
Waner, AZ, Yankees; Jones Berry,
80 Athletics; john Niggeling, 40,
Rick Terrell, SO, and Joe Kuhel,
80, Senators. The Browns have no
rocking chair brigade.
The new faces to be presented,
they hope. by the clubs include
an odd assortment of individuals
Some, such as Joe Orengo and
Earl Caldwell Of the White Sox,
were new in the majors several
seasons ago and have just switch
ed utilization. Others, such as Bill
Pierce. l7-year-old sandlotter with
Detroit, and Dick Welteroth of
Washington, know pro baseball on
ly by hearsay,
The most sensational rookie, of
course, is Pete Gray of the
Browns, the one-armed outfielder
who batted 1888 for Memphis last
year.
The book contains fund of mis-
cellaneous information, such as:
the Tigers were night game
champs, the White Sox champions
at winning games in the ninth inn
ing, Bob Muncrief of the Browns,
was the best after dark pitcher,
Nick Etten was the best pass
grabber, Bobby Doerr the top
slugger, Jack Kramer h e only
one-hit pitcher, the weather was
fine. and attendance last year was
the best of the three war years.
Hilligan even breaks out in a
rash of verse, heading the data on
rockies with the little rhyme:
Tho they are mostly green as
grass it's hard to tell rockies
class, with just a look. and
don't forget that at one time Babe
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08
Marines Announce Plans
For New Baseball Squad

CAMP LEJEUNE, March Tn
Robert M. Port, Lejeune's ath-
letic director, said today the camp
will have a varsity baseball
nine this season, for the first time
in its history.
In announcing the tentative plans
Capt. Port said that transfers
and rigors of full-time marine
training routines would make the
outlook unpredictable, but that
squad would be formed.
The thigh bone is the longest and
strongest in the body.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08
SAFF0 CACEMEN
CAPTURE TITLE

Saffo's cafe basketeers defeat.
ed the hard fighting Kenney Edu.
Gators 24-22 last night to win the
championship of the YMCA Thurs
day night league.
Jack Parker made the first
marker for the Saffo quintet, with
w. A. "Wennie" Brown following
up with two quick left hand push
shots, which brought the score
to 60, for the cafe csgers.
Big Head" Russ made a long
set shot followed by charity shot,
and Buster Brown made good a
follow-up basket, with Goodwin
trailing the round robin with a
set shot. "Wennie" Brown ended
the quarter with Grip shot and
a free toss, and the quarter-time
score was III, in favor of the
Saffo five. "
Early in the second half, Russ
made three quick. Grip shots and
"Wennie" Brown made good a
set shot. Hilburn came through
with a follow-up and the 'half-time
score was 13-all.
In the third quarter Russ made
two folloW-up shots and a charity
throw. "Wennie' Brown sank a
set shot and Jack Parker made
push shot. Buster Brown came
through with Grip SHOT. The
score at the end of the third
period was 1917, in favor of the
Educators.
Fred "Bo" Babson made long
set basket for Kenney's only tai
ly in the last quarter. 'Wennie'
Brown made a left hand push
shot, and Jack Parker followed
with two crisp shots to end the
game.
"Wennie" Brown, captain of the
Saffo quint, and big Head" Russ
captain of the Educator five, were
the games high scorers, with 1;
tallies each.
The following boys, winners Of
the Employed Boys gym class al
the YMCA, will be honored at g
banquet, and will receive letters
symbolic of their participation ii
the YMCA tournament. They are:
w. A. Brown, captain; co-Cap'
tain George Saffo, Lloyd Parker,
Bobby Groom, c. Hilburn, Jack
Parker, Eugene Cross, ]. Hilburn,
Bill Conitis, Jerry Lewis and
George Mclean.
All other teams participating in
the league will be present for the
banquet, the date of which will
be announced later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08
BILLY CONN RECEIVERS

LONDON, March 7.-UP)-Corp.
Billy Conn, leading challenger TO-:
the heavyweight boxing crown, has
recovered from lumbago at Hert-
fordshire military hospital and is
expected to 60 to the continent
soon, it was revealed today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08
Cuff Notes
By JACK STILLMAN

For about New Hanover High School been without
ming Yesterday the announcement made bv cocb
Brvan efforts under way team and raao
were being completed with the YMCA proper coachns .nd
Adam Smith, who will coach the high school tankmen h
nned to Mentor Bryan that those trv for the
will be steady grind under his tuohage He exnec
one of nations leading high school teams
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08
BROWN VS.. PENN

PROVIDENCE, R. l., March T.
UP)-Brown University Will play
an eight-game football schedule
this fall, including renewal OF Its
rivalry with the University OF
Pennsylvania after nine-year
1.nse Athletic Director Walter H.
Smell announced tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08
Cornell To Consider
Irish Guard For Coach

ITHACA, N. Y, March 7.-(UP)
. Cornell University's athletic
board next week will consider the
recommendation that Pat Filley.
star Notre Dame guard in 1943-44,
be appointed assistant to new head
football coach Bob McKeever, ath-
letic director Bob Kane announced
TODAY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08

Ruth and Ty Cobb drew just a
line in some spring book. ;"
Mr.. Hilligan, you might draw
more than a line for that. You
might draw five years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08
The Sports Trail
Rocking Chair Brigade
Leads Baseball Parade
By WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK. March 7T-Ea1l Hlgans 1915 American
Red Book at hand and it fine job considering
cuies involved in its preparation
count the and compile date spook
listed invisible this standpoint
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08

The sensation of color can be
produced by stimuli other than
light, for instance pressure on the
eyeball in complete darkness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-08

In the 18th century in Salem, N.
c., marriage proposals were con-
veyed to girls by members of the
Moravian church after drawing Of
lot to determine whether h
match was approved by the Lord
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-17

Cd that a friendly government /.
a puppet government.
Presumably Stain would not
object to a puppet government If
no one complained and if the pup
pet government worked. But Sta
lin undoubtedly knows that it is
nara to make puppets out of
Poles even out Of Communist
Poles and that to govern a nation
as big as Poland through puppets
will never give the Soviet Union
a moments peace quiet and Sc
curity.
That I believe is the reason
why Stain keeps coming back to
negotiations to make more rep.
resentative Polish government. It
is odd that he did not tell us the
Polish question was closed if ne
did not sincerely and for his own
good reasons want a more broad
ly representative Polish govern
ment. Why then does he want it?
Because so we may suppose he
knows that only representative
government can give him what he
needs and wants the most Po-
land that can be relied upon to
help keep Germany harmless and
to have no truck with any one
seeking to foment war against the
Soviet Union.
Copyright 1915 New York Tribune
Inc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-17

WIND l400-KC
WILMINGTON
SUNDAY, JUNE II

SUNDAY, JUNE II
7:30-Church of God.
8 :00-News Summary.
8:05-Pentecostal Church.
neutrality-suspicious. Around the World.
9:15-Coast TO Coast on a Bus.
10 :00-Voice of Prophecy.
l0:30-The Southernaires.
1100-Fifth Avenue Methodist Church.
12:O0-Weekly War Journal.
12:30-Strictly on the Record.
12:55-Orange Crush Serenaders.
1:00-John B. Kennedy, News.
1:15-George B. Hicks Reporting.
1:30-Sammy Hayes Tangee Serenade.
1:55-Your Sunday News Extra.
2:00-Old Fashioned Revival Hour.
5:00-United Nations Conference Forum
3:30-Kay's Canteen.
4:00-Darts for Dough.
4:30-Andrews Sisters show.
5:00-Mary Small Show.
5:30-Charlotte Greenwood Show.
6:00EPhilco Summer Hour.
6:3lIce Box Follies.
7:08-DreW Pearson, news.
7:15-Don Gardner, news.
7:30-The Quiz Kids.
s:co-Greenfield Village Chapel Service
8:l5-Moods in Music.
S:S0-The Jerry Wayne Show.
S:00-Walter Winchell, Jergen's Journal
S:15-Hollywood Mystery Time.
s:45-Jimmy Fidler.
10 :o0-The Life of Riley.
10:3o-One Foot in Heaven.
l1:00-United Press News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-17
ARMY BOND SHOW
WILL PLAY HERE

The Afmy's biggest travelling
War Bond show" ASF-ATTACK"
will be presented here under
Legion auspices next Friday night
at 8:45 p. m. at the Legion stad-
iun, Empie Latimer Of Whining
ton Post No. 10, American Leg
ion announced yesterday. The
show, Mr.. Latimer said, is a spec
tacular dramatization of the story
of supply, depicting the close re-
lationship between bond-buying
and supplying the Army and Navy.
"ASF-ATTACK" is the story
in action of the Signal Corps,
Transportation Corps, Chaplains
Corps, Ordnance, Medical Corps,
Chemical Warfare Service, Quar-
termaster, Engineer Corps, and
the Woman's Army Corps, all OF
which make up the Army Service
Forces.
The story is told in the reinact-
ment of an assault on Japanese
| held island stronghold with the
weapons which bonds provide and
the ASST supplies and services.
The ASST stadium show consists
of ten large stages with back
ground mural paintings, each re
| presenting one of these ASST
branches. The artists Of the giant
| murals are M-Sgt. Philip M Kel'
sey, 26 year old veteran of Guadal
canal and New Georgia, and t.
Thomas oleas of Chicago In his
q months of campaigning in the
Southwest Pacific Sgt. Kelsey
has seen the Army Service
Forces in action, seen it sweating
out the servicing and supplying
of troops in. jungle and onbeach
heads.
The large portable stages-whief
are transported by trailer tractor
trucks-are set in hundred-yare
semi-circle facing the grandstand
Latimer said. Each stage is a self
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-17
contained unit with full theatre
stage setting.

contained unit with full theatre
stage setting.
The terrific battle action which
opens the show and continues in
its various stages for an hour
and a half, works up to tremend-
Gus climax of actual explosion and
gunfire.
During the battle, the function
of each ASST service is depicted
in the foreground field of action.
The ASST Signal Corps comes
through Gin time" with comnuni-
cations. The ASST Medical Corps
tends to the wounded, and the ASST
Engineers replace blown-up
bridge at critical moment.
At the conclusion of the battle,
a spectacular bond-buying finale
is achieved through the medium of
each of the ten services standing
at salute in maze of colored
smoke and a brilliant pyrotechnic
display-while against an Ameri-
can flag-raising background the
narrator makes a powerful bond
buying appeal.
No admission will be charged
for this big show next Friday night
and the public of the county Is
cordially invited by the Whining
ton Legionnaires to visit the stad-
iu7n and view the show.
Assisting Mr.. Latimer on the
committee on arrangements are
Charley Ford and c. r. Gudgeon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-17
WILL HONOR TRUMAN

WASHINGTON, June 16.-R-
An honorary degree Of Doctor Of
Laws will be conferred upon Pres
ident Truman by Georgetown uni
versity at commencement exer-
cises tomorrow. Senator Chavez
D-NM) fas been designated by the
President to receive the degree for
him. The New Mexico senator is
a graduate of the Georgetown Uni
versity law school,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-17

At least 10000 variations in
existing manuscripts Of the New
Testament of the Bible can be
Aaund.