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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-10
Harold McSpaden
Leads Golf Open
THREE TO START
IN HUNTER mile

BOSTON, Feb. s.-(P)-The fam
ed Hunter mile, usually the blue
ribbon event on the Boston Ath-
letic Association annual indoor
track meet, will have only three
starters in its 56th renewal tomor-
row night, but there will be a doz-
en- national champions competing
in the other events on the Boston
Gardens boards.
The middle distance stars will
take over for the milers who have
entered the armed services or re-
tired and the Hollis 900" against
such speedsters as Boston College s
ineligible Herb McKenley, Elmore
Harris of the Smoke A. c., New
Jersey; Maurice (Twin) Calender
OF New York University, and John
Dibeler of the New York A. c.
The other Calender twin, STAN
ton, one of the metropolitan inter
collegiate titlists, will be on the
Lapham "1000'' line and is expect
ed to give Sgt. HOWE Borck of the
New York A. c., who will be the
favorite despite his three-years'
layoff, the hardest sort of push
ing.
In the Hunter, Jim Rafferty,, the
former Fordhamite now competing
for the New York A. c., is expect
ed to give an improved perform
ance over his winning 4:13.l Ell
fort in last weeks Wanamakel
classic.
The only others entered agains
him are another pair of New York
ers, Rudy Simms, the national jun
ior 1500-meters champion, and Ton
Quinn, the former Michigan Stat
star who placed second here las
year in the Billings two-mile.
Ed Council of New York Univer
sity, last years Briggs 5o-yar'
dash victor, is favored in tn
sprints over the brilliant Washing
ton schoolboy, Bill Baths, AM
such seasoned topflight campaign
ers as Eulace Peacock, Eddie Dug
ger, Cpl. Barney Ewell, and Herl
Thompson.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-10
MISS NUFER SET
FOR AAU EVENTS

CHAPEL HILL, Feb. 9. -(P-
Miss Prince Nufer, University OF
North Carolina swimming star
from Goldsboro, will be one of a
field of outstanding swimmers COM
peting for the women's national
junior championship in the 800
yard free style event in the ma
tional and southeastern A. A. U.
swimming meet at Emory Univer-
sity in Atlanta tomorrow night.
If Miss Nufer wins the event it
will be the third national junior
championship that she has Won,
having previously taken those hon
ors in the backstroke and indivi-
dial medley events, and she wo}ad
b one of the few women stars to
accomplish this feat.
In 1941 Miss Nufer was consider
ed one of the outstanding girl
swimmers in the nation. In July of
that year she was beaten by Gloria
Callan and Helen Perry in the
women's national championships
in a close race. An automobile ac-
cident later that summer forced
her out of competition, and after
a three-yeaer layoff Miss Nufer is
in the midst of a great comeback.
Last summer in the Baltimore
Evening Suns south Atlantic meet
she won the 50-yard back stroke
event and in SO doing defeated Hell
en- Perry, two-time national cham
pion. In last weeks Carolinas A.
A. U. in Chapel Hill she won the
50-yard free style event and set a
new Bowman Gray pool record OF
1875 seconds.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-10
B0WLERS TOLD
TO KEEP SPORT
FROM GAMBLERS
American Bowling Con-
gress Issues Sharp
Warning To Members

MILWAUKEE,. Feb. o. R -
The American Bowling Congress,
aware of efforts of gamblers to
move in on other sports since the
close of race tracks, took steps
today to protect its sport.
The Congress, which governs all
organized bowling, issued a spe-
cial order on gambling, signed by
John Canelli, chairman of its legal
committee.
The order bluntly told some $780,
900 bowlers and 1000 alley pro-
prietors who are members of the
Congress that it would counter
ance no pools, hand books, parl-
mutuel betting on matches or SINH
lar schemes of gambling in the
sport.
It added that any proprietor
found guilty of permitting such
gambling would face loss of alley
certification and withdrawal OF
league sanctions and that any ABC
member who participated in such
SCIlGIllcS llllSllL NC OAPS1iSo 1Ol
life from organized bowling.
1--WE long have been aware Of
the undermining effects of pools
hand books and pari-mutuel bet.
ting" E. H. Baumgarten, secre-
tary of the ABC declared, land we
have kept bowling clean of such
practices for many years.
with the closing of the race
tracks, we know that professional
gamblers have begun infiltration
tactics in several of the nation S
most popular sports. We are max
ing sure that they don't move in
on bowling.
"The alley operators are re-
sponsible to the bowlers, the Con-
gress and to his fellow proprietors
to keep his game clean. He must
keep his game clean"
Baumgarten said that many
years ago an alley proprietor at
tempted to set up a pari-mutuel
betting window at a tournament
The ABC stepped in quickly, stop
ped it and soon thereafter enacted
legislation that has kept all SINH.
lar practices or schemes out of the
sport.
The order sent out today, he ad.
ded, warns the operators of their
responsibility, gives them full in
formation of the ABC laws govern
ing gambling and reiterates the
Congress intention of enforcing
the legislation.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-10
The Sports Trail
By
BY WHITNEY MARTIN

He had an idea to make little
money for himself by bringing ir
college teams for Garden games
and many another man, including
yours truly, wishes he had thought
of the same idea and had the
enterprise and ability to carry il
through.
1t was perfectly legitimate from
every angle. He did not have to
know where the body was buried
to get teams to participate in his
doubleheaders. They came of their
own free will, He just offered the
financial bait, and they took it,
that's all
His financial arrangements with
t h e e teams would seem to be
strictly his business and those of
the PARTICIPATING teams, and why
he should disclose them any more
than a cloak and suit merchant
should disclose his dealings with
his jobber isn't quite clear.
In other words, if Irish pays
nothing or thousands of dollars to
bring in teams, it's all right as
long as both parties are satisfied.
AS mentioned, he isn't blackmail-
ing the teams to participate.
Personally, we think that staging
college games away from the cam.
puses encourages gambling and
possible fixing, but that is a by.
product Irish is no more RESPONSE
BILE for than the maker of an auto
mobile is responsible if some driv.
er hits telephone pole and gets
himself killed.
Irish may be theoretically land
lord now, but so : called big time
basketball didn't come to the Gar.
den without some little planning
and urging. That took promotion,
| and Ned Irish was the promoter
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The only rub as far as Ohio
State is concerned is that Widdoes
is reported to have been sounded
out by both Cornell University and
the University of California at Los
Angeles on the coaching jobs now
vacant at those two schools.
Even Widdoes couldn't say what
his decision would be if he should
get offers from either of those
schools and also the expected one
from Ohio State.
IT can't say now what I'll do, -
he said today.
Right now, however, Widdoes is
about as much concerned with
news from the Philippines as any
thing His parents, United Brethren
missionaries, have been interned
three since the start of the war
The last word he had was that they
were in a camp in northern Luzon
but apparently it is one which
American troops have not yet
reached.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-10
Mrs. Covington Wins
Palm Beach Tourney,
Takes Second Title

PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb. g.
(P)-Precision chipping and put
ting today clinched the Palm Beach
women's golf championship for
Mrs. Jane Crum Covington, of Or
augsburg, S. C
Mrs. Covington defeated finalist
Catherine Fox of Bloomfield, N. j.,
three and two to take the title for
the second successive year.
Although Miss Fox consistently
outdistanced the defending cham
pion from the tee, Mrs. Covington' S
steady short game and skill on the
green's put her out front early in
the 18-hole championship match.
The Carolina golfer covered the
first nine holes in one-over-wo-
men, par 81 to lead her opponent
four up at the halfway mark.
Women's par out 434 444 445-36
Covington out - 424 554 Asst
Fox out 1886 555 456-41
Women's par in 1850 454 $50 4
Covington in ------ 554 544 5
Fox in ---- 554 SAB 5
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NAZI JET PLANES
BAFFLE CUNNERS
Continued From Page One)

the Baltic and also refinery and
rail center in the Ruhr.
The U. S. Eighth Air Force, in
announcing the result of the CLASH
with the enemy's jet propelled
fighters, made no comment upon
the effectiveness of the German
tactics and did not say how many
jets participated.
Some American filters said, how.
ever, that the Jets cut in and ou
Of the bomber forma tons, firing
at will from first one flank ane
then another. One witness told O.
Fortress crippled and forced te
hide in clouds after a 15-minute
attack by the jets had left the
bomber's gunners dizzy
Bomber crews said the jet planes
attacked singly or in pairs, with M
109s lowering in the distance to
guard against American fighter in
reference.
A spokesman at U. S. Air Head
quarters said this was the first
time the jet planes had probed
through the American defenses and
attacked the bombers, which usu-
ally plod along in formation at
about $50 miles an hour.
The mobers' principal target
was Lutzkendorf, where a 174-acre
synthetic oil plant was bombed Wis
ually in clear weather. 1t was the
tenth time American heavies from
Britain had raided the plant, which
was put out of production for two
long periods in 1914 but has been
patched up since last November.
Clouds obscured tn railway
yards at Magdeburg and the bombs
were aimed by instrument. Wei
mars small arms plant and truck
factory were bombed usually.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-10
Jog Leads Field OF $4,000
Tourney With Four
Under Par
BY JOHN LEWIS STONE
United Press Staff Correspondent

OHlteQ fTeSS StdI1 CoIICSPouuch
NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. o.
UP)-Harold jug" McSpaden Of
Sanford, Me-, slammed his way to
a two-stroke lead today over the
field of neaerly 100 top-ranking
pros and amateurs in the first
round of the $4,000 New Orleans
open golf tournament.
jug, smashing long and straight
drives on the fairways and keeping
his puts in the groove, turned in
a So for the first round, four
strokes under par.
Second round in the tournament
will be played tomorrow with the
finals slated for Sunday.
Lord Byron Nelson, Toledo, o.,
favorite in the tourney, was in
three-way tie with Denny Shute Of
Akron, O., and Claude Harmon OF
Crosse Point, Mich. with 10.
Biggest disappointment Of the
day was Slammin' Sammy SneaA
! of Hot Springs, W. Va, who drop
ped from the ranks Of the favor
ties when he turned in IS. Snead
had trouble on almost every hole
and once even had his ball lodge
in a tree, having to take an extra
stroke to shake it down.
Craig Wood, Mamaroneck, NY,
and Johnny Bulla of Chicago, were
tied with TIPS.
Sammy Byrd of Detroit. ex-Yan.
kee baseball star, recovered from
a sore arm, suffered during the
recent Corpus Christi, Tex, tourna-
ment and fired Is.
Fred Haas, Jr., Of New Orleans,
and Ed Furgol of Detroit, Mich.
and Utica, N. Y, were the top
amateurs, Haas turning in IA and
Furgol making the tour in rs.
Other scores of the day were as
follows:
Tony Penna, Dayton, O., r.;
Chick Rutan, Birmingham, Mich,
Y; Leonard Dodson, San Fran
cisco, u; Johnny Revolta, Evans.
ton, Ill, 70; Jack Grout, Chicago,
70; Leslie Kennedy, Pawtucket,
Conn, IA; Willie Goggin, New
York, "a; Gene Kunes, Hollywood
Calf, "A.
Georg4 Low, Clearwater, Fla.
rs; Henry Picard, Harrisburg.
Pa, rs; Bob Hamilton, Chicago,
IS; Ed Dudley. Atlantic City, N. j..
rs; Joe Turnesa, Rockville Center,
L. T., rs; Ned White, Shreveport,
La, IT; Bob Supple, Chicago, IS;
Ray Cannon, Memphis, Tenn, 70;
Archie Gonzales, New Orleans, 70,
and Tod Menesfe, San Antonio, 70.
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Yanks Fighting Japanese
In South Manila Houses
Continued From Page One)

Continued From Page One)
were beaten off with bloody losses
for the enemy.
Meanwhile, other American units
were pushing the Japanese line
back to the north and east from
the central Luzon plain after hav-
ing secured control OF the main
highways connecting Manila with
the Japanese held mountains OF
northern LuZon.
Maj. Gen. William H. Gill's 32nd
RED Arrow Division, veterans of
Leyte, have destroyed enemy de-
lenses five miles north of San Mic
olas, in an area roughly % miles
southeast of Japanese held Ba-
guio, the communique disclosed.
ellis jungle wise troops were
advancing along the rough Villa
Verde trail, leading into Nueva
Vizcaya province along the eastern
end of the Caraballo mountains, to-
ward the country to which the Jap
anese have withdrawn.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-10
RUSSIANS DRIVE
TOWARD STE1TlN
Continued from Page One)

4.--i+orv on the right flank OF
7,ntov's central salient menacing
Berlin.
Tie Germans said the Russians
rere only six miles from Stargard
within artillery range-and on1y
p miles from Stettin, Pomeran-
jan capital.
Moscow : communicate said that
Arnswalde. key road junction nine
miles southeast of captured Bral-
lentin, had been surrounded. The
Russians now are fighting to ex-
terminate its garrison.
AT the northeastern end of the
Russian front, moving toward the
Baltic, Soviet units captured Clam
beck in five mile advance
northeast of Reetz, taken Thursday,
and at the southwestern end other
forces seized Ploenzig in a seven
mile advance northwest of Bern
stein.
Eight hundred German prisoners
we're taken in Thursdays opera
tons, for two-day total of 1900
in that area.
Moscow did not mention the SHE'S
ian sector, but Berlin said that it
was the center of gravity at
present on the Eastern Front, and
that Marshal Konev was attack
ing with several armies on a
l45-mile front between Glogau, 81
miles northwest of Breslau, and
Ratibor, near the Czechoslovavkian
frontier in the south.
Berlin said that the heaviest
lighting was in a triangle between
Breslau and Liegnitz, IS miles to
the west, and Glogau, 81 miles
north Of Liegnitz and 1T miles
southeast of Berlin.
Soviet troops were said to have
struck nine miles west of Steinau,
On The Oder 80 miles northwect OF
bTesIau. and captured L1e'-en
len miles south of Steinau they
Sormed PapchWitz and 1oLe., u.l
Mhe miles to the southwest TO
reach the big industrial city of
Legnltz, IA miles west of the
Uoer crossing town Of Russian-held
Naltsch.
Ihe Breslau garrison's supply
sAa escape corridor now has been
narrowed to 80 miles, according to
Enemy reports which said that the
russians were intent on encircling
aIeslau during simuITaneou.
push westward into Saxony.
me Russians had only to close
q . 0z.mlle ~ between Maltsch,
y y miles nor,..@est of Breslau, and
IHuf'Sch, Y miles south of the
n s Sllesian capital, in order to
surround S the largest German city
~. w. "llhln the grasp of any Allied
army in t'ss war.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-10
Rv The Associated Press

Tonight Carolinas basketoal
schedule is nicely divided, each
state being host to four games, two
other contests showing Tar Heel
teams facing out-of-state opposi-
ton.
One of the games attracting a
major portion of interest is sche-
duled for Philadelphia, Duke $
Blue Devils engaging Temples for
nidabIe Owls in one of three con-
tests on the bill.
South Carolina is host to the lone
Southern Conference game, Glenn
son meeting Citadel at Charleston
for the second straight night. 9th
er Palmetto state games sho"
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work.. Feb. 9.-lR-After
pl7ylH5 differentiation between a
Irisn . and landlord we still
pr0Ia0'Ifit+ little confused, and suspect
are I've been paying rent to the
We Aat of the house we live in
al! .,,. .n' acting president of Madison
IHs Garden insists that he and
S9oa,C onization merely are in the
his u u landlords to any event TAX
role s " there, and this includes
ba St5;c5 may be true, particular
VIM for as the Garden itself is
y ss a. although from Irish's
conIs raJ STANDPOINT he would
pelsV IN come under the heading
SEEN s nromoter as far as basketball
u concerned.
= iTorwards. or encourages; who
WV '.rss the preliminary steps in a
. .,ssme CT undertaking for the Or
sY.u .i OF company or the
s-rrins out of any business pro-
leS yor those basketball teams
~. ~ star. coming to the Garden
..:4so,t any encouragement. Ned
I.is5 an enterprising young man,
IL --'+ +bo idea of staging basketball
~ sores there and carried it out.
t. nromoted the whole thing,
=. TX all there is to it.
Nh mis- is no criticism of Irish. In
+s+. ITS defense of him if he
. .,, one W hic h he probably
IN, 5,ssn't. Everything w as going
,s,slv with his Garden basket
NJ until the Brooklyn C o | ] e g e
s Wv scandal broke. Now,
H. anne reason. he is the target
tr some criticism, not to say a
t-osdside of pointed questions deal
", with his operation of the game.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-10
Seven Cub Dens Formed
At Organization M e ct
Of Sunset Park Churches

Seven dens of Cub Scouts were
formed at the pack organization
meeting at the Sunset Park Meth
odist church Thursday night. Three
dens were organized for Pack ST.,
sponsored by the host church, and
four were organized for Pack So,
sponsored by the Sunset Park
Baptist church.
L. W. Davis was elected cub
master for Pack SO, and Robert
Dannebaum was elected cubmas-
ter for Pack 81.
A meeting of the den mothers,
den dads and den chiefs will be
held at the home of Mr.. Davis,
512 Northern Boulevard, tomor-
row at 4 ?. m, and a similar
meeting will be held at the home
of Mr.. Dannenbau.n for Pack 81,
Wednesday at 4 D. m.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-10
new ALL AMERICA
LEAGUE PROMISES
INTERESTING DUEL
New Circuit Plans To Cut
Into Postwar Grid
Patronage
BY JERRY LISKA

CHICAGO. Feb. 9-R)- If the
proposed All-America conference
and the long-established nationa
football league ever square off
an interesting duel between cole
glate coaching hot-shots and cagey
up-from-the-ranks pro mentors is
in prospect.
The signing of Paul Brown by
the All-Amer;ca's Cleveland entry
yesterday emphasized the trenc
OF attack planned by the new loor
to cut into postwar patronage OF
the 25-year-old national circuit.
Brown, present coach at Great
Lakes and former mentor at Ohio
State; Jack Meagher, Iowa Pre-
flight and Alabama Polytechnic
coach; and Buck Shaw, formerl,
OF Santa Clara, already have sign
ed into the All-America which ma,
or may not begin operations this
year.,
It's no secret either that the
NEW league has made with flirty
flirty eyes at such college lumi
naries as Bernie Bierman of Min
nesota, Lou Little of Columbia, b
McMillin of Indiana, Slip Hadigar
of Iowa, Frank Leahy of Notre
Dame and Fritz Crisler of Mich
gan.
Whether these name strate
gists will hop from college football
into the lush play-for-play pas
ture is conjectural, but it show!
where the well-heeled All-Americ;
magnates are aiming their pocket
books.
Their attitude is precisely ex
pressed by Actor Don Ameche, CO
owner of the Los Angeles fran
chise in the All-America whos'
comment on Browns appointment
was: THE day is gone when pro
fessional football can get by witt
unknown coaches and players. TIL,
fans want to see the best. They vii
get it in the All-Amereica confer
ence."
All of which may provoke ;
scorning snort from the venerable
national football league with it.
George Halas of the Chicago Bears
Curly Lambeau of the Green Ba.
Packers, Steve Owen of the New
York Giants, and Ray Flahert.
of the Washington Redskins.
The records show that this quar-
tet which learned about profession
al football the hard way, especial
ly Lambeau with "a years in thu
league and Halas with 20, have
ruled the coaching roost, coping
% of the "a divisional champion
ships.
The one newcomer" to pro
duce league champion wa:
George (Potsy) Clark, whose De
troit Lions won in 1885. Yet Potss
did the trick with a team he hae
at Portsmouth for four previou!
seasons.
The national league has had it,
share of name coaches, including
the current crop of Gus Dorais
Greasy Neale and Buff Donelli
but they failed to break the title
monopoly of the Bears and the
Packers in the west and the Red
skins and Giants in the east. II
other years there were Jock Suth
erland, Lud Wray, Hugo BezdeE
and one Star Dietz. All were also
rams.
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CHIANG'S ADVISER
THWARTS ENEMY
Continued from Page One)

er planes attacked a plane in which
he was flying across China to
Chungking. The pilot managed to
escape in clouds.
Donald, reported on the Sidney
Daily Telegraph, gave up his JOB
in 1902 and became subedltor OF
the China Mail at Hong Kong. He
became an intimate friend OF Sun
Yat-sen, father of republican Chi
ma. It was said that Donald trans
lated Suns plans into action, his
ideas into words. He was also a
friend of Marshal Chang Tso-lln
of Manchuria and at the Marshal S
death became mentor of his SON,
Chang Hsueh-liang, the young
marshall
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-26
CAB Faces


Washington, Sept. 26-AP-Con-
gress looked Monday to a possible
shake'up on the Civil Aeronautics
Board as an indication Of how Pres
ident Truman intends to play his
politics.
Reports have reached Capitol Hill
that l.. Welch Rogue is consider
ing resigning. II he does. the chair
manship may go TO member Josh
Lee Of Oklahoma. former new deal
senator. Lee was defeated for re-
election in 1912 by Senator Moore,
Republican.
That may be something OF tip
off 10 Senate Democrats. But Re-
publicans are more interested in a
minority vacancy on the same
board. 1t arose from Vice Chairman
Edward p. Warmers election as
president Of the Provisional Inter
national Aviation Organization with
headquarters in Montreal.
The question in COP. minds is
this:
VIII Mr.. Truman follow his
predecessors lead and fill minority
places on government boards with
so-called Roosevelt Republicans?
The test case in point revolves
around two names now before the
President.
One of these Is BARLEY Crum.
San Francisco attorney and vice
president Of the National Lawyers
Guild. Crum. who managed Wen.
dell l.. WILKES 1910 campaign.
went over to Mr.. Roosevelt In 1914.
He headed a California "independ.
ent Republicans for Roosevelt COM
mittee."
Moreover, Crum had some criti-
cal things to say about the Ma
tional Republican organization. He
contended 1t had become a "dere-
lict' party by allowing an isola-
zionist bloc" to control it.
Those were fighting words for
regular Republicans.
The regulars have put forth Col.
John J. Jacobson or Manchester.
y. H., as their candidate for the
appointment.
Jacobson. an artillery officer
just back from a tour of duty with
the Ninth Army in Europe, is a for
mer chairman OF the New Hamp-
shire water resources board.
Senator Bridges GRIND and
others went to see Mr. Truman.
They made it plain that the regular
Republicans-who far outweigh the
other kind in Congressman JAG
OLSON, not Crum.