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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
~ WHITNEY MARTIN

,.rW YORK, Jan. 10 No We
NJ" an to shill for anybody for
don't t.t tily o. Of baseball commissioner
the t oll,r all anyone who might be
as al 5ered in the running for SUCH
e0i iob should have wind enough Saaid TO
j., ]0O his own horn, and oesloe'
blow aone of our business.
it, ,, n9I,e do we care to make any
Nels lredictions, but there's no
fiat IN harboring the idea that
h h + baseball man is chosen ne VIII VI
i Do oas e. Frick, president of the
be . fu league, and if non-base-
N Vat man is selected he will be
lam lanes Farley. - ,,,e,, 90
fOl commissioner, and seems to
thai .' vi durable, the possible base
D. be E, qr men candidates seem for the
oan ma mart to eye it with horror.
nos ,s think the job included over
. iua y work in robbing banks or
time WIZ
sOl at least two possibilities among
a. men have shown a dis
t oaSG for the job. Will Har-
l:Sao American league president.
1 Tug fatty he is not interested
S zas@ Gle. Cincinnati Red exec
We" ''+iro although not saying he would
r u.f it if offered. says that, other
ZINES ,,t1s being equal, he'd prefer a
'G Trick has said nothing, and by
his very silence indicates he would
~, ,.te the job if offered, although
s .pAt gives the impression he is not
n,ttjng himself forward as a can
p I It's just a case Of if they
want him, all right, and if they
ADMIT want him, that's all right,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
By JOE REICHLER

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-(P)-Don' t
be surprised to see the name OF
Jimmy Collins and Roger Bresna-
han elected to baseball's hall OF
fame after the votes in the cur
rent balloting are counted January
20.
Collins, famous third baseman of
the ZOOS and early 190O's, n d
Bresnahan, former battery mate
of the matchless Christy Mathew
son, have been just under the bor-
der line in previous polls, but stand
the best chance to enter the
charmed circle this time.
Their deaths within the past
year have focused fans attention
On them and their historic dia-
mond exploits. Collins, one of the
games greatest third sackers and
manager of the first team ever
to win world series, generally
lis credited with revolutionary,
third base play. He was the first
to play away from the bag and
the first to master the art of de.
tense against bunts.
In IA years in the majors as
a member of the Braves, Red Sos
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
The Sports Trail

| We arrive at Tricks name
among baseball men through some.
thing of process of elino;n .t;n,,
They undoubtedly would want q
fairly well known baseball m,n
even outside baseball circles. VIII
is capable executive, and whose
integrity is unquestioned. Frick
meets all these requirements
Harridge and Giles do, too h,t
Harridge has removed himself and
Giles is not very emphatic in his
desire for baseball man.
There are other astute baseball
men, but if you run down the list
of club you'll have a hard Tine
finding name which would meet
general approval. In the public
mind they either are too closely
associated with one club, either as
owner or hired executive. or not
known widely enough to be pen.
orally acceptable.
Baseball might pick comnara.
lively unknown man who was ar.
ceptable to itself, but in our 4-F
mind we think baseball's obligation
as the national game goes deep
er than just pleasing itself It
should please fans the country over
give them name they recognize.
"a figure they know something
about.
AS for Farley, he seems to be the
leading non-baseball figure, also
by a process of elimination. He
has an avid interest in the game,
and apparently is not tied up.
AS for getting a prominent mil
itary or naval figure, such men are
very busy at the moment, and
probably will be for some time.
Baseball needs its leader right now
not five years hence.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
Collins And Bresnahan
MAY Be In Hall OfFan1e

and Athletics, Collins battled 300
or better six seasons and in 1898,
long before the lively ball was de-
vised, led the national league home
run hitters with Is. In LIB games,
ne fell one safety short of reach
ing the 1000 hit mark. He Joined
the Red Sox in 1901 as manager
and led the club to pennants in
1903 and 1904
Bresnahan, one of the greatest
receivers of all time, was another
revolutionizer. Besides being til e
first catcher to be used as lead
off-man-he occupied that position
for the pennant-winning Giants of
1904-'05-he was the first player to
wear shin guards.
McGraw considered the Duke
of Tralee' the best receiver of
them all.
HE was a great catcher the
little Napoleon used to say, "a
great handler of pitchers, better
than 300 hitter, an ideal lead-ofi
man, one of the fastest He was
also a fine outfielder and infield'
er and could pitch in a pinch. He
always had the spirit a winning
club needs"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
Four North State
Games Are Planned
To Be Played Today

CHARLOTTE, Jan. 49, Up -
Four games, one North State
Conference contest, are on Tues.
days state basketball slate.
Dukes housekeeping Blue Dew.
lis will be home to the powerful
Norfolk Naval Air Station quin-
tet. The Durham cagers have TAX
en- eight of their last 10 games
their two setbacks coming at the
hands of N. c. Preflight.
Fort Bragg, which beat the Co.
lumbia Air Base twice last week.
end, is at home to North Carolina,
winner of two out of three last
week. The teams met last month,
the Tar Heels winning handily.
The conference game sends High
Point to Elon in a meeting of sec.
ond division clubs, each having
lost two games, High Point show
ing one victory, however.
The nights other tilt finds Lynch
burg at Guilford.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
Famous Swimming Coach
Dies OF Heart Attacks

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Jan. Is
-P)-Willis Cooling, recognized as
one of the nations outstanding
swimming coaches, died today al
st. Francis hospital Suffering
from recurrent heart attacks
Cooling. SO, entered the hospita.
about two weeks ago.
A well-knowr gvmnastic ano
swimmer himself, Cooling devel
oped such swimmers and divers
as Pete Des Jardi11e, who Won two
olympic championships and who
swept all national diving cham
pionships for four years; Katherine
RaWls Thompson, one of the great
est all-around women swimmers
of decade ago; Mary Hoerger,
who won the national senior div.
ing championship at the age of II
and others.
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Subsidization OF Sports
Threatened At Ohio State

CLEVELAND. O.. Jan. Is
tUPl-A cam )aign against subsi.
dization of collegiate athletes was
envisioned today by Lynn w. St
John, director Of athletics at Ohio
State, as the result of the election
OF Wilbur Smith of Tulane as pres
ident Of the NCAA.
The Cleveland Press quoted St.
John as saying that 1--WE are get
ting sick Of some of those (south-
! ern) schools using athletic receipts
s. 10 pay board, room and tuition and
ouy books for football players.
+ BY We St. John said, he was
referring to the late Maj. John L.
Griffith NCAA secretary-treasu-
rer and western conference com.
missioner, and himself.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
BASEBALL STARS
LAND IN MIAMI
Three M ajor Leaguers
Complete 35,OOO-Mile
Overseas Tour

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. Is. - (P) -
Three major league baseball
players who arrived here today
after a 35,o0o-mile trip to Army
camps in India, Burma and China
found the troops eager for infor-
nation about tie game including
details of plays in the last world
series.
The three were Luke Sewell, who
managed the ST. Louis Browns to
the 1914 American league crown !;
Dixie Walker, of the Brooklyn bod
gers, who led both leagues in hit
ting last year with a 1857 mark
and Paul Waner, veteran outfield-
er, who finished last season with
the New YORK Yankees.
Everywhere we found the fel'
lows keenly interested in base
ball. Sewell said. They asked a
thousand questions and we did ou1
best to answer them
1--WE showed them pictures of the
1914 world series, gave them base
balls, autographed their "shor'
shorter bills or anything else they
wanted us to.
After we had completed oul
show, we asked if there were any
questions.
'You should have seen them le
US have it!''
During the trip which started
eight weeks ago the players flew
the hump ir one of the Army
Transport C m m n DIS cargo
planes, were several times close
to the front lines and once gave
a show at Bhamo in Burma onl,
a few miles from the actual fight
ing They also played baseball
with the engineers at camp alons
the Ledo road.
1--WE had quite a game with thu
engineers" Waner recalled. Il
was on Christmas day and we bat
tied II innings to scoreless tie. >
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
kiwanis Club
Commander Jim Crowley
Detached From Sampson
Naval Training Center

SAMPSON. N. Y, Jan. 15.-UP)
Commander James H. Sleepy
jim Crowley, USNR, athletic Of
ficer at the Sampson Naval Train
'ng Center for the past six months,
mas been detached for duty in
Washington, D. c., it was amour
ced today.
The former Fordham grid coach
and member of Notre Dame's
-four horsemen" was advanced in
rank and placed in charge of ath-
letic training on January 5 of this
year.
He came to Sampson in time to
coach last falls football team, at
ter serving for several months on
the staff of Admiral William R..
Halsey in the South Pacific.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
Byrnes Directive Fails To
Include Order On
Sports Events

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is R -
Sports fans needn't fear-for the
present at least-that the wartime
ban on conventions will abolish
their favorite games and tourna-
ments.
The War Committee on Conven-
tons, which has been casting an
an.lytical eye over the Byrnes
directive calling off non-approved
conventions, trade shows, confer
Iences and group meetings after
February l, hasn't found any hint
that it includes port events.
So, for the present, the commit
tee takes the attitude that there
lis nohing in the directive 70 stop
such events as bowling tourna-
raents, track meets, and baseball,
basketball and football games. But
a trade show, conference, conven-
ton or group meeting, held in con-
nection with sports event, would
require a permit if more than so
person were to attend.
The committees Interpretation,
disclosed today, followed word that
the TO h o m ng mandatory
"broWnout" which will cut off
many of bright lights in order to
save fuel, does not apply to night
baseball or, presumably, other
games.
| The convention committee is eX-
pected to adhere to its present po-
sition that the ban on conventions
does not affect sports events I'M
less and until James F. Byrnes,
the war mobi1rzer, decides that it
does.
In the meantime, however, the
Office of Defense Transportation
still is appealing for the voluntary
elimination of all non-essentiaI in
ter-city travel.
In general the government pol
icy appears to be that all citizens.
Including sports fans and players
should refrain so far as possible
from burdening over-Worked tran.
portation lines. This policy goes
|hand-in-hand with an official feel.
ing that sports are real morale
builder, and should be permitted
to continue insofar as the war eff
fort allows.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
Driver Bandly Injured
In Highway Accident


J. D. Watkins, of Wilmington
an employe of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad, drove his automo.
bile into car parked 10 feet from
the edge of the Wrightsboro Road
near the Wrightsboro clubhouse
last night, mourning decorations
and a possible fracture of the
skull. y
The accident occurred between
$50 and 10 p. m. State Highway
patrolmen took Watkins to James
Walker Memorial hospital, where
his condition last night was de-
scribed as serious.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
Plan To Make Byrnes
Baseball Car Endorsed

GREENV1LLE, S. c., Jan. Is
(P)-Clark C. Griffith, president OF
Washington's baseball club. has
endorsed Sports Editor Scoop
Latimer's proposal that War Mob
ilization Director James F. Byrnes
be appointed baseball commission
er after the war.
Your story on Justice Byrnes
becoming commissioner after the
war is a plendid idea" Griffith
wrote Latimer. $50 let us hope
that the war won't last very long
and that there will be postpone
ment in the appointment OF com
missioner"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
JAYVEES DEFEAT
LELAND, 23-16

Journeying to Leland last night,
the up and coming Junior Var.
sity defeating their opponents 49,
16, taking their sixth consecutive
victory.
Tonight the JayVees will tangle
with the Jacksonville second
stringers and will be looking for
their seventh win of the season.
Spearheading the attack against
Leland was W. A. Brown and
Charlie Smith with eight and sew
en- points respectively.
r. Rouark took high scoring
honors for Leland with a total OF
eight points.
Officials were Plugi Waters and
Billy Mason.
Line-ups::'
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
Dutch Reuther, Famous
Baseball Scout, Resigns

CHICAGO, Jun. Is. - ZAP, - Wall
ter Dutch Reuther, Los Angel
es, baseball scout for the Chica-
go Cubs for the past five years,
resigned today to devote his time
to other business At the height of
his career, Reuther was an OUT
standing pitcher with the Brooklyn
Dodgers. He also played with the
Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
Jacobs Will Investigate
Mexico City Fight Plans

NEW YORK, Jan. Is. - (P -
Mike Jacobs, New York promoter
said today he would go to Mexico
City sometime next month to in
vestigate the possibility of holding
an international fight program
there.
He conferred today with Sam
Rosoff, New York contractor now
constructing an irrigation system
and building the Ell Mirador tun-
mel in Mexico.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
Melvin OFT Arrives Home
After Tour Of War Fronts

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 15.-(P)-
Melvin OFT, manager of the New
York Giants, arrived home over
the weekend after a 7-week tour
of European battle fronts.
OFT said he was going to relax
for a few days" and 'take it easy
for a while.''
Asked for comment on the re-
cent manpoWer restrictions affec-
ting sports, OFT commented that
I'll have to study up on them
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
GAMES CANCELLED

Games in the Lake Forest gym
nasium for today, pitting the Gel
ties against Nesbitt Courts at
p. m. and the Y. M. C. A. against
Hemenway at 6 p. m, have been
cancelled, it was announced last
night.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
DEACONs, COAST GUARD

WAKE FOREST, Jan. Is. -(P)-
Athletic officials tonight announc-
ed the Wake Forest Deacons would
meet Portsmouth, Va, Coast
Guards basketball team at Wake
Forest at 8 o'clock Tuesday night
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-16
PRO COLE ASSIGNMENT

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Jan. 15.-P)
Heaney, A, today took
over the professional golf assign
ment at the San Diego country
club, succeeding Ralph Guldahl,
who resigned last November. A
native of Chicago, Heaney was
professional at a Des Moines, la.
Tub for II years before coming
@ the Pacific Coast
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Fans are willing to take what they
can get. If necessary we viii resort
to battling longshoremen."
Newark-Babe Culnan: Expects
to do as well this year as last.
Scranton, Pa. - Marty Coher
Will keep going as long as con
ditions permit, but talent situation
becoming more desperate each
week"
SOUTH
Miami - Major w. H. Peoples:
Weekly shows show attendance In
crease each week. Hopes to stage
three big winter fights with Make
Jacobs.
New Orleans-Lou Messiah: Elk
poets 1945 to be greatest in boxing
| history. Should double or triple
1914 New Orleans gross OF $S2,UI2
MIDWEST
| Milwaukee - Ben Zenoff: Loca
boxing in 1914 best in decade. Elk
poets 1945 to do better.
Detroit - Nick Londes: Antlcl
pates good year with many loca
youngsters coming up.
Pittsburgh Art Rooney, Wht
crossed $233,378 in 1914: Fight pic
ture is gloomy same as other form
of athletics.
PACIFIC COAST
Los Angeles - Hollywood-Oceal
Park - Charles Mcdonald: 1874
banner year and expect to do bet
ter in 1945 unless At draft reduce!
talent to point where interesting
matches impossible.
San Francisco - Oakland-Berke
ley-Leo Meyer: Heavyweight out
look poor, but lightweight and mid
dleweight prospects good.
Portland, Ore. - Joe Waterman
War workers and discharges vii
be sufficient to carry on. Plans t.
operate if Il have to put girls il
the ring"
SOUTHWEST
Houston-Ralph Smith: 1915 pros
poets much better.
San Antonio - Bill Davee: Be
lieves manpower squeeze will no
hurt sport too much. Anticipate
big year.
Montana labor news., 1945-02-15
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

BY one of those rare historical coinci-
dences, the World Labor Congress i'll Lon
don is taking place at the same time as
the big Three" meeting Of Roosevelt,
Stain and Churchill which is mapping
the final end of the Axis and the new
world Of peace and security.
The London meeting also takes place as
the armies Of the great alliance-the L.
S., the U. S. S. r. and Britain-sweep
toward the climax of the war in the de-
struction of the Nazi military machine.
The great victories over the japanese in
the Philippines further mark the final end
of the Axis threat to world freedom.
The workers of the T. S., represented
by the CIO under the leadership of Philip
Murray, of our allies in the Soviet Union,
in Britain and our brothers in Latin
America and the other countries at the
London meeting have worked long and
hard for this meeting.
They have worked for international la
Dor unity because they know that it is the
key to complete destruction Of Fascism
and to a world of security after the vic
tory is Won These are the objectiyes OF
the war against German and japanese ag-
gression. These are the reasons why labor
in all the anti-AXis countries supports
this war with the blood of sons in the
front lines and the sweat of its people ON
the production lines.
The World Labor Congress in London
is mapping future world security and
freedom just as the meeting of Roosevelt,
Stain and Churchill is mapping it in the
Crimea, at Yalta.
The achievements of the London Labor
Congress will place an additional response
bility on us here at home. Within the next
few weeks Congress will be called on to
ratify the United Nations agreement
at Breton Woods and Dumbarton Oaks
The creation Of a new world labor fed
Grafton at the London meeting will pro
vide a powerful backing for world secul-
ity plans being outlined now and preyi-
ously agreed upon
Our job at home is to back up the work
being done in London and in the meeting
Of the three great political leaders now
going on CIO News.
Montana labor news., 1945-02-15
WHAT A FARCE

Butte is a cosmopolitan city with every
nationality and possibly every religion
represented and, strange as it seems, 1t Is
this very fact that Butte is so very alive.
A great author once said that a philo
sophie condition was a state Of compla
cency and hence a retrogressive attitude.
This same man also made a further re
mark that community and a nation con
tinued and developed its virility. Well,
Butte under this definition is anything
but philosophic because it has extremes
of all kinds, powerful corporations faced
by powerful unions, beautiful summers
and miserable winters, deep religious and
national sympathies, wealth and squalid
poverty beautiful churches and vice run
ming rampant, CRIME and filth and the
most beautiful mountain scenery.
Yet. when an expression of the milk of
human kindness is needed Butte is the
first to respond On the other hand, the
rebeIIious and turbulent spirit is just as
active. and right now the people are i'll
censed at the domination Of the powerful
corporate and financial interests of the
State of Montana over the Legislature
which is supposed to be the acme OF rep
resentatye government.
From far and near and in every gather
ing the people show bitter and almost
hopeless attitude in respect to the present
session of the House and Senate Of Mon
tana It has been termed the most far
cical exhibition Of political nonsense and
worthlessness ever held by the State. The
control Of the votes, the lives, destinies,
and finances of nearly all of the Repre-
sentatives and Senators is so obvious that
the generality of the populace care little
or nothing whether the session ends right
now or in March or whether it ever con
venes again or not.
Montana labor news., 1945-02-15
q @@Llr,T.1,z9

Little Luther had just finished read
ing about the congressman who wrote
to 100 distinguished citizens asking them
to define unAmerican activities for him
Poor guy" he sad pityingly. How
could he be expected to know"
why not?' asked Mr. Dilworth.
"Wen, he was a member of the old
Dies committee and he certainly never
found out anything about unAmerican
activities there
NOW Luther, I think it's very praise
worthy of Congressman Mundt to be so
objective about it" Mr.. Dilworth in
sisted. you know he's asking both
people who were for and against the
Dies committee
That's like asking FDR and Hitler
to answer an objective poll on who
should win the war"
"Ha," exclaimed Mr.. Dilworth bitterly
do you expect that man Roosevelt to
be fair about thing like that?"
Calm yourself, Pop" Little Luther
said. Anyway, even though Mr.. Mundt
didn't ask me- I'm going to send him
my definition of unAmerican activities.
What is it, Luther?"
Anything Martin Dies is in favor Of.
Montana labor news., 1945-02-15
THE MONTANA LABOR NEWS

1t is the supreme example of the de-
priyatiOn Of the rights Of the citizens.
There are a few notable examples Of a
courageous, honest effort by few persons
in the lower House and few in the upper
House. The State Of Montana can expect
nothing out Of this session of the Legisla-
ture but continued decrease of popula-
ton, continued decrease in wealth and
continuous absence Of development Of the
marvellous and mexampled resources Of
the State.
Montana labor news., 1945-02-15
Communications

Communications
From Ralph Parker and Leo Graybill,
acknowledging our telegram expressing
opposition to H. J. R. 6, which would
provide for constitutional amendment
to limit income tax to rs per cent.
Placed on file.
From the local Fire Fighters, copy Of
letters sent to members of the State
Legislature urging the creation of a sepa-
rate State Department of Labor. Filed
From James D. Graham, calling atten-
ton to H. B. las, which would limit the
use of the ballot in the election OF
Supreme Court judges. Referred to un-
finished business on motion.
From the joint legislative board Of
Railroad Brotherhoods, calling attention
to H. j. r. No. and urging that all
individuals express opposition to this
sinister legislation Placed on file.
From James E. Murray, acknowledging
our telegram urging confirmation Of Mr.
Wallace as Secretary Of Commerce with
full lending powers placed on file.
From Charles A. Boyey, acknowledging
our request that he oppose H. j. r. NO,
and advising that the bill 10 give the
people a chance 10 decide whether they
Montana labor news., 1945-02-15

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