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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-17
Byron Nelson Withdra1us
From Richmond Tourney
BY RUSS NEWLAND

RICHMOND, Calf, Jan. 16.-P)
REThe field in the $4,000 Rich
mond Golf tournament was thrown
wide open tonight when Byron
Nelson, leading money winner of
the touring pros, withdrew. He will
return to Toledo, O., to tend to
his umbrella business and "get
physical checkup."
Nelson, in a practice warmup
for the tournament, starting to-
morrow, was observed limping and
apparently suffering from muscle
injury.
81 don't intend to play in all the
tournaments this winter and /
have to return to Toledo imnhedi-
ately on business" he told asso-
ciates. -1--- s.
He added that II plan to get a
physical checkup when get home.
Nelson, who accumulated $66, O0o
last year and was named golfing
man of the year, withdrew from
the tour in October and took two
months layoff. He had played in
30 consecutive tournaments.
In his last three tournaments ne
led the field by nine strokes at Fort
Worth, Tex; by five at Los An,
geles, and nine again at San Fran
cisco.
The par Il Richmond course,
usually wind-swept, offers a Sc
we're test of golf. Snead won
In addition to Snead those who
figure in the top bracket include
Harold McSpaden, Sanford, Me-;
Jim Terrier, Chicago; Dick Metz,
Arkansas City, Kas; Ben Hogan,
Hershey, Pa, Jimmy Demaret,
Houston, Tex, and Jimmy Hines,
Chicago.
Mcspaden played thirteen holes
Yesterday and was four under par
Among others who may offer
stiff competition is Mark Fry,
lanky Oakland pro who plays this
course well. U. S. amateur cham
pion Marvin BUD Ward, Spo-
kane. WASH, and former national
open winner. Lawson Little, Mon
terey, Calf, may also hit a win
ming stride. They're ironing out
kinks acquired during lengthy war
services.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-17
Laurinburg Cagers
No Match For Lumberton
Especial To The Starr

LUMBERTON, Jan. 16.-Lumber-
ton High schools basketball teams,
undefeated this season, rolled up
two easy victories over the Laurin-
burg Scotties at the gym here
Tuesday night. The Girls won by
the impressive score of Sc to 8
while the Boys triumphed 81 to
20. Coach Jack Richards used every
member of his squad in the uneven
ly, matched Girls game. Ashe led
the scoring with 10 points for the
fifth consecutive time, Lyerly and
Macarthur hit for IA and IL mark
ers. Noble led the Boys scoring
with % points. AS a result of the
victories the Lumberton cagers re-
tanned their lead in the Class B
conference. -
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HOT STOVE LEAGUE

proposed by the outstanding driv-
er of the year \. in this case,
two Wilmington drivers, who rank
ed neck-and-neck nationally, Julius
Herbst and the late "Gene" Pick
ard.
In the .two-day regatta, Gilbert
and Eugene Pickard, walked off
with the Class A amateur, Class B
amateur and professional, and
Class C. amateur and professional
titles setting records in the five
divisions that stood for some time.
Eleven years old at the time,
Gilbert was the youngest cupboard
champion in the world. Since them
he has attained a stature OF some
six plus feet and a weight OF 200
pounds. Recently discharged from
the Navy, after several years serv-
ice, he told friends that he had de-
cided to retire from racing be-
cause of the disadvantage incur
red by his weight.
The records don't sound 1ast
now, but they were sensational al
the time they were set and got
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-17
Conn; Louis Fight Date
Set For Yankee Stadium
BY SID FEEDER

NEW YORk, Jan. 10. -RNJOe
Louis and Billy Conn VIII tangle
in their 'hot" heavyweight return
championship match in Yankee
Stadium, New York, on Wednesday
night, June 10, and Promoter Mike
Jacobs predicted today it probably
will draw the greatest gate. in
fistic history.
To the surprise of exactly no one,
Uncle Mike broke down and con-
fessed that the second showing of
the Louis-Conn beak-busting would
take place just where it was ex-
pected, and that the Pittsburg
pretty boy would get his second
shot at Joe's crown just five years
and one day after the first fuss in
1941.
In that one, Conn came closer
than any other challenger to de-
throning the Brown Bomber, I'M
til Joe put the lights out for him
in the 18th round. That was in the
Polo Grounds, across the Harlem
river from the stadium, before a
crowd of 60,071 and gate of
$451, 743-14th largest in ring his
tory.
According to Mike, though, that
'take" will be just chicken feed
for the second-go-around an event
that has long been expected to key
note sports postwar champag ne-
and caviar era. He explained that
with improvements now being put
into the stadium, the huge Bronx
ballyard would be able to seat
more than 100000 customers for a
fight.
And with 500 ringside "touch"
in prospect, Mike thinks the
chances are the total "contribu-
tom will go right by the all-time
high $2,658,6e tossed into the pot
by 104,943 fans who sat in on the
second Jack Dempsey-Gene Tun-
ney tussle in Chicago 10 years ago.
Gus Fan had to pay $40 to see that
one from ringside pew.
Beside that, only one other fight
ever drew more than 10000 fans
the first Tunney-Dempsey .do'ngs
iii Philadelphia, which played to
120,757 The stadium has been host
to three million-dollar brawls.
headed by the s1,083, $50 Clipped in
for the Jack Dempsey-Jack Shark
ey scramble in 1927. The other two
were Louis return bout with Max
Schmeling and his 'punch-party
with Max Baer. Needless to say,
Joe made it quick nights work
in each case.
II have long felt that New York
was the logical Ste Jacobs said.
"But I received many tempting
offers from other cities and T felt
these offers deserved my consider
alton"
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Marquette Star Signs
With Cleveland Club

CLEVELAND, Jan. IS. - R -
John Strzykalski of Milwaukee,
triple-threat left halfback for the
Marquette University team in 1941
and 1912, has signed a contract
with the Cleveland Browns of the
new All-America professional foot
ball conference, Assistant Coach
John Brickels announced today.
Strzykalski was No. draft
choice of the Green Bay Packers
of the National Professional league,
Brickels reported. The 195-pound
back played with the Second Air
Force at Colorado Springs in 1914,
and last season with the Fourth
Air Force team at Ontario, Calf.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-17
Miami All Americans
Sign Four New Stars

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. IS. - E - :,
Harvey Hester, president OF tne e
Miami entry in the All-Amerlca
football conference, announced W
day the signing of four new play
ers. - e41,
They are Russ Craft, al.sou III
ern conference Alabama haIpach
Tackle sCharles Dufour, tulane
1939-4o;' Dick MCGOWAN, Aup yl1:1
kalfback, 1938-40, and Jack WI.
liams, Auburn and Iowa Seanawks
center.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-17
BY MEARES ,HARRISS
Star Staff Writer

Five worlds records in one fam
lily at the same time is the unique
distinction enjoyed by the Pickard
clan, of Wilmington.
True. the story goes back to 1928,
but when a group gets around the
well-known old "Hot Stove" stories
age and mellow with time.
However, in this particular case,
the facts speak for themselves
without the establishment which is
the story-teller's art. ...--
In 1928, October, to put a month
to it, the National Cupboard Re-
gatta was held in the Cape Fear
river, opposite the southern end
of the city. A combination of two
Pickard brothers, johnson out
board motors and Herbst boats
was more than the other contes-
tants could combat.
Wilmington was picked as site
of the races by the National as
ISOLATION under policy of award
ing the annual event to a location
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s. WILL REPORT
FOR CARD DRILLS

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 16-,P)-Ihe St.
Louis Cardinals announced two
week special spring training period
for returned war veterans today
to start Feb. 10 at St. Petersburg,
Fla, but many of the stars counted
on this season are still in service.
& Latest reports indicate about five
former Red Birds and couple
of red-hot rookie prospects will be
on hand for the early sessions,
while at least seven veterans are
still on the expected out before
too long list
A pair Of the best 1efthanders
in the business-Howie Pollet and
Max Lanier-and Highlander john
ny Grodzicki, youngster with
loads of promise, are expected
among the early birds along with
outfielders Terry Moore and Harry
Walker.
Freddie Martin, outstanding
pitching prospect from Houston,
and Dick Sisler, combined out1le!d-
err and first baseman, are the
rockies due in February.
Still in uniform are Johnny
Beazley, AL Brazle, Gerry Bur-
meister, Murray Dickson, Howard
Krist, Stan 'Musial, Fred Schmidt,
Enos Slaughter, and Danny Lit
whiler. Their release dates are still
regarded as uncertain by the Cards,
although they are being counted
on for at least part of the season.
Last years squad and rockies
coming. up from the minors will
report to manager Eddie Dyer on
March /. About IS players are ex-
pected in camp by early March.
The Red Birds have a 35-game
spring exhibition schedule starting
March 9 against the New York
Yankees.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-17
Nine Baseball Yankees
Still In Armed Forces

NEW YORK, Jan. 16-(P)-Re.
turn of catcher Bill Dickey, in
fielder Joseph Rockman and pitcher
Charles Stanceu to civilian status
left the New York Yankees today
with only nine players on their
national defense list.
Secretary Arthur Patterson saio
the only Yankee athletes still IN
service were pitchers Tommy
Byrne, Vince De Biasi, AL Lyons
Mel Queen, Jake Wade and Charley
Wensloff, third baseman Bill Jonn !,
son and outfielders johnny Linden
and Roy Weatherly. %"'
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Cats Face Raleigh Five Here Friday
RED HOT CADETS
DRUB PENN 1851

WEST POINT, N. Y, Jan. ls.
WH-Army's Cadets, hitting from
near and far, set an all-time acad.
envy scoring record today when
they defeated the Pennsylvania
Quakers, 95 to 81 in a "run-shoot-
run" basketball game.
Led by their captain and for.
ward, John Nance of Harrison.
Ark, who set a new Army indivi-
dual scoring record with So points,
the Cadets were merciless to the
team that had broken their unde-
feated record in one of the major
upsets of last season.
This time Pennsylvania was con-
coded an even better chance of
winning than when they met the
Cadet on their own floor at Phila-
delphia last winter. Army was
drubbed 10 to As by an obscure
Colgate quintet at the Point last
Saturday and the word was out
that the Cadets were far below
their 1945 standard.
But from the first IS seconds of
play today, the Cadets looked like
different team than the list
less one which Colgate defeated.
Coach Stuart Holcombe shuffled
his starting lineup, putting in Bob
by Folsom and Bobby Means at
the guard post in place Of Arnold
Tucker and Barney Poole who had
starred on the football gridiron but
hadn't measured up on the basket
ball court.
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the poSl1on explaining the
nt but opinion of the baseball lite b.a
in Wilmington baseball
At the meeting Tuesday night, gentleman made tho
ark from floor that the baseball offers bds
I'D other dealings of the city sport have heen
od publicity the old home town. I don't think So
Other cities with less population as great economic re
poentaies have secured Operations in ona
e time city given to the problem And The
~ they wanted. Baseball!
"rharote key Wilmingtons baseball future ;"
rother gentleman said don't think has about
e. much to say its baseball behalf as Republican
Chairman Georgia mas in state politics. will pIav
CLARK Griffith found out that is closed
the Hornets to stav ont
baseball action from Charlotte changed his
mind
ONLY Wilmington will have baseball
ton and initiative by Wilmington AS long as we wait
nd to whether Griffith is fish bait smaller
s like Fayetteville and Asheve will the berths in base
ball leagues
this city outside help baseball club
b has not farm within the area Lets
m kid ourselves Charlotte is only 1913 miles
M an av If that words what
cfh does-wen get secondary consideration
ke independent action and let Clark Griffith and Charlotte
problems, will be better Off
mo Clark Griffith how to take of Clark
The situation developed very healthy way Men
I'LL. basebaIwise don't a
o1d rny night they vitality interested baseball
ORGANIZATIONS the Chamber of sponsor
meetings they going to follow them up
operation and heip.
LOOKS the city the at last This
J E. L. Wade the Wilmington deserves further
ealng He has support of baseball fans Wilmington
But hope the that baseball not sport but
business operation does not get obscured again.
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Six Home Games Slated
For Washington skins

4 NEW YORK, Jan. IS. - up -
fhe National Football league eli
naked five days Of schedule ma
feuvering today by adopting 1916
playing chart, opening Sept. u apd
elosing Dec. 8, with each club
playing II games.
The title playoff between the
EASTERN and western divisional
ehampions will be held in the
ONE park of the eastern winner
bn Dec. Is unless sectional ties
yhould set it back a week.
The New York Giants. Washing
lon Redskins, Chicago Bears, De
|roit Lions and Boston Yanks each
bill play six home games ano
i've on the road. It will be five
! ome and six away for the Phila.
lelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steel
Prs, Chicago Cardinals, Les An
! eles (nee Cleveland Rams and
PIE Green Bay Packers
Leaning backward to avoid Civ.
lhg any information to the rival
kll-America conference, the club
cwners refused to divulge the sites
ind dates and even declined to dis
elose which teams will play each
other.
j However the schedule will return
Y the pre-war scheme of home and
hcme series for each team in its
own division and three single out
|Ede games with the opposite geog,
|1aphical division.
3 The moguls revealed that they
probably will r-eet again in April,
Saut set no definite date or site.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-17
Local Ballplayers
:. Sign With Britain

When Shuney Britain, former
MINIS athletic great, baseball
player and. now manager of the
Montgomery team in the South
eastern league leaves for the Ala
bama city Feb. l. He will be ac-
companied by at least four Will
mington ball players-and possib
ly a fifth, he said yesterday.
Already signed are Elmer 3D.
hannah, outfielder, Jimmie Hill,
c cher, and Johnny Wilbourne
and Bill Jenkins, pitchers. Expect
ed to sign a contract is, fifth
V ilmington ballplayer, Pitcher
Roy Lamb.
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NEW HANOVER CAGE
C0NFERENCELEAD
AT STAKE IN TILT
Wilmington Quint May Be
Without Services OF Start
ing Center, M'Koy
By GENE WARREN


Deadlocked with Raleigh and
Durham for first place honors in
the Eastern Conference race, the
New Hanover High School Wild
cats will attempt to drop the high
flying Caps from the unbeaten
list Friday night at the local gym
at 800 when the largest crowd
of the season is expected to pack
the spacious gymnasium.
" The locals five. fresh from wins
over Wilson and Goldsboro by,
scores of 81 to % and Sd to IL
respectively faces their first real
test of the season when they clash
with the Raleigh hoopers. Coach
Leon Brogden expects a tight
game, but has confidence in his
lads to come out on the long end
of the score.
Brogden's starting lineup has not
been announced yet, but the regu-
lars, including Billy Lee, W. A.
Brown. Louis Collie, and Teddy
Fennell are certain to be in for
the startine whistle. but the status
of lanky Johnny Mccoy, the high
scoring center, is still uncertain.
No information has been re1eas-
ed to determine whether the #.
5 in. pivot man starts. but if he is
kept on the sidelines for scholastic
reasons his position is filled by
another even taller skyscraper, 6
#. 5 - in. Don Hyatt. Hyatt be-
gan both the Wilson and Goldsboro
games, turning in good accounts
of himself, and may be given the
nod.
The speed of the other first
team cagers are expected to be
the deciding factor of the contest,
coupled with the additional height
of either Mccoy or Hyatt If the
locals can take their battle. Fri
day, the Cats will have undisput-
ed first place in the standings.
Lee, Collie, and Fenne1rs long
shots also may spell the difference
in this third loop tilt. along with
the ball hawking of Brown.
The Capitals Invade Wilmington.
boasting triumphs over Goldsboro.
48 to 10 and Rocky Mount, 80 to
18. Big Eugene Terrell, an out
standing cridder, is the key to
the Raleigh f've's scoring punch,
but he has a good assistant in Sam
Cothran, the top in the Rocky
Mount battle. The other first strin r.
men are Jimmy Lesane, Carl
James, and A. B. Pearson, fine
center, and without them Coach
Lee Stones offensive tactics would
not be quite as effective.
Scores received yesterday
brought the conference standings
to date as follows:
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AL Burlington, from the middle
west competed: T..
The ''Ski-Board," which was no
more than float with "a motor on
1t, also made its appearance driv-
en- or ridden oake your choice)
by Miss "Rusty'' Russell.
Going back to AL Burlington, prob
ably one of the worst shocks any
one participating in the races ex-
perienced was his lot.
Led by Gene" Pickard as he
entered the last lap of "C'' heat,
he derived some comfort when
Gene" was thrown from his rae
ing shell, dropping the lead. Buff
ington's shock came when he saw
the same Pickard pass him a few
seconds later to win the race. In.
managed to cling to his boat until
some manner, the local driver had
he could slow it down enought, to
Chamber back in and continue the
race.
Going into generalization. the
nv paUn Siyfoou\
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BASKETBALL SCORES

Charleston Naval Hospital, So;
Citadel, 80.
Navy, a.; Maryland IS.
Army, 95; Pennsylvania, 81.
Purdue, 40; Indiana, 80.
Northwestern State College, 78;
College, 48.
Georgia Tech, SO; Auburn, 26.
Allegheny, So; Geneva, As.
Rice Institute, SO; Texas A. &
M, "a.
Univ. of Detroit, 81; Hillsdale,
"a.
U. S. Coast Guard Academy, 81;
University of Connecticut, 20.
r. U. State, rs; Brown, IS. ~
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RESUME RACING

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 16.-WD-
Racing at the fair grounds. post
poned for more than a week now
because of poor condition of the
track, will be resumed Saturday,
general manager Julius Reeder
said today.
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BUNS SPRING SCHEDULE

BROOKLYN, Jan. 16.-P)-The
Erooklyn Dodgers today announc-
ed 44-game spring training sehe-
drle opening with the Philadel-
phia Athletics at Daytona Beach,
Fla, March and closing with the
New York Yankees at Ebbets Field
april IA, the Sunday before the
opening of the regular season.
Twenty three tits have been listed
with the Yankees. :5
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JAYVEE GAME

MINIS Junior Varsity five
will take the floor against the
Leland High school quint in a
preliminary to the Wildcat
Raleigh battle at the MINIS
gymnasium Friday night. The
JayVees have won three Of
their first five games and have
lost by very slim margins in
their two defeats. In one of the
defeats the JayVees were beat
en- by two points and in the
other were edged by a single
marker.
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Votre Dame Wins In
New Hanover Cage.Loop

In lntramural play at New nan
yer High school yesterday, Notre
|, ame defeated St. Mary's AZ to g.
'iahd and Moore paced the winners
F'Vh Il and 10 points. St. Mary's
psA scorer was Hadley with six.
IN what was to have been a
ecohd game, the White Kittens
voh by forfeit over the Kittens.
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FOOTBALL FEED

NEW YORK, Jan. is. = Up Fl
Columbia 1915 football team,
which lost only to Pennsylvania in
nine-game schedule, will receive
gold footballs at the annual grid
banquet tomorrow night. The re-
cord is the Lions best since 1888.
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SHIPPERS FORECAST.

Low temperatures until 7::30 pm.
today within 300 miles of Whining
ton: North, "a degrees, West, 80
degrees, and Southwest. 80 degrees.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-17

The first Peru National Bowling
tournament has been held by the
P an-American Bowling club of
Lima, Peru, with five teams COM
peting. e. ~"
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Continued on Page Sixteen)
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The
Edward Sachs

HATE to the position of explaining birds and bee j.;
rn opinion of the facts baseball life h.v
Ian nretty oDscured in recent Wilmington baseball discussions
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Other cities with less population, not as great e.
woes or potentialities have secured baseball operat
1f Tho time that this city has given to the problem
~. what they wanted. Baseball!
Evening star., 1946-05-15
Hukba|ahap Mass Roundup
In Central Luzon Reported
BY . Associotsd Press

MANILA, May 15.-Mass round
ups of Hukbalahaps in Central
Luzon by Filipino military police was
reported today by the Manila Eve
ming News, which charged that the
peasants were being given the choice
OF joining the MP organization or
going to jail
Provost Marshal General Federico
Oboza denied the charge and scoffed
at reports from Cabanatuan that
the MPs had imposed an 8 pm.
curfew on the farmers Of Nueva
Eciia Province.
The Evening News reporter said
the police were seizing and tor
turing suspected Hukbalahaps.
An old peasant at Aliaga, Nueva
Ecija, scene of clash between DO
lice and Huks yesterday, was quoted
as saying the present situation is
worse than when the Hukbalahaps"
were in control.
No trace has been found of 200
suspected Huks who raided the town
OF Balungao, Pangasinan province,
and forced officials to hand over $500
of town funds.
Evening star., 1946-05-15
Southern Bdptists
Open Convention
Al Miami Today
BY the Associoted Press

MIAMI, Fla, May 15.-The 101st
annual meeting of the Southern
Baptist Convention opened today
with an estimated 10000 Baptists on
hand from 10 Southern States and
the District of Columbia.
DR.. Pat M. Neff, Waco, Texas
convention president, was scheduled
to deliver his annual address this
morning.
Tonight's session will be a Gen.
tennial celebration originally sched-
uled for Augusta, Ga, in 1945, and
postponed because of wartime con-
ditions.
The convention will continue
through Saturday.
In a pre-convention meeting yes
terday, Dr. Roland @. Leavell, pastor
of the First Baptist Church of Tam
pa Fla, was unanimously elected
president Of the Baptist Bible Insti-
tute at New ORLEANS. He will sue
coed DR.. Duke K. Mccall, who be-
came executive secretary of the
convention of May /.
The Woman's Mission Union con-
cluded its three-day meeting by
re-electing the following officers:
Mrs. George R. Martin, Norfolk
Va, president; Miss Kathleen NAL
lory, Birmingham, Ala, executive
secretary; Mrs. w. j. Cox, Memphis
Tenn, treasurer; Mrs. Wilfred C.
Tyler, Blue Mountain, Miss, record
ing secretary, and Miss Juliette
Mather, Birmingham, young peo-
pies secretary.