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Evening star., 1946-10-06

Fire has just started preparations
for supplying electricity to farmers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
THREE CIRCUITS
, ARE SCHEDULED
BY LOOP HEADS
Plans Call For Formation
OF Teams For Older
Baseballers

The first organization meeting
of the Wilmington Softban Leagues
will be held tonight (Monday) at
the End and Orange Streets U. s.
o.. club at 8 o'clock, it was an
no.nced last night by league Of
ficials.
Three leagues are planned, with
an opportunity for players of all
classes to show their wares on the
diamonds this season. The Fast
league for the better players and
the second league will be formed
for players little too slow for the
first loop and the third league will
be made up of teams with the
player age limit IS up. Lots of
interest has been shown so far In
the "old'' man league and several
clubs are expected to enter.
The clubs expected to enter the
fast league are: City Optical,
Whites Ice Cream Co., Taylor Col
Quit Co. and several others. The
Wilmington Firemen are organiz-
ing a fast team and will enter one
Ct the top. loops. The Policemen
have been discussing plans for en-
tering a club in one of the leagues.
Persons interested in softball
are invited to attend the meeting
at the USO tonight at p. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
New Kentucky Derby Honors
Seen For Santa Anita Winner

ARCADIA, Calf, Feb. 24.-R)H
Winner OF the 500, 900 Santa Anita
Derby, Maine Chance farm'es big,
brown three-year-old, Touchdown,
may 60 after the older horses in
the hundred grand handicap here
March 9 and then point tor the
Kentucky Derby.
There were only five horses in
the field that Knockdown whipped
Saturday. It wasn't a classy ar
ray and Bobby Permane didn't
have to push Touchdown too get a
three length victory over Star
Pilot, his stablemate from the
Chance farm.
But Knockodwn covered the
mile and one-eighth in 1903 with
122 pounds. Challenge Me, one Of
the well-regarded entrants in the
handicap, ran the same distance
in a supporting race in 1892
with 118 ponds. Touchdown drops
IA pounds for the handicap, gets
in with only 1903.
Some horsemen think Knock
down has an excellent chance to
repeat what Maxwell Towards
Stagehand did in 1888 by capturing
the Derby and handicap. Stage
hand packed only 100 in the hani-
cap, and nipped the 100 pound
rugged Seabiscuit at the wire by
a nose.
Stagehand came here as a maid
en- three-year-old, but Knockdown,
the long-striding son Of Discovery,
has won three in five starts, in.
GLIDING the Cowdin Stakes. He's a
front runner, and with a feather
impoSt he might be able to lead
from wire to wire.
At any rate. he's a big worry now
for such older contenders as first
Fiddle, Paperboy, Challenge Me
and Brio Brac.
Knockdown's victory ended the
question in the stable as to which
was the better horse, Star Pilot or
Knockdown, Star Pilot was really
expensive purchase and Knock
down as cheap as the name i'm
plies.
Trainer Jimmy Smith, who as
sumed charge fthe Maine Chance
string here after his father, Tom,
was barred from all tracks for a
year, was flushed with Knock
downs success. He expected his
colts to run one-two, and in doing
so they delivered 100000 to Mrs.
Elizabeth Arden. their owner. She
was the biggest money winner on
the turf last year and she's off to
a flying start again.
Until Saturday, however, her
horses had extreme difficulty find
ing the winners circle. Jean Mir
acle was the only one that had any
success. Then, in one sweep, $780,
900. It's that golden touch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
Basketball Roundup

ing Case and Baldwin-Wallaee thi.
week.
Midwest Athletic-Beloit can take
J title by beating Monmouth on Sat
urday. Coe, upset by Monmouth
64-62,. on Friday, could tie by de.
teatins Grinnel provided Beloi
loses.
Mid-Atlantic (Northern Divison)
-Muhlenberg clinched at least til
by defeating Gettysburg last night
but Lafayette can tie by winning
it's last two legaue games.
The championships in these con
ferences will take their place along.
side those already in the Gtle class:
Dartmouth in the Eastern 1ntercol
Ilegiate league; California in the Pa
cific coast Southern Division;
1Jrsinus ir the Mid-Atlantic South
ern Division; Colorado State in the
Rocky Mountain conference; Bay
lor in the Southwest conference;
Vermont in the Vermont conference
and Eastern Kentucky in the Ken
tuck-- Athletic conference. Vermont
and Eastern Kentucky won their
titles last night by whipping St.
Michael's (Vt.) and Louisville. 3D.
81 and 66-51, respectively.
The Big Seven title will not be
decided until the second week OF
March since Wyoming and Colorado
University, now tied for the top at
70, did not play any league games
last week.
The weeks developments among
the Independent saw New York
University, defeated only by North
Carolina, extend its winning streak
to II by trimming St. Johns OF
Brooklyn, 1854 in overtime and
Temple, 1857, in two exciting
games.
This left the vio1ets, regarded as
certain to play in either the NCAA
or garden postseason tourney, one
Of four once-beaten teams in the
country with a 1871 record. The
other three are Kansas I'll, Har-
ward, ISL, and Yale (season over)
AL.
Baylor, with a 15-game winning
streak and a 24-2 overall season re-
cord tangles with NYU in New
York Wednesday in perhaps the
top game of the week. Eight other
clubs are also in the twice-beaten
class, Oklahoma Aggies, 21-z, Ken
lucky and Muhlenberg each 2o-2,
West Virginia 1872, Rhode Island
State and Louisiana State each Is
2. Iowa 1872 and Navy 1872.
Rhode Island was the victim OF
the weeks outstanding upset on
Wednesday when the Rams fell
before the Coast Guard Academy,
1859.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
BLANCHARD RECEIVES
SULLIVAN MEMORIAL
TROPHY AT LUNCHEON

NEW YORK, Feb. 24ER-Felix
Anthony doc" Blanchard, Jr., a
terror on the football field and
handy man with a 16-pound shot,
Sunday was presented the James
E. Sullivan Memorial trophy
stamping him as the nations out
standing amateur athlete of 1915.
The great Army fullback was
modest as ever as he accepted the
handsome trophy, first to be given
to a football player since the Anna.
teur Athletic Union began making
the annual awards in 1880.
The presentation was made by
Willard N. Greim of Denver, Colo,
national AAU president, at a
luncheon following a meeting of the
organizations executive commit
tee at the New York Athletic club.
S. D. IN FLA.
MIAMI. Fla, Feb. A.-(P)-Al
Smiths South Dakota-the Whirl-
away of the small tracks-is being
sent here from New Orleans for
Saturdays $4,000 added widener
handicap at Hialeah race course.
Word that the holder of the Amer.
lean record for mile and 70 yards
will be shipped from fair grounds
early this week was received Sun
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25

Navy. Arkansas at Texas Aggies. Coe
at Grinnel. Colorado Aggies at Den
yer. Drake at Oklahoma Aggies. Wis
consin at Michigan State. Wyoming at
Utah STATE. Washington (St. Louisl at
st. Louis. Semi-finals of Southeastern
conference tourney at Louisville. Semi
finals of Southern conference tourney et
Raleigh. Semi-finals of Mason-Dixon
conference al Albuquerque.
Saturday-Manhattan VS. Lasalle and
Temple VS. st. Josephs, doubleheader at
Philadelphia. Akron at Baldwin Wallace.
Kent State at Allegheny. Uavy at Army
Arkansas at Texas Aggies. Bowling
Green at Western Michigan. Washington
lSt. Louisl at Bradley Tech. Brigham
Young at Colorado Angles. Brooklyn
College at st. Johns (Brooklyn). Brown
at Columbia. Case at Carnegie Drexel
at CCNY. Beloit at Monmouth. Con-
necticut at Rhode Island State. Notre
Dame at Detroit. Drake at Tulsa.
Gettysburg at Franklin-Marshall. Har-
ward at New Hampshire. Iowa at Min
nesota. Missouri at Oklahoma.
Oregon at Oregon State. Pitt at West
Virginia. Renssell at Syracuse. Wash
ington State at Idaho. yinal of Southern
conference tclEney at Raleigh. Final
of Mason-Dixon conference tourney at
Baltimore. Final of Southeastern con-
ference tourney at Louisville. Final Of
Border conference tourney at Albuquer-
Que,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
SENATE COMMITTEE
MAY AGREE ON BILL
MERGING SERVICES

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-(R
- Acting Chairman Ellender
tD.-La.) predicted Sunday that
the Senate Labor committee
VIII have a modified version of
the Case labor bill drawn up by
March 4.
ITS foregone conclusion it
won't come out as written by
the House," Ellender told re-
porters.
The House bill by Rep. Case
R.s.D.) provides for damage
suits against unions for breach
Of contract and permits Fed
eral courts to enjoin against
acts Of violence in labor dis
putes.
Ellender recalled that Chair
man Murray tD.-Mont.) had
said the Senate committee Will
not accept the Case bill; ne
agreed this is a fair statement
Of the situation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
BY TED MEIER

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-R-Thi
Il what might be called champion
ship week in college basketball. N.
less than II conference titles vii
be decided by Saturday night, II
addition to Independent game
bearing on possible bids to the post
season NCAA and Madison Square
Garden tournaments.
These are the conferences to be
decided:
Big Ten-Iowa upset by Illinois,
b7-51 last night, must beat Indiana
tomorrow and Minnesota on Sat
urday to tie Ohio State for cham
pionship. The Buckeyes clinched al
least tie by beating Northwestern
last night in one half of a double
header at Chicago before a record
crowd of 22,922. DePaul swamped
Notre Dame, 63-47, in the other halt
of the twin bill with George Mikan
Dunking SO points.
Pacific Coast Morthern Divlson
Idaho can win title by whipping
oregon tomorrow and Tuesday and
Washington State Saturday. Oregon
State. upset by Washington on Fri
day, could finish in a tie by beat
Ing Oregon Saturday provided
Idaho loses at least one game.
Big Six-Kansas already assured
nj at least a tie by Iowa States
upset 1854 win over Oklahoma last
night, can win title by beating Iowa
State tomorrow.
Missouri Valley - Oklahoma Ag-
xies. NCAA champions, can clinch
championship by whipping runner
ND Wichita on Tuesday.
southern-anuual three-day title
tourney opens Thursday at Ra-
leigh. North Carolina Is favored al
though its 17-garne winning streak
was shattered last night by the
Little Creek (Va.) Amphibs, 6o4o.
Southeastern - Louisiana State
beat Tulane twice to finish on top OF
pre-tourney play with 80 record,
but KentLc ky is favored 10 WIN
annual three day championship
tourney that opens Thursday at
Louisville.
Mason Dixon-American Univer-
sity, defending champion. and
Baltimore Loycla are expected to
battle it out in annual three-day
title tourney that opens Thursday
at Baltimore.
Border - annual two-day title
tourney opens at Albuquerque on
Friday. Arizona, New Mexico and
West Texas State regarded as the
top teams.
Ohio conference-although beaten
twice last week in montague
games Akron can win title by beat
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
Basketball Games

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-(P)-This
weeks leading college basketball
games include:
Observation-Disclosures VS. St. Francis
and st. Johns VS. Manhattan. double
header at New York. Toledo at Great
Lakes. Bradley Tech at Percy Jones
hospital. Indiana at Iowa. Iowa State
at Kansas. Oregon at Idaho. Missouri
at Nebraska.
Tuesday-Oregon at Idaho. Creighton
at st. Louis. Catholic Univ. at Western
Maryland. Maryland at Kings Point.
Marshall at Dayton. Northwestern at
Notre Dame. Oklahoma Aggies at
Wichita.
Wednesday-Depaul VS. Long Island and
BBBBR VS. New York University, double
header at New York. Case at Akron
Maryland at Army. Canisius at SYRIA
cuse: Rhode Island State at Coast Guard
Academy. Marshall at Toledo. Rutgers
at Lafayette. Indiana State at Valparai-
so. West Virginia at Wash-Jeff. Creigh-
ton at Tulsa.
Thursday-First round of Southwest
ern conference tourney at Louisville.
First round of Southern conference
tourney at Raleigh First round of
Mason-Dixon conference tourney at
Baltimore. Kansas at Oklahoma. West
minister Pa) at Geneva. Kent at West
ern Reserve.
Friday-Baylor at cambridge (Md)
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
KENTUCKY FAVORED
FOR REPEAT SWEEP
OF S. E. {. HONORS

ATLANTA, Feb. 24.-ReSouth-
eastern Conference Basketball
teams wound up their seasons dur
Ing the weekend and turned their
attention to the annual SEC tour.
nament which starts Thursday at
Louisville.
Kentucky, h~-vily favored to
take the tournament for the thirc
consecutive year, tapered off by
!. downing two non-conferences foes
Ohio university, 60-52 and Xavier
of Cincinnati, 83-40. The latter
score was an au-time high fol
: Coach Adolf Rupp.
f.. The Wildcats wound up the SEC
season with six wins and no de-
feats. Record for the season was
20 triumphs and two losses, Rupp S
boys bowling only to Temple and
Notre Dame.
Louisiana State, finishing the
conference season with eight wins
and no defeats, is one of the three
teams given even an .outslde
chance to upset Kentucky at Louis
vile. The other teams are Tulane
and Tennessee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
Wounded Vet Rated
Best AS pitcher

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb.
24-U.n)-Bob Savage, young right,
handler who was wounded three
times while fighting with the army
in Italy, France and Germany
was rated Sunday as the best
pitching prospect in the Philadel.
phia Athletics camp by Coach
Earl Brucker.
After watching Savage during
four days Of practice, Brucke1
said, II won't say that he will still
be the best after five or six weeks
but right now he looks the tops"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
DALLASANNOUNCEy
OPEN GOLF event

pal DALLAs, Tex, Feb. 24-,p
Dallas Sunday announced II VT. ~
hold Its $4,000 open golf to "Uad
ment in september-andI 3'I ss,
brought to six the numb, 'l a,
such events Texas has staasd o. o.
will stage during 1916. '0 "
Also-and Texans have the u,,u
OF Fred Corcoran, PEA ton TvS
ment manager, for it-this sta.' '
Will have more big money tol,rr'
ments than any other state IN IN ID, I'd
nation during the year, PHI, 4,.
money will total 500, 900. '''
Had Only One
Texas, until few years ago h.,
held just one of the cash g ga,
events annually although prod sY'
ing the top men of the gamsN
Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Jimmi.
Demaret, Ralph Guldahl and Nh
ers. ''
Out IL really started to NOV.
last year with four and now Nj,
in the story for 1916:
Six Events
The $4,000 Texas Open was put
on at San Antonio this month.
May 9, 10, II and II. How,m
will stage $4,000 open.
May 16, II, 10 and 10: The cos
NAL Country club for Fort Worth
will feature $4,000 event.
Sept. 26 to % will came the psl
las tournament.
In October the $4,000 Fort
Worth Open, inaugurated last De-
cember. will be repeated,
In December will come hs
Capitol City Open at Austin-a
$4,000 affair.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
Palm Beach Woman Wins
Dixie Skeet Shoot Title

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 24-P)-A
tiny slip Of woman, Mrs. Jean
Smythe of Palm Beach, outshot
all the men contenders in the Dixie
skeet shoot, winning the event with
perfect score Of 100 targets.
There's no shame in losing tc
Mrs. Smythe," said Arthur Gus.
caden, secretary of the Florida
Trapshooting association. He added
that she was one of the best women
skeet shooters in the world.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
MORE ABOUT
WEATHERMAN
FROM PAGE ONE

When the staff went out to supper
thew found the streets ard side
walks bone-dry. And they Rugged
their coats about them as the
thermometer tl,e slid down few
Hess Hess made the prediction from
his home without benefit of any
ms; Instruments except a wet finger
held in the wind.
Put down that phone, folks. The
s+aff have already asked.
Hess won't give advice on the
horse races.
Consumption of diesel oil in the
United States has trebled since
1871.
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HOGAN IN TIE

PENSACOLA, Fla, Feb. 24.-(P)
Ben Hogan blew a three-stroke
lead on the final nine holes of the
72-hole Pensacola open golf tourna-
ment today to wind up with two
over pa: "a and force a playoft
with Ray Mangrum Of Los Angeles.
Mangrum had II to tie the little
Hershey, Pa, pro at 277.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
CINCINNATI DRILLS

TAMPA, Fla, Feb. A-UH-
Manager Bill McKechnie, always a
stickler for conditioning, sent So
Cincinnati Red candidates through
a two-hour drill Sunday without
using a single bat or baseball.
More than 300 fans watched the
squad participate in calesthenics
and spring races without even
using a baseball for game Of
catch. McKechnie announced that
the first batting practice of the
spring training season will be held
Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25

NO SOAP-BOX HERE-Mr. Far
rell, we guess you all know, is the
Secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce and the city's new industrial
agent. He got that purple heart, as
well as the shot in the head. in
World War I.
Now, we're not trying to put on
any campaign, or anything like
that. Along the Cape Fear, rolling
along its casual way like Old Man
River, doesn't have time or energy
for anything as trenuous as that
We just thought you might like
to know who the guy is.
But he is nice, isn't he?
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
CONFERENCE EYES
REST ON RALEIGH
By The Associated Press

(RICHMOND, Va.)-With only a
single game left on the schedule
as far as the regular season Is con-
cerned, Southern Conference bas-
ketball attention Sunday was
focused on the annual circuit tour
nament which opens Thursday At
Raleigh.
The only remaining game VIII be
played Monday night when Citadel
travels to Furman. In a non-con-
ference game Tuesday night, third
place Virginia Tech will play at
Roanoke College.
Topforepca Standings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25

on all sides. The big show drew
close to 100000 paid last sum.
mer. The best year in the history
CT the American league.
With 40 minor leagues ready to
face the barrier and two more
probable starters before the March
l deadline, the game looks for.
ward to its greatest box office
wear.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
City Softball Loops To Form Tonigh
BASEBALL SALARIES
IN UPWARD Spiral

TAMPA. Fla. Feb. 24.-Baseball
salaries are spiraling upwards at
such rate that Babe Ruth's fabu-
lous al-time high of $780, may
be endangered in another year.
With Hank Greenberg and Hal
Newhouse- Of the world champion
Detroit Tigers drawing down at
least $4,000 between them and the
rest of the bengals boosting the
club paw roll close to $500, 900, the
inflationary trend definitely has
arrived in the big leagues.
$4,000, 900
Although exact figures never are
available for ball players, it is be-
-lieved that the 16 major league
teams will shell out in the vicinity
of S., O00,0 900 for players talent this
season.
Larry MacPhail was sure his
New Lorx Yankee total Of $3.50, 900
was tops for the big show when
he announced the figure a month
ago but Detroit probably will 60
higher than that. Brooklyn is right
up in the heavy sugar with the
New York Giants, Boston Red Sox
and Chicago Cubs.
Greenberg Highest
Greenberg's estimated $6O,00 is
the highest in the majors but it is
conceivable that hammering Hank
might nave topped Ruth's old mark
by this time if the war hadn't come
along to interrupt his career when
he was near his peak.
AS it was the hero of the 1916
world series never actually re.
ceived full years pay at the
former $50, 600 level. He got a few
weeks pay before he went into the
army and picked up approximately
S27, 800 for his half-season labors
en- the pennant winning team last
fall.
Newhouser-Feller
Newhouser is running a close
race with Bobby Teller Of Cleve.
land ior the distinction Of being the
highest paid pitcher in the game.
Sources close to the Tigers insist
the talented young left handler will
be paid off at the $4,000 level.
Fel1er's stipend often has been list.
ed at $40, 900.
Most of the big names are under
contract for his year although
Snuffy Stirweiss Of the Yanks and
Marty Marion and Whitley Kurcw-
ski Of the Cardinals were not ir
the fold at the last count OF noses.
Trouble In Al
Many Observers think The real
contract trouble will come in 1947,
especially if the sport has the ex-
rectei boom year that is expected
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
Philly First Stacker
4 Plans Sale Protest

LEXINGTON, Mass, Feb. p
U.p-Olysses Tony) Lupienn, first
baseman sold by the Philadelphia
Phillies to Hollywood Of the Pa
cific Coast league, said Sunday
night he would seek a selective
service ruling on the deal as base
balls first test-case under the GIL
bill of rights.
Lupien, 28-year-old former sailor.
said at his home that he was moi
given a fair chance to regain his
big-league job with the Phillies
despite the fact that baseball com
missioner A. B. Happy) Chandler
had approved his sale to the Pa
cific Coast league club Feb. Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
FIFTY REPORT

SARASOTA, Fla, Feb. 24-W.R)-
Fifty players, including dozen
or more pitchers, are expected to
report for the Boston Red Sox'
first spring training drills Monday,
Manager Joe Cronin said Sunday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25

Thurman played four games with
Davidson, winning the first, losing the
second and winning the next two. How
ever, under Conference rules, only W
games count with any one team con-
Ederatton, thus Furman's record would
be five wins and losses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25

BROWNELL TO RESIGN

WASHINGTON, Feb. "a. IT,
Herbert Brownell, Jr,, is expected
to resign as chairman Of the Re.
publican National committee at {,
meeting Of the committee in Wash.
ington April l.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25

The battleship New York was
the first naval vassa1 to use rsdar
equipment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25

EDITORS NOTE: Annually
for the past Is years, Mr.. Nc
Kenney has selected the out
standing players of the year for
his All-America team. We think
you will agree he has selected
a truly All-America card team.
This is the first of six articles
on his selections.
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority
AS captain of my All-America
team this year, I name Mai.
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, former
Chief of Staff of the Fifth Army,
and later of the Fifteenth Army
Division. It was he who got the
autographs of General Eisenhower
and General Mark Clark on the
playing cards used at our bond
rallies, through which the Amer
lean Contract Bridge League sold
over $8,000,0 900 worth of War Bonds.
Generals Eisenhower, Clark and
Gruenther are all enthusiastic
bridge players. Gruenther over
came his jinx on the club suit
When he made seven odd with
today's hand, and it was a very
pretty play. The first trick was
won with the ace of diamonds in
dummy, the other two diamonds
were trumped with the ace and king
OF clubs, and the losing spade dis
carded on the third round of clubs.
There was still club left in dunn
my for the heart ruff.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-02-25
NEW HANOVER HIGH
GIRLS VARSITY TO
MEET DIXON TONIGHT

The New Hanover High
Schools Girls Varsity bas-
ketbau team clashes with the
girls varsity of Dixon High at
J o'clock, tonight here. The
locals are looking to their third
consecutive win.
Probable lineup for New Han
over: Forwards, Lib HELEN,
Colleen Gam, Jimmie Hen
derson. Guards, Jane Mac
Adams, Rachel Blackman,
and Nancy Brown.
Also slatea to see action with
the locals: Georgia Lee Will
hanson, Miriam Mann. Mar
tina King, and Nancy McCau-
ley.
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ALONG THE CAPE FEAR
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he also has name, which in this
case happens to be John H. Farrell.
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The Valley settler., 1946-07-25

Dr. Hoohn has secured tho X-roy which in- c1udos tho whole sot-up for X-roy work. Tho Hospital has needed an X-ray for a long time and VIC arc very fortunate to get this ono.