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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
Phanton1s, Devils Win
Ouer State, Virginia

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Jan.
11.-(R-North Cardinals White
Phantoms added another victory to
their list tonight when they defeat
ed University of Virginia 44-32.
Jim Jordan and John Diilon-as
usual-were the big guns in the
Carolina offensive which rolled
over the Cavaliers in the second
half Of the contest. The Virginians
held the Tar Heels to two-point
margin at the end Of the first
stanZa.
Jordan dropped Is points through
the hoop and Dillon followed with
II to lead the nights scoring.
Schroeder was high for Virginia
with eight.
RALEIGH, Jan. 11.-(P}-Duke's
Blue Devils scored 1S points in the
last six minutes of play while hold
ing State scoreless as they defeat
ed the Red Terrors, 1874, tonight
for their sixth straight Southern
Conference victory.
The game, up until Dukes supe-
rior reserve power began to tell
in the last six minutes, was one
of the closest ever played in Frank
Thompson gymnasium. The lead
changed hands IL times and the
score was tied eight times.
State was ahead with six minutes
to play when Dick Whiting, depend
able cuako, scored a field goal for
Duke to put the Blue Devils in front
at 1884. For the remainder of the
game, the Red Terrors couldn't
produce a point while Whiting and
Cheek paced Dukes offensive
which rolled up 13 points.
Stan Kohler, who scored eight
field goals for the Terrors, paced a
first-half attack for State which
gave the Raleigh quint a 20-16 lead
at the intermission.
Each team scored 16 field goals,
but State was able to make good
only. two Of II attempts from the
free throw line. Duke connected
on IA of 90.
Six games dot tonlgfrt's collegiate
basketball program for North Caro-
lima teams, two Southern Confer.
ence contests topping the bill.
Duke is at Wake Forest and
North Carolina at Virginia Tech in
the circuit features. The Devils
and Phantoms will be playing their
second games in as, many nights.
Cuffed around five straight times
since opening its season, Catawba
launches defense of it's North State
conference title, opposing High
Point at Salisbury.
Davidson and Furman repeat
their meeting of last night at
Greenville, Elon plays at Appla-
chan and Atlantic Christian shows
at Campbell College in other con-
tests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
HOT STOVE LEAGUE
By KEN NOBLE
etar-News Staff Writer

"neh the Morning Stars impish
~ 0achs' bow tie and all, came up
W our desk the other afternoon.
tba s,lu On his best behavior, our first
tio~ tiasnV was "a touch" With eau
et,i ~1i porn of experience of many a
hos.o hay room, the single syllable mo"
ics sGl ~ 10 form. But Sachs, no nov
n,,na,l nv IN such matters, beat us to the
punch, offering: " viz
Not Aook' ;'' chum, this amt no touch,
wsv ~ 7 a manner of speaking, any
gre.+ s' nave been inspired with a
up 91 tbe en0ught: a,s you lads who clutter
drriun ".e sports end of this room
sessa .ag football and horse-racing
ouantas' Sons : you Monday morning
me- sl bx Cetoaeks-are ,s'!2 going to help
on snor.l mal'lng some brilliant pieces
in Sa'2r SpOrfs events you've witnessed
~, sOur reportorial days"
this t'hen ,ell.' considerably off-guard bv
ed, usual ana al conversation, we gulp.
hado't q''1 glad that the bankrol]
verv too1;sa1 0een nicked, we agreed.
this ,' oe.aa loollshly. Anyway, that 3 how how
snsn .84es ~ 1' to be. And so, with T ~ y
here's he VI !, The ne fingers to Mister Sachs ,s :
acconnt a t. ttI.me-befogged eyewitness illness
ever i1. ba OF what surely must for.
Greatest vt recorded as one of the
d''sS' ed, tennis matches ever ~ play. a,.
- Was in the year of 1880. The
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12

quire new pace. His net work, al
ways superior, became superb. His
serve, usually hard-hit flat ball,
came flatter and harder. Hennes-
sey, to whom the match until then
had apparently been just a game,
caught his partners spirit, and his
game rose to heights surprising
anything he had exhibited in that
tournament.
Van Ryn, those of us in the press
box opined, was content to let the
set go to Hennessey and Lott. But
not so Allison. His game keyed to a
higher pitch to match the superior
tennis coming from across the net
The set reached sail, then 6-aH'
then Tall. It was Lott and Hennes'
sey against Allison-with Johnny
along for the ride. At 81 Lott ana
Hennessey won, making the set-
score to 1.
The fire of the other three men
caught up with Van Ryn in the
fourth set. AS it see-sawed back ana
fourth with first one and then am
other team holding brief LEAD
everyone in the stadium began TO
be aware that they were witnessing
a brand of tennis rarely seen. The
press box crowd felt it, too.
Hennessey and Lott won it, the
fourth set, at 1911. By then the sun
was deep behind the stadium, and
not more than another 80 minutes
OF daylight was ahead.
The fifth set, producing tennis OF
such finesse to afford no opportun-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
CATS PLAY TONIGHT

New Hanover High schools
Wildcats will meet the varsity
quint of the YMCA at the high
at 8 tonight it was announced
last night by Adam Smith,
physical director of the "Y."
Smith said that the volley ball
dinner of the YMCA would be
held at p. m. Tuesday even
ing at the groups building.
Basketball schedule for today
at the "Y":
Junior league, City Optical
VS.. Sports Center, Toms Drug
Store VS.. Causey's Service,
Sears Roebuck VS.. b. F. Good
rich.
Junior Sunday School league,
Trinity Methodists against
team not as yet selected, Temple
Baptist VS.. First Baptists.
Senior Sunday School league,
Tabernacle Baptists VS.. First
Presbyterian, Trinity Methodists
VS.. Temple Baptists, Carolina
Baptists vs.. Sunset Park Metho-
dists.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
Lumberton Cagers
Beat Sanford High

LUMBERTON, Jan. 11.-(Spe-
cial To The Starr - Revenge for
beatings from the Sanford High
school cagers in years past was
gained by the Lumberton basket
ball tearnshere Thursday evening
as both the boys'8 and girls teams
defeated the Fords.
The girls triurnphed 81 to 13 as
Ashe matained her record of high
scorer for the goods as she totaled
nine points while the boys team,
spanked by Mobiles II markers,
defeated the Sanford males, % to
20 in one of the most thrilling
games in local cage history.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
Layden Resigns As Grid Commissioner
NELSON IN LEAD
OF FRISCO OPEN
TOURNAMENT PLAY
Holds Four Stroke Advant-
age Over Field At
Hallway Mark
BY RUSS NEWLAND

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11-R-
This is getting to be routine stuff
but defending champion Byron Mel
son, greatest money winner in the
history of golf, was leading the
parade today when the outstanding
field Of links stars passed the half
way mark of the 72-hole San Fran
cisco open tournament.
Lord Byron, racing for his third
successive win in the annual local
event, posted a one-under par 70
today for 36-hole total of 143. It
gave him a four shot bulge over
his closest rivals-Chandler Harp
er, Portsmouth, Va, and George
Schneiter, Salt Lake City-tied at
lat. Harper led the gang in the
first round with a par II.
Just as he did in the recent Los
Angeles open which he won hands
down, the Toledo sharpshooter
jumped into the lead at the end OF
the second round. He picked up
six strokes over the finest field as
sembled for tournament since the
war started to tack up 1854. Yes
terday he was two strokes behind
the leader, with 73. -.
Nelson was the only one to bet
ter or equal par today. Par for the
wooded, rolling layout is 35-36-71.
The pace setter gave a gallery
of several thousand a few thrills
during the round, especially with
a 40-foot putt for a birdie three
on the 425-yard ninth and a 65-
footer for birdie two on the u.s.
yard 18th.
Aside from that he bagged brides
on the 18th and 14th holes, but he
lapsed on occasions, too, needing
three puts on the par 4 second
and the par 3 eighth. And on the
18th he hit a ball into the woods
for a 6 on the par 5 layout.
: Behind Harper and Schneiter-
the second place ties-were dead
locked Ben Hogan, Hershey, Pa,
and Henry Ransom, Houston, Tex,
at 148. Ransom, along with Ben
Coltrin, San Francisco, each carded
72 today.
In the 149-bracket were Armand
Farina, Schenectady, N. Y, Jim
Ferrier, Chicago, and E. J. Har-
rison, Little Rock, Ark.
Other favorites included Jim De-
maret, Houston, Tex, tied with
U. S. Amateur champ, Marvin
bud" Ward, Spokane, WASH, ex-
National PGA title holders. Bob
Hamilton, Chicago, and Vic Ghezzi,
Deal, N. j., and seven others at
$50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
Intermural Program
Announced AT NHHS

New Hanover High school yes.
terday announced its schedule for
its freshman and sophomore inter
mural basketball league.
Teams and captains included:
Oklahoma A & M, David Wood
Army, Jack Sloan; Baxters, J. D.
Harrison; Honey Drippers, Eddie
Bell; Duke, Charles Carter; North
Carolina, John Sloan; Notre Dame,
Carl Warren; Bulldogs, Cecil
Besellieu; St. Mary's, Jimmy
Stoudenmire; State Five, Blaney
Lee; Blue Devils, Jack Parker;
Drug, Store Cowboys, Corky Bol.
ton; Cowboys, Gibson; and the
White Phantoms and Tame Kit.
tens, captains not named.
The league will play five times
weekly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
High School Grid Rules:
May Be Changed Today

CHICAGO, Jan. 11.-(P)-One Of
footballs old thrillers, run-back Of
a tumble, may be restored to the
high school gridiron next fall.
The football committee Of the
National Federation of High School
Athletic associations tomorrow
will revise the scholastic code and
consider among a dozen suggested
rule changes proposal to permit
the defensive team to advance a
recovered tumble.
The committee pointed out that
the recommended change would
not apply to funbles on backward
passes. In recen years, both col
lege and high school authorities
have clarnped down on running
with fu1nbles to minimize injuries.
Another recommendation which
would aid the defense - more or
less overpowered the past several
seasons by the T-attack-was a
modification Of the rule which
makes the ball dead when an il.
legal pass is caught by the often
sive team.
The revision would permit the
ball to remain in play, giving the
defensive team chance to recov-
er a tumble. If there is no tumble,
the illegal pass penalty would be
enforced from the spot of the pass.
Other proposals included:
Liberalization of the substitution
eliminating need to report to an
official, or designating certain
deadball situations as substitution
periods; extension of the side-line
playing zone from Is to 20 yards;
more uniform lineup of teams at
the scrimmage line; and classifi-
cation of any type off pass behind
the scrimmage line as a lateral
pass so interference rules will not
apply and either team may recover
if the ball hits the ground.
At today's session of the annual
federation meeting. The group vot-
ed to permit high school baseball,
tennis and golf teams to continue
play through the summer months.
1t was not certain, however,
whether many ofs43 member state
organizations would be financially
able to maintain competition in the
three sports after the regular
school year closes in June.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
BITSY GRANT WINS
OVER LATIN CHAMP

TAMPA, Fla, Jan. 11.-R-
Bitsy Grant of Atlanta licked an
other champion today in the quar-
ter finals of the Dixie tennis tour
nament. A1ejo Russell, champion
Of Argentina, and top heavy favor
ite to defeat the veteran five foot
Georgian, was the victim. The
score was Ga, Is, 6-3. f,.>
Grant won the hard way. After
taking the first set, he was blast
ed off the Nc. l court by RusselPs
powerful service and terrific fore
hand drives to lose the second set.
Then, after falling behind IL in
the third set, Grant went to work
on Russell. Late in the match,
RuSselTs service failed him COM
pletely.
In the other quarter-final match
fangy Gardner Mulloy of Miami,
second seeded and co-holder of the
Nallonal Doubles title, had a real
nsnt on his hands against George
Alcney Of San Angeles, Texas, VIM
ams "a, 6-4s Mulloy will meet
ufant In the semi-finals Saturday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12

two Of them paired for the Pacific
Southwest was never learned.
The doubles field of the tourna-
ment was a classy one that year.
It included Keith Gledhill and ELS
worth Vines, semi-finalists in the
Nationals a short time before, and
Les Stoefen and Gene Mako, a
combination which a year or two
later had things pretty much their
own way for a season or more.
There were others, including, il
memory doesn't fail, Jean Borotra,
the bounding basque.
Allison and Van Ryn, a doubles
pair since intercollegiate days al
belt Van Ryn attended Princeton
and Allison the University of Texas,
had little difficulty getting to the
finals. If they dropped a set, it
was not crucial one.
| Early-R0und Trouble
Hennessey and Lott, on the other
hand, had to pull teeth with every
match. Relatively unknowns-those
dues-payipg locals whose year
around patronage kept the club
alive-gave the Lott-Hennessey
combination plenty of trouble in
early rounds. Gledhill and Vines,
who were odds-on favorites to get
to the finals on their No. 2 seed
ing, almost whipped them. But
not quite. There was always that
extra something that came along
at the right moment to make the
difference when a difference really
counted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
YMCA Cagers Defeated
In City Cage League

In play in the city recreation
departments Boys basketball lea
que yesterday the Tabernacle
Baptist five trounced the Nesbitt
Courts five, 46 to 26 as Hiatt made
10 points.
In what was to have been a
second game of the double header
the Cornelius Harnett was given a
20 forfeit over the YMCA cagers
when that group could not floor
a full team.
In Boys league contests the
Brigade club slaughtered YMCA
team IS to 8 while in a very close
encounter, the Lake Forest quint
was edged by Cornelius Harnett,
81 to 20.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
The
Morning Watch
Edward Sachs

r s having staff meeting day and our man.
,n editor reviewing work. sitting to one
or alng my when he turned to and "Sachs
inside cope ana oon mean epneorene Get busy
find somethlng|
G. be am tell you the the beat the
st doesn't seem right After reading sports pages long
Gme I know that is never that simple.
Then they changed at Davidson It could have
or nbetweens it they
thought new coach would be good idea
Remembered AP story saying that Russia and the
r. s. we're going to have athletic mee1ngs-you know
game-and thought might a story those Russians.
Rut don't know anything that Westbrook Pegler
said or Marshall Field, I'll skip that.
Byron is trailing Harper in golf tournament and
all washed and told but by to-
@ Nelson will probably strokes ahead of everybody
else anyway I'll drop it.
BLANCHARD isn't playing football else could write
about how drive from special breakfast food
and nick up big that he had suit made
by tailor and get wardrobe but don't think
ne has ever seen anything straight
Jacket or football suit And the the plays football
breakfast
Hmm baseball almost here and could bust big
story winning the pennant But then the
Red Sox might but the Athletics.
Saw maybe Connie going retire. put wire out
but he out for en-mile bike ride and couldn't
ind him. Hr.ssQ
7 KNOW Hold onto your hats,
it reliable close to punch bowl In
Philadelphia Philadelphia Phls will not the National
distinct shock to three capbles
sleeping the of Water and Market streets.
Oh heck, I'll tell you something sensational Sunday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12

And so into the finals. The LATC
stadium at that time wasn't any
too large. Maybe 5000 fans could
crowd into the bleacher seats, while
a hundred or so Hollywood celeb
rites with their dark sun glasses
C"incognito today, don't you
know'') decorated the $3.50 patron
boxes. About a dozen sports writ
ers assembled in the press box,
not one of whom wouldn't have CIV
en- any kind of odds that Van Ryn
and Allison would win in straight
sets.
It was best three of five sets.
And the court, by way OF keeping
the record straight, was a compo-
sition surface atop concrete. Faster
than clay or grass.
First-Set Winners
Much as expected, Allison and
Van Ryn romped through the first
set, letting services follow until the
ninth game when they put on pres
sure to break Lofts serve. Allison
took his own readily for the set at
6-4.
The second set was duplicate OF
the first, the score ringing up 6-5
started out in much the same man.
ner.
Then something happened. Every
really great athlete-and great is
used advisedly in this instance
possesses that little sometnlng
which can be called on in cruclal
moments. In this case it was Lott.
Of sudden his drives began TO ac'
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
ROTARY KEG TEAM
DEFEATS KIWANIS
In CIVIC LEAGUE

Rotarian club keglers defeated
the KiWanis club, 2,166 to 2,116, in
a Civic bowling league encounter,
Thursday night at the Brigade Boys
club alleys.
Greer paced the Rotarians with
a series of 498 while Bell was high
man for the Kiwanis with AT.
Scores.
Rotary
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
GIANT BLUE MARLIN

RALEIGH, Jan. 11.-[R-A
594-pound blue Marlin taken off
Cape Hatteras in July, 1899, by
Marshall M. Dana of Philadel-
phia, has been added to the
state museums marine life
collection.
Curator Harry Davis said the
speciman was the largest ever
caught in waters adjacent to
North Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
Fair Bluff Next For
Tabor City Cage Five
(Special to The Starr

TABOR CITY, Jan. 1.-THE bas-
ketball team of Tabor City High
school will play Fair Bluff on the
home court here Tuesday night.
The local quint was scheduled
to meet the Evergreen five here
tonight, but the game was post
poned,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
RUSSO DISCHARGED

NEW YORK, Jan. 11-tR-Marius
Russo, southpaw pitcher who won
Is games in five years for the New
York Yankees, will be discharged
from Army Tuesday, Club officials
said today, and will be operated
upon for Qualification of the left
elbow on Thursday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
NEW CHAIRMAN

NEW BERN, Jan. 11.-Carl F
Bunting, vice chairman, has beer
elected chairman of the board o1
stewards of Centenary Methods
church, succeeding the late B. M
Potter. AS vice chairman, Mr.
Bunting will be succeeded by T
Wallace Brinson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
BERT BELL NAMED
AS NEW HEAD OF
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Circuit Adopts CLOSED
Door" Amendment Aimed
At Au-American
BY WILLIAM TUCKER
United Press Sports Writer

|
NEW YORK, Jan. 11-Elmer
Layden resigned tonight as COM
missioner OF the National Profes-
sional football league and Bert
Bell, co-owner of the Pittsburgh
Steelers was elected to succeed
him Immediately in special meet
ing of the club owners.
Bell was given a three-year con-
tract at $4,000 a year and Layden
was offered a post at the same
salary to serve the league in an
advisory capacity.
Layden, who gave as the reason
for his resignation the fact that he
had some personal plans" took
the offer under consideration but
said he could not accept it until he
learned exactly what his duties
would be.
The league also voted to transfer
its offices from Chicago to New
York and Bell will set up head
quarters here as soon as he dis
poses of his team properties at
Pittsburgh. He indicated that it
might be sold to the other stock
holders in the club.
Layden, in his statement Of res
ignation, gave no hint Of friction,
although one or two of the, club
owners repeatedly opposed his re-
election. However, he was believed
to have had the seven votes neces-
sary to be reelected, but because
Of his res gnation no show of hands
was made.
"In view of some plans for my
self, I today tender my resigna-
ton as commissioner of the national
Football league" Layden said.
In connection with the offer for
the advisory job Layden said that
''It would be had to turn it down,
because it has been a grand ex-
perience to work with the National
league.
Layden, one, of the ori ginal four
horsemen of Notre Dame, was
great collegiate backfield star and
returned to the University to coach,
succeeding Heartily (Hunk) Ander-
son in 1884. He stayed until 1910
during which time his teams won AZ
games, lost only IS and tied three.
Earlier today the league. in its
annual mid-winter meeting here,
took "freeze-out" attitude toward
the All-America conference by rul-
ing that big town teams which
might survive a general collapse
Of the rival circuit, can not gain
admittance to the National.
This was done by two-ply con-
stitutional change to the effect that
Q) The National League shall be
standardized with no more than
10 clubs and (2) the National
League in the future will not grant
more than one franchise to the
same city (the boroughs of New
York being classed as separate
communities ....., ..s,.,...
In what was advertised by the
NFL as throwing down the gaunt-
let for a battle to the finish the
league adopted an ironclad rule as
to the limit of teams and territory
they cover, with only unanimous
vote of members able to rescind
he rule.
The legislation obviously was
aimed at frustrating Dan Topping's
efforts to make the All-America
New York Yankees a professional
pigskin power on their own, with
or without the support of the rest
of the AA circuit. 1t was also in
tended to preclude the possibility
of Cleveland and Chicago moving
in on National League priorities in
those towns in event the All-Ameri-
ca does not hold up as a league.
HEADS CLOTHES DRIVE
NEW BERN. Jan. II. - CITY
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12

The leather in "a single steer
hide is enough to provide all the
leather articles required annually
by six soldiers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
HEADS CLOTHES DRIVE

NEW BERN, Jan. II. - City
School Supt. H. B. Smith is chair
man of the clothing drive here,
with Selwyn Orcutt as co-chairman
in charge of coordination.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
COLLEGE

North Carolina a, Virginia 80.
Duke As, N. C. State "a.
Bluefield 36, st. Augustine a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12
Basketball Scores
HIGH SCHOOL

HIGH SCHOOL
Durham 20, Fayetteville rs. eek.
ira PERIOD
Reynolds 80, Charlotte Central
Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12

e. here I ana I could tell you the the Dukes
White Phanoms that they were probably better
t doesn't seem right After reading sports pages f
.ne ~ know that is never that simple
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-12

$40 $50 687 2116
Evening star., 1946-08-11
Southern
MARYLAND

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Aug. TO-
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Morgan Knight
will entertain at dinner tomorrow
when their guests will be Mr.. and
Mrs. John Marriott Winchester and
Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Wilson of Wash
ington and DR.. and Mrs. William F
Beckner and their daughter. Miss
Margaret Beckner, of Huntington
w. Va, who will remain as the
Knights guests for week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Northam
of Solomons Island have as their
guests Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Northam
Of Washington
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Horsman OF
Island Greek have with them Mrs
w. F. Pulley and Mr. Jack Pulley OF
Franklin, Va, and Mr.. and Mrs
F. x. Henderson of Annapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maxwell Mitchell of
La Plata tonight are entertaining
at cocktail party in compliment to
Miss Anne Hedgman SchWab and
Mr.. John Dulabahn.
Mrs. De Sales Mudd and Mrs.
Harry Moreland are spending week
at Ocean City, Md
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Bowling of
Washington are spending August
at Elmwood, Wayside.
Evening star., 1946-08-11
BoHcber-Myers
Ceremony Held

The marriage of Miss Anna Mae
Myers. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John William Myers OF this city, to
Mr.. william H. Boucher, son of Mr..
and Mrs. John M. Boucher of Be-
thesda, took place August 3 in Pet
worth Methodist Church. The Rev
John hewitt of1lciated at the cere-
mony at o'clock and a reception
followed in the home of the BRIDE
groom'S parents.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her brother, Mr.. John Will
liam Myers, jr., wore white satin
gown with long train and finger
tip veil draped from coronet Of
pearl orange blossoms. She carried
a bouquet of white roses and baby's
breath.
Miss Ethel Leonora Myers was
maid of honor for her sister, and
another sister, Miss Helen Chiswell
Myers, and the bridegroom's sister,
Miss Rosina Boucher, were brides
maids. The maid of honor wore q
pink marauisette gown with q small