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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08
WOMEN, H. CHAMP
SALMON ANGLER
IN WILD WEST
.AP Newsfeatures-'

NESTUCCA+ BAY, Ore - The
champion salmon angler; down
in these fishermen-filled parts is
a little 72-year-old lady who
took up fishing at the age Of s..
Mrs. Rebecca Lacey caught
rs chinook and so silversides
last season. A lot of steelhead
and blueback, too, ''but I don't
count them. They're just trout"
Her biggest fish was = 40
pound chinook which she fought
to the bank in just Is minutes,
while hanging on to = tuft Of
grass with one hand.
But the "Queen of salmon fish
ers," as they call her down this
way, points out that she's really
a hunter. She only took up sal
mon fishing because her health
broke down.
II used to hunt bear and
cougar in Washington, until we
moved here. nine years ago."
she says. II don't think I could
stand 4 hard days hunting in
the mountains any more. Al
though there's = deer run mot
too far from here, and I do
sneak off there whenever I get
= hankering for venison."
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08

The late Father Bill Da,r
a lot Of money developing pro
and then selling their eontr. ,.uef'
fancy prices. 1t
Although the American t,,r,,
produced some great horses 4 M'
great race mares came few an n.
between. Harry Payne Wbi Viii saf
bred one in Regret, the onlv sn
to ever win the Kentucky Da, ,,ls
R. F. Carmen had a good NM v
Rose Lawrence and in the NJ. "a
two seasons, two other great ,. S1s'
Of the turf came along-Twilirs''
Tear from the Blue Grass at o., '
met Farms and Busher, that gr.a a,
little Bradley = bred mare of ma
past season. VIC
Racing is a great game and will
60 on and on to give pleasure !.
more millions in the years to conn.,.
For it is a game of stout heart.
keen perception and color. II hs,
it's bad points, but the thrills !,
provides--oh! brother.
This is the first in a seria,
of sports stories by sports edi
tors and reporters, past and
present, and the sportsmen
themselve. Next. Mighty Min
nesota is beaten when a guard
scores two touchdowns against
All-American Bill Daley and
company. Another Hot Stoy.
league Tory
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08
HOT STOVE LEAGUE
Memories OF Sports Of Kings Recalled In
First In Series Of Sport Recollections

that day was one of the great
est displays of horsemanship
your reporter ever had the
pleasure of watching.
Archibald was of the old school
Of riders like Dave Nicol, Tommy
and Guy Burns, Otto Wonderly,
Eddie Dugan, Cal Schilling, ct al.
Then came the era Of Earl Sande,
Earl Poole, Vincent Powers,
Johnny McTaggart, Max Garner,
Laverne Fator, Ivan Parke and
others. The best two-year-old rider
your reporter ever watched in the
old days was Dave Nicol-in recent
years, johnny Longdon, premier
money rider" of them all. Per
haps the best judge of pace over
the years was Earl Sande-the
most finished horseman of all was
Raymond Sonny" Workman.
Dave Nicol spent his idle time
pitching quarters to a line; Pud-
din Mcdaniel liked the galloping
worries and Tommy Chandler was
the LATEST rider, although a gooc
one, who ever pulled on a boot. II
he could win five bucks a day In
the ring, he would refuse a mount,
he hated work so bad.
Cecil knight, perhaps the
greatest half-mile, or, bush
rider, Canada ever produced
learned the art Of whipping .
horse astride q bale of hay.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08
VARYING REPORTS
ON AVAILABILITY
OF ATHLETIC GEAR
Wilmington Sporting Goods
Shops Managers Tell
Different Stories

In an attempt to determine the
availability of athletic equipment
| in various Wilmington sporting
good stores, the Star yesterday
made a survey-that proved al
most nothing.
Conflicting reports from various
managers and owners of the sport
blurred the overall sports equip
ment picture.
However, all were hopeful, that
sports equipment would 5 become
more available in the coming
years. ~ IS ss-,,>..
On different sports the follow
ing statements were made:
GOLF: more golf balls, still
short on shoes, bags though some
merchandise is coming through"
FISHING: ''Sone salt water
tackle on stock. Lines, hooks, nets
remained scarce in most tsores.
TENNIS: "Gut still impossible
to obtain, most players will have
to use nylon or silk. Balls are
Care not easy to obtain. Nets, and
rackets still remain scarce Care
becoming more plentiful.
BOATING: "Outboard motors
are becoming more easy to obtain.
One local store is planning to sell
several in-board boats and all. 9th
err types"
The various men contacted by
the Star did agree that no athletic
equipment had been coming into
Wilmington in great quantities since
the start of the war and all said
that the shortages would continue
for some time because of the great
scope of the Army and Navy ath-
letic programs.
Those participating in the poll
included: J. c. Roe, Foy- Roe;
George Canady, Sports Center; ].
Max Gregg, G(P)regg's; Gil Pick
ard, Pickard's Sporting Goods;
Robert Marloe, Sears-Roebuck.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08

duced more good riders than any
other American trainer and mace
known in the general world Oh
sport.
Harry Falehey had a brown
gelding named Hiako who would
drink beer like an old topper; take
8 better-than-average size chaw OH
a cut of tobacco and who absolute
" refused to train in any orthodox
manner. But on race day, he was
generally a pretty hard horse to
beat in his class. Dele Strome, one
of the last of the Ben Strome mares
in this country liked to play ball
and nibble at your hip pocket or
whereabouts and would break your
heart on race day, because she
usually trailed the field until the
final three-eights. Then she, would
switch her long tail and turn on the
heat, usually to win by a comfort
able margin. brill.
Jack Atkin, named for =
Canadian trainer Of more than
passing success 80 years ago,
could hold his own as q sprint
er in any company and carry
ing any kind Of weight. But
although he was regarded As
a horse who would not 60 over
seven-eights Of a mile, the
late George Archibald pulled
the impossible" with him by
winning the Dominion Handicap
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08
By JACK C. LUNAN
Star MANAGING Editor

The boys in the press box call it
the Sport of Kings. The men in the
pulpits call it the ''Sport Of The
Damned" But year in and year
out, it's magic draws greater
daily throngs of fans than any
other sporting event in the book.
For racing is not only a great sport
but an institution founded upon the
science of breeding for speed,
stamina and better blood lines. It
has weathered the puritanic storms
of century upon century and bios
somed anew each time, harder
and more popular than ever.
Racing history gives the lie
to the boys in the press box
who have labeled it the Sport
of Kingston it is the sport
Of not only Kings but common
ers as well-the favored past
time of men and women in
high places, of clerks, milliners
and cotter's boy - of Barons
and bankers, BARRIERS and bus
boys.
And like any other business, be it
big or little, racing has its troubles
and triumphs, thrills and heart
aches. It is first of all a rugged
business, testing the stamina of
man and beast-a business where
in the faint of heart has no need
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08
The
Morning Watch
Edward Sachs
Edward Sachs

\PORTS bul-sessions have always given us kick that
is almost equal to seeing the actual sports event Little
bits of information, color and background that you pick
up in these informal takbouts us lot more inter-
estng than dry statistics and factual stories.
So this morning running the first in series of sports
u print Our first stories
week hope to receive Wilmington
memories of sporting thrills
limitations, session any
subject in the sports world will fit Maybe
Dempsey your college played a
team You might have caught fish with two heads for all
nsre IT, your Dig sports thrill was why not
proverbial days sports year
homes offices and schools all the country different
morning-taling something like this
XIII EMEN1BER day Wilmington beat Rocky Mount
in basketball in 1906 well did ever know the
was in Cleveland the other day you know when I
at Great Lakes I bunked with
sports memories that are off
the beaten track of baseball Africa boxing
the islands.
your sports the Wilmington Star Sports
always
and maybe of older fellows will
back to your greatest thrill in sports.
Smith Barrier sports editor of the Greensboro Daily
News started us thinking Yesterday when read his inter-
tennis star and the Barney Welsh bobbed
In were living Rockville Maryland for the winter
Barney former captain of the finest
meters be developed this part the country took US
under his wing.
Wen forget hours that spent with Barney playing and
Kovacs, Frank Parker and other tennis greats.
tennis days and perhaps you have some period your
athletic great
have let know because that the sort of story
intend in the Hot Stove league.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08

Dixon High at GAS o'clock in a
preliminary battle before the
feature clash. Vests charges
dropped a thriller to Wilson'S Jay
wees last week, but hope to stage a
comeback tonight.
Vests starting five is probably
the same cagers, who played on
the first team, Friday. Big Lin
wood Taylor, the high scorer, ham
dies the center job, while Jerry
Hilburn and Joe Warren move
from the guards, and Lloyd Parker
handles a forward spot along with
Mike Austin. On the reserves Clar-
ence Hilburn, Homer Ellis. Lin
wood Grissom, Ronnie Walker,
and Harry Mustard Mathis. the
gridder, are likely requirements.
Also due to see action are Shorty
Stephens, Carl Jenkins, Carl
Brown. Pat Kelly and big Fred
'Bo' Babson, as mall but good
guard
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08
|COLDSB0R0 FACES
WILDCAT CACERS
In CITY TONIGHT
Three Lettermen To See
Action Against Leo
Brogden's Boys
BY GENE WARREN
Star Sports Writer

Following their narrow victory
over the Wilson Cyclones, the
Wilmington Wildcats get back into
conference competition tonight at
the New Hanover High School
gymnasium, facing the Goldsboro
cage team at o'clock.
1t will be the Cats second
league fracas of the season and
with win the Locals would take
first place in the standings. Dur
ham, the champion for the past
several years, and off to an inn
pressive start this season with
their 40 to % trouncing of Rocky
Mount, is the Locals chief rival
for the conference leadership.
Brodgen did not state what his
starting lineup would be for to-
nights important game, but John
ny McKoy, the regular center is
definitely out of the tilt. McKoy,
the clubs leading scorer, can not
play since he started to school
late this fall, and has to make up
necessary work he missed before
any basketball tussles can be
thought Of. Mac believes he can
have it up by January 10, but
can play in all nonconference
games up to them.
Either Charlie Smith, Don Hyatt,
or Hacksaw' futile will get the
nod to replace the tall center in the
Goldsboro battle. Smith, a sopho-
more, got his break in the Wilson
TIT, racking up seven points and
playing his best game of the sea-
son, but futile, who is six foot
tall can make the hook shots bet
ter than the other two. Don Hyatt,
the tallest man Of the team, may
be in to take advantage Of his
height in controlling the back
board. Smith practiced with the
team in yesterdays practice and
with him in, the Varsity functioned
splendldly as unit, winning
over the seconds who had futile,
Hyatt, McKoy, Tinkey Rogers,
and Johnny Crowley, 80 to 10.
Therefore the likely prospect is
Smith.
The remainder of the positions
are filled by the regulars in the
persons of Louis Collie, Billy Lee,
Teddy Fennell, and W. A. Brown.
Lee, senior, has shown the most
Improvement lately, pacing the
others in the last few struggles,
and working hard in drills.
The visitors come to Whining
ton with no games played, and lit.
tie experience on the floor except
When playing against each other.
me Goldsborc quint have only
three lettermen they being Jelo
Hallow, Charlie Rose, and Dale.
Hallow looked good in last years
Wllmington-Goldsboro game, lead.
ing the Quake scorers. but he hurt
MS arm in football this past fall
and may not be as effective. Rose,
a good pigskin quarterback, holds
oown guard position, while Dale
roams from the center berth.
The Junior Varsity, under the
direction of Wallace West plays
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HOT STOVE LEAGUE

to trod. For there are pitfalls as
well as the top rungs on ladder
fame for those who choose it as q
career. or business, maybe. There
are big men and women in it ano
some very little" ones too. There
are horses of stout heart and loyal
ty and horses who are such in
name only. ]
There are men following the
game as trainers who know
little of their trade beside
four-quart feeding of oats and
a sweat-stick and others who
know the game and horse
flesh from all angles; there
are so-called riders who know
little more than how to ''beat
a gate" and there are riders,
so well schoo1ed, that they know
to one-fifth of a second how
fast any horse in race is rum
ming; there are owners who
follow the game for the sport OF
it and scores of others who fol-
low it for necessity-the where
with-all to eat and sleep.
Over the years that I was a par
of it, and for more years in the
role of reporter. I have witnessed
many things around race track
many humorous, some tragic, bu
always a spirit Of comradeship I'm
on him at Fort Erie at one and
one-quarter miles. His riding
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08
NELSON WINNER
OF COAST OPEN

LOS ANGELES, Jan. Z. -W.D-
Byron Nelson, precision man Of the
fairways, captured the $1s,333 Los
Angeles open golf championship
today by posting 284 for the r.
hole tournament.
Picking up where he left off in
1945, when he. was. the games
greatest money winner, Nelson shot
steady golf today, coasting in to
beat his nearest competitor, Ben
Hogan, by five strokes.
Nelson had a Y. today to add to
a 2l2, collected during the first "a
holes over the tough Riviera
course. It was Nelson's first win
in II starts in the Los Angeles
open although he has won virtually
every other major tournament in
golf.
Such early contenders as, Sam
Snead and Jim Terrier blew sky
high on the final round, but Nelson
rolled away the $2,666. 81 in first
prize Monday, shooting even par
for the entire tournament.
Hogan got $1,ses,e7 for. second,
while Jimmy Demaret, Houston,
Tex, Chandler Harper, Ports
mouth, Va, and Jim Terrier,
Chicago. finished in deadlock
Playing with another huge gallery
Of $500 at his heels. Nelson went
out in IS and came back in 81 for
a u hole on the par.71 course. Il
was down the middle from tee to
cup all the way and never in
trouble.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08
.SP0RTSMEN ELECT
!, R0DCER HULLETT
/. /. CLUB PRESIDENT
Ross Stevens Continue.
Federation Work Despite
Pressure;
BY EDWARD SACHS

The growing New Hanover
branch Of the North Carolina
Wildlife federation last night
elected Roger Hulett as its
president.
In other elections the MEM
'bers of the organization which
has grown from about nine
members to over 40 in one
month included Floyd Cox,
svice-president; and Louis e.
Keith as secretary and trea-
Asurer. Elected to the board of
trustees were r. G. Stokley, j.
x. Taylor, and w. II. Wendt.
Ross Stevens, executive Sec
rotary Of the federation adj
dressed the club and again de-
tailed the detectives and mo-
tfvations behind the fedora
tion.
He told members that the
federation hopes to gain con-
troll Of the state of North Caro-
lima Wildlife resources - "to
take them out of the hands of
politicians and put the re-
sources of this state into the
hands of the hunters and fisher
men of North Carolina"
He outlined the government
of the federation as that of one
divided into state, county and
local directorships with each
county having q vote in the
policies Of the federation.
In answer to. a direct ques-
ton on quail policies he said
that he believed the best pro-
gram would be the abandoning
Of game farms where fouls are
bred and then released, to one
of trapping the bird in their
native state from grounds on
which they can not be shot. The
birds then would be released
and as they were of native or
Wildstock. they could fend for
themselves. @ -'-'--
Il am here mot as a member
of the faculty of state college
but as an executive secretary
of the federation" Stevens told
us in answer to our questions
on his status.
Recently = Stevens was in
formed by the chancellor of
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08
FIELD MARSHALS
NAMED FOR TRIALS
AT NEW BERN CLUB

NEW BERN, Jan. 7-Henry
Williams and ]. v. Burkhart
will act as field marshals for
the field trials of the Coastal
Plain Beagle club which will be
held January 1916 at the New
Bern country club.
About ESQ hounds are expected
as entries In these first field
trials of the local club. Kennels
to shelter them are under con-
struction and will be completed
prior to the opening date of the
trials. Meals will be served on
the grounds to club members
and hound owners and handlers
during the trials, it has been
announced by club officials.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08
First Events Held In
Pinehurst Field Trials

PINEHURST, Jan. Z. -P)-With
an entry Of eleven braces in the
opening amateur event for the
Shore Memorial trophy, the an.
nual Pinehurst field trials be-
gan here today in perfect sunny
weather.
The winner OF the trophy was
Flax, a lemon and white pointer
bitch, owned and handled by John
A. Rush. Of Jacksonville, Fla, who
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08
CAPE FEAR NEWS

Plans are underway at the
Cape Fear country club for
the annual Washington's Birth
day event on Feb. ga mixed
fours0me tourney.
Because of city extension is
probable that the course out
lay will be changed. However,,
details of a possible revision
of the present course have not
vet been COMPLETED. -,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08

N. G. State college that unless
he desist from his federation
activities he would be forced
to leave the faculty.
He would not comment on
the statement but said that he
was continuing his work with
the federation.
The club voted to hold lis
next meeting at the county
courthouse January 2Sth at
which time 1t is planned to
show motion pictures Of wild
life subjects.
Memberships in the club are
still open and sportsmen wish
Ing to join may obtain informa'
ton from any of the officerh
they told the Star last night
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08
FISHERMEN MEET

Board Of directors of the New
Hanover Fishing club will meet
at the Sports Center at $3.50 D.
m. Friday afternoon, George
Canady, secretary-treasurer Of
the organization announced yes.
terday. The first meeting Of III.
year for the, general member.
ship will be held the last Men.
day In January.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08
SHIPYARD QUlN7
BEATS so. BELL

In play in the fast city wild.
league last night, city recreation
teams representing the Shipyard
and the Y. M. c. A. defeated South.
ern Bell and Vance building ouints,
The Y. M. c. A. five defeated the
Vance team, SO to 10. Scorers,
Y. M. c. A., Mason (6); Hinson (6)
Morton, ca; Bland, 03) Halchell,
a.; Church ~. Vance: Frawlin,
60; Lawing, a.; Barbee, ~;
Corrigen, ~.
Shipyards powerful quint paced
by McCalPs II, Vicery's IL; and
Rogers, 10 points, defeated the
willing Southern Bell five, 81 TO
20.
Scores for the shipyard in add.
ton to the leaders included Pax
ton, a.; Smith, ca; Clarence, a;
Howard, ca, and Lassiten, o..
Brittiam, 81; Simpson, (6); Brown
90; and Herring, ~, paced the
Bell boys.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08
SCHMITZ. RETURNS

CHICAGO, Jan. 7. -@ =. The
Chicago Cubs today reported that
Johnny Schmitz, promising left
handed pitcher, was released from
the Navy and would rejoin the
club in spring training.
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ran fine race and made her find
early.
Second was Delivery John, brown
and white pointer owned and
handler by L. M. Bobbitt of Winston
Salem, who is president of the
Pinehurst field trial club.
Third was Dockler's Sports peer.
less. Owned by Col. C. o. Dockler
Of Fort Riley, Kans., veteran of the
New Guinea campaign and other
actions in the Pacific.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-01-08

Before the war, there were
about $4,000, privately owned air.
planes in the United States.
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Well forget hours that spent with Barney pls
etter STILL listening to him talk about his matches wit
kovacs, Frank Parker and other tennis greats.
Evening star., 1946-11-12
|Rencbards AyyiVe
On Vacation Visit
From Posts AbrOad

One Of the gayest homes in WASH
ington just now Is out on White
haven street, where Mr.. and Mrs.
George Willmot Renchard and their
two children, Ronnie and Stella
Mae, have joined Mrs. Renchard's
mother, Mrs. Daniel c. Stapleton,
after . sojourn in Europe.
Mrs. Renchard is the former Miss
Steilita Stapleton, who has been one
of the more popular members of
residential society since making her
debut here some few seasons ago.
That popularity continued when she
Joined the ranks of the young mar
ried set after becoming the bride
OF MIR. Renchard.
Formerly with the State Depart
ment here, Mr.. Renchard was as
signed to the United States EN-
bassy In Paris several years ago,
and later was assigned to The
Hague. Mrs. Renchard and their
children joined him in Paris In
the spring Of 1945, and last winter
she made brief visit home alone.
Mr.. Renchard now is on vacation,
and the present expectation is that
Washington will be enjoying the
company Of this delightful couple
at least until after Christmas.
Evening star., 1946-11-12
Ballet Stars Feted

Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Hurwitz and
their son. Mr.. Myron Leslie Hurwitz
were hosts at cocktails late yester-
day. afternoon in honor Of stars oi
the Ballet Russo.
The party was given in the Hur-
witz home on Eighteenth street and
their honor guests were Alicia Mar
koya, Anton Dolin and George Ski
bine.
Those attending from the diplo-
matic group included the Honduran
Ambassador and Sonora de Ca
ceres, the Ambassador Of Panama
and Sonora de vallarino, the Min
lister of Hungary and Mrs. Szegedy-
Maszak with the Minister'S sister,
Miss Lily Szegedy-Maszak and the
Counselor Of the Hungarian Lega-
ton and Mrs. Mark with the for
merts sister, Miss Irene Mark.
The Counselor of the Embassy OF
Panama and Sonora de Heurtematte
came with Miss Tatiana Stepanova,
a member Of the ballet who is stay
ing with them and others from the
ballet included Mr.. and Mrs. Andre
Eglevsky and Miss Rosella High
tower,