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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18
NHHS JAYVEES ENTER
Cage Tournament
To Get Underway Friday

Coach Wallace West of the
New Hanover High School Jun
ior Varsity basketball team an
nounced yesterday that he plans
to enter a team selected from
the members of his squad in the
f urth annual Invitational
Weight Class tournament at the
local YMCA, which gets under
way Friday at the Y gym.
Coach West stated that he
planned to enter the first five,
except for Pat Harrington,
whose weight would place him
in a class above the remainder
of the players. With the excep-
ton of Harrington, the team can
be entered in the 1875 pound
class of the tournament. AS this
is the only game scheduled for
this weekend for the Junior
team, the quint is looking for
ward to entry in the tourney.
Competing with the Junior
Varsity quint for the class honor
will be several of the teams
from smaller high schools in
southeastern North Carolina,
and a few independent teams
representing various organiza-
tions here.
Expected to head the Jayvee
entry into the meet are Cecil
Heath and Charlie Niven at
guards; Jere Hilburn and Gene
Cook at forwards; and Specs
Sturn at center. Harrington is
the regular center on the team,
Both Heath and Hilburn stood
out in the Junior teams first af-
fray, which they lost in the fl
nal minutes, 27-24. A far taller
team from Elizabethtown high
school administered the defeat
Adam Smith, athletic director
of the local Y, expects this to
be one of the biggest tourna-
ments in the history of the an
nual affair, as he has invited
many of the outstanding teams
from this area to participate.
Leading the list of teams which
may enter are the New Hano-
yer High School Varsity team
and a team composed of men,
bers of the Wilmington Junior
College cage quint. Also a team
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18

NEW YORK, Dec. II. -(R-
Eddie Stanky, the Brooklyn
Brat" set National League
fielding record for second base
man, final official averages re-
leased by the circuit today re-
veal.
The scrappy Dodger keystoner
committed only II errors in 800
chances during the 1947 season
for a 1858 percentage, ecasing
the mark of 1851 established by
Lonnie Frey of the Cincinnati
Reds in 1943.
Johnny Mize, the fence-bust-
ing first baseman of the New
York Giants, compiled the best
mark for the first sackers, 1896.
Mize booted only six balls in
accepting 1903 chances.
Third baseman Bob Elliott of
the Boston Braves. the loops
most valuable player, was the
top hot corner guardian while
Marty Marion of the St. Louis
Cardinals was, the outstanding
shortstop. Elliott wound up with
1856 mark and Marion at .0S1.
Another Brave, Phil Mast,
headed the catchers with a .981
percentage while Bill Nicholson
of Chicago, Tommy Holmes of
Boston and Augie Galan of Gin
cinnati were the three top out
fielders.
Nicholson committed one error
! in handling 291 chances for a
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18

dangerous equipment.
Instead of serving "as pro-
lection against head injury and
shock, now it serves as an Of
fensive piece of armor," he de-
clared. ''In order to protect him
self against the jar and injury
of this helmet, the underneath
equipment has been toughened
and increased until every play
er goes on the field covered with
armor, carrying p o. e n t i a
injury on every play.
"An opposing player cannot
come into contact with that kind
of equipment without leaving
himself open to serious injury.
That's wrong. Fortunately, a
boy doesn't often get struck in
a vital spot. But he gets a jar,
which is not a part of the game
of football and too many do get
hurt
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18
CROCORAN GETS NEW
POSITION WITH PGA

NEW YORK, Dec. II. -lH-
Freddie Corcoran, the bouncing
Bostonian who has been credited
with building tn e Professional
Golfers Association from a hit
cnd-miss gathering into its pre-
sent prestige as tournament
organization, has found a new
job with the outfit.
PGA president Ed Dudley and
tournament sponsors advisory
committee chairman Maynard
"Scotty Fessenden of Chicago
announced today that Corcoran
will be in charge of the PGAs
as yet nebulous program to build
up grass roots golf interest
among the Juniors of the
country.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18
FAMOUS SURGEON
FAMOUS SURGEON
Healer OF Sports Stars
Wants ToOutlawHelme

BALTIMORE, Dec. II -U.D-
DR.. George Bennett, one of the
busiest surgeons in the country
patching up star athletes, came
out today in favor of less work
for himself by urging legislation
a'g gainst football equipment
which dresses players in uni
forms as rugged as the coats
of mail worn by knights of old.
The focal point of his objec-
tions is the football helmet.
'The present helmet is simply
equipping a player with armor
and the steel mask in front is
an open invitation to crush
someone's jaw or knock his
teeth out" he said.
This is almost a whole years
quota of words for the Johns
Hopkins specialist. It is more
than he has ever had to say
about his work on such sports
figures as Joe DlMagglo, Pete
Reiser, and frankie Sinkwich.
Usually, he just says, "oper-
alton successful"
He has a lot more words to
say about football uniforms.
"The toll of injuries will con-
tinue to mount" he declares.
unless the face mask "is legis-
lated out of the game immedi-
ately." He also suggests it is
time to start making helmets
out of soft leather again instead
Of hard plastics.
The surgeon puts the blame
squarely on the rock-hard he'll
met for Z whole evolution OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18
Wildcats Polish Rough
Spots In Drill Session

The New Hanover High School
Wildcats descended again into
r gular practice sessions,
yesterday afternoon, after trounc-
ing the Maola Basketeers in
their first game Monday night
5l-33.
The play was a little ragged
in the opener, which could only
be expected, considering the
very short time that all the
members of the squad have been
drilling. For the seasons
opener, however, the shooting,
particularly the long set shots,
were above average.
In Monday nights contest, the
starting lineup was composed of
the three returnees from last
seasons first string; W. A.
Brown, Louis Collie, and Toddy
Fennell; Along with Charlie
Smith and Mike Austin. There
was much speculation before
game time as to which two of
the candidates other than the
big three would get the start
ing nod from Mentor Brogden.
Since the coach was out of
town all Of last week, the Sc
lection of Austin and Smith was
not revealed until just before
the contest. Smith had a head
start on the other aspirants, due
to his past experience on Wild
cat teams and Mikes accurate
push shots apparently gained his
starting position.
However, the newcomer to the
high school Quint, Dennison
Ray, stole the show and proved
to be the most consistent shooter
anc best all around player on
the floor. Ray scored 13 points,
and amazingly hit at least fifty
percent of his tries, and set up
many of the scoring plays of his
teammates. Denny, along with
Smith, was efficient under the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18
Seahawks Down EMF. 52-45
OOLFLETS, PACK
DEFEAT FAIRM0NT

wIIITEVILLE, Dec. II. -
,r.;+oville's cage teams downed
r.;rn7onts Golden Tornadoes in
dolbleheader here tonight with
" :, Wolflets beating the Fair
.4 airIs 40 to "a and the Pack
..tino a 80 to 20 decision over
.5e M visiting boys
The flashy Wolflets are play
80 their third year as a unit and
,,sos+od ,ns their highest score as
aotbing seemed to stop them. B.
'V Cozy Powell led the parade
...;+b 2l points while Miriam
,toonov Tl and Mary Sibbett with
g points each.
10 Dol Floyd tailed 13 for the
i,dv Tornadoes.
~ The locals greatest defensive
summation was led by Jean
Glsire (T Jones while the visitors
Goa+standing defensive star was
Grace Johnson.
The boys game was a battle all
.be wav with the Pack holding a
- 9 10 q advantage at intermis-
s;on ~ However the Tornadoes tied
~ IN a 29 all during the third period.
- At the beginning of the final
quarter, Pete Page who led the
@coripg for the night with 16
noiots. sank quickie to put the
Pack in front to stay.
Captain Bill Davis played out
sanding defensive ball for the
winners.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18

from Camp Lejeune will enter
the red hot unlimited class.
There will be six weight classes
in the meet including: 80, los,
120, 1876, $50 pounds, and the un-
limited. "The smaller classes
are included to provide interest
IN the tournament and in bas-
kethall to the younger boys here
in Wilmington" Smith stated.
The finals will be held Friday
night, December 26. The win
ners will be awarded bronze
gold medals.
Smith said that teams can en-
ter the league until 5 o'clock
this afternoon.
More teams are needed to
participate in the league so as
to form a four game tourney,
he added.
Teams desired are in the fol-
lowing divisions: one team. un.
limited; one team, $50 lb.; two
teams, 1876 h.; and three teams
in the los pound division.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18
WEST VIRGINIA
TO MEET ST AT E

MORGANTOWN, w. Va, Dec.
17-F-West Virginia's Noun
taineers, facing possibly the
toughest cage test of the home
season, take on North Carolina
State tomorrow night in Noun
taineer field house here.
Before knocking off for Christ
mas holidays, coach Lee Patton's S
team has a return engagement
Saturday night here with Fair
Mont State, which bowed in the
first game Of the season.
The North Carolina visitors
are practically the same aggrega-
ton that pinned a 62-54 defeat
on West Virginia the consola-
ton of the New York Invitational
Tournament last season.
The Wolfpack captured third
place in the tournament by vir-
tue of that victory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18
WHITEVlLLE CLUBS
T0PLAY CHARLTON
BY JIGGS POWERS
Star Sports CORRESPONDENT

WHITEVILLE, Dec. IT, The
cage teams of Whiteville h 6 h
school will play their second sue
cessive doubleheader in the local
gym Thursday night when they
meet the basketeers of Clarkton
high with the first game be-
tween the female clubs begin
ming at 730 pm.
Coach Earl Brinkley of the
Wolfpack has high hopes for his
boys team during the coming
campaign. They have won from
Hallsboro 38-11, after dropping a
battle to the strong Elizabeth
town Yellow Jackets by a wide
margin. Showing up we'll in re-
cent scrimmages have been Joe
Inman, Calvin Smith H a m S
Garrell, Bill Willis, captain Bill
Davis, Morris Covington, Jimmy
Quinerly, Pete Page, ]. T. Smith
and others.
Page was the star against
Hallsboro hitting the twine for
Is points. Brinkleys starting
lineup will probably be: Garrell
and Willis at forwards; Page at
center; Captain Davis and
1nman at guards.
Coaches L. A. Bruton and
Sarah Paxton of the Wolff e S
will be trying to keep their Win
ming streak over the B a d e n
County lassies running. In two
years of competition the Clark
ton girls have yet to win a de-
cision over the locals classy out
fit.
Their starting personnel will
consist of Mary Kate Sibbett,
Cozy Powell, and Miriam Moon
ey at forwards: and Gean Claire
Jones, Billie Schulken, and
Helen Hooks at the defensive
posts,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18

hackboards, and after his exhi-
bitlon during the first half, was
allowed to start the second STAN
"a.
Fennel, playing his forth
season on the first five, was a
little faster than last year, but
not as accurate on his shooting
as usual. Brown was not at all
in shape and didn't measure up
to expectations. Austin seemed
a little court shy, starting off
his first game, but came on late
to play a good game.
Reserves Crowley, Gregg, and
West led the second team which
played a lot of the game, and
actually displayed more team
work than the starting five.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18
TWO GAMES TONIGHT
IN YMCA CAGE LOOP

The YMCA Thursday night
Junior basketball league has two
games scheduled for tonight on
the Y court
At 8 o'clock St. Pauls will play
Southport and at 9 o'clock the
St. James quint will meet the
Wrightsville Beach five. &,
Saturday morning at II o'clock
Temple Baptist will play Trinity
Methodist.
Aram Smith, YMCA physical
director, said last night that sew
eral teams have urged him to Or
ganize another loop. Plans for
the new league will be shortly
after the Christmas holidays.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18

ton, in addition to giving the
boys a small surprise gift. The
usual Christmas packages con
sisting of apples, r;nges and
nuts will be presented to the
boys at the close Of the party.
Harold L. Cutler, Physical Di-
rector, will outline his program
OF activities to be held during
the holidays at this time.
Awards for the outstanding
posters used in the Santa Claus
parade last Friday will be made
at the party.
All members of the Brigade
Boys Club have been requested
to sign up at the club, iii order
that sufficient refreshments
could be obtained
The party will start at 7::3O
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18
ADDITIONAL FUNDS

ATLANTA, Dec. II. - R)
- Athletics at Georgia Tech
noted an additional S91.52
today.
The sum was the total of
excited fans forgot and left
bids for ia articles over
in the Grant field stands aft
er football games. The
money went to the student
activities building fund.
The lost and found leavings
ranged from a perfumed silk
handkerchief to a child's
purse containing 1-4-tea-
spoon measuring spoon. The
bids went from one cent for
a freshman chemistry lab
manual to S14.50 for a slide
rule and case.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18
WAKE FOREST DOWNS
HANES HOSIERYMEN

WINsTON-sALEM Dec. IL
P)-Wake Forest college, trailing
at half-time by six points, flashed
out in the final half to defeat
Hanes Hosiery here tonight, 73-
So.
Jackie Gentry and "Slants'
Walters paced the terrific last
half rush of the Deacons as both
men posted 81 points each during
the game.
Hanes took the lead after nine
minutes of play and was out in
front at half-time, $500.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18
BASKETBALL
RESULTS

Clifford 81, Chatham A.
Washington and Lee 10, Maryland 81.
Wake Forest 10, Hanes 63.
Columbia 60, Holy Cross So
Villanova IS, Lehigh As
Muhlenberg co. Penn 50
Lafayette 60, Swarthmore 81
Bucknell 46, Penn State AZ
George Washington IS, University o.
Richmond SO
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18
BLUE DEVILS HALT
McCARY'S E A GLE S

DURHAM, Dec. 17-(P)-Duke
University's Blue Devils came up
with their best performance of
the young basketball season here
tonight to roll over McCrary's
Eagles by II to "a.
Sparked by sharpshooters Walt
Poplin and Tommy Hughes who
bagged 13 points apiece, the Blue
Devils built up a big 81 to 10
halftime lead and then. coasted
home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18

Traffic guide lines have been
painted on $500 miles of trunk
highways in Minnesota this year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18
MANUEL ORTIZ MEETS
DEL ROSARIO FRIDAY

MANILA, Dec. II. -R-A jut-
jawed Filipino with a knockout
wallo- that has laid away % of
his "a ring foes will go stalking
bantam-weight champion Manu-
ell Ortiz Saturday Night (Friday
a M, US. time).
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-18

Sun-drying gives raisins a
dakr color.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-01
SYNOPSIS

Gail Prentice's parents had di.
S.osd when she was a child, and
v W .he knew of her father, Char
WAS what her gay, extrava-
mother, LISA, had told her
Nv he was the wealthy owner
u.' irwin Oaks. a fine old southern
ol,n+ation and that the trust
p,nd he had established for them
i.ar ago was no longer adequate
their needs. When Charles,
sso had remarked years before.
INVITED Gail to spend the summer,
1;ssa approved, hoping the visit
I;sht result in an increased al
,nn,snce for them. But upon her
.rrival, Gail found the situation
asrv different from expectations.
VI. big house was gone-burned
+he ground Years beforehand
~ the Prentice fortune had fol-
1aued it. All that was
let we're a few acres of farmland
.nd an old, barn-like house with
aaitber electricity nor plumbing
r5arles and Kate, his kindly. in
tsllisent wife, and Hates r.iece,
Norah. warmly welcomed her;
hut attractive Greg Thompson,
CHARLES young partner on the
tsrro, made no effort to conceal
bic dislike. Gail was embarrassed
when her father disclosed that he
hid never written LISA of his
mis,ortunes because he feared
n. would insist on sharing the
trust fund with him. Later, help
nv Gail unpack, Norah eathused
,yer her beautiful clothes, but was
,tfronted when Gail impulsively
offered her some Of them. Al
though it was after 10 when Gail
awakened the following morning,
the house was so quiet she assum-
ID ali were still abed. But when
,he came downstairs, Kate, busy
putting up preserves, explained
that Charles, Norah and Greg
were in the fields working. Fol.
lowing a delicious breakfast, Kate
urged her to try to amuse her
,elf while she finished her task.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-01

was possible to use, windows or a
balcony on the inns second floor
for some scenes, so the stage had
two levels. These three areas be-
came the outer, inner and upper
stage when the regular public
Elizabethan theater was developed.
It is necessary to remember
these things about the stage in or
der to understand some parts of
the plays of Shakespeare and his
fellows. For instance, if a charac-
ter died in a scene on the outer
stage, there had to be a funeral
procession to carry the body off.
Today the curtain goes down at the
end of the act and the dead actor
simply rises and walks off the
stage.
There was little scenery Tin our
sense), so the locality of a scene,
when it matters, is always indicat-
ed in the lines spoken by the act
ors. Thus, in "As You Like It,"
Rosalind and Celia, last seen at
the court, enter, and Rosalind
says, "Well this is the forest of
Arden" In u day, radio plays
must also describe their scenes,
though We have sound-effects that
help.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-01
new HANOVER COW
SETS MILK RECORD
Animal Owned By DR.,
Johnson Wins In Butter
Fat Average Count

COLUMBUS, OHIO, August 81.
- The registered Jersey COW.
Flora Xenia Oxford Louise 11625e8,
owned by George johnson, Will
mington, N. c. is announced from
the American Jersey Cattle Club
offices here as a tested dam having
three offspring with official pro-
duction records. These tests were
authenticated by the State Col
lege of Agriculture and the Ameri-
can Jersey Cattle club and ex-
ceeded by more than two times
the butterfat production of the
average dairy cow in the United
States.
Louise's tested progeny, with all
records computed to a 305 day
twice daily milking basis, average
1857 pounds milk, 5.04 per cent test
and 48 pounds butterfat.
This COW, through her descen-
dants, should do much toward i'm
proving production among the
dairy cattle Of New Hanover
county and New Hanover county
is. fortunate in having, among its
citizens, such a progressive breed
err as DR.. johnson, the cattle
club office said,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-01
ELEVEN

Gail paused in the living room
before two cheap homemade
bookcases. But she discovered,
appalled,, that the books we're all
classics, and she had never learn
ed to appreciate classics. There
had been little time for her to
study. There were magazines, too.
4 heap of them on the lower
shelves of the bookcases. But
they, too, were out Of date. Ano
80 at last she wandered out into
the front.
Giant live oaks shaded the lawn.
Beneath them, the azaleas were
just past the height of their per.
lection and oleanders were shak.
Ing out small, tight-closed buds
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-01
The Book Of knowledge
Departments
THEATERS OF LONG AGO

Elizabethan drama - that is.
English plays written and produc-
ed during the reign Of Queen
Elizabeth - had three sources:
the folk dance and folk play, the
drama which started in connection
with the liturgy of the Church and,
finally, the classical drama of
Rome.
The classical influence came last.
We find it Towering in the gene
ration just before Shakespeare be-
came a playwright. A group of
young university : trained men
came to London and found that
they could make a living by writ
ing plays for the popular play
ers, who were by this time organ
lied into something like profession
al companies.
The players usually went under
the protection Of some great noble
man and were technically his ser
wants; this was a device to pro-
tect them from the law against
rogues, vagabonds and master
less men," If you were an actor,
the sensible thing to- do was to
wear the livery of some powerful
lord, or you might be picked up as
a tramp. The young university men
who began writing for the players
were thus lowering themselves So
cially, for the popular state was
hardly respectable.
The productions were at first CIV
en- in the courtyards Of inns. A col
lection was taken from the audi
ence, who stood on the ground
around three sides of the platform.
Those who could afford 1t might
rent a room in the inn and watch
the play from a window. This
origin of the playing-place was i'm
portant, for it had an influence
upon the shape and structure of
theater buildings when they came
to be built in 1876 and later.
In the first place, the audience
surrounded the stage on three
sides and stood very close to where
the players were; this meant that
the actors could make remarks to
the audience (such remarks were
called "asides'') in a natural way.
The plays were given in the after
noon, by natural daylight, and
there was no roof owe the pit or
yard. Accordingly, there was none
of the illusion which u modern
stage produces by means of light
ing.
There was no curtain on the
front of the stage; there might be
a curtain at the back, and behind
this a smaller area which could
be used, when the curtains were
opened, as a cave or a study or
something of the sort. Finally, it
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-01
SCIENTIST CHURCHES
STUDY CHRIST JESUS
AS LESSON-SERMON

Christ Jesus" was the subject
Of the Lesson-Sermon in al Chris
tan Science Churches and Socie-
ties on Sunday, August 81.
Golden Text: John 3: II. "God
sent not his Son into the world
to condemn the world; but that
the world through him might be
saved"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon were he fol-
lowing from the Bible: For it is
evident that our Lord sprang out
of Judah; And it is yet far
more evident: for that after the
similitude of Melchisedec there
ariseth another priest, Who is
made, not after the law Of a
carnal commandment, but after
the power Of an endless, life"
Hebrews 7: 14-16). And from
Science And Health with Key to
the Scriptures" by Mary Baker
Eddy: 1.-THE advent of Jesus OF
Nazareth marked the first century
o ftAe Christian era, but the Christ
is without beginning of years or end
of days. page 1889.