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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-12
GOOD MORNING

Private opinion is weak, but public
opinion is almost Omnipotent.-H. w.
Beecher.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-12

The "Old Man of the Sea-" in the cara
bian Nights story of Sinbad, was monst-
er who leaped upon the back of the hero,
impeding his progress and exhausting his
energies, preserving an obstinate silence.
Sinbad finally succeeded in getting him in
toxicated and so escaped.
Some western. red cedar trees are 18 feet
in diameter and 200 feet high.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08
Woman Lands
65Pound Black Drum

''It was the biggest thrill Of
my life." Mrs. r. w. Skid
more, of Raleigh, said yester-
day afternoon shortly after
she had hookSd and landed a
IS and 3-4 pound black
drum.
The attractive Raleigh
housewife, fishing with her
husband and a party of
friends at the Northern Ex-
tension of Carolina Beach,
landed the record catch
shortly before dark.
According to T. /. Watkins,
president of the New Han
over Fishing Club, Mrs. Skid
more's catch breaks the club
record and more than likely
will set a record for the
North Carolina coast.
Mrs. Skidmore said she
was fishing with a number
2 hook and a Is thread linen
line. II was using shrimp for
bait and I didn't think I
would ever catch anything
that big" She said the fish
dir not give her too much Of
a struggle. "But, I sure knew
I had something big" she
said.
According to Watkins, the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08

outlined by most of the other Is
loop clubs in preseason chatter
right to the letter.
In five games against nom
league foes, the Wolfpack h a S
poked in more than a point a
minute, moving down Fort
Bragg, 77-43; Chatham Mills,
1889 Hanes Hosiery of Winston
Salem, N. c., T-56; Catawba, 68-
Al, and High Point College, 78-
AZ.
Already in starring roles on
the State squad are Richard
Dickey, of Alexandria, Ind, who
made the 1947 All-Southern Con-
ference five; Captain Leo Kat
kavek, of Manchester, Conn,
and Ed Bartels, of Long Island,
NY, both members of the Sec
ond honor quintet. Missing is
Bob Negley, another All-Confer-
ence ace who is currently doing
his basketball playing for Amerl-
can University, but the Wolfpack
doesn't seem to be missing him
too much.
State won't get a taste Of con-
ference action until January S
when George Washington's Co.
lonials, who Saturday night
downed Wake Forest, 1888, in
wade Raleigh, NC.
George Washington shared the
loop leadership today with Will
liam and Mary's Indians, VIII o
pasted The Citadel over the
weekend, GAIL.
There wasn't much other ex-
citement over tn e weekend as
other teams played practice
contests. The Quantico Marines
were too much for the Univer-
sity of Richmond, 42-37; D avid
son won over the McCrary
Eagles, $3.50; Duke got by the
Hanes Hosiery five, 61-55, and
North Carolina routed Guilford
College, 51-30.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08

record for black drum was
set by Capt. E. T. Damon
with a 81 IL pound catch in
1910. The largest red drum on
record is the so pound catch
of George Hutaff made sew
eral years ago.
Mrs. Skidmore said she
would take the fish back to
Raleigh with her." And won't
my friends be jealous of
me?" she added. She was
not sure what she would do
with the IS pound drum,
she said she may have it
mounted.
Several smaller fish were
caught during the afternoon
she said and her husband
added wonder W h I
couldn't get one like that?"
Had Mrs. SkidmOre caught
the black drum several
weeks ago, it would have
won the $1,000 prize in the
$4,000 South Eastern North
Carolina Beach Associations
annual fall fishing rodeo. II
sure wish I had caught it last
month";" she said, but added
that she was too thrilled to
worry about the $1,000 prize
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08

Wilmington's first college bas-
ketbau team filings the yelling
off it's 1947-48 cage talent tonight
at 8 o'clock as Coach Mickey
Katkaveck, one-time Pirate base
ball pilot but now the man behind
the newly organized SeahaWks,
and his 10 hardwood aces invade
Louisburg Junior College for an
Eastern Conference clash.
This game will definitely point
out to local net enthusiasts what
kind of outfit the Wilmington
College has been sending through
drills at the spacious New Han
over High School gymnasium
for the past several weeks.
Behind the scene reports say
that the collegians have an ag-
gregation that can be rated tops
in the coastal area, surpassed
possibly only by Campbell Col
lege's star studded array which
is led by former MINIS great
Billy Mason and Walter Deal
this year.
Taking a glance at the Sea-
hawk 10-man squad, sports fans
see veteran players with vast
experience awaiting the COM
mands of Mentor Mickey Katka-
week, who is the brother of NC.
State Colleges brilliant Leo.
At center there is Carl Ma
son, six foot three inches and 189
pounds. Carl, brother of the more
publicized Billy, plays the same
type of ball which has placed his
younger brother among the New
Hanover High immortals; he is
an underbasket man, tossing in
the majority of his points on
layup, while feeding fellow team
mates excellent shots from the
side. Although not in the best
of shape, Mason is coming along
rapidly to the form that kept
him ahead of Johnny McKoy as
the starting center on the fine
1945 Wildcat basketball array.
Guards are set to be Jim Groom
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08

Clarence Rowland, president
of the Pacific Coast League,
again will present his plea for
recognition as a provisional
Major league at the joint meet
ings. However, he goes before
the Majors without theh full
support of the Minor leagues
whose 32-17 favoring vote was
not sufficient to approve a re-
solution at Miami.
President Ford Frick of the
National League admits ''we
promised to give Rowland an
answer in December" but
otherwise refused to discuss the
Coast situation. The move is ex-
pected to fail, especially if the
big boys are pressed for Eyes"
or mo" decision.
Other matters to come before
the Majors are consideration of
the St. Louis Browns plea for
unlimited night baseball and
further discussion of a college
coaches plan to outlaw signing
of college players until their
class has graduated.
Actually there has been no
limit on the number of night
games in recent years expect
that the consent of the visiting
team always has been required.
Now the Browns want that
provision also waived. There is
little chance that it will succe-
ed.
The college player situation is
another touchy subject, likely to
be pigeonholed for another year.
In the last year, the ball clubs
have had enough trouble keep
ing clear Of the commissioners
Interpretation of the high school
rule to make them stop, look and
listen before getting in any deep
er.
That high school ruling of
handlers, formalized by Off
cial communicates from his Gin
cinnati office, probably will be
placed in the rule books. So will
a similar restriction against
signing American Legion Junior
players. The legion rule has
been in effect for years but
never actually down in black and
white.
Many of the Al amendments
to baseball law adopted by the
minors last week must be con-
sidered by the Majors before
they become effective. No seri-
Gus squabble is expected over
any of this legislation.
With the exception of Duroch
er, who flew back to Los Angles
and did not even attend the Of
ficial announcement of his
Brooklyn signing. Most of the
big league pilots will be on hand
for the meetings. They are the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08
HUNDREDS ATTEND
HORSE SHOW HERE

A large crowd attended the
horse show at the Magnolia
stables yesterday afternoon. The
winners in the Is divisions were
as follows:
Class l, Colts shown in hand; !;
Trouble, shown by Allen Whit
lock.
Class 2, Shetland ponies;
Blonde, shown by Jack Farrar.
Class 8, Three-gaited; First
Love, Mary Sutton up.
Class 4, Road Hacks; Lady
Kraft, shown by Margaret Skin
ner.
Glass 5, Five-gaited; Black
Beauty, owned by Freeman
Thrasher.
Class 6, Open Hunters; Lady
Kraft, Emily Skinner up.
Class 7, Horsemanship; Lady
Kraft, ridden by Margaret Skin
ner and Lociel, ridden by Mrs.
B. B. Cameron.
Class 8. Waking horse; First
Love, Mary Sutton up.
Class 9, Pleasure Horses
Haut Saut, shown by r. r. Rice
and Ray Pittman.
Class 10, Knockdown and out
Brown Beauty, shown by Mar
oarot Skinner
Class II, Groom's class; c
Caroline Davis, owned by c. B.
Mccoy.
Class 12, Three-gaited ponies
High Hat, shown by Sarah
Clark.
Class 13, Driving class; spot
ted Allen, shown by r. E.
Houghton.
Class IA, Pleasure ponies
Lady, shown by Roxanna Me-
bane.
Class Is, Horsemanship Gun
der IL years.; Tinker, shown
by Martain Cole.
Bareback trotting class, won
by Mrs. B. B. Cameron.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08
Major League Clubs Begin Winter Meetings Tuesday
Al Managerial Positions
Set; Many Trades Expected

NEW YORK, Dec. 7-(H9-Reports that the Dixie
Wakerto Pittsburgh deal is about to be announced by
Brooklyn preceded the main contingent of the Major leagu-
ers into town for the winter meetings today following the
official word that Leo Durochr has been rehred Dodger
manager
With the 16 managerial jobs now fully manned, the
expected to engage in busy payer-swappmg
session. the groundwork for which was laid in Miami.
Actual league meetings open Tuesday and continue
Wednesday leading up to the joint session under Commits
soner A. B. Chandler Thursday Most of the official news
will come from that final conclave.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08
St. Mary's Gaels Play
Pembroke Cubs TONIGHT

The two top teams in the City
Cadet tackle football league will
close the season tonight at Rob-
ert Strange park at 7 o'clock.
The St. Mary's Gaels, who
won the pennant last week, will
play the second place Penn
broke Cubs. The two teams
have met twice this season,
each winning one game. St.
Mary's took the first tilt 19
to 13 and the Cubs won the
second by the score of 13 to 7.
The Gaels boast one of the
fastest backfields in the cir
cult, with Emil Boado, the loops
highest scorer, at left half. Don
Taylor, Jerry Patrick and
Steve Kline make up the swift
backfield.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08

The Pembroke Cubs, manager
by Douglas Sessmons, has a
strong line and an even distribut-
ed backfield.
The probable lineups have
been releases as follows: St.
Mary's--Asbury and Reeves at
the ends, Upchurch and Bost at
tackle. E.Boado and Doran at
guards. Gordon at center. Kline,
Emil Boado, Taylor and Part
rick in the backfield. Pc M
broke Cubs Jones and Farmer
at ends. Warwick and Harrison
at tackles. Butler and Green at
tackle. Dunn n at center. Shan
non, Brindell, Lucas. Durham
and Core make up the back
field.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08

boys who have to put the final
okay on any deals.
Unofficially it has been ae-
knowledged in Brooklyn that
Walker and Vic lombard, r
crafty little lefthander who won
II games last year, are going
to Pittsburgh for shortstop Billy
Cox and cash Cox, a top flights
prospect before the war, has
been somewhat short of sensa-
tional with the Pirates. With the
Brooks he will either play third
base or go to another National
league club, possibly hicago, m
a deal for a first baseman.
In the rumor market the fols
lowing moves are said to be une
der consideration.
l. The New York Yankees are
trying to lure pitcher Walt Mast.
erson or Early Wynn away from
Washington.
2. Detroit is interested in seq
ond baseman Johnn Berardino of
St. Louis and is also working on
a swap with Cleveland that
would bring catcher Jim Hogan
and pitcher Red Embree to the
Tigers for an outfielder and
either pitcher Virgil Trucks or
Dizzy Trout.
3. A Cleveland Y ankee maneu
yer by which rookie outfielder
Allie Clark would do to the In
dians. The Yanks are interested
in Hogan, too.
4. Ben Chapman of the Phil
lies wants an infielder and q
first sacker. He'll give the pick
of his pitching, with the except
ion of Curt ($55,OO0 bonus) Sim
mons. He'd like Clint Hartung of
the New York Giants as a first
baseman but Mel OFT says ''no."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08
Wilmington College Five
Meets Louisburg Tonight

and Doug Pridgen, two meters
who not only saw action at MINIS
but also at the College Center
last campaign. Groom is the
sparkplug of the Seahawks, the
key man in Katkaveck's State
styled attack.
Probable starters at the two
forward posts will be John (Bus-
ter) Brown and R. L. Church
even though Leroy Towles is
certain to see plenty of action in
a reserve role. Brown played on
the 1946-47 YMCA quintet, and
has been in recent practices the
most accurate shot of the green
and gold of VIC. Church is the
most dependable player at the
command of Katkaveck. In recent
|scrimmages Church played more
than any other Seahawk and is
expected to shoulder the MAORI
ty of the offensive load for the
Wilmington College tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08
Interests Of Sports,
Commercial Fishermen
To Be Talked At Meet

RALEIGH, Dec. 7-P-Con-
flicting interests Of sports and
commercial fishermen will be
discussed in meeting to be
held at Edenton tomorrow.
Attending the session will be
a committee of the newly
organized North Carolina Wild
life Resources Commission and
the committee on commercial
fisheries of the State Board of
Conservation and Development.
Members of the Wildlife RE-
SOURCES Commission on the
committee are Joseph r. Win
slow of Robersonville, Harry A.
Greene of Raeford, and Frank
T. Erwin of Durham.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08

in the discreation of the officials
to award contest to the boxer
who has the lesser number of
rounds. This can only be done if
ne has done three things:
l. Inflicted the greater amount
of damage.
z. Proven his superiority.
8. Finished in a better physi-
cal condition.
II the rounds won are even,
the points as described below
shall be added. The winner shall
be the one with the most points.
Should the points be even, the
official shall determine the win
ner as the one in the better ply
slcal condition and explain it on
his card.
According to the rules. the de.
cisions Of the referee and Judges
are based on four items evalu-
ated in the following order:
l. Clean hits
2. Effective aggressiveness
3. Defense
It is also noted that sports
4. Ring generalship
manship should be taken into
consideration by the officials
and the condition of the boxer
at the end of the bout.
The items listed do not have
the same eva]uation. Clearly. a
man who hits his opponent and
is aggressive throughout the con-
test is entitled to more credit
than the one who is merely de.
fensive
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08
ORLANDO TOURNEY
LEAD IS KN0TTED

ORLANDO, Fla, Dec. 7-tR-
Two members of the Ryder Cup
team, Jimmy Demaret of Ojai,
Calf, and Herman Keiser of
Akron, o., and Wilmington, Del,
professional Dave Douglas tied
at 274 for first place in the Y
hole Orlando golf tournament to-
day.
They will playoff for the tour
ney title tomorrow at 1870 pm.
over the 6,454 yard dubsdread
country club course.
Demaret and Keiser, two of a
trio tied at the 54-hole mark, had
two-under par rounds of SO to-
day, while Douglas fired a 66 to
get into the playoff.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08

Forbes awarded the fight to
,o,,is along with Judge Marty
r.rroe The referee. Ruby Gold
cave the nod to Walcott
,,5o floored the champion twice,
sn+ coasted in the last round
,,,an he thought he had the title
Won,
Faaan. who termed the contest
agjorious fight" but made no
COMMENT on the split decision,
sointed out that the rules of the
gem New York State Commission
s;ve . the Judges discretionary
mower in all matters.
P'T The rule states: TT shall be
aiccreationary with ring officials
N award the contest to a boxer
",bo has won a lesser number
~ rounds than his opponent only
IN cases where in the judgment
n tbp officials said contestant
has inflicted the great amount
NJ damage and has proven his
definite superiority over the op-
nonent, during the contest, and
finished in a better physical con-
dition."
Since this appears to be pure
" a matter of judgement, it is
yirtuallv certain that the decis-
i'm in favor of Louis will stand.
To explain how fights are
indeed in New York State. under
Eagan's point-scoring system,
which became effective two
wears ago, the following are per-
tinent points from Eagan's Of
hcial Instructions:
"The rules of boxing in New
York State prescribe the method
by which judges and referees
shall mark their cards. They do
this at the end of each round
by marking VILE, w meaning
win, L lose and E even. The
rules state the boxer winning the
greater number of rounds at the
end of the contest shall be de-
clared the winner. It also is
stated that if each boxer wins
an equal number of rounds, the
decision may be a ''draw" or it
may be awarded to the contest
ant in the better physical con-
diton who has inflicted the
greater amount of punishment.
The rules also leave the power
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08
RHODES NAMED
AAU PRESIDENT

OMAHA, Nebr., Dec. 7-|A-
Mayor James A. Rhodes of Col
umbus, Ohio, 81 year old six
footer whose aim is to extend
athletic privileges to under-pri-
vileged youth, took over leader
ship of the National Amateur
Athletic Union today as annual
convention came to end.
Rhodes, first vice president of
the AAU for past five years,
moved up into presidency, and
almost the entire new slate of
vice presidents went in with
him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08
N. C.. State Cagers Cop
S. Conference Spotlight

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 7.-R
- The 1947-1948 basketball cam
paign was very much in the in
fancy stage today, but there was
every Indication that North
Carolina States Wolfpack will
be a "shoo-in" in the Southern
Conference.
The Wolfpack, tagged the
"Hoosier Hotshots'' last year be-
cause the state squad is loaded
with players who call home in
Indiana, hasn't faced a single
Southern Conference opponent.
Nevertheless, the gangling
squad coached by Everett Case
has been following the script
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08

The evaluation naturally exists
III the minds of the officials. To
have the evaluation reflected on
the score cards, simple system
is hereby inaugerated. The sys-
tenn is to aid the judges in ar
irving at correct decision.
Numbers from one to four are
used in this system as listed be-
low. The points, one to four, take
into account all the elements
that go into winning a round !;
that is, clean hitting effective
aggressiveness and defense.
l. One point is scored for the
boxer winning the round by a
bare shade, zero for the loser.
If the official must actually re-
fleet and consider which boxer
won the round, he will give one
point to the winner.
2. When the round is a clear
win, two points will be credited
to the winner and zero for the
loser.
3. If it is one-sided round,
the winner will receive three
4. If it is a one-sided round
points and the loser none.
plus one or more knockdowns,
the winner of the round will re-
ceive four points.
Knockdowns can count one or
two points depending on the
judgement of the officials. The
official must determine tn e
value to be placed on the knock
down. In marking a contest the
official shall judge the round as
though no knockdown has occur.
red and after arriving at this
decision. he can add or deduct
points. Hence, if a man has
clearly won a one-sided round by
"a 80 margin and during the
round happens to get knocked
down. he still might win the
round or at least tie it, that is,
he might have one or two points
deducted from his score. The re-
suit OF the round might be 10
in his favor"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08
Walcott's Manager May Appear
Before New York Boxing Group

NEW YORK, Dec. 7-QF9-It seems crying shame
M doesn't look like the effort of Jersey Wacotts hand
@ TO reverse Friday nights split decision in favor of
l[ 1nanion Joe Louis will get to first base.
Joe Webster Walcott's manager, will appear before
r4le Eagan chairman of the New York Boxing Commits
o tomorrow morning, and claim the heavyweight title
the basis that judge Frank Forbes scorecard had Wal
@ ahead on points, IL to g. although he had Louis ahead
.onnds 8 to 6 with even.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08
PROFESSIONAL
GRID ROUNDUP

NEW YORK, Dec. 7-P-National
Football League standings including to-
day, games:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-08

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The Omaha guide., 1947-07-26
Blame 1t On the Heat

H. seosv 10 blame unfortunate incidtnts that in the Mid-City
Community, for that matter, on or hide behind.
There arefartoo many arguments, nfringnonts on ur fellow
man, Cod.oiven rights. and general dsorderl conduct that leads
M. such unfortunate ikident.y similar to the shooting OF the 0rF
fins There is TO much trying to settle an argument with a gum knie
or brikbats by members of the community.
This tvpe of thing hurts the community from whence 1t occurs
and places those good qualities that go to make us a heahhHi, saie
bannv and peaceful community, where children may go Dack anu
for,b, in freedom to the hurch, school, and commercial places o
business. It tends to bring fear into mothers and fathers hearts a
to whether to let their children go into certain areas OF the community
., losing control Of our temple and doing something that we shall
.rre, The rsto Of our natural life, must get ahold of ourselves; less
we become a menace to our community and to the citizens that reside
within that community.
Cutting. shooting, loud talking, and cursing on street cornes are
d;scredits to any community and it must come not only to a nal Ii
this community. but in any other community IN the city O. omaha'
Man must learn today to live in peace and harmony with hsne" 0
neighbor.
Mr. Handbook. a feature writer with the Kansas City Call, SAID
IN bs article dated Nav 5, There is still too mucll Indifferent IS to
;obs Iav-offs after pay day, drunk sprees, that lead to gunplay etc.,
and too much energy going into fighting our brother and not enough
energy going with lifting and encouraging our fellowman to cortrl
butte to the welfare of mankind everywhere.
He further deplores the following conditions: Our communities
have become like slaughter pens where we viciousy stab and Kill one
another with brutal abandons and he says, that with oo,oO OF more
now in college.
Yes. we the citizens in this community a IS we'll as similar comm
unities mutt make ourselves a committee OF one ana see tha' 'n7s0
incidents ar cut to a minimum, if not entirely eliminated.
Let IS resolve today that we are going to make our community
for ourselves and our children a more safe, beautiful and pleasing
community to live in.
The Omaha guide., 1947-07-26
Bill s. lO4l Favorable
For the Virgi1t Islands

Senator Hugh Butler, (R.-Neb.),
announced today that the Senate
Finance Committee had reported
favorably his bill, S. 1914, to pro-
vide for additional revenue for the
Government of the Virgin Islands.
The bill as reported by the Com
mittee would turn over to the Vir-
gin Islands receipts from Federal
excise taxes on rum and other pro-
ducts up to 100000 a year, on a
basis similar to that enjoyed by
Puerto Rico.
Senator Butler pointed out that
the Virgin Islands Government
had been receiving financial as
Stance from the Federal Govern
ment for many years, but ona very
restricted basis. Such assistance
as the Federal Government has
given, has not been sufficient to
maintain essential services at even
minimum levels. The new bill, if
enacted, should permit a great ex-
pansion Of the health, welfare, and
educational programs on the is
lands" he said.