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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
WHlTEYILLE TEAMS
SLATE FINAL TILT
Wolflets, Wolfpack To End
Season With Lumber
ton Cage Squads
By JIGGS POWERS
Star COrreSDOndeut

WHITEVILLE, March 2. - The
l947 basketball season for the Wolf
lets and Wolfpack of Whiteville
High school will come to an end
Monday night. when the two out
fits travel to Lumberton, to tackle
the powerful Lady Buccaneers and
Pirates of the Robson institute.
The first game will begin at 1880
p. m.
This will be the third meeting OF
the female aggregation this sea.
son. The local Wolflets scored an
18 to Is victory over the BUGS in
the first game played here in early
January, in n of the most exeit-
Ing games of the Whiteville-Lum-
berton series. The second meeting
resulted in an 10 to IL victory for
the Lady Buccaneers in the finals
of the Elizabethtown 1nvitationa]
Tournament, in a great defensive
battle between the two teams.
For the Wolflets, it will be the
swan song for two of their most
valuable players; Ida Jane Fore
and Peggy Inman. Ida Jane, play.
ing her fourth season as a guard,
has played exceptionally good bal
since her debut on the Wolflet var.
Sity. Peggy has played both posi-
lions. having been the outstanding
guard in Columbus County during
the 1945-45 season, but was moved
to forward when Coach L. A. Bru.
ton ran short on forwards and play.
ed well at that post. Both girls viii
be sorely missed.
1t will also be the finale for the
two outstanding forwards of the
BUGS six; Bonnie Brown Ashe, one
of the most finished girl cagers
ever to show here, and Peggy
Hardie, the Woodworking play.
maker, both of whom will be diff
ficult to replace.
The boys teams have met only
once this season, in Whiteville, ane
eliminated in a 1923 triumph fol
the Robson boys. They have one
of the better ball-handlers seen il
these parts in Charlie Kinlaw,
standout guard; also, a sharp
shooting leader and center in Cap
tain Charlie Underwood, a grea'
team player. Captain Don Taylor
will be playing his last game fol
the underdog Wolfpack. He ha!
been a standout, for an underman
ned team, at his pivot position al
year. Along with him will go Char
les Lennon, Bob Rushing, ane
others. whose talents will never
be forgotten in local basketball.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
TAR HEELS WIN
INDOOR H0N0RS
Capture Six Out OF Thir.
teen Events; Set Two
New Records

CHAPEL HILL, March 2.-(P-
The University of North Caroline
today continued to reign as king
OF the Southern indoor games after
renewing its title in spectacular
fashion here last night.
The Tar Heel thinclads won six
of the Ii events, set two new meet
records and furnished one of the
two entrants who won two events
Altogether North Carolina piled
up 46 points. Georgia Tech trail
ed with %, followed by Maryland,
16 L.; Duke. 10; Navy u -;
Florida IL; North Carolina State
4: Virginia 3 1-2; V.P.I. 8; Mercer
2 1-2; and Rollins 2.
Chunk Simmons of North Caro-.
lima and Buddy Fowlkes of Georgia
Tech took two firsts each and
both men set new records. Sim
mons. won the 70 yard high hurdles
in the record time of 8:6 and the
low hurdles over the same dis
lance.
Forlkes set a new broad jump
record of % feet 10 1-2 inches and
won the 60 yard dash.
Jack Milne of North Carolina
won the two-mile-run in 9:45.1, g
new record, and Dukes sprint
medley relay squad broke the
fourth mark with a 3:46.3 effort.
North Carolina State won the
freshman division and George
Washington high of Alexandria,
Va, took high school honors.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
RAMBLIN' AROUND
WITH JIGGS POWERS

ball contract with the Atlanta
Crackers of the Southern Associa-
ton estimated to run around $500
per month. besides a tidy bonus for
affixing his signature. Between the
two sports, he should be able to
keep Wally and himself in (Geor-
gla) peaches and cream for quite
sometime. The Rambler was for
tunate to be able to see Trippi play
while a member of the Third Air
Force Gremlins, of Morris Field
near Charlotte, in wartime, and you
can take it from this corner that
the scintillating Charlie is every
thing the experts say he is.
BASKETBALL: On the way out;
Columbus All-Star teams next
week. With the cage season in
its last stages, we have been treat
ed to some very good basketball
at the Columbus County Tourna-
ment, played in the spacious Halls
boro gym the past week. The writ
er wishes to give thanks for the
courtesies shown him by the
Columbus Schoolmasters Club, who
were in charge of the tourney, es-
peciaIly Chairman B. F. Kendall
of Hallsboro, On whose shoulders
rested the burden of the show
Having received so many favor
able comments of his All-Star Sc
lections from the Elizabethtown In
vitational, your Rambler has de-
cided to stick his neck out agar
and pick an All-Columbus County
team. It will be in this column
next week
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
ED %K0FFENBERCER
LEADING SCORER
Duke Forward Averages
l5.5 Points Per Game
To Set Pace
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ed Koffenberger, Dukes master
pointmaker, registered 27 points i,
the Blue Devils last two scheduled
games, to end the season with {
point-per-game average of almost
three points better than his closest
contender among the States Big
Five Basketball scores.
The big forward from Whining
ton, Del, ran his total for the
season to 404, giving him a 15.5
clip for each performance.
His nearest rival for big five
scoring honors was Dick Dickey,
of N. c. States leading Southern
Conference five, whose 320-poiut
total and 1913 average of the pre-
vious week remained unchanged
by idleness on the part of the Red
Terrors.
Ed White, Star Davidson for
ward, was third in the individual
parade with a total of 287 points
which averaged him out at Has
only a fraction of a point better
than his teammate Buddy Cheek,
whose As points in three tits made
him the weeks highest pointmaker.
Other ten-pointers, their ranks
including two newc6mers-Deran
Walters of Wake Forest and Bob
Paxton of North Carolina-were:
Jack Gentry, Wake Forest, 226-
lib; Jim Hamilton, N.N.C., 271-
11.2; John (Bubber) Seward, Duke,
279-10.7; Walters, 236-10.2; and
Paxton, 240-10.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
State Title Game Set Here March II!
S0fTBALL LOOPS
SLATE MEETING
TONIGHT AT US0
Managers OF Clubs Ia
Gather For Discussion
On 1947 Rules

Persons interested in the or
~ganization of softball leagues are
invited to attend a meeting at the
USO center. Second and Orange
street tonight at 8 o'clock, Bert
Hawley, athletic director of the
City Recreation Department said
last night.
Managers and sponsors of teams
planning to enter will discuss rules
and schedules, Hawley said.
Two senior leagues were in
operation here last year. Six teams
composed the Hanover league,
which was termed a "class B"
circuit. The Senior Glass A league
was composed of eight clubs.
The Hanover league was COM
posed of the following teams: At
lantic Coast Line Juniors, South
'ern Bell, Post Office, Loyal Order
of Moose, Phalanx and Lawyers.
The Moose Order team won the
loop championship.
The Senior Glass A league was
comprised of eight teams: The
City Optical, Firemen, Sunshine
Laundry, spofford Mills, Senior
Fraternity, Atlantic Coast Line,
Policemen and Atlantic Coast Line
Juniors. The Firemen won the city
championship and represented
Wilmington in the state champion
ship tournament at Greensboro.
Hawley said last night a meet
ing of the Junior leagues will be
held at a later date.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
MUSIAL INKS
REDBlRD CONTRACT
First Baseman Ends Long
Holdout Seige; Terms
Not Disclosed

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
2-(PzFirst baseman Stan Mus
ial of the st. Louis Cardinals end
ed his holdout siege today. Manag-
err Eddie Dyer announced. This
was confirmed at st. Louis by
owner Sam Breadon.
Terms were not disclosed, but
Dyer said Musial, Mapor League
batting king who was voted the
National Leagues most valuable
player in 1916, agreed to salary
terms after a three day conference
involving Musical, Dyer and Brea-
don, who is In st. Louis Breadon
took part in the conversation by
telephone.
Dyer said the star player and
the club reached a compromise
settlement. Musial's salary last
year was reported to be about
$14, 600 or $4,000 and he was be-
lieved to have asked about $780,
900 for the coming season.
When asked about the report,
Breadon said: THAT is correct
I don't care to comment further
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
EASTERN GOLDEN
GLOVE TOURNEY
BEGINS TONIGHT
Charlotte Team Entered In
Annual Tournament
OF Champions"

NEW YORK, March 2.-(PN
The %three-day Golden Gloves anna
t e boxing Tournament OF
Champions" for the east gets I'M
der way in Ridgewood Grove in
Brooklyn tomorrow night, with
teams from ten eastern cities and
Puerto Rico battling it out.
Because several of the teams,
notably Charlotte, N C., and Jack
sonville, Fla, are literally sprink-
led with personnel from armed
forces stations in their areas, the
entry list of IS includes simon
pure beak-busters from various
parts Of the country. Thus, the
Charlotte squad has a lightweight
Alfonso Torres-from as far
away a. Los Angeles, but stationed
in North Carolina with the Sind
Airborne Division, and Jackson
vile has heavyweight John Mathe,
g. former merchant mariner from
Oshkosh, Wis, now with the Naval
Air Technical Training Command,
and Mike Hernandez, q feather
weight from Kansas City.
Favored from the team title is
the Puerto Rican squad, sporting
the only two individual defending
champions in flyweight Asuncion
Llanos and lightweight Rafael
Benetiz. Besides the islanders and
the outfits from Charlotte and
Jacksonville, 7 clout collections
representing Buffalo, N. Y; Hunt
.ington, w. Va; Lowell, Mass;
Miami, Fla; Newark, N. j.;
Pittsburgh; Hampstead, Long Is
land, and New York City.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03

BASEBALL: Just around the cor
ner. The Rambler was talking to
Ear Brinkley, who Is director Of
athletics at Whiteville High school,
on last Sunday afternoon, and he
reminded us that baseball is just in
the offing. Earl says he plans to
start early season drills around the
first Of March. provided he has a
little cooperation from the weather.
man. He also stated that the dia-
mond game is his first love in the
Held Of sports, which we fully be-
heye, foG the ex-High Point College
star seems to turn out his best
teams in the great American game.
When we talked with him, Brinkley
was IN the MIDST of a sports tri-
angie; trying to ready his cage
team for the annual Columbus
County tournament now history;
holding spring football drills in
OF hours: and making plans to pre-
pare his l947 edition Of the Wolf
pack nine for local followers. You
can bet Brink will have another
snappy diamond aggregation as he
has had in the past.
TRIPPI ribs Wally Butts. In
: letter from the University OF
Georgia at Athens, my very good
friend Bobby Hickman, former
Whiteville High School, American
Legion, and Comet baseball play
or, pens the following line spoken
ey the great Charlie Trippi. The
y. Of Ga. as everyone in the
sports world knows, is the institute
Where Coach Wally Butts will lose
several top performers from his
ls47 Sugar Bowl Champions, in
eludlng the brilliant Trippi, who
has Just signed a $500, 900 contract
70 play for the Chicago Cards OF
me All-American Pro Football
League. Speaking before the At
lanta Touchdown Club, the Bulldog
ell-tlme great quipped, I'm glad
am getting all of this money for
playing pro football. After looking
At #ally's 1947 schedule, he and
! both might have to live off it,
Beng an outfielder of no mean
eonlty, Trippi also signed a base
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
MILKMEN KECLERS
DOWN LUMBERT0N
Elizabethtown Defeats
Gregg Team In Special
Matches At Ingrams

The Whites Ice Cream Company
boWlers defeated the Lumberton
Duck-pin team, and the Elizabeth
town keglers won a victory over
the Gregg Hardware team yeSter-
day afternoon at Migrants Bowling
center.
Both contests were based on total
pin falls. In the first game the
MilkmeR totaled 1881 to 1925 pins
for the losers. In the second setto
the Bladen county keglers knocked
over 1,509 pins while the Hard
ware men spilled LABS.
Wilkens of Lumberton was high
scorer with 1870 pins. Smithson OF
Whites lead his mates with a single
game of 124 pins. Peterson with 314
and Bancroft with 312 were three
game high scorers for Whites while
Prevatte piled up a 331 total to
lead the Lumberton team.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03

first time since 1871. Six trophies
and gold and silver miniature bas-
ketballs will be awarded the win
ners and runnerups in the two divi.
sions.
According to present plans the
opening games will be played at
the YMCA with the finals, Saturs
day night at the New Hanover High
school gymnasium. At this writ
ing the date has not been set for
the state high school championship
game between the New Hanover
Wildcats and the Greensboro high
school. In the event this game is
played in Wilmington between
March 5 and s, other arrange
will be made by the Star
News-YMCA committee.
Coaches expected to attend to.
nights meeting include: j. w.
O'Neal of Elizabethtown; A. H.
Stafford of Long Creek-Grady; F.
j. Marshburn of Penderlea; w.
A. Wheless Of Warsaw; D. ]. john
of Richards; Ireland B.
Rhodes of Dixon; S. w. Caruso OF
Tabor City; E. R. Meares and w.
r. Latham of Clarkton; H. II.
Blankenship of Shallote; E. e.
King of Leland: D. w. Watson of
Southport; o. c. Burton of Bolivia;
I. A. Workman of Acme-Delco;
Miss Dorothy Siberian and Mrs.
Gilbert Tillett of New Hanover;
Winborn and billiard of Penderlea;
Mrs. Grady of Warsaw; Catherine
Stone of Bolivia and Clara SWEET OF
Tabor City.
Sam Johnson, chairman Of the
officials, will also attend the meet
ing and outline his program to the
coaches.
The tournament is under the
supervision of Adam w. Smith,
Physical director of the YMCA
and Roy j. Cook, sports editor of
the Morning Star.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
MARYLAND BOXERS
WIN S. {. CROW
Tsrp Leather Pushers De-
feat Clemson 22-19
To Take Title

COLLEGE PARK, Md, March
University of Mary
land held the boxing champion
ship of the Southern conferences
today.
The Terp leather pushers won
the conference title last night when
captain Kenny Malone, fighting
in the unlimited class, decisioned
Ken Hunter of Clemson to give
Maryland a 22-19 margin over
Clemson.
Maryland Won 10 points with
two champions and got its other
Il on four runners-up. Clemson
also won two titles, but only had
three others in the finals.
South Carolina was third with 10
points on two championships;
North Carolina took a/title and a
second place for eight, and the
Citadel, defending champion, got
but five points. ~ a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
'DEMARET WINS AT
ST. PETERSBURG
Leading Money Winner OF
Winter Golf Circuit
Shoots ESQ Total

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March
2-[P)-Jimmy Demaret of Ojai,
Calf, Won the $4,000 st. Peters
burg Open golf tournament here
today with a 72-hole total of $50
and projected himself as the lead
ing money winner of the winter
golf circuit.
The victory over the 6,260-yard
Pasadena Municipal Course was
worth 81, 900 to Demaret whose
score for the route was four under
par.
Three strokes behind the winner
at 283 was Jim Terrier of San
Francisco, who received 81, 400 for
runnerup honors. Ky Lafoon of St.
Andrews, ILL.,, shot a 286 10 win
third place and 81, 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
Southern Conference Gaze
Tourney Opens Thursday
State and Carolina Seeded
First And Second In
Tournament

DURHAM, March 2-(P)-Mem,
bers of the Southern Conference
basketball committee, refusing t.
deviate from the final season stand
ings, met here today and picked
the eight-team field for three-day
conference cage tourney which
opens Thursday afternoon in Duke
Indoor Stadium.
AS expected, the first two finish
ers-N. c. State College and North
Carolina-Were seeded first and
second, respectively, in the meet.
Other teams chosen to play in the
18th annual meet, and Durham's
first as host: University of Mary
land, Washington and Lee, George
Washington, Duke, South Carolina,
and Richmond University.
N. C. State, as t%op-seeded entry,
will play in the top bracket;
North Carolina, No. 2 in seedlings,
in the lower bracket.
The remaining "seeded' two
teams were determined on a draw
by the conference committee mem
bers.
The first team drawn for the
lower half of the top bracket was
George Washington. The first team
for the upper half Of the lower
bracket was Duke.
The last selection Immediately
gave the officials, newspapermen
and radio representatives visions
Of a possible third meeting this
season between those arch rivals
North Carolina and Duke. North
Carolina won the two regular sea-
0 meetings.
First-round pairings and starting
times of Thursdays games: Duke
VS.. South Carolina, 2:15; N. c.
State College VS.. Maryland, A.;
Washington and Lee VS.. George
Washington, 1870; and Richmond
U. VS.. North Carolina, 9:15.
Friday nights semifinals starting
times are 7:30 and 9:15. The final
game will be played Saturday night
at 8.
All members of the conference
committee were here for today's
business. The committee members
are Eddie Cameron of Duke, chair
man; J. L. Vonglahn of N. c.
State College, business manager;
Monk Younger, B. K. Shipley of
Maryland, and Norman Shepard
of Davidson.
RICHMOND, Va, March RtP]-Final
Southern Conference Basketball stand
ings for the 1947 season.:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03

same will be placed on sale at the
New Hanover High school gym
nasium on Wednesday afternoon,
March 5. Due to the demands for
the cardboards, the coach said
only four will be sold to any one
person. The price for adult adj
mission has been set at one dollar.
1t was also revealed last night
that radio station WMFD will
broadcast the championship tilt.
This is the first time in the history
of basketball at the local school
that a contest has been aired. Tom
Cause. WMFD sports announcer,
will handle the play-by-play de-
.criptlon and Ben Mcdonald, Star
News Round-The-Town = Reporter,
will be at the micraphone during
intermissions.
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. en-"
counter is expected to be one of
the best even waged between East
ern and Western loop champions.
Both clubs defeated High Point by
nine-point margins, Wilmington
whipping the Bisons by a 1890
score and Greensboro turning the
trick by a 1920 margin. Both
quints are made up OF experienced
players. Greensboro is known to
have two regulars of the 1916 and
1915 clubs, which won the Western
Conference crown. They are Don
Lanf)rd and Larry Dempsey. Lam
ford leads the Greensboro club
In scoring with an average Of
around u points per game. Demp-
sey ranks among the best high
school centers in North Carolina.
New Hanover High is even more
loaded with veteran cagers. Louis
Collie has made the first string
three years in a row, To-day Fen
nell three years, w. A. Brown two
years, Billy Mason two years, and
Johnny McKoy three years. In
Mason and McKoy New Hanover
High has the two leading scorers
In North Carolina high school
basketball.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
Ray Fauored

MIAMI. Fla, March 2-U'H-
Hard-hittfng Wiolent) Ray today
was a 6 to 5 favorite to repeat
his Madison Square Garden victory
over Jersey Joe Walcott when the
two heavyweights meet IN a ten
round bout at the Orange Bowl
here Tuesday night.
Both fighters wound up pre-flghl
drills Sunday showing excellent
form and top condition, but the
odds said that Ray, who flattened
50 foes in 81 ring encounters, hao
the edge on his older opponent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
Coaches rogden, Jameson
Agree On Date For Contest
Adult Tickets To Be Placed On Sale Wednes-
day Afternoon At High School GYM
nasium; WMFD To Air Game

The State high school championship basketball game
between Wilmington, champions of the Eastern Class AA
conference and Greensboro, winners of the Western confer
ence. will be played in the New Hanover High School GYM
nasum Tuesday, March II, it was announced last night by
the North Carolina High School Athletic Association.
The date for the contest was agreed upon by coaches
Leon Brogden,. of New Hanover and Bob Jameson, of the
Greensboro Whirlies.
Coach Brogden said last night that adult tickets for the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
Babe Zaharias Captures
South Atlantic Tourney

ORMOND BEACH, Fla, March
2.-P)-Mrs. Mildred (Babe) Ia
harias won her sixth Florida
tournament here today with a 5
and 4 victory over Peggy Kirk
of Findlay, Ohio, in the finals of
the South Atlantic Golf Tourney.
In addition Miss Kirk had trouble
with her close game as her putter
failed her badly.
While todav's WIN was Mrs. Ia
harias sixth of the winter season
in the state, it was also her 18th
consecutive victory since she won
the national title.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03

Pairings Will Be Made For
Star News YMCA Tourney
Annual Southeastern n. C. High
School Invitational Basketball Tourna-
ment To Get Underway Wednesday

Coaches of the various high schools in the southeastern
section of the state will meet with officials of the eighth
Annual Wilmington Star-News-YMCA basketball >tourna-
the tournament.
Pairings for the four-day event will be made at the
meeting, it was announced last night. Other details will
also be worked out at the parley.
Thirteen boys and eleven girls teams have entered the
annual tournament. which is being revived this wear for the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
New York University
Wins A. A. A. A. Trophy

NEW YORK, March 2-(P)-A
happy band of track and field men
from New York University today
carried off the big Silver Intercol-
Iegiate A.A.A.A. Cup to a per-
manent resting place in the Vio-
let's trophy room.
The cleaning, large hunk of sill
yer had been up for keeps for 26
years. or yer since the ICAA
schools began indoor competition.
Five victories were needed to take
away the cup and N.Y.U. finally
turned the trick last night in Madi-
son Square Garden with IS points.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
SENATOR'S

ORLANDO, Fla, March 2.-U.H
-Outfielder Gil Coan and Pitcher
Walter Masterson both were suf-
fering from skin infections today
as the Washington Senators re-
sumed practice after two days Of
idleness due to rain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
ATHLETICS

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla,
March 2.--UH-Fermin (Mickey)
Guerra, the only Philadelphia
Athletic holdout, agreed to terms
today after a telephone converse
ton with owner Connie Mack.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
Training Camp Briefs
BRAVES

MIAMI, Fla, March 2.-U.D-
The Boston Braves defeated the
st. Louis Browns in an exhibition
game today, 7 to 8, despite cold
weather and late arrival of man
ager Billy Southworth and six
members of the Braves varsity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
SNEAD

JOHANNESBURG. South Africa,
March 2. -(P)- South Africa's
Bobby Locke today defeated Sam
my Snead, the British Open cham
pion from Hot Springs, Va, 6 and
5. in a 36-hole match
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
GIANTS

PHOENIX, Ariz., March PUP
Larry Jansen, right handed
pitcher who won 81 and lost six
for San Francisco last year, signed
a New York Giant contract today.
Hansen had been a holdout, and
missed the first two weeks of
training.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
JAILED

CARACAS, Venezuela, March :.
-W.H-Ed Chandler and George
Brown, two Brooklyn Dodger rock
lie pitchers who were thrown into
Jail yesterday when they refused
to continue playing for the Vargas
team of the Caracas winter league,
We're freed last night but must
face hearings on breach-of-contract
charges tomorrow.
Chandler, up from the Fort
Worth farm team, and Brown, who
played for Nashua, N. H., had
played for Vargas during the
winter but said they had received
instructions from Brooklyn presi-
dent Branch Hickey to stop play
ing by March 1.
When they refused to take the
field against the New York Yam
KEGS yesterday, the pitchers we're
taken from the dugout to Jail. An
attorney secured their release
after several hours in custody. The
general expectancy is that they
will be acquitted in tomorrow's
hearing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-03
PIRATES

MIAMI, BEACH, Fla, March 2.
rainstorm kept the Pitts
burgh Pirates off the field at
Flamingo Park today, and man
ager Billy Herman called off all
sessions at II o'clock.