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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24
RAMBLIN' AROUND
WITH JIGGS POWERS

WHITEVILLE, Feb. 23.-Eliza-
bethtown's Second Invitationa]
Basketball Tournament has just
been brought to a successful close,
with Lumberton's Lady Buccaneers
and Gladen's Pride-the big Eliza
hethtown Yellow Jackets, being
crowned champions in their respec-
tive divisions. The five-day elias
sic drew hundreds of fans from
all over the southeastern area, they
come from far an dnear to see
some Of the best scholastic cage
performers ever to show in this
section of the Tar Heel state. THE
RAMBLER PICKS HIS GIRLS
ALL-TOURNEY TEAM-My pick
Of the great array of talent that
starred during the classic follows.
First the girls team: Forwards
BONNIE BROWN ASHE, of Lum-
berton, who was by far the out
standing front-line artist of the
tourney, leading her team in scor-
ing and all-around play; ISLA
CAIN of White Oak, the individual
high corer for a single game,
counting % points against Eliza
BEETHOVEN, showing that she could
really hit the Irvine unless closely
guarded; PEGGY HARDIE, Lum-
berton's leading team-player, pick
cd because of her stout, fighting
heart and her strong will to win;
she being in on every play, she
could also collect points when &C.
casion demanded. Guards-Out-
standing among the defensive stars
were RACHEL SARBAUGH, OF
Lumberton and Whiteville Wolflets'
BILLIE SCHULKEN, with the
former having a slight edge be-
cause Of her uncanny ability to
shandle rebounds. She was a very
smart performer. BILLIE really
came into her own by holding Isla
Gain to 4 points and Bonnie Ashe
to on successive nights. The tall,
blonde spearhead of the Wolhet
defense was hard to outmaneuver.
JEAN CLAIRE JONES OF White
Vile, rounds out the dream team.
Little car be said about this Colum-
BUS miss except that she played
her same steady game, always
cautious, always cool and collect.
I'd, but always a thorn in the side
OF opposing forwards to clinch a
HANDLERS all-star berth.
HANDLERS MALE TEAM-The
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24
MEXICAN LEAGUE
HAVING TROUBLE
Ball Players Form "Beisbol
Sindicate"; Clamor For
More Pesos

HAVANA, Feb. %. -P- Jorge
|Pasquel, the Mexican baseball
generalissimo who had United
States major league magnates SC
jittery a year ago at this time, is
still talking about war, but there
seems to be dissidence in his ranks
Jorge arrived here last week to
deal with several groups of bal
players who are banding together
in what one owner termed a "Beis'
Dol Sindicato" or union, and who
are clamoring for more pesos.
But while the millionaire Pasque.
was declaring We'll strike harder
than last year because we are If
better condition to do So" there
was talk of a players strike, ano
also word from Nuevo Laredo, just
across the U. S. border in Mexico,
that that club "cannot and will
not'' pay the demanded salaries
and may sit out the next season.
Erasmo Lares, manager of the
Nuevo Laredo club, said that I'm
less United States and Cuban play
ers shaved their demands, his
team, owned by the millionaire
ranching, banking, real estate anc
importing Longoria brothers, woulc
suspend play but retain its league
rights because we have an indefi-
mite contract with the league"
Nuevo Laredo draws capacity
crowds at home, but has a seat
ing capacity of only 1000 seats. L
showed a go, 900 peso $12, 000) loss
last year on the basis of unofficial.
figures, expenses were estimated
at $50, 900 pesos $3.50, 000) and gross
income at go, 900 ($18, 000).
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24
By RYAN

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.- U.D -
Weekend upsets scrambled the
college basketball picture in the
Far West and Midwest, but in the
East, South and Southwest the
leaders held the pace as they NOV.
ed toward post-season Journeys.
Oregon State, leader of the
Northern division of the Pacific
Coast conference, took a drubbing
from defending champion Idaho. or
Friday but came back on Saturday
night to win, So to IS. Idaho's vic
tory was its first OF the season in
conference play. In the Southern
half OF the Pee, leading UCLA
could get no better than a weekend
split with troublesome Stanford,
winning On Friday night and Their
losing on Saturday, 68 to 50.
Another forlorn defending cham
pion, Ohio State of the big nine,
came back for a brief moment Of
Glory Saturday and tripped lead
ing Wisconsin, 81 to Sc. OSU has
been out of the race since the first
week.
Other sections followed form, led
by National champion Kentucky,
which ended it's regular season Sat
urday with an SO to 4 conquest OF
Georgia Tech. The Wildcats won
II OF 20 games, losing only to Okla
homa A M and DePaul.
Navy, West Virginia and Rhode
Island State won and stayed in
lockstep with records of ISL. Holy
Cross trimmed Rensselaer, Poly,
70 to AZ, for its 10Th win in a row
and a record of 20-3.
In an intersectional game, Notre
Dame defeated Canisius, As to SO.
Temple edged New York u, 70 to
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24

boys Adjournment team: For
wards-SAMMY COLE, Elizabeth
towns high scoring shrap-shoote1
did it again by leading his team
mates in point-making in the clas-
sic, his greatest feat being the
scoring of "a points against Fair
Bluff in the Jackets opener;
CHARLIE UNDERWOOD, who
played center fo- and c%aptaineo
the Lumberton Pirates, was given
a forward post because of his fine
play in his teams games against
Hallsboro and Jacksonville, being
a great team man and a dead shot
with points at stake. Center
CAPTAIN LUIN KICKS brilliant
leader OF the great Jacket team.
Kicks inspired his team with his
accurate passing and play-making
from his pivot spot, and when
Jacksonville held the high-scoring
Cole to a minimum in the finals,
the lanky Kicks took over and led
his team to glory by racking up
Is points. Guards-CHARLIE KIN
LAW, of Lumberton, the best ball
handler of the tournament (also OF
the dream quint) who played bang
UP ball throughout, both extensively
and defensively; CAPTAIN BOB
SANDERS, Jacksonville Reds lead
err, who played one of the greatest
defensive games ever seen in this
section Of the state, his fighting
spirit inspiring his club to such
a tempo in the finals with the Vel
low Jackets that he almost pulled
them through to victory. His was
a great battle ever in defeat; thus
the Rambler" awards him this
spot on the All-Tournament team
of 1947. We like our All-Star picks,
we think our teams/Would hold thell
own anywhere.
BOUQUETS TO OFFICIALS
Some of the best officiating we
have seen during the current sea
son was shown during the Eliza
BEETHOVEN classic especially on the
part of LAWSON BROWN, Of
Chadbourn, who was the leading
referee. Not a murmur was heard
on his decisions, neither from play
ers nor spectators. He is a fixture
at future Bladen tournaments, as
he was well liked in that section.
While we are passing bouquets,
lei us hand one to Neill Kicks (who
was in charge of the games) and
his able force of assistants for
handling the big show in the smooth
manner in which they did. The
Rambler appreciates every favor
shown him during his stay in Eliza
BEETHOVEN and hopes to be with
these fine people again next year
and play a small part in the growth
which is sure to come to Bladen
county's own basketball tourna'
ment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24

Allowing that the conference
cage committee, headed by Eddie
Cameron, Athletic Director at
Duke University, will extend in
vitations to the eight teams with
the best records, the seven gum
tets which have already ''clinched'
berths were North Carolina State,
North Carolina, Duke, George
Washington, University of Rich
mond, Maryland and South Caro-
lima.
The only team which could pos
sibly tumble out of the group of
seven fives would be Maryland
which must yet play two con
ference games with Citadel and
Virginia Military Institute. The
two low teams in the league.
Washington and Lee, Boosting a
circuit mark of six wins and five
losses, still must play Virginia
Tech Friday night and William
and Mary Saturday night. Wake
Forest. with a record of els tri-
umphs and seven losses, likewise
has two foes remaining on its
schedule in Dukes Blue Devils,
who the Deacons face Tuesday
night, and the University of Rich
mond Spiders, who they tangle
with Thursday night.
Co,1+b C~oro1ipo'c G9merock
completed their conference sea
son Saturday night by bowling tc
Wake Forest, 52-47, for a record
of seven victories against five de-
feats.
George Washington put an enc
to any talk that the Colonials might
not make the tournament, scehd-
uled for Durham, N. c., March
6, 7 and 8, by polishing off Duke
at Washington, 51-49, Saturday
afternoon. The University of Rich
mond climbed into the select group
Saturday night by pulling from be-
hind in the second half TO upset
Washington and Lee, 1887.
Thirteen league games will ring
down the curtain on the l947 sea
son for the Is conference outfits.
Except for three Or four contests
with non-loop competition, all that
will remain after Saturday night
will be the Durham classic, the
winner of which will be the con-
ference champions.
This Weeks Schedule
Monday-Furman at Clemson;
Maryland at Army; College O.
Charleston at South Carolina.
Tuesday-Duke at Wake Forest;
Citadel at George Washington;
North Carolina at North Caro-
lima State; University of Rich
mond at Virginia.; William anc
Mary at Boston University; Wash
ington and Lee at Dupont Qnd.),
Waynesboro, Va.
Wednesday-Citadel at Mary
land; Wofford at Davidson; Vlr'
ginia Tech at Hampden-Sydney
Thursday - University OF Rich
mond at Wake Forest; Virginia
at George Washington; College
of Charleston at Furman.
Friday-Virginia Tech at Wash
ington and Lee; North Carolina
at Duke; Furman at Davidson;
Virginia Military Institute al
George Washington; Clemson al
Citadel.
Saturday - College of Charles
ton at Davidson; Washington and
Lee at William and Mary; Vir-
ginia Military Institute at Mary
land.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 23.-GT-south-
ern Conference Basketball standings:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24
IN THE SPORTS PAN
BY Roy Cook

Every once and awhile we
lind IL awfully hard to gather
enough material for this col
nm We have established a
noIicy of dealing strickly with
iocal sports. Not being familiar
With the basketball teams of
nbio State, the football teams
II california and the golf stars
that probably never set a foot
IN North Carolina. We deem.
n wise to only write about what
xe see Or know about.
Sunday afternoon we were
.tumped for a column. Then it
dawned upon us that perhaps
the mailman could help, so
Gathering the key to the post
office lock box, we dashed
across the street, and sure
,nuff, there was a letter.
Jerry DObsOn, a member of
tbe crew of the U. S. Engineers
dredge Hoffman writes us the
following letter:
Dear Sir:
am a native of Southport
and at the present time aboard
the dredge Hoffman. l am
<tarting a boxing team here in
Southport as soon as the bask-
etball season is over.
Ever since l was a little kid
and moved to New Jersey and
saw boxing bouts, l became
interested in the sport. 1 at
tended Merchantsville High
school in New Jersey and won
the middleweight title in high
school. Then in 1941 l moved
hack to Southport and in 1912
enlisted in the United States
Coast Guard, being discharged
In March 1916.
/ have followed the boxing
sport for a long time and
thought | would start a club
In Southport. l have quite a few
hackers and thought maybe
Wilmington could start such a
club. l believe with the news
papers cooperation this could
be done.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24
Weekend Upsets Scramble
Collegiate Cage Picture
East, South And Southwest Leaders Hold Positions A,
They Move Toward Post Season Tous naments;
Far West And Midwest Teams Falter

67, in what some fans felt was a
mild upset.
Texas, terror of the Southwest,
got past Rice, 81 to go, for a season
record of 21-1-the loss was to the
Oklahoma Aggies.
Marquette stopped Bradley, 81 to
ST, in a battle of powerful Mid
western Independents. -.
The weekend did little to clarity
the tournament picture.
Oregon State, Wisconsin,, Duke,
North Carolina State, UCLA,
Columbia, Texas and other strong
conference teams were the front
runners in the National Collegiate
IA, which will be decided through
a series of sectional Examinations
with loop champs as original en-
trants.
Duquesne, which was idle Satur-
day after winning on Friday, is the
only indicated team with a 40
record. The Dukes major threat to
a perfect record m up On FIJI
day when Georgetown Of Washing
ton D. c. is the opponent.
Several conference races still are
in doubt. In the Big Six Oklahoma
has a II record and Missouri a g.
mark. In the Big Seven, Wyoming
and Utah are tied for the lead with
81 records, and the Big nine is a
two-team race between Wisconsin
and Illinois, with Wisconsin one
game in front and two games left
to play.
st. Louis is l IL games ahead OF
Drake in the Missouri Valley, will
all its margin on the winning side.
St. Louis has won II and lost two,
Drake stands at 80. Creighton
whipped St. Louis Saturday, 1922.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24
c. F. WILLIAMS =.
CAPTURES MUM
FLAG TOURNEY
Bobby Harrells Cops Sec
ond Place; c. W. Miller
Finishes Third

c. F. Williams won first place
in the Municipal golf links flag
tournament played yesterday after.
noon IN the MUM course. He play
ed around the course and as far
as No. 2 green on the second
round.
Bobby Harrell came in second.
finishing ten yards from No. 2
green on his second round.
C. w. Miller was third. He fin
ished about IS yards from the No.
2 green on his second round.
H. G. Brinson and Harry Clark
tied for fourth place. Both men
finished just off No. one green.
Approximately 81 golfers took
place in the tournament, officials
at the Mum course reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24
KTNSTON PILOT

KINSTON, Feb. % up Steve
Collins, utility infielder for the At
lanta Crackers baseball team last
year, has been signed as manager
of the Kinston Eagles of the Class
D Coastal Plain league, President
S. Tolpert Midyette announced
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24

Thirteen League Games Slated
To Ring Down Curtain For ~
N. {. State Holds Undisputed Possession OF First
Place; Battle For Eighth Tournament Bid Will
49,
Be Decided This Week -
By The Associated Press

The Southern Conference basketball race jumps into its
final week of the regular campaign Monday with North
Carolina States tall Wolfpack in u%ndisputed possession of
first place in the standings and at least seven of the eight
spots IN the annual tournament already "clinched."
The battle for the eighth tournament bid will be decided
during this closing week, and Washington and Lees Gener-
ais and Wake Forests Deacons apparently had the inside
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24
ED K0FFENBERCER
MAINTAINS PACE
Duke Star Leads Field With
Season Total OF 377
Points

Despite two crushing Southern
Conference losses which cost his
Duke team the leagues leadership,
Ed Koffenberger maintained his
sensational scoring pace among the
States big five pointmakers last
week, running his seasons total to
377 for a high of 1877 average per
game.
In the North State Conference,
which cleared it's slate for the7an-
nual tournament at High Point to-
day, rangy Rodney Gates continu-
ed his mastery shooting to finish
far ahead of his nearest rival.
Gates, the States leading scorer
ended the season with a 410-tota1
which averaged him up at 17.a
points per game.
Names in the big five scoring
parade remained largely unchang.
ed during the week. Dick DicKey
of N. C. State continued in the
second place with 800 points for
a 1873 clip.
Other ten-pointers on big five
teams at the weeks end, with their
seasons totals and averages per
game, were: Ed White, David
son. 252 - ia; Jim Hamilton,
UNC, 256 - Ill; Jack Gentry,
Wake Forest, 210 - Ill; Buddy
Cheek, Davidson, $40 1919; and
Rubber Seward, Duke, $50 - 1914.
Hunting authorities agree that
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24

American countries. Through h i S
efforts the rules have been trans
lated into Spanish and his Com
mittee has affected a wide spread
of the game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24

By getting the various cIubs
started in several counties we
could have the different teams
tight each other until a winner
could be determined. The
money that could be taken in
from the fights could be used
TO purchase equipment, not
only for boxing but for other
sports too.
Bill keziah, our rowing re-
porter and James Harper.
sports minded editor of the
State Port Pilot Southport
weekly newspaper) are very
much interested in this move.
So would you mind If possible
to see If there are any teams
in New Hanover county that
would like to participate in the
boxing tourney. We have not
quite decided on the age limit
yet, but we plan to have a meet
ing shortly to fix the rules and
regulations. 1 do know, how
ever, that no professionals may
enter on a team. 1t is to be
strickly amateur. Thank you
a lot for taking time to read
this letter. If it is interesting
to you and to others we can
get this movement rolling as
soon as possible. (Signed) Jer-
ry Dobson.
Personally we think Jerry
Dobson has a good idea here.
We would like to throw our
two cents worth behind his
idea. 1t appears to us that
several good teams could be
made up in Wilmington. RED"
Beard did a good job with his
Golden Glove tournament and
We feel sure Red Will be
inter sted. May we suggest to
local boxers to drop Jerry Dob
Son a card to express their
sentiments? It's a swell idea
and with proper supervision can
be worked into a well round
ed program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24

Hunting authorities agree that
the best way to compute the
live" weight of a dead deer is to
consider the weight of a dressed
deer as 1852 Of the 'live" weight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-24

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Evening star., 1947-04-03
The Russian Question

There are people in this country
who sincerely believe that an I'M
portant cause of our trouble with
Russia lies in the fact that the Rus
SLAMS do not understand us. What
ever the truth of this with respect
to the men who shape policy in
Russia, there is every reason to be-
lieye that we are not understood
by the great mass of the Russian
people. One reason for this is to
be found In yesterdays dispatch
from Moscow by The Stars corre-
spondent, Newbold Noyes, jr.
His dispatch described the presen-
tation in Moscow OF a new and
popular play-"The Russian Ques-
tion"-by Konstantin Simonov.
MIR. Simonov is well-known Rus
sian author. He also is one OF three
Russian writers who were here last
year as guests of the American So
ciety of Newspaper Editors. While
here, Mr.. Simonov and his col
leagues met and talked with hun
dreds of American newspapermen,
visited American newspaper offices,
and, under the sponsorship of the
State Department, were given every
opportunity to see life in the United
States at first hand.
Then Mr.. Simonov went back to
Moscow and wrote a play which is
q monstrous and deliberate falsi-
fication of what he saw. Knowing
that he was not writing the truth,
he presented the American news
papers and newspapermen in a
light which is most discreditable to
them and which fits in most neatly
with the Soviet governments propa-
ganda line.
Small wonder that there is a
Russian Question" and that the
Russian people do not under
stand us.
Evening star., 1947-04-03
The Political Mill
Bv Gould Lincoln

run for Mayor against King George of
England, rather than against the Dem
ocratic nominee, in his campaign ut
terances. And Thompson used to win.
Chicago is polyglot city. 1t has
been said there are more people OF
Polish blood there than in any city
except Warsaw. Some so or go other
nationalities are represented in Chi
cago's population, too. Apparently Pres
ident Truman'S new policy against
communism has made a hit with the
Poles-wllo were very much off the DEM
ocratic reservation last fall-for in the
heavily Polish. wards the percentage Of
Democratic votes was very large.
X X
Mr.. Kennedy, for his part, cam
paigned strictly on domestic issues
city promising good government
and certain improvements. Admittedly,
he was personally more popular than
Mr. Root, who was an unknown ex-
cept for the fact he had been Repub-
lican chairman of Cook County In the
1916 election campaign. Indeed, the
personalities of the two candidates are
said to have entered largely into the
race for Mayor, explaining in part the
big sweep of the Democratic victor,
especially as some of his running mates
did not fare SO well. Indeed, the Re
publicans elected more members to the
City Council than they had since 1929
when with Is aldermen, they split even
with the Democrats. This year the
Republicans will have Is. In the old
council, the Democrats had 40, the Re-
publicans and there were 2 "inde-
pendents."
The retiring Mayor Kelly won his
first election by $4,000 votes in 1888,
the year after the Democratic landslide
all over the country. Two years later,
he again was elected by a huge plural
ity. But in 1899, he won by $4,000, and
again in 1943 by 14,000.
Illinois has been regarded as back
in the Republican fold, definitely. In
the present Congress it Is represented
by one Republican Senator and 20 Re-
publican House members, compared to
pne Democratic Senator and six Demo-
cratic members of the House. One OF
the Republican House members, w. q.
Stratton, was chosen last November
in Statewide election as repre-
sentative -at-large." The Governor and
the Legislature are Republican But
the Democrats got quite "lift" out of
the mayoralty race.
Evening star., 1947-04-03

lines about Senator Claptrap calling a
citizen q Communist, but we don't see
on the front page or don't read any,
where or we see in small print stuck
away in a corner somewhere that
Senator Claptrap is being called q
Fascist and reactionary. In the same
vein, we read in column on foreign
affairs that the standard Of living In
Russia Is far below ours and therefore
Communism Is bad for the working
man, when nothing is mentioned any
where about the standard Of living In
Russia just few years ago under the
Cars. Or another example here at
home is the terrific emphasis on the
excesses OF labor when not word is
mentioned about the excesses Of man.
agement and business The inference
that labor troubles are caused by man
.aaement or business is very seldom
stated.
I conclude that the above is q form
Of propaganda and is all the more dan
gerous because 1t Is generally unrecog-
nased. Therefore, The Star should Be