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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-22
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BY Roy Cook
Yesterday afternoon while en-

Yesterday afternoon while en-
gagged in a little pre-spring
cleaning of our files, we ran
across an interesting little item,
written early in 1897 by Joseph
Wilson, a travelling salesman
for newspaper supplies.
ever the nation, would jot down
Wilson, during his travels
\ few notes and then write a
column once a week for several
Northern newspapers.
His column was titled "The
Musing Of a Travelling Man."
The likable hustler of news
paper supplies was in town on
q hot summer day in 1897 and
as was his custom would invite
the pressmen out for lunch. On
this particular day, The Star
News softbalI team was sched-
uIed to play the American
Bakery team. So we invited
him to attend the contest.
Several weeks after the game
we received the following clip
ping from Joe.
Across The Railroad Tracks
Wilmington, N. c.
We are mt Informed where
Fontaine Fox got the idea for
his characters, neither shall
we speculate here. But using
some of the names which he
made famous, we shall endea-
vor to give you a description
Of the ball game that Fox might
have gotten a few inspirations
from.
This is a soft ball game and
players are mustered from the
employees Of inertia bakery and
the Star-News. Neither side at
tired in full dress for. the &C.
casion, individual players ap-
pearing in the handiest before
leaving the place Of employ
ment.
The diamond, or field, is kept
in shape by the city, all stones
and sticks or objects that could
be hurled by an irate player at
another are far removed from
the field of combat. The bases
are pieces of newspaper, even
home plate is a three-cornered
piece of cardboard. The um-
pire is a motorcycle traffic
cop in full regalia, including
handouts, blackjack and gun,
q. r. Connie" Sellers.)
When we arrive on the field
in company with D. R. Breeze
and Braxton Ellis the cop has
called the boys for the start of
the game. The Star-News team
draws the long straw and is
first to boot the ball. Half Pint.
the inertia pitcher, has neither
faith nor confidence in a single
man on his team. All balls hit
In the infield Of the pop fly
variety are his meat and it
seems generally understood
that none shall interfere with
his practice Of picking them
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-22
Babe Zaharias, Peggy Kirk
Iced Hollywood Tournament

HOLLYWOOD. Fla, Feb. I'll
R)-The favored team Of Mrs. NIL
dred (Babe)' Didrikson Zaharlas
of Denver, and Peggy Kirk Of
Findlay, Ohio, swept to an easy
victory in the quarter finals OF the
second annual women's lnterna-
tional four-ball tournament here
today by defeating Mrs. George
Wilcox and Evelyn Odum, both
of Miami, 6 and A.
Mrs. Zaharias had a tWo-under
mems par "a on the outgoing nine
of the 6,643-yard Orangebrook
course.
Louise Suggs, Of Lithia Springs,
Ca. and Jean Hopkins, of Lake
wood. Ohio, had an easy time IN
advancing by defeating Mrs. Grady
Mcdonald. of Atlanta, and Mrs.
7. Herbert, of Purchase, N. Y,
z and 6.
Margaret Gunther of Memphis,
and Mrs. Marge Becker, OF Engle-
wood, N. j., defeated Mrs. Maurice
Tick, of Baltimore, and Mrs.
Charles Harting, of Miami, 3 and 2.
Laddie Irwin, of Montclalr, N.
T. and Polly Riley, OF Fort
Worth. Tex, won over Mary Agnes
Wall, Menominee. Mich, ano
MARY Mcmillan, Green Bay, Wis,
5 and A.
Mrs. Zaharias and Miss Kirk
play Misses Irwin and Riley. ano
Misses Suggs and Hopkins NEE
Miss. Gunther and Beck in semi
.ina-s tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-22
Defeat Sports Center Quint,
. 80 To 26 For Cham
pionship

. Riverside's powerful Atomic
Aces defeated the Sports Center
Bulldogs, SO to 26 yesterday after
noon TO capture the City Junior
league basketball championship.
The Aces won a 81 to u victory
over the Bulldogs Thursday after
moon in the first game of the play
off series.
The Sports Center aggregation
won the first half Of the split
captured the final half.
schedule and the Riverside quint
: Carl Strum with - points and
Harry Mathis with 10 markers
lead the winners. Jimmy Stoude-
.mire was high man for the losers
with IL points.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-22
Wildcats Trample Fayetteville, $3.50

Occasionally he eases his huff
at the umpire and makes no
bones about telling the au-
lucrative one what he thinks
of his ability to call balls and
strikes. When he puts what
he thinks is a third strike across
the pan on the last man up,
he retires to the side lines and
raises a blue fog when the
imp calls him back for further
duty. He has the MCGUIRE dis
position but not the looks.
Roy Cook of the Star-News
pitches for the news hounds. A
perfect picture of Mickey Nc
CURE minus the derby. He APP
pears on the mound wearing
a greasy cap we'll drawn over
the left eye, a lighted stogie,
which he wears Joe Cannon
style, and a smile that gets the
breaks from the Jump. I'M
mediateIy we label him Mick
ey and the tanning starts.
Squirrel Teeth, who does Nc
CURES manicuring in the car
ICONS, is catcher and he sprawls
himself on the dirt behind the
plate to do the receiving, or
blocking, as you may see fit
to label it.
The boy with the suitcase
feet holds the newspaper on
second and seldom moves three
feet either way. Lem Whortle's
boy, from across the tracks,
bespectacled and attired in a
dirty shirt with Stacks, &C.
cupies space in center field
and boasts that Half Pint can't
fan him, though he never gets
a hit.
Mcclure does his stuff with
speed and deliberation. The
boys in the in and Outfield
are not as competent as they
could, or should be and four
runs slip by the home card
board. Undaunted Mickey keeps
his smile and plays diplomat
with the umpire.
In the sixth, with one run
across the pan, Mickey grabs
the war club and takes his
place at the plate. Half Pint
delivers one to his liking and
two runs across the pan leav-
ing Mickey on third. Mickey's
example inflames the boys and
they march to the plate with
blood in their eyes; the team
from across the tracks is go
ing to have hard shedding. Nc
CURES boys get the feel Of
the old apple and three more
cross the pan.
The boys across the track
cannot find McGuire's delivery
in the seventh and the game
ends with the victorious Nc
CURE boys tossing their hats in
the air and splitting tobacco
juice on the bare feet of the
dough punchers, daring them
to come back Wednesday,.
OLD JOE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-22
Rookie Outfielder
Smashes Long Hits
To Please Mel OFT

PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 21-(PC
Clint Hartung, much discussed
rookie outfielder-pitcher, smashed
the longest hit of the New York
Giants training session today
when he clouted a batting prac-
t1ce pitch over the leftfield fence.
The fence is about 80 feet high
and 800 feet from home plate
along the foul line. Yesterday, in
his initial batting practice appear
ance. Hartung impressed manager
Mel OFT with his cut at the ball al
though he failed to belt a pitch
out o. the park.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-22
COLLEGE PAL

COLLEGE PARK, MI. Feb. 81.
|-(P-Duke's crafty Blue Devils
withstood a determined second
half rally by Maryland's basket
ball team here tonight to take a
1888 victory before 1000 fans IN
the Richie Coliseum.
Led by Ed Koffenberger, Duke
moved to a 25-17 half time advan-
tage and appeared we'll on its way
to victory. Koffenberger pumped
in Is points in the first half, and
then added five more In the wan
ing minutes to help thwart the
Terps' bid.
With five minutes to go, Mary
land pulled up to within five points
of the Blue Devils at 36-4l, but
from there in the visitors played
a waiting game and the rally died
in a furry of missed baskets.
Dominating play beneath both
back boards and shaking Koffen-
berger loose at will, Duke made
a runaway of the game for the first
twenty minutes, but came apart
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-22
Elizabethtown Cagers
Defeat Clarkton Five
Special To The Star

ELIZABETHTOWN, Feb. 21.-
The Elizabethtown High school
Yellow Jackets preserved their all
winning Glass "B" record last
night by defeating their closest
rivals from Clarkton by the score
As to 10. In rolling up their 10Th
straight win of the season the
locals jumped to a quick lead and
retired at intermission with a 26
to 10 lead. Sammy Cole paced the
winners attack as he hit the nets
for a total of 16 points.
The Elizabethtown girls drop
ped a close tilt to the Clarkton
| girls by the score 81 to 26.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-22
To-day Fennell Leads NBpy
With Total Of 16 Point,
Three New Hanover Cage Teams Sweon y,
tories: "B" Team Wins, Il To 26; Fresh
men Capture 80 To Is Triumnb
SPECIAL TO THE r

Fayetteville, Feb. 21.-New Hanover Hob 9
high flying. Wildcats won their eleventh straiesbt 9S.nN'
conference basketball game here tonight by defso+ HaSAn
Fayetteville Bulldogs, So to 80. O'leSong IL
The strong Wilmington team has only lost
out Of Fl played, they lost a close decision to tbo ne Gan
David team in the Port City early in the season. Ig' f0Os'
Teddy Fennell took all honors here TONIGHT o.
the charges of Coach Leon Brogden to a tb . a ne lea
Fennell seemed to have perfect control as he Inas rD!p
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-22
Lucky Strike
Tilt Slated
AtNHHSCym
Contest Will Be Called
Promptly At 8 O'clock
AT High School
Bv ROBERT MILLER

Coach Al Chiemiego's Whining
ton College Center Basketball
team will take to the New Han
over High School hardwood to
night at 8-o'clock with a fiery re
venge in their eye as they seek t.
upset a strong Lucky Strike eager
quintet from Durham.
Coach Chiemiego's quint, wht
have lost four of the last five tits
will enter tonight as underdog:
but are expected to play one O.
their finest forms of ball. as they
encounter the all-star five.
Douglas Pridgeon, former MINIS
star, and r. l.. Church or Ludie
Groom, three of the fastest play,
ers on the squad will hustle at the
GUARD slots.
Al Collie, the older brother OF
Coach Leon Brodgen's Louis Col
lie, will team with "Tack" Bats
as the forward walls.
John "Beaks" Tsantes, high
scorer of the Carolina Junior
Varsity tilt and a 6 8" center,
will hold down the pivot position
for the WCC lads and will have to
guard Shy Dave Hubbell, Duke
player for four years.
Pilot Newton King, Durham
mentor, is expecting a bitter
struggle on the Port City's court
and after scouting the Center five
in the Carolina J'Vees-WCC con-
test, he stated that che was high
in his praise of Chiemiego's
charges that had indicated that
the Lucky Strike will have
to turn in their best performance
to emerge victorious"
The cigarette lads perched in
second place last week in the final
tits of the Durham Commercial
League and last year with Skip
per Kings aggregation they cap
tured the Glass B Division of the
Piedmont Open Basketball Tour
ney in Greensboro and are rated
as one of the best assembled semi
pro quints to dribble a basketball
around the Bull City.
Heading the list of stars for the
Lucky Strike five will be Gordon
Malone Carver, who was one of
Duke University's top athletes two
seasons ago, high scorer of the
team and received the league
Memorial for being North Caro-
lina's best all-round athlete three
years ago.
Another big gun for the lads
will find one " the famed Lofts
brothers, Shuler Lofts, who play
ed for the Duke Blue Devils and
Wake Forest and was a member
of the 1899 Durham squad when
they we're National Champions.
Another regular with the Lucky
Cagers who jumped into Dukes
lineup last seaso is the scrappy
Buck Cheek. Cheek failed to pass
the proper amount of studies and
was dismissed from school.
Big Kenny Turner, ex-Durham
High Star and former standout for
Duke, is also stated to take a nod
for the King lineup.
Dave Eubbell will work at the
pivot slot and will also be ad-
mltted as a star because he was
a Duke first stringer for four
years and is now in Med school.
A record crowd is expected to
turn out for the tilt tonight and
with the ~roll-away seats a crowd
of 1900 fans can attend the game
with the doors being closed after
the sale of the number of tickets.
Starting Lineup:
Pos.-Wilmnigton Durham
F-Al Collie ------ Gordon Carver
F-Jack Bats ---- Shuler Lofts
lC-John Tsantes - Dave Hubbell
|G-Doug Pridgeon - Buck Cheek
GA. l.. Church or Luddie Groom
KENNY Turner
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-22
COLLEGE CAGE
RESULTS

The Citadel Al. Newberry 30 -,
Maryville College SO, Emory :"
Henry &c.
College Park. Md: Duke 43, Mal''''
So, ,.+.
Richmond IS. Virginia Military i"~
tute 81.
Oklahoma as. Iowa State A.
Wofford 49. Furman &c.
Kentucky 81, Vanderbilt a.
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Riverside Atomic Aces Win
City Junior League Crown
He Forgot

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb.
q. -U.R)- No golden Glover
ever entered the ring with
more enthusiasm than light
weight Aaron Garcia. He.
a red tensely. stretched
vigorously on the ropes, paved
the resin bag.
Then he peeled off his warm
up suit. And discovered while
the crowd howled that he had
forgotten to put on his trunks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-22
c. Doane, author

William c. Doane, author O.
the hymn Ancient Of Days,
and others. was a clerg n c1
.le Fp:cco 81 church. was
bishop of Albany from 1863 unit
| his death IN 1918.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-22
POSTPONED

> RALEIGH, Feb. q. -LH4- A
scheduled swimming meet between
North Carolina and N. C. State
college tomorrow at Chapel Hill
has been postponed, Willis Casey,
coach of the N. c. State team, said
tonight. No date has been fixed
for the meet, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-22

Halftime score: Duke Is, Maryland y
Free throws missed-Maryland: MoDt
Edwards (2), Brown, Shumate "
Duke: Koffenberger 2, Seward !, Roth
baum 2,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-22
Duke Blue Devils Exc Out
1888 Win Over Maryland

in the late minutes of the second
period and only the timely shots
of Koffenberger halted the Terp
march.
The lineups:
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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-31
WoIIoce Declares

Declaration of his candidacy for the
presidency on an independent third party
platform by Henry A. Wallace, while 1t
was looked for, fills many liberals and for,
mer Wallace hackers with deep sense of
regret.
Ever since he was asked to resign as
Secretary of Commerce, following his dis
agreement with Secretary of State James
Byrnes, Mr.. Wallace has made no secret
of his feelings of personal animosity
toward President Truman. Yet it does
seem just little bit ridiculous that man
who has established the stature of Wallace
would let his personal feelings blind him
to the interests of the people whose cause
he served with such outstanding diStinc-
tiOn.
Ii is regrettable that Mr.. Wallace has
seen fit to close his eyes to political real
tiles, which, while they certainly are not
ideal, at least provide more room for hope
than the candidacy of a man whose only
possible satisfaction can come from the
defeat of his personal enemy, President
Truman.
The Wallace bid for the presidency
should be evaluated for what ii really is,
a poorly timed bid to establish third
party for the sake of vindicating a per-
Sonal grudge.
Mr.. Wallace has done no service to
of third party by declaring himself a
candidate for president of the United
States.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-31
Regional
Views
By Richard Gosser
Vice-President
international UAW-CIO

In order to accomplish these three aims,
we must all get down to real work. We must
begin to spread the cooperative movement
in order to check runaway prices. We must
organize ourselves into strong and united
people to recover what we have lost on the
political front and we must achieve high
er rate of wages to save ourselves from an
other major depression.
We cannot accomplish this three-fold pro-
gram by sitting in our chairs and being desk
generals and philosophers. The success of this
program upon which the success of the labor
movement in 1948 depends must be based
upon the hard work of both the officers and
the members of all unions
SEEING PEOPLE
To do what we hope to accomplish means
seeing people, ringing doorbells, organizing
and patronizing our own cooperative stores,
and bringing the fight for equitable wages to
the negotiating table.
We cannot hope for success by fighting in
flation merely with words. We can make in
roads by positive program for the establish
ing of a strong and healthy cooperative
movement.
We cannot force down profits unless we
succeed in convincing employers to share
their profits with the workers who made the
gains possible Unless the workers get lar
ger share of the profits, they cannot afford
to buy back the products of their work in
large enough quantity to prevent an artificial
"overproduction" and depression.
We cannot hope for more liberal social
legislation and removal of the shaackles which
have been placed upon labor through bad
laws unless we do on the political front
what we have accomplished at the bargain
ing table and what we hope to do through CO.
operation.
These are our aims for 1948. We can and
we will win large measure of success if each
and every worker will resolve now to unite in
bonds of stronger fellowship and to work for
the things that we know we must do if 1948
is to be both happy and prosperous.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-31
What's
New?

The saying goes that politics
makes strange bedfellows. Odd
indeed is the comradeship be-
tween Senator Robert Taft and
William z. Foster, head of the
Communist Party in America.
They aren't exactly ordering
one coke with two straWs or
anything like that, but accord
ing to Walter Winchell, who
usually knows little some
thing about such matters, the
Commies are pulling for Taft
to win the presidency in '48.
Why not? A middle-of-the-
roader like Truman, or even
Republican Stassen, wouldn't
excite anyone to bloody revolt.
Taft, on the other hand, is
such a dyed-in-the-Wool re-
dictionary that unless he were
bound and gagged by his col
leagues he would have us ripe
for rebellion before he had
finished his four-year term.
To understand Taft we must
appreciate the fact that he is
utterly sincere in his beliefs,
however wrong they may be.
He represents big business,
particularly eastern big busi-
ness, and he does it quite
openly. His business philoso-
ply is his real religion. His
sincere belief in selfishness is
as genuine as the Hope
Diamond.
John Gunthar covers this
point briefly but emphatically
in his best seller, "Inside The
U.S.A." Robert Taft's frank
ness in disregarding the rights
of his fellowmen has often
caused his Republican pals a
bit of embarrassment. They'd
rather cover up, but not
Robert. He says, in effect, ITO
hell with the people, don't
worry about it!"
Dewey's indifference toward
people is we'll known and
widely discussed. 1t hurts his
chances of ever being elected
president. But Taft is worse
yet, and makes practically no
effort at all toward concealing
it.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-31
GLEEFUL

GLEEFUL
Taft's pals are gleeful be-
cause Henry Wallace is tossing
his fedora into the ring, and
they will make much of the
fact that the Commies are
pushing Henry. They have
every right in the world to
rejoice, b e cause Wallace's
entry into the race is helpful
to the Republicans.
The Commies are not really
behind Wallace. They are try
ing to make him a means to
their end. Wallace is no more
a Communist than you or /.
He Is a real American, a
sincere progressive, and a
better Democrat tn a n his
critics. But he is a mighty
poor politician, too honest for
his own good, and too trusting.
Henry Wallace cannot very
we'll be elected, because he is
not understood by the people.
The current Com m IN i S I
hysteria is reacting against
him, and since he has an
nounced his candidacy it will
increase a hundredfold.
Behind his back the Com
mics are chuckling. They have
used Henry Wallace to help
elect Taft, they hope, They
have thrown their support to
him openly in order to apply
the kiss of death. If Henry
Wallace were elected Presi-
dent, with a supporting Con-
gress, our country would have
the peace and prosperity which
wou / d make communistic
revolution impossible. So how
could they sincerely want
Wallace to be our President.
INSURANCE
Proper treatment of the
working people is the best
insurance against the various
isms. The Communists do not
want us to be satisfied. Taft
doesn't care whether we are
happy and prosperous or not.
He no doubt feels that a large
enough home-front army will
protect his millionaire pals as
well as his own family from
any onslaught whatever. He
isn't really worried about COM
munism, and he isn't worried
about what the people think.
Wallace is wrong in his
politics more than in his be-
liefs. His major mistake has
been an honest but a tragic
one, we believe. A third party
Will find the going extremely
rough.
We don't want Taft and we
don't want Communism either.
So our best bet is to stick
with Truman and try to elect
decent Congress to work
with him. The Democratic
Party can stand a lot of inn
provement, but the Republican
Party, as Wallace said, is
hopeless, except for an oc-
casional find"
Oh for an educated voting
public, one that would vote
for the Man and not the
Party!
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-31
From The Desk
Of
Melvin Schultz
President
Local II UAW>CIO

Being very conventional, l would like to
take this means of wishing everyone a Very
Happy New Year
Mostly everyone who lives in our COM
munity has in the past year had an opportunity
of working and enjoying the feeling of full
time employment. Yes there are few who
through the misfortunes of illness, age or some
act of God who have been faced with the in
securities of life which many, many people
were confronted with during the last depres-
sion days. Their woes and troubles were much
more serious however than those faced by able
bodied people who were unemployed, espe-
cially due to the nflationary tendencies which,
have received so much attention in the past
year.
l think it would be we'll for each one of us
to look back through the memo pads and re-
call that at one time just a short couple of
years ago. the relation between earnings and
buying power was such that your weekly pay
check would cover it very well and in addi-
ton you were able to set aside percentage
with which to buy Government War Bonds.
With reactionary Congress in power, con-
troll of initiation has been nothing but lip
service.
1t is my honest opinion that the lengthy
General Motors strike, which was called by
the UAW-CIO, would have been settled in a
matter of week ten days had not one of
the basic issues been the effort of your Union
to hold buying power in line with prices. Since
that effort did not materialiZe at that time,
Unions have been required to demand large
increases in pay on several occasions. Now
once again, it is necessary that Unions put
forth demand for more pay in the envelope
to help bring wages up to point where they
will buy fair share of the products which
Labor turns out. This l am sure will be one
of the major issues i'll the coming year and
will help in the judgment of those men who
may become candidates for the Presidency of
our United States. If an administration is put
into our Capital City of Washington which
does not recognize and promote full employ
ment, we will then have brought the next
world conflict at least four years closer to our
lives.
The Year 1948 brings with it great deal
of responsibility to each and every citizen of
our Country. 1t will require the constant
vigilance of everyone, particularly at the polls
on voting day.