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Evening star., 1947-03-12
Hoppe Only Undefeoted
Man Left in Cue Tourney
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Mar. 12.-After seven
days of shooting-and with only
four more to go including today
before the windup-59-year-old VIII
lie Hoppe of White Plains, N. Y,
was the only unbeaten player in the
field Of 10 competing in the world
three e-cushion billiard tournament.
Racking up his fifth victory last
night by beating John Fitzpatrick
of Los Angeles, 50-31, in Al innings,
Hoppe will shoot for his sixth tri-
umph tonight against Chicago's Al
len Hall, who has won only one
match in six.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Learn-to-Swim Program
Planned al Boys Club

A free learn-to-swim campaign
sponsored by Boys Clubs Of Wash
ington and the Red Cross will be
held during the Easter holidays
from April through April IL.
Instruction will be given at East
ern Branch Boys Club pool, Seven
teenth street and Massachusetts
avenue Sc, and boys from 8 to 18
may take. part without charge.
Last year 235 boys, or 70 per cent
of those who took the course,
passed the Red Cross test at the end.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Montgomery Basketers
Open Tourney TONIGHT

The> Upper Montgomery County
Basket Ball tournament gets undel
way tonight at the Richard Mont.
gomery High School gym with the
Poolesville girls meeting the Blail
sextet in the opener at $50.
Montgomery and Poolesville boys
meet at 7:30, while Sherwood anc
Damascus girls clash at $3.50. The
nights finale pits the Gaithersburs
boys team against Sherwood.
Semifinals are scheduled for to.
morrow night with the finals or
tap Friday.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
College Quints
BY the Assoeiatsd Press


Oklahoma, 4s: Oklahoma Argies. II
c. {. n. Y, 81: New York Univ, 80.
Brown. 72; Providence. .5s. -
Coigate. 80: Cornell, "a.
Detroit. 55: Western Ontario. SO.
Washinston-Jefferson. 70; Grove City,
ST. Johns tBkn). II; st. Francis
'nhh''' RSAB TOURNEY.
Eastern WASHINGTON. 81: Culver
southe astern Oklahoma State. SO:
Eastern Illinois A.
Beioit College. rs: Arkansas State. 80.
Depauw University. 50; Oslethorpe,
80.
Canterbury coIlese. So; Western Caro-
lima State. 55.
Hastings College. 53; BALTIC. LoyoIa, A
Hamline University, II; New Mexico
University, 40.
Northeast Missouri. rs; Mississippi
Delta. S.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
RassIers Levin and Ryan
To Meet Again Tonight

Dave Levin, former National
Wrestling Association champion,
gets another crack at Philadelphia s
Red Ryan tonight in the feature
match at Turner's Arena. Levin,
who lost to Ryan last week, claimed
he was pinned illegally, since part
of his body was outside the ropes.
Jim Blears and Stu Hart will team
up in a two-lnan bout against Jack
O'Brien and Eddie King.
In other matches George Maori
costas takes on Henry Piers and Jim
Austeri faces Harry Arrnus.
Evening star., 1947-03-12


dropped 49, and finished s. games
They finished in the cellar the
last times the last II and l6 times altogether
training field and judging by the
of the campaign They
infinitely occupy cellar than the Red sox or
Cardinals are to win pennant
Ex-Not Guerro Shows Connie Trick
Macks pitching staff kneedeep medocry His top
pitchers lost 81 80 last incidentally
Canadians another catching department
composed entirely Buddy
His inield is such in only
the other the fellow he
ripped his shrds eliminated
indefinitely When visiting nnocently
the probably
anyway with jaurdiced Bks bed
trying to from pneumonia.
Witha, light touches the AS camp Mr.
himself admits that after something like 60 baseball
he's just learned something During the winter he acquired
Cuban catcher from Washington Fen Guerra He mailed
Senor Guerra contract which satisfactory in part Not that
right with Fermin All
wanted explained telephone from Havana
that Mr. Mack also pay his income
THAT" proclaimed Mr.. it that have
years without completely appoxatng wes
ball players"
Teacher or A, He Looked the Part
Philadelphia newspapermen easily
regard necessary they
against they themselves
thing the like the ball club suffers from sort pernicios
inertia.
They meaning newspapermen their One OF
columns talking about the ned Ih roster he
report kept possible candidate
the little skinny fellow of about 80 He
small package under his but dismissed book
probably political science
fellow the lobby talked with him
political scienc-Randoph County
IN g. High School Honestly, he really looked the part
sheepish instant newspaperman paused. Then
package hep it heders
just the mail order house 1t Mr.
Macks infeder Isaac Nance. m
Honestly" concluded still wearing his straight face, he
really looked the part"
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Fights Lost Night
By the Associated Press

Los ANGELES. - Manuel Ortiz.
117A;, Fl Centro, Calf. outpointed
Harold Dade. 117la, Los Angeles. Is.
HARRISBURG, Pa. Artie Towne.
1855. New York. knocked out Manuel
Rosa, 15S, Baltimore, 2.
Scotland, outpointed Howard Chard,
212h, Toronto. 10.
HARTFORD, Conn.-George Dunn,
131, Hartford. outpointed Jimmy Col
TRENTON, N. IN C. Daniels,
159, Trenton. outpointed Irish Billy
Carriran, 157K Baltimore, g.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Pro Basket Ball
By tho AssoeioteJ Press

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.
Washington, SO: PhiladeIphia. n.
Toronto. 70; st. Louis, II.
NATIONAL BASKET BALL LEAGUE.
sheboygan. 45; Youngstown, A.
Rochester, 76; Oshkosh. 6S.
Indianapolis, 81; Fort Wayne, Sc.
Syracuse 6s; Detroit, so.
AMERICAN BASKET BALL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn, go; Elizabeth, 81.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE PLAYOFFS.
Bellineham, 80: Portland, 43.
EXHIBITION.
Moline IN. L.. 46; undianG In
gots, A.
Evening star., 1947-03-12

CUllSIueTaLon Wick
Philadelphia Athletics. They are beaten before
they start.
So thick is the air Of futility here that tourists
are said to be grabbing handfuls Of the stuff as
they drive past, to bestow back home upon people
they don't like in lieu OF Florida coconuts au
natural. There is nothing to indicate the AS will
even win as many games as last year except Mr..
Maekss own moderate optimism.
IT think" he said in aneaty interview, that
I can get ball club out of this bunch. Not much
of ball club, but better than ones we've been
having"
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Leonurdtown BOOKING

The Leonardtown baseball team
is booking home games for this sea-
son. Interested clubs can write
Manager Lows Clements at Leon
ardtoWn, Md.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Exhibition Baseball
By the Associated Pres

By the Associated Press
Q New York (N.), 8: Cleveland (A), 8.
Detroit tA1, 13; Philadelphia M. !.
Chicago (Nl, 2; Seattle P. C. L., 8.
/ Cincinnati (N.), 8; Boston (A.), 3.
| Brooklyn tNO, Q; Panama 1ndepend-
| ents, 1.
| PITTSBURGH tN). 6; Philadelphia (A.), Q.
| Chicago (N), 6; Los Angeles tP. c., 1.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Win, Lose, or Draw
The PhiIudeIphiu Story
By FRANCIS E. STANN
stor s,oH corrsssondsn,

12-With his "a high collars.
benign having pennants
Cornelius McGluddy Connie) Mack remains
grand pace today swift
Evening star., 1947-03-12

BaseboII Comes Wanted
The Glen Echo Athletic Club
wants baseball games for the COM
ing season. Call Wisconsin $685.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

Last week resolution by Aid.
John Duffy Q9th) was passed by
the City Council, making the day
official.
In other years, more than
10000 of the city's Irish have
turned out for the festival
Traditionally known as Our
Lady Day in Harvest, the festival
marks the time when the Irish
follow an ancient custom of pay
ing homage to the Virgin Mary on
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

This remark was typical of
many made to five Star supporters
who went downstate near Mine
So in the Hewittville surburb of
Taylorville and obtained more
subscriptions to the newspaper.
WE'VE GOT a fairly good
safety record" the miner con-
tinued. almost eight million ton
of coal mined without someone
dying, that's five to six years.
Until this spring when Lyle Keller
jumped off moving flatcar as
it neared an open switch. He got
run over. The car remained up
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

pert. When did he work last?"
ABOUT this time Mr.. Prissy,
the owner of the store, comes
in and gets the demand for a
SIS raise from julius. Prissy
argues that he fused to work
from morning to night, all
week, at Is cents an hour" and
that this brought me tn is
store and my home"
But the boy is unconvinced
by the, Horatio Alger story and
repeats his demand for the
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
Is Annie teaching your children how |

Little Orphan Annie" a Sc
rallied pictorial story in the
Chicago Tribune and with a
syndicated circulation running
into the multi-millions across
the land has a message par
ents may not be watching as
closely as they should.
The comic strip, read by mil
lions of American children, in
the current situation has a r.
year old boy working in a
small town drug store for $40
a week on a 5-day basis. His
name is Julius, and he wants
raise to $25.
julius demand astounds
boot-icking straw boss in the
store, who defends his own
sweatshop hours saying: "Be-
cause 1 work six days a week,
IL hours a day, you think I'm
stupid, do your"
The lad agrees, saying: my
old man says you are, too"
AT this the straw boss Snide-
ly remarks: ''Well, he's an ex-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

Highlight Of the meeting was
talk given by Reid Robinson, for
mer IUMMSW president, now a
Local 1853 member employed at
the Chromium Corporation of
America in Chicago, as a heat
treater. Robinson's talk was di-
rected toward outlining steps that
must be taken to protect union
contracts under the Taft-Hartley
Act.
AS stated by Robinson, who was
elected as a delegate to the con-
vention, THE biggest job con-
fronting labor in the coming period
is girding itself to repeal the Taft
Hartley Law and to defeat those
congressman in the 1913 elections
who foisted this fraud on the
American people"
The delegates are as follows:
Frank Clark. Henry Johnson.
Reid Robinson. Fred Walker.
Matthew Buchanan. Jesse Clan
ton. Fred Krimmel. John Mori-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

right.
But I'll Tell you this" he
said. Whenever I leave the
mine I trYto find another job.
But no matter how hard l try
always wind up back in the
mine. Yes. I'll subscribe. We
need paper like the Star"
The miners chief complaint is
the long work week: 81 hours to
the prewar IS. Worn out after
8 hours work daily, they put off
the mems household chores until
Sunday, the day of rest. We saw
one miner perched atop plat
form alongside his home, repair
ing the siding. We showed him
the paper. He leafed through it,
then called in to his wife, "Have
you got $3.50, honey" She had
It.
A ROCK PlcKER complained
that the air hose was turned on
the dusty beams in the tipple
while the men were still working.
THE dust would kill anybody"
he said. "They should wait until
the shift is over, and the men
leave the mine" He was elderly,
with long seniority at the mine.
He promised to subscribe the fol-
lowing week.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

raise, saying he'll quit if it is
not granted.
Refused, he walks out cold
and the problem of replacing.
him as handy-man confronts
the straw boss and owner. But
not for long. in pops a little
heroine, Annie, who takes the
job with vigor and declares:
"It's FUN working in a store
meetin' folks"
SHE IS complimented for
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

scrubbing the floor and
Strengthening the goods and
agrees to sneering remarks
about julius work.
Then Annie empties a crate
out back and runs into the boy.
He stops her saying: $50 you
got my job, Ell? You scabl"
Annie defends her scabbinq.
saying: You QUIT. I'm only
helping out" That leads to
more words and the girl won
der is pictured knocking down
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

the feast of Her Assumption into
Heaven.
Entries from young women of
Irish descent for the festivals
contest for a colleen to reign as
Queen for the day, have been
pouring in to Miss Marguerite
O'Shea, chairman of the Queen
contest.
Entries should be sent to: An
nual Irish Day, Inc, 100 N. Dear
born ST., Chicago 20.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
the bigger boy. angrily shout
ing: Don't call ME bad names"


THAT evening the straw
boss, his wife, father and An
ME are at home meditating on
the fate of the jobless family
of the boy Julius. The straw
boss says they will make out
some way. Folks always look
after their kind"
The old man looks up over
his specs. adding Sometimes
! wonder WHY"
And that, parents, is a sum-
mary of the popular comic strip,
Little Orphan Annie" 1t is
drawn by Harold Gray, fascist
minded cartoonist for Col.
Robert r. Mccormick Chicago
Tribune-NY Daily News Syn
dictate.
This effort to impress chill
dren that scabs are decent is
only part of the pattern
pounded daily into their minds
by sweet little Annie and her
pals.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
I'd like to take EN- down
$50 feet miner tells Star


in of
of them Tdakh
thought ours
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
Sometimes | wonder
BY JOHN PAINE

Sometimes I start to wonder
In the middle of the night
If my beloved mothers son
Is really very bright.
Last year I went fishing
On registration day
This year Congress kicked me
Where, I needn't say
My boss, come last November.
Got all his friends to vote;
Their ballots were unanimous:
They elected me the goat
The congressman they voted in
Isn't representative of much
Just the National Association w.
OF Manufacturers and such
Now people never say of me
That I'm heavy thinker
But when l start in doing things,
l do them-I don't tinker
I'm starting out to register
My wife and aunts and cousins
For every vote the boss can cast.
Brother I'll cast dozens,
Wen bury Taft and Hartley
And Herbie Hoover, too.
Wen atom-blast their pants off
Me and you and you and you
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
Mine-MiII local elects
DELEGATES to convention

the call of the International Union OF Nine Mill
Go election of delegates to its convention
Chicago Amalgamated Local 1853 last
delegates its membership at what
members feel may De a historic convention
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
City's Irish Americans
to pick foirest colleen

Chicago daughters busting
activity preparation for the
49, at Kozy's Grove 6343 w Irving I'd.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

VOTE NOTE: There are over
100000 people in Rep. John Ran
kin's district in Mississippi. He
got 5,429 votes in 1916. Poll-taxes
were the reason for the differ
ence
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09

artY. Howard Vette. and Bust
ness Agents William Jackson
and Robert Foley.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-08-09
Vaccine named
Mine-MilI delegate

At special membership meet
ing held recently, Illinois Zinc Lo-
cal 451 in Chicago elected Carl
Vaccine, the locals financial sec
rotary, as its delegate to the In
ternational Union of Mine. Mill &
Smelter Workers Union, CLIO, to be
held August Is in ST. Paul. MINI.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
Seahawks Improved For Tilt
WithStrongC CampbellCager

A vastly improved Wilmington
College basketball team from
the one which barely edged out
Louisburg, 4O-36, last Monday
engages Campbell College, tn e
strongest junior outfit in East
ern North Ca<ina, Tuesday
night there In what is termed
by Seahawk Coach Mickey Kat
kaveck as "our thoughest con-
ference game" :"
Campbell, which smashed the
College Center twice year ago,
boasts two players this season
that are the class of the state
Walter Deal and Billy Mason,
both Wilmingtonians and former
NHHSstars.
Deal is perhaps the finest
floorman, faker, and ball hand
Ter to every play for the orange
and black. He worked with Leon
ard McKoy, Frank Kelly, Doug
Pridgen, Whitley Auld, and Al
Collie on that great 1912 New
Hanover High school basketball
club which lost only to Durham.
Mason gained All-State recogni-
ton last year as the high scorer
of North Carolina, and his re-
cord of Is points per game re-
mains vivid in the eyes of
Wilmington cage enthusiasts.
There is no question concern
ing the improvement of the
Wilmington College quint. Du-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14

ring the Thursday drill the
Hawks put on show of shoot
ing unequalled even by the State
championship Wildcat club of
last year.
John (Buster) Brown and Le-
Roy Towles at forwards, c ar l
Mason at center, and Doug Prid-
gen and Jim Groom at guards
compose Katkaveck's starting
array.
Towles, an understudy of Ma
son on the MINIS champions last
season, will likely be guarding
brilliant Mason Tuesday. Towles
stands six feet tall, is a fine
set shot, and is good at tipping
in left-handed pushes. Katka-
week says Towles' play against
Louisburg was the difference
between victory and defeat.
Carl Mason, older brother of
Campbelrs Billy, will start at
the pivot post for Wilmington.
Hitting the beam at 6 #. 3 in.
Mason is the tallest player and
best on rebounds. Mason's
special shot is hook, which he
has perfected in the past several
weeks of practice. Brown is tops
on push shots.
Operating the N. c. st a e
style of play for the Seahawks
are two of the best ball handlers
in the conference, Groom n d
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14

ard McKoy, who bowed out
of the league last week ii
join a semi-pro outfit.
The First Presbyteris,
cagers, leading the leagu,
with two wins, copped a g.
80 win over Fourth 81.
Advent Christian, with III,
veteran Carl Mason leading
the attack with 26 points, Pat
Harrington split the thread,
16 times for the losers.
In the third game of Tho
night, Winter Park Baptist
defeated Trinity Covenant.
Methodist 1913. Jere Hi.
burn led the winners with |.
tallies and C. Hilburn racked
up ten markers. For the los.
ers it was Turner, with min.
points who led the teams
scoring.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14

Pridgen. Groom, who Katkaveck
calls one of the best basketball
prospect he has seen, is ball
hawk of top variety. A gains st
Louisburg, Groom was intercept
ing passes throughout the game,
and sparkling the Seahawks Of
fensive, Pridgen scored IA points
against Louisburg to lead the
point makers, notchng a major
ity on his left handed hook.
Groom is 5 it. II in. tall, while
Pridgen stands around S it. 8 in.
The 1st of substitutes of the
Wilmington include R. L.
Church, Randall Dykes, Lloyd
Halls, David James, Mac
Teachy, Jimmy Hughes, and
Watt Sloan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
Ray L ca ds St. Paups
To Upset Over Temple

Bolstered by a trio of New
Hanover High school Wild
cats, the St. Paurs Episcopal
cagers in the Senior Sunday
School basketball league up
set a heavily favored Temple
Batpist Quintet 2O-19 in the
YMCA last night, and were
today looking like the team
to beat in the circuit.
Bob Lewis and A. C.
Gregg led the St. Paul's scor-
ing, but it was DennisOn Ray,
a newcomer to Wilmington,
who stole the show with his
great play at a forward slot.
Raye racked up nine points,
three less than the high-scor-
ing twosome of Lewis and
Gregg, but he sparkplugged
the team to its victory.
Temple was weakened by
the loss of Johnny and Leon
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
Brogden Mum
On Starters;
Ray Shines
BY GENE WARREN
Star-NeWS Sports Writer

Just which two players Coach
Leon Brogden will start along
with Toddy Fennell, Louis Col
lie. and w. A. "Weinie' Brown
lis the current mystery sur
rounding the New Hanover High
School cage picture, as the
Wildcats prepare to open their
season against Oak Groves Ma
rines tomorrow night. Inside re-
ports flowing around continu-
ously from the daily practice
sessions give the impression
that the vacant forward and
center positions left by Johnny
McKoy and Billy Mason are
certain to fall in the hands of
two of these five cagers-Deni-
son Ray, Bob Lewis, Charlie
Smith, Mike Austin, and Jimmy
West.
Ray, although a transfer from
New York city and compar-
atively unfamiliar with the
Wildcat system OF play, leads
the pack of starting candidates
with his style of play which
bears remarkable resem-
blance to that of the departed
Mason. Ray is just fraction
under the six foot mark, but to
see him snatch more rebounds
than. his rival, 6 #. 3 in. Lewis, |
one would not think him so
slight in height. Ray uses every
inch of his exceptional arm
reach to good advantage, one
reason why Brogden permitted
him to stay in recent full
length scrimmage longer than
even his returning stars, Brown,
Fennell, and Collie. Polish is an
other thing which Ray has in
abundance. He is a quick think
er in setting up shots for his
teammates and lets go with a
basketball himself only when
his chances of making it are 10
to one. Ray says he played
forward in New York during his
two years on the varsity Che is
senior) and that is the post for
which he is battling at MINIS.
But Brogden is known as a man
who shifts to get the best posi-
BILE arrangement, and Ray may
find himself at a center position
before the hardwood campaign
gets underway.
Lewis height gives him an ex-
cellent chance of making the
first team, because height is
what the Wildcats lack more
than anything else this year.
With lanky All-Southern McKoy
no longer taking rebounds off
the backboards with his sky
scraper frame and feeding balls
to his teammates, the duties
must fall to some one else of
exceptional proportions. Lewis
is the tallest boy on the squad.
But when it comes to select
ing a team, shooting accuracy
must be considered and hete is
where Austin and West come in.
Austin is the best push-shot art
ist New Hanover High has had
in four years. Not since Leon
ard McKoy took high scoring
honors of the state in 1912 have
the Cats had such a dead-eye
one-handed ace as Austin. On
one occasion in practice Austin
ripped 10 long push shots in a
row through the net without any
of them hitting the blackboard.
Vests speed and shooting abil-
itv with either hand puts him
In the first team picture also.
Experience gives Smith an
edge over all of these four. He
has been the number six man
in Brogden's past two fine Wild
cat clubs, but as he made way
for Billy Lee in 1946 and Billy
Mason in 1947 he may do the
same for Ray, Lewis and Aus
tin this season.
No one knows today who of
these four is slated to trot on
the MINIS floor Monday night
that is, except Brogden.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
Olympic Organizers
Okeh AHA Over Protest

ZURICH, Switzerland, Dec. 13-
WH-The Swiss organizing COM
mittee today accepted the ANA
teur Hockey association as the
official us. representative in
the Olympic games despite the
threat that all other us. teams
would boycott the winter compe-
tition.
The us. Olympic committee
had objected to the AHA's par
ticipation on the grounds that
the organization is dominated by
professional interests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14
ELIZABETHTOWN WINS

The Elizabethtown &c All-Star
Team team won its second game
of the season Friday night by
downing a strong White Oak All
Star Quint by the score of 80 to
%. With two minutes remaining
in the game the score was tied
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14

overweight people are particu-
larly subject to diabetes.
Eating forks were not used
commonly until the 18th Centu-
ry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14

then Phillies sunk two quick bas-
Kets and Evans sunk one to sew
well deserved victory up.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-14

Getting ready for their opener against the Oak Cro
tomorrow night at the High School gym New Hanoy
cagers don practice shirts and drill steadily the
that enabled them to cop the North Carolina state m %
son. Top Left Bob Lewis trying to form scoring habit Sea-
top: Jack Parker, Stan Knott Harry Coleman and Ss s
go through their practice Right top Mike Au
ing at the basket Near right Charlie Smith A c Grp aim
Dennson Raye Qeft to right waiting rebound (By u
son and Knott hidden from sight Middle right Gregg &
ward rival he the sphere Lower rpb
Taylor who the rival Gregg wary when the n6
snapped. (Stafff % pI was