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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-27
MADDOX RESIGNS

SWANSBORO, April 26.-D. W.
Maddox, principal of Swansborc
schools had rendered his resigna-
ton to the Onslow county Board Of
Educauon today, effective May 80,
it has been announced. He has not
indicated plans for the future.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-27

program, and its implications for
our way of life and security.
C. MONTIETH GILPIN
Secretary
Society for the prevention of
World War III, Inc.
New York City, N. Y.
April Is, 1947
Beef of U. S. Commercial grade
gives good results when cooked in
moist heat, as for a pot roast or
stew.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-27
ONsLeW BIRTuS

JACKSONVILLE, ATT,
Births registered y-estersll a.
the following: ''0l Included
M Mr.: and Mrs. Floyd r..,
Ma aSs a son April p Moody.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton D..
verona ron a daughter, April 1'99 %
MIR, and Mr.. Connie r <5,
Rlchlands' a d%aughter. A~ D1', e
Dial 2-SS11 for Newspaper S
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
Highly Favored Derby Horses
Enter Lamaica:s Unique Event

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 UH-
Jamacia's unique experimental
handicap in which top three-year-
olds are tested over different dis
tances in two races a week apart,
drew a field of 100 nominees
Wednesday, many of the highly
rated Kentucky Derby eligibles.
Three of the outstanding two
year-old campaigners of last sea
son, C. V. (Sonny) Whitney's lilly,
First Flight, and two colts, Cosmic
Bomb owned by William Helis and
Double Jay, belonging to the Ridge
wood stable, were top-weighed for
the event at 126 pounds each.
However, it was unlikely that first
Flight, considered by many to be
the outstanding two-year-old OF
last season, will go to the post.
Whitney, who has had two expert
mental winners in the past, JeeJ
in 1945 and Parasang in 1910, has
said he will not enter First Flight
in the Kentucky Derby in May
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
HALLSB0R0 TEAMS
SPLIT TWIN-B
WITH WHITEVlLLE
Wolflets Win Fourth Vic.
tory As Wolfpack Falls
To Tigers
Special To The Star

WHITEVILLE, Jan. 8. The
Whiteville basketball teams split
a doubleheader with the Hallsboro
High School Tigers here Tuesday
night.
The Wolflets, Whiteville girls
team, captured their fourth win
of the season by handing the Halls
boro girls a 46 to II trouncing. The
Bouge township boys came back to
capture the nightcap from the Wolf
pack, % to 20.
Coach Bruton used his reserves
against the Hallsboro girls and the
varsity only participated in the
second and third quarters. Capt.
Mary Sibbett scored 20 points to
set the pace for the night. Margaret
Bruton scored 10 points. Helen
Hooks played a brilliant defensive
tilt for the Wolflets. Ann Davis
was high scorer for the losers.
The boys contest was a rough and
tumble affair with plenty of fouls
marked up against both clubs. The
Hallsboro quint lead the Pack u
to II at the half.
James Creech lead the winners
with 10 points while Calvin Smith
played a brilliant contest both of
defense and offense for the losers,
he marked up nine points, all points
were scored from long mid-field
set shots.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
Tucker; Army's Passing Quarterback;
Awarded James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 3 W.P)-
Arnold Tucker of Militant, Fla,
star passing quarterback and
brilliant field general of Army's
indicated football team, was
awarded the 1916 James E.
Sullivan Memorial Trophy
Wednesday.
The trophy is awerded annu-
ally to the amateur athlete
who, "By performance, ex-
ample and good influence, does
the most to advance the cause
of good craftsmanship"
Tucker, a first-classman,
received 597 points in the Ma
tional A. A. US annual allot
and so edged Bill Smith, out
standing swimmer from Hon.
olulu, and Johnny Luiack, all
America quarterback of Notre
Dame, in the closest contest in
the 17-year history of the
trophy. Smith received 566
points and Lujack SAG.
The cadets margin resulted
from his greater number of
second and third place votes.
Tucker got 81 first place votes
compared to Sc for Luiack and
so for Smith. Five points were
awarded for q first place cote,
three for second and one for
third.
Behind the first three came
Henry Wittenberg of New
York's west side Y. M. C. A..
five-time national A. A. U.
heavyweight wrestling champ
ion, who was fourth with 1852
points; Jimmy McLane of
Akron, o., 16-year-old swim
ming star who holds the Ma
tional 400, 800 and 1500-metor
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CACERS SLATE
TILTS TONIGHT
First Presbyterian Meets
Temple; First Baptist
Plays Emmanuel Quint

The powerful First Presbyterian
basketball team will be bucking
for their fifth straight victory to-
night at 7:30 o'clock at the YMCA,
when they match skill with a
strong Temple Baptist aggregation.
which also boasts an unmarried
record.
In their last tussle First Pres
byterian completely o%utclassed
First Baptist by the colossal mar
gin of 63-13. Jimmy Kruas was the
high scorer in this contest with q
markers. The other boys also had
10 or more tallies.
The starting lineup for First
Presbyterian tonight will prob
ably be Jack Parker and Jimmy
mole" West at forwards, Shorty
Stevens and Bobby Crowley at
guards, and John Brown at the
pivot position.
For the Temple Baptist Brian
Mullinix, Linwood Grissom, Bill
Bowen, Harry Coleman will be
the main cogs.
In the second contest at $3.50
First Baptist will meet Emmanuel
PRESBYTERIAN,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
Seven Local
Boys Return
ENTRY Forms
Camp Lejeune And White
vile Fighters Included In
New List
ONE WEEK OFF
Southeastern Golden Gloves
Championships Slated
Jan. 1918

The names of Is new entrants
in the Southeastern North Carolina
Golden Gloves championships,
hailing from Camp Lejeune and
Whiteville, were announced last
night by Neil v. (Red) Beard,
general manager OF the tourna-
ment being sponsored in the Will
mington Armory Jan. 1913 by the
James A. Manley 1878, Veterans
of Foreign Wars.
Seven of the group are Whining
ton boys under IA who will fight
in a special class. They are Joseph
A. Webster, Jr., 10 H Nesbitt
Courts, age 10, weight IS; Ben
Benton, Airport road, age Is,
weight 1856; James Oscar Ward,
South Sixth street, age 10; Robert
Franklin George, Route 3, age u,
weight IS; Alton Wilson, 9 F Mes
bitt Courts, age IA, weight 100;
Donald Ray Ramsey, 16 D Nesbitt
Courts, age II, weight g.; Victor
Jenrette, S. Fourth street, age ID,
weight 88.
Thirteen others are Camp Le-
jeune Marines, as follows:
Pvt. Mathew Terronez. age 10,
weight 100, former Novice Golden
Gloves champion, Moline, ILL.,;
James ]. Becker, 10, 100, Novice
champion in Milwaukee Golden
Gloves; Pvt. Melvin Little Billy"
Steele, 10, 147, n years fight
experience with Merchant Marine;
Joe Mahoney, %, 1875, former light
heavyweight Golden Gloves champ
ion; Clarence C. Rhodemyre, Jr.,
II, 152, Novice.
Pfc. Noe c. Falcon, 49,, al,
Novice; Edmund B. Sterr, II, 143,
Novice; James o. Casio, IS, 148;
Charlie R. Allen, 10, 172. Novice;
Roman B. Berg, 10, 1855, high
school boxing; Leonard j. Pas
quale, %, $50, Novice; Anthony
L. Eruni, II, 1855, slight experience,
Novice; Mario j. Pinelli, II, 129,
Novice.
Bonnie F. Benton, 23-year-old
resident of 9O4 S. Front street,
Wilmington, has entered the Open
division, while the following other
Wilmington youths will box as
Novices:
Rodney Arthur, Jr., 619 So.
Front street, Is, 1876; Vernon D.
Langley, 313 Marsteller street, 10,
1853; Charles Mick Ramsey, IS D
Nesbitt Courts, IS, 103 IL pounds.
The newest entrant from White
vile is Eldred Williamson, II,
Route 4, weight 140.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09

NEW YORK, Jan. 8. -(P-
Dapper Alvin ]. Paris, 28-year-
old Broadway and nightclub
figure, was convicted speedily
late Wednesday by a general
Sessions Court jury of offering
brides to two key New York
Giants players to clay down.
in the December Is champion
ship game with the Chicago
Bears.
Bert Bell, National Profession
al League Football Commits
sioner, announced at once that
the two backs, Frank Filchock
and Merle Hapes, were sus-
pended and that an immediate
hearing would be conducted to
decide on possible league action
against them.
The two women and 10 men
deliberated only Is minutes be-
fore returning the guilty ver-
dict at ABS p. m. (EST) on
the two counts of attempted
bribery.
Paris, who took the verdict
stoically, faces possible prison
terms of five years and pos
sible fines of $4,000 on each
count Of the alleged bride Of
fers.
Judge Saul S. STREET, who set
sentencing for January 20, in
Dictated the investigation Of the
purported attempt to "fix'' the
National League title game was
not ended. He told Paris after
the verdict:
my advice to you is: Co
operate with the District At
torney if you expect any con-
sideration from this court"
Assistant District Attorney
George P. Monaghan, who pros
ecuted the case, had said that
he considered Paris an agent Of
a gambling syndicate possibly
centering in New Jersey.
Sidney Paris, father Of the
convicted man, said the verdict
would be appealed. The quick
moving trial took only three
days and Paris was convicted
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
WILLISTON CAGERS
DEFEAT MOREHEAD
CITY TEAM, Isl
Billy Hayes Leads Locals In
Opening Contest Of Season
Here Last Night

The Williston High School Tigers
opened their basketball season
here last night by defeating the
W. S. King High School of More
head City, Is to 7.
Billy Hayes, Williston forward
set the pace for the scorers by
marking up seven points. He was
closely followed by Sherman Chap
man with six points. Tillery lead
the losers with three points.
The contest started slow and most
OF the scoring by the locals was
done in the third and fourth
periods. The score at half time
was Z to 4.
1t Wa announced last night that
the Williston cagers will journey
to Goldsbo-o Friday night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
JAYVEES OBTAIN
TWO new GAMES
Will Play Atkinson High
School Next Tuesday
And During February

Coach Wallace West announced
yesterday that he has scheduled
two games with Atkinson High
school. The, first OF these contests
will be played there January IA
and the second, here sometime in
February.
The Jayvees were strengthened
yesterday by the addition o. high
scoring freshman Pat Harrington
to the squad. Pat, who stands S
it. II in, tall, has tailed 103 points
this season for one of the ninth
grade clubs for an average of %
markers a game.
In a light practice held at the
high school gym yesterday after
noon Coach West explained to his
crew several new offensive points,
and also showed them the weak
spots that the Junior Varsity ex-
hibited in defeating Clarkton Tues
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09

and has made no plans for start
ing her training campaign until
later in the season.
The experimental will be run
early in April with exact dates
to be set as soon as the Jamaica
spring card is drawn up. The first
section will be run at six furlongs
and the second a week later at a
mile and one-sixteenth.
Last year, Assault, King Ranch
Speedster, who went on to win
the Wood Memorial and the Triple
Crown of the Kentucky Derby,
Preakness and Belmont Stakes,
was victor in the shorter race.
A. C. Ernest's Almond was route
winner.
The weight listing for the expert
mental constitutes the official
ranking of the new crop of three
year-olds by John B. Campbell,
New York Race track Handicapped.
About 10 or Is of the nominees
are expected to 60 to the post in
each pace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
Blue Devils To Engage New
York u; Mountaineers
Meet St. Francis

NEW YORK, Jan. 8-PcTv o
high-ranking quintets, Duke and
West Virginia, invade Madison
Square Garden Thursday night to
oppose Metropolitan basketball
teams with the local teams expect
ed to split even in the Gardens
18th collegiate doubleheader of the
season. d.
Duke, beaten only by Tennessee
and winner of eight contests, will
oppose formidable New York Uni
versity in the feature contest. The
Mountaineers will FACE st. Francis.
N. Y. U. also has lost only one
tilt-To Oregon-and will be high
ly favored to whip the Blue Devils
who are making their second visit
to the big sports palace. They
came here during the 1884 cam
paign and were defeated, 1851,
by Long Island U.
The Carolinians are headed by
Ed Koffenberger, who set an all
time Duke scoring record last
year. Koffenberger. o. Wilmington,
Del, was rated highly by Ben
Carnevale, former North Carolina
coach and present Navy Mentor,
in a talk to basketball writer's
here. Other top men on the team
include John Seward, Dick Cor.
don, Doug Aubson and Ben Collins.
N. Y. U. will be bolstered for
the tilt by the return of little Dor
Forman. The busy, high-scorine
forward has been out OF the las
few games because of a foot in
jury. He will start along with Sic
Tanenbaum, Ray Lump, Joe De
Bonis, and Dolf Schayes. ,
West Virginia, unbeaten in five
starts, shouldn't have to much
trouble keeping its record spotles'
against st. Francis which has wo1
three games and lost as many
The ~high-scoring Mountaineer:
have back their entire first team
from last season which won % o
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
By GENE
Star Sports Writer

BY GENE WARREN
Star Sports Writer
"Watch out for Wilmington.
McKoy is the best high school
center to come out of the East
ern Conference in years. Ma
son can't be stopped. Fennell
and Collie are perfect on long
shots. Brown is the best ball
handler in North Carolina high
school history"
These are just a few of the
hundreds of statements that
are flooding Wilson, Raleigh,
Rocky Mount, Durham, Fay
ettevilIe, Goldsboro, Winston
Salem, and almost every city
in the state. They carry with
them not only indications of
how much the cagers of these
ba sketball capitals fear Will
mington, but how the papers in
Central North Carolina are
pouring wild fantasy in their
accounts of Coach Leon BrOg-
denis E t e Conference
league leaders.
In the Raleigh Times Tuesday
the following article appeared:
wilmington has the strongest
high school basketball team
to come out of North Car
DINA since Durham's National
champions. In their first few
non-conference tits the Cats
rolled over everything in their
paths. Last week Wilson, a
stronger conference quint, was
slaughtered by New Hanover
Eisn, 1884. Raleigh's Hugh
Morson High school club, I'M
defeated to date, plays this
powerIlouse Friday, January
II, at the Hugh Morson gym
nssiam. Even though the Caps
may go into that tussle with a
per oct record, they will prob
a:.:y be only a breather for
Wilmington"
This is just an example. When
the MINIS squad arrived in
Goldsboro, Goldsboro people
stopped one of the tall boys,
Bob Lewis, time after time,
asking him frantically, "are
you McKoy?"
The boys and girls in the
drug stores, around the Colds
bore hotels, and at the restau-
rants looked with disappoint-
ment in their eyes at some Of
the small boys, saying, "you
boys aren't so tall"
Where these people acquired
information saying Wilmington
had the tallest boys in North
Carolina, MINIS couldn't be
beaten, and Goldsboro didn't
have a chance, we don't know.
There wasn't a line in the
Goldsboro News-Argus on the
Goldsboro-Wildcat contest, SO
they got it either from town
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
gossip. Raleigh papers, OIL just
stretched the true facts ire

gossip. Raleigh papers, or just
stretched the true facts ire
mendously.
Wilmington has a good team.
No one doubts that. But the
boys are not supermen. When
some fans read Yesterday
mornings account of F,e game,
many of them whom we know
of were disguised. Giant beat
'em any more than that" was
the general expression.
Yes. local fans no longer ex-
pect victories. Thev want moth
ing less than 80 or co point vic
tories. Few realize that Coach
Paul Sykes of Durham has
secuted Wilmington twice. He
was on the sideIines at Colds
horn Tuesday. taking in every
detail of the Wilmington at
tack. how each boy shot. who
got the rebounds. and manv
other small hut decisive points
T1at smell the difference be-
tween defeat and victory. Sykes
Is not the only skipper who Is
looking for a weak gan in the
Wilmington team. Each and
every team in the Eastern
Conference is having for NHHS.
An injury to Mason, Mccoy,
FennelI. Brown. Collie. or some
other player could keen the
Wildcats from capturing the
conference flag and possibly the
state crown. Coach Leon Brog-
den knows this. and he is keep
ing his bows in the game only
long enough to gain a ~satisfac-
tory winning margin. then jerk
ing them out. A 1920 victory
can cost UNNECESSARILY if it
means a key player is crippled
for the season because d a
bump against the wall, a twist
ed ankle. or a broken finger.
All New Hanover High has to
do to win a much deserved
championship is to take every
game. The winning margin
doesn't count as long as they
come out on the long end of
the count. Take each contest,
and they'll have an invitation to
the Duke-Durham tournament.
a chance to display their bas-
ketball skill before the best
coaches in the South, and a pos
sible scholarship award to col
lege. These are the three SIM
pie aims, but each one presents
a difficult task before Whining
toms youths. To accomplish
them they deserve the unlimit-
ed support of every Whining
tonian, the true facts in every
newspaper in North Carolina,
and the best possible tutoring
of the fine coaching staff of
Leon Brogden, Tom Davis, and
Jap Davis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
Beard Announces Is New Entries FOR &C Bouts
Found Guilty
OF Bribery Charges
jury Deliberates IS Minutes Before Return
ing Guilty Verdict On Two Counts;
Giants Players Are Suspended

less than a month after the al
legged bride offers were made.
A, woman, Mrs. Gertrude Noble,
was foreman of the jury.
After the verdict Paris told
the court clerk he was single
and gave his occupation as
florist.
Filchock and Hapes, who tes-
titled Tuesday as to the alleged
bride offers but declared they
rejected them, were called to
Bells office for the closed hear
ing.
Bell said their suspension
meant neither could participate
in any league activity until he
announced a decision in the
case.
Both Filchock and Hapes adj
mitted on the stand yesterday
that they had not told police or
Giants officials of the alleged
bride offers. Filchock testified
that he had informed Mayor
William O'Dwyer q few hours
befofe the game that he had
not been offered a bride, al
though he said this was I'M
true.
Bell had said when the case
first broke that he considered
withholding of information con-
duct detrimental to football
and that such an offense could
be punishable by lifetime ban
ishment from the National
League.
The two football stars re-
ported to Bells office immedi-
ately after they were notified
by the commissioner of their
suspension.
Bell spent about rs minutes
with each of the players and
then told them they could go
to their homes to await final
decision by the league.
Filchock left for Washington.
Hapes expects to leave for his
home in Mississippi soon.
The commissioner said a de-
cision would not be reached for
three or four days. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
NAVY TO RESUME
PRE-WAR SPORTS
Officials Announce Peacetime
Basketball And Boxing
Programs

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-W.H-
Officials of the Navy department
announced Wednesday that peace
time basketball and boxing cham
pionship tournaments for the fleet
will be resumed this spring as a
means of maintaining a high de-
gree of physical fitness for Naval
personnel.
The basketball tourney will be
held at Great Lakes Naval Train
ing center, March 1928 with
championships of the various Naval
commands competing for tn e
l~Secretary of Nays trophy. An
all-Navy boxing meet is being plan
ned for May.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
Duke, West Virginia Ready
For Garden Debut Tonight

"a and two of three invitation
tourney games. Besides they have
a couple of smooth newcomers in
Fred Shcaus and Bill Zirkel who
have forced Bob Carroll and Dave
Wilson of the starting five. Zirkell
is a Brooklyn boy. Another New
Yorker on the first five is Tom
Laverte. The other starters are
Captain Leland Byrd, and Clyde
Green.
The Brooklyn quintet will be
making its third effort to win in
the Garden. The Terriers were
beaten there by N. Y. U. (5O-42)
and by Louisiana State (62-5O
Their starting five is composed o.
Emil Mele, Steve Ferraro, Joe
Dolan, Hal Grady, and John Zeit.
Ter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
BOLIVIA CACERS
WIN OVER ACME
Independent B a k ball
Team Scores II To Is
Victory
Special To The Star

BOLIVIA, Jan. 8. - The Bolivia
Independent Basketball team
swamped the Acme : Delco ALI =
Stars here Wednesday night by the
score of 70 to 26 before a large
crowd in the local high school
gym.
G. Hickman was the outstanding
star of the contest. He scored a
total of 26 points. Burris and Mills
divided runnerup honors with 20
points each to their credit.
Bordeaux with seven, Allen and
Rodgers with six each lead the
Acme aggregation.
1t was announced here last night
that the Acme-Delco High school
girls and boys teams will engage
the Tabor City teams at the Delco
high school gymnasium Friday
night at 7:3G o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
TOTALS
DEACONS DEFEAT
CLEMSON CAGED

CLEMSON, S. c., Jan. 8,-R1
Wake Forest won a So to 43 aouI
ern Conference victory over Clen
son Wednesday night by main'an
ing complete control of both oa.S
boards and exhibiting a smoo~
passing attack and glue-tight ''
tense.
Bill Kaylor, using a one-na4 s
push shot, led the scoring win
II points while June Pruitt aga
paced Clemson with II markeis
The game started close and N~
tied four times in first five in a.
utes before the Deacons pun.
ahead to never again be threa''
ed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-09
TAR HEEL TANKERS|
SLATE ANNOUNCED.
Swimming Team Opens
Schedule Saturday Night
AT Chapel Hill.

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 8-(P)-
North Cardinals swimming team
opens the first of 10 engagements
here Saturday against the Balm
bridge, Md, Naval Training sta
ton.
Five Of the meets are in the Blue
Dolphin's Home Bowman Gray
Memorial pool. where they have
not been defeated in Is tests since
1910.
The team is scheduled for the
Carolinas AAU indoor event at Ra-
leigh Feb. 8 and the Southern Con-
ference meet on March 7-8 at a
place to lie decided.
The schedule, at Chapel Hill TN.
less noted:
Jan. 11-Bainbridge Naval; 49,
Georgia Tech; 3O-VPI.
Feb. 5-Navy at Annapolis; g.
Carolinas AAU at Raleigh: IS
VMI at Lexington; pm. C. State;
26-Virginia.
March 5-Duke at Durham; II
Southern Conference.