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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05

What then will happen 800 years from now when some of the
specimens now swimming off the coast of Southeastern North Caro-
lima are unearthed by someone of that period?
They may find remains of the numerous rods and reels lost bv
local Watontes as they either drop their gear in excitement or
leave it unattended for a few moments.
The bodies of some sharks, if such r found, will contain metal
which will probably cause the scientist to scratch his head in won
derment "What?' he will say, "were those pyramid-shaped pieces
of lead used for?"
as sharks take the bait of a unhappy fisherman. Some oldtimers
claim they have opened sharks with at least 40 pounds of the sinEers
adding to the weight of the catch.
At the same time, all judges of fishing contests feel along the
gth of a fish to find out if it has been filled with leads before weigh
ing.
Then again the scientist might find a set of false teeth. We have
of the party become seasick. ~
Beer bottles and containers which once held harder stuff have
as they snatch at what looked to be something to eat" Wonder
what they will be drinking in $500 A. D.?
New-fangled lures-moneymakers for the nanufacturers-wil
be found in large quantities a S nylon lines, used during war years,
failed to hold allowing the fish to swim off with a gany decorated
piece of metal, wood, IT plastic.
Probably the scientist of the future will find pieces of rubber
lying against the backbone of the fossil which will be unearthed.
AS he exclaims "and what is this? he will probably not realize that
bahers once used the stretchy stuff for suits. What the bathers
Of that period will be wearing is not known but if the present rate of
curHlhng OF suit lengths contfnues-you guess it.
In 1900 years the scientst-f there are any-wil be playing
with ideas far surpassed to what We have encountered to date.
What then would happen if the fossil of that date were to contain a
copy Of a book 1.-The Fly and Its Uses"
Upon turning the pages the scientists would probably become
more and more enthralled as he realized that grown men of 1900
hooks sin m attempt to lure the smaller fish from their watery homes.
Looking back 1900 years, W find fishing has advanced through
the spear, boned hook and net stage, to its present peak, of one of
ne major sports of the nation.
Looking ahead then to $500 A. D., one would probably find the
fisherman of that date sitting in his home calmly watching the
olals OF a small machine. AS the fish is pictured on a screen reach
turned and the specimen is carried, by remote control to the fiAer-
man cooked and complete with fried potatoes o r perhaps a capsule
containing the same number of vitamins.
fNher way, he is still fishing.
'hanks to Jack StHmanf for the idea)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05
CHADB0URN MAN
DIES SUDDENLY
Prominent F Farmer Had
Served AS County Agent,
School Superintendent

CHADBOURN, Jan. 4.-John H.
Hendren father of Rear Admiral
Paul Hendren, U. S Navy, of San
Pedro, Calf, died here today.
Funeral services will be held
Monday afternoon at 2:30 O'clock
from the Chadbourn Baptist church
with the Rev. A. c. Prevatte,
pastor, officiating. Interment will
be in Chadbourn cemetery.
Hendren, who was 88, had been
engaged in farming in this COM
munity for the past so years. He
retired as county agent of Column
bus county several years ago.
A. graduate of Wake Forest in
1885; Hendren served as superin-
tendent of the county for several
years. He taught school in this
community before becoming super
|intendent of Chadbourn schools in
1905.
He was a deacon in the Chad
bourn Baptist church and was
serving as a member of the board
at the time of his death.
In addition to his son he is sur
vived by two daughters, the Uses
PMaysie and Rochelle Hendren; a
half-brother, Wade H. Williams OF
Charlotte and two sisters, Mrs. I.
N. Smith, of Statesville and Mrs.
s. A. Barnett, of Kannapolis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05
Y. M. |. CACERS
BOOK CONTEST
WITH DEAC0NS
Southern Conference Tiff
Is Scheduled For
Feb. 10

LEXINGTON. Va, Jan. 4. - tR
Virginia Military Institutes
basketball team has scheduled a
game here February 10 with Wake
Forests Deacons, bringing to u
the number of contests On the
keydets' Southern Conference
slate.
Addition of the game with t h e
wake Forest Quintet makes the
keydets eligible to compete for en-
trance into the annual Southern
Conference Cage tournament to be
played in Raleigh, in March.
After Wake Forests game with
VMI on FEBRUARY 10, the Deacons
will remain in Lexington overnight
to battle Washington and Lees
Generals FEBRUARY II.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05
Sixteen Teams Are
Expected To Enter
Baseball Tourney

AoHkBORO, Jan. 4-(P)-Sixteen
VeamS are expected to enter the
annual North Carolina Semi-Pro
Baseball tournament, tentatively
scheduled here from July IS to
August 2.
d. Wade Yates, director of the
.pU-hament which is sponsored by
'He local Lions club, said today
uldl district eliminations will be
nelo throughout the state to weed
WI contesting teams until is are
gt0Seh to appear locally. Plans for
olSlrlct examinations will be map
Pea with the state semi-pro COM
missioner Smith Barrier of Green's
ooFo II Ee near future.
The tourney here last year SET
q state record in attendance and
shared with the Phoenix, Ariz..
tournament in showing the greatest
abundance in the nation over the
preceding year. Siler City, winner
!dSt year, Try and Lucas industries
VI ASheboro, consolationists ano
~IuAner-up respectively, are all ex-
Pected TO be entered again this
year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05
WILMINCTONIAN
WILL SKIPPER
ALBANY OUTFIT
Stanley Mickey Katkaveck
Leads Class D
Aggregation

Stanley Mickey Katkaveck, 30
year-old native of Wilmington, has
been signed to manage the Albany
Cardinals of the Glass D Georgia
Florida League for 1947, M. M.
Virgins, president of the Albany
Baseball club, said tonight.
No salary terms were reveal.
ed.
Joining the Albany team in
June, 1916, Katkaveck who throws
and bats right handed, collected
45 hits for AZ total bases batted
In 20 runs, and hit.233. His
fielding average of ..979 was one
of the highest in the league.
Katkavech has a brother who is
a member of the North Carolina
State College basketball quint. To
keep in shape until the diamond
season rolls. Katkavech is offici-
ating New Hanover High school
basketball games.
He plans to report to Albany
sometime in April.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05
BOOM EXPECTED
7 in N E MS
GOLF ACTIVITY
Champion Betty Jameson
Forecasts Great 1947
Campaign

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. f.
Betty Jameson. the San Antonio
miss who won all the laurels as
an amateur, then turned profession.
al a couple of years ago and says
she likes golf better that way
forecasts that a flock of feminine
simon pures will be following suit
during 1947.
The reason: During this year
there will be probably a dozen
annual open golf tournaments for
women launched with purses to-
falling about $40, 1000.
while the field of women pro
fessional boilers is small at tthe
beginning of 1947, by the close Of
it I predict a great avalanche
from the amateur ranks" she
said today.
"a new era in women's gol.
is opening up" declared the two
time national champion. 1T may
be called the era of amateur-pro'
fessienalism. The term is not the
solecism it may first seem to be-"
Miss Jameson said she thought
in 1947 the expert amateur" girl
golfer is going to be doing a great
deal of re-evaluation of her present
"golf for glory" stand.
Betty, who lost to Patty Berg
in the finals of the last National
Women's Open, finished with size
able winnings in her first full year
as a pro. She will embark on the
1947 campaign in Florida thi:
month and thinks she will be play
ing the best golf of her career
even better than in 1889 and 1874
when she won the national Won
ems amateur titles. I'm hittln,
the ball farther off the tee nov
than I ever have" she said "an'
my entire game has improved"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05
Wrestling Card
For Appalachian

BOONE, Jan. 4.-(P-The Appla-
lachian State College wrestling
team opens an eight meet schedule,
the first full program since the
sport was discontinued during the
war, against western Carolina at
Cullowhee Thursday.
Last year coach R. W. Red
Watkins charges completed an
abbreviated schedule preparing for
the coming season. Four lettermen
have returned. The squad numbers
20.
The remainder of the schedule,
all at Boone unless noted:
Jan. Is, Auburn; 10. Naval APP
prentice School at Newport News,
Va: %, North Carolina State.
Feb. /, VPI at Blacksburg, Va;
8, Davidson at Davidson; is, West
ern Carolina Teachers; %, Mary
vile, Tenn, College.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05
Entries IrickIe In For
Southeastern Tournament
Ticket Sales looming;
Victors Go To Queen
City

Entry in the Southeastern North
Carolina Golden Gloves champion.
ships by a number of amateur
boxers from IA nearby counties, to
augment the several dozen civilian
and service fighters who already
have qualified, is expected during
the coming week by the James
A. Manley Post 2573, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, sponsors of the
tournament.
AS advance ticket sales at the
Wilmington Travel Agency, 12a
Princess street, moved rapidly
yesterday, boxing fans were as
sured by Neil V. (Red) Beard, gen.
eral manager Of the championships,
that entries to Gate promise some
real competition when the bouts
begin in the Wilmington Armory
on Jan. IS for four nights.
In addition to the 20 local box
ing hopefuls who are working out
nightly in the Brigade Boys gym.
nasium with Beard, entries have
been received from a 15-man team,
sponsored by the Fairmont WV,
from an 82nd Airborne team, Fort
Bragg, and from a Second Di-
vision team, Camp Lejeune. Also,
three youthful sluggers from White.
vile have joined the competition.
Winners in the Open division here
will be sent, with all expenses
paid, to the Carolinas Colder
Gloves championships in Charlotte
in February. Victors in the Char.
lotte contests will compete in the
National finals in New York next
Spring.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05
MAXIM TACKLES
JERSEY WALC0T'T
MONDAY NIGHT
Convention
Hall Site Oh TO-
Round Scrap

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4-(P-
joey Maxim, the hope of Jack
Kearns for another heavyweight
champion, is a 2 to l underdog ir
his return match with Jersey Joe
Walcott but the odds aren't dis.
turbing the 24-year old Cleveland
scrapper.
AFTER five rounds I'll do what
yer 1 want with him." Maxim
snapped as he finished training
for Monday nights 10-round bout
in Philadelphia's convention hal
with the man he decisioned in a
close fight last Aug. %, in Camden,
N. ].
Kearns talked as though Jack
Dempsey were fighting this one
for him.
"Joey's a cinch to VIM" said
the one-time manager of Dempsey.
He's in twice as good condition
as he was for the first match with
Walcott."
Walcott, Marchantville, IN. J,
Negro is confident he can reverse
the tables on Maxim this time but
hasn't talked about it much.
Kearns says he has an offer for
a match in London with Britisher
Bruch Woodcock if Maxim can get
by Walcott but declared today
I'm going right after a Joe Louis
bout for Atlantic City" he said
ne had promoter Herman Taylor's
word on that.
Kearns figures Joey can beat
Louis, declaring hes a boxer
and can keep Louis away"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05
Chinese Child Victim
OF Wild Alsatian Dogs

HONGKONG, Jan. 4--(P-Tear-
ful-eyed father Lo Shun-Tai, a
Chinese tailor, related at a corner S
inquest here how he found his H.
month-old daughter torn to pieces
and partly devoured, apparently
by big wild Alsatian dogs left be-
hind by japanese gendarmes to
roam at large on nearby hillsides.
The child disappeared from her
mothers arms while the two were
sleeping.
The jury returned a verdict Of
death by shock and that the child
later was eaten by dogs.
DR.. D. w. Gould testified the
child's destruction was due to teeth
of a large animal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05
Hogan,s Bhstering Sc Annexes Los Angeles Lead
May Exclude Public
From South Carolina
Basketball Contests

COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. 4. =
.(P) - The possibility that the
University of South Carolina,
with a student body of 1900,
may exclude the general pub
lie from its basketball games
this season because of lack of
seating space was voiced today
by Athletic Director Rex En-
right.
Enright said 500 tickets would
be sold to a game with Wake
Forest here Tuesday. night, Jan.
I, to test whether any tickets
should be sold for further
games in the 4,200-capacity
field house.
The University's pre-war en-
rolment was approximately
1900.
Ten other home games were
on the Gamecocks' schedule,
including one Feb. II with the
University of North Carolina,
a date that had been tenta-
tive bat has been confirmed,
Enright said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05

A Kansas paleontoligist has been STUDYING the remains
of a 1,500-year-old fossil of a Portheus Molassus-a 15-foot
specimen-which swan in the waters of the earth noanv
centuries ago, long before modern fishing equipment be-
gan to make its appearance.
What is a paleontologist? According to Webster, he is a man who
deals with the life of past geological periods.
Whta is a Portheus Molassus? Don't ask II At fret o1.nc =
might be a key of molasses but, according to a drawing of the
fossil, it must have been a fish for it has fins, a tail and large
bones-not the small kind that get in your teeth when YOU are eating
spots and muLet.
The oddly of the fossil lies in the fact that inside the 15-foot
monster was found a seven-foot fish of a yet unknown specie
So. today W find the scientists of 197 studying the remains
of an age-old fossil SO that they might further their information n
marine life of that period.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05
Captures Race

ARCADIA. Calf. Jan. A. ()-
R. c. Ellsworth's Hubble Bubble
burst forth in the stretch today
to win the $50, 600. seven-furlong
Santa susanna Stakes by four
lengths over c. S. Howard's Mara
retta before At, 800 at Santa Anita
Park. L. B. Mayors Judy-Rae was
third. Winning time was 1923 As.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05
To Observe Stamp Centenary

NEW YORK, -U.H- American
philatelists will hold an elaborate
centenary international philatelic
exhibition in Grand Central Palace
here next May to commemorate
the first government issue" of
United States postage stamps in
1847.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05
Weed Circuit Heads
Will Stage Farley
Today At Clinton

Directors of the Tobacco
State Baseball League will meet
today at 2 O'Clock in Clinton,
the Wilmington Star-News
learned last night.
Expected to attend today's
gathering will be L. M. Pollock
and Vic Stafano, co-owners of
the Wilmington Pirates. 1t was
said that a discussion of the
constitution and bylaws will
highlight the meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05
Carolina Five Wins

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 4 R-North
Cardinals White Phantoms opened
their Southern Conference cam
paign here tonight before 1850
fans defeating Maryland's Old
Liners 58-42. 1t was also the Ter
rapins' first league battle.
Jim Hamilton, one of the two
newcomers in Cardinals starting
array, led the bombing with seven
field goals and three charity losses
for II points. John Hook) Dillon
canned 9 points and Jim white
scored 8.
Nil q DOLL Eon Anu.-~.-a~ Casx;ao
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05

Mount Wilson in California, site
of one of the worlds largest tele-
so.oes, was named after Benja-
min Davis Wilson, who broke the
trail up the mountain in search
for. timber for the making Of wine
casks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05
NYU Triumphs

NEW YORK, Jan. a. - (P) -
University took an early 2o-point
lead and met Southern Methodist S
second half challenge with a rally
of its own to register its seventh
victory in eight starts tonight,
1858, in the opening game OF a
Madison Square Garden college
basketball doubleheader before
10, 900 fans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05

Maya-speaking tribes On north
ern Guatemala and Yucatan, who
dominated Central America until
1900 A. D. based their power and
achievement on the cultivation Of
maize
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05

Hohday decorations and festoons
u spanish moss we're used in the
MAN auditorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-05

If you own a Dodge or Ply
mouth car or a Dodge
Job Rated Truck-you can
take my word for this: NY
trained mechanics, with their
full stock of factory engineer
ed parts will do their level
best to keep your vehicle run
ming efficiently and economi-
cally.
Evening star., 1947-07-06
U. S. Stars Sweep Four Titles
At Wimbledon, Share in Fifth

tennis players from 26 nations in
u days of play, Kramer and Bob
Falkenburg of Los Angeles annexed
the mems doubles crown.
They defeated Tony Mottram of
Britain and Billy SidWell of Aus
tralia, unranked giant killers of the
early rounds, 8-6. 6I3, 6-3, in a
match so furious that one Falken-
burg's errant overhead drives smash
ed into the royal box.
The 8O-year-olc Queen Mary
ducked, and the bail missed her and
the other dignitaries seated there.
It was a repeat performance for
Kramer, 25-year-old leader of Uncle
Sans Davis Cup forces and holder
of all the major titles in his own
country. He won the doubles crown
last year, although teamed with
Tom Brown of San Francisco.
While she lost out in women's
doubles, Miss Brough shared in the
honors when she and John Brom-
wich of Australia took the mixed
doubles title with 1-6, Ga, GO
triumph over the Australian team
of Colin Long and Mrs. Nancye
Wynn Bolton. She also won the
same title a year ago with Tom
Brown.
A breeze-so strong it bowled pa
per cups off the umpire's stand and
rolled them along like tumbleweeds
reached into the center court as
Miss Osborne and Miss Hart strolled
out for their vital singles duel.
1t looked to be rout in the sec
ond set as Miss Osborne took the
first two games. but Miss Hart
pulled herself together and made it
contest that for IS minutes
cheered the galleries, which strained
for an upset.
Evening star., 1947-07-06
yanks Whip As, 81.
As Shea Yields Only
; Hits, Wins No. II
Rookie Is in Command
Throughout; Di Mag
Starts Big Rally
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 5.-Frank
Shea, standout rookie highlander
of the New York Yankees, stopped
the Philadelphia Athletics, 5-1, on
three hits today in gaining his 11th
win of the year as against two set
backs.
The hefty recruit was in command
throughout and yielded the AS their
lone run in the seventh after two
were out when Buddy Rosar doubled
home Elmer Valo, who had walked
to start the inning.
Another recruit, Joe Coleman,
who previously had beaten the
Yankees twice, started for Philadel-
phia and BANKED the American
League pacesetters on one hit until
the fourth, when the Yanks sud-
denly scored all of their runs after
the first two batters were retired.
Joe Di Maggie ignited the game
winning rally with double. After
George McQuinn walked, Bill john
son, Larry Berra, Phil Rizzuto, Shea
and George Stirnweiss singled in
succession before Tommy Heinrich,
who opened the frame by flying out,
famed to end the rally.
Thereafter, Coleman settled down
and matched Shea pitch for pitch
until leaving for pinch-hitter ip
the eighth. Dick No-Hit) Fowler
finished up and allowed the Yanks'
final two safeties.
Evening star., 1947-07-06
Kelly Fu|fins Father!
Dream, Wins Scu||s
Crown al Henley
8-Leneth Triumph in
Rowine's Top Classic
Booed by British
BY the Associated Press

HENLEY ON THE THAMES,
England, July 5.-John B. Kelly, jr.,
of Philadelphia ended his fathers
26-year wait for family victory in
the Diamond Sculls of the Royal
Henley Regatta today with an eight
length triumph that brought boos
from British spectators.
"I've waited for this day for
years." said the father who had
been barred from this meet in 1920
by since-repealed rule that denied
entry to an oarsman who had done
menial labor. During one summer
of his college career, the elder Kelly
had been a bricklayer.
He vowed then that some day a
son of his would win the Diamond
Sculls, rowing's highest honor, and
added to his pledge by sending his
green rowing cap to King George v
As an act of derision. ....
Today he was the first to greet
his son, wearing another green cap,
as the winner docked.
And as they posed for photog-
raphers many of the 10000 British
jammed near the finish line booed.
There was no explanation for the
boos except that it is believed the
fans resented the pictures of the
Kelly family-father, mother. son
and two daughters-and the many
cases of American food they brought
to this country to insure the vic
tory.
Young Kelly defeated Carl
Fronsdal of Norway in minutes,
40 seconds, to make good his fathers
pledge in his second attempt. A
year ago he was defeated in the
final by Jean Sephariades of France,
who did not compete this year.
Kelly's triumph and that of Kent
School of Kent, Conn, over Tabor
Academy of Marion, Mass, in the
final of the Thames Challenge Cup
races we're the emily non-British
wins in the 12-event program.
Kelly built up a good lead over
his slender Norwegian rival at the
start. After 400 yards of the mile
and 550-yard trip he was 2
lengths in front and had increased
1t to three lengths at the halfway
mark
Evening star., 1947-07-06
Rx the Associoted Press

LONDON, July 5.-Half a dozen
tennis stars from the United States
headed by Jack Kramer of Los An
geles, divided the honorS among
themselves today by sweeping four
titles and sharing in the fifth as the
curtain fell on the 1947 Wimbledon
championships.
Kramer added a half-interest in
the mems doubles title to the singles
championship he won yesterday and
Margaret Osborne of San Francisco
captured the women's singles crown,
But it was Doris Hart of Miami,
Fla, and Mrs. Pat Todd of Hidden
Valley, Calf, a new women's dou-
bles combination, who stole the
hearts of British fans with Cinder-
ella act that produced the only upset
of the final round.
Almost hopelessly behind, they
came back to win the womens
championship by surprising Miss Os-
borne and Louise Brough of Beverly
Hills, Calf, defending titlists and
longtime United States doubles
queens, 3-6, Ga, rs.
For Miss Hart, a 22-year-old
Miami University player who over
came the effects of infantile paral-
ysis to gain world tennis fame, ii
was atonement for her loss in the
singles final after gallant rally
The 29-year-old Miss Osborne
America S top woman amateur, de-
feated Miss Hart, 60, 6-4, in the
first final of the day before crowd
of $1,000 which included Queen
Mary, the Duchess of Kent, Prime
Minister Attlee and United States
Ambassador Lewis w. Douglas.
Then, on the tattered center court
torn by the feet of the worlds best