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Evening star., 1947-09-15
This Changing World
Ill.Fated Atcheson Flight Blamed on Pilot,
But Facts Show Sabotage to Be Possible
By Constantine Brotcn

the pilots panel. The pilot knew,
however, that he had a gas reserve
sufficient for four and one-half
hours Of flying when the regular
tanks were empty.
When the plane reached Johnston
Island, three or four hours flight
from Honolulu, the pilot did not
land to refuel because he believed, it
is said, that he had ample gas to
reach Honolulu. in spite of a 40
mile-an-hour head wind. He appar-
emily discovered later either that
the connection with the emergency
tank was faulty or that the tank
had emptied during the flight.
Landing Lights Failed.
Capt. Still was compelled to make
an emergency landing in a stormy
sea. This was delicate operation,
but pilot Of Capt. Stills experience
might have been able to ditch sue
cessfully if the planes powerful
landing lights had functioned. 1t
appears that the switch for these
lights also was out of order, and
Capt. Still was compelled to make a
hit-or- miss landing instead of set
ting the plane down in the water so
that it would not break up.
These are not mere assumptions
born of the fertile Imagination of
some officials who are prone to see
sabotage and foreign intrigue In
every unhappy occurrence. They are
actual facts, it is said, which might
be contained in the voluminous re-
port of the investigating board.
Mr.. Atcheson and his associates
carried with them top secret docu-
ments connected not only with de-
velopments in Japan and Korea, as
they bear on the peace treaty, but
also with matters of even higher
importance. In accordance with
regulations brief cases containing
such papers must be weighted to
assure that they will sink in the
case of accident at sea.
Since the end of the war these
regulations have been somewhat dis
regarded. The search for remains
Of Mr.. Atcheson and the others
lost in the plane and for the docu-
ments contained in their brief cases
has been fruitless. This leads to
the belief that the papers are at the
bottom of the sea, although it is
by no means certain that this Is the
case
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Johnston q n q nAroio L. A'
the movie producers whose moral
guide he is supposed to be. After
an apparently soul-searching ses-
sion, Mr. Johnston announced that
since Great Britain would not take
the films that the American movie
industry wanted to send to 1t, on
terms agreeable to Hollywood, 1t
would not get any.
This decision was lacking In SYM
pathetic understanding of the tragic
economic situation that today exists
in Great Britain. 1t 1ll-becomes a
great American industry to say to
Great Britain, at this time of real
anxiety, Business as usual, or none
at all.
1t Is no pleasure to the British to
tighten their belts for lack of suffi-
cient food, and doubtless they would
like to see American movies as usual,
But, when it is choice between
bread and movies, 1t does not require
much craftsmanship to decide that
there must be fewer movies. When
necessity drives, everything else must
give way.
Loan Conditions Are Handicap.
The huge loan that we made some
time ago to Great Britain is being
exhausted more rapidly than had
been anticipated. This credit will
doubtless have been used up before
Congress reconvenes in January
Moreover we imposed some onerous
conditions-more onerouS appar-
emily in the event than in the pros
pect. This loan was not granted to
Great Britain with the right to buy
at its own option in pound sterling
areas. This was one factor that con-
tributed to the more rapid use of
the credit than was expected. The
United States would do well to waive
all of the conditions of this loan
that bear too heavily on the
economy of Great Britain.
In order to stretch its dollars as
far as possible, the British govern
lltIG uCC1Qcu w lIlpOl1 4CoS, CoPC-
cially from United States currency.
One way to import less was to in
crease taxes. This was done with
respect to both American movies
and American tobacco. The British
had to choose between more food
and fewer movies and less tobacco.
Naturally, the decision was in IA
vor of more food. The average Brit
ish family is living today at level
of subsistence that we would re-
gard as calamitous. No one in this
country should resent the decision
of the British that it is better for
their children to have a better diet
than to see American movies.
1t is natural that the movie in
dustry should want to do business
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as usual" with Great Britain. This
would also be desirable from the
British point of view. 1t is not
conceivable that Great Britain, ex-
cept as a most reluctant step, de-
cided on sharp increase in taxes
so as to cut to the quick further
imports of movies and tobacco.
Naturally, every American would
like to see both of these great in
dustrieS continue to do the cuSto-
mary amount of business with the
British Isles, at reasonable profit
However, in the circumstances, we
ought to try to put ourselves in
the shoes of the British. If we were
occupying those shoes, we would
decide, as they have, in favor of
bread, even at the expense of movies
and tobacco. The American econ
omy can stand the shock of this
unexpected blow better than the
British.
We Should Appreciate Situation.
We ought to appreciate sympa-
thetically the dire economic situa-
ton in which the British find them
selves at this time. We should try,
if possible, to work out a modifica-
tion with the British of their taxes
and, failing this, we should cheer
fully adjust ourselves to regret
table but temporary loss of trade.
| And while one may bespeak a
sympathetic understanding on the
part of all Americans of the social
and economic difficulties of Great
Britain that portend actual hunger
and cold next winter, it might not
! be out of place to remind the strik-
ing miners of that temporarily un-
fortunate land that they. too, have
duty to their own people. 1t might
even be suggested that this is a
paramount duty.
1t is difficult for Americans to
understand how a large and we'll
organized segment of British labor
can ignore the pleas of their own
Labor government, as well as OF
their own labor leaders. The British
miners certainly cannot expect the
! united otdJcS W 1ul IllSll Iool ~
Great Britain at the expense OF
France and other continental coun-
tries that themselves cannot pro-
duce coal.
After all, Great Britain can sup
ply enough coal for its own min
imum needs. To do this is the
patriotic and moral duty of the
miners. 1t stands to reason that
unless the British people are willing
to help themselves, at least to the
extent of digging enough coal for
their own needs, it will be difficult
for them to persuade America,
whose own crops are below expecta-
tions, that it should send wheat
to the British Isles in preference
to France or italy and other coun-
tries whose people are not being
obstinately recalcitrant in refusing
to help themselves.
Copyright, 1919
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Russians st i'll
vetoing at Lake
Success? What
about the Dodg-
ers, the Yanks
and the Cards?
An American
W no oe S n t
speak Spanish in
Peru might just
as well be on
the moon, inso-
far as news from
home is con-
cerned. There is
no English IAN
guage newspaper
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n o t) provide
stop-gap aid to
Europe" before
t he European
nations them
S e lve es h a v e
worked out a
complete plan"
For total eco
nomic and fnan-
cial coll a p S e
threatens Eu-
rope, and it is
certain to carry
with it a break
d ow n of all
social order with
resultant anar-
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not eat cake
when they could
not get bread,
she recognized
that hunger is a
corroding thing
that only food
could correct.
While she did
not even prom
ise a chicken in
every pot, she
took q humane
position far in
advance Of the
ona rece n t ! y
adopted by Eric
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son, jr. was re-
leased Fri d a y
and placed the
blame for the
disaster on the
pilot, Capt. Ken
meth r. Still,
who went down
with his plane.
The boards
findings failed
to satisfy many
officials, W h o
still believe sa-
botage was in
volved in the
fra oadV
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The report Of the Army Air Forces
board which investigated the crash
60 miles west of Honolulu of a Bit
carrying Ambassador George Atche-
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Man to Man
Refusal to Send British Any u. S. Movies
Shows Failure to Understand Their Plight
Bv Harold L. Ickes

Perhaps there is something to be
said for Marie Antoinette after all.
At least, when she wondered why
the starving citizens of Paris might
Evening star., 1947-09-15
.cLemore
Finds Himself Isolated
From News About U. S.
By Henry McLem

LIMA, Peru. - Peruvian Para
graphs about Nothing in Particular:
What's going on back home? Is
Truman still President? Are the
Evening star., 1947-09-15

1t is clear, as Secretary Of State
Marshall and many other Govern
ment officials are warning, that I'VE
must" whether Congress meets or
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14

W1l1Cll Is 1lOW CllIlSulS \ 0 LllTO
place in the Tobacco State league,
a record Of three wins in their last
Is games.
Monday night at 7:45 o'clock the
Pirates play the final tilt of their
three7game series with Red Springs
at Legion Stadium. Nate Andrews,
who hasn't taken the mound in
almost a week.. is expected to
pitch. Andrews record is four wins
and two losses.
Emory Hewlett lost his ninth
tussle against two triumphs in the
first game today blowing a four
run lead. Tom Clayton, Red
Springs center fielder, basted a
three-run homer in the third inning
for three of the four tallies of the
stanza. Joe Mangina singled in the
other.
Billy Benton proved the big man
in obtaining Hewlett his 40 lead.
The lanky center fielder who was
given the old heave-ho Saturday,
doomed a triple with Emory Hew-
lett and Ed Hardisky on base. Har-
ry Bridges doubled Benton home
after Bob LaBlanc had been re-
tired. Andy Poklemba hammered
Bridges cross the platter,
The Robins scored the deciding
marker in the fifth frame with
Wolfe doubling and Mangini sock
ing a two-bagger, driving him in.
Buc Pilot Andrews gave Al Len
to, who has been sitting around in
the dugout, an opportunity to show
his stuff in the second game. Lento
watched the Robins get two runs
in the first and three in the sixth
before he went to the showers.
Although Fred Townsend and Lefty
Louis Cheshire both saw action
during the rest of the contest, it
was Lento who received credit for
the whipping, his third without a
victory.
After Red Springs had granted
two runs in the first, one on Clay
tons second roundtripper of the
day, Wilmington came back for two
tauies in the second. Bridges and
Poklemba walked. Johnny Edens
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one run each in the initial inning,
the two teams battled s.orelessly
until the last of the fifta when
Clinton pounded Osgood for two
markers. Wright scored the de-
.cisive tally himself. After he had
singled, Marsh doubled him in
home, and Ed Kukulka pushed
Marsh cross with another two.
sacker.
Warsaw's mound staff, infield,
and batting order all fell apart in
front of the home fans yesterday,
as. Dunn-Erwin scored 16 runs
before the Sox could push over
four in the late innings. While
the Twins were pounding loser
Dick Whitmire, Ensley and Bird
for II hits, L. T. Jones was max
ing four miscues behind the plate,
Ed McArty bobbled twice at third,
and Ford Jordan scrambled one
at shortstop, a total of eight err
rors.
Frank V%inajereas, taking his
sixth win for the Twins, famed
seven Sox, walked only three and
pitched a pretty fancy ball game.
The Warsaw hurlers issued ten
bases on balls. Dunn-Erwin had
only II men left on base for the
entire game. Carl McQuillen hon.
cred in the fifth with tw. on for
the Twins, and drove in another
run in the fourth with a single.
Shamrock Denning also blasted
in a quartet of t%allies, popping
four singles in six tries.
Red Stephens was the only shin
ing light for Warsaw, producing a
single tally in the eighth with an
empty-bases circuit clout. The
Sox pulled three more markers
out of their battered hats in 9
ninth in a futile effort to make it
look like a contest. They seem to
have been unsuccessful.
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Clinton Blues pasted Lumberton's
second-place Cubs, 81, with Wright
taking the mound himself for his
18th win of the year.
After a long drouth. Red Springs
finally broke one of their many
losing spells by jumping on their
favorite dis, the Wilmington Pi-
rates, in both games Of a double
header. They won the first Sd,
and dubbed three Pirate hurlers in
an 8-5 victory in the nightcap.
With Carl McQuillen and Sham
rock Denning both running four
markers across the plate, Dunn
Erwin had little trouble in flashing
Warsaw, 1914 in the Red Sox' own
back yard.
Bob Holiday, Sanford outfielder,
scored the only and winning run
of the Spinner-Leaf fray when he
forced Shoffner at second after the
latter had singled, went to third
on Bruce Hedrick's base-ait, and
tripped in with the run when Bob
by Keane hit to the right of the
mound, pulling Zaykoski out of po-
Sition to throw home.
Shoffner got three of Sanford's
nine hits, and Dick Woodland,
Smithfield cleanup man who had
nothing to clean up, nevertheless
contributed two of the Leafs five
hits. While striking out only four,
House issued only two walks to
Zaykoski's three. The Leaf hurler
famed only one Spinner.
While chalking up his 18th win
against only four defeats, Wright,
who had acted as manager twice
before for Clinton this year, scat
tered eight Lumberton hits. The
newly-appointed mentor also rap
ped out a single and a double
and scored twice himself during
the game. Altogether, the Blues
hit safely Is times off Osgood, the
losing pitcher, and Dalton.
After tying up the game with
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14

Winter Park edged out Seagate,
AZ, in other loop encounters.
Edwards struck out 10 while
spinning his pitching masterpiece.
Masonboro scored the winning run
in the second innig with big Ar.
thur Farrow, Clam center fielder,
blasting a home run with none on.
Farrow later secured a single to
lead his team in hitting.
The Clamdiggers got their other
two runs in the sixth when Johnny
Farrow reached first on an error,
Edwards walked, and both run
ners advanced on Danion's infield
out, scoring when the second base
man errored a perfect two. Whed-
bee, twirling for Hampstead, Whit
fed II and allowed six bingles.
Rudy Johnson of Hampstead hit a
double to lead his club in bat
ting.
Murphy scoggins, former New
Hanover High school pitching star,
scattered 10 hits in Pepsi-Cola's
11-3 triumph over Acme-De1co. The
fire-baller famed eight and walk
ed three. Two Workman and John
Billiard split the hurting duties for
the losers, giving up a total of
II safeties together. Tatum, Sand
lin land Scoggins all battered two
for four to top the Pepsi-Cola
batsmen. Hobbs with three for
five headed Acme-Delco.
Ken Raynor was the hero of the
Winter Park team, singing home
Norwood Skipper with the run that
beat 'Seagate. Raynor had also
scored in the first when he re-
ceived a walk, stole second, and
tailed on a Single. Norwood
Skipper pitched eigAt-hit ball for
the visitors, while J. B. Wallace
and Jim Bullock were tapped for
six bingles by Winter Park. Lacoe
smacked a triple and single to
take batting honors for the losers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14
.Red-Hot Yankees Keep
Rolling At High Speed

/ CHICAGO, July 10. -(P)- The
.NeW York Yankees scored their
Thirteenth and fourteenth straight
victories by sweeping a double
sheader today from the Chicago
white sox. winning the first game
hos and the second, 60, before 49,
9a1O2 fans.
] The double victory moved the
Eieague-leading Yankees 10 II
] games in front of the second place
Detroit Tigers who divided a twin
bill today with Philadelphia.
With today's victories, the Yanks
snow need only two more consecu-
tive wins to equal their longest
winning streak of Is straight In
1925. The major league record is
rs straight set by the New York
Giants in 1916.
Bobo Newsom, purchased from
Washington Friday on waivers, and
young Vic Raschi, recalled from
Portland last Thursday, were the
two winning pitchers for New York.
Newsom gave up only five hits
in the winning his first start with
the Yankees in the opener. Raschl,
with plenty Of late assistance from
Joe Page and Allie Reynolds.
checked Chicago on nine hits in the
afterpiece.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14

hoI1 classic as tney u up
pes rounds of match play
seven seven other twosomes with
ss1 70 score, two ahead of for
pT tennis champ Ellsworth Vines
big Clayton Heather, who
anu = late splurge to take over
s' Daond place and s1,7oO.
Tn W.. winners started the day with
ss 10 carryover, and defeated
chezzi and Ed (Porky) Oil
Nv A hole this morning, be-
bowing two down to Herman
;o sa and Herman Barron in
H., final match.
r e. Furgol, Pontiac, Mich, with
crippled arm, and George
nt Of San Francisco 4ook over
ssird place with a plus 4 score,
-iuo = three-down decision to
,.rrer open champions Lawson
; ,+.ls and Lloyd Mangrum this
~arning and then playing Vines
W. ueafner IN even match this
Suu
T,rgol and Schoux also took
,r, an extra $3.50, along with
.seir third place $1,000, for shoot
~a the Journeys low score, a
sisstering 11-under-par 60 with
usicb they opened the event
Thnrsdav in their first. jaunt to-
..thor over the Inverness layout.
Hogan and Demaret scored 43
nrdies and four eagles on their
.os.bole iaunt, and finished 40 IN
dsr mar for the route, missing par
y. two holes. Furgol and Schoux,
with 46 brides and two eagles,
upre 46 under par for the distance,
1oing over on four holes. In the
|sirdies prize count, eagles. were
oo,nted as two brides, giving Ho-
can and Demaret that $3.50 prize
Inv a single stroke over the youth
ful Furgol and SchouX.
The is professionals scored 322
|@birdies and eight eagles in the
seven rounds, Demaret and Oliver
setting threes today on long par
five holes. ,
I National Open champions didn't
faro too we'll in the event, Man
rum and Little finishing last with
u minus 10 count to collect $500,
and Lew Worsham, present holder
sof the title, taking down $7OO for
seventh place with his partner
/ Johnny Palmer.
Barron and Keiser pushed into
fourth place by beating Hogan and
sDemaret in the last match and
winning $1,000. Sam Snead and
Ipr. Cary Middlecoff were next
.for 5000, and Ghezzi and Oliver
wound up with $500 for Sixth spot.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14
BUNS HIT REDS
FOR 9TH in ROW

BROOKLYN, July 10. - up -
Clyde King, Brooklyn relief artist.
graduated to the ranks of starting
pitchers today with a six-hit 81 de-
clslon over Cincinnati for the Dod-
gers seventh straight victory.
Kent Peterson, the Reds rookie
le1thander, stayed with King for
SIX innings, trailing by one run
when King came up in the seventh
with two on and two out. The Dod-
gers first-time starter delivered a
double to left center that broke the
game wide open. Brooklyn knocked
out Peterson in that inning, scor.
ing four runs and added three more
off Ed Erautt in the eighth.
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sacrificed them down and was
safe at first when Mangini errored
a throw. Steckel forced Poklemba
out at third, Bridges scoring. Bill
Alsnauer singled, Edens crossing
pay dirt for the second and final
run of the inning.
After Red Springs had scored
three times in both the fifth and
sixth, Wilmington notched three
IN the seventh. Lefty Cheshire
singled. Benton doubled them
home. Leblanc drove out a safety,
bringing in Benton. This brought
the count to 8-5 and ended the
scoring for the game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14

Runs batted in - Benton 2, La
Blanc, Steckel, Alsnaver, Rogers
2, Wolfe 2, Mangini 2, Clayton,
'Coakley. Two base hits - Rogers
2. Benton, Bridges, Hackenbury.
Home runs - Clayton. Stolen bases
Mangini 2, LaBlanc. Sacrifices
-Edens. Lento, Hackenbu-y.
Double plays - Jackson, Rogers
to Mangini. Left on bases - Will
mington 10; Red Springs 4. Bases
on baus-off: - Oakley S,
Burch 0, Lento 2, Townsend O.
Cheshire l. Struck out, by -
Coakley 3, Burch l., Lento 2,
Townsend 1, Cheshire 2. Hits off,
Coakley 6 in 6 1-3 innings; off:
Burch 1 in 2 % innings: Lento 6
in 4 1-3 innings; off: Townsend
3 in l inning; off: Cheshire l in
2 1-3 innings. Wild pitches -
Lento. Winning pitcher Coakley:
Losing Pitcher - Lento. Time Of
game 200.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-14

Runs batted in-Leach, Denning
4, McQuillen 4, Miller 3, Miner
2 Stephens. Home .runs-McQuil-
len, Stephens. Sacrifices-Collins,
Miller, Vinajereas 2. Double plays
Goodwin to Leach. Left on bases
Duhn-Erwin II; Warsaw 4. Bases
on balls-off: Vinajereas 3. Whit
mire 4, Ensley 5, Bird I. Struck
out, by Vinajereas 7; Whitmire 2,
Ensley /, Riri q. Hits off: Whit
mire, 4 in 3 innings: off: Ensley
7 in 3 % innings; off: Bird l in
2 1-3 innings. Hit by pitcher. by
Vinajereas (Jordan). Wldpitches
Ensley 2. Passed balls: Jones 3.
Losing pitcher Whitsnire.
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Errors-Haas, Baumholtz, Zientara.
Runs Batted n-Robinson 2, Young, Jor-
gensen, King 3, Reese. Two Base Hits
Hatton, King. Robinson. Three Base
Hit-Stanky. Sacrifices-Walker, Jorgen-
sen. Double Plays-Jorgensen, Stanky
and Robinson. Left on Bases-Cincin-
natl 6; Brooklyn 4. Bases On Balls -
Peterson 3, Erautt 1, King 2. Strike
outs-Peterson 3, King 2. Hits Off -
Peterson z in 8 % innings. Hetki l in
1-3: Erautt 2 in /. Losing Pitcher -
Peterson. Umpires-Barlick, Gore and
Finelli. Time-2:o3. Attendance 23,o1s
paid.
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Errors - Hitchcock, Stephens. Runs
batter in-Lewis, Hudson 2, Travis,
Stephens 2. Two base hits-Vernor,
Peters 2. Three base hit-Vernon. Home
~runs-Lewis, Stephens 2. Stolen base
Travis. Sacrifice-Sanford. Double plays
Farrell n Travis; Priddy Travis and
Vernon, Stephens, Peters, Judich 2.
HUDSON, Travis and Vernon. Left on
Decentralization 6; St. Louis 3. Bases
on balls-Hudson , Sanford l. Potter 2.
Standardization 4, Sanford 2, Potter
l. Hits-off-Sanford Z in 8 innings;
Potter 1 in 1. Losing pitcherSSanford.
Umpires-McG owan, Krieve and Jones.
Time-2:W
(SECOND GAME
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Erros-McC ullough 2, Holmes. Runs
Batted In-Merullo, Cavarretta, McCul-
Tough 2. Pafko 2, Scheffing Fernandez 3,
NJ. Mccormick, Mast, Holmes 3. Two
Base Hits - johnson. Mccullough,
Lowrey, Pafko, Elliott Ryan. Three Base
Hits Lowrey M. Mccormick. Home
Runs-Fernandez, Holmes. Sacrifice -
Rowen. Double Plays-Ryan to Fernan-
DEE to Torgeson 2. Left On Bases
Chicago 6; Boston 6. Bases On Balls
Erickson ;, Meyer 1, Passeau 1, Barrett
3, Wright 1. Strikeouts Erickson 2;
Barrett 2. Hits: off Erickson 6 in 3
innings; Meyer % in 3 innings; Passeau
3 in 2 innings; Barrett 8 in 6 1-3 in
nings, Wright 2 in 2 1-3 innings; SPAIN
l in 10 inning. Wild Pitch-Meyer.
Winning Pitcher-Wright. Losing Pitch
er-Passeau. Umpires-orda, Barr and
Boggess. Time-2:16. Attendance 23,-
900.
SECOND GAME)
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Inx Club Faces Legion
In Game At Stadium Today
Whiteville, a team which has
beaten the Wilmington Ameri-

Whiteville, a team which has
beaten the Wilmington Ameri-
can Legion Juniors three out of
four games, Is the only stumb-
ling block standing between
Coach Tom Davis club and the
Eastern half championship Of
the Southern league. This aft
ernoon at $3.50 o'clock at White
ville's American Legion Sta
dunn the Wilmington aggre-
CATION will try to crush the
Whiteville obstacle.
Coach Davis announced last
night his likely starter today
would be Lefty Charlie Smith,
= high school sophomore who
has been tossing brilliant bali
all season. Jiggs Powers, Will
mington Morning Star cores
pondent Of Columbus county,
disclosed yesterday that Coach
Earl Brinkley Of Whiteville had.
nominated Cole Jacobs for
opening duty. Jacobs made a
name for himself q few days
ago by tossing a no-hit. no-run
game.
Should Wilmington win today,
it will clash with the Harnett
County Juniors, who have
clinched the Western half OF
the Southern league. At the
last tabulation Harnett had IL
wins and two defeats with a
four game lead.
The remainder Of the Will
mington lineup today will be:
Bob Lewis, first baseman;
Mike Austin, second base;
Eugene Smith, shortstop; jim
my Stoudenmire, third base;
Johnny Crowley, left field; Jere
Hilburn, center field; Claude
King. right field; and Billy
Sas.ikah. Aa&ckan