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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
STUDENTS CASE
SET FOR NOV

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. "a -
R-Judge Julien Gum, of Rich
mond Circuit court today set
November 6 as the date to hear
the controversial case of Yer
non Morgan, 18-year-old Univer-
sity of Richmond student who
has been declared ineligible to
take part in Southern Confer
ence football games.
The date was set over the
protests of Morgan's attorney,
John j. Wicker, Jr., who asked
for an immediate hearing of his
request for a declaratory judg,
ment against the conference.
Defense counsel Nelson T.
Parker asked for a continuance
on the grounds that he had not
been given an opportunity 70
file an answer to the petition.
Morgan charges that the
Southern Conference declared
him ineligible because he
signed a professional baseball
contract with the New York
Giants when he was Is.
Wicker, however, contends
that the contract is null and
void since it was signed by his
father who, through court &C
ton, was not his legal guardian
and that Morgan, therefore, is
eligible to play with the Uni.
versity of Richmond squad.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
HIGH SCHOOL
GRID RESULTS

Wilmington 7, Goldsboro 2.
Durham n. Rock Mount 10.
Faison IA, Warsaw o.
Kings Mountain at Cherryville, post
poned, rain.
Raleigh 50, Oxford Orphanage Z.
Children's Home 27, Gray High 0.
North Wilkesboro rs, Elkin O.
Cooleemee IA, S%toneville 6.
AT Gastonia 26, Reynolds O.
Aurelian Springs 80, Wendell 10.
Methodist O%rphanage Is, Chapel Hill
0.
Hartford 10, Williamson 6.
Fuquay SO, Garner 0.
Rich Square 2, Enfield 0.
Fayetteville B %, Goldsboro B s.
Apex 20, Cary 6.
Asheville High 6, Greenville, S. C, 6
Oak City 20, Pasquotank u.
Elizabeth City ID, Roanoke Rapids o
smithfield 10. Spring Hope 0.
Kinston IL, Dunn 6.
Oxford n, Roxboro 6.
Wilson 7, Fayetteville z, (tie).
Charlotte Central 6, High Point
(Tie).
Gastonia rs, Winston-Salem Rey
nolds 0.
Salisbury ID, Albemarle 0.
La Grange 27; Farmville o.
Gibsonville Is; Alexander Wilson 0
Siler City 81; Raeford 10.
Lands Is. Boonville ID, tTie).
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
DOUBLE HEADER
SET AT W 81

LEXINGTON, Va. Oct. 24-lP-
Old grads and football fans have
jammed this valley village to the
bursting point as they await the
double header homecoming affair
being staged by Washington and
Lee university and Virginia Mill
tary institute.
The unique twin bill will get
underway at IL a. m. (EST) to-
morrow when Washington and
Lee clashes with the Davidson
Wildcats in a Southern Confer
ence affair on Wilson Field. That
same field will be the scene of
the afternoon contest in which the
undefeated and favored cavaliers
of Virginia stake their record
against VMI. Kickoff time for
the second game is 3 p. m.
Crowds of approximately H.
900 are expected to see each of
the games. The list of distin-
guished persons expected to be
among the crowds includes Gov
ernor Tuck, Attorney General
Tom Clark, Major General John
T. Lewis, deputy commander OF
the Second Army.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
HIGH POINT SCORERS
OF YMCAMS RELEASED

The fifth day of the YMCA
Mississippi River Swim will get
underway today as 4O1 "Y" men,
bers swan a total of 1884,
924 yards, according to an an
nouncement yesterday by Adam
Smith, YMCA physical director.
The swim began October 20
and will end November l, with
every YMCA in the United
States, who wishes, participating.
High scorers for yesterday
were: Seniors-Bobby "Sookie"
Powell; Older Boys, Tommy
Covington; Juniors, Richard Nc
Dowell; and Cadets, Sammy
Houston.
Smith said that any "Y" mem
bers can participate in this swim
by contracting him at the local
YMCA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
ARMY TAKES 26
MEN IN MONTH

Seven Army veterans and
three non-veterans were accepted
for enlistment in the regular
army and air force by tn U. S.
Army and All Force recruiting
station during the past week,
it was announced yesterday by
1t. Charles ]. Markus, station
commander.
Markus said that rs men had
been accepted for Army service
during the month and that six
days remained in which the local
recruiting station could fill their
% men-a-month quote. The en-
listed men entered the service
through the local station, al
though they live in the various
cities and towns in Southeastern
North Carolina.
Veterans enlisting were George
C. Walker, Jr., $40 Grace steet;
Woodrow Ball, Richards; Curtis
Fowler, Tabor City; all of whom
volunteered for three years SER
vice in the Air Force; Silas Jar
man, Jr., Richards; Field Ar
tillery for three years; Clarence
B. Sellers, Tabor City, assigned
direct to the Alaskan theater
for three years.
Arthur L. Anderson, 900 Tenth
street, and David H. Jackson, Ri
3, Negroes, signed up for three
years duty with the air corps.
Non-veterans -nlisting were
James F. Moore, 112 N. Eighth
street, three years in the All
Force; James L. Merritt, Wallace
enlisted in the Ordinance depart
ment for three years; and Nor
man T. Williams, Richlands, en-
listed for three years service II
the Field Artillery .
1t. Markus said that the re
cruiting station is located in tn
post office building and re
cruiting representatives ar
stationed in post offices of tn
following towns each week:
Whiteville, Monday and Tues
day; Burgaw, Thursday; Jack
sonville, Thursday and Friday
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| The Illinois team that drub-
bed Minnesota last week, 40-13,
expects a rugged struggle with
improving Purdue at Lafayette,
Ind. Only a 90 tie with Army
clouds the Illinois record. Pur-
due bowed to Wisconsin and
Notre Dame but has been COM
ing on strong.
Navy and Penn figure to pro-
vide the most interesting con-
test in the east before Is, 600
at Franklin Field in Philadel-
phia. With Ribs Baysinger, Jr.,
throwing passes and fullback
Bill Hawkins ripping the line,
The Middies broke a long losing
streak by submerging Cornell
last Stuarday, 1919. Whether
this means that the Navy fl
nally has "arrived" will be de-
termined by Penn, an Ivy
league powerhouse with back
field speed to spare and a
strong line. The Penn club will
be weakened by the loss of cen
ter Charley Bednarik, out with
a chest injury.
Pennsylvania also draws an
other top Eastern game at State
College, the meeting of Penn
State and West Virginia, both
unbeaten and united. Although
state has played no top flight
clubs, there is a. strong impress
sion that they rank with the
best in the East and near the
top in the National rankings,
Fullback Joe Colone is out with
| injuries but Penn State has beer
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
By JACK HAND

NEW YORK, Oct. "a -R-
California and Southern Califor-
MIA. two of the nations unbeat-
en- football elite, clash tomor-
row in the most significant
game of a bullying mid-seasor
program that might determine
the western Rose Bowl repre-
sentative.
Important games pop up all
over the nation with such pair
ings as Penn-Navy, Texas-Rice,
Michigan : Minnesota. Illinois
Purdue, Notre Dame-1owa,
Wake Forest-Duke, Penn State
West Virginia and Army-Colum-
bia hogging the headlines.
Despite five straight wins for
coach Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf's
California Bears, they ar e
ranked as underdogs to the
strong Southern Cal Trojans
whose record is slightly marred
bv a TT .early-season tie with
Rice. A sellout crowd of 10000
is due.
Michigan, ranked the No. l
team of the nation by a wide
margin in the weekly poll of
football writer's, wrestles with
once-beaten Minnesota for the
Little Brown Jug before 1898
at Ann Arbor, Mich. Coach
Fritz Crisler's Wolverines have
steamrollered four opponents
and are still INFESTED, The tex
perts'' don't think Minnesota
| can make it closer than four
touchdowns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
WILLISTON TIGERS
DEFEAT BEARS, 1877

In one of the most exciting
games of their season, the Will
liston Tigers last night rolled to
a IS to Z victory over the New
Bern Bears at the American Lee
gion stadium before a handful
of fans.
The Williston tbs came in
THE first and fourth quarter
when Charley Nixon, LIB,
reached paydirt for a s to 0
score. FB Hard Rutland split
he uprighsts for the extra point.
The second marker came in
the fourth as Rutland crossed
the goal standing up. The con-
version was blocked.
New Bern's lone goal was
made by OBJ Little Roundtree
who received the pigskin on his
own 10 yard line and zigzagged
his jitterbug body through the
center of the line and field to
cross paydirt with the oval
Their attempt for the extra
point was good.
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Trojans To Clash With Bears Today And Outcome
May Determine Western Rose Bowl Representative

State, Davidson at Washington
and Lee, Maryland at Virginia
Tech and Arkansas-Mississip
at Memphis with Ole Miss
Charles Conerly, the nations
top ground gamer, in action.
In addition to the Texas-Rice
game, the Southwest will echo
with cheers from the visit Of
unbeaten-untied Baylor to Tex
as Aggies and the meeting Of
Oklahoma and Texas Christian
in Norman, Okla.
Indiana and Northwestern
hook UP in a Big Nine contest
at Evanston, Ill. and Ohio State
goes to Pittsburgh to hand the
Panthers another pasting.
Kentucky, which knocked off
Vanderbilt last week, plays an
intersectional game at Michi-
gan State, which has been COM
ing back strong after it's $50
rout by Michigan. Other west
ecn games find Marquette at
Wisconsin, Missouri at Iowa
State and Nebraska at Kansas
State
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established a strong three
touchdown favorite.
Army's string of 81 straight
games without a loss becomes
more difficult to carry each
week. Now they face Columbia,
an offensive-minded team thai
has been bowled over by Yale
and Penn in it's last two starts.
Nobody has scored on the Ca
diets since Navy came so close
to winning last fall.
Notre Dame, the No. z clue
in the Associated Press poll, en-
tertains Iowa in what is ex-
pected to be a passing duel be-
tween the Irish Johnny Lu]ack
and Al Di Marco.
Wake Forest, a team that has
been climbing steadily toward
the first 10, gives once-tleo
Duke a shot at it's spotless rec
ord on the home field in the
big game of the Southern pro-
gram, even overshadowing the
Georgia Alabama battle that
usually produces the conference
champion or a Sure Bowl en-
try. r.
Louisiana State and Wander
bilt, each beaten once, make
another prize Dixie pairing in
night game at Baton Rouge, La
Other major Southern games in
clude North Carolina at Flori'
da, Auburn at Tulane, Nightly
ing Virginia at Virginia Mill
tary, strong Georgia Tech in {
home breather with the Citadel,
Tennessee at Tennessee Tech
| Hardin1Simmons at Mississippi
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25

stripe. On a bad pass from center
Bobby Haas, the ball bounded in
to the end zone and Goldsboro
was given credit for an automatic
safety, making the score 2 to O
in their favor.
The Wildcats scored early in
the fourth period. With the pig
skin on their own At yard line,
Jim Gibson punted to the Colds
boro 20. The Quakes failed to
gain and Mercy kicked out to the
Wilmington SO.
On the first play Gibson STEP
ped back and heaved a pass to
Homer Brewer on the 80 yard
line. The fleet footed ace DASH
ed to the goal line with several
Goldsboro tacklers on his heels.
Irwin Gore split the uprights with
the oval and Wilmington was
leading 7 to 2. o,
AS the ball game ended Will
mington was again threatening to
score. The ball was resting on
the Goldsboro IA yard line in
possession of the Wildcats.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
WET FIELD SEEN
FOR UNC-FLORIDA

GAINESVILLE, Fla, Oct. "a
P)-Florida and North Carolina
are almost certain of a wet field
when they tangle for the sixth
time as a feature of Florida's
homecoming here tomorrow af-
ternoon.
Heavy rains today left the field
soggy and it will take plenty of
sun to make it even fairly dry by
game time.
Coach Carl Snavely brought
his North Carolina Tar Heels into
town today and took them out
on the practice field for a work.
out in light clothes.
Coach Ray Wolf kept his Ga
tors indoors for a brief drill in
the gymnasium.
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Fans To Attend
Wake Forest, Duke Tilt

WAKE FORES, Oct. "a -
Interest, excitement and ten
sion were at peak pitch in this
little village here tonight as
everyone anxiously awaited the
referees signal that will send
the undefeated Wake Forest
and Duke teams into battle in
Groves Stadium at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon in the big
event of a colorful Homecoming
Day program.
Approximately 2 1900 fans,
the largest home crowd in
Wake Forests history, will fill
the stadium to overlooking to
watch these old rivals continue
their bid for State, Conference,
sectional and national honors.
General consensus among
most writer's and supporters of
the two teams is that the two
powerful elevens are just about
as evenly matched as two clubs
could be. Both have big, rug
ged, and hard-hitting lines and
both have powerful and well
balanced attacks.
The games feature individual
duel will probably be between
ToSsin' Tom Fetzer Wake For
est tr~iple-threat tailback. ace
and the nations No. 2 man in
total offense yards gained
rushing and passing) and
Flingin' Freddie Folger, Dukes
gifted tri-threat tailback. Both
boys have paced every victory
of their team this season and
now they'll match abilities
against one another.
Duke rates a substantial edge
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
ARMY GAME
DUCATS ALL GONE

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 24-W.D
The University of Pennsylvania
announced today that all tickets
for the football game with Army
here Nov. Is have been sold.
The sellout was the second of
the season for Penn. The other
was the Navy game, scheduled
tomorrow. Franklin Field, where
both games will be played, seats
more than $1,000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
CAROLINA TENNIS
MEN TRIM DAVIDSON
IN OFF SEASON GAME

Chapel Hill, N. c., Oct. "a
(AP) = Coach John Kenfield's
North Carolina racquetmen took
the measure of Davidson college
8 to 2 today in an offseason
tennis match.
The Tar Heels top-seeded
Clark Taylor, New Haven, Conn,
turned back Wildcat Ace 30
Rodney of Charlotte, 60, 81
6 2, 6 l, in the feature
match. Carolina pocketed seven
singles matches and dropped two
doubles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
WILDCATS EDGE GOLDSBORO. 7-2
STATE JUNIORS
DEFEAT DUKE so

RALEIGH, Oct. 24-R-For
all appearances it looked like a
repeat performance Of the Duke
10 victory over N. C. State col
lege as North Carolina defeated
State, 60, here today in a foot
ball game between junior varsity
teams.
The rivals battled on almost
even terms for three quarters,
and an exchange of punts left
State in possession of the ball at
midfield to set up the scoring pic
ture.
Tailback George Pickett, of
Raleigh, went back to pass on
first down, but he was rushed
badly by a swarm of North Car
DINA linemen.
Pickett, standing on the State
40, tried to pass, but the ball
fell into the arms Of North Caro-
lima center Billy Baise, also of
Raleigh. Billy had a clear patch
goalward. Bob Reynolds place
ment for point after touchdown
was wide.
N. c. State and Duke battled
along the same lines in the sea-
son opener, only to have Dukes
tackle Louis Allen intercept a
pass by back Footsie Palmer, and
run for the only score of the
game.
Today's game featured the rum
ming of North Cardinals Dick
Bunting and Gus Purcell and the
punting and passing of States
Roland Eveland and Bob Young
blood.
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Jim Gibson Heaves Pass
To Homer Brewer To Win
Locals Complete Six Out OF Ten Passes FQf
Total Gain Of 100 Yards; Earthquakes
Credited With Safety In First Period

GOLDSBORO, OCT. PA long pass from big Jim
Gibson to Homer Brewer in the last quarter gave the New
Hanover Wildcats a 7 to 2 victory over the Goldsboro
Earthquakes here tonight before one of the largest crowds
in the local high school history. ,
After battling the entire first period on even terms,
the Quakes were credited with a safety that Melted them
two points in the second quarter. Mercy, deep in Colds
boro territory punted to Charlie Smith on the Wilmington
Is yard line. The Cats advanced the ball to the q yard
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
WALLACE GRIDDERS
STOP BURGAW 200

WALLACE, Oct. 24,-Wallace
high schools football squad
strangled a Burgaw eleven &C
to 0 here this afternoon.
The leaf cities impressive de-
Tense was the main obstacle
for the Burgawians as they
were never threatned within 20
yards of their own goal.
The Burgaw eleven was not
clicking as the oval was too slip
perry for the boys to snag and
they could not make a hole in
the opposing forward wall.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
STATE COLLEGE
PRACTICES FOR
CHATTANOOGA TILT

RALEIGH, Oct. 24-P-Fun'
damentals were given consider
able emphasis as N. c. State col.
lege today continued prepare
tons for its football date with
Chattanooga here on the night OF
November l.
Coach Beattie Feathers push
ed his charges through long per-
iods of blocking and tackling, and,
like yesterday, added an extend
ed session of wind sprints, with
which he hopes to keep the Wolf
pack in better physical condi-
ton.
niaI C-2211 fnr NowSnanpr Service
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COLLEGE SCORES

North Carolina Jayvees 6, N. c. State
Jayvees O.
Rollins 13, Presbyterian II.
Miami %, George Washington 7.
Detroit 80, Duguesne 6.
Boston College G., Villanova o.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
DIES OF INJURIES

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 24-(R-
Duane Creamer, 16. Smith Cen
ter, Kans., died in a hospital here
today Of a head injury suffered in
a high school football game Oct.
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in speed with such fast backs
as Folger, Buddy Mulligan,
George Clark, Tom Hughes,
Howard Hartley, Belts Her
long, Roland Hodges, and Bob
Frye. Wake Forest has the adj
vantage in weight-an average
of IA pounds in the line, 213
to Dukes 1879 and an average
of eight pounds in the backfield,
1877 to 179.
Both teams need the victory
to continue their march among
the nations elite as we'll as to
enhance their bids for State and
Conference titles. Both are high
in the national picture now -
Wake Forest 18th in the coun-
try in the Associated Press poll
this week and Duke 18th.
In addition to the two strong
starting elevens, both teams
are well manned with capable
reserves all down the line.
Neither appears to have any no
ticeable edge in reserve
strength. And from all reports
both teams appear to be very
much "up" for this one.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
SUMMARY
STATISTICS

Scoring: Touchdown for New Hanover
on Pass from Gibson to Brewer. Extra
point, placement by Gore. Safety for
Goldsboro, credited to Eason. "
Officials: Montgomery, refree: Har-
vey, headlinesman; Wood, field judge;
Williamson, umpire. %
SnAnMYAr YArEIrnS
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Subs for Wilmington-Haas, Jordan,
Johnson, Taylor, Sanderson. Austin,
Smith, Stelljes, Daughtry, Gregg. "
subs for Goldsboro-McRoy, Klutx,
Crone, Griswell, Price. Namil, Winslow,
McLamb.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-14

the property involved in this action.
known or unknown, sui juris or non
juris. including any not in esse who
might by possibility hereafter set up a
claim.
The D%efendants) ". d. SILVER. hi.
persons, firms or corporations who might
In any contingency claim an interest in
the property involved in this action,
known or unknown, sui juris or non
sui 1uris, including any not in esse who
might by possibility hereafter set up a
claim, will take notice that an action
entitled as above has been commenced
in the Superior Court of New Hanover
County for the purpose of foreclosing
in the City of Wilmington, N. C. same
being parts of Lots 1, 2 and 3, in Block
272, according to official plan of said
City, in which said Defendant(s) have
or claim to have. an interest, for and
on account of unpaid taxes due and
owing the City of Wilmington and-or
the County of New Hanover.
And the said Defendant(s) will fur
Their take notice that they are required
perior Court of New Hanover County
at his office in the Court House in the
City of Wilmington, N. c., on or before
tWenty-seven days after the End day of
Sept. 1947, and answer or demur to the
Complaint of the Plaintiffs filed in this
action. or the Plaintiffs will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in
the Complaint.
This LIST day Of August, ie47.
A. L.. MEYLANn
Clerk of the Superior Court
of New Hanover County.
By: Lois J. Ward,
Asst. Clerk.
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NOTICE Of PUBLICATION
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY Of NEW
CITY OF WnMiNGToN. NORTH
AND c. R. MORSE, CITY-COUNTY
TAX COLLECTOR VS. BENJAMIN A.
Gavins and wife, Carrie SILVER Gavins,
their heirs and-or devisees. and any and
all persons, firms or corporations who
might in any contingency claim an in
terest in the property involved In this
action, known or unknown, sui 5uris or
non sui juris, including any not in esse
who might by possibility hereafter set
up 4 claim.
The D~efendant(s) Benjamin A.. Gavins
and wife. Carrie Shiver Gavins. their
heirs and-or devisees, and any and all
persons, firms or corporations who might
in any contingency claim an interest in
the property involved in this action,
known or unknown, sui juris or non sui
juris, including any not in esse who might
by possibility hereafter set up a claim,
will take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in the Su-
perior Court of New Hanover County for
the purpose of foreclosing and selling
certain real property situate in City of
Wilmington, N. c. same being part of
Lots l an 2, in Block 272, according to
official plan of said City, in which said
Defendant s) have o. claim to have an
interest, for and on account of unpsid
takes Que ana oW1Ik Tie LILY u WI
mington and-or the County of New Han
And the said Defendant(sl will fur
Their take notice that they are required
to appear before the Clerk of Superior
Court of New Hanover County at his
office in the Court House in he City
of Wilmington, N. c., on or before
twenty-seven days after the 2nd day of
Sept. 1947, and answer or demur to the
Complaint of the Plaintiffs filed in this
action, or the Plaintiffs will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in the
Complaint.
This LIST day of August. 1s47.
A. L. MEYLAND
Clerk of the Superior Court
of New Hanover County
BY: Lois J. Ward. Asst. Clerk.
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Bladen County Negro
Returned To Prison

RALEIGH. Aug. 13- Up When
Willie Smith, 31-year-old Negro
arrived at central prison today to
begin serving a term of 80 to so
years for second degree burglary.
prison authorities found that he
was an escapee whom they had
been seeking since last December.
Prison Inspector Kyle Matthews
said that Smith went under the
name of William Walker and was
serving five to seven years for
housebreaking and larceny when
he and 10 other prisoners sawed
their way out of the Bladen Coun-
tv camp last December II, and
Smith-or Walker - was the last
escapee at large from the Bladen
break.
Smith received his latest sen
tence in Halifax county several
ldyas ago.