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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
MOUNTAINOUS TO
Il INTER- NATIONAL
BASKETBALL MEET
West Virginia University
Will Compete In Madison
Square Garden

MORGANTOWN, W. Va, Feb.
24-P)-West Virginia University $
basketball team, winner Of Is of the
is contests it has played so far this
season, will compete in the Ma
tional ~invitational Tournament at
Madison Square Garden next
month.
Asa Bushnell, Secretary of the
Eastern College Athletic Confer
ence and chairman of the Invita-.
ton committee, announced in New
York today the acceptance by the
Mountaineers Of its fourth bid OF
recent years to the p@ost-season
meet.
The acceptance was the first by
any college for the eight team
meet which will open March Is.
Bushnell did not disclose what
other colleges had been invited
but it was believed that Duquesne,
Navy, Notre Dame, Syracuse,
Rhode Island, st. Joseph's of Phil
adelphia, Muhlenberg, Kentucky.
Bradley, Western Kentucky, and
Texas Wesleyan were among the
teams under consideration. :.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
WoHpack; NoMets Play
HaNsboro Teams Tonight

The Whiteville Wolflets will be
trying to take their 18th win OF the
year when they take on the girls
of Hallsboro; having won No. IA
with their 1882 conquest Of the
Tabor City girls prior to the boys
title fracas. Mary Kate Sibbett led
the nights scoring with IA, while
Irene Grice had IL for TIC. De-
fensively, it was the Big Three OF
the Wolflets; Billie Schulken,
Jean Claire Jones. and Ida Jane
Fore. Nina Cox again starred on
defense for the losers. The Wolf
lets are expected to have little
or no trouble from the local girls
although they have a greatly i'm
nrove1 team.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
NEW HANOVER ACCEPTS INVITATION 10 DUKE TOURNEY
Sacninty, Kinney To Receive
Judge league Trophy Tonight
Wake Forest Grid Star And WCUNC Swim
mer Picked Most Outstanding Amateur
Athletes In Carolinas In 1916

S. c., Feb. "a.
- up Nick Sacrinty, Wake
Forest senior tailback, and
Frances Kinney, sophomore
swimmer at the Women's Col
lege of the University of North
Caroline, tomorrow night will
receive the Judge Lewis Tea
que trophies as the outstand-
ing amateur athletes in the
Carolinas last year.
The awards will be made at
q banquet here by DR.. Sammy
Russell, Jr., of Florence, him.
self known rs = golfer. Bob
Fetzer, Director of Athletics
at the University of North
Carolina, will make the princi-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
CONFERENCE STANDINGS
Flake Laird May Be
Virginia Tech Coach


RICHMOND. Va, Feb. "a. Up
FLAKE Rcd Laird, former Da-
Vioson athlete and backfield coach
Vi ue Virginia Tech football team.
Will be the next Tech basketball
ana baseball coach if President
0ohh X. Hutcheson accepts the rec
eommendation of the athletic coun-
.u, The Associated Press learned
today.
AT B~lacksburg, Tech Athletic Di-
iec'or W.. L. Monk Younger
WOULD neither confirm nor deny
ue appointment of Laird to sue
Leeo George S. Gummyl Proctor
Out SAID the Tech atheletic council
Alet last Saturday afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
Widener Winner,
Leaves For Santa Anita

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 24.-W.D-Cal-
umet Farms Armed, winner OF
the $40, 600 Widener Handicap here
Saturday, was to leave Miami at
9 pm. tEST) tonight by air for
Burbank, Calf, and a shot at the
500, 600 Santa Anita handicap this
Saturday.
Armed, accompanied by Trainer
Jimmy Jones and Jockey Doug
.Dodson, was booked aboard an Am
erican four-motored plane piloted
by Capt. c. A. Ryan. He had a pony
along for company, an exercise
hoy, a groom, and go gallons OF
Florida water for drinking.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
DROP
ADRIAN QUlST
Veteran Tennis Player Re.
leased From Davis
Cup Team

MELBOURNE, Feb. "a. -(P)-
Adrian Quist, 34-year-old veteran.
was dropped from the Australian
Davis Cup team today as this ten
mis- conscious nation began prep
arations to bring back the huge
international trophy the all-vic-
torious U. S. team lifted last De
cember.
Named to the four-man team
which plays Canada in the only
match of the American Zone are
John Bromwich, ace of the losing
team last year; Dinny Pals; Colin
Long and Geoff Brown.
C. R. Cowling, widely known ref
cree and official, will manage the
team.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25

pal speech. Plans are being
made for 200 guests, including
sports writer's and coaches of
the two CarOlinas.
The award is made annually
in memory of Judge league of
High Point, an avid sportsman.
Sacrinty, a native of Reds
vile, was voted the outstanding
player in the East-West post
season Shrine Bowl game at
San Francisco. Miss Kinney,
whose home is in Raleigh, has
won numerous AAU swimming
titles.
Sacrinty, a Phi Beta Kappa
student, plans to study medi-
cine at Wake Forest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25

beaten in high school competition
and has lost only one game this
season, a 40 to IS defeat at the
hands of the House of David team.
This will be Wilmington's Sec
ond appearance in the tournament.
In last years event it won its open
ing round game nom Coolidge
High Of Washington, D. c., but
lost to Frankfort, KY, the tourna.
ment champions, in the semi-finals.
In the consolation contest it defeat.
ed Greenville, S. c. high.
Heading the Wilmington attack
this season are four boys who won
second team berths on last years
all-tournament selection. Johnny
McKoy, Teddy Fennell, W. A,
Brown and Louis Collie we're the
lads selected on the all-tourna.
ment poll and all are back this
year along with Billy Mason ia
round out the teams starting line.
up.
Wilmington's acceptance, tho
first by any school. leaves seven
vacancies open. Several teams are
under consideration but the tour
nament committee is awaiting the
outcome of championship games
before issuing invitations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
Voigts May Be Selected
Northwestern Grid Coach

CHICAGO, Feb. "a - (P - Bob
Volgts. line coach of the Ceve-
land Browns of the All-America
football conference, may, be
chosen head coach for Northwest
ern university tomorrow night.
The board of trustees meets
then and an announcement approx
ing a successor to Lynn Waldorf,
who resigned to become head
coach at the University of Cali
fornia, may be forthcoming.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
New Hanouer Gym To Be Scene
Of Three Basketball Contests
Full Cage Program Gets Under Way This
Afternoon Att O'Clock; Varsity Contest
With Fayetteville Slated For 8
BY GENE WARREN
Star Sports Writer

Fayettevilles win-hungry Bulldogs, still stunned bv
their worst defeat of the 1947 season, a 1929 pastng hand
ed them Friday at Fayetteville by Wilmington, invade New
Hanover High schools gymnasium tonight at 8 o'clock Ia
try and do what no other high school team has done this
year, whip the Eastern Conference champion Wildcats.
i. generally believed very unlikely they will spoil a VIII
mington victory streak that has engulfed II conference
onnonents and 10 non-conference foes. Only one ouint has
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
Tony Zale Signs To
Fight Tommy Charles

MEMPHIS. Tenn, Feb. 24.-W.H
-Middleweight Champion Tony
Zale and Tommy Charles of In
dianapolis, were signed by Promot-
er Milo Solomito today to fight a
l0-round bout here March 20.
Zale defeated Eddie Rossi here
last spring in a warm-up for his
successful title defense against
Rocky Graziano
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
Wilmington Is First Quint
To Enter High School Meet
Local Cagers Have Perfect Record: Four
Players On Team Selected Last Year
For AL -TOurnament Quint

DURHAM, Feb. Hanover High School
OF wilmington, today accepted an invitation to participate
IN the Sixth Annual Duke-Durham Southern High School
lnvitational basketball tournament to be staged in Dukes
indoor stadium March ID and Is.
The Wilmington team coached by Leon Brogden recent
~ captured the Eastern Class AA High School Conference
championship and will meet the Western winners, yet to DO
determined, for the state championship.
In regular season NAV the Now Hanoyor cro,r ;~ ur
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25

Nd the satisfaction OF coming OFT
,ha court on the long end of the
.core against New Hanover High
tbis campaign and that lone out
1T was House of David, a profes-
,ional team in the highest sense
~ the word. And they barely top
Mod Coach Leon Brogden's Bomb
srs 49-46. This same House OF
nsvid team has since whipped sew
.ral Of the best college clubs in
Mo nation and by much larger
.cores than they did MINIS.
Besides having the best basket
hall team in Eastern North Caro-
Ina. Wilmington also possesses
the two leading high school scor-
Aye in the State. They are Billy
Mason and Johnny McKoy. Mason
Il the higher point maker of the
two, having sank 1853 points in II
loon contests for an average OF
IA points. McKoy, 5 inches taller
man Mason at 6 #. 6 in. is 10
noints behind Billy, Johnny has
tossed through 145 markers for a
I32 average. The other five reg
ulars, Teddy Fennell, Louis Collie.
,nd W. A. "Weinie" Brown, who
All stand under six feet tall, hold
conference averages of 7.3, IL, and
S.. respectively.
Tonight's Fayetteville fracas is
expected to be nothing short OF
, wrestling meet just as was the
two teams first outing in Fayette-
vile. Billy Mason, held to five
points at the Soldier City, will be
presented with another tough task
at scoring with two members OF
the Bulldogs football squad of iq46
all over him under the backboa DIS.
The same goes for Johnny McKoy.
However. set short artists Teddy
Fennell and Louis Collie should
agsin have a happy time pour
ing goals through from way out.
Unless W. A. Brown can work the
ball in for Grips the little 5 1T.
in. Demon Dribbler" will prob
ably come off the floor once more
with zero points.
Big guns of the Fayetteville Of
tensive will be 6 #. 2 IL in. Dave
Sheriff., center and Malcolm Yates,
sharp-shooting forward. Yates
spanked the Bulldogs last week
At Fayetteville, burying 10 points
chiefly on longshots.
The only other conference af-
fair scheduled for tonight is the
Goldsboro-Wilson tilt. This ARRAY
may not be played, however, as
Coach Norris %Jeffreys of Goldsboro
said Saturday he has cancelled
both of the Goldsboro-Durham
games because they have no effect
on the conference race. The Earth
quakes' skipper did not comment
on the Wilson game, but the same
situation also applies there.
Four other New Hanover High
school games today find: the
Junior Varsity VS.. Garkton High at
o'clock; the New Hanover High
girls VS.. Clsrkton girls at 4
o'clock at the Isaac Bear GYM;
freshman VS.. Fayetteville Junior
High at 5 o'clock: Fayetteville B
team VS.. New Hanover High B
tam at $50 o'clock.
Here are the present Eastern
Class AA conference standings and
also the five leading scorers in tins
Eastern Conference and their re-
spective averages.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
IDAHO COACH

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, Feb. 24-W.D
Willard Dixie Howell, of How
ell-To-Hutson passing fame, said
today he had been in communica-
ton with the University of Idaho
about the head coach job there and
Il definitely would be interested
if the terms are right"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
GREAT INFIELDER DIES

WHEELING, w. Va, Feb. "a -
lP) = John Glasscock, SO, one of
the great infielders of an era when
baseball was young died today in
a Wheeling hospital after a weeks
illness
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
INDIANS
CUBS

AVALON, 81. Feb. 24-U.H-
Charlie Grimm today directed his
cast Of 1947 Cubs in the first full
squad drill.
A total Of IS players-Claude
Passeau, who is i'll, was the only
absentee-was on the field. and
batting practice for the IS infield-
ers and outfielders who arrived
here yesterday afternoon, was
launched Immediately.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
WHITE SOX

PASADENA. Cal. Feb. 24-U.D-
Charley Red" Ruffing. a 270-
game winner of more than 20
years service in the major leagues
started on the comeback trail to-
day with the Chicago White Sox.
At AZ, Ruffin.g is slated for a
Sunday pitcher" role under man
Ted Lyons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
SENATORS

ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. 24-W.D
Rookie Johnny Sullivan, candl-
date for second base and slortstop'
today became the Washington Sen
ators' first casualty of the season
when he suffered a ruotured groin
muscle during a workout.
Sullivan, who was dlschafseo
from the Army last fall, had oeen
counted on in manager Ossle
Bluege's plans. His injury Will ne,
cessitate an operation that VIII
keep him sidelined for at Least
.hree months.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
Training Camp Briefs

SARASOTA, Fla, Feb. 24-W.P
A squad of 10 Boston Red Sox
players, comprised of Is pitchers,
two catchers and an infielder
opened spring training practice
today with a light workout under
Manager Joe Cronin.
Veteran pitchers who participant
ed in the workout we're Dave Boo)
Ferris, Tex Hughson, Mickey Har-
ris and Joe Dobson, who won a to-
tai of rs victories last season,
and Earl Johnson, Bill Zuber, Bob
Klinger, Bill Butland and Randy
Helm. Hal Wagner and Ed Nc
Cab were the catchers.
BROWNS
MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 24-U.H-With
"a of 80 men on the roster in camp,
Manager Muddy Ruel went his
st. Louis Browns through their
first spring drill today, a fast,
peppery two-hour workout.
Catcher Joe Schultz and infield-
er Billy Hitchcock agreed to terms
just before the workout. leaving
only three men outside the fold.
TIGERS
LAKELAND, Fla, Feb. 24-U.H
Paul Dizzy, Trout, the big To-
quacious right handler, officially
became the first Detroit Tiger hold
out of 1947 today when he failed to
take in for the opening drill.
Pitcher Al Benton and Catcher
Bob Swift ended their holdouts
last night and pitcher Freddie
Hutchinson signed today.
Signed but unheard from as
drills opened were catchers Birdie
Tebbets and Joe Erautt and pitch
ers Rufus Gentry and Gerald
Burke.
PIRATES
MIAMI Beach, Fla, Feb 24-W.H
Manager Billy Herman sent the
Pittsburg Pirate battery mel
through a long and hard workout
today but ordered the half dozer
pitchers who took turns on the
mound 10 take it easy"
John H. Galbreath, Columbus
real estate man who holds a sub.
stantial interest in the club, pa1c
a surprise visit to the camp ano
told Herman that he wouM Fly
Hank Greenberg here from New
York in his private BIB on FIJI
day.
BRAVES
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla,
Feb. "a W.D-Manager Billy
Southwcrth today ordered intra'
club squad games to start tomor
row in AN effort to have his
Boston Braves ready for thel1
weekend three 6 a e series
against the Brooklyn Dodgers In
Havana.
Dick Cutler, regular shortstof
last year, reported in time for to-
days routine workout leaving only
five players unaccounted for. They
are catcher Phil Mast and out
fielder Joe Bestudik, who have
not signed their contracts, and
.catchers Ken O'Dea and BOZ
Brady and %outfielder Mike NC
Cormick.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25

to the Ponce Puerto Rican pro-
fessional team today when il
humbled the mighty New York
Yankees in an exhibition game,
II to 8 with a six run rally in the
sixth inning.
The victim, of the big inning
was the Yankees erratic left hand
er, Joe Page who not only yielded
three hits including a homer to
second baseman Roberto Pedroso,
but committed three consecutive
errors.
INDIANS
TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 24-W.H-
The Cleveland Indians e I
through an opening workout today
before 1000 fans under a hot sun.
Although the first contingent
of "a players was composed princi-
pally Of pitchers and catchers.
several veterans at other positions
also were. on hand. These included
Joe Gordon, Ken Keltner. Pat
Secrecy and Ed Robinson. Gordon
and Pitcher Al Gettel, former New
York Yankees, took their first
workout as members Of the Cleve-
land team.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
DODGERS

HAVANA. Cuba, Feb. 24-Wp-
BROOKLYN Doager manager Leo
Durocher today named coach Ray
Blades. former st. Louis Cafos
manager, to succeed Charley Dres-
sen as his first lieutenant n sig
mailman on the third-base lines.
Coach Jake Pitler was named
second lieutenant" Clyde Shuke-
forth. former ma~ior-league catch
er and minor league manager
will $ , per fse ballpen orlsaos
as part of his chores as TUTOR u
the. pitchers.
YANKEES
SAN JUAN, P. R., Feb. 24-W'0
.c1o,v ~ i hish degree came
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Bridge Lessons Slated
For Recreation Center

Tournament bridge lessons, to give
average players q chance to improve
their games and let advanced play
ers compare themselves with ex-
perts. are scheduled to begin tonight
&c Thomson Center, Twelfth and L
streets NV, the District Recreation
Department has announced.
The classes will be held each Mon
day at 8 pm. until the Christmas
holidays, it was reported. Instruc-
ton will include match point scor-
ing, ethics and etiquette Of duplicate
bridge and study OF hands to dem
onstrate the difference between rub
Der bridge and duplicate. Mrs.
Marian Barre will teach.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Red Cross PIuns Tribute
To Dix on Retirement

Everett L. Dix, retiring head Of
the American Red Cross Once of
Publications, was to be honored by
his fellow workers at reception to
be given at the national headquar-
ters this afternoon.
Mr.. Dix, who retires from active
service with the Red Cross tomor-
row, has been associated with the
organization since 1919, when he
became a voluntary worker in the
Middle West. He came to the
Washington staff in 1925. He and
Mrs. Dix will continue to live at
their home on Braddock road, Fair
fax, Va, after his retirement.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Gen. HoLdridae to Speok

Brig. Gen. Robert C. Holdridge.
retired, will speak at meeting of
the Peoples Party, of which he Is
chairman, at $3.50 pm. Wednesday
at Pierce Hall. Fifteenth and Har-
ward streets NV.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-02-15
Finest Army Ser
vice Clubs in Ger
many is Negro area

Frankfurt, Germany - The
negro soldiers stationed in Mann
helm, find themselves fortunate
to have that area an Army Ser
vice Club that is one of the finest
in Germany.
The club, CENTRAL ylocated in
the Kaserne, services more than
1000 men with full program OF
events which consists of musical
hours, coffee hours, bingo, table
tennis, whist, pnochle and bridge
contests, recording hours, movies.
talent jamborees and many other
special events, which vary from
week to week. All of these activi-
ties are closely supervised by the
Army HosteSSes who make sure
that the soldiers enjoy and bene-
fit from the time spent at the
club.
Three Army Hostesses assined
by Theater Special Services to
the Continental Base Section, un--
der whose immediate supervision
the club operates, share the duties
of directing the club between
them. They are: Miss Carolyn
Pool, of Saluda, South Carolina;
Miss Mercedes Hopkins of Atlanta,
Georgia; and Miss Jean Moore, of
Ellington, North Carolina.
The activities they supervise
take place in a club that is com
fortably and completely furnished
and includes on Army Exchange
Service snack bar, and a library
under the supervision of a trained
librarian.
Every effort is made to make
the soldiers feel at home in the
club, and there is somthing that
even the most retiring will find
an interest in.
Special Services, Euporean
Theater, has the technicalsuper-
vision of 60 Army Service Clubs
in Europe, stated by III Army
hostesses. The hostesses n their
familiar blue uniforms with the
rainbow patch, supervise the re-
creational and entertainment act
ivities of the soldiers using the
clubs anw plan social events and
programs.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-02-15
Member of Para
chute Unit Wins
9TH Boxing Champ

Fort Bragg, North Carolina -
Private First Class Jimmie Jones
of Oakland, Calf, a member of
the 555th Parachute Infantry Bat
talon, won the 9TH Army'c Light
weight Championship crown in a
title bout held here n January
and has thus qualified to repres-
emf his outfit in the Golden
Gloves elimination tournament be-
ing fought this month.
The California soldier possesses
considerable boxing skill in adj
dition to beng a hard hitter. He
knocked out rs opponents in his
last 40 fights. ''
In the coming months the box
ing team of the 555th will tuor
New York, Massachusetts, Penn
sylvania, Missouri, Illinioa and
Michigan.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-02-15
BY PERCY GREENE
By l. l.. X & \

PARISH STREET SATURDAY
NIGHT: When Negro History
Week comes around | always think
about what it is that makes the
rank and file Parish Streeters so
confident of the fact that we,
meaning of course Aunt Haggar's
Chilun, are going somewhere, hav-
ing come to know a longtime ago
that behind his overwhelming self
confidence and growing pride of
race is something other than a
knowledge of his history of a
kind that measure in retrospect
the possibilities and senses the
reach and significance of contem-
porary events as a guage of flu
ture accomplishments. | am
of the opinion also tina tin great
er many areas of society out
side of Parish Street what we are
going on in our efforts towards
the full measure of citizenship is
not the stuff which comes out of
a broad knowledge of our history
especially as remember having
read where one of those ancient
writer's said that, History is
Philosophy teaching by example,.
From what this writer said it
has always been my opinion that
you could hardly get the philoso-
ply without knowing the exam
pie and for that reason ever since
it's beginning I have always been
keenly appreciative of the great
value of Negro History week. .
and in all my sojourns of a Sat
urday night around our Fish and
Beer | know of no kind of knOWl-
edge or information that so salts
fies the thirst of the Parish Street
ers as proven facts of NegO His
tory. AS one Parish Streeter
says, who had found out how to
get at more and more of our His
tory, we don't need to make no
claims what we cant prove all
we got to do is talk about l. Over
toure, Dessallaines, Christophe,
them fellows who tied up With Ma
poIeon, that fellow Hannibal who
tied up with that fellow Ceaser
when Rome was great, Pushkin
and Dumas them fellows that
wrote them worlds greatest books
over in Russia and France a
long time ago, and we can just
let the other folks have all them
fancy "ologies" then all we got
to learn is that we amt by our
selves cause EVERY
BODY WAS ONE TIME IN SLAv-
cry.