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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31
CLARK POSTS g.
TO CAPTURE LEAD
IN TUCSON OPEN
"Freshman" Ties Course
Record With P ar-Shatter-
ing Assault

TUSCON, Ariz., Jan. 80 - B -
Blonde Jimmy Clark, 29-year-old
Freshman in professional golf
ing rank, posted a So today to tie
the course record and lead a par
~shattering assault in the first round
of the 72-hole $40, 900 Tuscon Open
tournament.
More than 80 entries in the field
OF 148 crack amateurs and pros
bettered the par 70 figure for the
6 ,500-yard Ell Rio Country Club
course. j..
Clark was out in 81 and home in
80 to equal the competitive record
set last year by tournament winner
Jimmy Demaret of Houston, Tex,
and equalled this year in the Ari-
IONA Amateur championship by
Chester Goldberg of Phoenix.
Clark, from Huntington Park,
Calf, joined the play-for-pay ranks
last August after a sojourn in the
amateurs that saw him set the
national public links 36-hole quail
flying record of 1874. He accomplish
ed his feat at Denver last July to
break his own record which he
established in the 1941 champion
ship at Spokane, WASH, with 1875.
Trailing Clark through the first
round by a stroke was Bulky Clay
ton Heather of Charlotte, N. c.,
with a 30-34-64. Heafner'sl 80 was
the low nine for the round. =.
Deadlocked at IS for the par 49,
$50 layout wer Jim Turnesa,
White Plains, N. Y, with 1892 and
Herman Scharlau of Bloomington,
ILL.,, with 34-31.
Title defender Demaret, strug-
gled with an unruly putter, carded
a 81 to tie with nine others who
included the PEA champion and
leading money winner of Hershey,
Pa, Ben Hogan. the tournament
favorite.
Demaret had a 1884. And Hogan
1892.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31
Mem York Athletic Commission
To Hear Rocky Graziano Today

NEW YORK, Jan. 30-U.H-A!
Rocky Graziano prepared to ex
plain to the New York State Ath
letic Commission tomorrow his fail
ure to report a 500, 900 bride offe~.
an old story about the attempted
bribery of welterweight champion
Ray Sugar Robinson last Septem.
Der was revived today.
Robinson repeated to reporters
the fact that a stranger had offer
ed him $25, 900 if he would with.
draw from the scheduled Sept.
title fight at Yankee Stadium with
Marty Servo, who then was weller
champ. Robinson, at that time, was
training at his own camp in Green
wood Lake, N. Y.
Sugar Ray said he rejected the
offer, explaining to the stranger
that he had been cunning for the
title shot for five years. The Servo
Robinson bout was later cancelled
because of Servo's nose injuries
Shortly afterwards, Servo retired
Robinson won the vacant title by
beating Tommy Bell on Dec. 20.
The newly crowned 147-poune
champion said he had not reported
the bribe-offer to anyone because
he thought the would-be -briber was
merely a Jerk" In mid-Decem,.
Der however, he gave the story tc
New York newspapermen and il
was published. 1t caused practical.
ly no comment. Neither the District
Attorneys office nor the boxing
commission had noticed the De.
cember story, spokesman said to-
day.
Robinson's revival of the story
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31

was interpreted by some boxing
men as a gesture of sympathy to-
ward Graziano, the middleweight
challenger, who faces possible in
definite suspension at tomorroW's
commission hearing.
Rocky has admitted to District
Attorney Frank S. Hogan that he
was offered a bride of 500, 900
while training at Stillman's gym
nasium for the bout with Cowboy
Ruben Shank, which was scheduled
for Madison Square Garden on
Dec. II, but which was cancelled
later.
Those admissions made Graziano
technically guilty of violating rule
81 of the commission's code. Rule
81 requires a New York-licensed
boxer to report Immediately to the
commission any offer of a bride.
The current two-man commission
Chairman Eddie Eagan and DR..
Gillian Powell, Harlem Negro pub
lishe-were expected by most box
ing men to suspend Graziano indef-
initely tomorrow.
Such penalty would automatically
cancel his return title fight with
Tony Zale, middleweight cham
pion, scheduled for March 81 at
Madison Square Garden; and it
would cause Marcel Gerdan of
Morocco or some other contender
to be substituted against Zale.
1t also would toss into the laps of
National Boxing Association Off
Gals the "Hot chestnut; whether
to permit Graziano to fight in N.
B. A.. territory despite his Danish
ment from rings Of New York state,
which is not an N. B. A. member.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31
WHITE PHANT0MS
DEFEAT DEAC0NS
Wake Forest Cagers Drop
70 To 40 Decision To
North Carolina

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 30 - @-
Alter trailing for IS minutes of the
iESt half, the University of North
Carolina White Phantoms found
me range and began bombarding
The basket from all angles to run
up a 10 to 40 victory over the Wake
FOREST Deacons here tonight.
The victory was the third in
Southern Conference play as
against one setback for Coach Tom
SCOTS charges while the defeat
was the fifth in nine loop engage
inentS for the Deacs.
Coach Murray Greason's crew
look command from the opening
whistle and at one time in the first
nan were holding a five-point, II
70 Il advantage, but the White
PhantomS cut the lead to 17-16 and
pulled ahead at 1917 on Jim Ham
1toh'S o%ne-hander never to be head
cd. The Phantoms burned the net
TOT u points in the last five
minutes Of the opening half to pull
sAead at intermission by a % to
q count.
Wake Forest pulled up to 1852
early in the second half play but
successive baskets by Jim White,
norm Kohler and Bob Paxton put
me Phantoms way out in front and
ney increased their advantage
with ease as the Deacon defense
1sI 10 pieces in the latter stages
OF the contest.
hamilton, the transfer student
ron Kansas State Teachers col
lege' paced the Phantoms with
seven goals from the floor and one
aee throw for a IS point total. Pax
"n followed with IS TALES while
ne remainder of the scoring was
ulVlded among eight other play
us. Coach Scott used a total oil
10 ment in the contest.
Little Jack Gentry, the high-scor-
Lag Forward for the Deacons, paced
Ills club with 10 markers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31
Clinton Blues To Start
Spring Training April z

bought from the Chicago Cubs,
is expected to fill Campau's shoes.
He comes highly recommended
and caught for ElizabethtoWn of
the Appalachian loop last year.
Two outfielders, both regulars and
great hitters, Bob Vorell and Ray
Riley, will be back. Riley was
picked on the All-Star team and
many proclaim him the best in
the loop. Second sacker Johnnie
Bohonko, a nifty fielder and the
veteran Phil Morris at first base,
are counted on. Morris hit fine
here after joining the club late
in the season. He was purchased
from Smithfield's Leafs. If John
Ballerini returns to fill the short
stop gap, then the local Manage
ment won't have to worry about
anything in the infield, except at
third. Ballerini belongs to the N.
Y. Giants and is scheduled for
Danville but the lad injured his
shoulder just before the play offs
last summer and was forced to
retire. So local officials figure they
may be able to secure his services
again, if he's in shape for another
campaign.
The Blues will have a problem
in securing as good a pitching
staff as that on hand in 1916. Bob
by Keane, the "Kid Wonder" from;
Brooklyn, is now a transferred
BUM OF Sampson county. Bobby
has been doing some tall book
keeping for a concern in Clinton
and is such a. whiz at it, he figures
he might give up the game. Keane
is the lad who tossed % wins in q
starts and led all Tobacco hurlers
in the win and lost column. Leaks
vile owns him and that's where
he will be if he does decide to
play bali. Bob Gallo and Jack
Catapano, a N. Y. Yankees farm
hand who Joined the club the final
month of play last season, will be
back. Catapano broke his arm De
fore coming here and was with
the Blues to see if his finger would
come around okey. He did credit
able work. Eight rockies, two from
Penn States college campus, have
been signed. The left field foul
line will be moved 70 its left
about fifty feet, thus giving a
greater distance for hitters te
clear the right field fence. Nine
directors will act, they being L.
C. Kerr, Prexy; Jack Poole, Vice
Prexy; directors, H. B. Barwick,
Jeff D. Johnson, Raymond Flake,
George Rackley, Gordon Love, N
B. Hill; Roseboro; Roy Carter,
Salemburg, N. P. Parker is Sec'y'
treas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31
George 7rautman Takes Over
As Minor League President
Appoints Peter Piton AS
Office Manager OF Base
ball Association

DURHAM, Jan. 30-UH-George
Trautman took over as czar OF
baseball's minor leagues today
promising to DO everything hui
manly possible" To cure the
games greatest headache, the
gambling menace.
Predicting that 1947 will be the
biggest year in baseball's history,
Trautman bluntly warned the 81
minor leagues under his COM
mand-an all-time high-to lay off
gambling for the sake of the
game.
Trautman said there was no
doubt that "Sinister outside in
fluences" were doing their utmost
to make inroads into professional
baseball. but felt confident the
game can be kept above reproach
Because the players and clubs
know the game must retain pub
lie confidence to survive"
Baseball will be popular as
long as it has the confidence of
the public" The former general
manager of the Detroit Tigers
said. Baseball is no fly-by-nignt
proposition. 1t has held the public
confidence for 107 years and we
must keep it that way"
The energetic, florid faced
Trautman, who took over the joh
of president of the National AS
ISOLATION of Professional Baseball
Leagues from stern old Judge
William G.. Bramham, was here to
move the minor leagues head
quarters to Columbus. o.
Bramham, who retired at the
age of u after a 15-year career
during which he was quick to hit
at any unsavory practices in the
minors, had conducted his offices
here since he first assumed his
job in 1882. The judge will con-
tinue to serve the little loops as a
pensioned advisor.
Bramham's last big act before
retiring was a vigorous public
blast at alleged game-fixing in
Louisiana S Evangeline League
and the lifetime suspension of five
players from the Houma and Alb.
beville teams who met. in the
loops 1916 post-season champion
ship playofs.
Yesterday Bramham delivered a
scathing 50O0-word report of the
scandalous gambling and game
throwing conditions that existed in
the Evangeline Circuit last season
and turned over his bullying files
on the fiasco to Trautman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31
ECTC TRIUMPHS OVER
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN
COLLEGE FIVE, 1853

GREENVILLE, Jan. 3d. @-
East Carolina Teachers College
romped to its 18th straight basket
ball victory in routing its old rival,
Atlantic Christian College, by As to
80, here tonight before an overflow
crowd of over 1900 fans.
Triumph gave Coach Johnson's
boys possession of a "Bohunk
trophy" which is awarded to the
victor in football, basketball and
baseball games played by the riv-
ais. The teams will meet on the
Wilson floor next month, and the
Wooden Bucket Trophy again will
be at stake.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31
Exhibition Games Booked
With Fayetteville, Colds
boro, Greenville
BY r WADE

CLINTON, Jan. 30 - Clinton'a
Sampson county Blues, the club
that attracted the largest attend
ance, better than 2 1000 last sea-
son and then had to be content
with being runner ups in both the
pennant race and play offs, are ex-
pecting to field even a better
team this summer.
The Tobacco State loop entry
had its share of bad breaks but
Wee Willie Dukes fancy hitting
and leadership saw the club sitting
atop the heap at mid season. A
costly fire that destroyed the
clubs grandstand, field house,
uniforms and equipment happened
during the first month of play.
This was enough to cause any team
to quit. However the Blues finish
ed less than a game from pennent
honors and went to the finals in the
play offs. Sanford edged out in
the pennant fight by percentage
points and Angier-Fuquay cropped
the post season series.
Neither Duke or his successor
later in the season, Bill Campau,
stocky receiver, will be back but
the Blues think they have secur-
ed the best playing skipper in the
loop in Bob Hall of Roanoke, Va.
Young Hall is a hurler but plays
a swell brand of utility ball at
most any position. He managed
Narrons, Va. last summer and
COPIED both the pennant and
play offs honors. Duke will pilot
the Durham Bulls in the Carolina
league this summer and Campau
will be at Portsmouth. He is the
property Of the Chicago Cubs.
Earl Rosser, a 20 game winner
with the Blues, also will be at
Portsmouth and is another Cubs
man.
Prexy L. c. Kerr has announced
that spring training will get I'M
derway April 7, which will give
the fellows three weeks Of pre-.
pairing for the opener, April 20.
Exhibition games have been
scheduled with Fayetteville. Colds.
boro and Greenville, on home anc
home basis, with dates tentative al
present. Some college teams are
being scheduled.
The. announcement is being re,
leased that Lonnie Smith, thiro
sacker who hit better than SOC
last season, has been sold to the
N. Y. Giants end will be with theil
farm at Jacksonville, Fla. Sale
price was So, 600.
Jack 10th, a catcher recently
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31
SIGNS

DETROIT, Jan. 30 - P)-Dick
Wakefield, 25-year old Detroit
Tiger outfielder whose batting
average nose-dived to 1858 in 194t
from a .355 figure a year previous
". signed his 1947 Detroit contract
Thursday to become the 22no
PLAYER to come to terms with Tiger
Vice-President, Billy Evans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31

get OF work until late this after
noon, can attend the important
contest.
Toady's game should be one Of
the seasons best. Rocky Mount,
fresh from a 44-42 victory over
Hugh Morson High in Raleigh. is
cunning for the Wilmington skirm-
ish. They were more than humili-
ated last week, when Wilmington
rolled up the most one-sided tri-
umph in 1947 circuit circles over
them. Prior to the MINIS contest no
quint had tailed as many as 30
POINTS on Rocky Mount. The Wild
cats Billy Mason and Johnny Me-
Koy scored 20 points by them
selves in the 64-28 romp.
The lineup for the visiting Black
birds today will find Bill Reese
and Gilbert McCullen at forwards,
III McCotter will be the boy to
watch. The big pivot man spanked
the Blackbirds to their upset over
Raleigh, rapping in IA points.
Hooks also sank IA against the
Caps. But if the Wildcats guard
them as closely as in the first en-
counter the two cagers will not
cause trouble. McCotter was held
to six points by Johnny McKoy,
and Hooks was able to toss in only
two markers.
In Mason and McKoy New Han
over has a double sample of dy-
manic for Rocky Mount as fas as
scoring goes. These two lads are
not only leading the local point
makers in flipping in goals but
also the entire Eastern Conference.
McKoy averages 15.5 points in each
of his four. conference a~~vearances
this season, while Mason is only
two tenths of a point behind
Boosting a 1873 mark. Rounding
out the list is w. A. Brown, 7.8
points, Teddy Fennell, 5.3 points,
and Louis Collie, 4.3 points. For
the season Mason leads Mac"
by a 1872 to 1871 margin. Brown
with 9.3, Fennell with 81, and
Collie with 81 finish out the group.
However, during the past two
games the scoring parade has been
centered On Fennell and Collie,
who have hit their shooting strides.
Fennell has found the net for q
points and Collie, 81, in the last
two games.
Comparative conference figures
show that Wilmington has Tipped
in an average of 56.3 points to the
opposition's 80 thus far this season,
giving Coach Brogden's club the
best offensive average AVID second
best defensive mark. Durham is
the only quint with a better defen-
Sc. The Bulldogs hold a 31.3 de-
fensive average per contest.
Rocky Mount ranks fourth in de-
tense with a 1873 mark and last
in offense with a very low 27.5
conference average.
Other conference battles tonight
find Goldsboro's Earthquakes,
who defeated Fayetteville, 43-31.
Tuesday at Goldsboro, hitting the
road for Raleigh, and Wilson
travelling to Durham.
New Hanover Will display their
new white uniforms with black
trimmings today. Tuesday, they
o the black suits with white
trimming.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31
APPOINTS PITON

DURHAM, Jan. 3O-P-Presi-
dent George M. Trautman today
announced the appointment of
Peter Piton, 38-year-old Chicago
native, as office manager and
supervisor of the records depart
ment of the National Association
of Professional Baseball Leagues.
Piton, who was employed for
eight years in the office of late
Judge K. M. Lands, baseball COM
missioner, will report for duty
Monday morning. Feb. 3, when
President Trautman officially
opens the minor league headquar-
tiers at Columbus, Ohio.
A large moving van loaded the
files, records and office equipment
here today for the long haul to
Columbus, marking the close OF
J the Durham offices after IA years
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31
UPSET FEATURES
= YMCA TWIN Bill
mmanuel Presbyterian
Scores 24-19 Win Over
First Presbyterian

Emmanuel Presbyterian upset
the Wanted First Presbyterian
basketball team, 24-19, yesterday al
the YMCA in the feature attrac-
ton of a cage doubleheader. In
the other affray the Fourth Street
Advent Church quintet trounced
Carolina Beach Methodist, 24-16.
Leroy Towles of First P~resbyter-
ian and Rowan of Emmanuel Pres
byterian led all scorers in the
main contest, each player scoring
seven points. The second collision
saw Harrington with II of Fourth
Street Advent and Dockery with
eight of Carolina Beach set the
pace.
Other scorers and their respec-
tive points we're: Emmanuel Pres
byterian - Smith 2, Maynard ),
Gibson 6, Heath 4; First Presbyter-
ian - West 5, Brown 2, Parker,
Stevens 3, Crowley 2; Carolina
Beach - Sparks, Brewer 4, Wal
ton, Carter; Fourth Street Adven1
- Dukes, Smith, Collie 2, Powell
8, Bradshaw 3, Clark.
The name "Joel" means strong
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31
WOLF PACK STARTS.
SPRING CRIDIRON.
PRACTICE MONDAY
vbiteville Gridders To Be-
Gin Workouts Under
Coach Earl Brinkley
Bv .uGGS POWERS

wu1TEVILLE, Jan. 80 - Spring
.ocfice for Wolfpack gridiron
g.nefnls will begin Monday, Feb
rV5 3. according to information
.a+ained from the office of Earl
prinkley, who is athletic director
I'D boad football coach at White
vile High School.
large squad of boys are expect
IN turn out and competition
W .Soald be strong for positions on
tbe eleven which, last season, cap
mred southeastern N. c.. class Az
h0nors.
Hinder the watchtul eye of Brink
lov the Pack will hold daily
JriIIs over a period of two to four
weeks. One of the principal tasns
t,r the Whiteville mentor will be
IN find. or mold, requirements for
sycb stars, taken away by grad
nation. as Co-captains Billy Cook
and Harris Griffith, Don Taylor,
thurman Harwood, Charles Len
non. Bobby Rushing, and Wilson
Horton. Griffith, who was one of
fhe most brilliant guards ever to
wear the Blue and White, will be
badly missed in the Pack line
along with Lennon and Harwood,
both ends; and Taylor who was a
tackle. Cook, a hard hitter both on
offense and defense will be hard
to replace in the backfield; as will
Horton, at blocking back. and
Rushing at quarter.
Calvin Smith,, co-captain elect,
will lead the squad through the
drills, from his tackle position,
sine, Joe Inman, the other half of
the cO-captaincy, will not be able
to take part because of basket
ball. Several other. grid perform
erS are also playing on the cage
team, and cannot take part in
spring practice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31

of operation under retired Judge
w. G.. Bramham.
Bramham will keep two rooms
of the local offices in the Hill
building here to carry on his work
in an advisory capacity with the
National Association,
Trautman leaves here tomorrow
for New York City where he will
sit in on the Baseball Writer'S
Dinner this weekend before going
to Columbus.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31
Change In Time
lsade By Coach Brog&en
New Hanover Mentor Makes Shift Follow
ing Requests Of Fans; Junior Varsity
Meet Rocky Mount Jayvees At 4:15
BY GENE WARREN

Determined to erase the memory of the 64-28 mauling
handed them last week by Wilmington at Rocky Mount,
Coach Bob Broome's fourth place Blackbirds invade New
Hanover Highs spacious gymnasium tn S afternoon at 5:45
O'Clock to clash with the Eastern Class IA Conference leaG-
ing Wildcats. A preliminary encounter between Coach Wal
lace Vests MINIS Jayvees and the Rocky Mount Junior
VARSITY will open the basketball doubleheader at Ais.
The game time, slated earlier this week for $3.50, has
been CHANGED to 5:45 so that Wilmington adults. who do NOT
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31
BINS GET sEssI

BROOKLYN, Jan. 3o-R)-Out'
neioer Walter Sessi, whose only
ss4O nome run gave the champion
'' Louis Cardinals a vital late
ssaSon victory, was acquired by
.e Brooklyn Dodgers Thursday
lor the waiver price.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31

Of 300, O0o, 900 people on the
European continent, IS, 600, 900
are Protestants.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31

One of Rhode Islands nick
names is the Blue Hen State.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31

Pete Mead (above), a middleweight
from Grand Rapids, Mich, endeav-
ors to move closer to a title oppor-
tunity by engaging Harold Green,
crack Brooklyn battler, in a ten
rounder at New York's Madison
Square Garden tonight.
Since leaving the Auto State, Mead
has made long strides in l60-pound
ranks by winning 10 out of IL fights.
The only man to beat him in the
East is Herb Kronowitz, whom Pete
had previously defeated. Mead is a
"walk-in" fighter with a long left
which he uses effectively.
In tackling Green, however, Mead
has cut out an evening for himself.
A fstic genius, Green combines
punching power with boxing skill.
He's rough, relentless-and gives the
fans plenty for their money.
Enjoy the excitement, blow-by-
blow on Gillette's Cavalcade of Sports
over American Broadcasting Co. and
WMFD. 14oo on your dial at 10 pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-31

The name "Joel" means strong
Willed
The frontiersman., 1947-07-30
Counc4l .mtt1s 10N4oH1

Il spool al SOS sion of the city council pr i or to the Board of Equal izat ion meet ing. tonight has bean' an- nounced. by May or Harry Loonhardt. The council will di scuss it's bus moss at 7:3O p-.nl. The Eou al iza- tion ne eting opens at 8 ofc lock.
 SOC ond 1ou al iza- tion meet ing is sche- dulod :. for 8 o'clock WorroW cv 3ning, W ith further me etings to ba cal ed if the calendar of bus inc ss is too heavy to be dealt vi tn. at the two nc citing s.
The frontiersman., 1947-07-30
PINK RUN STARTS AT FORT DICK

The pink salmon run began in oarno st in the Port Dick and Kamo shak ar eas yes- torday, according to news Wh ich reached Soldovi'a by radio. LOG al cam DTS wore antic ipa ing capac ity loads of f sh, which "ero duo to begin ar- irving hcre tn is morni ing.
The frontiersman., 1947-07-30

+ I7I N V7V IPtTirICNs s|cNfU ey po7fMriAl 1 M { M PeRsHIp
 (By Patrick o'B ien) "Who's got a pen ci1?"
 Those were the first words., last Monday evening, of c. 2. Ander son, newly cleo ted permanent ch airman of the gr cup of ci t izons who arc request t ing the organ ization of a Rur al Fl ec tr fife ation nsso- c fat ion co-op hero.
 When Mir. And CT s on had borr oWod the pen ci1 he ,immed tat ely set down his "Squeaky Anders on" on the f irst limo. of one of the REA petitions pr es ent ed at the Mon day meeting, and then passed it on to tho mmbers of the "Let's build a potter Seldo- via" clique who at tanded the nc eting.
 Tho Sc petitions, dra avn up by members of tho R3A c ommitteo appointed at a pro- vious meet ing, TO- quest the organiza- tion of a co-op hore, and pct it on that the s igners be included
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