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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
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BRIDE OF LAST EVENING -
Top left, Mrs. Thomas l.. Morton,
the former Miss May French
Strange, whose wedding was an
event Of social interest last evening
in st. James Episcopal church.
BRIDAL PARTY FETED-Top
right. Miss Mary Bellamy, charm
ing daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. EN-
NETT H. Bellamy, shown with her
guests of honor, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas L. Morton, bridal couple
of last evening" at a cocktail par
ty at her home during the week.
(Staff photo)
LUNCHEON HOSTESS, BRIDE
ELECT AND BRIDE-Left center,
Miss Virginia Oliver, left, Miss
Anne Burr who is to be married
to Murdoch M. Dunn, and the form
er Miss May Strange, pictured at
Miss divers party this week.
Miss Oliver just returned to the
states from Rotterdam where she
visited her fiance's family. (Staff
photo
BRIDAL TEA PARTY - Lower
left, Mrs. D. S. Carr and her
daughter Miss Mary Daniel Carr of
Richmond, Va, who were host
esses at a lovely party given in
honor of the former Miss Barbara
Allen whose marriage took place
yesterday to Paul C. Darden, Jr.,
of Wilson. Reading left To right
in the picture are: Mrs. Carr, Mrs.
II. E. Allen, mother of the bride
Mrs. George F. Tienken, Miss Carr
and Mrs. Darden, the bride. (Staff
photo
SATURDAY BRIDE - Lower
right, Mrs. Paul C. Darden, Jr., OF
Wilson, whose marriage took place
yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock in
st. Acknowledgement Presbyteri-
an church here. Mrs. Darden is ttN
former Barbara Allen of this G.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20

Miss Charlotte Sprunt, daughter
o. Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Sprunt, 1915
SAestnut street, and David Reid
,au7chison, Jr., son of DR.. and
Mrs, David R. Murchison, 315
aouth Third street, also of this
city have completed plans for
tneir wedding which is to be an
sVent of Saturday evening, April
IS.
The ceremony is to take place at
81. James Episcopal church and is
70 be followed by a reception at
he Surf Club on Wrightsville
Beach.
Mrs. G. T. M. Miner of Plain
Aeld, N. j., will attend Miss Sorunt
as dame-of-honor and maid-of-
honor will be Miss Lydia Caffery,
OF Franklin, La, a cousin of the
pride. Miss Sprunt has chosen as
Ase Bridesmaids Miss Bertha Lee
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-20
Charlotte Sprunt, David Murchison
Ready Plans For Saturday Evening

OF Augusta, Ca, Miss Anne Stuckle
of Montclair, N. j., Miss Mary
Anne Dixon of Raleigh formerly
of Wilmington; Miss Carolyn
Holland. of Wilmington, Miss julie
Sprunt a cousin of the bride, also
of Wilmington and Mrs. Rlcharo
Mueller of Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. Murchison will be attended
by his brother, Wallace Murchl-
son as best man and MS grooms-
men include: j. w. Murchlson'
John R. Murchison, George Il.
Kidder, Thomas H. Wright, Jr.'
and Kenneth NJ. Sprunt all OF WI
mington, William V. Hines CT An
ston and John Hell Cronly. Jf.'
of Richmcnd, Va.
Among the out-of-toWn guests
Continued On Page A; Column 81
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h ow
To Be Staged
On April 29

With the approach of the Co.
lonial Danes 'Old Silver Show"
which is scheduled to take place
Tuesday afternoon, April 20, at 3
o'clock at Gilmour Hall, Whining
ton homes, closets, attics, and
storerooms are receiving the most
thorough search in years for the
priceless pieces of silver which
some long-dead ancestor might
have hidden their years ago.
Not only will Wilmingtonians be
able to display their silver at the
novel exhibit, but Dr. George Bar
ton Cutten. author of two books
o. North Carolina a n d Virginia
silver, will lecture on silver and
Continued On Page a; Column 81
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CHADB0URN WINS
OVER HALLSB0R0

CHADBOURN, Dec. 20 - The
Chadbourn All-Stars defeated the
Hallsboro Hornets in q hard
fought basketball game, 80 to 20
here tonight. 1t required to
overtime periods to determine
the winner.
Hallsboro lead the first quar-
ter by 3 points and held one
point advantage at the half. In
the third quarter the locals knot
ted the count at 21-all. The first
overtime pei cd the score was
again tied at 27-all.
Frank Randall scored 13 points
for Chadbourn while Don Taylor
with 10 and Jimmy Thompson
with 9 lead the Hornets.
In preliminary game the
Whiteville All-Star Girls battled
the Hallsoboro girls to 1915
deadlock. The Whiteville lassies
came from behind in the Sec
ond half to tie the score. Peggy
Inman of Whitevile with 10 and
McKeithan of Chadbourn with 8
were the high scorers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
JAYHAWKS DRILL:
JACKETS EASE UP

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 20. - W.D
l. Kansas buckled down to a
tough double-duty workout today
while Georgia Tech, the other
entry in the Orange Bowl
classic Thursday, again took it
easy with a light morning prac-
tice session.
Coach George Sauer sent his
Jayhawks through a 40-minute
scrimnlage at the afternoon
meeting, declaring that "our club
lis not quite as sharp as it was
before the Missouri game"
All-American Ray Evans and
Forrest Griffith broke away
for long runs during the sham
battle and quarterback Bill
Hogan completed three spectacu-
lar passes, which Kansas ex-
poets to use frequently New
Years day. Three defense units
worked against Georgia Tech
plays during the last day of
body contact.
Coach Bobby Dodd, whose
Tech squad was plagued w i h
injuries all season, took no
chances on anyone getting hurt
and scheduled nothing rougher
than touch" football for the
Yellow Jacket workouts.
Both squads are mixing bust.
ness with pleasure. Recreation
provided by the Orange Bowl
committee includes visits to the
beach, horse and dog tracks,
Aque Folies and Jai Alai.
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Monday Quarterbacks Pick
Alabama To Defeat Texas

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20. -
W.D- Alabama will whip Texas
in the Sugar Bowl, 18 to 16. If
the Tide doesn't do it, you may
sue the sports writers, coaches,
and radio people who voted at
the New Orleans Monday Quart
erbacks' meeting today.
There may have been a trace
of regionalism in the So ballots
ca stin a United Press poll at the
luncheon. But boiled down, the
figures pointed to a terrific strug-
gle on New Years Day.
The meeting drew some $50
Monday signal callers, in addition
to Alabama Coach Harold "Red''
Drew, who didn't vote, and Ath-
letic Director D. x. Bible of
Texas, who also declined to ballot.
Arch Ward, Chicago Tribune,
liked Texas, 20 to IA. Ernest Mehl,
Kansas City Star, also liked the
Steers, 26 to 20. But Alabama
got strong support from Edgar
Hayes, Detroit Times, % to "A,
and Tom Siler, Chicago Sun, went
along with the Tide, 81 to 10.
Actually Alabama got 29 votes
to % for Texas, but two of the
Steer boosters declined to pre-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
ml1NVu Wu uMu uM uWR NMuMuM4M m1
! In Sports Pan -.
Whats Cookin'
BY Roy Cook



Yesterday afternoon walked along Nol'n ua.cb the
and .tonned along with many other onookers 10 ".
sbovels dig a gaping hole for the CONSTRUCTOR - ~
ing between Grace and Walnut Streets . , the
The sidewalk engineers" were taking ANU. A an
dirt should be removed. "The operator is not d
.roueb cut - HE should cut this side down lhS'' ~
many other remarks similar to those could De nel
we could not help but think about those cons'fa'1
experts" and the many Suggestions Oh o ~ doff bis
he done But not single of them was Wiling " wv
t .,d Mitch in 70 help Theirs only Suggestions "
criticism on how it should be DONE .4 -, r.u,
The very same thing is evident on the Sports io' -
c6unty. -..u ar,v stores
Hundreds of sports gather in the corner drug o
M sbons street corners and other places where men
meet They do a lot of talking and lot ol cl''s' ~ ~
coach made that mistake" and remarks 'ne S"' 90
the Sidewalk construction experts maoe'
But not single of those men, VINO speh" sio"' ~
x time nontne out the mistakes and shortcomings OF the
leaders of athletic programs in this county, are Wiling 70 ~
off their put their shoulders TO the "hee '" p
We grant that it is the right and prlVnege oi " "a
press their opinions as to their likes anu oiSAo' W" ~
DO the same thing.
We sit around and dream of huge indoor Sports arena
for Wilmington that perhaps will never come true
Others city auditorium with all the necessary
conventions sports meets and things OF tnat Kna
lot of has been spent for plans Tor such ~
not brick has been laid.
rings true in other ventures we dream Du take
no physical action talk about what is needed and then
prompty order another forget the whole thing until
later then again But not brick has been laid
All this talked about in 1885, it was talked in
9 but the stopped action From 194 to 1945 talked
would done when the and how it
could be done.
And 1947 draws to close find ourselves Still
Talking and not brick laid yet.
Sports - Let's resolve right here and that dur
ing 194S will do much less talking and whole lot
actual work.
Let's get behind the indoor sports idea and get
action Let's get a decision way the other
Will Wilmin sports go forward in 1913?
Or will we just continue to Talk?
The up to you.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
RAIN HALTS TENNIS
PLAY AT SUGAR BOWL

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 90. -P
- A day-long drizzle halted play
in the Sugar Bowl tennis tourna-
ment today and pushed back un-
til tomorrow the singles semi
finals and the start of doubles
play.
mi-finalists Richard "Pancho"
Gonzales of Los Angeles, Herbert
Buddy" Behrens, Fort Lauder
dale, Fla, and Ted Schroeder,
first-seeded from Glendale, CAL,
still must await the outcome of a
quarter-finals match between
third-seeded Vic Seixas, Phila-
delphia, and Gardner Larned,
Chicago, who played to a two
set tie before quarter-finals play
was halted Sunday by darkness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
WILLIAM AND MARY
INDIANS SCRIMMAGE

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 20
-W.D-William and Mary's In
dians scrimmaged for the last
time before the first annual Dixie
Bowl game here New Years to-
day and Coach Rube McCray
said the team spirit was at the
seasons peak.
The team had Indian Cum
mer" weather in contrast to the
six inches of snow at their home
field in Virginia.
Their opponents, the Arkansas
Razorbacks, continued workouts
on the home field at Fayetteville,
Ark, and will not arrive here
until New Years Eve, Just in
time for limbering up,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30

however, with an eye on the
pagantry, the parade spec, acle
preceding the game and the ha
time activities in the big bowl,
not to mention tn, comfo-t of the
$4,000 spectators, were determin-
ed to be optimistic about the
prospects.
The truth is luck has ridden
with the affair with few inter-
ruptions, and veteran Rose Bowl
patrons had to think twice to re-
member when rain fell on the
Gay itself.
Everyone recalls the cloud Jurst
that hit the night before the
Stanford-Columb game in 1884.
which left the field under
inches of w'er, and Maxwell
Stiles, in his handsome history
book, 'The Rose Bowl" tells of
the mud and mush in old tourna-
ment park for the Washington
& Jefferson-C california scoreless
battle in 1922.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
Date. For Invitational
Basketball Meet To Be
Set Later

Plans are underw y for the
staging of the ninth annual Will
mington Star News YMCA
Southeastern North Carolina
high school invitational basket
bali tournament during the
early part of March, it was an
nounced last night
Application forms have been
mailed to all schools in this
area. Boys and girls teams are
invited to enter. The dates for
the tournament, which ran for
four days last year, will be set
at meeting of the coaches OF
the participating teams.
The tournament will be under
the direction of Adam w. Smith,
physical director of the YMCA
and Roy Cook, Sports Editor of
the Morning Star.
Last year Is boys and II girls
teams participated in the tour
nament, which was held at the
YMCA, with the exception of the
championship games, which
were played at the New Hanover
High school gymnasium.
Arrangements are underway
to have all games played at the
high school gymnasium for the
ninth annual meet.
High school cage coaches in
Brunswick, Onslow, Pender,
Columbus, B4aden, Sampson,
Duplin, Robson, New Hanover,
and other surrounding counties
are invited to enter their boys
and girls teams.
Applications may be mailed
to Roy Cook at the Star-News
or to Adam Smith at the YMCA.
The Richla ds team won the
The Richlands team won
the boys championship last year
and the ShalIotte girls defeated
Clarkton for The girls champion
ship.
Team trophies and individual
awards will be made. Sports
manship trophies will be award
ed to the player in each division
judged the best sport in the
tournament. In all over IS valu-
able trophies will be awarded.
Teams in the tournament last
year were (Boys) MINIS Junior
Varsity, Acme Delco, Dixon,
Shallotte, Warsaw, Clarkton,
Elizabethtown, Tabor City, Pen
derlea, Atkinson, Long Creek
Grady, Bolivia, Leland and
Richlands. The following girls
teams - Clarkton, Leland, Tabor
City, Penderlea, Bolivia, Rich
lands, Long-Creek Gray, Shall
lotte, Warsaw, New Hanover,
and Acme-Delco.
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HOLIDAY PROGRAM
AT YMCA PLANNED

Temple and Southport Baptist
will clash tonight at 8 o'clock on
the "Y" hardwood in the first
scheduled game of the YMCA
Sunday School Basketball league.
Trinity Methodist will encount-
er the Wrightsville Beach Metho.
dist at 9 o'clock in the final tilt.
Featuring the day of YMCA
events will be a gala holiday tour
nament at 2 o'clock.
Events scheduled for members
of the Y to participate in are:
ping pong, table tennis, table
golf, table pool, checkers, track,
free throws, various types OF
swimming and fancy diving, table
croquet, and other gym events.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
RAIN IN CALIFORNIA;?
Weatherman Out On Limb:
Wet Skies F or Rose Bowl

PASADENA, Calf, Dec. 29-
R)-The University of Michigan
football players greeted sudden
switch of wes.ther-from hot to
cool-like pack of frisky colts
today, while old time Rose Bowl
observers viewed with disdain
the possibility of a damp New
Years Day.
The weatherman predicted
there might be showers on New
Years eve and the big day itself,
but added this hint of hope:
Anything can happen, though,
and If we could just drum up
high pressure area inland, it
might hold off the rainy weather
coming down the coast from the
north"
Both the Wolverines and the
Trojans of Southern California,
the latter training at Santa Q =
bara, prefer clear skies and a
dry turf, but neither professed
any undue worry if conditions
are otherwise.
Tournament of Roses officials,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30

CHICAGO, Dec. %. - Up -
Professional baseball generally
ard the Atlanta Crackers par
ticularly can forget all about
Charles Lou Trippi, who once
thought he could make a living
bouncing from the diamond to
the gridiron and back again.
This is the game for me-"
cracked the former Georgia ALL
America halfLack after he pac-
ed the Chicago Cardinals to a
1921 triumph over the Philadel-
phia Eagles for the National
Football League title at Comis-
key Park yesterday.
Trippi, ever since he closed
the baseball season batting 1874
as an Atlanta outfielder in the
Southern Association, complain
ed that baseball and footb a | l
don't mix-especially for $1,0O0,-
600 halfback who is expecte, to
be something Of a padded bal
lerina on touchdown - bound
legs.
He's certain noW-after his
two spectacular touchdown runs
against the Eagles-that h III
stick to his plan to bypass base
ball. The Crackers have offered
him a salary raise and fat
bonus, but Trippi says 81 don't
think I'll change my mind"
Trippi, wearing gym shoes for
the first time on the gridiron,
scampered over frozen Comis-
key Park "A yards for touch
down on a quick opening play
and ran yards for another
with punt.
It was climactic perform
ance for Trippi, who needed al
most every minute of the long
est season in NFL history to hit
the stride that made him IA
nous at Georgia. Trippi wa S
signed by the late club owner,
Charles Bidwell, to a four-year
contract at record profession
al salary of 100000 Bidwill
sought him to round out the
Cards so-called dream y k
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
Star-News And YMCA To Sponsor
Ninth Annual Cage Tournament
Who's Playing In Bowls

NEW YORK UD-Here's how they will line up 1or the 1oo
ball bowl games New Years Day:
Bowl, Pasadena Cal.-Mchigan VS. southern Can
forna.
Sugar Bowl, New Orleans, La.-Alabama vs.. Iexas'
Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Tex-Southern Methodist vs. rem
State
Orange Bowl, Miami Fla-Kansas VS. Georgia Iecn
Sun Bowl Ell Pas0 Tex.-Texas Tech vs. Miami w..
Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla.-GeOrgia VS.. Maryland
Delta Bowl Memphis, Tenn.-Mssssppi vs. Texas CHRIS
ian.
Rasn Bowl Fresno Cal-College Of the Pacific vs.
Wichita
Dixie Bowl BIRMINGHAM Ala-Wiliam and Mary Ar
kansas.
Bowl Phoenix Ariz-Norh Texas State Teachers vs.
Nevada.
Tangerine Bowl, Orlando Fa-Catawba vs.. Marshall
Pineapple Honolulu-Universty of Hawaii vs. Red
lands
Cigar Bowl Tampa, Fa-West Chester Pa) Teachers vs.
Missouri Valley
Harbor Bowl Diego Cal-san Diego State Hardin
Simmons.
Shrine Came Francisco-East Al-Stars West ALL
Stars
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30

dict. Ralph H. Young of Michi-
gan State called 20 to 20 tie.
The Alabama crowd came up
with a composite % to IA victory
margin, and the Texas lump fig
ures were 19 to II.
I It bagan to rain early today in
New Orleans. Bible, speaking for
Texas in the absence of Long
horn Coach Blair Cherry, admit
ted wet day might dull our
weapons" referring to Bobby
Layne's passing and the speed OF
at least three Steer ball carriers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
''THIS is MY GAME"
Crackers Lose Cracker;
Trippi To Play Football

field. But died last April before
seeing his fondest desire reali-
zed-his club winning the league
championship.
Trippi y prepared to We
with his wife and daughter,
Joan, 3, for Athens, Ca, and
my first real vacation in eight
years" He said he planned to
'1oaf" all winter.
Although hampered by inju-
ries in four or five of the Cardi-
nails II regular season games,
Trippi carried the ball SO times
for 401 yards. He shared %
passes for 240 yards, and al
though rated as one of Georgia S
greatest passers, only threw two
- completing one for 49 yards.
He returned eight punts for
al yards and rambled 321 yards
on kickoff returns. Always an
offensive threat, Trippi was re-
garded by Card coach j m m y
Councilman as one of his best
defensive players. ellis tackling
was money in the bank" quip-
ped Councilman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30

Co contest dest and gradually i jrC1.lt.h, o. tn,
Tsantes, s IT. ? went ia on
man. man flashed signs Of b, bri,ppsNo pivot,
tol,5 M,,n smooth work aropnd p]rl3'aac' n
ha~5 nav X, rival Carl Mason. i5S bT ,sss Sea,
mgkers 1ng sr markers fa to pace al ii uop, tp3p,
p;11e: Leroy Towles, unders+,,dr .,
S1lly 81 Mason 92,.s on last Years G;suS s+,'t q
new, ehe Wilmington College offsnli'e'd' fftSlked
ssl!tS sinking Is points. Carl iIl'shslv' Mssv,
WIN WIN nine and Jim Groom 'ss9a %;M
shar[p-shooting ar Towles, ups TO
The experience of worki,, :.
gether &c, :, against New Haporo- ,rs %,
for tho A% 4oet flday paid Off
clicked more smoothly, 1d''Sln and NV
koys shooting accuracy Wv wb;o, T4J,
was unavailable against Coa9 coilsa
Leon Brogden's Wildcats. heInsl Ins1
greatly in the Alumni's scor1sa c,ysa
exhibition. S'0iIAs
Louis Collie, star NHHs %,
ward for the past three yosr. .,,'
came to watch the fracas 'ss'' ss .
spectator, but decided to give fl.
Alumni reserve aid when VI. h.
spotted only one substitute IN ,h. h.
graduates bench. '''
Injuries occurred througbo,,
the game. Doug Pridgen, first
string Seahawk guard, went nn, n
with a head injury in the middI,
OF the second half when he bumn.
ed his head against the cement
wall in a wild scramble with tb.
Alumni's Kelly. A few minute,
later McKoy hurt his eve. hut
came back in the tilt durin III,
closing seconds. Groom Of th,
Seahawks was shaken up also in
a pileup rear the end of IN,
contest. The loss of both Groom
and Pridgen helped the Alumni
pile up six fast tallies Just be,
fore the final whistle was blown
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
CRUSADER PLAY
STATE TONIGHT
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 29-P

NEW OHLEANS, Lee. LS-H
-Four of last seasons top bas-
ketball teams-representing as
many sections of the country
are paired in tomorrow's semi
final event on the Sugar Bowls
sports program.
Oklahoma, the NCAA runner
up, meets Tulane, the Southeast
ern Conference runnerup, in the
preliminary game and Holy Cross.
the NCAA champion, tangles with
the N. C. State, the Southern
Conference champion, in the
nightcap.
A capacity crowd of $500 is as.
sured for the 10th annual event.
which was resumed last year aft.
er a three-year war lapse.
N. c. State, consolation winner
in the National Invitational tour
nament last year over West Vir,
ginia, has lost only to the Noun
taineers in ten games this sea-
son. Holy Cross, which started
victory stream that reached 26
games before it was broken by
Columbia, 60-53, two weeks ago.
has Al record for last year
The Crusaders launched their
winning skein last year after NJ
c. State had downed them, 58-42.
for their first defeat of the sea-
son. They lost two more games
after that. in succession, and fin
ished with a 27-3 record, topped
off by the 58-47 title win over
Oklahoma.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
Local &C Fighters Enter
Fayetteville Tournament

Expected to enter from Will
mis1gton are Donald Avery,
Charles Russell, Steve War
denfelt, Fred Lee, Ken
Worthington, Jr., Cecil Per-
kins, Julius Parker, Bobby
Lemoyne and Emil Boado.
The local Golden Glove pug
lists have been working out
every night at the Brigade
Boys club and under the
supervision of Beard, r. w.
Owens and Father Allan
Roche,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
BOWLING LEAGUES
TO TAKE HOLIDAY

Officials of 1ngram's Bowling
Center said last night that schedu-
led league bowling games for
Wednesday and Thursday night
have been cancelled due to the
holidays. .-. .-. -v5
The league games will get un-
derway tonight at regular time
and league games will resume
playing Monday. Jan. 4.
New Years day will be fea-
tured in the bowling scope with
a double sweepstake in the duck
and ten pen games.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
MINIS Alumni Defeats Seahawks, 81 Tod
McKoy, Towles
Star In Rough Encount,.

Six New Hanover School Alumni. a,ono m,., ;
saaad oSS rno co%bned s deRSfsd Ssr sn to have quit
nasium to trounce hard-fighting bn 1ne NS GYM
ton College Seahawk quintet, 5741 ''"SSed Wiiminr
Led by Leonard Legs" McKoy, regarded .. ~
est shot ever to out fthe Market st as the
ar,ee poured Is points through the and North
quick 81 xpont advantage in the ean 0a club grabbes
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
DISAPPOINTED

ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 29.-R-
Earl Mann, president of the
Atlanta Crackers, expressed dis
appointment but no surprise to-
night that Charlie Tripti would
play no baseball next season.
"That's a decision he has to
make" said Mann, whose club
paid Trippi a $4,000 bonus to
sign a professic--~ >o'] con-
tract and $400 a month to play
ball ''In all fairness, I think
we got our moneys worth. He
is a very good ball player -
much better, in fact than we ex-
pected.
eff he asks to be put on the
voluntary retired list, of course
we'll do So"
Mann denied the Crackers had
offered Trippi a fat bonus plus
a salary raise if he would play.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30

Wilmington will be repre-
sented in the Fayetteville
Golden Glove tournament
next week, Red Beard, coach
of the local Golden glovers
announced last night that he
and Father Allan Roche
would enter an eight-man
team.
The Cumberland county
tournament gets underway
next Monday night. Beard
said the local team will be
made up of novice fighters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
"NO SALE"

DETROIT, Dec. 29-R-Ne-
gotiations for the sale of the De-
trior Lions of the National Foot
ball League broke up this after
noon with both parties agreeing
thew were "too far apart" on the
price of the franchise.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
STAR HURLER DIES

GARDEN GROVE, Cal, Dec.
2e-W.D-George F. Blaeholder,
43, former star pitcher of the St.
Louis Browns, died today after
several wears illness with cancer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30

There are more than 100000
miles of oil pipe lines in tn e
United States.